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Milford chronicle., 1917-10-05
ST. JoHNsTowN.

Jack Frost made his appearance on
Monday night, the first of the sea
son.
Miss Lottie Wiley spent the latter
part of the week with her aunt. Miss
Nora Passwaters, at Glendale.
Mrs. Joseph Collins. who has been
seriously i'll for some time, is still
very i'll, and is being attended by
three physicians.
Mr.. and Mrs. ] R. Hitch, of Will
mington, spent Saturday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Wiley.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Gunton we're
Bridgeville visitors on Wednesday of
last week.
Mrs. George Wiley entertained her
brother and his wife Mr.. and Mrs.
Harrison Collins, over the week end. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell Wiley and
Miss Cora Wiley spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Callahan of Federals-
burg, Nd.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-05
SHAWNEE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Hackney Wis
tied friends in Georgetown last week
Mrs. Fidele Hagadorn, who has
been spending the summer here, re-
turned to her home in Cincinatti, o.,
last Thursday. Her daughter, Mrs.
Z. J. Lewis. accompanied her as far
as Philadelphia.
Miss Violet Hazen of New York
spent a few days with her cousin,
Mrs. T. H. Abbott last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Walton, Of
Philadelphia, have been guests Of Mr..
and Mrs Edwin Walton.
On Thursday last Mrs. Sadie Knots
and son Clyde entertained Mrs. l..
Pratt Foraker. of Philadelphia, Mr. 4.
and Mrs. Harry Knots and daughter
Natalie, of Dover, William Killen and
Arthur Jones, of Canterbury and Mrs.
William KentOn, of Milford.
Mr. and Mrs T. H. Abbott were
Greenwood visitors on Thursday.
Sunday school at p. m. preach
ing service at 3 p. m, and evening
service beginning at 1880.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-05

may result in cracked hoofs or crook
ed joints Barbed wire should not be
used for fencing the pasture. Smooth
woven wire is best. If a colt should
be cut disinfect the wound, and If II
is a very large one have it sewed up.
The wound should be busted frequent
~ with boric acid or air slaked lime un-
til healed and then creased with vase
line so the hair will grow properly.
The animals should have plenty OF
fresh water and salt, and in hot wealth
er they require shade.
During the second winter the feed
and management should be nearly the
same as for the first winter, except
that the quantity of feed should be In
creased somewhat. the colt tied up in
his stall and handled frequently. Ed
ucatiOn by gentle and careful but firm
handling at this age win save later
much strenuous labor. In this cOnnec-
ton farmers bulletin 66T. Breaking
and Training Colts" should be con-
suited.
The succeeding years are largely a
repetition of those already discussed
so far as feed and management are
concerned. although the quantity Of
feed must be gradually increased as the
animal grows The prime general es-
sentials for the proper development Of
horses from the yearling stage until
they are put to work are: Fresh air.
pure water. plenty Of exercise. nutri-
tious, palatable feed In sufficient quan-
titv and shelter from severe weather.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-05
ALL AROUND
THE FARM
CARING FOR FoALS.

proper Method Of Feeding Young
Horses During the Second Year.
Prepared by United States department OF
agricultural
FoalS should be changed from dry
feed to pasture gradually and should
not be turned on pasture until the
grass is old enough not to become
waShy. Grass is an indispensable fac
tor in the economical and proper physi-
ological development Of young horses.
Frequently. in protected blue grass
mountain valleys. they thrive the year
round on pasture alone. A visit to the
fOal pasture every few days may be
the means Of early discovering sickness
or injury. The feet Of the young ami
mails should be noticed on such visits.
and if the hoofs are too long or high on
one side they should be trimmed prop
erly. A failure to keep the feet level
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-05
THE GOOD AND THE BAD.
A Bankers Advice About Billie That
Applies TO Life at Large

Applies to Life at Large
The president Of a bank when asked
by a young clerk how he could distin-
guish the counterfeit bills from the
good said, Get familiar with the good
bills and you will recognize the bad
bills at sight"
Here is a vast volume Of general wis
dom summed up in a single sentence.
This homely advice applies not only to
the detection of counterfeit money, but
with equal force to the detection OF
counterfeit in all departments of life.
The man accustomed to handling
only good corn. good potatoes, good
diamonds. has no difficulty in detecting
the faulty He does it intuitively
Even without recognized thought he
fixes upon the fault. The skilled egg
candler passes good eggs before the
light with Il rhythmic rapidity that Is
amazing but an imperfect egg instant
" breaks his routine and interrupts his
process. To the trained musician, ac-
customed to high grade work. a false
note comes like a stab Of pain.
In any occupation or line of endeavOr
any man fully engaged In doing the
right thing will have no difficulty in
recognizing the wrong. Right and
wrong are as far apart, as unlike, as
day and night, and he that is most ac-
customed to the light is quickest to
note the shadows
There is only one way to know the
bad, the imperfect, the false. and that
is by knowing the good, the perfect.
the true.-Christian Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-05
OAKLEY.

Rev. c. E. Dryden of Milford will
preach at Oakley NJ. P. Church on
Sunday October 9TH at p. m. All
are cordially invited.
Mrs. Lima Short spent the week
end with relatives in Pennington.
Miss Grace Elliott of Harrington
spent the week end at the home of
William Deputy.
Miss Ethel Warn has commenced
the new school term at Shingle school
Rally Day services will be held at
Oakley NJ. P. Church Sunday after
noon, October 7th. Rev. Dryden of
Milford is expected to conduct the
services, and all are invited to be in
attendance.
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The Shin of state.

Sir Wilfrid Laurler once took fall
out Of Sir Charles Tupper, for years
leader Of the opposition, and Sir John
Macdonald. Bantering them on their
self praise for their own political serv-
Ices to Canada. he admitted that they
had sailed the ship Of state fairly sue
cessfully, adding: "Sir John was at the
helm and supplied the brains, while Sir
Charles supplied the wind. His blow
ing filled the sails" Toronto Globe.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-05
ANDREwVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Bradley OF
Wilmington, and Mr.. and Mrs. Benz
Bradley, Of Love Point, Md, were
Sunday visitors of their parents, Mr.. d.
and Mrs Thomas Bradley.
Earl Griffith, of Camp Dix, is spend
ing several days with his wife and
sister, Mrs. John Butler.
Raymond Barney is spending some
time with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Barney.
A fine baby boy arrived this week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Vincent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thomas of
Harrington have been the recent
guests of James Thomas.
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Embarrassing.

"DO you ever see the PRESIDENT"
asked Willie Of his uncle, who lived in
washington.
"Yes. nearly every day" was the re-
ply.
"And does ne ever see your" querled
the little fellow.-ChicagO News.
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That $4,000
EDITOR THE TIMES.


| see that Representative Sum-
mers of Walla Walla intends to
introduce bill appropriating
$4,000 for the relief of Commits
sioner Olson's widow.
Now | don't begrudge Mrs. Oh
son the money, but | don't think
II is fair to the rest of the widows.
! think that / am just as dear
to my wife and most every hus-
band is as dear to his wife, as Mrs.
Olson was to his.
So why should she have so much
more than the wives Of the rest
of us?
All that my wife would get is
the $25 month of industrial in
surance.
think there are just lots OF
poor widows with big families that
need the money more than Mrs
Olson does.
JAS. n. ROAGERS.
50l6 So. Ferry st.
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Oklahoma legislature, and | want
to say that | cannot reconcile the
statement that ut became neces-
sary by the limitation of a writ
ten constitution, not only to hold
in check the executive department
and the legislative department,
but to hold in check the people
themselves; with the fundamen-
tai principles of democracy.
If democracy is anything, it is
sovereign power vested in the
people. Any power which places
a limitation upon the acts of the
people, must of necessity be
greater than the power vested in
the people, and becomes itself
the sovereign power. The people
are no longer a democracy, but
an autocracy.
To say that the power to limit
the acts of the people is derived
from the people is a contradic-
ton in terms, for whether volun-
tarily or by force or intrigue, il
they have surrendered their free
dom they are no longer demo-
cratically free.
In my opinion, the great weak
ness of the republics of old" was
not that the people had not re-
strained themselves" but rather
that those republics were not
sufficiently flexible to adapt
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Low Bridge, Men

EDITOR THE TINES:
note that there are yet in Ia
coma a good many of the old
style length wise-seated ears and
that on the cars with cross seats
there also are, at either end, a
few short seats running length
wise.
note also that a great many
men, during the crowded periods,
grab these seats, along with the
others, leaving many women
standing.
Most women apparently have
no idea of how to express their
disapproval of this diseourtesy.
Well, have an idea. My pro-
posal is that when we are forced
to stand while these male crea-
lures sit, that we make il a spe-
cial point to tread on their feet.
And tread hard, | mean, Mr.. Edi-
tor.
would have this practice gen.
orally recognized as good form
We hiss speaker who says some
thing distasteful to his audience.
We hang up the telephone on an
insulting person. We turn our
backs on a flirt. Why not tread
on the toes, literally and heavily
of the male car hog?
| am writing this in all serious
ness.
MILITANT WORKING GIRL.
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Tax Reform
EDITOR THE TIMES.

EDITOR THE TIMES:
We tax dogs and pawn shops
and used to tax saloons not so
much to add revenue as to dimin-
ish the number of dogs and pawn
shops and saloons.
But why tax homes?
Is 1t necessary that we diminish
the number of homes in Tacoma ?
Do we want idle land, owned in
Europe, or do we want improved
land, colonized with homes, in
habited by workers?
What is the aim of this city?
Is it to make it impossible for the
worker to own and keep his home,
or what?
Our estimable assessor taxes un-
improved land, held for srecula-
tive purposes, at from five to
% per cent of its actual value.
The same assessor levies on the
small homes of this city on 80
per cent basis, and that usually
means that the home owner is
paying on basis equal to the full
value OF his property.
II your father euchered an old
settler out of 20 acres SO years
ago, and the city has grown
around this 20 acres and made it
worth more a front foot than
your father paid an acre, and you
fill this tract with tin cans and
weeds and milch goats, you will
contribute about 1-20th your due
share to the public purse.
But if you are scratching to
pay out on a small home; if you
are raising a family and planting
roses and keeping your lawn wa
tered, and your back yard a play
ground for your roistering young
sters, you are taxed to the very
limit, and bit more.
Our present tax system tends
constantly to drive out the home
maker and protect the land hog.
contend that the only known
cure for this most wicked system
is to tax land values only, and to
exempt the homes and the prod
uCtS OF the udSS.
| contend that instead of filming
a man for painting his house we
should penaliZe the fellow who re-
fuses to improve his idle property,
and who wants to make a million
from the unearned increment his
idle lands pile up.
And above all, what makes the
merry chuckle bubble in my in
ternal manhood is to see the en-
thusiasm with which some "busi-
ness" men oppose any move to-
ward this tax reform program.
Seemingly the business men think
their rents are not half high
enough, nor that their stocks and
stores should not be emempt from
taxation. Strange, indeed, that
the business mind cannot learn to
grasp the simplest fundamentals
of tax economics.
OF course no other paper would
permit me to say this, but it needs
saying over and over again.
Thank YOU. X.
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We Value Your VielUs

The Times does not pretend to know every
thing that is going on in the Northwest, nor to
believe that its opinions are infallible.
We are ready to admit that any newspaper
reader may have in his POSSESSION an item Of
news interest or an idea of editorial merit quite
as important as those our staff prepares for
publication.
That is why the paper is setting aside a con-
siderable part of its space daily for such contri-
butiOns-because it wants to reflect the beliefs
and hopes and aspirations of the community.
If you have thought which you think the
public might well be given, send it in. And
don't be afraid of hurting our feelings if it hap
pens to run counter to some of The Times own
pet hobbies. We are not intolerant Of the other
fellows ideas.
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Married Workers
EDITOR THE TINES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
The married woman in business
is usurping place which right
fully belongs to the unmarried
girl who is compelled to earn her
own livelihood.
OF course, we are willing to
make allowances for widows and
those married women who, on ac-
count of circumstances, are
obliged to work, but the majority
of the working married women
simply do so in order to be down.
town every day or to get away
from their home duties.
Go into any office where mar
ried women and girls are en-
ployed and you will notice that
the married women are so elegant
ly dressed that their supposed
to-be less fortunate sisters" look
very shabby beside them.
AN UNMARRIED WORKING
GIRL.
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HELLIE
DUTH

School teacher who was shot,
and John NJ. Couch, her brother
in-law, held by police in cOnnec-
ton with the shooting.
(Newspsper Enterprise Assoc ation.)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Feb.
6.-Although the police express
confidence they have the man who
shot and killed Miss Nellie Dunn,
teacher, and Rowland ID. Williams,
musician, they are still seeking a
motive for the double murder
upon which they can prosecute
the case.
John M. Couch, charged with
the murders. gave himself up
shortly after the tragedy. but still
protests his innocence. He was
recently divorced from Miss
Dunn's sister, who Is principal OF
the school in which Miss Dunn
taught and where she was shot
down.
An Indictment of misuse OF the
mails is lodged against Couch by
the federal authorities, who claim
he sent threatening letters to Miss
Dunn. Upon this fact the police
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Praise for Wilson
EDITOR THE TIMES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
There is a saying, Where there
is no vision the people perish"
The recent utterances of President
Wilson anent the peace Of the
world, proclaim him a prophet, an
idealfst and a man of vision, even
in light of the war developments.
The faultfinders and critics of
Lincoln seem pitiful in the light
of history. So will the detractors
and hecklers Of Woodrow Winson.
This patient man has struggled
effectively with the great prob
lens of state, both foreign and
domestic, and thought out the
many vexing questions that have
confronted the American people
in his administration. His vision
of peace is the biggest idea ad-
vanced in generation.
ID. M. MARRS.
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N. P's Big Baked Potato
Makes Hit at N. Y. Dinner

weighing four pounds and more
were served every individual, Mr..
Titus bringing on staff of his
own cooks to see that they we're
prepared in the usual n. p. man.
ner.
Individual fruit cakes baked in
the form of suitcases and bearing
the insignia of the association.
were distributed to the guests.
An immense 40-foot illuminated
Big Baked Potato, squirting steam
from it's creamy, mealy split top
made the rounds of New York
streets.
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NATIONS WILL
STAY NEUTRAL
NOW BELIEVED

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. g..
Spain and Switzerland probably
will not accede now to Presi dent
Wilson's suggestions that all neu-
trails sever diplomatic relations
with Germany, according to reli-
able limitations here this after
noon.
Their course probably will be
based upon the fact that they are
serving respectively the interests
of America and Germany.
Switzerland probably will take
the same course with Spain.
The likelihood of Spanish re-
lection of Wilson's suggestions is
heightened by the fact that Spain,
apparently has been anxious re-
Gently to play larger part In
ultimate peace maneuvers.
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WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 6.
1t is estimated today that Uncle
Sam spent more than $49,000,000
in the fruitless attempt to catch
"Pancho" Villa.
The war department has not
yet issued an official report on the
cost of trying to catch the $49,-
100000 bandit.
Last year the cost of feeding
the regular army was 81 cents a
man per day. Food price IN
creases have placed the cost at 80
cents. Uncle Sam has spent
about $S,12O,996 feeding the
140,259 men for 1913 days spent
on the border.
The pay bill for officers and
men is put at $22,4S9,0S9.
The cavalry and field artillery
of the state militia we're practical
ly horseless when they went to the
border The 6,315 cavalrynen
had 1924 horses, the 1854 field
artillerymen 912 horses. 1t cost
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Labor's Vote
EDITOR THE TINES:

Editor The TIMES:
am hoping you will grant me
space enough in your columns to
place in the record" some import
ant figures which | have not UP
to this time seen in any Tacoma
paper.
They were compiled by Lucy r
| Case, executive secretary to join
legislative committee, Washington
State Federation of Labor, Wash
ington State Grange, Washington
Farmers Union and Direct Legis-
lation League of Washington, and
are as follows:
Total vote cast in 1916 cleo
ton, 377,602.
Total vote cast for United States
senator, 365,1S8.
Percentage voting for United
States senator, SO.
Average vote on elected state
officials, 1S5,350.
Average vote on all measures
269,764.
Percentage voting for state Of
ficials, 40.
Percentage voting on all meas
ures, II.
Vote for Lister for governor,
1864.
Average vote against seven ref
erendum measures, 193,203.
Average number voting on
measures vetoed by governor,
196,S50.
Average number voting on
measures signed by governor,
19O,470.
Average vote for state officials,
1S5,350.
Average vote against seven ref
erendums, 193,203.
Average vote for three supreme
judges tnon-partisan), 1897.
Average vote against seven ref
erendums, 193,203.
Highest vote on any referendum
, measure (No. g., 26S,714.
Highest vote on initiative meas
ure (No. "a, mfg. of beer), 344,-
ZAP.
Number voting on initiative "a
not voting on referendums, TO ,52S.
Average vote 1914 for Five Sis
tiers, 1876, 800.
Average vote 1916 against same
referendums, 93,203.
!, Increase in total vote of state
| in four years, 59,242.
Increase in vote on Joint Leg
islative committee measures in two
years, 57,703.
Signatures necessary Go pei
cent? to initiate measures for -four
years, 37,761.
Signatures necessary &C pei
cent? to refer measures for foul
years, 22,657.
Thanking you in advance fol
this service to the cause of labor
and thanking you, in addition, fol
your other many services to thu
same cause, l am, ETC., e. G.
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No Sympathy
EDITOR THE TINES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
| see by the papers that Mar
garet Sanger Is also talking hun
ger strike. Now the question ap-
pears to me, who cares whether or
not the well-meaning lady wants
to starve herself to a skeleton?
cannot understand what is to
be gained by a spiteful, prolonged
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asst unless to rejuvenate her sys-

fast unless to rejuvenate her sys-
TEN.
If Mrs. Sanger will cast aside
worry during her abstinence from
food and keep her system flushed
she will be able to starve the body
fully 30 or 40 days to advantage.
When l think of Mrs. Park
hurst, Mrs. Sanger ct al, 1t is to
laugh, for it shows how comieal
woman really can be when she
is stubbornly craving sympathy.
For my part, | should like to see
the intellectual women be men
and cut out that silly hunger
strike" E. E. KUSEI.
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heory that jealousy caused

case a theory that jealousy caused
the murder.
They say Mrs. Couch told them
her husband had been forcing his
attentions on her sister for sew
eral years. Miss Dunn had be-
come friendly with Williams when
she took her niece to him for mu-
sic lessons.
At the time of the shooting,
police say, two automobiles were
used by the. same man. After
committing the first crime in the
school building, he dismissed the
first auto and took the second at
another address, from which he
drove to Williams studio.
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(Special to The Times.)

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Hazen J.
Titus, N. P. dining car magnate,
and his big baked potato, carried
off the honors at the fourth an
nual banquet of the Far Western
Travellers association at Hotel
Aston last evening.
An immense illuminated floral
piece of the n. P.'s famous spud
greeted the eye of the diners. 1t
was the first time it ever had been
done in flowers.
During the dinner potatoes
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MADELINE DEWEY
MARRYING AGAIN

Courthouse marriages are not
as frequent as they used to be
some years ago, so the fact that
there was a wedding in Judge
Cards chambers Monday caused
ripple of interest in the court
house corridors. G. s. Cliffe and
Madeline Dewey, both of Tacoma.
were married by the judge Mon
day afternoon.
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Famous Quartet
Here Wednesday

The Flonzaley quartet, said to
be the greatest musical organiza-
ton of its kind in the world, is
coming to the Tacoma theater
Wednesday evening
The members of the quartet are
Adolfo BETH, first violin; Ugo Ara,
viola; Ivan d'Archambeau, cello;
Alfred Pochon, second violin.
Each is said to be q great artist
in his own right, but content to
merge himself in the exquisite
team-play required FOR chamber
music"
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Owens Plan
EDITOR THE TINES:

want to express my apprecia-
ton and hearty approval of the
stand taken of The Times, upon
Senator Owens resolution to di-
vest the supreme court of the
power to declare acts of congress
unconstitutional.
firmly believe that this is one
of the greatest forward steps in
the history of democracy's devel-
opment.
have read with interest a
speech of Judge Stuart before the
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STRICT RULES
IN COLUMBIA
United Press Leased Wire. }

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. g.
Navigating officers in the Column
bia and Willamette rivers must
halt their vessels Immediately
when hailed, and be ready to sub
NIT to inspection, according to or
ders issued today by Thomas G.
Burke, customs collector. Two
government launches patrolling
the river are under instructions
to stop all boats. Both launches
carry armed crews.
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In the Editors Mail

themselves to changing necessi-
ties.
IL the Owen resolution Is
shooting an arrow straight into
the heart of our constitutional
government" 1t is because 1t is
government of special privileges
and not Of democracy.
w. j. WELLS.