ME INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For County Judge.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of W. D. Mc
Lain for the office of county and pro
bate judge of Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of James H.
Johnston for the office of county and
probate judge of Jackson County, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of John A.
Melville for the office of County and
Probate Judge of Ja I; < unty,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primary.
For Representative.
The Independent i- a ' :i- ized to
announce the candidacy of J. M. Mar
dis, for the office of Repr*—ntativc of
Jackson County, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary.
For Treasurer.
The Independent i.s authorized to
announce the candidacy of John H.
Camp for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Jesse \V.
Shuford for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of J. M. Ivy
for re-election to the office of Treas
urer of Jackson County, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary.
Tidings of Andree.
Tidings have at last been
heard of the long-lost Andree
polar expedition. The news
comes like a whisper from the
grave. During the years that
have passed since the bold band
of explorers started in search
for the north pole nothing has
been heard of them. It has been
the general belief that they
either perished in the frozen
north or were swallowed up by
the sea.
The information is meager,
_
but it gives at least a clew as t«
what became of the ill-fated
party. )
From the solitude of tht* nor
thern wilderness there has re
turned to this country a Catholic
missionary, who braved the dan
gers of that most desolate coun
try. Father Torquitel, who has
for years devoted his efforts to
converting the Esquimeaux,
tells a strange story. During
the winters of everlasting nights
and during the brief days of
summer he has lived with these
wild tribes and has become one
of them. They have confidence
in what he is doing and faith in
hi: great power. He is best lik
ed among the natives of the
Hudson Bay district, and it is
from this point that the infor
mation comes that a house sail
ed through the air and fell in
the field of ice. Men were
aboard the house, and these men
were killed. The natives also
tell of having visited this house
and bringing away large quan
tities of rope.
It will be remembered that
the Andree balloon was of orig
inal design, and did in a meas
ure, resemble a house. It was
propelled by sails and was guid
ed by ropes. That this balloon
was what the natives saw seems
highly reasonable, that it was
wrecked and members of the
venturesome party were killed
; is likewise highly probable.
They may be mistaken, but
■ Father Torquitel thinks that
they are in earnest and that
this at last is a bit of evidence
pointing to what became of the
Andree expedition.
Andree was a Sweedish engin
1 eer. He held that the safest
and surest way to reach the
pole was through the air . His
expedition was organized and a
balloon of special design con
structed. On July 11, 1897, with
the most favorable winds he set
sail. From that day to this
no word has been heard of the
missing party. Several relief
expeditions have penetrated the
frozen north with the expecta
tion of finding some trace of the
j missing men, but not a clew has
1111 11 ” . —1J1- .■ _ I-——
been obtained unless the news
which Father Torquitel brings
back with him can be accepted
as a possible evidence of what
really did happen to the aerial
navigator and those who accom
panied him.—Commercial Ap
peal.
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The Tragedy of invention
Charles Tellier, the originator ,
of cold storage, has been allow
ed to die in his old age iiom
hunger and cold—with the rib
bon of the Legion of Honor to j
comfort him. but without,
enough to eat.
The romance of invention ^
presents many tragedies, but
none more pitiful than this, and
none that more painfully re
flects upon the world’s ingrati
tude to its real benefactors.
Tellier gave the modern
world the principles of refrig
eration, on which it has based a
gigantic industry. He has
made possible the great cold
storage warehouses in whies,
perishable food is preserved, the
fleet- of .'hip.' in which it is car
iried between nation', and the
long trains of railroad cars, by
means of which it is conveyed
from producing to distributing
centers.
Thanks to his invention the
world’s supply of perishable
food is kept stable, and the dan
ger of shortage minimized.
Cold storage, though it has been
exploited for profit and abused
for mercenary reasons, is never
theless one of the most useful
of industrial inventions
What bitter irony that Tellier
in old age and penury, should
perish of the very element—
cold — which he taught the
world artificially to create- and
of want of the foods which he
taught the world to supply fresh
and pure to every man but him
self 1
And yet if Tellier was denied
a recompense for a short period
of time, maybe he has it to his
credit for eternity, if he was a
server of men. The finger of
the boy hurt and paining for a
short time is not remembered
after the cure.—Memphis Xews
Scimitar.
Leaders In Progress.
Galveston, Texas is popularly
supposed to be the first city in
the country to adopt the commis
sion form of government, which
is growing to be so popular
throughout the land. This is an
error. After the pestilence of
1878-79, and when Memphis was
in sackcloth and ashes, a com
mission form of government was
organized under the name and
legal title of the “Taxing Dis
trict of Memphis.” Through
this agency the city was rescued
from its perils and pestilence,
and put in a way to become the
great commercial center it now
10
Nevertheless vve have no quar
rel with Galveston because of her
claims to priority, but rather re
joice that she and other cities
have foundf a way by which
many of the old evils have been
extirpated. Within fifty miles of
Galveston, on the mint-fringed
banks of Buffalo bayou, stands
the city of Houston, and this
community has taken a step for
ward that will surprise and, a
larm many of the more conserv
ative towns and cities of the
country.
Houston was not satisfied with
the commission form of govern
ment. conceived by Memphis and
given popularity by Galveston,
^he wanted something more. The
city council appropriated a sum
of money and employed Mr.1
Frank Putnam, a competent I
newspaper man, to spend a year j
or so in Europe in examining the j
municipal conditions there ex-1
isting. He visited all the lead-j
ing countries, and reported pro-!
gress in letters written back to.
his city government. Mr. Put-1
nam finds more in the Germna
plan than in that of any other ^
country. Some feel that he is =
too Germanic, and that there is «
a tinge of absolutism and mill- -
tary rule in his suggestions.
These objections, of course,.^
will be removed by a people who . „
have a different temperament =
and different ideas. _ 1 =
Acting upon his suggestions, ,
however, Houston has recently ;j
adopted a new charter that is 10
something new under the sun. =
Under its provision the city can «
go into any kind of mumcipa IJ
trading. It can go into the real j [
estate business, buying land,; j
building houses on it and renting .
them. It can apply certain ap- ■
proximation to the single tax;
in raising its revenue. This poll-1;
cy by the way. has been in \ogue ;
for some time. It can control
the growth of the city in an\
and all directions, and it can
dominate real estate specula-,
tion to the extent of putting the
city in competition with the
private speculator, and at an ad- ^
vantage. . j
The stolid conservative will (
tbe alarmed at these rad
| ical innovations, but it is merely ,
’ making of the city government, j
which is the business of all of the ^
people, more serviceable to all,
I the people.
No doubt difficulties will oe en- i
countered in the working out of
details, and it is humanly prob- j
able that mistakes will be made, j
but there is no doubt that the
underlying principle is the cor
rect one, and that Houston is
merely a pioneer that is slightly
in advance of other cities th<*t
are sure to follow.—Mempnis
News-Scimitar.
Cook a Candidate.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 4.—State i
Superintendent George B. Cook |
has advised his friends that he !
will make the race for a fourth
term, and that his formal an
nouncement will be forthcom
ing soon. Teachers and others
especially interested in educa
tion and progressive move
ments in the state have been
urging him all summer and fall
to make the race for another
term.
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Full Council Again Present.
For the first time in several
months, the full membership of
the city council was present at a
regular meeting Monday night,
as all of the absentees have re
turned from vacation trips.
An ordinance was railroaded
through to provide for a penal
ty of $10 to $50 for parties who
tie up their boats on the river
front above the city intake pipe.
Cancelled scrip was burned and
current accounts were allowed,
after which the body was ad
journed.
Treasury Department, Super
vising Architect’s Office, Wash
ington, D. C., October 22, 1913—
Sealed proposals will be opened
in this office at 3 p. m, December
2, 1913, for the construction
complete (including mechanical
equipment, interior lighting fix
tures, and approaches) of a one
storv and mezzanine building of
4,700 square feet ground area,
for the United States postoffice
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W serges and shepard check dresses, especially priced this fp
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g9 Small Rugs for_$1.00 Su
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pa ember 27th, your Thanksgiving dinner will be well- §Jnj
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| Paying bills by CHECK gives an absolute receipt, all
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