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Milford chronicle., 1912-03-22
RUBY WILKES, JR.
TRIAL 2.27
PEDIGREE OF RUBY WILKES. Jr.

! RUBY WILKES, Jr, is a handsome black stall
I lion foaled 1905 p 1515 hands high, and weighs
| 1000 pounds. Individually, he is a horse with
grand finish excellent disposition, good bone and
muscle the best of feet and legs, good conforma-
tiOn, carries nice STYLE and better sire would be
hard to find than he-his breeding being of the
most popular in the trotting blood lines will be
seen by his tabulated pedigree. He being an own
brother to the good and CONSTANT race mare
Black Spider, record 2.19 IA. and sired by Ruby
Wilkes (9895) record 22519h he by Young Jim 5000
who is the sire of 48 trotters and PAGERS in the 230
list, including Irevillan, record 2O8 IA; David B.
209 Ia, and Dandy Jim, 20934 etc, and the grand
sire Of 81 with records of 2 10 to 230;Nannie Heath
trial 2.16 Ia. the dam of Ruby Wilkes, Jr., and
Black Spider 2. .l9 IA; and excellent brood mare,
and possesses wonderful amount of natural speed
having trotted public mile with only short pre-
paration in 2 II IA; and she by Klondne Wilkes,
son of the great Baron Wilkes (4758), record. 218
sire of 12 in the 2l0 list, including Bumps, 2O3 L.
Rubenstein 205 and 1872 others in the 230 list, ETC.;
Alice Oats, record 2.17 Ia, the dam of Mamie |
Heath is by Linllwood Chief (44S1), record, 21S1
who is the sire of such good ones as LinkwOod /
Pachen; record 2.l2 II, and Judge Fisher, 2I4, /
Belle LinkwOod 2I9 IA. Jack B., 2l9 Ia and /
seven others with race records Of 230 and better.
RUBY WILKES. Jr.. is a beautiful gated trot-
ter, and with very little training has shown mile
in 227 to cart. That he will beget speed, there is
no doubt. as he not only inherits, but possesses
these qualities in marked degree.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-22

RUBY WILKES, Jr., will make the.
Season of 1912 at the Windsor Hotel
Stables, Milford, Del, at $1,000. Paya-
bic when mare proves in foal For
other particulars. address.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
CIVIL SERVICE in NAVY YARD.


Washington.-Thes president has is
sued an order transferring to the civil
service all skilled. laborers in the vari-
GUS navy yards of the country. The
officials of national organizations having
members employed in the government
navy yards, agreeable to the request of
local unions directly involved, together
with the American Federation of Labor.
We're favorable to the placing of these
employees under the civil service rules
of the government. Officials of the local
unions, whose members are employed in
the navy yard in this city, express them
selves as gratifed with the order, and
claim that by the placing of skilled Ia
borers in the classified service there will
be resulting improvements in certain
conditions that formerly have proved
detrimental to the men. The new regu-
lations provide for competitive examina-
tions and that district secretaries of the
Civil Service Commission shall be men,
bers of the various labor boards They
will afford employees classified there
under the protection OF the civil service
act, of other statutes relating to the
classified service and of the civil serv-
ice rules. There will be less reason and
less incentive for the use of political
influence by applicants, and the classifi.
cation will have a salutary effect in that
the employees will feel secure in their
positions.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
NEW PROPOSITION.
Washington.-S

Washington.-Senator Bristow of
Kansas on December introduced a
resolution proposing an amendment to
Section 9, Article 2, of the Constitution
of the United States, and is as follows
IF congress fails to enact any measure
which the president has recommended
in proper form, within six months from
the date of such Recommendation, the
president at the regular congressional
election following the expiration of such
period, may submit the measure to the
electors at such election, and If a ma
jority of the electors voting on such
measure in a majority of the congress
sional districts. and also in majority
of the states, approve the measure, it
shall become a law" This amendment
is designed to give relief to a satuation
which may occur by congress being of
one political faith and the chief execu-
tive of another this condition usually
creating distinct conflict of govern
mental policies. If the amendment is
finally adopted the people will be given
an opportunity to give their approval
or disapproval of measures recommend
ed by a chief executive when congress
refuses to act upon the recommenda-
ton.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
RECENT RAILROAD WRECKS.

Washington.-Recent railroad wrecks
are responsible for many deaths and in
juries, and few of them are here noted.
section foreman and five negroes were
killed on the Louisville & Nashville rail-
road, near Emerson, Ga. One express
messenger was killed and another mes
senger severely injured on the Seaboard
Air Line by the train jumping the track
near Rawlings, Va. The fireman on a
New York Central passenger train was
killed and the engineer seriously injured
near Corning, N. Y, the train running
into an open switch. Fourteen persons
were killed and forty-two seriously in
jured, and fifty slightly injured, in
wreck on the Yazoo & Mississippi rail-
road, near Montz, La. Sixteen persons
were killed and many more seriously in
jured when a Cincinnati Hamilton 4
Dayton passenger train struck an open
switch and crashed head-on into
freight train at Indianapolis. Twenty
eight persons were injured, one fatally,
in wreck on the Friso railroad, near
Sinton, Tex, when the engine and Dag
gage car, smoker and day coach jumped
the track. Thirty persons were injured
when an express train on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad was wrecked about twen-
ty-five miles outside of Philadelphia,
two sleepers going over an embankment.
An engineer and fireman on a Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton freight train
were instantly killed in head-on col
lision near Brownsville, Ind. Eight per-
sons were killed and several others in
jured, three of whim will probably die,
in a Pennsylvania railroad wreck near
Dresden, o. the accident being caused
by trains running too close together, the
second train being so close to the first
train that, following an accident to the
first train, there was not time enough
to flag the second. An engineer was
instantly killed on the Lehigh Valley
cutoff near Wilkesbarre. Pa, when two
trains met in collision.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
CHECK ON COURT.

Washington.-Senator Bristow of
Kansas has offered a joint resolution in
the senate, proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States
which provides for submitting to the peo-
pie acts of congress for their approval
or disapproval which have been decided
as unconstitutional by the United States
supreme court. The resolution follows:
IF the supreme court shall decide that
a law enacted by congress is in violation
of the provisions of the Constitution of
the United States, the congress at a reg
ular session held after such decision
may submit the act to the electors at a
regular congressional election, and If a
majority of the electors voting on such
measure in a majority of the congress
sional districts, and also in a majority
of the states, approve the measure, it
shall become a law"
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
PARCELS POST PROGRESS.

Washington.-Active and final prep
arations are being made for the inaugu-
ration of the parcels post on January l..
About 100000 has been set aside to be
distributed among 1000 postoffices hav-
ing city delivery, to be used for equip
ment for the delivery of parcels post
business. Local postmasters have been
authorized to employ as many tempo
rary and auxiliary clerks and carriers
as may be necessary to handle the in
creased volume of business. In order
that definite information may be secured
as soon as possible, directions have been
given that after the parcels post system
has been in operation fifteen days from
January /, postmasters are directed to
submit reports showing the volume OF
parcels post business, the additional
cost. and an outline of the plans for
handling the new business. Through
these reports it is expected that close
estimate of the cost of the parcels post
can be found. so that congress can be
informed as to what appropriations will
be necessary for the operation of the
new departure.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
BACKS UP FEDERATION.

Jackson, Mich.-During the recent
convention of the American Federation
of Labor at Rochester. n. Y, the report
of the adjustment committee, in dealing
with a case involving the revocation or
the charter of central body because 1t
refused to unseat delegates of a local
union affiliated with the seeding cleo
trical workers, recommended that the
executive council be instructed to COM
municate with all Central Labor bodies
and State Federations, urging them to
use every possible effort to bring all
electrical workers into afiliation with
the chartered International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers. The Jackson
Trades Council, having in mind the de-
cision of the convention, which approved
the recommendation of the adjustment
committee, decided that SO far as the
Jackson Trades Council was concerned
it would carry out the recommendations
of the convention. 1t was decided not
to recognize the Reid seeding faction
in any manner whatsoever. If other
Central Labor bodies and State Fedora
tions view in the same light the recon-
mendations of the recent convention,
seeding movements will become un-
popular and differences existing inside
international and local unions will be
settled within the confines of conven-
tions and union rooms and eliminate
reprehensible and malicious method of
disrupting labor organizations
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
DEFEATED PROVISION.

Washington.-There was a provision
in the legislative. executive and judicial
bill aimed to annul the practice of gov
ernment clerks seeking transfers from
one branch of the service to other
branches. When this provision was
reached a point of order was made
against 1t, and promptly sustained. thus
leaving matters in statu quo, the clerks
still retaining the privilege OF having the
right to make an effort to secure trans
fers to other branches of the govern
ment service.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
TUILERIEs PARK AND
THE ICE SKATING RINK

Thanks to the untiring efforts of our
old friend, ]. R. Crabb, who is SO ably
season, much wholesome pleasure is be-
ing derived by the patrons of both places
Tuileries park is open every Thursday
evening and Sunday afternoon and even
ing to dancers and roller skaters, while
the ice rink at Sixth avenue and Broad
way is open daily until 10:30 at night
Care is taken to keep undesirables out
of both resorts, thus insuring happy,
pleasant time to both young and old
Adv.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
PER CAPITA TAX REDUCED.

Washihgton.-The building trades de-
partment which has derived it's funds
from a " cent per month per capita
tax, at the Rochester convention reduced
this per capita tax to "a of 1 per cent
per member per month. This action was
taken pursuant to the fact that it was
found that the revenue produced by the
reduced per capita tax would produce
sufficient funds to conduct the opera
tions of the department. The primary
reason for the reduction in per capita
tax was the large increase in member
ship
La Belle &C cigar the best union-made
&c cigar in the United States.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
NOW THE TOWEL PASSES.

Washington.-The common towel has
been ordered abolished from railroad
cars, vessels and all other interstate
vehicles, and from railway stations, by
Secretary MacVeagh of the treasury de-
partment. This action follows closely
the abolition of the common drinking
cup from use on interstate transporta-
tion lines, and the order has been issued
in conformity with the recommendations
of the National Health Bureau.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
The GREATEST INVENTION OF The AGE TO
PROTECT HUMAN LIVES

killed in railway wrecks?
WORKING PEOPLE
but bring out the
SMALL HOLDERS
investments most!
monthly na
nents sat In of cents
the Commission
n is
ehavehs opportunity
Lipton
in tandsays I Il is need
will be the most
Chamber of Commerce
further information furnished on application
THE W00DNG RAILWAY WARNING DEVICE COMPANY
Savings Bank 5a
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
BILL FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.

Congressman French of
Idaho has introduced a bill which pro-
vides that women who are citizens Of
the United States and possess such
qualifications of age, residence, property
or education as may be required of men
to make them legal voters in the several
states. shall be eligible to register and
vote in all states OF the union at all cleo
tions of members of the house of repre-
sentatives."
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
BAR PHOSPHORUS MATCHES.

Washington-A notice has been issued
by Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
in conformity with law passed at the
last session of congress, notifying all
custom officers that white phosphorus
matches will not be permitted to be i'm
ported or exported after January !, 1914.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26

Meet in Trades Unions hall. 202 Quin-
cy block. Open dates. third Monday.
fourth Tuesday, fourth Wednesday. third
Friday. Saturdays and Sundays. $3.50
per meeting.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
BROTHERHOOD OF CARMEN.

Kansas City. Mo.-Secretary-Treas
urer William Weeks reports that two
new lodges have been organized re-
Gently, and that the brotherhood has Sc
sured an agreement with the Midland
Valley railroad in Texas, which is salts
factory to the brotherhood.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
LEATHER WORKERS. UNION.

Lowell, Mass.-The Amalgamated
Leather Workers Union of America has
just issued a charter to local union of
tanners at st. Johns. Newfoundland.
The new organization starts out with a
good sized charter list.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
The John Thompson Grocery CO.

wishes to thank its many patrons among the
Union men and women of Denver for their
patronage during the past year. 1t has. and will
continue to be our effort to keep the cost of living
as low as it is possible for it to be. The wage
Garner. the dinner-bucket man. is the one to
whom the saving of a few cents here and few
cents there count the most. There is no article
that is used for food that we do not carry in stock
We kill much of our own meats we raise our
own vegetables. and we price them to the con-
sumer at minimum price We are glad to
have this opportunity to wish you happy and
prosperous New Year.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26
MEXICAN LAND PROBLEM.

Consular reports from
Mexico state that the Madero govern
ment is prepared to distribute 100000
acres of government land among small
farmers, while engineers are surveying
over 100000 acres for similar distri-
button. The information is to the effect
that 1t is believed that President Madero
is endeavoring to carry out the pledges
he gave when he assumed the office to
break up the land moponoly OF that
country.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26

Trades Unions hall, 202 Quincy block.
located $3.50 per meeting.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26

Beats them all. La Belle SC cigar.
union-made.
United labor bulletin., 1912-12-26

"A behe DC cigar. the best union.mads
DC cigar In the United States.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-07
BAD FISH SERVED SPOKANE
Coast Shippers Unload on Interior
Markets, Send Good Fish East.


Spokane.-Following inspection of
20 Spokane fish markets by Deputy
Food Inspector Will Adams and w.
T. Bowman, large quantities of halibut
were seized, condemned as absolutely
unfit for human consumption and sent
to the city crematory. This was the
first step in Lenten crusade against
inferior fish started here under in
structions from Chief Inspector L. Da-
vies.
Prior TO the arrival of the Lenten
season, when starting to the south
west part of the state, Commissioner
Davies instructed me to pay particu.
lar attention to the shipments of fish
arriving" said Mr.. Adams. cat Che
halls I found a shipment of frozen sal
mon from Seattle to retailer, which
had thawed in transit. The fish were
rust-colored, had an offensive odor,
and were not fit to eat. l condemned
the shipment and soaked it with kero.
sene. The best halibut is shipped to
the east as soon as the halibut boats
arrive at Seattle. Those unfit toI
shipment are thrown aside and called
seconds. They are placed on the Sc
attic, Spokane, Tacoma and Butte
markets"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-07

ton of large to small. amount of sand,
ratio of binder and even the color are
all important factors that influence
and control in the selection.
Where too much binder is present it
results in muddy surfaces. while on
the other hand. if there be too little
the particles fail to consolidate as they
should. An excellent Indicator of the
quality, though merely an inspection
test, is an examination of the material
In the pit. If it is found to stand with
a vertical face, to require a pick to
dislodge it. and if large masses occur
IN which the smaller pieces are ce-
mented together, as in a cOnglomerate,
it may without hesitation be pro-
nounced satisfactory.
The stone should possess like char
acteristics to those required of broken
stone-that is. it should be hard. tough
and durable. and the fine material that
is abraded should have the power Of
cementing. the individual stones to-
gether. The hardness is to take the
wear, the toughness to resist impact,
and the cementitiOus quality of the
abraded material is to aid in replacing
binder that may have been removed
from any cause.
With respect to the hardness and
toughness. however, gravel does not
need these qualities to the same de
gree as broken stone. since it is gen
orally employed under conditions
where extremely hard material is I'M
desira ble-that is. under conditions
that exist with average traffic. Stone
that is too hard, such as quartz. may
prove unsatisfactory also because OF
It's brittleness. but. on the contrary, it
should not be so soft as to be easily
worn away. The stone should there
fore be examined if an intelligent de-
cision is to be made as to it's suitabili
ty for the particular case in question.
For each road, with it's individuality
as to traffic, location. SOIL drainage
ETC.. there is. theoretically speaking
one best gravel. and it should be the
duty as we'll as desire of the highway
engineer to study the conditions, to
gether with the local gravels, so as to
De In position to settle upon that
one which will produce the best re-
suits. If it is true that some gravels
are better than others and also true
that some aivels are better for some
roads than other gravels are, then
each road should be surfaced with it's
correspondingly best material.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-07
USE OF GRAVEL
IN ROAD MAKING
II Mixed With Right Binder
Good Results Are Obtained.
CAN Be EASILY REPAIRED.

Different Locations Have Individuali-
ties as to Drainage and Traffic and
Are Better Suited to Local Grades
Than Others.
Gravel is essentially an aggregation
of more or less smoothly worn stone.
varying in size from that smaller than
a pea to that larger than a cobble,
combined with a finer material called
binder.
It differs from broken stone princi-
pally in the smoothness Of the partl-
cles, variability in size and the pres
ence of a binder that is not produced
through the abrasion of the material
in the pavement The coarser kind,
reaching the size of cobble or powders
and known as single, is seldom used
for surfacing. though it may be and
frequently is employed in the founda-
ton, or, after crushing, applied in the
same manner as broken stone. says c..
e. Morrison.
In macadam pavement there exists
an extra advantage of natural me-
chanical bond produced by the irregu-
larities of the stones fitting into one
another. Gravel lacks this, as the
particles. being worn more or less
smooth. slip and slide over each other.
Where they do retain some degree Of
angularity, however, they are held
more firmly together and consequently
give a much higher efficiency in con-
solidation. Perhaps the greatest adj
vantage peculiar to gravel comes from
the presence of the binder. which pos
sesses the power Of quickly reconsoll-
dating the material under traffic, even
after the first bond has been broken,
thus reducing repairs and maintenance
to a comparatively simple and mex
pensive matter.
On the other hand, with broken stone
it is ely with the greatest difficulty
that surface can be restored after
the bond has been destroyed and where
it takes weeks for new stone to incor-
porate with the old in a macadam sur
face it takes only as many days with
a good self binding gravel
Generally the binder consists of
clay, though iron oxide, silica. etc.,
may take it's place. 1t does not neces-
sarily mean. however. that because
binder is found mixed with the stone
the gravel will be entirely satisfactory
for the particular duty it is to per-
form. The sizes of the stones. proper
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-07
CATCHING THE DOLLAR.
Try System of Getting and Spending
at Home.

Try System Of Getting and Spending
at Home.
In Denver or thereabou resides q
bard who sometimes writes things
witty and wise. One of his recent
bits, which he heads "Tintinnabula-
tions," probably because it is a bid for
the ''tin,'' runs thus:
man who lived in Denver acquired the
frugal habit
OF when he saw dollar loose he'd quick
ly try to grab it,
And once he got it in his jeans he'd much
desire to spend it,
And he had the cranky notion to Chicago
he would send it.
The dollars that he sent away he found
he couldn't catch EN-,
Nor could he do the coaxing that in any
way would fetch 'em.
So he up and tried the system Of spending
cash at home, sir,
And he keeps on catching dollars as on
Denver streets he roams. sir.
The grammar and the rime may
not be the best to be had, but the wit
and wisdom are first rate II every
man in the smaller town or city or out
on the farm would take to heart the
moral of this rime and spend at
home the dollars he catches at home
there is no shadow Of doubt that he
and his family and all his family con-
nections and neighbors would profit
thereby in the end-and long time
before the end.
The home caught dollar which be-
comes the home spent dollar instead
of the Chicago sent dollar helps just
large round dollars worth to build
up the home communit. This fact
is as obvious as the nose on a bull
dogs face. In fact, it banks at you as
you pass along the business streets
and see stores and shops that suffer
from lack of the trade that is theirs
by every right that pertains to the
matter of community life.