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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
PURPOSES OF RIVERS AND
HARBORS CONGRESS.

A policy, not a project" Is the
motto of the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress, which is meeting in
Washington this week It Is good
motto The congress can best serve
the purpose suggested by that slogan
BY starting out to establish the one
policy that viii make our water trans
POrtatiOn worth something to the
country That Is, by divorcing the
railways, completely and forever, from
the waterways; by making certain
that railroads shall not suppress water
competition; by taking steps to assure
that railroads shall not monoDolize
river terminals and harbor facilities.
The watsr,Says of Germany carry a
vast proportion OF the bulky, Iow-vaIue
freight of the empire The railroads
are not permitted to cut rates so IS
10 take the business away from the
rivers It is a part of the commercial
policy of Germany to make the rivers
do their share of the work Before the
present government control Of rail
roads was established there. the rail
roads did exactly as in this country
they have done; they drove business
away from the rivers by cutting
rates, and then when they had forced
the boats out of business. restored the
rates to a much higher level than
would have been necessary if the boats
had been allowed to, remain in bust
ness.
That is the kind Of drastic. effective
regulation that Is needed if we are to
use the greatest system of WATERWAYS
that any country IN the world pos
sesses- The waterways ought. to an
swer the question of how to relieve
eur congested railroad lines. They
Bill, whenever the waterways are
given a chance
France had the experience as Ger
many So long as competition for the
business was Unrestricted between
water and rail routes, the waterways
were progressively put out Of business.
Belgium had the struggle, and won for
the waterways and for cheaper transpor-
tation by the same kind of regulations
against excuses Of competition
This country must do the same. It
Is senseless to spend money develop
ing waterways without giving them
fair chance in the race Of competition.
The waterways would vastly reduce
the national transportation bill If they
were permitted to do the work they
ought to be doing
Commissioner of Corporations Her
bert Knox Smith, after a long investi-
CATION of the waterway business, has
only recently reported. He makes a
startling showing of the almost com
pIete control of waterway terminals
and terminal property by the railroads.
His statement of the case is complete
and sweeping The present Rivers and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

presented by Major Judson. An ex-
animation Of the reports OF the United
States Comm ssioner of Education for
the school year 1909, based on ex-
PeHditures for maintenance, instruc-
ton, and operation of the schools OF
cities of more than 10000 population,
and on the a=e=age daily attendance,
gives the following cost per pupil:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

The Real Aristocracy" is the sub
jeCt OF the lecture with which the
Rev w r WedderspoOn, D. D., Of
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church,
viii inaugurate the PetwOrth Lecture
Course at the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Eighth and Shepherd streets
northwest - O'Clock tomorrow
night Three other lectures and a
concert viii be given during the sea
son
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Before crossing the portals must ask you
sprinkle bandage Of around
speak in whispers We are
o
rail That
gentleman head bowed his hand
al the cannon men in the rent battle OF I've ballots he Is Boe OF
yeoman foT
trial before the House made its dasdy accusapologize
for even carrying watch but alas the stock yard population od MIN
him well viii know him
dapper gentleman you
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a. - - Is - ND he + [or ba+b1sa % liz Tenn
brook and
Tavnev the honest blacksmith whose constituents have hammered his
chorus
and anvil ring!?7
Who gentleman
on b desk 30
bleeding
promised appointed
Of reelection but when the supuTou smoke Of battle had blown
battlefield dheveIed
about The
standpatters aft agiee'
ssupaper pink eternay psror
also has that wan e you see Just passing into the cloak room bo
eternay on the pay roll OF Poa positions; but eas
people
through the
gmn huns to his coat skirt tag which read Received in dsred
at mss rigging
all gone and the hull will float but
sunaowerg"
replied Andrew is Calderhsad of kansas As you suggest he
saying over They love me- they love me not they love me- thew
stopped
not he has that longing
handsome with wonder
and inju on his face?' I1nogen
That said Andrew is the wreck Of DcBnlay
describe he
morning after
home. He strapped ever since
beathIessy poor man those
twocl carrying 4 a
York and that sentence
didn't Why didn't you
young men
him They his they need
beaten a
tall
parician name and
York
gadness in the sunshine poserty!
many others let us look no
morgue whe you
cheerful viii
pkIed with Of iOdOform spnts
smile
under
at much
hopelessness Burkett their
viii subject corridor
little tiny that
selling session, sobfuy
Republicans shifted wiped
eyes handkerchief
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What's on the Program IN
Washington Today

Bazaar OF nations and musical enter
tainlIent. Church OF the Advent mar
ish hall, Second and L streets north
west beginning .. m
Luncheon and bazaar for benefit of the
Church Of the Ascension old RTasoDic
Temple, Ninth and = streets.
Dedication Of new Holy Cross Academy
Twenty-siXth and Upton streets
m.
Meeting Of the District of Columbia
WOman's Suffrage Association. F-1vDr-g
Hall. Eighth and Il streets northwest
D N.
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Persons returning to the city may
obtain prompt and satisfactory de-
livery Of The Washington Times to
their homes OF Offices by notifying this
ohee. The Times VIII be delivered
ar the rate Of so cents a month OF :
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Circulation Department. Main 5z6o.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times daily during the month OF November
was S8S.Zl3, al copies Left over and returned
being eliminated This number. when di-
videf by %, the number Of days Of publica-
ton shows the net daily average for Novern-
Der 70 have been 81, 40
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JUDSON SCHOOL FIGURES UN.
FAIR TO DISTRICT.

Commissioner JudsOn's statistics or
school expenses, sent 10 Congress a.
part of the Presidents message anC
used by Mr. Taft as the basis Of his
recommendation for a change IN oul
/ system of public school management
are grossly unfair TO Washington.
BY them Major yudson seeks tc
show that the expense for schools in
the District is excessive An examina-
ton of his figures shows them to be
useless as a basis by which to com
pare school expenses here with those in
other cities.
To find the per capita expense for
schools, Major Judson has taken the
total amounts expended in Washington
and thirteen other cities of about the
same size IN one year. For some Of
the thirteen cities the wear 1908 Is
used and for some 1909. For Wash
ington, the years expenditures are
estimated as the total OF the Senate
appropriation bin at the time it was
in conference, IN May. 1910.
IN THE CASE OF EACH CITY.
THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE IN
CLUDES MONEY USED FOR PER
AIANENT INVESTMENTS AND FOR
MAINTENANCE, WITHOUT ANY
DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN
THESE ITEMS
The imProPricty of this Is instantly
apparent when it is realized that
s6l3yOOO Of WGshington's total appro-
priatiOn for the current year was for
sites, buildings, and equipment To
lump such items with items represent
ing maintenance and to select such
totals for one year IN the case of four
teen cities, and then to attempt to draw
a conclusion as to the relative school
expenses Of those cities Is manifestIy
absurd.
The unfairness Of the Judson fig
ures, however, does not stop here.
The total used for Washington was
taken from a bill pending IN Congress,
and was s2,99s,96O- when the bill had
finally been passed 1t carried total
appropriation of only s., 39s, 400.
A per capita cost based on popula-
ton IS also improper for purposes of
comparison. It should be based on the
average daily attendance of pupils, for
the number Of children attending
school varies widely in different cities,
and is not necessarily proPortionate to
the differences in population Major
Judson uses an estimated population
OF 325,OOO in his table, whereas the
population OF the city Is 33I, 900, and
had been so established for several
months before the Presidents message
was written.
Major Judson's estimate of the per
capita expense for schools for the
fourteen cities Is as follows:
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Andrew and lnlogene
By Roe Fulkerson

NDREw
take Imogne Congress They
corridor outside gallery he sobped
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

The election Of young Waldorf AstoT
to parliament doesn't square very vel
with the recent British agitation against
American dollars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

If he had taken the actual total ap-
propriated for Washington's schools
for the current year, and had divided
it by the population for the current
year as established by the Census Bu-
reau, he would have found the per
capita expense here to have been S7.245.
The total expenditures for the other
cities were for 1905 and 1909, and the
population figures used were the est
mates OF the Census Bureau for June
1. 1905.
Investigations Of school expenses of
American cities made by The Times
do not bear OUT the conclusions
reached By the bunglesOme figures
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

Mary in the vine-cIad cottage" evil
IDENTIFY thinks the young mans place is
at home.
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The Democratic rooster, by TIE way.
viii have 70 do something besides crow.
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AmuSemcnfs-

National-Ethel Barrymore, in MID
Channel SIS D. IL.
BeIasco-Nfarfe CahiII, in Judy For
got $50 p m
CoIumbia-''The Country Boy 2.f5 and
SIS D. m
Academy-'The Rosary" 2:15 and s.15
y. m
Chase's-PoIite vaudeville. 2.I5 and s.15
n. N.
Characterization vaudeville
Avenue Grand-VaUdeville, 3:15 and rs
2. m.
Lyceum-"The Girls From Dixie,% 2.I5
and S-15 p m
Cayety-BiIIy Watson's show. 2:I5 and
SIS D m
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Arcade-Skating and dancing, afternoon
and evening
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times Sunday during the month or No
Veznber was 122-961- all copies left over and
returned by agents being eliminated This
humber, when divided by {, the number Of
sundays during November. shows the net
Sunday average for November to have been
60 40
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

At $3.50 a copy, the biography Of Lady
Hamilton, Just issued, viii do relatively
little damage to morals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

II a receiver is appointed for Bob
/ ChanIer. viii he list the Cavalier person
as liability OF an asset7
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

The fact that there is nothing left IN
the treasury Tlay have a good effect in
making the new government Of Portu-
sal honest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

If Dr. Cook should wander into Wash
ington long about now he'd be justified
in claiming another discovery Of the
0ole
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In each issue OF The Times the circulation
figures GOT the previous day are plainly
printed at the head Of the first page al the
left OF the date line
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Entered at the E7ostOTice at WashfnE-cr.
d c. second class matter
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NOVEMBER CIRCULATION.
DALI

The number Of complete and perfect copies
of The Washington Tines printed daily dur
ing the month Of November vas as follows
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THE Real Aristocracy."

Fourteen shopping days to Christmas,
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Io-zl foT the nOnth---------.....-..- 10. 05s
Sunday average FOR the month"; ss.zsS
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Sunday.

The number O complete and perfect copies
q The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month q November was fol
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Che Times viii be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments in
this column Phone or write announce
! meutEl
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November G. SSI5sI November -. ssos'
November b. S7.sSs. November Il. $50
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-07

Guaranteed 40 per cent solution of
formaldehyde at the Corner drug store
Close & Co.
If you want to buy or sell a farm, call
on or write Joseph Power, Langdon, N.
D.. Office over Citizens State Bank.
Mrs. Frank J Schwartz returned to
the city Tuesday from a couple of days
visit with friends up the line at Hannah.
The cottage residence on the corner
of Oak and Fourth street is now the
home of Butcher Windemuth and
family. MI. Windemuth having pur-
chased the property of f. B.. McBain,
when the latter left recently for the
Canadian Northwest.
Among the new advertisements to be
found in this weeks issue is that of Nc
Lauchlin & Stranger, the exclusive
agents in this territory of the Buick
automobile. They are rapidly putting
into shape their new garage at the south
end of Third street zeal the Ct. North
ern depot.
LeBrun Bros, have quite a big auc-
ton sale on Thursday of next week at
their farm AZ miles southwest of Lang
don. The sale is to be conducted by
Ebony" Kieffer of Wales and the Le-
Brun Bros, state that they retire from
active farming at this time owing to
one the brothers having decided to re-
turn to his home in the old country.
Friday night Langdon had another
small blaze, this time it was an old box
car on the railroad right of way, which
the company had shipped up here to
be used as a bunk house by a crew of
dago track laborers, who are being put
to work on this branch. The loss was
total and the cause though suspicious
and under investigation is unknown.
Moral: Insure with the I. E. Burke.
agencies. Langdon, N. d.
Miss Florence Prinyer the local organ
izer of the American Woman's League
asks that the DEMOCRAT state this week
for the benefit of interested parties
that May 10th is the latest date on which
membership in the Founders Chapter
of the League will be available. The
local chapter room at the Prinyer resi-
dence will be open at two o'clock in the
afternoon on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of each week until that time with
a member of the league in attendance to
thoroughly explain matters pertaining
to membership in the Founders Chapter
The league ladies desire it stated that a
special invitation is extended to their
gentlemen friends.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-07
Next week the census enumerator will,

Next week the census enumerator will
be busy.
You can buy salt at Kelly's for IS
cents per barrel.
Ladies you really ought to see the
new Oxfords and pumps we are showing.
Simon Schefter.
Horses! We buy horses for cash. We
sell horses on time. Office, formerly the
Langdon Lumber Co., Harlan-Mahoney
Co.
The statements of the First National
and Cavalier Co. National banks each
show a prosperous financial condition
of affairs.
Attorney Fred E. Smith is among the
new buyers of auto cars this spring. He
was out yesterday with a Maxwell run.
about of the 1910 pattern.
D. H. Mcmillan is back in Langdou
after an absence from town of nearly
two months during which he has spent
considerable time in the Pacific coast
country.
Mrs. A. H. Brown, wife of the Third
street tonsorial artist returned to the
city Tuesday from a visit at the home
of her parents at Glendale, N. D., where
she has been since the holidays.
j. W. Schmidt, took, Tuesdays after.
noon train to Eastern Montana, having
decided to avail himself of the op.
portunity to file on a claim before re.
moving with his family from Langdon
to the Twin Cities.
Miss Belle Robertson since April LIST
has been installed as deputy in the office
OF her brother, Clerk of Court Charles
Robertson, at the Court House, having
resigned her former position with the
Void jewelry and music store.
Three Langdon high school girls who
have taken schools in this part of the
county with the opening of the spring
term are Miss Irene Murphy, Miss Bertha
Alpstag, and Miss Blanche Murphy.
All have secured schools in Langdon
township.
Agent Frank Briggs of the Farmers
Elevator Co., and wife are preparing to
leave this week for their holiday vacation
of a month which they will enjoy at
Oakland, Pa. with Rev. and Mrs.
Thompson. 1t will be recalled that the
wedding of Mrs. Thompson to he1
husband occurred at the home of the
Briggs shortly after their removal from
Milton to Langdon about three years
ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-07

Kelly pays highest market price for
butter and eggs.
ALERT d Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Mrs. H. j. Mathisen, was a visitor in
the city Friday from Dresden for a brief
shopping trip.
Banker B. Prom was a Milton visitor
in the city Monday, ~transacting bust.
ness between trains.
T. E. Burke has the agency for the
the Northern Trust Co., and writes all
forms of fidelity bonds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Crawford returned
home Monday having spent most of the
past winter in California.
l have several good farms to rent; nice
buildings, close to Easily, Calvin OF
Langdon. E. A. Wadswortn, Langdon,
For snaps in shoes 60 to Kelly's. He
can shoe your whole family for about
the price of n good high price pair OF
| shoes.
N. B. Black, representing the Evening
Times was here from Grand Forks on
Tuesday to meet the county com
missioners.
Cd. Ostby, formerly in the mercantile
business at Wales, was here last week
for a day or two on a business trir
from Wales.
Mahon Robinson Land g. Lumber Co.
sell No-Co.Rs metal c~ulverts, the only
kind that will not rust. All township
officers are using this kind.
Rev. Dyer, the Methodist church
pastor at Hannah was down the line 6
couple of days last week visiting with
Rev. E. S. BENJAMIN of this city.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-07

See Simon Schefter's stock Of work
shoe.
You can buy a good hat fer every day
use at helly's for 40 cents.
Pure and fresh formaldehyde at the
Corner drug store Close & Co.
ALERT g. Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Mound Cit, Paints may cost a tritie
more, but -! Plummer & McNiven
Attorney Fred E. Smith was a visitor
over Sunday down the line as far as
Grand Forks.
Don't have the children go without
cloaks when you can buy a good one
at Kelly's for SO cents.
The Woman's club holds its next
regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. W%oolner,
Mrs. W. A. Mcintyre returned Satur.
day from a weeks visit with friends in
Grand Forks and the Twin Cities.
Alderman Orion, returned Monday
from Grand Forks, where he was un.
expectedly called on business last Satur.
day.
H. o. Sorenson, a we'll known grain
commissioner dealer h%ailing from Milton
was here Saturday on a business
mission.
Kelly's stock has been moved to the
old Weld stand, one door north of the
McGruer drug store, and will be closed
out at half its value.
Jne. G. Currie arrived home Friday
from a visit since the holiday season
with a number of former acquaintance
at the old home of the family in Ontario
John Sandison has sufficiently re.
covered from his illness of the past
winter to leave last week for a visit with
his son, Walter Sandison, whose farm is
near Munich.
Will Crawford since returning from
his winter course at a business college
in Grand Forks has made a trip tt
Eastern Montana, where he filed on
homestead near Joplin,
Jas. Foard a strong factor in thu
democratic lineup of the southwestern
part of the county was over here from
Weaver Saturday to attend the meet
ing of the democratic county committee
Norman McKechney has moved int
the residence on Fourth street, south o
the City Hall this spring. 1t was tn,
former home of the McKeehney famil,
prior to their moving out to the Fairviev
addition.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-07

Mrs. M. L. Sullivan is spending the
week in st. Paul. and in company with
her daughter, Miss Helen Sullivan,
principal of the high school at Cavalier,
is visiting her son, Frank Sullivan, at
st. Thomas College, expecting to return
in about a week.
Robert Fleming was a passenger north
to Dresden on Monday from Seattle
and during a couple of weeks stay there
will be busy in looking after his Cava-
lier county business interests. MRS.
Fleming and the family he stated are
we'll suited with their new home in the
west.