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The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
West Facing Big Strike.

Denyer.-The West is face to face
with the biggest railroad strike In its
history.
Between 100000 and 100000 men
have voted in favor OF walkout.
The orders were not issued on ac-
count OF negotiations between julius
Kruttschnitt. director Of maintenance
Of way Of the Hartman lines, and rep
resentatiyes OF the shopmen on that
system looking to settlement Of the
strike which has ben on for more than
year.
This development reveals the full
significance OF the negotiations to set.
tie the Hartman lines strike.
The proposed strike of between
100000 and 100000 shopmen on all
roads In the West is contingent on a
settlement OF the Hartman line trou.
bles.
The shopmen on the Colorado &
Southern and the Denver K Rio
Grande are among those VINO voted 10
strike.
The failure Of President Taft to
take steps to bring about settlement
OF the shopmen's troubles on the Har-
rman lines is the direct cause Of the
crisis.
Recently an amalgamation OF the or.
ganIzations OF the machinists, boiler.
makers. blacksmiths and all shopmen
was perfected at Kansas City.
The new organization was christ.
ened the Federation OF Federations
and represents a membership Of ap.
proximately 100000 In the various un.
ions affiliated with 1t.
The membership embraces the un.
ions on practically every road west Of
Chicago and St. Louis.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
RIGHT KIND OF IMMIGRATION
Farmers by Keeping In Touch With
Their conoressmen Can Exert
Beneficial Influence.

To the Officers and Members Of the
Farmers Union:
One Of the evils menacing America
today. and least understood In its seri-
BUSINESS. Is that Of indiscriminate i'm.
migration. As It is. the country is
full enough Of different citizens. Yet
through Ellis island. and other entry
ports. We continue each year to pile
up an accumulation Of diverse nation
alities that never can or will be as
simulated by our people. To restrict
the laws. and construct sensible bar.
riers Is the task to which we should
address ourselves and no class Is
more directly Interested In It than the
farmer.
l have no sympathy with the old
"know.nothing" contingent In America.
which used to pride itself on the slo.
gan. America for Americans only"
and excuse ignorance or sloth on the
fiimsy pretext Of patriotism. Neither
would put an infexible embargo up
on entrance into this country. Ever
since We set up In business as repub.
lie America has been an asylum for
the oppressed Of all lands. They have
looked toward the Statue OF Liberty as
symbolizlng all that is good and hope.
ful and inviting to those who failed.
from some cause to secure square
deal" In their own countries.
But, do recognize that we have a
definite duty to perform not only to
the present generation. but equally to
those who are to follow US. II We al
low ignorant. unfit, diseased immi.
grants. or those with no respect for
our institutions and with inability to
assimilate our ideals-to come In
without let or challenge. and to occupy
the land like swarm Of locusts, we
shall be working poorly for the Ameri-
cans Of tomorrow,
America has been called the melt.
ing.pot Of the world. In that 1t receives
into Its capacious spaces hordes from
almost every nation. melting them In.
to common substance and turning
them out Americans. But Industrial
troubles-cropping out on the farms
as well as In the great labor centers-
warn us that there Is such thing a.
overcrowding the melting pot, such q
thing as throwing into 1t ingredients
that will not mix with the best and
most enduring elements Of American
citizenship.
The farmers. by keeping In touch de-
terminedly with their congressman.
can exert a beneficial influence In pro-
ducing the right kind Of immigration.
We do not wish to be harsh. bigoted
or intolerant. But we are under no
obligations to accept the refuse OF 9th.
Or nations and the hrst instinct with
republics. as with individuals. Is that
Of self.preservation.
CHARLES .. BARRETT.
San Francisco. Cal.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
BEEF TRUST
Will DISSOLVE
NATIONAL PACKING COMPANY,
s15,ooo,ooo CORPORATION, WILL
DIsINTEeRATE.
ACTION IS VOLUNTARY
ATTORNEY GENERAL WICKER.
SHAM WILL HOLD GOVERN.
MENT SUITS IN ABeYANce,

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington. = Attorney General
Wickersham was advised that the Ma.
tional Packing Company would be vol.
unfairly dissolved by the beef packers
by August /.
In view Of this action Mr.. Wicker.
sham announced that the government
would hold In allegiance the civil suit
which 1t proposed to bring against the
company to compel its disintegration.
Mr. Wickersham was notified Of the
beef trusts" intention to dissolve by
James A. Fowler. assistant to the at.
torney general.
Representatives OF the National
Packing Company. according to the at.
torney general, informed United States
Attorney Wilkinson at Chicago that it
was the purpose Of the Armour. Swift
and Morris interests. which own the
corporation. to wind up Its business
and dispose of Its interests.
The packers, 1t is said, expected to
have ready definite plan by August
l. or II they find themselves unable to
agree upon basis OF dissolution. they
will advise the Department OF Justice
OF the fact. In the latter event. the
proposed civil suit under the Sherman
law. 1t is intimated, will be filed.
About month ago MIR. Wicker.
sham was informed the packers pre-.
pared voluntary steps in the nature Of
disintegration. To give them time to
meet the issue In friendly way. the
attorney general arrested the filing OF
the contemplated petition In equity
The Department of Justice informed
the packing company a week ago that
1t was time definitely to display Its
intention.
The National Packing Company is a
sl5,OOO.O00 corporation. owning some
of the largest packing companies in
the world. As It is owned by the Ar.
mour. Swift and Morris interests. &C.
'ording to the governments conten-
tions. the company is the agency for
controlling the meat industry.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
WASHINGTON.

An unconflrmed rumor has reached
the State Department that Mexican
rebels have met with another defeat.
There are more than 100000 Hitter.
atcs in the United States, and one in
seven children between ten and four.
teen are not In school.
The legislative, executive and ju.
dicial appropriation bill carrying
amendments to abolish the Commerc9
Court, passed the Senate.
Indications now point to the veto OF
the army bill which contains a pro.
vision that would out General Wool
from the head Of the army.
Friday. June Il, marked the l35th
anniversary OF the birth OF the Amer
ican flag. Officially In some states. un,
officially In others. II was recognized
as Flag Day.
In a special message President Taft
asked Congress to appropriate $3.50,
900 TO protect the Imperial Valley OF
California against floods from the Col
orado river.
The Senate amended the house bill
to provide that no ship owned or con
trollcd by a railroad should be per
mltted to use the Panama canal IL
c0astwise trade.
The Senate amended the Legislative
appropriation bill to prohibit any onr
federal Judge from restraining NJ
order OF the Interstate Commerc,
Commission. and providing that such
Injunction must be sanctioned by thu
chief Justice and two other Justices.
The House voted lii to l0l not tc
accept the Senate amendment to the
metal tariff revision bill which would
repeal the Canadian reciprocity rider
nnd fix q universal duty OF 81 to-.
on print paper.
Representative Taylor from The
committee on public lands reported ia
vorably to the House the Senate bill
m permit settlers under irrigatlo;
proiects to obtain patent to thei
homesteads in three years. the It'll
bsIng subject 70 the liens OF th'
government for such water assess
,uen,s as s.ill may be due.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
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WESTERN.

Ten persons were injured. one Sc
verely. when tornado swept through
the village OF Nelogony, Okla.
Solitary confinement for life will be
.he punishment for Fred Howard.
ringleader in the recent California
penhentiary riot.
Governor Oddie OF Nevada appoint
ed George Wingfield Of Reno to sue
ceed the late George s. Nixon, as
United States senator.
The bill providing for general
election for all state and county Off.
GERS November next has passed both
houses OF the Arizona Legislature.
Gov. Hunt vetoed the bill permitting
twenty.round prize fights In Arizona.
In a message to the Legislature Gov.
Hunt declared the bill was step
backward.
The first petition to invoke the mi
tiative for the purpose OF abolishins
capital punishment In California by
amending the state constitution has
been filed.
The mountains In the vicinity OF
Central City. Colo. are covered with
three inches Of snow, and instead OF
the middle OF June. the appearance OF
everything indicates the Christmas
season.
Mrs. Victoria Hebert Of San Fran.
cisco was shot four times and fatally
bert, when she attempted personally to
serve summons on him in her suit
for divorce.
Thirty thousand hayersack rations
prepared by the army commissary in
Seattle were shipped to Seward and
Kodiak. Alaska, on the steamship Ad
miral Sampson, for relief OF sufferers
from the recent volcanic eruption.
Walleyed pike are being introduced
into lakes in the state OF Washington
W tNt'l tIlt tuip. hN
carp destroys millions OF game fish
eggs every year in these and othe.
Western lakes. 1t is promised that
the pike will feed on the carp.
Planted in the fall OF 1910 and fan
Ing to come up last year, forty-acre
field OF wheat on the George l.. Gould
ing ranch in Weld county, near the
town Of Keota. Colo, surprised Its
owner by coming up this spring. The
wheat promises yield OF twenty
bushels TO the acre.
The Arizona Senate. by vote of ten
to seven passed bill providing for
submitting to the vote Of the people a
plan for the abolIshing OF the upper
house OF the Arizona Legislature. II
the plan becomes effective there will
be only one state legislative body. com
posed of forty-flye members.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
Farmers Educational
and Operative
Union Of America

Self.preservation Is the first law Of
the politician.
He who puts his faith in luck rides
= bucking broncho.
A mans time Is worth more raising
corn than II Is raising cain.
Go into. debt in haste. and one is
apt to repent in bankruptcy,
All work and no play is apt to. make
Jacks mother dull woman.
Even the man who invents labor.
saving machinery must work for a llv.
Ing.
II kerosene were not 80 common and
so cheap. We would consider It a great
poultry remedy.
The man who practices honesty
solely as matter Of policy. does not
have the faintest idea what real hon.
esty is.
One Of the most serious objections
urged against country living is the
backward condition Of the rural
schools.
Clothes do not make the man, II is
true. but good ones make him feel
mighty comfortable and add to his
self-respect.
Some farmers will spend q dollars
worth of extra labor rather than buy
ten cents worth Of lubricating oil for
the feed cutter.
In some states farm names are reg
istered. the same as cattle brands. and
the name becomes q sort Of trade
mark. A good thing.
We are always In a turmoil about
taxes. Not 30 much about the amount
as that they do not seem to be levied
according to the benefits received.
The consumer Is paying as much
for his lamb chops as he did some
months ago when mutton on the
hoof was worth rs per cent. more
money.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
Aeroplane Used In wolf Hunt.

Santa Clara.-Swooping over the
foothills. Glenn Martins biplane
scared all the coyotes in sight and
hearing. The occasion was the coyote
hunt of the Santa Ana Rifle Club.
OF which Martin is member. and the
result Of the hunt was the capture Of
one coyote. q big fellow. The carcass
was strapped to the aeroplane and was
taken as passenger to Santa Ana.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.

Frank Gotch. champion heavyweight
wrestler. defeated Gus Schoenlein
(Americus) Of Baltimore, champion
light heavyweight, In two straight
falls at Baltimore.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
FOREIGN.

A committee Of experts recently val.
ued the cutlery and kitchen utensils OF
the Shah Of Persia at ;25.0O0.OOO
The gravity OF the situation in Cuba
was emphasized by the issuance by
President Gomez Of proclamation 10
the Cuban people. urging them to arm
and organize in the face Of the ma.
tional peril.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
Barn Door Hangers.

II 10 important that the barn builder
select satisfactory sytem OF door
hangers and carriers. Imperfect
hangers. says The Farmer. will ruin
the door. and are q constant source
OF trouble. Whilo this Is only detail
OF barn building. II is one Of those do.
tails which cannot prontably be neg.
lected and the barn builder will do
we'll 10 carefully consider the hangers
he selects. so that no mistake can be
made In this direction.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
POLITICAL

Tho first campaign in which the 80.
cialist party has had complete ticket
In every state was opened In Chicago.
Eugene v. Debs and Emil Seldel are
the Socialist candidates for President
and vice president Of the United
States. :.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
Rebel Chief on Warpath,

Santiago. Cuba. - The insurgent
leader Julio Antomarchi. who recently
ordered all the whites to leave the vi.
cInity Of FL Cobre, has issued n proc.
lamation stating that he will hang any
person approaching him with a sug.
gestion that he should surrender.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
Blood Meal for Calves.

A little blood meal. commencing
with a teaspoonful and gradually 10.
creasins to q tablespoonful At each
feeding. Is said to have beneficial rs.
suits with calves that are not doing
very well. but as this meal contains
about 90 per cent. Of disestible pro
tein II would hardly seem 10 bs q
proper complement to skim milk for
continuous feeding.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20

Thei spired
writer, Paul. hl
here addressing
himself ito the
saints which are
at Ephe su @.
Saints? Who are
the saints? A
saint Is commonly
understood to be
an eminently holy
Christian. who ID
now dead. But
that definition
limits the grace Of
God and stultifes
the teachings Of
his word. 1t robsI
tha Chriatian Of A
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
$2so.poo In Bets Placed.

Chicago.-Two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars has been placed In
bets In New York on the result Of the
Republican convention.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
Unidentified Man Killed.

Pueblo. Colo,-The mangled body Of
an unknown man was found In the
railroad yards. The coroner believes
he committed suicide.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
Sanci6ed in
Christ
By Rev. JAIME. M. G,.y. D. D.
p-.aMaA sa.l.a.. cs.s.
D.. 4 Ma.t BahI.dAa.. cHe.s

TExT-Paul. an apostle Of Jesus Christ
by tho will Of God. to the Saints which,
are at Ephesus. and to the faithful I'M
Christ Jesus.-Ephesians III
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20

Western Newspaper Union New, Service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-14
THE FORCING GROUND OF 1U- -ERCULosIs

The death rates per 100000 popu- Iation from tuberculosis Gall forms) in the state of Connecticut and it's cities and towns in 1910 are given in Mortality Bulletin 1O9, issued recently by Director Durand of the Bureau of the Census Department of Com merce and Labor.
 The figures cover tuberculosis of the lungs. including acute military tu- berculosis, also tuberculous meningi- tis and other forms of tuberculosis.
 The death rate per 100000 popula- ton for the state was 1900. For the cities the rates were: Ansonia, 76.9; Bridgeport, 1886; Bristol town, 103.1; Danbury, town, 123.0; Greenwich, town, 96.6; Hartford, 17O.2; Manches- ter, town, 1922; Meriden, town, 211.6;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-14
HIGH AND "PREP' SCHOOLS.

A report made under authority If the faculty of Harvard College says that but one boy in 35 who comes from private preparatory schools ob- tain5 high rank at the university, but one boy in every six from public high schools attains high rank. Viewed from any angle the evidence tends to show the superiority of public over private educational. methods. Some allowance must be made for the fact that the boys who go to private schools are frequently not able 10 get through the public schools, but this is also testimony of the rigor of the public requirements. Perhaps also some trifing allowance should be made Because the boys equipped in private schools are frequently the chill dren of wealthy parents, and lack a strong incentive to do good work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-14
John Gaffey Drops
 Dead In Drug Store

New Haven, Feb 1LJohn F. Gaf- fey, formerly head of the Gaffey Bus mess School and a man prominent in the politics of city and State, died suddenly from heart disease in Met calf's drug store at 1332 Chapel street, last night, shortly before o'clock Gaffey was. suddenly taken i'll in a trolley car bound homeward out Chape' street, and was carried in 9 the store, where the death occurred within a few seconds. He came from New York on Monday to attend the Lincoln day gathering at the Young Mems Republican Club, and the con ference for the reorganization of the State League of Republ'can clubs, of which he was elected temporary sec retary, and was on his way home wren taken i'll last ni-ht.
 Mir. Gaffey was forty-nine years old.
 While for the past. ten years he spent most Of his time in New York, where he conducted a school Of stem ography a t 123 West 125th street, Gaf- fey had retained his res dence here and kept alive his interest in local and State affairs.
 He is survived by wife and da1gh- ter, Marion, his mother, Mrs. William Caffey, and q sister. His wife was Miss E1izabeth Martin. a sister of ex- Mayor James B. Martin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-14
BAILEY TAKES CHARGE.
Yale Professor Assumes Preston's Duties As Head of Organized
 Charities.

New Haven, Feb. 14.-Prof. Will liam E. Bailey of Yale, who takes a year to study sociology, has grasped an opportunity to get a first hand view of the conditions among the poor of this city. Professor Bailey has shown that his knowledge of social conditions is not all theory by assum- ing the entire direction of the Organ ized Charities during the illness Of superintendent S. o. Preston. He is not only doing MT. Preston's inside work, but is carrying out his system of visiting families and eXhaustively investiEat ting individual cases so far as he can without interfering with his duties at the university.
 Superintendent Preston has been i'll for several weeks. As it is probable that he will not be able to resume his work for several weeks, if not longer, 1t was absolutely necessary to have som cone take hi5 place, and Prof. Bailey volunteered to assume the re- sponsibility as far as he is able.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-14

Middletown, town, including state in- sane asylum, 264.2; Naugatuck, 1880; New BritaiS, 124-3; New Haven, 175.3; New London, 147.2; Norwalk town, 123.4; Norwich town, 1928; Orange town, 1O5.6; Stamford town, 137.7; Torrington town, 94.5; wallingford town, 89.4; Waterbury, 1863; and Windnam town, 94.S
 A high death rate from consump- tion in any community is a sign of overcrowding, underfeeding. low wa 3es. inferior housing and poor eco homie conditions. Not everybody who is afflicted by tuberculosis is a victim of these conditions, but the hot bed of the disease, it's forcing ground, the means by which it is per petuated and kept a threat to the community, is in such conditions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-14
DEAFNESS,
 HEAD NOISES New Book on New MethOd- How to Recover Hearing Without Drugs or
 Electric Devices
Message of Hope and Joy to
 All Afflicted Persons

There Is hope of a 1eIl-baRed kind which should bring joy and ultimate contentment to muItitudes of persons who have been troubled for years with deafness or head noises.
 Dr. Coutant, an able specialist. has evolved a newly perfected method for treating cases where the hearing is not perfect or where the sufferer is hAraSs ed by ringing. roaring. huzzing or other disagrpea hIe noises in the head. lt ap- pears that about 95 out of every hum dred cases are from causes amenabIe to proper treatment
 Dr. COutant ooes not advocate the use of drugs or electricity. He relies chiefly upon cooperating with Nature in bringing bout speedy and effectu- al cure of morbid auraI conditions Re markable cures are reported. many of them being in the cases of deafness that had existed for about 20 to 40 years. With the description given in his newly published book. the learned docto provides a long series of letters. written by per~OnS WI had been given up as hopeless. and who were speedily cured "t home without loss of time and without inconvenience by pr. Coutant's natural home method.
 Anyone who is interested can write to a dozen or hundred of the persons who. not long ago. were victims of deafness or head noises tor bothI and who are now delighted to proclaim themselves as marvellously benefited or completely cured.
 Dr Coutant is not one of the ire sponSibIe quacks. of which there Is such a large number. but is a reput- able. responsible. lieentiate, practising physician with a third of a century's active experience.
 The doctor believes there are many who are troubled with deafness. etc, who might be perma nentIy freed from their ina bility to hear and from tin nitus (nuisesI if they would do as oth- CTS have successfully done. merely fol- lowing the advice given.
 The book which any reader can ob- tain from the author. Dr. George E. Coutant. 269 D. Station E. New York. N. Y. has been declared by many to be worth it's weight in gold One needs only to write for it and the treatise WtIl promptly come in plain wrapper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-14
THE OK AND HIS OWNER
A Story for Today Out of old Indian
 Lore

(Retold for St. Nicholas by Ellen c.
 Babbitt from t'The Jatakas.C
 Long ago a man owned a very strong Ox The owner was so proud of his OK that he boasted to every man that he met about how strong his OK was.
 One day the owner went into a village, and said to the men there: 'T will pay a forfeit of a thousand pieces of si yer If my strong Ox can not draw a line of one hundred wag- ons"
 The men laughed and said: "very well; bring your OK, and we will tie a hundred wagons in line and see your OK draw them along"
 So the man brought his OK into the village. crowd gathered to see the sieht. The hundred carts were in line, and the strong OK was yoked to
 Then the owner whipped his OK, and sad: Get up, you wretch. Get along you rascaI!''
 But the OK had never been talked to in that way, and he stood stf l. Neither the blows nor the hard names could make him move.
 At last the poor man paid his for felt. and went sadly home: There cried: "Why did that strong OK act so? Many a t4ne he has moved heavier loads easily. Why did l., he
 At last he got up and went about his work. When he went to feed the OK that ni~ht, the OK turned to him and said: "why did you whip me to- day? You never whipped me before; Why did you call me wretch and rascal? You never called me hard names Eefore.'
 Then the man said: "T will never treat you badly again. I am sorry whipped you and called you names. I will never do so any more. Forgive me-
 ''very welI.' said the OK. ''Tomor. row I will go into the village and draw the one hundred carts for you. You have always been a kind master until today. Tomorrow you shall gain what you Iost.''
 The next morning the owner fed the OK well, and hung a garland of flow CTS about his neck. When they went into the village, the men laughed at the man again.
 They said: Do you come to lose more money?"
 '+To6av I will pay forfeit of two thousand pieces of st'ver if my OK is not strong enough to pull the one hundred carts," said the owner.
 So again the carts were placed in a line, and the OK was yoked to the first. A crowd came to watch again.