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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-25

Overnight. so TO speak, a little Amer
lean city. the population of which is
now estimated TO be about 1900, will
grow into city Of more than 200 900,
says the New York Times. The city
in question is Gettysburg. Pa, and its
overnight growth into a city Of more
than - times its present size is Off
cially scheduled for July l next, the
day on which will begin the great
Union-Confederate encampment on the
historic bartlefelds that have made
this little Pennsylvania town immortal.
Already the federal and Pennsylva-
MIA state commissions named TO ar
range for the reunion, which is TO be
the official celebration Of the 50th an
niversary Of the greatest battle ever
fought in the western world. are busy
with their work. and only a week ago
the contracts were let for the digl--g
Of the many wells that will be needed
in the three days that the encamp-
ment Will last. H. is estimated that
the present waterworks Of Gettysburg
can supply 100000 gallons OF good
water every day. bu; this happens to
be just about 100000 gallons less than
the army officers who have the mat
ter In charge have figured out will be
necessary.
Though the actual encampment is
still nearly five months away, the Off
GERS of the quartermaster's depart
ment Of the army who have in charge
the transportation arrangements and
the building and equipment Of the
great tented city, which is to be the
biggest America has seen since the
civil war are busy at their tasks.
About 10000 veterans Of the great
conflict between the states are expect
ed 10 be In attendance in addition 10
about 100 GOO other visitors, and every
man, woman and child in this great
throng must be cared for. and that is
the great task that now confronts
Major James z. Normoyle, quarter
masters corps. L. s A.. who has been
placed in charge of the work.
Already the quartermaster's corps
Of which Major General James p AXE
shire is the head. has figured out just
how much water this army Of veterans
will drink. how many loaves OF breaC
they viii eat. the tcntage needed e
house them. the number Of cots anC
the amount Of bedding necessary e
make their three days Of tented life
comfortable. the proper location o.
each man on the great battlefield, how
many cooks will be needed to prepare
their food. the number OF assistants
these cooks will need. the equipment
Of an emergency hospital with every
modern facility for handling the sicl
and injured and, finally. the increas
Ing Of the Gettysburg street railwa!
system so as TO make it possible Il
handle, If such a thing be possible tn,
tens Of thousands who are expected {,
swoop down upon the little city mex
july
These are just few of the problem
that confront Major Normoyle, Car
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-25
Improved Highways

The bill presented to the Illinois leg
islature by the Tice commission, which
investigated the question of good roads,
contains the following features:
The enacting of law providing for
a state aid system of constructing
public highways and bridges. The
state to have full authority in the con-
structing of all highways and bridges
builded by state aid and after compile
ton to be under the control and man
agement of the state highway depart
ment, and wholly maintained by the
state A uniform system of construct
ing and maintaining public highways.
A uniform system of accounting and
auditing under the highway depart
ment in the expenditure of all highway
funds. The payment in cash of all
taxes levied and collected for highway
purposes. Forty feet to be the stand
ard width Of all public highways, sub
ject to Typographical conditions.
The abolishing of the three highway
commissioner system and the election
Iof one highway commissioner in each
highway district or township.
That county aid for the construc-
ton OF permanent highways, other
than state aid roads, in townships and
road districts, may be given to an
amount not to exceed - per cent of
the actual cost of such improvements.
In case the county board shall de-
termine that 1t is expedient to build a
bridge in a township or road district,
it may defray the entire cost of the
same and the same shall be built I'M
der the supervision of the county en-
gineer.
The applying Of all license fees col
lected under the provisions of the au,
tomobile law to the constructing and
maintaining of state aid roads
That all highways, other than state
aid roads, be under the control Of
county, township and road district au.
thorities, and that the constructing,
improving and maintaining Of all such
roads be under the supervision of the
! township or road district highway
commissioner together with the county
| highway engineer.
/ One of the conclusions of the com
mittee is:
Under the present law the state Is
( divided into approximately 1900 road
! districts and each Of these road dis
tricts is again subdivided into three
commissioners districts. Each Of these
commissioners districts is, for mos
purposes, practically an Independent
unit for the construction aud super
vision Of the roads within the commits
siOner's district. IN each OF thes'
commissioners districts such methodl
of construction and maintenance 0
highways are adopted as comment
themselves 10 the road commissiUne
of the particular district The aver
age amount which each road commits
sioner has to expend is slightly les
than 81 ZOO annually So long as thi
system prevails no proper cooperation
in the construction and maintenance,
OF highways throughout the state car
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-25

his advice? is the question now. Hart
mans scheme is 10 eiccIrify the Phila-
delphia and Reading, which passes
through the camp, for a distance Of
about two miles, so as to make it pos
sible TO hook up, so to speak. with the
local system Of Gettysburg. That's
the big question, and l am optimistic
enough to believe the railroads will
not be found wanting when the time
for action, which is near now, comes.
Before giving the interesting details
of the task that oonfronts Major Jim
my" Normoyle, the hero OF the Missis-
sippi valley food Of last year, it should
be briefly pointed out what this 50th
anniversary celebration of the battle
OF Gettysburg will be.
An excellent statement of the gov
ernment's idea of this celebration is
contained in letter from the commits
sion appointed by Governor Foss to
the veterans Of Massachusetts. in
which the encampment and the cere-
characterized as a celebration not OF
war victory, but ono of peace" and
that, furthermore, "it is TO be a COM
memoration OF that br2therly feeling
which today knows no sectionalism, no
other love than that which unites us
as one in devotion to orr country"
And on the battlefield" the Massa-
chusetts letter continues. where so
many thousands of the brave men of
the north and OF the south yielded
their lives in the cause which each
| espoused, We men of the Union and
Confederate armies are to gather, pay
respect to the memory of our COM
fealty to our grand republic and its
| flag"
! Following the example of Massachu-
sets already nearly every state in the
union is ready to defray the transpor-
tation expenses OF its old veterans to
Gettysburg. Once in Gettysburg the
I United States government will take
them in hand and show how vastly
different is the camp life of an army
of this 20th century when compared
TO the terrible privations that they
suffered il. tie days of the early six
ties.
AS soon a. the veterans are COM
fortably placed they will be at liberty
to wander over lie battlefield and pick
out the spots hat have for each per.
sOnal as well as a historic interest
Each will be provided with a map
drawn by expert officers of the engi
neer corps, and = glance at it will
show the exact location of every i'm
pOrtant poilt that figured in the
bloody struggle Of 80 years ago.
Then the battlefield was far differ
ent from what II is today. 1t was
inst a country settlement with poor
roads and manv hills, with a church
here and there 9nd now and then d
house or country store or tavern. To-day
Gettysburgs is one of the finest nationa
parks in the world. with splendid gov
ernment-built roads dotted everywhere
with hundreds Of magnificent monu
ments and statues marking the sites
where fought and died the flower O.
the armies OF me Contending states.
In me park are more than 500 me
mortal shafts in addition to more
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-25

For rash, letter and all the skin
tortures that babies suffer. ZEMO has
no equal.
For the skin troubles that men and
women suffer, for all the itching, raw
scorching eczerua, dandruH, intlamed or
Redeemed skin, - has proven its astOnish-
ing results in thousands OF cases. The i'm
mediate relief 10 gives i almost heavenly.
ZENO IS Il clean, antisepiic solution mp
piled to he skin; no oily paste or ointment.
My feet would scald and crack into
the blood. Could hardly walk. Tried
one bottle OF ZEMO. CSC, and II cured
them" r. w. Flowers, Jeweler. Oak
raie, Va.
All first-class druggists sell ZEAfO,
25c a Eealed bottle, or sent direct on
~eceipt OF price BY Z. W. Rose Medi-
So no.. 1t. Louis. Mo.
Sold and guaranteed in Rock Island
by r d. g. Wa ker, druggist. Fourth
avenue and Twentieth street-(Ady.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-25
Baby Loves ZEM0
for Skin Trouble
Stops Itching at Once. Cures Irri-
tated, Chapped Skin.

Buy 26c Bottle Today and Prove It.
Try one application Of ZEMO on
the baby, and see the poor little fell
low Jubilate with his toes and chuck
lie. II he could only talk, he'd thank
you for the heavenly relief ZEMO is
guaranteed to stop itching Immediate
ly or money is refunded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-25

be expected nor can it be expected
that the officials in charge of such
construction and maintenance will
have the technical skill required for an
efficient and economical construction
and maintenance of highways.
For the first time il now seems as
though public sentiment in Illinois
would result in new roads The bill
prepared by Hon. Homer J. Tice is
the result of careful investigation and
4 weighing of all the factors which
enter into the road problems of the
Sucker state Undoubtedly there will
be considerable objection. particularly
by the present local road officials,
who, if this bill becomes a law, will
be without jobs. However, everybody
ought to he in favor of the Tice bill.
for through its operation the eXpendi-
ture OF no more money than is now
being annually used for So-called road
work would result in hundreds OF miles
IF permanent roads and also durable
/ bridges. Isn't ii about time that llli-
lois. which ranks first in agriculture,
third in population and third in total
wealth, be rescued from the cath
place, which it nov occupies so far ~
attention to road Improvement is con-
cerned? Objection TO good roads has
| heretofore been based largely upon
unbusinesslike handling of this same
( proposition in other states. Now the
whole matter has been worked out in
| quit a satisfactory way and careful
study of the problem reveals the fact
that hundreds of miles of good roads
can be constructed each year without
materially adding TO the annual tax.
At present approximately BIZ per
cent of the road tax in Illinois is abso-
lutely wasted.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Friday, March I, will he Good Roads
day in Illinois school The obsery-
ance ought not to end with the schools.
Every agricultural. commercial, social
and fraternal club in the state could
well afford to get up a good roads pro-
gram for that date. The Chicago AS
ISOLATION of Commerce has arranged
a big good roads meeting for the even
ing of March s, and will entertain the
members Of the legislature from Cook
county. Business men of Kankakee
will have a good roads meeting on
March Z. Other organizations should
follow their example. call the legisla-
tors to meet the people, and tell them
what the people want in the way Of
good roads legislation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-25

A few minutes delay in treating
some cases of Group. even the length
OF time it takes to go for a doctor often
proves dangerous. The safest way is
to keep Chamberlain's Cough remedy
in the house and at the first indica-
ton of Group give the child dose
Pleasant to take and always cures.
Sold by all druggists.-(A dv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-25

Trenton, N. J.-Seeley Davenport
and Jacob Dunn, charged with threat
ening the life of Presidentelect Will
son, entered pleas of not guilty before
Judge Cross in the United States dis
trict court. They were committed 10
jail without bail TO await trial The
men are charged with having sent let
tiers to Mr.. Wilson threatening to kill
him unless he forwarded them money,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-18
ONE DOSE Makes
INDIGESTION GO
Heartburn, Gas, Dyspepsia and All
Stomach Distress Ended With
"Fape's Diapepsin."

Yvn don't want a slow remedy when
your stomach is bad-or an uncertain
one or a harmful one-your stomach
Is too valuable; you mustn't injure 1t
with drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for it's
speed in giving relief; it's harmless
ness; it's certain unfailng action in
regulating sick. sour, gassy stomachs'
its millions OF cures in indigestion,
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
trouble has made it famous the world
v
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your home-keep it handy-get a large
fifty"cent case from any drug store
and then if anyone should eat some
thing which doesn't agree with them;
If what they eat lays like lead ferments
md sours and forms sas; causes head
ache. dizziness and nausea; quotations
of acid and u%ndjgested food-remem-
be-. as soon as Pape's Diapepsin comes
In contact with the stomach all such
distress vanishes. It's promptness, GER
tainty and ease in overcoming the
worst stomach disorders is a reveal.
ton to those who try it.-AdV.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-18
Uoie Fuller and Dumas Fills.

Loie Fuller was dancing at Les
Folies Bergere. in Paris. when o friend
from Haiti, Nj. Eugene Poulle, arrived
in Paris and offered to take her to
see Dumas at Marty. She tells about
it in "Fifteen Years Of u Dancers
Life"
During the journey in the railway
carriage NJ. Poulle taught me a French
phrase which ] was to say when Du-
mas extended his handle srlis tres
c%ontente de serrer votre main Il am
delighted to grasp your handl. And.
of course. when the psychological mo-
ment arrived l phrased the words all
askew. Instead Of taking one Of his
hands I grasped both, and emphatical-
ly and with stress on each word l
said: 'Je suis tres contente de votre
main serree' I'll am delighted with
your close listed handy. ! did not un
derstand bis reply. but my friend later
on told me that Dumas had replied.
My hand is not close listed, but |
know what you mean child. T. 4 and
l open my heart and my hand in your
SerVice.'0
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-18
The Two Dark DAYS."

There are two dark days" mentioned
in the annals of New England. The
first occurred on Oct. 81, ZIG, when it
suddenly became so dark S0ou after
noon that the people were forced to
use artificial lights to do their ordinary
work. This strange condition Of the
atmosphere lasted about three and a
half hours. Again, on May 10, 1880,
there was a remarkable %darkening OF
the atmosphere, but the phenomenon
did not come on 50 suddenly as that
upon the earlier date. The darkness
in this latter instance began between
10 and II o'clock on the morning OF
the day named and lasted throughout
the day. The darkness extended from
the northeastern part Of New England
westward rs far as Albany and south
ward to Pennsylvania. The most in
tense and prolonged darkness, how
ever. was confined to Massachusetts,
more especially to the seaboard. 1t is
said to have come from the southwest,
but there is no mention Of it made in
the history Of Ohio or the Virginias.
The exact cause still remains one OF
the unexplained mysteries.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-18
Communication

MEDORA, N. D., April II. Editor
Tribune: | note in a recent issue Of
the Bismarck Times that n of the
reasons why Governor Hanna signed
the bill appropriating five thousand
dollars for the purchase Of land to en-
large the Capitol grounds was that
my son being the governors secretary
and that | owned some lots near the
Capitol. l do soWn seven lots near the
Capitol; these lots cost me t%hirty-five
dollars, or five dollars each. l do not
know w a certainty just where the
lots are located. The purchase of
these lots nearly placed me in the
bankruptcy court, and should | not be
able to make a sale of the lots, may
be thrown upon the cold charity of
the world. The state has never asked
to sell these lots, nor did l know
that any money was to be appropriate
ed for the purchase Of land until |
read it in the papers. If the writer
of the Times article wants to know
how l came to purchase these lots he
can correspond with the executor Of
the estate from which the purchase
was made, and whose address a be
gotten from the records at Bismarck.
Unfortunately I have NJ college d.
rloma; had l one l might be begging
for a political experimentation a com.
mission. ! have made my own living
since l was six years of age. My
schooling did not exceed one year,
and only seventeen cents was expend-
ed for school books for my use. This
might appear like arcasm we're it
not the Gods truth. Had l received
more education I might be begging
the governor for a political appoint
ment to enable me to make a living.
| have never asked a political favor
from Governor Hanna, nor from any
other state official. Neither have
ever asked a favor from any living
being. l am not one of those who
have to ask favors. To those who
have known me for the thirty-five
years, last past, since I have lived in
North Dakota, I am willing to leave
nv reputation. l have raised a fam
lily; I never knew of any Of the family
to beg, or steal.
l will not say the party who wrote
the Times article was mistaken; l
! will make the matter more plain, by
saying he is a liar, and knew he lied
when he wrote the article.
My little baby, don't you grieve;
YOU will be a commissioner by and
iby.
I JAMES w. FOLEY.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-18
BASED ON SCIENTIFIC WORK

Notwithstanding the growth in re-
ical Survey along practical economic
lines, scientific work has not been ne
elected, according to the annual re-
port Of the director for last year In
fact, in the survey the scientific in
V~estigationS are inseperable from tho
economic work, though the one or the
C;l.er may predominant in purpose az
cOrding to the needs of the particular"
research in hand. In any fiel! c
Omic work Of the highos.: rank is i:::-
possible without full klNNledgc O; the
scientific laws and principles pertain
ing to the subject Of .he work: hut
IS there is no application Of geology
which does not invo',', unsolved prob
lens, some of them of the highest i'm
pOrtance, the best knowledge avail
is nevertheless relative. 1t thus fol-
lows THAI tlle DIOdu ana searching on
s%ervations which should accompany
every piece Of good economic work
comprehend data that are eventually
combined in the construction of new
scientific hypothesis, some of which,
as more observations accumulate,
grow into established laws or princi-
pies that are in turn of the greatest
practical consequence. Thus the de.
tailed studies of. the metalliferous de.
posts in one region or another bring
to light evidence from which to deter.
mine the genesis of the ores and the
modes or conditions of their occur,
renee, and the economic inquiry be.
comes mor intelligen: and successful
when once this new principle regard.
ing the mode Of an ore occurrence is
understood.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-18
"Warned OF" the Turf.

TO be "warned off" is the most Sc
vere sentence that can be imposed on
any one in England connected with
the turf. Not only does it debar Il man
from owning. training or riding horses.
but until the committee decides to re-
woke the punishment prevents him
ever from showing himself Oh any
race course. This is so owing to the
fact that the decision of the national
hunt committee is registered automati-
cally by the racing authorities in
France and Ireland and of course by
the Jockey club. Like the national
hunt committee. the stewards Of the
Jockey club also reserve to themselves
the right of summoning any rider
whom they suspect Of sharp practices
or ever carelessness to appear before
them and, unless the explanation CIV
Ell proved satisfactory, to Suspend"
or punish the offender in some other
way.-London Answers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-18
Habit of Formation.

Psychologists who have studied the
subject tell us that in the psychology
Of success-success won by Il mans
own efforts-there are always two Pc
RODS. There is the period of struggle.
Every nan who amounts to anything
wins his way ut first by will power and
sheer endeavor. He has to use all his
energy to climb the hard places de-
terninedly. to fight and persevere. At
first the battle is %eXhausting and often
seems hopeless. But the thing to 40 Is
to hold on. day by day. through this
first period. Then ONE the period OF
habit formation. When the will has In
sisted upon certain acts or thoughts
owe and over again Il path. so to
speak. is cleared in the mind. Daily
travel sets in over this path. and a
habit IS formed. Soon the thing that
was so hard becomes easier and easier.
The new method Of thinking or acting
becomes organized and soliditied.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-18
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
Samuel kaIisch.

Samuel Kalisch, whom Governor
Woodrow Wilson appointed a justice
Of the supreme court Of New Jersey,
was born in Cleveland, Ohio, April
IS, 1851, the son of the Rev. Dr.. Isl
dor Kalisch. He has long been recog-
niZed a n of the leading law au-
thorities of New Jersey and he has
the distinction of being the first Jew
appointed to the state supreme bench.
When he was only IS he took the de-
gree Of Bachelor Of Laws at the CO.
lumbia Law School, and two years
later was admitted to the New Jer-
sey bar. Judge Kalisch first made his
mark as a criminal lawyer. He was
the first lawyer in New Jersey to
get a MAI ont Of states prison under
a writ Of habeaS corpus. In later
years he devoted himself almost ex
clusively to civil litigation, handling
many of the biggest cases that came
before the New Jersey courts.