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The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18

district and the Laramie-Poudre Res
ervoir G. Irrigation Company for the
construction cf the greatest irrigation
system in the West, not excepting
government projects completed or un-
der construction. 1t will require eX-
penditure of about S5,000,000. This
is the largest enterprise undertaken
by D. A. Camfield of this city. his as
sociates of Denver and of the East.
The project has been fully financed
and construction of the reservoirs.
bitches and the great tunnel through
the Medicine Bow range to bring
water from the Laramie river into the
valley of the Poudre, will soon be
commenced.
The milkmen, who refused at first
10 comply with an ordinance in Don
yer compelling them to deliver milk In
sealed jars or cans, have finally
agreed to do so.
Denver police have been asked to
help locate Charles C. Connely of La
toni, Ky.
Major Cochran, father-in-law OF
Frank DeMantel, proprietor of Peters
burg, and Henry Cook. deputy mar
shall of Petersburg, were each fined
SIS and costs by Justice Stewart for
resisting Colonel MacAlexander. A
game warden. two weeks ago.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Pinchot Will Stick.

Washington, d. C.-Gifford Pinch
OTIS friends in Washington declare to-
day that he has no intention of re-
signing his position and never has
had. They declare with emphasis
that he will hold on to his office as
long as he can, and if ne goes out it
will be because he is pushed.
It is not known that the President
has any intention of disturbing Pinch
OF at this time, though it is inferred
from the character of the Presidents
letter to Secretary Ballinger that he
will hold Pinchot to strict observance
of the letter of the law if he permits
him to remain. Any infraction of this
rule will mean trouble.
Pinchot's friends say the President
dare not dismiss him and intimate
that if he does Pinchot will wage bit
ter war upon the administration.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Rearx Not So Sure Now.

Battle Harbor, Labrador, Sept. 16.-
(yia Marconi Wireless to Cape Ray,
n. F)-Commander Robert E. Peary
today talked further concerning his
dash to the north pole. He dwelt par
ticularly upon the observations taken
and the movements of Harry Whitney,
the sportsman of New Haven, Conn,
who has been described as the bearer
of records substantiating DR.. Freder-
lck A. Cooks claim to have reached
the pole April 81, 1908.
1--WE took five observations prior
to reaching the pole" Commander
Peary said. 1.-TWO of them were made
and worked out by the late Professor
Ross Marvin, who prepared duplicate
records in each case and duly signed
the duplicate certificates. To guard
against accident 1 took one set OF
these papers and Professor Marvin
took the other.
when within a distance of 125
miles from the pole, the third observa-
ton was made by Captain Bartlett,
who also signed the records and GER
tificates in duplicate, he retaining one
set and | the other The fourth and
fifth of these observations were made
by myself, the last being taken five
miles from the pole proper"
Was there more than one observa-
tion taken at the pole, and by whom?"
the explorer was asked.
There were several observations"
he replied, and | took them all my
self They all agreed. You must un-
derstand that the pole is theoretical
point without length, breadth or thick
ness. It's actual location depends on
the accuracy of the instruments en-
ployed and the conditions under whicn
the observations are taken
You have stated, Commander
Peary, that copy of your records
and polar observations was wrapped
in piece of silk American flag and
deposited in an ice cavity at the pole.
Did any person witness this act?'
To this question Commander Peary
declined to make any answer at pres
ent
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Grand Junction Gets Charter.

Grand Junction.-Grand functions
charter which was drawn up under
the leadership of former Senator
James W. Bucklin was adopted by a
vote of 740 to 215. The question OF
five or three commissioners, which
was left to the option of the voters,
was decided in favor of the five plan
by a vote of 555 to 322. This point
was one upon which the charter ad-
vocates themselves were divided. but
Senator Bucklin had favored the five
plan, and by its adoption he scored
double victory.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18

minister for twenty-five years, Mr.
Gates remembered his face instantly
Selling the pastor by the hand, Mr..
Gates said BLESS your old heart, I'm
going to pay you somewhere near
what l owe you. l couldn't give YOU
much of a fee back in st. Charles
thirty-five years ago, but here's lit
tie interest on the debt"
Taking his famous roll of bills from
his trousers pocket, Mr.. Gates slipped
off $1,000 bill, pressed it into the sur
prised parsons hand and, with a
thank you again." was on his way.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Gates Pays Wedding Debt.

Seattle.-That John w. (Bet-you-a-
Mililon) Gates is not sorry he was
married thirty-four years ago is attest
ed by a $1,000 bill which a Seattle
minister is guarding.
Mr.. Gates, who is here on a business
trip, met the pastor who married him
in st. Charles, ILL.,, on February z5,
1874. Though he has not seen the
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18

William Bowes, aged sixty years, a
timber expert of Standish, Michigan,
while in carriage with Mariana
Otero, driving through the Baca grant,
expired suddenly from heart disease
about twenty-five miles from Jemez
Springs. The deceased was an Odd
Fellow.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Jointly Successful.

did you ever attend meeting that
had been called to pray for rain?'
Once"
We'll. did it rain?'
Yes, but the grocers and butchers
held picnic on the same day and
I've never been quite able toto come
to any decision in my mind about it,
you know"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Miss NJ. COWden
Hair Dressing ParlOr .

Shampoo, cutting and curling
Scalp treatment, hair tonics, hah
Strengthening, manicuring. Stag.
wigs for rent; theatrical use ana
masquerades.
Goods delivered out of the city
All shades of hair matched by
sending a sample of hair; also
oombings made up.
CHEAPEST SWITCHES so CENTS.
1919 21st St. Denver, Colo
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
Help the FIrenen.

As stated in The Leader Of Sat
urday, the Board Of Supervisors
| have granted the Volunteer Fire
| Department of Brookhaven a fifty
year lease on plot of ground on
the court house square for the erec-
tion Of suitable house for the fire
apparatus and horses Of the depart
ment. and committees are now can.
vassing among the business men
and citizens of the town for funds
sufficient to erect this building and
purchase a good PAIR Of horses for
exclusive use at fires.
The Leader has before spoken Ia
commendation of the services of
Brookhaven's volunteer firemen and
the value Of such an organization
to the town; but we have never
been able to do the subject justice.
In our opinoin, no single enterprise
or interest SO universally and di-
rectly appeals to every member Of
the community as the proposition
to have a thoroughly equipped fire
department, ever ready for active
services in any part Of the city
needed. Until this is realized and
our valiant volunteer tiremen
who are so unselfishly contributing
their time, services and means for
the protection of all, have all of
the equipment needed, the question
of cost should be an altogether
secondary one. No money spent in
this direction could be better in
vested. Every one who owns prop
erty in Brookhaven and every one
dependent for employment on
property owners, has adirect inter-
est in this matter. It is therefore
hoped that the firemen's commit
tees. in making their canvass, will
receive liberal and cheerful re-
sponse from every one who is asked
for subscription. Think what a
SIS. 900 or 500. 900 fire would be to
Brookhaven, and then remember
that such a thing would be impos-
sible if our fire department is
given the comparatively insignifi-
cant amount needed to properly
equip for fighting the fiery ele-
ment.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
r. G. NOOTON s co.
An Old Store at the Same Old Place, But
With New Line Of Goods the
Best in the City.

A reporter of The Leader dropped
into R. G. Wooton & Co. s store on
Cherokee street this morning as is
his custom every few days, and was
surprised at the changes Mr.. r. G..
Wooton, the manager Of the cons
pany, Is making, having practically
remodeled everything in the store
and made it more convenient to
serve the patrons of this popular
place, whose business was built up
by Old Buck, the late w. p.
Hubert, years ago.
Ever since Wooton & Co. took
charge, Mr.. R. G. Wooton's ideas
have been centered on getting rid
Of every single item Of the old
stock and replacing this stock with
the most up to date and up to the
minute styles in the new lines, and
he is now about to realize his ans
bition.
All the old stock, that is, what
little is left Of it, after the number
of sales Mr.. Wooton has inaugu-
rated, has been moved out and re-
placed with a line of gents furnish
ing goods, ladies' and mems shoes
that cannot be equalled for excel
lence in any store in the State.
Besides improving and enlarging
their store here. Wooten & CO.
have opened branch store at
Hopewell on the Great Northern
Railroad. near Monticello.
The Wooton boys in sOld
Bucks, former store in Brook
haven are accommodating. courteous
and genial gentlemen, and the peo-
pie Of Lincoln county and Brook
haven will always find it to their
interest to make this store head
quarters for anything in the gents
| furnishing and shoe lines when
they are in the market for this
class of goods
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
Of Special Interest to Farmers.

I IN examining the cotton fields of
! the piney woods section Of the
State during the present hot. dry
lspell, / have been especially struck
with the immense number Of young
holls and squares that have parched
lnp and fallen off. This shedding
seems to be especially bad on the
| poorer, thinner lands, and on all
LANDS where the cotton has been
laid by with high, sharp bed to
lit.
For several years | have been
convinced that the farmer who laid
lby on high ridge suffered an
average annual loss on both cotton
land corn Of from 8 to 5 dollars per
acre. OF course, this loss will vary
with the season. If the weather is
wet after laying by it may amount
to very little; but If it turns off
dry, as it did this year, any crop
will suffer. There was some she'd
ding on all cotton fields this year,
but generally the higher the bed
the worse was the shedding. Here
is the reason for this: The food
that a plant uses is taken up
through its roots. Before being
taken up this food must be dissolv-
led in the water in the soil. No
plant can take up food from the
Esoil except in the water taken up
by its roots.
In the first place, when throwing
up a high ridge to your cotton or
corn, you are generally using
lplow that cuts a large number of
feed roots, the very mouth of the
plant, as it were. Second, SIM.
pie mathematical calculation will.
show on bedded land that from 25
| To SO per cent. more surface is
Eexposed to the hot sun, hot winds,
and consequent evaporation and
loss of moisture. Is it any wonder
that cotton and corn shed and dry
| up under such conditions? Their
water supply, and consequently
their food supply, has been cut off
and it would be a wonder if they
fdid anything else.
You do not need high beds on
level land. If your land needs
drainage it needs some good high
| bitches, and not small ditch be-
tween each row. Prof. Fox, at the
Delta Experimental Station. prac-
tees flat cultivation on his low
lands, and averages overs a bale Of
cotton to the acre. In 1907 he got
/ 81 bales on 80 acres.
Try some fiat cultivation next
year. It will pay you.
b. L. MOSS, Special Agent.
u. S. Dept. Agriculture.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
TOpISAW EXCHANGE.

The cotton crop is proving to be
distressingly short. No rain here
yet.
We learn that our old friend,
Jasper A. Price, on lower Topisaw,
is now very sick, from which at
tack he will likely never recover,
and his wife is very feeble.
Our preacher boys. 7. E. Sum-
mers and S. Al. Williams, will 60
away this week for Mississippi Col
lege, where they will pursue their
studies during the session.
Miss Ora Summers left this week
for Gulfport, where she will enter
school for the full term there.
Misses Terra Greer and Laura
Wooley leave our section to attend
school at Brookhaven during the
present session.
Our young preacher, Sidney A.
Williams. delivered a very Interest,"
ing sermon from the pulpit at
Topisaw church last Sunday. and
the Sunday school was d good sam
pie of what ought to be there.
Some of us are docketed for the
meeting of the Lawrence county
association to meet at Monticello
Oct. 1, 1909, and then for the Linz
coin county at Brookhaven two
weeks later.
The two Drs. Summers, Estus
and Frank, formerly of Topisaw,
with their wives, have located at
Hattiesburg. Many good wishes
and success through life to them.
Some folks have recently visited
our section in quest Of homes here.
We think this is very desirable
section of country indeed school,
church, Masonic hall, Woodmen
hall, all convenient, an extensive
telephone system in active opera
ton and good land.
BILLY
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
WHITNORTH COLLEGE,
Il Begins It's FlitIelh Annual Session
UnlIeF Most Favorable Auspices.


Whitworth College had most
auspicious opening on last Thurs
day. Sept. 9th, for the term Of
1909 10. the fiftieth of its long and
brilliant history. Interested
friends gathered together to wit
ness the opening at the College
Chapel and addresses were made by
President Cooper. B. 4. Hobbs, W.
d. Davis, Claude Bennett, a..
Mikas and Mrs. Lipscomb.
The College. under DR.. Cooper i
administration, has reached the
high water mark in attendance and
equipment III every department Of
its work. Every room was occu-
pied or engaged on opening day,
and from the well kept college
campus to the big family garden
everything is in thorough order
and repairs and the best sanitary
condition.
On Sunday morning last, Rev. ] !.
Al. Moore, of Mt. Olive, preached
the opening sermon OF the school
term, taking for text That
our daughters may be as corner
stones, polished after the similitude
of a palace. " In the evening Mr..
Moore again filled the Methodist
pulpit to the delight and edifcation
of his hearers.
Whitworth College has helped
through long years past to make
Brookhayen prominent educational
", and its welfare is of interest.
or deep concern. to every citizen
who desires the maintenance Of her
prestige and the influence she ex-
|erts because Of her educational in
stitutions.
1t is a matter for congratulation
and rejoicing on the part Of all
friends of the College and Christian
education that this splendid insti-
tuition for the training of young
women begins its semi-centennial
year under the most superior con-
ditions afforded at any tims during
its long and useful history.
ri
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15


ty, before the trial was entered up
on, because he was convinced that
Mr., Nalty's presence, under the
circumstances, was unpremeditat-
led, mere coincidence. and that
he really had no connection with
the assault.
There was no testimony brought
out at the trial by any witness that
any of the assaulting party were
actually armed with deadly
weapons, though their victim was
evidently made to believe this.
City Attorney Jones has been de-
servedly complimented on his vig-
orous and able prosecution of the
case. There was food for serious
thought by every citizen of Brook
haven in what he said about recent
acts Of lawlessness in this city and
the growing tendency here for men
to despise constituted authority and
take the law into their own hands
The speeches for the defense
were made by Hons. ]. B. Webb
and A. G. McNair. These gentle
men, while not conceding the guilt
of any Of their clients, plead what
they conceived to be the extenuat-
ing circumstances, and the chief
witness for the State. who had tes-
titled on the stand that he was "a
married man, was soundly de.
nounced for keeping late hours and
flirting with the girls. It appears,
as a matter of fact, that Chopin
is a divorcee. he having shown sew
eral persons in Brookhayen copy
of the decree of the court which
divorced him from his wife in
New Orleans last March. the wife
being the complainant in the case.
just before The Leader went to
press today it learned that Mayor
Hoffman has been served with no.
tice that an appeal would be taken
from the Judgment of his court in
the case of the three young men
convicted and fined 500 each and
costs.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
Miss Stella BENJAMIN Reds.

The marriage Of Miss Stella Ben
janin to Mr.. Henry Nathan, of
Baton Rouge, was very quietly sols
Iemnized Wednesday evening at the
residence Of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Simon. Only the
Immediate family and a few inti-
mate friends were present at the
ceremony. which was performed By
Rev. Dr.. Max Heller. The bride
who wore q becoming white linger-
ie robe over snessaline, was attend
ed by Miss Florence Harrison. as
lmaId Of honor Mr.. Moses Blum-
enstiel acted as best man. Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan left the next day for
1.-THE Gulf coast, and on their return
Twill reside in Baton Rouge
Times Democrat, 18th.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
THE TRIAL OF CHOPpIN'S AsSAlLANTS.
Tom Storm. Ed. Brennan and Duncan
Cox Found Guilty All Other De.
fendanls DISCHARGED.

The trial Of Tom Storm ct al,
charged under a city ordinance
with assault and battery upon Geo.
A. Chopin, on Monday night.
Sept. 6, which had not been con-
cluded when The Leaders, report
of last Friday afternoon closed
came to an enu about seven o'clock
that evening by Tom Storm, Dun
can Cox and Ed. Brennan, Jr be-
ing found guilty and having fine
imposed of 500 each. Duncan
Mccormick, Sam Storm, Ji- Bert
Storm and Charles Sherman were
discharged, Mayor Hoffman decid-
ing that the evidence that they par
ticipated in the assault was insuffi-
cient to warrant a conviction.
Of the witnesses which had beer
subpoenaed for the defense, the
only ones which were introduced
and testified were Frank Hartman,
Jr., Marshall Douglass and Bert
Smith, the first named of these
having been previously introduced
and testified as witness for the
prosecution. Frank Hartman S
testimony was directed mainly to
the effort to prove an alibi for
Chas. Sherman and to show how
dense the darkness was IN the Prize
batsch alley at the time of the as
sauIt, and Douglass testimony
tended to establish an alibi for
Sam Storm, Jr., who he saw on the
sidewalk, between the Star TheateF
and the alley about the time the
assault was alleged to have occur
red. Bert Smith was introduced
to impeach a statement previously
made by Witness Chopin. to the
effect that he, (Choppin). had seen
Cox at the Inez ball about 2::30
a. m. Smith testified that he
saw Cox on the street between IL
and 1890 that night, that he was
sick at the time and that he went
home with him at that hour in a
buggy or hack.
In this connection The Leader
wishes to state that in his sworn
testimony, Chopin testified that
the young men who met him OUT
side the door of the Star Theater
after he had been sent for on the
night of the assault were Ed. Bren-
nan and Will Nalty. He had pre-
viousIy stated in conversation to
the writer that they were Duncan
Cox and another young man whom
he did not at the time recognize.
His sworn statement seems to have
been the correct one on that point;
but City Attorney Jones, after in
vestigation, recommended a mol
pros of the affidavit as to Will Nall
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
Booth EOWreY Sunday NIehl.


Mr. Booth LoWrey. to whom no
Mississippian. at least. needs in
PRODUCTION, will lend the warmth
and glow Of his wonderfrl gift in
one Of his inimitabIe lectures on
Sunday night at the Baptist
church.
The following characteristic ex-
cefpt from letter of his, will
place zach reader Of The Leader en-
rapport with the anticipated even-
ing and give one and all az idea Of
what may be expected from the
scintalIant intellect and brilliant
viii Or humor Of the speaker Of the
evening
Ny subject will be The Foun-
tain Of Youth This fountain,
and the North Pole have been
sought for centuries. Cook has
discovered one and / the other
and he is getting all the honor.
IN going to get into the game.
The queens Of the old world are
honoring him, bat ! prefer the
queens Of Brookhaven
a collection will be taken for the
Brookhaven church improvement
Fund
The interested public IS cordially
invited 10 attend at s b. M. BIZ the
~ + i
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
Evening With Miss Purse.

Miss Elizabeth Purser, under the
auspices of the Y. w. A., will ap-
pear for their benefit at the Bap-
tist church on Friday evening at s
O'Clock. A program of pathos
and humor from standard authors
will be given. Music will be
furnished BY local talent.
AT the close OF the program a
collection will be taken and the
young ladies hope it will be COM
mensurate with the merits and
pleasure afforded by the delightful
program.
Miss Purser has given this even
ing before large audiences in
prominent places, on her own &C.
count: but here she generously
offers her talent for the benefit Of
the church Of which her father is
pastor.
Your attendance upon Miss Pur-
ser's evening is cordially solicited.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
TOpisaW Telephone Exchange to be
Extended.

Monticello, Miss, Sept. 12.
Managers of the Topisaw Telephone
line have been here looking around.
They expect to put in several boxes
here. This line runs from Brook
haven to Topisaw. a distance of Is
miles, and then from Topisaw back
to Monticello and branches off
through the rural district Of Law
renee county.
The Cumberland Telephone Com
pany had a representative here and
agreed to put in an exchange here
if they could get as many as so SUBJ
scribers. Before the day closed
they had over sixty They expect
to put in an exchange at once.
Fall in with Fail!
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15

The cotton crop is proving to be
distressingly short. No rain here
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15
Back Tax Claims.

Chancery Clerk r. w. McNair
has received notice from Deputy
State Revenue Collector L. f.
Chiles that he will pay his last visit
to BrookhaYen on Sept. 81 and q
for the purpose of adjusting back
tax claims. Persons interested
should take due notice and meet
Mr.. Chiles here on one of the above
dates if he hasn't got their assess
|ments down right.
Miss Meta Smith left Saturday
for Ola, where she will be engaged
in teaching music.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15

Mr.. j W. White has greatly inn
proved the appearance Of his hotel,
the White House. by new coat of
paint. and while he was doing
things, he changed the name to the
Central Hotel. although no change
has been made III its operation,
being the same as before.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15

JeWl bh New Year services will
be held at Temple Congregation
B'nai Sholom this Wednesdag1
evening at 7::80. and Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-15

Miss Mary Bean Byrd has q
charming guest Id the person Of
Miss Roberta Casey. of New Qg.
leans