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The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01
cause him to hate the operation and
the operator.-Horse World
THE WALKING HORSE.

The state of Tennessee is the home
Of the walking horse. if any state. can
claim such honor. 1t is a class over
looked by horsemen. No effort has
ever been made that we know of to
perpetuate by breeding this useful
horse. Yet it is claimed to be the best
of all for business purposes. Because
of the low carriage of the walking
horse, he is not classed for style and,
in class for style and finish gener-
ally has little show. Take him, though,
out on the road, give him his head and
there is no more delightful feeling
than to be carried along, you scarce
know how, at gait twice as rapid as
it seems.
Just why the walking horse is not
bred up and improved no one knows.
Of course, it would take time to fix
the tendency to walk fast and not go
into a mixed or a faster gait, but
breeding works wonders in the animal
kingdom.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01
A horse can be bred to trot, run or
draw burdens, why not to walk fast
and carry his mount with ease?
HEEP-RAISING PROFITABLE.

Money invested in sheep will nearly
double itself in one year, since the
fleece will pay for the feed and care
of the sheep, and the lambs, often two
per eve, are the profit.
1t is estimated that ten sheep can be
kept where one COW can, and the risk
is much less. 1t may be said that the
sheep always carries her pocketbook
with her.
If she dies, her pelt or fleece pays
her funeral expenses. If she lives, her
wool in the spring and her lambs in
the fall pay double revenue. No other
stock pays as large a percentage Of
clear profit on the money invested.
In years past complaint has been
made that the industry could not be
made profitable because of the losses
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01

from dogs and coyotes, but statistics
show that losses from this source last
year were less than half of one per
cent.
Nothing will build up a rundown
farm as quickly as flock of sheep.
While pasturing, the sleeps manure is
distributed about so evenly that no
manure spreader could equal the sheep
in it's work.
The American people are consuming
more mutton every year. and a very
bright future is in store for the sheep
industry.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01
ABOUT BALKY HORSES.

The incorrigib1e ball<y horses of the
rural districts find their way to whole
sale markets, where under the tests of
hauling a heavy truck wagon on a
paved street with the wheels blocked
the vice is Immediately discovered.
If the animal has been sold as serv-
iceably sound and guaranteed a will
ing worker and a cheerful pu1ler the
buyer rejects his purchase and the
horse is reso1d without any guarantee
except clear title of ownership.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01
USE OF THE CURRYCOMB.

Proper grooming, feeding and driv-
ing is all a horse needs to make him
the noblest animal on earth; there
fore, be generous in the use of the
comb and brush, especially the brush.
In using a currycomb, see that the
teeth are not bent. Such a comb is an
instrument of torture. Teach the boys
to use it gently, as many horses are
given ugly tempers by cruel and care
less currying. To hurt a horse will
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01

they are willing to pay high prices.
The farmer who can fill this demand
on the part of his neighbors is going
to make money. Pure breds breed
truer to type and are in every way a
very satisfying thing to possess. Ger
tainly when they can be had at no
greater cost to speak of, they are to be
preferred to grades. They cost no
more for maintenance. and will bring
in greater returns-Oklahoma Far
rner.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-28

there are any facts upon which to
base the objection. The opponents
claim that we pay our judge too
much. Lets see if this claim
springs from bias or prejudice, or
from a conscientious belief that too
much tax money goes for this pur-
pose by comparing the City Court
Of Leesburg with other city courts
in its class:
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-28

The expense Of petit jurors in the
Superior and City Courts to try
misdemeanor cases is practically the
same. A panel Of twenty-four
jurors is all that is required in the
Superior court to try misdemeanors.
In the City Court the panel is six
teen, but, the court may draw as
many tales jurors as are necessary
to give a full panel, when one or
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-28

The white population Of Clay
County almost doubles that of Lee,
yet we pay our Judge nearly three
times as much. The white popula-
ton of Lumpkin is nearly three
times as great as Lees and the col
ored exceeds Lees colored popula-
ton by Z, 900, yet we pay our Judge
twice as much salary as the judge
of the City Court of Lumpkin re-
ceives. And so other comparisons
may be made. These counties are
in Lee county's class. The judges
of these courts are allowed to- prac-
tice law just as the Judge Of our
court. Say the white taxpayers of
the above counties stand in the
same ratio as the white population,
each white taxpayer of Lee county
contributes about ten times as much
towards the judges salary as the tax
payers of Johnsoncounty. The pop
ulation above is according to the
census of 1900, it is fair to- suppose
that any increase in the above coun-
ties since that time has been pro-
portional.
1t might be said that this is an
evil which can be corrected without
abolishing the court, so it can, but
still this is an argument against the
court. And the above comparison
shows that it is sane and reasonable
and not springing from bias or
prejudice" !, Of interested taxpayers.
1t is also contended that the ex-
pense to the county per case actual
" tried in the city court is greater
than it would be in the Justice or
Superior Courts.
The expense of Grand Juries are
not to be considered(in reaching a
proper conclusion as to this matter.
Grand Juries have other functions
to perform, aside from their duty to
inquire into criminal charges, such
as inspection of public buildings,
books of officers etc. Besides not
much time is required to inquire
into misdemeanor case. Under
our old county court the accused
almost invariably exercised his
right to demand anindictment, and
in those days the Grand Jury dis
patched it's business as well as now.
If the City Court has been any re-
lief to the Grand Jury by taking off
Of its hands misdemeanor cases, it
has been imperceptible. Even with
the City Court it still investigates
many misdemeanor charges.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-28

more panels are out. Whenever a
jury delays in making it's vercict,
the City Court Judge is authorized
to draw eight more to complete the
panel, thereby giving twenty-four
jurors in the City Court, The same
number as in the superior court. It
has not been infrequent in our City
Court that the Judge was compelled
to use this authority. One can
easily see how the expense Of petit
jurors in the City Court for trial Of
misdemeanors can equal like ex-
pense in the Superior Court to try
like cases.
OF course a greater number of
jurors are required to try felony
charges in the Superior courts. Such
additional expense Of juries trying
felonies must be discarded in the
comparison with the City Court,
since this court has no jurisdiction
over felonies.
No more bailiffs, sheriffs, solicit
ors or other officers are required in
the Superior Court in trial Of mis-
demeanors than in City Court. All
salaries now paid would be clear
saving to the county.
AS applied to small county
these arguments have merit in them
They are not the effusions of bias
or prejudice. They rest for their
genuiness of purpose upon the peck
et-books Of those who pay the taxes
in this county.
Lee County is not by any means
by herself III the abolition move
ment. But many Of the smaller
counties Of the State in Lees class
are dissatisfied with their City Courts
Some have learned that a small
country town can't put on city
airs, and they have gone back to
the country style Of justice or coun-
tty courts.
This matter is one Of public IN
terest. Every citizen should DE
free to have his opinion without be-
ing charged with sinister motives.
The circulation Of the above report
lis my prime motive for giving this
expression. 1t was evidently cir
culated to thwart some from acting
according to their convictions by,
endeavoring to awaken some sup
posed prejudice.
July 90, 1910.
Very truly
a
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-28

somewhat as an incubus to the
country treasury.
am at present an official Of the
city court, holding the position OF
solicitor. / do not consider that
this movement to abolish the city
court is at the instance of any COM
bination or clique. 1t is strictly in
accordance with the recommenda-
ton Of our last grand jury. The
petitions for and against the city
court Of Leesburg are being circu-
lated in the county" because the
grand jury SO recommended. These
grand jurors pay their money"
and their choice was that the city
court be abolished and petitions cir
culated. The grand jury was acting
! within its sphere in dealing with
the city court. The court is pub
lie institution. It is not the private
property of an individual. Why
should this body of experienced,
intelligent and upright men," who
are among our best tax payers, have
any secret springs in doing what
they had a right to do? We had
best do away with our grend juries
if they are designing and inter
ested persons moved by bias and
prejudice" in their recommended
tons, such as the abolition of the
city court and the circulation Of
these petitions. For a greater rea-
son should our grand juries be
wiped away if the best interests
Of the county (will) suffer at the
hands of such persons. = This
movement originated with the grand
jury, it has been considered and
discussed by former grand juries,
and the last grand jury was almost
of the unanimous opinion that the
court be abolished. Does the
writer of the above local mean to
tell us that our last grand jury were
designing and interested persons
moved by secret springs" conspir-
| ing to wreck the best interests OF
the county, and keeping their
awful conspiracy under cover
from the public? This is the only
logical and rational Interpretation
to be given the local, for the move
ment is the movement of the grand
jury.
But the coincidence of the local
and report, as already noticed, may
lead some to think that the report
has some truth in it, and for this
reason / wish to give some of the
arguments used by those who are
opposed to the court, solely to de
monstrate that the movement is not
a concocted scheme, and is not a
movement of bias or prejudice" al
the instance of designing and in
terested persons, but that it
springs from a righteous pur-
pose on the part Of the people Of
the county to-eonduct their affairs
along sound and safe economic lines,
The opponents of the court claim
that the court Isl source of I'M
necessary expense to the county
treasury. This is q fair objection tc
be raised by taxpayers, and it can
not be open to the objection that il
springs from bias or prejudice" d
designing and interested persons il
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-28
The City Court
BY COL. w. q. MARTIN

Editor Of the Lee County Journal !:
Dear Sir:-In the issue Of June
Both Of your paper the following
appeared in the Local and Per-
sonal" column: Petitions for
and against the City Court Of Lees
burg are being circulated in the
county. You pay your money and
you take your choice But look to
the secret springs which are NOV
ing the business and see what is
right, and do that without regard
to the bias or prejudice of designing
and interested persons. Don't
let the best interests Of the county
suffer at the hands Of such persons,
for there is more under cover than
the public may be aware Of. ("
After the appearance of this To-
cal the report is being circulated
throughout the county to the effect
that, the secret springs which
are moving the business is de-
sign to abolish the court and a
little later on re-establish it with
myself as judge.
lido not know to whom the writer
Of the above local could have ra-
tionally referred as the interested
and designing persons" unless it
was our last grand jury, since they
initiated the movement by an al
most unanimous recommendation
that the court be abolished, and
that the petitions be circulated.
Nor do I know what, if any, con-
nextion this local was intended to
have with the above report. 1t
may be nothing more than strange
and extraordinary coincidence which
sometimes happens in the course OF
events. However it is such .coinci-
dence that is canculated to create
some confusion, and possibly lead
some to think that /, and those near
me, are the interested and design
ing persons, and to forget the ex-
press recommendation of our last
grand jury that the court be abol-
ished and these petitions circulated
in the county.
| desire to say through the col
umns Of your paper that in 50 far
as this report seeks to connect me,
or those near me, with a design to
abolish the city court and re-estab-
lish it a little later on that | may
be Judge, it is absolutely false, and
without the least atom Of truth to
support it, and the same is true of
the above local if it was written
with similar meaning, and intend
ed to be so understood.
/ do not now, nor have / ever ex-
pressed any desire to be judge of
the city court. If it is abolished
and little later on re-established,
it is not, nor has it ever been my
purpose or desire to apply for or
accept the iudgship.
My failure to offer as a candidate
for reelection to the office Of solic-
itor Of the city court was not in any
way the result Of my alleged judy
ship aspirations, as is being told. ]
did not offer for this Office for the
principal reason that | believed that
q great majority of our citizens and
taxpayers are opposed to the city
court, and that they look upon it
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-20
PLAN To KILL MANY
CHILDREN
POISONED CANDY SCATTERED IN
STREETS-MANY DOGS DIE
ANALYSIS OF STOMACHS SHOW
TRACES OF STRYCHNINE.

Mount Victory, Ohio, April 90
A score of detectives have been en-
pIoyed to assist the local officers in
capturing the persons who during
the last week have scattered pounds
of poisoned candy in the streets, in
what is believed to have been fen
dish attempt at a wholesale slaugh-
ter of children. Within the last
three days between fifty and sixty
dogs have died, and score of chill
dren have been victims of myster-
ious illness which was accompanied
by fearful cramps and violent nausea.
Examinations of the stomachs of six
of the dogs revealed strychnine in
astounding quantities.
1t also developed that the children
who were taken i'll had eaten "choco-
late drops" they had found in the
streets. Last evening the officers
gathered in a bucketful of the candy,
which was found scattered in every
section of the town. Every morsel
contained strychnine. The city coun-
Gil will meet in special session late
today to consider means of captur-
ing the offenders. It is believed that
the council will offer large reward
for information that will lead to the
arrest of the "poisoners."
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-20
ALDR|CH QUITS; So
MILL HALE
TWO NOTED SENATORS DECLARE
POLITICAL ACTIVITY - MUST
SAVE PARTY FROM DEFEAT.

Washington, D: c., April 20.-Sen-
ator Nelson w. Aldrich OF Rhode Is
land is winding up his senatorial and,
incidentally, his political career He
will leave the senate on March 4 next,
and, while he may continue as mem
Der of the monetary committee in an
advisory capacity, his activity in pub
lie affairs will thereupon come to an
end.
that with the on-sweeping tide of
insurgency conditions are setting in
that will inevitably relegate him to
the background are responsible for
his decision to retire, which the SEN
ator definitely communicated to
friends upon his arrival in Washing
ton Monday.
Of scarcely less Importance, and
certainly of a more sensational ma
ture, because it was unexpected, was
the announcement made Monday.
closely following upon the positive
news of Senator Aldrich's retire
ment, that Senator Eugene Hale of
Maine will also make his exit from
public life at the close of his pres
ent term, which expires March 4
next,
Senator Hale's retirement is not
as definite as that of Senator Aid
richs. 1t is merely announced that
he will withdraw from the canvass
for reelection. This may mean that
he simply declines to engage in a
scramble for the Office, and will rest
his case with the people Of Maine.
but people who are well acquainted
with the situation in Maine declared
last night that an absolute with
drawal from the fight by Senator
Hale is all that will save the repub-
licans from defeat there the coming
fall. 1t is added that there is doubt
also whether this will avert defeat.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-20

Il had not intended to say this, :"
said Mr.. Poindexter, but the
thought has occurred to you as we'll
as to me that If we are to save our
riches for the generations to come we
must call upon the men who have
never failed u.s."
Mr.. Poindexter said the timber in
terests in the Northwest were trying
their best to abolish the forest re-
serves, and that they and others were
organizing to knock out the conser-
walton scheme and to turn the water
powers over to the states.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-20
ROOSEVELT Is Ma
TONS HOPE
SPOKANE MAN SEES GIGANTIC
PLAN TO LOOT RICHES OF
ON-SECRETARY BALLIN-
GER IS ATTACKED.

New York, April 20.-Following
his loss of the Wenatchee postoffice
appointment, Representative Miles
Poindexter, in speech in Cooper
Union last night, before the Peoples
Institute, made savage attack on
the Taft administration.
He said that the only way to keep
the country out of the hands OF
thieves is to re-elect Theodore .Roose-
Welt president Metropolitan papers
devote considerable attention to the
declaration.
"Wolf! Wolf" He Cries.
Poindexter tackled his Endorsement
of Roosevelt at the end of a lone
speech, in which he attacked Secre.
tary Ballinger, praised Clifford Pin
chot and warned the Peoples Insti'
tute folk that a gigantic conspiracy
has been organized to steal every ma
tional resource worth having.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-20
Mortgage FOreclOsed.

The triangular tract on the west
end of the Wenatchee bridge, for
merly belonging to Mr.. Wright,
passed into the hands of E. M. AL
len. E. V. Hervey held a second
mortgage on the place.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-20
Coming Events

April 23-First game of Northwest
league.
April 2S-Republican State Cen
trail committee meets In Seattle. 81
April 2S-Tuberculcsis Day.
May May day.
May 24-Chelan votes on local OPP
ton.
April 29-Foresters Military lance
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-08-19
Stage and Home.

Margaret Ellington left the stage for
home and family not long ago and now
will return to the stage. Presumably
the reaction In feeling is as sharp and
as sudden in the second case as in the
first. The actress had soul that tired
OF the monotony and the exactions, not
to mention the hollowness. Of stage ex-
istence and longed for the home. But
home soon palled. and the excitement
and triumphs of the stage appeal with
their old force.
There used to be school of stage
wonderland it is not yet extinct-that
united stage and home so as to keep a
perfect balance. They acted or sang.
kept house and mothered their off
spring. equally happy in and proud of
their artistic and domestic activities.
Schumann-Heink raised large family
while earning fame and fortune on the
stage. For such a nature stage life
and home life flow pleasantly together.
And there is no reason why they
should be divorced.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-08-19
. Man Hunters Give Up Quest.

COLFAX-Pursuit Of the boastful,
freckle-faced desperate who has held
up and terrorized settlers in the Occur
d'Alene reservation for the past two
weeks has been abandoned for the
present. Officers who have chased
fruitlessly through the brush in
search of him say they are worn out,
the exhaustion becoming painfully ap-
parent since the impudent outlaw sent
word, through one of his victims, that
he would shoot dead anyone who in
terfered with him, with particular
reference to members of the sheriff.
posse.
Officers of Whitman county, Wash,
and Latah Shoshone and Kootenai
counties, Idaho, admit that the fugi-
tive had had the best Of them. They
will try, after they have rested, to
trap him at some open camp.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-08-19
SETTLERS OPPOSE SALE

Several of the newspapers of the
State have recently stated that on the
occasion of the trip of Latah County
publishers to inspect that $4,000 acres
of State land, all of the settlers inter
viewed except one favored the sale OF
this land to the Porlatch Lumber Co.
This may be partially true, but con.
sideripg that only two or three were
interviewed and that the remarks Of
one of those two or three were twisted
into something he never said, we think
that argument carries little weight.
Among the settlers who we under
stand are opposed to this sale are: w.
J. Holman, Thos. Thompson, Ole
Torgerson, E. Bethany and E. E.
Alderman.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-08-19

The Supreme Court of Idaho has
handed down a decision that the pri
mary law of the State enacted by the
last legislature is constitutional anc
that the second choice provision is
mandatory. An elector net marking 9
second choice where required will lose
his ballot for that office as the frs,
choice will not be counted, but the
remainder of the ballot is to be count
ed. This decision, we believe, is ir
line with the intent of the Legislature
in passing the law. though perhaps
the wisdom of the provision may be
open to question.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-08-19
kENDRlCk IDAHO

1t is reported that the settlers and
owners Of timber in the vicinity of the
State land which the Potlatch Lumber
Co. has made proposal to purchase
are considering calling a mass meeting
to protest against this sale and then
proceed to put every candidate for the
State Legislature O. record as to what
his stand will be toward this proposed
sale OF State land.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-08-19
SWINDLE Is ALLEGED IN
RESERVATION LANDS
Government Issues Circular Warning
Against Fake Real Estate Men.

government ISSUES SiTCuIdF warning
Against Fake Real Estate Men.
SEATTLE-The interior depart.
ment has issued the following circu-
lar, warning homeseekers to beware
of an alleged swind]ing band now
operating in the Indian reservation
lands:
what probably is an organized
band of swindlers, posing as real es-
tate men, has been operating through
out the country advertising in all
leading papers, of the opening of l..
100000 acres or more of government
land in the Yakima Indian reserva.
ton.
"The facts are that the government
does not contemplate any opening on
the Yakima reservation at this time,
and perhaps not for sometime. There
is not anything like 100000 acres to
be opened and none Of the land to be
opened on entry is likely to be irriga,
BILE or suitable for any purpose what.
ever, except grazing.
at Is not probable that there is a
quarter OF section on the reserva.
ton, outside of what will be included
in the Indian allotments upon which
no person could make a living by
farming"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-08-19

The London Saturday Review re-
marks that Thomas Hardy lis the only
great man of letters we have in Eng,
land today" 1t must be that the great
Kipling happens to be away from
home
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-08-19

Perfect weather" favored the first
successful passenger airship voyage.
Nevertheless Count Zeppelin's 300 mile
trip in nine hours was u marvellous
achievement.