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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-04
THE STEPHENS-ASHURST BILL
70 Protect the Public Against Dishonest Advertising
and False Pretensss b Merchandising

wxseA AZ "SssAs.s. a Bin introduced IN Congress- tF
Ashssss" M Eenstcr Henry =. Ashufst of Ahi-
sona and By Representative Dan " STEPHENS Of Nebraak
providing remedy tor the uaiAk competition Of great trading
monopoheA S.
W. a..a. .l-.....,. cAilys b .a,.st.lns ~ cut
@s ssfS ssspseasas price, vsn-inown good % q
means Of inducing the publiob buy unknown goods Of doubt
full quality 1T M
Wa a. Snysss n ~ To ne tho reputation Of reliable
es'sr'es essesr~! article q bait to catch the con-
umers and deceive them into believing that all their goods
offered for sale sold al the same low rate Of profit
Ar sxpssss n s No Trade investigations agree that
ssat aaas e.'pes'' the cost Of doing business BY these
- go snos {. %. ~ big city concerns approximately
80 per cent, while the cost Of the
average small merchant "a is pen cent
sS ssn shs sssd. Thy can't; they only seem to- They
s:v p's e.s.' sn9'''ss cen things that people know at cost
'"'a'a'p'"'s' Ass" On unfamiliar goods they over
charge The consumer ded BY the false representation
that their Of unknown goods sold at the same price
reduction offered on few wellknown articles.
Wzss shs effect @ ss It destroys the independent mer
chants Of the towns and small citie
builds up great chaintors and maordsr systems and compe
the sale Of inferior goods by al classes Of dealera
price eussas sks No II means the destruction Of the
srt y ss sssss usual retail channels by which goods
reach the to their best advantage forces tho
sale Of unknown articles often Of cheap and shoddy quality
instead Of reliable goods which have their makers npua
ton behind them. promotes substitution.
Wzst sR b ts sss The ruin Of hundreds Of thousands
ts ssasTa extension Of Independent merchants tho con-
sasp1ae.'' centration Of trade in vast monop.
sazsasasf r. oliess located In q few great cities;
decline n prosperity and population Of the ullageA towns
and small cities and the ultimate injury Of the consumers BY
placing them at the mercy OF monopoies which will then be
able to extort such profits they please for the se Of such
goods as they choose to handle ,,isa,ssaaats,
sw vH ths On aid ss By preventing the unfair and dis
.s 'siS from eas. honest use Of welllmown goods a.
.sxs "'''p'" e advertising bail, and guaranteeing
ksess uniform price to all consumers.
Wuaas M operate av Not at ALL The bill explicitly states
sv g ss s'ss.,a'a'6 that i provisions shall not apply
to any article that is produced or
controlled BY monopoly any manufacturer asked higher
prices than his goods worth, the public would refuse
to buy, and new makers would quickly enter the field
HsS can susAs .. assT By writing at once to the o. g.
ssfsd fAs prosperity ~ Senators from their State and the
s.IJ - -. -, Congressman from their District,
= k.s a. Sm psssd9 urging them to support the Ste-
phensAshurst Bill and use their influence in Its favor
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-04
POULTRY FARMS IN PARKS
srltIsh Authorities suuae.s EeenemIs
Plan TO Save Sum Of s4a.ooo,ooo
q Year.

London.--In the hops Of educating
the public mind so as 10 ultimately
save at least half Of the $1,000. 900
(s40. .0O0. .O00) q year spent on foreign
eggs before the war. London parks
may be thrown open for poultry breed.
ing. The scheme 10 receiving serious
consideration by the authorities, be-
cause II IL one Of the latest wartime
economies suggested on 4 large scale.
The promoters Of the idea have
asked for part Of one park to start
with. The plan provides for site Of
about three acres and the provision Of
accommodation for 600 hens. The lead
ing poultry breeders of the country viii
be invited to send six selected fowls
of the same breed and strain. scien-
tific feeding tests are to be made.
All the eggs win 60 to the wounded
soldiers and prizes win be awarded to
the owners Of the hens laying the
most eggs.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-04
Hundreds Of Civilians to Be Civ.
On Chance to Learn the
Sailors Life.
UIl. aAM MONTH IT SEA
Amateurs viii Dc Taken Aboard Mine
BattlsshIps and Given Course Of
TralnIno-No MsnlaI Labor
for the Rockies, Says Bee.
rotary Roosevelt

New York.--Ye. hol My ladsi For
the naval Plattsburgi
Aboard nine United States battle
ships many hundred enthusiastic
young landlubbers will learn some
thing about the gay sailors Life OF
the Atlantic coast next month.
Like their brothers In the military
training camps for citizens. they will
partly at themselves to volunteer for
service In Uncle SANS defense wien
war comes.
And incidentally. from all signs, they
win have a jolly good time, a brac-
ing vacation and a month Of exercise
and salt air which will put them back
ipto civil life ready for almost any
thing that comes along. ,<s
The amateur tars at this point Il
assemble and 60 aboard the@ Aine.
now receiving ship at the York
navy yard, and the Kentucla on Au-
gust Is.
On the same day the Virginia will
pick mp Its contingent at Portland.
Me-; the Kearsage at Boston; the nli-
nois at Newport, II. l.; the Rhode
Island at Philadelphia; the Alabama
at Philadelphia; the Louisiana at Nor
folk, Va, and the New Jersey at
Charleston, 8. O.
All will then proceed to Gardeners
bay, at the other end Of Long Island
sound, holding ship drills on the way.
At the bay they will participate In de-
partmsnt strategic lnaneuyers with
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-04
DUMB BOY IS NOW NORMAL
He Vocal Organs Are Perfect and Hs
Must Learn % Taik %
Baby peea

Antigo. wIs--Marvin worden. who
has been unable to talk since he was
six years old because OF q paralysis
Of tho throat. now has normal vocal
organs. according to Mayo brothers,
Rochester Minn.
They found II unnecessary to per
form an operation. as the growth that
vas believed to have impeded mis-
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-04

Sugar Greek, O.--Deil Fulk, Cam
ton fireman. has been fishing here for
several days. The other day Fulk
caught perch. Tho line pulled hard,
be says. and the Ash was jerlxed Into
d tree. .And when I climbed up to
eet the prise the fish got away, ran
down the trunk and Ieaped into the
water
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-04

Los Angelea-Every day for two
months the caretaker Of Forest Lawn
cemetery win open the coffin contain.
ins the body Of William O. Kipp. re-
tired Los Angeles capitalist. This
ceremony viii take place In accord
ancs with the viii Of Mr.. Kipp who
was haunted BY the fear Of premature
burial.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-04
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Orgi-
nal, Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

It's said Governor Major will
soon name the states two road
working days.
A Fayette man tells q ch;chen
story in such q realistic way that
he makes his hearers cackle.
In time Of peace prepare for
war. A Shelby county man has
seven acres planted to navy
beans.
jackson is asking for bids for
macadamixing the blocks Of
streets and constructing con-
crete curbs and cutters.
Howell county, with 8.S12
children of school age, has but
forty.two negroes, twenty Ave
boys and seventeen girls.
Dexter business men are said
to be preparing to establish .
building and loan association
there in the near future.
L. T. Justice, who was badly
bitten at Illmo last fall by four
vicious bull dogs, died last week
as the result Of his injuries.
Three persons were injured,
one seriously, north Of Charles
ton, recently, when an automobile
plunged down a steep embank-
ment.
Etna Kindred, age II, was
granted u divorce at Benton last
week, ami 80 minutes thereafter
she was married to ANDY
Glanize.
Superstition has no place in
the sessions Jf the Linn county
court. That body has just let
contracts for thirteen new
bridges.
In recognition Of forty years
spent IN it its service, Fred Wat
kins Of Martinsburg has received
from the Wabash q life pass for
himself and wife.
Miss Ada Albert has held the
same place for thirty-seven
years in the public school at
Maryvills and has been re-eleot-
cd for the coming term.
Several boys from Dnnklin
County who are employed In
auto factories at Flint. Mich.
have formed o Dunklin County
Club and have regular meetings.
Fought, arrested and fined all
within the space Of ten minutes
lie a Maryville record for the adj
ministration OF justice. Both
parties to the combat pleaded
guilty.
Saturday, July 10th, q special
election was held at Bloomfield
for the purpose Of submitting a
proposition to vote bond Issue
OF 5000 toimprove the streets Of
that city. 1t carried.
Eight dollars and eighty-four
cents in stamps was on a pack
age F. f. Cornelius OF Maryville
mailed the other day to his son,
who is In Alaska. The package
contained a set OF harness.
Fate certainly ls fiddler. AT
q racent distribution OF prizes by
lot q Boonyille woman drew q
ticket emitting her to four free
baths at q local barber shop and
q barefooted boy drew q bottle Of
shoe polish.
AT Benton, SCOTT county last
week . case was tried before q
jury in which H. Lsvan charged
Wm.McBrids and Maurice Harris
with taking him cut and beating
him with ropes. He asked for
$4,000 damages, but The jury
awarded him $3.50. Public
sentiment was with defendants
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-04

Wakefield, Mass. The WIN Of Anna
X. Gilman left to each Of her legal
heirs the sum Of one cent. The wom-
an stated that the beQuests were
small because ID q life Of 30 years
she had never received from any Of
them o single kindness or courtesy.
The estate 10 to 20 into . trust fund
Tor charity.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-04

and the citizens subscribed
moneyto pay judgment, ,costs and
attorney fee.
In Pemiscot county the st.
Francis Levse District has fled
about 500 suits against persons
in that county who are dslin-
quent in the payment Of leves
taxes. Some OF the amounts
sued for are very small, several
Of them being as low as II cents.
While hoisting the old pipe
from the city well at Jackson
last week, the pipe broke, leav-
ing about 400 feet in the bottom
! Of the well. Special equipment
will be required to get out the
old pipe. When all this is re-
moved, new pipe viii be lowered
at once.
It's q queer world, that's all
there is to 1t. The Carthage
Press notes that Springfield's'
city council has passed an ordi-
nance to protect girls from flirta-
tious men while the matron at
the st. Louis union station is
warning men there TO beware Of
the flirting girls.
In the Dudley neighborhood Of
Stoddard county are three fami.
lies named respectively Berk.
shire, Shoat and Pigg. Recently,
in the course Of some business,
a check was drawn by Berkshire
in favor Of Shoat, who endorsed
It to Pigg, and who. In turn, de-
livered 1t to o man named Hogg
in Poplar Blun. 5..s
Seventy years old, George d.
Jones Of Laclede county never
had been on train until Friday
OF last week, when af.er an over
land trip to Lebanon he journey
ed by rail to Springfield TO visit
a brother. To add to the novelty
Of a day fraught with new ex-
periences Mr.. Jones also took O.
, ride on a street car, which was
the first he had ever seen.
Chug Jones is an unusual man.
He lives at Savannah and is
justice Of the peace. He is 81
marrying squire. The Herald is
informed that he united In mar
riage last year over 100 couples.
Peopls run out from st. Joseph
In great numbers to let Squire
Jones marry them. Chug form
erly lived here. For a long time
he was connected with the Sa.
vannah Democrat.
A novel plan was employed at
Steelville in selling tickets for
the local chautauqua. Without
warning one afternoon all the
church bells in town were rung,
q mill whistle footed and the town
band began TO play. When
folks hurried to learn the cause
Of the disturbance they were re-,
minded that the chautauqua
committee still had some tickets
on hand. Every time ten tickets
were sold the mill whistle gave
an extra toot and before night
ticket sales were enough to
assure the success OF the enter
prise.
A firm OF horse buyers, says
the wsrrsnsburg star-Journsl,
has shipped from Johnson, La
fayette, Henry and Pettis coun-
ties for the warning nations since
September. 1914. about five
thousand head Of horses and
muIes. or this number the
majority have been sent direct
to the battlehelds and about four
hundred to more peaceful pur-
suits. From the average price It
is TO been sssn that this firm
alone has paid out nearly one
million dollas for horses and
mules In the four counties in the
last two years.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-19
SWELTERING HEAT
DEM0RALlZES WORK
LONGEST HOT SPELL RECORDED
IN TWENTY YEARS PARALYZ-
ES INDUSTRY.
HUMIDITY CAUSES MUCH Dis.
COMFORT AND INTERFERES
WITH BUSINESS.

1t is quite possible but not at all
probable that there has been some other
absorbing topic of conversation besides
the weather in New Ulm for the past two
weeks. 1t is also possible, tho few will
believe it, that there have been hotter
spells of weather in Minnesota than the
one we have been experiencing recently.
In fact, July Of 1911 for the first 9 DAYS
showed higher temperatures, both
maximum and minimum, than the first
9 days Of this present month, but the
long continuance of the heated spell is
what is causing the exhaustion of both
man and beast this year. There have
been II days of extreme heat and humid
ity succeeding one another since the
hot wave struck us and altho the tenn
perature has dropped on several occas-
sions as low as the COS it has not remain
ed low for any length of time and the
lack OF wind has made it impossible for
the heated houses to cool off to any
perceptible degree before the beginning
of another scorcher.
While it will not help any to make
people feel cooler, the following table
OF comparative temperatures may prove
interesting to those who have been pic
turing the mercury at 100 degrees or
more. Temperatures are given for the
first days of July 1911 and the same
period for July 1916 followed by the
figures for the next week also to show
the continued heat. In July, 1911;
q cooler spell relieved the situation the
the second week of the month.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-19

The average high temperature for
this period was also 86 degrees. The
high temperatures for the six years have
all been higher than anything we have
had so far this year with the exception
of 1915 when the best the thermometer
could do was to get up to go degrees
once in August. But then there was no
summer here last year. Other tempera-
lures that upheld the traditions of Mime
sofa hot spells were 100 degrees in June,
1910, 102 degrees twice in July of 1911,
100 degrees in June of 1912 and August
of 1913 and SO. degrees in July of 1914.
So there is still some thing to be thank
full for this year, unless Old Sol keeps up
continuous performance the rest Of
the month.
The extreme heat has rendered it very
hard to accomplish any tasks requiring
physical exertion. Nearly every one
thinks tomorrow" will be cooler and
duties are put off from day to day.
Streets are quiet during the heat of thu
day and at night everyone seeks the
slight comfort of the open air.
Manufacturing plants have been
having troubles each peculiar to their
own business. The mills have reported
aggravations caused by the heat and
humidity, teamsters have had to exercise
extreme care in order to prevent loss OF
horses, farmers begin to fear black rust
and the printers are having the worst
time of~all. This is caused by the effect
of the heat upon the rollers which are
used to ink the type in printing. The
rollers are made of rubber composition
and in the heat when used on the presses,
the friction causes them to melt and be-
come soft as jelly. In this, condition
they will not distribute the ink and worse
than that, the type tears them to pieces
tso that considerable, expense is involved
In attempting to turn out any work that
requires many impressions.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-19
HERMANN'S SONS ENJOY OUT
ING.

When the Sons of Hermann start out
to have picnic they usually do. Sun
day last was no exception and it is safe
to say that those who came on the
special, some two hundred strong,
augmented by nearly as many more
from New Ulm and the other towns on
the Northwestern line, had just as big
a time as they planned on when they
left home in the morning. The excursion
train arrived in New Ulm over the NJ
& St. L. about 1890 and the crowd,
picnic boxes and baskets in hand, men
and girls, old and young, handsome and
otherwise, made their way directly to
Hermann's Heights where the afternoon
was spent. More visitors were expected
than came, the shortage no doubt being
due to the unsettled weather which de-
tered many from leaving home. The
attendance from the surrounding country
was also cut down on account of the bad
roads.
However, there were enough present
to have good time and judging by the
looks of them when they went home,
they had not found any lack of enter
tainment. Dancing in the pavilion
formed the chief amusement for the
younger people.
Among those who took advantage of
the excursion were several former New
Ulmites, DR.. Gustav Fischer, Tony
Schwertzler, Alfred Setter, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. Townsend, Miss Bertha Younker,
Henry Wankum and Carl Merkle. This
was Mr.. Schwert1er's first visit to New
Ulm in ID years.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-19
LIN, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY, JULY 10,

An appeal to the United States SUI.
preme court is expected.
Mary Mahowald, widow of Gebhardt
Mahowald, who was killed by falling
steel beams at the First National-Soo
line building in August, 1914, must be
satisfied with damages prescribed by
the workmen's compensation act, ac-
cording to supreme court decision
yesterday.
The Court overrules verdict of
$4,000 awarded Mrs. Mahowald by the
Hennepin county district court and re-
mands the case to the district court with
directions to reduce the verdict.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-19

it out. At the Roller Mills the damage
was greater for the water got into the
belt pits and the elevators. 1t will cost
about $50 to repair the mischief. The
Cottonwood Mill suffered no harm altho
the Cottonwood River rose between
four and five feet during the rain and
Immediately following. The Minnesota
was also reported to have risen several
feet but there seems to have been no
accurate measure of it's flood. A con-
sentative estimate places the rise at 10
inches.
There was one factor which had much
to do with minimizing the loss to the
city on the streets and that was the oil
which has been spread over the surface
of a great many blocks of roadway.
Wherever the oil had we'll soaked into
the composition of the roadway there
was little or no washing except at the
sides and even there it can be seen that
the oil resisted the flood successfully.
The entire top dressing of the streets
remains intact and the passage of the
waters is marked by the ragged edges
showing where the flood bit into what
ever loose soil there was and carried it
off to the sewers. A member of the
City Council estimates the damage done
to streets and bridges belonging to the
city at 100000 at least.
The Rural Telephone Company suf-
fered a great deal of trouble and incon-
venience from the breaking of wires by
trees falling upon them or by the force
of the wind, telephone poles struck
by lightning and wires burned out. In
the city alone there were at least a
hundred trouble calls and a dozen rural
lines called for repairs. It took five
days to get things righted. On the
Minnesota Central lines it was i'm
possible to get Mankato for two days
and the Hanska, Searles and lines toward
Sioux Falls were all out of commission
for some time. The greatest force of
the storm seemed to be expended between
here and Mankato and towards Sioux
Falls. At Mankato so much expense
was caused by damage to city property
that all city Improvements were sus-
pended for this summer.
The harm done to crops, except hay,
was not great. The small grains lodged
considerably at first but reports now
would indicate that practically all of
the wheat and rye and corn have come
up nicely. Oats were heavy in some
places and were somewhat damaged.
At the Henry Arbes place in Milford a
bridge was washed away and probably
the same thing happened in a good
many other places for the force of the
rushing water was terrific. Fortunately
there was only a very little hail or the
damage would have been incalculable.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-19
GAYLORD HAS BIG DAY
Several Thousand People Present To
Witness Ceremonies At Laying
of Cornerstone.

Last Tuesdays celebration of the
laying of the corner stone for the new
courthouse was another successful occa-
sion for Gaylord, the new county seat
of Sibley county. The weather was
ideal, the program pleased and an i'm
mense thrcng of people from all sections
of the o1unty and tributary country,
was present to participate.
At about ten o'clock the Gaylord
Cornet Band commenced the festivities
with a concert on Main street square.
The Gibbon Cornet Band and the
Transit Cornet Band also appeared and
entertained the arriving visitors until
the noon hour.
The procession to the court house
grounds formed at one o'clock in the
afternoon. The speakers, county officials
and other notables, were conveyed to
the grounds in automobiles, where the
program was begun after each of the
three bands had rendered selection.
Attorney c. H. Mackenzie presided
and introduced the speakers.
The committee was fortunate in Sc
curing such prominent men as Hon. F.
B. Kellogg, Hon. julius A. Schmahl and
Hon. Henry N. Benson, and their
presence was largely responsible for the
great attendance. Hon F. B. Kellogg
of St. Paul, candidate for United States
Senator on the republican ticket, was the
first speaker. He delivered a fine
address and in referring to the new seat
of justice being built in Sibley county,
told of the Importance of the admininstra-
ton of our laws. The Albrecht Male
Quartette next appeared and at the close
of their first number, were compelled tc
respond to an encore.
Hon. julius A. Sch,nahl, secretary Of
state was next introduced and in his
talk told many historical facts concern
ing Sibley county, the hardships of the
early settlers and gradual settlement
and upbuilding of this section. Another
fine selection by the Albrecht Male
Quartette followed, after which Hon
! Henry N. Benson of St. Peter, senator
from the fifteenth district which i
composed of Sibley and Nicollet coun
ties, addressed the audience: His ad
-. (Continped; on Page ~
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-19
WILL GIVE PARK CONCERTS
New Ulm Concert Band Arranges
To Supply City With Open Air
Diversion.

At Saturdays meeting of the New Ulm
Turnverein the offer of the New Ulm
Concert Band to give weekly concerts
at Turner Hall Park during the summer
months was accepted and if present
plans do not miscarry, the first concert
will be given next Sunday evening. A
joint committee of the two organizations
has charge of the necessary arrange
ments.
The New Ulm Concert Band has been
in existence for some time and has a
membership of approximately thirty
men. Leader John Fritsche says that
the boys are ambitious and he knows
Of no reason why they should not be
able to give good account of them
selves.
When the Park Board decided to have
no more band concerts at German Park
this summer, the New Ulm Concert
Band decided to make arrangements to
give weekly Sunday concerts at Turner
Hall Park, because there seems to be a
strong demand for these concerts among
the citizens of town and the countryside
to Judge from the attendance at concerts
held at German Park in recent years.
There will be no admission charge, the
band boys expecting to realize enough
from the sale of ice cream and soft drinks
to make it worth their while. The
concerts are scheduled to begin promptly
at 7:3O p. m.
The following are members OF the
band.