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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
JEROME PEOPLE
PRAISE SIMPLE MIXTURE

Many In jerome praise the simple
mixture of buckthorn bark. glycef-
inc. etc. known as Adler-i-ka. inns
remedy Is the most THOROUGH
bowel cleanser ever sold being even
used successfully in appendicitis.
ONE SPOONFUL relieves almost
ANY CASE of constipation. sour VI
gassy stomach. ONE MlNuiE al,
ter you take It the gases rumble anu
pass out. Adler-i-ka cannot grippe anu
the instant action is surprising W.
G.. Thomas, Druggist.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
Old Timer at Hagerman Burned to
Death

Death.
Ed Taylor was burned to death
Tuesday afternoon about five O'Clock,
at his home in the Hagerman valley.
Mr.. Taylor occupied house on the
Dan Jones ranch three miles south
east Of Hagerman, where the accident
occurred. He had been In feeble
health for some time, and at the time
OF the fire was alone In the building.
The origin of the fire, which consum-
ed the house. and Mr.. Taylor with it,
Is not known. When the fire was dis
covered 1t had progressed too far for
any assistance to be given the unfor-
tunate man. AS soon as the fire had
burned out, the charred body of Mr..
Taylor was found Just inside of the
doorway, indicating that he had made
an effort to get to safety, but had
been overcome by the heat and the
smoke.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
CLIPPINGS.

C. H. Simmons, of Cushing. Okla,
shipped a dog billed to himself to
Twin Falls. The animal arrived on
Tuesday and in place of one dog, as
the way bill called for. the express
agent found six little puppies along
with the mother dog. The express
agent at Chepenne. Wyo., placed a
placard on the box stating that the
puppies were only one day old. SO
keep them warm. Agent Clay is TAX
ing good care of the family and hopes
to deliver them soon to the owner
Twin Falls Times.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17

A sequel to the strange disappear
ance of Kai Kinman, a former resi-
dent of Hagerman valley was the
granting of a divorce to Mrs. Kin
man by Judge Walters yesterday
Kinman disappeared rather mysteri-
ously about three years ago and has
not been heard from since. 1t is not
thought that he left the country as
he made a $500 payment on a ranch
a few days before his disappearance
and the only plausible theory is that
he met with foul play or a fatal ac-
cident. Mrs. Kinman, through her
attorney, w. T. Stafford, brought a
suit for divorce on the grounds oil
desertion, and the decree was grant.
ed, with the custody of the three
children.-Gooding Leader.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSFERS
Reported by w. d. Garlock Abstract
Company, Shoshone, Idaho.

Idaho Trust & Savings Bank
to Mrs. Anna Noble, NEA
and SEA NWA sec. 35-3-
1s E, and water. s1S6Ss
James H. Grezenback to B. A.
Callen, SEA NEA sec. "a
10 II ........
b. A. Callen and wife to D. A.
L'Herisson SEA NEA sec.
34-7-16 E..
E. G. Reed and wife to Annie
Speakman. lot IL, blk. 100,
Jerome ...... ...... -. 4O'
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
THE LIVER REGULATES
THE BODY


Someone has said that people with
Chronic Liver Complaint should be
shut up away from humanity, for
they are pessimists and see through a
glass darkly." Why? Because men
tai states depend upon physical
states. Biliousness, headaches, dizzi-
ness and constipation disappear after
using DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Csc
at your druggists. 3
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
For Sale.

II head Of Mares. Geldings and
Colts, from months to 9 years old,
weight from 1850 to 1900 pounds
each. All mares In foal and fine
brood mares. Will make terms to
right parties. See
Ss R. S. Frazer. Jerome, Idaho.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
COLDS ARE OFTEN
MOST SERIOUS
Stop Possible Complications.

The disregard of a cold has often
brought many a regret. The fact OF
sneezing, coughing or fever should
be warning enough that your system
needs immediate attention. Certainly
loss of sleep is most serious. 1t is a
warning given by nature. 1t is mans
duty to himself to assist by doing his
part. DR.. Kings New Discovery is
based on scientific analysis. of colds.
soc at your druggists. Buy a bot
tie today. 3
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
Going Fast!

l sold the last three bargains in
farms that l have been advertising.
But just received several other
good farms to sell, from $40 per acre
up, according to improvements, etc.
If you want to buy, see my list.
City lots at a bargain.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
CONGRESS DEGREES DOLLARS IN.
pULolNG IN LUxURIEs MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
war Revenue Tax Of $1o5, ooo, 900
Levled-Beer Bears Brunt Of
Burden.

Congress has levied a war tax of
$l0o,o0O,o0O to Offset similar amount
OF loss on import revenue due to the
European disturbances and of this
amount beer - is. the heaviest
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
5 Pag.

Vol. 4. N
IRRIGAT1
A Bill Now 10
for Its PurI
ing of
A bill has I
ed in congress
Washington
considered. is
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much that the
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place in the q
bill calls for
these bonds b
the benefits
state through
measure 4"
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throughout
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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-12-17
w. A. HeiSS

Notary Public, Surety Bonds, Fire
Insurance. JEROME, IDAHO.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-08-27
Umrtf Starych OsadnfkI.

Tomas Glynn ienz zemfel v dte-
re minul5 ttden a pohfben byl ma
katolickem hfbitove u Tyndall We
ctyrtek, obfady vykonal Rev.
Bouska, byl 78 roxy star a zemfel
ma nemoc jater. Narodil Sc IT.
sku do teto zem6 pfijel pred 81
roxy CO mlad5 mnS a usadil Sc We
stStu Pennsylvania. V roce 1854
Sc ozenil a pax v roce 1870 zabral
domovinu iiho zapadne cd TAbora
kde bydlel az do sveho skonu. Je
ho manEelka zemfela pied 6 roxy.
Zanechsv& zde ctyry syni, Vilsma
Wade-a, Andrew a Franka, ienz
vsichnf bydlf zde.
Starry Joseph Vftek zemfel v
pondeK rano o p I'll iedne iodine
ma nemoc ledvin We staff SO let a 5
mesfcn, pc kratsi nemoci. Po-
hfben byl v iterg rano ma katolic-
KEN hfbitove We meste. Obfady
vykonal Rev. E. A, Bouska Zes
nuIs Sc narodil Cechach We Sva-
rene, krai Chrudimsky, a do toho-
to st6tu Primo re stare vlasti phi
jel pied Al roxy, a zabral domovi-
nu dive mile ma sever cd Tabora.
Pied Is roxy zemfela jeho prvnf
manSelka a diva roxy ma to poimul
"a manzelku pr. Russelovou. Ne
kolik let farmafil ma sve farme u
Lesteryille a ma podzim minulS
rok Sc pfistehoyal do mesta. Ia
nechaVA zde manzelku, jednu dee
ru, pf. Aug. Hajek v Lesterville q
diva syny, jana a Josefa.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-08-27
Ornament.

Opet oznamuji vefejnosti, ze
mann iednatelstvf ma piana, a kdo
by hodlal 81 nastroj poffditi, nechy
bf kdyS Sc napfed Sc mnou poradi.
Bydlfm zde v TSbofe kazdy mas
troj kterS proclaim zarucfm, takSe
v padu kdyby nebyl v pofadku
sem tady abych vse uvedl do po-
fadku. Nedejte Sc nabalamutit
cestujfcfmi agenty ienz by vSn
piano nabfzeli a pax jakmile pro-
dali a mali penize, vzdor ysem sill
bIm zadnf o mich vice neslysf.
Mate.li stare varhany vymenfm
YAM "a move piano. ]. A. Dvo-
FAX.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-08-27

Nenf zadn6 nadeje, ze valka V
Europe Sc brzy skoncf, nebof kaz-
d& mocnost must hledet ably nepro
hrala, iinak by musela zaniknouti.
Vyhraje-li Francie Angle, jest
jisto, Re 81 vezme vsecky drzavy
africks kter6 tam ma Nemecko.
To sans udela Nemecko, jestli Wy
hraje. TrvalS pokojv Europe by
zavladl, kdyby lid panovnfky w
tloukl zalozil 81 Spojene StSty
eyropske.
Komisafi Wagner, Abbott a
Dirks a auditor Stoddard serif
Wagner byli Sc zde podfvat jak
pracuje nov5 grader, kter5 byl
vyzkousen ma jedn6 mill cesty u
fanny Jos. NovotnSho. Komisa-
III nejsou dohodnuti zdali by okres
mel poffzenf koupit, ktere by pc.
zIstavalo q Big-4 traktoru uni
neneho graderu. Takto Sc jim
prSci kterou poffzeni konalo dosti
zamlouvala, nebot lie MIN "a
den pull mile cesty pramerne ude-
lati. -
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-08-27
DOMACl zPRAVY.

Frank a Adolf Uherka byli "a
obchodem Yankton minuly pa
tex.
Louis Noy&k cd Ravinia travil
zde zac&tek t5dne navsteYou ia
pfstel.
John Musil ienz je We Stickney
seks bdsern, jest zde navst6you u.
rodiGn.
Pf. James Kulise q jeff matka.
pi. Matuskov6, byli navSteyou v
Tyndall v sobotu.
Anton Rez6e jeho manzelka
cd Dante byli zde naysteyou u ptd
tel pres nedeli.
Petr Hejna a jeho rodina byli
n6ystevou u pf6tel v Tyndall We
stredu. Jeli tam v AUTOMOBILE.
Pr. AL Jezewskiho byla navste.
you sv5ch rodicG, manzelu Fr.
Haklovtchy Yankton minulf pa
tex. 49,.
V6clav DvofSk ze Spilleville,
Iowa, jest zde nAvstevou Josefa
%lNN
Cansk6ho. Jest strJcem pf. Can
ske.
81. Anezka Pavek sem pfiiela z
Mason City, Iowa, pondelf BY
zapcGala pracovati Y zSVodu Pet
fika o Turka. .. ..@l
Dfivf ma prodei. Kordove 81
kord, svrsky 81 fnra, odfesky 81
fGra, ma me farme. Pr. +. j.
Wagner. (Adv.
Ludvfk Hakl a jeho rodina q
VacIav Hakl byli navsteyou u FIR.
Hakla v Yankton minulou sobotu.
JeIi tam v AUTOMOBILE. I.
Petr Hejna veil ma automobilu
syojf sestru, pi. Stedronskou do
Tyndall We ctvrtek ma jeff ceste do
mu do Lake Andes. i
John Kresl a jeho manEelka pfi
ieli minulou sobotu ma automobile
| z Omahy sem ma nayst9vu k rodi-
cGm pr. Kreslov6, manSelGm Jan
SouhradovSm.
Tanecni z&bava sc Dude odb5vat
sini Stprmove v sobotu, 6 zaff,
phi ktere Dude ucinkovati Mikotdv
orkestr z Yankton. KazdS jest
Evan by Sc dostayil.
Ztratil jsem novS Firestone raj
ma, AUTOMOBILE, 3Ox3H mezi Yank-
ton Tabor Odmena "a nkvra-
cent. Ed. johnson, Lake Andes,
ma Valley State Bance. adv.
Zdejsf devitka hrala Yankton
phi turnsji a vyhrala proti Tyn-
daIIske proti /. Hned ma to hra
la prot, Yanktonske q prohrala s
40. Druh5 den hrala opst prot
Yankton q vyhrala lao.
NeSli Sc date poiistit ma Eivot,
domluyte Sc u Jana KoStela nebo
AL. Jezewskiho ktefi poiistuji nj
u. S. Annuity Life Ins. Co. ienS
ziskavk denns eleny a ienz je jed
ma . nejlepsfch. 49,.
Ed Olsen. j. f. HOSTEL, A. @.
Wagner a J. p. Wardin byli v
Sioux City We stfedu "a 6eelem
pfitahnati dvou nov5ch Stude-
baker automobllu .4-cyllndrovy
pro J. f. KoStela a 6-cylindrov5
pro j. P. Wardina.
velkf stroi ma rovnanf'cest byl
yyzkousen ma cests cd mests,k ro-
hu Jana Kudrny ' sobotu. Stroj
byl taSen Big-4 traktorem a srov-
nal pdl mile cesty "a ieden den.
.Stroj sem byl wat ma zkousku a
osysdcf-li Sc, okres jej koupf.
Zdejsf Motor Co. obdrzela iedna
telstSf ma Studebaker automobily
@inulou sohotp ktEE sem pfiieli
representanti firmly rozesflatelske.
Tato kara pro rob 1915 jest jedna
j lieikr6snsjsfch d J.. f. Kostel
byl tax dOjmut mad jeff krasou, ze
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-08-27
yeIkf Mfeafskf Turnai

Pffstf ctvrtek a patek, % 2s
srpna Sc zde Dude odbSvati yelky
turnaj mf6afsk5. We ctvrtek cd
poledne budou zde hrati Sioux
Falls proti Taboru a Scotland pro,
ii Springfield. v patek odpolod-
ne Yankton proti Tyndall a Tabor
proti vft9zdm. Vecer pax Sc bu-
de odbSvat taneenf z6bava. Pff-
jdte do Tabora ma ony diva dny.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-08-27

Plnokrevne Poland China kan
cfky ma prodei. Petr Heina,
route !, Yankton. (Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-08-27
Ornament.

v mem teznickem zavodu nalez
nete vsdy ma sklade RUNE druhy
masa, sunek iinych vyrobkn.
Kazdeho poctive q syedomite OBJ
slouzim.
Josef Musil.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-08-27

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-22
POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES.

There are 219,910 employees in post
Offices of the United States, according
to figures just compiled by the post
office department The compilation
of these figures is in line with the
general inventory and stock-taking of
the department ordered by Postmas-
ter General Burleson some time ago.
These figures do not include depart
ment employees or those in the service
at large.
There are in all 58,021 postmasters
-454 flrst-class, 1886 second-class,
36,O53 third-class and 1888 fourth
class.
There are 116,415 clerks and as
sistant postmasts rs, including 35,546
clerks In first ano second-class Offices,
1882 assistant postmasters8 4,707
clerks In contract stations. 1o.So0
clerks in third-class Offices and 62.-
900 clerks III fourth-class Offices. In
addition there are 1854 watchmen,
messengers and laborers, and 45,474
city letter carriers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-22

channel wholly
than
New
ubmergenc of derived shells other animals
found deposits laid
og able tell approximately invaded land They
older than that which
Gohamtes
googst speaks
OF years.
Along the Atlantic coast New Jersey southwark unusual to
find quantities
that located far inland
sbe will
for
United States geological
widely
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-22
Law condoned NeqIIqence.

In Kelsey VS.. Rebuzzini, in the su-
preme court of errors of Connecticut,
1t appeared that defendant, after no
tice that division wire fence between
his lot and lot where plaintiff pas.
tured his cattle was broken, took no
steps to repair it and the following
day plaintiffs heifers passed through
the broken fence and reached a lot
lying south of both of such lots ana
there cropped grass which had been
poisoned in the mixing of spray for
potato vines, in consequence of which
part of them died. Defendant did not
know that the potatoes had been
sprayed. or that any poison had been
spilled ON the grass and could not
have anticipated that some person
might have scattered poison about the
grass there. 1t was held, assuming de-
PENDANTS. negligence, that 1t was not
the proximate cause of injury.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-22
SOURCE OF FOREST FIRES.

Exhaustive inquiry has established
the fact that lightning ranks next to
railroads as q source of forest fires.
Forest officers say that the increasing
care with fire in the part Of the rail-
roads and the public generally tends
to make lightning the largest single
contributing cause.
This statement represents change
of view from that held less than dec
ade ago in this country. when forest
journals gravely argued whether light
ming caused forest fires. though it was
known that trees were the objects
most often struck. Trees are said to
be oftenest struck simply because they
are SO numerous, and extending up
ward they shorten the distance be-
tween the ground and the clouds; fur
Their, their branches in the air and
roots well into the earth invite cleo
trical discharges.
While certain trees are said to In
mune from stroke, it seems to be a
fact that any kind of tree will be
struck, and the most numerous tree
species in any locality is the one most
likely to suffer.
Other things being equal, lightning
seeks the tallest tree, or an isolated
tree, or one on high ground. A deep
rooted tree is a better conductor than
a shallow rooted one, and 9 tGea fail
or sap, or wet with rain. is OF Course a
better conductor than dry one.
Lightning sets fires by igniting the
tree itself, particularly when it is
dead, or partly decayed and punky, or
by igniting the dry humus or duff at
it's base. The forest soil, when dried
out, ignites readily, because 1t is made
Of partly decayed twigs and leaves,
and it can hold smoldering fire for
a considerable period 1t is probable
that most Of the lightning-set fires
start in the duff
In the mountains of southern Cali
fornia, Arizona, and New Mexico there
are likely to be each year number Of
electrical disturbances known as dry
thunder storms" They come at the
end of thItong dry season, and being
unaccorans Aied by rain are very like
ly to start many serious fires. For
this reason the forest service has to
keep up its maximum fire fighting
strength in those regions until the
rains are fully established. In the
plans and organization for fire fight
ing the service aims particularly TO
catch these unpreventable lightning
set fires at the time they start.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-22

the time for the final issue OF their
patents. This cleaning up Of busf
ness which has BEEN delayed through
no fault of the men in the patent of
fee, but because of the applicants
themselves, has resulted In greatly M
creased receipts by the Office. In tia
belief of Commissioner Ewing 1t may
become possible, with proper admins
tration, to limit the time during which
an application for patent may be kept
pending in the Office TO less than five
years, and perhaps to less than three
years. The commissioner OF patents
hopes that the announcement that the
patent Office officers dislike the dila-
tory tactics OF tina applicants in de-
laying the Issue of patents will be-
sufficient to insure the speeding up
of the work and the cutting down OF
the list OF delayed applications. II
the announcement is not sufficient the
commits sioner will consider the pro-
priety and wisdom of having old appli-
cations published, a thing which has
not been done In the past. There is
no law against this, although the rules
and custom of the office have been to
preserve applications in secrecy. II
these means, which the Office has
adopted to encourage lawyers to trans
act their business promptly, are not
effective 1t is likely that Commission
er Ewing will recommend corrective
legislation at the next regular ses-
sion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-22
REPORT ON PATENTS
Official Document Shows Inven-
tors increased Activities.
Uncle Sans Patenk Office Is prae-
tically the oaiy Branch Of the
Government Which Is Entire
iy Self Sustaining.

hington.--Nineteen fourteen will
be a banner year in the history of
American invention If the business OF
the United States patent office con-
tinues at it's present rate of increase.
In special report prepared for Pat
ent Commissioner Thomas Ewing the
other day much interesting informar
ton is made public. AS Is generally
known, the United States patent of
fee is practically the only branch or
the government which Is entirely SELF
sustaining, it's income received from
patent and trade mark fees and sales
Of printed copies of patents amount
ing each year to more than the total
expenditures for running the office.
The report made to Commissioner
Ewing showed that on the second
Thursday of April the office had total
receipts of more than $4,000, the
largest for any single day since the
government began to grant patents
in 1886. There have been days, Of
course-Mondays or on the day fol-
lowing holiday, when two days re-
ceipts were counted as one-when
this amount has been exceeded, but
business for Thursday, April 8,
reached the high record for a single
days receipts. The report shows that
the patent Office receipts for the first
three months OF this year were nearly
s566,000, against less than $537 900
for last year. March business was
the largest of any Of the three months,
and the increase promises to continue
through the year. If this proves to
be the case the total amount of cash
receipts for the year would be far in
excess of the record business for 1919,
when the total income was $2,118,0OO.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-22
FACE ITcHED AND BURNED

S83 No. Union ST., Aurora, Ill.-"My
'aliment started with little pimple
ana IL always itched and burned ter
riDly. scratched it and in a few
Gays my face was all covered with
sores. 1t ran up to my eyes and the
day after could not see out of my
right eye. I was unable to get any
rest. / couldn't go to bed, being
afraid of getting the clothing all
soiled, although I had my face all
bandaged.
/ was given two jars of salve but
1t kept getting worse. 1t was some
thing like a running sore because
every time used some Of the salve
l had to wrap bandages around my
neck to keep the water and pus from
running down my body. / wrote for a
sample of Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment and In a few days received
these and washed my face with the
Cuticura Soap and put on some Cuti-
cura Ointment and the next morning
my face felt cool and somewhat re-
lieved. After using the sample !
bought some Cutieura Soap and Oint-
ment at the drug store. followed
this treatment just twenty-six days
and after using one cake of Cuticura
Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Oint-
ment was cured" (Signed) George
Miller, Jan. 1, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-22

There Is an interesting story back
OF the figures which show Uncle Sans
increased activities In issuing patents.
When Commissioners Thomas Ewing
came into Office about year ago he
felt that long-delayed applications for
patents and the operation Of time
consuming system of amending pat
ents were the principal abuses of the
American patent system. Many old
cases had been delayed by the appli-
cants for the patents for a long time,
in some cases as long as fifteen years.
One reason for delaying applica-
lions Is that on certain class OF
patents inventors believe there will
be greater demand for the article
in future years than there Is at the
present time. For this reason every
thing possible Is done to protect their
idea after the application has been
once filed and to delay the date of
final issue of the patent as long as
possible The law allows one year in
which to make answer to various let
tiers. Commissioners Ewing found that
there was a scientific system of de-
laying applications by certain patent
attorneys using the limit of time al
lowed to make answer to letters writ
ten about the patents for which they
had applied.
The number Of applications for pat
ents delayed more than FIVE years is
less than 5000. AS there are 125, 900
applications In the patent ONCE, 1t can
be seen that about four per cent OF
the applications have been slowing up
the work OF the ONCE. The fact that
s6 per cent of the applications went
through the ofiice In less than five
years and that the average applica-
ton went through In less than two
years convinced Commissioner Ewing
that most OF the delays were due to
time-consuming tactics of the appli-
cants. OF the 81 applications which
he found In the ONCE January / which
were older than Is years, he has al
ready reduced the number by Is. or
nearly 20 per cent
Commissioner Ewing has not been
slow to let those patent attorneys
know that he does not like this dila-
tory and time-consuming system Of
delaying applications for patents. His
expression OF disapproval has had tH
effect of speeding up dilatory apFi-
snts who have tried to hold 54ck