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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-12
Expert Pocket. .PIekIna.

An old lady was accosted in Lon
don street by . well-dressed and re
nned-looking stranger. who effusively
claimed her as = friend. II really
don't believe you remember mel" she
exclaimed. reproachfully. and the old
lady. never doubling that her memory
was At fault, confessed that she could
not quite recall the name. "Ah. but
have changed it since you knew me"
said her interlocutor. gayly. and after
. few more lively speeches she passed
on. having possessed herself mean
while Of the old lady's purse. u
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-12
OF TWO EVILS, ETC.
Younoster Evidently Had kis Own
Idea a. to the Choice.

Ny neighbor, writes a correspondent,
has four young sons, whom he and his
wife duly lead to church every Sun
day. Just as the sermon was about
to begin last Sunday one of the boys
was observed to look very uncomfort.
able, and. having explained the nature
Of his sufferings. was sent home. His
younger brother. in an urgent whis.
per, demanded of his mother: where's
Tom gomez"
Hes gone home"
What for?" n
THE mother whispered, low: "HN
got toothache."
And the lad, as he sat up to listen TO
the preacher, muttered, in a stage
whisper: Lucky dog!"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-12
tCoprsr
SYNOPSIS.

. Three girls Elizabeth. Gabrielle and
Inse-start~d for Canada TO spend the
summer there. On board steamer they
we're frightened by au apparently dement,
I'd stranger, who finding bag belongi ng
10 one Of them. took enjoyment in scru-
tiniziEg a photo Of the trio Elise shar cd
her stateroou with A Mrs Graham, also
bound for Canada. The young women IN
sightseeing tour met Mrs. Graham.
anSiousiy awaiting her husband, who hsd
mania for sailing They we're intro
duced to Lord Wnfrd and Lady Ed.ih.
cottage by the ocean rented by
the trio for the summer Elizabeth
learned that friend OF her fathers was
30 call. Two men called, one Of them
bslnR the queer acting stranger the
steamer. The girls were mot a. home.
but discovered by the cards left that one
Of the men Elizabeth's father :
friend The mon proved to be John g.
Blake and Gordon Bennett. The party
NAs told u the search FOR srnugglers
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-12
snifHes and Nerves.

Keep to yourself during warm
nerve-irritating weather. It is related
that an Atchison man and wife dearly
love each other. She is a perfect lady
and apologies when she says
'shucks." But one night. when they
were sitting on the porch, presum-
ably enjoying the tender twilight, she
suddenly picked up q stool and threw
it at his head. Il am not insane" she
said. calmly, when he turned fright
ened gaze on her; Il am simply worn
out by the manner in which you sniftie
at the end Of every sentence!"-At-
Gibson Globe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-12
State ments of election expenses filed

Statements of election expenses filed
by J U. Vigil. chairman of the Las
Animas Democratic county committee,
and D. l.. Taylor, chairman of the Re
publican central committee, show that
the Republicans of Las Animas county
spent $10,754. against $3,S9S.50 ex-
pended by the Democrats.
The Rock Island Is said to be ar
ranging to place gasoline motor cars in
service between Colorado Springs and
Pueblo. 1t is reported that several cars
have been ordered to be put in service
early in the spring.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-12
NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION

tTo BE CONTINUED
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-12
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Good Digestion Follows Right Food.

Indigestion and the attendant dis
comforts Of mind and body are GER
tain to follow continued use of improp-
er food.
Those who are still young and
robust are likely to overlook the fact
that, as dropping water will wear
stone away at last, SO will the use Of
heavy, greasy, rich food, finally cause
loss Of appetite and indigestion.
Fortunately many are thoughtful
enough to study themselves and note
the principle Of Cause and Effect in
their daily food. A N. Y. young wom-
an writes her experience thus:
Sometime ago had lot Of trouble
from indigestion. caused by too rich
food. got SO l was unable to d.
gest scarcely anything, and medicines
seemed useless.
"A friend advised me to try Grape
Nuts food, praising it highly, and as
q last resort tried 1t. I am thankful
to say that Grape-Nuts not only re-
ieved me Of my trouble, but built me
up and strengthened my digestive or
gans 80 that I can now eat anything
desire. But stick to Grape Nuts"
There's q Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-The Road to Well
ville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letters new
sss appears from tine to time. Theyr
afe genulne, true, ana f1n of AonanE
interest.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-12
Musjc.

We love music for the buried hopes,
the garnered memories, the tender
feelings it can summon at a touch
Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
To Wear Hair Of Dead Cinnamon.
A ton Of hair taken from dead
Cinnamon has arrived on shipboard
at Boston from China 1t is to be
usesd in making rats" for the womso
Of America
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-23
Little Drops Of Water
and What They Mean to
America Economically

besides numerous abandoned canals.
On lake and sound routes there is large
traffic, but the navigation of rivers and
canals is too small for definite record.
The cost of water carriage averaging
about onefOurth that of rail carriage,
and our railway freightage during 1906
reaching 217,00O,OO0,0 ton-miles at
an average rate of or cent, the ship
ping of one.ffth of our freight by wa
ter would have saved over $250,000,-
900 to our producers and consumers
The theoretical power of the streams
is over 230,00O,O00 horsepower; the
amount now in use is $4,000 horse
power. The amount available at cost
comparable with that of stream install
lation is estimated at 100000 horse
power, and the amount available at
reasonable cost at 100000 to $780,
100000 horsepower. The 100000
horsepower exceeds our entire mechan-
zeal power now in use, and would oper-
ate every mill, drive every spindle,
propel every train and boat, and light
every city, town, and village in the
country.
The direct yearly damage by floods
since 1900 has increased steadily from
$45, 100000 to $23S, 100000; the indirect
loss through depreciation of property
is probably greater; while the largest
loss is that arising in the impediment
of navigation and terminal transfers.
The freshets are attended by destruc-
tive soil erosion. The soil-matter an
nually carried into lower rivers and
harbors or into the sea reaches 1885,
100000 tons. It's removal seriously re-
duces the productivity of upland farms
and increases channel-cutting and bar
building in the rivers. 1t is estimated
that soil erosion reduces farm produc-
ton 10 per cent. to 20 per cent; and
that the annual loss to the farms alone
is $5O0,O00,000; and that large losses
follow the pollution of the waters and
.he diminution of navigability in the
streams.
Through imperfect control or the
running waters, lowlands are tenn
porarily or permanently flooded. 1t is
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-23

ment of power on the navigable and
source streams. should be kept subordi.
nate to the primary and secondary uses
oil the waters; though other things
equal, the development of power should
Confined on Page Sixteen.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-23

estimated that there are in mainland
United States 100000 to 100000
acres of overflow and swamp lands re-
quirfng drainage; that by systematic
operations these can be drained at mod
crate expense; and that they would
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-23

to be derived from the 215, 200, OoO,-
900 cubic feet of water annually re-
ceived, the paramount use should be
that of watersupply; next should fol-
low navigation in humid regions, and
irrigation in arid regions. The develop
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-23

then be worth two or three times the
present value and cost of drainage, and
would furnish homes for 100000
people.
What We Need To Do.
In considering the uses and benefits
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-23

The following are extracts from re-
port of the Inland Waterways Com
mission acting as the section of wa
tiers of the National Conservation Com
mission, before the joint conservation
conference:
The statistics which have been gath
cred during the last six months on the
use of water for all purposes in the
United States under the direction of
Representative Theodore E. Burton, of
Ohio, chairman of the Inland Water
ways Commission, which forms the
section of waters of the National Con
servation Commission, show possibili-
ties of immense savings by a more
economical utilization of the available
supply of water. Some of the more
Interesting parts of this report follow:
What We Have.
The sole source of our fresh water
is rainfall (ineluding SNOWY. From
this source our running, standing, and
ground waters are derived The habi-
liability of the country depends on
these waters. The quantity of rain
fall, including the rainfall on water
areas, is 2l5,OOO, 900, 100000 cubic feet.
OF the total rainfall, over half is evap-
GRATED; about third flows into the
sea; the remaining sixth is either con-
sumed or absorbed.
What We Use and Waste.
OF the 10000, 900, 100000 cubic feet
annually flowing into the sea, less than
] per cent. is restrained and utilized
for municipal and community supply
and related purposes; less than per
cent. (or some 10 per cent. of that in
the arid and semi-arid regions) is used
for irrigation; perhaps 5 per cent is
currently used for navigation; and less
than per cent. is utilized for power.
Tt is estimated that IS per cent. to 95
per cent. of the volume is wasted in
freshets or destructive floods.
There are in mainland United States
2S2 streams navigated for an aggregate
of 2R, lbs miles, and as much more navi-
gable by improvement; there are also
45 canals with a mileage of 21s9.O5,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
PRESIDENTS RIGHT TESTED
Discharged Negro Soldier Questions
Roosevelt's Authority.

Washington attorneys for Oscar
W. Reid. one of the nrgro soldiers who
was discharged from the army on ac.
count Of alleged participation in ths
Brownsville afray, cnlra,orei today to
have the supreme Court II the United
States advance the hraring II his ca-e
The ea~e was decided against Reid in
the United States Circuit Court for the
southern district ef New York.
In statement fle,i with the motion.
the attorney. ,ay that the principal
matter involve, l.. thu right of the presi
dent to arbitrarily ami summaFily In
time II Peaor. 60 di-eharge without
honor. without trial tsfore a court niar
tial ~ other constituted tribunal of any
sort. duly cnlisie,l -oi,ilsr IN the r-gu-
lar army of the United >tat~-. before
his term 81 enlistment ha- expired. with
out proof II wrong DOING on his part
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
GlNNERS WILL JOIN IN FIGHT
For Higher Prices for Cotton and
Suppression Of Night Riders.

Atlanta, Ga.--rTesidcnt !. A. TAYLOR.
ct the National Ginncrs' Association.
has sent out circular TO the members
Of the association urging them TO attend
the cotton conference to h. held in Mem.
phis November 10. II and u, zoos. In
his circular MIR. Taylor says;
While reports indicate heavy ginning
up to the 18th. it is 80 far below the big
crop Of 1904 as to put to flight all re.
ports of a bumper crop"
He advises holding for higher prices,
and says trade conditions are improving,
and by the first Of the new year things
will he back to normal.
Speaking Of the cotton conference. MIR.
Taylor says; "On November 10. II and
IL. la0s, there will b. a great cotton
~pnferencr in Memphis. Tenn. composed
of plaatesr, ginner~. bankers and mer
chants from oil oer the country. Thi.
meeting i for the purpose of taking
some steps TO get better prices for ths
balance of our cotton and 10 take some
measure to stop the posting Of gins by
socallcd night riders. | urge that you
all attend this meeting. as it il very i'm
portant that something be- done at oncy
or this movement may get to be as bad
AS 1t has been in Western Kentucky an.
the tobacco section.
Very low rate. will be on during thi.
meeting, and you all can afford to attend
and get a many Of your customers to z,
a. possible. a. it means higher pricc.
for cotton"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
BRlDe-MD0W TELLS STORY
Rejected suitor Followed Brids-to-Bs
and Murdered the Groom.

Plaquemine. La.-Fabian =. Bouvy,
who Thursday night shot and killed
Prof. Frederick :. NanIngen while seated
by his bride If few hours on Texas
& Pacific train bound for New Orleans.
is being guarded in the Jail here to pre-
vent possible violence. Mrs. NanIngen.
in telling the story of the tragedy. said;
"Bouvy persisted in calling to see me.
but | repeatedly told him that would
never marry him. He told me ii you
ever marry another man | will kill him.
l never seriously thought he would do
such thing When | alighted from the
train in Alexandria found that Bouvy
had followed. | never saw him again
until We were boarding the train for
New Orleans. When we got on the train
he paced up and down the aisle like an
insane man, and finally seated himself
opposite me. telling me that h. was
awaiting a favorable opportunity to Kill
my husband. | told Fred. but he only
laughed and said thcre vas M danger.
4 little later, when my husband reached
over. half standing. 10 get something
out Of my satehel, Bouvy quickly pullei
a revolver from his breast packet and
fired think he would have killed me,
too, if my uncle had nst got hold Of HI.
ri-tol"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
PATTERSON WAS QUICK.
Ordered Posse to Go to obion to Inve,.
tigate Wild Alarm.

Union City, Tenn.-Considerable
alarm and uneasiness was experienced
here this morning when q telephone
message from obion, sixteen mile.
away, was received, stating that q
masked and armed man had entered tb.
house Of Richard Beard and demanded
food for himself and a party Of a dozen
or more, whom he said were waiting for
him IN the woods near the house. The
news was communicated to Gov. Patter-
son, who at once authorized Deputy
Sheriff Dyer OF 0bion to organize .
posse Of twenty men and start in pur.
suit Of the supposed night riders, who
dared to show themselves On the hirn
road in broad daylight
Troops were asked for BY Deputy
Dyer, but owing to the distance Of Camp
Memo from Obion, it would have been
useless to have started them in pursuit.
L. U. Morris, who was here at the time.
secured fast horse and made a rec.
ord-breaking drive to Obion. In a short
time he telephoned the news back to
Gov. Patterson that there was nothing
to sub~tantiate the report, but that the
posse had been organized and was pre-.
pared for any emergency,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
BIG STATION FOR CHICAGO
Chicago and Northwestern Will
Build $40, ,ooo, 900 Structure.

Chicago. Ill-With the formal signing
of a general contract with a prominent
construction firm it is stated that actual
work on the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad Company's new s20,o0O.o0o
depot and terminal facilities will begin
at once. When completed, two years
hence, the new station will BE- the
largest and most costly west Of the
Alleghenies, taking rank for utility and
architectural splendor with the Penn
sylvania and New York Central stations
in New York and the Baltimore & Ohio
depot recently opened at Washington.
While President Hughitt of the railroad
company did not give out information
as to awarding of contract, he said the
main building alone would be the most
costly ever erected in this city. and
architects place the cost OF the building
and train sheds between S5,OoO!O 600 and
$1,000, 900. The real estate purchased,
the blocks of structures torn down to
make way for the new edifee. the new
sidetraeks and other expenses will, il
i. said. bring the total cost up To s2O.-
OOO. 600
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
GOV. WILSON IS FOR BLOOD.
cAarrss Fsrners' Union With the Re
sponsihihty.

FultOa- ky.-Gov. Augustus =. Will
san spoke here to an audience of probably
500 p-ops. Gov. Wilson, with q few
preliminary remarks. began a defense
Of his actions in supPressing night riding.
For more than an hour he reviewed the
situation, charging the Farmer Union
With responsibility for the origin Of the
night rider clan lie REPEATED his prom
ice TO pardon any man convicted Of shoot
ing q night rider. the only stipulation be-
ing that the man shot must b. wearing n
mask. Gov Wilson stated that he would
devote the remainder of his life 10 the
task of hunting down and staying any
man who should drag him from his home
and whip him. as the night riders have
done in Christian, Graves and other coun
ties of the State. Referring to the re-
cent killing at Hickman, this county,
Gov. Wilson directly charged the county
Officers with making no attempt to fer
ret out and arrest the perpetrators Of
the dastarily deed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
BRYAN ARRIVES At LAST.
Has Bit Of Pleasantly At White
House, New Jersey.

White Honse. y What place 1.
this inquired William } BRYAN t. the
crowd at th- -tatioa upon IA. arris al
here.
.-Thi. !. White Hou.e.- came the re-
.pon~e.
Il am here a, last ssid th~ c4n.ii-
date amhi great applause AMI laughter.
1T has been rather long journey. but
happily en.i~si d. not ksow wh~th~r
1t would h. ProP~r nnw TO oatline the
policy Of the next administration ~ not.
believe II j. the duty Of the president
on the dAy b. enter. the White House
to forecas; hi administration. and it
j. much easier for nle than presidents
generally, fur my work has been simpli
hed BY the nnvrr convention. The
platform ha- el-arly outlined the RENE
dial Legislation Which we desire enacted,
and can simply promise that the plat
form will b. carried out in letter and
in spirit ~ FAR a. | am able to give
effect TO it.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
AFRAID OF THE LIGHT.

Anticipating the publication by the
Democrats OF their campaign fund. Re
publican managers have sought to re-
cover some lost ground. They print
the names OF two contributors. An.
drew Carnegie and Mrs. Russell Sage,
and they announce that they will make
other contributions public after the
election.
An Associated Press dispatch tells
the story in this way:
New York, Oct 9-The fact that
Andrew Carnegie has contributed SEQ.
900 to the campaign fund of the Re.
publican cause was announced to-day
by State Chairman Woodruff Mr..
Woodruff also announced that Mrs.
Russell Sage contributed 81 1000 to the
same fund. There have been no
other large contributions from indi-
viduals, Mr.. Woodruff said. but small
sums are coming in from various
sources. George r. Sheldon. treas.
urer OF the national committee, when
asked about the contributions, de.
clined to discuss them. saying that be
would publish list OF all the con.
tributions made TO the Republican
committee after election
II the Republican managers are
willing to make Carnegie's contribu-
tion public. why not give the names OF
other heavy contributors? The expla-
nation is that Mr.. Carnegie has given
away SO many libraries out OF the
money which he has obtained through
undue favoritism" at the hands OF the
government that the Republican man
ayers rely upon his popularity
among the people to prevent the fact
of his contribution doing injury.
But let II be remembered that An
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
Conner WILL CALL ON TROOPS
Liquor Selling Must Stop or He
Will Take q Hand.

Montgomery. Ala.-t;ov. Conner insist,
that in spite of the efforts II the sheriff
and the management Of the fair to bre-k
1t up. gambling and liquor selling nave
been constant at the State Fair thi.
week. Tie sent President Forbes and
Sheriff Hood a joint letter in which hs
tells them that it must le stopped of
he will turn out the National Guard
Il have heard" h. said. ~tha, thss.
offenses are 50 open and hagrant that i,
was practically known to everybody eN
cept you two" 1.-THE you two" being
the sheriff and the fair association pre-i.
dent.l Il finally had to assure the pro
testors against this abuse Of o,N Law
that II they furnished the warrants.
would send some of our National Guard
TO arrest and bring the offenders tc
Montgomery. rendering them 10 ths
sheriff at the door of the Jail"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
MAY MERGE COTTON OFFICES
Conference of All Farmers Union
Sales Officers Requested.

Memphis. Tenn.-The board Of direct
orr Of the Farni-r>' MON Cotton Com-
psny. in convention in Memphis Satue-
,.sy. addressed resolutions To the board
OF directors Of the Farmers Union Cen
trail sales Offic-s. recommending that al
OF ih. cotton sales oftio~s. wherever -.
tabli-hel. he merged into one. II was
al-o resolved that IN. directors would
pledge themselves to resign. that new
beard b. elected AMI that each company
surrender it, charter and a new one
take its Plaee. The resolutions first
state that the directors OF the Farmers
Union Cotton Company are of the opin-
ION that the existence Of the Farmers
Union in the South depends ON the hand
ling of the cotton crop successfully.
This. it is claimed. cannot be done if
the friction that now exists continues.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-10-29
TRENTON SENDS PARTY.
Lavyers and Others Go to Union City
to Attend Trials

Trenton, Tenn.-One hundred or more
men left here Monday for Union CITY to
attend the court to be held at Union CITY
Tor the purpose of trying those suspects
under arrest for the murder Of Capt.
Rankin In the crowd were the member,
OF the Trenton bar. court officials, lead.
ing business men and citizens of the
town. Hon. Spl Hill, one Of the most
noted lawyers and speakers in this sec.
tion, and Hon Jas. X. Deason, uncle Of
Capt. Rankin, and in whose home Capt.
Rankin was reared. headed the long line
of determined men boarding the train.
While it is intensely felt that justice
must be meted out to the guilty, there
is no feeling Of mob violence here and it
is the sentiment of the town to abide the
action of the law.
Col. Taylor is still resting at his home
in South Trenton, where he is being
called upon by many friends, but the ter
rible tragedy at Walnutlog is not dis
cussed in his presence. The shock to his
nervous system has been great and the
mind needs rest from the horrifying or
deal