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general in an official opinion had de- clared the bond of the old contrac- tors perfectly good and that under it they could have been forced to tear ou, and replace all defective work, and finish the capitol at the contract price.
 Had it not been for the fact that Donaghey was disappointed bidder for the State Capitol our Capitol would have been finished long before this" he asserted.
 Donaghey's Fight Costs State $31s,ooo
 The people of the state are going to have to pay more than $31S.O0O for the rather doubtful privilege of seeing a difficulty settled betweel rival con- tractors"
 Comparing the old contract under which the capitol was being built and the new one just let by the admin istration, Kavanaugh pointed out that the old contract represented a saving of more than s31S,0OO. to the taxpay- CTS of the state, besides the labor of 100 Sonvicts Of this amount. ST. GOO, he said, represented the tearing out pf work declared officially good and declared officially bad, according to who prompted the investigation.
 
 The sincerity of Governor Donaghey to say the least. was attacked by Kavainaugh in presenting to his hear CTS statements concerning the marble contract for the capitol, which, thanks to 2 simple-appearing clause in the new appropriation bill can be let to only one marble quarry in the coun. try, and that the quarry with which Jos. stephen Sewell is connected, said the speaker He explained that Se- well is the construction expert hired by Donsghey personally, wno con damned the work now being torn out of the capitol which will cost the tax payers $175,oOO.
 Now it develops said the speak CT. that this act of the legislature that calls for a $100O00 appropria- ticn for 'fwhiie' marble magnolia, is supposed to have been drawn by a close lawyer friend of Governor Dona- ghey is supposed 10 have dictacted the specifications I call your atten- ! ton to the fact that if does not say any marble but white marble. Had it reeited any marble then it would have been possible to have obtained competitive bids But it develops there is only one quarry. the Alabama Marble Ccmpany's quarry. at Gannts quarry Alabama from which white marble can be gotten in quantities at present I am informed through a letter now in my possession that the new contractors will let the marble contract to this company, with which " we'll IS connected.
 5atesvilIe Stone Abandoned.
 lt was the intention of the legsla- ture which passed the original Capitol bill to use, as far as possible, the ma terials fer the building from the pro duets of Arkanses. It was provided in the first contract, that Batesville stone be used But no sooner had Governor Donagbey by his political triumph, gained control of the situa- ton than we find him abandoning his state pride and forsalSing the resour- ces of Arkansas and substituting for Ratesyille stone, universally pro. nounced the finest building stone in
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ROCK ISLAND TIME CARD.

(Enectiye January 9, 1910) All trains arrive and depart from Renton street station, opposite the pcstofice.
 Trains Depart. 6:2O a. m. except Sunday, Malvern local
 7s5 a. m. daily, Little Rcck and Oklahoma express. 1:S0 D. m New York and Chicago Limited. connects at Memphis for all points
 5:so p. m. except Sunday, Malvern local
 7s25 D. m daily. Little Rock. Mem rhis and Oklahoma.
 Trains Arrive. 9:5O a. m. daily from Memphis. Lit tie Rock and Oklsanma. 10:05 a. m. except Sunday from Mniyorn
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the country. stone quarried in the state of Indiana.
 The States Finances.
 Regarding the states finances the speaker said:
 q charge that Gov Donaghey has permitted that state's finances to be come exhausted when by exercising reasonable foresight and care he could have avoided the unfortunate situation which now confronts him and the state.
 The convict Question.
 The speaker. having thoroughly equipped himself, as he explained, by communicating with the authorities of every state and with the Federal gov ernment authorities gave as his plan for handling the convict question, that the negro convicts should be worked upon one farm and the whites upon another and that the profits ac- cruing from the convict labor should be applied to the improvement of the public highways. He advocated the placing of the negroes upon the pre- sent county farm and the leasing or purchase of another farm on high gp9und for the white coivicts. He re- earded the convict question from an economical viewpoint as no question involving cruelty O. Ill treatment is before the public.
 Kavanaueh's Platform.
 The speaker announced that he ad- vooated the following measures
 A specific tax for the support of the state charitable institutions.
 State aid for country hieh schools. Fair and just freight and passenger rates
 Annual hunters licenses for non residents.
 Fair aid just legislation for protec- ton of life and health of upo,.
 Just laws for the protection of pro perty
 State aid fer public highways.
 Profits from convict labor to be ex- pended upon public roads.
 Taking of convict labor out of com petition with free labor.
 Appropria ions for agricultural schools.
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| ton but declared that if a statewide prohibition bill were adopted by the General Assembly, he, a. governor, would sign it.
 Not Personal Fight.
 'T realize that you are not inter- ested in gratifying my personal ann bition or in gratifying the personal enemies of Governor Donaghey; that l mu { show you thai Governor Dona- ghey lived up to his party pledges and , and tn must also show you that I am meritorious," said the speaker.
 q grant that had Governor Dona- ghey lived up to hs party pledges and hown judgment and foresight in nan ! aging the states finances and affairs he might then insist upon a seconl i term
 T not only charge but shall prove to you tha Gov. Donaghey has not made good his pledges. He has per mltted the finances of the state to get into such shape that if the obliga lions of the state were paid we would be upcn a script basis. He has failed to provide for the unfortunate wards of the state the insane, the deaf and the blind. He has increased your taxes. He has misgoyerned instead of f governed"
 President For Second Term opposi-
 tion.
 The speaker said it was not un- precedented in Arkansas for a gover. nor to have opposition for a second term. Simply because Governor 0cnsghey is your governor does not entitle nim to sueceed himself" he said
 The following direct charges were made hy Kavanaugh against his op. ponent.
 My Fellow Democrats. say 10 you that Gov Donaghey was elected in a spirit of mad passion, malace and pre- ludice He was elected through de- oepti7n and misrepresentation to both the prohibitionist and whiskey interests and by lavish use of money Such a victory will last only until Its details are exposed to the voters.
 Capitol Record Attacked. ~ 1 Governor Donagheys whole connec. ton with the state capitol matter was scathingiy attacked by Kananaugn
 Although Candidate Kavanaugh said the state capitol would be com pleted if Donagheys promises were carried out before Donagheys pres ! ent term expired he made it clear that it would be his purpose. if elect cd to finish all incomplete portionh portions of he building just as soon as possible.
 Then he launched into an avalancHe of statements and figures calculated to throw light fer the taxpayers up- on the state capitol muddle.
 As a mstter nf fact the work thus far accomplished by Governor Dona- ghey is mostly in the newspapers. s said the speaker He asserted that s175,000 had been appropriated m tead out and replace work that had been officially declared good and of- fcially declared bad. depending, he said, upon who inspected the work and was in control He said the work had not yet progressed 10 the point of replacing the work torn out. He l said that Donaghey had caused this money to be spent after the attorney
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PILES CURED IN 6 TO IA DAYS.

PAzO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of itching. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in to 14 days or money refunded. soc.
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ton but declared that if statewide prohibition bill were adopted by the General Assembly, he, a. governor,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-02-24
STATE WINS CASES
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
FILES DECISIONS IN GROSS
EARNINGS CASES.
JUSTICE HARLAN READS DECISION
100000 To Be Paid Into State Treas.
ury-Great Northern and Great
Western Are Railroads Which
Must Settle Deficit.

Washington, D. G. - The state of
Minnesota won a complete victory
over the Great Northern and Great
Western Railway companies when the
supreme court of the United States af-
firmed the decision of the state court
holding that the railroads were liable
to a per cent gross earnings tax.
AS a result of decisions by the
United States supreme court in the
per cent gross earnings tax cases,
the treasury of the state of Minnesota
will be Immediately enriched 100000
and approximately 100000 will be
added to the states income each year.
Judgments for more than 100000 in
back taxes will be Immediately enter
ed against the Great Northern and
Great Western railroads. The judg-
ments are the largest ever obtained by
the state.
The decision was announced by JUS
tice Harmon, who discussed the ques-
lions at issue very briefly. He
sketched the creation of the Western
Pacific road, which subsequently be-
came a part of the Great Northern
system, the legislatation under which
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the road was taxed and the claim of
the Great Northern that this legisla-
ton constituted a contract with the
state, under which the rate of taxa
ton could not be increased as pro-
vided in the per cent law
The Great Northern and Great Yves
tern tax cases arose out of the 4 per
cent gross earnings law of 1903. Prior
to the passage of that law all Mime
sofa railroads had paid 3 per cent of
their gross earnings in the state, as
taxes, and in lieu of all other taxes
and assessments. The Great Western
on it's main line from st. Paul to the
Iowa line had paid only 2 per cent,
claiming that it's territorial charter
exempted it from paying a higher rate
on that line.
This and a similar Great Northern
charter were used as arguments
against the per cent bill, which was
fathered session after session by J. F,
Jacobson, and finally passed by the
Legislature in 1901. But the constitu.
ton required that it be ratified by a
majority of all the votes at the next
election. In 1902 it failed of that ma.
jority, but the 1893 legislature passed
it again, and in the 1904 election ii
was ratified, taking effect on the 1906
taxes.
When these taxes became due in the
spring of 1906, the Great Northern
Railway company paid the per cent
on the line covered by the old Mime.
sofa & Pacific charter of 1857, and
refused to pay the balance, which was
$12O,737.38. The old charter was
claimed to be an irrevocable contract
binding the state.
A similar position was taken by the
Great Western. The Minnesota &
Northwestern charter of 1856 had linn
tied taxes on that line to per cent,
and the modern company claimed the
rights of successor. 1t refused to
pay the additional $24,979.62 claimed
by the state for 1905.
The state brought suit against both
companies for the balance due and the
legal penalties. The district court of
Ramsey county decided for the de-
Tense, but the state supreme corut,
Justice Calvin l.. Brown, writing the
opinion, reversed the decision. The
supreme court held that the com
panies did not have any contract right
to the lower tax rate, but that the
state had the right to levy any rea-
sonable rate of tax on their systems.
From this the defendants went to the
United States supreme court on a
writ of error.
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given me, and I am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. w. S. Ford
2207 w. Franklin ST., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms Of
female complaints is Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
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Indigestion, ind nervous prostration,
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If you are suffering from any of these
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have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham. Lynn.
Mass. for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free OK
charge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-02-24
KEEP BABY'S SKIN CLEAR

Few parents realize how many es-
Unable lives have been embittered
and social and business success pre-
vented by serious skin affections
which so often result from the neglect
of minor eruptions in infancy and
childhood. With but little care and
the use of the proper emollients, baby's
skin and hair may be preserved, puri-
fled and beautified, minor eruptions
prevented from becoming chronic and
torturing, disfguring rashes, itchings.
irritations and chafings dispelled
To this end, nothing is so pure, SO
sweet, SO speedily effective as the con-
slant use of Cuticura Soap, assisted,
when necessary, by Cuticura Ointment.
Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp,
sole proprietors, Boston, for their free
32-page Cuticura Book telling all about
the care and treatment of the skin.
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Boys Study Grain.

A class of 20 farm boys, IL to 16
years of age, pursued the boys grain
course at the College of Agriculture of
the University of Wisconsin last
week. This is the first time the
course has been given at the univer-
sity, and great interest was shown by
the young people. Two days were de-
voted to corn, and two to barley and
other small grains. In the morning
of each day the boys listened to in
teresting addresses on subjects of
general interest relating to farming,
and later took up laboratory work.
Each day visit of inspection was
made to other buildings of the uni
versity, which gave the boys a better
idea of what college education in agri-
culture means. In the evenings they
attended the regular evening ad-
dresses in the farmers course. Most
of the boys came as winners of the
scholarships awarded for exhibits of
grains of their own growing at vari-
Gus county fairs.
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Roads Are to Refund.

Refunds to shippers for overcharges
were ordered by the railroad com
mission as follows: Kenfeld & Lam
oreaux, s42.6O a car on two shipments
of wood bols over the Omaha road
from Ashland to Washburn; Wausau
Box and Lumber Company, $25S.31 and
$146.15 against the Northwestern and
the Milwaukee roads respectively on
shipments of box lumber from points
near Wausau to that city; Goodwiliie
Bros, Wausau, $199.11 and $16S.O2
against the Northwestern and Milwau-
kee roads respectively on shipments
of box lumber from points near Wau-
sau.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-02-24
STATE FAIR BOOKS
Open To AUDIT
Attorney General Says Any Citi-
zen Has Right.
REPLIES TO r. A. CANNON
Opinion Holds That State Treasurer's
Transactions with Board Are Open
to PubIic-Other Questions
Settled.

Madison.-The controversy that has
arisen between the officers OF the
state board Of agriculture and certain
Milwaukee members thereof and cltl-
zens of Milwaukee resulted in an opln-
ion by Attorney General Frank l..
Gilbert, in effect as follows, on certain
questions submitted to him:
First-A citizen of Wisconsin mas
legal right to examine the RECORDS ana
accounts of the board, they being pup
lie records.
Second-Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs
of Milwaukee county have legal rlgnts
and privileges of admission TO the
state fair grounds without payment OIL
the customary fees.
Third-The state fair property is ex-
empt from taxation under the law and
cannot be levied upon for special tax
assessments.
The first question was submitted to
the attorney general by f. A. Cannon
member of the state board OF agrlcul-
tire for the Fourth congressional dis
trict which is largely in the city OF
Milwaukee, and in giving his OPINION
the attorney general says:
'"The state board of agriculture is
board of public officers created by
the statutes of this state and receives
and disburse moneys OF the state
of Wisconsin. The state treasurer is
a public officer. I am OF the opinion
that the accounts and records OF these
officers are public records and that
any citizen of the state has the right
of access to them. A citizen, in in
speeding public records, must do so IN
a manner as not to inconvenience
public business or retard the work OF
public officers"
Upon the question of the right OF
the sheriff and his deputies to admls-
sion without payment of fee, to the
state fair grounds, the attorney gen
eral points out that the power or the
sheriff to act as a conservator OF the
peace is a very broad one; that ne is
bound to keep the peace and lnd1ct-
ment will lie against him for failure.
The state fair grounds are 1nd1sputa-
bly, more or less gathering place
for persons of commercial inclination.
"The sheriff has the power-in fact,
1t is his duty-to take precautions that
the laws are enforced and that the
peace is conserved" says the opinion.
And the attorney general concludes:
"It is my opinion that he (the sheriff.
is entitled, for that purpose, to attend
and be present in the grand stand or
any other place on the grounds with
out paying the admission price to
which the public Is subject"
The question of the liability of the
state fair grounds to assessment for
special taxes arose from the SUPPOSE
ton that the city of West Allis may
macadamize a street adjacent to the
grounds and levy a special tax thereon
for the purpose of defraying part of
the expense.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-02-24
BELGIUM Has no Navy.

Belgium is, perhaps the most pros
porous state in Europe, as well as the
most thickly settled. The late kings
reign was at least marked by an enor-
nous advance in wealth and social re-
form. One of the countrys special adj
vantages is that it's international neu-
tralization permits it to dispense with
a navy, while the Belgian army is
maintained on a very small and in
expensive basis.
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TWO Notes

The first time ran for the general
assembly one of the prominent citi-
zens of my community told me that
he was going to vote against me be-
cause when / was a shaver | threw a
rotten apple at his horse Another
prominent citizen told me that he was
going to vote for me because when 1
was a shaver / put a rotten egg in a
buggy cushion belonging to the wom-
an he worked for and he had never
liked the woman. Think of it, And
yet such stuff has thrown the scales
where thrones have been at stake
From a speech at Norwich by former
Gov. George P. Mclean of Connect
cut
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How often do you eat this foodr

A short time ago there appeared in
the columns of one of the prominent
magazines an article on building brain
and muscle by the proper selection Of
the foods you eat.
A good many people were surprised
TO find oatmeal placed at the top of the
list of foods recommended; but if the
article had appeared in an English or
Scotch paper every reader would have
expected to see first place given to
good oatmeal.
AS a matter of fact Great Britain
and Europe come to us for tremendous
quantities of Quaker Oats because it
represents to them perfect food, being
the richest in flavor and best in clean
illness and purity, of all oatmeals.
Americans should eat more Quaker
Oats; the results would soon show
themselves in improved conditions CT
health and strength. 55
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Power of Example.

'It amt a pretty kind world for a
poor old Swede woman like me-" said
Christine. But sometimes ids pretty
good world anyways. l vas at place
yesterday we're de lady always make
me iron all afternoon und den send me
home mitout my supper. SO yesterday
I tolt her how kind you vas to me, und
how you tell me set down and rest till
supper get ready, und gif me money
for de street car so ] don't have to
walk home ven l been so tired, und all
about you. So ven l put away de irons
yesterday dot lady she say to be, Set
down und have something to eat pretty
soon, Christine; you not be in de way
Dots because l tell her about you,
ma'am. tink lots of peoples be gooder
if dey know about somebody else bein'
good. Newark News.
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Want Restraint Cut Off.

Accompanied by an attorney, dele.
cation of Indians from the Odanah
reservation have gone to Washington
to appear before the interior depart
ment and ask that Indians on the res
ervation be given the right to handle
their moneys free from every re-
straint. The Indians elected four
chiefs, Chief Blackbird, White, Doc
little and Messenger, committee of
four young educated Indians, namely
Frank Murray, Joseph Vasseur, Will
liam Denomie and ]. w. Martin, two
interpreters, Judge William Obern
and Frank Blatchford, and employed
Frank B. Lamoreaux to help them be-
fore the commissioner and the COM
mittee on Indian affairs.
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SEXES Fish in Transit.

Madison fish eaters have been gen.
erously supplied recently with an
abundance of fish through the activ-
ity of Deputy Game Warden Neil
Johnson, who made it his business to
inspect and pry into several ship
ments, consisting principally of pike,
pickerel and whitef1sh and sold them
at price that induced quick clean
up. There were some 1900 pounds in
volved. The fish were being shipped
from Minnesota contrary to the laws
of that state.
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Nor on a HaIf-Dime, Either.

Simon Hardcastle believed with sim
cere faith that any wife who had, or
asked, more than a quarter a year
for her own amusement or enjoyment
was a being too horrible to contem-
plate. He came from the village store
for dinner and told what he had
heard.
Miranda, would you believe that
the Lords prayer could be engraved
in space no larger than a dime?"
"Well, yes, Simou," she hazarded, eff
a dime is as large in the engraver's
eyes as it is in yours, should think
that he would have no difficulty at
all."-The Housekeeper.
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New Corporations.

Articles of incorporation were filed
in the Office of Secretary of State
F'rear as follows:
]. Bartel Company, La Crosse, ccp-
ital $4,000; incorporators, Elizabeth
Bartel, Joseph Bartel, G. B. Phillips.
Upham Hardware Company, Shaw
ano, capital $4,000; incorporators, c.
M. Upham, R. A. Upham, Jesse Brooks,
M. P. Altmeyer
Pennsylvania Steamship Company,
Milwaukee, capital $4,000; incorpor-
ators, /. c. Wanvig, A. F. John, J. B.
Whitnall.
The Arbetter Telling Machine Com
pany, Maine corporation with 81 ,00O,-
900 capital and $3.50 interest in Wis
consin, filed a statement to do bust
ness in the state.
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Decides Against AImena.

The Wisconsin railroad commission
dismissed the petition of S. w. Spar
lin, asking that two passenger trains
of the 500 line stop at Almena, a
small station in Wisconsin, 80 miles
from Minneapolis. The station was
made somewhat famous in 1908 by the
location there of Till, the plaster doc
tor, but when he moved away in 1909
the occupation of the station master
was gone except for the stopping Of
two train. Sparlin petitioned for the
restoration of the old service