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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25

The latest arrivals in coats have not
departed from the liberal lines of early
models, neither as to length nor width.
They give the same impression of lux
urious warmth and substantial COM
fort. Some of them achieve original
touches in detail of construction and
trimming and succeed in presenting
something new in a world Of varied
coats.
Two examples that can hardly be ex-
celled for beauty and utility are shown.
They proclaim the cleverness Of their
designer inasmuch as they follow the
mode, but by original means. At the
right a coat. which might be made in
any of the popular cloths, is cut with
the body and sleeves in one. 1t is set
to the figure over the shoulders by
small tucks at the back which extend
from a square yoke to the top of the
sleeves. Wide cuffs, convertible col
lar, and patch pockets, to which we
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
CANAL Slides AT
LAST CONTROLLED
Sunday Work Is Suspended and
Eight-Hour Day Is to Be
Inaugurated.
NOW HAVE NO MISGIvINGS
Foreign Ship Owners Satisfied With
OutIook-Precaution Are Taken
Against Passing Vessels With
Explosives in Cargo.

Panama.-All Sunday work of the
canal dredges has been stopped for
the first time in four years. The en-
gineer in charge considers Sunday
work no longer necessity. The
slides are so completely under control
it is further planned to work only
eight hours a day on them after
short time.
The fact that no United States
coastwise ships are now using the
canal proves that foreign world ship
ping has found the canal so safe dur
ing the last six months that there has
been no fear to come by way of the
Isthmus. Prior to the slides that
closed the canal coastwise United
States vessels were a very large per-
centage of the total for the six months
period that had the greatest number
of ships make the transit. If the
coastwise vessels that were using the
canal prior to the slides had been US
ing the canal as they formerly did
the number of ships going through
during the last six months would
have been far greater than during
any previous six months since the
canal was first opened.
New Sailing Directions.
A new edition of the official sailing
directions for the canal just made pub
lie calls the attention of the shipping
world to the fact that the rise and fall
of ships in the canal locks is so great
that what seamen call the "chockS"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25

view in planning and carrying through
the construction of the Tamiami trail.
Lack Of drainage as well as inacceSSi-
bility makes dormant and worthless
hundreds of thousands of acres in the
Everglades, which experts claim con-
the world. The construction of the
Tamiami trail removes both of these
obstacles. The methods employed in
eXcavating for the canal and throwing
up the rock mari and other material
for the roadbed and depOsiting the I'M
suitable material, such decayed veg
etable matter and muck, on the other
side is best described in Captain Har-
vey's own words:
Furnishes Some Variety.
EVERY conceivable kind, character
and condition of road building is found
in the first ten miles north from Mar
co. Cypress strands underlaid with
bowlder and bedrock; pine ridges OF
bowlder and ridges of the hardest of
hardpan, sand banks of clay of several
different colOrs, rock ridges outcrop-
ping on the surface; cabbage palmetto
land; scrub buttOnwood; prairie lana
flooded in the rainy season ftat-Wo0ds
land, saw-grass lana, marsh-grass land,
sOft-blue mari and shell land; all va
rieties of mangrOve land; swamp land
tide flats; tide lands one to two feet
under water at high tide, bog lands,
mud holes; muck ponds, creeks, rivers,
bayous and channels, more comDlna-
tons than any spot on earth to give
contractor q run for his money.
"Hand labor was out of the question
and impracticable, so it became very
serious problem as to how to handle
the proposition with the varying con-
ditions intermingled. A land dredge
machine was decided upon and al
though it is long ways from perfect,
it has answered the general purpose
fairly well. 1t is of steel beam con-
struction, weighing some 4O,oOo
pounds. It has q cubic yard dipper.
1t straddles the canal and runs on its
own tracks and by its own power. The
steel rails are in four foot sections
and pinned at the ends with a flexible
steel coupling on 3-inch thick 3-by-3
oak cross ties, enabling it to run over
uneven ground. The tracks are ~
feet apart Thus a canal source "a
feet wide and II feet deep can be dug
if desired. In this instance the width
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
Copyright, 1916. by w. G. Chapmano


az regret to say it to you, Ward,
but things can't go on as they have"
%You mean, Mr. Fletcher"
'sThat I'm about to give up business
treason, no capital. There have
been Q few encouraging commissions,
but ther came far between, and
don't care to venture the big ones,
where it takes money and time to
wosk out profit"
81 see, I see," nodded John Ward,
thoughtfully, land you can't keep me
here; is that it?"
"Pm afraid it's true" replied
Fletcher reluctantly. I'm going
down home to see my folks and-and
the lady 1 expected to marry. That
will have to wait now. Pm failure,
and I've gc1 20 begin all over again"
"See heSe, Mr.. Fletcher" spoke
Ward blunfly, don't look at SGe dark
est side You say you haven't capital.
Mistake--you've got your honesty and
your ability and record. They're IA
nous assets, in your case. I'll will
ingly drop from the salary roll, but
/ won't close the Office while you're
gone. When you come back, if you
say so, all right, but dozen good
things may turn up in the meantime.
You take a rest, and maybe you'll
come back with your ole ambition"
Ezra Fletcher had come to the city
a year previous, from the little in
land town of Moundville. The incent-
tive for spreading out" as his FAM
lily termed it, was his love for Dru-
Silla Ashton. There seemed little
chance of getting ahead in the slow,
humdrum village, and Fletcher was
ambitious. Besides, as a matter of
pride, he wanted to own a home be-
fore he took Drusilla for his bride.
Fletcher had opened a small, OBJ
:scure office as a broker. 1t was still
small and obscure. From the start
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25

and finished with small pendant. balls
of silver. The bodice shows little
chemisette of embroidered net.
A wide fiat girdle is made of satin
yelled with georgette and ornamented
with a band of needlework. 1t extends
below the waistline, wrapping the fig
ure loosely. The sleeves are full from
shoulder to cuff. Here they are
shirred to form the deep narrow cuffs
that are finished at the hand with a
band of needlework.
The hat of gold lace, which har
monies so we'll with this gown, Is
bound at the edge of the brim with
sealskin and trimmed with small
pompon of this fur. 1t would be just
as pretty made of silver lace, and the
fur might be moleskin. The choice
will depend upon becomingness to the
individual.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25

model and happy choice for anyone
who wants dressy gown that will
serve for many occasions. 1t is I'M
pretentious but it is also elegant, and
it's design is so simple that the choice
of color is widened. Where it is to-
serve for both afternoon and evening
blue. light gray, taupe, olive green.
burgundy and amethyst are good coll
ors that will prove successful in it.
The underskirt and bodice are made
of satin and are plain. The geOrgetteI
skirt is bordered with a narrow band
of velvet headed by a line of silver
braid. Above this a band is embroi7
dered by long stitches in silk floss!
The crepe is laid in three deep folds
and draped over the shoulders, and be-
tween this draping a plain piece of
crepe extends across the back and
front. Narrow bands of needlework
provide the decoration for the bodice!
Short shoulder straps are made of II
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25


of the canal in most places depends
on the amount of material desired for
the road bed. An even depth was car
ried with an idea of drainage
How Work Is Done.
"We began cutting through the
swamp, dumping the mass of mari,
sand, ETC., to one side. This dump is
leveled down to grade and surfaced
by hand with big heavy hoes and SHOW
els. Through Williams Island jungle,
which was truly jungle in every
sense of the word, mass of trees of
all kinds and sizes; thousands of
switches, poles, brush, ferns, all woven
together with bamboo rattan and other
vines. Perhaps several hundred would
be chopped off at the ground before
the mass would fall, so that it could
be chopped apart with brush axes.
When it is understood that the clear
ing had to be done at the contract
price of $44 an acre, it can readily be
seen that the contractor had to run
like the devil for his money Some
stretches could not be cleared for
three times the price.
1.-THE finished road bed is IS feet
wide. 1t is 11a to / slope with 6-inch
crown and feet BERN. The contract
for the island part and part Of the
mainland was "a cents per cubic yard.
A contractor bidding at these prices
and under such conditions is skating
on thin ice"
In removing the big rock lodges and
rock strata wherever encountered ex-
plosives are used. AS the major pOr-
ton of the material to be taken out Is
soft, the big bucket on the dredge is
able to do all of the eXcavating down
to bed rock. When the rock bed, as
thrown up by the dredge, has stood for
80 days and so thoroughly dried and
settled, the contractors forces go over
it with pick and shovel, leveling down
little above grade to allow for roll
ing. The subgrade will be rolled with
roller weighing seven tons or more,
and any depresSiOnS are brought to an
even surface. After the subgrade has
been completed rock surface to the
depth of II inches is put on and rolled.
The rock is then scarified, graded and
rolled. Twenty-four-inch culvertS are
to be placed about every 600 feet. In
Dade county at every mile station II
2O-foot spur road, as turnout, will be
provided.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
How He Won Her.

IF l rejected you, would you com.
nit suicide?"
81 don't know, grille. Your six.
teen-year-old sister is very attractive
In few years"
But she accepted him forthwith, and
he is working hard now TO meet the in.
stallments on an engagement ring
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
Way to Break a Habit.

Has your little girl formed the nall
biting habit? If so. try the plan OF
one mother who believed in kindness
rather than harShness. Her little girl
was most anxious to possess a certain
doll which she saw in a toy shop. The
mother promised it to her on condition
that she would stop biting her nails.
She told the child that whenever she
forgot herself the doll would disap-
pear for a day. The idea worked
beautifully. There were days when
the doll was locked away, but in time
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
The Easiest Way.

She had two boys. The mother
wished not only to give them a serious
idea Of her desire to make them good
but also to make clear to their minds
the gravity of the task before her. At
the end of particularly touching ad-
Duration five-year-old Francis was sud-
denly overcome with the impossibility
of ever attaining his mothers ideal.
Don't try to make us good, mother"
he said earnestly. Just shoot u.s."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
Diplomatic Excuse.

Twin boys who were great fighters
moved into the neighborhood. A little
boy living next to me had been at
tackled several times and always came
out second best. One day he was walk
ing with me. and he suddenly stopped
across the street from where the twins
lived. Letting go my hand he said 81
won't take you any farther, because
those twins are scared of me"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
An Apparent Loiterer.

YES" said Mr.. Meekton, I'll GO
shopping with you and carry the bun
dies. But, Henrietta, LShall insist on
one thing
what do you mean?"
"When you leave me waiting for
you for an hour or so on the corner in
front of department store, you must
take the trouble to explain to the po-
liceman wkO l am
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
BACK BROKEN, LIVES 10 YEARS
Congress Is Asked to Pay Bills of
Former Federal Employee
in Chicago.

Chicago. = Oscar Samuelson, who
lived with a broken back at a North
side hospital for more than ten years,
died recently. Whether the govern
ment should pay him for the injury is
pending in congress.
Samuelson was hurt while working
for the federal reclamation service
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
Fined Twice for Same Drink

Nyack, n. Y.-Fined So in tie morn
ing for taking "just one drink" Mi
chael Farrell was again brought before
the same judge in tha afternoon. "Irs
the same drink" Farrell pleaded. give
dollars more" said the Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
Precious Balm of GiIead.

Among the ancient Jews. so indis'
penSable were scents considered for
the bridal toilet that one-twelfth OF
the bridal dowry was set apart for
their purchase. The famous balm OF
Gilead was distilled from bush which
formerly covered the mountains or
Gilead, but has Of late become SO
scarce that only the sultan can be sup
Piled
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
Saloon Money for Streets.

Martinez, Cal.-From the years
profits Of a municipal saloon in Bay
Point the citizens of that town have
started street Improvement work to
the extent of $1,000. The saloon,
which was owned two years ago by
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25

and "bitts" on the average ship are
too light and appropriately made for
careful and safe handling of ships by
the canal authorities.
con account of danger to the lock
gates resulting therefrOm, the Panama
canal reserves the right" the new sail
ing directions announce, "tO deny pas
sage to ships having inadequate
checks and bits as described herein,
until suitable equipment can be i'm
stalled at the terminal ports"
Explaining this subject further, the
new canal regulations state:
Experience has demonstrated the
fact that most of the checks and bits
are too light in construction, and that
the checks in particular should not
only be made heavier and stronger,
so that their jaws may stand II YER
teal strain, but that they should be
of a permanently closed pattern and
not be made with open jaws. Bits
should be sufficiently strong to with
stand the strain of 11&-inch diam
eter) wire line with pull Of $4,000
pounds, and be firmly riveted 70 the
decks, and if necessary where the
deck is of wood or light plating, they
should have an under deck plate, or
be secured between two deck frames"
The attempts to injure shipping at
sea by explosives in among the cargo
has made the canal officials strict in
applying the regulations for ships
known to carry highly infiammabIe
cargoes. The new edition Of the Off
cial sailing directions provides that
vessels carrying explosives or high
ly infiammable cargoes should so no
tify the governor and obtain permits
sion before they will be allowed to
enter the canal. In requesting per-
mission for such vessels to transit the
canal the character and approximate
amount of explosives should he
stated, the ports of departure and
destination, name of ship and party
to whom consigned. This may be
done by mail or cable. In general
permission will not be refused, but
these precautions are taken to safe
guard the Panama canal. Vessels
carrying explosives consigned to ports
beyond the canal zone will not be al
lowed alongside the wharves while
such explosives are on board"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25

near Cody, Wyo., and was brought here
for treatment.
AS he was without funds, Congress-
man Fred D. Britton introduced a bill
asking the government to bear the ex-
penSes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
Sy No Means,

Because a girl in your neigborhoo6
is combing her hair fashionably is nc
reason you should question what is un
der her hair.-Exchange
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25
G<zx RzazaA
4 It

the habit was entirely broken and tn
doll was ever present.-EXchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-25

lumber company owning the town
site, a year ago was given to the citi-
zens, with the provision that they
should manage the bar. The entire
proceeds go into street improvements.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-03
Plaintiff Claims S239.50
Damages For Alleged Fail
ure To Deliver Coal
SAYS COMPANY SOLD
HIS FUEL TO ANOTHER
Appeals Case From 'Squire's
Decision; Court House
News

Suit has been filed against the b. &
o. Railroad Co. by'Fred f. Hosack in
the common pleas court on a tran
script from the court of Squire George
s. Harter, before whom the case was
originally tried. The plaintiff is seek
ing to recover $239.50 which he al
leges is due him through a coal trans
action with the railroad company.
Hosack claims that the railroad COM
pany delivered a car of coal to him
on their switch in Fredericktown and
that after he had paid the freight
charges, but before he had removed
the coal the company permitted an
other person to take it, thus forcing
the plaintiff to enter the open mar
ket and purchase another car. Judg-
ment was rendered for the plaintiff in
the 'squire's court.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-03
PURCHASE TIME OF
TICKETS EXTENDED
Chautauqua Patrons Have
! Until Friday Noon To Se-.
cure The Same

The time for purchasing season tic.
kets for the chautauqua at the special
rate of So has been extended until Fri.
day noon, it was announced today. AT.
ter "that, the single admission price
must be paid which makes the chau.
tauqua much more expensive to those
who would be present at many of it's
entertainments.
Edwin Whitney, who is here this
evening in an interpretative sketch
Turn to the Right" has been heard
by Mt. Vernon audiences before. He
was in the city two years ago present
ing "The Fortune Hunter" AT that
time, his work made great impress
sion.
The Killarney Girls go to complete @
program which is said to be splen
did firstday offering.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-03
MT. VERNON AMONG
CHAPTERS BACKWARD
IN WAR FUND DRIVE

Red Cross membership In 81 North.
ern Ohio Chapters In charge Of state
Director f.. II. Abbott has increased
more than coo per cent since May | =,
according to membership census just
taken in these chapters. This census
showed 100000 members in that sec.
tion north Of a line running East and
West through Columbus
Wadsworth chapter leads all In this
section of the state having 80 per cent
of the population In It's jurisdiction en-.
rolled as Red Cross members, Ali.
ance shows 80 per cent Akron 81 per
cent, Tiffin 20 per cent, Fostoria %
per cent, Lima 2f per cent and Can.
ton 20 per cent. The average to date
is 10 per cent.
1t is estimated that with member.
ship in southern Ohio, in charge OF
Il. f.. Miles, Associate State Director
of more than $4,000 members. Cam
paigns now in progress and others be
ing planned will raise the figure tc
100000 according to careful predic
tions.
Twenty-Five smaller chapters il
northern Ohio have oversubscribet
their total war fund quotas by S211.
500. Six chapters are closing thei
campaigns this week and two NOR,
are just starting. Another starts Aug
ust IS. Chapters at Minerva, Ada
Kenton, Millersburg, Mt Vernon, Me
dina, Cardington, Pauding, Fremont
Sandusky, Steubenville, Carrollton
Wauseon, Mt. Giiaad and Ottawa hav,
not set a date for their War Fun,
Campaigns.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-03
BLADENSBuRG
Happenings In The Vicinity or
jackson Township

Rev. Wilson of Utica will fill the pull
pit at the Christian church next Sun
day morning and evening.
Mrs. Cinda Dioan of Detroit, Mich,
is visiting her mother here.
Miss Hazel StrhKer of near Howard
spent Saturday night and Sunday with
her cousin, Rosalie Cummins.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warman of
Mt. Vernon and Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen
Underwood visited relatives here Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Biglow Melick of New
ark spent Saturday night and Sunday
with the formers sister, Mrs. Grace
Ashcraft.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Porterfeld and
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Wolfe spent Sun
day at Buckeye Lake.
Several from here attended the
camp-meeting at the Caves Sunday.
Mrs. Sadie Mills went to Newark
Saturday to visit her daughter, Mrs
Anna Mcdonald.
Frank Tydings and family and Mrs
Maud McGill of Mt. Vernon visited rel
atives here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Allen of Gam
bier spent Sunday with the formers
mother, Mrs. Stonehocker.
All members of o. E. S. are request
| ed tn ha nrpsent next Friday even
ing, as there will be work.
Daniel IIouck of Mt. Vernon Is
spending several days with his aunt
Martha Mckee
Mrs. Mary Porterfield has bought
the Elmer Fowls property on Churcf
street. Mr. Fowls will move to thu
country this fall having bought small
farm,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-03
DEMOCRACY
Paragraphs From Pike Townships
Capital

Leslie Mckinley of Columbus, Cecil
Mckinley, Mrs. Estella Mckinley, Will
liam O'Brien and Miss Clara O'Brien
of Akron spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends here.
Preaching at the M. e. church Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev.
Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas r.. Simmons,
William O'Brien and Miss Clara
O'Bren spent Sunday with A. G. Mavis
and wife.
Mrs. D. W. OBrien is spending a
week with friends in Mt. Vernon.
Several from here attended quarter
ly meeting at the Pike church Sat
urday.
Irwin Murry and family of Akron
spent Tuesday with Mr.. Murry's sis
ter, Mrs. Grace Staats.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Davis and son
and Mrs. Homer Robinson spent Sun.
day with Joseph HenwOod of Howard
C. K. Dowds and wife went to Lo
rain Saturday to visit their daughter
Mrs. Charles Hartz. Mr.. Dowds re
turned home Monday. Mrs. DOwds
will spend a week in Lorain.
THO thermometer registered go In
the shade here Tuesday.
Prof. Cumming and wife spent Mon
day,in Amity,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-03
HERE.
STILL COMMAND.
J HE HIGH PRICE
Another Food Survey Shows
Mt. Vernon Is
Leader
In BUTTER AND EGGS,
CITY TOWARDS BOTTOM
Full Investigation Planned
By Various Commerce
Secretaries

TO ascertain just what differences
exist in staple food prices in represent
ative central Ohio cities, over a given
territory, George II. Mosser, secretary
OF the Newark Chamber of Commerce,
secured prices from half a dozen
places Saturday, July 28, and has
transmitted a copy of the same to
Secretary Leroy G. Mayer of the local
Chamber OF Commerce.
Mt. Vernon leads all other cities in
the price of potatoes, still bearing out
the condition found In a recent survey
made by the Newark Advocate.
In creamery butter, GAINESVILLE leads
for high prices, with Mt. Vernon sec
ond in the list, but in country butter,
Mt. Vernon is next to the lowest. In
eggs, Mt. Vernon is also well towards
the bottom. With the exception of
Marion, which reported several prices,
Mt. Vernon is high in the price of cab
bage
1t is the intention of Secretary Mos
er, working in conjunction with other
secretaries, to undertake a survey of
food prices and endeavor to find out
what is the cause of the difference. All
angles will be investigated, such as ac.
feasibility to supply, buying, delivery,
etc.
The figures, as CLEANED by Secretary
MOsser are as follows: