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The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
AN EXAMPLE OF THE NECES-
 SITY FOR GOOD ROADS

Esq. w. s. Martin of Jackson town ship is a member of the good roads committee. The committee was call ed to meet in Prescott on Saturday Dec. 18th ten a. m. The roads were muddy and Mr. Martin halting be- tween two opinions, would it be better to drive through the country to Pres- cott,-a distance of "A miles-or go to Sayre, 12 miles, leave his horse and buggy in the liver stable and take the train over the round about way of Gurdon.
 He finally chose the latter route It took him half as long to go to Sayre as it would have taken to come to Prescott. He paid a livery bill, railroad fare and lost good deal of time waiting for trains. If he had had firm road, such as Nevada coun- ty will some day have, he could have driven the A miles to Prescott with as much ease and in as short time as it took to go to Sayre. MT. Martin says the extra expense of this trip will amount to almost as much as the increase in the taxes necessary to build the roads.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
MILL FAILING FOR ROAD METAL

In Missouri a considerable amount of road material is obtained from the tallings of the concentrating mills at the zinc mines. This material, which IS put on the market as "chats" con- sists of small angular fragments of chert and limestone. The zinc con- panles are very glad to get rid of this waste material, which is loaded on the cars by the railroads of the district as at cost of about 6 or cents a ton. It makes more than ordinary good roads and is widely distributed all through the Middle West. It sells in most places at prices ranging from 50 cents to $1 ton, but in the neighbor- hood of the mines it can be had for about 15 cents ton. 1t is used for railroad ballast as we'll as road mak- Ing. The annual output according to the United States Geological Sur Vey, amounts to about 1,300,000 tons.
 In Tennessee and Alabama quan- tty of chert is used for road metal, and In many States crushed slag from blast furnaces also furnishes a val uable road material. In Alabama, one or the large producing States, over 2,OO0,000 short tons of furnace sag, the average value of which was aoout 25 cents ton, was crushed and put on the roads last year. Crushed slag IS also used as railroad ballast and for concrete and roofing material.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
By J. A. Everitt, in THE THIRD POWER"

This is an age of organization and cooperation. The old saying, "Com- petition is the life of trade," is chang ed to "Cooperation is the life of trade"
 An individual would be strong enough if he was the only individual in the world. However if he is one of large class he is weak and the larger the class the weaker the indi- vidual. The farmer class is the most numerous, hence, the individual farm CT is the weakest individual when he stands alone. "In union there is strength" The greater the union the greater the strength. The farmers united would be the greatest union greater than all other unions com bined. They would represent a strength and power such as the world never knew before. The farmer pow CT is the third power to assert itself, but will be the first power in strength and importance
 The bestirring and awakening of this last and greatest power is the most significant event of the present generation. No individual, no matter what his position-professional, in- dustrial or political-can afford to ignore it's birth and make calculations on it's rise. For, while it is not a power that will contest for mastery by brute force in fields economic or polite, it will affect all in it's demands for equity and the equal rights of man.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
HOW ONE FARMER MANAGES TT

w. G. Bright of North Hampstead County has had a two horse farm. This year he has made 700 bushels of potatoes, plenty of corn, peas, peanuts and hay to feed all his stock through the year and one bale of cotton. A friends of MT. Bright's in telling what he has done says MT. Bright doesn't know what to do with his cotton. He is not compelled to sell it as he has plenty of potatoes to sell and is gett ing nice price for them. Our ad vice would be for him to keep that bale of cotton until next fall and thus avoid the trouble of making cotton next year Wouldn't it be fine if all our farmers were as independent as this one?
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
SCIENCE SPEAKS.

Science says that we are surround. ed with myriads and myriads of invis- ible foes ever on the alert to discov- CT the point of successful attack, and we are furnished with a garrison Of unseen friends who ordinarily dis charge the function of police and of the department of health, but who in the event of an invasion mobilize with extraordinary celerity and precision. A struggle ensues and the victory goes to tho stronger Within the ken of science there is nothing which de- stroys the physical defenses as alco- hol destroys them, just as there Is nothing which brings to the ground the defenses of the spirit as drinking does, and as there is nothing to equal alcohol as a producer of crime.-Rev. Dr. McMillan, speaking before the assembly of the Presbyterian church of Ireland.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
WATER STUDIES IN HAWAII

The three principal crops of the Hawaiian Islands are sugar, rice and taro. and 90 per cent of these are the rroducts of irrigation. Water is therefore the life blood of the islands and since 1909 the United States Geo. logical Survey, in cooperation with tbe Territory of Hawaii and assisted bv private corporations, and individ- uals, has been carrying on an exhaus- tive investigation of the water re- sources of the islands. The latest result of this work is a report by C. H. Pierce and G. K. Harrison just issued by the Survey as Water-Sup- ply Paper 336.
 The investigations of stream flow in the Territory are not complete, nor do they include all the streams that might advantageously be studied but they embrace as many of the streams and ditches on the four larger islands Hawaii Kauai, Oahu, and Maui) as the available appropriations would allow. It is essential that records of stream flow should be kept during a period of years long enough to deter mine within reasonable limits the range of flow from the maximum to them minimum. The length of such a period manifestly varies for different streams. Experience has shown that the records should be kept from to 20 years.
 This report contains the results of stream and ditch measurements con- ducted during 1912 and, taken in con- nection with Water-Supply Paper 31S issued last year, gives a record of the principal streams for 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912. Copies of No. 336 may be obtained free of charge on application to the Director, United States Geolo- gical Survey, Washington, D. c. The supply of Water-Supply Paper 31S for free distribution has been ex- hausted, but copies may be obtained from the Superintendent of Docu- ments for 50 cents each.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14

candle must be banned not only "Tip- perary," but the "Baba of Jerusalem" lest Turkeys rights be wronged, and to spare Germany's sensibilities the woeful ballad of "Little Billee" must drift into the silences.
 But let us ask, is the ukase to hold when 1t touches the marrow of official honors and salutes? Is the "Watch on the Rhine." "The Marseillaise" or "The Star of the North" no longer to be blared on brass when "guard and band" are ordered to receive foreign high notablities of the shore or sea :? And when lying in ports of belliger- ents is our nations anthem at sunrise and sunset to be followed by that of the country of the achorage as is the point-device custom of gallant sea- men everywhere?
 Longer and harder than the road on Tipperary will be the distance Sec retary Dainels must cover before he convinces the people that this last divagation is more than the merest idleness. It may, perhaps, go far and fare we'll with the German voter, but it can serve only to irritate the sense of dignity and proportion of the other 90 per cent of our citizens, worn out with vagarities and foolishness that have hurt and are continuing to hurt our good name at home and abroad.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
The DardaneIIes.

The strait known as the Dardanelles (the Hellespont of the ancients) unites the Sea of Marmora with the Aegean. a part of the Mediterranean sea. It Is so called from two castles by which the narrowest part is pro- tected and which preserve the name Of the city of Dardanus in the Troad. In terms of the treaty of 1s41. con firmed by the treaty of Paris of 1856. no foreign ship of war may enter the strait except by permission of the government of Turkey. and even mer- chant vessels are only allowed to pass tho defending forts during the day.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
LACKLAND TO ORGANIZE
 FARMERS UNION LOCAL

Esq. Jim Rhodes informes us that the woodmen lodge at Lackland is building a hall and when it is complet- ed the farmers of that community will probably organize a Farmers Union local at Lackland, and ask for the use of the Woodman hall to hold their meetings in. Everywhere the farmers are beginning to realize the importance of organization.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
STATUS OF SALOONS.

The saloon stands in the same rela- tion to the community as the gambler who fleeces a harvest hand and then lends him a dollar so he can get to his next job. That dollar Is not benevo- lent or necessary; neither are saloon taxes.-Pacific Christian Advocate.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
A GOOD POINT.

The plea for compensation made by the liquor traffic, says prohibition journal, loses its force in face of it's own statement that prohibition does not prohibit, for if this be true its property should be enhapced by req son of the increasing consumption.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14

The greatest curse to the farmer today the credit system. No man is in a position to demand fair price for his products as long as they are under mortgage. The fact is he sells his stuff when he gives the mortgage, and that without fixing any price whatever.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14

"Many fantastic schemes have been devised for the emancipation of the American farmer, but they have all had one fundamental defect in that they looked to the government in- stead of the farmer himself. No peo- pie was ever freed except by it's own exertions."
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
The Prescott Daily News SvDlG9ts9O 6y rss News Printing Go.

rntared as second class mail matter u..smber 4th, 1905, at the postof3ce Prescott, Ark, under the act of csnrress, cs March 5. 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
WORKS BOTH WAYS.

If the soldier must give up alcohol because it interferes with his ef- iciency, why should not the civilian promote his efficiency by giving 1t up?-William Jennings Bryan.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
WHO PAYS DRINK BILL?

John P. Lennon, treasurer of the American Federation of Labor says that 70 per cent of the drink bill of the United States is contributed hy the American laboring man.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14

Public opinion is a weak tyrant ,or,nared with our own private opin- inn What a man thinks of himself that it is which determines, or rather ;nd;cates his fate.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14
December Fourteenth

cet an enthusiasm. You can't be .,tbusiastic and unhappy at the same .:.,o Life.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14

o o " o o * o o 70 NEVADA COUNTY FARM o* O* ERS' UNION COLUMN 90 70 By J. M. Thomas.- O* O* *O* * o o o o|* o PROGRAM FOR NEVADA
 COUNTY FARMERS UNI )N The following is the program to be held with the Glendale Local at Pleas ant Ridge Church on January 7th and 8th, 1915:
 l. Welcome address by Miss Julia
 Ogden. 2. Cooperative Stock Raising, By M.
 w. Greeson. 3. The Farmers Union or the Poor
 House, take your choice, by J. P.
 Otwell. 4. Rural Credits, by M. B. Segler. 5. General Discussion.
 (Signed) Committee.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-14

"Who would be free must strike the first blow"
Connecticut western news., 1914-06-25
Governor Quite Alive

Attorney l.. Erwin Jacobs, of New Haven, received somewhat of a jolt when he received letter from Stewart '& Burns, firm of Wichita (Kan. lawyers, asking him to make affidavit that the late governor of the state, " Simeon B. Baldwin, is really dead.
 The correspondence came about in thls way: On December 2g, 1909, Mir. Jacobs acknowledged deed transferring from Simeon E. Baldwin to Frank Barnbardt, of Wichita, lots 1lS Sand .120 with other property on Fifth avenue in the Viola Addition to Wichita The lawyers want to clear the title for Barn hardt now, and wanted to secure some information concerning Simeon E. Bald win.
 MT. Jacobs made affidavit that Governor Baldwin ''is alive and in ex- cellent health, is neither a bachelor nor widower, and expects to be the next United States senator from COit- necticut (if the democrats win)"
Connecticut western news., 1914-06-25
Eighteen Auto Hearings.

Secretary of the State Albert Phillips had ordered eighteen hearings at the Capitol for last Tuesday for accidents, and violations of the automobile laws. Two were for deaths resulting from ac- cidents, these being the cases of Thomas D. Stone, of Wallingford, and Fanstino Canehari, of Woodbridge. Six were operators who were arrested in Green wich recently for reckless driving, as follows: George H. Flint, of Green wich, Frank O.. Gross, of Stamford, Harry Morris, of Stamford, Francis Meade, of Danbury, Howard J. F. Fox, of Bridgeport and Irving c. Jennings, of South Norwalk.
 The other cases were Jospeh Rivett, of Hartford, charged with driving while intoxicated; Edward I. Judson, of New Haven, reckless driving; John Kemf, of Seymour, reckless driving; Charles A. Dreisbach, of New Maven, reckless driving; Gustave D. Maer, of New Haven, reckless driving5 Nathan Cor ham of Highwood, intoxication and reckless driving; J. w. Rogers, of Mid dletown, reckless driving; Bernard Schultz, of South Manchester, reckless driving; Joseph H. Lake, of New Britain, violation of the automobile laws; P. G. Tyler, of Bristol, violation of the tomobile laws.
Connecticut western news., 1914-06-25
The Governors Criticism.

''I am afraid that our teachers dc not always insist as much as they might on civility and good manners, '' said Governor Simeon E. Baldwin, Wednesday ill his address at the exer- cises attending graduation of class in the Newtown High School. "I go about on country roads good deal, '' added the governor, lon foot or on a bicycle, and often meet child walk ing home from school, or playing in front of his home, who greets me with a hello. He does not take off his hat. He doesn't say good morning. still less Good morning, sir.
 "Last month was in a country town in North Carolina. Walking along the road side, I found most of the people touching their hats to me, or taking them off. It was not because 1 was a governor. They did not know who I was. It was their native politeness. North Carolina was partly settled from Connecticut, and the manners of the people down there are today a good deal like those of this state one or two hun dred years ago. I am afraid that they have, in some respects, better manners than those our children are now taught at school. "
Connecticut western news., 1914-06-25
His Wonderful Recovery.

Morton F. Plaut is to be congratu- lated for his wonderfully rapid recov- cry from the disease that was only a few weeks ago threatening him with such terrible consequences. So i'll was he that he obtained doctors certifi- cate saying that it would be very dan gerous to him to go to Washington and appear on the witness stand before the members of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
 On Wednesday MT. Plant was mar ried and later attended baseball game on Plant Field between New London and New Britain. Pretty soon he and his bride will go abroad.
 Dan Cupid is evidently a better phy- sician than ''Old Doc Duty" in the cases of some public men.-Boston Post.
Connecticut western news., 1914-06-25
Backward, Turn Backward. 1"

From "The American Lady and Gen tleman's Book of Etiquette" published in 1857 we gather the following gems about ball room etiquette:
 Persons who have no ear for music, that is to say, a false one, ought to re- frain from dancing.
 A'Dance with grace and modesty neither effect to make a parade of your knowledge; refrain from great leaps and ridiculous jumps which would at tract the attention of all toward you.
 "Ladies who dance should be careful not to boast before those who dance but little or not at all, of the great number of dances for which they are engaged in advance. They should, also, with out being perceived, recommend to these less fortunate ladies, gentlemen of their acquaintance.
 "The waltz is dance of quite too loose a character, and unmarried ladies should refrain from it altogether, both in public and private; very young mar ried ladies, however, may be allowed to waltz in private balls, if it is very seldom and with persons of their &C., quaintance.
 N. B.-This is that "good old waltz" to which the censors of today look back with longing.
Connecticut western news., 1914-06-25
Sedgwick Book Published.

A handsome and well printed little book on the dedication of the eques- trian statue of Major General John Sedgwick, erected on the Gettysburgh battlefield, was issued by the state Fri day. The book is printed on heavily calendered paper and is profusely illus trated with number of pertinent en- cravings of the statue, and men who are instrumental ill its erection and dedication. It contains historical data, descriptions of the dedication cere- monies, the addresses and much other material. Dwight c. Kilbourn, of Litchfeld, prepared the material for the volume, which is report to Gov ernor Simeon F. Baldwin by the com mission, composed of Charles H. Pine, Elisha J. Steele, Dwight O. Kilbourn, Charles F. Binsley and Rev. pr. Rock we'll Harmon Potter
Connecticut western news., 1914-06-25
As MilIerton Saw it.

Canaan was much decorated with flags and bunting on Monday. It was not only Flag Day but the Vets of the Tri-State Veterans Association were there for their first annual reunion since the change was made i'll the time of holding it. About 200 were present and enjoyed the day very much more than they would have if the snow had been foot-deep. Among those who went from here were John McGhee, Mr. and Mrs. James McGhee, William Sitzer, Ed. Bryant, John Mayhew, George Loucks, Mrs. Valentine, Mrs. Shafferand Mrs. Kaye. The ladies went along to represent the W. R. O.. The Canaan band was on duty and a competent refreshment committee con- tributed a good deal to the pleasure of the visitors. Telegram.
Connecticut western news., 1914-06-25
B. M. 4. ADJOURN
No More Meetings of Association Un-
 til September.

til September.
 At the regular monthly meeting of the Canaan Business Mems Associa- tion, Thursday evening, George w. Ford acted as secretary pro tenn.
 President Holsapple ordered letter read, from Secretary F. $. Valentine, of the State Association, inviting the local Association to send two delegates to the field day of the State Agricul- tural College, to be held near. Will limantic, Monday, July l3. The pres ident was authorized by vote, to select the delegates.
 The president was also authorized to appoint committee of three members to secure options on various pieces of property, about town, available as sites for possible manufactories, in order that there may be some tangible ground for making representations to parties look ing for such sites.
 The secretary was instructed to send bills for dues, to members in arrears, to raise funds for current expenses.
 Regular meetings were suspended for the summer months, according to 8 provision in the bylaws of the Asso- citation. The next meeting will be held in September.
 After adjournment the cigars were passed around.
Connecticut western news., 1914-06-25
CHURCH MOVED 100 MILES
Carted From Canaan to the Hudson
 Valley Above Albany.

Is there anywhere local record of the removal of a Congregational church from Canaan to a spot in the Hudson Valley north of Albany? The following reference appeared in a re- cent issue of the Troy, N. Y, Times:
 "The record for long-distance church building removal is said to be held by Saltwater. From local history it is learned that in 1752 the Congregational Church at Canaan, Conn.,, was torn down and the lumber moved to this place where the church VI as re-erected in Saltwater at point opposite the Hoosick River. Ten years later, or in 1762, for some unknown reason the church building was again razed and re-erected half mile further west and it is now known as the Yellow Meeting House. This was the first chucrh in the Hudson Valley north of Albany and it was never disbanded, the only change being from the Congregational form to that of the Presbyterian, which it still retains.
Connecticut western news., 1914-06-25
GOOD OLD NEWS
Cleaned from the Housatonic Republi-
 can of 56 Years Ago.

can of 66 Years Ago.
 The Falls Village "Housatonic Re- publican, " of June 5, 1858, contains the call for town meeting, signed by Hiram Holcomb, Moderator, to be held June 14, ito elect town officers, and vote upon all matters appertaining to the town of Canaan, caused by the action of the General Assembly, at the present session thereof, at New Haven, and to take into consideration the relinquishment of one Representative to the General Assembly, as prescribed by the resolution of said General As- sembly." This had particular refer ence to the proposition to divide the town into two towns, Canaan, (Falls Village,) and North Canaan, which was accomplished in that year, 1858,
 The same issue contained the details of serious accident to Norfolk family: "We learn that a serious ac- cident occurred to the family of K. A. Spaulding, in North Norfolk, last Sun day evening, It appears that the family, sconsisting of MT. Spaulding, his wife and eight children, had at- tended meeting held by the Rev, Mir. Eddy, in the Baptist church, at 5' o'clock, D. nn., and while returning home were passing down a steep hill, known as Greens hill, when the neck yoke broke and let the pole drop on the ground, where it dragged until it be- came bar, when it stuck in the ground and thereby raised the fore-part of the wagon from the ground, and by the strain broke the pole near the whiffletrees, which let the wagon down suddenly and with such force as to throw Mrs. Spaulding and some of the children out of the wagon, and at the same time unhitching the traces from the wagon and let the horses clear. Mir. Spaulding was thrown from the wagon by the first start of the horses at the dropping of the pole, and was run over and injured quite badly about the hips Mrs. Spaulding was thrown over the fore part of the wagon and so much in- jured as to lie some three hours insensi- ble from the concussion. Some of the children were thrown from the wagon and considerably injured, and some re- tained their hold upon the wagon, and escaped comparatively harmless. The wonder is that some of the family were not killed"
 A news item said: "Mr. Hosea Higley, of New Marlboro, has recently sold his homestead in that town, to the Canaan, (Ct.) Iron Company, for S10, 900. The principal value of the farm is the wood and timber on it. '"