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The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
Regulation of Power Rates.

One probable provision of the law
for regulating water power companies,
which the joint legislative committee
will propose and which will BE- bitterly
fought by the hydro-electric interests,
is the putting into the hands of COM
mission the regulation of rates, etc. 1t
will be the contention of the water
power people that such a commission
WILL to all inteDts and purposes, be a
public utility commission and that the
new constitution. by inference at least,
has declared against any such COM
mission. Delegate Sharpe, of the 500,
endeavored TO insert a provision for
a public utility commission in the con-
stitution, but was turned down. The
constitution mentions the railroad
commission only and provides for its
creation. Therefore, argue the water
power men, the constitution declared
against any public utility commission.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
Sale of Pubic Lands.

In the senate the committees on
state land and reforestation have been
consolidated, with Senator Foster, of
Gladwin, as chairman of the new com.
mittee. This committee has no part
In the action of the house committee
on forestry In the passage of its bill to
temporarily suspend the sale of all
state swamp and homestead land, but
II is said they will favor the PROPOSE.
ton when the bill reaches the senate.
II was introduced by Representative
Morrice ostensibly in the interest OF
the water way investigation. but II has
leaked out that the forestry committees
intend to hold the land permanently
for their use. AS this would leave the
land office with almost nothing to do
and of little importance, the commits.
sioner is preparing to make an active
fight against the bill.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
THINGS DONE
At THE CAPITAL
TIE IMPORTANT MATTERS THAT
THE LEGISLATURE HAS
TO ACT ON.
THE USUAL BIG JUNKET
There Are Many Things That Are
Lined Up That Will Be Of Great
Interest to the People and Should
Be Well Considered.
Especial Correspondence

Lansing, MICH, January 20, lJUJ.
The past week has witnessed con-
siderable activity in the State Legis-
lature. A goodly number of bills have
gone into the hopper and the fate of
some of them is already determined
so far as the committee recommended
tons are concerned. So far the senate
is in the lead in the recommendations
Of bills and has monopoly in the
measures aimed at primary reform.
The house has them beaten two to
one in liquor bills, but it is said the
house bill which proposed to indemni-
fly saloonkeepers put out of business
by local option was intended only as a
football. 1t is likely that the real
measure on which the big fight will
come will be introduced later, as both
sides are cautiously feeling of each
others strength. 1t is believed the out
come will be TO allow each city or
township to determine for itself wheth-
er i. wants local option or not.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
THE MAINE.
The Raising of the Wreck VIII De-
strov a FalIacious Belief.


Provisional Gov. Magoon, of Cuba,
brings to the attention of the secre-
tary of war the wreck of the United
States battleship Maine in Havana
harbor, and recommends that the gov
eminent take immediate steps TO ac-
complish its removal without further
delay. He says:
The sunken battleship is a serious
menace to the shipping OF the harbor,-
as it occupies a portion OF the best
anchorage. The obstruction has in
creased annually during the past 10
years by causing a shoal.
Even more important than this OBJ
struction to navigation Is the fact
that this wreck, although 1t contains
the bodies of SO American seamen, or
what is left of them, is apparently
abandoned and forgotten by the gov
eminent and people of the United
States.
Thousands of Americans and other
thousands of other nationalities an
nually enter the harbor of Havana,
and probably not one omits to express
regret and censure for the deplora-
BILE enectacle
ut has become national reproach
ana an International scandal. The
neglect is attributed by many, espe-
cially the large Spanish contingent
In cuba, 10 the fear that its removal
will disclose the fallacy of the popu-
lar belief that the Maine was de-
stroyed by torpedo or mine instead
of an interior explosion"
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
PERSONAL.

When John Mitchell, former presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers OF
America, appeared before the annual
convention of that organization in In
dianapolis, the 1900 delegates cheered
till they were hoarse, and many OF
them were affected TO tears.
John c. Robinson, millionaire oil
operator of Smithfield, w. Va. was ar.
rested on a charge of forging his
wife's name to a bail bond.
]. Pierpont Morgan bought the
sword Washington wore when he re-
signed as commandments OF the
army.
Rear Admiral Sperry arrived at
Villefranche and was received With
salutes and entertained by officials.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
Protectina the lambs.

That the lambs are TO be protected
from the bears is evidenced by the
fact that Senator Foster has present
ed TO the senate a petition from the
board of supervisors Of Arenac coun-
ty, asking that provision be made
providing a bounty on bears, to save
the fiocks and herds of that county. In
the house Representative Ogg has i'm.
troduced bill designed to protect the
lambs that stray into the stock mar
ket. from both bulls and bears, by
making all stock brokers subject to
examination by bank examiners.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
Good Roads.

Rep. Whelan, of Shiawassee county,
introduced bill which, IL enacted,
will put the Good Roads Commission
er of the state out of business. Whelan
is an earnest advocate of good roads,
but he does not believe in paying
bonuses by the state and thinks that
each county ought to be able to pro-
coed with its good roads system on
the plan already laid out. Commission.
er Earle is earnestly seeking reap
pointment and ii is suspected that Mr..
Whelan is giving him left-handed as,
sistance in this campaign.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
GENERAL NEWS.

The liner Republic, rammed by the
Italian steamer Florida in a fog off
Nantucket lies under As fathoms of
sea off No Mans Land, near Martha's
Vineyard island, off the Massachusetts,
coast. The Republics captain and
crew were taken off at the last min
ute before the great ship went down
by the revenue cutter Gresham. The
hundreds of passengers, first taken on
board the Florida following the col
lision and later transferred to the
liner Baltic, were landed at New
York. They owed their safety to the
wireless, which called vessels to the
aid of the cripple steamers. Two OF
the Atlantic's passengers and four of
the Florida's crew were killed in the
collision.
Gov Magoon reported on the excel
lent results of the American occupa-
ton of Cuba and denounced the leav-
ing of the wreck of the Maine in Ha.
vana harbor as a disgrace to the
United States.
President-elect Taft and party sailed
NHdIlGSlOu lOI dndlild vi lnC
cruiser North Carolina.
Severe earthquake shocks recorded
on European seismographic instru
ments were believed to have occurred
in Russian Turkestan.
That benzoate of soda used as a
food preservative is not injurious tc
health is the judgment of the referee
board of consulting experts, of which
DR.. Ira Remsen, president of Johns
Hopkins university, is chairman. This
conclusion, which has been approved
by Secretary Wilson, reverses the
findings of DIR. Fl. w. Wiley, chief o.
the bureau of chemistry.
A fortune from one of the most val
liable estates in Germany and the title
of dowager countess of Marbroeck con
stitute the reward which will fall tC
Mrs. ]. H. Voelker of Wallace. Idaho
as a result of a five-year legal battle
I'm the courts of Germany.
Three persons were killed and two
fatally injured by snowslide at tn,
Camp Bird mine, Ouray, COL
The business portion of McCracken
Kan, including the Jesse hotel, wa
destroyed by fire.
A plot TO assassinate Detective Ga
briel Longobardi of Chicago becaus,
of his activity against the Blacl
Hand, was exposed by an Italian
woman.
Over the veto of Gov. Patterson
both houses of the Tennessee legisla
ture passed the senate bill which pro
hibits the sale of intoxicating liquors
within four miles OF schoolhouse II
Tennessee and is I'm effect a state-wid,
prohibition act. 1t is effective July /
1909.
The jury In the case Of Gov. b. p
Conner of Alabama against the Mont
gomery Advertiser awarded damages
of one cent for libel. The governor de
manded $4,000.
Robbers dynamited the safe Of thu
Farmers State bank of Hadar, Neb
and escaped with $4,000.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29

In Calhoun county in 1908 there
were 1852 divorce petitions filed. 129 OF
which were granted. At present there
are 403 cases to be disposed of.
Lars Nelson and Peter Anderson.
fishermen, of Menominee, after drift
ing on an ice foe for 1S hours, were
rescued off Chambers island. Green
Bay. Both we're badly frozen and may
die from exposure.
Eva ]. Wood, 16-year-old Marshall
girl. has been committed TO the psyco-
pathic ward of the university hospital
for 35 days by Judge of Probate Por-
ter. If the girl shows no improve
ment in that time she will be COM
mitted to the Kalamazoo asylum. The
girl imagines that someone is poison
ing her food and her memory from
one day to the next is blank.
An appeal TO the supreme court has
been filed in the case of The People
vs.. William L. Wilson, former secre.
tary of the United Home Protectors
fraternity. who last year was convict
ed of embezzling the funds OF the
order
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
Stove Exploded.

The wife and four little daughters
of John Vandermortel, who works on
farm near Plainwell, were overcome
by coal gas while sleeping after Van
dermortel had left for his work. The
son, who slept in another part of the
house and who was not affected by the
gas, summoned physicians. who sue
ceeded in bringing his mother and two
sisters out of danger, but the two
youngest girls are in critical condi-
ton.
The accident was due to an explo.
sion in the stove, which burst the
mica.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
A Lobby Fight.

II transpires that the governors
lobby bill is to have stormy career.
Several amendments have already
been proposed which practically nulli-
fies the bill. There is a disposition to
be liberal with the governor, but many
members are inclined to take II as a
reflection upon their honesty. It Is
known that the governor has been
asked to withdraw the bill, but so far
has declined to consider such a propo-
sition. ID. z. CURTISS.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
The Jan Army.

Viscount Terauchi, Japan's secre-
tary of war, in the diet said that his
department was endeavoring to de-
crease expenditures. Terauchi laugh
ingly added:
1--WE are doing this business be-
cause 1t is desirable to disabuse the
mind of the world of the idea that
Japan is persisting in warlike prepar-
atoms"
A strong protest against anti-Japa-
nese legislation has been sent to the
heads of the senate and house and
members of both houses by the San
Francisco business men, who recently
returned from an extended visit to
Japan at the invitation of various
japanese commercial organizations.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29

The Michigan Republican Editors as
ISOLATION adopted resolution recon-
mending that city. county and town.
ship officers handling public funds give
the manner I'm which said funds are
disposed OF greater publicity ana that
greater publicity be also given mn
nicipal contracts before they are let.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
The Primary RiII.

Senator Dickinson, father OF the
primary bill which was passed by the
house at the session two years ago.
and introducer of a primary bill in
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
Seeks a Divorce.

Ruth Bryan Leavitt. daughter of
william Jennings Bryan, today filed
suit for divorce from William II.
Leavitt The petition was immediate
ly withdrawn. Leavitt is now In Paris.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29

Hundreds of people are said to have.
been killed or injured in a landslide.
following an earthquake in Morocco
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
THE MARKETS.

steers and hefers, IS 25 S'5a 5o ds steers
and heifers. 1000 to 1000 lbs. 81 $50
$4@4 so; steers and heifers that are
fat. 500 to 700 lbs. SO 5000: choice
fat { a. cows SO IS; good fat cows. $40
81 25@1 rs; choice heavy bulls. SO rs
az; fair. to good bolognas. bulls. $40
ST 6O@S; others, 1901
Sheep and Lambs-Market dull ana
rs; fair TO good lambs. s6Ge 40:
light TO common lambs s5@6; fair to
good butcher sheep, 1904; culis and
Hogs-Market, bidding loo to 15c
lower: Range of prices; Light to
light workers.. IS 5000; stays. Ia of.
East Standardization to
good butcher cattle sold 1O@15c higher:
exporters and shipping grades ruled
slow; best steers, se@6.5o; best 200 to
s5@55O; best fat cows, $i7566: fair
to good cows, $3.50@4; trimmers, $40
25C; best fat o heifers; s55O@575; butch
light fat heifers, $1,000 best bulls
$4:5O@5; bologna bulls, $3.50.
mdd6m ana heavy sE6er m Sess
$6.6O@6.65; best workers., s6506660;
light workers.. S6.2506.40; pigs, $1,000
6; roughs. $500 @5.7h; stays, $4250475.
Sheep-MarKet dull and lower; top
lambs. $7.55 a 100; fair TO good, $40
$50: Gull lambs. $5.50@6.75; skin culls,
$45065; .yearlings. s6@6.65; wethers,
$5.50@5.65; ewes, s4.75@5; Gull sheep,
VeaiswBest. ss.75@1O: medium to-
good $4,000; heavy. S4@5.
GRAIN, ETC.
Detroit-wheat-C No. red,
81 0S; May wheat opened without
change at 81 09A. declined to 81 09h,
advanced to 81 10. and closed at
81 O9%: July opened at 81 OH lost
hc. advanced to 81 01% and closed at
81 Ok September, Csc: No. red,
81 05: No. l white. 81 o..
Corn-Cash No. 3. 61Ac bid; No. 8
yellow, cars at 62%c. 3 at 62hc. clos
ing at 62&c bid No. yellow, cars at
0atts-cash No. white. sac; May.
Rsye-Cash No. 2. 7sc.
Beans-Cash and February. 81 20;
Observation-Disclosures spot 100 bags at
IS SIS: March, 200 bags at SIS 62h: sam
pie. 80 bags at IS So as at IS %. % at
IS IA at 81 so: sample alsike. IL bags
al ss - at 81 u.s.,
Feed-In 1O0-lb sacks iobbing lots:
Bran. s24: coarse middlings. $25: fine
middiings, s26; cracked corn and coarse
rornmeal SOS so per ton.
Flour-Michigan patent. best. Sc rs:
ordinary patent. IS 35: straight. SIS 16:
clear. IS per Dbl In wood.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
Hog Cholera.

In the way of treatment the United
States Bureau of Animal Industry has
discovered vaccine which saves
about 80-odd per cent after cholera ap-
pears in herd, and larger per cent
IL vaccinated before the disease is in
troduced. Time will demonstrate the
practicability of this method. The
bacteriology department of the Kansas
State Agricultural College is also
working along these lines, but is not
yet ready to announce anything but
progress.
When symptoms of cholera appear
In herd, 1t is wise to dip the whole
herd, disinfect their quarters thor
oughly, give them a slight change In
feed, and add to this about five drops
Of tincture of prickly ash for each
hundred pounds of hog once or twice a
day. The old remedy of wood ashes
and salt is good in many instances. A
little powdered sulphate of copper
dried sulphate of iron or charcoal
given daily when the animals are not
perfectly healthy frequently does much
good. After all. the old adage, an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure, holds good here.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
Wnter for the Chicka.

Take an ordinary baking pan and
have the tinsmith rivet on an ear
on one side for mailing to a tree
Have him also make a hole in the
bottom in one corner, that the water
can be let out every day and the pan
be kept clean. Nail the pan to a tree
about twelve inches from the ground,
so the chicks can drink without get.
ting into it with their feet. The birds
will soon discover that it is a fine
place from which to get a drink on
hot days. Sometimes they find, too,
that 1t is a convenient place for a
bath, and this of course makes the
water dirty. But 1t is not much trou.
BILE to refill the pan with clean water,
and this should be done two or three
times day. Chickens and birds re.
quire great deal of water, and they
often suffer for lack Of 1t. Don't neg.
lect them.-Boston Herald
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
scientiac Small Farming.

An experiment from which much
may be learned is being tried in Hun.
gary. 1t is embodied in the new land
bill, which is now coming into opera.
tion. The proposal is to break up a..
900 acres into settlements, which set.
Elements will be subdivided into plot9
of seven acres each. But the interest
ing point is that in the center of each
group of small holdings there will be
larger holding Of not more than $50
acres, which will be in the hands OF
capable and experienced farmer
who will set. an example for the 9th
ers to follow.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
EARNINGS of Good Cows.

To demonstrate that all the good
cows are not confined to any one breed
and to show that the net profit per
year Is from a good COW attention is
called to the records of the best five
cows at the Wisconsin experiment sta
ton as follows; Johanna, Holstein,
1S,1S6.2pounds milk, 444.96 pounds fat,
average test, 1862 per cent net profit
$95.31; Marcella, Jersey, 1881
pounds milk, 442.33 pounds butter fat,
average test, 5.6S per cent, net profit
sS0.01; Margaret, Guernsey, S,652.7
pounds milk, 4O3.25 pounds fat, aver.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
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(57laIqz{E.
Farm Telephones.

In some parts of the country tele-
phones are becoming very common. 1t
seems that once a telephone Is estab-
lished In the family 1t is there to stay.
Other sections of the country are very
much behind the times in this respect,
probably because no one has gone
ahead with the preliminary arrange
ments.
farm telephone is not only great
luxury, but 1t Is fast becoming an ab-
solute necessity. With the addition of
more business to the farm every year
and the scarcity of labor anything that
saves steps is worth money. When
you get accustomed to doing business
over the telephone you realize its
great value.
A short time ago heard farmer
order 100 bushels of seed oats by
phone from another farmer about ten
miles away. He had seen sample
at the fair last fall and made the ne
gotiations accordingly. The business
was transacted in about five minutes
while the farmer was sitting at his
desk after reading his morning mail
left at the box by the rural delivery
man. 1t would have taken him all
day to get his mail and drive to the
other farmer and buy his seed oats.
But there is social side to farm
life that is fostered by the telephone
1t often happens that a woman is left
alone for the day and she can easily
make arrangements to have a neigh
Dor call and spend the time pleasant
ly, instead of feeling lonely. Then 1t
is so easy to make social arrangements
for evenings or to meet friends as oc.
casion requires.
There are always people in a neigh.
borhood who are public-spirited
enough to go ahead with the necessary
arrangements to establish a telephone
service. Others should encourage them
promptly by subscribing to the fund
required. Everybody is benefited, be.
cause the arrangement is mutual in
the neighborhood. = Agricultural
Epitomist.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13

a rod that leads to the handle of the
bucket, controls the flow. The top Of
the rod is connected to crossbar,
which runs under the handle of the
bucket. This bar is in close reach,
and, when resting on the top Of the
bucket the valve is open. To close the
valve the operator merely extends a
finger and lifts the bar, thus shutting
off the fertilizer. The valve flares at
the bottom, spreading the fertilizer In
a broad, fine stream. For small farms,
gardens and lawns this device is OF
great convenience, and is a money
saver.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
A Trap Nest.

The accompanying plan of trap nest
Is quite simple and can be made from
box of suitable size. 1t should be
IL or IA inches square by 20 or "a
inches long. The Stats should be nailed
to crosspiece about one-quarter the
distance from the top A couple of
nails are driven through the box and
into the crosspiece to swing on. Half
way back, on the inside, narrow
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
adBLOOD

Before I began using Cascarets had
a bad complexion, pimples on my face,
and my food was not digested as it should
have been. Now am entirely we'll, and
the pimples have all disappeared from my
face: l can truthfully say that Cascare:s
are just as advertised; have taken only
two boxes of them"
Clarence R. Griffin, Sheridan, Ind.
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent, Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Slcken, Weaken or Gripe.
lOc. 25c, Soc Never sold In bulk. The Renu-
Inc tablet stamped Q c c. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. 927
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13

age test 4.66 per cent, net profit
$780,; Christiana, Ayrshire. s.OS7.4
pounds milk, 366.5S pounds fat, aver
age test. 400 per cent, net profit
S66.21. The cost of feed at market
prices has been charged to each COW
and the figures represent the sale of
butter fat less the cost of feed The
skim milk, calf, and manure are pro
ducts In addition.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
There Are Others.

"Bings is afraid that he may be pros
ecuted for polygamy."
why, he is married to only one
person, amt he?"
THAT is what he thought for a
while, but now it appears that he mar
ried her whole family, and there are
seven Of them. california Weekly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13

gram consists of two sets of flues, one
set to admit the fresh air, the other ia
furnish AN escape for the vitiated air
The inlet or fresh air flues should be
placed not more than ten feet apart
and located in the exterior walls oil
the barn. The outlet may include one
or more flueS
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13

The King System of Ventilation
Ventilation for stables and barns Il
now regarded as one of the essentials
to be provided for in construction. The
King system as illustrated in the dia
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13

pretty penny. Then came
along a Virginia man and
invented the hand fer
tilizer dropper. This de
vice consists of an odd
shaped bucket, running
to a point at the bottom
and having a small open
ing there. through which
the contents filters. A
hinged valve, operated by
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
His SpeedOme eter,

Inquistive Person-How do you tell
how fast you are going?
Chauffeur watch the expression OF
the faces of the policemen as whiz past
them.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
Merely Friendly.

Elderly Relative-Mortimer, what are
your intentions in regard to Miss sui
lion?
Scapegrace Nephew-Strictly honora
BILE and praiseworthy, uncle.
Elderly Relative-I am glad to heal
that, Mortimer. l was afraid you were
going to try to persuade her to marry
you.-Chicago Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
DIPLOMACY.

isn't there some talk that Gringo is
going to enter the ministry"
''The ministry? Why-O, l see. That's
what he really wants, but he intends to
try for q consulship first. Chicago
Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13

HOWARD. Z. BURTON : Assayer and Chemist.
. Leadv. lie, Colorado. Specimen prices: Gold
Silver Lead, 81, Gold Silver, 15c; Gold, SOC; Zinc
or Copper. 81 Mailing envelopes and full price list
licited. Reference: Carbonate National Bank.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-08-13
When Vegetables Mature.

The following list will show the gar
dener how long after planting the va
rious common vegetables will mature
their growth and be ready for use: