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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02
DRIFTWOoD
love my Watermelon. but Oh. you

love my Watermelon. but Oh, 70, Oyster. Hush Walt Wellman. Don't you cry. You'll be an angel By and by. Sarah, I got badly hurt just now when I fell off thet dumb street car.
 'sh-h-h h.h, si whuf you want to see Is good lawyer.
 Don't try to walk too young l say, Yoail walk this way: They say Halley's Comet is draw Mebbe 1t is. we hadn't noticed it. Just so it doesn't butt into some of our bold aviators. The summers nearly over, The fiirts have ceased to woo Says the coal bill to the ice bill. "Howdy do." A French aeronaut was fined twenty francs for speeding In the Rheims job of 1t trying to stop an airship rom speeding in the future. As long as autoists and airships con- fine their smashing entirely to records nobody will kick Strange a man never gets so old and rheumatic and gouty that he can't actively dodge some of his taxes.
 Why doesn't Hartman seek "health and rest" at some of those gioriously advertised ''paradises" along his rail- road lines?
 Oh. no. Agnes. a baseball rooter doesn't confine. his drinking to root beer This Is a misit old world. as the sartorial satisfaction of a tailor-made gown.
 When a young man gets to the point where he thinks his girl Is an angel, to make her skirt rustic like silk he thinks 1t is the whirring of her wings
 May go around the Belt Line?
 She-This car never carries ire sponsible idiots. Here is your trans fer. You'll have to take another line. A young man from Greensboro called on a Montgomery blonde last night. He finally summed up nerve enough to turn out the light and kiss what he had done and asked her. What do you think of me| T don't want to see your face again." was the reply, and now the young man is trying to figure out just what she meant.
 A Philadelphia man drowned right before his wife's eyes. It was proba- bly the only thing he ever did that she wasn't suspicious of.
 The most popular song of the day is My wife's Gone to the Country, Hooray. Hooray." We'll bet a brick bat against a a fence that att 1t was ra.s, writ, , gone to the Old Country and couldn't reach him for the ocean that inter vened.
 Boots" May they have plenty of both is our heartiest wish. don't want their airships revised downward. eh?
 In the hereafter Billy Bryan and Walter Wellman will get an extra big slice of bread and honey for being the leaders in the Perseverance Test, any how.
 Goodbye. Goodbye, goodbye. the Zephyrs sigh, The roses, too, wave a goodbye. And sweet wistaria dreaming nigh,
 Goodbye, Goodbye! The mocking bird calls a farewell In liquid warblings through the dell, All Natures wrapped in some strange
 spell.
 Goodbye, Gioodbye! Farewell, to summer skies of blue, And sunshine splashing the leaves
 through And sweethearts coming here to woo,
 Goodbye, Goodbye! Tonight the sad moon in the sky, cloud veil draws across her eye, And weeps that summer time must die,
 Goodbye. Goodbye! The summer time with you was sweet. The dream is dead, God grant we'll
 meet
 Your sweetheart eyes once more to
 greet,
 Goodbye, Goodbye!
 P. H. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

If Congressman Fowler spikes that big Illinois Cannon he will do some thing that other members have tried in sain to accomplish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02
E LET MODERATION PREVAIL.
It is Time for Thoughtful Men to Con-
 sider Conditions.

Sl0CE
 Editor The Advertiser:
 All are agreed that drunkenness Is a lamentable vice, and that the State should take all reasonable, practicable steps to restrain the evil and to pun ish the evil doer. The same may be said of homicide, rape, arson and other crimes. All good citizens wish tc see the prevalence of sobriety and virtue, and the maintenance of law and or der. But, there Is a difference of opin- ion as to the methods to be employed in accomplishing the desired end. Let us not, then become excited or intol- erant because all cannot think alike I. for one, never had an appetite for intoxicating beverages, never felt any need for such stimulants. l never go into bar room or saloon; and loathe the whole class of men whose calling is to sell poison to their fellow men. Yet. there are many who use intoXi- cants in moderation, and who can do so without injury to themselves or in- terfering with others. These resent the attempt to discipline them in the endeavor to punish those who cannot restrain themselves. These say, pass laws against incompetence, ana en- force the law against those who vio- late the law-not punish the innocent along with the guilty.
 As for placing a prohibition amend ment in the Constitution, believe a vast majority of our people are op- posed to 1t. All thoughtful people are opposed to making a crazy-quilt of this charter of our rights, by inserting in if this proposed amendment. It would be frivolous and nugatory. Our Con- stitution is the deliberate work of our ablest citizens, let us not hastily and inconsiderately change 1t. Let us not ada to 1t or take from it without the maturest consideration. Let nothing be done to mar it's excellence, or weak en our reverence for 1t. Let us main tain it, as 1t is. beyond the reach of passion and intolerance. Let us honor and preserve 1t In all its symmetry dignity and wisdom, keeping 1t as a priceless heritage, and reverencing it as the palladium of our dearest dibei ties. Old ConIeoerate.
 Lower Peach Tree. Ala. /
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02
Fairy Tale
Harner,a Rag

'i@' T6mmmyGTeii m us a fairy tale. .
 Guest2Once man who had a 6ahy bjfe went to i've In a suburb without mosquitoes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02
REcLArMrNG A DESERT.

It is wonderful and almost incredi- ble to read of the advance that has been made in desert reclssnation with in the memory Of men now living: much of it. indeed, during the present generation. Formerly a desert of any extent was looked on as a part of the | earth's surface which could never be put to any possible use, and which, as some expressed It, was only intended to hold the world together. That it is quite different now is shown by the following item from a Kansas con temporary.
 Forty years ago the stretch between San Bernardino was known as the "Forty;Mile Desert" and was some, some thanks to irrigation, there are to be found in that section some of the fin est vineyards and orange groves of California.
 And this has all been effected with in the comparatively brief period of forty years. We have seen of late years frequent allusions to the bene fits of irrigation in various sections of the West, but this Is such a plain case of what well ell-directed effort can ac- complish that it Is well worth noting We do not know of course how far 1t may be possible to duplicate this work in other desert regions. In some parts it may not be possible to obtain water in sufficient quantities. or at a cost that would make irrigation prof itable, but we know that this cannot be solitary instance of what may be done. The old saying that what man has done. man can do again, applies as we'll in a matter of this kind as in any other.
 As we have intlmated, irrigation is not uncommon In this country On many of the arid plains of the West it Is becoming not uncommon. and in many sections Is proving a decided success, but we do not remember that any actual desert has been reclaimed so completely as the one referred to In the paragraph we have quoted, It may be that such spots cannot be sue cessfuny devoted to farm purposes, but if they can be profitably used as vineyards and orange groves it will be well worth trying elsewhere Grapes and oranges are always in de- ,nand. and when they can be grown in paying quantities on what was for merly a hot and bare desert 1t means much. There are yet to be found large
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

Net total .... .... .... ...'sVhs"a Net 6ssiv 4vsrs@.- Iniy. 1909 ..... ,ss1 Net Sunday Average, July, 1908. .xo'<t% q. | FfniKan, Circulation Manager or me Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn' says. - ....
 'sThe foregoing statement of the Adv9r- Is0s e true and correct, and compiled aIter ali returns from news boys. news assnts' spoiied and left over copies have been oe- SSss.tsI ~ e l. FINIGAN.
 Circulation Manager.
 s,,.,n-v e ana subscribed before me this stn oAs oA RICA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02
As to AgItntOrs. fOhatchia Ala Aug, 2S, l9O9 .

LetOhatchle. NIa., AuE' Io' 1VVV' Editor The Advertiser:
 In your report of the speeches of Messrs. McCo-d and Price at Autauga- vile, I note that Mir. Price accuses Paul and Peter of being "agitators, and credits Judas with being safe and sane" Now I did not read 1t that way.
 Paul, Peter and the other apostles were business men, quietly promulgat- ing a gospel of love, peace and good will. The political preachers of that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

Why doesn't Hartman seek ''healtl and rest" at some of those gioriousfy advertised "paradises" along his rail- road lines?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

Oh. no. Agnes. baseball rooter doesn't confine his drinking to root beer This Is misit old world, things are seldom as nice and proper as the sartorial satisfaction of a tailor made gown.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

strange a man never gets so old and rheumatic and gouty that he can't actively dodge some of his taxes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

As long as autoists and airships con- fine their smashing entirely to records nobody will kick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

When young man gets to the point where he thinks his girl is an angel, if she puts sand paper on her knees to make her skirt rustic like silk he thinks 1t is the whirring of her wings
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

Forty years ago the stretch between Fl Monte, in Los Angeles county, and San Bernardino was known as the "Forty Mile Desert" and was some what dreaded by teamsters. Today, thanks to irrigation, there are to be found in that section some of the fin est vineyards and orange groves of California.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

francs for speeding In the Rheims tourney the other day Strikes us a bicycle cop will have a blamed har1 job of 1t trying to stop an afrshfp rom speeding in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

He-You have a cute little waist May I go around the Belt Line?
 She-This car never carries ire sponsible idiots. Here Is your trans fer. You'll have to take another line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-02

A young man from Greensbor called on a Montgomery blonde las night. He finally summed up nerv enough to turn out the light and kis her, He was "skairt to death" a What do you think of me?' !" don't want to see your face again. was the reply, and now the youn man is trying to figure out just wha she meant.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03

Four Prominent Young Men Of De-
troit. Mich. were fined and sentenced
to the house of correction for ninety
days for joy riding.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03
THE LAND DISCOVERED,
OPINION OF OFFICIALS.
United States Would Not Attempt to
Assert Sovereignty.

Washington, Sept. 2.-State depart
ment officials are of the opinion that it
is of little consequence to the United
States what land he has discovered on
his way to the north pole so far as
actual territorial possession is con-
cerned.
1t is recalled by the department off
cials that ever since 1928 American
explorers in both the Arctic and Ant
arctic have discovered vast tracts of
land to which no claims were ever
made.
Admiral Wilkes found in the Antarc-
tic a territory more than 100000 square
miles in area, and DR.. Kane made large
discoveries in the Arctic. bui no effort
has ever been made by the United
States to assert its right to them. Gen
eral Greely some years ago found lands
which never before were known to
exist.
AS to the particular territory which
Dr. Cook is said to have discovered,
the statement was made today that if
was ,quite probable that these lands
would be found to be an extension of
the mainland of Greenland. and if so,
they belong to Denmark At any rate,
it is extremely improbable. it is said.
that the United States would attempt
to assert sovereignty over them.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03
PRESIDENT TAFT FOR ALASKA
IN THE SUMMER OF 1910.
Tells Governor Clark That He Proba.
bly, Would Visit That Section.

Beverly Mass, Sept. President
Taft in bidding goodbye today to wal
ter Ely Clark. who is to be inaugurated
as governor of Alaska on Oct. l at
Juneau. announced that he probably
would visit the far northwestern terri
tory next summer. The president had
hoped to get to Alaska this year, but
the prolonged session of congress and
the illness of Mrs. Taft presented.
IL is reported that il the president
should go to Alaska next year he may
extend the trip to include the Hawaiian
Islands.
Mr.. Clark was with the president for
more than an hour this afternoon. Sec
retary of State Knox also was present
at the conference. Mr.. Knox in fact
has seen the president every day this
week either on the links of the Myopia
club or at the Woodberry Point cot
tage.
Neither the president nor Secretary
Knox would discuss the reported dis
covery of the north pole today. When
the Secretary was asked as to the eti-
duette OF what the state department
ought to do with the pole under the
circumstances, he laughingly replied:
annex it. Of course"
President Taft had little touch OF
sciatica today which may keep him on
the golf links for the rema inder OF the
week He first felt Il when playing
this morning. During the afternoon he
said he no longer felt the twinges OF
pain and went for the usual late after
noon automobile ride. Tomorrow MORN
ing the president will witness the Som
der class international races off Mar
blehead from the deck of the yacht
Sylph.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03
Taft Denies
Sending Despatch
CONCERNING MINNESOTA CON-
eREssIoNAL DELEGATION.
ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
Makes Stateneat in Regard to Tele-
gram Printed in That Paper-Takes
All Means to Correct a Fake.

Beverly. Mass. Sept. 2.--President
Taft has been informed that tele-
gram has been published in the st.
Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch OF
the following tenor:
Il assure you of my complete sym
pathy with the plan to honor the Min
nesota congressional delegation by
public ratification meeting.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT"
The president today requested the
press associations to announce that no
Pioneer Press or to anybody else.
Was Printed in Good Faith.
St Paul, Sept. 2.-The editor of the
Pioneer Press made the following
statement tonight in regard to the
telegram purporting TO have come from
President Taft, which was published in
that paper:
The telegram purporting' to have
been signed by President Taft was re-
ceived by the Pioneer Press through
the regular local news channels and
was printed in good faith.
Discovered to Be Fake.
Following the discovery of the fake,
the Pioneer Press printed an expose
on the following morning in black type
on the first page and used every effort
to counteract the WONG impression
that had been created by the original
publication. This was followed with a
detailed explanation of how the alleged
telegram came to be printed. The
Pioneer Press has exhausted every
means at its command to correct its
error and has made the correction
much more prominent than the orig
inal publication.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03
DILLON WALLACE NO DoUBIER;
EXPLORER AND AUTHOR
Says You May Put Implicit Trust in
DR.. Cooks Veracity.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Sept. 2.-Dillon
Wallace, the explorer and author,
whose companion, Leonidas Hubbard,
Jr., was lost and starved to death while
exploring Labrador, said 1oday at the
home of friends in Matteawan that
he had implicit faith in DR.. Frederick
Cooks wonderful feat. Mr. Wallace
had almost completed plans for an ex-
pedition to go to the relief of Dr. Cook.
In his statement today he said
81 knew DR.. Cook well. as he was
one of the closest friends of my youth.
You may put implicit trust in his vera
city. 1 have known him intimately
since he was born.
Il have no doubt that DR.. Cook has
reached the north pole. He is a man
of extreme reliability fairly scientific,
and versed in geographical conditions
in the Arctic regions. He has always
manifested truthfulness in his every
report and concerning explorations in
the north he has been very exact.
knowing him as well as 1 do, 1 am
certain that ne is truthful in this state
ment.
"The great northern country is a
STRANGE lafd to us. The geographical
situation is a matter that is Of real i'm
portance to our government. / have
not the least doubt that DIR. Cook has
taken a series of geographical notes,
which will be of the greatest value.
II have seen some of his notes which
were sent back by him two years ago
when he was in Greenland. which de-
scribe most convincingly the situation
in the north. He tells of vast coal
mines and other ore. which this coun-
try some day will find of the greatest
value. and will be highly pleased to
posse!D.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03
NOT THE NORTH POLE
BUT THE MAGNETIC POLE.
Nonsensical Suggestions Advanced in
Some English Quarters.

London. Sept. 2.-Dr. Cooks nara
tive of his thrilling journey to the
north pole, while it has not removed
the doubts raised as to his having
really accomplished the feat he claims
has at least set at rest the improbable
suggestions advanced in some quarters
yesterday that he attained not the
north pole but the magnetic pole
Capt. Roald Amundsen in an inter-
view at Christiana on this point says:
"Such a supposition is nonsensical.
The magnetic pole is situated on the
American side, and it is. quite impos-
sible that DIR. Cook could have been
driven so far from his planned route
The London newspapers are not
wholly convinced by the narrative and
persist that it will be necessary to
await more details and reports. They
are unable to conceive how task
which has beaten the ablest polar ex-
plorers. provided with everything that
money could purchase, could have been
achieved i'll such seemingly offhand
and unprecedented manner. and with
such ease and qnlckness. AT the same
time they pay tributes OF admiration TO
DR. Cook.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03
HIS ASTRONOMICAL NOTES
WOULD BE PROOF
OF His Claim Of Discovery - British
Scientists Discuss the Question.

Winnipeg, Man, Sept. 2.-"What
proofs would DR.. Cook be able to bring
back with him to substantiate ms
claim to the discovery of the north
pole? In other words will lie have any
evidence of a positive character 70
throw In the teeth OF the doubling
"Thomas?'"
This question was submitted to o
number OF distinguishes British sclen-
lists who had attended the convention
OF the British Association for the AZ +
vance OF Science Taey all agffs dhat
the only evidence DR.. Cook eputd nave
would be his astronomical notes A
good deal of confidence was expressed
by the visitors in the genulnsnfss OF
the reports from the American explorer
and they said that IL he sprediiced as
economical notes. as he no doubt would.
that his good faith could not be reat
sonably challenged, &.
Colonel Sir Duncan Jchnstcne, presl-
dent Of the geographical sectiena SAID
n wsuld be easy 70 prove II the pole
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03
NEW YORK PLANS OUTLINE
OF WELCOME TO DR.. COOK
Will Be an Event of National and Pos
sibly international Importance.

New York. Sept Preparations are
already afoot to make the home-com-
ing of DR.. Frederick A. Cook an event
of national and possibly international
importance. IF the plans outlined to-
day,by members of the Arctic club are
carried out the welcome home which
DIR. Cook will receive when he lands in
New York viii be an ovation in which
city. state and nation viii take part,
while prominent explorers-Cook's for
mer rivals-from all quarters Of the
globe will gather to pay their personal
tribute to his achievement.
Prominent Explorers 20 Take Part.
Among the most notable of those
who will in all probability be here to
greet DIR. Cook on his return VIII be
Lieut. Shackleton, the intrepid English
sailor whose recent explorations in the
Antarctic during which he succeeded
in pushing nearer to the south pole
than had any previous explorer, made
him a figure of world wide prom
inence Members of the Arctic club
hope that President Taft himself may
be present as the nations representa-
tive to welcome DIR. Cook.
Such an hour would be more than
fitting" one Of them declared today.
"in view of the fact that the explorer
has placed the Stars and Stripes on
the apex of the world and adued per-
haps 80, 900 square miles to THE ma
tion's territory.
Among the explorers who are expect
ed to take a prominent part in the
welcome TO DR.. Cook rae the Duke
Of the Abruzzi, DR., Frietzjof Naansen
Captain Roald Amundsen, General A
W. Greelv. Rear Admiral George Mel
willie. Anthony Fiala of this city and
Captain Joseph e. Bernier.
No Definite Date Set for His Coming
No definite date has been set for
Or Cook IS arrival here. Captain Brad
ley S. Osbon. seeretary of the Arctic
clu, stated tonight that the explorer
Is not expected for several weeks. He
is due at Copenhagen in three days
sail Captain Osbon. land IL he came
straight home would arrive in New
York about the middle of September,
but his fsi,nds believe that he may
make several stops on his way home.
For one thing. the geographers and
scientists of Copenhagen will tender
him a welcome. ell may go to Chris
tianis to meet Captain Roald Amund-
son, the discoverer of the northwest
passage; it is likely that he will visit
Belgium, where he has previously beer
decorated for his services to science
and it is hardly conceivable that the
British geographical societies will al
low him to pass them by on his way
home without an invitation to Lon
don"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03
COOKS CREDIT STANDS HIGH
WITH DANISH POLAR EXPERTS.
1.-THE Explorer is Most Trustworthy
and Opposed to All Exaggerstion."

Copenhagen, Sept. DIR. Frederick
A. Cooks credit stands SO high with
Danish polar experts that the first
message announcing his success in
reaching the north pole, meagre as it
was. was accepted as conclusive. Com
nnodore Ho3gaard said today:
II believe the message is true be-
cause DR.. Cook is most trustworthy
and opposed to all exaggeration.'
c. A. Nielsen, an official of the
Greenland administration department.
who is we'll acquainted with DR.. Cook
and was associated with him in Green :
land, says:
When DR.. Cook says that he reach
ed the north pole there can be no doubt
about it. His scientific discoveries
will prove that"
A committee under the presidency of
the minister of commerce has been
formed to arrange a fitting reception
to the intrepid explorer on his arrival
at Copenhagen.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03
ROCK ISLAND TRAIN
STRUCK PACKED STREET CAR.
Two Passengers Probably Fatally and
Eleven Others Severely Injured.

Des Moines. Iowa, Sept Mrs. r.
NJ Rollins and Mrs. Edward Lawless
were probably fatally hurt and eleven
other PASSENGERS were severely injured
tonight when a loaded Rock Island
passenger train. carrying state fair Wis
itors. struck a packed Fort Des Moines
street car in the middle and crushed it
to kindling wood.
The street car was dragged fifty feet
on the lit aud wrecked against the
steel girders of the railroad bridge
across the Des Moines river. The
wrecked car remained precariously on
the bank of the river twenty feet above
the water. 1t was with difficulty that
the injured were taken from the
wreckage without falling into the riv
or. All the injured live in Des Moines.
Mrs. Lawless had her throat cut by
n piece of glass.
The conductor Of the street car de-
cla-ed that tbe right of way had been
given his car by the fagman at the
crossing.