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The oasis., 1908-01-11
The Seymour Estate.

The Los Angeles Herald of re- cent date contained the following item of interest to people in Sonora
 In order that proof of the will of the late Colonel Frederick H. Sev- mour might be obtained from En- gland, further hearing on the pro- bate of the will was yesterday con- tinued by Judge Rives until Feb ruary 26. The will, which disposes of large estate situated in Cali fornia and Mexico, is being con- tested by Gordon Seymour, d son, and yesterday was the date set for the probate of the instrument.
 Gordon Seymour's attorney, J. H. Shanklan1, filed an opposition to the probate. Mrs. Seymour, who is engaged in the contest against her son, contended through her counsel, Charles Sutton, that this is not the time to present objec- tions, but that the law required a formal contest which would set forth the question of fact.
 Wishing to offer proof of the genu- mess of the English will, Mir. Sut- ton asked the court that time be
The oasis., 1908-01-11
Valley of the Yaqui.

MT. Hamilton, in his very valu- able book upon "The Border States of Mexico" says of the Valley of the Yaqui: Its rich bottom lands are the most fertile of any in the state, and raise in spots now under cultivation, wheat, sugar cane, cot ton, the indigo plant, tobacco, and the various cerals. If brought un. der control by proper agriculture, it's valuable lands could produce immense quantities of all the pro- ducts that an allnvial soil we'll irrigated will produce. Here is an opportunity for colonization that is unrivaled in the United States or the Republic of Mexico. The land is easily irrigated from the river, and would provide homes for the colonization of large popula- tion."
The oasis., 1908-01-11

given In which Co secure depos ton from the English lawyer who executed and witnessed the will
 Mir. Shankland' declared the time had arrived for offering objections and maintained there could be nothing gained by taking the English depositions, saying the will as presented was invalid in California. Six months, he said, had passed since the death of Colonel Seymour and yet nothing definite had been decided.
 Judge Rives upheld Mir. Sutton's contention that a formal contest was necessary and overruled the objections to the probate, and in order to secure the proof from En- gland the hearing was continued two months.
The oasis., 1908-01-11
N0CALES NOTES.


 meeting, transacting the usual routine business for the month.
 Mir. L. Horvileur of La Moda, came up from Guaymas last week and went to Cananea, to give attention to his business house at that place.
 In another column of this paper will be found the advertisement of the Western Manufacturing Com pany. This company carries every thing in the way of household util- ities.
 Monday morning Mrs. Corder, who has been visiting Mrs. Charles L. Fowler several weeks, took her departure for Los Angeles, where she will visit the remainder of the winter.
 In another column there appears an advertisement of the Sonora Ore Buying Agency, at Hermosillo, which has taken over the business conducted formerly by the National Metal Company.
 The Rev. R. c. Elliott will con- duct service at the Methodist church on Sunday morning and the Rev. MT. Hackett at night. Sunday School at 1000 a. m. You are cordially invited to these services.
 Zambona Development Go. stock. Any part three thousand shares for sale at 75 cents a share. First come, first served. Wire or write to J. H. Politzer, 706 Union Trust Bldg, Los Angeles, Cal.
 This week Town Marshal Moore has been around collecting monthly licenses. For the first time the printing offices came in to pay a license tax, which is something that ought to have been done long ago.
 Friday evening of last week Mrs Josephine Saxon and her daughter, Mrs. Josephine Smith, returned from a visit at Empalme, where another daughter of Mrs. Saxon, Mrs. P. J. Munch, now makes her home.
 Saturday last MT. w. D. Fred erick was at Nogales, having come up from the Cobriza camp the pre- ceding evening. Sunday morning the gentleman went to San Fran cisco, where his family are staying now, 10 be present at the time of the operation that was to be per formed Wednesday upon the eyes of his little boy.
 This week Superintendent George D. Gross of the National Consolid- ated Mining Company; has had shipped into town, en route to the smelter at El Paso, a carload of high grade ore from the Silver Glance mine, owned and operated by that company. The ore shipped comes from the 100- foot level of the mine. which Mir. Gross reports as looking finely.
 Monday evening MT. Joseph Carbon returned from an absence of six weeks, during which time he was travelling in California, Oregon and Washington. He went as far as Seattle, which city he describes as forging ahead with giant strides, and destined to become the great
The oasis., 1908-01-11

throughout the southwest, was at Nogales several days, having come in from Mexico. where he has mining interests
 Mir. Oscar Gebler, Undertaken and Funeral Director, presents his announcement in another column of this paper. Mir. Gebler has a wide acquaintance in Santa Cruz county, and will no doubt receive many calls for his services.
 THE OASIS is in receipt of busi- ness card from New York City, announcing the new law firm of Bedding, Greedy & Austin, with offices in that city, in the Potter Building, at No. 3S Park Row. The junior member of the firm is Mr. Albert M. Austin, we'll known in Nogales and in Sonora, where he was located several years at Llano station, superintendent of the San Francisco mine.
 Last Saturdays issue of the Min ing & Scientific Press, of San Fran cisco, has an exellent article des- criptive of Sonora and it's great mineral resources from the pen of Professor F. J. H. Merrill, former state geologist of New York. Pro- lessor Merrill, who is an eminent authority, has passed many months visiting all parts of Sonora, and writes very intelligently and inter- estingly. The article is we'll worth reading and preserving.
 Tuesday evening there arrived from Washington Major J. A. Cooper of the Rich6eld Copper Company, who was en route to the properties of the company in the Ures district of Sonora. The gentleman remained in Nogales Wednesday, and Thursday morn- ing went to Querobabi, en route to the mines. He was met at Noga- les by Mir. John Glasson, the superintendent for the company, who accompanied him on his trip.
 Messrs. Sweeney, Miles x Boat wright have opened the "Tom x Bill" saloon, in the Tourniel build ing, on the south side of Inter- national street, in Nogales, Sonora, and were ready for business early Monday morning. The three part ners are we'll known oldtimers on the border, and have a host of friends both sides of the line. They are Frank Sweeney, Tom Miles and NJ. l.. Boatwright, and the trio are known in every mining camp from Salt Lake to Alamos. They are "three of kind" that are hard to beat.
 There were a number of hunters before the board of supervisors Monday with pelts and scalps of wild animals, claiming the bounty allowed by law. Chairman Harri- son states that these payments are becoming very onerous upon the county, and an almost intolerable burden. He states that they call for about $8,000 per annum, which the county can lily afford to pay. Mir. Harrison states farther that some of the animals included with in the provisions of the law are not harmful to stock, and the money paid is of no benefit what ever
The oasis., 1908-01-11
COFFEE

The dealing is simple. If you don't like Schil- ling's Best, 1t costs you nothing.
 Your grocer returns your money if you don't like it: we pay him
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-03-23

dict for 500 for the plaintiff. The
plaintiffs attorney asked for and
was granted a stay of sixty days.
The grand jury reported that
the case of the State VS.. Herman
Geise, charged with assault and
stealing meat, they found no indict-
ment. Geise was released.
Mike Shea, indicted on the charge
of larceny in the first degree, was
re-arraigned and through his attor-
ney, G.. M. Torrance, plead not
guilty.
' The grand jury also reported
that they found no indictment
against Frank Sullivan, charged
with assault in the second degree.
Sullivan has been released from
Imprisonment in the county jail.
County Attorney Henry Funkley
reported to the court that on account
of the proceedings which are being
instituted against Barney Dyer of
Hines, charged with murder in the
first degree, which will be brought
before the grand jury today and with
other matters will occupy the atten-
ton of the jury for some time to
come it would be impossible for
him to take up the trials of crimi-
nal cases on the calendar until next
Monday, and Judge Spooner set that
time for the commencement of the
criminal cases for this term of
court.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-03-23
ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF
HAVING POISONED WIFE
Barney Dyer. Who Lived at Hnes Brought to Bemidji
This Morning on Complaint of County Attorney.
Wife Died Week Ago.

Barney Dyer a farmer living at
Hines, north of Blackduck, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon, charged
with the crime of murder in the first
degree, in having caused the death
of his wife, Florence Dyer, by ad-
ministering poison to her.
A warrant for the arrest of Dyer
was issued yesterday by County
Attorney Henry Funkley, as result
of information filed with the county
attorney, which is said to have
pointed strongly to Dyer having
committed the deed with which he is
charged.
The warrant was issued Sunday,
and as there is no train to Hines
or Tenstrike on Sunday, Deputy
Sheriffs J. N. Bailey and Arne SOL
berg went to Tenstrike on a railroad
velocipede, pumping" their way
there, over the M. & I. railway tracks.
The deputies found Dyer at Ten
strike, considerably under the in
1uence of liquor. When the war
rant was read to him he offered no
resistance, but said all right" and
he accompanied the officers to
the Jail in Tenstrike, and was
brought to Bemidji this morning
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-03-23

and lodged in the Beltrami county
Jail.
Dyer's wife died at Hines, about
a week ago, and was buried at that
place. The father of the dead
woman, (Mr. Radcliffe, who lives in
this city suspected, from the remarks
which have been attributed to Dyer,
that the latter had been instru.
mental in causing his daughter's S
death, and he caused an investiga.
ton to be instituted in the matter,
which led to the issuing of the war
rant against Dyer and his subse-
quent arrest, on the charge of mur-
der in the first degree.
1t is said that Dyer sold all his
household goods and other belong
ings, Immediately after the death of
his wife, and that he has spent most
of the time since at Tenstrike, where
he was drinking considerably.
Dyer was married to Florence
Ratcliffe (the dead woman) about
a year ago, and they had one child,
which was about six months old.
The body of the Ratcliffe woman
will probably be exhumed, and the
case against Dyer will be at once
considered by the grand jury.
Dyer has retained H. J. Loud of
this city as his attorney, to look
after his interests.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-03-23
Klein and Phibbs Form Partnership.

Klein and Phibbs Form Partnership.
w. C. Klein aud Matt Phibbs
have formed co-partnership under
the firm name of Phibbs & Klein to
succeed the firm of Phibbs & Erick-
son, the business firm consisting of
Matt Phibbs and Anton Erickson.
Messrs. Phibbs and Klein expect
to commence the co-partnership
April 1, at which time it is expected
that Mr.. Erickson will assume his
duties as postmaster of the city of
Bemidji.
MI. Klien has been in the employ
of the Warfeld Electric company
for some time past as chief lineman
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-03-23
COUNTY ATTORNEY ASKS
ATTORNEY GENERAL HERE
Desires His Services in Akerberg Investigation Before
Grand Jury.District Court Progressing. criminal
Calendar Will Be Taken up Next Monday.

County Attorney Henry Flu nkley
on Saturday telephoned to the
office of the attorney general request
ing that the office send a repre- senta
tive to Bemidji to conduct the ex-
animation now being held before
the grand jury in what is known as
the Akerberg case, which is con-
nected with the death of the Aker-
berg boy last fall.
In stating his reasons for sending
for the attorney general, MI. Funkley
says that he did so in order to show
to the relatives of the dead boy that
he courted the fullest examination
into the charges which are now be-
ing heard by the grand jury in con-
nection with the case.
The attorney generals office tele-
phoned in reply that Mr.. Simpson,
assistant attorney general will be in
Bemidji today in response to Mr..
Funkley's request, and will take
charge of the Akerberg matter be.
fore the grand jury.
Court opened this morning at
9 O'Clock, and the trial of the case
of Joseph Brown VS.. the Douglas
Co., ct al, was resumed and was
still on trial at the noon hour.
Saturday evening the jury in the
case of K. O. Balstad VS.. J. P,
Poeue and A. Klein returned yer
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-03-23
Lumber for Sale.

$4,000 feet pine lumber for Sale, at
Wilton, consisting of No. l and q
inch board Dimensions and plank,
white and Norway, mill run. Price
at mill, SIS per m. w. R. TAFT,
News Office, Bemidii, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-03-23
Nynore Lots for Sale.

I have for sale few choice lots
in Barrett's addition to Nymore.
Cheap for cash or on easy terms.
c. E. Barrett, corner 9th street
and American avenue, Bemidji.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-03-23

and since his residence here has
made many friends.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-03-23

Remem b er our
J regular prices are as
low as the so-called
Special Sales.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-18
NO COAL SUPPLY
AFTER "a YEARS
FIELDS OF Pennsylvania WILL
BE. EXHAUSTED AT THAT TIME,
SAYS PROPHET.

NEW YORK, Dec. I5.-That the en-
tire coal supply of the Pennsylvania
coal fields will be exhausted in eighty
four years was the prediction made
today by Prot. William Griffith, min
ing expert and geologist of Scranton,
Pa, at the hearing of the Govern
ment suit against the anthracite coal
carrying railroads for illegal combi-
nation in restraint of trade under the
provisions of the Sherman antitrust
law. Prof, Griffith estimated the total
available supply of anthracite coal
for shipment in 1905 at 1928, POI, $50
tons, and said at the present rate of
consumption the supply would be used
u pin 1892.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-18
THE TENNESSEAN AND THE
WEEKLY HERALD FOR $500

In this paper will be found club
bling proposition which we think every
reader who knows good thing when
he sees it will accept 1t Is an offer
of this paper, together with the Daily
Tennessean Sundays excepted) FOR
one year for So, CASH MONEY. You
may consider 1t a good thing marked
down, If you like. 1t is a LESS
THAN COST PROPOSITION. What
we are after, what The Tennessean
is after, and the how" we got to-
gether is that we both want to length
en- our lists of PAID UP IN ADVANCE
SUBSCRIBERS. Read the proposition
and we think you will subscribe at
once.
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actual danger?" she asked curiously
II think not But it was too much
responsibility for me-"
II see. Any time wish to break
my neck / n to please do it alone in
future"
Exactly II you don't mind" he
said, smiling
They turned, shoulder to shoulder,
walking back through the drenche1
heritage
THAT" she said impusively, is no.
what | said a few moments ago to
woman"
What did you say a few moment
ago to wOmanT'
II said, Mr. Siward, that l would
not leave IA certain man to go to
the devil alonel'
do you know any man who is go.
ing to the devilp
'Do your she asked, letting herself
go swinging out upon a tide of intima-
cy she had never dreamed of risking
nor had she the slightest idea whittier
the current would carry her.
(To be Continued.)
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(Coatsnusdl

you and / have decided must be eIimi-
mated
you mean subdued They'll always
be there"
every well. Who cares as long as
you have them In leash?'
Looking Al one another. the excited
color cooling In the younger girls
cheeks, they laughed. one with relief
the other a little ashamed.
Kemp will be furious. / simply
must cut in. said Mrs. Ferrall, hastily
turning toward the gunroom. Mi
lands looked after her, subdued,
vaguely repentant. the consciousness
dawning upon her that she had prob
ably made considerable conversation
about nothing
ITS been 80 all day." she thought
/ Impatiently i've exaggerated I've
worked up a scene about a man whose
habits are not the slightest concern of
mine. Besides that, I've neglected
Howard shamefullyr She was walk
ing slowly. her thoughts outstripping
her Grant feet, but it seemed that
neither her thoughts nor her steps
were leading her toward the neglected
gentleman within, for presently she
found herself at the breezy veranda
door looking rather dxedly at the stars
The stars, shining impartially upon
the just and the unjust, illuminated
the person of Siward, who sat alone
rather Imply, one knee crossed abov
the other. He looked up by chance
and, seeing her star gazing In the door
way, Strengthened out and rose to mis-
feet.
Aware of him apparently for the first
time, she stepped across the threshold.
meeting his advance halfway
Would you care to 90 down to the
rocksw he asked The surf Is ter
Mfic."
Mo- don't think care"- !
They stood listening q moment to the
stupendous roar.
"A storm somewhere at sea-" he
concluded
is 1t very fne-the surfT'
"Very t1ne-and very relentless" he
laughed. TT Is an unfriendly crea
ture, the sea, you know"
She had begun to move toward the
cliffs. He fell into step beside her
They spoke little, a word now and
then.
The perfume Of the mounting sea sat
urated the night with wild fragrance
Dew lay heavy on the lawns She I
lifted her skirts enough to clear the
yRss, needless that her silk shod fee
we're now soaking Then at the cliffs
'dge, as s looked down into the
white fury of the surf, the stunning :
rash of the ocean saluted her
For long while they watched in Sf
ence. Once she leaned a tribe too fur
'ver the starllt gulf and, recoiltng, In
steadied herself on his /
rm d
Il suppose" she said, mo swimmea r
Ould endure that batteriug"
Not long"
"Would there be no chanceT
mot one
She bent farther outward, fascinat-
i, stirred, by the splendid frenzy OF
lie breakers =
"I-think he began quietly; then
firm hand fell over her left hand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-18

Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
a great big doll and a little rocking
chair for her 70 sit IN. and a little
table and some dishes. a little trunk.
a little dresser. and a little bed for
my doll and all kinds OF candies and
good things 70 eat SO goodbye. dear
Santa. Come early Christmas night.
Your loving little friend,
Emma Lee Johnson.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-18
BODY OF DROWNED
CHIEF RECOVERED

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.-The
body of Chief of Police Buggy, who
was drowned in the police launch Pa
troll, opposite Alactraz Island, in San
Francisco Bay, on the night Of Nov.
80, was found today by the crew of a
freight boat. 1t was floating off Goat
Island. The harbor police were at
once notified and recovered the re-
mains.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-18
TWO BUILDINGS
ARE WRECKED
BOMB THREATENS THE SIG ca.
scum AT SCENE OF EALt
IN CHICAGO.
VARIOUS THEORIES ADVANCE
Believed Outrage Was c7m,,s. /.
Order to Prevent objectonsbi.
Dance Tonight.

CHICAGO, Dec. l3.-Tua 5g1i,1
were wrecked, several people ara !.
/ lieved to have been killed and -.
dows were shattered for MI
around by the terrific explosion a,
bomb in an alley in Wabash aysD,,
near Fifteenth street, tonight ~
wrecked buildings adjoiu the Colisap,
where the First Ward ball. an ANN,
event, against the holding Of wbs
this year much Opposition has bs.
made, is scheduled to be held tomo,
row night. The police are working 4
the theory that the bomb thr0wer 4,
signed to wreck the Coliseum in brds
to stop the ball.
The report Of the explosion wa
heard for a mile. The congregstim
of Grace Episcopal Church and Of M
Open Church and the guest of severn
nearby hotels, rushed to the streets
a panic. A two-story frame buidin,
at 1913 Wabash avenue, which adioh,
the south wall Of the Coliseum Anne,
Immediately collapsed and took AMI
The fire leaped across an area am
spread to another frame building, slS
wrecked. Properties of the Coliseum
stored in two buildings, added fuel
the flames. Crowds of excited peoDs
believing that the Coliseum, a gres
stone structure, had been blown I'd
rushed to the scene.
The police and tiremen began sears
among the burning debris in the belle
that people were in the building whe
the explosion occurred. 1t was n
ported that two men had entered ON
of the buildings a short time before
That the bomb was intended for tn.
Coliseum and that it was an effort d
some Would-be refOrmer to make ln
possible the holding of the ball tOmoN
row night, the police express littla
loubt. 1t is thought that the bonn
.hrower was prowling in the alleywg
searching for favorable spot at whici
o drop the weapon, when thr0uG1
some miscalculation he had to leaVa
t where it exploded. An examinatiOl
If the premises, the police said, shows
hat from the top of one Of The
wrecked buildings the bomb Nigh
AVE been thrown through a skyligh
f tn Coliseum.
Another theory is that the bomb VA
brown as another chapter in tA9
gamblers war" which has beH
larked by the firing Of a series
ombs, or dynamite sticks in h
icinity of alleged gambling resort
he twenty-seventh explosion in thai
cries occurred few weeks ago
The First Ward ball has long been
PURGE of contention between reform
RS and the promoters of the annusI
,stival. Recently the pastor Of
lurch in the neighborhoOd Sougl
nd failed to secure an injunction
revent the holding Of the ball on ln1
'ound that it was prejudical to u
erals of the community The ball
Imported by First Ward citizens V0
e represented in the City Council u
lderman Michael Kenna and AIaa
an John Coughlin. The proceeds
e ball, which are vartousy eN
ated at from $4,000 to $250OO az
tally, are used toward electing
dermen of the ward whose term
res the following spring
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-18
WIRELESS POSTOFFICE
OPENED IN ENGLAND

LONDON, Dec. 11.-Tho first post.
office wireless station In England was
opened by Postmaster General Buxton
this afternoon. 1t issltuated at Bolt
head, on the DevonshIre coast, and is
Intended primarily for communication
with ships at sea.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-18

Dear Santa am a little girl, six
years old. l want you to bring me a
doll, a doll bed, chairs, table, dishes
and lots of good things to eat and
please don't forget my little baby
brother, Donald Bring him some
blocks and some good things to eat
| forgot to ask you to bring me a
bracelet and necklace. Your little
girl Myrtle Thomas.
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Culleoka, Tenn, R. R. No. 4.

OuIEOhdJ bHH.I Il, II. INU. h
Dear Santa Claus-I am a little boy,
10 years old. / go to school and learn
my books well. Please bring me a
tricycle. and a toy automobile and toy
pistol and some Roman candles, some
fire crackers and some torpedoes, some
candies, oranges, apples and raisins
and some nuts of all kinds. BY by.
From your little boy, Levi London.
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GUILTY OF CONTEMPLATING.

Passing counterfeit money Is no
worse than substituting some unknown
worthless remedy for Foley's Honey
and Tar, the great cough and cold rem
edy that cures the most obstinate
coughs and heals the lungs.-GEO. s.
ALCORN.
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Culleoka, Tenn, R. R. No. 4.

OuIIBUhd, tIIH,, II. ~ 4NU' T.
Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
a little doll that can go to sleep. And
a nice little work-box, doll bed for
my doll to sleep in and nice little
book to read, some oranges and APP
pies and candy and some nuts of all
kinds and some raisins. BY by. From
Bessie London.