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Newark post., 1912-11-27
A Letter to Little Girls

NeWark, Del.,
NOr. 26, 1912.
U(0 Little GWlics:
When yoH send
youl' IcHcrs to dear Old IRIS, tell
him he can find the sWeetest dollies
at tie Parish House on afternoon
and ercning n December Eth.
Their dresses can be takeA off
and Numbered. Our ladies are
acOrhing hard to fill has ORDERS
and he can find something NICE 70,
Mother and big brother Tom.
Wishing You a Merry Xmas,
st. ThOmas' Guild
Newark post., 1912-11-27
DELAWARE CITY NEWS
Delaware City, Nov. y

Rev. DR.. John ID. Rushbridge has
been accepted as minister OF the
Presbyterian church here and will
conduct services beginning next
Sunday. Rev. Russell Paynter Of
Newark conducted services last
Sunday.
Rev. DR.. Alden Richey Of New
Castle has been elected rector OF
Christ Episcopal church and Will
assume his duties next Sunday.
A bazaar will be given by the
ladies Of Christ Episcopal church
in the parish house on December ..
Work MI. c. Clark S two build
iu2g near the railroad station is
progressing rapidly.
4 Literary Society mas been
ro,mcd IN the High School. The
officers AZ, ~ follows: President,
WHiiam 4. Morrow; vic2-prosidont
Samu"I Weaver; secretary, Mjri"m
Householder; and treasurer. Albert
iIrmpIiiI. The members Of the
llXrcutiyr Committee are Alma
Grimes. John Wise and Charles
Warner.
\ Musicale and Promenade will
be- given in Assembly Hall on
THANKSGIVING evening, for the ben
eft Of ST. Paul S Roman Catholic
Church.
The gunnprS about here report
large numbers Of rabbits. Wood
cock and partridge are very scarce.
Ducks are not plentiful at present
but good season is expected owing
to thr cool weather.
i branch Of the Progressive
League Of Delaware has been es-
labIishrd here with r. J. White
man. president. and William II.
Patterson. treasurer. The club will
hu,d, its irSt meeting on the first
Thursday in january.
George Gardiner. who recently
Shot himself accidentally, is i'm
proving rapidly.
The oyster supper and bazaar
given by the ladies of the Presby-
terrain church in the fire engine
house last Thursday evening was
we'll attended.
In we'll played game Of football
at F't DUPONT Saturday afternoon
the F'ifty-fifth Company team de
fratcd thambers-Wylie Of Cam
den. \. j.. by the score Of 10 to 0
The playing Of Rcnno, the pluck.S
Itft-pnd of the soldier team, was ;
striking feature Of the game.
Carpenters are completing tn,
woodwork on the interior Of tn,
fire engine house. Metallic cell
ings and sidewalks are going to b.
made also. The building, whel
completed, will prove great i'm
provPment to Delaware City.
Work on the road on Fift
street is progressing rapidly. Abou
half of the road has been complet
ed. Robert A. Peacock, chairma
Of the Good Roads Committee e,
poets to have the entire work fiji
ished with fifteen days. The roa
is about tenths of a mile Ion
and when completed will make
continuous stone road from Wi
mington, Del, to Augustine Beac1
distance Of about twenty-or
miles. Upon the completion of tn
work. efforts will be made to bull
a road on Clinton street. Howeve
it is thought that this will not |
done before next spring. III
money for the road on Fifth sire
has been raised by popular SUI
scription.
Newark post., 1912-11-27
4 Personal
InDitQtiOn

We desire to make this a
PERSONAL INVITATION
10 you to come and inspect
our line of Mems and Boys
Clothing, Furnishings, &c, for
fall and uinter Dear.
Consider it a PERSONAL
initiation quite as much as if
ue were ia king you BY the hand
and talking face TO face.
Our line Of tol and wi7ter
foods is oery complete, and 0cry
attrociice. Measured BY stoc&s
as offered in other large stores Ue
belieoe you ,oN be able 10 make
comparisons in our favor.
Not alone is The assortment
large, bui c0ery garment has been
selected 10Th The utmost care, and
Nth due regard TO The desire Of
The man who likes TO dress tDeA
at a moderate cost.
We are shouting a splendid
line of Suits and O0ercoats for
bovs-if,e kind that loiA please
The boys as t0eN as the parents.
Come and see us.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
Advertising

If you are fairly e'good at figures" you
win quickly convince yourself that it
pays to read the advertisements and
patronize The Journals advertisers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
Road School

The First Annual Road School of
the Wisconsin Highway Commits
sion will be held in Madison Feb.
1916 inclusive.
The special features of the pro-
gram will be an address of welcome
by the Governor, Hon. Frances E.
McGovern, and other addresses by
gentlemen who have been promin-
ent in the work of building better
roads in Wisconsin Frank A.
Nimocks of Ottumwa, Ia, a speak
er of national reputation on Good
Roads will deliver an address on
Road Improvement n Iowa"
Dean Turneaure of the Engineering
Department of the University of
Wisconsin, and member of the
Commission will deliver an illus
trated lecture on the Panama Ca
nal" which he visited recently, and
the Austin Western Machinery Com
pany will give an exhibition of road
construction by moving pictures.
Conditions in Northern and South
ern Wisconsin, work done, difficult
les overcome, methods used, and
cost of the work will be discussed
by men from every district in the
state.
Leading road machinery firms in
this and other states will have rep
resentatives in attendance to ex-
plain the merits of their machines,
rollers, graders, crushers and other
road machinery used in road con-
struction will be on exhibition in
close proximity to the Capitol. A
full line of engineering instruments
will also be on exhibition by the
courtesy of represent firms.
This road school will bring to-
gether all the County Highway
Commissioners and committees on
road construction together with the
members of the Wisconsin High
way Commission and staff of road
and bridge engineers, and in the
five days it is in session will afford
an excellent opportunity for gather
ing information and instruction, as
well as getting acquainted with all
the forces at work in building bet
ter roads under the New State Aid
Law in Wisconsin.
All persons who are really inter
ested in the cause of better roads
are invited to attend.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO
Taken From the River Falls
journal of Feb. 10,
1876

Our Catholic brethren are pre-
pairing to erect this summer a
church building So by so, little
north of the residence of John D.
Patterson.
Born, to MIR. and Mrs. R. N. Jens-
son, on the 9th inst, son.
The weather is again warm and
pleasant-rather too pleasant to
insure good sleighing for any great
length of time.
Olof Bull, the celebrated violinist
gave one Of his popular entertain
ments consisting of vocal and in
strumental music, at Brackets
hall last evening.
A. Morse and c. R. Morse have
purchased of o. S. Powell full lot
Sc feet front-on Main street,
next west of the residence of w. S.
Ensign, and they will Immediately
erect building on the same to be
used for printing Office, law Office,
etc.
The Buffalo County Herald, pub
lished at Mondovi, Wis, by w. L.
Houser, Esq made its appearance
among our exchanges last Tuesday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
The Cash Tax System

One of the progressive measures
of the 1911 legislature was the pass
age of law, Chapter 500, Laws of
1911, whereby county boards are
enabled by a majority vote of all
the members TO adopt the cash sys-
tenn of paying the highway taxes in
all the towns of the county.
About one-half of the counties
of the state took advantage of this
measure at the recent county board
meetings, among which are, Ash
land, Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa,
Columbia, Dane, Douglas, Eau
Claire. Florence, Grant, Green,
Green Lake, Juneau, Kenosha, La
fayette, Lincoln, Marinette, Pierce,
Portage, Price, Racine, Rock, Rich
land, Waupaca, Vernon, Trempea-
leau, Walworth, Waukesha, Waush-
ara and Winnebago. The old sys-
tenn of working out the road tax
has proved inefficient and not pro-
ductive of the best results. Men
who work out their road taxes do
SO usually without much feeling OF
responsibility. They arrive late,
rest frequently, and leave early.
The general impression prevails
that the labor system of road tax
has been far from a success in
most communities.
Within the last few years, most
of the states have abandoned this
practice, and the few states that re.
main under the old system are fast
abolishing it, and Wisconsin will
soon be among that number. The
reason some counties in the state
did not adopt the cash system at
the recent county board meetings
was either through ignorance of
the passage of the law which makes
a cash tax possible, or because
the representatives of the towns
did not feel that their constituents
were quite ready to adopt the new
system. 1t is felt however that
next fall practically all counties
will vote a cash tax.
The cash system will not take
away any of the power of the sup
ervisors or road superintendents OF
road districts, rather will it in
crease their power. The road sup
erintendent can hire his men when
he needs them, and not have to
wait for the. convenience of men
who think their time too valuable
to neglect their private interests
for the public welfare. and instead
of inefficient service performed by
men who dictate to the road super
intendent the time of their labor,
he can hire men at his own price
and demand an efficient days work
for a days wages. In other words,
it will make possible a dollars
worth of work for every dollar ex-
pended. Although this law is sep
arate from the new state aid law,
Chapter 337, Laws of 1911, yet it is
in perfect accord with that meas
ure, and will assist greatly in pro-
ducing a better and more equitable
system of road building in the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
Governor McGovern's Atti=
tude Toward Women
Suffrage

Some commotion has been awak-
ened in the state because of the re-
fusal of Governor Francis E. Nc
Govern to attend suffrage meet
ing to be addressed by Miss Sylvia
Pankhurst.
Governor McGoyern would prob
ably also have refused to attend an
anti-suffrage meeting, TO judge by a
announcement which he wrote for
The Woman's Journal. His atti-
tude toward the question has been
fair and reasonable.
"The attitude of the ordinary
man concerning woman suffrage is
prompted more by prejudice than
by we'll reasoned conviction" wrote
Governor McGovern. The preju-
dice may not be strong, but it is
about all he has to guide him.
This is very natural. In the first
place female suffrage has not been
extensively tried, and in the COM
paritively few places where women
vote the results apparently are not
yet SO decisive one way or the other
as to conclude debate. In the Sec
ond place it is very complex ques-
tion-social or sociological in ma
ture, rather than political. Not
merely because it interests the
state, therefore, but because it will
profoundly affect an earlier and
still more elementary institution of
society, the family, is it anything
but a simple matter to deal with
1t is, therefore, precisely the sort of
problem the common sense of all
should solve, rather than the select
few, however wise and able, who
compose the legislature.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
Job Printing

That is a part of our business, and we
pride ourselves in doing the best
and neatest kind of work Patronize
the Journal Job Print. Quick service.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
A Boost for the r. F. c. @.

The River Falls City Orchestra,
under the leadership of C.. A.
Smith, has, since its organization
last November, given most excel
lent service in its numerous en-
gagements, and proven t S e f
worthy of the confidence and pat
ronaee of those wishing first class
music for dancing parties and SIM
liar entertainments The players
are really talented and are in earn
est in their work, practicing regu-
larly and playing better at every
engagement. The people of River
Falls have enjoyed the orchestra's
music at several affairs in the past
few weeks and feel grateful that
the city can boast of such an eff
cient musical organization. They
are pleased to encourage a home
concern and not be forced on all
occasions to import their music,
and it is generally hoped that the
organization will continue and
prosper. The orchestra is com
posed of the following players: C.
A. Smith, Leader, violin; Ere d
Pratt, clarinet; Richard Smith, cor
net; c. E. White, trombone; Miss
Marie Smith, piano and Bert Zen
der, traps.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
Fire Causes Told In a Line

Fire chiefs are required to repor;
all fires and their causes. In stat
ing the cause they often tell vol
umes" in one line. Here are a few
of these lines:
Locating gas leak with match.
Locating gas leak with candle.
Using match to see if gasoline
can was empty.
Spark from nail set gasoline
fumes on fire.
Hot bearing set gasoline on fire.
Gas light in oil room.
Lamp in oil room.
Cleaning gloves with gasoline
near lamp.
Workman washed hands in gaso-
line near stove.
Thawing out water pipe.
Lamp upset.
Candle in clothes closet.
Oil-soaked floor near steam pipe
Electric iron on cloth covered
stand.
Swinging gas brackets against
wood.
Gas jet set curtains on fire.
Children playing with matches.
Stepped on parlor match.
Match head flew into drapery.
Match thrown into wood box.
Match thrown into unclean base
ment.
:. Cigar dropped into cellar entry.
Wall paper over chimney hole.
Boards over chimney hole.
Goals from stove.
Stove unprotected, too near wood.
Stove pipe through wall.
Defective chimney.
Woodwork near furnace.
Kindling fire with keros enc.
Using kerosene to quicken stove
fire.
Mistaking gasoline for kerosene.
Ashes near wood.
Ashes in wooden box.
Smoking in barn.
Cigar stub dropped into bedding.
Old lantern exploded in barn.
Smokers carelessness.
Smoking in bed.
Greasy rags.
Clothes near stove.
Burning sulphur to fumigate.
Burning rubbish near building.
Bonfire not watched.
Fire works.
Are you guilty of any of these
careless practices or of tolerating
hazardous conditions? If you are
you needlessly contribute to the
immense fire waste and consequent
destruction of wealth. Be careful.
T. M. PURTELL,
State Fire Marshal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
Candidate for City Treasurer
paid advertisements Amount $780, j.
Henderson, River Falls, Wis.,

l wish to announce to the voters
of the city of River Falls that have
decided to be a candidate for the
office of Treasurer, at the coming
Spring election.
Should you feel like giving me
your support, l can assure you that
it will be appreciated.
If elected | will follow the estab-
lished custom of having the electric
light, water rents and ether ac-
counts paid at either bank.
| shall have my office in a con-
venient locality, and not in any
store. Respectfully,
]. r. HENDERSON,.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
Wisconsin Inventors

The following patents were just
issued to Wisconsin inventors re-
ported by D. Swift & Co., Patent
Lawyers, Washington, D. c., who
will furnish copies of any patent
for ten cents apiece to our readers
c. F. Burgess, Madison, Alloy
for coating with metal; F. E. Eos
ter, Milwaukee, creasing iron; G.
H. Kruenen, Cedar Grove, com
bined stove and water heater; M
Raymaker, Sheboygan, engine stop
mechanism.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
"Same Over Har''

The state railroad commission
recently dismissed the petition of
the Seymour Business Mems asso-
citation asking that the Green Bay
& Western be required to continue
it's Sunday train service between
Green Bay and Stevens Point,
which is suspended from Oct. ! to
May each year. The commission
held that it is powerless to force
the running of trains on Sunday on
account of the provisions of the
Sunday law and Supreme Court
ruling which holds that railways
can not be forced to transport pas
sengers on Sunday. = Milwaukee
Sentinel.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08
]. r. HENDERSON

Equal suffrage will be submitted
to the voters of Wisconsin, Oregon
and Kansas at the election next
Novem Der.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-08

Special sign painting. J. Jel-
lings. Give him job.
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02
PROPOSED TO
THE STATE CONSTITUTION

(6snAts Bill Nc. 22s-C. W. Flain)
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02
EMPOWERING THE LEoIsLATuRu
TO PRov! ~ Lv E2R Rna:a"'NA-

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Amend.
Inc the Constitution Of the state Of
!atIve Assembly to Provide BY law tor
e erssslGn; 4s.sn'S. E =sisssssa:'"1 in En-: tss
State OF North Dakota.
Be Il Resolved By the Senate Of tha
Sssss 81 aavta eea on g III: House OF
The following proposed amendment to
Dakota. Il referred to the Legislative
s4si slsSt,e to q 70 t aae' st.t e. to b a'b s. : :sid
mittsd to the qualified electors Of he
e seet: Tor 1 eRRFG *. p or sis''s1t'o 81 s j. To-.
sembly Is hereby authorised and em-
ton. purchasing or leasing and opera.
yators in the state Of North Bakots s's to
m ne %s'n It. fSa t and ,es gpsf, ate; = IN a%Ss
shah prescribe. and provide for inspec-
ton. Weighing and grading OF all Nain.
received in such elevators or elevators.
STATE OF NORTH DAKoTA.(
County Of Burlsieh
I. 2: D. Norton. Secretary Of State Of
the State Of North Dakota do hereby
certify that the foregoing are full. true
1 an BSN2P2lsSs s90 Ho # ra IL t SoS gzSRSFse
TON. OF THE STATE OF NoRTH
PAKoTA passed By the Twelfth Lex
b 15lst51s Assembly sss y Of the State Of North
T Ra5G.: sn d.rt g % A 1sa:a5sS to 70 the f.:
State Of North Dakota.
r. p. NORTON.
GREAT Done at the capitoi At Bis:
July. 4. B.. 1915 ;:'' a"'
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02

for farmers who wish to do two disk.
ings at the same time. The front
harrow can be set to out.throw and
the rear harrow to in.throw. This
will thoroughly pulverize the soil and
leave the field level. The main ad.
vantage of the double disk harrow ia
that If you desire to use the regular
disk, you car remove the rear attach.
ment very quickly and easily.
This will depend on the nature OF
the soil. the angle given the disks.
and the weight Of the man on the
harrow. AS a rule, it is not advisable
to purchase a disk harrow with more
than eight 16-inch disks for use on a
tree-horse farm.
Bermuda grass will probably make
good pasture on your land. The
Rhode Island bent (Agrostis Canina)
creeping bent (Agrostis stolanifera)
and common redtop (Agrostis Vulga.
ris), form Of the most dense sods
known. The chief value of these
grasses is for pasture. They are
especially valuable for making pas.
lures in sandy, moist places. The
following mixtures are frequently
used in your section of the country:
~ Timothy, 16 pounds: redtop, 16
pounds; red clover, 4 pounds-per acre.
(2) Redtop. 10 pounds; orchard grass,
18 pounds; meadow fescne, 9 pounds:
and red clover, 4 pounds-per acre. (3)
Tall oat grass, % pounds; and red
clover. 8 pounds-per acre.
The %arsenical solution is used by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture and is probably the best solu.
ton to use. Write DR.. A. J. Herman,
Federal Building, Nashville, Tenn,
for bulletins on the eradication of the
cattle tick, the determination of
deas, lice, etc.
The mangels should be pulled before
heavy frosts, the leaves cut off to with
In an inch of the crowns and the roots
stored in a cool cellar or in pits in the
ground, and covered over with straw
and earth deep enough to prevent
freezing. 1t is not advisable to feed
your stock on frozen mangels.
I H c SERVICE BUREAU,
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02
? SQUARE .sILos.

IRA Wampler, Carthage, Missouri,
writes as follows: II wish to build a
square silo in one corner of my barn,
but do not know the best way to pro-
coed. Any information you can give
will be appreciated"
The square silo is fast going out of
use, because. of the difficulty in con-
structing same in such a way as to
make it profitable. Several years ago
or. in other words, when silo building
was In it's infancy, a good many square
silos were constructed, but they were
o abandoned for several reasons,
mainly because it was impossible to
prevent leaking at the sides, and Sec
ond, the silage spoiled in the n
The next step Of advancement was to
board up the corners. which made the
silo more of a round structure, and
the latest development has been the
round silo, which is considered far
superior to the square tyne of con
struction. 'v go,
We are sending you under separate
cover u farm barn plans, and you
will note that there is a plan for a silo.
This is a concrete silo, which is sim
liar to many that are being built in
various sections of the corn belt.
When properly constructed, the con-
crete silo is mor permanent than the
wooden silos. and preserves the silage
equally as we'll as the other types.
The first cost may be a little bit more,
but the permanency offsets this OBJ
lection. There is another type of silo
which is being built very extensively
throughout Iowa, which is known as
the Iowa silo, and is built of hollow
tile or hollow building blocks. For
further information on this silo, we
suggest that you write to Professor
NJ. L. King, Ames, Iowa.
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02
H SPIRIT OF YOUTH.
Ace II to a Qreat extent 4 mat.

Age Is to a great extent a mat
ter Of belief. You are as young
or a. old as you believe you are.
The spirit Of youth should be re-
tanned. Life is a promissory note.
due one day after date. payable on
demand. but by right living we can
defer payment almost indefinitely.
It is the staying power that tells.
e B. Warman.
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02
RANCH AND FARM.

Mckenzie County Chronicle: District
court at Schafer this week Yves q short
affair; not q case was tried. In the
Chas. Pesheck case the charge was
CHANGED from grand larceny to willfully
running stock of the range. A plea OF
guilty was entered and q fine Of $50 and
costs imposed. Robert Norhejm Of ALEX.
ander and Craven and lsbure of Willis
ton were attorneys for the defense.
In the Watson case the defense repre-.
sented by Norheim and Craven demurred
to the information and same was Sc,
aside by the court.
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02
SEVEN COMMANDMENTS Oh
.FALFA GROWING,

Thou shalt not SOW alfalfa seed on
vet or undrained land.
Thou shalt not sow alfalfa seed on
acid or sour land, but shalt apply
calcium in the form of lime, or ground
limestone rock.
Thou shalt supply alfalfa land with
IN abundance of stable manure.
Thou shalt thoroughly prepare the
alfalfa SEED bed.
Thou shalt SOW only good alfalfa
seed, free from noxious weeds.
Thou shalt inoculate the soil II thou
wouldst reap the best benefits from
the alfalfa crop.
Thou shalt not SOW in late fall. II
thou wouldst obtain creditable
stand.
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02
stepmothers

stepmothers.
The statement was made by q physi.
clan at IN inquest in London that all
stepmothers are instinctively cruel to
stepchildren.
A false accusation!
The American who reads It will re-
call at M the boyhood of Abraham
Lincoln. He had a stepmother: Night
after night she used to take him upon
her knee in the rude frontier cabin and
teach him to read by the pickering
light Of a fire log. She it was who, In
spite Of the opposition Of the father,
scrimped and saved that Abe might 60
to school. No natural mother ever sur.
passed her q the guardian angel Of .
child.
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02
DISK HARROW; BERMUDAGRASS

The Disk Harrow ls indispensable and
Should Be on Every Southern Farm
IReply to F. l.. Webb, Lee Hall, Va.)
You can not invest the same amount
Of money to better advantage than by
purchasing a good disk harrow.
The difference in the working of a
cutaway and a solid disk is that the
cutaway penetrates the ground much
deeper and throws it up in a much
coarser condition than the solid disk.
The solid disk pulverizes the soil
much better.
The double disk harrow il desirable
The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02
Stock Brands

NUNS MUNsON-Owner Of cattle branded
MA 4on right ribs: horses M A on right
shoulder. Range on w bar road. Address,
Fayette. N. k1-lry