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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-03

could plant his hind feet on the soil
of Cuba, his forefeet on the 18TH
mus of Panama, and with one root
of his hugh snout dig a sealevel ca
nat from ocean to ocean"
Mighty pretty Mighty pretty, but If
half the cotton raised in Arkansas
was made into a tent it would easily
cover this rooster and hog; the
hog could be fed on 10-pound sweet
potatoes, raised in Arkansas, could
also be furnished a thousand gall
Ions of sweet milk every day, and
everything else in proportion to tickle
his palate. The rooster could be fed
on Arkansas diamond as a substi-
tute for grit. From his lofty posit
ion he could stretch his neck over
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-03
Try rhI. in November.

Thousands upon thousands of fam.
flies who have not been regular eat.
ers of Quaker Oats will begin on the
first Of November and eat Quaker
Oats once or twice every day for thirty
days OF this month; the result in
good health and more strength and
vigor will mean that every other
month in the year will find them doing
the same thing.
Try It'll Serve Quaker Oats plenti-
fully and frequently for the thirty
days OF November and leave off cor.
responding amount of meat and greasy
foods. You'll get more health, more
vigor and strength than you ever got
in thirty days of any other kind Of
eating.
While you are trying this see that
the children get full share.
Quaker Oats is packed in regular
size packages and large size family
packages. 7
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-03

are unquestionably profitable to the
larger operators and especially to
those who, working upon their own
timber, have ethe most inducement
to handle it carefully. Only within
the last five years have these inn
proved methods been introduced up
on a commercial scale.
yet the fact that already one
seventh of the entire output of naval
stores is by these methods, and that
in the newer fields and most up-to
date operations they are used most
largely demonstrates that they have
passed far beyond the experimental
stage"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-03
Trouble Makers Ousted.

When "A sufferer from stomach
trouble tries DR.. Kings New Life Pills
he's mighty glad TO SOC his Dyspepsia
and Indigestion fly, but more he's
tickled over his new, fine appetite,
strong nerves, healthy vigor, all be-
Cause stomach, liver and Kidneys now
work right 25c e. al drugs $.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-03
Shiidren Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
Q a 9 TO RIA
Two States.
Two States.

A Missourian at banquet said:
IF all the chickens in Missouri were
one rooster, he could. stradle the
Rock Mountains like great CO.
lossus and crow until he shook the
rings from the Planet Saturn. If all
the hogs in Missouri were one hog, he
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-03
Their presence "a reeented

them. Their presence ia resented
everywhere, and in one town the
citizens went 50 far as to inquire in
to the moral character of the men. Had
such thing occurred generation
ago ,what has come to light would have
staggered belief, and even to-day the
showing is anything but defying. The
State press is a unit for disbandmenG
and the Legislature, 1t Is confidently
expected, this winter will sound the
knell of the Texas ranger.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-03
A Wheatfield Story.

Frequently SVOiieS are lOlu lldI a
certain class of harvest hands who
come to Kansas to help garner the
wheat crop are tough and hard to
get along with. These fellows make
life a burden for the better class
of workers who come into the fields
to make and save whatever money
| they can.
A young fellow who lives in the
east end of the state recently re-
turned from the wheat fields, having
found work all summer of one kind
or another. 81 worked with a tough
bunch" he said to a friend in tel
ling about it. "Maby just happen
ed to fall in with bad ones. Many
of the fellows spent their money as
quickly as they got it in booze or
gambling"
This lad saved 800 and sent 1t
home. This made some of those with
whom he was working sore, and they
began to nag him. Finally one day
he stuck his fork into the ground
and said to them: "This horse is
hitched with a Irvine string, and
if any of you fellows think you can
ride him, you will have no trouble
breaking the string. Say, you (call-
ing one of them by name), You are
the biggest man in the bunch. Come
right on. / will cut you down to my
size and whip you, and then take
on the rest of the crowd. I'm ready
for business, and the man who
doesen't come in now and cash any
chips he holds in this game had bet
ter keep still hereafter"
Not man took him on.
what would you have done If that
fellow had accepted your inyitation?"
was asked of this boy.
Il would have kept my word" was
the reply, and cut him down TO my
size. / had my jack-knife open in
my hip pocket"
He was not annoyed any longer
The value of this story is encom-
passed in the simple question: Are
many of the imported laborers into
Kansas wheat fields bad lot? If
they are, the matter is worthy of
consideration. There are good men
awho come to the wheat fields from IN
outside; men who do their work
we'll; and from their number are
men who stay and become first-class
citizens. But they are not under dis
cussion "the bad one" is the sub
ject. Kansas must have harvest hands
every year-20,000 or more. It was
only a few months ago that the d.
rector Of the State Free Employ
ment Bureau refused TO admit certain
foreign elements into Kansas which
certain societies in several large
Eastern cities wished TO ship in, on
the frank ground that they were "un-,
desirable" There are a number of
foreigners in Kansas to-day, and most
Of them are unuseful citizens
Now the question comes, and it
calls for more attention year after
year: Does the harvset season and
its calls for help bring undesirablos
in any considerable number into Kan
sas? Do many of them stay? What
Is there TO be done about it? III
These questions may not appeal di-
rectly to the town man, but the Kan
sas farmer knows the. situation, and
he thinks about 1t. The wheat harvest
problem is the labor problem of Kan
sas. The fact that it exists for only
few weeks in each year makes 1t
very hard to deal with. But It is a
condition, not theory, and people
who think on such things and advise
on such things will find it a prob
lem not unworthy OF their study
From the Kansas City Journal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
LIBRARIANS AROUSED
BY LUMMlS' REPORT
MODERN BUSINESS METHODS
ADVOCATED
Special Stress Laid on Necessity OF
Adopting Throughout Country a
Uniform System of COM
piling Statistics

The twentieth annual report OF the
Los Angeles public library appears 10
be something of bombshell among
the librarians of the country. City
Librarian Charles F. Lummis thinks
it is time to apply modern business
ideas to the public librarian, and the
library as business" is an important
feature of his report. In urging that
it should meet the working and busi-
ness needs of the people, DIR. Lummis
has apparently stepped on the toes OF
some of his contemporaries.
Mr.. Lummis not only urges that the
public library should anticipate the
daily wants of the business commune
ity, but that the librarians of the
country should get together on uniform
methods of compiling statistics. Al
though the American Library associa-
ton has been organized thirty-two
years, each member has his separate
and individual system of arriving at
the results attained.
Visits to and inspections OF eastern
Libraries convinced DR.. Lummis that
missionary work was needed among
the members of the association. His
report hit at conditions so vigorously
that his fellow librarians are becoming
stirred UP, and important action look
ing toward uniform methods and COM
parative statistics is not unlikely to
be taken at the coming convention OF
librarians.
DR.. Lummis' report contains a relia-
BILE comparison with results attained
bv and practices of other public Ii
braries, particularly those of Boston.
Providence, New York, Chicago and
Brooklyn--the most successfully con-
Quoted libraries in the country. to none
of which, however, Los Angeles takes
a back seat, according to Mr.. Lummis'
showing, This comparison, however.
was only secured after a great deal of
voluntary night work on the part or
the librarian and a number of assist
ants. II the system proposed by Los
Angeles is adopted at the convention,
comparative statistics of great value
to library work will result.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
ALLEGED CONFIDENCE
SWINDLtR RtTICfNT
MAN ACCUSED OF BUNK0ING
LAWYERS WILL NOT TALK
Prisoner Is Said to Have Obtained
Thousands of Dollars by Borrow
ing Money on Supposed
Diamonds

Robert Leonard, said to be one of the
cleverest swindlers and confidence men
in this part of the country, who was
arrested several days ago on suspicion
of being the person who has operated
a diamond smuggling swindle game in
Southern California, by which promi-
nent attorneys were fieeced, maintains
a silent attitude in his cell at the city
jail and refuses to answer the de-
tectiVes who have been questioning
him.
Leonard is accused of having OBJ
tanned several thousand dollars from
attorneys and other professional men
by representing himself to be a dia-
mond smuggler, in need of money to
pay express charges on his trunks
which contain the gems.
The police have been looking up the
record of the prisoner, but SO far have
been unable to make much headWay
because of their inability to elicit any
information from him.
Leonard was arrested on one of the
downtown streets. The detectives asked
him theNlocation of his room and were
met with a fiat refusal to tell any
thing.
He is said to have approached At
torney Fred H. Thompson and Willis
S. Mitchell with his diamond PROPOSE
ton.
Yesterday afternoon Attorney Horace
H, Appel visited the city Jail to see
the prisoner, for the purpose, 1t Is
thought, of attempting to identify him
as the man who approached him with
a proposition of the same kind as that
of Leonard. The attorney was unable
to identify him.
"The prisoner evidently is open to
suspicion" said Captain of Detectives
Flammer. 1--WE are tldeavoring to find
his room, and no doubt will succeed
He may be connected with much
crooked work. and an examination of
his personal effects probably will assist
us in obtaining a record of his habits.
Constable Jackson of Santa Ana noti-
fled the Los Angeles police that man
answering the description of Leonard
made an attempt to swindle an attorney
of that place by attempting to borrow
a small sum to pay charges on
trunk said to contain smuggled dia-
monds This man adopted the same
methods as that alleged to be used by
Leonard, and offered. his victim the
choice of any of the diamonds at the
victims own price.
The police do not believe Leonard has
any diamonds, but think search of his
effects will reveal clews to other swim
dies of a similar character.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
MILL WORKER MEETS
WITH ODD ACCIDENT
BLADE HURLED TWENTY FEET
INFLICTS DEEP CUT
Becomes Detached from Head Travel
ing at a High Rate of Speed
and Inflicts Serious
Injury

Max Holmes, 20 years old, a planning
mill employee living at 5556 Hillcrest
drive, was seriously injured yesterday
afternoon as the result of peculiar
accident at the West Coast Planning
mill, 22S East Fourth street. A blade,
seven inches long, on head revolving
at the rate of 1000 revolutions a minute
became detached, was hurled twenty
feet and struck Holmes in the abdomen,
infiicting deep cut.
Holmes and Samuel Mitchell, fore
man of the mill, were working on some
DELAYED orders. Mitchell was operating
the machine known as "sticker.
Holmes was working on another ma
chine facing the ''sticker."
Mitchell heard sharp whistling
sound and glanced up. At this moment
Holmes bent over with both hands 10
his stomach, then dashed madly into
the street. The foreman was greatly
surprised and ran after him. Holmes
ran almost a block and then stopped.
When Mitchell overlook him the IN
jured man was holding the blade in
his hand and the blood was flowing
from a cash in his abdomen.
The police ambulance was summoned
and Holmes was taken to the receiving
hospital. He did not lose consciousness
and calmly told his story.
Rushes from Building
at was working about twenty feet
away from the sticker,' as we term the
machine used to surface mouldings:
There is a knife attached to each or
the four sides of square head, which
revolves at a high rate of speed. sud
denly 1 heard a kissing sound and felt
something hit my body with thud.
AS soon as 1 was struck 1 thought
knot had broken fgom piece or lum-
her and had hit me. Then felt my
abdomen and my fingers came in con-
tact with the knife, which was protruo-
ing from the wound. Instantly l lost
by head and ran from the building as
fast as l could. When l had reached
the next corner recovered myself and
and telephoned for the police am,
bulance. I guess I'll get over 1t all
right, but if I don't l can die now just
as we'll as any other time.
The mother of the injured man
reached the hospital shortly before he
was operate. on. She was almost hys-
terical and was about to collapse when
the young man assured her that nc
was not "hurt much" and would get
over 1t all right.
Holmes was placed on the operating
table and was cool and unconcerned.
His wonderful vitality resisted the eff
fects of the anesthetic and 1t required
forty-five minutes to place him under
the influence of the ether.
Police Surgeon Quint performed the
oneration and found that the knife had
inflicted deep wound, but mad missed
the intestines Holmes rallied soon
after the operation and was removed to
the Pacific hospital. DR.. Quint says the
man will reO0Ver.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
TARIFF INCREASE FOUGHT
BY MILLIONS OF WOMEN
Many Signatures Obtained Here and
at Other Central Points
Throughout Country

The petition against an increase in
the tariff on hosiery and gloves Will be
signed, it is estimated by several mil
lion women this week. Chicago papers
say that 500 900 signatures will be Sc
cured in that city alone, where petit
tions are to be had at all stores and
on every important street corner.
In Los Angeles the matter was taken
I'D by the Broadway department store,
where a large number of names was
secured Saturday. Petitions will be at
one of the main entrances of the
Broadway store today, and the man
agement has promised to forward
them tonight to congress. Several
thousand names unquestionably Will
be secured in Los Angeles.
If the petitions prove successful IN
preventing the action proposed by the
PAYNE tariff measure they will prevent
increases in retail prices on gloves and
women's hosiery ranging from rs to 50
per cent
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
AT THE HOTELS

G. M. Washer, a prominent attorney
of Chicago, is registered at the An
gelus.
Sig Lauter, a we'll known commercial
man of New York, is a guest at the
Angelus.
n t. Smeeds, a prominent cattle
rancher of Rocky Point, Tex, is d
guest at the Holfepbeck.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 8. Keaney OF Cni-
cago are taking vacation in Los An
geles and are at the Lankershlm.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Drake of Chicago
are guests at the Alexandra. MI.
Drake is a well known book publisher
r. A. Archibold, a prominent poll
tician of Oakland, is visiting Los An
geles and can be seen at the Hoiien-
beck.
Louis Profumo, an officer OF the
| ItaIian-Swiss colony of New YORK, is
visiting in Los Angeles and is at the
Van Mugs.
Charles E. Orr, a mining man of
Greaterville Mexico, is in Los Angeles
on business trip and registered at
the Van Nuys.
o. L. Garrison, prominent coal ope-
rator of ST. Louis, is visiting Los An
geles and making his headquarters at
the Alexandra.
l.. H. Manning, former mayor VI lue-
son, now an officer of the Southern Pa,
cific railroad, is in Los Angeles ana
stopping at the Van Mugs.
Jerry Millay, who has large circle
of acquaintances owing to his position
as superintendent of the United States
Jail at Yuma, Ariz., is registered at the
Hollenbeck.
Mrs. S. E. Pollock. well known So
ciety woman of New York, accom-
panied by her two daughters, is passing
a vacation in Los Angeles and is regis
tered at the Westminster.
IT. Mcdaniel and G. d. Case, prom
inent mining men, the former OF Cana
nea and the latter of Globe, Ariz., are
in Los Angeles on business trip and
are registered at the Angelus.
Eugene insolvency of Saginaw,
Mich. is in Los Angeles on a combined
pleasure and business trip and is max
ing his headquarters at the A9lexan-
dria. Mr.. insolvency has just returned
from a trip to Sonora to look over the
graphite mines, as he is heavy stock
holder in the United States Graphite
company. He is also interested in the
newspaper business, being one OF the
owners of the Saginaw Evening news.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
Strike Near San Diego

SAN DIEGO. April A strike in
gold and copper, according to informa-
ton obtained, at the chamber of mines,
has been made on Barber mountain by
the Barber Mountain Mining and De-
velopment company The company en-
countered a vein, opening up three feet
of ore which 1t is said will average $50
q ton in gold and copper. Barber noun
tain is in the Dulzura mining district,
and is within thirty miles of San Diego.
The main working tunnel of the Bar
Der company is in 146 feet, with a
depth of 100 feet or more. The COM
pany announces that it will double its
working force tomorrow and will push
the work rapidly.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
SUFFRAGETTES FIGHT
TARIFF ON STOCKINGS
Declare Hosiery Should Be Free OF
Duty and Protest Sharply at
Provisions of the
Payne Bill

SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-The in
crease in duty on imported stockings,
gloves and other bits of feminine APP
parel, scheduled in the Payne tariff Dill,
came in for sharp criticism at the reg
ular meeting of the state central COM
mittee of the Equal Suffrage associa-
ton yesterday.
When the fair orators had finished
those particular schedules in the Dill
were as full of holes as last years
Easter bonnet.
The meeting voted to instruct the
secretary to draft protest against the
new rates and this will be submitted
to every woman's club in the state for
Endorsement, and then forwarded to
California's delegation in congress.
The committee was unanimous IN It's
denunciation of the proposed increase
and the speakers declared 1t to be a
fitting instance of the misgovernment
of man and his injustice in dealing
with the opposite sex.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
GIRL PERFORMS OPERATION
ON SELF; CRITICALLY ILL
Physicians at Hospital Fear compli-
cations viii Result Which Will
End in Death

AS a result of an alleged self-per-
formed operation, Grace Ulrich, 20 years
old, a waitress. living at 704k West
Third street, lies in critical condition
at the county hospital.
The young woman was found IN ner
room early yesterday morning suffering
from hemorrhages and was in weak
condition. She continued to grow worse
and was taken to the receiving hospital,
where she told the police surgeons
what she had done, but refused to re-
late the circumstances which made the
operation necessary Later she re-
covered from the first shock and was
removed to the county hospital.
The surgeons say there is danger OF
complications, which probably will re-
suit fatally.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
FERRIS WORKS HARD
ON BALLOON PUZZLES
INTENDS TO QUALIFY FULLY
AS HIS OWN PILOT
Several Friends Fight Shy OF Flight
Under His Sole Control, but
Others, More Daring, Ac-
cept Invitation

sWhen taking a pleasure trip IN
balloon if your drag rope brings two
high tension wires together and the
resultant fash sets fire to the FUZZY
stuff on the rope, and if, while the
flame is climbing upward, the gas ex-
pands and comes out OF the paiioon'
you being in the basket, whlch is tne
meeting place for fire and gas, what
would you do in the half minute be-
fore the balloon explodes?"
This and other problems peculiar 10
the balloonist are being studied by
Dick Ferris. "a man who owns two
balloons ought to be able to pilot them
himself he says, and he is diligently
applying himself to Moedebeck, and IN
other ways qualifying as practical
pilot. He expects to take two balloon
trips with the United States this
month, on which he will take control.
with Roy Knabenshue along to make
suggestions. Before the summer Is
over Mr.. Ferris plans to be one of the
few men in this country competent TO
take a balloon into the air and man
age it.
He has invited a number of his
friends to go with him. Several have
accepted, a number have discreetly re-
ferred the matter to their wives, and
a large number Immediately pleaded
the necessity of paying their poll tax
as an excuse for keeping down on the
ground where they could be seen.
Among those who have agreed to take
a ride with Mr.. Ferris are John B.
Elliott, manager of the Associated
Press; Paul Overton of the Los An
geles Gas and Electric company, and
Captain Harmon D. Ryus.
If the weather is favorable the
United States will be inflated tonight
and the first trip will be made tomor-
row morning, starting from the Chutes
balloon grounds at o'clock.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
HorsIey Had No Difficulty

Sir Victor Horsley, the great pathoi-
ogist, was engaged in a discussion With
some brother physicians on hydropho"
bia when crusty old son of Aescula-
plus burst out:
Mad dogs, indeed! I would like to
know who can say when dog IS
mad?"
"I think" said Sir Victor quietly,
"that IL one entered the room just now
one would find no great difficulty in
deciding. Chicago Tribune.
s-s----
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
SON OF WEALTHY PLANTER
TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE
Stabs Himself Twelve Times, Drinks
Poison and Leaps from
Window

CHICAGO, April 4.-Indalecio Alar-
con, ~ years old, said to be the son
of wealthy plantation owner near
Parral, Mexico, tried to commit suicide
today by stabbing himself twelve times
in his left side, cutting his throat,
swallowing a mixture of carbolic acid
and port wine and throwing hlmseir
out of a third-story window.
He was found lying in an alley un-
der his bedroom window. The physi-
dans say he probably will die from
loss of blood.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05

The famous Tiffany fragile glass exhibit,
which has been much exhibited abroad in re-
cent years, has been prepared for shipments
10 Seattle for display at the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition. The glass is regarded az
the highest development of the glassblowers
art excelling in richness of coloring. This ex-
hibit alone is valued at more than $4,000.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05

The group of United States government
buildings at the ka-Yukon-Pacihc expo
sition will stand complete May l. The struc-
ture to house the display from the Philip
pines is ready and the Alaska and Hawaiian
buildings are fast nearing completion. The
central exhibit palace is one of the most hand
some buildings ever erected on exposition
grounds by Uncle Sam.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05

VIENNA, April 4.--Servia's war spir-
" 1t almost crushed, advices from
Belgrade and other capitals of
Europe say that King Peter is on the
point of abdicating.
: He is reported to have written let
ter to the king of italy expressing his
desire to quit the throne and suggest.
ing that the youngest son of Prince
Nicholas of Montenegro take the
crown. A strong element in the Ser
Wan parliament which is bitterly OPP
posed to the Karageorgevitch dynasty
favors the duke of Teck for the crown.