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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-25
| Nov. 20, 1907.
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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-25

w. T. Hunter, agent German
American Insurance Co. of New
York. See him forfre insurance.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-25
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Onr Democratic friends rourldig =
xlenonnce tho use of money in rioii
tics--hy the Republicans.

II il said that peanuts are cem-
plete substitute for a meat diet.
Food on peanut basis won't s''tis-
fy the hungry American citizen.
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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-25

An amatuer journalist once wir
ed a city editor.
s'Colu.nn story ON ---. Shai!
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-07

iuC people, Every tribe has It's herds.
ANA many tribes are nomudic. driving
their stock from pasture 90 pasture.
North Of latitude M. the camel country
begins pnd one finds camels by tho
thousands. The country seems To- De
especially adapted Co them"
What is the nature of the land west
or kordofau?"
~ suppose you mean Darfur THAT
country is ruled by "a sultan who pays
tribute to us. II rs a hulv land tra-
Versed by a mountain range furnish
Ing numerous streams I'd ls wei pop
ulatcd. and was FOR "a long time cen-
ter OF the slave trade. The natives
there are comparatively quiet at pres
tnt although every now and then war
breaks out between some of the tribes.
This is likewise So In Kordofan. The
people are brave and proud. and they
have frequent vondcttas. The chief
want OF Kordofan Is railway communl-
cation. and we hope TO supply that az
soon as we can"
THE MINERALS OF THE SUDAN.
here asked the srdar To- tell me
something OF the mineral deposits re-
Gently discovered I'm this part ot the
world. He replied.
we have not prospected the country
as yet, although we are beginning TO
DO 30. We expect To- make thor
ough geological survey and have be-
gun by plating some of the provinces
and drawing maps which show every
thing in connection with them / refer
Co maps like these
The sirdar here showed me careful
sketches OF the several provinces, re-
duced to small scale, and much like
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ina the past They wear more clothing,
they have more wants. and are WORKING
10 supply them. Formerly many Went
naked. and. as there was no securlt~
Of property and few wants, they had
no incentives to save When We cane
here the taxes were levied at the VIII
of the rulers. and the rich native was
sure Go be prosecuted Now taxes are
fairly levied. and the natives are learn-
Ing that their savings viii be respected.
They are coming 20 have faith In as.
our first business was 20 make them
realize that we intended 20 treat them
fairly and honestly. and / believe we
have succeeded. We had also 20 or
ganize the country. so that 10 might
be able TO pay the expenses Of It's gov
eminent. We are fast reaching thar
stage"
A GREAT BABY FARM
rs your native population increas-
"Very rapidly" replied the sirdar u
am surprised at the large number OF
children who have been born since we
took possession of the Sudan. The
provinces fairly swarm with little ones
under seven years OF age. During my
recent trip through kOrdOfan. 1 carried
a lot OF small coin with me 10 give to
the children. The news of this Travelled
ahead. and as soon as we approached
a village we would be met by the babies
I'm force Nearly every peasant woman
came forward with a half dozen OF
more little naked blacks and browns
hanging about her, and the children
ran out of such tents as We passed on
the way. The Sudanese are naturally
fonG OF children. and especially so Which,
times are good and conditions settled
as they are now. They want as many
children and grandchildren as the Lord
will give them, and as most Of the men
have two or three wives q is not an
uncommon thing Tor a father TO have
several additions TO his family per
year"
What is your present population
and Us possible futuref'
we have today I should say at
least 2,000000 I'm the sudan. As 90 the
future / cannot prophesy that with any
degree OF accuracy although ! can
safely say that the sudan could sup
port 10000. 900 n its lands were prop
erlv used. II Is said that there We're
. 900 coo natives here before the times
OF the Mahdi. and there is no reason
why there should not be- five times as
many In the future as there were then.
That would give us "a population Of
go COOO O0 and the probability d. that We
swim some time far exceed that figure
Egypt. with "a cultiVable area OF 1900
square miles, has about 1900 600. with
peace, fair government ana the dcvel-
onmont OF our agricultural resources
along modern lines the sudan may
have "a future beyond our conception"
IN KORDOFAN AND DARFUR.
your eXcclency has been travelling
ou camel back through Kord0fan. a.
that country likely DO be valuable DO
tur luturc2'
90 DO not see why a. should not De.
rouhcl the encouragement "It ls one
of tho stock rearing regions of this
part Of the world, producing "a vast
number of cattle ana Camels Much
OF the meat now used in KhartlN,
comes from kous1fan. and oamels ave
reared there FOR use throughout Ia
IIbyan and NubIan deserts. The south.
eru half of the country o. devoted rs
cattle. and ls inhabited by stock ress
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The GOvernor-General Of the Sudan Tall. &C II.
Country and Its Future lis

short railway haul OF Khartum and
from there they can be sent almost To-
the heart of central Africa bv rivor. Do
The conversation here took ID pcr-
sonal turn by my asking his excel
lency u he would not some day write
"a new book ON the Sudan. Ho is. Vou
know, one of the leading authorize,
ON an matters connected with this part
OF the world. He wrote "Mahdism and
tho Egyptian Sudan" IS years aro.
and n few years later published "a
work entitled "ren Years Captivity in
the Mahdis Camp" lie also trans
lated and edited Slatin Pashas Fire
and Sword In the Sudan" in 1895. and
since then. his life has been a. part of
the history of the country and his exc
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slavery and war An explorer Of note
before he became governor general he
mas now his prospectors travelling
through every part of this vast re-
lion. and ls laying out and starting
the railroad. canal irrigation and Otn-
or movements which will open IL up
and make So one of the live parts OF
The world.
THE sIRDAR ~ 1907.
The srdar Is now in his prime. lie
has seen perhaps go years OF hard
working life. but he does not look over
as. and were Il not that his hair and
mustachc are mixed with silver. cne
would think him much younger His
face is free from wrinkles and rs
complexion rosy; his eyes are full Of
light and his whole appearance indi-
Gates health and strength. A great part
Of his career has been spent IN the
saddle He has not only travelled over
the most OF Egypt and the Sudan, but
has gone ON diplomatic missions 10
Abyssinia. and now holds close per-
sonal relations with King Menclik and
his leading officials. The sirdar spends
a part of every year travelling by boat
or on camels through the several OF
his PARKWAY provinces, ana he has
Just recently returned from long trip
I'm Kordofan. He talks freely about
his country and he knows 1t so wen
that what he says Is interesting.
AN UNDEvELoPED EMPIRE
During my conversation with his ex-
cellency I asked him something as 10
the possibilities Of the Sudan. saying
that most people looked upon IL o.
nothing else than a vast desert He re-
Piled;
THAT idea comes largely from the
bleak and barren sands through which
the railroad takes travellers on their
way TO khartum They have also read
OF the immense swamps Of the upper
Nile, and. putting the two together
they look upon the country as only
sWamps and desert. Tho truth rs the
Sudan is am undeveloped empire as to
its material resources. II 10 "a land "
many climates and of AN sorts of
soils The desert stops not far from
I<hartum. and beyond that Is a region
where the rainfall rs sufficient for reg
ular crops SIN further south the
country has more rain than De- need
Cd and ln the west are great areas
fitted for stock rearing.
"Tako, for instance the country
along the Abyssiuian border and ihaf
which lies between the white ana Blue
niles Those regions have been built
nap in the same manner as Egypt and
they contain an the rich fertillziug
materials which have made the lower
Nllo valley one of the grauarics of the
world. The only difference is that
tho Egyptian SOIL by the cultivation
and watering of thousands of years
has been loachod 0f Dos best feruliznu
elements. while the soil OF the Geziroh
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.,nr.. ln going away from home 20
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those which our geological survey is
making of the United states. AS
looked over them hc went ON;
"Our surveys at present are chiefly
devoted to the topography OF The
county and Co data as TO its re-
sources and people. We have not done
much lu the way of IMMORAL iuNcstiga-
ton We know however that some
uf the provinces contain iron and cope
per. This is SO of the Bahr-el-Ghazal.
where the people use iron and steel
implements made from the native ore.
They have been mining copper there
for a long time. 10 is generally be-
lievcd that there is sold iu the diff
fercnt parts of tho Sudan, ANA we have
issued "a number of concessions TO min
ing syndicates. They have their men
out prospecting but so Tar no valu-
able deposits have been discovered"
AMERICAN TRADE WITH THE
SUDAN
"Havc we much To- hope for 90 the
future trade OF the sudan" 7 asked
why not replied the sirdar we
are using many things that the United
states makes and are glad TO welcome
American goods and American traders.
American cottons are popular with the
Ahyssinians. and do not see why they
might not compete with those of Man
chester I'm the Sudan I'm our dcvel-
opment we shall need railroad mate
rails. and, If irrigation works are un-
dertakcn as they will be- We shall
require drills for artesian wells, en-
gines, pumps aud other machinery of
that nature. BY our new road TO tho
Red sea. ships from your country can
land their goods at Port Sudan within
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AN EMBLEM OF WORTH.

Even competitors advertise the value OF name
and reputation Often strangers have entered other eWey
and have been told that they in IeyOnS in their
question us this LeySOnS?
This practice with one ieWeIer OF enabereputa
lion for integrity and they undoubtedly get some temporary profit
Querading shadow We wish the public against this
deceit at this holiday time and caution all TO look for the EMBLEM OF
WORTH door and that says EYSONS before entering
We ready to guarantee the value OF goods sold over our own
counters and enclosed in boxes and but
SpOnbi for the detective watch and eWey work done or the in
rOr eey sold by others who masquerade Representatives
LeySOn Co. at the expense Of their honor and their customers
eventual disgust
This has been fortunate for buyer He prOphe
sled SEINE CONSERVATION among local jewelers. regarding business con-
dORS this fall and he expected most houses have polished up Their
old stuff hoping discriminating public will buy for goods tx
pecng this buyer bought aVh than and particular
y of lines imported exclusively for and Of choice pieces OF eWeH
and diamond goods and today acknowledged by everyone who has
visited that stock is the finest shown in the neT-mOunlan
Country and worthy TO be shown the largest cenerS in America
advantage competitors most our
charging fancy prices but will guarantee prices any buyer De
those quoted the class OF goods anywhere
Remember Christmas Gift douby pleased the recipient
people which inferior goods Wm eS
hoping thai LEYSONS always carries
any legitimate large iewery and many that are car
invite all 10 visit Tor no Ohe p
pose than that which would inspire visit 10 arr gallery.
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An Undeveld Central Africa Which Promises Ouiya EGYPT The
dts Possibilities nand Wheat korioan
CamNew Proed-Et the Natives Have
Increased English Took HOd-A Mighty Baby FLbor Question:
ReousA Land of and GdAmeran Traders
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,, ,,soq5rcco e Dessert Ncs by Frank o. Caybeniey)

a. the region J have referred TO r.
called has hardly been touched IN
deDd the plain between The White ana
E'uo Nucs Is eco rich that if water ~
rat upon BE-. 90 VIII produce four or h'e
'.,,. .,ery wear and that FOR many
,..ar. DUB sucCossi0n We have millions
CD. 4pr,s of SUCH soil and they only
..lr the hand OBJ man to bring them
i.f1 tho worlds markets as i've coin-
mor.ll factors.
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roRN AND WHEAT BELT or TIE
SUDAN.

.WhHt kind or crops cam bc raised
DOB that country your cNcclcncy' 1
',pd
Almost anything that De- now pro-
.c.aI m Eeypt" was tho reply. Ihe
g.zr,ch is already growing great deal
OIL ourra miuct whose seed forms
tUe chief food OF the natives To pro-
.ucos m excellent hard wheat and also
f..sae AZ 70 is uoU that slain is ,hD
Df'ef erauary of this part of the world.
D. raises $50 much that when the s-1-
son Is good. the crops arn more imam
trt people consume. and 49, such times
tu. grain is stored away iu great pits.
I have seen durra pits 40 feet deep
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WHERE COTTON MAY BE KING



Il SEQ no reason why the sudan
should not eventually be- one of the
chief cotton countries of the globe We
are experimenting with 10 ln an inc
provinces and are meeting with great
success The land between the White
aud Blue Nilcs might be- made one great
cotton plantation. ana the quality of the
crop would be excellent As it d. now
sye are raising excellent cotton ON the
rcd sea near Sualgim. There are about
3D. 600 acres planted there. and the crop
d. "a profitable one. Plantations are
being set out by foreigners near khar-
tum and tho cotton raised Del fully equal
to tha best Egyptian. Quo of your own
cauutrymeu. Mr Leigh Hunt. De- cNperi-
mentiug ON ca large scale with different
kinds of American cotton. "a little north
of herp uear fht mouth of tho Athlu
river ug says that the Sea- Island
cotton N'li grow thure and that Doe has
uu doubt OFF fhe future OF thar region as
"a cotton producer Indeed. ! see no rna-
som Why cotton should not Doe largely
mi-ad Boo all our southern provinces
THE QUESTION OF LABOR
"But h0w about your labor. your eN-
0.NnDl. Hlkr yuu the Workmen nccgs-
.HIE lO cultivate such croprt'
ruIf ir problem which only Tho
lufurH uIu .uIyU' replied the governor
general of the Sudan. eve have all
Kinds 0i natives here. ana that Don ah
the different stages Of savagory ana
semi-ciFUlzauou There ave hundreds
ul tribes whose people can Doe taught 20
work ana 0ihHrs Che members of which
VIII need many years before they can
hr made into such farmers us we have
In Egypt and India. We have some
Who win work only long enough to get
food and supplies flr Choir immediate
moods and Nh0. when ntue ahead.
viii suud thru umr u dancing and
drinkiuE Ih. native beer until
N0" hUUnm. uuur aEaIu. We
have Hl.u large admNture
Hf Arabs uud other races which
are Uf far higher character and OF
th.s. ND expect much.
Would 10 he Impossible to import Ia
Don lor tn. sudant' . asked
$50. D think mott Nt may ln time
import some outside labor. although
II D. probable ihHt the Africans VIII al.
Ways dO Wlef uf the work We could
ueD cast Indians TEey I've m about
fhe aamr latitude. aud their climate ls
! HomeRhat similar Besides they are not
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ana about 30 feet in diameter. They
are To- be found about almost every
village. and. at ordinary times, are
Aest uu of grain for fear of FAM
in- while the mahdi reigned his SOL
diers robbed the durra pits, and the re-
suit was that whole communities were
wiped out by starvation.
NEW RAILROADS A:lD IRRlGA-
TON.
but IL the bad years eat up the good
ones. whore Is the Sudan 90 get us
grain for export ! asked.
THAT VIII come by irrigation ana
better transportation As 10 is now the
ucopIe rely upon IN, rainfall, which Peg
not sure. ln the future that country
can be irrigated by the two Niles, ana
that without diminishing the supply OF
water required for Egypt Then the land
will have water AN the year round
Improved methods of cultivation VIII
enormously increase the crops. AT
present the native merely walks over
th. ground after a rain and stirs 81 up
with "A stick. while his wife or child
comes behind dropping the seeds ana
covering them with their feet. After
al1rsting nothing Is done until two
months later. when the crop Is ready for
reaping
As to transportation. everything is
brought 10 the river on donkeys or
camels. which eat their heads OF ON the
way. and % has 20 come down the Nile
on boats az high freight We hope 70
soon build d railroad into the GeNreh,
which WIN give 10 an outlet 10 the Red
sea. and there viii be- other roads
branching off from that, furnishing
transportation facilities for the whole
country"
but Is the region between the White
and Blue Niles the only country YOU
have where grain can be raisedt
"Bv no means We can raise grain in
nearly every province. There are grain
areas in the south and In the west.
The Bahr % Ghazal am immense coun-
try ON the northern edge of the Congo
watershed, VIII raise grain. and there
are many regions along tho rivers M the
north which viii produce enormous
crops when the water SIS put upon
them"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-11
CURRENT EVENTS
IN LOCAL SOCIETY

Mrs. Guy Sterling entertained a few
friends yesterday at a luncheon to
meet Mrs. 7. II. Fitzgerald. The dec
oratiOns were all in bachelor buttons
and golden glow. and place cards done
in the bachelor buttons were used. The
guests We're Mrs. Fitzgerald, Mrs. 70.
p. Jennings, Mrs. Causten Browne,
Mrs. Heber Lee and Mrs. Lyman.
X
Mrs Leslie J.. Savage entertained
few friends yesterday at a luncheon at
the Country club in compliment to
Mrs, Walter Whitmore of GoIdfeld.
who is at the Knutsford for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Van Dyke an
nOUnce the engagement of Miss Kath-
crime Thorpe TO Clarence Gibson Dress
er of Phoenix, Ariz. The marriage will
take place the early part of Septen-
Der
x X X
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Burnhan1 have
announced the engagement of their
daughter Lillian, to Charles Stewart
Morrison of Colorado City, Colo. The
marriage will take place Sept. u.
X X
Mrs. Francis Armstrong announces
the engagement of her daughter. Ethel.
to I. r. Barton, the marriage to take
bAe'NC III ONbACAiiUCi.
x =
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C A. Smoot. jr..
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Genevieve. to w. r. Spet-
tigue, the marriage to take place Aug.
81.
Mrs. W. II. Mcintyre and Miss Eliza
beth Mcintyre and the two little
daughters left last evening for Canada
to spend few weeks on the Mcintyre
ranch.
Mrs. J. W. Houston and Miss Bryan
Houston returned yesterday from
Brighton.
X
Weyman Chevers, who has been
spending part of the summer in Ida
no. will return the early part of the
week.
Mrs. Raymond Mason left late in
the week for San Francisco to join Mr.
Mason, who is there.
Miss jeanette Yundt will leave the
last of the week for Pacific Grove
cal. to spend short vacation.
x x
Mrs. A. B. Irvine is back after a
stay of several weeks at Long Beach,
Cal.
Miss Dixie Pike will go to Tooele
shortly to visit her friend, Miss
Blanche Tate.
X x X
Fred c. Scarf of Chicago is in town
for a short stay on business.
X x x
Thomas Brighton has gone to
Brighton for two weeks vacation.
- X X
Miss Emily Jessup, who is summer
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Adventist.

Adventist church. Fifth South and Sixth
East, s. G. Huntington. pastOr-Services:
Sabbath school. Saturday, 10 a. m;
preaching. II a. m. The evangelistic meet
ings in progress at the large pavilion on
Market street rear the postoffice still
continue The pastor is being assisted by
Evangelist St John of California. Serv-
ices every night this week. One hundred
dollars in cash rewards will also be Of
fered on Sunday night for faithful serv-
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of
flee of the Weather Bureau.

Maximum temperature, 90 degrees: min
imum temperature, IS degrees: mean tenn
perature, 81 degrees. which is Is degrees
below the normal; accumulated deficiency
of temperature since the first of the
month, q degrees; accumulated excess of
temperature since Jan. /, ODD degree
Relative humidity at p. m 70 per cent.
Total precipitation from p. m. to D. m.
none; accumulated deficiency of precipi-
tatiOn since he first of the month. 81
inch; accumulated excess of precipitation
since Jan. /, 213 inches.
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Third Presbyterian church, Eleventh
East and Eleventh South streets, Herbert
e Hays, pastor.-Sermon at II a. m by
Rev. r NJ. Stevenson. d. D.. subject
'Christs Talk on Fruit" Sunday school
at 12:15 p. m; lesson. "Nadab and Alb
Thu Christian Endeavor at D. m: top
ic, Teachings of the Trees" Prayer meet
ing Wednesday at p. m.
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Christian.

Central Christian church. Third East
and Fourth South, DIR. Albert Buxton, pas
tor. residence AGO South Fifth East. indie
pendent phone 2991-Sunday school at 9:45
a. M; Centennial address, National Sec
rotary Mrs. Ida W. Harrison of IndianapO-
lis 1 Ia. m; Christian EndeavoT at $50
D. M; prayer meeting Wednesday night.
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Scientist.

First Church of Christ. Scientist. $50
East Third South street-Sunday school
at s:45 a. m. church services at IL a. m. :.
subject, Soul" Wednesday evening at S
o'clock a meeting is held for the purpose
of telling of the healing of sin and dis
ease. Free reading rooms open daily, eX-
cept Sunday, from 10 a. m. to p. m. in
rooms 6O6-6O7 Scott building. 16S Main
street
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African Methodist Episcopal church.
Sixth South, between Second and Third
East streets, ]. c. Bell. pastor.-Preaching
at IL a. IN. and p. m; class meeting at
12:1O p. m; Sunday school at 1 p. m.
Morning theme, Venture on Him"
Night subject, Religion and Life" Good
music is an important feature of these
services
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Presbyterian.

First Presbyterian church, South Tenn
pie and G streets, Rev. William NJ. Paden
u. D., pastor.-Morning services at Ii
II O'Clock; evening services at s O'Clock
Sunday school at 1880 p. m. Midweek
services on Wednesday evening; teachers
meeting at $780, prayer and conference at
8 o'clock
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Conversational.

Word has been received from the Rev.
Elmer /. Goshen. who has been pastor of
the First Congregational church for the
past four years, that he will resume his
pulpit about the first of September. on his
return from the east, where he has spent
the summer The church has been closed
since the first of July to give opportunity
for extensive repairs to the organ, which
latter will probably be in condition for use
again in about a month.
Phillips Congregational church, Fifth
South and Seventh East, Rev. p. A
Simpkins, pastor-Services this day at II
Sunday school at 12:15; Christian Endeav-
or at Gas. Very cordial welcome to all
worshipers at these services.