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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-17
GIVING EFFICIENT SERVICE.

II is not necessarily the cop VINO
makes the most arrests VINO IS 40
ing the most efficient work any more
than it would be fair to say that the
most efficiently policed city is the
one in which the most arrests are
made. In a really orderly city ar
rests as a rule are few and far be
tween. The point to be sought IS TO
get the would-be law infractors to
understand that any lawlessness VIII
not be permitted, and that if they do
disregard the laws they will be dealt
with quickly and severely.
Ottawa's motor cop is doing ELI
cient work Not that he has made u
lot Of arrests, but because his APP
pointment and the manner in which
he has conducted himself since his
appointment has given the impression
that he is strictly on the job. The
most dangerous point in Ottawa is
probably the east South Ottawa hill.
The safety isles put in some years ago
have materially improved conditions
there, but they did not serve to en-
tirely subdue the speed maniacs or
to furnish them with brains. Some
people complained that on account of
the isles, they were obliged to slow
up in going up or down the hill, not
having gray matter enough to know
that that very thing was one OF the
primary objects in placing the safety
devices. There was growing ten
dency to get back to the old days
to open up the cut.outs when going
up and to tear her wide open, to let
the man coming down the hill look
out for himself and everyone else
Or occasionally a driver coming down
cut loose and gave a very realistic
imitation of shooting the chutes, At
that point the Improvement in condi-
tons has been very marked, The
motor cop has haunted the region
and has been seen there at almost
any hour during the day and night.
He didn't camp there, but his sched-
nle has been so very erratic that
woudbe infractoTs have been unable
to guess his hours. The result has
been that few are taking any chances
and the hill promises in time to be
reasonably safe.
Another point where good effects
have been noticeable is on Ottawa
avenue At this point it was largely
a matter of disregard for the speed
limit ordinance. The regular cops
helped matters there a year or so
ago, but the Improvement was not
permanent. Since the motor cop has
been on the job it Is not really good
form to burn up the avenue, / And all
over the city the salutary influence of
his appointment is noticeable.
There will probably be some objec
tors to his being made a permanent
fixture after he gets things straight
ened out. because of arrests he may
or may not make, but SO long as OF
tawa's motor cop keeps up his present
gait he will earn his money. even if
he never got dollar in fines into the
city's Golfers.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-17
WOBBLY WHEELS ARE
HARD ON AUTO TIRES

Wobby wheels cause the tires TO
wear twice as fast as they should.
The wheels. therefore should be
watched constantly and frightened up
as soon as they show sign of way
ering. Worn bearings might cause
loOsenesS in the rear wheels because
Of play in the bearings, spindle bush.
ings or steering connecting rod bush
ings. Demountable rims not firmly
bolted to the wheels may also cause
trouble.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-17
ILLINOIS FIFTH IN
NUMBER OF AUTOS

Illinois is fifth and Iowa is sixth in
number of automobile New York is
first, Iowa averages one car to each
6l2 persons. The average for the
United States is II 20 people to each
car,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-17

oui Tor many years was "A resident ~
Park Falls, Wis. He was Il brother
in-laW Of Lyle patten and Mrs. Mat
tie Ford Of his place.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-17
HONX'S This (,

We offer $1,000 for any case Of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE,
HALLS cArARRH MEDICINE IA TAX
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
Il. j. Cheney * Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-17
Sometimes II Does.

Some women seem to think that II
takes strong-arm tactics to hold
husband.--From the Oklahoman.
The courier-index., 1920-12-24
LITTLE ROCK LETTER

Little Rock. Dec. 20.-The legis- Rre will assemble three weeks un today, January 10. At this le it appears that the organiza- n of both the House and the hate will have been practically xided upon by the membership by | time they meet. Senator Lee EOrt claims to have "A out of Senators pledged to him for the
 kidency and his claims have not R refuted. Joe Joiner, repre- Hative from Columbia county who Red as speaker of the extra ses- Rs of 1919, claims to have 68 of 100 representatives pledged to Support for the speakership. MT. ahell of Chicot has withdrawn Mr. Hill of Jefferson is still |fhe field, however, as a contend Efor the office and has refused
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It has been learned that one of the bills to be introduced at the coming session of the legislature will be general measure providing that all special road acts passed by the session of 1919 shall be referred to the people for their ratification. It is contended in opposition to this plan that in many instances sur veys have been made and actual con- struction begun, in some cases car ried almost to completion, and that it would be unfair for this reason
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Some of the members of the leg islature will insist that the Alexan- der law is sufficient to provide an adequate highway system for the entire state and that it is more democratic than the system of spec ial legislation by which the greater portion of highways now under con struction are provided for. On the other hand there will be those who will contend that for prompt re- suits the Alexander law is too cum bersome and that the special act is necessary to secure the best roads in the shortest time. 1t is said that about 30 per cent of the present highways of the state are construct ed under the provisions of the Alex ander act.
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to concede his defeat. For chief clerk of the House, Jim Higgins of Faulkner county is unopposed and his election seems assured. For secretary of the Senate Ira Langley of Clay county, candidate for re- election, is opposed by Homer Free ling of Carroll county. There has been very little said about the min or offices and positions, but as usual it is expected there will be an adequate number of applicants from whom to make selections.
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There is seldom a collision be- tween the office seeking the man and the man seeking the office Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter. The difference between the price of coal at the mines and at your door indicates that the railroads are making expenses now.-Tacoma Led ger.
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that the whole country has been on a spending spree and a wild orgy of extravagance which seemed to know no limit. That a readjustment was inevitable was realized by all, but no one expected It to come so suddenly or strike so hard. The consequence was that the people had been stunned and do not know just what step to take next. That conditions are getting back to nor maj and approximating more nearly pre-war times is believed by all close observers. There is no good reason for pessimism, but every reason for the exercise of caution and good business iudement.
 "Readjustment contemplates a re- establishment of the pursuits and practices of sane and sober people, happy in the enjoyment of Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men, !" says w. T. Maxwell, state bank com missioner. May we hasten the re- turn of that comfort, quiet and se- curity, known and realized only by magnanimous and an independent citizenship. Time for most cordial cooperation and patient considera- ton is here. By cooperation, con servatism and bit of forbearance. we may minimize the cost of re- adjustment, thereby limiting the physical possibilities of the engage ment. Our people are clothed, fed and housed; there is supply enough for all; distribution ought to have consideration"
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thoroughly investigated by local au,, thorities who have approved 1t and it is believed that it will be the most feasible plan to be proposed for the substantial increase in the school revenues of the state.
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In casting about for someone to succeed to the mantle which has fallen from hte shoulders of the late A. c. Remmel as chairman of the Republican State Central Com mittee, there are many prominent leaders of the party who are looking to Gordon H. Campbell as the most available material for this place. MT. Campbell, who has established reputation as one of the states most aggressive and productive in- surance men, stands high in the councils of his party. He is a young man who has taken a prominent part in all civic matters and has wide acquaintance among the peo- pie of the state. He is considered one of Little Rocks best citizens and should he be chosen for this post, Democrats as well as Repub- licans would congratulate him upon his selection.
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PiOPOSitiOli.
 One of the features of road leg islation in the approaching session of the General Assembly will be a provision for the adequate main tenance of roads already construct ed. Many of the highways pro- vided for by special act have no pro- visions whatever for maintaining them after construction. It has been demonstrated that a highway even once constructed on the most approved type, cannot long with stand heavy traffic. It has been the experience of eastern states which have maintained roads for a long time that they must be kept in repair and men are kept con stantly at work looking after the breaks as they appear Something of this kind must be adopted by the larger highway districts of Ar kansas.
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As the dust clears away, we dis cover that the landslide started be- low the peak inhabited by phices.- Muskogee Phoenix.
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An absolutely fire proof build ing" has been erected in New York. Inquiry develops the fact that It has been insured.-Boston Trans cript.
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While We are wailing much about hard times and close money it is gratifying fact to know that pro- fessional charity workers find com paratively little to do in Little Rock. Of course there are many poor fam lilies, but those who are searching for them for the Good Fellows Clubs and the Christmas donations by the church organizations, report that
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they are fewer than they have been heretofore. This speaks well for the community and is an indication that conditions are not nearly so bad as the pessimist would have us be- lieve.
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Governor Brough will recommend
 to the legislature the submission of
 an amendment to the constitution
 authorizing the legislature to levy severance license in the interest of educational betterment. The H. cense has been in effect in Louisi- ana where it has proven successful in yielding an income of S7,O0O,- 900 for the present year. It con- sists of a 2 per cent license on minerals produced and stumpage in the lumber industry and is not a burden upon anyone. It has been
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heretofore. This speaks well Tor the
 community and IS an indication that
 conditions are not nearly so bad
 as the pessimist would have us be- lieve.
 It is an unfortunate distinction 1 for the state, but it is one that can 1 not be denied and that should chal- I lenge the best in our citizenship to i overcome it. The homicide rate in l Arkansas is extremely high. Wheth- CT this is a reflection on the condi- l tion which exists in Memphis, where 1 the rate is higher than in any oth- CT community in the United States, i is not known, but it is nevertheless 1 true that there is an average of
 at least one homicide in Arkansas
 every day. If any one doubts this 1 let him follow the reports in the daily papers and he will find that 1t l is true. While the rate per capita of murders in the various degrees is so high, there is a relatively small number of those responsible
 for the deeds who pay the extreme penalty. 1t is a question for our psychologists to consider carefully. The Federal International Bank ing Company, which was launched at
 Atlanta in an effort to provide for
 the financing of the south's cotton and other crops, appears to be on the highway to success. 1t was to
 have had a capital stock of $6,000,- 900 to be subscribed by the bank CTS of the several states. Arkansas quota was S400,000, all of which has been raised and it is presumed that the institution will soon begin | functioning.
 The regular mid-winter meeting of | the Arkansas Press Association will
 be held in Little Rock at the Hotel Marion Saturday, January 22. It will be devoted almost wholly to the consideration of business matters eff 1 fecting the interests of the news papers of Arkansas. Will Wllke ot
 Grey Eagle, Minnesota, president of
 the National Editorial Association, will be present and address the members. One of the propositions to be submitted to the association will be that of the establishment of the proposed clubhouse at Glen wood. This is to be incorporated
 within the next few days as the
 Arkansas Press Club with capi- tai stock of S50,000, more than S3,- | 900 of which has already been sub- scribed. Plans for. the clubhouse are
 underway adn it seems assured that , the project will be realized.
 "It Is not a panic, 1t is an epidem- ic," Is the contentious way in which
 one observer explains the present finnacial stringency. Attention IS
 called to the fact that there is real.
 ly plenty of money and plenty of
 work in the country, but that be-
 cause of the slump in the price of
 agricultural products, which has not
 been reflected in the market prices
 of the cities, there is great deal
 of uneasiness throughout the state
 and country. It cannot be denied |
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Sold by Marianna Motor Go.

to jeopardize the interests of the roads by adopting the referendum proposition.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05
UNSPOILED TRIBES OF AFRICA
Enqlish Traveller Pays High Tribute to
Morals and Behavior Of Negroes
Whom He Met.

Summing up seven years OF travel IN
the interior Of Africa, where the ma
tives are "uncorrupted by alcohol,
European morals, and the love of gain
either by fair means or fraud an
Englishman, Mr. r. To-day, speaks
very we'll indeed of the African negro.
In two crossings of the Congo Free
State he met no tribe that "was not
naturally good-tempered, and, in most
instances, hospitable and trustful.'
Customs Of course are different in a
land where one may know the tribe
to which a man belongs by the design
that has been painfully embossed on
his skin. The traveller tells Of tribes
where all the women who would be IN
the fashion paint themselves red from
top to toe, and are SO fond Of the color
that if gift is given them they I'M
mediately paint it red also, Cannibels
he met, and people who live in houses
the door Of which looks like window,
and others, remote from the inventions
of civilization, who transmit cOmpii-
Gated messages over long distances by
signals on wooden gong. Odd human
beings, as the rest of us hear Of them
but the traveller left them with regret,
looking down from his steamer on the
crowd gathered when he was leaving
the Congo, among whom there was
not one who was not my friend"
''Deke" was his name among the ma
tives, and as he steamed away, there
stood his ''1ear black friends, waving
their hands, cloth. branches, and any
thing that came to hand, and shouting
In the native tongue, 'Good-by, Deke !;
don't forget u.s.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05
Football Language in Britain.

However the ordinary journalist may
have to curb his pen, the descriptive
reporter of football can still give rein
to his fancy and his rhetoric with little
fear Of the sub-editOrial blue pencil.
10 him match is usually tour
ney," and the ball lends itself to such
varied description as 'the leather"
"the OVAL" ''the globe" or even the
bounding sphere" If the players hail
from Sheffield they are "knifegrind-
ers;" from Northampton, "cobblers ;"
from Luton, "Strawlatters; from
Reading, 'biscuiters from Devon
shire, "cider drinkers" and from West
Ham, "hanmers'
The swift runner is "twinklefoOted,"
or has brilliant hoofs.' If a player
is skillful in head play, he fuses the
Uranium with brilliant effect" or does
good brain-box work." If the ball
hits a man on the nose, he "receives
4 smacker from the spheroid on his
proboscis"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05
Brother Dutton's Noble Work.

The American secretary for the Mis-
sion to Lepers estimates that there are
not fewer than 100000 Iepers in the
world, 5000 of whom have been con-
verified to Christianity. ApropOs Of
this, the Hawaiian legislature has Of
fered to pension Brother Joseph Dlrt-
ton, who succeeded Father Damien at
the leper settlement on MolOkai.
Brother button has not been off the
leper island for 33 years, and has spent
$4,000 Of his own money to relieve
the poor creatures among whom he
lives. But he refused the pension,
wishing no reward and expecting to-
work on to the end in the cause to-
which he long ago devoted his life,
The world has heroes of whCm it rare.
~ hears; and it cannot be otherwise
than that such self-sacrifice must win
higher reward than governments Or
the plaudits Of peoples can confer.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05
JOHNNY NOW in "TRAlNlNG'
Wife Of Absent Minded Veteran Will
See That the Course He ls
Taking Is Thorough.

"Johnny" did not come marching
home, at least not to the wife awaiting
his return in an Iowa town, after a
certain fighting division returned from
France. The wife waited and won
dered. Comrades of the man returned.
To the waiting wife they had little In
formation to offer, except to say that
Johnny" had been wounded in battle
that he had recovered and had come
home on transport. &~
IF disabled soldiers are given train
ing at the hands Of the federal board
for vocational training" unused the
wife, land Johnny was wounded, ne
may ask for training, and-well, I will
Just write to the board asking them to
notify me if Johnny does ask for
training" vs.r
A letter to the board brought back
informat ton that Johnny" slightly
disabled, was about to. take course
in training. The wife gathered few
clothes, boarded train and within a
few hours walked in on Johnny"
Here is the place to insert few
stars, exclamation marks, interrogation
points, quotations galore.
There was reunion. District voca-
tional officers will not talk. they
smile, but refuse to answer even the
most innocent questions. Their re-
ports do not indicate sudden with
irawal from training Of any veteran
admitted. 1t is understood that the
wife is now on the job to see that
"1ohnny" gets the training he applied
for and another sort of training taught
only by the affectionate wives OF ab'
sent-minded MISUNDERSTANDING
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05
MARKS RICHELIEU'S TRIUMPH
Why Eleventh Day of November Is
Known in French History as
the "Day Of Dupes."

Few people know that the whimsical
title, "The Day of Dupes" has been
given to the 18th of November, 1880,
and that it was so named on the oc-
rason of the triumph Of Cardinal Rich
clieu over his enemies, who imagined
they had cast him to the ground, nev-
er to rise again.
Marie de Medici had prevailed upon
her weakling son, Louis XIII, to dis
miss him from Office as prime minister,
and this scheming woman had no diff
Guilty in persuading the tickle and
Weak-minded king to carry out her
wishes, and, Furthermore, to raise to
that dignity Richclieu's mortal enemy,
the Marshal De Merillac.
Richelieu was prevailed upon by his
friends to make one last effort to pre-
vent the ruin which seemed ready to
fall on him. With this view he pro-
ceeded to Versailles, then only a small
hunting lodge recently purchased by
Louis, where he had an interview with
his sovereign.
The result was that the king again
surrendered himself into the cardi-
nals hands, and Richelieu succeeded
in binding the chains on Louis more
firmly than ever, establishing himself
with q sway which was absolute. He
did not fall to take vengeance on his
enemies, and among others the Mar
shall De Merrillac was brought to the
scaffOld. .,,s-..n..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05
EASY TO RAISE BANDIT ARMY
Manuel Lozado Made Hunger His
Chief Recruiting Sergeant and
Thereby Rose to Power.

Manuel Lozado, the Mexican bandit,
near Tepic, in the newly made state Of
Nayarit, gave the key to the whole
Mexican problem by his strategy in or
ganizing armies, declares Charles
Johnston, in The Atlantic. Lozado
was notable because he waged war
against three presidents, Benito
Juarez, Lerdo de Tejada and Porfirio
DaZ, and because he raised and
equipped armies of peons strong
enough to attack great cities like Topic
and Guadalajara in struggle lasting
from 1870 to 1877.
1t was LoZado's custom, when new
campaign against the central authOri-
ties was in contemplation, to send his
bodyguard down from their lairs in the
high Serras to the fertile plains, with
orders to cut down all banana plants,
thus destroying the chief food supply
Of the native villages.
The poems starved for while, and
watched their women and children
starve, then they came up the noun
tains in a body and begged Lozado to
enroll them in his army Of bandits to
lead them forth to plumber, which for
them meant simply food.
This gives clew to the situation.
declares Mr.. Johnston, because 1T
shows that banditry and plumber are
the last resources Of hungry poems,
pressed beyond the verge when their
meager sustenance is cut off.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05
Word COINAGE Of War.

"Don't be a 'dud,'" said the lad. half
coaxingly, half-contemptuous1y, TO a
schoolmate upon whom he was urging
action to which the other opposed re-
sistance Thus word used colo
quially as designating shabby clothes
or semi-valueless effects acquires a
meaning but indirectly traceable to the
original A remarkable number OF
new words, either applying to new in
ventions or to be classed as "soldiers'
slang" came into being during the
war and have been recognized in q
1919 dictionary. Presently philologists
will be exploring a search for roots,
and certain among them will be duly
Incorporated into our language, while
others will drop out as words OF occa-
sion only.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05
Unkind Remarks.

In haste to catch street car be-
fore the conductor closed the door, a
man dropped two-pound package OF
sugar in the street. The sack burst
the granulated cane was ruined. He
had to wait for the next car and to
hear what the vox populi exclaimed
over. the disaster. Here's some OF it:
"Just wait until his old woman
meets him.
"His crushed oats will taste foggy
for three weeks"
"Sweeten the corner where you
are" ..-.
Moral: Carry basket.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05
1t Was.

"The law amt nigh as flexible as 1t
ought to bel" grumbled the landlord
of the Petunia tavern. "Theres a
whole lot of cases that it can't begin to
cover properly"
''What is one of them, for instance?'
asked the guest. 49,.
"Why, right here, tomorrow, a life
insurance agent is going to be tried for
calling an Oil stock seller liar, and
I'll be dod-blasted if I see how, ac-
cording to law, they can both he
stuck !'-KansaS City Star.