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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-06

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, 1907-09-05
LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN THE SOUTH

In the sunny south, the land of he
mint julep, the water wagon is stead
lily pressing onward. Georgia has adopt,
ed prohibition, South Carolina has
changed its state regulation to county
regulation which is a trile more rigor,
Gus policy, and North Carolina, Mis-.
sissippi, Arkansas, Missouri n Texas
are following close up to the lead tax
en- by the Others.
This seems strange to the people of
the north and many believe the pendu-
lum of reform will swing so far that
it will take a strong swing in the other
direction, but there is really no proof
of this. Civilization is advancing, not
retrograding. AS time goes on, the
people as a whole will use less liquor,
although they may no be so radical
in places in the matter of utter pro
hibition. Advancement in this reform
usually comes through right methods OF
living-through the stomach-and not
through the OpeTdllOn OIL law. II must
be remembered that of twenty-three
states that have tried prohibition only
three have retained it. The main rea-
son assigned for going back to the 9th,
er plan has been that prohibition did
not prohibit; that it promoted the sale
Of bad whisky; that the bad young
men and old soaks Of a community
would get whisky in a clandestine way
and abuse the confidence Of the moral
element; that the bootlegging joints
we're worse than the open, licensed sa.
loon. Right or wrong. this argument
has prevailed and the reform wave has
generally progressed on other grounds
than absolute prohibition.
The movement in the south is being
carefully watched by the nation at
large. Every person realizes hat no
social or moral good comes from the
use or sale Of Intoxicating liquors. but
just how to handle the vice is a prob
lem that has bothered the brains OF the
, 1907-09-05
UNCLE SAM ONLY SUFFERER.
Imported Cigar supply Shortage is Be
ing Met by American Goods.

New York, Sept. 4.-Incoming coast
line ships from Cuban ports bring fur
Their news of the recently ended cigar
makers strike, which practically re-
suited in the elimination of imported
cigars from the local markets. Those
who have closely examined the Cuban
situation, size it up in the sentence:
Nobody suffers but Uncle Sam" This
is the American view and, of course,
does not take into account the loss
to the strikers and the Cuban manu-
facturers by the struggle which began
last year.
A few weeks ago the word went out
| dealers in Greater New York that the
supply of imported cigars vas running
short. Today the word went out that
the supply of imported cigars was
practically exhausted, and that no
more Havana cigars are arriving in
American receiving ports.
lhS ilupi Sosioh VI LiS vans Mho
visited the island and who are ac-
quainted with the condition of this
country. is that the strike may lead to
the practical ending of the import bus
mess. and this condition gives basis
for their statement hat nobody suf-
fers but Uncle Sam. He loses the i'm
mort dntiAS nm niuors Tho Iotx, Nr
the raw material is far less, so the
American manufacturer steps in and.
from the highest grades of Havana
leaf, manufactures cigars which com
pare favorably with the imported line.
Cuban operatives are employed in
the factories at Tampa and Key West,
so that in reality the smoker gets a
cigar that is in every respect a Ha-
vana product. One of the largest man
ufacturers. the Havana-American com
pany. makers of the FL Principe de
Gales cigar, prepared for just such a
situation by storing up an m
quantity of the highest grade Cuban
leaf in warehouses in Cuba, Key West
and Tampa.
At the Offices of the Havana-Amcr-
lean company i'll this city, when in
quiry regarding the situation was
made today, 1t was said: 1.-The reports
that the imported cigar supply is prac-
tically exhausted are correct We
are. however, not disturbed by this
condition, as we are turning out cigars
of the very highest grade in our fac
tories at Tampa and Key West Our
supply of Cuban leaf is very large. In
fact it is the largest and best We have
ever had"
, 1907-09-05
FISH ALL DEAD IN
Z, THE LITTLE MEDICINE.

Hon. Carl Sieverts Of Little. Medi-
cine was in the city today and inform.
ed a reporter for The Republican that
he believed every fish in both the Lit
tie Medicine and Sheep creek had died
from some peculiar disease. Hundreds
Of dead fish have been found, both
trout and sucker, each showing evident
ly the presence of a parasite. Some
Of the live fish were caught and found
with holes in their sides eaten through
by the disease that has robbed the
streams. At first only suckers were
found dead, but now not live trout
is to be found in many of the holes
in the stream. The Little Medicine
has had more water than usual this
season, and Mr.. Sieverts is at a loss
to know what is best to be done to
ure the disease that threatens ever,
fish in all the streams of the northern
part of the county.
, 1907-09-05
MEXICAN INJURED IN
MEDICINE BOW RACE.

After the loading of the ~thirty-eight
cars Of horses at Medicine Bow yester-
day afternoon, Billie Buckley and Dave
McDermott INDUCED in a little horse
race in the road for the purpose of
deciding which had the better horse.
A Mexican planted himself in the road.
way. ~ostensibly to prevent the race,
but one of the horses threw him down,
somewhat bruising him and tumbling
him about. The Mexican it seems, was
clearly at fault. He came to the city
last night for medical treatment.
, 1907-09-05

All reports indicate that the pres
n corps of state officials are hewing
closely to the line. Not only have they
looked carefully into the matter Of
taxation, but at the instance of Secre-
tary Schnitger Attorney General Null
len has begun suit against the Western
Union company for the corporation
fee of $1,000 it has refused to pay for
doing business in this state. Auditor
Grant is also vigilant in all matters
pertaining to his office, the insurance
companies in particular being called
to close account. There is nothing
worse than a rotten insurance com
pany and the auditor is trying to keep
them beyond our boundaries.
, 1907-09-05
TELEGRAM
CAUSES DISAPPOINTMENT.

Tom Smyth received a message at
noon today notifying him that his
brother, Dennis Smyth, and family,
consisting of his wife and three sons.
were on train No. 8, occupying a draw.
ing room in the Pullman car Gunnison.
The train passed here about 6 o'clock,
six hours before the receipt Of the
telegram, and Tom Smyth missed see
ing his brother. Dennis Smyth is TAX.
ing his three sons to Washington,
where they will enter a university.
Mr.. Smyth will forward the telegram
to the headquarters Of the railroad
company at Omaha.
, 1907-09-05
A Travelling Man. Ex-perisnee.

Il must tell you my experience on
an east hound o. R. & N r. r. train
from Pendleton to LIE Grande, Ore.,"
writes Sam 4. CARRIER, a well. known
travelling man. II was in the smoking
department with some other travelling
men when one of them went out into
the coach and came back and said,
There is a woman sick unto death in
the car l at once got up and went
out, found her very i'll with cramp
collie, her hands and arms were drawn
up SO you could not straighten them,
and with a deathlike look on her face.
Two or three ladies were working
with her and giving her whisky. l
went to my suit s. and got my bot.
tie Of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy Il never travel
without iD, IAN to the water tank.
put a double Gose of the medicine In
glass, poured some water into 1t
and stirred 1t with a pencil; then /
had quite a time to get the ladies' to
let me give it to her, but 1 succeeded.
I could at once see the effect and I
worked with her. rubbing her hands.
and in twenty minutes I gave her q.
other dose. By this time we were al
most into LIE Grande. where l was to
the train. I gave the bottle to
he husband to be used in case an
other dose should be needed. but by
he time the train into LIE Grande
was all right. and l received the
hanks of every passenger in the car"
For sale by all, druggists.
, 1907-09-05
PUNISHMENT FOR LAND FRAUDS.

A United States district Judge In Cal
ifornla has sentenced two of the men
with western land frauds to
ten years Imprisonment in jail, with
an accompanying fine of 1000. The
news Of this penalty will be received
with satisfaction everywhere. The
Prominent men have been connected
with them and powerful influences
have been active to protect those who
have been accused of participation.
In some instances the guilty parties
have been permitted to go free. In
other cases there have been small fines
and a minimum penalty in the shape
of Imprisonment. Where large amounts
of money are involved and far-reaching
conspiracies Tor exploiting lands, a
small fine or Imprisonment for a day
or two have had no terrors. But a ten
years sentence is different. That is a
real penalty.
A few such cases will clear up the
situation wonderfully. If the spirit
gets abroad to punish the big offend
ers there will be more care taken. Ev-
en- IL the Imprisonment and filming of
these two men represent but a small
part of the punishment which should
ha melted ont thpra will no general
satisfaction with the action of the
court in making the penalty severe.
There has been too much l~eniency in
the past.-Chicago Tribune.
, 1907-09-05
FREE VACCINE.
Government VIII Supply to Stockmen
In Forest Reserves.

Washington, Sept. 5.-Evidence of
the governments concern over the
improvement Of range conditions in
the national forests is shown in the
announcement just made that stock
owners will be furnished, free of
charge. supplies of vaccine for the
treatment of stock afflicted with black
leg, tuberculosis and other animal dis.
eases.
The vaccine can be obtained by APP.
plying to the supervisor of the forest
reserve upon which the stock Is graz,
ing, who will at once forward the APP.
proved request to the bureau of animal
industry, where it will be filled. Full
directions will be furnished for its
use.
, 1907-09-05

And so the ladies' shoes will be point.
ed and will pinch. OF course, they are
absolutely bound by the dictates OF
those who make fashions DEGREES, no
matter whether they like it or not.
Fashion says walk kangaroo. and kan,
CARGO they walk. Fashion says wasp
waist, and there is at once a tighten
ing OF the strings. Will the time ever
come when the women of the world
can dress neatly and comfortably with
out being talked about by the fash.
ionable slaves?
, 1907-09-05

President Tisdel issues a broad in
vitation to Wyoming philanthropists
to supplement- the Wyoming Tribune
scholarships with several on the side.
There is an opportunity for u kindly
act and the exercise of true generos.
inv
, 1907-09-05
MAY BE D.
cheyenn, Midshipman Violates Rules
of Naval Academy.

Washington, Sept. 5.-Clarence c.
Riner, son of a prominent Cheyenne,
Wyoming, mar and a member of the
fourth class at the Annapolis naval
academy, is one of the four midship.
men whom Captain Badger, the super.
intendent of the academy. has recon-
mended for dismissal.
Midshipman Riner and a fellow
classman are charged with "~frenching"
the institution without permission.
, 1907-09-05

A Boston mar offered to advertise
Cheyenne at the Hub for a considera.
ton of 800 per annum and the Chey'
enne council actually thought the man
was joking. Now it is just possible
that bean-eating Bostonians would i'm.
prove the capital city. Who knows?
, 1907-09-05

are not so very pretty but they
are good dressers. 1t was just as well
for the prince that he made this state.
ment on the eve of his departure. He
retains his hair.
, 1907-09-05

An earnest but misguided man in
North Carolina writes to the New York
World to say that Alton B. Parker OF
New York is the only man upon whom
the democrats can unite next year
with any hope of success This North
Carolina man is believed to be the
only one of his kind in the country
Chicago Tribune.
, 1907-09-05

Captain II. d. Cough of the state hu,
a society has announced that sin,
%gle-handed roping will not be permit,
ted. In this position he appears to
have followed the suggestions recently
made by Governor Brooks, to the eff.
feet that roping should not be permit
ted unless engaged in by two, one rop-
ing the head and the other the heels.
, 1907-09-05

most learned statesmen. In fact the
use OF intoxicating liquors has befud-
died the brain of many n leading lumi-
nary in legislative and congressional
halls.
, 1907-09-05
Terms Of subscription.

With the very best OF shale for port
land cement 1t is only a question OF
time when Laramie will have a factory.
not everywhere that the material can
be found.
, 1907-09-05

have been a terror to other animals.
tearing flesh in devouring other ami
mails Providence had provided for food
for him.
, 1907-09-05
For = spr,ined Ankle.

A sprained ankle may be cured in
about one-third the time usually requir.
ed, by applying Chamberlain's Pain
Balm freely. and giving 1t absolute
rest. For sale by al druggists.
, 1907-09-05

Old papers. Is cents . hundred. at
The Republican once.
, 1907-09-05
WANT AMERICAN COINS.
Havana Masons Demand Pay in United
States Money.

Havana, Sept. 5.-Building construc-
ton in the capital is at a ~standstill be-
cause of a strike of masons, who have
demanded the payment Of wages in
American money. The strike may be
the beginning of a general move for
American money expected since the
~cigar-makers' strike.
For the small sum Of SO cents 4
month you a get all the news q
the world right up to the minute by
subscribing for The Republican
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01

The Rhode Island legislature has ad-
jOurned without electing a successor
to Senator Wetmore. There were three
candidates in the field, Senator Wet
more for reelection with 80 votes back
ing him, Colonel Samuel p. Colt, whose
SO votes stayed by him from start to
finish. and Mr.. Goddard, who had the
10 solid democratic members for his
support. Wctmore and Colt are use
less millionaires. The voting began in
January and the last vote taken was
practically the same as the first. The
contest between the two republican
candidates has been bitter. and no
doubt its influence will be felt in com
ing elections, but fortunately it has
passed without scandal. If bribery
was practiced or attempted. the fact
has not been made public. The stead
fastness of the members to their re-
spective candidates seems not to have
been the purchaSable kind.
Rhode Island will go into the next
congress with but a single senator.
This may not in itself be serious. but
the prospect for the future politics OF
the state is not cheerful In the nom.
nation and election of the next legis-
lature every other issue will be sub
Ordinated to the ambitions of the sen.
|atorial candidates, with consequent
sacrifices of public interests. Had
Rhode Island adopted the primary
election plan of nominating senators
by direct vote it would have beer
spared this unpeasantness
One senator, however, should be
enough for state with Il population
of 1928, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01
FOrakcr's Nemesis.

st. Louis Republic: In his swing
around the Ohio circle Secretary Taft
exhibited some $50 pounds of what
his friends consider good presidential
timber, but the figure which looms sin
lister on the horizon of Foraker is that
of Congressman Theodore E. Burton
of the Cleveland district.
Republicans in Ohio are of no diff
ferent breed from those in other states,
and from searching canvasses of senti-
ment made in the last week there
seems little doubt that they are so
strongly for Roosevelt. or for Roose-
velt's man, that Foraker's Brownsville
bomb will prove only a flash in the
pan.
But Mr.. Burton has jumped into the
Taft bandwagOn, promising that he
will not ride deadhead. 1t is well un.
derstood in Ohio that he is not riding
for fun, either. The seat in Washing.
ton now held by the fire alarm senator
is the prize he is riding for, and un.
less the machine of Foraker and Dick
proves considerably stronger than that
engineered by Cox until the smashur
of 1905, he is likely to get it.
The surrender of Senator Penrose to
Roosevelt is hint that came too late
to Foraker. The Ohio lines of battle
with Burton as the administration
champion for the senate were formed
before PenrOse found out that ROOse
welt is firmly planted in the republican
saddle.
Burton will do the heavy fighting and
Taft will get the Ohio delegation. He
will hold it securely to be turned over
to Roosevelt if the president at last
concludes that there is an irresistible
call for him to accept denomination.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01

Now bring out your Easter bonnet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01

of the government" The audience
rose to their feet with volley after vol
ley of cheers when he clinched this
declaration with defiant challenge.
you may differ from me on every
question, he exclaimed, but if you do
not believe in the right of the people
to govern themselves, it will drive you
democratic party does not believe in
the rule of the people. it will have no
trouble in driving me out.
Bryan has here answered giant
question that now confronts the ma
tional democratic party. His expires
sion is the essence of democracy.
| Whether he be right or wrong on some
views OF some issues, who is there in
the democratic party who will dare
| deny or defy Bryan'S democratic dec
laratiOn that IF you do not believe in
| the right of the people to govern them
selves, it will drive YOU out of the
| democratic party Men who oppose
| that essential JeffersOnian democratic
policy are not democrats. In national
state, county, city and ward contests
| the issue is plain to democrats. If
nominations are made by machine
gangs and not by the rank and file
| such nominations are not democratic
So with elections and official conduct
all must be for the people all the time
to be democratic. The people must
govern, and those who pose as dem.
ocrats, yet who oppose such sacred
fundamental democratic principle, had
better take warning.
Genuine democracy cannot and will
not tolerate them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01

Bryans' most bitter foes are forced
to admit that even though they may
differ with him in some views on pub
lie questions, Bryan is always found
fighting for the people. They may
charge him with being radical, with
being too democratic and with being
too severe in his attacks upon corpOr-
ate wealth, but they can never find him
on any side of any question except the
side of the people. Bryan's every ut
terance rings with defense of the pub.
lie interests. And all his speeches
strike terror to his foes because they
cannot meet his eloquence, force and
logic. They cry "demagogue" and
crank" because they lack argument
One of Bryan's greatest speeches re
Gently was his Brooklyn address
Even the Brooklyn Eagle is forced tc
acknowledge this was a wonderful
speech. Bryan was late on the pro
gram and the address lasted from mid
night until o'clock in the morning
The Eagle, in speaking of the address
said next day, save for the frequent
storms of applause the enunciation o.
his doctrines evoked, the silence was
almost portentious," the auditors lean
ing forward with strained ears t.
catch every word that fell from his
lips"
Characterizing his speech as bril-
liant, sarcastic and humorous, the
Eagle describes the speaker as above
everything else "a man intensely il
earnest, a man who believed ever,
word that he uttered. man who be
lieved that the time was not far dis
tant when the nation would believ
them, too" The most exciting momen
in the delivery of Mr.. Bryan's speecl
was in connection with his espousal O
the initiative and referendum. He ha'
said: "You may help it, you may re
tard it, you may defeat it, but one o
the things that is coming, that is Jet
fersonian, that is democratic, is the in
itiative and referendum for the contro
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01

May May be better than April.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01
"LittIe Check" for $4,000.

Baron Henri de ROthschild. the mil
lionaire doctor of medicine, attended at
the Academy of Medicine in Par.s.
where Dir. Poirier, at the close Of a
mastery lecture, expressed regret that
France had no cancer institute. Baron
Hnnri sent up a note to the lecturer
expressing his pleasure at the lecture
and inclosing a little check toward
the preliminary expenses Of the insti-
tute" which represented $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE.
Real Estate Transfers.

Ida l.. Knight to William II. White
side. Atkinson's subdivision, Outlot 20,
part lots l and >, block l, Moline, SIS.
Ida l.. Knight TO William II. White.
side part lot l, block /, Atkinson 5
subdivision. outlot 20, Moline, SIS.
Frederaka Kip to Emil STANCE,
part lot l, block ,, Alday's addition,
East Rock Island. Moline, 81.
Gust Zettcnburg to Theodore Walk
CT, west half lot 10. block l, Deere )
addition, Moline, $3.50.
George II. White to Elizabeth Min
ses. lot u. block /, Barth & BabcOck' :
addition. Rock Island, $4,000.
Gust Johnson to Robert c. ShallberG
west half lot 6, block I, Pitts, Gilbert
& Pitts First addition, Moline. $l.25D
William H. Whiteside to S. NJ. Jack.
son, west half, northwest quarter sec
ton Is, Is. 2e, $l5.500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01

e-Good-Muskrat is suing her hus-
band for a divorce at BOnesteel, \. d.
She claims her husband ran away with
AlovO-Walks-as-S he-Jumps. She also
wants to take her maiden name, Alice
High-Kicker, again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01

It is the good fortune of Vermont to
have II living eX-sovernOrs, ranging
in age from 81 years down to half a
century. The list is of course headed
by Frederick HolbroOk of Battleboro,
the war governor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01

Charles p, Taft, former Ohio con-
gresham, owner of the Cincinnati
Times-Star, and brother of the war
secretary, is credited with a fortune Of
S2O.OOO, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. tEn-
tered at the postofice as second-csoss
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01
MRS. SARAH J. WINDROM

8 Mrs. Sarah J. Windrom of Chicago,
cousin Of Zachary Taylor, twelfth
president of the United States, and
grandniece of Alexander Hamilton.
who signed the Declaration of indie
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in my life
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ton, from which the useless oil has
been eliminated and tonic iron added.
Try Vinol on our guarantee.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-01

Don't despair The Legislature will
adjourn soon.