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Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25
WHY THE COST OF
OPERATING RAILROADS
!. HAS BEEN INCREASED
Struggling Against Increased Cost OF
Labor And Supplies On One Hand--Re-
dnced Rates On The Other

other ills we know not of wheth-
er it is not wiser to cure such de-
fectS as may cucumber the pres
ent system rather than run the
danger of plunging this mighty
party politics foE all time, with
its attendant opportunity for evil
of which the past affords such
rich variety of experience. The
United States is still a young coun
United States is still a young
country, and in many sections
only partially developed. Many
new lines and extensions are
needed here and there to give a
wider opportunity to expanding
agriculture and commerce, and
nothing could be more unfortu-
nate and disastrous than that
these favorS could henceforth be
obtained only by leave of the
dominant political factions which
will reign at the national capital
in the years to come. Political
parties are intensely human in
StitutionS, and the average eau
tiOuS citizen will prefer to leave
the railroad expansion of the fu-
ture to the economic law of sup
ply and demand of the different
communities rather than to place
a temptation for power in the
hands of those who rise and fall
in the field of politics. Further
more, should the time ever come
when the government takes over
the railroads, it means that the
people will have to forego the
of taxes which they now
pay and which help to support
the public schools, public high
ways and other public expenses.
Many other things could be said
upon this phase of the question,
but space forbidS. For some time
the government, through the In
terState Commerce Commission,
has been engaged in making a
physical valuation of all our rail-
roads as a matter of guidance for
future rate adjustments. Again,
we repeat, since the people alb
Solutely control and regulate the
railroads, is that not enough? Will
it not be better to let well enough
alone-to cling to that which is
good and eliminate that which is
bad in the present system which,
with all that has been said against
it, furnishes the best and cheap
est transportation service in the
world?
Increased Cost of Operation.
We now wish to refer briefly
to another phase of the problem.
For a number of years the cry
of the high cost of living" has
been everywhere in the land. Time
was, not so many years ago, when
the farmer sold his corn at %
cents per buShel. Now it brings
from so cents to Is cents. So,
too, he sold hogs for 3 cents per
pound, which now readily bring
from 7 to 10 centS-while a good
steer calf, which used to bring
from $40 to S12, now sells for
from 500 to S25. Nobody who
knows anything about present
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25

During the last few years the
advocates of government owner
ship of railroads have been some
what persistent in the public
press and the matter is referred
to here, not with any idea of COM
batig this propogada, but merely
that the people may briefly see
both sides of the picture. So long
as a lot of men welcome the
wrecking of the railroads on the
theory that the government will
take them over and that such a
state of affairs would be prefer
able to private ownership, it
would be impossible to obtain
from them a fair judgment of the
latter system which now prevails
in the United States. 1t is impOS-
Sible to go into this great queS-
tion at any length at this time,
but here are a few things worth
thinking about. Much has been
said in recent years about the
water" contained in American
railroad securities, and, in this
connection the valuation of the
government owned railroads of
Europe is very interesting. In
Germany, the state owned roads
are capitalized at SLABS per
mile, in Austria at S12O,692, in
Hungary at $69,21O, in Italy at
S126,886, in Belgium at 19O,914,
in Switzerland at $1O2,95O, in Rou-
mania at S9O,113, in Japan at $685.
1O4, in New South Wales at $71,-
39l-while the privately owned
lines of the United States, re-
gardIeSS of what water may have
been forced into them in Spe-
cial instances, are capitalized at
only S6S,944 per mile. Whatever
initiation may therefore have been
put into these properties in the
past, the fact remains that their
present valuation is much lower
than that of the government own
ed railroads of Europe, and, what
is still more important, the rates
charged are the lowest and the
service rendered admittedly the
best in the world.
In this connection, a statement
contained in the last annual re-
port of the DeutSche Bank of Ber-
lin, which has a paid-up capital
and reserve fund of S75,OO0,0O0,
is interesting: American rail-
roads need higher rates. The
present rates are the lowest in the
world-repreSenting but a frac-
ton of the English railway rates,
for inStance-and this in the face
Of the fact that wages in the
United States on the average are
fully twice as high as in Europe"
Certainly this view of the pri-
vately owned lines in the United
States, coming from Germany,
which has the most successful
state owned system of tranSpor-
tation in the world, is worthy of
grave consideration.
=. Letting Well Enough Alone.
In view of these facts, the aver
age citizen may well ask himself
whether it is not best to let we'll
enough alone rather than to invite
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25
Merry Christmas To All

This is our heart wish. We want to you merry
all the time We want you to prosper because makes
you happy. If you don't prosper as much as you ex-
pected be merry just the same for you can't succeed
when you have crouch.
Life is just what you make it-sad or glad-merry
or sorrOwfu Life is but battle Pitch in and fight it
out with push and pluck and love and you surely will
come out the winner.
Just keep Your Grit
KEEP YOUR GRIT.
Hang on! Cling on! No matter what they say,
Push on! Sing on! things will come your way;
Sitting down and whining never helps bit
Best way to get there is by keeping up your Grit
Don't give up hoping when the ship goes down
Grab spar, or something just refuse to drown;
Don't think your dying, just because you're hit,
Smile in face of danger, and hang to your Grit
NFOlks die too easy, they sort of fade away
Make little error and give up in dismay;
Kind of man that's needed is the man of ready wit
To laugh at pain and trouble and keep his Grit"
Again wishing you Merry Christmas, and thank
full for your trade, we
Truly yours,
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25

James Gilman returned the last
of the week from Kansas City
to visit until after the holidays
with home folks. Jim is attend
ing dental college there and says
that he likes the work very much.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25

Will Moses was here last week
for a visit of a few days with his
brothers, c. L. and E. W., and
their families and also to attend to-
business matters.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25
BUILDING SITE.

A choice quarter block in. the
west end between Forest and
Broadway. One of the few. left.
Better buy it. TAYLOR
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25

WANTED-All kinds of furs.
We pay highest cash prices.-
Spaugh's Grocery. 4O-St.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16

For the opening feature of Mer- chants Week next Saturday one very essential thing for success will be the cooperation of the weather man as the morning event arranged for that day by the entertainment committee Is an automobile parade. Another essential is the cooperation of the Norwich own CTS of automobiles or any owners who will volunteer their machines for ser vice for awhile that morning for the parade, which will occapy the time from Il to F o'clock, but the ma chimes will be needed for an hour long CT than that as they are to be asked to report at Union square at 10 o'clock. From this point they will be sent out to pick up their assignment of school children who will ride in the cars.
 Automobilists' and Children's Part.
 The parade is to be the automobilits' Week and it is expected that they will enter into it with the same fine en- thusiasm as has been shown by so so many other classes of the citizens who are in the cooperative movement to make Merchants Week the big suc- cess that is desired.
 Flags and Horns
 Waving flags and footing horns are to be an accompaniment of the nov ing line of automobiles, for three of the children in each machine will have flags to wave and two will have horns to toot The enthusiasm and lively spirits of the children will do the rest.
 The entertainment committee is at work to see all the auto owners they
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN AUTO PARADE
To Make Opening Feature of Merchants Week Saturday, 100 Machines Expected to Particpate-Schoo Children to Ride Will be Selected by Superintendent and Teach

can to secure their participation in the parade; but it will be great help to them if the owners will veluteer be- fore they are called upon by the com mittee. All who want to get into the volunteer class are requested to give their names to James l.. Case.
 Want 100 Machines.
 One hundred machines are wanted for the pafade so thatno one need hold back from volunteering to help for fear that his automobile might not be need ed
 Help the Mothers.
 One of the ideas in having the pa rade on Saturday morning is that 1t will enable the mothers to come to the city's business section on this open ing morning of Merchants Week.
 Guardian for Each Machine.
 It is the plan to select a certain num- Der of children from each schools, those to ride being selected by Super intendent Graham and the supervisors. In each machine besides the chauffeur, Is to ride a grown person who will take charge of the children, possibly some children from the county home will be among the riders in the pa rade. The children are to meet at their respective schools and the automo- piles will go there and get them to bring them back to East Main strret, where the parade will start.
 The autos that are to be in the pa rade are to come to Union square at 10 o'clock and will find there com mittee of men who will tell them to go to pick up their school children pas sengers.
 Will Form on East Main Strret.
 The parade will form on East Main street with right resting on North Main street. After it starts from there the parade will probably proceed along Main street to Washington square up Washington street and down Broadway and along Main street again to the Starting point.
 The arrangements for this feature are in the hands of the entertainment committee whose members are w. A. Somers, chairman; D. T. Shea. H. M. Lerou, J. D. HaViland, s. A Gilbert, H. R. Woodward and $. F. Machette.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16
Brief Menetion.

w. P. Allen was in Providence We'd nesday.
 Jehn Brick has gone to Boston for a few days visit.
 Mrs. Louis Helm of Stafford is en- tertaining her daughter, Mrs. R. Prem tice. of AInston.
 Arthur Melvin. who has been vis- iting his uncle, Frank Melvin, return ed to Boston Wednesday,
 Miss Virginia Haggerty returned this week from Providence. where she has been visiting her aunt.
 MT. and Mrs John Carlson and chil- dren are in Boston for a few days. Mir. Carlson, who is employed in the railroad yard, is off duty on account of illness.
 Local people in Hartford Wednes- day included James P. Mustard. My. and Mrs. H. K. Washburn, Miss Grace Washburn, Prof. and Mrs. Chester D. Jarvis, Mrs. James Berard, Miss Alma Dion, Mrs. J. F: Ahearn, Mrs. R, C. White, Mrs. Lunette Clune, Mrs. T: R Parker, ". c. Chamberlain, Louis Kingsbury, Miss Ruth Taylor, Miss Lucy Murphy.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16
MOOSUP
K. of C. Ball a Pronounced Success George Hill Recovering from ln- iuries,

All HalIows' council, No. 270. K. of C., held the annual Easter Monday ball in Milner hall Monday evening. There was an unusually large number in attendance, and the decorations surpassed by far any in previous years. Elaborate gowns and delightful music and a finely arranged pro- gramme of dances were features of the evening. During the intermission re- treatments were served.
 Return from Florida.
 Misses Evelyn A. Salisbury and Edith NJ Elliott have returned from a very enjoyable stay of several weeks at Frostproof, Fla.
 Recovering from Injuries.
 Mrs Nancy B. Hill and daughter, Mrs. Harriet L. Kenyon, were at the Day <imball hospital at Putnam Sun day. where they visited Mrs. HilPs son George, who was injured by & train at the local crossing recently. They found MT Hill recovering steadily and it is hoped he may return home in few weeks.
 Critically III.
 Miss FIossie Martin, a teacher in the public schools, living Tn the MoOsup Pond district, lies at her home critical ly i'll. A consultation was held Tues day:
 Mr and Mrs. Harry Howard have returned from their honeymoon and are living at the home of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Chapel on Prospect street.
 Thomas l.. Morrissey of Lowell, Mass, MT. and Mrs. William A. Has sett of Worcester and John Daley Of Boston were guests over Sunday at the home of Miss Cecelia, Daley.
 Mrs. Mary J. Lovett has gone this week to Pomfret Center, where she will assist at the home of the Congrega- tiOnaI pastor.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16
This Skin Peeler All
 the Rage in Society

There is a growing tendency among women of culture and fashion to pay more attention to hygienic means of preserving their charms. Tine advent of na naercolized wax doubtless has been largely responsible for this. This re- markable substance produces complex ions so natural in appearance, so mag neticaliy beautiful, artificial complex ions are no longer desired. Instead of doctoring offensive skin, the skin IS peeled off The wax peelS the skin 50 gradually in such fine particles, no discomfort is eXperienced. The fresheI, younger skin beneath, wholly in evi- dence within week or two, is lily white, satiny soft and smooth. It's not q patch ed-oVer comp pleXiOn. but a brand new one. That's why Inerc oiiZed wax has become such 8 rage among society folk. The wax is put on nights nke cold cream and washed off mornings All druggists save it; one ounce will Ge.
 Apother hyglenjc treatment now fn1ich in tavor is one to remove wrin- k les. mace by dissaINiug ] oz. powdep- ed .saxolite in F pint witch hazel. Used Us a wash lotion it acts like magic"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16
THE 4. C. SWAN CO.,. Norwich New London

day from visit with Mrs. F. Arch ambault of Arctic, R. I.
 Mrs Mabel Reynolds returned We'd nesday from New York, where she has spent the past six months.
 MT and Mrs. John Fitts and son returned Wednesday from a weehs S stay with relatives in Hartford.
 Mrs A. Adams returned Wednesday from New York where she has been visiting during the past three months.
 Patrick Conway of Providence call ed on local friends Wednesday in his way back from Rockville, where he formerly resided.
 Miss Ann Britton, who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary Britton for the past week. returned to Hartford Wednesday to resume her duties as teacher in one of the schools.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16
Personals.

J. B. Fullerton spent Wednesday in Putnam:
 c. A. Gates spent Wednesday in Boston.
 Samuel Johnson spent Wednesday in Middletown.
 Miss Belle Greene is the guest of her sister in New London
 James A. Dady of Putnam was a local visitor Wednesday.
 Attorneys G. F.. Hinman and P. J. Danahey were in Rockville Wednes- day.
 Mrs. Lizzie Webster is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Webster of Taftville.
 Miss Dora Gingrass returned Tues
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16
WILLMANTIC
Bishop Brewster's Visit.

Tuesday evening Rt. Rev. Chaun- sey Bunce Brewster, D D., bishop of the diocese of Connecticut, made his annual visit to St PauHs church in this city. The service was held at 7.SO and was largely attended.
 There was no confirmation service at the church, but Bishop Brewster in the afternoon confirmed Mrs. l.. l.. Dilks, at the hospital, where she is a patient In the morning the bishop conducted services in Windham.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16
Addressed Grex Club.

The regular monthly meeting of the Grex club of the Congregational church was held in the chapel Tuesday eve ming Chiefly routine business was transacted. The club was addressed by Rev. F. A. Summer of Milford and by w B. Knight, chairman of the Ecclesiastical society of the church, in an interesting and entertaining manner.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16
Critically III.

SheIton.-The Derby and Shelton Young Mems Christian association will celebrate it's twenty y-fifth anniversary, beginning April 25 and closing May
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-16

Stamford Sufficient funds have been guaranteed to secure for this city a number of Chautauquan ses- sions this summer.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
A REBELLION
Food Demanded.

The human body will stand Lot Of
abuse, but sometime it will surely re.
bel and demand proper food in place
OF the pasty, starchy, greasy stuffs on
which it has been made sick.
Then is the time to try Grape.Nuts,
the most scientific and perfect food In
the world.
A lady of Washington says: Three
years ago was very i'll with catarrh
OF the stomach and was given up to
die by one doctor. I laid in bed four
months and my stomach was so weak
that could not keep down medicine
or hardly any kind of food and was so
weak and emaciated after four months
OF this starvation that my daughter
could easily lift me from bed and nut
me In my chair.
But weak as my stomach was, it
accepted, relished and digested Grape
Nuts without any difficulty the first
time that wonderful food was tried.
I am now strong and in better
health than for great many years
and am gradually growing still
stronger. l rely on Grape.Nuts for
much of the nourishment that | get.
The results have certainly been Won
derful in my case and prove that no
stomach is SO weak it will not digest
Grape-Nuts.
My baby got fat from feeding on
Grape-Nuts. l was afraid would
have to stop giving the food to him,
but | guess it is healthy fat, for his
health is just perfect" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, THE Road to Wellville."
There's a Reason"
Ever rend the above letter. A new
one appears FROM time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of hanaa
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
PRIZE FOR THE SCIENTIST
Discovery Of Skull Thousands of
Years Old Has Stirred the Men
of knowledge.

In the Technical World magazine
We read that skull was found lately
near Los Angeles that is probably sew
eral thousand years old. There is a
bed of pitch just outside the city
which somebody says is like 90-acre
sheet Of tangle-foot fly paper. ranging
from six inches to several feet in
depth. Even today little wild crea-
tures-rabbits, birds or gophers-be-
come entangled in the pitch and die
there, and this has been going on
thousands Of years, probably.
If bird flies down close enough to
the asphaltum to be trapped, so the
monsters of long ago were caught and
held there. The quality of the ma
terial is such that it preserves every
thing that is buried there, and skele-
tons have been found in perfect condi-
ton.
The skeleton of the saber-toothed IT,
ger with the long curved teeth that
gave 1t the name vas found here, the
giant sloth camel, great wolf, a
small antelope md a huge bird of prey
called the teratornis. The latter was
found near the skull just discovered,
and because scientists know that the
bird became extinct many thousands
Of years ago, they can judge some.
thing of the age of the skull. The
skull is smaller and fatter at the back
than a mans skull of today, and the
find has excited the scientific students
Of California.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
A Fine Niqht.

Maude Marie was sentimental
miss of twenty summers, who seemed
to look on the world with a gentle
sigh, relates the Kansas City Star.
John Henry, who though her some
sweetness was almost crudely prac-
teal One evening they were leisure.
ly rambling along the country. road
when John Henry noticed that Maude
Marie's thoughts seemed far off.
"You look like somnambulism, Ma.
rie," remarked the young man.
Where are your thoughts"
4 was thinking of the night, John
dear tenderly replied the fair one.
isn't it sublime? Isn't it glorious
Isn't it the most wonderful night you
ever saw"
YES" was the startling rejoinder
of the practical John. 1T is just the
kind of a night to shoot CATS
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13

prepare food, the Importance Of keep
ing the icebox pure, the germs that get
on tne hands from dirty straps in
street care or from door.knobs or fur.
nIture. She tells of the simple disin'
lectants and she dwells particularly on
'he sl'Hy and the benefit of open air
Is a Charming Enthusiast
Inc greatest housecleaners in the
world are sunshine and fresh air
"here they are germs cannot grow.
She goes into the matter of rest, of
work, OF dress, Of exercise, of the
teeth, the mouth, The nose, the hands,
the eyes, the ears. She is an en-
thusiast and her liquid, Southern tones
have a decided charm She has stud
led her subject so deeply and is so
wrapped up in it that she gives to it
an interest far beyond what person
would imagine could be developed in
such a talk. She can explain thing
so clearly that everyone can under
stand. If persons only would live cor
rectly the span of life would be much
longer, but from early life until the
end most persons misuse the one great
asset with which they were endowed
health.
OF the 500 nurses under her direc-
ton, nearly all have connections with
settlement houses or other bodies.
They are pretty we'll trained, but they
IND they have a good deal to learn from
Mrs. Cunningham-Snyder in every mat
ter, from making a bed or cooking
meal to nursing a patient. She seems
to have studied and mastered every.
thing that has to do with the improve.
ment of health conditions, That
would not be of such value II it were
not for her singular ability in impart.
Ing her own enthusiasm to all those
about her. Possibly the Joy she feels
in having come through so many sur.
gical operations without being crippled
and with good health explains this in
part.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
Accuracy First,

Far down in the basement is a ma.
chine of particular interest to astron.
omers and scientists. 1t is the cele.
brated dividing engine, which makes
1t possible, to the delight of mathema.
ticians, to divide circle accurately,
even to within one second of arc
SURPRISING TIE records of all previous
dividing engines. This degree of &C.
curacy was accomplished after years
OF experiments in room heated to
80 degrees, or as near as practicable to
the heat of the body of the operator,
for even breath might interfere with
the tiny scratches on the silver bands
of the revolving disk-An Afternoon
with Ambrose Swasey, by Joe Mitchell
Chapple, 'in National Magazine.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
Perfumed Gloves.

Queen Elizabeth, the Good Queen
Bess,' was monarch who showed a
decided Partially for perfumes and
was very fastidious In their use. Ev-
cry article of her wearing apparel
was scented, even to her gloves and
shoes. The former were spoken of as
being Sweet as damask roses" Lord
Oxford, Edward We're, was the first to
present Elizabeth with perfumed
gloves, which pleased her so much
that she had her portrait painted in
them. Perfumed gloves then became
the rage, but they were not always
harmless. Sometimes they were poi.
soned and used as a means of getting
rid Of enemies.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13

You're bilious! Your liver is slug.
gish. You feel lazy, dizzy and all
knocked out. Your head is dull, your
tongue is coated; breath bad; stomach
sour and bowels constipated But don't
take salivating calomel. 1t makes you
sick, you may lose days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis Of the bones
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramp,
ing.
If you want to enjoy the incest, gen
tlest liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced just take spoonful
of harmless DOdson's Liver Tone. Your
druggist or dealer sells you 50-cent
bottle Of Dodson's Liver Tone under
my personal money-back guarantee
that each spoonful will clean your