Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 182, 8 May 1910 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND 8UN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1910.

1 . ' Ssa-Telnraa published anc" own by- tns V PALLADIUM PRINTING CO. iMutd T days each week, evening and Sunday mornlna-. OfficeCorner North tb and A streets. ., Hon Phone 1121. , . ' ' ' , t t RICHMOND. INDIANA.

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- One month' In advance .......... RURAL ROUTES. t One year, In advance $JSix months, In advance .......... ;J One month. In advance ........... Address changed as often as desired: both new and old addressee must be " - given. Subscribers will pi rase remit with order, which should he sriven for a

specif Ind term; name will not be enter d until payment la received. Entered at Richmond, Indiana, post office as second class mall matter. M I M,.U ' 1 . V TWAaaoeiatlon of A Adrertiaers I New lone aae j t ewlaed snrl eartilied ta the circnlatton s tsue yHBUWWW vm J afesoiatloa contained la Its report an i r tiiiitiri ij iai iiit-j- 3 L a - r - RICHMOND, INDIANA "PANIC PROOF CITY' Mas a population of 23,000 and Is growing. It Is the county seat of Wayne County, and the trading- center of a rich agricultural community. It Is locateddue can from IndianapoIIh 8i miles and 4 miles from the ' state line. Richmond Is a city of homes and of industry. Primarily a manufacturing city, it Is also the Jobbing- center of Eastern Indiana and enjoys the retail trad of the populous commuuIty for miles around. Richmond Is proud of Its , splendid streets, well kept .yards, Its cement sidewalks and beautiful shade trees. It has '4 national banks, 2. trust com- . panles and 4 building associations with f-ombined resources of over $8,000,000. Number of factories 12C-, capital Invested . 17,000.000. with an annual output of $37,000,000. and a pay roll of $3,700,000. The total pay roll for the city amounts to approximately $6,300,000 annually. There are five railroad com- .. Fan lea radiating In. eight diferent directions from the city. Incoming freight handled dally, 1,760,000 lbs.; outgoing freight handled dally, 750,000 lbs. Yard facilities, per day 1,700 cars. Number of passanger trains dally, 89. Number of freight train daily 77. The an- ,. nual post office, receipts amount to 180,000. Total assessed valuation of the city, $15,000,000. Richmond hat two interurban railways. Three newspapers With a combined circulation of i 12.000. Richmond la the arreat- - eat hardware Jobbing center In , the state, and only second In general jobbing; interest. It has a piano factory producing a high grade piano every 15 minutes. It la the leader in the manufacture of traction en - -Tinea. and produces more" threshing nfachlnes, lawn mowers, roller skates, grain drills and burial caskets than any other city In the world. The city's area is 2,40 acres; has a court house costing 1500.000; 10 public schools and has the finest and most complete blgn school In the middle west under construction; 3 parochial schools; Karl ham college and the Indiana Business College; five splendid fire companies In ' fine hose houses: Olen Miller park, the largest and most 1 beautiful park -in Indiana, the home of Richmond's annual , Chautauqua: seven hotels; mu. nlcipal electric light plant, un- , der successful operation, and a private electric llg-ht plant, ln- . suring competition: the oldest public library in the state, except one, and the second largest, 40,000 volumes; pure, refreshing water, unsurpassed; 85 miles of improved streets; 40 miles of ewers; 25 miles of cement curb and gutter combined: 40 miles of cement . walks, and many mile of brick walks. Thirty ' cnurrnes, including me item Memorial, built at a cost of $250,000; Reld Memorial Hosriltal, one of the most modern n the state; Y. M. C. A. building, erected at a cost of $100,000, ; one of the finest In the state. The amusement center of Kast- , ern Indiana and western Ohio. No city of the aise of Richmond holds as fine an annual :. art exhibit. The Richmond Fall Festival held each October is unique, no other city holds a . similar affair. It is given In the interest of the city and : financed by the business men. Success awaiting anyone with enterprise in the Panic Proof .City. . Items Gathered in From Far and Near

Straight Shooting Now. , Prom the Springfield Republican.

In the days of the Spanish war Cor-

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effective marksmanship. The War De- ' partment Is determined to have that " strong: position In Manila harbor held moro efficiently than when Dewey

' ; Bailed into the bay, and has sent twen

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" stationed at Fort Schuyler, which have

!; a notable record for artillery practice.

3,000,000 Dope Fiends. From the Philadelphia Enquirer. It ta hard to believe that the govern went officials are correct when the an Bounce that there are three millions o! so-called dope fiends in this country that Is to say. victims of some of the deadly drugs which most people know only by name. Cocaine, morphine and other such devastating drugs are being used In enlarged quantities, and recent event in this .city show how wide spread their use is becoming. Here is a chance to do some reform In a vigor ous 'way. There seems to be enough law on. the subject if it Is vigorously enforced, but It Is not true that pun ls&meat la now severe enough. The UM of these drugs can be suppressed only by maintaining a. strict control rrrer the sale of them. The worst fixture of them all is that they are so Iziliious. It 1 a long time before the :.vfctlm Is known and then It Is apt to

THE RIGHT THING. The Board of County Commissioners is to be congratulated and given full credit for its desire to do the right and fair thing in the franchise question. Its action In rescinding the franchise of Mr, Robert Ashe bears but one Interpretation and that a disposition to hear all sides of the matter. In doing this every man on the commission showed that ,most uncommon too uncommon characteristic in this world of doing- the harder thing. For it is a great deal easier to act in a stubborn fashion than to do the more manly thing: and say "I am willing to hear all the evidence and to change my mind." ! That is the real Independence and that is what the Board of County Commissioners mast be accredited with. In doing so they displayed the " feeling' that they were trustees of the people's property and were anxious to protect the people in' the future as well as to do the best they could for them today. Of their action in granting the orjginal franchise it seems that the commissioners had only the idea of benefiting the county and were persuaded that this grant was nothing more than a routine and perfunctory matter which was a simple proposition like the granting of sufficient rights to Mr. Ashe to supply Liberty with electricity. ?. All criticism which might have been justly made of the board, Is removed by their willingness as every man of them said, to do the right thing and by their desire to hear some other side of the case than that of Mr. Ashe and bis attorney. i ; The Board of Commissioners cannot be accused with fairness of a vacillating course of action because It was necessary for them rescind the franchise immediately if any action were to be taken to change itFor If Mr. Ashe had incurred any liability or started work on the plant it would have made the Board of County Commissioners powerless to revoke it. The commissivners did the right thing and the credit is theirs.

THE WHOLE QUESTION. No one more than this paper is Interested in securing for the farmers of Wayne county and for the citizens of the outlying towns the benefits of all the modern improvements line the telephone and electricity. That

is a great benefit to the community. And that its contention: They must have the benefits and not be given the hot end of the stick. If this Is Mr. Ashe's intention, however, his motive would bear a truer ' ' a ring of sincerity if he displayed a .disposition to be fairer to the people of the county. By the terms of the franchise which he obtained and has been revoked there is no limit set forth as to the duration of his rights. His attorneys says they, are for fifty years because the corporation's life in this state are for that length of time. He says further that this is offset by the fact that the laws of the state will not allow municipalities to grant franchises for longer than twenty-five years. Why not at least put a limit in the franchise? Why not play fair to that extent? V There can be no harm in being explicit. V Moreover, Mr. Ashe and his attorney state that the reason Ifiey left out 'any mention or safeguard of rates is because they "thought it would be safer for the consumer." The experience of the people of Richmond with public service corporations is such th'at they will tell their country friends and, neighbors quite the contrary. As James Goodrich said a few months ago "the question of rates is the whole question" and he is a large proprietor of water, gas and electric companies. And the thing the people of Wayne county must think over is this: - According to the statement of Mr. Ashe himself (and from a common sense view of the whole matter) the real thing that he will make his money out of is from the. small townsnot from the people in the country. ; If by comparison the country consumers are thought too much trouble to bother about, that rate can be raised to any point which will make it expensive and prohibitive and any amount of legislation on the statute books which Mr. Ashe and his attorney pleasantly refer to at this time, cannot force the' company, to pay; any attention to the farmer. In the town the large consumers , can make their own terms with public service corporations but as is also the case in town the small consumer is at the mercy of the corporation and the small consumer who is unprotected in this case Is the farmer. The farmer' is the very-one we have the most sympathy wlth-he ought to get something for tho use of the highways. . And so we add 4to this that there should in that franchise be something which will set out the maximum rate which is to be charged and a fair agreement as to "tap Ins." It would seem that a man seeking a franchise which he says will do all these things should have no hesitancy In putting them into writing. .: Another proposition is, that If In the course of time the company should make above a certain per cent in its dividends and we see no reason why Mr. Ashe has not bit on a lucrative proposition why should not the community as a whole derive a cash , benefit which might go toward the upkeep 'of the very highways which are utilized? To tell the truth the time is coming when a franchise tax will be demanded In this state which will force all telephone, railroad, electric interurbans and all like corporations to make some return to the community after the period of their prosperity is reached. And this will come from the increasing feeling of the people that they should be safeguarded from special privilege. The feeling Is that the common people in the country and the town should enjoy all the conveniences of modern life at a minimum and fair cost, and that the grant for public service shall not be turned into the future enrichment of the few to the exclusion of the future and complete benefit of the many. 1 In conclusion: If Mr. Ashe and hi Company wish to do what they say they are desirous of doing put it in writing. Let the people have the safeguards in return for the rights the people give him.

be too late. It does seems as if the federal government and the states could work together so as to make it impossible for unlawful dispensers to get a supply. When a ' man has acquired a desire for these drugs he will make almost any sacrifice to secure them. Alcohol at Its worst is a simple matter compared with cocaine and other "dopes." Income Tax Amendment. From-the New Yorw World. The defeat of the income tax amend ment at Albany may foreshadow its rejection by the country at large in its present form. Technical and state sovereignty objections voiced by Gov. CURIOSITY. Leads to Investigation and Truth. What shall we do to be saved? was the title of one of Robt. Ingersoll's lectures. People of faith and people of no faith flocked to hear it. Thousands are asking, "What shall I do to get rid of dandruff?" The answer is, "Kill the germ that causes dandruff, falling hair and finally baldness; and the only thins that will do it is Newbro's Herplcide. That is the very latest discovery of the laboratory, and it is the only preparation that claims to, or that will kill the pestiferous dandruff cerm. It also is a delightful hair-dressing, free from oil or grease or sticky substances. Try it and be convinced t its actual merit. Sold by leading druggists. Send loo in stamps for sample to The Herplcide Co., Detroit. Mich. One dollar bottles guaranteed. A. G. Lukeu & Co., special agents.

Hughes, added to the opposition of

powerful combinations of wealth, are likely to prevail against it. Since it is admitted that the proposed amendment is clumsy in its phraseology, why should not congress correct Its blun der and resubmit the proposition in new form? Honestly disposed to carry out its obligations, that body could correct its error' in an hour and clean the way for the consideration of the income tax on its merits. Weighed down asr it now is with a formidable legal dispute, its fate is sealed, per haps treacherously, in advance. T, R. Not Counted. Tom the Chicago Evening Post. "Owing to the fact that no one is at home at the Roosevelt Oyster Bay resi dence, Theodore Roosevelt will not be counted in the census." This cold statement of fact comes from the east. It probably was emitted by some icy statistical mind - that did not realize how tremendous a loss was involved. Think of an enumeration of all Ameri cans that does not enumerate the first American. - What a parody of arithmetic. What a hollow sham. There will be those among us who will not want to be counted ourselves because T. R. is not to be counted, too. The only ' way we can forgive him for failing in this important duty of citi Lsenship is to remember that be is at present engaged In making the United States look larger In Europe than any census man has even dreampt of doing. The Congressional Blockade. From the Boston Transcript. The real trouble with the administration program over, the enactment of

which congress in its present disor

ganized condition seems to be balking, is the lack of public interest in its substantial items'. The situation has iong been peculiar. Republican leaders have been expected, out of loyalty to the administration, to enact a group of measures in the wisdom of which they did not as individuals believe. Nor did their constituents take any interest in -the prog-ram. In such circum stances the result might have been easily foreseen. TWINKLES BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Art and the Motorist. Tve got to get a new model," said the artist. "Well," replied Mr. Cauggins, "if you take my advice, you'll drop these old time ideas and get a 1910 model.' A New Climatic Formula. The cold wave flag will be forgot. . We'll cheer 'em while they pull it in. And let such words as "warm or ."hot" Monopolize each bulletin. An Average. "Doesn't it annoy you to be bald headed? "Not at all," replied the genial citi zen. "When we go out evenings my wife wears more than enough hair for two." . Crude, But Comforting. "You are having a lot of fun with that kite of yours," said the neighbor. "Yes," replied Ben Franklin, "There's a great deal of satisfaction in getting a little long distance electricity without being told that the line's busy." A Familiar Voice. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs Torkins. "I think I know that umpire." "Indeed?" "Yes, Whenever he says anything it sounds exactly like the way the brake man on our train used to call off the stations." . ' A Redeeming Quality. Up there in statuary hall Stands figures gravely great. They heed no shouts of party call; They offer no debate. . Though a refined artistic sense Against them may be stirred, Let this be told in their defense; They never say a word. v Brave monitors of glories past. They may be odd in pose. With outlines that are crudely vast And queerly fitted clothes, A curious figure each may cut. Yet let this much be heard: They're sadly inartistic but They never say a word. My Corns Don't Hurt A Dit Tired, Ailing, Swollen, Smelly, Sweaty Feet, Corns Callouses and Bun ions, TIZ Cure Right Off. Say good-bye to your corns the very first time you use TIZ. You will nev er know you have a corn, bunion or callous, or sweaty, tired, swollen, ach ing feet any more. It's Just wonderful the way the pain vanishes. Rub the corn hammer it with your fist if you wish no more pain after TIZ than if there had never been a blemish on your feet. Doesn't that sound good to you? Doesn't it? Then read this. "The corns on either of my toes were as large as the tablets you make to cure them. To-day there is no sign of corns on either foot and no soreness. It's an up-to-date Godsend. Sam. A. Hoover, Progress, N. C. Just use TIZ. It's not like anything else for the purpose you ever heard of. It's the only foot remedy ever made which acts on the principal 'of drawing out all the poisonous exudations which cause sore feet. , Powders and other remedies merely clog up the pores. TIZ cleans them out and keeps them clean. It works right off. You will feel better the very first time It's used. Use it a week and you can forget you ever had sore feet There Is nothing on earth that can compare with it. TIZ is for sale at all drug gists, 2$ cents per box, or direct. If you wish, from Walter Luther Dodge & Co., Dodge Building. Chicago, I1L CHICHESTER S PILLS VLc- THE BUAMOX BKAXBk a PUIs la WU4 aa WaM rcoiUcW. bo.ev. mlcri wtffc tana iM. T Taka aa atW. Bar sfrav V Piss lau AttaCsMaiBtlt ilXiB BRAN riLlfcrSa nan Laoa a. Bat. Sria. Atnrt KtftebMi SCtD BY CSUGGtSTS EYKTSg Rexdl Orderlies The fine tasting little tablets which relieve constipation without the usual pain and griping of ordinary cathartics." .Their action is more lasting, and afford the very best treatment for chronic const!-patioa.-10 and 25 cents. ! Only at Adams Drxzn Store 6th and Main. "The Rexall Store"

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In Articles Submitted to the "Cleaning Week" .Committee

They Comment on Things of Local Interest. ;

The following are three articles sub mitted by high school students to the 'cleaning week" committee of "the Women's Federated Clubs of Richmond. These three are among the eleven that were awarded prizes: FOR RICHMOND'S BETTERMENT. To make a city beautiful, many things are to be considered, and the earnest co-operation of every citizen is necessary, , " . The subject of cleaner back yards is one that needs thought and attention. In fair Japan their back yards are their pride, and they wonder at us enlightened Americans with our Junk piles and unpainted board fences. How well it would be if we "Should pattern after them and instead of weeds here, and ash pile there, and a heap of tin cans and discarded kettles over yonder, we should have pretty blooming plants, shrubbery, a com fortable hammock or swing, all with a carpet of pretty, green grass. Not only our back yards ought to receive attention but also the streets. and down town buildings. Business men often hinder the city in its. progress toward becoming beautiful by placing hideous, unsightly sign boards on many vacant lots, street corners, and sides of buildings, to advertise their goods. This could all be avoided by using the newspapers for ad vertlsing. The editors are always glad and willing to Insert advertisements and the cost is not great A city can not but be prosperous if its streets are clean and bordered with modern well kept buildings, comfortable, neat looking homes, and all its citizens working in perfect harmony to keep every thing in perfect order. Grace Shera, English 9B. A HOUSE IN RICHMOND. 'Richmond is thought to be a beauti ful city. Most of the streets are wide

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thrifty, well-cared-for - trees. There are also many attractive houses, which although no- large tor splendid appeal to us on account of their nest ness and simplicity. On South Eighth street Is a house which is owned by a German family. It is not large nor splendid but it is perfectly kept. The lawn is well set in grass and not a weed is allowed to grow there. No ugly, bare place with out grass are to be seen and the cement walks around the house are also neat. On looking in the "back yard you will find it as neat and clean as the front yard and even the alley is orderly because there are no garbage pails nor old boxes to mar its looks. The house Is painted white with green trimmings. . The window curtains are white and the blinds are all straight and of a dark' green color which harmonizes nicely with the color of the house. In the yard are several flower beds which are artistically arrangedThe people who live here are not wealthy but they have good taste which is worth more In keeping a house attractive. It Is not the magnificence of a house that makes it beautiful, but the care and attention bestowed upon it and its surroundings. Josephine Wilson, English, 9 B. HOW TO HIDE A FENCE. It might be very difficult for some people to think how to hide a highboard fence. It seems to me a very simple undertaking. It could be done by planting vines which would climb over the fence giving- It a very pleasing appearance. Another way which to me would be very attractive is to plant flowers against the fence. For an illustration one could have first a row of dahlias as they are quite tall, then a row of red sage, which does not grow quite so high, and so on with other plants till at the foot there Let us L?t as

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