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Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-26


recognized in Newport pay
q feasible location for an in
dependent harbor south OF
San Francisco. The govern
ment also became interested
and Capt. A. Fries, chief OF
the United States engineer
ing corps at Los Angeles,
personally investigated New
port bay. His report was
favorable and exhaustive.
The government will appro-
pirate a large sum for fur
thering the development OF
Port Orange.
Developments in Progress
Already much development
work has been accomplished,
both by the promoting COM
pany and the government.
Three giant dredgers are on
the way from the north to
begin the task Of deepening
the channel and turning
basin. 1t is said that the
low water depth is eighteen
feet and that the bay mus
only one drawback as a mar
bor for the largest ocean 20
INC vessel-a sand bar. rms
3s TO be removed by the Dig
dredgers and it Is said the
building Of an outer Jetty
will SO shift the tides ana
undertow that not only VIII
the work of eliminating the
sand bar be made easy, put
that no danger will arise IN
the future of the formation
of a new one.
Port Orange is a natural
1and-locked retreat FOR yes
sells 1t is absolutely pro-
tected in time of storms ana
as the development work
contemelates, will afford ad-
eouate refuge and docking
facilities for a vast fleet OF
vessels. 1t lies thirty-flve
miles south of Los Angeles
connected by the Hunting
ton Beach Newport Bay line
Of the great Pacific Electric
suburban elecric system. AS
advanced by the opponents
of this harbor proposition,
, Port Oranges claims are: A
logical shipping point for the
vast area of the southwest:
a territory constantly grow
ing more important indus
trially. commercially and ag-
riculturally; that 1t offers a
safer retreat for ocean go
ing vessels than any harbor
between San Francisco and
San Diego; that 1T is nearer
Los Angeles than any other
harbor, considering the fine
electric transportation facili-
ties afforded: that 1t will
serve a half million people,
a number constantly increas-
ing from year to year.
History of Port Orange
1t is interesting to recall
the history Of what Is now
to be Port Orange. 1t was
formerly known as Newport
Landing. Fifty years ago
the first ocean freighters
landed here with their car
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-01-24
GEORGL4 SCENES.
By Judge augustus Baldhin Longsyeet

mistake IN little bullet. lie can pick
up miles on his feet, and fling 'em
behind him as fast as the next man IS
hoss, don It care where he comes
from. And he can keep at it as long
as the sun cam shine without rest
ing"
During this harangue, little Bullet
looked as if he understood it all, be-
lieved it, and was ready at any mo-
ment to verify it. He was horse
of goodly countenance, rather ex-
pressive Of vigilance than fire; though
an unnatural appearance of fierce
ness was thrown into it by the loss
of his ears, which had been cropped
pretty close to his head Nature had
done very little for Bullets head
and neck; but he managed, in great
measure, to hide their defects by
bowing perpetually. He had obvious
ly suffered severely for corn; but if
his ribs and hip bones mad not dis
closed the fact, he never would have
done it; for he was in all respects as
cheerful and happy as if he COM
manded all the corn-cribs and fodder
stacks in Georgia.
His height was about twelve hands;
but as his shape partook somewhat
of that Of the giraffe, his launches
stood much lower. They were short,
straight, peaked, and concave. Bull
LETT tail, however, made amends for
all other defects. All that the ar
tist could do to beautify it had been
done; and all that horse could do to
compliment the artist, Bullet did.
His tail was nicked in superior style,
and exhibited the line of beauty in
so many directions that it could not
fail to hit the most fastidious taste
in some of them From the root it
dropped into a graceful festoon; then
rose in a handsome curve; then ne
sumed its first direction; and then
mounted suddenly upward like a cy-
press knee to a perpendicular of
about two and a half inches. The
whole had careless and bewitching
inclination to the right. Bullet OBJ
viously knew where his beauty lay,
and took all occasions to display it
to the best advantage. If stick
cracked, or if any one moved sud
denly about him, or coughed, or
hawked, or spoke little louder than
common, up went Bullets tail like
lightning; and if the going up did not
please, the coming down must of
necessity, for it was as different
from the other movement as was its
direction. The first was a bold and
rapid flight upward, usually to an
angle of forty-fve degrees. In this
position he kept his interesting ap-
pendage until he satisfied himself
that nothing in particular was to be
done; when he commenced dropping
it by half inches, in second beats,
then in triple time, then faster and
shorter, and faster and shorter still,
until it finally died away impercepti-
bly, into it's natural position. If I
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-01-24

your rifle to shoot off him? Lay
the rifle between his ears, Neddy, and
shoot at the blaze in that stump.
Tell me when his head is high
enough" ("
Ned fred, and hit the blaze and
Kit did not move hairs breadth.
"Neddy, take couple of sticks,
and beat on that hogshead at Kits
tail.'
Ned made a tremendous rattling,
at which Bullet took fright, broke
his bride, and dashed off in grand
style; and would have stopped all
further negotiations by going home
in disgust, had not traveller ar
rested him and brought him back;
but Kit did not move.
''I tell you, gentlemen" continued
Peter, "he's the scariest horse you
ever saw He amt as gentle as Bull
let, but he won't do any harm if
you watch him. Shall I put him in
a cart, gig or wagon for you, stran-
ger? He'll cut the same capers
there he does here. He's a mon
strous mean horse.'
During all this time Blossom was
examining him with the incest scru-
tiny. Having examined his frame
and limbs, he now looked at his eyes.
"He's got a curious look out of
his eyes," said Blossom.
"Oh, yes, SIR" said Peter, "just
as blind as bat. Blind horses al
ways have clear eyes. Make mo 4
ton at his eyes, if you please, sir.
Blossom did so, and Kit threw u
his head, rather, as if something@
pricked him under the chin than as
if fearing a blow. Blossom repeated
the experiment, and Kit jerked back
in considerable astonishment.
"Stone blind, you see, gentlemen"
proceeded Peter; "but he's just as
good to travel of dark night as if
he had eyes"
"Blame my buttons!" said Bios
som, eff I like them eyes.
"No," said Peter, "nor I, neither.
I'd rather have 'em made of dia-
monds; but they'll do, if they don It
show as much white as Bullet 5"
"Well," said Blossom, "make a
pass at me"
"No," said Peter; "you made the
banter; now make your pass.
"Well, I'm never afraid to price
my hosses. You must give me twen-
ty-fve dollars boot"
"Oh, certainly; say fifty, and my
saddle and bride in. Here, Neddy,
my son, take away daddy's horse. "
"Well," said Blossom, "I've
made my pass, now you make yours. "
"I' m for short talk in a horse
swap, and, therefore, always tell
gentleman at once what [ mean to
do. You must give me ten dollars. "
Blossom swore absolutely, roundly,
and profanely, that he never would
give boot.
"Well," said Peter, "I don't care
ahOut tradinO. hut Won cut Such hioh
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-01-24
THE HORSE SWAP.


pal street Of the village, I observed
young man riding up and down
the street, as I supposed, in a violent
passion. He galloped this way, then
that, and then the other; spurred his
horse to one group of citizens, and
to another; then dashed off at half
speed, as if fleeing from danger; and,
suddenly checking his horse, return
ed first in pace, then in a trot, and
then in canter. While he was per-
forming these various evolutions, he
cursed, swore, whooped, screamed,
and tossed himself in every attitude
which man could assume ON horse
back. In short, he cavorted most
magnanimously "a term which, in our
tongue, expresses all that [ have de-
scribed, and a little more), and SEEM
ed ITO be setting all creation at de-
fance. AS | like to see all that is
passing, [ determined to take posi-
tion a little nearer to him, and to
ascertain, if possible, what it was
that affected him so sensibly. Ac-
cordingly, I approached crowd be-
fore which he had stopped for mo-
ment, and examined it with the
strictest scrutiny. But [ could see
nothing i'm it that seemed to have
anything to do with the cavorter. Ev-
cry man appeared to be in good hui
NOR, and all minding their own busi-
ness. Not one so much as noticed
the principal figure. Still he went
on. After a semicolon pause, which
my appearance seemed to produce
(for he eyed me closely as [ ap-
proached), he fetched a whoop, and
swore that "he could out-swap any
live man, woman or child that ever
walked these hills, or that ever strad-
died horsefesh since the days of old
Daddy Adam" "Stranger," he
said to me, "did you ever see the
Yaller Blossom from Jasper?"
"No," said I, "but [ have often
heard of him."
"I'm the boy" continued he;
"perhaps leetle, jist leetle, of the
best man at a horse~swap that ever
trod shoe leather"
began to feel my situation lit
tie awkward, when I was relieved by
a man somewhat advanced in years,
who stepped up and began to survey
the "Yaller Blossom s" horse with
much apparent interest. This drew
the riders attention, and he turned
the conversation from me to the
stranger.
"Well, my old coon," said he, "do
you want to swap horses?"
"Why, I don't know" replied the
stranger; "I believe I've got beast
I'd trade with you for that one, if
you like him."
"Well, fetch up your nag, my old
cock; you re jist the lark I wanted
to get hold of. am perhaps leetle,
jist a leetle, of the best man at
horse-swap that ever stole cracklins
out of his mammy's fat-gourd.
>
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-01-24

Wnlcn was peculiarly interesting.
II tell you, man," proceeded the
Yellow Blossom, "he's the best live
boss that ever trod the grit Of Geor-
gia. Bob Smart knows the boss.
Come here, Bob, and mount this boss,
and show Bullet s motions
Here Bullet bristled up, and looked
as if he had been hunting for Bob
all day long, and had just found him..
Bob sprang on his back. "Boo-oo-
oo!' said Bob, with futtering noise
of the lips; and away went Bullet, as
if In a quarter race, with all his
beauties spread in handsome style.
CHOW, fetch him back" I" said Bios
som. Bullet turned and came in
pretty much as he went out.
"Now, trot him by" Bullet re-
duced his tail to customary; sid
led to the right and left airily, and
exhibited at least three varieties of
trot in the short space Of fifty yards.
"Make him pace" Bob COM
menced twitching the bride and kick
ing at the same time These incon-
sistent movements obviously (and
naturally, disconnected Bullet; for
it was impossible for him to learn,
from them, whether he was to pro-
ceed or stand still. He started to
trot, and was told that it wouldn It
do. He attempted a canter, and was
checked again. He stopped, and was
urged to go on. Bullet now rushed
into the wide field of experiment, and
struck out a gait of his own, that
completely turned the tables upon
his rider, and certainly deserved
patent. It seemed to have derived
its elements from the jig, the min
uet and the cotillon If it was not
a pace, it certainly had pace in it,
and NO man could venture to call it
anything else; so it passed off to
the satisfaction of the owner.
"Walk him. Bullet was now ait
home again; and he walked as if
money was staked on him.
The stranger, whose name, af-
terward learned, was Peter Ketch,
having examined Bullet to his heart s
content, ordered his son Neddy to
go and bring up Kit. Neddy soon
appeared upon Kit; a well-formed
sorrel of the middle size, and in good
order. His tout ensemble threw Bull
let entirely in the shade, though a
glance was sufficient to satisfy any
one that Bullet had the decided ad-
vantage of him in point Of intel
lect.
"Why, man," said Blossom, edo
you bring such a boss as that to
trade for Bullet? Oh, I see Ire
no notion Of trading"
"Ride him off, Neddy," said Pc
ter. Kit put off at handsome lope.
"Trot him back" Kit came in at
long, sweeping trot, and stopped
suddenly at the crowd.
"Well," said Blossom, ''let me
look at him; maybe he'll do to
plough"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-01-25
LOCAL NEW S.

Born, Sunday, to Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Owen, Young street, a son.
Louis Mueller has been in Lansing
and Cadillac on business this week.
Geo. l.. Keller, of Grand Rapids, was
q guest at 1. Fl. Keeler's Tuesday.
Rev Theodore Hahn attended the
Evangelical Lutheran conference this
week.
Born, Tuesday, to Mr.. and Mrs
Emery G.. Moore, South Chapman
street, son.
Born, Monday, to Mr.. and Mrs
George Andrews. Owosso township, a
q son.
Milton Grove has slight stroke Of
paralysis last week, but is able to be out
again.
Mr.. and Mrs S. G. May spent Sunday
in Lansing with Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Hamilton.
Kencil Nutson has returned from
Pontiac and will work at the Owosso
Mfg. Cos. factory.
Flint Masons have secured pledges
for $47, 900 to fund of 100000 for the
erection of temple.
A. 3. Cook is conducting farmers
Institutes this week at three points in
Sanillac and st. Clair counties.
- The Five Hundred club was enter.
tanned at dinner Tuesday evening,
by Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Thomas.
Goods Cure for the Blues" will be
Rev. F. L. Churchs subject at the Bap-
fist church next Sunday evening.
Mrs. E. B. Dewey will leave next
week for Washington, d. c., to spend
two months with Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
S. Reed.
G. G. DeCamp, formerly, of Durand.
now in the real estate and tax title
business in Lansing, was visitor in
Owosso Monday.
A large number of friends and neigh.
UOlS SUI pIlbcu w llSOu DTOOkS, MOuld1
evening, it being his birthday. They
spent pleasant evening.
Edward Freezer has sold his jiink
business to A. Simon Iron Co, of Ian
sing, and will give possession March /,
going to Detroit where he has business
interests. -
Evidently work has been delayed on
the specifications for the Owosso public
building as aletter from the supervis-
ing architect says that it will be FIVE
weeks before bids can be asked for.
The plans were completed some time
ago.
A. l.. Nichols read an interesting
paper to the mems class at the Congre-
gational Sunday school last Sunday on
the cooperative work and welfare
movement among the employees of the
National Cash Register Company at
Dayton, Ohio. He had recently visited
the institution with E M. Whiting,
formerly of this city.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-01-25

Joseph Good, formerly of this city,
was killed in a street Car accident at
Toledo. Sunday.
Samuel Hasking, of Vernon, has been
sent to the county Jail for thirty days
for larceny of pump scale and hose.
H. w. Mann has fled q petition in
bankruptcy in the United States court.
stating that his liabilities are 81, 435 and
his assets $1,000
Rev. @. w. Keene will give lecture
on Alexander Campbell at the Church
OF Christ, Jan. 80, under the auspices of
the Y. p. s. C.E. -
Prosecuting Attorney Hicks has been
In Windsor this week to arrange for the
attendance of witnesses in the bigamy
case against William Van Sickle.
Geo. ID. Mason, representing the Fox
q Mason Furniture Co., Corunna, and
the Arcadia Furniture Co., of Arcadia,
has returned from the furniture exhibit
at Chicago with orders sufficient to keep
both factories busy during the coming
season.
F. f. Bumps, formerly of this city
and for the last four years assistant
prosecuting attorney of Wayne county,
has formed law partnership with
William HI Trevor at Detroit, They
will have offices in the Majestic build
ing rooms 610 Gil,
Alfred F. LeBa-on, of Saline, and
Miss Sylvia Carver, of Rose, were mar
ried Saturday in this city at the home
of G. Mahaney, an uncle of the bride,
Rev. F. L. Church officiating. Mr.. and
Mrs. LeBaron- will reside at Rose,
which is five miles south of Fenton.
A horse owned by Geo. w. Devereaux,
valued at $a25 was killed Monday by
collision with one of Samuel Willis
wood wagons near the Washington
avenue bridge. The horse was run
ming away and was struck in the breast
by the tongue of the wood wagon.
William Secord was driving the Dever-
eaux horse and Lee Hurrell the Willis
team.
List of advertised letters in the Owos-
so post Office for the week ending Jan.
10, 1907: Mrs. A. Black, John Blackmar,
William Delbridge, Richard Buness. R.
Craven, E. Dickinson, Will Fessenden,
Mrs William Cormly, Elmer Green
wood, E A. Hall, Miss Ruth Hall, AL
bert Heist, James Knoird, Mr.. Krams.
d. Mccartney, Bert McGurer, Mrs NJ
G. Norton, Ralph Price, Mrs. Chas.
Riley, Mrs. F. Shymura, Tillie Smith.
Stebbins Mfg. Co.
Odell Chapman was in Howell last
week assisting in the defense of Ella
Simpson, and the case is said to have
been the most sensational ever tried in
Livingston county. The Livingston
Republican says THE case was a
difficult one to try and added to this
was the constant objections of the
famous Chapman in regard to points of
law which necessitated the strictest at
tention to the facts to be proven and
tine testimony to be allowed"
f. Buckley, of New Haven, came to
Owosso last Friday morning with con-
siderable money in his possession, sold
load of grain and then got drunk,
buying drinks for several persons. Later
in the day Fred Stanton reported to the
police that Buckley had been robbed
and the police rounded up three fellows
and searched them, but not finding
the money put them in Jail. On
second visit to the jail the roll of money,
$3.50 was found on the floor and return
ed to Buckley by Officer Willard
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-01-25
Michigan Central Stock Yards, Detroit

Cattle were active and steady at the Detroit
Live StocR marres re s,ss, jan ana eisers
S450 Oh $500; handy butchers, $500 On $40,
common. $500 q %. 80: Gamers COWS, SLIPS %
2.25: stockers ana feeders. active at $3.50 %
500.
Milcn cows. active at $500 q $4,000; calves
active at 800 % 800.
Sheep and lambs active quality com: prime
lambs. $725 @ $3.50 mixed, $3.50 Cd $3.50.
culls $3.50 q $3.50.
Hogs active; quality. fair; prime mediums
So IS "a e6 66; Workers.. &c So a $665; pigs. $685.
9S6.e5; roughs, $500 800; stays onethird on |;
crlpples, 81. 90 per cwt. OF.
Receipts-Cattle 800 calves, 400. sheep,
Is0); hogs,R SOD.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-19
NOTICE.

A reward of $500 win be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the parties stealing The Review from subscribers.
 THE BISBEE DAILY REVIEW.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-19
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP MAKES GOOD SHOWING.

According to Ralph Albertson, writ ing this month in the Arena, the citi- zens of Duluth, Minnesota, should have no regret on account of the re- suits received from the municipal ownership and operation of public util- ities in that city. The following sta tistics will prove interesting:
 The gas plant and waterworks of Duluth are operated under one depart ment For the year 1906 the total in come from both exceeded the total ex- penditures for operation. maintenance and interest by s47.573. s4O,76S of this being from the waterworks plant and s6So5 from the gas plant Of this amount s4o,63s was invested in exten- sions.
 The water rates are now just half ship. These reductions in water rates have saved to the consuming public. ship, over half million dollars
 Gas in 1906 was sold at 75 cents for light and 50 cents for heat and gas engines; whereas in 1898, under the private ownership. s19O was charged for light and sI for fuel.
 The cost of manufacturing gas has decreased from 49.6S cents in 1899 to 40.52 cents in 1906; the cost of service from 33.64 cents in 1899 to 14.O7 cents in 1906; and the interest account from 69.6s cents in 1899 to 17.95 cents in 1906; all per 1990 feet. The decrease of the two last items is largely ac- counted for by the increase in the amount of gas sold from 25,3O9, ,963 feet to 151, ,004.100 feet.
 The cost of the gas plant is given as s615,632O4. Operation. maintenance and interest in Is66 amounted to $i09, ,5Sh.30, of which s61.1s1.52 was the cost of gas in the holder; s21 . 244.6s was expended in service and s27, ,102.OS paid in interest. Lost taxes would have been about sS,574; and de. preciation at per cent SIS 46e. q to- tai of sl31,5s1.S0. The total receipts were $116.342.75. Comparisons made between the 1906 gas rates and those in force under private ownership now show saving to consumers last year of sl14,15s2s.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-19
UNMIrleArEp ExAeeERArioN:

The Phoenix Republican in it's last issue makes the following exaggerated and unmitigated gallic assertion:
 @The necessity for securing and erecting this new press, before the old one is discarded. lies in the fact that no other press in the city, or for that matter in the territory, is capable of doing the presswork of the Republican pending any other change that might be suggested
 The above refers to a new press which has been ordered for the Re, publican office.
 The editorial staff on the Republi- can is evidently so imbued with the idea of progress and gowth, which during the past few months. has struck the capital city, that the staff is unable to see any other city on the Arizona map. There are other cities in Arizona, and likewise other news paper offices, where the task of taking care of the Republicans presswork could be crowded into an hours time of the press room. The Review cheer fully offers its esteemed contemporary the use of our double-feed, two-revolu- tion. air-spring, ytripte-brake,, chain less, double-action, Hoe press in the event of any future emergency at the capital. This is the only press of the kind in Arizona, or the world, for that matter, so far as we have been able to learn.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-19

In the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona in and for the County of Co chfse. William R. Turvey, plaintiff, ys. Clema A. Turvey, defendant.
 Action brought in the District Court Of the second Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona. in and for the County of Cochise, and the complaint filed iii the said County of Cochise, in the office of the clerk of said District Court.
 The Territory of Arizona sends greeting: To Clema A. Turvey. You are hereby required to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff in the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona, in and for the County of Cochise and to answer within twenty days exclusive of the day of seryice), after the service on you of this summons eff served with. in the county: otherwise within thirty days). or judgment by default will be taken against you according to the prayer of said complaint.
 Given under my hand and the seal of the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona. in and for the County of Co chise, this 18th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven.
 GEO. B. WILCOX.
 Clerk By PHILO WILCOX. Deputy.