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cou TT I VAe COURIER Leads In Both News and j Circulation. &6 COURIER j " " I Bring Results. PlHflR R asaed Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Yet.r VOL XXXIV ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, September 30, 1909. No. 41 ABOUT BELL TELEPHONE CO Home ot the Method Vttd by Thli Com pany Extortionate Rate Charged Where They Have the Field. There are few people who have taken the pains to investigate the Bell Telephone Company's methods. There are fewer newspapers which have taken the time to investigate and give publicity to the facts they know. Editor Archibald Johnson, of Charity and Children, has the fol lowing to say as to the Bell Company and the home companies. The Statesville Landmark makes the surprising statement that the recent farmers' conference in Char lotte at ended. it was stated by 1,000 farm era (hnt w hich was exaggerated by at least 500) was promoted and paid for bytne Ben leiepuone com pany. Ordinarily we would pay no attention to finch a charge, but the Landmark is always careful of its statements, and coming from such a source we accept it without the least hesitation. Farmers of all people in the world, ought to be the last to leud themselves to the pur poses and sharp practices of a ( orpor ation that has never even laid claim to the possession of a soul. Is it pos iiihle that the "down trodden farm ers," the '-bottom rail," the victims of the corporations and trusts, nave themselves come into colluBiou with a trust that, when it has swept the fields and crushed opposition, put its greedy bands into tne pocaeis oi hb Datrons and robs them in broad open dajtim? We believe the farmers were deceived. We will not believe until forced to do so, that 500 or 300 farmers in North Carolina will allow themselves t be the step-l dder of the Bell Telephone uompany. While we are on the subject of the telephone trust we wish to say that, like Statesville, Thnmasville has de clared Us independence of the Bell, and we think our people are hardly loois enouga ie wain iuiu me euuu in? traDs that are laid for their un wary feet. We have a telephone company composed t our people. The price is 1 per month for resi dence. If we were iu the clutches of the Bell does anybody think we would get our service at any inch reasonable rates? And the service we set is reasonable. Occasionally "Central" is a little slow aud deaf, to be sure, aud we beerin to foel around for the axe, but on the wbola we have no real reason to complain. We pity our neighhois who have no protection from the ra ages of the Bell Teleohone Comrjnnv. for in our judgment none of the great trusts we are in the habit or abusing win compare in raDacitv and creed with the Bell people. We do hope the Landmark, usually so accurate and careful, is mistaken this time in re gard to the farmers' conference, but we have seen no denial ot t r-e cnarge Married Jackson Hill Items, Davidson Dispatch. It was only last week that the oews of the elopment of Miss Mat tie Sarratt ami Mr. Vance Kimball was announced to friends. Miss Surratt, who is the daughter of Squire W. M. C. Surratt, had gone to Albemarle to visit relatives, and there the groom joined her and to gether they went to Souih Carolina where they were married. We wish them the happiest life possible' They will live in High Point. A Wireless Station. The Government is to build a new wireless telegraph station with a radius of 3,000 miles. The station will be erected in or near Washing ton, D C. The station will be 600 feet high and will be built of Steele and concrete. Communication can be had from the station with vessels in the Carribean sea aad in nearly every part of the West Indies. Reiult of the Sturm. The death loss as the result of storms on the Oulf coast last week has reached between 300 and 400 la some places tb re is great want and supplies are being rushed to the stricken district. There is danger oi iamine in some sections. In Louisiana, lower Mississippi and Alabama two-thirds of the cotton ctopis lost, and one-third of the nee and sugar crop is lost. And now comes the "corner COttfln Vkrni inrrinou.il .n D.. in tton, the wheat kirg and Duke the to umu. mis meauB ni Prices far vurn itrwlin orwl gher inci- dentally cot'on will come in for its hara nt ... ,.,....! 1 ai&'fiOW UT BIT WUHW yioimnyi i 4enMstrr In i vanou feranoaea Mr. n. C. kellv Marrle Popular Dur ham Young Lady, The Durham Herald of the 23rd ys: The marriage yesterday after noon of Miss Ellen Mordecai, of this city, and Mr. R. C. Kelley, of Ashi' boro, was a home wedding of sim plest ceremony and withal, entirely beautiful. The event had been unheralded. being without cards and the barest newspaper mention. It was to the liking of those interested. In the ceremony the same sentiment was observed, only tho,e commonly cou- cerneu participating ana it lacked not an element of impressiveness. I he Jipiscopal ceremony, read by Rev. S. S. Bost. rector of Sr. Philip's church, was used. Ia the parlor simply decorated in ever greens, the couple came, the bride with her father, Prof. a. F. Morde cai, who gave her away. The ring ceremony was employed and during tne ceremony there was an unusual ly sweet feature exemplified when airs. Mordecai, the grandmother of the br'u'e, held the bridal bouquet while her obligation was recited. The only semblance of a bridesmuid, was this happy, grand old lady of ninety years who servi d her grand daughter in sach affection te style LiooKing on with a Vearctelt inte est was the Trinity faculty, almost body, frotessor Mordecai, dean of the law school, is one of the favorites of the school, andjleading irom ner borne to his own in Ashe- boro was the young man who is per haps i he best law student who has taken his degree from Trinity- The bride is known weH here and in Raleigh where she has many r i lends and relatives of state promi nence. She is more than attractive or charming. She is the imperso nation of bne parentage and all that they might wish her. She weds the promisiug attorney, the partner of oolicitor W. V. Hammer, of Ashe- boro, and an honored sou of Trinity. a son of Rev. Dr. Kelly, Fresiuiug Wilder of the Chattanooga, leunei- Bee, district Among the Raleigh visitors were Mesdames 6. li. Dortch, James McKee, William Little, Misses An nie Duncan, Dee Duncan, Annie Burton, Lucy Haywood, Mary U rimes uowper, iiucinda Little Annie Morrell, Mcesrs. J. A. Dun can, G. W. aud Edwin Mordecai, J. W. Brvan. James MeKimnion. Hen ry McKee, Albwrt and Burke Little, William Little and Phil Sasser. "Tom Duck," the family servant, aiso came, Mr Millikan Appointed Clerk United States Marshal J. M. iJil likan sent his resignation to Attorney General Wickersham last week. Judge Boyd has appointed Mr. Mil. likan as Clerk of the United States District Court to succeed S. L. Trogdon resigned, at Greensboro. Mr. Millikan has served nearly twelve years as Marshal of tne West ern District. Mr. Trogdon has served 18 years as Clerk of the United States Court. The Courier learned from a private eource more than a month &go that Mr. Millikan would be appointed Clerk of the Court to succeed Mr. Trogdon and gave the information to the public through the colums of the Courier the first of any newspaper in the state The income of the Clerk is about, five thousand dollars a year, practic ally the same as the salary of the Marshal of the district. Expresi Law Sustained The Supreme Court of Nebraska has held that the states have the right to regulate express charges cuder the statute in that state. This case followed a flat cut of 25 per cent on rates in that State under statute giving the Railroad commission power to regulate the rates of public service coi para; ion. Capt. E. A. Bean, of Randolph county, says the Salisbury Post, was in Salisbury last Wednesday. Mr. Bean is one of the smallest men in the state. He is only slightly taller than Maj. Mertz, Salisbury's little man. Mr. Bean and the Major are warm friends. Mr. Bean was born near Bean's Mill in Pleasant Grove township. Mis. John Upright, of Iredell county, committed suicide on Sep tember 22nd, by drinkii.g laudanum. She and her husband frequently quarreled and it is believed that in t fit of auger she drank the fatal drug. COURIER REPRESENTATIVES TRAVELOGUE Irrigation Projects in the Herds of Sheep in Montana and Wyoming The White Pine Forests of IdahoProgressive Spo kane Yakima in the Famous Yakima Valley. Before leaving Billings, Mon tana, which is a typical mountain town, the subject of irrigation must not be overlooked, for out of the old arid wastes of mil lions of acres of land, flecked with the dusty green of the sage brush, have come wonderful orchard, berry fields, truck gar dens and fields of golden grains and waving grasses. Irrigation is a comparatively new scheme, but certainly a very wonderful one it is the artificial applica tion of water to the soil, made necessary because of rainfall in sufficient for agricultural pur poses. It was only when the pi oneers traveling west in search of unoccupied territory, reached a region in which nothing could grow without water, that irriga ting streams were turned upon the desert, which readily re sponding to the beneficent influ ence, soon began to blossom like the proverbial rose. Western people claim that irrigation will supplement the rainfall, and do much more for growing crops than rain, as the natural element gives nothing except moisture, while the waters from the streams which constantly eating away the mountains and foot hills supply new life principles in the form of rich alumnium fiom the decaying rocks and veg etation of the uplands. The Bil lings Land and Irrigation Com pany owns a tract of land com prising 25,000 acres east of Bil-. lings and extending along the Yellowstone river for about twenty miles- Water is carried in canals, tunnels, etc , from the river to all parts of this land, and it is sold with water right from $50 per acre up. Before 1905, when water was first delivered to a part of this tract, there were no settlers, today ten to fifteen thousand acres have been settled on in tracts of from 80 to 160 acres. Cow -Girl Llfeo-Yonng Lady Itniiclier. A young lady, whose father is a member of the National Editorial Association, and who herself has attended the meet ings from time to time met our party at Billings and went to th next station on our train- She had gone out there with three friends, two other young ladies and a gentleman. Each had taken up a claim and had built homes in corners of claims in order to be near together. Sha was very enthusiastic over her venture and took great interest in telling U3 about her sheep, cows, chick ens, etc- She has her own riding horse and led a cow-girl life. When one takes up a claim they have to live on it for fourteen months, and at the end of that time they may dispose of it if they choose. Sugar Bert Industry. There is a big sugar mill at Billings, and beets, which are raised by the millions on those irrigated farms, are taken there and made into sugar. One farmer near Billings, had one hundred acres in beets and aver aged eighteen tons to the acre and sold them at $5 a ton. This was $90 an acre, or $9,000 for the crop. Alfalfa is a never failing crop and is good for three cuttings each season. Potatoes are a wonderfully prolific crop, and the Yellowstone valley prom ises to become one of the great est potato sections in the United States. Sheep and Cattle Raining. Lower Montana and Wyoming are great sheep and cattle rais ing states, and in passing through one sees the cowboy in his field of activity, if his may be called an active life- I w ould think it a very lonely one as he goes out on the ranches with a covered wagon with provisions enough for two weeks, and the only com panions hisr dog and the sheep. His duties consist of following and watching the sheep as they graze out (freni the wagon) in Great Northwest Large the morning until about noon when they lie down and rest and j chew their cuds- Then about two o'clock he gsts them up and suns triem back tor the night In about two weeks the camo mover comes along and helps him move three or four miles on. Some of the wooltrrowers in these states own or control from 50,000 to 100,000 sheep. These big flocks are divided up and cared tor as I have explained above When shearing time comes the bands are driven in and shorn. The wool is sacked and hauled to nearest station and shipped. These ranch wools are usually known as Western wool and are quoted generally by the name of the state in which thev are rais ed. such as Wyoming, Montana and Utah wools. They all have characteristics that distinguish them, owing to the soil, climate and ranch conditions. New section. Traveling through northwest ern Montana we had beautiful scenery, mountains towering high, covered with spruce and white pine. A part of the time three engines, two in front and one behind were carrying our special- Butte, the home of Sen ator Clark, was passed very early m the morning, and the hill, vhich is said to be the richest hill in the world on account of its copper, was pointed out Two Japs killed Near Garrison. Near Garrison our train stop ped suddenly, and from the win dow we saw different passengers hurrying back and in a little while some one said, "We've killed two Japs." Our train came out of a tunnel around a curve, and about this time a freight train came along going Last. The Japs, who were work ing on the track, stepped out of the way of the freight ever on our track and were instantly killed- About a hundred Japs were working on the section and they assembled around the dead bodies and showed much sorrow The section master soon came and had bushes cut and put over bodies until the coroner could come. We resumed our journey with a feeling ot regret- MUouln, the Home of State Vnl vemliy The Montana State University is at Missoula It is surrounded by verdant hills and snow cao ped mountains. Near it flows the Hellgate river, which flows along by the side of the railroad for many miles and finally goes on to help the great Columbia Missoula was a place of especial interest just at this time, as peo ple were coming in there on al most every tram to register for land claims- Some of our party paid one dollar and registered and may get valuable claims. We passed two other places open for registration. At one place a veteran of the Civil War had filled out his application and reg istered for land. He said : "I decided to take a chance at winning a homestead for my wife, who is quite young yet, just 77 years old. My wife and I will move to the homestead if we are successful in the draw ing." The aged applicant said he was in the prime of life and that he would not commute at the end of 14 months. Northern IdahoWhite Pine Forced A little further on we crossed the boundary line between Mon tana and Idaho, and passed through the Flathead Indian Re servation. We saw several Indian teepees and numbers of Indians riding on horseback dressed in native garb- Following the rocky shores of Lake rend U reille pronounced pon-de-ray) for miles we were able to see the magnificent scenery which vies ith the Alps m grandeur. Ihe lake is fifty nve mnes long and varies in width from two to twenty miles All kinds of fish are found in the lake, and it is a great retreat for sportsmen. Through this, the northern part of Idaho, are the vast white pine forests, which are said to be the greatest virgin white pine forests now in exist ence. tcrcMtlng Place Homes. -Beautiful Spokane is most picturesouelv located, the Spokane river flowing over a series of cata racts in the heart of the city, falling a distance of 132 feet within a quarter of a mile. Im mediately on our arrival a party of us went to the Spokane Hotel, which is on a par with the Wal dorf Astoria both in beauty and price. After dinner (dinner in that country is served at 6 o'clock in the evening as it is in the North and East) we assembled at the station where a reception committee from the Chamber of Commerce met us and took us on trolley cars over vhe city. Spo kane (with the accent on the lat ter part and pronounced "Spa can") has many beautiful homes and many of them have rock foundations and fences made from rocks which are taken in getting a level side on which to build Architecture in Spokane was the most varied I have ever seen in any city. Some homes were colonial in effect, others bungalows.and in fact every style imaginable. The car ride ended at the Amusement Park, at which place our badges admitted us to everything from the old mill to the circular swing. We were fortunate in meeting with a lady who had spent a great deal of time in the South, and she ex pressed herself as "loving South ern people." She was nice to our party of four, and when refreshment time came not only ministered to our needs there, but provided us with lunch to carry along. These things are appreciated even more a long way from home. After a very pleasant evening and fine impressions of Spokane, a young city with a population of 125,000, we boarded our train and left for North Yakima In the Famous Yakima Vulley. Arriving there at 10 o'clock on bunaay morning atter passing through some of the hne agricul tural sections, where irrigation has made everything to grow luxuriantly. Citizens met the party at the station with auto mobiles and took us over the city. It was my good fortune to be assigned, with my friend, an old schoolmate, by the way, to a young lady who owned her own machine. rhe had a lady friend with her, and both owned fruit ranches two to three miles from town. The young lady with her two sisters had spent some time in Ala jka, and in looking for a suitable place for a home bought twenty acres of irrigated land, planted in fruit trees, three miles from Yakima and paid $12-50 per acre. They are now building a magnificent stone house- The elderly lady insisted on taking us around by her fruit ranch (we would say orchards, but the people in that country say fruit ranch, so. 'when peo pie are in Rome they do as Ro mans"). The trees on this ranch were bearing, and for fear that some one will think I have been inocculated with the spirit of ex aggeration, which would be in keeping with everything in the great northwest, I am neither going to try to give an estimate of the quantity nor quality of the fruit. Suffice it to say that limbs loaded with luscious cherries were broken for us, also apples galore. Irrigation has made Ya kima valley the pride of Wash ington State. There they claim to produce everything in great abundance, and not only in great abundance, but in superior flavor. Men who have had money to in vest have gone there and bought lands with water right, set out fruit trees and then sell at a price greatly in advance oi paying price. At the station wc were met by Mr. W. A. Steele, of Seattle, who had come up to. meet the party and announce plans, etc. He had practically everything in charge and managed everything so well that we had nothing to look af ter ourselves- A few hours' run broue-ht us to Sea-.tle, and at th i f tation we were greeted by editorial friends fiom Washington, Oregon and California. The trip nerTs the continent, which took about six cays steady travel, was ended, and there we were in Seattle. jout which place so mi:eh has been said during the f?st year, but which place I shsl! tell you about next week- Mas. Wm. C. Hamvek. General News hems. Tm( Moon which fully-1 roVr'nv w-is -; harvest Mo''.i tbs b: irhtest cf the vrar. Ashwille h s b d W, .).. ther nvinfier regiseria; t it r-r- President Taft made a speech to the Mormons, last week, iu their big temple at bait Lake Hity. Nine dwellings were burned at Spencer, last Friday. Lmss about $8,000, with about $5,000 insurance. Iu Taf t's swing around the circle he is not meeting with public favor as was expected. Charlie PendergraBS was seriously and probably fatally cut by Joe Williams in Caldwell county last week. Mr. Reuben Holmes, of Salisbury, is to be married to Miss Francis Logan Lyon, of Greensboro, on Octo ber vtn. The recent floods in Northern Mexico destroyed about 3.000 lives and millions ot dollars worth of property. There are so many prisoners oa the Anson county chain gang that the authorities are puzzled to take care of them. Ex-Speakei E. J. Justioe who re cently had an operation -performed at Kochester, Minu., following a long illness, is convalescing. Governor Kitshin ' granted five pardons last week and refused five others. None of the pardons were ia this judicial district. A contract has been made for an airship to make daily flights at th Rowan county fair beginning Octo ber 20th. Bishojf James Atkins, of this State, is presiding over the Annual Conference of the M. E. Church, Sou h, t Portland, Oregon, this week. A 14-year-old sou of Grant Craig, in Cildwell county, was kicked by a mule while he was feeding the stock one dny laet week and seriously in jure'!. T'i!l Baldwin, who shot and killed P lLeman Miller at Blowing Rock, Ji. 1. ii, was found guil y of mnrder iu i :e tir-rt degree in Mitchell county la.- week. A i pw winter resort is to be estab lishcl at the famous Carolina Springy, in Rockingham counay, and the purpose of the owner is to wake it l ival Pinehearst. I. is nudetstood that Chief Clerk, J. M. Bailey, will be acting U.S. Marshal pending the appointment of u cuccesaor to Marshal J. M. Millikan. A Confederate Monument to cost $3,500 is to be erected in the Nation al Cenietry, at Fort Delaware, to the memory of the prisoners of war who died there. Tom Lewallen, a youngster in Winston Sal rr, was thrown frtm a horse last week and badly bruised. Ilis skull was so fractured that it was thought he would not recover. W. G. Gregson formerly a citiaen of this place has bought the Jeye farm in the Northern part of Spcro and will make it his home. Mr. Jeys will move to South Carolina. The Young Men's Christian Asso ciation of Durham, N. C, has ied the delinquent subscribers to their building fund, afte; having failed to coilect the money in aBy ther way. At the Annual Meeting of the Confedeiate Veterans of High Point, last Saturday, the following officers were elected: Commander, J. Matt Stchrist; Adjutant and Secretarv, J. D. Payloi; Chaplain, J. B. Richardson.
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