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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
Two Headed Chicken Is
 Seasons Greatest Freak

NEW YORK, July 15.--Stories of freak chickens that have come along in the spring breeding season have been read with much interest by farm CTS on Staten island, but they had not heard of any freaks in their vicinity until recently. Then Aug. Woeckner, who has farm on Willow Brook road, Port Richmond, met several of his neighbors in Bitteli's restaurant on Richmond turnpike and informed them about wonderful two-headed chicken born few hours before on his farm
 "This is the most unusual chicken you ever saw" he explained. "It has two heads, one in front and the other where the tail ought to be, so you nev- CT can tell which is the front head The body is long and it only has two legs
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
LUCY PAGE GASToN CRIES OUT OVER 5000 CIGARETs TO
 DARK CONTINENT

CHlCA, July l5.-Lucy Page Gaston
 superintendent of the Anti-Cigare
 league, expresses great regret over
 report to the effect that Kermit Roose
 welt had taken 6,000 cigarets, 325 pipe
 and great quantity of tobacco int,
 Africa to be given as presents to thu natives.
 "I can hardly believe the report, ; she said. ''In view of the prestige ol
 the Roosevelt expedition, the scatter
 ing of such gifts will undoubtedly mean the rapid spread of the cigare
 habit among the natives in Africa Some other presents might have been used.
 'What makes it hard for me to un derstand is that such presents should be taken unless the former president and his son are addicted to the tobac
 co habit themselves. Several years ago, Carrie Nation came into this office and tore a picture of President Roose. welt from the wall, asking me what I meant by having the photograph of a cigaret smoker in the headquarters of our league.
 ''She said she knew Mir Roosevelt used tobacco.
 ''I wrote letter to the president and received a reply from Secretary Loeb in which it was stated that the president never used tobacco in any form.
 "Then came the reports that his daughter, Mrs Lonsworth. uses cigar cts. l recall recently reading a re- port that her husband has insisted that she diminish the number of cigarets she smokes. Now comes the report that Kermit has taken all this tobacco into Africa with him to give to the natives.
 ''I am most interested in these re. ports regarding the Roosevelt children, ns the stories regarding their doings have such a wide reaching effect. In Mrs. Longworth's 's case the reports are particularly disastrous as the cigaret habit seems to be increasing among women.
 "OnIy this morning I was talking with North Side woman who has made a donation to our cause. She was telling me about a woman acquain tance who cannot get along for an hour without cigaret. In my trips through the red light district the girls tell me the first effort made in the attempt to have them go wrong is to get them to smoke cigaret.
 eff Kermit Roosevelt did not smoke | | pipe or cigaret himself. it does not | seem to me that he would have thought | ,f such things as gifts to the natives The league does not yet reach to Afri- | "a, but the harm that may he done by | mch gifts will make the fighting there Ill the harder.
 "This giving away of tobacco to persons who have never used it is one f the hardest things we have to fight. n China at present the American To. 'acco company has inaugurated a cam 'a'gn of giving away thousands of of cigarets to natives of viii II ages and we have protested in vain gainst it,
 " The league is not discouraged, how
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

"It can stand on its feet all right, but then it has trouble. The legs start to walk in one direction when the front head wants them to start moving. Then the back head wants them to go somewhere else, and the chicken keeps walking forward and backward all the time, keeping in a straight line only few inches long. Every once in a while the mother hen comes back to get the chicken, because it can't follow the brood when the two heads get op- posite notions. When she cackles for if to follow her both heads try to go after her. Well, the head that's farth- est away from the mother hen starts to turn round, putting the other head at the farthest end. Then that head starts to turn round, and finally the chick is going round like -whrling dervish' '
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
Durum Bread Day Proposed
 For States in Dry Farm Region

BILLINGS, Montana, July l5.-
 "Durum Bread Day" is the latest idea
 of the wheat growers of the Dry Farm.
 ing regions of the United States. Al.
 ready the farmers or the Dakotas and ! Minnesota have petitioned theIr respec.
 tive governors to proclaim this new agricultural day and movement is on foot in other states of the west to have similar action taken.
 In letter 10 Secretary Burns of the Dry Farming congress which will hold it's fourth sessions here next October 262s, Charles Christadoro of Point Lo. | ma, San Diego, Calf, regarded as the leading durum wheat expert of the country, announces the purpose of the proposed "Durum Bread Day':- With view of popularizing durum flour, opening up new channels for it's use, increasing, consequently, the call for durum wheat and, ultimately, rais- ing the price of durum wheat perhaps to $l.00 bushel, the farmers of North and South Dakota and Minnesota at their recent convention at Fargo, N. D., asked the governor to proclaim a 'Durum Bread Day. on which the whole country would be asked to join iu eating durum bread.
 eff success follows the efforts of the committee, durum wheat will become popular wheat, the price will advance and it will become an ideally profit able crop for the dry farmer to grow. Dollar durum wheat means everything to dry farming"
 The durum bread idea will be carried into other western states and house wives throughout the grain producing sections of the country as well as in the entire western agricultural region will be asked to devote one day in the year to baking bread from four made from this variety of grain.
 Concerning interesting tests with this flour, Mir. Cristadoro, who has made durum wheat his speciality and is re- garded as an eminently competent au thority on cereals, says:
 "Four years ago the United States department of agriculture demonstrate ed in an exhaustive, careful test the of durum -four as bread flour over the heretofore acknowledged
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
SAVE AFRICA FROM KERMIT

ever. We will fight the effect of these gifts and every other influence
 While we are fighting in this state the league will not lose sight of these unfortunate influences outside. I can not understand the willingness of MT. Roosevelt to carry such quantity of tobacco to be given to the natives, in view of that letter had regarding him. In magazine articles I have frequently held mp Roosevelt and his family as models to the boys of the nation, and it will make me feel badly if these reports of his spreading the cgaret habit are confirmed' v
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

supcrlative flour made from Minnesota | spring wheat. From each kind of flour
 200 loaves were baked, and tho 100
 loaves were sent to 200 scientists, bak- CTS, millers, housekeepers and others
 for comparison. Of those who answered
 "A per cent gave the palm to the durum
 loaf. The department of agriculture
 summed up the replies about as fol. lows:
 1.-The durum loaf was better colored and more moist; the general opinion of
 the durum flour loaf as against the other was in favor of the durum four loaf
 "A New York paper devoted to bak. cry interests made similar test last year, having Adolph Schinkle, said to be one of the most experienced bakers in the United States, conduct the test. NIT. Schinkie reported that durum flour yielded sixteen pounds more dough to the barrel than did the Minnesota spring wheat; had higher water absorp- ton; the grain of durum was even, N'S'' ohN my, tAb uuluui lOtJ nuu Il rich, creamy color which was very pleasing and loked as if milk and malt extract had been used, although neither was used; the durum loaf on the whole presented much better appearance, the rich, brown crust giving an impress sion of richness and solidity. Sugar need not be added to durum flour, it be- ing particularly rich in saccharine con. tent, which explains the bloom and good Appearance of the loaf. The dur um loaf had very agreeable taste and was fully as satisfactory as the other. It was agreeable to cat and still moist after the fourth day. The durum flour yielded 333 pounds of dough to the bar. rel, 33 pounds more than the Minnesota spring wheat flour. As to the Mime. sota spring wheat four loaf, it pro- vided larger baking loaf, was white, but could no longer be eaten when the durum loaf was still moist and palat | able. It had better expansion in the oven than the durum loaf.''
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

The best pills made are Dewitt 's Lit tie Early Risers, the famous little liver pills. They are small, gentle, pleasant, easy to take and act promptly. They are sold by Palace Pharmacy and Unit ed Drug Co
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
Extremes In Tides.

The highest tide on our coasts is.at Eastport, Me, 2lS inches; the lowest at Galveston, Tex, is inches.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

FOR SALE--Four-room house with bath, on Pascoe fill. Corne, lot. fruit trees, chickens, etc. House is nicely furnished. This is a good buy. si,s5o; terms. Union Realty & Trust Co.,, IF N. Broad.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

FOR SAlE-Tbree-room house, good lot; Noftsger hill; barn, fruit trees. flowers; $S50, $350 down, or bar gain for cash at $750. UNION REALTY & TRUST co. IF N. Broad
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

foR SALE--One steel range, six-hoIe, with hot water connection, complete S5O,Oo. Apply Mrs. II. II. Pratt
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

fOR SALE-Bargains in second hand sewing machines for cash at Singer store, l77 North Broad street. Ma
 chimes $500 and up, in good running order Call early and get your choice.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

foR SAlE-fiiftv head of stock eat tie For further information address Box 32, City.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
FOR SALE.

TUX SALE-Nine-room house, two lots, South Haven, Michigan. In- qulre Helen Healy, Globe.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

iuh sALE-Complete furnishings of nA two-room housekeeping suites. Inquire Palace Pharmacy.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
LOST AND FOUND.

FOUND-Gold Masonic charm with in't'"', near W heat nrbiS. Owner prove property and pay for this ad at Silver Belt office
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

FOR SALE-Tworoom mouse, corner lot l0Oxl00, Pascoe hill Will sell with furniture $950; without $500. One-half cash; balance $25 per month. Union Realty Trust Co.,, IF N. Broad.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

'"R SALE-Furnishings of l5-room modern rooming house. Cheap; mod "'a'e, Three year lease. Union Real ty X Trust Go.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
Silver Belts Want Ads
FOR SALE--HOUsES

fOR SAbE-F0urroom modern house, fine corner, close in, $3,l50. Union Realty X Trust Co.,, IF N. Broad.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

FOR SALE-Three- room furnishe house on easy terms. Noftsger hill.
 Very cheap. Union Realty & Trust o.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

foH sAiE-Cheap for cash, Story &
 ''Srk piano. Call at Webster house.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
FOR SALE-vACANT LOTS

FOR SALE-Good lot on Scott street. suitable for warehouse, S9OO. UNION REALTY & TRUST co, TT N. Broad.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
WANTED.

WANTED-PostiOn by vouug rrr'ct couple in the city; no children. td dress V. B. 9, Silver Belt
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

"" sALE-Two.room house, ana two good lots; partly furnished. $500, union Realty & Trust Co.,, IT. x. Broad.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16

''h SALE-Furniture for one room,
 'neap. Address r. 0. Box 753.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-10
A WORD TO THE WISE

Our stock ID entirely new-none carried ov.
or and al put on tho shelves and counters dur.
ing tho last few days and consequently is not
soiled from dust or much handling. Remem-
cd at the Home of Real Bargains.
Evening star., 1909-08-28
Public Business Methods.

The efforts OF the District Commission
ers to lessen the amount of red tape that
must be unwound at the District build
ing whenever an item of public business
is transacted will meet with the hearty
approval Of all citizens. 1t is doubtful
whether the District government machin-
cry Is more clogged with formalities than
any other municipal administration, but
1t IL characterize Of public offices, as
rule. for the paper work. to multiply be-
yond the point Of actual business neces-
sity. In the devising of routine system
for the keeping and recording Of papers
and the maintenance of effective files, the
chief object. Of course, is to insure per-
feet records of all transactions. In these
days of typewriters the bulk OF documen-
tary material is greatly reduced and in
some degree there Is q saving OF time.
But tho habit nevertheless prevails to a
greater or less extent to insist in the ad-
ministrative Offices upon certain formali-
ties which. while polite. are not neces-
sarily required in the interest OF speedy
and safe transactions. Many OF the COM
munications between heads of depart
ments and between chiefs and subordi-
mates are conducted by word of mouth or
by phone. followed by time-consuming
Endorsements and records which are of
of delaying final action. What is wanted
at the District building. as at any other
establi xwAeya smethods partake OF
Evening star., 1909-08-28

alone against men, determined to hold on
II possible to their monopoly Of things.
but also against many women. who do
not desire an enlargement Of the sphere
Of woman's activity in that direction.
Some of the most eminent women in Eng
land and America oppose the PROPOSE
ton OF suffrage for their sex, and in
America the anti-suffragists have organ
lied to resist 1t whenever brought for
ward in state legislatures or in Congress
In New York the organization includes
the wives of number Of men of ma
tonal reputation, and several spinsters,
who with pen or tongue, or both. have
won national regulations for themselves.
When 1t gets fairly under way. this
movement may hold the center Of the
stage for awhile. 1t has many elements
OF interest, and women in other matters
have proved to be great campaigners.
Why should they not make a new record
in q matter Of moment so important to
themselves?
II q colloquialism, respectfully intended,
is in order, 1t may be said that if this
battle for suffrage is to be won, the ladies
must get down to cases. The appeal at
last is to the everyday housewife, and
must be made in simple fashion. She will
have. to be shown that not only her con-
dition but the general condition would be
greatly improved by admitting her to the
polling booth, and that she should bestir
herself to secure the ballot. Who shall
say how long men would hold out. II in
deed for day. against such a demand
made by a great majority Of the mothers
and homekeepers Of the land?
Evening star., 1909-08-28
Women and the Suffrage.

The fear expressed by The Star that
Mr.. Beimont's palatial residence at New
port would not prove helpful to the cause
OF woman suffrage has been justified by
the event At the invitation Of the hos
pitable owner, a large crowd gathered and
paid an entrance fee TO inspect the house
and grounds. the money to 60 to the
legitimate expense fund OF the suffragtsts
but the fashionable world has divided
about the maneuver, and the cause has
thus been drawn into controversy for
eign to its nature. What has woman
suffrage to do with how a wealthy wom-
an should use her property in a swell
community? The money thus collected
was all very well. but an equal amount
might have been raised In some way not
open to criticism.
This woman suffrage movement. to sue
ceed, must be addressed to the plain peo-
pie. and In a plain, everyday way. 1t
must be kept as far as possible from
both fashion and faddism. The cause
will be injured II it falls under the sway
of those who. little jaded with other
things. have turned to 1t as a change, or
mere toy. 1t is business for stout hearts
and clear heads. and will make heavy
drafts on the staying qualities OF all who
earnestly enlist.
For. .he-tt-<ememheredrsth rsthe>6 aja.not
Evening star., 1909-08-28
Harriman's Condition.

Edward n. Hartman is an object Of
the keenest interest, far transcending
mere public curiosity, on the part OF q
large number of American people today.
His position al dictator of the fortunes Of
an extraordinarily extensive railroad sys-
tenn renders him parsonage Of first i'm
portance In the financial world, and upon
the state. Of his heclth and his chances Of
life now depend weighty interests, more
or less speculative, but directly affecting
conditions in the financial centers. That
Mr.. Hartman is a sick man is generally
believed. That he Is mortally Ill Is cur
rently reported. Naturally the bear ele-
ment in Wall street seeks to take ad-
vantage of the sinister reports circulated
from hour to hour regarding the physical
condition of the magnate. Hartman 8
health. in short. is a news item Of the
first consequence. and 1t Is the most nat
ural thing in the world that the closest
possible watch is being kept at all points
of information, direct or indirect. Mr..
Hartman is seeking to maintain him.
self in seclusion. Whether as Ill as re-
ported or not, 1t Is his desire to witunold
from the public full understanding Of
his condition. and the precautions adopted
only whet curiosity and stimulate the en-
terprise OF the news gatherers. Probably
il there were more frankness at Arden
there would be less espionage over the
movements Of those domieiled there and
all who come and go. AS long as the es-
tate Is guarded and inmates Of the estab-
lishment and visitors answer questions In
cryptic phrases there will be general be-
lief that the railroad man Is in a precarf-
GUS condition. Nothing Ii so we'll calcu-
lated to keep the financial market unset
tied as this policy. II Mr.. Hartman is in
fact in immediate danger OF dissolution a
plain statement to that effect from his
bedside on his authority or that Of his
physician, while temporarily depressing,
would do less harm than the dispatches
that are being constantly sent from the
points of vantage around Arden. all Sig
niicant OF an extremely critical condition.
Evening star., 1909-08-28
The Death Game.

AS long as the fatalities at the automo-
bile races. whether on the open roads or
on inclosed tracks, are confined to the
participants the public has little ground
for demanding legal restrictions to pre-
vent such tragedies. The men who enter
these races as drivers and mechanicfans
do so in full knowledge OF the hazard of
death. They are deliberately engaging
In game In which their lives are staked
for a pitiably small compensation in COM
parison with the risk. The spectacle
of these occasional, almost inevitable
smashes costing human lives is unwhole-
some. 1t is demoralizing for a sport to
be maintained, largely for advertising
purposes. with the almost certain result
Of the instant killing Of men. 1t is pos
sible to suspect that the spectators at
these events are secretly hopeful of such
tragic consequences, for the sake Of. the
excitement.
But the public In attendance at these
barbaric performances is itself exposed
to injury and death. At Indianapolis re-
Gently in the course OF several days
racing two spectators and three partici-
pants were killed, not to mention two
pedestrians slain by autos on the way
to the races. The president of the asso-
citation owning the track has in his testi-
mony before the coroner's jury since ac-
knowledged that 1t was known that the
track was not perfect and an accident
was actually expected. In other words,
the company responsible for the spectacle
deliberately. took chances of killing par
ticipants and spectators. The owners
have been cited to the grand jury as
criminally responsible.
Yesterday at Brighton Beach a smash
occurred In the course Of one of these
senseless. fruitless exhibitions of speed
One man was killed instantly, and hts
companion in the car was mortally in
Jured. Fortunately no spectators were
hurt, but this was merely the good luck
OF those who crowded about the track,
twenty thousand In number.
These thanksgiving entertainments or
exhibitions are supposedly conducted
under the auspices of a national organi-
zation. They are degenerating into a
sport as hideous as the gladiatorial
games OF the ancients, with human life
pitted against chance or certainty. The
automobile industry has nothing to gain
from such performances, and, in the
present state OF the public mind. every
thing to lose. A prejudice against auto
MODELLING is certain to develop in conse-
quence of these repeated disasters, and
unless the manufacturers and handlers
of automobiles themselves take the initia-
tive and put a stop to them the enact
ment OF laws strictly forbidding auto
races In the presence of the public may
be expected.
Evening star., 1909-08-28
Idle Curiosity.
From the Charleston New. and Courier.

From the Charleston News ana Courier.
Many well meaning persons are apt to
confuse what they regard as interest in
others with idle curiosity and thereby
cause serious annoyance if not actual
suffering, besides placing themselves in
an unenviable light. Very often the dis
play Of curiosity Is unconscious and arises
from a desire to give evidence to some
friend of willingness on our part to
share his confidence. but the friend is
very sure not to avail himself Of this
opportunity, else he would have sought
It himself. There are some sorrows in
nearly every ones life which reach down
too deeply into the heart to bear even
the kindliest inQuisition; sorrows which
we are not willing to speak Of voluntari-
ly even to those nearest and dearest to
us. and yet 1t often happens that 1t IL
upon such q subject as this that some
kind friend Is apt to question US. OF
course curiosity Of this sort is more
than idle; 1t is an evidence Of lack OF
consideration, to say the least, and Is
supposed not to obtain in genteel society.
and yet we venture to say that there is
hardly q person In this wide world Of
ours who has not at some period when
misfortune has entered his life suffered
from the idle curiosity of some supposed
friend.
Evening star., 1909-08-28
Making Army Officers.
From the Boston Transcript.


Army orders announce the assignment
to their organizations of eight second
lieutenants promoted from enlisted men
after passing examinations for commits
sions. Two passed SO we'll as to be as
signed to the cavalry, and two were
found qualified to be officers OF light ar
tillery. Such promotions are attainabie
only after long course of study pur-
sued in the scanty leisure Of an enlisted
man or mon CON-" They are given only
to such as pass an examination stifl
enough to make the man who thinks
anybody can be an officer turn pale
The successful ones are those who sur
vive the ordeal Of preliminary or tryins
out examinations. In opening the career
to the proved merit and competency OF
the ranks. the army is ahead OF the civil
service. It is true that occasionally de-
partment heads have recourse to exami.
nations for promotion, but the method
has not become the system it Is in the
army, sanctided both by law and usage.