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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-30
entertaining manner.

entertaining manner.
l knew at once that simply re-
printing Items from your paper,
together maybe with a little run
ming comment on them, would
make a big hit with the city
folks. For all city folks either
have lived in the country at one
time or another or are sorry they
haven't.
So tried it. and you will be in
terested to know that the little
feature has caused wide comment.
That the people who have been
reading It have taken 1t in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-30
Search Parties After
Oddly Missing Couple

Search parties with dogs
began securing the foothills
of Mt. Tacoma Saturday i'm
the hope OF finding some
trace of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Powell of Tacoma, who left
their cabin near Alder Dec.
IL and have not since been
seen.
That the young couple went o
/ hunting trip and met with dii
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-30

q. L. ROSS.
C. L. Ross was born in La Crosse. Wis. in 1875. He
learned the toomaking and practiced in
many cities of the United States Mexico the Hawaiian
islands.
He to Tacoma in 1906,
automobile business being first
Two later he became
of which he vice president
lie married in Miss Doud of Tacoma.
They have children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-30
From YacoIt
EDITOR THE TINES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
When | first read your COM
ments on the items of my paper
and Yacolt thought you were
making fun of them, but in a
short time I changed my mind as
to your motive.
l was not educated for a jour-
nalist, having just grown up in
the print shop.
This is my first attempt trying
to edit paper, and naturally l
was afraid someone would severe
ly criticise me.
In a small country town there
Is not enough real news to print a
newspaper, thus we have to call
upon our country friends and sub
scribers to tell us where they ate
dinner last Sunday, etc.
We have lived in Yacolt and
owned The News four months,
and, as far as We can learn, are
giving satisfaction.
Upon our arrival here there
there were two newspapers.
Since the other has moved away.
If in our feeble effort we are
putting out anything in our sheet
that will be of any value to you
and your paper, We are glad, and
freely give our permission to use
it.
We wish to report good holt
day business and bright prospects
for Yacolt and vicinity.
Should you ever visit this part
of the state come in and see us at
Blessed Yacolt."
Respectfully,
ELMER M. ARMSTRONG,
Editor The News,
YacOlt. Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-30
Local Improvement District No. SAT.

Local Improvement District No. 49,
Fourth As.us Is~tssl meat
ADDITION
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!, :. :. JAMES pnxxn ~ z4sssssss.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29
COL. oUsLEY TO WASHINGTON.

Col. Clarence ousley, director OF
extension at the Agricultural and Ne.
chanical College. left yesterday for
Washington. where he will confer
with officials OF the department OF ag.
riculture. one especial purpose will
be to interest the department chiefs In
cooperating with the feed and food
campaign to be waged jointly by the
Texas Bankers Association and the
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
From Washington Mr.. ousley will 30
to Maldeno the Hudson. where he
has been invited to deliver the princi'
pal address at the unwilling OF mon.
ument honoring the memory OF Sam
nel J. Tilden. The unwilling will be
conducted at the old Bigclow home
stead. Men OF national fame win be
there.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29
A MISTAKE PROVES DISASTROUS

In the town OF Elgln. H.. though
the people there are In most ways In.
tolligent and progressive. there IL
just now a brisk little epidemic Of
typhoid foyor-a fact showing lack Of
those qualities In other and imporian,
ways. The explanation OF the cpl.
dcmic Is simple.
Elgin has the commission form Of
government which. OF course Is all
right when Il ia all right. but Il Ia Sc
riously wrong when the various city
departments are put in lncompoteu,
hands. and ElTin intrusted the guard
Ing Of i,s health TO a harness maker
an amlablo and respected citizen with
ont any knowledge Of sanitation
When reports OF typhoid BEGAN Ia
come into his office a few weeks age
he allowed them to pile up and did
nothing.
Naturally the disease spread rapid
~ AZ last the doctors Of the town
started an investigation Of their own
and without the exercise Of any off
cial authority. they soon discovered
that the drinking water used by The
employees Of the watch factory. which
Is the towns chief industrial center
was coming IN part from a river that
was seriously contaminated. That has
been romedied now and the epidemic
viii soon cease, but Il has already oosl
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

The exhibit to be made next Mon
day by the girls canning clubs and the
boys corn clubs will be an eye.opener
for those who have never seen the re.
suits produced by these wide-awake
boys and girls. The Eagle urges the
people Of Bryan, both ladies' and gen.
tlemen, to attend this exhibit, meet
our farmer boys and girls, speak a
word Of encouragement to them and
let them know their efforts are appre'
ciated. and that they are laying the
foundation for a new era and new
prosperity in agriculture.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

in dog fights-we have no hesitancy
in declaring our position on any pub
lie question, however intricate. One
of our hobbies is the segregation Of
all bachelors, to the extent of extinc-
ton, II need be. In some states they
are classed as the unfortunates.' with
no one to love them and no one to
care in other more enlightened
places they are set apart as undesir-
ables, and placed upon the public
roads. This latter solution Of the
vexed problem will be advocated in
the halls of the next legislature"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29
BACHELOR LEGISLATION.

Our good friend Editor r. s. Estes
Of the Central Texan. published at
Franklin. has been nominated TO rep.
resent Robertson county IN the NEXT
legislature. lie answers through his
paper the inquiry Of some friend as to
just why he had legislative aspirations
as follows:
"The question has been asked the
writer NJ 70 hts motives for aspiring
10 legislative hcnors. and AZ we have
always made II a rule In life to con
tend for the faith We espoused-csen
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

eleven lives and more victims are
sure to die before 1t ends.
It is to be expected that Elgin VIII
now abandon the decidedly antiquated
notion that the head Of health de-
partment need not be 4 specialist. 1t
may even so amend its charter as to
prevent that office from going to any
body who can convince the local poll
ticians that he has = claim to rs sal
airy and dignity.-New York Times.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Brazos county lands will produce
anything grown anywhere on the face
Of the earth and with careful and
painstaking effort will produce as
literally as lands to be found any
where. Now is the time to buy a
home while It Is cheap. Any man who
wants to bad enough can buy farm
and pay for 1t out of the crops grown
on the land. This country is begin
ming to be revolutionized by scientific
methods and in a few years the lands
will be worth three times as much as
they are now. Do not delay the pur.
chase OF home.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

The basement walls for the Astin
office building are about completed
and the forms for the first floor walls
are being erected. The big derrick
has been put In place. the hoisting
engine is ready and with several car
loads OF material right ut his elbow.
Contractor Hubbard will soon have
some walls here that will reach high
into the air and have the strength Of
the Rock OF Gibralter. lie will have
a building that would do credit to any
city In tho South.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

next week" Town people, let's trade
the first five days Of the week and let
the merchants have Saturday for the
country folks. who only get TO come In
among us once n week. This. OF
course. does not apply In emergen'
cies. but ordinarily speaking. don't
you know.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

No sooner Is one building remodel
cd or rebuilt on Main street and &C
cupled by some first class business
enterprise, than another ia started
First class business houses are the
order OF tho day In Bryan and don,
you forget Il. Buildings that are mod
ern In every detail and that viii last
for all time TO come.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

The Eagle, without any intention Of
intruding, would urge the farmers of
Brazos county to get in closer touch
with the extension department OF the
A. and NJ. College and the Texas Elk.
pertinent Station. These two agen.
cies are doing a great work for the
farmers and the service is absolutely
free. They will be glad to send you
all bulletins and to answer any prob
lem that you may have to lay before
them.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29
WHY FEED THE sPEcULAToR7

III DISCUSSING tne question Oh IlOOu-
ing the market with cotton and earn
estly arguing against It, the Fort
Worth Record asks long list of ques-
lions, but every one Of them is direct
ly to the point and shows conclusive
~ that the farmer in rushing his cot
ton to market is standing in his own
light. The Record says:
ION the 9Th Of September, accord.
ing to the statlsticians, there had been
ginned Of the crop Of 1914 more than
$4,000 bales. A year ago farmers
were holding cotton. On the same
date in 1915 there had been 271,OOO
bales ginned.
"Ellis, the banner cotton county, on
September 9Th, had ginned 1888
bales. as against 2.22S bales in 1915.
McLennan county is a cotton county.
Farmers Of McLennan have ginned
1858 bales. as against 1,647 in Sep.
TENDER. 1915.
Milan, Navarro. Travis, Washing.
ton. Williamson. Fayette, Gonzales,
Hill, Hunt, Kaufman, Lavaca and 9th.
er great cotton producing counties are
marketing the crop Of 1916 at a tire.
mendous pace.
Nov. why shouldn't the farmers
hold their cotton for IS cents? The
difference between 15-cent and 1S-cent
cotton is SIS a bale.
why should the bears or specula.
tors be given the velvet? Why
shouldn't the SIS per bale go into the
pocket Of the producer?
why should the farmer rob him.
self!
why shouldn't he store some Of his
cotton?
why shouldn't he fight for IS cents
or 20 cents?
There are warehouses without
number?
There Is said to be an abundant
supply OF cheap money. Bankers are
said to be liberal this year.
Farmers are In better shape to
hold their cotton than ever before.
There is a short crop the world
over.
There is brisk demand the world
over for cotton goods.
Peace Is not In sight Manufactur.
ers OF war munitions are buying lint.
ers. Manufacturers OF high explosives
are placing large orders.
The South Is In a position to reap
harvest OF coin. Why shouldn't the
Southern farmer adopt sane methods
Of marketing'
why shouldn't he consider self and
family!
why shouldn't he fight for his
own
WY chouluHt ne tuhc advantage
OF opportunity
"why shouldn't he demand a high
price for his cotton and throw off the
incubus Of debt7
"why shouldn't he become indie.
pendent instead Of dependent upon
the favors OF othcrs9
"why shouldn't he study the mar.
kets7
"why shouldn't he realize that the
shelves Of the world are bareH
"why shouldn't he realize that God
helps those who help themselves9
1T Is suicidal to play into tho
hands Of the bears Il ia suicidal 10
fool the market. II IL suicidal 10
market the crop OF 1916 In ninety
days.
Cotton growers are the masters Of
the situation this year. They should
protect their own interests by protect
fng their own pocket"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Very few things are proposed by
either the Democrats or Republicans
that are not objected to by Brother
Robinson OF the Waco Times.Herald.
1t is either contrary to the constitu.
ton. or II is this, that or the other.
The Times-Herald is a great objector.
but never has anything better to offer
In its place.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

The Waco Times.IIerald says a tax
on machinery is fine on thrift. Why
should not the owner who is operating
machinery for profit pay taxes on II
the same as merchant pays on his
stock, or the driver OF n jitney bus
pays for the privilege OF operating?
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Sell pound of cotton seed and buy
an MISUNDERSTANDING Gazette.
Sell two pounds and buy limou.
sine.-Rusk County News.
Better sell three pounds and buy a
farm,
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Mosquitoes are getting so big now
that we shall soon have to change
from insect powder to gunpowder-
Charleston News and Courier.
There are some in this community
that would be absolutely Indifferent
to anything less than stick OF dyna.
mite.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Buy Il In Bryan. II you can't find
II here, you are Just naturally too
heightened for the community.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Subscribers will confer a favor on
the management by telephoning the
office promptly when carriers fail to
deliver the paper, or when change Of
residence ocurs.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29
COTTON RECEIPTS.

Street cotton sold today at 10 3'lb
cents; cotton seed sold for $500.
On the same date last year cotton
sold on the streets OF Bryan for lis
cents, and cotton seed for $1,000.
There had cen si?s bales Of cotton
received In Bryan on the same date
last year.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Candidate Hughes would make q
great President. lie acknowledges Il
himself.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

That California Democrat who -
moved a 20.ycar beard because some
body said he looked like Hughes owl
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Latest pen picture OF villa: Long.
flowing black beard and limps badly,
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Once upon a time there was n HUI
man being who never made n mis-
take. And his neat little tombstone
records the fact that he was one day
old when he died.-Springfield Uh'
ion.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29
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OBSERVATIONS !
, BY THE WAY,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

To the delight OF the entire citizen
ship Anderson street is now open to
traffic from one end TO the other. The
rubbish which has been piled around
tho federal building for several
months is included In this also. The
street has about one.half mile OF
pavement and Is q "peach." The lawn
on the lot where the federal building
IL located Ia being worked over and
tapered down to the curb. which has
recently been completed. and IL being
soddcd with Bermuda. I'll tell you.
things are looming up on Anderson
street from one end to the other. Any
number OF property owners out this
way have put in nice concrete drives
and sidewalks have been built almost
from ono end 10 the other. There is
yet one thing lacking and that Is a
walk across the alley between the
lIcnsarling Mercantile Company and
the federal building walk. This we
are sure will be put down within the
next few days.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Tomorrow IL Saturday again and
the crowds from the rural districts
will be with us and the merchants In
all lines Of business will have all they
can handle with the country people.
What a pity II is tina, the ladies. as
well ~ the men, living in the city VIII
persist in doing their shopping on
Saturdays This IL the only day the
merchants have to do their big fall
business" with the country folks. and
while the town people are always vel
come In the stores at any time and
are given the best Of treatment by the
clerks and propriotors. Il would be
hard for you TO tell just what they are
thinking when some one living in the
city. who has every day in the week
to shop. comes in and takes up an
hour Of clerks time looking al goods
and then say. well. I viii come bach
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

IDENTIFY desires to avoid even the ap
pearance OF evil.-Savannah News.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-29

Hickory, dickory. dock. the mouse
ran up the clock" Heavens, cried
the pretty girl, suppose the brute
runs up a wrist watchl"-Browning's
agazine.
Milford chronicle., 1916-10-27

old age. An investing, possibly g
speculating ministry, is intolerable
Let any minister get entangled with
the affairs of this world and his val
ue as a minister is largely gone. He
cannot watch the souls of men. listen
othe voices of the Spirit, and at the
same time watch market reports and
listen to the voices of the stock ex-
change. We are seeking, not pros
perity and comfort, but the conditions
that make for a true ministry of the
Spirit and life. And this is a part of
our total task as a church.
Of course it follows that with these
larger funds we must have a better
Those for whom provision
is thus made should make full and
quick response by being better min
listers and doing better work. For
this fund is not a measure to secure
an old age of comfort as much as q
lie time of loving and efficient ser
vice.
Milford chronicle., 1916-10-27
WHO KEPT THEM OUT OF WAR ?

Mr.. Wilson's contention that he
alone has kept us out of war and that
unless he is reelected the nation will
be plunged into war has raised an in
teresting question as to how. without
Mr.. Wilson, the little neutral nations
Of Europe have been kept out of war
There is little Switzerland. surround
ed by the beligerents; Holland and
denmark in an almost similar posi-
tion; Sweden and Norway in close
proximity, and Spain adjoining France
and with naval engagements taking
place right of her shores. Who. or
what. kept them out of the war? How
did they survive and keep the peace
without a Woodrow Wilson? OF
course it might be suggested that thew
have been kept out of war by the fact
that the belligerents had their hands
IuIl and no one of them wanted IN
increase the number of its enemies
But that argument would apply equal |
Iy to the United States and would |
support the contention of Senator
toot. that never in the history of the |
United States has it been easier IN /
ieep out of war than during the En-
'opean conflict. and that it is a wick
d argument because it robs Mr.. VIII
on OF his claim of reelection. New
FORK Letter.
Milford chronicle., 1916-10-27

WHY should you vote the Republi.
can ticket? Because the Republican
Party has brought about the only re-
forms in State and County govern
ment in Delaware, which have been
lnaugurated in fifty years. In Sus-
sex County the old. unfair and dis
honest system of assessing propertv.
has been replaced by a system which
has, at the least to be said. been fairer
in its operation than the old laws.
and with just little amendment. il
will be splendid reform for Sussex
county; and, the Republicans nut
this into effect. Democrats had Drom-
lsed for thirty years to make reform.
put nothing ever came of their prom
lses. The Republican Party created
new system of gathering the taxes
levied Tor county government expens-
es and to pay the county debt. The
old ten tax collectors svstem has
been supplanted by a Tax Receiver
and Treasurer. whereby $4,000 of the
current year taxes were received and
palu INTO the treasury, when never
before mad more than quarter of that |
amount been collected by the ten col
lectors. BY this system the county /
is able to pay its bills promptly as
created, and county warrant or bond
IS as good as any mans check. That
IS something the Republican Party
points to with pride, as part of its
reforms in government for
which they ask the support of the peo-
Die at the polls. The roads under
republican government have been
'reatly improved. but in Sussex coun-
y a new plan for installing a road
apartment will be put into effect
through the Three Commissioner form
I government of the Levy Court
'hich the people will select on No
ember 9TH. These and kindred other
isues touch the people directly
trough taxes, and the Republican
arty will certainly be sustained bv
very man who wants a dollars worth
n every dollar Of his money expend-
/, and who desire to have the county
fairs conducted under a sound bus
ess principle. These are the rea-
ms why Sussex voters will vote the
epublican ticket, and why in All
Lrts OF Delaware that ticket will re-
ceiye the support of the tax PAYERS
Milford chronicle., 1916-10-27

LAST Wednesday evening the larg.
est political meeting Of the year was
held in the Plaza, in South Milford
by the Prohibition Party. The plat
form had been erected in the center
Of the Plaza, and the speaker of the
evening was DR.. Hare, the well known
prohibitionist who has charge of the
Maryland campaign for that party.
The music was the novelty part of the
meeting, and it was supplied by hun
dreds Of children, who sang songs and
solos bearing upon the moral issues
which the Prohibition Party stands
for. 1t was one of the most import
ant meetings Of the present campaign
as it will lead the children to take an
interest in the political affairs and at
the same time impress the moral is
sues of sobriety and good home liv-
ing upon the men and women who
will be the guiding spirit of civic af-
fairs in the immediate years next en-
suing. The mass meeting of the Pro- |
hibition Party held in Milford last
Wednesday evening, for that reason. |
IS the most important of all presented 4
to the people Of this vicinity.
Milford chronicle., 1916-10-27

IN ACCORD with the election laws
which permit troops to vote while in
camp or the field, Governor Miller
has appointed Colonel Theo. Town
send Of Milford, and Theo. Ferguson.
of New Castle, as the messengers to
get the vote of the Delaware troops
now at Deming, New Mexico. They
will cave on Sunday next and will
probably not get back to Delaware
before November 14th with the ballots
and election records. and then they
will have to make the returns to the
several eanvassing boards in New
Castle County, Kent County and Sus-
sex County, at the various County
seats. When this is done and the
vote totalled, the result of the cleo
tions in Delaware will be published
and made known officially to all the |
people.
Milford chronicle., 1916-10-27
ELECTION RETURNS IN MILFORD

Arrangements have been made by
persons interested in getting the full
election returns to show them in the
Armory Hall at Milford on the even
ing OF election day, and the people of
this section are assured of the hest
possible service. A contract has been
entered into with the Western Union
Telegraph Company to furnish the
service and special wires will be in
stalled in the Armory. The promot-
ers have also contracted with William
warren for the installation of a NOV
ing picture machine In the hall and
the returns will be thrown on a
screen. In order that those who 20
70 the hall will not be kept waiting
moving pictures will be shown should
ne returns be slow in coming in.
Ihis year being the presidential
election year, the people all over tbe
are naturally interested in the
esult OF the vote. It is to provide