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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1912)
, .. irv-fafcMF F If I a x f l I UIO VALUES GO UP THE COUNTY OF HARLAN ALONE SHOWS A DECREASE. WILL BSE TO EXPLAIN Thirteen Counties Report Total In crease of Nearly $10,000,000 In Assessed Valuation. Thirteen counties liavo reported to the stato board ot assessment and tho Wtal :crsss Iff assessed valuation If about 110,000,000, and H la believed that a total Increase of $35,000,000 will be shown by all counties, thus 'increasing tho total assessed valua tion or all property or tho state to $450,000,000. This Is only one-fifth of the real valuo of tho property report ed, as the law provides that property eh all be listed at its lull value, but assessed at one-fifth valuo. Notwith standing tho nig mcreuBo It Is not lllcely that tho state levy ot C 1-5 mills will bo reduced this year. The stato "board will meet In July to determine tbo levy. Ileal estate Is valued for assess ment In Nebraska only every four years and this Is the year when a re valuation Is required. It Is admitted that land In nearly every portion of the state has Increased In valuo with in four years and most of tho In crease In taxable property this year Is caused by an Increase In tho listed valuo of lands. Personal proporty in most counties shows a slight de crease. Thus far tho county of Hurlun Las reported a decrease That coun ty will bo obliged to explain to tho state board o assessment and equal ization y Its total assessed or one fifth valuation decreased $042,000, , or more than $3,000,000 in full Ya!u, when other counties show u big In crease Some attribute tho decrease In Harlan to the fact that under tho Mnrdln bill the county abolished tho olllco of county assessor Others say It Is because of crop failures during the past few years. Under that law elective precinct assessors, as In other counties list tho proporty, and tho work of tho rounty ntwssor Jh porformed by tho county clerk and tho uMHyMsineiil an lu oilier countlos Is equalized by tho county board. Tho decrease lu Harlan county has caused tho county consldorablo unpleasant advertising. ' Webster county, near by, shows an Increase. The four counties that reported to tho Btato board last vtcck show a to tal lncreaso of $1,920,105 in tho as sessed or one fifth valuo ot proporty. Kearney county shows a totnl in crease of $134,957, Harpy $375,878, Dixon $533,423 and Platte $881,907. Tho report of Platto county was Drought to tho stato house by County Assessor Sholl Clark. Ho said he believed ho had made a fair valuation of proporty, but ho said ho could not say whether rnllrwl property 1b as cessed as high us other property bc causo tho state board alono values railroad proporty, He-said it was not difficult to arrive at tho value of farm lands, but It was a hard problem to value raltroad right ot way, rolling stock and railroad fran chises and ho was glad ho was not re quired to do so. The report ot county uBBessors shows that tho avorago actual, full valuo of lands in Platto county has Increased from $53.75 au acre to $04.24; in Dixon county from $40 to 150.79; in Sarpy from $04.70 to t79.27. Tho following are tho assessed values of different classes of proper ty reported by tho counties that filed statements: Kearney- 1911 1912 Personal $1,425,439 $1,327,123 Jnrts 2,400,742 2.G9G.291 Lots ,.... 253,482 257.Z00 , $1,14503 $4,280,G20 Sarpy Personal $1,CC7,071 $l,il,210 Lands ,.,...,.. 1,807,512 2,244,53G Lots 2C3.G79 2C8.9G7 $3,788,805 $4,104,743 Plxon Personal $1,305,009 $1,373,G89 Lauds ..,..i. 2,438,992 2,953,001 Lota . 273,353 284,150 $1,077,120 $1,010,843 Platto PerfiQiml ...... ?a.47,3S0 &MWM Lands 4,5D8,G3G 5,449,095 Lots 728,020 701,724 $7,751,511 $3,020,118 New Machinery Hall. About two-thirds of the steel work on the new machinery hall at tho stato fair gtounds Is in place and work Is being pushed rapidly bo that tho big building will be completed in plenty of tlmo for the fall meeting, The building will bo 122x130 Coming Meet of Sheriffs, Sheriff Hyors und former Shorlft Hoaglund aro making extenslvo pre paration for the entertainment ot tho sheriffs of tbo state who are to meet in semi-annual convention in Lincoln on July 9. They have reason to be lieve that of tho ninety sheriffs ot the etate, seventy-five will attend the Lin coln meeting, Tho closing feature of the session will bo a banquet, which it Is expected will bo ono ot the beat of its 'class ever glvoii In tbo state. 8upreme Judges Busy. A great many people aro of tho opinion that 'because it was an nounced that the supremo court had adjoin ned some time ago that tho Judges were taking a layoff aud wero cnjoylug thsmaslvcs off uoraowheie flUiipg or visiting I" the cast with borne folks, Fom& papers ovon wont to tar as to Rrnip.se thm for laying 4-vn on thir JoH whe; tho Jobs ivr J'trt btn.U'TJpj; (or vsmoone to' lipid . O'a'fl .Jiyn. Tho foo-s in tho Pi' It nc tn tW Judgis nro nl' t '-' .r fee every di y. FARMING LAND LEFT. Labor Commissioner Tell How to Secure It. Labor Commissioner Guyo has pro pared a sot of letters which bo is send ing out to thoso who aro making In quiries regarding tho land opened to homestead entry which was made pub Ho somo time ago. Since tho publica tion of tho article a largo number of people have written the commissioner nsklng for information how to proceed in order to securo any of tho land and the following letters of information are given for thoir bench: Vhere nro at present, l,192,G2i ncres of vacant government land In tho ten northwestern countlt-s In Nebraska, which aro as follows: Cherry, 625,429; Garden, 151,728; Hooker, 7C.9C0; Sher idan, 70,800; Thomas, 70,800; Mc pherson, 08,402; Morrill, 59,255! Scott's Bluff, 55,220; ' SIOUX, 07.1SU; Grant, 44,930; thus giving us 1,192,021 acres in ono district This vacant land Is scnttered all over thoso tracts In tracts which cmbraco uovoral ad Joining sections down to Isolated for ties. It should bo remombored that fair land near n town, a railroad, a river or a lnko is generally filed upon heforo somo of tho better land nt a distance from theso points is taken. Thereforo Intending settlers will un derstand that tho greater part of tho government land nenr tho towns nnd nlong tho streams and by tho lakes of these counties bus already been filed upon, This docs not mean that all of tho best land In such countlos has been taken, by any means, for now set tlers always hesitate to go any further away from tho towns than is neces sary and thereforo nro often content to take land near a town which is not as good as some of that further out. Tho land now opon to entry under the KInkald uct Is not farming land ns tho term is generally used. If It wero It could not bo bomestended In section tracts. It Is largoly sandy grazing land, interspersed in many cases with small "dry valleys." Tho dry valloys nro sultablo for cultivation In most Heobons or mny be used to produco hay. Tho intending settler should not expect to make a living for hlmBelf by farming a section homestead. Ho should hnvo somo capital to start with, say from $500 to $1,000, with which to erect a house and lAiy a few head of cattle, und ho should oxpect to mako his living by cattlo raising. Who May Take Homesteads. Any head of a family or person who has arrived at tho ago of 21 years and is a citizen of tho United States or hua filed his declaration of intention to be come such Is entitled to enter a home stead. Persons who hnvo relinquished or lost a homestead without receiving a consideration or whoso former entry was not canceled for fraud. A deserted wit may also tako a homestead. Persons who committed a home stead entry heforo Juno 0, 1900. Any unmarried woman 21 years of ago may enjoy tho benefits of tho homeBtead law. Term of Bervlce (not to exceed four years) In tho army or navy of tho United States during tbo civil or Span-iBh-Amerlcnn wars, or during tho Philippine Insurrection, may bo de ducted from tho five-years' rosldonco required on a homestead. Settlers havo six months from dnto of tiling to establish resldonco. Tho live years' rcaldenco required June Weather. Tho first twenty-five days of Juno this year wero the coolcBt for this tlmo of year over known in Licoln. Beginning Tuesday tho thormometor began to rise, reaching a maximum ot 9G degrees at 8 p. m. Wodnesday. Thursday waa tho hottost so far ro corded tills year. Last year tho high est temperature, 110 degrees, came on July 0 Tho thermometer bad boon steadily rising from 104 degrees tho first of the month, nnd thoso six dayu wore tho hottest of the season. Tho hlghost point previously reached bad been 103 degrccB on Juno 25 and 29. Farmers and the State Fair. Secretary W. II. Mollur ot tho stato fair board has appealed to tho farmers ot NobraBka In UiIb way: "Mr. Far mer, one of your great problems may be to onihusj your boy or girl to gtvo honest, earnest aBsistauco in farm work during tho Hummor months. Why not bold out aB an Inducement a trip to tho state fair nt Lincoln, Septum bor 2-G, where tho best exhibits und greatest nttiuctlons'aro gathered to gether? Just think, lu addition to tho besthorao races, will be seen aeroplane flights, the entlro Cheyenne frontier days show, Llbcratl's groat band nnd grand opera concert company, night attractions, llreworkp, nnd a nunihr of other ovents in addition to tho very boBt exhibits of stock, products of tho soil. Improved machinery, etc. Is It not worth trying?" Water for Prlcon. Water Iuih henn struck nt tho peni tentiary new well at a dnnth of thirty two feet. About six foot of water Is now In tho well, which has beon sunk about six foot below whoro tho flow begun. Civil Service Examinations. Tho United States civil service commission nnnouueos tho following oxamlnntlons to bo bold at Lincoln, Grand Island, North Platto, Alliance, Norfolk, Nebraska City nnd Omaha: July 24, Junior chemist (male), de partment of tho Interior July 24, ento mological assistant (mule), depart ment of agriculture; July 24, Instruct or In nmohlno shop, foundry, otc. (male, Indian service; August -28, 29, nBBlstant (mala); teacher (malo und female), Industrial toachor (male), Philippine service. . increase In Land Values. Tho indications aro that the assess ed or one-fifth valuation ot the prop orty In Nebraska will bo Increased this year $35,000,000 If the presont rato of lncreaso Is kopt up. County Assess or R. J. McKeug of Fillmoro county has reported an Increase ot $449,020 fr hlB county and County Assessor Charles A. Paly of McPherson county urs reported an lncreaso of $124,125 in ' is npirscly Bottled county, making a "t'l increase of $5,725,392 reported ttx counties that have reported to - eat b ard of .iMessinonL OLD RIVALS PLAYING Billy Purtcll, Formerly Billy Purtcll nnd Harold Janvrln, who wero on the Boston Bed Sox team at ono time, aro now playing with Jersey City. Until recently Janvrln has been leading oft tho batting list, SAYS BAN JOHNSON IS WRONG Manager Who Appears on Field Uniform Should Not Be Counted as Player, Says Griffith. In Clark Grimth, manager of tho Wash ington team, docs not ngrco with Pres ident Ban Johnson In counting as a player a mannger who appears on tho field in uniform, oven though ho may not go to bat. Ho does not bellovo In tho Justice of the latest edict of tho boss of tho American league. "A club la allowed 25 players," says Griffith, "and that ought to include players, not coachors. I am not a player Just be cause I wear a uniform. I wear a uni form In order to bo closer to tho gamo than I could be if compelled to mako complaints to umpires nnd assist my team at critical pinches with my ex perience But that shouldn't mako mo ono of tho playors allowed the club. Harry Wolvcrton may rightly be con sidered a player. So might Harry Davis and Jake Stahl'nnd Jimmy Cal lahan. They appear in legular cham pionship games nnd figure In ..ho box scores. But Hughio Jennings and I are no more playors than Connlo Mack, oven though wo do wear a uniform and coach on tho lines. I am not in sympathy with President Johnson in this view of tho matter, but hardly ex pect to make a test case, as I haven't tho limit of players oven counting my self." Griffith Is tho Sherlock Holinos ot the conchlng box on bulks. Hank O'Day Is still looking for pitch er') to brnco up his dilapidated staff. Pitcher McTlgho has been released by Johnny Kline of tho Boston Braves to Buffalo. Pitcher Sam Frock, recently turned loose by Baltimore, has been tnkon on by Knnsns City. Pitcher Walter Miller has boon sold to the Elmlra club of tho Now York Sta leaguo by Atlanta. With Brooklyn and Boston nt tho' bottom of tho percentages that old column looks natural again. Cub fans would appreciate It If Cheney pitched as well with nono on bases as he does with tho sucks crowd ed. Hugh Kellackoy, manngor of tho Bolso team, who died lecently, was a brother-in-law of Bill Bradley of Tor out" Toronto soils Jim McGlnley to Wll keshnrro and Ed Winters to Bingham ton, both In tho Now York State leaguo. " Tho reputation of pulling tho unex pected has becomo the property of tho Whlto Sox ns well as tho Athletics this your. Jack Dunn tf Bnltlmoro has re leased Catcher Klelnow, now that Papno Is lu shape and Bergen has come back. Jhonny Kllng Bays that Brldwell Is not through ns a playor, and that even If he wero tho Brnvos would keop him ns a scout. With Donlln, Wagnor nnd Hoffman playing regularly, tho Pirates should bo able to cuddle up a llttlo closer to the leaders. Helno Zimmerman will havo a halt neUon on ono ot thoso automobllcB by fall It ho keeps up his great bat ting record. Bill JameB, tho big right-hand pitch er who was sold by Tolodo to Cleve land last spring, has been returned to tho Mud lions by tho Naps. Ed KUllan, the onco famous left haudor, who won many a gamo for the Detroit Tigers, has been given his un conditional release by Buffalo. Ambroso McConnell, second Backer ot Toronto, was sout homo to under go treatment for what Is thought to bo R broken bone In his thumb. It begins to look as it tho Hrowors hook dlco dally to sco who should bo selected to throw away tho gumo, says i disgusted Milwaukee scribe. Herman Bronkle, who was released by tho Cleveland club, Is setting the A. A. oei fire again. He holds up a battlni; avorago that looks like .370. AriHmthe. WITH JERSEY CITY With Boston and Chicago. with Purtell second. Purtoll played second baso while Janvrln was on third. Purtcll, however, was later shifted to the outfield. Ho was a fa vorlto with Chicago Whlto Sox fans. PITCHERS CAN'T MAKE GOOD Miserable Exhibition of Cincinnati Twlrlers Has Been Great Dls- ' appointment to Fans. The great disappointment of tho Cincinnati RedB this year has been In tho pitching staff nnd Manager O'Day's fllngers. taking them as a whole, aro putting up tho most mlser nblo exhibition In tho National league, their failuro having practically killed tho hopes of Red fans for a look-in nt tho pennant. One of tho big disap- Harry Gaspar. polntments has been Pitcher Harry Caspar. The Iowa photographer start ed oft well, but recently has Joined his fellows on the pitching staff In boost ing batting averages ot opponents, says tho Detroit Journal. O'Day now hopes to mako a trade for blm and it Is possible that Caspar in now com pnny will recover somo of his old prowess. VALUE OF PLAYERS' AVERAGES One Can Judge Better of Man's Real Ability by Seeing Him Work. Than by Statistics. . After all, fielding averages do not Indicate exactly a baseball player's valuo to a team. In tho long run they may furnish some substantial indica tion, but ono can Judge of the real ability of a playor bottor by seeing him work. A good AxampU of tho zcnaral propo sition hero submitted was shown In Chtcngo recently when Zeldor was given an error on a piny, which .an alyzed, was a mighty good effort, saya tho Milwaukee Sentlnol. Mcllrlde bat tod to deep short and Weaver, getting tho ball after nn offort, throw wldo to tlrat, drawing fcsldor off tho sack. Zel der scooped In tho ball, and at tho same time torched McBrldo ns ho went by. Tho uraplro waived tho play or out, but tho Impact of tho horsehldo and playor caused Zeldor to drop tho ball and tho doclslon was reversed. There was nothing to do but give Zol der an error on piny, whereas ho should bo commended for splendid work nnd quick thinking. This Indicates that sometimes where orrora are mado, tho plays arc, as a matter of fact, swell attempts, and that thoso making them nro better players than others who havo a fine aerago becauso thoy rofuso to tako chances. Excitement at McKeeiport. Thero must havo been stirring times In a gamo recently nt McKocsport. Tho Salem club missed train connec tions and was 20 minutes Into for the first gamo of a double header. Um pire Gohlert forfeited against Salem. When Gohlort called tho captains to gether to give tho ground rules Man agor Hugh Shannon ot the Salem club walked up to Join In the confab and he was ordered oft tho field, when he de murred ho was CBCortod oft by the po lice. Then late in the gnmo Oohlert and Wagner ot Salem had nn argu ment nnd Gohlort punchod tho player and had him taken off tho field. Wag ner brought information against Goh lort, and before Alderman Mansfield, who has had much experience in base ball, Gohlort was scored for his ul l'jged ofllclousness on tbo field. SEVEN HARD HITTERS Make Five Clean Hits in Ono Game This Season. Bobby Byrno and "Dots" Miller, of Pittsburg, Together With Hoblltz- el, Daubert, Olson, Yerkee and Collins In the List. Hitting out four nnd five hits in a single gnmo looks like a great task, but it has been frequent this season Ifor tbo batters in tho American and National leagues. To dato Just forty two players havo succeeded in hitting 'em whoro they ain't, and equally di vided, twenty-ono In tho American and twenty-one In the National. Pour Ma' tlonal leaguers have piled up flvobln glos in a single contest, whllo thrco havo turned tho trick In tho Ban John eon organization. Four members of tho Cardinal team have clouted out four blnglcs in a singlo game. Eddie Koney was tho first to turn the trick, gotting them on April 14, with Miner Brown the op posing twlrlcr. Reb Oakes duplicated the stunt' April 22 when ho opposed Humphries, Keefo and Bngby of tho Reds. Rube Ellis was tho next Car dinal to get four safeties In ono game. He did this on Mny 5 against tho Reds, When he banged out a single, trlplo Und lifted two into tho right field bleachers. Leo Mageo gathered four singles on June 1. The players to hit safely five times !n a single game aro Byrne and Miller Df tho Pirates, each collecting "four &ne spots and a double. Hobby of tho "Dots" Miller of Pittsburg. Reds gathered the same bevy on May S, while Jake Daubert of tho Superbas dld it against the Cubs with threo sin gles, a double and a home run. There were tho only four to turn tho stunt In tho National league, Ivan Olson started the ball rolling In 'the American league when he hit out (five singles off Bill Burns ot tho Tigers on April 13. Yorkos of tho Boston Rod Sox was tho noxt to hang five bits Jn the Ban Johnson organization. This camo on April 20, when he got three mingles and two doubles. Eddie Col lins got five singles on May 18 In tho ffarce gamo with the Detroit Tigers, i Larry Doyle ot the Giants has had 'the most success in hitting VSo oppos ing pitcher safely four times in one game. The Giant's captain has turned itho trick three times this season. The Brst tlmo was April 16, with two b!i Eddie Collins of Athletics. glee, a double and a thrtrj-baggor. Next came May 1, when ho (jot two singles, n two-baso knock and a homo run, Five days later ho again got two sin Gles, a double and a taroo-base hit. Ty Cobb of tho Tigers is tho only player In tho Amerlc&n league to gel four hits in more than ono game. The demon Detroltor fins ripped off four blngles twlco in ouo game this season. Clarke Wins Many Bets. Fred Clarke, leader of tho Pittsburg Pirates, has won ovor $800 worth of clothing by reason of his staying out ot a ball game until Juno 1. Clarkb made a number of wagers with Pitts burg friends mostly for suits, hate, shoes and socks. It looks ob If ClarkS would have enough clothing to last him for threo yoars. The Pittsburg leader has mado other bets that ho will not take part In a game of ball this season, but having won the big vest part of his bets, he may be soert In action In tho near future, when a dnch VU is seeded to bring in a run. I A) r ' '"fjp I. ' ?v9 V A. V- ifi . "'( JS TARIFF fiEFfll IS DEMOCRATIC GREED Leading Plank of Platform Adopted by Baltimore Con vention. FAVORS FIGHT ON TRUSTS ctlon of Republican Administration In Compromising With Standard Oil and Tobacco Combines Condemned Views on Oilier Subjects. Following nro tho principal planks if the platform adopted by tho Demo cratic national convention nt Balti more. The Tariff Reform. "We declare it to be a fundamental principle of tho Democratic party that tho federal government undor the Constitution has no right or pow er to imposo or collect tariff duties except for the purpose of revenue and wo demand that the collection of such taxes shall bo limited to tho ne cessities of government honestly and economically administered. "The high Republican tariff Is tho principal cause of tho unequal distri bution of wealth; it Is a system of taxation which makes tho rich richer and the poor poorer; under Its opera tions tho American farmer and labor ing man are the chief sufferers; It raises the cost of the necessaries of llfo to them, but does not protect tholr product or wages. "Wo favor tho immediate down ward revision of tho existing high, and in many cases, prohibitive tariff duties, insisting that mutorial reduc tions bo speedily made upon tho nec essaries of life. Articles entering In to competition with trust controlled products and articles of American manufacture whero sold abroad more cheaply than at home could be put upon tho free list. "We denounce tho action of Presi dent Taft in vetoing thc bills to re duce the tariff in tho cotton, woolen, metals and chemicals schedules nnd the farmers frco list bills, all of which was designed to give Immedi ate relief to tho masses from 'tho ex actions of the trusts. "Tho Republican party, ' while promising tariff revision, has shown by its tariff legislation that such re vision is not to be in the people's In terests nnd having been faithless to Its pledges of 1908 It should no longer enjoy the confidence of the nation. High Cost of Living. "Tho high cost of living Is a se rious problem in every Amorlcan home. Tho Republican party in its platform attempts to escape from re sponsibility for present conditions by denying that they are duo to a pro tective tariff. We take issue with them on this subject and charge that excessive prices result in a large measure from the high tariff laws en acted and maintained by the Hepub. llcan party, and from trusts and com mercial conspirators fostered and en couraged by such laws, and we assert that no substantial relief can be se cured for the people until Import du ties on the necessaries of life are ma terially reduced, and thoso criminal conspiracies broken up. Anti-Trust Law. "A private monopoly Is indefensi ble and Intolerable. Wo thereforo fa vor tho vigorous enforcement of the criminal as well as the civil law against trusts and trust officials, and demand enactment of such additional legislation as may be necessary to make it impossible for a private mo nopoly to exist In the United States. "We condemn the action of the Re publican administration in compro mising with the Standard Oil Com pany and tho tobacco trust and Its failure to Invoke the criminal pro visions ot the anti-trust law against the officers of thoso corporations aft er tho court had declared that from the undisputed facta in tho lecord they hnti violated the criminal provis ions of the law. " "Wo regret that Sherman anti-trust law has received a Judicial construc tion depriving It of much of Its ef ficacy, and we favor tho enactment of legislation which will restore" to the statute the strnth f whloli It lift been deprived by such interpretation. Income Tax and Popular Election of 8enator3. "Wo congratulato tho country upon the triumph of two Important reforms domnnded in the last national plat form, namely, the amendment of tho federal constitution authorizing an In come tax and the amendment provid ing for tho popular election of sena tors, and we call upon the people of all tho states to rally to the support ot the pending propositions and securo their ratification. "We noto with gratification tho unanimous sentiment in favor of The Old-Fashloned Fire. Could anything be moro refreshing than the smell ot the old-fashioned wood fire In late spring or early au tumn? There Is something grimy In tho reek of coal, and the odor of gas Is nauseating. Modern Inventions may havo brought their "conveni ences" but a Btald old senator, who lately passed beyond, insisted that when ho wanted a real night of com fort, after tho foully bad all gone south for tho winter, he would hie himself home, build an old-fashioned Death Shuns Man Who Is Prepared. Ernest Feldklrch, a Gottlngen (Ger many) carpenter of 88 years of age, has cheerfully looked death In tho face for 20 years. His first Ulnoss, which camo when ho was 60, suggest ed to him that, having no relatives, ho should provide for his burial him self, and as soon as be recovered bo set to work and made himself a coffin, which ho placed conveniently besldo bis bed. Attor a number ot years It began to decay, and ho was obliged to make another. Tho second is now In publicity beftMe the election of c&ra paign contributions a measuro de manded In our national platform ot 1908 and at that tlmo opposed by tho Republican party, and we commend tho Democratic Hous of Representa tives for extending xto Aootrino of publicity to recommendations, verbal nnii written, upon which presidential appointments aro made, to tho own ership and control of newspapers and to tho expenditures mndo by and In behalf of those who asplro to presi dential nominations nnd we point for additional justification for this legis lation to tho enormous expenditures ot money in behalf of the president nnd his predecessor in tho recent contest for tho Republican nomination for president. Presidential Primaries. "The movement towards moro popu lar government should bo promoted . throueh Ipalxlntlon In n.ach Btato which will permit the expression of the pref erence of tho electors for national can didates at presidential primaries. "Wo direct that tho national com mittee incorporate in the call for tho noxt nominntirtg convention a require ment that all expressions of prefcrenco for presidential candidates shall be given i " 1 the selection of delegates and nlterrtes bo through a primary election r lucted, by tho party or ganlzntl'r x ench stato whero such exprr on and election are not pro video xor by state law. Te-m of President. "Wo favor a singlo presidential term, and to tho end urgo the adoption of an amendment to the constitution making the president of the United States inellgiblo to re-election, and wo pledge the candidate of this conven tion to this principle. Railroads, Express Companies, Tele graph and Telephone Lines. "Wo favor tho efficient supervision and rato regulation ot railroads, ex press companies, telegraph and tele phono lines engagod in interstate com merce. To this end wo recommend tho valuation of railroads, express companies, telegraph and telophono lines by the Interstate commerce com mission, such valuation to take into consideration tho physical valuo of tho property, tho original cost, the cost of reproduction, and any element of value that will render tho valuation fair aud Just. Banking Legislation. "Wo opposo tho so-called Aldrich bill or tho establishment of a cen tral bank, and we believe tho people of tho country will be largely freed from panics and consequent un-employment and business depression by such a sys tematic revision of our banking laws as will render temporary relief in lo calities whero such relief Is needed, with protection from control or dom ination by what is known as the money trust. Parcels Post and Rural Delivery. "We favor the establishment of a parcels post or postal express, and also the extension of thn rnrnl dn. livery system as rapidly as practic able. The campaign contributions plank pledges tho party to the enactment of a law prohibiting any corporation from contributing to a campaign fund. It also limits individual contributions to a "reasonable maximum." The Democratic congress is heartily commended for its long list of laws for the benefit of tho people after a generation of unlimited power by the Republican party. The next plank arraigns tho Republican party for waste of "the money wrung from tho people by oppressive taxation." A plank on rural credits is of im portance. It Is recommended that an Investigation ot agricultural credit so cieties in foreign countries be made looking toward devising a suitable sys tem for the United States. A water ways plank provides for federal con trol ot the Mississippi and other wa terways. The plan is to maintain an average depth on the big river so it will be navigable, and construct docks to prevent further floods. This plank nlso favors draining ot all swamp lands. Tho platform favors post roads. It reaffirms Its declarations In the 1908 platform In regard to labor. It holds thero should bo a modification of tho InJunctiODAl laws. It also recommends a department of labor with a cabinet officer. . Tho conservation plank Is also of Importance and holds that conserva tion and development should proceed for tho benellt of nil tho people. Im mediate action 1b favoied to muke available tho coal deposits of Alaska. A pure food and public health plank declares for the union and strength ening of tho various governmental agencies relating to pure food, quaran tine, vital statistics and human health. This department should bo adminis tered without partiality or discrimina tion in favor of or against any school of medicine. Tho civil service law should bo honestly and rigidly en forced. Legislation is favored to pro moto law reform. Tho 'policy of em perlttllsm" in tho Philippines is de nounced. It favors tho declaration of the Independence of theso islands. Arizona and Now Mexico aro wel comed to the sisterhood of states. wood fire In tho cook stove nnd sit around as in his old boyhood days on the farm. "What memories It re calls," he would say, "to hear the crackle of tho wood and sniff the smoko that seems to be purifying rather than oppressive!" "Affaira and Folks." Joe Mitchell Chappie, in Joe Chappie's News Lotter. Insinuation, 'Fish is a good brain diet." "I supposo you take weakflsh for yours." the samo condition as tho fist, and his friends nro urging Feldklrch to discard It fqr a third. Tho old man, who Is hale and happy as over, declared that ho will mako ono more, and if he finds it decaying, ho will give the busi ncss up as a bad Job. Berlin's Disposal of Sewage. Nono of tho sewage of Berlin is al lowed to empty Into the river or fana,B ot that city. It is all pumped through largo pipes to the city sow aco farms. OCT t kfi rJ 4V. . i i-wj rnteii-v