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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
A Prehistoric Irriga-
ton Project

The March project in Yemen. Ara
bia, in the very beginnings OF irri-
cation, boasted a dam two miles
long and l20 feet high. built OF i'm.
mense hewn blocks OF stone: which
We must admit was a bigger engi-
neering task than Elephant Butte.
The March dam held back the wa.
tiers OF stream fed by 10 tribu-
taries. and stood the strain for 1000
years. But Il burst at last, and
with appalling results. That's the
difference. Or one difference. These
dams OF ours are built for all time.
and in record time; how long II
took, how many men working under
what pressure to erect that Ara.
bian wonder we don't know. but We
have reason for believing that pres.
ent day structures OF the kind are
erected by infinitely fewer men and
in far less time, and with the per.
manency OF the abutting hllls.-The
Christian Herald
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
Trouble Pursues People
Who Constantly Complain

| remember Bennett Burleigh, the
correspondent, telling OF friend Of
his who was accustomed TO take
tramps in foreign countries In real
tramp fashion RE had a longing
for seeking the adventures that
come TO a fellow wandering about
without penny in his pocket Upon
one occasion, however. he thought
he would try doing the country lux.
uriously. and. putting 80 pounds in
his pocket, he started for Spain. He
was robbed the irst week OF every
penny he possessed and fell back
On the simple life" once more. He
was thoroughly enjoying himself
again when he CHANGED TO meet a
millionaire doing the country" The
millionaire was full OF explosive
grumbles at the way he had been
treated Rt inns and the places he
had put up at. Hadn't the other
man noticed how miserable the ac-
commodation was? The food was
atrocious. the waiting vile, the beds
full OF neas.
The other had noticed nothing OF
the kind Seems TO me-" he said,
you've perhaps been over-concern-
ed about Injuries. AS a matter OF
fact I haven't slept in a bedroom
for some weeks, so I've escaped the
fees. II would be a hard Job for
my meals TO be spoilt in the cook.
ing. There's not much cooking
about an onion and bread and
cheese and no walters wanted. It's
the fellow who wants things too
easy who IL in for the most disap-
pointments
remember Mrs Maxwell--better
known TO You. perhaps. as Miss
Braddon, the celebrated novelist
relating how a celebrated doctor was
one evening at a dinner whore some
OF the dishes were not perhaps quito
up TO the mark II was a splendid
AFFAIR OF many courses. The lady
grumbled trightfully about the cook.
ing. and expressed as much regret
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14

sheer at their importance
This IL true In regard 10 our health
as we'll az the other business of life.
There are certain common habits
which everybody overlooks because
Trey are so common, and yet these
trifes may have very decided In
fuence At times
Millions OF people moisten postage
stamps with their tongues every
day. These may have been showed
across a soiled counter or torn OF
with dirty hands an instant before,
but unfortunately a habit. plus con.
venience. leads the majority OF peo-
pie 10 the custom OF affxing them
In this manner
Another seemingly trifing habit
which may readily lead TO diffcul.
ties Ia that Of ripping open with the
fingers. letters that have been seal.
ed with mucilage plus saliva.
In view OF the fact that there are
thousands Of sufferers from tuber-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
EDITORIAL PAGE

ing so vast that they are outdistancing
anything this country has over known.
In the midst of this, along comes
George w. Perkins of New York, and
tells us we are "unprepared for peace.
That Il would throw too many people out
of employment and demoralize the money
market. In other words we have swal-
lowed more than we can digest. He does
not object 10 the influx Of gold, but does
fear that some of it will get away again
through the Sherman antitrust law
which. he declares, has made big busi-
ness legally impossible; the above fg-
ures being apparently not big business.
When the war is over, he fears that
Europe will try TO get back some of her
gold through flooding our markets with
cheap. manufactured commodities, and
he warns US against this awful inlquity
by advising the creation of tariff COM
mission which would FIX each item
where it should be 10 meet conditions"
Just who could decide upon the fixing"
whether a high protectionist or a free
trader, he does not say. All this to the
Bankers Association Of Indiana.
In other words let us be neutral and
get all we can out of Europe by assisting
it with supplies and ammunition. but,
above all, see to it that not one dollar
shall get back whence it came.
We are not prepared for war and if
We are not prepared for peace, it looks
like position between the devil and the
deep sea.
But the people of America think other
wise. They would welcome with thanks
giving the cessation of hostilities, and
any losses to steel corporations and their
dependents would not tip the scale a
feathers weight against the solid and
sincere JOY on the other side.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14

20 the doctor as IL he were In
peril OF starvation.
Don't bother about me. madam"
growled at last. In tones that
startled the whole table, causing
people 10 pause in the conveyance
OF delicious morsels 10 their mouths
and look al him. Don't worry
about me, madam. | have been to-
day 70 see a patient with a wife and
three children and nothing in the
house 10 eat When hear YOU
grumbling at your food. wonder
what you would do II you hadn't the
food To grumble at
When one contrasts the little pet
y irritations OF some people with
the actual privations OF others they
assume a hideous aspect OF insensi-
bility TO others hardships that make
them ugly jars.-Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
BEAUTY HINTS FOR MEN.

IL my face is too wide beard lengthens n;
II my face ia too narrow II expands as N by
magic with the addition Of what have some.
times been affectionately called mutton chops
or "siders;" II my nose projects. almost like
nose trying 10 escape from face TO which II
has been sentenced for life. pair OF large
handsome mcustaches will provide a proper en-.
tourage-a nest. so 10 speak, on which the nose
restE contentediy. almost like a sitting hen. n
my nose retreats backward into my face the
esthetic solution is obviously galways A stout
man can do wonders with his appearance by
adopting pointed beard. and suit OF clothes
shirt. necktic and stockings with pronounced
vertical strlpes thin man. on the other hand.
becomes at once substantial In effect. without
being srosa. n ho cultivates side wbiskers. and
wears q suit OF clothes, ehirt, crayat and stock
ings with pronounced horizontal stripes. II my
face lacks fierccncss and dynamic force. Il
needs a brisk. arrogant mustache; or n n has
too much OF these qualities. long. sad. droop-
Ing mustache will counterbalance thcm.-At
lAnt1o.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
Let the People
Rule-and Write
Windsor has Line Fence Row.

Windsor Has Line Fence HOW.
TO the Editor ~ The Tnaes,
and my sister and my mother
have lived quietly and peacefully
on our little domain az Dougall ave
nue. and Tccumseh road. Windsor.
for "a years. As was going into
the city yesterday | was told that
the Windsor Driving Park associa'
ton, one OF our neighbors. had tax
en- down the line fence between
our property and theirs. that stood
there for over twenty years, and
had taken six feet and several inch
es In width % our property for a
distance OF over 800 feet.
This savors OF the action OF the
Germans in taking possession OF
Belgium unaware The Driving
Park people tore down the fence
and built the new one in a very
short time on Thanksgiving day. a
legal holiday. II the property isn't
restored and the fence put back In
its original position there's going TO
be war with real fighting.
MARGUERITE G. FRANCOIS,
Windsor, Oct. 10. 1915.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
III. Couzens Has Reached
Re Stage Where He Can Say 1t

9ehaS would you do II you had a million dol
- Isft you. Pat!"
ia 70 to the foinest hotel and lave a call for
thirty .. m"
yAat's the idea!'
rDo could tell thsm when they pounded on
800, TO 90 to the dsvii!' :.
Fl There's no room for speculation as to
~ reason for James Couzens' with
travail from the position of general
manager Of the Ford Motor Co.
The incident Of his severing fine and
Bltuitful business fellowship with Mr..
lord has basis that isn't political, re-
EIDious, economic or sociological.
Advancing from coal office accountant
multi Millionaire in thirteen years,
E Ccuzens doesn't feel the necessity of
ntjnuing as subordinate in concern
! which his holdings total 25,000,O00
Ia has reached the point where he can
IN EN- to 60 to the devil SO to speak.
I no be sure the corporation he has
Rved % well doesn't have to 60 where
tells Il to 60, metaphorically.
With surplus Of $50, 900, 900 on hand
~ seems definitely headed in another
rsction.
"a Is also seems supplied with an abund-
ce Of choice material within its own
nln for filing vacancies and going
Dend ~ If nothing had happened.
lance. everybody is to be felicitated-
1txoit especially if it shall turn out that
nmissioner Couzens has relinquished
salary rs big as the president of the
United States draws in order to give
cke time to serving his city.
He Il indeed in happy position to be
e 10 give patrioticaliy of his leisure
ability to his fellow-citzens without
pg accused of mercenary motives.
Y the same time retaining the pre-
Gflvo Of telling them where to go to
khuy don't see At to ratify what he
Hntly undertakes in their behalf.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14

Some people imagine that all the
worries OF life are manufactured
solely for themselves-you or /
have no part or lot In them. re-
member Dean ifote telling the story
OF two people he knew. One of
them had a bad attack OF influenza.
and hearing that an acquaintance
was recovering from a similar III
ness. he called upon him TO express
his sympathy with him. He listened
10 long account OF the patients Ill
ness.
II know know" he murmured.
alphabetically. Had the same
thing myself
The invalid went on TO tell how
he had felt as II q Scottish haspiper
had been playing inside his brain
while walking up and down on IL in
very heavy boots.
II know know" murmured the
visitor. I've had just the same
thing"
Then" the invalid informed him.
at seemed as II the ceiling were
slowly descending upon him to
crush him 10 death. That made
him so hot he burst out in a protuse
Precipitation, and
II know Just the same feeling
had" murmured the visitor Just
the same
The Invalid stretched out his hand
70 the bell and rang for the servant
20 show his visitor out.
"Confound your feelings" he roar.
ed. What on earth do you come
here for. 10 innict your feelings on
me, II you'd really felt as | felt
Won wouldn't be alive today No,
sir, don't believe II a bit You're
out for sympathy and you won't get
It from me"
Just so. II is the little worries
and hothers that excite most people
20 chatter respecting them. They
come hard on the people who ex-
pect everything 10 happen as they
wish.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
LIT SOMETHING coon he SAID.

LET SOMETHING GOOD he SAID.
When over the fair fame Of friend
or foe
The shadow OF disgrace shall fall.
instead
~ words of blame. or proof OF thus
and so.
Let something good he said.
Forget not that no fellow being T~
MAY. fan so low but love ma, mt
HIS head;
Even the cheek OF shame with tears
Is wet.
II something good he said.
No generous heart may veinly turn
aside
In words Of sympathy; no soul so
dead
But may awaken strong and gloriied,
II something good be said.
And so ! charge ye. by the thorny
crown.
And by the cross on which the
saviour hled,
And by YOUR own souls hope for fair
rem own.
Let something good he said
James Whitcomb Riley In The
Locksrbie Book
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
Somebody Must Be Intending
10 Vote For the Purchase Plan

Watching the Pro-and-Con page IN
The Times from day to day, we are
moved to inquire: Where are the boost
ers for the untagged street railway bar
gain?
IA The municipal ownership advocates
E1rs against it.
q The municipal ownership opponents
snrs audibly anti-purchase.
Union labor frowns upon the PROPOSE
Hon.
\ But outside the alliance Of the Repub-
|neen and Democratic bosses-not reas-
|1u1ing coalition, by the Wayne look in
IN for the approving procurement Of
||eny large bodies Of voters.
y Perhaps they win be heard from later |;
rhaps they win put the How-much
'njority 10 rout.
VI Hut on the face Of things as they
'0(nnd today-leaving out the commits
r1o0 and it, attorneys and the party
1900 II the purchase plan gets two
~ somebody should be arrested for
Ipsating.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
Take the Cure

Some evening when you're feeling
particularly chesty, take the cure
Go into the backyard TO look a.
re stars.
II the moon IL out study her.
Listen 10 the crickets.
II vhlppoorwill sings give ear
20 him.
Look a. the stars and the moon
again.
Get II into your head that a great
many OF the stars are a great many
times larger than this earth. Of
which you are so innnitesimal a
part.
Recall that the crickets consider
themselves Just as important az you
consider yourself
Remomber that the whippoorvill
thinks he If some fellow,
Don't let It escape your attention
that you have no way 10 get to the
moon-even though you are a very
important individual who IL feeling
particularly chesty this evening
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
Pointed Paragraphs

Even II man hghts but one duel
he has second.
Don't try TO understand a woman
and YOU may succeed.
A man can get his wife's etten.
ton by talking in his sleep.
A woman always tries TO make a
secret OF what she doesn't know.
In the hands Of woman the
powder rag is mightier thal the
sword.
Even The watch a man keeps on
his tongue is apt TO run down occa-
sionally.
A feeling OF superiority is all the
satisfaction some people get out OF
being good
Nearly every girl believes that she
could win fame and fortune as an
artists model
Gossips believe all they hear, and
what they merely think they often
take for granted
Let's not attemp; to light our
paths through life by burning the
candle at both ends.
Unless man gets married. he
will probably go TO mis- grave be-
Herring that he knows II al.
Il sometimes happens that when
a man knows his duty he tries 10
stave it on by asking advice.
The wrinkles caused by worry are
The result Of worrying over some
thing tEat Worry could not help.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
The Shipping Bill
az DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

F0 twenty-five years the fight was
made which resulted in the passage OF
the La Toilette seamens law during the
tciosing hours of the last congress-
1t was famous victory, and Andrew
Furuseth, the veteran champion of the
man before the mast, glorified God and
uttered his Nunc Dimittis. He was,
however. a bit previous.
The bill aimed TO establish the rights
of the common sailor, whose lot motor
iously has been about the worst imagi-
nable among workingmen.
He has been crimped, bullied. beaten,
robbed, kicked and spat upon. His duty
was to obey, with military promptness.
IL he hesitated he was promptly knocked
in the head with Delaying pin. If he
resisted, the captain or mate might kill
him, and no questions would be asked.
His quarters were foul. His compan-
ions were the scam of the earth. As a
result he became usually snarling,
vicious brute, held in check by fear only.
Furuseth and his followers set out to
appeal To the American conscience, to
remedy this state Of affairs. They sue
ceeded They got their bill passed pro-
viding the seamen should be treated like
should be respected by the courts.
And then they bumped up against this
fact: that, as the shipping business is
now and forever has been organized, its
profits depend on cheap labor Hence,
for the United States to pay ship-work-
ers decent wages means that United
States shipping will be driven from the
seas.
l. Lo& &,
American ship concerns a.'e selling out.
Even the Panama Railway and Steam.
ship Company. government holding, is
facing n crisis.
The ugly fact is that shipping rests
on human degradation. German and
English liners are profitable and Ameri-
can passenger steamers are not profit
able for simply one reason. that the for
eign ships can get labor for little or no
wages.
American workmen will not go TO sea.
The labor conditions are intolerable.
The expected therefore has happened
The ship owners have made a mighty
howl. crying out that "the American flag
has been driven from the seas The
La Toilette bin has been called a vicious
attack upon business. as every bill has
been called that has aimed to improve
labor conditions.
And as shipping is tho one enterprise
where we are forced into competition
with the cheap labor Of the Old World
things do not look promising for the
seamen's bill.
Now comes Attorney General Gregory
with an opinion. holding that the law
does not apply to those nations that have
laws approximating ours. AS they al
most all have laws that approximate"
ours. the effect of this opinion will be to
apply all the drastic requirements Of the
law to American ships, leaving foreign
vessels free That will means death to
American shipping, and it will be very
difficult to get the next congress to re-
peal the bill.
Can you do anything for the workers
Of one country without doing something
for all the workers of the world?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
nntry Also Unprepared
il % Follow Perkins i'm 1912

y = said that the war has put into the
- Of IS representative companies,
~ benefited by war orders, 1892
10 since Jan. I, 1915, and that this
Xet include hundreds Of smaller
- Schwab companies, which
QlUe1 ;at $1,000. 900 are now rated
- 40, and increase Of 600 per
- he11lnss are bscom-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
ENJOYING AN AUTOMOBILE.

II have LOT Of fun riding I'm my big automo-
ble-until ! meet some fellow who looks rs N
he didn't have enough Of what he needs. Then.
we'll ! feel like thief or something It's as
II had something I don't need. and don't de-
serve-and that doesn't belong 10 me-"
These are the words OF man whose books
and stories and articles many OF us have read.
and which many more Of US will read in days
to come
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14

bfbtfu the StthUD
engine n IL one
Of thousands OF
examples OF little
things that count
or course. the
tendency n To-
overlook SIN all
matters and TO
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14


For the same weight Of seed and
cotton the producer this year Is
getting. at the lowest. twice as much
as he got last year.
Moreover, previous 10 the 1914
cotton season. the producer had
been borrowing freely and spending
az literally az a prospective bump
or crop warranted.
This year. previous 10 the 1915
crop. the producer had been exer
Ching by necessity and choice the
utmost economy. for both the size
OF the crop and the price were
doubtful
The situation then today r. that
the cotton producer. the backbone
~ the financial structure OF the
south. has been living economically
and Ia receiving twice what he got
last year. while last year he had
been spending freely and received
half OF what nc expected.
The Sunny South Ia coming again
TO It's own. The winter of 1915
1916 IL apt to be noteworthy In the
south.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
From Another Point of VietU

Dry sentiment grows. Can't get any
thing stronger than beer from the bill
boards.
In times of peace and in times Of war,
prepare for Big Business.-G. w. Perkins
If our esteemed contempts keep it up,
there will be other things to leave to the
court.
Be they ever so humble, there no place
like home runs.-Boston Glee Club.
The Ford Co has S6O,000,00 on hand,
and Mr.. Couzens will still be on hand at
directors meetings, too.
So there's no occasion for uneasiness.
The worlds champions: "The Red,
White and Blue" and the Red Sox.
Well tell you how to settle this thing.
Get the outgoing G.. NJ. of the Ford Co. to
give bond that he'll do as well as a sur
for the municipalized street
railways.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14

While in the country during the
summer small Elya listened in as
tonishment 20 the clucking of a hen
TO her brood OF chickens
Mamma" she said. that poor old
hen has got the hiccoughs'"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14

u usually costs the man who Is
elected TO ONCE lot Of money 10
convince his opponent that he was
the peoples choice
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14

II you intend 10 do a mean thing.
wait until tomorrow; but ~ you
are going 10 do good, DO Il now.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
The Keep Well Column
LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT

Every youngster Is familiar WITH
the story OF how tea kettle sug
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14

culosis and other diseases. these
seemingly Insignificant acts are
really fraught with danger.
Our mouths are perhaps the chief
avenue by which the germs OF dis
ease enter the system and our
hands are the principal means. OF
carrying them there.
Watch anybody for a few minutes
Who Is thinking or writing and SEQ
how their fingers are carried TO the
face. n they are not clean they are
almost certain TO carry germs TO
the mouth Once there decayed or
unclean teeth furnish splendid
breeding grounds.
Children in school chew their pen
ellis and a. often as not exchange
them. unless they are warned
against H. and chew someone else's.
Many people wet their fingers with
their tongue tn turn the pages Of
books. and despite all that has been
said and written by health authori
ties about paper money carrying dis.
ease germs. they resort 10 this
method % counting bills.
Eating Immediately after vigorous
exercise or severe exercise immedi-
atcly after eating Ia not good from
n health standpoint. for the neces-
sary supply Of blood for digestion IL
apt 10 be diverted to the muscular
system.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14
Odd Name Contest

(Polk's Detroit City Directory
Puma, Andrew, 1923 Clinton.
Tigar, C.. H., Csc Cadillac-ave.
Squirrel, Geo., 537 Third-ave.
Camel, f., 225 Columbia f.
Bugbee, c. H., 1915 Fourth-ave.
Zebra, Frank, no Wesson-ave.
Rabbit, G. W., 407 16th-st.
Yak, Daniel, 103 Horton-ave.
Panther, Ignatz, 276 Hazlett-ave.
F. w. F.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-14

One OF the first essentials to success In al
most every vocation is ability TO handle men.
This seems a truth too self-evident TO require
emphasis. Yet. a matter OF fact, It is fire.
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The Sunny South

when the cotton pickers have
gathered In 1900 pounds OF the
Heecy staple. the wagon drives to
the gin.
Then the gin gets through with
these 800 pounds. the result. In
round figures. is 1000 pounds or
seed and 500 pounds OF cotton.
Last year the farmer got
For 500 pounds OF cotton at
sc. .,.............. S3V.VO
For 1000 pounds OF seed at
$40 a ton ................ 500
Total .................S3 5.OO
This year things are a bit diner
cnt Taking prices which have pre-
vailed at many places In the south
and which. BY every indication. will
70 still higher. the results are:
For 500 pounds OF cotton at
lZc. .................. .SbOOO
For | 900 pounds OF seed at
$50 a ton Observation-Disclosures. 1890
Total ................S1 5.00
For Tho oap,o ,pofght ~ gaaJ arJ