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The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-07-08

By far the largest district is that
where white hurley Is grown. This In
cludes from forty-two to f1fty-fve coun-
ties and, roughly speaking, embraces all
Of the State east Of Louisville, Mays
Vile and Mt Sterling Two counties In
Indiana and three in Ohio also produce
white hurley tobacco. This peculiar
grade can be grown nowhere else In the
world. 1t Is used almost entirely In
domestic trade and from 1t the very
highest type Of plug chewing tobacco Is
made.
The tobacco producers of the stem
ming, Green River and white hurley
districts are very generally organized
under the Kentucky Union Of the
American Society Of Equity.
The American Society of Equity Is q
national organization Of farmers. It's
objects are the improvement Of meth
DDS Of agriculture, the Introduction of
new and improved seeds, social inter-
course, and, more than all else, the Sc
curing Of fair and equitable prices for
farm products. In many respects it Is
to the farmer what the trades union is
to the craftsman.
The American Tobacco Company
otherwise known as the Tobacco Trust
is an organization Of capital which wei
nigh controls the manufacture Of to
bacco in this country, which is gradu
ally invading the retail cigar and to
bacco trade, and which has such
strength and such extensive ramifica
tons that it dictates the price Of raw
material to the grower.
So much for the fundamentals of
condition which has produced the pres
ent tobacco war In Kentucky.
When the tobacco market was a.
apen one-that Is, when there was or
position among the bidders for the ra,
leaf-the price Of white hurley wa
about Is cents per pound, and of tn
dark tobacco about or cents The
came the Tobacco Trust. Opposition |
bidding was eliminated and price
were hammered down and farthe
down until the dark tobacco was bring
ing cents and the white hurley
cents. Such a reduction meant rui
for the farmers. The actual cost {
production, reckoning q mans labor G
81 per day and a teams services at {
cents, would be just about this fgur
There was no allowance for the terri
BILE drain upon the land itself, for th
fact that IN the rush seasons the farm
ers were forced to hire extra help {
S1.20 to 81 per day, or for the fax
that the work la the hardest and mos
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-07-08

exacting OF all farm labor, and that
much of 1t must be done In the most
inc1ement season. 0
The producers had nothing to say as
to the price. The trust made it's offer
and 1t was case Of take 1t or leave It
alone. The farmers were rapidly being
reduced from an independent and pros
porous condition to one of almost servi-
tude and with actual want staring
them In the face.
Finally the dark tobacco growers or
gained as the Planters Protective AS
ISOLATION and pooled their tobacco.
They held out for two years before sell
ing pound. Then the raw material
In the market became exhausted and
the trust was forced to come and buy
at the pool price Of 8 cents instead of
its own price of 3 cents. These organ
lied producers and the American To-
bacco Company are now working I'M
der fairly harmonious agreement and
have been for two years.
With this splendid example OF the
power of union before them the op-
pressed and individually helpless farm
ers Of the great white hurley district
in November, 1906, organized as the
Kentucky Union Of the Society Of
Equity. Each member agreed to pool
his crop with the others and to sell
only through the officers of the organi-
,o1
erected in various places. The pooled
tobacco was either brought to these
warehouses or stored in the producers
barns. At Winchester samples of all
pooled tobacco were kept and the Equi-
ty farmers demanded that the pur-
chaser, instead Of going to the farmers
or having the farmers come to him,
shorld purchase by sample of the Equi-
ty officer At the beginning the Equity
people, when the Trust price was 6 or
6h cents, made out a price list which
would make the average price on all
grades of an average crop Is cents,
some higher and some lower. ":5
OF course, by no means all Of the
growers came into the pool. Many re-
fused and continued to sell to the trust
at the best prices obtainable But,
owing to the pooled and stored tobacco
making a scarcity in the market, the
trust was forced to raise its price from
6 to 1917 cents and 10 cents. This was
highly satisfactory to the non-Equity
growers. They were loud In their
praises Of the organization which had
less preferred to take advantage of the
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-07-08
Revolt of Farmers In the Blue
Grass State Against the
Tobacco Trust.
HAD MANY TRAGIC FEATURES.
flow the Fight Was Forced on the
Growers--Night Riding and
Its Crimes,

Kentucky Is the tobacco State. While
Jhe produces hemp, wheat, corn, horses,
Dogs and cattle in abundance and with
profit, tobacco Is her great cash crop.
OF the 40 counties (mountain, blue
grass and Westerly there are few If
any which do not consider the plant a
staple. 1t Is the crop which costs the
most to produce calls for the greatest
amount of labor, most rapidly deblli-
tates the soil and, under normal condi-
tons, brings the greatest returns.
Kentucky may be divided into four
large districts. with four separate and
distinct types Of tobacco, none compet-
Ing with the others. In the extreme
western part Of the State Is the dark
tobacco district (Which includes about
twenty counties in Kentucky and ten in
Tennessee). There the growers are or
ganized into what is known as the
Planters Protective Association, with
headquarters at Guthrie. The tobacco
grown In this district has a very large.
almost black leaf. While some of 1t is
used in domestic manufacture the bulk
of the crop Is exported to England
Then comes the stemming district of
seven or eight counties, so called be-
cause the stem Is removed from the leaf
before marketing. Nearly the entire
crop Is exported to England France
and Italy.
The Green River section includes six
or seven counties and produces to-
bacco midway between the dark tobac-
30 and the white hurley. 1t Is used In
both the domestic and export trade
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B The Gn1,a,,alLe,l ne co.

The true nature Of a cameo Is ver,,.
much misunderstood by the public gem
orally. Most people think it is the stom
itself, when in reality the method O.
cutting is what produces the cameo
The real meaning Of the word is un
known, it's derivation having neve
been discovered; but, correctly speak
ing, canoes are small sculptures exc
cuted In low relief on some substance
precious either for it's beauty, rarity O.
hardness.
There are emerald canoes, turquois'
calneos, shell canoes, coral canoes
Indeed, any substance that lends itseA
to carving In such minute detail cai.
be used for cameo cutting and nearl!
all precious stones, except diamonds.
have been SO used for intaglios, bu
never for canoes. Emerald Is the mos.
common precious stone from which
canoes have been made, and there art
somevery fine emerald portrait cam
eos in existence, notably those
Queen Elizabeth in the British muse
um. Shell canoes were first made H.
the fifteenth century.
Banded onyx is generally used fol-
cameo work because of its hardness
and coloring, and it is this fact that hal
caused the misapprehension, the stone
!. being used SO much in making cameo
that Ii has i1oW becofne abJeffterGknUwE
as ''cameo" than by its right name.--
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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CHAPTER XVII.

shortly before ten O'CLOCK on the IOl-
lowing morning. Cassagne and D'Auburon
uttered the bureau, where under the d.
rect supervision of the commissary the
records OF the department of police are
preserved for future reference. Cassagne
was evidently well known to the officers
Of the bureau. In few minutes such
books and induces as he required were
placed at his disposal.
D'Auburon stood by intently watching
his principal as he turned to the index
page Of a huge volume Reaching the
letter 'G' he ran his eye rapidly over the
names, which were arranged in the order
Of their date of entry. He started In at
the top Of the page full of confidence;
as his finger travelled down the column,
however, his face grew perceptibly longer.
When he reached the bottom, he gave au-
dible expression to his disappointment by
exclaiming: r.. @'"
phillip Graham either was never I'M
der police surveillance at all, or he chang
ed his name when he came to Paris"
As the detective uttered these words,
an idea suddenly occurred to D'Auburon.
''Look Under the name Of the woman
In whose charge he was placed. If he
took any other name than his own, what
more natural than he should take hers?"
"That's a good suggestion" said Cas-
sagne. Her name was Marie La Seur,
as recollect it-yes, that was it. Marie
La Seur. TIL trouble you for that II
volume"
D'Auburon handed it to him. and the
search commenced afresh. Presently-9as-
sagne exclaimed
.Here is Philip La Seur. I shouldn't
be surprised if you were right. Page
6fty-three."
"Hold on q minute. Don't be disap-
pointed if it shouldn't prove to be the
| nan. La Seur is a common enough name,
and there are over two millions and a
half of people in Paris to draw from.
Here's page ffty-three; now let me see
what 1t says"
The two men leaned over the book as
they scanned the page before them. Then
they read:
"Philip La Seur, placed under police
surveillance by order Of the commissary."
1--WE have him !" exclaimed D'Auburon,
In a tone Of triumph. ave have him
now, for certain"
mot too fast, my friend; not too fast.
Let's see what this foot note Is"
At the bottom of the page was written
In red ink:
+Toulon, seventeen years, forgery"
An expression of intense disappoint-
ment spread itself over the face of the
detective. D'Auburon, also, understood
Philip La Seur could have served out
but little more than half his sentence
Consequently be could have had no hand
in the commission Of the crime.
Fer few minutes both men were en-,
hrely nonplused. At length Cassagna
who had again been thinking deeply, ex.
claimed:
at shall not be satisfied until I have
examined the state papers relating to this
trial, at the conclusion of which Philip
La Seur was sent to Toulon."
"You will waste your time" replied
D'Auburon.
"I shall not. How do you know there
may not hare been examination of sen
sencs?" .zze~~-== 49,. .z~-.-
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The Roupell Mystery
A II $ t y n

CHAPTER XVI.-(Continued
Have you ever known OF case where
man was forced to commit an act
against his inclination?"
Certainly but / have never known
Of its going to the length Of murder"
Nor l, must confess, though that
does not prove that this was not just
such case-though 1 don't believe it
was. But you will admit perhaps that
one persons hold upon another may be
strong enough to compel him to enter a
house for the purpose Of stealing a
paper"
Certainly It might; and you would
contend, / presume, that this person hav-
Ing SO entered the chateau, was compell-
ed to violence to escape the consequences
Of detection?''
Exactly" replied Cassagne. Nov the
question is, not who is the accomplish,
but who Is the principal? The principal
is the party primarily interested, and he
forces the accomplice to obey. The ac-
compiice, the mere tool, we cannot hope
to find first as we have no clue to him.
But we may reason as to who his prin-
cipal Is, and SO we may find them both.
The accomplice will be found when the
principal is brought to light
go on" again said D'Auburon, as the
detective paused.
Il can't go on" answered Cassagne
Il have just got SO far and there | have
stuck. l am in the position Of a hound
who scents a fox somewhere, but knows
not in what direction to look for him."
but it seems to me that be cannot
be far off"
Every likely. He may be right under
our noses, and we not able to discover it.
But our opportunities for Investigation
are not vet exhausted by any means.
There are two people who may be said
to be interested parties, sufficiently inter
ested to be instigators of the crime, and
both must be found, if possible"
"And they are?"
Henry Graham's wife and their son,
The latter Of whom has long since grown
to manhood. Do not forget that, under
the American law, both of them would
Inherit if Madame Roupell died intestate.
shall now try and find them" =
"Whom will you look for frst?"
1.-The son-for reasons too many to
enumerate."
Where will you search for him?"
I'm Paris"
"Why in Paris?"
Because the priest told me the woman
who brought him up went to Paris be-
sides he was wild young fellow, and
all wild young fellows come to Paris
eventually. 1t Is simply a question Of
time"
"Where shall you begin to look for
him?".
where all young men of his stamp
eventually are known. Take my word
for it, we shall find some record of Henry
Graham's son, Philip Graham, on the
records of the police" ...# !
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IT Hurt Him.

"Gee whizz! wish could find the
fellow who stole my umbrella"
ooh! cut 1t out! Why do you make
q fuss over little thing like that?"
"Little thing? Why, man, actually
bought that umbrella Philadelphie
Press. $50 -=z - ==s-
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A New Significance

Customer want q couple of good
temperance songs.
Music Dealer-Here you are, sir; the
very latest: Dixie" and Marching
Through Georgia. Toledo Blade
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A Baby,

A baby--that which makes homs
happier, love stronger, patience great
er, hands buster, nights longer, day.
shorter, the past forgotten, the futurs
brighter.-Rupert's Magazine
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Her Wish.

Tess-Yes, wish all men were bach
elors.
Jess-What! How could we get mar
ried IL they were to be? ~- =---
Tess-Oh! don't mean permanently,
but just long enough to learn to sew
on buttons and to mend their Clothes
Philadelphia Press.
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HIOtherlY Wisdom.

Anxious Mother-Mr. Willing may b.
a gentleman, my dear, but you CAM
afford to marry a man who wears plat
ed links in his cuffs.
Pretty Daughter-But how do yot
know that he does, mamma2
Anxious Mother-Whenever he calf
in the evening you have black streaki
on your shirt waist the next morning,
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You don't have to be a carpenter &c
build a fortune. "
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-09
HIS MIND A BLANK.
Washington Man Has Queer Expert
ence for Three Weeks.

Living for several weeks with his
mind an absolute blank, although to
all appearances his brain was in nor
NAL state, was the strange psychology
ical experience undergone by George
b. Harmon, a rancher of Crescent,
Wash, who mysteriously disappeared
from Spokane on the night of March
Is.
From the time he was rendered I'M
conscious by blow on the head from
a blunt instrument in the hands of
thug and robbed of 5000 in the Divi-
sion street cut on the night of his dis
appearance Mr.. Harmon remembers
nothing until his memory was re-
stored as mysteriously as it had been
lost when he fell from scaffold on
ranch near Helena, Mont, April q,
and spraintd his ankle.
How he recovered consciousness
after being beaten into insensibility
by the footpad, where he went after
ward and how he came to be working
on ranch in Montana are alike prob
lens which are shrouded in the deep
est mystery.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-09
DUKE is FOUND DEAD.
American Heiress, Theodore Shonts,
Prematurely Widowed.

Paris.-ln the presence of his bride
OF less than three months, Emmanuel
Theodore Bernard Marie d'Albert de
Luynes DAILY, ninth duke OF
Chaulnes and of Piquiny and marquis
of Dangeau, died suddenly from heart
failure recently in his apartments in
the Hotel Langham, in the Rue Boo
zadero The physicians summoned to
attend the duke in his sudden seizure
of the malady officially gave the cause
of death as embolism of the heart.
The due de Chaulnes and the Ouch
ess, who was Miss Theodore ShOnts
youngest daughter of Theodore p
Shonts of New York, were married
in New York February 16 Of this year
The wedding was a brilliant socia
function, and the end of the briei
honeymoon was sudden and tragic
Since the arrival of the couple here
month ago, they have lived compare
lively quietly at the Hotel Lanham
taking an occasional automobile ride
IN the afternoon and in the evening
dining with intimate friends, or goini
TO the theater
The duke for years has suffered
from a weak heart and for some TIM
had been the subject Of fainting spells
Several times since his arrival her
he consulted DR. Henri Iscoyesco IN al
effort 10 obtain relief from his all
ment.
Despite an positive denials By rela
lives and friends Of the family th
rumOr continues 10 De- persistently eli
culated here thar the death Of tb
Due de- Chaulnes Was due ~ an Over
dose of morphine and not 10 bear
disease
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-09

Conditions governing traffic in intOx-
icating liquors in many portions OF
New England Will become consider
ably disturbed on the first Of May,
when changes IN local option take ef-
feet and temperance workers are
pointing 10 the general situation as an
index OF spreading sentiment against
the saloon. ln Vermont only rs cities
and towns viii legalize the sale Of
liquor this year, as compared with ~
licensed cities and towns FIVE years
ago n rs estimated that about 1000
men We're employed in the places
which WI have 10 close The ensuing
NlAr
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-09
CAUSES OF MINE DISASTERS.
Coal Expert Says Regulations Are
Much More Strict in England.

"While 1t may be true that the per-
centage of accidents and explosions in
the coal mines of the United States
England, for example-it must be
remembered that the causes contribute
ing to the accidents, which are beyond
the control of the operators, are more
numerous" said Neil Robinson, coal
expert Of Charleston, w. Va, to
Washington Post reporter.
Goal mining in England is conduct
ed under much more rigid discipline
than in this country, the laws provid-
ing severe penalties Of Imprisonment
for negligence on the part of the min
ers themselves. The mines are oper-
ated with almost military discipline
and are policed by government employ
es. Here In this country every possible
precaution is taken by the coal opera
tors to safeguard the lives of the min
ers.
at is not fair or reasonable to
blossoms that have taken place In this
country. There are so many causes
that may lead to serious accidents in
a mine that 1t is almost impossible to
determine with any degree of accuracy
the direct cause of an explosion. A pipe
or a cigar or the lamp carried by a
miner may prematurely ignite charge
Of powder. A miner oftentimes disre-
CARDS the ordinary laws of safety in
charging a block of coal, in direct VIC
lation of custom and the rules Of his
foreman, with the result that an ex-
plosion follows and a serious catastro-
phe results.
"The operators are just as anxious
to minimize the loss of life in the
mines as the miners or the public, and
they are in favor of any legislation
that will have in view such protection.
It is to discuss this question in all its
phases that the coal operators have
been called to meet here in Washing
ton. Surely among so many men Of ex
perienoe In mining operations some
will have valuable information and
suggestions TO offer"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-09

London Reports Theft-New fers De-
nies Any kno~leoge u u.

London. April so The London pos.
tal authorities have learned fhaf iUo
bags Qf mail from this cify containing
securities aud other Yaluai1es WORTH
100000 Here stolen iu NeH York fNo
iaifor part AZ lasf month Acc0rllnf
~ fhe reporif received here. one AZ
fhe BAGS Naf destined for sf Louis
ADD naf shipped Dy flo Majestic
which arrived "a heH york on March
"a fhf oNler aoeflned i0f ifQplllp
Naf shipped Dy ile steamer Qulan.
which arrived Az heY lDft MARCH ~
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tNNfn il0 aIoamfil anf fno pptipn'oe
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-09
% DIE. IN GLADIATOR WRECK
Loss of British Cruiser Is Severe
Blow.


London, April 29.-The total number
of dead and missing of the Gladiator's
crew as a result of a collision between
the American liner st. Paul and the
British cruiser off the Isle Of Wight is
2S. The admiralty has issued a re-
vised list of the names of the Gladiator
victims, which includes an additional
death in the hospital, bringing the to-
tai of deaths known up to five.
Twenty-three men are missing, accord
ing TO the list, and six are suffering
severe injuries. The secretary of the
admiralty expresses fear that there
are still eight others missing, but is
unable to give the names as yet.
Divers today searched part of the
sunken cruiser for bodies, but We're
not successful in finding any. The
opinion among shipping men and naval
officers and officials appears to be
unanimous that the accident was I'M
ayOidable. being one OF the chances
Of the sea which all seamen must risk.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-09

diamond, while the soldiers never
passed third. The game was clean
throughout.
With total of seven: points, the
Seattle Athletic club won the cham
pionship boxing and wrestling meet at
Portland, which ended Saturday night
Multnomah was second with three,
and Spokane and the Olympic club OF
San Francisco each won one event.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-09
WHATS MINE is THINE"



The simple statement Of a NewfOund'
land report that the ST. Pierre fishing
feet lost one hundred and twenty-three
men during the season recently closed
makes little impression on the casual
reader. Behind the words, however, Is
deep tragedy. There Is much pathOs
IN the lives OF those northern fisher
men as well as in their deaths. They
are a Woodworking class, used TO all
sorts OF dangers, and experiencing little
Of the common comforts Of existence.
Mr. Wilson Ia THE Tenth Island"
gives an instance Of generosity which
might well shame the boasted hospltali-
~ Of wealthy civilization.
The Newfoundland fisherman Is the
personihoat0n " hospitallty He is a
great. warm-hearted fellow whose bed
and board aud good Offices are a. your
disposal Ia hut cabin or cottage eY-
eryfhing you See belongs 10 you for fhe
time being bat be careful not ~ ca
press Wlsh Tor M
"A Yankee comedian once came 10
Newfoundland during the shooting sea-
SOD. ~ was much struck Dy tle ex'
iraordlnary ano piciuresguely patched
trousers fhaf DO host wore.
~ shall base pair liiie fnem" be
said, jocofely and jofied down noiea
Az ~ ileir Appearance.
When fle actor auo Do friend Took
illelr loaff flle|r lofiesf M hfr l0llf
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-09
snaIIoued Neeale b 40.

lows city Iowa, Aprl stephen
Yoder, q pioneer farmer of Johnson
county is dead as fhe resnlf of swal.
loving a needle lo years ago
Surgeons could nof fathom fhe uys.
terry of his recent deafh aud an au-
t0psy Was held today
1he needle naf found befReen be
stomach apd llYer ~ Was 40 yeaIs
old