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The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
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Editor The Washington Herald:
I have just read with a great deal Of
interest the article in Saturday morn
ing's Washington Herald, in which is
given at some length an interview with
Representative Burleson, OF Texas, rela-
tive 10 his effort on behalf of the South
ern farmer to have money from the
United States Treasury placed on deposit
in Southern banks, in order to prevent
at this time the sale at a sacrifice of
n large amount Of cotton now In store
in Southern warehouses. From every
standpoint Of fairness and justice Mr.
Burleson is right IN his contention, and
this statement is made, too, with the
writer's heartiest approval Of Secretary
Cortelyou's course in using all the means
at his command to prevent the financial
panic which seemed impending, and
which. when once precipitated, would
without doubt, ike an avalanche, gather
momentum on it's way, crushing alike the
Just and the unjust.
II is not the great financier who is
injured the most in these panics, though
his losses may run into the millions,
but the small depOsitor. whose losses.
be they ever so small, may be his all
At the close of a crash the man who
has lost a million and the man who has
lost a hundred are on an equal footing,
provided they have each lost all But
if the man who has lost his million has
another left. he has met with "A loss in
compaTably small when considered from
every standpoint side by side with that
of his poorer brother
Now. Mr.. Burleson's s request is nothing
more than the asking for the square
deal" II is not necessary TO eXpatiate
on the ups and downs Of the horny
handed sons Of toll as we so often hear
the nowery orator express it, when he
is making a side bid for the rural vote;
neither is il necessary to discuss 10 the
point Of condemnation the wiles and
crafts of the Wall street gambler The
point Is this;
The South needs the assistance: and
Il goes without saying that IN this cOun-
try there is no East, no West, no North,
no South, that the proper appeals OF
any section, when made 10 the general
government, must not fall on deaf ears
II may be. and no doubt is true. that
at the present time the United States
Treasury is not able TO meet this de-
mand. because of the fact that It's re-
sources have already. for the present
been directed in another channel; but
that does not alter the principle Involved
Mr.. Burleson has taken the Initiative
Now let him keep his eyes open and be
on the ground, the early bird TO get the
worm In the next emergency.
WILL HARVEY HICKS.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Editor The Washington Herald.
There has been much discussion lately
over a proposed national boulevard from
the Virginia end Of the Aqueduct Bridge
through the government reservation and
intervening subdivisions to Fort A1yer and
Arlington.
The approach to the beautiful national
burying ground from the Capital is really
a disgrace to the government, and the
remedy is so simple and the unsightly
driveway so easy Of correction that Il
seems strange indeed TO tie hosts OF
visitors who yearly journey to Arlington
that the War Department should be salts
fed with its present condition and not
seek to establish a boulevard more in
keeping with the beautiful grounds of the
sacred shrine 10 which It leads
The government already owns the five
acres Immediately adjacent TO the south
end Of the AquedUct Bridge. and its mill
taTy road, eighty feet in width. extends
through IT. This area is entitled TO no
stronger nor Uglier name than dumping
ground for Georgetown rubbish and dis
carded material Of all kinds. and It is
gratifying to note that the citizens Of
Rosslyn have lately appointed a commit
tee to lay the matter Of the condition Of
this fve-acre reservation before the War
Department and request that It be i'm
proved and laid out in parking and orna-
mented with flowers and shrubbery.
This military road also traverses the
DUlany property, with width of eighty
feet, and then skirts the hill in a circular
course through the Drain property. with
a narrower roadbed Of only forty feet in
width.
The government could enlarge this road
through its own reservation and purchase
twenty feet more from rne DuIany prop
erty and continue on through the Drain
property IN almost a straight line and
over level ground to its own military
rerervation.
The new boulevard should be 100 feet
wide all the way, with handsome trees
and cement walkways on each side, and
the additional necessary feet of road
bed could be purchased now at very rea-
sOnable figures. These lands have been
subdivided and the lots are selling rap
idly, AMI many new and attractive homes
are being constructed there, and In a
short time Will be impossible to buy
the land for this great highway except at
a very exOrbitant price.
Another important thing is that If the
present military road Is changed. and a
macadamized boulevard 100 feet in width
constructed as suggested, it viii make
immediate connection on the government
reservation With the proposed Memorial
Bridge to Arlington, which in time will
undoubtedly be erected. thus providing a
convenient and beautiful circular drive
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
The SINGLE Tax.

Editor The Washington Herald.
When Horace Greeley. In a discussion
Of financial question, asked his op-
ponent II he was In favor of taxing only
real estate. /. upon reflection, became
a single taXer- Henry George was not
then heard Of, and I think Mr.. Greeley
was inclined % that doctrine. It would
reach everybody-the poor man, who
rents a cottage and the rich man, who
owns a palace. All the revenues Of a
State should be derived from land taxes.
Vacant city lots should be assessed as
much as adjoining ground with buildings
upon ii.
Everybody has to sleep in a house, and
the ground rent is paid BY the tenant
Mike Walsh. a subterTanean Democrat
of New York, and a member Of the legis-
lature, once said. "The rich pay no
taxes; every cigar Z smoke and every
drink I take goes 10 pay the taxes Of
some landlord" Productive industry
alone provides the revenues for State
government and the socialists contend
that the wage-earner now gets less than
% per cent Of the product Of his industry.
WILLIAM HENRY BURR.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
Mr.. Ragan and DR.. Van Schaick.

Editor The Washington Herald:
On February u, last, the anniversary of
the good and immortal Lincoln, Rev.
John Van Schaick. jr., having been in
vited 10 do so. opened an address on that
greatest OF American citizens, before the
assembled pupils Of the Eastern High
School in this city, with the following
words
Not long ago / attended the celebration Of the
one hundredth anniversary of the birth # Robert
z. Lee. ! heard brilliant addresses by Senator ot
the United states. justice Of the supreme Court.
and leader Of one of the great parties II the
House. But one thing. above al Others, in The sd-
dresses was made plain; That great as were his
achievements a general. splendid his victories on
the field Of battle the greatest thing about Lee
his spirit When defeat came down upon him. he
vas a man; he refused D. exratriate himself. he
took up life among his people. and laboEed 70 make
the Union real, strong, and permanent
There appears no evidence in e0nnec-
tiCn with this published notice that the
speaker presented this fulsome eulogy OF
Robert +. Lee as an example Of how diff
ferent from his career had been the life
Of the patriot and statesman of whom
he was expected to speak. but simply. as
he evidently believed him Gee) to have
been, a great good, and patriotic man
n Va ht4io u VI VI t4AblllSiikf 4 RAAN0AfA1
took Mr. Van Schaick 10 task, vainly
hoping (as I now seel to bring about a
realization Of the facts, in his mind that
might lead him 20 see and to appreciate
the greatness Of the mistake he had
made. This was all that ! expected 20
accomplish, and in this it appears l have
failed, for in The Washington Herald for
Friday a long and very ingeniOusly
worded defense appears in which his
strongest plea seems TO be that the Presi-
dent and others are standing with him.
and that he himself represents a long
line of respectable ancestors. Now I
shall not object to his shielding himself
in any way he can honorably devise. but
in justice TO myself ] would prefer if l
am mentioned at all, TO be correctly
represented. / did not introduce the reso-
lutions that were adopted, very properly
as I certainly believe by Burnside Post
neither was I present when they were
considered and acted upon. This is all
". il, RAGAN.
30 Tenth street northwest
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
0ne Exnlanation of "Hell .

One Explanation OF Hell.
Editor The Washington Herald
In plain English, "Helps fires are
banked" is what DIR. W A. Croffut said
at the Secular League meeting on the
6th inst, as published in The Herald the
following day. As he made short
cut" of the business, il may be proper
to give an explanation to it for the better
understanding of what he meant-or re-
ferred TO- The old city of Jerusalem was
surrounded by what we call "a dump"
which, for sanitary reasons, was kept
constantly burning. Old wood. rags. and
other trash was dumped into that fire
and transformed into ashes before it could
produce vermin or disease Criminals,
sentenced to be executed, and having no
relatives to bury them, were also thrown
into that fire cor hades) to be consumed
by it, Parents, to make their little chill
dren obedient to themselves and their
teachers, told them; If you disobey your
parents and teachers you will finally land
in hades (helD," as some good Christian
people do to-day on a very unsound basis,
indeed, After the destruction Of Jerusa-
lem the debris and the dump We're re
moved and a new Jerusalem erected In its
place-but the dump (or held was omitted
or the fire of hades was banked and
this is the hell 10 which the New Testa-
ment refers.
T J. HENRY,
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Editor The Washington Herald:
In your paper of to-day 1 read the
following in the column AT the Ho-
tels:"
Benjamin Y. Little, prominent manufacturer Of
Cleveland Ohio, is at the Raleigh. Mr. Little has
been business in New York and took down
TO Washington 10 see the Capital
And then read what Mr. Little has 10
say. These are his words exactly.
There is at present much typhoid fever in Cleve-
land. and l think the water meters are responsible
for much Of the epidemic / am told the water
meters, many thousands ot which are Eow IN Use
in Cleveland land hundreds more are being set
every MONTH, are SO constructed as 10 hold sub
stances foreign 10 the water and cause the prevail
ing dangerous conditions. a business man Of Cur
city told me recently he had occasion 70 move two
water meters from tenement block and was pres
ent when they were opened. He said both meters
were filed with slime and nth. and the sight and
smell made him sick As water meters are seldom,
If ever cleaned, II VIII naturally follow the longer
they are used the worse they will become, and
800 900 people in Cleveland drinking from these
cessp0OIs Of nth and cUutagi0n- II the many thou
sands of dollars spent in water meters in the last
four or five years and paid 20 the small army of
men for setting and reading them. could have been
saved 70 The Clty, the money would now 81 Tar
toward building the intake farther 0ut into the lake
Our water supply would become pgrer, instead n
bose Auln year 70 year rs Uldet present coilil-
tIOEs.
And now / wish To point the moral
Last summer the Commissioners issued
their ukase that the public wells of
Washington should be closed. There was
at once d great outCTy of Indignation,
and they then modified their order, and
stated that hearing would be granted
the people; that one person could be
designated by the community for each
well, and they would be given a hearing
on a certain day. On the day appointed,
1. with a number OF others. met them,
and they gave us a respectful hear
ing But before the hearing began one
OF them gave US distinctly 20 understand
that their minds We're made up, and all
We could say would not change them.
In spite of our protests, the wells were
closed, and system Of meters is being
installed throughout the city The wells
We're proven innocent, but they were
executed just the same. The pumps were
removed; and what did / read just a
few days since2 There were more typhoid
cases IN the city than for the correspond
ing week last year, Now, I am not
speaking for myself. I am speaking for
the many neighbOrs who delegated me 10
meet the Commissioners and speak for
them. And they, naturally. ask who is
responsible for the increase Of typhoid
fever. and what will be the result If me-
tiers are established universally, If Cleve-
land is an awful example,
Il. A. GILBILAND.
GIG Eleventh street northeast. Oct "A. 1907.
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at any time that the Harp thinks he
wants any Of his (Erne's) game at the
lightweight limit of 133 pounds.
It is reported that the san Francisco
board OF supervisors have changed their
minds regarding the granting Of licenses
for boxing shows, ana viii give permits
70 Alex Greggains, Jack Gleason. Morris
Levy, and Eddie Graney, with the under
standing that all bouts are 10 be on the
level
John Taylor. owner of the Boston
Americans; Miah Murray, the well-known
sporting man of that city, and Rob Roy
Benton. the veteran writer on boxing. are
organizing a boxing club, 10 be run strict
ly on the membership plan. They are
fitting up the old armOry on Irvingt0n
street. Boston, for a boxing arena, and
it will be big enough to cater to the best
boxers .
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
Botanic Gardens Fence Opposed.

Editor The Washington Herald:
There appeared IN your issue Of Tues
day. October p an article extracted from
the Boston Transcript that was of con-
siderable interest, and particularly the
opening portion thereof, containing a de-
scription Of our Botanic Gardens.
The article in question and the Grant
monument discussion brings to the front
another feature of the Botanic Gardens.
Why Is this, public park, at the pres
ent day and age surrounded by a brick
wall and a rusty iron fence? What is
there so valuable within the confines Of
this park that necassitates it's being
closed in the evenings and on Sundays
and holidays? The fence about the Capi-
tol was removed years ago. and the gates
or the White House the Presidents home.
are open, when those of the Botanic Gar
dens are tightly locked There has been
considerable difficulty in the West oc-
casioned by the fencing In Of govern
ment land and the use of II for private
purposes. Is there not something Of the
KIND going on within the shadow OF the
dome Of the Capitol?" B. G. FOSTER.
Washington. ID. {,
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
Be Brief and Keep to the Point

THE WASHINGTON HERALD desires give space freely its
Monday issues the opinions OF readers any and all subjects
of timely interest Wide latitude allowed in such discussions
but writers again requested to keep mind space limitations
1t impossible to make for long Be concise
and i'm compress your views into 900 words most
write 500 words the desire to hear from greater
number of readers and at less length
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
SHAMROCKS TO REORGANIzE.
Old Athletic Club VIII Be Revived
and Teams Put in Field.

A movement is being made to revive
the old Shamrock Athletic Club, which
decade ago was one Of the leading ath-
letic organizations of Washington.
While the Shamrocks entered several
branches of sports. their most creditable
shOwings were made on the diamond
and the line-ups included the names of
a number of players who have since be-
come famous in the professional ranks
Il is the intention Of the promoters of the
reorganization to have baseball. track.
and basketball teams, and encourage
bowling. The membership list is now
open at Dwyer's cigar store, 729 North
Capitol street.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

into consideration. our trip was most in
teresting, but truth compels me to say
that l have no desire for a repetition
EDWIN S. GEE.
PaymasteT's Department,
Manila, 2. J., September H. 1907.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

wav. closely uniting Arlington to Wash
ington and adding a most attractive fea-
ture 10 the many already possessed by
the National Capital
JAMES F. CLEMENTS.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
ANALYSIS OF PANICS
Fear of Trust Companies
Blamed for Disturbances.
RESERVE FUND MAINTENANCE

Usual Purposes of Banking SOlvency
Answered by Allowing Bank TO
Use Money Deposited with It-Sae-
rince of Valuable Securities Fol-
lows Wholesale Cash Withdrawals.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

tain that belief just as long as he can
retain il. with the unlimited other be-
liefs, which is mind is able TO absorb.
HARRY r. BRADFORD.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
The Proposed Boulevard.

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Washington. ID. c.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-03
THE WEATHER FOR JANUARY
A Report of Conditions for the Past
Twenty.Six Years in the Red
River Valley.

Observer Grasse of the Moorhead
signal service furnishes the follow
ing data concerning the weather for
the month of January for the past
twenty-six years:
The mean temperature has been
three degrees above zero, while the
warmest Januaries We're 1898 and 1900,
with an average of sixteen degrees
The coolest was 1883, with an average
of ten beyow zero. The highest tenn
perature recorded during the past
twenty-six years was 50 degrees above,
January 9, 1900, and the lowest was
4S degrees below, Jan. s, 1887.
The average precipitation for the
month has been seventy-two inches,
while the greatest was 1852 inches in
1906, and the least .02 inches in 1885,
The greatest amount of precipitation
in any twenty-four consecutive hours
was 1906 Jan. II, 1906, and the great
est snowfall was on the same date, the
amount being 10.1 inches.
The prevailing winds of the month
have been from the northwest, with an
average hourly velocity of 1914, while
the highest was fifty-two miles per
hour from the northwest Jan. 81, 1893.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-03
DAK0TANs IN CALIFORNIA
There are Many From This State En-.
joying Balmy Breezes in the Far
OF Land of Flowers.

Robert G. Mills, cousin of James
Mills and Archie Mills and brother of
j. w. Mills, has arrived from Park
River, N. D., to pass the winter in
Riverside.
Robert c. Mills, brother of ]. w.
Mills and cousin of James Mills and
Archie Mills, has arrived from Park
River, N. D., to spend the winter in
Riverside.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Reatrick have left
for their home in Mitchell, N. D., after
spending few weeks here as guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. s. Colvin.
Within few days invitations will
be isued to the wedding of two pop
ular members of the younger set of
Santa Monica. Miss Edna Hibbard is
to marry Mr.. Arthur Harris, and she
has chosen to have quiet wedding.
Miss Hubbard is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Hibbard of Sixth
street, and has large circle of friends
here who will be interested in the
announcement of her approaching mar
riage. Mr.. Harris came to Santa Mon
lea from Grafton, N. D., nearly two
years ago, and was until recently con-
nected with the bank of Santa Monica.
He is now with the American Savings
bank in Los Angeles, and in that city
he and his wife will make their home,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-03

Dec. 1O.-Nobel peace prize awarded
to President Roosevelt.
Dec. Separation law went into effect
in France.
Dec. 13.-Senate ratified Algeciras
treaty.
Dec. 16-Steamer Prinzessin Vic
toria Louise went ashore on Jamaica;
her captain committed suicide.
Dec. l1.-Czar approved bill remov-
ing disabilities of Jews.
Dec. 19.-steamer w. T. scovel des-
troyed by explosion near Vicksburg,
Miss; President sent message to con-
gress standing firm in his discharge
of negro soldiers for Brownsville riots.
Dec. Ex-Governor Higgins commut-
ed sentence of Albert r. Patrick
Dec. 22-Miner Hicks released after
fifteen days entombment by cave-in.
Dec 23.-Nine killed in train wreck
at Enderlin, n. ID.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-03
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JAN. 3.

..'.....
170S-Mantua ceded to the emperor
of Austria.
1777-Americns defeated British at
battle of Princeton.
1SO3-Douglas Jerrold, English
writer and friend of Dickens, born.
1s55-James A. Tawney, member of
Congress from Minnesota, born.
1S65-A1ilitary instruction at Aran-
juez, headed by Gen. Prim.
1851. o. Halliwell Phillips, noted
Shakespearean scholar, died.
1S95-Public degradation of Drey-
fus at Paris.
1S96-German Emperor congratu-
lated Pres. Kruger on defeat of Brit
ish raiders.
1901-Lord Roberts received in Lon
don with royal honors.
Chief Engineer Mickey O'Connor of
the Bismarck trolley line announces
that he will offer prize of velvet
album to the capitol employe doing
the most riding on the trolley line the
coming year. Mickey says he must
do something to increase the patron
age of the line by the people at the
capitol, who seem to prefer lettering
up and down afoot rather than ride
on the rapid transit.
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The New Fast Mail.

1t is rare indeed that a theatrical
attraction stays before the public for
nearly a generation and still is fresh
and entertaining to play going peo-
pie. A story that can stay before the
public, year in and year out, travers-
ing all over the United States, not lin
tied to any one particular section but
across country, down, between, along
both coasts. through the prairie lands
of the West, skirting along the bord-
ers of old Mexico and in and out of
that country, zigzagging in and out of
the old South, through the densely
populated New England and middle
Atlantic states and back to it's home
in Chicago. Such feat is we'll worthy
of ones greatest expectations and
which not even the most ambitions
would criticise. This has been the
remarkable record of Lincoln J. Car
ter's "The New Fast Mail" which will
be seen at the Metropolitan both mat
inee and night on Saturday, Jan. 5.
An exceptionally clever cast inter-
pref the various interesting parts this
year and it's said it is the best or
ganization of players that has ever
been with the attraction. The scenic
features which are all brand new this
season are still modern wonders of
stage craft, the steamboat race and
explosion, the East Mail" crossing
the stage at lightning speed, the
slow ponderous freight train with it's
forty box cars, and the beautiful pic
ture of Niagara Falls with its falling
waters and rising mist are still ap-
plauded today as they were when first
produced some 16 or II year ago. The
tour is being directed by Messrs Scott
and Raynor who have spared moth
ing to make the attraction as good as
the best on the road. Several bright
specialties are an added feature.
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THREE OF THEM BANKRUPT
A Trio Shy of Assets and They Want
to Take the Nelson Cure.

The new year did not have a very
flattering beginning for at least three
people of this state who filed their
petitions in the United States court
clerks office praying to be adjudged
bankrupts and asking to be released
from their debts.
Nellie F. flaming, dressmaker liv-
ing in McHenry county, was the first
petitioner to ask to be released from
Indebtedness. Her liabilities are placed
at $926.49, and in her petition she
states she has no assets with which
to pay her creditors.
Donald Mclean, farmer living in
Rich township, this county, filed his
petition, in which he places his assets
at $50 and his liabilities at $2,469.62.
In the petition filed by Christian e.
Baldwin his liabilities are given at
1904 and his assets at 1896. Baldwin
is an engineer and resides at Minot,