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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-06
WHO WAS THE FIRST
To REACH NORTH POLE
American Commander Has Another
Brief But Thrilling Message
for the World.
(By United Press)

NEW YORK, s-commander Robert e. Pear has dup.
reaching North accord
o a this morning.
the the coincidence achieving such
nearly worlds his
tory.
Peary Etah, North Greenland Aug
winter Port
EiesmereIand, 81 degrees 90 minutes north.
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SUGAR MAGNATE
VERY Ill
(ey United Press.)

NEW YORK. Sept. John Hav.
emeyer, author and millionaire SUI
gar man, is suffering from a ner-
vous breakdown at his summer
home at Yonkers. 1t Is reported he
Is dangerously i'll. Friends OF the
family are keeping his condition
Socrpt fte tf
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a mistake.
Cook Is delighted by Sverdrup's
endorsement after his partial exam
ination and says he Is certain he
will not have difficulty In convinc-
ing the entire scientific world.
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NIL WAUKEE RAILROAD MYSTERY HERE IS FINALLY CLEARE
John Mitchell Says in Labor Day Address
to Workingmen:
what Most Needed Today Spirit Of Brotherhood and Humanity
BY JOHN MITCHELL.

BY JOHN MITCHELL.
Former President Of the United America,
vicePresden American Federation vce-Pres-
ldent and Member Of Executive Committee National Civic
Federation. EH%
)R DAY always important event. especially to the
but this peculiarly
nificant because marks the dawn OF revival
and invites discussion OF the
stagnatOn from which we are now emerging ,t
Perhaps the most important lesson the prac-
tcal Of the Usefulness
trade union movement has been given In these
adversely Indeed, in industrial affairs, other
nues of human activity the lessons learned adversely
the truest and surest lessons of all is times
and trial that best from effect
Christening influence of the adshps
dustria makes stronger and the
obstacles that to srt,
perfectly say every factor in our conn
pick social life panic but the
men and the institutions that suffered
made least provision in days prosperity exg
encies in days of adversely While the organized
felt keenly the effect of the
not so great SO general that
skilled and unorganized wormen because the organized
workers had built fund upon they
could draw to tide them their most pressing necessities
In days of adversely Another which proved
helpful to the organized workman the fact that only
rare instances and in few des where
alone from unemployment substantial
tons in his wage SCALE
The old theory that wages regulated by iron
OF supply and demand has been disputed
required great Industrial depression dsprove
sipae the Anticipated proposition that
cruel and immutabe law OF supply and demand. While
doubt wages are influenced by Industrial conditions
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- low much better equipped
for the battle of exist
ence and home for
himself and family and
- for the education Of his
children Is the laborine
man OF today than was the man of
common toll 10 years ago?
This question presents a Labor
day problem for the whole world to
discuss and solve on this day Of
days for the working man--the only
national day of rest set aside par.
ticuiarly for the man who tolls for
master not for himself. Il Is a
problem that men In every walk
Of life the world over have wrestled
with II has been used as subject
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15
Is Too Little Under
stood.

There will be fewer flat-chested wo-
men and much less nervous prostra
ton when proper attention is giving
to breathing, says an exchange. AS
Delsarte has said, there should be
strength at the center, freedom at
the surface" and this freedom is but
acquired by learning to use ones
lungs at will. BY developing and en-
larging them the thoracic cavity is in
creased, and upon the degree of this
power depends expansion.
In order to control ones nerves one
must learn to command ones involun
tary muscles, which are diaphragm
the heart and the intestines. BY
breathing deeply and controlling one s
breath and so increasing ones lung
capacity, the heart action is stimulat
ed. and this supplies the nerve centers
with fresh blood. and the nerves act
upon the muscles and the brain upon
the nerves and muscles
In order not to have any waste Of
nerve force. the chest should be kept
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15
BOTH STRENGTH AND BEAUTY

active by deep inhalations, thus loos-
ening the tension of unemployed mem
bers. The persistent and regular prac-
tice of breathing exercise will not
only do this. but will give poise and
self-confidence
The movements of respiration stand
in a double relation to the nervous
system, being required to Introduce
oxygen into the blood. which takes up
the oxygen. and freeing itself of the
carbonic acid it contains. the latter
thus acts as powerful stimulus t.
the lung nerves.
One should remember to avoid col
iar.bone breathing, to cultivate the
raised and active chest, and to gaiR
control of the diaphragm In order ia
have complete mastery of breathing,
1t is not necessary to take a long.
tiresome trip to some far away place
in order to be taught to care for
oneself, for nature will come to one's
aid with joyful alacrity in one spot a.
well as another.
But knowledge is not the only thina
required. 1t is its application that
counts. and this means steadfass De
term ination.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15
The Drowned.out Cotton Land.

The question as to the best disposi-
ton to be made of the many acres of
drowned out cotton land is pressing
one, and farmers have little time left
in which to find the answer.
The present deplorable condition of
the crops over large area of the state
is not altogether result OF bad wealth
er, as many seem to think, but is. to
a large extent, the inevitable result of
the unprepared condition of the soil
when the crops were planted. This sea-
son and the condition of crops should
teach lesson that will never be forgot
ten, and that is that it is money, time
and energy well spent to thoroughly
prepare the land before planting. The
previous preparation of the soil will this
year, in many cases, mean the differ
ence between fair success and q fail
ure. We have recently seen fields of
both cotton and corn practically free of
grass where the crops looked healthy and
vigorous with the promise of fair yield.
In the same section, and planted soils of
like character we find many acres of cot
ton and corn dwarfed in size, yellow in
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15

extending his haid to Leisure ex-
claimed: Young man, have wronged
you and have no wish to leave this
earth with the i'll will of any man.
| ask your forgiveness for standing
between you and my poor child and
for the death of your father which |
believed to be in the line of duty to-
ward my country
Leisure trembled violently but did
not reply or raise his eyes. The
march to the scaffold continued. A
deputy was forced to support the tot
tering form of Farrar while the sheriff
adjusted the black cap. Then the
sheriff stepped back and all was in
readiness for the fatal word when
Leisure sprang forward and cried In
an agonized voice:
Stop! alone am guilty.
alone!'
THE officers of the law called him
forward and demanded an explanation.
He declared that Lucille was not dead
but that they had run off and been
married and his wife was then living
in concealment in ST. Louis, for fear
of the wrath of her father and until
he could settle up his affairs and
join her. But he had not divulged to
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15
Progress of Tick Eradication in Missis-

Progress of Tick Eradication in Missis-
sippi.
The greatest drawback to diversified
farming and successful stock raising in
Mississippi is being gradually removed
by the determination of the cattle tick.
The small amount of money appropriate
ed for this work. and the control of 9TH
er contagious diseases of animals in the
state has been expended with excep-
tionally good results, for which great
credit is due the farmers in the counties
in which the work is being done, for the
intelligent cooperation and cordial sup
port given the live stock sanitary board
in their efforts to eradicate the ticks
and establish a more profitable system
of agriculture. In beginning the work
last year it took some time for the farm
ers to become familiar with the methods
of destroying ticks, and to appreciate
the Importance OF the work, but a cam
paign of education by holding numerous
meetings and distributing suitable lit
erature, and the moving of the national
quarantine line down to the state line
between Mississippi and Tennessee in a
few counties soon awakened a deep in
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15

terest ON the part of the farmer The
Memphis market has been closed to Mis-
sissippi cattle, except to be sold in quar-
antine pens at great disadvantage.
The boards of supervisors of DeSoto,
Tate and Tunica counties have shown
their appreciation of the work of the
sanitary board by appointing county
commissioners of agriculture to assist in
exterminating the ticks in those coun-
ties. As the result of this there will be
no difficulty in having these counties
placed above the quarantine line at the
end of this season. The work in Mar
shall and Benton counties is also pro-
crossing favorably, though these coun-
ties were more heavily infested, but, with
the proper cooperation there will be no
difficulty in getting both counties free
at the end of the season.
Much credit is due DR.. J. A. Herman,
who supervises the work for the federal
department in this state. He is one of
the most prominent authorities in the
country in this line of work, and he has
been untiring in his efforts to assist the
sanitary board in every possible way.
The local Farmers Union, in every case,
has given its cordial and earnest sup
port. 1t is a remarkable record, and
highly creditable to the intelligence of
the people, that of the many thousands
of farmers with which the officers of the
sanitary board have to deal in the five
counties where the work is being carried
on that every farmer, with the excep-
ton of two in Marshall county, have
appreciated the Importance of the work,
and have given the sanitary board ac-
tive cooperation in destroying the ticks.
Numerous. requests are constantly being
received from farmers to have the board
take up the work, but lack of funds
prevents this being done at present,
though in some counties the large cattle
owners have signified their willingness
to raise, by public subscription, as the
losses in the various counties each year
are much greater than the total cost OF
destroying the ticks.
Without increasing the number of cat
tie now owned in the counties of Ben
ton, Marshall, DeSoto, Tate and Tunica
the eradication of the cattle tick, and
placing them above the quarantine line,
will increase the revenue of the farmers
in these counties about S105,000 annual
ly. The saving of this vast amount OF
money will be accomplished by the ex-
penditure of $4,000 on the part of the
state. The money appropriated by the
state or the various counties to exter-
inmate the cattle tick should be not
classed as an expenditure, but as the
most profitable investment of state funds
that can be made at the present time.
ARCHIBALD SMITH.
The Mississippi Mills at Wesson re-
Gently shipped o25 rolls of cotton bag
ging to Fort Worth, Texas, to be used
in wrapping cotton this fall. The amount
is sufficient to wrap $3.50 bales, and is
a pretty good beginning for the union
in that state, to wrap their cotton in
bagging made from low grade of the
staple. There is nothing like sticking
to proposition like this. Great reforms
do not come quickly, and it will take
| time to break down custom that has
] been half century in being formed.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15

her plan which had formed in his
brain to revenge himself upon her
father both for his insulting words
and for the death of his own parent.
He had cut off portion of her hair
while she slept and dipped it in the
blood of a lamb. He had also sprink-
led blood over pieces of her dress.
The Ratchet was easily procured.
These he had placed in the cave dur
ing one of Col. Farrar's numerous abb
sences from the house and there also
he had himself emitted the means
which had been heard. He would
have carried his hellish plot through
to the end but that the colonels plea
for forgiveness at the gallows I'M
nerved him.
This confession was made partly
at the place of execution and partly
afterward in the Jail. AS soon as it
became clear that Leisure had an inn
portant statement to make the sheriff
turned to the colonel to take the in
sigma of death from his head. Far
rar, unobserved by all who were in
tent upon the words of Leisure, had
sunk into sitting posture. The
sheriff stepped up to him and raised
the black cap. He was dead
Leisure was Immediately placed
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15

color, some OF the cotton still dying, and
much of the corn, if worked out, will
produce little but fodder These lands
are so grassy they look more like a
good pasture than cotton field. The
explanation of the difference in the con-
dition of the crop is very apparent to
the close observer. In one case, the land
was well broken in the fall and rebedded
in the spring, and narrowed until all
clods were pulverized. In the other case
the land was not touched in the fall,
and in the spring rush to plan early, the
land was half-prepared, in many cases
with little one-horse pillow. After all
the rain we have had, this land is still
rough and cloddy, and would not have
produced over half crop had weather
conditions been favorable. How long
will we of the South continue this slip
shod method of farming, and charge all
the failures to bad luck and bad wealth
err? One of the great obstacles in the
way of successful farming is the failure
to plan ahead. Note the wild scramble
each spring for good seed. We did not
think last fall at gathering time, when
it would have been so easy to have Sc
lccted good seed of known purity, that
we would need them this spring.
Now, what are we going to do with
this drowned-out cotton land? VIII it
be economical to pay big wages to clean
out the little sickly cotton on half pre-
pared land, or to work out that dwarfed,
yellow corn that will make nothing
much but fodder? Would it not pay bet
ter to break this land with a two-horse
plow and turn under and kill the grass,
harrow well and plant cowpeas in rows
of three feet apart, cultivate the peas
about twice with a fne-tooth cultivator
or side harrow, and gather from ten
to fifteen bushels of peas per acre, which
will be worth next spring from $3.50 to
$500 per bushel, and at the same time
the vines and roots will put into the
soil for next years crop from $500 to
$1,000 worth of plant food per acre? To
plant, cultivate and harvest the pea crop
will cost very little. One bushel of peas,
if good planter is used, will plant
about four acres. On the best of this
drowned-out land, early maturing varie-
ties of corn may be planted. Mexican
June or Leaning Yellow will mature If
planted now on well prepared land and
worked rapidly. Soy beans may be
planted, Just as cowpeas are, as late as
the middle of July. This plant, when
planted thick, makes an excellent hay,
and if planted in rows and worked once
or twice will yield from fifteen to TWEEN
ty-five bushels of beans per acre. 1t
these beans are ground and mixed with
corn or corn chop, you have splendid
feed for all classes of live stock. Sor-
ghum can be planted as late as July IS
The early amber or orange sown thick
makes a large yield of good hay. Pea
nuts, Irish and sweet potatoes may be
planted as late as July Is.
| think it would be a good plan to
put most of this land in COW peas. Tbs
crop is a profitable one, either for hay
or seed, and will supply the soil with
the two most needed elements, nitrogen
and organic matter All the oat land
should be planted in peas or soy beans
instead of being left bare to be baked
bv the sun and leached by the rains.
L. R. LLOYD
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15

under arrest. He blew his brains out
in his cell that night with a pistol
procured, no one knew how. Lucille
went mad on hearing of the tragedy.
and was confined some time in an
asylum. She recovered and ended her
days in a convent.
THAT, gentlemen, Is my story"
There was a stirring of chairs and
a general lighting Of pipes which had
been allowed to go out In the rapt
attention that prevailed while Judge
Stoakes was speaking, when Judge
Grower arose and said:
Il believe l voice the sentiments OF
the club in extending thanks to Judge
Stoakes."
Copyright. 1909. by Joseph B. Bowles.l
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15
AUTHORS NOTE.

The material facts In this
story of circumstantial evidence
are drawn from an actual re-
corded case, only such change
of names and local color being
made as to remove them from
the classification of legal re-
ports to that Of fiction. All the
essential points Of evidence,
however, are retained.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15

HE Calf Skin club had as
sembled early for it's week
ly session and every mem
Der was in his accustomed
place with Judge Grower
in the chair. When the
routine business was fin
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1t Il
key of whisky in skiff, he rowed over. The red
coats fell on him with whoop of JOY; but the feel
ngs of Kanouse can be imagined when they not only
ruthlessly knocked in the head of his precious key
of whisky, but arrested him and levied fine of
six hundred dollars
In the fall of 1876, kanouse, his Indian wife, and
a man named Buckling suddenly found themselves
besieged by band of kootenai Indians who had
wandered across the mountains to the plains. The
Indians intrenched themselves in the dry bed of a
creek and at most showed nothing but their heads
SO keen their eyes and SO close their watch of
every CreVCe in the log fort however, that the be-
siegcd trio could not even show finger anywhere
without drawing fire. But they held their own until
thel ammunition gave out. They had quite store
of powder and lead; so Bucking set the key of
powder the counter and loaded, while kanouse
and the squaw fired. Even with this handicap, the
Indians did gain and when darkness fell they
stole away 1.-THE Indian rarely fights at night).
When their firing had ceased, the squaw went out
to reconnoiter, Buckng and kanouse standing in
the door to her trail. The two men began
talking the incidents of the siege, and Buckling
who notorious for his inability to tell anything
without mimcking it all out, threw his gun to his
shoulder show how he had shot at and caught an
Indian. Inadvertently he touched the trigger, and
the load went into the key of powder standing on
the counter.
What might be expected, followed There
a tremendous explosion, the roof went up into the
air, Bucking went spinning fifty feet away, and
when Kanouse to he found himself caught
under the logs of the wrecked cabin. Strangely
enough, nobody was hurt, however; but the tort
and supplies total wreck
When they realized the completeness OF the catas-
trophe they decided that the only thing to be done
was to make their way to Fort Mcleod, the nearest
station of the Northwest Mounted Police Fort Nc
Leod however, had already learned of the trouble
at Pine Coulee, and the trio had gone only two or
three miles when they met detachment of police
coming to their rescue, under command of Colonel
Mcleod himself.
In response to questions, Buckling began to tell
the story of how he had blown the fort to pieces and
as he came to the point where he had been showing
Kanouse, to his instinct for mmlCrv, he lifted
L. hoy, r1Uht
into the bunch of mounted men When it was found
that one had been hit, and the excitement began
to die down, Buckling started in again to finish his
story But Colonel Mcleod lifted his hand authori-
tatvely and said:
Now, Buckling, don't want to hear any more Of
that story. Youv told enough Put down that gun!.
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bile that characterized these DAYS of the '7os in the
Northwest Territories could be laid at the doors OF
the wofers; the wolfers and the whisky traders,
that is The regular traders were the arlstoCrats;
the wolfers, the hand to hand submerged tenth
of those days The traders had forts we'll arranged
for protection against the Indians and could close
their gates when certain number had entered;
so that at all times they had the upper hand.
The wolfers were wanderers without liked hab1ta-
tons and their safety depended upon their watch
fulness and the superiority OF their arms over the
trade guns "fukes' of the Indians, the only
pattern of weapon that the Hudson Bay Company
had sold in their territory for more than two hum
dred years.
When the American traders came in by way of
Fort Benton Montana, they brought the latest I'M.
proved rifles together with large quantities of fixed
ammunition With the Indians thus armed the
wolfers found themselves at disadvantage In every
way. To make matters worse, whisky traders We're
smuggling liquor the Montana line. The best
of it vile connection; but they also brought
in an absolutely fendish mixture of pure alcohol,
blue vitriol and tobacco juice which they called
whisky which turned the Indians into superatlve
demons while its effect lasted and morosely untrust
worthy after the spell had passed away: So that
altogether the Indians were becoming ugly and IN
tractabe.
In these early JOS. the Canadian Pacific Railway
was still undreamed Of and even the widest flights
of imagination around campfres never voiced the
belief that of that generation would live to
see three great railroads betting the land the Can
adam Pacific along the most southern route, the
Canadian Northern few hundred miles farther
north and most recently the Grand Trunk Pacific
merrily blowing its way across hitherto unknown
and almost unmapped country verging on the fifty
fifth parallel.
The Hudson Bay Company had just given up its
tenure of the Northwest territories: but the North
west Mounted Police had not yet come in. There
fore the wolfers decided to organize government
of their own and regulate" the whisky traders.
Their headquarters were at point on the Little
Bow River known Spit Zee (high wood or tall
trees) forty miles south of Calgary, about where the
town of High River is to-day. When the organiza-
ton of the wolfers complete, they took the
name Spit Zee Cavalry and their plan, we'll
understood among the members, though not avowed
openly was to wage a sort of guerrilla against
the American whisky traders.
Healy and the Spit Zee Cavalry
THE first object of attack a trader named
Healy, whose post at the junction of the St.
Marys with the Belly River Setting forth the pur-