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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD
Combined Efforts on National Tuber-
culosls Sunday Will Have
Excellent Results.

New York city had more arrests for
violation of the anti-spitting ordinance
in 1909 than any other city in the
United States, having had 2.513, with
2,099 convictions, and $1,9S6.S0 col
lected in fines. Baltimore comes next
with 2l4 arrests and an equal num-
Der of convictions. Pittsburg is third
in rank, with st. Louis in fourth place.
st. Louis, however, would have been
in second place, if the sanitary police
who enforce the law in that city had
been at work in 1909. In 50 cities out
of 80 the law was either not enforced
at all or very poorly enforced. Of
the remaining rs cities, less than one
half of them contributed more than
three-fourths of the arrests for spit
ting and of the fines collected. On &C
count of the fact that National Tuber-
culosis Sunday will be observed on
| April "a, the National Association for
the Study and Prevention Of Tubercu-
losis' is calling the attention of clergy
men in all parts of the country to the
ACCESSIBILITY of bringing before their
congregation the necessity for better
enforcement of the anti-spitting laws.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
.DES MONIES PLAN
Government by Commission Has
Given Great Satisfaction.
Mayor Mathis Tells What Has Been
Done for the City in Last
Two Years = Politics
Eliminated.

Des Moines, Ia.-This city on April 1
concluded its first two years under the
commission form Of government known
as the Des Moines plan. The Des
Moines plan has been pronounced by
municipal experts and magazine wri-
tiers who have visited the city and have
made special studies Of conditions as
the ideal form of city government.
This does not Near that there are not
details that could not be improved
upon, but in general the observation
seems to hold good.
In Des Moines the city council con-
sists of a mayor and four councilmen.
These are elected at large. The ward
lines were abolished when the city
adopted the new form of government
two years ago. The primaries are held
twogweeks before the city election and
two candidates for mayor and eight for
councilmen are selected, Two weeks
later the people vote again, electing
the mayor and four councilmen. The
mayor receives a salary of $500 a
year. Each councilman gets $4,000.
The mayor exercises general super
vision over all departments. The coun-
cilmen are assigned as follows: One in
charge of the department of public
safety, which includes police and fire;
another is superintendent of accounts
and finances; a third is superintendent
Of streets and public improvements;
the fourth is superintendent of parks
and public grounds.
The Des Moines plan provides for a
referendum of measures important to
the people. 1t also provides the recall,
by means Of which the voters IA un'
der certain conditions, recall any
councilman or the mayor if he does NOT
make good.
The commissioners r selected
without reference to politics. Under
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
KEEP HABITS OF THE sen
Sailors Light Their Pipes on Land Elk,
aetly as They Would on
S%hipboard.

In a New York barroem where
many of the bluejackets with the feet
for the Hudson-Fulton celebration took
their nightcaps before retiring to
their ships, a petty officer said to a
l%andlubber acquaintance:
See how the boys hold their pipes!"
Almost every one of them had the
bowl of his pipe covered with the
arched finger of his hand.
"See?' said the petty officer. Now
wait till one of them lights his pipe"
In a little while a sailor filled his
pipe, got out his match and faced the
open door Of the barroom. There was
not a breath of breeze coming through
the door, but the sailor covered the
lighted match and the pipe bowl with
one hand while he IA getting u light,
and after he had thrown the dead
match away he continued to smoke
with his fingers arched over the pipe
bowl.
Force of habit, said the petty of.
ficer. He doesn't intend that the pr
ping breeze shall blow the lighted TO-
bacco out of his pipe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
GERMANY AND
CANADIAN WHEAT
LOOKS TO THE CANADIAN WEST
FOR HER SUPPLY.

A dispatch from Winnipeg, Manito-
ba, dated March Is, 1910 says: That
Germany is anxious to secure a share
of Canadian wheat to supply her i'm
ports of that cereal" The recent adj
justment of the trade relations with
Germany has made it possible to carry
on a Canadian-German trade with
much fewer restrictions than in the
past, and considerable development
of trade between the two Countries
is now certain. The great men of
the United States are alive to the
Wheat situation in this Country now,
and there is consequently the deepest
interest in every feature that will
tend to increase and conserve the
wheat supply. With its present $780,
900, 900 bushel production of wheat
and all efforts to increase it almost
unavailing, and the rapidly growing
consumption of its increasing popula-
ton, there is certainly the greatest
reason for the anxiety as to where the
wheat is to come from that will feed
tho nation. The United States will
be forced as Germany is to look to
the Wheatfields of Canada. One
province alone raised last year one
eighth as much as the entire produc-
ton of the United States, and but a
twelfth of the wheat area has yet been
touched. The Americans who have
gone to Canada, are to-day reaping
the benefit of the demand for Canadi,
an wheat and they will continue to
join in the benefits thus reached for
a great many years. Splendid yields
are reported from the farms of that
Country, and from land that the Gov.
eminent gives away in 100 acre
blocks, and from other lands that
have been purchased at from $12 to
SIS an acre. John Munter, near Eye.
brow, Saskatchewan, a former resi-
dent of Minnesota says:
Last fall got yer 80 bushels OF
wheat to the acre and had 80 acres OF
it; also 20 acres spring breaking on
which I had fax of which l got almost
20 bushels per acre. Had 20 acres
in oats and got 70 bushels per acre
and 500 bushels potatoes on n and
three quarter acre, and can therefore
safely say that / had a fine crop and
am we'll satisfied with my homestead
He is considered but a small farmer
but he will be one of the big farmers
some of these days. There are many
others, hundreds of others, whose
yields were beyond this, and whose
average under crop was vastl!
greater. The story Of the experience
of American farmers in the Canadian
West is a long one. The time to GO
would appear to be now, when splen
did selections may be made, AM
where land can be purchased at price
that will be doubled in a couple O
vporc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
The Response Mechanical.

1t is the custom in converts for the
nuns to respond to a knock at the door
with the words: I'm the name OF God
the phrase being equivalent In con
ventional parlance to u worldly
'senter" or come in"
In a convent in n of the western
cities not long since the mother supe-
rior had a never-to-be-forgotten expe.
rience as a result Of this custom. Some
one in the outer world called the con-
vent telephone number by mistake.
The mother superior, reused from her
~meditations, picked up the receiver
and responded, mechanically: I'm the
name of God"
"Madam!" called an irate masculine
voice at the other end of the wire
there is no occasion for you to swear
at me, even if l have made a mistake
in the number. Profane language Is
prohibited over the telephone"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
PITY the Poor cowhoYI

DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, the famous
food expert, said at a dinner in Wash
ington, apropos of the meat boycott
and the cold storage discussion:
"The trend Of modern life seems on
the surface to be toward preserved in
stead of fresh foods, but there is no
such trend, save among certain deal
ers.
"Who," said Doctor Wiley, would
like to be in the boots of the cowboy
in the barren sagebrush country who
used to send in, week after week, the
same order to the storekeeper:
"Canamilk, canacow, canajam, cana
butter, c~anacake, canascrapple, cana
corn, canaham, canaplums."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
TIE Important
Problem

confronting anyone in need of a laxa-
tive is not a question of a single &C.
ton only, but of permanently bene-
fetal effects, which will follow proper
efforts to live in a healthful way, with
the assistance Of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, whenever it is re-
quired, as it cleanses the system
gently yet promptly, without irritation
and will therefore always have the
preference of all who wish the best of
family laxatives.
The combination has the approval
of physicians because it is known to
be truly beneficial, and because it has
given satisfaction to the millions oil
w~ell-informed families who have used
it for many years past.
To get its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
a ' a. r. Mathis.

the first commission, Mayor Mathis
was a Democrat, while the four Jul
cilmen were Republicans.
Mayor A. T. Mathis has written the
following statement of the work of the
commission:
"Of all the accomplishments coming
as the direct result of the adoption of
the Des Moines plan, the greatest Is
the constant public interest in the
work Of the council. This is a tangible
asset and the basis of all that has been
done. This accomplishment should be
attributed to the Des Moines plan be-
cause it is essentially a system of gov
eminent with the charm of novelty In
its workings. There was previously no
public interest save that inspired by
property Interests and politics. Next in
importance is a changed press, which
in an improved degree tells what is
going on at the city hall. The press
and the public lean on each other. and
the council is thus inspired. The Des
Moines plan Is responsible.
1.-THE council has accomplished q
great deal as the result of the support
on the part of the people and the news
papers Matters of great public inter
est are not permitted to lag. There is
no disposition on the part of any mem
Der of the council to conduct any ne
~gotiation with selfish considerations
| for the advantage of either himself OF
others, In other words the members
nut all matters on a basis of the great
est good to the greatest number. There
Is attention to matters Of all degrees
OF importance by all city employees, al
attention not given when the public
and newspapers were less exacting anc
cooperative.
"Outside of some of the big concrete
instances of accomplishments, to me
there is no better sign of improvement
than the diligence displayed by EN-
ployes In taking a r of multitudinous
tasks Of routine nature. 1t was negli
gence In this respect that brought thu
old form of government into ~disrepute
and the correction is the best sign tina
the new plan is a success.
1.-THE red light district has been abol
ished.
"A forward step has been taken II
simplifying the legal department In 1T
organization and getting away from thu
bad practice Of employing extra law
yers at great expense"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
An "Expressn Schedule.

Evidently Senator Aldrich has an
express" schedule in mind for con-
gress when that body finally gets
ready to do business. He is talking
Of possible adjournment May 15.-Ac-
cording to Congressman Tawney,
chairman of the committee on appro-
priations, the regular financial bills
ought to be out Of the way by the goth
of this month. That would leave the
tracks clear for the administration
measures, which are chiefly the rail
road bill, the ant~i-iniunction bill, postal
savings bill, and a conservation meas
ure, not to speak of the $250,000 ap-
preparation for the board of tariff ex-
perts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
Something Stronger Than Wind.

Senator Depew, apropos of March
winds, said, at a dinner in Washing
ton:
Gan old-fashioned fellow, n year
when Easter came in March, paid too
many Easter calls and drank too many
cups, of eggnogg, and, alas, was quite
overcome.
"As the old-fashioned fellow lurched,
in the late afternoon, toward home,
a little girl watched him from her
window, curiously.
ooh, mamma she said, come and
look at Mr.. Stuyvesant. Isn't the wind
blowing him about!'"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
NOT QUITE PROVED
PRESIDENTS ASSERTIONS SOME
WHAT FAR-FETcHED.
People VIII Hardly Be Likely to SEE
Things Through the SpectacIes
of the Chief Executive-Some
Cases in Point.

In the banquet room at Providence,
r. L., with Senator Aldrich himself
seated on his left, President Taft de-
clared that the practical operation
during seven months of the Aldrich
tariff had proved" seven propositions.
That's one a month, you see.
One was to the effect that free
trade with the Philippines is a meas
ure of Justice" This free" trade has
restrictions IN imports Of Philippine
rice, sugar and tobacco, but the sub
stantial truth of the proposition must
be admitted. Another was that the
creation of the new customs court has
provided a means for the speedy and
just determination of tariff law. The
court hasn't yet been organized, so it's
creation cannot yet have proved"
anything, but the truth of this, too,
must be admitted, ~prospectively. No
doubt the court will fulfil expectation.
The value of his new tariff board is
problematical. His idea of such a
board is quite different from the board
for which congress has made provi-
sion.
With his other five propositions
there must be radical and perpetual
dissent, in the sense in which he lays
them down; that is, as propositions
establishing the merit Of the new tar
iff. For instance, he says that it is
'the best revenue getter we ever had
This may be true, though a revival
of business after months Of depression
has caused abnormal conditions that
make a seven months test not alto
gethpr conclusive as to Its ultimate
operation.
Mr.. Taft exclaims triumphantly that
the new law has f4the largest free
list" 1t does put works of art, q
years old, on the free list, for which
we may be thankful, and sundry ar
ticles of art manufacture, excepting
stained glass windows. Radium
whose existence was unknown wher
the Dingley bill was framed, is added
to the free list.
But is Mr.. Taft measuring by thu
bushel or by the yard when he say
its free list is the ~"largest?" Thu
value of a free list consists In thu
character, not in the number, Of thu
articles it contains.
What an inestimable privilege
must be to the people to have kindlinl
wood admitted free and the lumber Q
which their dwellings are constructe'
and the paper on which their reading
matter is printed taxed exorbitantl,
under a minimum schedule and take,
outrageously under a maximum sched
ule!
Those whom the exactions Of tn
textile schedules are causing to TAX
anxious thought as to wherewith the
shall be clothed should be contenl
How irrational, when joss sticks ar
admitted free; also balm of Gilea
and stuffed birds not suitable for us
on millinery, and blue clay-shouldn'
our blue clay be protected against tn
pauper blue clay Of EUROPEAN
cuttlefish bone and ipecac and lots {
things!
To sum up, Mr.. Taft's proved" mi
terial reduction is a minimum ii
crease Of III per cent, and the pu
chasing agent Of the family gets a
idaa thnao dava that II ia an incrnas
of many times LII per cent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
Criticism

The president, by his speech, has
not helped the ~troublous situation OF
his party or the progress Of his legis-
lative program at Washington. It Is
better calculated to stimulate and
spread insurgency even than the un-
fortunate Winona address. Mr.. Taft
comedies that he Is q failure as a poll
tician, but his Rhode Island perform
ance cannot be considered helpful for
"a reputation Of being skilful even as q
statesman. - Springfield Republican
(Ind.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

Examining the speeches delivered
at Providence by MI. Aldrich and Mr..
Taft, we find eulogies Of the tariff, but
nowhere a deduction by either that re-
vision was even attempted In accord.
ance with the pledge In the Republican
national platform, which declared the
difference In the cost of production at
home and abroad to be the true meas
ure OF protection.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
Queer Attribute of Salmon,

Only about 20 per cent. of salmon
spawn before they return up the river
from the sea, and those that do return
after spawning are coarse, and, when
cut up, white in the flesh; in fact, are
known as bull trout, for ~so-called
bull trout are not different kind
of fish, but are plainly salmon which
have spawned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
Care of Horses Feet.

If the horse already has defective
feet keep them carefully trimmed and
shod if necessary. The soft hoof
should be shod and reshod every six
or eight weeks in winter where the
ground is frozen and at all times Of
the year where the roads are rocked
or %graveled. By keeping the horse
with poor feet properly shod it will
do good service without loss of time.
But il is best to breed for good feet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

From the first to last, and in the
face of smarting d~isillusion, we CON
tinue to expect good fortune, better
health, and better conduct; and that
so confidently, that we judge it need
less to deserve them.-R. L. Steven
son.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
proud OF His Job.

The actor had on his card: with
the - Moving Picture Company"
TITS no come down." he explained.
II am not at all ashamed OF my con.
nection with the motion picture" he
finished TRANQUILITY. Its the whole
thing, i tell you, these days. and is go
ing to be even more SO than 1t Isl"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
ResinoI Ointment is an Excellent

Remedy for All Scalp Troubles.
I suffered with eruption on my scalp
for Is years when Resinol Salve was
recommended to me by n of the
best known men in Baltimore. Since
using l am so much better that 1 be.
lieve the trouble is practically cured.
Rev. H, G. Jones, Extension, La.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
As a Matter Of Fact.

"Old fellow" suggested the candid
friend, "you use the expression AS a
matter of fact entirely too much. You
have no idea how frequently you
sprinkle it through your converse
ton"
Thank you, old chap" replies the
object of criticism. I'll try to avoid
it hereafter. AS a matter of fact, it
isn't at all necessary to use it,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

"Why do people use the expression
Dear sir so frequently? asked the
man who was writing a letter.
81 don't know" answered the man
who was figuring on his expenses, "un-
less sir is short for 'sirloin.'"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
How II Happens.

MT. Etubb-Man up In the extreme
end Of Alaska writes to his wife every
mail.
Mrs. Stubb-My! What an affection
ate husband!
Mr.. Stubb--Oh, don't know. There
is only h mail a year up there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
The EIippancY 81 John.

Mrs. Mott-What is sympathetic
strike. John?
Mott-A sympathetic strike, my
dear, is being touched for a quarter by
a beggar with a hard-luck story.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
GIuantic Western Apples.

one OF the western states has sent
east. as a sample Of the Agricultural
possibilities, ID apples, each weighing
more than = pound.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
~Irnportant to Mothers.
His Way of Doino n

Il met young Faker on the street
some time ago and he told me he was
making money very fast"
HE made it too fast"
How was that?"
Went to the penitentiary for coun-
terfeiting."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

It is a good thing to have good
friends, but not to be dominated too
much or too long by their example,
Rev. William Dickie.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

Fer Red, Itching Eyeltds. Cysts, styes
Falling Hyelashes and All Eyes That
Need Care Try Murine Eye Salve
Aseptic Tubes-Trial Size-26c.
Ask Your Druggist or Write
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc cigar.
You pay lOc for cigars not 50 good.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

rot s'~vindication' but renovation ii
what the payne-Aldrich tariff hiII most
needs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

Remember nothing depreciates a
man more than to show him he's like
other men
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

No, Cordelia, rain checks never
check the rain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

WHEN YOUR JOINTS ARE STIFF
and muscles sore from cold. rheumatism or neural
.eia: when you slip. strain or bruise yourself use
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

The proper place for low-cut gowns
Is on the bargain counter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

He is a cheap man who let's hi
actions give him away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
Start the Ball RolIine

hs6aanp tss n@ma some one must secure @e dMs grand h phs% Thkd aTudngh sg %de hP%s
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

Women like to do things out of the
ordinary, but they never hold their
tongues for that reason.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-04
RICHMOND MAY
GET BIG BATTLE
Old Nelson-Wolgast Arena
May Land Fight.

San Francisco, March .-Richmcnd,
the scene of the bloody battle between
Nelson and Wolgast, may serve as the
meeting place for Jeffries and John
son. Natives across the bay have gone
to work along systematic lines to in
duce the promoters to hold the big
event in the arena erected for the re-
cent lightweight championship contest.
A deputation came over this after
noon from Richmond to confer with
Gleason and Rickard, and it is believed
that the men received a welcome SINH
lar to that accorded Promoter Nelson
of Salt Lake City. In all likelihood the
men behind the contest will ANNOUNCE
their final decision next Monday
Harlem Tommy Murphy. who was
awarded the decision over Owen Moran
after twenty rounds of fast fighting
Monday night started today for his
home in Gotham. Murphy was dis
gusted at the wholesale adverse criti-
cism heaped upon him and Referee
Smith. who decided in favor of the
eastern boy. Murphy at first proposed
giving the Britisher a return match,
but today refused to consider the for
felt of $4,000 posted by Moran to bind
a second meeting.