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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23
AUSTIN To REBUILD THE
COLORADO RIVER DAM
The Work VIII Cost 100000 and
St,720, 900 Hydoelectric Plant
Is Planned.
Associated Press Special.

AssOClAteu ETesS special.
Austin, Texas, Sept. 23.-The con-
tract that was recently entered into
by the City Commission of Austin
With William b Johnson of Hart
| ford Conn, representing the Hy-
draulc Properties company of New
York, for the construction of the
large dam across the Colorado rive
and the installation of a hydroe
lectric plant, which work shall cos
$1.720.000, has just been ratified by
vote of the city.
Owing 10 the fact that these pub
lie works are to be paid for out #
the earnings of the municipal light
and power plant, the right to vote
on the proposition was not confined
10 the taxpayers. The original dam
was washed away eleven years ago
by flood in the river. Several at r.
temPts have been made since then
to bring about its reconstruction,
but none of the plans We're success
full.
Under the terms of the present
contract the city is to pay MIR. John
son 100000 for the completion Of
the dam and hydroelectric plant and
the rest of the 1,720,0 900 is to be
paid in semi-annual installments of
S32 400 each without interest The
contractor is requEed to operate the
/ power plant during this term OF
years and deliver to the city all pow.
err generated He is required - in
stall equipment capable of producing
( 1900 horsepower. A minimum o
500 600 horsepower hours per month
Is guaranteed.
The dam itself viii be the larges
structure of its kind in the state. &c
height will be sixty-five feet. whicl
is five feet higher than the old dam
In case the dam or power plant
washed away the contractor must re
place it or lose all unpaid install
ments
He is also required to keep h
works in first class repair during tn
. twenty-five years period. The cit
commission reserves the power {
making and regulating the rates fo
water and electric lights of consun
ers. One of the important feature
. of the project is the large lake tbs
- the dam will create. II is planned b
s the city to make It one of the grea
y est pleasure resurts in the south
y The contract stipulates that tn
. lake shall belong to the city of Aui
= tin. Besides the dam and hydroele'
] trio plant, the contractor must cor
. struct water storage reservoir {
y 100000 gallons capacity for tn
t purpose Of keeping on hand a II
: serve supply for the use of the cit.
1 He must also install pumps TO kee
- this reservoir full The works mus
Y all he finished within two years. Pre-
e liminary construction work has a
/ ready been started and it is state
70 by Mr. Johnson that the entire work
viii be finished within one year Tn
dam viii be of concrete construction
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

Judge b. J.. Jones OF sherman,
candidate for Randells seat in CON
gress' has announced that he is OPP
posed to the initiative and the refer
endum and the Randell bill Now let
us hear from Speaker Rayburn aad
Senator Perkins
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound

Still retains its high place as the best
household remedy for all cou his and
colds, either for children or grown
persons. Prevents serious results
from cold. Take only the genuine
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound,
and refuse substitutes For sale by
Curlin's Two Drug Stores d&w
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

The Fort Worth Record does not
believe than any Princeton College
wells will be incorporated in the IA
tioual democratic platform. Perhaps
not but the sage of Princeton viii
carry The democratic pig skin across
the goal line of the proteciiouists to
the great disappointment Of the or
eaHa
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

Five Mississippi farmers have been
indicted for selling their votes Why
did they let it become known? They
could have stood upon their consti-
tutional rights and refused TO answer
questions
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

EX-Speaker Kennedy desires to go
to congress from the state at large.
Whether or not his announcement
was typewriter" has not been Civ
en- out.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

The voters up in Canada did not
agree with the politicians on this
side of the line who declared that
the reciprocity measure was in the
interest of the Canadian farmer and
a great injury to the farmers of the
United States
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

Mcdonald Meachum is being men
toned as a suitable successor 70 Sen
ator Bailey. Meachum! Meachum! 1t
strikes us that we have heard Of the
man Does he live in Texas?
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

Wiley Mangum lmbodenAnsists on
going to congress from the second
district Well. Wiley is a strong man,
physically
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

The Houston Post says we are at
the end of the almanac summer. This
announcement need not cause rush
to the pawn shops after oyercoats
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

No matter who goes 10 the senate.
Waxahachie viii soon have one in
terurban road. with a good prospect
of a second one
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

1t is Well enough to know when to
talk and when to keep silent Some
politicians never open their months
without putting their foot in il.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

The necessity for decreasing The
size of the senatorial toga depends
on whether or not it is hereafter to
be filled with wind
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

1t is pretty we'll settled fact that
none Of the organ editors in Texas
win ever name any of their progeny
Tom
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

The Enterprise Publishing Company is
n no way responsible for debts that may
be contracted by employees, nor will we
assume payment OF such debts under
any circumstances. Every employe OF
this Office is paid promptly for work
done. This is to protect ourselves and
the selling c-ENTERPRlSE PUB
FISHING COMPANY. Per G.. w. Nc
knight, President.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

The difference between a booster
and a boozer is that one is bound up
ward and the other downward.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

El~h'eeu rolls toilet paper holder
free for 100 + CrOuE Co. y
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation OF any
person, firm or corporation that may APP
pear in the columns OF the Daily Light
will be gladly cor -ected upon its being
brought to the attention OF the manage
ment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-23

Obituaries. resolutions OF respect. cards
OF thanks-all matter not NEWS-will be
charged for at the rate OF cents per line.
Poetry at double price.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07
Artesian Water Readily Found in
The Country.

Tom billiard and Herb O'Donnell,
who operate a we'll boring outfit, are
in the city, and from them it is learn
ed that two new wells have been bor
ed in the country districts, which go,
with others, to prove that ranchmen
eau secure good water by drilling for
it in eastern Montana. Many arte
sian wells have been sunk in Miles
City, but persons DESTROYS Of settling
in the country like to be certain that
water is obtainable at depth on the
land they are figuring on taking up.
The Billiard O. Donnell outfit have
just finished we'll for A. O. Nichol-
son, at the mouth of strevelI creek,
which was drilled to depth of 700
feet and a flow of water which comes
to within IL feet Of the surface was
obtained.
Another well recently bored by
them for Paul Speck in the same
neighborhood gives flow Of Is gal
lon per minute from a depth Of 400
feet.
These men drilled the Frank Muir
ply we'll on the Mizpah and secured
a good flow and now Mr.. Murphy
nephew, Frank Stevens, who has q
ranch nearby, has placed an order for
a boring to be made to depth Of
800 feet, unless water should be struck
sooner.
AS the price Of well boring in the
country is another matter in which
ranchmen are interested, it may be
stated that it runs about $50 per
foot when an inch and a quarter cas-
ing is used. " ellowstone Journal.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07

''Talk about Peacock Alley at the
Waldorf!' exclaimed an eastern man
in attendance at the state fair last
year, pointins. to the grandstand, l
never saw d crowd outside of Newport
put on SO much dog as this crowd. :
1t was an apt remark and true.
For the state fair affords the only
time and the only place during the
year when society folk Of Helena,
Butte, Missousa, Great Falls, Boze-
man, Billings and other cities can get
together. For weeks they anticipate
the event by getting complete new
costumes, in which they blossom forth
at the Fair. Some Of the smartest
society folk even make special trips
east TO New York modistes to have
the new raiments abreast Of the sea-
sons styles.
The society matrons are there, the
bellies and their heaus. Back and
forth promenade, through the ezhi-
bition halls, and into the grandstand.
Much as the actors seem to enjoy it,
it il he ordinary spect .tors who de-
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07
For Greater Publicity

Experiences of western and north
western states during the last few
months demonstrate the need Of ap-
preparations by the state legislat-
ures of sufficient funds for irnmigra.
ton work and publicity for every
state which has something to offer
the men and women Of this country
IN the way Of home building Or IN
dnstrial opportunities.
En- the last two or three years It
has been demonstrated that taking
exhibits Of the products OF our soils,
mines. forests. lakes, rivers and fac
tories into the eastern country and
showing them to thousands Of PEG
pie is D most effective means OF
state advertising and has resulted in
bringing thousands Of people into
the west.
A movement was started some
time ago to hold big land products
exhibits or land shows as they are
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07
Premiums Pay Fair Trip.


Ever since tne state TAR was start
go there nave oeen 2 NUMBER q enter
pfls'ng farmers ana ofenaroisss VINO
nave K1lleo ehree Dlros win one seohe'
BY setting ASIDE their best products
ana eRnloltlhg them AZ the ia1f' thes
nave not only won suDseaht'ai essh
premiums, but as well, nave aayerslse
tnelf respective eommnhlass' aehlssea
= reputation = oeihs progressive
ana W1oe-aWake' ana nave enjoyed :
week $ vaeatlon without cost, tnelf
premium money covering all expenses.
ims year shsy vii nave Aeehef
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07
called, in the gateWays to the west

called, in the gateWays to the west
and northwest. That these shows
are a big advertisement for the
communities interested there is no
doubt.
With these facts before US, it
would seem our state with all the
things it has to advertise, should
have a fund which would enable us
to participate in the enterprises
which are increasing our population
and wealth, and participate in them
without passing the hat to indiVidu-
ais and corporations.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07

needs improving, and then the
quality can be bettered which means
more dollars than the inferior article
would bring.
Intending exhibitors should consult
or write the member Of the state fair
advisory board from their county. Mr..
Geo. McCone, Of this city, is the mem
Der from Dawson county.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07

The Western Loan & Savings
Company desires to make a few
good building loans. For particulars
see I. N. Hill. BOT Beasley Block. TIT
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07
The Campbell System

lNsUREs your crop against DRoUTH
Our experience in 1910 and 1911 has
proved that good crops can be grown
with less than eighteen inches Of rain
fall. Those who followed the Camp
bell SYSTEM in 1910 had a crop in 1911.
Don't Take Any Risks for 1912
Campbell's publications explain the system.
CanpbeH,s Scientific Farmer 81 90
CanpbeH,s Soil Culture Manuel $50
Combination price 800
Address Campbell Soil Culture Co.,
LINCOLN. NEB.
When you write ask about the Camp
bell Correspondence Schools.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07
The Choicest Cuts

of fine Native Cattle are to be had
here every day in the week. We keep
prime Beef only, and the tenderest
Mutton and Lamb. Our Meats have
made reputation for themselves and
are praised in many a home. They
are juicy and tender, possessing a
most delicious favor. All kinds of
fresh killed poultry in season. Chops,
steaks and outlets that will melt in
your mouth. Fresh country sausages.
The best mild cured hams and bacon.
Prices pleasing to purchasers.
CITY MEAT MARKET
cHAs. SCHMIDT, Prop.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07
Society Parades at the State Fair.

Der from Dawson county.
Morris tribune., 1911-07-07

7 "'You'd ought to know by my uni
FORM l said, that I'm a Confederate
soldier. You get your train out of nv
way pretty quick
"'What right have you to order me
abOutY
"'What right? I'm making a quick
run for ammunition by General Beaure-
CARDS order. If I'm delayed I'll let
the general know who delayed me-
'"That was too much for him. He or
dered his engineer to back up to the
| siding, and I started putting on full
speed as proceeded.
II was in such luck about the battle
having occurred just in the nick Of
time and in thinking of my ammuni-
| tion scheme that considered it prob
able l might get through the network
! ahead of me. I knew that certain
parts Of North Carolina We're full of
Union people who would hide me and
help me get on northward.
FORTUNATELY for me there wasn't
, many trains coming southwark. and
by working the ammunition story I
managed to get on till noon without
being stopped. Then I saw by smoke
ahead that l was coming to a city,
which by my time table I judged to
be Raleigh. 1t was one thing to pass
small stations, where the agent had
little to do with the running Of trains,
and another to get through a city
where the dispatching was done.
While the country was yet open I
pulled up at station. The agent was
sitting at telegraph machine with
the window open, and he hailed me.
"'Say,' he said, I just got word over
the wires that there's a wild locomo-
tive cavortin' over the road, and Pm
ordered to stop it. Are you the fellow
that's running it2
eyes. I'm after ammunition for the
troops below. I've got to git into
Raleigh right Off
with that l opened her up, and
away l went. Looking back, I saw
the agent standing on the platform
gaping at me.
81 knew now that my run was ended
until I had put it on side track.
since I didn't wish to be the cause Of
an accident. But near the city side
tracks were more frequent, and, COM
ing to one Of them, put the machine
on it and took to the woods.
"My Confederate trappings were
protection to me, and l felt compara-
lively safe. l told boy I met that
I was looking for Union man whose
name | couldn't remember, and he
told me to go into the next hamlet
and inquire. He said they were all
Union people there.
II went to the house, found the own
er and, having made sure that he was
on my side, told him what had been
doing. He took me out to deserted
bakery and hid me in the ovens. I
remained there till my friend told me
that it would be safe to go farther,
and then I worked my way, travelling
by night and hiding by day, over the
mountains into east Tennessee
Morris tribune., 1911-07-07
An Escape
On an Iron
Horse
Memorial Day Story
BY f. a. Mitchell
Memorial Day Story
BY F. a. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

& Stories about the war between the
states are getting scarce-that is, sto-
Iles told by men who enacted the
events narrated. Time was when vet
Grams used to meet and swap yarns by
The dozens-all true too. But now
they are too old to get together very
often and when they do they find their
memories are so defective that 1t IS
difficult for them to get through a con-
tinuous narrative. They mix up dates
and places and armies SO that it spoils
the story.
+ A veteran whose hair was white as
snow, whose cheeks were hollow told
me this story. 1. was difficult for me
to realize that he was the same man
who as a boy nearly half century ago
hook part in the adventure he narrated.
J "I'd been prisoner Of war SO long,"
he said, ''that felt I'd rather die than
stay any longer in that prison pen. So
Ope dark night got two men to stand
up against the fence, the one on the
others shoulders, and l climbed up
to the shoulders of the top man,
clutched the fence and got on top Of it.
How did 1t don't know, for I'd had
little or nothing to eat for months and
was weak as a kitten. I dropped over
into soft mud, and luckily the sentry
didn't hear me; if he had Id have been
shot
''Some negroes took me in early the
next morning, hid me and gave me
plenty Of corn pone, with an occasion
al feed of salt pork. Having, got some
strength in me I concluded to light out
northwurd. One OF 'em told me about
Morris tribune., 1911-07-07
News Of Especial Interest TO
Minnesota Readers
DUMAS HELD TO GRAND JURY
Mayor of Cass Lake Bound Over on
Charges of Arson and Robbery.
Ieggman State Witness.

Following a preliminary eXa ina
| tion at Bemidji DR.. D. F. Dumas,
mayor of Cass Lake, held on charges
of attempted arson and robbery in
connection with an alleged plot to
burn the postottice building at Pu-
posky, eighteen miles north Of Be-
midi, on June II, was bound over
| by Court Commissioner H. A. SimOns
to await the action Of the grand jury.
His bail bond was fixed at $4,000,
which was furnished by Fred Dumas
of Minneapolis, father Of the defend
ant
The grand jury does not meet until
he second Tuesday in September,
The states star witness was Martin
Behan, caught at PupOsky while in the
act of robbing the store, as the result
Of trap laid by Pinkerton detectives.
Behan was wounded at the time and
his condition is still serious. He had
20 be assisted to the witness stand.
He made the fiat statement that DR..
Dumas and R. E. Smyth, owner of the
Puposky building, had planned with
him and Mike Davis to rob and burn
the store, for which Behan and Davis
were to receive $500.
Assistant Attorney General Alexan-
der James, who conducted the case for
the state, said he never had seen a
witness tell a more convincing story
than did Behan.
On the other hand Judge Spooner,
chief counsel for the defendant, put
Behan through a grilling cross-exami-
nation and caused him to make weak
assertions and answer so itatingly
some of his testimony that the de-
PENDANTS attorney improved the op-
portunity to insinuate the possibility
that Behan has been coached in his
confession.
Only five witnesses were examined.
Behan was the first and he was fol-
lowed by John Larson, owner of the
saloon where it is alleged the robbery
plans were made. G. e. Battles, a Be-
midi hardware man, told of selling
DR.. Dumas revolver. Carl SWedberg,
clerk in the Puposky store, identified
Behan as one of the men who came
to the store on the afternoon of the
robbery and William Munhall closed
the testimony by telling of conver-
sation over the telephone with DR..
Dumas in which Dumas asked as to
the whereabouts of Behan.
Morris tribune., 1911-07-07


8 dead Confederate soldier he'd seen
in the woods, and l asked him to get
me his Clothes They were nothing
but butternut, but there was brass
belt buckle and some other things with
G. S. \. on them, and that served me
as well as 81 uniform.
81 started to travel nights and lie hid
among the niggers in daytime. In the
morning after starting, when the dawn
was breaking and | was looking about
for a retiring place, | came upon
railroad station. A locomotive was
standing on a side track coupled to
two or three empty freight cars. The
fire was burning low and there was,
some steam on. l judged that the en-
gineer and fireman had arrived not
long before and turned in either in the
station or in one Of two or three
houses that were scattered about.
81 lived near a railroad yard as a
boy and used to get the engineers to
let me run with them, sometimes fir
ing for them; so | knew something
about locomotive I got up into the
cab, opened the furnace door and saw
that the fire was nearly out I calcu
lated the possibility Of getting a ride
nOrthWard on the machine, but I'd
have to fire Up before trying it. I
was pretty desperate and ready for
any risk So I dropped one lump Of
co"] after :.No;har INTO the fire box,
NO, .:;srGM~ 20 :fHi;e the noise Of siov-
elir L in. wo"1:"d half al hour at
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-14

OHe-tiUd oqt iaH~r; = rpb ucay.
Ircc. = lab milk. I CYfs feay. s i-5e.
tl.f MUS H Z EatiNg yrit, =
fcAl0sWH slH s-sW = f5wt aatcg
Cream the butter add the susar AMI
The egg, beaten light. Sift together
three times. The -four. baking powder
and salt; add those 20 the Grst mixture.
alternately with the milk; bet
thoroughly and adi the dates. stoned
and cut IN pieces. TO bake, have a
slow over uutii the mullins double I'm
bulk. then increase heat to bake and
brown quickly Nufhns baked this way
will hc light appeuing and more
easily dir"-.ed
This is only one Of the many appcti1-
ing recipes found in the X { Cook s
book.
The wonderful X c Cooks Book Is
substantially bound and printed in nine
oolors. contains ninety tested and easilv-
made recipes nv Mrs. Janet Mckenzie
IIill, Of the world famous Boston Cook
.ug School Magazine.
You Can secure a copy FRFI; by send
iag the colurcd certificate packed in 2S-
-eut caus Of X Baring Powder to the
iAQ1Ls MFc Co. Chicago.
re sure to write name and adlrcss
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-14

crowd stood around and watched op-
eratiuns
by links. It must be trouble en-
oush taking care Of the kitchen work
In big restaurant like that. let lone
hayin' a pan Of grease fall over and
set things afiro." answered the old
man with the set jaw and taned Wis
age.
The fire was only a small one. and
occurred In the kitchen Of the Robin
SON. just before the supper hour. The
damage was nominal
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-14

The 5-days-uid daughter Marie
Lewis OF Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J.
Nalov. died yesterday morning at the
Tulsa hospital Ne definite funeral
arrangements have yet been made, but
IL was stated last night that the serv-
ices would probably be held Monday
morning at o'clock at the Church
of the Holy Family.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-14
THE GREASE WAS OVERTURNED.
And Then Il Small Fire Occurred in
Robinson Kitchen.

Gee. I'll bet Mrs. Robinson Is
turrlbly put out" calculated a kindly
faced old lady. who bore all the ear
mark' Of being from the country
to her escort. a rugged faced old far
mer on West Third street yester-
day afternoon, while clouds Of smoke
issued fro ma rear door OF the Robin
son hotel. Firemen were carry cheml-
cal tanks into the place and q big