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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
THROUGH PLYMOUTH
ON WALK To COAST
Latta Aged 10, of New York,
Travels Afoot to This City in u
Days-Trying to Reach San Francisco
on Wager of $1,000.

Making from New York City
to San francisco on a wager of
-s710OO, a young Greek. VIM. Lat
Ia, aged 10 years, passed through
plymouth about 6 o'clock Friday
evening. following the Pennsyl-
wanna railroad. Latta started from
New York on March 2fth, OF this
year, and covered the entire dis
lance on foot in twenty-five days,
or sever days ahead OF his sche-
drtle According to the terms of
the bet, Latta has 100 days to
complete the transcontinental
Journey on foot. Latta when in
tervfewed by a representative OF
this paper. showed book on
which he secured a stamp OF each
station agent along the railroad.
on which he was walking. \ care
full inspection OF the book shows
a continuous series Of stations
along the. Pennsy. road, begin
ming at New York City on March
24th. Latta also bears letter
from the knickerbocker club OF
New York. introducing Latta and
stating the provisions OF the bet,
under which Latta is competing.
Was Means of Aid.
The wager that L.atta could not
do the walk in $50 days. was Tor
the purpose OF aiding I.atta, and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

on the road. They stand close to
one another in distress. sickness
and death and while there is a
strong rivalry among them in a
business way they always touch
elbows when 1T comes. to any
thing that is to the interest oil
their employers and themselves
They are generous and accom-
modating. friendly. and willing
to help the fellow who is down
and out in every possible way.
| have talked with many oil
the travelling men, and with the
exception of the men who sell
such goods as would be found
in a hotel bar-room | have not
had one say he favored the bill
that will be proposed by the Ho-
tel Keepers association. In fact
the travelling salenan OF today
is rot the liquor drinking, gam
bling. vile story telling drum
mer of years ago.
y very large proportion of the
Indiana travelling men do NOT
use liquor in any form, and they
do not spend their time when
not at work in the bar-room at
tached to the hotel where they
may be staying, and do not care
whether the bar-room exists or
not. Another large per cent OF
them are strongly opposed to
the saloon in any form. They
realize that even the hotel man
who is DESTROYS OF having a
bar in connection with his hotel
will not employ bartender who
is addicted to liquor. and if the
hotel porter gets drunk he Is
kicked out Of his job. The bust
ness men who put the splendid
army OF travelling men on the
road to sell their goods in Ind
lana soon get rid OF the man
who spends his time in saloons
or about places OF kindred evils.
So. as matter OF self-protection
if for no other reason. many trav
cling men have declared that
they will not aid the Hotel Keep
ers association in its fight to
have saloons in connection with
their hotels. They realize that
the only reason the hotel men
are after such law Is from sell
fish personal interests.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

his family. Latta is the oldest OF
a large family OF children in New
York. The family is destitute 1t
is said. Latta had been practising
pediStarianism. and in some man
ner the knickerbOcker Club
learned OF his case This club to-
gether with the New York Her
aid posted wager OF $1,000
against the same amount, put up
by a private individual, that Lat
ia could make the trip between
New York and San Francisco in
$50 days, to be proved by the
stamps placed by station agents.
Latta Is now on his journey to
win the money for his family.
When in Plymouth last evening
L.atta stated that he had been
averaging from 40 to 60 miles per
day. The greatest number oil
miles ever travelled in one day
from sunrise to dark, was IS
miles. He carried no luggage
whatsoever and obtains food from
contributions along his route. He
SAYS that he has never been with
out sufficient means. 50 far on his
Journey. When he reached Ply
mouth I.atta seemed tired. but
seemed confident OF completing
the Journey. He intended to reach
Hamlet Friday evening before
stopping for the night.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

+ Scott went to Laporte Mon
day to spend few days on bust
ness.
\ Hamiltonion driving horse
coming four year old, for sale at
a bargain. AIyer Franklin, the
Junk dealer. 21w2t
Mrs. Isaac Thompson OF Gull
yer changed cars here on her way
home from LapOrte where she
had been visiting with relatives.
Mrs. S. F. Cline of Bourbon,
pent Friday with friends in
Plymouth, enroute to Argos,
where she will spend few days.
Mrs. w. +. Ormond of this city
and her mother, Mrs. ID. +. Scott
OF Lafayette. went to Fl. Wayne
Friday morning for = visit OF a
few days
Mrs. Louis Bose OF Argos
spent the day here enroute to
South Bend, where she will be
the guest OF friends for a few
DAYS.
Jerome Nlegan and Miss Mar
garet HolycrosS OF South Bend
attended the funeral OF their
grandmother. Mrs. James Megar
Friday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Wyland and
son of Grovertown returned
home after a visit OF few day.
with relatives at Walnut and
nI,-,,n,+1,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

OF few hundred miles of country
roads will fill the bill better than
any other contraption yet con-
trived by God, man or devil.
There is an old Roman saving
to the effect that a peoples civ
ilization may be measured by the
quality of their roads. The Ro-
mans built excellent highways.
1t has always been human nature
TO court judgment on our good
qualities. Michigan boasts finer
homes, better barns and more ar
tisticly laid out farms and finer
grade of stock and more farm
wealth than northern Indiana.
The journeys start was made
by way of Monterey, Culver, Ply
mouth and South Bend. AT South
Bend we struck east on the old
Chicago road through Elkhart
then bearing north across the
Michigan line and on east
through White Pigeon, Sturgis,
Coldwater and to Quincy.
In Indiana the roads are laid
off regularly. On inquiring the
direction to a nearby town, one
is told. for instance to go to the
second four corners, then turn
east or west three miles. then
north to the next corner, etc Ar
| irving at four corners in lndi-
ana. any of the four divergIps
roads may be the main thorough
fare and it is easy to confuse the
lircci ions to ones des nation
II Michigan, on the other hand
| one may follow tn, OIL Chicago
'paG for miles ami miles as il
winG, a,ong like oil Washington
-,:c": j.. Boston, making every
point of the compass, but in the
end safely leading to The proper
destination.
Or again, one may follow the
old Michigan road. as we di.! up
on our return, and pass through
large cities and hamlets and ira
verse townships and counties
with never an inquiry for direc-
tons. The main roads are plainly
established and other roads are
more like by-patfs.
The old Chicago road is in the
same bad condition today that il
was in the 40's, when inspired by
the reports of gold in the west
caravans of covered wagons made
a never-ending procession west
ward and wore the whole 100 feet
OF the roadway into deep furrow;
# grinding sand. Even the we'll
worn foot paths, a feature oil
thickly settled communities and
the grass along the road side are
married and cut up by teamsters
who hunt in vain for solid place
upon which to drive. Frequent
efforts have been made to i'm
prove this important highway
burt the farmers along the way
have always defeated the effort
be it said to their shame.
1t may be said, perhaps, that
the people of Michigan are more
highly educated than their
Hoosier relatives-they can trace
their ancestral lineage to the
noted families of the nations ear
ly days. The Michigan people
possess more wealth, and culture
about their homes, enjoy more
comforts and Injuries than their
neighbors in Indiana, but for the
Indiana people it must be said
they are more cordial. more SYM
pathetic. more neiglIborly, more
generous and publicspirfted, and
more ready to invest from their
lesser ewalt.l for roads, schools.
churches and other public bull l.
ings and Improvements.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Annexation Case in Court.

The question OF East Chicago
right to annex the cities of HaT
mond and Whiting is now in
court. the remonstranceS of each
city having been filed in the cir
cult court ait Crown Point Mon
day. The case will 60 to trial in
the regular order of business in
the court.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Camp Appointed.

The controller of the currency
OF Washington made formal an
nouncement Of the appointment
of Charles w. Camp of Garrett
as a national bank examiner to
succeed w. d. Frazer of Warsaw.
Camp was notified few days ago
that he would get the place.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Many to Canada.

According to government fig
ures Just made public, 142 heads
of families went to Canada from
Indiana last year. They repre-
scented about 700 persons and
took with them from 81 900 to
Sd. 900 each.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Expected Aid Will Fail.

Already a number OF travelling
men have been approached with
the suggestion that they lend
their aid to the hotel keepers
plans, but the promoters OF the
proposed liquor Legislation are
not receiving much encourage
meDt from the boys on the road
w H. Blodgett, travelling staff
correspondent of the Indianapolis
News. says.
meet a very large number OF
travelling men every day; see
them about the hotels, on the
trains, and on the interurbans.
More alert and active business
men are not to be found in Ind
ma than the men who sell goods
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
$50 Men Wanted.

Two hundred and fifty men
can find steady employment in
Michigan City factories right
now.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
SEEK TO CHANGE
{ LIQUOR LAW
WILL ENDEAVOR TO GET
BARS BACK INTO HOS
: TELRIES.
Declares that Hoped for Aid
from Commercial Travellers
i'll not Be Given.

Iotel Keepers Associa-
ndiana intends taking an
trt In state politics for
psc OF bringing back the
S to the hotels Members
ssoclation say, however,
do not expect their
as they are called when
ito hotel, to be conduct
any-places before the
ptlon law was passed.
hotel men will. it is as
TX the travelling men of
&C, to assist them in get
a law passed that will meet
wishes OF the hotel men.
697 Hotels in Indiana.
are in Indiana 697 hotels
pus kinds, grades and
at one time a verv large
OF these hotels had bars
tction. In many places the
ave been ordered out, either
operation of the option law
or by the rernonstrance law. In
other instances the bars have
been put under such strict reg
ulation by the local police that
the owners OF them say they can
make any money.
The Hotel Keepers Associa-
ton will have a bill before the
next general assembly that it
hopes to have passed. The bill.
as roughly prepared, creates a
license board that will take the
power of granting liquor licenses
out OF the hands OF the county
commissioners 1t is proposed to
have chief excise commissioner
TO be appointed by the governor
The governor and chief excise
commissioner are to appoint
eight other commissioners. AMI
these ten commissioners are to
select two commissioners from
four different districts into which
the state is to- be divided. The
license fee is to be 81 900 year
and only one license is to be
granted for every 1000 popula-
ton.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30

Every additional development in the senatorial scandal of Illinois. strength ems public sentiment in favor of elect ing United States senators by popular vote: Not even the primary law of Illinois, which has been represented as perfect, was sufficient to prevent Lori mer from purchasing his seat Until the necessary two-thirds of all the states shall have declared-in favor of the proposed amendment to the con- stitution of the United States, it will be impossible to elect senators by popular vote. But so many states have already declared for the amend : ment that its adoption appears to be certainty of the near future. Mean while, it will be found-it has been demonstrated already-that it is pos sible for the people to control prac- tically the choice of United States senators by making nominations for the senate in state conventions.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30
GYPSY FORTUNE TELLING.

The fortune telling the Gipsies, or | "dukkering," as they themselves call it, is a wonderful thing, and a power undeniably supernormal which reads past, present and future, yer wish an all ye want to know" But, though the Romany's gifts are marvellous. they cannot strictly be said to be related to psychical phenomena. Yet they are as interesting, being delightfully."- hu- man, and as mysterious and baffling as East Indian jugglery.
 The Romany's usual method of di- vining the future is by the palm, though it is sometimes by cards, some | times by dropping coins into clear wa ter and again by certain charms, varied by trifling sleight-of-hand per formances. In the Gipsy's palmistry there is no book learning and little science" although she professes to attach some importance to the lines of the heart and life. For the lines and mounts Gipsies have their own expla- nations, which sometimes happen to coincide with those of the ordinary gorgio palmist, but which for the most part are not to be found in any writ ten book.
 It is almost entirely upon face reading and a cultivated, keen. ready perception of general characteristics that the Gipsy depends. Nothing es- capes her quick eye and brain. The bearing of a stranger, the dress, speech. and manner, the expression and type Of feature and a thousand details which would be overlooked as unim- rta frif hx- the Romany. She refuses to "dukker" before more than one person at a time, possibly on the plea that she belongs to a secret order" which forbids it, or that a fortune told in such manner would not come true. These state ments, though deliciously appetizing. are lacking in truth, for the fact is only that she needs the undivided at tention of the one who cOnsults her in order to get the best results of con- centration 0f mind. In justice to the Gipsy, it should be taken into consid eration that the atmosphere of skepti- cism which is apt to surround a gay party of curiosity seekers is not con- ducive to success in the exercise of any profession.
 The Romany fortune teller is an adept in the art of flattery, for there are few exceptions to the. rule that nothing is so interesting to the rule as ones self. The Gipsy Knows how to draw out unconscious admissions or confessions by her oft-repeated, Do ye on'erstan' me?" and Can ye look me in the eyes an say it is not the truth I'm a-tellin' ye?' She forces the acknowledgment of truths at which she has already shrewdly guessed, and such admissions are 3he stepping stones by which the knowledge grows from more to more" She can, for in stance, recognize at a glance the tok- ems of sadness to which the casual observer is blind, and whether the un- mistakable stamp is from sorrow by visitation of death or the result of bit ter earthly disappointment. the odds are that the Gipsy will make the sit ter tell her without being aware of having done so.
 As a rule, as have said, she fiat
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30
The Arizona Road Runner.

Eastern readers are likely to be puzzled by the dispatch from Douglas, printed in yesterdays Republican, de- scriptfye of the initial failure of an aeroplsne from which great things are expected down Douglas way. It was stated that "the aeroplane ran over the ground like a yellow road runner, but refused to fly" Outside of Ari- What is a road runner?"
 The road runner is one of Arizona's s distinctive pathological institutions. It is a long-Iegged, long billed bird, slender of build, and standing some ten inches high. It is not often seen in. the farming districts, but is a fla miliar sight on the desert. It has gained the name of road runner" from it's habit of taking the road in front of travellers. be they on horse back or wheeled conveyance, and. run ming swiftly or slowly as occasion re- QbtitS. Oll tlS spirit and running qualities. It is not uncommon for it to keep in com pany of the traveller for several hun dred yards. No resident of Arizona would kill a road runner" It is firmly believed that the bird is the deadly enemy of that monster of the desert, the rattIesnake. We don't know whether any of our readers ever saw a road runner" kill a rattle snake; if there is an authentic story of such a thing we would be glad to publish it. But the accepted tradition is that the road runner" and the rat tlesnake are deadly enemies, and that the rattlesnake fears the road run ner" beyond anything else. It is told that the bird drives the snake into a
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30

The sensible manner in which the republicans of Ohio ''got together" in support of a platform and ticket dis poses of all the murky predictions of disaster in the presidents state.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30
PHOENIx. ARIZONA. JULY 30. 1910.
Boys and Prisons,

Governor Hadley of Missouri is try ing to secure for his state some really progressive legislation-laws for the protection of boys from the contami- nation of the penitentiary Missouri now makes no discrimination between the man of mature years and the boy, in the infliction of punishment for violation of the criminal laws. Boys are sent to the penitentiary. where they associate with hardened crimi- nals. The polluting influences of such associations are so generally recog- nized that most states have long since taken steps to provide separate insti- tutions for boys. where reformation rather than punishment is the chief aim.
 The conditions which Governor Had ley is bringing to the attention of the people of Missouri are sufficiently startling to shock even that conserva- tive commonwealth. In the state prison at Jefferson City, it has been found, are 435 boys between the ages of Is and 20. The crimes" for which many of them are undergoing a soul destroying punishment indicate that not only is a reformatory needed in that state, but a better supply of common sense on the bench, as well A reporter for the Kansas City Star has been Investigating some of the cases of these boy criminals" in the is mentioned No. 11,634":
 No 11,634, aged 17-about ready to go to high school, had he been your boy-wanted to go fishing. It was knee deep in June, and it was said that the perch were biting vehemently down around the bend. But No. ,634 had no fishing tackle. So down in Randolph county. No. 1l.634 broke into a pump house, and, as he ex- pected, found the necessaries of a day in June. No. 11,634 said the tackle was worth fifty cents, but the court said it was worth two years, and the court had its way, for No. 11,634 is one of the 435."
 Two other young boys are serving two-year terms for breaking into a box car and stealing some watermel- Ons Another, an ignorant Italian boy of 17 years, did not know it was a criminal offense to carry a pistol con- cealed about his person, and he is serving a term of two years. And so on through the list. As was to have been expected, the investigation of the antecedents of this army of boys immured in the Missouri prison shows that most of them grew up without proper home influences. They are be- ing punished for crimes committed by their parents.
 Good luck to Governor Hadley. Let us hope that he will succeed in placing Missouri in the list of progressive states. When a boy is sent to the penitentiary it is safe to say that he is receiving a punishment that does not fit his case.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30

Dr. Crippen, the murderOus dentist of Los Angeles, has led the police of England and France a puzzling chase, and his name has been prominent for weeks in the worlds news, but the end of his career seems to be at hand. While the extradition treaties between the United States and Great Britain provide that each nation may decline to surrender its own citizens to the other, the uniform practice is to make no bubbles and to deliver the fugitive, regardless of his nation ality. The procedure in England's s criminal courts is swift and certain, and there is every probability that Crippen will soon swing from a Lon don gallows for the murder of his wife.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30
MATERIALS FOR PORTIERES.

room which is the pride of professional decorator is done in brown monks cloth. The inner cur tain of the long window is of ecru net and the side hangings and the rufue at the top are made of the monks cloth, as are also the couch cover, screen, table runner, pOrtieres and sofa pillows All these articles are stenciled with d design in pea cock feathers. Monks cloth is 50 inches wide and costs 65 cents a yard. Other excellent materials for portieres are Druid's cloth, 65 cents yard, 50 inches wide and particu- larly adapted for stenciling; Russian crash, 50 inches wide at $1 yard, and camp cloth, also 30 inches wide, which sells for 50 cents a yard.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30

coil, and then darting around the ser pent like lightning. pecks it to death Whatever truth there may be in the plishments as a disciple of St. Pat rick. it deserves the friendly protec- is always a diversion for the lonesome desert traveller.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30
4 HELPING HAND.

Willie (to friend who has slipped in)- SaT. Tommie. while you're down dere see if yous kin find de hook I lost
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30

Three daily papers in Phoenix are now competing for the leadership of the local democracy. It is to be feared that our democratic friends will soon be inclined to complain of a surfeit of journalistic support.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30

The Republican was the first paper to suggest the appointment of Gov ernor Hughes to be chief justice of the United States supreme court, but we shall be generous enough to give all the credit to President Taft for making such a splendid choice.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30

ters with grave promises of fair fu- ture. but if displeased she may so threaten with the vigorous, compelling. dramatic art of which she is complete mistress that the horrors conjured from imagination stand out before the doomed" nearer with the real effect of curse.-August Century.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30

Siam has forty-seven rice mills, exporting 100000 tons of milled rice a year. Only s2,53S worth of American rice milling machinery was sold there last year, though Ameri- can engineers built the first of the mills. Rice production is the chief resource of Siam
Arizona republican., 1910-07-30
FOR A LONG vlsIT-Mrs. F S.

Mccall and son James left Tuesday evening for an extended trip expect ing to visit points in New Mexico. Ok lahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Colo rado They plan to stay in the east until the snow flies. They are taking along some Salt river valley litera- ture and having been residents of the Salt river valley for several years know how to boost.