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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
JUDGE LARDlfl.

/ The death of Judge Lardia removes
from our midst one of our foremost
citizens, depriyes the county OF an
able executive, and. above all else,
takes from the widows and orphans a
friend and protector which will be
hard to replace. Judge Lardin was
an honest and fearless magistrate. He
played no favOIites. The small estate
was given the same careful consider
alton as the one reaching into the
thousands. 1t was always source OF
great satisfaction to Judge lardin to
know tina I he was regarded as the
friend OF the widow and orphan, and
that his sabors in their behalf were
appreciated He always stood for what
was good and best in all his labors. II
was due chiefly TO his efforts that the
La Sale County Detention Home was
built. 1t was much-needed institu-
ton, and as the years go by its work
and usefulness will be better appreu-
ated. AS monument to the service
OF any public servant, no hcadstone or
marker, however ornate, could be
mote lasting or appropriate than the
Detention Home, and the supervisors
would do very charitable act if they
would see that tablet in memory of
Judge Lardil is placed in this building.
His long public service was builded
upon his stalwart adherence to the
principals OF right. His was life OF
uprlghtcousness without divergence.
To deliver unto the people a service
for which they were grateful was his
only hope and aim. or the old school,
as modern days sees that stalwartness
of Puritanic blood giving way to
new Americanism, Judge Lardin has
set the pace for any and all his sue
cessors. While it will be difficult to
find his equal, the people of La Sale
County will not permit Of the seiec.
ton OF any one but the man who can
fill A. T l.ardin's shoes. The Office
has been vacated by the unwelcome
workings Of fate. Fortune must aid IL
the selection Of that man who will be
designated to follow in great prede'
cessor'a footsteps His leaving makes
a void in La Sale countys public life.
To those at home deaths visit to
such valiant fighter. with SO noble
a character, is nothing short of d
calAmitV
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
EETTEE HOUSES.

A bill designed to improve housing
conditions in Illinois Is now pending
in the legislature. 1t recognizes the
fact that building methods in the
small cities, towns and villages are
sadly in need of state control. Purely
as health measure it is being advo-
Gated.
Long ago the world realized that
the great cities must establish certain
sanitary standards to which all new
buildings must conform II the health
Of the population is to be preserved.
AS an indication Of part of this ne
cessity We have the startling state.
ment of Lord Shaughnessy, president
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and
one OF the British organizers of VIC
tory" Less than two weeks ago
Shaughnessy said that "as many Cana
dams have been killed at home by tu-
berculosis since the war began as
have been killed by war itself" Bad
housing accounts for much of this
The housing bin is in part an effor;
to check this calamity in Illinois. sim.
liar measures are already the law in
New York. Connecticut, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. Ken
lucky, Indiana, Wisconsin and Califor-
MIA. It Is obviously not an untried
proposal For The welfare of the state
the bill should be enacted.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
urrounded by states which have this

surrounded by states which have this
protection for their farmers. It has
been alleged that Illinois has been
the dumping ground FOR the inferior
seeds that large concerns could not
dispose of in neighboriag states which
have standard codes.
Senator Kessinger does not ~makc
this charge, but in introducing the bill
declares that it would be possible for
such Il condition to exist in Illinois,
inasmuch as at this time no law is in
effect to protect the farmers Of the
state. If seed concerns are selling
only pure seed, the bill can do no
harm, he says, and If they are dump
ing inferior products upon Illinois,
certainly the measure is needed to
protect the agricultural interests Of
the state.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

One 81 the most common and yet
least recognized effec;s of tobacco Is
weakening Of the vision. One author
ity says that excessive smoking is
sometimes responsible for total loss
OF sight. This excessive smoking
may IN some cases be three or four
cigars a day. AS little as one ounce
OF tobacco a week may impair vision.
Four ounces week Il set down as
the ordinary limit OF safety. The Bu-
dapest Eye Clinic fixes maximum OF
tvc-sixths Of an ounce & day.
These facts will he Illuminating to
most persons and should be useful to
all smokers, 1t explains the general,
instructive feeling that women should
not smoke 'aad that boys should at
least wait till they have their
growth" Ii puts on every smoker tho
sponsibilty for finding his own dan
ger limit and staying safely within it.
II also affords q pretty good test OF
the extent to which any smoker may
be hurting himself. Remember your
eyes. II you find your sight blurrng,
STOP,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

Well, General Goethats at last has
made his choice. Our greatest public
builder has decided what he will bui.d
next. And what do you suppose it IS?
He will build roads Just plata
country roads Tic has accepted the
position OF state engineer for New
Jersey, His salary is said to be S!U,-
o Or S15,0l0, which Is absurdly small
for man of Cocktails caliber. Many
engineers with only 1.-THE Of his abi:-
ity are getting much more than that
from private corporations. Goethais
could easily get $4,000 year II he
wanted it, But apparently he doesn't
want money. lie only wants oppor-
tunity for conspicuous service. And
having built the greatest waterway in
the world he proceeds to the natura!
and logical work OF building land high
ways,
1t may look like step down lie
viii have the spending of $3.50 1
that New Jersey proposes to invest in
state highway system--a thoroughly
respectable sum. as state road 2ppr0
pTlatiuns go. but petty compared with
the money the general has had at his
disposal in the past. Yet he is salts
fed. Aud he is right.
General Goethals unquestionably
regards his new undertaking as NO
less digniEea than the one that won
him world fame. He recognizes the
Tremendous Importance OF good public
highways for the agricultural, social
and commercial development of the
country. He knows that he has mere
ly Laased from one big national sery-
ice to another big national service.
Could there be any more convincing
!esso.l in the value OF good roads?
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

When General Cocktails returned
from the Canal Zone, there was much
speculation as to what he would do
next. 1t was felt that there was no
jo5 IN thc country too big, or quite
big enough, for the builder Of the
Panama Canal. Many engineering
and administi alive places OF great re-
sponsibility we're offered him. Nearly
all OF them combined high salary with
opportunity Of important public sery-
ice. 1t was accepted az matter Of
course that he would accept no task
that was not Of genuine public value.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
RAILROAD RIVAL.

The motor car has become dan
serous rival of the railroads, Samuel
Felton says. and he is president OF the
Chicago Great Western, and ought to
know. He refers mainly to the loss Of
passenger business. but If improved
country roads brings about system
CT motor trucking that would stop
freight car shortages indeed.
The railroads of the United States
are viewing the competition OF the
motor car with alarm. The whole
vast continent affords the field for its
operations. 1t multiplies its numbers,
adaptability and efficiency and reduc.
es its initial cost in q night and no
man can place a limit on the sphere
Of it's usefulness. 1t is free TO PICK
up its owner or its passenger at any
place and hour, and bear him whittier
he would go--not quite as straight as
tie crow flies, but almost as rapidly
and surely as the rabbit runs.
You have only to stand on the cor
ner of any of our main thoroughfares
leading into our great cities, President
FELTON, says, to see procession of
possible railway passengers number
ing in the thousands going in and out
every night and morning. At a point
eight miles from the city hall in Chi
cago these motor cars fit BY two
hours night and morning at the rate
OF more than a hundred minute at
an average speed of % to 2 miles an
hour
But motor competition is not con
fined to the suburban traffic. There
seems to be no limit to the touring
range Of the motor car. There were
something like $4,000 visiting motor
cars registered in the state Of Massa-
chusetts last summer. Now, no one
can tell within approximate figures
how this affected the passenger reve-
nues of the New England roads, It
possibly cut into the receipts of the
electric lines as well.
However FELTON, goes on to say,
there IL one barometer by which We
can arrive at some idea Of the effect
OF the competition cn railway passen-
ger revenues During the seven years,
1857 to 1914. in the face Of active trol-
ley competition, the passenger revc-
nues increased at the rate OF more
than per cent per annnm.
We know that passenger revenues
respond more quickly than freight rev
enues to any general prosperity and
we knew from observation that In 1916
Americans, ory account Of the Euro
pean war, travelled all over this contin
apt in swarms beyond anything known
in It's history, and yet railway reve
nues from passengers in 1916, while
showing an increase over 1915, when
depression ruled the land, were actu
ally $7fG0.000 below those OF 1913
and more than s12,000,cC0 below those
OF 1914. Had our passenger revenues
in 1916 shown the normal increase
over 1914, they would have yielded
the railways of the country more thar
+ $75A0G0,O90. In fact, they were less
than 1896, c0GG01. This loss Of S54,
4 GC& 900 cannot be traced to any other
cause than the motor car.
Nor is this surprising. for the gov
eminent recently announced that
there we're 2,445,66i motor cars regis
tered in the United States. These av
eraged carrying capacity of at least
4 five to the car.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
TIE FARM LOAN ACT.

lans for the opening Of the Fed
pleted, according to Herman w. Dan
forth, Of Washington, Ta2ewell coun.
ty, H., president OF the Federal Farm
Lean bank of the st. Louis district,
AID who has just returned from a con
fc.ence Of the different bank presi-
dents of the twelve districts, which
was held in Washington few weeks
ago. Here are some OF the facts per-
tanning to the loaning of money to the
farmers through these banks: The
conference has fixed fiat rate of in
terest of per cent on the money
loaned the farmers; that farmer can
borrow as high as $4,000 from the
government: that the federal land
bank bonds would be placed on the
market at AZ per cent, but would be
probably sold at a premium; that the
farmers must organize themselves IN
groups Of ten. and each group borrow
ing at the least $4,000; that the
farmers will be permitted to borrow
money on not over 90 per cent of the
appraised valuation of their land, plus
20 per cent on the permanent insured
improvements; that the period OF the
loan will be at the option OF the bo"
rover, not less than for five years OF
more than forty years.
This new banking system is purely
cooperative. 1t is for the sole use oil
the farmers and prospective farmers
Farmers will eventually own all the
stock Of the Federal Land banks and
they will elect the officers OF these
banks. There Is no opportunity for In
dividual profit in the entire system.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
SUPPORT THE HOSPITAL.

Civic pride if nothing else, ought
to induce the people of the city of OF
tawa to vote the bonds for n new
hospital Every doctor in town will
voice his opinion that the present hos
pital is absolutely inadequate and
everyone who has had any experience
In building knows that you cannot
patch up an old building without a
large expense. No contractor will un-
dertake such a job or contract be-
cause when once you begin 70 repair
an old building, you never know where
to stop.
without seeming to unduly criticise
the present hospital equipment we
know that it is twenty years old. ev-
erything is run down and any sort OF
repairs would run into thousands of
dollars. People ought to exercise the
same business judgment In deciding
on this question as they do in their
own affairs.
The Chamber of Commerce Is talk-
Ing about boosting Ottawa and max
Ing It a live, progressive town, but it
seems to us that they can do nothing
more to boost the city than to give
the people first class hospital. We
have everything else in the line OF
parochial, OF grade and high schools,
water works, electric lights, paving
everything that goes to make the city
q model of its kind, and we cannot see
how any public spirited citizen will
look at his pocketbook so long that he
is unwilling to contribute the small
amount OF additional taxes needed to
make this improvement. 1t is true
that the taxes are high at present, but
they are high everywhere and it seems
to US that the taxpayer would get
more for his money out of this i'm.
provement than In any other way.
This proposition ought to appeal
particularly to women of the town.
Sickness and suffering appeal particu-
larly to the womans heart and 1t Is
to be hoped that every woman will
make herself committee of one, not
only to vote, but to see that her
friends and neighbors get out and
vote.
The new plans provide IA large num-
Der OF ward beds and also Of the
cheaper rooms, and this will bring the
use of the hospital within the means
OF those who are unable to pay large
hospital prices. We owe it to our
workmen to provide them place to
80 when injured or Ill.
There IL no doubt whatever but
that the present force could take care
OF the enlarged hospital. What Is
called the overhead charges would re-
main the same The buying being
done in larger quantities, could be
done to better advantage. There
would, OF course, be additional cost Tor
light and heat. The nurses home,
which now costs the city approximate
" sl.00G a year, could be abandoned
and the nurses housed in the present
building or the new one.
n We believe that people should con
slider this question carefully and go
into all the details and balance up
against the few cents each year OF ad
dtonal tax against the privilege Of
having frst-class hospital into which
they could 20 or take their families.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
AUTOMOBILE FIGURES.

One Of our builders of automobiles
has gathered some interesting Stats
tics on the industry. He found that
there are 3,iOS.4GS automobiles in for
ty-seven OF the leading countries.
On the industry In the United States
he gayo out the following figures, as
the result OF his Investigation:
Motor cnrs now registered IN the
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
DEMANDS PURE cEEDs.

State Senator Harold G. Kessinger,
OF Aurora, has offered bill in the
general assembly providing for state
pure seed code. similar to the one now
in effect In Iowa. which was adopted
recently and which was drafted after
q standard law in operation In Canada.
A similar bill Is pending before the
houtc, and indications are that inter
esting sessions will BIO had before the
committee of the two branches when
the measures arc considered
Under present conditions Illinois IL
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

United States, - 1.GC0.
Value Of cars owned in the United
States, S2.JOJ,Wt.CO0.
Average value per car. $1,000.
Number of cars 20 each mile Of
American highways. l.
Proportion OF cars 10 United States
area, car to each I-3 square miles,
Increase in real estate values due
to Transportation by automobile, los
20 iGe per cent.
Value OF cars exported in 1915,
sl9a ,GGl,tQ0.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

The modern physician Is soothing
lunatics with nothing more or less
than water, according to an article by
John t. Lind, NJ. D., in Popular Sci.
ence Monthly. There are three ways
Of giving the water treatment--by the
pack, by tho Scotch douchc' aud by
the continuous bath. All three meth.
DDS are p'satIng with notable success.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

It Is a natural law In California, ea|
pecially in the southern part Of tNl
state, that folks grow yourg instead d
old. Every timc a, rose fades In thi3
swcct land Its color fluids its wAy iutl
the checks, OF some visitor from ~
Gust who has come here t0 seek nm
health which only a cline nkO this cG0
give Los Angeles Times
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
CALENDAR OF ILLINOIS HISTORY.

April 8, ls32-Postoalce established
at Salt Creek, Macon County, Illinois.
Mahlon Hall, Esq, was appointed post
master. This postofiice is on the mail
ioute betweea Decatur and Blooming
ton.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
VILLAGE FARM SOLD
AT $3.50 PER ACRE

Saturday afternoon Matthew Dona
hue purchased the farm of Joseph To.
tel at a cost Of $3.50 per acre, which
Is u record price for land In Wallace
township The Totel farm adjoins the
one owned by Mr.. Donahue. Col. Dan
Fitzgerald, Of this city, was the agent
who completed the deal and is Justly
elated over the selling Of the Totel
place at such high price.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-01
EX-GOVERN0RS TO
ATTEND CONVENTION
News-Timcs Special Service:

News-Timcs Special Service:
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. six
governors have been invited to at
tend the annual convention of the
Ohio Valley Improvement assOcia-
ton here on Oct "a and 25.
Interest in waterways has been
heightened by the stress upon rail
transportation during the war. The
program OF the work for the Ohio
river. authorized / . years ago. has
not been completed and boosters OF
waterways routes say that a con-
slant fight is being made against the
work. The work on the Ohio, they
say. is distinctly practical and has no
flavor Of pork" about H.
The governors OF Indiana, Ken
lucky. Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia,
and Pennsylvania have been invited
20 attend the convention.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-01
APPROVE PLAN To.
PREVENT DISEASE
State Supervision of Afflicted
Women Advised As Pro-
lection to Soldiers.
News-Times special Service:

NeWS-I1meS Special Service:
LANSING, Mich, oct l. State
supervision of those females infected
with immoral diseases in the So
called red light" districts of Bat
tie Creek and Kalamazoo, will be
recommended 10 the war board at
its next meeting by the special com
mittee OF physicians who have been
investigating the question for the
last week.
With a medical inspector for the
state contantly on the job IN both
Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, aided
by the local health authorities the
local police and the officials Of
Camp Custer believe that the loca-
ton of the sources Of infection to
soldiers at the cantonment will be
hard TO find.
ON being found. the women will
be taken either to the hospital at
Ann Arbor or the Herman Kiefer
hospital in Detroit for treatment.
The state has so beds in the former
institution which can be used. while
the latter, the Detroit board of
health has given the use Of SO beds
more. While they are undergoing
treatment the state will attempt 10
find employment which they can
take when they emerge from the
hospitals and which will eventually
reclaim them as useful members Of
society.
At a meeting OF the physicians
here this plan was placed in the
form of a resolution for presentation
TO the war board next week Be
fore the plan was decided upon the
officials OF Battle Greek and Kala-
mazoo. as we'll as Lieut.. Col. Bart
lett. the chief medical officer at
Camp Custer. were consulted and
they are perfectly agreeable 10 the
plan. u is also expected that the
war board Will stamp it with its
approval In such event it viii be
started ~ once. with the location
OF two medical inspectors. Lieut..
Col. Bartlett has promised that the
army will give all the aid 1t can
in the locating Of sources Of infec-
ton.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-01
HINSHAW AGAIN
IN L|MEL|GHT
Minister Convicted of Murder
in 1895 Seeks Full
Pardon.
NCws- Times Special Service {:

Nows-Times Special Service:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, oct. Il
Has the Rev. William L. Hinshaw
convinced the people after 20 years
that he was the victim of cruel cir
cumstantial evidence in being con-
victed of the murder of his wife?
Big-hearted Ed FOgarty, warden
Of the Michigan City prison, is said
TO believe him innocent.
Rev. Hinshaw's liberty now rests
with the state pardon board. His
plea for freedom has been heard.
Friends urged as one reason that he
is dying with tuberculosis. But
Hinshaw wants his freedom because
he says he is not guilty.
The Hinshaw case is the most
famous murder case in Hoosier
annals. Hinshaw and Truza Oyler
were reared on adjoining farms in
Randolph county. They married and
later Hinshaw taught school and
was ordained a minister. In 1892
they moved to Belleville, in Hen
bricks county. Here Hinshaw held
his first revival meetings.
Seventeen Cuts.
Peaceful. quiet little Belleville
was aroused at l o'clock on the
morning of Jan. 10, 1895, by the
sound Of shots and cries of murder.
In front Of the four-room cottage oc-
cupied by the Hinshaws was found
the minister He was staggering
around, weak from the loss Of blood,
and talking incoherently. He had II
cuts across his breast and two bull
let wounds, but he managed 10 tell
frantic people to look for his wife.
AT the rear door Of the little home
was found Thurza Hinshaw with two
bullet wounds in her head. She died
without regaining consciousness.
Hinshaw was indicted, after great
excitement. He told his story from
the witness stand. He and his wife
had returned from prayer meeting.
They retired and he was awakened
by the sound Of shots and cried for
his wife. He struggled with two,
then three. men. He touched his
wife but once during the struggle
Then ne found himself in the street,
staggering about.
IndisCreetness Charged.
But what really convicted Hin
shaw was surprising circumstantial
evidence Of Hinshaw's love for an
other woman; evidence Of indiscreet
relations. The charges were not
proved directly. but the jury and the
people accepted them as true.
Hinshaw has long suffered from
disease. One night several years ago
il seemed that he would die. Physi-
clans gave him but a few hours 10
live. As he apparently was dying,
Warden Fogarty asked him the
question-or rather Hinshaw an
Swered it before Fogarty could ask
it,
"I am going" said Hinshaw. II
know what you want to ask me,
warden. and I am not guilty; 1 did
not do il.
And Fogarty believed him and
has fought for him since.
Hinshaw was paroled in 1905 by
Gov. Durbin. but because Of alleged
indiscretions with women his parole
was revoked by Gov. Hanly. He
has been out Of prison on short
paroles ever since.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-01
BOYS IN FRANCE
PRACTICE ECONOMY

News-TimeS Special Service:
PORTLAND, Ind, Oct. THE
"Sammies" in France are thrifty,
according 10 word received from
two Jay county boys who are with
Pershing.
They have informed their fathers
that they have asked 20 have a reg
ular portion Of their pay sent home
each month.
The boys-Clyde Andrews and
Ralph Holly-have made but one
complaint in their letters. They say
tobacco is scarce in France and a
five cent sack costs 90 cents there.
Friends will send them a plenteous
supply.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-01

from all sorts Of diseases in training
camps.
Many patients, such as those suf-
er.ng from shock, recover in base
hospitals. he said, but Indiana faces
big problem in caring for her war
patients
Gut the problem will be solved
and Indiana will do her full share.
even if finally called upon 10 detain
in one of her psychiatric hospitals
the royal paranciac who started the
fuss. DR.. Terflinger concluded.