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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

The average salary of the American
preacher is but 1868 year. This is
pretty small when you remember what
1T costs the preacher to have dona-
ton parties at his house.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

The small-boy fatality is likely to be
on the increase, now that the aviation
experiment craze has seized upon the
fancy of adventurous youth.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Now some scientist suggests the
vaccination of foodstuffs. We don't
Relieve it will take.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Says a cable from Calcutta: Three
men are reported frozen to death, and
six killed by sunstroke in India, to-
day" India must be nearly as big as
Texasi
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

If aeroplanes are used for carrying
the mails, will the franks of the CON
gressmeD entitIe them to free rides?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Once in awhile an automobile driver
runs down a pedestrian, and once in
awhile motor cyclist doesn't
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

A New York doctor who has tasted
81 days lost 35 pounds. But it should
be noted that he had them to lose.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

IF you take advantage of this dis
couraging spell and let yourself be
coaxed artfully. you can get a pretty
fair rate at the beach hotel or the
farm boarding house for the summer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Clear white clothes are a sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large OF. package, 8 cents.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Knock and the world will join in
the anvil chorus.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

An aeroplane-motorcycl race
is a novelty today, but what would it
have been ten or fifteen years ago?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

With $4,000, 900 worth of irrigation
bonds on hand there should be no lack
of moisture for the crops of the west
AMI northwest
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Patience is essential to fishing"
says the Detroit News. So is good
bait
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

When we have intercollegiate avia-
ton contests the rain of undergrad
yates from the skies is likely to make
football seem a tame and effete diver
sion
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06
Expressive.

why did Jonah leave the whale?"
well, you see, he was in wrong"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Aeroplane torpedoes directed by
wireless! If Baron Munchausen had
thought of this, his stories would have
been rejected as too fantastic to be
funny.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Massachusetts man wishes release
from the bonds of matrimony because
his wife keeps thirty-one cats. Why
didn't he buy a dog or so?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
children teething, softens the reduces in
harnInation, aIays pain wind collie Csc bottle
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

friends worth is at its best when
an enemy tests the strength.-Roy-
ston.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets regulate and invig;
stomach, liver and bowels Sugar-coated
tiny, granules. easy to take Do not grippe
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Formerly the people burned witches.
Now they roast politicians
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

By general consent Professor Wood,
who declares that skunks are good to
eat, will be allowed to have the entire
supply fer his own use
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

An aeroplane does not seem to be
mightier than its motor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06
Hotter even thai March!

They're polishing the sands of the
BeaShore.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

An Illinois professor says skunks
nre edible. So afe onions.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

which faced the east, before she could
tell us coherent1y what had occurred.
give it as she told it She lay
propped in bed, and Halsey sat beside
her, unrebuffed, and held her hand
while she talked.
CTO BE CONTINUEDo
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

Good in Everything.
Whatever happens to anybody, il
may be turned to beautiful results
Walt Whitman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

can you sell county and CONNER
o Rio Grande Valley; Splendid contract
Write booklet D. Chaplin Townste Co., chaPin Tex
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
Taft Sets No Example
In Economy, He Says

To the Editor OF The washinEto8 Times
The slogan is more, pay for the higher
officials and longer hours for the clerks
without any increase in salary. The
President sets no example personally IN
economy, but has much 20 say about
how the clerks can be trimmed and
something saved 10 the Governmental
be poured into the laps OF Gavorites-
For example. he proposes that Peary be
saddled on the pay rolls as a rear ad-
miral-in the ranks with real heroes.
For ski cen years Peary drew pay
amounting TO tens Of thousands Of dol
lars, WITHOUT doing duty except in ex-
plotting himself.
He claims to have reached the North
Pole: what does that amount TO? Scores
Of explorers have shown the world that
the polar region was not habitabie and
Of 10 use TO mankind Peary has had
already more attention privileges. and
public money than his worth entities
him II is time 10 call a halt in honor
ing adventures instead Of the real bene-
factors, ike Edison, Burbank, Westing-
house, and others who could be named.
MISSOURI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
Finds 1t Hard to Live
On Thousand a Year

To the Editor OF The Washington Tines
As 1 am at present allowed to come
home about dark, ! have found time 10
absorb, through your excellent paper
the numerous views of nv SsllOw-vic-
Tins with regard to the extension Of
Government hours. reduction Of forces.
contTibutory pension pie r. and other
pIeasanJTies intended to Ger the CrinS-
ing clerk on his always h-ppy- way.
These are all undoubtedly good moves
in the right direction. and ought in d
very few years 10 relieve the President
OF this extreme embarrassment he has
suddenly conceived with regard to econ
Cmy- Since l have only been in the
service nine years and am already draw
ing $l,0D per aunUm, perhaps I should
defer this question 70 those ali around
me who receive from $1,509 TO $500 per
aUDUm-I refer TO those fellows who
stand over you while you do the work.
and when, as a matter Of form, YOU ask
reg riding some point. they glare al you
and always have YOU repeat It
One thousand dollars viii not meet the
Washington city today There is no
such thing as merit in Government work
today However, N conclusion I would
Ike 10 suggest that some generous
minded man Ike President Taft or Mr.
M2cNeagh might invent some attach
mepf Tor our feet, which could rot only
be used during actual working hours
nul also while We eat our lunch. Are
we u get Sundays Off2 Keep up the
good work YOU are doing Very Sin
ceTtiy A CLERK
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
Grievances of Many Kinds
Are Made Public by
Employees.

Those $500 Congress voted to each OF
its OverwOrked selves. a year or SO
since.
II a Congressman cannot cut biz
enough swath on S5,c09 year for a
few-hours-a-day lolling in comfortable
seats up at the Capitol for few months
IN the year, let him go out OF Congress
and work for a living But to make
poverty-pIaint and poverty-pfea-and
cut OF the S720-a-year mans few little
humble, apologize. decent attempts al
decent Hving-dOck him half an hour for
i've uHlutes hardness, snd emulate
his sjCknesSes-
Tardiness-weII. lie has no excuse for
tardines7, Everybody knows Washing
ton street car service is ideal and never
is deiayed in its carrying OF department
clerks to work Everybody knows If a
clerk is late, it is just from pure spite
at hiHlself-the cars were on time! The
cars are always on timei
But then, oh. cIerksi why do you not
form Clerks -Be-AIive
League you men clerks, with the club
Of the ballot in your handsi Agitate the
matter in your States. When you 90
home 10 vote, have your town and city
newspapers take up the subject. Vote
cut Of office men who cannot see the
needs of feilow-meu, and whose every
effort for Government economics be-
gins and ends in the havoc and want
they force into felOw-men's Hves-in
pruning and trimming anC clipping and
SniDping-On the Government clerks
poor, little, meageT privileges and shear
ing down their Salaries-t0 keep up the
salaries of officials high in the scale.
II 1 were chaplain at a Congressional
assemblage I'D pray thus
Give TO these men in legislative au-
LhOrity d keen and quick sense Of the
brotherhood OF these their feiloW-clerllS
IN this Government service OF the
United States. These men and women
doing faithful duty IN the long years
round. at their humble desks. out yOn-
der III the various department Offices
these men and women rearing their
children TO decent citizenship, feeding
their wives and little ones and buTyins
their dead, from salaries SO pitirully
small and human necessities SO many
and food-costs 50 high Give 10 the
Senators and Representative and de-
partnlent heads and all men IN position
10 shape the lives Of these brother-ulen
and these heroic WOmen-ClcrkS 50 help
/ lessiy in their power; give them 70
realize the enormity of an oppression in
these times of scanty food and strUg-
gle for the bare living necessities OF
home life in mea gerest allowance
g & g
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
ODD LAW LENGTHENS
LIFE Of MURDERER
Legislative Recess Uninten-
tionally Suspends Death
Sentence for Year.

MONTPELIER, Vt. Dec 1s.-when
the Vermont legislature decided II
could not complete its work before the
holidays and took q recess Of two
weeks, probably not a member had any
thought that it was affecting The life
Of Elroy Kent, now under sentence Of
death IN STATE prison at Windsor for
the murde- Of Della Congden, at Wal
l-EgfOrd IL los, and sentenced TO be
executed Friday. January -
The general assembly UnintentiOnally
suspended this sentence Of death by its
actions Section z56 Of the public stat
utes reads as follows
No person sentenced TO suffer the
punishment Of death shall be executed
previous TO the first day Of January
after the close OF the session Of the
general assembly following such sen
tence."
It follows from this that If the Yer
mont legislature. which reassembles
January >. does not reach final adjourn
ment before Friday. January 13, and It
is hardly possible for this to be done,
Kent cannot legally be hanged until
after January I. 1872
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
Questions the Right
To Lengthen Hours

TO tho Editor Or The Washington Times
The act Of Congress OF March Is,
1885, establishes seven hours as q days
work IN tie executive departments. and
provides that the head of a depart
ment may by special order. stating the
reason. extend the hours Of any clerk
OF empiOye.
1t VIII be readily seen that the intent
Of this law as to extension OF hours
was TO provide for emergencies only
and that a general order from the
President creating a permanent extern
sion Of hours would be in direct ON
fict with the above provision OF law
Again, to establish a Saturday half
holiday throughout the year by execu-
tive order as a set-of against an ex-
tension Of hours. IS 10 ignore the ex-
plicit direction contained in the act Of
Congress of March 3, 1851, section I,SSs
as amended by act of June 90. 1892
which provides that every Saturday
after L O'Clock noon shall be a holiday
in the District OF Columbia for AL pur-
pOses- The present practice to allow
such a holiday after ! o'clock on
Saturday for three months only is a
plain violation of law, for which the
authorities have no excuse
Very respectfully yours,
GOVERNMENT CLERK
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
Problem of Wages Lines Up
With Question of
Hours.

Letters 20 The Times from scores Of
Government EMPLOYEES continue TO re-
late thei- experiences or declare their
sentiments and principles in regard to
conditions Of labor IN the departments
Though the agitation OF circumstances
in which they work was started by the
proposal 10 extend their hours, the let
IeTs, now 50 numerous, have gone be-
SOrd the confines Of mere time. and
even space, and are concerned with al
most every phase OF human activity and
opinion concerning Government Jobs
The question Of salary. which was
quickly correlated in discussion, If not
in official orders, with daily terms OF
service, has not waited for an answer,
but has absorbed with problems Of
clerks wages the affair Of what salaries
Representative and others receive
Since the President is the only en-
ploye Of the Government who receives
as much as S75,o0O, It may be concluded
that he, too. is being discussed in the
consideration Of wages from 1880 to
$4,000 paid by Uncle sam
Even the personal equation has en-
tered strongly into the discussion Of
clerks ard their emoIuments and IabOrs-
out With the married women-dOn't
Sam, but OF their husbands" is an old
cry that IS raised loudly now. Some OF
the older clerks arc saying that they
never saw anything like II, and that
tL-c.- are expecting TO be compelled =
wear uniforms and sleep in their offices
Messengers are intimatinS their belief
that they will ride bicycles Up and down
the corridors in bearing communications
from office TO. office Persons who were
never employed by the Government are
as much interested as the man Of long
est service.
Ard it all leads 10, Write a letter to
The Times
The agitation is generally considered
10 be doing a great deal of good Gfiev-
ances Of many kinds are being made
public Some Of them, it is argued, viii
be cured, their pOssessOrs Gained, and
their great employer. the people. bene-
flied.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
Suggests Afiliation
With Labor Federation

To the Editor OF The Washington Tines
II is about time that something was
done TO put a stop to kicking the Gov
eminent employe while he is down. in
which the deserving clerk must suffer
alike with the undeserving. and the only
manner by which we can ever hope to
be justly treated and get our rights is
not through organization, but rather
through afhliatiOn.
If the plan is feasible from labor
points OF view, il might be well for The
Times, which seems to he the only
Champion we have. to ascertain the
sentiment among the employees in favor
can Federation Of Labor With that
our backs, the disturbed conditions that
likely and we might eventually regain
our regular working hours. and also OBJ
tain recognition in the matter Of in
creased salaries
This utilization cannot come from
within the service II must be agitsted
and engineered from outside the ranks.
and The Times seems TO be the best
medium toward that end. With such
an afmhatiOn the clerks could Law their
grievances before men accustomed to
presenting complaints for investigation
and reCtiicatiOn- If the clerks favor
such a proposition. and viii ask The
Times to start the ball rolling, some
thing worth while might probably be
accomplished
GET TOGETHER
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
Urges Clerks to Form
Union to Get Results

To The Editor Of The Washington Times.
As a taxpayer Of the District Of Co
lumbia and Maryland, would like 10
be permitted TO say something in be-
half Of the clerks. craftsmen. and mes
sengers-
What Is Government economy In
my opinion, it is the increasing Of the
Presidents salary % per cent, with
$500 travelling expenses added TO It:
automobiles. instead OF carriages:
house cleaning every year, including
new and re-uphoIstered furniture and
painting house inside and out.
The raising Of the Senator's and Rep
resentatives' salaries % per cent. to
gether with what they can keep out Of
their secretaTy's salary. and other re-
endorsements for expenses: a new pri-
Tate elevator for the Secretary Of the
IuTIher away from the center Of the
city increase IN salary for the army
ana navy, 50 that much larger re-
tlreTlent pay can be given and many
others that could be mentioned
In the opinion Of the President and
other Government officials, il Is the
same rate Of pay for the clerks and
other employees as IL was twenty wears
time to time, the laying of Of en-
ployes. ike the 200 or more TO 20 from
the treasury Department. IN order 10
build private elevators. the turning OF
OF the old employees when unfit 20 work.
instead Of re irement like the army and
navy higher duty or incoming food
stuffs, and the continuous increasing Of
the clerks hours with same pay.
Why don't the clerks join the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor and have a
unlOn- for ! don't believe they viii get
thing they want, but take what is
given, unless they do have q union I
feel sure that the labor unions will
welcome them into their order and
then, and not until then. viii they COM
mand attention from the Government
for II IS the labor1ng men and taxpayers
that elect these officials. and By the
combining Of the clerks with the other
Ia bOrIng men they can DO a great deal
Of good, both for the country at large
and for themselves
IN closing, a word for the good old
Times I have read il since Il was first
published. and II stands today the only
paper that Is with the people, for the
people. and By the people and not with
the Government officials What The
Times has done for the DeooIe Of the
DiStrict-things too numerous TO men
Lon-it cannot be repaid. except BY an
increase in population and a continu-
alton Of patronage by newspaper read
ers.
A TAXPAYER OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLJ MBIA AND MARYLAND
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
DenOunCeS Increase
AS Brutal Outrage

To the Editor or The Washington Tines
Verify these are the days of the
sTandstand peanut pClitician-the poll
tiCian who PLAYS the game Of politics
not from q motive Of patriotism, but for
the applause Of the pcpulace-
The proposed increase in the working
hours Of the Government clerks when
put into effect viii be a play TO the
country for the purpose Of strengthen
ing the Administrations lines Of defense
in the battle Of ballots in 1872 for pOIiti-
cal supremzcy-
The proposition 70 increase the work
ing hours Of the already Overworked
End poorly paid Government clerk is so
SI,-aIly outrageous as to merit the con
demnation Of every honest man both in
and out Of the Government service
Members Of Congress, judges OF courts
Cabinet officers and many other men
holding high executive Offices needed a
- per cent increase in their salaries,
and the President an additional IS, 90
for travelling expenses, but the Govern
meGt clerk needs only an extra half
hour added TO his working hours.
Consistency thou art a precious jewel,
But, what matters a little incouven-
fence ike this TO the Government clerk
= IA-te q rev AAlALA4on can De saved TO
build an automobile road at public ex-
pense for the use Of a few miIIiOnaires
in Congress and the executive depart-
ments in joy-ridinE- So short are their
hours Of labor that they must be pro-
videc some means OF killing time lest a
life OF innocuOus desuetude here pale
upon their StOmaChs and they in dis
gust resign and go home
Mr. Government Clerk when the time
comes for casting your vote at the Pres
idential election in 1872 don't wait TO be
asked to go home to vote. Pay your
railroad fare out Of your own pocket
and 90 home TO vote Register your
vote FOR q square deal and 2 decent sal
arv for the maintenance OF yourself and
Your family
Economy in Government service is
q Understanding phrase to a few over
PAID and Overfed Government officials,
but the verdict Of the American people
at the polls in 1912. notwithstanding the
economy racket. viii be recorded in his
tory as a greater avalanche than that
which overlook a greater man, the
much beloved Horace Greeley. Re
specially yours.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINER
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
One Wrner Suggests
Reforms At Home

To the Editor OF The Washington Times:
We are told OF the unjust discrimina-
tons that Congress would swiftly de-
stroy If IL were not for that unfortu-
nate conflict of State with Federal
authority.
Il is perhaps unsympathetic to sug-
gest to our national legislators yearn-
ing for mighty and continental reforms.
a needed reform that they might in
augurate in their own two hOuseSthe
Senate and the House Of Representa-
tives I am aware that there are two
powerful objections to the reform pro-
pose: first it is simple; second, it is
easily accomplished As such It will
hardly appeal to inteTects of cosmic
grasp. None the less It seems to my
restricted intelligence that Congress
should reduce the salaries Of the po-
IitIcaI henchmen holding down chairs
as doorkeepers and should abolish man1
of the sinecures now allotted to Sen
ators and Representative for distribU-
ton as political pap to political servi-
tors.
In one part Of the Government serv-
Ice, men are overwo-lSed and underpaid;
the Capitol is crowded with men who
are Overpaid and underworked. To make
matters worse, every spring Congress
makes a good fellow Of itself with other
peoples money. by giving extra pay to
its favorites for the toilsome labor OF
enjoying a vacation.
with the new Congress there viii be
a new set of employees. VIII some in
surgent see TO 1t that q reform Congress
elected bv an indignant people starts
right n its own house2 DEMOCRAT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-18
SCOTS At Saving
Up His Sick Leave

To the Editor o. The Washington Times.
So they have reduced the Govern
ment clerks sick leave at the United
States Treasury Department to ten DAYS
year, but he may cumulate the sick
leave for three years and take II
in q. bunch"' Now, in the name OF de-
cent, ordinary dOg-hUmanity. how can
YOU save up sick leave and take the
thirty days all at once, at the end Of
three years. Please do, somebody, rise
and say how ! am threatened with
pneumonia-IH save II UP, ten days
worth Of pneumonia. and wait three
years Save UP the ten days worth of
grip; save up the ten days worth Of
rheumatism: and after three years com
bine the three and have EN- all to-
gether-to the extent Of thirty days
worth,
Poor devil of a Government clerk,
Congress always begins reform at the
little end OF things, among the bloated
bondholders, Of clerks too impudently
sleek and prosperous and well fed on
500 a year and SOC q year-and even
s. 900 a year.
Wen, Mr. Squeers. get out your brir1-
stOne-and-treaCie bOTlS@that viii re-
duce your taste for bread and meat
and If you'll just reduce appetite enough
YOU csa keep a-livinE or your little
salaries, you poor, poor Government
clerkst
Government must economizee Must?
Must it,