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Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15

"Why is Jones making his girl take
music lessons? She'll never learn IL
she practices for a million years"
Jones says he knows she has no
talent, and he can ill afford the ex-
pense, but that he bates the people so
on the next floor"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15
Talked in Aia SIenn.

Detroit.-Because he talked in his
sleep Greene McAdoo betrayed to his
associates in a local boarding house
that he was wanted in Greensboro,
N. c., for wife murder. Ho Yves AZ
rested
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15

rey, q rancn-
man n @ q +
Glendive, is
president OF
the associa-
ton, and is
ably second
ed by Mr.. j.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15
Irrelevant Reasons.

Garfield Tea helps clear muddy complex
lon, dispel foul breath and sweeten the temper.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15

Immediately below wolf sprang up
and ran full speed down the narrow
channel Of the gulch. On account OF
the overspreading sage brush he
could not take aim. but the dense
growth ceased for a short space be-
fore the gradually widening tributary
debouched into the main washout
At this all-important spot Johnson
held his untrustworty rifle. and had
the satisfaction of seeing the gallop-
ing beast collapse with a well-placed
bullet in the neck 1t proved to be a
young male of about seven months
old. almost az large as the mother:
and although the distance from the
shooter was again one hundred and
fifty yards, the bullets slight penetra-
tion had done the work. The hunter
now searched for the rest of the fam
lily. but only few single tracks could
be seen leading in different direc-
tions. The wolf "obligato" had evi-
IDENTIFY been given with the twofold
istracting the foe from the young. and
the latter to scatter and hide. They
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15

Freedom is won through hard obe-
dience to the truth.-William James
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15


hunted animal, unable to
baffle or shake off so relent-
less a pursuer, at last seeks
the asylum of despair in a
badland cave, whence il Is
relentlessly smoked out and
shot. BY this method Bar
ret has killed thirty-seven
wolves, or exactly one-third
of the total number of one
hundred and eleven wolves
Gold and young) obtained in
the two years. Large pri-
vate rewards for wolves
have also been offered in
other parts of the country
(notably by Mr.. ]. II. Price
at Knowlton), and the loss
from these pests. estimated
at from ten TO twenty per
cent of the annual increase
Of the herds, will be greatly
abated IN consequence, al
ways provided that unscrup-
ulous trGppers abstain from
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15

d. Johnson. a stockman near FaIIon,
of whom more anon. Their most sue
cessful operative is a "wolfer" OF
tenacious purpose and great endur'
ance, named Maurice Barret, who fol-
lows on horseback any fresh-found
wolf track in the snow. sometimes
camping on the trail at dark should
no ranch-house be available. The
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15

object of distracting the foe from the young and
of warning the latter to scatter and hide. They
had done so like a covey of flushed quail.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15

ems before they are hatched and it happened
that on this occasion the hunter using bor-
rowed rife unaware that the owner had filed
the magazine with short target ammunition In.
stead OF the usual long cartridges The conse.
quence was that an ineffective bullet merely
knocked up the dirt some three inches below the
wolf. which Immediately jumped up tucked her
tail between her legs and vanished down the op-
posite side OF the butte. Vexed beyond express
sion, Johnson nevertheless, INDUCED the hope
that the beast might have been wounded by n
ricochet; but on reaching the ridge he found no
sign either of a wound or Of the wolf Beyond
was deep and narrow washout thickly fringed
on both sides with rank overhangng sage brush.
which he preparing to overeap when from
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-15

URING the year 1911 wolves were less numerous
in Eastern Montana than at any other time during
the last twenty-five years. In my district this
happy result is probably due to the private efforts
Of a syndicate of ranchers. who made the munf-
cent offer OF forty dollars for every wolf killed lex
elusive of the state bounty of ten doars). and
have paid out three thousand three hundred dol
lars on this account in two years. Mr.. r. l.. Low
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21
Lynchburg.
Declnre. aamo Laws Adeouote.

To the Editor OF The Times-Dispatch
Sir'-Noting that letters and edlto-
upon the subject OF gamo and game
laws / presume you will. and ms alao
many OF your readers. be Interested
IN conditions as they actually exist In
leots. 1t Is not my purpose 10 discuss
the matter but simply to say that
the present game laws are working
veil observssd he There THsy vs5 are
practically. Land owners arc Keeping
a pretty close watch, and the county
game warden is doing efficient work
when tho occasion arises. which Is not
often.
There were moro birds" (quail) last
season than for. many years. owing to
several successive mild winters and
the very favorable brood!nE season
last summer Wild turkeys were more
plentiful than ever before In the last
~ Squirrels were more plentiful than
usual. Rabbits were abundant. Deer
We're. very scarce. Foxes very scarce.
hawks very numerous. but 1t Is not
Ing taken quail. But few robins have
been shot in recent years. They came
earlier this season and IN larger num-
f 1ers I'M 1nSn ao for long Ct, TING were very
many.
Even the boys do not seem TO look
upon them rs game birds now. os
everybody did years ago.
Nearly every local sportsman whom
] know Is also workinEinan, and
all of them arc poor shots, including
your humble servant. A bag of n
dozen birds" is very unusual amongst
them. and few OF them hunt a dozen
days In season. Cover Is plentiful
and dense. and there are few hunts
men who, II they gave this neighbor-
hood trial. would not conclude the t
game didn't need any protection from
them.
landowners cannot be relied upon 10
give gamo all necessary protection I'm
conjunction with the present warden,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21
'oysrEnIc cANx,nA,.1sM.

Here's altruism gone mad. The pres
ident Of The Alabama Oyster Commits
sion has announced that he VIII appeal
to tho humane society to prevent
oysters from being eaten alive. There
Is something 10 be said for this. though
IT is difficult to get an oysters point
OF view They are extremely ret,ceut.
they stay In their shells until the last
moment ana frequently then It is too
late. 9hoy have lips. we understand.
but the} arc not loquacious
Yet III not an oyster organs. d.
'nensions. senses. affections. passions ?
We cannot say nc hath not. If YOU
were mn oyster how would you ike to
be wrenched from your brlny privacy.
from perhaps your long and secret
life work OF pcrfccttng a single pearl.
from your immobile. but no less dear.
relatives and comrades, from your very
bed and flung stark, quverine. alive.
upon tho tumultuous and oyerlit ban
quot board OF avid gourmands? Is
this liberty, is this enlightenment, Is
this civilization? We wot not
But tliis vivid Incarceration is no,
without it's silent, s,crn Justice. NAM.
an innocent bland ana smiling oyster
carries with him secret vengeance. T,
one shuddcrinr. horrondous word
ntoniaincs: into the valley Of DEAN
he carries his bacterial st!Ietto. can
We eondonc such treachery on human,
a len H. sa. rr-t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21

immunity to both vote sellers ant
rotc-buycrs and nffording safety from
! the punishment to the informing vot,-
fording like privilege to tho informing
! voto-seller after thu expiration Of that
/ Time. 1t Is definite and complete. and
1t ought to be made law.
, Judge Skeen, who has brought to
| book SO many alleged takers and CIV
ers Of bribcs IN election cases, has de-
iayed the hearing OF these cases until
the May term of his court. One hum
dred and forty-seyen indictments for
bribery In elections have already been
brought In at that court in this term,
and moro arc to follow. Judge Skeen
awaits the action of the General AS
sembly upon tile Crockett -Chulklcy bill
Ills interest In this measure Is most
evident, and while this bill, IL enacted,
would not have retrogrcssive effect. 1t
would enable both votc-seilcrs and
buyers to give discriminating evidence
in the cases where bribery has already
been found. although the guilty party
would receive tho penalty provided by
the present statute, instead of any pos
sibie new penalty In tho pending bill.
virginia has three great and imper-
ative needs in the way of legislation
a tax equalization law, an effective pri-
mary law and pura election law.
This fact should be kept In mind, aud
the pure election bill should not be
lost through inattention and inaction
The Times Dispatch knows OF one en-
cellent and able man who would like
to offer for high Office. in Southwest
Virginia, but who will not run unless
the pure election law Is passed. He
feels that he cannot enter into whole
sale vote buying and selling and that,
he cannot hope to win in the face OF
such corruption methods used against
him. Election conditions In certain
sections of this State are rotten TO the
core. and the repeated revelations of
corruption have accumulated such ev.-
dence as presents an appalling ndict-
lnent of our present election laws.
The Crockett Challslcy bill covers the
situation and should be passed. There
is every reason for action and no hon
':st one for delay.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21

Antisaloon League around, afraid of n
chestnut blight, and flirting with the
calling and election sure. The ludi-
crousness of the situation would be
enjoyable from tho gallery or oven at
n distance, were 1t not for the thought
that matters of grave Importance are
being sacrificed. the Will OF the people
overr!dden and our constitutional
rights invaded. The weak attempt 10
enact salutary laws for the better
ment of the conditions of tho people
at large, In contrast with the energy
expended, with whip and spur, to lcgis-
late tho oiiiceholders back Into office,
is obnoxious to the intelligent citizen.
and VIII be met with II protest that
Will be marked by political graves
for many who have Hacrificed their
delegated rights for mess OF pot
tagc.
The lime. bin Is purely class ieg!sln-
farmer by those who expect TO secure
much like forty acres and mule"
How can any sane and sensible farmer
swallow this dope? l would like to
hear from some good business farmer
Why not add TO this bill another slo,-
600 for trip to Er-opo to secure
pRuper labor TO spread on tho lime?
Now. II It Is proper and Just to enact
UP n shoe factory for the barefootcd.
manufa cture clothes for the naked,
and II Touring mill for the hungry
Ali When the poor cried for bread
vow gavo them n stone" and reduced
the small amount Of $50 under tho
garnishment act to SIS. and alleged
that you did II for his own good. How
consistent and wise thou art!
The rolling stock bill Is OF doubt
full character even to man who lives
twenty miles from q railroad. and ie
unjust to the cities who have granted
valuable franchises. made many con-
~. In
operating stock. They have mapped
out improvements and have made
great progress that must be abandoned.
that the Lime Kiln Club" can so
marching on. If the counties were
paying their just proportion of taxes
to the. State on n basis that city prop
erty.ls assessed, then there would be
some justice In cnacting the rolling
stock bill. Why do the powers
that be hesitate in framing n
tax bill that will eruhlize taxation
and place the burdens where they Just
" belong? Is II from fear of the Lime
Kiln Club" or their inability 10 handle
the matter? The people Will hold re-
sponsIblc the failure OF proper adj
justmcnt OF this important measure.
TOO much praise cannot be accorded
you for the fearless and outspokcn
stand you have taken against discrim-
inatioi md unwarranted invasion of
our constitutional rights. Would that
your banner were planted upon every
hin top in Virginia, to sound note of
warming against vicious legislation at
the hands Of tho unwlse.
UNSLACKED.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21

To the Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch
Sir,-The Rutherford game bill ha
been recommended by the committee
with nm amendment which will utterly
destroy the protection II will afford In
Its original form.
This amendment Is to allow the
county supervisors to determine wheth-
or n hunting license shall be paid In
their respective counties. Is It not
absurd to expect any county TO make
It's people pay license which the
people OF come other county DO not
pay? No county has a right to reap
such a benefit Mt tho expense OF is
ncighbors. even IL the latter enforce
the license. This bill Is for the good
OF the State as whole II Is not
g. county or an Individual matter Tho
license must be general to support a
state Game Commission.
We hope you will protest strenuous
y against the amendment Now is the
time to assist US In securing law
which has been adopted By thirteen
States In tho past four years. Every
State in tho Union has a game com
mission but six. and all require
hunting license but fourteen. Is IL
possible for us to make n mistake by
following the almost universal lead?
THE VIRGINIA AUDUBON SOCIETY.
NJ. D. HART,
Member Legislative Committee
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-There are two most interest
ing and engaging subjects treated IN
your Issue of Sunday. One is the
pointed article signed Son OF Con-
photo OF six old Confederate soldiers.
one of thorn one-legged, now spending
their last days in the Albcmarle county
poorhouse. The other article IS the
news story relating to the bill IN the
Senate OF Virginia proposing that a
United States flaS be erected over every
Virginia schoolhousc; this proceed ing
being estimated to cost approximately
$4,000
Now as q virginian and lover OF
my native State, l would suggest that
a flag of any sort, over our State
school houses, then. in Heavens name.
let the hags be Virginia State nags!
In the first place, the school Is State
and local affair and not cent of It's
support Is derived from the United
states government. Again, I! venture
to say that the members OF the Legis,.
iature who would approve this bill
would be astonIshed to know how few
Virginia school children know what
the Virginia flag Is. How often does
one see q Virginia flag? Are you not
proud of it? DO you not wish tho
children to know tho flag of tho Old
It? Unltod States flags arc to be seen
everywhere and on all occasions; there
Is not the slightest danger that our
children will not have every opportu-
nifty TO observe them; indeed there IL
n large and influential patriotic order
pecial business to sec that the ma
tional flag is erected over the school
houses But the State flag of Virginia
flies nowhore save over the Capitol
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21
Voice Of the People

Condemns the General Assembly.
TO the Editor of The Tlmcs-D Dispatch:
S!r,-I fully realize the danger at
tending a FREQ expression OF opinion
on any subject or policies of the
powers that be In Virginia. or any
acts OF It's subsidiary body. the Leg
islature. without nrst submitting your
views for approval But since the
editor of The Dispatch has
stepped 10 the front, in recent cdi-
torial, "a Legislative Outrage" ana
fearlossly and properly defended our
acts and methods of the Legis-
lature In their unwarranted usurpatlon
OF the powers invested In them by
their attempt to override the wishes
OF the people and defT the Constitu-
tion. II is time for every citizen to
enter his protest. whether II meets
with the approval OF the Office trus.
or not.
The weak defense OF the honorable
member from tho East" as publish
cd In your paper under date of Feb
ruary l. would he laughahlc were II
not for tho seriousness OF the thought
that possibly he might be an average
representative of that august body.
He VIII pardon me l know, for sug
costing that In order to escape the
wrath to como, from his Informed
constituency, that he offer the fol
lowing resolutions
THAT to preserve the peace and dig
nifty Of the Commouw ealth and OF this
honorable body, We do now adjourn"
be fully realized.
To tho innocent and uniformed the
Legislature by handing out II barrel
of lime. robbng the cities of their rev.
enue, Juggling with tho election laws,
bowling TO tho oaice trust. arming the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21
BRING OUT TIE WEST FEE ma.

SO little time IS lefl for the eonsid- =
GRAFTON anywhere OF the West bill rela-
tive to the fee system that the Finance
Committee should be d!s2hatgcl from
she further consideration of that meas
ure. Although It was the fosty-ninth
bill introduced in the Senate. Il has lcyer
been reported upon BY the committee
10 which II was referred So little has
been heard OF 1T that many have
though; It dead. There is nothing At
all complicated about the measure; Il
bears all the eermarks of constitution
alIty; It INVOLVES no appropriation; IL
DESTROYS nothing; IT hurts no enc. &
simply requires publicity. perfectly
DUST and proper bill, It has long lain
,undlsturhcd in the docket OF the Sen
etc Committee on Finance.
What arc the essentials OF this
measure? Every State and county on
Ger would hic annually with the cirt III;
or county court, as the case may be. .
sworn statement showing the agsrc-
gate salary received by him IN fees
!&nd ethergpo or due. but not received.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21

during the year. II the officers In
question employ deputies. stenogra.
piers or clerks, they shall report al
! the same time the amount of compen-
sation paid them. Failure to conform
to the requirements OF The law would
be punished with n fine not exec sdins
wv or imprisonment In jail for thirty
| days. in the discretion OF the court or
jury trying tho case. The Auditor OF
Public Accounts is TO report biennlally
| TO the General Assembly the names OF
all State. county and city officers gov
| erned by the act and the amount re-
ceived by each of them. The act would
! not include notarics public, commits
sionars in chancery, justices of the
peace constahles, county supervisors
nor any OF the officers of an incorpo-
rated town in this State.
That is all-simple, direct. not dras-
tic. Yet the Senate Finance Commit
tee has considered this bill so long that
one might think 1t purportad TO violate
the seventeen sections OF the Bill OF
Rights and the $50 sections of the Con
sitution Of Virginia, as we'll as the
numherless statutes, alive, dead and
forgotten What is there about th's
measure that makes II SO comrlica tee.
that it cannot be presented to the sem
ate? If II Is slap in the face OF
MAJ na Charta, why cannot the Senate
Committee on Finance say so?
Here is a direct. plain. business
move for publicity in the expenditure
or the peoples money. II must havd
been rsferred 1--WE weeks ago or more.
Is there any reason why It should not
be taken up? There Is but one that we
can discern: the fec officers are afraid
to let tho people know how much they
are getting. and they are unwilling
that the legislators should force them
TO do it. Tho fine Italian hand Of the
otiioeholders' trust sticks up above the
waters inundatinE the bill. There arc
fee officers in Virginia who arc getting
so much money through fees, so much
more than their work is worth (and
most of the time 1T Is done by depu-
tes), that they shun publicity and
Strike at 1t In the dark Til. people
of Virginia have a right to know
what their hired mon are getting. but
the State is at present in the position
of street railway company which
says to the conductor on the pay-as-
you-enter car: Take for yourself al,
the money In the box. don't care
how much It is and don't want TO
know what 1T Is" Some county treas
urors rake OF $4,000 a year; some
clerks rcvei In fat fees. and n clerk OF
the Supreme Court OF Appeals receives.
1t Is said without denial S9,ooo-almost
twice as much as the Governor or
Judge Keith and good deal more than
any of our Senators and Congressman.
Is not such condition rotten and
ahominable? II 50, let US have the
facts. The West bill viii do justice to
all It calls for the facts. nothing
moro Let US hone that the Senate
Committee on Finance viii be dis
charged from further duty with refer
ence to this hill, and that. II nsed be,
there shall be a recorded vote on the
question. Further delay OF this bin is
'neNcusahle and In naughty contempt of
tho peorle of Virginia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21
THE MOVING PICTURE IN EpUCA.
rION

JiON.
| One of the latest subjects of discus
/ sion in educational circles is the NOV.
ing picture show as TN educational oh
ject lesson auxiliary. Already the film
has been introduced into number OF
the public schools at tho North. but
there arc two parties 10 the question
of the advisab!lty, desirabllty and
value of the experiment
DR.. Fletcher B. presslar. Of tho Ma :
iional bureau of Education, Is In op-
position. Ills contention Is that the
moving picture tends to tho stimula-
ton Of eye mindedness" at the OK :
pensc of appreciation and study Of
the real living art and cultivation of
sympathy With true pulsating poetry
and music. In a word. he maintains.
as We understand, that In sense and
at the last. the moving picture prac
tically Is "all dumb show" appealing
merely and superhclally to the vision
and not reaching tho inner under
standing.
On tho other hand, the advocates OF
the auxiliary. in addition to denying
Or. Drcsslar's "postulates," point 10
the fact that Edison has anticipnt ID
and neEatived, so far as the future
is concerned at least, the faults the
doctor finds with the innovation. The
electrical wizard, they set forth. has
declared that he has perfected de-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21
WHAT ABOUT THE ruRE ELECTION


VIII the General Assembly ne so In
eNeusably neElirrut as to let tho
Crockett chalkley pure election bill de
on the calaadar? Why cannot a specia,
effort be made 10 take i'm this excellent
measure, which would achieve most
Substantial reforms and work eflicicnt.
ly for tho publication Of tho banot
box? Why 10 the Democrats in tn,
House allow few Republicans 10 block
the effort to take up this bin? Shall
o measure so potential Of more homes
elections and OF less political corrup.
ton be permitted to die by legislative
inao,.on?
Virginia has no eTectivc pure e,ee-
tion law Ii should nave one --and one
passed at this session OF the General
Assembly; one which wouId simultanc-
ousiy punish election crimes and AFFORD
Immunity. under restrictions, TO those
who have bought or sold votes, In order
that they can make the law more of-
fectivc by revealing violations OF it
Tha Crockett Charley hill drafted by
that astu:e and able juris,. Judge 4. 4.
Phlcgar, covers most Adequately and
.ngcniously the situation By onerini
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21

at Richmond, and venture to say
that hundreds OF school children never
nave seen ono. Let the Legislature or
virginia be the champion OF the flag
or Virginia. and see to 1t that our
children have at least chance TO oc-
cas!onally look upon It's beauties Let
TINS be done IL any money IS TO be
spent on Tags But let us FIRST sec
mat no old soldiers have to lay down
thelr heads and die in poorhouses be-
loTe we appropriate money 10 cherish
and perpetuate sentiment, although
as NAPOLEON said, sentiment rules tho
world"
4 VIRGINIAN AND
CONFEDERATE SON
Iynchbur1