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The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
COAL COMPANIES COMPLAIN
Claim That the Southern Railway
Discriminates in Rates.

Washington.-Fiften companies min
ing coal in the Coal Creek field of Ten
nessee filed a complaint with the inter-
state commission, charging
that the Southern Railway Company dis
eliminates against them in the rates on
coal as compared with those accorded
operators in the Appalachia, Toms
Creek and Black Mountain districts of
Virginia.
1t is urged that the differential of sc
cents to Knoxville given on the Coal
Creek coal should be maintained in ship
ments to South Carolina, Georgia, Flor
ida and other Southern points when
passing through Knoxville.
To points in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia reached by both
fields through Morristown, Tenn, it is
claimed that the same rates should
apply beyond that junction, with a diff
ferential to that point of 40 cents in
stead of 25 cents in favor of the Coal
Creek field.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
OPPOSE POSTAL BANKS
DANGER OF USE AS POLITICAL
ARM TOO GREAT.
Bankers Against Plan to Put Them
in Bonds-Guaranty Deposit
Laws Are Scored.

Chicago.-After five days considera.
| ton and discussion of financial prob.
lens of greater or lesser import, the
thirty,ffth annual convention of the
American Bankers Association ad-
journed Friday.
Among the results of the conference
of bankers, numbering close to 5000,
and representing every State in the
Union, their practically unanimous con.
demnation of postal savings banks, and
legislation guaranteeing bank deposits
stands out distinctly.
On the affirmative side strong senti'
ment favoring the establishment of a
central bank for the entire country
received approval from many bankers.
and was advocated in the annual address
of the president, George NJ. Reynolds, OF
the Continental National Bank of Chi
cago.
Different groups of the bankers in
the section meetings came out strongly
in favor of permitting national banks
to establish separate savings bank de-
dDuI IlCllo VIII lulid SNSAN -
| the other interests of the bank, and saw
ing deposits specially protected. A reso.
luton pledging the association to seek
legislation looking to the establishment
Of such segregated savings departments
failed of passage, and was referred to
the currency commission for considera-
ton.
Without dissent the convention adopt
| ed the following resolutions touching the
postal savings bank problem:
"Resolved, That it is the sense of this
association that we should condemn in
unqualified terms the proposition for the
establishment of postal savings banks,
or any other system by which the gov
eminent enters directly into banking re-
lations with the people.
Resolved, That the American Bank
ers' Association is opposed to any finan'
cial legislation based upon the argument
that it was a party pledge and should be
redeemed.
Resolved, That we believe the pro.
posed plan to invest postal savings bank
deposits to the extent or seven hundred
million dollars in United States bonds
simply to maintain such bonds at par
is unsafe and unwise legilation, and II
enacted would ultimately lead to lack
OF confidence in our national credit"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
PRESIDENT TAFT IN CHICAGO
Received by Great Crowds in Tour
Through CITY.

Chicago, Ill.-President Taft, during
a stay of twelve eventful hours in Chi
cago, plunged with a will into the long
program of entertaining which awaits
him on his long Western and Southern
itinerary. With perfect weather and
crowds that fairly fought to catch a
glimpse of the chief executive, this, the
first city to be visited, set a high mark
of enthusiastic welcome, which the pres
ident seemed deeply to appreciate.
From the moment he stepped off the
rear platform of his private car at a
temporary station on the outskirts of
the city, until he retired late on board
the train which will take him to Mil
waukee, the presidents journeyings of
thirty miles or more over the city's
streets and parkways led him through
lanes of massed humanity that were
kept open with the greatest difficulty
on the part of the police.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

debarkation at the station, and a third
was sent up as the distinguished
guest, escorted by a great procession,
started for Elks' park.
President Taft Welcomed.
At the park, after Introductory re-
marks by F. D. Catlin, chairman OF
the Gunnison tunnel opening commit
tee, Mayor ]. @. Allen turned the
key OF the city over to the guests.
Then John c. Bell delivered the formal
address of welcome, to which Presi-
dent Taft responded briefly and
happily. The exercises here con-
cluded with remarks by Senator
Charles j. Hughes and Gov. John
Shafroth. At four o'clock trains start
ed for the west portal of the tunnel,
where President Taft opened the
gates, and speeches were made by l.
w. Mcconnell, consulting engineer OF
the reclamation service, and Senator
Horace T. belong of Grand Junction.
After the return to Montrose there
was a reception to President Taft and
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

since. Together with it's main and
distributing canals, the tunnel will ir-
rigate 10000 acres of land in a val
ley naturally one of the most fertile
in Colorado, but which has been semi
arid because of the annual summer
droughts and the inadequacy of the
Uncompahgre river.
This day of the opening of the tun-
mel was made the chief day of the
Western Slope fair, now being held
here. All the morning special trains
kept coming in, from various parts
of the state, and at 1920 there was a
parade of the visitors. Early in the
afternoon the explosion of a bomb
told the people that the special train
bearing President Taft and other gov
eminent officials had entered the city
limits. A second bomb announced his
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
PRESIDENT OPENS
GUAN|S0N BORE
Taft Lets Waters Flow Into I'm.
compahgre Valley.
BIG PROJECT is COMPLETED
Mountain Ridge Pierced by the Gov.
eminent in Order to lrrigate
Beautiful, But Semi-Arid
Tract in Colorado.

Montrose, Col, Sept. 23.-President
Taft, standing at the west portal of
the great Gunnison river tunnel a
little before five o'clock this afternoon,
pulled a lever, and with a mighty rush
the waters of the river six miles away
poured into the ~Uncompahgre valley
in a lifelgiving flood.
Thousands of men and women who
a moment before had stood in silent
awe burst forth in wild cheering, a n
non which had been captured by Col
orado troops in Manila roared a salute,
and brass bands added their patriotic
music to the clamor.
Mighty Proect Completed.
Thus was tittingly signalized the
completion of the Gunnison river tun-
mel, the first project undertaken by
the United States government re-
clamation service. Work on the pro-
ject was begun four and a half years
ago and had progressed steadily ever
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

others, and this evening speeches were
delivered by a number of well-known
C~oloradoans, the celebration winding
rotechnic display.
First of the big government recla-
nation projects to be undertaken, the
Gunnison river tunnel has been m of
the most difficult to carry through.
The ample waters of the Gunnison
flow through narrow valleys insult
ed to agriculture or through deep,
rocky canyons, while only a few
miles to the west the lovely Uncom-
pahgre valley has been suffering for
water. The Gunnison, descending in
ever deepening gorges, finally plunges
into the Black canyon, n of the most
magnificent mountain gorges in the
world. This unpromising spot was Sc
lected as the starting point of the
tunnel. Brave engineers lowered
themselves into the Black canyon at
points where the granite walls rise
almost perpendicularly hundreds OF
feet, and after their surveys were com
pleted active work was started on the
immense project.
At great expense and under enor-
nous difficulties, a wagon road was
built to the east portal of the tun-
mel. 1t is Is miles long. and, climb
ing the granite ridge between the
canyon and the Uncompahgre valley.
descends the rocky wall on shelf
work.
Bore Built for All Time.
simultaneously work was begun at
each end of the tunnel and at a point
several thousand feet from the west
end, where a shaft was sunk. AS fast
as the tunnel was driven through the
shale and solid rock, it was timbered.
and then the heavy timbers were
covered with impervious cement. This
gives a tunnel of solid concrete built
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
BRYAN TALKS ON CANNONISM
He Denounces Those Who Violate
Party Pledges.

Dallas, Texas.-Denouncing those who
would violate a party pledge ratified by
the voters of his party as an embezzler
of power, William Jennings Bryan out
lined his views as to the tariff before
an audience which crowded Bush Tenn
pie, one of the largest auditoriums in
Dallas. Mr.. Bryan primarily urged free
raw materials and suggested planks for
the Democratic platform in accord, he
declared, with Democratic doctrine.
"~Cannonism," Mr.. Bryan described as
despotism, and one of the planks sug-
gested was an amendment to the rules
of the house of representatives to cor
rect what he considered faults.
While not denying a candidate the
right to r~epudiate a part OF his plat
form, such Reputation, he asserted,
should come before the election.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
To Cut Out Short Cotton.

New York.-A petition has been
started asking the board of managers of
the exchange to report a bylaw that
will provide that no cotton less than
five-eighth-inch staple can be delivered
on contract. There has been a great deal
of talk about the great amount of poor
staple cotton in the new crop, and pre-
dictions have been made that a great
deal of poor staple stuff that mills do
not want would be sent here for deliv-
ery on contract. There may be a strong
fight against making the change.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
WESTERN UNION SELLS STOCK
sic, 900, 900 of New York Telephone
Company in Bargain.

Boston, Mass.-It became known on
Thursday that the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company has acquired
nearly SIG, 100000 worth of the New
York Telephone Company stock owned
by the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. Papers covering the purchase were
signed yesterday.
The New York Telephone Company is
the largest, and in some respects the
most important, of the subsidiaries of
the American Bell Telephone Company.
Of its $50, 900, 900 stock, ga per cent, or
$32, OOo, 900, is owned by the American
Telephone Company.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

A curious case is that of the Wis
consin judge who has abandoned the
practice of law and taken up work
in a factory. From time to time this
jurist has felt the impulse to manual
labor, and has wandered off and
gratified his inclIinations. He
seemed to have a dual person
atty, one of which leads him
to learning in the law and active
participation in legal pursuits, the
other finding pleasure only in toiling
with his hands. And yet there are
persons not inclined to work with
either hand or brain.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

1t has been decided in Washington
that boys who play marbles "for
keeps are gamblers in the meaning
of the law and liable to arrest and
punishment for so heinous an offense.
1t is cheering to the law-abiding of the
nation to know that in it's capital the
gambling laws are so strictly en-
forced, though as the particular boys
in question were released with a lee
ture, there is grave doubt about the
propriety of letting loose such dan
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

and SO feet wide at the Top, and the
average depth of the water is ten
feet. The capacity is 1900 cubic feet
of water a second. After the water
leaves the west portal of the tunnel
it is conducted through IL miles of
canal to the Uncompahgre. There is
a drop of 214 feet in this distance, and
this great fall will be utilized for Gre
ating power. A series of concrete
drops has been constructed and the
immense body Of water rushing over
them is capable of generating at least
10000 horse power which will be util-
lied in lighting the entire Uncompah-
gre valley by electricity.
The cost of the tunnel and distrib-
uting canals is over SIS, 600, 900. and
perpetual water rights will be sold to
actual settlers at about $35 an acre.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
No Poet for Taft.

New Orleans, La.-There will be nc
official poet designated to handle the
situation when President Taft arrives
here next month after a trip down the
Mississippi river to attend the lakes-to
the-gulf deep waterways convention
This announceeAnt has been definitely
made by the committee in charge. Sew
eral tons Of matter branded poetry
had already arrived, and indications o.
m avalanche prompted those in the dan
ger zone to take prompt precautionary
measures.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

1t was bound to come. Every for.
ward movement results in a worlds
gathering of the devotees. Aviation
has progressed SO far that an inter
national conference is to be held, and
France, which has done a whole lot Of
experimenting, proposes such an as.
~semblage. One outcome may be a
set of rules governing the use of air.
ships in war and also as comno car.
riers. Since flying machines can ig.
more boundary lines something may
have to be done to define jurisdiction
above the earth.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

A sharp summer gale caught the
feet of the New York Yacht club dur
ing it's run of 1872 miles from Vineyard
Haven to Portland, and as a result
only about six stanch yachts out of
more than a score reached the port of
destination. The others were driven
to shelter with the loss OF spars and
canvas; but the fact that nc serious
casualties have been reported is evil
dence that the New York yachtsmen
orS"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
Oppose Postal Savings Bank.

Chicago, m.-Not a voice was raised
in defense of the postal savings bank
plan in the sessions of the American
Bankers Association convention, nor was
there a word uttered in favor of guar
anty of deposits for state or national
banks. In formal reports, in speeches
and in impromptu remarks both ideas
were repeatedly scored by the assembled
bankers, who were apparently Of one
mind in opposing the two remedies of
fered for the relief Of financial condi-
tions.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

A medical journal in London de-
rlares that school children under
eight in hat city are habitual drink
ers. If this is true, and the nation
drinks in proportion to the infant tip
piers. it is no wonder that the coun-
try is on the verge of panic from see!
ing phantom invasions.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
increase Registration Fee.

Washington.-The fee for the regis
tration of mail will be increased from 8
to 10 cents after Nov. 1,1909, according
to an order signed by Postmaster.
General Hitchcock. The maximum in.
demnity allowed for the loss Of q reg
istered article has also been increased
from $25 to $50. As the registry di-
vision has been reported to be doing
business al a loss, a committee has been
Investigating it with the view Of max
ing it self-sustaining, and notifications
toward economy are expected.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

The story from Washington that a
British royal commission has reversed
DR.. Wiley in arriving at a decision
as to what constitutes genuine whis-
ky is worthy of note because of the
fact that there are expert testers not
only in England but also in Scotland
and in Ireland. There is no denying
the fact that many residents of these
countries know whereof they speak
when they express their opinion on
the subject of whisky.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

to withstand the wear of ages. All
the fumes, c%ulverts, division gates,
drops and other work along the lines
of the main canals are built of steel
and concrete.
There is no dam across the Black
canyon at the point where the river is
turned into the tunnel. Instead Of
this, the tunnel itself taps the river
from beneath it's granite bed. By
this plan neither floods nor slack wa
ter can prevent the tunnel taking
from the river all the water needed.
Has Immnse Capacity.
A few statistics of this tremendous
project are worth setting forth. The
tunnel is 10000 feet long, and II by
Is feet inside measurement. The main
canal is 30 feet wide at the bottom
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
The Funny Door.

"How children do coin words and
phrases for a household" exclaimed
the young mother. when my little
boy first began to talk he called every
sort of opening a door 1t was an
association Of ideas for him and he
applied it to everything. One night
as his father took on his shoes a hole
in his stocking was disclosed. Funny
door! funny door!' exclaimed the lit
tie chap gleefully. And now in our
family a hole in the stocking is always
a funny door,"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

In the city of Washington it is the
custom of society women to ring for
a messenger boy and have him button
their waists up the back. And this,
too, at the very center of agitation
against cruel and unusual labor for
children,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

The news is borne out to the entire
civilized world that King Alfonso of
Spain is growing side whiskers. The
Interior motive may be to disguise
himself so the anarchists will not rec
ogniZe him.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
Golden Spurs for Taft.

San Antonio, Texas.-Fortunate indeed
will be the horse President Taft rides in
future, as its heavy rider will use golden
spurs. Citizens here have raised $500
with which to purchase these spurs, and
they will be presented to him upon his
visit to this city in October.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

A New York boy was locked up for
two weeks in Jail awaiting trial for
The larceny of two cents. 1t must be
impressed IN the rising generation
that stealing on so small a scale must
be discouraged by all the drastic
means possible. Then they will grow
up free and untrammeled to become
frenzied financiers.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
THE STORE.
Negroes Attempt to Drive White Mer
chants Out of Taft.

Muskogee, okla.-Piacarding the
neighborhood with warnings that unless
the three white men who located in the
strictly negro town of Taft, Okla, last
week, left own Immediately, death would
be their punishment, negroes Friday
night dynamited the store of one OF the
whites at that town. The white mer-
chants declare they will remain. Fur
Their trouble is expected.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

The comptroller of the currency re-
ports another batch of new national
banks, with capital ranging from $685.
900 to $4,000. These comparatively
small institutions are started in To-
calities where they meet real bust
ness needs, and hence illustrate the
successful working of a policy adopt
ed by congress with that end in view.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

The mayor of Tokyo will send 10000
cherry trees to President Taft at
Washington. This is a sort of mani
fold repetition of history, since it was
one cherry tree which originally made
Washington famous.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
GOOD ATLANTIC BUSINESS.
Hamburg Line Has Liquid Balance Of
$4,875,OOO.

Hamburg The Hamburg-American
Steamship Company has issued a fa-
vorable statement regarding the finances
of the company resulting from the excel
lent business of this year. The liquid
balance is given at $780, 900 marks
(about $4,S75, OOO), together with a re-
serve balance of 80, 100000 marks. Pay
ments on new vessels before the end
of the year will amount to $500, 500
marks.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
Troops for Taft.

Ell Paso, Tex.-Gen. Albert L. Meyer,
commanding the department of Texas, at
San Antonio, has ordered 5000 troops
at Fort Sam Houston to e~ntrain Oct. IL
for Ell Paso, to be present for the meet
ing between President Taft and Presi-
dent Diaz of Mexico, on Oct. 16.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
HALLEY'S COMET SEEN.
Prof. Burnham Observes 1t With the
Naked Eye.

Chicago.-For the first time in "a years
Halley's comet has been observed with
the naked eye. The observation was
made by Prof. S. w. Burnham of the
Yerkes Observatory at Lake Geneva on
Wednesday and Thursday nights. Two
Photographic negatives were secured.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

Isn't 1t about time for a new term
inology of power? Measurement by
horse power has existed from time i'm
memorial, and still serves it's purpose.
But for power upon the water a query
of fitness arises, and as to airships in
an element where no horse could pos
sibly draw anything the use Of the
term horse power makes for humor
when you come to think of it.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

Eighth Anniversary of His Death OBJ
served Quietly.

Canton, Ohio.-The eighth anniversary
Of the death of the late President Will
liam Mckinley was observed quietly here
Tuesday. A large wreath Of carnations,
roses and lilies was placed in the Nc
Kinley mausoleum BY order of George
B. C~ortelyou, Of New York, who sends
this annual tribute to the memory Of the
chief under whom he served as private
secretary.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

While the seeds of the dorowa, an
East African leguminous tree. are ex-
tensively used for food the pods and
leaves form an excellent cement when
mixed with crushed stone.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

OF course, more women attend
church than men. Men haven't any
peachbasket hats to exhibit, and are
not even allowed to in church
such hats as they have.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
WIN He Looked Harrassed.

The kind lady had just handed the
hungry hobo a sandwich and a hunk
Of pie. Poor mani" she said sym
pathetically. Are you married?"
"No'm," answered the b. h. I got
dis hunted look from bein' chased
from place t place by der police"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
OUR CORN IN SCOTCH WHISKY.
It Is Used More Extensively Than That
of Other Countries.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. corn IS used
more extensively than that of any Other
country in the manufacture of Scotch
whisky when the price is reasonable.
The most extensive users of American
corn in Scotland estimate the total con-
sumption Of corn used in their country
In the manufacture of whisky to be
about 100000 quarters of 4SO pounds
EACH" but not all of this comes from
the North American continent.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

In England what we name a
Crouch is known as a hump" To
"get a hump on yourself in the Unit
ed States is quite different from get
ting a hump in England.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

The amateur aeronaut continues to
come back to earth sometimes with
only a dull thud, sometimes with only
a few bones broken, but generally the
other way.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

Teach Children to Swim.
Last year more than $4,000 children
were taught to swim at the London
| public schools.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

We are informed that all is quiet
in Honduras. Subject to change with
out notice if the army can find his
musket before we go to press.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
The nan who feels like 80 of the
new Lincoln pennies is not badly of.

West Point cadets must realize that
they are there for business, and not
to cut monkey shines.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24

The Ben Davis apple crop is twice
as big as it was last veal, and the
consumers are beginning to groan.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-24
IS GEORGIA
Experts Going Over Treasurer's Books
to Ascertain.

Atlanta, Cato decide whether the
state of Georgia is bankrupt or when the
taxes are all paid she win have plenty
of money, experts are at work on the
state ~treasurer's books. State Treas
urer Brown insists that the states
finances are in satisfactory condition and
that there will be plenty of money on
hand when the taxes are collected.