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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-19
oppo.es Opinion Of Experts.

The Journal knows full we'll that
in making this statement 1t fatty OPP
poses the strong opinion of number
OF good sportsmen, including even
some who worked hard and faithfully
to get the fish and game laws amend
ed at the recent session OF the legfs-
lature, but B. G. Merrill, inspector for
the United States department of ag-
ricultura bureau OF biological survey,
and who is, besides his federal posi-
ton assistant secretary of the Fish
and Game Conservation of Illinois, Is
one authority for the statement that
the size limit on game fish stands on
the statutes and he points out that
some prosecutions have already been
made under the amended act, In the
northern part OF the state. Even ii
the deputy game wardens do not for
any reason. enforce the limit law,
every constable is given power and
required to enforce it, and he gets
part OF every fine assessed under the
act as his fee.
Section Al, which has created all the
argument, says:
at shall be unlawful to catch, take
or kill by any means or device what
SO6V0I, 0ACSpI NY pOlC ohu Inc, u W
sell or offer for sale, or have in pos
session. any of the following-named
fish mentioned below which are less
than the length mentioned for each:
Black bass, 10 inches; white or strip
ed bass, eight inches; rock bass, six
inches; crappie,, eight inches. Pro-
vided, that II any such understood fish
is taken in any manner except by pole
and line, the person taking it shall
Immediately return it to the waters
from which It was taken, without un-
necessary injury to such fish,
Some fish not native to the water
hereabouts are also mentioned, and
there is a clause prohibiting the sale
Of game fish.
Three Provisions in the Section.
The authorities, Mr.. Merrill says,
find three express prohibitions in sec
ton A. viz:
Ffrst-1t shall be unlawful to catch,
take or kill. except by pole and line,
any of the fish mentioned which are
less than the length mentioned 1t is
stated that no one can control the size
Of a fish that may bite baited line.
This being a matter of course, no law
can be made against pulling under
sized game fish from the water.
Therefore the provision that says lex
cept by pole and line"
Second-It shall be unlawful to sell
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-19

or offer for sale any OF the fish men.
toned which are less than the length
mentioned for each. No one contends
that the except by pole and line"
makes it legal to sell game fish. Yet
this is all in the same paragraph.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-19

One writer goes on record with th>
assertion that books published on
golf are intended only for those VINO
take the game as prescription, and
he rises to inquire, rs golf game
or a medicine?' Without becoming
Intentionally facetious, one can not
help asking whether or not he CON
siders chasing the elusive "ptil on
the golf links as the practice OF medl-
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-05-21
NOTICE
State Of New Mexico.

County OF Lincoln
Notice is hereby given, That W, T.
Sterling. administrator Of the Estate Of
" r. sterling, Deceased, has filed his
tinnl Rcpor, of his acts and doings as
administrators Of said Estate, aud the
Honorable Doroteo Lucero, Probate Judge
nl Lincoln County, New Mexico. has set
the second day OF the regular July A. ID
1913 lern oi the Probate Court che
same being the 9th day Of July, 4, D.,
1913, AS the time for the heating any oh
iectinns lo the same
therefore amy pft.pn or persons wish.
ing to object 10 said Final Report may DO
20 by filing their objections on or before
the above named date
A II. HARVEY.
674t County Clerk.
Dated Canil lo, y NJ Mas 81, 1915
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-05-21

We ore told that ,hefp hrc a
quarter Of "a million words , the
English language, aud we believe IL
too, for most Of them we're used
last Sunday night by u womnn who
discovered after coming out Of the
local NJ. T.. Church that her hat
WIS adorned by a tag upon which
was written Produced 10 S2.0S"
When you want full and reliable
information on any subject, always
apply to a newspaper man, says a
Quay county exchange a farmer
recently wrote To his local news
paper askiup "what ia the matter
with my hens? Every morning ]
find twoo OF three of them under the
roost with their toes turned up
The editor promptly replied;
"They' re dead
Last Sunday an Albuquerque
father suggested to his daughter
that she ought to 90 TO church that
evening, the subject Of the dis.
curse beinng AN Hour Of Fevor
it Hymns" and he expected It
would be interesting. "Father"
said the daughter with II smile, Il
should like 10 go very much, but |
have made nm engagement 30 spend
$ several hours with my fnvorite him
tonight"
His daIling was n typo fair, he
was her lover true; said he, you
are II c type fnr me. III always
stick ~ you I've had n chase, but
now, my own. my takes revised, |
guess and now that love IL iusti-
fled, why let us 60 TO press The
maiden hung her shapelv head and
whispered in his ear, while both
cheeks were rosy red, "the farm is
ready dear"
oh, dear 10 u hearts are the
sad days OF springtime, when the
annual housecleaning cur to our
view, when we sleep on the sofa
and eat of the mantle, in an at
mosphere strongly suggestive Of
glue; we think OF the stOve-pipe.
the SCOT that came from II and
sweet expressions so fluent and
fine, but the saddest and most
bitter of all recolleciions Is the
dusty old carpet that hung on the
line Oh, that dusty old carpet,
that rusty old carpet, that mostly
old CARPET that hung on the line.
We remember how. armed with a
1.-THE nagelnior in the morning we
blithely advanced to the fray, in
the muscular pride of our heart
li,lle dreaming, that cleaning that
carpe would take the whole dav.
We ssea' and we kicked and our
hand badly h%lis'ered, while the sun
lent bis countenance warmly be-
nign, but he harder we p unded
the mere it was needed Ivy that
dusty I'D carpet that hung on the
Hnel oh. that dusty old carpet,
hat musiy old carpet, that rusty
old carpe', that hung on he line.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-05-21
FRIDAY. MAY q, 1915
WHIM WHAMS

Some men court, then marry,
then go to court again.
The fish wigele" must be some
dance On with the "wiggle
When the women get on the po
lice force men will go out Of the
way In order to get pinched.
II nature had given all women a
rquare deal. there never would have
ben any beauty parlors
II viii soon b. time # the year
So read ~ people becoming over
heated white selling ice cream cones
- doesn'i soui Il pxncrly right,
after borrowing u $1,000 note from
n friend, to tell him that his kind
ness Is so great hat you can never
repay H.,
An ordinary woman's waist Is
about thirty inches around An
ordinary mans arm is about thirty
inches lang. How admirable are
thy works, oh nature!
An exchange gives The warning
10 "watch your ten dollar bills"
There ale "a lot Of counleift ones
aHoat. The denomination Of the
bill is most too large to concern
the editorial brethren.
1t is SAID hat u Chavez county
rancher died recently from n calf
bite. II il had been L snake bite
he would have undonb idly bad
the anlidote in MS hip packet.
Probably the hhppiest IA IN in
the world IA Il Q one who has just
invested in Ills first Wedding ling
Pur however. vha' IL difference
after the FIRST year.
A sorry inst heard at n mothers
knee Is srldom lnrgot'on, and he
same may be said ni other thing,
received at a mothers knee whic'i
will readily recure to the reader
An Alamogordo hoy on returning
home from a vaudeville show on,
night recently told his mother IN,
girl in The show sang "ln The poe
kets al my blue serge trousers, NJ
the trail of n lonesome dime "
1t is reported that "A she'll from
British warshir exploded in IN.
vicinity Of Deming early Sundq,
morning ST. far the correspondent
from that city has failed 20 max
mention Of the fact In he m Pas
papers.
lb setting up % country corrc,
pondent a few weeks ago. the con
position evidently got two Of N
items toga ther as they read "rl
revival c'r.'.i0 tr.lt sn-n goo
p'.ui.
'.,.,a ryol 100 vu,
4ar,.eu .. .l. nu aaye
tscn.u n an Nclauu so Va
tu. 0I. nr voar r.a.lt oyerv toss
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-05-21

Wanted-Stock to pasture, plen
ty Of water, best grazing in Lincoln
county Enquire Of A. G. Niece.
Get your Dry Batteries from N.
b Taylor d Sons.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-05-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
Iron and Cotton Markets Strong

In years past when the cotton mar ket was weak, iron was usually boom ing, and when cotton was bringing a good price, the iron market was low and inactive. There was no signifi canoe in that fact, but it is an inter- esting coincidence that iron and cot ton began to advance together in July and the tendency has been steadily upward ever since.
 The statistical position of both cot ton and iron are similar. With vir- tually all the blast furnaces in this country in operation, next years iron production will not be sufficient to supply the estimated demand. From the present outlook consumers will need 42,000,000 tons or more, and the output will probably not exceed 38,- 900, ,O00 tons.
 As to cotton, this years crop will fall short of the government estimate of few weeks ago, when the crop was supposed to be 100000. Few cot ton statisticians figure today on more than 10, ,5OO,OOO bales. And some cal culations place the crop as low as 10,00O,O00 With 2,000,000 to 3,000,- 900 bales brought over from the big crop of 1914, it is believed the supply will fall short of the 1916 demand by 1,5OO,OOO to 2,000,0O0 bales.
 Iron companies by advancing the quotations of the pig metal gradually have prevented runaway market. But the price will not stop climbing until it reaches $15 or $16.
 Cotton is almost sure to go to Is cents and it will not be surprising to see 1t selling for 20 cents next spring. With large profits in iron and in cot tor this part of the country will wit ness new high records in prosperity this winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
Sir Ian Hamilton Passes

Yesterday saw the passing oi aii- other picturesque figure from the stage of the war. in the supersedence uf Sir Ian Hamilton as commander of the operations on the Dardanelles. The announcement is almost as big a surprise as was the demotion of Grand Duke Nicholas by the Russian Emperor and practically the same reasons caused the change.
 General Hamilton, like the grand duke, has failed to show desired re- suits and has achieved no victory of note, although he has spent lives and money prodigally in the effort to reach the heart of European Turkey. The allies on the Dardanelles have little to show for the nine months op- erations on the peninsula, and the Turk may well laugh in his sleeve.
 England is gradually waking up to the fact that something radical is wrong in the conduct of the war. Only in the navy have the accomplishments justified the expenditures. England on land has done comparatively little and the powers that be are beginning to recognize that there must be a change.
 Sir Ian Hamilton was a great fight CT, great soldier, but this war is ac- cording to no precedent and he has failed to develop to meet the unusual conditions.
 It may be that even more sensa- tional changes are pending in Eng land. It is announced that Premier Asquith is forced to drop work on ac. count of illness at the most critical moment in months. The illness Of statesmen is not always that of the body and it may be so in this case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
A FORGOTTEN PARTY

Tt was during the stirring days of the Cleveland campaign" writes Eugene zim- merman in Cartoons Magazine, that an Independent party was born to national politics, which no doubt was largely com contents of the two stronger clements In this connection it became necessary to invent mythological figure symbolical of the new party's good qualities and pur- poses tbut not it's bad ones) so Puck of- Tered as an appropriate symbol vigorous looking first voter, in red shirt, boots and s'ouch hat, bearing a brand-new ax just bought for the occasion. This em- blem of the pioneer was labeled Reform, and, during an entire seasons campaign ing, cutting and slashing into current politics, never had a bit of it's luster or brilliant paint marred or a nick put in it's blade, and the Independent Voter was as clean-shaven and handsome look ing at the end of his hard-fought battle as on the daN he started his cleanup.
 However, the figure answered the pur- pose for which it was intended; it lent fresh colore to the cartoon, and on the whole was a new plaything for the car- toonist
 Puck put forth its best efforts to pro- long the life of this muscular and we'll in- tentioned youth, but, like the greenback party, and others of a more recent date. he simply and effectually succumbed to the inevitable, only to make room for similar hobbies in campaigns to come.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
Submarine Peril Abated

Some of the most Illuminating in formation about the war in Europe has been obtained from travellers who have returned to the United States from trips abroad. After they get home they are beyond the reach of the censor and can express them selves freely. That is why interviews with such persons are nearly always more readable than the cut-and-dried information given out by European governments.
 A Newark man, Charles H. Ault, who is vice president of printing company, and went to Germany in quest of materials needed in his busi- ness, says German submarines are no longer menace to English shipping, and verifies the statement already made by the British admiralty. He estimates that there are nearly one hundred German submarines tied up at Barrow-in- Furness and in the Clyde, in addition to an equal nu.n- Der believed to have been sunk by the British. Trawlers capture submarines in ghastly way, MT. Ault thinks. The vessels cruise about the infested area with a long steel net slung be- | tween them. When submarine is caught they steam around and wind it up in the net" After waiting about five days the net is drawn up, the as phyxiated crew are taken out of the vessel and buried and s..e hunt be- gins anew. A submarine crew can live but three days submerged and once trapped their fate is sealed.
 The very decided Jul in German submarine warfare indicates thai something more than American diplo- macy has called halt in then opera
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
The Wages of Sin

Be sure your sin will find you out. ?
 If any there be who doubt the un- varying truth of the foregoing eX- tract from scripture, found in Num- bers 32:23, let the skeptic pause long enough to consider the case of Theo- dor Peltzer. the Kansas City invest ment broker who, when near upon dis closure of fraudulent real estate transactions aggregating nearly mil lion dollars and covering long term of years, took his own life by jumping from one of Kansas City's skyscrap- per windows.
 Day after day of late, leading news papers of the middle west have been carrying first page scare-head stories of the revelations that followed the death of Peltzer. Peltzer was known in Kansas City as millionaire, and when he dashed to death on the pave ment below the big building in which his luxuriously appointed office was located, it was a mooted question whether his death was accident ol suicide. So far as the outside worlds superficial glance revealed, Peltzer should have been in the midst of all the contentment, wealth and position which a realized ambition is supposed to bring.
 As investigation proceeded, how ever, the suicide theory became stronger. Then when official verdict said self-destruction, there came 2 still more searching inquiry as to ths motive therefor. And out of thi, search has been evolved story in req life that rivals any fiction that has ever been written. Of melodram; there is ample measure, for it has de veloped that suicide pact existed be tween Peltzer and his brother wht was in his employ-a modern Damor and Pythias compact.
 Peltzer was becoming daily moro deeply involved in his fraudulent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
THE 20 AT THERMopYLAE

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 It doubtless was a shock to many to learn that Greek is no longer required in Cincinnati high schools, and that under the elective system but 29 pupils in the six high schools are attempting to learn the language of Homer. No longer does the unwilling youth proceed haltingly through the pages of Xenophon except when he glibly attacks the passage that chronicles the number of parasangs the army proceeded. No longer is the pony a friend and mentor, an apparent royal road to Knowledge.
 Democracy has leveled her schools ever with her aspirations. Wireless telegraphy and umpiring. things that are of this contemporary life, have supplanted thS ancient Greeks message to our, civiliza- ton. This progress doubtless is that of the greatest utility and therefore of the greatest immediate good. But it seems a pity that the man of the future will know less of the culture which far surpassed our own attainments and which has given us much of the beauty that we possess in sculpture, architecture, the drama, poetry and institutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20

transactions and exposure seemed in- evitable. Both brothers carried heavy l life insurance. It was decided that one of the two must commit suicide in a manner which would make it appear that death was accidental. Then the dead mans insurance was to be used 1 by the living brother to straighten out the firms involved affairs and put | it once more on an honest, legitimate basis. Forged mortgages were to be made good in actual cash-and life was to be the forfeit.
 But the life of which brother? That was the problem. Finally it was decided that it would be the younger brothers, after an agonizing discus sion in which each insisted upon being the sacrifice.
 The younger brother ran an automo- mobile in front of a train-the ma chine was damaged but the man es- capped. Again he tried to end his life and again he failed. The elder Pelt- zer's business affairs were becoming more alarming and at last, after an impressive farewell of his brother, he least himself down from high place." and pitying strangers gath cred his broken, lifeless body from the paving.
 l Peltzer wasn't case-hardened criminal, else he would not have been willing to give his life to prevent the widow and orphan from coming to want through his wrong dealing.
 He had, in his profound egotism, believed he could so manipulate the capital obtained by his fraudulent pa- per, as to make fortune and repay his shortages. He was clever man and he saw himself as financial genius; he believed lie could sin and keep that sin secret from the world. But even in death his sin has become biazened before the world.
 Theodor Peltzer has added another bit of testimony that has been ac- cumulating through the centuries, to the truth of the scriptural injunction, Be sure your sin will find you out. ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
THE MAN AT THE FRONT

By Michael Fitzgerald I ask not his name or his nation. Or whether his cause be right: How high or how low his station Let's pledge him toast tonight, W hatever his creed or color. He is facing the battles brunt; From the Indus. the Rhine, Tay Shan
 non or Tyne
 Hurrah for the man at the front On the Yukon his cabin is dreary. 0n the Danube his castles in gloom: Ir the trench his poor body is weary That trench that's so often a tomb, But his soul is afame with devotion. A fire that death only can quench; Let us send him from here a word o1
 good cheer
 Hurrah for the man in the trench! We are neutral. you say? Yes. m,
 brother
 God grant We may ever be so But you thrill at brave deeds in an
 other
 Though he be your bittcrest foe So I ask not his name or his nation Or whether his cause be right To the man at the front. who is bea ring the brunt. I give you a toast tonight!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
Optimistic Frame of Mind.

'The piano business is now showing signs of improvement" said J. H. Hol- combe. This is trade that is quickly affected by anything like a general de- pression and it is about the last to be benefited by the return of prosperity. Piano concerns throughout the country suffered from the depression of last fall acutely
 The industrial activity that has been in evidence since the early summer was not felt in our line until now. We are at last noting improvement.
 'The mercantile interests here are very buoyant. and when the pay roll money and the money made by the farmers clrculates freely, as 1t is doing now, the piano dealers are sure to take their place in the prosperity procession. A few months ago 1 was pessimistic, but today there is not a greater optimist in Birmingham than I am. I expect to see fine trade in pianos and other musical instruments this winter. Bir- mingham is going to be flush with money.
 "The fair which closed last Saturday brought the greatest number of visitors to the city in the history of the fair asso- oiation, and the visitors were good spenders. The fair was a grand suc- cess and as l was president of the asso- citation few years ago I ought to be something of a judge.
 Yes, business in this city was won derfully brisk during the fair and good times have come to stay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
FROFIMAN'S EARLY LIFE

sals you will be able to do your work well and look like a professional
 Charles immediately bought a pack of the thickest playing cards he could find and began to practice with them. Soon he became an expert shuffler. Often he used his fathers cigar counter for a make-believe box office sill, and across it he handed out the pasteboards to im- aginary patrons. A dozen times he went over to Brooklyn and gazed with eager expectancy at the old theatre, destined, by reason of his association with 1t, to be a historic landmark in the annals of American amusement.
 ''He wrote Gustave almost immedi- ately:
 I will be ready when the tims comes.
 That great ..moment arrived the sec ond Monday in August 1874. Charles could scarcely contain his impatience So well had the publicity work for the per- formance been done by the new ad- vance agent that when the boy Che was just 14) raised the window of the box office at o'clock there was a long line waiting to buy tickets. The final word of injunction from Gustave was:
 Remember. Charlie, you must bs careful because you will be personally responsible for any shortage in cash when you balance up
 "The house was sold out. When Gus tave asked him after the count-up if he were short, the eager-faced lad replied:
 T am not short-I am 50 cents overv
 Then you can keep that as q reward for your good work" said Gustave.
 "Callender was on hand the opening night. He watched the boy in the box office with an amused and lively inter- est. When he was through selling tickets he stepped up to him with smile on his face and said
 Young fellow. I like your looks and your way. You and I will be doing busi- ness some day"
 By day he worked in the Graphic ot- flee, only getting off for the matinees; at night he was in the box office at Hooley's in Brooklyn. his smiling face beaming like a moon through the win dow He was in his element at last and supremely happy. When the season end- ed. Callender's Minstrels resumed their tour on the road and Charles went back to the routine of the Graphic