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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-26

telephone engineer, who got sou a
day for 100 days validating the au-
tomato phone system for the city
council gas-Oil committee, was a wit
ness before state utilities comm to-
day. Answering questions of Fayette
Munro, attorney for Public Owner
ship league, he gave these figures on
what the automatic phone system is
worth:
Reproduction cost, or what any
body would have to pay out if they
wanted to build another system like
it, $4,5O8,219.
Junk value or what you could sell
it for as scrap, $949,689.
Value to the Chicago Telephone
Co., $1,141, 594
After looking over these figures,
Munro asked Miller who it was that
advised Banker Charlie Dawes and
Banker Dave Forgan to issue
S4,00O,000 of receivers notes to push
the automatic in a business way.
Miller said he didn't know, but it
was reported an engineer, B. c.
Groh, gave the advice on which this
big money plunge was taken by the
bankers.
The Los Angeles automatic phone
system is a go and a winner, Miller
testified, even though it has a pow
erfUl manual system to compete
with.
@. If an automatic system is once
successfully established can it be OPP
Grated cheaper than the manual
system?
A. l wouldn't want to answer that
until I had made a study in a large
way.
@. Do you agree with the showing
of Former Public Service COm'r
Montague Ferry that inteT-connect-
ing service between manual and
automatic systems is practicable?
A. It is quite feasible technically.
NJ oil c1,oCtiODc IN yybo+ &c +bo
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-26

league and one Of the organizers of
the Public Ownership league, and
Montague Ferry.
-O-O-
MERELY COMMENT
The worlds greatest newstraitor
is still snarling and barking at the
heels of the president.
Kick back, Woodrow Hit 'em a
swift kick in the face.
Senator Ham. Lewis says he will
decide whether he will permit the
confirmation of CHS new post
master
Lord love US, how we apples
swimw
Hams head is so sweIIed he has
to reach out with a garden rake to
scratch it,
BY the way, why doesn't Willie
Hearst invade and pacify Mexico all
by himself?
It's his ranch, not Uncle Sans.
That flood of kilograms to WASH
ington might have been more effec-
tiVe,if not so well organized.
1t was oVerdone. Too much ma
chineTy.
But it was nuts for the telegraph
companies.
The bIoodthirsty gringos who want
an army to go kill Mexicans are not
efficiency experts.
Let 'em alone and the Mex will kill
one another.
Prominent Methodist ministers
join in argument that rule against
members dancing should be abol-
ished.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-26

Prominent Methodist ministers
join in argument that rule against
members dancing should be abol-
ished. sd.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16

this time, and, in common with every
man on the staff, not excepting the
staff's chief, would have fought for
her in any cause.
Brouillard nodded. II don't know
what Harding did, but Smith, the Tri.
angle-Circle foreman, tells me that
Steve was on the warpath; he told
Harding when he left, last summer,
that If he ever came back to Niquoia,
he'd come to stay-and stay dead"
Il never did like Harding any too
WE'LL" was the photographers defini-
tive comment, and Brouillard went
back to the matter Of the mornings
seance and its golden outcome.
"That is only little side ISSUE
Steve Massingale came to me this
morning with proposal that was
about as cold-blooded as slap In the
face. Naturally, for good business rea-
sons of their own, the Massingales
want to SEQ the railroad built over
War Arrow pass into the Niquoia. In
some way Steve has found out that
l stand pretty well with President
Ford and the Pacific Southwestern
people. His first break was to offer
to incorporate the Little Susan and
to give me block of the stock II I'd
pull Ford's leg on the extension prop
osition."
''Well?" queried Grislow.
Exactly. You can imagine what
told him. Then he began to bully and
pulled the club on me-"
Again Grislow's smile was jocose.
well, when l turned him down.
young Massingale began to bluster
and to say that I'd have TO boost the
railroad deal, whether ! wanted to or
not. told him he couldn't prove 1t,
and he said he would show mo. II I'd
take half an hours walk up the vallAg
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16
CHAPTER VI &,
A Fire of Little Sticks

Two days after the arrival OF the
letter from Washington announcing
the approaching invasion Of private
capital, Brouillard, returning from
horseback trip to the Buckskin, where
Arson and Griffith were setting grade
stakes for the canal diggers, found
visitor awaiting him in the camp mead
quarters Office.
One glance at the thick-Dodfed,
heavy-faced man chewing an extinct
cigar while he made himself comfort
able in the only approach to a loung-
ing chair that the Office afforded was
sufficient to awaken an alert antago-
nism. The big man introduced him
self without taking the trouble u get
out Of his chair.
MY name u Hosford, and ! repre-
seut tAe NiQuoiA Improvement COM
pAny = ~ manager and resident -
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16
USE SWEET CLOVER
FOR GREEN MANURE
Because of Its Rank Growth Lee
gume Is in High Favor = Re-
stores Fertility.

While sweet clover can be grown
rs substitute for red clover and gen.
orally furnishes more feed per acre,
the most valuable use of the legume
is for green manuring, according to
F. w. Stemple of the farm crops de-
partment, Ohio state university. Be-
cause Of its rank growth it is in high
favor as green manure. The roots
are large and aerate the soil in =
greater degree than either alfalfa or
clover. Those who have grown corn
after both, sweet clover and alfalfa.
claim that the former contributes
more to the fertility than does the al
falfa. 1t is claimed that sweet clover
seeded with oats makes q satisfactory
growth after the oats are harvested
and will produce the following year
green manure equivalent to - tons OF
bArnyard manure. It IL especially vaL
liable for restoring the fertility ON hIlk
sidon.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16
By FRANCIS LYNDE


mapping pen on his thumb nail. ecu
rious that this particular fly should
drop into your pot Of ointment or
your birthday, wasn't it?" he re
marked.
20 suffering Jehu!" gritted Brouil
lard ragefully. Are you never going
to forget that senseless bit of twad
dle?"
You re- not giving me chance to
forget it," said the mapmaker soberly
"You told me that night that the
seven-year characteristic was change;
and you're a changed man, Victor, il
ever there was one. Moreover, it be-
gan that very night-or the next morn
ing"
Brouillard laughed.
"All of which is bad enough, you'd
say, Murray; but it isn't the worst of
it. I've just run up against another
thing that is threatening to raise
merry hell in this valley"
IT know" said the photographer
slowly. you've been having a seance
with Steve Massiugale. Leshington
told me about it."
"What did he tell your" Brouillard
demanded half angrily.
ooh, nothing much; nothing to make
you hot at him. He said he gathered
the notion that the young sorehead
was trying to bully you.'
"He was" was the brittle admission.
"See here, Grizzly"
The thing to be seen was a small
buckskin bag which, when opened,
gave up a paper packet folded like
medicine powder. The paper contained
a spoonful of dust and pellets of metal
of a dull yellow luster.
The photographer drew long
breath and fingered the nuggets.
"Gold-placer gold" he exclaimed,
and Brouillard nodded and went on to
tell how he had come by the bag and
its contents.
"Massingale had an az to grind, of
course. You may remember that
talked loosely about the Mas
singale opposition to the building of
the dam. There was nothing in it.
The opposition was purely personal.
and it was directed against Harding
with Amy Massingale for the
exciting cause"
THAT girl?-the elemental brute!"
Grislow broke in warmly. He knew
The miners daughter fairly we'll by
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The revolution that was effected In
the life of an entire county by coop
erative demonstration work is de-
scribed in an article in the new Year
book of the department Of agriculture
published under the title of How the
Whole County Demonstrated" In
Christian county, Kentucky, a bust
ness mems association was formed
four years ago for the development
of the resources of the county. There
had been other organizations of the
sort before, but these were interested
chiefly in attempts to secure factories
and other industries for the county.
chiefly to agriculture. One of its first
steps was to secure funds with which.
in cooperation with the United States
department of agriculture, to pay the
salary of a county agent. Later, when
the agricultural extension act became
effective, the county agent was recog-
nized as the representative of the col
lege of agriculture of the State Univer-
sity of Kentucky and of the United
States department of agriculture.
The first agent appointed began
work in July, 1912. Since that time IS
community clubs with 700 members
have been formed, good roads asso-
citation is responsible for the farmers
owning ESQ split log drags with which
400 miles of road are kept in good con-
dition, new crops have been intro
duced, the yields Of the old ones in
creased, demonstration farms have
been established, dairying and the
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16

in Christian County, Ky.
| feeding of beef cattle promoted, hog
| cholera effectively controlled and a
wider market for farm products Sc
| cured.
| The farmers were not at first very
| cordial toward what was to this coun-
| ty an innovation. The whole move
ment was described by one as "abso-
| lutte foolishness." With the assistance
| of the progressive men who conducted
demonstrations on their own farms,
| this attitude was gradually overcome.
One of the first acts of the county
agent was to form little community or
CARNATIONS, which were used to pro-
mote all kinds of educational work re-
lating to agriculture. Whole families
belonged to these clubs and their num-
Der gradually grew as their usefulness
became apparent. Today there are
Is such clubs with total member
ship of more than 700.
The next step was the organization
of good roads association in which
the business men of the county seat
took a prominent part. They gave
barb ecue to the farmers of the coun-
ty, succeeded in obtaining funds for
the purchase of split log drags which
were given to the farmers cooperating
with them, and turned out to work on
the highways when good roads day"
was proclaimed by the governor. On
one of the principal roads, it is said, |
at least 80 per cent Of the workmen on |
that day were city men.
In dealing with strictly agricultural |
problems, the county agent was equally |
successful. When he assumed office
the county did not produce enough |
corn to supply its own needs and the
average yield per acre was only a
trifie over "a bushels. In 1913 the
demonstrators who had adopted this
method of cultivation in every COM
throughout the county secured
IN average yield OF 1873 bushels per
acre. The next year they averaged
10 bushels. The lesson of these dem
Dnstrations was learned SO thoroughly
by one section of the county that in
stead Of importing 40 carloads Of corn
last year, as had been the custom, 1t
exported eight carloads.
In the opinion of many persons, how
sver, perhaps the greatest accomplish
nent of the agent in crop demonstra-
ions was the introduction OF crimson
clover for the Improvement of the
and ard as cover crop. In 1918, $50
lcres were sown in crimson clover In
on various farms. In
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16
SYNOPSIS.

Broullard, chief engineer of the Niquoia
irrigation dam. goes out from camp to
automobile party camped at the canyon
portal He meets ]. Wesley Cartwright
and his daughter Genevieve, of the auto
party and explains the reclamation work
to them. Cartwright sees in the project
big chance to make money. Brouiliard
Is impervious to hints from the financier,
who tells Genevieve that the engineer
"Will come down and hook himself If the
bait is we'll covered"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16

4 1915 the total acreage in the county
was 1900, whole neighborhoods hav.
| ing sown it very generally. The value
| of lining in the production of red
clover was also demonstrated and
| practically all farms in the county are
now able to grow the crop successful
ly, whereas in former years failures
had been very general
Another important innovation was
the introduction of barley. This crop
was desirable for a number of reasons,
but chiefly because in Christian coun-
wheat, furnishes more grazing, makes
possible a second crop of corn, beans,
peas, ETC., and gives better distribu-
ton of labor. The census of 1910,
however, showed that only ten acres
of barley were grown in the county. In
1913 ESQ acres we're sown in demon
STATIONS in various localities. In 1915
there were 1000 acres in barley in the
county. With tobacco, the chief cash
crop of the county, demonstrators pro-
duced an average yield of more than
twice that of the county. In these DEM
onstrations the object was to increase
the profit in the production of tobacco
by readjusting farm practices in order
to equalize the labor load. produce
home supplies, maintain g. il fertility
and have a number of othei cash prod
ucts for sale.
The control of hog cholera is per-
haps an even more striking example
of the effectiveness of community Or
ganization. In 1912 careful survey
showed that the losses from this cause
in the county were S225,000. The
county agent arranged with IL doctors
to inoculate hogs free of charge, and
with the state farm plant at Lexington
to supply serum in the required guam
titles. Farmers were then asked to
report all cases of sick hogs to the
president of each local farmers club.
He arranged for prompt incubation of
the hogs and disinfection of the
premises. By this method of procedure
the disease has been brought under
absolute control in three years. From
1926, 900 in 1912 the loss was reduced
to $1,000 in 1914. There are now more
hogs in the county than ever before in
its history.
The cattle industry also has been
promoted. In 1912 there were only $50
beef cattle fed in the county. In or
der to arouse a greater interest in this
important branch Of agriculture, the
county agent took a party Of repre-
sentative farmers to a nearby county
where they had an opportunity to
study feeding methods. AS result
Of this trip, there were 1900 beef cat
lie fed in 1915, and the number of
purebred cows in the county has risen
from 10 in 1912 to 100 in 1915.
Demonstration work of this kind in
practical agriculture has been accom-
panied by corresponding increase in
he activity of various organizations
or local betterment. For example,
here are today 10 social clubs which
meet regularly in the county, Is par
nt-teachers' and mothers clubs and
very school in the county has some
orm of community meeting. A fair
ssociation has been formed, a public
brary and hospital built and instruc-
ion in hygiene introduced into the
chools. In 1915 several hundred
armers from other Kentucky counties
listed Christian county to inspect the
Tork of the last three years. Farm
rs and business men united TO wei
ome the visitors.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16

Do you believe there is as
much grating going on among
our government officials, in
Guiding congressman, as muck
raking critics have frequently
charged? Who's to blame in
this story?
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16

How will BroulIlard get rid Of
Hosford, who seems bent on
making trouble? Or will he oct
rid Of him at allf
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-06-16

GRO BE EoNIINuED.)
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-08-05
RABIES PRACTICALLY K-
TERMINATED IN HUMBOLDT

For the past month coyotes have
been coming down from the hills to
the hay fields of the river valleys. to
catch mice, bringing their pups with
them. AS a result hunting and trap
ping these animals has been good.
Messrs. Sans and Piper, of the gov
eminent biological survey, who have
charge of the rabid coyote situation,
with headquarters here, state that
during last month the 29 government
trappers in Humboldt county caught
264 coyotes. Not a single one as af-
feeted with rabies, and there has been
but one case of this disease reported
during the past three months.
While the rabies is practically ex-
terminated in northern Nevada, it has
worked south to new territory, where
the coyotes have not been hunted, and
as a result goodly portion of the
government force has been sent into
southern White Pine, northern Nye
and Mineral counties, where the dis
ease has made its appearance among
the coyotes. Several cases have also
been reported from the Mono national
forest, in California.
Messrs. Sans and Piper express the
opinion that by the time cold weather
sets in a coyote will be a rarity in
northern Nevada.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-08-05
QtRA KIMBALl YOUNG
MONDAY NIGHTS FEATURE

The World Film Corporation S
grandest Clara Kimball Young pic
ture. and one that bids fair o outdo
both "Trilby" and Camille has just
been completed in Havana and Santi-
ago, Cuba, where Albert Clpeilani,
who directed Victor Hugo's LES Mis-
erables," has had an entire company
for months All the scenes in ibis
great picture of life and love in the
Latin lands are most picture sque and
seething with the atmosphere OF the
fair Cuban isle This picture, which
will be the feature shown at the Nike n
opera house next Monday night. is
THE Feast of Life" written by Fran
ces Marion.
Aurora Fernandez, a poor 'uban
girl, is persuaded against her will to
become betrothed to Don Armada, a
wealthy Cuban. She loves Pedro, a
young fisherman, who lives VITA D;s
uncle. Father Ventura. and his sister,
Celida, who has been secretly steal
ing to Don Armada's s villa, but IS cast
off by him on his engagement to Al
rora. Longing for a sight If Pelro,
Aurora, disguised as a dancing girl,
goes tn an inn where Pedro 'o,Nes
with other fishermen for a nights Te,-
elry. He does not recognize aer as r)s
Lady of the Lily" as he calls 1cr,
but falls victim to the charms If the
Dancing girl.
Celida, dying of a broken heart,
eonfesses to Pedro and Father Ven
tura, and Pedro. TO avenge Celida,
summons all the fishermen in the viii
lage and leads them against Armada,
in whose villa the wedding feast is
being held. The guests fly in terror
and Armada is wounded. Aurora alone
remains undaunted. and Pedro, find
ing her, recognizes not only his love
of the tavern, but Aurora, and that
she is the wife of Armada.
Notwithstanding her pleadings not
to kill her husband, he is about to
strike when he sees that Don Armada
is blind. This awakens his pity and
he leaves the house. Don Armada has
an operation performed on his eyes
which proves successful, but the ply
sicians warn him that any shock may
result in blindness for life. Aurora,
in the meantime. has been carrying on
clandestine meetings with Pedro, and
Armada, hoping to find out who Au-
roras lover is. tells her that the OPP
GRAFTON has been a failure He inter
cepts note from Pedro and locking
Aurora in her room, stabs Pedro. He
then returns to Aurora and she dis
covers that he has tricked her. He
tells her what he has done. but the
shock kills him. Aurora escapes and
finds Pedro still alive. She takes him
home, where she watches over him,
and the crisis over. the lovers are re-
united
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-08-05
DEM0RATI( CONGRESS
CHARGED With UNFAIRNfSS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Charges
of gross discrimination by the Demo-
cratic Congress against certain muni-
tions manufacturers have been laid
before the committee on finance of the
United States Senate by Andrew G..
Gray, of Wilmington. Delaware. Mr..
Gray, former encouragement of Del
aware, and twenty other men from
Wilmington, representing the cham
ber of commerce of that city, spoke
for the manufacturers of gunpowder
and explosives located in Delaware
and New Jersey. The proposed bill.
whose idea is to make up the loss in
tariff revenue, due to tariff tinkering,
is regarded as another example OF
Democratic bungled legislation.
The charge brought before the COM
mittee was that out of more than
three billion dollars worth of mate
rial and provisions used in war" ex
ported from this country direct to the
war zone, the Democratic war revenue
bill proposes to tax only three classes
of munitions: ID copper; CD guns,
shells, loaded ammunition, etc.; .(3)
gunpowder or other explosives.
A formal statement giving the ma
terial and provisions used in wa" and
sent from this country direct to the
war zone, which go scot free of tax
under the Democratic bill, has been
filed with the committee. This in
cludes canned meats, army rations
of various kinds, shoes. stockings,
harness, saddles, blankets. kerosene,
gasoline. acids, alcohol, locomotives,
parts of submarines, rangefinders,
stamped metal, military equipment,
swords, bayonets, bromine and other
military gases, barbed wire and other
products of iron and steel, horses TO
the value of s12S.S72.00 and mules tn
the value of $31.1S6.000." None of
these will be taxed by the new bill.
The proposed tax, Mr. Gray said
would fall on thousands of individuals
scattered throughout the country,
who have purchased powder stock.
He estimated that the tax would be
equivalent to $3S for each share of
DUPONT Powder stock alone held by
anyone. He declared that the net pro-
fits of that company were already
heavily taxed. A new tax, he said
would mean double taxation.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-08-05
STRIKE FAVORED By 20
PER CENT RAILROAD MEN

While the strike vote of 100000 rail-
road employees was being counted in
New York every agency of the federal
government. affected by the situation,
was preparing to do all possible to
avert a final break between the rail-
roads and the workmen, says a press
dispatch of yesterday.
William NJ. Chamber, commissioner
of the board of mediation and concil-
iation, as in communication with
President Wilson during the day,
though board officials pointed out
that nothing of a formal character
could be done until the railroad rep
resentatives of the employees and
manager resumed negotiations next
week.
A call was issued for a meeting of
the senate committee this morning to
decide whether hearings will be held
on Chairman Newlands' resolution
proposing an investigation by the in
terstate commerce commission on
hours of labor on railroads Hours
of labor constitutes one of the chief
causes of the threatened strike.
The chamber of commerce of the
United States appealed to President
Wilson for federal intervention to pre-
vent strike. The chamber is consid-
ering calling a conference of repre-
sentatives of commercial organiza-
tons to impress on Congress the ne
cessity of taking similar steps.
The President late yesterday desig-
mated G. w. w. Hanger. assistant
commissioners of the board of media
ton and conciliation, as a member of
the board