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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-08-22
UTIL.-Cuan do Sc lava Una man

| IL.-Cuan do Sc lava ina man
ia nueva po! p-mera vez. Sc pone
|prlme:o Ell remolo en- aqua ira du-
rante doce horas yen seguida Sc en-
juaga en- otra aqua: con 10 cual Sc lie
quita elazutrs emplea do en- Ia fabr-
ca, Despues Sc lava la manta en- I'm
baho templado hecho de jab6n CO.
cido y aqua. Sc enlua ga por dltimo
en- aqua clara, Sc retueyce bien y Sc
tien de q secar. '-
CURIOSO.-E. buho agorero.-
Desde tempo lnmemorial ha exist
DO en- todas parties un superstlcloso
tenor & las lechuzas. Ovidio habla
de estas aves hacien dolas aparecer
como anuncladoras de muerte Q de
|cualquier otro suceso desgraciado, y
Virgilio dice que los buhos 9 lschu-
zas fueron los maol}os agoreros que
predijeron el destino funesto de Dl-
do. Shakespeare hace uso de esa su
persticion vulgar en- Macbeth.
Probablemente el or;gen de todas
|estas superticiones vienen de la exls
tencia de clerta especle de lechuza
blanca que lama durante la noche
gritos espeluznantes al cruzar los es-
pacios, a cuya ldgubre ave Sc atribu-
ye el hecho fabuloso de exhaiar sus
queiumbrosos chirridos frente al lu-
gar don de Sc encuentra agonlzante
alguna persona.
EXQUIsITO.-Maniar blanco.-
Para diez onzas de harina de arros
dos litros de leche de COCO 6 de vaca,
azdcar al paladar, dos cuchara das de
aqua de azahary una de manteca.
Sc deslie Ia harina de- arroz con Ia
leche y el azicar, Sc pone al fuego'
movien dolo continuamente, de un
mismo lado, cuando So empieza a
Sc le agrega la manteca de
cerdo, y cuando sc separa, que esta
en- su punto, Sc le aha den dos cucha-
radas de aqua de azahar.
Sc unta un molde de manteca. Y
sc echa para deiarlo enfriar y poder-
10 servlr.
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Gratitud.

Sr. Director do LA Correspondent
cia de Puerto Rico
Senior:
La ciencia ha sido y sera en- todos
los tiempos el astro refulgente que
guia al hombre y lie ilumina su cami.
no en- Ia vida. Es la ciencia la que ha
conducido al hombre al grado de ci-
vilizacion y cultuya que hoy alcanza
en- lucha a veces con las propias fuer-
zas de Ia naturaleza que Sc le han
opuesto. Mas cuando ella resulta
mas sublime y elevada es cuando Sc
pone al servicio de la humanidad do
llente Y Sc practica con ella el bien
por el amor al bien mismo. Tai es el
case por el cual faltaria yo un de-
Der ineludible de gratitud y de JUS
tlcia 81 no hiciera piblico por medic
de estss lineas mi profundo recono-
cimiento al ilustrado doctor Y habil
cirujano don Octavio Jordan a quien
tenemos la fortuna de que reslda &C
tualmente en- este pueb o. Fl con
mano firme y segura V con admira-
bic destreza ha practicable en- mi ros-
tro una delicada Y d!fic!! operacion
quirhrgica cuyo exito satlsfactorlo
y brlllante le ha colmado una vez
mas de tama Y renombre esclareci-
do, Naya pues, esta mi manifesto
cion Gle slncera Y honda syatltud CO.
mo un tlmbre mas de gloria en- su
carrera no interrumplda de brillan-
ties tnuntos en- la practics de 81 no.
bic y eenerosa profession,
Y i vos sehor director, antlcipa
las gracias por la insercion Gle estaS
lfneas 81 5. 5. q b. : m.
Rosalia Eanna Hernandez
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-08-22
Entered the Post Ofoe Fan Juan P. r.
. second class matter July 1900.
ia Csrrespendencia de- Pto. Rico
PREcIo DE sUSCRIPCION
i EN- TODA LA ISLA
sPor medic do los Agentss un NUN s o.o2
Directa On trimestre ORC. ...s2-25
Upsenestra $3.50
I unaao por adslantsdoSa,o0
En d exterior. Un a&o orc. $500

oBSERvACIoNES
DEL EMPo.
J; s. WEATHER BUKlAl
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-08-22
CAnTAS DEL PUEBLO.
Sobre Ia investi,
gacion de- an erimen

Ponce, P. r. agosto 10 de 1910
| Sr. Director de LA Correspon-
dencia" San Juan.
Sehor: Con esta iecha he dirigido
al Sr. iefe de Ia policia Ia siguiente
carta:
Hon. Geo. r. Shonton, iete de Ia
policia insular de Puerto Rico.-San
Juan,
! Coronel:
Haee dias tuve el honor de diri-
girme en- telegrama de sentido pla-
ceme 4 Su' Excelencla el goberna-
dor Cotton.
Fuf 1 raiz del veredicto del jurado
en- 81 asunto del ciudadano frances
Pablo Franchi ,asasinado en- Barran
CAS-, esperabs, do deliberado PROPOSE
to, felicitarle tambien i Va. como
jefe immediate del cuerpo de policia
de Puerto Rico.
Hagolo hoy, cuando ACADIA de de.
sagravlar 4 ests socledad, Ia senten-
cla de muerte contra Juan Almesti.
ca, sentencia que ha resonado terri.
bio, pero reivindicadora, en- esta pla-
cida comarca donde Dios ha derra
mado solamente tesoros inhnitos
de belleza y de bondad.
Tengo conciencia de que Sc trata-
ba de un case di6cil intrincado. Pc
70 Ia capacidad del captain Fernan-
rdez Mater, fus factor valiosisimo
en- 81 resultado admirable que Sc OBJ.
tuvo 6nalmente y mereoen tambien
que So les cite como funcionarios pers
picaces y e6cientes los sehores Ferra-
ri, Aguirre y Monz6n.
En- cuanto al detective Ayala, pue
do a6rmarse que su labor fue nota.
bic, tanto por 81 plan para llegar al
fondo de la verdad cuanto por Ia tao
tlca ingeniosa que empleara.
Loor pues, 4 esos pundonorosos
protectores de Ia sociedad: 70, e!
mas humilde representante de Fran
cia, os reitero el testimonio de mi sin
cera admiration por 81 magistral
trabajo realizado en- el case de Fran
chi, y, a serme dable, crea Vd, coro-
mel, que haria 6gurar el nombre de
los aludidos funcionarios On el cua-
dro do honor del cuerpo que Vd. CO.
manda.
Quedo de Vd con la seguridad de
mi mas distingnida consideration.
Respetuosamente,
(Firmado) L. Lecc,d.-Agente
consular de Francla.
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HUMORISM0.

Gedeon esta 4 la cabecera de Ia
cana de su mujer, que Sc halla enfel
ma de cuidado
&c de6n muy pensativo, hace CAL
culos sobre el porvenir. De pronto,
v como hablando consigo mismo, di.
ce:
-Escucha, mujerclta mia: GUAM
do uno de los dos muera, me ire vi
vir al campo,
Oios mios ,lloremos,
que es el arbitrio
que les queda los trlstes
para su allvio.
Lloremas tanto,
que Sc aneguen mis- ansias
en- vuestro llanto.
Las leyes deben ser apllca das, no
interpretadas.
Maury.
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P|lD0RAS AN1|BAC|lARES

r,sesa De- i. .ssp ss eseosds e. ma rodsrosc
.no.., IqoaA 'an seades aasI
Aa oas Is..s1san ~ 80 d pidocA
oao eoaneooao ks als
~" @~"~o - ssots %
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CUENTo CoRTO.

Los azares de mi profession me SEN
taron tres veces a mesas en- que CO.
mia el rey Eduardo, -cuenta un es-
critor espanol- comidas intimas y
familiares, donde el monarca, sin
miramientos nj etiquetas bebia gran
des vases de "whiskey and soda. ;"
70 contemple en- silencio sus ojos
epfcureos, resplan decientes de habi-
Ida d y astucia; alegre, despreocu-
pa do, y su boca burlona, cuyos Ia
bios, muy finos, sonreian impercep-
tiblemente bajo el bigote blanco.
Era, como hoy Sc dice, un "ironis-
ta", y NADIA hay centre Ell sin fin de
'rasgos" que de el cuentan) que
pinte su caracter, como aquella sa-
Ida iamosa que os voy a contar, aun
a trueque de contar cosas vielas.
Ello ocurn6 en- los tiempos en- one
el Rey era ain principe de Gales
.nuevo Petronlo paseaba Ell mundo en-
mo derno "srbiter elegantiarum,
adm:rando 4 las gentes que copla-
ban sus pantaiones sus Jackets, y
somb:eros, con:ecciona dos aquellos
para el, por I'm sastye expertislmo
con quien celebraba .prolijas consul
tds.
Cabalmente esq sast?e asp;ra Da
con vehemencia q aslstir. en- clase de
invita- do, a TN gran bale de corte; el
Principe, amable y bon da doso, !e ia
Iciilto un dia Ia susp.rada invitaci6n.
pero Ia silesta, VI 81 es 20 es hetero
cLta, como 10 san las ilessss oticla.
les), no satisilzo al sastre Que espera
ba sin duda no encontrai entire el
.pdbl:co slno duques Y pr.nclpes.
Como va? 3 te diviertes?-
le pre- zunt6 el de Gales.
Senior, eSto es esplsn dido, pero
81 he de ser franco. he de nlan:sestar T
q Y. \ Que entire las invita- dos hay
de todo, hay demasiada "mezcla".
-Peco, hombrs, equs c.eiss?-
diio risueho e! Princ!ps,-sque Pa
lacIo solo ven:a sast-es?
In los tiempos en cue e!a principe
acostumbraba 4 p;esenciar De i'll
cogrito el tFabsjo &c los bomheros
cuan do Sc decla .aba algCn incen dio
grande.
Ina We, Que Sc hallaba p-esercian
do TN s.rlestro III esta c.ase. h!zo
aIguna< preguntas j l.a reporter, ei
cual satiStIzo p-ontamente sY cUno-
sidad
El principe e ot-eci6 entonces In
risaTe. y Il perodista la envolvio
an "a hoIa de ,in hbro de notas 10
glaTd6 Ell el halsillo.
No luna usteda-le presun,o
{ Edllarao.
s.. sehor,-Iespon do el rep6r-
te!. pero no eSperO que Sc presente
,tra OCCASION de Que me de otro cisa-
TO el pnncipe de Gales.
Este Sc sonn6. V sacando la peta- |
a repuso
Tome usIed otro V iume.
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Samuel D. Grome,, Treasurer.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-08-22

ootendra buenas ganancias y hara
buenos servicios."
''El gobierno de los Esta dos Uni
dos ha llama do Ia ateneion de finan-
cieros acerca de las posibles ventajas
del proyecto en- un report hecho sobr
nuestras relaeiones con sur America
por el departamento de Comercio Y
Labor en- 1896.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-08-22

I'm esta lmprenta Sc vende
papel de periodicos viejos a
s2 quintal
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-08-22

-Cusndo us,ed conpre en- las tiene
dsa haga que la den el boleto de Is
Cajs RegisIadoIs. Esto le vale di-
rsyo.
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San Juan, P. R., Agosto. aide 1910

Har6metro en- pulgadas,
reducido al nivelde mar ..--.. 1895
Temperaturaoo Fahr ..-- So
Humedad relativa, percsntass. ..64
Precipitation, en- pulgadas,
en- q horaa tsrninsndo
las 9 p "A. o
DieceiAc del visnto. ......~ z.
velocidad del viento.
millas nor hora 20
fanpFsturs mlxims. g.
1snpefatms mfnima- --. u
Pnesta del col. ,..,........., 6.A7. pm
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-08-22
EscueIa particular deVe'ano
HUMACAO P. r.
Prcfssorss:
Sra, Ana Rogue de Druprey
Mr c. L Hines.

Ensehanza en- ingles.
Sc admiter l.annos desde So & Sc
grade, PrecH9- eonrencionates. :.
preparan maestEos r1-ales : g:adua
dos, J para c. >eTyido Civil
Extmene ea sepuemtre por q De.
psrtsmento C. EGucac:61-
Tn alumno ssi-G:osc pHeds aprsS-
dey un grade en atos tres meses.
Sc les proper onsIs puPilsle a los
alumnos de Ia lsIa cue deseen aprove-
char esia oportln dad
Para informs pue6sn dirigirse 4
dofs Ana Roql' 4 C6live L. Hines.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-03
Masonic Ritual
Used for Church
Rev. o. o. Smith Prepares Ritual to
BE Used in Laying Cornerstone
of Edifice.

The cornerstone OF the new ediflce Of the
First Congregational church will be laid
Sunday afternoon with ceremonies new
and interesting. Singuiarly enough the
ritual Of the church does not contain any
ceremonial or special service for laying cor
nerstones in the church buildings, and the
pastor, DR.. otterbein o. Smith, who is a
high degree Mason, naturally turns to the
Masonic ritual for the most appropriate
ceremonlals During the week he carefully
prepared and has had printed in pamphlet
form an adaptation from the Masonic ritual
which win be used. The modified ritual is
very appropriate and beautiful. 1t includes
reading from the Hebrew scriptures, appro-
pirate hymns, participation by all of the
officers Of the church and responses by
the congregation so that every member OF
the organization will participate in the
beautiful ceremonies, each including the
Sunday school pupils and members of the
Flower mission. The function of the latter
will be to strew flowers over the stone
while a quartet sings.
The church is located on First avenue
almost opposite the Young Mems Christian
association building.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-03
Council Bluffs
TEACHERS GIVEN PLACES
Superintendent Beveridge Completes
Work Of Assigning Their Work.
SESSIONS WILL BEGIN MONDAY
PersonneI of InstructinE Force BusiIy
Engaged at County Institute Until
windup of Their vacation
Time.

The public schools Of Council Bluffs be-
gin Monday. and yesterday while the teach
ers we're busy at work in the county insti-
tute, Superintendent Beveridge completed
the list Of assigning them to the schools
where they will labor during the school
year. Following is the assignment:
High school-C. f. Reed. principal; B. S.
Asquith, W. A. Bnnuey, Emma Boesche,
Dolne ID. Burgess, Flora Cooper, J. G. era
son, II. A. Schrader. Mittie Pile, Kate Reed,
Pauline Reith, Jennie Rice, Anna Ross,
Allen sayles. Edna sprasue. Mary showai-
ter, 5. l.. Thomas, Jet Thrush, Mary Wal
lace, Raymond Wilson. Alice Pheney. as
sistant.
principal; Helen Tyler, Isabel Orris, Caro-
line Blake, Matte o. Phillips, Hazel Gooch,
Mary Kennedy, Nellie Cole, Nellie c. Bon
field, Josephine Christensen, Nina Converse.
Edith Rist Elizabeth owens, Helen Walker,
Marie Dege, Bessie Howlette, Mrs. Mary
A. Scott, Elizabeth Gleason, Stella Roger.
Bloomer-Nannie Hardin. principal; Jes-
sic Green. Mary Tidball. Myrtle McNutt,
Katherine Morris, Ray Mailer. Julia
Walker, Alice Walter, Elizabeth Morris,
Margaret Mcpherson. Dorothea SpetmAn.
Jane Howe, Gertrude Davenport.
Twentieth Avenue-Clara Meyers, princl-
pal; Mamie Moreno Charlotte Henninger,
Catherine Putnam, Edith Joseph, Elizabeth
Crocker, Hannah Bick, Elizabeth White,
Grace Riley. Mary Coggeshall, Ora Fulmer,
Sadia Barrett, Dora Lyon, Eva Lyon.
Pierce StreetEEdith 1,rousy, principal;
Grason, Ella Spetman, Sara o. Sperle,
Myrtle Winter Aida McFadden, Wayne
Morris, Julia Hughes, Gertrude Green, Edna
M. Grosvenor.
Third street-Mrs. M. b. Curtis, principal;
Elsie Powers "a. m.), Maude Walker, Mary
O'Connor, Blanche Peck, Orva Converse,
Aurelia FINLEY, Elizabeth Parkinson, Ida
Casady.
Eighth street-wnlianne White, principal
Minnie E. Clay, Jessie Alworth, Anna Ash,
Rose ID. Pussy, Vera Spetman, Blanche
Patterson, Adele Card.
Second Avenue-Ealizabeth Graves prin-
cpal; Maude McAneney, Henrietta Sperle,
Josephine Sutton, Angle Middleton, Belle
Barclay, Lula Spetman. Margaret Aiken,
Marie Petersen, Barbara Tucker, Belle
Robinson.
Avenue B-Sue L. Badollet, principal
Cora Gretzer, Pearl Gooch Daisy BARLEY,
lsla Baker, Minnie Rupp, Eta Smith, Jessie
McAneney, Dorothy Cook, Eva Utterback,
Minnie Johnson, Anna b. Mikesell, Cora p.
Treynor.
Thirty-second Street-Agnes Drake. prin-
cpal; Elsie Powers Up. m.), Margaret
Fisher, Emily Butler, Anna Moule, Pearl
Cool, Ida Voorhees,, Crystal Dingle,
Madison Avenue-May Sims, principal;
Trina Walker, Margaret Dea, Theoun
Eighth Avenue-Kathleen Conner, prin-
cipal; Elnora Darnill, Louise Carson, Anna
Avenue E-Josephlne Clausen, principal
Anna Van Druff, Ina Weir, Frances e.
Oak Street-Lillian Cherniss, principal
Anna Weinberg.
Courtland-Emma Hoffman, principal;
Nora v. Shea.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-03
ALMOST HUNDRED YEARS OLD
Frank walker Celebrates Ninety
Seventh Anniversary by Doing
Little Extra Work.

Frank Walker. a well known colored man
OF Council Bluffs, yesterday celebrated his
9th birthday anniversary The chief tea
ture OF the celebration was doing the hard
est days work he had performed in fifty
years. He hauls garbage, and yesterday
almost doubled his customary area.
Walker was born September /, 1913, in
Bath county, Virginia He was a slave,
owned by Jack Frey and before manhood
was reached he became the property of
Divers Frey, son Of the elder. The first
. stirring incident in walkers life came
soon after he was taken over by his mas
ter'o son. A dashing Virginia cavalier named
Carter Harrison, with expensive tastes and
an uncertain income, lured the young slave
into running away with him and being sold
In the slave market at Richmond. Walker
says the white man promised to give him
half the sale price, and he consented The
plan worked all right with the exception
that the young slave did not get any Of
the money, but fell into the possession Of
a hard master, who took him into South
Carolina and to New Orleans Shortly be-
fore the civil war broke out the slave was
sold to man named Walker, who became
an officer in the confederate army. Walker
was the kndest master the old negro ever
had, as we'll as the last so he assumed his
masters name and still retains it. At the
close OF the war he was ono of the slaves
doing duty for some of the intimate friends
OF Jeff Davis, and when jefferson made
his igpominious flight dressed in his wife's
petticoats Walker was following toting a
heavy package, said to have been chiefly
gold and silver belonging 20 the fugitive
president The strain of the flight and the
weight of the cash caused rupture OF
some of the glands of the neck, and the old
man has since been disfigured by a huge
tumor protruding from the back and side
OF his neck. He has lived In Council Bluffs
tor more than twenty years, and those who
remember seeing him twenty years. ago do
not perceive that he has aged a particle
since. He Is never sick. never fails TO do
his hard daily toll discharging the most
unpleasant duties singing happily and his
face beaming in smiles
Walker lives in little cottage at Twen-
ty-first street and Twenty hire avenue.
with wife who is many years his junior.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-03
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were yesterday issued
TO the following named persons:
Name and Residence Are
Charles w. Fierce, Council Bluffs .... 2i
Violet M. Christian, Council Bluffs $50. %
Jorgen Jensen. Council Bluffs ..... 81
Johanna Nelson, Council Bluffs. .......... 81
Frank A Pingrey, Coon Rapids, la. %
Cecil 70. Johns, Coon Rapids, Ia........... q
Thomas ]. Dunn, Council Bluffs. "a
Mildren Dawson, Council Bluffs. ....... p
James Helm, Council Bluffs . Fl
Ingebofg Nelson, Council Bluffs. ......... q
Charles @. Dinkel Council Bluffs Is
mabel A. Hamburg, Council Bluffs. ...... q
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-03
Real Estate Trnnafers.

These transfers were reported to The B
Thursday, September l, by the Pottawa
tamie County Abstract company of Coun,
Bluffs:
Fritz Stortenbecker ct al. TO Ludwig
Stortenbecker, 81 nwk and ma swk
19-75-42 and Ell nek 24-75-4S, W. d....3
Ludwig Stortenbecker ct al. to Fritz
stortenbecker, swh 12-74-42 a. c. d.
w. r. Kennedy and wife to Frank NJ.
RapalJe, eS4 feet of n30 feet lot g.
block !, Rabbit Place add, W. d.. I'll
Nicholas Miller and wife to Theodore
Allen, lot 10. block 81, Mrs. Perry's
Charles T. OFFICER and wife to w. e.
Kennedy, undivided five-elghths lot
II, block 1, Babbitt Place add. 80.
Charles T. officer. trustee, to w. e.
Kennedy, undivided one-fourth lot
Ii, block !, Rabbit Place add, tr. d.
Jessica J. Siedentopf and husband and
ELLEN M. s. Haas and husband to
BenJamin-Fehr Real Estate eomA
pany, lot 10, block 81, Central sub.
Martin Christensen to Marie Christ
ensen, lot 2, block q, Burns add
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-03

Mrs. Sarah c, Shaw, aged 70 years died
last night at her home, 1922 Eighth avenue
after an illness OF five months. Death was
due to the weakness Of age. Mrs. shaw had
been a resident OF Council Bluffs for IN,
last thirty years. She Is survived by hel
husband and two sons. Arrangements fol
the funeral have not been completed
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-03
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention

TIE council Bluffs office Of the
Omaha nee is at Is Scott street
Both phones ~.
The independent-reporter., 1910-12-08
THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 1910.
The Presidents Message

So long as our presidents feel that
forty thousand words are necessary
to convey their ideas to Congress, the
average citizen will give the annual
message a wide berth. But the latest
Taft message is we'll worth careful
perusal. His recommendations, with
the possible exception of ship subsidy,
will appeal to the most thoughtful
citizens. However much the Republi-
cans of ship building Maine may ap-
prove, their associates of the middle
west will have to be shown. His in
clination to sit tight on the "inde-
fensible" schedule K may also ruffie
the feelings of the impatient but his
position on the future treatment of
the tariff problem is unassailable by
anybody except the free trader. We
live in hopes that this time worn poll
tical football may soon become back
number.
The independent-reporter., 1910-12-08
The People Sure to Win

politics make strange bedfellows,"
runs the old saw, and hardly cam
paign passes with proving again its
everlasting truth. Time was when
the advocates of the referendum were
known as radicals, but Lo! here Is the
English House of Lords championing
this ultra progressive measure. Why?
Well just to save their precious poll
tical lives.
Flushed with their victory at the
beginning of the year, the English
Liberals have set out to take away the
power of the Lords to veto progress
sive measure shrdlu shrdlu shrdlu u
sive legislation. The outlook for the
"standpatters" was anything but
bright, and something had to be done.
Hence comes the proposition from the
stronghold of privilege and conserva-
tism, that important matters on which
the two houses of Parliament dis
agree, be referred to the people for
their decision. Rather looks as II pop
ular rights would get there regard
less of which side wins this imme-
diate election.
The independent-reporter., 1910-12-08
Wise Publicity

Representative Howard Davies oi
Yarmouth is advocating law tc
compel all individuals, institutions
and corporations seeking appropria-
tions from the Legislature, to file an
application with the State Auditor by
the 18th of the November next pre-
ceding the biennial session. 1t would
then become the duty of the Auditor
to report in detail regarding all ap~
propriations asked for.
This scheme looks good to us. Any
thing that let's in the light of publi-
city upon public affairs is always a
step in the right direction. In all
probability requests for appropria-
tions that now total way up in the
thousands, would never be made.
Newspaper reports make such a mess
of 80 many things that can be "ex-
planned" in private. Pork barrel
legislation too, might go entirely out
of fashion. OF course Representative
Davies will be in the minority this
winter, but we don't imagine the
dominant party will lay too much
stress on the origin of such a good
idea.
The independent-reporter., 1910-12-08
Scientific Management

There are always plenty of men
willing to die for their country. Louis
ID. Brandeis is one of the compare
lively few who are willing to give to
their fellow men their best, without
making any particular fuss about 1t.
He appeared before the Interstate
Commerce Commission recently, and
in opposition to the proposed increas-
es In freight rates, told that tribunal
that the railroads could easily save
$500, 100000 each year by adopting
scientific management. A group of
western railroad presidents promptly
telegraphed from Chicago that he
could name his own salary in return
for teaching them how. Back went
the message. Name the place and
date and | will gladly do this without
one cent of compensation
1t is a grand thing for the country
to have scientific management thus
brought into the lime light. We don't
know so very much about it, but we
happened once to know man who
was allotted a certain sum with which
to do a job Of grading. When part
way through, he found that 1t was
costing him twenty cents per cubic
yard to move the material. and that
the money at hand would not COM
plete the Job. After lying awake for
few nights, he made scientific
analysis of the process by which the
work was being done. AS a result of
these studies he introduced a system
of operation whereby his mon loafed
four-fifths of the time, and the teams
one-half. This cut the cost down to
twelve cents per yard and finished
the job within the appropriation.
Louis D. Brandeis is one Of the big
men of the times, and it looks as If
the country was In a fair way to find
it out in the near future.