davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-09-26
PAVING INTERESTS
TRY TO get" ALLEN
LEDGER SAYS "BLACK TOP MEN
SEEK REMOVAL OF STATE
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER.

Attempts on the part of certain
paving interests in the state to get
James Allen, state highway commits
sioner and well-known Olympian, are
revealed in articles which the Taco
ma Ledger has been publishing re-
Gently in an expose" of what it
ALLEGES to be "frameup" to deliver
Pierce county's $2,500,000 paving
program to favored set of contract
Iors.
The story of the efforts to remove
Allen from his position. as the
Ledger told it, is:
investigation into the Pierce
county situation is uncovering trail
lin road improvements which has its
Iramiications in all sections of the
state, and it is reported causing more
than ordinary interest not only in
contracting but in political circles.
Along each of these trails can be
found footprints of the representa-
tive of the Warren Construction com
pany in this state, it is now being as
certained Each move has had a
bearing upon the situation in Pierce
county and has brought out not only
the black top paving men in force
but, at the same time, has started
the cement paving contractors, engi-
neers and experts into the field. 1t
also shows close alliance between
promoters of a move to GUST the pres
Ient highway commissioner of the
state. James Allen, and the advocates
of the Warrenite paving.
"Since the death of Governor
Ernest Lister and the day the acting
governor took office as such, there
has been a consistent and persistent
underground effort to GUST Mr.. Allen
Direct action has not been used. The
! fight has been insidious from the
start, it is stated.
Spokane, King, Skagit. Snoho
mish, Yakima and Clarke counties
have felt the workings of the get
Allen movement. Pierce county has
heard murmurings against the high.
way commissioner At the county
commissioners convention at Van
icouver. at the engineers convention
at the Good Roads Association con
vention-at each of these sessions
there were whispers against the pres
ent state road administration. There
has been nothing tangible, but still 6
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-09-26
persistent whisper has been going

persistent whisper has been going
Iaround.
Yesterday in Tacoma Mr.. Slayden
and Mr.. Bellingham (Pierce county
commissioners declared that five
inch concrete base is not mandatory
under the provisions of the Carlyon
bill for roads constructed by the
county without such base, because the
act provides that the state highway
commissioner has the final say. He
can approve or reject any paving for
payment under the Carlyon bill.
Hence the suspicion now preva-
lent, not only among contractors, but
in political circles and among good
roads men, that the attack upon the
present state highway commissioner
has special bearing upon the paving
deal now pending in Pierce county.
Isaid to be known as concrete base
man. That is, he is said to believe
that all permanent highways should
be constructed upon concrete base.
The proposed contract in Pierce coun-
ity, under the latest specifications
drawn by the Pierce county engineer,
does not call for a base of this type.
''The inference is said to be plain,
and made more so by the statement
of the Pierce county commissioners.
A change in the highway department
at Olympia by the appointment of a
commissioner who would not be so
strict as the present incumbent would
mean that Pierce would be able to
recover it's funds expended on the rs
miles of mountain road, irrespective
laid. At the same time, the county
commissioners would be able to make
good their pledges to the taxpayers
of the county that the state would
reimburse the county for money ex-
pended on this highway under the
Carlyon bill.
This is said to be just one ramifi
cation of the activity of the paving
agents in the state, and the biggest
plum to be picked at this time hap
why Tacoma has been selected as the
pivotal point for the fight. 1t also is
said to have considerable bearing
upon the attitude of the county COM
missioner who has been more or less
associated with black top paving
sentative of the Warrenite people"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-09-26
TUBE IMPORTANT TO
SERVICE OF CASING
TAKES BOTH TO MAKE A TIRE
RACING DRIVERS SET
EXAMPLE,.

1t takes a casing and a tube to
make tire" is the observation of c.
T. Hutchins, branch manager for the
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. at Ia.
coma. ut has become a common
practice to refer to a casing as a tire.
forgetting that tire is made up of
two parts--a casing and tube.
thousands of persons refer daily
to their tires when they mean their
castings. So good an authority as
Noah Webster tells US in his we'll
known dictionary that tire is fiex.
ible tube, usually of rubber. inflated
with air and protected by an outer
covering, used on motor cars to re-
duce vibration and shock
You may have a easing which has
8, 10 or even Is thousand miles of
wear built into it, and succeed in get
ting but half that number of miles
from it. Many motorists have had
this experience and attributed their
trouble to a poor casing when the
whole fault may have been in the
tube.
you cannot expect casing to
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-09-26
Open Mufflers Cost $40.

F. A. Michael and Otto Kingrey,
who were arrested the other day for
driving their autos with the mufflers
open, were fined $40 by Police Judge
Walter Crosby after hearing Tues
day. He also fined Mrs. Charles
Lathrop $40 for exceeding the speed
limit, and A. M. Hubbard of Seattle
$50 and costs for driving an auto
without a license and also for ex-
ceeding the speed limit.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-09-26
SUNDAY AT THE UNITED
CHURCHES.

DR.. j w. Countermine will preach
at II a. m, subject, Take Thy
Part" and in the evening at o'clock
subject, THE Life Worth While -
Duet in the morning and a quartet in
the evening. October S will be rally
day in church and Sunday school.
Drive in for the evening services next
Sunday, and pick up as many as the
car will hold.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-09-26

|bootlegging, at his hearing before
Justice of the Peace Walter Crosby,
but was found to be an alien and car
rying firearms contrary to law. The
result was that he was fined S258.50.
II. Katimo, the other Jap arrested,
failed to appear for trial and forfeit
ed the SIS bail he had posted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-09-26
JAP GETS HEAVY FINE.
Rainier BOOtlegger Assessed $258.5O
by Justice Of the Peace Crosby.

John Matsomoto, the Jap who was
arrested near Rainier last week by
Game Warden King and other local
officers, was not only found guilty of
The McCarthy weekly news., 1919-03-01

the purpose of making his Christ mas bright.
 ;
 Grand daddy did not get his Christmas cheer, yet tfe thief could get no benefit Snd so evi- dently destroyed t!e olCels.
 Mail service by freight might possibly be all right if the sacks were made of cast iron, but Un cle Sam $ sacks are canvas and do not require more than a slash with a pocket knife to dis. gorge their contents
 There Will ba no tracing def initely the havoc this robhe y has made Homes may be Snat tered, and hearts may be brok en by the destruction of letters all o which cannot be repaired by the Imprisonment of the thief. and only A new arrange ment will safeguard ag%inst these occurrences iii the future.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1919-03-01
CONSEQUENCES nF' MAIL BY
 FREIGHT .@

The recent arrest of the young Savage for rObbing he south bound mail on the $. s. Victor ia in December last will doubt less be tremendous fac tor in changing the present system of mail service.
 Several residents of Nc ar thy were also the victims in this robbery.
 Complaints were turned into the Post Office by business pcO pie, and on the last mail the Ia coma Post Office notified a fam fly that letter from their house had been found in a mutilated condition and asked for full de scriptiOn of contents.
 This letter happened to be Q joint letter of greeting from two little children to their aged grand father, enclosing fifty dol lars in money orders, sent for
The McCarthy weekly news., 1919-03-01
The MCCARTHY Week ly News.

Entered as second class matter Septem Der lSth. 1918 at the I ost Office. at Mccarthy. Alaska. under the Act of March 3. 1879.
 Subscription Rates
 Single Copies $ .25 Three Months .25 Six Months , .3G One Year 100
 Payable In Advance
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
PleaSantOn.

Mrs Belle Snethen, Of Lamont,
spent a. few days the past week with
friends at this place =
Mrs. j. H. Parsons is i'll at this
writing.
Homer Davis and family spent
the past week at the Charles Ora
ham home near Saline;
services both morning and evening
on Sunday at the Z. u. church
Mrs. Fred Killilay and Mrs. r. J.
Graves had business in Leon Tues
MIR. and Mrs. Frank HOLSTER had
business in Leon Tuesday.
Steve Eastin had business in sa-
line, Monday.
Martin Hamilton and sister Mrs.
Vic Pryor, who have been visiting
their brother, John Hamilton, and
family west of town., left Monday
for their homes in Dakota. .
j. N. Estes had business in Leon
Mrs. VIM. Horn and grandson
Des Moines where they will visit the
formers daughter Mrs. Roy Luper:
G.. Richards and family moved
here Thursday from Weldon. Mr..
Richards will have charge OF the
Daily Lumber Co.
Mrs. Charles COrnett was a Leon
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Smith, OF
Shenandoah, visited friends here the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lear Davis were
Leon callers Saturday:
Mr.. and Mrs. F. T. Smith were
Leon visitors Saturday.
Miss Grace Smallwood, who at
tends school at Leon, came Saturday
for visit with her sister Mrs. Lu-
Mrs. Ora Hagan and daughter
Dorothy had business in Leon Tues
Mrs. L. v. Landphair and grand
daughter Miss Wilma were Leon
callers Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Perkins had
business in Leon Tuesday.
Miss Helen Putnam, who attends
the Gainesville school, visited over
Sunday with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs C. L. Henderson and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. F. T..
Smith and daughter Geraldine spent
Sunday at the Bert Chew home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
Little River.

Gerald and Clinton Cowles spent
Sunday with Harvey and Ralph Da-
Martin Hendricksen was called
Saturday morning to the Pleasant
Kirk home near Davis City to help
care for Mrs. Kirk who has been
sick for some time.
George Martins sons and Robert
Waffle were to Grand River Sunday
to view the high water and hunt.
Marion Davis took dinner at Cal
vim Starts Sunday.
Seth and Ema1ine Davis spent
Sunday afternoon at Jesse Dunbar's.
4; Mrs. Minnie Davis and children
spent Sunday AFTERNOON with Matte
s George s Davis and wife were SUM
day visitors at the George Martin
Mrs.. John Mccormick is on the
sick list at present.
Mrs. Matte Hendricksen returned
home Friday from caring Tor sick
near Eden Center and il herself now
1classed with the sick.
The heavy rains Friday and Sat
urday put Little river to the highest
water mark for many years. Jesse
Dunbar at the Little river bridge,
had put his horses In the lowland
day morning had some high water
TO pass through to get them to dry
Earl still spent Sunday afternoon
With Charles and Herd Davis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
Garden Grove.

Miss Stroll was visiting relatives
at Moravia the last of the week re-
turning Monday morning.
Word was received here last week
that Ed Frazier, former resident OF
Garden Grove had died at his home
in Council Bluffs, and was buried at
Mr.. and Mrs Willis Aten, of
Charlton, were here over Sunday
visiting at the home of his mother,
Mrs. John Aten.
Mr. and Mrs. Cummings, of Grey
bull, Wyo;;,, who were visiting at the
Place 4 Co. shipped in five car
loads Of ice from the ice plant at
dred tons, for their meat market.
Alva Roberts and family left last
week for their new home near
Leo Williams left last week for
Waterloo, Iowa, where he has en-
Miss Mary Konklin returned the
last of the week from Des MOines
where she was visiting at the home
<of her sister, MRS. J. L. Mcdowell. n
Mr.. and Mrs: GrenaWalt Of La
ing at the Ralph Grenawalt home.
here last week visiting at the home
of her son Ronald and family.
Il Lawrence Calhoun, of Leroy, who
has been in France, is reported to be
home 1t is said he was. gassed
while at the front and is in a bad
condition.
Alva and Elmer MCGUIRE, of Iowa
City, were here over Sunday visit
ing at the home of their brother.
Charles MCGUIRE and family They
are plastering the new high school
building at Osceola.
Mrs. House, of Leon, has been Wis
ting her daughter, Mrs. Pryor, re-
turning home Monday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
DeKab.

Harry Wilson and son sawed WOOD
for James Binning Tuesday, and
Wednesday for Charles South, Roy
Hawkins, Wesley Collins and James
x Wilson spent Tuesday night at
Van Vert with Mr.. and MIS-. Plat
W. A.. Cox was "a Van Vert caller
Friday on business.
B. A. Anderson returned home
Wednesday evening after rev
days visit with friends at St. Joe,
School meeting Meeting was Th held fo At the e
Mrs. ii. +. Wilson spent. Thursday
with her mother Mrs. D. NJ. Fry:
Horny Redman and Charley Will
son were Grand River callers tues
day on business.
Jim Smith was county seat Wis
osmer sissel is in these parts this
week. He will work for Fred Beers
Nm Mrs. Rose Wilson spent Monday
afternoon with Mrs. Jim Smith.
The doctor was called Thursday
for the youngest son OF MI, ana
Mrs. Horny Redman, who has been
quite sick.
Miss Nina Burrows, who teaches
at West, returned to her home Sat
urday at Lamont for an over Sunday
visit with relatives.
III. D. DeKalb was Grand River
caller Thursday on business: :,
Roscoe Wilson was a Dekalb call
or Wednesday.
now moved in our vicinity, We are
glad to have them for neighbors.
M, H. Fry spent Monday night
and Tuesday with his sister Mrs.
Mary Wilson and family.
Frank Miller left Saturday Tor
Kansas City.
Those who spent Saturday at the
Charley Wilson home were Mr.. ana
Mrs; Plat Harris, Mr. "a and Nm Mrs: ink 4;
Wells and Miss Ruth Wilson and
brother Delbert. They were helping
celebrate Grandpa Wilson's SIND
birthday.
Those who spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Jink Wells were Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Beers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jim Miller and son Andrew, Osmer
Sissel, F. M. Cummins and daugh-
and Ruth Wilson.
Quite a rain made visit to our
! community Saturday and Saturday
NIGHT It was the hardest rain we
have had this year. All the bottom
lands were flooded. The rain was
q great help to pasture lands as the
grass has started and looks SO green.
+. M. sCummins and daughter
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Beers.
MI. and Mrs. Walter Cox spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Anderson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
Orphan Ridge.

Hi Manchester's, who have the
flu, were reported better at this
writing.
c. b. Poush and daughter Miss
Lucille, had business at Leon Thurs
MIR. and Mrs.--E A. Merritt called
on r %af SeaT r1'eh rain halaa Saturday put
Little river out over the bottom.
Walter Fitch and wife were call
,ers at the Barlean home Friday af-
Mrs. D., P. Leahy and son G. E.
Leahy and: wife spent Monday with
G. E. Poush and wife had legal
business at Davis City Tuesday.
David Robson had business on
our Ridge Tuesday.
Miss Ruth Barlean spent Thursday
with her cousin Miss May Butler.
Charley Johnson, who spent sew
eral months in France, and was
a few days at the Dan Barlean home.
C. e. Poush and wife were callers
at the Barlean home Sunday even
Topsy Stanford, of Leon, came
down Saturday to spend few days
at the home of, his sister Mrs. Cappy
Miss Cecil Baker is doing house
work for Mrs. Henry Horney this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Davis spent Sun
day evening with her brother Walter
Fitch.
W. M. Barlean visited at the
Jones home Sunday.
H. A. Brannon spent the week end
at the Dan Barlean home.
John Piper is up and around az
ter being confined to the house for
the past ten days with the flu.
George Barlean will work the COM
ing season for Arthur Campbell.
Walter Fitch and wife spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Davis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
HOW'D Thisl

We oder One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot 30 cured BY Halls Catarrh
Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY 1 CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last IS years. and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
out any obligations made by hls firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo. O.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
Oouo surfaces Of the system. Testimonials
sent Hfee Price . cents pee bottle. eol0
b. all DruY9fstA.
~ Ean's 1saly rms II ssnsapaHasa,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20

New showing in good Coats for Ladies.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20

New Silks, Crepes and Crepe de Chimes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20

We want your business.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-08

There have been 265 prosecutions
in Minnesota during the last three
months for game law violations.
Nearly $4,000 in fines have been taken
in and some 500 guns have been con-
fiscated and are now being sold to the
highest bidder in st. Paul. The
game hog is hard to head off. There
should be law that when a man is
found in the woods out of season and
with gun that he should be placed
on the carpet before some court and
asked few pertinent questions. The
woods are perfectly safe. No rabbit
is going to jump up and bite one un-
awares- the gun? Hunting
parties should not be allowed to go
out week ahead of the season-"to
get ready" We each know why
they go out that early. They fool no
one but themselves. Set day and
the man who>is out with his 1920 be-
fore that time-soak him. Our wild
life must be protected else it is soon
gone. We can cause it to increase
if we are fair with it. Down with
the sooner and the game hog. Be
a sportsman and help in maintaining
good hunting instead of causing it
to become extinct. Obey the laws
and all will be well.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-08


The bane of our public school
system is the transient, temporary
character Of its teaching personnel.
From the superintendent down the
corps of teachers of most schools
changes from year to year, says the
Hutchinson Leader. Each year the
schools are differed by strangers to
the community, who put in a few
transitory months and are gone. The
exceptions to this practice only prove
to train our boys and girls in the
deepest things of life are not to be
expected to take that interest in the
children in their charge that they
should. They are not with them
long enough to get them interested in
their mental growth or the develop
ment of their characters. That the
school does the most for the children
in its care which develops the greatest
degree of personal touch and sympa-
thy between pupil and teacher and
between the school and the COM
munity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-08

bons will be given to those who gain
the most points.
Following is the Playground Seized
ule:
Morning.
1000 to 10:40-Free Play; Peg and
Bean Board Games, Horseshoe,
Croquet.
10:40 to :30-High Organized
Games; Kitten Ball, Basket Ball..
1880 to 12:00-Low Organized
Games; Straddle Ball Race, Bas-
ket Ball Relay. Volley Ball, Club
Snatch.
l 100 to 2:0O-Free Play; Peg Board
Games, Croquet.
200 to 2:40-Athletics and Stunts;
Special instruction in races and
athletic work.
2;40 to 3:30-High Organized Games
Base Ball, Kitten Ball.
$3.50 to 4:20-Low Organized Games;
Prisoners Base, Three Deep, "Do
This, Do That"
4 20 to 5:00-Free Play; Horseshoe,
Bean Bag Games, Croquet.
Evening.
u 100 to 9 :00-All Games.
W. E. DUNPHY
Playground Instructor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-08
PLAYGROUND notes.

The playground is becoming more
attractive to the younger people ev-
cry day. Up to the present there
has not been much organization, as
to the time or games but from the.
schedule below it can be seen that
our playground viii soon be on the
same scale as those of the range
towns and Duluth.
It is the instructors wish that the
men of Ely, young or old, come out
to the ground whenever possible to
witness the play of the children. You
are especially invited to take part
in any of the games open to you
and the practice of throwing horse
shoes in particular as it is the in
tention to run off a city horseshoe
tournament. Minneapolis is play
ing a tournament at the present
time and much interest is being
shown by the men Of that city. If
we can work up enthusiasm enough,
it may be possible to arrange games
with some of the range towns.
From now on the boys will follow
the schedule below and at the close
of the playground season there win
be big field and track meet. The
boys viii be divided into groups ac-
cording to weight. Badges or rib
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-08

Let us not be stingy on the width
of the new paved roads we are about
to build in this county. Fourteen
feet is not wide enough. In reality
there should be two roads in one if
we wish to conserve human lives. A
right of way for car going in either
direction would be an ideal condition.
Then the man on the wrong side of
the road would be held criminally Ii
able. Fourteen feet is too narrow
and it is hoped that this width will
not be adopted. Better few miles
of double track road than one that
is too narrow for safety. With the
coming of the cement highway, hu-
man nature is human nature and a
road of that kind will always call for
top speed. Greater traffice each year
surely is to follow. More cars are
coming. Let us not build for today
only but look to the future as well.
Human life should weigh on the &C.
ment bill and demand safety. Min
nesota has the money. Let's build
that road for today and for all time
to come. Make it wide and abso-
lutely safe for millions are to travel
it in the coming days. Do not spare
the cement, it is cheap, but human
lives are to be considered in this
case. 1t may be you and the family
in the ditch. Make the road safe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-08

The gardens in and around Ely are
the pride of the state. The grow
ing weather this year has left moth
ing undone and the gardens are SUI
perior to anything shown anywhere.
The picking and drying season is now
on and old H. C. of L. Is getting a
considerable wallop by many families
putting up vegetables for the winter.
Fine business. The neighbours cows
have been curbed by efficient methods
and all is well.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-08
MUST BE EXAMINED.

A departure is being made by the
county superintendent of schools this
year in having all the county school
teachers in attendance at the sum-
mer school undergo physical EXAM
nation. Miss Lillian Peterson, county
nurse, is in charge of the examina-
tions. Particular attention is being
paid to the eyes, ears, nose, throat
and teeth. Whenever a diseased
condition is found the teacher is re-
ferred to local physician to have
the trouble treated. This plan has
met with excellent cooperation on
the part of the teachers, who all APP
pear most anxious for the examina-
tions and subsequent treatment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-08

The irony>of fate. Editor Craig of
Bull, advertising for a lost cow, and
after having published columns in
his paper regarding the running at
large of cattle, finds the missing cow
locked in the basement under his
printing Office where she had been for
twelve days without food or water
and when released was in a starved
condition and barely able to stand
on her feet. How the cow got in the
basement is mystery but it is the
impression that she was placed there
in retaliation for the COW articles
published in the Advertiser by some
fellow posing as a hero but who
should be in Jail for cruelty to an
imals.