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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
Amend the Law.

EIOIH lie SlllllOIl Ileldlu.
All i've Iowa, one Of the chief causes
of internal dissensions in cities is the
question of Improvements. chiefly paw
ing and sewers.
Why is it that everyone is in favor
OF improvements, but h a over half of
the property owners protest against
paying their share Of the cost? Is it
"tightness,'' or is it some provision in
the law which MATES payment for I'M
provements a burden on the average
citizen?
Many people condemn those who pro-
test. without considering that they
may have valid grounds for objection,
and that these grounds may be re-
moved.
Under the Iowa law, improvements
are paid for in seven yearly INSTALL
ments The only necessity, governing
the number of iastallments, is h the
improvement shall be paid for during
It's period Of use. Experience shows
that paving and sewers last from Is to
80 years. Then issue 20 year bonds, in
stead of seven year.
II the mex legislature will amend
the law. and distribute the cost of
improvements over a period Of years
corresponding TO the benefits deriv-
ed. opposition to paving and sewer
The only reason why seven years
should have been chosen Is that
seven mas been a conjurer's num-
Der from the remotest days of anti
guilty.
If the paving tax assessed TO a prop
erty owner is $500. he has to pay $57 per
year. Hundreds of men, who want
paving. cannot afford to pay that much
each year. 1t comes out of their food
or clothes, or their slight enjoyments.
But the same me- could afford to pay
$50 per year. And who would suffer?
The contractor is paid through the sale
of bonds. The .city's share Is no more.
The purchaser OF the bonds would prob
erty owner would be relieved of a bur-
den.
The cities. OF Iowa r taking great
steps forward in municipal Improve
ments. But the way is fraught with
| ~dissension IND ha.dships. Why not
make 1t easier7
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
United States in Good Shape.
From the st. Louis Republic.

For two years the Argentine Republic
has been in the grip of a financial
panic. For the year ending December
try totaled $205, 900, 900. The with
drawal of gold at the time of the Bal
war brought about this condition
in the Argentine.
Brazil is but little better off. The
coffee crop has been sold at low figures.
An overproduction Of rubber in the
Acre district has unsettled that market
in the rubber fields. Paraguay and
Uruguay are feeling the effects of the
business depression that overshadows
the eastern half Of the continent.
That the panic is very real may be
seen from these figures. Ham in
Buenos Ayres costs SLIGO a pound; a
can of peas, selling for Is cents in st.
Louis, brings $1.40 there; one OF our
10-cent cans of sardines costs $1.10;
a ginger ale highball is worth s1.0s,
and the ordinary two-bit Havana cigar
sells for SO in gold.
We lac a short crop last year in
the United States. Dry weather and
hot winds laid the foundation for a
depression from whose lou we are
now emerging. We have gone through
a period of legislative re%adjusting Of
the tariff and the currency. There were
weeks, even months, when we had all
the makings Of a panic lying about
loose. The railroad situation has not
been adjusted as yet nor has the anti
trust legislation SO badly needed beer
shaped.
American commercial stability has
been demonstrated and is being demon
strated now. Business conditions are
better in the United States than in
any other great producing country. We
have had our difficulties, but they have
never assumed h dangerous proper
lions of those now menacing the big
South American republics.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
SUCCEEDS IN CANADA

An interesting and successful Ameri.
can farmer, Lew Palmer, of Staveley,
Alta, passed through the city today.
Mr.. Palmer came from Duluth, MINI,
just ten years ago, and brought with
him four cows and three horses-and
that was his all. He homesteaded in
the Staveley district, and today has
480 acres OF land, $4,000 worth of i'm.
elements. "a Percheron horses, made
$1,000 out OF hogs last year, raised
1000 bushels of wheat, 5000 bushels
Of oats, IL acres OF potatoes, and<1s
IONS of onions. His farm and stock is
worth 100000, and he made It all In
en-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
HER MOTHER-IN-LAW
Proved a Wise, Good Friend.

A young woman out in Ia. found a
wise, good friend in her mother-in-law,
Jokes Notwithstanding. She writes:
Il was greatly troubled with my
stomach, complexion was blotchy and
yellow. After meals l often suffered
sharp pains and would have to lie
down. Ny mother often told me it
was the coffee / drank at meals. But
when I'd quit coffee I'd have a severe
headache.
while visiting my motherin-law I
remarked that she always made such
good coffee, and asked her to tell me
how. She laughed and told me 1t was
easy to make good coffee when you
use Postum.
Il began to use Postum as soon as l
got home, and now we have the same
good coffee (Postum) every day, and
I have no more trouble. Indigestion
is a thing Of the past, and my COM
plexion has cleared up beautifully.
MY grandmother suffered q great
deal with her stomach. Her doctor
told her to leave OF coffee. She then
took tea but that was Just as bad.
She finally was induced to try Post
UNI which she has used for over a
year. She travelled during the winter
Y g the greater part Of Iowa. visiting.
something she had not been able to
do for years. She says she owes her
present good health 70 Postum"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious beverage
instantly. 30c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds is
about the same.
there's q Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04

MRS. ALLEf
Los MISUNDERSTANDING whiz-
Eng OF bullets and cries of battle, Miss
Vida Edwards, one of the prettiest
girls of Los Angeles. and Allen Hen
dersoz1. prominent business man, were
secretly married by a Spanish padre in
an OLD adobe church at Naco, Mex, af-
ter a romantic elopement.
The news Of the marriage came out
q few days ago when Mr.. and Mrs.
Henderson spent a few hours here on
their honeymoon tour around the
world. Not even the closest friends Of
either party knew of the elopement.
l. was a case Of love at first sight,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
For Real Speeding.

Pop" said 1nquisitive Ignatz, how
asst can a horse go?"
Well" replied father, "a mile in
.wo minutes and four seconds Is con-
sidered good speed. Why do you
tsk?"
"Oh. l was just thinking" replied
tgnatz, what a shame It was that Paul
Revere, Tam O'shanter, and John Gill
Din didn't have motorcycles"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
AND THEN THEY UNDERSTOOD
Locomotive Engineer Made ou,
Plain What Had Caused Arou-
ment Between Travellers.

Two commercial travellers while in
q train got into a argument over
the action of the vacuum brake.
Its the imitation Of the tube that
stops the train" declared the first
traveller.
Wrong. wrong!" shouted the sec
ond. Its the output of the exhaus-
ton"
Then when the train arrived at the
station they agreed to submit the mat.
ter for settlement to the engineer.
That gentleman, leaning condescend-
ingly from his cab, listened with an
attentive frown to the two travellers
statements of their argument. Then
he smiled, shook his head and said:
Well. gents, ye're both wrong
about the workin' of the vacuum
brakes. Yet it's very simple and easy
to understand. When we want to stop
the train we just turn this valve and
then we fill the pipe with vacuum"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04

as the young couple had known each
other only q month before they decided
to marry. Business called Mr.. Hen
dersen to Mexico, and desiring to avoid
the furry of a public wedding. they
ran away n night, with only the
mother Of Mrs. Henderson in the Sc
cret.
Mrs. Henderson, who is a striking
young girl of the brunei type, was
much sought after in Los Angeles. and
1t was rumored that she was engaged
to a wealthy Pasadena man prior to
her meeting MI. Henderson.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
The Final Proof.

Doctor" said the sick man. the 9TH
er physicians. who have been in con-
%sultation over my case. seem to differ
from you in the diagnosis"
II know they do" replied the doc
tor. who had great confidence in him
self. but the autopsy will show who
was right"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
Trade Secret

Where do you get the plot for your
stories?"
Il have had but n plot" de-
clared the popular author, land !
swiped that from Romeo and Juliet,
ALI you have to do is to change the
scenery and the dialect"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
Wheel. Talk.

Wayside Walter and Tired Tommie
met for the first time In several
months.
Been across the country" Wayside
Walter explained.
Travelling incog?" asked Tommie.
Nope" replied Walter. lin the
axle."-Youngstown Telegram.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
Dove on Gun Of Death Ship.

0VVe OF 0uH VI 0edeH STHP'
While the Montana was steaming
;lowly northward through the fog a
White dove, the omen OF peace, blown
apparently from the Virginia shore,
.lighted on a ten-iach gun on the deck
If the cruiser. More than 100 blue.
jackets on the Montana, their terms
having expired, are glad to be home.
A little yellow swallow, blown to sea
1ear Cuba, remained IN n of the
cruisers all the way to Vera Cruz and
IS still on the deck Of the warship.-
New York Correspondence Philadel.
3hia Times.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
MAJOR WILLIAM e. COLE.

MAI. WilltamE E. Cole, u. s. A.. of this
coast artillery corps, is to command
the Atlantic Notifications OF the Pan
anna canal zone He is to leave New
York within a few days ana win pro.
coed to Cristobal. where he will estab-
fish hia headquarters.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01
MALARIA

Our attention has been calleC
to a pamphlet on Malaria, a
Brief DESCRIPTION of it's Cause
and Prevention" which is being
distrisuted in Rosemary. 1t is
gotten up by the Southern In.
dustrial Institute of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
This pamphlet is admirably
gotten up and is brief and tc
the point. Extracts from this
pamphlet are given elsewhere
in this issue. The actual money
loss from malaria in the South
Atlantic. States is estimated as
over fifty millions of dollars an
nually. 1t would cost hardly a
tenth Of that sum to make old
Anopheles what's his name a
scarcer fowl in this country than
a January hooking bird. The
pamphlet in question can be had
on application to the Southern In
dustrial Institute at Charlotte,
N. G. It's well worth writing
for.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01
A new IDEA
Advocates a Change in the Per.
sonnet Of County Officials

| 1t appears to me that it is
about time for a new deal in
our county officers. 1t is not
right to ride a free horse to
death, with such scant rations
Mr.. Editor. The present in
| cumbents have been sacriiic-
| ing their time and talent for
the good of the Democratic
party for quite a number of
years, to be exact, as follows:
S. M, Gary, 20 years at So, 800
$40, 600; Hunter Norman, II
years at So, 500, $40, 600; Joe
House, IL years at 81, 800,
$50. 600; Jarl Bowers, 6 years
at 81. 500, Is, 600, at end of
their present terms. The fees
per year are appropriated,
but not far wrong think,
In other words these gentle
men at expiration of their
present terms will have re-
ceived from the county the
small sum of $l55,000 OF
course this sum is a mere pit
lance for the service they have
rendered, and | for one do not
think the Democratic party
should further impose such
hardship on these gentlemen.
No doubt hut these gentlemen,
two years ago, would gladly
have cast their nantes on
others, but there were none
to be found willing to
help bear the burden, but
from reports | hear there are
some good Democrats now
who feel that they cant resist
this call to duty any longer,
and are willing to lay them
selves on the Democratic altar
for six years at least. Now,
Sterling, Hunter, Joe and Jarl,
you all have been faithful SER
wants lat least in holding on
to your jobs, and doubt but
that you will receive and de-
serve the plaudits Of your
countrymen, Well done. Well
done, then, good and faithful
servants, get out; get out and
take that rest you SO deserve. |
Yours In sympathy, |
JNo. r. FUTRELL. |
= Scotland Neck Commonwealth,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01

worked at one time? Why SO
difficult to keep all machinery at
work? Malaria has much to do
with it. An arrested case of
malaria will render the patient
unfit for efficient work for weeks
and months. He is Just able to
put in the time. "
VIM d0 IRE mol stop Herufu nps
Of Naloia. Because we either
donf or WoUt. for the disease is
preventablc and CLNhe Si,lDl1u}
ant entirety ami 1T q H1J7e ol
Wl,m il R0W casts in lass NJ iuip.
GET RID OF THE MOSQUITO 1t
has been proved beyond a doubt
that mosquitoes carry malaria.
70 stamp out the disease then,
we must destroy the carrier.
BEGIN FIGHTING THE MOSQUITO
NOW AT ONCE 1t is best to
begin early in the spring, with a
general cleaning up" campaign
including garbage cans, hotties,
bu ckets, barrels, marsh weeds,
grass. etc. School teachers could
lead such campaigns effectively.
Drain and fill every pond, or pool
OF Stagnant water. hccp Times
rIr"n. ThrF@ht Is UrrerEnishot
IN not step or HoH Wili harc moS-
qHitoeS o@aiH.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01
MALARIA and The MOSQUITO
Extracts frOlb a Pamphlet Prepared
by The Southern Industrial
Institute

The French while working the
Panama Canal, lost $4,000 men
from mosquito-born diseases.
They had a death rate of 100 to
every 1000 population. Colonel
Gorgas, by introducing sanitary
methods, reduced this death rate
to approximately the same as for
the United States in general, and
made possible the completion of
the Canal.
For THE LABORER malaria
means loss of time and wages
and large doctor bills.
For THE EMPLOYER malaria
means loss of labor, listless SER
vice, I inefficiency and reduced
dividSns.
Mosquito Disease Malaria is
carried from patient to person by
the mosquito Anopheles variety;
and in no other way. 1t is not
swallowed, or caught. =
Without the female Anopheies
there is no malaria. The mosqui- !
to standgin the way Of progress.
III certain sections why is labor
u uncertain and irregular?
Why 50 many more men ON the |
pay roll than can possibly be
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01

In this issue we take the liber-
ty Of printing an article that APP
peared in the Scotland Neck Com
monWeaIth Of last week signed
by Mr.. .lno. p. FutrelI. We are
printing this article not because
we are 50 much in sympathy with
Mr.. FutreIPs views but on ac-
count Of the delicious irony and
sarcasm Of the article. We I'M
hesitatingly acclaim Mr.. FutreIe
the Dean Swift of Halifax Coun-
ty, but for reasons of our own
We had rather someone else
would place the laurel crown up
on his brow! ArJ we think we
know at least four other parties
who won't do it either. ..
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01
THE MEXICAN DILEMMA

PresidentWilson' attitude in the
Mexican crisis can certainly be
considered forbearing. We doubt
whether any nation on this green
earth would have been quite SC
forbearing. The indignities and
outrages being inflicted upon
Americans in Mexico since our
occupation Of Vera Cruz seem to
deserve from us a trille more than
&. forbearance.
Ofcourse. the United States was
forced to accept the offer Of in
fermentation made by Argentine,
Brazil and Chill to bring about
an amicable settlement of the
difficulty. IfHuertadoes not kill
any more Americans while we
are trying to make friends, the
delay will be extremely adyan-
tageous to the United States, 1t
will give them time to mobilize
an army Of sufficient size to
bring about peace in that dis
tracted country and it will give
Americans trying to leave Mex
leo a few more days of grace.
That anything definite will come
from the proposed negotiations
is very unlikely, Huerta will
eyade, temporize, bubble, do
to get more time and
with Latin indirectness dish up
more insults and yelled threats
than this country has had to face
in all its history.
Huerta is irresponsible. He
'ealizes that the United States
S going to kick him out and any
hing he can do that will delay
" impede that process will be
lone, even though it involves
he carrying Of his unhappy coun-
Try through the fearful trials of
4 war with the United States.
The ultimate outcome of the
will be the conquering
VI Mexico by the United States
roops and forever afterwards
he policing of the country and
he regulating and control of her
government by bayonets of the
he United States Army. It's eth
II that or the remuneration of
he Monroe Doctrine and all it
IMPLIES. Henry Watterson is
light when he says; IF the
United States flag goes up across
he Rio Grande it will never
ome down." That flag is up
md the sooner the administration
ind the whole country realizes
he one inevitable Mexican poll
y that has been forced upon US,
he better it will be both for |
leXico and the United States.
1t will be an hundred years be-
ore the people of Mexico will be
apable of self government and
he maintenance of any kind of
rder. The United States must
ther regulate the internal af-
lirs Of the Mexican people or
t some other country do it-a
ling incompatible with the Mon
We Doctrine and the sentiment |
the American people.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01
Thomas C. Logan, of Philadel

Thomas C. Logan, of Philadel-
phia, is sometimes pessimistic
about things in general and
always particular about what he
eats. One day he went into a
restaurant and after scanning the
menu said to the waiter:
| see you have some caIf's
heart.
Yes, sir. " agreed the waiter.
We'll, how about that?' pur-
sued Logan; is it tender"'
Yes, sir, :" the waiter assured
him,
Then, - ordered Logan,
"bringit to me. If there is in
this world such a thing as a ten
der heart, | want it. Popular
Magazine.
Ephum Johnson was up before
Judge Shimmerpate on a cruelty
to animals charge.
Deed ah wasn't abusin' dat
mule, Judge" the old man de
INJURED.
Did yoa not strike itrepeated-
~ with aclub'? ...
'Yassah. =
And do You not know that
you can accomplish more with
animals by speaking to them"
"Yassah; but dis critter am
dilf'nt. He am 50 deft he can't
here me when All speaks to him
in de usual way; so All has to
communicate wild him in de sign
language. Youngstown Tele-
gram.
How does the battle go?"
asked the Mexican general.
''Fiercely," replied the press
agent. I'VE have just had three
devastating paragraphs, and are
now advancing several columns
If fierce description. .
- Washington Star.
What's this eugenic move
ment I've been hearing about, !.
Dan?"
''Oh, a lot of left-overs I've
sighted, some quack doctors
md a few clergymen think they
know more about mating than
10. Life.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01

Alas, for poor Mexico. The
worst is evidently yet to come.
Cole L. BIease says if the
South Carolina militia COOS to
Mexico he intends to march at
their head.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01

Butterwood, a,fs.ls
Roseneath, 26O8. 66
In this are included, I road,
school and all special taxR turn
ed in to the county BY th2 sever
al townships. Roanoke Rapids
Township, the smallest town
ship.in the county in ares, pays
over twenty per cent of the en-
tire taxes turned in to the coun-
tv -
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01

The improvement of Second
Street produced by tearing down
some sheds on the sidewalk is
pronounced. Let the good work
go on. The shed and hanging
signs arc a nuisance and an eye
sore And while we are aboutit
why not have a clean up day?
Other places are inalgurating
such festivals and we do not
think Roanoke Rapids should
miss anything anybody else is
getting. Let's have one, wheth-
err we need it or not(2.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01

During all this exeitementoyel
war, it would be well to remem.
Der that the election for the pur-
pose of issuing those graded
school bonds will be with us next
Tuesday. Every man who stays at
home and does not vote, casts one
vote against the issue and the
cause of education in this
community.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01
POLITICS and TAXES

Do we hear a nomination for a
County Treasurer from Roanoke
Rapids? Isn't it just about time
that Roanoke Rapids had some
thing in the way of county Off
GERS? Turn about is fair play
and the other end of the county
has held the treasurer-ship long
enough. We don't want to hog
it all a very little slice would
1 20 o long way with us because
we are used to short rations.
In support sof the justice Of
our plea, we areAgiying below the
amount Of taxes paid last time
BY each Of the townships in the
county.
Roanoke Rapids, 26, .27
Weldon, 1S,158.87
Enfield, 15,912.52I
Scotland Neck, 1858. rs /
mkleyville, 10,070.38 /
aton, 9.3947oE
X. 5,S41.00l
anarie ll9l ia /
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-11-02
CARRANzA WOULD
 DRIVE: VILLA OUT

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 2.-The con- vention of delegates representing all the military chiefs of Mexico have decided to eliminate both Provisional President Carranza and General VII. la and to elect some one else as pres ident of the republic. The conven. tion decided upon the new course on Saturday and the news of the elim. ination of Carranza spread like wild fire and the people here do not know what to expect.
 Provisional President Carranza has informed the foreign diplomats that he will not vacate the office until General Villa and General Zapata leave Mexico. and that if they do not go he will drive them out with his 100, 900 soldiers, whom he asserts are all loyal.
 The bloodiest revolution in the his. tory of Mexico is expected. All sides are arming while the foreign popu- lation Is preparing to seek safety un. der the pxotsction Of the United
 tetss tTo65 II vssa Crus.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-11-02
ITALIAN MINISTER
 QUITS CABINET Is Opposed To the Preparations Be. ing Made for War-People Insist
 Upon War With Austria.

ROME, Nov. 2-Minister of Finance Rubini, of Italy, today resigned from the cabinet as a protest against the efforts of the war party to secure appropriations to place the army and navy upon a war footing and to be prepared for the inevitable conflict between Italy and Austria.
 | Rubini asserts that the prepara- tions for war must lead to war and that the people of Italy should re- main neutral.
 The war party, however, is strong, and the people are continually clam bring for war with Austria to free the millions of Italians held under Austrian rule in the Adriatic provin- -ces of the dual empire. The govern ment is anxious to avoid war but in. sists that unless Italy is prepared her fate is certain and that the cost of the continued mobilization must be met by new taxes and the new equip ments and military supplies must be purchased now while the markets of the world are open to Italy and stor- ed for future use.
 The money power in Italy is against war, but the people, however, de- sire it to aid the Italians under Aus trian rule.