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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

Ten years ago bought potatoes
for so cents bushei Today they are
a dollar and half. Whyi Isn't the
land here just the same? Three times
as high as they were. and no one can
tell why. It's the same way with all
foodstuffs, with shoes, hats and cloth
ing. 1t makes me boil over when ]
think of 1t. and II the trusts are to
blame then III hunt the rascals to
their holes and make them wish they
had never been born"
You'd better hunt up the newspaper
and sit down and read" replied Mrs.
Bowser. Perhaps you have read of
an individual named Don Quixoter
And perhaps I've read OF Columbus
and few others. but II ! have or
haven't that's nothing to do with this
case We are being drained OF our life
blood. but you sit there us calm as
bump on log and don't care copper.
| believed you'd chuckle with glee II
potatoes were 81 bushel. The walls
aud lamentations Of tens OF thousands
Of starving people are In your ears.
and YET you are reading novel aud
| chewing gum"
"You might lind out ir gum and nov
els have gone up any"
Mr.. Bowser turned purple and
sprang up. He was about to yell "Wo-
lnan!' at her when he changed his
mind and walked down the hall to the
..a;rack. II had occurred to him that
| he would need all his coolness In max
bling inquiries. He had his program laid
out As soon as he was outside the
gate he headed for the nearest butcher
hop. The butcher was at home and
reading an evening paper AS he look
I'd up Mr.. Bowser began:
"Sir. meats are selling for three
times what they used to. ! want to
l:now why. I am gathering statistics
for congressional committee"
The Butcher Explains.
"It's on account OF the tender heart.
ed farmers" was the reply.
what do you mean, STRIP
"Why, there was time when the
farmer just delighted TO take an Ak IN
hand and 90 around knocking cattle.
sheep and hogs In the head. but ne no
longer does IT, He has become so ten
der hearted that II he even sees pigs
tall IN knot he unties It. This makes
a great scarcity OF meat. and scarcity
always means higher prices. am glad
you came. | have been called chea,
and robber. aud | want people tc
know the truth There's the blind
quarter OF steer that farmer
brought In and sold me. He wepl
while be sold Il He had left weep
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

ing Iamiiy at nome. I wept because
had TO buy 1t. When you can sep
arate sentiment from beef and pork
we shall have old time prices back. but
not until. Good evening, SIR"
"You are robber and liarp said
Mr.. Bowser as he went out and headed
for the grocer on the corner.
The grocer was getting ready to
close up for the night, but he was a
good and considerate man and stood
ready to answer any questions.
DO you know, sir" began the In
quirer, "that it's an outrage to ask
the price you do for potatoesr'
Eyes, sir, do. and ! can't tell you
how bad feel about It. hardly
slept at all last night after asking an
old woman II cents a quart for pota-
toes"
"And butter, sir-butterT
"The most outrageous thing In the
history Of the country. For the last
four weeks ! have been advising my
customers to eat wagon grease instead
OF It. 1t isn't bad at all after the first
meal Flavor with little pepper
mint essence, and you will think it's
the best print. Sell you wagon grease
at.the same old price, sir"
The eroeer's Reason.
"And there's onions" said Mr.. Bow
ser as his eye lighted on basketful.
Dear, me, yes-prices way up,
When you meet man with an onion
breath on him you may know that he's
millionaire. Try horseradish In
place OF onions. A good many more
tears In It."
But l want to know why, sir-why
prices are 80 highT
ITS the farmer, sir. He's bought
him an auto and is riding around the
country with his hat on his ear In
stead OF raising vegetables. Whert
he and his wife used to be hard al
work they are now driving twenty
miles to attend a matinee. Awful, sIl
awful. but don't blame me-"
The next call was on the shoemaker
Three days before he had charged Mr.
Bowser 20 cents for cement patel
ON his shoe. and he was now addressed
with:
See here. you old vampire. but
want to know why you have doubled
up on your prlcesg' ~
"Vhas too high?' was asked.
You are grinding us into the dust
Five years ago cement patch was y
cents"
"Yes. dot yhas SO. but some chang
has come. you see." 'fi
Yes. ! see. and l want to know
why 'if''I'''i
Ten years ago NY wife wears be
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

own hair. Now she wears some one
else's. She must be In der style, you
know. False hair costs money. We
have to boost der prices on cobbling.
Maybe in two years 1t yhas down
again. but can't say"
Mr.. Bowser started over to see the
plumber. but met him at the curbstone
and was replied to:
"Why are my prices 80 per cent
higher than Eve years ago? Because
porous plasters are up 80 per cent, and
we have had to follow 'em."
When Mr.. Bowser same softly slid.
Ing into the house and sat down Mrs.
Bowser asked:
"Do you think we can stand this ex.
pense much longerT.
"Well. am busy with my thoughts"
he replied. ut is sufficient to say
that we can communicl with our
respective lawyers the FIRST thing in
the morning"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

the committee to aid II In Its work.
! think | can strike the keynote with
In All hour lf can
IF there's a committee let that COM
mittee attend to It's own business"
III can. Mrs. Bowser. my name
goes on record at once. and the people
al large Will give me credit aud their
blessings. ind out WHY prices are
so high and suggest the remedy, and
there you are. Carnegie may give
free libraries. but will cut the cost
of living In two. Which of US will be
the humanltarian"
Argument With Bowser useiess.
Mrs Rowser made no answer. she
saw that Il was useless.
Twenty years ago butter was 10
cents pound. Today II is 10. Whyf
Are cows three times as valuable as
theny Can't mau milk the same
number of cows he could then? Does
IL take any longer to churnT
No answer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16
Routed the Ensmx.

In some of the London courts there
are private dining rooms reserved for
the exclusive use Of the legal frater-
nifty. Into one of these rooms one day
there hustled a gaunt female who ON
being courteously approached by a
junior counsel fatly declined to leave.
Thereupon an unblushing Q. G. looked
the lady In the face and expressed his
mind. Still she did not bulge. Coun.
selor Lockwood then intcrvened. ~
do not think there is anything unseen
~ in this lady's presence quoth he.
"She wears gown and-yes, I'm pretty
sure that she also wears wig" The
lsdy wsat.--Londop Taller,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16
B0WSER ASKS WHY.
His Quest to Get information
About the Cost of Living.
He FAILS IN HIS MISSION.
Mrs. Bowser's Plan to Go to Theater
Frustrated - Butcher, Grocer and
Shoemaker Put II Up to Others.
Farmer 10 Blamed.
BY M. QUAD.

BY M. QUAD.
copyright, 1910. by Associated Literary
PTess.I
I" HE Bowsers had finished din
ner aud Mrs. Bowser was
about TO usk II they could not
20 to the theater when Mr..
Bowser Observed
II have got to run out for awhile
this evening may be gone a couple
OF hours"
II wanted to go to the theater."
'But this IL matter that cant be
put off. In fact. II Is a matter Of ma
tional Importance | did not know
about Il until late this afternoon"
"Has II anything to do with the
north poleY'
''Humph! The north pole is a back
number. Mrs. Bowser, you may have
got It through your head that the cost
of living In the last seven or eight
years has Increased almost 40 per
centT
''As do the marketing, i think !
know something about IT,"
"Well. Il has ut last attracted the at
tention OF congress. A committee has
been appointed to make inquiries and
try and ascertain the reason for this
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16
He knew Than.

A minister, the father of six-year-old
twin boys. was obliged to send one
from the table for misbehayior. The
little fellow was sitting crestfallen on
a chair I'm an adjoining room when the
maid entered. Upon spying him she
said. "Oh, Billie. I'd be ashamed to be
sent away from the table. as big q
boy as YOU are too"
Billie. with flashing eyes, drew him.
self up, saying. well. you wouldn't
II you'd known this family as long
as I have."-Delineator
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

increase"
Its the trusts. of course" said Mrs.
Bowser.
THAT is denied. Some say II is the
farmers and others the retailers, and
some lay 1t to the scarcity. The COM
mittee proposes to find out"
"And what's that got to do with
your
1T was suggested to me this after
noon that ] make some inquiries on
my own hook and send the results to
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16
MARRIAGE.

Muriel Qetting him down easy)-I
should advise you not to take 1t to
heart. / might prove a most unde-
sirable wife. Marriage is lottery,
you know. Malcolm (bitterly) = 1t
strikes me as more like a rattle. One
man gets the prize and the others get
the shake.-Smart Set.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
WILL REGRET DEPARTURE.
Calumet People Will be Sorry to Lose
Adjutant and Mrs, Farmhouse.

Adjutant Farmhouse of the Salvation
Army has been notified that he and
Mrs. Farmhouse are to be transferred
to some other corps. The change be-
comes effective on January 30, and on
that date farewell services" will be
held I'm the local Army hall.
Adjutant and Mrs. Farmhouse have
been in Calumet for two years. sue
ceeding Adjt. MacHarg During the
residence of Adjutant Farmhouse and
his wife in the city, the Army has pro-
crossed in a marked degree, and his
departure from the corps is sincerely
regretted not only by his fellow work.
ers in the Salvation army field. but by
large number of other residents with
whom Adjutant and Mrs. Farmhouse
have come into contact during their
religious ministrations. Adjutant and
Mrs. Farmhouse have not yet been in
formed where their next station will
be located.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12

! LAnse basketball teams will play IN
the Y. NJ. c. A. gym Friday evening.
Inc funeral IL me late William
Martin took place this afternoon, with
services at the Calumet NJ. E. church.
and intcrment in Lake View cemetery.
Rev E. Sedweek offciated.
"A number of local hockey fans will
go to Mohawk this evening to witness
the Mohawk Houghton game.
The first National bank of Calumet
elected officers last evening as follows:
President, John ID. Cuddhy, vice pres
ident, Joseph Hermann; cashier, Jo-
seph w. Selden; assistant cashier. Ed
wardkP. Cuddihy
Miss Winnifred Salisbury, secretary
of the Associated Charities, has gone
TO Rockland on a short business trip.
The regular monthly meeting of the
directors of the Y. NJ. c. A. will be held
Friday evening, Jan. 81, and it is ex-
pected important business will come up
for consideration.
Rev. a. Strom has gone to Ishpeming
on a short visit.
Miss Gertrude Jaerling of the Calu-
met Fire Insurance company's office,
Is confined to her homo by illness.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED.
Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters
Holds Annual Meet;no

AT a recent meeting of the member.
of St Louis court, w. c. O. f. the fol-
lowing officers were elected for tn,
ensuing year:
{. r., Louise Etu.
V. c. r., Stephanie Labine.
Rec. Sec, Mrs. Il. Grenler Gourd.
Fin. See, NJ. Jarvia.
. Treas, Deneigo Beauchene.
Trustees, Sophie Maheux. Athena
froegoelie and Adele Ouellette.
Conductresses, Georgiana Cardinal
Victoria Larochelle.
Sentinels, a. Belhumeur and A.
Grenier.
PHYSICIAN, DR.. A. Il. Labarge
chaplain, Fr. Boissonneault
The order is i'm good condition and
mas a strong membership. The last
card and dancing party to be given in
the Gately-Wlggins hall will take pIaco
on January II.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
R. ]. CONGREGATIONAL
Officers Elected and Annual Reports
Submitted, Showing Healthy State
OF Affairs-New Constitution
is Adopted.

( The annual meeting OF the Rec
I jacket Congregational church, held
last evening was well attended. Rev
l Mandus Barrett, the pastor, presided
? The meeting lasted until midnight
one of the most important actions
taken up was a decision to adopt new
constitution TO conform with the gem
eral constitution of congregational
churches. II was thought by some of
the members that the old constitution
was out of date, and on vote being
taken it was unanimously agreed to
adopt a new constitution. Copies of
the same are TO be sent TO every men,
Der of the church. SO that the methods
of procedure may be known.
The report of the treasurer. was 10
the effect that after paying all ex-
penses the church has balance on
hand of S162.SO. The clerks report
showed the church To be i'm a healthy
condition, with the membership about
normal for the past year. There were
no deaths during the year among mem
bers, but several removals took place,
which was Offset by a number of new
members joining.
The Ladies' Industrial society re-
ported a balance on hand for the year
Of S106. Mrs. Robert Grierson is pres
ident of this society and Miss Fannie
j. Osborne, secretary.
Officers of the church were elected
as follows:
Pastor, Rev. Mandus Barrett.
Clerk. Miss Mildred Osborne.
Treasurer Chris. Gribble.
Superintendent of the Sunday school.
Mrs. Robt. Grierson.
Deacons, S. Trudgeon, Richard Lid
lcoat and Mr.. Richards.
Dcaconcsses. Mrs. Alex. Mcdonald
md Mrs Emma Guck.
Trustees Peter Dave, Robt. Grier-
son, w. B. Anderson. Henry Vivian,
Nm. Sncock, f. G.. Ziegler.
Music committee, Miss Bertha An
lcrson, Miss PAUL and Miss Towle.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
LOCAL RREVITIES.

me Calumet Ice company Is INSTALL
ing an electric elevator in its icehouse
In Red Jacket.
The annual banquet and meeting Of
me Houghton County Medical society
WIN be held tomorrow evening in the
Miscowaubic club.
Mrs. Mary Kangas of Mandan. Ka-
"ee'aW county, aged AZ, died yoste.-
uay after a short illness. The funeral
took place this afternoon with inter
ment at Eagle Harbor. The deco.
dent Is survived by her husband.
Peter j. McClelland and son Los
lie, VIII leave Sunday for Mexico an
California points.
The Calumet high school and tho
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
WILL REPEAT cANTATA.

Arrangements have been made by
the choir of the Calumet Congrega-
tional church to repeat the special
Christmas cantata, "The Coming of the
King by Dudley Buck, at the regular
service Sunday evening. The cantata
was one Of the best ever rendered In
Calumet and there have been frquent
requests that il be repeated. The spe-
cial choir under the direction of Mrs.
w. S. whistler has been rehearsing all
week, and the rendition on Sunday
evening willlbe complete, The cantata
includes a number Of fine solo parts
and some of the best talent i'm Calu-
met will assist The Coming OF the
King" is one of the best cantatas ever
written by Dudley Buck, who died a
few months ago. anon ON
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
CHURCH is DAMAGED.
lronwood Methodist Congregation
Suffers Heavy Fire Loss.

The Methodist church at Ironwo1d
of which Rev. w. b. Coombe, former
ly of Calumet, is pastor, was damag-
ed by fire Saturday. 1t is thought
that the fire was caused by a gas ex-
plosion in the furnace room. Rev.
Coombe was in the basement short
time before tho blaze broke out an /
worked about the furnace. There was
hot fire on, but everything seemed
to be in good condition. He had let
the building but short time when
the interior was in flames.
The church was one OF the finest on
the Gogebic range. II had been con-
siderably improved during the past
few years. The walls are I'm good
condition. despite the fire, but the in
terror will have to be rebuilt. The
church was recently provided with a
fine pipe organ. which was almost
completely ruined. The congregation
carried some $4,000 insurance on the
church and organ.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
SOCIAL ACTIVITY PLANNED
BY Y. M. 6. A. GRADED CLASS

The members of the graded class Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. are making arrange
ments 10 organize for social as well as
gymnasium and athletic purposes. A
circular. signed by John l.. Weir. Eos
ter Borchgrevink and ID. j. Swedel
comprising a committee, is being mail
ed or presented to every member OF
the class, asking them to attend a
meeting to be held Friday evening pre-
cedng the Calumet high school, L'Anse
basket ball game The matter of class
organization is 10 be presented. when
a president and secretary and treas
urer will be nominated and elected. il
deemed advisable. A program is also
being prepared. to be followed by
supper in the Spa"
Following the indoor baseball game
between the Commercials and the Red
Jackets, TO be played tomorrow even
ing i'm the Light Guard Armory. there
viii be meeting of the managers and
OF all teams to discuss mat
ters pertaining to the league 1t is
hoped that all will make an effort To be
The meeting is at the cali of
Dan Harrington, secretary of the lea
que.
Word has been received i'm Calumet
n connection with the second of the
ieries of three games between the Y. |
c. a. indoor baseball team and the |
q. ii. team of Hancock, that two
pecial street cars have been chartered
o convey the Portage Lake baseball
ans to Calumet next Wednesday eve
ing.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED.
Calumet Odd Fellows Install Officers
Last Evening.

Last Evening.
At the regular meeting of the mem
bcrs Of Calumet lodge No. 1874. l. O. q
+. held last evening. the officers fo
the ensuing year were installed as fol
lows:
Past grand-Chris II. Gribble.
Noble grand-William Williams.
Vice grand-John Spur.
Recording secretary-Elbert r.
Boyd
Financial secretary-John Jory, Jr.
Treasurer-David II. Osborne.
Warden-Wiliam Bayles.
Conductor-Fred Tonkin.
outside guardian-Frank Smithem.
Inside guardian-Fred Martin.
Right supporter, noble grand-Wil-
liam Treganowan.
Left supporter, noble grand-EriclI
Dahl.
Right supporter vice grand-william
Doney.
Left supporter vice grand-wn-
liam Thomas.
Right scene upporter-Thomas JEFF
fiery.
Left scene unprecedented Har-
ris.
aplain-Henry Vivian.
Finance committee-John Spur,
Orchard Seighman and Chris II. Crib
BILE.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
INDOOR BASEBALL TONIGHT.
Red Jackets and Commercials Will
Meet This Evenino.

An interesting indoor baseball gam,
will take place this evening at IN,
Light Guard armory between tn.
Commercials and the Red Jackets, and
IL is expected that large crowd will
turn out only a few points separate
the teams i'm the percentage column OF
the Calumet Indoor ba. league and
each aggregation looks forward To vic
tory. The Red Jacket team has been
somewhat strengthened during the
past week.
on Saturday evening the North
Tamarack and Y. NJ. c. A. teams will
clash at the gymnasium. This prom
Uses to be battle royal. The Y. NJ. c.
a. team has had all the best of the
championship race so far. but some
OF the other aggregations are ap-
preaching a point where they can
compete with the association boys IN |
an even basis and il is expected that /
the contest Saturday evening will bo |
a very even one.
Indoor baseball is rapidly becoming
popular i'm Calumet and the attend
lnce is increasing with each game
The results so far have been encour-
lging and it is believed that the time
5 not far off when the game will re- h
sumo a place in the front rank of the
all and winter sports in Calumet. Tho |
eague is providing a good class If
'al, ana the teams are entitled to I
much better support than has been
ivcn them so far. In
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
WoMAN'S CLUB MEETING.

The weekly meeting of the Calumet
Woman's club will be held Friday aft
ernoon In the Y. NJ. G. A. auditorium.
The program will be purely musical
and in charge of Miss Bertha Ander-
son. Announcement is made that the
business session will not take place
until after the program is rendered.
ana 1T is hoped to have a large per-
centage of the members present as
important business is to come up for
consideration. The musical program
VIII commence at 2:SO o'clock mine
time.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
GOOD LECTURER COMING.

DIR. Edward Burton MacDowcll. tn,
newspaper correspondent, will lcctur,
i'm the Y. NJ. c. A. building on tho
evening of January p, on "The Pa
mama Canal" taking the place oI
Claude n. Bennett OF the information
bureau of Washington. ID. c.
The securing Of Or. MacDowell by
the lyceum bureau responsible for the
appearance here OF Mr. Bennett has
entailed considerable more expense
than the Bennett lecture, so that the
Calumet audience will not be disap-
pointed any with the change that has
been made.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
POLISH SOCIETY ELECTS.
Order is Looking Forward to a Yer,
Good Year.

Oood year.
At regular business meeting held
on January 10, the members of tho
st. George Polish Benevolent society
elected officers for the ensuing year
They are as follows:
President, William Holiewinski.
Vice president. Stanley Piehowiak.
Secretary, Michael Jagielski.
Treasurer. Anton Kowalski.
Trustees, John Klinowiecki, Joe Xix
os, and Walter Pichowiak.
Director of the sick Frank Gezonch-
zielewski.
Sick trustee for Red Jacket and Tam
arack, John Kazijaka.
Sick trustee for Raymbaultown. Geo.
Baranowski.
Sick trustee for Osceola, Peter Groh-
owsld.
Flag carrier, Stanisfa Dudzinski.
Sentinel Ignac Flenc.
The society has total of 76 mem
bers and is i'm good condition. The
cash on hand amounts to $1,11S.21.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
INDOOR GAME TONIGHT.

Arrangements have been made for an
indoor baseball game to take place be-
tween the Y. M. G. A. team of Calumet
and the Lake Linden firemen at the
Y. NJ. c. A. this evening. 1t is expect
ed that the contest will prove interest :
ing. 1t will start at $3.50 o'clock stan
dard time.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
ELkS' HOUSE COMMITTEE.

a meeting of the house committee
of the Elks will be held this evening
at O'Clock standard time at the Elk's
Temple. Matters of importance which
have been continued from the last
meeting will be considered.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-12
CARL w. COOK COMPANY.
Fine Stock Company Will Entertain
at the Theater.

at the Theater.
The Terre Haute, Ind, Tribune has
the following to say Of the Carl w.
Cook Stock company.
"The Carl w. Cook Stock company
inaugurated their fifth week at
Youngs garden last night with an
excellent production of "Jim the
Westerner" to the largest house of the
season. This company grows i'm pop
ularlty each night and dcservedly so.
for their offerings are always of a high
order and we'll deserving of the SPLEEN
did patronage which is being accorded
them by the theater- going public OF
this city"
The same company will open at
the Calumet theater on Monday, Jan.
18th, In Jim, the Westerner," with
high class vaudeville between acts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
DISTRICT NO. q.
TWO BANKS INA BIG DEAL CvssED OVER The PHONE
First State Merged Into Dawson Ma
tiOnal. Was City's Oldest Banking
House and Did Big Business.

The First State Bank was merged
into the Dawson National Bank on
Thursday, and discontinued bust
ness. 1t has ample resources to pro-
tect all of its liabilities, and will be
liquidated as rapidly as possible.
Depositors are being paid as fast as
they present themselves for their
money
The First State was Dawson's old
est banking institution, had a capital
stock of 1925, 900, and did business
this year amounting to- 100000. 1t
had for many years been closely
identified with the business interests
of this section, and contributed
largely to the material development
of both the city and country.
The Dawson National is widely
known as one Of the most COnserva-
tive and substantial banking houses
in southwest Georgia, and its aCqUi-
sition of the First State adds to its
already well-deserved prestige.