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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-18
Grand-Leader Opens Doors
For Patronage of Richmond

all classes of buyers Of the city. Mr..
Stillman is optimistic over the pros
poets Of the local store and predicts
that the Richmond branch will soon
become one of the strongest divisions
of the concern.
with our immense buying power
we feel enabled to sell good in this
city at prices that will suit the peo-
pie. We intend to cater to all classes
of trade and will make no distinction
of any kind whatsoever in our prices.
We have one price. We feel that
Richmond people will take advantage
Of our liberal prices. and If today's
business may be taken as an indica-
ton of our business in this city, We
feel satisfied to say that we are here
for good. All shoppers are cordially
invited to inspect our store, as we
wish the buyers of Richmond to get
acquainted with our firm" asserted
Mr. Stillman this morning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-18

Friday II rains all day and meetings
which had been arranged In orchards
are postponed. Office work occupies
most Of the aeeat's time. He not only
answers the stack of inquiries that
has accumulated during the week. but
writes advertising matter for the corn
contest, sends out circulars and
writes to many farmers in preparation
of a meeting for Saturday. An Abing-
ton farmer gets information on his
stand Of alfalfa; a Kentucky citizen
wants to lease a farm here and asks
conditions.
Another caller owns an acre of
ground in the city limits and desires
to raise crop. He is advised to
raise beans or potatoes.
Use Reading Table.
BY 8 o'clock the following morning
a delegation of ten men from Jeffer-
son township have arrived at the
county agents office and later 4rm-
ers come from other parts o. Tthe
county. Ideas are exchanged anct the
reading table with the late farm mag
azines and government bulletins Is
used.
The afternoon is spent in the or
ganiZation of the Better Farming As
sociation of Wayne township. Be.o.
SATURDAY, lne agent decides 10 quit
work early and by o'clock has his
desk locked and is ready to go home.
But several other visitors must be at
tended to before he can leave. Up to
the time he retires for the night, he is
planning some work for the following
week or answering telephone calls to
arrange meetings or give advice.
Sunday morning no county work is
done, but by 1880 o'clock in the after
noon a neighbor calls him to examine
trees for San Jose scales. Others in
the neighborhood are interested and
an informal unarranged meeting is
held.
If thee ounty agent is lucky he does
not have any calls on Sunday night
and considers his weeks work COM
pleted with the afternoon meeting.
Sunday evening he has for his own
and usually spends ii planning the
! work for the next week. which will
begin early the following morning.
During the week. it being an aver
age one, he has travelled seventy-five
miles in his automobile. held five
meetings, met with a score of office
visitors and has visited between If
teen and twenty farms. He has given
out information in reams and cata-
logued what he himself has learned
This account must be sent to the state
extension departments. Lafayette, and
to Washington. where ii is in turn
catalogued and returned through the
circuit to the people.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-18

rest. The price is ninety-seven per
cent Of the par value. What was left,
or $148,00O worth of stock, was then
turned over to the Dickinson Trust
company, and after six months, sold
at ITO per cent of par. Instead of
paying for the stock, the trust COM
pany returned a certificate to the
Water Works company and in turn no
interest was paid on it. This evaded
phase of the public utilities law and
was case of you tickle my back and
I'll tickle yours between the trust
company and the Water Works com
pany. In return the trust company,
as far as we can learn, secured thir-
teen per cent, or the difference be.
tween the ninety-seven per cent it
paid for the stock and the ITO per
cent it later sold it for, simply as the
cost of underwriting. Then the peo-
pie paid the difference when the
Water Works company charged up to
profit or loss or rather capitalized
ence between the par value of the
stock and the selling price to the
common stockholders
Uses Own Figures.
In preparing his figures, Mr. Bond
uses those he individually found after
his investigation and disregards those
of the Commercial club, Engineer
Watts and the city officials, Bavis de.
clares
In one instance, he recommends
that 20.75 per cent of the gross oper-
ating revenue should be paid by the
city for fire protection and that 1926
per cent should be paid by the con.
sumer. In drawing this fine point
he comes at an abrupt difference be
tween the accepted figures of Engin.
eer Watts, who believed the city
should pay forty-five per cent and the
consumer fifty-five per cent. Charles
Jordan and Mr.. Bavis strike another
figure by declaring the city should
pay 80 per cent and the consumers
should pay 20 per cent.
The figures of the Commercial club
are about those which are in force
now. In new schedule of rates, the
same apportionment would be made
for the city and the consumers.
Mr.. Bond points out in his brief that
! the rate of return on business in
vestment of long standing and as well
established as the Water Works com
pany, should not be as high as in case
of a new business which is in an ex
detrimental stage and fraught with
risk.
His brief says:
1.-THE evidence in this case shows
that this water plant has been in op
Grafton % years, that it has been a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-18

Monday morning at $3.50 o'clock.
A prolonged insistent ringing Of the
telephone in the home of County
Agent Cobb. east Of the city, and Mr..
Cobb leaps from his bed, puts on
Ing chill and races downstairs to an
swer the first call. His weeks work
has begun.
This particular farmer who has
awakened the county agent from his
slumbers before the sun has risen,
wants the services of Mr.. Cobb at an
orchard demonstration. Acting as his
own booking agent, Mr.. Cobb glances
at his date book above the telephone
and finds he has engagements for
every day of that week and until the
following Thursday. This arrange
ment satisfies the farmer and the en-
gagement is made.
By 8 o'clock the county agent is
seated at his desk at the court house,
making out his reports which he must
send to the state agricultural depart
ment and department of agriculture
at Washington.
Acting as his own stenographer, he
answers several letters, replies to in
quiries and possibly makes inquiries
vi llo o"H. NIohooy mus oHASC
work usually lasts until about II
o'clock.
Saws and Digs.
At this time, the county agent gets
his machine from the garage and by
noon has travelled seventeen miles to
Economy. An hour later he is in an
orchard a short distance from town,
addressing a growing crowd. When
the preliminary instructions have been
gone over, Mr. Cobb climbs into an
apple tree and with saw, demonstrates
the methods of pruning necessary to
secure the best results from fruit
trees. Before the two hour. demon
stration has closed, he has used a
spade to turn up the dirt around the
roots, has explained the uses of fer
tlizer and answered innumerable
questions.
A farmer near Economy has been
raising hogs according to directions
given him by Mr.. Cobb and directly
opposite the advice of neighbors who
have watched the experiment skepti-
cally He takes a number of these
farmers with him and looks over the
bunch of pigs. The brood SOW, which
last year ate several of her pigs, did
not modest one this year because she
had been fed on tankage which gave
her the proper animal matter. The
little pigs are lively and thrifty
After giving additional instructions
NJ Cobb leaves for home.
Stopped Again.
AS he comes over the top OF hill
he is stopped by farmer, who wants
him to examine and pass on a new
hog house. Cobb looks over the
house. finds a new idea and makes a
note of it. The farmer is a success
full one and the discussion which fol
lows is mutually beneficial BY &
O'Clock the county agent has reached
Richmond and is ready to return to
his home, where the evening is spent
in the management of his own
grounds.
Tuesday morning is spent largely
in office calls. A Franklin township
man representing several farmers in
his community, asks for an orchard
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-18

success, and that the schedule OF
prices paid by the consumers hereto.
fore has yielded the plant large, fat
and juicy profits; that Richmond is a
thriving and prosperous city with a
slow yet steady and sure growth, built
and developed upon a substantial bust
ness basis, and that it will no doubt
continue to grow and develop in the
future as it has done in the past; and
that therefore there are not any risks
now of any consequences whatever to
which the respondent is subject; and
for these reasons as we'll as others
which might be given, but which we
do not deem necessary now to cOnsld
er, the rates of return in this case
should be placed in the lowest scale
of those rates which courts and com
missions have in the past held to be
reasonable.
1--WE cannot escape the conviction
that as water works plants, generally
speaking, are among the safest of I'M
dertakings when once they have
fact in this case, and the risks involv
ed in such business have decreased
to a minimum, or practically disap
peared entirely, that there should be
a corresponding decrease in the prof
it's of such a business, which profits
of course, must come from the public
or consumers who use the product.
Much Idle Money.
at is a fact, known by every one
that our banks and trust company are
overloaded with money, seeking safe
investment at reasonable return; and
according to the best Information OBJ
tainable, there is now deposited in the
banks and trust company in this city
on time certificates, bearing only
three per cent interest, more thar
enough money to pay for this water
works plant.
And although such time deposits
may not in fact be assumed and beal
their proportion of the taxes, still
they are liable to taxation and nc
! doubt all such depositoTs would be
glad to invest in five per cent non
taxable stock in a utility of such lone
standing as the respondent, and which
investment would be, under the facts
and circumstances in this case, safe
and secure.
I'VE are, therefore, of the opinion
that five per cent return is entirely
adequate and sufficient for the re
spondent, and that in no event should
the same be more than the legal rate
of six per cent, even in the event thai
the commission should not agree with
us that five per cent is sufficient"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-18
BOND IGNORES
CITY OFFICERS
CONTINUED from Page One.)

together the methods of determining
a rate.
Two days ago, the two men com
pleted their work and found that a
maximum rate of fifteen cents for
100 cubic feet of water, which equals
a twenty cent rate for 1000 gallons
with the sliding scale proportionally
decreased, would bring the company
a return of six per cent.
This was secured by taking the
city's valuation, $650,O00, preparing
the fixed charges, including operating
expenses, depreciation, taxes and in
terest. and deducting that total from
the gross operating revenue. The re
suit divided into the valuation deter
mines the per cent of profit.
Ravis Explains Issue.
In speaking of the preferred stock
issue of year ago. Mr.. Bavis said:
THE company simply laid down be
fore it's stockholders, an issue OF
stock valued at $35O,0O0 and said
Take what you want and leave the
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dso whhe
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-18
GROVES MUSIC SIMPLIFIER
TIMELY HINTS
HE great difficulty among pupi

HE great difficulty among pupils
Gotten those advanced, and even
teachers) in reading music manu-
scripts is because they are not so gen.
orally perfect as they should be in the
fundamental knowledge of the chords
posed.
The avenue to the easy understand
ing Of meditation from one key to
another is opened, and the difficulties
more easily surmounted by the knowl-
edge obtained through the aid Of
"Grove's Music Simplifier."
Every teacher and advanced scholar
In music knows, or should know, that
mdulation cannot be understood with
out thorough knowledge Of chords
their diversions and triads, with their
positions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-18

An Aid to Digestion.
Never take whisky or pepsin as an
aid to digestion, but take Chamber
lain's Tablets. They will strengthen
the stomach and enable it to perform
it's duties naturally. Sold by all
dealers.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-18
SUES WIDOW.

ARLINGTON, n. J., April 1s.-Mrs.
Thomas Brown, SO, a wealthy widow.
has been sued for $4,000 for alleged
alienation of the affections of Robert
Burns, a 23-year-ol husband.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-18
Both Methodist Teams Win,
While Earlham Stands Last
With Indiana in Second
Place.
ORATORY IDES
The Judges Mark Individual
WrOk of Debaters Rather
Than Collective Effort of
Team AS Whole.

The triangular debate held last ev-
ening was won by DePauw university,
with Indiana university second, and
Earlham third. Both DePauw teams
won their debates, and the negative
team from Indiana defeated Earlham.
The debate on the question of COM
pulsory arbitration in Indiana, was
well discussed by the visiting colleges
at Earlham. The DePauw team, how
ever, clearly had the advantage all
drought the debate, and succeeded in
advancing several questions which the
affirmative were unable to answer di-
rectly.
The Methodist debaters stood op-
posed to the act of compulsory arbi-
tratlon, because, so they alleged, it
was contrary to the spirit of Ameri-
can independence, and impracticable.
The state team defind it's plan as be-
ing similar to that practiced for a time
in New Zealand and Australia, which
the negative was able to condemn with
a long list of authorities.
Method Of Grading.
The awarding of places was not
made by the number of contests won,
but by the judges average on the
work Of the different teams. The
judges were instructed to grade the
debaters on individual work rather
than upon the work with relation to
the team. Five judges were present
at each of the three contests, and
each judge gave each speaker a grade
ON both his constructive speech and
rebuttal. These grades determined
the place of the debater, and they
were added to determine the standing
of the school, The standing of the
school in the different debates were
added to make the final score.
Emphasis was laid by this method
on the individual ability of each de,
batter, and team work was held in the
The final results of each debate
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-30

Phone g. REQ naTn. sii " copper
for first-claan hacks aud carriages
W >, Trimbie q co.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-30
EARTH GIVES FINE
SPECIAL NUMBER
TO NEW MEXICO
Careful and Beautifully Illus
trated Description of Pro-
gress of Work on Elephant
Butte Project

1.-THE Earth the Santa FEES
monthly immigration and colonial
ton journal, In lis number FOR April,
Just received, gives a splendid line of
publicity TO New Mexico. The three
editorial pages are filled with refer
ences to progress and development
In various sections OF the state. while
the feature OF the edition Is "A series
of articles telling OF progress of the
work ON the great Elephant Butte
irrigation project in the southern
part OF the state. The articles are
by y. II. Baldwin OF the reclamation
service engineering staff, who gives
an official statement covering the
largest Irrigation project Ina the
world" and by A.. II. Bassett, pub
licity and colonization manager OF
the Rio GTande Water Users aSso-
citation, whose work Is securing a
great deal OF publicity FOR Las Cruces
and It's tributary section. The front
cover of the magazine Is "A bird's-eye
view of the construction scene at Ele-
plant Butte which gives the first
comprehensive view thus FAR secured
Of the whole project.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-30

life OF our American soldiers during
the Spanish American war. proved
the common house-fly 20 be rospon.
sibie for the conveyance OF the virus
Of an epidemic disease IN filth car
ried on Us feet ana body. so that
since that time a better reason IL at
hand Cor proper disposal Of night
coil and stable manure. The argu-
mont that the fun or overflowing
rrivy, or iil-kopt stable ~ a nuts
ance, because OF the unsightly ap
pcarancc and horrible stencil. is
stili further strengthened by the
damning knowledge that Il Is a pos
tive menace TO health because Of
the Facilities given for the breeding
aud feeding Of flies
Silver cay has decided to be n
clean n flyless city. SO that the in
orcasing number OF health-seekers
who daily find their way to the Getty
with the golden climate shall not
be disappointed In it as a place 10
live.
Later on the Woman's club pro.
poses to give prizes for the best
looking window flower boxes and
garden and flower pots.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-30
SILVER CITY WILL
Be ONE TOWN
WITHOUT FLIES
Women Carry out Systematic
and Thoroughly Successful
Cleanup Campaign Backed
by City Government

Silver CITY. n. NJ. March 29.-m
an address delivered before thu
graduating class OF the Normal
school of New Mexico al Silver CITY
last year. former Governor l. Brad
tcrd Prince OF Santa Re. said: your
splendid isolation has made YOU
the most progressive community in
New Mexico" Governor Prince was
not simply giving voice 10 the am
entity which BELTS an occasion like
the above. but was paying a tribute
10 the little city nestled among the
mountains based on his long and
varied career ms the affairs Of the
state. which make him a competent
observer.
Silver City Is not only progressive,
u intends To continue TO make
progress. A movement which prom
ises 20 be far-reaching In its con
sequences was recently lnauguratod
by he civic department OF the
Woman's club under the leadership
OF Mrs. Robert II. Munro Ferguson.
Its purpose is TO keep the city clean
az all times. A petition was c~irculat-
ed asking the town council to pass
an ordinance requiring rubbish IT,.
be removed from vacant lots: that
garbage be placed In covered recep-
taeles. that manure be placed In
covered pits. that privies be kept
clean, also screened. etc. This peti-
ton received the signatures OF a
large number OF the citizens OF The
town.
The council appointed an engineer
for n month to make a survey Of
h town and report TO the council
what could be done In the way u
keeping the city clean. The WON
ans club divided the city into dis
tricts ~ one hundred and fifty
women ~canvassed the city appealing
to householders and property own
ers 10 help in this movement OF a
clean town; and. secondly. solicited
subscriptions to enable them To do Il.
The result OF this survey and act
WITTY on the part OF the women was
apparent az the next meeting Of the
council The sanitary expert. Mr..
Charles T.. Crafts, who for seven
years was connected with the SAM
tary work Of the canal zone. made e
comprehensive report. The mem.
berH OF the Woman's club were out
In force, and. backed by the power
ful Influence OF the chamber OF
commerce the council appointed
Alr. Crafts sanitary engineer at a
OF si00 a month, and provid-
him with a team. driver and help
this total expense 20 the city be-
ing about t325. In addition the
Woman'a club nave pledges amount
Ing to se0O a month. which takes
care OF a sweeper and a man to dis
infect priries.
Large galvanized cam have been
placed Throughout the city for the
of refuse and waste pa
per; a street sweeper gathers the
paper and other refuse nat may
thrown into the streets; priyies
ore diainfected with kerosene, about
hundred gallons being required
month for this purpose. the oh
icct % which h 10 prevent flies from
breeding. The awful epidemic OF
fever incident 10 the camp
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-30
PORTALES MAN IS
TAKING IN THE
G OF LONDON
[sDselaI osrrs.Dosasaes to .ss nsralaJ

Special CoFfcapoaaeuce 60 the HERALD
Portalcs. \. NJ, March 2s.-Dallas
McDanicls OF this town, "a member
OF the Buffalo Jones party s,lon 10
start for East Africa To bring home
e. captive gorilla, writes from Lon
don, where he h viewing suffrage
raids. Ulster up%risings and the Tower.
that he ls having the time OF his life.
Portalcs also 10 receiving quite a
bunch OF wild and wooliy western
advertising in The lurid sunday sup
plements. passed out BY that indie
fatigable publicity agent, Bunalo
Jones (iIimseifl as 10 his exploits.
The Portalcs News has a letter from
Dallas the night before the party
sailed for Africa. lie says that Lon
don Is quite a large town. In fac con-
siderable larger than Portales, and
that u Is n foggy. smoky old place In
which one would give almost any
thing Tor "a breath ot New Mexico air.
lie says that h voyage across the
ocean was %uncventful and rather
tedious. but that none OF his party
were seasiok. The letter farther
states that the natives OF London,
especially the ''-anobocraCy." seem 20
think That All New Mexico cow
punehers are adorned with a pair OF
horns and wanted 90 know whether
or not the buffalo" Jones party had
been dehoned. Dallas says that they
arc having a splenid time aud are
making a desperate enort Il connect
with al the PLACES Of Interest.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-30
PORTALES PLANT IS
IN FOURTH YEAR
or OPERATION
Big Pumping Project Supply
ing Water to Double Acre
age this Year with Fine
Prospects for Season.
Especial Correspondence . . the Hsraldl

Especial Correspondence 90 the Hernld1
Portalcs. y. NJ, March 2S.-The
Portales pumping plant, supplying
water for the big Irrigation project,
Is now In fun operation for h fourth
year since its construction, and Su-
perintendent A. A. Rogers. having
seen the plant running satisfactorily.
has gone east on business.
Farmers under the central plant
are now watering their alfalfa and Il
looks greener and brighter and taller
han ever before at this season. There
Is fully double the acreage IN cuitiya-
ton under the central plant this year
yer that Of the 1919 season. the
crops including alfalfa, sweet pota-
toes. onions, celery. beans and can
taloupes. There Is every prospect for
a very successful season.
District court closed Wednesday Of
this week. and there will be a special
session Ia May as several cases were
left undisposed of. In the case OF
fhe state W. Chenault, charged with
enticing a minor female for immoral
purposes, the jury touHd a verdict OF
guilty and sentence OF eiEht to ten
months Ia the -penitentiary was pro-
nOunced. The case viii be appealed.
IN the ease OF the state W. Buckle
lew. charged with the murder OF
Dean Collinsworthy, the jury re-
turned "A verdict Of not guilty. This
was the second trial of the case.
The Commercial club Is beginning
agitation for IA county fair 90 be held
iust before the state fair al Albuquer-
que 30 that "a creditable exhibit mas
be brought together 20 take 20 the
state agricultural exhibit
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-30
WEALTHY
MEETS INSTANT DEATH
IN AUTO ACCIDENT


Especial Dispatch 60 Evening" Herald
Maxwell, n. NJ. March So. ".
Lithgow. q well known s~tockgrowor
OF northern New Mexico was Killed,
his brother-in-law r.. sheh1n was dam
gerously Il not fatally Injured. and Al
Davis badly bruised yesterday after
noon when the automobile IN which
the men were riding turned over after
striking a soft place Ia the road. Lith-
kow was pinned beneath the ear and
died before &c could be lifted on his
body. Tie was "A pioneer OF northern
New Mexico having lived Ia his Sec
lion for a quarter OF Il century. He Is
survived by his wife and six children.