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Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Hamburo's Unioue Ferry.

H. 3mburg possesses a steam ferry Of a somewhat original type, for the main deck can be raised and lowered by suit able machinery ill order to take up difference of level of some sixteen feet The large structural framework rises to considerable height and is intended to guide the whole platform in its yer tical movements. By the use of pow erful electric winches it is possible to raise and lower the deck as whole, even when it Is loaded with numerous heavy vehicles, such as are used in landing material at the port The req son for adopting this arrangement of the Geck lies ln the fact that at the Hamburg port the difference in tide
 level is considerable, so that when the boat lands at the wharf it is by no means on the same level at all times and in the ordinary case the heavy vehicles would be obliged to mount or descend steep incline. It is in order to avoid this drawback that the pres ent type of ferry was constructed. and us the movable deck can always be brought flush with the level of the dock. the vehicles can now run off in the ordinary way.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Fire Prevention Day.

Friday, October s, is to be Fire Prevention Day." Governor Marcus H. Holcomb having issued proclama ton l accordance with the law pass ed by the Legislature of 1915, naming that day. The law reads as follows:
 'The governor shall, by proclama- tion, annually designate a day on or about October 9, to be known as Fire Prevention Day, which day shall be observed in the schools and in such manner as shall be indicated in the proclamation.
 The proclamation follows:
 "For the last twelve years, the Tan- nual fire waste of this country has averaged nearly quarter of billion dollars. The per capita fire loss has been eight or nine times as large as that in the more advanced of the na- tions of Europe. Most of this loss has b en due to negligence and thoughtless- ness in little matters. Law cannot e fectu ally do away with such causes: Olly an awakened public sentiment can.
 "To bring home to the minds, and cOnsciences of the citizens of the state this deplorable waste. and particularly t. educate their children to the need and the proper methods of decreasing i !, the general assembly has directed that day be set apart as Fire Proven ton Day and accordingly designate for that purpose, Friday, October 8, and I request that the people of this state, especially the teachers i'll it's schools, give some portion of that day to a con- sideration of the needless drain upon 'ts resources due to the setting of fires, and to the means by which they may oe prevented" "
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Still They Wnndnr NNhu-

The two women were discussing that never failing theme-the incompetency of domestic servants. And the bit of the conversation we overheard gave us q line on Il possible reason for many a disappointment in that line.
 Well. l am looking for new cook, said one of the women. and am at my wits end. They come to you as experts. we'll recommended and all that. and they turn out to be lazy and incompetent. I declare I can't under stand itr'
 What became of the cook you had last week?" asked the other.
 My dear. she was positively the limit. She couldn't cook. she broke dishes. she wasted food, she wasn't neat. and she was impudent. l have reason to believe that she drank. Oh, had to get rid of her. Honestly. she WAS so bad in every way that l could hardly think of a thing to say when wrote a recommendation for her."- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Huntinn Trouble.

When a man just naturally wants trouble 1t is mighty easy to find an eX cuse for making it. According to Mike Hogan, Casey and O'Brien were hay ing a personal argument of their own It had progressed to the extent that each had forgotten what it was about originally, and they were wholly obliv- ious of the gathering crowd until an urbane and genteel person in a frock coat put in.
 Come, come, my man." he said, gen tly plucking Casey by the sleeve. You don't want to fight. I can tell it by your looks. Your face is too benign'-
 Two be nine! Two be nine, is ut, ye scut?" beloved Casey. Me face is two be nine, is ut?'
 And there was where the real trou- ble began.-Louisville Times.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Shirkinn the Responsihilitx.

Now, this is the way l like to be treated in q hotel" said the breezy drummer as he sat down to break fast in the Pikesville House. "The morning paper is lying beside my plate."
 Il beg your pardon, boss" said the bead waiter in considerable agitation. "You's in Judge Hornbuckle's seat. He's been settin' there for twenty years an'-an'-he's due here at any minute"
 Il should worry" was the drum mcr's only reply.
 Well. maybe you kin take keer of yo'self, boss. guess you ain't never been befo' de judge like I has. Oats why Is gwine out an stay in de kitchen till de rucus blows over."- Birmingham Age Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Lonqinqs.

A well known essayist and connois- seur of New York attended recently an artistic tea in Washington square.
 Near artists of all sorts-near poets. near sculptors, near painters and near novelists-attendedt the tea. The ladies wore djibbahs of green burlap. The gentlemen wore sandals The collation. was vegetarian.
 Looking calmly at that mass of freaks, he said, with a smile:
 Artistic longings consist invariably. it seems, of long hair, long teeth and long faces-everything but long purses. in fact. ct."-Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
FOR SALE

Having disposed of my farm I offer for sale at once best 2,400 lb. team in town, brood mare, sows, wagons, har- nesses, carriages hay press, horse power, gas engine, power saws, threshing ma chine. family mill, moving machines, hay tedders, horse rakes, 9 blows, 2 cultivators, potato digger, sprayer and all small tools. Also furniture includ. ing S1,000 piano, Sl00 phonograph. Over S3,o0 worth of goods at your own price. Almost anything you want. Also all crops, poultry and 100 cords of wood. Telephone 5S-2.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Could Not,

Now. what does your young MT. Brown make by lectures wd readings you talk so much about?"
 Nothing. papa. Virtue is its own exceeding great reward It shows how good he is."
 Tut, tut, child. How can you expect my consent to your engagement with a man who. as you say yourself, is abso- lutely 'good-for nothing" "-Philadel- phia Record.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Trenches In War.

The Romans. who were the first to make war a real art If one forgets a certain Alexander), were in conse- quence the first to use trenches. Their main line of intrenchment ran across southern Germany from the east bank of the Rhine to near the present Stu l. gart.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Probably.

Sally Gay-I have just been reading that well known scientist predicts that man will reach a condition where he VIII be toothless and hairless and walk on all fours. Jack Swift-And will woman continue to pursue what is left of him with the same avidity as of yore?-Boston Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Good Paint

is cheap; and Devoe is not the only good paint; it is one of dozen; and, very likely, the only one in your town there are hundreds of middling and bad.
 You can see what chance there is of another good one there: perhaps one in ten at the most.
 Bad paint is dearest; middling is dear; costs or times as much as the best.
 No matter about the cost gallon !; that isn't it; the cost square foot; the cost a job; better yet, the cost a year.
 There's a whole education in paint in this advertisement. DEVOE q Fuller Hardware O. sell it.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
This Is Rather Thin.

Say. old chap, tell me, what is sheer nonsense%'
 "Why. don't you know? It's the kind you can see through easily. ."-Cornell Widow.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
A Church Canon.

The word canon is Greek for rule" and is itself derived from 'canna," a reed, which was selected by carpenters on account of its straightness. Hence from a measuring rule it became a figurative rule for measuring and regulating church doc tI-iOpS
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Cynical.

"But be sure you're right" exclaim- ed the confident philosopher, "and then go ahead"
 Be sure you're right" protested tha married man, 'and then get down on your knees and ask to be forgiven."- Puck.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Discretion of Speech.

Discretion of speech is more than elo- quence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words and good order.- Francis Bacon.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
Balm For Little Women.

The fine little woman who weighs only a hundred pounds can thank her stars that she is on earth. If she re- sided on Mars she would weigh only thirty y-eight.-Galveston News.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
No 1ruth.

"They say diet has much to do with peoples character"
 Nothing of the sort. I saw that sour Miss Tart the other day filling up on angel cake. Baltimore American.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-16
An Outdoor Snort.

"Why do you beat the rugs with a golf club?"
 Ut looks more like I was doing this for exercise and not under compul- sion. ."-Kansas City Journal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

The day of demanding party ad-
herence is among the dead issues.
This was illustrated in La Plata coun-
ty last fall when there was a vri-
ance of over two thousand votes be-
tween the highest Republican and the
highest Democrat, and what is true
in county affairs is going to be true
in state matters. Notwithstanding
there were two Republican candidates
for governor in the field-Progressive
and straight Republican--the latter
won by 10000 majority over strong
Democrat, while the Democratic at
torney general won by large major
ty on his own merit. The Herald
championed the cause of the Demo-
cratic attorney general because he
had made good and the voters of the
state were of the same opinion. If a
newspaper is to have influence it must
be liberal and give credit where credit
is que or it cannot hope to influence
No'cio do u WHolc. lie IlcIdiu lS ne
I ubiican on national and general state
issues but it is not too partisan to
recognize merit and ability when op-
posed to Republicanism. In his
connection we desire to admcnish the
Republican majority in the legisla-
turc that it is under close inspection
ard unless it makes good the next
house and senate will be Democratic.
This is a day of publicity and party
pap6rs cannot keep the facts and the
truth from the voters who will net be
led by party papers when their argu-
ments dc not represent the true facts.
Tne Herald desires to deal honestly
with its readers, and in doing so it
lays claim to being more thoroughly
and conscientiously Republican than
those who are ready to swallow what
ever is dished up to them by negli-
gent and incapable officials. The old
time policy of insisting on the cleo
tion of yellow dog combination is
rot meeting with much commendation
these days. The people are progress
sing and newspapers must keep in
step or they will be relegated and lose
influence. In this policy we are not
advancing new logic but keeping
abreast Of the voting public.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

The trial of the election crooks AT
Terre Haute indicate almost as cor
rupt conditions as existed when Hon
est John" was sent to congress by
the ballot box suffers of the Demo-
cratic machine at that time in con-
trol of Denver. But instead of the
chief beneficiary being sent to the
United States senate, as in Colorado,
he is apt to find repose behind iron
bars.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18
were anything less than extremely

we're anything less than extremely
acute.
General Carranza is silent and
the brass-mounted head of his own
personal publicity bureau declares
that "the reports sent out have been
grossly exaggerated"
1t can be safely taken for granted
that there has been no "exaggerated
reports" coming out of Mexico in a
long time. Public officials and pri-
vate citizens who have personally in
vestigated conditions down there
know they are bad.
The administration officials at
Washington know they are bad.
There is no prospect of their i'm
prOvement in the near future. If one
Mexican president, good, bad or indif-
ferent is deposed, another adventurer
takes his place.
Personal ambition, factional jeal-
ousy, greed for place and power are
the dominating passions in Mexican
cffcialdom and will continue to be
until there is a house-cleaning more
determined and more thorough than
anything thus far set in motion or ae-
complished.
We do not say that the United
States will have to declare war upon
Mexico. We do say that the United
States will have to take a hand in
Strengthening out affairs in Mexico
and that when the time comes the
necessity will be found a hundred.
fold more urgent than the case OF
Cuba ever was. And the Unitec
States never has and never will apollo.
gize for the work she performed il
Cuba.-Des Moines Capital.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

This left few American companies
with the entire local field of war risk
insurance. The demand was much in
excess of what it would have been
wise to take, considering the compan-
les resources, and some rates were
forced to the prohibitive point of %
to 80 per cent for insurance for the
North Sea, while South American
rates to India and the Far East We're
as high as Is and 20 per cent. Be
sides the very high rates it was pos
sible to obtain insurance on only a
small portion of the cargo, These
conditions were a great handicap to
the owners of American vessels. Eng
land Immediately established a gov
ernment bureau Of war risk insur-
ance for its own vessels. Other coun-
tries at war did the same. This gov
eminent was, therefore, in a position
of having the American shipper paw
more Insurance on his goods in an
American vessel than he would in an
English vessel. The federal war risk
insurance bureau was established by
act of congress to meet the emergency
and began writing policies on Septem-
ber 2, 1914. 1t Immediately lowered
the rates. The highest rate which
has been charged by the bureau has
been per cent, which was charged
on the first few shipments of cotton
10 Germany, and this rate was asked
when private companies refused to
write the risk at any figure. The
bureau has lowered its rates as often
as conditions would permit, and it
seems that the rates quoted by the
bureau are taken in most instances
as the standard which the private
companies have had to meet.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18
GOVERNMENT WAR RISK
INSURANCE A SUCCESS

Figures to indicate the enormous
success as business proposition, of
the governments war risk insurance
venture: The war risk bureau shows
that at total cost of s6,766O3, in a
little more than five months, the bu-
reau has net in premiums s1,452,-
fo6.Tb. The total insurance covered
by government policies is $54, ,6O4, ,264.
After the outbreak of the war there
were thlrty-six insurance companies
writing war risk insurance. OF these
sixteen or seventeen were English
companies, and the rest German.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

After reading the blockade code of
civilized nations we wonder at the
wanton disregard. The present Euro
pean warfare will go down in history
as the most outrageous and utter dis
regard for humane methods ever
known. The warning nations are
making it so horrible that it cannot
help but bring about demand for
universal peace that must be needed,
In this is the only ray of sunshines.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

ent, however, two years hence when
the voters will rise up all over the
land and register their kick against
tie free trade policy of the admins
tration and against the iniquitous
war tax in times of peace and bond
issue in the bargain, or an immense
floating debt. The next election will
hinge entirely on these issues and the
general qualifications of men will not
be so carefully considered.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

A committee of the postoffice de-
partment has issued a pamphlet con
tanning some interesting statistics OH
the question of telephone rates and
efficiency of service. We learn that
in this country the average charge
for conversation over 100 miles of
wire is go cents; in Russia it is So;
in Sweden only 8. In Norway there
are 116,S54 calls per employe per an
mum; in the United States there are
only 5s,134 calls per employe. Prob
ably the greater economy of Euro
pean service has good deal to do
with the lower rates.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18
THE LURE OF THE MOUNTAINS

My heart is aching sorely for my
Colorado home,
For the mountains and the valleys
where my youth was wont to
roam;
The eastern sun is dull and pale, the
air is harsh and cold.
And spring has lost the sprightliness
her waking knew OF old.
A languor creeps in every vein, a
sigh in every breath
@ afar from Colorado 'twere life
akin to death.
4 little spray of columbine, rose
bud from the wild,
rlucked and pressed when skies Of
blue upon my fancy smiled;
They whisper gentle mem'ries of a
golden summer time,
Wien love and | went hand in hand,
and life a merry chime
Nent ringing through the days and
hours, and never gloom was
there
70 mar. the joyous hope that made
my Colorado fair.
"a
Where the Rio de las Animas in sea-
ward yearning flows,
The mesa burns in summer and the
Indian campfire glows;
Cathedral spires point heavenward in
the Garden of the Gods;
In solitude the pine tree to his gloomy
fellow mods;
Where SHOWS lie deep in winter, and
the winds are clear and dry,
And the Holy Cross uplifted pleads a
blessing from on high.
Oh, give me back the Rockies in all
their snowy pride,
The canons and the torrents tearing
down the mountain side;
The burro's bray We're music sweet,
the smelter's hum song,
70 a Colorado lover who has wan
dered far and long.
fhe tortuous trails, the snowy peaks!
Oh, how | long to see
The scenes Of Colorado that were
once so dear to me.
'T%,re strange that Colorado skies
could darken with the storm,
And stranger yet that love could die
that once was bright and warm,
But | sigh less sadly for the love that
trait'rous proved and fled,
Than for Natures form of beauty
unto grandeur nobly wed.
| am weary Of the voices that per-
suaded me to roam;
Ch give me hack the sunshine of my
Colorado home
-Estella Story.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

The Mexican situation is bad. 1t
is folly to try to gloss over the real
facts. According to the Associated
Press dispatches in Sundays newspa-
pers, Secretary Of State Bryan him
self admits that "the situation con-
tinues to be bad"
1t is also announced that foreign
diplomats are planning to leave Mex
leo City. Would they contemplate
anything Of the kind Il conditions
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

composed of about fifteen members to
sit the year round we will be in favor
of the proposition. If the manager
plan is good for a city, why not for
state, or at least centralizing the
authority?
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

Our morning cotem is stepping on
Keating's toes. Keating says the re-
cent congress was the greatest ever,
accomplishing more than any previ-
GUS body of men. Our cotemp says
it was very wasteful of time. There
are times when the morning sheet
rises above the clouds, but it is gen.
orally when the editor is asleep and
the devil has charge of the editorial
column.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

Denver Post photo of A. r. Lewis
was true to life-very good for a
newspaper. In the demise of Mr..
Lewis, La Plata county loses man
who was always consistent booster
for legitimate mining and the ad-
vance of this southwest section. Mr..
Lewis numbered all the people of Du-
range and county as his friends as
well as acquaintances outside the
county boundaries. Mr.. Lewis was
void of deceit and schemes against
his fellowman and in these days of
money getting this is commenda-
tion the family should be proud of.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

While the administrative policy in
Old Mexico has been exceedingly
weak we must give the president
credit for using every means in his
power to steer the ship of state Alright
in the European scrap. 1t is tick
lish job and We are with the presi-
dent even if he does make mistake
because it's difficult task before
him. However, Mr.. Wilson should
seek and call in the strongest men
of both parties in consultation. The
question is not political, but one of
safeguarding the interests of the
United States as a whole. No ship
purchasing measure stubborness
should be exhibited.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

Several grand opera stars have de
cided to remain in this country. If
they would consent to warble for
something less than an amount equal
to the capital stock of first national
bank per night they might do well
right here in little old America.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

other way, American vessels trans
ported less than $500 100000 worth
Of the things we bought and sold,
while foreign ships, mostly British,
transported freight, originating in and
coming to this country, valued at
more than billion dollars.
while our deep-sea vessels have
all but banished, our coastwise ves-
sells have greatly increased in num-
ber, value and efficiency, and all the
while they have had to compete for
business with the greatest and best
railorad system in existence. Land
freights go straight across the con-
tinent from Boston and New York
to San Francisco. Water freights,
until the opening of the Panama can
al, had to be carried around the low
er end of South America. Neverthe-
less, our coastwise fleet is one of the
finest in the world"
Although he said nothing about it
himself, Senator Perkins helped to
create the coastwise fleet. The COM
pany in which he was once the prin-
cipal owner and officer operated q
steamers in the Pacific and carried on
regular trade from Mexico TO Alas
ka, touching at ports in California,
Oregon, Washington and British Co.
lumbia. He sent the first steam
whalers to the Arctic ocean. Whale
bone was then $5 a pound and whale
oil was very valuable. Substitutes for
bone and oil have since made whal-
ing improbable.
Young George Perkins arrived at
San Francisco in the clipper ship
Galatea, built at Chelsea, In Massa-
chusetts. He sailed from New York
in May, 1855, boy of 16, but man
enough to take his turn at the wheel
and go aloft during the fiercest
storm. 1t was October when he went
ashore with his kit across his shoul-
der.
Dus shiS oHotBuh d PSPPei-poN ic-
volver and roll of blankets, he work
ed his way up the Sacramento river
on boat and, reaching the end of
his water journey walked $50 miles
over the mountains into Butte county.
He meant to dig for gold until he
had money enough to buy schooner
and go trading on his own account
among the islands of the lower Pa
cific.
81 operated wheelbarrow for a
time" he said, "and then got place
in store. By the hardest kind of
drudgery and the closest kind of
economy, gathered up $500.
One day, soon after Senator Per-
kins had increased his savings to $500
the owner of littel river steamboat
came into the store complaining that
new sand-bar in the channel had
made navigation so difficult that he
was ready to quit the business and
leave that part of the country. He
would sell his boat for $4,000.
within a week." Senator Perkins
relates, 81 stood on the deck of my
own vessel. The man promised to
wait for part of his money. An ac-
quaintance loaned me enough to meet
the down payment. l began freight
ing up and down the river. The sand
bar caused me very little bother"
Twenty-one years ago, on entering
congress, Senator Perkins, quoting
his own language, separated himself
from all business interests which
could in any way be affected by con-
gressional legislation.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

German citizens of Denver have
contributed $2l 900 for the relief of
the needy in the fatherland. This is
the kind of sympathy that counts. 1t
is not money to aid in carrying on
TIE war but for the relief of broth
ers. sisters, cousins and the distress
ed who are victims Of the war.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-03-18

The Rowland incident is the only
one showing corruption in the legis-
lature so far as we have been able to
discern. Rowland is evidently a cheap
skate as well as bunglesoms.