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New-York tribune., 1910-01-23
GORGE EIGHT MILES LONG

''The completion OF the big dam To-.
paves the way for the restoration a, :.
ancient lake proved TO have existAd s..
sands of years ago. When this lake -
flowed the water gradually wore a -.
saseway through the solid granite r,o,.
tain and in the course OF numbsrI.,, -
turtles formed gorge eight miles IN Isrr,,
and several hundred feet deep. leav.n, -
lake bed dry Behind the solid mounts,
of masonry just completed by the reci.r,,
tion service the angry food water, o, =.
Shoshone River will be held untl 49,.
more the ancient lake Is created-tb,. ~.
TO be held for the use and benefit a, =,
settlers on 132. 600 acres OF land
Before work could be conmenced a, 4.
dam the government found il necessar !,
construct wagon road through the ajr,r
inaccessible gorge worn by the river =
many places this roadbed Is t,ursp.,
through the rocky sides OF the r-z,r.
walls, and for several miles the road "a,
blasted out Of the sheer granite face Of gz-.
tiesnake Mountain This road now for,
the first eight miles OF Codys rnax,iasp,
route to the National Park An entirs wear
was required to complete the wagon rcad
THE storage capacity of the big r.seryo;.
will be $4,000 acre feet The main ca,a.,
will be sixty miles in length and the lateral.
$50 miles. Only the food waters Of u.
Shoshone River will be impounded. and
is estimated that 1t will require two y.sr
TO fill the lake TO it's capacity. althoran n.
project has a drainage area OF 1850 scra,.
miles Many fine ranches-now the prop
erty Of the government-v-ilI he co-,rlsr.l-
submerged by the inpounded waters
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

out that there would be few chances OF
success. 1t was asserted that San Fran
cisco by it's commercial position could
command the best displays from all ma
tions, while it would be able to present
exhibits from the Orient and the South
Seas that it would be worth crossing the
continent to see.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

the night, compelling all engaged to subslst
on cold food There are even records of
rehearsals from at night until 4 o'clock
in the morning; yet, if they generally re-
suited in lasting engagements, there would
be little grumblng.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23
TYPICAL OF SITUATION.

This may be an isolated case. vet its use
I'm this connection seems legitimate enough.
since il typifies the untenable situation CT
salaryless rehearsals. If an actor can stand
rehearsing for nothing. why shouldn't he
he asked TO wait our pleasure without COM
pensation?
This rehearsing for nothing. this wait
Ing for nothing. involves economical con-
sequences quite outside the pale OF dis
agreeable personal experience While 1t is
undoubtedly true that numerous actors
draw salaries so large as to be able to
stand being laid off occasionally, the great
majority of player folk have to go into
debt in order 10 attend rehearsals, which
not unfreauently call them from an es-
tablished home outside of New York.
After the expenses OF the Journey and
provision for their family have made con-
siderable inroads on their savings they
often find that rehearsals will be continued
four instead of the expected two weeks,
or two months instead of single month
Consequently they have to borrow their
food. lodging and laundry, if not cash for
car fare and incidentals.
AT the same time arises the question OF
proper costuming. If the play requires 1t,
the actors have to furnish . more or less
extensive modern wardrobe and gloves, ele-
CANT footgear. fine linen, hats and de-
cent amount of jewelry to boot
That an actor hard up for his weeks
board must go into debt for these fine
feathers is obvious. At a low estimate
then. salaryless rehearsals make landladies
and hotels, laundrymen and tailors haber-
dashers. bootnlakers and jewellers wait for
their money. and when the show is a fail
ure lose it.
Not long ago some seventy-five persons.
among them number of Southerners and
Westerners, lIred to New York by golden
promises Of a long run, rehearsed a farce
Tor two long months, opening at leading
theatre on Monday night. Two days
later they saw notice posted at the
stage entrance saying that the show would
close on the following Saturday.
When the company was paid off that
night few of the people engaged received
their weeks salary in full, the manage
ment deducting, as it had right to do
ander their agreement. all advances made
10 the various actors and actresses for
costumes, etc, needed for the show.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23
PESSIMISTIC.

What pessimist Brown ISL
Whats the matter now?"
He even bewails the fact that he can't
live to collect his life insurance. Detroit
Free Press.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

Millionaires who have established country
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

homes at Burlingame plan the formauon OF
a new suburban town. to be called Hills
boro. 1t will include Buriinsame ana III
cerrito. and its residents will prevent an
nexation to San Mateo of FL Cerrito ana
Of the Burlingame Country Club to the
town OF Burlingame. The moving spirit Is
Henry T. Scott.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

The Coliseum. which faced the entrance
10 the Golden Gate Park panhandle and
which was partly destroyed by fire, Will De
rebuilt at once. at a cost OF $4,000. The
new building will have the largest seating
capacity in the city.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

The demand for choice stores and offices
In Market street is shown by the fact that
practically all the space In the new Cham
berlin Building. adjoining the Mutual Saw
ings Bank and only a few feet from the
Kearney and Geary street corner. has been
leased.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

The new Western Pacific Railroad has
appointed W. ]. Shotwell. former general
agent of the Denver & Rio Grande. as as
sIstant to Vice-President Schumacher. in
charge of traffic. C.. X. Junkins comes
from FL Paso TO be contracting freight
agent. and T. c. Bowes will be city ticket
agent
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

Swift & Co, the Chicago packers. with
Libby, Mcneil & Co.. have bought the large
lot at the northwest corner of Pacific and
Davis streets for 100000. on which they will
build quarters for a permanent branch in
San Francisco. The property has full spur
track facilities and is close to the produce
district.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

Gerald B. Lull state forester. handed in
his resignation this week. II Is announced
that he Is to engage in private business.
and will not accept the proffered post OF
state forester of New York. Mr.. Lull Is a
graduate of Cornell. and was a protese of
Clifford Pinchot.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

The American Dredging Company is
building a floating hotel to accommodate
the large force of men in its employ. The
boat will be 50 feet long by so feet beam.
and the upper deck will contain accommo-
dations for sixty men. 1t will be electri-
cally lighted and will have all modern con-
veniences.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

It is reported here that Mrs. Laura p.
Fuller. who recently obtained divorce
from ". P. Fuller. the head OF the big
paint and glass firm. will marry wealthy
New York man in May. Fuller is several
times a millionaire as after the fire he
supplied most of the glass for new bust
ness houses and residences.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

The Democrats having complet-
ed their county ticket, the Repnb-
licaDs are now III a position to take
stock of it's makeup. 1t must be
admitted that some of the men
composing the ticket are good
campaigners, for they have shown
their ability along this line in the
past by getting enough votes to
put them in office in the face Of
the fact that the Republicans have
a good majority in the county. So
it would be foolish to say that the
ticket is so weak that none Of it
could possibly win. Probably in
making up this ticket the Demo
cratic bosses have selected three or
four candidates for whom the rest
of the ticket is to be sacrificed, the
other candidates simply being
made trading material, but it may
be that they are undertaking the
cat's-paw business willingly. In
the meantime the Republican can
didates had better not 60 to sleep
in fancied security that the party
majority is big enough to carry
them through.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31
The Laborer's Hire.

A laborer must earn enough to
support himself and his family;
therefore, closely accurate idea
of the living expenses in various
countries can be gained from a
knowledge of the average wages
laid laborer in each.
The American laborer is the cap.
ilalist Of the labor world, receiving
in The United States an average of
one dollar and eighty, five cents d
day. The next highest average
is found in Australia, where one
dollar and sixty cents is paid. Iu
Cauada and The provinces II dollar
and ten cents Is the average. OnIy
in these countries does the average
wage amount 10 dollar day.
Brazil and Chill e4ch average
eighty cents y dsy. In Great
Britain aud Ireland it is seventy
cents; in France aud Central Ea
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

Just now the candidates for
county Offices expect their local
party papers to support the ticket
and say nice things Of the candi-
dates personally. All of which is
very good and proper. But as
soon as some Of these men get
elected they forget all about the
editor being in the printing busi-
nees for living, and give the
printing patronage for which the
public pays, to St. Louis or Hanni-
bal printing concerns. Let's have
a little reciprocity in this matter.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

thing like fifty million n year, pei
haps more. The best defender of
John DPS method will hardly con-
tend that he is earning this income
as the result of his personal effort
IN some useful employment. Now
for a little contrast. The ordinary
citizen who is so fortunate rs to
have an income that would enable
him to save, say five dollars day.
how long would it take him to ac-
quire million dollars, or the
tiftieth part Of RockefeIlar's annual
income! just 555 1918 years, if
he could live that long and worked
and saved tive dollars every day.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

Our Democratic friends like tc
sneer at the Republicans over the
negro vote. yet without the repre-.
sentation the Democrats have in
congress and in the electoral col
lege supported by the negro popn-
lation, there would not be enough
of the party left to more than fig
ure decently in the "scattering''
column. All the power the Dem
ocratic party has comes from the
negro population of the South.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

In turning down Col. Roosevelt
for chairman of the New York
state Republican convention, the
leaders of the party macbine there
are now in position very slln''
lar to that of the fellow who tried
to climb thorny locust tree, with
live and vigorous wildcat under
each arm. The Col. is having
something to say about it and Of
course there is no innocuity in his
rpnarka
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31
On immigration mud NaturaIiza'
ton. and introduced the Admins

On immigration aud Natura|iza.
ton, and introduced the Admins
tration measure for the further
restriction of immigration. He
supplemented this bill with one of
his own, that has brought endorse.
ment from the most influential or.
CARNATIONS and men interested in
the subject, throughout the coun-
try. He helped to frame the
Criminal Alien Deportation Law,
and the law for the suppression of
the :whi.e slave' traffic.
Along the lines of local legisla-
tion be has had the same success
that has attended bis efforts 10 the
larger matters of general legisla-
ton, aud has pulled $4,000 of ap-
propriations ont of the Rivers and
Hsrbors Bill for bis district, and
landed 100000 III public building
appropriations.
TIE wise old men in Washington
admire Elvins and the Eivins way,
aud they all call him by his first
name, which, by the way, was the
family name of bis French mother,
aud is pronounced Po'leet, and not
Polite. They not only like him
but they boost for bim-maybe be-
cause he is so much younger than
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31
Republican Ticket.

For Judge of Supreme Court:
JOHN c. BROWN.
For State Superintendent Of Public
Schools:
WILLIAM P. EVANS.
For Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioner:
FRANK A. WIGHTMAN.
For Representative in Congress,
Thirteenth District:
POLITE ELVINS,
For Judge of the Circuit Court,
Twenty-first Judicia! Circuit:
JOSEPH j. WILLIAMS.
For Representative in General
Assem- bly,:
WILLIAM H. EVENS.
For Presiding Judge of the County
Court:
GEORGE E. BRECKENRIDGE.
For Judge Of the County Court,
First District:
PATRICK H. WARD.
For Judge OF the County Court,
Second District:
GEORGE W. SEABOURNE.
For Judge of Probate Court:
JAMES A. HENSON.
For Clerk of the Circuit Court, and
ex-OTicio Recorder:
r. E. GILLIAN
For Clerk of the County Court:
JAMES F. WILLIAMS.
For Prosecuting Attorney:
WILLIAM A. COOPER.
For Collector of the Revenue:
JOHN w. COLLINS.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

We have been informed that one
of the Democratic candidates for
County Judge in this county has
cast aspersion upon the members
of the Modern Woodmen OF
America by saying, it is alleged,
that the order was composed OF
ID scalawags and trash" We
ure also informed that said candi.
date intends to make a public de-
nial of this charge through The
columns of his party paper, but
will withhold the denial until the
last issue of the paper before the
general election, and thus give bis
accusers no opportunity to produce
evidence in support of their allega.
tion in time to get it before the
voters before election day. If the
candidate is innocent of this charge
it certainly would look much bet.
ter for him to make his public de-
NAL at once, and let his accusers
show their hand. We feel a per.
sonai interest in this for the reason
that we have for years been q
mem Der of the order referred to,
and know from intimate associa.
ton with them that the members
of the organization in this county
are far from coming under the re.
Election that the candidate is alleg.
ed to have thrown upon them.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

The troubles of the Republican
organization in New York are the
result of permitting the selfish in-
terests of Big Business to take pre-
csdence of the welfare of the peo.
ole. Wall Street does not like
Col. Roosevelt and takes no pains
to disguise the fact, nor hesitates
to give him a rap whenever it Can
find an opening. The machine in
control Of the party organization
in New York is evidently under
the influence of Big Business inter
ests. interests of which ce-Presi
deut Sherman is fairly representa-
tive. Therefore, in the selection
of a man for Chairman of the Re
publican state convention iD New
York, Mr.. Roosevelt was turned
down and Mr.. Sherman chosen.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31
Because a Republican candida

Because Republican candidate
for a county Office boasts of the
t that he ''neyer scratched a
IT." should offer no inducement
Democrat to vote for him in
.mber. -Fredericktown Dem.
..
at what about it when the par
conditions are reversed? Up
pe in Washington county our
,mocratic candidates are daily
.ckling the Republican vot,r with
ne proposition to scratch his tick
i for Democrats who never vot.
ed for Republican in their lives.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

Some of our Democratic ex-
changes slop over every little
while with the charge that the
brewery interests elected Governor
HadIey aud that the Republican
party is still being dominated by
the big brewers. Well, just let it
90 ut that; but wo would like to
hear from these papers what they
think of Mr.. Tony Steuver's activ-
ity in the inner circles Of the Dem
ocracy. Mr.. Steuver is one of the
biggest of the big brewers of St.
Louis. We would also like lit
tie light on how the Democrats
happened to nominate Hon. Snake
Kinney for Congress in the
Twelfth district.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31
BLOCKADED
Every Household In potosl Should
Know How to Resist It,

The back aches because the kidneys
are blockaded.
Help the kidneys with their work.
The back will ache 10 more.
Lots OF proof that Doan's Kidney
Pills do this.
It's the best OF proof, for it comes
from this vicinity.
E. c. Rankin, Acme Hotel, DeSoto,
Mo, saws: "The cure Doan's Kidney
Pills effected 10 my case several years
ago has proven permanent aud there.
fore. know that this remedy lives up
TO the claims made for It, For sever
eral months was bothered by sure.
ness and lameness in my kidneys and
when saw Doan's Kiduey Pills high.
" recommended as q specific for such
troubles, procured box. Through
their use I was rid OF my trouble aud
l have heen in good health since"
For sale by, all dealers. Price 50
cents. FosteEMilburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents br the United
States.
Remember the name-Doans-snd
take. no utier
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

rope, sixty. iye cents; in Germany,
fifty.6ye cents; in Austri Hungary,
forty cents. The laborers of
SPUN and Portugal earn only
thirty-fve cents day; while those
of Italy and Malta must be con-
tent with twenty five cents. In the
Chinese Empire the average is
twenty cent, "u,! in Japan it is
lowest Of al, ." iy fifteen cents u
day.
Logically, one should be able to
live as We; IN I:aiy GA au income
of four huud:rd dollars wear as
in the United States on twenty
eight hundred dollars, and if a man
in Japan should receive the Ameri.
can wage, be should he able 10 get
along as we'll as the American
whose annual income is FIVE thous-
and dollars.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31
John D. Rockefeller pocketet

John D. Rockefeller pocketed
nearly two million dollars a short
time ago in quarterly dividends
from bis Standard Oil stock. 1t
is needless to add that the divi-
dends on this stock will be kept up
to a good notch, and so John D.
is picking up eight or ten millions
q year from this source alone. His
other pipe lines into the wealth
created by the application of labor
to the natural resources of the
land, probably bring him some.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

A farmer in the Ninth district
wrote his congressman as follows:
1.-The farmer never had better
times. He never got more for his
stuff than be gets now. Why, a
pigs tail is worth more now than
a whole hog was in Cleveland's
ms."-Bristol (Tsnn.) News.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

The tariff works all right in lift
ing prices above the starvation fig
ure, but its ability to elevate them
continuously is limited. That's
where the Democrats get confused
on the tariff issue.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

We were little hasty in our
conclusions just after the primary
election that the returns from that
poll were very unfavorable to the
Republican party at the general
election. Our views then were
based upon the small Republican
vote polied at the primary in this
and adjoining counties. Since the
total returns of the state have been
given out they put different face
upon tue matter. AT the primary
election two years ago tbs Demo.
Gratis cast 245, 525 votes in the
state, and at the recent primary,
202, 491, a decline of nearly 49,
900. In the 1905 primary the Re-
pubIicans cast 1853, 615, and this
year 153, ,219, or decrease Of TO-
800. 1t will therefore be seen
that, iu spite of the greater inter-
est maintained by The Democrats
over the nomination Cf their candi-
dates for the state offices, their
party vote tell off four times as
much as the Republican vote, the
latter party having no contests for
any nomination for the state Of
fees. If this ratio of decline holds
good at the general election, the
Republicans should carry Missouri
by 10000 or IS, 900 plurality.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

the rest, but more likely the reas-
on is found iu the fact that he 90. 9
after what be wants and gets it in
the same way he landed 10 Con-
gress IN plenty of time to be dub.
bed "the Kid"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31
A Puff for Polite.

The National Magazine, in it
series of articles, ''Flashlights O
Public Men," in the Septembe1
number, holds the spotlight OF
Congressman Elvins for a momen
as follows:
Speaker Cannon walked dowr
the aisle leading from the rostrun
he occupies in the discharge of th'
duties of his position, and when b.
arrived in front Of the young Con
gresham from Missouri, stopped
suddenly and asked: 'Say, Po
lite, what the deuce was the name
Of that stuff you fought for sc
hard when the tariff bill was upY
Now Uncle Joe's curiosity bad
been aroused because be sat in the
Chair while Polite Elvins, aged
thirty one, and often spoken of as
"the Kid" of the House, trounced
the House leaders on the floor OF
that august body. and got raise
of 100 per cent on barytes-the
same aforesaid barytes being used
chiefly in the manufacture Of paint
but the point OF importance to
the Elyins position lay in the fact
that fifty two per cent of the pro
duct comes from Washin gton
County, which is in Congressman
Elvins' district.
The aged Speaker likes "the
Kid" and he does not hesitate to
say so-he has even gone further
and declared that ''yonng Elvins
is the most promising man in Con-
gress." As the Speaker Is not in
the habit of handing out such bo-
quets, it is quite natural that Mr..
Elvins' friends place good deal
of value on such a compliment.
There are good many young men
in Congress, and perhaps this fact
explains in a large measure the
great number of splendid achieve
ments affected in progressive legis-
lation at the session just closed.
Polite Elvins admits that be
started for Congress when but
nineteen years old. At twenty
four be might have completed the
journey but for the fact that he
was barred on account Of his youth.
Then be was side-tracked for six
years, but in the primaries two
years ago be carried ten of the
eleven counties 10 his district. 1t
may be that young Mr.. Elvins has
hitched his Gait to the Senatorial
stur-hel never has said so, but il
such might happen to be the case
some of the old 'uns will not forget
what happened when he decided in
his teens to 60 to Congress.
Congressman EiviDs comes from
the ''lead feIds," and to him the
Missouri Congressional delegation
give the credit of retaining the
Dingley schedule on lead ore and
pig lead. He was active in look.
ing after the proper protection Of
all other products that affected bis
district. He is a member of the
committee On Mines and Mining,
and helped to draft the law Great.
ing the Bureau of Mines, which
legislation has been hailed with de-
light in every section of the ccun.
try where there are mining inter-
ests. His speech in support Of The
measure attracted widespread in
terest and had much TO do with the
finsl success Of ths Legislation. He
10 also 4 member Of the committee
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31

Tablets gently stimulate the liver ana
il,Weis !" .xpei Euisauous matter,
cleanse the system, cure constipation
and sick headache. Sold by all dealers.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31
S1.OO Per Annum.

Sunny JIM Sherman says be
is done with politics when be CON-
pletes bis term as Vice President.
1t was a somewhat superb uous re
mark.