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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-01-01

The matter of tax reform is taken up
and freely discussed at some length.
The committee regrets that the taxa
ton of property is still done under
what is known as general property
tax system. This system is correct
in theory, but it fails to work out
in practice for the reason that all
tangible property can be found and
taxed at it's full value but intangible
property, such as all credits, mort
cages, bonds and this kind of prop
erty can neither be found nor taxed.
The result is that the farmer or the
manufacturer who owns tangible prop
erty is compelled to bear practically
the entire burden of taxation while
the more wealthy men who have their
property in some form of credits
escapes practically the entire burden
of taxation, being a gross injustice
which should be remedied. To make
matters still worse the law in 1907 eX-
empted this intangible property from
taxation entirely on the simple ground
! that it could not be found and to
undertake to tax it would be a farce.
A law could easily be passed that
would compel these credits to be
shown. One-half of the property
of the state is enrolled in this cata-
CORY of credits and which escapes taxa
ton. The legislature this winter
should remedy this as it is a gross
injustice to the poorer people and a
direct favoritism for the wealthier.
! The tax board recommends that all
house furnishings, farm implements,
+ mechanic tools, ETC.. be exempt, for
the reason that the average assessor
knows nothing of the value.
| The board also calls attention to the
fact that these changes could readily
be corrected by certain amendme nts
which were prepared and submitted
to the voters as changes in the con-
stitution. 1t, however, was defeated
at the polls for the reason that it was
not understood. So clear have the
members made this particular feature
that we quote in full paragraph as
follows:
"The State Board of Tax Commits
sioners has made three efforts to
change our system of taxation and
each time it has been met by the
overwhelming force of special inter
ests The legislature of 1907 passed
an act submitting to the people an
amendment to the constitution that
would have cured our ills. There had
not been sufficient education along
the lines of taxation when this amend
ment was submitted to the people,
and consequently it was defeated at
the polls. The church interests i'm
agined that it was going to place
church property upon the tax rolls.
OF course, this was not true, but the
heads of the various churches had adj
vice to this effect and the amendment
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-01-01

The next meeting of the King
County Pomona Grange will be held
at Orillia the last Thursday of Jan
uary instead of the second Thursday
as heretofore Worthy Master Main
reports that State Master Kegley will
be in attendance and splendid pro-
gram is being prepared.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

WHILE shoveling out the lobby cookie
bur there is another ''cheat" that
should be dug out of the legislative
garden. 1t is nothing less than the
reference library burdock weed. It has
been the most prolific source of useless
Legislation of any invention. With DR..
McCarty and his library, properly cata-
logued, it was an easy and simple pro-
cess to reference" arrangement by
which framing laws was and is little
more than grinding out machine
grist. The form is so patent that the
patentee had only to tell one of the
typewriters to mold it out and it was
done as quickly as she could say Jack
Robinson as many times as there were
lines in the proposed law. Every ses-
sion of the legislature books ten times
as many laws as it should. The only
use of the supernumeraries is to create
fees for the state printer, whose estab-
lishment has piled millions by their
help, and to make jobs for people who
| hire lobbyists Teller.
| LET'S see. DR.. McCarty draws a
large salary from the state treasury
and his retinue of clerks cost the state
quite bit of money and about all they
have to do is to draft fool bills for pin
head members of the legislature, who
| if they had to draft their bills, would
have introduced less than half of them
during the present session. Progress
siveness is mighty expensive to the
| taxpayer. Watertown Leader.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

THAT labor laws may be made sc
strict as to work detriment to business
interests of the state is amply illus
trated through the recent unbending of
our legislature. After two years of
costly attempts to comply with the
spirit and letter of the law limiting the
hours of labor of women to ten hours
per day, the pea canning industry of
Wisconsin has obtained relief. During
the present season, which begins this
week, the Gamers will work under
a scientific time schedule approved by
the state industrial commission. The
schedule permits a longer work day
when conditions beyond human control
require extensions of the period of en-
DlOVment
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

THE state fire marshal is sending out
the usual warnings regarding 4th of
July disasters. Last year there were
20 killed and $50 wounded by firecrack-
ers and other explosives. The advocacy
of "Safe and Sane Fourth the past
few years has greatly lessened the
number of accidents, as, in 1909, the
number of deaths was 215, and of
wounded 5,092 There is still room for
improvement. The total fire loss last
Fourth was $576, 525. We now have
more stringent laws regarding the sale
of explosives and firecrackers, and with
proper caution on the part of young
and old the number of accidents can be
still farther reduced
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

THE growing difficulty in securing
enlistments for the regular army of the
United States is attributed to the fact
that the period of enlistment is seven
years, which seems too long time to
young men, even after it is explained
to them that only four of these years
must be spent with the colors. The
necessity for recruiting sufficiently to
keep the existing regiments up to full
strength is more apparent than ever,
in view of the demand for troops for
garrison duty in the Hawaiian Islands
and the Canal Zone. Army officers ex-
press great concern with regard to the
situation, and it is probable that con-
gross may be called upon to enact a
new law to make the conditions of en-
listment more attractive.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

THE dairy farmer who has plenty of
ensilage and alfalfa is in good shape to
turn off nice bunch of beef steers
each year at comparatively low cost for
grain feeding. All that is required is
to make right preparations for it, using
the skimmilk to push calf growth till
six to eight months of age. To make
such a steer profitable he must not be
allowed to stop his growth from calf
hood to the time he is sold for beef at
fifteen or twenty months. There is no
wonder that beef is high and shrewd
dairy farmers ought to make some
money out of such condition of affairs
unless, indeed, the cattle market is
turned over to Australia and the Ar
gentine to supply Dairyman.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
HITHERTO it has not been considered

HITHERTO it has not been considered
treason, not even misdemeanor, to
differ with a president. During the
days of Mckinley, Roosevelt, and even
Taft, men came to Washington who
were avowed free-traders, spoke their
pieces, interviewed members of the
Senate and House, and went their ways
without being termed lobbyists, or even
declared to be ''insiduous" persons.
Men like La Toilette, Cummins and
Gronna voted against protective tariff
bills and were not placed under sur
veillance. In fact, Washington hither-
to has been regarded as place where
Americans might go and speak their
minds on any and all questions. But
our president has taken the Democracy
under his wing and proposes to enforce
student rules. Bad men are forbid the
campus, even warned from the town.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

In THE neighborhood of 500 bills have
been passed and signed and become
laws since the legislature started work
the first of the year Ignorance of the
law is no excuse and therefore, unless
you have burned the midnight oil and
kept posted you may get an unexpect-
ed ride to the coop some day for turn
ing round the wrong way on the side
walk, sneezing in front of church or
committing some other of the thousand
odd acts our legislature meets bien-
nially to prohibit. Whitewater Reg
iSter
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
EDITORS of the agricultural press ar

EDITORS of the agricultural press are
warning farmers regarding the ship
ment of so many calves to the markets
on account of the present high prices
for veal. The shipments are breaking
all records, and while many are getting
good prices as viewed from the present
the shortage in the beef supply may
send beef prices soaring in few years,
so that those who hold on to their
calves may reap still larger profit in
the long run. It is said that calves are
being killed in Wisconsin at the rate of
1000 or more daily, the greater num-
Der of which go to Milwaukee and Chi
cago markets. Just what our city
friends are going to do for meat after
they have eaten all the old stock and
finished the calves we do not know.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

IT IS surprising the number of people
who have been voting and holding Of
flee for years past and now find they
are not citizens after all when they
come to apply the test of our natural
ization laws More than fifty applica-
lions for second papers are now on file
in the circuit court of Rock county to be
acted on September e. After July 1st
every foreign born person not having
his full citizenship papers must wait
five years before exercising the right
of suffrage.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

SOFT maple and box elder trees are
badly infected by the cottony maple
scale, according to letters received at
the College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. The college had
sent out warning in spring advising
owners of infected trees to spray them
with strong lime sulphur or kerosene
emulsion. Now that the foliage is on
the trees, weaker sprays must be used.
Prof. J. G. Sanders recommends 10 or
IL per cent kerosene emulsion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

NEW YORK STATE has law under
which anyone can tear down any sign
displayed in the highway from fence to
fence. New Jersey is also framing a
similar law. 1t is probable that the
movement against hideous signs will
make progress across the entire coun-
try. Such signs are in bad taste, and
it is stated by many that they are un-
profitable as well.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1913.

JUST what could reasonably be ex-
pected. book containing list of
every person in the state paying an in
come tax and the amount paid is now
being offered the public for sale. What
a harvest the green goods, blue sky
men and other swindlers can reap from
people known to have the coin! And
vet we were told such records were to
be kept secret.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

Now that the legislature has seen fit
to give us a closed season for frogs,
the little animal of pleasant voice, why
not go step farther and include the
ground hog, who is quite an important
fellow, and possibly skunks that have
secured some distinction as well?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
Farm for Sale.

Eighty acres good land for sale-46
acres broke, 8 cleared for pasture and
25 thrifty timber. Tobacco, cabbage,
potatoes and berries raised on this land;
S-room house and a Broom house,
barns, sheds and tobacco shed 30x98
feet, Is fit. posts, basement full size with
elevator. Cost $500. There are or
9 buildings on the place; fine soil; easy
payments. Write
III. G. HANDLES & Son,
23tf Alma Center, Wis.
Seed buckwheat for sale by John
Conlav Also naStl1rn for stock 203
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

W E. Zabst will be here the latter
part of August to tune pianos.
Washington Journal., 1913-12-13

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
Colonial Fireplaces.

The early American fireplace was
merely cheap provincial copy Of Eng
lish models of the same period. The
application of the word colonial" to
pre- Revolution architecture and deco
ration has created vague impression
that there existed at that time an
American architectural style. AS a
matter of fact, colonial architecture
Is simply modest copy Of Georgian
models, and Colonial mantelpieces
were either Imported from England by
those who could afford it or were re-
produced in wood from current Eng
fish designs. Wooden mantels were in
deed, not unknown in England. where
the use of a wooden architrave led
to the practice of facing the fireplace
with Dutch tiles. but wood was used
In England and America only from
motives of cheapness. and the archi-
trave was set back from the opening
only because it was unsafe to put an
infiammable material so near the fire.
Exchange.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07

The Operation of Trepann;ns Was
Common In Ancient Times.

The Operation of Trepannine Was
Common In Ancient Times.
While the medical profession is
agreed that some rough form of sur
gerry must have existed from very an.
cient times. it has always been a mat
ter of wonder that so complex and deli
cate an operation as trepanning should
also be one of the oldest
There is authentic record of this op-
Grafton dating back to the time Of Hip
pocrates, who wrote treatises on frac
lures. dislocations and wounds of the
head. wherein he described the method
of procedure to be followed in the case
of a fractured skull His idea was to
cut away piece of bone so that the
pressure on the brain might be relieved
The annals of this era also show that
a file was used for this purpose. which,
at a time when modern anaesthetics
were unknown. must have been. to say
the least, painful
According to Holmes, the operation
Of removing pieces of bone was per
formed long before histori, times. The
effects on the skull are easily seen after
death and are visible as long as the
bones are preserved. From inspection
of certain skulls Of the later stone age
In ancient Britain there has been de
rived the conclusion that some Of these
had undergone the operation. which
must have been performed with stone
Observation-Disclosures Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
PRISONERS TO HAVE
READING MATERIAL
Gard Playing Will Be Pro-
hibited in Accordance With
Recommendation.

Gard playing will cease at the coun-
t. Jail. Sheriff Bayer after thoroughly
considering the matter and after an
organization of the East Main Street
Friends church had agreed to furnish
the prisoners with mazagines and 9th
er reading material.
1t has been the custom for years at
the jail for the prisoners to be allow
ed the recreation of playing a friendly
game Of cards. 1t is not uncommon for
prisoners to be committed to Jail who
are unable to read. No special provis-
ion can be made for their amusement
or entertainment
Last month the sheriff had not de
cided to act according to the recon-
| mendation of the grand jury that card
playing be prohibited. He believed tnaI
the men might plot mischief if this
were done. Reading matter must be
supplied prisoners of the Jail accord
| ing to the laws OF the state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
FRIEDMAN GIVES
FIRST TEST HERE
Alleged Discoverer of Tuber,
culosis Cure lnoculateS
Three Patients. =
(National News Association

NEW YORK. March THE first
demonstration in America of Dr. Fried
rich Franz Friedmann's treatment.
which the visiting Berlin physician de-
clares is a cure for tuberculosis. was
given by DIR. Friedman himself yes
terday in the presence of physicians
representing the city, the state. and
the STATS of hospitals of several cities.
Three patients. TWO men and a wom-
an, were selected by DR.. friedman
from fifty tuberculosis sufferers gath
cred from all parts OF the city, all
hopeful they would receive treatment.
The woman has been i'll three years.
Hers is a chronic case of the disease
at the knee and was the most serious
of the three chosen.
The two men have tuberculosis of
the lungs. Their cases are not beyond
the incipient stage, according to the
authorities of the Peoples hospital,
the institution where the demonstra-
ton was held.
Or. Friedman Selects Patients.
Each of the men patients has been
showing improvement and gaining
months ago, the best recognized tuber
culosis treatment of the day, it was
stated.
Physicians who were present brought
/ forward a dozen persons SUFFERING
with the disease in all its stages. The
medical history of each was available
for Dr. Friedmann's use. Statistic.
had been prepared at his request The
Berlin physician declined to treat an!
of these cases, however, but made hi
own selections.
Each of the three whe wore treate,
received a double injection, in tn
muscle and in the vein. DR.. Friedman
explained to those who attended tn
clinic that the, first reaction might b
expected to be observed after seve
days. The patients went to their home
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
A Physicians Faith I'm
Tube culOSiS Medicine

Have used Eckman's Alternative In
several cases of tubercular glands Of the
neck. with excellent results every time.
In one case it cost me $50. for the girl
range to be opfrated. and in a short
time an operation was not needed. 1
suppose your Records are just as fine as
Of old. Yoprknbw my faith in 1T"
Original ofthS physician's letter on hle.)
Eckman's Alternative is effective in 9th
II forms. Read what Mrs. Garvin says
Idaho Falls. Idaho.
"GentlemSA: | have gained twenty-five
pounds sinfe Vast February and my baby
Is In perfect health. / have been waiting
since she wa4~nprn to see how l would
get along. hmAnow doing all my work.
have been eveIrshce she was four weeks
old, and 1 am steadily gaining. do no.
cough raise\ tything at all. believe
my lung trouble~iS cured
(Sworn Affidavit) MRS. NJ. H. GARVlN.
Note--Mrs. Garvin has seven children.
Fckman's Alternative is effective in Bron-
rhitis. Asthma. Hay Fever; Throat and
Lung Troubles. and in upbnilding the
system. Does not contain poisons. opiates
OF habit forming drugs. Ask for booklet
telirsy OF recoveres. aud write TO Eco man
Laboratory. Philadelnhia Pa. for more evil
dence. For sale hr 81 Loading druggists
A. G. Luken and Company.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
EXAMINATION ENDS
IN vEREGCE CASE
Plaintiffs Attempt to Prove
That Woman Was of I'm
sound Mind.

Examinations of the witnesses in the
case of the protest Of the will of the
late Eliza Veregge was completed late
this afternoon. The number of wit
resses on the stand was approximately
100 and the case has taken more than
a. week.
The same questions we're asked all
the witnesses though various CONVEX
sations were related to the jury by the
witnesses to prove that the woman
was of unsound mind at the time the
will was made.
William Torbeck was one witness
called by the plaintiffs. Torbeck testi
fled that on one occasion Mrs. Verega
asked the witness if Winfield Veregge
lived at certain house in the vicinity
of Torbecks home Torbeck inform
ed the court that at that time Winfield
Veregge was dead and Mrs. Eliza
Veregge was his mother.
The case may be argued tomorrow.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
CNy Statistics

Births.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brown, COZ Sheri-
dan street, boy, third child.
Real Estate Transfers.
Catherine Rooney to Charles f.
Moss, PIT. 81 of the NJ. & P. addition
to the city of Richmond. Considera-
ton 81.
Henry Meyers to Addison Parker,
Pit. "a of the E. S. addition to the city
of Richmond. Consideration $3.50.
Warren B. Harris to John E. Cope
land, PIT. 81 and Il OF the w r. and
! s. r. addition to Cambridge City. Con
sideration $4,000
Bernard Rottinghaus to John J
Sittloh, section 9, township IL, range
/. Consideration $4,000.
| Transfers 4 consideration $5,451.
Building Permits.
Henry Holzapfel, South Fifth stree
near Tests Mills, frame building TO
cold storage, $1,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
WILL TAKE ACTION
ON MAT Ter At ONCE
County Society Secretary
Wants Tubercular Hos
pital Established.
MEETING IN A WEEK
At Which Plans Will Be For
INFLATED For An Educa-
tional Campaign.
MEETING IN A WEEK

AS a result of the passage of the
Senate bill by the House yesterday
afternoon, authorizing counties to es-
tablish hospitals for tubercular pa
tients, the Wayne County Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis, will hold meeting some
time next week at which time immed-
late action will be taken in the matter
of arranging a campaign to educate
person as to what is needed in this
city and county
DIR. S. Edgar Bond, secretary of the
society, asserted today that the or
ganization had only been waiting until
the legislature took action on the bill.
That tubercular hospital is abso-
lutely necessary here is DR.. Bonds
statement. He says that the city and
county should build a separate hos
pital from the hospital for contagious
and infectious diseases.
IF people could see what We see
every day." they would all be with us
in the attempt to secure a hospital
here for the treatment and care of
tubercular patients. At present
we have one tent, to the north of the
Reid Memorial hospital, where pa
tients can receive some treatment.
However, nurses from the hospitals
cannot be expected to care for the
patients, as the nurses would suffer
from exposure.
II know of one patient in this city
who has infected from five to seven
individuals with the dreaded disc je,
This is because tubercular persons
cannot be segregated. Our society has
done what it could and we intend to do
some good work now"
Dr. Bond says that the city and
county could erect hospital where
persons suffering from tuberculosis
and others having contagious or in
fectious diseases could be treated. He
says that such an institution could be
under the same management although
he prefers separate institutions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
DETAILS
OF TRAGEDY
CNstional News Association,

BALTIMORE. March Be
sides the four killed in the ex-
plosion today forty others on the
collier Jason had legs, arms and
ribs broken and many of them
may die.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon
more than fifty of the injured,
many of them badly mangled.
had been brought to Sparrow 5
Point.
1t was impossible to learn the
cause of the disaster as the story
of survivors differed widely. but
one account told of fire aboard
the barge for twenty minutes be-
fore the blast came. Over 800
tons of dynamite exploded.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
How She Joaqed Memory.

Little Marjorie was taking her first
lessons in dancing The teacher no.
ticed that Marjorie always failed to
PIT ont her left foot when command
ed to do so The teacher was patient
and thought Marjorie would learn In
time. but number Of lessons did not
seem to make her know when to put.
out her left foot Marjorie would put
out that foot when the other children
were placing their right feet foremost
Finally the teacher asked Marjorie for
an explanation.
well. you See" said Marjorie. "T've
got hollow place in a tooth on the
left side. and ! always have to find
that hollow place with my tongue to
tind out which Is my left foot '-lndi
annapolis News.