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been sent to the various county treasurers throughout the territory.
 Coconino Sun: Robert Lane was in town Saturday from Babbitt's lake, and informed the Sun report CT that there is more water stored in his region now than ever before. Within the past few months he has raised the dam for Babbitt's lake more than three feet and it now contains body of water TOO yards long and more than 200 yards wide. Mir. Lane has also built two other dams recently, which make five dams in the vicinity of Cedar ranch. These dams are constructed accross canyons, and all have good bodies of water behind them. Within the past two months 15 miles of ditching have also been done for the purpose of turning water into the canyons which have been damned. These artificial lakes or tanks will supply water the year round and have been con- structed at a cost of more than $10,000. Other work of the same character Is now in hand which will require six or eight months to complete.
 Lordsburg Liberal: Over in the west end of Graham county the people are laughing at ex-Super- visor Henry Hill, of Clifton. The people of Solomonville wanted d bridge built across the river, and the people of Clifton wanted one also. Mir. Hill went down to fight the Solomonville bridge, and as he was one of the connciImen of Cliff ton he was to work for the Clifton bridge. He got onto legal point that would knock out the Solomon vile bridge. He showed the Super visors that Solomonville was once an incorporated villige, and al- though attempts had been made to disincorporate it the disincorpora. tion has never been accomplished, and according to the Arizona law the supervisors could not make an appropriation to build a bridge in an incorporated town. The super visors, regretfully, were forced to pass up the Solomonville bridge. When the Clifton bridge project was brought up Mir. Hills point was raised, and the supervisors could do nothing for Clifton When MT. Hill found that in kill ing the Solomonville bridge he had also killed the Clifton bridge pro. ject he went home and resigned his position as councilman.
The oasis., 1909-10-02
ARIZONA NEWS.

there were fourteen in the bunch feeding in their field and only one shot landed her first big game. Mrs. Johnson says that she will now hunt for more since her initial trip was success.
 William News: w. K. Ross was in the city on Monday and Tues day from his fine ranch near Maine. While here MT. Ross sold to Babbitt- t-Polson Go. 1900 sacks of potatoes, which he raised this year, and still has a large supply on hand. It pays big to farm in northern Arizona.
 Yuma Enterprises Crowder x Hayden shipped the last car of their honey crop to the El Paso market this week, and the same train carried another car that was loaded by the Jacobs brothers, George Thurman and J. G. Adkins, this shipment completing the sea sons output. The quality of he honey was of the best but the yield was way below the average, four cars being all the local field sent out. The price was $4.65 f. o. b. here.
 Douglas International: Speak ing of his dry farming experiment in the Sulphur Springs valley op- posite Courtland, MT. Brophy said that he planted in the early spring about ninety acres of land to sor- ghum, beans and Kaffir corn. It is his present estimate that he will realize good half crop from the land. He thinks that he will be able to cut one hundred tons of forage which will be as valuable as alfalfa hay. These crops have had no water except what has come out of the rain clouds which have been pretty plentiful during the last three months.
 Daily Globe: Last night during the absence of c. w. Van Dike the Gila Valley & Northern railroad laid half mile of track on the Cordova townsite. The cause of the railroads action was the diff fculty in deciding on a name of the station on the Cordova town site. Van Dike wanted il to be call ed Cordova, while Epes Randolph had promised that the town should be called Miami. Van Dike secured an injuction restraining the com pany from doing any further work at Cordova. The track laid last night was over some of Van Dike's property and not over that under litigation. The railroad is now ir possession of the field.
 Bisbee Miner: County Treasurer Hicks has received a letter from Territorial Auditor Foster askins that he remit to the Territoli {, Treasurer any funds that he has 1T his possession to the credit of the Territory and that he remit every month as fast as the money comes in, as the Territory is in need o the money. The letter states that on account of the work being started on the new Territorial high ways that the Territory needs tn, money to meet these expenses al well as to meet some of the ap portionments made by the recen legislature. The new prison a
The oasis., 1909-10-02

Heavy black cardboard fol mounting photographs for sale al THE OASIS office.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-07
TINE TABLE.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

No. 52-St. Loms Express, 1905 q. m
No. 54--St, L. Fast Mail, 1923 D. M
No. &C. & st. L. Linn, 5:25 a. m
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 p. m.
No. 94.-Dixie Flyer, 5:53 p. m
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. 5l-St. L. Express 5:32 .. m
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail 5:33 a. m.
No. &C. & N o. Linn. 1850 D. m
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 7:05 a. m.
No. 95.-Dixie Flyer, 9:43 a. m
No. 81 and 81 connect at St. Louis and Othe-
points west.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for Memphis Liu
ints as far south as Erin and tor LouiaVins
CiacinnAH and the East.
No 50 and IS make direct connection at Guth-
for Louisville, Cincinnati and ali point
north and east thereof. No. So and IS also con-
meet for Memphis andway points.
No. % runs through 70 Chicago and VIII NJ
carry passengers to point South Of Evansville.
Also carries through sleepers % st. Louis.
No. 95, through sleepers TO Atlanta, Mac0a
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Tampa Fla
Also Pullman sleeDers 70 New Orleans. Con
meets at Guthrie for points East and West. ~
90 viii not carry local passengers for pntta North
Nashville Tenn.
J.C. HOOE, Agt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-07
SOUP Without a Spoon.

Soup without a spoon seems even
harder to negotiate than meat without
a fork, and we can sympathize with
the complaint recorded in the diary Of
Felix Platter, young Swiss, who went
to Montpelier in 1862 in order to study
medicine. He lodged in the house Of
his professor, Catelan, one Of the
greatest doctors of his time, and yet,
writes Platter, 1--WE were compelled to
eat our stew in the usual French fash
iOn-that is to say, picking the meat
out with our fingers and then drinking
the broth. In vain we begged our
hostess to let us have spoons, but not
a single one was to be found in the
house, the only implement on the table
being q large knife fastened with an
Iron chain. No one here seems to have
ever heard of spoons, which we at
home find so useful" Montaigne was
astonished when he visited SwitEer-
land In 1880 to find that "at all meals
they put on the table as many spoons
as there are people present. West
minister Gazette.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-07
An Aneedote of Verdi.

The first production Of Verdis opera
"Othello' took place at Milan, and all
the prominent musical critics of Eu-
rope foregathered in the Cathedral
City in honor of the occasion. Among
them was a Partisan journalist of wide
reputation and admitted authority in
the musical. world. His first care on
his arrival in Milan was to seek out
Verdi and ask to be allowed to be
present at one of the final rehearsals
The composer received him with eX-
treme politeness. but replied that he
could not possibly grant his request
as he had decided that the rehearsals
were to be absolutely private, aud he
could not make an exception in the
favor of any one journalist, however
distinguished.
The Paris critic, far from pleased at
this answer, protested that in these
circumstances his account of the opera
might not be all he should like it to
be. "You see," he explained to the
composer, who affected not quite to
understand, 81 shall have to telegraph
my article the same evening. 1t will
necessarily be hastily written, and the
impression in Paris the next day may
suffer in consequence"
But Verdi was more than equal to
the occasion. "My dear sir" he made
answer, 81 do not write for the next
day" The critic bowed himself out.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-07

none She felt herself driven from
home by a cruel futher, aud how coulC
she wriref
Young HIrlburt had just become th,
Junior member of law firm IN th,
town Major Graham walked into tn,
Office and demanded Information of hi.
whereabouts. He was told that The
young man had gone camping. He
went to the depot; he went to the 20
lice, he telegluphed here and there
Then he went home to wait for new,
and to say grlmiy to his sister that
while he would do everything posi-
BILE to bring his infant back, be
would never. never forgive her. She
had dishonored the name and must
take the consequences.
The day passed and no news. II
was the same with another day. The
major was sorry that he had bluffed
as he had. The sister took care to
keep telling him what a cruel father
he was and how much Nellie must
have suffered before taking the step
she had, and by evening of the second
day the old war hero was calling him
self names
The scene was the veranda again.
The major was smoking and signing
when young Hurlburt suddenly APP
peared. He was not shot down in his
tracks. He was not even taken by the
throat.
Major I understand you were in
curing for me the other day. he
quietly remarked
'Yes, sir; yes, sir. Where is my
daughter. sir?"
"The last time l saw her was here
at your house"
"And you tell me-you mean that she
and you did not eloper'
"Elope! Major Graham, do you
think l would coax your daughter into
such Il thine?"
"But she is gone. Whom did she go
with?" Where is she?"
Il cannot tell you. was off camp
ing"
'Mr Hurlburt, / refused you my
daughters hand, but ut the same time
/ believed you an honorable young
man"
81 believe l am, sir"
"And your daughter would do moth
ing to dishonor herself or her dear old
daddy" said Miss Nellie as she sud
denly appeared and sank down at her
fathers knee.
"You-you back againr' he gasped.
"Why. I've not been away. l got
tired of my room and moved up into
the attic for a change. It's just lovely
up there, only the mice made me afraid
nights You didn't think your Nellie
would run away just because you were
a little cross. did your
"See here. don't understand this a
bit" said the major as he recovered
his senses.
And then came the last shock His
sister came forward and said:
"Why, brother. it's easy enough to
understand They are in love with
each other and want your consent to
their marriage
The major wouldn't have been the
major if he had given them his bless.
ing then and there, but the records
show that he did within the next
month, and that was good enough
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-07

"What is he going to do nowT'
breathlessly asked thu agitated young
woman, with her eyes on the daring
aeronaut who was cllnging to his para
chute.
"He Is about 10 sever his connection
with the balloon" replied her escort,
'to accept a position a little lower
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12
SQUIRRELS and Rabbits Safe.

President Miller of the Game
Commission says:
"Since May Is of this year all
hunters license expired and the
game commission has been asked
by hunters in all sections of the
State whether they can hunt squir-
rels and rabbits. The commission
holds that the provision of the act
of the Legislature stipulate that no
person shall hunt except he have
hunters license in his possession
and as all hunters license expired
on May Is no hunting is permits
sible at the present time. The new
hunters license blanks will be is
sued August 1 and are good until
May Is, 1910. The blanks will be
ready to send to the sheriffs of
each parish on July 1. The COM
mission has ordered 100, 900 license
blanks printed.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

One of the most damnable THAT
is expressing it mildly systems
of robbery under the form of law,
is that of requiring a man to pay
tax before he can engage in any
business to earn a living. Talk
about this glorious free country!
Such laws are worse than a mon
archy. Men are taxed hundreds of
dollars on the property they may
possess, and then they are further
taxed for the privilege of doing
business to pay those taxes. Any
government that cannot pay the
necessary expenses from taxes
imposed upon real estate and
personal property, ought to get off
the earth. The laws of some of
the States of the Union are more
oppressive than those of a mon
archy. There is more freedom to-
day in England than in the
United States. When a man has
to pay $40 taxes on what little
property he owns, we don't think
he ought to pay license to do
business enough to pay those
raxes.-Hammond indicator.
The above are our sentiments
exactly, Brother Adams.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

The simple tribute to Miss
Helen Gould's generosity toward
soldie1s and sailors paid by
: private soldier who died recently
and made her his legatee as 1.-THE
friend of all soldiers" will find
"a echo in the hearts of all the
men in both branches of the SER
vice who have received such In
estamable benefit at her hands.
Miss Gould has advised the War
department thar she intends to
use the mou+y in furnishing q
room in the new portion of the
naval branch of the Young Mems
Christian Association at Brooklyn.
This part Of the building, the glft
of Mrs. Russel Sage. has jtst been
dedicated. Miss Could Intends to
have ! tablet placed on the door of
the room % the memory 81 Private
Bartlett, and explaining ~ What
I6ooup the room was i,lfniekef,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12
Information Wanted.

ASTORIA, OREGON, May IA, '09.
To the County Clerk, st. Mary
Parish, Louisiana.
MY DEAR SIR:-If possible L
desire to locate E. H. Henderson.
l understand that he was born in
st. Mary Parish,:La., on January
80, 1851, and up to about a year
ago he was travelling for A. H.
MacNutt of the Pacific Granite
and Marble works, at Number
1377-79-91 Valencia Street. San
Francisco, California, but that
about a year ago his health failed
and he left this concern and went
away, but where / am unable to
ascertain. l have some business
here for parties who are interested
in learning his whereabouts aud
if you can give me any light on
where he is, l will gladly pay you
for your trouble if you will send
in your bill.
Trusting you will aid me in
locating the party and thanking
you in advance for the favor, |
remain,
Yours very sincerely,
HOWARD Nj. BROWNELL,
Deputy District Attorney, for
Clatsop County, Oregon.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

The Rev. Father Kavanaugh.
secretary to Arch bishop Ryan, is
an inveterate punster, says the
Philadelphia Times. He can't
help it.. Let the discussion around
the Archbishop's frugal table be
whatnot, Father Kavanuagh shuts
in" with his plays on words.
They were talking about the, most
health-a acquiring way to get to
Europe. The Rev. Father Philip
R. McDevitt, superintendent of
parochial schools, said that the
best way to take the trip across
the pond is to go on cattle chip.
"You are giving US a steer" was
the remark of his punster. Look.
ing gravely ct his secretary, Arch
bishop Ryan, on the spur of the
moment, squelched him with:
ssYou ought to look ssheepish.'
but I notice You are not even
coWed. =
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12
"Another use for oil. nract;

"Another use for oil, practically
an entirely new method of the
employment of oil, is the use
made of it by stock raisers," says
the Corpus Christi (Tex.) Caller.
"Of late years the value of prickly
pear or cactus as a stock food has
become known, the only obstacle
to it's greedy consumption by
cattle being the spins or needles
in the cactus. These can be
easily removed by burning them
of which is done by the use of
oil, and special apparatus, which
is said to do the work effectually.
AS cactus, is known to be
nearly all water, the introduction
of it as a stock food in arid and
semi-arid regions means much to-
the stockmen of those sections.
Thus oil enters an entirely new
field of industrial economy"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12
: NATURE TELLS YOU.
As Many a Franklin Reader kneHs
Too Well.

When the kidneys are sick,
Nature tells you all about it.
The urine is natures calendar.
Infrequent or too frequent action;
Amy urinary trouble tells OF kidney
ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ills.
Frank Couvillier, living on Green.
wood ST., Morgan City, La, says;
1.-THE results obtained from the use o.
Doan's Kidney Pills, in our iamai!
were all that could be asked lor.
Three of our children showed signs
of kidney weakness. All kinds OF ~
needles were used but no Satisfactory
results were received until DoSn
Kidney Pills were procured iney
proved wonderfully effective ana W.
consider them an indispensable mouse
hold remedy. We think all Kidney
sufferers should know OF this wonde'
full kidney medicine. !" "a
For sale by all dealers. Prlce -
cents. Foster Milburn Co., BunsIo,
New York, sole agents for the Unl'su
States. -
Remember the name-Doan's-sn1
take no other.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

A wagon passed through Nor
them Kansas recently with this
inscription: Colorado and irri-
cation. Kansas and stagnation,
sociAlistic administration and
damnation. ! am going to my
wife's relation and make no other
demonstration. !" He ought to come
to Louisiana where there il no
need of irrigation or fertilization,
and where q man with education
can engage in speculaeiou, bring
along bis wife's relation, have
good times and free salvation.
which is worth consideration and
peede no further explanation.-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

The Herald of Morgan City
says: "During the past week a
number of horses have died and
no cause could be ascertained
until yesterday, when DR.. Giblin,
of New Iberia, was brought here
and examined one OF the dead
animals belonging to Mr.. j. A..
Thornton. 1t was found that the
horse died of "Liningitis," a dis
ease prevalent among horses in
many sections of the State. It is
known that four horses has thus
far been the victims of this dis
ease around Morgan City, and as
precaution a large number of
the stock about the city is being
vaccinated."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

Cations are becoming difficult
to buy even for the richest of coll
lectors. One sold in London last
week for $4,000. The volume
was found in an old North of
England manor house, and in the
original oak binding are five
small volumes. A defective copy
of the sRoyal Book" recently
brought $500 while in 1902 a
good copy sold for S11, 900.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12
Britain's cigarette industry is Of

Britain's cigarette industry is OF
comparatively recent growth.
The pioneer of ready.made Gig.
arettes in that country was the
late John Theodoridi, a Greek,
who at one time served as an
officer in the Russian army. He
imported a staff of cigarette
makers from Odessa, and set up
an establishment in Leicester
Square, London, in 1861. All tho
early cigarettes introduced BY
Theodoridi has card mouthpieces
fully an inch long, following an
old fashion still prevailing 10
Russia. He afterwards produced
a cigarette with one end turned in,
but without a mouth piece, and this
was the first approach to the pre-
sent form of cigarette, which.
however, was not evolved unn!
1865, when another Greek started
a shop in Regent Street and SOLD
cigarettes as they are known now.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

! All over Texas a few days ago
was cele brated the seventy third
anniversary of the Battle Of San
Jacinto, wherein the little army
of Texans, commanded by Gen.
Sam Houston, crushed an over
whelming force of Mexican
soldiers under Gen. Santa Ann.
There is one survivor of that
Texas army, Alfonso Steele, of
Mexia, ninety-four years old, and
still vigorous. He visited Austin
last winter and addressed the
Legislature in joint session.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

All American exporters concern
ed are warned by Consul General
DENLY that they'll never get rich
by selling pins to the people OF
Shanghai. "The Chinese have
no use for pins" he says, "strings
and knots and loops meeting
every requirement of male and
female, young and old, to keep
his or her garments securely and
neatly fastened"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

Speaking Of the close of the
oyster season, the Baltimore Sun
says that the period since last
Septemb Der has been prosperous
one for the dredgers. The Sun
adds: "The crops of bivalves this
year was large and the quality
better than for several seasc ms.
In spite of the warm weather that
has prevailed most of the winter
the oysters fattened, the frequent
rain havipg washed enough nutri-
ment into the water to allow the
denixene of the bay bottom to wax
oospulent. =
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

An Arkansas paper perpetrates
the following: "Colonel Roosevelt
has shot an okapie, says the dis.
patches. That's one of those
with pink tail, blue eyes and .
tongue like a spear. Many of our
prominent citizens have seen the
'orrid brute but it has been when
they were too tired to care"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

Says the Baltimore American:
"Highwaymen in Brooklyn who
robbed drunken man of sixty
FIVE cents got a sentence of seven
years. No wonder, with all the
modern improvements in oppor-
tunities, that justice is disguised
when the majesty of the law is
defied for less than a dollar.'
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

The u. S. treasury deficit for
the month of May is shown by the
statement to have been So, 453, 100,
and for the eleven months OF the
current fiscal year a deficit OF
S97. 1853, 1O2 is indicated.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12
Town Council Proceedings.

FRANKLIN, La, June s, 1909.
The Honorable Council met in
regular session, Mayor J. c..
Lewis, presiding. Messrs. Frost
and Morris absent.
The reading of the minutes OF
the previous meeting were dis
pensed with.
The Collector, Treasurer and
Superintendent of the Electric
Light and Waterworks reports
were read, accepted and ordered
published, reports are as follows:
TREASURER'S REPORT.
FRANKLIN, LA, June 8, 1909.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

If President Taft does nothing
else of moment during his admin.
istration than place the affairs OF
this government on a business
basis and check the extravagance
of recent years he will have rem.
dered service to his country OF
incalculable value.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

The Alaska Yukon. Pacific tx.
position was opened at Seattle
WASH, last Tuesday, President
Taft pressing a gold telegraph Key
in the White House, aid alter
wards sending a message oy
WIRE
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12

The Oldest letter carrier in Uncle
Sans employ-Charles F. West,
of Boston-recenty celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of his ser
vice. Although he is Is years
old. West still puts in the re-
ouired eight hours every day. de-
liveripg his batch of mail prompt
1xy
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-12
SATURDAY, JUNE IL, 1909.

Bishop David Sessums. Of New
Orleans, who has been in Europe
for his health, is home again
much improved, which his many
friends Throughout the State are
pleased to learn.