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B0YDs, MD.
Special Correspondence Of 1ne Star.

Shs~eA Correspondents O1 Ine SS3x.
BOfDS. Md, April 9, uan
Miss Louise Davis and W1uiaua
Brosius Of GAINESVILLE. MouAxvuerx
county, Md, were married Tuss-
day last at the homs Of the brides par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Davis, near
Comus The wedding was witnessed by
a few near friends and relatives Of the
family only, on account Of a recent death
in MIR. Brosius' family Rev. Father
George B. Harrington oficiated. The
bride and groom went to Washington and
Baltimore for their honeymoon They
will; upon their return. reside in Fred
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Griffith. nee Miss
Lillian Neel have returned from their
honeymoon trip, and are residing at Lay
louisville, where reception was rendered
fifth, the brides parents. They are to re-
side at Laytonsvtlle.
The recent cold weather. when the thor.
mometer went to freezing point for two
days. has not injured the fruit 80 far as
investigation made by the growers can
determine.
Conductor Richard C. Moore, who has
been running the Washington and Boyds
accommodation train for nearly twenty
years. has been assigned to the Balti.
more and Martinsburg accommodation
train. No. IL. leaving Baltimore each
morning at 1875. Conductor Moore has
been in the service OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Company for nearly thirty years.
The progress Of the Digges bill re-
Gently passed by the general assembly OF
Maryland was noted here and through
out this section of Montgomery county
by many democrats with interest. ana the
action Of Gov. Crothers vetoing this meas
ure meets with the hearty approval by
an overwhelming majority.
Mr.. James e. Williams q erecting at
Boyds for Mr. Charles e. King Q hand.
building is being built near the Depot
property, and win be ready for oeru-
pancy In ten days.
Andrew Small Of this place. who was in
Providence Hospital several weeks aGp
for an operation and who since returned
home, is slowly recovering. Mr.. Smell
was suffering from gangrene poiBonin9
of the foot and has been ILL.,
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the factories, in the sales department.
every where-the average interest Of the
individual in the business is greater than
formerly. The saving Of waste here, there
and everywhere is noticeable The en-
ployes throughout the organization are
wing with one another more and more
to improve their respective branches of
the business This means profit to the
stockholders means extra conrpensat ton
In various ways for the .employes-in
short, means cooperation that is real,
that is beneficial to one and ALL
William Lodge Of the Lodge & Ship
ley Machine and Tool Company Of Gin
c1nnat1, which has been operating under
the premium system for nine years,
says: This part of the work is de-
veloped through premium expert,
operating time required on a piece Of
work, at what he considers to be the
best time that could be made under
ordinary conditions. and then allowing
the workmen % per cent more than this
figured time. This always gives the
workman an opportunity Of making a
very fair profit. The average premium
is IS per cent over and above his week
~ wage. Since the premium system
has been inaueurated, the time of
operation has been reduced by the men
ever. never changed their time allow
ance. We have some premium jobs in
the factory where the men were former
ly allowed from three to four hours,
and they are doing this work now in
from twenty to thirty minutes. The
time allowance has remained the same.
The men seem to be perfectly satisfied
with the premium system in our shop.
At the present time can safely say
that fully 95 per cent of all the work
turned out Of our factory is produced
on premium hours. The men them
selves not only want 1T, but also the
foreman. The principal items that
make for success in this premium sys-
tenn are: First. be fair in making your
time allowances with the men; give
them a little more time than you know
1t really takes to do the job; and, Sec
ond, after you have made your time
allowances DO not change Them
'"The Ashcroft Manufacturing. Com
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SHARE IN PROFITS
Tendency in America Is to
Adopt New Wage System.
MAKES FOR BETTER WORK
Workmen More Contented and In
dustrial Peace Assured.
SERIOUS STUDY OF SUBJECT
Able Men Trying to Solve Prob
lens Arising From Growth
of Industries.
SERIOUS STUDY OF SUBJECT
~ WILLIAM i. CURTIS

III WILLIAM f. u k1iS.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
The tendency of thoughtful American
manufacturers and other large employ
GERS of labor is to stimulate the in
terests and loyalty OF their workmen
by admitting them TO a share i'm the
profits of their toll over and above
their fixed compensation. The Inter
national Harvester Company, the Unit
cd States Steel Corporation and other
great organizations which employ
many thousands of men have set the
example of profit-sharing with their
eempioyeS, and / am Informed by those
who arc familiar with the subject that
more shan fifty great corporations have
the benefit of their men, but to insure
their permanent employment and lessen
the dangers Of strikes.
The Great Northern Railway Com
pany has adopted the plan of selling
shares of its own stock to Its con-
ductors, engineers, firemen, .brakemen,
rnachinists, switohmen and other work,
men, on the tnstallment plan, and
carrying 1t for them until they can pay
for it out of their savings. Other COM
panies have adopted similar means to
is known as the premium system pre-
walls in many factories.
Merits of Different Plans.
There is difference of opinion
among men of experience as to the COM
paratiye advantages OF these methods,
and they are all condemned by the labor
union leaders as "insidious methods of
robbing workingmen of independence
of thought and independence Of action, -
and as brides to tempt them into
slavery Other violent expressions
have been used in the discussion of the
subject but every one must agree that
any means of increasing the rewards
~ labor and of promoting the identity
of mutual interests of the employers
and the employed should be encoura ged.
Robert Wuest, commissioner of the
National Metal Trades Association of
Cleveland, Ohio. is an earnest advocate
of the premium plan, and has given
the subject thorough study. As he is
perhaps the most familiar with the sub
iect of any one 1 asked him to explain
the advantages Of the different methods
OF rewarding earnest, Industrious and
ambitious workmen, so as to induce
them to do more than merely earn a
Lying:
10 be an industrial union" said Mr..
Wuest, in answer to my question, some
plan must be adopted whereby employees
may share beyond the extent of their
daily wage In the profits of the con-
Germs by which they are employed.
Proft-sharing and the premium plan sys-
tenn, so called have proved wonderful
incentives to ambition and better work
manship even when tried in the crudity
Of present-day effort; but the excellent
results SO far attained are only an
earnest Of what they may become when
further worked out and perfected. The
application of either of these systems
in itself will not prove panacea for
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AFTER THE FRAUDS
Some Cheats Are Intentional.
Others Are Not.
COLLECTION IN ROOM 20
Col. Haskell's Sleuths Ferreting Out
Short Weights and Measures.
The Results.

| A big collection of miscellaneous scales
weights and measures, ice tongs. mea,
hooks and milk bottles, pint cups, quart
cups and bushel baskets and the like is
piled up in room 23 at the District build
ing, showing the activities of the men in
the Office of Col. Haskell. superintendent
of weights and measures. Everything in
that collection has been seized from some
merchant. huckster or dealer Of some sort
because the public has been getting cheat
ed by its use. 1t is a big pile but is
merely the collection of about five
months work.
Col. Haskell does not arrest a dealer and
prosecute him in the Police Court every
time he finds measure giving short
weight. What lie doeSis to tell the man
that his scales or measures are short and
give him Il chance to right matters. In
case the dealer willfuily and persistently
sells his goods a short weight after be-
ing warned, he is bound to get into
court. 1t is an expensive thing to sell
sugar at fourteen ounces to the pound
right along, for the profit on a tremen-
dous lot of sugar at retail is necessary to
make up the twenty-f1ve-dOllar or fifty
dollar fine that will be IMPOSED
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Chooses a Peaceful Course.

for peace. To that end he must deter
mine the plan best suited for his par
ticular circumstances, the plan th&t is
both just and also nc muneSafive both to
his employee and to himself, and finally.
when the basis Of the plan has been once
arranged, never. must change It.. In
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We will save you money in buying
any style of Mattings

In the actual yard offer you prices low you
find any cash and in addition give
which other stores will make you pay
With every Mating order your aoors charge
only for the number of yards actually used them and
do the laying FREE We replace without any piece
does not give satisfactory service.
o a complete the
and IN
dnWa
a knowled from
In egoodsh S sIble to
elsewhere
owerpn even thee isl stores least amount of
Throughou entire o home
and ii
N regard o vau md prices We give 's""'S
pr goods OF from he Specials sane then
wy enacount
of that lam-C
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Fraud Upon Alley Dwsllers.

A recent case of a huckster who film
flammed the alley jewellers OF South
Washington 10 q characteristic bit Of EVIL
dence Of the way in which the District il
trying to protect the family pocketbook.
The hucksters was selling potatoes, will,
other things. at a very small price per
bushel. He had way of getting around
TO the house just before the husband
came home. He would say:
Heres some mighty. fine potatoes,
lady. I'll let YOU have them very cheap.
I'm fifteen miles away from home and l
want to close 'em out cheap Take two
bushels for a dollar
1t generally worked, but the 'bushel'
basket in which he measured them was
shaped like cone and held about half
bushel. The men In the service chased
him through the alleys for a week and
finally landed him. 1t cost him $50. and
Col: Haskell still has a bag of potatoes,
held as evidence, which the huckster can
have should he call at the District build
ing.
Ice tongs which INSCRIPTIONS ice men
weighed in with the ice they sold are
down IN room .. too Some OF them
weigh as much as five pounds, so Wash
initonians who have been buying several
hundred pounds of ice tongs in a season
may rejoice to know that the assistants
to Col. Haskell are getting on to these
chaps, wherever they exist However
there are very few of them, saws Col.
Haskell. The records of the office show
that ice dealers whose men have been
found weighing In the tongs and who
have been informed have shown live
interest In giving full weight afterward
Faulty Scales Found.
The kind Of scales and measures that
housekeepers buy In the cheaper stores
often gets storekeepers who buy them for
~ Ia t.
that a cook can use very successfully to
apportion out the ingredients Of a ginger
cake might be an ounce short. Some
cheap storekeepers buy these cheap scales
without the slightest intent to defraud,
but in reality are robbing their customers
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Chance to Buy Stocks.

1T also gives every employe most
favorable opportunity to buy its preferred
stock, whereby he may also participate
In the sharing Of the profits at the end
of the year. The International Harvester
Company has had similar plan in op-
GRAFTON for several years. ennbodying the
yearly payment of bonuses and an invit-
ing system or aiding employees who desire
to purchase the company's stock. Re-
gartling the successful working of this
plan, George w. Perkins Of ]. P. Morgan
& Co, one of the International company's
directors said recently:
SO far the company has every reason
to congratulate itself on the result. In
all parts OF the company's business, at
home and abroad, In the office force, in
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changing the agreed basis he would an
tagOnize his workmen, who would be-
lieve that he was simply working them.
Again. when planning a system, the en-
pfoyer must be careful to adopt an actual
working basis, basis that will cover
the straight work day as we'll as the
premium or extra work hours.
1.-The main difference between the pre-
MUM plan and other profit-sharing sys-
TENS is merely in the time of payment
of an addition to the daily wage. Work
ing under most proit-sharing systems,
the employe must wait one year before
he can participate, when he will get his
proportionate share of the profits as any
stakeholder does. Under the premium
system the workman gets on each pay
day an extra remuneration for his dill
gence and ingenuity. The principal ad-
vantage Of the premium-plan system lies
in the opportunity afforded to the work
man to share in the actual profits of
the concern that employs him as applied
to each individual job.
Variations in profit-sharing plans are
numerous, said Mr.. Wuest. THE United
States Steel Corporation has a bonus sys-
tenn which it has been applying for nine
years. 1t distributes once a year among
it's executive force percentage bonuses,
based upon the showing in increased
product. economy of time. material etc,
made by that body of men.
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Industrial ills, nor will they solve all
labor troubles; but, with thoughtful
adaptation Of the method best suited
to each Individual shop, the way will
be paved toward correcting many abuses.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-12-01
- The -
Scrap Book
a Knewlna Doc.

That mastiff Of mine would as lief
chew a man to pieces as not" said An
drew. adding. "Of course don't mean
anybody he knows"
Il got a fearful fierce dog. too said
Jake. who lived down on the other
road. Mine wouldn't hurt nobody he
knows. neither. Why, there was day
last summer when that dog tore out
toward the road so fast that me and
my wife couldn't stop him. and we see
me was headed for mite of child
that had strayed down the road from
the Dickinson place. The child was
too scared TO cry. The dog was just
about TO spring at the baby's throat
when he stopped short. kind Of puzzled
like. and went up and shifted of the
bahy All at once he gave loud bark
and wagged his tail and jumped
around joyous.
Me and my wife got there as quick
as we could and the baby's folks came
sunnin' down the road at the same
time, half scared to death. They turn
cd out TO be a couple who had boarded
with us two or three years before,
when we lived on the old place. They
was on their honeymoon then and got
acquainted with the dog. And the dog
had recognized that baby as belongin
% them, though he never seen 1t be
foreL~-Cleveland Leader.
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A Real Cut. Grab.

Eugene Blackboard. at one time fish
commissioner of New York. was stand
Ing In the door Of his office in Fulton
market one day when literary wo-
man came up to him and said; "Mr.
Biackford. am gathering material for
an article on crabs. Do you think
those little crustaceans have the fac
ulty Of reasoning?"
well. madam" replied Mr.. Black
ford al have never given the subject
much thought. but have known crabs
to do some remarkable things. Last
summer I was fishing for founders in
Jainaica bay. The water was shallow.
and could easily see the bottom. A
crab sided up to my bait. picked up
the hook with one claw. took off the
bait with the other. ate II and then
climbed mp the line hand over hand.
tzmbled into the boat and went nosing
around looking for the bait box. II
that ISN'T reason. 1t certainly Is very
high degree Of instinct"
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erioht Bow.

A certain business man of Rochester
is OF the opinion that he has an exceed
ingly bright Office boy. and nothing
pleases him better than to tell how he
acquired the youngsters services. A
notice had been posted in the mans
shop window which read as follows:
"Boy wanted about fourteen years"
A lad of that age. with little that was
prepossesslng In his appearance. came
into the office and stated that he had
read the notice.
so you think you would like to have
the position:" asked the merchant
patronizingly ms he gazed at the lad
over the rims OF his spectacIes.
Eyes, sir was the reply: 81 want the
job. but / don't know that can prom
Use to keep 1t for the full fourteen
years"
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Mary was buxom country lass. and
her father was an upright deacon In a
Connecticut village. Mary's plan of
joining the boys and girls in nutting
party was frustrated by the unexpect-
ed arrival of number of the "breth-
rem on their way to conference. and
Mary had to stay at home and get din
ner for her fathers clerical guests.
Her already ruftied temper was in
creased by the reverend visitors them
selves. who sat about the stove and In
the way.
One Of the good ministers noticed the
,wrathful impotence and. desiring to
uebuke the sinful manifestations, said
sternly, MARY. what do you think will
be your occupation in help
Pretty much the same as 1t is OF
earth" she replied. cooking for min
isters.r
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o.ttlna AL Autonranh.


Kills Parker Butler was clerk in a
Muscatine spice mill when Bill Nye
came across his horizon. The night
Mr.. Nye showed at that town Butler
occupied a seat In the first gallery
from the roof. The sad eyed humorist
pleased him so that he decided to write
for an autograph. He wanted it for
the front page of his stamp album. A
carefully worded epistle brought no re-
ply. whereupon the industrious youth
wrote another and another. No an
swerz Undaunted. he got line on
the route of his celebrity and devel-
oped an inspiration somewhat as fol-
lows:
Edgar Wilson Nye. Esq. Planters Hotel.
St Louis. Mo-:
Dear Mr. Nye-I have been writing to
you rather persistently. The reason is
that have discovered q new corn cure.
4 want to name II after you and use
your picture on the box ! know that
yeu are a busy man. II / do not hear
from you soon will consider that you
have given your consent. Very respect
fully yours. ELLIS p. BUTLER
by return mail came:
q. r. Butler, Muscatine. Ia:
6ir-Don't you dare to put my picture
On any corn salve box! most GER
tainiy do not give my consent to have
the stun named after me. / am common
w considered q good natured man. but
have a caret You'll know the reason Il
you doR't EDGAR WILSON NYE.
Judge
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Department of the interior, U. s.
Land office at Lewiston, Idaho,
November 81, 1910.
Notice Is hereby given that Mich
cal Reynolds, of White Bird, Idaho,
who, on June 20. 1901 made Home
stead Entry. No. 0259Sayfor sen
SwA, ShSEA, Sec. 4..and NWh.
NEA, Section 9,hTownship sgs North,
Range / East, Boise meridian, has
filed notice Of ifSgnfioH to- make
Final communication Proof, To- estab'
lish claim to the land ab9ye describ'
ed, before M. M. MooEe, W s, Com
missioner. at Whites-; Birdsar Idaho
on the 18th day OF january, 1911
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Notice of Proof of Application o
Water to Beneficial Use.

Water to Beneficial Use.
Notice is hereby given that at l
D. m. on the goth day of December,
1910. at White Bird, County of Idaho,
State of Idaho, before M. NJ. Moore,
N. p, proof will be submitted of
the application to beneficial use of
one cubic foot per second of the wat
ers. of China creek, in accordance
with the terms and conditions of
Permit No. 2420, heretofore issued by
the State Engineer of the State of
Idaho.
/. The name and postoffice adj
dress of the person holding said per-
nit are George H. Reid, White Bird,
Idaho.
2. The use to which said water
has been applied is irrigation and
domestic use.
8. The amount applied to benefic-
ial use Is one cubic foot per second.
4. The place where said water is
used is unsurveyed land at mouth
of China creek at its confluence with
Snake river. on east side of river,
about Y mile above Pittsburg Bar
which is section 80. TIP. 27 NJ, R,
/ W., B. NJ.
5. The right to take the water
from such works Is based upon Per
NIT No. 2420.
s. The source of supply from which
such water is diverted Is China creek
Z. The date of priority which said
user is prepared to establish is Dec
25,1906.
d. G. MARTIN.
dl-22 State Engineer
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The Explorers.

Several members of boat club at
Frankfort-on-the-Ma Main recently re-
solved to row to Mayence by night 1t
was just IL o'clock when they seated
themselves in their boat. grasped their
oars and babe their friends on shore
farewell. They pulled vigorously all
night, greatly enjoying the healthful
exercise. the gloom and quiet and the
weird beauty of the river. Their own
chagrin and the wild delight of their
friends may be imagined when they
found at sunrise they had forgotten to
weigh anchor and were still fast TO the
float from which they embarked. They
are now known TO all Frankfort as
-"the explorers"
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NOTICE FOR Pu5LlCATloN-iso
LATED TRACT.
plIRl IC LAND SALE

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho,
November 10, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that, as
directed by the Commissioner of
the General Land Office, under the
provisions of the Act of Congress
approved June 81, 1906, ga Stats,
517, we will offer at public sale
10 the highest bidder, at 10 o'clock
a. M, on the 18th day of January,
Lext, at this office, the following
tract of land: So SWA, Section
8, Township % North Range 1 West,
Boise Meridian. (Serial 02561).
Any persons claiming adversely
the above described lands are adj
vised to file their claims or objec-
lions on or before the time desig-
mated for sale.
T. II. BARTLETT, Register.
d1-29 B. C. BARBoR, Receiver
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A Hurricane.

1.-THE terrors of the Deep" remarked
the captain of a transatlantic liner.
"were perhaps never more thrillingiy
set forth than in the description by
young lady who last year made her
first trip abroad She kept a diary.
very much like that Of Mark Twain,
when for seven days he recorded the
fact that he got up. washed and went
to breakfast
There was. however. one important
exception. When she crossed the
channel the experience was so trying
that she felt impelled to describe it.
4 am firmly resolved to stay on deck
she wrote. although the tempest in
creased to such frightful hurricane
that 1t was only with the greatest diff
ficulty that could hold up my para
SOL "-Brooklyn Life.