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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-02

Cairo. Ill, April News that the
Big Four leV"e in the drainage dis
trict north of Cairo had gone ont
shortly before 6 o'clock brought no
alarm here, hut great anxiety is felt
over the fate of the levees which pro-
tect the city proper when the crest
of the Ohio river flood reaches the
city.
The opening of the Big Four cm-
bankment Is about IL feet wide aud
the drainage district certainly Will
fill to a depth of from 10 to 20 feet
The drainage district comprises about
1000 acres in which are situated many
big manufacturing. mail order, and
lumber distributing plants The tori
tory was flooded last year with n loss
of about $TO00,000. The loss by tho
present flood, it is said. will not en-
coed ST 900, 900.
At the time of the former flood,
Future City, with a negro population
of 1900 was inundated Many of the
houses there have been unoccupicd
since that time and those who con-
tinued to live IN the district had am
pie warning. 1T required "a hours for
the flocd waters to fill the district
last year through a break 500 feet
wide and it is estimated that the dis
trict will not fill mp for more than
two days, If the present break is not
Widened
The time when the flood crest will
reach Cairo has not been definitely
determined. Tho river gauge showed
a stage of 53.S feet at T o'clock to-
night with the water still rising.
A Weak Spot.
weak spot was found just above
Eighteenth street late this afternoon
by District Superintendent Moore of
the Mobile & Ohio railroad A troop
train and six other trains were held
UP for more than an hour while the
place was bolstcrcd with sandbags.
Many carloads of sand have been
used today to strengthen the cmbanIl-
mcntS, and it is believed the Icyec in
the business district is about as Sc
cure as it can be made.
The city virtually is under military
rule tonight.
Soldiers are patroling the streets
and requiring all negro men who ap~
pear to have nothing to do to give
satisfactory accounts of themselves
All trains into cairo with the eX-
ception Of work trains were cut off
tonight at the request of ID. +. I4anS-
den of the railroad committees The
tracks run along the levee and the
reason given for the request was that
all possible space is needed for work
men.
United States Senator James II.
Lewis wired from Chicago he was
starting to Springfield to take up
with Governor Dunno the question of
II request to the president to send
more government boats now stationed
in the Mississippi river TO this place.
At 10 o'clock tonight the gauge reg
istered 53.9 feet.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-02

City Is Virtually Under Military Rule and Unemployed
Negroes Are Put to Work-River Boats Are Believed
to Be Sufficient to Care for People Remaining in
the Town - Shawneetown Is Under Water
Owing to Dynamiting of South Levee
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-02

commander McMnnn of the Illinois
naval reserves. who has made an in
Speetion of river boats, believes that
the boats can cara for about G,0oo
persons 1t is estimated that those
left in this city do not exceed this
number.
Many Refugees.
With the flood waters of the Ohio
close to the 5i-foot stage colone,
| NoriarttN, in command of the Illinois
state troops here took steps tonight
to protect the lives of women and
children still remaining in Cairo. Suf-
l1cient river steamers have been as
Semhlcd to care for all of them. it is
believed Many tranloads of refugees
already have left and many have been
taken to Wycl<iff. Ky, on steamers.
Those who remain either are poor
people, unable to purchase tickets to
points Of safety, or old residents who
nave confidence in the stability of the
lcvces.
hundreds of bags Of sand have been
placed on top of the concrete wall
Which stands on the levee's edge, three
feet above street levels This wall
surmonnts the lcvce in front of the
business section. North of the busi-
ness section where there is no con-
crete WALL bags of sand have been
piled on top of the levee
reports were received today of
breaks in the small Diefield, Drink
water, Russell and Birdpoint leveps
below here, hut no serious damage was
reported.
All saloons were closed here today
and the majority Of stores removed
their goods from the ground floors.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-02
More Bodies Found.

Columbus, Ohio, April 1.---Efforts
failed today to penetrate the debris
piled in the west side. where it is be-
lieved the bodies of many persons,
missing since the flood Of March %,
will be recovered. Eight more bodies
passed through the morgues today,
running the total of dead in that
section up to II. In addition to this
number was the body Of James NJ.
kearney, a merchant, who was
drowned several months ago and which
was found lodged in tree when
the waters receded.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-02

ON Board Secretary Garrison's Spe-
rial Flood Relief Train, Knoxville.
Ienih, April Secretary Garrison of
the war department. who passed
through this city tonight on route to
Washington, returning from his visit
to the Ohio flood district, sent an
identical message to the governors of
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-02
DAYTON IS STRICKEN
AND WILL NEED
ASSISTANCE
JOHN n. PATTERSON DECLARES
ACTION BY CONGRESS WOULD
BE APPROPRIATE.

Dayton, Ohio, April 1.--"Dayton is
facing one of the gravest problems
that any city of the world ever has
faced, and we want the people of the
world to know we need money and
food for our stricken people," said
Jchn II. Patterson, president of the
relief committee, tonight after he re-
turned in company with H. T. Talbot,
chief engineer, from a tour of portions
of Dayton swept by the flood last
week.
Speaking of provisional plan to
ask the federal government for a loan
of from $20,000,000 to $4,000, 900 to
be used in reconstruction work, Mr..
Patterson said:
AT Il meeting of bankers and Off
cials Of the building associations to-
night it was decided to make an ap-
peal for federal aid. The banks and
building associations have 100000 900
worth of assets they will put up as
collateral. 1t may be deemed advis-
able to ask the government to give
us some pecuniary assistance. We
feel that the disaster is an emergency
winch would justify extraordinary
action on the part of congress-"
Since Sunday more than $3.50 900 in
cash has been received from banks in
Cincinnati to replace damaged money
in local banks, which will remain
closed until April s.
In response to a telegram from
Governor Cox, Mr. Patterson will go
to Columbus tomorrow to confer with
Miss Mabel Boardman of the Ameri-
can Red Cross and the governor
Immense Property Loss.
Mr. Talbot estimated tonight that
the property loss in Montgomery
county would reach at least $3.50
100000. He declared that one COM
pany alone had lost half u million dol
lars.
Although several carloads of pro-
Visions were received today, officials
in charge of relief work said that the
food situation was a matter of grave
concern. More refugees have applied
for assistance.
We must have ratiOns for more
than 100000 people for an indefinite e
period Mr.. Patterson declared
-Four bodies were taken from the
debris by Workmen today, bringing
the total number of bodies recovered
up to 129, according to the coroner's s
estimate.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-02

settlement of their participation in tho
ottoman debt and in the financial
charges Of the districts to be handt d
over To them. Turkey is to be asked
to take part in the labors of this com
mlssion,
The great powers declare at the
same time that as soon as the bases
are accepted hostilties shall cease"
on March % Bulgaria gave notice
OF acceptance of the offer of media
ton but persisted in her demand for
"a war indemnity and proposed to sub-
Stitute a frontier line from Midia. on
the Black Sea to the Gulf of Saros at
the top of the peninsula of G;allipoli.
The European ambassadors in Lon
don have been considering the situa-
ton since that time, but have not
reached any definite conclusions. The
fall of the fortress of Adrianople is
considered likely to have some influ-
ence on future negotiations.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-02
ALL TRAINS ENTERING CAIRO
ARE CUT OFF UPON REQUEST

Only Work Trains Permitted to Go Into the
City---Thousands of Persons Have Left the
City---Others Frantically Pile Sandbags
Along the Levees to Be Ready for the
Crest of the Flood.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-02
Stands Firm.

Stands Firm.
Cettinie, April 1.-Montenegro has
answered the latest demand of the
powers regarding the withdrawal of
civilians from Scutari by stating that
army headquarters has refused for
military reasons to permit the trans
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THE WEATHER

Today-Fair.
TomorroW-Cloudy; warmer.
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Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-19
Southern Cotton World Asset.

The cotton of the south feeds two thirds of the spindles of the world. 1t is the most important single crop grown on earth. It is more closely in terwoven with all the financial and in dlIstrial interests of mankind than any other one crrp. The deVopment ot the cotton growing industry of the south during the first half of the last century was the greatest business achievement cf that period. It had required as much energy and higher order of business ability than the ere ation during the same time of the manufa curing interests of the country. Moreover, it represented more capital ther1<than the entire manufacturing business of the United States. The southern planter, whose executive ability whose knowledge of the soil, whose management of men enabled him 10 create q world-rounded agri- cultural industry all of it's foodstuffs and made cotton largely a by-product crop, worked out a scheme of agri- culture which made the farming inter
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Names That Cheer

Between Jacques Aa. the first name Tn the New York City Directory of 1911, and Marie Zysman the last. there were many oddities, some of which were compiled by the editor of tne w orld Almanac. With the excep- ton of February, September. October
 anG December, every month in the
 calendar has living exampIar Mary
 May is the prettiest. The trail of the
 money trust appears in Minnie Cash
 James Check, Andrew J. Million
 Charles Money, William Penny. Bound
 10 glory are Marie Angel, Elias Apos-
 tIes Thomas Heaven. Charles F. Par
 adIse and Oscar R. Saint.
 The weather is always with us as witness William J. Breeze, Agnes D. Cloud, J. Harvie Dew, John F. Frost. Harry F. Mist, Elbridge C. Snow, John R. Rainbow. Molly Warm and A. Wind The loveliest names are Lucy Darling, Blanche Fair, Rosa Hug, Pauline Kiss, May Lovely, Mary Love less, Sarah %Birdy, Matilda Pretty. Mary Sweet. By way of cheer We find Beer Brandy, Ginn, Lager Port Hickey, Sherry Wines and Wurzberg- CT. Naturally, too, we discover Frank Drunke, and the following weird zoo logical collection: Constance Bird, Frank Falcon, Julius Fowl Alfred B. Goldfinch, Irene Heron, David Lark, Martin J. Loon, Richard b Parrot. w J. Pigeon, Edward Swallow. Helen, M ". Swan, Joseph Elefant A. Fox, Fred Goat. Robert M. Kid. Ada F. Lamb A. Lion, A. Lyon, Benjamin Mule, Sol Tiger. A. Wolf. Fred Bee, Axel Moth, A. Roach, Joseph Wasp. Anna Worm. -TIarper'S Weekly
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A Great Australian Dam.

An Australian correspondent has described the new Burrinjuck Dam in New South Wales, the largest dam in the world-second only to the As souan Dam; and although not yet fin 1shed, it has already come into use. It is set between two granite noun ta1ns that rise from opposite sides of the Murrumbidgee River Forty five miles of the river are held back by thlS great wall in the neck of a gorge, and when the dam has risen to it's fuls height of two hundred and forty feet the enclosed lake will be half as large again as sydney Harbor. Two hundred miles further down the river
 at Berembed another great work is contemplated. When the combined system is complete between five and six million acres will be served. Vast tracts of the so- called barren land Of Australia could be made to blossom if irrigation were as scientific in some American States. immigra ton and irrigation" is the motto for Australia. The director of Australian immi gra- tion announces that irrigated farms are now available for farmers in the Murrumbdgee Valley. irrigated by the Burrinjuck Dam. The new South Wales Government will give assistance in house building, fencing, grading
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 idea that nothing can be of any ser vice to them on their own farms ex- cept what they themselves learn from their own experiences? As I quoted some of them saying, in my talk two weeks ago7
 Different men have differing apti-, tudes and capacities. One man can dig a ditch who could not make watch to save his neck. Another man can predict an eclipse to the fraction of a second, who couldn't milk COW, if he were starving. One man can ob serve facts. but can't make head nor tail of 'em. while another can dove tail them ,together. so that they make a connected and intelligible story. E Shall I, then, who can perhaps dig ditches, refuse the aid of the watch maker to repair my watch? Perhaps 1 can build barn shall 1 then refuse to believe the man who predicts an eclipse,-even when the eclipse comes along on schedule time2 Or it may be that I cam observe facts. dozens and hundreds of them. Shall l refuse to accept the natural law which some differently constituted mind has been able to discover by patient detective work among the heaps of observations made by me and others?
 it's fine thing to be outstanding and independent
 But, seems to me. it's dunn foolish thing to stand up so straight as to fall over backward!
 THE FARMER.
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time my face got so full of pimples and they itched so much was ashamed to go out on the street.
 *'When bathed they became infiamed. I treated for them but instead of getting better I became worse. and by this time my disease became so bad that I could not sleep or eat Finally when I began to despair of getting better a friend told me to try Cuticura Soap and Ointment. l sent for samples and used them. I took a hot bath. using Cuticura Soap, and then applied the Cuticuira Ointment to the affected parts before going to bed. When I woke up the next morning the itching had stopped. Within three weeks | had no sign of pfmpie. was entirely cured. (Signed) E. Marks, Dec Is. 1911.
 Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are sold throughout the world Liberal sample of each mailed free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad- dress postcard 'Cuticura, Dept. T: Boston
 1FTender-faeed men should use Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick, 25c. Sample fires.
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A REVELATION ABOUT DAIRYINc IN ILLINOIS

(Written Specially for The Bulletin.)
 The University of Illinois made a dairy survey" of BIT dairy farms in Kane County, ILL. last season. Please don't think that this meant an irrup- tion by a lot of callow college boys with a bunch of insane and silly ques- tons. It was undertaken by the University's trained dairy experts, men who not only study the theory of cows and cream but also milk the cows and churn the cream and know where theory and fact sometimes col Hde- The figures were gathered with the most fnieal care, so as to show to the last fraction of a cent all the income and all the Outgo. Interest on the investment and fair percentage for depreciation were included among the expenses The investigators had the fullest help from each one of the 317 dairynen who were under examl- nation Altogether, the result may be taken as pretty close to an exact statement of the net earnings of those 317 dairies out in Illinois
 The farms were all c- them either 16o or 24o- acre farms; l. e. they were either quarter sections" or quarter sections with an extra eighty add ed Of course they differed more or less. But, as they were all within the narrow limits of a single county, there couldn't have been any wide difference in climate or weather conditions, or in the sorts of forage which could be grown No two farms anywhere are exactly alike, whether they lie hun dreds of miles apart or touch at two corners. But this Kane County bunch couldn't have had any fundamental differences. They were about near alike as observers would be likely to find anywhere. Anyway we. at this distance, are not so much interested in the sort of farms they were as in what respective farmers did with them.
 Of the 317 dairyrnen studied one made $5.eo2 a year clear profit, after all expenses, including interest and depreciation, had been deducted from his gross income.
 That was pretty good, eh?
 And one actually lost S1,716 a year, after every possible receipt from milk and butter and cheese and cream and skim milk and calves had been care fully added up.
 Which was certainly a pretty bad l showing.
 This last man was having to put 1 S1,716 year, earned from other farm 1 sources into the discard to support his | herd of COWS. The difference between 1 his business and that of the best i dairyman aggregated S7.31S,-adding l the profit of ore to the loss of the i other.
 Now, these two farms were not greatly dissimiIar, either in point or size or soil character, other condi tions. If the stock was dissimilar, that was the result of the two owners management. One had practically the same chance as the other to grade up his herd,-or to let it run down.
 In fact, the statement from the whole BY dairfes is ilIumating sermon on the results of farm management | In all the lot three farmers netted s5,000 or over; four $4000 or over:
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-19

The week now ending has been designated as clean city week in New London and there has been general co- operation with gratifying results But the good work is to continue the coming week as many were prevented from getting into the cleanup game by reason of the heavy rains of the first three days of the week. As whole the weather was not advantageous for a really frst-class cleanup week as Tn many premises some of the back yards were flooded and not in condition to plant the trees and shrubs furnished free by the Municipal Art society or to plant the seeds presented by Con- gfessnan Mahan. It was not a nttin 9. tune to have the accumulation of the winters ashes taken from the cellars or do many other things to carry the plan to complication.
 It is good work commenced and will have tendency to make the work permanent.
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ests of the south prior to 1860 yield probably a larger profit than the farming interests of any other region of this or any other land ever made iE proportion to the people em mployed- The South: The Nations GreatesL Asset. .',-Ma anufacturer,s Record.
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For Burns, Bruises and Sores.

The quickest and surest cure for burns, bruises, boils. sores, inf1amma- ton and all skin diseases is Bucklen's Arnica Salve. In four days it cured l H. Haf1in of Iredell, Tex, of sore on his ankle which pained him so he could hardly walk. Should be. in ev- cry house. Only 25c. Recommended by Lee & Osgood Co. .
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I eight s3,000 or over: twenty $2,000 ol over: eighty S1 1000 or over, and a hun dred and tweEty-six $500 or over. or the other side twenty nine were losing $500 a year or over: ten were losing s1 1000 a year or over, and two were losing more than $500 a year each The other thirty-fiVe were just in the doldrums,-neither making or losing enough to be worth mentioning
 Now, if man has an ample income from other sources and is keeping 8 herd of cows as pets,-play things tC amuse his leisure, it is nobodys busi- ness whether he makes 5000 from them or blows in s1,700 on them.
 But if he depends for his income or his farm it -poor-farming to spend s1,700 a year more on any one branch of the farm than that branch brings in.
 1t was way back in the m iddle of the last century that Liebig wrote: "Agri- culture is, of all industries, the richest in facts. and the poorest in their com prehenSion." Ever since Adam delVed learning facts about the soil and about crops, etc. If every fact known by every farmer m the world were repre- sented by small pebble and the peb- bles all piled up in a heap, they would overtop Lantern Hill. Also, they would then be about what they know are, d gravel bank of uselessness. As Lie big went on to say Facts are like loose grains of sand: principles are these same facts cemented into rock"
 In the ast hundred years, sincere and laborious attempts have been made and are now making to cement togeth- CT into principles the agglomerated graVel-bank of separate facts discov- cred by farmers in their farming. Let us admit, frankly, that some of these attempts have been failures: that some have been made by cranks who have brought forth nothing but cranlliness from their labors. The truth remains that great many principles have been built out of the scattered facts: prin- ciples which can logically be proven 10 explain and coordinate the seemingly unrelated facts.
 One would think that every farmer would be eager to welcome the help which he might derive from informa- tion about the big, worldwide princi- pies which underIy his business
 Right there is where one of the oueernesses of human nature" comes in. There seem to be considerable percentage of working farmers who simply won't accept any discovery they don't themselvs make: who won't admit any knowledge which jumps their line fences from some neighbours field: who would rather scrimp and starve in the shadow of their own hat-brims than grow and thrive in the universal sunshine which lights the whole big world.
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my hand became full of piTnples. They came in blotches, about a half dozen together. When they first appeared they were red and inf1amed and itched very much. I scratched them so they. bled and then they developed into sores. The disease spread to my other hand and face At nne
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dai1ying. They had learned the laws of milk and cream production, and then they had applied those laws to each particular ,bossys peculiar and individual makeup.
 Those who lost money were, almost invariably, farmers who stuck to the old rule of thumb:'' who sneered at -.book- -farminG;' who, like Old Josh of the story. '.diGn't never believe nothin' that nobody ever told 'em.
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Not Progressive.

It's all up with the Cubists and Futurists. Colonel Roosevelt writes of them in the Outlook as a luna tic fringe" This shows that they are not. so progressive as they thought or else that he isn't.-New York Post.
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Those dairymen out in Illinois who made money from their herds were
 almost without exception, men who not only knew their own cows and their own pastures but also had studied everything they could get hold of about the world wide principles of
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Stirring Up Trouble.

It is said that the president has shown a disposition to mix in the suf- frage question. He had better be care- full. There are worse things which cost far less nnoyance.-Boston Adver- tiSer.