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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
KING OSCAR URGES EM|GRANTS
TO RETURN TO NATIVE LAND

Chicago, July 1S.-King Oscar IS
anxious to secure the return to Swe-
den of the hundreds of thousands OF
Swedes who have emigrated to Ame.-
lea, and has begun an investigation to
determine what were the conditions
which prompted his people to leave the
fatherland and what would be necee-
sary for Sweden to do to induce them
to return.
This investigation is part of the IN.
dustrial awakening which is now on in
Sweden, and the recent change in the
post of the Swedish minister to the
United States was made with view
to furthering the return of Swedish
Americans to their fathcrland.
Opens IL Bureau.
Mr. Lagercrantz, the new minist2' :
was charged to open bureau i'll the
United States through which Swed
ish American desiring to return might
secure information as TO the conditions
/ in his trade in Sweden and the prob
abilities OF his prOspering there. Con.
sui Ekman, who died recently in Swe
den, left 100000 crowns (s116,00O K
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Attorney Hawley Will
Open for the State in
Haywood Case.
IS NO MORE EVIDENCE
Day Put in Discussing Instruc-
tlols to Jury, Judge Wood
Hearing Both Sides.

Boise, Idaho, July 1S-The defense
rested in the Haywood trial immediate
ly after court opened this morning Tn
jury was not brought into court.
Judge Wood announced the open
ing argument for state will be maIe
tomorrow by Attorney Hawlcy.
Discuss Instructions.
The day was given over to consider
alton of instructions to be given to the
jury. On this subject Judge Wood
heard the views of the opposition OF
counsel who were requested 10 girC
their opinions as to the matcriaIity OF
evidence showing the deportations al /
employment of detectives by the miue
owners and citizens of Colorado
state Rests.
Boise. Idaho, July 1S.-Thc state
rests content with the evidence it hIa
introduced to prove its case against
Haywood. Haywood's counsel an
nounced that the case may close
without further evidence. The state
called two witnesses in rebuttal yes
terday. o. NJ. Sacket and William
Stuart miners, both of whom told Il
alleged misdeeds of striking MINER,
such as engaging i'll riots and threaten
ing those who attempted to return tC
work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Queen is u.

London. July 1S.-Quen Alexander is
suffering from a slight temporary in
disposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
DENIES FRICTION |
President Small of Teleqraphers
Declares Officers Cooper
ate With Him.
THE STRIKE WILL CONTINUE
Predicts Changes That Will be of Ben
eft to Both Companies and
Employees.

Oakland, Cal. July 1S.-After meet
ing of the telegraphers yesterday Pres
idcnt Small said he expected to leave
for Chicago within the next IS hours,
that he would recommend that the ex-
ecutive board meet in that city next
Tuesday, and denied that there is any
friction between the officers of the
union.
The strike in San Francisco and
Oakland will be continued" said Mr..
Small. There are not enough teleg,
raphers to fill the positions and there
is no worry about strike breakers.
Predicts Big Changes.
The talk about calling another
strike is misleading. Tolcgraphers ev-
erywhcre desire an adjustment of diff
ticulties once for all, and they want il
soon. We have come to a place where
we must assert our rights, and | pre-
dict a change in the telcSraphic world
in the near future, one that will auguT
well for the future prosperity of thosz
engaged i'll the service, the stOckhold.
crs Of the two companies. and improves
service to the public"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
WAS RIGHT TRAIL
Chief Eckhart and Detective
Cox Recover Shoes and Ar
rest Man at Monmouth
BURGLARIZiNG CARS HERE
Was PeddIing Stolen Property When
Taken by Police-Was Follow
ing the Ringing Circus.

When Chief Eckhart and Detective
Cox of the police department reached
Monmouth and the Ringing circ Is
they were rewarded in their search
for the shoes stolen from the MilwaU-
kee cars here We're recovered. and they
also secured the man who took the
stuff-at least they arrested one man
against whom there is evidence in the
case.
William Richards. alias William
Messenger, was brought back by the
officers to answer the charge of bu:-
glary and larceny He was caught
peddling the shoes. He was wearing
pair of the stolen shoes. The Of
ficers recovered five pairs~of the shoes.
and a quantity of the stolen hosiery.
Was Following Circus.
The man under arrest was following
the circus. but it seems was not cou-
nccted with the show. When the show
cars were on the siding here, he had an
| opportunity in the confusion to open
one of the other cars on the tracks,
and took advantage of the chance ~
Exchange old shoes for a quantity Of
new ones.
Was Prompt Work.
The officers are 10 be commended on
the promptness with which they loca-
ted the stolen goods and the man want
cd for the job 1t is understood that
lstilI another man is implicated. The
police expect to arrest him before morn
ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

''In the analysis of the results of pub
lie and private management it should
he borne i'll mind that such a cOmpari-
son is not comparison of municipal
with private operation subject to no
restraining force, but with private op-
Grafton under systems of regulation
which are claimed to be the best which
have yet been devised in Great Britain
and with private management that has
been chastened and bettered by the
fear of public condemnation, by the re.
straint of government regulation and
the possibility of municipalization.
Thus the low price at which gas is sup
piled by the Sheffield company is large.
ly the result of the avowed determine.
tiOn Of the men in control to head off
municipalization"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
ARE NOT AGREED
Municipal Operation of Utilities
Hard Nut for Investigate
ing Experts.
FAIL TO AGREE ON RESULTS
Trio Sent to England by National Civic
Federation Make Interesting
Reports, However.

New York, July 1S.-Municipal Oper-
alton Of public utilities i'll Great Brit
ain as observed by a committee of eX-
perts sent abroad last year by the Ma
tiOnal Civic Federation. is treated at
length i'll Il series Of reviews by mem
bers of the committee, which were
made public today These reviews of
the experts reports, written by Milo
r. Maltbie; Walton Clark. vice presi-
dent of the United Gas Improvement
company of Philadelphia, and Charles
l.. Edgar, president of the Edison Elec
trio q Illuminating company of Bos-
ton. are divided in opinion as to the
success of the undertakings as ii whole.
MaItbic on Commission.
Mr.. Maltbie, whose review is made
from the viewpoint of an advocate of
municipalization. is one of the members
of the newly created public utilities
commission for the Greater New York.
This body has the widest powers an |
the greatest responsibilities of any
commission to which the regulation OF
corporations has been entrusted, up to
this time, in the United States. NJ.
Maltbie says that municipal operation
of public utilities i'll Great Britain has
passed the experimental stage. He de
clares that Of the plants examined i'll
Great Britain, those operated by mII-
inequalities, in almost every instance
gave a superior service at lower cost
rs compared with the privately owned
companies. This condition he finds to
be due to the higher rate of interest
and profit and the greater amount of
liabilities of the private companies.
Ownership Not Essential.
BY far the most interesting part of
Mr.. Maltbie's conclusion. however, is
that actual ownership and operation i
not necessary for the success of the
municipal ownership idea. He. says
that the power to operate, if necessary
or desirable, in many instances, has
been as effective as actual operation
that the mere fact that city has the
power to step i'll and operate an under
taking itself often makes the exercise
of this power unnecessary.
1T has been found in Great Britain
that no system of control or regulation
is complete without the power III tn,
hands of the municipalities to purchase
and operate" says Mr. Maltbie. II
one company may be succeeded by an
other or only hedged ABOUT by reStric
tiOns, there come times when action
not repression, is wanted, and then nt
remedy is adequate unless it be til,
power of the city to step in and oper
ate the undertaking itself. But tn.
mere fact that it has the power Otter
makes its exercise unnecessary, an,
what the Britisher desires is not tn
universal adoption of some method O
producing results, but the results them
| selves.
Fear Has Good Eject.
''In the analysis of the results of 2ul
lie and private management it shoul
be borne i'll mind that such a cOmpar
son is not comparison of municipa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-09
What Good Roads Cost.

Interesting facts as to the cost Of
main road maintenance in the county
Of Yorkshire, England, are sent by
Consul Walter c. Hamm of Hull. The
roads were well constructed originally
and are well cared for now. 1t is u
rare sight to see a rutty or muddy
country road in the neighborhood. Most
all Of them are macadamiZed, well
drained and kept in good repair. As a
consequence one horse can draw a load
which would require two or three
horses over the usual country road in
America. There are about 1,10O miles
of road in the county, and the cost of
the roads has increased from $734, GOO
in 1895 to 100000 i'll 1906, and the cost
per mile from $654 to $500 i'll the same
period. There is Il constant tendency
to increase in the cost of maintenance.
but this increase is in part accounted
for by the construction of footpaths
and the placing of granite ''sets" to
protect the roads from injury by troll
ley lines.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-09
The Value of an Opinion.

One of the most discouraging fea-
lures in the case of the young man
who stays at home is the fact that. no
matter what he may do, he seldom is
given credit. If he takes his fathers
business and makes it go big. every
body gives the credit to the father. I
know of one case in a small western
city. A merchant who had been con-
sidered wealthy and prominent died
and left everything to his son. The
boy had been away from home for
three years and was doing fairly we'll
In strange city without relying upon
paternal assistance. He returned and
took hold of the business. To his sur
prise, he found conditions rotten Be
yond the good will the assets scarcely
would cover the liabilities. He dug in.
worked desperately and in two years.
time had things Strengthened out and
was on the highroad to prosperity. A
sudden business collapse in the town,
followed by a bank crash, caught him
hard, and he was forced to assign. He
paid dollar for dollar, yet today in that
town they point him out as a man who
wrecked his fathers business.-Jonas
Howard in Chicago Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-09
New Roadbed Material.

A new roadbed material is being ex-
perimented with in Europe which Is
economical, easily applied and very
durable. 1t consists of mixture of
liquid tar and fine gravel The gravel
is first beaten in revolving drum and
then the tar is allowed to mix with 1t
in the revolving chamber After this
1t is dumped out and allowed to stand
for several weeks. during which time
a fermentation Is said to take place
and the tar is said to penetrate into
the pores of the gravel very thorough
~. 1t is then scattered on the road
way and rolled down. In addition to
the other merits claimed for it, is the
one that it is dustless.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-09
COUNTRY HIGHWAYS,
Some Points by Horatio S. Earle
on Their Improvement.
DRAGS AND COMMON SENSE.
Not All Roads Can Be improved by
This Method, He Says-Locate the
Trouble First-A Michigan Invention,
the Grant Rut-out, For Dragging.

In his biennial report Horatio s.
Earle, state highway commissioner of
Michigan. says regarding the improve
ment of earth roads:
No road, no matter of what material.
built in OT climate can be good all the
year around unless the water is off
from the surface, out from the sub
grade and away through the bitches to
the natural water courses. 1t can only
be off when the road is sufficiently
crowned so it can run off, This does
not mean that the slope from the cen
ter Of the road to the side bitches
should be SO steep as to make it i'm
possible for the rider in a carriage go
ing north to see the driver of the team
going south over the central hump Of
the road. but it does mean that the
road should have a crown of about one
inch to the foot from the center to the
side bitches. This may seem to be too
much, but each year the center lowers
a little by wear and wash, and a por-
tion of this substance so worn off
lodges at the sides, so that the steep
ness grows less each year. Then the
humps help to raise the sides to some
extent. A road must be kept clear of
ruts. 1t must be smooth. This can
best be accomplished by the frequent
use of the Grant rut-out
1t isn't enough to get the water off
the road, and all the drags in Christen-
dom cannot make Il good road out of a
road that is chock full of water, even
though it be smooth ON top so that the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-09
An EXPENSIVE Short Cut

1t will certainly be news to most
people, says the London Globe, That
New York Is a short cut for telesrams
between London and Paris ana be-
tween London and Berlin. However,
the fact Is vouched for. The messages
are received at an agreed address in
New York and are Immediately passed
on for London, Paris or Berlin, as tile
case may be. The reason for this
amazing roundabout to save time is
curious. New York time being about
six hours behind European time, its
wire connections with Europe are al
most unoccupied during the London
forenoon, while during the same time
European wires are often congested.
Via New York, therefore, is '.short
cut" but an expensive one.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-09
Share the Exnense.

If one county cannot afford to EN-
ploy an engineer, let two or three
counties share the expense and the
benefits, says the directSr Of the Unit
ed States office of public roads Under
this engineers immediate jurisdiction
should be placed number of skilled
road supervisors or road overseers,
each to have given territory for
which he should be responsible. In
his territory the overseer should have
direct supervision over every road
gang, and each gang should be in
charge Of 4 foreman. Under this sys-
tenn Of organization and administra-
ton there would be no waste of pub
lie revenues in i'll advised and Ill con-
Quoted efforts at road building or road
maintenance.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-09
OBJECT LESSON ROADS.
Highway Improvement Work Of the
Department Of Agriculture.

Highway Improvement Work Of the
Department Of Agriculture.
The Office of public roads of the de-
partment of agriculture is now col
lecting information from every county
In the United States in regard to the
mileage Of improved and unimproved
roads, the amount of cash tax, bonds
issued and other information of q
similar nature. No more telling argu-
ment for reform in wasteful methods
can be adduced than to bring home to
every county just what results they
are obtaining as compared with the
result obtained by others at a similar
cost.
The department of agriculture Is
paying a good deal of attention to the
subject of good roads, for probably no
field of work is of greater interest to
the public at large than the improve
ment Of our highways. The most i'm
portant result which has been attained
up to this time. whether produced by
influence in or. outside the office Of
public roads, is that the people in all
parts of the country are now interest
ed in the subject of road improvement
and are seeking such information as
will enable them to carry on the work
along intelligent lines.
While the work Of the good roads
Office is primarily educational in char
acter, giving information and advice,
1t has often found it advisable to sup
plement advice by q practical demon
stration Of effective road building.
TO meet this need the object lesson
method was adopted on the following
plan: A section of road is selected for
Improvement, and after the proper sur
yeys and estimates have been made by
an engineer of the department expert
foreman and machinery operators are
sent out in charge of modern road
building machinery and the local Of
ficials are taught by actual demonstra-
tion every step in the proper construc-
ton of road. Absolutely no expense
is incurred by the federal government
In this work except for the salaries
and expenses of the government en-
ployees, the local communities being
required to furnish the right of way,
all common labor, teams, materials,
etc, used in the work. Such roads have
been built in twenty-eight states, with
total length of about thirty-nine
miles.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-09
DIVlDlNGTHE
REWARD.
By Henry Stroule.
Copyright, 1907, by C. H. sutcliffe.

Bertha looked up in dismay as the
stranger entered. Kenton City was
not so far ahead of frontier town
that holdups were absolutely unknown,
and the sudden appearance of this
brawny intruder did not suggest a
peaceful errand.
Tremblingly she made change for the
fifty dollar gold certificate he handed
her after deliberately testing it's gen
uineness and pushed the little pile Of
bills toward him.
Aren't you rather young to be left
in charge of bank? 2" he asked as he
deposited the change in his wallet Il
supposed that three or four men were
the usual crew, not little girl'
Il am not little girl" she said in
dignantly. "I'm nineteen, and l guess
this will help me OUT
This was a huge revolver, and as
she held it toward him he noticed that
1t trembled in her uncertain grasp.
'T'm satisfied he said, with laugh.
''Please put it down."
81 guess there's no one going to rob
this bank even If there is only girl
In charge" she said defiantly. "Any-
how, father and the cashier will be
back from lunch shortly"
''They lunch rather late here" was
the significant retort as he glanced at
the clock. "Three o'clock lunches are
rather rare in Kenton City, are they
not?'
Bertha's heart sank. So he must
know that her father was ill in bed
and that the cashier, the only other
official of the bank, had gone over to
the railroad. Perhaps he knew also
that in the vaults were the payrolls OF
the two mines which made the First
National financial possibility.
1--WE were busy this morning." she
stammered. Il guess pa will get back
soon.''
II want to see him a moment" was
the quiet response. with your per-
mission, l guess I'll watt
Perhaps she suggested, "he may
stay home. I don't know. He said
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-09

surface water can run Off Water must
be out. This is done by open bitches or
some one Of the many kinds of under
draining. Open bitches are the cheap
est and for that reason must prevail
The idea prevails that if the bitches
are deep and the road grade high. even
though the bitches are chock full OF
water, there is no water in the sub
grade, but any one who thinks for
a moment knows that by capillary at
traction the road Is just as full Of wa
ter as the ground is capable of holding
IL the water stands in the bitches, and,
being full Of water, it is soft and the
wheels quickly rut the surface, ana
then water begins to seep in from the
top, so it is absolutely necessary to
have the water "away" is. out OF
the bitches. If l could have but one
grade established, that of the road or
the ditch, would by all means choose
that the bitches should have true
grade and that as often as possible out
let's should be made for carrying the
water entirely away from the road.
| would as soon think of curing
horse of the stomach ache by patting
him on the head as l would of making
good road out Of a sand road by
dragging it. Then we must drag in
some common sense. The man at the
road must have his common sense
along with him and do what needs do
ing to cure the road of it's disease.
After it is cured protect 1T from all
further inclement weather by cover
ing of stone If you can afford it; if not.
gravel, and if that is too expensive,
then, If it's sand, clay 1t; if it is clay.
sand it, and after the sand and clay
are well mixed In either case it will
improve that road to keep it smooth
with a drag. And the drag used by
Hon. L. D. Watkins Of Manchester,
Mich, and many other pioneers, made
Of three planks, each plank being
twelve inches wide and ten feet long,
the head plank Tapped on the second
one and the second ON the third three
inches and finally bolted, with staples
for chains in the head one, to be drag
ged along road at an angle of about
fifteen degrees will make the road
smoother, SO drier and harder and
much better, provided the road is in
condition to be dragged.
The best road drag have yet seen
is the invention Of w. j. Grant OF Au-
sable, Mich. which I have named the
Grant rut-Out." 1t can be used in
more different ways and with better
effect than any other 50 far designed.
The three inch by four inch by
twelve foot wings should have steel
faces to make them last longer
and do better work. Either wing can
be placed on parallel line with the
tongue and so act as a Landslide to hold
the drag from skewing and also to
keep it from bobbing up and down
This ''rut-out' can be used on snow
to good effect, of course with the other
end forward, which can be easily
brought about by turning the wings
around so as to get the steel faces to
the front, then unbolt the side pieces
which hold the tongue roll, turn the
tongue around, put on whatever weight
Is needed and you have very good
cheap snowploW.