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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
UPPER MARLBORO REAL
ESTATE CHANGES HANDS
Arguments Heard in Suit Over Pub
LEGATION of Delinquent
Tax List

Special Correspondence of The Star
UPPER MARLBORO, February 8
The following transfers of real estate
were recorded here during the current
week: Roy H. Pickford to Victor S
Evans and c. A. VI. Wells. twenty-three
lots in Kropps Addition. College Park
Hyattsville Building Association to
Hugh F. and Ethel NJ. Crawley, lots SO
and 81, F. II. Smiths Addition, known
as Ellaville; William B. and Maria II.
Early to Ralph NJ. Lorenz, $4,000 square
feet. Brandywine district; Anna knight
and Herbert d. Knight to Charles G.
Pfuger, lot in Hyattsville; c. F. New
ton to Mary V. Williams, trustee for
Thomas S. Williams, twenty-three
acres near Branchville; William S. and
Mamie l. Ryon to George s. Hillow.
one and one-half acres in Spalding dis
trict: Irving ID. and Mamie H. Plant to
Lanham Building Association. two and
one-half acres near Lanham station
Testimony was taken and arguments
made in the case of John H. Wilson
ct al. versus Mayor John G. Holden
the members of the council. Town
Treasurer William y. Shepherd and
Town Clerk g. Hodges Carr of Hyatts-
VILE here yesterday before Judge Fill
more Beall in the circuit court The
suit was instituted for the purpose of
having the. court restrain the town au-
thorities from permitting the Hyatts-
VILE Independent. a weekly newspaper
published here, to publish the list of
delinquent taxpayers in Hyattsville on
the ground that George NJ. Mcfarland
one of the owners of the paper, is a
member of the council and under a
section of the town charter, is pro-
hlblted from having any interest in
contracts with the town.
In his answer to the bill for an in
Junction. Corporation Counsel Vincent
A. Sheehy took a shot at the Hvatts-
Vile Citizens Association, which ne
claimed, instigated the, action and was
attempting to constitute itself a guard
ian of the welfare of the corporation
and to harass the authorities in their
efforts to govern the town. He con-
tended that the Independent was the
only newspaper published in the town
and that this paper was recognized by
the courts as a legal medium for the
publication of official notices Judge
BeaH held the case under advisement
and will announce his decision early
next week.
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LI1ILtES1oR!Es
'%fBEDTImTE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1917. by 7. W. Burgess)
Peter Rabbit Watches and Is
Watched.

Lipperty-lipperty-lip ran Peter Rab-
bit straight to the Old Orchard, in the
far corner of which was the house of
early in the morning, as Jimmy Skunk
had said. In fact, it was so early that
Peter had been on his way to his home
in the dear Old Brier Patch when he
met Jimmy Skunk. You know Peter
is quite hand to stay out all night.
usually getting home just about the
time jolly Mr.. Sun begins his daily
climb up in the blue, blue sky. So it
was quite likely. as Jimmy had said.
that Johnny Chuck hadn't come out as
yet to look for his shadow even sup
posing that he really did such a thing
on this one particular day of the year,
which is known as grounding day"
grounding being just another name for
Johnny Chuck.
AS he ran Peter thought over all that
Jimmy Skunk had told him of how it
was said that Johnny Chuck was in the
habit of coming out on this day to find
out how much longer winter would
last. If he should see his shadow it
would mean six weeks more of winter,
but if no shadow wasSto be seen it
would mean that the wi er was almost
over, according to what Johnny Chuck
hal said.
That's a funny idea" thought Peter.
What has Johnny Chuck's shadow got
TO do with the winter. any more than
my shadow. or Jimmy's shadow. or the
shadow of anybody else? And why
should he wake up today any more
than any other day? 1t doesn't sound
reea Sonable, and yet-and yet-Weli, If
people say it is perhaps it is so
Any way, II will harm no one if
watch and find out for myself" You
see Peter is very like a great many
other people-ready to believe any
thing. even though his common sense
whispers that it cannot be so.
| When he reached the Old Orchard
=, Peter went straight to Johnny Chuck s
! house. There were no footprints on
! the doorstep. Peter knew that
| Johnny could not have come out yet
Then he picked out a place close to the
Old stone wall where there was an
opening between the stones, an opening
| big enough for him to squeeze into in
/ case any one of whom he was afraid
| should come along, and sat down to
| watch Johnny Chuck's doorway
Now, Jimmy Skunk had guessed just
what Peter would do, and so he had
! told Sammy Jay that Peter was going
| to watch for Johnny Chuck to come out
/ and look for his shadow. Sammy had
| laughed till he lost his breath and had
| hurried away to tell everybody he could
| find. So while Peter sat there and
| watched. friends of his were watching
| too, only they were watching him in
stead of Johnny Chuck's doorway. and
| they would wink at each other and
| chuckle. At first Peter didn't mind
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AUTHORITY FOR STRIKE.
5000 Switchmen at Chicago to Vote
on Issue Soon.

CHICAGO, February 3.-Authority for
5000 switchmen, employed by eighteen
railroads in the Chicago switching dis
trict. to strike was contained in tele-
grams received by James Murdoch, vice
president of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen. today from w. c. Lee,
president of the organization.
1t was stated that a strike vote
would be taken within few days I'M
less grievances against four roads, the
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe, the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy, the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul and
the New York Central We're adjusted
The complaints against the roads were
said To center largely on working con-
ditions.
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a few minutes and that Johnny Chuck
might have come out and gone back
again.
Never was there "a longer day. Jolly
Mr.. Sun climbed up until he was right
overhead and then began to go down
toward the Purple Hills. Still there
was no sign of Johnny Chuck. All day
long Peters friends made some excuse
to come past that way just to see him.
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sitting still. but after while he began
to grow sleepy. for you know he had
been up all night. He did wish that
Johnny Chuck would hurry up and come
out. 1t seemed to him that never had
it taken jolly, round. bright Mr.. Sun so
long to climb up in the blue, blue sky.
He grew so sleepy that he would nod.
Then he would open his eyes in hurry.
fearing that he might really have slept
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time I heard it I went straight into
Johnny's house and found him just as
sound asleep as any one could be-.
And you knew all the time that |
was sitting there watching for moth
ing?" demanded Peter.
Not for nothing. Peter Not for
nothing" replied Jimmy. and grnned
right in Peters face. 4 guess you've
learned how silly it is to believe every
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and then went away laughing 1t was
such good joke. At last the Black
Shadows began to creep out. There
had been no sign Of Johnny Chick, and
now if he should come out he couldn't
possibly see his shadow. Peter decided
that it was time to go home. He was
stiff from sitting so long. and he vas
disappointed. dreadfully disappointed
AS he hoped over the stone wall on
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his way to the dear Old Brier Patch
along came Jimmie Skunk.
What luck?" asked Jimmy. There
was something in Jimmys voice that
made Peter suspect that Jimmy was
trying hard not to laugh.
Jimmy Skunk" said he severely,
do you believe that story about
Johnny Chuck and his shadow
NO." replied Jimmy. The first
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thing you hear, and that is something
gained"

The commercial failures in Argen-
tina in the first half of 1916 show liza
bilities of less than one-half those OF
same period of 1915 and one-fourth
those of 1914.
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HIGH COST OF LIVING
By Sheldon S. Cline.
No. "a.
What the State Can Do.

Without going to the extremes of
socialism. there are number OF things
which the state could, and should. do
to relieve the public of a part of the
burden of unjustifably high living
costs The term state" is used as ap-
piled to government generally. Some OF
the remedies could be applied by the
federal government and others by the
federal government in cooperation with
state and municipal governments
Congress should create federal board
of food distribution, with powers equal
to those the interstate commerce COM
mission yields over Transportation. All
interstate movements OF foodstuiiS
should be under its control, ana hs
jurisdiction should extend to the stor-
age of foodStuffs, which had beeh III
interstate commerce before entering
storage or were destined for interstate
shipment when released. There should
be no law, such as has been proposed
fixing arbitrary limits to storage
pcric~-, but the board should have pow
er to fix such limits.
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Virginia Couples Wed.

Two Virginia couples were married
In Rockville late this afternoon. They
were Miss Myrtle May Eskridge. six
teen years old, and Arbria Burley
Weakley, twenty-four. both of Merry
field, and Miss Leatha Pitman Ponton,
nineteen years old. and Ivan Newton
Hall, twenty-eight both of Pamplin.
Rev. John H. Schooley. pastor of the
Methodist Church. OBLIGATED a the mar
rage of the former couple and Re-
Samuel R. White of the Baptist Church
tied the knot for the others. The
homes of the ministers were the scenes
of the ceremonies
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ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd. February 3.-Ac-
companied by several friends, Miss
Margaret Alice Altman. twenty-six years
old. and Robert Edgar WEIGH. forty
six, both of Washington. motored out
to Rockville this afternoon and were
married by Rev. 4. T. Howard. pastor
of the Baptist church, at the home Of
the minister. They returned 20 the city
INN ediately after the ceremony.
Rev Niilard F. Minnick. rector of
Christ Episcopal Church. ofiiciated at
the marriage here yesterday afternoon
of Miss Louise Perkins. eighteen years
old, and Stanley NandewalNer. twenty
one both OF Washington. the ceremony
taking place at the rectory.
fire elIly last night on the farm OF
Thomas {. Clements. near PooleSFille,
this county. burned horses and cattle
and destroyed a barn. a large rick of
hay and several farming implements.
The total loss was placed at about
$4,000. partially covered by insurance.
The cause of the fire is not known.
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For example. take eggs. There are
about seven months of the year when
production of eggs is in excess of con-
sumption. The surplus o those seven
months should be stored Statstcs pc
ing available to determine the percent
age of misrepresentation for the I'VE
other months, the board shou4u VI w
released each month correspondents
percentage of the eggs IN storage. ne
fusal of any storage concern 70 . .
ply with the order should depar II l'o.il
interstate shipment of any OIL lhe 'seS
it held. ,. or. win
forced nv state laws forbiddlng m
trastate trade in eggs under 'he ie
ara1 han there would be no more at
tennis to corner the egg supply Inc
esne seneral procedure would prevent
the cornering of other perishable looa-
stuffs and such non pertshable artlcles
as are customarily accumniateu III
warehouses to be held for hlsher
prices. ~,
movements of wheat and corn ana
other grain the problem Would De more
difficult, but still not beyond the posi-
bility of solution. Pure samolhs III
grains should be abolished. 1t doesn't
seem desirable that dealing IN futures
should be entirely eliminated, for IL
furnishes necessary insurance asdlhs,
loss to the miller the elevator man and
others legitimately in the grain trade.
But there should be strict regulations
specifying under what conditions deal
ing in futures was permissible. ana
such strict enforcement of these regu-
lations that the buccaneers would be
driven from the grain exchanges.
The federal board in cooperation
with state and municipal authorities,
should simplify the machinery of dis
tribution and so regulate it that some
markets would not be undersupplled
while other were overstocked. 1t hard
Iy is feasible that the mlddieman
should be eliminated entirely, but he
should be controlled. Leaving 1t to
competition to regulate food distribu-
ton having proved a failure. the rem
edy would seem to be the concentration
of the business into the hands of a few
strong corporations with ample re-
sources and highly efficient organiza-
lions, and then the regulation of these
semi-monopolies as strictly as the rail-
roads and other public service corpora
tons are regulated.
There could be no more glazing ex-
ample of inefficiency than the block
after block of produce commission
houses in every large city. Many of
them are without business ethics or
financial responsibility, but all have
their overhead charges and profits to
earn. When competition becomes SO
fierce that profits vanish, the tempta-
ton to combine is almost irresistible.
With control over storage and dis
tribution of foodstuffs effectively es-
EOc~Ied. two of the most inexcusable
and most a>~aoying causes of the high
cost of living woald disappear. There
would remain to be dealt with in other
ways causes arising from economic and
natural conditions not reachable by
statute law.
Next-What the State Can Do
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Transfers of real estate were record
ed in the Office of the clerk of the cir
cult court here during the week IS
follows: John s. Colt to Lawrence B.
Jones. 1856 acres; Helen r Smith to
Franklin E. Beall, seven and a half
acres: Thomas B. Howard to Clifard
l. Howard. 1919 acres; John A. Addison
TO Jessie q. Dorsey, one acre: Isaac +.
Shoemaker to Daniel w. ODonoghue.
ten acres: Daniel W. o'Donoghue to
Martha Belt. ten acres; Jennie a. Ma
son to Eugene Mason, one and a quar-
ter acres; Daisy Warl to Grant f.
provement Company to George Kun
J. Selden to George T. Smanwood. lot
at Hill Crest; Della q. Smallwood to
Jlihu c. Wood. lot at Hill Crest: Ben
jamin +. leighton to Clifford T. Waller.
lot a. Glen Ross: David r. Hershey to
Thomas r. Luhn, lot at Comus: Ben ia
min +. Leighton to Archie A. Lumpkin,
lot al Woodside; Lawrence B. Jones to
John s Colt, lot at DickerSon: Clifard
j. Howard TO Jerusha A. Howard lot
At Unity: Thomas w. Stubblefeld to
Nellie f. Sweet. lot in North Kensing
ton: Nellie E. Sweet to William Wash
fngton lot in North kensington; Helen
r. Smith to Ethel NJ. BeaIl, lot at Da-
mascus: Sallie o. kefauver to Vernon
L. kefauver lot in Kensingtan Heights:
Norman c. kefauver to Vernon L. Ke-
fauver. lot in kensington Heights;
Harry NJ. Martin to Jonas L. Mercer.
lot near Chevy Chase; Laurel Building
Association to Dora Louise Ray, lot at
GaitherSburg
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Death of Mrs. Beall.

Mrs. Eliza West Beall. widow of Will
liam X. Eeall. died Thursday at the
home of her son. Marion T. BeaD. near
Pooiesville. at the age of eiGhty-two
years. Her death was due to the in
Grmities of age. She is survived 5--
s1r~-rarion r. BeaN of Poolesville.
& L NJ Bean of Nevada and Stanley
w. and Jesse ReaN of Cahfornia-and
Aughter Mrs. Nellie l.. MagrUder of
- >.ounty. Mrs. Beall was a daughter
of the late Henry West of this county.
At a recent meeting of Pomona
Grange the following officers were
chosen: Master, Il. Bentley Thomas:
overseer. Howard NARROW; lecturer. ].
w. Henderson: steward. Calvin Bready;
assistant steward. Samuel Harding;
cha plain. Rev. W. Willis: secretary. II.
+. Lamsdale: treasurer. Albert Nichols;
Eatekeeper, John Case; Ceres, Mrs. Il.
J. Thomas: Pomona. Mrs. !. n. King:
Flora. Mrs. G. f. Purdum: lady assist
ant steward. Miss Lillian Johnson.
The grange placed itself on record as
fsvoring a prohibition law for the Dis
trict of Columbia and national prohi
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office Of the Belmont Mining Com
pany, Limited, Wallace, Idaho, July
IL, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that at
meeting of the board Of directors of
the Belmont Mining Company, Limit
ed, held on the 7th day of July, 1917,
an assessment of three (3) mills per
share was levied upon the outstand-
ing capital stock Of the corporation,
payable on or before the 9Th day of
August, 1917, to Frank p. Hess, sec
rotary treasurer, at the office of the
company, 415 Cedar street, Wallace,
Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 9Th day
lof August, 1917, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before,
will be sold on the 25th day of August,
1917, at 500 p. m. of said day at the
office Of the company, AS Cedar
street, Wallace, Idaho, to pay the de-
llinquent assessment thereon, together
With the costs Of advertising and ex-
lpenses of sale.
FRANK P. HESS,
Secretary Treasurer of the Belmont
Mining Company, Limited, AIS &C.
| dar Street, Wallace, Idaho.
| ,Jy12- Az At
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Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board Of directors of
the Bullion Mining Company, Limited,
held on the 9th day of July, 1917, an
assessment of five 60 mills per share
was levied on all of the outstanding
stock of the corporation, payable on
or before the 9th day of August, 1877,
to James II. Taylor, secretary treas
urer. at his office, No. 6, Shoshone
building, Wallace, Shoshone county,
Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 9th day
of August, 1917, will be delinquent
and will be advertised for sale at pub
lie auction, and unless payment Is
made before, such stock will be sold
at the office of the company on Mon
day, September 10, 1917, at 500
O'Clock a. m. to pay the delinquent as
sessment thereon. together with the
costs of advertising and sale.
JAMES III. TAYLOR,
Jv12Aqht Secretary Treasurer
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office Of the Military Mining & Mill
ing Company, Limited, Wallace, Ida
no, July 10, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that at a
special meeting of the board of direct
ors of the above named corporation,
held on the 10th day Of July, 1917, an
assessment of forty cents (40c) per
1000 shares was levied upon the out
standing capital stock of said corpor-
alton, payable on or before the 25th
day of September 1917, to l.. H.
Hayes, secretary, at Sunset, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 25th day
Of September, 1917, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
ton, and unless payment is made be-
fore will be sold on the 25th day Of
October, 1917. at 800 o'clock p. m. of
said day, at the office of the company,
to-wit: The Office Of Walter II. Ham
son in the Clyde & Taylor building,
Wallace, Idaho, to pay the delinquent
assessment thereon, together with
the costs of advertising and expenses
of sale.
L. III. HAYES,
Secretary of the Military Mining e.
Milling Company, Limited; Sunset,
Idaho. Jyl9-S2O- lot
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office and principal place OF business
of Rockford Mining Company, Limit
ed, wallace, Idaho, July z, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that at a
special meeting of the board OF direct,
ors of the above named company, heid
at the office of the company IN wal
lace, Idaho on July 7, 1917, an assess
ment of two ca mills per share was
levied upon the outstanding capital
stock of the corporation, payable on
or before the 7th day of August. 1917
to w. II. Hanson, secretary of the
company, in the Gyde- Taylor block al
Wallace, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 7th day
of August, 1917, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction
and unless payment Is made before
will be sold on the 7th day of Septem-
Der, 1917, to pay the delinquent as
sessment, together with costs OF ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
WALTER H. HANSON,
Jv12 -A24t Secretary
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the daho-Nevada Explora
ton Company, Limited, Wallace,
Idaho, July 8, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board Of directors of
the Idaho Nevada Exploration Com
pany, Limited, held on the 3rd day Of
July, 1917, an assessment of two (2)
mills per share was levied upon the
outstanding capital stock of the COR
poration, payable on or before August
3, 1917, to e. r. Turk, secretary
treasurer Of the company, SIT Bank
street, Wallace, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 3rd day
of August, 1917, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
ton, and unless payment Is made be-
fore, will be sold on the 4th day of
September, 1917. at 1880 p m. Of said
day to pay the delinquent assessment
thereon, together with the costs of
advertising and expenses of sale.
e. r. TURK,
Secretary Treasurer Idaho Nevada
Exploration Company, Limited,
Wallace, Idaho. J12A2-4t
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NOTICE OF LOST CERTIFICATE.

To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has lost or misplaced the
following certificate: Certificate No.
3O2 for twelve thousand eighty-three
(12,O83) shares of the capital stock of
the Edorado Mining & Smelling COM
pany, standing on the books of the
company in the name of VIII Ryan.
All persons are hereby warned
against negotiating or attempting to
negotiate the above mentioned certifi-
cate, and unless the same is recovered
within sixty (60) days from date
hereof, application will be made for
the issuance of new certificate OF
like amount in it's stead.
WILL RYAN,
Je14-Ag16-10t Wallace, Idaho
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office Of the Hector Mining Company.
Limited, Wallace, Idaho, June 80,
1917.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors Of
the Hector Mining Company, Limited,
held on the 30th day of June, 1917, an
assessment of five 90 mills per share
was levied on the outstanding capital
stock of the corporation, payable on
|or before the 1st day Of August, 1917,
to E. H. Pattison, treasurer, at 21o
Cypress avenue, Wallace, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the LIST day
lof August, 1917, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
ltion, and unless payment is made be-
fore will be sold on the 31st day of
August, 1917, at 200 p. m. Of said day
to pay the delinquent assessment
thereon, together with the costs of ad-
Ivertising and expenses of sale.
E. H. PATTISON,
Treasurer Hector Mining Company.
210 Cypress Avenue, Wallace, Ida
no. J5-26-4t
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Ri,k Assumed by Timberman.

An experienced mine timberman as
sumed the risk of being injured
through fall of material from the part
of roof he was timbering, due to
Earring Of the earth in the near by
operation Of. pneumatic drills. although
his partner" had assured him that
the roof was safe and the shift boss
declined to stop the drills when the
danger of falling rock was suggested
(Utah supreme court, Golesh VS.. Utah
Apex Mining company, 1872 Pac. Rep
1897.