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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15
SEEK OPINIONS
OF HOUSEWIVES
Secretary Of Agriculture Plans
Campaign to Aid Farm Women

Washington -. G.. sept, l5.-vDarid
+. Houston, secretary of agriculture,
within the next few days will address
"A letter To the women members ot
10000 farm households throughout
the United States. requesting them to
give him information as To how the
department of agriculture can best
serve the needs of the farm women.
These letters will bo addressed ITO
Housewives in the Homes of the Of
fetal crop Correspondents and Will
he sent To the fun list of crop cor
respondents for transmission To the
women members uf their households
With each letter will bc supplied y
return envelope in which the women
can forward their suggestions
Letter Prompts New Plan.
This inquiry results from the re-
ocipt of u letter addressed To- the sec
rotary in which the writer said:
The farm woman has been the most
neglected factor in the rural problem
and she has been especially neglected
10y the national department of agri-
culture"
This letter was written not lay "A
woman. but bS predetermined man
50 thoroughly i'm touch with the agri-
| cultural and domestic needs of the
country that his opinions have great
weight. Following the receipt Of this
| letter the secretary determined that
| the best way for the department III
| learn how To give these women the
fullest ossiblc aid and service which
their important place in agriculture
| production warrants, was to write to
the women themselves and ask them
! TO make their own suggestions.
Obtain Views from Half Million.
In the letter these women are I'M
vitcd to give individual answers t.
the letter or to discuss the matter II
their church societies or women's or
carnations and submit answers req
rcscnting the combined opinions %
the women of their entire Communi
ties. The answers are requested no
later shan November 18th and thi
date is set because it will give tn
women time after harvest To considc
the matter and discuss ii with thci
women ncighbors.
This letter will so to about twcnt
leading farms in each Of the twenty
eight hundred counties of the Unite
states. Their answers, it is expected
will represent the views and opinion
Cf upwards of 500, 900 farm womcl
Thcs" answers will be carefully con
sidcrcd by the specialists of the dc
partmcnt having to do with tia
branch of agricultural activity.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15
HOPE EoR SETTLEMENT.

The copper Country Commercial
clubs interest i'm "a settlement of the
strike In this district was manifested
saturday uish, i'm the appointment by
-r. executive committee cr the or
.anzu,rn oft % committee of three of
MS mos, influential members TO nvcs-
rgat, md offer mediation to both fac
lions m rae dispute. This action fol-
lowed closely or .bc hyyls OF "a susgcs-
uon m the Mining Gazette that the
club is the proper medium to negotiate
81 settlement
An investigation of the merits of
g, contentious Of both the strikers
aI ,re operators VIII be proposed.
and there is hope it viii result in AN
adjustment of ,ac differences which
nay, thrown man, men out of work
and seriously threatened business in
terests
rnr. .uau m,mnors consisting of five
hundred business aad professional
m.n cot ,ae DISTRICT arc ANXIOUS tha,
On, strike Doe terminated as speedily
ss possible So that Imeparablc dam
viii mot boz aou. lo interests no.
directly concerned i'm the strike but
.....r ar. almost wholly dependent
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15
"CINCT" cINCHES.

a man may br "a heavyweight fight
az and lightweight husband.
Some girls fall In love and some
others are pushed in Ivy anxious
mothers.
And many q mans conservatism rs
due 10 the fact that he hasn't the
money.
Even fortune comes to him VINO
waits-if he doesn't starvc to death u
the meantime.
Lot. of peoplc imagine there's some
| thing wrong with them II they haNo"
some physical ailment.
After a timid woman faces the pa
son with a man. her fear OF nice a"
burglars Is transferred to ""s""'
widows and festive chorus girls
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS conference
here 10y representatives of the LAX"
Shore railroad and the homestead
Building X Loan association. OF this
city, change was made in the north
property line of the associations
ground abutting the railroad COM
panys property which is To he sold
10 the government for the site, the new
$4,000 federal building The transfer
To the government Will he made at
once. The transfer had been held M
for nearly two years on account oi
the inability of the association and th1
railroad Ia get together.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

Thomas Ficllin, of Stanbcrry, Mo,
easily holds tho title Of blucgra5s
king of the world. Each year Mr.. Firk-
lin employs many men and teams, ana
with his numerous headers gathers
the seed from thousands OF acres of
bluegrass that covers the hills aud
valleys of northwest Missouri. Tie
bluegrass harvest has just closed, ana
Mr. F'icllin has on hand more than
ten thousand bushels of seed.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15
mittee; John Wmship. fire marshal,
and former Mayor Baum

LANSlNG-ln an opinion To War
den simpson, OF Jackson prison, At
torney General Fellows holds that the
employees of the prison are protected
under the workingmen's compensation
law. However. he says a claim for IN
jury. presented before the present law
went into effect, must lac paid from
the current expense fund of the in
stitution.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

ors who would shoot a deer and lcav,
II 10 die. There is considerable shoot
ing going on lately i'm kcwccnaw. par
fridge are wild and the covcys ar"
separated, the hunters says, mdicatIng
they are being shot at out of season
\ Reader.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

Because he never missed writing :
letter To his mother each week of the
fifteen years he has been i'm America
j. w. Gordon, a tailor, of East ~
Louis, is heir to 100000 left by hi
bachelor uncle, l.. Liebowitz, of Libau
Kuhland. Russia.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

hension of the guilty hunters. Natur-
ally more partridge than deer are be-
ms killed because the birds are num-
erous and not wild at this time of the
wear. \ grave mistake was made by
the legislature when it failed to make
the RABBIT and partridge seasons open
on the same date.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

At Michigan doctor says We must
cultivate health instead Of disease.
No on, will deny it is much better
CROP
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15
MARSHAlCOGUeo'

our vico presidents soulfn' niue
talks to his countrymen are COMING 10
he known as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Tribune.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

If Mrs. pankhurst is turned back,
she must remember that We have had
Canada threw Thaw back
on our hands.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

According to German official t's'
net works of telephone wires over
city tend To diminish the danger IRON
lightning
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

Bryan is doing one night stands
This transforming is wearing on the
nerves. but it brings the money. in the
great commoners case at least
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

RATTLE CREEK - The soldiers
who viii attend the reunion in Chat
tanooga are J. II. Stephenson. Ste
phen Cooper Charles stephens and
Charles Robinson. The left Sunday
and will he gone for week.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

SAGINAW--Thc pure seed cam
paign IN this county under the direc-
ton of the Saginaw County Farm bu-
rcau. crop Expert Robinson and Pro-
fcssurs Mumford and Potts, of the
Michigan Agricultural college, came to
q close Friday. Many farms in the
eastern part Of the county were visit
ed
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

SAGINA - The Polish Catholic
Benevolent association has filed ar,i-
cles OF association to erect and main
tain a church in Saginaw
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

JACKSON-On complaint of john
Jones. Paul Lewis is held 10y the po-
lice on charge Of highway robbery
Jones says Lewis robbed him OF $50.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

Revere. Mass. had 10000 visitors al
its recent street carnival.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

SAGINAW Thomas has
commenced suit against townships OF
Fremont and Swan Creek for $1,000
damages which he alleges he sustain
ed when he drove his automobile into
an unguardcd stake which was driven
in the middle of the road.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

GRAND RAPIDS-Tucsday night
the body of Leonard STANDARD, 45
years old, was found in his room when
the landlord forced an entrance. Mr..
STANDARD was last seen alive Tuesday
night when friends assisted him TO his
room.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

GRAND RAPIDS - The annual
meeting of the state dairymcn's asso-
citation will be held in Grand Rapids
i'm October and at the same time the
annual meetings of the Michigan
Cheese Makers association, the Mich
igan lee Cream Manufacturers assoc
citation and the Michigan Creamery
Managers association will be held.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

BATTLE CREEk-Onr hundred
names have been attached To a petit
tium 10 the board OF supervisors by
the residents Of Washington Heights
roTth of this city. for the incorpora
ton of that district as "A village
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

GRAND RAPIDS - Harry Lee, OF
this city. notified Cadillac fair oiii-
Cials Friday that ne would accept an
offer 10 marry the girl OF his choice
in an deroplane at the fair He did not
announce the name of his intended.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

GINAW-Although the term of
Postmaster W. :. Linton does not
expire until next April, faithful Dem
ocrats are laying plans for a successor
FROM their ranks. Among those men
toned for the position are Charles h.
Lown, chairman of the county com
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15
WHIT OTHER
PEOPLE THINK

Subscribers Are Invited to Con-
tribute to this Column. n
communication should be
signed by the writer's own
name, not necessarily for pub
LEGATION, but as evidence OF
good faith. tc r.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

BNTTLE CREEK--A suitcase con-
tanning Sl0O in money, which Guy
NcClellum of this city, had save,
during the last year Ia attend college,
VAS stolen at an early hour Friday
from the Michigan Central depot
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

ENERAL OF Coahua the third
in
For months they have been
points. friendship with President
dead
declined to
his
Madeo hfe III death
stand his followers
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15
State Notes

state NOteS
SAGINAW - The Polish Catholic
Benevolent association has filed ar,i-
cles OF association To erect and main
tain church in Saginaw.
JACKSON-on complaint of john
Jones. Paul Lewis is held lay the po-
lice on charge Of highway robbery.
Jones says Lewis robbed him OF $50.
GRAND RAPIDS - Harry Lee, Of
this city. notified Cadillac fair oiii-
cials Friday that ne would accept an
offer To marry the girl OF his choice
i'm an deroplane AT the fair. He did not
announce the name of his intended.
BATTLE CREEk-Onr hundred
names have been attached To a petit
ton 10 the board of supervisors 10y
the residents Of Washington Heights
routh Of this city. for the incorpora
ton of that district as a village.
RATTLE CREEK - The soldiers
who viii attend the reunion in chat
tanooga are j. II. Stephenson. Ste
phen Cooper. Charles stephens ami
Charles Robinson. The left Sunday
and will he gone for a week.
RNTTLE CREEK--A suitcase con-
Gaining Sl00 in money. which Guy
Mcclellan Of this city. had saved
during tile last year Ia attend college,
VAS stolen at an early hour Friday
from the Michigan Central depot.
KALAMAZOO-D. Adolph Hook
stein. the oldest practicing physician
Ia Kalamazoo. died suddenly Friday at
his home in this city. While DR..
IIocks,cin had been i'm i'll health for
many weeks. his condition was not
regarded as serious
GRAND RAPIDS-Tucsday night
the body of Leonard STANDARD 45
years old, was found in his room when
the landlord forced an entrance. Mr..
STANDARD was last seen alive Tuesday
night when friends assisted him to his
room.
SAGNIAW-Norwo Thomas has
commenced suit against townships of
Fremont and Swan Creek for $1,000
damages which he alleges he sustain
A., N IA
an unguardcd stake which was driven
| in the middle of the road.
SAGINAW-Thc pure seed cam
paign IN this county under the direc-
ton of the Saginaw County Farm bu-
| rcau. crop Expert Robinson and Pro
! fcssors Mumford and Potts, of tn,
Michigan Agricultural college, came tt
a close Friday. Many farms in the
eastern part Of the county were visit
ed.
GRAND RAPIDS - The annua
meeting of the state dairymcn's assu
citation will be held in Grand Rapids
in October and at the same time TN
annual meetings of the Michigan
Cheese Makers association, the Mich
isan Ice Cream Manufacturers asso
citation and the Michigan Dreamer.
Managers association will be held
GINAW-Although the term q
Postmaster W. =. Linton does NJ
expire until next April, faithful Dem
ocrats are laying plans for "A successo
FROM their ranks. Among those mer
4, toned for the position are Charles 4
Lown. chairman of the county com
:. llJh1t'$,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

KALAMAZOO-D. Adolph Hook
stein. the oldest practicing physician
ia Kalamazoo. died suddenly Friday at
his home in this city. While DR..
IIockstcin had been in i'll health for
many weeks, his condition was not
regarded as serious.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-10
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SEARSPORT.

Searsport, Me-, March 9.-(SpeciaD.-
The shocking news of the sudden death
in Breminhaven, Germany, of Capt.
Lincoln A. colcord of searsport, has
been received. Capt. Colcord sailed, re-
Gently, from Norfolk, Va. in the
American Hawaiian steamship Kansan,
of which he was commander and so
far as was known he was in his usual
good health up to the time of his
death. His wife and daughter We're his
guests III Norfolk, shortly before he
sailed. The cable received by his wife
announced that he died of heart fail
ure. The remains will be sent home and
brought to Searsport.
Capt. Colcord was born in Searsport
So years ago, and was the son of the
hate Benjamin and Mary Carver Col
cord. His father. was a merchant in
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NATIONAL HOME.

officer of the day. Capt w. s. oak
man.
Herbert c. Bridges, treasurers clerk,
is enjoying a weeks leave at his home
in Oakland.
MIS- T. +, Williamson was in Water
Vile. Sunday. to attend the funeral of
her aunt the late Mrs Harriet \.
Barnes.
General Beal Command, No. %, L. "
T., will hold its regular meeting. this
Cdonday) evening in Grand Army hall.
Three members have been transferred
to the hospital-Charles c. Grover from
Co. X, George Fl. Doughty from Co. l..
and Robert s. Edison from Co. NJ.
The Mozart Ladies' Quartet of Boston
gave a fine entertainment here, Saturday
and Sunday evenings. in the theatre and,
Sunday afternoon, in the hospital. The
programs were excellently rendered and
enjoyed by the veterans, who showed
their appreciation by numerous and
hearty applauses.
Letters for the following are adver-
tised at the Home post ofnce for the
week. ending March s; John Abbott,
Joseph II. Chadbourne William Cook.
George w. Davis. Joseph NJ. Foster,
Thomas Hayes, Peter Higgins, William
Hood. w. II. Toward Frank W. KIM
ball John Marion, G. w. Miller, D. f.
Mccarthy, Peter o. Hanlon Edward o.
sullivan Samuel H. Taylor Charles E..
Turner and Miss Hetty McAleer.
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TOWN ELECTIONS.

EWOCK-Seleetmen f. L.
AInes, II. a. Yeaton II. A. Gilman; town
clerk. f. W. Spaulding. treasurer. Cony
Russell; tax collector, c. r. Miller;
ey appropriated, $500. schools, 5000:
highways. $500; support of poor and
town, 5000; library. $50
NEW vINEYARD-Selec s j.
Hackett, Fred O. Smith. H. |. Mills;
town clerk. a. s. Smith; treasurer a. S.
smith; tax collector. g. W. Hackett; SUI
propriated: Schools 5000: highways,
$3.50: support of poor. 500; repairs. SUD-
plies, etc, 5000; town charges. SEQ: tut
ton. Sl2o. new roads s700; State road,
s2e0; contingent fund $50
Small, G. II Thomas II. L. Morse; town
Gray: member of school board. 4. {.
Eaton. Money appropriated: Schools,
ESQ., highways, $500: support of poor.
20: bridges, $500. state road, S40O mis-
.ellaneous town charges, $500; secondary
chool tuition, 500; contingent schoo'
und, $500
ONROE-Selectmen C. NJ. Moore. @
,. Dow, J. w. Goodwin; town clerk. G
T. Palmer: treasurer, G. \. Palmer; to-
ollector. F. ~ Littlefield school com
1er. II. E. Nealiey. Money appropriat
d Schools $500; highways, S2oG0; sur
'ort of poor, $500; state road, 500; Incl
entail $780, repair of schoolhouses, see
ext books, $ll5; new road $500; insurance
m hall. $50.
NEW HARoN-Selectmen r. H. Bel
~. a B. Mason a. Whitcomb; tow
Jerk T. a. Paul; treasurer c. 4
hompson tax cpllector Il. $. Leeman
chool committee Geo. A. Russell Mon Mon
Ugh school, $50; highways. 5000 suppori
K loor, 500.
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Case Against Capt Downs
In New York Dismissed.
Plans Perfected For Banquet
By the Board Of Trade.
Plans for Easter Sunday--The Board
OF Registration Closes.

Belfast, Me, March 9-(speeiaD.-
The case n the court of general ses-
sions at New York. against Capt.
Cleveland II. Downs of Belfast, in
which he was charged with cruelty to
animals, has been dismissed, owing
20 the inability Of Judge or jury 10 de-
eide whether a turtle is reptile or an
lnimal. The case involved the bringing
TO New York from Cuba some IS tur-
les Tor the markets, ON the steamship
Saratoga. of the Ward Line, of which
apt Downes, now retired, was com
nander. Ii was claimed by the society
with the long name. that the turtles
we're cruelty treated by having their
iippers pierced with wires and keep
rig them on their backs during the
oyage. The entire decision hinged on
ne fact as to whether a turtle is an
ninal or reptile and Judge OfSulli
ran dismissed the case on the grounds
hat no jury would ever De able to de-
tide The question.
Plans are about perfected for the
b2nqUet to be given Tuesday night,
by the Belfast Board of Trade, when
iflegates from the 10 Oranges in the
ounty will be entertained as special
uests. Some very entertaining speak
ers have been engaged, including Gen
raj Manager Embree of the Farmers
Union Of Maine, and General Manager
Reynolds of the Waldo County FARM
ers' Union. Guy Johnston of New York,
representing the A. II. Bull S. S. Co,
viii also speak. supper Will be served,
ct $50 by the ladies' of the Baptist
church
The Board of Registration adjourned,
Friday night, after its annual session,
turing Which the voting list was re-
vised. Five names only were added. The
board is comprised of Austin w. Keat-
irg, chairman; Charles OConnen and
l.. l.. Robbins.
An Easter concert win be given at
the Sunday school houh in the North
church, ON Easter Sunday, by the
members of the school. under the di-
rection OF Mrs. Charles M, Craig,
chairman of Special days
on Easter Sunday, Palestine Com
mandery. X. T., viii attend Divine
service in the Universalist church,
when an appropriate sermon will be
preached by the pastor, Rev. Arthur A.
Blair The service will be at $50
The cantata, The Daughter of Jai-
rus" viii be given probably the sun
day following Easter by the Belfast
Musical Society at a vesper service IN
one of the city churches. The exact
time and place, however, have not been
settled
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BATES COLLEGE.
freshman Prize Declamations-Ray
Shepard Breaks Record.

Lewiston, Me, March 9.-(SpeciaB.-
The annual Freshmen prize declama-
ions were held, Saturday afternoon, in
Iathorne hall amid the ringing of an
electric bell which the Sophomores
succeeded in hiding under the plat
'orm.
Two prizes of so each were award
ed by the judges to William I. Joyce
Of Cambridge. Mass, and Miss Agnes
Ellen Harding of Lewiston, respec-
lively. These two, while winning first
place beyond doubt, We're closely
followed for honors by nearly every
speaker In fact the division was one
Of unusual merit throughout, and it
was only after a long and careful con-
sheraton that judges announced the
prize winners.
The judges were: Carl f. Getchell,
Esq, Rev. j. II. Nolan and Mrs. +.
F. Pierce. The committee on arrange
mcnts were Erland $. Townsend,
William II. Cummings and Marion j..
Everett The program was:
Music, College Orchestra; "A knight
by Chance" (Anon), Hazel y. Mitch
ell; "Rienzi's Address to the Ro-
mans, (MitforD, William l. Joyce:
"Gentian, ONilkins), Agnes r. Hard
ms THE Messabe of the 18th Cen
fury to the Men of the goth" tAbbot),
Ronelf Ellis Wight; music; Virginia
or Virginia" Harlene NJ. Kane; THE
Elements of Good Citizenship"
RcoseyelD, Harold ]. Cloutman;
Cherokee Roses, (Anon), Ruth S.
Farnum; Maine at Gettysburg, "
chamberlain. Laurance f. Gahan;
THE housekeeping, CReeD, Alma
T. Gregory; THE Nomination of
William Taft for President. William
S. Morton; THE Peterson Twins,
(HilD. Alice G. King; THE New
South, tGrady), Henry P, Johnson.
The preliminary trials for the shot
put held. Saturday afternoon, in the
gymnasium Captain Ray w. Shepard
of Gardiner made new college
record, putting the shot a distance OF
ass feet,
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WINTHROP.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sears of Au-
eusta we're the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. p. Whitney, over sunday
Miss Bertha Wentworth OF Var
mouth was a sunday visitor in town.
Francis FL. Bates of the Bangor
Theological School preached, SUNDAY
morning, at the Congregational church.
]. III. Troy is visiting in Boston.
n. f. Hayward is visiting in Bos.
ton, New York, philadelphia and
Washington.
Dr. Seymoure of Boston is a guest
at Winthrop House
Rev. B. S. Fifeld of East Winthrop
preached at the Methodist church,
sunday, in exchange with Rev. ii. y.
Clifford.
DR.. Il. S. Eunkes Of Kennebunk was
visitor. last week, in town.
d. K. Merrill of Boston was IN town.
last week.
Mrs E. p. Libby entertained Fri
day. the members of Patience Stanley
Chapter D. A. r. Roll call was an
swered by matters of interest. the
Clean Flag and the State laws re-