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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12

the appearance of the working men
of the plant. Coming out into the
cold air, all of us half clad, the chill
was insufferable. Every day some
of those who had sought like resting
places the night before were taken
with pneumonia and necessarily be-
anne a charge of the city.
In Chicago / went into a police
station and inquired where I could
get a nights lodging. The lieutenant
told me l could find several places
in the neighborhood where I could
get a bed for 10 or is cents. / told
him / had not a cent. Turning to q
patrolman he said, kindly: Here,
show this man to the North Union
Street Municipal Lodging-house.'
found the building to be an old one,
and nothing to boast of from an ar
chitectural standpoint, but the In
terror was a revelation for order
| cleanliness. and watchfulness on the
part Of the attendants. Every feature
of the place was good. The santa
ton was perfect. After having a batf
clean night clothes were given to me
and | was led to the dormitory. The
beds, the floors and other equipment
were faultlessly clean.
New York has a half-million-dollal
municipal lodging-holse. stayet
there one night. I entered the build
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12

inflammatory rheumatism In bad form.
The frst cry of the city authorities
against these lodging-houses Is the
great expense, yet they think nothing
of adding hundreds Of thousands of
dollars to the cost of constructing
other municipal buildings for no other
purpose than making them ornamen-
tai.
Is 1t not strange how we human
beings would prefer to pay taxes for
the support of criminals in the peni-
tentiaries rather than take a cheaper
means to prevent the making of
criminals?
Every man who walks the streets
unemployed is looked upon az a
| vagrant or suspicious character of
some sort. / tell you that 30 per cent
of those unemployed men are honest
l know 1t from. experience. Do not
take the estimate OF the police depart
ment. The police department Is look
ing for criminals. With the police
every beggar is a suspect.
Twice I have been arrested while
wearing my disguise and vas thrown
in jail. I do not know whether yot
understand what a bullpen is. They
are dungeons, located generally In the
middle OF the jail building. Into thest
they herd the Migrants. the criminals
and the suspects Of both sexes"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
MAKES BETTER RAILROADS.
Western Writer Pays Tribute &c
Railroad Magnate as Builder-up
of the Country.

Mr.. Edward H. Hartman Is on a
trip to Europe. Ordinarily there
would need be nothing added to this
announcement beyond an exhortation
to Emperor William to chain down his
railroads and TO other monarchs to
put their crowns and other v~aluables
in the safe at night. But Mr.. Hafri-
man is going OFF on a pleasure trip.
and so many mean things have been
said about him that it will not hurt
any to change the tune a moment
while he is out of the country and
not able to take any advantage of
the lapse from the cold attitude of Sc
verify that is usually used in men,
tioning the name OF Hartman.
OF all the great railroad men de-
veloped in this generation, e. H. Har-
riman is easily the biggest and the
best, says a writer in the Hutchinson
(Kan.) Daily News. The head of a
railroad company, under the rules of
the game, must work for his stock
holders, whether it is for the advan-
tage of politicians, shippers or con-
sumers. 1t is his job to do the best
he can for the interests entrusted to
his care. Hartman is not only q
f~inancier, but he is a builder and an
operator. Lucky is the town, city
or community that has a Hartman
road. He insists on a good roadbed,
level track, safe track and the con-
venience and comfort of the traveller
and the shipper. The Hartman roads
are noted as the best in the u
try. When Hartman gets hold of a
one-horse or played-out track and
right of way he proceeds to put it in
first class condition. He does not
raise the rates of fares, although he
doubtless charges "a plenty" but he
insists that enough of the funds go
into real improvements to make a
railroad. And that is where he stands
ahead of a good many others and why
Harrimanism is not such a bad thing
as some people have been led to think.
He makes better railroads, and there
is more need for improvement that
way than there is in some others
which are being discussed. So far
as we can see, he believes in giving
every interest along his road a fair
deal.
He Is a public benefactor from that
standpoint. He uses his power fairly.
He is a great man, and as good or
better than the ordinary citizen who
looks upon him as the personification
of the money power, seeking whom
1t may devour. He Is a strong mar
in the financial world, but that should
not be against him, when the tinan'
cial world is the object which most
of us want to reach. He is a good
American and he spends his money
on American railroads, not on foreign
titles, race horses, old editions o.
other bad habits. If he is not per
fect-and we don't think he is-he IL
no exception to the rule and is worth.
! of the praise of his fellow citizens fol
the good he does and has done.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
interviewing the Professor.

$50 you don't think Mars would re.
ply, even II we did send ~signals?"
II am almost convinced that there
would be no response" answered Prof.
Thinktum, adjusting his glasses.
"Then you don't believe that Mars
is inhabited?"
ION the contrary, I think 1t ex-
tremely probable that life similar to
our own exists on the sister planet"
"But you don't give those people
credit for intelligence equal to ours?"
eyes. ! am inclined to credit them
with even greater intelligence than
we display. There are many indica.
tons that they have a civilization old
err than ours, in which case they
should have too much to fool
away their time on any such imprac-
tical proposition"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
BY EDWIN A. BROWN.

need of a clearinghouse for the city's
poor and reminded him that the law
provided for the erection of some sort
of shelter for the homeless. He ad-
mitted a knowledge Of the law, but
said he thought such a place would
only encourage idleness,
/ told him I did not think that
all the homeless human beings walk
ing the streets of Denver were Inn
posters.
To carry out my plans | obtained
an outfit of shabby clothing, includ-
ing overalls, with the idea OF appear
ing as a man out of work for some
time. Then I went into the lower
end OF the city and began scrapinf
acquaintance. My shabby clothing
was the badge that brought condolences
and I began to get facts. Every un
fortunate that / met | asked. Where
do you sleep2" What learned will
be a convincing argument for thu
erection in every city of a municipal
lodging-house.
One night, asking q passing hob
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
SPENDS TWO YEARS AS TRAMP
STUDYING WORTHY UNEMPLOYED

where he slept, he directed me to
the brickyards on the edge Of the
city. Arriving there, l found it to be
also a tile making plant, with many
fiery kilns In operation. The en-
ployes we're cleaning out the fire for
the evening. l approached n OF
them and asked where a fellow could
find a place to sleep. He led me
to a kiln, the fire Of which had been
raked out a short time before. I'm
there" he replied, grufiy, yet kindly
enough, pointing to the interior OF
the kiln, which was still warm.
looked In. There on the floor of the
kiln were at least fifty men, sprawled
out. i entered. Some of them were
asleep. No one spoke to me, tried
to sleep, but could not because of thu
heat. Every little while l crawlet
to the opening for air. | was deter
mined to stick II out.
That experience was one Of m.
first and strongest arguments for
municipal clearinghouse. In tn
morning we were aroused early b.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
BASKET WILLOWS THE NEW
FARM CROP.

Willows for use in making baskets
are a new farm crop which the depart
ment Of agriculture is doing Its best
to introduce in this country. At pres
ent vast quantities Of basket willows
are imported from France and Ger
many, but already large plantations
have been established in western New
York, Indiana and the vicinity Of Balti-
more. On a single acre of rich, we'll
drained bottom land, as many as "a 1000
plants may BIS set out, and II tended
with the same care given to other
crops, the net result may we'll exceed
that Of any other acre Of the farm.
Cuttings of the variety of willow
which has proved most successful may
be obtained from the department Of ag-
! riculture in Washington.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
ENGLISH AUTOMOBILE HOUSE.

The latest development in automo-
billing for pleasure is the construction
of a real house on wheels. The ma
chine shown in the photograph con-
tains comfortable sleeping accommo-
dations for four people, a kitchen with
A small coal range, and a combined din
ing and living room. On the top are
plenty of seats for lounging in pleas
ant weather. Mr.. Charles Fletcher of
London, England, and his family lived
in this machine last spring and sum
mer, during a tour which covered a
large part of the continent of Europe,
Touring in this way, n is quite indie
pendent of hotels and may live with
more than gypsy freedom, going wher
ever the condition Of the roads will
permit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12

ened by the pounding Of the knock
ers In the neighborhood OF my hotel.
i timed one man for ten minutes be-
fore I fell asleep. Probably he had
neglected to fee the 'portero,' or else
the keeper Of the gate was drunk, as
he frequently Is. These 'porteros'
usually sleep curied UP In d blanket
Just inside the door, on the stones
with which every interior courtyard
and entrance Is paved, and All oftthem
have colds. Yet 1t II 4 position much
sought after, and the gate keeper
ranks highest among the servants
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
A CAR THAT CARRIES ITS OWN
TRACK.

The curious automobile shown in
the photograph, which carries with it
its own track, is designed for use in
the rougher parts of the United States
where roads are either altogether miss
ing or are practically impossible dur
ing a large part of each year. The
track consists of a number Of heavy
feet. linked together to form an endless
chain. This chain is revolved by the
| sprocket wheel shown near the rear
of the photograph. With this machine
great weights can be carried over the
toughest ground. 1t will ever go up
and down the sides of an extremely
steep ravine and makes nothing of or
binary ruts and mud holes. A Number
of these strange automobiles are In
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
Sending Photographs by
Wireless

Not content with sending wireless
messages Tor hundreds OF miles
through the ether, Mr.. Hans Knudson,
I Danish engineer, has recently per-
iected an electrical appliance by means
of which actual photographs may be
sent through the air without wires and
reproduced with great fidelity at a re-
ceiying station hundreds or even thou
sands of miles away. The photograph
shown at the left is the small piece OF
apparatus which sends the photograph,
and on the right is reproduced a pho
tograph Of King Edward VII. of Eng
land, which was actually sent by knud-
sons apparatus, and reproduced 100
miles away, the whole process occu-
plying only IL minutes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12

I'm coming Finally the small door
In the center Of the big one will be
unbarred and you step inside. Then,
If you don't want to sleep In the park
the next night you are kept out late.
you give the 'portero,' as the keeper
OF the gate Is called, a piece Of silver.
Between ii and midnight the fee is
10 cents. From IL on until morning
the gratuity-regulated BY custom
steadily increases. Beween 1 and 3 II
ID from ~ to 40 cents, and after 3 it ID
half d dollar.
Many 4 night ! have been awak'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
The Way He Did Il.

Jenkins-Well, sir. | gave 1t to that
man straight, | can tell you. He is
twice as big as l am, too, but | told
him exactly what thought OF his ras-
cally conduct right to his face, and I
called him all the games in the die
tionary, and a lot of others as we'll.
Studds-And didn't he try to hit
you, jenkins?
Jenkins--No, sir. he didn't. And
when he tried to answer back, | Just
hung up the telephone receiver and
walked away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
Prospectors Buried Alive.

Mitchell county, North Carolina,
was the scene OF a tragedy last week
when two young prospectcrs were
buried alive In a mass of earth and
mica In an abandoned mica mine. The
discovery Of their ~predicament was
due solely to the fa%ithfulness Of q lit
tie dog, which stood guard for three
days at the mouth Of the pit. One Of
the entombed men, John English, was
still alive when came to the
shafts mouth in response 70 the yelp-
ing o. English's dog. The mans face
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
Up on HoyIe and Blackstone.

Sir Frederick Thesiger, while en-,
gagged in the conduct OF a case. OBJ
jected to the jrregularity Of the coun-
sci On the opposite side. who, in ex.
aiming his witnesses, put leading
questions.
4 have q right" answered the coun.
sci. ITO deal with my witnesses as I
please"
ITO that / offer no objection" ret.
torted Sir Frederick; you may deai
us you like, but you sha'n't lead.--
Londol. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
KNOW NAUGHT OF LATCHKEYs

In Mexico you would think, being 80
near this country, that the American
latchkey would be common. But even
in the finest hotels In the capital the
big doors are closed at II o'clock. and
to gain admittance after that hour you
have to pound on them with the
great knockers that hang outside.
After Ave minutes you hear a sleepy
srunt within, then some m~utteringa
and the Spanish word which means
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
suRBANk's sPINELEss CACTUS.

The spineless cactus is n of the
Wizard Burbank's recent productions
which holds out promise of great flu.
ure usefulness. 1t can be grown, OF
course, in the most arid deserts, and
the spines eliminated, it will furnish
when properly prepared, very nourish
ing forage for cattle and horses. Fur
Their experiments are now under way
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
European Countries and Latin Arneri-
ca All Without This Great
American Convenience.

am glad to be back in the land OF
che latchkey," said q mining engineer
Who had been IN Mexico for the past
vear. IN France, Spain, Italy and
throughout Latin America there - 9
servant ia every house and hotel
whose business Il II 70 open the door
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
Burbank's Spineless Cactus
for Desert Crops
TO SAVE TEN THOUSAND LIVES.

Two million men and women ers.
ployed in various industrial pursuits
met with more or less YER accidents
last year. During the same time the
number of male workmen Is years Of
g or we killed by accident vas be.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
81 First American House.

Relics OF First American House.
Two bricks from the first brick
house erected on the American con
tinent are on exhibition in the flag
and relic room In the Ohio state
house. They are from the house built
at Jamestown Island, va, by Gov.
Richard Kemp. Of that colony in 1898.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
Car that Carries It's Own Track

the extra profits which their discoV-
cries may bring to the manufacturers
who adopt them. In many cases, Also
they will step directly from the unlVer-
sity into extremely responsible n
we'll paid positions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12

was all that was exposed. His arms
were pinioned by the a Of debris
that had buried him to the chin. His
companion was dead and English died
q few hours after he was dug out.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
To Save Ten Thousand Lives

on the Burbank farms, in the direction
of producing a cactus which will fur
nish an appetizing addition to the list
of vegetables edible by man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12

f7ESCENDING to the level OF
IN the humblest member of the
~ great army of unemployed
-zx that / might keenly suffer
SS the deprivations OF the
GL worthy homeless and gain
a full understanding Of their needs is
what / have been doing for the last
two years.
A young man who accosted me
nne night and asked for the price OF
a meal took me for the first time
into the highways and byways OF the
men who lack work.
This lad struck me as not being a
common vagrant and ! took him to a
restaurant and bought him a meal.
He told me that he had come west
looking for work. / undertook to veri-
~ his story and found 1t true. His
cas- caused me to think and 1t wal
through him that | got my first In
centiye to work for the erection o.
a municipal clearinghouse In Denver
for which the law provided. called
on Mayor Speer and told him OF tht
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
THE TRAVELLING RooTLEss GAG
TUS.


The curious round object shown In
the photograph is a rootless cactus,
a native Of the great California des-
ert. For eight or nine months in the
year, in the shape of a fiattened globe,
the plant is blown about the fiat sandy
floor of the desert by the winds which
sweep fiercely in from the ocean.
When the first %cloudburst breaks over
the desert in the spring, the dried-up
cactus sends out a perfect network OF
thread-like roots, often spreading over
A circle whose radius is ten feet. From
these roots spring small shoots each
Of which becames a cactus like the
mother plant. The young plants SUCK
the life out of the parent. When the
few weeks of the rainy season are
over the roots dry up and In the place
Of one there are perhaps 100 little balls
left to be tossed about over the desert
floor. some Of them travelling 40 or
so miles from the spot where they first
appeared.
tcopyright. 1909, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12

tween 10000 and $4,000. In other
words, n out Of every so people in
the United States--counting men, WON.
en- and children-was killed or injured
by accident. In addition to this great
economic loss hundreds of thousands
Of people suffered from illness directly
due to the conditions under which they
work. In Europe much more progress
has been made in the direction of safe
guarding the lives and the health OF
employees in industrial institutions.
The photograph shows an air strainer
which is used in Germany by workmen
employed in polishing brass and in 9TH
| err pursuits where the air Is filled with
flying metallic fragments. The glasses
shown serve to protect the eyes from
the same danger.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-25
Tame BACKS feel fine AND
KIDNEY DISORDERS VANISH

prompt cure, as fifty-cent
treatment of Pape's Diuretic,
which any druggist can supply.
This unusual preparation goes
direct to the out-of-order kidneys,
bladder and urinary system, clean
ing, healing and strengthening
these organs and glands, and COM
pletes the cure before you realize
1t.
A few days treatment with
Pape's Diuretic means clean,
active, healthy kidneys. bladder
urinary organs-and you feel fine.
You're physician, pharmacist,
banker or any mercantile agency
will tell you that Pape, Thompson
& Pape. OF Cincinnati, is q large
and responsible medicine concern.
thoroughly worthy Of your oonfi-
dence.
Accept only Pape's Diuretfc-
fifty-cent treatment - from any
drug store anywhere In the
world
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-25
FISHERMEN HAVE MARROW
ESCAPE-RESCUED IN THE
NICK OF TIME.

Crab hunting yesterday after
noon resulted in a very narrow
escape from death for David A.
LaJoice, a barber, and Charles
vanderblum, a cfgarmaker. They
we're trying TO pass each other
while in small rowboah about
100 yards from the east sihore OF
Commencement bay, near the
mouth of Hylebos creek, when tue
boat was upset by swell from a
passing steamer. Neither could
swim to advantage in the cpld
water, nor could they etafn their
hold on the boat which they had
both clinched- They soon sank
and as they arose they grasped
each other and sank again.
J. H. Cummings. one Of their
party, who had remained on
shore, caught sight OF the strug-
Cling men and put out towards
Them in a rowiboat. Deputy
Game Warden Joseph Braund and
Harry Smith, who were hunters,
and pulled out in a fieherman's
boat TO rescue them.
Cummings. Braund and Smith
arrived Just in time to save them
II was an hour and half befor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-25
MAY
CLIMB WITH
DR.. COOK

Jules Sampler. the Mt. Taco
ma guide who has made 65 trips
TO the top of that famous moun-
tain. has written to DR.. Frederick
A. Cook offering his services in
the attempt TO climb Mt. McKin-
ley next summer.
II DIR. Cook comes this far west
in Ids campaign OF REPUTATION OK
the statements of Edward Barrill
and others, Stampfier will endeav-
or 10 see him and have a personal
interview. Stampfier 10 spending
the winter In Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-25
FAT AND SPEECHES. MAGOON VS..
THE LEAN AND 1ONGUEY CRANE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25-Who's
running the department of state
anyway Philander Knox or Bill
Shakespeare
That's a question wiseacres are
asking, since Chas. r. Crane, near
minister to China, and thin man
was yanked back from San Fran.
cisco to be handed his walking
papers.
Hardly had the thin I orm Of
near-Minister Crane disappeared
in the distance than a mastadon in
the person of Chas. e. Magoon
hove in sight. Magoon was pro.
visional governor of Cuba after
the revolution in that republic.
Though he came at Knox's or
ders, he said nothing, thereby dis
tinguishing himself from near-Min-
lister Crane.
Shakespeare wrote one time, al
luding to Caius Cassius, a promi-
nent Roman politician:
lyon Cassius hath lean and hun
CRY look.
He thinks too much; such men are
dangerous"
Everybody knows by this time
why fatless Crane disappeared
from official vision. BY substi-
tuting the word talks" for the
word thinks" the public may
have an excellent size up of the
situation.
Here is where Shakespeare fits
in. The secretary of state long has
been known as an ardent admirer
of the bard Of Avon. But now his
friends believe that he has been
guided by the sage words of
Shakespeare even in picking Chin
ese ministers.
Speaking of Chas. Cassius Crane
there's Chas. Falstaff Magoon. Ma
COON is as fat as Crane is thin. His
smiling face is amply set off by a
double chin of Taft-like proper
tions.
Like Falstaff, who said in "The
Merry Wives of Windsor" 81 am
In the waist two yards about; L
prattle," Mr.. Magoon also
has a reputation for keeping his
mouth shut.
He can crack joke and tell
good story, while near-Minister
Cranes sole humor, his friends say
always was tinged with sarcasm.
Crane weighs about 100 pounds,
and Magoon neither admits nor de-
MES $50 pounds.
Knox, like Shakespeare, has al
ways been called a good Judge o.
human nature. and when near
Minister Crane began to exhibit
Cassius-like actions, 1t is a safe
guess Knox turned to his we'll
thumbed copy of Shakespeare's