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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
DECIDED NOT TO DIE.
poe. Declines to Git With
Work Unfinishd.
svoDossd to Be on His Deathbed,
Joaquin Miller Says He VIII
Live to Finish Life Rec
ord Volume.

Can francisco Joaquin Miller, the
.oet Of the Sierras, sits once more on
a. doorstep of his cabin on The
u,9hfs. his Wild, mountain estate
.<ross the bay from which he over
,ooks San Francisco and the Golden
ne.e and to name which he coined
,eu-spelled word. To ses and talk
vita him today makes the statement
mi ho is q septuagenarian and was
wonounced but recently afflicted with
a incurable Illness seem impossible.
7or Joaquin Miller today is every
AIT a. much ''the grand old man of
ia mountains' as he was twenty
Years ago, when he earned the ap-
u,IIation from Queen Victoria on his
oue and only visit to England.
why Decided Not to Die" might
xeIl Be the title Of an additional vol
ums 10 the set of the six which the
poet has been spending the last three
yesrs IN preparing. For his own tale
Il bis fight with death. as he told it
. 4 reporter recently, is altogether
q romantic and as virile in its
significance as anything this civiliza-
ton-hxting writer ever penned.
The Hights" Is about as accessi-
bls e. Mount Mckinley. It's ascent
Involves toiling up an almost precipit-
oas tran which winds about the noun
f>Ir for a full three miles from the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
LAVA CHARRED LOG.
WINS A FAT MAN m aaFFLE
As Nobody Loves skeIIy Miss Flana-
gan Finally Concludes She Will
Marry Him-He Is Willing.

Philadeiphia.-f Catharine N. Flan-
agan, demure and pretty. makes up
her mind she wants to marry Thomas
Skelly. who is six feet tall and weighs
$50 pounds, all she has to 90 is to
say the word.
She held the lucky ticket IN a draw
ing. decided the other night at fhe
fair of the Church Of the Immaculate
Conception.
Skelly was the prize, and his iden-
tity. which has been q battling mys-
terry for the week. during which the
fair had been in progress, was dis
closed simultaneously with the an
nouncement that he belongs to Miss
Flanagan II she wants him
Skelly mounted chair upon the
porch OF the parish house about 11:30
o'clock and made his bow to the two
thousand interested spectators. while
an impromptu escort brought Miss
Flanagan forth from her place OF se-
clusion at the Ice cream booth. .Skelly
said briefly that be had entered the
affair I'm the spirit Of fun, but since
he had seen the winner, whose iden-
tity was. until then. likewise secret.
he was willing and anxious to reiin-
quish his bachelor life. Miss Flana-
gan blushed prettily and said she did
not think she wanted to marry Skelly.
The next afternoon. however, Miss
Flanagan said she had changed her
mind and. as nobody loved a fat
man." she would marry Mr.. skelly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
DOG WON'T QUIT HIS MASTER
Little Animal Pleads So Earnestly
That He Is Taken Along and
Struggles on Patients Cot

New York.-Doctors and nurses At
Bellevue hospital are much interested
In a little black dog called Jim that
was brought 10 the institution with
his master, John Miller. who received
Injuries from a fall caused by q
banana peel.
When the Bellevue ambulance re-
spcnded to call at First avenue and
Twelfth strete. DR.. Bran found Mil
Ter lying on the sidewalk with several
severe gashes in his head Beside
him sat a little black dog that looked
soiicitously into Miller's face. When
the doctor took Miller to the hospital
the dog followed the men bearing the
stretcher to the step of the ambulance
and begged to be taken along.
DR.. Biram was at first inclined to
leave the dog behind, but the little
animal set up such wall that he took
the animal beside It's master In the
ambulance There the dog licked the
hand of the unconscious man.
The rules OF Bellevue strictly pro-
hibit dogs within the grounds. but
when Miller was taken into the recep-.
ton room the dog refused to be left
behind. When the dogs master re-
gained consciousness his first request
was for the dog. Little Jim. hearing
bis name. responded by jumping upop
the cot. and smuggling beside the pa
tient.
Miller said he lived at SGT First ave-
nue.. When told that the dog would
have to be taken away he told Jim to
ask permission to stay. Jim walked
on his hind legs over to DR.. Rutledge
and pleaded to stay with his master.
The doctor gave orders that the dog
should be given the best of care and
that he was to see his master every
day
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
ADVOCATES KILLING OF CATS
Or. Farquhard Campbell Contends
That Feline Is Menace to Health
and Germ Distributor.

Kansas City. Mo.--f DR.. Farquhard
Campbell has his way the cats in
Kansas City win be exterminated He
recommends the killing OF all cats
not -unmuzzIed" cats or STRAY" cats
but every cat. whether It be blue
ribbon winner or Just an ordinary
'amily pet.
Or. Campbell contends that the cat
is germ carrier and nuisance He
asked the commissioners to instruct
the police department to shoot the
ALLEY" cats and to attempt to per
suade the cat owners that q catisss
town win be a healthful town.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
GET WHEAT BISCUITS QUICK
From Field to Table in Just Hall an
Hour Is Record Made BY Farmer
Near BeIoit. Kan.

Beloit. Kan.-Biscuits ready to eat
made from wheat that was standing
in the field just tEirty minutes be-
fore is the record made by w. s.
Gable. a farmer living two miles from
here. The header was driven into the
wheat field at 3:14 o'clock. One min
ute later the wheat in the straw was
at the separator. A quantity was
threshed. loaded into the farmers au-
tomobile and at 3:23 was at the mill
Six minutes saw the wheat come out
as -four and minute later the auto
mobile delivered -four at downtown
bakery. Fourteen minutes later. at
3:44 o'clock. the biscuits were re-
moved from the oven. baked and
ready to eat
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

trsd signs stuck up on trees, in
i''n'1g climbers that the path grows
f'esper and the view less interesting
F'1 every foot Of ascent.
70 frIeads the aged poet is a host
hosts. From the moment he
'l'c1es sight Of friend-from his
81! h the nevsr-shut doorway Of his
1edroom' cabin. where he spends
pse'er part Of each day-until he
nnzlly permits such visitor to leave
z'' hospitality is comparable only to
us' kind which long since vanished
V'n In this land OF the far-famed
spanish hospitality. Joaquin's bed
pon cabin. like the other six little
'>cks scattered at irregular inter
~1 over an acre or two OF the top
'ns mountain. serves only as one
nan. Similarly the "parlor," the
<,'ngfoom and the kitchen are each
s'daa cabins. One walks almost
Allq when Joaquin shows one
~'o1fn his "seven-room house."
'osouin Miller at seventy years Of
snQ acarcely clear Of the shadow
eesth is possessed Of a sense Of
s.no' Is original as those other
''sc1eristics which have won for
Z reputation as being unique in
cay Of ready-made individualities.
keeplng with his lifelong habit of
n'ng the customary is his build
WIN his own hands the great
n.'ory. pile Of stones thirty
n'gn on the highest point Of
mountain, on which his body is
aay to be placed and the ashes
= scattered to "the four winds"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
Found Imbedded in BasaIt Rock
sFormation Near Spokane.
Piece Of Wood, Said to BE 100000
Years Old, May Throw Light on
Geological Status Of Valley
ls Well Preserved.

Spokane. Wash.-BeIieving that the
discovery of a lava charred log, Inn
bedded 80 feet from the face OF a cut
into the hasalt rock formation in the
eastern part OF Spokane viii aid sci
ence to deduce much important data
regarding the geological status Of the
Spokane valley. experts connected
with Smithsonian institution at Wash
ington. d. c.. will be requested by the
Spokane chamber of commerce to
make thorough analyses of the mass.
Father J. J. Adams, S. j.. instructor
'of physics at Gonzaga college. spo-
kane. has made series Of expert
ments to determine the character OF
the tree. but beyond establishing the
fact that it is a hard wood. the log so
far has withstood all attempts at
chemical analysis. probably owing to
the numerous changes 1t has under
gone. t
After consulting every reliable au-
thoritE st my command Father
Adams, faids Il have reached the con-
clusion that the Spokane valley is Of
comparatively recent formation. a
product perhaps Of the Cenozoic peri
cd. OF course the surrounding noun
tains. such as the Cascades and the
Rockies, are Of much older formation.
dating back. nc doubt. to the Meso-
zoic period.
The more recent crustal move
ments In all probability took place aft
er the glacial period. although the vol
canic eruptions In the vicinity Of Spo-
kane would seem to date back 100000
years. This peculiar volcanic belt
underlying Spokane would seem to
date back at least 100000 years. The
formation in Division street. in the
locality OF the stump. indicates that
the tree was embedded during the re-
cent crustal changes.
The nature OF the surroundings
and other geologic conditions accom-
panying the discovery are Of utmost
to the people Of this age.
since they aid science to deduce much
interesting data relative to the geo
logical status of this locality not here
tofore established"
The log was found by Iaborers en-
ployed In rock cut on the Spokane
international railway. The mass was
split and hacked by the men. who did
not know its scientific value. though
three large fragments. the size Of
>>-a --~a ~--~~ -~->...I ~ ~>rr.o.uf
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

Bedford. Pa.-For some days Hart
Bush. farmer at oppenheimer. this
county, had found no milk from his
COW at milking time. The COW was
kept In a field near the house and it
was thought the calf had stolen 1t, 50
it was locked up in the barn. This
morning Mrs. Bush thought she saw
in the early dawn the calf with the
COW and started to drive II away. when
large deer lightly leared . fence
and made on.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
A CHEROKEE INDIAN EDITOR
John M. oskison Graduated From the
Back Of Cow Pony In
Oklahoma.

Yinita, Okla.-From the back of a
COW pony to an editorial chair In the
ONCE of Golfers Weekly is the road
travelled by John M. Oskison, Chero-
kee Indian citizen. whose father was
one Of the pioneer cattlemen of the
Indian territory
Oskison left vinita in 1894 and grad
uated in turn from Leland Stanford
university and Harvard. He entered
the writing game by winning $3.50
prize from the Century Magazine for
the best short story. Later he became
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

for his exposure to ali kinds of wealth
er. being quite robust physically.
He viii sit for days at time un-
der the poles Of his tent after having
torn the covering from It, evidently
thinking that, be 1t ever SO humble.
there's no place like home"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17
SLIDE TO THIRD.

old prison. These three great needs
have been so often brought to your
attention. and you know so thoroughly
how much good would bc accomplished
IL the Legislature would make the
necessary appropriations. that feel
II Is only necessary to mention them"
Extras for Dinner.
Now. the Christmas dinner will be
something out OF the ordinary, rs IL
always Is. and, of course, the convicts
look forwsrd to il. Turkey has for
years past been too expensive dish.
but something choice, such as roast
pork, whi:h the conyicts probably en-
JOY just as much, will be prepared,
with extras in the way of vegetables.
So We have the festive season and
its spirit And we have the extra
moncy-spendIng for the day. And VIC
have tho unusually good dinner.
Nobody knows what sort OF temper
ature will prevail In Richmond on De-
cember 2o. 1911. But If It should be
cold, We have the official report OF
tho board for It that tho roast pork
and tho 'sohp will be nearly IL not
quito frozen before the convicts can
Het back with 1t into their cells
Twenty minutes Is long time for
bitterly cold air to work upon col
lection of food in the outdoors. and
tho work of cooling necessarily sets In
some minutes before the first lucky
convict fills his pail and starts the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17

| TO be despiscd. nor to be parted with
lightly or unadvisedly. Good behavior
marks arc especially valuable when
this privilege is sought. Guards have
! done much work in the way of buying
little presents In the shops of Richmond
during the past week or stwo. The
convicts may sec them before they go
out and may know that tho renlem
ORANGES have been sent to their dest-
nations.
But II many ;'send out" for presents
Tor others, many moro send out" for
deltcacies for themselves. They buy
sweet stuffs and fruits and anythtng
within reason which they may wish.
The money Is theirs, and they may
spend 1t just. as has been previously
said like folks on the outside do on
that which is helpful or healthful or
fndlgesttble or harmless or harmful.
4 In the cells these little purchases
add to the Christmas dinner Of many
a convict They furnish conversation
for the long hours of idleness and
thoughts for wakeful moments.
All Arc. Remembered.
Here comes in one of the acts which
indicate that the Commonwealth of
Virginia has a soul. There are many
men who have no opportunity to earn
money In the shoe shops. There are
TRUSTEES, VINO work about the yards and
garden and about the superintendent 8
house. There are men who staytn the
general Offices There are men who
assist the Bertil1on clerk and who cook
and who serve rations and do all manner
of things. There are always men and
women In the hospital.
To these go small Gums of money
from the treasury OF the penitent,ary
itself, by order of Superintendent
James B. Wood, and with tho consent
of the directors The amounts are not
large-cannot be, in the nature OF
things-but they are enough to show
that the State has an Interest In the
convicts and does not propose to with
hold from them the small Joys of
Christmas tide. =
With this money the recipients send
out" and buy their presents or their
delicacies and fill somebody elsc's
stocking;,or their own. as their scptI-
ment or reason or inclination may
point out. u.
And II Superintendent Wood extends
this henefaction to s..some who have
a chance to make money for them.
selves IN the shoe shops. but who viii,
not, It is unlikely that any ono will
be found who will blame. him. Per
haps II be could look back for Sow
" u .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17

long line back toward the grim walls.
The soup may be extra good md rich.
but in a frozen otatc. or even when
thoroughly chilled. II is not usually
sought as an appotiz!ns dish. Evon
roast pork loses aome OF It's flayo,
when IT gets cold, while as for coffee !;
inc convict who sits on his cot anl.
imaStnes hc Is getting outside of
rich Christmas dinner would have to
be possessed of all the powers of
imagination which gifted a Poo or
gifts a Robert w. Chambers when hi,
depicts the women OF to-day
Perhaps in few moro years tho
legislature will develop sufficient soul,
or the Auditor may find sufficient,
money. for tho erection of a dining
room and of Il kitchen. Possibly the
scnsibilities of criminal arc not very
acute, yet eating in a cell. sitting on
cot In which the night has hep
spent and in which he lives. might
even sratc on the feelings OF the low,
est. until he has spcntia few year.
In getting acclimatcd and until his
stomach ceases TO rebel.
Saw Aero Flights.
Only once In several years have all
the conVicts been assembled at one
time. That was during ThantsEiyinc
week Of 1910. when the NToisants gave
exhibition flights In Richmond Then
they wore all brought into tho yard
and lined up. watching for the flight
over tho penitcntiary which had beer,
promised. To Them 1t sccmcd-as in
deed was the case with tho outside
World-that the appearance OF men In
the air, going as they pleased. was the
J beginning of an era. Tho men watched
the fight with the keenest interest.
Christmas OF 1911 will be like those
which have preceded 1t. Some sort of
performance will DC secured, probably
of vaudeville nature. And the send
tnE out" is SoiuG on. And thcro VIII
be something extra for dinner. 0
Anything which those on the outside
want to send in to help is used to
add TO the convicts' Christmas.
photographs on this page were taken
by T. r. kemper. chief clerk at the
pcnitentiary. Mr.. Kempar takes tho
kecnest interest In the welfare of tho
convicts, and has taken numerous pic.
lures of the men at work Or at play.
Through his administration OF tho Ber-I
tillon system. he has become proficient
with tho camera
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17
WASH DAY AT PRISON.

eral generations he would not hest
tate TO give; perhaps no knows IL Is
not hest 10 take the risk of adding
fuel TO smoldoring flame of hatred
against all the world-not best for
the convict or the State or for society
at large.
How They Arc Fed.
And then the Christmas dinner.
Lest the Commonwealth should pa
itself on the hack after having read
what has gone before, and think IT.
self a pretty good sort of fellow, lei
1t remember that no dinner as such
mas ever been eaten in the State peni
Tertiary. For there Is no dining room.
Each man and woman must eat In
his or her cell, whether 1t be the or
binary prison fare or the additional
allowances for Christmas.
At the regular meal hours the long
lines OF convicts put out from tho cell
buildings. Each man carries his tin
bucket. which Is to hold his allow
ancc OF coffee. Into the yard these
men file, and take thor turn to be
served from the big pots and piles of
eatables out IN tho open courtyard.
soup Is brought out in huge tubs, broad
Is packed on rough tables. meat. is
an almost unbelievable total to one un.
accustomed to such things
And 1T Is all most uninvitinE. When
one sees 1t for tho first time he Is
likely to think that he would prefer
starvation to such diet, eaten in
such way. But II he examines close.
ly he Will see that everything is as
tclean vas It Is possible to mako It,
and that the officials do all that the
Legislature allows them to do.
Dining Room Needed.
Time after tima the. ho,a
urged upon the General Assembly the.
erection OF q. mess hall and kitchen at
tho state prison. In the report for
1903 to the Governor. the board said:
1T Is brutaiizing to feed men Xix :
so many animals. as they pass in line
their meals are handed out to them
and they return to cat In tho same
cells In which they have slept and
lived. 1t takes about twenty minutes
for tho limo to pass, and In cold wea tn
er thoy return to their cells with their
meals nearly. II not entirely. frozen.
This is not conducive to good health.
All Of this can be done away with
by feeding in a mess hall las is The
case In every up-to-date, well-con.
Quoted PRISON., and the saving In pro-
visions makes 1t we'll worth while.
The cooking is now done In the
cellars, which. were formerly used az
dungeons, and from a healthful stand
point we feel that we cannot toe
strongly condemn this"
Officers Add Views.
In the report OF superintendent Nor
gan to the board the same year, he
said. summarizing the needs OF the
institution: First, a dining room and
Kitchen, the need OF which Is so nppa-
rent to an. thinking person as to re-
qnire no explanation" W
! And surgeon Darlington, at the same
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17

the family name in the dust of, his
honor sonle, of them don't care. Per
maps great majority prefer to use
their money for. themselves. But 1t is
true that quito number keep in close
touch with home folks and buy pres
ents for them tiChristmas-tidc This
has been going on for more than two
weeks. Perhaps many a mother has
wept and prayed over come remem-
brancc bought by Maynard boy from
the earnings of his own hands In extra
labor at the pcnttentiary.
ConS1cts "Sepd Out
Sending out" is a privilege greatly
beloved by. the prisoners. It. Is one not
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17

eral generations he would not hest
tate to give perhaps no knows it is
not best 10 take the risk of adding
fuel TO smoldering flame of hatred
against all the world-not best for
the convict or the State or for society
at large.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-13
OREGON SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Full Text Published by Courtesy OF F. Turner, Reporter
Supreme Court

stealth unlawfully ousted plaintiff
therefrom.
Defendants deny that they ousted
plaintiff from possession of the
premises as alleged, or at all, with
hold the same from him, which an
swer amounts to a disclaimer The
cause was tried before the court
without jury, and the facts were
found in favor of plaintiff. From the
judgment thereon defendants appeal.
Eakin, G. j.: The real controversy
at the trial was whether the descrip-
ton of the property, sought to be re-
covered, as set out in the complaint,
will justify a recovery without proof
that it is included in the description
contained in the deed from Genger to
the trustees, There being no issue
as to plaintiffs ownership of the
property, he confined his proof to
the erection of fence on the west
ern line of the property and his oc-
cupancy Of the premises from the
year 1888. There was no proof to
show the location upon the ground
of the west line of the tract as
described in the deed; nor does
it appear from the complaint
that the property described in the
deed from Genger to the trustee is
the property known as the "Pine
Grove Church Property" but that
fact appears from the evidence.
David Hunter, witness for plain
tiff, testified, in substance, that he is
acquainted with the Pine Grove
Church property; has known it for
about 25 years; was for Is years a
trustee of the United Brethren
church; that he knows where the
west boundary of the property has
been during that time; that in the
fall of 1888 he helped build the fence
on that line, (referring to the fence
rmoved by defendants); that there
was an understanding with Genger.
He made some objections in regard
to where the line ran, and he also
said that what he lost at one end next
to the creek he would gain on the
other, and he said all right, to put
it up. cannot say in what
way they agreed with Genger only
| know that it was questioned at the
time we were talking about putting
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-13

the necessity of making an order in
each particular case prescribing the
time within which the bill shall be
presented. The restriction is ap-
piled only to the parties. Under this
rule the trial court in it's discretion
might say to the party: you have
not availed yourself. of the time al
lowed by the standing rule" and so
deny the application for an extension.
On the other hand the court might,
without a showing, extend the time
without any abuse of its prerogative.
The rule does not amount to an alb
dication in any degree of the power
of the court in that respect. On the
contrary the last paragraph of the
rule expressly reserves to the court
the discretion of allowing the ex-
tension of time to file a bill of ex-
ceptions. 1t is not stated in the rule
that the application for such extern
sion must be made within the 80
days first mentioned. The minor
premise of the syllogism is not sus-
tanned by a fair construction of the
rule.
We cannot say, therefore that the
court has abused it's authority and in
the absence of any showing on that
subject, aside from the application of
the rule, the motion to strike out the
bill of exceptions must be denied.