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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Indiana's Ground Waters.

The United States Geological
Survey has decided to make an
exhaustive investigation of the
ground waters of Indiana. In an
nouncing the undertaking the
survey says: ct has long been
known that the ground waters in
this highly populated region are
IF great value to municipalities
and industries. There has tccn
no small amount of development
in years past, but this develop
ment has been somewhat spas
nodic, has lacked Intelligent d.
rsction, and the resnltc have been
:, no means commensurate with
the importance of the problems
and the amount of money ex-
pended. Up to the present time
no systematic study OF the water
bearing strata has been made,
ard at but few places has the
depth to ground water been ac-
curate1y ascertaipcd; neither has
there been any worthy ATTEMPT
nc determine the character of the
waters from the different strata
and their applicability to use in
various industries.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Added Wealth to State.

One of the most important
works of the present state adj
ministration, which has added
millions of dollars to the wealth
of the state, opened up busy fac
tories and given permanent and
profitable employment to thous-
ands and thousands of wage
earners, has been conducted SO
modestly as to be little known
about, and not fully appreciated
by many of our citizens. We re-
fer to the work of the state de-
partment of geology under w. S,
Blatchley. Through the efforts
of his department of the state adj
ministration the value of the nat
ural resources of the state have
been increased many fold. For
instance, the attention of capital
was directed to limestone depos-
its, and last year alone over three
millions of dollars worth of this
stone was marketed. As a result
of similar work the coal output
was increased from four million
tons in 1897 to over ten million
tons last year; and instead OF
making no Portland cement in
Indiana it is found we have
enough mari to make building
material for the whole United
Sttaes for years to come.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
The Old National Road.

A hundred years ago the
United States government was
engaged in building road from
Cumberland, Nd, to Vandalia,
Ill. 1t didn't finish the work in
a day; indeed, it spent a great
many years and good many
million dollars upon it. But when
the old National Highway was
completed it had the reputation
of being one of the best roads in
the world, and very possibly it
was the longest.
Pioneers went forth over that
road. Towns and cities grouped
themselves along it. 1t was an
empire-building road, for over it
tile men of the Central West
marched to the work of founding
many great states. In time came
the railroads, and with the rail-
roads the National Road lost its
national Importance. 1t fell into
the hands of toll companies, and
by and by even the toll compan-
les disappeared, and the care of
the road was left to the township
or county through which it pass
ed. Now it is in parts just the
ghost of what it once was, but
in other parts it still bears wit
ness to honest original construc-
ton and to long-continued care.
1t has recently been proposed
that Congress again take over
this road and reconstruct it, part
ly for sentimental reasons, partly
because through traffic by high
ways has again become possible
with the advent of the automo-
bile, but more than all because
such a road would serve as a
model of bodybuilding for very
great territory which is now turn
ing its attention more and more
strongly to the economic advan-
tages to the farmer of good high
ways on which to move his
|crops. The summer season is the
time when such discussions be-
come most active, and there has
lately been rapid fire of in
dorsement for the project, most
of them coming, as is natural,
from the territory through which
the road passes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
COUNTY GUARDIANSHIP.
Judge Bernetha Sends the Case
to Cass County.

Ju6ge Bernetha delivered an
opln' 5df which it required an
hour TO read in Hendricks-Gari,
case. After quoting all the law
and decisions that he could find
in regard to election officers he
said 1t was his opinion that the
courts did not have jurisdiction
in this case, but he found that
when an affidavit for a change OF
venue was made, the court could
do nothing else but grant the
change, therefore he could not
decide the question of jurisdiction
which would have to be left to
the court to which the case is
taken.
The judge refused to send the
case to Kosciusko or Pulaski
counties and said he would not
send it to Fulton county because
there was no court in that coun-
ty until October. 1t was then
agreed to send the case to Cass
county where a term of court
commences Septemer 10.
Hendricks is still chairman,
and we have no doubt that he
will be chairman year from this
time if he is still living.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Married in Dakota.

Among those who left Ply.
mouth Saturday morning for the
northwest, was Miss Mary Shat.
err, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Shafer of Lapaz. Miss Shafer
went to Dakota to marry
Charles Gordon, a young farmer
whose home was near Lapaz I'm.
til he secured claim about five
miles from Ray, North Dakota,
where he and his bride hope to
make a fine farm.
Miss Skaters mother and
Charlie Gordon's mother, Mrs. J
Gordon of near Lapaz, and Mr..
and Mrs. A. Skaters grand
daughter, Miss Garnett Fluke
were among the party who went
to the wedding which will be
Tuesday evening, August IA,
Miss Shafer was one of North
townships best and most popu-
lar young ladies. Mr.. Gordon is
an excellent young man and the
happy couple have best wishes
of scores of friends in this coun-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
BRYAN and His Bible.

Mr.. Bryan is running across
the grain of Scripture to keep in
close touch with the men who
voted for him in two campaigns.
He can quote Scripture when 1t
suits his purpose, anu he can
blink it when it doesn't. In the
story of Naboth's vineyard, and
that of "the boy Absalom', he
cites the book, chapter and verse
with extreme JUNCTION.
When he would appear to rule
ont his new converts from among
those who are to sit at the first
table, if he should ever work the
miracle of loaves and fishes for
the performance of which he is
now the only hope of hungry
party, he finds it convenient to
forget the twentieth chapter OF
the new Gospel according to St
Matthew. 1.-THE worker who
came late," he says, would, il
honest, be too modest to assume
an attitude of superiority over
those who 'toiled during the ear
lier hours" The use of the "if'
in such a case implies if it does
not express doubt of the mod
esty and honesty OF those who
are now coming late. 1t certain
1y expresses Mr.. Bryan..s con-
seriousness of lar among those
who have been with him both
late and early that, in the event
of the miracle, the old mourners
would be crowded out by the new
converts.
This attitude is polite, but it
is unscriptural. In the parable
related in the first book of the
New Testament the lord of the
vineyard pays those who come
to work at the eleventh hour a
like wage with those who have
worked from the beginning, and
rebukes the more Industrious for
their presumption in demanding
more. And to make their huml-
iation more complete, he con-
Guides by saying: so the last
shall be first and the first last, for
many be called, but few chosen
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Advice to Mrs. Sage.

1t IS not unlikely that another
generation will find organized
philanthropic effort recognized
branch of the social sciences hav-
ing relation on the one side to
social ethics and on the other to
economics. The fundamental
claim of the new science may be
forecast: 1t will demand that the
massed millions of the chiefs of
industry and finance shall be re-
turned to society in ways that
shall conform in part to the
method of their accumulation.
Under this rule the most appro-
pirate way for Mrs. Sage to ben
evidently administer her legacy
would be to devote part of it to
the establishment of a loan sys-
tenn for the encouragement of
young men with business talent,
but lacking capital. This fund
could be administered under eff
hcient direction and become aug
mented rather than diminished.
Baltimore American.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Democratic Lawyers Employed.

The Chronicle again virtually
admits that w. G. Hendricks is
the legal county chairman. The
only reason it can give for not
Throwing up the sponge and ac-
Isnowledging his claims fairly
and squarely is that his lawyers
|are Democrats, while Senator
Parks and Merrill Moores are
Republicans.
Mr.. Hendricks did not think it
necessary to go to Indianapolis
and employ lawyer who never
works for less than 800 day
and the Republican lawyers OF
Marshall county who have any
political future did not wish to
be engaged in the case.
Senator Parks has nothing
more to expect from the Republi-
cans of this county or congress
sional district; consequently he
| works for those who will pay
him the most money, and as
Goodrich gets his money from
the Republicans of every county
in the state and disburses it as
he pleases money cuts no figure
with him and Parks hopes to get
a good share of it.
Goodrich and Congressman
Brick seem to differ in opinion in
regard to lawyers. When Brick
wants any assistance in a law
case in this county he always
employs Democratic lawyers, in
lstead of Senator Parks. He thinks
Parks is not lawyer.
| We are not blaming Senator
Parks for this, but we know and
the Chronicle knows that if the
Senator thought lie had any pol
iticaI future, he would not touch
earn or Boys with ten-foot
pole.
We think everybody will now
see the reason why Mr.. Hendricks
employs Democratic lawyers in
Marshall county.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

Harry and Frank Osborne and
Thomas Andersn, three itinerani
statesmen, were placed under ar.
rest at Goshen for securing
money under false pretense and
inhicting a swindle in the rural
sections. They represented
themselves to be sons of Rev. w.
&c. Parker of Goshen, and in this
way secured welcome entrance
into many homes. They offered
for sale silverware and pewter
spoons. To one woman they rep
resented a spoon she bought for
81 was so constructed that she
need not use sugar in mixing
cake dough, for the chemicals in
the spoon would provide the
sweetness. This deal caused
their arrest.
When the police went to the
Hotel Hattel to get them, An
derson, who had but one suit OF
clothes, had sent it out to be
pressed. A deputy sheriff had to
remain with him for an hour, un-
til he got his clothes back and
could accompany him to the po-
lice court.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

The harvest fields of North
Dakota and Canada and otheI
sections of the Northwest are
taking many people from Mar
shall county this hot weather.
Seventeen persons left Ply
mouth for the Dakotas August
8, and on Saturday morning a
large crowd went west. Among
them were Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
liam Holland who went to Seat
tie, Washington, Christ Manu-
wal and sons Emory and Frank
who went to Minneapolis and
Birdseye, Minnesota. Mrs. Chan
ey and Miss Sadie Cormican
bound for West Canada; J. B
Grover, Harley Love. A. F. Hol-
land, G. w. Knoblock, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Heminger, Mrs. A
Shafer, Mrs. ]. Gordon, Miss
Mary Shafer and Miss Garnet
Fluke, who went to North Da-
kota. These az only a few oil
the number who have gone from
Marshall county.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
MOSQUITO Net Bridal Veil.

A wedding was performed at
Michigan City in the camp of the
Mems Welfare league, of Day
ton, O., Tuesday with forest trees
and rustic decorations as its set
ting. The bridegroom was
George Moon, aged %, and the
bride was Blanche Comber, aged
20. The couple had intended to
have a quiet wedding down town
at the parsonage of local pas
tor, but when the approaching
nuptials became known the
campers induced them to have
the ceremony performed in camp.
The bride had no veil and mos
quito netting was substituted
while wild flowers composed the
bridal boquet, in lieu of the usual
orange blossoms.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
A Social Event.

Mrs. Dollie Yost gave party
Thursday evening at the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Eich on South Michigan street
in honor of her guest, Miss Queen
Riley of Chicago.
Many persons came in from
the cottages at Pretty Lake and
among the out of town guests
were Miss Anderson, Mr. Charles
and Miss Edna Bortree and Ru-
dolph WEIGH of Chicago, Miss
Clara Kuhn of Port Huron
Mich. and score of young peo-
pie of this city.
The occasion was one of the
great musical events of the sea-
son. Miss Riley is a fine elocu-
ZIONIST and gave recitation
written by herself which was
very fine. Light refreshments
were served and all present en-.
joyed delightful evening.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Chances of Reform in Russia.

| Chances of Reform in Russia
What is the outlook in Russia
today after the failure of the pro-
Ijected and attempted general
strike after the suppressed mt
TIMES at Sveaborg and Cron-
stadt, after the wholesale arrests
of revolutionary and proletarian
chiefs? Some of the progressive
leaders have been gloomily pre-
dieting a dictatorship and pol
icy of brutal reaction. The de-
velopments, so far, indicate that
the government, though temper
arily victorious, is far too appre-
hensive and conscious of the
dangers besetting it to ally itself
openly with the reactionaries.
In fact, the organ of the prime
minister, The Rossia, declares
war on the "counter-revolut;on-
airy" movement, to the black
hundreds and the patriotic" ter
rorists who organize assassina-
tons and massacres in the inter-
est of order" and "conserva-
tism, and reiterates the emphatic
promise of "strong-handed re-
FORM" The vacancies m the
cabinet have just been filled, and
the new appointees, while be-
longing to the bureaucracy, are
men of fairly liberal regulations
and affiliations.
There are other signs of like
import. The ministry is issuing
and scattering proclamations de-
signed to influence the peasants
and the commercial class favor
ably toward moderate candidates
for the next douma. These cleo
tioneering documents are sneered
at as insincere and inapt, but
they are electioneering docu-
ments-and that is an encourage
ing fact. Apparently new cleo
tons are actually to be ordered
for November or December, and
the government is "going to the
country" with an agrarian and a
political programme.
The constitutional Democrats
and the less radical Octoberists
are not at all sorry at the failure
of the revolts and the general
strike scheme. They do not be-
|lieve the revolutionary forces
are strong enough to coerce the
court and bureaucracy into
Sweeping constitutional conces-
Isions,. and realize that abortive
revolutions" spell retrogression
There is certain to be realign-
ment of the political groups, and
the modern constitutionalists are
to endeavor to make the next
douma an organ of constructive
legislation and peaceful regener-
alton of Russia.-Record- Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Japanese Seal Poachers.

4
Accounts that have been re-
ceived by the government of the
conflict between Japanese sea
poachers and the guards on the
Pribyloff Islands indicate that
the former were wantonly en-
gagged in breaking law. Their
lschooners were observed well
within the three mile limit, con-
certed raids were made from
them and many seals were killed
by the raiding parties.
The government agent did not
act, apparently, except under ex-
IRENE provocation. A repulse
of some sort was necessary if the
Japanese were not to feel that
they lad full license to proceed
with the slaughter, and it was as
the outcome of proper protective
measures thai FIVE of them were
killed and twelve captured.
E. w. Sims, who was sent to
Alaska for the express purpose
of investigating raids on seal
herds, suggested in his report of
the matter to the Department of
Commerce and Labor that
poachers might be treated as pi-
rates, but this brought out an
adverse opinion from the De-
partment of Justice. The men
who are held as prisoners will
be prosecuted under statute
which forbids the killing of any
fur-bearing animal under the Al
askan jurisdiction and prescribes
a fine or Imprisonment as a pun-
ishment for its violation.
The Japanese government has
been given all the information
regarding the affair which has
been received by our govern
ment, and predictions are very
confidently made that it cannot
lead to serious complications be-
tween the two countries con-
cerned. At the same time it is
said that the situation is deli
cate one for our own govern
ment because the arguments
that are used to justify our agent
may be turned against us if we
should attempt to secure dam
ages for American fisherman
caught poaching in Canadian or
Mexican waters.
Aside from the international
questions involved, the incident
is interesting because it directs
attention once more to the enor-
nous decline in the seal herd.
This contained some 1000, 900
animals in 1885 and only about
100000 in 1905. Purchasers of
sealskin garments have reason
to know of the difference be-
cause of the great increase in
prices and the assertions of deal
ers as to the scarcity of the fur.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Last Indian Queen.

Mrs. John Owl, also as. An
thony kevarr or "Kiskidwah,' an
aged Miami squaw, who resides
near Roanoke, was interviewed
Friday, August 4, by S. p. Kali
mer, John F. Mossman, NJ. l..
Galbreath and Alex. Moore, of
Columbia City and they claim
their visit was highly satisfac-
tory in clearing up many points
in Indiana history that were
somewhat in doubt.
The old woman was found at
her home a mile southeast of Ro-
anoke, with her son, Anthony
Revarre. She is ninety-six years
old and in good health yet, re-
tanning her bodily vigor and
mental faculties to a marked de-
gree. All the conversation was
carried on through her son, a
man aged ffty-seven years, who
was quite intelligent and made
every effort to give what infor-
nation was being sought. The
aged squaw could understand the
English tongue, but replied to
her son in the Indian language
and many times made answers
before he put question to her.
The old woman is a grand
daughter of Little Turtle, the fa-
nous Miami chieftain, and was a
cousin of Coesse. She states pos
lively that Coesse did not die in
Whitley county, but that he died
at her home and was buried on
her forty acre farm in 1853. Her
son showed the gentlemen the
spot where his own father and
Coesse are supposed to lay side.
by side with a score or more of
other bodies. The ground has.
been plowed over many times
and a field of corn is growing
above this ancient Indian bury
ing ground. Plenty of bones were
found and Mr.. Galbreath brought
one arm bone home with him.
The old woman and her son
are the last of their race. All
she does is wash and wipe dishes
sitting down to perform this
task. Her son was married once
to white woman, but his wife
and two children are dead. Be-
fore the death of Revarre's wife
they came to Alex Moore's farm
staying over night and asked
permission to dig for Indian
graves on the farm. His request
was granted and on this occa-
sion he recognized Mr.. Moore
and was eager to please him. The
old woman was married to John
Owl on Silas Biggs' farm.
They have vast amount of
Indian relics, among them a pair
of buckskin mittens worn by Lit
tie Turtle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

When realignment of political
parties takes place it will be
along a line between radicalism
and conservatism. 1t is a sad
mistake to think that all progress
depends on radicalism and that
conservatism is obstructive 1t is
a mistake to believe that every
i'll of society must be corrected
by legislation. 1t is a mistaken
tendency to extend the functions
|of government as we are doing,
land soon, perhaps not in 10 years
but soon in the life of nation,
parties will divide along lines of
which these are the starting
points. Already an awakening is
taking place, already the think
ing citizenship is inquiring how
far it must abdicate Its rights to
the false standards of the state.
Men are inquiring of themselves
where the individual merges into
society. OF late there is too
much movement to make that
line osmerging underlined, deter
mined by the within of society,
and not by the right of the COM
ponent part It will not be many
years before these principles will
become part of politics, and the
study OF them a part of states
|manship. Now they are the the
'ories of the demagog, and the
study of the academic reformer.
-Elhart Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Wouldn't 1t Jar Your

Somebody has been String
ing" the Valparaiso Vidette. The
Democratic congressional con-
vention will not be held until
August 30, but the Vidette OF
August 10, has the following in
regard to the most unpopular
Democrat in the district:
A boom has been started at
Plymouth to nominate Hon.
Clay w. Metsker, of that city,
for congress at the Democratic
convention to be held there to-
morrow. Mr.. Metsker is the
biggest Democrat in the district
who is at all available for this
nomination.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Rabies Cause Death.

Fred Huth of Clark Sttaion
who was bitten by a mad dos
seven or eight weeks ago, died q
Gary in the horrible agonies O
hydrophobia at 2 o'clock Wed
nesday morning in a doctors Of
fee at East Chicago where he
was taken by his friends. HUH
was a harness maker and team
ster at Gary and was bitten ir
the wrist by his own dog while
he was trying to lnchain the an
NAL in his back yard. AS soon
as he realized that he was injur-
ed he set out for a doctors of
fee where the wound was dress
ed and later he secured the ia
nous maidstone from Dyer, the
property of Charley Keilman.
Nothing very serious developed
in the case until Tuesday night,
although Huth has constantly
worried for fear he would go
mad. He began feeling the effects
of the poison late Tuesday after
noon and went to the home of
w. S. Calm, a notary in Tolles-
ton, where he drew up his will.
At $50 he began to froth at the
mouth and to bark like dog, go
ing through all the spasms of
rabies, especially when anyone
spoke of water or when he saw
water. Two of his comrades
were compelled to hold him, he
became SO violent, and he was
later taken to- East Chicago
where two doctors worked over
him constantly until 2 o'clock in
the morning when the end came.
County Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Kosciusko County Roads.

Kosciusko county with an area
of SCI square miles and popu-
lation of 10000 has 1900 miles OF
public roads, only 254 miles OF
which have been improved to
any extent. In the county there
are $50 miles of gravel roads and
four miles of crushed stone road
way. The average cost of grav-
cling the roads rs about $500 per
mile while IN other counties in
Indiana the cost ranges from
5000 to $4,000 per mile.