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The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
POINT OUT DANGER
OF GRADE CROSSING

Hyattsville, Feb 1.-Two members OF
the public service commission of Mary
land. Messrs. Amber and Laird, came
here yesterday, in accordance with a
recent promise made to q delegation of
citizens from this community, protesting
against the maintenance Of a grade cross
ing at the junction Of the Washington
Westminster and Gettysburg and the
City and Suburban railroad just south Of
this place. to inspect the conditions.
The commissioners, accompanied by
Engineer Phelps. arrived at Brentwood.
the terminus of the Washington, West
minister and Gettysburg Railroad. about
noon. where they were Joined by officials
Of that road and OF the city and subur-
ban. and the attorneys for either road
jackson H. Ralston appeared as attorney
for the Hyattsville Citizens Association.
which organization initiated the protest
against q grade crossing at this point
The party walked over the roadbed of
the new railroad to its junction, with
the electric road and as far west as
Highland avenue.
One of the principal arguments used
by the ofiicials and engineer of the WASH
ington. Westminster and Gettysburg road
against going over the tracks OF the City
and Suburban road is that, on account
Of the height their tracks would have
to be elevated, they could not use a
tract Of land lying between the Baltimore
and Ohio and City and Suburban tracks,
which piece Of ground they purchased
for the establishment Of freight yards.
The commissioners saw that. under
present conditions, the ground N question
is about sixteen feet below the present
roadbed. which. IN the Judgment Of en-.
a. . yard. EngtQeer Phelps. Of the COM
missioa. mnde extensive notes ~ 70 tbs
enginaes1nE feoturos - ths problem. ana
IL Wonbou - ~ comnn1nu1oa ~.
Daeyse n<aE1ea tntstese ~ ~ pItualiep
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
AVIATION MEET CLOSES.
MeCurdy Will Fly Around Morl
Castle To-day.

Aavans, Feb. 1.-THE eight-day avia-
ton meeting closed to-day without acct
dent. McCurdy, Beachy. and Ward made
good fights.
At O'Clock tomorrow morning Nc
Curdy will ny from Camp Columbia to
MORO Castle. which he will circle and
return. The round trip 10 eighteen miles.
A reception will be given tomorrow
uieht At the Albieu Theatcr in honor Of
me ayiator$ Vice Presidegt Zayas will
make . speech and present to McCurdy
the Havana Post prlxe Of $S.6oo for his
fight from Key West
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Girl s.aerinx from Aph....

Poughkeepeie. n. Y, Feb. IA beauti-
full we1-dressed- girl believed to be .
resident OF New York City was found
wandering on the streets to-day suffering
from aphasia- The mark Of New York
shoe dealer found IN her shoes is the>pnly
clew to her identity. She also talks In
. rambling manner about the New York
subway. and mentions number Of
strsets In that city.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

the current in the battery was not ex-
hausted when the trip was ended. Mr..
Forts idea was to duplicate the perform
ance that might be expected OF big
gasoline touring car under unfavorable
read conditions
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
NBWSOFALBXANDRIA
Monument Association Will
Settle $1,000 Debt.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS MEET TODAY

Interesting Topics VIII BE Dis
cussed by Superintendents-T
Bafleys Cross Roads-Y0uth in
Runaway Gets q Bad Scare.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Die. from Hieco.xhs.

Scranton. Pa. Feb. 4-Henry Murman.
of Honesdale. who was stricken with an
accute case Of hiccoughing at the home
OF his daughter. in Peckviiie. last Tues
day, died to-day.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Aibert maker Dead.

Winchester, Va. Feb. 4-Albert Baker.
widely known business man and mani
usacturer of tho South. IL dsad hsra -
ltixty-nve years. : Is
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
A.S.DONIPHAN, News Agent
KING AND COLUMBUS STS.
Ale~aAHpia Va

The Warrington Herald deliv.
cred to any address In A1exaa.
dria at the following rates:
Daily and Sunday. .l0c per me.
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The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
PRESENTED TO TAFT
New Ministers of Sweden and
Panama Are Received.
CANAL soL1DIFHs FRIENDSHIP

DR.. Belisari0 P0rfas, I'm Presenting
Credentials, Declares Great Water.
way Enhances Relations of Cow
ernments-Chief Executive Assures
Diplomat OF Any Needed Help.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

machines. Buyers have learned that we'll
! built cars selling for $1,000 and under
will do all that is expected Of them
Cars like the EMF go and Flanders
10" listed at $1,000 and 500. respective
ly. being lighter in weight than larger
cars, consume less power in moving
thei. own dead weight. Such cars are
cheaper in first cost as well as up
keep. The matter Of upkeep is of more
Importance than the first cost.
with excess weight eliminated, the
saving OF gasoline and oil Is no small
matter to be considered. The wear and
tear on tires is reduced to the minimum.
For use about town the car Of medium
size can be maneuvred much easier than
larger car. 1t does not take as much
room In crowded thoroughfares and can
be turned around more easily than cars
Of longer wheelbase. Buyers should con-
slider these important factors before pur-
chasing
The Overland Wind Wagon. which is
operated by a propeller, is attracting
much attention. r. c. Smith, president
of the Overland Washington Company.
was deluged with requests for rides yes
terday when he tried it out on the speed
way.
j. l. Handlsy, vice president of the
United States Motor Company, of New
York, has resigned that position to ac-
cept the presidency of the American Mo-
tors Company, the miIlion-dollar concern
recently organized at Indianapolis, whose
initial function was the taking over of
the entire plants and properties of the
American Motor Car Company, makers
of the well-knOwn American Traveller
and American Roadster.
Mr.. lIandley is a native Texan, and his
fiTst work in the automobile line was the
organization of the Maxwell-Briscoe-
Handley Company. OF Dallas. a subsid-
iary company of the Maxwell-Briscoe
Motor Company, and Southwestern dis
tributers of the latters product.
He later removed to Chicago to take
Charge of the parent company's sales
and financial business in the Middle West,
in which capacity he remained until
called to New York as vice president of
the big United States motor organization.
The American company will greatly en-
lacSe its present facilities. and will in
augurate a vigorous advertising campaign
through the daily newspapers from coast
to coast, and it is expected that Mr..
Handley will materially aid the organiZa
ton in pushing the American to the top
of the list of classy cars, but one of his
chief ambitions in coming to Indiana is.
zen of a State that is nearer like Texas,
and whose people are nearer like Texans
than any others L ever met"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

1ausyt lel.ilg c!ssslAtiea.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

The designing and building of an auto
mobile one readily conceives to be a
matter calling for a fine quality of en-
gineerlng skill: but to think of the build
ing of an automobile tire as calling for
an equally fine degree Of scientific
know ledge along other lines presents an
idea that has not occurred to the aver
age layman.
Yet tire manufacturers know that in
their own field some very pretty prob
lens have been worked out. One OF these
was the overcoming of the chatting effect
between the wheel rim and the tire,
known as rim cutting" which used to
be big factor in sending tires to the
scrap heap before their time.
This chatting has been SO completely
overcome within the last two or three
years, said A. H. Marks. vice president
of the Diamond Rubber Company, that
damage of the kind named rarely. if
ever. occurs in any type of pneumatic
tire.
Ia perfect seating of the tire casing
within the rim was the means Of over
coming the difficulty. When it was dis
covered just how the hook of the tire
should be made and shaped to avoid all
reasonable possibility of rim chafing the
then proceeded further. y
Nowadays there can be quite marked
irregularity in either the straigh< side
type or the clincher style of rim and the
tire will not be cut or chafed, because
rim uniformity.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

There is no doubt In the minds Of
those familiar with the motor car that
the backbone Of the industry u the, car
of medium size and price. says B. w.
Tvyman. sales manager Of the NM
Company.
.sThe time has po61ed when tie pub
u ooih6 = hlgh-toVua1 - hlg1l-pr1Qo1
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

I One hundred and seventeen Sampson
freight and delivery motors were sold
during the recent commercial motor We
hicle show in Madison Square Garden
I by the Alden Sampson Manufacturing
Company. the truck division of the United
States Motor Company. In addition, 1,032
business men werS sufficiently impressed
| with the vehicles frankly to state their
preference for them.
The trend of the commercial motor
business was plainly shown by the choice
of those who bought vehicles. The de-
livery motor with a capacity of from
1000 to 1900 pounds was in greatest de-
mand, although the one ton truck pressed
1t closely in point of sales. Interest in
other types of vehicles was in the order
Of their carrying capacity.
The use of electrics for cross-country
runs is becoming more frequent as the
capabilities of the new Edison battery
are better understood. Mr.. George A.
Fort, the energetic representative of the
waverly company in Philadelphia. made
q trip from the Quaker City to Manhattan
that showed unexpected possibilities of
FAST travel over rough and dinicult roads
The distance covered was H. miles,
and the elapsed time was hve and one
third hours. Mud six inches deep was
encountered IN many places. The car
used was the new Waverly roadster, q
stock car equipped with an AS Edison
battery. Mr.. CHASER. OF the Edison Stor-
age Battery Company. accompanied Mr..
Fort, and was enthusiastic In his praise
Of the cars behavior.
Il b true that most mileage records In
electr1co are made at.low speed ana over
susooeh roads. The attempt n this CO..
v1s ~ = 4nke : milsaes recqe& 1ug3
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

William Woodlawn, a negro youth, was
given a scare at z O'Clock this evening,
when horse attached to a wagon. the
property Of 2. T. Harrington, a local
liveryman, took fright when shaft
dropped. throwing the boy out and par
tally demolishing the wagon. The horse
ran the wagon into a tree. Woodlawn
escaped injury.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

For a driver to make forty-eight starts
in competition events during a season, in
cluding track, motordrome, road race, and
hill-climb events. and win thirty firsts,
seven second places and nine thirds, being
unplaced only twice. is a great record.
That is Ralph De Palma's brilliant score
for 1910. and no other racing pilot can
show a record equal to it.
In his successful fight to become a
mile-track champion, De Palma certainly
had to go some. Twelve times during
1910 he broke worlds records. in addition
to several class records. one of the most
remarkable being the worlds mile dirt
track mark of 1892 seconds, made off,
cially at Syracuse. N. Y. on September
II in the presence Of over $1,000 people.
The same day he shattered officially the
worlds figures for other distances. as
follows: Two miles, 1:N55; three miles,
2:3o.55; four miles. 3:222..27, and five miles.
4:11.9. A week later at Narberth. Pa,
he sent the worlds ten-mile mark by the
boards. getting over the ground in S:31 1-5.
On the Los Angeles hoard track De
Palma scored some remarkable records,
including the five-mile mark of 3:1562
and the fifty mile in 1855.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-23
THE CULTIVATION OF
THE CORN CROP

Corn as forage crop to be put up as
silage is just beginning to be apprecia-
ted by Northern Wisconsin farmers.
That corn can be raised for silage pur-
poses has been amply demonstrated by
practical men in every county in the
northern half of the state. Slage
corn means not the tall stalky, watery
product which at one time was extern
sively grown, but good sized, leafy
corn bearing large proportion of
ripened ears.
In order to produce good corn crop
frequent cultivation is necessary as
this crop if planted or sown broadcast,
and left uncultivated, produces but a
comparatively small yield of forage.
1t cannot compete with the hardy
indigenous weeds and grasses and
grow to full development. Cultivation
at frequent intervals is absolutely
essential to keep down foul weeds and
grass and to maintain the soil in clean,
healthy condition.
Corn cultivation is of great value in
the conservation of soil moisture Elk
periments in 1910 at Iron River showed
that while the grain crops and the
clover fields adjoining the corn fields
were drying up for lack of water,
efficiently cultivated corn growing on
similar soil was green and thrifty and
making rapid growth.
Still another effect of cultivation is
to thoroughly aerate the soil and to
render plant food more readily avail
able. During wet spells such as we
have been having during the past
month, lack of soil aeration has been
particularly noticeable on heavy clay
soils, or soils deficient in drainage.
This condition is indicated by the yell
lowing of the young plants. 1t is
harmful to all plants, and doubly so in
the case of corn on account of the
relatively short growing season. Any
factor which checks the early develop
ment of the corn Injuries it's yield and
its rapid growth maturing qualities.
On this account cultivation is just as
essential in wet as in dry seasons.
AS a general rule shallow cultivation
from one to two inches in depth gives
the best results although deep cultiva-
ton is sometimes necessary in order to
destroy weeds. For this purpose thor
ough cultivation should be practiced
early in the season, the spike tooth
harrow being especially valuable in
solving the weed problem. The fields
should be narrowed sufficiently to keep
down the weeds and to preserve a dust
mulch until the rows can be plainly
seen. 1t is hard to say how often
corn field should be cultivated much
depends on soil, weed and weather
conditions. AS rule, the field should
be gone over after every heavy rain.
This practice should be continued until
the corn begins to tassel out Corn
should be cultivated. early, often and
thoroughly if one intends to grow
maximum crops. This applies no mat.
ter whether the aim is either a large
yield of corn for silage, or of ripe ear
corn
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-23

press the fair minded reader. The
Superior Telegram has been throwing
variegated spasms lately in frenzied
effort to prove that wheat is higher in
Canada than in the United States. In
alleged proof, it quotes comparative
prices in Winnipeg, the wheat center
and metropolis of Western Canada,
and in Grand Forks, N Oak, merely
local market. 1t doesn't give a series
of quotations, nor an average for sew
eral years, but claims to have found
one particular date on which wheat
was II cents higher in Winnipeg than
in Grand Forks. Any man of ordinary
intelligence can see that such a fact,
conceding it to be the fact, doesn't
prove anything. There have been
many times when butter was higher in
Ladysmith than in Chicago or New
York, but that doesn't prove the aver
age price to be higher here.
A fair comparison of prices can be
made only by taking series of quota
tions, covering considerable period.
If the Telegram, or any reciprocity
shouter, wanted such comparison it
may easily get it from official sources.
The tariff board has compiled quota
tions of wheat covering the period
1905-1910, giving quarterly quotations,
not from local markets but from wheat
centers. In the "a quotations the
Minneapolis price fell below that of
Winnipeg only twice, the rest of the
quotations ranging from cent to 178
cents above. In one-half of the quota
tations the Minneapolis price was
cents or more above Winnipeg, in one
half it was less than cents.
These facts don't prove very much
regarding wheat prices, but they
prove conclusively the unfair methods
used by peanut politicians in support
ing the reciprocity measure. One of
the surprising features of this reciproc-
ity discussion is the meagerness of the
facts offered. We have been surfeited
with glittering generalities, but we
haven't as yet seen single fact put
forth to show that the consumer will
gain anything from passage of the bill.
Judging from the Telegram treatment
of wheat prices, we doubt if it would
recognize fact if it met one in broad
daylight.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-23

in this and other states by the author
tiles of the College of Agriculture of
the University of Wisconsin. Men
who have been brought up on the farm
and who have some college training
in agriculture, in addition to teaching
experience, are especially qualified to
meet the requirements of these high
schools.
This line of work offers great oppor-
tunities for the high school assistant or
principal of the graded school who de-
sires to prepare himself in agriculture.
To meet this demand the courses in
agriculture in the summer session of
the University of Wisconsin have been
designed especially for teachers and
graded school principals who wish to
prepare themselves for agricultural
teaching; especially noteworthy courses
to be offered by the College of Agri-
culture for the current summer session
include work in agricultural bacteriolo-
Sy1 lSldIilj$9 W OCNtCIIcb III CiAS iSAi III
home, garden, field, dairy, canning and
preserving processes and the diseases
of domestic animals; agricultural chem
istry embracing the plant and it's
sources of food, the economic impor-
lance of farm manures, feeding stuffs,
fertilizers and dairy products. Work
in agricultural education will include
the origin and development of the
movement of agricultural education
and the place of agriculture in the
schools of the state. A general course
in agronomy comprising the testing,
planting, cultivating, harvesting, stor-
ing, marketing and judging of grain
crops, and course in weed Identified
ton and weed inspection will be offered
by the agronomy department. In ad-
dition, practical courses in rural archi
lecture, elementary live stock judging,
testing and handling milk and its prod
ucts, dairy practice, plant propagation,
school gardening, and elementary soils
will be offered during the summer ses-
sion.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-23

The income tax bill has had a hard
road to travel, and has been amended
almost as much as an ordinary tariff
bill, but reports are that it is likely to
pass finally. Apparently the strongest
arguments in favor of such a tax are
that it will bring in revenue and will
fall on people who are able to pay.
This latter argument doesn't appeal as
very strong one. Although it would
be useless to tax a man who isn't able
to pay. the fact that man is able to
do thing is no logical reason why he
should be compelled to do it. The true
principle of taxation would seem to be
to tax men in proportion to the benefits
they receive from society. To in
crease mans taxes because he is in
dustrious seems ludicrous, yet that is
the effect of taxes on income, on per-
sonal property or on improvements of
real estate.
Suppose there are two men of equal
ability and opportunity, each able to
earn So, 600 a year. One really works
and earns $1,000, the other loafs most
of the time and merely earns bare
living. Why should the worker be
compelled to pay tax for the benefit
of the loafer.
Or, take the case of two men owning
equally valuable lots lying side by side.
One erects building on his lot, per-
haps factory, adding to the assets
of the community, increasing the value
of all surrounding property. The other
leaves his lot vacant, breeding place
for weeds and mosquitoes, an eyesore
to the community. Why should the
enterprising man be taxed because of
improvements he has made? Some day
we will get to considering this matter
of taxation on principle and not simply
as a means of raising revenue in any
old way.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-23

The assembly bill reducing express
rates 20 to Is per cent was very prop
erly killed in the senate. We have an
able railroad commission, equipped
with means of gathering information
having authority to require reductions
where same are proper, and the
matter should be left in their hands.
too high, the legislature is not pos
sessed of sufficient information to in
diligently fix rates. 1t should confine
itself to it's natural function of enact
ing general rules, leaving the fixing of
detailed rates to experts.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-23

An amendment to the election laws
provides that all elections in cities of
less than 5000 may be held at one CEN
trail polling place, a separate ballot
box to be provided for each ward AS
only one set of election officers would
be required, the cost of elections would
be thus considerably reduced. tt is
left optional with the city council to
adopt this system or retain separate
polling places for each ward. AS city
councils are presumably inclined tow
ard economy, general adoption of the
system may be looked for. Apparent
ly the only objection to the system is
that it reduces the amount of patron
age controlled by the mayor and coun-
Gil.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-23

Both houses of the legislature have
passed a resolution asking the u. S.
Senate to investigate the Stephenson
election. In anticipation of an investi-
cation the Stalwarts are again voicing
che plea, What if he did spend lot
of money to get elected? 1t was his
own money" The Lorimer and Ohio
exposures have awakened the people
generally to higher sense of propriety
than the one thus expressed, one which
the Stalwarts apparently cannot attain.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-23

The township system of school gov
eminent has been given a jolt by the
legislature. All laws providing for
such system are repealed, the act to
take effect March LIST, 1912. The law
removing the limitation on the size of
an independent school district removed
the only good argument that ever
existed in favor of the township sys-
tenn, and it's repeal followed logically.
Under the independent district system,
control of school matters is in the
hands of the people, in line with the
present tendency of the people, to re-
acquire control of their government.