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Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27
NEW zEALANO'S RAILWAYS.
Keen Financial Analysis by Professor
lie RossianoI Of Denver.

A recent issue OF Moody's Maya
zine contains IA thorough analysis %
New Zealand Railway Finance" b!
Professor j T. lie Rossignol OF The
University of Denver. The write
points out that the New Zealand gov
eminent. which owns the railways
"borrows money at $40 per cent ant
latterly at per cent for the mainte
nance of railways which earn less
than $50 per cent upon the capita
cost. and this yearly deficit OF over
225 per cent must ultimately fall up
on the taxpayers"
Commenting on a tabular exhibit OF
I the finances. Professor lie Rossignol
says
the capital cost OF the roads had In
creased out Of all proportion 10 the In.
crease in mileage. that the working cx
penses have increased much faster
than the gross earnings and that the
met loss In ten years has amounted 60
the enormous sum Of fI.3S0.l47. or
more than 2i.0OOO0O. and this I'm n
time OF great prosperity. which can
not be expected 10 las; forever"
After showing that fares average
about the same as I'm this country the
service is described as follows:
There are no night trains. and the
service on most of the lines is rather
infrequent The best service In New
Zealand is that between Chrlstchurch
and Dunedin, whore there are two eN-
press trains daily. travelling az a speed
OF twenty five miles an hour On most
OF the other lines express trains trave'
from fifteen % twenty miles a
hour and ordinary trains from ten -
fourteen miles an hour"
The author goes into considera bic
detail in regard 10 freight rates. which
he considers 10 average about five
times those Of the United States The
most serious charge against the man
agement is that IL lends itself 10 poll,
zeal uses
Politics has had altogether too much
10 do with he construction OF roads.
the appointment and promotion OF Off
cials. the frequency OF service. the fix.
Ing OF rates and the departmental adj
I'm general Railways have
frequently been built for the sake ~
securing votes rather than traffic AMI
business has been so often subordinai
ed to politi,s that IL Is no wonder that
the net ret Tns are political rather
than financial In their character"
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27
.BR|TA|N'S AWAKENING
Opinions of Eminent EngIishmer
on Municipal Ownership.

Increasing Debt and Taxes, Failure to
Provide For the Future, Reckless Elk.
penditurc and Difficulty In Keeping
Good Men as Officials Are Some OF
the Results They Note-The Open
Door For Socialism.
The Yorkshire Observer quotes the
mayor of Bradford as saying In a pub
lie meeting that on account of the great
demands upon the time OF members OF
the council IL was difficult TO get good
men 10 enter or remain I'm that body
Yet the corporation had ell 100000 in
vested in its undertakings. which must
be managed in some way or other.
good, bad or Indifferent"
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27
Who Profts7

Politicians manage municipal affairs
In such a way that their own interests
are cared for first and public service
is only minor and subsidiary feature.
Money collected from taxpayers IL
spent for tn benefit OF the gang" in
stead OF for that OF the people. and the
consequence is that enterprises con
Quoted by the city are invariably not
merely III managed. but enormously
expensive.
There is no reason TO hope that this
state Of affairs will be changed so long
as human nature remains what IL Is.
and therefore the people will not be
likely In their sober senses to intrust
any public utility that can safely be
left in the hands Of private enterprise
to any city government-Chicag Jour
nal
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27
Seven Springs.

Mrs. Sarah Patton is improving
Miss Liza Kingsolving, of En-
maus, visited her parents here Satur
day and Sunday.
There was singing at Billie
Guess Saturday night.
Rev. Eli Eaton filled his appoint
ment here Saturday aud Sunday and
spent the night with Nose l.. Pat.
toon.
When We speak of fashions We can
say there is no danger of the blue
overalls and calico dresses going out
oil style.
Ridley King. of near Sulphur
Springs, and Miss Kate Fuller of
this place, were united in marriage
FEBRUARY 4th 1905.
The Rev. Kingsolving and wife
visited NJ. l.. Patton and wife Mon.
day night.
LaGrippe has attacked most every
family in this vicinity.
l. X. Mcclure, of near Thine.
was a caller in this section Sunday.
Miss Phoebe Burklow is confined
to her room with rheumatism.
Jim Patton, of Caldwell Springs.
was a pleasant caller in this section
Wednesday.
Tom Fuller was in Marion Mon.
day.
Bro. Lee Travis is our sexton now
at Seven Springs.
Matt Patton, of the Pinkneyville
vicinity, visited his parents here
Sunday.
The Rev. j. G. Kinsolvlng passed
through this part Saturday enroute
to Hebron to fill his appointments.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27

Municipal jobs are usually given ou'
as political rewards. The ntness OF
the applicant, his faithfulness to duty
his honesty, integrity and industry are
all secondary considerations. His faith
fulness and his value to party or fac
ton are Of first importance to the par
ty managers, who really run all mu
nicipal plants. The result is indiffer
ence and extravaganza. high costs OF
production and Operation-in short. the
complete humiliation Of the beautiful
theory Of the dreamers.-COnnellsville
pa Courier.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27
LYDIA PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. VIII Dung, OF u Columbia
Ave-, Rockland, Me-, says:
- was troubled for long time with
dreadful backaches and a pain in my
side, and was miserable in every way
/ doctored until | was discouraged and
thought | would never get well. read
what Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegeta BILE
Compound had done for others and
decided to try it after taking three
bottles can truly say that never felt
so well in my life"
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl
Pa, writes TO Mrs. Pinkham
II had very severe backachss, and
pressing down pains. Icould not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia f. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound cured me
and made me feel like . new woman.
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f1broid t1mors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
feeling, fatulency, indiges.
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27
DEAD OR DYING.
Reaction 10 Slow. but Sure, Against
Civic CommereiaIism.


Civic Conmereialism.
The mayor Of Holland. Mich. writes
that negotiations are on foot 10 have q
private company supply the lighting
IL would cost $4,000 10 put the mu
nicipal plant In condition for efficient
service
AT citizens meeting recently held
In Trenton. Mich. the city council was
instructed TO enter into negotiations
for the sale Of the electric light plant
Chester, Ill. has voted against the
purchase Of the waterworks system.
Manltowoc. Wis. recently voted two
TO one against purchasing the water
works and four TO three In favor OF
submitting the question OF rates To the
state commission. Only about a quar-
ter OF the regular vote was polled
which is not encouraging 10 adv coates
OF the referendum"
BY vote OF 80 TO ~ the people ~
Washington. Ind, rejected n scheme
for remodellng the municipal lighting
plant Notwithstanding the alternative
presented by the common council Of
providing for extensive repairs or
eventually abandoning the business Of
municipal lighting The plant has
fallen behind year after year. although
liberal appropriations have been made
for It's support, and repairs have been
neglected till II Is little better than a
mass OF junk. An expert who recently
examined It decided that II would re-
quire $4,000 to put the plant in good
running order. and the people were
asked to vote on the question Of ex-
pense The negative vote means that
the plant will he sold
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27

Roswell. NJ NJ. has voted two to one
against bonding for city water plant.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27

The back is the handspring Of
woman's organism. 1t quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. 1t
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the bwer part of
the body, that woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy, normal condition is
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27

Evertt Jours, Formerly employed
by the West Kentucky Coal Com.
pany as Master. mechanic at Sturgis,
has resigned his position and has
made application for position as
travelling engineer for the |. c. X.
r. We hope he will be successful
in securing employment with this
leading railway system.
A subscriber and well wisher of
the RECORD Pass.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27

Health Coffee" is really the closest
Coffee Imitation ever yet produced.
This, the finest Coffee Substitute ever
made, has recently been produced by
DIR. Shoop, Racine Wis. Not a grain
of real Coffee in it either. Health COT
fee is made from pure toasted cereals,
with malt. nuts, etc. Really it would
fool an expert-who might drink it for
Coffee. No twenty or thirty minutes
boiling. MADE in minute" says the
doctor. Sold by Morris & Yates.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27

According to Or. Ingram, chairman
of the finance committee OF Woolwich,
that borough reached the verge OF
bankruptcy under the management Of
that the electric plant was profitable
10y the simple expedient Of not paying
bills. The new administration was
faced with a floating Indebtedness OF
$4,000. which has TO be provided for
by taxation.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27
Cease Your Worry.

If your child is threatened with Group
give it Chamberlains Cough Remedy
and all danger will be avoided. 1t con-
tains nothing in any way injurious and
is pleasant to take. Sold by ]. H..
Orme.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-27
Tn. Tax R.t, In indiana.

Indiana u ono of the few states that
have a bureau Of statistics. tn latest
report shows that tho tax rate In the
twenty eight cities which operate their
own light and water plants = 41.98
while the rate In the other nfty-seven
cities u only &1.W.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01
DRESSING vEALs FOR SHIPPING

A Chicago commission man says;
Calves from three to six weeks old,
and weighing about 100 pounds or say
from so to 120 pounds, are the most
desirable weights for shipment. The
head should be cut out, so as to leave
the hide of the head on the skin. The
legs should be cut off at the knee joint
The entrails should all be removed, ex-
cepting the Kidneys; the liver, lights
and heart should be taken out. Cut
the carcass open from the neck
through the entire length-frOm head
to bumgut. If this is done they are not
so apt to sour and spoil during hot
weather. Many a fine carcass has
spoiled in hot weather because of not
being cut Open Don't wash the car
cass out with water but wipe out with
a dry cloth. Don't ship until the AMI
NAL heat is entirely out of the body
and never tie the carcass up in
bag, as this keeps the air from circu-
lating and makes the meat more liable
to become tainted.
1t is very essential that the direc-
tons for dressing calves be followed,
especially in regard to letting the
calves cool off properly before ship
ping in hot weather, as hundreds OF
calves are received in bad order and
sold for not much more than charges,
and some do not bring freight MI
merous carcasses are also condemned
by the health officers. They should
hang up six to eight hours or over
night in an airy place to properly cool
off before shipping.
Calves under fifty pounds should
not be shipped and are liable to be
condemned by the health officers as
being unfit for food. Merchants, too,
are liable to be fined, if found selling
these slunks, for violation of the law.
Very heavy calves, such as have been
fed on buttermilk, never sell well in
our market-they are neither veal nor
beef.
Fasten the shipping tag, with your
name and address written plainly
thereon, to the hind leg.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01
TO REVENT ROOFING.

The hog ring, of which there are
several different makes, has proved
satisfactory to hog raisers who desire
to prevent roofing. Some breeders put
two rings in the nose. In alfalfa and
where the soil is very loose it might
be a good idea to change the breed of
hogs, as the purebred dish-faced
breeds are less inclined to destroy the
conditions that give them a liveli-
hood
An old-time method of disarming the
hog, and still used by some hog raisers,
is to cut a half circle around the
hogs snout just under the gristle that
is made for the roofing process. This
should be carefully performed with a
sharp, small knife blade, being careful
not to cut it loose at either side of the
nose, as this would as soon as the
wound was healed permit of roofing to
some extent. When this operation is
properly performed the half circle cut
loose from the point of the nose will
drop down below where it had former
ly been a part, and when the nose
heals this loose gristle is constantly in
the way when the hog attempts to
root. It's objection is the liability OF
it's getting torn off, in which case the
hog goes back to it's old habits, but
is greatly handicapped in turning up
stiff sod.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01
THE BALANCED RATION.

Some feeds are rich in the elements
that produce fat; others are rich in
the elements that make bone and mus
Gle. A proper proportion of these two
kinds of feed to produce best results
is a balanced ration. We call the fat
formers carbohydrates and speak OF
the muscle makers as rich in protein.
While many farmers do not use these
terms, most modern feeders pay at
least some attention to supplementing
one class of feed with the other. Corn
is the great fat producer Along with
it, the poultryman feeds some wheat or
oats or alfalfa meal. The hog feeder
feeds on clover or alfalfa pasture or
in winter time uses tankage in addition
to corn. The cattle feeder and dairy
man use bran, oil meal, clover, alfalfa,
or pea hay, to balance up the rations
for their stock.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01
PRICES WILL HOLD UP.

We have slumbering idea that
beef prices will continue steady and
strong for the next five or six years,
says Denver Field and Farm. Some
of the cattlemen up in the Northwest
are spaying their heifers this spring,
which looks to us like the very thing
not to do. We have fewer cattle per
capita than for twenty years. There
are no surplus cattle in the east or
south, and the supply is quite short
here on the plains and throughout the
corn belt, where the feeders were un-
able last fall to get the money to car
ry on their usual finishing operations.
The high prices of corn and hay last
fall caused the farmers in the corn
belt to market all their stuff until to-
day the females are commanding al
most as much money as the steers and
are hard to buy at any price. The day
of cheap corn is gone forever, and our
range fellows are beginning to see the
necessity of putting up their own feed
stuff. 1t is the only way out and is
simple enough when we consider the
cheapness with which we can grow al
falfa, barley, peas and stock beets to
say nothing of the thousands of tons
of beet pulp turned out by the sugar
factories every fall. All these things
indicate mighty evolution in our
live stock industry, and the man who
does not get into the swim will have
to be rated as a hind-ender.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

An effort is being made to secure
$50 900 for the purchase of National
bison range on the Flathead Indian
Reservation, in Montana. This &C
ton is in accordance with an appeal
for the preservation of the buffalo,
made by the American Bison Associa-
ton. The association is pledged to
stock this range when once it is
fenced. The land will be pOliced and
patrolled by the government during the
annual tourist season and every effort
will be made to protect the herd from
hunters, white and red. Bison in
crease slowly, and will not soon out
grow the range that will be provided
for them by means of this appropria-
ton.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

Sixty cattle were driven over the
trail from Valdez to Tanana. They
were. only twenty-three days in MAX
ing the trip and arrived in fine shape.
Driving cattle over the trail has been
found to be much easier and less cost
ly than freighting them by water the
entire distance 1t is believed that
with the construction of summer trail
between Tanana and Valdez the min
ers will not be compelled to use cold
storage meats that have been shipped
from the outside, as anyone, even the
big operators, can then import their
own cattle
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

Because he stopped his harrow and
went to the house for a bearskin
coat, John Simpson, Garfield farm
err, started a runaway in which
his team was so badly injured both
horses had to be shot. Simpson had
but recently refused $500 for the team.
Simpson left his horses, attached to
a disc harrow, standing in the field.
When he appeared clad in the fur
coat the animals took fright and were
so badly cut up with the sharp discs
that they were shot to prevent further
suffering.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

Idaho wool growers will ship their
wool East to be stored in warehouses.
not on consignment, but to be stored
by the association and later sold to
the manufacturers. Utah, Wyoming
and Montana wool growers are doing
this and the action taken by the Idaho
wool growers at meeting held in
Boise is a step toward cooperation in
the plan their neighbors have inaugu-
rated
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

J. L. Eckert shipped a straight
trainload of fat cattle to the Chicago
market, this being the first large ship
ment ever made from Camas prairie to
an Eastern market. The cattle were
wintered on Camas prairie ranches
and since spring have been grazing
on the summer range.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

Mr.. J. Baughman, of Kirkland, was
recent visitor at The Ranch office.
Mr.. Baughman is developing a fruit
ranch, which he has had seeded with
clover two years, and now has planted
with potatoes.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

An exchange says tritely: The
nose of the hog has an extraordinary
lifting power. 1t can pillow streak
across the pasture faster than steam
pillow, and then lift up the fence and
crawl through into the green fields.
1t can insert this same nose beneath
the heaviest mortgage that held down
a farm and lift it so high that the sun
light of prosperity can shine in and
warm the hearts of the hard working
farmer and his family.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

been obtained which show that, at
least. by maternal inheritance and that
the size of litter increases with the
age and maturity of sows.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

Those who have written for the Aims
lie Boyd catalogue of builders hardware,
SASH doors, columns, etc, have been in
touch with money saving opportunities
which others have missed. Address
2O0S-10-12 Westlake Ave-, Seattle, Wn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-31
News of Marion.

Marion, October 30.-(Special) )-Eugene L. Moore died at his home in Marion Thursday night and was buried in the City cemetery this afternoon. He leaves a wife and five children besides one brother, w. F. Moore, of Heighberger. Mr. Moore. was member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and for several years a merchant here.
 Hance Hobson, an old and respected cit izen of Oldtown beat, this county died Wednesday.
 Mrs. Lizzie Mitzer and J. c. Griffin of this county were married at the residence of Rev. P. V. Bomar Wednesday after noon.
 Mrs. Nancy Morgan White, mother of George P. White of Marion, died at her home In Uniontown last Sunday at the age of 85. Mrs White is survived by a large number of children and grand children many of whom are prominently connected throughout the state.
 Mrs. Fanny Underwood has returned to Marion after six months absence in Texas and Oklahoma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Regarding Judge Feaein.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Referring to the discussion of deposinR Judge Feagin: Can it be really true that such action is being seriously considered, and that there are those who aspire to this place? Surely our city council is body of men capable of eliminating petty or personal considerations and will be act uated by a spirit that makes for right and best service to the community. Judge Feagin's record is the plea of the people
 It is common knowledge that this record has been made under conditions to which an average man would have surrendered; {; that nothing but passion for the uplift of humanity, coupled with strong will power and mentality, could have worked out the record that stands for itself-and the people are not sleeping. Very much more could be reviewed; how well he re- sponded to the "bugle call'' in boyhood, his belief and service to Birmingham through all its trials-but the people know. Fearlessness, impartiality and wis dom to temper justice always impress themselves.
 I cannot feel that either our council or any aspirant for office will invite him out. Yours truly, B.. L. GUICE.
 Birmingham, October 30, 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-31
FOREIGN DRIVERS
 ARRIVE FOR RAGE

New York, October 30.-Five of the foreign drivers who are to take part in the international grand prize race for the Automobile club of America, to be held at Savannah on November 26, ar rived tonight on the French liner La Lorraine.
 The driving contingent included Nag zaro, Wagner, Hautvast, Rigal and Du- ray. Nazzaro, who is acclaimed in auto mobile circles as one of the best auto mobile helmsmen in the world, has brought with him the car in which ne won the Flore cup in Italy, a few months ago. It was in this race that he es- tablished the phenomenal record of 74A miles an hour for 325 miles. The car which he drove on that occasion is en- tered in the Savannah races. Wagner IS remembered here as the winner of he 1906 Vanderbilt race. The others are veterans in the field of automobile rac- ing
 All five will leave for Savannah early next week to familiarize themselves with the course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-31
Emigration Business Held Up.

Tokio, October 9O.-As a result of the strict enforcement by the foreign office of the control of emigrants the emigra- ton companies of Japan are in great difficulties. Most of these have prac- tically suspended business, only a few companies continuing to send out patches of emigrants to Brazil Peru and other countries in South America In Peru, particularly, Japanese laborers are well treated. The companies have had several joint meetings recently to consider ways and means of improving the situation but no definite plan of action has been found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-31
Circus Helps Dispensary.

Huntsville, October 30.-(Special.) J. Circus day brought the largest crowd to Huntsville that has been here in a year or more. Ringling Bros. show was the attraction, and they played to about 25,000 people at the two per formances. There was no serious dis order, but the police were kept busy handling the drunks. The sales of the county dispensary were close to $2000, breaking the record of any day except the Christmas holidays.