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krleaer sund officials.

Dubuque, la, Aug 29.-The bust
ness sessions of the Deutscher Krieg-
er Bund OF North America are closed,
These officers were elected: Prest-
dent, Martin Glass, Chicago; vice
president, l.. Rebhan. New York; re-
cording secretary, NJ. Langehan,
Cleveland; financial secretary. j.
Zimmerman, Toledo; treasurer, F..
Earring, St Paul trustee. c. Teubel,
Kansas City.
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Berlin, Aug. 2s-The North German
Gazette announced that Baron Won
Nordenflicht, the counsel general of
Germany at New Orleans. had been d.
rected to proceed TO Havana to pro
tect German interests in Cuba during
the absence o! the minister resident,
who is on leave of absence.
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Fatal Dynamite EXPLOSION,

Canton, o.. Aug %. - John Finn
was killed and four workmen serious
ly injured while engaged on the Wa
bash railroad at Brewster, IA miles
southwest OF here All were laborers
using a st am shovel A charge Of
dynamite placed to tear up the
ground failed to go off as expected
The workmen, with steam shovel,
got too near it and it exploded.
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ouantreIl Raider.

Oak Grove. Mo, Aug. 2S.-Captain
J. Frank Gregg, who for the first half
OF the civil war was in General Shell
by's command. but later was with
Quantrell. the raider and Is said to
have been Ia the famous raid at Law
renee. Kan. died at his home at dTain
Valley, nsaF here.
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tai increase OIL the three crops Of
the rotation reaching an average
net value, after paying for the
phosphate, of thirty-flve dollars
per acre, or nine dollars per acre
annually after paying one dollar
per ton for handling the manure.
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Legal Notice,

Richard Donley, Whose place OF residence
Is unknown, and when last heard from
resided at Sanderstown, Rhode Island, Will
take notice that on the 18th day of August,
1905, Mary Doniey filed her petition i'll he
Common Pleas Court of Hooking County, o.,
being cause No. 1924 praying for n divorce
from said Richard Donley on the ground
OF failure to provide. said cause will be for
hearing on and after Septemh.r 18th, 1905
MARY DONLEY
John G. Petit, Atty for Plainiif.
August 9, CIV.
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GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO Cattle: Common to prime
steers, So T5a5 90; cows 81 7544 so;
heifers, s. 6oQb5 30; bulls, 81 2694 so;
atockers and feeders, 81 6Oa4 80. Sheep
and Lambs sheep. 81 25d5 -; lambs,
Sc OO4T S5; yearlings, IS 0On6 So Calves
-S3 OO@S co. Hogs Choice to prime
heavy, ST. 35nS 40; medium TO good
heavy, So OOm6 %, butcher weights. Sj 40
as So; good to choice heavy mixed, S6 co
as 20 packing, 81 6On6 10; pigs, s. 500
so. Whest-No , red, 5l&a72Ac. Oats
No . .9lac. Corn-No, = iHlau50c.
EAST BUFFALO Cattle: Good 10
choice export, 81 2506 90; shipping steers.
50 T5Q5 25: butchers cattle, "a 75Q5 90 :
heifers SO 25d5 OO fat cows 81 25Gp4 20;
bulls. 81 25R4 90; mixers and springers.
$50 OOd5O 90. Sheep and Lambs-Good to
choice ycurlnGs, So 0On6 so; wethers.
s5 1896 OO; spring lambs S6 OO@S 80.
Calves-Best, s. 75qS On. Hogs-IIeavy.
$6 1905 rs. Workers and mediums. Sc rs
as 80; pigs. E6 70a6 49, roughs, IS 25
as SO
CLEVELAND - Cattle: Choice steers,
So S5m5 60; helfers 81 25a4 5O fat cows,
So 25@3 So; bulls 81 i0qS 90 mixers
and springers. SIS 00Q42 co. Sheep and
Lambs Good to choice spring lambs,
81 75as 90; yearlings, So sOq6 rs; mixed
sheep 81 1916 20 ewes. 81 30. Calves
IS 90 down Hogs Hetyies Sc co. York
ers 50 75gp6 So mixed, 50 40; pigs. 50 80;
stays, SO T5U4 2oi iouBhs' 20 5oUo 70
PITTSBURG Cattle; Choice. Sc 75Q
i w; prime So 5045 70 tidy butchers,
81 OcQ5 90; heirers So OOG4 40: fat COWS.
bulls and stays, 81 OOq4 90 fresh cows.
s25 oO65O 90 Sheep and Lambs-Prme
wathers IS 65q5 50; good mixed, 50 4OQ
so; lambs IS OOuS 90, Hoss-Heavy
hogs 81 eOqDB 80 mediums, 50 1896 . :;
Workers and pigs, Sc sO@6 So,
NEW Yokk Cattle: Steers 81 50g
10; cows 81 OOa4 On; bulls, 81 6og4 90.
sheep and Lambs sheep, SO 2595 so:
culls, 81 OOas 90; lambs 50 2SQs so
culls So OOE5 so, Calyes-Neal, IS 50q
90. Hogs State and Pennsylvania hogs.
Sc sOG7 %; choice light, 7 TO-
clNcINNk Wheat: No 2 red, 7lA
Q72he. Corn No, ., isIs Q50e. Oats
No 2 mixed, S1A 9$lhe, Rye-No. 2.
JOQ6lc. Lard IS 40 Bulk meats-$s l2i
Bscon-slo 80. Hogs-S6 2Oqg 49, Cattle
~ OOQ5 Is Sleeps. 1894 rs. Lambs
81 2s@s 90.
BOSTON Wool Ohio and Pennsylya-
MIA XIX and above, $40; 81 laSSe: No. /,
IoQAlc; No. g SSqS9o; ine unwashed, 20
G25c; wash delsine, See unvashsd de-
!aine awe Sc.
TOLEDO Wheat, IS&c; corn, 5gMe.
ssts. 3lAe; rye. 5se; cloyerseed. ST 30.
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Failed 70 MatsrlaIIze.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug 29,-The Popu-
list state convention called to meet
here to nominate state ticket failed
to materialize. only nine delegates
making their appearance, Chairman
Holloway of the executive committee
said: "As has been well understood
for some time. We have no intention
OF placing ticket in the field Fully
ninety per cent Of the Populists voted
for Hoke Smith. They felt that he
stood for many things we have Rd-
yooated for gears,"
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Child cremated.

Cincinnati, o., Aug, 2S.-Mary Ca
lecchoi, A, was burned to death while
playing around the cook stove, Her
mother was terribly burned while try.
ing to eXtinguish the flames which en-
veloped the child ana burned off her
clothes.
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Fertilizing Wheat on a Run
Down Farm.

For thirteen years the Ohio Ex-
pertinent Station has been con-
ducting experiments with fertiliz-
ers on farm which had been re-
duced to very low state of pro-
ductiveness by exhaustive crop
ping. In these experiments corn,
oats, wheat, clover and timothy
have been grown in a 5-year rota-
tion, each crop being grown every
year, and the fertilizers have been
applied to the corn, oats and
wheat.
When acid phosphate has been
used alone, 80 pounds per acre on
corn and oats and 100 pounds on
wheat, the Increase yield on the
five crops Of the rotation has
reached an average value Of more
than $l8. so per acre, leaving a net
profit of sixteen dollars per acre
over and above the cost of the fer
tilizer.
When to this quantity of acid
phosphate were added 480 pounds
of nitrate of soda and $50 pounds
of muriate of potash, these being
distributed over the three cereal
crops and raising the total cost of
the fertilizer to twenty dollars
for each five-year period, the total
increase has risen to value of
fortY-tbree dollars, leaving q net
gain of twenty-five dollars, or
more than four dollars annually.
One third of this land has been
left continuously unfertilized, an
unfertilized plot adjoining every
one that has received fertilizers.
For the last eight years of the test
the yield of wheat on this unfer-
tilted land has been nine and one
half bushels per acre; yield
which has been increased by acid
phosphate alone to an eight-year
average of twenty bushels per
acre, and by the complete fertiliz-
Ger to twenty-nine bushels.
1t has thus been possible to
raise the yield of this worn land
, from less than ten bushels of
wheat per acre to an average of
twenty mine bushels, and to accom-
plish this result by method
which has not only paid its way,
bat has paid in addition an an
nual rental for the land of more
: than four dollars per acre.
1t will be seen that while the
first cost of the acid phosphate
used alone has been much smaller
than that of the fertilizer carry
ing nitrogen and potassium also,
yet the net gain is much greater
from the complete fertilizer than
from the acid phosphate alone.
Other experiments ON the same
farm have shown that farm ma
nure, taken directly from the
stable to the field after being re-
enforced with some carrier of
phosphorus, such as acid phos-
phate or the powdered rock from
which acid phosphate is made,
may completely replace the nitrate
of soda and muriate of potash
used in the test above described,
thus reducing the necessary ex-
penditure for the fertilizer to that
for phosphorus alone.
In these experiments the ma
nurs has been applied to the corn
crop Ia three-year rotation OF
corn, wheat and clover, at the rate
Of eight tons per acre, and has in
creased tho yield to nine-year
average of sixty-two bushels of
shellsd corn Ter acre, followed by
twenty-five bushels of wheat with
out any further manurlng, the to-
r.
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Indlanlans co 70 sec Bryan.

indianapolis, Aug ga party of
25 Indiana Democrats left for New
York in special car to attend the
reception to William Jennings Bryan
The interest being manifested in the
demonstration to be given William
]. Bryan at Louisville, Sept. II, csus'
ed many Indiana Democrats to cancel
arrangements made to so to New
York. intending to go to Louisville In
stead.
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OHIO CLIO.
What's Doing in the Buckeye State.
Revenue Under Ccle Law.

Revenue Under Ccle Law.
Columbus, o., Aug. 2g.-The gross
earnings or tho public service cont
panies taxed under the Cole law viii
reach this year the enormous sum of
s200,O0O,OOO. The reports OF the com.
panies are due by September /, and
many are already In. Included In the
list of quasi-pubic corporations taxed
under this law are steam aud electric
railroads, express, telegraph and tele-
phone, signal and messenger, pipe
line, gas and electric light and power
companies. and freight line com.
panies. They are taxed one per cent
on their gross earnings, so that the
law will produce this year s2,0OO,0OO
OF revenue. Last year their earnings
reached $1S0,0O0,O0O, SO that the
total revenue produced was only ST.
100000.
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Fire in Oil Field.

Beaumont, Texas, Aug. 29. - Boiler
exploded in Keithward tract at Spin
die Top at $3.50 last evening, setting
fire to oil storage tanks and derricks.
Fifteen already burned, fire spreading.
Best wells In field in this district
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Probate Notice

Notice is hereby given that the following
Accounts and Vouchers have been filed In
the Probate Court of Hooking County, Ohio
for Second and tinal settlement j. H. Canty
Administrator of the Estate OF Joseph j.
Snider, deceased, ana the same VIII come on
for hearing on the "A day of August A. d..
1905 at 10 o'clock A, VI o, or as soon thereafter
as may be convenient,
+. u. MARTIN
Aug. % 3-w Probate Judge
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Inorease in railroad Valuation,

Columbus, o., Aug. 29.-Though very
few miles of new steam railroad were
built in Ohio last year, the appraise-
ment of railroad property for taxation
this year shows large increase. The
total valuation is $1480GO,329. Last
year it was only S1S5 ,669, ,294.
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Notice of Appointments.

Estate OF Harry Palmer, deceased
The undersigned has been appointed and
qualified AZ Administrators OF the Estate OF
Harry Palmer, late OF Hooking County, de-
ceased. Dated this 22nd. day OF August A.
ID. 1905.
WILLIAM PALMER,
August 23, S-w Administrator
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Struck Big Gasser.

Newark, o., Aug. 29.-On the e. o.
Squire farm midway between Homer
and Hartford the Central Ohio Natur-
al Gas company drilled in at a depth
of about 2,100 feet, 5000, 0,000-foot gas
we'll which is one of the best in this
section. The we'll is three-quarters of
mile from any other well and is
therefore in what is regarded as new
territory.
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Veteran Shoots HlmseIf.

Sandusky, o., Aug. 29.-Miton s.
Pollock, an inmate of the state sol
diers' home, and sufferer from can
Ger of the stomach, committed suicide
by shooting himself
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Two Girls Drown.

Loyeland, o., Aug 2S ~ Miss Mul-
len, 1G, and Miss Hill, l6, whose home
is at Mulberry, We're drowned in a
swollen stream near the Good Luck
farm, on the Goshen road.
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sooker Football Game.

Cincinnati, O., Aug 29.-The Corin
thans of England defeated the Gin.
cinnati team at socker football by a
score of 19 to o.
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Boy Drowned.

Akron, o., Aug. 29.-Carl H. Tag
gart, aged 10, of Gallon, was drowned
in the canal. He was wading and was
seized with cramps in shallow water.
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Youngstown. o., Aug. %. = Peter
Higgins, aged 80, an engineer on the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie, was killed
by traction car here.
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Strnclk IN a Train.

Rochester,, Ind, Aug. 20 49, While
riding on handcar from Letters to
Germany, small stations west OF here
ON the Erie railroad, Mr., and Mrs.
Leslie Ralston We're struck by pas.
senger train Mrs Ralston was in,
stantly killed Her husband however,
escaped with only slight injuries Raj
ston is the telegraph operator at Ger
many and was going 10 his work.
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Police Chief Killed.

Greenville, O., Aug rs, - Chief or
Police William Marker AZ. was killed
In an effort to capture a prisoner who
was trying to escape He arrested
Gus Grihith and was bringing him to
town ON streetcar when Gritfith
sought to escape by a sudden jump
from the moving car Marker fol-
lowed. but in jumping slipped and
struck his head ON the Arlek pave,
ment His skull was crashed at the
base Of the brain, Death was almost
instantaneous.
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s55,to3,ss3 Paid.

San Francisco, Aug. 2s. - Thirty
tiye insurance companies out of the
l20 involved In the San Francisco dis.
nster have paid, in the aggregate,
S55, ,l03,SS6,22 according To their of
fice record 10 date.
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To Attend Memorial Ser
vice.

Columbus, o., Aug. %, 1906.
Hon. j. B. Dollison, M Mayor,
Logan, Ohio.
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PEEKABOO WAISTS START WAR
Indiana High school Girls Expelled
Because They Wear Them.

Columbus. Ind. Nov 90 The
trouble at the local high school over
the wearing OF "peekaboo" waists
and short sleeves by the girls has r.
nally resulted in the expulsion OF
several. though their names have
not been announced. Principal Sam
uel Wertz stirred hornets nest
when he raised objections to abbre-
Waited costumes OF the feminine pu-
pills. One girl. who promised to
wear long sleeves appeared in a
ragged garment. the sleeves OF
which. while long. according to
agreement. were slit the entire
length. Girls as whole resented
what they termed the dress censor
ship. and there has been lively
time for several days in the school
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-11-20
Relief for Dheumniism.

These damp days are hard on peo-
pie afflicted with rheumatism. and
relief is sought in all sorts OF rene
dies.
There Is no doubt In the minds of
people who have suffered with the
dread disease and those who have
studied It closely that probably more
relief can be secured from the Osteo-
pathic treatment than any other.
or course, some chronic cases
won't Yield to any treatment, but in
stances of cases OF seven and eight
years standing yielding to three
months treatments can be cited. II
you are suffering of rheumatism. [
should like to discuss your case with
you. examine you and tell YOU what
| can do for you. With the dry hot
air treatment that use with osteo-
pathy am having very gratifying
success with people you know well.
DR.. @. b. Froage, Sic Broadway.
Phone 1897.
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gative pill for the body polite,
which il is his duty to cram down
the public throat, and his instinct Is
to use the snaffie and gag like a
horse doctor. To him to sugar-coat
that pill would be surrender OF
principle; to make two doses of It,
a compromise with evil. Nauseatine
symptoms are to him indications
that the nostrum is working and evi.
dence of the need for It. Used to i'm
plicit, unquestioning obedience In
his own little world, he expects tc
dominate political affairs in the
same arbitrary manner, not realiz.
ing that there are a thousand con.
flicting interests to be harmonized
to secure the greatest good to the
greatest number. His remedy may
be a specific for the symptom he per
ceives, but possibly real doctor
would discover other underlying
disorders that first need attention
The public doesn't like to take nasty
medicine any more than do individ-
uals, and II is always good policy to
feel the pulse of the patient before
prescribing.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-11-20
SUSPENSION FOR CRAPsEY.
Court Of Review Sustains Decision of
Lower Court.

Buffalo y. Y. Nov. 90 The
Rev. DR.. Algernon S. Crapsey. OF ST.
Andrews Episcopal church. Roches-
ter. is condemned to suspension
from the church as result OF the
decision OF the ecclesiastical court OF
review which II has made public.
The court OF review sustains the de-
cision OF the lower court which was
that DR.. Crapsey should be suspend
ed for heretical teachings. The an
nouncement OF the decision made
was as follows: THE court OF ~
view has affirmed unanimously the
decision OF the lower court In the
case OF Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey, ID,
D."
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-11-20
REPORTS ON TRoro DISEASES
Surgeon T.. II. Stitt, u. 5. ", Gath.
ers Facts on Asiatic Station.

Washington, Nov. 90 Surgeon
Edward r. Slit, U. S. n, has re-
turned from tour OF duty on the
Asiatic station and made to the bu-
reau of medicine what is regarded as
a very valuable report on diseases
of the tropics. Prior to his investl-
cation he took a special course OF
instruction in London, from which
he graduated with high honors. His
work took him to the Philippines
and to Guam, and his report lays
special stress on leprosy and gango-
sa. which prevail to an alarming ex-
tent in the latter island.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-11-20
FARMERS IN WAR ON HUNTERS
Organize 10 Prosecute 1rcspasscrs
Who shoot Domestic Animals.

Canton. III, Nov. 2O.--Exasperated
beyond endurance by hunters who
have been trespasslng and shooting
domestic animals and fowls. the farm
ers Of this section, representing 3O.-
600 acres, have organized the Farm
ers' Mutual Protective association.
Vigilance committees have been APP
pointed and special deputies located
in every locality. BY a telephone
alarm system members are TO be as
sembled to capture trespassers A
firm OF lawyers has been employed to
prosecute the trespassers for tho asso-
citation. which has already raised
ample funds to begin the work.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-11-20
HIS OLD COMRADES
ATTEND HIS BODY
Major T. +. Moss Rests In Oak
Grove Cemetery.
Funeral Took Place This Afternoon
ut Elks' Home-NIany Beautiful
Flowers.
L. C. V. SERVICES OBSERVED

The funeral of Mai +. +. Moss
took place this afternoon at 2:30
O'Clock at the ETks Home on North
Fifth street. The ]. T. walberi
camp. Confederate veterans. assisted
by the local chapter. Daughters of tn,
Confederacy, had complete charge OF
be service.
The old soldiers met at the city
hall. formed and marched to the Elks
home. where the body has been lyina
In state. General II. A. Tyler. OF
Hickman. Ky, arrived in the cit,
yesterday to be present at the funera
today.
The Rev. Calvin Thompson con.
Quoted the religious service ahd'sey'
eral songs were sung by a dlIafte'
composed OF Mrs. Leila Lewis, Mrs
p. Stanley, Mr.. Robert Chastaine and
Mr.. Robert Scott.
The floral tributes we're numerous
and the ones from the Elks and j. r
Walbert camp were especially beau
tifui. The Confederate flag draped
the head OF the casket.
After the service in the Elks
Home. burial followed in Oak Grove
cemetery. Many friends went to the
cemetery and the services there were
brief. The pallbearers were: Wallace
Well. Rodney Davis, William f.
Bradshaw. Jr.. ]. w. Campbell. Rich
ard Clements and T. n. Harrison.
The veterans escorted the body to the
grave.
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CHEER UP. YE RADICALS.

Intelligent radicals ought not to be
discouraged by the defeat of Mr..
Hearst. Had the contest in New
York been between an old-line con-
sentative and an honest and able lib
eral, the progressive candidate would
have won by an incalculable major
ity. Had Governor Higgins, for exam
PIE run against Judge Gaynor, OF
Mayor Adam. nothing could have
saved the Republicans Honest pro
gress may be rendered more difficult
by the vast noise of individuals In
search of Office, but II will not be
made impossible. The election of Mr.
Hughes means that in New York re-
form, OF the kind exemplified by Nj.
Roosevelt, and by the insurance in
vestigatlon and legislation will be
carried on under a Republican label.
while the dear old Democracy, hav-
ing allowed Mr. Hearst TO vociferate
himself into leadership, win add an
inch or two to Il ears Of the animal
which Is It's so APPLY chosen emblem.
The Republican politicians in New
York were forced TO nominate a man
whose deeds we're a cheerful symp-
tom OF advancing justice; they sat
back, in grim stupidity. while he
fought alone; and the voters OF New
York decided merely. like American
citizens, for seif-respecting. fair
minded progress, against trickery
struggle for personal power, and trust
in noise. The Democratic party
loses, as usual, but the independent,
liberal-minded men in every party
will see justice each year made more
even. upon this good old sphere, and
in this fair land, with It's malice to-
ward none, with It's confidence in the
right. with hs hope, its charity and
its faith.--From Golfers for Novem-
Der II, 1906.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-11-20
FIGHT FOR THE RIVERS.

or course, the Deep Waterways
convention at ST. Louis was all for
the glorification Of st. Louis, as the
literature sent out ahead of the con-
ference indicated, by making st.
Louis the center of the universe with
the streams Of the Mississippi valley
radiating from her wharf and it may
be many long years before the
scheme OF turning the Father of Wa
tiers into a ship canal is carried into
execution. But the gathering was a
representative one of the whole val
ley. Governors, congressman and
leading citizens from many states at
tended. One thing such meetings al
ways accomplish that is beneficial:
that is a unification of purpose, and
a getting together on such points as
are of common concern to all Ev-
. cry section OF the United States Il
friendly to every other in everything
but one-commerce. There is CON-
mercial war always between Compel
ing sections, and the great sea ports
of the east are not looking kindly on
the idea of improving the Mississip-
pi and her tributaries to the end that
New Orleans may become a greater
port. Figures were produced at the
meeting of the Deep Waterways con-
yention to show that IS per cent OF
the annual appropriations go to pay
for wars that are over or to antici-
pate wars that may come. while 8
per cent is expended in developing
internal waterways essential to COM
merce and capable of developing ma.
tional wealth to an Unreasonable
degree. In order TO win the recogni.
ton the inland waterways deserve, II
Is necessary for the people of the
Mississippi and its tributaries to get
together and in harmony prepare a
program, and stick to it. II will not
do for them to fight over the appro-
priation. When the whole valley il
united ON this subject. the congress
men must stand together and fight
for every cent of 1t. We are glad the
Deep Waterways convention was a
success. and It is gratifying to OBJ
serve that all these river conventions
are being well attended.