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allow his name to be used in con-
nection with the statement, but who
vouches for its authenticity, has just
come fIom tour of inspection of the
route to be traversed by the new line,
and declares that the prospects are
brilliant.
For more than six years the engi-
neers have been at work surveying the
route and maps of the proposed route
as far west as Prescott, Ariz., have
been prepared. Camps have been es-
tablished and as far as possible, the
preliminary work has been rushed to
completion.
The route naturally will be very
similar to that of the famed old Du-
range cutoff. running in a generally
southwesterly direction from Denver
to Durango. the coal field of southern
Colorado: thence into Arizona and
through the territory to Prescott
Thence. still pursuing a generally
southwestern line. it will come to Los
Angeles and there will almost certain
ly be branches to the more important
cities and towns of Arizona and south
ern California.
AS every railroad man knows. the
dead railroad master. L. H. Hartman,
planned the Durango cutoff. but was
never able to complete the work of
construction.
The Hill scheme is along almost
Identical lines and would serve the
same purpose as that aimed at by Har-
riman. The idea is to build north and
south lines in the West and South
west instead of the more direct east
and west lines.
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DENVER TO
COAST ROAD
PROPOSED NEW LINE WILL TAKE
IN DURANGO, PRESCOTT
AND LOS ANGELES.
SURVEY is COMPLETED
DENVER WILL BE PLACED ON d.
RECT LINE TO THE
PACIFIC.

Los Angeles-A road southwest
from Denver. via Prescott. Ariz.. to
the Pacific coast is said to be the last
Of the gigantic plans of ]. ]. Hill, rail
road wizard.
Such line would make direct COM
munication with the Burlington route,
also Hill line and would give a
fourth direct trans-continental road
from Chicago via Denver to the Pa
cific.
The project leaked out when an Of
ficial of the Hill SYSTEM who has
reached this city, said that the road
will extend from southern Colorado to
Los Angeles. and that already part of
the route has been surveyed and
staked.
The line will run via Prescott from
Denver. The official who declined to
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street say,na. Arc Short Lived.

Street Sayings Are Short Lived.
II some London slang has II short
life. the street sayings current for a
time pass away even more quickly.
Most Of these. such as Has your
mother sold her mangle?" "Who shot
the dog?" and How are you of for
soap?" survive only in the pages Of
contemporary novelists.
Some. however, have a long life.
Does your mother know you're out?"
has been traced back to 1910 and may
possibly have been current before
then. Others are revived, with slight
alterations. Ten years ago rude little
boys would shout, Where did you
get that hat?" when their grand
fathers would exclaim. What! the
same old hatl" And the expression
Of dissent emphasized nowadays by
Not in these trousers!" used to be
conveyed thirty years ago by the tag.
mot in these boots!"-London Chron.
lcle. xgT5Ta
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A Willy judge.

AT an assize court. according to the
London Times, juror claimed ex-
emption from, serving on the ground
that he was deaf. The Judge held q
conversation with the clerk of ar
raigns on the subject, and then, turn
Ing to the man, at whom he looked in
tently. he asked In a whisper: Are
you very deaf?" Very" was the un-
guarded reply. $50 1 perceive" was
the rejoinder of the Judge. but not
whisper deaf You had better go into
the box. The witness shall speak
ow.'-Case and Comment
The Springfield herald., 1911-06-02
Bargains In Bright Dollars.

Trenton.-Because many foreigners
in South Trenton were parting at
half price with bright, new, silver dol
lars bearing the date of 1879, It has
been necessary for some of the banks
counterfeits. The cry was raised
among the small tradespeople that
money of this particular date was
no good. and several strangers have
been going about collecting them.
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Fitting.

Did your nephew make suitable
marriage?"
Yes" replied the man who habitu-
ally thinks along erratic lines. He
has curly blond hair, and has never
done anything more herculean than
to pick flaws on a guitar, and-well.
he married female baseball player"
Puck
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WoIaast Defeats Burns.

San Francisco. - Outfought. out
paced. outgeneraled. everything but
outgamed, frankie Burns of Oakland
was forced to hoist the white towel of
surrender as the gong rang for the
beginning of the seventeenth round of
his fight with Ad Wolgast, light
weight champion.
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Auto Smashed; Four kiJled.

Los Angeles.-Four persons were
killed and one injured fatally at a
railroad crossing near Rivers in this
county in collision between Pa
cific Electric car and an automobile
Both were running at full speed.
The Springfield herald., 1911-06-02
HaIley's Comet siohted.

San Jose. CaI.-Halley's comet,
which was nearest to the sun and to
the earth and at its greatest bril-.
lance more than a year ago, has
been followed on it's journey into dis
tant space with the telescopes of the
Lick Observatory. The comet has
been photographed.
The Springfield herald., 1911-06-02
THE TRUTH ABOUT sLulNe.
Talk No, I,

Avoid liquid bluing. Every drop Of
water is adulteration. Half a cents
worth Of blue In large bottle flled
with water is sold for cents or 10
cents in many places.
Always use RED CROSS BAG
BLUE, the blue that's all blue. A
large two-oz. package. all blue. sells
for cents or 4-oz. for 10 cents. De-
lights the laundress. AT ALL GOOD
GROCERS.
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viii Hitch Ship to lcebera.

Sacramento, Cal.-Evelyn Briggs
Baldwin, Arctic explorer. who is here,
announces that, by hitching his ship
to an iceberg he expects to float over
the North Pole, starting in 1918 and
getting back to civilization about
1917
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He Used Good Material.

Rembrandt and Michael Angelo
were playing checkers under spread
ing tree in the golden sunlight Of the
Elysian Fields. -
The famous Italian looked up.
"Remmy," he said. did you notice
the price somebody has Just paid for
that 'Mill' Of yours?"
II heard about it."
"Well?"
well, I'm glad had enough money
when l painted that picture to buy a
good quality Of canvas. It's your
move, Mike"
And the game went on.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Springfield herald., 1911-06-02
Tornado Strikes Illinois Town.

Peoria, Ill.-A tornado struck Pekin,
Ill, killing two persons and causing
property damage that will amount to
thousands.
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Postoffice Deficit Wiped Out.

Washington.-For the first time in
the history of the service, 1t is said,
the deficit in the Postoffice Depart
ment has been entirely wiped out.
The Springfield herald., 1911-06-02

1t sometimes happens that woman
marries a man because she is sorry
for him. But is not that a poor way
To show her sympathy?
The Springfield herald., 1911-06-02

I can't find words to express my thanks
for the good your medicine has done
me. You maypublish this II you wish"
Mrs. HERMAN SIETH, Pound, Wis.
The success of Lydia E. Pnkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, 10 unparalleled. It may be
used With perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tpmors. ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache.
bearing-down feeling. flatulency, indt-
gestion. dizziness, or nervous prostra-
hon.
For thirty years Lydia E. Plnkha%'s
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female Ills, and
suffering women owe 1t to themselves
to at least give this medicine trial:
Proof u abundant that 1t has cured
thousands Of others, and why should
It not cure youp
II you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn Mass, for 1t.
It u 1reo and always helpful.
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Very Like.

Very Like.
did Hawkins take his punishment
like a MANI" asked Lollerby.
You bet he did, laughed Dub
bleigh. He hollered and yelled and
used strong language to beat crea-
tion."-Harper's Weekly.
The Springfield herald., 1911-06-02

Riches.
Knicker-Brown counts his wealth
in seven figures.
-Perpendicularly?
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DOCTORS
FAILED TO
HELP HER
Cured by Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Pound, Wis am glad to an
nounce that have been cured Of dys-

|pop6A anu Ioual6
troubles by your
m 9 d1ctne. I had
been troubled with
both for fourteen
years and consulted
different doctor1
but failed to get any
relief. After using
Lydia e. Pinkham's
We &c ia BILE Com
pound and Blood
Purifier I can say I
I'll
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02
Taft and aTariff.

Certain phrases serve as kind OF
touchstone in revealing a mans atti-
tude toward protective tariff. A
"Chlnese Wall is one of them. and
President Taft used 1t In his speech
at Providence. When the head Of the
protectionist party makes that con-
demnatory description of high tariff
his own-coolly adopting the language
Of free traders-it is enough to make
the ancient and rock-ribbed stand
patter rub his eyes and feel Of his
head and fear that the end of all
things is at hand. There Is phrase
on the other side, formerly used by
good protectionists, and even employed
by the innocent MIR. Dingley In 1897.
This is the one expressing the wish
that our sacred country were sur
rounded by "a sea of fire." so that not
an invoice Of hated and concentrating
foreign goods could reach our immune
shores. That test Of high tariff ortho-
doxy has long been dropped, as being
too exacting except for isolated saints
Of the protectionist church. But 1t
must look to the faithful as II the
very foundations were being de-
stroyed when a Republican president
declares that the days Of the Chinese
wall in tariff matters are over. Yet 1t
was all along probable that the blast
on the horns of Canadian reciprocity
would cause that antiquated barrier
to crumble and fall like the walls OF
Jericho.-New York Evening Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02

remained until his death. In that ca.
pacity he was paid probably about $35
or $40 a week After considerable
search l have not been able to find
any printed record that he ever mar
ried. You could hardly blame the poor
man-on that pay.
The prosperous American business
man will probably say that Schwann
was fool to waste his time in pro-
fession that paid him so poorly. It is
certainly fact that nobody thought
his work worth paying for; and 1t is a
serious question whether work that
nobody wants to pay for is really
worth doing at all. There are no
Schwanns In this country. Had
Schwann lived here he would have
gone into the doctor business and built
up for himself big practice.
Schwann's bust in marble Eliminates
the university in which he was so long
a teacher. But the bank discount on
marble bust-when a man is dead-is
hardly reward for the best efforts Of
genius.
Will the time ever come when gov.
ernments will take care that men who
do fine and useful things for glory
alone will get gold as well as glory in.
to the bargain?
Copyright, 1911, by the Columbia Press
Syndicate.l
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02
RATIFY REVISION IN COTTON
House Democrats in Caucus Vote to
Reduce Customs Rates on
Staple by Half.

Washington.-Dem Of the
house Of representatives, after q pro-
longed caucus, ratified by more than a
two-thirds majority the cotton tariff
revision bill drafted by the Democratic
members of the ways and means COM
mittee. This revision reduces by near.
ly one-half the schedules Of the Payne
Aldrich law on manufactures Of cot
ton.
The bill was not ratified without
protest, and a vigorous effort was
made by many Democrats to upset the
party legislative program and to pre-
vent adjournment OF the special SEES
sion Of congress by blazing away
with tariff revision all down the line,
even If such action would throw the
session into the late fall.
The committee. estim ates that un'
der the new rate the revenue to- be
derived in IL months from the cot
ton tariff will be $10,500,000, a de-
crease of little more than 100000
from last year under the Payne-Ald'
rich law.
Cotton clothing duties are reduced
from 40 to 80 and Is per cent; cotton
cloth, not mercerized or bleached, cut
to is, 20 and rs per cent. in various
grades, and cloth composed of silk
or mercerized cut from 42.46 to 25 per
cent.
Though all resolutions were defeat
&c no decisive action on the time OF
,ajovrDv,opt uaS taken
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02
Wisdom From Champ Clark.

The Democrats constitute one-half
Of the American people. They are en-
gagged in every species Of legitimate
business known among men and posi-
BILE in this country. The effect Of law
falls, like the rain, the sunshine and
the dew Of heaven, equally on the Just
and on the unjust. Consequently the
Democrats cannot injure other peo-
pies business without injuring their
own. l have said before and I say
now that no legitimate industry in the
United States has any cause whatever
to fear the action Of the Democrats,
and the sooner these prophets OF evil
are squelched, the better the country
will be off. The desire of Democrats
ls to so arrange things, as far as may
be that every American citizen shall
have an equal chance in the race OF
tife.-Champ Clark, in Leslie's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02
Democratic Victory At Hand,


Republican defenders of corporate
greed declare that Democracy's atti-
tude upon the tariff issue is mere poll.
tics.
1t involves the question of human
ity. It involves the welfare of the
common people.
Who are responsible for the social
and economic conditions which per-
petuate these infamous inequalities?
The State Register has fought long
and hard against trust rule, against
government by monopoly, against
special privilege. That is the fight
Democracy Is making today. That is
the fight that has resulted in split
in the Republican party. 1t has
brought out the so-called progressive
Republicans" who have adopted some
of the Democratic principles. They
are thus seeking shelter.
It is gratifying to see the fight upon
this issue getting so hot. 1t is well
that the subject Is being more gener-
ally understood, and that the social
and economic phases are not permit
ted to be eclipsed by mere political
manipulation.
Democratic victory Is at hand.-Illi-
nois State Register.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02
BOSTON INVADED BY CHOLERA
Woman succumbs to Disease Which
10 Traced to Sailors Taken az
LodQers-Men Disappear.

Boston.-Asiatic cholera has reached
Boston and caused one death. while
two foreign sailors who are believed
to, have brought the dread disease
here after being taken i'll disappeared
and their whereabouts is unknown.
according to statement given out Of
f1cially by Chairman Samuel H. Durgin
of the Boston board Of health.
The cholera victim was Mrs. Tamas-
sine Mastrodenico, who died at the de-
tention hospital on Gallup's island.
Mrs. Mastrodenico took into her
home as dodgers few weeks ago two
sailors who were members Of the crew
of steamer supposed to have sailed
from an italian port.
The sailors subsequently were taken
i'll and disappeared. Efforts are being
made to locate them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02
MORE EXCELLENT
REPORTS FROM
WESTERN CANADA.
Grains Are Heading Out
Rapidly and Harvest Is
Now Approaching With
a Great Demand for
Harvest Help.

Last week 1t was pointed out in
these columns that there would be
yield Of about 200,000,o00 bushels OF
wheat throughout Western Canada, an
Increase Of about 1O0,O00,000' over the
previous year, and that the demand
for farm help was very great. Con.
firmation of this news Is to hand and
the cry still is for more help. The
Canadian authorities are hopeful that
the friends Of the 100000 or 100000
Americans who have gone to Canada
during the last few years will come to
the help of these people and induce
as many able-bodied men as they pos
sibly can to take advantage of the
low rate which is being offered from
all points on the Canadian Boundary.
and particulars Of which can be had
from any Of the following Agents OF
the Canadian Government: M. v. Nc.
lines, 17e Jefferson Avenue, Detroit.
Mich; C. A. Laurier, Marquette.
Mich; ]. s. Crawford, Syracuse, N.
Y; Thos. Hetherington, Room 202, 70
fremont Street, Boston, Mass; H. M.
Williams, 413 Gardner Bldg, Toledo.
Ohio; Geo. Arid, PIG Traction ermin.
al Bldg, indianapolis, Indiana: c. J.
Broughton, Room 412, M. L. C T. Bldg.
Chicago, ILL.,; Geo. A. Hall, End Floor.
1875 Second Street. Milwaukee, Wis;
E. T. Holmes, 315 Jackson Street, st.
Paul, Mimi: Chas. Pilling, Clifford
Block, Grand Forks, N. d.; J. B. Car.
bonneau, Jr., PIT Main Street, Bidde-
ford. Me-; J. NJ. MacLachlan. Box
1877. WATERFOWL, s. D.; w. V. Bennett,
Room 4, Bee Bldg. Omaha. Neb.:
w. H. Rogers, 1875 West 9th Street.
Kansas City, Mo-; Benz. Davies, Room
6, Dunn Block, Great Falls. Montana:
]. N. Grieve, Auditorium Building.
Spokane, Wash.
Every facility will be afforded men
Of the right stamp to secure advantage
OF these low rates. To those who pro-
pose to go, 1t may be said that they
will have this splendid opportunity Of
securing first hand information as to
the excellent producing character of
the lands In Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta. They will have the OPP
portunity of seeing some Of the great
est wheat fields in the world and prob
ably the largest yield OF wheat, oats
and barley that has ever been grown
on the Continent. And all this on
land some of which cost the settler
only the $1,000 necessary to enter for
his homestead. or, If he purchased.
in some cases, costing him from $500
to $1,000 per acre, but which is now
worth from $500 to $4,000 per acre.
Even at these prices the land Is re-
markedly cheap as will be realized
when the statement is made that from
20 to Is bushels per acre and over
OF wheat are grown, netting the farm
er from $500 to $1,000 per acre; and
this on land that be got for nothing
or paid merely a nominal price. In
fact the production shows that $500
to $4,000 per acre would be q nominal
price for land that would produce -
these lands produce.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02
REACH FOR WORLD CONTROL
stupendous Is the Idea That Steel
Magnates Have Allowed Them
selves to Conceive.

It would betray a milkiness Of child.
like credulity to accept at their nomi-
nal worth the philanthropic utterances
of the steel magnates assembled at
Brussels. Stripped of all DISCUSSES, the
aim of the Brussels conference is to
control and monopolize the iron and
steel production Of the world. When
Judge E. H.. Gary, chief promoter OF
this conference. saw plainly foreshad-
owed the purpose of the American
people to reduce the steel duties to the
lowest revenue standard he lost no
time in seeking means of defense In q
worldwide steel trust
Under the operation Of the As per
cent. duty on building materials Of
steel, the most important of the
trusts products, imports from Europe
have entirely ceased. On the other
hand, II the invoices are correct the
exports of structural steel in any con-
siderable amount are sold abroad at
upward Of $50 ton. There may be
partial explanation of the high price
in the peculiar character Of these ex-
ports Should the duties on steel
building materials be repealed the eff.
feet will be destroyed by the Brussels
agreement against injurious competi-
ton and the substitution for 1t OF tho
Golden Rule" Of the Founder OF
Christianity. Thus If the duties are
repealed, there will be no foreign COM
petition in structural steel in the
American market, which the trust will
absolutely control, while 1t will keep
up its prices SO as not to seriously in
terfere with European manufacturers
in their own markets. What mockery
to cite the Golden Rule in behalf OF
such conspiracy! But 1t is ordained
that the tallest trees do not grow
quite into the sky, and 1t will go hard
If the nations do not find effective
means OF arresting the growth of this
worldwide steel monopoly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02
Beau erummelI and the Brewer.

Brooks club in London, whose dig
nifty seems to have been offended by
it's association with paper bag cook
cry, was not always the ultra.respect-
able and quintessential superior place
1t now processes to be, in spite Of the
story that dining there was like dining
at dukes with the duke lying dead
upstairs.
In the days that were earlier it was
a great place for gaming for high
stakes and many anecdotes attest the
kind Of company that was kept there.
For instance. when Beau" Brummell
had won large sums from Alderman
Combe the, brewer, he patronizingly
sail that he would never drink any
other porter but his opponents, where
upon the alderman, whose temper
seems to have been lost with his mon
ey, retorted, II wish every other black
guard in England would tell me the
same"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02
Error Of Draughting Clerk in the Of
flee Of the Coast and Genodetic
Survey Is Responsible.

Il am responsible for the naming
Of Nome City, Alaska" said ->draught-
ing clerk in the office of the Nast of
Geodetic Survey at Wash gton,
though it was wholly unintenl NAL
and none was more surprised THAI I
when saw the name on the map. It
arose in this way:
when the rush to Alaska took
place on the discovery of rich gold
deposits on the Klondyke in the early
nineties, the government found it nee
essary to make more complete maps of
that then little known country. Sur
veying parties were rushed to the
field, and as fast as their notes and
plats were sent back to Washington
they were turned over to this Office
to make the official maps. There
were many parties in the field and the
maps were being continually called for
~ the Kold-seekers. Hence our Office
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-02
Combines Retain Vitality.

Just at this season Of the year the
public may overlook without reading,
or read without attention, the an
nouncement that eight manufacturers
of heating apparatus have combined.
But winter Is coming and it takes
three or four Yeas after a case has
arisen to learn from the Supreme
court whether given combination Is
in reasonable or unreasonable re-
straint of trade. 1t is matter OF
some interest that regardless of the
Sherman law and the unusual activity
of the department Of justice the proc
ess of organizing combines goes on
without restraint. The trusts are
formed faster than the courts can dis.
solve them. The complaints that
business is paralyzed by the perni'
cious activity of the government in
running down trusts do not receive
much support from the record Of new
trust formations.