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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16

sions win Dc corrsspondinsiy cheap to Aontgomery people.
 'Perhaps ali of Alabama people don't know that their river 10 one of the geratest. all in all, of the country: that it has its source in Tennessee, and is $50 miles or mors in length. of the Euorpsan streams which pos sess the glamour of greatness, are in- signiffcant when compared to this Ala bama river. From Montgomery. up the coosa. ana thence. through 0soreia as the OostanauIa. and further on still es the oostanooga. In reality 1t is. from Mobile to Tennessee. one stream. limited both ss to traffic and water 10 develop 1t to the utmost, the show tsst tssy Mon sSs river already developed to advantage. there Is every possibility of their request for coosa improvement being The report of Captain Ferguson on the Alabama River work during the year ending June 30 has been com pleted, and forwarded to Congress at 2 copy is f1rnisSed gs TSe Adyertissr, i"ssIn snd The snsssoat William J. rwinins removed the following obstructions
 
 overhanging trees ..,.. ......... 6os ovsfSanxins trees trimmed .. .... 'ys ys stump. stun on bank -snt ieysi ss At field cost of t1,8s3.45.
 The dipper dredge removed the fol- lowing quantities of sand and gravel from the channel at the points named: Mary Tayior's bar ..... ..s.s75 Isardnsrs Island ...... ...... s.s5o Hobbst r.Iaan par ...... .....'..." eso5 0oos Asiaho ...... s......... $500 At field cost .of iil.ss;i7..ic. or. sp. proximately $.0764 per cubic yard. The dipper dredge also removed dam NO. at Silver Creek shoals, handling the following material. sand and gravel. cubic yards.... s.715 11nssySnos eons .s'... l,1oo At field cost of t7ss.s5.
 Jetties were built and repaired as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16
ANNISTON RECOvERS
 FROM WORK OF STORM

Anniston, July 16.-(special )-.rne Model City is rapidly recovering rom the effects of the storm @hich worHeo devastation Tuesday night.
 The Central Foundry Company mas ordered lumber and new stack TOT its plant; a contract will be let FIT day for the remodelling of the Nooie Street Theatre; telegraph communice- lion haa been restored without inter- runtion. it having been necessary to take messages over the phone from Birmingham yesterday; the street rail way company has put up Its fallen wires, and the wires of the Southern Bell Telephone Company are again in commission, restoring normal service
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16

amniation for admission to the bar. He will practice law here.
 A. L. Rottenberg who was struck bv lightning during a thunder storm day before yesterday is slowly tmprov- ing and hopes for his recovery grow stronger each day. He still suffers
 Mrs. Carrie Sessions. widow of the late Dr. L.. Sessions, had fall yes terday morning and was seriously hurt. She was walking across .ne floor when she suddenly fell. No homes were broken, but she suffers tn- tensely.
 Rev. A. F.. Hasseli. of Fredricks- burg. Va, has been in che city the past few days working in the interest ot the foreign missionary movement ot the Presbyterian church. He VIII soon go to Korea as a missionary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16
DR. T. M. OWEN PLEASED
 WITH MISSISSIPPI TRIP

Dr. Thomas M Owen. Director of the Department of Archives and His tory, has returned to the city after an absence of several days in Jackson. Miss. While in Jackson. the Ala bamian made 6 thorough study of the Mississippi archives with the end in view of securing transcripts of all let tors and papers in the department bearing upon the Alabama section of year 1siT.
 The director reports a most success fui visit, and announces that a num- Der of valuable papers are now being transcribed for this department. He has high words of encomium for the Mississippians. who have built up a fine and growing department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16
ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES
 DEMURRERS IN RATE CASES

Attorney General A. M. Garber has filed demurrers to the complaints of the various railroads involved in state litigation, returning in all demurrers to six of the railroad corporations. the Western Railroad of Alabama. the Gen. trai Trust Company of Alabama. the central of Georgia Railroad. the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad and the South and North Railroad.
 Filling of the answers is the com mencement of the supplemental bill fisht that was posted for contest after the last special session of the Dsgis- lature. The answer of the state has been under the process of preparation for several days, the final matters be- ing put Nn shape upon the visit of Judge s. D. weakley in Montgomery this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16
creeks Help Countryrnen.

Birmingham, July 15.-(special. )- The creek colony in Birmingham has forwarded to the Patriarch, the head of the Greek orthodox church in Con- stantinople. $555.s2. to be used In ex- tending relief to the children, women and families who have sufferd from alleged mistreatment at the hands Of the Turks. committee composed of Gus Costellos and Nick Derzes, was named to look after tht collection and forward the same. A larger sum will be made up and forwarded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16

As result of the work of the past
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16
Unvesl wOod.nen shaft.

Tuscaloosa, July 15--(Special)--The Woodmen of the World unveiled one of their prettiest marble slabs to J. F. Townsend, at Sylvan Sunday. A large number of Tuscaloosa Woodmen at tended the unveiling exercises, all of whom knew and esteemed Mir. Town send very highly. The services were most impressive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16
9s2s,os0.oo
Ceatraets In Force.

O&Mkk8CND NM EWECSs
 With Gulfport Creosoting Company. of Gulfport. Miss. for constru cting one creosoted wooden hull, at a cost of $10.sso. Date of approval. March 23. 1908: of beginning work, April 27, 1908; of expiration. August {. 1908. Com pleted.
 With Hartley Boiler Works. of Mont gomery. Ala. temergency), for one bat tery of three steel boilers and access contract, March 21. 1908; of beginning work. March s1, 1908; of expiration. August 10. 1908. Completed.
 Commercial Statistics.
 The commerce of this river Is im- portant. consisting principally of cot ton. cotton seed. fertilizers. grain. lum- Der, shingles, naval stores. slaves and large quantity of miscellaneous freight of all descriptions reported by the steamboat lines for the calendar year 1908 as about 7s,5s3 tons. valued at s7.0OO, 0O0 In addition, very large quantities of sawn and hewn timber. saw logs, cord wood, etc. consisting of yellow pine, sycamore, cottonw pop lar and. ash are barged and rafted down this stream to Mobile. the value of which is estimated at $2,000.000.
 During the year the City or Mont gomery appropriated eio,000 for a wharf. Boats ran regularly to Mont gomery from about the nrst Of oct0- Der to the end of June.
 Coosa River.
 report on the Coosa river work was also compiled aad forwarded to Congress. This work embodiss im- provement between Rome. Ga, and Lock No. {. in St. Clair county. Ala. It was shown that the commerce on the Coosa, for the past year. between Rome and Gadsden. was valued at t2.- 6o0, 900, besides t7s.00o in lumber which was moved.
 As to the river between Wetumpka and the St. Clair county point. little improvement work Is done, as the ap- propriation of only s2,o00 rendered ex- tensive improvement impossible. Cap tain Ferguson recommends improve ment on the buildings at Lock No. 31. He also states that funds should be made available for the examination of lock sites, borings for foundations. dis charge measurements. gage observa- tions, etc., should a project for secur- ing six foot navigation on the Coosa in Alabama be adopted.
 As to the Oostanaula and Oosawa- muttee rivers, little was done, also, be- cause of lack of appropriation.
 For work on the Coosa rtver-eon- solidated of the three sections--Cap- tain Ferguson recommends an appro- priRtion- of 36o.0Oo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16
Rurr Infant Son.

Tuscaloosa, July -(Special)- death of little Charles Parkers Foster. the infant son of Mir. and Mrs. R. P. Foster occurred at the home of the parents. Funeral services were held at the home yesterday afternoon, Rev. a. L. Jenkins officiating.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16

and secured the contract for erect ing the largest Electric Sign in the West or South---the famous Mont gomery---Your Opportunity" crea- ton, presented to the city of Montgomery by the Montgomery Light & Water Power Co.
 Messrs Bach and Murphy. the engineers retained for the erection of the big Montgomery" sign that is nearing completion, will remain in Montgomery for one week more.
 During the past ten days several Montgomery merchants have con- tracted with the Valentine Electric Sign Company for new and ori- ginal signs. designed by Messrs Bach and Murphy.
 Those who desire the services of these engineers can secure their services without charge by confer ring with them at the office of the Montgomery Light & Water Power Co. or at the Exchange Hotel.
 Valentine Electric Sign
 Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16
DESSERTS PRESS RANKS.
Former Proprietor of Union Sprint
 Herald Enters Law.

Union Springs. July 15.--(Speeiai)- J. S. Dfckey. Jr.. has sold his inter est in the Union Springs Herald to his partner, c. D. Norman, and MT. Dicley is now in Montgomery standing an ex-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16

stClassy' pictures at the Orpheum. Finest picture machine made--Orpheum. All the latest imprOvements-Orph You 1oese the blues at the Orpheum. Wait eur show every day-OrpheUm.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
Edward Everett Hale.

[''He giveth his beloved sleep"l
For him no heart in all the world
Has any soreness than Of grief.
His was the kindly God who curled
The tendrils and who spread the leaf.
Who gave US sky and sun and rain
And saw the world that it was good
No god of wrath and greed and pain,
But one of human brotherhood
He asked no god Of grinny gold
TO give what mortals call success,
He worshiped not in accents cold
The mammon of unrighteousness,
But just the good Of doing good
Was all he wrote within his creed
And joyed when that he understood
The healing Of another's need
Gods gladness\in his clasping palm,
Gods sunshine in his cheering sniis,
He gave to aching hearts balm
And comforted in sorrows while.
And he was great-not of the sword,
Not of the miry pride Of craft,
Not Of the clutched and clinking hoard
Not of the rivals venomed shaft,
But he was great because he went
The path Of gladness day by day
And all he earned Of joy he spent
For those he met along the way.
A kingly greatness this of his,
But with no trace of kingly hate,
For brother love and kindness is
The base of what is truly great
And so he folds his hands in sleep,
His work well done. and his reward
Is that he hears the chorus deep
OF them that sing before the Lord.
What finer thing has God to give,
What nobler task is writ on high,
Than having such life to live
And having such death to die?
Wilbur D. Nesbit in Chicago Post.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
Our Glorious Fourth,

Seems to be you are beginning your
preparation for the great and glorious
Fourth little early observed the fat
clubman to his thin brother when the
latter took from. his pocketbook what
appeared to be half dozen tiny flags
Fourth Of July nothing! Pm going
for weeks fishing"
where do the flags come in?"
That's where the fish bite, 1 hope,
smiled the thin man. "They are flies,
as carefully made as any. grayhackle
or Silverton you ever cast"
"Do you dope it out that the Adiron-
dack trout have taken on patriotic
streak?" asked the fat man, taking one
of the American flag novelties and ex-
amining it. Whose idea?'
''The first one," explained the owner
of the flies, twas made for the British
Fly Fishers club and presented to Am
bassador Choate at dinner which the
club gave him. 1t was just conceit,
a pretty compliment, and no one
thought of really using the fly. Then
one Of the members tried it on the Tay
and got rise after rise for the Amer
ican flag when the fish had scorned
everything else. II British trout will
bite simply out Of their regard for the
new hands-across-the-sea spirit. what
won't the Americans do for their own
emblem? Anyway, Pm going to give
them try. and we'll hope they have
sense enough to follow the fag-swal-
low it, mean."-New York Tribune
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
ELEVATORS ON BATTlESHIPS.
Officers on New Vessels Will Thus
Avoid Delays Between Decks.

Officers on New Vessels Will Thus
Avoid Delays Between Decks.
United States battleships are to be
equipped hereafter with passenger ele-
vators for the convenience of the off,
GERS. The new vessels now building
the Florida. Utah. North Dakota and
Delaware-each will have three auto
matte electric cars capable Of lifting
500 pounds apiece.
They are being installed between the
lower hanging grating in the fire room
and the gun deck, and it is estimated
they will make the trip in about fif-
teen seconds They are to be operated
by a system of push buttons. 1t is be-
lieved that the innovation will be
found of great advantage in making
the gun deck more quickly accessible
to officers who have gone below in per-
formance of their duties.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
COFFINS OF GLASS.
Texas Inventor Provides Vacuum as a
Last RESTING Place.

A Baltimore manufacturer recently
completed the first glass coffin ever
made, it is said. DR.. Fl: G. Becker of
Texas, the inventor, went to Baltimore
to direct the casting of the cofins.
They are warranted to be as lasting
as if made of stone.
After the body is placed in the cof-
fin the end is attached and hermetical-
ly sealed. The closing of the "breech''
Of the coffin opens vial of chemicals
which take gaseous form and act as
an extra preserving agent. An air
pump is then attached to an opening
left for the purpose. vacuum is es-
tablfshed. and the aperture is sealed.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10

various educational and philanthropic
institutions of this city his last millien
dollars.
For virtually quarter of century
Mr.. Pearsons has devoted the major
part of his attention to bestowing his
money upon public institutions which
he deemed worthy and he has al
ready given away considerably more
than s4,O00,000. His gift to Chicago
will mark his retirement from the role
of philanthropist, for he will save
only enough to insure himself com
Portable old age
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
PERIL IN MISSIONS SYSTEM.
Elsie sigeI Tragedy Attributed to Prac.
tice of Our Girls Teaching Chinese.

tice of Our Girls Teaching Chinese.
Declaring that the system of mis-
sions in New York's Chinatown in
having American girls teach Chinese
men is directly responsible for the
death of Elsie Sigel. granddaughter of
General Franz Sigel, whose body was
recently found in the room Of William
Leon, Miss Helen F. Clark, director of
the Helen f. Clark mission in New
York, one of the leading missionaries
in the metropolis; denounced the plan
as a source of moral corruption both
to the Chinese and to many of the
young women who teach them. Miss
Clark has an intimate knowledge OF
conditions among the Chinese.
"Imagine our Young WOmen's Chris
tian association fitted out with corps
Of young and, for the most part, at
tractive girls as teachers" said she,
"with a teacher to each pupil, for the
purpose of teaching some special sub
ject like English. Imagine daily and
intimate association such as that sys-
tenn would lead to going on for month
after month and even year after year
and imagine the reputation the asso-
citation would have in short time
under those conditions. The case in
our Chinese missions, with their large
majority of women teachers. is SIM
liar, except that it is rendered infinite
ly worse and more dangerous on ac-
count of the traditional ideas, hun
dred generations old, held by the Chi
nese regarding women.
"In China any social intercourse be-
tween the sexes is thing unheard Of.
Take young Chinese and suddenly
throw him into daily and intimate con-
tact with an attractive American girl
and consider the effect, as have done
to my sorrow for many years. The
Chinese reverence learning, and in
point of education most Of them are
mere children beside our girls. AS
soon as the first shock Of being allowed
to so much as speak to woman is
over they awaken to another concep-
ton of women. and they almost fall
down and worship those girls as su-
perior beings There follows the ap-
parently harmless Irritation, the ,jflting
of the man or the possible lowering Of
his conception of American women by
some indiscretion on the part Of the
girl or, as happens, in more cases than
care to think of, some terrible trag-
edy, of which the death Of Elsie Sigel
is an example.
II believe that the death Of Elsie
Sigel was one Of those results. The
organizations that allow this thing to
go on and the parents who allow their
daughters to be drawn into this ter
rible net Of temptation are the ones
who are to, blame for the scores of
heartbreaking tragedies of which /
have been the witness and the number
of which is daily growing. To me one
Of the most shocking Of all the de-
velopments of this recent tragedy was
the finding of those hundreds Of COM
promising letters written to Leon by
white girls from all over the country.
If anything could show the results of
this pernicious system that fact does
it with terrible clearness. The time
has come when something should be
dOne"'
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
Officers Stop FIGHT.

Mike Schreck of Cincinnati and
Walter Whitehead of Duluth, prize
fighters, met for a fifteen-round bout
at Hibbing. Deputy sheriffs stopped
the contest in the first round after
Schreck was down for the count of
eight from a right swing on the neck.
A $4,000 house had assembled.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
Catalogues. Handbills, Folders and
Commercial Forms Our Speciality
... Cali at 6bis Office For JobsOork-. -.
The Morris Tribune.
Six Words In "Herein."

The little word therein" is remark
able. Examine it closely before read
ing further. Have you discovered the
odd feature of its composition? It has
only six letters, but from those let
ters, without transposition from their
natural order, six complete words can
be read. They are: He-her-here-ere
-rein-in. See if you can think Of
other words which contain words with
in themselves.-Ch Chicago News.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
How They Celebrated.

Said the belfry: "Clang! Clangr
Said the crackers: Rap! Rap!"
Said the brass cannon, "Whang"
Said the torpedoes, "Spap!"
Said the skyrockets, "Whiz!"
Said the candles: Ssh! Piff!'
Said the small pinwheels, "Fizz!'
Said the big ones: 'Whir! Wifi"
Said grandma: There! There"
Said father: Boys! Boys!"
Said mother, Take care"
Said cook, "Such a noise!"
Said puss, Gracious mel"
Said Towser, "Bowwow!'
Said Susie. "Wee-ee!"
Said VIII: "Hurrah! Owl"
st. Nichoiae.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
Dogs That Do Not Bark.

People whose peaceful slumbers are
disturbed by the noisiness of neigh
bor's dog will no doubt find 1t con-
soling to learn that there are at least
three varieties of the canine tribe
which never bark But, alas, these
dogs are not found in America! They
are the Egyptian sheep dog, the Aus
tralian dog and the lion headed" dog
Of Tibet
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
KEEPS ONLY SMALL sum
Daniel K. PearsOns Distributing
His Last Million.

Chicago. July 7.-Daniel K Pear
sons, the sage of Hinsdale," already
famous for his munificent benefac-
tions to the small colleges of this
country, announces that he will de-
vote the remainder of this, his nine
tieth year, to distributing among the
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
What Happened.

Twenty little tadpoles
Went to swimming school
Down by the rushes
In shady pool.
They had tiny bodies,
But, oh, their tails were long!
They played and FLASHED and padded
And day by day grew strong.
They dearly loved their teacher
He was a great green frog
Who sat all day to watch them
Upon a messy log.
At last strange thing happened
Down in the pond one day
There were score of froggies.
Where were the tadpoles, pray?
Youths Companion.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
AnaestheticaI Marvel.

discovered by surgeon at Bucharest,
Roumania. 1t is combination Of
strychnine and storaino. The patient
does not lose mental consciousness. It
is injected in the spine for operations
below the waist and in the neck for
operations above. Rr Bannyryall, the
discoverer. has taken some of it to
London.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
LAUNCHES IN INDIAN FUNERAL
Traditional Canoe Is Suppianted by the
Modern Motorhoat.

WiOOGTn MOIOF0OdIs
An Indian funeral on Lake Michigan
the other day in which power launches
were substituted for canoes marked a
striking departure from the customs Of
Michigan's legendary literature. says
a Traverse City (Mich.) dispatch.
Down to the present time Indians Of
this region have clung tenaciously to
the canoe of the Hiawatha period. But
at the recent funeral of Joseph Corn
stalk the traditional canoe was con-
spicuous by it's absence. Fully 100
Indians escorted the body of the wide
ly known red man from his late home
on Beaver island to the cemetery on
Garden island, two and one-half miles
to the north, but all the company trav-
eled in modern power launches.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
London Fashion Edict.

The 'last hint in the realm Of re-
ception and evening gowns in London
is to have the skirt caught up some
four or five inches on the right side
at the hem, thereby revealing trans
parent underskirt festooned with di-
minutive roses This the latest COM
mand means lovely skirts and shoes
sans repreche.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
Kills Wife and Himself.

Lodi, Wis, July S.--George Knerzer
of this city killed his wife by crush
ing her skull with the butt end of a
shotgun. He then committed suicide
by drowning. in pool four feet deep
near the house. Knerzer was be-
lieved to be insane.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
Six Months for Using Set Gun.

George Peterson, who was arrested
at Bruno, this state, few days ago
on charge Of setting gun for deer,
has been given a six months SEN
tence in the county Jail, according to
reports received by Carlos Avery, ex-
ecutive agent of the state game and
fish commission. The man who found
the gun came within an inch of. be-
ing killed.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10
Problem and Answer.

Farmer Al Falfa says he has a GER
tain number of cows and hired men.,
in his barn. He counts a total Of
eighty-two feet and twenty-six heads
How many cows and how many hired
men are there? This is good prob
lem to spring on some of your smart
friends. The answer is fifteen cows
and eleven hired men.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10

Barring the Egyptians, the ancient
Mayas of Yucatan seem to have been.
the greatest pyramid builders the
world ever saw.
Morris tribune., 1909-07-10

At Whakarewarewa, New Zealand,
there are geysers, hot springs, boiling
pools, mud volcanoes and hot water
falls.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-19
Personal Breyities

E. Burton Holmes of Chicago is at
the st. Francis.
DIR. sydney Clark OF Tonopah is stay
ing at the Stewart.
D. w Kirkland of Los Angeles is
registered at the Manx-
C. p Douglas of London is regis
tered at the St Francis
Albert Hansen a jeweler of Seattle.
is a guest at the Fairmonf-
A. J. Morganstern of San Diego is
registered at the Fairmont-
G. L. Campbell and family of Port
land are guests at the St Francis
C. NJ Lewis. a vineyardist of Hollis
ter. is staying at the Union Square
DR.. and Mrs Gilbert White of Chi
cago are guests at the St. Francis
Frederick :. Stearns. a merchant of
Detroit, is at the Fairmont with Mrs
Stearns-
L J. Elsas. merchant of Atlanta.
is at the Fairmont, accompanied by
Mrs Elsas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward s. Rothchild
have returned from the east and taken
apartments at the Fairmont-
Alexander Brown of Sroc kton. presi-
dent of the state board OF equaiiza-
ton, is a guest at the Stewart