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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
Too Boost Ohio Earns.

Columbus.-"Unexcelled farm lands
are available in Ohio, and the price
is less than 800 per acre"
This is the slogan which Secretary
A. p. Sandles of the state board of
agriculture has adopted I'm his cam
paign to repopulate the 141,O 900 acres
Of abandoned farm lands in Ohio.
THE land is capable of growing crops
of fruit and of supporting handsome
orchards, such as would rival any
thing produced in the much boasted
west" declared Secretary Sandes.
Secretary Sandles has induced rail-
roads to discontinue homeseekers' ex-
cursions to the west and to boost
Ohio land because Of It's productivity.
When one stops to consider there
are eight less people in every rural
township in the state than there were
ten years ago, and that SO counties Of
the state show decrease in popula-
ton during the same period, | think it
is time to try and stop the inroads
which are being made on our rural
ton is the basic cause of the high
cost of living. and it is for us to see
that the total products of the state
in every line should increase rather
than decline.
Every year thousands of people
leave the state, attracted by the
glowing successes which have been
achieved by producers in the west.
1t is simply another case of thinking
that diamonds must be located some
where in the distance, instead of right
here at home. The quality of the
fruit, grain and vegetables raised in
Ohio are second to none. Our aban-
doned farms, If worked consistently
could yield crops as good as the
Vaunted lands of the west.
II brought the question to the at
tention of the Central Passenger as
sociation, which is made up of rep
resentatiVes Of practically all the rail-
roads. They have agreed to discon-
tinue booming homeseekers' excur.
sions, and cooperate with the depart
ment Of agriculture in helping Ohio.
This will be big help to us.
THE exhibit which we will make
at the American Agricultural and Ir-
rigation Congress at Madison Square
Garden, New York, November Is to
December 2, will show in a compre-
hensive way just what advantages
Ohio possesses as an agricultural
state. 1t will prove an eye opener
to many persons. The western states
have been represented at the exposi-
ton for years, but hitherto Ohio has
not been advertised.
81 have no complaint to make with
conditions in the state at present.
They are becoming better all the
time. Our design is to help them
along as much as possible and bring
Ohio to the positions which she has a
right to occupy by reason Of her su-
perior natural advantages"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19

tn 90 to the hospital but was compelled to do SO,
receiving the one injection requisite. Then he
began to complain bitterly that no medicine was
being put on his sores But the effect OF the
drug soon manifested itself, and he went about
town excitedly demonstrating his improved con-
dition to all who would look Some days later he
disappeared and the doctor was much disap-
pointed because he wanted him for an object
lesson to convince others of the efficiency OF the
treatment To the great surprise of the hospital
staff he turned up again soon afterward with thir-
teen other sufferers from "yaws," whom he had
brought a distance of fifty miles from his native
village, in order that they also might be cured.
In Benguet the wild people are building school
houses and sending their children to them. The
boys are taught to construct looms. and the girls
to use them for making cloth. Each girl, on COM
pleting her course of education, takes her loom
and returns to her own village thus extending her
newly-acquired knowledge of weaving to her fam
lily and friends At Bua Is an Igorot girls school
in which the pupils not only make cloth, but
manufacture articles of clothing for SALE Baguio,
the capital of Benguet is growing by rapid strides,
and new and substantial buildings are springng
up on every side.
Useful plants and particularly vegetables includ
ing the Irish potato are being placed in the hands
of the wild people Their agricultural methods at
present entail great labor with limited results
They patiently clear forest tract with bolos,
turn over the soil with primitive Implements and
SOW seed. Then, after short time, the growth
of weeds drives them to fresh areas, where the
performance has to be repeated. What the Amer
cans propose to do is to provide them with mod
ern tools Of husbandry. and with carabaos when
ever possible.
A point by no means to be lost sight Of is the
fact that these wild people Of Luzon not saw
ages of an ordinary type. Not only is their phys
cal development superb, probably surprising that
of any other race of human beings in the world
but they are highly intelligent and even clever
Given the advantage of two or three generations
of such educational opportunities now being
afforded them by the Americans, and they will
far exceed in Intellectual qualifications the Fill
pinos of Manila and other coast towns. Indeed
it does not at all unlikely that in the future
they rather than the Filipinos, will become the
dominant race in Luzon, controlling the affairs
of the island and even those of the whole archi-
pelago in case we should voluntarily surrender
sovereignty. In the meantime while trying to
uplift them in the scale of civilization, the gov
ernment of the United States is making every eff
fort to protect them against civilizations evil in
fuences-especially the drink and diseapes which
have undermined the moral and physique of SO
many primitive peoples on coming into contact
with the corrupting Caucasian.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19

The situation in Apayao is especially difficult
because head-hunting among the tribesmen of
that subprovince is intimately connected with their
religious faith. Nevertheless, the practice is be-
ing gradually stamped out and, with the help of
the Igorot and fugao constabulary number of
murderers have been arrested and punished
There is still considerable area over which gov
ernment control has not yet been established, and
which has not even been opened up by trails to
any great extent owing to the inaccessible char
acter OF the region One should realize Of course
that headhunting among these people Is not re-
garded as murder In the ordinary sense of the
word. 1t is field sport and manly occupation,
established by the custom Of centuries be-
fitting Of warrior
Most troublesome and untrustworthy of all the
tribes of northern Luzon the Hongots, of the
sub-province of Nueva Viscaya. There are not
more than 5000 or 5000 Of them, but they inhabit
a vast region, most of 1t very mountainous and
almost wholly covered by virgin forest Often
their settlements are merely temporary, and
they are hard to get at. Enormous distances sepa-
rate their villages. which in the more remote
regions continue to fight among themselves These
were the people who not long ago murdered Dr.
William Jones while he was engaged in making
chronological notes among them. Nevertheless.
trails are being pushed into the heart OF their
country; two three government exchanges"
have been established; industrial schools being
started TOT Lne1r DenenC, ana eHorLS are Delng
made to induce them to extend their agricultural
operations-partly for the sake of rendering their
communities more stationary. .,.s.
One should realize that the continual warfare
that has been going on for centuries among the
tribes in the wild mans territory of Northern
Luzon has been due mainly to lack Of acquain
tance among the people. Every stranger being
regarded enemy, 1t was matter of course
that each village should be at war with the neigh
boring villages and head-hunting was import
ant part Of the regular business of every able
bodied male citizen. The tilling of the rice pad
dies and sweet potato fields could be carried on
with safety only under armed guard-heads of
women and children being not less desirable as
trophies than those of men. For doing away with
this situation of affairs, the most effective
has been the building Of roads and trails by which
the tribes have been brought into communication
with each other. thus having opportunity to
become friends. Ifugaos, Kalingas and Bontoc
Igorots now work side by side with pick and
shovel, instead of hunting each other with head
axes.
It is, in fact, veritable social revolution that
is being accomplished. All Of the Mountain Prov
ince is being literally gridroned with trails and
roads, the most inaccessible districts being open
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
TROLLEY ROADS
VALUE INCREASED
TAXES WILL NET COUNTIES OF
BUCKEYE STATE NEARLY
$500, 900 ANNUALLY.
NET INCREASE OF sS,Sl0,S2O OVER 1911
The Total VzIue Of These Roads
Here Listed Aggregate the Enor-
nous Sum Of $780,
2S2,695.

Columbus.-The street, suburban
and interurban railroads of Ohio will
pay taxes on a valuation of nearly
$100,000,000 more than they did in
1910.
The state tax commission has just
given out the valuations for these
roads for 1912, with figures and sta
tistical exhibit in pamphlet form,
showing the increases made for the
past two years.
The total valuation Of these roads
for 1912 aggregates the enormous sum
of $132, 2,282695, which is a net in
crease of $8,610820 over the valuation
of 1911, and an increase of $99,5S5,-
799 over the valuation of 1910, when
the old system of valuation was still
in effect
The tax Of this valuation is paid by
the companies direct into the coun-
ties and cannot exceed one and half
per cent. Under the old system the
rate was much higher, but because
the valuation was lower, less money
was palu IN taxes.
The valuations fixed by the COM
mission is based on the actual worth
Of the companies in money Every
road is furnished a statement show
Ing the valuation imposed on each and
every road, and if one road thinks
that it is paying too much or another
| too little, recourse may be had to
the commission SO that If any equali-
zation is needed to get all on the same
basis this can be done.
The valuation of the Columbus Rail-
way E. Light Co. is fixed at $7,987, ,370,
an increase of $37,595 over 1911. The
valuation of this company in 1910 was
$2,99O, 900.
The valuations Of other companies
operating in and in vicinity of Colum-
bus with increase over 1911 are here
shown:
Columbus, Delaware & Marion, ST.
273,130, an increase of $18,1O0
Columbus, Magnetic Springs &
Northern, $227,130, an increase of
$129,O9O.
Scioto Valley Traction, 81, 1,663, 300, an
increase of $94,250.
Columbus, Marion & Bucyrus, $751;
420, decrease of $2,4S0.
Columbus, New Albany & Johns
towu, $116,660, an increase of $2,265,
Columbus, Urbana & Western, $1O8,-
$50, an increase of $3,090
Ohio Electric, $13,316,55O, an in.
crease of $746,540.
Cincinnati & Columbus Traction
$511, $50, an increase Of $3.50.
The valuations of other important
companies we're:
Cincinnati Traction, $1S,516,42O, an
increase of $393,000.
Cleveland, Southwestern & Colum-
bus, $4,234,070, an increase of $801,-
$40.
Cleveland Railway, $19S54,S5O, an
increase OF $1,389,710.
Dayton & Troy and Miami Valley,
$957,940, an increase of $57480.
Lake Shore Electric, $4,514,920, an
increase of $602,920.
Lancaster Traction & Power, $158,.
TO, an increase of $1,790.
Mt. Vernon Railway 100000, de,
crease of $4,000.
Northern Ohio Traction & Light
$40, $3.50, an increase Of $1,342, 1870
Toledo Railway & Light, $S,117, $50
decrease of $22,560
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19

When Alaric the Goth was besieg-
ing Rome. years afterward, Serena
was condemned to die, because she
was believed to have held reasonable
correspondence with the Goths. and
was strangled.
This is the story of Serena's theft
OF the sacred necklace. Now for the
verification Of at least part of it.
The house of the vestal virgins of
Rome was within recent years discov-
cred and exposed to view by the
picks and spades of archaeologists.
Among the statues found was. one.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
Recent Excavations In Rome Confirm
story OF Woman's Theft Of
Sacred Necklace.

The story is told that IN. the latter
part OF the fourth century, when the
Roman world had become more or
leas Christianized, Serena, the wife Of
the great Vandal chief, Stilicho, visit
ed the almost deserted house Of the
vestal virgins ct Rome, in which the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19

and one only, which bore the marks
of having been decorated with a real
necklace, which had been violently
torn away. The fastenings still ex.
listed to show its size and The posi-.
tions of its great pendant jewel.
This portrait-statue dates lom the
fourth century, aud it is not impos
sible that this is the very statue that
Serena robbed.-Exchange.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19

ed up. A through route for horseback
travel has been nearly completed all
the way from Southern Benguet to the
extreme northern end Of Luzon. Tele-
graph and telephone lines. are being
extended over hundreds of miles. OF ter
ritory, and the watch towers on lofty
peaks, hitherto occupied by native SEN
tinels on the alert for raiding bands OF
head-hunting foes, are deserted.
At Bontoc Capital Of the subprov-
ince of the same name), wonderful
improvements are being made. Here
where half dozen years ago no white
man could have ventured without an
armed escort, the men and boys are
being taught brick-making and lime
burning. A deposit of magnificent
clay for the purpose was found near
the river, with unlimited quantities OF
sharp sand suitable for building near
by; also limestone. Today the people
of the entire village of Minac, in that
neighborhood, are burning lime and
furnishing 1t to the government OF
Bontoc Province. They are becoming
independently rich at the business.
These facilities, with unlimited Ia
Dor obtainable for nothing under the
system of the ten-day tax, make build
ing work exceedingly cheap. A large
brick school house and a brick club
house, as we'll as a building for the
offices of the provincial government,
of stone and brick, have been put up
at Bontoc; also prison for wild folk
who misbehave themselves, and a
small, but thoroughly up-to-date. hos
pital. A canal has been constructed
incidentally to furnish the town OF
Bontoc with an abundant supply Of
pure mountain water.
It is expected that the hospital will
be of inestimable usefulness. Most of
the wild people seem heartily willing
to give up their ancient custom of
curing physical ailments by human
and animal sacrifices, and come to the
doctor showing a touching confidence
in the ability of the white man to give
them help. Packages OF simple RENE
dies, with small pamphlet of directions
in English and the more important ma
tive dialects, are distributed among
the villages; likewise large quantities
of uuinine and other safe and useful
drugs.
A recently discovered drug has been
found to be specific for the very un-
pleasant tropical disease called
"yaws." 1t happened that a Bontoc
I0orot afflicted with II. was unwilling
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
Find Reaches DANGEROUS.

Columbus. - Bathing beaches along
the shore of Lake Erie will be
treated extensively in the next
bulletin from the state board of
health. Three beaches at Lorain will
be pointed out as dangerously contain
mated with sewage. The board con-
templates ordering these beaches
abandoned until menace is removed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
Prefers Pen to Farm.

Columbus. - After serving AZ years
at the Ohio penitentiary, John
Taborn, oldest prisoner, pleaded to
be taken back. He had been given
his liberty on the penitentiary farm
at Orient, He said he was too old
for farm work.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
Service to Be improved,

Columbus. - Cleveland and other
large Ohio cities are to have
improved collection and delivery
service from express companies do
ing business in the state. Announce
ment was made that enlargement of
territory for free collections and de-
livery in Columbus, ordered by the
public service commission, is to be
applied elsewhere. The commission
holds the companies may not make
the free zone unduly limited.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
yERIFIEs LEGEND OF SERENA

sole survivor of the once sacred sis
terhood was one aged vestal.
Serena, finding the treasures of the
house practically unguarded, stripped
from one Of the sacred statues large
jeweled necklace that hung about its
neck, The aged vestal could do no
more than solemnly curse the intrud-
er. The emperor Honorius, who was
the son-in-law Of Serena, took no steps
to punish the offender.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
Railroad Property Boosted.

Columbus. = Steam railroads in the
state of Ohio will pay taxes in Decem-
Der this year on $5O,661,650 more
property than last year, that being the
total net increases as fixed by the
state tax commission, figures of which
were just made public here.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
ohio Match PLANT AfIre.

Akron. Fire which started in
the drying room of the Diamond
Match plant at Barberton injured two
men and damaged the building to
the extent of $1,000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19
I;ch+ Ru,h Kills New.rk mar

Newark. - John Stamis, %, pro-
prietor of a candy store here, was
electrocuted in his store when he at
tempted to turn off an electric light
by unscrewing the bulb.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19

, Nearly 5000 students from foreigi
countries studied at American ipstitu
tions of higher learning in 1911
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19

from Baguio to the sea, 1t Is carved to large ex-
tent out Of solid rock, skirtng the sides Of steep
mountains and crossing deep canyons in many
places by suspension bridges. For most of its
length II is wide enough for narrowtread carts
and at intervals Of eighteen miles comfortable
f1veroom rest houses have been erected for the
benefit Of travellers. Running at an elevation of
5000 to 1000 fet 1t passes through tropical seem
cry of unsurpassed beauty, commands magnificent
views, and should in the future become
route much patronized by tourists.
The last of the Benguet Igorots to come under
the jurisdiction and control of the United States
government were the people of Atoc, who occupied
a remarkable natural stronghold-a bold peak
$500 feet high, which juts out from the surround
ing mountains, Its precpitous sides defying attack
In this rocky fortress dwelt the tribe small in
numbers. but warlke, working the rice paddles
In the valleys below by day and seeking refuge In
their eyrie at night. They preferred indepen
Idence to submission. Nevertheless, being eVentu
ally overcome by force of arms, they are now en-.
itirely docile Generally speaking, the Igorots are
,peaceably inclined. They are notably contented
and cheerful and the women have voice in their
councils, often exercising controlling influence
Strongest in numbers of all the savage peoples
and among the most inveterate head hunters were
the Ifugaos. There about $4,000 Of them
Bitterly hostile to begin with. they have become
warm friends and admirers of the Americans, and
their services voluntarily given, have been uti
1ized on an extensive scale in the building OF roads
and trails. By their own suggestion. they sub
NIT to q labor tax which demands ten days work
per annum from each able-bodied man. Several
companies of Ifugao constabulary have been Or
lganized and do admirable service, keeping order
among the tribesmen.
Equally fierce and yet untamed to any great
extent are the Kalingas. They were inveterate
head hunters until recently, but have almost CIV
en- up the practice Some Of them are beginning
to cut their hair and dress like Christians, and
quite number of the children are learning to
read and write. One small group Of their settle
ments adopted an attitude of defiance toward the
Americans, and two years ago Walter F. Hale,
Acknowledgements of that province. paid the
rebels visit. When they threw spears at him
he picked them up and handed them back with an
inttmation that such actions were discourteous
He told them that he wanted to be friends with
them. But they replied that they did not desire
to be friends, and that they intended to take his
head at the first convenient opportunity.
Such was the situation of affairs up to short
time ago, when four settlements "broke the peace"
and went on the warpath. Leut.Gov. Hale, with
strong detachment of Ifugao constabulary and
assisted by force of friendly Kalngas thereupon
organized punitive expedition, attacked the rebel
villages, and wiped them out burning the houses
and killing the pigs
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19

Newark. '- Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott, 76
year old, a widow, committed sui
eide by hanging. Mrs. Elliott had
been desFondent owing to ill health.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19

last few months government stores, called lex
changes have been started at various points, and
kept supplied with everything likely to be required by
the natveshe prices for goods being those current
in Manila plus 20 per cent and cost of transportation
The stores not only SELL but also buy They purchase
baskets, wood-carvngs, native weapons and articles
of savage dress such be sold in Manila curos
paying literally for them in cash.
One of the sub-provinces composing the Noun
tain Province is Benguet the capital Of which, Baguio
"a mile above level and 175 miles due north Of
Mania-is the terminus Of Of the most wonderful
roads in the world built by the natives with the help
of American engineering skill Extending all the way
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-09-19

drink warm blood, and indulge Cor
have done so until recently an appe-
tite for wholesale homicide.
As a means of civilization (under
the direction of our war Department.,
trade is being developed among these
wild folk. In the past it has been nec-
essary for them to make long Journeys
to the coast towns, to buy salt, cloth,
and other necessaries But within the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-03
DON'T PULL OUT
THE GRAY HAIRS
Anew Applications Of a Simple
Remedy viii Bring Back
, the Natural Color.

"Pull out one gray hair and a dozen
will take its place" is an old saying,
which is, to a great extent, true, if no
steps are taken to stop the cause. When
gray hairs appear it is a sign that Ma
turo needs assistance. 1t is Natures
call for help. Gray hair, dull, lifeless
hair, or hair that is falling out, is not
necessarily a sign Of advancing age, for
there are thousands of elderly people
with perfect heads Of hair without q
single streak of gray. .
when gray hairs come, or when the
hair seems to be lifeless or dead, some
good, reliable .hair-rcstoring treatment
should be rcsorted to at once. Special
lists say that one Of the best prepare
tons to use is the old fashioned Usage
tea which our grandparents used. The
best preparation of this kind is Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, prep
aration of domestic sage and sulphur,
scientifically compounded with later dis
covered hair tones and stimulants, the
whole mixture being carefully balanced
and tested by experts.
Wycth's Sage and Sulphur is clean and
wholesome and perfectly harmless. It
rcfreshes dry, parched hair, removes
dandruF and gradually restores faded
or gray hair to its natural color. .
Don't delay another minute. Start
using Wyct.ps Sage and Sulphur at
once and see what a difference q few
days treatment will make in your hair.
SThis preparation is offered to the
public at fifty cents a bottle, and is
recommended and sold by oil druggists.
Governs Drug Store.