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win Gu. Hi. Badness Out.

Omaha, Neb.-Eight.year-old Dnvy
Markowitz. the boy who simply cannot
be good. is TO have n surgeons knife
Inserted into his head to take the bad.
ness out OF him. This will Ls the FIRST
time the Omaha Juvenile Court has or.
dered a surgical operation to cure the
disease Of delinquency.
Davy has been before the court
number of times and has been for
given on his promise to be good. When
II came to keeping the promise. how
ever. Davy always failed.
Then physicians discovered that
adenoid growths wero pressing upward
from the neck and back OF the nose.
and, pushing against the brain. con.
stricting its growth. The removal Of
these is not a dangerous operation.
and. It is believed. will remove the
tause Of the boys wickedness.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-31

We're afraid to try them. He now
come out with the remarkable state
ment that conspiracy wac entered
into between these cold-footed Colo
rado officials and the Idaho officials TO
bang the men In Idaho,
When had charge OF the military
campaigns In this state continued the
general. my greatest trouble was In
keeping II backbone In Peabody and in
few Of the mine.owners who signed
contract with me to wipe out the
western Federation Of Miners. The
mine owners agreed to appoint the ad.
Jutant general. and to issue the order.
destroy the Western Federation" I
accepted the position. and started out
To carry out the order. The Western
Federation of Miners was no Sunday
School class. by any means.
AS II military man. ! recognized
u as an enemy and treated II as such.
] accordd TO all Of its members the
courtesy due common enemy. ! cap
tured It's commander and put him In
prison. cut on their base of supplies
BY closing the mines In which the
workmen contributed to their support.
captured several men In the ranks
and escortlng them To places Of safety
In the rear OF the battle and kept them
there largely as prisoners. They nick
named this deportation. I called Il
military necessity. In fact. acting on
the orders OF the governor. went
down the line against them. My orders
were TO wipe them on the .arth.''
In doing this. public opinion. Of
course, went with the under,io. and
the fellows who had promised to put
h.. z.ah Eh.... I...
strapped fellows. who say that ! left
the militia dcmoralIzcd. mighty soon
got cold feet. In fact was compelled
u number Of times to cut on aii lines
o: communication In order to keep
ffom being bothered with them.
During this war number OF
crimes were committed on the other
side. ! arrested the men. put them In
jail and found regular indictments
against them. When Il came to trial
there wasn't any Of these people that
hnd the nerve to hold court TO try
them.
Whatever Meyer and Haywood did
out here. I don't believe they are guilty
Of the Sicuncnbcrs anair. and ! think
It's nothing more than right that they
should be given fair trial In the state
whcr. they committed the crime. It's
certainly unfair TO take them away out
on the desert In Idaho and hang them
for crime committed In Colorado.
at would look m though the ON.
cials here were afraid that some OF
their own crookcdncRr would come out
81 m attempt was made to hold trial
here. You know there have been
charges Of crimes ON both sides. and I
have said that ! had as much trouble
waichin. one side M the other.
- intend TO watch the Idaho siina.
tion thoroughly. and II any OF these
yclios .Str-akcd individuals undertake
to swear that somcthin. happened that
didn't happen I'll 70 out here and tell
the straight Of IT.
General Bell has been watching tho
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WHICH STATE OWNS sAoos7
eis Irrigation Project Raises Intricate
Question Between Colorado
and Wyoming.

Is the town Of Baggs in Wyoming or
Colorado? Baggs itself doesn't know
and II Baggs doesn't, who does? On
the map Baggs is in Wyoming. Just
north Of the Colorado. Wyoming state
line. where II forms the boundary be.
tween Carbon county. Wyoming. and
Routt county, Colorado. and that was
where It belonged when the states
were originally laid out great many
years ago. A government survey made
more recently, however. ran the state
line north of Baggs. 1t Is said. thus
bringing II into Routt county. Colo.
RADIO. Nobody paid any attention to
the last survey, because until recently
1t made no particular difference
whether Baggs was in Colorado, Wyo.
ming or Alaska.
But all that is changed now. The
Little Snake River valley, which runs
southwest from Baggs, is the site for
one Of the largest irrigation projects in
the state. The Routt County Develop.
ment Company is building an irrisa-
ton canal and reservoirs, ard laid ana
water rights are being sold at $3.50
an acre. Now, Baggs wants to be de-
clared in on this prosperity and II is
obvious that II the town isn't in Colo.
RADIO another town will be built Just
south Of the line, where there will be
no doubt as to which state has juris.
diction over 1t. 1t Is anticipated that
several thousand people will settle in
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e. M. johnson . Fee Man.

Canon City. Colo.-"Fidclity" Il. NJ.
Johnson. convict No. 6i33. whose pa
role was received by Warden CicShorn
May 20. left the pcnitentlary the same
day. DR.. y. I. Johnson Of Denver. n
brother of the convict. arrived at
o'clock in the morning and brought
with him suit case In which he car
ried n suit of black cheviot. derby
hat, new shoes and undcrclothing. The
doctor reached the prison at o'clock
and was permitted to interview his
brother in deputy warden's ONCE.
The greeting was cordial, and after .
short talk Fidelity" was taken to the
bath house. where he enjoyed plunge.
He then dressed In the clothing bio
brother had brought and entered the
ccnvict barber shop. At 1895 he was
taken to the chief clerks ONCE. where
he subscribed to the conditions of the
parole and received his personal effects
and money which had been held by the
,ffiSials. -
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HAYWOOD CASE.
ANOTHER JUROR FOUND WHO
PASSES RIGID EXAMINATION.
DENVER MAN lxsINuArEs
Gen. Sherman Bell Again Brought Into
the Lime Light and May Take
Hand in the Case.

Boise. Idaho.-upon the ability OF
the state Of Idaho TO prove that the
Western Federation OF Miners Is an
organization of desperate men whose
object is to overturn by violence the
existing forms Of society, Senator VIII
liam +. Borah IL Willing 10 stake the
chance OF sending william ID. Hay
wood to execution.
With full understanding that moth
Ing less than this must he brought out
and established clearly. Borah ac-
cepted Juror who declared that In an
ordinary murder case he would vote
against the death penalty. II il now
up to the state to prove that Steuncn-
berg not only met his death from an
agent employed by the defendants. but
further. that II must be brought out
that Steunenbers's death was but aS
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Went Down In Torrent

Steamboat Springs. Colo.-waltcr
Cary, son and business associate OF
John Cary. the wealthy rnd promi.
ncnt mining man of Denver. was
drowned In Bear River on the Cary
ranch near Hayden aud his body has
been lost In the raging torrent Two
companions. employees on the ranch.
had hnirbreadth escapes and are now
In a serious condition II the result Of
their experience.
The three men werc attempting to
cross the river In boat, when IL cap.
sized. and they were plunged Into the
icy water. According to his compan.
Ions, Cary uttered but one shrek M
tho boat went over. II Is believed that
his head struck on n rock and that he
vas rendered unconscious. having no
opportunity to 1sht for his life.
Nothing has been seen OF the body
since, although persons for miles along
the stream were notified and have kept
close watch for the corpse. 1t Is the
opinion of some that u Will be battered
to pieces against the rocks by the swift
waters and may never be recovered.
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oLo-rlMe KILLING IN GEORGIA.
Race War In South Results In Death Of
elk and WoundIng Seven.

Clayton. Ga.-Two negroes lynchcd.
one white man and two negroes dead.
md seven other persons wounded IL
the result OF an attempt to capture q
negro who attempted criminal as
sault on Mrs. Laura Moore. widow
living near Manassas.
The Dead:
JOHN HARE. white. farmer.
SAM PADGET'T. negro. and daush'
ter. aged ten years.
Lynehed:
PADGETT'S wife and son.
Injured:
W. J. Picrson. shot in stomach an0
arm. probably fatal.
James u. Daniel. shot In eye: may
die.
DIR. J. L. Kennedy. serious.
Son OF Padgett. serious.
Elem Padsett. colored.
Two daughters Of Padgett.
Fifteen persons today surrounded the
house OF Sam Padsett. n negro. whom
they suspected OF harboring q nc
gro who had criminally assaulted Mrs.
Moore. and demanded TO be allowed to
search the house. Permission waB
Ei, en-. but when within thirty feet OF
the house. those inside the building
opened fire on the posse. Instantly kill.
ins John Hare and seriously woundins
Barlow Pearson. James Daniel and DR..
J. l.. Kennedy. The posse then re-
turned the firc. killing Padgett and one
OF his daughters. and woundins two
other girls. aged six and thirteen. and
two OF Padgetts sons. twenty and
twenty-five.
The posse then retired for rein
forcements. The news spread rapidly
and by 10 o'clock 500 armed men were
GA the scene and started In pursuit OF
the negroes who had escaped. One OF
them was captured and taken before
Mrs. Moore but she failed 10 identify
him. The negro. however. was idcnti'
Ned ns the man who shot Hare and he
was started for the Rcidsvil!c jail. to.
Ecthcr with Pad-ctts wife aud son.
On the way tho officers were over.
taken by about scyeniy.nvc men. who
took the prisoners from them. Tho
woman was told to run. and N she did
- Was riidicd with ouii-ts. her son be-
Ing shot to pieces where he stood.
The negro who assaulted Mrr. Moore
has not been captured. but II In re-
ported that he Is surrounded In n negro
house and that In all probability he has
been Killed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-31
careIessness on the Farm.

How easy II is for us to allow things
to go wrong when we have too much
to do. says Field and Farm. The burrs
may fall of the bolts In the moving
machine. the axle go ungreased, the
plow left to rust. the double.trees be
forgotten. the spade lost. the barn door
left open SO that the bull may hook the
colt. The missing pigs may 60 unno.
ticed at feeding time. The COW is left
out In the storm with her young calf.
likewise the mare and young foal. Such
is the oversight Of a great many farm
hands and It's result marks the failures
which render It almost impossible to
realize profits on place operated by
hired help. The present fertility OF
western lands largely Offsets the losses
of careless farm management.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-31

events In the western state with n
great deal Of interest. II was signifi.
cant that his name was left out Of the
list of prosecuting witnesses. II was
often remarked by his friends that he
wouldn't swear to what they wanted
him to.
He was watching the proceedings
with more than ordinary interest. hut
when General Wells came out in his
biennial report and intiu,atcd that tho
financial condition Of General Bells nc.
counts were cloudcd and that General
Bell left the military In a demoralized
condition. General Bell felt II his duty
tn respond.
He has certainly returned the com.
pliment in a few paragraphs that will
make the prosecution and the defense
in the Idaho court sit up and take no.
lice"
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incident In the series Of crimes already
committed and other crimes contcm
plated.
In short. the Western Federation
must be- shown to be u hand Of Rnsas-
sins who had In view the cstcrmina.
Hon Of that part Of society which was
Objectionable To them.
Juror J. r. Tonrtellotic. an architect
of Boise. under examination by Borah.
declared he had conscientious scruplcs
against infiictin. the death penalty. He
showed that he had considered the
question carefully. His statement was
that his teaching NIL his life was
against the death penalty.
Society has no risht To take that
which II cannot givc-a mans life.
said Tonrtciottc. repeating the cic-
mental argument Of thos. opposed to
ton only In the case Of nm invasion Of
this country" continued the juror. ''or
In case where men organize for tn"
purpose of ovcrthrowin. the govern.
ment and destroying society and civil.
sation. In only those eases would ] ap.
prove of death. and my action would
be- on the round Of selfdcfcnsc.'
THAT In Ill We expect To prove" de-
cinrcd Botah. who followed with the
statement:
1--WE pass the Juror for cause
Pueblo. Colo.-Thc Chicfiain Of this
city prints the following from Its cor.
respondent In Denver:
- do not believe Meyer and Hay.
wood are guilty Of conspiracy to mur.
der Governor StcuncnbcrE. believe
they are being jobbcd by n 10, Of weak.
.lings. who haven't the nerve to try
them for crimes actually committed In
Colorado. and who entered Into n con.
'spiracy with the Idaho authorities to
have them hanged there. II necessary.
will go to Boise myself and sec that
they get square deal. When ] had
them under arrest here I gave them n
square deal. and fought them In the
open. I .iun't propose TO nee them
.jobbed in Idaho by lot Of cowards.'
so spoke AdJutant General Sher.
man N. Bell. General Bell has entire
charge Of the military operations dur.
Ing the Peabody campaign. Al one
time he had log men under arrest. and
was holding them charged with mur.
der. The charges covered practically
all the crimes that were committed in
Colorado during the last ten years.
"one by one the Indictments against
them were quashed. and they were
finally released and no one was tried.
General Bell has never felt salts.
fed about this. He has always main.
tanned that he had the evidence be.
fore he arrested the men. and that the
Colorado officials got cold feet and
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lueania Holds Record.

New York.-The Cunard steamer Lu.
cania. which holds the transatlantic
record of five days, seven hours.
twcnty.thrce minutes from Queens
town, ended an exciting ocean raco
when she came in ahead Of La LOT
raine of the French line.
Both ships steamed out Of their re-
spective ports of Liverpool and Havre
on Saturday last. The Lucania left
Queenstown on Sunday morning.
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Mrs. Mckinley Passes Away.

Canton. Ohio.-Mrs. William McKin-
ley. widow Of the late President. died
at her home here at 1:05 o'clock on the
afternoon Of May 26th.
For many years Mrs. Mckinney had
been an invalid. She rallied from the
shock Of her husbands tragic death,
but 1t left Its mark, and when II was
known that she had suffered n stroke
OF paralysis little hope was felt that
she could survive.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-31
Horse Kick. Man Twenty Feet,

wheatl.nd. wyo.-Deputy Sheriff
Wilson Meglemre is suffering from &C.
rious injuries as result Of an attack
made on him by vicious stallion. The
animal knocked the man down. tram
lled him and kicked him distance Of
.wenty feet. Meglemre has internal in
iuries and may not recover.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-27
Money in Hay.

The Williams hay ranch, of which
u. W. Lane is manager, has shipped
% cars OF hay already this season to
North Yakima and Spokane mar.
kets. The acreage in hay this year
Is "a, mostly in alfalfa, but a little
In clover. The first cutting produced
2O4 tons, the second Ill and the third
cutting OF alfalfa lis tons, there be.
ing no third cutting on clover land
About 500 tons have been shipped
and the above figures do not include
the hay fed to stock on tho place.
The average price has been $l1 ton
F. 0 B. cars at Kennewick. The
showing ought to convince that
there Is money in raising hay in the
kennewick Valley.
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Farewell Reception.

members of the Eastern StarCban
YER No. 100 gave farewell rac.nt,,,
"euhesday evening for Mr.. and Mrs
e. .. Anderson. who are in tho MO-,
future to move to Tacoma, Th.
reception was given at the homo -,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Conway. Twen.
" Were present and had q fine t,mo
~ an impromptu program Mrs. G
L. manson sang and the pianola ron.
uefeu some fine selections. Refresh.
ments were served by the hostess
AS a memento of the occasion Mrs
ANDERSON was presented a souvenir
bouquet tied with Eastern STR
colors. The bouquet was most
beautiful and will be cherished nv
'ne recipient. While the Thought
ehat Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were
leaving the circle of friends caused
t,nge OF regret. yet the best wishes
OF all are extended to them "a tbev
go to their new home.
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Business Locals.

Cow For Sale-On river road 8
miles west of kenEewick. MI Trip
For Sale-All our implements, fur
niture, etc. MRS. ANNA. HUGHES. 5
Mrs. Ruckman ia prepared to do
dressmakiug. Residence on Fifth
Street.
FOR SALE One mich COW and
one work horse. Apply to the Chas.
II. Collins Co..
Buy your fowls for next springs
breeding now, before the best are
gone. s. C. White Leghorn cockerels
rom prize winning stock for sale at
SIS each. 4w GEO. EGBERT.
See D. l.. Taylor II you want to
plant blackberries this Fall or next
Spring. Remember Fall orders close
Oct. 1st. for all trees. After this date
will take orders for Spring 1908.
For Sale-FOur head work horses.
One 4-year-old and one 5, weight 400
to 1900; others are and 9 years old
lead team weight abous 1850; and an
almost new 3-inch Mitchell wagon
and wheat rack. j. E. BURMAsEER.
Richland, Wn
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To Water Large Ranch on Pasco
Side of the River.

The Mountain Gem made a trip
down to Blalock's Island, Monday,
returning Tuesday morning with q
large gas producer engine and
pumping plant as cargo. which was
loaded at the Island and which was
unloaded at the Moore ranch on the
opposite side Of the Columbia and
about four miles above town. Jas.
A.. Moore, the Seattle capitalict and
promoter, owns u large ranch on the
Pasco side which will he watered by
pumping and this outfit brought up
by the lem will do the work. The
engine weighs about six tons.
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Resolutions.

hereas, 1t has been the province
OF Almighty God to call the ,nfon,
son OF Brother and Sister Beach,
therefore, Be it resolved that NO
VIC 'neihoers OF Althea Rebekah
Lodge, extend to them our heartfelt
sympathy in this their hour of sor.
row, and may they find comfort in
the words Suffer little children to
come unto Me for OF such is the King
dom of Heaven"
Resolved, that a COPY Of these
words be spread on the minutes of
Althea Lodge and one sent to the no
reaved parents.
ADA JOHNSON.
NAE SERcoMBE.
IDA MORAN.
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Seattle Delegation Visits
kenneWick.

A special train carrying some
eighty members Of the Seattle c ham
Der of Commerce stopped here abou,
7 O'Clock Wednesday evening
The party at once repaired to the
new Kennewitk hotel where they
were entertained at a smoker by
the Kennewick Commere rcial Club
and business men. Actresses were
made by Elk Gov. J. H. McGraw
President of the Chamber of Com,
MERGE and United States Senator S.
H Piles and by President Chilbere
OF the Alaska-Yukon Exposition.
Responses were made by President
G. F. Richardson and H. A. Hover.
The Kennewick Band was stationt d
In the Hotel Corridor aud furnished
music Tor the evening. At 8:45 the
guests returned to their train and
continued on their journey eastward
to Spokane. The visitors were ex-
ceed:ngly complimentary in their
remarks concerning the future D, o.
spects of this region and pointed
out its advantages. The Hotel
Kennewick also came in for a gen
erous share of praise.
The chief benefit of the meeting
to us is the placing of our business
people in touch with men Of prom
inence in affairs and politics whose
acquaintance will be valuable in
pressing matters of vital interest to
Kennewick ard the Columbia
Basin.
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Win at State Fair.

Mr. Ware of the firm of Ware & De.
Sellem prOprietOrs of the Rhode Is
land Red Poultry farm, arrived in
town Wednesday from the State Fair
at North Yakima. He exhibited on.
ly young stock at the poultry show
there and won five out OF a possible
six prizes the sixth going to a bird
the firm sold to an Ellensburg poul.
tryman. The prizes awarded them
were first second and third pullet and
End and 3rd cOckerel. Ware & DIESEL.
lem are planning to exhibit at the
Spokane Fair.
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A Branded Salmon.

A Eighmy had the good luck to
catch nine-pound salmon while
fishing in the Columbia river near his
ranch. The fish had this popularity
that it was branded, the marks be-
ing two intersecting crecents stamp
ed on the fish between the top fin and
the two lower ones. Mr.. Emighy
said he had often heard of marked
fish being caught but this Is the first
one he has seen.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-27
Wheat Business Brisk.

The fine weather for the past ten
days has enabled the farmers to fin.
fsh harvesting and they are now
selling and hauling their grain to
market. The crop has been saved
In spite of a spell of unfavorable
weather and the Horse Heaven
rahchers are on the high tide of pros.
perity this year. Wednesday the
25th will be the top notch day for the
season. On that day Watson Bros.
bought 1000 bushels at Is cents per
bushel. Wheat is coming In at a
lively rate at Finley, Mottinger's,
Erie, Badger and Kennewick.
just at the moment we go to press
we learn that Governor Mead is in
town. What the plans of his visit
are we. cannot learn. We Opine.
however. that he is looking up the
condition OF his political fences.
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LUTHERAN.
Services next Sunday morning at
1880 in the old school building. A
room has been fitted up on the north
side OF the building for chnrch pur-
pose. Rev. II. BrOckman will preach
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APian0 BARGAIN.

On account of leaving town l will
sell my practically new Marshall &
Wendell piano at very liberal dis
count. 5000 takes the instrument and
IN easy terms. The Marshall & Wen
dell ranks as the very best of medium
priced pianos, and anyone getting this
instrument at this price will be making
good buy.-E. C. TRIP, at this office
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Notice..

Having sold our business. we will
oak those owing us any thing on
account to come in and make settle
ment as soon as possible.
r. H. ANDERSON.
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No Shooting

All persons shooting on or across
orr land will be dealt with as the
law directs. J. n. ELY,
w. S HAXTON.
J, 81. GRAvENsLUND.