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La Junta tribune., 1908-10-24
Shafroth Serves
Water Company
IN CONGRESS AND ouT.-IF FOR.
AkER RETiREs, HOW CAN
sHAFRoTh ReMAiNf


Senator Foraker has apparently
been retired from public life on the
gress In the capacity Of attorney for
a corporation. He denies the fact, and
It has not been proved, but the mere
attack has apparently been enough to
place him on the retired list
John Shafroth. when he was in Con-
gress. acted for the Denver Union
Water Company to get = valuable priv
iiese passed through the House for
them. and the record shows it,
Prior to that time he had been at
torney for this corporation, and he has
acted rs attorney for them since.
When ne was In Congress. he advo-
Gated giving to that company 1850
acres OF government land in connection
with a reservoir. and the bill was
passed. and they got the land. The fol-
lowing Is part OF the colloquy that en-
sued /:
Mr.. Cannon: want to ask the ge:,-
tiemen from what committee is the bill
reported? What is It about? 1t sells
1000 acres of land to a corporation at
Sl.25 per acre
Mr.. Shafroth: Yes.
Mr.. Cannon: That is held not to be
wise In the Philippines. Is II wise in
the United States?
Mr.. Shafroth: Yes. It 10 wise under
these circumstances. will explain
the provision OF this bill. The bill was
introduced in the Senate BY Senator
Teller and passed the Senate about a
week ago.
Mr.. Speaker: The water COM
pany that furnishes water for the
city OF Denver is at present erecting
a very large reservoir up in the noun
tains. This reservoir Is going TO cost
somewhere In the neighborhood OF
"A .0O0. 900 and It's near com pletlon
This company supplies the citizens OF
Denver with water for drinking pur-
poses and other domestic use. So far.
they have found difiiculty In protecting
what may be termed the water shed
for that reservoir. For instance. they
have found dead animals In the stream
above which contaminates the water.
They feel that In order to get a pure
water supply 1t Is absolutely neces
sary that this land be sold to them by
the government The bill originally
introduced took In about 1000 acres
OF land but the Senate committee after
examining the matter very carefully
cut II down to 1000 and some odd
acres. II takes in the water shed that
covers this reservoir. 80 that they can
fence II. SO that they can prevent any
contamination OF the waters Of the res
ervoir Some provision OF this kind
is absolutely necessary In order to In
sure the purity of the water. These
lands are worth practically nothing.
They are rocky lands. This reservoir
is located, l think. about 5000 feet
above the sea level. 1t is some 200
feet in depth. 1t extends about seven
miles in one direction. 1t is 20 large
and SO deep that the Kaiser wilhelm
could float on II for seven miles.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
Unrest In India.
The Campaign of Major Gem
eral Sir James Willcocks
Aaainstthe Zakha Khels Evil
dences of Native Discomfort.

"HE dispatches from India re-
garding the operations of the
expedition under command of
Major General Sir James Will
cocks have called the attention of
Americans TO the fact that the British
government is face to face with
most serious situation In one of the |
most extensive portions of the empire
under its sway. The expedition under
command of General Willcocks was or
ganized for the punishment of the re-
bellious Zakha Khels and Mohmands
on the southern frontier of Afghanis-
tan. He took with him 1000 men and
has since been REINFORCED with troops
from Calcutta and Lucknow, and the
British war office is also preparing to
send out additional re-enforcements
from Aldershot. Within the past few
months there have been so many man
ifestations of unrest among the native
inhabitants of the Indian empire that
this latest outbreak has given the home
authorities much concern lest 1t should
spread to other tribes. Much secrecy
attended the setting out of General
Willcocks' expedition owing to the fact
that he wished to put down the Zakha
Khels before their rebellious spirit had
a chance to spread among the neighbor-
ing peoples. 1t now appears that the
home government in England is dis
trustful of the ameer of Afghanistan
himself, who since the signing of the
Anglo Russian treaty has been inclined
to ignore representations made to him
as to the affairs of his realm.
The scene of the operations under
General Willcocks is the Bazaar valley,
some fifteen miles long by nine broad,
gest village in the region. An officer
employed In former campaign against
the Zakha Khels said: when you en-
bark upon an Indian frontier cam
paign you are going into gunpowder
store with lighted match. Such ac-
ton involves great possibilities, but
with good fortune and good political
organization this affair should not
spread beyond the Zakha Khels. espe-
cially as this tribe is extremely I'M
popular with all its neighbors."
Sir James has been associated with
India since his early boyhood. as his
father had command there and his
family lived at Delhi. He is ffty-one
years old and is an officer experienced
in the peculiarities of warfare with the
wild tribes of the Indian frontier. hav-
ing served under Lord Roberts in the
Afghanistan campaign of 1S7S-S0 He
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
BY Elder Odd.

When the Hill City was first sur
rounded by the Federal army, and just
before General Grant hurled his half
drunken soldiers to death, against the
impossible wall of Confederate musk
cts, l was thigh private in the 18th
Miss. Battalion of Infantry. Just after
dark, l was placed on picket, about
twenty-five feet in front of our breast
work. The officer of the guard that
night was Capt ]. w. Duncan, of Au-
gusta, Miss.
One of the orders given me was to
listen carefully for any sound OF dig
ging on a low ridge, Immediately in
front of our position, and perhaps two
hundreds yards distant. In our inn
mediate front the abattis, or fallen
timber, had grown up so thickly in
briers. that a dog could scarcely get
through but that little ridge was open
and accessible to the Federal posi-
ton. | sat there listening perhaps
half an hour All was still and silent
as the sleep of an infant. The roar
of the artillery and the rattle of the
sharpshooters was hushed, and the
silence reminded one Of the perfeu
quiet that succeeds the passing of
thunder storm, in a summer night.
But what was that? A faint, bare
" audible Chip, chip, so dim, so faint,
one might almost think it was the
footstep of a katy-did, Zone of DR..
Waynick's "skitty-diddys' on green
If. Yet l heard it, and knew that I
ard it, and according to orders, |
lied the officer of the guard. Capt.
nham. than whom a drawer soldier
yer wore the gray,-and more could
be said in folio volume, -came
i sat by me. and listened long
ne. He seemed to decide that I was
staken
| had done my duty and he had done
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
ODD FELLOWS Will
DECORATE GRAVES

The Odd Fellows of this city will
have memorial exercises on Sunday,
June IA, commemorating the memory
of their deceased brothers who are
buried in the city cemetery.
The full plans for the memorial ex-
ercises have not yet been arranged,
but committee has been appointed
for this purpose.
The committee is composed of Louis
Williams, w. ]. Force and H. KATE.
1t has already been decided that
Rev. R. L. Campbell will conduct the
memorial exercises.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
AN INCIDENT OF THE
SEICE OF VICKSBURG.

his. 1t was only mistake of the
acuteness of our hearing; but human
life, and the rest of thousands of
weary soldiers hung upon the decision.
For had the Captains ears been as
sensitive to sound as mine, a shower
of lead would have rained upon that
ridge. that a bird could hardly have
escaped. But my ears were best then
Next morning the Federals were fir
ing at us from a rifle pit on that ridge,
and when nearly a week later, the
dead killed in the charges were buried,
more than one corpse was carried
away from that rifle pit.
From that dark night till this bless
ed May %, 190S,-forty-five years
not a word has ever passed between
Capt. Denham and myself concerning
that night. If he reads this he will
remember. We are old, gray and
feeble, and soon we shall go where
cannons never roar, and all is peace
full as on that dark night, but not so
dark or silent, thank God.
In those dark, troublesome times,
we would have Jared better if we had
had more officers like Capt. Denham.
Off duty, he was Joe Denham, one of
of the boys, rollicking, rolling and
tumbling with the rest. On duty, he
was Captain Denham, but never
harsh or arbitrary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.

l hereby call mass meeting of the
Democratic voters of the city of Hat.
tiesburg to assemble at the city hall,
in said city, on the 2Sth day of May
1908, at 10 o'clock a. m. for the purpose
OF electing a new executive committee
and transacting such other business as
may come before said meeting.
Respectfully,
w. NJ. CONNER. Chairman.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28

The full program will probably be
announced after the next meeting of
the local lodge.
Odd Fellowship is known to all
that is the noble work that they do
in many ways, but not all is known.
They have strong organization and
one that is endorsed by everybody who
is at all familiar with the principles
of fraternalism. They are doing a
vast amount of good in the world, not
only for themselves, but for others, as
their good deeds have no bounds or
limitations.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
GOOD TEMPLARS meet
IN Wilmington TODAY

speaker at the public session will be
the Rev. DR.. P. A. Baker, general SUI
perintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of America.
Official reports show that the inter-
national order now has nearly half
million members, scattered throughout
North and South America, Europe,
South Africa and Australia.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28

proved himself valuable assistant to
Lord Kitchener in the latter's scheme
of reorganization of the army In India.
1t was last December that the vet
Grams who fought for the suppression
of the Indian mutiny of fifty years ago
gathered for a banquet in celebration
of the jubilee at Albert hall. London,
and poem for the occasion by Rud-
yard Kipling was recited. some lines of
which read:
Today across our fathers graves
The astonished years reveal
The remnant of that desperate host
Which cleaned our east with steel.
Calcutta dispatches say that the gov
eminent authorities now fear they are
confronted by a deep laid and wide
spread scheme of native revolt perhaps
more formidable and on a larger scale
than the mutiny of half century ago.
The trouble on the Afghan frontier is
but part of the difficulties the impe-
rial government has to face. A much
more extensive movement than that Is
revealed in the arrest and confession
of native who recently threw a bomb
In Mozufferpur, capital of the province
of the same name in Bengal. killing
two Europeans. Examination of the
prisoner resulted in the arrest of thirty
persons. the discovery of discriminating
documents and of a supply of bombs.
The documents seized disclosed the
fact that it was the intention to kill
Lord Kitchener, commander in chief of
the British forces in India, and other
high officials and to slaughter Euro
peans by the wholesale. Some of those
arrested stated that the plot was part
of revolutionary campaign extending
throughout the whole of India.
Ten years ago it was the. Russian
bear that menaced British rule in In
dia. Now the danger is from native
uprising which has received encourage
ment from the success of Japan In
whipping Russia, showing that yellow
and brown men can sometimes beat
white men. Little did the British dip
lomats who negotiated the Anglo-Japa-
nese alliance imagine that the rise Of
Japan as world power might thus
confrouf than. --,f+i
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
women Want TO
WELD THE BALLOT

London, May 2S.-What will prob
ably be the greatest demonstration for
the emancipation of women in the his
tory of the world will be held in
Hyde Park on June q, when it is ex-
pected than no less than 100000 suf-
fragettes will march through the
streets and hold public meetings in
the park.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
Hearst News Service.

Wilmington, Del, May 2S.-Some of
the leading temperance workers of
the country are in Wilmington today
to take part in the convention of the
Order of Good Templars,
which opens at Grace Methodist
church this EVENING" The principal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
MALE CHORUS
MANY VOICES

indianapolis, Ind. May ga mass
ed male chorus of nearly $4,000 voices
is being trained for the national mus
ical festival of the North American
saengerbund to be held here June II
to 20.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
CATERPILLARS ARE
AFTER STURDY OAKS
Hearst News sercise.

Patio Alto, Cal, May 2s.-A scourge
of moths and caterpillars threatens
to destroy the stately old oaks which
have become landmarks on the Stan.
ford University campus. Heroic eff
forts are being made by the univer-
sity botonists and entomologists to
save the mammoth trees,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
sTouFFER's
Hand Painted China.

Represents the supreme efforts of
many of the most expert artists in
America and includes conventional,
natural and figure decorations.
In originality of design, detail of ex-
ecution. richness and harmony in col
oring 1t cannot he surna sod ......uu
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
BOISE BANK
IS REOPENED
Hearst News Service.

Boise, May 2S.-Under reorganiza-
ton plans accepted by the courts, the
Capital State Bank, which suspended
last january, was reopened today.
The institution has more than mil
lion in deposits.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-28
WE BUY SECOND HAND
FURNITURE.

NJ. S. Haisfield, 12S Front street,
next to Palace Restaurant. Home
phone 743. m2S-1mo
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23
SLAP AT K~ITTREDCE

81 Am not a candidate for any office.
While a man holds a high and honora-
BILE position he ought to take are OF
it, give it his best attention and not
bother with his political future"
These words were not spoken by the
governor of South Dakota. They were
uttered by Governor Sheldon OF Nebr-
aska when he was asked il he had any
ambition to go to the senate when the
term OF either OF the present senators
expire. Howard Spirit.
The Spirit no doubt intended to in
sinuate that Governor Crawford is not
attending to business. The governor
spends as much time at Pierre as
conditions require-there being moth
ing but routine business. If the legis-
lature was in session the governor
should be in his Office, and would be.
How different with Senator kittredge
to whom the words Of the Spirit and
Of the governor Of Nebraska seem we'll
directed. While one OF the most
important sessions OF congress ever
held in the history of this nation is
now busy at Washington, Senator
kittredge is absent from his post OF
duty, drawing a salary OF $500 per
annum, with which he is paying his
campaign expenses in his vain attempt
to secure denomination. His seat is
vacant at Washington. The only
work he has done during the present
session has been to object Through a
corporation SENATOR to the passage OF
bills beneficial to his home people.
Yes, Mr.. Spirit, Senator Kittredge
ought to personally take care OF his
duties at Washington, ''give it his
best attention and not bother with his
political future"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23
with the editor OF the Press during
that afternoon, naturally feels that an
injustice has been done him.-Volga
Tribune.
THE GOVERNOR OF OUR STATE

The course OF Coe | Crawford OF
South Dakota, il such as to commend
him strongly to the public. His quiet
dignity, his application to the duties
at hand, his speech and action and
his firm command OF every situation
that has thus far confronted him are
qualities that appeal strongly to
those who have no favorites in the
senatorial race and are merely trying
to discern among all candidates the
man best fitted for the Office.
The Office OF governor OF South
Dakota is an exalted place, and its
occupant, il successful in discharging
his duties, is in line for consideration
for United States senator.
The newspapers OF the state, reflect
ing the sentiment OF their communi-
ties, are very catering in their
reference to the governor. 1t is a
mistake to suppose that he is an
unknown quality in the east. There
is 10 east or west these days so far as
availability OF information is con-
cerned. The east knows what is
going on in the west, far better than
the west knows what the east is doing.
Handsome references come from
Washington correspondents who until
recently seemed possessed OF a con-
Stunning desire to see Senator kittredge
returned. The governor OF South
Dakota appears to be winning head
way steadily, by pursuing a straight
forward course and not Sinking public
duty. -Watertown Public Opinion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23

have ever before done in the history
of this state. .>othing would be easier
than to repeal those laws at the com
ing session and the taXpaying public
should use discretion in casting their
vote at the June primaries to see that
every legislator stands firmly upon
the Progression Republican platform.
There should be no backward step.
If the laws are defective elect rep
resentatives who will assist in stength-
ening the weak places, but be careful
not to vote for those who will be the
dupes of corporate interests and vote
so much good 10 the public in general,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23

1t is known that the Interests" are
already at work in this state with a
view of securing legislative members
enough to repeal certain laws which
affect the corporations. Let every
voter who would vote or lis own in
dividual interest personally acquaint
himself with every man who m
up as a candidate for the legislature
stand for the support of present laws
and the enactment of even better laws
to protect the public against the grind
of corporate interests. The people
now have the situation well in hand
and there should be no backward step.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23

Through the courtesy of Hon. Philo
Hall this Office has receive a copy of
his speech on his bill for the removal
of tariff on lumber. We have read it
carefully from beginning to end.
Every Dakotan should write him for
a copy and read it, and he will finish
it with renewed respect for Mr.. Hall
and congratulations to the state on
having made a change 10 a level
headed statesman. The speech is in
no sense a grand-stand effort, but a
plain, common sense, logical argu-
ment for the preservation of Ameri-
can forests and the protection of Amer.
can consumers from extortion by the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23
GOV. CRAWFORD AND RAILROADS

In a recent speech at Elk Point
Governor Coe /. Crawford stated:
"You take the Session Laws OF 1899,
1901, 1908, 1905, covering that period
OF ten years, pick them up, commence
at the first page, and turn page by
page to the index and il you can show
me a single law passed in that ten
years against railway or public service
corporations, il you can find me one,
/ will resign as Governor OF South
Dakota, and | will withdraw as a can
didate for United States Senator. You
can't find it-not one single law in
that period OF ten years, not one was
passed that was in any way restrictive
or r%egulative OF a public service cor
poration."
OF course the re-actionists "got
busy and here is what they found
after ransacking every record:
ave have taken the governor at his
OF lS99-the very first year the COVER
nor refers to-is found Chapter 125,
IAN Act Requiring Railroads to
Furnish Side Track Facilities Between
Its Main Track and Elevators, Ware
houses and FIGURING Mills Upon OF
Contiguous to Their Rights OF Way"
This act was approved and became a
law, March 6, 1885,"
We happen to know something
relating to this bill. as a certain pro-
perty owner wanted track service to
his mill and elevator which the rail.
road did not want to build. The bill
originally was intended to benefit one
man, but OF course the law had to be
OF a general nature. That law was
for the purpose OF adjusting difference
as between corporations and WAS NOT
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC,
which the governor no doubt referred
to in his speech. Boys you will have
to secure another invoice OF "Session
Laws" as the present stock will be
worn out before the campaign is over
through your mad search for informa-
ton to counteract the "body blows"
Governor Crawford is giving his
opponents.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23

Having, by reclamation, endorsed
the present administration OF Governor
Crawford and the wise work OF the last
legislature, the re-actionists have
been obliged to hatch up other and
more remote campaign falsehoods
The tax levy, the railroad favoritism
and several other "isms" proved to
be poor CAMPAIGN thunder. However,
the voters have concluded to have a
harmonious delegation at Washington
and Governor Crawford will be elected
by an overwhelming majority.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23

Last weeks Bfookings Press stated
that John Daum, OF lakewood, who
had been elected a delegate to the
Republican county convention, did
not stop at Brookings, but went on to
Aurora and attended the Democratic
convention and was elected a member
OF the county committe OF that party.
Mr.. Daum vas present at the Brook
ings convention during the entire
afternoon, and never went near the
Aurora meeting OF thirteen. The use
Of his name az a member OF the
county committee was a misunder.
standing, and the fact that MI. Daum
shook hands and had q short visit
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23

There wac ncg q Tai; bsdge worn a,
Eurur, except by tie s~talwarts.-
b~rUoEipEs grsAs.
That an untruih, bu; il true, il
wouIc nave Deer al indication that
1te sialwsr1s had " be tagged to
know fha; ihey were interested in
Roosevelt principles. The Progress
ss,es elcnt Deed any tag. But talk
ag abou, sgs, the Kiiiredge fellows
were az. Asbeiec and 'libeled" with a
"Ks" bac2e, in TACT very few wore
TAT bacgss-it wac all for Kit, with
Tai for effect.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23

senator blrFeege has not yet denied
that Governor Craw,ord's statements
were ID every particular correct. He
AZ sill humping THE smoot rag baby
ano telling vital a mistake the ablest
engineers q ihis and foreign nations
maae vine they recommended the
eDnnfruction q 4 Panama lock canal.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-23

Congressman Hall Of this state,
mate une If the ablesi speeches de-
iivered II Ing houss during the present
session nEulnst Tie lumber and paper
trus1e We quote one paragraph from
me syeech III iollQws: place the
products u the forrest Cd the free list
and aooLlen the Lunbey and Paper
Trusle. H. the enc iEki the c0untry's
timber suppiy Hay he preserved and
the trade restored 70 fair and iegiti-
mas ele.-Cantop Leader.
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State

For Governor
x. S. Vessey, Washington Springs
For Lieutenant Governor
II. c. Shober, Highmore.
For State Treasurer
G. II. Cassill, Canton.
For Secretary of State
S. c. Policy, Deadwood.
For State Auditor
John Hirning, Herreid.
For Attorney General
S. w. Clark. Redfeld.
For Com. School and Public Lands
o. G. Dokken, Toronto.
For X. X. Com. End District
+. G. Robinson, Groton.
For National Committeeman
Thos. Thorson, Canton.