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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-05
Rash Ignorance.

Senator Bankhead said at a din
ner in Jasper, Ala:
"Those politicians know so little
about cotton that they remind me of
Blanc.
"Blanc was running for the state
legislature against a farmer. He
wouldn't let the farmer Guido him
with the farm vote, however. In fact,
he challenged the man to a milking
contest.
wei go out to any dairy farm
you select said Blanc to his farm
er opponent, and If l don't milk
more cows than you in the course
of an hour, I'll withdraw from this
fight. If you, on the contrary, win,
I'll withdraw
"But the farmer, though an expert
mixer, got scared and refused Blanc's
challenge.
"A mar said to Blanc afterwards:
"'How many lows can you milk per
hour?'
"'How the deuce do l know till /
tryr he answered. Il v MIXED q
COW in my LIFE"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-05
HONE, -
TOWN - -
HEL.PSR-
NEARLY ALL LOVE A GARDEN
No Other Pastime, Unless II Be That
Of Angling, Has a Stronger Grip
Upon Its DeVotees.

"There be delights" says an ancient
writer, that will fetch the day about
from sun to sun and rock the tedious
year as N a delightful dream" Thus,
and very much after this manner, the
charming old prOse-poet, amiably gar
den made, continues, page after page,
to describe the 1000 delights to be
found in the "howery orchard Of his
century-describes them with an aban-
don of happiness that suggests the rap
ture of st. Bernard when hymning the
"New Jerusalem"
In fact, barring the equally ancient
and alluring pastime of going a-fishing,
no hobby has a stronger grip on its de-
voices than gardening, observes Fran
ces duncan in Scribner's. At four
O'Clock of a summer morning Celia
Thaxter could be found at work in her
radiant little island plot, a sister in
spirit to old Chaucer when on his knees
in the.g grass at dawn to watch a daisy
open. And these were not exceptional.
not extraordinary cases of devotion ;
they were merely typical opponents of
the true gardeners passion.
Nor is this tense enthusiasm 1eeting.
Not in the least. 1t is no more tran
silent than the bibliomaniac's passion,
no more evanescent than the collectors
zeal, which only death can quench. 1t
is no sudden, youthful fervor; indeed,
1t is rarely found in youth at the storm
and stress period, while 1t may be OBJ
served to be strongest in those for
whom the days Of wild enthusiasm are
over. The bachelor clergyman or the
quietest Of spinsters, for whom other
passion is nonexistent, will yet lavish
on their gardens enough devotion to
have won the heart of the most OBJ
durate of persons, enough tenderness
to have suficed for the mothering of a
dozen little ones. A garden is the
world of the recluse, the passion Of
the lone man or woman, the diversion
of statesmen, the recreation of poets
and artists of all ages.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-05

ropean war, however, Halifax was
again made military and naval head
quarters for British America, and
many German prisoners have been in
termed upon the well-guarded islands
of its harbOr. Here, too, was the chief
port of embarkatiOn for the numerous
contingents which Canada has con-
tributed to the English armies, and
the scenes of today must call TO mind
the earlier and even more active mo-
ments of the towns history.
Prominent in NapoIeonie Wars.
During the Napoleonic wars Hall
fax was the scene of many a demon
stration of English prowess. The pri-
vateers, fitted out by prominent Hall
gonians, frequently returned with
their prizes, distinguished French
prisoners made use of the enforced
hospitality of the citadel, built by
Prince Edward, son of George ",
which still caps the highest ground
and is a landmark far to sea. The
first prizes of the war of 1912 were
brought by their British captors to
AlullleAf anu 1 was W lhlS SdluClOuS
shelter that the Shannon brought the
captive Chesapeake. 1t was from Hal
flax that the successful naval expedi-
ton against the coast of Maine set
sail, and the succession of prize courts
which followed the arrival of the vic
tory ships, together with the social gay
cites which marked the government
house at that period, gave to the place
an intensity of life which it has never
since eQualed.
Added to Halifax's Population.
Following the capture of Washing
ton a British brig and a transport ship
arrived at Halifax bearing a large
number of fugitive slaves from Vlr-
ginia, whose descendants still popu-
late negro colonies on the outskirts Of
the town. Another and larger and
more important addition to the popula-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-05
NEW METHODS BRING SAVING
Application of Business Principles by
Town Manager Finds Favor in
Massachusetts Community.

George Il. Willett of Norwood,
manager form of government for towns
and cities at a meeting of the Boston
Art club recently. He showed how the
scientific and efficient business prin-
ciples of a well-managed and conduct
ed corporation a be applied to the
administration Of public affairs and
public expenditures. This system in
Norwood, he said, has resulted in a
more democratic form of government
and brought about a substantial saw
ing in the expenditures of the town.
The average citizen gets a better
knowledge of affairs under that sys-
TEN, he said.
Norwood has an unpaid commission
Of five men. They determine the poll
cies of the town, and paid experts un-
der the leadership of a professional
town manager carry them out after
the citizens have passed upon them.
1t is not leadership under one man or
a despotic form of government, but
the intelligent response of American
democracy to its responsibilities.
In the crisis this country is now fac
Ing the speaker said that the business
men are rushing forward to offer their
services to help the government carry
on a war as efficiently as possible. If
the business men would only display
the same interest in the ordinary af-
fairs of state, he declared, millions Of
dollars would be saved yearly by the
application of their business knowl-
edge to the affairs Of towns, cities and
states.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-05
The Rambler Roses.

One Of the loved roses of summer
Is the rambler rose, which rambles
about, scattering its joyous self among
hundreds of people in addition to those
who grow it. Clambering over houses,
both of rich and poor, it gladdens the
eye of the tourist, and in great arm
loads 1t wanders from its home vine to
the rose-loving, but not rose-possess-
ing. to the sick, to the weary. to the
tired business folk, to whom it brings
q bit of relaxation. The rambling rose
of June, which rambles all I'VE to the
Joy of everyone-here's to the insect
less health Of the rambler rose, wheth-
er Dorothy Perkins, Pillar or whatever
brand.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-05

of road-making and fringed with many
alleys and bridlepaths which lead into
the woodland maze.
The harbor is never closed by ice
and the development Of the port as
planned by the Dominion government
looks to n of the largest centers of
water transshipment on this side OF
the ocean. When completed these i'm
provements will find Halifax as the
climax of the grand Canadian trans
continental railway scheme-the
transshipment point intended to guar
antee that Canadian goods will be
entirely carried over British soil, the
link in the great British FALL red"
transport system of which English
statesmen have long dreamed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-05

ton of Halifax, however, came at the
conclusion of peace between the moth
err country and the revolving American
colonies in 1888, when thousands of
loyalists, preferring the old flag to the
new, left the states and renewed their
British allegiance in Nova Scotia. BY
them was laid the foundation of the
now considerable city of st. John,
while many of them settled in Hall
fax, where they contributed at once
and in no small measure to the enter
prise of the community and where
their descendants still retain that de
vOtiOn to the empire which has had so
remarkable a demonstration in these
last troubled years for Britain's far
flung lines. .
Halifax has always been essentially
English. 1t is, nevertheless, surround
ed by the settlements which the earli-
er French had established in that part
Of the world, beginning as early as
1904; and it was not until ITO that
British sovereignty vas definitely set
up. By the treaty of Utrecht q713-
Il liz ANuhAuho "ClS pOl l "
remain in the country, continuing
their religion, or to leave with their
personal effects. From 1855 to 1862,
however, no fewer than $4,000 Acadi-
ans were forcibly d-ispossessed and
Longfellow's "Evangeline" has i'm
mortalized their sufferings. .
City and Its Surroundings.
The environs of Halifax are delight
full. The city is capped by its citadel,
a picturesque Martello tower, and the
arm, a three-mile ford, is marked by
chain rock, whence a boom used to be
stretched, with a frigate moored in
side, to repel the enemy. The roads
We're all laid out by army engineers
with a view to transporting men from
point to point in maximum numbers
and in minimum time, and the result
is a series of beautiful wooded drives
constructed on the soundest principles
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-05
CUNT Won BERNsTORFF's

y" CUNT Won BERNSTORFF'S
enforced delay at Halifax
during the examination made
by the British authorities of
the neutral ship by which the dis
missed diplomat IA jOurneying, would
have been far less irksome if the voy-
ayers had been permitted to visit
the picturesque city, which occupies
a commanding position on the east
slope of a peninsula jutting into the
deep waters of the Bay of ChebuctO
on the southeast coast of the far larger
peninsula of Nova Scotia, says a war
geography bulletin issued by the Ma
tional Geographic society.
From it's foundation in 1749 the
town has been a center of British mill
tary activity and it was established
at the instance of the New England
colonists who had recognized the ad-
vantages of the wonderful harbor
whence D'Anville's fleet had made it's
futile descent upon the New England
coast in the course of the long war be-
tween France and Great Britain.
Where All Navies Might Float.
The town was the first English
speaking settlement in the midst of
the French colonies of Acadia and it
speedily took on Importance. Within
five years from its founding it became
the seat of British North American
government, and Britons have long
termed it the warden of the honor of
the north" It's harbor is deep and
ample and claimed to be sufficient to
float all the navies of Europe. Elev-
en- forts command its spacious waters,
and up to 1905 Halifax was an active
center of British activity. In that
year, however, as a mark of friendly
relations with the United States, all
British regular troops were with
drawn and the care of Halifax and its
Notifications was committed to the
government of the Dominion of Can
ada. With the outbreak of the Eu-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-05
H07U one SeCfI0H Of
tie German line ze1us
Mken by tie Ereuch
IN a recent adUanCe
an the 70esferv front

L is late in the afternoon, IL coLlpura-
tive calm is over the sector, so that a
dull booming of cannonading far over
on the left can be heard. Through
the sector among the thousands of
soldiers is a note of expectancy.
They are quieter than usual.
Suddenly from near the village In
the rear come several sharp reports
in quick succession from a battery.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-12-14
-.icapS capture German U-BOat.

80 Of the American Fleet in
[s.S Waters November 24.-The
lean destroyers which were re-
[.sbIe for the latest sinking of a
~ - submarine have returned to
!. base with flags flying. Their
DIV over the U-boat was one of the
vast neatest and quickest pieces of
[,rnn,arine work yet recorded by
[.nerican squadron.
"a submarine was disabled by a
Il charge. rose to the surface three
E~tps after the charge was fired,
/, hpsitatingly at the surface for q
Frsrt and then sank to the final
|, NJ Judgment at the bottom of the
No pressure Of water at the 200
/ or 50 depth at which she sank
|, completed the work of destruc-
m the strained plates of the sub
Fines hull. For long time
[Nes and oil continued to rise in
\, gulps from the grave where she
and then the Americans made
rance complete in a manner OF
NM il is unnecessary to 60 into de-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-12-14


n 50 depth at which she sank
4, COMPLETED the work of destruc-
on the strained plates of the sub
Fines hull. For long time
fSles and oil continued to rise in
IN gulps from the grave where she
and then the Americans made
france complete in a manner OF
kb il is unnecessary to 60 into de
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company
ward & Lexington Sta
Baltimore
Stopping by Mail
Is Easy : : L.:
when you do your
shopping at B alti
more's Best Store. A
letter or post card
stating your needs
will bring you detailed
descriptions and pri-
ees, as well as sam
pies of materials, If
you specify what you
want.
!rhe information you
receive will be fresh
and up to the minute.
Sgles change con-
SANITY, and this store
Keeps abreastofthem,
which is something
that, OF necessity, the
house which issues a
catalogue cannot do.
sSour order, when re-
ceived, will be filled
by an experienced
@opper--one wv ho
akes pride in giving
ner customers intelli-
gent service. And,
80 tar as is possible,
NE same young wo-
man will fiji all SUBJ
sequent orders, 80
hat the longer you
deal here the better
You will be served.
Na deliver purchases Of
ny amount up to $500
Tee by Parcel Post within
Me limits of the first Mnd
second Genes.
Purchases of $500 or
Sver are delivered free
ypareel Post anywhere
" the United States.
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Baltimore, Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-12-14
READY NOW ATT OLD PRICES.

Fresh lots of Foleys Honey Mnd Tar Compound
are selling mt before-the-war prices. This puts
this well-known cough medicine, ready to use, in
homes at less than it costs to buy and mix the in
gradients yourself. and all bother and muss is
avoided There is no better remedy for coughs,
colds Group or Iaerippe SOLD EVRYwHERE.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-26
TEUTONS MENAC|NG
CAPITAL OF RUSSIA
NaSSlng Great Numbers OF
Troops Along Front to
Attack Petrograd

PErROGRAD. via London. March
26.-From internal troubles and the
problems of reconstruction and at.
teHtion of Russia has suddenly been
diverted to a new danger which
threatens from without. There now
is indisputable evidence that the Ger.
mans are massing great numbers of
troops along the northern front ready
for m effort against Russia's capital.
The country has been appraised OF
the new menace by series of procla.
nations from its ministers.
A Petrograd dispatch this afternoon
says that the news that Hindenburg
is planning a campaign against the
capital is causing little CONSERVATION
in Petrograd. The Duma claims that
the troops will defend the city and
obey the provisional government to
the utmost.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-26
Another Rich Strike
Made At Jarbid ge

The most important development Of
the winter in the camp is the recent
cutting of the vein in the new tunnel
of the Legitimate mine. The vein has
been crossed for distance OF seven
feet and no wall encountered as yet.
Paintings all the way across show
some free gold in every pan. This is
highly encouraging and tends to prove
that the values in this mine extend to
depth as has already been proven in
the case OF several OF the other mines
of the district
In the early days of the camp IL was
the usual cry "On the surface show.
ings are fine but how about depth.
they may not go down. II there
was anything to prove that the value
went TO depth we would be glad to
put i'm money" and many like re.
marks. Now the results of the past
year have conclusively shown to these
doubling ThOmascs that the values do
20 down and those who have had and
held their faith in the district from
the start are about to realize upon
their faith With ono mine showing
twenty Millions of dollars worth of
good milling orc with twenty thous.
and feet of development work. and
half dozen mines with large ore
bodies already opened on several
levels. there Is little chance for any
further question as to the real and
ultimate value OF the mines of the
Jarbidgc district.
Several important developments
have been made on the working mines.
but they were already proven mines
and these new Developments only
add to the amount of known ore in
these mines. All of the mines have
had hard time to keep going this
winter owing to the shortage of sup.
plies.
Tho roads have been very much
worse this winter than heretofore, not
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-26

only near Jarbidgc but more particu-
larly around House creek, Cedar creek
and Devil creek. With the new road
TO Buhl built before another winter. it
is confidently expected that much Of
this road trouble will be eliminated
and that transportation into JarbidCe
will be much more regular and So
cure. and that one man will not be-
able To tie up the whole thing and
nearly stop all the work and staryc
the people.
This has been quite n severe win
ter but there has always been roads
over which driver with ambition
could get through. Now the indica-
tions and the barometer seem to
show that the worst is over and that
the snow will soon be leaving 50
that the roads can be worked on and
improved that freight may again be
gin To move towards the camp.
a volunteer fire department was
! organized the other night and chem
ical engine is TO be purchased for tn,
protection of the many new buildings
which have gone up and which will
be erected in the near future, or as
soon as the lumber can be brought
into camp.
Winthrop w. Fisk has just received
the sad news that his son. w. s.
Fisk had died in the hospital in TonO.
pah Young Fisk was we'll known
and liked in this camp and around
Three creek and Publ No particu.
lars have been received at this time.
DO not come to Jarbidge looking
for work until the roads are open
so that supplies can be brought in.
And do not come anyway at this time
unless YOU can bring your bed with
you and some grub as everything is
full and food Of all kinds IL very
short
PIONEER.
Jurbidgc Nevada, March i9, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-26
WILSON HAS u. /.
NOT DECIDED
ON WAR PLAN
Secretary Lansing Discusses
Situation With Members
of House Committee
MAY SEND ARMY
TO FRENCH FRONT
Other Plan to Finance War by
Issuing Large Bond
LOAN

WASHINGTON. March 26.-Repre-
sentatives Flood. Harrison and Rags
dale members of the house committee
on foreign affairs. discussed the Ger
man situation with Secretary Lans-
ing this afternoon. Lansing indicated
to the representatives, that one plan
to aid the allies is to help France
to finance the war.
Another plan involves the sending
of a military force to the French front
1t is understood that the president
has not yet finally decided which plan
he will urge on congress in his mes
sage to that body on April End.
Secretary Lansing said, however,
that the plan most probably urged will
be the authorization by congress OF a
large bond issue whose proceeds will
be devoted to the purchase of French
bonds.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-26
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING Of OVERLAND
TRAIL; LOCAL BRANCH ORGANIZED
Big Boost Movement For Interstate Highway Across the
Northern Part of Nevada is Under Way-OverIand
Trail Will Be M ade Boulevard

A local branch of the Overland
Trail club was organized in Elko last
Saturday night at an enthusiastic
mass meeting. a powerful sentiment
has developed in the northern tier of
Nevada counties for an interstate
parallel TO the Southern Pacific that
will equal any road in America.
The Overland Trail Is the logical
and natural route for a national high
way across Nevada. 1t has advant-
ages that no other route can ever
have. 1t is the trail travelled by the
emigrants in the gold rush TO Cali
fornia. There is water at easy in
tervals. telephone and telegraph com
munication. and in cases of emer-
gcncy the railroad is close at hand. II
is the Safety First Way" II is the
way that every thinking traveller will
go in motoring across the state to and
from California.
The towns along the Overland Trail
have adopted the motto. Stick To
gether," and good road boosters have
been steadily organizing the forces all
along the line. Capable and cnthusi-
astic men and women have been mus
tered into the ranks in every town,
and the Overland Trail club is now
the most powerful body ever organ
lied in Nevada. The result will be
vcritable boulevard from the Califor.
mia to the Utah line.
The meeting Saturday night was
called 10 order by Attorney Morley
Griswold, who stated the object of
the meeting, and nominations were
called for temporary officers. j. a.
Mcbride was elected temporary presi-
dent, George b. Russell was elected
temporary secretary and r. w. Hes
son was elected temporary treasur-
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-26
Secretary Daniels Appeals to
Newspapers to Assist in
Getting Recruits
MORE ARE NEEDED
AND NEEDED NOW
Enlisted Strength of Navy TO
Be Increased to Eighty
: Seven Thousand

WASHINGTON. March 26.-The re-
cruiting officers are now under orders
from the president TO rcdouble their
efforts TO bring the navy TO the new
full authorized strength of $1,000. the
president yesterday having increased
the authorized strength from $4,000.
under the National Emergency" act
The present actual strength of the
navy is about $4,000.
Two new military departments will
be created on the Atlantic coast by
May first. General Bell will leave
San Francisco to take charge OF one
and General Hunter Leggett will be
transferred from the PHILIPPINES TO
San Francisco TO replace General
Bell
Secretary Daniels sent the follow.
ing telegram to the newspapers
throughout the United States this
morning:
WASHINGTON, March 26.-"The
president last night signed an execu-
tive order directing that the author.
lied enlisted strength Of the navy be
increased to eiohty-seven thousand.
He was authorized by congress, In
case Of emergency, to direct such in
crease in enlistment. New ships and
ships in reserve are being fully com.
missioned as rapidly as possible and
the need is imperative for a large en-.
iistment to man them. There has
been net increase OF over six thous-
and five hundred in enlistment since
congress recently authorized an in.
crease, but many more are needed,
and needed now.
"Will you not emphasize this need
by giving special prominence Monday
on the first page Of your paper, to the
presidents order, and also by making
an editorial appeal for new recruits
for the navy.
The navy offers exceptional advan.
tsges to young men OF stuff and am
bition to serve in the first line for
national defense. In this emergency
you have the opportunity and the
privilege Of performing this public
service, and . am confidently appeal
ing to you for your cordial and help.
fut cooperation.
"JoSEPHUS DANIELS"
Receiving Assurances From Press
WASHINGTON, March 26.-Assur-