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Washington telegraph., 1917-02-23

mercantile institutions of Hope,
and the merchants of Hope know
this. With only this trade to keep
up the mercantile establishments
of Hope, there would be such a
thinning out as was never heard
of before, there wouldn't be very
much doing long. Yet the peo-
pie who have helped to keep up
these enterprises are made to
pay S850.00 more for a tempo
rary court house in Hope, two
years, than it cost at the regular
county seat in about thirteen
years before. Are the people of
this county going to stand for
these things? We don't think
they will when they have the
remedy at hand; at least they
are not going to help people who
are doing their best to ruin them,
and no reasonable man could eX-
pect them to do so. They will not
continue to furnish a club to
crack their own heads with.
If Hope thinks she can get
along without the people behind
her, it will be mighty good idea
to let her try it, at least for a
season; if her enterprises do not
need the people of the county,
the people certainly can manage
to make out without them; if the
mercantile interests wishes to
say to the people of the county
"you have to come to Hope" then
the people can show their indie
pendence.
Look at the cotton market that
has been built up in Hope by the
people of Hampstead County,
then take in consideration that
there are plenty of other mar
kctS.
Oh! They say We help the peo-
pie when they need it-sure and
the people pay forit in good hard
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-23
GREED VS. SENTIMENT

One often hears great big bus
mess men (?) in speaking of MAY
ters that do not show a profit III
dollars and cents, as all very
well for sentiment but not good
business" =" They think sentiment
is only for girls in their teens
ana love-swain. BY this express
sion they show their lit tleness.
In making such remarks they
show that they are narrow min
ded, selfish and live within them
selves; they do not have in their
composition that which makes
the broad gauged business man.
Such people can't get within their
nickle-grabbing minds the truth
that sentiment is what makes the
werld worth living in. The fact
is that if it were not for senti-
ment the human race would have
been extinct long ago, or would
have now been living like so many
herds of cattle.
Big business men Save the
mark! Save the mark. If they
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-23
What to do ,uhen
Backache comes on

OF found immediate relief In the uso
OF Foley Kidney Pills, have recon-
mended them, and do not know OF a
single instance when they failed to
give relief"
c. U. .Landrunn, a travelling salesman,
writes from San Angelo, Texas: "Driv-
ing over rough roads and in all kinds
of weather gave me acute pains in the
back and L suffered greatly. / found
relief in the use of Foley Kidney Pills,
and before the first bottle was used
the pain in my back had entirely disap-
peared and have had no recurrence Of
those pains which frequently. amounted
10 aimost neuralglc proportions"
When backache comes on, and it
seems as If you can't stand the pain
and pressure in your back, you will find
quick and grateful relief comes with
the use of Foley Kidney Pills. ) They
stop the cause of the pain, ease the
stiff aching joints and muscles, and
clear the poisons out of your system
by helping your kidneys and bladder to
normal healthy action.
Sold at Colds Cash Store.
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-23
Yours truly,
A Citizen.
ORDINANCE NO. SO.

An ordinance to prohibit the use of
Air Guns, Air Rifles and other guns
or rifles OF like kind or character with
in the limits of the Incorporated Town
of Washington and providing penal
ty therefor.
BE it enacted by the Common Coun-
ell of the Incorporated Town OF Wash
ingtont-
Section | That from and after the
passage Of this ordinance it shall bc
unlawful for any person or persons to
use, operate or shoot within the limits
of the Incorporated Town of Washing
ton Air Guns, Air Rifles or any other
kind of air gun or rifle.
Section ,; Any person or persons
violating this ordinance shall bc fined
in the sum of not less than one dollar
and not exceeding five dollars and
each time this ordinance is violated
shall constitute a separate ofTcnsc.
Section 3: That in addition to tho
penalties prescribed in Section > of
this ordinance, the parent or parents
of any minor or minors, permitting or
allowing said minoro or minors to vio-
late this ordinance, shall be subject TO
the same penalties prescribed in Sec.
? of this ordinance.
Section 1: That this ordinance take
effect and be in force from and aftcr
its passage.
The foregoing ordinance was passed
by the Town Council of the lncorpor-
ated town of Washington in session
Wednesday, Feb. Z, 1917.
II. J. TRIMBLE, Mayor.
Attest: j. +. Gold, Recorder.
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-23

could walk by and see themselves
they would take the thing for a
discarded potato or an ancient
head of cabbage. Such men are
penny squeezers they place no
value on anything save the al
mighty dollar and dream of the
Midas touch; they would trade
their grand-mothers tombstone
if their was a profit in the trans
action.
Isn't it a fortunate thing for
humanity that such men are in
the minority and compose a very
small part of the human race?
The true business man It h e
broad, big business man, is the
man who, while building up his
own fortune does something
towards making the world a bet
ter place to live in. The other
fellow isn't worth a tinker's dam
to society, and the world would
be better off if he had never been
born-The only difference be-
tween the thing and a hog is its
shape.
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-23
WORTH CONSIDERING

While all the people and bust
ness men of Hope are not re-
sponsible for the present condi-
ton of affairs in the county, ex-
cept in way; that is they do not
have anything TO say, even if.
they disapprove, still under
these conditions they cannot be
separated from those who are re
sponsible, hence must bear the
blame with others; those who dis
approve should not hesitate to
make it known, for he who is not
with the people is supposed to be
against them.
Hope depends on the people of
Hampstead County, north south,
east and west, to make the
Hampstead County Fair sue
cess. Will they do it? Not much
Mary Ann; Hope wants the peo-
pie of this county to buy the pro
ducts of her oil mills, fertilizer
factory, brick works, broom fac
tory and other factories if she
has them. Will they do it under
the conditions? Not if they know
themselves: The banking insti-
tutions of Hope want the people
of the county to deposit their
money with them, to borrow
their money and transact bust
ness through them and help keep
the institutions going. Will they
do it? Not very likely as long as
the present state of affairs con
tinues.
The people of the county have
the matter in their own hands,
they do not have to stand for the
present conditions of affairs;
there are two sides to these
questions and two can play at
the game; the people of the coun-
ty on one side and ,the political
manipulators on the other. The
business men may not be respon-
sible for these things but to say
they are not would appear thin
to a man on the outside; they
NV not father them, but they
further them by lending aid and
encouragement, and the people
of the county who have helped
build Hope by doing their bust
ness there are furnishing a club
to break their own heads with.
Who can expect that they should
continue this sort of business?
They have been forced TO pay
taxes to keep a court house in
Hope for two years, ten miles
from the center of the county, at
a cost five times greater than at
the regular county scat. How
was this done? Not only the
people of the county, bat the
whole state of Arkansas knows
the story. 1t was done by an
election that was Il disgrace TO
the county, an election that has
no parallel in the political history
of the country,
The country Immediately
around Hope will not support the
- - - ~ nSu rI,I- Enu zzu M. ~ m u.rv
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-23
WANTED

6"xS" 81 Oak, Pine q Gum
cross ties delivered to Iron Mt
right-of-way, piled 2 by 5-35 to
a stack.
Pine ties must be full sized, cut
from sound live trees, hewn on
all four sides, with all bark re-
moved.
For further information apply
to
A. A. Koerner,
Gurdon, Ark.
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-23
FROM The CAP TOL
State Capitol, Little Rock, Ark.
Feb. 2l, 1917.

Feb. y, l9l1
Dear Telegraph
The 41St General Assembly is
on Lhc last half of its 60 day ses
sion. Much good legislation has
been accomplished and some not
so good, and some vicious bills
have been enacted; it is so every
session. Members Especially
new ones) come here with their
pockets full of i'll considered bills
of local or special interest and
strive for their passage as if the
salvation of the human race de.
pended upon their getting their
little williams" enacted into
laws. The greatest legislator is
he who kills the most ls-The
bill-killer deserves to be returned
to. perform his Office at every ses-
sion. Think of it, nearly 500
bills have gone into the House
hopper and nearly 400 into the
Senate, and the sluice continues
to pour in. No time to half con
slider those already on the calen-
dars and before the committees
and only fourteen more days to
the end. What do gentlemen
think of such? A large majority
of the bills already in will never
see daylight, and most of them
deserve to die and be buried with
out the services of the chaplain.
One of the most unfair meas
ures ever put over is the so called
Good Roads law introduced as
the Cazort McFerrin bill. 1t takes
all the automobile license tax and
dumps it into the Highway de
partment, and also all the 3.mill
road tax for three miles on each
side of the so called highways,
and also all the Federal aid to
good roads, and piles it all up TO
be squandercd by the Highway
department in building autoroads
from Little Rock to Ft. Smith,
Little Rock to Memphis, Little
Rock TO Hot Springs, etc. What
our people need is good roads
from the cotton gins to the rail
road stations. Good roads from
the farms to the markets. Ifall
the road tax for three miles on
either side is taken, how are we
going to get to the highways?
What? viii they leave us three
miles out, stuck in the mud?
The appropriations asked for
is appalling. The state million
dollars in debt and the amount
asked for, if granted, will create
about four millions deficit. MY
God, where are we drifting to?
Talk about extravaganza! How
are the taxpayers going to live?
The Lord only knows, for the leg.
islature don't seem to care, so
long as they can be Jagged" on
by the administration to pile up
deficits and appropriate for ev-
erything Extravaganza gone to
seed. Somebody's going to hear
something "drap" at the next bi
ennial election. The "battle-axers
are woefully in the minority and
get it in the neck. Whenever "A
special message comes it is Just
before roll call" On witt .tlre
dancc!! Doomsday is coming!
j. w. Ellis.
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-23

FOR SALE:-a Kimball Piano
Case Organ for sale at a bargain,
practically new and cost $4,000
at factory; reason for selling, re,
placed by piano. See instrument
at my residence or write for par
ticulars. j. f. Gold, Washington.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-23
Unique Woman Passes

With the death of Belva Lockwood
which occurred last Saturday, saw the
passing away of the most unique woman
in America, if not in the world. Mrs.
Lockwood was the first woman in the
United States to practice law in the
Federal supreme court, and twice was
candidate for president Of the United
States. She was Sc years old.
Being goaded by extreme sex dis
elimination in the payment of school
teachers drove Mrs. Lockwood, widow
with one child, to begin her fifty-year
fight for equal suffrage. To fit herself
for it she took collegiate and law work,
and on admission to the bar secured the
passage by congress in 1879 of law
admitting women to practice before the
Federal supreme court. She was herself
the first to be admitted, and won some
important cases. ~,
In 1884 and again in 1888 the Equal
Rights party nominated her for presi.
dent. She has been active in inter.
national peace movements. Her nader
name was Belva Anna Bennett
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-23
THIS HAS CONE FAR ENOUGH

The Rushmore Enterprise adonis AYERS
that he 'potatoed' with the family of
a friend the other day. You're not. SO
much, Hgley; the presiding genius of
this great family journal not only .'po-
tatoes" but "onions" daily orthing-
ton Globe.
That's nothing. We beaned with a
neighbor the other day, and if you knew
the price of beans at the present time
you would say that's bean going some. .
lie Suew Herald.
The editors who thus mutilate and
abuse the English language were probably
thoroughly ''corned" before they wrote
the paragraphs above quoted. It is
our opinion that they ought to be .'bean-
ed" or at least thoroughly ''squashed,' .
befo e they commit any more linguistic
CT mes of this character, while the liquid
refreshment that inspires such atrocities
should be 's.cabbaged" by the officer !.
Perhaps it would be just punishment
If they were artichoked to death. Let
tuce drop such melancholy attempts at
humor, before the linotype machine be
comes a "pie" plant. IN aa,kato Review.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-23
POTATO CULTIVATION
is A PATRIOTIC DUTY

The careful cultivation of potatoes
this year is a sign of patriotism as well
as OF good management, In cultiyatinp
potatoes the first time after they are up'
the cultivator should be run as deep and
as close to the row as possible and a
little dirt should be thrown into the
row to cover the weeds. It is i'm
portant to run the cultiyator deem
at5this time because it is the last oppor-
tqnlty Tor a deep, thorough loosening
of the soil.
A little damage from root pruning re-
suits from cultivating so deep and close.
but the benefit is so great as to far out
weigh the injury. Sometimes the sec
ond cultivation is also made deep, but
this should not be done unless it follows
within week after the first. Under
any other conditions it should be shallow.
AS the root system develops, the in
jury that may result from heavy prun-
ing increases and may considerably ex-
coed the benefit of cultivation. With
each additional cultivation it becomes
more and more important to avoid root
pruning. Usually the cultivator may
safely be run to depth of:two and one
half or three inches during the second
and subsequent CIVILIZATIONS.
Potatoes should always be cultivated
at Is least four times after they are up and
six times is better. 81 90, s'''' e-.'5
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-23
Which Is Worst Criminal?


The Mankato Free Press says that
Frank McCool and Joe Redenbaugh,
the confessed murderers of Mrs. Alice
Dunn of St. Paul and Policeman
George Connefy of Minneapolis, should
be hanged on general principles. In
the meantime the name of Frank Dunn,
husband of Alice Dunn, who is accused of
planning and paying $4,000 for the
murder of his wife, and Moore, the St.
Paul bartender and go-between, who
handled the money, are barely men
toned, in the press reports.
In the opinion of The Review, Dunn
is the most low-down criminal of the
quartet, and should be the most severely
dealt with. McCool, telling his story
in Minneapolis, and Redenbaugh, in
his confession to the San Francisco
police, agree in detail that Dunn was
even cowardly enough to take his wife
to an ice cream room and treat her to
a glass of soda water, that she might
be looked over and identified by the
ssgun men" so that no mistake would
besmade and the wrong person killed.
If the confessions of the two murder
ers are true, and there seems to be no
chance of successful contradiction, Dunn
is the most vicious criminal yet unhung,
and Moore is only lap behind him.
It's a pity, in this special instance,
that the capital punishment law in
this state has been repealed.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-23
EDITORS BRAIN THRoBS

Farmers may also serve the country by
not requiring their hired men to work
more than 18 hours day. Nicollet
L eader.
The great spring drive of the hen has
come to the top of its efficiency, but the
egg price line has only been dented in
places. - Minneapolis Journal.
: Keep things normal! Avoid luxury
and waste, but do your bit to keep
business normal Mortified NeaDs.
Harry Thaw continues to get first
page position in spite of a somewhat
general hope that oblivion might swallow
him up. St. Paul Pioneer Press.
One teller says the reason women S
minds are so much cleaner than mems
is because they change them so often
Madelia Neaus.
Even the feeble minded and the
crippled children were victims of the
vicious veto. And the. unfortunates
needed what the legislature had set aside
for them. Too bad. Springfield Free
Press.
At last Minneapolis murderer has
been caught = by the St. Paul police
department.. Morris Sun.
The pessimist is fellow who fails to
see the beauty Of the rainbow because
he is looking only at the mud that the
shower has caused.-Winnebago Enter
prise.
He is a pretty cheap guy who will
borrow newspaper to save $1.50 a
year. Ffty-two 'borrows" made to
save $685.. James Independent.
If the food speculator cannot be
placed in jail, why not do the next best
thing and make him pay the war taxes?
Minneapolis Tribune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-23

: . f . e.. q.
The Ladies Clubs of the city have
arranged for a presentation of ssAlice
In Wonderland to be given for the chill
dren of the city, particularly, at the
Armory, Saturday and Sunday next, the
26th and 9th. There will be no even
ing shows of this film but matinee will
be given each day at 3 o'clock. Parents
are urged to send their children and to
accompany them, if possible to the
performance All seats are 10 cents. If
parents cannot accompany their small
children to the Saturday afternoon perfor-
nance they may feel safe in sending them
as the ladies of the clubs will arrange to
care for the little ones. Sunday parents
will be expected to provide guardians. It
is hoped that large number Of the chill
dren will be allowed, and encouraged to
attend this most wholesome and enter
tanning picture, classic of childhood.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-23
California Was Good To HIM


When Henry Miller died in his Cali
fornia home recently, he left an estate
variousiy estimated at from $4,000 900
to $60,000,000. This great fortune is
contained mostly in lands, which Mr..
Miller used for grazing cattle. One
authority says he owned only one
sixth of the entire state of California.
This land cannot be divided, according
to the terms of Miller's will, until his
great grand children are of age. Mr..
Miller was born in Germany in 1927,
and was a butcher boy in New York; he
went to California in 1850 and began to
gather in cheap lands. His methods
are said to have caused something of "a
commotion in that state, and for time
he was most cordially disliked, but he
managed to keep, within the law, and
took only, what the system under which
he lived permitted. A recent edition
of ''Who's Who said that Miller
acquired" 100000 acres of land in
California and owned 100000 sheep in
Nevada. This is really nearly one-ffth
of his holdings.
A sketch of Miller's life and public
service might be written as an illustra-
ton of what California has lost by not
adopting Henry Georges single tax plan.
incidentally it may be remarked that
Miller practically owned every drop OF
water in the San Joaquin river. It
would be difficult problem to estimate
what the eztate will be worth when the
EAST great grand child becomes of age.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-23
MUCH INTEREST SEEN IN
CANNING DEMONSTRATION
University Woman Shows New Uln
People Latest improvements.

The canning demonstration at the
domestic science department last Satur-
day morning, attracted the attention
of large number of interested women;
Mrs. Margaret B. Baker of the University
of Minnesota extension department, was
assisted by the domestic science teachers
of the Springfield, Sleepy Eye, and New
Ulm public schools in making the
demonstration.
They put up Strawberries, carrots and
asparagus before "a group of interested
women that filled the laboratory. Every
step of the canning process was ex-
planned fully, from the sterilizing of the
Jars, and filling them with the uncooked
fruit and vegetables, until the jars were
taken from the containers in which they
were placed to cook the fruit. Sealing
the raw fruit and vegetables and cooking
them afterward was a feature that at
tracted much attention.
Mrs. Baker also explained the three
processes OF drying fruits and vegetables,
IN the oven, IN the sun and by electricity.
An exhibit OF sewing, by the Seventh
grade, senior and freshmen girls, was
held during the day and attracted much
attention from the visitors. Every gar
ment was well made, of good material,
and of excellent design.
They showed that much care had been
taken in the sewing and reflected great
credit upon the part of the home eco
nonlics course. Dresses made by the
girls and worn at the Senior party, were
s.,own and received much favorable
comment for style and neatness of sewing.
The girls are now busy making hats.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-23
FIFTEEN TO GRADUATE
FROM LOCAL. COLLEGE

Commencement exercises will be held
at the DR.. Martin Luther College on
Wednesday, June IS, when fifteen
graduates will have finished their work
there. Nine are from the normal de-
partment and six have completed their
college preparatory course. The, exer-
cises will be held in the college chapel.
The complete program will be pub
lished shortly. Following are the names
of the graduates:
Normal department Minnie Oyster
heft, Sanborn, MINI; Arthur Ehlke,
Kirchhayn, Wis; Lydia Fritz, Fairfax,
Mimi; Hulda Giese, Loretto, Mimi;
Walter johnson, Nicollet, Mimi; Walter
Kohlhoff, Lakefeld, MINI /; Henry Luehr-
ing, Gibbon, MINI; Hedwig Naumann,
Wood Lake, Mimi; Helen Zinter, Par
kers Prairie, MINI.
College preparatory Adolf ]. Aeker-
mann, New Ulm; Henry Albrecht, Rem
vile, MINI julius Dysterheft, Sanborn,
Mimi; Walter Hellmann, Nicollet,
Mimi; Herman Scherf, Balaton, Mimi;
Karl Vented, st James, MINI.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-23
Lomd VulMe T0r0t1om

The advantages in the Crosser bill,
which has been introduced in Congress
by Representative Crosser are many.
The measure provides for the Federal
taxation of lands, and also provides for
sufficient revenue to meet changed
conditions. Aside from the last named
feature the bill is practically duplicate
of the one introduced in the last Con-
gress by Warren Worth Bailey. p
Under the provisions of the bill it will
take from no one anything earned by
him, and will place no burden on in
dustry. On the other hand it will
compel putting unused land to pro-
ductive use and thus help solve the
problem of food production, and destroy
land speculation, and thus remove the
basis of speculation in labor products;
it would establish general prosperity on
safe and permanent foundation.
A writer in The Public magazine, dis
cussing the Crosser bill says: "Some who
appreciate the advantages of land value
taxation object to the Crosser bill be-
cause it complies with the constitutional
requirements for apportionment of direct
taxes among the states in proportion to
population. That makes desirable the
pushing of an amendment to abolish
this requirement, but the Crosser bill
should mot be delayed pending such a
constitutional change. The stronger the
movement for putting thru land value
bill of some kind, regardless of the Con-
stitution, may become, the easier it will
become to secure the consent to adoption
of an amendment to repeal the appor-
tionment provision: So long as adj
vocates of land value taxation accept
the requirements of the Constitution as
an insurmountable obstacle, so long
must they encourage their opponents
in blocking it's repeal.
$50 the proper course is, while pushing
for Constitutional amendment, urge
immediate adoption Of whatever can be
obtained in accordance with the Con-
stitution as it stands. Both efforts are
in the right direction, and each must
help the other