Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-07-14
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priations amounting TO $7t0st5-
John A. Patten. president Of tne
Tennessee River Improvement asso-
clarion, and a leader in the movement
for the better river facilities. i en-
tirely satisfied with the appropriations
made by the last congress
While the amount is not enough
to meet all of the improvements
which are needed, it is as much as
we expected from congress at this
time said President Patten. I'VE
are considerably gratided, and We
think that larger appropriations will
be made IN the future"
Government fleets are now on the
river and it's tributaries, and ensIn-
eers will make reports to neadqHar
ters at Washington concerning what
character Of work is most needed II
is expected that the actual work. Will
start in the near future.
Following is shown Just how the
appropriation is divided and how muea
will be spent on each section OF the
river or its tributaries:
Improving CIinch and Hiawassee
rivers in Virginia and Tennf ssee and
continuing Improvement and for
maintenance, $4,000.
Improving French Broad river IN
Tennessse, continuing Improvement
and for maintenance of French Broad
and Little Pigeon rivers, $4,000
improving Tennessee rivE above
Cuaftanooga in Tennessee, cHntinuing
in1prwenlent and for maintenance,
S120,000.
Improving Tennessee sfyer below
Chattanooga in Tennessee, Alahama
and Kentucky, continuing and I'M
proEement at Hale's Bar, Tenn-s $780,
| S75
Continuing improvement Rnd for
maintenance by open caanr@ work
from Chattanooga, Tenn, to Rlverto1l,
Ala. s310,000, Of which afacpnt s15,-
600 may, if required, be expended in
that section Of the riveR between
4obs island and ElntersT
Continuing Improved IN Colbert
and Bee Tree shoals
Continuing iIlSp sfqeA Aad for
maintenance aa0 KiY Ala,,
| $150,900.
Bristol, TeaE 5ohn 4
| mountaineer nR neal =
.T68p. ia iIsi 4ton z III
| is, hunting for $1,040 lin gold
coin. which he had b6ried for
many years and which within. the last
week arose from its grave and took
wings. The money was stolen from
crock in which it was buried under
| the kitchen floor of the Hopper nome
It consisted of 1fty-two $3a4 gold
pieces. Hopper was in Abingdon IN
deep distress and inquiring at the
/ banks to find if any gold coins an
swering the description had been
placed on deposit He stated to the
| bankers that. the money represented
the savings of a life time for his ia
ther. and nad been left to him at his
| fathers death. He said that most OF
| the coins dated back more than fifty
| years ago. He told that ever since
his fathers death he had carried the
money in his pockets or had buried
| it.
| Nashville, Tenn.-Commissioner OF
| Agriculture Johmn Thompson, in
speaking of. the crop conditions said:
''Tha recent Improvement of cotton,
corn and wheat in Tennessee has
| been most marked. If average cond1-
tions prevail for the next thirty or
! forty days, | look for better crop OF
both corn and wheat than we have
had for the past several years.
Nashville, Tenn.-ChanceIlor ALI
son granted the injunction prayed for
| by certain taxpayers restraining the
city of Nashville from issuing $500,000
bonds for sewers. The ground of con-
tention is that while a majority ot
the votes cast in the election were af-
| irmative, there was not majority
| of all the votes cast for elective Of
ficers voted for at the same time. The
city will carry the case to the SUI
preme court.
Nashville, Tenn.-Officials in the
! internal revenue department. here say
that there has been no Increase in
Illicit distilling in Tennessee, but on
the contrary a very decided decrease
and that they are satisfied the same
general condition prevails in North
Carolina and Arkansas. This state
ment was brought out in an inter
view with Revenue Agent Booth and
Collector. Dunlap, after their attention
/ had been called to dispatch. printed
in the newspaper to the effect
that Commissioner Cabell had ordered
an extra force to the states named
to assist in enforcing the law against
Illicit distilling.
The officials state taat the extra
men were sent south to increase the
working. force.
Cincinnati, Ohio.--Colonel Duncan
Cooper of Nashville, who was CON
victed In connection with the killing
of Former Senator E. w. Carmack on
the streets of Nashville two years
ago, and who was later sentenced to
serve twenty years in prison and lat
sr pardoned by Governor Patterson,
mas been In Cincinnati for the past
few days. He has left his hotel room
but few times In that length OF
time, and spends his time reading
and receiving a, few friends who know
he is in Cincinnati
It Is said in Cincinnati by persons
who have seen Colonel Cooper that
he feels 1t imperative 70 remain out
side the city OF Nashville for several
months What prompted him to come
to Cincinnati cannot be fathomed by
the hotel people They say that he
not only stayed in his room the larg-
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