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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-29
LAKE MICCASOUKIE GOING DRY
Cause of Unusual Occurrence Unex-
planned. Andrew Jackson's Rock
Is at the Bottom

THOMASVILLE.-Reports from
Lake Miccasoukie, just over the line
in Florida, state that the water in
the lake is falling at the rate of
II inches day, and fears are en-
tertained that it will soon be dry.
The state geologist of Florida made
trip of inspection to it a few days
ago, and reported the water in the
basin to be only SO feet deep at that
time
The water from other parts of the
lake is all running into the basin,
and in the portions left dry the. fish
are dying in quantities. 1t is said
that many years ago when Gen. An
drew Jackson was fighting the In
dams in Florida the lake went dry
and he carved his initials on a rock
in the basin. About eighteen years
ago, when it again went dry, the
two large letters, "A. j." could be
distinctly seen upon the rock. 1t
will require fall of about ten feet
more of water before this rock can
be seen.
If Lake Miccasoukie should indeed
go dry it would mean much disap-
pointment to the many sportsmen
who come down every year for the
duck shooting on it, which is CON
sidered unusually fine and which at
tracts large parties not only from
Atlanta and North Carolina, but
from New York and other points
north. The fishing in it also is par
ticularly good, and most of the fresh
fish brought to market here are
caught in this lake. 1t has always
been mystery as to what causes
the sudden falls and rises of water
in the lake, as well as in a number
of others in this section, and no sat
isfactory explanation has ever been
found for it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-29

avail. They pleaded that the presi-
| dent would be too tired after the
jother affairs arranged to stand two
| hours with the women. Mrs. Lea
Wits reply when the committee
fatty refused to change the itinerary
was, Refuse us if you dare"
The committee did not dare.
Here Is the Prophecy.
Presently, just about the time the
men get down to work for the cam
palgn, something will happen of
great interest to the women voters.
Mrs. Sarah Platte Decker, who will
have opened the way for a woman
candidate, but over whom enthusi-
asm will have subsidized somewhat,
because she has long been a familiar
political figure, will announce with
flare of trumpets, that fealty to the
cause of women in Colorado demands
that she give way to the one who
has become the best representative
of the states womanhood-Ruth
Bryan Leavitt. The move, it is con-
fidently expected by the feminine
plotters, will take the state by
storm. Mrs. Decker is looked upon
by many as just a society politician,
but Mrs. Leavitt, who is a mans as
well as a woman's woman, will be
considered as one who is being
sought by the Office because of her
pre-eminence.
See a Winner in Mrs. Leavitt.
Among themselves the Jane Jeffer-
sons and the members of the Wo-
mans Club, who have planned it all
out, say that Mrs. Leavitt's energy
will secure the vote of every woman
in the district, and that her womanly !
charm will entice the vote of thou
sands of men. They are congratu- |
Iating themselves, too, that Mrs |
Decker has overcome the ridicule |
which greeted the proposal of al
in congress, and that there !
can be even no resemblance of this |
attaching to Mrs. Leavitt when she |
IS brought to the center of the stage.
Mrs. Decker will retire to wrestle |
with her real ambitiOn-the mayor
Atty of Denver.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-29

writers find it almost impossible to
avoid giving their daily columns the
appearance of sort of serial biog-
raphy of Ruth Bryan Leavitt.
Mrs. Decker's Part in Plot.
About the time Mrs. Leavitt de-
livered her first lecture Mrs Sarah
Platte Decker, who formerly was
president of the National Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs and now is a
member of the Colorado State Civil
! Service Commission, was announced
by the women politicians of Denver
and endorsed by all the women's
| clubs and organizations as their pro-
posed candidate for congress in 1910.
| Mrs. Decker modestly accepted the
| honor and began an active campaign.
Into every corner of the First dis
trict literature dwelling upon the
crying need" of a woman in con-
gross and the peculiar fitness of Mrs.
Decker for the office, was sent from
the Woman's Club of Denver. But
this was just to feel the pulse of
the public" as it were, for Mrs.
Decker wouldn't be anybody's con-
gressWoman; she wants to be mayor
of Denver, so she can boss the DO
lice force, and have an ordinance
passed about the street car hogs.
The result of the preliminary cam
paign of Mrs. Decker has been the
preparation of the state for a woman
for congress. At first the
idea met with ridicule-at least,
amusement. But the women have
convinced the voters, masculine and
feminine, of their seriousness.
The Men See a Light.
The men of the First district are
beginning to admit that they are up
against the proposition of having to
reckon with woman and third
party when they come to the cleo
ton of a congressman. Mrs. Deck !
er has succeeded in persuading her
sisters, to whom Mrs. Leavitt was al |
most stranger and consequently !
with little personal influence, that |
opportunity is knocking at their !
door. She has become political |
factor in the state, and has made her |
cause a feminine fad, which is grow
ng and showing more and more |
promise 10 endure.
And Mrs. Leavitt is lecturfng, be-
ng entertained, making friends here, |
there and everywhere, winning &C |
acknowledgement that she is one of the |
Drainy women of Colorado and max |
ng the voters, who always did have |
warm spot in their hearts for the |
Peerless One" say that she is a
chip off the old block" She !
showed some of her power recently
when, backed by the WOmans Club, |
she upset the arrangements for the
of President Taft dur
ng his visit in Colorado this month |
by demanding that the itinerary ar
ranged for her fathers foe be al |
tered to give the women at the Wo-
mans Club two hours of the Presf-
dents time. The reception commit !
tee ragged and protested but to no
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-29

writers find it almost impossible to
avoid giving their daily columns the
appearance of a sort of serial biog-
raphy of Ruth Bryan Leavitt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-29
NOTICE.
Application to Sell Land and Stocks
in Incorporated Companies.

Application to Sell Land and Stocks
in Incorporated Companies.
State of Georgia, Terrell County
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has applied to the Ordinary
of said county for leave to sell land
belonging to the estate of James A.
Chambless, deceased, for the purpose
of paying debts and distribution
among heirs of said deceased. Said
application will be heard at the regu-
lar term of the Court of Ordinary for
said county, to be held on the first
Monday in October, 1909 Notice is
also given that application will be
made to sell the bank stock and other
stocks in incorporated companies at
the same time and place and for the
same purpose. This September 6,
1909. j. d. CHAMBLESS Executor.
Last Will of Jas. A. Chambless.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-29
HON. RUTH BRYAN LEAVITT, CONVERSATIONAL
The Jane Jeersons Those Master Women Politicians of
Denver, Are Playing a Deep Political Game

DENVER, Colo.-''Mr. Speaker,
yield the floor to the Lady from Col
erado.' And the congressional re-
pOrters will sit at attention. For a
congressman from Colorado will
bave seated himself that the house
eff representatives may listen to elo-
quent words of wisdom, in the soft
rich tones of Ruth Bryan Leavitt,
daughter of the Great Commoner,"
bammering home to the nations law
makers the demands of her adopted
state, Colorado
Such, at any rate, is the picture
of the siXty-first congress which, in
its glorious promise and the easy
possibility of it's naturalization, is
stirring the women and alarming the
men of the western state where wo-
men vote. And in the struggle to
achiev this reality, to insure the cleo
ton of Bryan's daughter to a seat
IN congress IA months hence as the
representatives of the First Colorado
district, there is being played by the |
women of the state one of the pref
test games of politics in the history |
OF vote cajoling.
Immediately after her divorce |
from the artist, Leavitt, the Com
moner's daughter came to Denver
and announced her residence. Soon
after there was an important meet
ing OF the Jane Jefferson Club. of
winch Mrs. Leavitt is member. A
week later there was another meet
ing OF the Jane Jeffersons, and to
Ihis one went Mrs. Sarah Platte
Decker, foremost woman politician
OF Denver and Colorado, and often
mentioned Denver mayoralty posi-
blllty on womans independent
ticket.
Playing Some Real Politics.
Then began the remarkable game '
Of politics with women dealing the {
'ards with a skill and dexterity {
which would be a credit to Tam I
many. The election in Colorado is {
more than a year away, so the wo- i
men folks had plenty of time to be-
gin early.
The first move by the Jane Jeffer- i
sons and the Women's Club was the /
for Mrs. Leavitt of a !
series of lecture dates which, before |
he end of the year, will have taken i
her into every county seat and i'm {
Dortant vote center in the state :
Her lectures are not on politics, nor s
IN the rights of women, but, rather, s
views on questions of cur
'ent interest-calculated to convince s
her hearers that she is a woman {
above the trivialities of femininity, i
oyal to her sex, yet of broadened |
In the meantime she is being pet
ted and feted. functioned and press
agented to queens taste in the Col
Orado capital The Denver society
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-29

Many people delude themselves by
saying: 1T will wear away" when
they notice symptoms of kidney and
bladder trouble. This is a mistake
Take Foley's Kidney Remedy, and
stop the drain on the vitality. 1t
cures backache, rheumatism, kidney
and bladder trouble, and makes
every trace of pain, weakness and
urinary trouble disappear. Dawson
Drug Co. and Peoples Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-29
SALOON MAN SUPERVISE CENSUS
Appointed For Maryland District De-
spite Vigorous Protest.


Additional appointments of census
supervisors by President Taft were
announced today by Census Director
E. Dana Durand, says a Washington
dispatch. Among them is that of
Ernest Madison Dupre, a wholesale
commission dealer at Columbia, S.
c., to be supervisor of the Seventh
South Carolina district.
The appointment of John Stump as
supervisor of the Fifth Maryland dis
trict follOwered' a vigorous fight
against him because he is engaged in
the retail liquor business in Cum
berland. He has had experience,
however, which was regarded as en-
tirely fitting him for the duties of
the place.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-29
QAIc
Aeu IiA
Question

" Do you know of any who ever received any
benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pounds"
If any woman who is suffering with any ament peculiar
to her will ask her neghbors this question: she will be
surprised the result There is hardly community in
this country where be found who have been
restored to health by this famous old remedy made
exclusively from simple formula of roots and herbs.
During the past 80 years have published thousands
of letters from these grateful who have been cured
by Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and never
in all that time have published testimonial without
the writer's special permission. Never have knowingly
published testimonial that not truthful and genuine
Here one just received few days ago. anyone doubts
that this true and honest of womans expert
ence with Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound write
and ask her.
Houston, Texas" When first began taking Lydia
sick for three with troubles dyspepsia
and liver trouble had tried
nothing did me good.
"For three years lived medicines thought
never get WELL when read advertisement L.
hams Vegetable Compound, and advised try
my husband got bottle Compound,
me SO much good continued its woman
and enjoy the best of health.
81 advise all women suffering from give
Lydia f. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound They
regret it, for it will surely Hicks
$40 Cleveland ST., Houston.
Any who is sick and suffering is foolish surely
not to give such medicine this trial WHY should It
not do her much good as it did Mrs. Hicks
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
LEGAL.
NOTICE 70 WATER USERS.
State Engineers ONCE

State Engineers Office,
Salt Lake City, Utah. July %, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the or
den Water Works company, BY It's
manager c, II, Kircher, whose post
Office address Is Ogden. Utah. hau
made application In accordance with
the requirements OF Chapter 10S. Ses
Sion Laws Of Utah, 1905. as amended
by the Session Laws of Utah. 1907. to
appropriate ten (10) cubic.feet per
second OF water from springs In Tav.
lors Canyon, Weber County, Utah
Part of said water will be diverted
from a spring which is situated at
point of diversion" No, I, which bears
north 62 degrees 4S minutes west
211,3 feet distant from the east QUAR-.
ter corner OF Section 35, Township G
north, Range l west, Salt Lake base
and meridian Part of said water
Will be diverted from a spring which
Is situated Mt point Of diversion" No.
2. which bears north II degrees Z min.
utes east 1910 feet distant from the
land corner above described Part Of
SAID water will be diverted from
spring which is situated at point of
diversion" No. 3, which is 1896 6 feet
south 61 degrees 81 minutes east from
the above described corner, Part of
said water will be collected from a
spring which Is situated at a point
bearing north 43 degrees 21 minutes
cas-. 2S20,6 feet distant from the noint
first above described: also from MI.
merous small springs adjacent thereto
and conveyed to "point of diversion"
No 4, which bears north "A degrees
"A minutes east 2.5S3.2 feet distant
from the quarter corner above dcscrib.
ed. where 1t will be diverted At
point OF diversion No. ., which bears
north 81 degrees 80 minutes east
z'aZf7 feet distant from the land cor
neT above described, a part OF said
water VIII be collected from small
springs situated in side CANYON which
enters the main canyon at point
northeast of the point Of diversion"
last above described. at point of di.
version NO. g. which bears south Ga
degrees 63 minutes east 5233.S feet dis.
tant from the land corner above de. |
scribed, the water which flows from a |
spring situated about 100 feet east Of |
said point of diversion" will be divert. |
ed The remainder of the water annJied |
Tor VIII be diverted at point of di. |
version" No. Z. which bears South 60 |
degrees minutes east 3.4642 feet |
distant from the land corner ahoyo
described, at which point the water
from numerous small springs situated
In Two canyons which form the main
canyon Is to be collected and diverted
Inc water from tho various sources
above described will be collected and
conveyed 70 point near the west line
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
LAWS STERN GUARDIAN HANDY.
"cop" Feared Statesmen Were on
Verge of Physical Encounter.

scene that was more than farcical
occurred In the house Of commons last
session. according to London NJ. A. P
Two OF the most respectable members
of the house were seen with their
coats of. and with staid old police
man standing between them,
The two had been downstairs to
wash their hands, and by some mis-
chance had changed coats. They
went into the house together. One
of them, putting his hand into his
coat pocket. pulled out an old briar pipe
of very strong flavor, 1t was not his
He looked at the coat also that of his
said:
Excuse me, but l think you have
put on my coat"
Il beg your pardon; have done
nothing of the kind"
Il think" replied the other parlia
mentarian. this is your pipe, and II
you put your hand into the right.
hand pocket of the coat you are wear.
ing you will find cigar case
Dear mel" was the reply. you
certainly are right. What shall
we do?"
we cannot change In the house.
observed the first member. Let US
go into the division lobby"
Here is where the policeman ceme
In. Seeing the two facing one an
other, and, at the same time taking
of their coats. the policeman feared
the worst He rushed up, and placing
a hand on the shoulder OF each, said: :
Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Not here,
jeans"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
PUT AN END TO THE QUARREL
Birth Of Baby Ended Argument Be-
tweon Loving Couple.

Did you ever quarrel with your
wife. BInks?"
only once"
"only once? Gee! You are a
lucky man"
"Oh. II wasn't luck l merely found
out then that 1t wasn't worth while"
AHA! Had to lot her have her way.
eh?"
mo; 1t wasn't that She didn't
have her own way"
"Oh. see. You won out, and felt
like a brute afterwnrd"
Nope. / didn't win out"
We'll, how the dickens"
why. 1t was this way. You see, she
wanted to name the baby Thomas.
after me, and / wanted to name It
William. after her father, who was a
dead game old sport II there ever was
one. We had an argument lasting two
whole months. and while she wept
was firm; she was adamant even In
her tears. and / wasn't to be moved
by heaven or earth. And then-well
then. you see the baby was born"
And then. Of course, you each
wanted to give in to the other. and
found yourselves still on opposite
sidcs.'
mo. The baby was a girl"-Judge.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
LEGAL.

of Section sc. township north,
Range l west, Salt Lake base and
meridian, where it will be conyeyed
for about 10000 feet by means of a
pipe line TO the reservoir of the an.
pllcant situated east of Ogden CITY be-
tween 22nd and 23rd streets and from
there 1t will be distributed during tho
period from January l to December
81, inclusive, of each year. by means
OF the present system of water works
operated by the applicant and to be
hereafter constructed and there used
for municipal purposes. This .appli.
cation Is designated In the State I'm.
gineer's office as No. 1909.
All protests against the granting ~
said application, stating the reasons
therefor must be made by affidavit In
duplicate and filed in this office with
In thirty (30) days after the comnla.
tion of the publication OF this notice
CALEB TANNER. State Engineer
Date of llrst publication, Dec Su
1908. date of completion of publication
Jan. %. 1909
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
1T SANK THE BOAT
BUT HEN MERRIAM LANDED THE
BIG FISH.
Next Time He Probably VIII Know
Bettor Than to Take Advice of
Friend Fond of Prac-
ticaI Joke.

"Hen Merriam never would say just
what The black bass weighed" said
man from Monroe county, land l
guess Mark Sullivan didn't know, but
the hammer weighed five pounds.
1T was Sodus bay bass, and when
Hen talked about wanting to go out
and get II or one something Hike It's
size some one told him the bass ran
so large In Sodus that fishermen who
wanted to be on the safe side took
big hammer along with them to knock
'em In the head. So the hammer Hen
Merriam took with him weighed al
most as much as the cedar boat he
rowed
Hen. being a railroad conductor,
seemed to expect the bass to be right
on schedule time IN taking his hook
after he had thrown In, and so when
Is minutes had passed and no bass
had come along he decided It was so
far behind time that he guessed 1t
would have to be abandoned. and no
was pulling up to go In when the bass
came along and got the hook.
Hen started right In to make up
lost time and yanked that bass In
hand over hand. When the f1sh's head
came in sight and within reach Hen
grabbed his hammer. and being little
mad yet over the bass being behind
time he brought the hammer down
like he was a blacksmith's helper we'll
on to his job.
But Sodus bay bass are watchful
and spry. and this one ducked aud got
out OF the way of the hammer. The
hammer kept right on coming down,
though, and 1t had to hit something.
and so 1t whanged into the side OF the
light cedar boat.
1T passed right on through the side
of the boat, making hole big enough
to shove a stovepipe In. The hole be-
Ing below the water line of course the
water poured into the boat like tor
rent, and Hen began TO yell.
Hay! he yelled. Somebody bet
ter make extra good time over here or
there'll be trouble on this line!
And that was no joke, for Hen had
hardly yelled that much when his boat
sank and he was floundering in the
water trying to keep from following 1t.
He had the hammer in one hand and
held fast to his line with the other.
Mark Sullivan was taking out bass in
a boat near by, and he pulled for Hen
right away.
Don't stop for signals! yelled
Hen, Pull her wide open, of this bass
will get away
Mark got there just In time to tug
Hen into his boat and Hen was no
sooner In than he began hauling away
on his bass. which was still on the
hook. When he got 1t alongside the
boat he handed the hammer to Mark,
and while Hen held the bass with the
top OF It's head out of the water Mark
used the sledge on It,
HE tumbled the bass skull In at
the first clip. They lifted the fish into
the boat and came ashore. Nobody
has ever heard how much 1t weighed,
for Hen Merriam didn't say and
guess Mark Sullivan never knew.
When Hen told about the bass he just
said 1t was so big 1t sank the boat.
But IL l find the man who told
me to take that hammer along as part
of my fishing tackle, said he, he'll
know how much l weight
Some say the boat cost Hen $40"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
YOUNG CONVICT WAS A GENIUS
Australian Saved from PenltentIary
Later Did Remarkable Work.

In the gardens attached to the hous-
es OF parliament, Melbourne, there Is
an elaborately sculptured fountain,
embellisbed with human figures. birds.
flowers and various other ornamental
work in stone. This fountain has a
remarkable history. 1t was construct
ed entirely by a convict named Will
lam Stanford. within the walls OF the
Melbourne Jail When a young man
OF Il, Stanford, In a weak moment,
joined band OF bushranging desper-
ADDE'S. was captured and sentenced to
terms OF Imprisonment amounting In
the aggregate to FL years. One day
Col. Champ, the governor OF Melbourne
jail. was astonished to find a beautiful
angelic figure which Stanford had
carved out OF meat bone He showed
1t to the leading sculptor OF Melbourne
who declared that the young man was
natural genius. The sculptor visited
the jail and gave Stanford some les.
sons In the art. petition for par.
don was influentially signed, and Stan
ford was released. He became one of
the most successful sculptors in Mel.
bourne, and completely lived down his
Juvenile criminal escapade.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
New York Foe to Race Suicide.

Fifty dollars when you get mar
Red; $50 for every baby That's the
offer j. B. Martin, proprietor OF q
fashionable New York hotel, has made
to his employees In case the babies
come In twos or threes each one
stands to collect $50 just the same.
Mr.. Martin has paid $3.50 In bonuses
within the last year. and is willing to
pay as much more this year Once
only he has paid upon twins. i've
found the plan to work out admirably"
Martin declares, Marriage and babies
bring responsibility. and that increases
the reliability Of my help. Ny men
are not looking around all the time
for another Job; their habits are bet
ter than ever before. and l can al.
ways depend upon them I used to
have lots Of trouble In keeping my
people. Now they seldom make a
change. The plan is worth the
money"