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The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
BIG PROJECTS
ARE LACKING
Large Number of Smaller
Enterprises Swell Volume
of Building

An eight-room school. a two-story
eight-apartment structure. a large
brick warehouse and duplex apart
ment OF solid brick. were among the
large items in the list OF new work
which came from the Offices Of the
architects during the past week. &C
cording TO the report Of the Builders
and Traders exchange.
There was a noticeable falling OFF
OF large projects among the new
work out for figures. although there
vas a large number OF smaller en-
terprises, such as stores and fats
small apartments. residences. etc.
The contracts awarded reached a
good volume and conta some good
sized awards.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03

From every source that two years
ago emanated the cry no work
and stringent times" now comes re
ports OF unprecedented progress and
more employment than there is Ia
Dor Prosperity goes on undated
The city continues 20 draw thou
sands OF newcomers from all over
the world. swelling the population
closer 10 the mark II has set out to
make, 100000 In 1920.
Everywhere the hammer and saw
is al work enlarging accommoda-
tons for newcomer and increased
business. Detroit's remarkable pro-
gress is attracting great attention
in all parts OF the world. and IL is
regarded by cities, east west and
south OF her. the most prosperous
in the country and promises for her
great things in the future.
Detroit is entertaining more OF
the country's largest conventions
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
BUYS LARGE
BRICK ORDER
Builders and PAYERS Co. Can
Now Supply Many Hit BY
Recent Shortage

The demand for brick In Detroit
in the last few months has been
greater than the supply, according
TO F. r. Dickinson. president OF the
Builders and PAYERS supply Co.
When II became apparent that
there was TO be a shortage we or
dered several million in Ohio. and
are now prepared 10 fill orders at
once" Mr. Dickinson stated.
I'VE are we'll stocked with all
kinds OF brick. suitable for founda-
lions and face brick at exceptiona.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
Peter Rabbit Gets Well.
1915. py T. W. BurgessD
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

bJ INONN ' On w, bOHGeS 80.
Sing a song OF riches. Sing song
OF wealth
But most Of ali. pray you. sing a
song II health
or all the good things in the
Great World the very best and mos
precious Is health. To be well and
strong is 20 have the very greatest
OF all great blessings Ask Peter
Rabbit, he knows Yes. sir, Peter
knows He didn't know II until
after he ate those poisoned cabbage
leaves and was so very sick. Blu;
he knew il then He learned that
nothing can possibly take the place
OF health and strength. aud he KEPT
saying over and over 20 himself that
IL he got we'll again he never, never
would be so needless and careless 20
do things that would be likely %
make him sick
Little by little the strength began
10 come back into Peters long hind.
legs 40 that the day after Old Gran
ny Fox sent her message 10 him
Peter could hop about little In the
dear Old Brier Patch Every day,
and every night too. for that mat.
ter. Peter had visitors
ut IL almost worth while 70 be
sick 10 find out how many friends 7
have" he confded 10 little Mrs.
Peter Still | shall be glad when
am well again
In few days Peter was quite
himself He felt az strong as ever
and his appetite was quite az good
as ever. OF course little Mrs. Pc
ter was delighted. but she was un-
easy in her mind Che watched Pc
ter sharply She wasn't willing 70
allow him out Of her sight. With
all her might she hoped that now
he would be content 10 stay AT home
In the dear Old Brier Patch, but she
knew Peter 80 we'll that she Was
afraid that this was hoping too
much. SO she watched him AMI
when she saw that he was spending
great deal OF time looking over
TO the Green Forest her heart sank
Then Peter began 20 DO uneasy.
He couldn't ait still He hoped
about in the Old Brier Patch cutting
of brambles that had crept across
some OF his private little paths. and
making new paths While he had
been TOO sick 70 move he had been
al patient and good natured "A you
can imagine. but now be was given
10 speaking sharply Old Mr. Toad
who was still In the Old Brier
Patch, said that this was a good
sign. but little Mrs. Peter dldn :
agree with him n might be a sign
that he was getting we'll though
why people should be cross when
getting we'll. she couldn't under
stand. but she suspected that IL was
a sign that Peter vas Just aching
20 take mp his old habits Of roaming
so httle Mrs Peter WASN'T bi'
surprised whom a. the Black shsd
ows crept across the Green Mead.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03

low prices. We also have full
supply OF mason materials. includ'
ing sand. gravel cement and lime. >
4 large amount ~ residence
building is now going on according
70 Mr. Dickinson.
Local manufacturers have con-
tracted for millions OF brick In
Chicago 20 meet the demand. &C
cording 10 the Detroit Brick Manu-
tacturers' association Building In
Detroit throughout the winter is
said 70 be responsible for the short
age Manufacturing capacity has
also been Increased.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03

Mrs. Potts-Does Mrs. Hammond
Egg take in boardersT
Mr. Hunger,ord-She took me IN.
all right.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03

Employer (Monday morning.
You're an hour late
Clerk heard you were dead;
I'm sorry. sir,
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03

Old Mr.. Toad, who was still In
the Old Brier Patch, said that this
was good sign.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

Philadelphia police arrested a man
who was giving away ten-dollar bills,
and most Philadelphians are wailing
their hard luck at not meeting the
good fairy before he was p.nched.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03
Catarrha! Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications. - tnty cannot reach
lie disc sVi rortiun ot the ear. Thu
IL only one way to cure catarrhal dcafn, 80.
3if tutt is hN = tVuSitutlOual remedy.
Catarrhal Deafr,ss Is go used by an IN
i:.rrr0 condition Of til" nucuus lining OF
he Eustacniau TuLr. When This tube Is
ian 'rnt,l you have Il rambling sound or
iiri,"rftot hearing. cud whrn IL is entirely
los /. Esa 'u,ss il ice q sult. Unless tho
inrsnur 1ilon 'HH b. 70 }uo,d and ills tipr
: stored 10 iU normal condition. hearing
Will u. u'h;i"N'H fore V"r. .iauy cages OF
dra w. ss aro t.Vs'I By ctHrrh. which is
IN iGtiurtyn cu1Giii"n ~ III tducous SUI
rVts Halls '~'a,arrl, 'ur. a,ts thru the
blood M the mucous t~D"f.rrs OF TIL sys-
trui.
W. will t,iv. on, Hundred Dollars FOR
any cas- of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
In cared T." iia'ls '3tarrh CURE. Circulars
ire, NJ Druggists. 7tc.
v I ru~NFY 4 co. Toledo. Q.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03
GENUINE
BULL.
SMOKING TOBACCO

A "roll your own" Bull"
Durham cigarette has dis
character per-
sonality. 1t gives you that
wonderful laellow-sweet flavor
ard unique aroma which are
net fcur1:1 ~ otAcc tobacco.
Learn t. "roll your own"
with Bull Durham - few
trials will do it-and Oh Il get
far more en;cymc..> oct o!
smoking.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

Mr.. C. L. Cole varied from the
general run by having Club Ofe,
No. 3 come along with his renewal
for The Sentinel. 1t makes little
difference to us which club offer you
accept so long as The Sentinel is in
cluded. as we give these magazine,
to our customers at actual cost.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

The Big Four was incl~ded by
Mrs. Geo. R. Grant, Grenada. when
renewing for The Sentinel.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

Mrs. r. c. Trusty gets the Big
Four combination along with her re-
newal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

Mrs. Mary Ida Mason also gets the
Big Four combination by renewing
her subscription prior to January /,
1917.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

MIR. D. B. Phillips, Grenada. lls'
includes the Big -Four in his renewa
made some several days ago
Thanks. 'Uncle Dabney."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

One of our good friends, in the
person of Mr.. Robert Horton. not
only pays his w subscription and
includes the Big Four, but wants The
Sentinel and "Woman's World"
Better Farming" "Hom" Life" and
"To-Days" to 90 to Mrs. Eliza Weir.
Winewood. Okla. We are always
glad to have Mr.. Horton call. but
more especially when he comes on a
mission of this kind.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

The Sentinel win 20 20 DIR. A. S.
Hurt, Vicksburg, for twelve months
from the first of January. Another
MAJ saves soc.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

Mrs. Moore Moore gets the Big
Four also for twelve months. She
included the necessary 25c when re-
newing her subscription to The Sem
tipal
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

Nj. j. D. Vance, Of Aolccmb, want,
the Egg FcJr magazines to cCr!o
along with The Sentinel. and we
thank him for his renewal sent in by
his daughter, = fcrme. student of
Grnea6a College.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

Mrs. G. W. Fisher, Of Memphis,
sends her dollar in for another twelve
months by Mr.. W. H. Johnson. This
is the second dollar MIR. Johnson has
brought us for others than him self.
Fine man is MI. Johnson.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

Mrs. NJ. 4. Murff, of Greenvill,
Tex, wants the Big Four magazine.
also. and includes the wherewitha
to insure their receipt.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

Mrs. M. l.. Talbert renewed her
subscription to The Sentinel and had
the Big Four combination sent 10
Miss Pattie Mcneil, which is perfect
ly all right with us.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-11-03

The name of Mrs. II. c. Beasley
has been added to our Honor Roll
and she also wants and will get the
Big Four magazine combination.
Welcome, Mrs. Beasley.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
Governors Dig Roads

Farm and Fireside, in discussing good
roads, relates how Governor Major of
Missouri, and Governor Hodges Of KAN
sas, put on working clothes and helped
to build good roads. 1t says:
In working clothes and with prop
er equipment, Governor Major and Gov
ernor Hodges were foremost among the
laborers, helping to make bad dirt
roads into good dirt roads.
1T was at a banquet in Kansas City
shortly before Missouris first good
roads days that Governor Major banter
ed Governor George II. Hodges, of Kan
sas, and Governor Lee Cruce, of Okla
homa, to come to Missouri to see good
roads built. Governor Hodges agreed
to come if Governor Major would fur
nish the overalls. Major accepted the
offer on condition that Hodges work
after he put on the overalls. Governor
Hodges not only came and worked,
but he started good roads days in Kan
sas, which have been continued since
his term of Office expired.
"I would rather" Hodges reclared,
see more money go into the permanent
constructor of roads and less into bat
tleships and things of that sort Let's
bring it right back to Kansas. Let us
begin the construction of a great per-
manent system of rock roads all over
the United States, uniting every CAPT
tai and every city of consequence in
these United States of ours"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
HOW ABOUT THIse
BY Wing Dinger

Dear reader, 1t occurs to me
There's something we should do
That would mean much relief to US
I'll put it up to you.
At this time of the year, when we
Need coin with which to go
Vacationing, tax bills come due
Which means a double blow.
And frequently the surplus fund
Won't stand the double strain
And we must give vacation up,
Which causes us much pain.
So why can't we together get
And ask the powers that be
To change the tax-due date so that
Twill suit both you and me.
think we could enlist host
In trying to achieve
This consummation which the strain
On each one would relieve.
OF course, it wouldn't do at all
To name December, for
That's Christmas month. which take.
all
Our exchequers full sore.
I don't know just what time of year
can suggest, but If
We get together and put up
A fight that's mighty stiff,
1t may be that the powers that be
We will completely rout,
And they'll decide that twill be best
To cut all taxes OUT
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
The Lesson of the Primary
(Kansas City Starr

The voter who sought to discharge
his party obligations today by helping
to select the best men who are candi-
dates at the primary election had an
object lesson in the absurdity of the
present elective system. He found the
names of three or four candidates for
some twenty eight principal Offices.
Many of the names were unfamiliar to
him and many of the officers he per-
haps had never heard of. When the
ballots are counted it will be found
that thousands of voters did not vote
on many of the candidates for these
lesser places.
1t is obvious of course, that the sys-
tenn of making mere administrative
Offices elective tends to the advantage
of machine politics and to the disad-
vantage of efficient local government.
1t is impossible that the voters should
by this hit or miss method succeed in
picking the best men or that there
should be responsibility anywhere for
the performance of the officials who
owe their election to this kind of a
lottery. To fix such responsibility all
these minor offices should be made
appointive, and the appointive power
would be responsible to the people for
the conduct of the men appointed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
GOOD ROADS THE THING

! A RECENT magazine article stated
"A that Governor Major of Mis-
souri,, Governor Hodges of Kan
sas and Governor Cruce of Oklahoma
had put on working clothes and aided
in the construction of highways on
Good Roads Day. We rise to remark
that Governor Brumbaugh was also
on the job and is to-day giving more
thought to the road system of Penn
sylvania than to any other feature OF
his constructive program for the State
1t is the Governors sincere belief, af-
ter thorough study of the question
that Pennsylvania will benefit more
from system of intercommunicatin
highways and main trunk lines than
from any other single activity. He be.
lieves that good roads are inter-related
with more prosperous rural conditions
and a reduction of the high cost of liv.
Ing through easy access of the pro.
ducer and the consumer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
sUsouEHANNA BASIN GUARDS

a COURSE of swimming and life
n saving has been established for
the Fairmount park guards in
Philadelphia. 1t is expected to develop
at least a score of guards as efficient
as those at the seashore resorts. The
Schuylkill river is crowded on Sun
day and every summer evening by per-
sons who cannot swim and do not
know the danger of being in light
boats or canoes.
This is another thing for the con-
sideration of the Greater Harrisburg
Navy" There should be along the
Front Steps of Harrisburg" during
the summer season two or three train
ed guards to look after the girls and
boys who are using the river now more
than ever before.
There is much for this new associa-
ton organized for the development Of
the Susquehanna basin to do and al
ready the various committees are hard
at work upon the matters referred to
them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

T. Philip Terry, the American whom
experienced travellers say has out
Baedekered-B -Baedeker in the guide
book field, is coming to be regarded as
stormy petrol in his chosen career
After years of careful preparation, he
had scarcely issued his Handbook of
Mexico" when the present revolution
broke out in that distracted country,
and tourists travel was abandoned.
Wishing to get as far away as possible
from the scene of his unrequited la
bors, he turned his attention to the
Mikado's Empire, where he had lived
for ten years or more. Three and one
half years of diligent work there en-
abled him to issue his present book,
"Terry's Japanese Empire" but no
sooner was 1t on the market than the
Great War; in which Japan is involv-
ed, broke out. Dazed, but still hope
full, he turned his attention to China,
and was rapidly bringing to compile
ton a guidebook to that huge republic
when the uprisings which followed the
accession of Yuan Shih Kai to the Drag
on Throne disrupted interior COM
munication. At present he is reading
peace literature at his home in Hing
ham. Mass, and is said to be perfect
ing plan whereby upon receipt of a
retainer from harmony-loving gov
ernments, he will abstain from writing
a guidebook of the country and thus
remove at least one active possibility
of their becoming entangled in a cost
ly war!
"Tish," Mary Roberts Rinehart's S
best known character, promises to
make almost as many friends when
she appears in book form, as she has
done through her career in the maga-
zines. The advance orders for the
book, which will be published by
Houghton Mifflin Company, in August,
have necessitated a second printing,
bringing the total number of copies up
to $4,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

-Voris Auten, one of the new trus-
tees of Bloomsbury school, is a Judge
of Northumberland county.
Robert Swan, director of works of
Pittsburgh, is personally directing the
campaign against city department
workers who struck because refused
an increase in wages
e. F. Printz. Reading manufac-
turer, is again head of the cycle ac-
cessories trade association with which
he has been identified for years.
IS. c. Long, the Philadelphia rail-
road man, is at the seashore for brief
stay.
Nathan Snellenberg, prominent
Philadelphia merchant, has gone to
Western national parks for a visit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04

Community center work has been
discussed by officials of the School
Board and Department of Parks, and
it is encouraging to hear from an ex-
pert of the Fairgrounds and Recreation
Association of America that Harrisburg
is admirably fitted for this sort of
work. Two or three years ago an ef-
fort was made to interest the people
of the city in the use of the school
buildings for social center activities,
but it was not given sufficient public
support to make the movement a sue
cess. Enough interest was demon
strated. however, to justify some
further effort in this direction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Mr.. Hughes's acceptance speech is a
disappointment to the Presidents sup
porters solely because it is so unan-
swerable. They are reduced to the old
already worn-out and threadbare cries
that he is the candidate of the hyph-
enated enemies of Americanism and
that he does not tell President Wilson
what he ought to have done.-N. Y.
Sun.
Does not the price that England has
paid for unpreparedness make any
impression upon American ultrapaci-
fists ?-N. Y. Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY

[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiZa-
tion's annual Municipal Quiz
Who is the Superintendent of Streets
and Public improvements? His term ?
His salary? What departments are un-
der his direct supervision?
William H. Lynch. His term.
two years. Salary, $2,500.00. De-
partments over which he has direct
supervision: Highway. City Engi-
neer and Public Works.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
HUGHES OR w1LsoN-rHATs ALL

hUGHES OK WILSON-THATS ALL
NUR Democratic brethren are
" much perturbed over the key
note speech of the standard
bearer of the Republican party. They
pretend to see in this speech many in
herent weaknesses, but the outside evil
dence is all against this pretense. They
are deeply concerned over the wide
spread conviction of the strength of
Mr.. Hughes as a statesman and Presi-
dent Wilson himself realizes the diff
Guilty of overcoming the increasing
confidence of the people in the Re-
publican candidate and his popularity
among all classes. Discussing the
Democratic situation at Washington, in
current analysis of political condi-
tions, Colonel Harvey, editor of the
North American Review. says:
The. Republicans inevitably and
justiflably, as it happens, pro-
nounce "severest condemnation of
the wasteful appropriations. of this
the record of their own party as
the most eXtravagant ever known
their righteous Indignation is far
hand, the Democrats. for reasons
that are distressingly apparent,
prudently withhold their time-hon-
ored shibboleth of economy.
Nothing has so weakened the DEM
ocratic position in this campaign as
the eXtravagant appropriations and the
Increased cost of the government un-
der the present administration. At a
time when people are demanding econ
onay in every direction, millions upon
millions of dollars are being expended
In ways that are entirely without JUS
hflcation
President Wilson's practical renun-
citation of the Democratic doctrine of
tariff for revenue only has likewise
proven a serious handicap in the Will
son campaign. The policy of protec-
ton is so obviously in the interest of
American capital and labor that the
Democratic leaders are compelled to
abandon their traditional attitude
which held the tariff to be a tax.
1t is also clearly manifest that the
series of untoward events since the be-
ginning of the war in Europe and the
complications in Mexico have impair
ed the standing of the administration
at Washington even more than it's
weak domestic policies.
Colonel Harvey wisely suggests that
the-ultimate issue in the campaign this
year will be one of sincerity based
upon character. Hughes or Wilson?
That's ALL"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04

remote at this time and unless some
steps are taken to prevent a break the
business interests of the country are
likely to suffer most seriously. AS it
looks now a deadlock between the
railroad officials and the various
brotherhoods is imminent, yet the feel
ing in Washington seems to be that
no crisis is impending. More watchful
waiting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
STILL wATCHFULLY WAITING
THE crisis which is upon the coun

4 I@ NEI0I' "EIINII 70 uPOII tII6 CUuH-
try in an impending strike of
thousands of railroad employees
does not seem to impress the fatuous
statesmen at Washington. So serious
is the situation that the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States has
addressed a letter to President Wilson
in the hope that he will see fit to start
an inquiry in behalf of the admins
tration. An amicable settlement seems
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04

Letters from the Harrisburg soldier
boys on the Mexican border indicate
that they are performing their duty
with a high sense of their obligation
to the Government. Assuming that
they were sent to the border on false
alarm they are nevertheless meeting
all the expectations of their community
and their country in difficult and try
ing situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04

Alliances of the Hughes supporters
are being formed all over the country
and these organizations are enrolling
most of the Progressives who had not
previously become identified with the
Republican party. Why not make 1t
unanimous?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04

No better example OF window box
decoration can be found in the city
than the attractive plants and vines on
the Executive Mansion. 1t is proper
that the official residence Of the Cover
nor should be thus adorned as a lesson
to all.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04

Good for the Governorl He is going
to do just as might have been expected
in the matter of inviting tourists into
Pennsylvania through proper State
publicity.