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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-18
PAINTING BERTHA" PARoLED

Joliet, ILL.,, Feb. Painting Ber
tha" Lil'beck, notorious women
pichpocket, was paroled from the
prison here today Relatives residing
in Iowa took the woman in charge.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-18
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WANTS
FOUR NEW BATTLESHIPS

st. Petersburg, Feb. 17.--The gov.
ernment has asked tae duma to vote
$G0,3a0,0No for the construction OF
four hattleships by 1915, The battle,
ships are to<be named Pehrovalovsk
Gangut, Sevastopol and Poltalva.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-18
RACE HORSE MAN DIES.

Waukegan, ILL.,, Feb. Nv F
o'Prien, 40 yea1f old, one of the best
known traines of trotting horses in
;he United States, died nere today.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-18

va,
One Of tie q saloons wh.aa can.
stituta !4e majority " 1lrx;cali's
business houscs, WIS SGT oa nro M
night to pr2vogt any OF inc, mca from
scouting liquor, The burning fo'iowet
tha discovery Of sayorai asurrae'as
in the saloon.
I.crya asd his aid, Capt, Wn. ei4a.
lo5, started tonight 10 plant dynamite
mines after warning a newspaper man
to get back over the line,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-18
Some sh-inn ~ I carr,

Unfortunately We do not learn the
value Of staying where we belong till
we have wandered whero we don't
Blue Bull.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-18
swIitess Runners.

The two swittest runners Of the ani-
nal creation are the Kangaroo and the
)strich.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-18

Read The Dulletin seven days a
week then you'll know the news OF
the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-18
BASKET Ball.

Columbia, No, Feb. II. Missouri
State University 1G; Kansas State
University 50.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-18

The Cairo Bulletin is read every
Jay in 95 per cent Of the white homes
Of Cairo. xALA!I1ssa Z .
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

Ecuador has rejected the proposition
to submit the boundary dispute with
Peru to The Hague tribunal. Colombia
has sent force Of troops into terri
tory claimed by Peru. War seems in
evitable between those perennial
squabblers, Haiti and Santo Domingo.
And what looks like a pretty full
hedged revolution is under way in
Honduras. says the Troy Times. It
would seem that there are several I'M
ruly children in the international FAM
lily of the western hemisphere who
need little wholesome discipline to
make them behave themselves prop
erly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
Ancient Hebrew Chronicles Have
Been Found In Palestine by Prof.
George A. Reisner.

New York.-After spending the last
six years excavating among the an
cient ruins in Egypt and Palestine,
Prof. George A. Reisner, assistant
professor of Egyptology at Harvard
university, has returned to America
with his wife and little daughter.
Professor Reisner was assisted in
his work by c. S. Bishop, an architect,
and Prof. o. Bates, an archaeologist.
His return to New York marks the
close of IA years work in Egypt.
Last year Professor Reisner car
ried on extensive excavations among
the pyramids and was rewarded by
the discovery Of nine almost perfect
examples of statuary of the fourth
dynasty. They were portrait statues
of King Mycernios, in whose reign
the third pyramid of Ghiza was built.
These statues are of alabaster and
black slate" said Professor Reisner.
They are splendid examples of por-
trait statuary and more perfect, I
should say, than a great number Of
modern attempts along these lines.
Four of them are at present in the
Boston museum and the remaining
five are in the museum at Cairo"
Probably the most important dis
coveries made by Professor Reisner
and his party. according to his valua
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
Underground Rivers Are Source
of Supply in Texas.
Interesting Fact Developed by Dyna-
mite Blast While Driving Well
Near Plainview-First Anthem
tic Revelation.

Plainview, Tex.-By accident mat
ter of great interest and concern in
connection with the water situation on
the plains has just been cleared up
near here. While drilling well on
E. Dowdens place, five miles west OF
Plainview, the driller struck a big
boulder In the 14-inch hole few feet
below the bottom of the dug pit. To
get this boulder out of the way it be-
came necessary to put In heavy dynr
amite blast AS a result of this blast
a large cavity was made in the drilled
hole, and as the water cleared within
remarkably short time after the
blast, Mr.. Dowden decided to make
an investigation. With mirrors prop
erly arranged he managed to get an
excellent focus on the cavity made by
the blast, and to his amazement saw
that the water was rushing like rivu-
let around the shattered boulder,
which had been encountered in the
second vein of water. For some time
there has been much argument and
underground water supply here was
flow or an underground lake. The
Dowden discovery certainly tends to
substantiate the flow theory. This is
the first authentic revelation along the
line. and will be followed by more
thorough investigation The water
conditions on the plains, and particu-
larly in this immediate section, GER
tainly affords great field for scien-
tific investigation, practical study and
general interest.
The first vein of water here Is
found at depth varying from 20 to
40 feet depth, to a great extent, de-
pending upon topography. The first
vein of water doesn't receive much
consideration here. but in most coun-
ties it would be considered a bonan-
"a. 1t is the vein, however, from
which most of the windmill supply wa
ter has so far been obtained, but few
of the old-time wells going below it.
and it has never yet been exhausted.
The second vein is found at a uni
form depth of 25 feet below the first,
and no kind of pump has SO far ex-
hausted its supply, but the jumbo vein
is found at a depth ranging from 100
to $50 feet And by reason of COM
mon but erroneous phraseology many
people draw wrong conclusions as to
the depth of wells now being put down
TO. irrigation purposes. A man speak
ing of a we'll here, perhaps his own,
viii say that 1t is 100 o. $50 feet to
water, as the case may be when he
really means it is that deep to the
third, or jumbo vein. and as result OF
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

this error the impression is going
about the country that it is that depth
to the water. If that were true 1t
would make irrigation here imprac-
teal, but it is seriously erroneous.
The first vein of water rises about
8 feet, which in well 20 feet would
bring the water to within % feet of
the surface. When the second vein
is struck the water generally rises an
other foot or two, and this is main
tanned when the third vein is struck.
Take a well, for instance that is 120
feet deep, which is little above the
general average, it would be 25 feet
or Whereabouts, to the first vein and
95 to the second. and there would
be 1O4 feet of water in the well, stand
ing within 81 feet of the surface, and
this is a reasonably fair average upon
which the water situation here may be
based and calculated.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

CISCO. Failing to meet them. Mrs.
Kidd followed the crowd of weary and
confused travellers into : the ladies'
waiting room at the pier
Weary from her long transconti-
mental journey, Mrs. Kidd evidently
did not notice that her travelling COM
panions left the waiting room and
that others were taking their places.
After sitting nervously in the
waiting room for more than an hour
the woman stopped Depot Master
Wagner. who was passing through
the waiting room
ITS a long, tiresome trip. isn't
it?" she said. when are we ever
going to get to San Francisco?"
Get to San Francisco?" asked
Wagner. puzzled.
WELL" said Mrs. Kidd, I've been
sitting in this ferry boat for at least
an hour. and 1t seems to me we ought
to be getting there pretty SOON"
Wagner, who is accustomed to the
troubles of travellers at the pier, took
charge of the confused lady until the
arrival of the next ferry boat. when
he escorted her to seat on the upper
deck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

Rats are regarded as the most dan
gerous propagators. of the bubonic
plague that is raging in the East. and
the matter has been under considera-
ton by the Russian military authori-
ties east of the Caucasus. They be-
lieve In killing on the rats to check
the spread OF the disease. But some of
the methods they propose to employ
will arouse the special wonder even of
an age which is accustomed to remark
able developments. The military in
spector of the district In question has
issued an order in which is set forth
the hypnotic influence of music. as
employed by wizards and witches"
and it is remarked that this should not
be ignored. In fact, the methods by
which rat-catchers can lure their prey
from the hiding places are specified.
and the order concludes with the as
sumption that ut is very possible that
among the soldiers of the Caucasian
military district there are such wiz
ards" II there is a pied piper In the
Russian army he may now proceed to
get busy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
BIG LOSSES AvERTED
Modification of Forest Reserve
Order Is Boon.
Sheep Men Of Utah, Threatened With
Ruin, Given Permission to Craze
Animals As Formerly-seek
Another Hearing.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Besides saw
Ing the Utah sheepmen losses that
would amount to hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars, the modification of
the order governing grazing on the
national forest reserves In Utah, by
Chief Forester Henry s. Graves, fol-
lowing a conference with a commit
tee appointed at the Utah Wool Grow
ers' State convention, gives the Utah
they will be granted another opportu-
nifty of presenting their views to the
forestry service, according to Secre-
tary c. B. Stewart of the Utah Wool
Growers association.
Utah sheepmen," he said, have
pie with fair view of the situation.
The modification of the orders means
more time in which to seek another
hearing. 1t means that the sheepmen
will be awakened as to the serious
ness of the situation, which will re-
suit in their working together to fight
for their rights. This means that
thorough investigation will be made
by the sheepmen, and If another hear
ing is granted, new light will be shed
on the proposition, which will prob
ably result in a permanent modifica-
ton of the orders governing the num-
Der Of sheep to Craze on a forest re-
serve.
Besides giving the wool growers
an opportunity to present their case
more fully, the modification, giving
them an additional year in which to
adjust their flocks, averts a direct
loss of many thousands of dollars"
The reduction of $4,000 head of
sheep on the Manti reserve, Mr.. Stew
art said, would have meant that the
Sanpete county sheepmen would have
been deprived of at least 10000 lambs
by having to sell their stock in the
spring, which alone would have caused
loss of 100000. The loss on wool
would have been even greater than
this, 100000 being a conservative es-
innate.
IF the order had gone into effect"
Mr.. Stewart said, 1.-The entire sheep in
dustry in Sanpete county would have
been ruined. according to the claims
of the sheepmen from that section of
the state. The last order. they say,
was the breaking straw
when they appeared before the
state convention, December 81, many
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

of the Sanpete wool growers said If
the order went into effect they would
have to go out of business, assertions
being made by many that they had
already been compelled to reduce
their flocks from 700 to ZOO A still
further reduction of II per cent. they
said, meant disaster. Sheep men on
the Karibab and st. George reserves
also complained that they were being
forced to the wall. Some of the sheep
men from that part of the state
claimed that their flocks have been
reduced from 10000 to 5000, with
still further reductions in sight"
On the showing made to the con-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
Hold Meeting by Telephone.

Rochester, N. Y-By an arrange
ment Of telephones, in which each man
at the table used an operators receiv-
er, the Buffalo and Rochester AID clubs,
each in its own city, held a joint ses-
sion, with luncheon. the other day.
Presidents of the clubs and other
speakers made addresses, songs were
sung, and two advertising experts, one
at each end of the 69mile wire, made
addresses alternately, and all was
heard by both bodies. as the doings at
one end were transmitted to each indi-
sidual at the other
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
THE PRICE OF PROGRESS.

The historic reluctance Of Oriental
races to indulge In reforms Is little I'M
derstood, but time and experience VIII
explain. These races are old In exper
fence and In wisdom. Therefore. they
are always apprehensive Of the ulti-
mate ends to which any reform will
reach. says the Detroit News. Japan
has modernized rapidly. 1t enjoys the
benefits of very improved form OF
government. Out of this change de-
velops a gradual rise In the status OF
the masses and one of the conse-
Quences is discomfort. Alexander ii.
of Russia emancipated 100000 serfs
in the spring of 1861, after giving all
landowners and serf masters three
years notice to prepare for the event
and setting his own serfs free as an
example. In 1881 the sons and daugh-
tiers of the emancipated serfs, having
enjoyed the benefit of education and
thereby discovered the wrongs OF the
EAST and the expressions to which the
poor were still subject at the hands OF
the mobiles and great land owners, ex-
pressed their discomfort by killing the
emperor who had lifted them to the
status of free men aud women. Rus
sian discomfort was fomented by MI
chael Bakounin, the founder Of terror
ism in Russia. Japan has her Bakoun-
in in Denjiro Kotoku, publicist of dis
content. Recently a band Of SO con-
spirators were arrested upon the
charge OF plotting against the life of
the emperor, and IL of them have al
ready been executed. These terrible
blunders seem to be unavoidable con-
sequences of change In the status of
the people of any nation, but only the
superficial observer could condemn all
attempts at progress because. in gov
ernments as in railroading, they in
volve certain element of danger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
NNlEA1 mn
WSNE

vention by these sheepmen, a COM
mittee composed of E. H. Callister,
president of the Utah Wool Growers
association; w. d. Candland. chair
man of the board of land commission
ers, and l.. R. Anderson. chairman of
the state board Of sheep commission
ers, was appointed to confer with
Chief Forester Graves. After the sub
ject was thoroughly considered, an
agreement was reached by which the
chief forester agreed to suspend the
order for one year, which means that
the Utah sheepmen will be allowed
to Craze the same number of sheep as
formerly on the forest reserves.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
Bridge and
Motor Cars
Two Worst
Evils

quaintan with him. Of days. noting the great
and fashionable stop the side shop
asked him the of the big of feminine patronage
He answered that in former times he had among women
of the better Glass; but they visited him great nego
tate loans because they need of cash their
The they managed repenh after losing regular allow
to buy expensive we shops where they
and bring the stuff to him pawn until such time might turn
n their favor.
1t needless that few of this of pledges ever
redeemed.
The inducements to lead gay and fahy existence motor cars
hold need not be described length but studied
the subject knows that in their they the democrat
g influence that bridge does and that they responsible for great
deal of the evils that afict society.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
Tells of Euents $40 B. C..

ton, are those Of ancient Hebrew
writings, contemporaneous with the
era of Ahab. about $40 B. c., which
contain references found in the Bible.
These were discovered in excavations
made late in 1910 at Samaria in Pal
estine. which was the capital of the
northern kingdom Of Israel.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
Men Win Out II
by Directing
Their Youth
Lasting
Lessons
By JOHN A. ROWLAND

"a their which they regret somewhere you VIII
them nursing that they qua not
fnd themselves" enough They let 100
8Q":4 many young years from Them
Q%&A1 disposed have its fling. 1t would need
ku another wholly escape the promptngs winch come
eli young young shoulders But In these later
years especially when much of the worlds work Is IN e
hands of the young than ever devoVng upon
him to line himself So of the worlds ways and means
of the worlds be learned In the scentnc
and chronological hoohat young must be both student and
worker
Time when the educated took his classical course IN
college student and worker when he became apprentice 10
his work Before he fitted his calling he might expect 10
be middle aged Today special lines of effort ne leaves schoo
prepared to take up his work.
Not long sitting in the offices of corporation while
specialists in the organization talking the veteran head
the establishment these young already had done more
than the possible Perhaps he felt his position
the house. Certain things his point of had In the
business and he making formidable list of them his veteran man.
ager.
Never have striking example of how much experience
judgment the prompng of inexperienced youth than
of half marked criticisms
part the younger active scarcely of them left
consideration when they had been canvad by the Of
the and things How and why
conditions existed clear him his explanations OF
young had received all the advantages of
college eucation the other had of it. The larger
things had been his university and he had been star
student of it.
necessity for the wider schooling of the world which needs
pressed young He mix accepb with it if
he shall hope for results
young the significance of all that he
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
chureh's Income is s41s,ooo.

New York.-The annual report of the
Grace Episcopal church shows that it
ranks among the richest parishes in
the world. The corporation has prop
erty worth more than S6,000,000 and
income-producing endowment funds to
the value of nearly 100000, which
produce an annual income of $415.0O
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

The No. Is is still looked on as a
hoodoo in some quarters, although It is
hardly probable that the most super
stitious person would turn down a gift
of $4,000. while some would not seri-
ously object to s13.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
Sleeping sickness. In Pond.

London.-A disease long injecting
goldfish kept in pond at Estree has
been established as sleeping sickness.
Miss Robinson, who has investigated
the matter. has communicated to the
Royal Society the discovery that
leeches carry the disease to fish az
mosquitoes do to animals.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

My opinion is that the two worst evils
of modern society, especially as affecting
our womankind, are the craze for bridge
and motor cars. Bridge is ruinous to the
morality and sober life of the fair sex, for,
if anything, gambling gets to be bigger
mania with women than with men, l was.
at a New England resort last summer
where the women played bridge all day
long and far into the night, scarcely TAX
ing time to eat their meals.
One of the noted pawnbrokers of New
York has his place near my apartment and
for 20 wears / have had a speakinp ac-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

comes IN touch With IN the lie OF the OUTSIDE WORLD
There is phase of life which may not yield to him
under observation something by which his after
may be directed and shaped He cannot too learn
the face of Opportunity He cannot too quickly cast
off the nonessentias which would clog his progress.
But youth, inherently, has no greater capacity
than always. 1t is by curbng youth and directing it
that the young man conserves it to his ends.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

Chicago has limited all its sky
scrapers to 200 feet" says the New
York Telegram. Not all. Merely those
to be built between the time when the
ordinance goes into force and the time
when 1t shall be declared of no effect.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

Aviators engaged to be married are
withdrawing from aeronautics at the
command of their fiancees. No one
can blame an engaged girl for object
Eng to her lovers being in the clouds
in any other fashion than Cupid's way.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

A woman, with mandolin and a
guitar. mas sailed from New York on a
swager that she can make trip around
the world on what she can earn with
her music. Perhaps. Those who do
not appreciate it may be glad enough
to pay her to move on.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

Flies are to be exterminated in Wor-
cester, Mass. A college biologist there
has formed plans for this extermina-
ton. and the students will catch the
flies. It remains to be seen in the
contest wLo stays longer in the ring
the flies or the students.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

A southern planter has domesticated
an alligator and is Using it for a
watchdog" However. our notion of
nothing to have running around the
house Is an alligator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

For four years my wife and daughter,
my son and myself have slept on our back
porch with nothing between us and stars.
and temperatures about zero suit us best.
Our awning is arranged so that we can
close it instantly in case of rain or snow
With Medicine Hat pitching his sbest
drop" you can bat 800 on that tired feel.
ing and cold doesn't find good sized
knothole to peek at the game.
wear my union jersey sweater
and flannel suit that covers nv feet and
head, with plenty of blankets.
make it point to be in he'd at oho,,.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
DEPOT WAS HER FERRY BOAT
Iowa Woman Finds Trip From Oak
land to San Francisco Takes
Much Time-Put Straight.

Oakland. Cal.-Mrs. Millicent Kidd
of Keokuk, Ia, arrived at the Oak
land mole on an overland train, ex-
pecting to be met by relatives with
whom she is visiting In San Fran
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15
Sleep in
Open Air
During
Winter
Time
By f. C. FORBES
Chicago

morning ready for two glasses -
cold dant water splash good cold bath and thorough before
nv execse-whch work and muscle seohn
All of which make it hard for to determine whether am 6fv
years young thirty years old
generally take hurry for about six blocks after LIGHT
breakfast the newspapers find Billy is whewasbno
Al many Of them as they of him.