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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-01-07

mediately introduced by President
Henderson, and with the assistance of
elaborate diagrams and maps, explained
in detail the engineering features OF
the plan. They dweit particularly upon
its feasibility and pointed out tho high
standing and character of Gen. Ernst
and Mr.. Morgan, who had been called
in consultation with them by the COM
mission.
Col. Abbey, Of Tunica, closed the ar
gument for the commission. He spoke
with much fervor on the general ben
efits Of drainage. dwelling on what he
regarded as the attractive features Of
the bill, pointing out that the assess-
ment of taxes for this work would be
based entirely upon betterment of the
lands in the district. He drew COM
parison from the effect that irrigation
has had on the arid lands Of the West,
and what drainage has done for Illi-
nois, and drew a vivid picture of what
the great Yazoo- Mississippi Delta will
be when it has all been reclaimed.
DR.. Henderson thanked the speakers
for the commission and then gave those
whose views were not in accord with
them. the opportunity to be heard. Mr..
M. P. Sturdivant opened for the op-
position with short but pointed talk,
dwelling upon the possibility that tax
alton alone, sufficient to carry out this
work would, in all likelihood, become
confscatory. Mr.. Sturdivant claimed,
and it went undisputed, that one of the
consulting engineers spent only one
weeks time in the district, and that
the other spent only one months time
here, which is altogether too short q
period Of time to allow any man, re-
gardless of their experience or ability,
to formulate plans covering such big
scheme as this. His remarks were log
ical, and made decided impression
upon those present. Mr.. T. G. James,
the president of the Tallahatchie Pro-
tective Association gave further ex-
planation why such positive stand has
been taken by the citizens in his Sec
tion.
Mr.. A. e. Jennings then followed with
a very spirited earnest protest against
this work, concluding his remarks by
giving four reasons against it:
1. That it is unfair to the taxpayers
of Tallahatchie county that they shall
pay for something that benefits Leflore
and the lower counties.
2. The tremendous and unreasonable
cost Of the whole work.
8. That it is unwise to contract such
an enormous debt and expense in the
face of the advent of the boil weevil.
4. That the plans are immature and
have not received the proper prelim-
mary attention.
Secretary Holmes then read an ex-
haustive treatise drawn up by the
Protec tive Association,
stating fully and specifically their OBJ
jections to this act. 1t was strong
against the work of this
and carried great weight.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-01-07
Taken Up

On my Mayf place one black horse
mule, brown nose, about nine years old.
On paying charges owner may recover
sxune. R.T. JONES.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-01-07
Wanted.

To lease or rent 10 acres of land
within 1 ! miles of Greenwood; with
four-room house; suitable for trucking
Apply to T. W. PUGH,
RID 3, Lexington, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-01-07

Illustrated books and Myrtle Reeds
most popular gift books at c. E. GIL
LESPIE & cos.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-01-07
LEGISLATURE ASKED
TO REPEAL ACT
That Created TaIlafatchie Drainage
Commission.

Tuesday the following telegram was
sent to Governor Noel:
&c. f. Noel, Governor,
Jackson, Miss.
"At mass meeting of representative
land owners of Leflore county yester-
day, the members of the Tallahatchie
Drainage Commission presented their
unanimously to request you to submit
drainage question to this legislature.
(Signed) T. r. HENDERSON,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-01-07
Greenwood Business League

So after careful consideration and
full deliberation, the representative
land owners and business men Of Le-
fore county, are so fully alive to the
evils of the Tallahatchie Drainage act
of 1908, that no effort is to be spared to
secure the repeal of it at the present
special session of the legislature.
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21

the neglected Seventh has been al
lowed to 60 unrewarded.
Verify, if the Government is able
to build warships, dig canals, i'm
prove waterways, grant enormous
pensions to widows of scientific
men who lost their lives in investi-
eating causes of yellow fever and a
pension Of FIVE thousand a year to
a Presidents widow, whose hus-
band in his lifetime had received
four hundred thousand dollars as
his salary, and lastly twenty-five
thousand as sop to the chief ex-
ecutive of the nation, already re-
Chewing a salary of fifty thousand
annually, for the purpose of making
a tour Of the country, the real ben.
eft of which is questionable; surely
it ought to contribute pittance to
the support and comfort of her aged
and in6rm soldiers, who quickly
fastened to her rescue, in the hour
of her greatest peril and who by
reason Of time in service are said TO
have no status under existing pen
sion laws. The pension bestowed
on a presidents widow, alone
would be sufficient to give a pen
sion of ten dollars a month to fifty
old men, who not only need it but
deserve it, because of services rem
dered. And why is this? Is it be-
cause our members of Congress are
absorbed in weightier matters q?
We think not, for nothing is more
important than that the Govern
ment should care for her worn out
soldiers.
These facts we think should APP
peal to the honor and patriotism,
OF our Senators and Representative
in Congress, in a manner sufficient
to induce them to offer a bill for |
this purpose and to press it to its
final passage for the relief of those
who under the present pension laws
are barred from recognition.
ISAAC X JESTER.
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21
APPETIzING MEAT SUBSTITUTES.
Eleanor Francis Household letter.

Now that the price of meat is
soaring SO that il makes narrowing
demands upon the resources Of the
average household it IS not a bad
idea to borrow a few tested recipes
from our vegetarian friends, and
the chances are that these will be
come favorite dishes in the family
menu.
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21
ELECTRICITY AS
AN ANAESTHETIC
Investigation Shows It is Bet
ter Than Drugs.
NO BAD EFFECT ON HEART

Its Action on Nerve Centres Of Brain
Produce What 10 Called Electric
Sleep" - Delicate Operations Per.
formed on Animals.
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21
BANKS TO COMBINE
TO FIGHT GRAFT
Five Big PittSburg Institutions
viii Merge.

Pittsburg. Jan. 19-In order to bet
ter centraiize the banking business of
Pittsburg and to be better able to pro
tect against grating employees or Off
Gals of banks. several of the large
banking institutions of Pittsburg have
set on foot a plan OF consolidation,
which will. If carried out. prove one Of
the big bank deals OF decade It is a
consolidation OF at least FIVE banks.
whose combined surplus will make the
combination most strong. There is a
rumor that before the combination is
ended that the surplus will exceed
$50 100000. The banks now named in
the rumored consolidation are the
First National the Second National.
the Farmers Deposit National the Co
lumbia National and the German Ma
tional banks.
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21

Its Action on Nerve Centres Of Brain
Produce What 10 Called electric
Sleep" - Delicate Operations Per
formed on Animals.
Philadelphia. Jan. 19.-Years Of In
yestigation by noted surgeons for a
perfect anaesthetic which would have
no detrimental effect on the heart or
other vital organs Of the patient, ap-
parently have been al last rewarded.
Electricity has come TO the relief
OF the surgeons. and investigations
going on here and abroad. which have
just been made public, show that cleo
tyicity is far superior TO any OF the
drugs now used to produce analgesia.
This discovery. if confirmed by flu
ture investigations. and there seems
to be no reason that it will not be, is
unC Of the greatest Blooms to humanity
If modern times. II will mean revO-
lotion Of modern methods Of surgery.
Electricity. when used as an anaes-
thetic. has no bad effects upon the
heart. It produces a state of insensi-
bility by acting on the nerve centers
of the brain that is called electric
sleep"
When the e. otric current is opened
the influence OF the auaesthetic is i'm
mediately lost and the patient be
Genes conscious without feeling any
OF the after effects common TO a drug
anaesthetic.
Not only has electricity been found
OF service in surgical cases. but &C
coi1ing to preliminary communica-
tons recently submitted to medical
journals by leading physicians, cleo
tricity can be used for resuscitating
animals. The investiga
tors are confident that If this idea is
developed it will only be a short time
before It will be possible to resusci-
tate human beings who have been cleo
trocuted.
Stephane f Leduce. of Nantes has
conducted numerous experiments upon
animals. most Of them being very sue
cessful. and other investigators are
following in his footsteps.
In this country the chief investiga- |
tor in this field has been a woman |
doctor of New York city DR.. Louise
C Robinovitch Dr. RobinOvitch has |
performed some OF the most delicate |
operations known to surgeons with |
electricity as her anaesthetic and has |
been wonderfully successful. All her
operations have been on animals. the
work being still too much in the eX-
detrimental stage to be used freely on
,uman beings, Some Of the operations
his noted woman surgeon has sue
'essfully performed are trephining Of
he skull with an exposure Of the
,rain. exposure of the large arteries Of
he neck. and operations calling for
bdominal sections.
At the Philadelphia General hospital
he city will shortly procure the ne
essary apparatus to be used to pro-
luce the electric sleep" and will con-
uct a series OF exhaustive operations.
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21
am nREN WHn ARE sIcKLY.

Mothers who value their own comfort and
the welfare OF their children, should never be
without a box OF Mother Gray's sweet Powders
for Children, for use throughout the season.
They Break up Colds, Cure Feverishness, Con-
stfpation Teething Disorders, Headache and
stomach Troubles THESE POWDERS NEVER
FAIL Sold by all Drug Stores, 25c. Don't dc-
cepf am substitute. trial package will be sent
FREE To any mother who will address Allen
s. Olmsted. lie Roy, n y.
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21
Pioneer Newspaper Man Dead.

Wilkes Barre. Pa. Jan. 19.-P. J.
Joslin, aged ninety-three years the
pioneer newspaper man Of northeast
ern Pennsylvania, died at his home in
Carbonate after a short illness He
established the first newspaper in the
upper end of Lackawanna county and
was the oldest typesetter in the state
and had wide circle of friends among
the newspaper fraternity.
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21
TOMATO CULTURE.

When talking before the farmers
at Delaware College this month
Professor McCue said
In treating of the tomato crop
Professor McCue said that barn yard
manure used in connection with the
4-8-Io formula had given excellent
results in experiments with tomatoes
at the college station The tomato
is a heavy draw upon potash and
that was the reason the formulas re-
quired so high a percentage Of pot
ash. The turning over of crimson
clover was recommended as prepar-
alton for the tomato crop, providing
nitrogen that would save not a lit
tie expense. Care should be taken
not to cultivate too deeply owing
to damage to the root system.
Experiments at the college farm
with varieties were detailed interest
ingly. A variety named Freedom
gave the same yield per acre as the
well-known Stone variety. Buck
eye State yielded four more tons
Greater Baltimore, 3 more tons :;
Selected Stone 3 tons less Match
less, 5 tons more.
It was demonstrated that the ex
periments of one year could not be
taken as a criterion of the year to
follow as the following table shows:
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21
RAYNER AGAIN SENATOR
Maryland Legislature Named Incum
bent to Succeed Himself.

Annapolis. Md. Jan. 10. - Isador
Rayner was named for United States
senator to succeed himself by the two
houses of the Maryland legislature in
separate session. The action will be
ratified in joint session.
William p Jackson. Maryland mem
Der of the Republican national com
mittee. was given the Republican com
plimentary vote
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21

soaring 50 that II makes narrowing
demands upon the resources Of the
average household it is not a bad
idea to borrow a few tested recipes
from our vegetarian friends, and
the chances are that these will be
come favorite dishes in the family
menu.
Risotto.
Wash z pint Of rice, throw it in
to sailed boiling water and boil rap
idly for fifteen minutes. While the
rice is boiling put into a saucepan,
tablespoon butter, one small on
ion, chopped, I spanish sweet pep
per cut into strips, and after these
are thoroughly heated, add p pint
of canned tomatoes Drain the
rice and put layer in the bottom
of a baking dish, then add a sprink-
ling of grated cheese, a layer Ofthe
tomato sauce, then another layer of
rice and sauce and a top Of rice
covered thickly with cheese. Cow
er the dish and stand in hot oven
for twenty minutes. Serve in the
dish in which il is baked. Serve
with a green salad and fruit dessert.
Pecan Sausages.
pint pecan meats, I egg, =
teaspoon salt, I cup cooked farina
or cream of wheat, dash of pep
per and I tablespoonful sage. Put
the nuts through meat chopper,
add the iarino and all the season
ing, and last the beaten egg. Make
into round cakes, place on oiled
paper in a baking dish, and bake
twenty minutes in quick oven.
Serve with either tomato or white
sauce. Other nuts may be substi-
tuted for the pecans.
Banana Cannelon.
6 ripe bananas, y pint peanuts
or English walnuts, z pint water,
i tablespoonfuls cornstarch, tea
spoonful salt. Put the nuts
through the meat chopper; mash /
the bananas. Stir the constarch /
into the water, add the seasoning
and fruit pulp Pour mixture into
moulds, or pound powder cans,
cover and stand in boiling water I
boil for three hours. When done
turn out and serve with drawn but
ter.
Mock Ham.
/ quart kidney beans, = pint
English walnuts, y pint pecans,
z pint almonds, 1 can pimentos,
tablespoonful salt and one salt
spoonful black pepper. Soak beans
over night, drain and cover with
fresh boiling water, boil twenty
minutes and throw water away.
Cover with fresh boiling water and
boil until tender. Press through a
Chop nuts and pimen-
os. add them with seasoning to
BEANS. Form into shape of small
lam, place on creased paper and
,rush form over with melted butter
Bake one hour in a moderate oven.
When done brush again with but
er and dust thickly with bread
Put back i'll oven TO
,rown. Serve cold cut in thin
Ices.
Bean Croquettes.
l pint white beans, = cup cream,
olks Of eggs, tablespoonful
utter, tablespoonful -four.
tablespoonful chopped parsley,
tablespoonful onion juice, l tea
poonful salt, l saltspoonful pep
er. Soak beans over night, cover
nth fresh water and after boiling
II hour throw this water away.
over with fresh water and boil un-
i tender. Drain and press beans
trough colander. Rub the hutter
nd flour together, ado cream and
.ir until early boiling, then add
ie yolks of eggs. Stir for NOM
Mt then add the bean PURGE and !
,asoning and turn out to cool in s
lallow dish When cool form in s
dip in the whites Of eggs, K
III in bread crumbs and fry in :
aep fat Serve plain or with to- Z
alto sauce
Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21

Although making the higher
yield last year, Greater Baltimore
was not regarded as practical can
ming tomato. From the Gamers
point of view, Professor McCue
said, the matchless variety was pro-
badly the best. He said the Brandy
wine variety was the Stone under
another name. For canning pur-
pose, he said, variety should aver
age at least 5 ounces to the tomato.
Success last year fell off in size
averaging only about 4 ounces. He
was convinced that the Matchless
variety was the best for canning
PURPOSES.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-08-12

reckoning. Robinson had re-
ceived the paper for some time,
he informed the collector, but
he said that he never sub
scribed and declined te pay for
it. The judge personally ques-
toned the defendant, who said
that he had read and made use
of it and was receiving the ac-
counts, which were frequently
inclosed in the paper.
Judgment was rendered in
favor of the newspaper. The
Judge was severe in his critic
ism of people who are receiving
papers and do not think it
worth while to pay for what
they receive and make use of.
1t is an act of dishonesty, he
said. One should acquaint the
publisher and pay for whatever
numbers he receives.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-08-12
Corn Is King.

Corn is proving itself the
king of crops in North Da-
kota. 1t is making a fine
growth all over the state and
even in the sections where the
grain and grass are burned up
corn is still flourishing and
will at any rate make a large
amount of forage, and if we'll
tended will produce grain.
So that the farmers that planted
corn and whose other crops are
gone will still have feed for
their stock, while those who
did not plant corn will in many
cases have to sell their stock
either to the one growing corn
or to the Indiana or Illinois
farmers, who will feed this
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-08-12
ARRESTED NEAR DELoRAIA
q. Griffith Nabhed by Canadian Officer
Early Sunday Morning.

G. G. Griffith, colored, for
whom the sheriff of Bottineau
county had been searching for
about two weeks, was arrested
early Sunday morning at a
farm house about nine miles
from Deloraine. He had been
located Saturday night and the
marshal at Deloraine went out
about daybreak the next morn
ing and nabbed the coon while
he was yet in bed.
Sheriff McKinnon was noti-
fled and went at once to Delor-
aine, E. A. Moline taking him
over in his car, and Griffith
was brought to Bottineau Sun
day evening and lodged in Jail.
Griffith is charged with hav-
ing kidnapped Idella, the four
teen-year-old daughter of NJ.
Iverson, living northeast of
Cordelia. He was given a
hearing before Police Magis-
trate John Smithson Wednes-
day and waived examination.
His bail bond was fixed at
$4,000. Later an information
charging him with the crime
of rape was sworn out. He al
so waived examination On this
charge and was put under an
additional So, 600 bond. Being
unable to furnish bail he is
confined in the county Jail.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-08-12
GiIbreath Is Optimistic.

Commissioners of Agricul-
ture Gilbreath has complied
the following summary of crop
reports from over thirty coun-
ties for the week ending Aug
ust 8:
The features of the crop
situation for the past week
have been the excellent quality
of the wheat which is being
harvested and the much larger
yields which are being garnered
in many places than was ex-
pected. Barley and oats con-
tinue to show the greatest
amount of damage from the
drouthy conditions which have
prevailed and which still pre-
vail in some parts.
Flax has retrograded to
some extent during the week
owing to the failure of saving
rains to materialize in many
places where extensive acreage
was planted. Corn has made
good headway and now leads
all other crops with flax second.
Reports of winter wheat
are very favorable and it is ex-
pected that the good results
obtained this season will mean
a largely increased acreage
next year. Wherever rain has
fallen the hay and pasturage
conditions have been improved
but the forage conditions are
still serious and farmers are
cutting everything in sight for
hay.'
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-08-12
MAYOR OF NEW YORK SHOT
Discharged City EmpIoys Attempts 10
XIII New York's Executive.

Mayor William ]. Gaynor OF
New York was shot in the neck
and badly wounded Tuesday
morning by James J.Galla CHER,
a discharged employe of the
city dock department. The
shooting took place on the deck
Of the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, lying at her pier in
Hoboken, N. j., on which the
mayor was on the point of
sailing for months vacation
abroad.
Gallagher was at once ar
rested. He evidently had a
fancied grievance against May
or Gaynor. He. declared after
the shooting that the mayor
had deprived him of his bread
and butter
Gallagher was mobbed be-
fore the police could lodge him
in Jail.
The bullet entered the may
or's neck back of the ear, bury
ing itself in the region of the
mastoid BONG. The attending
physicians do not consider the
injury serious.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-08-12

stock on corn; 80 each one
should study the corn crop,
good systems of handling it,
and prepare to grow some next
year.
The seed should be selected
in the field and then placed
where itcan dry out thoroughly
and kept in dry place during g
the winter. Such seed will
produce vigorous plant, one
that will stand to he frozen
back a few times and yet make
a strong sturdy growth. A
crop OF corn is also the best
possible preparation that can
be given the ground for pro-
ducing good crop of grain
the following year. When corn
is planted it means practically
two sure crops, one of corn
and one of grain.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-08-12
What Constitutes a Subscriber?

A court decision has lately
been rendered in Massachusetts,
on what constitutes subscrib-
er. The judge firmly believed
that the man who received the
paper, although he never sub
scribed for it, is entitled to pay.
James Thompson moved, and
William Robinson took immed-
irte possession and received
and accepted weekly news
paper that was delivered to
him through the mails every
week. The good-natured editor
sent accounts frequently, but
no attention was paid to them
by Mr.. Robinson.
a Finally there was a day of
.ak,usshsf.1 - : &c = = - -
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-08-12

2prised. of some of the leadine g
business men of Minot and
with all actively engaged in
the campaign the election OF
Mr.. johnson and every republi-
can candidate of the ticket is
assured.
The next meeting of the c..
A. Johnson Republican club
will be held Monday evening,
the place of the gathering will
be announced later and all who
are interested in the campaign
are Invited to join the club, at
tend the meetings and take an
active part in things.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-08-12
Democratic County Committee Met.

The democratic county CEN
trail committee met at One
NEE Wednesday to elect Off
GERS. The attendance was not
large, less than half of the
precincts in the county being
represented. The followin e
officers were elected:
George Clark, Bottineau,
chairman.
John J. Murphy, Bottineau,
secretary.
J. l.. Page, Westhope, treas
urer.
ID. l.. Armstrong, Willow
City, member of the state
central committee from the
twenty-eighth Legislative dis
trict.
II. Il. Zirkle, Westhope,
member of the state central
committee from the forty-sev-
enth district.
The members of the execu-
tive committee follow: A. n.
Baumann and Il. II. Zirkle,
Westhope; c. S. lninan, Ant
Ter; ID. |. Armstrong, @. b.
Brynjolfson and Thos. Opsohl,
Willow City; "A. Milloy and
'Thos. Taylor, Omemee; George
Clark, Bottincau;eP. 3. Stan
ton, Souris; VIM. Damnann,
Lansford; !. Il. Hanson, Over
ly; X. II. Fairfield, Gardena;
]. y. Wright, Kramer.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-08-12
Surveying Boundary Line.

Two sets of government sur
veyors, one from Canada and
one from the United States,
reached Sherwood last week.
These gangs Of surveyors have
been working east from the
Pacific ocean for the past seven
years determining the bound
ary line between the two
countries. With the Canadian
surveyors is a United States
official. They are on their
way to the Atlantic ocean, and
from the progress already
made it will be several years
before the york is completed.
The Courant tor, fine job
printing