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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
POIfC1| Comment. !
Better Not Overlook the Farmer.

Better Not Overlook the Farmer.
There is some sneering talk about
the retention of duties upon grain and
other agricultural products, apparently
with the vague idea that the tariff
has some connection with the recent
booming of prices on the Chicago
Board of Trade and elsewhere. The
sneering is indicative of the usual su.
perficial and erroneous view held by
opponents of protection. Why should
not tie products of the farmer have
protective duty as well as those OF
the manufacturer? The farmers sup
ply large part, if not the greater
protective duty is necessary to aic
manufacturing industries, and likewise
the farmers would be exposed to for
eign competition in many respects
were they deprived of protection. Bet
ter not make invidious distinctions
American industrial interests are in
terdependent, and the farmers whe
supply the essentials of existence ara
not to be left out of consideration
by the Republican party when it comes
to tariff egislation.-Troy IN. W
Fimes.
Europe and Our Tariff.
Is the dissatisfaction of Europe with
our new tariff testimony as to its
merit, at least as regards the great ma
jority of its schedules?
Germany IS not pleased, nor Il,
France. In Germany there were stified
mutterings about a tariff war. IL
Paris the new act is most unpopular
Some French industries will be hurt
but the French on second thought con
clude that 1t Is policy to keep a civil
tongue and take what medicine this
new tariff measures out.
Great Britain, apparently. is not sc
hard hit as by the Mckinley or the
Dingley tariff. Anyhow, s1e always
grins and bears it. for she has nc
alternative. No free trade country Is
In position to retaliate, whatever the
provocation.
America has the bulge on Europe
european manufacturers must have
American raw material They cannot
get their cotton supply elsewhere
Europe must have. also. American food.
stuffs. And this year America is rails
Ing record crops. while Europe is short
In wheat production by an immense
percentage.
For another reason Europe, however
much hurt by the now tariff, does not
care to try conclusions in a tariff war
She cannot afford to provoke hostility
In the American breast, or dollars may
not flow so freely from American tour.
SITS pockets.
The American industry of touring is
directly contributory to European
hotels. shopkeepers. railways and
steamships.-Toledo Blade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
Saved Friend from scanoId.

Reappearing at his old home in
Zacatecas. Mexico. just as a man was
about to be shot for his murder. Pedro
Ortiz has been the means of giving
life to one man and liberty to another
man. Ortiz disappeared two years
ago and was last seen in company Of
Ramon Zarate and Bibiano Lira. The
dead body of a man was found and
identified as that of Ortiz. His two
companions were tried and Zarate was
convicted and ordered shot. while Lira
received a prison sentence. Ortiz re-
turned home just in time to save
Zarate from execution.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
WOMAN HELD AT SNAKES MERCY

From one danger into another was
Mrs. Lydia Smiths predicament,
when, in trying to escape a snake, size
caught her hair in a wire fence and
badly lacerated her scalp before she
could be extricated. Mrs. Smith, who
lives in Clayton, Del, while on an out
ing at Rehobeth, went to small hen
house in the back yard to catch
chicken for dinner AS she entered
the wire inclosed yard she found
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

w. d. Boyce. the Chicago publisher.
was discussing some of the difficulties
of his balloonirg expedition in South
America
"oh, well get over them" said Mr..
Boyce, smiling. I'VE must. chin q
balloon? Where there's a will there's
a way. you know. Well show the in
domitable spirit of little Willie Of
Commonwealth avenue.
No, Willie. said his French nurse.
mo more gateaux tonight. Don't you
know you can't sleep on full stom-
ach?
"'Well.' said the indomitable Willie.
I can sleep on my back. can't ~"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
Actual Facts in the Legend
airy Career of the Scotch
man Who Was Accused
of Piracy and for Whose
Fabulous Buried Treas
ure Adventures Are Still
Seeking.

The buried treasure of Capt. Kidd
Is one of the greatest myths of mod
ern times Kidd's gold has been sought
for 200 years. The waters of bays,
rivers and lagoons have been swept
for the hulk of his sunken ship. Quest
of the treasure of Capt. Kidd must
always be in vain, for Kidd buried
no treasure. says the Philadelphia
Ledger.
Neither of the two vessels in which
he cruised during his years of free
rowing was sunk, so there can be no
sunken hulk of Capt. Kidd's laden
with gold or otherwise.
The Adventure Galley, in which he
began his cruises, was condemned as
unseaworthy and burned at Nladagas-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
Governmept Home.tead.

One and one-half million acres OF
farming and grazing land will be
opened for settlement in the Cheyenne
River and Standing Rock Indian Res
eryation October 4th to 23d. Fast
daily through trains direct to Pierre
and Aberdeen, S. D., the registration
points. via the Chicago & Northwest
ern Ry. Write for descriptive pamph-
lets. giving maps and full particulars.
to w. B. Kniskern, p. T. NJ, c. q ".
w. Ry., Chicago, III.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
For the Sake of Noise.

Democratic newspapers announce
that they will keep up the tariff racket
just the same. They do not scare any
one. They have done nothing else for
half century, but make a racket for
the sake of the noise and the hope of
business disturbance. That is why
business men have so little regard for
their party and so highly prefer the
G. o. p. with its unfailing devotion
to the best interests of the whole peo-
ple-Buffalo Evening News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

During performance in a variety
theater at Copenhagen a monkey
named Morits suddenly threw himself
into the arms of a man in the audi
ence. 1t was discovered that the man
had been Merits master four years
before.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Don c. McMullen, of Tampa, who
fathered the prohibition bill in the
Florida Senate, is now talked of as
the probable candidate for Governor
of that State on the prohibition ticket.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
Very Low One Way CoIonIst Rates Via
Nickel Plate Road

To points West, Northwest and South
west. Tickets on sale Caily Sept. 10 to
Oct Is inclusive Special arrangements
for stop-overs and side-trips. See Agent
or write F. p. Parnin, T. p. A, Fort
Wayne, Ind. (09-33)
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

The Volcano OF Stromboli has been
known to emit flames persistently and
lava and cinders spasmodically for
over 1000 years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

1t is happy coincidence that the
year which witnessed the entrance of
the White Star-Dominion Line Laur-
entic should also be the centenary
year OF the Introduction of steam
navigation on the st. Lawrence. The
idea of applying steam power to the
boats which hundred years ago car
ried on the limited transportation be-
tween Montreal and Quebec origin
ated with the late Hon. John Nelson,
whose name is perpetuated to-day in
one of the banking institutions of
Canada, which bears the family name.
The Accommodation" was the name
of the Nelson steamboat, and she was
built on the bank of the ST. Lawrence
at Montreal in the summer of 1909,
and the event was fraught with great
importance to the trade of the coun-
try-, greater by far probably, than the
prime mover in its accomplishment
even dared to imagine.
The steamboat Accommodation,
which ushered in such an epoch mark
ing period in the history of Can ada,
was 20 feet long on the keel and 81
feet on deck. She had berths for
twenty passengers which it was prom
ised would be considerably augment
ed the following year. She received
her impulse from an open double
spoked, perpendicular wheel Or each
side without any circular band or
rim.
In the Old Days.
In the old DAYS hardships innumer-
able presented themselves in the land,
journey, whilst dangers by day and
by night stared the hardy voyageurs
in the face when they made their
journey between Quebec and Mont
real. The heavy and swift flowing
currents of the river made the up
ward journey very difficult, and many
laborious detours had to be made to
accomplish the journey.
To go on with the historical side
of the narrative, it may be stated, the
Montreal Star says, that with all its
inconviences, the mode of travel in
troduced by Hon. John Nelson was 4
success. for the following year we find
him applying to the legislature of the
Province of Quebec for the exclu
sive right and privilege of construct
ing and navigating steamboat or
steamboats, within the limits of the
province for a space of fifteen years"
In 1912 he built another and larger
steamer of 100 feet keel and "a feet
beam. The name of which vessel was
"Swiftsure"
Following the "Swiftsure," Mr.
Nelson proceeded to carry out his
idea of operating a fleet of river
steamers, and the construction of
each one led to improvements in mat
ter of size and accommodation.
Up to about 1918 a great many peo-
pie preferred to drive in caleches over
rough roads between Montreal and
Quebec, but by that time the service
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Am using ALIENS FOOT-EASE. and
can truly say 1 would not have been with
out IL so long. had known the relief IL
would give my aching feet i think IL a
rare good thing for anyone having sore
or tired feet--Mrs. Matilda Holtwert.
Providence. r. l." Solo by all Druggists.
Csc Ask to-day
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Boiled potatoes should be served as
soon as they are cooked. To make
them drier drain off the water quickly.
shake them in a strong draft Of air
and do not put back the lid Of the
not
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

The August meteors. according to
leading astronomer. form a stream Sc
broad that the earth, though it travels
faster than eighteen miles a second.
takes seven weeks to cross il.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
Dfsapproves.

81 always Lad a high opinion Of Mr..
Roosevelt" said Mrs. Lapsing. until he
went TO Africa TO kill animals. l don't
like that one bit, even il he does call him
self flaming nafnralist 80
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Frogs may do some harm to fish in
a pond, but German experts have de-
cided that this is Outweighed by the
good they do in destroying injurious
scots.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Congressman Carl Carey Anderson,
of Ohio. at the age of 10 was a news
boy and bootblack, and at IS had
saved enough money to buy a home
for his mother.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Europe has about 10000 newspapers.
Of these Germany has $500, including
500 dailies, and Great Britain 5000,
including SO dailies
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

If human being continued to grow
at the same rate as he does in his
first year he would be sixty-eight feet
tall at the age of ten.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

a Partisan antiquarian has pa.
100000 francs for the famous Merfels
collection of watches made in the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Shanghai machine-made ice, shipped
to Marking along the new line of rail
way, sells in the latter metropolis for
$3.50 per 100 pounds
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Importations of Holsters into the
United States in 1908 amounted to s.
212.945 pounds. valued at S1.401.449
and nearly all from Canada
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Native missionary teachers in the
schools of Shantung. China. are paid
at the rate of s. a month for women
and So for men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
uncle Allen.

"A cannon CRACKER" said Uncle AL
len Sparks. after the celebration was
over, lis another Of those things with
fire at one end and a fool at the 9TH
er"-Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

The Canadian government has sold
29,000,000 of the special postage
stamps issued in commemoraticn OF
Quebec's tercentenary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

A suit of clothes which will float the
wearer in case of accident at sea has
been patented by Norwegian inven.
for
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Pennsylvania-the native variety is
dry and of an insipid flavor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Besides this treasure the commits
sioners seized on the San Antonio and
at Mrs. Kidd's lodgings about as much
more.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

In the course of manufacture the
champagne bottle passes through the
hands of forty-fve workmen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Mrs Winslows soosaIng Syrup for Cnits
dren teething softens the gums. reduces In
Iannation, allays pain. cures wind collie Is
ents a bottle
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

The coal bill of the United States
navy during 1908 amounted to So
545. goo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

II you want TO keep coffee from boil
ing over add lump OF butter about
the size of a small marble.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

The highest track-laying record on
the Western Pacific railway is 1900
feet a day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Berlin now has 200 penny-in-the-
slot machines for the supply of news
naDers
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Good Housekeepers Use the Best.
That's why they use Red Cross Ball Blue.
At leading grocers. cents.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Eight times as much energy is ex-
pended in walking upstairs as on the
level
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

large blacksnake lying at her feet.
The frightened woman jumped back,
catching her hair in the wire netting
overhead, while the frightened snake
glided out the other way. Mrs. Smiths
head was badly torn, some CT the hair
being pulled out by the roots.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
worth 1t. weight I'm Gold.

It's PETTITS EYE SALVE, strength
ems eyes of the old, tonic for eye strain.
weak and watery eyes. All druggists or
Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

Eleven million fans are exported
from Japan yearly
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

The right ear Is generally larger
than the left.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

had been so greatly improved that
eral favor
A few years afterwards attention
was devoted to the building of power
full tug boats so that sailing vessels
could be towed up the river against
the current. At one time oxen were
yoked up and driven to the river side.
waiting to assist In addition to thu
oxen there was one horse as leader.
This system prevailed up to the
year 1882. At that period wharves
did not exist; the boats drew up to
the shore as close as possible and
made fast to piles temporarily driven
in the bank of the river.
The first records of accidents ia
steamboats, in the ST. Lawrence are
those of the Waterloo and John
Bull" The former foundered in Lake
st. Peter and. was replaced by the
John Bull" fine boat 100 feet long,
which was burned in 1888. 1t was re
lated of the latter boat that shs
earned more money while at anchor
than while in operation. This arose
out of the fact that she burned So
much coal that she was Improbable
but while at anchor was often used as
the official residence of His Excel
lency the Governor-General Lord Dur
ham,
The third steamboat accident OF
which there is a record, was that Of
the Montreal" which was lost in 4
snow storm near Batiscan in Novem-
Der, 1853.
First Iron Steamers.
The first iron steamers came into
use on the ST. Lawrence about 1913,
the pioneers of that class being the
Prince Albert" and Iron Duke ,
which were used as ferry boats be-
tween Montreal on the one side, and
st. Lambert and Laprairie on the
south shore. This was long before
the Victoria Bridge was built, and
passengers from the south by the
Champlain and st. Lawrence Railway
were lie SOuln sue
were conveyed across the river by
these steamers. These boats were
built in Scotland and brought out in
sections, being put together in Mont
real.
The year 1916 saw the advent Of
the Richelieu Steamboat Company,
which was destined to play an impor.
tant part in st. Lawrence navigation
in after years. much larger than the
originatorS of the service eve-
dreamed. From the modest beginning
of running some market boats to Sore
to enable farmers to market Their
produce in Montreal, the company has
by steady growth and amalgamatios
with other companies. developed into
one with assets exceeding $4,000 0s
to its credit, and operating steamer
of all sizes, through and local. froE
Lake Ontario to the Gulf of st. Law
renee.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-12-23
ANOTHER BOUQULT

In commenting editor tally on al
apple story which WAS recently 10
lrinted In the Glacier from the New
York Times the Portlunc journal
says:
"Thus it was from the far west,
and specifically speaking, 1t was from
Hood River, tnat the world learned
the true place ot the apple. lhe
lesson was taught by producing al
apple that is perfect In every partIcu
lar, and that was sent to mai ket with
all the heightening advantages the
packers art could give. In the pro
duetion all the rules of growth ana
all the methods OF securing perfected
results we're ascertained aud applied.
The consequences WAS that the perfect
ed product has captured the world
and worked a complete revolution III
the apple business.
"And the way was led to all this
| change by q little band oil lntelllBeht
men over In the Hood River valley.
in Oregon. Is there not suggestion
here that 10 other lines OF Oregon
production other similar triumphs
might not, by application of the same
methods, be achieved? In dairy
PRODUCTS, in sheep, cattle and hogs,
In other fruits and in many other In
dustrial lines, are not great results
possible?"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-12-23

printed an interview fIOm PORTLAND
paper, In which gentleman OF that
city, who lately returned from
abroad, told of the far arreaohing fame
of Hood River apples. lie also said
that the growers of the apples did
not receive theiI proper proportion
OF the retail price OF the fruit aud
that too much Of Take.otf went TO
the firms which handle the apples in
New York.
The Hood River apple growers re-
ceive the highest prices Tor their truit
paid to any orohardists in the world
and they are getting, We believe, the
test prices which can be secured
under present conditions. However,
Ia a few years it will be possible.
when the local apple crop has been
much increased, for the grower to
receive much larger proportion OF
the retail price OF the product, When
the orchards which are now planted
have come into bearing it will be
profitable for the Apple Growers
Union to maintain a house in New
York where the Hood River apples
can be marketed directly and as the
crops increase eacn year with the
increased acreage, branches an other
eastern cities and possibly in Europe
may be established.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-12-23

According to the New York Produce
Bulletin, for December 4, cAllosd
of Newtown pippins shipped by }.
l.. Dumas, at Dayton, Wash, to
Steinhardt d Kelly, in New York,
broke all records for that vari ty In
bringing low prices. The apples
sold for about % box Wien good
apples from Hood River, of the same
variety at the same time, we're selling
at S3 to S3. so bux. Ihe Dumas ap-
pies have been very disappointing to
tie eastern UuyeTs this year and have
given trouble, regularly on account
OF the poor standard end pack Mr..
Dumas Is president OF the State
Horticultural Society OF Wasbine ton,
and is puzZling to the eastern men
to understand just how his shipments
can be made to square with the pro.
minent position be holds among the
apple growers of his state,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-12-23
LAFEAN BILL WILL Be
DISCUSSED AT DENVER

An entire halt day will te given
over to the discussion OF STANDARD
Packages. Grades and Marks tor
Apples" at the meeting Of the West
ern Fruit JobheIs Association which
will be held Ia Denver the fret week
IN January at the same ime with the
Colorado National Apple Exposition.
h. II. Shepard is on the prog am to
take part in the discussion, which
will take up the apple package bill
now before Conrgess. Mr., Shepard
has been Ill for several weeks and
does not know whether he will be
able to attend the meeting or not
The forenoon of Thursday, January
9th. will be given up to this dicus.
sion and 9. II. Sproat viii 30 from
here as the Representative OF the
Apple Growers Union, Of which or
gani2ation he ia the secretary.
Mr.. Sproat will work to help op-
pose the Lafean hill and to back up
the action of the various apple dis
trtcts III the Northwest recently taken
in Spokane. Z. K. Greisen Will also
go hom here as representative OF
Better Fruit" at the Denver show.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-12-23

there are no longer exceptional OPP
poi tunities In the west. The man
who was pictm ed as being shut out
should have been labeled the
CRATER" aud not the settler. ="
The government has closed nothing
to the legitimate settler and investor
aud, by refusing to give away to the
erabber and CRATER, it has safeguard
ed the men who come to the west
expecting. not something for n thing,
but big return from hard work.
Never before was the opportunity any
better for the man, who would come
west to Oregon, to Hood River, with
a little money, lot OF energy and
Willingness to work. The reward OF
that man will be great and he will
receive help and encouragement from
the government,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-12-23
RAILROADS. FOR GOOD ROADS.

The Pennsylvania Railroad has
come out as strong advocate OF
good country roads and instead OF
following the Dearisghted policy OF
some lines which see competition IN
wagon roaos rather than need OF
CO. o-operation to make them efficient.
Among the advantages which the
Pennsylvanian believes it will derive
from better highways are that large
wagon loads can be drawn and cars
nnloaded with less likelihood CT de-
murrage charges, more freight, Ee'
cause with cheaper road haulage
more produce can be profitsbly ship
ped, and better warehouse facilities,
because the freight depots can be
more quickly cleared.
The Pennsylvania held meeting
last M month of l25 of its station agents
which was purely to discuss and pre-
pare to inaugurate campaign In the
cause of good roads. The higher
officials of the railroad had arranged
tor many good road experts to ad
dress the meeting and each agent
was sent home to become mission.
airy TOR good roads. Ii this is pro-
titable for Ii railroad in the more
thickly settled portions of the east
which already have pretty good
roads, 1t would be much more pro-
fitable tor western railroads In help.
ing them to reacn out into the
country which they ordinarily could
not touch. 1t is foolish policy fol
railroads to oppose a highway which
happens to parallel their lines,
because, although they may lose a
little passenger traffic to automobile
tourists, those tourists will help In
the development of the country
which will mean great increase In
freight business.