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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
Whv She More Glasses.

Mistress-Why, Bridget, are your
eyes weak? l notice that you wear
colored glasses every time you go
out of the house.
Bridget-It's not me eyes, mum.
But whin the sun shines loike it
does outdoor today, I'd tan as black
as a naygur av l didn't moderate the
loight a little by wearin' thin colored
s%pectacles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

mar and weighed 10 pounds. Balinski
killed the eel in low water, 1t evident
ly having been caught in the pool
where 1t was captured when the tide
went out. The collar. Of the sort
worn by a small dog, was securely
locked about its neck. and SO tight
as to aus the skin to bulge out
around the edge. The initials wv. r.
c. and the name Prince we're en-
graved on a silver nameplate. The
cells back was badly SCARED, showing
suere 1t had been speared on various
.coaslons. -Four Gsh hooks with Dnes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

Washington.-The Democratic tariff
revision bill, first on the program OF
reforms mapped out when President
Wilson came into Office, advanced to
Its last congressional stage when it
was brought back to the house from
the joint conference committee with
the unanimous Endorsement of the
Democratic conferees.
The measure, of course, has both its
friends and enemies. According to
the administration, 1t carries out
four of the party promises. Tariff re-
form. reduction in the high cost of
diving, campaign against the trusts, in
that duties have been taken off of
many trust made article, and the in
come tax.
The measure, consequently, has a
larger Importance than that Of a mere
tariff reform bill, and its effect must
ybe widespread, both on business and
industry, and also in connection with
politics. Democratic leaders are con-
aident that business will suffer no I'M
toward effect; that consumers will be
benefited.
Changes In the Rates.
The bill imposes an average ad
valorem rate of from ~ to 20 per
cent. The average for the present
.Aldrich law is 40.12 per cent, The
average for the Wilson-Gorman act
was 39.45 per cent.
Duties generally have been reduced
,op all OF the articles that enter into
the n~ecessaries Of life, including the
products Of the farm as well as manu-
featured products.
Trust made products in many cases
have been transferred to the free list
or the duties at present imposed have
beeu substantially reduced.
The income. tax feature Of the bill is
expected to net some s83,000,000 1t
will call for a tax on net incomes Of
unmarried persons Of $4,000 and up
wards and on net incomes of married
persons living together, where the
wife or husband is dependent, OF $4,-
900 and upwards.
Experts estimates indicate q sur
plus OF $16,O0O,0OO over all expend-
atures at the end Of the present fiscal
year.
A rate Of 40 per cent. is imposed
on stockings and half hose valued at
LMNL. N NH |LAI
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

Nero's fiddling while Rome burned
has a modern parallel in the action of
a crowd that kept "turkey-trotting"
and "tangoing" by the light of a
burning hotel at Horseshoe Lake, ILL.,,
until the dancing pavilion also
caught fire, relates the St. Louis Re-
public.
Not until the heat and smoke be-
came uncomfortable did the strains Of
the "trot" and the tango cease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
AS THEY ARE KNOWN ABROAD
Citizens Of Various American CltIes
Have NIcknames Which Some
times Appeal to Humor.

An over curious newspaper man
cnce bought a ticket to Yelfvilie,
Ark, just to see what a town with q
name like that would look like, but
there is q stay-at-home sport that Is
lust as good as that. The question
q what do citizens who stray from
their native city call themselves2
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
QUEER ORNAMENT FOR EEL
Grave Assertion Made That One Cap
tured In Connecticut Wore
a Dog Collar.

A giant eel with a dog collar on its
neck was captured by John Ballnski
OF West Warren nea Willimantic,
Conn, not many days ago. The catch
took place In the Quaboag river, q
mile below wlliimantic. The eel was
"A inches long, as large around the
BODY as the wrist Of al ordinary sized
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

attached we're found in the monsters
mouth. 1t was almost impossible for
Balinski to hold the eel after he had
grabbed 1t for it would twist and
squirm about in his hands with ease,
He finally got It between two stones,
and killed 1t. About the only thing
it was good for was to chop 1t up and
feed 1t to the chickens.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
The Winner.

Senator Key Pittman was talking in
Tonopah about two lobbyists who had
quarreled.
"But there's no fear" he said, of
their manning or mutilating n anoth,
er. They are like Bluff and Stuff.
who came out ahead, a man ask
ed, in that street row between Fluff
and Stuff,
"'Stuff did, was the answer, but
he had half O streets start"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
INCOME TAX SCHEDULE.

MISUNDERSTANDING to esti-
mates completed by the treasury eX-
perts, 425,000 American citizens must
keep such accurate account Of their
incomes this year that they will be
able to report to the income tax col
lector next spring exactly how much
they owe the government under the
new income tax law.
So far as the taxable American is
concerned, the income tax law is now
practically in force against him. While
the tariff law in which the law is en-
bodied will not be signed until next
week, the first returns do not have to
be made to the internal revenue col
lectors before March 1, 1914. But when
the returns are made they will COW
err the income of citizens from March
l, 1918, to December 81, and the first
payment of tax will be for money re-
ceived during this period.
Every single person (citizen or for
eign resident) whose annual income
exceeds $1,000, and every married per
son with an income above $4,000, is
expected to report his Or her re-
ceipts in detail to the government
agents March 1 of each year.
To Produce $4,000, ooo.
The estimate completed indicates
that the income tax will produce $780,
$685. 900 from the 425,000 persons taxed.
To this will be added the $35, 900
or more produced by the present cor
poration tax, which is continued as
part Of the law.
President Wilson, the federal judges
of the Supreme court now holding Of
fee and employees "of a state or any
political subdivision thereof" are the
only persons specifically exempted
from the tax by the new law. The
president and judges now in office
were made exempt to escape any ques-
lions of the constitutionality of tie
law, and their successors In office will
be compelled to pay the tax.
First Burden Is on Citizen.
The general public is expected to
give close study to the new law in
the next few months, as the first bur
den Of the tax payment rests with the
individual citizen, and his failure to
report his income is punishable by a
fine.
1t Is admitted that when first re-
turns are made many taxable persons
probably will escape payments, but
with each year the governments lists
Of persons with taxable incomes will
be made more nearly complete.
Methods Of Collecting Tax.
Two primary methods of collecting
the tax are contained in the law. One
is that the individual return made by
the citizen; the other the returns by
corporations and other employers who
pay S.HEsr employees taxes at the
source" Under the law as it will be
signed by President Wilson next week,
every large company employing labor
will be compelled to report any regu-
lar salaries 1t pays in excess of the
$4,000 figures, and will pay the taxes
for its employees and deduct the tax
from their pay envelopes.
This payment at the source will
apply to salaries, rents, interests, roy
alties, partnership profits and some
other sources of income, and persons
receiving such incomes must be pre-
pared to show that the money has
paid its tax at Its source.
In figuring up his net income fol
the taxpayer, the American business
man, after deducting $4,000 for him
self, or $4,000. II married, win have
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

Whats Jobbins so elated about?"
THAT boy of his again. He has
taught the innocent little fellow to
say, I should worry"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
MANY CITIZENS
ITO CONTRIBUTE
TO income TAX
Estimate Is That 425,0O0
Persons Will Be Affect
ed Under Provisions
of New Measure.
EXPECTED TO RAISE
SUM OF 900

All Who Get $1,000 or Over Must Re-
port Their Incomes-Now Is the
Time to Begin Accurate Accounts,
as New Law viii Cover Receipts
From March 1, 1913-Failure to
Report will Be Punishable by a
Fine-Methods of Collections Pro-
vlded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
lnfaIIible Recipe.

What to do to obtain white hands:
Nothing.-Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
new TARIFF Law
WILL MAKE MANY
RATE REDUCTIONS
Synopsis Of Measure on
Which Special Session
Of Congress Has
Been Working.
MARKED CHANGES IN
THE AVERAGE DUTIES

Democrats Confident That the Coun-
try VIII Be Benefited by the Alter
ations, and That Business Will Re-
main Unaffected - Ad Valorem
Rate In the Bill Is From 81 to 20
Per Cent, in Payne-AIdrlch Bill
They Are 40.f2 Per Cent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
Not Near-Wit,

What do you think Of that joke
about the end of the worid?"
1T is too far-fetched."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
~teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie ,25c a bottle.Ads
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

Alas, that the flower of the family
may go to seed!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

Some humorists are, In fact, but
literary BARRIERS who spend the time
In cutting the whiskers OF Of old
Jokes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

1t would not be safe to refer to the
stranger from Butte as a Butter, but
what Is he2 And you mar from Key
West-are you a Key Weston, and II
SO can you walk six thousand miles in
fifteen minutes?
BY the way. II you are from Walla
Walla. don't you think the best way
cut Of 1t would be to stay at homef-
Kansas City Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

1t makes some girls weary to do
anything but visit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

Tho diamond mines OF South Africa
IRE robbed Of Ss,Cco.0eo in d.amoss
ye1Tly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
StranQe,

1T won't hold water"
What won't?"
This submarine case"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
TARIFF CHANGES OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

washington-Fonowing are the changes made by the new tariff
bill in the rates charged for imports of household necessities:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-24
AuToIsTs ARE COMING

The official tour over the BLACK
and Y elbow trail from Chicago to
Yellowstone park, BY way Of Pierre
and the Black Hills, IL scheduled to
start from Chicago on August II. and
70 reach Bookings the night Of the
18th, and Pierre the night Of the 10th.
They will stop here and 81 W asia on
thesr way across the state to the
Black Hills, and will put In two days
10 that part 81 the state before be-
ginning their trip across wyoming TO
the Yellowstone park. The commits.
|sionsss Of this county appropriated
800 for the marking OF this trail
across Hng hes county, and, Is soon
- the state highway commission and
the state good roads association dc;
Icide upon the method Of marking the
cross state roads. the line across
fths county viii IS marked according
AZ the regulations laid down.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-24
A TRIBUTE 10 ALFALFA

=. NJ Hardin pays respect to alfal-
to % follows:
9 Alfalfa is marvellous plant. It's
virtues have been extolled with such
PERSISTENCE that every man, woman
and child IN the Northwest is familiar
with them. It's 50 valuable, ton for
ton. as bran. II Is q wondrous soil
builder. II reaches up and snatches
nitrogen from the cir and carries it
into the soil to make fat crops Of
corn. It's the greatest subsoiler
known Down into the hard, rich
snbsoils Of the prairies it's wonderful
root system penetrates bring up min
erAl richness Tor the use Of the timid
ro0tlets of the cereals. Il makes
water courses for tina rains to follow
10 their haste to retire from the evsp-
Grating influences Of the sun. Once
established It only requires the gath
eIing Of It's richness by grazing live
stock or the quick harvest By modern
hay making tools. We may realize
on its annual payments for ! series
OF years at minimum Of expense
and labor. Land that will grow al.
falfa Is worth 800 per aero. Are all
these statements true? They are.
Abundant evidence proves 1t beyond
all doubt, Then what . gift must
alfalfa have bestowed upon the
Z - e
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-24
The Beast Of Burden.

4 One day while visiting the classroom
IN q small district school heard the
teacher telling the pupils stories about
various kinds Of animals and their
usefulness to mankind. In illustrat-
Ing she said I'VE get our shoes from
the skin Of the COW. Hair combs and
other ivory. articles are made from
the tusks Of the elephant" Then, see.
ing Isabel, aged five. looking thought
ful, she asked, "Can you tell me, Isa-
bel, what animal does your mother get
her wooden clothes from ~
Isabel replied Yes. ma'am. Ny
father."-st Louis Post Dispatch.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-24
~Mho,d q, ain ,Er2n

A woman living in Ohio is the moth
er Of six boys. One day friend called
on her and during the conversation
said. what a pity that one Of your
boys had not been GIRL One
of the boys. about eight years old.
overheard the remark and promptly
interposed: I'D like to know who'd a
bin 'er. Ed wouldn't "a bin 'er. Joe
wouldn't a bin 'er, Pete wouldn't "a
bin 'er. 4 wouldn't a bin 'er, blame ef
would, an I'd like to know who'd "a
bin 'er. Jones Magazine.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-24

! !. y! j s0 & - 49, 81 ONONNkU
Sioux Ciky, July M body 81
Cl6YsnoS Morrison cf YibDIe. 8. D. !.
~ discovered Monday Aftetnoon on
= sandbar In tho Missouri river,
thrso miles above the ombination
|btiige The BODY Of his brother 10
still missing.
Additional light va shed on the
brothers disappearancs whsn ]. N.
ThOrmly reported that the brothers
on the night Of July srd had called II
the homo Of his son. Who lives on !
farm near Vermillion. s. mtdnightd
stating that they had lost the road
and a1king TO be directed how to get
from Vermillion to Sioux City.
The caller said there 10 one road
which the men might easily have
initiation for the ono they we're di-
rected to take, and that this road
leads directly down to the Missouri
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-24
Plenty Of Room.

4 young graduate in law wrote to a
prominent practitioner in Arkansas to
inquire what chance there was in that
section.
Il am Republican in politics." he
wrote, and an honest young LAWYER"
In few days he received this reply:
II you are Republican our game
laws will protect you. and Il you are
an honest lawyer you will have no CON-
petition. Here and There.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-24

We are wondering whether President
Wilson is getting those nine hours sleep
every night that he promised himself.
Congress is beginning to think that the
president doesn't even take nap.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-24
Miss and Mrs.

The Vicar Ito the old lady, the last
Of whose family has married. You
must feel lonely, Mrs. Muggins, after
having such large family.
Mrs. Muggins-Yes, do, sir. Some
Zines I misses 'em, and sometimes I
wants 'em, but / misses 'em more NOR
I wars 'em. London Sketch.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-24
3 riIiC

II ~ opIQros4 StQ0 IePu nuc9m meetln8
caIled for sioux Fallt next Friday.
view 81 tie announcement by
Govsrnor Byrns that ~ win not attend
the meeting because he VISA not .scon-
quilted, Ii calling u, and his apparent
effort 70 throw cold watef on the gath
erine one may vel doubt the truth of
The report; but even X Il were true.
Whist 81 it7 The gentlemen Who called
The neeJing had no axe 70 grind. and
tbe invitation was general % al who
|cAl themselves republicans and who
want to plan for the future welfare Of
the party ia this state. II more Of the
administration republicans attend than
of the other kind. Il will be we'll. There
Is no possible way for one faction Of the
party 70 get advantage Of the other in :
gathering Of this kind. If the coming
meeting i % divide on the lines Of fac
tional cleavage, IL will have served no
useful PURPOSE. There are many points
mutual interest between the two fac
tions, % We might better say the three
factions, and g far % possible the
work of the eaming gathering should be
confined g these. The party y, tor
Instances Just now facing keen crisis
under the Richards primary law. This
~ y carries : egistration feature, and
only thoss who register ii advance their
party affiliations can vote is the prim-Y
aries Ia March. Very few have reRist-
|ered, II many townships. it i sieclar-
~ the farmers say they will not regist-
Ier, md threaten, IL barred from the
rspnhlican primaries ID March 70 vote
the democratic ticket in November BY
Wy ii protest. All Who are interested
ID repnblican success ii this state should
certainly Be interested in organizing
for tho registration Of republicans.
Governor Byrne has declared in an
interview which il somewhat bitter,
Sthat he sees 40 need Tor the reorRaniz
alton 81 the party. The governor is
slipping along blissfulIy ignorant st
any cloud III the XIV. II was liz same
with HMM lis last election when he
Kept, On declaring that he would be
elsctes3 governor ssby the usual maior-
9jty.'' when the votes were : counted il
aatook ! weak for tie governor !. Is findI
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

To the outside world-that terri
tory surrounding and reaching far
back from the state-irrigation is
Idahos wonder. From the crude plow
furrow through which water for irriga-
ton purposes was directed from the
lake or stream to the thirsty land, irri-
CATION In this state has advanced at
leaps and bounds until with the pass
ing Of 1912, Idaho leads the world in
the reclamation OF arid land. having
builded gigantic projects representing
an investment today of approximately
500, 100000 and is now it would ap-
pear Gaping the climax through the
erection Of the highest irrigation dam
in the world. the Boise. located at
Arrowrock, 20 miles east and north OF
the states capital.
AS early as 1855 settlers reserted to
the diversion of water from streams
in this state with which to give mois-
ture to and cultivate their lands. The
Salmon river valley in Lemhi county
has the distinction of being the first
irrigated spot IN the state. The sec
ond settlement to use irrigation was
Franklin, Oneida county, at about or
near the same date. Since then there
has been a wonderful transformation
and the southern portion OF the state
"a vast AREAS a network of ir-
rigation canals and laterals.
FROM the standpoint of it's physi-
cal features the state naturally di-
vides itself into two divisions, rough
7 ~ separated by lines irregularly
drawn across the state from east to
west between the forty fourth and
forty fifth parallels. The northern
section is in the main a region of
mountains, rich in minerals, forests,
lakes, valleys and fertile rolling coun-
production OF crops without irriga-
ton. The southern portion of the state
is distinctly the opposite. Rainfall is
not sufficient to produce crops and
irrigation is almost entirely resorted
to although with the past few years
vast areas of land have been produc-
lively dry farmed especially in the
eastern part. The great Snake river
ard its tributaries have been famed"
into the vast and at one time desert
sagebrush plain. through the con-
struction of canals, by the use of
great pumps and water wheels, deliv-
ering water to the land which with
out it is worthless but with it is
wonderfully productive.
This empire attracted the investor,
the building Of irrigation projects be-
came a profitable industry. settlers
came both before and after the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
{ BY II. A. Lawson)

@DAHO today stands forth as a
great power state entering as it
does new era for the develop
i ment of its natural resources
in field almost unlimited,
The year that has just closed Wild
ened the eyes of the Gem state to
the marvellous possibilities of har-
Messing water power. That for cen
turtles nas been going to waste in its
tumble and rush, over rapids, through
deep abysses. leaping over falls seek
ing an outlet to the great waterways
leading 70 the sea. Today COM
paratvely small percentage of that
power is driving machinery, lighting
the homes and business houses Of the
states thousands of residents as we'll
as those of bordering states. Elec-
tricity has become a srival of fuel for
heat in Idaho. The great field In
which 1t is being generated has be-
come the rival battle ground of cleo
trical corporations, Thus when Ben
jamin Franklin experimental with the
key and kite little dreamed he the
wonderful future he opened. The de-
velopments here have given to this
state the title of the "power state of
the union This Is one of the most
noteworthy realizations of 1912 stand
ing forth as it does above all others.
The mighty Snake river which has
its source in the perpetual SHOWS Of the
lofty mountains in and about the Vel
lowstone National park and flowing in
q great semi circle, concave to the
earth, through or touching the eastern,
southern and western portions of the
state for more than 500 miles. is, like
F-ranklin's key, the key to 1daho's
wonderful possibilities as a phenom
email power state. The Snake is the
one great river in Idaho. 1t drains not
only all the southern section, bat most
of the northern section as we'll. its
drainage basin including about seven
eighths OF the state, Its course in
Idaho until the mouth of the Weiser
is reached is through a generally level
plain, varying in width from 90 TO 100
miles and thanked by rugged moun-
tains. It's electrical power generating
propensities can easily be seen from
the fact that from an elevation of 20o0
feet at the western border of the state
the great plain of the Snake gradu-
ally rises to an elevation in the Te-
ton basin on the Wyoming line of 5000
feet. AT Miner. southern idaho, the
Snake enters its famous canyon SO
a descent Of over 1000 feet the three
principal falls being Twin falls, Sho-
shone falls and Anger falls, their re-