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The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1913-11-01
REPORT SHOWS
COST OF LIVING

Retail prices of food on June
Is were 59.2 per cent higher than
the average price for the 10-year
period following 1890; 3.3 per
cent above the price on June Is
of last year, and 14.4 per cent
above the price on the same date
in 1911.
These figures are taken from a
bulletin prepared by experts Of
the bureau of labor statistics.
When specific articles are taken
into consideration. some of the
increases in price are startling.
For example, comparing retail
prices on June Is with average
prices for the 1O-year period
mentioned, bacon advanced 1885
per cent; pork chops, Ill per
cent, and round steak 1925 per
cent.
The price of smoked ham for
the same period shows an in
crease in price of 81 per cent,
hens, 1858 per cent; sirloin steak.
75.5 per cent; rib roast rs per
cent. lard g. 5 per cent; cornmeal,
57.3 per cent; potatoes, A.4 per
cent; butter, Alb per cent; eggs.
40.8 per cent; milk, 1874 per
cent, and flour, 28.6 per cent.
When the price of each of the
Is articles included in the bull
letin is considered according to
the average consumption in
workingmen's families, retail
prices are shown to have been at
a higher level on June Is Of this
year than at any other time dur
ing the last twenty-three and a
half years, with the single ex-
ception of November Is, 1912,
when the level was slightly
higher.
Actual prices were secured in
40 cities, including New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago.
st. Louis, San Francisco, Buffalo,
Newark and New Orleans, belt
ing the country both ways.
While the average increase in
the cost of living at retail gro
Gerry stores on June Is, 1918, as
compared with June Is, 1912, is
placed at only 3.3 Ler cent, the
increase in many articles was
much higher. Bacon is in first
place in this comparison, the
price in 1918 being 1862 per cent
higher than in 1912.
Smoked ham Is second, SHOW
ing an increase of IA. l per cent
for the year, while pork chops
occupy third place, with an in
crease of 1874 per cent.
Hens advanced 11.8 per cent;
eggs, 1T per cent; round steak,
10.1 per cent; sirloin steak, 9.8
per cent; lard, 7.2 per cent; rib
roast, 7.8 per cent; butter, So
per cent, and milk, al per cent.
During the year there was
decline of 31.9 per cent in the re-
tail price of potatoes, 1872 per
cent in sugar, TT per cent in
wheat flour and 3.9 per cent in
cornmeal,
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1913-11-01

County School Superintendent.
Miss Martha Boardman has fixed
the date of the regular annual
Teachers institute for the second
week in November, the 10th to
the 18th inclusive. Those teach.
ers however that wish to attend
the Washington Educational AS
sociation, or the Inland Teach
ers Association of Spokane, will
be allowed to be absent the first
two days of the institute.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1913-11-01

He used to be considered q
small man who would try to hide
behind a woman's petticoats.
Now he would be insignificant.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1913-11-01

Grand Chancellor Tonkin of
Black Diamond, King county.
has announced that he will make
an official visit to the Colville
lodge of Knights of Pythias on
Nov. 20.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-04-23
RURAL NE VS.
@Written by-
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
TOLL BRIDGE.

April 21.-The weather is cold
on the potato bugs. I noticed three
bugs sitting on a rock in my pc.
tato field half frozen, waiting for
the potato tops to come up out of
the ground.
The farmers are busy planting
watermelon seed and corn.
David Green caught four carp
last Saturday which weighed
about 20 pounds.
Mrs, T. F. Bridges who has
been sick is improving, we are
glad to note.
The section hands had q barbe-
cue Saturday evening at Charles
Williams'. All had a good time.
Thomas Brooks, who was injur-
ed in the accident which occurred
on the railroad bridge on Februa.
~ 10th, is able to resume his du.
ties on the road. Joe Read, who
was also hurt by the same acoi.
dent, is able to walk by the use
of a stick.
The annual commencement at
Churchland High School will take
place on May 2.
The writer has received a letter
from Tom Hackett, better known
% Uncle Tom. who is in Evens.
ton, Wyo. He arrived in Wyo-
ming March 22nd. He says it has
showed about two.thirds of the
time since his arrival there. The
writer thinks old North Carolina
il the best place yet. Y.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-04-23
TRADING FORD.

April 19.-Oh, the beauti'
full sprirgtime is here and the
music of the spring birds il
sublime!
The recent rains kept the
farmers back somewhat with
their work and little cotton
and corn is being planted.
The cotton crop will not be
80 large here this year as the
larger part of the land was
sown in wheat last fall.
The wheat around here is
very large for the time of
year. 1t looks like some will
head out in this month.
Some sickness this week
but no cases supposed to be
serious.
Mrs. W. M. Parnell has
been real sick for a week but
is convalescent at this writ
ing.
Mrs. G.. A. Peacock has
been on the sick list for a
week but is better now.
john! Miller was in the
creek seining a few days ago
and caught several nice cat
fish. It seems to be a little
cool yet but John is use to it.
Pound parties have already
appeared and ice cream sup>
pers will follow in a short
time. Good for the young
folks, we glory in you enjoy
ing yourselves. That's the
way we used to do.
The fruit crop will be very
short here this year except
blackberries, We will see
more about them later on.
We hear of several who
subscribing for
The Waterman. hope they
will not forget the paper of
the people and for the people
as the good old WAToHMAN ais
ways stands to the front.
SAM SNORT.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-04-23
CHRISTIANNA

April 21.-It seems that winter
has returned this morning, cold
enough for frost. but I think the
moving air kept it off.
Yesterday, Rev. Sewers gave us
an interesting sermon ION the
proper training of children. We
thought it was real good anyway,
but better because it was SO much
needed. So many children are
allowed to run at random on Sun
day as we'll as at any other time.
Often the parents do not know
where they are, or in what they
are engaged. From this class
come most of those who wear the
stripes after they reach maturity.
Mrs. g. G. Miller, of Faith, is
visiting her grandparents and
relatives here this week. I hope
she will not get home sick soon.
Miss Fannie Brown is on a visit
to her sister at MILFORD, S. G.
Miss Beulah Lyerly has gone to
Asheville to serve as a governess.
in q private family.
Daniel Kluttz had a horse to
run away with a pillow last week.
While no external injuries we're
peroeptlble, he bled %profusely
about the mouth and nose. He is
better now.
Farmers are generally through
planting corn and r making pre-.
parations to get their cotton seed
in the ground.
Many farmers pay but little at
tentlon az to how they lay off
their land for corn planting. For
their benefit Nathan Brown has
the following to say: II can lay
off an acre and q half of land and
plant it in corn with rows three
and one half feet apart each way.
Then I can lay off another acre
and one half of land and plant it
in corn with rows three and one
half feet apart each way, and one
plot will have more than fifteen
hundred hills in it than the other.
How is it done2" If you do not
know how this is done it will pay
you to write him through THE
WAToHMAN for an explanation.
Best wishes for the farmers and
The WATcHMAN we subscribe as
ever. VIOLA.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-04-23
CRESCENT.

April 19'-Whooping cough is
all the 60 around here now.
The Holy Communion service
was held at Bethany Reformed
church last Saturday.
The Jr. O. U. A. M. is still
growing. New members are be-
ing added to the roll every week.
Miss Eliza Fesperman, who has
been ill for some time, is not i'm
proving much, we are sorry to re-
port.
Mrs. L. w. Safrit is thinking of
eating new cabbage soon. She
also has sugar pea blossoms. Who
can beat. that?
Miss Cora Pless has returned
home from her school which clos
ed last Friday.
Charlie Shive and family spent
Sunday. April 18Th, at Mr.. and
Mrs. Tobias Holshouser's.
Misses May and Katie Holshous.
or and Mrs. Crawford Peeler spent
Sunday evening at L. w. Safrit's.
l.. M. Hess is very ill with
measles.
Rev. J. G. Rooms spent Friday
night at Tobias Holshouser's.
Misses Anna Holshouser and lila
safrit spent Wednesday night at
Miss Katie Fesperman's.
Fisher and McCombs have
started work at their quarry again
after having stopped for some
time.
Misses Mary H%olshouser and
Daisy Fisher spent Friday in Sal
isbury POLLY.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-04-23
REEDY BRANCH

Gold Hill, April 21.-Miss Josie
Klutts spent Sunday evening with
her cousin, Darth Trexler.
julius Frick, of Rockwell, the
manager of the R ckwell Tele-
phone Company, spent Monday at
Liberty, making improvements on
the Liberty exchange.
q B. Trexler, of Mt. Pleasant,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with home folks.
John F. Trexler, Salisbury, is
spending q week with homefolks.
He has been confined to his room
for the past week with a case
of measles. We wish him a speedy
recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A.. Trexler
spent Tuesday in Salisbury on
business.
Glenn Trex]er made a visit to
W. e.. Eagles Sunday.
WILD BILL.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-04-23
The Commission Charter Defeated In Char.
Iotte.

Iotte.
The handicap of voting against
the books in the face of an unusu.
ally large registration was more
than the commission.form charter
could stand and the proposed bill
providing for the modern business
system of municipal administra.
ton for Charlotte was defeated at
the polls yesterday by q count of
1927 for as compared with 1876 for
the aldermanic substitute. There
were 1892 voters registered and
1852 were required for a choice.
1t will thus be seen that the COM
mission charter lacked AS votes
of securing the required majority
Of the total registration .-Satur-
days Charlotte Observer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-04-23
4 SaIisburlan for Mayor Of T%ayIorsvlIs.

A meeting of citizens, held in
the court house last Thursday
night, nominated the following
town ticket: For mayor, @. G..
Veile; for aldermen, James Watts,
DR.. s. T. Crowson and j. B.
Barnes.-Taylorsville Scout.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
STATE NEWS

Avon-Somebody tied a dog to the
track OF the bidge wei Dry Choteau,
with the intention Of having the train
kill him. The engineer on the passen-
ger Tuesday morning told about II
when he arrived at the Avon depot. He
said the dog crouched down between
the rails and the train ran over with
out hurting the animal.
Wagner-Late reports from railroad
circles indicate that gas electric motor
cars will be installed on the Platte
branch of the Milwaukee railroad and
the Amour branch in Douglas county.
superintendent l.. B. Besrdsley and
Trainmaster Andrew Esse recently
made an official inspection CT the initial
trip Of such a car which has been put
on between Canton and Egan. The
trip proved satisfactory in every par
ticular. The cars to I've used are 20
feet long and equipped in. the best
modern fashion. A trailer will be used
for baggage and express.
Aberdten-Aberdetn business men
and the local travelling men are max
ing elaborate preparations for the an
nual meeting of the South Dakota
grand lodge of the United Commercial
Travellers, to be held here on June s.
8 and T. The program, besides the
regulation features of such affairs. in
Gliding banquets, automobile rides.
receptions to women y~ieitors and the
outline. sessions Of the Organization
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
RECOMMENDED for a Good Reason.

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
THE GOLD FINCH
A Rollicking Happy Bird-They
are Great Seed De-
stroy ers

Sioux City Tribune: Small boys of
ten appear to run just for the JOY of
running, 80 the goldtnch appears to
fly for the very joy of flying. They
are almost constantly On the wing.
Their manner of flight is interesting.
With each wing heat, they are pro
PEELED forward with a rising aud fall
ing motion, now up, now down, like
a ship on the waves, and with each
rise they utter one or two twittering
notes. Wherever they are. whether
on wing or perching, they are con.
s~tantly singing and may be classed
among u sweetest singers
Nuttall, one of the early %ornitholog-
lists. is authority for saying that the
golifinch has a particular fondness
fol thistle seed and Il ose of other
compound flowers, spreading the down
in clouds around them, and all this
time feeding very intently. Nor are
they easily disturbed while thus en-
gagged In the useful labor of destroying
the germs of these noxious weeds. y
They do some damage occasionally
In the gardens by their indiscriminate
destruction of lettuce and flower seeds
and are therefore disliked by gardeners,
but their usefulness in other respects
far counterbalances the trifing injur-
les they produce. 1t is from this habit
of feeding that they are sometimes
lcalled the thistle bird" the lettuce
bird" wild canary" is another
popular name.
The gold6nch Is the last of all the
birds to settle down to housekeeping.
1t is not till the very last of July or
the first of August, that they begin
nest building. By this time. most of
| the other birds are through. The nests
are compactly built of shreds of the in
ner bark of trees, fine weed stems ard
thistledown. The manner of con-
| struction ia that Of weaving the ma
terial round and round. but not quite
together, as is the custom of many
species of small birds. The nests are
| often quite large: but the interior,
| which is thickly lined with down, is
4nall and quite shallow, when com
pared with other small birds like the
| yellow warbler. The nest is 4 fastened
in the fork or branches Of small trees,
from five to 30 feet from the ground.
Elm and box elder trees are preferred,
md the south side of the trees seem to
be the favored location. Three to i've
| eggs form a complete set.
1t is a beautiful sight to see a laige
number of these birds resting on a
fence or telephone wire, as they often
do. Sometimes the fence will be
covered with them for two or three
rods.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
PROJECT IS FEASIBLE
State Engineer Derr Favors the
West River Irrigation
Project

Pierre, May State Engineer Deri
has returned from a trip with Dan
Bier wagon. the irrigation enthusiast,
over the proposed site for the large
project now being promoted and en-
couraged by ~Bierwagon. The plan in
wolves a huge dam yer the Cheyenne
river between Custer and Washington
counties, which would force back the
water in French creek and other tlibu-
tary little streams. and the water from
that place would be conveyed through
a canal to a reservoir in the vicinity.of
Quinn In the Bad lands, where a large
natural basin could be filled with the
reservoir water to a depth of from 80
to so feet. From the stored water
there the land could be irrigated a
great distance north, up to Harding
Grove flats and also south and east
to Kadoka.
The distance from the dam across
the Cheyenne to the reservoir at
Quinn would be about 80 miles, and
the fall for that distance is about 12t
feet and the water canal connecting,
while not having So great a fall be-
cause of the character of the soil
would be 81 constructed as to have
large falls taken cart of at various
places by usa Of masonry, 80 that the
fall all the way would be sufficiently
gradual not to greatly erode the water
way.
The amount of territory which could
be irrigated from this reservoir OF
stored water would amount to about
10 townships, being go square miles,
or about 800. 900 acres. which at sc
acres per farm wonld take care OF
8, $50 families, The drop in the O
try from the reservoir at Quinn north
to the Harding Grove fats varies
from 80 to 200 feet, and the north
territory proposed to be irrigated by
this project Is better land than that
of the south area included along the
Milwaukee land, much of which is
Bad lands forma ion and rough in
character.
State Engineer Derr considers the
project a perfectly feasible and possible
one, and it is only n question of
whether the cost of the dam, reservoir
and irrigation bitches. canals, tun-
nels. etc., through the wall of the Bad
lands would be proportionate to the
later worth of the land and crops irri-
gated in the region considered.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
WILL NOT RECOGNIZE CHINA.
England Is Not Ready to Follow Amer
ica's Lead.

ica's Lead.
Great Britain has no intention of
following the lead Of the United States
In recognizing the republic of China,
the house of commons was Informed
by Mr.. Francis Dyke Acland, pariia-
mentary undersecretary for foreign af-
fairs, speaking on behalf Of the for.
eign office.
The British government at the time
of the establishment Of the present
administration In China exchanged
views with the governments of other
powers regarding recognition, said Mr..
Aciand, and 1t was agreed that the
powers should act In concert and that
recognition of the republic should be
conditional on the formal confirmation
by the republic Of the rights resulting
from treaties and established usage
enjoyed by British subjects. The Brit
lsh government, he concluded, still ad-
heres to those views.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
Boats Used For Funeral.

During the recent floods I'm the mid
die west and south a funeral at Co
lumbus, Ky, was conducted by means
of boats. 1t was that Of q minister
who died In a part of the city where
all the streets were under water. A
large rowboat, carrying the coffin,
headed the procession. The pallbear-
|ers and mOurners followed In skiffs,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01

To atone for the misdeeds Of her
brother, Robert Webb, an automobile
bandit. who admitted his part In sew
eral robberies. Miss Mary Webb, nine
teen years old. Of Chicago, will enter
a convent. She so announced at her
kr0ther's trial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
Heed the Cough that Hangs On

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weakens the system. toley's Honey
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
Drives SICK Headaches AWAY

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indigestion. biliousness disaupea,
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Try them and you will be well satis
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
Woman Spy and Courier Dead.

Woman Spy and Courier Dead.
Mrs. Margaret Davis, a spy and cou-
rier under General Hancock during the
civil war, died recently at her home
in Williamsburg, N. Y. She was sew
enty years old. She Joined the army
when her husband, Henry b. Davis,
enlisted with the Irish volunteers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01

Get your pictures framed and up
nolsterings. done at Treland's
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
Falls Twenty-one Stories.

Chicago, May 1.--While Washington
street at Clark was thronged Johr
Wagner, a steel worker, slipped from
. girder and fell twenty-one stories
- the pavement, dying instankly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
Beware of for Catsrrh that Contain
Mercury

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01

The treasury of Panama, which was
depleted when Beiisario Porras as
sumed the presidency on Oct. 1. 1912,
now has more than $4,000 on hand.
according to a report recently made.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01

also includes e3t "side issues" each
one of which is guaranteed to make
everybody happy. The convention il
billed to close On Saturday morning,
June Z, at 4:16 "A. m, with a salute
OF 100 closing guns at sunrise"
Yankton-The city commissioner
this spring sold bonds to the value oil
$50. 900 TO the Harris Trust & Savings
company OF Chicago. The invoking oi
the referendum delayed matters, hat
finally matters were adjusted and the
bonds were sent in signed. The city
has now been notified the bonds have
been refused. The issue war for water
works improvement and this unlocked
for further delay will canse embarrass-
ment to the city, rs a great deal Of
material has already been shipped and
is arriving in the city.
Pierre-Immigration Commissioner
Deets has received a request from the
secretary of Berea college at Berea,
Kentucky, asking il it is possible to
place two hundred husky young Ken
tuckians oI farms in South Dakota for
the summer. Any inquiries in regard
to this farm help will be answered by
Commissioner Deets on application to
him at his Office in this city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01
CLASH OVER TARIFF BILL
Parties Of House Drawn Up in Battle
Array.

Washington, May Parties ant
divisions of the house were drawn
up In battle array for the first de
cisive clash OF the tariff battle. Seized
ule C, the iron and steel rates, was
the bone of contention. Undaunted
by previous futile efforts to amend
the measure the Republicans mar
shalled their forces for an assault up
on the proposed revision downward Of
duties on steel manufactures.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-01

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