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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-27
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

In every baseball league some team
mus: be at the bottom OF the percent
age column Is abcu. The only conso-
lation the Gazette can extend to Ced-
ar Rapids fans who are supporting 8
losing team.
The Brighton Enterprise predicts
that the dairy business will take a
boom in Iowa as soon as alfalfa Is
generally raised by our farmers.
Here's hoping that the highway
commission likes US and our rural paw
ing and here's hoping they decide we
need more OF it Of the same kind" says
the Perry Chief.
President Wilson, says the Cedar
Rapids Republican, tries TO give NC
Reynolds a certificate ot good conduct
in the white slave case out west. and
then he says that the trials must be
held at once. But il McReynoids is en-
titled to a certificate from the presi-
dent why does the president set aside
McReynold's postponemenr of the
case? In other words. McReynolds is
upheld. but McReynolds action is
turned down.
"a number OF people who were alive
when the railroad rate cases were
started We, live to see the reduced rates
put into effect" observes the Sioux
City Tribune.
How 90 so many people have BIZ
chloride Of mercury about TO take Ivy
mistaken asks the Boone News Re :
publican.
David Brant's suggestion that Cum :
Minis should withdraw furnishes a
grea. many voters in the state with
the conclusive reason why he should
stay" aptly observes the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil.
The Nevada Representative says IL
is not SO easy TO make a substantial
unit OF the democratic party on the
money question as it is DO so on the
tariff question. and opinion as to the
presidents probable success may wei
be held in abeyance.
Whether Wilson can conduct a
two ring circus successfully remains
to be seen" says the Davenport
Times Revising the tariff is usually
considered a sufficiently large under
taking"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-27

Whether Wilson can conduct a
two ring circus successfully remains
to be seen" says the Davenport
Times. Revising the tariff is usually
considered a sufficiently large under
taking"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-27

In every baseball league some team
mus: be at the bottom OF the percent
age column" is about The only conso-
lation the Gazette can extend to Ced-
ar Rapids fans who are supporting q
losing team.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-27

The Brighton Enterprise predicts
that the dairy business will take a
boom in Iowa as soon as alfalfa Is
generally raised by our farmers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-27

David Brants suggestion that Cum
Minis should withdraw furnishes a
grea. many voters in the state with
the conclusive reason why he should
stay" aptly observes the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-27

"A number OF people who were alive
when the railroad rate cases We're
started We, live to see the reduced rates
put into effect" observes the Sioux
City Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-27

How 90 so many people have bi
chloride OF mercury about TO take h,
mistake p" asks the Boone News-Re
publican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-27

Muscatine ID enjoying an injunction
fight over a patented pavement. It
seems that paving company has con-
tracted to put in . pavement much like
bitulithic at much less cost than the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
st. Nicholas News Notes.

The ever-ncreasing popularity of the
worlds series in baseball is the sub
ject of an article by G. H. Claudy, au-
thor OF "The Battle of Baseball which
will appear in the August st, Nicholas.
This authority tells how when the Sc
ries started in 1908 only l00,429 fans
saw the games, and the newspapers gave
very little space to accounts of them,
whereas last fall the attendance was
PSI ,90l, and the newspapers talked of
little else. And he gives live account
of all the big contests that took place
during these ten years.
Every boy should learn TO swim,
should learn it almost as he learns how
to walk. Then there would not be so
many deplorable drowning accidents
every summer. This is the contention
of J.. de b Handley, who, in an article on
"Up-to-Date Methods for Success in
swimming" which will appear in the
August St Nicholas, tells boys how to
become experts in this healthy art. The
article will be illustrated with many
showing the eorrest ways
Of making the principal strokes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
Pensions for Mothers.

| In the discussion Of mothers pensions
The Survey has devoted space to Wig
orous articles supporting all points Of
view in the controversy. In the July
magazine issue, DIR. Edward I. Devine,
writing not as an associate editor of
The Survey gives his personal views:
Social insurance thus organizes the
natural and legitimate provision for
death, sickness, and other similar in
dividual misfortunes, diffuses such losses
in time and throughout the whole mum
her of individuals concerned. places re-
sponsibility on industry where it prop
erly belongs.
"As an advocate then of social insur-
ance, | sharply challenge the proposal
for weekly or monthly payments to
mothers from public funds raised by
taxation, as not in harmony with the
principles OF social insurance.; as not
being insurance at ALL but merely a
recamped and in the long run unwork
able form of public outdoor relief; as
having no claim to the name of pension
and no place as a rational scheme OF
social legislation; as embodying no ele-
ment of prevention or radical cure for
any recognized social evil; as an insid
ious attack upon the family, inimical to
the welfare of children and injurious to
the character OF parents; as imposing in
the form in which il is usually embodied
an unjustifable burden upon the courts
at time when the courts are having
rather more than they can do TO dis
charge their time -honored functions to
the general satisfaction; as Illustrating
all that is most Objectionable in state
socialism, and failing to represent that
ideal of social justice which the social
list movement, whatever its faults, is
constantly bringing nearer.
Whatever they are called, money
to mothers from public funds
are relief--public charity. No hysteri
cal denuneiation or passionate protest
will change the bald fact that the trans
action is gift for which the persons at
whose expense il is made have received
no direct equivalent. Sympathy and not
the payment of a financial ALLEGATION
explains It. Need and not exchange is
its basis. The distinction between the
new mothers pensions and the old coun
ty relief, in so far as it is not purely
one of administration, is purely a sub
lective difference. This being so. the !
sound policy of reform and progress
would seem to lie in the improvement |
IF the administration of public relief |
where that system prevails rather than |
in process OF self -delusion and of |
solemn pretense that changing the
names of things alters their essential /
character"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
Practice Your Weakest Point.

In the course of an article on tennis
playing in the July Woman's Home Com
psnion appears TIE following excellent
advice, which applies to any game:
Use your weakness, not your strength.
Play backhand whenever YOU can-so
you will learn to make il. too, point
of strength. People who run around
ball to get it forehanded because they
know their backhand is weak never get
anywhere as players.
whatever your weak point may be,
practice it. Never mind if you fail. The
only real satisfaction is beating the
game, not the person, in conquering your
own muscles and your own lack of skill.
Tennis history is full of instances of
players who, not remarkable for brilliant
playing won out through sheer logged
ness aud ability to get anything
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
INCREASED COKE OUTPUT.
Amount Manufactured in Alabama in
1912 Valued at 100000.

Alabamas output of coke in 1912
amounted to 1915 ,4s9 short tons, valued
at $S,09S,4l2, against 2,76l ,52l short
tons, valued at 81 SOB, 594, in 1911, ac-
cording to +. w. Parker, OF the United
States geological survey. The increase
in 1912 was 2l3,96S tons, and S5O4,Sls
in value. Alabama retained in 1912 sec
ond place in the rank of coke rEoducing
states, having superseded West Virginia
in 1911. The average price per ton for
Alabama coke has declined from 1882
in 1910 to 1915 in 1911 and S2.72 in
1919. This does not necessarily indicate
an actual decline in the price of coke.
A large proportion, possibly over 80 per
cent. of Alabama's coke is consumed
in furnaces owning and operating the
coal mines and coke ovens, and tbc plae-
ing of a value on the coke is largely
matter of accounting. The value per
ton OF the coke produced in 1912 was
lower in spite Of the fact that the value
Of the coal used advanced from SIPS
in 1911 TO Sl35 in 1912.
That Alabama has developed her cox
ing industry along the lines of modern
practice is evinced by the fact that in
edCn on tue last three years inc phAa
new ovens under construction on Dec. 81
were retort ovens. none of the wasteful
beehive type having been installed.
Moreover, during 1912 there were l9l
beehive ovens abandoned. The number
OF retort ovens. on the other hand, in
creased from $40 in 1911 to $50 in 1912,
and there were 100 additional retort
ovens under construction at the end of
the year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
The Struggle Out of Flood.

Clarence Boetcher, young, finely built
Industrious, had put the finishing touch.
es on his new house in Gaysport, Ohio
only three days before the flood As
Boetcher and his wife sat down to their
first meal in their new home he re.
marked: well, Mamie, at last were
ready to live. The drudgery of getting
started is all over.
Seventy-two hours later the two had
nothing but each other.
But the Red Cross came to their as
sistance and when we saw Boetcher a
few weeks ago his courage asserted its
triumph in the CHEEKY greeting: Gee, boy,
those two rooms look mighty good to
me-"
The whole story of that triumph can
never be told. Seldom before has flood
devastated so wide territory. Never
before has the problem of helping the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
ovER-GRAzED RANGES
Can Be Brought Back To Former State
of Productivity.

Washington, d. G., July 1.-THE i'm
proved condition of the national forest
range after regulated grazing is pointed
to by experts of the department OF agri-
culture as demonstration that areas
which have been severely damaged
through overstocking by sheep and cat
tie can be brought back to their former
carrying power through system OF
intelligent use.
When the government took charge OF
the livestock ranges within the national
forests some of them were so badly
overgrazed and otherwise injured from
reckless handling of the stock that their
grazing value appeared to have been al
most entirely destroyed. Many of these
ranges, however, have been restored and
made as valuable as ever. On several
OF the forests results have more than
justified the expectations and the range
is in better condition than it ever was.
An example of this improvement is
cited in the Nebo national forest, Utah.
In 1908, when that forest was created,
the ranges within the forest boundaries
were found to be badly over grazed and
trampled because there was a lack of
control or supervision over the areas.
One of the areas was at that time esti-
mated to be capable of carrying only
5000 head of cattle Now, through con-
sentative management and judcious dis
tribution of the cattle over the ranges,
and Improvements in water conditions,
the carrying capacity of the range has
been increased until, in the present sea
son, nearly 5000 head Of cattle are us
ing this particular area, and forest off
GERS feel that few hundred head more
can be safely grazed there without in
jury.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14

sufferers to resume normal living pre-
scented such difficulties to the forces of
organization. Over two complete states
and into four others the American Ma
tional Red Cross, which had chief charge
of rehabilitation, spread its arms. The
relief societies of the country were
combed for experienced workers to 90
into the stricken districts and bring
order out of chaos. BY the quick pro-
cesses of sympathy and emergent or
ganization, and by the slower processes
OF diplomacy, the winning of confidence
and merging into the very hearts and
thoughts of tine Suffering people. This
supple force. strengthened by the ex-
perience of San Francisco, the Missis-
sippi and score of lesser disasters be-
gan the long pull upward to a newer
and wiser living. They were the mod
ern miracles performed the miracle of
family faith and community resurrec-
tion.-Winthrop d. Lane and Lewis L.
Stein in The Survey.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
Governor and Supreme Court.

1t is falling to the lot of Governor
Fletcher to deal with several public
questions which have not usually con-
! fronted the executive Of this state. The
! first seven months of his administra
/ ton have been quite marked in this d.
rection; and an additional task which
looms up before him points toward the
the supreme court.
Because the constitution of the state
provides that justices of the supreme
court shall be elected for two-year
term, the limit OF that term being De
cember l because one of the amend
ments recently adopted changes the date
of the meeting of the general assembly
from October to January; because, con
sequently, the general assembly will not
be able to elect, before December |, 1914,
a set of supreme court justices; because
no provision has been made for justices
who can serve during the interim be-
tween December ! and the day when
the general assembly could elect; be-
cause of the fact that the privilege of
holding over till successors are chosen
does not apply to the justices of the SUI
preme court as it does to certain oth7
state officials: because of these cG~fi
tions, there will be no supreme court
after December I of next year, unless
Governor Fletcher exercises the power
vested in him and appoints justices to
I'LL the vacancies which will then exist,
for the uneNpired terms; and the 'un-
expired terms under the circumstances,
would be construed to mean the whole
term of two years, since the general as
sembly will have no chance to elect, and
the constitution could NOT be changed in
that respect for ten years to come.
This situation regarding the supreme
court is certainly full of interesting pos
sibilities. 1t emphasizes the extent of
the power conferred on the executive. II
il is to be construed as we have above
intimated il puts upon the present and
succeeding governors responsibilities
which they may well weigh carefully,
and which will be noted with special
interest by the people at large. 1t sug
gests perhaps-who knows ?-the infu
sion of fresh and vigorous blood into
the judicial branch of the state govern
ment and a consequent acceleration of
the business of that highly important
department. 1t suggests several other
things which win inete discussion in
legal circles and elsewhere.
Verify, these are days when a gov
ernor has something do, if he is de-
voted to the best interests of the people |
whose servant he is.--Ludlow Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
The Wrinkle Saver.

Among "Good Ideas for the Summer
Traveller published in the July Wom-
ans Home Companion, appears the fol-
lowing:
Fold the skirts lengthwise and lay
in the trunk with tops hanging out.
After layer or two of smaller articles,
fold back the tops Even starched linen
skirts survive long trips when thus
packed.
Each skirt packed should have very
large safety pin run through the belt
TO serve as a hanger. In unpacking,
five or six skirts may be hung on one
hook without stopping to adjust hang
ers. This is great saver of space where
closet room is limited"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
INCREASE METAL OUTPUT.
Central States Figures for 1912, by the
United States Geological Survey Show
Gain of $1,000. 600 Over 1o11.

The value of the output of silver,
copper. lead, and zinc in the states of
Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan Missouri,
Oklahoma, Wisconsin and northern Illi
nois in 1912 was S79,675.s14, an in
crease of $l5,l56,370 over the value for
1911 and of $23,349,lll over that for
zoos. The total value of the produc-
ton of these metals for the years 1908
to 1912. inclusive, was 1927 1856 1904. of
which 1851 ,S30,00S was for copper, $685.
lss,656 for zinc, S762I7,6l for lead,
and S1,l50.5l2 for silver.
A full account of the production of
these metals and their ores in the states
named is discussed by districts in an
advance chapter on Precious and Semi
precious Metals in the central states in
1912" by B. S. Butler and ]. P. Dun.
lop, of the United States geological sur
vey.
A copy of the report may be obtained
free on application to the Director of
the Geological Survey, Washington, D.
C.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
"KI Ko, THE WILD MAN" DEAD.
Rhode Island Mans Commanding
Finally Proves Fatal.

Providence, R. l., July 14.-As the re-
suit of his unusual gastronomic feats,
Joseph Masse, known in the Pawtuxet
valley as Xxi 10 the wild man." died at
the Rhode Island hospital Saturday.
Death was due to hemorrhage of the
stomach. Masse was familiar char
acter at shore resorts where he gave ex-
hibitions of eating large quantities of
fish and raw meat. One of his customs
was TO carry small snakes concealed in
his long hair and occasionally shake
them out to the CONSERVATION of spec
tators.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
TO INVESTIGATE PRISONS.
Grand Juror Osborne Reports Horrible
Conditions.

New York, July Thames w. 0s-
borne, deputy attorney general in the
grand jury investigating into Sing Sing
prison and one of the noted lawyers OF
New York, is so Mortified by conditions
he uncovered in the state prison that
he is going to devote his time, money
and energy for an indefinite period to
improving prisons in this state. He will
resume work with the Westminster grand
Jury in October and declared Saturday
that he would disclose the most impu-
dent and colossal conspiracy to loot the
state that ever existed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
RANDOLPH
Mrs. James 0ney Threw Her Shoe and
Frightened Burglars Off.

An attempt was made on Friday
night by two unknown men to enter the
house of James Oney on Weston street.
Mrs. 0ney, who was sleeping on the
lower floor, was awake and first heard
them trying to get into the kitchen win
dow but not being successful, they
came to the window of her sleeping
room, and she heard them say" We can
get in here, for this window comes down
from the top" In her fright, she threw
one of her shoes, and before she could
get the three men aroused, who were
sleeping on the user floor the intruders
had disappeared and could not be found.
Mrs. Oney saw them, however, enough
to notice that they both wore soft felt,
black mats. This is the first attempt
that has been made to enter private
houses, but several business places have
been entered in the last few weeks,
where the burglars found but little
money. Every precaution is being made
by the people generally to protect them
selves.
Austin Emery of st. Adams arrived
on Saturday for a short stay with his
sister Mrs. Ellen Lattimer.
Mrs. B. A. Kinsman and children of
Middleboro, Mass. have been with Mrs.
Kinsman's sister, Mrs. E. A. Morse, and
family for the last two weeks and re-
turned to their home on Saturday.
Miss Ruth Yeaton of Portsmouth, n.
H., is the guest of Misses Myrnie and
Myrtle Clifford on Emerson Terrace, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Yeaton, Philip Yeaton and
Margaret Rand from the same place are
stopping at "The Naples"
Mrs. Frank Blackmer and her daugh-
ter from Derry, y. H., were the guests
on Saturday of Mrs. Charles Angell
Mrs. Mabel Austin, who has been here
from Fairfax for two weeks visiting her
son, Mr.. Austin, at Beanville, and her
grandsons, Arthur and Ernest Austin,
left for home on Saturday.
Rev. g. +. Crawford exchanged pull
pits with Rev. Joseph Hamilton on Sun
day, the latter occupying the pulpit of
the Federated church. Bethany church
is closed for the month of July, and re-
pairs will at once be begun upon the
building. Upon their resuming service
the first of August, they will occupy the |
Music hall till the church auditorium is |
MISS MAY bTaulsn ana nef moIner Oh
Mass, have arrived and will |
accompany DIR. and Mrs. +. A. Eaton to |
for few weeks stay in
the cottage at Caspian lake
Miss Vernie Chamberlin left last week
for Middlebury, where she will attend
the summer school, now in session there.
Miss Jennie Stewart is also at the same
place and for the same purpose.
While Mr.. and Mrs, Jerry O'Connell
were driving from Bethel on Friday
night the horse became frightened at an
and threw them out, severe
y injuring Mrs. O'Connell. breaking sew
sral ribs, and otherwise bruising her.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Rockwell left Sat
nday for Springfield, where they will
'isit friends and from there will go on
o New York for several days stay.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
THE MAHOGANY MILL.
James Lick Made Good His Boast
When Scorned as a Suitor.

James Lick Made Good HIS Boast
When Seorned as a Suitor.
The story of "Lick's Folly. or the
Mahogany Mill" has to do with the
romance " the life of James Lick, the
donor of the Lick observatory.
In early life young Lick fell In love
with the daughter of a well to do
miller for whom be worked When he
made known his love. which was re-
eiprocated by the girl, the miller was
angry and is said to have replied:
"Out. you beggar. Dare you think
of my daughter. who will inherit my
riches? Have you a mill like this?
Have you single penny in your
pursep'
To this Lick replied that he had
nothing as yet, but one day be would
have a mill beside which this one
would be pigsty.
In 1854 the quiet, parsimonious
James Lick surprised everybody by
building a magnificent -four mill near
San Jose The mill was finished with
In In solid mahogany. highly polished.
and was furnished with the best ma
chinery possible. He made the grounds
about the mill very attractive and be-
gan early 10 set out trees both for
fruit and ornament.
Lick caused his elegant mill to be
photographed without and within and
sent the pictures to the miller who had
scorned him in his youth.
Nineteen years after Mr. Lick built
his MILL Jan 16. 1873. be surprised the
people of San Jose again by giving 1t
to the Paine Memorial society of Bos-
ton. half the proceeds of sale to be
used for a memorial hall and half to
sustain lecture course.-Exchange.