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The Lake County times., 1907-03-08
Action Due to the Attitude
of Brig. Gen. A. S.
Mackenzie.
WILL |NJURE HARBORS
Project Can Be Begun Now Only
With the Sanction of Congress
Trustees to Appeal.

Washington, D. c., March THE
health of Chicago and the whole Cal
umet region is to be sacrificed to the
navigation interests of the great lakes
In few days Secretary Taft will an
nounce his denial of the application of
the sanitary district of Chicago TO di-
vert the waters of the Calumet river
for the we'll being Of the people of this
territory.
The advance decision of Secretary
Taft will be made necessary by the at
titude adopted by Brig. Gen. A. S.
Mackenzie, chief OF army engineers
Immediately after the hearing granted
by Secretary Taft to President Nc
Cormick and other officials of the drain
age district and representatives of lake
navigation interests. Brig. Gen. Mack
pNcation of the drainage district and
report thereon to the secretary of war.
He called attention to the fact that
the secretary had made a ruling de-
claring the Niagara Falls preservation
act of 1906 did not apply to the appli-
cation of the drainage district. but
that the Calumet project came within
the purview of section 10 of the river
and harbor act Of March 8. 1899.
The effect Of this law, he said, was
to require the submission of every pro-
ject of this kind to the chief engineers
and the secretary of war for their
consideration and to impose upon them
-.
project will or will not o0struet navf-
OF public highways.
The project involves the obstruc-
tion and diversion of water from Lake
Michigan, and while it is impracticable
to state with exactness the effect OF
this diversion. 1t is impossible to es-
cape the conclusion that it will cause
the lowering Of lake levels to a con-
siderable extent, and this will fairly
and directly tend to dimisfi the navig-
able capacity not only of the lakes
| themselves but of their connecting
waters and of the various lake harbors
which have been deepened and i'm.
proved by the United States for the ac-
| commodation of the vast and growing
commerce contiguous to those waters
In view of the foregoing, no executive
officer can authorize the execution OF
the proposed work, and the action OF
the department on the APPLICATION should
be limited to advising the applicant
that the project is one that require:
the sanction of congress.
ANY project that tends in a measure
to annul or reverse the orders Of con
gress, as expressed in the various rive
and harbor acts. appropriating funds
for the improving OF harbors and chan
nels connecting with the great lakes
should meet with the 0isfavor of the
department, unless 1t has been sane
| toned by that body. In my Judgment
| such a project is the one under con
sideration, and for this reason I an
unwilling to recommend favorable &C
ton"
The news Of Secretary Taft's deci
sion was received with regret by tn
sanitary trustees, but 1T was not en-
tirely unexpected. The controversy will
be carried into the courts. A meeting
of the trustees will be held next Wed
nesday and it is probable no actor
will be taken locally until then. Gov
Deneen and the state Legislature ais
may be asked to intervene.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-08

Believing that the Mccullough bill
could be stampeded over the governors
veto, four local unions sent kilograms
to Representative s. c. Dwyer In the
legislature last night, telling him that
they indOrse the measure for home
rule. The kilograms were sent by the
presidents of the union representing
the cfgarmakers, butchers, piasterers
and Iathers.
The unions who sent the kilograms
last night. were not inclined to de-
spair although the governor had vetoed
the bill and that the house was not in
clfned TO pass it over the governors
veto.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-08
STILL PUSHING THE
TEN HOUR DREAM.
LaDorte Sees Signs OF Activity in the
Chicago, New York Electric Road.

Announcement made today that the
first five miles Of the Goshen. Chicago
Branch of the Chicago, New York Elec-
trio line would be in operation by
April 10. Orders are placed for so ton
steel roller two steam locomotives
standard gauge switching type also
first passenger coach will install at
once $50 K. w. direct connected Cen
orator for operating city car. Site
purchased for erection of mammoth
power house to generate power for
first hundred miles, men being hired
for construction as rapidly as they
can be secured, no question purpose of
company to put 900 men at work
The Lake County times., 1907-03-08
CONTINUOUS COURT FOR HAMMOND

telegram received from the State Capitol late
this afternoon says that Governor Hany has signed the
Senate Bill No. 479 increasing the term of the Superior
court of Lake county from twenty to forty weeks This
in other words is the continuous court which Hammond
ties have worked faithfully to obtain. There will be
months vacation the the rest of the year being
continuous The for the Judgeship will be on in
| earnest.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-08
NOTICE TO OUTSIDE READERS

Readers of THE LAKE COUNTY
TIMES outside of the Calumet region
desiring information pertaining to in
dustriaI building, real estate values and
other affairs fn this territory which
are not regularly covered In the news
columns, are requested to communicate
with the management. All proper
questions Will be answered promptly
and from the best knowledge Obtain-
able.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-08
SOME MEMBERS ABSENT
Motion to Reconsider Vote Is Tabled
and Friends of Bill May Get it
Brought Up Today.
BULLETINS FROM
THE CAPITOL.

Indianapolis, Ind, March S.
The House passed the Parks
ditch bill. Senate passed the
bill increasing by two cents the
school tuition Ieyry. Also passed
bill to raise the salary and quail
iflcatiOn of teachers. The spec
ial order set for tomorrow after
noon will be the consideration
of passing the Vincennes uni
versity bill over the governors
veto.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-08

seconded by Trustee John Rohwedder
and all the members voted for it. For
an answer Max denounced the city at
torney who should bring the manda-
mus proceedings, calling him liar. a
CRATER and other names not fit to
print. At o'clock this morning
he told the Village Clerk Martin Fin
neran to go ahead and bring the man
damus proceedings.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-08

II you wish help, situations II you
desire bOarders, or bOardIngy If yOu
desire to rent rooms or have rooms to
rents TO buy or sell horses, carriages,
machinery, store or Office fixtures,
household furniture, then insert an ad
IA the classified columns Of THE LAKE
COUNTY TIMES for ten cents. :,
The Lake County times., 1907-03-08
THE WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Satur-
day; slightly colder to-
night, with minimum tenn
peFnture a few degrees
below the freezing point.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-08

towns law left substantially as it is
today. Practically the last word has
been said on this subject for this ses-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22
Majority or Plurality?
montpelier Journal. }

The Brattleboro Phoenix falls right
into the chasm created by The Jour
nal s gosherenoN on its annual cleo
ton and spouts thus:
cit doesn It take an alienist to dag
nosis this brain storm in Montpelier,
The frothings are pretty sure sign
of incipient hydrophobia.
"Under the common law all cleo
tons are by majority unless constitu-
tional or statutory provision is made
for plurality elections. There is no
such provision for town meetings, and
elections of town officers annually in
Vermont have always been by major
it,
For the benefit of the erring Phoe-
nix and all its unlegal, legal counsel,
let us quote from section 1884 of the
Vermont Statutes and section 1906 of
the Revised Statutes which reads as
follows in relation to this plurality
business:
"'The person having the greatest
number of votes for any office shall be
declared elected to that office"
This, of course, follows after provis-
ions for voting by ballot, applying ex-
actly to Brattleboro s case, and speci-
flying such officers as shall be so voted
for.
The Phoenix might properly look up
the law and post itself on Brattle-
boro s lamentable ignorance of its own
rights before accusing The Journal of
midwinter madness.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

So much is being said and done in
these times, in behalf of good roads,
that one wonders why The Meddler
Cor some one equally as active) doesn t
stir up the question of showing such
streets or parts of streets as become
bare first, and through which heavily
loaded teams coming from outside
towns must be driven. In years past
the Humane society have had officers
present to see that horses are neither
overloaded nor i'll treated.
Isn't it about time for things to be
made easier for man as well as BEAST
Brattleboro draws largely upon sur
rounding and nearby towns for pro-
duce, lumber, etc. Shedding is good
in these towns after it is gone on Main
street. Yet men delivering loads must
come with sleds. 1t is discouraging
work to try to pull load into town
when in certain places there is no
snow. Many man with his team goes
home tired and late at night just be-
cause of this hindrance.
If it is a legitimate expense of good
roads to have snow removed when
there is too much of it, why is it not
legitimate to have snow drawn in when
there is not enough of it.
1t might be put on at night when
cold enough to freeze down. Or in
places as needed during the day time
without any great expense.
If sleighing goes at once, then these
questions may not be important until
NEXT war Ru+ ua n,iuh+ thin1, ohou+
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22
Local Option in Vermont.
(Snringfeld Republican.)

Local option in Vermont now appears
to be working well, and as the years
pass under the new law, the number of
license towns decreases in response to
local sentiment. Last weeks elections
resulted in but % towns voting to Ii
cense saloons, there being 30 the year
before and many more in 1903 and
1904. Burlington, which started out
in 1908, after the repeal of the state
prohibitory law, by going for license
by 1860 plurality has this year gone
for no license by 431. Under state pro
hibition Burlington constantly fumed
and local sentiment finally was turned
strongly in favor of a license system
through the farcical working of the
state law. After four years of license,
it seems ready for prohibition again,
and when it tires of prohibition it may
return to license. In the end, the city
will work out the question in a way
to suit its own needs.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

The wide and concerted attack on
the Massachusetts Sunday laws which
is being made in the legislature of that
state is no doubt due in part to the
row between District Attorney John B.
Moran and Police Commissioner Steph-
en- O'Meara, which resulted in the
resurrection and enforcement of stat
utes of whose existence many people
were wholly unaware. 1t would be
just as well to repeal these laws as to
have them lying idle except when they
are made to serve somebody's spite.
There is also a commercial motive in
the agitation against the Sunday laws
as is shown in the statement Of pho
tographers who claim they should be
allowed to do business on Sunday be-
cause that day is more convenient for
many of their customers. Whether
their claim will be considered seriously
is a question, but there is small doubt
that the laws will be so revised as to
allow sports on Sunday after p. M,
provided they are not held for money.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22
PROSPERITY AND A PRESIDENT.

George Harvey, editor of the North
American Review, is not an admirer of
the policies of President Roosevelt. In
an address at Charlestown, S. c., Mon
day evening he took occasion to con-
denim in strongest terms the present
administration and its centralizing ten
denotes. Whether or not one agrees
with Col. Harvey there is no doubt
about the potency of his arguments.
Comparing Mr.. Roosevelt with An
drew Jackson Col. Harvey draws the
following easily-recognized word pic
ture:
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

of printing In Il years outside the
state.-St, Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN.
The sort Of argument represented by
the last sentence above is unnecessary
and chcapens the issue, There are
Reasons enough that will bear the test
Of good business principles why tho
state printing should be done at home,
without seeking TO force the state oil
cials by sharpening political axe II
is. however, n serious question wheth'
or a man who is SO shortsightcd as to
fail to see the obvious advantage of
having work done at home is fitted TO
be secretary Of state,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22
Good for Judge Waterman.

The Messenger, for one, desires to
heartily congratulate Superior Judge
f. L. Waterman upon his announce
ment in the Rutland county court that
the old-time methods of delay and eva
sion and putting off of court business
that have so long all too much charac-
terized the bar of this state in various
counties would have to stop. The judge
will find every layman taxpayer in the
state behind him in this position, no
matter how much the lawyers may
prnmhle about it.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22
Railroads
BOSTON & MAINE RAILR0r.
In effect October 8, 1906
Trains Leave BTatilebog5.

Montreal and Quebec. via c. v and O. z II
I'll loan. &C 2.25 p. m. tiolp.m.
Montreal & Quebec. via Newport aI3 p ii
-ili.i0A. m. tti0ls ?. m.
Quebec. via Sherhrooke and G. T. Ry. -illulI
fil0.ls ?. m.
Quebec. va Que. Cent Ry.-tiil1 a. M q,
., m.
Greenfield. Northampton. Holyoke spHfr ]
-'52s a. m. 1901 d. m. HOB a. o. Egt1
'428 p. m. 1929 ., m.
Bellows Falls. Clarcmont Junction Wtsal
White River Junction-tlll0a a. m. '2gts
1885 p. m. lois p. m,
Wells River. ST. JOhnsbury, Lynd1Eyile-ili
m. f225 p. m. il0is p. m.
Newport. SherbrOoke-tll.i0a a. m, U0sbE'
Boston-'A 62s n. m. IA lois a. M. fB III
m. "A 423 q. m.
DAILY. Daily except Sunday. tDaiy ng
Saturday Sunday only. A via Greentt1
via Bellows Falls. c Montreal only.
Detailed information and timetables may 10
tanned at ticket offices,
d. J. FLANDERS. c. NJ BURT,
Pass. Traf. Mgr. Gen Pass IL
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

The Boston 4 Maine railroad is said
to be making an effort to put a stop TO
liquor drinking on its trains, and
whenever n passenger is seen putting a
bottle to his lips he is quietly admon'
ished by the brakeman TO "eut II
out" II will be difficult for the rail.
road management 10 enforce regula'
tions regarding the smoking'car passen'
ger with flask as long as the parlor'
ear passenger is allowed to have beer
served with his lunch.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

Governor Proetor's marble business
is going to antedatc the weekly pay
ment law by about two months Other
corporations in Vermont should begin
now to arrange the situation so that
the change on June will cause as lit
tie friction as possible,-Barre Times.
Most of the important corporations
in Brattlcboro were about three months
ahead of the Vermont Marble com
pany in beginning weekly payments.
neighbor, your advice is
GOOD
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

The commissioners on the printing of
the public statutes continue to get
raps from the state press for sending a
six thousand dollar printing contract
outside the state In the mean
time one of the commissioners is nurs
ing a boom for the office of secretary
of state, and of course the Vermont
press will forget the past and boom a
man that helps send the biggest job
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

D Owing to the unusual activity in rail
road building it is estimated that in 0nta-
rio alone 100000 ties will be cut this
year.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22
OUR LEMON CRATE.
Replenished From Time to Time by
Loving Friends.

Poor Brattleboro, Not poor in poll
ticians or public office holders, oh no;
but the knocks it receives from the
state papers from time to time might
reasonably be a little discouraging to
the average town, but the organ town
doesn't seem to mind it in the least.
The latest knock comes from the Mont
pclier journal in an editorial, sup
posedly written by the irrepressible
Neutrality-suspicious. Enterprise.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

One lone mule is said to have caused
the war between Nicaragua and Hon
duras. Mulishness has often been the
cause of strife.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

What's seamstress9 What S a
needle-woman2 What's a shop-girl1
Whose foolishness is it that brings
about the necessity of quibbling over
the exact meaning of these termsl Is
it reasonable to suppose for one mo-
ment that the benevolent Thomas
Thompson intended that any fine dis
tinction be made in administering the
fund which he so generously createdl
What folly to waste time trying to
decide whether girl who runs a pow
er- stitcher is or is not a seamstress.
The important question is whether or
not she is in need of aid. If the trus-
tees of the Thompson fund were as
broadminded as the man whose liberal
ity created the offices they now hold
there would be no necessity for legal
action to determine the benefciaries.
The Medder.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

BY no means all the things said
about State Fish and Game Commits
sioner II. G. Thomas are in criticism
of that faithful and competent, but
from some quarters much "knocked,"
official Witness this from the Mont
pelier Argus: "Of course the Wind
ham county 'sportsmen' will continue
to growl and snarl about the heels of
Commissioner Henry G. Thomas, and
will make all sorts of absurd charges.
The only effect of this sort of thing
will be to make Commissioner Thomas
more secure in the estimation of those
who desire to further fish and game
interests in Vermont. People in other
parts of the state are beginning to lose
patience with the little bunch of
Windham county 'kickers. ''-Rutland
News.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
refund the money on a 50-cent bottle of
Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails
to cure your cough or cold We also guar
antee 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory
or money refunded.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

The Meddler's recent "spring fe-
yer" hallucination, which caused him
to see all sorts of craft plying up and
down the Connecticut, was not an hal
ucination after all but simply vision
of the river as it will look next year.
To many people not the least of the
manifold advantages in store for Brat
tleboro through the building of the
dam is the opportunity that will be
afforded for boating. A stretch of 10
miles of water deep enough to float all
kinds of small launches and power
boats and bordered by such scenery as
that of which this section of the Con
necticut valley can boast is combina-
ton which will make the ordinary sum-
mer resort look like a 25-cent chrome.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

Let's see. Young Hooker, who was
going to do things to Representative
Gibson if he ddn t obey the master S
whip. was himself left outside the
breastworks in a contest for first Sc
lectman in Brattleboro last week. No
one man is big enough to own even
the smallest Vermont town, and stow
it away in his vest pocket.-Randolph
Herald.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

4 bill prohibiting the issuance of
free passes by the railroads of the
state to members of the legislature,
state officers, judges and officers of all
courts, county sheritfs, solicitors and
commissioners, and delegates to the
nominating conventions of political
parties, was passed by both branches
of the New Hampshire legislature
Wednesday. A penalty consisting of
fine of not less than 500 and not more
than $1,000 is provided for the legisla-
tor or officer using or soliciting pass
and for the railroads issuing such
pass. The governor is authorized 10
contract for railroad transportation of
members of the legislature and public
officers as needed, the present mileage
compensation is abolished, and a
weekly allowance is made for legisla-
tors travelling from their homes to a
railroad station. The bill as finally en-
acted was radically different from the
measure which originally was passed
by the house. The house bill provided
that the railroads of the state, Gin
consideration of their valuable fran
chise,'' should furnish free transporta-
ton to members of the Legislature dur
ing the sessions of that body, and to
state officers during their terms of
service. The issuance of free passes
by the railroads to Legislators and
state officers was the leading issue of
the campaign last fall, and both the
republican and democratic parties in
their platforms pledged themselves to
put through bill at the present SEES
sion of the Legislature prohibiting
such passes.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

The Oklahoma constitutional conven-
ton, composed of - republicans and
100 democrats, has adjourned after be-
ing in session lis days. The constitu-
ton as prepared will be submitted to
the people of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory Aug. 6. Probably the most
important measure killed by the con-
vention was that providing separate
railway coaches for whites and ne
groes. Several delegates alleged on
the convention floor that President
Roosevelt would reject the constitution
if the "Jim Grow" provision was
adopted and warning letters were sent
delegates by Senators Tillman and Pet
tus and others. Female suffrage was
defeated by few votes. The initia-
tive and referendum, patterned after
the Oregon law was adopted as was a
provision providing for the nomination
of all state officers and United States
senators by primaries. Succession in
state offices is prohibited and it is pro
vided that the senate committees shall
not be named by the lieutenant-gov-
ernor, but selected by the body itself.
Oklahoma will be a prohibition state,
the most stringent liquor law in exist
ence, prohibiting not only the sale but
the introduction of liquor into the state
being provided for. The issuance of
watered stock is prohibited and the
books of all corporations are made
subject to inspection at all times.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

Some unscutimental person has start
ed the rumor-presumably for the pur'
pose Of agitating the question-that
the carpet in the auditorium is to be
removed the coming summer and given
thorough cleaning Cleaning indeed.
Has the author of this rumor stopped
to consider the consequences Has he
given thought to what such pro
ceedng would mean? Has he taken
into consideration the thousands, yes
hundreds of thousands, of microbes
that settled in the folds of this carpet
under the original homestead act and
have prospered during the succeeding
years unto the third and fourth genera.
tionY Clean the auditorium carpet!
Tn the name of the Ancient Order of
Influenza Instigators and the Benevo.
lent and Protective Laryngitis League,
No.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22
The MeddIer
~ The eoaf fis you. put il on

The new Office boy is wit. lie Is
not one of the kind who are always
trying to say or do something funny
but one Of those fortunate individuals
who radiate humor unconseiously. The
other day the Office boy came in with
an important piece Of news. In itself
this fact is not noteworthy because the
office boy has a true journalistic pro
boscis. However, in this case, the item
was extraordinarily interesting. "pid
YOU know the library's been closed for
several daysl" said the Office boy cas-
uallv "No." was the instantaneous
reply. "what is that fort" " Well, "
said the narrator without the culver OF
an eyelid, somebody found diphthe-
ria in the dictionary
The latest fad which is being INDUCED
in by Brattleboro young women is that
of taking Teddy Bears to the city and