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TELLS CONVENTION AT NEW OR
LEANS HE FAVORS THE'
PROJECT.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL
President Promisee the Support of
the Administration, But Will Not
Stand for Any "Pork Barrel"
Sherman, Cannon and Dickinson
Pledge Aid. i;
New Orleans, Nov. 1. Ringing de
mands for "14 feet through the val
ley" and elaborate argument In sup
port of the program for the creation
of a deep waterway from the lakes to
the gulf have marked the great con
vention of the Deep Waterway asso
ciation that opened here Saturday.
President Taft. Vice-President Sher
man, Speaker Cannon, governors of
the Mississippi valley states, Innumer
able senators and representatives and
a mighty throng of private citizens
who believe In the big river project
are here and all urge that It be un
dertaken and carried to a speedy con
clusion. President Taft Promises Support.
President Taft, who arrived In New
Orleans escorted by a great flotilla,
after an Illuminating trip down ,the
Mississippi river from St. Louis, land
ed from the lighthouse tender Olean
der about eight o'clock Saturday
morning, and was driven to his ho
tel through streets that were cano
pied with magnolia barnches, paltnet
toes and southern moss, and every
where the mottoes "Fourteen Feet
Through the Valley" and "River Rate
Regulation Is Rate Regulation." At
the Athenaeum in the afternoon the
president aroused a storm of cheers
by promising that if the 14-feet project
proved feasible and advisable, the
present administration would favor
the issuance of government bonds to
defray the cost.
Not for a "Pork Barrel."
At the same time Mr. Taft made It
plain that he would not stand for any
plan to make a "pork barrel" of t,ho
project. He said he opposed Rny
such general bond issue of $500,dOO,
000 or $1,000,000,000 for waterways
improvement, tho money to be cut
up and parceled out to different sec
tions, lie declared that the improve-
been proposed that we issue bonds foi
$500,000,000 or $1,000,000,000, and cut
it up and parcel tho money out In this
and that section of the country. 1
am opposed to any such proposition,
because it not only smells of the
pork barrel,' but would bo a 'pork
barrel." "
Sherman, Too, Is for It.
Vice-President James S. Sherman
has brought to the people of the mid
dle west the message of the east,
promising enthusiastic support of the
waterway program. "We people of
the east depend on your people of the
west," said he. "When we help you,
we help ourselves, so there is every
reason why we should do all In our
power for you, as soon as wo realize
what you want and why you want It."
Speaker Cannon and Secretary of
War Dickinson are no loss outspoken
in their assurances of support, and
many senators and representatives,
among them Senator Lorimer of Illi
nois, the father of the deep waterway
movement, this afternoon made ad
dresses full of hopeful enthusiasm.
Kavanaugh Opens Convention,
William K. Kavanaugh of Missouri,
president of the association, called the
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iT THIS season of the year hardly a
train leaves any of the railroad sta
tions of a great city but what It bears
half a dozen enthusiastic tqiortsnien
hi search of the thrills to be found
only In the woods of the far north and
northwest. Thousands of dollars are
spent for the purpose of securing a chance to
shoot an antloerd buck as he roams over his na
tive heath. Preparations for these trips are made
lorg in advance. As an old friend said one time
about fox hunting. "Half the fun in the sport Is
getting ready, hacking to the meet and the long
ide home with plenty of good tobacco.' So nro
the days spent on tho trail, getting into tho big
game country, nearly always from 90 to 200 miles
from the end of tho railroad.
Vice-President 8herman.
ment of waterways had been carried
forward in a haphazard fashion In
the past, and that a new method
should be adopted.
"I believe In the deep waterway,"
said the president. "I am for it, and
I shall use all the power that I pos
sess In doing what may be accom
plished to give you citizens of this
great valley what you so earnestly de
sire. It is all a part of a still great
er movement Inaugurated by Theo
dore Roosevelt, and properly called
by him the conservation of our na
tional resources.
"The projects for Irrigation and for
the improvement of waterways in the
future are not to be for the purpose
of distributing 'pork' to every part of
the country. Every measure is to be
adopted on the ground that it will be
useful to the whole country. They
are not to be adopted for sending
certain congressmen back to Wash
ington or for making certain parts of
the country profitable during the ex
penditure of the money.
"We should take up every compre
hensive project on its merits nnd de
termine whether the country where
the project Is to be carried out has bo
far developed as to justify the enor
mous expenditure of money and if it
will be useful when done. When we
decide in favor of a project, I believe
in issuing bonds to carry it to com
pletion as rapidly as possible. It has
Lost In the Shuffle.
Scribbler "So old Skinflint's family
didn't like the obituary I wrote?" Ed
itor "Oh, the obituary was all right,
but the fool foreman ran it under the
head of 'People and Pleasant
Events.'" j
Neighborly Consideration. '
"I heard your baby crying nearly all
night What was the matter with ItT".
"I think she wanted me to get up and'
carry her around, but I was afraid if I
did you'd be disturbed by hearing me
tramping the floor over your head."
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Speaker Joseph G. Cannon.
convention to order Saturday morning
and set forth briefly the aims and
plans of the organization. He said the
deep waterway work Is now in this
condition:
1. Tho sanitary district of Chicago
has built the deep waterway, practl
cally to Joliet, nearly 40 miles, and
$00,000,000 have been spent thus far
on the work.
2. The entire route of the lakes-to
the-gulf deep waterway from Joliet to
New Orleans, through the Des Plalnes
river, tho" Illinois river and the Mis
sisslppl river, has been surveyed un
der direction of congress by United
States engineers, who have officially
reported to congress that the building
of the deep waterway Is feasible.
3. The people of the state of 1111
nois have adopted a constitutional
amendment providing for a bond.lS'
sue of $20,000,000, the money to be
spent in constructing the deep water
way southward from Joliet.
4. A bill Introduced by United States
Representative Richard Bartholdt of
Missouri Is now pending in congress,
providing for the Issuance by the
United States government of bonds to
the amount of $500,000,000, the money
to bo spent Its constructing this deep
waterway from tho lakes to the gulf
and other meritorious projected river
improvements.
5. It is intended to ask the Sixty'
first congress to pass a bill providing
definitely that tho United States gov
ernment undertake the construction
of the deep waterway from the point
where the Illinois work will end, to
the Gulf of Mexico.
In the afternoon, following the ad
dress of President Taft, Clifford Pin
chot, head of the government forestry
department, made an address on the
conservation of the nation's natural
resources.
In the evening the delegates to the
convention were entertained at a stag
smoker by the Progressive union of
New Orleans. This evening all the
delegates and the ladles accompany
ing them were the guests of the Pro
gressive union at the New Orleans
Opera house, where "La Julve" was
given by the French Opera Com'
pany.
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Philately of Aviation.
One of the very few genuine "varl
dies" in stamps Is announced,
would be more correct to say It Is
rare postmark. Rare It will be if In
terested parties did not take adva
tage of the occurrence and have ad
dressed to themselves thousands of
envelopes bearing the mark. It seems
that during the now historical avia
tion week at Rhelms a temporary
postofflce was set up on the aviation
ground and all letters there posted
bearing the ordinary French stamps
were postmarked "Betheny-Avlation,"
besides the various service marks
The marking stamp was hexagonal
instead of round. These stamps will
no doubt, be curiosities. Time will
tell whether they will be sought after
like the unnecessary Brunei provision
als, which In the aggregate must have
fetched Just as high a sum as the
year's revnue of the swamp
which they were Issued.
Our Geographical Center.
If Alaska be excluded from consld
eratlon, Kansas Is geographically th
central state of the United States.
lies between longitudes 94 degrees 31
minutes and 102 degrees west, and b
tween latitude 87 degrees and 40 de
grees north.
Sometimes a Hard Task.
"When a man says, 'and I know
what I'm talking about,'" says tb
Philosopher of Folly, "the only way
I can get even li by askln? him to
prove IL"
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didn't cross the divide be
fore tho snow came, we
never would. Therefore
we planned to start the
following morning, but
when morning cumo we
found our tent entirely
covered with drifted snow,
the wind blowing a gale
and tho ulr full of blind
ing, cutting snow.
It was a hard task to
catch 17 horses and po
nies and pack them In
the snow nnd rain, so it
was noon before we were
on the go, while tho cold
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WHAT'S IN A NAME, ANYWAY7
Pompous Young Lawyer is Set Down
by Unpolished Squire.
To a certain southern town, on le
gal business, came a most pompous
young lawyer, who, notwithstanding
his name was McNaught, had an ex
cellent opinion of himself. He found
It necessary to talk with Squire Gard
ner, an unpolished justice, who had
Thompson 3 utja ted the trin
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After making camp In the open alons: the Yellowstone
iilver on one of these nights, supper being over, and
Thompson, our guide, starting one of his Indian tales with
Geu. Miles and himself ns the heroes, two cow punchers
rode up with a pnek horse and asked If we objected to
them making camp with us, saying several others were
coming later with some cattle. Several others did como
and with them 6,000 head of cattle, so we ulept with the
herd surrounding us on all sides; some grazing, while
others w ould stand over one and look at the lire, while the
cowboys were continually riding around tho herd to keep
tab on the stragglers.
Cy breakfast time all were cone and our party was
also In tho saddle by six o'clock, making for the game
country.
After three more days of traveling we made canm near
the foot of saddle mountain, on Bannock lake and about
lo miles from the national park line, a line at
times qulto hard to discover, as it may run from
the top of one mountain to a bronzo plate In a
rock some six or eight miles away.
After resting a day In camp we started for
the hunting ground with Thompson and had
gone only a couple of miles when we came to
6omo fresh elk tracks, which we followed cau
tiously for some time, until we could see far
below us In a park (a small clearing with long
grass, on which elk are fond of feeding)," a small
baud of elk, three bulls and six cows. Getting
within range noiselessly was no e;isy matter, ow
ing to the dry condition of the forests, but after
an exciting crawl on hands and knees, we found
ourselves within about a hundred yards and un
teen by the elk. I picked my bull and took a
shot for the near shoulder, while my guide shot
tho next largest; both bulls dropped, but mine
was up an off again immediately, following In the
rear of the herd as best he could with a broken
shoulder and a bullet In his lungs. He was going
slowly nnd easy to follow and another shot some
GOO yards further on, In very dense timber, ended
his roving career. The remainder of that day
was spent in skinning and cutting up the meat
and hanging It high above the ground, out of
reach of prowling animals at night. For dinner
that evening we had elk's liver and steak and
quite a celebration over our early success. Pack
ing the meat, hides and heads bark to camp con
sumed the next day and kept tho three of us
busy.
As my companions from the enst shot a fine
bull several days later on, we took a rest from
hunting and devoted some time to fishing. Trout
roso well, so all were satisfied ami on returning
to camp on one of these days I hud a quick shot
from my pony at a coyote that was galloping
across the brow of the hill. It always seemed to
me to havo been more good luck than good
marksmanship, for these little things are always
hard to hit, but his skin now lies over tho back
of a chair before my fireplace.
After hunting without any lin k for perhaps
a week, we finally came on some rather fresh
sheep tracks and decided Immediately to go after
them. It was qulto the hardest climbing and
hunting I ever did without any success, but we
followed them for throe days and at times must
have been within a couple of hundred yards of
them, although we never had a shot.
Menacing clouds had been gathering for some
days, with lllle snow flurries, and Thompson said
a good deal , about getting back to tho ranch,
which was a two duys' trip, aiid as he said If wo
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made the train hard to manage and keep In line;
one pony especially tried to buck tho eik hend oft
that was packed on him. He did manage to get
it twisted around so tho prongs of the antlers
stuck him In the side, and such capers as he cut
then I have never seen, besides delaying the out
fit for nearly an hour. The divide had to bo
crossed by daylight, but on reaching It a dense
fog settled over the whole country, which, added
to the snow, iniule it impossible to see more than
10 feet In front of one. Thompson, as usual, led
the train, and after going on the narrow ridge
that formed the divide, stopped fo call and see It
all were follow ing, when there was a great scram
bling and crashing of branches and one of the
horses disappeared over the precipice, which was
anywhere from COO to a thousand feet deep on
either side and only about 30 feet on top. After
counting noses we found he was an unruly fellow
that we had not been able to pack, but was fol
lowing the others nil right until he started to do
a little reconnoiterlng on his own account. Un
doubtedly he was dead long before he reached
the bottom of the precipice, so wo felt our way
along very cautiously and anxiously until sud
denly the cloud we were In lifted, when the go
ing was moderately fair until we made camp for
the night, all very thankful that we had not
encountered more serious disaster.
Later, several short excisions were mado
from the ranchhouse, on one of which I shot
a good blacktall deer, and another time a young
bull elk, with only spikes. The blacktall was
standing In the snow with three does, sheltered
behind a clump of scrub pines, and ho had evi
dently seen mo first, for I was then attracted by
the does running off. I took a quick shot and the
buck made a tremendous leap of at least 30 feet,
but it was his last, as my first soft nosed bullet
had mushroomed considerably on going 'through
tho shoulder nnd completely torn his lungs away.
' Tho Eplko elk was much harder to kill, or our
marksmanship was poor, owing to our having
to run across a valley and up the side of a moun
tain to head him off. At any rate It took four
of my guide's 45-70's and three of my 30-30 bul
lets to bring him down. Every ball had hit him,
but none In a vital spot until the last. .
Sage hen shooting and coursing jack rabbits
with a greyhound and a collie dog offer good
sport for the hunter in this country,
no good opinion of anything, and especially
of anyone' who had a good opinion of him
self. Tho squire had never heard of his
visitor till he called and ho was a poor
hand at remembering names, but he was an
expert In human measurements. The
young lawyer proceeded promptly to say
what he had to say, tho squiro listening, but watch- v
Ing. Presently he thought It was time for him to
say something.
"Hold on, Mr. McCIpher," he began.
"My name is McNaught," the lawyer stiffly cor
reeled him.
"Kxcuse me. excuse me," apologized the squire
nnd finished his remarks.
It was not long until the squire again felt called
upon to Epeak.
"Well, now, Mr. McZero," he started In.
"I said my name was McNaught," the lawyer in
terrupted sharply.
Again the squire apologized, apologized pro
fusely, and tho lawyer concluded his consultation.
Ho was not feeling very kindly toward the squire,
but he thought It wlso not to manifest his feel
ings and said goodby with a fair degree of po
liteness. "Goodby, Mr. McNothlng," said the squire as in
nocent as a Iamb, and as the visitor walked pom
pously out of the ofllco the squire chuckled.
PINEAPPLE AS A CURATIVE.
It has long been known that the pineapple is
one of the healthiest of fruits, but its real medici
nal qualities probably have never been realized. In
Hawaii experiments have been mnde to determine
something of these properties. It ha.i been found
that the fruit of tho pineapple contains a digestive
principle closely resembling pepsin in Its action,
and to this Is probably due the beneficial results
of the use of tho fruit In certain forms of dyspep
sia. On the casein of milk pineapple juice acts
as a dlgcstlvo in almost tho same manner as ren
net, apd tho action 13 also well Illustrated by plac
ing a thin piece of uncooked beef between two
slice s of fresh pineapple, where in the course of a
few hours Its character Is completely changed.
In diphtheritic sore throat and croup pineapple
Juice has comfr'to be very largely relied upon In
countries where,, tho fruit is common. The false
melnbranes which cause the closing of the throat
seem to be dissolved by the fruit acids and relief
Is almost Immediate.
Concrete Buildings In China.
The construction of houses and walls of con
crete In China 'was Instituted several centuries
ago, and Is pcdilllarly common and extensive In
Swatow,' where It originated In the building of a
chapel by n French priest. The absence of any
brlck-structutcsiior walls gives ample proof of the
stability' of Uw, concrete.
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