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The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
DR.. RlxEY RETiREs TODAY,
His Successor as Surgeon General Of
Navy is Chas. r. Stokes.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 5.-Dr'
Prexley M. Rixey today retired as
surgeon general of the navy ana
chief of the bureau of medicine and
surgery. DR.. Rixey was appointed
surgeon general by President Roose-
welt in 1902 in accordance with the
announced intention of President NC
Kinley whose family physician ne was.
Or. Rixey has the regular grace Oh
medical director with the relative rank
of captain.
: DIR. Rixey's successor as surgeon
general of the navy and chief or the
bureau of medicine and surgery is
Surgeon Charles f. Stokes. who is now
on duty at the Naval Medical School
Hospital in this city. Surgeon Stokes
commanded the hospital ship Relief
on its cruise with the Atlantic heet
from San Francisco to Manila TWO
years ago.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
OLDEST ACTIVE UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENT RET!RtS TO-DAY
James Kennedy Patterson Leaves
Kentucky State Educational
Institution.
JUDGE BARKER SUCCEEDS HIM

Lexington, Ky, Feb. with the
appointment this week Of Judge Henry
S. Barker, former judge of the court Of
appeals of Kentucky, TO the presidency
of the State university, the oldest ac-
tive university president in the United
States, James Kennedy Patterson, re-
tires TO private life after more than
forty years of service, during which
time he has built up one Of the largest
and most progressive universities in
the south.
President Patterson has an inter-
national reputation as an educator.
Born in Scotland in 1888, he came 10
displayed those qualities Of intellect
and character with which he has won
for himself the title of Kentuckys uni
Versty builder.
In the year 1S49 he was made pres
ident of the newly established Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college of Ken
lucky. and since that time he has de-
voted his whole life to the upbuilding
of this institution. II was largely due
To his influence and exertions that
congress passed the Morrill, act in 1890.
providing for an annual appropriation
of $4,000 to each state for the further
endowment of land grant colleges es-
tablished under the act OF 1862.
President Patterson has served as
head of the American Association OF
Agricultural Colleges and has been
honored with membership in the Royal
Historical society OF Great Britain, the
Society of Antiquaries OF Scotland and
other scientific and learned societies of
national or international scope.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
Big News Events of the
Coming Week.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 5.-A wide
variety of interesting events are sche-
duled to share public attention with
the meat boycott the progress of the
Pinchot controversy the
aftermath of the British elections and
the threatened tariff war between the
United States and Germany. in the
news of the week.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
KILLS FAMILY AND HIMSELF.

Fergus. Falls. Mimi. Feb. 4.-Wh-
lam Ruckheim. farmer. killed his vile
and four children, and fatally shot
himself Thursday night at Barkers
Prairie. It is believed Ruckheim was
insane.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
JOHN eoReHETTi PARpoNEo.
slayer OF Former Calumet Girl Ssn-
fenced for Life, Free.

John Borghetti. who murdered his
Nne abont seventeen years ago at Iron
Mouhtain, Is pardoned. with the un-
uersiandlng that he leaves the country.
i"' woman he murdered. was former
resident Of Calumet. who was Lizzie
r''son before her marriage. says the
NeWeenaw Miner. The murder was a
p"rucuiary brutal one. but the impress
SION mas gained ground that he was
much slnned against. as SHINING.
ms coupled with remarkably good
'i'son record, led to the pardon.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

Twenty thousand acres of land,
bordering upon the Columbia River.
about 1870 miles east of Portland.
ore, embraced in the third unit of the
Umatilla irrigation project in oregon,
will be thrown open to homestead en-
try Thursday morning.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
MURDERER NEARs HIS END.

Richmond. Va. Feb. 5.-Unless an
other reprieve is granted, when Is
considered unlikely tomorrow VIII De
the last Sunday on earth for Howard
Little. who was convicted of the mur-
der of the Justis family in Buchanan
comfy last September. The sextupie
murderer is to be put to death In the
electric chair i'm the state prison here
Friday
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
SULLIVAN AND cLABeY DRAW.

Milwaukee. Feb. 5.-Mike (Twin)
Sullivan of Boston and Jimmy Clabby
of Milwaukee, welterweights. fought 10
rounds to a mo decision" bout before
the national athletic club last night.
Both finished strong. Newspaper men
decided the contest a draw.
Sullivan was ten pounds heavier than
Clabby
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
PARIS SITUATION is IMPROVING.

Paris, Feb. 5.-The Seine today Is
more than thirteen feet below it's flood
maximum and the city began to as
sumo normal appearance. The streets
are cleared of water and the wreckage
left by the food is rapidly disappear
ing.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

The birthday anniversary of Abra-
ham Lincoln at the end of the week
will furnish the occasion for numer-
Gus rallies and banquets of republican
clubs. President Taft is to be the chief
speaker at the banquet of the republi-
can club i'm New York City. In Ohio,
Indiana and other states there will be
republican clubs, with party leaders of
national reputation among the speak
ers.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

Ambassador Bryce and a number of
other notables have accepted invita-
tions to attend the opening of a
weeks celebration to be held I'm Tampa.
Fla. to commemorate the progress of
work on the Panama canal.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
REHEARSAL ON TUESDAY.

Announcement is made that n regu-
lar rehearsal Of the members Of the
Apollo club will be held Tuesday even
ing In the Finnish hall on Eighth
street. The rehearsal Is to be a very
important one and IL Is hoped all
members will be present.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
COL. w. r. ANDREWS, DEAD.

Washington. Feb. 5.-Colonel Wesley
r. Andrews, private secretary of SEN
ator Penrose. chairman OF the Repub-
lican pennsylvania, state committee
soldier. editor and statesman. is dead,
aged 20.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
OFF FOR THE PHILIPPINES.

San Francisco. Cal, Feb. 5.-The
Nineteenth Infantry, together with a
large number of other military pas
sengers sailed for Manila today on the
transport Sheridan.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
RElcHsTAo PASSES TARIFF BILL

Berlin. Feb. 5.-Tho Rcichstag with
out debate today adopted unmodiiied
the bill approving the go rnments
tariff arrangement with t.. United
States.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

Julius Sitter and Miss Anna sarkeia
were welded yesterday afternoon by
Rev. A. l. Heidenann OF the PinS
street Finnish church.
Arrangements have been made Tor
the examination for census cnumcra,-
ors for this district to take place IN
the Washington school hall today.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

citizens" will contribute IL. tho news
of the week. Howard Little. the rpur-
derer of six members of the Justis
family i'm Buchanan county, Virginia.
is to be put to death in the electric
chair i'm Richmond. In Kansas City
the two negroes, George Reynolds and
John Williams are to be executed for
criminal assault.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

Mardi Gras celebrations will attract
the usual throngs of visitors to New
Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Shreve-
port and other southern cities.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

A great convention of the milk pro-
ducers of the United States is to be
held I'm Chicago to form plans sue
cessfully to combat combinations of
milk dealers and to force the deal
ers to give them a better price 10:
their product.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

James MacClure will go to Chicago
tomorrow to attend the automobile
show.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
MEN ENTOMBED
IN COAL Mine
Explosion Occurs in Colliery at
Ernest, Pa, Where l70 Men
We're Working.
THIRTY ARE NOT YET RESCUED
Fear Also is Expressed for Rescue
Party, Which Entered Shaft at 10
O'clock This Morning and
Has Not Returned.

Indiana, Pa, Feb. 5.-It Is reported
here an explosion has occurred in No.
mine of the jefferson and Clearfieid
Coal 4 Iron company at Ernest, Pa.
Nearly two hundred men are I'm the
mine. Twelve have been taken out
alive.
Outside reports say thirty men are
yet entombed in the mine. A rescue
party headed by the state mine in
spectors entered the mine at 10 o'clock
and at 2 o'clock had not yet been
heard from. Fear for their safety is
expressed
The mine ordinarily has a day shift
of no. Of which number IL is said
only a dozen, more or less, were in the
workings where the explosion occur
red
Engineers Leave for Mine.
Pittsburg, Feb. 5.-Three engineers
Of the local geological survey station
left this afternoon for the Ernest mine
explosion. Conflicting reports of the
extent of the disaster reached the sur
vey station, eliminating in the dis
patch of the engineers and safety ap-
pliances TO Indicna.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

Newspaper editors and publishers
from all parts of the country will be
latter half of the week, the occasion
being the twenty-ffth anniversary
meeting of the National Editorial AS
sociation.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

The municipal primary election in
Seattle will attract considerable atten-
ton, as the campaign has been the
hardest fought in the history of that
city Seven candidates, four republi-
cans and three democrats are seeking
the mayoralty.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

Governor Hughes will preside at the
national testimonial meeting to be
given Tuesday evening i'm the Metro
politan Opera House in New York in
honor of Commander Robert e. Peary.
The occasion will be made notable by
the presentation of a $4,000 purse to
the famous polar explorer.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05
WEATHER FORECAST

Generally fair tonight and Sunday.
The Calumet news., 1910-02-05

Time Is fieeting-Advertise and
Succeed.
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The Dairy Industry.

According to the last year book OF the
department OF agriculture, there are a.
5000 mich cows in the United States,
and these are worth 500, 9i5, 900. The
magnitude OF the industry can perhaps be
best understood when it is considered
that these cows produce yearly about
q, 900, O0O,0 900 worth OF dairy products.
There is no other branch of diversified
agriculture so important to the progress
Of community. The fertility OF the soil
can best be maintained by the liberal use
OF barnyard manure, and the dairy herd
not only makes this possible, but dairy
ing is also more remunerative than other
branches of farming when properly
carried on.
Dairying has made wonderful progress
since the advent OF the modern creamery,
and the consumer OF butter has not only
been benefited by being furnished a more
wholesome and palatable article of food,
but the wife in the farm home has been
relieved of the drudgery incident to max
ing butter on the farm. Where formerly
the cream was ripened and churned into
butter under conditions not conducive to
fine quality in the finished product, and
in the majority of cases by unskilled
hands, now the most Of the milk or cream
is delivered to modern creamery, where
conditions are suited to the purpose Of
making butter, and the result has been a
wonderful improvement in the quality OF
our dairy products. As the quality has
improved Consumption has increased and
the progress OF dairying has been remark
able during the past decade.
The perpetuity OF the country's great
ness depends upon increasing the pro-
duction OF farm products from year to
year, Q result which not only fur
nishes our people with food but maintains
the prosperity of our farming commune
ties. Increase in production can only
come through improved methods OF agri-
culture and soil Improvement. When it
is considered that the dairy COW is the
foundation for soil improvement and
farming prosperity, her Importance is
best understood, and interest in her
should not be confined to her owner.
She is an important factor in the develop
ment and prosperity Of the country.
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~<HE high cost OF living. or the
cost of high living" as James
J. Hill puts It, Is subject
which just now is engrossing
,be attention Of the entire nation. The
cost Of the accessories Of life has been
steadily increasing since 1896 The
srmptoms have been viewed with In
creasing alarm by nearly all classes.
within the last year the matter has
reached an acute stage. The average
increase in the cost Of necessities from
Ian. 1. 1900. to Jan. !, 1910, was LII
ner cent. The increase over July l..
1896, was 81 per cent.
The wage and salary earners In the
cities have seen the dread line" grad
pally drawing closer. The margin be-
tween income and expenses. narrow at
best. has shrunk to the vanishing
polnt All this while newspapers have
been shouting prosperity. forgetful Of
the old maxim that the real prosperi-
tv Of a nation Is the citizens margin
Of saving
Whatever the cause Of this increase
IN the cost OF necessities and comforts.
there are but two ways In which the
citizen MS an individual can meet It.
The first il to increase his income,
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n
uon. however, AID is something to be
encouraged rather than discouraged.
Furthermore, 1t Is responsible In but
Z small degree for the increase in the
cost OF living. The Increase in the
standard Of living has manifested IT.
self most strongly In better houses.
better clothing and more conveniences.
Yet the great increase In cost has been
not In these materials, but in food.
Between July l, 1896. and Jan. /, 1910.
breadstuffs and live stock Increased in
price los per cent. During the same
period the increase In the textiles was
~ per cent, In metals 6 per cent and
In building materials only 10 per cent.
That luxurious living has had much
10 do with the increased prices cannot
be denied. That 1t Is wholly response
BILE Is far from the truth.
II we are to seek the real cause Of
this crisis that confronts our country
we must so back to the old cause Of
supply and demand, coupled with other
factors that have grown out of this.
The period from 1870 to 1895 was the
period of development of the middle
west. the bread basket Of the world
Here were lands OF unparalleled fer
tility that had merely to be scratched
to give forth their bountiful supplies.
The result was that the markets Of the
world were flooded with foodstuffs.
By 1906 the middle west was pretty
well settled. The bloom of Its virgin
fertility had been removed. Soon the
days of using corn for fuel and wheat
to feed the hogs were past. Prices Of
farm products began to rise. II there
had been no other factor entering in
they would soon have reached nor
NAL level, and the readjustment would
have come with little trouble. Unfor.
tnnateiy the tide of population toward
the cities had become too strong to be
turned In day.
From 1850 to 1900 the percentage of
farmers decreased from 44.3 to $3.50,
q decrease Of 81 per cent. During the
same period the percentage Of persons
engaged in manufacturing increased
from 21.S to 24.3 This increase of IS
per cent is no more than normal and
may be accounted for by the increase
In the standard Of living and the con-
sequent demand for manufactured ar
ticles. The increase in professional
lines during this time was eight-tenths
Of per cent. while the number Of per-
sons engaged In domestic and personal
service decreased one-tenth Of per
cent.
The great increase came In the num-
Der of persons engaged in trade and
transportation, an increase of SIS per
cent. OF the 1873 per cent Of the work
ing people engaged In trade and trans
portation In 1900 only nine-tenths were
engaged IN transportation proper. The
others, 1874 per cent of all the people
OF the United States who work. were
simply middlemen. Complete figures
since 1900 are not available, but the
cityward trend has increased rather
than diminished.
Here Is the true explanation Of the
high cost Of living. There are more
than one-third as many men engaged
in distributing food as there are in
producing it. The consumers dollar
Is worn thin before 1t gets to the pro-
Queer. The 100000 men who farm
must supply food to the 10000 peo-
pie who are working In the factories.
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BACK
TO THE
FARM"

AHE high cost Of living. or the
cost Of high living" as James
J. Hill puts It, Is a subject
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FREMONT.

Mrs. Julia Newman, who has been ill,
is improving.
MILFORD Kittridge has gone to Bar Har-
Dor, where he has employment for the
season.
William Marks and wife and grand
daughter, Pearl Clay, Of Bucksport, visited
Mr.. Marks brother Henry last week.
The annual lawn party to be given by
the ladies' aid society will be held at the
home of Mrs. Myra Dix Aug. II. All are
invited.
L. E. Blunt, OF Chicago, visited his
cousins, Albert, Herman, William and
Thomas Farley, this week, after an abb
sence of forty years. Mr.. Blunt returned
by way of Washington, d. c., where his
wife is visiting friends.
July9. KIN.
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and the second Is to lower his stand
ard of living. The wage Garner, band
ed together with his fellows In I'M
ion. has been able to increase his
scale OF wages to some extent. though
not nearly enough to I'LL the gap be-
tween income and expenses. The wage
Garner who does not belong to I'M
Ion has profted to some extent by the
general rise In wages. though not SO
much as the union man.
The salaried man has borne the hard
est brunt OF the rising prices. He be-
longs to no union. and his demands for
increased pay have brought little re-
Spouse.
All classes that are compelled to
work for living have had to turn to
the other alternative In a greater or
less degree. They have been forced to
lower their standard Of living. The
first Item TO be attacked is the food
supply. Russell Sage once said. "As
the cost Of living increases the use Of
meat decreases. the proportion Of dark
rooms Increases and child labor be-
comes PLENTIFUL" Less meat means
poorer nourishment. less resistance to
disease and a higher death rate. Other
foods OF cheaper quality are used.
oieomargarine takes the place Of but
ter Cold storage eggs are luxury
and fresh eggs unknown. and cheaper
brands Of canned goods are used.
Aside from food, the big item OF ex-
pense in the city is rent. In order to
Keep up with the increased cost Of
things property owners have been fore
cd TO raise rents. The frenzied crowd
ing OF the people to the cities has en-
aDled landlords to make these increas-
ed rents effective. The result is that
house with porch and bit OF lawn
mas become a luxury, and more and
more the middle classes. the classes on
whom prosperity should react most ia
Vorably, have been forced into fats
and apartment houses. The poorer
classes have moved into tenements.
Inc high cost Of room has made crowd
ing Inevitable. Human beings have
oeen forced to herd together like cat
te or worse. The modern dairy barn
Is palace beside some OF the tene-
ments that pass muster as human hab-
itations.
Many causes have been advanced by
economists and others to account for
the rise in prices. Many blame the
Arin, but that will not explain why
prices are rising nearly as rapidly In
england as In the United States. The
economists favorite reason Is In the
increase In the supply Of gold. Money
y becoming cheaper, he says, and
therefore 1t takes more Of II to buy
given amount Of any commodity.
tnis explanation sounds very plausi-
PIE but 1t does not explain the fact
.nat prices have at other times gone
GOWN in the face Of increased gold
PRODUCTION. The gold supply IL UNI
questionably a factor influencing ris-
ing prices. That 1t II the fundamental
factor may well be doubted.
Other writer's try to lay the whole
trouble to the growing extravagancs
" the American people and to the In
v.eased standard of living. 1t d true
mat 1t the present time we regard a.
necessaries what yesterday were luxu-
Hes This increase In the standard of
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Life Like Forced Note.
Life begins with bitter cry,
Whether Of Joy, or OF lament,
The child can't tell the reason why;
Can only show its discomfort.
Life begun il like forced note,
The child must surely pay the debt,
Be the demad near or remote,
It's something never to forget!
And having thus been set afioat
On LIES current to speed away
The human race all In the boat,
Know the time will come soon to payl
Accumulate it will each day,
With interest upon the note,
To cancel it, there Is NO way,
But pay the amount, every groat!
Nature has enacted her laws,
Which everybody must obey,
Made no provision, word or clause,
That will admit any delay!
Foreordination or election,
Do not prevail to grant stay.
Upon demand for collection.
To every one Is trial day.
So when the collector shall come,
As come he will to me and you,
Though we be stricken deaf and dumb,
He will collect all that is due!
Were 1t not for free grace giving.
BY the Father through His loved Son,
This life would not be worth living,
And never would have been begun!
r. g. r. Candaoe.
Gleasondale, Mass, May %. 1910.
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to the 100000 people who are doing
nonproductve work and to the 10000
900 people who do not work at all.
And because the changed ratio of sup
ply and demand are enabling the farm
er to make profit where before be
worked at loss there Is great outcry
over the high cost Of living. This out.
cry will not change things in the least.
Neither win boycotts nor anti-neat 80
cieties.
There Is only one remedy, reversal
Of the tide Of population. The abnor
NAL growth Of cities must be checked
Farming must be restored to its proper
place In the industrial world. In the
succeeding articles we shall note some
Of the forces that are bringing this
about.
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GOTT'S ISLAND.

Charles Fl. WEIGH, Of Boston, spent the
Fourth with friends here.
Bert 0. Gordon and wife, Of Bangor,
are at the Hillside for few days.
M. v. Babbidge spent the Fourth with
friends at Atlantic and Swans Island.
Miss Jennie Kicker, OF Philadelphia, is
the guest of Miss Peterson at Petit
Piaisants.
Frank A. Babbidge and wife spent the
Fourth at Seal Harbor, the guest at Mrs.
Bertha Eddy.
Miss Mary Ijams, OF Philadelphia, who
spent the winter with Miss Peterson at
Petit Plaisants, arrived Thursday for the
season.
July9. CHIPS.
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When the stomach fails to perform its
functions, the bowels become deranged,
the liver and the kidneys congested, caus-
ing numerous diseases. The stomach and
liver must be restored to healthy condi-
tion, and Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets can be depended upon to do
it. Easy to take and most effective. Sold
by all dealers.
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The Newly-born Child.
"on parents knee naked, newborn child
Weeping thon satst, while ali around thee
smiled.
30 live that. sinking In thy last long sleep,
Calm those mayst smile, while all around
thee weep"
lyon the Persian, BY Str William Jones.
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Chafnserlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's gently stimulate the liver and bowels
to expel poisonous matter, cleanse the
system, cure constipation and sick head
ache. Sold by all dealers.