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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02
VICTOR HUGO'S EASTER
HOPE.

I feel in myself the future
life. I am like a forest once
cut down-the new shoots are
stronger and livelier than
ever. I am rising, I know,
toward the sky. The SUM-
shine is on my head. The
earth gives me it's generous
sap, but heaven lights me
with reflection Of unknown
worlds.
You say the soul is nothing
but the resultant of the bodily
powers. Why, then, is my
soul more luminous when my
bodily powers begin to failP
Winter is on my head, but
eternal spring is in my heart.
There I breathe at this hour
the fragrance of the ilacs, the
violets and the roses as at
twenty years.
When I go down to the grave
I can say, like SO many others,
ST have finished my days
work" But 7 cannot say, ST
have finished my life" My
days work will begin the next
morning. The tomb is not
blind alley; it is a thorough
fare. It closes on the twilight;
it opens with the dawn.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02

T~HIS is only the Easter bunny,
4 Big and soft and white,
With little pink nose, so funny,
And little stub tail upright.
Hes out On his annual GRAND,
Locating nests today,
Soon to be filled with eggs,
Brilliantly colored and gay
Don't forget to have yours ready
For on his nightly round
He hippety hops in a hurry,
And late ones won't be found.
-Rosamond NJ. Pent.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23

last. But they do not see that we COM
bine pleasure with work to such de-
gree that, if we don't let down on the
play, we are apt to remain normal hu-
man beings. For instance, the tired
business man takes couple of hours
from the office to 60 to the ball grounds,
where he yells like Comanche Indian,
bowls like steam siren, cusses the Wis
iting team and throws popbottles at the
umpire. The women relieve the tension
of modern life by dancing, motoring, or
strenuous physical exercise on the golf
course or tennis courts. The use of to-
bacco is man S first aid toward relief of
taut nerves. 1t is said that the sudden
stoppage of drugs would result newt
ably in nation wide irritability that
would result in possible social upheav-
al. American men work hard and live
fast. 1t is better they should find relief
in harmless amusements and stimulants
than to go on until something snaps and
the result is war.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23
POTATOES MUST BE GRADED


That Idaho potatoes, if they are to
bold their own with spuds from other
sections of the northwest, must be care
fully graded, and all inferior stock held
back. was the statement of William
Stewart, potato expert of the United
States Department of Agriculture, who
was in Pocatello Thursday and Friday
in consultation with the managers of
the Southern Idaho Producers assOcia-
ton. Mr.. Stewart laid more stress upon
this point than any other, and to insure
careful grading representative of the
association is to be put in the field in
the near future to see that all spuds
handled through that body are up to
standard. Mr.. Stewart was here for the
purpose of getting information for his
department and he came here from Twin
Falls and other sections of Idaho which
he has been checking up.
As nearly as cen be told at this time,
the potato crop Of Idaho is going to
be much shorter than last year and Mr..
Stewart stated that government reports
earlier in the season overestimated the
yield. In support of his statement, the
local association states that the Idaho
crop will be approximately 1000 ears
less than that of last year.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23
COULDN'T AFFORD TO ADVERTISE


candles gum goods
% adv
against his Sheet
judge fair
paid literally
catalogues
NOT
advertise.
his the the loss
spread townsfo might
Shaw
wiseCoudn
afor to adv tise!'
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23
INCENDIARY EDITORIALS


ynching.
from the
possibility
fightful lyhing
which rallied
in nching principle
We
the principle
a
is notp 0 and
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23
BRAIN FAC AND WAR

"Modern man is top heavy being
whose brain is disproportionately super.
Tor to his other organs,' says the New
York Medical Journal, and then goes on
to prove that the war in Europe is the
result of brain fag. The Journal be-
lieves that the stress and hard mental
work of this age tended inevitably to
the reassertion of the primitive i'm
pulses. Something had to snap, and
when it did the result was war. Other
nations accuse Americans Of living toe
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23
SUBSIDIZED PEACE LECTURES

Last season for the first time sub
sidized lecturers were introduced into
the circuit chautauquas as well as the
independent assemblies. The Carnegie
institute paid for a hundred of these.
Managers were able to offer to the local
committees one lecture on peace free
with other acts at reasonable price.
At the end of season six to ten million
persons will have heard these lectures.
Thus it is encouraging to note that
the most advertised address of the con-
vention to be held will concern the sub
.ject of subsidized peace lectures. Frank
Dixon, a brother of the "Birth of Ma
tom Dixon, will begin the agitation
against them. The farmers and the res
idents in small towns have not been
wholly complacent about this influence
Fred High, editor Of one Of the indie
pendent Lyceum trade papers, has vote
ed these protests in his editorial
columns. Aside from the national dan
ger such means of political influence
as the chautauqua lays open, the system
of making these lectures a means for
publicity, he asserts, will undermine the
chautauqua itself.
1t is to be hoped that the delegates
al the convention will make it impossi-
BILE for the propaganda of peace at any
price to spread through the agricultural
regions of this Countrywide Chicago
Tribune.
During the past year there has been
an insistent demand through the rural
press for return to the original chau'
tauqua as planned by DR.. Vincent. There
is no doubt but that the chautauqua
needs reforming, and on broaded edu
cational lines. Originally an excellent
educational movement, it has degener
ated into what borders dangerously OF
a cheap vaudeville entertainment. Nov
comes the subsidized lecturer with prop
uganda for some fad. This is the mos
dangerous condition the chautauqus
movement has yet faced, and unless sup
pressed at it's beginning, is bound tt
prove, as Mr.. High says, its undermin
ing.
Debates on every subject, pro ant
con, should be encouraged, but bald
faced propaganda, no matter how moral
the cause may appear on the surface
should be discountenanced. The sup
preston of facts is far more harmful
when discussing any question than thei
frank discussion. It is only in this wa
that such important questions as VIC
mems suffrage, prohibition, unionisr
and the open shop, socialism, peace a
any price or armament, the tariff an
other great questions can be deinitel
and nationally settled.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23
PARTISANSHIP

adhesion simply be
painhip become the bane
of principle while grabbing
poil bound together by the
public pnl This perverted paisanshp bends its great
masking
regardless of the good of the
candidates. sehoo treaehery the
officials either through threats of defeat
bad greater evil than that which the
itself desirable but if the
Partisanship should be regulated
and knowledge.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23
THE FESTIVE FARMER


The farmer his
little BIRDS hits HES him thiher
milking joys Of
milking woodpe
machinery
family, remaining eighteen
mortg his
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23
THE PLRAsANT SMILE

He was not rich in worldly goods;
No Offices he held;
In no one field it might be said
OF him that he excelled;
He managed but to get along,
To march with rank and file,
And yet he was unique in this
He had a pleasant smile.
While others careworn faces wore,
He smiled his way through life;
He'd had his share of trouble, too,
OF worldly care and strife;
But somehow burrows never came
That mark the weary mile;
His face benediction was
He had pleasant smile.
He made our burdens lighter seem;
Our worries chased away;
His cherry greeting always made
A brighter, lighter day;
What though he never rose to fame,
Or never made his pilei
A monarch might have envied him
He had pleasant smile.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23
HIS LETTER

Dear Bill thot id let you know
& give you kids tip
about the Dandy time We had T.
On our last Fishn trip
We caught three perch & rock Bass
Sunish & Pike,
the Bate we used was angel wurms,
Fat ones what fishes like;
We dug the Wurms behind the Barn :
Where the Cukumbers grows, !,
we went barefutted, too, of coarse,
4 woar our oldest cloaths
we 6shed down at the Old mill Pond
Beneath the willer Tree,
Near where the criek runs in, you know,
where Smith 3 dam ulster be.
To put the wurms on like you ought f.
is harder than it Looks o.
you Loop 'em like the letter 8
4 Wind 'em round the hooks.
When noontime come We ct our lunch,
sum hardboiled egs jam
& Sandwiches & Angel cake
NJ lots of devveled ham. -
we Fshed till almos clock,
then ate more Angel cake,
& coming home near Willow grove
We killed garter snaik.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-23
School Attendance.
NOTICE

The following are the provisions of
the school law of Idaho, Session Laws,
1911, designed for those who are in
clined to unjustly deprive their chill
dren of the advantages of fair com.
mon school education:
Encouraging Delinquency
Misdemeanor.
Section 159.-In all eases where any
child shall be delinquent child, a ju-
venile delinquent person, or juvenile
disorderly person, as defined by this
Act, the parent or parents, legal guard
ian, or person having custody Of such
child, or any other person responsible
for, or by any act encouraging, causing
or contributing to the delinquency of
such child, shall be guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and upon trial and conviction
thereof shall be fined in sum not to
exceed Three Hundred Dollars $4,000,
or Imprisonment in the county Jail for
a period of not exceeding six months
OF shall suffer both fine and imprison
ment. The Court may impose conditions
upon any person found guilty under this
Act, and so long as such person shall
comply Herewith to the satisfaction OF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

sive jitney ordinance has been adopted or even introduced in St Louis. There are no special license fees as yet. Jitneys are operating subject to a code of rules promulgated by the directors of streets and sewers. These rules provide for:
 Registration of all cars, with details as to capacity and routes.
 The following must also be complied with:
 Cars must not carry more than two passengers in excess or rated seating capacity.
 No persons may ride outside the car body.
 Cars must stand at the curb while load ing and unloading.
 No racing for passengers is allowed.
 Drivers must comply with state chauf- feaurs license law, and carry their badges
 Cars must be examined every two weeks at the municipal garage as to general condition. No fee is charged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

with his recommendation. Licenses are authorized by the commission and is- sued by the city treasurer.
 Sec. ,. This section states the license fees. which are from $50 to $fo per annum. (See the tabulation in another part of the report)
 Sec. 4. This section provides for re- vocation of licenses under certain con ditions. It is the duty of judges to recommend, if they think it necessary, that drivers licenses be revoked The commission acts finally
 Sec. D. This section relates to the partial refund of license fees of per sons operating under the previous or dinance.
 Sec. 6. This section makes unlawful the following:
 (a) To operate motor bus without a license.
 (b) To deviate from the termini and schedules specified in the application.
 Co To operate upon any one of a few specified streets. CThis is a sort of traf- fife reguation.)
 (b) To stop for passengers with the car more than two feet from the curb,
 te1 To operate without license numbers plainly displayed.
 0 To haul trailers.
 (g) To drive with anyone on the run ming boards, fender, door, etc.
 thl 10 Iall 10 take out d proper lnsuf- ance policy of from $5000 liability for one person injured) to 3oooo liability for all persons injured in sone accident.)
 0D To make alterations in the type of the ear without the consent of the con- missioners
 G) To drive at}night unless the interior of the car, be lighted.
 Section [. This section deals with the regulations for loading and unloading passengers at certain specified corners. It appears to have no general importance.
 Section 8. Penalties are provided for violation: the maximum being $10O fine and 90 days in the city jail.
 Up to the present time no comprehen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

i jitneys. In addition to the regulations
 found in most cities there are the fol-
 lowing:
 Drivers must not solicit rares.
 Drivers must not allow improper lan- guage or conduct
 In general, no advertising matter may be displayed on cars
 Drivers must not converse with pas sengers.
 In the eongested district. stops for pas sengers must be made al points % feet from the near side of crossings. Umbrellas must not be raised by per- sons on front seats.
 Of the existing ordinances, the most exhaustive of those under consideration are the enactments of Pasadena, Fort Worth. Oakland, Joplin. Los Angeles and San Antonio. The Ollamoha City and Boise ordinances seem to have been de- signed to make the jitney unprofitabe The Oklahoma City license fee is high
 and the ears are not allowed to run for any distance beside street railway tracks The Electric Railway journal states that the Boise ordinances have prevented jit- neys from being introduced in that city. The Oakland law provides for a higher license fee than the average, and probably works to the disadvantage of the owner
 of the small car, who has to pay the
 same rate as does the larger omnibus
 owner. The Spokane ordinance is an
 amended automobile for hire law.
 License fees are very small, but the reg
 ulations are very thorough and strict. In Spokane a regular jitney ordinance is pending. Omaha regulates jitneys under
 the provision of an auto Tor hire or dinance, and Los Angeles has been doing the same thing. The latter city. how ever, has now finally passed jitney ord- nance. The indemnity bond required is s5ooo. The ordinance had to be passed over the veto of the mayor. who appar- ently was in favor of a more dra stie law. (See Los Angeles mayors recom- mendations, noted previously)
 The Denver ordinance differs radically
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
ny ANDREW LINN BOSTwICK s Article Furnished by Carl II. Milan. dfreci
Municipal Librarian. st. Louis. Are

A few months ago the 'jitney" quess- ton was almost unknown. A few months hence the jitneS question may have be- come the most vital matter in relation to city transportation or, on the other hand the industry may have entirely failed E Developments have followed and are fol- lowing in such rapid succession that any report made ali the present tina on the Jitney question must Of necessity be re- garded as incomplete and of temporary value only. The following must. here fore, be considered merely as a sort of progress report, which may be revised and broadened at some later date when the future of the jitney becomes some thing more than a matter for speeula- tion.
 Spread of the "Jitney" Industry
 The term ''iitney'' omnibus is ordinarily applied 10 any type whatever of motor vehicle carrying the public for fare of cents, on a more or less distinctly speci- fled route over the public streets of city. In a great many instances the jit- ney is driven by its owner; in other in- stances there is some sort of company, or combination of car owners, that op-
 cruise" instead of following a stated route but this does not appear to be common. At the present writing jitneys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
A Notre Dame Lady's Appeal

To all knowing sufferers of rheumatism. whether mus cular Of the joints, scatica. lumbasos. backache pains in the kidneys neuralgia pains, write to her for home treatment which has repeatedly cured all of these forres She feels 1t her duty to send il to all sufferers FREE You yourself at nome as thousands will testify-no change Of climate being necessary. This simple discovery banishss uric acid from the blood oosens the stlffeued joints. nuifies the blood brghtens the giving elasticity the whole system. If the above interests you for proof address
 Mrs. NJ Summers. Box R. Notre Dame. Ind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
Recnpnitinn At Last

From the Toledo Blade
 "A Kansas bridegroom tainted during the wedding Ceremony" It may have been his unique way of calling atten- ton to the fact that he was among these present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
Digest of Typical Jitney Ordinance

Pasadena, Cal. Ordinance 1500. No- vember 21, 1914.
 Section 1. Terms defined. Sight sec ing cars are not considered motor busses.
 Sec. ?. This section requires a license for all motor busses. Applicants must state: Gal, the type of car to be used :; (b), the horse power; Co, the factory number td). the state license: Gel, The seating capacity according to trade rating. If the car has been converted from another tybe the application must also contain q statement of it's carrying capacity in pounds or tons seating capacity as adapted, and the method and materials used in such adoption. tf), The name and age of the person to be in charge as driver, and the number of his chauffeur's license (g), Termini of proposed route (h), Schedule of operation proposed. The city clerk refers application to the commissioner of public safety. The lat ter refers it to the city commission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

from all others mentioned. In Denver no person, or corporation may operate iitneys without a franchise. Of course the city commissioners would be most unlikely to grant a franchise to the own CT of one or more machines, so that the Denver law is expected to result in the exclusion of all except well organized motor bus companiss. The San Antonio ordinance requires the granting of a fran chise. too
 A bill to regulate the jitney has been introduced in the Massachusetts state legislature This bill, if passed. would eliminate the small jitney concerns en- tirely Jitney bills are pending in the Washington and other state legislatures.
 Among cities that report no special iitney legislation Gin addition to the places in this category, already men, tioned) are Des Moines. Wichita, Topeka, Kansas City, St Joseph, Baltimore and Cincinnati
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-25
-RAL IFAGUE STANDING.
YOUTH DEFEATS
DR.. ROSENBAUM
Yonkers Schoolboy Takes
Measure of Veteran at
Sunningdale.

Herbert W. Forster, the eighteen
year-old student of the Yonkers high
School. sprang one of the most surprls-
ing upsets of the season yesterday by
defeating DR.. William Rosenbaum IN
straight sets at Ga, 81 in the an
nual open lawn tennis tournament OF
the Sunningdale Country Club, OF Mount
Vernon.
Forster's victory came in the semi
final round of the singles, and this az
ternoor he will meet the veteran, Ben
jamin NJ. Phillips, for the chief tro-
ply. Phillips came through by defeat
ing Manfred Goldman at Ga, !.
Three pairs reached the semi-tnal
round in the doubles, including Frank
7. Hunter and Ralph L. Baggs. DR..
Rosenbaum and Phillips and F. c.
Baggs and S. Howard Voshell.
Forster was not ranked in any class
last year, while DR.. Rosenbaum was
rated in Class 3, and has long been
considered one OF the strongest of the
local players, having many victories
over prominent men TO his credit
Young Forster had left all his ner-
vousness behind him in the clubhouse
when he went TO the court and started
in at once TO skim fast, low drives past
DR.. Rosenbaum. The latter is at his
best when he can get close to the net
and smother his opponents shots, but
Forster used such excellent judgment
In edgng the ball past his rival that
Rosenbaum found his rushes to the bar
rier a dangerous experiment.
After taking the first set at Ga
Forster increased the speed OF his
drives, whipping the ball down the
side lines and compelling his opponent
TO cover a great amount of court TO
get his racquet on the ball. 1t was not
until the games had reached 7-all,
however, that the schoolboy was able
to break through Rosenbaum's service
and win the last game on his own, CIV
ing him the set at 81 and the match.
Phillips pitted his court cunning
against the superior speed OF Goldman,
and the cut strokes of the veteran from
the Harlem Tennis Club also proved
troublesome 70 the younger player, who
was never sure Of the bound of the ball.
Phillips tried for everything that came
over the net, and scored many re-
markable gets as he raced from the net
to the base line and back again.
Hunter and Ralph Baggs defeated ].
II. Steinkampf and A. j. Ostendorf at
"a, SO, e.. and Dr. Rosenbaum
and Phillips triumphed over L. ID.
Woodbury. and Edgar f. Leo by score
Of "a, Ga. Voshell and Fred Baggs
gained their bracket by defeating r. A.
Mauchell and J. Z. Blandy at 90. 60.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-25

SO IL. DaLZ4e began il..ssE 4f"tl 'ii
the grooves, and Ga the last siX Innings
he allowed only two hits. But the
game had been lost while he was just
putting EN- over the plate and see
ing f.
It was the first game Of the last
series New YORK and Cleveland Will
play this season, and served 20 intro
duce 20 the Yankee fans one Clarence
x. Garrett, recently from Mason City,
Iowa Clarence IS r. the panateiia type
Of architecture. That he held the
Yankees 20 four hits. ia itself-was less
of 70 tragedy than the fact that 1t IN
srirod TO less than nineteen PERSONS 70
remark that thts Garrett vas bat
proof
r. Dazzle in the second and third
innings carried on with great success
his researches into the hitting ability
Of the Indians With one out. Evans
singled 20 right and advanced on
Wambsganss's grounder 70 Pipp. Evans
stole third and Vance filed the bases
by passing ONeill and Garrett. lie
knew they couldn't hit, so what was
the use Of putting il over for them
Willie sent a bounding single past Pipp,
Evans and O'Neill scoring Vance knew
Chapman could hit, so he struck him
out
In the third inning Baumann's tumble
Of Roth's grounder started trouble.
Smith singled 20 right On an attempt
ed double steal Roth was caught at
third. Kirke grounded out and Evans
walked
Wambsganss hit a grounder toward
Peckinpaugh and Wambsgsnss dashed
for first as PeckinpauGh tore after the
ball WambsCanss had hit, Peckin-
paugh felded Wambsganss's grounder
but threw % Pip TOO late 10 catch
Wambsganss SO IL was hit Tor
WambsRanss, although Peckinpaugh
and Pipp played perfect!y---a fellow
named Smith scored on the hit. O'NelH
grounded out. ending the inning.
The lone tally the Yankees made OF
Clarence r. Garrett was q homer By
Walter Alexander into the left field
bleachers in the third inning.
The Indians picked up their fourth
run In the seventh. Chapman singled
10 centre. Vance tried 70 catch Chap
man of first and threw TO the stand,
Chapman taking third. Roth walked.
lie started q double steal and AleXan-
der threw in the general direction OF
third. trying TO catch Chapman on the
bag. The bah went into left field and
Chapman scored, Roth reaching third.
smith struck out Kirke grounded TO
Peckinpaugh. who threw out Roth at
the plate. Evans famed. ending the
inning.
In the eighth High was robbed OF a
hit when his drive carromed of Car
retrs shins and rolled straight TO kirke'
who was standing on first base.