COFFEE WA
see» tn various degrees of dilapida last year the repeal of the assign t hat the supply is adequate for that
tes, but they show no evidence of ment clause.
This provision has purpose. While this showing, on its
genuine occupation.
They
have been made the «•onveuieut vehicle for lace. Indicates a compliance with
never been in any sense bornea.
evading the spirit of the law ind for iaw, the fact remains that the water
Investigations have been carried on facilitating the acquisition of lands in supply, if any at all, is not sufficient
where the commuted homesteads are large holdings. The law limits the to permanently reclaim the land.
notable in number. The records of amount which one person or nssocla
The ownership of stock in a pro
some of the counties examined show tion of persons may hold, ny assign Jected irrigation ditch which does
that 90 per cent of the commuted ment or otherwise, prior to patent to not exist in fact, or the ownership
homesteads were transferred within 320 acres of such arid or desert of a pump temporarily Installed, has
three months after acquisition of ti lands. The most common form of at often been accepted, In connection
tle, and evidence was obtained to tempted evasion of this requirement with such testimony, as proof of the
•how that two-thirds of the commu is for two or three individuals to possession of water.
Many alleged
ters Immediately left the state, in form themselves into a corporation, irrigation ditches or reservoirs are
many instances foreigners, particu each individual member of the corpo familiar to members of the Commis
larly citizens of Canada, came into ration securing, by entry or assign sion which are utterly inadequate to
this country, declared their intention ment, 330 acres of such lands and irrigate a square rod, and upon the
„.«•f becoming citizens .took up home- the corporation as such 320 acres. strength of such works patent has
” «toads, commuted, sold them ,and re These same individuals then form an frequently then Issued to 32U acres of
turned to their native land.
other corporation under an entirely land.
.
The reasons given for adhering to different name end procure an as-
Frauds committed through conven-
"the commutation clause are diverse I signment of another 320 acres, and tional forms of perjury and through
and many of them are cogent when this process is continued indefinitely. lack of proper verification of the
applied to individual cases.
It Is
The Genera! Land Office has within faets as to the recllamation of the
said, for example, that the commu the past year endeavored to put a laud justify the taking of immediate
ter desires to raise money for use in stop to tills practice by bolding that and radical steps in the revision of
improving his place. This Is often a corporation or association of per the law. The law should absolutely
true, but In the majority of cases the sons is not qualified to receive a d**«- ; require an actual adequate water
records »how that the commuter im ert-land entry by assignment where supply, and the limits as to quantity
mediately leaves the vicinity. The its individual members .either singly should be defined.
frequency of loans is traceable tn or in the aggregate are bedding 320 | In stiort, the law should render im
99
many places directly to the activity acres of such arid or desert landa. possible the continuance of
the
of agents of loan companies, who This ruling, if enforced, will tend to practices by which desert lands
are often United States commission lessen the evils resulting from large without water, without cultivation,
ers also, eager first to induce fiettle- holdings prior to patent, but it Is not J and without crops are passed into
■lent and then to make these loans deemed possible to secure adequate the possession of claltnauw.
ecount of the double commission control of this question unless the
I.fiter they secure the law prohibits assignments of desert
Grabbing Lands.
Many people have found out the truth about old- process. Each visitor sees Fostum made of different
to them land entries. By repealing that pro-
The great U1IIK
bulk or
of the
vacant pub-
pub-
vi«inn „e tn. t.w, .k«
lnp vacant
parts of the wheat berry treated by different mechan
ZhHm^nt ra it.
*5° lc lands throughout the West are un- fashioned coffee.
ical methods and one part blended with a small part
theTnta. ran ra. tb 1 b°
su|table for cultivation under the
They have overcome disease caused by it.
t e entry for his ow n use and benefit present known condition« of agrlcui-
of pure New Orleans molasses. So he knows Postum
and not for the Iienefit of nny other ture. and bo located that they can
___
The plan was easy and sure.
Person or corporation and that he not be reclaimed by Irrigation. They
contains not one thing in the world but Wheat and
Quit Coffee and use Postum.
has made no ngreement by which the are, and probably always must be.
New Orleans molasses. It took more than a year of
title shall Inure to any other person of - chief
- - - value for grazing. There are
Proof with one’s self is stronger than any theory.
or corporation the evils Incident to it Is estimated, more than 300,000,-
experimenting
to perfect the processes and leam how
The Postum army grows by hundreds of thousands
large holding« of Ruch lands under 000 acres of public grazing land, an
to tlevelop the diastase and properly treat the other
the sanction of law will be materially area approximately equal to one-fifth
yCarIy-
a -.
lessened.
the extent of the United States
The old-fashioned Coffee Magnates are now derid elements in the wheat to produce the coffee-like flavor
It is a striking fact that these large proper. The exact limits can not be
that makes suspicious jieople “wonder.” But there
toldings of desert land are not re set, for with seasoned changes large ing Postum through the papers.
claimed and devoted to their best areas of land which afford good
never
has been one grain of old-fashioned or drug
Because their pocketbooks are hurt, they would
use. Three hundred and twenty acres grazing one year are almost desert in
coffee in Postum and never will be.
of Irrigable land Is entirely too much ' another. There are also vast tracts drive the people back to the old coffee slavery.
for economical handling by one per-' of wooded timbered land in which
Another thing, wc have on file in our general offices
One coffee prevaricator says: “It (Postum) has
son. On the other hand, inspection'
has much importance, and
shows that in the same locality and j grazing
the original of every testimonial letter we have ever
lately
been
exposed
and
found
to
contain
an
excess
until
a
further
classification
of
the
under the same climatic conditions the public lands is made it will be im
published. We submit that our attitude regarding
homestead entries, where not com possible to give with exactness the of very ordinary coffee.”
i
muted, are reclaimed and utilized.
coffee is now and always has been absolutely fair. If
Another
that
“
it
(Postum)
is
made
from
a
small
total
acreage.
The
extent
is
so
vast
The desert-land act as It stands up
the commercial Interests in amount of parched peas, beans, wheat, dried sweet
one wants a stimulant and can digest coffee and it
on the statute books appears to have and
volved so great as to demand in the
many features which commend it, highest
docs not set up any sort of physical ailment, drink it.
potatoes,
and
paste
of
wheat
middlings.
”
degree
the
wise
and
conser
as before stated, the practices gov vative handling of these vast re
Here’s to vou. oh faithful followers of the tribe of
erning It have largely nullified its sources.
But, if coffee overtaxes and weakens the heart (and
good features, and ' the resulting
„
It Is a matter of the first Import Ananias :
it
docs
with some).
Frmn an old
— wood-cut illustration In Rlchanl- evils cannot be fully overcome with ance to know whether these grazing
of th-
Mississippi.
” - A ______
"Home" out leglslaton.
•on’- “ Weot
________
_______
______
lands
are
being
used
in
the
best
way
Or
if
it sets up disease of the stomach and bowels
14x20 (inches, not feet) nbowtn« that false
The area of the desert entry j possfh'e for the continued devol p-
■wearing in acquiring goveriuueut land is should
be
cut
down
from
320
acres
to
j
(and
it
does with some)?
no new art.
ment of the country or whether
not exceeding 100 acres, nnd discre
through the foreclosure and transfer tion should be given to the Secretary | | they are being abused under a sys
Or if it causes weak eyes (and it does with some).
of tlic property. The true working of of the Interior to ent it down still tem which is detrimental to such de will be deposited with any reputable trust company
Or if it causes nervous prostration (and it does
the commutation clause don not ap further where it is apparent that in velopment mid by which the only (or a less amount if desired) against a like amount
value of the land is helng
pear until after foreclosure upon the tensive cultivation is practicable, A present
with many).
Ttpldly
destroyed.
maturity of the loans.
bv any coffee roaster or dealer. If the charges prove
farm of 820 acres, if irrigated, is en
At present the vacant public lands
One significant brought out by the tirely too large for a single family,
Then good plain old-fashioned common sense might
investigation Is that a large portion and its possession simply prevents are theoretically open commons, free true we lose, if not we take the money as partial
(without asking permission of coffee merchants) sug
of the commuters ure women, who other settlers from coming into the to all citizens but as a matter of fact liquidation for the infamous insult to our business.
never establish a permanent resi- country. Furthermore, it makes land a large proportion have been parceled
The Tostum Pure Food factories are the largest in gest to quit putting caffeine (the drug of coffee) into
deuce and who are employed tempo- monopoly easy and induces specula- I 1 out by more or loss definite compacts
;
or
agreement«
among
the
various
in
a highly organized human body, for health is really
rarlly in the towns as school teacb- tlon.
terests. These tacit agreements are the world, the business having been built upon abso
era or ln domestic service, or who are
Actual living at home on the land I continually being violated
wealth and the happiest sort of wealth.
The
lutely
pure
food
products,
made
on
scientific
lines,
Hvlng with tlielr parents. The great for not less than two .vears slmuid 1 ' sheepmen nnd rattlement are In fre
majority of these commuters sell Im- be required l>efore patent. Your
Then if one’s own best interest urges him to study
“
for
a
reason
”
and
the
plain
unvarnished
truth
told
mediatoly upon receiving title, the < otumission can not understand why quent collision liecause of incursions
into
the reason and “There’s a reason," he will un
upon
each
other
’
s
domain.
I
.a
nd
every
day
and
all
the
time.
These
factories
are
visited
business being transacted through any settler should be given both a
«ome agent who represents tils client homestead and a desert entry, either which for years lias been regarded as by thousands of people every month. They are shown
earth
great big facts that all of the sophistries of the
In all dealings aud prepares all pa of which without the other should suf exclusively cattle range may be in
fringed upon by huge bands of info every cranny and examine every ingredient and
coffee importers and roasters cannot refute.
pers.
fice, under the law, to lurnlsh him a
The commutation clause, If It Is to home. The desert land law rhould sheep, forced by drought to migrate. .
be retained to cover special cases, I m * a means of settlement aud actnal
A Few Overlooks.
should I m * effective only after not less Itona title residence should be rigidly
than three years' actual—not con- required.
NOCH A MBBA U S TA TVE.
“I met an old friend in town to-day"
striK'tlve—living nt bona* on the land.
I nc actual production of a valuable
said Mr. Shannon to his wife one even
Under present practice, the commuta crop should la required on not less A Heroic Bronze Figure of France's
Over one Million Dollars
tion period lM*ing fourteen mouths, than one-fourth the area of the en-1 Field Marshall Standing In Front ing. on his return from business," and
allowed
our clients during the last
he
told
me
he
exi>ected
to
be
married
six months of thin time Is generally try. At present, as a rule, the great-1
of White House.
six years.
taken to eHtabltah resliieiuv, ho that er part of the desert entries are
in a week.
One
of
the
very
striking
nnd
majes
only eight months remain. This time never actually watered. Hundreds
Over one Thousand
| Ten minutes
later, ________
after his ________
wife had
______
is usually arranged to Include the of desert entries were examined by tic bits ot bronze in Washington is
claims
allowed through us dur
the
Rochambeau
statue
which
stands
!
finiRhed
asking
questions,
Mr.
Shannon
summer, so that the shack built need members of the Commission In the in what was called Jackson Square,.
ing the last six months. Dis
wrote as follows to his friend Stodder:
not l>e habitable In severe winter last year, and the great majority of
“Dear Stodder:—I thought I was a
weather, and the residence ou the them were found to be uninhabited,
ability, Age and In
IS JUST
newspaper reporter, but please answer
land may consist merely In a sum uuirrigated, uncultivated, and with
crease
pensions obtained
WHAT
the following questions by return
tier outing. Obviously it Is assen no Improvements other than a fence.
in the shortest possible time.
mall. They cover some points I neg
tial that residence should I m * far more Tills applies both to desert entries up-1
THE
Widows* claims a specialty.
lected to get from you.
strictly detlmst. It Is probable that on which a final proof is now tM>ing 1
Usually granted within 90
“What Is the name of the girl you
lax Interpretation and enforcement offered nnd to other entries to which j
, WORD
are to marry?
of the |ir*ivislons of the law regard title has been given.
days if placed with us immedi
IMPLIES.
It Is a fact that a very small pro
ing residence is responHfble for more
Where does she live?
ately on soldier’s death. Fees
fraud under tile homestead act than portion of tile land disposed of under
What doe« her father do?
fixed by law and payable out of
the terms of the law lias actually I
all other causes combined.
Has he any money?
04
It may I m * urged that the frauds been recliilrneti nnd Irrigated, and
allowed pension.
A successful
.“Was it love at first sight?
which have taken place under thei scrutiny of mauy hundreds of desert
“Are you very much in love with
experience of 25 years and benefit
It
her?
of daily calls at Pension Bureau
indicates
“How old la she?
are at your service. Highest ref
“Where are you going to live?
the state
erences furnished. “ Local ' ~~
Magis-
“Did you ask her personally, or
of the tension at a glance.
write your proposal?
trates pecuniar
---------- ___ily
“Ilavn’t you proposed to other girls?
Its use means time saving
benefited by sending us
“How did yon and I come to be such
claims.
and easier sewing.
friends?
‘Where are you going for your
It’s our own invention
TABER & WHITMAN CO.,
honeymoon?
and
is found only on the
“Is it that tall girl you took to the
Warder Bld’g, Washington, D. C.
theatre one night last winter?
“Why didn’t I ask you all this when
you told me?
“Were yon so excited you couldn’t
give me nny Information, but simply
ROCHAMBEAU STATT’F
Stands Opposite Che White House,
had to talk about getting married?
Hne, Fir, Cypress and Yellow Pine.
“A prompt reply will help me to give
bocanso of the presence there of my wife some much-desired informa
Write for Catalogue,
Clark
Mills’ eqnestrlan
statue ot
____ ____
_______ _______
We have other striking’
General Jackson, later called Lafa- tion. Next time you tell me you are
Eagle Tank Co., 281 Green
don't . think , that
vette Square, because of the erection going
; -c to
_ be
„ married,
.
improvements that appeal to
there of the great T.afavette statue. I" ’l,e rPn1"T 'rapoJ?nt fe'*,ture about
Chicago, Ill«
_ « now very - frequently
—
.. . it.-Yours
it —> mirs hastily,
lush r. Khnnnnn
the careful buyer. Send for
Shannon. ” ’
find
called
Rochamhean Park because of this
our elegant H. T. catalog.
elegant example of nrt. The stntnc
A darky was asked why he went
was unveiled In 1902. It stnnds di away, and gave the following lucid an
rectly tn front of the White House.
swer:
hite ewing achine o
The movement for the erection in
“I didn’t went. I didn't want to'
Cleveland, Ohio.
the National Capital of a statue of went, and if I had wanted to went, I
PIANOS AND ORGANS
Rochamhean was in recognition of couldn't have got to go no how.”
AAMA i
STANDARD OF THE WORLD
‘’>0 »dose ties between France nnd the
United
Shfc,
This
sentiment
wns pnrtfcnlnrlv strong nftor the There is a group of islands south of
BULL
DOC SUSPENDERS
»0 c.»u everywhere Will Outwear Thre. Or Uuary
close of the Spanish-American wir New Zealand called the Seven Sisters,
said to be subject to a practically
'n
view
of
the
services
rendered
In
[I
SPLENDID WESTERN TIMBER OROVE.
the interest of pence by Fatnhon the confitant rainfall. The same condi
POSITIVELY THE BEST SUSPENDER MADE.
In the Region Being Despoiled Under the Timber and Stone Act
exist
Terra
except
French Amha„ndor
The govern- , tions A'
18', in “ 1
l“rra J del
d,.‘1 Fuego, except
ment of Frunce had also tust sent ' .'Í
" oftcn takes the form of
HiWES A. POTTER, Laruvet
I.r en.I Belt Mak.ro
operations of the cotnmntatton chnae entries now pawning to final proof nvpr two wnncrb Rorro« rn«w»g as a • ‘_____ *
w1’.1' 7: ’I LIMC0Lft ST . BOSTON, MASS 1,1 “• W"U
VU^U. BooUat, ■■ Dr.« „d haep.»«., ity!«,’* ft. w
.
nre due largely to lax administration. shows that In the msjoritv of m <«0«.
The fact fa that the precedents estnb- those land, are not sctnallv ntniwod rift to Prostdont McKinley. Con-1
"ress
appropriated
.«7.500
for
the
llahed by decisions rendered on spe bnt are Wnc held for speculatlvv
statue.
Rochamhenn
commanded
The Newest end Best
cial cases have so far weakened the pniroses, owing tn several cansos the
French forces sent to the n«. |
powers of administration that addi among which are the laxftv of some '•’tance
of the mung republic of thei
tional legislation Is necessary.
of the state laws governing appro * nltcd States nnd which cooperated
are the
priation of wafer for Irrigation nnr- "•'♦h the Continental nrmv at York
Desert Land I aw.
town.
noses, and the Insufficiency of the
Tn the preceding report the opinion water supply. con«;d.*mb|e' difficulty
YALE PRINCIPLE
’ron
statue
1«
cvee!-
was expressed that the desert In nd has boon encountered In administer ’“” ’ 1 ’"chnm The
^rtZl^M BUCHeS
t,Se °n ’rrank*’ Tel«*<>Pes. Case, of all kind*
French field marshal In
law shonld, for the present, nt least, ing that nrartatan of the desert land Dre full nnlfnrm of bls rank «♦and«'
Portfolios, Messenger Bags, etc.
bo allowed to stand with a few laws which requires a rfshnant to
outstretched evidently
changes In detan. It was bclb v-*d have a permanent water right Insert
and arlmadTof m ™’7 1 *** Ruc,i,e" ’rith ,h« Vale Principle
'"’•’’’Iran col
that, with the experience of the p,.f on prior annronrtntlon. Very often ony Xs
which ho Is about to help
■
“atronwie st.
Ki,nVSV
*hich looka like Kold,
for guidance. It would be possible to the wntera of a stream are exhausted
At the base is a symbolic figure. Tt
stronger than steel and will not rust.
enforce this taw so that Its cssenttal hr other appropria tors before the ¿.ILL?
T
nn
”
in
hurrying
provisions should ho -mmp'trd with. 1 time When
the claimant
goes forward with the flag of France
More oarofnl RnRÎrMR, however, of through the form
of posting notices. borne aloft In the right hand. ' Ro-
-------------------------------------
large
attachable)- Small, 150c; medium, 75c|
the operations of this art and . of
nenth her feet Is the prow of a shin
25c extra) with
’'t'' ' hi.nd enKraveJ nnd including monogram,
practice« which have grown up has r“27rd1ng bls claim, and complying harrent ’’.cm«'‘»!O"V ’Wh
7 prpntMJ* ot «»♦ ftate taw <in« went across the seas to aid th*
\ 7P fOr ,nmk- |,'5° fOT “se* <1-00 prepaid ami re-
led vrwtr commission strongly to the Notwithstanding
this, he furnishes
conrtnnton that this law should be the testimony of two witnesses that
B~U"
■edified In essential partirotars.
water thns appropriated has dsvs Of Wa Infancy. Retow fire
To»r Commission
recommended the
Vnfted
been used in reclaiming bii land, »nd qlT ’ ut>. T"."**
State« linked together.
LYNCH MFC. CO.
The Coffee Importers and Roasters are Attacking
POSTUM FOOD COFFEE
All Along the Line.
“THERE’S A REASON
$100,000.00 CASH
PENSIONS.
A Tension
Indicator
o
\joo3f JA
L5
TftiKÍ X<y.
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W hite
Sewing Machine«
SILOS
N.
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M
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LOCKS The NEWEST THINGS for CHRISTMAS
LYNCH PERFECTION
WEDDING (and other) PRESENTS
■ Madison, Wis.