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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-17

An investigation by the department
of commerce of the beet sugar plants
in Colorado and elsewhere in the coun-
try to determine whether they are
justified in their scale OF prices paid
the beet sugar raisers has been urged
upon President Wilson by Representa-
tive Heating OF Colorado
Afr. Heating told the president that
the beet sugar companies are trying
to hold up the producers; that the com.
panies are overcapitalized from two
and one-half to ten times the capital
actually invested; that they have in
many cases antiquated plants that
make their work Inefficient and that
are run down from Is to 20 per cent,
and that the department of commerce
should investigate the conditions in
the interests of the beet sugar farm.
ers. The president suggested that Mr..
Heating confer with Secretary Red.
field. which he will do.
Mr. Heating contends If it Is true
that 1t costs. the sugar companies 4 ~
cents pond,to produce the sugar on
which they are proposing the. eompen
sation they pay the producers, it is
due to the lack of modern plants. He
has suggested to the Colorado produc.
ers that they warn the mannfactur
ers that the old prices shall remain OF
there will be no beets raised.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-17

ANNUAL war
WITH JAPAN
Is Fought
CONTINUED rom page one,

ton works OF defense under construc-
ticn.
President Wilson and the senate
committee on immigration promptly
arranged to hold conference and dis
cuss the literacy test and all other
features of the bill as passed by the
house befor any action was recon-
mended This meeting is expected to
sift out all the Observation-Disclosures fea-
lures and bring the measure brought
before the senate down to safe and
sane basis. The president favors re-
striction in assisted immigration but
does not care to go much beyond that
point.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-17
LOCAL AND GENERAL

superintendent ]. w. Caldwell of
the public works department has
awarded the contract for constructing
the dormitory at the Girls Industrial
School, MoiIiili, to Rahe and Andrews.
on their bid of $3167.S1. The contract
for the two-story cottage at the same
institution was given to III. L. Fer
nandez, on his tender of $3.50.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-17


Ladies night has been so success
full at the Young Mems Christian As
sociation that one is to be held Fri
day evening, February 20. The mem
bers of the association will be extend
ed the privilege to bring their ladies
to dinner in the cafeteria that even.
ing. Extra tables win be placed in
the lobby and there will be music BY
ia Hawaiian quintet
Alleging in sensational manner sew
eral statutory offensesr naming two
corresponding, and aperring intoxi-
cation and Threats. Charles Hubert.
proprietor of a pool hall on Iwilei
road has filed in circuit court his an
swer and,cross petition to that placed
on file some time ago by his wife.
Mrs. Mary Hubert. she alleged ex-
rene cruelty.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-17

EMF. 80 touring car for sale ch41.
1912 model equipped With eIe1....
lights, gas saver. and Jericho Dor.
In good condition. Owner Ieaf'..
for states Call on or phone Major
Timberlake, at Fort Ruger
Organ. high class parior: beautiful
tone. Particulars box n. this Or
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-17

E. B. Bridgewater, the former pub
Usher of a local military newspaper,
was granted further extension in a
hearing at district court upon charge
of gross cheat.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-17

margaret Arlington, well-known to
local police, found guilty before Judge
Monsarrat upon a charge of vagrancy,
was sent to Hotel Asch for 80 days.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-09

moved to another lot at once and
work on the new building will start as
soon as possible. The garage will be
an unusually large one, covering the
full width of the property, which is
62k feet, and running back 100 feet.
1t will be of brick.
On Monday j. H. Roberts sold his
double building on Williams street, oc.
cupied by the Fad and the Variety
store, to E. L. Squirting. MI. Squirting
bought the property as an investment,
and it is a splendid n and like all
Brookings property is it is getting
better all the time. We don't know
what Mr.. Roberts is going to do with
all the money he got, but we have an
idea that he will be grabbing another
lot or two and putting up some more
buildings. It has been rumored this
week that he had already purchased a
Main street lot, but he tells US that
there is nothing in that line as yet.
Mrs. Nelson who moved here from
Volga last fall and purchased the E. C.
Olson property on Eighth street. has
let the contract for a thirty-room
rooming house for students. This is
something the town and college are
badly in need Of and It will be a
welcome improvement and should be a
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-09

The German class will present the
German comedy, "Benedix- Eigensinn"
in about two weeks. The parts in this
play will all be spoken in German.
The roll of honor for the month of
March include the following high
school students: Ray Bunday, Matte
Culbertson, Mae Hendricks, Hubert
Mathews, Laura Nelson, Clifton Wal
tiers, Frank Bergiem, Nellie Erickson,
Clara Shanbarker, Esther Somers, AL
bert Thompson, Great Johnson, Law
renee Knappen, Phillis Madden, Mary
Perso, Racheal Sheldon, Harry Sol
berg, Nina Telkamp, Nora Thompson,
Helga Anderson, Guy Davis, Esther
Irish.
In the grades the following pupils
have a standing of 80 or above in all
their studies including department:
Dexter Cole, Hall Mics, Aslang Bjorge,
Faith C~hidester, Marshall Knappen,
Carl Lamb, Rose Lynch. Harold En-
right, Verna Sexauer, Lyndall White
head, Viola Worden, Elizabeth Brown,
Frances Forsee, We're Hoy, Ruby o.
son, Sarah Oyloe, Percy Satchell,
Roger Atkinson, Bessie Bowles, Ber-
nice Bartlett, Orpha Haugen. Paul
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-09
NEXT!

Prospects for a great building year
in Bookings took another jump this
week, in fact something new in the
building line turns up every day.
The Ellis-Hall Department Store
contracted for the use of the new
double building to be built by A. M
Void and Philo Hall, more extended
announcement of which will be found
in another column, and this resulted
in a decision to make the building
50x150, larger than it was expected
to be.
C. A. Johnson & Son purchased the
c. J. Day property north of the opera
house on Main street and will erect
a Buick garage there. Mayor John,
son tells us that the house will be
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-09
SCHOOL NOTES

The Inter Society Oratorical-D eclam
atory contest was held last Friday
afternoon. Hubert Mathews won first
place in the grafton and Leila Linn In
the dramatic. Miss Stedman, the coun
ty superintendent, Profs. Ewing
and Kerr acted as judges. The win
ners in this contest will represent the
local school in the district contest
which is to be held at Watertown, Fri
day, May q.
The Observation-Disclosures
ings debate will be held as follows
Monday, May 1st-Brookings-Wate
town at WATERFOWL; Madison Brook
ings at Brookings; Watertown-Madi
son at Madison.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-09

good revenue producer for the owner.
Mix & Grossman, who occupy the
building next to the Binford block,
have been notified to secure another
location, as Mr.. Binford, who is o in
California, expects to tear down the
structure and replace it with a modern
brick building.
Mrs. McGill is thinking seriously of
building a modern home for the Pleas.
ant Hour.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-09

will be a parcel wrapping station, with
parcel carriers, and the cash carrier
system will be Of the most modern
type. The store will also have it's own
sample room.
The business Office will be located
in the center of the main floor and il
will be connected by a private tele
phone system with all of the depart
ments.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-09

CONTINUED on Page Eight)
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-09

Continued on Page Eight
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19

Suppose a fire broke out today
in the house, office or store ad-
dining your how would you stand
in regard to a fire insurance poll
cyl Have you got one at alli
Is it in sound and reliable com
panyi Now is the best time 20
think about it and to take out u
policy if you haven't one. You
can't get it afterwards You
know. See us about a policy at
once. The cost is small = the
benefits great.
HELM & HELM
HICKMAN, KY.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19
TT REALLY DOES
RELIEVE RHEUMATISM.

Everybody who is afflicted
with Rheumatism in any form
should by all means keep a bot
tie of Sloan's Liniment on hand,
The minute you feel pain or
soreness in a joint or muscle,
battle it with Sloan's Liniment
Don't rub it. Sloan S penetrates
almost Immediately right TO the
seat of pain, relieving the hot,
tender, swollen feeling and max
ing the part easy and comforta-
Bile. Get a bottle of Sloan's Lin
iment for % cents of any drug
gist and have it in the house-a'
gainst colds, sore and swollen
Joints. rheumatism, Neuralgia
sciatica and like ailments. Your
money back if not satisfied, but
il does give almost instant relief
(Advt.)
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19
FoRECASTERs PREDICT
A WHITE CHRISTMAS.

The nature students and goose
bone artists have been at work
iorecasting the weather for the
winter season, and the result is a
united prediction for a cold time.
A white Christmas" il the
general verdict, and each gives
his reason for 50 declaring. For
instance, the out-of- door proph-
cts, farmers and hunters and
woodsmen, who have watched the
natural phenomena for years, say
the weeds have grown very
high this year and are heavily
laden with seed, and the nut
trees are unusually well fruited,
conditions which indicate that
Mother Nature il providing for
the birds and squirrels during a
long siege of frost and freeze.
Further provision of this sort is
noted in the abundance of per-
simmons aud of holly, sumac and
swamp dogwood berries, ON
which the hungry wood tenants
come 10 feed.
Things that burrOw in the
ground, bugs and grubs and
doodles, are said to be going
deeper than usual, the idea be-
ing to avoid the freezing point
below the surface.
Thick moss and lichcns ON the
tree trunks m the frosets say 10
the wood.chopper that some un-
cen force is providing addition
al cover against the biting wind
that is later on 90 blow.
And the goose bone prophet,
the learned seer whose word is
law % many believers. he finds
that the MEhaelmas goose wore
an exceedingly thick coat Of
down under his outer feathers, a
species of high.neck and long
slecvel flannels that will hid de
fiance 10 the coolest day
Also the breasibone of the fowl
WAS Just little more curved
than usual, cupping itself protect
ingly around the vital internal
revenue. And il had n sug
gesiivc blue east in the color,
and is marked by certain spots
that have a mystic meaning.
And putting all Of these to-
gether the seer looks wise and
serious aud SAYS A cold win
ter with q snowy Christmas
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19
THANKSGIVING SERVICE.

There will be held at the NJ.
E. Church, November 26, un-
ion service. This is in keeping
with the proclamation OF our
President, Woodrow Wilson.
which runs in part as follows:
- IL has been vouchsafed TO us
to remain at peace, with honor,
and in some part TO succor the
suffering and supply the needs Of
those in want. Our people have
looked upon their own life as a
nation with a deeper comprehen-
sion a fuller realization of their
responsibilities as well as of
their blessings, and a keener
sense of the moral and practical
significance of what their part
among the nations Of the world
may come TO be.
Our crops will feed all who
need food the self possession Of
our people amidst the most seri-
crs anxieties and difficulties and
the steadiness and resourceful-
ness of our business men will
serve other nations as well as
our own.
THE business of the country
has been supplied with new in
strumentalities and the commerce
of the world new channels of
trade and intercourse. The Pan
anna Canal has been opened. The
two continents of America have
been bound in closer ties of
friendship.
Never before have the people
Of the United States been so sit
uated for their own advantage or
the advantage of their neiglibors
or 50 equipped to serve them
selves and mankind. "
The papers and magazines say
that the day is going to be more
generally observed by our people
than usual and that the offering
Of the day in great many places
is going TO the helpless tBelgiums.
Let there be a large attendance
upon this service and let Hick-
man go down in history with that
part of the world which propos-
rs TO do the noblcst acts for
humanity.
There will be suitable song
service and the sermon will be
delivered by the pastor of the
Christian church, Bro. Hampton.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19

Welded In 0bion county last
week Cecil Kidd and Nellie For.
sythe, Robt. Cryer and Lille
Ethridge, b. |. IIardcman and
Matte Morrow. Mute Cannon
and Mary Ward. Wade Cook and
Eva Harrison, sherman Pruitt
and Mya Lowe. c. T.. Kimbro
and Nellie Nall.
They cant wear the transpar-
Ont skirts this kind of weather
hu' they are getting even by alb
brevlating them until the bottoms
are not 80 far away from the
knee All if favor of the new
stunt will say Aye " The
ayes have u.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19

The Steamer French. owned
by Cat. A. j. Jacobs, of Paducah,
was destroyed by fire early Sat
urday morning at the mouth of
Sandy Riverr, - miles above Pa
ducah. The passengers and crew
escaped. The boat piled between
Paducah and Perryville, Tenn.
She was small craft, valued at
about 5000, which was covered
by insurance.
Put u porus plaster on the
chest and take a good cough sy-
rup internally if you would treat
u severe ease of sore lungs prop
erly Get a bottle of BAL
LARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP.
With each bottle there is a free
llERRICK s RED PEPPER Pc
RUS PLASTER for the chest.
Sol by Hickman Drug Co (Advt.
The two and a half cent fare
bill which provided one of the
exciting episodes in the debate
oven It's passage during the last
hours of the 1914 session of he
General Assembly, is void. be-
cause the necessity of having a
formal enacting clause by way of
preface 10 the substance of the
bill, was overlooked
Orders have been given the
British fleet which make possible
the reopening of commerce be-
tween the United States and
Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
The grrocery store of j. T..
Adams, of Union City, was robbed
Friday night. The thieves got
Sl75 in bills; and have not been
caught.
And the old fashioned man
who always mislaid his watch Key
now has son who always mis-
lays the beer opener.
Go to the Crystal tonight.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as q
General Tonic because 1t contains the
well known tonic proper,iesoiQUININE
and IRON. II acts ON the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19
KILLED AT SAWMILL.

Jesse Ray, operating the edge
saw at w. K. Whitson s mill, five
miles south of Troy, Tenn, was
suddenly killed Saturday morn
ing by "A plank getting caught in
the saw and reversing itself,
striking him in the abdomen.
He lived only 40 minutes after
the blow. Mr.. Ray was about %
years old and an exemplary citi-
zen. He leaves wife and sever
al children, among whom is "A
son, Porter Ray, until recently a
resident of Hickman.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19
LIST grade
Don't Delay Treating your Cough

A slight cough often becomes
serious, Lungs get congested,
Bronchial Tubes fill with mucous.
Your vitality is reduced. You
need DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey.
1t soothes your irritated air pas
sages, loosens mucous and makes
your system resist Colds. Give
the Baby and Children DR..
Bells e-Tar-Honey. It's guar
anteed 10 help them. Only 25c.
At your druggist. (Advt.)
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19
THE COST OF WAR.

Fifty dollars a second, $1,000 a
minute, $4,000 an hour or
- 100000 every twenty four
hours is England 5 war bill day
by day. Germany is losing more
than twice that much each TWEEN
ty-four hours, Russia more than
England and Germany combined,
and France a close second 20
Germany. Altogether the 10 war
ring powers are spending $685.
100000 between each sun mp and
sun up.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19

.Hr papers give AN account of
Frueh ayiator killing German
,.ll'r by dropping ON them ar.
uas ol steel about ) inches long
mI q iite thicker than a lead
pencil. They are dropped in
m.aHs OF five hundred. me.
rHal arrangement spreading
u over an erca Of about 300
mis- from a height Of 1900
M From this height they
ro through a mans body.
H Eggs get up 10 dollar a
aH~u IN Hickman this winter,
ome predict. they ought 10
almost as acceptable to the
'anirr, M meat.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19
County
School Notes
ny Miss Virginia Luten
County Supt
I.lYI1 asaI.ikAs...ls.. aas =. -.

An unusually large attendance
u expected at the First District
educational Association at Full
ton, Nov. 9th and 2Sth. Pres.
Barker, of State University,
Prof. Coats, Of Frankfort, Chan
cellor kirkland, of Vanderbilt,
Or. Fordyce, Of University of Ne
Draska, and others of note will
appear on the program.
Hush Creek school made a very
nlce sum at the box supper last
Friday night. II is encouraging
70 see a number of our dis
trlcts raising funds for libraries
and other local improvements.
Several communities are CON
teinplating fencing the school
yards.
The attendance prize for fair
day went to Taylor school not
Tyler.
Graves school taught by Mrs.
STANLEY has the roll of honor
IRON the recent examination as
follows
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19

Rev. r. II. Pigue, of Fulton,
was transferred TO Murray, Ky,
by the Paris conference. For
reasons best known 10 himself, he
refuse to go to Murray, stating
that he would transfer from the
Memphis conference before he
would take up the work assign
ed him. Murray has another
pastor. but Rev. Pigue's ease s
yet 10 be- disposed of.
Even if YOU save . cents on
the dollar by buying elsewhere,
which is doubtful, you would lose
- cents on the dollar to your
town, which is certain; and If
everybody saved the 5 cents and
the town always lost the 80
cents You can see where we would
NIL soon be financially.
Only few more days and the
penalty will be added 10 unpaid
county and state taxes.
Subscribe for the Courier.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19
9Th grade
eth grade

Nellie Graves 90
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-19

Your druggist viii refund money u PAzo
OINTMENT fails 10 cure any case of itching.
Blind. bleeding Protruding Piles In to days.
The hfst application gives Rase and Rest. SOC.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-04-24
GOOD CROP FOR INDIANA.

Farmers Find Profit In Sugar 7sets
and Increased. Y,sld Of Other Crops
How sugar beet growing in Indiana
has worked out thus FAR In actual prac-
tice may be seen by few instances
Of Indiana farmers who have planted
the new crop and have kept u record
OF cost and profit. IL Haggard OF Mon
roe put twenty acres into sugar beets.
He gathered fifteen tons per acre.
little above the average crop. and
made profit of $500. or $40 an acre.
John Hyerly of Button got q crop OF
nineteen tons to the acre from a field
OF thirteen acres. His profit after de-
Quoting all expenses was SCI an scre.
This. he said. was the biggest profit he
had ever made OH farming land.
Fred Isch OF Bluffton kept a careful
account of his different crops lis
corn netted him profit Of SIS an acre,
his oats SIS, and twelve and half acres
of sugar beets gave him So an acre
above expenses. This, he said. proved
| TO his satisfaction that beet growing
Is a money maker for the farmer. aside
from the vast amount Of good his I2sd
derives from beets and the lessons in
scientific farming they teach hing
Fifteen acres in sugar beets gave a
yield of eleven tons 20 the acre on the
farm Of Il. w Bushy of Monroe Mr..
Bushy declared that he was well pleas
ed with the outcome of his first season
with the crop.
I'VE had an unusual rainfall here.
abouts," he said (which injured all
our crops. and | feel sure that with
the usual weather / could almost dou.
bic my tonnage per acre. AS it was,
made profit of about $50 per acre
and. although have not had any per
sonal experience of the good the land
receives from cultivating beets, have
seen other farmers who have almost
doubled their oat crop by rotation with
beets."
William Caesar of Preble had raised
beets in Michigan for seven years be
fore coming TO Indiana. He said thai
the rainy season OF last year did no
give fair test Of the Indiana soil, YET
he found his new land better fitted fol
the crop than the farm he had left il
Michigan Even with last years rainy
weather he averaged thirteen tons OF
beets TO the acre and looked for from
fifteen to twenty in the coming season
He planted fourteen acres last veal
and this spring will plant forty.
81 know from actual experience" hi
said. '4hat a farmer can harvest from
twenty-five to thirty bushels more oat:
per acre on the landEhe has sown Il
beets than he coul#before growing
them"
L. A Thomas of Monroe, who was
growing beets for the second time las
year, said that his beet crop had drop
ped from twenty tons 70 the acre t.
eleven on account OF the unfavOrabl'
weather, but that he felt he had made
big profit Notwithstanding. The oat:
which he planted on his former bee
land yielded double the amount he haC
been accustomed to harvest because o
the added fertility of the soil produces
by beet cultivation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-04-24
ALL . DEMOCRATS HELPING
Special Reporters Now Going Into
Every County in the State Inter-
vieWing Prominent Democrats
On Subs cription and Contribution Plan

The stupendcus work of gathering
material for the monumental CHS
tory of the Indiana Democracy" has
begun. The musty files of the Oldest
newspapers in the State are being
thoroughly searched, and the vaults
and records of the State House at In
dianapolis are being turned topsy-
turvy to get at all the facts about
the Democratic party for the past
hundred years. 1t is the intention of
the publishers to build literary mon
ument to the Indiana Democracy and
produce work in as many volumes
as may be required that will be q
notable addition to the political liter
AZURE of the State and Nation, for In
diana politics and politicians are OF
interest to the entire country.