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Evening star., 1913-04-09
RAINS ADD PERIL
T0FL0OD WATERS
Heavy Downpour Throughout
the Mississippi Basin,
With High Wind.
LEVEES STILL HOLDING.
BUT FIGHT is HARD ONE
Memphis May Be Left in Darkness.
Situation at Hickman, KY.
Reported Serious.

! MEMPHIS. Tenn April 9-Rains
throughout the Mississippi basin to-
day added to the menace of the flood
situation a heavy downpour. accom-
panied by strong winds. threatened
stretches of Ievees where the fight had
been hardest but today's reports indi-
Gated all the dikes were holding.
| The weather disturbance will prolone
and probably increase the food. be-
cause all the tributaries of the Missis-
! sippi will be called upon to carry off
| a large surplus of water The gauge
| here stood at 46 feet at o'clock to-
day. a rise of 40 of foot in twenty
| four hours.
Hickman Situation Serious.
At Hickman, Ky, the situation to-
day was reported unusually serious.
The Reelfoot levee has developed sew
eral bad spots.
| The break at Graves bayou, south OF
Memphis, was reported to be about
1000 feet wide today. with water
| pouring through the crevasse at a
! terrific rate
In Memphis the flooded area. resulting
from the backWater. was largely in
creased by the nights heavy rains. A
serious hole developed in the levee pro-
tecting the city gas plant, and it was
stated that the plant probably would be
shut down before night. This would
seriously inconvenience thousands of
families
Refugees continue to reach the city in
increasing numbers from flooded districts
in Arkansas.
Slight Fall at Cairo.
CAIRO, Ill, April 9.-The Ohio river
today had fallen one-tenth of an inch
since yesterday morning and registered
546 feet. Should heavy rains continue
over the Mississippi and Ohio watersheds.
it is feared conditions here again will be-
come critical. AS it is extreme vigilance
still is exercised.
A great body of water is pouring
through the gap in the Drinkwater levee
and it is thought that it may cut a new
channel for the Mississippi river. Ensi-
neers say that Cairo escaped inundation
solely because the waters of the Ohio
passed through Cache creek into the
Mississippi above Cairo.
AdJt Gen. Dickson, on his trip up the
Ohio today will be accompanied by DR..
Craw of the Illinois state board of
health. Gen. Dickson has been informed
that many refugees at various points up
the Ohio are in need of food.
Tour of Flood District.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, April 9.-Gov Cox,
members of the Ohio flood relief COM
mittee and representatives of the Red
Cross Society left here today on a spe-
cial train to visit fiood-stricken cities and
towns in the Ohio river and Muskingum
valleys. Marietta, Pomeroy, Portsmouth,
GAINESVILLE and other points are included
in the itinerary. +. The party will return to
Columbus tomorrow evening.
A. P. Sandles, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, does not agree with
officials of the Wooster experiment sta
ton that Ohio wheat has been ruined by
the floods. Reports that he has received.
so far, indicate. Mr.. Sandles says that
only slight damage to the growing crop
has been shown.
Evening star., 1913-04-09
NEW j. S. BUREAU FOR
FARM-L|FE PROBLEMS
Rural Organization Service
Will Help Advance Interests
of the Producers.

What amounts to the formation of a
new bureau in the Department of Agri-
culture and one that will closely touch
various branches of farm life has been
launched by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston. 1t is called the rural organiza-
ton service. DR.. T. n. Carver of Har-
ward has been selected as the head. The
work grew out of the appropriat ton by
Congress at the last session of $4,000 for
division of markets. This plan has been
elaborated in the new bureau so as to in
clude not only marketing, but most Of the
other problems affecting country life. In
speaking of the proposed work Secretary
Houston said:
Heretofore the Department of Agri-
culture and other agencies charged with
the advancement OF agriculture have
given primary attention to problems of
production. The time is at hand to give
attention to rural organization. This prob
lem is exceedingly complex. Any effort
i'm the direction of attacking it must be
along simple lines. Obviously one of the
first things to do is to consider and weigh
existing organizations, enterprises and
activities with view of determining just
how they are working and just what their
effect is on rural communities.
Next, it would seem proper to profit
by the knowledge thus gained. and to
take such steps as may be necessary to
encourage and to bring into active CO.
opera ton organizations that will be help
full in advancing rural life 1t will not
only be necessary to encourage such or
ganizations and activities through propa
ganda work. but it will be further neces-
sary to emphasize their value through
demonstrations in different sections Of
the country.
Will Study Marketing of Produce.
THE Department of Agriculture and
some Of the states have already develop
ed important work in this field. and it
will be the object of the rural organize
ton service. operating through the de-
oartment to secure the cooperation of
all these agencies. The Depa rtment of
Agriculture is now charged specifically
with the problem of studying the mar
keting of farm produce. Congress at its
last session appropriated the sum of $J0,-
900 to enable the Secretary of Agricul
ture to acquire and to dffuse among
the people of the United States useful
information on subjects connected with
the marketing and distributing of farm
products. Preliminary steps have been
taken to carry out the intention Of Con-
gress, and plan of organization is be-
ing perfected in connection with the
marketing work.
1T is evident. however. that marketing
ia only one aspect of the great prob
lem of rural organization confronting
the nation. In the interest of economy
other phases should be considered at the
same time. The general education board
which for several years has sought ave-
| nues for useful service to the people of
the whole nation and has co-operated
with the Department of Agriculture in
/ the support of it's farm demonstration
work, has expressed willingness to ex-
tend it's cooperation with the depart
Evening star., 1913-04-09
FARM LIFE CONDITIONS
THEME Of SPEAKERS
Railroad and College Men Talk
at National Conference on
Marketing in Chicago.

CHICAGO, April 9.-Railroad and col
lege men We're the principal speakers in
the second days session of the first ma
tional conference on marketing and farm
credits. which is being held here.
+. f. Ycakum of New York city, chair
man of the board of directors of the
Frisco lines, was not present. but his ad-
dress was read. President Harry Pratt
Judson of the University of Chicago, G.
w. Thompson of Minneapolis, director of
the bureau of economic research of the
University of Minnesota. and Represent
ative Hatton w Summers of Texas were
among the more prominent men on the
program.
Referring to relations of the govern
ment, agriculture and the railroads and
their bearing on better marketing Mr.
Yoakum declared in his communicate ed
address:
laid the foundation which has made this
the greatest and most powerful nation
of the world. Since 1905 our population
has increased 16 per cent. The value of
, farm products was 81 per cent more in
1912 than in 1903, while railroad construc-
tion was 10 per cent less.
! There are now not more than l00t
miles of new railroad under construction
! 1t would require the construction of 165
coo miles of additional railroad to furnish
the same transportation facilities west oi
| the Mississippi river that there are eas
of 1t, on the basis of area. That great
| area of rich country cannot grow as il
should on leo miles per annum of new
| ly built railroads.
Millions Lost to Farmers.
/ The speaker gave figures which showed
that S35.0oi,0O0 worth of fruit and vege
tables rot in the field every year; $50
0;}e.000 loss from corn stalks, rice, fla,
and other grain, straw burned in tn,
j field. and S1,500.000.O O0o additional whicl
| the farmers could receive If by co-opera
| tion they knew when and where TO sci
their products to the best advantage
Evening star., 1913-04-09
That Made Milwaukee famous
ment in this problem of rural organiza-
tion service. This offer of further CO.
operation has been accepted.
Economic Expert Secured.

'The Secretary of Agriculture has
sought and secured the services of DR..
T. n. Carver, professor of economics in
Harvard University, as director of this
work, and the president of Harvard
University has granted DR.. Carver in
definite leave of absence for the purpose.
DR.. Carver has. for many years. been
deeply interested in rural life, and has
been a pioneer in the study of rural
economic problems. He has written one
Of the most useful books on the subject
of rural economics and has devoted a
considerable part of his time as teach
er in Harvard University to courses In
rural economics.
1T is believed that the important work
of investigation. experiment and demon
stration now conducted by the Depart
ment of Agriculture and by many of the
state colleges and experiment stations
will very properly fit into the scheme
here outlined. The department, as al
ready indicated, has been conducting
work for many years along special lines.
The rural organization service will CO.
ordinate and crystallize these results and
apply them in community effort for the
advancement of agriculture.
Evening star., 1913-04-09

II you want work read the want col
umns of The Star.
Evening star., 1913-04-09
NEW SYSTEM FOR DISTRICT
Cost Keeping and Property Account
ing Committees Named.

A new system of cost keeping and
property accounting is to be devised fo,
the District of Columbia government
The Commissioners today appointed
committees to formulate methods fcl
the adoption of such a system.
w. A. Mcfarland superintendent ot
the water department; ID. e. 'McCombs
engineer of bridges, and J.. W. Paxton
superintendent of the street cleanins
department. compose the committee oil
cost keeping. while that on property ac
counting is made up of .Alonzo Tweedale
auditor; W. A. Mcfarland and NJ c
Hargrove, purchasing officers.
Evening star., 1913-04-09
Not Becoming
For Youth
nsishtly Gray and Faded

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ural -to'orcd hair full of life and beauty
keep yourself Young looking and fascinating
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notice change after one or two applications
how quickly the gray hairs vsnish-hoy
glossy, fun of life AMI vitality Hays Hair
Health will keep your hair.
Don't waste time. se; a bottle today. Your
druggis, is selling Hays Hair Health
than all others. because ne knows it's the
must satisfactory. the incest and cleanest to
use and really does restore cnlor To gray hair.
For sale and recommcn nici by Peoples
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Evening star., 1913-04-09
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED IT THE
bureau of supplies and accounts. Navy Depart
ment, Washington. ID. c., until 10 O'Clock a In.
April ID 1913. and publicly opened imnedia tely
thereafter. to furnish at the navy yard Washing
brass, gun cotton s-cloth. steel ruies sheet
steel Applications for proposals should refer to
Schedule 5312. Blank proposals will be furnished
upon application TO the bureau. f. j. COWIE.
Paymaster General, L. S. y. 3-31-13
aD2 law. .2t
Evening star., 1913-04-09
Hawaii Expects Statehood.

y resolution passed by the Hawaiian
territorial legislature asking Congress to
make the conditions and fix the date for
the adoption of a constitution and the
admission of the islands a state was
laid before the Senate yesterday after
-ioon bv the Vice President. This was
hc first intimation received by senators
'hat Hawaii was expecting statehood
rom the democrats.
Evening star., 1913-04-09
Eide1itV STORAGE Co..

1920 ST NV. PHONE y. 340l
Floor coverings. furs etc. protected from dam
age by MOTHS. FAMILY CHEST large enough
for entire family. the of which we furnish
free. This protection costs about one-third the
regular rate for single garments. Electric
vacuum carpet cleaner. Burglarproof vaults for
household silver. 1000 rooms for household
goods from Sc."3 up to one large enough 10
hold the contei is Of hotel. Open storage. any
space desiret.. Only warehouse in the world
mantaine" free Of rats. moth and vermn- Our
representative will be pleased TO call.
Evening star., 1913-04-09
bringing the total loss up to 81 ,7s5 ooo, 900

bringing the total loss up to 81, 49,, ,OOO 600
President Judson presided at the dis
cussion and luncheon hour, while the sub
Ject Why Is the Farmer Not Effectively
organized. was discussed. An address
by Arthur Capper, editor of a farm paper
or Topeka, Kan, was read. J. f. Page
Arkansas, discussed the subject from
various standpoints
What May Be Expected From the Fed
eral Government was the subject tn ne
taken up today by w J. Spillman. special
representative of David f.. Houston
Washington. ID. c., Secretary of the De
partment of Agriculture.
Proposed Bureau of Markets.
One of the main purposes of the con
ference is to seek the creation of a bll-
reau of markets of the United States
government with appropriations sufficient
for the work and carrying with IT a
member of the Presidents cabinet An
other purpose is the organization of the
fruit growers of the middle west into a
selling agency and of agricultural edi-
tors to champion the marketing plan and
TO conduct campaign of educat ation
among farmers and consumers
Harry A. Wheeler, president of the AS
ISOLATED Chambers of Commerce of the
United States, called the convention to
order and delivered an address of well
come. He was followed by Charles r.
van H'se OF the University of Wisconsin,
+. NJ Tousley of Minneapolis. secretary
of the Right Relationship League, fol-
lowed DR. Van Hise. Other speakers and
their subjects We're:
President, H: J. Water of the Kansas
Agricultural College "Educational Aids
to Organization" e. s. Barrett Union
City, Ga. president of the National
Farmers Educational and Cooperative
Union of America, The Problem of Or
sanization. The address of Dr. S. e
Texas. on Educational Aids to Organ
ization, was read for him.
Evening star., 1913-04-09

The petition for wet and dry elec-
ton in Bristol. Va, was presented to
Judge Kelly Monday. and he is expected
to order an election for May g.
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-27
DEFUNCT ORGANIZATION IS BROUGHT
T0LIFE TO SPEAK FOR SUGAR TRUST
old Mesa County Business Association Dead for Three Years. Be
comes Vehicle for Purpored Resolutions Against
Three Year Clause in Tariff Bill.
RAW FAKE IS PUT OVER IN DEFENSE OF TRUST

have been paid by members fOr three
or four years. Now, when some sort
of expression is needed, the old hulk
Is resurrected. a hurried telephone
conference between McMullin and
Meyer is held and the Denver news
papers, of which Meyer is a CORES
pendent. are told that the Mesa Coun-
ty Business Association has gone on
record against free sugar.
The language of the supposed reso-
luton is interesting. 1t follows in
full:
1--WE join with you in protesting
against the action of congress and
the president in committing this
country to placing sugar on the free
list within three years. President
Wilson pledged himself not to take
any action which would be destruc-
tive of American industries. There
is a legitimate controversy as to
CONTINUED on Page 81
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-27
NOVEL SCHEME FOR
HANDLING CEMENT
USED At CREAMERY

A novel method for handling ce-
ment in building construction is be-
ing used by c. ID. Coffinger and Ed
win johnson on the new Jensen
creamery.
The well known contractors have
constructed n tower 20 feet high
from which they swing a long gal
vanized pipe which carries the ce-
ment to the forms. The concrete is
hoisted by means of 4 y horsepow-
er electric motor in a monster
bucket which carries half ton at
load. As thu bucket reaches the
top of the tower it strikes trip
which empties it into the long tube.
The tower is high enough for all or
dinary buildings and the tube swings
to any part of the building.
The contractors have found that
they can load the big bucket from
the mixer. hoist, empty and lower it
in less than two minutes. They are
now able with this device to com
pete with ordinary brick work and
have the advantage of concrete con-
1t is estimated that they
can build from 900 to 1900 cubic
fest of concrete in a day.
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-27
Local Girl Vas
Eye Witness to
Pier Disaster

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Patterson of
this city have received a letter from
their daughter, Miss Carrie Patter-
son, who has been spending about
eight months in California. stating
that she was a witness to the awful
pier disaster at Long Beach last Sat
urday afternoon, and came very near
being one of those in the smash-up.
Miss Patterson had Just started
towards the pier with friend and
was planning on entering and ming
ling with the great crowd when she
saw the structure sagging and then
witnessed the horrible sight as the
pier went down with roar of crash
ing splinters and the screams of hun
dreds. She watched them rescuing
the injured and carrying away the
dead, and says it was an awful sight.
Miss Patterson was very thankful
that she was delayed in going to the
pier or she might have been a victim.
Miss Patterson will return home next
week
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-27
WINFIELD DEFENDS REFUSAL \
TO CALL SPECIAL MEETING
Says Chamber of
Commerce Not in
Tariff Politics.

In Justification of his refusal to
call a special meeting OF the Chamber
ct Commerce to act on the dutiahle
sugar resolution requested 10y the
Denver Chamber of Commerce. Pres
ideut Il. Frank Winfield today issued
the following statement:
"It is not the province of the
Chamber of Commerce nor any OF its
officers. rs such, to discuss the mer-
its Of the tariff question. II was not
with any thought OF the consequences
of the Underwood tariff bill on the
sugar industry that prompted me to
refuse to issue the call to the diTeC-
tors in order that the resolution pro-
posed by the Denver Chamber of Com
merce might be acted upon.
81 took the position. and am pre-
pared to defend it, that the Chamber
Of Commerce cannot afford to go on
record in partisan politics. We can
not afford TO place the organization
in the position of aiding and abettinE
one party at the expense of another
We cannot have the spectacle OF our
civic organization demanding of an
elected senator that he refuse to sup
port a measure to which he has
pledged himself.
There would be more logic in the
Chamber OF Commerce working for
the republican protection senators in
the last election than to hold its
peace, and now, after the democratic
candidate has been elected. to de-
mand that he break his faith with his
constituency.
THE Chamber of Commerce is not
| democratic in refusing to take this
action. | am informed that there are
only two democrats on the board Of
! directors, while the majority oppose
( taking any favorable action on the
proposed resolution. The organiza-
tion is non-partisan, and in so far as
| can speak for it as president it win
remain SO.
Finally. / might say that it is not
unusual in my experience fer the
Chamber of Commerce to receive sug-
gestions from public-interested citi-
zens who do not assist in the support
of the organization. 1t is quite COM
mon that our aid is asked by those
who have no use for us except when
they or their pet projects are in trou-
BILE "
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-27

The Mesa County Business. Associ-
alton. an organization that has not
had a legitimate existence in three
years. is quoted ir the Denver Times
as speaking for the people of this
county in behalf of the sugar trust.
1t adopts the sentiments OF the Den
yer Chamber of Commerce in calling
on Senators Thomas and Shafroth to
defeat the three-year clause in the
Underwood tariff bill.
Unable to coerce the Chamber of
Commerce of Grand Junction into
taking an Illogical stand for the
breaking of a party pledge, the in
terests" made an arrangement with
Louis Meyer, editor of the Clifton
Success and well known protection
ist. to get some sort of expression out
of any old kind of an Organization
that would purport to speak for the
people.
Meyer was secretary of the old
Business association and Samuel G.
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-27
Boston Fireman
May be Brother
of BrawI Victim

Coroner r. A Yunker yesterday af-
ternoon received letter from J. J..
Smith of Boston, Mass, inquiring
about the death of J. II. Smith-the
man who died here from injuries re-
ceived in a saloon brawl at Rifle
and asked for full information. He
infers that he ''ill give the remains
a decent burial here If he is sure it is
his long missing brother who lies
dead here. The body was buried
Yesterday in the paurer's field, the
Riverside cemetery. but will be dis
inferred if the brother, who is a fire
man on the Boston department, de-
,ides to stand the expense.
Coroner Yunker thinks both of the
men who have written and wired con-
cerning the dead man, are brothers
of the deceased.
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-27
STATE DEPARTMENT
DENIES WAR RUMOR
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Washington, May 27.-"The state
department has authorized the Amer
lean embassy at Toxic to deny the
San Francisco telegram which ap-
peared in japanese papers to the ef-
feet that preparations were being
made for war" according to an Of
ficial statement issued today, which
continues:
1.-The report was to the effect that
artillery were being sent to Hawaii,
and that the Philippine garrison had
been increased.
"A few artillerymen have been
sent to Hawaii in pursuance of the
plans adopted before this admins
tration began; but no increase is con
templated in the Philippine garrl-
The changes made are only the Gus
tomary changes.
1.-The department regrets that any
newspaper or newspaper representa-
tive should send so misleading a tel
egram from the United States.
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-27
otto WELCOMES
BOY SCOUTS ON
THEIR BIG HIKE
Rim Rock Road Camp,
May %. 1913.
ha nniIN s,n,;,.I.

To The Daily sentinel:
| love the boy scouts-girl scouts,
too. The story in last nights SEN
tinel telling that there should be a
boy scout movement over in Monu-
ment Canon interests me greatly. The
whole scenic tract of l4,O00 acres
should some day become place of
Inspiration to the boys and girls of
the land. Most all OF the monuments
have already been named after men
out of our own common United States
history. A history common enough
to be the most interesting of all.
A few suggestions may perhaps at
this time be timsly-to be taken for
what they aIe worth. Why a small
bottle of grape juice-why not cham
payne, the best that can be secured?
or why not some home product. Juice
of the big red apple-wa all love so
well? Scouting through the hills and
over desert waste nothing satisfies
more than a drink from a spring out
of the Rockies. Perhaps it would
be more to the nature of a scout to
use pure spring water in the ceremo-
ny connected with the naming of the
Boy Scout monument.
IerHaps II would De most appr0-
pirate to have the boys at this time
interested in that huge monster block
of sandstone on which the concrete
flagpole shall be built. The matter
can all be talked over before final
decision is made as t. the boy scout
movement.
Yesterday a burro as turned over
to the scouts for use on their trips to
pack the grub with.
The boy scouts trail friend,
JOHN OTTO.
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-27
LoWer Valley
People to Keep
Road in Shape

AS a result of the activities of W.
Il. Leavitt of the road committee of
the Midland Trail, the people OF
Mack and Iona and points interme-
diate, have dcided to take the re-
sponsibility of keeping the road
from the Fruita town limits to Mack
in good condition until after July
10.
They held a meeting last evening
at Iona, and enough work and as
sistance was promised to insure that
the road would be sprinkled. dragged
and graded during the next six
weeks.
I'VE only want the county com
missioners to work west of Mack. ="
they told Chairman NJ. C. Ramsey
this morning.