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The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10
\ SERIOUS R,li.RoAp PROBLEM

"a Associated Press dispatch from
Chicago states that the Referendum
pu the cigh, hour work duv ,ul mlttFd
;u the Brotherhood ur Railway Train
u"n will not br completed hcfor"
Narch \. but an inspection Of the 40
uuO ballots received indicate an al.
most unanimous sentiment in favor
of the proposal. There seems me-
loubt that the vote will carry and
he demand will be- presented to the
railroads. II is almost equally GER
tain that Il will be- refused. and lf
30 the situation will be- one of the
most serious that has ever confronted
the country. The employees concerned
IN this demand include the engineers.
conductors, iiremcn and brakcmcn
numbering little over 100000. and
the movement would involve all the
railways Of the United States. II has
been reported that officers Of the
brotherhood have declared their in.
,cntion To decline 10 submit their de.
nands 10 arbitration. We are rcluct,
ant 10 believe this, although their di,
abstraction with the Chicago arbi.
ira:ion decision was not concealed.
liJt IL II he true, Il threatens a gem
cral strike that might tie up 100000
ui'cs or railroad and paralyyc n"
Industries and commerce Of the coun.
ry,
\ strike or this character aud mag.
nitudc would bc national calamity
and labor assumes u great rcsponsi-
hi'ity IN deciding upon the course Ia
10" taken by IL. Briefly the demand T.
for what IL termed u basic eight -houi
day and pay aud half for overtime.
This means tina, pay would bc based
upon eight hours instead Of upon ten
hours A. now, hut would not affect
the actual hours of service unless the
railroads could shorten the time uf
train runs proportionately. A train
crew must carry its train through To
the end Of the division, whatever the
time required. They cannot stop work
at u specified time, as a factory en-.
ploye can. Their day at present il
founded upon hundred miles or less.
or ten hours or less, according to the
length or time of the run. IL the run
" under 100 miles or consumes less
than ten hours they are paid for q
full day, and they may choose wheth.
er pay shall be upon time or dis
tancc. Tho railroads claim that aul
cight-hour basis would mean a wage
Increase Of sl00,000,0O0 a year. an
average of % per cent. With a large
proportion Of the railways in the
hands Of receivers, and most of the
remainder of them in hard lines, il
Is a serious problem that the rail
road interests of the country have Ia
solve.
The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10
Methodist Episcopal Church.

There were not 50 many present n
Sunday school as a week ago, and es-
pccially an absence of teachers. II
would be u great help If teacher
knowing that he or she will be absent,
would provide for n substitute. \
class soon runs down in attendance
when the teacher Is absent without
providing for some one to take the
place, Scholars soon become indlf-
fercnt.
Miss Edna Lukens has gone "a
Warrcnsburg TO finish her work in
the Normal school. She will he miss
ed in the work of the church, espcc-
tally In the Epworth League.
We are planning q series of meet,
ings for the summer, with Mrs. Rose
Potter Crist, of Denver, Colo, to as
sist.
Let there be a full attendance at al
of the services next Sunday. Remem,
bcr the injunction "Forsake not tn,
assembling Of yourselves together q,
the manner of some is,"
J. W. ANDERSON, Pastor.
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IN, I,ouhIc TaN Danger.

Constitutional requirements nav
made necessary from tn" hr,t ua'
of the republic 20 allow the fod'it
Government the right and the pfi"ri'.
of taxation IN C,r.ain ilc,dS. "
states have conceded this To- the ccl
t,nl government. not out Of dosit'
thn, The bcst should 10 70 the goNort
ttcut first. h.t bccaUs" there must T.
some sources from which the fcu"
al government H. tp derive lts rev
cuuC.
For the most part the revenue ne
r,.ury tu governmental support nav
been raised through tlc taiI and 'I'
,aN,. On liuuur-. Formerly almns, O.
revenue vH- raised uu Imports; 10
iny less. tNan 10 u,r cent of Il is o.
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The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10

transmission company only proposes
aud rSp",i. io furulsh the city cur
rent ~ .urn tlmcs H. II l. incnr'
v,nirpt or iwpo ,ihlc IIor any r'a "nl
for the rity to furnish it, own cur
rent. Certainly this looks like phil-
authruphy, hIt We credit these gen
tI,mon with a good stock of husin" +
aruWon. uud II the city light ant
Nutor revenues gradually dccllu"
from year to year and graduate into
their trpu.Nry, neither their honor "r
foresight could be- questioned, and the
responsibility would inevitably hav"
40 rest ON the city's officials who en-
tered iuto such a contract,
All members Of the present board
Of aldermen ar" IN perfect accord IN
this, ~ we'll a. all other important,
matters before them, and while they
have NJ inclination Ia act alone On
their Individual Judgment ~ matters
nf such importance, they viii, 50 long
n they are connected with the city
government. most assurcdly look u;
this and similar propositions. when
over they come properly before them,
in keeping with their oath of Office,
and with an eye single Ia the best in
tcrosts of the city and citizens.
All who are interested and want to
he correctly informed in regard 'o
municipal affairs can obtain such in
formation direct, and without any
bias or prejudice. by calling AT the
Office of the city clerk, Daniel kunkol,
Jr., and getting II from the records.
GEO. II. MURRAY.
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WORKING on TmE ARMY GlI.L,

With a subject of such universal
importance n the enlargement of III"
army and with such variety ni
opinion as the best way to surmount
the difficulties, there H. no certainty
that any plan reported by u commit
tee of the House or Senate viii be
adopted without amendment, But
there Is one outstanding, gratifying
feature about the work of the COM
mittees, the carncstnoss with which
the members have approached the
problem. The congressman viii not
he content with mere paper army.
They are trying to devise u plan
which will afford u mobile peace force
sufficient for our new conditions, with
outposts in Alaska, Hawaii and the
Philippines and with the Panama
Canal to protect, A large increase
Of the field artillery and a slight in
crease of the coast artillery above
the recommendation Of the war de-
partment and provision for more
commissioned officers from the de-
partment suggested have already
been agreed upon. Both committees
are also disposed to give the expert
'''h' w ''"Hi'S 'o''pH ''' ''''hehf
thorough trial.
The difficulties of federai2ing tn,
militia in fact as well as intention
are receiving serious consideration
Committeeman seem to realize that II
would be fatuous policy 10 delud,
the country into thinking il had q
great reserve force of trained soldiers
when the force would not be avail
able in time of need. There il to b,
no purely psychological preparedness
II congress can help il. The diilicul
ties are real. Military experts woul'
overcome them by resortlng 10 con
scription, but that is politically as i'm
possible as other schemes are mill
tary absurd. That congress sees tn,
situation clearly and is sncerel,
striving to meet il gives hope that I
practicable plan will be evolved, Tn,
one apparent danger of sham pre-
paredness has passed away.
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WHAT WILL ~ LEAD 10:

EDITORS, SENTlNEL;--SO many
pf our cI'iZ"us are asking the C1,A
council whu, kind Of u proposition ha.
been made for furnishing N" city
electric current. thnt II seems proper
the public should Law" the fact. 80
,Hr Hs they ARE hn"nu
II ha, been r"pur'od. t'n-o'"h ~"
news columns of the Sentinel, and
otherwise, that the unl",t ts tu s,p.
ply Cheaper electricity" and continu-
Gus or twonty-four hour service 4
being the desire Of the newly organic
od st. Joseph Transmission Company
Ia make connection with the munich
pal power plant at Forest City and to
sell the city Of Oregon ifOr prc N
both Oregon aud Forest IitND what
ever current We might lind il con-
| "vnicnt or desirable To use; the city
of Oregon bearing the expense of de
livciing the current Ia IT, patrons and
making collections therefore, at such
rates ~ would bc Justified.
No definite proposition has. as vet.
been made or submitted. but Mr.. VI.
H. Martin, one of the organizer of
the new corporation. has stated To the
council tina, definite proposition will
b" made during the present year
probably in about six months. and n
price made, which however IL would
he impossible to name at this time.
Mr.. Martin also stated and re-sta,
ed, NJ this same meeting of the coun-
ell, on February 3d, 1916, in reply "a
questions of Mr., Cook and myself
that "it would be impossible" for his
company "to make the city a price
rs low as the city can and does pro.
ducc the current in its own plant, ex.
ccpt between the hours of midnight
and five o'clock in the morning, Tow.
ing to there being practically no cur
rent used during these hours.")
II might be stated here that this
un-profitablc run-from midnight to
i've IN the morning has been discon.
tinued, and II will be practicable Ia
have substantially all day service.
Owing to the fact that we have q
very large investment in our munici,
pal plant, and can produce our cur,
rent as above stated, and for otbe,
reasons well known TO all member,
OF the council, and realizing as we dc
that the city plant is better cquippe,
and IN better running condition thar
ever before in its history, il does MOI
appeal to Us as being a good busines,
proposition to buy our current anG
let our plant stand idle, except fol
the short intervals required for neces
sary changes and repairs. II at som,
future time II shall close down (fol
any reasons) Of course, the revenue,
from this source will cease and ther
The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10
t,I.ITI AIRY.

Nina Mary M'y"r, nee Markt, was
horn iu i.ad"u, Germany, Jau,aiE ~,
1871, and can" 70 this country ~ IN"
age Of IL, with her parents. They
landvd IN New Orleans, March H.
1879. aud from there cam" direct tn
Oregon. Holt county, Mo. She was
united in marriage to Gottliob Meyer,
january -. 1867, who preceded her 20
the eternal home. February -, 1907,
This union was blessed with four
hoys-.onc died IN his 10Th year. In
lSGj she joined the German VI. u.
church, Of which she was faithful
member until the Lord called her
from the church militant unto the
church triumphant. She could say
Lord, | have loved the habltation
of thy house and the place where
thine honor dwcllcd." They that SOW
IN tears shall reap in joy, and in my
fathers house are many mansions.
Sister Meyer was "a consrcratcd chris
tian, well grounded in the religion of
Jesus Christ. In time of joy she sang
Psalms, and in the dark hours she
trusted the mighty arm that promi,-
ed never To leave her alone. She was
good and loving mother. who had
the welfare of her children at heart.
She made home pleasant for them,
and lived an exemplary life and
could say, "Children follow me as
follow the Lord Jesus, "and her efforts
were crowned with success to see
them active members of the church.
She was good ncighbor, loved and
respected by all. Her hospitality was
well known, her house was open to all
and all felt that they were welcome.
She will be- missed--thcre Is vacant
seat in the home and in the church.
Our loss is her gain. Knowing that
she could not stay with us much long
er, preparations were made for this
world and for the life to come.
She had no fear, death had no terror
for her, but she calmly waited for
the Lords coming TO take her home.
Her wish was granted, that she might
not suffer long and be burden. Her
death was peaceful, as one goes 10
sleep. She died March I'd. 1916, ut
o'clock p. m. She leaves to mourn
her demise three sons, DR.. Grant
Meyer, of Bern, Kansas; Wesley and
Christ. Meyer, of Oregon; and three
brothers and II grandchildren. and
many friends. Her memory will re-
main blessed.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. w. l.. Meyer, assisted by Rev. +.
c. Dissinger, and interment was at
NickelPs Grove, Sunday, March 5th.
W. l.. NJ.
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interest charge.

interest charge.
BY an agreeable coincidence at this
moment the senate has ratified the
treaty by which, for payment OF So
OOO. 200 to Nicaragua this country at-
ouires for all time the concession l"
construct an intcroccanic waterWey
by way Of Lake Nicaragua, VINO
adaptahilty for this purpose ma
been well knoNn for centuries. ne
House will dodhtlcss consent TO th'
nppropriation without delay. II iS
a reasonable SUM, and i free ir"N
the blackmail schemes that we're Ia
evidence in Colombia when the unltt'l
States took up the Panama entcrpii,r,
seriously. \ second American cana
in Nicaragua will not be too hu,n
for future commerce. Al all event g
il will place the opportunity where u
should be, and that is in American
hands.
The Monroe doctrine has some pow
crrul enemies in Europe. and iutur'
developments there are beyond IN
range of prediction. Disquieting r.,
mors about the Nicaragua route VIII
now come To an end.
The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10
Notice..

Beginning the first Of the year,
The SENTINEL decided to charge .
hslf.rate to churches, schools, and all
societies, for all locals and notices
published, where there Is a money
consideration made by the churches
schools, societies, etc. All OF the pa.
pers In the county have always
charged for this class Of matter, and
In Justice TO ourselves and our con-
tenn poraries, and on account OF the
increased cost Of all things entering
Into the production OF a newspaper,
we decided to adopt this course, and
It Is still In force.
The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10
Alfalfa Grows Well on Most Missouri
Soils.

Tests made by the Missouri Agri-
cultural Experiment Station and pub
lished in part in bulletins recently is
sued show that manure and inocula-
ton are the two necessary soil treat
ment for the successful production Of
alfalfa in Missouri, and that fire.
quently the use Of phosphates is adj
visable. incubation is generally
necessary on all soils that are not
overfowed. Some Missouri soils do
not need fertilizing, but most Of them
will respond to manure. Alfalfa Is
adapted to practically all Of Missouri
soils except the level prairies of the
northeast and southwest sections.-C.
B. Hutchison, Missouri College Of Ag-
riculture.
The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10

A nice restaurant and fixtures for
sale at reasonable price-will sell
at invoice price. Also have a barber
shop for sale. Both located in Forbes.
Call or address HARRY SIPES,
Forbes, Missouri.
The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10

Charles Boyle, of st. Joseph, and
Miss RADIO Davidson, Of Maitland,
were granted q marriage license In
st. Joseph, February 20.
The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10

The river is said to be cutting
badly at the Dave Hahn, Quick and
Perkins places, south Of Forest City.
The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to thank our neighbors
and friends for their love, sympathy
and help shown US in the time of
the sickness and death of our beloved
mother.
DIR. GRANT MEYER,
WESLEY MEYER,
CHRIST. MEYER
AND FAMILIES.
The Holt County sentinel., 1916-03-10
Wstoh the date following your name On
'bs margin Of the paper u tells the date
Ss vs,ch van, suhsrrIr'''- 10 nr'd

Friday, March 10, 1876.
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For Sale-One 2-row Avery
Stalk Gutter, nearly new.
JOHN MARKT.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-04
CAPT. KlSER, CIVIL WAR VETER-
AN AND -ASSEMBLYMAN.
DIES AT WHITEWATER.
OTHER WISCONSIN EVENTS
important Items Gathered From All
Sections of the Badger State
During the Week by Spe-
ciai Correspondents.

Whitewater-Capt. F. C. Kiser, SO
years old, civil war veteran, died here.
He is survived by his widow and one
son, F. c. Kiser, prominent White
water attorney. Capt. Kiser served
two terms in the state assembly, 1880
and 1891, and was formerly municipal
judge here. Capt. Kiser was a native
of New York state. He came to Wis
consin at an early day and for more
than sixty years was resident of
WalwOrth county, most of the time of
Whitewater. In the fall of 1851 he en-
listed as a private in troop D. of the
Third Wisconsin cavalry, under Col.
w. A. BarstOw, a former governor of
the state. Shortly after that he was
made first lieutenant of the troop, and
in August, 1864, he was promoted to
captain, serving as such until nearly
the close of the war. He participated
in all of the battles of his regiment,
including that deciding and hard bat
tie Of Prairie Grove, early in Deem
Der, 1862.
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Wood By-Products.

In an interview Howard F. Weiss,
director of the forest products labo,
ratory of the University of Wiscon,
sin, says that, far from being an in.
dustry which is about to become ex.
tinct, the lumber business is Just in its
sWaddling clothes. He says the by
products possible from lumber are ale
most without number, but too little
attention is being paid to that matter:
eve hear too much about the in
roads by substitutes, and no. enough
about the manufacture of those for4
est products which will Offset the loss
caused by the substitutes, said Mr..
Weiss. Il have repeatedly heard lum-
bermen bemoan the arrival of the fiber
box, the asphalt single and the steel
car, but never yet have heard one of
them mention the fiber rug, the paper
Irvine, the Kraft onion sack, the fiber
silks, and dozens of other articles
which come entirely from the forests
and the demand for which is almost
unlimited
Mr. Weiss says he does not mean to
argue that lumbermen shall stop saw
ing boards and start manufacturing
baby socks of fiber silk, but that they
shall take an interest in the develop
ment of those industries which will
make use of waste of the lumber in
dustry. Experiments must be contin-
ued until the by-products may be per-
fected and a market demand created
for them, he contends Among the
possibilities which have been devel-
oped and which he cites as examples
are wood-fber cases for sausages, pa
per milk bottles, Photographic film,
wood paper Irvine, fiber coffee bags.
hats, and many other articles.
Mr. Weiss says experiments have
shown that grain alcohol can be made
from wood waste, and it re requires
only continued perfection of the
process to make that article at price
which will put it in competition with
gasoline, for automobile use. The man
ufacture of wood paper Irvine has not
yet reached it's highest degree of per-
lection, he says, and there are many
other kindred industries which need
only the usual Yankee ingenuity and
persistence to reach degree OF sue.
cess which will make possible the con-
tinuation of the lumber business for
many years to come This, he says,
is possible, in spite of the substitutes
for wood which are being used.
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.3xlSI
Hot lndOrsemen<.

An amusing illustration Of very
oxcusable misuse Of idiom comes from
Calcutta. Mrs. Ada Lee tells the
story: 1.-THE Lee Memorial Normal
draining school needed a teacher, or
pundit. as such one is called in In
dia, for mathematics. An advertise
ment was inserted in the Calcutta
Statesman. There were many appli-
scants, one of whom promised enthusi-
astically, If you will give me the ap-
pointment / shall not cease to throw
hot water into the institution from the
time enter until I leave OF course,
ithe pundit supposed that his efforts
would have just the opposite effect
from throwing cold water on the en-
Serprise. World Outlook.
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EXPERIMENTS
Teach Things of Value.

Where one has never made the X
pertinent of leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum, it is still easy to
learn something about 1t by reading
the experiences Of others.
Drinking Postum is a pleasant way
out OF coffee troubles. a Penn. man
says:
"My wife was a victim OF nervous
ness, weak stomach and loss OF ap-
petite for years; and although we re-
sorted to numerous methods for Ie-
lief. one of which was change from
coffee to tea, it was all to no purpose.
awe knew coffee was causing the
trouble but could not find anything to
take its place until we tried Postum.
Within two weeks after she quit coffee
and began using Postum almost all OF
her troubles had disappeared as il by
magic. It was truly wonderful. Her
nervousness was gone, stomach trou-
BILE relieved, appetite improved andI
above all. a nights rest was complete
and refreshing.
"This sounds like an exaggeration.
as It all happened so quickly Each
dav there was improvement, for the
Postum was undoubtedly strengthen
ing her. Every particle Of this good
work is due to drinking Postum in
Mace of coffee" Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum CereaI-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pkgs.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup Of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
q delicious beverage instantly. 500
and SOC tins.
Both forms are equally delicious
and cost about the same per cup.
"There's q Reason" for Postum.
sold by GrOcerS
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Wolves Trained to Work.


Deming Wheeler, fur buyer of the
Tenana and Goodpasture countries,
Alaska, caused no little comment re-
Gently when, headed for the Koyukuk,
he drove a team in which were in
Guided three full-blooded wolves. Aside
from their natural viciousness, he re-
ported them as in all respects equal
to dogs as workers, and noticeably
more hardy. While many Alaskan
drivers use animals half dog and half
wolf, this was the first instance so far
as known of pure-blooded wolves being
successfully worked. The malamute
dog crossed with wolf is thought by
many experienced mushers to be pref
cradle to all others, because Of his sup
posed greater endurance and tract
ability. Reindeer are used to some ex-
tent, chiefly by natives, but are thor
oughly untrustworthy. When rein
deer takes it into his head to stop to
feed or lie down, he simply does 1t,
and no means has yet been discovered
to induce him to move on until it suits
his personal wish.
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Menominee River ioxerfloms.

Marinette-The Kimberly Clark pa
per mill, the largest in the world, is
closed; twenty homes are flooded;
one has been swept away, one large
pulp paper warehouse has been washed
away, and many persons are homeless
and terror reigns in the village of
Niagara, in Marinette county, sixty
miles north of here, as a result of
flods. The peaceful Menominee river
has been turned into raging current
following excessive rains which have
been falling for a week. The entire
country along the Menominee, from
Niagara to Menominee, where the
river enters Gren Bay. is in danger.