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The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
CAN'T WATER PRIVATE LAND
Secretary 6aliInger Finds Serious IT, rigation TangIe-Gsrden City
 Plant Illegal.

Washington. Sept. 21.-Secretary Ballinger, who has been an extremely busy man since he assumed charge of the interior department, now finds himself confronted with the proposi. ton that several of the largest of the irrigation projects of the west may have been erected without authoriza- tion of law The discovery has been made through outside legal channels that Congress, in It's acts bearing on the reclamation service. had never contemplated the building of an irri- gation project for the betterment of lands held in purely private owner ship. Exactly this has been done. if is said, In the case of the project at Garden City. Kan. and in the case Of at least two other projects in states farther west.
 The attorney general probably will be asked to render an opinion. Secre- tary Ballinger regards the matter as serious and a matter that should be settled at once.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
COLORADO ENTtRTAlNS TAFT
President Gives Best Part of Two Days to People of Centen-
 niaI State.

Denver Col, Sept. 22.-President Taft reached Denver at two o'clock n the afternoon and was given rous ing welcome at the station. A recep ion committee headed by James H. Brown and including United States Senator Charles J. Hughes, Gov. John F. Shafroth, ex-Gov James H. Pea body and Charles Cavender. met the presidential train at Limon and on his arrival here he was first given an au- tomobile ride about the city and re- viewed parade. Then he went to the home of Senator Hughes sto rest for a public reception at the capitol.
 Mir. Taft was the guest of 5ena- tor Hughes at dinner and at nine o'clock he delivered an important speech in the Auditorium.
 Tomorrow morning the president win go by motor car to Wolhurst, ten miles south of Denver, to the magnifi- cent home of Thomas F. Walsh, where he will have breakfast and be given a reception Soon after noon he will go to Colorado Springs for an hours sightseeing, and then on to Pueblo, which city he will leave in the evening for Montrose.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
MUST PAY INHERITANCE TAX
Gov. HadIey of Missouri Will Pay to Kansas a Portion of His
 Fathers Legacy.

Jefferson City, Mo, Sept 2l.-Gov Herbert s. Hadley of Missouri will bt one of the first large contributors tc the revenues of the state of Kansas under the new law taxing inheritance' in that state. Maj. John M. Hadle, left an estate of more than slO0,OOC and the governor and Mrs. J. W. Ly man. his sister. are the only heirs
 Under the Kansas law there is nc tax on direct inheritances where the share of each heir does not exceed s5 ,00O. but In the case of Maj. Had iey's estate, the shares being larger than s5,000, the tax will be per cent which will mean a payment or ap proximately s1,O00 to the state.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23

at St. Mary's hospital here at 3:25 o'clock a. m. following an operation last Wednesday.
 Gov. Johnson's life hung continu- ally in the balance until the end came. So frequently did his condition chalge alternately for better and then for worse, that his physicians, ever hope ful, but none too optimistic, were able to say at no time since the operation was performed that the governor had more than an even chance for life.
 At his bedside when the end came were Mrs. Johnson, Miss Margaret Sullivan, her friend, pr. w. J. and pr. Charles H. Mayo, Dr. c. F. McNevin. secretary; Fred R. Lynch. Democratic national committeeman, and the gov ernor's two nurses.
 Gov John Albert Johnson, three times elected governor of his native state and in recent years one of the foremost public men of the country, was self-made man in the strictest sense of the term. Born of humble parentage in the village of St. Peter. NIcollot county, Minn., in the year 1862, his early life was one of poverty, hardships and many bitter adversities.
 With those who knew him at close range Gov. Johnson was personally popular. People who did not indorse his politics liked him as man and public official, and had the utmost faith in his honesty and good inten- tions A Republican newspaper in Minnesota once said he was the only asset the Minnesota Democrats had. The law of Minnesota does not limit the number of times a man may be governor and nobody seemed to think there was any chance to beat Johnson for governor as long as he desired the office.
 Minnesota is a Republican state and ranks with Iowa in its loyalty to the Republican party. In 1904 Roosevelt defeated Parker not quite four to one. but John A. Johnson was elected gov ernor the same year.
 In 1906. Johnson's majority fas 72,- 900, though the Republican candidate for state treasurer won by 62,000, a normal Republican majority.
 Johnson made good in his first term as governor and he continued his record. All through hts life he simply did the best he knew how in the mat. ters that had come to him to do He developed into man of splendid judg' ment man confident of himself, but in DO sense an egotist. He had boise and was never stampeded. When he
 was interested his speeches had ring to them that carried conviction. His success came from the fact that when a matter came to his attention he carefully figured out the right thing to do and did 1t. When he took g stand usually the politicians concluded that it was good politics.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
FAVORS NEW COURT
PRESIDENT TELLS loWANs OF CHANGES HE WILL REcoM-
 MEND IN COMMERCE LAWS.
TRIBUNAL TO HEAR RATE CASES
Legislation to Prevent the Over-Issue Of Stocks and Bonds and the Water ing of Stock ls Also Favored by Mir. Tafs.

Des Moines, Ia., Sept 21.--In his ad- dress here. President Taft discussed in detail the changes he will recom- mend in the Interstate Commerce and Antitrust laws.
 The president announced that he would urge the establishment of an In terstate Commerce. court of five mem bers to consider appeals from rates fixed by the Interstate Commerce commission.
 He also will recommend legislation to prevent one interstate railroad com pany from owning stock in compet- ing line and compelling railroads thus owning stock to dispose of their hold ings within a given time.
 Legislation to prevent the overissue of stocks and bonds and the watering of stocks, will be stronglpy recom- mended, the presidents proposition be- ing that no stocks or bonds shall be issued except by permission of the Interstate Commerce commission after an inquiry has been made into their necessity.
 The giving to shippers of the choice of routes in the shipment of freight is another important provision which the president favors.
 In taking up the Antitrust law. President Taft declared that he knew of no way in which distinction could be made between good" and bad" trusts, for he regarded all combina- tions to suppress competition and to maintain a monopoly to be in the same category, whether the terms of the Illegal contract should be regarded in some instances as reasonable" or unreasonable"
 The president also discussed at some length the proposal to except la bor unions and farmers organizations from the operation of the Antitrust law. To specifically except these or ganizations. he declared, would be vicious legislation, but he pointed a way in which they could be relieved of some of the onerous restrictions now placed upon them, but at the same time he held them amenable to injunctions, which form of procedure he believes adequate to deal with any violations by the unions.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
HOW THE FORESTS
 ARE BEING WASTED
Expert in Bureau of Forestry Tells of Startling situation-cuttine
 Timber Too Fast.

Washington, Sept. 21,--A startling situation has developed as the result of taking of stock of the forestery resources of this country. according to Treadwell Cleveland, jr, expert in the bureau of forestry fin a bulletin made public entitled "The Status of Forestry in the United States.
 It has shown, MT. Cleveland de- clares, that we are still destroying the forest as we use II; that we are talk ing from 1t every year three and half times as much wood as is added by the new growth. It has shown that less than onethird of the growing tree felled by the lumberman is ever used at all, so that two-thirds of all the timber cut is simply destroyed. It has shown that one-eleventh of all the forests Is swept by fires every year and that on the average since 1870 forest fires have yearly cost $50,O0O in timber and 50 lives.
 It has shown, Mir. Cleveland con tinues. that over 99 per cent of the forests in private hands-which com prises three-fourth of all the forest land and four-fifth of all the wood is thus devastated by destructive use and the sweep of unchecked fires while less than one per cent is prop, erly handled for successive crops or effectively protected from fire. It is stated further that the forest as resource is rapidly being obliterated.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
SENT THREATENING LETTERS
A Rocheport, Mo-, Restaurant Keeper Charged With Using "6Iack
 Hand" Methods.

Columbia, Mo, Sept. 21.-Basil Mill Ter, was arrested at Rocheport. 14 miles west of here. by T. M. McHenry, a deputy United States mashal. on a charge of writing black hand letters. Burch WiIhite, assistant cashier of the Bank of Rocheport, received three letters demanding from $500 to $500, or suffer the death penalty. He turn ed the letters over to the postal auth critics, who traced them to the negro. The negro is said 10 have signed a written confession. Other persons of Rocheport have received similar black hand letters.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
CUNNINGHAM COAL LAND
 EVIDENCE TO BE PUBLISHED
L. R. Glavis, Recently of the Land Office, Notifies the President
 by Letter.

Seattle, Sept 22.--L. R. Glayis, late chief of the Seattle field division oi the United States land office. has writ. ten a letter to President Taft in which he says he will publish the evidence in the Cunningham coal land cases shortly. MT. Glavis letter follows:
 "The president:
 Sir: I have laid before you all the essential facts in my possession re- garding the official conduct of certain cases by the department of the in- terior concerning coal lands in Alaska. As chief of field division directly con cerned and because of the tremendous values involved I felt my personal re- sponsibility most keenly. The evil dence indicated that a great syndi cate is trying to secure a monopoly of this coal, in direct violation of the law Ultimately felt myself obliged to ap peal to you over the heads of my su- perior officers in order to bring abou. the enforcement of the law, which, in a measure, would conserve these coal lands to the people at large. 1 deemed 1t my duty to submit the facts to you and l cannot regret my action.
 Since there may be now even greater danger that the title to these coal lands will be fraudulently secured by the syndicate, 1t Is no less my duty to my country to make public the facts in my possession concerning which I firmly believe that you have been misled. This shall do in the near future. with a full sense of the seriousness of my action and with deep and abaiding respect for your great office. Respectfully,
 "L. R. Glayis."
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
rh,. nread Showed Pink Mold.

Topeka, Sept. 19.-Mrs- Eustace H. Brown of Olathe sent to the state board of health some samples show ing pink mold of bread from Kan sas City, Mo, bakery. Bread usually shows a green or gray mold and 1t is very seldom that the pink mold ap- pears. The department Is going to see what is put into the bread to cause this mold and determine waeth' sy or uot t is dangerous.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
,.,...,c,.,no oklahoma Graft.

oklahoma City. Ok, Sept. 22' -ine charge of accepting bribes is contain ed in a warrant issued by County A'' tornav s Reardon against Jake Arm u,rany depnty sheriff The charge sn,snates from the investigation start ed hv Mayor Scales which resulted m tbe removal of John Hubatka' cniei ., nol,ce ,r District Judge Clark called s' paac,a, grand jury to investigate gran reported by the mayor
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
GOV. JOHNSON DEAD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF MINNESOTA PASSES AWAY AS RESULT OF
 AN OPERATION.
HAD SUFFERED FOR FIVE DAYS
Was Elected Governor of Ills State Three Times and In Recent Years Aas Been One of the Foremost Men in the Country.

Rochester, Minn., Sept. 22.-Gov A. Johnson, three times elected governor of Minnesota, candidate for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 1908, and looked upon by many throughout the country as the probable Democratic national standard bearer in 1912. died
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
Gov. Haskell EnIoIned.

Oklahoma City. Ok. Sept. 22-Uni ted States Judge Campbell at McAles ter, on the behalf of the Norris anc three other pipe line companies granted temporary injunction against Gov. Haskell and Attorne, General West restraining them from interfering with the companies In tho construction of pipe lines to points. without the state. Bonds for tho companies were fixed in the aggregate at s325.Ooo and hearing was set fo next Monday.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
c.r. Evnston,s Shoulder Broken.

Leavenworth, Kan. Sept. 21.-Brig. ren. Frederick Funston, commanding the army service schools at Fort Leayenworth, has a broken shoulder. Gen. Funston was returning home Friday night, after making some calls in company with his personal aid ,. Lieut.. Burton J. Mitchell. Gen. Funs- ton was ascending flight of stairs when he slipped and fell. An x-ray nicture taken at the hospital at Fort Ieavenworth showed bad fracture of the right shoulder.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
Killed by Gas In a We'll

Oklahoma City. Ok. Sept 1S.-Wil Ham Fugate and John Brooks are dead and son of J. F. Chiles is in cr.,i cal condition on the Chiles farm, 12 miles southwest of Fl Reno. from the effects of carbonic acid gas escaping In deep well in which the men were digging.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
Die. In centralIa postoffice.

CentraIia, Mo, Sept. 1s.- C Beaty aged ss years, dropped desi In the nostoffice here last evening about SIX o'clock He was apparently in perfec' health up to the time of his deatn His family moved here recently iron Oklahoma.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23

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The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23

Don't waste your money euyins, ,y 2, nlasters when you can get a po.sle o' U ghamberlain's Liniment Tor twenty a,nn esa,. 7; ve cents. A piece of flannel damp ,sed nso 0stb ~itb this linimont is superior to sneu : .ss nl aster G for lame back. pains IT ,ha aas side and chest, and much cheaper Sold by all dealers
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
An oklahoma Cotton Gin Burned.

McAlester, Ok, Sept. l9.-The Plant CTS Cotton Gin at Canadian was de stroyed by fire at five o'clock this morning with loss of sl0.000. While the gin was burning the safe in the Missouri. Kansas & Texas depot was ,obbed of s9. The fire Is believed to have been started by the robbers.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
Money for the Osages.

Pawhuska. Ok. Sept. 19.--A per capita payment of $s9 to the Osage Indians will begis here next Monday. The toial sum of $20o.000 will be dis bursed among the members of the tribe.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
Attend to Your Liver.

No organ in the human body can give as many different kinds of trouble as the liver when it is not right. Simmons Liver Purifier makes it right and keeps # so. For sale by all dpalers,
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23

Not a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough ap- pears, will prevent the attack. Sold by all doalerss
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
AGULF COAST STORM
VELOCITY OF WIND 60 MILES AN HOUR AT 6ILoxlE, MISS, AND
 PENSACOLA, FLA.
SERIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Several Hundred Feet of Traction Track Washed Away at BloxIe--At Pensacola the Tide Was Higher Than For Many Years.

Biloxie. Miss, Sept. 22.--The gulf storm struck this city, the wind in creasing until it reached 6 velocity of 50 miles an hour. It Is estimated that $40,000 to s50.000 property dam age has been suffered Seven hundred and fifty feet of the track of the gulf coast traction company is washed away and another hundred feet is gone near the soldiers home. To the eastward of Gulfport, 150 feet was washed away. All the bath houses and piers along the beach from Gulf port to the home of United States Sen ator Money, distance of four miles. have been swept out. Three hundred feet of the electric car line at Long Beach, Miss, has been destroyed. The driveway. known as the Beach Road along the coast in front of Biloxie is completely gone, entailing a sl0,000 or s20,000.
 No train has reached here from the north and all telegraph wires are down. One schooner has been wrecked and 20 shrimp boats are out in the storm.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23

Pensacola. Fla. Sept. 22.-Biowing steadily all day at velocity between 50 and SO miles an hour the wind in- creased to hurricane speed and indica- tions are that 1t will still increase dur ing the night. Shortly before dark, the weather bureau displayed the hur- ricane signals and all vessels in the bay hurried to shelter. Ocean going steamships anchored in the bay put out all possible extra anchors.
 Several barges loaded with lumber lost their cargoes and two were sunk near the western beach. Small boats all along the beach have beeen swamped and pounded to pieces. Long rafts of imber have been carried from storage booms and are adrift in the lay.
 Residents of Woolsey, and Warning lon, and all along the bay shore west of the city came up to the city late yesterday afternoon and evening on rars and are housed in the hotels and with friends, leaving their homes to The mercy of the clements
 The tide is higher than known for many yeads. Reports are that the ieas are breaking continually over Santa Rosa Island, but all those who we're at the summer hotel there have been brought to the city. No loss of life has yet been reported.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
FAT HOGS.
r PROVISIONS
 c,, nu quotations on provisions are arected nnad each Wednesday after

IIna7 s'g " VHants pay tho best prices Tor aI
 I'VE " PFsaAes from iarm and gerdsn.
Evening star., 1909-06-20
WANTS ROOM TO PASS.
Mr.. Kolb Complains Of Slow We
hicles in the Streets.

That every one cannot be pleased all
the time has become evident through COM
plants received at the District building.
The latest and most unique of the com
plants has Just been received. and the
writer takes a shot at slow moving Ve-
hicles.
LAS understand it, says J. Leo kolb
Of 923 New York avenue, lit is unlawful
for a slow-moving team to drive in the
center of the street. 1 experience daily
that traffic is hindered on New York ave-
nue. between 9th and 18th streets
Capt. Hollinberger of the first precinct
was asked by Police Chief Sylvester to
investigate the complaint.
Il interviewed Mr.. Kolb, who states
that while driving in this vicinity. in en-
deavoring to pass a slowly moving wagon
in front of him, the horse SHE'D. striking
his horse and tanning him" says the po-
lice captain. This street is very wide
and there is ample room for two or more
vehicles to pass each other, in compliance
with the regulations.
Il Informed Mr.. Kob that there is no
law to control slowly moving vehicles
other than the general law of keeping TO
the right and being on the alert
AS a result of the complaint Commits
sioner West has moved before the Dis
trict board that the corporation counsel
be directed to prepare an amendment 10
the police regulations providing that all
heavily laden slow moving vehicles shall
keep close to the curb when using the
public street.
Evening star., 1909-06-20
VEHICLES MUST NOT OBSTRUCT
DECISION OF THE ASSISTANT
CORPORATION COUNSEL.
Carriage Approaches to Places Of
Business May Not Be Monopolized
to Detriment of Customers.

That any person who ohstructs the
carriage approach to any business place
or building by stopping a vehicle in
front of that space when the space tn
front of another building which he de-
sires to enter Is unoCcupied will be
prosecuted in the Police Court is the
latest edict of Assistant Corporation
Counsel Pugh, in charge of prosecutions
in the District branch of the Police
Court
The Commissioners recently received
a complaint from the International Bank
ing Corporation at 1414 F street, in which
their attention is called Ito the great
inconvenience caused to this bank by
the fact that automobiles are left in
front of the building for long periods
at time by people who are visiting the
hotel or elsewhere, with the result that
the banks own customers find it difficult
to drive up to the bank
II conferred with Mr.. Pugh, assistant
corporation counsel, relative to this mat
ter. and he says he will prosecute any
person who obstructs the carriage en-
trance to any business place or building
by stopping q vehicle in front of that
place when the space In front of the
building which he desires to enter is un-
occupied Capt. Hollingberger of the
first precinct has reported to the Com
missioners.
Evening star., 1909-06-20
VIRGINIA OYSTER LAW VALID
State Court Of Appeals Upholds
Fisheries Commission.

Fisheries Commission.
A recent decision of the state court OF
appeals Of Virginia, supreme tribunal of
that commonwealth, reversing a decision
Of the circuit court of Nansemond county
and giving the Virginia state fisheries
board the right to protect the natural
oyster rocks of the state, is most import
tant to state oyster interests.
The Nansemond county court had de-
clared unconstitutional a statute which
empowers the fisheries commission to re-
move stakes of planters encroachins upon
natural beds.
| The case was the suit of the Hampton
Oyster Company against the board of
fisheries, and was of more than a Year S
standing.
The oyster company, after having been
given time to remove their oysters from
natural grounds staked in the Nansemond
river, refused to remove their stakes.
Upon the order of Chairman Lee the
steamer Commodore Maury pulled up the
stakes and threw the ground open to
tongerS
The suit was brought against the board
in Nansemond court. The case was ap-
pealed by the state, and the supreme
court, in an opinion of thiytr-tive pages.
unanimously reversed Judge McLemore,
completely vindicating the board of fish
cries and declaring the latter had author
ity to protect the public oyster grounds
from invasion of all kinds
While the board has sent more than a
thousand dollars in defending this suit it
is well worth it, since there would have
been no statute to protect the Baylor sur
vey if this one had been held unconstitu-
tional.
The commission of fisheries has been
eminently successful in its important and
costly suits, winning three important
ones.