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The diamond drill., 1908-03-14
DECIDED IMPORTANT POINT
Judge Stone Passed on a Point Never Be
fore Considered In Michigan.

Judge Stone Passed on Point Never Be
fore Considered In Michigan.
"In the case OF Samuel Mitchell ct.
al. vs. the Arctic Iron company ct al.
Judge Stone decided an important
point which has never heretofore been
passed on in Michigan. said one Of
the attorneys connected with the case,
to the Marquette Mining Journal. II
refer TO his ruling tnat the undisputed
possession by the plaintiff Of the sur
face of the lots involved in the dispute
did not give them title by adverse
possession OF the one half Of the min
eral rights reserved by Reynolds when
ne transferred the entire rights and
one half the mineral rights TO Charles
+. Harvey, from whose deed the title
finally came 20 rest with tho plaintiff
in the present case In a region where
here is no such so much reservation
OF mineral rights on the parts Of min
real rights in connection with lands
deals the Interpretation of the law on
this point Is a matter OF much impor-
tance particularly when IL has not. been
passed on before in Michigan SINH
lar cases in regard to coal and oil lands
have been sdiudicated in other states,
but the ssue has never before been
raised in Michigan.
"In the case of Mitchell OF al VS.
the Arctic Iron company ets al. the
title of the planitif TO the surface of
the Harvey lands and one half the min
real rights Is unquestioned. AS has
been stated the suit was brought TO
clear the claim 10 the title Of the whole
mineral right from cloud. said cloud
being the Arctic Iron companys asser-
tion of the onshalf mineral rights orig
inally reserved by Reynolds The de-
PENDANTS iiled cross bill asking that
their title 10 one half the mineral
rights be established One OF the con.
tentions set up by the plaintiffs was
that their adverse possession OF the
surface of the land for period longer
than the statutory period extinguished
the defendants title 10 one-half the
mineral rights. On this point how
ever Judge Stone ruled fairly against
them.
IF the ruling stands review IL is
therefore. established that adverse
possessions of the Surface OF tract
OF mineral bearing lands. whose values
DO not appear on the surface. does not
extinguish any reserved rights 10 q
part OF the mineral values For the
holders OF the surface srights 70 gain
title 10 any reserved mineral rights by
adverse possession they must be able
70 show that not only .have they held
the surface. .but nave worked the actual
The diamond drill., 1908-03-14

"What is your position on the Falk-
eneau contract, inquired a reporter Of
A. f. Robbins who has announced
himself a candidate for alderman for
the third ward.
~ don't want any more of them, =
said Mr. Robbins II think that we
had enough of them last fall and IL
there is any way Of getting rid Of them
/ want to see them go. don't know
just what shape that contract is in and
so don't know the best way of dispos.
ing Of them but If they can be got rid
Of am for having no more to do with
them.
The diamond drill., 1908-03-14
TO VOTE NEXT NOVEMBER
Supreme Court Says That Vote on constitu
ton May Be Taken Next Fall.


The supreme court Of this state hand
ed down a decision last Monday 10 the
effect that the vote upon the adoption
Of the draft OF the new state donstitu-
tion may be- taken next fall at the time
OF the state and national elections
The question came before the court
In a friendly suit 10 decide the ques.
tion.
The legislature in providing for th
convention stipulated tnat the vote
should be taken at the time OF the
spring elections but the convention
itself provided for vote next fall the
reason being that in the spring a COM
paritively light vote Is generally cast
whereas In the fall the entire vote will
be ont
The people OF the state will have all
summer 20 study over the draft which
the convention has prepared and will
be able 10 vote much more intelllgently
than they would had the vote been
taken the first Monday Of April
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Shamrocks and Green Carnations for
St Patricks Day. All orders should he
in by sunday evening.
Sam Bridges. Phone. i3s-
The diamond drill., 1908-03-14
DePosE LEGION OFFICERS
cOmoansons wrh Maccabsss Show t,saY
Expenses.

II is now planned to oust the present
officers OF the National Protective
legion and effect reorganization. To
bring this about an effort Is TO be made
TO call a meeting of all members of the
order. when charges will be preferred
against the present administration.
Within the past week Charles Giell.
chairman of the board of trustees OF
the Red Gross legion Of Marquette. has
been conducting an investigation OF
legion affairs and in connection with
this he has made number of compar-
isions which are OF interest, says the
Mining Journal.
The comparisons In question are be-
tween annual expenditures of the leg
ion and of the order OF Maccabees has
about 1874 600 more members than the
legion Mr.. Giell is a member of both
orders.
Under the head of "Ofiice Fixtures
the money spent by the legion in two
years is $25. 20l3l, or S12. 645 65 for
each of the two years. There is no
item under the head of "Office Fix
tures" in the Maccabee report, but
under the head supplies the Macca-
bee expenditure for the last year was
but s., $50 Under the head Express
age, Freight and Dray'. the legion in
two years expended SlS, s73 25. making
and for Postage" $3.50. 1l5 46, making
total for "Expressage. Freight. Dray
and Postage of $40. 0SS. II for two
years or S24, 994 35 for one year. I'm
der the head of Postage. Express.
Telegraph and Telephone the Maccabee
expenditure for 1907 was S., Sl1. IL.
No expense for freight" or "dray" is
recorded In the Maccabee report. I'm
der the head of Printing and Sup
plies and Advertising the legion
spent $l72, 7l9 So in the past two years.
For the past year the Maccabees spent
si7, 749 81 under the two heads "Ad-
vertising and Printing and "Official
Publication. " Under the head ''Ofh
cers-- Salaries" the legion in two years
expanded S53, 1873. 80. or SO. $50 Is for
one year. Under the same head for
one yeaf the Maccabees spent $ls, 95s. 81
Within the past two year period the
legion paid under the head of "Organ-
tiers Commissions 1879, 39i. 20.
Under the two heads Salaries Of Dep
uties and Organizer" and Expenses
paid 10 Organizers the Maccabees
paid out in one year $6l. s2s. 80. An
other item OF the same sort under the
head Of Officers Help" amounts TO
S54, 825. o. paid out by the legion. No
item of this sort is given under the list
OF Maccabee annual expenditures. The
office rent paid by the legion in two
years according TO the report is Sl2. 4l2-
a. though il owns its own building.
No item of the kind is given in the list
of Maccabee expenditures. Under the
head Legal Services and Attorneys
Salaries" the legion in two years paid
ont $40, 040 45. No item of the kind is
given under the Maccabee list OF ex-
penditures The legion also in two
years paid ont "a. 373 40 for bonds for
local secretaries. This is another item
which does not occur in the list of
Maccabee expenditures
These figures are taken from the
Journal of Proceedings Of the Ninth
Biennial Session OF the National Pro
tective Legion aud the Maccab.e figure
means an increase in production with
James " Barry ins france commits
sioner Of the state Of Michigan.
The diamond drill., 1908-03-14

During the week the campaign has
widened somewhat by the entrance Of
W. j. Gribble for the office Of clerk.
Mr. Gribble is. 10 make the run againgst
Robert Munns the present efficient
incumbent
The diamond drill., 1908-03-14
CRYSTAL FALLS. MICHIGAN. MARCH a. eos

mineral deposits for the statutory per-
iod.
10 Is probable that this point. now
passed on by Judge Stone, will be
found to have bearing on many lana
deals affecting mineral bearing tracts
in this region /"
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07
Commissioner McLin Reviews
Situation and Prospects.
INCREASE IN CITRUS CROP
eduetion Of 80 Per Cent from Normal
Cotton Crop---LArge Quantities Of
Of Cotton Still in Fields.

Tallahassee, Fla. 49, Commissioner
McLin has taken special pains this
year to ascertain the condition and
probable yield OF the states leading
crops. His estimate OF the cotton crop
is thus stated I'm the October Bulletin:
Reviewing the situation as 10 the
cotton crop OF the state, a compari-
son OF conditions indicates that the
cotton product OF the state Will be
close to $1,000 to $4,000 bales, reduc-
ton of 80 per cent Of the normal
crop" Scarcity and inefHciency Of la
Dor. high wages and poor prices are
the main elements In the shortness OF
the crop. Large quantities OF cotton
are still standing in the fields. The
corn and most other crops are short,
but good hay crop has been harvest
ed and pastures are In good shape.
The report on the citrus crop is as
follows:
A comparison OF the condition of
the present orange and grapefruit
crops with condition at same date
last year indicate only a very slight
increase In either crop. The orange
crop of 1867 amounted TO 3006,534
boxes, and the comparative conditions
go TO. show that the crop of 1903
will be very little larger-hardly
greater increase than 250,000 boxes,
SO that It is very probable that the
crop now on will not exceed 3,256,000
boxes. The grapefruit shows a little
better condition, and by the same
sources Of comparison there is slight
increase also. The grapefruit of
1907 amounted to 450,304 crates and
the present indications are that II will
not exceed 472,S19 crates for 1907-S.
An error that is harmful to both crops
Is that Of estimating both oranges
and grapefruit as one; they should be
kept entirely separate, and then both
buyers and sellers of fruit have fair
er field of operation. We, therefore.
estimate the orange crop of l907-S at
3,256,OOO boxes, and
the grapefruit, crop of 1908 at Az
$40 crates, or total Of citrus fruit
products of 3,72S,S19 boxes or crates.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07
TO DEVELOP OKEFENOKEE SWAMP.
Pennsylvania Capitalists to Expend
$1,000 On Property.

Jacksonville, FLA strong com
pany Of Pennsylvania capitalists will
spend 100000 in developing the
Okefenokee swamp, which lies most.
ly In the southeast corner Of Georgia
and extends into Florida. The swamp
contains a wealth of fine cypress tim
Der, and 1t Is for the purpose OF cut.
ting this timber and converting It into
merchantable lumber that the com
pany will develop the property. II is
generally known that a quantity Of
the very finest cypress in the swamp
is In Florida territory, and II is there.
fore possible that much OF the Inn
provements to be made by the COM
pany Will be In this state.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07

who are fortunate enough ito h..
either pepper, tomato or eggplanta a..
busy taking them from the seed MOI
and placing them In the fields Tss
glade farmers are waiting for the
water to run of so that they can cor,
mence blowing their glade fields =,
the same time they are planting sesd
beds on the high pine lands to hayo
their plants ready as soon as the wo.
ter runs of sufficient to transplant n
the fields. The lower East Coast viii
be in in the market with full cron nt
vegetables this season. Citrus fr,,ts
are ripening up well, and almost daIlv
consignments are being made to the
northern markets. The citrus fruIts
in this section are Of a most excellent
quality this year.
II has been suggested that a con.
vention of the sheriffs Of Florida no
held to consider reasons why some az
the laws are difficult Of enforcement
II would afford much light to the next
legislature. They have practical
knowledge as to the working of
many state regulations.
There are resources in Florida
which are practically yet undiscover
ed, the development OF which with
those that are already positively
known to exist will make her the En-.
pire State of the south.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07
ERA OF PROSPERITY
Being Enjoyed by Florida, Says Well
Known Railroad Man

Jacksonville, Fla.-"This cold wave
means thousands OF dollars TO Flor
ida" declared James T.. Roach a well
known railroad man OF this city.
'The oranges are all well matured,
but for some reason the fruit has been
slow in taking on its golden hue.
"The crop is maturing several
weeks ahead of last year. The tissues
are delicately formed, the average
size large, and, as a whole. the fruit
is very fine and lucious. The orange
growers have just reason for feeling
proud OF the crop they will ship away
from the state this season.
"As TO conditions throughout the
state, want to say that / never saw
more prosperous times in Florida.
am travelling through the state almost
constantly. The stores are well
stocked, and the merchants state that
trade is better than ever before. There
is considerable building going on In
the smaller towns, and the class OF
structures that are going up would
do credit to places many times larger
In population. There are not only res
licences being erected TO take care OF
the increase Of population; the con.
struction OF large buildings as homes
for new enterprises, but there are
many improvements going on In the
way OF street paving. sewerage sys-
TEN. water works and other modern
convenIences being adopted looking
toward the health and general devel
opment OF the towns.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07

There is more Catarrh in this sec.
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be in.
durable. For great many years doc.
tors pronounced 1t a local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treat.
ment, pronounced it incurable Sci.
ence has proven catarrh to be a con.
stitutional disease and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by r. ].
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the mar.
ket. 1t is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to teaspoonful. 1t
acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any
case 1t fails to cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for cOnsti-
patton. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07
HONEST STREET CAR CONDUCTOR
Found and Returned Poeketbook Con-
tanning over 5000.

Jacksonville, FLA lady from
Brunswick arrived in Jacksonville to
visit the carnival, and Ell route to the
city from the union depot she lost her
pocketbook on the street car. The
pocketbook contained 1920 in cash.
The police advised the lady to commu-
nicate with the street car Offices and
this she did
When the street car people were
called on tho telephone the lady was
Informed that pocketbook and mon
ey had been found on the car by Con-
ductor Johnson. II proved to be her
money, and when II was delivered TO
her she left liberal reward for the
honest conductor.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07
WATCHED FIFTEEN YEARS.

For fifteen years / have watched
the working of Bucklens Arnica Salve
and II has never failed to cure any
sore. boil, ulcer or burn to which 1t
was applied. II has saved us many
a doctor bill" says A. f. Hardy Of
East Wilton. Maine. 25c at S. w.
Rowley's drug store. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07
PUTNAM COUNTY GOING AHEAD.

This section of Putnam county IL
pushing ahead. For instance, at our
county seat, Palatka, there have been
more public improvements made IN
the past two years than in twenty
years previous all put together.
A movement is now on foot to bond
the county for good roads, bridge
across the st. Johns river and new
court house. The push and go-ahead
fever has struck. Now is the time
to invest in this section. Prices
Of real estate will advance lively In
the next two years. Come to San
Mateo or write
REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
San Mateo, Pla.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07
VARIEGATED AGATE FOUND.
II Was Discovered on the suwanee
River Near Gainesville.

Gainesville, Fla.-Mr. G. ID. Schaf.
fer made a rich discovery In the ives.
tern part OF the comfy by the finding
OF variegated agate. Mr.. Schaffer is OF
the opinion that the stone can be
found there In large quantities. The
samples found will compare favorably
with those found In Colorado. and will
prove a rich find for the owners OF
the land. as well as the man who
mado the discovery.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07
ORCHARD SPRAY PUMPS
sPRAYINa SOLUTIONS
IRRIoATINe PUMPS
GASOLINE ENGINES
MALLARY MILL SUPPLY co.
MACON, "a.

Hubby" said the observant wiie'
"tht janitor of these fats is pacne'
lor."
What OF it?"
Il really think be Is becoming IN
terested In our eldest daughter.
There you go again with your pP0
dreamsl Last week II was duke
Eyerybody's Magazine.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07

The game laws are bling more rig
orously enforced In Florida than they
have been for some years, that Is. In
many portions All over the state the
same earnest abortion 20 the arrest
OF ylolaiors should be given.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07

he place where Jacksonville now
stands was formerly known as the
chief place for crossing the st. Johns
river. It's aboriginal name was Wacca
Pnatka. which means In English as
near as II can be translated. Cows
Crossing over. This was abbreviated
by ali English-speaking people, who
knew Il as Cows Ford.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07

Entered al the postofiice at san Ma
teo, Fla, a. second-cIass mall mat
ter.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-11-07

Our readers will oblIge US when
writing to parties Advertising in this
paper II they will state that they saw
the advertisement in The San Mateo
Item. This is little trouble and costs
nothing. but It helps US, and is In
formation wanted by the advertiser.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10
CLEVELAND AND TAFT.

The strongest campaign docu.
ment that will be put out during
this campaign is the letter of the
late President Cleveland,
which was published in the dali,
papers last week. This is but one
of the three articles Mr.. Cleve-
land planned to write. No trace
of the other two have been found
among his papers and the chances
are he did not get them written.
The letter published was written
before any party made its presi-
dental nomination, but after it
was definitely settled who would be
the candidates of the Democrat and
Republican parties. Mr.. Cleve
land's..frst letter is,an'open indorse-
ment tot Taft, manly because
TAFT IS a man of experience in
national affairs. The following is
his tribute to Mr.. Taft as a federal
judge and statesman: personal
iy and officially | have had the op-
portunity of knowing many things
concerning Mr.. Taft that where
not a matter of general knowledge,
and with a keen interest | have
watched his large share in the con
duct OF our national affairs in very
recent years.
His excellence as a federal Judge
in Cincinnati is something not 10
be underestimate or over empha.
sized, for, should he come 10 the
presidential chair, the qualities
which made him a judge of high
ability which know him to have
been, will be the most needful to
him as president of the United
States. His high ideals Of hon
esty and of relative justice, his
great capacity for severe labor, and
his humorous wisdom in the face
OF serious problems are attributes
equally as valuable and common.
datory to a people seeking him in
whom they may repo3e the trust
OF their collective interests, while
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10
THE JOB OF LIVING.

1t is a mistaken idea of many
that in the good old times mer
lived longer and stronger lives
than at present. As a matter OF
fact, the reverse is true. The av.
erage length of life in the six
teenth century was but twenty-one
and a quarter years now it is forty
and a half, because man, in his
wisdom. has learned to conquer
and prevent many of the ills which
formerly preyed upon the race.
The mortality in diphtheria, for
instance, has been reduced from
80 pre- cent TO less than 10. 1t is
now possible to prevent typhoid,
although not all families or COM
munities take the necessary precau-
tions. In the Boer war, the Brit
ish lost more men from this disease
than from wounds received in bat
tie, while in our war with Spain,
one-hfth of the soldiers in our
camps had the disease, and possibly
we haven't learned enough precau-
ton to prevent a recurrence of a
similar epidemic in the event of an
other war. But the Japanese have.
Genreal Uku, in an active cam
paign of seven months, had 1877
cases among 100, 600 men. An
other disease which PLAYS havoc
with armies is dvsentery, and the
japanese have practically conquer
ed this. Since the Of
transmission of yellow fever has
been discovered, the danger of an
epidemic of that disease is practic-
ally past. In 1878 yellow fever
ragged in the south in Memphis, a
city of IS, 800 people at the time.
there were 1900 cases, and 5000
deaths. Such a record will never
be repeated, because it is known the
mosquitoes spread it, and the doc
tors know how to fight mosquitoes.
vaccination has greatly removed the
dread of smallpox. In Prussia,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10
DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION

This paper has never been favor.
ably impressed with the primary
election law idea. That system
of nominating candidates for Off
&c IS hedged about with serious
obstacles i'll practice. One of the
objections is that a voter is requir
cd to declare his political afilia.
ton. Still, this Objectionable fea-
ture seems 10 be a necessary one,
for if there is no rule by which a
mans right TO vote at a party pri.
mary may be ascertained, the way
will b. open for an interruptions
party machine to vote numbers
of the opposing party. in this way
oyerturning the majority vote of
the party itself.
Another objection is the ex-
pense of conducting a primary
campaign. In a recent
primary election in Oregon the
peuses of a candidate for governor
were $1,000. In the primary
election held in Kansas a few weeks
ago one of the two Republican can
didates for guberanatarial honors
spent $4,000 aud the other $4,000.
In Texas, the expense of the pri-
mary alone to the candidate for
governor. was nearly double his
entire salary during his term.
Under such a law as that, onlv
the rich man can afford to try for
state office. This objection might
be removed by paying the ex-
penses of the primary out of the
public treasury just as the expenses
of the elections are paid now. But
would the taxpayer stand for it?
In spite of these and other weak
nesses of the law, primary cleo
tons would be a vast improve
HeEt over the convention system
as practiced at last weeks Rcpubli-
can state convention at Boise and
democratic convention. at
Twin Falls and Wallace. The
questionable methods by which
unworthy men at present secure
nominations would doubtless be
impossible and the will of the {
PEOPLE would be expressed as near
y as 1t is possible to do so. {