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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Overhauling the Postal System.

Last year congress appointed a
committee to investigate certain
standing abuses in the post Office de-
partment, especially those connected
with the vast quantities of second
class matter, which are carried and
distributed for 1 cent a pound while
the cost of the service is over cents
a pound The committee has just re-
ported that the task imposed upon it
was greater than it could properly
discharge, and recommends the ap-
pointment of commission of three
to get at the facts, which at present,
in many respects, are not available
Though it made a persevering effort,
the committee was unable to arrive
at cost figures or the proper division
of classes, or to fathom the system of
bookkeeping 1t is compelled, there
fore, to say that its labors are incom-
plete.
The postal revenue of the country
has reached $175,o00,000 year and
is growing faster than at any pre-
vious time. Last year the depart
ment's deficit was $1O,O0O,0oo and in
1905 it was $14,OOO,OOO. In the judg-
ment of the committee the postal
system has become "unwieldy" and
should be investigated in all its
branches and labors in order that it
may be adjusted in its various work
ings. Under present circumstances
the committee reached the conclusion
that it is impossible to tell what
classes of matter are profitable or the
reverse The methods of accounting
are not designed to give this infor-
nation, and so the object for which
the committee was appointed could
not be realized 1t would be a good
thing, in the interest of full efficiency,
to get to the bottom of the postal sit
uation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Indiana Stone for the Canal.

William J. Oliver expects to know
within the next ten days whether he
to have the Panama canal contract
By the end of this week he will be
ready to lay before the President and
Secretary Taft the details of his finan-
cial backing. The talk in administra
ton circles is that the Indiana man
will get the contract if the President
and Secretary Taft do not decide that
the Government shall construct the
waterway itself.
John PIERCE, the contractor for the
Indianapolis Federal building, VIII
has become associated with Mr.. OH
yer, and will have charge of the ma
sonry work on the canal in case Oil
yer receives the contract, plans to use
Indiana limestone in the construc ion
Of the Cams and locks on the canal
An enormous quantity of stone will
be required.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07

Fon du Lac Wis-That removal OF
the vermiform appendix means death
within about Is years was the conten
ton of DR.. T. F. Mayham, who died
recently. though this declaration was
not made public during his life
1t has been generally believed that
all doctors had agreed upon the USE
lessness of the appendix. Mr.. May
ham, however, differed with the rest,
although he never made public his
opinion. He confded to many of his
patients that he would never perform
an operation to relieve severe case
of appendicitis.
"The appendix" he declared, is the
little oil of the human system. 1t
has its own work otdo, the same as
any other organ. The moment the ap-
pendix is severed the system will be
weakened
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Increasing Official Salaries.

whoever mas surveyed WITH lHedS-
urable accuracy the peculiar condi-
tons of life subsisting in official and
clerical Washington will, perforce,
smile at the provincial view taken by
its press of the sneak increase of con-
gressional salaries.
But in that unique colony of gov
eminent servants, high and low,
which constitutes the national capital,
where the furnished rooms is the
dominant business for womankind
and giving an animation of brief work
that of males, it is natural that a
newspaper, seeking always to please,
enthusiastically approves the raise ii
congressional salaries and then
reaches the innermost cookies of its
army of department employee patrons
by asking a relative raise in pay for
them. The PEOPLE at large NAV we'll
be moved to pity by the pathos of the
appeal Not only is it conceded in
the passionate wall and the fearful
beseeching cut statistics, that grand
complication labor prosecuted at
Washington, are evoked to aid.
The average pay of government
clerks in Washington in 1857 was ST.
46O.s3 year. In 1887 it was s1,34s.25
or $11g.5s less than it had been 30
years before Since 1887 the average
salary in the classified civil service in
Washington has been reduced until,
n December, 1903, when the last fig
ures were taken, it was $1,O72, a re-
duction since 1887 of over 70 per cent
The average salary in the entire elias
sifed civil service, in Washington and
out, is $75S.23. The lowest salary paid
at the establishment of the civil SER
vice, in 1883, was $1,000. But this re-
duction is caused by the entrance or
thousands in the lowest service. while
the number of bigwigs remains The
same.
That hackneyeed phrase, the IN
creased cost of living" seems 10 be
exercising due impression upon
other localities than this Yet the
Washington press is oblivious, and so
educated to be by long sustenanc-
from the feshpo:s of the government,
to the vast population without the
classified service, but upon whom
fixed salaries and flexible prices of
commodities must bear as previously
as those expressing the congressman
and clerks at the seat of yovernme nt
The dignity of the congressional
Office cannot be preserved by hign
salary The Office remains "dignifed'
always. Some incumbents do not and
are beyond financial bolstering 80
cial obligations is not a popular slo.
gan. Man should mix in society, bu;
it the people must support him at
Washington official receptions they
may rebel. In New England states,
where officials are bound to entertain
at elaborate and traditional functions
salaries are only respectable. The
plea that poor men cannot enter con
gress is all tommyrot They can, If
their constituents want to send them
and they can live, even at the PRESENT
on $4,000 for nine months service
every two years.-Fort Wayne Jour
nal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Case of smoot the Mormon.

There will be driving finish in
the Smoot case on February 20, the
date agreed upon for the vote Sena-
.or Smoot stated in open senate there
is no one more anxious than he to Sc
cure a vote. and Senator Burroughs
also says the same thing. Between
these two rests the point as to wheth-
er vote will be taken.
Within the past two weeks and par
ticularly since Senators Hopkins and
Sutherland have delivered speeche, IN
behalf of Smoot. the latter stock
seems to have risen, and his adher-
ents claim that he has at least seven
~ votes in his favor, which fact is re-
sponsible for the Michigan senator
delaying the vote.
However, within the next few days
former Senator Kearns of Utah the
multi-millionaire who was Smoot's
colleague for brief time in the SEN
ate, will arrive at Washington with a
large delegation of citizens of Utah.
and by missionary work among the
members of the senate will try to in
fluence as many votes as he possibly
can against his former colleague. This
delegation LETT Salt Lake some time
ago. when.it appeared that vote was
to be taken in the senate, but when
they were half way across the con-
tinent the programme in the senate
shifted and the vote in the Smoot
case was again postponed.
Senator Kearns rs a genial host,
and, not wishing to have his delega-
ton reach Washington until they
could make 8 twelfsh-hour appeal to
the senate. he took the delegation to
New York, where they are now doing
the town, having enroute stopped off
at Niagara and other points of inter-
est along the line. 1t is said to be
Senator Keanis' plan to give 4 series
of dinners to his former fellowmem-
bers of the senate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Free Zones and the Tariff.

Secretary Shaws address before
the New Hampshire Board of Trade
contained a strong Endorsement OF an
idea that was under some discussion
a number of years ago and to which
the standpatters of that time we're
not at all friendly The revival of
this idea by so orthodox an advocate
of high protection as Secretary Shaw
is undoubtedly sign vi the times" "
In substance the sugges. ion is that
free ports, or rather free zones,
might be established by law within
which the tariff would not be opera
tive. Material for manufactured COM
modities of any kind and all kinds
would be imported into these narrow
zones free of duty, and then convert
ed, in factories built for the purpose,
into goods destined exclusively for
the foreign market. AS these goods
would not compe.e with any produc-
ed for the home market, there should
bt no objection to the free zone
scheme from the manufacturers AT
large. in Mr.. Snaw's judgment. As
far as labor is concerned, he points
Gu. that these free zones would be
great consumers of American labor
at the American scale of wages.
The secretary further points out,
with manifest force, that the free
zone idea is absolutely in harmony
with, and mere extension of, the
present policy of paying drawbacks
on goods produced for the export
trade. Bills for the liberalization of
the drawback system have been INTRO
duced in Congress from time to time
with the approval and sympathy of
the manufacturers, and Mr.. Shaw has
evidently concluded that simpler
and more successful plan would be
found in the free zone.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
.Respect for the pott.watomies.

The House showed respect for Mr..
McDonald's bill for an appropriation
to erect a monument to Chief Me-
nominee and the Pottawatomie Indi-
ems, who were wrongfully deprived of
their land in Marshall county in 1882
and driven to Kansas by the State of
Indiana The Plymouth man made
one of the real speeches of the ses-
sion two ears ago in support of che
bill and it was ordered printed and
presented to the State library, but
the bill was defeated. He did not
attempt an oratorical effort this time,
but recapitulated the history of the
event. The $4,000 appropriation ask
ed, he said, would not build the mon
ument desired and restore the old
chapel at Twin lakes, but would show
the right spirit on the part of the
State. The remainder of the money
could easily be obtained by subscrip-
ton, he said.
The majority report was for pas
sage of the bill, and the House voted
down a minority report for indefinite
postponement
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Grades Among Criminals.

Superintendent Whitaker of the
Indiana Reformatory presents a
strong argument in favor of increas-
ing the penalty prescribed by the in
determinate sentence law for petit
larceny, now from one to three years,
to from one to eight years. He shows
that out of 311 inmates in his institu-
ton for that crime over 200 show a
record OF from two to six previous
convictions, mainly in other states
than Indiana. These convictions were
in majority of cases not known to
the courts, either through neglect of
the prosecutors to investigate the rec
ords of the criminals or inability,
through lack OF time or otherwise, to
learn anything about them
This class of prisoners, Mr.. Whit
taker reports, is more troublesome
than any other and more difficult to
bring under reform influences for the
reason that the men know that they
must be released at the end of three
years whatever their conduct. They
do not willingly apply themselves to
manual labor or to school work and
are disposed to be insubordinate. At
the end of three years they go out
with no restraints upon them and are
extremely likely again to enter GRIM
inal life. They are really hardened
criminals when they enter and come
to the prison not amenable to the
usual influences.
The superintendent idea is that
with the extension of the provisional
term to eight years these men will
not regard their sentences so lightly,
but will be disposed to be on their
good behavior in order to secure par
ole privileges. There is a greater pos
sibility of their reform in eight years
than in three, and if they are allowed
to go out before the end of that time
they will be under guardianship. If
they remain criminals still at the end
OF eight years society will at least
have been protected from them for
that length of time
The extension of the term would
not affect first offenders and those
disposed to be on their good behav-
Tor. since paroles would be granted
to them, as is now the rule, when
leniency seemed to be deserved, say
at the end of one year. The indeter-
inmate sentence serves a good pur-
pose, but in this particular an extern
sion would seem to be in the interest
of the publ;c.-Indianapolis Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07

Many learned etymologisrs have
said that the title of the Russian SOW
ereign is corruption of the word
Caesar, like the German Kaiser. This
is mistake The cause of the mis-
take is that at the beginning of the
eighteenth century we were acquaint-
ed .aith the Russian only through
the Poles, with whom we had long IN
ternational intercourse before we be-
came acquainted with the Muscovites
The word "czar rs the Polish form
of the word "tsar", with the slight
change in the pronunciation which
distinguishes the two words derived
from the Slavonic language. The
Russians, like the Slavs, belong TO
the Greek church, using the Cyrillic
alphabet, of thirtyeight signs, still
employed in the sacred language, bu:
reduced to thirty-one in the common
language. The Catholic slavs, like
the Poles, having kept the Latin al
PnaOCi $oitofhihS ot6
were compelled to resort to the COM
bination of double letters to take the
place of the sibillant consonants
which may be found in the Cyrillic
alphabet. The sign "cz" forms one
of these combinations; hence the Pol
ish photography adopted at first by
some illustrious writers like Voltaire
and Saint-Simon, The same rule APP
plies to the derivatives of the word
word "tsar"-tsarine tsarevna, tsare-
witch. These words are sometimes
spelled Cesarin, Cesarevna and Cesar
evitch, as a tribute to theiI Imagin-
airy origin. But the word "tsar" has
no Latin etymology, and is not a
translation of the word Caesar.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Grand and Petit Juries.

The February term of court con-
venes Monday, February IL, and jur-
les have been drawn as follows:
Grand jurors-Charles Smith, Tip
pecanoe; Charles F. Huff. German;
Lewis z. Stout and George Lemler,
West; Vim. Weissert, Bourbon; R. c.
Mcfarland, Union.
Petit jurors-James E. Cochrane,
German; Hugh Logan, North; VIM.
Beyler, Center; Geo. Peoples, jr, Fred
Thompson and WILDER G. Bursen,
Union; Charles Inks, Green; Alex
Hutchinson, Tippecanoe; Tilden Sny-
der, North; George Kreighbaum, Tip
pecanoe; Samuel Stockman, Center;
Chas. Keobert, West.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
To Prevent Clubs Selling Liquor.

Under the law proposed by the Ca
niard bill. clubs that serve spirituous,
vinous or malt refreshments will be
required to obtain a license or be
subject to fine.
The author. Senator Caniard of
Lagrange and Noble counties, said
that his bill. if it becomes law, viii
reach all clubs in the state, whether
bonafide or merely organized for the
purpose of selling liquor.
The section inclusive of clubs,
modification of which was unsuccess-
fully attempted on the floor of the
senate, reads as follows: The keep
ng of intoxicating liquors in any
room or building or any other place
shall be prima facie evidence that
such liquors are kept for sale. barter
or giving away except when the same
shall be kept in bcnafide private
residence and for family use only"
"Just as a plain matter of business
and fairness on the states part, SAID
Senator Ganiard,' "all clubs should
pay the license fee. / am not given
to sentimentality on this subject and
do not argue along the line that clubs
are the ruin of young mems lives or
anything of that sort, but l do say
they should pay the state for the
privilege of selling liquor. if other
dealers must pay.
"I've been asked a great many
times in the last few day. if it is true
that the Columbia Club and other
clubs at which liquors are sold to
members only will be affected by the
bill, and l have not hesitated to say
that tiny will"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Give Us Fair Treatment.

The Western senators and repre-
sentatives are up in arms because the
100000 river and harbor bill
leaves out a number of important
western improvements, and, among
others, the deep waterways from Chi
cago to the Mississippi. They ought
to be. There has always been dis
elimination against the interests of
the central West in these appropria-
tons, and it is high time for the con-
gressmen of this region to make a
firm stand for their constituents. It
ought to be fair treatment or no law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Cannot Regulate Gas Price.

The supreme court has decided that
the cities and towns act of 1905 does
not give cities any power to regulate
the price to be charged for gas by
companies already occupying the
streets under franchise. The court
says that it is only when making a
new contract with such a company,
or when granting new franchise to
gas company that the city can FIX a
minimum price to be charged. I'm
der this decision the people must look
to the legislature for any limitation
on the price of gas furnished by COM
panies that have already laid th.ir
mains.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07

The South Bend Tribune is out edi-
torially for John L. Crifiths for the
Republican nomination for governor
of Indiana in 1908, predicting his
nomination and election. This posi-
ton of the Tribune is rather sign;f-
cant inasmuch as ex-Attorney Gen.
eral Miller has for two or three years
been regarded as an open aspirant for
gubernational honors.-Indianapolis
Independent
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Senator Refuses Pay.

Senator Haskell of Kansas has re-
fused to accept pay or mileage for his
services as a member of the present
senate, says telegram. He is warden
of the state penitentiary, and as such
receives a salary from the state. He
believes that he is not entitled to two
salaries. and has notified the secre-
tary of the senate not to make out
any vouchers in his name during the
session.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Three Thousand for Mrs. Barnes.

Mrs. Nellie Barnes of New Carlisle
received $4,000 damages against Jas.
Major, Major Walker and John Kess-
ling for the death of her husband,
who was killed by Lake Shore train.
The defendants were saloonkeepers
who sold her husband liquor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
Paws a Heavy Fine.

Oscar Downey, one of the owners
of the Downey House. Lansing,
Mich, has just plead guilty to the
charge of keeping the bar of the hotel
open on New Years day, and has
been fined 5000 and sentenced to 80
days in Jail
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07

The Weekly Tribune, the largest
and best paper in the county
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-07
KILLED.

House bill No. las introduced
by Representative Meeker by
request of Congressman Brick,
to place the names of Cong
ressmen on the state ticket in
place of the county ticket was
killed in the lower house yes
terday afternoon. May it rest in
peace.
The Dickinson press., 1907-07-13
Shreve- Dehlinaer.

aApretty wedding took place at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. K. Shreve in Tay-
mouth, Mich, when their only daugh-
ter, Mabel Zelphia, was united in mar.
riage to Aubrey Dehlinger of Dickinson,
by Rev. William Walker, of the Tay-
mouth Presbyterian church, in the pres.
ence of only the immediate friends and
relatives. The bride was attired in a
gown of white silk batiste and carried
bridal roses. She was attended by Miss
Jessie Smith, as bridesmaid, who was at
tired in white silk null and carried pink
carnations. Mendelssohn' wedding
march was played by Mrs. w. O. Bamt
and Miss Jessie Smith sang, 20, Promise
Me-" The groom was attended by
lanes Morse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dehlinger left for Mil.
waukee and Yellowstone Park, where
they will spend a month before proceed
ing to the home prepared by the groom
at Dickinson, where he holds responsi.
bic position with the Northern Pacific
railroad. The couple were the recipients
of many presents, among them 500 in
gold from the brides parents and horse
and saddle from the parents of the
groom.
The out-of-town guests present were
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Teal and Miss Maude
Teal, Miss Dot Benson and Mr.. and Mrs
John Shreve, of Saginaw; Mr.. and Mrs
]. B. Dehlinger of Dickinson, N. D.; Mis-!
Nina Edmunds, Pinconning, and Mr.
and Mrs. Len Shreve, Bridgeport
The Dickinson press., 1907-07-13
MILL
SITE SELECTED.
Survey Being Made for
5OO-BarreI Mill on
Heart River Just West
Of the Brick Plant.
Very Large Elevator
Will Be rected I'm.
mediateIy.

The Missouri Valley Milling Co. has
perfected plans for the construction of
one of the largest and most modern
Touring mills in North Dakota at Dick
inson.
Originally, options were secured on
the lands on the river bottom near the
ice house; but it was found that to secure
the right of way for tracks through the
plated portions of South Dickinson
would be too expensive and that site
was given up.
The site finally selected is just west of
the Dickinson Fire 4 Pressed Brick
Co.'S works, south of the main line of the
N. P. and north of the river. Broadway
in South Dickinson is to be extended
due west, and the milling company &C.
quires of the James c. Young Land Co.
eight acres, more or less, on the strip
between Broadway and the river. The
company has also secured trackage
grounds through the strip between
Broadway north and the N. P. right OF
way.
This week George NJ. Frye received
instruction from James c. Young to have
the property surveyed, and the mill, ele.
vator and warehouse sites laid out The
surveying is in charge of Loweth &
Wolfe, the St. Paul firm which laid out
the Dickinson waterworks system.
The mill will have daily capacity of
500 to Goo barrels and will be capable OF
grinding all the wheat grown this side Of
New Salem.
Material will be on the ground in a
very short time for the erection of the
largest elevator west of the Missouri
river, probably with not less than 10000
to SC, 900 bushels capacity.
The Dickinson press., 1907-07-13

count of s34.5o, phone by sheriff not a
included in the original bill Of 5000,
and warrant tor s1o5:ao. was ordered
Op motion, bill of M. 1. Mcbride for
s5.35, long, distance phone, was, on
motion, disallowed on the grounds that
said bill is not county charge.
On motion, bill OF Mrs. T. N. Hartung
for $1,000 was reduced to $44.oo, account
excessive, and ordered paid by warrant.
On motion, the following bills were
allowed and ordered paid by warrant,
VIZ:
Cora Walton, register Of deeds office,
George Heaton Lumber Co.. flag staff - ;,
Fred Mas, work on roads Plum Creek, ss.o9
naa pr. 4. a. Davis, iyii services County super M
intendent board of health..... 1870
R. S. Brookings, county surveyor,
handed in his resignation to the board.
and the same was, on motion, accepted
and ordered filed.
On. motion, the board adjourned to
2 p. m.
Afternoon session.
The board spent the afternoon view.
ing roads and bridge sites west Of Dick.
inson and in the vicinity of South Heart
and Belheld and adjourned to 9 a. m
July 10.
,s& ga. M, July 10, 1907. !.
The board convened pursuant to ad.
journment; present, A. Jopp. There
being: no quorum at the afternoon ses'
sion, an adjournment was taken to Satur:
day, July 10. !
County Auditor