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The Meeker herald., 1915-01-09

CD. Wilson, semi-annual statement.
Thos shervin. county Judge.
R. @. Lyon. county sheriff.
On motion the treasurer was in
structed to transfer the miscellaneous
fund money, collected from the COM
mercial club to be expended on the
Wolf creek road, Of 3e0.8O, toGeneral
Road Fund.
On motion the treasurer was in
structed to transfer the balance of
t44.2a In delinquent taxes TO General
County Fund.
On motion the treasurer was In.
structed to transfer per cent Of
Forest Reserve money Of 81, 48S II to
General School Fund, aud 95 per cent
to General Road Fund.
Application for liquor license to
run saloon at Rangely was received
from J. H. MCGUIRE. together with
remittance Of 1900. On motion license
was granted.
All warrants for the past six
months were checked up and can
celled.
The following res olution was unan-
imously adopted:
whereas; There 10 . portion Of
the taxes for the years 19O6-7-8 due
the state Of ti06.42 remaining unpaid
on the books Of the county treasurer,
and the same has been delinquent
for period Of six years, and
Whereas; The Commissioner are
satisfied said taxes are uncollecta stable,
Therefore, BE It Resolved; that we
do hereby declare the said taxes can
celled and tho clerk 10 hereby In.
structed to report the Same to the
auditor for credit for the amount of
taxes 90 cancelled.
Bids were received for coal for the
court house. All bids were rejected.
On motion the board adjourned for
the day.
Wednesday, Jan. s. The board
met pursuant to adjournment, all
members being present.
The report Of J. Ernest Oldland,
deputy clerk Of the District court
was examined and approved.
On motion the county clerk was
allowed 500 for clerk hire during
1914, to be paid out Of the fees Of his
office.
On motion the clerk was authorised
TO buy Bork typewriter.
On motion the treasurer was In.
structed to transfer the excess fees OF
the county treasurer Of $l,lO4.98 To
the General County fund. Also the
excess fees Of the county clerk Of
$l72 to the General County fund.
| The sheriff was authorized to order
q typewriter.
The following bills were examined
and approved and warrants ordered
drawn for same:
The Meeker herald., 1915-01-09
Town Council Proceedings
JANUARY I, 1915.

JANUARY Z, lNl0.
The board met In regular monthly
session Monday. Meeting called t.
order by DR.. Taylor, mayor pro tenn.
Present, Trustees Graham, Rooney,
Thomas and Lyle. Absent Mayor
Brown and Trustee Thompson.
Minutes Of December meeting were
read and approved. f
Claims allowed:
Riley Lumber company, lumber ........e g
John r Clark, services o. attorney ...... % %
DR. A Hubbard, regtstering death F
and birth certificates ...-.-..-...... IS
Moeker Drug Co, supplies ....... II IS
DR. A p Hubbard, fumigating. -............ 70 90
W Hugus 4 Co, supplies ...-.. 10
W Shepherd, supplies .........- Is u
Jake Krenger, team work - 20
B L Nichols, salary, marshal - 100 %
J W Rigby. treasurer Is %
Lindow. Lytle son. supplies 10 o
Chaplin Joy. supplies aud tap..... 10 %
The clerk was instructed to issue
the saloon and pool table license for
The Meeker herald., 1915-01-09

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22
TREsPASsING ON RAILWAYS

While the number Of = passengers
and employees killed 10y American
railroads has been decreasing for sew
eraI years. the most numerous class
of railway casualties. the fatalities to
spassers continues to increase. says
the Railway Age Gazette Thfs condi-
ton is ascrtbed to the indifference Of
legislatures. courts and commissions
that have failed to pass and enforce
laws to stop Jrespassing, while iu the
z5 years for which the interstate com
merce commission has reported acci-
dent statistics the total Of trespassers
kjlIed has amounted 10 1880, OF over
So per cent Of all railway fatalities.
Comparing the last dve-year period
for which tHe statistics are available,
1910 To 1914 with the period 1890 to
1894. the Gazette shows that while the
increase i'm the number of passengers
killed was eight per cent. and i'm the
number Of employees killed was 80 per
cent, OF far less than the increase in
mileage, volume of traffic and mum
her Of employees, the number of tres
passers killed was 52.6 per cent great
er in the later period Comparing the
period Of 1910 to 1914 with the prev
ious I'VE year period, 1905 to 1909, the
number OF passengers killed decreased
four per cent, while the number OF
uespassers killed was lI.T per cent
greater.
Railway travel has not for many
years been especially hazardous and
it is becoming safer every year. says
the Gazette. Working or a railroad.
while properly classed as a more or
less dangerous occupation. according
to what department an empioye is in,
is also each year attended with a less
degree Of risk, But tTespassing on
railway tracks and trains has always
been and still continues TO he a very
unsafe practice and IS not growing less
so
While regulating bodies OF all kinds
have been very busy passing laws and
issuing orders 10 prevent railway acci-
dents, the railways themselves have
eXerted the most strenuous efforts TO
remove one the most serious bIots on
their record, with the result that ia
talities 10 passengers as well as to en-
ployes have been decreasing. To the
most numerous class of railway cas-
uaItes, however, the fatalities to tres
passers, the same bodies that have
been most vigorous in regulating the
railways have shown Indifference;
and this in spite of the fact the mum
Der OF people killed while unIawfully
using the railroad tracks as short
cut or stealing rides on cars and en-
gines has continued TO grow from year
TO year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22
PATRIOTISM FOR PAY

(Cedaredge, Col. West sIope.)
4 very great deal Of chin music, Of
which the doleful retain is .unDre-
pared" IS going the rounds Of the
press, The keynote struck in the east
is maintained throughout the tune over
the country, If the government should
determine to manufacture its own
munitions, nothing would remain of
the song but the echo. Before the war
the percentage Of total revenue spent
for military purposes by the various
nations was; Germany, SIS; japan. As:
Great Britain, 81 France, So; United
States, IS. But we are ''unprepared.
Where has the money. gone? Into the
pockets of these Iachrymosial mourn
ers over the nations sad plight. In
1912 the United States spent the sum
OF SAC, 100000 for war purposes. At
that time the armed forces we're. Ger
many, army $4,000. navy. s6.7S3: ia
pan, army 250000; navy, 5I,054. Great
Britain, army 254 500, navy ls750o.
France, army 100: navy 6o,s2I; United
States, army 91.<16, navy 52.757. Com
pare the figures and compute the cost
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22
RURAL SCHOOLS AND
HEALTH.

Dr.. Thomas 2. Wood OF Columbia
university makes the statement IN the
last number q the Journal Of Educ4-
ton that the rural school is the worst
type Of building Ia the community. He
says that rural schools are less well
adapted to their purpose than prisons.
asyiums and aInshouses.
Statements ike these may sound ex-
aggerated, yet IN great many rural
communities all interested IN schools
know there Is some truth IN them It
would be q good idea. now that school
work has begun, for the parents 70
happen around and consider thought
fully how far these conditions are an
obstacle IN the way OF developing
heaIthfuI young people.
Many country schools maintain
sanitary conditions that none but the
most ignorant parent would tolerate
on his own premises. The excuse is
given that all kinds Of children attend
the school. and that many Of them
have uncIeau habits. Probably the
real trouble is that many teachers dis
like to deal with such fundamentals
Of conduct 1t is quite as important
that a child learn to be Clearly as to
learn to perform examples ia partial
payments.
Many teachers are careless about
ventilation. II they happen 70 be a
little anaemlc and unaccustomed to
outdoor life they feel sbivery tha mo-
ment & cool day comes. They then
close up windows and doors and work
with their little charges fg a box for
the rest of the season. No wonder if
they all get colds and more serious In
fections-
Where country children are scat
tered around at small schools there Is
specially liable 10 be neglect. Parents
never VISIT The building from one year
TO another Water supplies may he
unsauttary. the building may be poor
.ly located, imperfect1y heated and out
Of repair generally All Of which is
poor business policy. A clean. sani-
tarv school building reduces doctors
bills and makes a town attractive for
residence purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22
Subsidized Motherhood.

One reason why we are unanimously
in favor Of full and unlimited woman
suffrage Is that We want to see moth
erhood subsidized by the governme nL
When Z woman becomes a mother
she is making q priceless gift to the
state. As an expression Of its appre-
citation the state should present the
mother an honorariun. This would
be our idea Of subsidized motherhood.
L would be q good investment Of state
funds, the very best investment the
state could possibly make.
Thousands Of mothers suffer pro
longed inval5dism, loss Of efficiency
and even death, because they do not
receive proper care at the time Of
childbirth and In the following weeks.
Far too often this is attributable 10
the poverty OF the family. Indeed
comparatively few families can afford
the best kind OF medical attention and
nursing for such cases. Ii Is the duty
Of the state, purely from d selfish in
terest, to supply such care or the
means Of obtaining It
II there is one thing thas fills a doc
tors heart with hatred Of l2s race It is
the sight Of a woman suffering for
want Of adequate care at this vital no
ment OF her life. Graft, extravaganza.
luxury. capitallstic exploitation Of the
workingman, the w0rking-wonaD and
the workIng-chfId on the one hand
misery, pain. disease, death, on the
other hand And then these moBeyed
hypocrites talk Of uplifting" and "im-
proving" humanity and organize char
itv under businessJike methods for i'm
proving the condition Of the poor. II
the poor victims come to them and say.
Give us a fair wage" the philan-
rhropists call out the militia and shoot
them up.
In Germany. where old age is al
ready pensioned, motherhood is also
assisted Big the state. American moth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22
Tnfantile Paralysis.

For many years railway casualties
increased very rapidly, mainly because
the number of people exposed TO rail
way accidents of all kinds, the mileage
of railroads. the number Of trains run
and the volume of traffic handled were
increasing very rapidly. The fact that
the increase in accidents was less than
the increase in the chances OF accident
is frequently overlooked
If.the improvement in respect to the
safety of railway travel and employ
ment be largely attributable as some
maintain, to regulation. to what must
we attribute the continued increase in
the number OF fatalities TO trespas-
sers2 AS a matter Of fact the reduc-
ton in other accidents is mainly cred
table to the homogeneous OF the rail-
ways. while the continued increase in
fatalities to trespassers is mainly due
10 bad government. The railways have
policed their tracks and arrested tres
passers by thousands, only 10 see them
turned loose because the judges have
refused to convict them and because
local communities have declined to
stand the expense Of their inCarcera-
ton.
That the percentage Of increase in
fatalities to traspa ssers has not been
larger is due rather to the activities
Of the railways in keeping up an gil
tation regarding the evils Of trespas-
sing than 10 any assistance they have
received from legislatures, courts or
commissions
While the railways have succeeded
in reducing their own accidents in
spite Of the increase in mileage and
traffic the number of trespa ssers
killed has almost Invariably ductusted
with those factors. In other words. it
has been governed almost entirely by
the increase in the chances Of acct
dent The more railroads there are,
and the more trains there are run. the
greater is the hazard that they viii
kill persons who insist in walking on
the track, and apparently the more
people there are in the United States
the more trespassers there are.
The railway accident record is bad
enough without being exaggerated. IT,
has always been widely published
and hence has received more than its
proper share Of attention as compared
with the casualties in other industries
We sometimes read of an accident in
which people have been slaughtered
like sheep" But the American railway
accident record can never be prop
erly understood nor adequately dealt
with until some action is taken by the
constituted authorities 70 separate the
sheep from the goats and protect the
goats from the consequences Of their
natural propensity,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22
SIR WILLIAM VAN HORNE.

The buria1 Of Sir william. Van Horne.
Canadian railroad king. al his birth
Mace in Joliet. TIL serves in 2 svav to
raesrabHsh the claim of the United
States nnrr one o7 the nobIest nraa-
nets of fne era of western industrial
EXPANSION.
Sir william Van Horne saws tie Des
Nofnes Raefeter-T.e7der. was NOT horn
with q handle fa his name or 81 eola
spoon II. his month His Bar=r+s we're
humble residents of Illinois and their
Son was thrown vran his avn re-
sources early i'm 7ff. Hs aaaama =
railroad refarra7ssr and -osa s-saEsr,.
.., means Of IL native sr.r55r- BON
'asfv ana hard rorl+ He u-ae ma ~
those men vim can see ahead He
formulated mighty. nrc5srfz and com
WINGED others Of their faasfbfi5-v Then
ae showed fbe aapaarv for CARVING
them through.
Van Horne was also an art COM
nofssaur He 7oz-assa4 ana of H.
three finest collections af rat74fre.s .r,
Canada. besides nnfags collections NJ
other forms of art and was ever gar-
arous i'm opening his Galleries +o file
pfi,1fo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22
The Daily Story
Was It Spirit or Hlusion-By F. A Mitchell

There Is nothing so strong in nature
as the chains that draw two persons
together. and nothing better typifes il
than two vines that originally could
/ have been broken apart by child
delicate fingers, each becoming after a
lapse. OF say. half century as large
as an athletes biceps and much harder
/ 10 bend.
The most. remarkable case Of this
/ kind came under my observation. /
viii relate the story.
Donald Gregory, when he was too
young 10 remember the fact, became a
playmate Of a little girl about his own
age. Ella Marston. Their parents
b places were side by side, and the chill
dren, neither having brother or sister,
we're together all day. Then, they
went TO the same kindergarten and
afterward to the same school Their
first and only separation was when
Donald went to college. They pinned
\ for each other, and he neglected his
studies to write her long letters. When
tae first examinations came on, though
bright fellow, he failed This ended
his college career. He returned to his
love and was never again separated
from her till half a century later, when
death claimed her.
They we're married when the groom
was Is, the bride IS. A son was born
to them and a daughter. The former
lived the latter died in infancy. Till
the son came to manhood he remained
with his parents. Then he broke away
70 engage in business at another Ioca-
ron.
Even in their youth they had few in
innate associates and after coming 10
middle age dropped away from any
thing social Those who knew them
wondered at this. for they were both
attractive and popular. Efforts to get
EEem into social undertakings always
failed.
MIS-. Gregory died ar 20 It was q
year after this that / made the ac-
auaiutance of their son now a man of
nearly 6fty. Strange it is that with
his parents happy married life before
bim be never married. When his
mother died he persuaded his father TO
come 70 live with him 7 had made
George GreE0rv's acquaintance some
ame before this. and when his father
appeared oH the scene George and ].
both bachelors, were intimate. I being
at his house frequently.
When I was introduced To hts father
/ saw handsome old gentleman with
a Eoria complexion and white hair and
muslache- 1t struck me that Il 7 were
q woman I would fail in love with
him no matter what was his age
George told me OF The close relation
snip between his father and his late
mother. and when the latter died he
feared his father would lose his rea-.
son. But his father seemed to settle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22
CURIOUS EFFECTS OF
WAR ON CIRCULATION

Paris. Sept 22-Curious effects of
war On arterial circulation was the
subject Of q report made last night to
the academy Of sciences by DR.. A. Mou-
tier. Whereas the normal arterial
tension IS represented by the figure 10.
IN almost all cases Of soldiers return
ing from the front it IS found 20 have
fallen TO seven or eight
Il frequently has been found. DR..
Moutier said. that when q soldier has
s. wound in one Of his limbs, the ten
sion in that Is lower than in the one
which is sound. He believes these
troubles have much to do
with producing various complications,
such IS gaseous gangrene, tetanus
and frozen feet He expressed the be-
lief thar many amputations might be
avoided by the regulation Of arteriaI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22

Stockholm Sweden-fC Correspond
euea of The Associated Press. The
American consulate general at Mos
ca# which has since the beginning of
the war, been delighted by the German
government re handle German civil
prisoners in Russia, is now making O
determined effort TO return these
prisoners TO Germany so that they
may NOT suffer The hardsbips Of an
other winter i'm the interior of Russia.
Although these prisoners have not
been the victims Of actual cruelty or
the part of Russian officials. their con
diEon has been indeseribably wretch
ed. Hundreds Of them have died from
cold, starvation and disease.
A recent order issued by Prince Usu.
n1H. the governor of Moscow. stated
explicitly that every German or Aus
arlau of non-sIavic origin regardless
of age. state eff health, or any mitIgat-
ing circumstances whatsoever, must
leave Moscow before Aug. Ia. either
for Germany or for one of the interior
governments which have been chosen
for the juternmeut Of civil prisoners
and which already harbor over a hun
dred thousand men, women and chill
draa.
This order meant certain death for
scores of Moscow residents whose
physical condition was such that even
a short journey under the best condi-
tions would have been dangerous. John
Snodgrass, the American consul gen
F7- H-s.sT
these cases appealed to the governor
of Moscow for discrimination in the
execution of the order OF expulsion.
but popular feeling has run so high
against the German and Austrian sub
jects in Russia thar It was stated that
exceptions could not be made. An
American correspondent sitting In the
offices Of the consul general watched
the stream Of foreign subjects who
were suddenly confronted with expuI-
sion from the country which they had
learned TO consider their own Most OF
them. although German or Austrian
subjects had lived so long in Russia
that they we're thoroughly Russian in
their sympathies and some Of the
women had even been devottng their
time in sewing and making clothing
for Russian soldiers. For a large per-
centage Of them a return to Germany
where all their associations had long
been broken or a seclusion in the in
terror Of Russia we're alternatives Of
fering an equally dismal prospect.
Except in extreme cases, serious
illness and infrmity do not interfere
with the deporting Of the patient.
Crowded into trains commonly used
for cattle, almost without food. scaut-
lily clad and In various conditions of
disease and despair. these miserable
persons are subjected to a railway
journey which lasts for days, and In q
great many cases are forced to march
overland for sixty or seventy ar4sSz
from the railroad station to the camp
where they are to be interned.
The sanitary conditions on these
trains are vile and there is every pos
sibility for the spread of the disease.
There is no assistance for the sick
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22

down to an acceptance OF his fate az
in a measure apparently ceased !.
grieye. His son noticed some,b,.
about him which he communicate i
no one. / discovered it for uvsals y
One day when going 20 George Crs.
ory's house I saw his father nptt,s
his night key into the door. He ono..ss
il. stepped back as if waiting for 49,.
one to enter, then went in himself nv.
matter made but little imurassio, ~
me till later I heard the old gentls-.s-
talking TO himself in the library
first, thinking that he was rasds.
aloud. / permitted myself to overbs.,
him. soon became aware that he vs.
talking TO some one whom ne cali
my dear. The two episodes tngatbs.
set me TO wondering, and 7 nsrrats5
them 10 his son. George sighed ana
said:
so you have noticed ii. bsy.
known that Of which you have saa5
evidence ever since father CANA a.
live with me. He ever has my motbsr
with him-just how I don't mn.
Whether he sees her spirit. whether NJ
fanctes that it Ls present with hin,
whether he hears her replies when h.
talks TO her-aII THIS rs a puzzle Ia ma
I have often heard him talking ia ~
as YOU heard him. and he saws ns
same things to her that he was used "a
saying while she lived. only thew ara
more eudearing He was ALWAYS srr-
ing her life as gallant re- her as when
they were young lovers. and when ba
taaCies she lis with him tie viii not ar
while she stands, Will nor go throgrs
a door without waiting TIN sha bes
gone before him. have seen hin,
come into the house after having been
out of an evening ana remove her
wraps as tenderIy ais he ever dsd WhIIa
she was with him la aa flesh. lie ra5
d way Of sometimes walking with hen
hand in hand and since her death Z
have often seen him swinging his arm
through the empty air as I often sav
him do it when I Was q boy.
Do YOU observe, b" TasEad. whether
after apparently being with her BE Is
more or less gloomy
He is never what ws call gloomy
though there is a certain sadness al.
ways in his eyes. II seems to me that
i'm whose sigh. sgCa lover
like lives as were his and my mothers
must be acceptable. has made some
physical change iH his brain which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22

The new warden is to be congratu-
lated, says the Joliet Herald-News. on
the snappy. businesslike and success
ful manner in which the recapture of
he escaped convicts was effected. The
escape, however. as the elimination OF
a long series Of unauthorized depart
ures from the institution. emphasizes
the need OF expeditiug the construction
Of the new prison. The present peni-
-entiary IS ANTICIPATED. and while
probably secure enough under 8 sys-
sem which contemplates severe pun
ishments and rife bullets as safe
guards, Is inadequate to humanely con
fine the class OF human delinquents
with which II must deal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22

at the indicated rate Of the prepared
ness 50 loudly demanded. The fact
is that the pecuniary patriots hope TO
make thousands of millions out of the
real patriots. This country has spent
and is spending enough money to be
the best equipped military and naval
power on earth Under republican
rule these vast sums have gone into
The pockets of pecuniary patriots. not
into preparedness. The cure is man
ufacture by the government Of sup
plies needed That established. only
an echo will remain Of the Macedonian
cry. Discount it now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-22

Since the local option Law IN Mime
sofa went into force six months ago,
50 counties and parts Of several others
have become dry. Now a battle is on
70 determine whether the city 81 Min
neapolis Is TO so dry. The campaign
for that end has the support Of big
petition OF $4,000 names, which brought
on the special election, the $4,000 all
signing IN one day. Two former gov
ernors, John Lind and s. r. Van SAINT
all the eiergymsn. most OF the bust
ness organizations, the newspapers
and many other forces are lined up on
The side Of the effort TO make the Min