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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-27
AUGUST
Treasurer sNotice

state anu county taxes
in said county, for the year 1909 he viii sit in
the several Election districts as follows;
August IL and -. at E. S. Shorts, Cecil
ton, First district.
August II and 10, at Byron Bouchelle's.
Chesapeake City, Second district
August II and IS, at Henry Hess, Fair
Hill, Fourth district.
August Io and 20, at John L. Moore's
Drug Store, North East, Fifth district.
August I'll and 20, at Maryland House,
Rising Sun. Sixth district.
August "a and rs, at A. L. Barry's, Port
Deposit. Seventh district.
August a6 and 81, at W. W. McGuigan's
Store, Conowingo, Eighth district.
August as and 80, at Cross Keys Hotel,
Calvert, Ninth district.
Between tbs hours Of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m.
AS the law provides, Discount Of Sper cent
will be allowed on all State and County Taxes
paid before September l. Taxpayers will
please take notice that taxes are due and pay
able on September l, and that ON all bills un.
paid on JanuaFyl, interest will be charged
and collected from September l. After Janu-
airy delinquents will b. warned that unless
settlement in full be made before April ], the
claims against them WILL BE PLACED IN
THE HANDS OF the SHERIFF or THE
COUNTY, who shall proceed to seize their
property and dispose of the same to pay the
taxes due, with the charges thereon and all
costs Of sale.
The Treasurer would, therefore, respectfully
urge all taxpayers to pay promptly. and If
possible, in time to obtain the benefit of the
discount.
CHAS. x. LYNCH.
Treasurer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-27

much as in Oklahoma and other oil
producing States. The Interior Depart
ment is seeking other ways to protect the
independent, and frst-class battle be.
tween 1t and Sthe Standard is not i'm.
possible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-27
Wanted.

VAn to 800 bushels sound clear Wheat for
lOO seed. WHITAKER IRON CO.,
M Principle Furnace, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-27

1.-TWO STORES AT CONOWINGO. MD. THE
resumption OF work at Mccall Ferry within
4 lew weeks, and the quarries and other works at
ConoWingo, makes 1t a desirable location. Apply
10 Ut. CALDWELL. Liberty Grove, Md. fmt3
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-27
Annual Meeting
WEST NOTTINGHAM ACADEMY
coLoRA, CECIL COUNTY, MD.
r6oth Year Begins September IS. 1909.

A School that gives substantial and common
sense secondary education. Thorough prep
aration for College Ideal environment for
study. No distracting or harmful influences.
Healthful locality, Homelike Dormitory gac-
commodating a limited number of boys.
Teachers all graduates Of our best Colleges
and Universities. For further information
and catalogue, address.
HORACE c. GILLESPIE,
Principal
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-26

possibiltt Of work ng many stea ami
shovels as now, IL sti be seen
that Taft has given u anpl sleeWay
Indeed, there Isl no reason NV the
canal forces, becanss of better eslaii IS
.ment and the natural Imp oyensnt il
organization and skill, should not be
able to onset the disad Vantag ess they
now forsee when the ditch gets near
its ultimate level
4 The Taft estimate would finish the
waterway by a oYenabe !, \ 91I. There
is work upon the locks and the en-
trance channels which may cause some
delay though It Is the hope Of the en-
gineers that these S labors will be
brought to a close within q few weeks.
&, iER OCEAN HIRT
after the last shoyelful is taken from.
the canal. Nh; 3s5$ I3I5fs Il
. & The people should expect the cele-
bration attending the opening Of the
canal to fall on January !, 10 Is. ~
81 y
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SECRETARY sTRAUs.

Almost universal endorsement has
been given the president-elect in the
selections he has so far made for
members of his cabinet. We believe
he will receive fully: as hearty com
mendation if he decides to continue
Secretary Straus in the department Of
commerce and labor, f. t n. s ..s: 4
No more important division OF the
executive branch of the government
was ever created than this department.
The wonder now is; that the country
should SO long have permitted the
work to be carried on under the de
partment Of the interior, perfunctorily
and with little aim or knowledge Of
the part such business might play ia
the economy Of the nation. Under
Secretary Stratus the Office has become
Invaluable as a source Of information
and as a means Of instruction for the
framing Of our most intricate domestic
laws. But the department promises 10
grow into something better than a ii.
brary, better than a point Of distri.
button Of statistics and fac is. Spur-
poses to act as the med iator between
labor and capital, to bring about a bet
ter ind erstanding with the worker and
his employer and 10 break down The
barriers which iii tier differences have
raised. Furthermore ~ pointing on
ditions and presenting them clearly
|to All the country II must seryesa Az stlie
[agsnt 3of iaiInanta anisin, III
Mr. Stratus has proven himself lifted
% the task 81 take him away }att ttlls
very ginning o his work might
prove I'D irrep parable injury TIe llas
been 4 business man of pronin encs
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-26

weeks, and I sort Of think he may have
me, thinking that because al
am II town that II might have forgot
ten him but haven Z. n
ednesday Afternoo
ss q. Really, cant study this afternoon;
besides 4 don't know where tia, lesson
AZ. sort Of suspected that 1T might
be- p. ? that you loved, but / couldn't
think Of 4 and to- think Of. that old
bag A baWling JUS out for such q little
offense: Gee, laughed harder than
ever because she was SO fat She left
her husband he was very sicklyJ,s and
sold drawing Of { a bottle; appears ,.sI
.here) for a living sortt of thought It
might be A.s Or Ed on ri III ], But
my thoughts never went toward
Mann \ y block until syyaou said YOU met
him on your way 20 dinner Then i
.gHessed. and you sort Or expected 2r, ne
tel faint. oh. no. you see you are so d
different from me; cannot love, but
..,yoil can wit III al everlasting love, to- III
That the way III be-. ID YOU think
cares anything out of tIle e II, o,r i'll
mary for you HOPE 30. |IHs and il.
Iafs pfett thick and thinks sa III,
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-26

has a show low 81 hardly think 1T. We
have s5 not found out who that is
/: that ! it reads those !. Some more
next time SO soon. What did she talk
e e .! you q about Answer right. back
One. One bell has Just rung and there goes
the 'tls other must stay after sscchoo ID
tonight, perhaps quite late and tfien,
l I have to practice toni Isn that
" ll7ulcrlkand II to- 90 to the show.
Is AZ don't beat all. b Ever since HIast
night I have been thinking 81 8. n.
(. y act as though IScould forget him for
moment. know some III, B bow
ct course. q chum of &. IN. liz III s
Inc I'D! kid and looks ethtng like o.
Big brown eyes and ne has seen YOU
With me several times and il lust iii
Ing to meet you. fIe thinks Vol arss
;so n very yery, very pref ana ills IDEAL
Ein every VA went Id the rink With
hin once q II bugs over him, sos ii
"A. g. and Florence, but he Doesn't care
4 fer any of them and knows that q
don, care FOR him. He III b dandy MA
When get chance I'll make ,,,s, se &c
quainted win hin. 3
~ BE- ntlnued next week.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-26
THE CANAL BY 1912,

A good deal OF surprise has been &C.
casioned by the estimate of the presi-
dent-elect that the excavations for the
Panama canal will be completed in
thirty-three months. The prophecy is
the more astonishing because Lieut..
Colonel George W. Goethals, the en-
gineer in charge, has placed his date
for the opening of the canal at Janu-
airy 1, 1915.
AS a matter of fact Mr.. Taft has
not been over-sanguine. He has mere
ly trimmed down the conservatism of
Col. Goethals, who has the proverbial
hesitancy of the proverbial army en-
gineer in expressing his optimism. >
In the twelve months ending with
, November 1, 1908, the excavation
amounted to 35,016,O24 cubic yards,
which contrasts with 1S,714,931 cubic
! yards taken out of the ditch between
the starting of the work on May 1,
1904, and November 1, 1907. 1t is cal.
| culated that, the remaining work, dat.
ing from November LIST last, amounts
to 8S,,269,045 cubic yards. II in the
next two years the record of 1908 is
maintained there will be left bu,
1S,236,997 cubic yards. The best
monthly record was made last March
when 3,4S7,2S7 cubic yards were re
moved. If reasonable allowance Is
made for a falling off in. the amount b
work which may be done, caused by
the narrowing of the cut and the i'm
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e.. ''.T@'tJ ,|.F '
GOT THE MAN HIGHER UP.


The conviction Of w. W. Ramsey,
the Pittsburg, banker, charged with
bribing members of the city council,
is a substantial answer to the wide
spread demand to 'tget the man higher
up. n. 4 }:i S, IS. ~ Il. - ::
& People have, until very recently
looked complacently upon such Of
lenses committed by rich and powerful
citizens bent upon obtaining public
favors, and INSCRIPTIONS as to- the
means employed. When the crimes
are exposed, the small fry, the Cheap
men," who are bribed, have been pros
:ecuted and often convicted. But 1t
seems to have been taken for granted
that the BRIDE iver, often the man who
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THE&NEED oFzA TARIFF. COMMITS.
3@.s 4 - = H. SION st "A $e5 s{.ss

The discussions at the tariff com
mission convention in Indianapolis
prove that commission sentiment is
very strong in the country. !. It is nat.
Iural that it. should be-, for our exper-
fences with the haphazard way Of max
ing tariffs has been most unfortunate
in many respects. Certainly we should
have learned from the school Of exper-
fence that no tariff should ever be
framed without thorough study by
experts and the presentation of all the
facts that were needed as a basis for
wise legislation. The comment Of D.
A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N. C., goes
straight to the point He said:, 4. {,
The present method of making the
tariff is a sort of scramble about once
in ten years. The industry which gets
unsatisfactory results has no remedy,
but has to wait ten years and take
chances again. If under the present
system tariff is laid which develops
graft this condition may continue until
the next general tariff revision. Under
the commission plan the tariff might
be in process of revision or readjust.
ment all the time" IT,. - III a.. !
What we do is to lay down hard and
fast rules, without any reference what
ever to the possible developments
There is no elasticity in the system as
it is; there is no proper consultation
of expert authority when 1t is propos
ed that changes shall be made. The
methods we employ reflect. on the. in
telligence of the country and they are
| unjust. to our own people. There. IL
certain to be an increased demand tina
they be abandoned. E,r i%M
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-26
TRIAL BY JURY IN TENNESSEE.

The Carmack murder case is at last
under way before jury, four of whom
can neither read nor write, and all of
whom took oath that they had not read
declared they had not read a newspa-
per for ten years. 49,
These twelve good men and true
wer obtained by straining 5000 men
through seive so fine that every act
ually competent man was caught. I'm
der the Tennessee law man Is legally
incompetent for jury duty who has
talked with one of the witnesses since
the alleged crime, or has talked with
any one who has talked with the wit
nesses. And as if this were not
enough the supreme court holds that
newspaper which prints verbatim re-
port of testimony becomes witness
and to read that paper is the same as
to talk with witness.
Trial by jury is one of the most dear
ly loved institutions in countries which
follow the time-honored English pro-
cedure or have inherited English ideas
and prejudices touching freedom, indi-
vidual liberty and other highly priced
blessings. =.
But it seems to be forgotten in some
communities that the original purpose
of trial by jury was to obtain better
assurance, of even-handed justice by
placing the cause in the keeping Of
men able to understand testimony,
weigh evidence and draw conclusions.
In Tennessee the object is to find men
who are plainly incompetent. If this
is not fair statement of the actual
fact we should rejoice to have some
Tennesseean make the necessary cor
rectlon.
The verdict in a case tried before
such jury is pretty sure to be guess
work-judgment, intelligence and com
mon sense not being in the mental
equipment of the jurors.
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aoH0n0aeHoge a0H@ 0snenos
]. a. OkiO NEWS 4. I:
90onesBnom s0n0mpoEt

Otto Olson was In Devils Lake sew.
:eral days last week. s.., y :
Victor Ruth was al Devils Lake Wis.
itor Friday. '2s \ 81. ,ss s:s q Hip. p !;
.5 gu D. Graves was a Toxic visitor
Friday night. He expects to move back
to Toxic with his mother in a few
weeks Il y%.=3 ;> .s 5s ~,
Z Gabriel Goard was a Devils Lake
visitor the latter%part Of last week.
Mr.. Armstrong, J representing a
wholesale grocery house, was in Toxic
on business last week. .l. #..vs;ss> N " ! !. !.
Miss Stella Jaqua was shopping in
Devils Lake Saturday. E: f,;z2 e. .5.ss
Miss Aggie Blacktiger. was shopping
in Devils Lake Tuesday. r 355s' II x.sl IS
+. Mrs. Thompson was in Devils Lake
between trains Saturday. .!> "a: T 7
{. Herb Baitson came out on the
freight Monday morning to look after
things at the farm. He, returned "a
Devils Lake on the passenger. Il; ss$5tt:: /
There is q movement on foot to OF
ganize q lodge Of Homestead rs'' ii
Toxic. The representative of the com
pany is expected: in q; few days ito
start the movement here. Toxic has
no lodge Of. any kind at the preseni
time and it is 5.expected that goodly
/ | number will enter the Organization az
charter members. sf;ss .s:s5s :& II. sz..5
Fl Isadore Mosacah omony and wife
were ii Devils Lake the fore part o!
the week. 4 &c, iS tx
John Miller was a Devils Lake bust
: ness visitor the fore part of the week
II Frank windshield went to Devil.
Lake Mond "a III. 5.t h:
It IS hoped that when the ducks antt
geese take their northern flight there
will also be 9 lone depot agent drop
ped of at Toxic. :@ .g.j -. s. :
4. 52 Fred Lang Is drilling wells at ant
near Tptten. II.
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Notes 81 D School Girl

t Below we print a4feW extracts from
the the notes Of q school girl In the high
school Of this city The notes were
found on the street this week and has
some Interesting things III it that are
worth PRINTING The. contents start
or like this 81 7.ss5S5 S
~ ednesday, Jan. 81, 1905. s8#
ri Dear dreamed Of him
again last Al II, and Oh! he seems Sd
sweet and though that he was say
Ing some Of his cute saying and then
again We were III the Ice cream parlor
with myself right beside him and then
we were III Lovers lane. cause You
know W. walked through there. Oh,
You can, i imagine how dear 3he
is--only am afraid he will like YOU
better. 4 have never seen your ID. &,
but you VIII be kind enough to des.
cribe him tor me. won't you Il must
get 10 work now as I'VE fooled away
forty i've inutes, 80 'ttartt until d
write some more. II is nearly time for
dinner and this evening i viii 5see him,
how hope he ID IA from the
country You know iiaven,ss aegu
him tor over mont early BIZ
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-26
FEBRUARY 26, 1909.
FOR THE FARMERS HAPPINESS

FOR THE FARMERS HAPPINESS,
The Country Life Commission is not
a joke, though innumerable persons
who ought to know better feel called
upon to ridicule it and to make it the
butt for their self-appreciated wit. The
commission has made an Investigation
of incalculable worth to sociology and
one with immense promises for good.
The farm products of 1908 reached
in value the tremendous sum of nearly
eight billions of dollars. To many this
has been an answer to all the asser-
tons of the presence of ills and dis
tress in the country. It would seem
that they must be blind to much that
assails the eye of every traveller the
poorly constructed homes, the sag
ging, leaning barns and granaries, the
dreary wastes of dooryard and road
side. 1t is not thus everywhere, of
course but one may often see the re-
pulsive looking farm house neighbor
to the well-kept and cheerful home and
be told that the owner of one is quite
as prosperous as that of the other It
requires so little to make life agree
able in the country as compared with
the costs in the city that the commits
sion shows wisdom in emphasizing the
need of spreading the doctrines of san
itation and the upbuilding of social or
CARNATIONS.
How far the national congress may
constitutionally aid in improving the
lot of the farmer is uncertain. The
department of agriculture has under
taken may reforms and given direc-
tons to progress that a half-century
ago would have been pronounced peril
GUS to an individualistic government
The rural mail delivery system means
the breaking of the bonds of isolation
The Grange societies have brought
neighbors into closer relationship and
solved many a problem of marketing
products and the purchase Of supplies
1t is the opinion of the commission
that congress should continue the soil
surveys, establish an education system
supplementary to the extension work
= OF the western railroads and the agri
. cultural schools, eliminate disadvant
ages of transportation and disposal Of
= grain and cattle, teach the value oi
n water power, sanitation and highway
engineering, and provide some agency
b for developing real rural society
There is work here that will puzzle
n the law-givers in Washington. An
other commission may be necessary tt
point the way. - = 49, ~,
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-26
AN INDUSTRIAL COURT.

b Andrew Carnegie's foresight has
been so strikingly demonstrated il. his
personal affairs that a prophecy inyol-.
wing the future of the world in general
must be given the most respectful
consideration. = w ;! &: i: $s 4
The tremendous changes in ways of
living, methods OF. work and habits Of
thought, have made all uneasy of the
prospect. Fundamentals chung Ito as
essentials have been thrown away as
untitled to the day. A hundred-a
Observation-Disclosures have offered new
schemes of government, remedies fan
ciful, beautiful, sordid, brutal and fool
ish-every variety. A partyso grow
ing strength and with the most thor
ough organization is pledging its
members to support one of these social
revolutions, binding them to- fight for
the "cause" through thick and thin, in
the face of opposition, the proof of er-
ror and the threat of constructing a
tyranny. So the warnings of anyone
even half so competent to speak as.
Mr.. Carnegie cannot be treated lightly
It is his belief that the passing Of
competition in articles of general con
sumption will demand. thorough re-
organization of business method. BY
means of agreements among manu-
facturers, dealers, producers and far
mers prices can be fixed artifcially,
being entirely beyond the influence Of
the laws of supply and demand. Mon
opolies held by virtue of ownership
and stock pooling are less threatening
to competition than understanding
arranged by associations of manufact-
urers, agents and original producers.
The cure for these ills, which must
necessarily grow more acute with time
, and bear more heavily upon the con-
sumner, must be sought, Mr.. Carnegie
thinks, in an industrial court. Here
costs could be investigated profits
fair and reasonable allowed, and prices
and rates established. IL. %, = ae,,,r
Precedent is not wanting for - the
placing of prices by act of law. In
medieval England it was the custom
to regulate the charges by ordinance
from beer to rents : Today the law.
makers name the rate for passenger
carriage, interest, bridge and road
tolls, prices for school books and a
score of other things. The Interstate
Commerce commission has been grant
ed judiciary powers. The step to the
Industrial court would not be so high
a one as it might, at first thought
Eseem. "a =
| Whether there will be need for such
an institution is matter for discus
sion. Mr.. Carnegie will find support
in many directions, but we believe the
extreme radicals will oppose his idea
since it establishes principle il
which the labor wage might become
inextricably entwined. - .%S 5Gs
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GETS It'll /: !, !. TAXES
New Method Employed in ChiCag01tOz
.s ss: \ Collect Personal PaXeS II .&@S.fss

s Chicagos5 novel method of tax coll
lecting "'by van,," that has Just been in
$augurated by. the Cook county officers,
is proving such a success that the Idea
will probably be borrowed by other
cities as last resort to extract uncol-S
i1ectable taxes. II The redoubtable van
made its first bow to- the public az
few days ago, and the results were In:
Simultaneous. In appearance it regem-$
Ibles an ordinary auto truck for moving
furniture, except for its large proper;
tons and the; awe-inspiring placard on I
which is painted in huge letters the
words, County Collector of Personal
Property Taxes" In operation the
van Is simple. After due warning and /:
the mailing Of notices to 81 900 lelin-z
quent taxpayers, four deputy collect
ors and an assistant county attorney
started on their rounds. There was no
"honk honk'' or other alarming sound
made by the van, but most BUSINESS
ike creaking and clatter Of gear and !
chains, and when it backed UP against
the sidewalk outside the Office OF the
first delinquent payer there was com.
motion among the clerks and steno-
graphers and a scurrying to their
safes and check books on the part OF
the heads of the firm. At each place
where the van stopped the tax payers
were Informed thatEif a check was not
imme diately: forthcoming their 3furni-y
ture would be promptly bundled into
the van and carried off uncermoniously.
IA husky trunk shifter with brawny
arms stood by to lend the words effect.
The effect f. was magical. In most
I places protests were made but the
I money was paid, nevertheless. In one
/ office the deputy collector met with a
positive refusal. II won't pay you a
( cent" shouted the man, in a temper.
4 saThis is a hold-up by the county. ~ Get
out of my Office" r"All right said
] the collector, It'll get out. And / think
I'll get the furniture out, too while I'm
about it.. Men, get to.work and move
out those desks. Lively, now. - ~ 4. The
owner Of the furniture sputtered with
rage and then bolted for the door. "a
few minutes later he hove on the
scene again with his attorney waving
a flag of truce. The furniture was by
that time on the sidewalk. Under pro.
y test he signed n check for the full ar-
Tears and the van 3rumbled Of The
total back taxes now standing on tho
i county books amount to several hum.
dred thousand dollars. With the help
Of the van County Cole ctor Thompson
I believes that nearly all Of this money
can be realized. \: IN ?:i
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instigates55 the nefaricus n trans action,
should ltlt' be lowe to go SEQ -free The
Pittsburg case puts anothe rS face on;
the 4 natter and inspires the hope that
ttorNsboth ana public opinion all
criminals ll shall look ALL 10 exemp-
ton being granted n on account Of
wealth 81 ocial Or political influence.
T l55i Is aeon lsummat ion deyoutly to be:
wished and us the result Of & growing.
! belief ,t that only BY getting the men
higher le up could graft ia public bust
ness be- sur pressed once for all time.