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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
No Extra Session Necessary.

Columbus-It has been stated with
authority that Gov. Harmon has not
the slightest intention of calling q
special session of the legislature this
fall
While he is secluded in his summer
home at Charlevoix, Mich, those who
know intimately his position on the
subject, agree that the executive
neither is disturbed nor surprised by
the latest racket over the Smith tax
limit law. That has been expected.
1t is certain that the judgmen of
Gov. Harmon has no been affected by
the opinion on the subject given
out by Attorney General T. s.
Hogan. On two propositions during
the recent legislative session. Gov.
and reputation as an attorney. The
workability of the Smith law with
out amendment was one of these. The
other was the legality of non-partisan
election of delegates to the constitu-
tioual convention. The governor now
appears to be standing alone with
Judge r. M. Dittey, chairman of the
tax commission, in the belief that
the Smith law needs no immediate
alteration.
On the nonpartisan constitution the
governors position finally was accept
ed as sound practically by every men,
ber of the legislature competent to
Judge. That question now has been
revived by Secretary of State Charles
whn iC Hnd hi nj n
great discovery" that the constitu-
ton requires delegates to the conven-
ton to be elected in the same man.
ner as members of the general assem-
bly,. After months of discussion it
was agreed that manner" was no
bar to forbidding party designation
on the ballot for delegates, although
it is used for legislators. Before the
discovery" was sprung, Graves left
for a sudden vacation, when there was
chance for trip up the lakes on
freighter. The question will go into
the courts, but there is no general
apprehension regarding the outcome.
The Smith law tangle also will be
settled by the courts, but the COVER
nor is as confident of his ground on
that as on the Green constitutional
convention law. The only question
involved is whether the statute re-
quiring councils to make appropria-
tions at the beginning of each fiscal
half year is directory or mandatory.
1t has been assumed generally that it
is mandatory. Gov. Harmon and
Judge Dittey, after thorough inves-
tigation, found stacks of decisions
holding that it was merely directory.
They have taken their stand ON these
decisions of numerous courts.
If they are correct it is only neces-
sary for councils to make appropria-
tions in January to the extent Of
money in the treasury, which will
carry until more money is received
when additional appropriations can be
made.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
FARMERS WEALTH is DOUBLED
Farms, Buildings, Acreage, lmple-
nents, All Have Grown in Num-
bers, Value and Utility Dur
ing the Last Ten Years.

Columbus.-Of marked interest is
the census bureaus announcement of
the latest general farm statistics of
the United States, showing that land
in farms more than doubled in value
during the past 10 years, having in
creased $15,252, ,7ss,OOO, or 11S per
cent. In 1900 they were valued at S13,-
051,033,000, and returns of the thir-
teenth census show they are now
worth $2S,3S4,S21, ,0OO
Farm lands, farm buildings and
farm implements of the country are
valued at $35,S59, $4,000, compared
with S17,S57 ,425,00 10 years ago.
The number of farms in 1910 was
6,340,12 as compared with 5,737,372
in 1900, an increase of IL per cent.
The land increased in 1900 from 1885,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

O92, 900 acres to s73,703,OOO in 1910, or
5 per cent, but larger increase, 15
per cent, is noted in improved acreage.
which il 1900 was 141, 100000 acres,
and in 1910 477,424,OO0 acres.
More conspicuous than the increase
in the number and acreage of farms
has been the increase in the improved
values of farm property. The land in
farms rose in value from $13,O51 ,033,-
900 in 1900 to $2S,3S3. .S21 900 in 1910,
an increase of 11S per cent, and dur
ing the same period the average value
per acre of all land in farms rose from
$3.50 to 1890, or 10S per cent.
Farm buildings which in 1900 were
valued at $3,556,614,000 were reported
in 1910 as worth $6.294 .O25, 900, an in
crease Of n per cent. Farm imple.
ments and machinery reported in 1910
as worth S1,261, $4,000 and 10 years
previously as worth $749,77S,O00, show
an increase of 6S per cent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
Wanted: Poster Design.

All Ohio will be asked to compete
for the design which will become the
official poster of the Ohio-Columbus
centennial Notice is being sent to
all art schools and colleges in Ohio
that the competition will be open at
once and continue until early fall. The
Ohio centennial commission will offer
a cash prize.
Any citizen of Ohio is eligible to
competition and any competitor may
submit as many designs as desired.
The poster must typify the capital
city and the state of Ohio and Indicate
the progress and advancement of the
last 100 years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
SMALL TAXPAYERS IN THE STATE
TO SAVE oNE-FIFTH ON NEXT
YEARS PAYMENT.
RAILROADS SHARE DOUBLED
Tho ohio Centennial Commission Ask
ing for a New Poster Design
Contest Open to Any Citizen
in the State-Wili Pay
Cash For 1t.

Columbus.-Small taxpayers have
been contributing five-sixths of
the entire cost of government
In Ohio. Railroads and other
utilities have paid the one-sixth. Next
year, the railroad and utility compa-
MES share will be doubled. The home
owner and small taxpayer will save
one-fifth of former payments, and his
portion of the total tax payments will
drop two-thirds. This is the estimate
made by the state tax commissioner
Attorney John H. Clarke of Cleve-
land, who appeared before it for the
Nickel Plate railroad. AS a matter of
fact, the saving to the small home
owner should be greater, because in
this estimate are included with him
all corporations and other taxpayers
who report direct to the county auditor.
1t is expected that when the tax
commission finishes with the new tax
duplicates, these interests will show
valuation increases in keeping with
the average gains Of three and four
hundred per cent. being made in util-
tiles. Attorney Clarke said that this
year the Nickel Plate paid $4,000 in
taxes in Ohio. Next year, the Nickel
Plates total Ohio tax payments will
be S251 900, Practically that entire
class of property is up against the
same situation. Last year, the Nickel
Plates Ohio tax value was S4,700,000.
This year it has been put down for
$25, 100000, the states share of a total
estimated value of S55,000,0 900 for the
entire road.
Clarke admitted that this was in
line with the aggregate New York
market values of the roads securities.
The road made voluntary report of
it's Ohio property at $13,50O,00O, to
which was added s2,0oo,000 for credits,
jump of ESQ per cent. over last year,
but the commission nearly doubled the
figure. Clarke, like representatives of
the Chesapeake & Ohio of Indiana,
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton and other
roads, complained that the commits
sion's factor of 697 per cent. for op-
Grafton was unfair. The road claims
that operation this year will take 80
per cent. of gross receipts. The com
mission is working on reports for last
year. Any changes in conditions this
year will work to alter the factor next
year.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
Boosts Seven Road Values.

Out of seven of the smaller state
railroads appraised yesterday by the
state tax commission, the Ohio River
and Western was hit the hardest. It's
values were raised from S102,0S7 to
$270,500.
Following are the tentative ap.
praisements made by the commission:
Addyston and Ohio River from s6,5O4
to $1S,730; Columbus and Southern,
from $25,964 to s52,SOO; Culver and
Port Clinton, to S61,OOO; Lorain and
Western, to $4,000; Toledo, Angola
and Western, from $14,115 to $57.70O,
and the Dayton, Lebanon and Cincin-
natl Railroad and Terminal Company,
from $S3,27S to s2S3.2O0.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
seventy.one Years in a Shoe Shop.

Sevcnty-One Years in a Shoe Shop.
Charles H. Wilson of Troy, N. Y.
occupies the unique positiol of having
been in business in one building for II
years, at least he will have completed
II years in the shoe business at 242-
244 River street August 12 next. This
record, 1t is believed, can be equaled
by few If any shoe retailers in this
country. Mr.. Wilson has also been in
business for himself for more than so
years. Mr.. Wilson is today just as
much in active business as he was al
most three-quarters Of century ago,
when as thirteen-year-old lad he en-
tered the employ of John Leonard
Williams of Troy. To be exact, that
was August 12. 1910. Mr. Williams
kept shoe store at 242-244 River
street in a building which had been
erected in 1903, and so the building
now occupied by Mr.. Williams for his
retail shoe business is one of the old
est buildings in Troy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
A samnle of Pura erlt.

Everyone admires grit. But when
you find it in your underwear, the
chances are that your washwoman
has used laundry soap that has been
dosed with rosin. Rosin is not soap
element-it merely adds weight. Dur
ing the soaking it sinks into the fibre
of the washables and acts as a binder
for the particles CT dirt which ought
to be and are removed when Hewltts
Eask Task soap is used.
Just try Hewitt's Easy Task-made
of soap elements only and costs no
more than the adulterated kinds. Five
cents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
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,O00,000 bushels of
wheat throughout Western Canada, an
increase of about 10O,OOO,0OO over the
previous year, and that the demand
for farm help was very great. Con-
frmation 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. " Nc
Innes, 176 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit,
Mich; G. A. Laurier, Marquette,
Mich; ]. s. Crawford, Syracuse, N.
Y; Thos. Hetherington, Room 202, 73
fremont Street, Boston, Mass; H. M.
Williams, 413 Gardner Bldg, Toledo,
Ohio; Geo. Aird, 216 Traction.T Termin-
al Bldg, Indianapolis, Indiana; G. J.
Broughton, Room 412, NJ L. & T. Bldg,
Chicago, ILL.,; Geo. A. Hall, End Floor,
1875 Second Street, Milwaukee, Wist
e. T. Holmes, 315 Jackson Street, st.
Paul, Mimi; Chas. Pilling, Clifford
Block, Grand Forks, N. D.; ]. B. Car.
Tr. Not
ford, Me-; j. M. MacLachlan, Box
1877, Watertown, S. D.; w. v. Bennett.
Room A, Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb.;
w. H. Rogers, 125 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 op-
oIluulty VI SeeluS SOIue VI 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 $40
10 $1,000 per acre, but which is now
worth from $500 to $4,000 per acre.
Even at these prices the land is re-
markably cheap as will be realized
when the statement is made that from
20 to 25 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 he got for nothing
or paid merely a nominal price. In
fact the production shows that $500
to $4,000 per acre would be nominal
price for land that would produce as
these lands produce.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
No Luck.

"I never do have any such luck as
the other boys!" complained young
Harold.
why, am surprised" answered
his mother. You have roller skates,
bicycle, football suit, and a ticket
to the gymnasium. Some boys would
think themselves very lucky If they
had those things"
"Yes, but Willie Swaddling's house
burned down, and he helped to save
things! Tom Anderson's house was
robbed and he heard the burglar!
And Jack Turner is sick, and the
neighbors are carrying ice cream and
stuff to him."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
For Sex Hygiene Study.

The Ohio state board of health at q
meeting held in Cleveland adopted a
resolution recommending the adoption
of study of sex hygiene in public
schools, and urged the people of the
state to continue unrelently the cam
paign to exterminate the house fly.
Many other subjects were con-
sidered, among them the public drink
ing cup, which was condemned r.
Winthrop Platt of Columbus, chief en-
gineer of the state board of health,
delivered an address on Residential
Seawge Disposal Plants"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
Commission Unable to Get s75,oco.

commission OnapIe 10 Get %b,UIv.
The public service commission will
not be able this year to get the $751;
600 provided for its maintenance un-
der the new utilities law by assess
ment upon the railroads and public
service corporations of the state.
This is what Attorney General
Hogan holds in an opinion given
out. Because the railroads are not
required to file their reports from
which it is determined how much they
are to pay until after the time for
the certifying and collection of the
assessment, the holding is that the
assessment cannot be made until next
year. Meanwhile the commission may
use any appropriations which were
made for the old railroad commission,
according to the ruling.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
Bows viii Run Ohio Fair.

The state agricultural board has
plan to run the state fair
with boys from the farm. 1t
is proposed to bring in two from
each county and have them do all the
work necessary to be done while the
fair is on. The railroad expenses of
the boys will be paid and they will
be furnished their keep while at the
fair. Adjutant General Weybrecht
will furnish tents which they will oc.
cupy and will detail an officer of tho
National Guard to organize the far
mer laddies into working force
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
Picture case referred to rurner.


Stating that Mrs. Emma Jane Hol-
lingsworth of Dayton, painter of four
portraits of ex-governors, had declined
to be questioned by him regarding the
voucher for $1,000 which had been
paid her, Attorney General Hogan an
nounced he would turn the statehouse
art trouble over to Prosecuting At
torney Turner for investigation.
Mrs. Hollingsworth was to have gone
to the attorney generals Office by ap-
pointment, to be interrogated concern
ing the transaction. Instead, her at.
torney, Robert w. Mccoy, conferred
with Hogan, telling him he had not
had time to go into the subject fully
and was not prepared to advise his
client whether to make statement
to the attorney general or not. He
asked that Hogan defer the investiga-
ion until Monday.
Mccoy understood Hogan to agree
to this. Hogan did not so understand.
He said the artist was a clerk in the
state library and so was part of the
state administration, and he saw no
reason why she should not come to
the legal adviser of the state govern
ment and talk freely II she had an in
nocent story to tell, instead of con-
sulting an attorney whether she should
submit to a personal interview with
the attorney general.
Accordingly, Hogan decided to refer
the whole muss to the prosecuting at.
torney for such action as might be
found proper after examination.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

Rough estimates place the increase
in farm land values in the Miami val
ley in the last ten years as 80 per
cent. Grain and hay are unreason-
ably high" remarked one authority.
Timothy No. l, for instance, used to
sell for $13 and $14 ton. Now it's
$25 and $26 ton. ItC the same way
with other farm products"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

An increase of Al per cent over last
year is shown in the gross receirts of
the state automobile department for
the first half of 1911. For the first
months of the year the gross receipts
were $209,750.70. For the correspond
ing period of 1910 the receipts were
$14S,60S. The earnings of the depart.
ment are turned over to the road
building fund of the state highway
commission.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
MILLS WILL RESUME.

Martins Ferry.-The resu nption of
Aetna Standard plant of the American
Sheet & Tin Plate Co., which had been
idle since the strike of more than two
years ago. One thousand men will
return to work
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
Government ReaulatIon.

you've got poison in your sys
tenn" said the doctor to the patient
who thought he had malaria.
Maybe l have he admitted. may
be l have. don't eat anything bu
what is guaranteed under the pure
food law"-judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
oHlo's GOOD LITTLE CITY.

Degraff.-Because no arrests have
been made in this village for the past
two years, the council is considering
a plan to declare vacant the offices of
the mayor and the marshal. The viii
lage has 1900 inhabitants and lays
claim to being the most perfect town
in Ohio.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
MAKING Il Local.

I'VE don't know what to do about
piute Pele," said the Crimson Gulch
citizen, He was a real good feller,
but he would be careless about shoot
in up the populace."
Ibid you straighten out the mat
ter?"
ITO some extent; we elected him
sheriff thereby maxim 1t look little
more legal"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
SHOT HIS FRIEND.

London.-R F. Humble, Of
Circleville, is prisoner in the Madi
son county jail, charged with Staying
Carl Moore, 19, Humble and his vic.
tim had been friends and the shooting
is the result of handling revolver
in a careless manner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

Bellefontaine.-Cl Clarence Willeke, T.,
was playing with matches. His grand
mother discovered him as he was
holding lighted match. The fright
ened boy put the lighted match into
his pocket to prevent her from see
ing it. In an instant his clothing was
ablaze, and it was only by heroic eff
forts that she saved him from being
seriously burned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
INJlJREp I'M RUNAWAY.

Lemoyne.-William Myrose, %, son
son of a farmer, was perhaps fatally
hurt when he was trampled upon and
dragged by runaway team, his skull
being fractured and his chest crushed.
HE team became frightened. In at
tempting to hold them Myrose was
knocked down and trampled upon.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
MAsToDoN IN OHIO.

Observation-Disclosures employed in
the gravel pit of the c., L. G. N. rail-
road unearthed a mastodon's tusk en-
beddeu in the sand 40 feet below the
top of the pit. 1t is probable the rest
of the mastodon's bones are buried in
the pit, as portions of the skeleton
have been found at various times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

North Lewisourg.-Mrs.S Sarah Aus
tin, said to be the eldest Methodist in
the United States, having been a mem
ber for SO years, celebrated her hun
dredth birthday anniversary. The
event was made a holiday in the vii
lage.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
cLAWED BY LEOPARD.

Bellefontaine.-Whi peering into
a leopard's cage, Ralph Schmidt, of
Shelby county, was attacked by the
animal ana his face cfawed to shreds.
Schmidt's condition is serious.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
GRAY Matter.

'I used to think could hire all the
brains wanted for $25 week." Mr..
Pushem said.
We'll, couldn't you?"
Yes. But 1t wasn't long before l
had to call in 100000 lawyer to
straighten out the kinks they put into
my affairs"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
CLAIMS ACCIDENT.

London.-By the discharge of re-
volver in the hands of Raymond Hum
BILE, clerk in Peter Heilmans restau-
rant, Carl Moore, IT, was shot through
the heart while getting meal at the
restaurant.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

Delaware.-Rev. A. G. Crist, widely
known retired Presbyterian minister.
father of Representative Harry Crlst,
suffered stroke of apoplexy and is In
a very critical condition,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

Delaware.-The Methodist Chill
dren's Home association of Ohio, char
tered under Ohio laws for $4,000, was
organized here by the election of the
following officers: A. E. Hartford, To-
ledo, president; ], C. Arbuckle, Colum-
bus, first vice president; F, I. Johnson,
Mt. Vernon, secretary; R. T. Steven
son, Delaware. treasurer. The loca-
tion of the home was not determined
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

Dayton.-The Buckeye Iron and
Brass works, it is announced, will
erect new factory, five stories high,
of steel and concrete, on its present
site. 1t will cost $150,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

State Superintendent of Schools NJ.
p. Shawkey of West Virginia was
among those who delivered an address
on Model Institute day at Miami uni
vcrsity, Oxford
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
Disappointed.

Knicker-Was Subbubs disappoint-
ed in his house?
Bocker-Yes; what he took to be
the henhouse turned out to be the
bungalow
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
SHOT HIS BROTHER.

Newark.-Orviile Felumles, IL, shot
his brother Cornelius, 10, through the
heart with fiobert rifle, killing him
instantly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
PASTOR ACCEPTS.

Dayton.-Rev. Hugh A. Smith, pas
tor of the Christian church at Eaton
for seven years, accepted a call to the
First Christian church of Dayton.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

1t is severe test of mans Chris
tianity to have the minister call on
him during business hours.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

Delaware.-Stanley English, 13, was
injured by the explosion of dynamite
cap He lost three fingers.