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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-31
OIL KINGS MONUMENT
Rockefeller Admirer Erecting An
temortem Shaft In Texas.
PERSONAL WORK OF E. G. LEE

Resident of Denton Considers John D.
Greatest Man on Earth-If Lincoln
United the Country, Standard Oil
Man Surely lllumined 1t, He Declares.
A monument to John D. Rockefeller
is being raised two miles south of Den
ton, Tex, where two much Travelled
roads cross, says Denton special dis
patch to the New York World. OF
course it is unusual to put up monu-
ment to a man before he has been
gathered to his forefathers. But q. G.
Lee, who greatly admires John d.
Rockefeller and who Is building the
monument with the sweat of his brow
and the toll of his hands. says Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie
have set precedents which any Ameri-
can citizen should be proud to follow
81 know that monuments should be
postmortem," said Mr.. Lee, man of
great intelligence, the other day. Il
know you cannot write epitaphs in the
present time. But Andy Carnegie and
Teddy Roosevelt have set the exam
pie, only Andy Is working up, building
Libraries, and Teddy is working down,
digging pits.
~ consider John d. Rockefeller the
greatest man in the world" Mr.. Lee
continued, with emphasis. Il am try
ing to induce him to come here and
live where he won't be hunted and per-
secuted. l want him to run on the
Democratic ticket for president next
time. He would be elected. You see
the pedestal is nearly completed. 1t
symbolizes Mr.. Roekefeller's natural
strength, breadth and depth. l have
ordered the statue itself from bronze
casting firm In New York city. No, ]
will not tell you which firm, because,
Ike Mr.. Rockefeller, shun publicity
| am spending $4,000 on the statue
and pedestal. / expect Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter and his kin to be here for the un'
Yelling, which may be next November
and. If not then. In the early spring
he has assured me that nothing ex
eept business can keep him away. 81
| am very hopeful he viii be here. FOR
ne testified the other day, you win re
member, that he has not been attend
ing to business for some years. Any.
now, whether or notshe is here, the
monument viii be unveiled"
Despite the difficulty In wording cpl
apns In past or present, Mr.. Lee, &
Wen to do real estate dealer. who does
ne pleases, Acknowledges he has
zen studying what the Inscription
snoaid be. In letters OF bronze there
"4y De on one face of the pedestal:
s.l ae never cared for money for moneys
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-31
80
On a third face.

Millions burn oil. He burned money
for the sake of charity and learning.
The pedestal Is ON a farm belonging
to Lee, tenanted by a farmer, D. B.
Hope. Mr. Lee proudly points out to
visitors the room in the farmhouse
where Mr.. Rockefeller VIII sleep the
sleep of the just. The statue is a mass
of rocks piled sixty feet high. The cir
conference of the base of the mass is
a hundred feet On its peak WIN stand
the statue. Since last March Lee has
kept busy his men and teams securing
the country round for rocks, which are
not plenty hereabout. With his own
hands, busy as an ant building hill,
he has placed every rock on the pyra-
mid He says 200 tons at Least care in
the great eonical mass, and the lheavt-
est stone weighs no more thanl fifty
pounds.
Mr. Lee has many designs of statues
at the hotel where he lives IN Denton.
One shows Mr. Rockefeller serted like
a silver bali in a shooting gallery, atop
stream OF spouting oil; another dis
plays him giving 10 centss and a surfle
to a caddy: yet another donating 30
sous to French waiter, who bowseto
the ground and says. IA thousand
thanks. millionaire"
Lee. his monument builder, does mot
look unlike John d. Rockefeller. Lee
Is supposed to be wealthy. but refuses
to state the amount of This fortune.
saying. like John D., he cannot com
pute his holdings. He admits he owns
coal mines In Alabama worth $4,000
and has made snug sums in specula-
ton. He owns a hotel atfDenbpn, Tex
He is tall and slim. with IA slight stoop
TO his shoulders. His hers1 Is large and
his face smooth shaven. His gray eyes
look especially shrewd. and his fellow
townsmen say no one ever worsfed
him in a business deal Lee dresses
shabbily. He says he Isl too busy to
bother about clothes. Hetweigfs every
word he utters. He Is Dorty years old
and Is credited with many kind deeds
but otherwise is close with ihis money.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-31
TO RECLAIM /, EMPIRE
irrigation Project Ina California
Is the Worlds largest.
A TASK OF THIRTYG YEARS.

United States government Aboukt&o Be-
ain In Sacramento and San Joaquin
Valleys Work involving Outlay Of
$4,000, Ooo-Auoh Can Be Raised.
The largest of the worldsl irrigation
projects, an undertaking so vast that
thirty years and upward of $50.OO0,OO0
will be required to carry 1t out, is
about to be begun by the federal gov
eminent In the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys of California, says the
Chicago Post.
In this region, where 1t Is said the
range Of climate and the natural fer
tility of the soil favor the growth OF
every known species Of plant life, the
government engineers purpose to dis
tribute the annual rainfall and the
flow from the snow beds in the Cas-
cade over a vast territory.
In the Sacramento valley alone II 70
the ultimate plan to irrigate 2,TO0O00
acres, and, while the area to be re-
claimed in the San Joaquin valley has
mot been measured accurately, It b es-
timated roughly that II win be one
and one-half times that area.
None of US realizes the agricultural
possibilities of these valleys" said
Chief photographer NJ o. Leighton OF
the United States geological survey In
outlining the government plans for
| this region. while the development
Of this area has been marvellous IN thu
last few years, It's possibilities have
not as yet been touched upon
$50 great Is the undertaking that the
| government Is unable 10 take IL up ~
a whole, but must take It up in SEC
| tons Of sizes that can be completed
/ with the money available. The FIRST
of these wfll be the OrlAnd gubprotect
comprising 5000 acres. TIA pnslam-
i mary work has been under way foE
some time. The work Of construction
/ VIII be begun within 4 few m0nths-
i Mr.. Leighton passed through Chica.
80 recently on his return to Washing
/ ton. where he viii make q sep0rt q
j the secretary Of the interior Of the -
suits Of extended observations n this
locality. which demonstrass kbs pFo1
ect to be entirely feasible.
/ Tne preliminary work WAS begun
/ i've years ago." continued the hydrog
rapher. The survey Of the 0Tiand
project was commenced Eve years ago
/ This work has demonstrated that tn
undertaking. aside from its huge size
win Offer fewer engineering difficulties
/ man many other projects now beins
carried out By the government. Whn'
the averags cost Of this reclamation
work averages &25 an acre. this win b,
mu<h lower ID this eass oa acoOunt q
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-31

the accessibility of the water supply.
The outlay viii probably not be much
over $40 an acre.
sour measurements show ample wa
ter supplies both In the Sierra and the
Cascade ranges. The largest reservoirs
win be located at Clear lake, Big val
ley, Iron canyon and Warm Springs
valley.
"a conservative estimate of the sup
porting capacity OF these valleys 10
100000 people. There Ii not O prod
net OF the soil that cannot be raised
GheRe, tropical or other. Oranges.
grapes, dates. fgs. almonds. ~ well IS
AJAX. tobacco, grains and the crops "a
nfiiar In this part OF the country ulli-
nois0. all flourish there. Experiments
IN growing strange fruits and vegeta-
bies have demonstrated wonderful pos
sabilitiea.
1--WE were especially interested In the
tobacco growing that L. now being &C
complished there both experimentaliy
ana commercially. The smokers In
our party were agreed that the cured
product far surpassed in favor and
tone any other grown In this country
that we had ever tried.
FOR the completion Of this big prof.
oct at least thirty years win be 70
CURED under the present state OF avail
able funds. The work Of the govern
man4 Ia limited TO the money received
from the sale of Indian lands, on
which TO the present time about 80.
OO0,OO0 has been realized. Most Of
this has already bssn put in the vaFs'
ous other projects being carried ON u
Ghs west.
Under the system that the govern.
ment follows this money Ii eventually
returned TO the United States treasury
by the farmers whose lands are bene
fsted by the irrigation works, and - 4
comes In # can be used over again
There Is enough money now ayailabli
| for the pushing Of the Oriand sub
project. As soon as specifications aat
contracts can be made dirt VIII ny.
ut has been bat q few years sine
| the government first took up the prot
lem Of irrigation. Previous 10 tina
1 7kkHAB LIE ka8A hAAEsB Va AA@A D@@@e AAe4@
ING only water to make them fertile
were regarded as waste spots Of IN
.0arth's surface, where nothing tina
man can subsist on could Be grown
The work Is now regarded as one 9
tie most important phases Of the gey
| ernment's activities.
aside from the difficulties occasion
ally encountered Of tunneiing thrOug
hills and constructing dams q hug
size, the work offers no more peFpAel
sasg problem than that Of equai1zin
tine Fninfall. storing up the surplus
-ths wet season 70 be used IN tbs Dr.
and carrying II through long canal
20 the places where II WIN Be mo
useful Big AZ ID the initial outlay,
a. generally regarded as . rase auss@
ment In every sense"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-31
n,Annon.io a strsnasous Writer.

Signor Gabrielle fAmunE7o Is cred
tied with having in hand simultaneous
ly the probably Unprecedented number
of 1--WE separate works WILEY td9nerens
in character, says the London Giobe.
Two are comedies of modem life. TIVE
others are tragedies. One, la Nave"
Is really an apotheosfs Of thessea pow
or of Venice and the cher upon tne
legend of Tristan and Iseun." Then
he e well under way with ~ aaOxt TO
nance entitled .1PeEAapsS Yes; Peshsps'
Ma -
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-31
Hia Wine Coankry.

Cape Colony Is developing into .
rwane country. 1t has fully 20.00O aeFas
.of Vineyards and a00O00O0 vtnna
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-31
On another face. with atneat border:
$sss $ssss sss$s

Christopher Columbus discovered
the country
George Washington liberated the
country.
Abraham Lincoln united the
country
John d. Rockefeller nIumed tho
country
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-31

STYLE No. eco. Made Of heather bloom taffeta,
is-inch aounce trimmed with clusters OF Stirring
four rufaes and straps OF same material. Full
underIay and dust rufne.
Special Sale Price S2Ss
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
CASSIE CHADWICK
CASHES LAST CHECK
Associated Press.

Columbus, Ohio, October TO-
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, who
wrecked the Bank of Oberlin,
of Ohio, and who is alleged to
have swindled other banks out
of sums aggregating over seven
million five hundred thousand
dollars before she was finally de-
tected, tried and sent to prison,
died in the Ohio penitentiary at
1855 O'Clock tonight.
At the time of her death Mrs.
Chadwick was surrounded only
by the Warden and his atten-
dants. Her son had been sum-
moned from Cleveland, Ohio, but
she was dead before his arrival.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
new YORK DAY
AT JAMESTOWN
Associated Press.

Norfolk, Va, October 10.-With a
large attendance of porminent citizens
of the Empire state, New York day
was celebrated at the jamestown ex-
position today Governor Charles E.
Hughes delivered the principal ad-
dress, after which he was rendered
public reception at the auditorium.
Governor Hughes was accompanied
here by a large party, including men,
bers of his military staff, the New
York state jamestown commission,
committees of both houses of the state
legislature and a cavalry and infantry
escort. Owing to previous arrange
ments, Governor Hughes has been
compelled to decline the invitation of
Governor Swanson to go to Richmond
tomorrow, when William ]. Bryan will
be the guest of the Virginia state
fair.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
AGED WHITE WOMAN WAS
The VICTIM OF THE FIEND
Negro Had Speedy Trial and This
Prevented Summary Vengeance at
tse Hands Of a Mob-Execution viii
Occur at Noon Today.
Associated Press.

Edgar, La, October 10.-The scat
fold on which Lewis Young will pay
the highest penalty of the law tomor-
row for the crime of rape, is being
erected in the court house yard here
today. Little time is left for the work
as the execution takes place tomor-
row noon. 1t will take place in full
view of the public, the court house
yard being open and hemmed in only
by wire fence which extends all
aroundNthe parish square.
The first news received here that
the death warrant had been signed
reached Sheriff Berthelot yesterday
evening when Governor Blanchard
notified him at Lucy, La, that he had
fixed the execution for October 18th.
Young's speedy trial and execution
will be great object lesson to other
brutal blacks in Louisiana and il is
believed that it will act as deterrent
against the commission of other such
dastardly crimes in this section. His
trial and execution will have been car
ried out in three weeks If the hanging
takes place tomorrow.
His Brutal Crime.
Mrs. Louis Barre, lady who is over
so years old, and the mother of sever
al grown children living in this Sec
ton, was the victim of Young's terri
BILE crime. He stopped Mrs. Barre
on the road and knocking her down,
dragged her to secluded spot on the
plantation, where he committed the
crime.
For several days Mrs. Barre, too
deeply shocked and sensitive to reveal
the true dastardliness of the crime,
did not tell the whole story of her
misfortune, but when the white men
of the parish took charge of Young he
confessed the crime. For a time
lynching was organized and it was be-
leved that Young would meet sum-
mary punishment However, Judge
Burlington, District Attorney Marrero
and others promised speedy trial
and in that manner prevailed on the
people to abide their time.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
President Roosevelt Kills
a Fine Large Buck; Will
Hunt for Wildcats Today

Stamboul, La, October 10. =
I'll p. m. President Roosevelt
has abandoned his bear hunt and
win go after wildcats tomorrow.
This was decided late tonight
when Major Miller arrived from
Greenville, Miss, with his dogs,
said to be the finest wildcat dogs
in the country. Major A. J.
Amacher, of Lake Providence,
will join in the chase, which it is
expected will be one of the most
memorable in the history of the
country.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
HARTMAN WILL WIN
EASILY IN THE FIGHT

New York, October 10.-The Com
mercial says:
There will be total of $50, 450
shares of Illinois Central stock vota-
BILE at the annual meeting to be held
at Chicago on October Is. and of these
It is said that less than 100000 are
pledged to Stuyvesant Fish. That the
Illinois Central will ultimately be dom.
inated. So far as its general policy is
concerned, by the Union Pacific, there
seems to be no question.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11

STEAMBOAT, La, October 10.-Presi,
dent Roosevelt today winged" a big
buck. The shot was fired at a dis
lance of rs yards and the animal fell
at the first shot Mr.. Roosevelt used
a Winchester repeating rifle of go cali
Der and fired without rest.
A bear trail was struck late this af-
ternoon, but was abandoned because
of darkness. The party will leave
camp early tomorrow morning and
the guides confidently expect that a
bear will be landed during the day.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
DRAINAGE WORK
IS WELL EXECUTED
SANITARY OFFICER INERARITY
is BEING coMPLIMENTED.
Big Ditch Near the Fertilizer Factory
win Soon be Completed and the
Name Of Inerarity's Canal VIII be
Given II by City Council.

Councilmen Katz and Williams OF
the sanitary committee wereo ut on
an inspection four Yesterday and thew
o..,.a,sss ..as,. - o..,..
~ S''s - 2
Pleased with wnar tney saw COM
,pleted and underway.
They went out to the swamp near
the fertilizer factory which is being
,..,,,., y ;, s..,,o r,,.,,1,..u -, "a !.
e - S' ms
ity ana force Oh men under tne
authority of a-recent order Of the city
council. They found that the work
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11

on Second street and Pine street
cleaning out branch ditch which
drains all that section and seeing that
1t is cleared out until it empties into
the Mississippi Central ditch.
IAN this work." said Councilman
Katz, is being done in most thor
ough manner by Inspector Innerarity
and he deserves gerat credit for it.
When he is entirely through with the
job the benefits to that neighborhood
will be greater than any one now
supposes they would be-
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
PRESIDENT JOHN MITCHELL
SAYS THAT HE WILL RETIRE

announcement, Mr.. Mitchell says: 81
am prompted to arrive at this conclu-
sion because believe am no longer
well enough to give your interests the
consideration their Importance de-
mands. At the coming convention of
the United Mine Workers will ex-
plain further. | beg you to believe
that the advancement of my craft has
been my highest ambition
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
Work Of the Graham Construction
Company Proved to Be Entirely
Satisfactory to the Board.
PLANS FOR new COUNTY
JAIL MAY BE ADOPTED TODAY
Large Body Of Standing Timber on
Sixteenth Section Lands Is Sold at
Good Price-Many Other Minor
Matters Transacted.

The session of the board of super
visors was strenuous one yesterday
for lot of business was done.
The board certainly worked faith
fully trying to straighten out things
and get them in shape for an adjourn
ment will be taken today at noon un-
til next month-but give the board
credit for big days work.
The days work started off with al
lowing different bills against the coun-
ty, and the appointment of some road
overseers and other routine matters.
and finally reached the consideration
of the roads built by the Graham Con-
struction Company.
Wednesday afternoon the board
went out as a committee of the whole
to examine the roads built. and this
morning when the matter came up for
consideration report was made by a
cor1mittee as follows:
I'VE, the committee appointed to in
3pect the public road from lower river
bridge to the forks of the road near
Bruce's store and also the public road
from Bouie to the New Orleans G.
Northeastern crossing. near Petal, beg
leave TO report that we find said roads
built by the Graham Construction
Company to be in accordance with the
plans and specifications provided for
same and hereby recommend that
said work be accepted and warrants
issued for balance due.
M. L. MCKENZIE,
A. G.. MARTIN,
A. M. EDWARDS.
After the report of the committee
was accepted in regard to the roads
several applications for reductions of
assessments were heard and granted
and the other matters were taken up.
The regular quarterly allowances
for thirty-six paupers in the county
were passed and later other matters
demanded attention were taken un-
der consideration.
Among these was the sale of the
standing timber on the lands in the
Sixteenth section, township g. north of
range Is west, to A. NJ Brandon, at
$500 per thousand feet This timber
is to be scaled by ]. F. Wilder's log
scaler under oath.
These trees on this tract of land
were boxed" years ago when turpen-
tine farming held that section of coun-
try, and the price as obtained by the
board is said to be good one for this
timber, for had it not been sold just
at this time it would have been lost
later by becoming fallen" timber.
The representative of Mr.. w. S.
Hull, the architect who had prepared
plans for the new Forest county jail
appeared before the board yesterday
in regard to the plans for sac, 10000
jail, which it is proposed to build, but
although he was insistent that the
plans be accepted, President Morris
held that the matter should go over
till today, as one of the board was not
present.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
SEASONS FIRST
FROST HAS FALLEN
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Vaudeville, La, October 10.-The
first frost of the season fell here to-
night. Very little damage will result.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
CONDEMNED MAN STILL
CLAIMS TO Be INNOCENT
: admits That His Professions Of In.
csnny Powers Were But the Cheap
shams Of the charIatan, Playing
on Ignorance of His Victims.
Associated Press.

Chicago October 10--Herman Billek
Bohemian fortune-teller, hypnotist
and necromancer. convicted of poison
ing Mrs. Mary vrzal and charged
with causing the death of four other
members of the vrzal family, will pay
the penalty of his crimes on the gal
lows tomorrow. The EVIL eye"
which Billek was said TO have aver
ted while at liberty and which
brought him a foodo money, enab-
ling him to live in luxury without
working. has had no effect in turning
aside the stern mandates of the law.
While there is possibility that a
stay may be granted TO prevent the
execution tomorrow, the evidence
against Billek is SO clear and concinc-
ing that-his execution, sooner or later
is considered certain.
There is not left in my mind the
slightest reasonable doubt Of the
guilt of this defendant. The verdict
was amply warranted by the evidence
Never, as Judge or attorney at bar,
have been called upon to hear a
case so replete in horrible details"
So declares Judge Barnes, who pre-
sided at the trial of Billek. Even the
attorneys for the accused man admit
that sufficient ground could not be
offered for successful appeal to a
higher court
If the arch-poisoner and hypotist
shoaH. by any chance, escape the
gain ss it will not be because of the
EVIL eye.v He has admitted that his
professions of uncanny powers were
but the cheap shams of charlatan,
playing sordidly upon the ignorance.
fear and superstition of his victims,
and stopping at nothing to accomplish
his ends. His trail of death is as
grisiy as that of Holmes, the multi
murderer, and "Bluebeard' Hoch, the
merciless slayer of women; and
neither of these performed their deeds
in as grisly setting as did the Bo-
hemian magician
Billek was born in Bohemia about
40 years ago, the son of wandering
fortune teller. He came to Chicago
several years ago and established
himself in the profession that had
been followed by his mother Short
A. ofto~ W. ,-A<.<,r ho.. i, = L..-...< !.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
PEACE congress
NEARING ITS end

The Hague, October 10.-The peace
conference practically completed it's
work today. Tomorrow's session will
conclude a declaration regarding OBJ
ligatory arbitration. after which it is
expected that the conference will ad-
journ.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
REvpLuTloNlsT ARRESTED
FOR PLOT AGAINST czAH

KieE, Russia, October 10.-The po-
lice have arrested revolutionist
named Kruglikoff, who Is accused of
having been an important accomplice
of Boris Nikitenko. retired naval
lieutenant, In the plot against the life
Of Emperor Nicholas for which Niki-
tenho IS executed September 8.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
TENNESSEE SYNOD
AT CHATTANOOGA
Associated Press.

Chattanooga, Tenn, October 10
Tennessee synod of the southern
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church sconvenes today, and has at
tracted large attendance of clergy,
men and lay representatives from all
over the state.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
.LUSITANIA IS
BREAKING RECORD
Associated Press.

Newport, r. l., October 10.-The
Lusiatania rounded Nantucket to-
night, making "a knots an hour and
is due to arrive at midnight. II the
new steamer reaches port at that hour
it will have broken the worlds record.
making the trip across the Atlantic, a
distance of 2,7s2 miles in four days.
seventeen hours and forty-five min
utes, thus wrestling the championship
from Germany.