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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-10
IN MEMORlAM

Whereas, the Almighty God in his
infinite wisdom and mercy has seen
fit to remove from our midst our be-
loved brother, Emuel Hannah, and
Whereas, the deceased was mem
Der of this union, q good citizen and
staunch advocate of the principles Of
humanity, therefore, be it
Resolved, that we. the members Of
.eadwood Local Union No. 235 W,
:. of NJ, mourn the unfortunate and
ntimely death Of or deceased lro-
her, and be il further
Resolved, that we extend our sin
scre sympathy to his bereayed fam
lily in this their hour of affection, and
be it further
Resolved, that ourcharter be drap-
ed in mourning for period of thirty
days. Also n copy of these resolu
tons be sent to his bereaved wife
and copy be sent to the county pa
pcrs and n copy to the Miners Maya
zine for publication and spread upon
the minutes Of this meeting.
The dead are like the stars by day
Withdrawn from mortal eye;
But not extinct they hold their way
In glory through the sky.
WIN. BELMER
b. A. PYLES
BYRON TROUTMAN
Committee.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-10
SET OF CARPENTER
TOOLS FOR SALE

| have number one set Of carpcn-
ter tools that | am Offering for sale.
The set embraces all ncedful tools
for any kind Of pattern cutting
house work, and in fact anything that
q first class carpenter would wish to
do. There is good chest and a book
that cost five dollars that goes with
the set. On account Of sickness !
am Offering this fine set of tools for
sale Mt the very low price Of $1,000;
or ] will trade for anything that J
can get the money out of.
j. G. WILLIAMS,
Adv. >. Wales Mines, No.
Tell your friends about The Times
It is the livest Democratic paper in
this section Of the country.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-10
NOTICE

There is in the City Pound sor-
rel 2-year-old filloy about Is hands
high, white face ana left hind leg is
white half way up to hook. Owner
come and get her at once.
VIM. Meyer, Marshal
Of the City Of Pennington.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-20
OurTicket and Why

Fo~ Govarnor-Hiram w. Johnson OF
San Francisco, who has reVolutlohl%eo
and purified state politics
For Lieutenant Governor-John M
I Fshleman of El Centre; proved grea'
administrator and legislator
For Secretary of State-F. j. O'Brien
of Chico; tested in office and proven
true.
For state Controller-John S. Cham
bers of Sacramento; a faithful otticlaI
For state Treasurer-Fricnd VIM
Richardson of Berkeley, who mas ptoE.
en- his great ability and worth as state
/ printer.
For Attorney Generally. S: Webb
of San Francisco, whose abllty mas
! been proven.
For Surveyor General-William S,
Kin gsbury of Los Angeles; of proven
ability.
For state Board of Equalization-H.
G. Cattcn, who is in harmony WIFI
! For United states Senator-CheSIeT
! H. Sowen. editor of the Fresno Re
] publican; known throughout the state
/ for his sterling character and great
For ngressman-William Kettner
of San Diego. who is in line with the
Progressive wing of the Democratic
For Chief Justice supreme Court
Walter Bordweu of Los Angeles.
For Associate Justice of the supreme
For Presiding Justice of the District
Court of Appeal-Nathaniel F. Conrey
of Los Angeles.
For Superintendent of Public In
truction-Edward Hyatt of Riverside,
because of his years of faithful and
able service.
For Member of the Assembly Frank
Reading of El Centre, a business mau
of ability and wide acquaintance with
For Judge of the Superior Court
Franklin ]. Cole, whose ability is prov
For Sheriff-Mobley Meadows, who
was made for Just that place.
For County Clerk-Major S. Cook, an
able official without 4 competitor.
For District Attorney-Phil d. Swing.
one of the most faithful and able Of
fcials the county has had in its his
tory.
For Auditor-walter D. Carey, an
efficient official without a competr-
tor.
able and painstaking official.
For Assessor-Clark Booher, whose
work as irrigation district assessor has
demonstrated his excellent qualifica-
For Tax Collector-Nont J. Reid,
whose excellent work entities him to
continue in office.
For Recorder-Either of the two con :
testants. both highly equipped for the
H,,fk Lewis o. HafvGot and Fran X
Erzinger.
For Public Administrator V.
Wachtel Sr., an efficient but poorly
paid official.
For superintendent of Schools-L e.
Cooley. whose credentials are his
guardianship of public funds and tes-
timonials to the high character of his
m ethods by educators of wide re-
rown.
For Coroner-Dr. F. w. Peterson,
who now ably fills the office.
Fer County Surveyor-C. n. Perry.
a able incumbent. and a man thorough
" acquainted with the county and it's
needs.
- For Justice Of the Peace, FL Centre
Township. Mayfield, who now fills
the office with ability and discretion.
For Consta hle-C. C. Toney, incum-
hent. = faithful and careful official.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-20
FRANCIS JOSEPH
WORKS OVERTIME

Vienna, Aug. 1S.-Thc aged EN-
pcror Francis Joseph of Austria-Hun-
gary, who has ruled longer than any
other crowned head in the world and
who more than year ago was sup
rosedly dying Of old age, is working
fourteen hours every day during the
war crisis.
Ever since the war clouds began
tC gather over Austria and Serv:a
following the assassination in Bosnia
Of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, her
10 thc throne Of the dual monarchy,
Emperor Francis Joseph has gone to
his executive office at 5 o'clock each
morning and remained there, steadily
at work, with but brief intervals for
meals, until 7 at night.
When the trouble with Servia first
became serious his imperial majesty
was at Ischl, the summer capital. 1t
was there that he began his four
teen-hours-a-day working schedule.
gave up his shooting excursions,
which are his favorite amusement, and
devoted all his waking hours TO
work.
Shortly after the threatened war
Iecame an actuality, Emperor Fran
els Joseph returned to Vienna and
since then has been at work two
hours more than hclf of each day.
The cid ruler is in no sense figure
head. He, perhaps more even than
the German Kaiser, is the actual head
Of his government. Francis Joseph
really is directing every move of the
Austrian army in the great war. Not
g step is taken without his approval.
Perhaps no European ruler has
lived a more pathetically tragic life
than Emperor Francis Joseph. Born
August Is, 1880, he is S4 years old
and has ruled nearly 66 years, ascend
ing the throne of Austria Decembe>
2, 1S4S, when but Is years old. Aus
tia later former union with Hun
gerry and Francis Joseph was crowned
King of Hungary, June 8, 1857. His
official title is Emperor of Austria
and King of Hungary.
Countless tragedies have saddened
the bfe of the emperor-violent
deaths, domestic unhappiness and
scandal Almost all the aged rui-
er's ,elatives have died violent deaths.
His wife, Empress Elizabeth,
daughter of Duke Maximilian of Ba-
varia, whom he married in 1854, was
stabbed to death by an anarchist at
Geneva, Switzerland, September 10,
1898.
Neutrality-suspicious., the first heir
apparent, born in 1858, committed
suicide in 1885,
The emperor's oldest brother,
Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, whu
became Emperor of Mexico for a
trief time, was shot to death at
Qreretaro in that country in 1867.
After the death of Archduke Ru-
Goiph the succession to the throne
passed to the emperor's second BROTH
CT, Al chdukc Charles Louis. He died
in 1896, and his son, Archduke Fran.
els Ferdinand, became the heir ap.
parent.
In June of this year Archduke
Francis Ferdinand was assassinated
in Bosnia. His death was the direct,
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-20
MAN OF THE HOUR
IN AUSTRIAN AFFAIRS


Budapest, Aug. 1S.-The leading
personality, the "man of the hour"
in Austria -Hungary's crisis, is Count
Stephen Tisza, the dueling premier
of Hungary. 1t is accepted here thai
Counr Tisza's influence was largely
responsible for bringing about the dec
laration of war between Austria-Hun-
Cary and Servia and embroiling all
Europe in titanic conflict.
The son of Koloman Tisza, who
was premier and practical dictator of
Hungary from 1875 TO 1890, Stephen
Tisza won the confidence of the EN-
peror Francis Joseph in 1904 by
his vigorous resistance to Magyar a.
tacks upon the military prerogatives
of the crown and by his more recent
success in crushing obstruction and
opposition in the Hungarian cham
ber.
Born in April, 1861, Count Stephen
Tisza is now in his fifty-fourth year
He studied at Berlin, Heidelberg and
Budapest universities. Entering po-
litical life as deputy in 1886, he speed
lily gained prominence and acquired
the influence which intense conviction
and physical energy invariably COM
mand.
By religion an ardent Calvinist, he
became, after the death of his faith
or, leader of the Hungarian Cal
whist church, but managed to COM
bine with his religious fervor a passion
for horsemanship and unusual skill as
gentleman rider in steeplechases. Aft
er an unsuccessful commercial ven
ture, he devoted his whole attention
to politics, and rapidly entered the
first ank of Magyar politicians.
In 1903 he became premier and
leader of the Liberal party on the
fall of the Sell administration, but
was Iverthrown in a general election
by a coalition of opposition parties
which had no other bond of union
than hostility toward him. From 1906
until 1910 he withdrew from public
life, but returned to parliament in
the latter year, became president of
the chamber and directed the strug-
gle against parliamentary obstruc-
ton.
Opposition hostility led to an at
tempt upon his life in the chamber,
hut, undismayed, he continued his
course, succeeded Count Khuen-H -Heder.
vary as premier in 1912, elected the
opposition from parliament by armed
force and has since enjoyed unchal-
lenged supremacy.
In the course of his second pre-
miership he has fought large num-
Der of sabre duels against his most
violent opponents, wounding several
Of them severely. He has long been
marked out as the future Austro-
Hungarian minister for foreign af-
fairs and though he has not yet ac-
cepted that position his influence is
far greater than that of Count
Berchtold, the titular foreign minis
ter.
Wanted-To buy alfalfa ready to
II 4 II
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-20

Wanted: Hay or GraiA
in exchange for Ell Centre vacant
lots. J. B. Whitaker at the Feed and
Fuel Yard.-Adv. Il
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-20

though not the primary, cause of the
present great war.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-20

Wanted-To buy alfalfa ready to
,ut fer hay. Ed Royce, Ell Centric
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-12

ANOTHER clairvoyant, this time
princess, has ait" in Mexico and if
possible should be notified to move
on. If there isn't any law against
this class of fakirs in Mexico, there
should be one. All clairvoyants that
we know anything about, are frauds
and most of them are worse. If there
isn't any law to make the princess
move on, our people can at least keep
their money in their pockets. 1t does
seem ridiculous that anyone who has
any sense at all should be attracted
by frauds of this kind. Most towns
prohibit this class of fraud, male OIL
female, but we understand the City
gets $40 a year for clairvoyant Ii
cense. We do not believe anyone
can be licensed to get money under
false pretenses, no matter how much
or how little they pay. We are re
liably informed an ordinance prohib
iting these frauds will be introduced
in the Council shortly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-12
PROSPERITY DEPENDS LARGE
LY ON THE RAILROADS

HAVE you any idea how many
thousands of people work for the
railroads, and what large tmount of
money the railroad corporations pay
out every year for iron, steel, and
other equipment? The prosperity of
any country depends very largely on
the railroads and unless the public
shows more appreciation and less de-
sire to cripple them, they will have to
ultimately go out of business. Of
course, there have been, and may be
yet, some crooked men in the railroad
business as there are in every other
kind of business, but with the in
creased price Of labor and the ad-
vance in the cost of material it is inn
possible for railroads to meet their
expenses, much less pay dividends on
their stock. We do not refer to water
ed stock or inflated values, but on a
conservative basis. It is impossible
to make any kind of dividend for the
stockholders no matter how economi-
cally the business NAV be handled.
One Of the most prominent finan-
cial writer's, referring to this condi-
ton on Monday wrote as follows:
"The railroad outlook is very con-
flicting. Gross earnings show steady
declines as a result of traffic contrac-
tion. On the other hand rigid econom
les have been enforced, so that in
many cases net earnings are making
satisfactory comparisons with a year
ago. 1t is questionable however
whether these extreme economics can
be kept up over any lengthy period,
and at the moment the prospect for
any material gains in gross earnings
is not so encouraging. The need OF
some concessions on part Oh the lheei
state Commerce Commission is as
great as ever, if the credit of the rail-
roads is to be preserved and the pub
lie given adequate transportation SER
vice. 1t is still surmised in Wash
ington circles that the Commission is
unfavorable to the granting OF the D
per cent advance. 1t is also under
stood that the Administration is ex-
ceedingly anxious that the railroads
receive some consideration, and that
a policy Of judicial fairness should be
adopted rather than one of continued
antagonistic repression.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-12

THE banks of Mexico and Au-
drain County are all conservatively
managed, and every effort is made
to take care of customers generally
for any legitimate business PROPOSE
ton. The banks all go SO far dur
ing "hard times" as to borrow mon
ey and re-loan it to their customers
very often at the same rate of in
terest. This is done to accommodate
and take care of people in their ter
ritory, and the banks should receive
credit for the splendid work they are
doing in this direction. When "hard
times" come, the banks do every
thing in their power to make money
as easy as possible to those who are
entitled to credit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-12
THE IMPORTANCE OF
DRAGGING ROADS

| DKAGGING KOADS
REFERRING to the necessity Of
continually dragging the roads the
Breeders Gazette editorially says:
Down the road came the other day
road drag. The road was pretty
fair one, but it had been worn into
ruts that would hold water and soon
it would be bad road. The drag did
not tear up the surface, yet it lifted
little material from the sides and
filled evenly the ruts and hollows. 1t
left the surface of the road all hard
and smooth except for the loose stuff
scraped into the ruts. Wagons and
automobiles began at once to roll the
smooth parts of the road and the ma
terial dragged into the ruts was
packed down quickly and smoothly.
Before frost comes there will be
near-perfect rounded road on which
one can travel with comfort, speed
and safety. A certain township has
just expended $4,000 on a short bit
of hard road. The road is nearly per-
feet today, but the fast-flying auto
mobiles will begin at once to pull it
to pieces. The distressing fact is that
the people now feel that they can not
afford to drag the remaining roads
of that township.
A more mistaken view cannot be
imagined. The cost of building hard
roads runs into thousands; the cost
of dragging is trifling. The problem
is only half solved with the construc-
ton of any form of water-bound sur
face. Maintenance is essential. The
value of the road drag in maintain
ing the surfaces of water-bound
macadam or gravel roads can only be
appreciated by experience. Its use is
by no means limited to earth roads
Blind indeed is the community which
has not acquired vision of the val
ne of the drag in road maintenance
The Department of Agriculture al
Washington has recently issued re
yised bulletin on the split log drag
howing its construction and demon
itrating its value. The edition shoul'
be quickly exhausted. 1t is wan
on waste to remain in ignorance o
| he value of the drag, and to refrain
| from its utilization. If it were wise
used, the 50-year bond roads o
! Jew York state would not wear ou
> N five veers
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-12

COL. FRED GARDNER of st.
Louis while il Mexico was the guest
of Col. Fred A. Morris, and in his
splendid speech Friday night an
nounced Hon. Champ Clark for Pres
ident and Col. Fred Morris for Con-
gress. You know last summer, while
the Senior Editor of this paper was
East, he wrote prophesying that Col.
Fred would be a candidate for either
Governor or Congress. 1t ;s Audrain
County's tirne to have some big man
run for some big office, and Col.
Fred is right on the firing iil,e. We un
derstand there are two or three 9TH
er Democrats in Audrain County
whose friends are arranging to run
them for Congress when Speaker
Clark gets through. In all obab.lity
there will be at least one candidate
from every county in the district.
The more the merrier," as Col. Fred
is always delighted when he is in
good company.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-12
THE MEXICO HOSPITAL

DIR. FRANK LUTZ, of st. Louis,
one of the most prominent physicians
in that city, visited the Mexico hos
pital, while attending Round Up, and
was thoroughly delighted with the IN
stitution. He was especially pleased
with the operating room equipment
which, he said, was superior, in some
particulars, to that of many of the
large st. Louis hospitals. DR.. Lusz'
who is familiar with hospitals all
over the country, stated Mexico should
be proud of its institution and that II
will be but a short time until it is up
on paying basis. Physicians and
surgeons from all parts Of the conn
try. who visit this city and irepect the
hospital, express themselves in ju't ai
strong terms as DR.. Lutz.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-12

TO the question whether Ameri-
cans should give money to the Bel
gian, Red Cross and other relief
funds when there is and will be so
much need of help in our own coun-
try this bitter winter, the answer of
Robert w. De Forest is perhaps as
Just as can be made. Yes; but do not
neglect local needs. In sober truth,
with some who have formerly given
to charity unable to give at all, the
demands upon those who are able to
give are ten times as great as in ar
ordinary year, and they should be met
No better investment can be made
than by helping out humanity wher'
ever one can in year when inhumar
ity is all too prevalent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-12

lnE WOhLD
THE business of the United States
is now wide open to the world. There
is no conspiring or secret methods
for graft, and everybody should CO.
operate along this line of publicity
which will eventually do away with
the demagogues. Referring to the
public interest in big business of all
kinds, the Saturday Evening Post ed
itorially says:"This country's banking
business is completely subject to
public examination and control, ex-
ercised through the new Federal Re-
serve Board, the Comptroller OF the
Currency and the state banking de-
partments. To an even larger de-
gree its huge transportation business
is subject to public inspection anc
control, exercised through the Inter
state Commerce Commission and the
state railroad boards-a control ex
tending even to the fixing of rates.
"The insurance business, both lif'
and fire, is also completely subjec
to examination on behalf of the pub
lie, and is strictly circumscribed b
law. Food laws, national and state
subject an important part of manu-
featuring, wholesale and retail bus
ness to public inspection and reguls
ton. We now have Federal con
mission empowered to require fulle'
reports from all but the smallei
: manufacturing, trading and mercai
, tile concerns, to examine their bool
! at will and to take testimony coneel
ling them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-12
, RoY A Man AND roMoRRow

A BOY, A MAN AND TOMORROW
GOING down the road the other
evening a man met barefoot boy,
trudging home with fishing pole
and an empty basket, and singing
merrily. 1t had not been fine day;
it had rained and been cold and
dreary. Evidently the fish had not
bitten, and the lad was returning
home empty-handed, just as the man
was going home a trifle empty about
the heart, for some things had dis
heartened him that day. And still the
fleckled-faced, stub-toed lad sang
merrily as he marched on in the cold
wet twilight.
"Hello, son. Did you catch any
fish?" "Nope, but know where
there are lot. / located big hole
full Of EN-" and he grinned widely
Sand, say, know where there's
muskrats, and next month their fur
is good, and l bet | nearly saw the
track Of a mink. And walnuts will
be ripe next Saturday over in Jones
hollow. have had lots Of fun today,
even if the fish didn't bite, for III
know what to. do and where to &c
next holiday" Again the lad trudge'
on singing merrily, There's better
days a-comin' bye and bye"
The man went on wondering thai
boys lose so much vision as they gair
years. There are better davs coming
for all of US. The drouth that paral
yzed our corn for two years vii
probably not come next year. Tier
| is anyway silo now beside the feed
lot and it is full, so beef will b
made more cheaply this year than be
fore. The wheat is up and lookin
vigorous between the shocks of corr
We guess there are better days com
ing bye and bye.-Breeders' Ga
zette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-12
HOW TO MEET THE
WAR EXPENSES

WAX EAf ECNOElS
REFERRING to the cost of the
war and importance of the people of
this country economizing, the Satur-
day Evening Post editorially says:
"The most obvious duty devolving
on the United States this fall is to
economize. We need from three to
five hundred million dollars year to
pay our debt to Europe for interest,
ocean freights, insurance and tour
lists expenses. For 40 years we have
paid it with cotton. There have been
at most only two or three years inthe
forty when, if exports of raw cotton
were stricken out, we should not have
owed Europe a considerable balance,
to be liquidated in gold. This year we
cannot foot the bill with cotton; but
we can offset it by importing fewer
Injuries. Much is said if the opportuni
ties this war gives US to expand our
foreign commerce, take the lead in in
ternational finance and build up home
industries to supply goods for which
we have depended on Europe. All
those things require capital. We can
not borrow capital from Europe now.
Whatever additions there are to our
stock must come from our own earn
ings and savings. 1t might almost be
said that whether we derive any COM
pensatory advantages from the war
will depend on economy-personal,
individual economy, as well as public
economy"