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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-12-24
MEAO's MEN ARE ATTACKED
STATE LAND COMM sSIONERS ARE
CONDEMNED FOR ADVANCED
ADVERTISEMENT.

Radical increases in the aprralse-
ment of state school lands made in
Eastern Washington have aroused
strong feeling of resentment against
the state board of land commissioners,
in control of which are Governor
Mead's appointees on the state tax
commission, and the state fire warden.
In Adams county. prominent banker
declares that two-thirds of the state
school lands held under lease and
which have been offered for sale or an
other lease, have been abandoned be-
cause the lessees are unable to stand
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-12-24
he heavier burden. saws the Seattle

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the heavier burden, says. the Seattle
Times
Stockmen throughout the east side
declare that the states figures for
grazing privileges are eight times
those prescribed by the government for
feeding in the forest reserve. A strong
sentiment prevailed among members OF
the stockmen's meeting at Spokane
recently in favor of denouncing the
tax commissions policy. Political pres
sure averted an open attack on the ad-
ministration.
It is averred by east side farmers
that the appraisers of school lands
have been instructed to appraise the
lands high enough, but that the state
tax commission is not satisfied with
the appraisers figures. Numerous In
stances are recited where the board
has made a radical increase on the fig-
ures reported by the original apprais-
ers.
State Land Commissioner E. w.
Ross, when he controlled the appraise-
ments, made a sharp advance in the
appraisal of eastern Washington graz
ing and agricultural lands. The state
tax commission being added to the
board, started out determinedly to gair.
reputation by increasing the revenues
of the state through big land sales and
leases. Instead of attaining that re-
suit the radical increases in appraise-
ments made recently have driven Old
lesseas off their lands.
A similar attitude was shown. by the
state tax commission in the appraise-
ment of the Lake Union shore lands.
The tax commission held out for APP
praisements as high as $4,000 an acre,
a figure land owners regarded as pro-
lhibitive 1t was only with great Difficult .
ty that a compromise was effected.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-12-24

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It LOOKS G0OD
FOR PETT|B0NE
CASE WILL PROBABLY GO TO THE
JURY UNDER FAVORABLE
INSTRUCTIONS.

BOISE, Dec. 24-After the state had
rested it's case this morning in the Pet
tibone trial ard Judge Wood had an
nouncad the conclusions in the argu-
ment to send the case to the jury
with instructions to acquit. it became
evident that he will either instruct the
jury to acquit or in refusing to do this
will send the case to the jury under
Instructions that corroborative evil
dence of Orchards story is not re-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-12-24
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morning at 10 o'clock. Interment wi
he in the city cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-13
writers
Selma, Alabama.

gerat pleasure to write you from these
old piney woods and announce my safe
arrival, lest you should think | had lost
myself or been swamped in prairie mud
in my effort to get to my destination
81 began to teach yesterday, and l feel
already as if l We're created for nothing
else but TO hammer the a-phaDet into
the heads of all Christendom. And never
stop until each had become an Isaac
Newton or Madame DeStaeIe.
Il am very much pleased with the peo-
pie and the neighborhood. Our only
drawback is the distance from the postof-
fice-and then only one mail a week,
every Tuesday. The office at LaPlace
has been broken up and we are obliged
to send to Cross Keys, a distance of
twelve miles, which is not very pleasant
when we are so anxious for news, espe-
cially from the army. By the way, the
day I left Montgomery 1 saw a great
many of the prisoners taken at Murfrees-
boro; and as I had to wait about half
an hour at Cliet's depot l saw them pass
there on two freight trains. for exchange.
They seemed well clad, but were just as
dirty as our men ever are. Some of the
women wanted to kill them every one
1t is needless to say 1 remained silent
spectator
Il would be very much gratihed, my
dear Mrs. Bellinger, to hear from you
occasionally, il you will be so kind az
TO contribute your snare IN CHASING 'tWl-
light shadows from my mind; for it's at
that hour | feel most lonely and letters
will prove a powerful antidote
with kind love and regards to your
family, l am, yours sincerely,
ANNA NJ. SAURIN."
How Mrs. Bellinger's mother-heart
must have responded to that appeal 1t
is needless to say that the coveted let
ters went.
In the midst OF her many ministra tons
the nursing of sick soldiers, the dressing
of wounds, the writing of letters to the
and comforting the bereaved who sat and
mourhed like Rachel of old, Mrs. Bel
linger's heart was torn by the knowl-
edge that her son Robert was prison.
er. Still, the young met together in an
effort to be cheerful; there was still
marrying and giving in marriage"
letter written by one of Mrs. Bellinger's
daughters to Capt. Bushrod Bell (whom
she afterward married. gives the lights
and shadows of that time 1854
Montgomery, Ala, March g. 1854.
Dear Cousin Bush-I'll now admit that
am a poor correspondent; but-there
has been so much running about to do.
= We were delighted yesterday oy
the reception of a letter from my brother
Robert: received a letter also from a
friend in Baltimore who assures US that
Robert is well cared for and in good
health. While Bob is kindly treated,
would rather have him a prisoner tnan
in the ranks How | dread the coming
campaign l trust it may see the ter
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08
cHAPIER vII.

The consummate daring Of It! Why
the rascal ought to have been in COM
mand of an army On the Board of
Strategy he would have been incom-
parable!
There followed a tableau that l
shall not soon forget. We all stared
at the real Haggerty much after the
fashion Of Medusa's victims. Present.
" the tension relaxed, and we all
sighed. sighed because the thought
Of Jail for the night in a dress-suit
dwindled in perspective; the girl
sighed for the same reason and one or
two other things: the chief of the vii
lage police and his officers sighed be-
cause darkness had suddenly swooped
down on them; and Hamilton sighed
because there were no gems. Hag-
gerty was the one among us who
didn't sigh. He scowled blackly.
This big athlete looked like q de-
tective, and the abrupt authority or
his tones convinced me that he was.
Haeeerty was celebrated in the annals
Of police affairs; ne had handled ali
sorts Of criminals. from titled Inn
posters down to petty thieves. He
vas not man to tribe with. mentally
o. rsyEicaIly. and for tsls reason We
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08


he does not go out for him. And
now I've got to start all over again,
and he in New York, a bigger cata-
comb than Rome ever boosted of, He's
not common thief; nobody knows
who he is or what his haunts are.
But have seen his face; I'll never
forget him."
The chief tore his hair, while his
subordinates shuffled their feet I'M
easily. Then they all started in to
explain their theories. But the de-
tective silenced them with wave OF
his huge hand.
X don't want to hear any explana-
tons. Let these persons 60" he. com
manded, with jerk Of his head in our
direction. You can all return to
town but one officer. may need a
single man." Haggerty added though
fully.
What are you going to do?" asked
the chief.
Never you mind. have an idea;
1t may be good one. II 1t is. I'll
tolOpuOAO you aAi dOOut ~ WHcn tlo
time comes"
He stepped over to the telephone
and called up central. He spoke so
low that none Of us overheard what
he said; but he hung up the receiver.
satisfied smile on his face
The girl and we're free to 60
whittier we listed. and we listed to
return at once to New York Ham
iIton, however. begged US to remain.
to dance and eat. As compensation
for what we had gone through; but
Miss Hawthorne resoluteIy shook her
head; and as there was nothing IN the
world that would have induced me to
stay without her, shook my head,
too. It seemed to me he'd Known
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08

(, were all shaking In our boots. He
owned to a keen but brutal wit; to
him there was no such thing as sex
among criminals, and he had the te
nacity of purpose that has given the
bulldog considerable note in the pit
But it was quite plain that for once
he. had met his match.
Il don't see how you can blame me,
mumbled the chief. None of us was
familiar with your looks, and he
showed us his star of authority, and
went to work in business-like way
BY George! and he has run away with
my horse and carriage! "-starting
from his chair.
Never mind the horse. You'll find
1t safe at the railway station" snarled
Haggerty. Now, then, tell me every
thing that has happened, from be-
ginning to end.Y
And the chief recounted the adven-
ture briefly. Haggerty looked coldIy
at me and shrugged his broad shout
ders. AS for the girl, he never gave
her so much as single glance. He
knew a gentlewoman without looking
at her twice.
"Humph! Isn't he a clever one,
though?' cried Haggerty, in a burst
of admiration. Clever Is no name
for it. I'd give year of my life to
come face to face with him. 1t would be
an interesting encounter. Hunted him
for weeks, and today laid eyes ON him
for the first time Had my clumsy
paws on him this very afternoon. He
seemed so willing to be locked up
that grew careless. Biff and he and
his accomplice, an erstwhile valet, had
me trussed like chicken and bundled
into the clothes-press. Took my star,
credentials, playing-card, and invita-
ton. 1t was near eleven o'clock when
reused the housekeeper. I tele-
graphed two hours ago"
"Telegraphed" exclaimed the chief.
rousing himself out of melancholy
dream. (There would be no mention
of him in the morrow's papers)
yes, telegraphed. The despatch
lay unopened on your office-desk.
You're good watchdog-for hem
coop!" growled Haggerty. Ten thou
sand in gems tonight, and by this
time he is safe in New York. You are
all pack of blockheads.
Used the telephone, did he? Told
you to hold these innocent persons till
he went somewhere to lard the &C
complete, Ell? The whistle of the
train meant nothing to you. Well,
that whistle ought to have told you
that there might be a mistake A.
good officer never quits his prisoners.
If there is an accomplice in tolls else
where, he makes them bring him in,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08
First Published in Messenger May 1 1907
Non Resident Notice.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
COUNTY OF CHICKAsAN

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
COUNTY OF CHICKAsAw.
To any and al persons having any interest,
either legal or equitable 10 the u sec 81
Township ~ rauge east, 90 acres on east
side of n u sec SO township IL range 5
east, ali In Chickasaw County, Missippi, and
Lot 416 Block 81
Lots sos, 5O7 and sos Block 6S
Lots gil and 614 Block "a
I Lot Ats Block 10
all according to lifts survey of the city OF
Okolona, Chickasaw County, State Of Missis-
sippL
You are commanded to appear before the
Chancery Court of the End District OF Chicka-
saw County, state OF Mississippi, on the fourth
Monday of May 1907 and then and there plead
answer or demur to the bill hledby ]. L. Sibley
to quiet the title and remove any clond or
claim whatever upon the above mentioned
lands, and wherein you are made defendants.
This April 26 1907.
T. w. HAMILTON, Clerk
G. w. BEAN D. G,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08
pIsTuRBEp TIE CONCENTRATION

The person who disturbed the con-
Rregation last Sunday By continually
coughing 10 requested 70 buy 9 bottle
F0ley's Honey and Tar.
Sold BY ST. Clair Drug 90. Tupelo,
and Bearden 3 King, Okoiona.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08
First published in Messenger May 1so7l
Non Resident Notice.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
CHICKASAW COUNTY.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Second District.
CHICKAsAw COUNTY.
To Eli Yoder the defendant. You are com
manded to appear before the Chancery Court
of the End District In the county of Chickasaw
in said state on the 4th Monday OF May 1907
to defend the suit in said court Of II. J. Rad
dolph wherein you are q defendant.
This April goth 1907
T.W II AMILToN Clerk
G. W.. BEA ID. G.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08

Now that there Ie full hedged
Theatrical trust there will be sad need
for at least one character to dramatic
ally rescue the theator public from the
clutches Of the monster st the eleventh
hour.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08

Oriuo Laxative Fruit Syrup 10 best
FOR women and children. Ito mild &C.
tIOn and pleasant taste makes IL pre-
ferable 70 violent purgatives, such as
pslls. tablets, etc. Get booklet and
Gamble Of Orlno at Sc. Clair Drug
Co, TupeIo, and Bearden 4 King,
Okolona.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08

The Illinois house Of representatives.
has passed . bill 70 give its members
$4,000 for each regular session instead
81 the 81 900 they now receive, II 8
etate LEGISLATOR failed TO put q proper
Yalue on his own services 70 the state
who wouldf
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08
okolona Professional y Business Men.
PROFESSIONAL MEN.
BUCHANAN 4 BUCHANAN

4 TTORNEY AT Law, Office next door to
"A the Okolona Banking Company. OkOlo
ma. Miss. Practices IN Federal and State
courts
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-12-11

This affinity was plainly demonstrated in two nominations
Of Bryan by the Democracy and defeats Of the
gentleman and the donkey by the American people, says
the Kansas City Journal
But the caroonist suggests quite imposing list OF birds
Of the air and beasts Of the Ged possessing claims upon
the attention Of the Democracy The desert and the jungle
are ransacked and the barnyad ard the paror sofa pill
aged the front porch Of the house and the hollow trees Of
the hooting forests are laid under butte for this sympos
um Of insignia The lion is sugsc ed because can whip
an elephant There is certain city in the suggestion
Of the turkey as being the most rclar thing during No
vember VIXEN the elections are he but there must be
something for the rest Of the year for the three odd
years Of the presidential quadrenn n The camel put
forward but so far as the Democ " is concerne4 that
party gets hump on itself only occ onay and the tact
that the camel can go long time out water would mil
tate against its popularity with the J. and its apEropr-
ateness in the eyes Of other people
The suggestion Of the cat which II hard to kill IS pop-
ular with the ladies' and never fails IL ome back IS force
full argument for Bryan personally br It will hardly appIv
to the party as whole Much more reasonable IS the buf
alo. which nearly extinct The emblem would have great
significance tor Mr. Bryan who has The whole party effect
ualy buaoed Another happy thought is that Of the goat
which can rapidly change position swallow almost
anything and likes to butt in The turtle also has no weak
CLAIM tor as the cartoons points out is slow but sure.
is long lived carries its house and can register IN any
ward
Possibly something appropriate mighebe compiled from
all these and composite emblem be built up that would
fill the billsay buffalo with the head Of ion the feet
Of turtle the strut Of turkey the pesEerous longevity
OF cat and the omniverous appetite 81 goat More
suggestions might crystaize what the caoonist has only
Illuminated.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-12-11

Jesus then and toward the Of Gaiee thrythree
after down through the ages and is to be accepted
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea in
the days Of Herod the King" The sweetest memories
cluster about this sweetest name The who sought
Him. the mother wh6 bore Him. the Bethlehem that knew
Him. the king whO conspred kill Him. the Egypt which
sheltered Him, the Nazareth which received Him. the
doctors who questioned Him, the Mary who sorrowed
for Him. have each been lost the world through death
and change to the world to whom He came. while His
name lives brighter with each succeeding cycle. bright
er to the men Of faith who receive Him, but with form
or comness to the world that rejects Him.
Where is He that is born King Of the Jews? For we
have seen His star in the East and are come to worship
Him. The believer in Jesus lacking tender regard for
the Jews has learned the first practical lesson love
for the Babe Of Bethlehem the Of who was
acquainted with grief who denied by Peter betrayed
by Judas forsaken by ALL For we have seen His Star
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-12-11

IN the Last, and como to worship Him No one
knows how Tar these strangers had travelled nor from
whence they came These worshippers we're guided by
star to person. and places The person. the only be-
ing worthy Of the worship Of men, the place. memorable
because the birth place Of One who in the beginning
was the Word, and the Word with God, and the
Word was Coo"
Let rejoice in these days when the thoughts Of all
less turned toward Him whom only believers
tru! worship; not because the day celebrated has any
warrant. 1t is not the day, but the person. The wise
men tell down and worshipped the newly born King
The day was blessed one If numbered however in the
archives Of Heaven the fact has not been transmitted to
by the inspired penman Jesus crcumcised the eighth
day. had the marks of the Jew in the flesh When about
forty days old He presented the Lord in the great
Temple in the City Of the Great King Sacrifice was
offered according to the Mosaic economy. Simeon,
Jew, waiting for the consolation Of Israeli took Him his
arms and blessing God sad Lord now ettest thou thy
depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy sal
vatcn." Anna, Jewish prophecies that instant gave
thanks likewise unto the Lord
Make nothing Of the day, it is mans: The Christ is
the Lords anointed If you are really an accepted
worshipper Of Him. you will not allow any root Of bitter
ness spring up trouble you because Of your hatred Of
the Jew
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-12-11

Rev. Edward Everett Hale the chaplain of the Senate
who has always taken interest in forestry depoes the
passing OF white pine foremost wood and tells how
in his own lifetime he has seen the day when the mass
Of every vessel that sailed the Seven Seas were made
from New England grown pine; while to-day very little
white pine is cut in New England big enough to furnish
good-szed spar He tells aso illustrate the increas-
ing o the wood that he ordered OF book shelves
which the cabinet maker made price, and then asked
whether they should be Of mahogany or white pine
The white pine production has shifted from New
England to the Lake States and Michigan the leading
lumber producing State for twenty years, frcm 1870 TO
1880 with supremacy based on white pine. In these
two decades the cut was 100 billions Of board feet valued
at the point OF production not less than two billions OF
dollars, nearly half much again the value derived
from all the gold fields Of California from their discovery
in the late ortes until the present he rich forests OF
Michigan thought inexaustble and numbering
continued in most reckless Tor years. Suddenly
the people awoke the fact that the thoughtess desuc-
ton Of the trees had thrown 100000 Of acres on the
delinquent tax list These white pine barrens point TO
the terrible penalty OF wasting the forrest resources which
should have been the heritage Of all future generations.
An idea OF the increasing scarcity OF white pine timber
is given BY the New York F. O. B. quotations. on basis
Of carload lots. "Uppers" cost $97 to $1l4 thousand
board feet and the selects next lower grade costs
$3.50 to $3.50. Men who not yet mddle-aged re-
member the time when those grades could be purchased
SIS to S25 thousand feet The present quotations on
quarered white oak which SIS to $50 offer another
basis OF comparison which indicates the condition or the
market for white pine
The best stands OF this timber in this country are
in scattered sections in Minnesota New England, and
parts Of Idaho The species in Idaho is sometimes called
silver pine. Some Of the countrys best white pine ~
found the Indian reservations in Minnesota and Wis
consin and scattered stands found in the states Of
Wyoming Montana, Colorado and two other states.
AT the present rate ol cutting the tree will practically
be thing of the past The small stands III the National
forests inconsderabIe but they will Be managed with
the greatest conseryasm by the government through the
Forest Service ndthrourh this method and practice q
be hoped that the fine old tree will
furnish timber ior other generations
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-12-11
WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT FORESTRY
DEPARTMENT.

He position which the United States
has held as lumber-producing nation
has, perhaps, been due more to white
pine than to any other wood. The
timber Of this valuable tree which has
played most important part in the
material development of the nation is
fast disappearing and now it is as
costly as the finest American hard
woods.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-12-11
w here is He
Written or this paper by Edwin A Wilson Of prns6ed n


HIS most important query with reference
to the most important person with whom
the world has had to do, was made by
sundry nameless, numberless and so
far as we know rankIess men at the
dawn Of this era, commonly called the
Christian Era, but misnomer if the
worlds attitude toward the Holy Child
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-12-11
THE DONKEY AND OTHERS.

CHICAGO cartoonist McCutcheon,
makes valuable contribution to the
literature Of Democratic emblem dis
cussion. When Mr.. Bryan came out
SO boldly on the side, Of the donkey
most people thought that almost the
last word has been said. People knew
Mr.. Bryan; they could easily appreci-
ate the affinity which he pointed out
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-12-11

Friends oF Frank Pclakovc of Iowa Falls. Iowa. have
organized movement NJ will appeal to the state depart
ment at Washington Il his release from Hunaar-
ian prison. where he was III "a last june for display
Of American enthusiasm. PoIakovic was sent by lie
United Gymnasium Association ii june 10 compete al the
tournament Skos For displaying the stars and stripes
the American party was ordered to dsperse By the aend
All complied but PoIakovie who said 70 have
uttered words of contemp Tor he treatment accorded him.
For this and His American enthusiasm IL Vas imprisoned
and has remained ia custody since