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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-15
GALLONS is READY
FOR tom ROBINSON
SAYS THAT IF SHERIFF WILL
GIVE HIM STICK HE WILL
SPRING THE TRIGGER HIMSELF.
MERCHANTS ASSIGN.

Russellville, December i4-(Speeial.)-
terfere with the execution of Tom Rob-
ersan dual murderer of his wife, Mrs.
sMs,ssie Robertson, and mother-in-law,
Mrs. ]. w. Clark, preparations are
about completed for the carrying out of
the order Of the court.
The gallows has been erected and
placed just at the back Of the county
Jail, and large wall built around it.
Sheriff w. D. Lowery says that he will
spring the trap that will send Robertson
into eternity himself and that the exc
cution will be strictly according to law.
Robertson has been busy since the death
sentence was pronounced preparing a
book which he hopes to have published
after his execution.
Should Robertson be hanged as sched-
uled next Friday he will be the first
man to be hanged by law in Franklin
county in three-Quarters of a century,
and probably the only white man ever
legally executed in the county.
Shortly before being carried to the
Jefferson county jail in Birmingham
Robertson told Sheriff Lowery that eff
he would give him a stick he would
push the iron lever himself
Deputy Sheriff James A. Ramsey has
purchased fine pair of bloodhounds
for tracking criminals in Franklin coun-
ty. Several times dogs have been need
ed to track criminals and it has been
necessary to send to Lawrenceburg,
Tenn, If they were secured at all
Russellville was surprised this week to
hear that DR.. Will Jones and Miss Jen-
ME Scott of Gallatin, Tenn, were mar
ried at Double Springs Winston county,
on November rs. DIR. Jones Is a prom
inent young dentist of Haleyville and
Miss Scott was teacher In the Tfaley-
Vile high school, They will make their
home in Haileyville.
Gov. B. B. Conner has appointed Frank
S. Roe of Newburg, Walter S. Welson
of Russellville, and Fletcher Reid of
Belgreen as jury commissioners of
Franklin county.
The Ozburn-Alsbrooks Mercantile Co.,
dealers in general merchandise at Rus
sellville, made an assignment today for
the benefit of creditors. This firm, then
the Ozburn Mercantile CO., was burned
out in the fire February q. 1908. The as
sets are about $1,000. and liabilities $4,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-15
HOW LEE COUNTY
IS BUILDING ROADS
Has 600 Miles and Boes Net
Owe a Cent
JUDGE LYON DISCUSSES IT
Relates How County, BY Slow, Hard
Process, Has Reached Point
Where Roads Penetrate
Every Section.
JUDGE LYON DISCUSSES IT
BY WALTER HARPER.

opelika, December 14.-(Special) >
Lee county has 600 miles of public
road. Every mile is improved When
say improved I mean improved, not
patched and buttons sewed on. but in
fine Monday, work day condition. OF
course they are not starched and droned
but they are being put in fine cond1-
ton for that final process. Then they
will be good roads
The reader will remember that I have
long commended that there is a differ
ence between improved roads and good
roads. The total mileage of good roads
in Alabama Is very small.
But Lee county roads are above the
average of improved roads. They are
indeed better than some in the state
that are called good roads.
Two important features distinguish
this system in Lee county from almost
all others in the state. They are i'm
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-15
Stockholders MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the First National bank of Birming-
ham, Ala, will be held at its banking
house, corner Second avenue and Tween
tieth street, in the city of Birmingham,
Ala, on Tuesday, January II, 1910. be-
tween the hours of II a. m and IL o'clock
noon. for the purpose of electing board
of directors for the ensuing year. and
for the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before said meet
ing.
There will be presented at this meeting
for action of the stockholders, propo-
siton to amend two sections of the arti-
cles of association. to-wit: Section 3, re-
lating to the number of directors, and
Section 6 SO as to provide that seven
directors shall constitute quorum to do
business at any regular or called meeting
of the board. THOMAS HOPKINS.
12-e-15-22: I'LL Cashier.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-15

GOOD sleep duQlng my entire illness.
also used Cuticura Resolvent and the
treatment was continued for about three
weeks, At the end Of that time ! was
able to be about the house, entirely
cured, and have felt no i'll effects since.
/ would advise any person suffering
from any form Of skin trouble to try the
Cuticura Remedies as know what they
did for me. Mrs. Edward Nenning, 2O3
Main St., Waterfront, N. Y. April IL,
pons,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-15
BEDR|DDEN WITH
ECZEMA SIX WEEKS
Itching, Burning Eruption from
Head to oot-Doctor Gave Her
Up EntireIy-First Application Of
cuticura BroughtR and Sleep.
CUTICURA REMEDIES
EFFECT PERFECT CURE.


8OIU % lIOn4 AAOosNA wv w.
and for six weeks con-
fined to my bed. Dur
ing that time l suffered
continual torture from
itching and burning.
After being given up by
my doctor / was adj
vised to try the Cuti-
oura Remedies. After
the hrst bath with Cuti-
cura Soap and apphca-
tion Of Cuticura Oint-
nent / enjoyed the first
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-15
Rev. ]. X. Bone Dies.

Florence, December 14.-(Special.) y
The Rev ]. X. Bone. missionary Bap-
fist preacher. died Saturday of con-
sumption at his home in this city and
the remains, accompanied by three of
his sons, left this morning for Lewis
burg, Tenn, his former home, where the
interment will take place. Mr.. Bone
came here with his family one year
ago. He was 60 years old and is sur
vived by his wife. married daughter
and several sons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-15

fire in the Hotel MADISON, formerly
the Windsor, came near causing a panic
among the guests this morning. 1t had
started in the cellar and the corridors
filled quickly with smoke When the fire.
men arrived there was much confusion
and a number were acting as if they
would jump from third-story windows.
Smoke filled the halls and firemen crawled
on their faces to arouse the occupants
and get them out. One man was almost
overcome by the smoke when he was
aroused
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

l. is amusing to witness the
painful anxiety displayed by
people To- prevcn. their being
beaten In land purchase. As
rule tie very cheapest lands
~ any section of country are the
very dearest in the long run.
\ little investigation in any 10
cality will show what is fair
price for a location, and To spend
weeks Of time triiling away time
ana money trying to get a snap
of snaps generally results in
being snapped as badly as il the
land was purchased blindfo'dcd.
Any reputable agent has no oh
Irct "a placing stranger ON u
piece of worthless property; but
sometimes the owner has no
sCruplc>. There is as little poor
land around Echo as anywhere
in the Northwest, but it can he
found.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

The greatest lack in our civil.
2ation is our unbalanced method
of holding land. We encourage
injustice in hundred forms
when we encourage the holding
of land idle, and penalize its be-
ing made use of by capital and
labor. Some use of the land
should he essential to retain
title. A balanced tenure of
land, by which he who used
would pay his just proportion
for his exclusive possession, and
he who misuscd, or used not at
all, would pay the same as if he
fully utilized is what the wise
men of the east and west are
seeking.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30
Notice to Creditors.

In the County Court OF the State of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In the Matter Of the Estate
OF
Oscar 4. Thomson, Deceased
Notice Is hereby given, thai the un-
dersigned, Susan Almira Thomson,
has been duly and regularly appointed
and is now the qualified and acting
Administrative of the estate of Oscar
+. Thomson, deceased: and all persons
having claims against said estate are
hereby notified to present them, duly
verified, and with vouchers attached.
to the undersigned at her residence
OH Butter Creek, In Umatilla County,
Oregon, or to Raley e. Raley, her at
torneys. AT their Office i'm Pendleton,
Oregon, within six months after the
first publication OF this notice.
Published the first time this 23rd
day of July, 1909.
SUSAN ALMrRA THOMSON,
Administrative of the Estate of
Oscar +. Thomson. Deceased.
PULL TOGETHER FOR ECHO
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

There is room enough in the
vast tracts of irrigated lands
around Echo for several large
towns and two or three cities.
There will be the population and
the business for them, as well,
in the next few years. Echo
should leavn no stone unturned
to secure free rural delivery;
it makes it better for everybody
to have such service.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

One OF the regular amuse.
ments Of some communities is TO
build railroads on paper. Its
cost Is little and is as satisfac.
tory aS kissing a spook. Echo
has the railroad, and a transcon.
tinental one at that. In a few
years il will have a double track
and il is 10 slouch of branch,
rusty ty.nailed, hand me. down right
now, but the real thing.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30
Proper Treatment For Dysen-
terry and DiarrhOea.

The great mortality from dysentery
and dlarrhoea Is due TO a lack ofprop-
er treatment at the first stages of the
disease. Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy Is a reliable
and effectual medicine, and when
given in reasonable time Will prevent
any dangerous consequences. II has
been in use for many years and has
always met with unvarying success.
For sale by Dorm & Dorm.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30
i-3i5.
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department OF the Interior. United States
Land Onice. La Gnnde. Oregon.

Department OF the interior. ulteu states
Land Office. La Grnnde. Oregon.
June - 1872
sufficient contest affidavit having been
Sled In this office by William q. Norton. con-
tcstant. against II. T.. No isslO-Scrial Entry.
No. IsSsi. made January !. 1893. for ~ NMit
section 10. Township North. Range ~ East
Willamette Meridian. by Eugcnic VI. Hop
I-,r. contcstcc. In which IL Is alleged that
said Eugcnic VI. Hopper has never cstab-
lishCd her residence thereon. nor has she ever
resided thereon. that She has never erected any
buildings or any other improvements of any
kind thereon. nor has she ever cultivated the
"a ame or any part thereof. but has wholly aban-
doncd the same for more than ,iN months. aud
that her absence was not due TO military SER
vice. said parties are hereby notified to appear
p~pund. and offer evidence touching said allie
CATION at 10 o'clock a. M. un August q. 1909.
bvforc J. :. BerEwith. a Notary Public at
his office in Pendlcton, Oregon. and that final
hearing will be held at 10 o'clock n. m on
August -. 1879. before the Register and L.,
cciycr at the United states Land Office In
La Grandc. Oregon
The said contestant having In proper affi
dayit. filed Jnnc -. 1872. set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service Of this notice cannot he made. II Is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
he given by due and proper publication.
COLON H. EBERHARD. Receiver
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

The farmers of Umatilla coun.
ty could easily build an electric
line to the Columbia and then
double it, extend it and branch
it to every town in the county.
Echo is on the map, and making
a bigger spot on it every year.
If. and when, the farmers build
Echo will be hooked up with or
to it.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

treaty with England and Ger
many forcing all countries TO
disband their armies. Then we
could settle down to counting
the pieces of wash on the neigh.
bors lines and enjoy life.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

Uncle Sam is cutting down
expenses and this is put up as a
sort of excuse whenever rural
delivery is asked for. Cutting
down appropriations seems to
commence-and largely to end
at this point.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30
NOTICE FOR TIoN-IsoLATED
TRACT.
Uubllsher)
pIfnIIE IANn SALE

PUBLIC LAND SALE.
Department OF the Interior. United States
Land Onice, Ia Granda, Oregon
July s0th. iaCa
Notice i hereby given that. A. directed by
the Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
under provisions OF Act of Congress approved
June q. 1906 C3t stats. SID. we will offer at
public sale. To the highest bidder at 10 o'clock
\. W.. ON the ath day Of September. 1902 at this
office. the following described land:
The 81 SEh See. :. T. ". Il. ~ F.. W. NJ.
serial No Olstli
ANY PERSONS claiming adversely the above
described land arr advised To file their claims,
or objections. ON or before the time designated
for sale.
T. q. BRAMwELI.. Register.
COLON X. EBERHARD. Receiver.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

People in Echo should resolve
60 not wait until the New Year
60 boost a little more for Echo.
August is a good a time as Jan
nary for such resolutions.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

The Umatilla Ranch Company
shipped two cars of fat cattle to
the Union Stock Yards, at Port.
land. Wednesday.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

W. +. Thresher and family
left Thursday morning for Port,
land, where they will make their
future home.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

Let us have peace ut home
and abroad. Pass the tariff act,
hang Thaw, send the San Fran
cisco bOodlers up and make a
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

No lack of opportunity for a
man with a strong back and a
willing hand anywhere around
Echo.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

w. J. Wattenburg and family
left Saturday for the mountains
on a hunting and fishing trip.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

Born, in Pendleton, July %.
1909, to the wife of f. J. Spike,
of Echo, a girl.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

No failure of crops in Echo to
bust up" a farmer or business
man.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

Some people expect irrigation
TO make up for a lazy disposi.
tion.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

No hail in Echo to destroy
crops.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

No billiards in Echo to kill
people.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

No lack of market in Echo for
your produce after you raise it.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30
TIME TABLES
o. r. & N. Railway, Echo, Oregon,
PASSENGER TRAINS.
Wact nnunh

o. r. & N. Railway. Echo, Oregon,
PASSENGER TRAINS.
West Bound.
No. 8 Oregon Express III l2.l0 a. m.
No. II Pacific Express 80. $40 a. m.
No. Portland Special. ...l l:l5 p. IN.
East Bound.
No Eastern Express. ..... l:20 a. IN.
No. II Atlantic Express. 400 p. IN.
No. 3 Chicago Special lbs p. m.
FREIGHT TRAINS.
West Bound.
No. - Way freight .........l: 30 p. IN.
No - Portland fast freight 2:55 p. IN.
East Bound
No. "a Way freight. $50 a. m.
No. 81 Eastern fast freight .3:2a p. m.
No. land : do not stop here.
Parties desiring intcrline tickets OF
reservation OF berths can secure same
by advising us n few days prior to
day OF departure
=. C. HUNTER. Agt.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30
The Register

A Weekly newspaper. published
svery Friday at Echo. Umatilla Coun-
", Oregon.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

ADVERTISING RATES; 25 cents per
inch per insertion. except on year
contracts. when II shall be so cents
per inch per month.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30
Subscriptions sI.50 Per Year.

Entered ms s"cond-class matter
March l6. 1906. at the Postofficc at
Echo. Oregon. under act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-10

by producing more in a few hours
than he was wont to do before in
many hours, and just to the extent
that he controls the elements of
nature as they pass through the
lines of production and commerce,
1t would seem that things ought to
be made proportionately cheaper
instead of becoming more expens-
i've. The better the mechanics and
methods of production by man, the
more expensive things have be-
come through selfishness.
The remedy for evils thus pro-
duced is usually worked out in
financial and civil commissions and
revolutions as 1t was worked out In
our civil war, costing several bill
lions of dollars and several mil
lions of ives.
We are the youngest of the
greater nations of the world and
we are utterly lacking in any char
acteristic. We are a conglomera-
ton of all nations. You do not
have any trouble picking out an
Englishman. a Frenchman or Ital-
ian, but you would have hard
time picking out an American. We
have no national or racial charac-
teristics because we are conglom-
crate as race, and it will take us
many centuries yet before we can
be called Americans as an English
man is called an Englishman.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-10

s' BY o. c. BARBER.
This country will, within few
years, be engaged in a civil war as
fierce and as bloody as the war of
'61-65. Slavery, the slavery Of
greed, will be the incentive. The
strife will be long and bitter and
the forces engaged in the conflict
will be the grasping rich and the
struggling poor.
The corporations are waxing fat
in the struggle to amass more
wealth and the laboring classes are
struggling for better pay and in
some cases for a living. These two
classes will be the opposing forces
in the bloody conflict. This war
will occur within the lifetime Of
the present generation.
We have the railroads, which, in
my Judgment, are absorbing the
profits of the country arising from
industrial enterprises and the labor
of the people.
It is true that many concerns are
making money, and against those
who are making money there are
as many who ar closing money and
cannot make ends meet. There are
several millions of epople out Of
employment who lose their wage,
amounting to hundreds of millions
of dollars.
On the other hand, there Is q
despotism of organized labor equal
to that practiced by the railroads.
In every case where men are get
ting more than honest wages,
many cannot get reasonable
wage.
The whole scheme of life seems
to be selfishness. Intelligent self
ishness Is that which merely i'm
plies greed. I~repeat what have
said before on this subject, that in
this world If man wants much he
must naturally work much to get
mvAlbr else get it by dishonest
selfishness.
II all will practice scheme of
wanting much and earning much
by laboring much, life would be
more equitable than by getting
much by laboring little and schem-
ing much, as for example, high
finance and short hours of labor.
AS man subdues nature and con-
verts to his uses the results thereof
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CURES WHERE THE KNIFE


CURES WHERE The KNIFE
FAILS
Spokane, Wash, May /, 1909.
Mr.. A. Fl F:well, Mfg. Chemist,
Spokane. Wash.
Dear Sir-To Whom 1t May Con.
Germ: I am rs years old. have sui.
fered with stomach trouble since q
child; been so bad during the last
two years could eat scarcely any
thing. not able to work but very
little. was operated on twice at the
Pullman hospital. Pullman, Wash,
and only got worse: was a CON-
plete wreck when commenced
taking Powell's Stomach Remedy,
have taken six bottles and am al.
most cured. I do hope anyone SUI.
fering with any kind of stomach
trouble will give Powell's Stomach
Remedy a trial. eat anything I
desire now, work steady every day
and have gained several pounds in
weight. Henry Waller, 1910 s.
Chestnut St., Spokane. Wash.
For sale by druggists or sent
direct, hcarges paid, $1.00 bottle.
Tel. Main 2127. Delivery will be
made to any part of the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-10

do, of course, is to protect patents
Practically all the flying ma
chimes that are being tried out in
this country" said Lorin Wright,
ARE patterned after the Wright
machine. However, as long as we
are not out of the experimental
stage and the business of manufac-
turing aeroplanes is still in its in
fancy we will not fight imitators,
who are experimenting, but we will
see to 1t that no machines are mar
keted that infringe on the Wright
patents.
Flying machines will probably
enjoy a popularity like that at
tanned by automobiles. This will
be as soon as the public gets ac-
quainted with them, learsn how to
operate them and outgrows the
common dread of getting away
from the earth.
Americans are not yet buying
flying machines. They couldn't
handle one of our machines If they
had 1t. They must first be taught
its mechanism and how to oper-
ate 1t.
eve are ready to make and sell
machines any time, now. We have
fixed the price at $500, and we
will agree to teach purchasers how
to fly their machines"
In the wright brothers shop in
Dayton four machines have been
made. One was used in France,
one at Fort Meyer and two ma
chimes are still in storage, never
having been used.
Many machines are being made,
however, in Europe for European
armies and sportsmen.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-10

Samuel Gompers will leave for
Europe on June 10. One of the OBJ
jects of his mission will be to en-
list the interest and support of the
seafaring workmen of the old coun-
tries in the marine strike on this
side, and prevent men from being
lured to this country to aid the YES
sci owners. Another object is to
study the political methods en-
ployed by European workers,
which have proven highly success
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-10
ssWAR OF CLASSES CONlzVC,' SA VS. MAN
WHO ORGANIZED FIRST GREA + TRUST

The man who organized the first
tero OF the creature Of his making the
principle is unjust coming
He Is Ohio Barber former
capitalized $16OOO0OO complete great
dustry.
Tended 1t and its kind. He then
THE people of this rule better clothed better
fed better educated
formed trust that rob flourish
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-10

full during the past few years. 1t
is rather coincidence that the
seamen's strike in Australia sew.
eral years ago led to the formation
of the labor party. which recently
secured control of the national gov.
eminent, and that 1t was the ship.
builders and engineers strike in
Great Britain that begot the labor
party, which is now credited with
being the real power in the house
of commons and enforcing it's will
into legislation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-10

Picked piety always makes a
vinegar disposition.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-10
special oorrsspoadsnss to The Prsss

Special Correspondence to The Press
DAYTON, O.. June 10.-Wilbur
Wright. Orvllle Wright-popular
heroes.
But-Lorin Wright, the man be-
hind the business.
And Lorin Wright, brother of the
''kings of the air." has a big bust
ness before him, too.
Suppose. 15 years ago. some one
man held all the patents on auto.
mobiles.
What job he would have haA
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-10

before him to plan the great indus.
try OF making and selling automo-
biles, as 1t exists today! It
wouldnt be a one man job, by any
means.
Yet Lorin Wright's business Is
to plan this very thing.
He and his brothers believe that
aeroplanes will be as popular as
automobiles. for purposes of sport,
at some near date.
In getting the business of the
future 10 hand. the first thing to