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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
MAIL CARRIERS IN SESSION.
The Delegates Parade by the Old Nc
kinley Home and Marched to
the Mausoleum.

Canton. o. Sept Sit took the Ma
tional Letter Carriers parade two
hours and half to make the line of
march Monday afternoon and to have
a picture taken of the entire column
massed on the west steps of the Nc
Ninley mausoleum approach. Dele
gates were in line from Maine to San
Francisco and from Wisconsin to
Louisiana
The line of march concluded at the
Mckinley mausoleum, where photo
graphs were taken of the assembled
crowd of marchers.
Formal welcome 10 the delegates to
the national convention of carriers
was given at the auditorium Monday
night in the presence of 5000 people.
Addresses were made by Mayor Turn
bull, Postmaster George ii. Clark, j.
ID. Holland, president of N. A. l.. c.;
Congressman James Kennedy and j.
n. Parsons.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
FARMERS AND GOOD ROADS.
The Latter Contribute to the Pros
perity Of the Farmer.

One of the factors contributing to
the prosperity of the modern agricul-.
tural community is system of good
public roads. This subject has been
discussed so frequently in the farm,
daily and magazine press that very
few are not conversant with its more
important aspects. Every one must
concede that the subject is important
and its benefits to the agricultural and
commercial worlds are self evident.
Impetus is being given to the build
ing of rural highways, by the activi-
ties of the Office of public roads con-
nected with the United States de-
partment of agriculture. Systematic
work is being carried forward under
the direction of this bureau and the
influence of these federal endeavors
has reached out into number of the
states.
1t was quite opportune that the gov
ernment undertook to foster the
building of good roadways. Now.
through the education received from
national road experts and from. the
crying necessity for better means for
wagon transportation of farm products
to market general demand for good
permanent country highways has gone
out from the agricultural classes.
America has been exceedingly
backward in developing system OF
good public roads, but the time is at
hand when farmers will not be COM
PEELED to haul their grain and produce
over ways covered with mire or filled
with dangerous ruts.
The general consensus Of opinion
regarding public roads, declares tie
Indiana Farmer, is that there should
be a good, strong executive man at
the head of a forceful commission
dealing with the question.
Twenty-one states in the union have
such a commission with an active and
competent civil engineer or some
other skillful, practical man at its
head. 1t will be noticed that these
states are improving their highways
and are making them permanent and
durable. Prominent among the states
thus applying business methods and
scientific principles to road building
are New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois
and Ohio. >The II other states are fol-
lowing suit very closely and good re-
suits are noticeable. OF course it will
require many years before every Sec
tion in these states is Immediately
benefited, but it suffices that the work
is we'll begun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Battle with a Maniac,

Cleveland, Aug. 30.-With stick of
dynamite in each hand, George Fow-
Ter, teamster, suddenly crazed, ran
through a construction camp in Shak-
eh Heights, Thursday night, driving
everybody before him and threaten
ing to blow up the camp buildings.
For half an hour the camp was terror
lied. Finally two policemen arrested
him. Fowler fought hard against ar
rest. One of the policemen, Payer,
grabbed the arm that held one of the
dynamite cartridges as he poised it in
the air ready to bring 1t down on his
head. He caught the man by the wrist
just in time. The other cartridge
slipped out of his hand.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06

For the large number of baldheads
in the senate a remarkable quantity
of preparations for the hair was used.
Here are some of the entries: Bay
rum, S30.25; witch hazel, $14; hair
tonic, sS2.57; brilliantine, $1.20.
A silver inkstand for the vice pres
ident's room costing 5000 has been
noticed before in the public prints.
Then, on the last day Of the last ses-
sion, when the president and his cab
met went to the capitol to help close
up the senate, they ate $36.35 worth
of food for luncheon. No less than
$209.75 for manicure sets for the men,
bers of the senate indicates that the
fair manicurists in this town are los
ing considerable trade. Six sewing
sets at a total cost of $26.50 are on
the list.
Glove and handkerchief sets figure
prominently in the report, as also
do opera bags, hand bags, engage
ment pads, and such like.
1t is easy to guess that all these
articles are utilized by the senators
and their families, but it is puzzling
to understand who makes way with
the hundreds of bushels and pounds
of oats, flaxseed meal, bran meal, rock
salt, ETC., and they certainly do not
eat axle grease, soap, rosin, tar, spool
cotton, cheese cloth, pumice stone.
Georgia pine, screen hinges, brass
tacks, wire head nails, monkey
wrenches and paste filters, nor is 1t
reasonable to suppose that these SOL
ons drink mustang liniment, petro
leum, turpentine, arnica, mahogany
varnish, and lot of other stuff that
is bought in wholesale lots. These
probably were bought for the horses
that are used to draw the senate
mail wagons, and for the vehicles
themselves.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
ST. GAUDENS COINS NOT
CONVENIENT FOR HANDLING

the st. Gaudens coins would topple
over.
1t was st. Gaudens' jGea which
found especial favor with President
Roosevelt, to return to the classical
style OF coinage. Ancient coins are
mostly remarkable for strange pro-
jections of the sculptured form. But
in the ancient world banking and the
handling of immense sums of money
in the manner of to-day were un-
known.
The designs made by st. Gaudens
have been pronounced extremely beau
tiful. The American Numismatic So
ciety has urgently advocated more
artistic scheme of coinage than that
which has been in use in the United
States for half century or more.
st. Gaudens, under the provisions Of
the act of congress authorizing the
new coinage, retained the chief gen.
eral characteristics of the old pieces,
but gave them in addition an artistic
realization.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
FLOWING DEEP OR SHALLOW.
Much Depends on the Kind of Crop to
Be Grown.

Plow deep in the fall and shallow in
the spring, is the advice of an Iowa
professor of agriculture. We would
amend this by suggesting that the
crop you expect to raise on the land
has something to do with it, as does
also the length of time to elapse be-
fore the crop is sown or planted.
Flowing deep for wheat is all right IL
the plowing is done in time so the soil
will settle before seeding, but he who
plows deep one week and drills in his
wheat the next is courting failure.
For English bluegrass, timothy or
any such crop, it is a detriment TO
plow very deep. We have found this
out through sad and costly experience.
Deep plowing furnishes too loose Il
seed bed for any of this stuff, and ii is
a hundred times more apt to dry out
or freeze out before the winter is over.
Like a good many rules, the one re-
ferring to deep plowing in the fall
should be ptacticed only after full
and careful consideration of the field
to be plowed and the crop to be sown.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06

surprising how easy little oil on
the bearings will make the stone run,
yet some of my neighbors never
think to oil theirs. A few drops OF
kerosene will cut the gum If 1t runs
hard and then some oil or axle grease
will make 1t go easy.
1t is hard to stand on one foot and
work the treadle with the other. This
job can be made easy, suggests q
writer in Farm and Home, by bolting
two boards to the grindstone frame.
and extending it two feet, on which
place a seat as shown in the cut.
With a smooth and even face the
grindstone works nicely, but when 1t
becomes uneven it is hard work to do
a good job of grinding. Such stone
needs to be cut down and toned up.
This can be done by grinding against
the end of piece of pipe, having the
stone dry. There is nothing more
exasperating than to try to work with
a poor grindstone, but with a good
one it is a pleasure to keep the tools
sharp.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
HELPS THE ROADS.
Experience of the Specialist at Me-
braska Experiment Station.

The following from a recent issue
of the Nebraska Farmer gives their
experience with the road drag on the
roads near the Nebraska experiment
station:
"a good proof of road dragging with
split log drags was shown last winter
during the long spell of deep muddy
roads. The roads next to the farm
have been dragged for the last four
or five years, and comparing them
with others it makes a very great con-
trast. While some of the other roads
are hardly dry, and good many are
rough and rutty the dragged roads
have long become smooth and are as
hard as brick. Even during very
muddy weather the depth of mud on
the dragged roads was slight COM
pared with that of the undragged
roads. When a person drives over a
road of this kind when muddy it is
like driving on pavement with but one
to two inches of mud while the un-
worked roads sink to depth of nine
inches in places and also very heavy
pulling, having no solid ground under
the mud. A farmer who believes 1t
does not pay to drag roads is badly
mistaken. In eastern Nebraska it is
Just beginning to become practice.
And the ones to introduce it there
were the students of the school of
agriculture"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06

M EW designs for coins which were
IN to have been minted in Philadel-
phia which Augustus St Gaudens, the
distinguished sculptor, made shortly
before his death, have been found un-
suitable in their present shape for
execution with the machinery in use
at the mint. Hence, contrary to a
current report, the government has
not accepted any of them. The gen.
-eral approval which was expressed by
Tthe president is not conclusive in an
official sense. The law requires that
, they shall be accepted by the secre-
tary of the treasury and the director
of the mint before being adopted.
The projection of the sculptures
upon the coins is too high for con-
venience of handling at banks or
other large business establishments.
Coins cannot be we'll stacked" unless
one will lie perfectly fiat and snug
upon another, and this is impossible
where the bas reliefs in the middle
ARE higher than the rim. A pile OF
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06

and poultry, and in the more thickly
inhabited regions probably does as
much damage as the golden eagle" "
The golden eagle, say the experts, has
been known to attack calves and colts
and to have carried away from one
range in the west in single year
more than 400 lambs.
The report of the survey divides
the hawk and owl families into four
general species as follows: Species
wholly beneficial; those chiefly bene-
fetal; those in which beneficial and
harmful qualities about balance; harm
full species. Some Of these birds may
be good citizens in one locality and
extremely undesirable citizens" in an
other.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
SENATE "THIRSTS" COST
SIG APIECE LAST YEAR

W ASHTNGToN. = Senators are
w thirsty lot. The report OF Charles
G. Bennett, secretary of the United
States senate, shows that during the
last fiscal year that august body con-
;sumed $50 cases of mineral water,
costing $4,504.70. Then there was
-S2,025.S7 for carbonized mineral water,
and s31S.97 for lemons and sugar for
the famous senate lemonade. making
a total of s6,S49.54 for drinkables, and
not drop of anything hard" as far
=as the official list shows. Since there
;are 80 senator's, the per capita con-
sumption is about $76. 1t should be
Remembered also that while there
:are some senators who drink a great
deal of mineral waters there are also
.some who drink very little, and there
is much curiosity here as to who drank
the most last year.
But why in the name Of all that is
unparliamentary did any senator
need skirt trunk" costing $26.70?
The official list of expenditures makes
no explanation of this interesting item.
Another peculiar item is that of COS
-metique, AZ cents" and 1t is thought
this may have been incurred about
the same time as the skirt trunk.
An echo of the good old days when
the senators received free transporta-
tion from the railroads and
were thus enabled to pocket the
20 cents a mile allowed by the
government is contained in the item
pass cases, $780," There are sSS
worth of feather busters on the
list, but 1t is promised that this will
not occur again, and it is realized
that more effective weapons are re.
.quired in strife with the president.
For sponges the senate made the mod
est outlay of S510.21, according to pub
slished figures.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Bridge Suits Taken to Higher Court

Columbus, o., Aug. 3O.-Eight suits
instigated by Attorneys Frank S. Mon
nett, of Columbus, and Hal c. De Ran,
of Fremont, as a result of the opera
tions OF the so-called bridge trust in
Ohio, were on Thursday appealed to
the supreme court by the Bellefon-
taine Bridge and Iron Co., the defend
ant in each. About 100 similar cases
are pending in Ohio against other
members of the defunct trust. The
suits were brought to cover the
amount paid by the county on the
ground that the contracts were illegal
because the county auditor did not
certify, as required by law, that the
necessary money was in the treasury.
They were filed in the common pleas
court of Logan county.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06

A MUSING answers are pouring in at
"A the post office department. from
government employees replying to
dozen questions, including one as to
their marital relations
One veteran says his marital" con-
dition is very "timid." Another man,
who is younger, gives the reply that
his married life is hell" Still others
think the question should bring forth
q story OF their domestic woes and
pour out their souls. One said his re-
lntions were "all right, but my wife is
dead Another said they were very
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
THE BIOLOGICAL BUREAU
DEFENDSKAWKS and OWLS
DEFENSE of hawks and owls is

A DEFENSE of hawks and owls is
IN entered into by the biological sur
vey in recent report from that bu-
Teau. 1t is declared that both of these
bird families have been condemned by
the farmers of the country without
discrimination because some of their
species are destroyers Of valuable
things Mitigating circumstances are
found for some otherwise harmless
birds because of a lack of proper food
in the country where they live.
Incidentally. tales of eagles carry
ing off children are declared to have
little foundation in fact" but the bald
eagle, the emblem of the United
States, is, nevertheless, said to be
unfortunately fond of lambs. pigs
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
RUNNING THE eRlNpsToNE.
Some Suggestions for Making Hard
Job Easy.

If the face of the grindstone is hard
and glazed pour little sand on the
stone every few minutes until the
glaze is worn off and the stone will
cut like new one. This condition is
caused by exposing the stone to the
weather. / like to keep the stone in
shed under cover, but If this is not
possible set 1t under tree and put a
box over it when not in use. 1t is
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
All Roads viii obey the Rules.

Columbus, o., Aug. S0.-A confer
ence Thursday between Assistant At
torney General Miller and Attorney
John F. Wilson, representing the rail-
roads of the state, resulted in an
agreement that all lines in the state
will observe the car service rules Of
the state railroad commission on all
business, regardless of origin or des-
tination. To allow the required 30
days for filing with the interstate
commerce commission. the roads will
be given until October 1 to comply
with the agreement.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
PICKED UP IN BUCKEyEDOM
NEWS cuLLEp ESPECIALLY FOR
OHIO READERS.
Happenings Of Importance In Nearly
Every City and Town In the
State chronicled.
Alleged Lunatio Held "cops" at Bay.

Alleged Lunato Held "cops" at Bay.
Lorain, o., Aug. 30.-Driving his
family out of doors, Charles H. Ran
dali, real estate dealer, barrlcaded
his house and for three hours kept out
two policemen, whom he threatened
to shooA The policemen had come to
get Randall on lunacy warrant He
had once before been taken to court
on such a charge, when his brother in
tervened. After three hours, one of
the policemen went for reinforce
ments, leaving his companion to stand
guard. Randall then slipped out of
the window and escaped. He returned
to his home Thursday and was arrest
ed. Randall was cashier of the Ober-
lin bank, wrecked by Cassie Chad
wick.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Divorce Cases in Ohio Increase.

Columbus, o., Aug. 31.-Divorce
proceedings seem to be increasing in
Ohio. There were 6,933 filed during
the year ending June &c. 1907,
as compared with 6,437 filed
the year preceding. The number
granted was 1875, an increase over
1906 of 494. The wives seem to have
had the best causes, or else the courts
were prejudiced in their favor, as
1867 of the divorces were granted to
wives and only 1907 to husbands.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Killed by a Policeman.

Cincinnati, Sept. 3.-Joseph Joa-
chimi, who refused to halt when
commanded by Policeman Geuthlein,
Monday, near Spring Grove cemetery,
was shot and killed. Because of an
earlier attempt to assault woman
in that neighborhood the police had
been given strict orders to watch for
suspicious persons. Joachimi refused
to heed a call from the policeman,
who first fired in the air and then
shot the fleeing man.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
AMUSING ANSWERS BY
UNCLE SANS employees

good; my wife is at the point of
DEATH" Yet another insists that his
marital condition is very good, since
he has been a widower for ten years"
One woman announces that her sex
is woman" another says it is "femi-
nine" another says lady" while a
minister who holds the onerous post
of postmaster says his sex is "Presby.
terian."
A man from Alaska says his color
Is pink" another says he has "au-
burn hair and blue eyes" while still
more say "Caucasian."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Farmers Win Telephone FIGHT.

Elyria, o., Aug. 31.-Farmers of Co
lumbia township have won in their
fight against the Elyria Southern Tele-
phone and Toll Co. The system was
sold Friday to cooperative company
of subscribers. When the old COM
pany tried to raise prices two months
ago, 80 of the ITO subscribers hung
down their receivers, and they were
not put up until the fight was won
Friday.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Baldwin Wins A,oain.

Youngstown, o.. Sept. 2.-The COM
pIeted count of the primaries for the
selection of the candidates on the
republican ticket Saturday confirms
the nomination of Frank l.. Baldwin
for a second term as mayor over
Thomas C. MuIdoon by majority of
GIL. Baldwin two years ago beat Null
doom by almost the same majority.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Cribblnu.

Cribbing is a vice contracted by
horses and hard to break. 1t may be
restrained, says Farm Journal, by
buckling a strap round the throat
loosely enough to allow the horse to
breathe readily; also by swapping the
halter to a rod that will prevent the
horse from getting his teeth on to
anything to suck wind"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
a Fatal Collision.

Kenton, o., Aug. 31,-James Sher-
wood, of Circleville, horse trainer
was killed in a collision of Big Four
freight trains two miles south of here
last night.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Won Rifle Championship.

Camp Perry, o., Sept. 2.-Nlidship-
man w. A. Lee, 10 years old, won the
American rifle championship at the
national shoot Saturday. He defeated
the crack shots who represented all
branches of the service. The title
goes with an autograph letter from
President Roosevelt. Lees shooting
is the more remarkable when it is
presidents match.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
100000 Fire Loss.

Cincinnati Aug. 31.-Flre Friday de-
stroyed the planning mill, lumber sheds
used for the housing of completed ma
terial and hundreds of thousands of
feet of lumber, the property of the
Farran & Korn Lumber Co., of Win
ton Place. The loss Is 100000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
State Fair Opened.

Columbus, O., Sept. 3.-The state
fair was formally opened Monday by
addresses of welcome by Gov. Harris,
Mayor d. c. Badger, President L. G..
Bailey, of the board of agriculture,
and Secretary ]. Y. Bassell, of the
board of trade. A chorus of $50 voices
rendered music. Thousands of visit
ors are in the city for the fair and
home coming" week.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Fear He Went Down with Bridge.

Youngstown, o., Sept. 2.-William
Singleton, whose home is in this city.
is thought to have lost his life when
the great st. Lawrence bridge col
lapsed on Thursday. He was in the
employ of the Phoenix Bridge Co., of
Phoenixville, Pa, and his family so
far have been unable to get any word
from him
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Died from Burns.

Columbus, O., Sept. 2. 2.-Mary, aged
2 years, and Rosie, aged l, children of
Charles Brown, died at midnight Sat
urday, as the result of lamp eXplo-
sion in their home q few hours be-
fore. The mother of the children also
was badly burned and her recovery
is not eXDected
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Failed to Prove Conspiracy.

Cleveland, Aug. SO.-The mandamus
proceedings instituted by the Cleve-
land Electric Railway Co. to render in
valid the low fare curative ordinance
were heard in Judge Esteps court
Thursday. The railways attorneys
failed to prove that City Solicitor
Baker and City Clerk Witt participat-
ed in a conspiracy to falsify the coun-
Gil records.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
One Killed and Two Wounded.

Columbus, Ca, Sept. 3.-Loxley T.
Edwards, of Phoenix City, Ala, was
shot and killed Monday by Wood c.
Campbell, former marshal of that
place. The shooting occurred at
Wildwood park, near here. Two bull
lets went wild, one seriously wound
ing John T. Williams, bystander,
and the other wounding an unknown
bystander. Campbell was arrested.
He said Edwards had been trying to
invade his home.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
AN OUTDOOR FURNACE.
1t Can Be Put to Many Uses on the
Farm.

Build the furnace walls of brick and
mortar. When three inches high lay
iron strips crosswise four inches
apart; this makes the CRATE. Build
as high as you want the walls, finish
ing with a top from an oldtime heat
er or part of an old cook stove. Take
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Low.Headed Trees.

Apples grown on low-headed trees
can be picked at one-third the cost
than from high-headed trees. Besides.
low-headed trees are less exposed to
high winds, which is great consid-
Grafton to the protection of both the
fruit on the tree and the tree as well
from windstorms.