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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-04
REPORT Of LAND OFFICE SHOWS
RECORD NUMBER Of ENTRIES IN
UTAH PUBLIC AREA IN FEBRUARY
Campaign of Publicity Conducted by Commercial
Club Bears Fruit in Bringing to State Hun
dreds of New Settlers for Cultiva-
ton of Semi-Ard Tracts
EASTERN FARMERS ARE DEEPLY INTERESTED
Unprecedented Total of Inquiries Concerning Agr-
cultural Possibilities Received by Officials; En-
larged Homestead Act Proves lnducement for
Men Who Are Seeking Homes i'm West

As direct result of the circulars,
booklets and postcards and other mat
ter being sent out by the Commercial
club publicity bureau and the exhibits
which have been maintained in sew
eral parts of the east, hundreds of peo-
pie are coming to this state and set
tling on public land.
Through this influx the month of
February was the heaviest in the his.
tory of the local land Office, despite
the fact that the month was the short
est of the year and weather conditions
were decidedly unfavorable for the
making of homesteads.
The report Of the local United States
land Office was made Friday and shows
the number of acres of farming land
taken during the month TO have been
more than $4,000, included in 21l en-
tries. A large part of the number who
procured homcsteads during the month
were from Omaha. state of Nebraska, q,
Chicago, New York, Kansas City and
other parts of the east and middle west,
where Utah has been doing the most
of its advertising. The report of the
land Office shows the following entries:
Record for Month
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-04
Suggestion of Commerce Com.
mission Regarding the Long
and Short Haul Clause.
AMPLE TIME ALLOWED
FOR READJUSTMENT
Orders Issued Pertaining to
Tariffs of Individual Lines
and Joint Tariffs.

WASHINGTON, March st is an
commission that an examination of the
applications fled by various carriers
for relief from the long and short haul
provision of the interstate commerce
law shows that in many instances the
relief may be gained by Il proper read
]ustment of passenger tariffs.
The commission suggests that the
tariffs OF individual lines be adjusted,
that the joint tariffs be adjusted be-
tween defined passenger territories, and
that all joint tariffs between all ter.
| ritories be adjusted
| In order to afford the carriers ample
time within which to make the sug-
gested readjustmcnts, the commission
issued today the following orders:
"a. That not later than July /, 1911,
all carriers must have on file with this
commission tariffs Of passenger fares
between points upon their individual
| lines which observe the rule of the
fourth section (thc long and short haul
clause). except insofar as a departure
has been authorized by specific orders
| of the commission.
Must File Statement.
"In all cases where the carrier in
tends TO insist upon charging a fare III
disregard of the rule of the fourth sec.
! ton, it must, by April /, 1911, file
n written statement calling attention
To its application Oh file and pointing
out the specific fares upon which it will
insist, or 1t may file a new application
covering only these fares
''2. Not later than December |, 191
all carriers must have on file joint pas
scnger tariffs which observe the rule
of the fourth section, except as re
lIeved by specific orders of the com
mission. in case of all fares within the
several passenger territories as above
defined.
''If carriers intend to insist upon
maintaining Joint fares within these
territories which disregard the rule ot
the fourth section, they must, on ol
before May /. 1911, file with the com
mission a statement referring TO theil
applications already on Ale and point
ing out the particular fares which will
be insisted upon5 or file new apphra
tions covering merely the territory an(
fares in question.
Must Observe Rule.
!, v j. On Marcn i, I3l-. al tne pas
senger tariffs, both Joint and individ
ual, Of all carriers on file or in effec
e must observe the rule of the fourtl
section except as relief has been grant
j ed by specific orders of the commits
u sion.
= "If any carriers intend to insis
+ upon maintaining joint fares in dis
: regard of the fourth section which ar
moi already covered in the preceding
d para graph, they must. by June j. 1911
I file with the commission writer
: statement referring 10 the application
y already on file and pointing out th
Il particular fares that will be inslste
= upon. or file new application cover
ing only those fares.
G Z" Applications will be considered an
II disposed of so as 10 carry out tn
above order
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-04
ACCUSES PEARY
AND ROOSE WELT
DR.. Frederick A. Cook De-
cIares Two Were Tracemates
in Polar Plot.

Dr. Frederick 4. Cook, Arctic explorer.
who was in Salt Lake yesterday for the
purpose of delivering a lecture at the Salt
Lake theater, was made acquainted with
the action of congress- with regard TO the
elevation of Commodore Peary. DR..
Cook. soon after his attention had been
called 10 the Washington dispatches.
promised to prepare statement This
he did and submitted after his lecture
al the theater. His statement. with nee
cssary expurgations, follows:
For a, year | have tried to, treat Mr..
Peary as gentleman Since ] was able
TO reach the pole in 1908, | have been
ready TO credit Peary With the same
success In 1909 | have resolved
TO uncover the dark side OF the polar
campaign and open the eyes OF my conn
trymcn to a conspiracy, which for njuS-
tice is not matched by anything in the
history OF the world. What
say is a cali and a challenge to Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Peary, who, as team,
have pulled together on wagon freight
ed with Peary lies and the loot OF
Perhaps Roosevelt did not know the
moral rottcnness of the load which lac
helped 10 pull down the hill OF degrade :
ton or up the slope OF polar dishonor, but
| harness with Peary, man is known by
his companions, horse is rated by its
mates.
There is no charge OF uncleanlness on
Mr.. Roosevelt. When alone he stands AS
a spotless white horse. with traces tau,
| in an effort TO uplift mankind
Says Roosevelt Endorsed Accusation.
Two months after the pole wsfs
reached Pcary started for the pole, His
| hat had gone the rounds OF easy money
| for twenty years. the profits of a lucra-
| tive fur trade had gone into his pockets
| for a decade. All This was threa tened by
my polar efforts and accordingly Cook
/ must be diScr.dltcd at all cost. Publicly
| | was accused Of trying to steal Peary
| route his pole and his people. Mr.
| Roosevelt indorsed Peary and therefore
! indorsed this accusation,
THE map shows that | did not tax,
! the Pcery route and | did not take tn,
| pole. 1 simply left my footprints there
| Now as to the people Here there {:
| room for an argument
The ship Roosevelt. flying the Ameri
| can riag. loaded with luXuries paid out
OF the public purse. entered Etah har-
Dor in August OF 1905 Ny companion
Rudolph FRANKIE was then there. He was
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REAPP0RTI0NMENT BILL
FAILS TO PASS SENATE
Senator Hale Neglects to Call II Up ir
the Absence OF Chairman
la Toilette.

4 WASHINGTON. March 3.-There will
pe no congressional reapportionment by
TIC Sixty-jrst congress. This was de-
cided al O'Clock this morning.
inc reapportionmcnt bill fixing the
numoer OF representatives at i33 which
passed The house earlier in the session,
nad Tor various reasons. been allowed
10 remain with the senate committee on
SenSus until yesterday. when. In the alb
sencc OF Chairman La Toilette, Senator
fiaIe sought 10 have ii reported for ac-
non before the final adjournment OF con-
"a accordingly the committee was polled
sshn the measure placed in the hands OF
eenator Hale for presentation TO the SEN
hte- At o'clock Mr., Hale was busily
E tngaged IN conference pertaining 10 APP
PIopriatlon bills and up to that time had
got made his report on the apportion
nent measure.
III the meantime. opposition In tho
nouse basis OF apportionment had ariser
tpd was so decided as to render II i'm
possible fcr the bill to get through.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-04
Both Branches of Congress
Clearing Decks for Final
Adjournment Today.
DATE OF EXTRA SESSION
NOT DEFINITELY FIXED
March 15 Is the Date President
Taft Is Said to Have
in Mind.

WASHINGTON. March i.-When
at 3:l5 O'Clock the executive session
terminated. Senator Penrose present.
ed the conference report on the post
office appropriation bill. Senator
owen reclaimed the floor as soon as
the conference report was disposed
of. SAYING that he would talk until
noon ON the New Mexican resolution,
if necessary. to prevent further ac-
lion on II.
The provision for a commission 10
investigate the cost of handling sec
ond -class mail matter and the report
to congress has been retained III the
postofnce appropriation bill by the
Joint conference committee. The
provision was inserted In the bill by
the senate The conference report
was presented 10 the house shortly
after ) o'clock this morning and now
is under consideration.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-04
PLACER MINING IN THE
HEART OF LOS ANGELES

Los ANGELES. Cal. March S.-That
gold in paying quantities lies mixed IN
the dirt beneath the old Southern Pa
cific arcade depot in the heart OF the
east side business district is the belief
of Mrs. Margaret Hunter, who filed to-
day "A notice OF placer location on the
twenty acres OF railroad terminal prop
erty,
Mrs. Hunter, who Is a recently arrived
eastern tourist. claims To have panned
much gold dust from the dirt in her back
ward. which abuta upon the railroad
yards She purposes To work her mine
and build sluiccs and rifles without ref
crcDcc to the convenience OF tho railroad.
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Record for Month,

During the month total OF S32SO
was taken in by the government for
| fees and commissions.
The land Office officials stated Fri
day that they can see no reason for
the exceptional rush during February
unless it was the result of the boosting
which is being done in the east. Gen
erally February is a quiet month be-
cause of the fact that the month is
stormy and it is not in such weather
that farmers are eager 10 look at land.
Heretofore February has always been
the most quiet month of the year. The
land Office officials declared that they
had counted on quiet period during
the month and were agreeabiy sur
prised when it turned out to be
record breaker
Dry Farm Land in Demand.
The most of the land is taken under
the enlarged homestead act, which
grants the homesteader 800 acres Of
dry farm land and does not require
residence at any time Any person in
the United States can avail himself OF
| this chance TO get valuable land with
out giving up his eastern home.
| Probably the busiest place during the
month was between Lund and Modena
on the main line of the Salt Lake
route, where 2SS square miles of land
were thrown open under the enlarged
! homestead act On the day of the
opening of this tract 10000 acres were
taken within three minutes, which was
| the record breaking rate for the land
office Since that time the land has
been going at a remarkably rapid rate,
pushing the total number of entries FAR
above all former records.
Utah Has Preference.
The ENLARGED homestead act gives
| Utah the preference over all other
western states where there is seml-arid
land. In section of the act, which
applies alone to Utah, the homesteader
is granted $50 acres of land and is not
required TO live upon 1t. In all other
states the homesteader gets the same
| area OF land. but is required TO estap-
i lish residence and remain there hve
wears. Not until the Commercial club
bureau took the matter III hand did
the land hungry people of the east
know about this wonderful opportunity
and not until the recent land shows
and the vast amount of boost matter
| had sifted in did any tangible results
accrue.
With the record broken in month
such as February, it is declared to be
certainty that the coming months
will see wonderful things in land To-
eating in Utah, Thousands upon thou
sands of acres will he taken and TO the
agricultural resources of the state VIII
be added millions of dollars and to the
population hundreds Of good citizens.
Value of Advertising Proved.
The records shown by Vie books Mt
the land Office prove eoncluslveiy the
value of advertising the state IN the
east, where people are lana hungry IL
WIS said bv ono of the land Office of
ficials Friday that more than half OF
the people who inquire about land now
are easterners and hundreds of letters
are being received from the east re-
garding land matters;
The land which is being taken is OF
semi-arid character. There is no
u,,ter eycepting that which can be OBJ
tnined by pumping il from the ground
distance of from ten TO 100 feet
according To the locality. The govern
TDory ThxAn
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Snake River Bridge Bill Passed,

Special To The Tribune
WASHINGTON. March S.--The senate
tonight passed Senator Borah 8 bill to
authorize the Canyon Snake river wagon
bridge commission 10 build a bridge
across Snake river az or near Iayette.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-04
FAVORABLE ACTION IN
CASE OF NEW MEXIC0

WASHINGTON, March 5.-The sub
committee OF the senate committee on
territories decided today to recommend
favorable action on tho constitution OF
New Mexico.
The house already has adopted the
legiSla ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22
MORE ABOUT
BOOKER WASHINGTON
Attorney Says Educator Plays
PGGpiRg Tom

New York, March 21.-There were
sensational developments today in the
case of Booker T. Washington, the
negro educator, who is scheduled to
appear in police court as complainant
against Albert Ulrich, whom he ave,
assaulted and beat him.
Policeman Tierney, who arrested
both Washington and UIrich today de-
clared that Washington statement
when arrested that he had said moth
ing about message alling him to the
West Sixty-third street apartment oc-
cupied by Ulrich was untrue.
Washington today declared that he
had not received a letter from his
secretary calling him to the house,
and declared any one who quoted him
as saying he dis, was misonformed
Ulrich's attorney has announced
that when the case goes to trial he
will produce a reliable witness who
will swear that Washington spoke t)
Ulrich's wife, addressing her as
sweetheart" and this witness, it is
said, will corroborate practically in its
entirety the statement of Ulrich as
made Immediately after the arrest
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22
BANKS In fine SHAPE
DOWN In GEORGIA
According to Report Of the
Comptroller

Washington, D. c., March Elm a
statement just issued by the comp
trolIer of the currency the national
banks of Georgia are apparently in a
healthy condition.
Of the 113 national banks now do
ing business in that state they haze
loans and discounts amounting to $780,
641, ,92229; capital stock $12,576,5OO I;
individual deposits. $46,774,45125.
Two banks in Savannah for which
returns are made show the followins
Loans and discounts, $2,743,519.4O;
capital stock, $75O,0OO; deposits ST.
.O42, ,256.O7; surplus fund $4,000.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22
PYRE AWAITS DYING
POET OF SIERRA"
Logs Piled Ready to Flame
Out Miller Is No More

San Francisco, March 21.-Joaqun
Miller, the Burns of America" a.
his admirers call him, lies dying in hi
cabin in the hills above San Francis
co. A funeral pyre of solid masonry
built under his direction on the hill
back of his home, awaits his body
For years its hallowed top has beer
piled with logs, ready for this sacri
fee If the provisions of his Will, d.
stated by his closest friends, are ca
ried out the leaping flames on the dis
tant hilltop will tell three-quarter.
of a million people around San Fran.
cisco bay of his cremation.
Twenty-Five years ago the verses 81
! the Poet of the Sierras" We're print
ed from California to Maine and
quoted as freely as Longfellow's. Al
that time he visited the capitals Of
Europe, where he was the literary
lion of the hour Such men as Ten
nyson, Rossetti, Burne-Jones and
Browning entertained him. He ha,
spent hte latter portion of his life in
seclusion, broken only by the visits OF
Ineighbors and the pilgrimages of his
friends. His 90-acr tract near here
| is known as the Heights"
Captured by the Indians as boy, q
leader in the caravans crossing the
plains, gold hunter in "the days OF
49," a judge on the bench, a poet OF
national fame, today he is forgotten
by the mass of readers.
> "TOmb of Moses" on Estate
Planning at first a Utopia, another
Brooke farm, the poet has finished his
home alone and unaided
On the hill back of his house Mil
Ter planted Monterey cypress anj
cedar trees in the form of huge
cross, plainly visible from San Fran
cisco and Oakland. Close by the great
stone funeral pyre is the pyramid tc
Moses, a turreted tower to Browning
and a larger tower monument to John
C. Fremont 1t was from this point
that Fremont first saw the Colder
Gate
A prominent rabbi, being shown ov-
er the place, objected to the tomb t.
Moses.
81 thought no man knew wher,
Moses was buried?' he said
ITO be sure" the poet replied, why
not here as well as any placer"
instead of building one house where
his household might dwell in more OF
less peace and harmony, he built a
number of small cabins where each
member lived apart One of the cab
ins was used as a family dining ROOM
where the family met for dinner in the
middle of the afternoon. There was
no luxury except that rare one oi
perfect independence and freedom.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22
GETTING READY FOR
SPRING OPENING
Wonderfully Beautiful Array
Of Spring Head Wear

At Hamilton & Co.'S large store on
Lamar street everything is activity
in the extensive millinery department.
Every day finds large consignments OF
the latest spring styles in feminine
headwear arriving and in the millin-
cry department an extensive array OF
hats of every description is being
placed in position for display at the
opening to which two days will be
devoted, Thursday and Friday of this
week.
Hamilton's spring millinery open-
ings the past two or three years have
been great events with the ladies of
Americus Every year the stock in
this line has been larger, more va
ried and more eXquisitely beautiful
than ever before. The selections this
year are representative of the finest
creations of the worlds leading ar
lists in this line.
Tomorrow when the opening occurs
hundreds of ladies will attend, not
only from Americus, but from Plains,
DeSoto, Leslie and the numerous other
communities adjacent to Americus.
The outlook is that the attendance will
be greater than ever and especial ar
rangements have been made for
prompt attention to all
Wits band will be in attendanceon
both days. To every customer pur-
chasing a pattern or tailored hat on
either Thursday or Friday 81 rhine
stone pin will be presented as a SOU
venir of the 1911 opening.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22

No man can be greater than his wife
will permit.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22
SCOUT In AMERICUS IS
GIVEN A Big WELCOME
Journal Herald Car Arrives
Yesterday

AmericuS city and county officials
and citizens generally extended a
royal greeting yesterday to the scout
car engaged in planning the New
York to Florida national highway.
The scout" came in just as noon from
Fort Valley, where the touring pacty
had spent the night previous. In the
party were Mr. Hamilton Pelis, of the
New York Herald, Major John S. Co.
hen and Mr.. w T Walters, Jr., of the
Atlanta Journal and Mr. G. j. Coggins,
superintendent of the Primo car fa2-
tory of Atlanta
The party were met at Oglethorpe
by an Americus delegation, consist
ing of Mayor J. E. Mathis, County
Commissioner Frank Sheffield, Supt.
Robert Christian, Messrs. Henry
Christian, Arthur Rylander and a rep
resentative of the Times Recorder.
The run from Americus to Ogle-
thorpe was made in forty-fve minutes
aboard two swift E. NJ F. cars, those
Of Mr. Rylander and Supt Christian,
which climbed over the twenty-five
miles of partly fine road in record
time.
Were Escorted to AmericuS.
The Atlanta-New York party were
in waiting at the Oglethorpe court
house, where Col. Byron and Road
Superintendent Lane had joined them,
and quick run to Americus waT
made, the handsome Primo" a Geor-
gia-buiIt car, with it's flags and ban
ners, att acting attention along the
route.
The visitors We're brought in over
the new MISUNDERSTANDING road the
thirteen miles of beautiful graded
highway eliciting the highest praise
of the entire scout party.
"This is the finest bit of road I
have seen anywhere between New Jer-
sey and Southwest Georgia" was the
enthusiastic comment of the New York
Herald representative, "a stretch Of
road in North Carolina which took
the good roads prize of $4,000 is not
nearly as good as yours" he contin-
ued
And the visitors were amazed when
told that this thirteen miles of road
had been completed only two or three
weeks, and had not even been pack
ed by a good rain
Pleasant Stay in Americus.
At the city limits another delega-
ton of citizens, members of the Board
of Trade and city council, awaited
in automobiles the arrival of the scout
car and escort. They had intended go
ing out ten miles, but learned that
the visitors We're then near the city,
so awaited at the outskirts.
The scout party were given all de-
sired information concerning roads
and routes in Southern Georgia, and
the best course for the proposed Ma
tional Highway, so as to include An
dersonville, point of interest.
After a superb dinner at the Hotel
Windsor the gentlemen left on the
long run to Jacksonville. They We're
escorted as far as SmithVilIa. twelve
miles away, by Mr.. Rylander and 9TH
ers, and thus saw perhaps the finest
piece of good roads in the state and
uneXcelled anywhere.
The Journal-Herald representatives
are making a careful survey of the
roads situation and will select the
shortest and best route, all advant-
ages considered, between Atlanta and
the Florida metropolis.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22
TO CLOSE POSTOFFICE
IN SAVANNAH SUNDAYS

Savannah, Ga, March PA sys-
tematic effort is to be made here %
have the delivery windows at the
office closed on Sundays. Petitions
will be presented the postmaster ask
ing this be done. Many cities in the
country have recently stopped thn
Sunday delivery of mail.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22
MASONIC NOTICE.

An emergent communication of N.
B. Council Lodge, No. 95, is called for
this wednesday, evening, March %,
at 1880 o'clock, for work in the Third
degree.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22
ALL THIS WEEK.

Demonstration Of New Perfection
Blue Flame Oil Stoves. Come and see
how nice and easy it is to cook and
bake on one of them. Hot biscuits and
coffee free. Everybody welcome.
G. E. BUCHANAN.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22
NOTICE.

One yellow and white spotted COW,
strayed from our pasture last week.
Finder will please notify. G. NJ. Bragg,
22-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-22
Chas. |. AnsIey
.PINKSTON COMPANY,
Muslin Underwear

What are you usually shown? A LOT
of cheap lace and embroidery, poor ma
terfaIs and poorly made. When purch-
asing---We established high standard
passed up many manufacturers until we
could find these things combined with
MODERATE PRICE, which puts any gar.
ment i'm reach of Your POcket-BOOk.
Monday morning we will have the
the stock ON display and extend cordial
invitation TO each Lady i'm Americus to call
whether shopping or looking