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Pocahontas star herald., 1916-10-13
Some Cotton Picking

One day last week four girls aud
boys near town picked 1856 pounds
Of cotton. Salhe Ross, age 10,
1886 pounds; Ernest Abee, II, 3lI
pounds; Ralph Ross, Is, sos pounds;
Toliver Ross, II, 800 pounds.
Pretty good for bill girls and boys,
don't you think?--Smthville News
Item.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-10-13
OUR WEEKLY
FASHION LETTER
'"V NtN MaIefialS are IIn,r,,,....
IN Solinsss and textures s'''''
New York n.

Wal, Ne" York, Oct. 10
a.,' WIN Tue BRIGHT crisp October
awe Than ever aud the fnsbion,r,o
laorooghtaro Of the great oi,y D"'O.o o..
",'u with crowds in new attire
which Is exceedingly smart. s',' F.'
'Fyone wants new clothes when an
'a%" comes aud everyone seem.
to have new clothes.
Tue long top coats and one ,io,.
dresses which are worn under then
strike one As being Of mos, imn,r
'ance this season, though ta,Ior,J
suits are also wcIlr,p esentoi. Tho
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-10-13
SODA WATER

Delivered to your home a case OF
8 dozen bottles assorted havors sc
cents, PocAHoNTAs BoTTMNG Co.
AZ If. Phone No. 254.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
Pointed Paragraphs

only tho brave fare we'll at a
church fair.
Dyspepsia sours lot OF the milk
Of human kindness.
Few critics ever get what they
are entitled TO in this busy world.
Bees are the only insects that
have any use for any kind OF combs
The more man knows that
should be forgotten the better his
memory Is.
Many man with good scheme
lacks the required nerve 10 push 1t
through.
The married man who waits for
the owl car Is sure to catch it when
he gets home.
often the spirit OF perseverance
strikes a man hardest when he Is
in The wrong.
A woman likes to have people say
that she Is looking young I'D is 4
member Of An old family.
One man may speak for another.
but one woman can't talk for an
other with any degree OF satisfac
'ion.
Many a man who is apparently
deep thinker merely has a new kind
0f pain and Is wondering what
caused g.
At last we have discovered why n
woman doesn't keep a secret. she
II afraid that some other woman
will tell IL FIRST
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
MIDDLE NAMES BEING DROPPED

This is the day Of tho 2.cylinder name. which
fact has been proved by cognomen connoissours
who have looked over every name az Harvard
and inspected the persons TO whom the names
belong. They learned that some extremely nice
persons have no middle names at all and seem
to get on rather well without them.
II Is assumed that the ever growing trend
toward efficiency s To be blamed for tho drop
ping OF oversize names, for II has long been un-
darstood that a person with a 2ply title need
not be- especially embarrassed about II. In the
course OF n wealthy mans life ~ means the writ
ing of about 10 million useless words II he uses
his middle name checks and Inducements,
and these things have got 10 be considered.
The Porcelain Club at Harvard, the most ex.
elusive organization Of its kind In the country.
proves this year the falling value OF middle
names There are 10 members this year and
but five OF them are burdened with excessive
nomenclature.
OF course George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln had no middle names, but this evidence
is considered az nothing at Harvard compared
with the fact that Theodore Roosevelt hasn't.
That fact Is almost enough to wreck the
complicated title system at the univeTsity.-Nsw
York Herald.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

from ul- Pay car wasn't stage money.
Bu. sir. Boyer Is "a pua..c-spr.,ed ciii-
zen.
tie has given for -ro boaatl. Of Detroit
ana for .ae benefit OF mankind every
where. ams that would tota. far above
IN, amour. of Tins latest contribution TO
his city.
We caH il a contribution because that
is exactly what il IS.
T. is contribution tha. awaNens De-
-roit 10 state ot affairs, Just as the
killing OF Roseu.ha on Broadway awak-
ened New York 10 "a state ot affairs, and
GAVE NEW YORK \ MAYOR WHO
CLEANED UP THE CITY.
We have heard Mayor Marx criticised
since this bo.5e>t piece Of thuggery.
We have heard Police Commissioner
Gillespie criticised. and the mayor critl-
Gsed in turn for appointing Gillespie.
Neither of these men should be asked
to shoulder the blame, because neither IS
to blame.
No one is TO blame but the VOTERS
OF DETROIT.
These voters were told very plainly by
this newspaper first in 1912 and again in
1914. just what they could expect from a
mayor committed to q wide-open town
policy.
The time approaches now when We are
to find out whether the voters OF Detroit
care 10 look seriously upon the plight OF
their town, or whether they prefer 10
consider it a movie stunt, with the ad-
ministration staging what could be ac-
cepted as farce comedy only for the fact
that it is a TRAGEDY.
Let US suggest another reel and cal. j,
"The Awakening
The Burroughs Adding Machine com
pany has started of with q $4,000 con-
tribution to It's production.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
A Poem a Day
rur R,GGrpY WAY

TIlI RAGGED MNN
- 'ha HsEzafs Msn lie works Fer ga.
A~ .. t.. -adsst waH ever goa
Ir. .o. .g- r-ss. every fay.
An t-rs ,.e horses. an. t'e1s ON
An sc a.e. ,rs saea--a0' We all i''
ws,r 3. .v.e ~, eur u..s ola
40 rer ~ .ar hired r.-. -ays ne
He Mills. me cow Ter .rararuts A7r
NJ. avful good R7Fssay
rassr Easssav Earscay Mar.
w re ua-z-ay Nan he's s, so
ue .a.t. t.s kaaln' aa .sors tho
A. naa .. 7radcs .r .1r garden too.
Am #.-f most Things 80 bows can :
ua .ama.f clean ap .~ cur nivtres
Ann a..Hr.H apple down f.r T.
An rt.-G- fun. f-r Liza uG'r Ann
A. r..n -rr. Ger thr E'EEclr
Ar awful kind Rarreay
Easa arszeav' EaEreay Mon
an .ta@ Es-gr4s Man re knows NOS
81 -s.i- m 90 Do good ,omcume-
Know r-a- O. .uts. an G-.Fun,. ami
Elves
A. tas 'fgicgm sguees at swal-
ler~ The selves
Al vito .y t0" pump In our pasture
IIe showed re a hole a, the wunks
"a gnt.
"A, lives way deep IN the ground. an
can
Turn Into No or 'Lizsbuth Ann
Er Ma er Ia sr the UaUperdy Man
Amt he funny old EagEcdy
Man
Raggedy' Ragzedy' RaRgedy Man,
The RagEefy Mann" tine when ha
WHs maxim a now-ar 'orry fer ne.
says. When you're big Ike yer Pa
is
A'c you 20 10 keep a ane store like
An be a rich rncrchant--an wear fine
cl0thes7--
Er what AR you 60 to be. goodness
An nsn ne wlnked AT Liza buth Ann.
An / SAYS. NJ 40 TO bo nice Rag
gedy Man
I'm AZ go TO be a nice Baggedy
Man"
Raggcdy' RaEgedy' PRHgedy Man
James whItcomh Riley.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

Na~yonsras4 Is no, G.-sasc 20
itself T. .s rather a .s-.,ga u.
.l health l-5u a.y ua. pi E.ussr
ae causes some O., er..r are g-.a.r.
..v r.v-.-at o.s--. sr.-a-Ev m-r-aI
3. n-s-a-- ra have ras clear
s understood Many recrds do rat
-a raae-s.srI. .-. a- is .s.t-a. from
letters ,a4- aaga com. ~ ua T.F4
cal -r ...a IS rH- reoa- query ot
corr ans.-. r-u western Can
ada.
rrs. ,- v-.- rrtrlo- q. the sa.-
-...... ..r .arF-s.ars
II ..-ssasne. &. 10y a t.ssss. IN
-at- evident -tt- ,.a.. can
-a hes. remedy for r. Tho
rs.-z -g 80 q. 70 ascertain ,.a .-a
r.-. cause al .a. Nervousness ta
zach individual ... and give treat
us-- ar.-o-r.a-- ~ -ae particular
case.
TO aa sure ,har. are certain
uss rre- ws.c. ore b-agGcla. 70 all
kinds ~ nervous patients.
The cultivation o.. emotional con.
t-ol pleasant occupation % mind
ne taking of sufficient exercise and
Ee--iuz plenty of fresh air viii help
any one who Is nervous from any
cause.
and IN many cases nothing more
is needed 70 bring about a complete
restoration 20 health
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

Among organic troubles most fr,-
4l-ncly responsible Tor nerousnes
sya weakness due 20 eve strain has
prominen, place. a na,r Of aeil.
f,uaz specracles may ~ all that
tae nervous patient needs.
Too.h decay also Is responsible
.5r much nervousness. Here trouble
is caused both by dental irritation
and By poisoning OF The system -
germ, -vallo~ed with food that has
a--a in contact with the decayed
.oo.h
Anything that causes digestive
.r-aarce may be a cause ~ nery
aasr,ss through malng'ri-ior o.
'a. brain. Consequently diet may
ta ~ important factor In the cure
Ct nervous case
Tile physician viii also inquire
carefully into the condition ~ tlroa,
and nose. Many cases o; nervous.
ness especially among children, are
Eup'5mauc ot throat or nose dis.
orders
Nervousness may also originate
from .pected muscular strains
as In the case OF persons afflicted
with ia, foot In fact. virtually any
dlsordered bodily condition may
give rise TO nervousness as a reflex
syr1p'om.
Again, nervousness may be a
symptom OF serious brain disease or
progressive disease OF the spinal col.
gmE. Happily for the peace OF mind
of nervous patients, It has this
dread significance In only a small
percentage OF cases.
Usually II 10 resultant from read.
~ Iemediable physical or mental
troubles. and particularly from IN.
hyzienlc habits.
Bu, since II IL important 20 learn
just what its cause is. II you are
nervous, act on my hint and con.
suit an experienced physician. Don't
try TO guess its cause yourself
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
The Daily Reminder
TopAY's AxrIvnnsARIEs

i7st-New England Courant start.
ed I'm Boston, with James Franklin.
brother of Benjamin Franklin. az
i5so-w,llIsm Rlount was appoint
sSu,nws. 90 n s'SfrnSST q ,,a ss0 ,isrrlt;Sy
iSo5 Robert ISiten's steamboat
the "Clerment" made It's nrst trip
from New York 10 Albany. OF an av-
srage. speed ~ miles an hour
tSgm ths ssilsrOphon" 70 ths
being ssnt 20 81. Helena
lSsO-Duhe OF Orleans accented the
crown OF France as Louis Philippe I.
lSti--James iAnman. one OF the
early United ststen senators from
Born there, Juno Is. 1879.
named as capital Of the Dominion ~
Canada.
ISt6-The Freedmens Aid society
OF the Methods, Episcopal church
was organized AT Cincinnati
lsIo--State OF siego proclaimed at
PaTls after the defeat OF MacMahon
AT Woerth.
celebrated at Rikievik
troops a. Aldershot before the Ger
man emperor.
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY IN THE
WAR.
New allied army landed on dsiii-
Germans claimed victory on Narew
river north ~ Warsaw
Petrosrad reported German forces
driven back near Riga
Russians held fast 70 east bank cf
Nistula and 6omharded Warsaw po-
with help Of ga, clouds Germans
took one OF koVno forts eu; Russians
recovered ~
ToDAY's BIRTUpNNs
Former President Taft's nrst grand
chilli. son ~ Mr. ard Mrs Robert
Tart rprn ~ Bar Harbor, VI" one
yrar aE0 today.
f'ie Burke. ono - the m"7t rnp-
ul1r ar,rssses OF tho American stag"
born IN Washington, =. g.. 81 years
Mss flen Fitz rendletor rrcsl-
le"t - wellesley college. born ~
Srarley J. Weyuau celebrated
Trt'.sa r--e''sf. born ~ Shropshire.
'grlut 81 wears ago today
ana Hal'Rrh. husband = nerthe
krrpI rr1 head 90: trr Ersa' ErUpp
Sgn works born ~ The Hague tf
years a<1 today
- mn rs.arer y ra,urp''zatj-r horn
- lArshngrE. Va. tf years aeo to-
'lr--' sstro. author q "TNr walls
q 'ar r. avf ~.N.r sg."ssFf 0't'A
pr-1.I-. Gere-7l RICHARD T.
H.N. A. rerr-F rr.r .r >s7'
rf tf.aa p "r1rr ~..'..r-'~' man
.,ar. r.. wi ;r.rr.. - rS'r
f~- fret g. ...r presidential .a00-
~ sr. nar0' .u Chicago. Is years 1E.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
This Is to Advise You the
Administration Is Staging
No Movie Production:

This is a warning to one Charlie Chap
lin.
Time was when il was perfectly safe
for this one Charlie Chaplin 10 permit
himself to be pushed out of tenth-story
window, pick himself up on the pavement,
administer a well-timed and well-directed
kick in the stomach to a padded police
man, bury hatchet in the policeman :
head and make his getaway, but If we
were in this one Charlie Chaplin's place,
we would, in future, be very careful.
For this reason:
Five highwaymen held up an automo-
bile containing something like 100000,
Just off one of the city's principal thor
oughfares, and secured in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 of the money.
They shot special officer, after club
bing him over the head, and. before max
hg their getaway, used up enough am
munition to take Verdun, a couple OF
times if necessary.
They were able to do this, it seems. be-
cause our well-known and popular citi-
zen and producer of currents, Alexander
Dow, thought it was moving picture
stunt, and because, later, when he dis
covered it was not moving picture
stunt, a woman had stalled her auto di-
rectly in front of his, preventing Mr..
Dow from getting on the scene in good
time.
At that, those who are best acquainted
with Mr.. Dow, say that if he had been
able to get to the bandits, the bandits
would have found themselves up against
about the livest wire there is around
these parts.
The idea is, however, that everybody
else looking on while this daring piece Of
highwaymanship was being pulled off in
broad daylight, in the city where life is
worth living, and pay rolls have to be
given over at the point of Winchesters,
thought just as Mr.. Dow did.
II there was a policeman around, he
appears to have been at the point Of
Mysteries while the special officer was
being dubbed and shot-at any rate he
didn't leave his seat and get up on the
stage, 80 to speak.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
The Army In Mexico
BY Webster.


Gap' Il is down from
aad goes back shortly by auto ,a !.
am roi~r .g a.. .-a e. .,ka ,a.-
-a..a- 4. t... ...v ays are SEQ.
-f.a4 --,..r,. ... .,,..s -~..~. som.
qr-E ali t-4 v.t .-.m Ce.rs#
,-s sr-aa .,a-. srrr. ..l.u.s Durham
CASA. e..r.... ....,, .aa North.
.a.t.-. railroad t... .. -.u.....
Fv vail Ta.-. ...r.... ar- -r.U-.
.-ngler,.o-g-.a U.-.ara sold fp
an AGENT r 81 YT.a ..N1 -l.u.
.her into r.4r'y and SELLS farm
back 20 ss .. U5rrs- plus .a rsr
cent trans apur,a,fav and custom
a...v ,.4rga. Ta. e4t... rt.lraaI
tafg gs Sc miles -. -.,,ur... from
81 Pa.a ard .- -.-a SD. WI, road
There M, ...r... trains u. e. cars
Na baA- -ta' a5a.. -- Dor e--f a-r
.nts- -a al .t-..-. -o rra
trains dort average ..r,a over 80
trucks Fac. f-a.r mas .- n~ ~
IN charge who r.,.. u.... t..s.
lnE car cr roadster. uaD-. -la
trucks are I.r.a.a. W.t-s a-1
s9u--vheelod drive r-H.-,. a.l
each train has is repair a.I fua.
car. rs kitchen aud .rar..s.arv .tr.
The personnel of a rain IS as ,o.
,ors One officer in charge. one
tralnmaster. ono assistant ,ra.uuas.
ter, one repair man. one cook ono
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
OVER TIE PHONE

Hello, city Directory came over rls wire
20 the pretty phone operator IN poik's Directory
Information Bureau, would you please give ne
the addross ~ a shark
who" said tre operator. Easping
u want - lna a. Sharks addrrss'
Wow mgr~grei tho operator the ugws-
paper stories and t.3 LeaJ are producing re-
suits. The oueu season for sharks - nov an
along fl" Jersey shore anywhere from -rH8y
Hook 20 Cape MAJ, and
But As Muru ta.k came along he operator
saw Nght sorry, bIf Ar. a. anart ia not
listed "a rbe Cliy DireCtnry.' IL W u
An Oxford, Mich, bakery has gone
into bankruptcy The yeast seems 10
have worked better IN the liabilities than
IL did in the assets.
What may possibly worry the Bur
roughs paymaster most Is the fact that
the bandits may come back They are
said o. have carried repeating rifles.
At last accounts the bandits were seen
speeding at $50 through Lansing, Pom
tiac. New Hudson, N0yi, Ann Arbor To-
ledO and along the Joy-rd.
Then the bandits Ford was what you'd
call suhtracting machine.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

The weight OF the average BABY
a birth is about seven pounds, boys
being slightly heavier than girls
SIN, a healthy baby may weigh as
little as five or six pounds or on
the other hand as much as 10 or l2
pounds at birth.
Ia he frst few days after birth
there may be a slight falling on In
weight, but in four to 10 days this
loss .s regained and from then on
The haby should show constant
gain
Bui a baby that gains too rapidly
,s op' always healthy The Ideal IN
baby 'eeding II not to produce fat
baby aut a proportionately and well
r5u-s he'd one.
The aim Is to grow muscle. bone,
h07d and nerve tissue. not merely
f8f.
Every baby has right 20 fresh
10 and pure milk
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
Praise
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane)


Risk il.
Don't be afraid. No bones were ever
broken by appreciative remarks.
Go ahead. Say it, You can hardly come
in contact with anybody without noting
some commendable thing. Speak of it.
And if any criticism, any salt or sour
word comes up in your throat, swallow
it back.
What vast, kindly, benevolent, bot
tomless pit is the pit of the great Unsaid!
1t is the Gehenna valley of our lives,
where lie the burnt refuse of our unkind-
nesses.
You are full of gentle thoughts and
gentle words, only you do not realize how
full until you begin to speak.
Unstop your generous impulses. Turn
on the fountain of your praise.
For this world of human hearts is dry
and dusty. Most men and women go
about smitten with cruel thirst. The
sons and daughters Of men perish for APP
preciation.
Then water them. Sprinkle them with
the gentle rain Of your cheering words.
Drop the dew of your admiring glances
and warm smiles on the just and upon
the unjust, with heavens indiscrimina-
ton.
Contwist you, smile!
We Americans are an odd lot. We are
soft as wax in our hearts, full of generous
feeling, hungry to help the next man.
But We hate TO admit it.
have walked the city street, in lonely
moods, and searched the face of every
passer-by for a human look. But il was
dreary picking. Men glanced at me and
looked quickly away. Women never look
ed at all. Only woman or two of Mrs.
Warrens profession And have Won
dered if it is not sheer loneliness, mere
desire 10 see a lightened face, even If it
must be bought and not taste for vice,
that leads men to take up with crepuscu-
lar creatures.
For souls are purchased with kindness.
Every cordial gesture you make to man
gives you property right to a portion
Of his soul.
Mine are the people Ihave loved, if only
for moment. They constitute my es-
tate. ! own them. | DO not own my
purse.
Twas mine, It's mis-, and has been
slave to thousands" | do not own my
house. the contents Of my strong box, my
furniture and pictures, no, nor the wife
have legally bound to me, nor the chill
drcn | have begotten, save in so far as
love them.
There is but one right and title in the
court Of souls II is love. 1t is appre-
citation. Anything or anybody in this
world belongs TO the one who appreciates
il. or him. or her No other claim will
stand in, the great assizes.
And do not own those who appreciate
me- they own me. 1t is the lover, and
not the beloved, that has the best end of
the bargain. Love is its own reward.
Hence, get rich. Pile up property. Be
a soul millionaire. Do this by the prac-
tice of appreciation. BE an appreciation
expert. The wider, more refined, subtler.
keener your power to see the praise
worthiness of men and things, the
wealthier you are. BE Hetty Green in
appreciation.
Compliment. Appreciate. Praise. But
me no butts. No praise is ever wholly un-
deserved.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
A PLEASANT SIGHT.

"Yape!" said a prominent Arkansawyer. I'm
right well fixed in the matter Of this worlds
goods I've got IL children. a sizabe passel Of
hogs and the peartest bunch OF hounds you ever
laid your eyes on And on a sunny afternoon
out in the yard, when anything is dropped that
looks like IL might be good to eat. the scrab
bling that foIlers Is shore worth watchng"-
Judge
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
The Old Gardener Says

Many persons give their lawns
too much water especially Ia
very hot weather A light water.
Ing tends TO coax fhe roots 10
the surface. where they are fair.
iy cooked by the heat Of the sun.
4 thorough soaking once e week
is sufficient O'teniimes CON.
plaint D. made that grass will not
grow IN certain places under
trees when the truth % the roots
are drowned out as a result OF
the owners zeal ia applying wa.
ter
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

One morning Uncle Fred was en-
gagged IN shaving himself and his
small nephew vas an interested
spectator
We'll, George raid his uncle,
don't You want ne 70 shave you,
too"
NO. uncle replied the little fol
loN, Il don't think my whiskers are
ripe yet
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

l.a N1t4 III navy -
tbnying or losing
seight and health
80 weigh the
5aby undress him
and put him on
the pan Of ths
Gales which has
first ireen covered
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

Ono day little Bert said soms.hing
about his knuekles and his four.
yearold sister asked him what
knuckles we're.
why" replied the youngster,
They are httle elbows on my
fingers"
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

One of the worst features Of this hold
up is the mistaken way in which the
crowd around it looked at it, and the sug-
gestion conveyed to gunner still among
US, not.having got theirs, as yet.
We may expect any day now to hear
that some one of our banks has been
robbed by a man wearing a small black
mustache, dressed in very baggy trou-
sers, a short sack coat, shoes run well
down at the heels. black derby, much
too small, and twirling timber cane.
We may expect him to be accompanied
by q Dutch comedian, fake policeman
and man with camera.
He will walk up TO the cashier and
remark, in an undertone: That camera
pointed at you Is a machine gun. Hand
over twenty-six million dollars, and do
1t as if you are part Of the picture"
Meantime the president of the bank
will be leaning back in the chair at his
desk, laughing himself half TO death.
And then, a few days later, Charlie
Chaplin, somewhere. endeavoring 10 earn
that 100000 minute the public pays
him, will be found bleeding from bull
let wound inflicted in pursuance of an or
der to take the latest bank bandit dead
or alive.
That Is why we warn Charlie GO be
careful.
! Joseph Boyer, head of the Burroughs
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
SPEEDY.

Docs that new watch Of yours keep good
timer IL
You bet II doesl There isnt clock in town
that can keep up with it!"--New York World.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

Today is the latest date fixed by
tho federal court for The receiver
ship sale Of the Pere Marquette rail.
way system.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
The Keep Well Column

Weigh baby az least once week
Tie MO'her, - comparing results,
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07
WHAT NERVOUSNESS Is.

BY n. AODiNGTON BRUCE
... ers,nas.y. Psychology and VareutAoal.' etc.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

Joseph Boyer, head of the Burroughs
>dding Machine company, realizes, of
nee, that the $4,000 the bandits got
The Detroit times., 1916-08-07

Every baby has right 20 fresh
30 and pure milk
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-12
UNITED STATES ROBBED
OF $17,OOO,OO0 BY THE
ACTS OF LAND COM'IS'N
(By international News Service

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE United States
government is being robbed of between Slo OOO,-
900 and Sly 100000 through too liberal attitude
of the Panama u. S. joint land commission states
General GpethalS.
He told the house committee frankly that ex-
Havagant prices are being paid daily for land need
ed for canal purposes and much of the money is I'M
derStOOd to be turned over to SQuatterS who hold
no legal title.
After outlining the most important phases of
the case, General GOethalS suggested legislation
that will compel payments only on the actual value
of the land Such an arrangement made in
1903 when the canal zone was acquired. He also
strongly urged the Immediate termination of the
Joint land commission
Col.GoethalS also cited cases where owners
had been awarded :, 900 and 4 900 per cent more
than the lands were valued at before the United
States took possession.
The land commission is said to contain but one
American and naturally takes the attitude that
this government can afford to pay any price tor
property for canal use. They state the land own
eS in the section are poor and need the money
The United States has paid out S16,OOO,oQO
where the fair value would have been s 1000, 600.
General Goethals announced with some feeling, 1t
was hard to be on the scene OF action ana see MS
country robbed without lifting warning hand
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Markets are today clos
edbeCauSe of LincO1n'S birthday.