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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-28


BY Mr.. Bigney of Greenville: Petit
ton of l.. H. Folsom and 1876 others
for an appropriation of $4,000 to re-
pair and build a road from Greenville
to Lily Bay in Piscataquis county.
BY Mr.. Hamlin of Orneville: Petit
ton CT NJ. W. Morgan and 90 others in
favor of bridge across Piscataquis river
in town of Milo: also petition Of Allen
numphey and Il others for same.
BY MIR. Russell of Gardiner: Peti-
tion.of Hon. S. E. johnson and IS 9TH
ers of Gardiner in favor of Donigan
Bridge Bill.
BY Mr.. Charles of Rome: Petition
OF L. &. Martin of Rome and 30 others
III favor of a general bridge bill.
By Mr.. Campbell of Cherryfeld: Pc
tition of w. B. Leighton and 10 others
of Debiois in favor of the Donigan
Bridge Bill.
BY Mr. White of Columbia: Petit
ton of Fred A Chandler and 40 others
of Addison in favor Of a bridge bill
similar to the Donigan bill; also petit.
ton of I. L. Hall and "a others of Adj
Olson for same.
BY Mr.. Bowley of Swans Island
Petition of L. w. Runnill and 40 others
Of fremont in favor of the so-caIled
Donigan Bridge Bill.
BY Mr.. Doble of Lagrange: Petit
tom of F. H. Farnham and seven 9TH
ers for same.
BY Mr.. Havey of Sullivan: Resolve
in favor of aiding the building of q
bridge between Sullivan and Franklin.
By Mr.. Russell of Gardiner: Re
solve in favor of the city of Gardiner
ard the town of Randolph
Inland Fisheries and Game.
BY Mr.. Harris of Salem: Petition oil
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
Application No. 6493-6520.
Notice of Sale of Timber on School Lands

Notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of
June, 1919. between the hours of 10 o'clock in
the forenoon and O'Clock in the afternoon,
commencing at the hour of 10 o'clock in the
house in Stevens county, Washington, the
timber on the following described school land
will be sold at public auction to the highest
bidder therefor, to-w1t: =
Application No. 649s.
NeA Of Section Is, Township 81 North, Range
d E. w. NJ, containing $50 acres, timber ap-
praised at $4,000.
Nwh of Section IL, Township 81 North, Range
As E. W. NJ, containing 100 acres, timber APP
praised at $l154.O0.
Sw4 of Section Is. Township 81 North. Range
45 E. w. NJ. containing 100 acres. timber APP
praised at $1285.O0.
SeL of Section l6, Township31 North, Range
As E. w. NJ, containing 1s0 acres, timber ap-
praised at $4,000
Application No $500.
lNwA of Section IS, Township "a North, Range
43 E. w. NJ, containing 100 acres timber ap-
praised at $4,000.
SwL of Section 81. Township "a North, Range
10 E. W. NJ. containing l6o acres timber ap-
praised at $655O.00.
Said timber on said land will be sold for not
less than the appraised value, as appraised by
the Board of State Land Commissioners in the
manner provided by law. q statement OF which
is now on file in the Office of the Auditor of
said county.
Terms Of sale are: Cash to be paid on the
day of sale.
The timber on the above described lands is
offered for sale by virtue Of an order OF the
Board of State Land Commissioners, made on
the 31st day of March and 21st day OF April,
file In the Office of said County Auditor.
L. E. JEssEPH, County Auditor.
Dated at Colv1lle, Wash, this Path day OF
April A. D. 1909 4.29 SO
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
MANUFACTURERS BUILDING.

Alaska Tx
position Building looks the restless
Faithful
o Yellowstone National Park
It's of the exposition buildings ana
fitting the position has been
exhibition compeeo
the hlghe
within its walls Will De
gathered articles from the workshops OF every
nation of the world
ana
pegolas columns and bossons
OF grouhos
Illuminating effect than is presented from
early night million
hundreds nnge
the gentle slope or
brought
lghtrnked stretch OF orestenclosed
to the whole
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
He Was Too Frank.

Uncle Joe Cannon was discussing
iocularly our society leaders claim
that too many statesmen appear to
rely on their uncouthnesS-O the alb
sence Of socks. etc.-for their fame.
Il would point out said he, that
neither Caesar nor Alexander wore
socks. and if | attacked New York So
cicty us frankly as this person has at
tackled public life might But, after
all. perfect frankness is invariably a
bad thing.
You have heard perhaps Of the
young man who admired perfect
franIness: Calling Oh Il pretty girl,
he said:
IF there is one thing that | reyer-
ence in this world perfect frankness
is that thing
Yes" said the girl Then III at
once grasp the opportunity to urge
YOU to shave off your muStache before
you eat another soft boiled egg
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
Application No. 1921.
Notice of Sale of State Lands

Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the
O'Clock in the forenoon and 4 O'Clock in the
afternoon, commencing at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of said day, in front Of the main en-
trance door to the county court house In the
city of Colyille, county Of Stevens, state of
Washington, either by the County Auditor OF
said county or by member of the Board OF
State Land Commissioners of the State of Wash
ingtOn, the following described state lands, to-
gether with the Improvements situated there.
on, will be sold at public anctlon TO the highest
bidder therefor. tO-wit:
So OF neA of Section 36, Township 80 North,
Range 40 Z. W. NJ. containing SO acres. ap-
praised at 5000 per acre. or $l6O0.0O. !
SwM OF Section IS, Township 81 North, Range
10 E. W. NJ. containing 100 acres, appraised at
$220O.O0. r.
seq OF Section Sc. Township SO North Range
43 E. W. containing l60 acres, appraised at
Said lands will be sold for not less than the
appraised value above stated and upon the
terms and conditions following:
Terms and conditions Of sale--Not less than
one tenth Of the purchase price must be paid
at the time of sale to the:off1cer making the
sale. The purchaser, if he he not the owner OF
officer making the sale the full amount of the
appraised value OF the improvements, as above
stated. One.tenth of the purchase price must
be paid annually thereafter, on the first day OF
March of each year. with interest on all de-
ferred payments at the rate OF per centum per
annum, together with accrued interest on any
balance, at the same rate: Provided, That any
purchaser may make fun payment Of prtnci
pal, interest and statutory fees at any time and
obtain deed or state patent.
All sales of state lands are made subject to
the reservations OF oils, gases. coal, ores, min
erals and fossils OF every name, kind and de-
scription, and to the additional terms and con.
ditions prescribed in Ahe Act OF the Legislature
approved March 20. 1907, being Sec. of Chap.
256 OF the laws OF 1907.
The above described lands are offered for sale
in pursuance OF an order OF the Board Of State
March, 1902 and an order OF sale duly issuee
and certified by the Commissioner OF Public
Lands OF the State OF Washington. now on file
in the office of the County Auditor of said
county. l.. +: JEsSEPH. County Auditor.
Dated at Colville, Wash, this oath day oi
April, 1909. l-29 6-3
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
The Stinq In the Tail.

WI HOO. the brilliant young Chinese
editor Of the Daily Spectator of Co
lunlbiA university said the other day
OF Il criticism:
when | began to read | thought the
article WAS lludatory. | soon discOr-
cred my mistake however. That arti-
Gle recalled to me Il motor ride that
took with a junior last month.
''The juniors car was not Il remark.
able one and unt in the country after
luncheon the young mai was rather
pleased when Il farmer said to him:
81 guess that thar automobile o
yourn Is q hundred horsepower isn't
IT,
oh. no said the junior with Il
pleasant smile. oh. no. my friend. 1t
Is only Il FIVE horsepower \ hundred
hoi:,e:M ~er wnn!d he ever SO much
Iar.rfr'
i want jedgin' by the size, but
by the noise said the farmer"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29

the part of the telephone company to
assume that he wanted a telephone.
Why didn't you tell him SOP he de-
manded Of the butler. Now, you would
think that this mental, convicted of
error. would have wilted beneath the
magnates frown. He did not. Hi told
him, SIR" said the butler calmly, that
this telephone was wanted by the serv-
ants, sir. Hi told i'm you didn't desire
hit, sir, but that we 'ad to ave it."
James ]. Hill. magnate, looked at
Mr.. Hills buffers impressive face. He
tw1ddled his fingers for moment on
the mahogany desk. Then, confronted
with the certainty of servants strike.
he weakened. Put it in, then" he
said, and, with return OF courage, he
growled at the butler, "But If I'm ever
bothered by it I'll fire every one of
you"
And the butler bowed in meekness
and said, Very good, sir. "-Cincinnati
TmeS-Star.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
NEW SHORT STORIES
Tho Maonate's Surrender.

One of the boasts of James j. Hill,
the railroad magnate, has been that he
has NO telephone in his house. MY
Office Is the place to do business" he
has declared, "and my office hours the
time in which to do business. When l
am behind the door of my home I am
safe from the world"
He has been, too, as can be proved
by many a reporter who tried to inter
view him there at night. The best the
reporter ever got was a sarcastic grin
from the butler, who buttled the re-
porter out to the cold world and hot
city editor. But the other day, accord
ing to Mr. Hills own statement, his
butler approached him. The man is
here to put in the telephone said the
butler
Mfr. Hill promptly wilburwrighted.
He wanted no telephone, he said. He
would have no telephone He regarded
it as a piece Of gross impertinence on
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
Tillman's Favorite Dish.

A year or two ago Senator Tillman
gave to q chef in the senate restau-
rant recipe for an excellent corned
beef hash. the fame of which speedily
penetrated to the uttermost recesses Of
the capitol
When the head waiter wants this
hash prepared with unusual care he
orders it In this wise:
"One corned beef hash for Senator
Tillman."
One day recently during the lunch
con hour the restaurant was doing a
land Office business, and everybody
seemed to want corned beef hash.
Ten times at least did waiter an
pr0ach the serving table with the or
der for Senator Tillman's corned beef
hash
Finally the thing got on the chefs
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
Making 1t Easier.

Little jeans dolly had met with an
accident. and her mother had procured
new head for it. The removal OF
the old head proved to be rather
difficult task. which Jean watched
with great interest.
I'm afraid. Jean, l can't get this
old head off, said the mother
Jeans face glowed with the light of
an inspiration as she said:
Never mind. mamma; just take the
body off"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
Twin Place.

One day an old gentleman who
found the Java village at the World s
fair very absorbing at length confided
in 4 Young man standing near TITS
poE-rrful nice to watch" he said "but
| may say should be better ont If T
was tritlc better posted. My iogra-
phys leetle rusty. and It's truth and
fact that | don't jestly know where
Java is. Now. where is it?''
oh said the young man. with the
assured quiet of one who knows, ''just
a little way from Mocha"'-A rgonaut.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
To the Point.

Elderly Aunt suppose you wonder
ell, dear little Hans. why I left you e.
abruptly in the lane. I saw a man.
and. oh. how | ran! Hans-Did YOU
get him?-Fliegende Batter.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
A Teaser.

There is one subject on which it is
difficult to keep up INTEREST,""
What particular subject is that on
which it is difficult to keep up inter
est
The mortgage OF my house"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29

nerves. LOOK hean," ne shouted tU
one waiter, bringing the same old Or
der. Oats dc twelfth order for Sen
ator Tillman. He better watch out or
he'll founder hiSself.'- LfppincOtt's.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29

Thousands of dollars are being.
spent this spring by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific
railroads to advertise the northwest
country and the Alaska-Yu kon-
Pacific exposition. Such periodi-
Gals AS Golfers Weekly, the Satur-
day Evening Post, Harper's Week
ly and the leading monthlies, are
carrying big displays with pictures
of the 1909 fair and reading matter
calculated to attract both the sight
seer and the homeseeker to the
western trip. Even the railroads
which are accustomed to advertise
California. like the Santa Fe, are
carrying advertisements of The
Seattle exposition, and if the fair
does not bring the greatest gather
ing that ever visited the west, it
will be no fault of the railroad
people. The railroads and exploit
alton department of. the exposition
are cooperating in arranging spe-
cial days when extra trains will be
operated, so that the railroads will
have ample facilities to handle the
crowds.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29

A man that is young IN years may
De Old In hours If he has lost no tina.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-29
Free Gold Near Northport

A recent discovery OF free gold
quartz in Black Canyon, near
Northport. in Stevens county, is
creating a good deal Of excitement
in that locality, and many have
gone from Northport to stake
claims. The excitement has reach
ed fever heat and some of the BUSH
ness men locked the doors OF their
stores in order to get in on the
ground floor
The first discovery was made by
G. c. Anderson, who believed that
gold ledge existed on his ranch
in the neighborhood Of spring
because of the small particles Of
fake gold that chung to q shovel
used in cleaning out the spring
after dog had wallowed fin it. He
searched for the ledge and found it
in the canyon
Assays from the quartz ran from
s744 to $4,000. Before making
the news public Mr.. Anderson filed
several claims in the locality and
named the original claim "Point-
err" in honor of the dog which
wallowed in the spring and gave
clue to the discovery.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-17

both times. This is the price they
pay for education.
The long hot days of summer
come on apace. Then the cotton has
to be freed from weeds. The schools
have been kept open through the
Warmest months of summer to &C
commodate these helpless little ones,
but it is of no avail, not so can they
be shown the better way.
The sun shines too bright, the heat
is too fierce, neither teacher nor pu-
ills can do good work under such cir
cumstances, and so the verdict has
gone forth. No more schools for the
rural children in the summer time.
The few, therefore, who were willing
to make the sacrifice, may not do SO
again. =
Why not have the school in the
fall? That is the time for the best
school work everywhere. Not so,
here. This is the busiest time of the
year. Into the fields the children go.
Out into the fields, where the cotton
is white unto the harvest, and it is
pick, pick, pick, that the world may
be clothed.
1t is pick, pick, that the men who
buy cotton may wax gross, and live
in luxury; that the mills may have
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-17

An unassimilated part of the popula-
ton, the "habitants' or "Cagens"
live the life of the Arcadians of the
eighteenth century. Their language
is a patois. Their customs of life
and of social intercourse are fixed
by the laws of that time Their
lives are as narrow. They have no
history. They know no traditions
They have neither books, papers, pic
lures, or music. Their fathers spoke
French, ate CONSCIOUS, drank coffee,
and raised cotton, and children
principally children, and so will they
What does the future hold for
them? Nothing, absolutely. Their
outlook is far more shadowy than
that of their brothers in black. They
have been aroused. They want to
learn and the schools are waiting for
them, and crowded to their doors.
Not so, these little white slaves
of the prairies, the bayous and cou-
less of Louisiana. They will fol-
low in the footsteps of their fathers
and live and die in perfect ignorant
contentment, knowing only their
limited three hundred words of Ca
jun patois the world spins
merrily on.
The children of the slums hear
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-17

cotton to spin into thread; that other
children may have bobbins to fill and
cloth to weave and be bound down in
the close places as these are in the
OPEN
The weary feet, the numbed
brains, the aching hearts of the
the farmers children are not put
down in the ginners' reports. The
government statistics make no men
ton of this tax upon the nation s
future. Sometimes, somewhere,
there will be a reckoning, and the
debt will be paid.
The homes from which these
children come are as their forefath-
ers were three hundred years ago.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-17
0be Jeffersontan
Conducted by Grace kirkland

eat the scattered seeds. Truly, it is
unbelievable = but true Children
taking the place of scare crows.
The heart of the nation has been
stirred by the tale of the "Man with
the Hoe; is it not far more pitiable
to know of the "Children in the
Row.
Along the long lanes Of corn they
must go, from early morn till late
eve, chop, chop, chopping, or else,
watch, watch, watching, all the day.
II they are allowed to go to school,
they must do the days work in the
nelds just the same-either before
the school begins in the morning or
after it closes in the afternoon, or at
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-17
PAGE FIVE

0hulooo PROCESSION OF the CITY S life,
their wits are sharpened by the
steady contact with other wits, even
though they are slaves to the grind
OF the whirring wheels. For them
there are night classes, industrial
schools, settlement homes, constant
effort to reach them and help them
up and out
AS yet, the worlds great heart is
closed and that tightly, to the cry of
these children of the corn and cot
ton fields. Because they are under
the blue sky does not make them i'm
mune to the rays of the burning sun.
There are beauties manifold all
around them, but their eyes are
blinded and only the grossness of
nature is seen, and cared for. To
the fields they have followed in the
footsteps Of their father, and work
done, again they follow his lead to
find pleasures, and to the corner gro
Gerry they go.
When the clouds hang heavy over
head and the fields lie too sodden
and wet for work, through all the
passing hours of the day, and far
into the night, they watch the fall
of the greasy, dirty cards. LIE rouge
ct lie nOir," it is that spells beauty
and happiness and joy to them. Too
often the price of a seasons work
will go from one hand to another,
lost on the turn of a card, or the
throw of the dice. Then the years
hard labor is gone for naught, and
the dreary winters night falls, with
out the solace of even a comforting
thought. Gamblers at heart, a
shrug of the shoulders and it is for
gotten-eVen so, the wives and chill
dren, for their work is gone too.
Glowing sunsets and fleecy clouds,
the magic play of light and shade
along the surface of the bayous,
the fascinating sweep of the bound
less horizon of the prairies, have no
charm for their sightless eyes. The
music Of wheezy ACCORDION, or a
screaking violin, if it is a tune to
which their feet can keep time, is
far more enhancing than all the
Aforementioned choirs of the tree
tops. Blind and deaf they are to all
Gods beauteous world.
They know but one master. father.
His will is law, and the law of his
life is the crop. Laws have been
passed regulating the hours of work
in the factories that nations chill
dren may be saved.
Who is there to say to these ig-
norant Frenchmen of the prairies,
I'VE must save your children for
you, and for our country?"
One bale of ten-cent cotton is of
far more value in their eyes than
the boys and girls doomed to the
same depths of sin and ignorance in
which they live, all unconscious of
it's degradation.
The educators are trying to help
by compulsory education. They are
in earnest and jealous in their eff
forts to reach them, and lift them
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-17
THE CRY OF THE "CAGEN,
CHILDREN.
LnnIisn
Julia Lester Dillon.

school now
When? Why do you have to
leave, when you are doing so well?"
My father, he say we have to
work in the corn fell"
Yes, Edouard, you are large
enough to work in the field, but not
little Pierre
But, yes, he STAN in the row, and
wave his arms and then the birds
don't come.''
why doesn't your father make a
straw man, to scare away the birds?
That is the way the farmers do in
Georgia.
Don't know" he answered, shak-
ing his head, ''all the children that
can't hoe corn, have to stand in the
field and shoe the birds away. They
eat all the corn we plant
The finality in his tones was dis
couraging and still more dishearten-
ing was the thinning of the ranks,
as day after day the children were
taken away, until only corporal's
guard was left. School was not to
be considered when the crop was in
question
1t is springtime. The cold winds
that have swept the prairies have
been driven away by the warm
breath of the south wind and all the
earth is awake. The apple-blossoms
have opened their eyes and, answer
ing to the gentle zephyrs, have
dropped their petals of white The
peach and pear trees have also bios
somed and budded.
The wild vines which festoon the
woodlands along the bayous have
rioted their gorgeous colors and the
purple of the wistaria, and the or
ange OF the cross-vine, have given
way to the white fragrance of the To-
Gust and the wide-open faces of the
wild white roses that line the road
ways
The birds faunt their gay colors
in the faces of every passer-by, and
every hedge of the Cherokee roses is
a1ame with cardinals and aglow with
orioles. The robins and the blue
birds sing and sing, and every tree
top has it's chorus of feathered song
sters all glad to be alive.
The grass is gay with blossoms,
and on every side joy seems to be the
keynote of life
In the midst of this beauty of ma
ture, this song of triumphant glad
ness at earth's awakening, there
comes a minor strain-a chord so
plaintive and so sad that the light
is turned to darkness and the Joy
into sorrow The songs of the birds
are scarcely to be heard for the
cries of the children in the air.
These children of the "habitants, -
called in the patois "Cagens'' of
southwestern Louisiana.
Across the black soil of the fields
the men have gone with their plows
and harrows. This done, the call is
the children to come into the
fields. The school. days for the year
are over.
TntO thn furrOwc thov po11ct oO
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-17
SERENADE
By Henry Timrod

Hide, happy damask, from the stars,
What sleep enfolds behind your veil
But open to the fairy cars
On which the dreams of midnight sail;
And let the zephyrs rise and fall
About her in the curtaned GLOOM
And then return to tell me all
The silken secrets of the room
Ah dearest! may the elves that sway
Thy fancies come from emerald plots,
Where they have dozed and dreamed all day
In hearts of blue forget-me-nots
And one perhaps shall whisper thus:
Awake and light the darkness, Sweet!
While thou art reveling with us,
He watches in the lonely street