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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11
TO
|. BE SOLVED ONLY
by HIGHER RATES
RECEIVERS.
Waters and King Have Imposing
Array OF Figures To Bolster
Up Claim
FARE CUT TURNS SURPLUS
INTO HEAVY DEFICIT
Change in Character of Tonnage
Another Reason For Road
Running Behind
FARE CUT TURNS SURPLUS
INTO HEAVY DEFICIT
RECEIVERS.

Elaborate and carefully prepared
statements have been issued by Dud-
ley E. Waters and Paul H. King, re-
ceivers OF the Pere Marquette Rail-
road Co.. In connection with their
campaign for restoration OF the old
passenger rates. or at least to secure
. rate higher than the present two
cent fare. Their statistics show that
In the period from Jan. ], 1900. TO
June 80. 1904, the income account &C
cumuiated q surplus Of $4.l46.S22.SS.
while In the period from July l. 1904.
to June 30. 1914, deficit OF $12.s76.-
343.40 was created. The receivers
declare that II the old rates had pre-
vailed during the last named period
there would have been q surplus OF
t13,293, 636.4o instead Of deficit OF
nearly that amount.
Other tables showed marked
decreases In freight and passenger
rates since 1898. and the receivers In
this connection state that 1.-THE figures
shown clearly prove that the Pere
Marquette problem as II exists at
present IN not an operating one. but
Is one which can be solved only by q
very material increase In rates"
Other factors In the losses Of the
Pere Marquette have been the change
In the character Of tonnage carried
and the constant decrease In the vol
ume OF products Of the forests trans
ported. This change. II is shown. re-
suited in bringing the average rate
per ton mile down from approximate
~ nine mills to six mills since 1888.
I'm other words" say the receivers.
through these economic changes, we
have to handle more tonnage OF q
lower class to obtain the same amount
OF revenue. On the other hand. the
cost OF handling this increased ton
mage has been enormous because OF
the necessity OF hiring more men, buy
ing more materials. and the advances
I'm wages In addition to the increased
cost OF the materials and supplies
These things. coupled
with others. such a. the arbitrary re-
duction Of the passenger fare In 1907
and the compulsory handling Of the
". 8. mail at less than cost, has so
reduced the margin between income
and outgo AZ to bankrupt the prop.
erty.'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11
COPPER MINES
INCREASE WAGES
Betterment of Metal Market
Causes Several Calumet Shafts
To Raise Mems Pay

CALUMET. Mich. Feb. 1i.--(Spe-
cial.) NEARLY 1000 miners employed
by the osceola and Centennial mines
of the Calumet q Hecla group and
the Wolverine and Mohawk Of the
Station group. win benefit from wage
increases Of from ave to 10 per cent
announced tonight. a. the result of q
betterment In the market for copper
because OF increased domestic de-
mand. and large orders from England
and France for metal for war pur-
poses. This leaves wages still 10
per cent below normal throughout the
district but with restoration Of the
old scale promised when the stability
OF the market can be established per-
manently.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11
SKULLS AND FEET FOUND
IN BAG IN RUBBISH PILE

Two human skulls. two feet. and q
hand found wrapped In an old bag.
In q rubbish pile 1t the rear Of No.
sat Beaubien-st-. caused slight furry
OF excitement wednesday afternoon,
when Isidore Rosenberger. q rag pick.
or, made the gruesome discovery.
A satchel bearing the name Of N.
r. A. Easton. found near BY. contain
ed some clothing. Easton. who con-
Quoted Q Negro mission at No. ISL
Beaubien-st.. died few days ago.
Coroner Rothacher decided that the
bones had been knocking around for
at least rs years. and does not see
any connection between the old bones
and the satchel.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11
D HIT Two Are Confirmed In
Executive Session Wednes-
day Afternoon
lRKHART HOLDS UP
OWN CONFIRMATION
elIeved Hopes To- Benefit By
lGorfsrd Bin, II That Measure
ID Pressed
From q gtolr Corresp ondeni.

LANSING. Mich. Feb, 11.-All but
s Two OF Gov. Ferris appointments were
Connrmsd in an executive session of
me senate Wednesday afternoon.
The name OF DR.. q. s. Ktnsman,
( whom the governor placed y on the
1tnte board OF registration in medi-
cine, was held up on the request Of
Denator John A. Damon, OF Mt.
/ Pleasant, who declared That he wished
- Investigate certain reports about
The physician. rJssss
Dr. John L. Burkhart. secretary Of
the state board OF Health. was held
~ q his own request.
There 10 an Interesting tale In con-
nsction with sDr: Burkhart's with
drawal of his own name. inasmuch as
NJ bill was introduced "wednesday aft.
4 ernoon By Senator J. Lee Morford. OF
Gaylord, which lakes the power OF
4 appointing the secretary Of the state
board Of health away from the gov
Sernor and c0nfers II upon the mem
bers Of the board and, at the same
kIN1cs I0Cr04So8 Luo 8aIhfy OA TIC boC-
rotary 70 $4,000 . year. II is be-
1ieved that Dr.. Burkhart held up his
own continuation IN order that he
Enieht be In position to enjoy, the
Heueflts conferred by the bill II II Is
<bassed. II II II defeated, DR.. Burk-
hart's name Is still before the senate
md may be brought out for connrma-
Hon at any time during the session.
5 q Appointment by the state board
|6f health, which will be Democratic
'1ong aft6r Gov. Ferris term Is up,
would longthen DR.. Burkhart's term
materially, inasmnch as he would TO
|<lro nom once In March, 1917. II APP
Itointo6 W the governor.
Dep. William r. Jerome. leader
- health legislation during the pres
mt torm, introduced two more OF his
1T measures wednesday. One pro-
VI1oo that four members Of the state
Ihoard Of health shall be physicians.
1hlle the other makes q perpetual
MANUAL appropriation Of $4,000, to
ineet the boards expenses.
BALLENGER.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11
'$l,OOO,OOO,OOO
.PAIDTO FARMERS
FOR WHEAT CROP
Twice the Amount Paid Grow
ers in 1913 viii Be Distribut-
ed. Is Claim
PRODUCERS GET BULK
OF ENORMOUS ADVANCE
Law of Averages Entirely Up
set By Unprecedented Boom
Following War

CHICAGO, Feb. lone billion
dollars. and more. win have been
poured into the strong boxes OF farm
ers or the country when all the 1914
wheat crop is sold. This was the
estimate given today by b. w. Snow
expert grain statistician. Of Bartlett.
Frazier Co., to the United Press.
The enormous sum which grain rails
ers are getting today for their wheat
will total a sum nearly twice az much
as the 00.000, 900 and more which
they received for their wheat in 1913.
according to expert Shows compila.
ton.
The price OF wheat on Dec. II
always taken as q general average
of wheat prices for the year. Seven
ty-nine cents was the price on Dec.
1, 1918, on the farms. There were
763, 3SO, 900 bushels OF wheat raised
In 1918. Because OF the sensational
and record-breaking advances OF
wheat prices since the outbreak OF
the war, and since Jan. 1, 1915, esps-
ciaIly, the average for 1914. Snow ex-
planned. cannot be judged by the Dec.
1 last price, which was 9s.6 cents per
bushel on the farms.
sAt the time Of harvest In 1914, In
the face OF the largest wheat crop
ever grown" said Snow, "the price
of wheat declined. The first sales
made from the threshing machine
ranged around so to 20 cents per
bushel. Following the outbreak OF
the European war. prices began to
advance Immediately. The first real
OF crops were made at 81
per bushel. This was far above nor
NAL for many years. A great deal,
In fact. q majority of the 69I,000.000
bushels already sold, have brought to
the farmer $1.40 and more for every
bushel. Farmers today are getting
much more than this.
"The usual rule il that wheat does
not begin to advance In price until
after the bulk Of the crop has left
the hands Of the farmer. In 1914 the
direct opposite was the case. The
great benefit OF the advance, I'M
has gone to the men who
actually produced the wheat, while
the amount OF tolls taken by the mid
ileman Is relatively much less than
usual"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11
POTATO RIOTS in
BERLIN, IS CLAIM
Crowds Mob Municipal Market
When Supply is Exhausted,
Story

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE Copen-
hagen correspondent OF the Exchange
Telegraph company wires that serious
ricts took place In the potato mar
kets in Berlin yesterday. The police
were required to take stern measures
to suppress the disorder, The mu-
nicipal market was closed. the cor
respondent says, at IL O'Clock In the
forenoon because the supply Was ex-
hausted.
Fighting crowds stormed the shops,
demanding potatoes and shouting
.where can We get potatoes" Tho
police finally. with diniculty. managed
to restore order.
Orders nave been issued to all Of
the hxeweries TO reduce their output.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11
TO MAKE PUBLIC
TEXT OF TWO US.
NOTES TODAY
Missive To Britain Expostulates
Against Too Frequent Use Of
Flag on British Ships
GERMANY ASKED TO
- SAFEGUARD NEUTRALS
Is Warned That Sinking Of
81 American Ships viii Not
Be Overlooked

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE state
department announced that II would
probably make public today the text
or general outline or this govern
ment's notes to Great Britain and
Germany. -
These notes. forwarded over night.
were withheld :, through diplomatic
courtesy until received In the foreign
capitals.
Meantime, = however. II became
known that the English note@sought
to prevent too frequent use OF the
American nag aboard British vessels.
The German notes purpose was to
ascertain what protection Germany
viii guarantee American commerce
I'm her proposed war zones. II was
generally considered the ground work
for Q real protest should Germany
fail TO guarantee desired safety meas
ures. -%ta a-
This government IL understood. too.
to have warned Germany that de-
struction OF. American commerce or
lives without following the usual
course applied to neutral merchant
vessels I'm time of war would be con-
sidered a serious step. .. ..-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11
AGED WOMAN DISAPPEARS
FROM HOTEL CADILLAC

Mr.. u p. RawSon. 70 years old, OF
sroys n. y. whiting It the Hotel
Qalillac with her nephew. n. A. Raw
~. ~ Leroy. since wednesday. dis
DDeGred from the hotel 1t 2 o'clock
huzsday morning and her nephew
1Dpealed to the police to make thor.
rngh search for her.
When she disappeared she took 500
|vottk Of travellers checks with her.
m. Rawson says he II entirely un-
z ne to account for her disappearance.
NE says she slipped away from her
|Eocm and quietly LEFT the hotel.
b 0he wore . black velvet dress and
|Do1vot coat. She Is described as i've
let four inches tall. weighing lilo
Dounds, with brown hair, MIXED with
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11
CAR JUMPS TRACK;
LONE PASSENGER INJURED

Speeding toward the city at 1878
o'clock, Thursday morning. Fort-st.
car, with only one passenger and the
crew on board, "split the switch" at
Fort-st. and wocdmere-ave, left the
rails and crashed into trolley pole
after running for nearly block: then
turned over on the sidewalk In front
OF the woodmere pharmacy.
Owen Conroy, Of No. 355 McKin-
stry-ave., the only passenger on board
the car, was bruised and shaken up
but not badly injured.
The motorman. r.. @. Hall. leaped
from the vestibule as the car Jumped
the track. and escaped injury. though
the vestibule was crushed In when
the car collided with the pole.
The conductor also escaped injury.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11

that matter-any serious break In In
side Democratic circles. circumstantial
evidence points strongly In that direc-
ton. And the entire source Of dis
content lies In the distribution OF
pap"
To begin with. Wood, Shields and
Ferris worked as one man IN keeping
federal Jobs away from original VII
son men. Their efforts were crowned
with fair degree Of success. but with
success came the fatal break. HI. ID.
Finley, OF Howell, was Shields can
didate for United States marshal The
governor. however, wanted Henry
Bshrendt, Of Lansing. put In that
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11

OLA, Kan. Feb. Is--Despite his
1114 Il II. 0orrsIl, q hunter and
~, marketed e126 worth OF furs
d vhen ~ returned from his camp
~ <ho<n Iowa. He began making
~ 20 return 1t once -
- winter. Fresh air. clean
~ go Dlenty Of water" he
~ 40 nan win live to en-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11

Oh Winner who has q very flne
~ Of hie own. has become the
Deeotio0 of the Silent people" of
~ York. end through his influence
~ work 81 the New York League
- he Hard Of Hearing has received
1ueh1ee6ed impetus.
4 - Me now play. "The Silent Voice"
III oS>or Appears 90 deaf musician
- roUains lost faith in humanity
~ - learns the lip-languase. The
~ doof people Of New York are
IS holds - much hope for them.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11

To Cure Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money II
Il fails to cure. q. w. GROVES sig
nature n on each box. 25c.--Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11

ton counsel. refused TO submit the
ssvsn-man board act to the voters
last fall.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-11

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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18

here, and to enumerate them would be merely
copying the index of a seed catalog. On account
of the newness of our soil, our vegetables are not
afflicted with the diseases common to the older
settled states, but they come out of the ground
smooth of surface and crisp of substance. A
small garden plot on a farm will yield more than
a, large family can consume, and produce markets
will soon be able to take care of the surplus that
is raised.
In fruits we might mention the strawberry,
raspberry, gooseberry currants, crab apples, etc.
Hardy apples do we'll here, but as yet there has
not been a serious effort made to grow them.
A small patch of strawberries will surprise the
most optimistic horticulturist, and many of our
people raise enough of this luscious fruit to sup
ply their tables for the year, and still bring some
to market. AS is the case with the vegetables
raised here the small fruits are large in size and
fine in flavor, and there is no good reason why
this county should not produce small fruit enough
for their own wants.
It has been said that any country that can
ripen tomatoes is a good country for all kinds Of
vegetables, and if this saying is true then Bot
tineau County is a good county, for tomatoes RI
pen here and are exceptionally good in every way.
Several varieties of plum and cherry trees
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18

AS a general statement Bottineau County
can successfully grow and mature any grain crop
that can be grown in the temperate zone. This
may sound broad to the unthinking, but there
are many reasons why this is true. Chief am
ong the reasons is the large amount of sunshine
that we have during the growing season. Our
days are longer, and our nights shorter than in
any of the states south of us. The soil thus
has a better chance to become warm during the
daytime, and the heat is sufficient to keep the
soil at the right temperature during the nights.
North Dakota has much more sunshine during
the summer months than any of the central
states. In fact one of the states nicknames
reads THE Sunshine State" Then, there is am
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18

is in itself, ample proof that tame grasses and
other forage crops do equally we'll. So it is, that
today nearly all of the tame grasses can be found
in profusion throughout the county. Timothy,
clover, rye grass, millet, bronze grass, and even
blue grass abound here, but these crops will be
treated in separate paragraphs, owing to their
The stockraiser has a right to inquire about
forage crops, and we are more than glad to make
the assertion that there is no spot on Gods foot
stool where there is so little chance of there be-
ing shortage of feed for stock. Even in the
years when part of the northwest suffered, there
was little or no complaint about the shortage of
feed in this county, and the stock came through
in fine condition. This was not the case in some
of the western states, and instances could be cit
ed where whole states were confronted with fam
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18

native grasses provided the very best provender
in plenty. Later the cattle men anne to this
region and their immense herds were never known
to want for pasturage. Even today many of our
people are reluctant to pillow up the prairie for
the reason that the native grasses seem to be
what the live stock wants. On almost every
farm in the county, can be found a number of
acres of virgin pasture, that is kept intact for
the purpose named. Along the Mouse River bot
toms great hay meadows stretch as far as the eye
can reach, and the farmers owning these hay
meadows are to be envied.
The fact that native grasses do so we'll here
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18

inc, and the farmers there loaded up their stock
and brought them to Bottineau County, North
Dakota, and sold them at a good price.
The surplus hay always brings a good price
on the market, whether for consumption in the
various cities and towns in the county, or it is
shipped to less fortunate states. With the pro-
duction Of corn and alfalfa in this county there
could not be a feed famine, and the new settler
does not need to worry in the least over the pos
sible scarcity Of feed. There is an abundance,
and will be for a long time.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18

pie moisture during the growing months, and
plants generally grow rapidly, and mature safe
ly before the autumn frosts.
The principal crops raised here are, wheat,
oats, barley, rye, flax and corn, all of which give
excellent results when the same methods of farm
ing are applied as in the older states. Yields
of wheat have been known to run as high as AZ
bus. per acre, oats 100 bus. barley, 60 bus, and
other crops correspondingly high. With the pro-
per rotation of crops, and the keeping of live
stock on the farms these high averages can be
maintained.
Seed grains, as we'll as corn, potatoes, clover
and alfalfa, and various other grass seeds grown
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18
GRAIN CROPS IN BOTTINEAU CO.

are doing we'll in this country, and in a few short
years these kinds of trees will be plentiful, and
all our people may have the satisfaction of having
the fruit from them on their tables. With the
same care exercised in Bottineau County in the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18

in this latitude command high prices in the Sec
tons south of us, and there are great opportun-
tiles for the farmer specializing along this line.
VEGETABLE NJ FRUIT
At recent land shows in the east Bottineau
County made a distinct hit with the people on
account of the variety and quality of vegetables
exhibited at these shows. It appears that the
soil is particularly adapted to the growing of all
kinds of vegetables, and they grow to immense
size and are of the best possible flavor. There
does not seem to be any limit upon the varieties
that may be grown here, and many of our peo-
pie have a fine grade of watermelon alongside of
the humble turnip. There is scarcely any gar
den vegetable that is not successfully grown
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18

growing of small fruit that is necessary in the
central states, there is no doubt but that small
fruit here can be successfully grown and all local
market demands supplied.
It might be further stated that various ber-
ries and small fruits are native in this region. We
have the native wild raspberries, black currants,
strawberries, choke and pincherries, highbush
cranberries, saskatoons and wild plums.
FORAGE CROPS
From the very nature of things this part of
North Dakota grows the very best forage crops.
In the early days the buffalo roamed these prai-
ries on account of the bountiful pasturage. The
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bile Bite babon.

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pieoer eiHrnaI .ein glitonlobiIitniaa
iiatt imo 81. 8. Wsdrtinoale, Der OIL.
eebIid) an Iain StraBe, ilobe Der 13.
Strnbe, pobiit, Iieat iitolse 6icies
linialls nit eiren Sh6beIbrud, IN
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iden Scipital 6drtiieocr.
Weartinbale befanb fid suiammsn
NIT Or. 6. asnnebp In einem Muios
mobil auf bsr 6eimfabrt bon plains
rifle mad Cincinnati. dls jis BON sintm
anberen Rraftpagen, in BEN ii4 fiinf
perionsn bsfanbsn, an Der pIainDifie
qlile anaerannt ipurben. Die 2olliiion
erfolate NIT iol6er geipnli, bab bsr
arditipagen. in tptI&tm Ii4 Dr. Rem.
uebn unb Ulartinbals bsfanbsn. urnsss
iporfsn tpurbt, nobel Wartinbale aui
bic 2anbhrabe iiiirats. Der Wtruns
gfiidis tpIrbe bon Or. aennsbp nan
bem itdotifden Sofpihnl sebrant, iDo
bic Merste fsintn 9uitanb fiir is4r Be,
benili6 erflGrtsn.
Sb bon ben SnfaiIen bes anbersn
9rnftpaqtns Ssmdnb perIebt ipurbs.
lonnts iovtit nidt IN Grfabruns &c,
traht ipsrbsn.
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0eridiebenes ausSysesifo .
aHes 9efistbum Der Gas
miIie Mabero pon gart
ranaa tonfts3irt.

gI pa o, Ser. /. Nopember.
asute, bic bon 9orrson anseiommen
iinb, iiberbrinsen bic gaadridt, bab
am Samitas eine 5000 Wann itarts
qbtbeiIuns bon Garran3a. Sruppen
BEL Gan garlps BON einer pisl itdrs
teren 9lbtbeiluns bon @illas saruppen
geifIdsen lporben lei.
Wie bic 2euie iagen, bate General
Sbreson feline 1ruppen ausseihtdt,
Tim eine Teiner 2lniitt na9 iIeine Ibs
tbeilung bon las5ruppen BON Der
na9 Durango fiibrsnSen 8abnIinis
gu pertreiben, fis itieben aber auf eint
5000 Wann itarte grisabe. Die gars
ranaas9ruppen isbrten nit % nit
8erpurtssieH iongefiiaten Wasgous
5uriid.
Die aeuie iaeen aud, bab bas Be-
Iibtbum Der Wabero 5amiIis in bem
BON garranaa bsbsrrIaten Gebitt
tonfis5irt iporben iei. Gilbert Blair,
bem OeripaIter bts Wlaoero'f4en Be-
fises, purb. befoblsu, inn.rbalb bon
"a Stunbsn 9orreon su p.rloHen. er
tpeiserte Ii4 abr, iit auf iein britis
I9es 9iirssrrett 6sr,tfsnb, bic Stabt
su psrlaFen, unb bat iia an bic britt
f4e gotiaaft in Mafbinstou setpen'
bet.
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ben iein, neil bic WabsrOs ben 9ene'
raj 9iaa unteriiiibt 9abn. ale Wit'
slieSer Der syamiIis, NIT aIIeiniser
ausnabme bon SuIip WaSsro. einem
fruber.n Dber't TN Stabe bes 0ent'
rails Sbreson, iiHb aus MsgisO aus'
seipieien porbeu.