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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-11-12

acres. he says lying idle in the Far West because
their cannot get hands at any rate of nav
American boys drift to the cities while immigrants
if from purely agricultural districts are either
unable unwilling to do farm and field work while
of those who try 1t to be incompetent owing
to the different methods and the improved machinery
employed here.
Those who regard this theory as inadequate and
who think that monopoly is not without considerable
responsibility for the high prices of foodstus must
admit that the scarcity of agricultural labor is fact
and such 1t at least partially accounts for the phe
nomenon in question. Hence it is highly desirable to
continue and extend the work Of the Federal informa
ton division of the Bureau of immigration which has
sought to promote the better distribution of immigra-
ton and has taken particular pains to direct the aliens
to the Western States localities where the shortage
of labor is greatest.-Chicago Record Herald
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-11-12
PRICES AND FARM LABOR.

ECRETARY WILSON returns from West.
cru trip with the conviction that his pre-
vious explanation of the upward trend Of
food prices is sound. He attributed the
troubles of the consumer to the scarcity
of farm labor, and he sees no reason to
change that view Thousands of fart,,.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-11-12

ing something of msnomer 1t is not farming land
which is dry but farming land which is comparatively
dry 1t takes land in regions where the rainfall is
far below for oldstyle farming, and by prac-
tical method of cultivation conserves the moisture
which falls and converts soils which formerly were
considered good for nothing but grazing into great
cropproducing sections Dry farming is not to be rec
commended for the easygong agrculturist 1t appeals
most to the who has positive passion for seeing
things grow in untoward surroundings. With such
farmers the helm, thousands of of heretofore
unproductive soil being redeemed without the inter
vention of irrigation bitches In Montana alone
estimated there from 100000 to "a 900 acres
of land which may be dry-farmed, to 100000 which
may be irrigated 1t is said that dry farming reach
zoo 900 900 of land which have been considered
worthless.-Minneapolis Journal
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-11-12
DRY FARMING IN THE WEST.

z OLORADO, Wyoming and New Mexico
have recently made large appropriations
for dry farming" stations and expert
mental farms. This marks another step
toward the utilization of the semi-arid
y lands of the west, where irrigation is
either impossible or too costly Dry farm
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-11-12
pocToR1Na BY CONTRACT.

EDICAL men are getting their profession
down to a practical business basis The
latest plan advocated is called contract
practice" and it is believed this will help
to solve the problem of securing proper
medical attention for people who cannot
afford to pay big doctor bills. It has 9th
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Extremely Cold Weather.


 Kansas City, December 20.-Southern Oklahoma and the Panhandle in Texas are experiencing the coldest weather of the season today. Ardmore, Okla, and Abilene, Tex, reported degrees above zero and Fort Worth above. In Kansas the temperature ranged from 10. above at Wichita to zero at Concordia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Bacon's Name Comes Up.

The foreign relations committee voted today to report the Bacon nomination to the Senate tomorrow, when Senator Root probably will seek to have it confirmed.
 It was argued at today's session of the committee that our diplomatic relations with France demand that the embassy post at Paris be filled at once, and that it would not do to postpone action until Senator Smiths return.
 Gossip in the Senate today hinted op- position on the part of others to the con- frmation of Mir Bacon and Senator Nell son was said to be the leader. This could not be confirmed, but it is conceded that if any senator is unwilling to have the nomination confirmed tomorrow action may be postponed until after the, return of MT. Smith.
 Senators Aldrich and Root called at the White House this afternoon and assured President Taft that they anticipated lit- tie trouble in securing the confirmation of MT. Bacon as ambassador to France. MT. Aldrich went so far as to suggest that the confirmation might take place tomor- row He said that the situation in France was such that further delay in filling the post of ambassador would be most inad- visable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21

The d1StrlDutiOh or I1e Std ISIHHu CUl- ton for 1909 by states is;
 OIeOfSlH ftioc" South Carolina - lo727
 The statistics in this report for 1909 are subject to slight corrections when checked against the individual returns of the ginners being transmitted by mail. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Nominations by President.

Washington, December 20.-President Taft sent to the Senate today nomin- ations of United States district attorneys including the following:
 Joseph F. Morrison, for the territory of Arizona.
 Marion F. Erwin for the Southern dis trict of Georgia.
 Ernest r. Cochran, for South Caro- lima.
 The President also sent in the nom- nations of the following United States marshals
 Pope M. Long. for the Northern dis trict of Alabama
 Walter H. Johnson, for the Northern district of Georgia
 William Henkel for the Southern dis trict of New York.
 President Taft also sent to the Sen ate the following nominations of am- bassadors and ministers:
 Robert Bacon of New York, ambassa- dor to France.
 Richard c. Kerns of Missouri, ambas- sador to Austria Hungary.
 Henry Lane Wilson of Washington anl- bassador fo Mexico
 Charles Page Bryan of Illinois minis ter to Belgium.
 William James Calhoun of Illinois, min ister to China.
 Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania, minister to Chile.
 Henry T. Gage of California, minister to Portugal.
 R. S. Reynolds Hit of Illinois, minis ter to Panama.
 John B. Jackson of New Jersey, min ister to Cuba.
 Fenton R. McCreery of Michigan, min ister to Honduras.
 Edwin " Morgan of New York, min ister to Paraguay
 Charles W. Russelk of the District of Columbia, minister to Persia.
 Laurens G Knowles of Delaware, min ister and consul general to the Dominican republic.
 It was said at the White House to- day that no decision has yet been reached with regard to the post at Great Britain, now filled by Whitelaw Reid. The President sent to the Senate the names of the following secretaries of em- bassies:
 Philip M. Brown of the District of Columbia. at Mexico City.
 Henry l.. Jane of Wisconsin, at Con- stantinople.
 Irwin B. Laughlin of Pennsylvania, at Berlin.
 Hoffman Philip of New York, at Rio De Janeiro.
 Montgomery Schuyler, Jr., of New York, to rokio.
 George Post Wheelock of Washing ton, at St. Petersburg.
 Lewis Einstein of New York, at Pekin.
 Paxton Hibben of Indiana, to the Netherlands and Luxemburg.
 Charles Cunning White of New Jersey, at Christians, Norway.
 Balkan Schoyer of Pennsylvania, at Bogota. Colombia.
 To be second secretary of the em- bassy at Rio Janeiro, M Marshall Langhorne of Virginia.
 To be agent and consul general at Cairo, Egypt, Peter Augustus Jay Of Rhode Island
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Agreement by Committee.

SNo'S~''Sht " SSfftuhLCCs
 The committee agreed to report all of the other diplomatic nominations which were sent to the Senate today.
 MT. Bacon is graduate of Harvard university.
 He was formerly member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Go. He was appointed assistant secretary of state September 5, 1905, and was Secretary of State from January 27 to March s, 1909
 Charles W. Russell of Washington. D C., appointed minister to Persia, is now assistant attorney general of the United States He has for the past 20 years been connected with the department of justice.
 William James Calhoun of Chicago. appointed minister to China, is a law yer, who has had considerable diplomatic experience in Cuba and Venezuela, and served also for two years as & mem Der of the interstate commerce commits sion.
 Richard C. Kerins, named as ambassa- dor to Austria Hungary. Is a native Of fornia in 1899 to 1903.
 He served in the union army from 1861 to 1865 and after the war went to Arkan- sas and still later to San Diego, Cal, where he was railway contractor. He removed to St. Louis in 1876 and has since resided there.
 Henry Lane Wilson, transferred from the mission to Belgium, to be ambassa- dor to Mexico, was first appointed to the diplomatic service in June, 1897, as minister to Chile. Mir Wilson was born in Indiana in 1857. At the time of his appointment in the diplomatic service he resided at Spokane. Wash.
 Knowles Transferred.
 Horace c. Knowles of Delaware. trans fered from Nicaragua to Santo Domingo, was born in Delaware in 1863. He is lawyer by profession.
 Henry T. Gage of California appointed minister to Portugal, Is resident of Sacramento. He was governor of Cali fornia in 1898 to 1908.
 Laruts s. Swanson of Minneapolis, ap- pointed minister to Switzerland was born in 1865 of Norwegian parents. He is Identified with various important busi- ness interests in Minneapolis He was United States minister to Denmark from 1887 to 1905.
 Henry P Fletcher of Chambersburg, Pa. appointed minister to Chile. is 36 years of age and a lawyer. He was ap- pointed secretary at PelSin April 26, 1907.
 Charles Page Bryan of Illinois, trans- ferred from Portugal to Belgium, prac- tised law in Colorado for several years where he served in the legislature. He also served in the Illinois legislature for four terms.
 Whitelaw Reid's Place.
 With regard to the post of ambassador to Great Britain it was said today there was no definite understanding as just how long Whitelaw Reid will continue to serve. Early in his administration President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
WhiteIaw Reid's Place.

With regard to the post of ambassador to Great Britain it was said today there was no definite understandin as just how Early in his administration President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21

Taft offered the post to President Eliot of Harvard university. wlo considered the matter for some weeks, and finally declined.
 Mir Reid visited President Taft at Bev- erly last summer and it wsa generally understood at that time he would con- tinue in the diplomatic service until a successor could be found.
 When recently in consultation with Sec retary Knox regarding the diplomatic list, the British post was reached, the Pres ident asked that it be passed for the time being. Thus the matter stands
 Dr. David Jayne Hill, ambassador to Germany, returned to his post at Berlin recently after trip to this country with out any definite knowledge of whether he was to be retained by President Taft As no successor to Dr. Hill appeared among the diplomatic appointments to- day. it is presumed he will continue to serve indefinitely
 Regarding the statement that Ambassa- dor Straus, at Constantinople, and Am bassador Rockhill. at St. Petersburg, will retire at the end of two years of service, Secretary Knox stated today there was no basis for any such reports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21

Nashville. December 20.-Gross misman- agement and loose business methods are alleged by the state insurance commis- sioner of the operations of the Prudential Fire Insurance company of Knoxville. which recently went into the hands of a receiver. A report was given out today by Mir. Folk, outlining the causes for the proceedings instituted against the com pany. The report shows the liabilities of the company to aggregate s37.5o0. Its as- sets are g, ,1S4. .S9 in cash ana notes which amount to s2s, s,459.s4 A sum of sssS2 is unaccounted for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Cold Weather in Texas,

Fort Worth Tex, December 20.-The coldest weather In five years was expe- rienced throughout the greater part of Texas today. At this point the thermome- ter registered above zero. Flurries of seet and snow are reported as far south as Floresville. Abilene reports temper ature of above zero and at Galveston the freezing point was reached. Advices from west Texas state that cattle are suffering from the extreme cold and that many are dying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Children Burned to Death.

Chicago, December 20.-John Corrodio. aged ' years; Charles Corrodio, aged 2 years, and Mary Corrodio. aged 4 years. were burned to death today in their home in South Chicago. The house caught fire during the absence of their parents. From a distance the father saw fire bursting through a window and he hurried to res cue the children but was driven back by the flames.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Interest in Nomination.

Washington, December 20.-Consider- able interest attached today to the nomination sent to the Senate by Pres ident Taft of Charles P. Hitch of Paris. Ill, to be United States marshal for the estern district of that state. It had been current gossip that President Roosevelt, before leaving office. had selected this place as reward for James Sloan, Jr., of Danville, H., the secret service man who always accom- panied him in his travels through the country, who swan creeks with him fin the dead of winter climbed precipices and participated in all the strenuous outdoor doings in the last administra- ton.
 Sloan has been on duty with Presi- dent Taft since the latter's inaugura- ton.
 Speaker Cannon, whose home is at Danville, was one of Sloan's opponents and urged the appointment of Hitch, who has h cid the office for 20 years Senator Cullom, 1t is said, also favored Hitch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
BUREAU REPORT ON
 GINNED COTTON

Washington, December 20.-The census bureau reports S,362222 bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1909 to Decem- Der 13, compared with 11,90o,565 bales for 1908.
 The proportion of the crop ginned to December B, 1909, is 9o.9 per cent of the crop on the same day of 1908. Round bales included this year are 139,967 com pared with 215.Ob9 for 1908. Sea Island S5,1s4 bales for 1909; S0.316 in 1908.
 The number of bales cotton ginned from the growth of 1909 in the several states, compared with the corresponding date of 1908 follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
oaoe Expresses Surprise.

Los Angeles, December 20.-"This is news to me-" said former Governor Henry T. Gage, when informed that his nomina tion as minister to Portugal had been sent to the Senate today. However, MT. Gage conveyed the inn pression that while he had not been officially advised of his selection, he has been consulted fully and the tender was made by the President with the knowledge that it would be accepta-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Mismanaqement Is Charged.

corrected total of cotton ginned this sea- son to December 1 is S,s76,sS6 bales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
OPPOSITION TO
 ROBERT BACON Senator Root Will Try to Over
 come the { bjections MICHIGAN MAN OPPOSED
Senator William Alden Smith Is the Man Who Objects to Bacon, but 1t Is Not Known How Se-
 rious This May Be.

Washington, December 20.--Some oppo- sition to the confirmation of Robert Ba- con of New York as ambassador to France may be expected in the Senate unless Senator Root is entirely successful in his movement of conciiaton.
 The only recorded opposition is found in request by Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan to the Senate commit tee on foreign relations for a hearing on this nomination. MT. Smith has gone to California, and left word that he would like to have the Bacon nomination passed over until January 10, when he will re- turn to Washington. It was stated in the committee today that MT. Smith still smarts under what he considers a per sonal affront received from MT. Bacon when he was Secretary of State in the last few months of President Roosevet's administration.
 It appears that MT Smith did not favor the Canadian boundary treaty which af- fected certain Michigan interests on the St. Mary's river, and that Secretary Ba- con took exceptions to MT. Smisi,s argu- ment and expressed the opinion that the Michigan senator was speaking without full knowledge of the case. MT. Smith won his point and the treaty was amended
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-09-18
Montieth'S Crimes,

The mystery surrounding the
young man Thurman Montieth, ar.
rested at Covington, and who. gave
his name as G. H. Slidell, and II. G.
Houston, with good assortment OF
aliases, seems to at last be lifting
and from all over the state have
come applications for the honor of
trying him. A letter from J. A.
/, Leonald, warden of the Ohio State
Reformatory, at Mansfield, Ohio, ac-
companied by his photograph and a
Dertillion measurement card, show
that on April "a he was enrolled as
No. 1910.
Newton& Newton, lawyers of Mon
roe, request that he be surrendered
tc the Ouachita Parish authorities,
who, they claim, have the first
charge against him and that his con-
viction there would be easy. They
speak in the highest terms of his
father, his family and family con-
nections there and of the fact that
he is the only wayward member of
the family.
Baton Rouge seems to have a good
list of charges against the man, but
New Orleans seems to have prefer
ence If charges count for anything.
1t is probable that as he may get
twenty years term in New Orleans,
against. a very short one here, that
the local authorities will relinquish
him to the latter place.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-09-18
WrangIc over Model Roads.

Caddo AMI DeSoto Parishes are in
wrangle regarding the route of the
model road to be constructed be-
tween Mansfield ani Shreveport by
State convicts, a committee from De
Soto reported that work is in pro-
gress between Mansfield and the
Caddo line, but that De Soto will
not connect with the load south
from Shreveport unless the latter is
built by Stonewall, as three-fourths
of the DeSoto people favor the Stone
wall route, which is the straight
route to Shreveport from Mansfield,
and object to the. route by Keachie.
A committee for the Caddo jury re-
commended the route by Keachie,
though it is longer, explaining that.
it would cost several times as much
money to go through the bottom
lands near Stonewall. The Keachie
route was accepted, which leaves the
matter apparently in a tangle.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-09-18

Natural Resources OF Louisiana.

The State Department of Agricul.
ture and Immigrat ton has received
from the immigration agent of the
illlhols Central, pamphlet OF
Louisiana Reclaimed Lands" Civ
Ing much data regarding the reclaim
ed prairie and swamp lands of the
state. The bulletin says:
ut has an area of approximately
2S,0OO.OO0 acres, about two-thirds
OF which is cultivatable, well-drained
upland; the other one-third is COM
posed of prairie marshes, cypress
swamps and lakes, rivers and bay
Gus. Of the ~cultivable lands, less
than 100000 acres are under cul-
tiVation, which produce annually
crops to the value of about $4,000
600.
Louisiana can boast of produc-
ing abundantly four of the worlds
greatest staple products, viz: sugar,
cotton, rice. and oil. For the year
1908, Louisiana produced 553,S41,-
500 pounds ofAsugar. So 500 d balse
Of cotton, 2G8. 400 pounds OF
rice, and some of its numerous oil
wells furnished more than 3,O0O,-
600 barrels of OIL 1t produced 80
per cent of all the sugar made from
sugar cane and four-fifths of all the
rice grown in the United States. 1t
also produced nearly a million bush
els of Irish potatoes, 100000 bar
rels of molasses and syrups, tobac-
90, hemp and ramie, clover and 9th
er forage crops, and vast quantities
of fresh fruits and vegetables, which
supplied the New Orleans market
every month in the year, and during
he late dinter and early spring
months furnished Chicago and other
lorthern markets with strawberries
Ind vegetables at prices which were
gratifying and remunerative to the
growers.
IF such returns could be obtained
rom 100000 acres of land, what
night be expected if all the alluvial
ands of Louisiana were cultivated
n some of the many farm products
hat are grown SO successfully in
hat state?
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-09-18
REAPs REWARD OF KINDNESS
Farmers nionU Reaches a Contract
With Island Bankers.

Galveston, Tex.---John C. Albrit
ton, representative of the Farmers
Union of Texas and Oklahoma clos.
ed a contract with Galveston bank
ers and cotton factors to handle
through this port the cotton of the
uhien members, which embraces
many thousand farmers who raise
and ship the most of the cotton OF
the two statts mentioned. The value
of the cotton be consigned to
Galveston by this contract will be
close to $1O0,0O0,0OO and is one of
the largest transactions of it's kind
on record in cotton states. 1T is the
result of Galveston's bankers and
cotton factors coming to the rescue
of the cotton producers of Texas anl
Oklahoma during many troubles OF
the years 1907-1908.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-09-18
AVIATOR CURTIss IN LEAD.
American Adding to French
Laurels on Italian Field.
BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE MAY WIN
Flight Was Beautiful and Brought
Fourth Cheers of "Long Live
America! Long Live Cur
tiss.s

Brescia, Italy.-Glenn H. Curtist
the American aviator, before an en-
thusiastic crowd, made a flight o
/ 80 kilometers (31.05) miles In 4!
minutes, 25 seconds. Curtiss mad
his appearance in the competition
for the grand prize $4,000 and tn,
1 brilliant performance Of the Ameri
can is considered by the majority o
the spectators likely to Stand as tn,
| winning fight. hrs
| OF the ten nfffes laps In 8 minutes
52-1-4 seconds; the second In min
utes. 4 6 3-5 seconds.
After many disappointments the
great crowds which had gathered te
watch the contest became wrought
up to high pitch when a few min
utes before six O'Clock the official
time limit, Curtiss' bi-plane was run
out. The American flag was run UP
over the judges stand at the signal
station and moment later Curtiss
left the ground. He was cheered at
each r;f:nd, the machine moving
swiftly, without the least sign of
pitching or rolling. Curtiss kept at
a height carrying from 40 to SO feet,
but he took each turn rather wide.
When he landed there were shouts of
long live America; long live Cur
tiss." Senators and deputies, diplo-
mats and government officials joined
with the thousands of spectators in
an ovation to the aviator
Curtiss was showered with congrat'
ulations, but seemed to think noth-
ing of his performance, merely re-
marking that he had greatly enjoyed
the vitw during the flight. This,
however, was accepted in a semi-hu-
morous way as a practical system of
keeping tally Of the rounds, as an
aviator finds difficulty in the count
ing Of the laps when he is driving
his machine.
During the fight Cortlandt F.
Bishop had five men stationed on the
course and at the conclusion of each
round one stood up and waved a
signal flag ani special signal was
given at the conclusion of the race.
Curtiss estimated that he covered
about S5 miles, for he was carried
somewhat out of his course by the
wind. He said he purposeIy went
at an easy pace on account OF the
great distance and to save his mo-
tor, which worked perfectly.
Rougier, in the height contest,
reached an altitude of 116 meters, al
though this record may not stand as
the time limit was past. Gabriel e.
D'Annunizio, the dramatist, has ec-
cepted an invitation to make a fight |
with Curtiss.