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3 CHARLOTTE SUNDAY OBSERVER, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1917. Gfc (STjarlof f t bat rter F.bnlia4 Ctotj Pay hi th Ttw mt M Sanlh Choreh St. Ttk Tw T rbDtstto. EtklUh ta IM. altar B. -alHTaa OWfflM--nrtla R. JahaM. Wait IT. o1Utu, maldM. This newspapir receives Complete Report of Tbo Associated iVesa, and also maintain special eorreepondcno banana tn Washington, the Stat Capital and at other Impoitant State news center. Cut at ta M Of as aM Claaa Mall Matt. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ban Oat. I a-tB . I Mentha Want ha tear f I (atta. I kTaatka I f I Maatha IN I Taar IH II IH CM (Payable In Advance): nutty 4 teaa'ay. ' 1 Woia I I Vontha Months I Taw w-.l-W-ily. , I KMttai I Mnntaa 1 THr t xoncx to srRsmrRKRs. tieek at tS; printed label on your paper. The data there-Mi ew wfceo the subscription expire. Forward veer nswey tn ample time for renewal. KotJc date en teVet earefuTry. and If not correct. t!eaa wr-ttfy at ene. Supeertber deslrlne the ad drew ef their err chanred please state In their OommeTrteafV-, Kcth th OLD and NITW address. Mim'ttm Farrtra jkaVarttatafi Rnfc Tmirj. Stw T4f. Ctita. raOa, EDITORIAL AND HAG4ZWB PACE SUNDAT. FEBRUARY 4. 1J1T. A MODERN SYSTEM OF FINANCING Mr. W. & Wilson, Legislative Reference Libra rian, at Raleigh, 'Jia renewed hia efforts be run In 1911 for the pasag of hla bill for the encourage ment of road building in North Carolina by Bute aid. The bill would open the way to a modern system of -financing of vast advantages over any system yet devised. The bill has been Introduced In the House by Mr. Clark of Pitt County. In view 0: the possibilities for rood resulta that are to be found in this measure It has attracted wonderfully small attention. The methods of issuing bonds by counties is productive of much wastefulness. Brief ly, the bill which has enlisted the aid of Mr. Clark provides for the Issue of Stat bonds at four per cent, to be loaned to the counties at live per c.ent for the purpose of building roads. The disting uishing feature of this bill is that It provides money for county road building at the rat of five per cent annually, which includes four per cent for In terest on State bonds and one per cent for sinking fund to retire such bonds at maturity, which la 41 years after date of issue. The excess of one per cent, compounded semi-annually, becomes each year a part of tb semi-annual road fund, and the bond Issue Is reduced by the amount of such sur plus. e It can be read 1 It seen how the operations of this bill might be broadened for great possibilities of hoPefullv f the future of the forest reserves In I thl Cm . . I. 1- . i ... ROADS FOR THE FOREST, RESERVES The Observer is inclined to felicitate Itself upon having enlisted the Interest of Mr. William L. Hall. Assistant Forester In the United State De partment of Agriculture, in the matter of a system of roads for the National forest Reserves in North Carolina. Tor the development of this Govern ment acquisition good roads are an imperative necessity, and the plea The Observer has been mak ing la for the Government to extend the same friendly hand to the building of roads and trails over the North Carolina section of the National Forest Reserves that It extended In the case of the Colorado mountains. As Mr. Hall sets forth, 'the securing of necessary roada la a large undertakin- In which the Federal Government, the State and the local communities will have to participate to their utmost abilities." Mr. Hall also refers to the Influential part the newspapers of the State will be, able to play In securing this system of roads, and it has been the hope of The Observer that it might enlist the aid of the papers' In the western counties, to the end that the vast opportunities of road building in the reserves of North Carolina might be the more readily Impressed upon the Government at Washington. Mr. Hail speaks pood in the State. We might take a Mecklenburg i experience under the old system of bond issues ai Ian Illustration of how different the financial situa tion In this county would have been today if some ! such plan as that devised by Mr. Wilson had be j available in years past i ONE MORE STEP AND WAR Tn American Ambassador at Berlin has been j In 1870, Mecklenburg County Issued bonds to ! the amount of $300,000 to build a railroad. It paid six per cent Interest on the money received Ordered to close his offlce and return home: the from the sale of these bonds. These bonds ran 20 German Ambassador at Washington has been ! years and became due in 1890. During these 20 given tickets for himself, family and attaches back !ear' Mecklenburg County paid $360,000 in inter- ", n.-,,,w. . . . , , 'est alone on thia Indebtedness of $300,000. When to Uermany; an American ship has been sunk by a , , , . , , , , ' . . German submarine; four Hamburg-American liners the d' f !' " l?"" fun Dad bn nave been seised by the Canal Zone officials at ! pr. " - bond "" not b P1 80 tha Panama: the German Interned cruisers at Phil-! 1 . .! . , delphia have been seized by the Navy Depart- ! 30MO,' " '"f l" " n mA k. x,-.i , , , .. 1, , ; years from date, or In 1920. Within three years tttent, and the entire National Guard of New York ' , . t , ... . , . Btata, with the Naval Militia, have been called ouL1!1"8 ,MUe f bnd8 WlU beCme dUe' and ln" -ffh severance of diplomatic relations by the Presi- !frmed coun'y ,hM " ""kInr to t dent Was the first event of the day. After that thelr Dt- Dur,n theM 80 7' wbJch wU1 m the President's address to Congress, and the !Mplre 192' the C0Unty Wl" to pald ,840'000 uuuiuunm in liiieroai, wnicn, aaueu lo me eaeu.vuv paid from 1870-1890, makes a total of $900,000 which has been paid as Interest on a $300,000 loan contracted in 1870. When the bond be- remalnder of the events ominous and disconcert ing happened on the heels of the address. It Is situation which practically amounts to a state f War Without the formal! this writing It is humanly impossible to see'howj?0me dU,6 ln 1M. Prt"dpal of $300,000 i. still this State, and it Is true) as he says, that the move ment Is as yet In its Infancy. "Our Great Moun tain Asset," ta practically untouched by the hand of the developer. The beginning must b made with the building of roads and trails, as has been done ln the Western States, and we hold fast by our contention that in the mountains of western North Carolina there are greater scenic possibili ties and other ready-to-hand opportunities for tourist development than in some of the Western States. Mr. Hall points out the Importance of the forest reservations In supplying the industries of North Carolina and adjoining States as a consid eration aside from that of "the hundreds of thou sands of people who in the future will come to the mountains as vacationists or tourists." The one thing needed Is the roads. Certainly It would ap pear that with the influence of the North Carolina delegation ln Congress and the friendly assistance of the Forest Service officials. North Carolina should shortly succeed in getting the road-building work under way. "WELL?" War with Germany Is to be averted. It was made plain that President W'ilson did not Believe Germany would elect to have war with this Country. He stated his deep conviction to this ef fect In hla address to the Joint session of Congress, In which he gav account of his action ln recalling the American Ambassador and the Bending home of the German Ambassador, together with a full statement of the causes leading up to that action. Only an actual overt act will convince him even now that Germany would take a step which would call upon the United States to draw the sword. Be that as it may, President Wilson made it clear that Germany's sudden and deliberate withdrawal of th assurances given in her note of May 4, 1916, : left thia Government no alternative consistent with th dignity and honor of the United States, but to ! take the course which it has Just taken. Presi dent Wilson regards this action on part of Ger many as "a deplorable renunciation of its assur ances," and he refuses to believe that it Is the in tention of the German authorities to do in fact what they have warned us they will feel at liberty to do. J But If th President's faith in Germany's regard for her solemn obligations proves misplaced and Germany shall strike a blow at us. what then? President Wilson will again come before Congress and aak it for authority to use any means neces sary for the protection of our seamen and our peo pl In other words, for authority to inaugurate war against Germany. For that the President and hi speaks for the people of America has no de alr. "We are th sincere friends of the German Government" he declares, and we earnestly desire to b at peace with her people. "We will not be BT that they are hostile until obliged to believe It," But the principles he has laid down are the basis of peace, not of war. It la certainly to be hoped that we shall not be challenged "to defend them by acta of wilful Injustice on part of the uoveramem or uermany." If it comes to the worst the United States will not go before the world aa serving a selfish end. It will be a war on part L. a ava. r-i ... au uua uoveromeni ior me immemorial rights and principles of our people to which they have ever ought to stand true in thought and action, for a vindication of our rights to liberty and Justice nd an unmolested life." The Observer, however, la Inclined to share in the President's Incredulity. It cannot yet believe that it is the serious inten tion of Germany to challenge this country ln the tnanner feared and which prompted the first pre cautionary step in the severance of relations. r And yet the character of events closely follow ing th President's address would seem to nega tive th hopes and belief to which he had given xprosslon. The sinking of the American ship by German submarine indicates that Germany pro pose to carry out her policy of ruthlessness, and thro could be but one regretful meaning to that. -a to be taken car of and it will be necessary to re fund these bonds again, so that in 1920 the origi nal $300,000 will have cost the county $900,000 ln Interest and It will still owe the $300,000. which makes a total Indebtedness of $1,200,000 incurred by the county for an original loan of $300,000, $900,000 of which will have been paid with $300, 000 still due. If the Wilson Idea of finance, embodied in the Clark bill, had been th law at that time, these bonds would have been paid ln 1911, and the total amount the county would have been required to pay for both principal and Interest, would have been $616,000, which would represent a saving of $585,000 on this on bond Issue. There I.: a saving of this amount up to 1920, without tak ing into consideration the amount it will be nec essary for the county to expend ln paying the in terest and refunding these old bonds, and provid ing a sinking fund for their final payment at some date in the future. This example, we should think, proves a strong argument in favor of the proposed bill H. B., 604. The Wilson plan would simply authorize the Stat to create a semi-annual road fund not to exceed $400,000 to be used by the counties npon th terms which have been briefly stated. Bom people, who evidently do not thoroughly understand the mean ing of the bill, have said that If it la enacted It will necessitate the issuance of about $30,000,000 of State bonds during the next 40 year but this Idea is wrong. As a matter of fact, the extra one per cent surplus takes care of nearly one-half of the total amount of road funds provided during this period. The bill provides for the expenditure of some $30,000,000 for road purposes during the next 41 years, but only about one-half of this, to wit: $20,000,000, will consist of State bonds, and the balance of it will be made up from the semi annual sinking fund received from the counties and reloaned at compound interest. The State, it Is believed, stands In no danger of losing a dollar of money spent under this bill; nor will th issue of these bonds affect the Bute's credit, for the reason that for every dollar that 8tte bonds are Issued the State Treasurer will have In his vaults county se curities worth twice the amount Another thing which might be considered is th fact that each item of county indebtedness under this act be comes a better security as payments are made each six months, thereby progressively reducing the debt THE COIXAPSE OF FORBEARANCE. The more one 'studies the program of the Ger-! man Government for th violation of all pledges! to the United States and Its dictatorial announce- j ment of Its plans of submarine warfare, the more ! will grow the wonder that President Wilson waited ! even for so brief a time to sever relations with that Government It was not enough for Germany to say that ah would proceed at once with the tor pedoing of vessels without the customary warning in accordance with international warfare rules, but dictated to this country what course It should pursue In privileged shipping. The' United States was told that-It could run one ship over specified route, provided Germany ahould name the flag un der which this ship might sail, and this ship could enter but a single designated port A deliverance of that sort to the Government of the United States did not invite a protest It invited what was re turned a severance of diplomatic relations and all which that Implies. That President Wilson did not wait for Germany to make an "overt act" did not wait for Germany to strike at the flag before first packing off its official representative at Wash ington, will now prove matter for general rejoic ing by the American people. PUBLIC OPINION WlaM tb People Havo to Say Canreat Event. LOOKING BACKWARD Items of Interest Concerning People of Charlotte and the Carolinas, From The Observer of This Date, 1907 and 1897. THE NATIONAL FORESTS. I Assistant Foresten Hall on the North ' Carolina Possibilities. To the Editor of The Observer: A friend has sent me a clipping from The Charlotte Observer of Jan uary 28 giving your editorial on "Our Great Mountain Asset." In this edi torial reference is made particularly to the lands recently approved for purchase by the National Forest Res ervation Commission on the slopes of Mt Mitchell. Tour point of view that the Na tional Forests In North Carolina will be of large economic importance to the State in the future Is in my judg ment entirely correct. The Govern ment has now acquired or arranged to acquire 272,000 acres within the State. TEN YEARS AGO TWENTY YEARS AGO Mr. Meyer, the United State Am bassador to Germany, had an audi ence today with Kaiser Wllhelm, re maining afterwards for luncheon with the Imperial family and the imme diate entourage of the court Mr. Meyer, at the luncheon, was seated beside Princess Alexandria Victoria, of Schleswig-Holstein, the fiancee of Prince August William, the fourth son of the Emperor. After the lunch eon, the Emperor had & long conver sation with Mr. Meyer. Quite a mild sensation was caused There came near being an explosion of serious proportions at the Char lotte Hardware Company yesterday. Th cracks of th flooring, unbe knownst to the proprietors of the store, had become filled with powder, spilled from kegs during the past months. A customer yesterday cast a match upon the floor and a blase of considerable proportions sprang up and headed toward the kegs of stored powder In one corner of the bulldlnar. It was only through heroic work on yesterday at a session of Cabarrus i the part of the clerical force that the County Superior Court, when Jean Napoleon Ingram, th Prof. well- ALL FOR THE FLAG. The people of the United State were practically united in a desire to keep out of war, but the "mo ment it became apparent that diplomatic relations with Germany must be severed the sentiment of th country became solidified in support of Presi dent Wilson, and the people of the country rose up as one ready to follow the President and the flag. There is no incident ln history where a country was found more firmly and completely united in support of its President or more willing and ready to rally to hla call. The outside world could not by any possible means mistake the sentiment of the American people. It had been against war so long as war could be avoided, but If war must come they were ready to meet It as it has been met by no other country. It would be a united Amer ica fighting for the rights and the honor of Ameri cans, and fighting all the more determinedly and enthusiastically to make up for the insults Imposed upon their country while it waa bound up by a policy of forbearance. If war Is to come, America is ready for It and will not enter upon the work in any half-hearted manner. This is probably less than 25 ! known traveler, kept the tribunal in per cent of what should be publicly an uproar of laughter through his owned either by the Federal Govern- : answers to Attorney Means. By or ment the State or cities and a num- der of Judge Webb, the witness was ber of years will be required to build ordered placed In th county Jail by up this holding to its proper size but , Sheriff Harris until such tim a he when we bear In mind that all of the ', could observe the dignity of the court, purchases of the Federal Government Professor Ingram was placed in Jail, have been made within the past five ' but was later released on ball and years it shows that progress is being I returned to his horn near Concord. We should think that th Wilson plan is one which should catch the Interested attention of the Legislature. THE RELEASE OF FOODSTUFFS. What might be termed the on bright spot in the prospective situation is an Immediate and sub stantial lowering in the price of living. Th rea son is plain. Millions of pounds of beef and 1m- STATE WELFARE WORK. Senator Scales la ln charge of a legislative bill Which would enlarge the scope of the State Board Of Charities into that of the Board of Public w.i. mense quantities of all other kinds of foodstuffs i far. This movement has the endorsement of the ' haV accumulated ,n torage for shipment to the . JJJaptlst Convention, the Methodist Conferences and ! Euro?ean markets at war price, and these stored th Presbyterian Synod, in addition to that of the pro,,uf'ts w,n have t0 08 released upon a lowered "Teachers' Assembly, State 8unday School Associa- ! market- The holders could better afford to sell at cneaper rates than to continue holding in storage for an indefinite time. In the event of war it would be Impossible to ship these supplies out of i the country. The storage people would be com ; pelled to hold them at a continued heavy cost, or Al tvr M. . uvu, numrai (.lura ana otner organizations, and appears to be a commendable one for several rea sons, one of which would be the better care fori th deserving poor of the State, and better pro- yisvn ior uie neglected and dependent child who ta th criminal in the making. The objects of the jIlberate ,hem t0 th" markets of thia country. This proposed enlarged organitatlon are all in the dl-!wouId mean a breakln of the backbone of the feotlon of the betterment of the social conditions ' hlgh C08t of llvln"' ni compensatory meas tn th State, and there should be no reason why ; ure would prova of nornoua advantage to our in diu aavocatea by Benator R,kl Kh,,,M p""P"- iw w nacted Into law without opposition. CHANGED CONDITIONS ON THE SEAS. Since President Wilson's action ln severing rela tions with Germany, the sailing of ship carrying risks. having now become a military measure. If Amer- meruhantmen undertake voyage through CHARLOTTE'S LEADERSHIP. t Th Mill News quotes Dockman s 1916 Dlrotorv aa ahowinc that Phari ; - - - - fiams ana in one i me American nag la attendant wltn war aving principal omces with plants nearby, now xtpmoer z, wttn a combined capital of more than i an at ana oaa . . . ,vv, c.uv.uIUB pruoaoiy more people than European waters they will likely have to be ac th textile factories of any other city ln the Bute, j co.npanied by war ships. In that event, and an " ln th"i Charlotte plants over a quarter ! American merchantman is attacked by a hostile frf a million spindles and nearly 6,000 looms, the j ship, there could be but one result, fight. But product .being a diversified Una of manufactures ln 1 11 lo scarcely probable that thlnga will soon come fceavy. fin and fancy goods. The Mill News thinks to that pas. All the same, conditions governing that with these Industries, ' Charlotte still may ! ocean traffic are vastly changed from what they claim leadership In textile manufacturing in her j were 4f hours ago. own State, at least," whkh is a very safe claim. - " : a The part pitiful to contemplate about th new JLIMjrtgg'rfc't heard jjporuhatj Urn-n to affairs la that the helping hand of the Unl nany baa offered concessions lo the Cnned ted sVte Etat, but It Is manifest that if this report is true, auffpr. h th r nm nni in n..n. k. th proposed concessions made no impression up-1 other countries. . In this particular respect Ger- President Wilson. many has Inflicted a sever injury npon haraeif. THE EFFECT ON MONEY. One would naturally expect that the prospect of I war with Germany would cause a stiffening In the money market yet the claim is made that easier money would be the expectation. A banker is quoted by The Wall Street Journal as saying that the money situation is in excellent snape to meet the expected shock of war. "Naturally he says, 'It is a time for caution, but I believe that money. If any thing, will work easier as a result of the present situation." If the views of this banker are correct the Immediate consequences of a rupture with Germany will not be so bad. "Money will be easier." It has been a drug for several weeks, "and it is bound to become more so ln consequence of the drastic liquidation of securities." With money easier and foodstuffs coming down, our people will be ln position to take a more confident view of the situation than otherwise might have been the case. - Franklin 8a (Tor d. the gentleman who waa so sure that James W.. Osborne had registered at his hotel as to make oath to his belief, got off. as Cot Bunch McBee would say, "tollable light" with nine months ln prison, and the sentence stayed, at that Th court evidently intends ungloving Its hand when it comes to dealing out Justice to the real of fenders ln this noted blackmailing case. made. This forested area will not only have tremendous Importance in supplying- the Industries of North Car olina and adjoining States with raw material but it will be of even great er Importance I believe on account of the hundreds of thousands of peo ple who in the future will come to th mountains as vacationists and tourists. The movement in that di rection at present is In Its mere in fancy. I look to see it multiplied many fold in the future. Ton do well to point out the need of roads through this wonderful mountain region. The securing of necessary roads is a large undertak ing In which the Federal Government, the State and the local communities will bar to participate to their ut most ability. The influence of the press In pointing out the opportuni ties and its Influence in this direction is of very great Importance. WM. L. HALL. Assistant Forester. Washington, Feb. 1. For the first time in many years the gates of the White House have been locked against the In trusldn of suspicious character. The day has ma terialized when It 1 well that the person of tb President be guarded with extra care. Austria, of course, will be governed by the Ger man program, and Austria understands that what President Wilson haa said Will apply equally to Austria. THE LEXINGTON DANCE. Didn't Fall Quite So Hard as Edito rial Indicated. To the Edietor of The Observer: In today's issue of The Observer Is an editorial reference td a dance giv- j en Monday night at Lexington In honor of J. K. Brennan. No such , thing happened. Brennan came to j the dance at a late hour and was pre- . eented by a young lady whom he hart persuaded that he was a well-known composer. True, the entrance of tne supposed author of "Till the Sands the Desert Grow Cold." "A Little Hit of Heaven," etc., did cause a flurry In social circles, but our Lexington young ladles did not fall near so hard as your editorial would suggest. In your same issue you carry correction wired yesterday in regard to Sallsb jry version, but the correction is buried la the paper and will probably not be read by a tenth of the folks who saw your editorial paragraph. It might be said in justice to Lexington that he failed to get away with hla tricks here, and the amount of money he collected here was small. The use of the special sent your paper from here on the date of th Incident would have prevented r-,ur failing into error through acceptation of the Salisbury version. I am asking you to make this cor rection by request of some of our folks who feel that you have doim an unintentional injustice. E. E. WITHERSPOON. Lexington. Feb. 2. The city of Durham sold less than a half acre for a small fortune. The lot was bid In by G. C. Farthing for $11,150 cash. The municipality pur chased the lot several years ago for 16,000. Peter E. King, a native of Con cord, who has many friends In Char lotte, Is now located at Cavalla, Tur key, where he Is ln th employ of the American Tobacco Company. Gossip is suggesting various names as successors for Recorder Frank Shannonhouse, whose term of office will expire-in the near future. Among tne number is that or th In cumbent. Others are: 8. H. Hilton, W. M. Smith, J. E. Little, F. R. Mc Ninch and Hugh W. Harris. Lawrence Harrison, who ha been day clerk at the Hotel Elwood, In High Point, has accepted a position as night clerk at the Central Hotel. A barn belonging to Mrs. John H. Sadler, whose residence Is in Paw Creek Township, waa destroyed by fir at an early hour last night Th blase had its origin In a quantity of fod- exploslv material was cleared away in time to prevent ignition. There have been nine burials In Sharon Township sine January 1. Two of the' deceased persons died elsewhere. Will E. Parker, of the Andrews Mu sic House, yesterday rented th W. T. Jordan homo on West Fourth street His mother, who Is at present residing ln Camden, 8. C, will move her residence to this city. Chief Culpepper, of the fire depart ment, was able to be up town yester day for the first time since receiving a severe tall from th roof of a Dll worth house, where he was fighting th flames. He will be forced to walk with a cane for some weeks yet. Harvey Overcarsh, who has a de cided talent for music, haa decided to devote himself entirely to hla art He now practice five hours a day upon the piano and expects to go North next year to complete his edu cation. George W. Allen, traveling passen ger agent of the Atlanta and New Orleans Short Line, spent yesterday ln the city on business connected with th Mobil Mardi Or as. E. J. Garrison, of Mint Hill Town ship, la th possessor of a badly scratched fac aa th result of an en counter with a wild cat several nights ago whlla 'possum hunting. The ani mal, after being treed, attacked th hunter viciously and a battle royal en sued. Th wild cat waa finally killed by tne dog and Its skin will be re- der and was discovered by Tom Sad- talned by Mr. Garrison as a mernentd Ier, too late to save the structure. I of a rather thrilling experience. TAR HEEL PRINTS Oommeat Papers off th Staca. th 125,000 will, The Patriot understands, be left largely, If not altogether with the Stat Highway Commission. Three American naval vessels are In troubled waters. On Is at Constantinople and two are at Alexandria, and they are still flying the flag of their country. a IN THE HALLrCIXATION ZONE. (From The Philadelphia Record.) Of course, the Colonel had to butt in with his unsolicited views on what the President should do. Every day or two now aomethtng appears from his overworked .typewriter. And yet th Colonel has complained that Mr. Wilson is a man of notes and WordsT'a'Tyytanttn 'firfffhetrrTt-ne-1rrTwiw-h-tr Merely Suggested. (From The Greensboro Record.) If It happens to come his way. If the city planner will tell us how to reduce the million dollars the city owes it might come in handy for ref erence. Killing Wild Turkeys. (From The Sampson Democrat.) Wild turkeys seem to be plentiful. During the past week John Hoyette, of Honeycutts, was out hunting and killed five at one shot and two at an other. ' Frank Armwood, a colored man, of South Clinton, killed three at one shot weighing 33 pounds. The Tea noose and the Birds. (From The Tryon Bee.) Theo Valhalla Tea-House Is set amongst trees where the Cardinal, blue bird, mocking Mrd and Juncos congregate. Lately the fields have been alive with robins and meadow larks, red-headed wood peckers and wrens have even tried to get board there, all they ask for are th crumbs. a Panning of the Tree. (From The Chapel Hill News.) The cedar industry is equal to the cross-tie business in this section since prairie in his motor car collecting th the mills have been established at pelts, which will bring him $2.60 Carrboro. The prices paid for cedar apiece bounty from the State. He will j logs are much higher than crossties, aim be able to sell the furs for about and both industries greatly aid far Itl'O. Mr. Lynch has S00 traps set j mere ln a time when there Is little over a radius of 60 miles, and goes . doing on the farm. Thousands of dol- Ron Traps In a Motor Car. (From The Salt Lake Herald-Repub lican. ) Twin Falls, Idaho. Z. J .Lynch, of Milner. one week recently trapped 24J coyotes and rode around over th GOT CAR THAT RAN OVER WIFE. Irate Husband Sues for Damages and Collect a 1810 Model. (From Th Minneapolis Journal.) Samuel Rothenberg won th motor car that struck and Injured his wife last FalL The court gave it to him. But Samuel Rothenberg can't rid In his car till he buys it from himself and pays himself for it And he can't even do that for 10 days. Such Is the law of th land, as Rothenberg found out when District Judge Daniel Fish gave him a da fault Judgment against John Do in what is said to have been th first civil suit Mr. Doe ever lost ln th Hennepin County courts. When a motor car struck and in jured Mrs. Rothenberg October 18, th driver got out or th car, tor off th license number and fled. Th police seized the machine. Later Rothenberg brought suit against th driver under the nam of John Doe. for $850, and attached the car. He won the suit by default Th car will be sold at publlo auction. If anybody bid against him, all th bet ter, says Rothenberg, for every bid will Increase th amount he will col lect on his Judgment By the way, th car la a 1110 modal forth in State with his motor car to gather the pelts of his victims. Not Too Fast for That (From Puck.) Dtd you get that fel- Flrst Officer low's number? Tr iynV rrr"ir "-TVrrr h e was- --rcrmy amriw e srav- o lars are paid farmers annually for cedar timber and crossties tn this Mo tion. Surreys and Trial line. . (From The Wilkesboro Patriot) Numerous road surveys, trial lines. et TEARS BEHIND HER SMILES. Actress Play Comedy Rolo While Mourning; Her Mother's Death. (From Th New York World.) Few in th audience at th Cohan A Harris Theater at a recent perform ance of "Captain Kldd, Jr.," knew that while th merry lines of her part cam from th lips of Edith Talia ferro, the star, her heart was burden ed with th knowledge that her moth er was dead only a half mil away from theplayhouae. Miss Taliaferro played her part, successfully keeping her heartache cetera, have been run by th road from those who saw her, "-"-"' ll.j .tl..- U,. Anna T. II. t- pre-eminently a man of deeds, and rarely opens too fast. J location has been made except on Abell, died a few hours before the his mouth. Such hallucinations ar not uncom- I Flr1 Officer Say. that was a fin- . the North Wilkesboro-Traphtll road, performance after a abort illness. She moo with advancing years looking dame in the car. , The location of the State highway on Is survived by her husband and hr men wun aavancing years. Second OlBcer Wasn't she? (which th -Government will spend two daughters. Edith and MabeL
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