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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
DIED OF INJURIES.
Lewis Lyons Thrown Out of Wagon as
Horse Ran Away

MILTON, July 81 Lewis Lyons died
Sunday from injuries received when his
team collided with another team ON River
street and his horse ran away, throwing
him out He struck on his face He died
about two hours after he WAS thrown.
A. w Hammond who was with him,
jumped when the horse started to run
and was injured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
A Card.

We wish to express our gratitude u
the friends and neighbors for the assist
ance 50 kindly given us in our great sor-
row, for the beautiful flowers, also Mr.
Miller and the Pastor for their comfort
ing words.
Geo ]. Kingsley
Mr. and Mrs. O. ID. Farr.
IIazen l.. Farr
Duane Farr and family
Brattleboro July 81.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
EXPLORER RETURNING.
Bernier Coming Back After an Attempt
to Rescue Stephenson,

QUEBEC, July 81. Capt. Joseph
Z, Bernier, the veteran Arctic explorer,
who started on an expedition in July
last year to attempt to rescue Stephen
son, who was reported lost in the Arctic
regions, is returning on his ship, the
Guide, according to reports reaching
here today from the north shore of the
St Lawrence.
Miss I'm Barge intends to help MI
Art Tillery end the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
A TIME MAY COME

when your dependents will be forced
to accept charity Make charity unnec-
essary by securing them with life in
surance. 6sth year National Life ms.
Co., of Vt. Mutual )-ALBERT c..
LAIRD, Special Agent, 8 Crosby Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

The United States is the largest pro-
Queer of raw redskins in the world
and the greatest consumer of finished
seal furs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
CITY LINE TO
BE EXTENDED

Only the promise of Manager
Bean of the 7. r. & p. Co. that he
will operate cars across the tide
flats If the city will extend its
municipal line, is needed before
the city will make arrangements
to build the tracks.
Mayor Fawcett declared Satur-
day that the city was still ready
to fulfill its promise to build the
track across to the east side of the
harbor, thus giving transportation
to the Todd shipyards and other
industries, II the T. r. & p. would
operate cars on the same basis as
it is now operating the tideflats
line.
THE legislature has passed
bill permitting the city to build
its line across the bay" said Faw-
cett. I'VE are ready to build, but
the T. r. & p. Co. will have to
operate 1t.
And so far as | am concern
ed, l want the contract drawn so
that the agreement on the opera
ton of the extension line, and
that on the present municipal line
will terminate at the same time.
In this way, within four years,
both lines will revert to the city
for operation and maintenance.
We do not want one contract ex-
piring before the other, as the city
might be left holding the sack"
Fawcett explained that the tide
flats extension, which would be
about two miles long, could be
paid on utility bonds, similar to
the means by which the present
line was paid for.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
In the
Editors Mail

l have more than four or six
Riddles and have been up against
some pretty stiff financial prob
lens and have had to ask favors,
but never have / been treated 9TH
err than as a perfect lady and never
received any improper proposals.
You have undoubtedly seen
enough to make you very bitter
but, May, there are two sides to
every question.
You say it is digs" like mine
which keep women down.
/ am the last person on earth
to keep anyone down. have SYM
pathy for those who fell because
they loved not wisely.
/ say again-let women expect
and demand clean men and then
only will we have them.
When ! spoke Of girls and mar
ried men l meant girls who were
supposed to be proper. When they
accept attentions of married men,
what do they expect?
They know they cannot marry
them. So | say when they fall
they do 1t with their eyes open.
Again,
A WIFE AND MOTHER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
The Stadium Gym

EDITOR THE TINES:
| noticed by Thursday nights
paper that the school board had
accepted a bid for excavating the
court in front of our Stadium high
school, conceded to be one of the
most beautiful schools In the
Northwest. What is the City Beau
tiful association doing to allow
this?
In the first place, 1t will cost
more to dig the hole and make ii
ready to build than the board
would have to pay for the vacant
property across the street.
The excavation alone will cost
about $1,000. Then there is re-
tanning wall to be built that will
cost about $4,000, and again the
main wall of the Stadium for about
80 feet will have to have 80 feet
OF underpining Z to 10 feet in
height that will cost considerable.
Then, after the hole is dug, you
will have your gymnasium down
in a hole when ii ought to be up
on the surface where the pupils
can have all the fresh air and light
possible.
Who ever heard of building a
gym underground?
think 1t is about time some of
of our patriotic societies got busy
and enjoined the board.
Let's put our $4,000 or $780,
900 worth of gym on top of the
ground where all can see it, not
bury 1t in the ground.
Very truly yours,
w. @. ROWLAND,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
Courthouse Raises

EDITOR THE TINES:
Have never attempted to write
anything for publication before,
but believing you to be fair-mind-
ed and would like to see every
body get a square deal, want to
call your attention to the way
our honorable county commits
sioners adjusted the wage scale
in the courthouse.
Those that were getting just
a bare Observation-Disclosures salary
were given IS raise.
Those that were drawing $50
to $115 were raised SIS to s25.
Do you call that justice?
One of the commissioners is
said to have remarked that he
could hire 500 men for the salary
they were getting without any
raise. Possibly he could.
Have since heard several men
say all kinds of commissioners
would take his job for $50 or $50
less than he gets.
One Who Would Like to See You
Take This Up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
FOOD BARONS
CUT MELON
Bv Basil M. MANLY

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb.2S.
TO a certain extent an increase
in prices of foodstuffs, the cause
of the food riots in various parts
of the country, may be justified
by the failure of practically every
important crop, but the prices
which have been in effect since
last summer are out of all reason
and are actually yielding greater
profits for the short crops than
were realized when half as much
again was produced.
Every corporation report that
is published proves the prices are
unjustified.
Here, for example, is Armour
& Co., with a stock dividend of
400 per cent; Swift & Co. with a
cash dividend of $25, 900;
American Beet Sugar with net
earnings of 40 per cent; National
Biscuit earning nearly 10 per cent
on common stock that Is all wa
ter; Sears-Roebuck with earnings
of 26.5 per cent on its common
stock, and so on in every line Of
business activity connected with
the production and distribution Of
food and clothing.
A part of these great prof.
its have unquestiOnably
been secured by holding up
Europe, but at least THREE
FOURTHS came directly
FROM THE POCKETS OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
and many of the concerns
which have profited most
heavily HAVE NOT SOLD A
DOLLARS WORTH OF
GOODS ABROAD.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
LEGAL NOTICES

LOCAL Improvement District No.
419.-Notice is hereby given that
I'm pursuance of Ordinance No. 1888
OF the City of Tacoma. a rob has
been placed In my hands Tor the
collection of the 9TH annual Install
ment OF the assessment levied Tor
improving North 26th Street from
the east line of Union Avenue to the
east line of Stout's Grand View Adj
dition, the road in Harris Place and
North eth Street from point five
80 feet east of the west line OF
Puget Sound Avenue to Junett
Street.
Said Improvement shall consist in
grading said portion of said streets
to the established grades with road
ways twenty-four (24D feet In width,
except on North 26th Street west OF
Alder Street where roadway shall be
rty-eight (4s) feet In width and in
laying down on said roadway a
pavement of asphalt on concrete
base with brick cutters except on
the road in Harris Place and on
North 26th Street east of Junett
Street where pavement shall be ma
cadam, all to have concrete and re-
inforced concrete curbs, together
with all necessary storm water
drainage; also in altering any curbs
or cutters to make same conform to
lines and grades of new improve
ment, extending all aprons to curbs,
taking up and RELAXING same where
necessary. Warner and Lawrence
Streets between North 26th and
North 27th Street, North 27th and
North 2Sth Streets. and North eth
street east of Junett Street shall be
improved only by the construction of
storm water drainage.
Provided that those intersections
already in place and that part to be
done by the Tacoma Railway and
Power Company. under its fran
chise. are not to be included In
this Improvement
Said installment may be paid on
or before April 4th, 1917. but II
not paid on or before said date,
added interest. penalty and costs
will attach.
JAMES c. DRAKE,
City Treasurer.
March 3-10-17, 1917
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
A Mothers WAY
EDITOR THE TIMES:

IEDITOR THE TIMES:
] see in Tuesdays issue of The
Times May makes reply to Wifi
and Mother.
! still hold, May, to NY former
assertion believe mother can
feed her babies without losing her
respect.
l was not referring to "fallen
women" when | spoke of girls
preferring those moral lepers. I
have had no acquaintance with
either.
You blame men entirely. I say
there are women who deliberately
choose that life, for they deem 1t
the easiest way"
To make my point clear-I had
school mate, a beautiful girl who
became acquainted with a young
man of some social prominence
and of a very nice family, and
presume, as Happy" says in Tues
day nights Times, he made the
offer. she accepted. They lived
together for a time, then when he
tired of her and found some one
else she drank poison and died
broken-hearted.
This was the usual occupation
Of this young man. When all be-
came public his lodge dropped him
and he was generally stunned for
brief period.
Then he was reinstated in the
lodge, re-entered society, and the
young women and their fond
mammas received him with open
arms.
This is my point: When women
do these things how can they ex-
pect any improvement in men?
/ am not unfolding men-not
at all. Still | cannot believe they
are all as bad as you say.
To great extent / have led a
sheltered life. So presume you
think l am not capable of judy
ing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03

tee of five was appointed to con-
slider all bids offered, and decide
upon the official quotation, the
"Elgin price" that would govern
butter contracts for future deliv-
cry.
In 1910 Senator Lodge jabbed
his ii. C. L. probe right into the
price-fixing committee, charging ii
with violation of the Sherman
antitrust law by restraining trade.
In April, 1914, the board was en-
Joined from quoting price pur-
porting to be market prices I'M
less such prices be those which
have been obtained on said board
by bona fide sales of butter"
The price-fixing committee was
abolished and the direct sales sys-
TEN adopted. Every sale made Is
reported to the department Of JUS
tice. The Elgin quotation is now
the majority quotation made each
Saturday on the call board.
In 1872 Elgin's new board
handled 30,734 pounds of butter.
The same board handled in 1914
55,231,342 pounds. In 1872 the
value was $S1, 900; it now exceeds
SIS, 100000.
The boards 800 members repre-
sent almost every state.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
Extension to
Army Post Is
Not Popular

Members of the city council
showed no enthusiasm Saturday
over the suggestion that the city
could condemn q narrow strip of
land between the city limits and
the army post site, in order to op-
crate municipal cars to the camp.
The Tacoma Railway & Power
company already has a street car
line to the edge of the army post
site, and is anxious to get the bus
mess.
The only occasion that the city
might have for building such a
municipal extension would arise in
1918, II the council refuses to
grant a new South Tacoma car line
franchise, and decides to take over
the line as a municipal property.
But by that time, IT is argued. the
T. r. & P. Co. will have completed
its extensions into the post.
The city Of Los Angeles annex
ed strip of land between its lin
its and San Pedro, in order to call
itself a seaport city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
BARN DANCE VOTED
A GREAT SUCCESS

A huge success was the barn
dance given by firms in the Ia
coma Motor Co. building Friday
night. A large crowd entered
into the spirit of the real old barn
dance, and all were delighted
with the reception.
A huge sack of peanuts and
the aqua" punch were soon dis
posed of, the punch being served
in tin cups.
The surprise of the evening was
an automobile climbing the two
inclines up to the dance floor,
and after doing a prominade,
made a thrilling descent. The per-
Torrance showed the wonderful
control of the auto as it is to-
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
CRONEN OFFERS TO Bet
JOB AGAINST kAISER'S

Denouncing City Librarian
Kaisers attempt to influence the
Commercial club in favor of high
err appropriations for the city IL
braries, Commissioner Gronen Of
fered Saturday to bet his job
against Kaiser's that he could OPP
crate the library department I'M
der reduced expenses without i'm
pairing the efficiency.
II will agree to give up my po-
sition in the council, II Kaiser will
make the same agreement in the
library department, II l cannot go
into that division of the city work,
open all libraries from 8 a. IN. to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
A Troopers Reply
EDITOR THE TIMES.

EDITOR THE TINES:
In answer to w. Z. Patterson's
letter recommending that the
members of troop B reinlist:
The members of troop b did
not go to the Mexican border to
gain praise, heroism or with the
purpose of becoming regular SOL
diers.
They left their homes, friends
and loved ones solely because they
felt that their country needed
them to help uphold the honor of
the Stars and Stripes" and
should the call again sound for
the men of troop b to don their
uniforms, they would all answer
and go back into federal service.
The members of troop B are
men who are of good families and
high integrity, men who in the
future will rise high in the ranks
of public life. They are not the
kind that wish or care to live on
SIS a month, spending it as fast
as it comes in.
These men are the ones who
want to bring children into this
world and raise them to be good
American citizens.
Troop B did it's share of border
service. We were held on Calf
fornia soil two months after the
units of the California national
guard were mustered out, and we
are not done with military service
yet, as we are now in the national
guard of Washington.
] feel that The Times, Rotary
club and Troop B association are
justified in trying to help troop
B men find employment, because
II we don't get work in Tacoma,
we must go elsewhere and find 1t.
and by so doing we weaken the
high standing of troop B, as when
an organization loses seasoned
men and enlists recruits they
have all the elementary drill to
teach them.
Troop b and Tacoma need the
men who helped make our stay
on the border a success. Who
knows when troop B will again
be called to do service for our
country? Why not everyone
help troop B and Tacoma.
Then if we are called to do duty
against a foreign power, we'll be
ready.
In closing would like to ask
why Mr.. Patterson did not do his
bit at the border or does not join
the army now?
A. L. GOODWIN,
Private Troop B, 1st Wash. Cav
1881 Tacoma avenue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
MOOSE SETTLE
in NEW HOME

The new quarters of Tacoma
lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, in
the old Elks' building, 1881
Pacific avenue, were formally
opened with a big banquet Friday
night. Nearly 100 new members
were taken into the lodge. Three
hundred visitors from Seattle
came to Tacoma on a special in
terurban train and Joined the To-
cal lodge in a march from their
old home to the new one. The
parade was headed by a squad of
police, and extended nearly six
blocks, marching four abreast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03

9:45 p. m, and give just as good
efficiency as is given now" he de-
clared.
Il have studied the library ques-
ton thoroughly. An expert who
examined the library reported that
the salaried employees were 20 per
cent more numerous than they
should be. When Kaiser recently
cut the Libraries down to half
time, he did not cut down any sal
aries.
This sympathetic argument of
the librarian is all bunk. He sim
ply will not place the library de-
partment on a business basis"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
HIGH SCHOOL
DANCE HELPS
STATUE FUND

The Lincoln statue benefit
dance Friday afternoon at Lincoln
high school was great success.
The dance was for Lincoln high
students only, and the floor was
crowded with happy high school
couples dancing to the music of
an eight-piece school orchestra,
which by the way, furnished re-
markedly good music. Programs
for the dance, refreshments con-
sisting of Ice cream, punch, ETC.,
were sold in benefit of the fun.
More than $50 was added to the
fund. The hoy who was instru-
mental in the success of the dance
was John Hunt, prominent
school athlete. A benefit vaude-
vile program is to be given in
the school auditorium March 8.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
City Heads Tickled
Over Bone Dry Law

brought into Tacoma legally on
permits, and then peddled by
bootleggers. With this law in eff
feet, there will be very little liquor
in Tacoma"
Police Chief Harry M. Smith
applauded the bone dry" law.
I'VE will know now when we
find a man drunk that someone
is bringing liquor into the city il
legally, and it will mean that
both the police and the federal Of
ficers will get on the job" he
said. "Bootleggers may be will
ing to take chances with the po-
lice, but they will be a whole lot
more cautious when they know
Uncle Sam is on the job. Now We
will have real prohibition.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03

story office building in a country
town, hits the front page every
now and then with a splurge that
exceedingly annoys the board"
A Times correspondent
watched half dozen of them
-Elgin dairy farmers, and
commission men, and u slick
young broken or two from
Chicago - when the "board"
met this forenoon. They
bought butter and sold but
ter, and when the scrimmage
was over the markets of the
world were quoting butter at
the price at which Elgin
closed.
The dairy industry was brought
into Fox valley by New England
farmers, 100 years ago.
In 1871, 10 farmers and cheese
banded together to find
an outside market for their in
creasing products. In March, 1872,
they tackled up black board in
an office building in Elgin, OPEN
ed a "call board" market : and
the Elgin butter board was born.
Offerings were chalked on the
blackboard, just as they are today.
Taking Denmark's butter boards
as a model, price-fixing commit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03

LOCAL Improvement District No.
421.-Notlce is hereby given that
in pursuance of Ordinance No. 1904
of the City of Tacoma. roll has
been placed In my hands for the col
ment of the assessment levied for
improving Lawrence street from n
point ten G0) feet south of the north
line of North Gath Street to a point
five go feet south of the north line
of North 30th street: Warner street
and Puget Sound Avenue from the
proposed paving on North Goth Street
to a point five 60 feet south of the
North line of North 30th Street.
Said Improvement shall consist in
grading said portions of said streets
TO the established grade. with road
ways twenty-four CAD feet in width,
and in laying down on said road
ways a pavement of asphalt on a
concrete base, with brick cutters,
concrete and reinforced concrete
curbs and all necessary storm wa
ter drainage; also in altering any
walk, curb or gutter to make same
conform to lines and grades OF new
Improvement, extending all aprons
to curbs, taking up and relaying
same where necessary.
Said installment may be paid on
or before April 4th. 1917, but
II not paid on or before said date,
added interest, penalty and costs
JAMES C. DRAKE.
City Treasurer
March 3-1o-17. 1917.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03

Il am tickled to DEATH" was
Mayor Fawcett's comment Satur-
day upon hearing that President
Wilson had signed the bone dry
bill.
I've have only had partial
prohibition in Tacoma, and 1t has
necessarily beA unsatisfactory.
If we are going to have prohibi-
ton, | believe it should be a strict
law. Otherwise, it becomes a
farce"
COMMISSIONS Petit expressed
delight over Wilson's act.
ut solves the prohibition ques-
ton for the police" he declared.
"Our greatest trouble during the
past year has been that liquor was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
TACOMA BIRD CLUB
TO MEET MARCH Is

After an interesting talk on
bird walks and launch parties for
the sake of studying the feather
ed friends by Mrs. G. r. Pike,
field worker for the Audubon So
cieties, Tacoma bird lovers decid-
ed Friday to form a local Audu-
bon society. The next meeting
will be at the Commercial club,
March 16
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
PRISONER IS
LAWYERS SON

No charge had been filed Sat
urday against Henry Thomas, the
expert weigher arrested Friday in
the act of removing $3.50 worth
of raw rubber from the Milwau-
kee docks. Police Capt. Strick-
land announced that detectives
were still investigating the pris-
oner's record.
Thomas is the son of Jesse
Thomas, an attorney in the Cali
fornia building, living at S23 East
35th street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
BEACH CAMPS
ARE RAIDED

Thieves at Tacoma summer re-
sorts are still busy.
The cottage of Warren Priest,
Redondo beach, has been entered
and quantity of carpenter tools
and iewelry stolen.
William Hoover, 1902 North
Fife, notified the police that his
rowboat had been stolen from
Sunset beach.
F. Kirby Haskell reported that
his Evenrude motor had been
stolen from his cottage at Sunset
beach.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
FUNERALS

Funeral of Andrew G. w. Mel
son, infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Nelson, Sal South M St,
will be held Monday afternoon
from c. o. Lynn's.
Funeral of Milo T. Hummon, in
FAINT son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Hummon, was held Saturday
morning from Buckley-King's.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03
COPS ADD 1920
TO PENSION FUND

Capt. Lloyd Kinkaid, secretary
Of the executive committee in
charge of the policeman's ball,
announced Friday night that ST.
200 has been made from the pro-
ceeds of the policeman's ball. The
money goes to the policemen's
pension fund.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-03

Especial to The Times.)
ELGIN, ILL, March 2. -
Whether won had dinner to-
day In Topeka, as, or in To-
kio, Japan, the price of the
butter you spread on your
bread was fixed i'm Elgin,
Ill.
IL the car of Russia eats
butter with his bread, and
and they say he does, Elgin
decides just how many kO-
peks he pays.
If farmer in Connecticut
SELLS butter, Elgin quotations
influence the price he gets; IL a
housekeeper in Tacoma BUYS
butter she pays for It according te
quotations made in Elgin.
From which you will gather
that Elgin cuts some butter in the
produce markets of the world, and
will understand why it is called
the butter capital"
The Elgin butter board, 1000
miles from Wall street, tucked
away, third floor back, in a three.