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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

80 years with no definite time set
as TO their ultimate completion,
were approved and provided for,
Such then has been tho work of the
National Rivers and Harbors Con-
gross since | spoke the opening word
of that great campaign here In Cairo
in October, 1906
cairo has a great interest per-
haps greater than any other city M
tho union, in carrying out the mis-
sion of the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress, because it makes no
difference whether it Is the improve
ment of the Ohio, the Tennessee, the
Cumberland, the Missouri or the
upuerM Mississippi that LIS completed
first, or whether it is the great Mis-
slscippi from here to the gulf. this
city is bound to derive the greatest
advantage from adequate and ser
viclable water transportation ! be-
lieya that every manufacturing con-
Germ or that every large distributing
iobbing house Of the country, IL
shown the wonderful water trans
portation advantages of Cairo, would
unite in saying that 1t is the most
important point in this whole coun-
try. believe that the citizens of
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

along the Atlantic coast; the Mobile
Basin Waterway Association, and
the Atlantic to the Mississippi Canal
Association.
During 1907, as direct result OF
the agitation carried on by this
great national body President Roose-
welt appointed the Inland Water
ways Commission and during that
same period, Congress, having be-
come impressed with the universal
demand for larger appropriations,
framed and passed the largest rivers
and harbors bill on record, aliotng
s37, 100000 that year for rivers and
harbors improvement
"The work Of the great national
body was kept up continuously with
funds supplied by the various cities
directly interested and an active and
aggressive campaign was waged in
every state IN the union, teaching
the constituents of congressman ev-
erywhere that they were interested
in the question Of cheap Transports
ton and therefore directly concerned
with the definite and systematic i'm
Iprovements Of the waterways. wheth
er located directly on them or not
Cairo vitality interested,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

"This splendid campaign, in which
cairo has always taken an active
part ana towards which she has al
WAYS contributed her share, finally
succeeded in 1910 in producing such
an effect upon congress that that
body adopted the policy of an annual
bin and provided $52,000,000 with
recommendation that like amount
be made each succeeding year until
the great worthy projects Of the
country shall have been completed
"This nationwide agitation also
led to the adoption of such projects
as the Ohio Valley Improvement and
recommended that the $4,000, 600
needed be provided during the next
10 years 1t brought about the
adoption Of the great upper Missis-
sippi project, calling for $1,000. 900
and provided that that work should
be completed In I ! years. It adopted
the great project of improving the
Mississippi below Cairo and recon-
monded that the $S0,000.000 needed
there for revetment work should be
appropriated within the next 2v
years. Other similar worthy pro-
jects throughout the United states
that had beeen dragging for 20 or
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
Wanted to Have Il Done Win. /

Emily Gordon Baird is the name OF
this young lady whose people are sum.
merlug at Ridgeville, near Elyria. Her,
fouryear-old curiosity impels her to.
close approach to the family washtub,
tor more intimate acquaintance with
the soap bubbles as they swirl about
the edges. In consequence she re-,
qures a frequent change Of garments
to keep her dry.
Emily" said her mother last Mon
day "If you get your dress wet again,
| shall punish you severely. Do you,
understand"
Yes, mother" replied the young
lady.
Nevertheless her curiosity over1
came her training and in half an hour
she needed dry dress 70 keep her.
from taking cold
do you remember what told you
little while ago. asked the mother.
DO you remember told you I'D have'
TO punish you II you didn't mind," !
We'll, mother said the little rebels
come on and do 1t, and let's have It
over WITH
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
NEWS FROM OUR NEtGHBoRs
in the formers auto.

in the formers auto.
Master Frank Scbuler is quite i'll
at his home on Fourth and Poplar
streets.
Mr.. aud Mrs, Hugh Baker of Phila
delphia are visiting the formers
parents rev and Mrs NJ b Baker.
Mrs, James Quarles Of Chicago ar
rived Monday evening to visit her
parents Mr. and Mrs, James Durning
on upper Main street She WAS met
in cairo by her brother and Miss
Iona Bowers
Mr. and Mrs Henry Beaupre Of
Fourth and Poplar streets have as
their guests tho formers aunt Mrs
William Ingarsol of Minneapolis and
cousin Mrs. A. Robertson of Sheboy-
gan, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Beaupre and
their guests and Mr. and Mrs. George
Rutledee will 60 to Vienna Tues
day afternoon to spend few days
with Miss Lottie Beaupre.
Mrs. Charles Livcsay was the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Met Quarles at
Mounds, Monday afternoon
Miss Gertrude Dawson of Kanka
kee Is in the city visiting her mothe,
Mrs. f. NJ. Dawson and family on
upper Main street
Mrs. G. Keller, Sr., Mrs James
cole and Miss Elizabeth Keller spent
Monday with friends 1T Mounds.
Mrs. Il. c. Parker and son Charles
Howard returned homo Nondav f on
Hengh'w ~ whore thsy spent the
part veah with relatives.
A babv cante7t wac onenad Mo1.
day cveniup - the Palm theatre
which vil last two We ks Scores
of tabios ha,e been epteeed andtbreo
prizos win he oivon to the three most
nor"lar.
MIS-. rhn'l"s koun ody is quite i'll
81 her home on upper Main street.
The ladies Of a. Peters Epscopal
church are dishihrting programs
aud adeortiainn sheets for their fair
aad festival which viii be held We'd
tuesday evening, oct Is. Supper will
he served and there will b. needle
work and candies for sale.
STANLEY Ganoot visited friends in
Mounds Sunday.
The Woman's Club will meet Tues
day afternoon with Mrs j. G. Rhine
on High street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
MOUND CITY

Mrs. Fred Edmonds, Slaughter Mar
garet, and son Herbert. who have
spcn. the past month with Mrs. Ed
munds' sisters, Mrs. ed. Stuart of
Cairo and Mrs, Joseph butz of this
city, left Monday for Sc Louis where
they will spend a week with another
sister, MIS-. Margaret Rowan, befor,
leaving for their home in Denver.
Mrs. j. w Johnson spent Monday
with her sister, Mrs, Ida Starks, in
Cairo.
Misses Kate Darrah and Minnie
Boyd were shopping in Cairo Mon
day
Mr. and Mrs w. A. Dougherty anu
Mr. and Mrs, G. e. Martin attended
the "Red Mill" at the Cairo Opera
House Monday
Mrs. Stella Goose of Cairo was the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ] Jaccard,
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Capoot Sun
uhA ditti Hppi
Miss Sarah Belts went to st. Mary's
Infirmary in Cairo Monday evening
to visit her father, George, Belts,
who Is confined there.
Miss Sarah Traverse of Mounds
was in the city shopping Monday,
Charles Meehan of Cairo Charles
Healey aud Mark Kennedy Jr., OF
Mounds spent Sunday evening with
friends here.
w. T. Siefert, George Keller and
r. II. Hawley were Cairo business
callers Monday
Mrs. Mabel Flack and daughter, of
Mounds are ia the city visiting re,-
atives for a few days
Mrs. A. y. Compton and Miss Anna
Holcomb attended the funeral of
Miss Lulu Wright at Beech Grove
cemetery sunday afternoon.
Chris Keller. Jr left Sunday even
ing to spand a few days with friends
md relatives at points in Missouri
George IGichhorn was in Grand
Chain Monday looking after his real
estate interests there
Mr. and Mrs. D. N Norton and
little daughter were Mounds visit
Drs Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gates, Miss VII
0let Johnson and aunt Mrs James
Bartleson were in the city Sunday,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
from the lakes to the gulf, has
spread with increasing force since
that meeting here In October 1905
"Never in the history of the coun-
try has any great national move
ment been taken up and carried for
ward with such success as has been
the propaganda of the National
Rivers and Harbors congress. This
great national body held its first
meeting in Washington in January.
the following winter. and elected
the Hon. Joseph r. Ransdell, as pres
ident and since the organization,
perfected at that time, a campaign
Of continuous agitation has been
kept up all over the United States.
1.-THE mission of this great nation
u body was to unite all waterway
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
Reasons Why The Great Majestic You
Should Buy.

has the reputation Of being the best buy
has the reputation but IS the best made.
prove will let
Is material beat,
iron material that 800 cent greater
together tight No heat cold air
thus little fuel to do perfect work
of other
gallons heated like ket
with pocket left hand Inning and Is movable and sets on
frame When too hot 1t be
moved fire.
fuel heat watefand heat 1t not
times long,
clean and better satisfaction than
positively that the
above wouldn't buy Majestic at once
in Demonstration Week and Wen Prove 1t to You
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

Interests II one great movement for
the establishment Of q policy on the
part of the national government so
that appropriations made for rivers
and harbcrs Improvements on the
part of Congress might he made
large and regular. The slogan
adopted was Fifty Millions Annual
~ for Rivers and Harbors'
Has Strong Backing.
There came into the organization
the great local waterways bodies
that were already in existence, such
as the Ohio Valley Improvement AS
Soeiation the Upper Mississippi
River Improvement Association, the
Missouri River Navigation Congress,
ard the Improvement associations
along the Tennessee and the Cumber-
land rivers, AS well as the great In
terstate Levee Association, along the
lower Mississipri river. sAll of these
threw their combined effort into
awakening public sentiment general
ly and during 1906 other waterway
associations, prompted by the work
that was being done, came into ex-
istence Among these were, the
Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways
Association, organized in 1906. the
Interlocal Canal Association OF
Louisiana and Texas; the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

For service, quality ard prompt
ness in cleaning, pressing and re-
pairing, call Cairo Pressing Com
pany Both phones.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

Cairo appreciate and | want to COM
mend them for the good work they
have always done through Mayor
Parsons in supporting the Rivers
and Marbors Congress.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

New York Cafe--Fresh oysters,
any stle. zoe doz Hot chilli loc.
everything else reasonable CHAS.
DEMOS. New York Cafe. 100 Eighth
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
In New Home

The Cairo Pressing Company is
now in its new quarters and Is bet
ter prepared to do cleaning, pres
sing aud repairing than ever before
Home phone 6S-W; Bell phone 245
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

First Firehy--fset arrested.
Second Firefy Yes. biuebottis
caught me speeding without light
--Harpsr's Bazaar.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

Do not forget the Walking Cake
today at 3; 80 P. M. Woodward Hard
ware Co.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-08
MARCH 20 SET FOR CAUCUS.
Township Board Met Last Night and
Made Announcements.

A meeting of the Portage township
board was held last evening Ia the Of
flee of Township Clerk Little and
Thursday March 23. was set as the
date for the township caucus, which
will be held at the Amphidrome hall.
commencing at o'clock. AS the first
Monday In April falls on April 3, the
election will be held on that day.
The officers to be nominated at the
caucus are a supervisor, township
clerk, four constables. highway COM
missioner, member OF the board OF
review, school inspector ana an
overseer OF highways. Besides these.
one justice of the peace Will be elected
for a full term. The question of
whether or not the vacancy caused by
the death of Lorenzo Croze, former
justice of the township. should be
filled by election or by the township
board. was brought up at last nights
meeting but was referred To the town
ship attorney ]. f. Hambitzer, for
settlement
Township Clerk Charles r. Little
announces that he Is a candidate for
reelection TO the Office Of township
clerk.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-08
DENTISTS Will
EDUCATE PUBLIC
HouoHToN SCHOOLS BEGIN DIS
TRieuTioN OF DENTAL LIT
ERATuRE ON CARE OF
MOUTH AND TEETH.

Supt J. A. Doelle OF the Portage
township schools this morning received
n consignment of leaflets and booklets
from the Copper Country Dental So
ciety. which are intended for free dis
tribution To the school children of
Portage township. The object of the
booklets is To tell about the teeth and
show the relation between the care of
the teeth and the prevention OF tuber-
culosis and other diseases. The Cop
per Country Dental society is making
a commendable attempt to educate the
public regarding the care of the mouth
and teeth. The distribution of the
booklets will be begun at once.
The following extract from one Of
the booklets will be of especial inter-
est and benefit to parents:
At two and a half years the child
should have twenty teeth-never more.
These temporary teeth are almost al
ways regular. They need the same care
as the permanent teeth, and the reason
is obvious. II they are painful the
child will not eat properly; improper
or insufficient nutrition has a more
serious effect upon a growing child
than upon an adult All the reasons
for caring for the adults teeth apply
TO the care of the temporary teeth.
When the child is five and n half years
old, four permanent teeth come in.
They do not push any temporary teeth
out. but come in behind the last tenn
porary molars. They are known as the
sixth-year molars. These teeth are
often mistaken for temporary teeth
and are sadly neglected They should
have special care. for they are really
the most valuable teeth in the mouth,
and should be made TO last lifetime.
Count the child's teeth and If there are
more than twenty, you may be sure
that the first permanent molars have
arrived. Then care for these IL you
have to neglect all the rest. From the
seventh to the twelfth year temporary
teeth are coming out and permanent
ones are coming in, and the mouth
needs great care and careful inspec-
ton. This inspection by the dentist
should begin when the child is three
years old and continue through life II
is impossible to say how often an eX-
animation by the dentist should be
made. 1t is never wise to leave it more
than six months, and where the teeth
decay rapidly. 1t would be great saw
ing If an inspection could be made
every month or two. Teeth could then
be filled when the cavities are small
and serious trouble could he prevented.
If the filling is neglected until the tooth
aches, the operation is long and pain
the tooth is filled at the beginning of
decay.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-08
HoUeHToN RREvITIEs.


Mrs John Mailman Of East Hough-
ton ! IS sold her home on Hubbell
avenue TO H. t.. Henderson, local
agent for the Bankers Life Insurance
company of St Louis. She will leave
in a few days for her former home in
Duluth where she will reside perma-
nently.
A smoker will be held Saturday
evening at the gymnasium OF the
Michigan College of Mines. c. h. Mil
Ter. chairman of the smoker commit
tee is negotiating with a number of
prominent speakers at Calumet and
other parts of the county to attend.
The remaining number of books
comprising DR.. Elliott's give foot
shelf" but known in literary circles
70 no Harvard Classics" were re-
ca'vcd mis- morning at the Houghton
Public library
w. S. Prickett of Sdnaw, proprie-
tor Of Roycroft farm, was business
visitor in Houghton yesterday.
The Young Iadies' league Of st. Ig-
natius church will give a card party
and lunch at the st. Ignatius hall on
March II, st. Patrick's day.
DR.. l.. l.. Hubbard left yesterday on
business trip to Chicago.
Leasing Karger left yesterday after
noon for Chicago.
+. r. Bolles of the Copper Range
railroad. left yesterday afternoon for
Lansing on business
A special train will leave Saturday
morning over the Copper Range rail-
road from Houghton to Winona with
a party OF Michigan College of Mines
students who will visit the mines in
that district.
Mrs. Robert Shields and son have
spent several days at Ishpeming as
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Argall.
Mrs. l.. Dunn and daughter, Grace,
have returned to their home I'm Ish-
peming after a visit with copper coun-
try relatives and friends.
Mrs. John G. Rule and daughter,
who spent the past few weeks in Ish-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-08

TO SIS per month according TO class.
chief engineers on steel steamers
of the first class will be paid at the
rate OF SITS per month; first assistant
viii get 1925 per month and second
assistants ss4 a month.
On class y steel steamers of the
first class chief engineers viii receive
S15s per month, first assistants $40 a
month and second assistants $50
month.
chief engineers OF steel steamers of
the second class win get $40 month
and assistant engineers 500 per
month The chief engineers OF steel
package freight steamers OF l,SOO TO
1900 tons gross will be paid at the
rate of $155 per month and assistant
engineers will get $ll0 n month.
ON steel boats of the third class chief
engineers will receive S1O5 a month
and assistants SIS a month.
Chief engineers of modern steamers
over 1920 tons and package freight
steamers over $50 tons will be paid at
NiiS iaNt VI FAfO a. liiOuAl anu
sistants viii receive 500 n month
ON second class wooden steamers,
which includes bulk freighters Of 500
To 1900 tons and package freighters
of 500 to $50 tons, the chief engineers
viii receive 1925 a month and the as
sistants 800 a month.
The wages of first mate Will range
from S94 per month on wooden steam
ers OF the second class to $3.50 on steel
steamers of the first class. Second
mates on steel steamers OF the first
class will receive 500 and men on the
second class wooden steamers viii be
paid at the rate of $62.5O per month.
Cooks on steel steamers of the first
class will get $50 per month.
The schedule for the other men on
the boats up TO oct. follows: Second
cooks and walters. $40 per month;
porters. $50 per month; firemen. oilers
and water tenders. $5250 per month;
wheelsmen- lookouts. S55 per month:
wheelsmen, $50 per month: lookout.
$50 per month; ordinary seamen, $50
per month.
Seamen. firemen, oilers and water
tenders will be paid at the rate Of 81
per day while employed In fitting out
when they are not boarded on vessel.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-08
SUNDAY CLOSING A SURETY.
Enough Favorable Votes Received.
Churches Favor the Plan.


Enough favorable votes have been
received at the Houghton postoffice
for Sunday closing to insure the ad-
option of the plan. This announce
ment was made when the cards receiv-
ed reached the total of 1850.
In all of the churches of Houghton
on Sunday the priests and ministers
advocated Sunday postonice closing.
As an example. in ST. Ignarlous'
church, FIR. Manderfield instructed the
congregation that it was the duty of
every Christian to as far as possible
aid others in avoiding Sunday work.
The business men Of Houghton have
responded as one man in approving
the move.
AS soon as Sunday closing is adopted
the postoffice will be open only from
~ TO l for transients and for those ex-
pecting important mail. The mail will
be distributed as usual to the lock
boxes around town. The carriers and
clerks are DESTROYS of collecting the
cards and wish that all
those who hold cards would turn them
in to the postoffice as soon as possible.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-08

wrote 20 Mrs. P1nkham for advice. In
a short time had gained my average
weight and am now strong and WE'LL"
Mrs. SALLIE STEVENS, II. 4. D., No.
3, Box 81, Waurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, Mass was i'm ner.
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years could find no help.
owe my present good health to
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Blood Purifier which be-
lieve saved my life.
my doctor knows what helped me
and does not say one word against il"
Mrs. MARI JANETTE BATES, Box
1874, Huntington, Mass.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good. do
not continue to suffer without giving
Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases Of female ills. such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing down
feeling, and nervous prostration.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-08
UNIQUE CLASS OF VESSEL
PASSING FROM GREAT LAKES

All seven OF the WnaleDaCk type OF
barges which came into possession OF
the Great Lake Engineering works of
Detroit little more than a year ago,
as part payment for three big steel
freighters built for the Pittsburg
steamship company last year. will go
i'm ON the order i'm which President A.
G.. Pessand has booked for coal car
riers for coast traffic
The work Of shortening the pigs to
canal size and rebuilding them is al
ready under way at the Ecorse plant of
the company. Owing 10 their type OF
construction. the whalebaek barges
may be about 26O feet over and stil
pass through canals that would be un-
navigable to steamers longer than
about 257 feet Before departing for
the coast the barges will all be re-
named.
out OF fleet OF more than thirty
of this unique class of vessels. there
will be less than a dozen ships OF that
class on the lakes next season.
This deal makes twenty three whale
backs that have been sold To coast par
ties during the past seven or eight
years.
President Coulby of the Pittsburg
steamship company, sold sixteen of the
whalebacks that were sent To the coast
The Baltimore K Boston Barge COM
pany bought four, and twelve of the
vessels went to the Boutell Steel Barge
company.
GNive boats of the whaleback type,
one steamer and four barges, were lost
on the lakes. The steamer Thomas
Wilson was sunk in a collision with
the steamer George G. Hadley of Du-
luth. The Hadley was later named
the w. p. Rend. The barge Sycamore.
which was owned by Pickands, Mather
& Co, was sent to the bottom in
Whitefish bay by the steamer North
ern Queen.
The barge 129 was lost in a collision
with the steamer Maunaloa on Lake
Superior. The barge rs was wrecked
on the north shore of Lake Superior
and the barge 104 pounded to pieces
on the west arm OF the Cleveland
breakwater twelve years ago last fall.
The 1O4 was being towed out into the
lake when her tow line parted, and be-
fore the tug could get another line
from her she went on the breakwater
and pounded to pieces. All the MEM
bers Of the crew were rescued by the
life savers and tugmen.
The Pittsburg Steamship company
will have eight whalebacks next sea-
son. They are the steamers Cort Mel
son, Rockefeller Ericsson, Samuel
Mather, and ]. b. Colgate, and the
barges Alexander Holley and 1877. Pick
ands, Mather a. Co. will have the
steamer Pathfinder.
Although the steamer Alexander Nc
Dougall is part pig she is not classed
as whaleback. The McDougall. which
was named for the builder Of the
whaleback type, has a bow like the up
to-date-built freighters.
All the whalebacks were built by the
American Steel Barge company at SUI
perior. That plant is now a branch
OF the American Shipbuilding company.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-08
WAGES WILL BE SAME.
No Charges in Scale on Great Lakes
This Year.

The wage earners on the Great
Lakes this year win not suffer finan-
cially because Of the probable dizziness
I'm the fore part Of the season or tho
unfavorable year experienced i'm 1910
by many vessel men. The Lake Car
riers' association has decided that
wages will remain the same as last
season. Last year several changes
were made.
steamers were advanced IS a month,
second class steamers SIS a month
and third class steamers Sl1 per
month. The wages Of first assistant
engineers were marked up from $40