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The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
HAS NOVEL MACHINE
Inventor Says 1t Will Fly, Run,
Swim and Dive.
Denver Man Took Bumblebee as
Model for His Remarkable Con-
trivance-Will Make Up to
300 Miles an Hour.

Denver.-William A. Sharpe, a me-
chanic. after 13 years of experiment
Ing. is completing a machine which.
ne says, can fly, run, swim and dive.
It is designed to carry four passen-
gers. 1t will derive its lifting and pro-
pelling power from the rotation of
wheels and revolving and oscillating
oropellers.
Sharpe is fifty-two years old and a
mechanical engineer, and has pat
ented an automobile starter, an auto
primer and captive aeroplane.
He is constructing his new combi-
nation machine at Sixteenth and
Broadway. He says it will travel on
the ground with the smoothness and
swiftness of racing automobile or
shoot into the air with the perfect
equilibrium and ease of a swallow, and
be poised there; navigate the ocean
with the speed Of a motor boat, or can
be used as a submarine. 1t is designed
TO attain a speed of from 80 to 300
miles an hour, carrying 1000 pounds
Tor each 1000 pounds weight of the
car. There are four wheels on the
Sai, anu III etCu WHEEL tHeTe are lOuT
propellers. The entire vehicle is built
" pressed steel and aluminium.
The device is designed on we'll
recognized principles" says Sharpe.
Nothing new is attempted in the
steering device, transmission system.
diferential. lighting system, gear shift
Or motor. / have designed propeller
blades, rotating within the circumfer-
ence of a wheel. which by an ingen-
lous system of opposing or presenting
The broad surface of the propeller
blades during their downward stroke,
and presenting the edge of the pro-
peller blades during their upward
stroke, exert lifting power of the
combined surface of the blades in an
upward and forward motion.
"I have planned to spend $1,000 on
my first machine. although the cost of
The machines when put on the market
will be no more than standard auto
mobile. The body of my car will be
Is feet long and 80 inches wide. The
wheels are "a inches In diameter and
weigh 100 pounds and will make 400
revolutions per minute.
For years | made a study OF the
humble bumblebee and came to the
conclusion that If machine could be
constructed embodying the principles
Of fight employed by the bee it would
be a success in both air and water"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05

problem of the unemployed. The
hotel" an old. dilapidated building
belonging to the city. was put in the
care of JEFF Davis, Who believes he
can get the hobos together and run
the hostelry on cooperative scheme.
Every hobo will have to go out every
day and do sorle work of some sort
In return for hls labors he will get
nights lodging and plenty of grub. g"
This plan is also expected to furnish
the city at moderate cost with any
extra large amount of laborers It may
have need of in any emergency. The
food supply of the hotel will consist
OF voluntary contributions, but no
hobo need expect to feed at the ex-
pense of the others. JEFF" Davis has
had considerable success with a sim
liar plan in Seattle and other western
cities where he has been a great fac
tor in relieving unemployment, and he
hopes his efforts in the metropolis
will bear the same fruit.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
CAT BATTLES WITH TURTLE
Philadelphia Man Awakened by the
Noise of Fierce Fight in
Rear of Home.

Philadelphia.-When b. F. Magnin
OF Ninth street and Ridge avenue,
Darby, went to investigate a noise in
the rear of his home. which awak-
ened him early in the morning, he
found the family cat battling a two
pound swapping turtle. The cat. un-
able to understand his opponents tao
tics. was furiously scratching the lat
ter's hard shell back.
The snapper made prodigious e.
forts to seize the cats flesh with his
beak. but was unsuccessful. Magnin
separated the two. and captured the
snapper, who will next be seen in the
form OF snapper soup.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
QUIT MEAT If KIDNEYS
BOTHER AND USE SALTS
fast II Your Back Is Hurting or
Bladder Is lrritated.

II you must have your meat every
day, eat it, but flush your kidneys with
salts occasionally, says a noted author
ity who tells us that meat forms uric
acid which almost paralyzes the kid
neys in their efforts to expel it from
the blood. They become sluggish and
weaken, then you suffer with duh
misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains in the back or sick headache,
dizziness, your stomach sours. tongue
is coated and when the weather is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The
urine gets cloudy. full of sediment, the
channels often get sore and irritated,
obliging you to seek relief two or
three times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids,
to cleanse the kidneys and flush off
the body's urinous waste get four
ounces of Jad Salts from any phar-
macy here; take tablespoonful in a
glass of water before breakfast for a
few days and your kidneys will then
act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acids of grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to flush and
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to
neutralize the acids in urine, SO it no
longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure, and makes a delightful efferves-
'cent lithia'water drink.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
His Mistake.

John" she said to her husband,
who was grumbling over his breakfast,
your love has grown cold"
mo, it hasn't" he snapped; but my
breakfast has"
That's just it, If your love hadn't
grown cold you wouldn't have noticed
that your breakfast had" = Stray
Stories.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
OPENS UP "HoTEL DE GlNK''
lcf Davis. King OF Hobos, is in
Charge of Novel HosteIry in
New York.

New York.-Jefferson Davis, known
from one end of the country to the
other as the King of the Hobos' and
president of the Itinerant Workers
Union of America, opened the Hotel
de Gink and promised in great
measure to do away with New York s
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
Putting 1t UP to Ma.

"Pop!"
Yes, my SON."
What is this war about over in
Europe?"
Don't know. my boy but you might
ask your mother. She knows lot
about fighting"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cros
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothe,
At all good srocers. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05

due to his being in love, thye are prob
ably natural.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05

Nothing equals Deans Mentholated Cough
Drops for Bronchial weakness, sore chests,
and throat troubles-5c at all Druggists.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05

Everywhere in life the question is
not what we gain, but what we do.-
Carlyle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
Rothschilds Give Aid.

Paris.-The English and French
houses of Rothschild have given $780,
600 in the last three months tn aid war
victims.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05

More than 3s3.OOo Jews are in Eu
~opean armies, it is said.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good erocers. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
A NIpped Scandal.

do you know heard from the best
of authority that young Jips is going
to the dogs
so he is He's been appointed one
of the judges at big bench show"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05

We are making today the memory
OF tomorrow. II. Miller.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05

Ohio now has 5.525 saloons. In 1905
it had $4,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
Letter to
DR.. kilmer Gs Co.
Binahamton. N. Y.
Prove What swamp Root Win Do For You

Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kimsr & Co,
Binghamton, n. y. for sample size
bottle. 1t viii convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet of valuable in
formation. telling about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing. be sure and men
tion this paper. Regular fftycent and
one-dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
N. L. HuGGINs.

Welch, Ark.
Personally appeared before me this
Goth of September. 1900, N L. Huggins.
who subscribed the above statement and
made oath that the same is true in sub
stance and in fact.
W. A. PAGE. j. P.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05

Weeks Break Up-A-Cold Tablets
A guaranteed remedy for Colds and
La Grippe. Price CSC OF your druggist.
It's good. Take nothing else.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-05
PHYSICAL WRECK RESTORED
TO HEALTH BY GREAT
KIDNEY REMEDY.

I feel it my duty TO furnish you with
my testimonial as to what your remedy
Swamp Root did for me when / was a
physical wreck from kidney and bladder
trouble.
Some years ago I was not able to
do any work and could only just creep
around and am satisfied that had il not
been for DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root |
would not have lived. After using the
preparation for one month | was able to
work some and when ] had used $500
worth OF Swamp Root l ould do n good
days work. l used about $1,000 worth
altogether aad would not take $4,000
for the good that it did me. l consider
it God-send to suffering humanity for
the diseases for which YOU recommend
it and have recommended it to many
sufferers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14
RURAL SOCIAL CENTERS

We need social centers where our
young people can be entertained,
amused and instructed under the di.
rection of cultured, clean and COM
petent leadership, where aesthetic
surroundings stir the love for the
beautiful, where art charges the at
mosphere with inspiration and power.
and innocent amusements instruct
and brighten their lives.
To hold our young people on the
farm we must make farm life more
attractive as well as the business Of
farming more remunerative. The
school house should be the social unit,
properly equipped for nourishing and
building character, so that the lives Of
our people can properly function
around it and become supplied with
the necessary elements of human
thought and activity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14

considered and the railroad commits
sion concludes that an increase in
rates is necessary, we would prefer
that it come to US through articles OF
consumption on their journey from
the factory to the farm. We would,
for example prefer that the rate on
nogs remain as at present and the
rate on meat bear the increase. for
any farmer can then avoid the burden
by raising his own meat, and farm
er who will not try to raise his own
meat ought to be penaliZed We
think the rate on coal and brick can
much better bear an increase than
the rate on cotton and flour. We
would prefer that the rate on plows
remain the same, and machinery.
pianos and such articles as the poor
er farmer cannot hope TO possess bear
the burden of increase.
The increase in rates should be so
arranged that the farmer who lives
at nome will bear no part of the bur
den. but let the farmer who boards
in other states and countries and
who feeds his stock in foreign lands
oay the price of his folly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14
FARMER RADFORD ON
WOMAN SUFFRAGE

The home is the greatest contribu
ton of women to the world, and the
hearthstone is her throne. Our So
cial structure is built around her. and
social righteousness is in her charge
Her beautiful life lights the skies OF
hope and her refinement is the charm
of twentieth century civilization. Her
graces and her power are the cumu
lative products of generations OF
queenly conquest, and her crown OF
exalted womanhood is jeweled with
the wisdom of sanity mothers. She
has been a great factor in the glory
of our country, and her noble achieve.
ments should not be marred or her
hallowed influence blighted by the
coarser duties of citizenship. Ameri-
can chivalry should never permit her
to bear the burdens of defending and
maintaining government, but should
preserve her unsullied from the allied
influences of politics. and protect her
from the weighty responsibilities of
the sordid affairs of life that will
crush her ideals and lower her stand
ards. The motherhood of the farm
is our inspiration, she is the guardian
of our domestic welfare and a guide
to higher life, but directing the al
fairs of government is not within wo-
mans sphere. and political gossip
would cause her to neglect the home.
forget to memo our clothes and burn
the biscuits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14

fore. If anything. the gale was stiff
er. and in short time every mans
face was iced up, while the oars were
heavy with ice.
Three hours they struggled, and four.
one man steering. one chopping Ice,
two toiIing at the oars and each TAX
ing his various turns. The northwest
shore doomed nearer and nearer. The
gale blew ever harder, and at last
Sprague pulled In bis oar in token of
surrender. Shorty sprang to it, though
bis relief had only begun.
"Chop ice," be said. handing
Sprague the Ratchet.
but what's the user the other
whined. I'VE can't make it. We're
going to turn back"
We're goin' on" said Shorty. 'Chop
ice An when you feel better yon can
spell me-"
1t was heartbreaking toll. but they
gained the shore, only to find it com
posed of surge beaten rocks and cliffs,
with no place to land.
Nobody spoke, and Kit held the boat
INTO the seas as they skirted the for.
bidding shore Sometimes they gain
ed no more than foot to the stroke,
and there were times when two or
three strokes no more than enabled
them 70 hold their own. Another hour
they labored and second
A few minutes later Spragne drew
in his oar again. I'm finished" he
said. and there were tears in his voice.
Slime had ceased rowing and the
boat was drifting backward.
Turn around. Smoke" Spragne or
Continued on last pdge.)
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14
The COUNTY FAIR
BY Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union

Lecturer national Farmers Union
The farmer gets more out of the
Fair than anyone else The fair to q
city man is an entertainment; to
farmer it is education. Let us take
stroll through the fair grounds and
ilnger moment at few of the points
OF greatest interest. We will first
visit the mechanical department anC
hold communion with the worlds
greatest thinkers.
You are now attending a congress OF
the mental giants in mechanical sci
ence of all ages. They are addressing
you in tongues of iron and steel and
In language mute and powerful tell an
eloquent story of the worlds progress
The inventive geniuses are the most
valuable farm hands we have and
they perform an enduring service tC
mankind. We can all help others foI
brief period while we live, but it
takes a master mind to tower into the
realm Of science and light torch OF
progress that will illuminate the path
way Of civilization for future genera
tons. The men who gave us the
sickle, the binder, the cotton gin and
hundreds of other valuable inventions
work in every field on earth and will
continue their labors as long as time
Their bright intellects have conquered
death and they will live and serve
mankind on and on forever, without
money and without price. They have
shown us how grand and noble it is
to work for others; they have also
taught us lessons in economy and eff
cheney, how to make one hour do the
work of two or more; have length
ened our lives, multiplied ou1
opportunities and taken toll off the
back of humanity.
They are the most practical men
the world ever produced. Their in
ventions have stood the acid test OF
utility and efficiency. Like all useful
men, they do not seek publicity, yet
millions of machines sing their praises
from every harvest field on earth and
as many plows turn the soil in mute
applause of their marvellous achieve
mentS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14
TIE CHURCH is
ASOC|ALCEENTER
A Broader Sphere for Religion-NeW
Field for the Rural Church.
BY Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union

Lecturer National Farmers Union
The social duty of the rural church
Is as much part of it's obligations
as it's spiritual side In expressing its
social interest, the modern rural
church does not hesitate to claim that
it is expressing true religious In
stinct and the old-time idea that the
social instincts should be starved
while the spiritual nature was over
fed with solid theological food, is fast
giving way to a broader fnterpreta-
ton of the functions Of true religion.
We take our place in the succession
of those who have sought to make the
world a fit habitation for the children
of man when we seek to study and
understand the social duty of the
rural church The true christian re-
Egion is essentially social-its tenets
of faith being love and brotherhood
and fellowship While following after
righteousness, the church must chal-
lenge and seek to reform that social
order in which moral life is eX-
pressed. While cherish1ng ideals OF
service, the rural church which It
tains the fullest measure of success
is that which enriches as many lives
as it can touch, and in no way can
the church come in as close contact
with it's members as through the
avenue Of social functions,
The country town and the rural
community need social center. The
church need Cfer no apology for it's
ambition to fill this need in the com
munity, if an understanding of it's
mission brings this purpose into clear
consciousness, The structure of a
rural community is exceedingly COM
pick; it contains many social groups,
each of which has it's own center, but
there are many localities which have
but one church and although such
g. church cannot command the inter
est of ali the peCR.e. it is relieved
from the embarrassment of religiously
divided communities
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14
RATE INCREASE
NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFFICIALS
THINK RAILROADS ARE EN-
TITLED TO MORE REVENUE.
Products of PIow and Farmer Who
Lives at Home Should Be
Exempt From Increase.
BY Peter Radford.


The recent action of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in granting an
increase in freight rates in the eastern
classification Of territory; the applica'
ton of the roads to state and inter
state commissions for an increase in
rates, and the utterances Of President
Wilson on the subject bring the farm
ers of this nation face to face with the
problem of an increase in freight
rates. 1t is the policy of the Farmers
Union to meet the issues affecting the
welfare Of the farmers sQuarely and
we will do so in this instance.
The transportation facilities of the
United States are inadequate to eff
fectively meet the demands of COM
merce and particularly in the South
and West additional railway mileage
Is needed to accommodate the move
ment of farm products. If in the wis
dom of our Railroad Commissions an
increase in freight rates is necessary
to bring about an Improvement in our
transportation service, and an extern
sion of ou1 mileage. then an increase
should be granted, and the farmer is
willing to share such proportion OF
the increase as justly belongs to him,
but we have some suggestions to make
as to the manner in which this in
crease shall be levied.
Rates Follow Lines of Least Resist
ance.
The freight rates of the nation have
been built up along lines of least re-
sistance. The merchant, the manu-
facturer, the miner, the miller, the
lumberman and the cattleman have
had their traffic bureaus thoroughly
organized and in many instances they
have pursued the railroad without
mercy and with the power OF organ
lied tonnage they have hammered the
life out of the rates and with unre-
strained greed they have eaten the
vitals out of our transportation system
and since we have had railroad COM
missions, these interests, with skill
and cunning, are represented at every
hearing in which their business is
involved.
The farmer is seldom represented
at rate hearings, as his organizations
have never had the finances to en-
ploy counsel to develop his side Of
the case and, as result, the products
of the pillow bear an unequal burden
of the freight expense. A glance at
the freight tariffs abundantly proves
this assertion. Cotton, the leading
agricultural product of the South, al
ready bears the highest freight rate of
any necessary commodity in COM
merce, and the rate on agricultural
products as a whole is out of pro
portion with that of the products OF
the factory and the mine.
We offer no schedule of rates, but
hope the commission will be able to
give the railroad such an increase in
rates as is necessary without levying
a further toll upon the products of
the plow The instance seems to pre-
sent an opportunity to the Railroad
Commissions to equalize the rates as
between agricultural and other classes
of freight without disturbing the rates
on staple farm products.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14
Universal Instinct for Play.

In providing for enjoyment the
church uses one of the greatest meth
DDS by which human society has de-
veloped. Association is never secure
until it is pleasurable; in play the in
stinctive aversion of one person for
another is overcome and the social
mood is fostered Play is the chief
educational agency in rural commun.
tiles and in the play-day of human
childhood social sympathy and social
habits are evolved AS individuals
come together in social gatherings.
their viewpoint is broadened. their
ideals are lifted and finally they con-
stitute p cultured and refined society.
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CHAPTER ~.

CHAPTER ~.
The Yukon Surren6ers.
~ HERE was a long minute of
silence. Shorty was the first
- TO speak
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14
Social Needs imperative.

The average country boy and girl
have very little opportunity for real
enjoyment, and have, as a rule,
vague conception of the meaning of
pleasure and recreation It is to fill
this void in the lives of country youth
that the rural church has risen to
the necessity of providing entertain
ment, as we'll as instruction, to it's
membership among the young The
children and young people of the
church should meet when religion is
not even mentioned It has been
found safest for them to meet fire.
quently under the direction and care
of the church. To send them into the
world with no social training exposes
them to grave perils and to try TO
keep them out of the world with no
social privileges is sheer folly There
is social nature to both old and
young, but the social requirements Of
the young are imperative. The church
must provide directly or indirectly
some modern equivalent for the husk-
ing bee, the quilting bee and the sing.
ing schools of the old days. In one
way or another the social instincts
of our young people must have Oppor-
tunity for expression, which may
take the form of clubs, parties, pic
MICS or other forms of amusement
One thing is certain, and that is that
the church cannot take away the
dance, the card party and the theatre
unless it can offer in its place sat
isfying substitute in the form of more
pleasing recreation.
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What Is a Fair Rate7

We do not know what constitutes
basis for rate making and have never
heard of anyone who did claim to
know much about it, but if the pros.
perity. of the farm is a factor to be
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14

1t is plain. therefore, that the
church which aims at a perfected so
c1ety must use in a refined and ex-
allied way the essential factors in
social evolution and must avail itself
Of the universal instinct for play
Ii the church surrounds itself with
social functions which appeal to the
young among it's membership, it will
fill large part of the lamentable
gap in rural pleasures and will reap
the richest reward by promoting a
higher and better type of manhood
and Wnmanhond
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-14

Old men have visions, young men
have dreams. Successful farmers
pillow deep while sIuggards sleep.