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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29

The showing which the Peni-
Tertiary made the past year, in the
way of sustaining itself, will cause
the Legislature to approach with
doubt and timidity the question
of doing away with the contract
system. 1t is true that convict
labor under the contract system
comes into competition with out
side labor, and we don't see that
the plan suggested by Governor
Folk and seconded by Governor
Hadley would remove this diff
Guilty. II convict labor were used
to manufacture clothing and other
supplies for our State institutions,
il would take these institutions ont
OF the market in a large measure
for goods which are manufactured
by outside labor, and would in such
measure continue to be competi.
tor. The convicts must be kept
at work at something, and it is
di!S,cult to imagine any kind of
labor they might do that would
not come into competition with out
side labor. Even if convicts were
farmed out to work on the public
roads, or the State were, to inaug-
.urate the construction Of State
highway and convicts were en-
ployed to do the work, they would
still come in competition with
thousands of honest day laborers
who would be glad Of the oppor
tunity to get the work. 80. aside
from the cost Of maintaining -: =: |
peniteutiary, the question Of en-
ploying convict labor without com
,eting ID some way with honest
,utsids labor i = question Of no
'asy solution.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29
llBERTyvILLE ITEMS.
The thaw and rain have made the
roads very muddy.

The thaw and rain have made the
roads very muddy.
Mr.. q. w. Simpson is complain
ing this week with a severe cold.
Mr.. Marion Cox sold fine bunch
of steers to Mr.. j. g. Williams last
week.
Mr.. Henry johnson of Bollinger
county was here last week buying
mules.
We learn that Mr.. J. w. Moore Of
Womack had paralytic stroke last
Saturday, and is in very serious
condition.
Mr.. Ben Cowley, Sr., who is get
ting very old, is In delicate health.
His mind appears to be weakening
with the body.
Miss Louise McKenzie's school at
Oak Grove closed last Friday, and
she left Monday for Fredericktown
to enter NJ. @. !. Tuesday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29
TRUSTS PROMOTE
ECONOMY IN PRODUCTION

In an hour of hilarious jubilation
over the ascersained fact, Mr.. Sch.
wab informed the world that he was
producing steel at n cost OF only
twelve dollars ton. That was at
the time the great consolidation
were being effected. And now mark
The chief justification for the trust
was stated to be the greatly reduced
cost of production resulting. Well,
the trusts have been organized, and
long stretch of years has enabled
them to perfect their peculiar econ
omies, to the reduction Of cost.
But-Mr. Schwab declares that II
costs greatly more to produce steel
than 1t did when he first spokei
Would 1t be uncivil to ask If Mr..
Schwab Is trying to discredit the
trusts claim Of greater economy I'm
production3-The Public.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29

The wife Of John Rumbouty Of
Cape Girardeau died last week. He
was 70 years old and very deaf and
could not be mabe to understand
that his wife was dead, so he walked
to the comm to see her body, and
WAS 30 overcome by grief that he
fell dead.
A little boy named Cecil Berry
WAS severely injured on the turn
table 1t Poplar Blum several months
ago, and suit was brought against
the Frisco for damages. Last week
the boy was awarded 5000 and :
check for that amount issued.
The w. @. +. U. Of charleston
had Va left In their treasury last
wesk after al their expsnsss In the
local option campaign had been
paid. n
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29

The Legislative Committee is
through counting the disputed
votes for Lieutenant Governor,
but the result of their work is no
nearer solution OF the matter
than Secretary Swanger's count.
The committee is bipartisan, five
Republicans and FIVE Democrats.
1t seems that when they started
out to make the recount, on mo.
ton Of the Republican members it
was agreed that all ballots that
were not properly initiated by the
judges Of election should be thrown
out. This worked all right for a
time. and number of ballots cast
for the Democratic candidate, MIR.
Painter, were rejected; but after a
while they came to q lot of pre-
cincts where large number OF bal
lots were found on which there
was a discrepancy in the judges
initials. To throw them out would
have effected the Republican can.
didate. Mr.. Gmelich, so seriously
as to place MIR. Painter far in the
lead. And right here the Repub.
licau FIVE began to bubble and rue
their own rule. There was no such
thing as agreement in the CON-
mittee after that. The Repub.
lican FIVE claims that Gmelich is
elected by 239 votes, and the Dem
ocratic five contend that Painter is
elected by 1877 votes. And there
they stand in stubborn partisan at.
titude, neither daring to yield a
hairs breadth. So the Legisla-
ture will have TO decide the matter
after oil, and it is presumed that
its decision will be reached along
partisan lines. Such is politics.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29
THE rxNrrx,gxIAxx
CONTRACT sxsrzlr
oonvicts Earn SSls,I77 In 1908
Institution Now Practically
sslf-eustaining

Jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 22.-Be-
fore retiring from the Office of State
Auditor, w. w. Wilder prepared
some figures In advance OF his re-
port, which give an insight into the
workings of the Penitentiary under
the contract system. These show
the earnings Of the convicts for 1907
was 500, or and for 1907 s3ls,l77.
The figures are valuable just now
from the reason that the Legislature
win presently be called upon to de-
termine II the contract system Is to
continue. For all practical purposes
the Penitentiary Is self-sustaining,
and 1t will doubtless continue 40 In
the future II the present system Is
to be continued. But every political
party In the State that had ticket
In the field last November Is pledged
In It's platform to an abolition of the
contract system of working convicts !;
so II would seem, even In advance
Of any action on the part Of fhe
Legislature, that radical change
must soon take place.
Former Governor Folk found
much to condemn in the system In
his last message to the Legislature,
and 1t Is assumed that Governor
Hadley will not be disposed to do
anything that would nullify the plat
form declaration Of his party In the
premises.
Most OF the contracts for prison
labor will expire the latter part of
December, 1909, so II the Legislature
passes law forbidding renewal of
these contracts, the State will have
ample time to adjust itself to the
new order of things.
The change, IL 1t is made, will
prove costly to the State. The diff
ference In the earnings between the
years 1907 and 1908 can easily be ex-
planned. In 1907 the prison was be-
Ing operated with a worn-out power
plant, which was removed and n
modern one installed the first Of last
year.. The earnings OF the prison
will now be about $500 900 a year.
This much, then, would be lost
outright under change, and the
loss would, In the future, be a total
one, unless, In the meantime the
State should discover some means
OF employing the convicts. But for
the first year, and perhaps the first
two years, the loss would be heavy.
To employ 1900 men at almost any
kind of labor that convicts could
work at would require heavy out
lay for machinery, tools, etc. True,
the State has the shop buildings and
the power plant, but 1t weuld require
vast amount of material and a
complete change In existing condi-
tions to place a new system In work.
Ing order.
1t was Governor Folks idea that
the convicts should be employed In
the manufacture of wearing apparel
and supplies for the charitable In
situations of the State. Every coun-
ty and most OF the cities support In
situations of this character. II such
supplies were furnished at cost the
State would not gain anything, but
lose the keep Of the convicts and
the expense Of guarding them and
operating the Penitentiary. How
ever, what the State would lose In
this way II is calculated the locali-
ties would gain indirectly, and thus
the books would be made to balance,
or nearly so.
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29

Mr.. Taft may not be able to COM
pete with MIR. Roosevelt in his 9S
miles ad ay horseback riding and
his other strenuous performances,
but when it comes TO Waiting and
tripping The light fantastic" Mr..
Roosevelt is not in it with Mr..
Taft despite the latter's 29S pounds
avoirdupois. MIR. Taft promises
to be great social favorite. and
having shown his grace in dancing,
all the fashionable danes and
misses of Washington will be be ..
sieging him with dance programs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29

Five hundred dollars a day is
what it has been costing the State
to recount the disputed votes for
the Lieutenant Governor, besides
the enforced idleness Of the Legis.
lature at so much per diem. There
appears to be little flaw just here
in the State Constitution that would
stand amending. II looks like
folly for the Legislature to be kill
ing time while a contest over a
single Office is going on, and one
too that doesn't cut very big
figure under the rules adopted by
the Senate in legislation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29

Gypsy Smith, an evangelist, is
attracting immense crowds at the
Coliseum in st. Louis. 1t is esti-
mated that Ia 900 people gather in
the vast auditorium nightly to hear
him.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29
Five Dollars Easy Money.

We will give SIS. 90 in
cash to any person Sc
curing ten new paid-in-
advance subscribers for
The Pennington Times,
or S1.00 for three new
subscribers. This is
easy money. Any young
man or woman can east
ly make one to five dol
lars by an hours work
in their neighborhood.
Do it now. This offer
may be withdrawn at
any time. The Times
is always 81. co per year
in advance. Sample
copies free.
TIMES PIG. co.
Pennington, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29

Felix Boyer of Washington coun-
ty had his hand so badly crushed
last week by rock falling on Il
that 1t had to be amputated,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29

Louis Gibbs was awarded $500
damages against A. r. Watkins 81
Butler county, who owns saw
mill. Owing to defective bsltinx,
Gibbs had two fingers cnt on By :
saw. ~
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
LITER AIRY MA C AzINE

cost of about thousand dollars suit The
horses were valued at $25,000 the carriage at So
600, and the harness and other trappings at $4,000
When this royal cortege made its appearance on
Bellevue avenue with Mr., b., all other vehicles
mstinctively gave way as though the occupant
indeed a crowned head"
Tennis is the thing at Newport, the women hay
ing their tournaments we'll the men on the
beautiful lawns of the Casino After tennis comes
a plunge I'm the surf for bathing is again IN
vogue at the private beaches, where specialists
instruct the young people in the gentle art of
swimming Golf is not so popular as formerly
The great event OF the season, however Is the
horse show, which takes place I'm September
The natural advantages of Newport alone make
IL charming spot for there Is a rare beauty In
the land, its trees, grass and shrubs; surprising
charm i'm the air and sky, and fascination In
the and its blue waters studded with gem
like isles. The walks and drive on the BLUFFS
looking the sea and bay have charm that never
fails to win the admiration OF all who gaze upon
the view, and the picturesque bits of scenery
land and coast would satisfy the demands OF the
most artistic imagination.
A new stunt" in entertaining.
A MONG the social endeavors of last
Newport were plantation dinners, and in the
past there have been balls with circus features at
the farms" OF Reginald and Alfred Vanderbilt, and
fair and lawn fetes, where the young women have
appeared Swiss peasants and dairymads. Short
ly after Count Boni de Castellane married Anna
Gould he gave celebrated oriental fete to the
entire Newport set, and this AFFAIR, with its ac-
coutrements and rare foods, really marked the
beginning Of extraordinary entertainments at New
port
While Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt were
living at Beaulieu, the William Waldorf Astor
villa, they brought entire theatrical company
from New York and stage erected on the
lawn "'The Wild Rose" had been playing
cessfully at the Knickerbocker theatre, and Mrs.
Vanderbilt arranged for the transfer of the en-
tire company. scenery and costumes, to Newport
Inchiquin villa, which rented by Mr.. and
Mrs Pembroke Jones' the scene of dance
which surpassed all previous records for eabor-
ateness Florists, caterers and decorators
passed themselves in beautifying the lawns and
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18

verandas with illuminated pagodas, the lighting
effect being similar TO that of Venetian fete.
AS evidence that the summer residents of New
port are not so selfcentered as some people sup.
pose incident that took place at the early part
of this season may be cited. Newport, for some
time has badly needed public Fairgrounds for the
children but the local people could not seem TO
raise enough money TO carry out the scheme. Mrs
Reginald c. Vanderbilt heard of the difficulty, and
talked the matter with other society women
AS a result 1t was decided to have a tag day.
millionaire tag day.
MRS. vanderbilt was at the headquarters at tho
Nl city hall early May 81 with her largest
automobile As soon as the announcement that tag
day was opened made, she filled her car with
boy and girl volunteers and ordered her chaufeur
To drive TO the summer resident secuon Ochre
Point and Bellevue avenue composed her district
although many of the villas were not open so
early. Before the day up she and her as
sistants had collected nearly five thousand dollars
The money was obtained by the sale of tags the
nominal price of which FIVE cents, but for
which larger amounts up TO any figure were ac-
cepted.
have mentioned the dinner TO Consul tla
chimpanzee There was quite q craze at one time
for animal entertainments at Newport A tame
ape acted as chief entertainer certain rich
mans yacht sitting up to dinner in n baby's high
chair with napkin pinned round his hairy throat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L9hr came into possession
OF white cockatoo which they frequently took
with them TO the Casino concerts
OF Newport that of the rag doll Mrs. Stuy
vesant Fish Mrs. Oelrchs, and Harry Lehr ap-
peared at the Casino morning carrying an old
one or the most amusing episoues In the annals
fashioned and comical looking rag doll. II was
just a little private joke, but unfortunately pho
tographer with a camera concealed in his pocket,
and with the lens exposed through hole, caught
the rag doll trio, and sold the photograph to all
the New York newspapers
Another harmless caper OF of the younger
women to appear Bellevue avenue in the
morning with their hair streaming over their
shoulders, IL was the same set who inaugurated
the fad of wearing dark wells half covering their
faces in Persian fashion. in which Oriental style
they played tennis,
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
RAVELERS have
won an evil reputa-
tion for making

their stories interesting at the expense of truth
said the man who had just returned from two
years trip in the AmaZonan forests where he had
gone to learn the advisability of trying TO draw
upon that country's inexhaustble lumber supplies
to take the place OF own almost exhausted re-
sources, but in my own experience there are
things ] have dared tell, for fear of being
set down of romances. The feud
existing between the jaguar and the puma is
case i'm point, and what is still more remarkable,
and far / know, unparalleled among wild
creatures is the puma's affection for human be
ings.
'When I reached Brazil this was all new TO
me, but / have since found that IL has long ago
been recorded by naturalists.
"On way to Santarem we had to cross
campo, three miles wide before reaching the river,
and 1t there no uncommon thing for a puma
to precede or follow one keeping within easy rifle
shot, and If ahead stopping occasionally TO see
in sight of houses he would double on his trail,
and trot back.
zone of the overseers the plantation l visit
ed Brazilian named MelendeZ He had
little girl. Juanna five years Old when this Incl
dent occurred. About half mile away from the
home of the planter, and reached by a crude wood
road through the forest, there an Indian fam
lily living small rOca made Just outside the
plantation BOUNDARY. The wife of this man. known
'Jo, a nurse, often employed where doc
tors are not within call. She had nursed little
Juanna through measles whooping cough and
other children's ailments, wherefore Juanna
greatly attached to her.
ION the day of her strange adventure, the lit
tie girl had stolen away alone in the afternoon,
when every else busy in the fields or mill,
and not missed until supper time, when the
superintendent assembled the men to check off
the days work is done nightly on large planta-
tions. Her parents surmised where she had gone,
and her father at started to find her.
"The had set and II was growing dark, for
there is twilight the equator He had
just reached the point where the heavy timber
grew, when he was terrified to hear frightful
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
re6atn nays By Dewey Austin Cobb


voices, in the direction he was going. His first
thought naturally was that two oncas were fight
ing out a disputed claim to prey; and at tho
thought of what that prey might be, he was para
lyzed for a moment, Then he rushed forward
He had gone but a few steps when the sounds of
the conflict ceased, and a few seconds later he
heard the patter of Juannas feet, as she ran as
swiftly she could toward him. Then she burst
into sight, hat gone and hair flying
mot twenty feet behind her loping along easily,
pumai And such puma! Blood was flow
ing from a frghtfu wound i'm his cheek and had
dyed his yellow sides and legs crimson. He showed
neither surprise fear, but sat down on its
launches, and stared at the two. Melendez raised
the gun, which he had taken from habit, as he
came out of the house but before he could take
aim Juanna seized his arm, crying, Not that one,
papa, he kept the spotted away from me, and
see how he is hurti At the words other one
Meendez looked back, just in time to see a huge
onca sinking into the woods
ct appeared from the account Juanna gave OF
her adventure, on the way home, that she had
gone but little way after leaving her old nurse,
when she a great trotting along the
road behind her She frightened and began
to run; but the onCa increased MS pace at once
to easy trot, and closed i'm nearer and nearer
to her in spite of her efforts to get away IL had
almost within sprnging reach when the
puma burst into the road just ahead and, dazzling
past her. brushing her clothes as 1t did so, engaged
the onca in a life and death struggle. Too fright
ened to run Juana stood still and watched. For
what seemed long time they rolled over and
over, screaming. Their movements were so swift
that she could get idea which would be vic
torious, but at last the puma broke away and
ran back toward her, there turning to watch his
adversary, who slowly continued 20 approach. BY
this time, Juanna had understood that the puma
had saved her life. and approached 1t to pet il,
but though il showed no fear f. would not permit
her to touch it, keeping just beyond her reach.
The onca had continued to approach, and Juanna,
fearing another conflict and that her champion
might suffer further injury, had started again to
run when her father met her"
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
How Puma Played Policeman

outburst OF snarls and
screams, like that made by
fighting cats, only i'm heavier
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-28
THREE SLAIN; THREE HURT
IN FIGHT WITH MEXICANS
Corpse Of One Man Is Cut to Pieces.
Women and Children Seriously
Injured-RuraIes Chase
FugitiVes

TORREON, Mexico Jan. 27.-Three
men are dead, one woman and two
children are injured and two men are
fugitives in the mountains as the re-
suit of an encounter growing out of a
quarrel between two intoxicated Mex
leans.
Juan Gamboa and Hilario Arietta, who
were drinking. started a disturbance at
Torrecillas, a ranch settlement be-
tween Velardena and Pedricena, and
Jose Hernandez attempted to quiet
them.
A quarrel followed and shooting be-
gan. Gamboa was instantly killed and
both the other men wounded. A
brother of Gamboa's appeared upoa
the scene, and Hernandez, though
badly wounded, started to run. He
dropped dead before he could reach his
home.
Two brothers of Hernandez, bent
upon revenge, armed themselves and
went to the scene of the affray. Find
ing Arietta still alive, they killed him
and hacked his body and that of Gam
boa to pieces.
Later they appeared at the home of
Gamboa's brother, chased him out ana
fired into the building. Arietta's wife
and two children were in the house and
were wounded.
The Hernandez brothers then disap-
peared in the mountains and are be-
ing pursued by rurales. The woman
and two children are in a hospital at
Pegricina
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-28
Anti=Race Track Bill
SUFFRAGETTES CLAIM
TO BE CONFIDENT OF
VICTORY IN ASSEMBLY Y

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27.-The suf-
fragettes have entirely given up the
idea of making a great demonstration
at the capitol when their bill comes up
for passage, according to a statement
made by their chairman, Mrs Lillian
Harris Coffin of Oakland, today.
"We are going to win tomorrow,
when our bill comes before the assem-
bly," said Mrs. Coffin.
''There has been a great deal of idle
talk about our facing defeat, but 1 am
more confident now than ever that we
will get what we want.
''We found it was not necessary to do
sensational things to secure a hearing.
Such extreme measures were obviated
by the advocates of woman suffrage
before the British parliament
"Our cause is too well understood
now to require repetitions of those
scenes. I was sorely tempted when the
anti-lobby rule went into effect in the
assembly to test it, but decided that
would not be wise action under the
circumstances.
NThe rule is not strictly observed l
am not allowed to go within the as
sembly chamber and in fact 1 have
never tried to do so while the legisIa-
ture was in session, but L see many
other lobbyists going through the
closely guarded doors, while 1 am COM
PEELED to stand outside in the corri-
dor"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-28
FINANCIAL INTERESTS
HEAVILY REPRESENTED
AT JOINT COMMITTEE

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27.-Many heavy
financial interests were represented to-
night at the joint committee hearing
on the bill by Senator Richard J. Welch
of San Francisco, making an appropria-
ton Of $1000,000 for the purchase by the
state in Islais creek basin, San Fran
cisco, of siXty-three blocks now under
water for extending the harbor facili-
ties.
@. L. McInerney and George Center,
the latter chairman of the Islais Creek
association, explained the purposes of
the bill and made the principal argu-
ments in it's favor.
Henry Munroe, representing large
property interests, and George Nc
Rae. representing the shippers, argued
against the measure.
Those who favored the bill contended
that the state needed additional water
front and should purchase the Islais
creek basin property at once.
Some of the interests against the
bill favored the purchase of only a
portion of the tract mentioned, while
others claimed all the money to be
appropriated by the state for improv-
ing San Francisco harbor should be
spent on the present water front.
f. The lumber interests, who own por-
ton Of the property sought to be con-
demned, asked only that they be al
lowed to use the site for shipping pur-
poses until the state wanted it.