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The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04
CHURCH NOTES.
Bethel Church.

The baptismal service which WAS an
nounced for Sunday, June G, at the Boot
ranch, one mile north OF the church, has
been postponed until Sunday, June II,
$50 p M, on account OF the Woodmen's s
memorial services.
L. a, AKRON, Pastor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04
This Means You.

Governor Carlson having designat-
ed June 10 as day OF gratis repair
work on the public highways OF Coo
RADIO, l hope that each and every
man in this district will take it upon
himself to repair at least one bad
spot in the road, either in the imme-
diate vicinity OF his home or else
where as he may prefer. Let us
make good showing on june TO-
Yours for Good Roads,
c. e. SHAVER,
Commissioner Second District.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04
Spud Valley.

Robert johnson is working on his
home place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Melburn spent
Sunday with Mrs. Melburn's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Dittemore took
dinner with the Coldren's Wednesday.
Mrs. Eta Dittemore and Mrs. M.
Trott returned home after a pleasant
visit.
Mr.. and.Mrs. e. L. Coldren entertained
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04
Presbyterian Church,

Schedule for Sunday, June @:
Preaching at Ebert, IL a. m.
Preaching at Big Springs. 2:30 p. N.
Preaching at Fondis, o'clock p. m.
Tho subject OF the sermon at Elbert
will he: "Fear God and Keep Your
Powder Dry"
Do not miss these discourses.
j. CRAIG WATT, Minister.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04
The Lutheran Mission.

Will be held in the old Tribune office.
German services on the second Sunday
and English services on the fourth Sun
day in each month at 1890 a. m. Sunday
school at 10 o'clock. Everybody cor
daily invited.
RKv w. ZIMMERMAN, Pastor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04

The high wind on Thursday of
last week blew down the wind
mill on the Frick place, which is
occupied by Guy Taylor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04

Clark Giles is prepared to dc
paper hanging.
Mrs. Anna Holland visited in
Denver, Sunday.
District court is in session at
Kiowa this week.
Saturday being Grange day the
town was full of farmers.
H. C. Dunham, the nurseryman,
left Thursday for new fields.
For RENT. Nicely furnished
rooms. MRS. z. B. KNIGHT.
j. E. Barnes sold to the Gates
Co., Monday, two hogs tn a t
weighed $50 pounds.
May Scott left Sunday morning
for Colorado Springs, where she
will stay with her mother.
DR.. Witter was called to Easton-
vile, Tuesday, to see Mrs. John
Evans and her son Harvey.
DR.. Scot Henderson, the Chi
ropractor from Denver, was here
Tuesday and treated several pa
tients.
Mrs. Chas. Guthals of Denver
is here spending fortnight with
her daughter, Mrs. Will Renken,
and other relatives.
Mrs. Stone of Elizabeth will
give piano and vocal lessons in
Ebert, at Mrs. Gaylor's, begin
ming Saturday, June 5.
Another change in the arrival
and departure of trains goes into
effect tomorrow Study the time
table in another column.
Miss Vira Potter of the Eliza
beth telephone force, has charge
of the switchboard at the local
office while Miss Griffin is taking
vacation.
Dance in Oaks hall Saturday
night, June IL. Everybody in
vited. Music will be furnished
by the Dieteman orchestra. Tick
cts, $1.00, supper extra.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Wright are
making preparations to leave next
week for California to take in
both expositions. They will make
the journey in their auto.
Theo. Neuman and ]. E. Barnes
motored to the Springs, Saturday,
for some repairs for Mr.. Barnes
auto. They reached home in the
afternoon between showers.
Beatrice Brace and Earl Squires
received their eighth grade diplo-
mas last week. They took the
examination under Ethel Wright,
teacher of the Cedar Grove school.
The Woodmen of the World will
observe their annual decoration
day on Sunday, June 6. All mem
bers are requested to meet at the
hall by II a. m. sharp, and bring
flowers.
Mr. ]. A. Melburn arrived home
last Saturday morning from Cas-
cade, Idaho, and reported that
Mrs. Melburn appeared to be in
about the same condition as when
she left here.
Word has been received from
Dick Morgan and Tony Clibon
that they have located near Eads,
in Kiowa county. Dick is work
ing for one of the largest cattle
firms in that section and Tony is
on an alfalfa ranch.
Harvey Gatewood, Richard Els
ner and G. G. McLagan motored
to Decker Springs, Saturday, on
a fishing excursion. They re-
turned home Monday afternoon
uyitb tho 1,,,,ol Gcbar,a,,.,. 1,,.1x
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04

DR.. Henderson, Dentist Of 40l-4O2
Nat. Safety Vault Bldg, Denver
Will be in
Elbert, Monday, June Z.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04

Real Estate Loans. If you war
a real estate loan see
J. E. MAYER.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04
To ExchanRe.

Farm OF 81 acres, one-half mile Of
Aliceville, Coffee county, Kansas. In
proved; good soil; well watered; young
orchard shade. Good stock and grain
farm. Want clear ranch near railroad
town in Eastern Colorado for my equity
OF $500. Price, $1,000.
A. C. EPLER
l7lS Ave. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-04

Post cards at the Tribune Office,
four for 5 cents.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
CORPORATION TAX BRINGS
STATE TOTAL OF $7,75o,734

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 23. - State
Treasurer Friend w. Richardson an
nounced that the total amount of cor
poration franchise taxes collected up
to last Monday night, when the tax for
this portion of the fiscal year became
delinquent, is $7,750, ,734.57. This is the
largest sum collected on similar taxes
in the history of the state.
The collections represent $142,1O9.73
more than was due at this time, be-
cause many of the smaller corpora
tions, whose taxes are comparatively
light, chose to pay for the entire year
at this time, instead of six months
later, when the tax will again be due.
The franchise tax is expected to
bring in about $1,5OO,OOO more this
year than ever before. 1t will be sew
eral days before final figures will be
available as to how many corporations
are delinquent.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
$15s,s1s SPENT ON
COUNTY AID WORK

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23.-It cost the
county of Los Angeles $159,319.5O to
provide work for the unemployed on
the county roads between Dec. 1, 1914,
and June 80, 1915, according to a re-
port filed by F. H. Joyner, road com
missioner, with the board of super
visors.
Mr.. Joyner has submitted an item
lied statement showing the character
of the work done on each stretch of
road and the cost. Some of these items
of cost are as low as So, while others
run up into the thousands of dollars.
Among the more important expendi-
lures are the following:
Kagel canyon, $11, ,219; Malibu ranch,
$14,282; Verdugo road, $13,168; harbor
truck boulevard, $7,617; Pico street,
$9,989; Santa Monica canyon, $7,841; ;
Lamanda Park, 1874; Ramona Acres,
1884; Pomona boulevard, $3.50;
Browns canyon, $3,554; streets in Cul-
yer City, $3,O15; streets in Hollywood,
1895.
Considerable of the work done was
cutting weeds, cleaning parkways and
building cutters and culverts.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
LOS ANGELES-PHoENlx
CLASSIC ABANDONED

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 24.-There
will be no desert race from Los An
geles to Phoenix for the Arizona state
fair in November this year, but the
race over the borderland from Ell Paso
to Phoenix promises to be bigger
event than ever. The purse for the
race from Los Angeles has each year
been subscribed by the towns along the
route over which the race was run, but
Los Angeles did not subscribe on any
occasion. This year, Phoenix invited
Los Angeles to come IN on the purse,
but the latter city refused. The Phoe-
nix people decided that it would be
best to call off the Los Angeles race
entirely, doubling up and centering all
funds and efforts on the big event
from the Pass city. There is every
prospect that the purse for the El
Paso-Phoenix race this year will be the
biggest ever offered for any road race.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
UNITED STATES WILL HAVE
BEST HIGHWAYS IN WORLD
NEXT DECADE WILL MARK GREAT
DEVELOPMENT IN ROADS
Problem of Transportation Is One of
the Chief Questions of Country
Forty-two States Maintain
Highway Departments

WAS GTON, Aug. 24.-The
United States, through state and fed
eral aid, is approaching an era of road
building which, within the next ten
years, it is predicted, will give to this
country the best system of highways
in the world. Progress has been slow,
because of opposition in some states
by the farmers to loans, and the fear
on the part of the voters that the sys-
tenn would fall into the hands of poll
ticians. Most of the states, Pennsyl-
vania being the notable exception,
have built improved highways by bond
issues. Where this system has been
employed the greatest progress has
been made. Pennsylvania is behind
some of the other states in public road
development
The problem of road transportation
is one of the chief questions before
this country, says J. E. Pennybacker,
chief of the division of road economics
of the department of agriculture. 1t
costs the farmer 23 cents ton mile
to haul his product to the railroad or
to the consumer, where the roads are
unimproved More than 350,OOO,0O0
tons are hauled over these roads each
year, and the bill for hauling is $780,
100000. The cost per ton mile for
hauling on hard surfaced roads does
not exceed 13 cents.
The automobile is paying largely for
the building of the good roads,
Forty-two states have established
highway departments for educational
or administrative work, and of these
thirty have made appropriations in aid
of road construction or maintenance
In all, $20S, 100000 had been appropri-
ated from state funds between 1891
and January 1, 1915, for construction
and educational road work, and total
of, about $1,000 miles of improved
roads is the result. These roads were
built for the most part as joint state
and local undertaking, so that a large
local outlay not included in the state
total was involved.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
CROPS OF CALIFORNIA LEAD
NATION IN 1915, SAYS U. S.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
REPORTS BIG YIELD IN STATE
Sugar Beet Condition Is Almost Per-
feet - Deciduous Fruits Good
10000, 900 Bushels of Peaches
Raised in State in Year

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-California
leads the United States in the crop
production of 1915.
This was shown in the August crop
report for California and the United
States, issued by the bureau of crop
estimates of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
Great gains are shown in all crops
produced in California this year over
the final figures of 1914.
In deciduous fruits, the increases in
production are marked. The report
shows better condition of the grow
ing fruit and a larger production of
cereals.
The forecast on Aug. for wheat,
according to the report, was 100000
bushels, This shows gain of nearly
250,000 bushels over last years final
figures. Corn produced this year will
total 2,470,000, while the oats crop
will be 100000 bushels. Barley esti-
mates for August are placed at Al
100000.
A high percentage of condition is
placed on the citrus fruits. The gov
ernment reports that condition of or
anges in August was IS, while lemons
were placed at 81.
Approximately 100000 bushels of
peaches were raised in this state dur
ing the year, according to the report.
Although no estimate was made on
the production of cantaloupes, the
condition on Aug. was placed at SO,
the best in years.
More than 100000 bushels of po-
tatoes were raised, while 100000
tons of hay was produced. An almost
perfect condition of sugar beets was
shown
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
ROSS-COUNTRY HIKER
WITHIN 9O-DAY LIMIT

CHICAGO, Aug. PA heavy pair of
decrepit buckskin shoes, SCARED from
the action of Pacific sea water, desert
sands and Rocky Mountain SHOWS, are
on exhibition in the mayors office.
Robert Burns, of Brooklyn, occupied
the shoes. Burns started from Eure-
ka, CAL, May to shatter the coast-to-
coast walking record of 112 days made
by George Payson Weston last year.
Burns is still well within his time
limit, and expects to reach New York
in ninety days actual walking time.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
TEN PERISH, SCORES MISSING,
IN BIG MISSOURI FLOOD

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 23.-Ten are
known to be dead and scores more are
reported missing as the result of a
rapid rise in the Meramec river, in St.
Louis county.
Hundreds of persons were rescued
from treetops, while scores more, who
were forced to climb trees when they
fed from their homes, are in danger
on account of the swift current.
Hundreds of farm houses were
swept away, and thousands of head of
livestock were lost. The river flows
through a rich farming section, and on
account Of the swift current the crop
loss is heavy.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
FLOOD DEAD OUTSIDE
OF GALVESTON ARE 264

HOUSTON, Tex, Aug. 24-Known
dead outside of Galveston from last
weeks West Indian hurricane were
264, according to reports here.
Missing outside of Galveston were
205 Of the missing list it was feared
more than half were dead Communi-
cation with Galveston and Texas City,
distance of sixty miles from here,
continued to be matter of many
hours
1t was known that Galveston's loss
of life was comparatively light, and it
was evident that the island city was
not rushing out any appeals for aid.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
MANY AMERICANS FALL
ON FIELDS OF BATTLE

LONDON, Aug. 23-There are no.
fewer than 1000 Americans in the
ranks of the Canadian military contin-
gent, said Maj Gen. Sam Hughes, Can
adian minister of militia, at meeting
of Americans held here last night.
1 have already written letters of
gratitude and sympathy" said General
Hughes, ''to mothers of more than
100 American boys who have fallen
while fighting in Flanders alongside of
Canadian comrades.
'More than 1000 enlisted, and we
could have had many more if we
wished. Any number of West Point
ers offered their services as officers,
and some are now with u.s.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
PROPERTY IN L. A. COUNTY
VALUED AT $707, 1928 900

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24.-The value
of building construction and other i'm
provements in Los Angeles county
during the past year averaged $1,304,-
S45 month, according to figures COM
piled by County Auditor Walter A.
Lewis. The figures are contained in
the auditors report to the state board
of control, which just has gone for
ward.
The total valuation of taxable prop
erty in the county is $707, ,S23,6O0, but
this does not include $143, 3,770,330, the
value of corporations, and $10,S48,250,
the value of steam railroads which
pay taxes direct to the state.
A total increase of $15,65S,150 in val
uation is shown by the report.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
ARMENIANS SLAIN
BY TURK SOLDIERS

LONDON, Aug. 23.-A Reuter- dis
patch from Petrograd says:
Almost unbelievable details of
Turkish massacres of Armenians in
Bitlis have been received at Petrograd.
In one village 1000 men, women and
children are reported to have been
locked in a wooden building and
burned to death
I'm another large village only thir-
ty-six persons, it is said, escaped mas
sacre. In another instance it is ascer-
tanned that several scores of men and
women were tied together with chains
and thrown into Lake Van"
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Name Tax Fixing Day

SACRAMENTO, Aug 24.-On re-
quest of the state controller, Attorney
General Webb has rendered an opinion
in which he rules the supervisors of
the respective counties in California
shall be required to fix the various
county tax rates on the first Monday in
September, which is Labor day.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
SMALLEST PENkNIFE
IN WORLD COMPLETED

ALTOONA, Pa, Aug. 24.-What is
perhaps the smallest penknife in the
world has just been completed by M.
A. Kaufman, employed in a jewelry
inch in length, with blade less than
ZIG of an inch long, and weighs a
third of grain. The handle is of solid
gold, while the blade and spring are
of tempered steel. The knife is kept
in a glass bottle to prevent losing it.
The workmanship must be seen
through magnifying glass.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
STATE INSTITUTIONS
CARING FOR 14,8o8

SACRAMENTO, Aug. Estimates
in state institutions under the control
of the California board of charities and
corrections increased in number S57
from August, 1914, to August, 1915,
according to report of the board just
issued
The total number in all institutions
is 1893, distributed as follows: In
dustrial home for adult blind, 11S;
state reform schools, 665: state hos
pitals insane, 9,172 inebriate, 344;
state home for feeble-minded, 1,1O2;
state prisons, 3,497. Inmates of state
reform schools decreased % in num-
ber during the twelve months.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Contraband Order on Cotton

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Ofcial
announcement of the decision of the
allies to put cotton on the contraband
list is expected here at any time The
state department has been advised un-
officially, but authoritatively, of the
coming action. Development of plan
for uniform treatment of the subject
by all the entente powers is all that is
delaying formal announcement, it is
believed
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
EMPLOY 5000 WOMEN
IN KRUPP ARMS FACTORY

GENEVA, Aug. 23.-Of1cial figures
show that on June about 5000 young
women were employed at the Krupp
works at Essen, as compared with
1929 on Jan. l.
The whole number of employees on
June is not given.
On Jan. 1 the total was 1926, ex-
elusive of the employees in the associ-
ated ndustries-mining and shipbuild-
ing and in the ammunition works in
other parts of Germany owned by the
Krupps.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
U. c. REGISTRATION is
BIGGER THAN IN IA

BERKELEY, Aug. 24.-The enroll.
ment at the university at the close of
class work was announced at 5,233, as
compared with 4,97S on the correspond
ing day year ago, an increase of 255.
The graduate students number 688,
as compared with 579 last year, an in
crease of about 20 per cent.
These figures do not include several
hundred students who will enroll in
the affiliated colleges.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
400 DEAD, $4,000, 900 LOSS,
is ESTIMATE OF STORM

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 23.-Four
hundred dead and property losses
amounting to fully $4O,000,OOO are the
estimated toll of the hurricane which
swept south Texas and the city of
Galveston last week Tremendous
damage was done the cotton crop and
oil properties. Some estimates place
the loss as high as $62,OOO,0O0, includ-
ing damage in Louisiana.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
State Tax Experts Salary $4,000

SA MEN TO, Aug. 24.-An-
nouncement was made at the capitol
that the tax experts named under the
new law calling for an investigation of
the state tax system will receive $4,000
year, the same pay given members of
the state board of control. E. A. Dick
son, of Los Angeles, and Clyde L. Sea-
vey, formerly of the state board of
control, SO far has been appointed
commissioners. Mr. Dickson has gone
east on the investigation.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
U. S. RAISES LIMIT
OF POST INSURANCE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Chang ge in
postal regulations, effective Sept. 1, has
been made, by which parcel post mail
may be insured up to $1O0. Hereto
fore the limit has been $50. For valu-
ations from $50 to $100 the fee will be
rs cents in addition to postage.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Fire Prevention Day Fixed

NEW YORK, Aug 24.-The fire in
surance and fire prevention commit
tees of the Safety First Federation of
America announce they have selected
October 8 as the date for an annual
national fire prevention day.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Torpedo-Destroyino Device

PARIS, Aug. pa device invented
by the Italian engineering Quarini,
which makes it possible to drive tor
pedoes out of their course and explode
them, has satisfied tests, says a spe-
cial dispatch from Rome, and arrange
ments are being made to supply the
device to the allied fleets.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
NO PAY FOR WRAPPER
ON MEAT, SAYS OFFICER

SACRAMENTO Aug. 24.-Char1es
G.. Johnson, state sealer of weights and
measures, declares he will not need
the opinion of the attorney-general,
who says Johnson cannot stop meat
dealers from charging for the wrap
pings on smoked meats. Johnson says
he will go ahead with his original plan
to have the weight of wrappings de-
Quoted from the total weight of smoked
meats.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Italians Seek 12,oOO Horses

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, Aug. "a
Representatives of the Italian govern
ment will begin soon the purchase Of
l2,00O more horses. Thus far more
than 100000 horses, valued at $27,-
100000, have been sold to the bellig-
erent nations through dealers here.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Find Great Ore Body

WENATCHEE, Wash, Aug. PA
vein of silver and copper ore, which
has been traced for two miles and
promises to be one of the richest ever
found in the Chelan country, has been
opened up at Indian Pass, according
to C. E. Buttles, county treasurer and
one of the owners. The claim is locat-
ed twenty-five miles above Lake Wen
atchee.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Try to XIII Governor

SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 23.-An un--
successful attempt to assassinate Ad-
miral Using Ju Cheng, military gov
ernor of Shanghai and director of the
Kiangnan arsenal, by means of bomb,
was made last night.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Estimate Pasadena Population $4,000

PASADENA, Aug. 24.-With infor-
nation based on canvass made while
the new city directory was being COM
piled in Pasadena, it is now estimated
that Pasadena has a total population
of $4,000. The new directory has just
been published, and the estimates on
the Crown city's population were an
nounced at the same time.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Big Damage to Rice Crop

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. IF
Damage to the South Texas rice crop
has been enormous, according to re-
ports reaching here. Harvesting has
just begun, and growers had expected
one of the largest crops in years.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Canal Machinery for Alaska

SEWARD, Alaska, Aug. 29.-The
steamer Sinaloa has arrived at An
chorage from Panama with 1000 tons
OF machinery used in constructing the
Panama canal, which will be employed
by the Alaska engineering commission
in building the Alaska railroad.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Seattle Exports Increase

SEATTLE, Aug. 24.-The report of
the city port warden for July, 1915,
shows that Seattle's exports were
$6,606,000, an increase of 1882, 900
over July of last year. Imports were
valued at $14,926,000, an increase of
$3,659,000 over July of last year.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Bio Rail Contract

SEATTLE, Aug. 24.-The Colorado
Fuel & Iron company, of Denver, was
notified that it had been awarded the
contract for 1880 tons of steel rails,
enough to track forty-five miles of
roadbed, to be used in the construction
of the Alaskan railroad The contract
means an expenditure of $148,5OO.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Jitneys Hit bv Rulino

SANTA ANA, Aug. 24.-The jitney
busses of Santa Ana must take back
seat. This is the decision of the city
council, which has tried every means
to enact rules to govern the situation.
1t has now been decided that the ma
chimes cannot park any longer on the
city streets, but must stay either on
private property or have depot
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
New counterfeits Circulated

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.- Secret
service officers of the treasury depart
ment call public attention to two new
counterfeits. One is a five-dollar bank
note on the First National Bank of
Omaha, Ill., and the other is coun-
terfeit of two-dollar silver certificate.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
San Quentin Breaks Record

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Aug. 24.-The
prisoner population of the state peni-
tentiary here is 1882, the highest in
the history Of the prison. Among the
prisoners are 205 life-termers, which
also is a record.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
LAVA AGAIN POURS
FROM MT. STROMBOLI

MESSINI, Italy, Aug. 23.-Eruption
of a large quantity of lava from the
Stromboli volcano is reported by the
signal officer of the Island of Strom-
boil. A lake of fire has formed be-
tween the craters and the sea.
The Parker post., 1915-08-28
Wireless Censorship Ordered

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-As a re-
suit OF newspaper charges that mes
sages are being secretly sent to Ger
many, Secretary of the Navy Daniels
ordered closer censorship over the.
wireless station at Sayville.