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DAKOTA CITY, NKIJ.. FRIDAY, SEPTKMBKK lf, 1910.
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MAINE
DEMOCRATS 8WEEP STATE AND
ELECT COL. F. W. PLAISTED
GOVERNOR.
PROBABLY WIN LEGISLATURE
Four Republican Congressmen Are
Defeated State Issues Are Given
as Cause for Change of Political
Complexion of State.
Augusta, Me. Col. Frederick W.
Plaisted, mayor of this city, was elect
ed governor at the election held In
this state Monday. The Democrats
hare probably elected four congress
men and It Is likely that they will
have a majority In the state legisla
ture. That state Issues, notably the dras
tic enforcement of the prlhibltory law
by the party In power, have been
chiefly responsible for the election of
Plaisted Is freely admitted on both
sides and this result Is not much of a
surprise to close observers, but that
the political complexion of Maine rep
resentation In congress should be
changed Is regarded as the verdict of
the voters on the questions which are
uppermost In the Insurgent west.
Should the legislature prove to be
Democratic it Is altogether likely that
the question of maintaining the pro
hibitory law will be submitted to the
people and of course a Democrat will
succeed Eugene Hale in the United
States senate.
Keturns from the state received on
Tuesday from all but twenty-one
towns In the state give Plaisted
(Dem.), for governor, a plurality over
Fernald (Rep.) of 8,551 votes.
Hinds and Guernsey, Republicans,
and McGillicuddy and Gould, Demo
crats, are elected to congress.
Returns from all but two small
representative classes give the Demo
crats 21 out of the 31 state senators
and 86 out of the 151 representatives.
Phoenix, Ariz. Conservative esti
mates show that the Democrats have
elected a majority of delegates to the
Constitutional convention and that
the Initiative and referendum has car
ried overwhelmingly.
STEAMER SINKS IN THE LAKE
Big Car Ferry here Marquette Goes
Down Off Ludington Twenty,
nine Perish.
Milwaukee. Twenty-nine lives were
lost in Lake Michigan when the Pere
Marquette's car ferry. No. 18, sank
from unknown cause twenty miles off
Sheboygan, Wis., Friday.
It Is declared one of the worst ma
rine disasters in the history of Lake
Michigan navigation. The boat was
valued at $400,000, and the cargo,
which included thirty-two loaded cars,
estimated to be worth $150,000.
At the sacrifice of two of her own
seamen, and after terrible hovirs of
struggle the steel car ferry Pere Mar
quette No. 17, which went to the as
sistance of No. 18, reached this port
with three dead, and twenty-nine sur
vivors of the crew of her .lister ship.
Twelve of the rescued were in one
of the ship's boats, the remainder
were clinging to the wreckage or
floating about buffeted by the debris.
The catastrophe occurred approxi
mately thirty miles off from Port
Washington. No. 17. bound from Mil
waukee for Ludington, reached the
wreck Just as the No. 18 sunk out of
sight. Several miles away a lone
boat was floundering in the surge and
swell of the waves, and on all sides
were the shrieks and screams of the
poor wretches soaked through and
through with the almost ice-cold water
and gripped by the strong winds.
The Pere Marquette No. 20, out
from Ludington bound for Milwaukee
and manned by a crew most of whom
come from the same city as those on
the sunken vessel, was the third craft
to reach there. Just prior to its ar
rival the fishing tug Tesler, out from
Port Washington, had picked up six
dead, among them Capt. Kilty, which
were transferred to the No. 17 and
taken back to Ludington.
In marine circles it is believed that
the Btrlng of twenty-eight cars be
came loose as the ferry was buffeted
about and that the water rolled into
the vessel's stern, which Is wide open.
This seems plausible in view of the
fact that the sea was rolling from
the north, the most dangerous on
Lake Michigan, while the steamer was
heading southwest by south.
STEAL SHIPMENT OF GOLD
Lead Subctituted in Strong Box In
Transit on Steamer Wa3 Val
ued at $57,C00.
Tacoma, Wash. Gold bullion worth
$r,7,500, part of a $170,01)0 ship
ment from the Washington-Alaska
Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska, to tho
Dexter Ilorton National bank of
Seattle, was stolon and lead substi
tuted in the strong box that contained
it while tho consignment was in trans
it between DawFon. Yukon territory,
and the I'nlted States assay office
here.
Admits Making Bogus Coin,
rtica, N. Y. Confessing that he has
coined many thousands of spurious
five-cent pieces, a man giving his name
as George Corrigon of Columbus, O.,
was lodged in jail here Tuesday. He
was arrested at Cooperstown.
Boston & Maine Head Quits.
Boston. Lucius Tuttle, president o
tho Iloston & Maine railroad, Tuesday
resigned the presidency, and President
Mellen of the New York. New Haven
& Hartford was elected to fill out Mr.
Tnttle's unexpired term.
BEEF PACKERS AFiE INDICTED
TEN IN THE TOILS OF THE FED.
ERAL GRAND JURY.
Five Presidents of Packing Companies
Charged With Having Violated
the Sherman Anti-Trust Law.
Chicago. Ten men, Ave of them
presidents of the most extensive
packing companies In the world and
all of them directors of the National
Packing company, which has been
the special object of recent govern
mental Investigation, were Indicted by
the federal grand jury on a charge of
having violated the Sherman anti-trust
act
Three Indictments, the first one con
taining five counts ur.d tho others one
each, were returned before Judge
Kenesaw M. Landls, who empaneled
the grand jury two months ago.
The maximum penalty for each vio
lation of the Sherman net Is a fine of
$5,000 or Imprisonment for one year,
or both.
The indictments charge that all of
the defendants have engaged in a com
bination in restraint of interstate
trade In fresh meats, that they have
engaged in a conspiracy in restraint of
trade and that they have monopolized
the trade In fresh meats by unlawful
menus.
The indictments cover 125 pages of
typewritten matter. They go into
every angle of the jacking industry
In this country and coiKuin the allega
tion that 3 rer ccr.t. of tho fresh
meat consumed in the eastern, west
ern and middle southern states comes
directly from the coni panics controlled
by the defendants. The proportion of
each concern in this trade is given as
follow.! : Swift group of houses, 47 per
cent.; Armour group, 40 per cent.;
Morris group. 1.1 per cent.
Chicago. Seven of the Chicago
meat packers indicted by the federal
grand Jury on charges of conspiracy
In restraint of trade appeared before
Judge Landis Tuesday and gave bonds
in the sum of $30,000 each. By their
prompt appearance they escaped ar
rest on bench warrants which Judge
Landis Mind ordered Issued.
The first packer to put in an ap
pearance was J. Ogden Armour. He
was followed by Arthur Meeker, Ed
ward Tllden, Edward H. Morris,
Louis H. Heyman, Edward F. and
Charles H. Swift.
Francis A. Fowler, also Indicted,
was reported 111 by his counsel, who
promised to bring him in as soon
as he was able to come. Representa
tions were made that Louis F. Swift
and Thomas J. Connors will give the
required bonds on their return from
Europe, which will be within a few
days,
The Judge did not require the per
sonal appearance of the packers In
court. The indicted men were repre
sented by Levy Mayer, John S. Miller
and George T. Buckingham.
The court stipulated that each pack
er be held under bond of $10,000 on
each count of the indictment, thus
making the total bond of each defend
ant $30,000, and the aggregate of the
bonds of the ten packers $300,000.
Attorney Miller pleaded With Judge
Landis for a reduction of the bond
to $5,000 on each count, as was the
case when the packers were indicted
five years ago.
GIRL ON HORSE 350 MILES
Acting Secretary of War Oliver and
Daugh'ter Conclude Long Endur
ance Horseback Ride.
Washington. One of the long
est endurance horseback rides ever
taken by a woman has just been
finished by Miss Marlon Oliver, daugh
ter of the acting secretary of war.
Miss Oliver, who returned here, spoke
In enthusiastic enjoyment of her long
ride. With her, besides Ler father,
on the trip, were Mrs. Herbert Wads
worth, the society cross-country fider,
and Captain Cheney of the White
House staff. Three hundred and fifty
miles of hard riding over the ragged
Indian trails of Arizona and New Mex
ico made Miss Oliver's ride note
worthy. On account of the rough
character of the riding Mrs. Wada
worth'B feat of riding 212 miles in
twenty hours was not excelled.
KILLED BY FALLING ROCKS
Ten Workmen Are Dead, Nine ln
jured in Erie Railroad Tunnels
at Jersey City.
Jersey City, N. J. By the fall of
hundreds of tons of Pnllaade rock
through the broken roof of the old
Erie railroad trunm Is ten workmen
were crushed to .'"' th Sunday and
nine other: were roioifiy Injured,
fivo of them :rnb:i)ly fatally.
The tjead urd injured formed part
of a pans of vp?ity-e;fi;t hard rock
men who wre removing the moun
tain of Ftone above the tunnels to
transform them Into open "cuts" as
was recently nvnp'(cd on other
tracks ad.'a c" Homebody either
blundered in hVftin:; which wenkened
tho brick rn' of tl: tubes, or there
was an uissuppfc td fault In the rock.
Ptomaines Kill Rich Man.
Salt Lake City. David F. Walker,
prominent bmdnet'd man, died Monday
of ptomaine poisoning at his home in
this city, lie was one of four brothers
who left the Mormon church in the
early days and hecamo the richest
men In the communty.
Two Men Drown at Kankakee.
Kankakee, 111. While canoeing OB
the Kankakee river Sunday Otis Brady
and William Ioherman of this city
were drowned by the capsizing of
.their canoe.
"NOBODY KNOWS
NOQUOFIUM PRESENT
BALLINGER VERDICT WILL NOT
BE KNOWN UNTIL DE
CEMBER 3.
ONLY SIX MEMBERS ON HAND
Congressional Inquiry Committee
Meet at Chicago But Adjourn to
Assemble at Washington Only Re
publicans Put In an Appearance.
Chicago. Not until next December
will Richard A. Bal'.inger. secretary
of the interior, learn the verdict ar
rived at by the congressional In
vestigating committee.
Six members of the committee met
in Chicago Tuesday to take action on
the majority report, but after delib
erating several hours, without a
quorum present, an adjournment was
taken until December
The members present were: Sena
tor Ellhu Root of New York, Knute
Richard A. Balllnger.
Nelson of Minnesota, George Suther
land of Utah, Representatives M. E.
Olmstead of Pennsylvania, S. W. Mc
Call of Massachusetts and Edwin
Denby of Michigan, all Republicans.
Senator Filufof California, appoint
ed by Vice-President Sherman to
serve on the committee, is still abroad,
and in his absence the other six pre
pared a statement In which they do
claro that the majority resolution
adopted at Minneapolis declaring Sec
retary Ballinger guilty of tho charges
made against Mm v.-a 3 "irrational."
Senator Nelson declared that he
might call another meeting of the
committer before congress convenes,
mid said that in the event of Senator
Flint arriving prior to that time, he,
together with the Fix who attended
the nuctlng here, woiid constitute a
quorum.
lie further declared that a quorum
of the committee Is empowered to
proceed with the case, and prepare a
report to be submitted to congress.
Great Army of Hunters.
Albany. More than 128,000 hunters'
licenses have been Issued In New
York state for tho fall shooting. The
deer shooting season opens on Septem
ber 16, while partridge ar.d other game
birds may be hunted after Oo
.ober 1.
Keone Goes to His Stock Farm.
1exlngton, Ky. James R. Keenn,
who has been 111 of pneumonia here,
had so far recovered Tuesday as to be
able to go to "Cast'eton," his stock
farm, a few miles from this city.
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BROWNE FOUND NOT GUILTY
ILLINOIS LEGISLATOR FREEC OP
BRIBERY CHARGE.
Jury Out Over 21 Hours and Verdict
Is Greeted With Cheers Emotion
Overcomes Defendant.
Chicago. The Jury In the second
trial of Lee O'Neil Browne, leader of
the minority in the Illinois legislature,
charged with bribing Representative
Charles A. White to vote for Senator
Lorlmer, returned a verdict of not
guilty in the criminal court Friday.
In the first trial of Browne the Jury
disagreed. - ,
The speedy verdict ' was a surprise
to the many who had watched the
progress Qf the second trial and had
feared that a repetition of the tedious
deliberations of the first Jury would
close the case. The verdict was re
turned before Judge Kersten after the
Jury had deliberated a little over
twenty-one hours.
As the words "not guilty" fell from
th clerk's Hps a cheer went up.
Scenes of confusion followed. It was
with difficulty that the bailiffs re
strained the crowd. It was then that
Browne jumped from his chair,
seized Attorney Erbsteln around the
neck and they embraced each other.
A moment later Browne was torn
from his counsel by his friends. They
pushed him around the room In al
most a frenzy to offer their congratu
lations. Browne then tried to reach
the jury box to thank the Jurors.
"I thank" he began, but he did
not finish, his emotions overcoming
him. Tears ran down his face.
HOW THE BALL CLUBS STAND
Games Won and Lost and the Per
Cent Average of the Various
Nines.
NATIONAL I-KAQUE.
Clubs. W. L. PCI Clubs. W. I
Chicago ..84 S8 .fiT'tiu-'natl ..4 06
Pittsburg- .75 M .SnoSt. Louis.. .49 75
New York. 70 D3 .5 Brooklyn ..49 78
PhlldTia .66 61 .5a) Ronton 45 84
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
PhlldTla .88 40 .fiS7!Wmih'ton ..59 It
Now York-74 63 .5K3 dove-land M 71
Roaton .:..73 64 .675 Chlrairo ...60 77
Detroit ...73 66 .666 Ht. Louis... 39 89
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Mln'ap'U .97 62 .652 Knn. Clty..7 72
Toledo ....81 67 .MM Mll'aukeo .69 M
Column's .79 6l .MS Ind'ap'ls ...69 89
St. Paul. ..76 73 .610 LoulBvMIe .56 VI
WESTERN LEAGUE.
3lo'x City. 93 49 .655 Dmaha ....69 71
Denver ...KS fW .fill St. Jonppb.62 7S
Lincoln ...HI 60 .f,!i4l) Molncs..60 83
Wlulilta ...76 66 .6:15 Topi-ka ....38 104
THREE "1" LEAGUE.
Rprl'irfld .4 43 .(K2 ni'in'nt'n ..59 70
R. lHlund..7fl 64 .fiSYDnveiipo't .66 75
'., rla 69 61 .530 rlll)llllo ..56 75
Wuterloo .67 63 .615 'Dunvillu ...6il 78
P.C.
.404
.81
.392
.849
.451
.441
.304
.810
.613
.463
.8iH
.378
.493
.443
.4)0
.268
.468
.4:7
.427
.400
Fowler Indorsed for Senator.
Trenton, N. J. Returns Indicate
thut Congressman Charles N. Fowler
of tle Fifth district was Tuesday ln
doised for the I'nlted States senate
to succeed Senator Kcan with ex-Governor
Stokes, a close second, and ex
Governor Murphy third. Considerably
pss than half of the normal vote was
polled. Wooclrow Wilson Is probably
the Democrat lc nomine for governor
and State Ranking Commissioner
Lewis Is insured the Republican nom
ination. Dog Bites Twenty-Three Persons.
New York. The police of Bath
Reach station, Brooklyn, are holding
a yellow dog supposed to be mad,
which after being stoned - by boys
Tuesday turned upon them and every
body In sight and Is otild to have bit
ten 23.
Springfield, III., Has 61,678.
Washington. The population of
Springfield, 111., is 61,678 as compared
with 34.169 In 1900 and 24,963 in 1890,
according to figures issued from the
census bureau Tuesday.
WANT HIGHER RATES
RAILWAY EMPLOYES ASK AID
FOR RAILROADS.
I PETITION TO CANDIDATES
Doing So, They Say, In Their Own
Interest, Which Follows Prosperity
of the Railroads.
- . - . . .
N. Downer, chairman of the em
ployes' committee of the Rock Island
railroad, has mailed to the candidates
for the legislature aud for state of
fices and members of congress a
liberally signed petition asking for an
Increase In railroad rates In Ne
braska. The petition Is signed by business
and professional men and railroad em
ployes from many towns along the
Rock Island, the Hat filling sixteen
typewritten pages.
The petition adopted by the em
ployes committee Is as follows:
We, as citizens of this country, be
lieve In fnlr profits and good wages,
and we, as railroad employes, realize
that our personal prosperity Is In
separably associated with the pros
perity of the railroad, our employer.
The increased cost of materials, la
bor, taxes and other essential ele
ments entering Into the cost of operat
ing the railroad Is a matter of com
mon knowledge. The public demands
better time, greater safety, better ac
commodations, better equipment and
generally better service. The public
Is constantly receiving Improved
service from the care devoted to the
operation of the railway by their
managements. The public ought to
be willing and we believe Is willing
to pay for such service.
All of this points to the necessity
that the railroads receive a higher
rate for the transportation they fur
nish. Increased rates for transporta
tion will Insure regularity of our em
ployment and the stability of our
earnings and in all fairness this is due.
us as wel as the railroads.
We support the railroads in their
known efforts to secure higher rates
for the transportation they furnish
and we urge all those who have to do
with the rate question, whether the
Interstate Commerce commission,
State Railway or Public Service com
missions, national and state legisla
tors, to deal fairly with this vital
question. We have had much legisla
tion Involving the regulation of the
railways and much politics In connec
tion with the operation and control of
the railways In the recent past.
The fund from which our wages are
paid cannot be constantly depleted
without injuring us as employes. We
know that transportation rates have
nothing to do with the Increased cost
of living and we feel now that our
employers, the railways, mostly need
increased compensation in order to
secure increased earnings.
As employes of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railway company we
have signed this petition In harmony
with the above declaration and have
authorized their presentation to the
Interstate Commerce commission,
state railroad commissions or to any
official, federal or state, who has any
thing to do with railroad rate making
or railroad regulation.
As individuals Interested In our
own comfort and prosperity and the
comfort and prosperity of our families
we have freely signed this petition
and subscribed to the above princi
ples. Appeals to the High Court..
John Piatt of Sarpy county has ap
pealed to the supreme court from a
judgment of $1,000 against him for
slanderous remarks made about Olga
Gerling.
Governor on Primary Law.
"I sent a message to the last legis
lature In which I said, "the primary
law should bo repealed or It should be
radically amended,' " said Governor
Shallenberger at the meeting of the
state canvassing board. "I should
have cut off the sentence after the
word 'repealed,' " he continued. "There
Is no Justice in the primary law. It Is
all right In theory, but It docs not
work out In practice. Under the
primary law the counties of Douglas
and Lancaster, if they get Into the
same bed a they did in the late elec
tion, can control the nomination of
candidates. We have found that poli
ticians vote and manipulate the pri
mary instead of the people, and that
Is what we tried to avoid. The pri
mary law was enacted bo that the no
nilnntion candidates would be taken
away from politicians and placed In
the hands of the people, but Just tho
reverse lias been the result of this
law. The fact that out In the Twenty
ninth senatorial district, a candidate
gets a nomination with only one vote
Is enough to show the vlciousness of
the primary law."
Regulars at Lincoln.
Four hundred regular army soldiers,
composing eight troops of the 8eventh
cavalry from Fort Riley, Kan., will be
camped near Lincoln from September
23 to 26. Information of this fact has
been communicated by H. M. Ketchu,
commissary sergenat, to Postmaster
Slzer, with the request that be notify
Lincoln dealers who are prepared to
bid on furnishing supplies for the
camp. The estioiatedamount of pro
visions needed includes 2,000 pounds
of fresh beef, 1.600 pounds of potatoes
and 1,800 pounds of fresi bread.
DISPOSAL OF EOND3.
Applicants for Nebraska
Securities
Accommodated.
Will Endeavor to Collect.
The stat normal board will en
deavor to '-ollect from J. W. Crabtree
for two barrels of gasoline bought
when he was Ht the head of the Teru
State normal and which, It In alleged,
were never delivered to the school
nnd have resorted to the text book
fund $tI97.43 which Crabtree pnid out
In interest without orders from the
board. The matter was referred to
the attorney general to take such
steps as may be necessary to secure
this money. The money paid out In
interest by Crabtree was Interest on
money borrowed with which teachers
were paid pending the decision of
the supreme court In the legally of
the law which created a new normal
board. The auditor, on advice of the
legal department, would recognize
neither board so he refused to Issue
any warrants for the payment of the
teachers until the court decided
wlii h board was the legal one.
State Treasurer Brian has .suc
ceeded in caring for practically all of
the applicants for the sale of bonds
to the state by the various school dis
tricts and cities of Nebraska. When
money was plentiful nnd Investments
hard to find for state funds, tho
treasurer bought $800.nno of Douglas
county court house bonds. Shortly
thereafter tho eastern markets
tightened up nnd the small towns of
the state began to Issue bonds for
internal Improvements. Then when
they applied to the state treasurer
for funds he could do nothing for
them and they could not, place the
securities In the east. The Douglas
county bonds looked good to eastern
buyers, bo Mr. Brian took the case up
with those who had city securities
for sale, with the result that he has
now, with the assistance of the
various cities, placed practically all
of the Douglas county bonds In the
east and has bought as an Investment
for the state the bonds Issued by the
school districts and the small towns.
These bonds net the state 4Vi Per
cent annually and nt the same time
this rate 1b lower than the towns
would havo to pay, were the bonds
floated elsewhere.
May Make no Appointment.
W.'T. Thompson, attorney general,
who was recently appointed to a posi
tion In the treasury department at
Washington, has leased his house
here and expects to go to Washing
ton about the first of October. It is
probable Mr. Thompson will' not re
sign his office as attorney general,
and that If he does do so Governor
Shallenberger will not fill the
vacancy until after election. The
governor and Mr. Thompson have be
come good friends, and because of
this the office may not be declared
vacant. '
No Extra Session.
Governor Shallenberger will call no
extra session of the legislature to sub
mit the Initiative and referendum. He
said: "There Is no truth In the rumor
that I Intend to call a special session
of the legislature. That Is settled. I
will call no extra session. It Is un
fortunate that the recount of the
votes cast for candidates for governor
has been so slow, as It has given rise
to all kinds of rumors, but there will
no extra session."
Committee Announced.
Chairman Husenetter of the re
publican state central committee an
nounced the appointment of the fol
lowing executive committee: First
district, S W. Burnham, Lincoln;
Second district, A. W. JefTerlfl,
Omaha; Third district, Burt Mapes,
Norfolk; Fourth district, Clarke Rob
inson, Fairmont; Fifth district, H. O.
Thomas, Harvard; Sixth district, T
T. Varney, Alnsley.
Lots of Sheep on Exhibit.
Secretary Mellor of the state fair
board announced that the sheep
entries at this time numbered 460,
the largest entry In many years. In
fact, this Is three times as many
sheep as have been exhibited at the
fair elnee the early days, if not In tin
hlstoty of the association.
Demand for Homes.
Real estate men report that the de
mand for vacant houses has In
creased materially during the past
week. The demand conies annually
at this season and la caused In part
by the near approach of the opening
of Lincoln schools.
Appeals to Supreme Court.
Ttomaa Brown, convicted In
Cherry county for stealing seven
cows worth $210 from Thomas Byron,
has appealed to the supreme court on
error, admitting frarkly that ho
didn't get a buuare deu when he wag
sentenced to spend seven years Id
the penitentiary.
Honors Iowa Requisition.
' Charles Brown had to go back to
Iowa to the county of Polk to stand
trial on a charge of wife desertion.
Governor Shallenberger honored a
requisition issued by the governor of
Iowa for his return. Brown was
under arrest at Omaha.
Pays Money to Douglas.
State Treasurer Brian paid to
Douglas county $150,000 and took
over that amount of court house
bonds. This Is a portion or the $800,
000 purchase purchase made soma
mofttbs ago
Homo Town
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NEWSPAPER TOWN BOOSTER
Without Question the Best Method of
Spreading Publicity A Word to
Commercial Associations.
Leroy Bouchner, city editor of the
Minneapolis Tribune, before the North
ern Minnesota Development associa
tion, spoke In part as follows:
"What must we do to be saved?"
If I were answering this question
I'd say, Get acquainted with a report
er. Every enterprising man ought to
look up the editor of his home paper.
If he doesn't know him already, and
make a friend of him. The editor will
be a friend of yours If you make an
advance. And you will never regret
the step. Every commercial organiza
tion ought to Include all the newspa
per men In tho district, for these men.
who study nothing but the best meth
ods of mnklng reople read what they
write, can be of assistance to a com
munity In making people read Its
message.
It's of no use to have a splendid
article for sale If you can't sell It
The other day there were state
ments published In the Twin Cities
that the recent forest fires had done
great good In clearing the land. Now,
the original stories of the forest Area
were printed the country over, nnd
n0,000,000 of people got the Idea from
that that northern Minnesota was sim
ply an unbroken stretch of Inhospit
able woods.
What was done to counteract this
feelhig? Probably nothing. But a
photograph of a stretch of the so
called "destructive" forest fires could
by a little tact have found publica
tion In a hundred newspapers If you
sent with It the facts I have Just re
lated dressed In readable fashion.
That Is the secret. Make the news
of your community readable and you
needn't worry about publicity.
If you keep telling people what a
fine state they have, what splendid
farms, what unexcelled advantages,
they will talk about It and spread tho
gospel, and they won't do It unless
you do keep telling them. If the news
papers talk about their towns every
day, etvery week, their readers will
follow their lead.
' HOUSING REFORM D0NTS.
Don't let your city become a city of
tenements. Keep It a city of homes.
Don't imagine there Is no necessity
for action because conditions In your
city, are not as bad as they are else
where. Don't build a model tenement until
you have secured a model housing:
law.
Don't attempt to legislate first and
Investigate afterward.
Don't jermlt any new houses to bo
built that do not have adequate light
and ventilation and proper sanitation.
Don't legislate merely for the pres
ent Don't permit the growth f new
slums. Prevention Is better than cure.
Don't tolerate the lodgar evlL Nip
It in the bud.
Don't tolerate cellar dwellings.
Don't let the poor be denied a liberal
supply of water In their homes.
Don't permit houses unfit for human
habitation to be occupied.
Don't repeat the talk about the
poor not wanting good housing ac
commodations. Don't permit privies to exist In any
city. Compel their removal.
Don't cease your efforts when you
have passed a good law. Eternal vigi
lance Is not only the price of liberty,
but of all progress. Lawrence Velller
in the Survey.
Urban Martyrs.
At a church supper a small boy was
seen to turn pale and lean back in his
chair. One of the waitresses asked
what was the trouble, and learned
thut It was the stomach ache. "You
poor little fellow, you won't be able to
finish that nice supper, will you?
usked tho waitress. "Oh, yes I will."
replied the boy, "it will have to ache
a good deal harder before I'll quit eat
ing." Just this form of heroism will
stand in the way of any wholesale
movement to drive tho excess of con
sumers In the city Lack to the coun
try to become direct producers. They
will complain of high prices, low
sai?c3 (aliout twl - what the saiua
grade of labor on farms receives),
long hours of work (about two-thirds
if vluit our grandlathera considered
reasonable), difficulty of getlng work
(when owners of farms are clamoring
for help), high rents and board (when
rent and board are offered In the conn
try ns a tonus beyond wages), but
:!iey are nowhere near the point of
sjfferir.B at which they will be willing
o leave the lnc:(Uu::il pleasures of
city life. Dlctic and Hygienic Ga
ictta. Well Protected.
"I think there is tomtbody down,
stairs, George."
Well, what of it?"
"C'au't you get up and do sometafng?
Put your head out of the window and
call a policeman."
"Why should I do that, when I can
put my head over the back stairs and
call one? His number Is 7238, and
he's down there in the kitchen spoon
ing with Mary, the cook
