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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

Ia bill 10 be Introduced into the Missouri
General Assembly placing a poll tax Of
10 per cent on All unmarried male citi-
zens OF sound mind in this State for the
benefit OF the road fund OF the State.
The bill viii apply 10 all unmarried male
citizens OF more than twenty-five years
old. Senator Kinney has been looking
into the matter and has found that the
State had such a statute Ia the early
days when IL was first admitted into the
Union and Tor some years thereafter.
The tax was s. per year on all white
male unmarried citizens OF the State.
and he believes that such a law should
now be enforced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
DIVORCED A DECADE,
COUPLE TO REhARRY

FRANKLIN. Pa, Feb. 5.-George and
Elizabeth Myers, who have been di-
vorced for nearly a decade. applied TO
Judge Criswen for an annullment of
their divorce.
The couple. both of whom are over
sixty years of age. had not been on
speaking terms until a few DAYS ago,
when the wife offered to bury past diff
ferences. The husband agreed. and they
came here and had a lawyer prepare the
papers for applications. They set forth
that they were convinced they could live
happily together. The judge took the
papers under Amusement
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
MRS. PALMER WILL PAY
NEW YORK TRANSFER TAX

Mrs. Bertha II. Palmer. widow of Pot
ter Palmer. OF Chicago. has decided to
pay the transfer tax imposed by the
State OF New York upon 1855 shares of
the New York Central Railroad Com
pany. hequeathed by her husband. The
legality Of the tax was upheld by a de
cision Of the surrogate court of New
York. from which Mrs. Palmer appealed
70 the United States Supreme Court
Yesterday the appeal was dismissed
upon stipulation OF counsel representing
both sides 20 the litigation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
LoNDoNs BANANA PEEL LAW.

The FIRST case under the new banana
bylaw OF the London county council
came up yesterday, when Rose Day, q
weil-dressed girl, was summoned for
throwing a banana skin onto the street
and refusing 20 pick il up when asked
10 do so by a constable.
Sir David Evans-You know as well
as possible the danger of throwing down
orange peel or banana skin. ] will not
fine you this time. I will rely on your
good sense that you Will not do such
a thing again. You are dismissed
London Chronicle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
MILLION IS SURE
FOR JAMESTOWN
President viii Sign Appro-
priation Bill for Expo
SitiOn Loan.

A loan Of 100000 TO the jamestown
Exposition Company was voted by the
House OF REPRESENTATIVES late yesterday
afternoon. in concurrence with The
Senate
MI Lituauer OF New York endeavored
10 have the House amend the Senate
bill. so as 70 make the loan $4,000. say
ing the exposition might in the end
have TO be taken over by the Govern
ment.
on hnaI vote the 100000 was au-
thorized by a vote OF 10 10 s.. The
President, IL is understood, will sign
the bill and the money will be available
at once. The exposition viii open April
&c. the s00th anniversary Of the land
ing OF Capt. John Smith.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
MISSIONARYS GOLD
GOES TO CHURCH

ABILENE. Kan. Feb. a Judgment
for s2eO.0OO against Peter Anderson, a
farmer boy OF this county. who went 10
the Klondike as a missionary fifteen
years ago. and came back worth $500. 900.
was entered I'm the district court here
yesterday in favor Of the Swedish Mis-
sion Society.
Anderson was sent TO the Klondike
by the society. and in the gold rush left
the mission work and went mining His
first years profits We're more than $780,
600.
The society asserted that. as he was
its missionary, his gold md belonged
10 il and sued
Anderson is living in Chicago and has
large income from his MINES
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
BOYS HAIR LIKE GIRLS
BECAUSE DAD WAS MAD

FRANKLIN. Pa. Feb. 5.-Residing in
the lower part of the county Is boy
who has never had his hair cut. He is
Harry Sanford, aged fifteen years His
father, il is said, was disappointed that
the child was not girl, and declared
that he should resemble a girl as much
as possible.
The lad is very sensitive about his
hair. and when he comes TO Franklin
be has Mt done up" and covered by a
large felt hat But as he cannot sue
cessfully hide it, he attracts general at
tentiOn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
WOULD MAKE DE LACEY
CHILD LABOR LAW JUDGE

At the request of Judge ". II De-
Lacy. of the Juvenile Court. the Com
missloners have sent 10 the Senate Com
mittee on Education and Labor an
amendment 10 the District child labor
bill, giving that court Jurisdiction in
al cases arising under SIS provisions
The amendment seeks 10 ra4se the stand
ard OF physical. mental and moral de-
VelOpment Of children. Judge DeLacy
drafted the amendment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
THE IRISH sTRw-AFTER KIPLING

(AFmy officers are 10 be taught cooking
as a part OF their dutiesl
''Wot is that funny smell ] smellg' said
Files on Parade.
The COlonel's making Irish stew" the
Color Sergeant said
% 'OO's got 10 eat the bally stuI?" said
Files on Parade.
THE likes o. you-the likes o you" the
Color Sergeant said.
For the good New Zealand mutton, II
Is frozen with surprise,
AT the language that he's using: the pO-
tatOes are all eyes.
For the Colonel cannot make the gravy
thicken II he tries:
And you'll double 20 the doctors in the
morning
London Opinlon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
TEACHER AS DENTIST
EXTRACTS SO TEETH

UNIONTOWN. Pa. Feb Miss Jen-
nie Aughman, teacher OF che primary
room in the Star Junction schools, looks
after the physical as wei. as the men
tai needs of her pupils and has extracted
eighty-nine teeth for them during the
present school year
The children have learned TO go 10
her when their teeth need extracting.
and she is said 10 DO the work as well
as a dentist could.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
TWAS EVER THUS.

Friend-You took your son into your
establishment some months ago to teach
him the business, ] understand. How
did IL turn OUTS
Business Man (Wearily)-Great sue
cess. He's teaching me noW."-Chicago
Journal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

Another sure sign that a Presidential
election Is getting within speaking dis
lance is the temperance IN the news
papers, with increasing frequency, Of
the name OF Geo. Fred. WINS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

Now that Il is positively announced
that Thomas Fortune Ryan is no. in
the canal building syndicate. there is
noted a revival OF fear that maybe a ter
all IL isn't such an awfully good thing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
CRESCENT ASSOCIATIONS
FIFTH ANNUAL MASK EALL

The fifth annual prize mask ball under
the auspices OF the Crescent Benevolent
Association win be held at the National
Rifles ArmOry on Thursday evening,
February Z.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

How stale. fiat. and Improbable would
be the product of the European cores
pondents ii they didn't have the Ameri-
can duchesses and countesses TO write
aboutt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

Two Brownsville inquiries now being
in progress. with a. outlook for in
definite continuance. the town OF Three
Oaks is in a condition OF chronic meian-
chOlia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

The Japanese may be short of money.
but when they so in for a river and
harbOr bill they are certainly making
a strong blum about having 1t to burn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

waken up and do something for the man
who made and saved jamestown and the
first English settlement in this country,
Capt. John Smith.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
NOT YET, BUT sooNl

And vet those African natives that
play eats cradle" have a good deal to
be thankful for. The bridge whist
blight hasn't struck them yet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

Unkind remarks about the grounding
do absolutely no good. and are caleulat-
ed 10 injure the feelings of that enter
pTising little brute.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

No better exercise can be found than
is secured by promptly getting busy
with a large wooden shovel in such
cases as these.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

The disposition to attach a fuse to
the powder has become so serious that
plate glass insurance in Delaware is
said TO be rising at an unprecedented
eafa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
COT THE HABIT.

Opinions may differ as Ia whe.he or
not an actress ought 20 marry. Dut the
habit has become so firmly fixed with
some of them that il would be pretty
hard TO preak.-1ndianapolis Newa,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
AND LIKELY TO BE.

Car service Is so mixed now that
patrons cannot tell whether there is any
Improvement or rot But the strap
hanger is still with uA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
Judge Plans to Parole Bad
HouseholderS to Good
Ones.
Better Than Filming OF I'M
prisoning Men Who Neg
lect Family.
Must Be Good, For Sus-
pended Sentence Always
Hangs Over Them.

CHICAGO. Feb. -5-Paroie bad hus-
bands 20 good husbands.
Is that the proposition which viii
cure the evil OF wife desertion and repair
shattered households? Chicago is 10 be
permitted 10 see whether IL is a remedy.
Judge Mckenzie Cieland, of the Max
we'll street municipal court. viii make
the test He will receive" tomorrow
evening at o'clock for the principals
In forty cases OF marital infeiicity.
A volunteer corps OF parole officers
among the business men or the district
Will be organized as part OF the general
scheme OF the reformation OF men who
abuse their families. Judge Cleland In
the afternoon had consultation vita
the attorneys who practice IN his court
and enlisted their cooperation. They
agreed 10 find business men in the dis
trict who would each promise 70 keep
watch in a friendly way over one fam
Fly. The list will be prepared and the
business men are expected 70 be IN
court Friday night 20 get their wards
Fines Make Situation Worse.
The system has been worked out by
Judge Cleland after conferences with
representatives from the bureau OF
charities. the United Hebrew charities
and Hull House.
ITO fine husbands In such cases is
more than useless" Judge Cleland said.
IF they pay their fine the money comes,
OF course, from their families. who en-
dure greater privation, II they don't
pay their fine they 90 10 the Bridewel
and the family Is thrown on the charity
OF neighbOrs or organizations.
When they come out after having
served their time they have lost their
jobs. They return home and hnd their
families in a wretched condition The
inclination IS TO abandon their families.
We are trying 70 teach these men
that they must support their families
They are put on a weeks probation. and
II they pass through that satisfactory
their case Is continued for longer pc
Rod They understand that their con-
duct must be beyond reproach or the
Rridewell term which Is hanging over
them mEst be served
One Sample Case.
Not long ago a man and wife come
before me. the wife complaining against
the husband OF drunkenness and abuse.
1 never saw any one 30 dirty qr for
whom / entertained so little hope. /
continued the case for week, and told
the man that ne must not touch drop
OF liquor. A week later the case was
called and / did not recognize them.
Both We're clean. and they seemed
better nOurlshed. / asked them II they
wanted 10 Try the experiment a while
longer. The wife at once said she did
The husband hesltated. and then
through the interpreter asked permis-
sion 10 have a glass Of beer with his
supper after he returned from work
Their case viii come up Friday night,
also"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05
Missouri Infers Man
Unmarried Is Crazy

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. Feb. Sen
ator Kinney OF 81. Louis. Is preparing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

This particular Hartman isn't the one
who knows about the railroad business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-05

With that extra million. the James,
town Exposition authorities ought to
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02

Yes, always, but this article was not
written for them 1T was written FOR
those vino read and see and think : for
those who recognize facts and logic
wherever found. The pessiniists dis
counts natures gifts, frowns upon
Gods blessings and repudiates every
legacy that has an effort attached to
it. But the reasoning man and the
reader knows that water powers are
being sought as they never were be-
fore and that the sections where they
prevail will be the future seats of in
dustry = he requires no argument :
wants facts and IS the man for whom
this article has been prepared.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02
Demanding Gree" Lumber.


Both branches of the Minnesota leg
islature have pas4ed resolutions de-
manding ''free" lumber that is that
the duty shall be removed from foreign
lumber. 1t seems remarkable that
this has not been done before.
The lumber barons have become rich
out Of the tariff. That is to say, they
have become doubly rich because of it.;
they would have been rich out of the
fair and legitimate business without a
tariff.
The people-the home builders the
men and women who have made the
northwest great, have paid the addi-
tional cost that has resulted from the
tariff on lumber.
But the time has come when most of
the great lumbermen have quit the
business and taken other interests, and
now their influence is in the opposite
direction, for free lumber.
But the industries into which the
erstwhile lumber barons have drifted
must have heavy tariff. 1t is merely
shift in which the people are to be
taxed just the same.
The fact is, and it is proven by the
best statistics, that tho American peo-
pie can take care of themselves with
out tariff duties, which are tariff taxes
on the consumers. The American gets
higher wages because he produces
more and for no other reason, there is
no tariff on laborers, and the moment
the captains of industry think that they
can make more out of foreign laborers
they are imported.
And the American people are coming
to understand these facts The result
is a demand for a tariff revision that
revises, and the News anticipates that
the standpatters will come to hear that
demand in the near future.
The Ancient Order of Graft is up
for setback all around.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02

THERE ARE DOUBTERS?
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02
Did You Ever Stop to Th1nkP


Did you ever ''stop' to think?
Don't do it again. The man who gets
there is the man who thinks while he
runs.
"Think before you speak" is an an
cient maxim that has saved many man
from ruin and disgrace, it is true, but
the maxim does not say anything about
stopping.
1t is the man who can perform men
tai and physical stunts on the jump
whose name can be found outside of the
city directory.
The name of Stuyvesant Fish goes
down in history as the man who reor-
ganized the entire system of the Illinois
railroad in the space Of a few hours.
He accomplished, single-handed in the
day, what other men had attempted in
vain after weeks of minute deliberation.
Stuyvesant Fish did his thinking on
the run. Problems by the score con-
fronted him-the same problems that
made the other men stop and think.
Fish did not have to stop. He had
taken advantage of his opportunities to
such degree that he had a complete
grasp of the situation as it confronted
him; and he had trained his mind to
such degree that he was able to think
on the jump,
If you are not a success in your field
Of activity, did you ever attempt to
solve the reason? Are you excusing
yourself for your failure or lack of dis
tinct success by the threadbare reflection
that you "didn't get in right; that
you never chad a chance; that you
''have no pull"?
Did it ever occur to you that your
thinker needs oiling? Let yourself out
another notch and see what happens.
You may discover that you're a Won
der.
Oil up!- Milwaukee Journal.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02
About Advertising.

Over at Medford they have CONNIE: =
cial Club and at it's last meeting tt g
cashier of the First National bank of
the place read a paper on advertising
He believes in advertising. His bank
advertises. He tells the merchants
that the way to meet the mail order
issue is by advertising persistent,
aggressive advertising. His in point
once more to remark that the News is
the most extensively circulated paper
in Rusk county.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02
Economy in Natural Opportunity.

Economy in Natural Opportunity.
During the entire life of the Lady
smith News it has endeavOred to keep
in the limelight the advantages possess
ed by Rusk county. We have been
told that we were wasting time and
energy, that people wouldn't appreciate
this work. Perhaps not-but we hold
it duty to those who do appreciate
it.
Among other thing discussed have
been the water powers which will soon
be harnessed, as the oratorical Chaun-
cey Depew would say, under the logic
of events and the imperious conditions
of the situation.
The time of this Harvesting has come
in two instances and will soon come in
others.
The effect of this exploitation and
appropriation of natures bounties so
lavishly deposited in Rusk county,
means an industrial activity that will
make the Flambeau valley the Fall
River of the West. There is no escap-
ing this fact. Industry and commerce
avail themselves of the economies of
nature. This is always true. 1t &C
counts for the formation of vast cor
porations, and it accounts for the sub
sidence of the earlier prejudices that
prevailed against them-for the simple
reason that it meant economy in pro-
ductlOn.
In this economy nature has taken
hand-she has done so in Rusk county
most bountifully.
Let us see something of what this
means. Let all questions of freight of
our raw material to distant points to
be manufactured be set aside, also
freight on goods back to the great
northwestern markets. We want now
to look merely at the economy of these
water powers as such.
And in doing this we will also leave
out of consideration the fact that the
Flambeau is one of the most static
rivers in the world (not subject to
fioods) and that the solid bottoms and
banks do away with hazard in the per-
manency of dams. These things affect
very materially the cost of power. But
we will look at the matter from the
most unfavorable position, under which
water power has an advantage of more
than $40 per horse power per year over
Now we will try to get at the value of
our great water powers in Rusk county
of which their are over $4,000 horse
power of over 1000 each.
50,000h. p. at $40 per year. $500, 900
This indicates an annual saving over
the cost of steam power of half a
million dol ars per year. An annual
saving is worth what it will capitalize
for at usual interest rates. Taking five
per cent as basis we have:
5O,OOOh. p. at $40 per year $500, 900
$500, 900 capitalized at per
cent. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $40, 900, 900
Which indicates an economic value
of $4,000, 900 in natures gift to Rusk
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02

public,
And che effect upon the railways ID
hot certain, at least not certain to nlas
terially reduce their incomes.
People consider the cost in such
matters as railway travelling. Many
travel as far and as often as they can
afford to. They can travel farther on
two-cent fare than they can at
three cents. Then too, habit grows
on people, and travelling is to some ex-
tent habit.
The experience of other countries in
the reduction of fares has often been
an actual increase in railway income.
1t might be so here.
No one wants to reduce rates to the
losing point. We all know the neces-
sity of railways to business and the
public.
However a trial would determine the
question ond if experience proved
two-cent rate too low it could be put
back two years hence.
The News would like to see the bill
become law.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02
Riding at Two Cent Fare.

Such would be pleasant to those of
us who have been called upon to shell
out three cents for each mile travelled.
A bill in the legislature contemplates
such experience in the future. 1t
would be decidedly agreeable to the
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02

county In water powers slUne. There
is no getting away from the above
figures. They are the conclusions ar
rived at from the old and most unfavor-
able conditions.
ITEMS AFFECTING VALUE.
Affecting the value of these powers
are:
l. The stability of power plants. It
is we'll known that static rivers are
desirable. 1t is desirable that bottoms
and banks be impervious, which is the
case on the Flambeau.
2. Cost of construction. With high
banks and material on the grounds,
powers can be developed here cheaper
than elsewhere.
8. Distance from material. These
powers are in the midst of the finest
of hardwood timber known to the
northern country. The Flambeau val
lev above Rusk county is a forest of
this valuable timber ready to be floated
or rallied to them.
A. Distance to market. These pow
ers are happily located where ''mater-
ial and market meet" They could not
be more favorably located. Manifest
destiny" has played we'll her part in
this arrangement.
| A brief consideration of the situation
forces the conclusion that under all the
advantages enumerated the economic
value of these powers is many times
the amount stated. And will anyone
assume that such value will long be
left unappropriated? In the natural
order of things it cannot be. Three
railroads are already headed toward and
now but a short distance away from
them.
| INFLUENCE ON LAND VALUES.
Everyone knows that the value of
land is determined by nearness to mar
ket and that manufacturing and COM
mercial industries constitute that mar
ket. Now what will the utilizing of
so, 900 horse power mean? 1t will de-
pend largely upon the class of industries
some will employ one person to the
horse power, some more and some less.
One person per horse power, would
mean SO, 900 people employed and their
families to be fed. Put it at two or
three or five to the horse power and
you still have an immense factor in
market making, found in few equal
areas anywhere in America. We will
assume that one person is employed for
each five horse power and that one-half
have families, and we have:
Persons employed .............5 5000
Families of employees. -. 49, 2, 500
Now assume that it costs each family
$500 per year to live and we have:
Persons employed 200
| S00
$500 families, $400p year 81, 900, 900
But these are under-fgures and the
one million dollars should be two mil
lions or more. Then, too, comes sub
sidiary institutions and employments
and all the other incidents to hive of
industry, the cities and towns, the result
ing shops and factories, the profession
al men and others thus attracted.
FURTHER FIGURING.
The full development outlined could
not make an additional market of less
than So, 900, 900. There are about II
townships within 10 miles of these pow
ers. Now, assuming that one-third of
these S3,OOO,OO was drawn from this
territory, which is an under-fgure, it
would mean over $500 from each quar-
ter section In the whole district an
additional home market of more than
$500 from each farm of 100 acres.
What effect on farm values? And
these figures are but a fraction of the
possibilities.
THERE ARE DOUBTERS?