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ests Of the country, and the Secretary
of War wro are in the lime light. II
is true that the present congress failed
ito appropriate sufficient funds 10 en-
able the Division Of Cancellation of the
Department Of Labor to operate effect
lively. So also it was when the former
Secretary, Williams B. Wilson, was in
office. The contrast between former
Secretary Wilson and the present sec
rotary, Davis, however, is as that Of
night against day. Secretary Wilson
was also hampered by lack of funds.
but through his personal energy and
his desire to promote the best interests
Of the nation as a whole, he found a
means not only TO make proper use of
the Division of Cancellation, but to
personally supervise the work Of med
iation.
The efforts Of Secretary Davis seem
TO be limited to an occasional public
statement of little or no significance
and of participation in a few confer
ences at which he is overshadowed by
other members of the cabinet.
It may be well to recall that Vice
President Coolidge was widely quoted
by the public press some time ago as
having stated that the present admin
istration was not only friendly to bust
ness men but was an administration Of
business men. This was widely herald
ed by the daily press at the time as an
entirely proper announcement. Ii
seemed to have escaped the papers that
the Coolidge statement was nothing
more or less than a proclamation Of
class government. Whenever work
ing man urges that an administration
should be elected that should not only
be friendly to labor but should also
consider all men from the so-called
working class, he is promptly charged
with being un-American and an advo-
cate Of class dictatorship. Corporation
interests Of America are themselves
promoting class dictatorship in total
defiance of the American principle Of
equality and liberty and they are be-
ling assisted by men in high public Of
flee. Fortunately. however, the Am
erican people are becoming aroused
and are showing by their votes in var
ious parts Of the country that the pol
icies of the present national admins.
tration. as rejecting the desires Of
big business are unsatisfactory
1.-The standpatters have been severely
jolted by the electors in Pennsylvania
Iowa, North Dakota, Indiana and nov
in Nebraska. Liberty is not yet deac
in America and the people will never
make it secondary to coal.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-12
THE USE, VALUE AND ECONOMY
OF "A TWO-FOOT GUAGE RAIL
ROAD FOR LLANO COLONY

Our greatest bother is transportation.
We have to keep herd of mules with
the expense and labor of feeding them.
the cost and upkeep Of harness and
wagon. and a company of teamsters,
whose labor could. be used to greater
advantage. Of course, do not claim
that ALL matters of mule labor could
be substituted and the mules entirely
eliminated; but do claim that in all
matters where there is weight and COM
paratIve distance, the narrDw-guage
Ry. will handle Them much more effec-
lively, In less time, and many times
greater bulk. No sugar plantation
could compete with the other planta-
tons without the use of a two-foot Ry.
No lumber company would attempt to
compete in the making of lumber with
OUT Ry. and we have here both SUI
gar cane and logs to handle. We have
heretofore handled our cane by hand,
a very unecunumical way. Much la
Dor and time can be saved by the use
of sings, and the Ry is adapted to the
use of sings. There are other things
laborious to handle, which the use of
the Ry viii tighten, quicken and cheap
en-. For instance. when we ground our
cane, the baggasse pile was a great deal
of labor to handle. 1t was tough, and
not only occupied the time of mules
and men and much unnecessary labor,
but the work was not done as effective
ly as it would have been done had the
baggasse been handled with two sings
to the car and a portable derrick at
the point Of unloading. In handling
logs, the mules cannot compare with
the Ry, and not even the tractor-ex-
cept to assemble the logs on ruuways-
can compete with the Ry. as wet wealth
er and bad roads often make the trac-
tor impractical.
| have had great deal to do with
the location, building and operating
of railroads, not only the standard
guage, but the three-foot and the two
foot guage and the mono-rail, and
those who have not had this practical
experience, have no idea whatever OF
the great difference of expenses be-
tween these different guares. and also
if properly and economically handled
the effectiveness of the two-foot guage
For instance, the standard tie Of the
standard guage is s #. long and s by
8 inches in thickness, or 48 inches: or
81 board feet per tie. The three-foo'
guage generally uses the same section
only the tie is 6 #. long, or 512 it., OF
"a to y board feet; but the two-foot
guage can use tie 4 inches by 6 inch.
es, or "a inches, and 4 #. long. or !
board feet, one-quarter the bulk Of the
standard, or one-third the bulk Of the
three-foot guage. Not only are they
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foot guage railroad. ii could be done
easily. AT present, unless houses are
put up there, the going and coming
of labor is waste Of time, an incon-
venience, all off which this low-priced
means Of transportation would meet.
Yes. yes. know. You viii tell me
of the gulch or stream between the
milk goat ranch and the Messenger
house, and Of the other stream just
before we. get to the farm. But RAIL
ROADS ARE NOT LOCATED THAT
WAY.
was transit man on the location Of
the Mexican Central Ry, in 1881, be-
fore most Of you were born, and locat-
ed some 400 miles of that Ry, and have
had some experience in location-and
am not just simply airing my theories.
I located and built three railroads on
three different plantations, one in Chile
some 81 years ago, and two in Mexico,
and designed and built the cars and
sengines; so | am speaking not Of a
Theory have, but of thmgs have &C
tually done. |, of course, have made
no survey; but | have walked over the
ground and can locate line from
here to the farm and avoid both of
those streams, or the need of up and
down grades and bridges.
All the crops-sweet potatoes, pea
nuts, corn and sorghum for ensilage,
| ETC., could be readily handled from the
farm to the town or to the Dairy, and
working gangs could be landed at the
farm in 10 minutes from here, and
Twice versa. Then there is another adj
vantage of the two-foot guage over any
other guage, and that is It's portability
on account of its lightness-every sec
ton of rails with three pressed-steel
ties, one at or near each end and one
lin the middle, two men can pick up a
section and join it on to another and
Iextend the line and few shovels will
!straighten out Irregularities; and wood
to be used when in wooded section OF
country can be used to support the line
land ordinary loads can be handled
lOf course, if there are heavy loads tic
be put on something more permanent
land substantial would have to be used
lFor instance, we have just built a
bridge east of the railroad to get logs
out that were cut some time ago anc
more to be cut. To haul them out with
either tractor or mules is slow and la.
Iborious work, but with two-fool
guage railroad, it would be only the
matter of loading them on to the cars
and the cars would be only about two
feet high from the rail, while our log
wagons are some four feet from the
ground. AS there is a bare possibility
that we may get the means for rail-
road, want to say, based upon Ions
experience, that any other guage thar
two-foot guage. light truck, would be
waste of money. The use of common
sense and gumption nwill make the
wo-foot guage effective for all of oul
uses and at less labor for up-keep anc
operation.
AS an example of the crudity o.
ideas, neighbor-while able to think
straight on other subjects, but lacks CO
lordination on this one-aske me: Evil
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-12
BY George D. Coleman

lighter to handle, but they can be made
of lumber that would not serve ait all
for the other guages. Another great
saving is the narrow entertainments or
cuts if there Is any need TO have
them. il is a great initial economy.
When culverts have to be made the ex-
pense is less than one quarter of the
standard, and less than one third of the
three-foot guage; and. if bridge has
to be built, the two-foot guage bridge,
ON account of lighter equipment, ETC.,
can generally be built for 10 % of that
'of the standard, and 5 TO 6 20 of that
of the trree-foot guage.
As to rails, the average standard
guage rail will make three rails of equal
length for a three-foot guage and five
rails or even six rails for a wo-foot
guage. These are facts not generally
known to those who have not had prac-
teal experience in the use of the mar
row guage. Again, it Is not generally
known that Germany built many miles
of one-metre guage. The greater
part of these metre-guage Railroads
were interded to be used as military
roads and were so used in 1870 in the
DFranco-P russian War. So, therefore.
it is useless for the standard guage adj
vocates to say the narrow-guage is not
effective or practical; for the German
government proved Its effectiveness
and used it TO transport its troops, field
artillery, cavalry and supplies. On a
light rail and a two-foot guage, with
car made right on the plantation,
using 8-wheeI trucks, or Is points un-
der the car to distribute the weight
over greater space, | have handled
weights as high as ten tons. Where
there's will, there's way is an old
saying, and it applies with full force to
this question. Then take the expense
of motor power. A standard guage en-
CINE of any practical use for the heavy
equipment will cost from $4,000 to
$4,000. An engine for three-foot
guage will cost about $4,000, some Of
the engines on the Denver and Rio
Grande R. R. costing $4,000 to $2O,-
600. Now, how about an engine for
a two-foot guage? The car and trucks
to carry any engine we would ever be
likely 10 have we could make right here
on the place, only needing the wheels
and sprockets and chains and an engine
such as is used by a Fordson tractor,
or an 6-cylindered auto or an auto
truck.
We have farm some 2 miles from
our town. which will probably be en-.
|larged. We shall need to transport
from the fertilizer plant, when its ca.
pacity is enlarged, from one thousand
to one thousand five hundred tons Of
fertilizer every season, or more. With
wagons and by the present road thai
would be impractical, if not impossible
even using tractors. The expense in
time and labor, even if attempted
would be prohibitive; but, with two
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Why, Arthur!

One night the towns most popular
young lady, dressed in her fathers
clothes, fled with her lover. The edi-
tor of the town paper hurriedly set the
type for the astonishing news, and in
due time his paper came out with this
headline printed in bold type
"FLEAS in FATHERS PANTS"
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-12

Dainty printed BIRTH NOTICES are.
good form; get them at the Enterprise
office.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-12

PIutocratic newspapers: dissemina-
tors of untruth.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-12

NewIy-Married Couples Take Notice
aa-s
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14
Come and Gone.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Falk and daugh-
ter arc at Pillsbury lake this week
for an outing. .....", 49, IT, =
A. Noreen returned Saturday from
Minneapolis, where he transacted bust
ness.
John Larson Of Ripley township has
returned from an extended visit in
Sweden.
MI. and Mrs. w. T. Niche and
daughters Frances and Elizabeth and
Miss Buchanan of Hopkins left Sunday
by automobile for Grand Rapids, Hib.
blng and Duluth, to visit friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dewey and Earl
Dewey left Saturday by automobile for
Minneapolis and points in southern
Minnesota and Iowa to spend a ten
day. vacation. Mrs. F. A. Lindquist
and son Of Oshkosh, Wis, and Mrs IL.
j. Holmes and children of Goodhue,
who had been here visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. NJ. johnson, accompanied them
as far as Minneapolis.
Mrs. Ed. Luckel Of MINNEAPOLIS was
in the city the latter part Of last
week visiting her brother, Erick L.
; johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Perry and son
and Tim Perry returned Friday from
Mason City, L., where they visited
friends for q week
Mrs. hester A. Gam and children OF
Fargo, n. d., left Saturday fol Ii visit
in Minneapolis, after u brief visit
with Mrs. Gann's parents, Mi. ak,
Mrs. l.. st. Antoine.
Mrs. j. FL. Eich returned Friday from
st. Cloud, where she visited relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus. Larson left Mon
day for Nevis to spend a two weeks
! vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Olson aud
daughter left Sunday for Minneapolis
! and Marietta to visit relatives and
friends for three weeks.
Mrs. Nick Loscheiuer returned to
Fargo, \. D., Saturday, after q visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Thcis.
c. C. Wright and children went to
Chicago Saturday for q visit with relu-
tivcs.
Emil Kingberg and mother, Mrs.
Sophia klinghcry, returned to Mime
apolis Thursday evening OF last week,
after a visit with relatives here for Z,
week.
Mrs. Eliza Battles and daughter
Florence went to Mcnomine, Wis,
Friday to visit Mrs. Richard Handles,
daughter of Mrs. Battles.
Mrs. j. p. Adair and children re-
turned to Duluth Saturday, after a
visit with Mrs. Affairs parents, Mr..
and Mrs. :. \. Heath
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Krause and baby
and Miss Neyhert returned to Chicago
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14
SPECIAL EXCISE y AXES DUE
81 THIS MONTH

=. N. Willcuts, collectoref internal
revenue for the district 3of Minnesota,
calls attention Of the public to- the
fact that certain special taxes are due
and payable during the month Of July
and must be paid on or before July 81
1922 in order to avoid penalty. Return
of the capital stock tax Of domestic
corporations must be made On Form
No. 707 and Of foreign corporations on
Form No. 70S. Form IL is used for
making returns of miscellaneous oc-
cupational and tobacco manufacturers ,
special taxes. Every domestic corpora
ton must pay a special excise tax with
respect to carrying on or doing bust
ness equivalent to 81 for each $1,000
or the fair average value Of its capital
stock for the preceding year in excess
of the $4,000 exemption. The miscel-
laneous 0ccupational tax covers pro-
prietors Of theatres and concert halls
where charge for admission is made
of from $50 to 5000; proprictors of
bowling alleys and billiard parlors
$40 for each alley or table; persons
carrying on the business of operating
! or renting passenger automobiles for
hire $40 for each such automobile up to
7-passenger capacity and 500 for each
such automobile having a seating capa-
! city Of moro than Z. Sec. 1908, Rcve-
nue. Act of 1921 imposes tax for the
use Of yachts, pleasure boats, power
boats, sailing boats and motor boats
with fixed engines of over 5 net tons
: Blanks and further information re.
garding any Of these taxes may be had
, by addressing F. NJ. Willcuts, Col
lector of Internal Revenue, Federal
Building, st. Paul, MINI.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14
REPORT OF DEMONSTRATION
NURSE

During the three weeks-June 18th to
July 3rd-spent by the demonstration
nurse of the Minnesota Public Health
Association in Morrison county, twelve
evening meetings were held, at which
lAore than sixteen hundred men, women
and children saw the Health movies,
and heard health talks, which were
given by the county agent, physicians,
the nurse and others.
Two tuberculosis clinics were held, at
which DR.. Waldo of Wadena examined
twcnty-six people.
Baby and nutritional clinics were con-
Quoted at five points in the county, one
hundred and sixty nine babies
and children having been examined by
DR.. OFT, children s specialist.
Much credit is due the Morrison
County Public Health Association and
assistants for arrangements made for
the clinics and to Mr.. Campbell and
members of the Farm Bureau for the
success of the evening meetings.
Sylvia Westehoff, R. N.
Demonstration Nurse.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14

Saturday, after a weeks visit with
Mr.. Krause IS mother here. II T.
. Alfred Mudge@of Minneapolis visited
his parents, Mr.. andsMrs. L. III. Nudge
the latter part. of last week. n
Mrs B. A. Loomis and son of Min,
neapolis left the latter part Of last
week for Hebron, N. D., after a visit
with Mrs. LOOMS parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Lagerbauer.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. OFT of Fraer, Ia,
arrived the latterpart Of last week for
a visit with Mr.. Otis parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry OFT Of Green Prairie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Schermerhorn, ST.,
Of Randall were in the city the latter
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14

part Of last week visiting their son,
who underwent surgical treatment at
st. Gabriel's hospital.
Mrs. Anna Rock returned to Min
neapolis Saturday, after visit at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Lepinski.
Mrs. Edwin Remer and daughter Of
st. Paul are here visiting Mrs. Re1ner IS
father, Jacob Novotny.
Miss Marion Hoist, who is employed
with the Wilder Charities in Mime
apolls, is here visiting her parents.
Mrs. j. Il. Sparry and children re.
turned to Currie Friday, after visit
at the home Of Mrs. sparry's sister,
Mrs. VIM. Parshall.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14
IHIlAR VEST CES
AVER E / AGE ! [! 2 !!
FARM BUREAUS MONTHLY SUR
VEY SHOWS, PREVAILING FARM
PAY IN MINNESOTA .

Farmers in Minnesota are paying
harvest hands an average daily wage
of $2.40, according to the monthly farm
labor survey conducted by The Mime
sofa Farm Bureau federation in CO.:
operation with county farm bureaus.
Prevailing rates of pay Of farm la
borers in every section Of the state
are tabulated every month by the
state federation, to guide farmers in
hiring help, and to prevent violent
wage fluctuations and consequent drift
ing Of farm labor from county to
county, which in the past has resulted
in loss to both producers and laborers.
Other wage scales reported by the
county Farm Bureaus show the follow
ing average rates of pay
General work, per day. ......... $1.9O
Haying per day ....... $2.2o
Harvesting (shocking) per day. $2.4 40
General work, per month. $4,000
Harvesting, per month. ........ 90
General work, per month. ..... .$37 90
Seventeen percent of the counties
reported the demand for farm labor
large, while 81 percent reported an
average call for help. Only Is percent
reported a small demand for farm
hands,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF FIR
PREVENTION LAWS

AT . noon-day lunc at the Buck
man hotel Friday the board Of direc-
storsHof the Board Of Commerce passed
q resolution recommending legislation
to prohibit the practice of setting fires
and letting them run and get beyond
control; requiring material to be burn
ed to be piled before being set on fire;
that sufficient ground around the place
of the fire be cleared Of combustible
material; that remaining embers be
covered with earth. The resolution
asked that a severe penalty be provid-
ed. y The chair was authorized to- APP
point a committee to urge this matter
upon the attention of the next legisla-
ture and the secretary was instructed
to send copy Of the resolution to the
senator and representative in the next
LEGISLATURE
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14
ST. CLOUD X. G.. LODGE DEDI
GATES NEW HOME

The new 100000 Knights of Column
bus home in st. Cloud was dedicated
Sunday, tho ceremonies continuing
through Monday. The new home is an
elaborate 3-story structure. About a
thousand people were present at the
ceremonies Sunday. A. Simonet and
family and others Of this city attended
the ceremonies Sunday.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14
STRANGE MEETING OF BROTHERS

Butte, Mont.-Riding with a brother
from Great Falls to this city, and eat
ing lunch together during the trip,
without knowing the identity of the
other, was the experience of two broth
ers, Carl Nuremberg of ST. Cloud and
Steve Nuremberg, travelling sales
man.
After arriving here Carl Nuremberg
went to call on a third brother, who
keeps a cigar store. The brother was
out, but while Carl was waiting, the
man with whom he Lad l1nched on the
train came in and was introduced as
Steve Nuel enberg. While the brothers
who had met so strangely were getting
acquainted the third Nuremberg can q
in and the trio held a reunion.
The two older brothers Lad not seen
Carl since he was three years old.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14
Women's Section for Farm Bureau

A special department. to devote It's
entire efforts to helping farm women
in developing the social and educa-
tional advantages of rural communities,
and in solving the problems of the
farm home, has been established by the
American Farm Bureau federation.
A report from the national headquar-
tcrs of the Farm Bureau, just received
by the county organization, announces
that the new department will be
housed in the Chicago office of the
American federation. It will be under
the direction of real farm woman.
The department. was established on
the recommendation of a group of
farm women, who make up the nation
al women committee Of the Farm Bu-
Ieau.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14

The Luther League Of Bethel Luth
eran church will be entertained at the
home Of Ben Hawkinson Friday eve
ming, July 81, at 8 O'Clock. Program
and refreshments. All are welcome tt
attend.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14
Annual Bureau Meeting December II

The fourth annual meeting of the
American Farm Bureau federation will
take place in Chicago, Dec. IL to II,
according to word received by the
county Farm Bureau.
Farmer delegates from every state IT.
the union will attend the fourth nation
al convention Of the Farm Bureau or
ganization.
In number of organized farmers di.
rect}y represented by elected delegates
and in the decisions it makes on agri-
cultural questions, it probably will
rank as the most important gathering
of farmers ever assembled.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14

H. M. Reuter-, who is employed at the
Penney store, started a two week s
vacation Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Reuter- left by automobile for Faribault
and other places in the southern part
Of the state to visit relatives and
friends.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14

AL. P. Oberg, who was employed as
foreman at the Transcript here a few
years ago, is now the editor of the
Park Region Echo, a farmer-owned
paper published at Alexandria.
DR.. Harold Lamb has moved to Lit
tie Falls and has opened offices in the
New Kicwcl building on Broadway
cast. DR.. Lamb, who formerly prac-
ticcd at Sank Centre recently complet-
ed a special course at Chicago univer-
sity. He will specialize in eye, ear,
nose and throat diseases.
The Herald is in receipt of letter
from August Blomquist, formerly Of
Darling township, now living near
Minneapolis. Mr.. Blomquist is now
employed on a small garden farm about
mile from Camden station, north
Minneapolis. He states that all the
farmers in that vicinity haul their
produce to market on trucks. Mr..
Blomquist worked in that vicinity
about thirty years ago and he remarks
in his letter that everything is changed
now. The farms there are equipped
with nearly all modern conveniences
and all have at least electric light
Land values are high, small tracts
selling for as much as $4,000 per acre
In concluding his letter Mr.. Blomquist
tells about all the good times he is hav
ing in the twin cities, attending picnics
and socials and visiting the VARIOUS
parks and other places of recreation
there. He sends greetings to his
friends here.