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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06

Captain Mcdonald arrived about b
O'Clock yesterday at1ernOon IRON Aaa-
napal ana completed dlscnarglng oil
here TO-DAY. Sue gets away TINS after
noon with the Marion Chilcott in tow.
Inc MaLsOn Navigation CO.'S s. D.
Hilonian due Thursday from san fran
cisco will be the first vessel to dock
at the new Brewer or kinau wharf.
The Inter-Island Company will not use
the wharf until the new s. 5. Mauna
Kea arrives. The vessels for which
Castle & Cooke are agents will dock in
the new slip the dredging of when Is
only now being completed.
Castle & Cooke, local agents for the
Matson Navigation Company, have
taken up the matter of a steamship
line between this port and Puget Sound
with Captain Matson asking him to
furnish a steamer for the run and pro-
missing that the freight will be forth
coming between Honolulu and Seattle
and Tacoma.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
WIDOW Of SAGE
GIVES BIG sum

NEW YORK, July 19.-Mrs. Russell
Sage has given S125,OOO to the Asso.
citation for the Relief of Respectable
aged and INDECENT Females in the
eity of New York The home of the
association, at One Hundred and
Fourth street and Amsterdam avenue
is being extensively enlarged. WheR
an addition is completed 27O women
can be accommodated instead of nine.
ty as at present.
Mrs. Sage for several years has
shown great interest in the work of
the association, and with the help of
her bequest the association can cover
a wider field Only women more than
&C years old are admitted, and an en-
trance fee of 5000 is required. 1t was
considered wiser to use the whole
amount of the gift in improving ac-
commodations than to remit the en-
trance fee.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06

Times of the tide are taken from the
u. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ia
bles. The tides at Kahului and Hilo
occur eNout one hour earlier than at
Honolulu. Hawaiian standard time is
10 hours 30 minutes slower than Green
witch time, being that of the meridian
of 1877 degrees 80 minutes. The time
whistle blows at 1880 p. m, which is
the same as Greenwich, 0 hours, min
utes. The Sun and Moon are for local
time for the whole group.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

Per S. S. Kinau, August 6, for Hilo
and way ports DR.. Whitney and wife,
DR.. J. H. Farrell, Mrs. H. Jaouen and
child, P. Wong, Geo. Mundon, H. H.
Renton, Rev. A. S. Baker and wife,
J. Ward, d. Crockett, Mrs. c. N.
Thorpe, Mrs. J. Shaw, Miss Mist, Mrs.
Mist, A. Blom, wife and children, Miss
Ada Lycett, Miss Scott, w. H. Bun
dy, John Jansin, G. Macintosh, Miss
A. Judd, Mrs. A. Q. Marcellino, M. M.
Scott, Mrs Scott.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
Booked.

Per s. S. Iwalani, August 6, for
Maui and Molokai ports: A. E. Bruno
and wife, e. McCorriston, Miss E.
Clarke, Mrs. L. B. Wood, Mrs. c. S.
Stevens, Mrs. A. P. Sullivan.
Per S. S. w. G. Hall, August 6, for
Kauai ports: Miss E. Cummings, Mrs
J. K. Gandall.
Per S. S. Mikahala, August s, fJr
Kauai ports Miss J. I. MacIntyre, Mr..
and Mrs. E. A R. Ross.
Per S. S. Claudine, August 8, for Ha-
wall and Maui ports: Mrs. H. Murray
Miss M. Turner, Miss Simpson, A. M.
Simpson, Mrs John Mcpherson.
Per S. S. Alameda, August IA, for
San Francisco: c. A. Nelson and wife,
rs. J. B. Smith, Mrs. F. A. Alexander,
Mrs. Giles, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Alex
ander Mrs H. J. Johnston and 8 chill
dren, DR.. and Mrs. Brinckerhoff, H. H.
Pilling and wife, Miss Spensley, G. D.
Edwards wife and son, Wong Hin, A.
N. s. Ahchuck, D. F. E. Workman, B.
H. Skinner, Miss E. Paris, Miss Z.
Annoy, w. c. Garden, H. J. Johnston,
A. A. Young and wife, Mrs. Cohen,
Miss NJ Johnson, Mrs. J. H. Craig,
Miss Arnold, Miss Ramp, Misses (2)
Eames, Miss Smith, H. E. Cooper w.
NJ Cooper, j. H. Pratt, R. W. T. Pur-
Wis and family, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.
Dicky, Miss Dicky, Miss Burr, Miss
Burnham, Mrs. Kotinsky and child
Miss Bushnell, Miss Jones, Miss New
ton, Mrs. B. Howe, Mrs. Plagemann,
Miss M. Berger Miss Thomas, Miss
Warren, Miss E. Matthew, M. A. Grant,
G. Meckfusel, T McCrosson, Mrs Ber-
ger, Miss Patterson, Miss Cheney, Mrs.
Griffin, Miss Benjamin, Miss A. Gay,
Mrs. E. Baker, R. r. Hind, L. Hind,
H. G. Gray, ]. A. Vogh, Prof. w. W.
Troggart, A. H. Hanchett, wv. o..
Creighton, Mrs Thomas Prime, ]. Lit
tie, H. S. Gay and wife, Johannes Kue-
hue, DR.. J. E. Stubbs, d. L. Austin, Mr.
and Mrs Goddard, w. L. Warren, w,
R. Cushman, c. M. Herbert, S. B,
Kingsbury, U. S. Inspectors of Hulls
and Boilers Bolles and Bulger, W. G..
Smith, L. E. Ryder, ]. T. Taylor, T. c
Meyers, C. ]. Hutchins, wife and
daughter, Mrs. w. w. Harris, Mrs.
Doyle, F. M. Stilliman, H. H. Burrill
and wife, L. Homsberger, F. c. Stan
ford, A. w. Allen and wife, s. B. Har-
ry and wife, H. A. Widemann, Capt. j.
Barneson, wife, daughter and son, j.
A. Cough, and members of rifle team.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
SOMEWHAT TARDY.

That was a bad break" said an
automobilist, apropos of an embar-
RAISING error. 1T reminds me of the
automobile dinner w. K. Vanderbilt
jr., gave last year.
1T was a large dinner of 200 covers
or more, and some of the invitations
were to motorists that Mr.. Vanderbilt
only knew slightly. A declination that
he received ran like this:
Mr.. T Willis Pitcoe died last
March or he would, no doubt, have
taken great pleasure in accepting Mr.
Vanderbilt's kind invitation for dinner
Thursday"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
Shipping in Port

(Army and Navy
u S. S. Iroquois, Carter, Pearl Har-
Dor, August 2.
(Merchanr Marine.)
Steamships.
Br. cableship RestoreI. Combe, Els.
quimalt, March 81.
Br. S. S. Virginia, Crocker, Newcas-
tie, July "a.
Am. S. S. Indiana, Graham, San
Francisco, August 2.
A. o. S. S. Rosecrans, Mcdonald,
Kanapali, August 5.
Sailing vessels.
Am. blk. George Curtis, Herbert, San
Francisco, July Fl.
Am. bkt. Retriever, Fornstpom,
Grays Harbor, July "a.
Am. Ketch Shark, Rosehill, Pearl
Harbor, August 1.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
DEPARTING

DEPARTING.
Monday August s.
s. S. Ke Au Hou, Tullett. for Kauai
ports, p. M.
Tuesday, August 6.
S. S. Kinau, Freeman, for Hilo and
way ports, at noon.
s. S. Niihau, for Mahukona, Kukui-
haele and Honokaa, 3 p. m.
s. S. Iwalani, Self, for Maui and Mo-
lokai ports, p. m.
S. S. w. G. Hall, Thompson, for Ka-
uai ports, p. m.
Wednesday, August Z.
P. M. S. S. China, for Orient, p. m.
Thursday, August 8.
S. S. Mikahala, Gregory, for Kauai
ports, p. m.
Friday, August 9.
S. S. Claudine, Bennett, for Hawaii
and Maui, 5 p. m.
S. S. Mauna Loa, Simerson, for Ha-
wall and Maui, at noon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
SHIPPING notes.

S. S. Indnana will, say her charterers,
return for another load of Japanese.
A. H. S. S. Mexican is expected
Thursday morning from Puget Sound.
P. M. S. S. China is due tomorrow
morning from San Francisco with six
days mail
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
Straus has acquainted himself with the
details of the local immigration Sta
ton and he has gone into the subject
OF lighthouses with Captain Carter
and Captain Orwell
Associated OH Co.'S S. s. Rosecrans,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
The Mails

OUTGOING.
For Orient, per China, August 8.
For San Francisco, per S. s. Asia,
August g.
For S. F., Alameda, August Ia.
INCOMING.
From S. F., per China, Aug. Z,
From San Francisco, per s. S. Hilo-
MAN, August 8.
From Orient, per Asia. Aug. .,
From s, f., Alameda, August 8.
u. s. A. TRANSPORTS
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
EPILEPSY CAN BE CURED.

Notwithstanding epilepsy is consId-
cred by most physicians as incurable,
Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine has cur
ed hundreds of almost hopeless cases.
Let us send you testimonials from
those who have been cured. and they
will tell you all about It. DIR. MILES
MEDICAL CO., Elkhart. Ind.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06

U. s. A. Transports will leave for
San Francisco and Manila, and win
arrive from same ports at irregular
intervals.
Calling at Manila.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06

ARRIVING.
Monday, August 3.
o. o. Cos S. S. Rosecrans, Mcdonald
from Kaanapali b p. m.
Wednesday, August T.
P. NJ S. S. China, from San Francis
co, due a. m.
Friday August 9.
o. S. s. Alameda, from San Fran
CISCO due a. m.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
CONSTANT WORRY.

why in The world are you so ex.
cited, Henrietta?
THE baby He cried all the morn
ing without stopping know there
was something the matter with him"
but, dear. he hasn't cried now for
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE-WEATHER BUREAU.

The following data, covering a pc
riod of 80 years. have been compiled
from the Weather Bureau records at
Honolulu, T. H. They are issued to
show the conditions that have pre-.
vailed, during the month in question,
for the above period of years, but
must not be construed as a forecast
of the weather conditions for the COM
ing month.
Month, August for 80 years.
TEMPERATURE. (1S9O-19O6.)
Mean or normal temperature, rs
deg.
The warmest month was that of
1900, with an average of so deg.
The coolest month was that of 1894,
with an average of n deg.
The highest temperature was SO
deg. on Aug. 10, II, Is, 1896; 4, 1897;
8, 1901
The lowest temperature was GO deg.
on Aug. %, 1894
PRECIPITATION (Rain) C1S77-1S94,
19O5-6.)
Average for the month, 1,5O inches.
Average number of days with OF
of an inch or more, a.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was 4.47 inches in 1888.
The least monthly precipitation was
DIG inches in 1884.
The greatest amount of precipita'
ton recorded in any "a consecutive
hours was 2 81 inches on Aug. 10,
1888.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Average 9 a. m, $50; average 8 p,
M 1870 (1S93-19O4)
Average s a. m, $50; average 8 p.
M $50 (1905-1906)
CLOUDS AND WEATHER (1S90-1906.)
Average number of clear days, IL;
partly cloudy days, 49, cloudy days, q
WIND.
The prevailing winds are from the
NE. (1S75-1894, 19O5-19O6)
The average hourly velocity of the
wind is SO miles (19O5-19O6.)
The highest velocity of the wind
was % miles from the NE. on Aug
27, 1906 d..
! Station: Honolulu, T. H.
Date of issue: June 20, 1907.
*9 o'clock averages from records of
Territorial Meteorologist, o'clock
averages from Weather Bureau records.
VIM. B. STOCKMAN,
Section Director, Weather Bureau.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
Metropolitan Meat Co., Ltd

1890 - E'eEteN1&Ne'a7s'o-S'@7s|NH1NVSD
over six hours"
"A, that is why / worry. If he hasn't
cried for six hours there certainly
must be something the matter with
him"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06
INTELLIGENCE.

Thomas sailed from Hon. for s. IF,
Aug. 5.
Logan, at SanFrancisco.
Buford at San Francisco.
Sherman left Honolulu for Manila
July IA.
Sheridan at Mare island repairing.
Dix at Seattle.
Warren at San Francisco.
Crook at Seattle
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06

Fine Job Printing. Star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-06

CFor additional and later shipping see
pages A, 8 or 81
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04
DEVELOP THE BACK COUNTRY.

/ The ST. LuClE County TRIBUNE
quotes Mr. J. f. lngraham as having
/ lately given Il hi, Of advice To the peo'
| pie of Fort Pierce that should not be
confined to one community. "Oprn NJ
your back country if you would
/ build up your town., was the quiet al
monitIon of that very practical gentle
man, and the Injunction Ia worth more
to the people Of this country than All
the speeches of the president put to-
gcthcr We hear 4 bit too much of the
obligations owed the town by the sur
rounding country II Is CIR duty 10
bay in the home town. 1t Is oW duty
to speak up tor the home town and It Is
our duty to vote for the interest Of the
home town. Eat who insists On the
dutl Of the home town owes to the sur
rounding rural district?
incidentally, the farmer helps to pay
for the payemeuts and other improve
mon,s Of the home town. When he
o'IAES ms 'r"'N ''' ''' we i'i'''''
age Tor licences ana rents are "'N'' WI
''' Pr''S ""''''' '"'"' ! Nv ''''''H '''''
III '''i '"' 'N''"'''"' ~ we ''''' ,''' ,t
OUT 'l'' '"''''''' '"7' ~ '''''''' ''" "','
security l"'' '' E'''' '''"'' P'! '" a,,
I"' '''t''''.''''''' WI ''''' '"'"'
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04
GOOD ROADS NOW ASSURED.
continued from page i


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,''''.', -. w.. '...' '.-'-T'''"''' s4' " ''d'
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b.. '3 '.'. ~ -"'' .'' 'r maze IN q day
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-~..! ID. ""' - compete nile or
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''''' i'.i ''.'e. '- t",''R me material
'. '''7 '''" ' E5''. "h.ie me cost per
.....'. '- "..'.'4' ''',. crushing me rock
- +''. 'T' '.'v' 4''a cost per mile.
'-''.'' -"e'9 9s'.'i.a'e' are cOnSerVa-
we 10Y .' Gan 't@~..! De seen That the
va D- '"' .''+ we ''-h near we PIX VII
Df NJ" ~..''' @''' per Nli!e' ana on
''"~' over !'~' mics me cost VIII not
"v ".~cA more owing u me TACT that
N'''' VI 'hs ''''4e j. consumed IN laying
'he mar. ana h'' IN actual travel 1t
was observed " an experienced road
MAKER from hFeY~rQ mat when the
p'ah' Is III s'"'';h operation the cost Of
r'ad b-"i.hg per mile WI! not exceed
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04
EDEN.

Mrs. r. 5. webb Is the guest for Il
week of Mrs. Harry Jennings Of Walton
Every body welcomed the cooler
weather and high winds when t"he
away the mosquitoes
Mr.. and Mrs <. a. Robinson report
a very pleasant visit with their daoSh'
ter Mrs. Chas. Hudson, of Hamilton
Ca. Mrs. Robinson'S health is benefit
ted by the change.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Fred McMuIIrn
reached their old home in Dunklrk, ihdr
they learned the sad news that Mr. Me
Mullcr's grandmother had died very
suddenly the morning Of the day they
arrived.
1t was \ pioneer dinner, not picnic
dinner, that was held at Mr., and Mrs
Burnett's last week. 1t was al umpire
medltated title and was sprung upon
the host and hostess while at the DIM
ner table, one of the guests happening
To notice that all were old timers Cat
such dinner AZ that q picnic dinner,
well, we think not, and SO would any
one else who happens to parakc OF IN"
of these good Ankona people,
Mr.. and Mrs, j. II. leTonrneau and
daughter left Eden September Both for
an extended trip. They will 20 To Win
ter Park. Fla, where Miss Reba will
enter College, will spend Il day in Or
ando then to Baltimore stopping en-
route at Lynchburg and Richmond, Va,
and Washington After week or two
n these cities they will go to Towanda,
Pa, for y week, from there to New
York via Buffalo Niagara Falls, and
Utica. where they will make short stops,
,oing from New York to Newark. n
j., and return home via Clyde Line,
They will be greatly missed by large
ircle of friends who all wish them a
pleasant trip
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04

Inc Lakeland sun, owned and edited
ny Senator Park VI. Trammel mas
been sold To the Lakeland News, edited
by VI. +. Hetherngton, the transfer
being made after the publication Of
last week. The consolidation Of the
two Lakelaua newspapers will be de-
cdcd benefit .Qr that city. as it will en-
able Mr.. Hetteyington to improve his
already first class journal, which will
more etfcctualy advertise that section
as progressive and prosperous part
of Florida.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04
Cannae.

Cannae, where Hannibal won his
greatest victory over the Romans. Is
situated on the opposite side OF the
PENINSULA from the city Of Rome. ON
the river Aufidus and about six miles
from It's mouth. 1t was from this bat
tlefie'd that Hannibal sent to Carthage
three bushels Of gold rings from the
myers OF the Roman knights slain In
the battle. Cannae Is about 200 miles
from Rome.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04

THE board of trade Of the city Of
Ocala is holding a meeting today to set
the date and arrange for the propos ed
looming out" political convention
which has been planned to be held in
that city some time in the fall. AL
ready large number Of prospective
candidates have signifed their willing
ness to attend and partake in the ora
torical festivities of the occasion, and
it is probable that it will be quite a
success.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04

President Roosevelt has reluctantly
agreed to approve the constitution of
Oklahoma because it complies with the
requirements OF the federal constitution,
but he says that his private opinion Of
it wouldn't look well in print. Mr..
Bryan, on the contrary, says that it is
the best constitution of amy State in
the Union, even better than the Federal
constitution
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04
MOTOR BOATS TO
Be REGISTERED

The Times. Union publishes notice
of great interest To all motor boat
owners in this district. 1t says:
Owners of all motor vessels carry
ing passengers for hire, and all persons
operating the same, should immediate
~ send to the United States local board
of steamboat inspectors, in this city,
the names of their boats. the tonnage
of the same and state whether or not
they are properly equipped with lights.
whistles. fog horns, bells, life presery-
ers, etc.
Those failing to do this will find
themselves up against serious propos
ition if visit should be made by the IN
spectors and a boat should be found
carrying for hire passengers, and there
should be no record of such a boat in
this district
"Capts. ". A. Shaw and c. A. Spen-
Ger, forming the local board of inSpec.
tors OF steam vessels have received
from headquarters OF the steamboat in
spection service, request to supply at
once complete list, giving the names
and tonnage, person in charge Of each
and to state whether or not the vessels
are properly equipped with lights wits,
ties, fog horns, bells and life pre-.
servers.
To save the owners and the persons
in charge of such boats, the liability of
incurring q penalty for failure to fur.
nish this Information, in writing to the
inspectors, the local board has request.
el the papers in this district to publish
this announcement.
IAN such information should be sent
without dhlay to the United States
local board of steamboat inspectors,
Jacksonville"
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04
The Worm Turned

Am ! to understand, then" asked
disappointed poet as the editor hand
ed back bis latest productions, that
you do not like my versesy"
Yes; ! don't think much"-
An you don't think! see-that
explains IT,"
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04
World Rsoenera atm

The world will only be regenerated
by degrees and by reform Of human
character. task that will always and
OF necessity remain the task Of each
and every member Of the bums n ran.
Saturday Review.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04

l.. p. Christianson, of White CITY,
was a pleasant caller at this office last
Saturday.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-04

Send THE TRIBUNE your order for ;o,,
pruning Artistic work. Prices right
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-23

Looks like some of those Philadei
phians are going to make Mayo:
Schmitz and Abe Ruef look like mera
petty larceny nOvices i'll the graft bust
ness.
But we must not condemn Philadel
phia In view of the fact that there
are SO many millions of dollars i'll
yClyed it is remarkable that the inveS-
tigation ever went as far as it has, and
more remarkable still that the prose
Cution has been instituted along such
positive lines.
Some of those whose names are or
the roll of suspicion as defendants lii
these startling cases are millionaires.
If they have been grating on such
large scale it is no wonder they are
millionaircs, but their dirty money
ought not to keep them out of prison.
where they belong if they are guilty
of graft.
The rich CRATER with his millions
may buy his way into social prom;-
nence with his filthy money. He may
pose as a business man" and roll IL
the luxury his thievery and public rob-
berry provide, but in the eyes of the
law he is as much a thief as the brI-
tai thug who thrusts a gun into q
mans face and robs him OH the high
way. OF the two-the rich graftar
and the thug holdup-the latter i,
the better and more deserving of
leniency.
The RICH CRATER and the grating
official not only rob the people, but
they are guilty of double crime, be
cause they are whited sepulchers of
deception and fraud. The thug is only
a thug. He assumes a role of hold.
up man and takes his chances of being
caught The CRATER pretends to be a
friend of the victim while he rifles his
pockets.
Of all modern criminals the CRATER
is the vilest, meanest and most des
picable.
AS for Philadelphia, we can on.y
hope that no guilty man will escap !
and that no man who is innocent vii
have his name dragged into the miro
of graft
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-23
Illinois Public Roads.

Illinois has many things to be proud
of, but one of them is not her public
roads. The federal government has
published full statistics of roads out
side of incorporated towns, villages
and cities, which show Illinois in a
very inferior place.
The state is, it is true, fifth among
the states in the mileage of roads it
possesses, but it is only sixth in tn ,
mileage of improved roads When
population and area are considered its
position is still worse. Considering
the area of the state it has 1.6 miles
of road to every square mile, which
gives it twelfth place among the
states. Considering population, it has
81 inhabitants to each mile of road,
which gives it eleventh place. In the
percentage of its roads which are i'm
proved it holds only sixteenth place.
1t is naturally very low in rank when
the expenditures on the roads are con
sidered, but if the figures did not eX
list in evidence it would be hard tn
convince Illinoisans how low their
state actually stands in this respect.
1t is the thirty-second state in its road
expenditures in proportion to popula
ton For each citizen there was spent
in 1904 but $0S7 on road improve
ment.
Such parsimony in providing TO:
road Improvement is poor economy
The farmers lost much more in tht
greater cost of hauling their products
to market than they would have e
pay in taxes for better roads. Cover
nor Deneen has recognized this and
done much to move the state to &c
ton. Much more educational wor';
among the farmers is, however, need
ed, for certainly the state will never
have such roads as it ought to have
unless the farmers make the demand
The governments figures ought t
stir the farmers to serious question
ing of the wisdom of their previous
policy.-Chicago Record-Herald.