Canadian Valley Record (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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A POSTAL DEFICIT
REPORT MADE PUBLIC BY POST-
MASTER GENERAL SAYS FOR-
MER HEAD USED UNJUS-
TIFIABLE WETHODS.
THE BOOK-KEEPING WAS WRONG
Big Expense Thrown on New Offi-
cials, Charge—Probers Find Hitch,
cock Postponed Promotions
and Added to Service at
End of Term.
Washington, June 2.-Postmaster
General Uurle'son today made public
the report of a special investigation
into fiscal arfairs of the postal serv-
ice, charging that during former
Postmaster General Hitchcock's ad-
ministration the service did not be-
come self-supporting, aB was often
asserted, but that in 1911 there actu-
ally was a deficiency of more than
$750,000.
The report charges that "an appar-
ent surplus was attained by unjustifi
able methods of bookkeeping," and
that the efficiency and moral of the
postal service were sacrificed to a
"ruthlessly enforced policy of false
economy;" that a showing of self-
maintenance might be made. The re-
port attributes to that alleged condi-
tion, complaints against the service,
Mr. Hitchcock during his administra-
tion and in his reports claimed that
In the year lg09 a deficienx-y of ap-
proximately $17,500,000 had entirely
been eliminated and that in the fis-
cal year 1911 a surplus of more than
$200,000 was attained. The report of
the "survey" made at the direction
of Mr. Burleson says at no time has
there been a legitimate surplus in
postal- revenue since 1883, and that
the postofflce department under Mr.
Hitchcock's administration in 1911 act-
ually was under a deficit of more
than $750,000.
HOW THIS WOMAN
FOOND HEALTH
•
Would not give Lydia E.Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound
for All Rest of Medicine
in the World.
Utica, Ohio.—"I suffered everything
from a female weakness after baby
came. I had numb
spells and was dizzy,
had black spots be-
fore my eyes, my
back ached and I
was so weak I could
hardly stand up. My
face was yellow,
even my fingernails
were colorless and I
had'displacement I
took Lydia E. Pink-
Jham's Vegetable
Compound and now I am stout, well and
healthy. I can do all my own work and
can walk to town and back and not get
tired. I would not give your Vegetable
Compound for all the rest of the medi«
cines in the world. I tried doctor's med-
icines and they did me no good."—Mrs.
Mary Earlewine, R.F.D. No.3, Utica,
ROOSEVELT WINS CASE.
Ohio.
Another Case.
Nebo, 111.—"I was bothered for ten
years with female troubles and the doe-
tors did not help me. I was so weak and
nervous that I could not do my work
and every month I had to spend a few
days in bed. I read so many letters about
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound curing female troubles that I got
a bottle of it It did me more good than
anything else I ever took and now it has
cured me. I feel better than I have
for years and tell everybody what the
Compound has done for me. I believe I
would not be living to-day but for
that." —Mrs. Hettie Gbeenstreet,
Nebo, Illinois,
Colonel Smiles as Editor Takes Stand
And Says He Was Mistaken.
Marquette,'Mich., June 2.—Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt toaay won his li-
bel suit against George A. Newett,
who charged the colonel with drunk-
enness and having waived damages
after the defendant had uttered a re-
traction. The jury awarded the nom-
inal damages of six cents provided in
such cas^s by the law of Michigan.
Bach party to the suit will have to
pay hi sown expenses.
Judge Flannigan instructed the jury
to bring in a verdict for the plaintiff
which they did without leaving their
seats. The colonel left for Chicago
and the east at 5:30 o'clock this ev-
ening, less than two hours after the
conclusion of the case.
Colonel Roosevelt's statement to the
court was as follows:
"Your honor, in view of the state-
ment of the defendant I ask the court
to instruct the jury that 1 desire only
nominal damages. I did not go into
this case for money. I did not go
into it for vindictive purposes. I went
into it, and as the court said, I made
my reputation an issue because 1
wished once for all during my life
time, thoroughly and comprehensive-
ly, to deal with these slanders so
that never again will it be poslsble
for any man in good faith to repeat
them. I have achieved my purpose
and I am content."
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Can quickly be overcome
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
—act surely and
Iiently on the
iver. Cure
Biliousness,
Head-
ache,
ness, and Indigestion. They do their duty.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
Carters
ITTLE
PILLS.
FUNERAL HONORS FOR A MARE
Trotter Destroyed In Fire Is Given
Obsequies In Keeping With Af-
fectionate Regard of Owner.
Betty Green, a trotting mare de-
stroyed In a Are at Belleville, 111.,
was given funeral honorB In keeping
with her record of 2:10 and with the
affectionate regard of her owner, Wil-
liam L. Reichert. The body was
drawn to the grave, on the Walnut
Grove stock farm, by six blooded
youngsters, and was lowered by stable
boys. The coffin was rose lined. Mr.
Reichert pronounced a eulogy after
recounting the mare's track achieve-
ments.
Perhaps Betty Oreen'B terriblo form
of death aroused Mr. Relchert's sym-
pathies the more keenly, but the la-
tense love of a great race horse by an
owner Is a primary sentiment. Maud
S. had more friends than any horse
in history, being approachable. In-
quisitive and fond of contact with the
many whom Robert Bonner delighted
In taking to her paddock.
James R. Keene mourned Sysonby
as he would one of his family. This
superb runner had the admiration of
the east without the popularity of
Maud S., a trotter and a record break-
er In times when trotting .vas the
consuming passion. Mr. Keene, who
never bet on the races, was to have
Sysonby's remains preserved, but his
only monument is his unique position
among American thoroughbreds.
Tanbark As a Fuel.
Perhaps the most important of
waste fuels in the United States has
been spent tanbark. A rough estimate
would indicate that this material gen-
erated a few years ago an aipount of
steam that would have otherwise re-
quired the yearly consumption of
about 2,000,000 tons of high grade coal.
Yet this valuable fuel was at one time
considered a mere detriment and an
expense to the leather Industry. It
was disposed of by lumping it Into
rivers, filling in waste ground and by
making roads with it, often necessitat-
ing the paying out of large sums for
Its disposition. This strikingly illus-
trates a case of how the improvement
of a furnace converted a hitherto sup-
posed combustible into a valuable
waste fuel of the auto-combustible
class, and shows how an enormous
waste was converted into an equally
great economy. «— Engineering Maga-
zine.
The Best
Beverage
under the
Sun—
Drink
A welcome addition to any party
any time—any place.
Sparkling with life and wholesomeness.
Delicious
Refreshing
Thirst-Quenching
Demand the Genuine—
Refute Substitutes.
At
Soda
Fountains
or Carbonated
in Bottles.
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, ATLANTA, CA.,
Whenever you tee «n Arrow tbink of Coca-Cola.
CANADA'S OFFERING SPECIALTO WOMEN
TO THE SETTLER
PLAN WAR ON GRASSHOPPERS.
Oklahomans to Spray Crops With Oil
If Pests Come.
Bartlesville, Okla., June 2.—Wash-
ington county farmers are not sending
out advance notices to grasshoppers
to stay away from here, but if they
"hop" into this section, which they
threaten to do, it will mean the end
of these pests. Farmers have organ-
ized against them. Oil is to be spray-
ed around all fields where crops are
planted and crude oil at 80 cents a
•barrel spells dpath to grasshoppers.
Crops are looking so promising with
no fear of damage from the elements,
farmers hope to recoup theTT Tosrf**"
of the past three years. Grasshoppers
are not to destroy any crops In this
county.
HAIR CUT BY A SQUIRREL
Rodent Barber Gets Busy on Thatch
of Sleeping Oregon Pho-
tographer.
Ernest J. Bloom, a photographer
of Hood River, Ore., who has been
passing the last two weeks at the
ranch of R. E. Scott, secretary of the
Commercial club, returned home with
a portion of his hair gone.
Mr. Bloom had been working in the
garden and making a lawn on the
ranch. He was taking a nap after
lunch when a squirrel that had been
making its home in the house this
winter, evidently thinking his long
black locks would make an excellent
lining for a nest, trimmed off a por-
tion of the hair while he slept.
"The rodent's teeth must have been
sharp," says the photographer, "for I
could scarcely feel him at work there
cutting away the hair. I must have
moved in my sleep and In his excite-
ment he evidently pulled some of the
hairs out instead of cutting them.
This awoke me and I let out a yell
that almost frightened the squirrel to
death."—Portland Oregonian.
Important to mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and Me that It
Bears the
Signature of _ ,,,, ,
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Ciy for Fletcher's Caston*
A Careful Parent.
"Tommy, when can I interview your
scout captain?"
"I'll make an engagement for you,
dad. What do you want?"
"Want to Bee if there anything in
the rules to prevent your putting In a
ton of coal tomorrow afternoon/"
Exonerating the Kingbird.
The department of agriculture has
granted a certificate of good character
to the kingbird, sometimes known in
the rural districts as the bee martin,
a species of fly catcher which inhabits
nearly every part of the United States.
The kingbird has been under indict-
ment in many sections as a destroyer
of bees and a foe of apiarists.
Experts now declare that it kills
only the drones and the useless bees,
and is, therefore, a boon to the bee
raiser. Besides that, It preys on many
harmful insects and protects farmers'
chicken yards from depredations of
crows and chicken hawks, which It
savagely attacks.
May Win Later.
"What's the matter, old chap?"
"I have lost my girl. And that's
the second I have lost this Bpring."
"Well, the baseball sharps all agree
that It's better to do your losing early
in the season."
More juice can be extracted from a
lemon by heating it slightly than if it
be squeezed when cold.
A woman can make pie out of al-
most any old thing.
Arrest Former County Clerk.
Pawhuska. Okla., June 2.—W. J.
Boone, county clerk of Osage county
during 1911 and 1312 has been arrest-
ed charged with embezzlement. The
total amount of the allotted embez-
zlement is $521 including fees which
is claimed he failed to account for.
No Fault There.
"Blagg is no golden-mouthed speak-
er.**
"Well, his dentist did his best to
make him one."
THE AMERICAN RUSH TO
WESTERN CANADA
IS INCREASSNQ
Free Homestead*
In the new Districts of
Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta there
are thousands of Free
Homesteads left, which
to the man making entry
In t years time will be
worth from WU to per
acre. These lands are
well adapted to grain
growing and cattle raising.
EXCELLENT RAILWAY IAC1L1TIKS
In many cases the railways In
• Canada have been built In ad-
vance of settlement, and in a
short time there will not be a
settler who need be more than
ten or twelve miles from a lino
of railway. Hallway Rates are
regulated by Government Com
mission.
Social Conditions
The American Settler Is at home
in Western Canada. He Is not a
stranger In a strange land, hav-
ing nearly a million of his own
people already settled there. If
Son desire to know why the con-
Itlon of the Canadian Set tler Is
prosperous write and send for
literature, rates, etc., to
G. A. COOK.
125 «. tth STREET, KANSAS CITY. MO.
Canadian Government'Agents, o
address Superintendent ot
Immigration, Ottawa, Ca a<la.
TANGO
Ilia mw Whita Striped Midru
Ide Silver
Collar
6m. f. Ide t Cu- Milan. Troy. H Y.
W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 23-1913.
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Do you realize the fact that thousand*
of women are now using
A Soluble Antiseptic Powder
as a remedy for mucous membrane af-
fections, such as sore tnroat, nasal ov
pelvic catarrh, inflammation or ulcerar
tion, caused by female ills? Women
who have been cured say "it is worth
its weight in gold." Dissolve In water
and apply locally. For ten years the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. haa
recommended Paxtine in their private
correspondence with women.
For all hygienic and toilet UBes It has
no equal. Only 60c a large box at Drug-
gists or sent postpaid on receipt oC
price. The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston,
Mass.
DAISY FLY KILLER SrtS X
flies. Meat, clean or
I nameDtal, convenient,
| cheap. Lasts all
■ saioa. Made of
] metal, c&n'tsplll or tip
overt will not soil or
injure anything.
Guaranteed effective
All dealer* orSsent
express paid for 11.00.
HAROLD 80MER9, ISO DeXaib Ave., Brooklyn, «. T.
haM&m
a toilet preparation of merit.
Helps to eradicate dandruff.
. For Restoring Color and
Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair.
| 60c. and |LOO at Druggists.
■H0MP80H,S^C„l"ra
-YE WATER
JOHN L.THOMPSON SONS*CO..Troy,N.*.
UBL O.X1J wIII ; — — — ■
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
. . . . .. . ... ~~-v.<™.™i^r«al1 fiber*. Thcvdye in cold wsterbetterthan anyotherdye, Yoncsa
Color non booos
Aye any garment
Very Many Like Him.
Sometimes children are more ob-
servant than they are credited with
being. Little Rob's mother, for in-
stance, was telling a visitor how "mas-
terful" another neighbor was in his
home life when Rob, unnoticed beside
her, put in his little oar. "I don't
think Mr. Tate Is so awful bossy,
mamma," he remarked suddenly.
" 'Course he does a lot of talking, but
he never makes Mrs. Tate do a thing
she doesn't wanter, I've noticed that."
ASK FOB ALLEN'S FOOT-BASK.
the Antiseptic powder to shake into your
shnea Relieves Corns. Bunions. Ingrowing
Nails. Swollen and Sweating feet. Blisters
and Callous spots. 8old everywhere. c.
Don't accept any subaUtute. Sample FREE.
Address Allen 8. Olmsted. LeRoy. N.T. Adv.
As often as not it is the conscious-
ness of a lack, not of a possession,
that prompts us to preach or to brag.
Omaha Is trying girls aa telegraph
messengers.
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4s20 AND $5£0
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WOMfH*
BEST BOYS SHOES In th WORLD
12.00. 92.50 and 93 00.
The largest makers of
Men's $3.50 and $4.00
shoe* in the world.
Ask your dealer to show yon
W. L. Douglas S3 .AO, 4.0© aL_
S4.60 shoes. Just as good In style, —
It and wear as other wakes costing 85.00 to S7 00
—the only difference is the price. Shoes In all
leathers, styles and shapes to snit everybody.
If yon conid visit W. L. Douglas large facto-
ries at Brockton, Mass., and see for yourself
how earefnlly W. L. Douglas shoes are made,
l would then understand why they are warranted
L., at better, look better, hold their shape and wear
longer than any other make for the price.
fW. I. Douglas shoes are not for sale In your vicinity, order
direct from the factory and save the middleman's profit.
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