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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-25

priests were the principal actors. Then
later on came the American. to pose
and act upon lhe scene, these being not
only opposite in origin. but equally
SO in education, tact, training, land
superstition, aliens to the land and to
each other, a unit. perhaps, in only
one thing, the quest and acquisition
Of gold.
The history, political. civil, and SO.
cIal, of this radically divers mass Of
humanity, we have in general outline
Of the history Of the states We all
know, however, that there are many
incidents replete with absorbing inter-
est connection with a people richer by
far in tragedy and comedy than ap-
pears upon the written page. This is
unfortunate for nor than one reason.
Locked in the annals of oral and tradi-
tiOnal history of individuals and COM
munitieS are, doubtless, more wisdom
and knowledge, rejecting more traits
of character, uErealized hopes, aSpira-
tiOnS, desires, and ambitions that car
ried more lofty conceptions of ultimate
profit and promise to humanity than
have yet been realized. There has been
more heroism, more self sacrifice, more
unSeltiSh love, high honor, steady con
Stancy, and unwavering fidelity to the
right-Silent forces whose pOtentiality
has been seen and felt in the rapid
that are taking the nations to
the dawn, apprpximating the promise,
There shall be no curse" And
while we admit this as true, the major
part and possibly the best part of the
great empire Of thought and feeling
that welled and waned in the heads
and hearts of men and women like a
strong. deep. silent, suppressed sea OF
Sunlit waves OF coming good, failed to
reach the needy millions Of the world,
too evil or ignorant, or both, to wei
come their deliverance.
What shall we say OF these now 81
lent human minds, their bodies, the
only vehicles of communications with
earth. long since Wondering into their
original duSt?-TheSe minds, pregnant
with riches t~ranScending infinitely in
value the material wealth that rests to-
in the womb OF the mighty
nf the earth, and brighter
and more precious to humanity than
all the Jewels Of land and sea?-theSe
unwritten words aud thoughts? Are
they more hOpeleSSly and helplessly
lost than the undiScOved treasures in
the heart Of the world? Where is all
this carnival of wiSdCm and power,
had it been lighted, would have
set the fires of universal love aflame in
every human heart, and would long
ago have greeted the Prince of Peace
a bond OF union indiSSOluble, pure,
armament: O, is it lost beyond re-
cpvery? Is this wOnderOuS world Of
blossom and bloom, of which | started
to tell you, lost: O, no, we know this
S not lost. 1t is just starting on its
mission. Stop with this festival CT
such bloom and bud and 90 no further.
1t would be incOmprehenSible. Beauti-
'ul? Yes, as a dream, but too tran
,ient to justify the time and care to
bring them into being. But wait,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-25
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA
A Former Grenada COuntIan Writes
From San Jose
Is More Than Delighted Out
There
,lrhe People, the Fruits, the Soil, n
Climate and Other Interesting
Items About That Country
A Letter Worth Reading.
San Jose. Cal, April ., 1908.

San Jose. Cal, April ., 1908.
Editor Sentinel:
Four wears ago the 9Th of this month
landed in this place from Grenada. !
remained here about Is days. | in
tended making it my home, but found
it eXpedient TO go On to the a J0a-
0uin Valley, 20 miles South of Fresno,
the great raiSin center of California,
as this is the pTune center. | remain
ed in KingAbury nearly 4 years, where
labOreG among as tine a people as
there are in the State. Coming back
to San Jose about the 18th OF January
last, | had thought Of writing you
sooner, but was a little afraid your
mind had TRAD Of repetitinnS Of eulO-
gieS of California, Of which my tongue
and pen are always 50 free. There are
some things, however, that bear repe-
titiOn without loss OF interest, and
again variety gives additional license
along this line.
Ihaye not my geography at hand,
so distances may not be exact, but will
approximate very near the truth. San
ia Clara Valley. in which San Jose is
located, Is only Il pdIU Ol Uuc COUNTY,
of this name and should not be 0 n
fused with the smaller Santa Clara
Valley" Of Southern California. in
Ventura county, and the San Jose
area in that, that will engage my pen
for the present.
For statistics, etc, | will note
briefly from "Soil Survey of the San
Jose Area, Cal" by NJ. Fl. Lapham:
1.-THE fertile soil, favorable climate,
and fortunate location in regard to
markets and facilities for t%ransporta-
fion. have rendered this section one of
the most important horticultural and
apri cultural districts Of the Pacific
coast. In 1863 a party of miSsiona-
ries and soldiers under n Gaspar
de Particle, crossed the Santa Cruz
mountains, discovered and named the
-Bay of San Frsncisco and the Valley
of the Santa Clara, and then returned
to San Diego. In the intervals be-
tween It'll and 1776 missions were
ras idly established along the coast
and aboutttais time the mission
O. -Seata Clara Was founded upon the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-25

clean daily by the brOCmS of the mis-.
sion Indian.
The fig, grape and olive were intro
duccd and grew luxuriaetly, the same
varieties, especially in the case Of the
latter Jruit, prevailing 10 the present
time as a standing stock in Cal!f0r-
hia. The winning of California in
the war with Mexico in 1916, and the
subsequent discovery of gold, brought
the Americans. The rush Of 1S49
filled the country wilh gold seekers.
Some found their way into the valleys.
disappointed in their search fer gold,
and realizing a more certain, if less
means to wealth in the supply
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-25

OF hay. grain and vegetables to tn
mining camps.
The transition of the original ran
) cho and the extensive grain and StOcI
!, farm to the small tract devoted t
fruit growing and other specialized in
duStrieS. is the natuIal O%ntgrOwth o
favorable climate, progressive citizens
and advantageous position as regard
fmarketS and transportation.
The climate is characterized by ;
wet ynd dry season, with moderate o.
Sliget rainfall during the latter, alb
Sence of excessive high or low temper
atureS, gentle and steady wind move
ment, low relative humidity, total alb
sence of snow, and frequent occur
renee of fog. These conditions prevail
largely as the result OF topographic
features.
Both the hot winds from the heated
stretches of the Great Valley Of Cal
ifornia and the damp, chilling blasts
of the ocean are detected by noun
tain barriers. Through the summer
the days are warm, but the temper
allure rarely greatly exceeds 80. The
average summer temperature is 6S,
and for winter about 40.
The nights are always cool, the
daily variation in temperature being
considerable.
Except in the s Of late frOStS.
occurring along depresSions. buds and
young fruits are rarely injured. Stock
needs but little protection from the
elements aside from housing from the
severest OF the winter rains.
The blossom season of the fruits eX-
tends from late in January into May.
Snow is unknown except upon the
mountain tops. The average annual
rain fall in the Valley is about fifteen
inches. reaching 30 inches or over in
the foothills Of the surrounding noun
tains. From May to November there
is rarely any precipitation OF import
ance. Throughout the summer the
grain harvesting. threShing, fruit pick
ing and drying processes go on without
interruption. The late fall, winter and
early spring months, the rainy season,
are marked by frequent gentle show
erS. Violent storms, clOudburStS and
thunderStUrmS are OF rare occurrence
or unknown. Several days OF clear,
warm often intervene between The
showers. The number Of rainy or
cloudy days, all told, in 1901, was so.
At a Slight elevation Of 100 feet The
whole valley is visible, the Bay of San
Francisco forming the outlet. san
Jose is about 80 miles south OF San
Francisco. about ! miles from the Mt.
Hambleton range OF the east. n 8
miles frem Los GatOs on the west. the
Valley being about 16 miles wide at
this point. On a clear day, which in
cludes nearly every day in ahe spring,
summer, and autumn, eleven towns
are under the eve at a glance.
have not been here for d sufficient
length of time to become familiar with
the local history and traditions of the
country. understand that there are
many exceeding rich authenticated in
cidents Of absorbing interest in which
the Spaniards, Indians, and Jesuit
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-05

ed Hatch's resignation. and this
was made through Kittredgc,
tn is proving his responsibility.
kittredge's management OF Indian
affairs in So. Dakota was a blot on
civilization and a hindrance to the
Indians of this Reserve who went
back ten years in their condition
and kittrcdgc a the manipula-
tor on the Reservation as we'll as
the boss of the State machine.
1t is now a year and a half or
two since Mr.. l3atch's resignation
was accepted, but his bonasmcn
are not released yet. If MIR.
Kittredgc was such a clean man.
why this delay. We would ask
the voters to take this into consid-
Grafton before they cast their bal
lots for Mr.. Kittredgc and his
ticket.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-05
Department. of the Interior. Land Oiiic
NJ lI1non - Ii Inn ~. ltnlS

NOTICE is hereby given that Jules A.
Whitcside of Gettysburg. $. ID. has filed
notice of his intentiont to make final five
Homestead Entry No. 1T47S made
Jan. IL. 1903. for the Lots / and . and E1s
NW4 section 81 township 1l9 range IS
and that said proof will be made before
Register and Receiver at Huron, $. d., on
March 10 1908.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of the land, viz: w. T.. Dono-
van, David VanWald, Lyle Sandell and
w. l.. Burgess, all of Gettysburg S. ID.
100 C. A. BLAKE, Register
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-05
RAISING SEED CORN

a. j. Wimple, of Beresford,
winner of the sweepstakes for the
best ten ears OF corn from South
Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin
at the recent Chicago corn show.
has written a very interesting let
ter to the Canton Leader, explain
ing how he produced his prize
corn as follows:
Four years ago | firmly deter
mined 10 grow seed corn for the
market. About that time or a
little before. the Iowa station at
Ames issued a bulletin on corn
breeding by Prof. Holden. agro-
nomist. This bulletin fell into
my hands and Us | was i'm the
market for such information, /
digested the whole thing and am
authority as to bulletin II. for. l
committed it to memory as it We're.
Having this guild and some private
advice from Prof. Holden, | plant
ed 40 ears of selected domesticat-
ed corn in 40 separate rows: each
ear had it's own row. The corn
grew we'll but some stalks grew IA.
feet high, and others but s, and
others all heights between IA and
8 feet. AT harvest time | gather
ed each row separately and plac-
ed the ears i'm a crate, weighing
each row or the products of each
row separately. was surprised to
find that one row yielded but 2s
bushels per acre, while another
row yielded 100 bushels per acre.
the whole plot, which was one
acre, yielding so bushels.
The experiment gave me a base
from which to select good ears to
plant my lot the following year,
and you may be sure | did not Sc
lcct. from the row that represent
ed % bushels an acre. | omitted
to say that | detasseled every al
ternate row before the pollen
ripened. This is very necessary
in corn breeding as it prevents in
breeding and makes it possible
for the breeder to change the type
Of his corn to suit his fancy.
This is a very particular, and tedi-
Gus job, particular, because to get
the best results it must be done
every day for about - days:
comes in the midst of haying and
grain harvest. | had 100 acres Of
timothy to harvest that season.
and every morning for IL days,
all hands had to take part in de-
tasseling the corn. which would
take one man all the time to do,
if done by one man. Tedious, be-
cause all the tassel grows on top
of the stalk, and it puts the mus
cles Of a mans arms and neck in a
position SO they become very
tired.
To be a successful c%ornbreeder,
q man must be an enthusiast and
must take a delight in the work or
he will make a dismal failure Of
the undertaking. But there is no
work that is more profitable to
the producer and consumer alike,
than the thorough breeding and.
growing of improved corn.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-05
Department of the Interior,

Land Office at Huron, SD. Jan. %. 1905
NOTICE is hereby given thar William
notice Of his intention to make final COM
mutation proof in support of his claim.
viz Homestead Entry No 1906 made
March %. 1905, for the SEE section 4,
township 11S range IS and that said proof
will be made before Register and Receiver
at Huron s. ID. on March 10 1908
nr iie names IAN csn tine lollo r%liagsn Witnesses mess ,n 10
cultivation of the land viz: w Il Dono-
van, David VanWald, Lyle Sandell and j
A WhitcSide all of Gettysburg S u
100 C. A. BLAKE, Register
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-05
department of the Interior. Land Office

department of the Interior. Land Office
at Huron S. ID. Feb. 3 1908
NOTICE is hereby given that Robert
f. Lockwood of Eales, s. II. has
filed notice of his intention to make
final Communication proof in support
of his claim, viz: Homestead En-
try No. 1881 made Dec. 3, 1906. for the
NE4 section IL township 100 ranse77 and
that said proof will be made before Regis
ter and Receiver at Huron S. ID. on March
IA. 1908. He names the following Wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of the land. viz:
elmer Westberg, Joseph Titus. Matt
Halversen, Gilbert johnson. all of Eales
IS. ID. C. A. BLAKE, Register
First pub'd Feb6
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-05
Department of the Interior, Land Office

UG IIWIVTI -. d. IC1J. u, IJOO
NOTICE is hereby given that Walter
Henry Comeau of Eales $. ID. has filed
notice OF his intention omake final COM
mutation proof in support OF his claim
viz: Homestead Entry No. 1888 made
township l2O range II and thai said proof
will be made before Clerk of Courts at
Gettysburg s. ID. ON March :. 1908. He
names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and Guilt
Walton of the land. viz:
Gilbert johnson. Hans johnson. Henry
Bauer, Edwin N. Comeau, all of Ealcs
$. ID. G. A. BLAKE, Register
First pub'd Feb2
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-05
NOTICES FOR PUBLICATION
Department Of the interior, Land

Depaftment OF lhe IntcflOI, LaNd
Office at Huron. >. d.. Jan. -. 1908
NOTICE is hereby given that Robert III.
Smith of Forest City 5. ID. has filed notice
of his intention tt make final commuta-
tion proof in support of his claim viz:
). 1906, for the SW4 Section i, township
lls range rs. and that said proof will be
made before Register and Receiver at
Huron. S. d., on Feb. %. 1905.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of the land, viz:
Frank Aldrich, John Selgrcn. ID. j.
Mckay and Carl Carrie all of Forest City
$. ID. c. A. BLAKE. Register
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-05
FIBER
GROWING
eaees9

Pays 500 an acre net. sl5.ooo,0oo worth
used annually In. the U. $. Demand
greater than supply. Now is the time to
begin the cultivation Of this fibre plant.
Myou could plant an inch of string and
grow q foot Of rope you would just begin
to realize how the fibre m~illionaires have
made their money growing the Sisal fibre
from which rope is made. 1t is the safest
and most profitable crop.
Write for sample of fibre and informa-
ttOn regarding method of beginning its
culture.
WFST COAST FIBRE 70.
Care Editor.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-05
Entered AZ second class matter 1T the Postoiics
At Forest City, 8. d.
SOME POLITICAL HISTORY

Of Administration of Cheyenne River
Agency.
One Of the worst black eyes the
Cheyenne River Indians ever got
was when Mr.. Hatch was Agent.
During all of his six years admin
istration he was backed by Sen.
Kittredge. +. who conspiciously
showed in that time his DISPOSE
ton to side with corporations.
The following is a fell and true
history of his 'sunderground' adj
ministration of affairs ON the said
Reservation.
In 1890 Messrs A. b. Kittredge
and Harry Hunter with Ben
Hoover as steerer came TO Chey.
Agency to confer with the Indians
in reference to a cattle trail for
the Chicago Mil. & st. p. Ry. Co.
They desired first to push the
matter through by getting the
consent Of the chiefs only, whether
the people consented or not.
This did not work and a spm-
blance Of u Council was held i'm
the woods below the Agency.
At this meeting only IL few of the
people were present and one or
two of the chiefs. After the pro-
position of the Trail had been
made by the representatives of
the r. r.. 60. the Indians announce
ed tina, it was q question when
concerned the whole tribe and
the matter could not be determin-
ed then. Seemingly this answer
was not in accordance with the
plan Of Kittredge and Hunter
and they seemed not to know
what to d o. A white
man, a friend of the Indians,
present suggested that a month
from that time the Indians
could he called into the Agency
for rations and a general council
be held to determine the matter of
lease for Trail purposes. This
suggestion was accepted and a
general council was called for
ration day Of September, 1900.
Kittredge and Hunter again came
and instead of a general council
being held talks were had with
Indians here and there. Finally
afew of the head men seven in all
were got into the police quarters;
8 of them then, were in favor of
lease Of 25c per head Of stock
passing over the Trail, and 2
wanted SOC. At this time the
door was kept locked, so that
none OF the Indians could enter,
which caused considerable i'll
feeling. The head men we're
promised money and free rides on
trains If they would sign the
agreement for Trail. Those
present signed under the pressure
BROUGHT to bear. and this action
was afterwards reported to Wash
ington by the Agent as being the
act Of q general council accepting
the proposition. After the
Trail was established some Of the
headmen began to enquire for the
money promised, but none receiv-
"a any.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09
WIHUJA COMPANY ADDS
TOTS OPERATING FORCE

the Wihu1a Gold Mines company. oper-
stlng the Wihuja lease on the Ther1en
group or the Seven Troughs Coalltioh.
ADDED considerably to its mining force
ana operations Wednesday when work was
started with three shifts on the proposed
urht along the west course OF the VEN
On the three hundred and siXty-five 1901
ieVei or one hundred below the present
Stoplng operations in the mine, says the
Seven Troughs Miner.
II is estimated by the management that
Ine great ore shoot will be reached by
SS1rlstmas. Startling disclosures are con-
Iiuehtiy looked for when this event oc-
cuIs as operations on the two hunored
ana sixty-five foot incline level nave con-
TiusiVeiy proved that below the water
IeNel IN the mine the tendency is Tor the
ore 10 change to heavy black sulphdes
ueIIlcal with the famous ore from the
Mohawk of GOldfield. Some of this al
MOST jet black ore has already been found
and its appearance in the Wihuja is re-
garoed as one of the most significant
trict.
. Inc kindergarten mill completed the
ilrst half or the Wihuja run during the
IStter part of the week. and the mill viii
crosse Tor short period for a cleanup and
Ior the purpose of completing work re
cehtiy begun on concrete beds for the
tapleS In the meantime the Wihuja COM
pahy VIII continue to take out ore from
the slopes up from the two hundred and
sixty-five foot level for the second half
OF lts mill run. In order to facilitate the
production of ore at the mine. timbering
Is gong on in the drifts at this level with
Ine view OF enabling at least a doubling
OF the present stopping force and the ton
mage within a few DAYS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09
PREPARING FOB BUSINESS
AT MAJESTIC SHELTER

That the Miners Smelling company, at
the head of which is F. A Heinze means
business in the opening of the Majestic
company's smelling plant at Milford is
evidenced in the fact that Colin Mcintosh,
manager of the. Ohio Copper company $
properties and the builder of the Ohio
other representatives of Mr.. Heinze to
learn just what will be necessary to put
the plant in shape for running. Mr..
Heinze. for his smelling company, has
secured a two days lease on the smell
ter and the expectation is that ii will be
placed in commission in the coming year.
F. \. Heinze has a ten-year contract to
handle the output of the Silver King
Coalition company'S mines. but there is
considerable talk to the effect that, as
HeinZe did not build a new smelter. as
planned. the King Coalition company Will
refuse to let him have its ores. 1t is de-
clared that Mr.. HeinZe secured the smelt-
ing contract from the Silver King COM
pany because of his taking up $4,000
worth of King stock at the time the mon
ey was required to make the settlement
with James McGregor. on the purchase
of the latter's properties by the big Park
City company. Be that as it may the
declaration is made that Mr.. Heinze pro-
poses to enforce the contract he holds,
and that probably means that he will be
compelled to fight for IL in court AS a
matter of fact General Manager Thomas
Kearns of the Silver King Coalition COM
pany stated the other day that Mr. Heinze
would not get the Silver King ores to treat
IN the smelter at Milford
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09
SHELTER FOR
CONTACT CAMP
Northeastern Nevada's Big
Copper District Will Soon
Be in the Swim.

IL was reported here yesterday in let
ters from Nevada that J. c. CHINO. the
man who used TO operate the White
Knob smelter at Mackay, Ida, was pre-
pairing to put in a copper smelling works
at Contact, in the northeastern portion
of Elko county 1t was also reported
that material for the railroad that is
going to be constructed between Twin
Falls and the Southern Pacific, passing
through Contact. was beginning to ar
rive at Cobre and the expectation was
that construction would soon be under
way. Wells. on the Southern Pacific, il
not to be the southern terminal of this
line, as has been stated. The junction
Will be at a point just eight miles west
OF CoDre, and as the entire line was sur
yeyed last year, and as the cross-sec-
Honing work and grade stake driving is
now said to ODE under way from both
ends, II looks as though the Hartman
crowd meant business in the building of
this important line.
1t is understood that Mr.. CHINO and the
Colorado Springs crowd with
which he is understood TO be identified
have been securing valuable properties
in the Contact district: that the smelter
material and machinery that is now at
" ellis, ard which was taken in there a
year or two ago by a combination that
could not complete its undertaking. has
been purchased from the B. L. Smith
combination. which fell heir 10 it,
md that its movement into the Contact
district will follow the building of the
cad, if not before, is considered a GER
.ainty.
There are quite number of pretty we'll
developed properties in the Contact dis
rict and the declaration is made that a
'meiter of several hundred tons capacity
AN be easily supplied with the finest
1ind of smelling ore whenever the build
ng of one is finished. Many Salt Lakers
ire interested in the Contact camp and
hey are watching the railroad and smelt-
ng movements very closely. They ex-
)ect the camp to be connected up with
10Th Twin Falls and the Southern Pa
.ific during the coming summer