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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-09

crucifcial element of reforners win
atone for their foolish move to bring
about blue laws in a city like Chicago.
1t is those people with reformation
precepts and ideas who have engi-
neered the working of this change in
municipal conditions, and they are
the class who will be made to feel
the effects of their endeavors in this
matter.
Cannot a city continue to exist
tremendously in all its branches of
diversion and amusement for it's in
habitants without class of ignorant,
unthinking, pessimistic men and
women, who, were we to study them
internally, are performing these
changes for pecuniary reasons alone?
Wipe out the reform-seekers and
have clean city is my Estimation
Charles Goodman, 1901 S. Jefferson.
WHY THE DARE?- days are
substantially alike in the long run. 1t
is no worse to drink on Sunday than
on Monday The idea that one day
in the week is holy is wholly idiotic.
Besides, these closing laws do no
good.
Laws are not locks and keys. Sa-
loon doors care nothing about laws.
Law or no law, people will slip in, and
then, having had so much trouble
getting there, they will stay until they
stagger out. These nasty, meddle-
some, Pharisaic, hypocritical laws
make sneaks and hypocrites. The
children of these laws are like the
fathers of the laws. Ever since can
remember, people have been trying
to make other people temperate by
Incorporate laws. It is pity that
Christ manufactured wine, a pity that
Paul took heart and thanked God
when he saw the sign of the Three
Taverns; a pity that Jehovah put al
cohO1 in almost everything that
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-09

and eleven others, drilled to the min
ute, could give the run" to ten times
their number in strikers who disdain
RECOMMENDATION he would stick to a
good thing. He. explained, but did
not apologize.
: These gentlemen have but one ar
gument and no theories. They have
converted many a gay cat" striker
to belief in the personal devil the
ory. These are THE SCABS. They
invite and deserve the most awful re-
prisals on the part of the fighters in
the unions. They invite death and
sometimes get it.
often wonder how anybody has
the nerve to scab. In the cities scab
is generally considered to be way be-
low the unimaginable zero of COR
neryneSs." Even when the average
man is so miserable that suicide is
contemplated, if you ask him if he
ever scabbed he will stiffen until he
nearly snaps. To know that he is not
capable of scabbing under any cir
cumstances should put life in even
centenarian who has one foot in the
grave and the other on banana peel.
FeIlow-workers, don't ever scab.
There is nothing in it for you, and it
is scabbing that has us where we are.
1t is safer to beg and nobler to steal.
There would be nothing but for the
altruists to reconstruct the world if
all men would observe labor's great
commandment: Thou shalt not scab.
John F. Kendrick.
TILE CIINnAV GAM Tho roo1
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

fails. Between any of the two beef
breeds there are hundred possible
types, and hundred cross-bred calves
may represent any one of them. Not
only will the cross-breeds of the same
breeding differ from each sther, but
it is almost hopeless task, even by
careful selection to perpetuate one
of these types. No man can hope to
live long enough to perfect new
breed of cattle. In the old country
several generations of the same fam
lily have spent their lives in estab-
fishing a type of single breed
There is Importance in uniformity.
Every man who has taken his cat
tie to market appreciates that tact.
Between two punches of steers OF
equal quality the one OF even SIZE
and type will bring the better price
This is one reason why the western
ranchmen have topped the feeder NOR
ket, and the feeders from the big
shows have been willing to pay them
such fancy prices. Their herds are
large and they have great number
from which to pick. Even in fat cat
tie the buyer prefers to have them
uniform.
Another important feature of the
subject is the owners choice of breeds
Every man will do better with some
thing he likes. He will give it great
er attention, take more pride in ii
and achieve more certain success
There will, therefore, follow more GER
tain results from sticking to one
kind of cattle and making the chosen
type as perfect as possible. Even or
the ranges numerous communities
have begun the practice of buying
the same knid of breeding stuff, anc
by securing greater uniformity have
materially enhanced the demand anc
value of their produce.-Farm Life.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
REMOVING CLOTHING STAINS

Here are some spot removers that
are suggested by Mrs. Emma L. Fecht
instructor in domestic art in the Kan
sas state Agricultural college.
Grass stain, cotton goods-Soak the
stain in kerosene and launder at once
or wash the stain in alcohol or am
fnonia and water; silk or wool goods
cover stain with chloride of tine and
wash ut cnce, press dry.
Mildew-Cotton or linen goods soak
The stain in one-half pint of water
TO which has been added one table
spoonful Of lemon juice and one tea
spoonful of pNt lie acid or use Javelle
water aided with bleaching or use
sour tuttermiik; woolen goods dilute
ammonia Ntie,.
Iron rusr- Rob the spot with lemon
juice, salt and sun bleach it. Repeat
the process - necessary. Axalic acid
may be used if ne.iislized after
ward with ammonia water. Wash the
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
CROSS S-BREEDING CATTLE.

Cross-breeding among cattle is a
much discussed subject of controver-
sy. Owners take pride in their Short
horns, Herefords, Angus and Gallo
ways, and pay large sums of money
for fine breeding stock are strongly
opposed TO mixing colors and types.
Many range men looking only to the
present, believe they can increase the
size, vitality and make their cattle
more prolific by crossing the breeds.
AS is true of most mooted aues-
tions Of long standing, there are two
sides to this one. Many good cross
bred cattle have been produced, not
only on the range but even in connec-
tion with the leading show herds of
the country, while numerous cross
breeds have been winners at the big
exhibitions. 1t is claimed that as good
individual animals can be produced
by cross-breeding as can be found
in any of the straight breeds. When
it comes to securing a bunch of even
typed cattle, however, the cross-breed
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

Another domestic ship was wrecked
on the rocks in Chicago last week
and beached in the divorce court. The
girl had married the man to reform
him. He refused to reform and broke
her heart besides We might think
this the only side of the picture but
it isn't AS unsafe as the policy is of
women marrying men to reform them,
in rare cases it has been success. A
successful termination of there mar
riages is so infrequent that the advice
at present is not to do it. 1t has been
said that man will reform for the
sake Of girl Some men cannot re-
form because they are not morally
capable. They cannot break away
from the environment that drags them
down. The Chicago tragedy was due
TO hope rather than lack Of ability.
The girl had been rs social worker
and successful in making many calls
to the submerged strata. But she
had never tried reforming man be-
fore. 1t was too much. And it will
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
GERMANY,s WAR CAR PROBLEM

As in many other things connected
with the war, Germany's exactness
and preparation is first in the field to
solve the problem of the used war cur.
which looms threatening in the dis
tanee. Great Britain and France re-
alize the seriousness of the matter
but so far have not taken a singIe
step to control it. Germany, however
has already made provisions to han
die the delicate situation effectively
the moment the war stops. A COM
pany has been formed, in which the
the government and the motor car
manufacturers are interested, which
company will take over all the cars
used in the war, which are capable
of repair. They will be put in first
class running condition and then
Offered to the public at a reasonable
price. Only one-third of the total
will be placed on the market in the
first year, and in the second
year and the remainder in the third
year. In the meantime manufactur
ers of new cars will be able to intro
duce their product, knowing exactly
how many cars, and of what price
and condition, will be offered in the
secondhand market during certain
time and can plan their manufactur-
ing and sales campaign accordingly.
If, for instance, certain type of car
is especially numerous in the used
car field, manufacturers will go light
on that type. By such means it is
hoped to control the situation and pre-
vent flood of poor used cars, at
ridicuously low prices.-Scientific
American.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

goods well. When using strong acids
stretch the fabric over a bowl of
water, thus controlling the spread of
the aoi1.
Blood stain wash he fabric in
cool water until &c water remains
stainless, then wash it in luke warm
soapy water. Hydrogen peroxide
with ammonia will remove blood
stains.
Paint or varnish-dissolve the spot
with turpentine, benzine or gasoline.
Alcohol will wash away linseed oil.
Fruits >tains-These should be re-
moved as soon as possible. Stretch
the fabric over a bowl and pour boil
ing milk or hot alcohol on the spot
Heat the alcohol over hot water.
Coffee or tea stains-Pour on the
spots boiling water from a height
Glycerine is a solvent of the color
ing matter.
Vaseline stains-Soak spots in kero-
sene before soap and water are an
piled.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
THE BoGGLED WAR TAX.

The national Republican congress
sional committee, which has conclud-
ed study of the Democratic war
revenue tax, asserts that it disre-
CARDS the most elementary principles
of law-making. The committee asserts
that in the drafting of any special
tax measure where the approximate
deficit TO be met is known, there are
four simple requirements that are OBJ
vious:
1t should be determined where the
burden of the tax should fall,
Based ON accurate estimates, the
law should produce the amount of
revenue needed.
The law should be phrnsed in clear
unmistakable terms, admitting of
but one construction that will insure
minimum cost of administration,
prevent confusion and avoid useless
expensive litigation.
Timely, adequate provision should
be made for revenue stamps, blank
returns, instructions, and all other
numerous details entering into the
enforcement of such a law.
The measure under review fails
on every one of these counts. In
respect to the first essential that of
determining where the burden of the
tax shall fall, the committee points
out that the Democrats floundered
repeatedly. They first announced a
plan of increasing the income tax and
abandoned it on discovering that
financial returns would be delayed for
months under that method. Then they
turned to plan of taxing freight re-
ceipts This was discarded with
astonishing CELEBRITY. Political pres
sure was too great. After other in
effectual attempts the Spanish war
stamp tax was adopted as a basis of
giving the country n "war tax in
time of peace. In the second place,
the Democratic estimates were in
accurate. Had they been based on
facts instead Of guesswork, the coun-
try would not now have the treasury
deficit as a constant reminder of Dem
ocratic extravaganza and inefficiency.
The third essential was disregarded.
There are conflicting provisions in
the war tax as to when it shall take
effect. Other clauses are so obscure
ly phrased that it has been neces-
sary to appeal to the courts for CON
struction. As to the fourth of the
principles enumerated, so inadequate
were the provisions for stamps re-
quired under the act that business all
over the country halted because of in
ability to comply with the law. Long
and annoying controversies arose
over penalties for such violations, re-
sulting in needless confusion for which
no one but the present administra-
ton is to blame.
This is a fair arraignment of blum
dering that has been expensive to
the business interests of the country
Wisconsin.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
DIAZ AND DESTINY.

From whatever angle he was view
ed the late Porfirio Diaz was most
picturesque. Whether history will re-
cord him as the maker or the marrer
of Modern Mexico is to be determ-
ined. Either side can be argued with
equal facility and emphasis.
Developments since Diaz was de
posed from power would indicate
that peace will never be restored in
the troubled Southern republic until
a man of his calibre and methods is
found and is given tyrannical powers
almost equal to those which Diaz en-
loved and exercised. The Mexico of
today is not ready for the impractical
visionary, no matter how well inten-
toned he may be. A man of iron is
nedeed else the endless procession of
provisional presidents will continue.
Yet, on the other hand, continua-
ton of the Diaz methods meant fur
ther crushing of the spirit of liberty
in a government which was supposed
to be that of the people themselves.
Mexico will never advance until the
lower and middle classes are eie-
waited. This can never be brought
about until there is a new system OF
land ownership, occupation and cuitl-
walton. Mexico has practically no
farming population, such as is respon-
sible for the wonderful progress of the
United States. The land is held in
vast estates, hundreds of thousands
and even millions of acres in extent,
the owners enjoying perogatives and
nrivileped denied to the rank and file
of the people. Placing the ownership
of the land in the hands of few I'M
mensely rich men has resulted IN
virtual condition of economic slavery,
the poems of the large plantations diff
fering from the negro slaves of half
Gentry ago in the United States, only
in name. They struggle ahead with
little or no prospect of ever gaining
their economic freedom. Francisco
Madero had the right idea, he was n
great and good man, but he was not
permitted to finish his herculean task.
There is no man prominent in Mex
leo today who can carry on his work,
with the single exception Of General
Obregon. Even he might prove want
ing when tried in the fire of pow
er.
The declaration of independence for
Mexico is not yet written. Nor can it
be written by any man now in the
limelight of notoriety, below the Rio
Grande. 1t must be written by the
people themselves and they can never
write it until there is a schoolhouse
on every hill and great body of
land-owning farmers such as we have
to our prosperity and progress.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
STANDARD GUAGE
ID. & X. G. TO BUILD

standard gauging the ID. & X. G.
railroad between the South Fork OF
the Rio Grande river seems to be a
realty from the account Denver pa
pers are giving out direct from the
head officials of this company. The
building of this link will do more to
advance this part of the west than
anything that has yet taken place.
The railroad company had represen-
tative in. this field few weeks this
spring making quiet investigation OF
what the possibilities of the San Juan
basin are, and after thorough in
vestigation he reported to the COM
pany that no field in the entire coun-
try presented such opportunities. 1t
contained every possible means of un-
developed resources and by standard
izing the road into Durango the popu-
lation would double in five years.
Can YOU estimate what this means
for Durango and the whole basin.
1t will bring $4,000 people here to
live in not only the best but the
greatest country on earth, land that
has no equal for climate and con-
tains all the elements that nature
could bestow upon a country-rich
in minerals of every nature and land
that never failed to produce anything
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

New books put into circulation the
first of July at the Durango Pub
lie library.
Adult Fiction.
Onions, His Official Fiancee.
Sidgwick, Lady if Leisure.
Erskine, Girl of the Blue Ridge.
Barr, Bow of Orange Ribbon.
Barr, Olivia.
Barr, Jan Vedder's Wife.
Barr Maid of Maiden Lane.
Barr, Remember the Alamo.
Chesterton, Wisdom of Father
Brown.
Little, House of the Misty Star.
Davis, Gallagher.
Eggleston, Carolina Cavalier.
Long, Madam Butterfly.
Austin, Betty Alden.
Maniates, Amarilly of Clothes Line
Alley.
Adult Non-Fiction.
Philip, Dickens Dictionary.
Turner Basket Maker.
Thompson, Humber Poets.
Burroughs, Fresh Fields.
Lethaby, Architecture.
Bailey, Training of Farmers.
Plumb, Types and Breeds of Farm
Animals.
Children's Books.
Abbott, Malleville.
Abbott, Mary Bell.
Abbott, Rodalphus.
Abbott, Beechunt.
Abbott, Caroline.
Abbott, Stuyvesant.
Abbott, Wallace.
Abbott, Mary Erskine.
Abbott, Agnes.
Abbott, Ellen Linn.
Coolidge, Barbary Bush,
Irgersoll, Ice Queen.
Du Chaillu, Ivar the Viking,
Burkess, Mother West Winds
Children.
Lorenzini, Pinocchio.
Brooks, Long Walls.
Grinnell, Wolf Hunters.
Comstoek. Pet Book.
Muller. Elsbeth.
Eastman, Indian Scout Talks.
Montgomery, Billy Whiskers on the
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

For BARRIERS only: John Keating,
of Gulfport. Miss, had been pro-
nounced dead and his obituary had
been published in a local paper "A
barber was shaving his corpse ior
buriel when suddenly the dead mans
eyes opened. and he said Don't cut
me kid" The barber didn't he dived
through window and disappeared
Physicians declare that although
Heating is now alive and well, he was
actually dead for six hours.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
woRKMEN'S COMPENSATION
ACT.
For Ready Reference of the Busy
Business Man.
Employmcnts Covered.

Employmcnts Covered.
On and after August Its, 1915, this
act shall apply to every employer of
four or move. employees, not including
private, domestic servants and farm
and ranch laborers engaged in COM
mon employment, or casual employ
ment, Nor shall the provisions Of
this act apply to common carriers en-
gaged in interstate commerce, nor
to their employees.
All employers not affeetedby ex-
ceptions above referred to, who elect
not to accept the provisions Of this
act, must file a written notice with
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

The Russians may be defeated one
day, but they bob up next A tele-
gram states that a Canadian manu-
facturer has returned from Petrograd
and he states that while there he
signed contract for sSS,000,000
worth of artillery shells.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

The advance information of Post
master General Burleson's report
shows that the deficit in the postoffiee
department will be between $11,000,-
900 and $14,000,000 for the year
What is the matter.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

A plan of recripocation of courtesy
is being advanced in Chicago in con-
nection with the traction sutation. In
other words, the public is supposed to
appreciate courtesy from the street
car men and report it,
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

A peace conference by any other
name would seem to have about as
much chance of settling the war.
The greatest factor toward the set
tlement of the world war now going
on is exhaustion of strength and
powder
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
Creede Branch Used as Starting Point
For New Cut Off.

tFeeue bTdHcn tSeu as Slartlng fOlnt
For New Cut Off.
Between $4,000,O00 and $5,000,0O0
will be spent within the next twelve
months by the Denver G. Rio Grande
railroad on the construction of stan
dard gauge line connecting Durango
with the present main lines of the
system and obviate the necessity of
entering New Mexico to reach Du-
range. An announcement to that eff
feet was made by J. G. Gwyn, chief
engineer of the Denver G. Rio Grande
railroad this morning, who said that
an engineering party of seventeen
men is starting now into the field to
make the location survey for the new
line.
Construction of the new branch will
be started within a comparatively
short time, and as soon as the road
is ready for operation it will be one
of the richest and most promising
sections in Colorado and Northwest
ern New Mexico and annex them more
closely to Denver.
The new line will begin at South
Fork, station on the Creede branch
of the Rio Grande and will follow a
southwesterly direction along the Rio
Grande Del Norte to the summit of
South Fork pass, a distance of 81
miles. From there it will go down
the Rio San Juan through Pagosa
Springs and Join The present Durango
Alamosa line at Juanita. From Juan
ita,, the line, which is at present mar
row gauge, will be standard gagged
The total distance of the new line will
be about 72 miles and will have a
maximum grade of but 2 Fer cent
as compared with stretches of a per
cent grade on the present line.
A tunnel approximately 5000 feet
long will he driven under the summit
of South Fork pass, making the ele-
walton at which the continental divide
will be crossed 10000 feet. The pass
itself is 10,5l5 feet above sea level.
The proposed line will reduce the
mileage bteween Denver and Durango
IT miles and will be the means OF
securing quicker and better service
between Denver and that section of
the state. The reconnaissance survey
of the new line was made about six
years ago
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

always remain the most difficult
taks to perform. Few of the several
hundred girls who marry men to re-
form them ever succeed 1t is dan
gerous undertaking but it is not i'm
possible.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

That Ft. Smith -year-old- whis-
key, made in 80 hours is the sort that
gives a man anywhere from 10 to 80
years in prison.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

Selling land is great business, but
going back as far as Sir Francis
brakes time for title is about the
limit.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

Sure the iceman should have a day
of rest. How would you like to be
the iceman?
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

Militarism has reached an acute
state in Kansas City where war was
declared on Mosquitoes and ring
politics.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

If Thaw is sane, one would be, con-
strained in speaking of him to say,
his actions are peculiar"
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

The European war is exacting
punishment for all nations.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

Just think what the duties of 6
dog catcher would be in Constants
nople.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

Most of us would prefer that the
wars of the United States would be
confined to exchange of notes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

Most anyone could be resigned to
making s65,0e0 year by lecturing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
Let's have a wecdless city.

Safety first is good slogan when
you go in swimming.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

The real menace from automobiles
is the speeder and reckless driver.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

Huerta was released on $4,000
bond. According to report he is very
rich.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
Pueblo Chieftain.

Pueblo Chieftain.
The long expected resumption of
railroad building in Colorado comes
in the most welcome form of a broad
gauge line to Durango. This will be
built from Il station on the present
broad gauge line between Alamosa
and Creede in a southwesterly di-
restion to the present line in southern
Archuleta county at the station of
Juanita, and the line from Juanita
to Durango will be broad gauged.
South Fork, from which the new
extension will be built is 179 miles
southwest of Pueblo, and is reached
by the San Luis broad gauge divis-
ion of the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad over Veta pass. The new line,
which is to be pushed to completion
as rapidly as possible at cost of
about S4.000,00O, will give direct
connection with Durango and the
other towns of the San Juan region,
which has been long and greatly de-
sired.
This will be of great advantage to
one of the richest and most resource
full regions of the state, and will add
greatly to the agricultural and min
eral output of southern Colorado. 1t
is hardly possible to conceive of an
other enterprise of greater possible
benefit to this part of the state.
Apart from the merits of this par
ticular enterprise it is most encour-
aging to see this evidence of the be-
ginning Of new era Of railroad
building and development in Colo
rado. The Denver and Rio Grande
company is setting a good example
of faith in the resources of Colorado.
of confidence in the integrity and
enterprise of our people, and of belief
in the era of peace and prosperity
that lies Immediately before us. 1t
should have scores of imitators,
great and small, in its new purpose
of state building.
A survey outfit is now reported
to be working between Pennington