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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-21
Favor Commission Government.

Jackson.-There is a strong probable
ity that the Mississippi League OF Mu-
inequalities may recommend to the leg
islature for enactment at its next ses-
sion a law placing all cities in Mississippi
of 5000 population and over, under the
commission form of government, except
ing only those municipalities operating
under special charters. Call has been
issued for a meeting of the league to be
held in Vicksburg on October 10th and
18th.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-21
Texas Ranks First.

Judging by the value Of agricultural
products, Texas ranks 1irst of all the
states. She has 100000 acres in
cotton and her farm crops aggregated
in 1910 1854, 11O,0 O0. Till then Illinois
held the leading place. The value Of
wealth produced on the farms Of the
United States in 1910 was $8,926, 00O,.
900, an increase Of $104, OOO,O oyef
1909.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-21
Civil Engineers Organize.

Jackson.-A goodly number of the
sivil engineers of the state of Mississippi
gathered at Odd Fellows Hall and
formed themselves into the Mississippi
Association of Civil Engineers. The as
ISOLATION was formed for the direct pur-
pose of improving in a general and par
ticular way the calling of engineers Of
the state.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-21
sScott-wilson Vote.

Jackson.-Hon. ]. B. Stirling, secre-
4ary of the state Democratic executive
committee, upon whom devolved the
duty of tabulating the vote cast in the
second August primary for the only
state office not disposed of in the first,
has compiled from the official returns
the exact vote for w. R. Scott and w. B,
Wilson, the run-off candidates for rail
road commissioner from the Third OF
Northern district. The tabulation shows
that Mr.. Wilson defeated Mr.. Scott, the
present incumbent. by $3.50 votes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-21

Columbus.-The members of the
Lowndes County Confederate Veterans
Association gave their annual barbecue
at Lake Park and the occasion was a
most enjoyable one. The members of
the Stephen D. Lee chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, and the
wives and daughters of local veterans
were among the invited guests.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-21
DISCUSS R~EFORMATORIES.
This Will Be Main Topic at Municipal
League Meeting.

League Meeting.
Observation-Disclosures state reforma-
tories will be built for young men will
be the main question that will be dis
.cussed at the annual convention of the
Mississippi Municipal League, which
meets in Vicksburg October 1O-11 in pur-
suance to the call of President Parker
of Meridian, who is mayor of that city
Mayor ]. ]. Hayes of this city, who is
chairman of the committee appointed
last year at Meridian to investigate the
matter, says the committee will report,
recommending that it would be wise to
build these institutions. It is believed
the municipal league will go on record
Eavoring the proposition.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-21
Company Busy.

Brookhaven.-The Brookhaven Syrup
Company has 10000 gallons of sorghum
syrup on hand and has been compelled
to request patrons to withhold molasses
for at least ten days. The first car
load of 5000 gallons will be shipped to
Illinois on October /. An additional
order of 10000 gallons has been received.
Farmers bring in the product in barrels,
which is reboiled at the factory.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-21
Postpone Murder Trial.

Greenwood-The trial of Nose McMil-
Ian, a 12-year-old lad who is accused
of the murder Of his unclq, which 90
CURED five miles from Sidon, has been
postponed to await the action of the
grand jury, which meets at the Novem-
Der term of the Leflore county circuit
court.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-21
Poor packing" Animals"

Nearly 50 per cent. OF The hogs re-
ceived at the packing houses are
graded as packing" This means
they are of the poor quality such az
old sows and light hogs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-21
Dr., Collins Dead.

Pontotoc.-Dr. Fred Collins died at
this place. DR.. Collins was SO years old
and was an old Confederate soldier.
For many years he lived at New Al
bany and was probate judge of that
county one term.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
RUSSIA NOT YET SATISFIED
The Chinese Reply VIII, II Is Rslisv.
ed, Only Temporarily Satisfy
the Cars Demands.

Pekln, China. Mar. 27.-The Chi
nese reply to the Russian ultimatum
demanding acQuiescence not later
than today In the demands set forth
in the Russian note Of February 16,
has been delivered, according to an,
nouncement by the foreign board.
1t is a lengthy document explaining
and iustifying the previous answers
of China to the representations from
st. Petersbur, and there is no doubt
that 1t makes further concessions.
The Russian legation believed that
the Chinese note would terminate the
incident regarding Russian consular
and commercial privileges in Mon
golia temporarily; but the Chinese,
having discovered that Russia is re
luctant to move its troops, win rec
ommend soon. It Is believed here. q
policy Of obstruction toward Russians
In the interior. Accordingly, II ID
believed that the whole Issue win be
only aggravated b. the latest ex.
changes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
WIND WIN DUST MD SNOW
KANSAS AND NEBRAeKA GET
MARCH BLIZZARD.
From sumner Temperature % Freez-
Ing In a Few Fiours-FruIt
May suffer.

Topeka, Mar. 27.--Kansas has been
in the grip Of a fifty-mile wind with
no sign Of abating. The summer tenn
perature Of the past week was carried
away with the heavy gale, the tenn
perature having dropped twenty de-
grees. Snow and sleet fell in the
western part OF the state Intermittent
ly Salina and Herington reported
snow.
Snow furries were a part Of the pro-
gram In Topeka. The weather bureau
In Topeka announced that the velocity
OF the wind in Topeka was 43 miles an
hour. The Rock Island reported some
wire trouble.
Salina, Kas., Mar. 27.-Western and
northwestern Kansas are experiencing
genuine blizzard and the temperature
has fallen rs degrees since noon. One
Of the worst dust storms In March for
several years has prevailed all day,
and snow began to fall. Considerable
snow Is reported to have fallen In Ellis
and Ellsworth counties, while but lit
tie has fallen in Saline county, freeze
means that remaining peach blossoms
will be killed and apple blossoms will
suffer q severe setback.
Omaha, Neb, Mar. 27.--After more
than week of mild weather. blizzard
conditions prevailed in Nebraska and
Western Iowa. A moderate north
wind, prevailing during the earlier
hours, increased in velocity and with
1t came considerable snow and a
drop in temperature Of from 16 to 20
degrees.
Reports from out in the state indi-
cate heavy winds and snow. The tenn
perature in this city is 2 above, with
prospects for colder weather.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30

Ten thousand bushels Of pedigreed
wheat were grown last year at the
mort Hays Branch Experiment Sta
Ason. This wheat was carefully
s,rleaned and graded, and sold to the
farmers Of western Kansas for seed.
sEn addition to the wheat grown on
the Hays Station grouns, ITS fields,
,Oa different farms, aggregating over
sa0urteen thousand acres, we're sown
',1ast year in pedlgrsed wheat seed
fEom the Agricultural college. These
'siAelds were carefully inspected BY the
axperts and the grain was dissent
mated throughout the state as seed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
MORE AERoPLANES 70 BORDER
Recent Successful Flights Along the
Rio Grande Have Demonstrate
ed Their Utility.

San Antonio, Tex, Mar. 27.-Maj.
George e. Squler Of the signal corps
returned to the maneuver camp after
weeks horseback trip along the Rio
Grande for the purpose Of establishing
aeroplane scouting stations. He made
no selections, but 1t is believed that by
stationing aeroplanes at 81 Paso, Del
Rio, Preside and Eagle Pass a large
territory could be observed. As pres
ent plans stand detachments Of the
signal corps would be stationed with
each aeroplane.
Recent successful flights along the
Rio Grande and at San Antonio by
Lieut.. Foulois have demonstrated the
utility Of the aeroplanc as scout. One
additional Wright machine and two OF
the Curtiss type have been ordered
shipped here, and Lieut.. Paul w. Beck,
Lieut.. ]. c. Walker and Lieut. George
E. M. Kelley, ordered to report for
duty in connection with the new plan
OF patrolling the border.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
NorEa

Have you ever given your hens
what you considered ideal food and
soondltions and failed to obtain the re
suits you thought ought to follovf
mis- has often been the cAse. and BE-
lannss Of It Thousands Of inquiries
have been sent poultry specialists. 4
~ matter was investigated Il would
As found that the proper care and A.
asnnon have not been given.
u ron are careful IN selecting the
axRs TO Be incubated you win -
unply repaid tor your trouble. Egg
.ahat are medium or uniform size are
Aeat, with an even shell, not one
Hh6ns Shell 4 thick in places and
ehin IL others
Donf put TIE hllod Incubator IN
ne cellar n vegetables have been
STORED there Chemists Bsy decaying
rsraahles give % 4 sc that anects
lns iife sefm d es1s ana kegs Il
iron 1sitAlrr
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
renting of such buildings FOR factories
should be made a criminal offense."

New York, Mar. 27.-One hundred
and forty-one persons-nine-tenths
Of them girls from the East Side,
shirtwalst makers-were crushed to
death on the pavements, smothered in
smoke or burned crisp in factory fire
Ia the worst disaster New York has
known since the steamship General
Slocum was burned to the waters
edge OF North Brothers island in 1904.
One hundred and forty-one bodies
had been removed from the ruins at
midnight, and seven of the forty In
jured had died in hospitals. This, It
is believed, completes the list Of dead,
most of whom are unidentified. Grief
crazed relatives besieged the morgue
as the bodies were laid out.
Nearly all, II not all, Of the victims
were employed by the Triangle Waist
company on the eighth, ninth and
tenth floors Of q ten-story loft
building at % Washington place, on
the western fringe of the downtown
wholesale clothing, fur and millinery
district The partners Of the firm.
Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, escaped
unscathed from the Office on the tenth
floor, carrying with them over an ad-
joining roof Bianck's two young
daughters and q governess. There
was not an outside fire escape on the
building.
Bodies Fell to Pavement.
Pedestrians going home through
Washington place to Washington
square at ten minutes to were scat
tered by the whiz Of something rush
ing through the air before them; there
was horrible thud on the pavement
and a body flattened on the nagstOne.
Wayfarers on the opposite side Of the
street shaded their eyes against the
setting sun and saw the windows Of
the three upper floors Of the building
black with girls crowding to the stills.
Don't jump, don't jump!" yelled the
crowd; but the girls had no alterna-
tive. The pressure Of the maddened
hundreds behind them and the urging
Of their own fears were too strong.
They began to fall to the sidewalk.
All Over In 80 Minutes.
Four alarms, were rung within If
teen minutes. Before the engines
could respond, before the nets could
be stretched or the ladders raised, ave
girls had fallen from the eighth and
ninth floors so heavily that they broke
through the glass and iron roofs OF
the sub-cellars and crashed through
the very streets into the vaults below.
In an hour the fire was out; in half
an hour 1t had done its work; prob
ably the death list was complete In
twenty minutes.
The building stands on a corner,
with exposure on two sides, but the
only FIRE escape was interior, opening
on = light and air shaft. In all there
we're seven exIts-the single FIRE 3
cape. two freight elevators At the rear.
two passenger elevators in front and
two stairwayA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
LAND WORTH BILLION INVOLVED
a Trial win commsros Tomorrow at
Seattle Over Alaska
clalmG

Seattle. Wash. Mar. TIA criminal
rial. upon whose issue may depend
the title to land valusd 1t almost a.
muehas the public DEBT Of the United
states, viii ~ begun IN the United
STATED district eourt here Tuesday
before Judge Cornelius II. Hanford.
The case Il that q the United sta,ss
against Charles r Monday, Archie W,
Shells. Algsrnon h. stracy and Earl
E. sleeley. who we're indicted By FED
eral grand iuFy At Taooma. October
"A. 1910. on . charge o. conspiracy
10 tefrsud he government out q coal
lands IN Alo1ta. TIE lowest expert e.
Inmates Of whose value Il tioo.ooo. 900.
anf Which lnnd oliciala nv nay b
aoFlh 81 900 ooo.eoo
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
aMPRoVING THE WHEAT YIELD
RWork Of Agricultural College Begin
Ming to Show Good Results
In the state.

TT IL estimated" says H. J. waters
president Of the Kansas State ASricul-
3aural College, shat Kansas now pro-
Huces annually a million bushels more
wheat than formerly, through the ef-
Rorts Of the Agricultural college IN
almproving the seed. The work OF
uelO will show a large increase In
yield for this year. The average
Yield in the state should, by this
means, be increased two bushels an
arre IN the very near future, which
would mean eleven million bushels
increase in our total production, or
= return Of approximately ten mil
aiOn dollars. The college is develop
anx new strains Of high yielding and
nigh milling wheats. Wherever seed
Of these new wheats have been sent
An the state, larger yields have been
suhtained, and the entire crop has been
demanded by nelghboring farmers for
aIseed.
\ -oftentimes an increase Of from
Saye to ten bushels an acre, due to
/ .this cause alone, has been reported,
The college sent q number Of experts
this year into the growing wheat
sslelds throughout the state, to deter
mine the purity and quality Of the
wheat for seed, directing the farmer
a its care for this purpose, assisting
him In selling 1t as a seed crop, CO
operating with the elevator and mill
men in giving the seed the widest
possble distribution, on soils adapted
% the different kinds throughout the
IMheat belt"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
DAz
PLANS REFORMS
Ambassador Wilson Reports Situation
Serious in Mexico.
LAND PROMISED THE Poems
The Great Estates to Be Broken Up.
Political Popularity No Longer
Cause for oeporta-
ton.

washington, Mar. 2S.-The state de-
rartment received dispatches from
Am bassador Wilson at Mexico City
that the local situation in Mexico "a
much more serious than has been In
dlcated. This is true In spite Of the
reassuring incidents Of the past days
resulting in the resignation OF the
Disz cabinet and the formation Ct a
lew ministry. President Tat has de-
cided to give out an official state
Eaent.
Mexico City, Mar. 2S.-By the time
tina, Senior De La Barra arrives In
Mexico City to take over the duties
OF Enrique Creel as minister Of for
ejgn affairs the reforms Of President
Diaz and his advisers will have been
perfected. Chief among these will be
a revolutionary change in the labor
system by which men now virtually
hold their tenants as slaves. Conces-
sions will be granted to every demand
o. the middle classes and the coadi-
tons which gave rise to the insurrcc-
Icn will be ameliorated.
In brief the reforms now being
worked out include the following:
The Things Promised.
/. The appropriation Of $40,00O,O00
for the division Of large uncultivated
tracts of lands in the northern part
and the segregation Of some of the
biggest faciendas into small tracts to
be sold to the poems and middle
classes for small farms. The DRAFT of
q plan will be submitted to the Next
can congress on Saturday ny which
allotments will be laid out to be paid
for by the homesteaders in small in
stallments. Each farm will be from
five to ten acres in extent and every
Mexican will be given the opportunity
to become land owner.
More Men May Vote.
2. The republic will institute a &C.
rles of electoral reforms in the state
OF Puebla with guarantees that they
will be extended to every state In the
republic as soon as they have been
worked out to perfection. This re-
form extends suffrage and gives eV.
cry Mexican citizen a vote in the Sc
lection Of officials.
With the shake-up in the cabinet
has come the assurance that In tbs
future there will be no drastic political
prosecutions unless for public policy
and reasons hostile to the peace and
stability of the government" This
means that popular officeholders will
not be exiled because Of the growth
Of confidence on the part Of the peo-
pie. President Diaz is anxious to es-
tablish the confidence Of the entire
republic in the government and to this
end he will send number Of special
messages to congress asking the en-
Actment Of laws for fostering CONNER
cial trade and internal prosperity.
Parts Of the vast ranches in Chi.
huahua such as are owned by Senior
Creel may be confscated. although
this will be done In q friendly spirit
with payment Of indemnities.
These reforms the government be-
lleves will satisfy every faction Of
the revolutionists.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS HEAVY
All Larger Packing centers Show Gain
Except one-Stock Of
Meats Large.

Washington, Mar. 27-Live stock
receipts at the seven principal inter
lor markets of the country, aggregat
ing 1,695,415 head showed a moderate
increase for February according to the
bureau Of statistics today. The i'm
lrovement is due mainly to the larger
,upply Of hogs and sheep. Except
Sioux City, all the larger packing cen
ers show considerable gains since last
ear, especially Chicago, st. Louis
Kansas City and st. Joseph. Stocks
Of meat at Ave principal packing house
oenters on the last Of February, 203,
;3G.O5l pounds, were the largest re
ported since the summer OF 1909.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30

ter, to prevent the escape Of the nj
trogen. Ashes should never be mixed
with these manures as ashes contain
large amount Of alkalies.
Poultry manure, being concentrated
and quick acting, is especially adapt
ed for use In the hill or drill. II
not mixed well with the soil large
quantities may burn the plant.
They are very valuable when mixed
with other manures and spread by a
machine. Poultry manure, when used
alone should always be made fine and
thinly spread.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
KING GEORGE GOING 10 INDIA
Win oassh Mary ~ VIII Attend ths
Coronation puabar a psihl.
On December a.

London. Mar. fA--King George on.
sially gave his approval Of details foi
bic coronation. The ding conferred
with he privny council when me
plans we're gone oTsr and ratified Il
vas decidod that the coronation Dun
bar Il Delhi. India, should Be heid On
December Il naxt, when King GeorEl
and Queen Mary uill b present noif
usn 40 for india IN ne niddis q
NoTsnhss
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
nreedInQ Dry Weather corn.

A corn has recently been discov.
cred in China which has great ca
pacity to Withstand drouth and hot
winds. A large number Of crosses
have been made between this corn
and the strains which have already
proved to be most successful in west.
ern Kansas. These cross-bred corns
will be grown this year, at the Branch
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
ro lmproYe the Kansas Hour.

To Improve the Kansas FIouI'
Kansas is the leading winter wheat
state in the Union. This wheat, un'
der proper management, will make
the best baking -four in the world
At present only 40 per cent of the
wheat grown in the state Is milled In
Kansas. All the -four made from Kan
sas wheat ought to be put In a bar
rel or sack bearing Kansas brand
thus building up a home industry, and
leaving the bran and shorts to be fed
back to good live stock on Kansas
soil and keep up our fertility. The
Agricultural college has established q
Department Of Milling Industry, to
investigate and give instruction In the
best strains Of milling wheats, how
they should be handled and how
blended to produce the best -four
Baking tests were made by the col
lege for the millers, and chemical
tests. to reveal the good points and
the deficiencies OF mill products.
An extended series Of baking and
chemical tests have been made at the
college to show how the milling quail
tiles Of the wheat are injured by i'm
proper handling, both on the farm and
in the elevator, NearlysA hundred
digestion tests Of bleached and I'M
bleached -four have been made. These
have shown cOnclusively that there
Is no difference In this respect.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
POULTRY MANURE THE MOST VALUABLE
\ FERTILIZER WHEN PROPERLY HANDLED
Kansas Farmers Advised to Save Ceanngs From Their hen Houses 'O'
4 Use on Their Land---Are Rich IN Elements
4 Necessary to Growing Plants.

quickly, due to its highly heterogeneous
character. The plant food consti'
tuents Of these become available in
a shorter time than those Of coarser
farm manure. They must not be
looked on as a source Of humus, but
simply as carriers Of plant food. Poul'
try manure should be stored where
It will be kept dry, either in heaps
or boxes. The top should be covered
with finely powdered kainite or plas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
aOOslVELT PLANs FOREIGN TRIP
We VIII Welt Olympic Games IN
eiOekholn and May Take
IN leslsaa.

Copenhagen. Mar. 2S-Rormof
President Roosevelt win visit scandi-
navia again next summer, He win
attend TIE Olympic games IN Stock.
holm and effer that Wiii come to COP
enhAgen ~ the guest q Dr. Maurice
Francis EeaH the American minis.
Ter. He VIII probably take the oDpor.
tuhiU q Visldhg Iceland. ss ne an.
ciunt hintor1 and poe1y q that con-,
~ hays ben faVoTite rubjec,a :
sindy viii Nm for some tine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30

experiment stations At NAYS. oEailah.
Dodge City and Garden city. II
promising. then theg win Be placed
n the hands Of leading farmers IN
he western portion Of the stats.
Much e hoped from this experiment.
a. this Chinese corn possesses very
remarkable characters. quite different
from those Of any Of the cultivated
American races.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30

4 Don't throw away your poultry ma
nure. It 10, II well saved, the richest
bf farmyard manures.
The principle reasons are this:
tHrst, the food Of fowls is richer as a
rnie. Second, there Is less waste Of
substance due to the small amount
iuf moisture in the excretion.
KPOultry manures are very ricn In
nitrogen and phosphoric and because
their food contains these elements
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-30
Florida Motor Races Postponed.

Jacksonville. Fla. Mar. 27.-0n &C
count Of the stiff northeaster which
has been blowing over the Atlantic
Pablo beach course, in addition to the
downpour Of rain, the opening Of the
motor car race meet, which was seized
uled to begin today. has been post
poned until Tuesday.