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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
BARLEY TAX IS
 ON THE INCREASE,

Washington, May 30.-Another in- dication that every senator is vot- ing as the resources his state de- mand was shown when Senators De pew and Root for the first time went against the finance committee, vot- ing against an increased tax on bar lay. Aldrich carried the bill, in creasing barley to 30 cents and bar ley malt to 45 cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
HARVARD WINS
 IN TRACK MEET

Cambridge, May 3O.-Earvard won the intercollegiate track field cham pionship this afternoon. rolling up 39 1-l0 points; Pennsylvania, o6 1-2: Yale, 9 7-lO; Cornell 20 1-2; Michigan. IA Princeton, :. The star exhibition mile run was made H W. A. Paul, of Pennsylvania. in 1 minutes and l7 4-5 seconds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
RIVER WILL BEGIN
 FALLING TODAY All Danger of Serious Over flow Passed Yesterday.
 Situation Improves. RECORDS OF FLOODS. Government Will Begin Work Here On River Bank as Soon as the
 Water Recpdes.

The flood of the Arkansas river and crested at Little Rock yesterday morning at a stage of 23.5, the exact stage predicted by the weather sta tion.
 The river at Fort Smith reach el maximum stage on Thursday and during the past A hours has fallen feet At Dardanelle the fall in the past "A hours has been feet.
 The stage at Pine Bluff Saturday was 26.4, rise of 1.9 feet in the past A hours, which was within inch of the predicted stage. There was light rain at Pine Bluff, but nowhere else in the Arkansas river basin
 Flood warnings were sent out Sat- urday morning at all points south of Little Rock. The flood crested at Pine Bluff Saturday at q stage of 26.S. feet and on Sunady and Mon day the river will fall at all points in Arkansas
 The stage at Little Rock Saturday morning was above flood stage for the first time since December f, 1908, at which time it reached a stage of 24.S. On that date the flood lasted from December 3 to December T. Former Floods. Section Director Alciatore of the weather station, said that there had been 29 flood stages of the Arkansas : in the past 30 years. Eleven of the floods, occurred in May. , in June 3 in February, 5 in April and 3 in December, in March, in January i and 1 in July.
 i By the above statistics it will be seen that more than one-third of the floods of the Arkansas river occur l during the month of May, the next largest number being in the montl of June.
 Flood Damage Light.
 With the exception of the flood 1 ing of some of the very low land anC islands of the river, and the wash ing of banks along which planta. tions are located. the present fresh ct has resulted in but little damage in this section of the country.
 The crest of the present rise in thu Arkansas river was expected to pas; here last night or Sunday with ; maximum stage of about 26.5 or 2 feet but there is no longer any doub of the ability of the government works here to- hold the high wate in check, and there will be no dam age during the high stage of the river With the river already one foot ove the flood stage, there has been h. caving of the river bank at any plac along the river ,front and the revet ments which the government con stlncted. are holding against tn flood without showing any strain.
 As soon as the present rise pass
 es the government fleet, which i stationed here. will begin work t extend the work begun here last Jan uary, and about $97O00 will be ex pended in work along the entir river front in this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30

State President w. E. Mullikin, of the Retail Merchants Association, has received letter from the pro- prietor of the New Capital hotel, Lit tie Rock, where the 1910 convention is to be held. offering the free use of it's large auditorium for the con vention hall and also suitable com mittee rooms.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30

Mrs. Harry B. Solmson, who has been spending several weeks with rel atives at Camden, will return Tues day. Mr. Solmson, who has been travelling over the. state in the inter- est of a Chicago house, will also be here for the Travellers convention.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
PRESIDENT HAS
 NARROW ESCAPE

Lima, Peru, May 30.--After Presi- dent Leguia was seized in his pal ace by the Revolutionists, his re-
 lease was compelled by Loyal troops ill bloody fight in the streets be- tween troops and revolutionists. Many were killed and wounded The cav airy is BOW in charge of the town
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
AMERICAN LAD
 RESTS DICK LEE.

London, May sO.-The Harry Ferns and Dick Lee fight was declared a draw. The American had Lee going at the finish.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
BASEBALL.
National League. New York, 2; Philadelphia, 3. First game-BOstOn, 1; Brooklyl

First game-BOStOn, l; BrOOklyn, Second game-Boston, |; Brook lyn, 4. Pittsburg. 3; Chicago, 9 d1 in nings).
 Cincinnati, ?; St. Louis, (Firs. game).
 Cincinnati, ?; St. Louis, Jsecond game).
 American League. Philadelphia, 6; Boston, ?; (first game).
 Philadelphia, 4; Boston, (sec- ond gamel.
 Washington, 2; New York, 3. St Louis-Cleveland, rain
 Southern League. Atlanta, ?; Mobile, l. Nashville, 3; Memphis, ?. Birmingham, 3; Little Rock, 0. Montgomery, G. New Orleans, T.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
DOUBLE VOTES ON NEXT WEDNESDAY :> ::-CRFAT EXTRA OFFER IN CONTEST
 ;~GT IN THE SUBSCRIPTIONS

On Next Wednesday, One Day Only. The Graphic Will Issue Double Votes For Every Subscription, Old or New. Turned in by M.-This is The One Big Offer of the Contest-If You Are Behind Here is a Chance to Catch Up Hustle Hustle :. Get All Promises in For Wednesday-Watch the Hustle Samuel Drummond Wins $5 Gold Special Dahia calawav VervClose Second May Gurev Third, and Katie Haley Fourth
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
|RKANSAW TRAVELLERS
 '@ HERE THIS WEEK

hrY TO BE DRESSED IN WHITE AND PURPLE AND THOUSANDS OF DELEGATES AND WIS 1roRs ARE EXPECTED MANY FEATURES,
 INCLUDING TWO PARADES, BANQUET,
 BALI. CARD PARTY, MUSICALE, RECEP- r1oNs. ETC-RED MEN CLOSE MEETING ON OPENING DAY OF TRAVELLERS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-17
loc Lawn, sale price %
l0c Remnants, sale price Sc

Short lengths for Clearance Remnan. Sale of lawn. muslin. long cloth. nainsook One yard and length
 All qualities. none of these lengths worth less than l0c the yard. others worth double the price the bargain price for the Mill End Sale beginning Monday morning s. |, s.,i ss'.l ~ .' .. '...' 's. .. 5f
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-17
$l0,OOO worth of short lengths bought

Ayouwe sell 25cn
 
 within sean sAyow can n5 5 nd quality n enyouwe have of mkeednt sdmhmg ako dnd night dsod al m pu O fbymgC gm al z Es most nhush sak.a remarkable nneya svA
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01
PROPOSES NARROWER ROADS.

Consul Thompson of Hanover, Ger
many contributes some comments on
the roads of Prussia as compared with
those of the United States. The Ger
man roads, he says, range from 20 to
30 feet in width, while in our Middle
or Western states we take land of an
average value of 500 per acre and
cut it up with roadways sc feet wide,
ing given over to weeds, which furnish
an inexhaustible supply of seeds for
the adjoining farm lands.
One of the simplest and most prac-
teal measures that could be taken for
American roads betterments would be
to reduce their width to from one
third to one-half of what they are
now. Work could then be concen-
trated on the roadway and drains,
and both building and maintenance of
roads become much less expensive.
No road can be called really good If
it is bordered with weeds or mud, and
to care for and keep up road from
60 to 70 feet in width, not to mention
the loss of land, means in the long run
nearly double the expense of 80 or
35 foot road
The average width of the first-class
highways in Prussia is 80 feet, and is
found to be ample for all purposes.
Reducing the width of public high
ways in but 13 Mississippi valley
states, aggregating 100000 miles.
which now average &C feet, to SO feet,
leaving them still much wider than
the highways of Prussia, Mr.. Thomp-
son shows, would give back to the
farmers of those states for cultiva-
ton 100000 acres of generally til
liable land, which, at an average valua-
ton of 500 per acre, would mean
the restoration of the producing val
ues of the states named the sum OF
$3.50 100000 This sum has an annual
interest value Of $12,500,O0O, an
amount which might be recovered, and
if applied to the proper scientific con-
struction of roads in the United States
would in few years give the most
extensive and finest country road sys-
tenn in the world.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01
DENNY-RENToN EXHIBIT.

An exhibit that combines beauty with
utility is that made in the King county
Building on the A.-Y.-P. Exposition
grounds by the Denny Renton Clay and
Coal Co. A pleasant little rest room has
a tiled and bricked floor and two fine
mantels with fireplace, and ornamental
pieces for mantel, lawn, porch or gar
den There are also samples or tiles
and sewer pipes, paving brick. building
brick of different form and finish, terra
Gotta plates, etc. There are also models
of the machinery that mixes the clay
and moulds the bricks Of several differ
ent kinds, from the dry pressed to the
vitrified fireplace brick.
Among their exhibits were paving
bricks made 16 years ago and in constant
use on one of Seattle's business streets
They show great wear-resisting quail
ties, but the edges were rounded; to
avoid this chipping the company now
bevels the edges. This company has sup
piled a very large proportion or the
bricks used in Seattle, both on the
streets and in building construction, and
points with pride to their silent testi-
mony to painstaking methods.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01
TO IMPROVE COLUMBIA RIVER

The Columbia River Improvement
Commission, recently appointed by
Acting Governor M. e. Hay, to spend
the $4,000 appropriated for the i'm
provement of the upper Columbia Riv-
err, will make Spokane it's headquar-
tiers. The commission members met
recently at Wenatchee and elected Sen
ator A. w. Anderson, of Stevens Coun-
ty. president. The commission Is sup
posed to improve the river from
Bridgeport to Kettle Falls, distance
of about 100 miles, but in all proba-
bility most of the $4,000 will be ex-
pended at the mouth of Foster Creek,
moved boats will be able to ascend
the river at certain stages and haul
down Ferry and Stevens County crops.
Captain McDermott, secretary of
the Upper Columbia River Improve
ment Association, says: 1.-THE next
rivers and harbors appropriation bill
passed by the national congress will
contain a liberal appropriation for the
improvement of the Columbia river
A substantial amount is expected for
the improvements in the river at
Cello and in the vicinity of the Snake
guaranteeing an early realization of
an open river from Lewiston to the
sea, and we have every assurance that
the $4,000 recommended by the
board of engineers, who have passed
upon Eugene Ricksecker's report of a
year ago, will be allowed for the river
between Kettle Falls and Bridgeport"
The state legislature appropriated
$4,000 to aid this project.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01

taxes in order that convicted criminals
shall lexist In idleness.
Why should not the prisoners work
at whatever they can earn the most
for the state and the people? Their
competition can never seriously affect
the labor market or throw out of en-
ployment any who really desire to
work. And if prisoners are to work
at all they should work at those oc-
equations in which, taken as a whole,
their labor will yield the greatest re-
suits.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01

Yakima County Commissioners have
arranged to buy the toll bridge near
Toppenish and make it a public
bridge.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01
Road Making by Prisoners

convict labor follows
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29

BY T. Ii. WALKER
The largest Individual Owner of Timber I'm World.
Rich benefactors of the people
Hartman a
! would put the poor thrfless
Mere Drawn and muscle don't produce wealth.
People in Fifth entitled those
the Side.
Roosevelt is too quick to jump at conclusions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29

I in 1t for three weeks, so as to be
here to kill wolves. Then I'll take
the dogs and sleds and go to An
noch" (the right name is Annotok,
but at that time Whitney was I'M
acquainted with the region) $50
miles north of here. Annoch is
the most northern settlement in
the world, and about IL Eskimos
live there.
II also have big lot of provis-
ions for DIR. Cook, whom no one
seems to know much about"
(These are tho provisions which
Peary seized and placed i'm charge
of his boatswain Murphy. Murphy,
when Cook came to him, refused
to admit that Cook owned the sup
plies.)
You and all the boys should
Just see me here. I have had all
my bearskin clothes made just like
the Eskimos, and am a sight"
But up at Annotok he found
that he had neighbors, Boatswain
Murphy and Cabinboy Pritchard,
whom Peary had left with stores.
And once in February, while he
was visiting them, they saw three
human beings slowly making their
way across the ice, dragging their
own sledges.
1t was Cook, whom no one
seemed to know much about"
1t must have been a thrilling
meeting. That's one of the things
Whitney will have to tell to the
world when he returns. because
Cook has vowed he win not de-
|scribe 1t.
Murphy. who had been told by
Peary to watch the Cook stores,
wouldn't recognize Cook as their
owner. Cook has told his ac-
|quaintances that he kicked MUIR
|phy out. But things were so un-
pheasant that, one day, when MUIR
iphy was absent. Cook told his
STORY TO Whitney in the presence
Iof young Pritchard, left some In
Istruments and documents with
Whitney. pledged them both to
|secrecy, and with his two Eski-
Imos dragged his weary way across
THE ice to where boat might
lpick him up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29
EARL|NG FINDS
THE COUNTRY
PROSPEROUS

According to A. ]. Earring,
president OF the Chicago, Milwau.
kee & st. Paul railway and Percy
A. Rockefeller, son of William
Rockefeller, the country was never
more prosperous than it is today
Especially is this true of the We u.
The Earring party, consisting of
several directors of the Milwaukee
and Eastern capitalists spent yes
terday afternoon in Tacoma, view
ping the Milwaukee terminals on
the tidelands. They also visited
the Seattle Maru, the new Osaka
Shosen Kaisha's liner, operated IN
conjunction with the Milwaukee
road for Oriental trade.
After dinner at the Tacoma ho-
tel, the party left for Chicago on
its special train of four cars last
evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29
PRESIDENT TO ARRIVE
IN SEATTLE TONIGHT

The principal aim of the expo
sition officials in arranging for
the entertainment of President
Taft has been to give the people
an opportunity of meeting him,
hear him speak and to make his
visit to Seattle as pleasant as
possible. The distinguished guest
will be afforded the opportunity
of INDUCING in his favorite recre-
alton by an outing at the golf club,
and the party at the links will be
small, with no formalities to bore
the president.
When the president arrives
this evening he will be met by a
reception committee consisting of
Governor Hay, Mayor Miller,
President Chilberg of the exposi-
ton, Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger, Senator Piles, Senator
Jones, Congressman Poindexter
and Humphrey and many others.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29
SEALERS MAY SUE
U.S.. FOR DAMAGES

ers, and succeeded in doing so by
sealing up the arms of the sehoon-
ers Jessie, Thomas F. Bayard and
Pescawha, under threat of seiz-
ure. despite protests, is claimed by
masters of the Canadian sealers
which have just arrived here.
The hunters of sea otter can be
carried on with regard only to in
ternational law, which provides
that vessels remain at distance
Of more than three miles from
land, and the sealers claim that
the alleged arbitrary action of the
Bear was without legal sanction.
The local fleet, which arrived
in port yesterday, brought a total
catch of 10 otter and 2,456 seals.
The japanese fleet is believed to
have taken 1900 skins this sell
son.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29
FATALLY BURNED
TRYING To SAVE
HIS WATCH

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BELLINGHAM, Sept. 20. -
Rushing into his burning cabin to
save his watch, an heirloom,
Thomas Hutchinson, 7b-year-old
hermit, living at the base of Tur-
tleback mountain, Orcas island,
sustained burns which will prove
fatal.
After rolling IN a ditch until the
flames from his garments were ex-
tinguished, the dying man draggc !
himself five miles and was taxi
en- from East Sound to Friday
Harbor In launch, where his
physician says he will live but a
few hours.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29
CANADIANS CLAIM THAT GOV
EMINENT ACTED ILLEGAL
LY IN THE BERING SEA. -

VICTORIA, B. c., Sept. 29.-
The Victoria Sealing company of
this city is likely to make claim
for damages against the United
States government for what is
held to be the illegal action on the
part of the United States revenue
cutter Bear in sealing the guns
of Canadian sealing schooners in
the Boring sea.
That the cutter, presumably in
the interest of the San Francisco
merchants interested in hunting
sea otter along the Aleutian
group, went deliberately to break
up the otter hunting Season of the
Canadian sealers and otter hunt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29
MP. WILL CUT RATES

apply only to rates from the in
terror to Seattle and Tacoma.
AS a result of the conference,
the commission modified its order
SO as to read that the old rate of
1910 per 100 pounds be made
tic, the 18c rate be made 10 u C,
the II u rate be made ID " C, the
Tic rate be made 15c, the 16 II C
rate be made IA Nc, the Ice rate
be made lac, the Is &c rate be
made 10 Nc, the 15c rate be made
1870, the Ia hc rate be made
1870, the lac rate be made
12Ac, and the 13c rate be made
11ho. The order was further
modified by providing that the
new rate should take effect on
Noyember l.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29
TOMORROW WILL BE TAFT
DAY AT FAIR-WILL LEAVE
ON FRIDAY FOR TACOMA.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Sept. 29.-President
Taft will arrive in Seattle this
evening at S:15 o'clock. The
preparations made for his enter
tainment have been finished and
the city Is waiting to bid him well
come.
The president and his party will
be taken to the Rainier club.
whore a reception will be given b.
Mrs. Richard A. Ballinger. At
the reception the president will
meet the members of the Yale
club.
Tomorrow will be Taft day at
the exposition.
Friday afternoon the president
will leave for Tacoma, arriving
there at o'clock p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29

gallery and next to this a smaller
extension which he uses as an
office.
Here, with his five sons, he &C
quires standing timber and pic
lures, and talks and writes about
the benefits conferred by the rich
men on the people at large.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29

CONTINUED From Page One.)
pole hunt. Then and there they
fixed up a party to go. When the
time came the folks at home had
persuaded all out Harry to pull
out.
Peary took him up to Etah
which is made up of dozen or SO
snow huts. There are no white
men either there or at Annotok, 60
miles further north. Peary and
his men remained at Etah for a
time until Aug. 16. Then they
steamed away. II you want to
feel all the lonesomeness that this
young hater of civilization felt, as
he saw the boat depart and knew
that he would not see a white
mans face for year, you have
only to read this letter. which he
wrote to Louie and the fellows
back in the Heublein cafe. They've
got it framed on the wall there.
"Etah, N. c., Aug. 16, 1908.
Dear Louie and all the rest:
When you get this I will be in
darkness, as we lose the sun Oct.
IL. I will see it no more until
March 15, SO 1t will be a long,
dark winter. But" he adds, as If
trying to cheer himself, "I am In
the finest muskox and reindeer
country in the world. and 1 de-
cided I would rever get a better
chance to kill some than by stay
ing here this winter. I have six
Eskimos with me. but have not
gotten SO that I can understand
them.
1.-THE Roosevelt, with Command
er Peary aboard. left here yester-
day at APO q. m. and started
north (thus Whitney was the last
white man to see the party before
Peary discovered the pole). but
the ice is very heavy and she was
making little Roadway when the
snow started and I could see no
more of her. Peary left me In
charge of provisions for his re-
turn trip and have to get as
much fresh meat for them as pos
sible.
Il have been working hard
building a log house and l WIN live
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29
whitney HAS STRANGE
LOVE FOR THE WILD

CONTINUED From Page One.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29
RAILWAY AGREES TO MAKE
REDUCTION IN CHARGES ON
WHEAT NOVEMBER 1.

OLYMPIA, Sept. 29.-The
Northern Pacific has agreed to cut
grain rates, effective November
/. The state railroad commission
today made the following an
nouncement:
"As a result of conference
between Judge Reid, of the North
ern Pacific Railroad company,
and the railroad commission yes
terday, an agreement was reach
ed on the wheat rate case. Ths
Northern Pacific petitioned the
commission for a modification Of
its order so as to make the order
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29

1--WE own quite a little jag of
TIMBER" said he.
Walker lives in dingy old
brick residence close to the heart
of the city, built many years
ago, and now surrounded by bust
ness properties. On one side he
has built an extension for his art
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-29

TAFT DAYl Extra Service to
Seattle. Assisting the Flyer. Str.
Hyak leaves Tacoma 8 q. m. to-
morrow. Returning. leaves Seat
- . - m. sss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-11
CASTRO'S FORTUNE
 GONE UP IN SMOKE
Millions Have DWindled to Thousands In Venezuela,
FREEZE OUT GAME PLAYED
castros Appeal to Congress is Buried and His Many Sources of Revenue Have Become Almost Worth
 less by this Time.

Caracas, Saturday, July 4.-The much heralded appeal from Cipriano Castro to the Venezuelan congress. which, after be- Ing read in joint session, was referred by Castro's friends in that body to special committee for report. has died a natural death in the committee room, and instead of the desired report the cu- rious ex-President's message has been archived Thus a last spasmodic ef- fort of a few of his friends has failed, and the expatriate in Santander has not had the satisfaction of seeing his words reproduced in Venezuelan newspapers. The systematic spolaton of the fortune which Castro left behind him in Ven ezuela has proceeded with such gigantic strides that after the first six months, the s5.00O,OOo of known assets have been almost wiped out.
 Castro owned $l ,O0O000 of cigarette shares, which had been given to him as his share in the promotion of the cigar ette trust A few weeks ago the directors of the cigarette company sold the $5OO0,oo concern to private individual, Senor Garcia Guerra. for $2500O0.
 A new company which took in all the old stockholders except Castro was formed.
 An order by the commercial court to have the s5o.oOO deposited in the Bank of Venezuela to the order of whoever might be the holder of this block of stock, was issued. In one day $1.Oooooo of good money became $5o.oO0 It was immediately attached by individuals who have law suits pending aganst Castro for the re- covery of properties and damages.
 A German citizen named Theodore Hauer. arrived few days ago with the 100000 cigarette shares in his pocket, and he claims that these belong to him by vir- tue of purchase from General Castro. lie will begin action against the alleged per petrators of the reorganization which "froze out these shares.