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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-18

be able to lift himself by the boot
straps. but the Mississippi has done
something ike that. 1t is not only a
restless but an aspiring stream that
wants to climb
Dikes on the Mississippi are as nee
essary as the dikes Of Holland. If It
were not for them the lower river
would wander all over the scenery.
New Orleans would be another Venice
Some OF the Louisiana and Mississippi
plantations would have to be cuitivat-
ed by submarines. That is the reason
Mississippi foods cause seven differ
ent kinds Of Consideration in the lower
valley. The dikes do not always bold
and It is hard TO repair them with sew
eral million tons Of water pressing
through. II is hoped. however. that
there viii be low water when Taft
makes his trip. so that the unusual
weight viii not cause an inundation.
Perhaps the original idea in having
Mark Twain pilot the presidents boat
was 10 relieve the strain Mark has
way Of tightening things up. He was
afraid to tackle the job. however. Per-
haps be reflected thar the congressman
in the follow up boats might have 4
number Of undelivered speeches in
their heads. and these would be 50
heavy they would cause the river to
bulge still more.
One Of the deep waterway couven-
lions was held al Memphis. aud this
was attended by Mr.. Roosevelt. who
also went to II ID a boat Nothing
more disastrous happened than that
the president ripped a steamboat cap
tain up the back. Nobody remembers
vzhat The eaptaan did. but everybody
recalls what Roosevelt said How
could they forgefs Thus words some
times live longer than deeds. At that
time the president expressed himself
in an enthusiastic way for the ship
canal as a general proposition. but re-
fused 70 20 into details. Perhaps
thoughts Of the shifting bed Of the
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-18
d lANfEs a. EpeERToN.

EF the dikes bold. President Taft
vll 60 by boat from 81. Louis TO
II the deep waterway convention at
New orleans. II wili be q crucial
test and viii show whether all the
money spent By the government on the
Father Of Waters has been in vain.
Should the president succeed in max
ing the whole "Trip without the banks
giving way cO1gTess may be encouE-
aged 10 spend q few more hundred
millions on the great rirer. This was
doubtless the idea of TIE deep water
way people when ihey Invited the
president 10 take the steamboat trip
II the Mississippi Is strong enough 10
Withstand the extra strain il IS GER
talnly strong enough 10 be made into
a ship canal II was . great scheme.
for il wOai WORK either way. If the
dikes did not hold. congress would
have to vote money TO re-enforce them
Thus the appropriation was safe what
ever happened They had 1t coming
ard going. WhoeYer suggested tsg
presidential trip down the Mississippi
IS q genius
The ship canal from the great lakes
to the gulf is bound TO come Roose-
velt favored it. Taft favoTs il Uncle
Joe Cannon favors il. and all il now
lacks Is the consent Of Senator AID
Tieh. As it is not located in Rhode Is
ssud. Aldrich has not become wildly
enthusiastic in its favor. But Aldrich
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-18
SWEPT OVER NIAGARA.

This terrible calamity often happens
because a careless boarman ignores
the rivers warnings gs-Growing rippies
and faster eurrent--nature' warnings
are kind. That dull pain or ache In
the back warns you the kidneys need
attention If you would escape fatal
maladies dropsy. diabetes or Bright's
disease. Take Electric Bitters at once
and see backache fIy and an your best
feelings return. After long suffering
from weak kidneys and lame back, one
81 bottle wholly cured me-" writes J.
r. BIankenship. OF Belk. Tenn. Only
soc al Brown & Co.'S D&W
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-18
THE BEST PLASTER.

A piece OF flannel dampened with
Chamberlain Liniment and bound on
to the affected parts is superior to any
plaster When troubled with lame
back or pains in the side or chest give
It a trial and you are certain to be
more than pleased with the prompt
relief which it affords. This liniment
also relieves rheumatic pains and is
certain to please anyone suffering from
that diseaae. Sold by all druggists
g. D&W
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-18
UP BEFORE THE BAR.

y. II. Brown. an attorney, of Pitts
burg, VI, writes: I'VE have used DR..
Kings New Life Pills FOR years and
find them such a good family medicine
we wouldn't be without them For
chilis, constipation. biliousness or SICK
headache they work wonders. 25e al
Brown & Co.'S. DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-18

will not live forever and It is said
will retire in 1911 His retirement
may mean the ship ca9aIs arrival, or
if not then it will put in an appear
ance LATER Nothing can stop it. II
has been a long time coming. but is
almost here. The refrain fourteen
feet in the valley win be sung till
ships run from Joliet TO Baton Rouge
At the New Orleans convention.
which lasts from Oct 80 to Nov. ?.
President Taft will speak the tirst
day. Vice President Sherman the sec
ond day and Speaker Cannon the third
day. This shows that the deep water
way scheme IS already drawing deep
wnter. There VIII be so many govern
ors present that it viii be easier to
name those that are not on hand than
those that are. There viii also be
such a numerous delegation Of con-
rrpSsmen and senators that II viii
hook like a session Of congress on pork
day Al these gfyernors. senators
and comgressmen will follow the presi-
dent down the river It is question
able If so much greatness WAS erer be-
fore afoat on one stream at one time
Il the Mississippi eau get away with
all that. it can bear up under the ship
ping of the world.
Chicago Drainage Canal.
The only reasons the lakes to gulf
canal has not been dug before this are
that it costs a bunch Of money and
the engineers have not finished hgur-
ing our how to do H. Chicago has
made start by digging her drainage
ditch. which she calls by the more po-
lite name Of the. sanitary canal and
st. Louis calls names that are not fit
TO print. The sanitary canal extends
as far as joliet and really is q large
even IL 1t IS not a beautiful or sweet
smelling stream. Chicago might have
dug it much smaller and had Il ample
for sanitary purposes. but thar Is not
Chicago's way. She was determined
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-18
An Elevated River.

Most rivers run il a trough. but the
Mississippi runs on 4 ridge. 1t is
higher than the surrounding country.
This elevation it has built up itself
through the vast amounts Of sediment
that it tears out of the landscape and
carries downstream A man may not
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-18

Mississippi made him sidestep being
TOO specidc. If that river can be made
10 settle down and stay at home il viii
save trouble.
Fourteen Feet Through the Val
ley
That the supporters OF the deer wa
terway are in earnest is shown By the
fact thar they have written poetry
about II. This poetry evidently came
hard and resulted from stern sense
OF duty. We forbear quoting more
than one stanza. but the rest show the
same grim resolve TO write a song or
die:
We represent the people who want the
waterway
Fourteen feet through the valley.
We represent the shippers. who have the
biggest say
Fourteen feet through the valley.
We want the ships a-running and lower
ing the rate
Fourteen feet through the valley
And II We ger the water wen guarantee
the freight
Fourteen feet through the valley.
The proposed ship canal connects
with Lake Michigan at Chicago. fol
lows the Chicago drainage canal to
Joliet. thence down the Illinois river
to the Mississippi and By the Missis-
sippi TO the guif Fourteen feet
through the valley represents depth
al low water The project includes
more than the ship canal II also en-
braces nine feet up the Ohio TO Pitts
burg. six feet up the Mississippi TO
Minneapolis and six feet up the Mis-
souri, TO Sioux City.
Tom Reed once said that the Mis-
souri, river is not navigable and the
Mississippi river ought not TO be- but
ii was on one Of his grouchy days
when most Of the congressman were
yelling for river and harbor appropria-
tions. The witticism should now be
revised and made TO read. The Missis-
sippi river is navigable, and the Mis-
souri, river ought to be-" When it is
reflected that the great river and its
tributaries can freight from a vast
territory extending from Pittsburg to
Omaha and from Minneapolis 10 New
Orleans and that By means OF the
ship canal and the proposed connec-
ton with the Red River of the North
it cSuld also reach the great lakes re-
gion and the Canadian northwest the
importance Of the giant scheme can
be dimiy realized. Ii would extend
the coast line Of the nation By multi
piled thousands Of miles, would relieve
crop congestions throughout the vast
wheat. corn and cattle belt. would
lower freight rates. would make a con-
tinuOUs ship canal from New YORK via
the enlarged Erie canal to Buffalo,
theme throU~t the great lakes to Chi
cago ana irom there down the Missis-
sippi to the gulf. would furnish a new
outlet to such important trade centers
as Chicago. St. Louis. Pirtsburg. Gin
cinnat. Louisville. Sioux City, Omaha.
Kansas City. Minneapolis. St Paul and
Memphis and would be boon TO the
farmers and merchants Of the entire
interior OF the United States and Can
ada.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-18
FOURTEEN FEET IN THE VALLEY

slogan of the National
Deep Waterway Conven-
uon In New Orleans to
Be Attended by Presi-
dent Taft. - -
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winds or currents. have occasionally carried them longer distances! This is a question well worth serious consid- eration in connection with the prob lem of the geographical distribution of these animals.
 In former times. not to speak of fossil remains which have been found in Europe. in India and in North America. such huge land tortoises in- habited the Galapagos islands. oR the west coast of South America, and many of the islands of the Indian ocean. Madagascar. Aldabra. the Comoros, the Seychelles. the Mas- careues: but through the action oe man. to whom thess helpless crsafures offered excellent and wholesome food. they have gradually been extsrminatsd from all the islands, with the sxcsp- fioa Of the Galapagos and South AL dabrA Dr. Gunther, the great author. fly on this group O. tortoises. has told the story of their sxtermination in his work ou the ~Gagantic Land Tor. toisss," published in 1877. and in . presidential address to the Linnean O. ciety in 1898.
 c. A BoULENcER-
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$50 pounds, its shell measuring three feet four inches in a straight line. It is nearly blind. It was living in the yard of the barracks when Manritius was taken from the French in 1910. and was at that time. according 10 To- cal tradition, of about the same size as now NJ. Sauzier himself re- members it so some 70 years ago. l am glad 10 hear from Capt. Watson that 1t is still alive in the compound of the Royal artillery mess. where fl is fed on lettuce. cabbage. banana peels. etc. the money for its keep com ing out of the funds of the ofhcers' mess Still larger tortoises are Snovn. The shell of the one that died in Cey- lon Is years ago was little over four feet long. and that of the South Aldabra specimen belonging to Mir. Rothschild. which was brought over alive to England a few years ago and died soon after. measured four feet seven inches
 One of the photographs shows the tortoise enjoying a bath fin the tank
 
 seem surprising. as land tortoises are generally believed to be averse to water. as Is certainly the case with the Moorish species often kept alive in England. But. as has been ob, served by Prof Valiant in the Jardin des Piantes at Paris, the gigan- tic tortoises show a decided liking for water. in which they swim with greater facility than their heavy build would lead us to expect The posi-, ;icn of their capacious lungs, placed immediately under the dorsal buckler, furnishes the requisite buoyancy 10 the ponderous shell, well balanced by the viscera and the ventral buckler; they have onE to keep the head out of water, and to move the limbs as in the act of walking to swim with ihe greatest facility. as has actually been observed in the tanks Of the Paris me nagerie. Prof. Valiant is probably right in thinking that the remarkably long neck. which is one of the striking characters of the giant species. may bear some relation to their swimming powers. He quotes to this effect a French naval officer, l.. Degranpre. in the Seychelles in 1IS9. according 10 whom these tortolses have been known to cross the sea from one island to another. distances of 251 to 7k miles. May not accidental occurrences. due to
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SONORA IS RICH IN METALS
Gold and Silver Belts Run Side By Side Through Vast Area
MINES THAT PRODUCED
 MUCH TO GIVE UP MORE

MORALES, July S.-The history of est excited by Harrimaa's extensive operations through this rich district of Mexico. would be vivid in local col bring. with its lurid Yaqui disturban- ces and with the effect of the two years past financial difficulties, which closed so many of the rich mines now beginning active operations and tenn porarily crippled fnancers. who with an optimism born of knowledge of the undeniabie possibilities of this state. | hung on and struggled through as best they could, for the future oi whici they felt assured.
 Into first consideration comes the great mineral belt, beginning in Ari- zona and including the world famed copper mines in that territory and winch extends through Cananea, Na- cozari, Cienguita and Santa Nino ton the Yaqui riverD to Alamos district and beyond.
 | To an imaginative mind. one in dulging in the love of the artistic, this belt Of copper blends well with the broad band of gold running parallel with 1t and from a material stand. point the possibilities of the combina. tion are inexhaustble. The extensive chain of gold runs on side by side through the copper region and leagues beyond to Cumuripa in the Guaymaa co1ntry.
 Placer fields are operated success. fully in this latter region by Boston and Chicago people, One of the best known geologists in the United States, Prof. Robert T. Hill, pronounces this vicinity to be equal to any gold re | zion in the world.
 Silver adds its value to the mineral production of this State of Sonora and many are the tales of romance con nected with the working of the antig uas. when this country was under the rule of Spain.
 Churches were fabulously rich from the outputof these mines, one coming easily into remembrance being that at Arizpe, which owned at the time of its prime in 1715, and up to about twenty-five years ago, gold and silver plate exceeding the value of three hundred thousand dollars.
 i In the districts of Arizpe, Mocte zuma. Magdalena, Altar, Ures, Her mosillo, Guaymas and Alamos the mines, now ones and old, need only modern methods of development tc prove the wealth existant now as il the crude days of arrastas and boteas for the primitive modes of working these mines has left it for up-to-date machinery to exploit the depth oi treasures long secreted in the store house of Mother Nature. the surface indications and shallow depths oi which she gave willingly to those who could not develop them as they de served.
 In the districts mentioned the list z! mines being worked by capitalist: would be too long to consider ia thi: article as opportunities of varied na' ture must of needs be dwelt upon.
 Extending 10 the gulf, the agricul tural and horticultural aspects are more than worthy consideration Many ranches along the various rivers are devoted to the cultivation of alfai ia. barley. vegetable raising, fruits and grain and 1t is a well known tact that wherever water is obtailable srJ growth indiy sncu to varied so.!S aad climates can he produced.
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Clothes,

There are promotions in life. which, Independent of the more substantial rewards they offer, acquire peculiar value and dignity from the coats and waistcoats connected with them. A field marshal has his uniform: a bishop his silk apron; a counsellor his silk gown; a beadle his cooked hat Strip the bishop of his apron. or the beadle of his hat and lace. what are they? Men. mere men. Dignity, and even holiness. too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.--Charles Dickens
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Everything Travels Towsrd the Boy.

Everything Travels Toward the Boy. An old case knife fcw through a room and stuck in the floor near the old grandmother. An ornament on heating stove was jerked of and thrown across the room. Books, soap, sausage, and many things movable in the home have been performing queer pranks.
 Thinking that the environments of the home had something to do with the events, the lad was sent to the home of a relative. three miles in the country, where. 1t is said, the strange occurrences are still taking place daily.
 There are many attempts at solving the mystery. At first it was thought that the house, which is built of 1srick. had in some manner been cleo trified. which was soon disproved. An other theory is that the boy has ae. cumulated hidden force which was acting without his Knowledge Others think that the lad has the strange power possessed by mediums. Still others believe that the circumstances all have natural causes, whatever they may be.
 Nevertheless, whether 1t is s scheme or some spiritualistic perform ance, the events that have transpirec have caused great commotion ir Mount Horeb, and as many as 200 peo pie have visited the house
 It is said that the lad has a higt temperature constantly. and is losing flesh. Relatives are planning to have the boy taken to a specialist for ex animation.
 The writer recently visited tn, scene and those at the hom. seemed strong in the belief tba the boy had been hypnotized an, left in that condition. Since the Mttl, fellow has been taken to the coun try nothing extraordinary has trans pircd at the home in the village, bu strange movements of articles ha.. followed him to the country
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bailing undoubtedly prevented me from succumbing from exposure.
 'I tried to use the oars. but saw 1t was impossible to make headway against the wind. The only course open to me was to go with the wind and keep her afioat until was blown to the other shore.
 T alternately rowed and baiIed all day Monday. At night stopped row. ing and bailed all night About ten o'clock Tuesday morning looked up from bailing and saw the blue haze of the Canadian shore. It was blowing a gale then. The wind was southeast when I started. but afterward blew from the south. got near the land about noon.
 The boat was swamped several rods from shore, and it took my last ounce of strength to get her in and pull her up on the land I collapsed. but managed to hang onto the painter.
 When got so I could walk I made my way to a farmhouse. where got food and dry clothing I had eaten nothing since supper Sunday evening" 1"
 Brown rested little while and then walked to Cobourg. He was too weak to finish the seven miles to h.s wife's house in Port Huron on foot and went by train. Mrs. Brown had heard noth. ing about his being blown out to sea,
 but his first thought was that she would have heard it, and he wanted to relieve her mind. A letter announc cine his supposed drowning reached her brother the night of Browns arrival in Port Hope. He was q hero in Port Hope. and the Canadian papers of the section were full of the story of the s1-miie voyage across the lake. 'I1l get him and the boat . good engagement at show house in Roeh- ester. former Village Clerk John Keou proposed to Browns employer, P. J. Rignsy. when the hero was being con gratulstsd in Charlotte.
 There's . plow out on the farm that just ilts Edgar." Mir. Rfgney said. decisively. Come on home, Edgar." Brown laughed and started for the farm. He is . seifpossessed but mod est chap. 37 years old.
 Brown went to the place where he landed. near Grafton. Friday night and rowed the boat ten miles to Cobourg. to get it aboard the ferry.
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LIFE SAVED BY \
 TIN TOMATO GAN
WITH IT A cAsrAWAY FARmitANr BALLS eoAr FOR 2s HOURS
 BEFORE REACHING LAND.
BLOWN s2 MILES BY STORM
Unable to Row ip Great Gale, Edgar L. Brown "a Driven Across Lake ontario-None the Worse
 for Experience.

Rochester, N. Y.-Edgar l.. Brown who was blown across Lake Ontario in a recent big storm in a flst-bottom punt. walked down the gangway O! the car ferryboat Ontario at Charlotte at five o'clock few days later and was cheered by half the population of the village. The famous boat was on the ferry, and was immediately claimed by Michael Burns. a farmer. who owns it. A neighbor offered to give Burns and the boat a lift home in his wagon.
 Not on your life" said Burns; 'tha' boat has a record now and it would be a disgrace to 1t to put it on a wagon I'm going to row it around to the pond tomorrow"
 Neither Brown nor the punt shows any i'll effects of the weird experience Brown says he entered the boat ir Round Pond about seven o'clock Mon day morning He fell asleep. and wher he awoke. half an hour later. was near ly out of sight of land. From then unti he landed on the Canadian coast, three and one-half miles from Grafton. about noon Tuesday. he was mostly in ths bottom of the craft bailing for his lift with a tomato can.
 His clothing was soaked in the frs hour at sea. and was sodden when hs landed. He says the waves looked a. tall as church steeples-
 What did think off" echoed Brown. when asked about his expert ence. q simply couldn't think. Ever. faculty seemed concentrated in tha tomato-can. It was only Almighty Cos that brought me through. Man alon' could not have survived. I suffere, from cold terribly, and the exercise o
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re.ehlns the D.InS.

An Interesting entertainment. ar ranged by Miss Winnifred Holt of New York. secretary of the New Az sociation for the Blind. vas . hippo drome. A program including swfm- ming racss. fAncy diving. life-saving, butterfly dancing and all sorts of ramss. fn which blind children took part, vas arranged. Miss Helen Kei. Ter vas very enthusiastic about the entertainmsnt. which she said Illus trated 70 well what . difference in courage and strength . well-developed body pakes yhsn . child fs blind.