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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-06

On the first OF March all negroes
will be discharged on the Rock Island
trains on the Louisiana division aud
white men will take their places.
This has been brought about bv a
long and persistent effort ON the part
OF the white trainmen.-El Dorado
Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-06

President Taft had tn take his oath
of office in the U. S. Senate chanber.
as n violent snow storm and blizzard
rendered it impossible to take it,in
the open air.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-06
Trespass Notice.

All persons are hereby notified not
to tre~pass on any al my lands or To
move amy timber ON same. without
legal right To do so. under penalty
OF prosecution by law.
This March 3. 1909.
A. X. SANDIFER.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09
WALL MAP.
1.-THE World in a Nut She'll" County,
State, United States, World.

-
The Union has completed arrange
ments to provide its readers with one
of the finest things in wall maps
v e e in this section. A descrip-
ton of it smany good qualities would
take a whole issue of the paper. 1t
comprises three sheets of maps, each
28x36 inches. 1t contains maps OF
Pennington county, South Dakota,
the United States and the world. His
tory of the Panama canal. pictures of
the presidents, even to President
elect Taft, and Governor Vessey. The
sheets contain history, government
surveys, difference in time and a
hundred other things. They ARE
worth many times what is asked for
them, but in order to bring them
within the reach Of all, school chill
dren as we'll as rich people, the as
tonishingly low price of fifty cents
will be charged, five cents extra for
postage. Every new subscriber to
The Union, who pays one year in adj
vance, $3.50, will receive one of
these beautiful maps.
Call and e these maps and you
will be SO pleased that you will not
be satisfied until you have one for
your own.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

tariff bill, and is included as a
means of increasing the reve-
nues of the federal government.
1t calls for a two per cent levy
on the net earnings Of corpora
tons in. excess Of $4,000 per
year. The provisions Of the
tax plan are as follows:
Levies 2 per cent tax on net
earnings of all corporations in
the United States when the
earnings are in excess of S., 900
a year, that amount being ex-
empt.
Requires all corporations, no
matter how large OF small their
earnings may be, to make full
reports to the government an
nually, fully setting forth char
acter of business, capital en-
ployed and the full amount of
net earnings.
All reports thus furnished the
government will be regarded
as confidential unless there is
reason to believe that deception
is being practiced to avoid tax
alton.
Federal investigation of books
will be made whenever there is
reason to believe false reports
are being made. Penalties are
provided for the punishment Of
false reports.
All of the machinery relating
to the collection, remission and
refund of internal revenue tax
es is made applicable to the
corporation tax and the respon-
sibility for the enforcement Of
the proposed law rests with the
commissioner of internal rev.
enue in the same manner as
other taxes.
Every latitude is given to
concerns subject to the tax for
the exemption Of expenses, cost
of maintenance, the deprecia-
ton Of property, debts and the
interest thereon,
Bonds Of all corporations,
when issued in amounts less
than the total stock issue, are
expressly exempted from taxa
ton.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

It's pesky difficult to suit some
people, especially some Of the
politicians. This thought is
emphasized by the wall going
up over what South Dakota's
senators did or did not do.
There was to be music anyway
so the anvil chorus starts a
discordant refrain. Well, who
cares?
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09
o B LAND CRAFTS

Colorado is charged by the
federal government with hav-
ing 100000 acres of coal lands
in Routt county fraudulently
obtained. An effort is being
put forth to regain possession
and some of the men in high
authority are now placed on
the nervous bench on account
of investigations instituted and
suits filed. District Attorney
Ward, Jr., has been instructed
to forward to the Office Of Uni
ted States Attorney General all
data possible, and he is further
instructed to make transcripts
of evidence and forward same
to the land office.
The land fraud investigation
that has been carried on by the
state department. has heretofore
been treated as a joke, but the
Intervention of the federal au-
thority has given place to anx-
iety which threatens to become
poignant for some people, es-
pecially those who have occu-
pied the saddle of authority Of
land seizure in Colorado.
The lands in question are
those which come under the de-
nomination Of indemnity lands
and comprise nearly a half mil
lion acres in Routt county.
Under the enabling act by
which Colorado was admitted
as a state a vast area Of the do
main was granted to the state
for educational and internal
Improvement purposes. The
state was also given the prerog-
alive of exchanging the lands
arbitrarily granted for other
lands that might be wanted by
settlers. In the course Of filing
and selection by settlers the
states credit on exchanges ran
up to mauy hundreds Of thous-
ands Of acres, and thousands Of
acres taken by the state in ex-
change are what are now clas-
sifed as mineral properties.
The law by which the state re-
ceivedthe land concession states
that no land containing or
known to contain mineral de-.
posits shall be held. 1t is now
claimed that mineral land to
between 100000 and 100000
acres were included, and that
fully half the acreage contains
valuable anthracite coal depos-
its. These facts were adducedI
.byswitnesses in the legislative
investigation inquiry into the
Woodruff Castor-Keating deal
'fortha acquisition Of l12,OOOi
acres Of Routt county lands
gfromthe state. The disclos-
iures, intentional or otherwise,
have caused the investigation
by the algovernmen with.
ii AEAlHfs%sxSt sxf1A i. ssaI4pb AFeAfISN EIEtSf.f. 49,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

Efforts are being put forth to
make the first market day, Ju-
ly "a, a great success. A pa
rade Of live stock will be held
and in order to make it as COM
plete and interesting as posi-
bic it is reques ted that every
one bring their stock to the
city and participate in the pa
rade whether they desire to sell
or not.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09
COUNTRY SEES PROSPERITY

COUNTRY SEES PROSPERITY
The government financial re-
port shows that there was salts
factory improvement in gov
errnment receipts the latter
half of the fiscal year ending
June 80. The available cash.
balance approximates 1922, 600
900. The report demonstrates
that prosperity has not only re-
turned to the country but that
it has come to stay.
The receipts for June show
that they exceeded the expendl-
lures Of the government by So
DOC, 900. The receipts from
import duties and internal rev.
enue sources exceed the income
from these sources in June,
1908, by SIS, 1000. For the year
they will exceed $500, 600, 900
but expenditures have been in
creasing rapidly. The con-
struction of the Panama canal
has entailed an added expense
around $31, O00, 900, while the
addition of many new rural free
delivery routes has also enlarg-
ed the burden Of government
expenses. The disbursements
for the year over receipts APP
proximate $50, 1000, 900. There
was $15, 900, 900 Of government
bonds retired during the year
and the disbursements incident
to bank note retirement exceed
ed the receipts by $44 600, 900.
The total disbursements of the
government on all accounts for
the year just. ended exceed the
revenue around $89, 8l1, l56.
There are no items Of ex-
travagance included in the in
creased expenditure Of $37, 600
900 more in the last year than
the preceding fiscal year. The
Panama canal, retirement Of
government bonds. and the
pensioning Of veterans Of the
civil war are the principal
sources of increased expendi-
lures. Larger appropriations
forthe army and navy are con-
tributory items of the increased
expenses the past twelve
months as compared with the
previous fiscal year. Under
the new policy Of economy
adopted for making appropria-
tions the expenses will be re-
duced $50, O00, 900, or below the
operating expenses Of l907-O9.
The imports in 1907 were val
ued at ST. ,434, 900 600 and the
imports last year reached a to-
tai of ST, 300, 1000, 900. Our ex-
ports reached in 1907 $780,
GOO, 900 and in 1908 fell to ST.
645, DOC, 900. The exports Of
breadstuff in 1907 aggregated
$215, 600, 900, while the exports
Of these products in the last fs-
cal year dropped to $l62, OOO,-
900. The sales abroad of
American agricultural imple-
ments showed an increase the
past fiscal year of So, 600, 900
over the preceding year.
Late liberal foreign orders
for American canned beef and
other food products indicate
that prosperity is returning
abroad in harmony with better
financial and industrial condi-
tions in the United States. The
revision Of the tariff is expected
to augment national prosperity
and with bountiful agricultural
crops the country will again
move forward with record pros
perity.
nLo cLa e NE "
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

Unless the unforeseen happens
South Dakota will set the pace
for crops for a new state. The
Black Hills country will come
in for it's share of the honors.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

Well, Rapid City enjoyed a
sane fourth. It was a day of
rest in the city. About all the
people took to the Hills for an
outing and enjoyed the respite.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

This weather is making the
tillers of the soil smile. It is
making everything grow lux
uriantly. Dollars will be plen-
tiful this fall.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

Messrs. Borland and De Mar
enville Of this city are arrang-
ing to place five cars of western
horses on sale at the South
Omaha yards during the Cooper
sale on the 18th and 18th inst.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

The Union is equipped to
print envelopes with or without
the market day announcement
on the reverse side. Everyone
should use them.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09
THE MARKET EVENT

an opportunity on July "a to
see and know what a real big
market day means. To those
who have had experience ex-
PLANTATION Of the day is unnec-
essary, but to those who have
not their conception Of it's i'm
portance and magnitude must
necessarily be vague. On this
occasion hundreds of people will
be brought to the city and their
appearance will not be essen
TALLY for the gain of the city
alone, but for the benefit of ev-
eryone who participates-the
buyer as well as the seller in all
lines. The buyer will become
acquainted with the seller and
the seller will learn Of the buy
or, and together they will meet
on common grounds beneficial
to both.
This market day is no graft
scheme. 1t is not for one class
as against another-it is for ev-
eryone who wants to buy OF
sell. The proposition is back
ed by the business people of
Rapid City and was not taken
up without consideration. Mr..
Gillen, the prime factor Of the
movement, laid his plans be-
fore the business men Of Rapid
City, a meeting was called, the
movement discussed and mon
ey subscribed to defray expen-
ses Of the first sale, so it will
cost those who participate not
a cent other than the necessary
expenditure incurred by them
selves. The expense fund was
raised by a committee appoint
ed for the purpose, and the
business people have subscrib-
ed literally.
Mr.. Gillen, who assisted the
finance and other committees,
being a stranger and having no
further interest in the city than
the desire to make the market
day u success, must be paid for
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

Rapid City market day Is
going q hasas hi9ss7snt
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

IL-lE-t
The School Of Mines in this
city will receive S., 0 to be
used in reconstructing the heat.
ing plant and to purchase and.
install more machinery. An
appropriation Of $3.50 for
salaries and $4,000 for main
+tenance has been made. The.
appropriations are the lowest.
for any Of the state institutions
but will be Of much benefit to
the school and will be apprecia-
ted in proportion to the liberal
ity extended. The school is.
one of the best Of It's kind in.
the world and should receive
excellent support fromthe state.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

The Sioux City Live Stock
Record observes that frompres-
ent Indications the July supply
Of fat beeves WILDE considera-
bly, short Of expectations. Feed.
lots are being rapidly emptied.
.and;there is no disposition to
restock. Consumptlve demand
has been light in the east and
accounts for the evenness ofthe
market Of late. The situation
looks decidedly bullish to most
traders. s9
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

The merchants should ar
range bargain sales for July
"a. The people will be here
and they will do lots of trading.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

M. Porker brought the top
notch priceof last weak.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-09

Everyone should help the
market day project. Success
means much to Rapid City and
her environs.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
LING CANNOT ESCAPE
Police Say They Will Catch Him if
 He is Alive.

New York, June 29.-Inspector Me Cafferty, chief of the New York De- tective Bureau gave out Monday the first authentic statement on the mur- der of Elsie Sigel that has been made by the police since the discovery of the girls body on June IS in trunk in the bed room of Leon Ling, an Americanized Chinaman in Eighth avenue We shall catch the murder er," the inspector said. Delay does not alter that, although it chafes us. The whole country is one vast rat trap with every exit guarded. The girl was killed between 10 o'clock in the morning and noon of June g and we believe Leon Ling is the man who did it, with Chung Sing, his in- innate friend, as a possible accom- plice. The only possible ship on which Leon could have left the coun- try is due to arrive in Yokohama on July g. She will be watched. The man cannot get out of the country. If he is alive we shall catch him" All the Chinese laundries in the cit ies which are operated by four com panies in the name Of individuals, has received notice in Chinese from the owners warning employees that they must have nothing to do with women beyond business over the counter on pain of dismissal
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
Must Work For Jobs Now.

Washington, June 29.-There has been a terrible unstringing of nerves among some thousand of government employees since it was realized that the present administration intends to make tenure of position depend ent on value of service rendered. It will be hard to understand fully at a distance the wrought-up feelings developed throughout the executive departments following the announce ment that Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel plans to drop many incompetents at the beginning of the new fiscal year and to install thor ough business principles with respect to the working forces. It now devel- ops that the reform which is pro claimed for the newest of the depart ments, commerce and labor is not entirely limited to that field, but that the matters of efficiency and value of service have been considered se- riously at recent cabinet meetings in connection with the question of re- vising estimates so as to secure the greatest possible economy of admin istration in all branches of the gov ernment service.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
"BIack Hand" in Memphis.

Memphis, June 29-That Black Hand" intrigues of wide scope may be unearthed and further arrests will follow as a result of the taking into custody of four Italians, one of them a woman, on a charge of an unlawful use of the mails, is thought probable The quartette, Mrs. Annna Cara, Salvador Rossi, Tony Torbanco and Felix Constantine, it is charged, were the authors of several letters re- ceived by Giovanni Santoni, demand ing with an alternative of death that he should meet one of their number on a local cemetery and hand him $200 in currency. At the appointed hour Santoni was on hand at the place designated, with officers in hid ing at convenient distance but the stranger who was to meet him failed to put in an appearance. Alarmed because of the failure of the so-called Black Hand" people to keep their engagement, Santoni left Memphis. The federal officers concluded their investigations and the arrests fol- lowed
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
Street Car Strike Ended.

Pittsburg, Pa, June 29.-At 10:30 o'clock tonight the street railway strike, which has cost the city of Pittsturg over $200,000 in two days, was officially declared to be at and In the private office of Mayor Will liam A. MaGee articles were signed o'clock last night the street railway Company and an executive committee from the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Elm ployes, which will for years to come prevent another tie-up of the 400 miles of street railway tracgs in and about Greater Pittsburg and Ale. gheny county. The strike, it devel- oped, was the outcome of but two points of difference between the car company and the motormen and con- ductors, one being the alleged neg feet on the part of the car company to shorten swing runs," and the refusal of these railway officials to reinstate discharged men without proper hearing. More or less rioting prevailed Monday.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
FIRST BRICK BUILDING FOR
 COUNTY.
New School House at Womble First Brick Erected in Montgomery
 

New School House at WombIe First
 Brick Erected in Montgomery
 County.
 Womble.-The school board has voted unanimously to build at once a brick school building, to be a two story, four-room structure, modern and well equipped. The house will be 35 by 63 feet, and will be located on very beautiful spot on the edge of town. The Womble Land and Timber Company donated the site, and the people at special election unanimously accepted it. This will be the first brick building in Mont gomery county. Plans and specified tions were m9de by architects of Little Rock. Bonds have been nego- tiated for the money. The school board has signed a contract with Prof. John L. Mcconnell, county eX- aminer, who has had 20 years ex- perience as a teacher in this county, and he will open school in the new building October 1 if the house is then ready. The board has not yet secured the assistant teachers.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
AT DARDANELLE.

The City Being Rebuilt in the Busi-
 mesa Section.
 Dardanelle.-A number of the brick business houses on Front street have recently been renovated, and with new brick fronts and awnings and concrete sidewalks, the city looks like new place. Several new houses and a large brick Baptist church are be ing completed Plans for the new S3O,0G0 three-story brick hotel will be made soon The hotel will be in the business part of town, on the bank of the Arkansas river.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
Attack On City Government.

Fort Smith.-The Sebastian Coun- ty grand jury made it's final report last week which contains scathing criticism of the Fort Smith city gov ernment for it's policy of sharing in the income of immoral resorts. The report states that the g,snd jury was unable to return indictments on ac- count of the unwillingness of wit nesses to answer questions and the uncertainty of others ill giving testi- mony. The report further states that one house pays a rental of $275 per month and that each occupant is
 ing systematically bled every month by the city for a fine and that the hacks of the city are being freely used for immoral purposes.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02

shippers to obtain a refund if the
 railroads lose. At present the Iron Mountain and Cotton Belt keep a rec ord of the names of all passengers buying tickets, but do not give the passengers receipts. The Frisco and Rock Island sell tickets with coupons attached which the conductors return to the holders as receipts. The coun- sel of the commission did not ask an increase in the cases of the Rock Island, the Frisco and the Kansas City Southern The two former have already entered into the plan of ad- justment proposed by the counsel of the commission, while the Kansas City Southern has signified its inten- tion of doing so. Judge Trieber has also issued an order compelling the Iron Mountain and the Cotton Belt to keep their books, records, accounts, etc, open to the counsel oI the Rail- road Commission during the six months that depositions are being taken in the suits.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
Cattle Are Recovered.

J. A. Osborne. merchant from Humphrey, was in Pine Bluff and re- ported that B of the 35 head of cat tie stolen from various persons near Humphrey had been recovered. He said search was being made for the other stock. J. M. McVay and w. H. Marks, white men, and Pete Me Donald, a negro, have been arrested charged with the thefts. They were bound over to the grand jury of Ar kansas county and the two white men furnished bond.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
Cotton Crop is Backward.

Little Rock.-The cotton crop of Pulaski county is somewhat back ward this year. So far as known no blooms have yet appeared in the coun- ty. This is from F to 15 days later than the usual appearance of the first blooms of the season. At present the cotton ranges all the way from five to 20 inches in height over diff ferent portions of the county and un- der different conditions. In some parts it was necessary to replant the crop on account of the severe hail. storms during April and May.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-02
Railroad Cases Up Again.

An order has been issued by Fed eral Judge Trieber in the suits of the Iron Mountain and the Cotton Belt against the state for a perma- nent injunction of the Railroad Com missions Distance Tariff No. 8 and the 2-cent rate act of the legislature of 1907 by which two important points were gained by the state in the pending litigation. The counsel of the Railroad Commission secured an order from Judge Trieber by which the bond of the Iron Mountain was increased from $200,000 to $1,- 000,000 and the bond of the Cotton Belt from $200,00O to $5OO,000. The bonds of each of the railroads was set at S200,0O0 by Judge Vandeven- ter at the hearing in St. Paul last fall. The court ordered this bond to