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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-13
INQUIRY REVEALS INDIANS
AS QUEER FTNANCIERS
Were Willing to Sign Away Millions
But Objected to Sign Tax Con-
tracts Calling For $40 Fees.


SULPHUR, Okla. Aug. 12.-George
Scott. son-in-law of Chief Green Nc
Curtain, OF the Choctaws. testifying
before the congressional investigating
committee today, said It had been
represented he had sent letters from
McCurtain to r. G. Evans, endorsing
the McMurray contracts.
THAT IL absolutely false" he de-
|clared emphatically.
CONGRESSMAN Campbell asked:
do you think there Is any harm
In being interested with McMurray?''
NO." said Scott.
Then why do you hold back on ex'
plantations OF your connection with
Il have no contract with McMurray
and Tam not interested In him." was
SCOTS reply. .
Il Testimony showing the utter sim
plicity of the Indians was brought out
when Scott. was. ON the stand 1t was
shown that the Indians were willing
to sign away millions because 1t was
contingent and did not represent any.
thing tangible In the McMurray land
contracts, but they objected to sign
Ing tax contracts because they called
for the fnrncdfntc payment of sfe.
i Scott said he was $500 behind on
the McMurray deal as McMurray paid
him 800 for the tax contracts, but he
had spent $1,000. He said the Arm
of Mansfield, McMurray & Cornish
contributed $1,000 to the tribal cam
paign fund and this was given to the
men when the contracts were signed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-13
Fiction
St0ries:

You like good story-every one does. whether n
be love story, adventure story laugh story or
tear story. Among the fiction writers that the Coz
mopolltan has been enabled get to write stories for
you arc, O. Henry Bruno Lessing Jacques Futrelle,
Jack London. Porter Emerson Brown Alfred Henry
Lewis, George Randolph Chester. Sir Gilbert PARKER,
Agnes and Edgcrton Castle and score of others, all
OF whom contribute one moro OF their best short
Stories Then there Is Robert w. Chambers new
serial which will begin In the Cosmopolitan very soon
Watch for 1t. - ,s4LkA,LA,t
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-13
Perfect
Health !:

The new thought health movement In this country
Is growing bigger every day, and Cosmopolitan Ia
ming series OF articles that subject each of which
Is written by noted experlmentor In the science Of
keeping well. Upton Sinclair has already written ono.
and many other equally eminent writer's arc follow.
Besides this DR., Woods Hutchinson Is writing arti-
ces on the care OF babies. which of extremely
practical nature Tor oVory American homo. %
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-13
What Are You Interested In ;?

Cosmopolitan Magazine offers the interesting uptpdats
stories and fiction stories Of oil magazines. y
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-13

Cosmopolitan Magazine offers the interesting upodate ia
stories and fiction OF all magazines.
The Greenville times., 1910-09-23

Tickets to the following points on
sale daily June 1 to September 80, final
return limit good for 80 days from
date of sale.
Portland, Me. ,........... .$51.6O
BOSTON. Mass 40 GO
Asbury Park, N. J. .44.20
Atlantic City, N. J. ......-.....44.30
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New York City (going by water
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For further information as to d.
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and limits will be gladly furnished
upon application to
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The Greenville times., 1910-09-23

Several bolls of Triumph cotton were
ON exhibition at the office of the
prison trustees several days this week,
This cotton was grown on the Oakley
farm, and is the result of experiments
being carried on by the sergeant. He
planted five different varieties to as
certain which would best stand the
ravages of the boil weevil, and has
pronounced in favor of the Triumph.
This cotton has a very thick, tough
boil, and from the samples displayed
it would seem that the boil weevil had
become tired and disgusted with the
job before he succeeds In getting to
the inside of the boil.
The Greenville times., 1910-09-23
BACK TO THE FARM.

Happy the man who loves his daily
work, on the farm or elsewhere, and
who can convince his children that hap
piness can be found pn the farm as
elsewhere.
The conditions of farm life, or rath-
er the conditions of success on the
farm, are changing as the conditions
of success are changing elsewhere.
The farmer must be more than be-
fore, a man of business He must
know better than before what elements
enter into the production of profitable
crops; of wheat and corn and cotton
of fruit ana vegetables; of grass and
cattle.
1t will not do to farm as our faith
ers farmed. It is a great mistake for
the head of the family to insist that
the son follow in his footsteps regard
less Of consequences, whether the faith
er has been successful or not. Here,
in truth, is the tragedy of life. 1t has
been said that 'real tragedy comes not
from conflict between right and
wrong, but a conflict between right
and right Between, for instance,
the eager, ambitious, industrious farm
boy who wants new interests and new
elements, who is not and cannot be sat
isfed with the things as they have
been for so long on the farm an 1 the
father who has labored during his
whole life to keep the family together
and to keep the farm as an inheritance
for his children.
Both are right, partly; both are
wrong, partly, and unless they can see
the right in the position of each other
tragedy follows more heart break
ing than any ever put upon the stage.
The Greenville times., 1910-09-23

Mr.. Bates Guy of near Aberdeen
planted this year nearly an acre in SUM-
flowers for his hogs and chickens, and
says that they prefer the sunfower
seed to corn. Next year he will large
ly increase the acreage. It must be re-
membered that in Russia and other for
eign countries the sunfower is a prom
inent crop, affording food for man and
beast, and being largely used for oil.
Aberdeen Examiner
The Greenville times., 1910-09-23

The corn crop in Mississippi is SO
large that farmers are talking about
exporting grain next year. Doesn It
this seem some encouraging7 Ever
since the civil war, farmers in this
state have been buying corn from the
west, but the experts sent out by the
agricultural department have proven to
them that Mississippi soil is as well
adapted to the growing of corn as to
the culture of cotton, and hereafter
they intend to raise enough for them
selves, but will spare "John Bull'' a
few million bushels.-Columbus Dis
patch.
The Greenville times., 1910-09-23

wheat and ten pounds of red clover
were sown per acre in the early fall.
This combination furnished grazing
for the hogs during winter, and after
the wheat ripenei and was eaten down
the clover furnished grazing all sum
mer. Wheat makes splendid hay when
cut in the dough stage, and Us very
easily cured.
The Greenville times., 1910-09-23

Every country flower mill is being
pushed to its utmost capacity to meet
the demands of the wheat growers, and
for the first time in many years, bread
from home grown wheat is common in
Monroe county. The Thomas mill on
Buttahatehie, near the line of Monroe
and Lowndes counties, is running day
and night, in its effort to meet the de-
mand. Mr.. Sam Baker of the Fifth
beat has been grinding wheat for
some years on a corn mill, producing
from his own crop a graham -four that
is very popular, particularly with dys-
peptics.-Aberdeen Examiner.
The Greenville times., 1910-09-23
REDUCED RATES
VIA
YAzOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
RAILROAD.

Tickets to the following points on
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elusive with final limit good returning
up to Oct. 81. Liberal stop-overs al
lowed.
The Greenville times., 1910-09-23
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The Greenville times., 1910-09-23
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The Greenville times., 1910-09-23

To get at the bottom of things, to
10 away with guess work, that is the
mission of scientific farming
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The Greenville times., 1910-09-23
DEPARTMENT
AGRICULTURAL

Items of interest agrcuursts CLEANED from divers
and dealing with many subjects connected with farm and field
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-01-15

fore thought to be necessary for
agriculture.
But there are millions of acres
of completely arid land in the pub
lie domain which, by the estab-
lishment of reservoirs for the stor-
ing of water and the irrigation of
the lands may be made much more
fruitful and productive than the
best lands in climate where the
moisture comes from the clouds
Congress recognized the import
arce of this method of artificial
distribution of water on the arid
lands by the passage of the re-
clamation act. The proceeds of
the public lands creates fund to
build the works needed to store
and furnish necessary water and
it was left to the secretary of the
interior to determine what projects
should be selected among those
suggested and to direct the recla-
nation service, with the funds at
hand through the engineers in its
employ to construct the works
No one can visit the Far West
and the country of arid and semi
arid lands without being convinced
that this is one of the most i'm
portant methods of conservation OF
our natural resources that the gov
eminent has entered upon. II
would appear that over thirty pro-
jects have been undertaken and
that few of these are likely to
be unsuccessful because of the
lack of water or for other reasons
but generally the work which has
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-01-15

small timbered tracts on the pub
lie domain, not included in national
forests because of their isolation
or their special value for agricul-
tural or mineral purposes, it is ap-
parent from the evils resulting by
virtue of the imperfection of ex-
listing laws for the disposition of
timber lands that the act of June
8, 1873, should be repealed and a
law enacted for disposition of the
timber to be subject to appropria-
ton under the agricultural or min
eral land laws
What have said is really an
epitome of the recommendations of
the secretary of the interior in re-
spect to the future conservation of
public domain in his present an
nual report. He has given close at
tention to the problem of DISPOSE
| ton of these lands under such con-
ditions as to invite the private cap
| ital necessary to their develop
ment on the one hand and the
maintenance of the restrictions ne
cessary to prevent monopoly and
abuse from absolute ownership on
the other. These recommendations
are incorporated in bills he has pre-.
pared, and they are at the dispo.
sition of congress. | earnestly
recommend that all. suggestions
which he has made with respect tC
these lands shall be embodied IL
statutes and especially, that with
| drawals already made shall be val
idated so far as necessary, and that
doubt as to the authority of the
secretary of the interior to with
draw lands for the purpose of sub
hitting recommendations as to flu
ture disposition of them where new
legislation, if needed, shall be made
complete and unquestioned.
The forest reserves of the United
States, some 190,00O,000 acres il
extent, are under control of tht
department of agriculture; with au
thority adequate to preserve then
and to extend their growth so fal
as that may be practicable. Thu
Importance of the maintenance O
our forests cannot be exaggerated
The possibility of a scientific treat
ment of forests in order that the,
shall be made to yield a large re
turn in timber without really re
ducing the supply has been dem
onstrated in other countries ant
we would work toward the stand
ard set by them as far as thei
methods are applicable to our con
: ditions.
{ Upwards of four hundred mil
lions of acres of forest land II
2 this country are in private owner
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-01-15

been done has been well done and
many important engineering prob
lens solved.
One difficulty which has arisen
is that too many projects, in view
of the available funds, have been
set on foot. The funds available
under the reclamation statute are
inadequate to complete these pro-
jects within a reasonable time.
And yet the projects have been be-
gun; settlers have been invited to
take up and IN many instances
have taken up, land within the pro-
jects, relying upon their prompt
completion. The failure to COM
plete the projects for their benefit.
is, in effect, a breach of faith and
leaves them in a most distressing
condition.
| urge that the nation ought to
afford a means to lift them out of
the very desperate condition in
which they are now. This condition
does not indicate any excessive
waste or any corruption on the part
indicates an over-zealous desire to
extend the benefit of reclamation
to as many acres and as many
states as possible. | recommend
therefore, that authority be given
to issue not exceeding $30,000,00C
of bonds from time to time as the
secretary of the interior shall fine
/ it necessary, the proceeds to be
| applied to the completion of pro
jects already begun and their prop
n extension, and the bonds run
ming ten years or more, to be taker
up by the proceeds of returns tc
the reclamation fund, which re
turns, as the years go on, will in
crease rapidly in amount.
There is no doubt at all that /
these bonds were to be allowed tt
run ten years, the proceeds from
the public lands, together with thu
rentals for water furnished through
the completed enterprises, would
quickly create a sinking fund larg'
enough to retire the bonds within
the time specified. | hope that
while the statute shall provide tina
| these bonds are to be paid out 0
the reclamation fund, it will b.
drawn in such a way as to secure
interest at the lowest rate and tina
the credit of the United States will
be pledged for their redemption.
i | urge consideration of tn
recommendations of the secretar
of the interior in his annual re
port for amendments of the recla
nation act, proposing other relic
for settlers on these projects.
|; Respecting the comparativel
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TAFT'S MESSAGE
ON CONSERVATION
CONTINUED from Page ID

Continued from Page Id
of to private persons, investment
of their capital in such a way as
to prevent their union for pur-
poses of monopoly with other water
power sites, tand under conditions
that shall limit the right of use
to not exceeding fifty years with
proper means foY determining a
reasonble graduated rental and with
some equitable provision for fixing
terms and renewal, it would seem
entirely possible to prevent the alb
sorption of these most useful lands
by a power monopoly. AS long as
the government retains control and
can prevent their improper union
with other plants, competition must
be maintained and prices kept rea-
sonable.
In considering the conservation
of natural resources of the country
the feature that transcends all 9TH
ers, including woods, waters and
minerals, is the soil. 1t is incum-
bent upon the government to fos-
ter, by all available means, the
resources of the country that pro.
duce the food of the people. TIC
this and the conservation of the
soils should be cared for with al
means at the governments dis
posal.
Their productive power should
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have the attention of our scientists
that we may conserve the new soils,
improve the old soils, drain wet
soils, ditch swamp soils, levee river
overflow soils, grow trees on thin
soils, pasture hillside soils, rotate
crops on all soils, discover methods
for cropping dry land soils, find
grasses and legumes for all soils,
feed grain and mill feeds on the
farms where they originate, that
the soils from which they come
may be enriched.
A work of the utmost import
ance is to inform and instruct the
publicthat this branch of .conser-
walton of our forest trees is being
carried on successfully in the de-
partment of agriculture, but it
ought not to escape public atten-
ton and that state action in adj
dition to that of the department
of agriculture Gas for instance, in
the drainage. of swamp lands) is
essential to the best treatment of
soils in the manner above indi-
Gated.
The act by which, in semi-arid
parts of the public domain, the
area of the homestead has been en-
larged from 160 to 800 acres, has
resulted most beneficially in the
extension of dry farming and the
demonstration which has beeh-made
of the possibility, through varia-
tion in the character and mode OF
culture, of raising substantial crops
without the presence of such sup
ply of water as has been hereto
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-01-15

shin. but only per cent OF y 10
being treated scientifically and Win
viaw 70 the maintenance OF 1or-
ests The part played by forests
in the equalization of the supply
of water on watersheds is a mat
for of discussion and dispute, but
the general benefit to be derived
by the public from the eXtef
IF the forest lands on watersheds
and the promotion of the grown
of trees in places that are now Sue-
nuded and that once had great
fiourishing forests, goes without
saving. The control TO be exer-
cised over private owners, IN their
treatment of forests which they
own, is matter for state ana not
national regulation, because there Is
nothing in the constitution that au-
thorizes the federal government 10
exercise any control over forests
within a state, unless the forests
are owned in a proprietary way Wy
the federal government.
come now to improvement OF
inland waterways. He would be
blind indeed, who did not realize
that the people of this entire west
and especially those of the Mis-
sissippi valley, have been aroused
to the need for Improvement OF
our inland waterways. The Mis-
Continued on Page Al
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CONTINUED on Page 40
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
VOGUE FOR BLACK VELVET
Use Of the Supple Material for Gar
ments of ali Kinds Has Now
Become General.

The vogue for black velvet reached
its height when some Paris designers
allied it with English eyelet embroid-
cry. People gasped, stared and then
as quickly as possible went and did
likewise. 1t is not surprising to see
how general the use of this supple
material-for it must be SUPPLIES.
1t edges the f1lmy materials of eve
ming gowns. A broad band of velvet
is used at the hem or to gather in
the fullness of a tunic This note is
repeated on the sleeves that might
suggest too little strength Of weave
to sustain the weight, but it can be
done with safety and undeniable eff
feet.
Black velvet with lace is another
combination that is charming. Span
ish lace, in white, black or colors, is
relieved by strips and panels of vel
vet that gives rich body to any
f1lmy gown and affords contrast in
textures.
AS rosettes, girdles or pipings the
use Of black velvet is without limit
1t COlOI lISSlI SCI SS " OIlto lOSSlu-
er two contrasting shades into a
veritable harmony. Again, it gives a
line of contrast between two tones of
one color, thus Strengthening a
scheme and emphasizing lines.
Sashes are a dominant note this
season. Of black velvet, fringed with
heavy silk or allied in unexpected
ways with chiffon or tulle, a sash will
add distinction to the simplest frock.
The sensible way is to make it ad-
Unstable, for the friendly black can be
taken from one frock and used on an
other gown with great effect.
Black velvet hats for afternoon and
evening are undoubtedly in the fore
most ranks They are shown in SOM
advanced openings in large, low
shapes with oval crowns. Frequently