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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-08

Ex-Governor John Lind of MinnesO-
ia, one of it's most popular residents, is
an excellent man to be sent to Mexico
to help in bringing order out of the
chaos now existing in that troubled
country. A diplomat of no mean pro-
portion himself, he is in accord with
the views and wishes of the admins
tration and will represent it faithfully
in a most difficult situation. Recent
developments appear to confirm the
virtue of President Wilson's policy to-
ward the nation to the south of us
and with Mr.. Linds advent in it's cap.
ital further improvement can be antic
ipated.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-08
ANOTHER FORWARD STEP.

Who but will say that the decision
Of the Wilson administration to ad
vance $4O,OO0.0O0 to $5O,OOO,OOO of the
federal funds to aid the banks of the
country to handle the fall crops, is an
other forward step in that new gov
ernmental regime whose beginning
was heralded March 4 last?
One Of the chief functions of govern
ment Is to promote the welfare of its
citizens and its own development
Heretofore the moving of this coun-
try's crops has always been burden,
owing to the inelasticity of our curren-
cy. and has demanded from the ma
tion's banks more than they could give
without crimping other industries and
endeavors. What should be more nat.
ural than that the government itself
should come to the country's assist.
ance. should afford that expansion OF
currency needed for the particular
time, so that it's other interests, its
other industries, should not be ham
pered?
A precedent whose Importance and
influence can hardly be reckoned was
established by this latest move of the
administration. Already its beneficial
effect is being noticed in the bank.
throughout the country, in the more
hopeful character general business i.
taking on and the general abandon
ment of the pessimistic outlook. Tht
people at large have gained further
confidence in the administration an(
once more we see that 1t is these peo
pie and not the special interests wht
are the chief regard of the Wilson ad
ministration.
Once the banks would have control
led the Observation-Disclosures they al
ways have-and would have exactet
their tribute not only fro mevery far
mer in the United States but every per
son who must depend to some exten
or another on credit to handle his bus
mess, but that control has been broker
by Democratic administration.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-08

In the course of campaign looking to
the placing of municipality owned pub.
lie utilities, like electric and water
plants, under the control of the public
service commission, as private plants
are, an investigation into the Seattle
municipal light plant has been con.
Quoted by Public Service, monthly
magazine published in Chicago. Dur
ing the last few weeks THE WASHING
TON STANDARD has received from this
magazine press notices of different as
poets Of the Seattle situation, not one
of them being favorable to the munich.
pally owned plant, all based, so the
magazine says, on it's investigations.
Heretofore THE WASHINGTON STAND
ARD has dumped these press notices
into the waste basket, but the follow.
ing clipping from Public Service sums
up the whole situation in such a man.
ner that it seems to be apropos:
1t is of particular interest to find
these conditions in Seattle, for here ia
one of the best opportunities in the
country to conduct successful munic.
1pal plant. There is abundant water
power. 1t is cheap. Part of the de.
velopment cost is met by the water de.
partment, which sells the water after
1t has been used to make electricity
1t has skilled men in charge of the
plant-men who are familiar with the
needs of the business and who are "a
pable of operating the plant econom
ically.
Yet what do we find? We find that
these men are handicapped on the one
hand by councilmen who see that 6.
cent electricity catches votes, even il
1t does not pay bills On the other
hand power and light users are de.
manding and getting special rates for
power. Then We see the plant trying
to make up this loss by making an ex.
aggerated charge for street lighting
and, through faulty and complicated
accounting, hiding further losses.
The excessive street lighting charges
In Seattle constitute the fy in her mu.
nicipal ointment. just as you will find
similar fly in the ointment of all
plants which boast of extraordinary
low rates. II costs so much money 10
run an electric plant Some body has
to pay. II the customers do not pay
their fair share. the taxpayers must
foot the bills. Many municipal plants
acknowledge a deficit and try 10 wine
II out. Seattle hides hers In her stree,
lighting account, which is merely DO
lite way of taking the taxpayers mon
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-08

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e Las q. H ken.
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,o u,'S'''+ NV -. go, ,h.v
avoid a deficit
But Nc vor~, "a ur" about the rate
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-08
COUNTY TO EXHIBIT
At YAKIMA FAIR
Chamber of Commerce Asks Farm
ers to Cooperate in Gather
ing Creditable Display.

Providing the Grange and farmers of
the county cooperate with the Cham
Der of Commerce as heartily as it is
believed they will, Thurston county
will go to the annual state fair at
North Yakima next fall with an ex-
hibit that will open the eyes of resi-.
dents of Eastern Washington and will
show all visitors that the assertions
of the fertility Of the soil in this Sec
ton are no idle boasts, but conserva.
tive statements of what actually is
grown here.
At their last meeting the trustees of
the Chamber decided to put on dis
play at the Yakima fair and the work
of making an exhibit is to be handled
by the Chamber in cooperation with
the new agricultural commission and
the district fruit inspector for Thur
ston county. If proper support is CIV
en- there is no reason why this county
in the state. Save your best for Yak
in the state. Save you best for Yak
ima," is the slogan.
The exploitation of agriculture on
the west side has been sadly neglected
and several of the counties on this side
of the mountains are going into the
state fair this year with view of
proving just what can be done along
these lines. People living in this Sec
ton and especially the farmers realize
that in Thurston county everything
can be grown that will flourish east of
the mountains, excepting possibly al
falfa, but the entire Northwest should
also know it and it is only by making
exhibits such as this that the fact can
be brought home to those living else
where.
The exhibits will include everything
that grows in Thurston county-even
oysters-while samples of soil will be
shown and special reports on different
conditions as found in Olympia and
Thurston county will be available for
those interested.
"Thurston county will not go into
the state fair at Yakima unless more
than creditable showing is made and
this is up to the farmers in every part
of the county," declares the secretary,
H. L. Whiting. Grasses and grains
of all kinds are needed as we'll as
fruits, clays, woods. or, in fact, every
thing that would possibly be of inter-
est to anyone else"
The Chamber is now collecting an
exhibit of fresh fruit for the Northern
Pacific railroad to be placed in its
Eastern city ticket Offices.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-08
ADVERTISING AND THE COZ \lRi
PAPER.

Gradually the country paper is COM
ing into its own. is coming to be rec
ognized in its true full value as fac
tor in its community and as an ex-
ceilent advertising medium. The
growth of foreign advertising is one
witness to this fact; the eternal pes
tering of the country editor by press
agents for free space for this scheme
and that, is another: but the best evil
dence of it lies in the opinions OF the
advertisers themselves, expression Of
which is more common now than it
used to be.
Take what c. E. Arney, Western i'm
migration agent for the Northern Pa
cific, recently said as an example. The
railroads are one of the biggest users
of the country newspaper for adver.
Using purposes; hence their officials
1re in a position to speak Of its value
Mr.. Arney said:
The weekly newspaper is a recog
nized power without parallel. The
people believe in the newspaper. They
will read everything in it and the fact
that q weekly records the everyday
happenings with which the prospective
settler is familiar. including items OF
everyday life, such as churches
schools, lodges, fairs, libraries, parks
theaters, socials. etc., gives its a value
that does not attach to any other form
Of legitimate advertising.
The average reader of a city news
paper glances through it hastily; the
farmer reads every line in his week
ly. Therein lies the difference between
the country newspapers influence, the
difference In its selling power.
The value of that selling power Ii
coming to be more highly appreciated
more In spite Of the country editor
than because of him. Too often Is h,
Inclined to run down" his newspaper
to cheaper 1t in the eyes of prospec
tive advertiser, to take what he cal
get for his advertising space rathe
than what 1t is worth. This attitude
however. is practically eliminates
throughout the East and is being rar
idly done away with in the West, an
with its passing comes a recognition
from the advertisers themselves of
higher value than many country ed
tors themselves had placed on it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-08
INTERESTING THE CHILDREN.

We fail to understand the mental
makeup. aspect, attributes, or what.
ever you call it of county superin.
tendent who attempts to suppress
what undoubtedly will come to be one
OF the most potent factors in the de.
velopment Of the agricultural re.
sources-the real wealth--of this
state: the children's industrial and ag
ricultural fairs. In all fairness 10
County Superintendent L. A. kibbe
we must say that We have been unable
TO obtain his views this week or his
reasons for his attitude. The columns
or THE WASHINGTON STANDARD will be
open &c him, however, at any time h.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-08
Special Reduction

Until August Is we offer you The
Woman's Magazine for one year and
any New Idea Pattern for 30 cents.
Think of it, reduction of SIS cents on
the regular subscription price of the
magazine and the pattern for half
price. The time is short so leave your
order today.
Next week we will inaugurate one of
the largest scent sales in Olympia's
history. This will include laces, neck
wear, etc.
WERTHEIMS VARIETY STORE
New Location, 500 +. Fourth st.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-08

Not a single case of typhoid fever
has been reported in Olympia during
the last seven years, according to a re-
port made to the city council Wednes-
day night by City Health Officer Robert
kincaid.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01

foot. Often this situstion is still fur
ther intensified by outside work added
to the days duties-work of washing
clothes OF foor se1ubbing in an Office
building. She is troubled and over
whelmed by the insistent duties lying
straight ahead Of her, and she has no
strength with which to cope with the
more hidden problems of the daughter 3
life. Those subtler matters are never
Voluntarily set before her to solve. be-
cause the girl is reticent of her per
plexites.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01
TEACHERS SALARIES IN NORTH
DAKOTA

The average annual salary pad to
]ublic school teachers IN the Unitai
States as whole is $4s5. L. ons state
TIL, average is only 5000 pee year. Tic
wages received by school teachc-s con,
stitute measure of two things: first
quality of ability of the teacher; Sec
ond, the value the community puts
upon the teachers services. The fact
that teachers wages are lower than
those paid for almost any other sort
of service means that as a nation we
are neither asking for nor getting a
high grade of service and as q nation
we PLACE q. low valuation on the teach.
ers work.
Statistics on file at the office of tho
North Dakota Development League
Press Bureau at Grand Forks show
that we stand thirty-second in the mat
ter of the number Of school teachers
employed. There are teaching in the
ruhlic schools Of this state 1887 mon
aE& women who receiv. total of $2,-
5o1 ,l02 annually. This is an average
of only $4,000 per teacher per year.
This state gets more value than that
from its teachers and it should pay
them more.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01
HOW FAR PLEDGES GO.

When Democratic member of Con-
gress supports feature Of the Sim
mons Underwood tariff bill, which Is
not to his personal liking and opposed
by his immediate constituency, his
plea is that he "is carrying out tho
party pledges This is undoubtedly
a fine spirit and we are moved to wish
it might be carried into other activl.
ties. For example:
The Democratic platform which Mr..
Bryan and others prepared for tho
Baltimore convention was very pro-
nounced in its advocacy Of the con-
tinuation and the promotion of the
beauties of civil service. Devotion TO
party pledges would, it would seem,
prompt these Democratic senators 10
some regard to civil service, but there
is no evidence of it. The Senate las
added to the pending tariff bill ;'ro-
vision for the employment of !aage
force Of agents inspectors, deputJ col
lectcrs and appraisers without COM
plying with the terms of the civil serv.
, ice law.
There is no excuse for this propcsa.
to recruit a large force outside the
provisions of the approved law. There
is no lack of eligibles on the ists Of
the civil service commission and what
ever force may be required ~ ad-
minister the new law could be secured
through lawful channels. The rcal
reason for the disregard for law can
be only the intention to throw the ar-
pointment of the hundreds of clerks
into partisan politics, a return of the
spoils system which the entire coautry
will deprecate.
This is beautiful proceeding on the
part Of the party which grandiloqueu:
ly declared in its last platform tat
, tn. civil service law ahould ca en-
! tclced "to the END rhat merit ard
ebility should be n. standard of AZ.
rcintment and prom ,.'cn, rather thar
f"!viee rendered to c>i,t;eal party. ,
Senators pledged - party platforms
s: nd make note If ;hIs.-St. j. all
npatch.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Following are the real estate trans
fers, as recorded in the Office Of the
register Of deeds.
Toilet Erickson and wife to A. ].
Mason, one-half interest in ne IA and
NV IA and lots ! and sec. 33-156.66.
". d. Consideration $500.
Frank Frye and wife to G. j. Kauf-
man, lots 90 and 80, Ruger's second
addition to City Of Devils Lake. Con-
tract. Consideration $1,000.
George Mikeljohn and wife to B. J..
Sullivan, sw IA sec. 33-15s-63. ". d.
Consideration $1,000.
John, Brown and wife to Adam
voltz, lots 8 and 9. block 157, Devils
Lake. Consideration $S25.
J. F. Henry and wife to L. ]. Wehe,
lots II and 70, block 8, Ruger's ad-
dition to Devils Lake. ". d. Con-
sideration $1,500.
Hendrina Hosper to Ambrose Kraft,
8. 1-2 ne. IA sec. 10-154.64. ". d. Con-
sideration 81.
]. NJ Kelly and wife to J. w. Bee
mer, lots and s, block 81, Stark.
weather. Consideration 81.
G. A. Dodge and wife to Clara Han
son, lots 13 and IA, block Is, Park
addition to Devils Lake. Considera
tion $3.50.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01

maintains the equation between the
two problems is the only proper meth
cd Of advertising business.
Steady advertising il the only in.
surance Of steady business, and BY, the
same token spasmodie advertising can.
not be expected to maintain level
volume Of business. The advertisement
of today that takes up the thread Of
yesterdays story and continues it on
to other days, is the advertising that
most surely spells profitable returns
Fargo Courier News.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01
THE BREAKDOWN.

Golfers: Once the virtue of women
was safeguarded by three great con-
trolls. These were the religious con-
troll, the family control, and the con-
troll by public opinion in a watchful
community. In he earlier times the
evening hours Of the girl were watched
over. When she went out it was a
friends house with an older woman
within call. When she made an out
ing, picnic, dance, threatre party.
i. was with group Of young persons,
all Of them known to each other. And
all the group were personally known
to the community in which they did
their merrymaking, so that social
control wrapped round each one of
them. No hour of recreation but was
passed within hail Of older, friendly
persons. That was the life Of the girl
in the American community in earlier
days. And now in the large cities
comes a sudden removal Of almost all
observation from the girls daily life.
Her evenings are her own, as never
before in history. She is free to go
out among strangers, to be introduced
by stranger, and so passed along to
whatever unknown predatory male
deems it worth his while to reach out
for her. She is free to wander into
the public dance halls, which are the
chief form Of recreation in the cities,
and spend five hours in dancing with
strangers till excitement, and possibly
also wine, have weakened her will.
And among those crowds Of pleasure
seekers not one person cares whether
she emerges innocent or tainted. And
on that night she is surrounded by the
vast secrecy of the city. Of the home
restraint we have the testimony, Of
many girls that they have grown
weary Parents state that the girl is
wild' and cannot be controlled. The
girl tells how, being tired of the home,
she came to the town and boarded. In
the anxious, toil-worn life Of the fam
lily, her situation is not searched and
analysed. Families are absorbed in tha
struggle for existenc. The father 3
wages have not kept pace with tho
steady increases in the cost of living,
but his family is larger every littls
while more costly, more Of burden
to his perplexed mind and aging body.
The mother is spent with childbearing
and the constant fret Of the meal get
ting and the younger children under
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01
THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC.

The doctrine of private property was
carried to such absurd lengths, especial
ly in England and the United States,
that if there had been any practicable
means Of sequestrating the atmosphere,
legislation long ago would have vested
title to the air in private owners. BY
Michigan law, ownership of the bank
of a navigable river carries title to the
bed Of the stream out to the middle
thread. Thus waterpower corporation
owning strip of land twenty-five
hundred feet long by hundred wide,
bordering the American side of st.
Mary's River, claimed in effect pro.
perty right in the river itself, and de-
manded three and a half million dol
lars compensation when Congress oust.
ed it in the interests of navigation.
The United States Supreme court in
a recent decision fully admits the pri-
vate owners technical title to the bod
Of the river, but refuses to allow any
damages whatever, because Congress
not only has absolute control over na7i
gable waters for the purposes Of navi.
cation. but is sole Judge Of what the
purposes Of navigation require. Thus
the private owners technical title to
the bed Of the stream is of no avail
when Congress declares that certain
things shall OF shall not be done in the
interests of navigation.
1t makes no difference whether the
interests of navigation actually require
what Congress says they do or not.
Congress is the sole Judge and the
courts cannot interfere. The private
owner, with his technical title to the
riverbed, is in the position Of one who
holds the deed to q lot but has no
voice whatever in it's disposition.
The decision strengthens the govern.
ment in it's effort to control water
powers. It also illustrates the growing
opinion that the public-as well az
private individuals-may have proper.
ty rights.-saturday Evening Post.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01
sPAsMoD1U ADVERTISING

The man who seeks business today
must of necessity be consistent in his
methods of securing it; his advertising
must conform to his genera, Store
methods and one Of the prime essen
tials is that he shall advertise with
regularity that his patrons may under.
stand his advertising to be intended
for their convenience az we'll a. his
own profit.
One Of the first principles Of adver-
tising is that it suggest action and no
merchant wants spasmodic action on
the part Of his patrons. He does ).
want to maintain large sales force
for the sake Of oae days business; !;
nor does he wish to n4ajutain a force
too small to properly conduct his bust
ness. That advertising plan which
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01
CHANGING. WORLD MAP
Scientists are preparing to make

Scientists are preparing to make
new map Of the whole world, con-
ference at Paris for this purpose hav-
ing been suggested at the meeting of
the international geographical congress
l.eld last April in Rome. The scale
:o- such map would be one inch for
tacl million inches of the earth 8 sur
fac, A universal geography woult
he 8 complement to this world map
and would be the official delineatiol OF
tie earth surface SO far as present
knowledge was concerned.
Within the last two decades the
surface of the earth has been more
extendedly plated. Artic and ant
arric expeditions have increased thu
total of knowledge, one expedition
claiming to have actually reached the
south pole, and two the north pole.
Maps Of Europe, Asia, Africa and
america have undergone changes OF
toundry lines and have also bacome
more accurate by reason of addition
al I'M .mation as to the interior, not
;.Llv Of Africa and South Amc;:l. =,
G;'.,l. the maps in textbooks have un-
dcrrne many changes in the las: few
ycr:s. made necessary by conquest and
&;>ccv.ry.
But even with the advances which
have been made in knowledge Of the
earth IS surface there yet remain vast
tracts of unexplored territory, chiefly
in the polar regions, which are seal
Cd book. Two expeditions have been
planned this summer for the explora.
tion Of ihc Artics, the Stefanson ard
ar,:!'cr headed by Prof. Dona'l T.
Mcmillan.
The latter, which has already start
ed, intends to reach the coast line of
Crocker land, and, if possible, will
penetrate the regions of the far north,
the mountain tops of which Perry de-
scribed as appearing across the polar
sea in his expedition in 1906.
The Stefanson expedition, which
only awaits the leaders word to leave
Nome, Alaska, would explore the great
unknown area north of Alaska and
Behring Strait, known as the Beau
| fort sea The eader believes that pos
sibly half million square miles OF
land are in the unknown territory.
either in one piece or in group Of
islands. Captain Amundsen, who IS
ACT credited with the discovery of the
south pole, is at the head of another
Arctic expedition projected for purely
scientific purposes.
In the Antartic circle hugh areas are
| utterly blank on the maps, with many
thousands of miles of missing coast
| line.
Unless perchance aerial navigation
in the polar regions comes to the res.
cue, generations must pass before a
territory comprising perhaps one
fourth of the EARTH IS surface, can be
charted with any degree of accuracy
From all indications the map maker 3
task will not be completed for very
long time if ever, unless science should
t>,;e short cut on the problem.-Ex
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01

Don't throw away your old clothes
and shoes. When tired Of wearing then
bring them TO me. I bny and sea1 see-
ond hand clothing and shoes and caa
make use Of anything You cant Ne
and pay cash for same. Tho 0ooA
Luck Store, 41S e. 4tA street.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-08-01
WEATHER FOR
THE WEEK.

According to the report of Local
Observer, NJ. R. Hovde, the week end
ing Thursday, July 81, gave us four
days Of sunshine, two Of clouds and
one partly cloudy. The maximum tenn
perature, for the week was 95, on
Tuesday. and the minimum was 4S on
Monday. Of precipitation there was
amost none, only .0l being recorded.