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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-07
BIC APPROPRIATION
FOR OUR WATERWAYS

Wasaia stDn May 3 Carrying as
$40, 10l IN addition 20 the appropria.
ton provided for By the house the
river sand harbors appropriation bin.
aggregating $22I?e,530. has been
agreed 20 by the senate committee on
commerce and viii be- reported In a
few days
The largest single increase 10 The
house measure vas $500, 600 for the
Mississippi river. making $4,000. 0UJ
Tor this waterway
Among the appropriations most Oh F.
creased by the senate committee is.
" aterways between Brazos river
and Natagorda bay Texas. seq 900 q"
The bin authorizes the appointment
0f a board OF three engineering Off.
GERS TO examine Galveston harbor aud
channel. Texas CITY harb1r and ch0n.
mel and the Port Bolivar harbor and
channel. near Galveston. with a view
OF securing a depth Of thirty-flve feet.
the necessary cutting Off Of bends or
widening OF channels In the Sabine.
NatcheZ canal, Texas. and change Of
the route Of the channel from Aran.
gas lass - Cavallo so as 10 pass By
the town Of Port O'Counor. Texas.
The 10000. 0oo for improving tho
Mississippi river includes Si.O0O.0o
20 repair and build leyees on az
count Of the flood IN amendment
10 the 100000 appropriation for
improving tho Missouri river would
require local cooperation for an
comprehensive plan whore improve
monts confer exceptional benefits un.
on localities
The blll also authorizes "a surves
20 determine thc feasibility Of aoo-
foot channel Iu san Francisco bay.
eighteen feet deep az low tide from
the mouth OF Guadalupe river. l.15l
feet northwest. and o survey for 60.
operative Improvement OF San Juan.
Porto Rico llarbor
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u " e. \. an Ann
' ' ERIN sRIAy
pffioe. Meningitis Livery
NIGHT PHONE. t055

Reference kansas state Arr. COLLEGE
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-07
STRANGE rFOIIF FUND
IN THE FAR NORM

Nr. Steiansson. Arch cNpI,rer r,.
lates IN detail the meetie With r5l.
OF Esquimos iu Mcfarland who hal
never before seen wilt, mau and
as Tar as be- could Jsoe tain none %
their ancestors had Tire was a .r,.
dition in the tribe that neighborin
people had seen man with vhi.a
skin Who wandered Their, and died Dee
canse he could NOT lcarn-1 drink sos)
oil, save the New York Herald.
The natives prepared attack en-.
explorers with knives. bievine ths,.
were spirits bar were ina,k mol,j.
fled They came up I'd felt tho
arms and Tho clothing G the narI.
and having made sure IN what they
saw was real they becam, more trlrr-
able In one OF their VILLAGES was
small piece OF cCttcn lotA which
was preserved as q char,
The party was receive m tho gil
LACE and RECALLED with coice pi,re.
Of freshly killed seals nd stated
with horn flarons Of bloc, soup F,.,.
the dogs received large nrtions of
hot boiled meat Tho paty remain.
ed for several davs In his newly
found VILLAGE which Is in.he midll.
Of Dolphin and linton stra and north
Of Cape BcVlcy
Mr. Stefansson eynatiats on -h,
details which De- sent 10 - Rriac.
man He seems convinced hat many
az the strange race whici ha saw
there. some with Hgit tqrds ana
hair were descendants Of narve~.
ian colony Of o 0Da souls hith 8Ie
appeared in tn fifteenth cenur.
from Mainland
The Fictoriaar1 reorIe confir-
ues Nr. Stefauss0r. differ trikipr.
" from those ~ the mainhd. o..
cent from the Akr'iakattas tut. who
were much interm'rried withhe reo.
pie OF the North They hal a deli.
nitoly European appearance. snocia,.
" in the matter NJ boards airh ars
abundant and uniformly blon some
even red have seen nee with
blonde hair. but Captain MIG and
others who have wintered birth Of
The kanhirrmiut report lad DARK
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-07
average size Of Farm,

The average size ol farms fril from
eu2 o acres I'm 1880 to 1897 acres IN
asst. This decline hcua a,.cutYa;,d
hy me hrcaking up of plantations m
tho sCrth From 1850 20 1910. on
account of th, Inclusion u lar-c
ranches OF land which had former
lv been frc. publ, domain the Uv-
cragc size 81 farms increased some
what. roa,hue 49,. acres boz 1000
since which time 10 has l"ain &c.
creased on account NJ the breaking mp
of plantations Boo the South The ~.
eraoa acr,ae, ot improved land per
farm BIAS been comparatively station
airy from census 90 census. it was -
acres BOO 1880 and a. % acres in 1871.
Tho value Of farm property In 1919
Nas considerably more than ten times
Jos great rs 40 1850. but the greater
pant of the total increase has taken
place 300 me last dccad" alone Tho
increase I'm farm values was very rap
10 from 1850 20 1860. and was then
more Gradual until 1900 The value
of farm property somewhat more than
'roblcd between 1851 and 1850. and
AGAIN more than trohlcd between
1850 and 1890 Prior 10 1900 the
census aid not distinguish between
'hc value OF land and that OF build
in.s The changes in N" value ~
land and buildings combined have
been substantially paralleled 70 those
/ In the total value OF farm property
The value o. implements and machir-
f cry co. 1919 Was nearly eight times as
great as In 1850. and the value OF do
nestle animals. poultry. and bees
about nine times as great
Tho AVERAGE value OF farm proper
~ per farm increased rapidly from
f 1850 to 1850. but feil or in 1870
and 1850. on account OF the decrease
. In tho average size of farms Thero
was not q moderate increase in the
average value Of farms from 1850 20
1900. and q very great increase dur
+ ing 'lo past decade so that the av-
craze for 1910 Is considerably more
than double that for 1880.
The averarc value of farm property
peT 40 Of land In farms IN 1910 was
nearly three and one-half times as
great as In 1850. The increase was
very rapid from 1850 10 1860. brt
was comparatively slight during tho
nc,t three decades There was an
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-07
.bARES RECORD
Of ROOSEVELT
Report Of Harvest Trust
Probe Still Causing
Comment
lRy c. II. Tavenner.I

Washington May 6.-Now comes
me discovery that Burdette y. Town.
send, one Of Mr Rooseyelts special
trust investigators, was assigned IN
1905, 70 investigate the harves,er
trust and that he reported that n vn.
q monopoly In existence IN restrain
OF trade. that II was holding nj,
farmers receiving rebates from III
railroads and that an tine plans for
the organization OF the trust hal
peeh drawn mp and executed by
George V Perkins.
This report vas suppressed Tn
pubic never heard Of H. II died hy
me chloroformina process. in the If
nee 81 the attorney general Of IN.
nited states, with the acauiasc.
ence OF Mr Roosevelt. Every indie,
non is that Mr. Roosevelt pere,nail.
decreed the death OF this report n
vas Mr Roosevelts direct order %
ms attorney general not 10 start tho
SUM- against the harvester trust
"hi'h resulted in the Townsend re-.
I'T' being suppressed and tho bsr.
F.st'r trust given immunity from
prosecution While Roosevelt was
protecting fhe harvester trust from
Prosecution 0y The federal govern
m'n', That organization was bein-
u'oa and was found guilty I'm Ns-
sour Oklahoma and other states
"hos. legal machinery was not up.
der The domination OF Wall street
Here are some interesting extracts
from Mr. Townscnds report
The harvester trusts business has
been increased until today IL con-
trolls about 90 per cent Of the total
business. and thus q single ins,itu.
tion has acquired a substantial mo-
nopcly. George w Perkins condpc,.
ed the negotiations and devised and
executed the plan finally agreed up-
on The R9ckefellers an dMcCo.-
mi.ks own majority OF the caritaI
stock
The most effective weapons en-.
ployod DIV The harvester trust arr OF
tn invisible kind l' Is directly aI-
lied with that group Of Standard OH
financial and commercial argrega-
tions commonly called the steel trust
the coal trust. TIE railroad trust. The
banking trust, etc Rebates. prices
On raw m1teriol extension or refusal
OF banking credit can all be- manipu-
lated with a discriminating favor
which - ''rrdernue 10 the comneti-
0ors 81 lhe lnieruitlIi1 tiar,--t.f
company
Then this, is the kind OF inlorma.
tion that President oosevelt had on
the harvester trust when he instruct
ed his attorney general not IN start
suit against the trust without let,ln.
him know, with consequences that
the suit never was started.
Considering these acts Is II any
wonder that George W. Perkins or.
ganizer of the Illegal harvester trust
and director of the ilhcal steel ,ust.
who might today he IN the pcniteu.
iiary II Mr. Roosevelt had not given
him immunity from prosecution. pai,
81 per vote On New York CITY I'm m.
nope of alaiu plaone Roosevelt 2,
the White Ipucaa
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-07
AGE w BAR.
E,cr,bod, in Amarillo i, Eligible.

I,cINbodN in Amarillo j. Eligible.
Old people stopped with suffering
Iidllo are. conreaeoously fighting
Youth protesting impatientlv
Children. unable 10 explain
All In misery from their Kidneys
Only a little baCkache first
Comes when YOU catch a cold
Or when Won strain the back.
Many complications follow
Urirmy disorders Rights disease
Doan's Kidney Pills are Tor sick
kidneys
Arc endorsed hy thousands.
Mrs. J. T. Swords, 604 Washington
ST. Amarillo. Texas says II have
taken noan's Kidney Pills and have
given them 10 nv children aud Ia
every Instance his remedy lal@6Ia(
GOOD work
Ny children had weak Kidneys and
caused me much ANNOYANCE and extra
work ! found that Doau ) Kidney
Pills which cot al l.. o. Thompson
VI co Drug store can be relied
upon TO drive away kidney diificrl-
les in children's eases No other
remedy ever did MS as much good az
Doan's Kidney Pills and consequent.
" ! have been convinced of their
merits
For sale by all dealers Price
90 cents Foster Nilburn Co.. Euffl-
10. New York. sole agents for the
nited States
Remember the name Doan's and
fdbo no other
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-07
BIC GAINS IN
FARM ACREAGE
Increase Since 1850 to be
Shown by depart
ment Bulletin

lsbing.oa, y. q siay g. ia the
advance bulletin on agriculture in
the United states, which win be- i5-
sued soon by Director Durand Of the
Bureau Of Census. department Of
Commerce and Labor. there Is given
The increase since 1850 in the num-
Der OF farms. IN the total farm acre
lace. boz improved farm acreage. and
ln tho value of farm property.
The greatest increase n Tho nam
peg of farms and also IN the impro'
cd farm acreage took place In the de-
,,da 1870 ~ 1850. but the greatest
Increase In tho total farm acreage
vas in the decade 1870 20 1900, and
by far the greatest increase In the
value Of farm property was IN th.
lagt decade. 1900 10 1910.
Agriculture Abreast 81 Population.
u will be seen boy comparing the
figures for 1850 with those for 1910
that me agricultural Industry Of tho
.colniry has on tho whole kept fairly
abreast OF the Increase OF population
While the percentage o. increase dur
lu" the C0-yoar period In total acre
agoof farm land falls considerably
below that ln popuItlou the acreage
.cf improved farm land represents
best tho capabilities Of agricultural
production on the other hand, COM
parIsOns Of the }0-yoar periods show
that. while from 1880 10 1880 Tho
agricultural industry more than kept
pace with the population b. has nn
the whole failed 20 DO so since 1850
While the population Increased De-
tween 1850 and 1850. 1853 per
cent. improved farm land increased
1flo per cent but from 1850 70
1910 the population increased s3f
per cent and improved farm land onl!
GS per cent II Is possible that the
figures for acreage Of farms and I'm
proved acreage IN 1850 are, in some
slight measure, out OF line with those
for beth the earlier and later censuso5
as the definitions used at that cen
sus were unusually broad but the
margin Of incomparablity, Is not suf-
ficicnt to affect materially the @encr-
al conclusions Just stated
Farm Land trcas Steady Increase.
The percentage Of the total area ct
the country represented los farm land
has steadily increased from census 20
census II was lNG per cent In 1880
and l6.2 per cent In 1910. The most
marked increase N. This percentage
oh place betweeki 500 ana ieoo.
and was due largely TO the inclusion
as farms of great areas Of land which
had formerly been free public range
The proportion oi farm land improv-
I'd increased steadily from 3N5 pet
cent in 1850 10 ga per cent IN lS9h,
1ut because OF the fact Just stated Il
fen off IN 1900. and even m 1910 was
somewhat lower than in 1890. nam
" So per cent The proportion o.
che total land area of Nle country rep
resented hy improved farm land ha,
son steadily from % per cent n
1850 90 pa percent % $50 to % 4
per cont BOO roo
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-07

brown and blre ewes have ST.,
perhaps forty Esk.mos. half blooI
children and adults. and none OF them
had hair noticeably lighter than fuu
hloods. and none bad N1h. coIore1
eyes
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-07
Taking Testimony in st.rl suit.

New York. Nav Before Henry
p Prown OF Philadelphia sitting a.
special examiner. tho taking uf tcs-
tiuony was begun today iu the case
Of the governments suit TOR the dis
solution Of the intel States Stee
corporation. II IS expected .ni tae
hearing Of witnesses wilI 0Dclp, six
mouths or more 1ni that thsttsc VIII
MOI reach the % ui5 lp unI .ui
thu beginning ~ leU year
actual decrease In the average yalre
OF farm property per acre 81 land in
1900 as compared with 1890. but an
extraordinary increase appeared a.
The census % 1910
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-01-04
TO CUT DOWN THE ALPHABET.
Phonetic Arrangement Adapted to Sci.
entjfic Management.

Chicago, Dec. 29.--More time is to
be saved for the stenographer. more
space is to be placed at the disposal
of the letter writer, and thoughts are
to be expressed direct without waste
in a new alphabet adapted to meet the
modern demands of scientific manage
ment, according to Prof. Fred Newton
Scott of the University of Michigan.
who presented simplified phonetic
alphabet in an address before the Mod
ern League association at the Univer-
sity of Chicago.
The alphabet, which is said to have
the approval of type manufacturers
and typewriter houses, is intended to
reduce the modern English alphabet
by nine characters and do away with
combinations, which Prof. Scott de-.
clares are cumbersome, wasteful and
complicated, and do not express clear
ly the thought of the speaker or writer.
'The elements of the alphabet that
have designed are simple. For a
consonant perpendicular stroke, stem.
or column would be used to which
may be added horizontal projections;
at the top, middle and bottom, while
a dash or broken circle would repre-
sent vowels."
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-01-04
BR|T.CONSUL IN PERSIAN W|LOS
WOUNDED BY TRlBESMEN, HE is
RESCUED BY TROOPS.
Now Feared That England Will Send
Forward a Punitive
Expedition.
BALTIMORE AMERICAN.

Teheran, Dec. 29.-The British con.
sui, w. A. Smart, who was wounded in
an engagement between his Indian es.
cort and 800 Kashgai tribesmen, is
safe, having been brought from a
caravansary, where he received medi-
cal attention, to Kazernoon. The Per-
sian foreign minister called on the
British minister and expressed deep
regret on behalf of the regent and
government for the incident. He in
formed the British minister that meas
ures had been taken to insure Con-
sui Smart's safe arrival at his post
at Shiraz and exemplary punishment
for the offenders.
The Persian government is extreme
ly apprehensive lest Great Britain con-
slider the incident justification for a
punitive expedition, which might lead
to prolonged, possibly to permanent,
occupation of southern Persia.
w. Morgan Shuster, the American
who was dismissed from the office of
Encouragement by the cabinet, is still,
awaiting notification of the appoint
ment of his successor. He has sug-
gested the selection Of F. r. Cairns,
who was his principal American as
sistant, to act in the interim. This
would enable Mr.. Shuster to leave Te-
heran within short time. If the sug-
gestion is accepted he will leave with
his family in about 10 days. The only
route by which he can return home lis
by way of Kasbin and Resht, which
are now in the possession of the Rus
sian troops, to Baku and through Rus
STA.
The telegraph lines to Tabriz have
been restored, and it is presumed that
fighting in that district has ceased, but
all dispatches so far received from
TabriZ are several days old, and indi-
cate that the Russians were in a des.
perate plight and were awaiting rein.
fOrcements.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-01-04
IN MYSTERIOUS POISONING AT.
FAIR IN MUNICIPAL LODG-
ING HOUSES.
ABANDONS SPOILED FISH THEORY
Deaths Are the Result Of Deliber-
ate Attempt At Wholesale
Murder.

Berlin, Dec. 29.-Fifty deaths due to
a wholesale poisoning plot, have &C.
Cured at the Municipal Shelter for
the homeless in this city. Sixty or
seventy others are seriously i'll at
hospitals while new cases are being
rushed there at such rate that
statistics cannot keep up with them.
At first it was believed that the
death were due to the eating of faint
homeless people had brought with
them to the Shelter to exc out the
scanty diet provided there. The af-
fair, however, has assumed such pro-
portions that this theory has almost
been abandoned and the superintend-
ent of the asylum asserts that the
deaths have not been due to fish, but
to deliberate poisoning.
Many cases have also been reported
from another municipal Shelter and
from the city Jail. The symptoms Of
some of the patients correspond to
those of cholera, but several post
mortera examinations have disproved
absolutely the existence of cholera.
The hopes that the later cases would
prove less serious than those reported
at first have vanished, many of the VIC
Tins succumbing in thirty or thirty
five minutes after they were attacked.
The ambulances starting from the
Shelter to go to hospitals had, in many
cases, to change their destinations and
60 to the morgue instead, as the
patients died on the way. The police
are carrying out thorough investiga-
ton of the mystery.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-01-04
MAN KILLS SEVEN AND SELF.
Arkansan Stays Whole Family With
Club and Hangs Himself.

Benton, Ark, Dec. 29.-Because he
was in deep despair" and believed
he and his family would be better off
in heaven" James Grant dubbed his
wife, five children and stepson to
death and hanged himself.
The bodies of the children were
found in their beds, each skull being
crushed. The body of Mrs. Grant was
found half dressed. Evidently she
was killed as she was about to go to
bed. A heavy club covered with blood
was found in the house and it was
apparent that it was the weapon with
which Grant killed the seven men,
bers of his family. The children
ranged in age from to Is years.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-01-04
Croker and Sons Are Sued.

New York, Dec. 29.-Richard Croker
and his sons, Richard Croker, Jr., and
Howard Croker, We're made joint de-
PENDANTS in a civil action begun by
John J. Breen to recover 100000.
Breen married Miss Ethel J. Croker,
daughter of the former Tammany
chieftain, on April %, 1910, and alleged
that his wife's affections were alien
ated by Croker and his sons. Breen
declares in his complaint that he and
his wife lived happily together until
the defendants induced her to leave
him.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-01-04
Mike Davis Is Located,

st. Paul, Dec. 29.-After having de-
fled the Minnesota authorities for
months, Mike Davis, the mysterious
and missing figure in the Puposky
postoffice robbery, has been discovered
serving 15-year sentence for robbery
at Flint, Mich. Davis, known as MAN
chester Curly" was the man who dis
appeared in the brush on the night of
the Puposky affair--an affair which re-
suited in the arrest and conviction of
DIR. d. F. Dumas, mayor of Cass Lake,
en- the charge of being the ringleader.
Davis went to prison Dec. 10 for rob-
berry.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-01-04
JAMES ]. HILL IS OPTIMISTIC
SEES NOTHING UNFAVORABLE IN
COMMERCIAL SKY.
His Lines Have Biggest elk Months in
Their History Since
July 1.

New York, Dec. 29.-Chairman James
). Hill OF the Great Northern road
reached New York with good report
OF conditions in the Northwest.
Business is quiet, but good" he
said. Taking all the known factors
into account, the outlook for next year
Is favorable. Naturally, people are
not starting many new enterprises and
there Is little new railroad work pro-
jected, but otherwise things are all
right. We are still doing little ghost
dancing Business would be better
now In that section but for the re-
duced crop. Moisture conditions are
excellent so far for next years har-
vest, but of course it is a long way
from now to the half-bushel measure"
Notwithstanding the effect of
smaller crop yield, the Great Northern
has had the biggest six months in it's
history since the beginning of the
current fiscal year. Gross earnings
have shown substantial increase, but
net earnings have made much larger
relative gain.
The Great Northern has attained an
operating ratio as low as 40 per cent,
In recent months, while it's train load
has ben brought up to as high as 731
tons for the month. Mr.. Hill says the
Increased net earnings are not being
obtained by stripping the property, but
that the company is reaping the bene-
fit Of construction work we'll done.
Maintenance of way mile has been
higher than on other western roads,
but the cost of keeping the equipment
in repair has been as usual, consider
ably lower than the average. Mr. Hill
expects next year to increase the
Great Northern's efficiency and to
show still lower operating costs, in
spite of the tendency toward higher,
with further increases in tonnage.
Influence of Canal.
AS for the Panama canal, Mr.. Hill
says it will play small part in chang
ing either the nature or amount OF the
western roads business. The North
west will find it cheaper to continue
moving it's business by rail and in a
direct line. He thinks there is little
eastbound business that the canal can
take from the railroads.
Mr.. Hill denied the st. Paul report
that Louis w. Hill is to resign as presi-
dent of the Great Northern early in
the new year, to be succeeded by G. r.
Gray.
L. E. Katzenbach, who has been as
sistant secretary and assistant treas
urer of the Colorado Southern, has
been appointed secretary and assistant
treasurer of the Great Northern, sue
ceeding Edward Sawyer, retired.
James j. Hill Gives $4,000.
Red Wing.-A check for $4,000 has
been received by G. F. Hjermstad of
this city, treasurer of the endowment
fund of Luther college, DEBORAH, Iowa,
as gift to that institution from James
J. HILL 1t comes to that institution as
Christmas gift, which will be long
and gratefully remembered by Luther
college and it's friends.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-01-04
Personal

Arthur F. Griffith of Milford, Ind,
known professionally as the marvel
ous Griffith" the lightning calcu-
lator, was found dead from apoplexy
in bed in a hotel at Springfield,
Mass.
Mrs James j. Hill has presented to
Archbishop John Ireland costly robe
Of ermine on his golden anniversary
as a priest. The robe has a long
train and is fastened in front with
magnificent clasp set in jewels.
Mrs. Mary B. Mcnamara, mother of
James and John Mcnamara, con-
fessed dynamiters, is slowly dying at
her home in Cumminsville, a suburb
of Cincinnati The confession of her
boys, it is said. has broken her heart,
Former Gov. Ashton c. Shallenberx-
er Of Alma, Neb., has filed his applica-
ton as a candidate for United States
senator.
Admiral Dewey is seventy-four
years old The admiral is in fine
health, with his mind active and his
physique robust.
Mrs. Margaret Horton Potter, the
novelist, died at Chicago after hav.
ing taken an overdose OF chiorodyne,
A coroners jury returned a yerdict
OF accidental death.