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Now York C\ I'ust: Harriet
Tubman Davis, an ex-slave, known as
"the Moses of her people," and regard
ed as one of the most remarkable wo
rn pn of the age, died Monday night at
i ln» Harriet Tubman home for indigent
aged negroes at Auburn, N. Y. As nearly
as she could tell she was 98 years of
Harriet Tubman Davis, or
Jber and her great strength
her to stand the privation
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Her enormous physical strength has
been spoken of. Breaking through the
police line she seized the prisoner un
der the armpits and began to drag him
down the street.
"Drag us out!" she shouted to her
friends. "Drag him to the river!
Drown him, but don't let dem have
him!"
A policeman hit her on the head
with his club, and, freeing one hand,
0he knocked him JafMBk into the crowd.
A*i«ther jumped fo»- her, but she caught
htm about th« nee* throttled him, and
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confined to her room. U«c.ently she started a settlement at Cape May, N.
contracted pneumonia, which caused J- n 1851'. This place was successful
her death. 'y managed by her with the aid of
Harriet
Garrison, Phillips Brooks, Horace
Tubman as she was better known, was 1st. of Wilmington, Del, She personal
known and held in high esteem by b' escorted 300 negroes to freedom in
Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Lloyd
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Mann, Frederick Douglas, Gerrit Smith made her work more difficult each year,
and John Brown. (',f pure Ashantee Driven from Pennsylvania and New
blood, she was born on a plantation in Jersey, she came to Now York. The
Dorchester county, Maryland. At the Dred Scott decision in 1857 forced her
early age of 13 her instinctive antag- to establish her last station on the un
onism against the tyranny of master derground in Canada. At this time
over slave caused her to protest at the Auburn came into prominence as one
brutality of an overseer who pursued
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plantations of Maryland and. Virginia I linm T,ir»vd fi«.rri«nn the Aiprtt« tvio
ind Virginia
,Were spread rewards for a negro wo
man who was luring the slaves away
from their masters. The price for the
capture, dead or alive, of Harriet Tub
man rose to over J40.0U0, but she was
««ver taken. She made over nineteen I time passes may be quoted showing
trips juto the very heart of the coun- the privileges she enjoyed. It was is
wy where the head money was offered, sued to her by Major General David
She continued this work until the be- Hunter at Port Royal, near Hilton
™Lns i_
war-
When the abolition movement be- of the south in 1863. It reads:
%ame active she went into it heart and
woul. Whenever she could get to a
meeting she went and inspired others
"With her great faith. It was while
on her way to attend a meeting in
Boston at the invitation of Gerrit
Smith that she fought the greatest
alngle battle of her career.
Led Crowd at Troy.
Sh© had stopped off at Tro, md
while there had learned that a fugitive
slave, Charles Nalle, a half-brother of
the master who followed him, and as
white as his owner, had been taken and
was in the hands of the officers, hav
ing been remanded back to Virginia.
Hhe went at once to the office of the.
Ufeited States commissioner, collecting
Otf the way a large crowd.
The crowd held back the officers,
who were about to convey the slave to
& wagon, and bids for the slave's pur
chase began. The owner offered to sell
for SI,-00, but when that was bid he
raised his price to $1,500. A man
across the street raised a window and
shouted:
'Two hundred dollars Tor his rescue
bat not I cent to his master."
That fired the crowd, and when the
officers tried to bring the slave out the
crowd surged around the wagon. Har
riet, who had kept her position at the
door of the commissioner's office,
ahouted, "Here he comes! Take him!"
and led the assault.
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Death of Remarkable Negro Woman
Who Was Nurse, Scout and Spy
threw him over Inn- shoulder.
She was dragged down, but Kept, her
hold on the slave. Aroused to lighting:
pitch by her splendid courage, the
crowd massed around her and dragged
her and the slave to the river, where
the fugitive was thrown into a boat,
which pulle out.
AH the slave owners had paid agents
In
Philadelphia, she decided to estab-
Thomas (Jerrett, the Quaker aboiition-
parties of one to nine.
The fugitive slave law enforcement
,Jf
a slave with a club. Tlt« om t-si ?r Ham H. Seward, later Lincoln's Bee
knocked her down. iretary of state, was one of Harriet's
Freed Other Slaves
the underground stations, and Wil-
best
The injuries she received on that oc- fugitives from Auburn to Suspension
«a«i°n .r?u£.ht
1ts,
supporters, giving liberally from
his private funds to pay carfare for
somnolency where they got-into Canada,
in 1863# lt
er the war, when she obtained relief negro troops, Harriet pleaded to be ap
at the Massachusetts general hospital, pointed an army nurse. When the Fif
While confined to her cabin, she be- ty-fourth Massachusetts volunteers
w i
tnost tanatic faith that carried her Mass., under the command of Col. Rob
through dangers where strong men of
efS
n !u6
Vere to be sold south, the thing ghaw and dined with him, to, on oc-
U^.er
tier of southern states. Harriet coun
selled the negroes to run away, but
jione had the courage to follow her.
*he north .star it would lead her to i
Jtreetiom, and one night she stole away.
Of the terrible journey north she
re-,
*vas
e v e o i n a n a l- a e a w a y o a a e a v i e
ert Gould shaw
»er race ta tered. south with a commission in her dress
Her master died, and word went pocket from Governor Andrew. Down
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si?yes
at
decided to use
Harriet left for the
Port Royal she cooked for Colonel
casions when she had important in
formation to impart.
When she was not acting as cook.
s,1e
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scouted around the enemy's lines,
Inhere she listened, and returned to
rPpCat
inembered little, guidod general Hunter at Hilton Head of
enabled
many things to the union offl-
cers that they were glad to know. On
one occasion, she informed Major
m|nes
planted in the river, and sever-
gunboats sent to the scene removed
i0t
0f
ail she earned- Thea she disappeared smashed an expedition that was about
and was not seen for months, she had to pass over this dangerous ground,
dared to go back to the land of bond- i Called "General Tubman",
age to show others the path to free- Harriet lived for a time at the home
porn.
of
torpedoes that would have
Emergon jn concord, and spent
liam Lloyd Garrison, the Alcotts, the
Whitneys, Mrs. Horace Mann, and
Phillips Brooks.
Illustrative of Harriet's hold upon
the officers of the north and their con
fidence in her, one of her many war-
Head, headquarters of the department
"Pass the bearer, Harriet Tubman,
to Beaufort back to this place,
and wherever she wishes to go and
give her free passage at all times on
jail government transports. Harriet
was sent to me by Governor Andrew
of Massachusetts, and is a valuable
woman. She has permission, as a
servant of the government, to pur
chase such provisions from the com
missary as she may need.
—"David Hunter.
"Major-General Commanding."
After the war Harriet located in Au
burn, N. Y., jiermanently. She was the
widow of a man named Tubman, who
died in the south and later she mar
ried Nelson Davis.
In 1898 she bought a portion
Ot
what
was known as the Beardsley estate
north of her property, and founded in
that year the Harriet Tubman home,
converting the former dwelling into
the hoxae.
Sale of Drapery Goods.
See exhibit, A. L. Moody's show
window, for the nice things that are
necessary to give your rooms the best
appearance possible. Thig selling
event will be welcoifted by every
homekeeper. Advt.
The younj? woman who says she
prefers death to a kiss can scarcely
qualify as an expert, since she admits
that she has tried neither,
Notice for Bide for Paintirto .Church.
Sealed bids will be received for
painting the Kindred church two
coats, on the. outside and insid^. All
bids must b^'in by May 1st, and the
committee reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. Address §11 sealed
bkU and communications to
OTTIN A. OTTERSOJT,
,y. R. No. 2, Kindred, N. D.
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RAILROADS PLAN
MILWAUKEE WILL EXtSND
FROM FARGO TO WINNIPEG
LINE MAY BE BUILT FROM
LARIMORE TO BI&MARCK
THROUGH NEW TERRITORY.
A great deal of new railroad work
Is under contemplation in the state.
Many projects are but Idle rumors
others, however, are actual and under
way. From Warren, Minn., comes
news that a party of surveyors arc
now actually at work surveying the
proposed line of the Chicago, Milwau
kee A St. Paul railroad from Fargo
to Winnipeg. The road will come
about a mile west of Alvarado, as now
staked out. It is possible that con
struction work will be taken up this
summer, as Milwaukee is very anx
ious to have connection with Winni
peg and the Canadian northwest.
Another rumor is that the survey
ors referred to represent the Northern
Pacific and that there are laying out
the cut-off on the east of the Red,
striking off the Crookston line at Key
West, running north parallel with and
crosses the Red river two miles south
of Drayton where it intersects with
the Winnipeg line. This change in
the main line between the twin cities
and Winnipeg has been under consid
eration for many years as it will
shorten the distance over twenty
miles besides open a territory be
tween the Great Northern and the
Red river which heretofore was iso
lated from railroads.
In addition to the above is the fact
that the Milwaukee road last year
obtained right of way from Fargo to
Grand Forks on the west side of the
river and it is generally understood
that this is preliminary to running in
to Winnipeg, The present movement
of the N. P. might have two objects,
one to shorten their own line as stated
something over twenty miles and the
other object to head ofT the Milwau
kee through a strip of territory about
fifteen miles wide that now has no
railroad. If the N. P. heads in at
other strip of about fifteen miles wide
on the east side of the river from
Drayton to St. Vincent that will make
a good place for another railroad.
Some change in the Great Northern
road in the immediate future is looked
for. The railway bridge at Emerson
was built many years ago when en
gines were much lighter than now, and
it is not strong enough to bear the
weight of the present moguls. Either
a new bridge will have to be built at
Emerson or some other point to ae
commodatc the rapidly increasing
traffic. And it would seem the better
plan for the Great Northern to cross
near Pembina and there join the. Ca
nadian Northern. The Great Northern
by its original charter is bound to run
a train to St. Vincent and to get to
Winnipeg must cross the Red river.
A St. Cloud dispatch states that as
soon as the frost is out of the ground
five steam shovels will be put to work
on that division of the Great North
ern. The track will be straightened
in several places between St. Cloud
and Evansvilie and the steam shovels
will be used In building the grade.
One of the places where the road
will be straightened is between Avon
and St. Joseph. The big loop on
which the Collegeville station ]s lo
cated will be entirely cut off. The
new road will run nearly due west
from St. Joseph, pass one-half mile
south of St. John's university and
then swing in a northerly direction
into Avon. A crew of men has been
at work for eeveral weeks clearing
the new right of way.
During the winter the whole line
from St. Cloud to Barnesvllle was
surveyed for double tracks and blue
prints have been completed showing
the arrangements of the yards at the
different stations. This work, how
ever, will not be done this summer.
A dispatch from Minneapolis con
tains the following information anent
the constructive work of the Great
Northern near Sherwood:
"At the request of the grain growers
in the vicinity of Sherwood, the Sher
wood branch of the Great Northern
railway will be extended about ten
miles this spring. The new extension
will tap a rich grain country and will
therefore save the farmers many long
hauls. The matter of making the
new improvements was called to the
attention of the railroad officials at
St. Paul by a committee of farmers
and business men. It is expected that
the work on the extension will be
started as quickly as the frost leaves
the ground."
Efforts are being made at different
points in the state to have the rail
road service improved.
The farmers and business men of
Killarney, who tried to get the exten
sion of the Farmers* line two years
ago, sent a delegation to St. Paul last
Friday to confer with the authorities
regarding the extension of this line
this summer. They have already pur
chased the right-of-way and have
made arrangements with the Canadi
an government to guarantee the bonds.
The proposed line will run from Hans
boro to Killarney and thence north.
It seems quite probable that the line
will be built this summer, Us the
Great Northern officials are reported
as receiving this extension with favor.
It is rumored that a new railroad
will be built from Larimore to New
Rockford. If built this road would
touch territory not now served direct
ly by ahy road. Bismarck people arc
keenly Interested in this proposition
because they desire a continuation of
the line to its city.
"AT AN AFTERNOON CALL"
salt! a popular society woman, "the
subject of woman's health was under
discussion, and to my amazement
three out of four women in the room,
who had happened to call at the same
time, had found health in L.ydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."
Thousands of women In America
•fHE' FAKGO FOBUM 'AND DAILY REPUBLICAN, HONDAT EVENING 'APBIIi
... principal and interest.
Canadian Wheat for Japan.
Consular and Trade Reports: While
the Panama canal opening has been
anticipated with interest as the means
of making Vancouver a grain-shipping
port, Japan has secured the first large
shipment of wheat from this place,
which is the forerunner of a new
phase of Vancouver development.
The Japanese steamer Fukoko Maru
is loading 6,600 tons of sacked wheat
from Alberta for Yokohama for dis
tribution to different parts of Japan.
Owing to the decreased Australian
wheat crop. It has been necessary for
Japan to look for a temporary supply,
which is being bought from western
Canada through Vancouver.
owe their health and happiness to ^nd that said mortgage will be fore
the marvelous power of this famous^^joseii by a sale of the personal prop
medicine. which is made from rootsTerty in such mortgage and hereinafter
described, at public auction, agreeably
to the statutes in such case made and
provided, at the place where said
mortgaged personal property is now
located, in the store building occupied
by Chas. J. Rogers, at No. 69 Broad
way in the city of Fargo, in the Coun
ty of Cass, North Dakota, it being in
convenient to move said mortgaged
personal property to the place desig
nated for holding chattel mortgage
sales by the Commissioners of said
roots
and herbs, nature's remedy for wom
an's ills.—Advt.
While grain shipments have been
shipped from this port to Mexico and
the Philippine Islands, this is practi
cally the first large shipment leaving
Vancouver. The wheat all came from
Alberta over the Canadian Pacific rail
way in bulk and was sacked in the
city prior to loading. It is expected
that several vessels will call here be
fore this demand is supplied, and the
trade once established may become
permanent.
Somebody is going to explore the
Amazon river, evidently being fired
with a desire to discover the torrid
pot*
Clogged Up Bowels
Breed Poison
Constipation endangers your whole
system. Intestinal stoppage leads to
serious liver and kidney troubles—gall
stones and even appendicitis. Flush
your system now with
Fruitola
The Wonderful
Vegetable
Oot|, Then
build up with tin*
marvelous
Traxo
Together they form a oompleta treat
ment. Thousands of letters to prove
this, (from strong and healthy men
and women) are in a free book at
druggists', or write us.
PINUS MEDICINE CO.
Los Angeles, Cal.
PiiLS. M'/ilLE
HAKES REPLY
To The Forum: In the Saturday
edition of The Forum, there appeared
a communication from one of the Far
go architects, attacking the school
board in geneTal and Judge Young and
S. F. Crabbe in particular, in the mat
ter of the new grade building erected
in the Fourth ward. Had the com
munication in question stated the situ
ation accurately ther© would mani
festly be no occasion to reply to it.
The purpose of this article therefore
is not to defend the integrity of the
board, but merely to state the facts
correctly, so that the public may judge
for itself whether or not the criticism
is justified.
While it is true that the architects
were requested to submit plans and
estimates for this building, they were
also requested at the same time to
submit bids upon which they would
draw the plans and specifications and
supervise the construction of th©
work. These bids varied from 1% per
cent to 5 per cent of the total cost of
construction.
None of the plans submitted were
acceptable to the board, and all were
rejected. The question of engaging an
architect to investigate modern school
buildings In other places, in conjunc
tion with the superintendent and pre
pare plans in accordance with the
wishes of the board was referred to
the building committee with power to
act, and the committee engaged that
architect who had submitted the low
est ibid for service of supervision.
The plans finally adopted after such
investigation difTered very materially
from those originally submitted and
provided for a larger building, fire
proof throughout except the roof.
The competency of this architect is
best evidenced by the building itself
and the fact that the plans
and
speci­
fications were so accurately prepared
that the boarf was not called upiffi to
pay a large bill of extras when the
building was completed a"d accepted.
The suggestion that the building cost
twice the estimated cost is therefore
not true, first, because the plans in
which the estimate was based were
not the ones which were adopted and
secondly because the building which
was actually constructed did not cost
$100,000 as stated, but $86,750 includ
ing the contract for plumbing, heating,
wiring and an independent sewer and
water main from the building to the
street. Even including the total cost
of the grounds, grading the same, and.
installing concrete sidewalks, and fur
nishing the building, the total cost is
well within $100,000, and the building
Is entirely completed.
The statement that $100,000 is to be
paid by the taxpayers in two years is
equally inaccurate. Before even the
architect was employed there was ap
proximately $10,000 in the building
fund for this purpose, $25,000 addi
tional was provided for by a bond is
sue bearing interest at only 4 per cent
and extending over a long period of
years, leaving only the balance to be
paid for in two years or approximate
ly $32,000 per year, the last installment
of which was assessed in the 1912 tax
es. The balance of the levy for build
ings and grounds was used for repairs
on old buildings and to pay for the
playgrounds.
As to the location: the building
had to be erected with reference to
the other school buildings, In that
ward where there was then the great
est need, and in that part of the ward
where sufficient ground was available
at prices which were not prohibitive.
That the school was needed in that
locality is demonstrated by the fact
that already over 300 children are now
enrolled In that building.
I
H. W. M'Ardle,
President of school board.
Notioe of Chattel Mortgage Sale.*
Notice is hereby given that default
has been made in the conditions of
that certain mortgage made by Chas.
J. Rogers of the city of Fargo, County
of Cass and State of North Dakota,
mortgagor, to T. D. Beckwith of the
city of Fargo, County of Cass and
State of North Dakota, mortgagee,
dated the 9th day of November, 1912,
to secure the following indebtedness,
to-wit: the sum of Three Thousand
($3,000.00) Dollars, and interest, ac
cording to the conditions of one prom
issory note, dated Nov. 9th, 1912, and
which mortgage was duly filed in the
office of the Register of Deeds of Cass
County, State of North Dakota, on
the 12th day of November, 1912, at 9
o'clock a. m., and which default is of
the following nature, to-wit: failure
to pay said indebtedness according to
the conditions in said mortgage, and
that there is claimed to be due on said
mortgage, at the date of this notice,
the sum of Two thousand one hundred
and fifty-two and 02-100 Dollars for
Cass County, by reason of the nature
and bulk of said mortgaged personal
property, at the hour of one
o'clock P. M„ on Monday, the 21st day
of April, 1913. That personal property
which will be sold to satisfy said
mortgage is described as follows, to
wit: All my stock of merchandise in
store building No. 69 Broadway, City
of Fargo, N. D., and such additions as
I may make to said stock said stock
consisting largely of Books, Station*
ery. Pictures, Picture frames, Picture
frame mouldings, Artists' supplies,
etc. Also, all furniture and fixtures
including machines and tools used In
making picture frames.
It is my intention to and I do hereby
mortgage to secure said note, all per
sonal property In said store and base
ment, No, 69 Broadway.
J. C. ROSS,
Agent for Mortgagee,
POLLOCK & POLLOCK, .'
Attorneys for Mortgage*.'. '. 40?
Fargo, North Dakot »,
(April lO. ,-:
A'
14,
1913
Extending from Cairo, 111., at the
mouth of the Ohio river," to the Gulf
of Mexico, Is the main trunk of the
Mississippi river. Into this main
sewer are led the waters from 44,000
miles of tributary Vivers, bearing the
floods from thirty-one states and a
part of Canada.
The states of Illinois, Missouri, Ar
kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missis
sippi and Louisiana lie adjacent to
this main body of the river and parts
of these states comprise the 20,000,000
acres that constitute the alluvial val
ley of the Mississippi river. This al
luvial region Is about 700 miles In
length, extending from just below St.
Louis, Mo., to the Gulf of Mexico, and
averages from forty to sixty miles in
width. Through this alluvial valley
the channel of the great river mean
ders in a tortious course with a total
length of 1,066 miles, a depth of from
60 to 100 feet, and widths varying from
one to two miles between banks. When
a flood, like the one that is coming
down, is poured into this lower river
precipitately, because of the rapid
run-off above due to advanced meth
ods of drainage now in effect through
out the thirty-one states comprising
the drainage basin, the natural baxtks
are overflowed by the water and it
must be held within the channel by
earth embankments or levees.
These levees now hold back the riv
er throughout its entire length, from
Illinois and Missouri to below New
Orleans. They are by no means com
plete, although they have been con
structed to their present height and
cross-section
at a cost of about $100,
000,000, two-thirds of which has been
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These are the factors—time, mileage and
cost of upkeep—which are settling this auto
mobile question. We are confident of being
on the right side of the settlement.
For buyers of today are looking up the
records of cars put out five and six years
ago.
Even the first Chalmers cars, many of
them with records of 60,000 to 100,000
miles, are still in daily use. Ask the
owners about Chalmers quality.
X-
A mong the 35,000 owners of Chalmers cars
a great many are driving their third or
fourth Chalmers. Men don't buy a second
time a car which is costly to maintain
which is unreliable in any re
spect.
The service which Clialmers
cars have given their owners for
tiie past five years has helped us
to build up a factory of seventeen
buildings, which represents an
77us monogram sfancf»\
/6r ail you can ask,
jn a motor oar
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GREATEST FL00B EVER KNOWN IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER
WILL PASS DOWN DURING THE PRESENT MONTH
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finished by the lands protected and
one-third by the national government.
If they were now completed to the
height and cross-section prescribed by
tbe United States army engineers
when the problem of flood prevention
was undertaken. tliere would be no
fear of thes© floods In this lower re
gion, but 232,000,000 cubic yards of
earth must be put. in place before
they will be completed according to
th© plans of the Mississippi River
Commission of Engineers. I mention
this because so many people, without
knowing th® facts, are prone to con
demn the plan for controlling the
floods by levees as a failure. We might
just as well condemn the Panama
canal as a failuVe if we tried to pass
ships through it with 232,000,000 cubic
yards of earth still to be removed
from Culebra cut. The plan t'j hrid
the flood waters in the main channel
by levees Is not only the best method
of solving the problem, but it is also
the cheapest and most practical.
It is estimated by the Mississippi
River Commission that the entire
levee system can be completed for
168,000,000, and that for about S80
000,000 addition the banks can be
revetted and
a
permanent navigable
channel established for commerce
Much has been spoken and written
of late concerning flood prevention in
this part of the river by the construc
tion of reservoirs at the headwaters
of the numerous tributaries, but if
anyone will take the trouble to make
a few simple calculations, they will
soon realize how utterly impractical
this is, however strongly it may ap
peal to them on first thought.
A volume of water is now passing
Memphis at the rate of 2,300,000 cubic
feet per second, and it will continue
to pass at this rate during- the next
thirty days. This means 8,280,000 000
cubic feet in an hour 198,720,000*000
in a day, 5,961,600,000,000 in thirty
days. .There are 27,918,40 square feet
to the square mile. If we should at
tempt to hold just half of the flood in
reservoirs, it would require 107 of
them of 100. square miles each, with
water ten feet deep. The Roosevelt
dam in Arizona Is holding but a frac
tion
of
lhe
what one of these would hold
and it cost over $8,000,000. If then
each reservoir were to cost but $8,000
000, such a scheme, if it were possible
of being carried out, would cost
-fSTk®
and
investment of $6,000,000. It has enabl
ed us to increase our business—not sensa
tionally—but steadily, from year to year.
We think our factory equipment, our
organization, and the good will of our
customers give us the right to believe we
can continue to progress this year, next
year and many years to come.
The man who bought a car last year or the
year before from a company which is not
now in business in probably not an alto
gether happy man.
Chalmers "Thirty-Six"' at $1950 Chal
mers "Six," five-passenger, $2400, and sev
en-passenger, $2600, are truly "all.you can
ask in a motor car." Prices include full
equipment and are F. 0. B. Detroit.
They are good now they will
still be good five years from now.
Many are being sold each day
and the remainder of this year's
output will not last very much
longer. You should order now.
$848
000,000 at the v*ry least guess. But
reser\oir idea Is unthinkable as a
jfttlutioir of the problem fOr this one
reason: the rainfall that produces tbw
nooas in the lower river is always b%
i°w any possible reservoir site. For
instance no site for reservoirs could
e,Gn
found to store the water
that fell in Ohio and Indiana last
week, which is now passing out to se4
between the levees along the maijl
trunk of the river.
«^GryoV,?
throu«hout
V
the Unite®
states will be interested In watchlnyf
the news of this flood as lt passes
down the river during the next two
aild
t,le a
company
in? map
will serve to illustrate how trulv na-
ie
problem is. Nearly $100
000,000 damage was done bv a similar
flood last year, in this rich valley and
the natiosal government is being urg
ed to take charge of the main body pf
the ri\er and complete the levee sys
tem at once through an adequate a$*
propnation for that purpose.
CIU9
AMUL EarMI
Her f«o« 8* Red and ftofty She CoJ|
Not Stand It. 4
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 22, 1912. •••j
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worst kind for about three months. My
race was so red and itchy that it was
impossible to stand it any longer I
ZtH* •,!lb,eito
even
rest at night 1$
used to get me so nervous that
able,
to
apeak to anybody
fintn reVeT^ 5ther
remedies
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tfle
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advertisement of
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years
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