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The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
ANOTHER TALE OF
BUNK and PROFIT
BY EXPLOITING THE NORTHERN
MICHIGAN WASTE AND TAX
TITLE LANDS.
NEW DEVICE TO HIT POCKETS
The Latest Method Of Disposing Of
These Lands Has Been to Give
the Lots Away.

Rogers City-Follov ing on the heels
of the men who have exploited north
ern Michigan waste and tax title
lands by selling them at fancy prices
to investors at distaI ce. now comes
a clique of schemers With a new de-
vice FOR tapping the pockets of the
unwary and Informed
Down in Lansing wore heard ru-
mors of an extraordir airy tax levy
up here in Presque Isle county. Never
had the like OF il been heard Of be-
fore anywhere in the United States,
it was said What has been found
here seems to warrant the astonish-
ment in the state house.
From people to whom have been
given lands Is being levied a fake
tax that is turning many thousands
of dollars in this direction.
1t is another tale of bunk and
profits in deals in northern Michigan
lands-in the waste lands that are
found in a state and region abound
ing in splendid opportunities for legit-
innate paying investments, but which,
because of the false semblance OF
value put upon them, misrepresent
the state and bring il into disrepute
in the eyes OF southern Michigan
people and thousands of others in ad-
joining states.
Everybody in Michigan knows by
this time that there is a class of
l., rhn En hnGinaCC Of
taking Hp, on tax titles, or buying
from the state, cut-over timber lands
at about 81 an acre and selling out TO
uninformed persons at relatively fancy
figures these parceled tracts as farm
land, resort or village lots.
The latest method of disposing OF
these lands has been to give the lots
away. Among those Of whom lone is
born every minute" there is always
a large representation Of the chaps
who actually can be made to believe
that somebody is giving away things
of real value.
The first move was the subdividing
of the property into house lots. Lots
80 feet wide and 80 feet long were de-
cided on as the proper size and no
space was allowed for roads, high
ways or alleys. That would all come
out of the lots after the sales.
Each 40-acre tract was divided into
900 lots. That made $4,000 lots in the
1900 acres. A value OF as high as
500 was put on some of the lake
front lots, while those back consid-
cradle distance we're valued at from
$40 to $50. AS general average the
lots were valued at $50 and, on this
basis, land which had been bought for
approximately $4,000, suddenly took
on an assumed value of 100000.
And after the land agents had
squeezed every cent out Of the lots,
there still was field for exploitation
the tax field The tax titlers, and
the others, had no sooner got out than
certain town officers levied and began
to collect--a fake tax.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
Narration of Rats.

A huge migration of rats has recent
ly disturbed the activities of Petro-
grad, investing the customhouse and
grain markets and marching Ell masse
through Nevsky Prospekt, where thou
sands were smashed by trolley cars
and killed by men and boys, the total
invading army being estimated at
$4,000.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
Grain, Etc.

DETROIT-Wheat: Cash No red,
s1.21; May opened without change at
1922. advanced to 1922 II, declined
TO Sill IL, touched $123 and closed
at 1922; July opened at s1.21, ad-
vanced to S1.21 IL, declined to $1.20
IL, advanced to 1922 and closed at
$1.21; No l white, $1.16.
Corn-Cash No 3. "a 1-2c; No 3
yellow, re; No 4 yellow 7S974c.
Oats-Standard, As 1-2c; No 3
white, AZ 1-2c; No 4 white, 45Q46c.
Rye-Cash No 2, 99c.
Beans Immediate and prompt
shipment, $3.65; April, $50; May,
1915.
Seeds-Prime red clover, s1O.45;
prime aisle, 1925; prime timothy,
$3.50.
Hay-No l timothy, $1S50@19;
standard timothy, s1750@1S; light
mixed, $17.5OQ1s; No timothy,
$15.5O616; No l mixed, s14415; No
2 mixed, $1Od12; No 1 clover S120
10; rye straw, $7506S; wheat and
oat straw, $6.5Oq7 per ton in CARROTS,
Detroit.
Flour-In one-eighth paper sacks,
per 1876 lbs, jobbing lots: First patent,
$3.50; second patent, Sc; straight,
$50; spring patent, 500; rye -four.
So per Dbl.
Feed-In 100lb sacks. jobbing lots:
Bran, $24 standard middlings, $25;
fine middlings, $50; coarse cornmeal,
$50; cracked corn, $3.50, corn and
oat chop s2s per ton.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
TELEGRAPHlC FLASHES

London-The British steamship
simla, OF 1854 tons gross, has been
sunk. Eleven members of the Asiatic
crew were drowned. The rest were
saved.
Berlin--The German government is
able to announce that no German sub
marine or warship was responsible
for the explosion which damaged the
British steamship Sussex.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
Happenings
Of the World
Tersely Told
MEXICAN Revolt

II has been officially reported at
Mexico City from Queretaro that the
Villistas have been badly defeated by
government forces headed by Gen.
Jose Cavazos at Cieneguilla, west OF
Chihuahua City. Prisoners captured
report that Villa is hiding at a ranch
near Cieneguilla
The Mexican government has not
given the American government per-
mission to use Mexican railways for
any purpose whatever, said Gen. Can
dido Aguilar, Mexican minister OF for
eign relations, at Queretaro. Mex.
Three United States citizens and one
Epaniard were killed by Mexican ban
dts nine miles south of Rosario, Sina-
loa, Mex, according to advices re-
cefved at Tucson, Ariz.. from Mazat-
Ian.
Categorical denial by Secretary Ian.
sing was the official answer to persist
emit reports at Washington that the
American troops might be withdrawn
from Mexico shortly regardless OF de-
velopment in the hunt for Villa.
Fifty persons, including women and
children, were murdered by bandits be-
tween Torreon and Zacatecas on
March 2S. when the marauders
wrecked the train on which they were
riding, according to word received at
San Antonio, Tex.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
Public Officials, Bonds.

We bond more people than any
other company in the world. Maintain
a special department for bonding pub
lic officials Agents everywhere. Write
for rates to Official Bond Depart
ment, National Surety Company, 80
West ST., New York City. Americas
Leading Surety Co" ADV.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
Washington !

Without objection the senate at
Washington adopted Senator Hoke
Smiths amendment to the Chamber.
lain bill providing for rs hours of voca-
tional training each month for en-
listed men in the regular army.
The Notifications bill was reported
favorably to the house at Washington.
1t carries direct appropriations of S21,.
997 $50 and authorizes the war depart.
ment to enter into contracts amount
ing to s12,300,OO0, a total of s34,297,
$50.
President Wilson broke a precedent
by going to Fort Myer, Va, for dinner
with Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of
staff of the army. 1t is customary for
the president to accept dinner invita-
lions only from members of his cabl.
net.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
Coal Tar Colors.

American dye works are now turn
ing out coal tar colors at the rate of
$4,000 tons annually, and a report on
the present dyestuff situation issued
by the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce calls attention to the i'm
portance of the fact that these colors
are being manufactured wholly from
American raw material
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
Kindred Thouuhts.

do you know, John" remarked
Mrs. Jaggs, as her liege lord stumbled
upstairs, that I've been awake for
hours waiting for you to come home
from the club
IF that amt just like a woman"
growled Jaggs. Here I've been at
the club for hours waiting for you to
60 to sleep"
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
European War News

ORS W ~ ANC~S
The British steamers Avon OF $40
tons and the Adamton of 1904 tons
were the ships sent down 1t was an
nounced in London. The fate Of their
crews is unknown.
The German government announced
at Berlin that no German submarine
or warship was responsible for the
explosion which damaged the British
steamship Sussex
The Russian army of invasion in
Turkey is only 20 miles from Trebi-
zond. according to a dispatch to
Fetrograd from Tifis. The Russians
are now advancing upon Surmenes.
A Japanese naval commission ar
rived at Petrograd TO cooperate with
officials of the Russian admiralty.
Replying to inquiries made by the
Dutch minister at Berlin, Germany
has informed Holland that it would
have been impossible for a German
submarine to have torpedoed the
steamer Palembang. as no German
vessel was near the vicinity where
the Palembang sank.
An attempt to hold a nonconscrip-
ton and peace meeting in Trafalgar
square, London, was unceremonious
ly broken up by thousands OF persons
who charged and dispersed the process
sion and tore up the banners and flags
A successful attack by four German
seaplanes on a Russian aviation sta
ton in Oesel island at the entrance to
the Gulf of Riga is announced in an Of
fetal statement issued at Berlin.
The great German drive west Of the
Mouse has at last captured Bethin
court. The peak of the French salient
which has been the object of the Ger
man attacks for nearly two weeks
was evacuated by the French after q
big battle, according to the com
munique from Paris.
|
In the taking OF Svetkavtze. neal
Taropol, the Russians captured AZ land
mines and much booty. Austrian at
tempts to retake the place were re
pulsed, according to a Petrograd dis
patch.
The German losses before Verdur
up to the present time have reached
the huge total of 100000 men. one o.
the greatest battle losses in the whole
range of warfare, according to esti
mates made public at Paris from g
semioficial source.
The Peninsular G. Oriental llnel
Simla has been sunk in the Mediter
ranean with the loss of IL members o.
her crew. All we're Asiatics.
An Athens dispatch to the Londor
Daily Mail says that telegram hat
been received from Preveza to the eff
feet that large transport belonging
to the entente allies has been sunk of
the west coast of Greece.
A German submarine was sunk By
a squadron of French and British war
ships, the ministry OF marine an
nounced at Paris. The crew of the sub
marine was captured.
|
The British steamer Gent, of 3,S9I
tons, has been torpedoed withou
warning west of Fastnet. Forty-eigh
members OF it's crew are missing
Two men were killed. Captain Martin
and nine of the crew were saved.
A victory for the British over thu
Turks on the Tigris below Kut-el
Amara has been reported to the wa
office in London by General Lake. Tn,
Turkish intrenched position at Umm
el-Henna was attacked and carried.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

wild Bob" Burman or Detroit,
Mich, Mechanician Eric Schrader OF
Chicago, and Track Policeman w. H.
Speer, dead, and five spectators in
tured, three OF whom may die-that
made up the tragedy that wound up
the third annual road race at Corona,
Cal.
A number of leading artists and car
toonists at New York proffered their
services to the government, free OF
cost in drawing posters to awaken
the country to the need for industrial
preparedness.
The big naval observation balloon
which escaped and fell near Argyle,
Fla, was so badly cut up by souvenir
hunters that it will have to be re-
turned to the factory.
A large -four milling company an
nounced that it would build 3,000,-
000-bushel fireproof grain elevator in
the railroad yards at Minneapolis,
MINI, to supply the mills.
The farmers won the milk war in
Chicago and the consumer will not be
the victim. This was the gist Of an
announcement at the conclusion of me-
gotiations between representatives of
the distributors and producers. The
producers will get $1.55 a hundred
pounds.
An anarchistic plot to assassinate
the rulers of European countries was
uncovered in Chicago by States Attor-
ney Maclay Hoyne, and another plot
of q secret organization to assassinate
federal agents, according to dispatches
from San Francisco.
+. X. Jackson, former cashier Of the
Northwestern university at Evanston,
H., who disappeared on November IL
sity, surrendered to the police at Chi.
cago. He was released on $4,000 bail.
Warren G. Harding, United States
senator from Ohio, was elected tenn.
porary chairman of the Republican ma
tional convention of June by the sub
committee of the Republican national
committee, in session at Chicago.
An official count may be necessary
10 decide definitely the status OF the
Wisconsin delegates to the Republic
an national convention. Figures re-
ceived indicate that the conservatives
or Governor Philips faction, have
elected eleven of the district delegates
and the La Toilette wing nine, with
the Eleventh district still in doubt.
Lafayette Chandler thirty-fve years
old, the negro who shot and fatally
wounded Sheriff John H. Dieker oil
st. Charles, Mo-, was trapped in 9
barn and slain by mob.
Two masked men held up and
robbed passengers in the smoking cal
of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific pas
senger train No. Al as the train was
leaving Howe, okla. The bandits OBJ
tanned s115 and four watches.
A brutal and gruesome killing wal
disclosed at Chicago with the discov
cry Of the mutilated body of Mrs
Agnes Middleton in ner bedroom a
1857 Armitage avenue. She had beer
hacked TO death with Ratchet.
Mrs. Minnie e. Smith OF Chicago
district superintendent of the Illinois
Children's Home and Aid society, ar
rived at Duauoin, Ill, from Mount Car
bon, where she rescued Hattie Ivey
thirteen-year-old girl, from band o
sypsies.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

Mrs. Minnie e. Smith OF Chicago,
district superintendent of the Illinois
Children's Home and Aid society, ar
rived at Duauoin. Ill, from Mount Car
bon, where she rescued Hattie Ivey,
a thirteen-year-old girl. from band Of
sypsies-
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
Foreign

The fiftieth anniversary Of the en-.
trance OF Field Marshal Won linden.
burg of Germany into military service
is made the occasion of many tributes
to the famous soldier. Emperor VIII
liam has sent portrait of himself to
the field marshal.
General Zupelli, Italian minister OF
war, has resigned because OF III health
Gen. Paolo Morrone, commander of an
army corps. was appointed minister oi
war at Rome.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

The British steamers Avon Of $40
tons and the Adamton of 1904 tons
were the ships sent down 1t was an
nounced in London. The fate OF their
crews is unknown.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

A brutal and gruesome killing was
disclosed at Chicago with the discov-
cry Of the mutilated body of Mrs.
Agnes Middleton in ner bedroom at
1857 Armitage avenue. She had been
hacked to death with Ratchet.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

The German government announced
at Berlin that no German submarine
or warship was responsible for the
explosion which damaged the British
steamship Sussex
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

Two masked men held up and
robbed passengers in the smoking car
of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific pas
senger train No. Al as the train was
leaving Howe, okla. The bandits OBJ
tanned $115 and four watches.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

Lafayette Chandler. thirty-fve years
old, the negro who shot and fatally
wounded Sheriff John H. Dieker Of
st. Charles, Mo-, was trapped in a
barn and slain by mob.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

The Russian army of invasion in
Turkey is only 20 miles from Trebi-
zond. according to a dispatch to
Fetrograd from Tiflis. The Russians
are now advancing upon Surmenes.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

An official count may be necessary
TO decide definitely the status OF the
Wisconsin delegates to the Republic
an national convention. Figures re-
ceived indicate that the conservatives,
or Governor Philips faction, have
elected eleven Of the district delegates
and the La Toilette wing nine. with
the Eleventh district still in doubt.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

A number of leading artists and car
toonists at New York proffered theil
services to the government, free o.
cost, in drawing posters to awaken
the country to the need for industrial
preparedness.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13
Domestic

"Wild Bob" Burman of Detroit,
Mich, Mechanician Eric Schrader OF
Chicago, and Track Policeman w. H.
Speer. dead, and five spectators in
jured, three of whom may die-that
made up the tragedy that wound up
the third annual road race at Corona,
Cal.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

A Japanese naval commission ar
rived at Petrograd to cooperate with
officials of the Russian admiralty.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

An anarchistic plot to assassinate
the rulers of European countries was
uncovered in Chicago by States Attor-
ney Maclay Hoyne, and another plot
of a secret organization to assassinate
]. p. Morgan has been discovered by
federal agents, according to dispatches
from San Francisco.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

The big naval observation balloon
which escaped and fell near Argyle,
Fla, was so badly cut up by souvenir
hunters that it will have to be re-
turned to the factory
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

Warren G. Harding. United States
senator from Ohio, was elected tenn
porary chairman of the Republican ma
tional convention of June by the sub
committee of the Republican national
committee, in session at Chicago.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-13

#. X. Jackson, former cashier Of the
Northwestern university at Evanston,
Ill, who disappeared on November IL
with $4,000 belonging to the univer-
sity, surrendered to the police at Chi
cago. He was released on $4,000 bail.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-28
Practical Education

Practical education is the on-
most desired now. Our people
are taking keen interest in edu
cational problems. and there will
he "A close co operation between
parents and schools hereafter.
The demand is being made that
our schools shall prepare for l,le
and its problem. that our courses
shall be practical. We are now a
race OF utilitarians and we wish
to see practical benefits from all
our activities. The school should
prepare for correct living. If it
does not. then our curriculum
must be revised,
There should be adaptation OF
the course to the environment of
the school building. Agriculture
and its various rami6cations
be one of the chief consid-
~rations, while manual arts, and
the arts and crafts of city life are
the proper major subject Of the
city school curriculum.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-28
Rural Carrier
Examination,

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an
examination for the County oil
Cassia, Idaho to be held at Oak.
ley, & Burley on May 27, 1916,
to fill position Of rural carrier at
Keny on, and vacancies that may
later occur on rural routes from
other post Offices in the above
mentioned county. The examin-
alton will be open only to male
citizens who are actually donnie.
lied IN the territory OF a post off
ice in the county and who NEE t he
other requirements set forth in
Form No. 1877. This form and
application blanks may be OBJ
tanned from the offices mentioned
above or from the United States
Civil Service Commission at
Washington, d. {. Applications
should be forwarded to the Com.
mission at Washington at the
earliest practicable date.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-28
u. S. Chamber of Commerce
Takes Action to Protect Public
INTEREST," interruption of
Traffic a National Calamity"
An Inquiry Asked.

The business men of the Coup-
try, appalled, by the threat OF
nation wide railroad strike, that
would parab re all industry, have
emphatically taken the position
that such a calamity must not be
allowed to fall OH the people.
The United States Chamber OF
Commerce, at its annual meeting
III Washington, adopted an emer.
gency resolution declaring that a
national railroad strike "would
constitute an act ininlical to
public welfare and fraupht with
grave consequences The board
ct directors was authorized to
appoint special committee to
investigate The wage controversy
tor the information of the 5000 600
business firms associated in the
chamber.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-28
Preparedness.

The fear of invasion may be.
come IL very potent element in
bringing our nation to a realiza-
lion OF the necessity for prepared.
ness. Our people are naturally
opposed to a great standing
army. All our traditions are
against it. We have favored a
small army and a militia system
IN the past. Today, they are IN
adequate.
We have an immense coast line
and many vulnerable points Of
attack. We need not only a large
army but adequatecoast dctenses
and artillery, and powerful
navy. Our country should have
at least two strong fleets, one
tor the Atlantic and ore for tn.
Pacific.
The great nations are armed
The United States are helpless.
Congress must do something
quickly. There is no time to be
lost, the demand is urgent. The
pacihclst is opposed to all prepa
ration for war, but the wisdom
OF the ages, say that the nation
which will never be attacked is
the nation prepared to resist III.
vasion. 1t we would conserve
peace, we must prepare for war.
This is the only way. We do not
aim at a militant system which
shall override all personal liberty
and the civil authorities and be.
come the dominant factor of our
government. This form of milit.
ant aristocracy is totally oppos.
ed to our ideals of Republican
government, but this fear need
not preclude an adequate system
to prepare us for any eventualit-
les.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-28
WANT COLUMN.


To Rent
A 4. four roomed house. En-
quire of A. A. Tanner, or at
the Herald office.
For Sale-Townsits Lot at Half
Price. l-8 acre.
Inquire Herald Office.
Gasoline Engine for Sale, 2 horse
power for $1,000. good bargain.
Can be seen at this office.
For Sale-Second hand Studebaker
lzzer' Buggy and double Buggy
Harness Address P. o. Box PAS
Oakley.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-28

Greens of all kinds are Natures
spring medicine
Far more disease comes from what
we eat than from what we think
Most of us eat to satisfy an abnor-
NAL, artificial appetite. rather than
to supply the body with certain need
ed food materials.
1t has not been shown that vegetar-
ians are any less likely to develop
hardening of the arteries than those
who eat meat in moderation.
Spring colds have-no terrors for
the man who puts on his light under
wear early and at the same time
leaves off much of his heavy food.
1t is true that small amount of
uric acid is taken into the body with
certain foods, but large quantities of
this harmful substance are manufac-
tured in the body as a result of the
use of tea, coffee, tobacco, alcohol.
and because of errors in diet.
Alcohol is one of the best external
antiseptics. A fresh wound that is
likely to be unclean may be rendered
sterile by cleansing with pure alcohol.
One part alcohol and three parts wa
ter make an excellent gargle during
the first stage of a sore throat.
The person VINO is always taking
cold" will overcome the tendancy al
most entirely by taking an "air bath"
every morning. Simply strip the
body in a room that is comfortably
warm and go over the entire body
with coarse towel, rubbing the skin
until it is good pink color, after
which it lis well to expose the skin
to the air for another five OF ten
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-28
SPRING FEVER.

Spring fever is not an imaginary
disease; it means that the human ma
chine is out of order and that disease
more serious may be the result. The
cause and cure of this and other
spring disorders is the topic of
Spring Medicine" by DR.. Daniels, a
contributor to this paper, in the April
number of The Hygienist Magazine
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