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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-18
CHAPTER XVI


The tain, escaping the outskirts Ct
the city, remarked the event with an
exultant shrek, then settled down,
droning steadily, tonight devouring
flight In the corridor-car the few
passengers disposed themselves to
browse away the coming hour-tha
short hours ride that, in these piping
days of frantic travelling, separates
Antwerp from the capital city Of Bel
GUM.
A guard, slamming gustily in
through the front door, reeled unstead
lily down the aisle Kirkwood, rous:
| ing from a profound reyerie, detained
him with a gesture and began to in
| terrogate him in French. When he
departed presently it transpired that
the girl was unacquainted with that
tongue
II didn't understand, you know"
she told him with a slow, shy smile.
II was merely questioning him
about the trains from Brussels tonight.
We daren't stop you see; we must 50
on-keep Hobbs on the jump and
lose him, if possible. There's where
our advantage lies in having only
Hobbs to deal with. He's not partic.
ularly intellectual and we've two
heads to his one, besides. If we can
prevent him from guessing our des.
| tination and wiring back to Antwerp
we may win away. You understand"
Perfectly" she said. frightening.
And what do you purpose doing
now?"
Il can't tell yet The guards gone
to get me some information about the
night trains on other lines In the
meantime, don't fret about Hobbs,
I'll answer for Hobbs
81 shan't be worried" she said sim.
ply, with you here
Whatever answer he would have
made he was obliged to postpone be-
cause of the return Of the guard with
handful of time tables; and when,
rewarded with modest gratuity, the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-18

Miss Myrtle Warner, teacher. Total
enrolment, 10; average daily attend
ance Is.
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Centrale that night, and due to start
in ten minutes.

in ten minutes
The information settled their plans
for once and all; Kirkwood promptly
secured through tickets, also purchas-
ing Reserve" supplementary tickets
which entitled them to the use of those
modern corridor coaches which take
the place of first-class compartments
on the Belgian state railways.
It's pleasure" said Kirkwood
lightly, as he followed the girl into
one of these, ito find ones self in a
common-sense sort of a train again
Feels like home" He put their lug
gage in one of the racks and sat down
beside her, chattering with simulated
cheerfulness In vain endeavor ~
tighten her evident depression of
spirit. 81 always feel like travelling
anachronism in one Of your English
trains" he said. you can't appre-
ciate-"
The girl smiled bravely. ;.
"And after Brussels?" she inquired.
T First train for the coast" he said
promptly. Dover, Ostend, Boulogne,
whichever proves handiest, no mat
ter which, so long as it gets us on
English soil without undue delay"
She said "Yes" abstractedly, rest
ing an elbow on the window Ill and
her chin in her palm, to stare with
serious, sweet brown eyes out into
the arc-smitten night that hung be-
meath the echoing roof
Kirkwood f1dgeted in despite of the
constraint he placed himself under, to
be still and not disturb her needlessly.
1mpatience and apprehension of mis-
fortune obsessed his mental processes
in equal degree. The ten minutes
seemed interminable that elapsed ere
the grinding Of couplings advertised
the imminence Of their start.
The guards began to bawl, the doors
to slam, belated travellers to dash
madly for the coaches. The train
gave a preliminary lurch ere settling
down to its league-long inland dash.
Kirkwood, in fever of hope and
an ague of fear, saw a man sprint
furiously across the platform and
throw himself on the forward steps
of their coach, on the very instant Of
the start.
Presently he entered by the forward
door and walked slowly through, na~-
rowly inspecting the various passen-
gers. AS he approached the seats
occupied by Kirkwood and Dorothy
Calendar, his eyes encountered the
young mans, and he leered evilly.
Kirkwood met the look with one that
was like kick, and the fellow passed
with some haste into the car be.
hind
Who was that?" demanded the
girl, without moving her head.
How did you know" he asked, as
tonished. ''You didn't look
81 saw your knuckles whiten be-
meath the skin. Who was it,"
Hobbs" he acknowledged bitterly;
the mate Of Alethea"
Il know. And you Think"
Yes. He must have been ashore
when | was on board the brigantine;
he certainly wasn't in the cabin. Ev:-
IDENTITY they hunted him up, or ran
across him, and pressed him into serv-
ice. -. You see, they're watching
every outlet But We'll win
through, never fear!"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
THE NEXT GOVERNORS PATRON
AGE.

The next Governor of New Jersey
will have an unusually large patron
age to give out. Even if the judicial
amendments to the constitution are
adopted he will have all appointments
in that department to make except
lay judges, who will be eliminated.
The present Chancellor and Vice
Chancellors, the Chief Justice and
Justices will serve out their present
terms as Justices of the new Supreme
Court, as also will the County Law
Judges and Circuit Court Judges, and
by February of next year all judges
of that name will be out of office.
Justice Swayze's term will expire in
January, 1910, and, if he shall be reap
pointed before the amendment goes
into effect, in February, he will hold
over for the new term. Circuit Court
Judge Frederic Adams, of Essex, ends
his term in January prior to the going
into effect Of the amendment, and
Law Jadges in Mercer, Monmouth
and Somerset counties are also to be
appointed in 1910. The new Governor
will appoint two Supreme Court JUS
tees, three Circuit Court Judges and
liz the amendment fails) two Lay
judges, and also Law Judges for
eighteen counties, and fourteen Dis
trict Court Judges in thirteen cities.
The new Governor will also frave four
teen prosecutors to appoint. (The
terms of Judge Mills and Prosecutor
Rathbun will not expire until 1913,
but District Court Judge will be APP
pointed next spring.. Among the
State administration appointments
are those of Secretary of State, SUI
preme Court Clerk, State Superin-
tendent of Education, State Prison
Keeper and Supervisors, three mem
bers of the State Board of Assessors,
three members of the State Board of
Equalization, two Railroad Commits
sioners, two Civil Service Commits
sioners, Commissioners of Charities
and of State Reports, Chief of the
Bureau of Statistics, two Fish and
Game Commissioners, twenty-one
County Boards Of Equalization, two
State Water Supply Commissioners,
three Passaic Valley Sewage Commits
sioners and scores of other commissions
and commissioners.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

A CRY for help to harvest the sea-
sons bounteous crops comes from the
west to officials Of the department of
commerce and labor, whose functions,
in part, are to find employment wher-
ever possible for the throng of aliens
who come into this country. Fifty
thousand able bodied men are wanted,
and badly, too, by the farmers of the
west, according to Representative
Stevens, of Minnesota, who has been
in conference with Assistant Secretary
McHarg and other officials of the de.
partment of commerce and labor. Mr.
Stevens says the west is literally beg
ging for help to gather the big wheat
and other crops.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

THE council of administration and
officers OF the Grand Army of the Re-
public, Department. of New Jersey,
found last week after long discussion
that the Wilson act Of the last legisla-
ture, appropriating s25 900 for the uses
of the grand army national encamp-
ment at Atlantic City in 1910, was un-
constitutional in that the body of the
act does not conform to the title. And
1t was further found that the act was
void in that no appropriation was
made for the purpose.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
GETTING Even.

Advice in law applied in an unpro-
fessional way Is sometimes as effec-
tive as regular court procedure. Jo-
seph A. Willard was in friends law
Office one day when client came in
for advice.
He said that he had hired a horse
to go to a neighboring town for
shillings, but when he had returned
the stable keeper asked him for 5
shillings more.
what for?" the client asked.
"For the ride back"
The lawyer gave some instructions,
which the client followed. A little
later he went to the stable keeper and
asked how much it would cost to hire
a horse and trap to go to a place
named Woodvil
twenty-five shillings," was the re
ply.
The client hired the turnout and
went. When he returned he came by
train. He went to the stable and paid
the keeper 25 shillings.
Where are my horse and trapT
asked the owner
Sin Woodvil," was the unconcernet
reply.
why did you leave them thereT
cried the keeper.
81 only hired them to 60 there" an
swered the client.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

The Trenton Times says 1.-THE
direct primary violates the fundamen-
tai principles upon which every sue
cessful business enterprise is conduct
ed, and the fundamental principles
the forefathers embodied in our form
of government. Under the conyen-
ton system, the boss and the ma
Chine 7 may make mistakes and do
wrong, but they cannot escape the re-
sponsibility therefor. Under the di-
rect primary system, the boss and
the machine can control nomina-
lions without a show of hands or with
out responsibility therefor. The fix
ing OF responsibility is essential to a
well-conducted government, but there
is no ascertained responsibility under
the direct primary system. The citi-
zen can only give so much time to his
government. He can't be in politics
three hundred and sixty-tive days in
the year. That system of nominations
and elections that requires the least
time and thus enables the good citizen
to participate therein, is better than
a system that requires continuous at
tention and excludes the busy man
from participation because he hash t
the time to give it. y
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

THE Trenton Times says in re-
gard to the rumored candidacy for
congress OF several Union county men:
-" 1t may be regarded as settled that
If a new candidate is chosen, he will
not be taken from Union county.
Morris has claims on the place which
will be pressed Without the ], 1853
plurality given by Morris county in
1905, Mr.. Fowler would have, been
badly defeated, as Union went against
him by ITO plurality. That fact will
carry great weight in next years pre-
liminary campaign. Since 1883, Union
county has been unrepresented in con-
,gress but four years"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

To raise money for a start in house,
keeping Frederick Horn and Mary
0marley of Des Moines charged a
ten cent admission fee to their we'd
ding, and the receipts amounted to
5000
A wife in New York who got de-
cree Of separation in 1901 with 500 a
week alimony told the court the other
day that it has cost her nearly $40
every week since that time to collect
the $40
Hereafter no placard or poster which
pictorially represents the commission
of crime may be publicly exhibited in
the District Of Columbia. The District
authorities have recently promulgated
an order to that effect.
1t is said that seventy years ago it
was the custom for a man in hiring
ont at Calais, Me-, to have 1t stipu-
lated In the agreement that he should
not be compelled to eat salmon more
than twice a week.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

A Turkish women's paper with a
woman as editor and with women as
contributors has been in existence for
several years.
The range OF impressions which we
get from lifting an object is exceeding
ly small. An ordinary chemists bal
ance is some million times as sensi-
tive and weights down the two-hun-
dredth part of a milligram.
Japan holds second rank as silk
producing country, China standing
first, Italy third and France very
bad fourth. No country, however, has
shown such phenomenal progress
within recent years as Japan.
In a recent speech Sir Robert Hart
called attention to remark made to
him years ago by the Chinese prime
minister, Wen Hsiang "You had bet
ter let us sleep on. II you will awak-
en- us wen go farther aud faster than
you'll like"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

THE census bureau has completed
the work of dividing the United States
and Porto Rico into census districts,
and designating the number of census
supervisors to be employed for the
thirteenth census, Aprila15, 1910. Di-
rector Durand has transmitted his f.
nal recommendation to Secretary Ma
gel. There will be $50 supervisors
districts, 329 being the number into
which the United States is subdivid-
ed, and one covering all of Porto Rico.
There will be one supervisor for each
district. Alaska and Hawaii will have
their census taken under the super
vision of special agents of the census
bureau. The supervisors, after APP
pointment by the president, will des-
iknate to the census director the per-
sons selected to act as enumerators,
and, with his consent, employ and
commission them. The number of su-
pervisors allotted to New Jersey is
eight.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

FROM every point of view the round
the-world cruise of the battleShip
fleet was a pronounced success, and
the GROWING Endorsement of all has
been the recent announcement of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy that
the repairs to thirteen of the sixteen
battleships that made the voyage
have been completed at total cost to
the Engineering and the Equipment
bureaus of so, 2SO. or less than $4,000
per ship. Many were the predictions
of trouble, damage, and even disaster,
at the time of the starting of the
feet; but not one has been fulfilled.
On the contrary, the benefit to the
navy in the increase of its physical
efficiency and the improvement of its
morale has been Invaluable.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

WHY should newspaper publisher
take a persons money for subscrip-
tion with the implied understanding
that he shall furnish accurate news
and then give garbeled reports OF
meetings, etc, any more than mer-
chant should cheat his customers by
false weight or short change? A case
in point is the action of the +" Dover
Advance " in regard to Counsel Run
yon's opinion in the road matter, it
says -" His opinion last week was
admitted by himself to be rendered
under the state aid act which in no
way affects the point at issue" To
show how grossly misleading this
statement is we quote MIR. Runyon S
opinion.
He quoted from the law of 1906. the
state aid act.
Whenever any road or section of a
road which has been or shall be con-
structed by the board of freeholders Of
any county, with or without state aid,
shall lie within the corporate limits of
any borough, town, township OF other
municipality, except cities, may enter
into an agreement in writing with
said board of freeholders, whereby said
borough, town, township or other mu-
nicipality shall thereafter assume the
repair and maintenance of said road or
section of road, and from and after the
making of said agreement, and the APP
prevail thereof by the state commits
sioner of public roads, said road or Sec
tion thereof shall cease to be county
road and shall be exclusively under
the Jurisdiction and control of said
borough, town, township or other mu-
nicipality, and shall thereafter be re-
paired and maintained by the same
under the supervision of the state
commissioner of public roads"
There is nothing else in the law au-
thorizing the transfer of the roads in
question when actually improved,
That part of the first section Of the
county bond act 1850 on Which Mr.
Neighbours contention is based
provides that it shall be lawful for the
said roads to relinquish control of
any road or roads so acquired or
marked, permits only the relinquish-
ment Of such county bond roads as
have been designated and marked for
improvement out have not actually
been improved"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

THE " Paterson Press says -" The
number Of republicans holding over in
the senate of this state has been re-
duced from eleven to ten by the APP
pointment Of Senator Hillery, of Nor
riscounty, to the railroad commission.
This leaves the republicans one short
of majority in that body and gives
the democrats hope that they may
capture it this fall. The terms of six
senator's will expire this year, being
those from Burlington and Cape May,
republicans, and Hunterdon, Middle
sex, Passaic and Sussex, democrats.
This will leave only three of the eight
democrats who sat In the senate last
year holding over. A successor is to
be chosen to William J. Harrison,
democrat, OF Ocean, who died during
the last session, and one to fill the va
cancy in Morris. We cannot see where
the democrats have any chance Of
gaining control of the upper house, as
the republicans will have to elect only
one senator to retain their ascendancy,
which they will almost certainly DO
from this county II DR.. Prince is nomi-
mated, as Is practically certain to be
the case. This would leave further re-
publican probabilities in Burlington,
Cape May and Morris, and possibility
in MiddleSex. The assembly is really
more debatable proposition than the
senate, as no one can tell what trouble
may ensue from the evident determin-
alton Of the new idea faction in Es-
sex and Hudson counties to attain
their ends at all hazards. If owing to
this the republicans should lose the
delegations from those two counties
it would reduce their membership
from forty-iivc this year to twenty
nine ia 1910, or less than a Majority
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

THE 6 Boonton Times takes a hand
in the road controversy, approving the
action of the board of freeholders
and says 1.-The injustice to
Boonton and Boonton township was
apparent when it was shown that
neither of them ever had one dollar
of county money spent on their streets
or roads, just so, but it neglected
to say that the county has spent
1888, 900 to build the Washington street
bridge to secure a better road to
Boonton, and since then has spent
$4,000 in repairs and Improvements
to the same bridge, and now is spend
ing $4,000 for a viaduct to connect
one part Of that town with another.
Morristown tax payers have contrib
uted over s22, 900 for these purposes
and now the " Times would have us
keep our roads in order at our own
charges.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

THE filing of the resolution of the
board of freeholders, passed recently,
in the Office Of the clerk of the board,
throwing the cost of maintaining the
county roads upon the towns and
boroughs in which they are located,
completes the action of the majority.
Now the question becomes one to be
settled by the courts, as the towns
and boroughs viii not, of course sub
nit to the burden without judicial
decision. The whole matter hinges
upon the interpretion Of the law, and
Counsel R1nyon's opinion that the
power to abandon any portion of a
state road applies only before the
road is improved, is endorsed by a
number of prominent lawyers. 1t is
contrary to the spirit of the common
law for one municipality to throw an
unusual burden upon another, and it
could only be done in any event by
the sovereign power of the state, the
legislature. The idea that separate
sections of the state or county are
independent of one another is erron-
eous as shown by the article on the
school system Of the state in this
issue, and is also clearly set forth by
an opinion by Justice Swayze in the
Jersey City case decided the first Of
the week in which he says -" The
reason that municipal corporations
cannot, without express authority,
exempt property from taxation is that
the effect Of such exemption is to in
crease the burden upon those who are
not favored. The same effect follows
where the municipality gives up any
source of revenue and the same reason
is applicable" From this 1t is clear
that the authorities of the munich
palities affected will have to oppose
the action of the board of freeholders
and the action will be found to be
unwarranted.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

THE Dover Advance quotes with
approval from the " Newark News
the statement zone of the most ex-
pensive roads ever built ia Morris was
the Mt. Freedom road which simply
leads to road house." To be fair it
should have said that the improve
menJ was largely made for the con-
yenience of resident Of Dover whose
official duties called him over it fire.
Quently on his way to the state hos
pital.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

THE board of managers Of the State
council of the Junior Order of United
American mechanics sent out the first
of the week circular calling upon all
members of the organization to use
their best efforts in securing the nom
nation of candidates for the Legisla-
ture pledged to prevent the alleged
diversion of school moneys for State
purposes. The Legislature will see to
it that the school funds are preserved.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

PRESIDENT TAFT is trying an ex-
pertinent which no Republican Execu-
tive before him undertook. He is
not making the newspapers a part of
his administration. He is not antag-
onizing or alluring or cultivating or
fncensing them. Neither is he ignor-
ing them. He sends TO them the news
when it is news, not when plans or
propositions are merely en- route to
events. He does that impartially
and then he does not apparently con,
cern himself with how they put it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
WiIIino to Hello.

my dear" said Wedderiy the other
morning, business is dull just now
and we must economize."
Every WELL" replied Mrs. Wedderly.
II know all the places in town where
bargains are to be had, so write me
out check and I'll begin economizing
with the money as soon as can get
it cashed."- Houston Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

"Practice makes perfect" asserted
the teacher.
Maybe" agreed the man who was
learning the cello, '.but in my neigh
borhood 1t makes enemies. Kansas
City Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
a crude Notion u Finance.

$50 you're not lynching train rob
bers any moref''
Nope" answered Pluto Pete.
Crimson Gulch is tired OF small
game. We read of Wall street fell
Ter that helped himself to an entire
railroad tracks, rolling stock, freight
passengers and alt We're layin' for
him. Denver News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
With BATHING Girls.

Pearl--Let us go out in the surf, my
dear. want to learn how to float.
Ruby--Oh, you are slow! Learn how
to sink. Then some handsome young
man is sure to dash out and rescue
you.--New York Life.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

THE prospects for an agreement on
tariff conference report satisfactory
to President Taft we're regarded in
Washington yesterday as considerably
improved.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.
First National Bank, Butler.
Capital stock, $50 100000
Surplus, 100000
Undivided profits, 5,649.27
Total, 800, .27
Less on-taxable securities, So 10000
S42, 1927
Less assessed valuation of
real estate, 100000
1874, 149.27
No. of shares, 500
Accessible value per share, S6800
First National Bank, Rockaway.
Capital stock, $25, 200. 90
Surplus, 100000
Undivided profits, 1000
Total, $35, 400. 90
Less non-taxable securities, $4,000. 90
5000. ZOO. 90
No real estate.
No. Of shares, $50
Assessable value per share, 5000
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TAXATION OF
COUNTY BANKS

[coNTINUED FROM FIRST PAaE.l