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Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
Young Farmer stabs l1Is Father.

Cape irardeau.-Marvin Wlllmath,
a young farmer. OF Morehause. few
miles south Of here. while intoxicated.
stabbed his father. William wiilmath.
and probably fatally wounded him.
The Young man went home and began
breaking up the furniture and his
father interfered.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
peImar Youna Guilty Of MatrIeIds.

Erie. Pennsylvania--"Guilty Of muir
der in the second degree" was the
verdict returned by the jury before
whom Delmar Young was tried On the
charge Of numbering his mother.
Young showed no signs OF distress
when he heard the verdict.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
BIN for EIaht Submarines.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Weeks
Of Massachusetts, has introduced bill
authorizing the construction Of eight
submarine boats at 9 cost OF not TO
exceed &4.000.O00
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
Yoaman 70 oatlur.

Rolla. Aio.--Rolla Homeytead. Amer.
lean Yoemen, are maKing preparation
for the district rneeting OF the nTSer
IN Roila, Friday and Saturday, August
- ana IL One thousand yoemsn viii
be IN attendance.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

Automobile drivers. 1t appears, arc
afraid of trolleys. II is interesting and
encouraging to know that they are
afraid OF anything. Perhaps in time
they will be afraid Of the law SUN.
ciently 70 obey II
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

Nearly ten feet OF suoS fell in Den,
yer during the winter that has Just
ended. Denver people will. Of course.
claim that nothing is so delightful ne
plenty OF snow.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
TELLS Board frisco Is Poor.

Jefferson city.-R. T. Booth. tax
commissioner OF the ST. Louis & San
Francisco railroad. told the state
board OF equalization much about the
poverty Of the road he represents.
The system has a mileage In Missouri
OF less miles. Its assessment last
year by the board Appropriated sa0..
100000.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

There II stin some question. how.
erof. a. to whether the present mill.
cary activity IN Nicaragua win have
anv eppreelabie effect on the kind Of
7ts,naneflf peace We have always had
IS rentrai America
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
Decoration DAY at shiloh PARK.

Daducah. Kentucky.--The graves
OF Confederate as we'll as OF Federal
dead win be decorated May 81 instead
OF May 80 at Shiloh Park. the famous
battle ground at Pittsburg Landing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
capt. q. n. Richards BurIed.

warrensburg. Capt. George N.
Richards. veteran Missouri editor
and a close political and personal
friend OF Gen. John A. Logan and Jo-
seph O. Cannon. speaker Of the nation
al house Of representatives, was burisd
IN this city.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

II is said that women are already
airing Of the monstruus styles Of spring
hats now the vogue Even women
must sometimes bend before the force
of public opinion.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

washington, d. C.--After an
hours interview with President TAFT
John Hays Hammond definitely do
clined the tender Of ministership 70
China
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
PAY $500 FOR CRINlMEN
HUGE SMUGGLING sYNplcATE At
e. PAso SUSPECTED.
MeSleans and Americans Are Accused
Of shipping chlnks North as
Dining Car Help,

Chicago.-American Mexicans ana
Chinese charged with smuggling Chi
nese into the United States, arrived
here from III Paso. where govern
ment detectives have been at work
for months gathering evidence. Their
trial. set by Judge lands for June s.
IL expected TO uncover details OF q
plan by which several thousand celes-
tials were brought into this country
In the last few years.
Back OF those smuggling operations
e Eaid to be a Chinese syndicate
which paid the men under arrest and
their associates $500 each for bringing
in the aliens.
The men brought here by United
States Marshal Herman II. Hillebrand
and his assistants. are Robert w. Ste
phenson. American: Bob Leung. n
wealthy Chinaman; Jose Tara and
Carlos sRvetra. Mexicans.
Jack Holtzell and w. H. Clark.
Americans. viii be brought here later.
All these and Sam wah OF Chicago.
said 10 be Bob Leung's partner. a fu-
gitive. were indicted in Fl Paso. Tex.
for violating the Chinese exclusion
laws. II was charged that they Snug
gled into the country 700 Chinese for
which they were paid $500 a head by
the smuggling syndicate. Judge Thorn.
as Maxey. In Austin, May 3. ordered
their transportation to Chicago for
trial.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
WouId WIne out Family.

Iowa City. Ia.--Lsvi HIN shot his
wife. their 4-yearold boy and then
himself, At Tlfnn. All are alive. Details
Of the nhooslng are lacking.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

THE horse is stupid. nervous, errat.
&C." says n Nashville paper. Well
perhaps these hats and things he secs
In the street have GOT on his nerves.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

Aerial navigation may become a fad
IN time. but until man is able TO guide
his craft with more certainty OF a sue.
cossful landing. terra arma will ap.
peal to most persons.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

n is disheartening 10 learn tina
Mount Etna is making a smoke nui
eonce Of itself again
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

The man EAo takes n his winter
nannels before tie middle OF May
doesn't help The tortors much. The
undertake. gets ai= before they have
even lad a cha1c- % look him over.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

A New York policeman found a SIS
pearl IN an oyster sandwich. Graftini
again!
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

II the governments of the earth
could spare a little money 70 kill on
mosquitoes and other Iis'ase-brceding
insects a Dreadnought or two less
would not b. Noticed
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

Nos e atrsa-Ds were IN general op.
GRAFTON a. they sE1=ct 10 be in n
year or 50. these v.ats would be driv.
ing the mfTum their routes. and the
aerial news would be OF much inter
eat.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

Britain is frightened lest American
slang should corrupt the mother
tongue. II surely Is a hloomin' shyme.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

The average city IN Mexico has ies
holidays each year What a pleasant
country Il must be-
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

Americans must be protected wher.
ever they travel and wherever they
live.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

Those Wright brothers certainly
have even royalty acknowledging that
they are 1T" and can deliver tho
ROodR
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

This time a Dutch baby has cap
tured Holland.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
Escaped Asylum Prisoner Captured,

Chlllicothss--John McJilton. who es-
capped from state asylum No. At Sc.
Joseph, was captured here. McJIlton
walked from 81. Joseph to this city.
An officer from the asylum arrived
and got the demented man.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03

Some people move May and others
pay realty taxes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
SECOND TRUE 5lLL CHARGES
GOVERNOR WITH, FRAUD IN
MusKooEE LAND CASES.
SAYS THE JURY WAS sWLYED
Executive Thinks Washington VIII
Repudlate Inquiry When Facts
Are Known--seeond Has
keli Indictment.

Tulsa, okla.-Govenor Charles N.
Haskell. who. with Ave others. was
indicted by the federal grand jury on
charges OF fraud in the Muskogee
town lot cases, attributes the finding
20 -four government attorneys and an
army OF secret service men surround
ing the grand jury and limiting the
evidence TO just what suited them"
Others indicted with Haskell are r. y.
Sewers. w. T. Hutchinson, c. w. Tur.
ner. a. z. English and w. Il. Eaton.
The accused men are charged with
obtaining title from the government
20 two town lots In Muskogee by lille
gal methods Bond In each case was
fixed at $4,000 and promptly furnished.
Arrangements for the trials have
not been made, but II is thought the
cases will be heard at an early date.
Second Haskell Indictment.
This is the second indictment for
Gov Haskell In the Tulsa case. The
first bills were dismissed on n techni.
cality. The federal authorities at once
began preparing new evidence along
tue iHNh lHuANdNNu ~ Nht NouAh . III
ing.
The flGht before the grand Jury had
many sensational features. Numerous
witnesses from Ohio and elsewhere
testified
Gov. Haskell. in discussing HIS in.
1ictment. said:
AS a result OF four government at.
torncys and an army OF secret service
men surrounding the grand jury and
limiting the evidence to just what
suited them, indictments have been
obtained against me. am thoroughly
satisfied that when the whole facts
are made known In the open the gov
eminent at Washington will not APP
prove OF these cases, which practically
all the people of this locality konw
have no merit and that there has been
no violation OF the law in any partic.
ular.
Friends Bear Expense.
THE later disclosures in this case
win speak for themselves, and show
plainly the origin and intent connect
ed with them. The only embarrass-
ment 10 me In the trial is that many
witnesses must be brought from a
great distance and will result in much
other expense. which. unfortunately,
! have not the means 90 bear.
However. my numerous friends in
Oklahoma. including many Repub-
licans. have generously shared the ex.
pense up TO date. a kindness that
have sincerely appreciated, and ! only
regre, the expense Of further proceed
ings on that account"
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-06-03
Go North In Diners.

Assistant United States District At.
torney Shlrer. who had charge Of the
cases. says that the Americans. Chi.
ncse and Mexicans collaborated cum
ningly. Two MexIcans gathered the
Chinese on the Mexican side OF the
border and forded them across the
Rio Grande at FL Paso during low
water.
Then. II Is charged. Stephenson.
Clark and Holtzell. brakcmen on
United States railroads took the Chi
nese north as walters and cooks as.
sistnnts In dining cars.
The government collected its cvi.
dence against the smugglers with
great difficulty and one man who re.
vealed the secrets OF the gang was
murdered at Alamo GOrdo, Mexico.
not long ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-27

and was appointed a postmaster.
Those We're the glad and happy days
when rival editors called each other
horse thieves, skunks, wind bags and
other amiable names. and it was Colo
mel Ballingers proud duty one day to
kick his loathsome contemporary out
of the postoffice Young Richard
Achilles learned to set type. sell pa
pers and tend sheep. Then he went TO
Kansas and besides punching cattle
became a clerk and earned enough
money to take him to college. First
he attended the state university, but
on advice of John j. Ingalls, went to
Williams. from which he graduated
at the age of twenty-six. In the class
behind him was James r. Garfield,
his predecessors as secretary of the
interior
Returning to Illinois, he studied law,
as his father had done before him,
the elder Ballinger having read with
Abraham Lincoln. When admitted 20
the bar the young man went to Ala
bama and started practice, but after
lew years returned ana hung out
his shingle in Washington and finally
went to the state of Washington.
There he became judge of the superior
court, United States court commission
er. mayor of Seattle and finally COM
missioner of the general land office at
Washington. 1t was Garfield that got
him into the last named job. and Bal
linger accepted against his wishes. He
told President Roosevelt q story of his
cowboy experiences in Kansas, which
related to three rattlesnakes he had
dispatched on the prairie one night
before he could go to sleep. Roose-
Welt convinced him that there were
some snakes to kill in the land office,
and that induced him to accept the
place He held it only one year, but
during that time he thoroughly reor-
Sanized the Office. His motto then
and probably now was, II hate a
! snake
i "niie mayor of Seattle Mr.. BALM.
ger concluded the town was too wool.
~ even for the wild west. so he fool,
OH some of the hair. Those were the
klondike Gays, and everything wa,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-27
THE HNCHOT and BADN1ER EPISODE
Side lights on the Controversy Imp'y.
Ing The Chief Of ihc Forestry
Bureau aud tie Secretary
of The l;lierIor.

one hand. and. on the other, la-"t'
collection of aniablc gentlemen witt
greedy eyes and yawniug pocketbooss,
1t was aheilt this time that the gov
ernors foregathrred in Washington al
the call of President Roosevelt and de
cidetl 10 take IL hand in the conserving.
game SO they made speeches. Adopted
resnlutioas and appointed commits
sion with Mr. Pinrh0t at its head.
Since that proud day the natural r..
sources Of the country have been able
to sleep nights without the harrowin%
fear thar they woald he kidnapped be-
fore morning.
In addition to all his other activities
MIR. piuclioi was made Il member of
the country life commission. which
Went about asking questions of the
American farmer and then returned
aud told him what was the matter
with him 1t WAS this commission
which made Uncle Joe Cannon grow
real sarcastic and say things that cais
cd Slee in the hearts of the scoffers
and suckers on the back benches. The
only sort of 'uplift' that Uncle Joe
ever praeticed is that of the front end
of his cigar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-27

.haps 1t is not strictly proper to speak
of other Nimrods as mighty hunters
since Bwana Tumbo got into the
game. Not Wishing to be guilty of
leze ajesty, | withdraw the adjec-
tive and leave it in solitary state upon
the shoulders where it obviously and
exclusively belongs. Anyway. Mr..
Pinchot is I, hunter and has trophies
nailed up all over the premises.
Father of Conservation Movement.
More important than all, Pinchot has
taught us how to conserve. Now. the
chief difference between him and Bal
linger seems to be that the secretary
of the interior also wants to conserve,
but he wants TO be nice and legal about
1t, while PiDchot doesn't give a hang
how he conserves so long as he does
it. That shows that he was not a
member of the Roosevelt tennis cabi-
net i'm vain. He saw the way his for
mer chief did things and got the habit.
Ballinger also was member of the
tennis cabinet but he was Il lawyer
sui WIFI Soiut W nat
lied the effects of that inspiring and
perspiring experience. 1t is hard to
teach on old lawyer new tricks. for
the reason that he knows them all.
I'inchot had nothing to restrain him,
and when he got to conserving did it
for all he was worth.
President Roosevelt said that Pin
chot started the conservation move
ment. and that is glory enough to
make small man swell up. But Pin
ehot did not swell. He simply went
on conserving. He conserved not only
the forests. but the water and the
coal and everything else that he could
find that needed it and that had no,
been gobbled up by the trusts. This
Threw several kinds of rage into the
lumber barons. the timber thieves. III,
coal trust, the power pirates and va
rious other malefactors of grea
wealth who wanted TO grab off til
natural resources of the country an,
sell them by the buShel. 1t left Pr
chot standing all alone between tn
defenseless timber lands. coal land
and water sites of the nation, on th
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-27
Impressions of the Two Principals.
Who Differ as TO the Method
Of Conserving Americas
Natural Resources.
By JAMES a. rDeERToN.

NONGRESS may have adjourned
and the president may have
gone to Beverly. but the coun-
try is not left without midsum-
mer topics, We yet have Mr.. Clifford
Pinchot and Mr.. Richard Achilles Bal
linger. who have put on the official
gloves and will favor us with few
rounds TO let us know that the gov
eminent still lives; otherwise we
might have concluded that it had gone
ON a vacation along with its chief Of
ficials
Mr.. Pinchot is our head tree planter
and knows more about forestry than
Willis Moore thinks he knows about
the weather Pinchot did not write
'Woodman. Spare That Tree hut
might have done so If George +. Nor
ris had not beat him to it. Pinchot
has done more than writea poem He
has made forestry an applied SCIENCE
in this land that never did know what
to do with a piece of, woodland except
to clear it off. He has taught ms that
the presence or absence of forests de-
termines the rain supply: In fact, he
has made us look upon the tree as a
friend and brother. not IL mere awning
or ornament Many people have re-
garded him as the most useful man in
the world, That is what Roosevelt
used TO think when lie wanted to play
tennis and could not find any other
available partner Mr. Pinchot was
always ready to take hand at the
i game and thus became 4 far shining
figure in white flannels in the tennis
and thus can afford to hold office in
Washington. He has many other dis
tinctions. such as being an expert
angler and a mighty hunter Or per
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-27
Ballingcr Once a Cowboy.

Mr. Ballinger. the other end of this
difficulty. has lived pretty much all
over the face of the country At one
time he was a cowboy in Kansas and
rode seventy miles every week TO recite
Latin. At an earlier age he was ut the
front with bis father. who was colonel
of negro regiment. The boy, though
only five or six years old. was sup
piled with drum made out of a fig
box. on which he hammered away for
liberty.
After the war the elder Ballinger
became country editor i'll Illinois
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-27
Coal Fields Also Involved.

An interesting sidelight thrown on
the question has come out of Alaska.
There immensely rich coal fields were
a few years ago discovered, and
number of individuals at once filed
claims. 1t is now asserted that before
making their entries these individuals
organized syndicate. to which the
lands would be turned over, n plan
clearly against the law. The case has
been pending in the interior depart
ment since the days of Hitchcock.
After resigning from the general land
office Mr.. Ballinger became the attor-
ney of these coal land claimants. Now
as secretary of the interior he finds the
case before him as judge in which he
was before interested as counsel. To
his credit be it said that he has turned
the decision over to his assistant Sec
rotary. but nevertheless the matter is
being crowded TO trial. 1t forms one
more of the complications in this ma
ton wide controversy.
Discussion Is rife as to what action
the president will finally take in the
matter. If any. The general belief is
that he must stand by his secretary
of the interior. but this view does not
take into account that he is also
pledged to the Roosevelt conservation
program. If he should uphold Bal
lirger, will that mean the dismissal
of Pinchot? Were the forester direct
ly under the secretary of the interior
1t probably would, but as he belongs
to the agricultural department Secre-
tary Wilson, who upholds Pinchot,
will have a word to say in the mat
ter.
Frederick III. Newell, the head of
the reclamation service, is also in
VOWED in the controversy, and as lie
is directly under Ballinger it is cur
rently reported that his removal has
already been decided upon. Newell is
scientist. not politician. He has
stood between the public interests and
the selfish grabbers, and he has been
actively identified with the govern
ment's immense irrigation projects
from the beginning.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-27

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-27

PRINCIPALS L THE CoNTRov EssY OVER CONSERVING NAT
RESOURCES OF UNITED STATES
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-17
Dansoe bv EIectroIvsis

Prof C 2 burgess in q paper read
before the Western Society of En-
gineers supports the theory that prac-
ticaIly all kinds OF corroSion of iron
and steel, including that in steam boil
ers, may be accounted for by cleo
trulysis- He says that difference OF
temperature, difference OF chemical
com position. OF simply difference OF
treatment in manufacture between diff
ferent parts OF q structure. causes suf-
dcient differences Of potential to set NE
gzlyanic action
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-17
Kansas Rife Team Selected.

The members of the Kansas Rife
team, which will take part in the IA
tional shoot 10 be held AZ Camp Perry,
Ohio. August %, VIII go 70 Burlington
for practice August g. The members
OF the team were selected from the
competitions held AZ Fort Riley last
month They are as follows: Lieut.
ParmIey. Company c, First regiment
Lieut. WalEng, Company H First regf
ment; Lieut. Clark, field and STAFF.
First regiment; Capt. Kessler, field
and STAFF, Second regiment; Sergeant
Cole, Company I, First regiment;
Lieut. Sawyer. Company D. Second
regiment: Sergeant Townsend, Com
pany z. Second regiment; Musician
Smith, Company c. First regiment;
Lieut. Eagle, Company L First regi-
ment; Sergeant Wood, Company 3,
First regiment; Lieut. STRIKER. Com
pany Z. First regiment; Lieut., Smith
field and staff, First regiment; Major
Griffith, stan, Lieut. Adams, Company
G, Second regiment; Lieut. FTeeman.
Company E Second regiment
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-17

ago. when, with his brother, George
W., nearly 100 acres of apple trees
were planted on their farm two miles
southwest of Brockport- They gave
up the nursery business to grow ap-
pies Their plunge, as it was then re-
garded. brought establishment as well
as not little ridicule from the old
style farmer. But they stuck to their
idea with true pioneer grit and won
big reward in fame and money.
After the big orchards of the Odeus
began to bear fruit insect pests multi
piled and each year seemed to bring
e new enemy to conquer The ter
rible ravages of the army worm"
struck such terror to apple-growers that
many became disguised with the ever
lasting battle for crop and pulled out
or chopped down their orchards The
coddIing moth, the green avis and
the fungus forced the apple-grower
into constantly fresh fields OF scien-
tific warfare. The Udells were in the
vanguard of these progressfves, and
Foster Uden, surviving his brother,
George w, became the authority OF
western New York on the production.
keeping and marketing of apples
Probably many millions OF Ameri-
cans have eaten the fruit OF his thou
sands of trees Boston, Philadelphia.
London, Paris, and almost all the i'm
portapt cities of the world have seen
the Udeu apples displayed on their
fruit stands They carried to all mar
kets knowledge that the soil of west
ern New York produces apples of bet
ter keeping qualities than that of any
other part Of the United States.
Windham, Greene county, New York,
was the birthplace OF Foster Uden,
and when his parents, Wheelock and
Huldah Udeu, moved to Brockport, in
1923, he was but two years old At
Is he assumed the responsibility OF
q man when his father lost his farm
through going security for q friend
Hard work and careful management
enabled him TO restore the home
For 50 years Foster Udeu was a
member of the western New York
Horticultural society and a life mem
Der OF the American Pathological so
ciety. He leaves as a monument one
of the largest and finest apple or
chards in the United States Within
the last 20 years the productiveness OF
his orchards made him independent