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FAMOUS NORTH
WOODS PATROL
BECOMES PAST
Mounted Forces That Roamed
Far Into Arctic Wastes
No Longer Need.
HAS STIRRING HISTORY
OTTAWA, Feb. 12. —That famous corps,
the royal northwest mounted police, has
cessed to exist. It is now merged with
the Canadian mounted police. ,
For half a century “the scarlet and
gold” of the riders of the plains bad
been the symbol of law and order in a
territory as vast as the United States
west of the Mississippi. From Hudson
bay to the Rockies, from the interna
tional boundary to and beyond the Arctic,
circle they carried security to the law
abiding and terror to the lawbreaktng.
On the vast 'prairies, in mountains and
forest, through the ice-bound reaches of
the Arctic coast they made “the long
patrol,” protecting the settler, succoring
the weak and administering justice with
a relentless hand to white and red, to
British and alien.
The march of civilization has brought
Into this vast territory prosperous set
tlers, where the royal northwest mounted
police found the Indian of Ute sun dance
and scalp knife, the excitable Metis, (the
French half-breed of the plains), and
the outlaw who sought this “No Man’s
Jband,” to escape justice and continue
in crime... The Indian and Metis are
now peaceful farmers, the ranch has
been replaced by the farm, and rail
ways now cover the country as thick
the Indian trails of the seventies.
Oily in the far north is any of the
original work of the 'police left. Here
in the greata barrens, along the desolate
shores of Hudson' bay and the Arctic
ocean, through the Rockies to Dawson
Will “the scarlet and gold” do the long
patrol. The famous corjis has done its
work and has lost Its identity in the
new national force. The uniform h*>s
been preserved; the romance and esprit
de corps have gone.
GREAT COMPANY
HELD GUARDIANSHIP
For nearly two centuries the Hudson
Bay Company had ruled that vast terri
tory between Hudson bay and the
Rockies, when in IS7O the Dominion of
Canada acquired possession. The great
company had been a guardian to the
warlike Blackfeet, Asslnlboines and
Cree Indians, and kept in a fashion law
and order. The hardy Scotch factors
had in many instances married into the
tribes and their Influence was powerful
and firm. Then came the change in
control. It became a "No man’s Land”
with the great company without au
thority and the Dominion government
Without any machinery to euforee its
edicts.
It was a dangerous period. The
United States government was seeking
to curg the fierce Sioux. They, in turn,
Were making overtures to the Canadian
Indians to Join them. The whisky run
ner was unchecked debauchery
of the Indian. It n'a' at this period
that the royal north west mounted
police came into existence,. and since
then have been the most potent influence
in preserving order in this vast terri
tory. Three companies were mobilized at
Winnipeg, or as it was then known,
"Fort Gary.” Three other companies
came through the United States and
joined them, and In ail 300 men restored
and preserved order in a territory as
large as Europe, without a railway and
peopled with nearly \ 100,000 Indians
rent with tribal wars and embittered
against the whites by the depletion of
the buffalo herds, the almost sole
source of their existence. It was then
that the famoiis “scarlet and gold” uni
form _s£as adopted. To the Indian the
“red” oat symbolized the power of “The
Great White Mother," and Col. Eobert
eon-Ross, organizer of the force, sug-..
gested this uniform in his report.
PREJUDICE AGAINST
UNIFORM OF MEN.
“During my inspection in the north
west I ascertained that sonje prejudice
existed among the Indians against the
color of the uniform worn by the' mep
of the rifles, for many Indians said,
“Who are-those soldiers at the Red river
wearing dark clothes? Our old brothers
who formerly lived there ‘meaning H.
W. 8. Sixth regiment) wore red coats,’
adding, ‘We know that the soldiers of our
great mother wear red coats and are
our friends.’ ’’
And in this way, to impress the In
dians of the plains, was adopted the
uniform that has given distinctive iden
tity to this famous corps.
From the Red river the new force made
Its first long patrol. Through what was
then known as the Great American Desert
it struggled for 800 miles, establishing
posts, and finally wintering at Ft. Me- i
Leol, in the foothills of tbe Rockies.
From there its activities spread, until
now on Hudson Ray, Coronation Gulf,
the frozen Arctic and the desolate Yukon,
are posts from which patrols keep watch.
By horse, canoe and dog-'train they carry
the authority of the law to tile Eskimo
of the Arctic, the xvh ilers of Hersch*il
Island snd the goldseeker of the Rockies.
In the last fifty years they have brought
the wild Indian into “treaty,” have made
the cattle rustler or whisky runner ouiy
8 name, and In the Klondike rush that
seething mining camp of Dawson was as
safe as an eastern hamlet. During the
Canada’s western domain pttttmd from
• country of tribal ' % diet through the
railway stage, when our first great trans
continental was thrown across the prai
rie without provoking strife with the
original owners of the country, to the
period of peaceful settlement nnd the
upbuilding of modern cities, and in these
varied stages the famous force Adapted
itself to the conditions without loss in
effectiveness or of the sincere regard of
the complex population. *
In dealing with the Indian tribes the
Royal Northwest Mounted Police did in
valuable service. They won not only
the confidence of our own Indians, but
also of the fierce Siofix, who sought ref
uge in Canada after the Custer massacre,
ffhey made treaties and kept them. The
ijf *
Blaokfeet, paid this testimonial to the
men who abolished the Sun Dance and
tribal wars: '
“If the police had not come to the
country where would be all now? Bad
men and bad whisky were killing 1 s so
fast that very few indeed of us -would
have been left today. The police have
protected us as the feathers of they bird
protect it from the frosts of winter.”
PROMISES MADE
TO INDIANS KEPT.
That famous warrior, Bed Crow of the
■ante tribe, e.-iid:
“Three years ago when the police first
came to this country T met and shook
hands with Stamlxotokon (Col. MacLeod).
Since that time he made me many prom
ises. He kept them all—not one of them
was ever broken.”
V> Ir.ii id- -a-, ot. a ‘warlike Oree chief,
came south with his band and held up
the construction of the Canadian Pacific,
a sergeant and constable of the police
arrived, entered the hostile camp, ar
rested the old chief surrounded by his
braves, and landed him in jail. He was
a good Indian afterwards, keeping his
treaty during the half breed outbreak in
ttS5. i '
The* mbs*, famous international case
Was that of Sitting Bull, the noted Sioux
kehief, Who in 1876 had wiped out the
M-P ** Morning
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MARKET ADDITION
WON’T CAUSE TAX
$300,000 Improvement Plans
Before Board of Works.
Improvements on the public market
house estimated at $300,000 * will be
financed from the sinking fund of the
market without additional taxes being
levied for the improvement, according to
tentative plans filed with the board of
works yesterday.
President Alex A. Taggart of tbe board
of safety informed members of the board
of works that the plans were undef con
sideration but had not as yet assumed a
definite form as It was desired to get the
view of city officials on the matter.
George Lematix, president of the board
of works, wrote a letter to Gustav G.
Schmidt, president of the city council,
asking that a conference be arranged be
tween the Council and members of the
two hoards to discuss the proposed Im
provement. It was suggested that such
a conference be called as/soop as pos
sible after Feb. 19.
According to the plans extensive im
provements are to be made in the market
house and it is hoped that they will be
under way this year.
A delegation of citizens from Bright
wood appeared before tbe board this
morning and entered complaints on street
car service in that vicinity. They sal 1 . it
was necessary for men living in Bright
wood to Iqave home at 5 ;30 o’clock in
the morning in order to get to work and
also said they could not get home un
til 8 o’clock at night.
Members of the board explained that
all street car service Was badly crip
pled due to a shortage of cars, but said
that the street railway company ex
pected forty-five cars in by Feb. It
Plans for rerouting cars in the Bright
wood district are being considered by
tbe board.
The resignation of Miss Hazel O'Hern
as record clerk of the board and the
appointment of John A. Lowe as rod
man in the engineering department were
approved today.
command of tbe brilliant, Impetuous
Custer. Chiefs White Eagle, Little Knife,
Black Moon, and finally the notorious
Sitting Bull, crossed the line. Including
their families nearly 4,009 fierce Sioux
were in Canadian terrltoty, and to see
that they did not use Canada as a base
against the United States or inflame our
own Indians there were in that area
only 200 police. Inspector Walsh rode
alone into Sitting Bull’s camp, and read
the riot act to him. Surrounded by his
braves the fierce Sioux threatened the
inspector, who placed his revolver at the
chiefs head and told him plainly that
if there was trouble there might be n
new inspector in the police but there
certainly would be anew chief of the
Sioux. When, finally after of con
stant watching, Walsh prevailed on the
Sioux to surrender to the United States
authorities, Sitting Bull gave Walsh his
war bonnet In recognition of the
“bravest man he had ever met.” Even
during the rebellion In 1885 the great
tribes remained true to tbe police and
only a few Joined with the Metis under
Louis Riel. It was tbe respect that
the Indian had for the “scarlet and gold”
that saved western Canada at that period
from gravest disaster.
DEEDS OF
INDIVIDUAL BRAVERY.
It was not alone in keeping the Indian
in check that the police showed bravery
and tact. Coi. Sam Steele, who com
manded the Strathcona Horse in South
Africa, rose from a sick bed. faced and
arrested the ringleaders of several h'fln
dred infuriated armed railway strikers
in the Rockies. Some of the reports of
these men are marvels of conciseness
and unconsciously humorous. Take the
report of Corporal Hogg.
“On the 17th inst., I, Corporal TTogg,
was called to the hotel to quiet a dis
turbance. I found the room full of cow
Soys and one Monaghan, or Cowboy
Jack, was carrying a gun, and pointed
it at me, Rgalnst Section 105 and 109
of the criminal code. We struggled.
Finally I got him handcuffed behind and
put him inside. His head being j n bad
shape, I had to engage the services of
a doctor, who dressed his wound and
pronounced it as nothing serious. To
the doctor, Monaghan said that If T
hadn’t grabbed his gun there would
have been another death in Canadian
history. All of which I have the h'-*-or
to report.
(Signed) y C. HOgG, Uorporal.”
There Is a rich sequel in the report of
the ease by tbe superior officer, who
says:
"During the arrest of Monaghan the
following property was damaged: Door
broken, screen smashed up. chair broken,
field-jacket belonging to Corporal Hogg
spoiled by being covered with blood, wall
bespattered with blood.”
But It was in the long patrol of the
terrible north that the best traditions of
the force have been preserved.
in announcing the creation of anew
force, the Hon. N. W. Rowell, -presi
dent of the privy council and the mem
ber of the cabinet in control of the po
lice, paid this tribute: “For a force
which has had to work in so singular
a variety of social circumstances, which
has hod to deal with such varied types
of humanity, it. has had an astonishing
ly small recourse to the use of re
pressive methods. Its glory is its re
' ictan-e to employ force—the infusion of
humanity with justice. The Royal
Northwest mounted police is one of the
things of which Canada is proud.”
REFUGEE PLEADS
FOR ARMENIANS
Tells Kiwanis Destitute Look
to U. S. for Aid.
V. K. Boshgetoor, an Armenian refugee
ond Presbyterian minister of Alma,
Mich., talking in the interests of
( _i!i(iiana’s np<r east relief uppeai, ad
dressed the Kiwanis club at noon yester
day, on Turkey's unspeakable attitude
• tri “'he oldest Christian nation in
the world.”
Mr. ii<-iigetoor was presented to the
club by Rev. Ambrose Dunkle, pastor of
Tabernacle church, an old acquaintance.
“Armenia of necessity has been a per
petual Belgium because of its geographi
cal location between Europe and Asia,”
said the speaker. “Armenia has been tbe
guardian of Europe from the Moham
medan scourge for centuries because tho
i Turks could never invade Europe until
• they conquered Armenia."
Mr.' Keshgetoor said the method of the
! Turk in conquering a people was first to
massacre and then to loot and outrage.
He said the treatment of women and
. girls by the Turk is unspeakable. s At
one time, he said, Turkey seized thejAr
i menian baby boys to train them for the
Turkish army. Mr. Ueshgetoor made an
appeal for the 250,000 Armenian orphans
which look to America for relief.
Soldier Bonus Ok’d
by American Legion
The American legion
committed favorably to a bonus for sol
diers.
The national executive committee,
which concluded its session Tuesday
night, adopted a resolution expressing
the belief that “all service men and
women are entitled to adjusted compen
sation in the form and amount of a SSO
bond per month of service.
The resolution adopted further de
clares that the award,of a bonus Is ex
ceeded in importance to soldiers only by
the enactment of legislation for the bene
fit of disabled soldiers, sailors, marines
and and orphans of service men.
POSTER SHOWS AD VERTISING SHOULD START AT HOME
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Advertisements which will greet Hooslers In many cities.
Indiana will be advertised to the people of Indiana.
Flaming posters will be placed in every city, town and village in the Hoosier Btate, like the one shown
above. They will be placed on public buildings and in parks and playgrounds In Indianapolis.
The Associated Advertising Clubs convention is undertaking this work to impress upon all Indlanianß that
Indiana is a great state.
‘GYM’ URGED FOR
FRENCH WOMEN
Lieutenant Says Athletics
Will Improve Motherhood.
IjARTS,
was in charge- of the whole system of
gymnastics by which French poilus were
kept in condition during the war, has
announced that he will devote the re
mainder of his life .to arousing Interest
in gymnastics and athletics among
French women.
“My most sacred duty during the war
was to train men for the trying ordeals
they faced on tbe battlefields,” said
Lieut. Hebert. “Now that tbe war is
over my duty to France is to help raise
a race of young women fit for mother
hood."
Before the war the lieutenant was the
director of the athletic college at
Rheirus. At that time he contributed sev
eral articles to newspapers and maga
zines denouncing French style-makers
for Introducing modes which, he said,
deformed young women at an age when
their bodies should be free for dancing
and athletics. His articles attracted wide
attention and met with fiery responses
from some of the big Paris dressmakers.
Lieut. Hebert's first move in his cam
paign to better the women of Franca
physically was to have printed a larg**
catalogue showing some of the evils of
modern dress. On one page he produced
the silhouette of a French maiden as she
would appear in a Rue de la Paix cre
ation. On the opposite page appeared a
reproduction of one of the classic bits
of sculpture of the feminine form from
the Louvre to show tha contrast. Tho
pages following contained photographs
taken from life of girls who had adopted
simple costumes and had spent much of
their time at sports.
The lieutenant Is being reinforced in
his campaign by Mine. Gouraud-Morris,
all-round woman athletic champion of
France. Mine. Morris has written a let
ter to several newspapers urging that
tfc“ next Olympic games provide compe
tition for women in all branches of
athletics.
Says Drudgery Drives
Young from Farms
ALBANY, N. Y., Fob. 12.—An attack
upon the system of the rural districts
of employing children for heavy farm
labor, was made by W. L. Brockaway,
u well-known Syracuse breeder at tbe
annual meeting of the New York State
Agricultural society. Mr. Brockaway de
clared that tbe children on the farms of
New York stato were being subjected to
the same unendurable yoke as those em
ployed in sweat shops.
“Children on farms today are com
pelted to No all manner of chores which
are beyond their strength, and the hours
of their labor is never taken into con
sideration,” said Mr. Brockaway. “There
bus been legislation for minors in fac
tories a#<l in other industries, and there
should be legislation of a similar char
acter for tbe rural minors who perform
duties of drudgery without hope of re
lief.'’
Mr. Broekaway declared that It was
this drudgery which was accountable for
the many instances of home-leaving for
the cities on the part of young people
born and brought up in the country. He
pointed out that fretiiipiMly children who
were compelled to do endless chores were
the children and relatives of the farmers
themselves.
(ZECHO-SLAV ARMY.
The Czecho-Slovak government has
made public the draft of a bill providing
for an army on a peace footing of 8,000
officers and 14f$10 men.
New Vice President
of Miners Coming to
City in Few Days
Prgfg>‘' dssi
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PHILIP MURRAY.
rKilip Murray, the new vice president
of the United Mine Workers of America,
will arrive in this city within the next
few days to assume office. For the past
four years he has been president of
tie United Mine Workers of the Pitts
burg district. Murray succeeds as vice
president Jojm L. Lewis, who was ele
vated to the presidency by_ reason of
the/ resignation of Frank J. Hayes, who
ha* been ill for more than a year.
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1920.
OITYNfWS
Ethel B, Martin, 28, wife of Clarence
R. Martin, was buried in Crown Hill cem
etery. The funeral was held from the
Hlsey and Titus Chapel, 951 North Dela
ware street. Death was caused by Influ
enza and pneumonia. She is survived by
the husband and a 5-year-old daughter,
Jane Mr. Martin was called from Wash
ington, where be-4 acting as counsel for
an investigating committee of the United
States senate.
The pupils of tho domestic science
classes of the Lincoln school are work
ing out a practical family budget. They
have assumed the problems of a family
of five with the husband earning S3O per
week, and are using this as a basis for
their work. This income is divided up so
that each week an equal portion of it will
.either be placed In the bank to meet cer
tain expenses or will be spent for cur
rent necessities. /
.Tames H. Fee, 1117 West Twenty-eighth
street, is seriously ill with the "flu."
E?r:
street, has returned home after an ex
i tended visit w-ith friends In Evansville.
Madison avenue branch library has
■ made a special collection of books- on
Lincoln and Washington, which are
shelved under a very attractive poster of
these two patriots. School children have
! made much use of these books in tbe last
few days.
Keystone Chapter .No. fl, RoyaJ Arch
Masons, conferred the past masters and
most excellent masters degrees on fifteen
candidates Tuesday night. The chapter
will work In the royal arch degree Sat
urday afternoon and evening.
Irvington branch library is making
quite a feature of its story hour, recently
started. It will be held on, Friday' after
| noon at the bran'h at 3:30. All children
| are urged to enjoy them. Pupils from
| schools 27 and 28 have been invited. Miss
* Carrie E. Scott from the central library
| will tell tbo stories.
The Epworth league of the Prospect
Methodist church will give a valentine
social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Denzler, 210 South Statu street,
Saturday evening.
The Ladies’ Aid society of Bt. Mathew’s
Evangelical Lutheran church will meet
at the home of .Mrs. Henry Bleler. 3613
East Tenth street, Thursday afternoon.
A paper will be read and church ques
tions will be discussed.
The Sunday School association of St.
Mark's English Lutheran church will
meet at the church Friday evening.
The Holy Cross Social club was enter
ic ined at the Liedcrkrantz hall Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Sehafluiuser and Mrs. Quit
Blacshkl will entertain with cards at
Mars Hill this evening.
Continued fair weather such as the city
has enjoyed during the last few days,
will great'y relieve the epidemic of re
spiratory diseases now prevailing, accord
ing to Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary
of the board of health.
The regular weekly class in school man
- for city teachers will be. hqj.l
at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon in Caleb
Mills hall, Instead of at 2:45. us hereto
fore, due to a school holiday, according to
E. U. Graff, superintendent.
Mooresville Boy, 13,
v Held as Auto Thief
Ruren Ferguson, 13, of Mooresville,
Ind., Is believed to bo tbo youngest lroy
ever arrested by the Indianapolis police
on the charge of stealing automobiles.
Ferguson Is at tbe detention borne to
day, where he Is waiting trial for the
alleged theft of An automobile, the prop
erty of George It. Stull, living on the
('old Springs road. The auto was stolen
Jan. 9. It was found a half mile east
of Camby, southwest of Indianapolis.
| The arrest was made by Detectives
Hynes and Fields.
Committee to Name
Marion Club Ticket
A nominating committee, composed of
1 Carrie Christina, Cy Dunlop, Charles Nor
ton, J. K. Cooper and I>r. M. E. Clark,
was appointed yesterday to nominate offi
cers of the Marlon club for tho coming
year, ncccr Mng to vge Lemaux, mem
ber of the board of directors of the club.
The committee’s choice will be known as
the “regular ticket."
Bmilk © Gold
WITHOUT NASTY QUININE .
rift
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snuffling! A. dose of "Pape’s Cold
Compound” taken every two hours until
three doses are taken usually breaks up a
severe cold and ends all grippe misers-.
Tire very first dose opens your clogged
np nostrils and tjie air passages of the
11-CENT BREAD
FAIR--WYCKOFF
Price Commissioner Gives Fig
ures in Support.
An 11 cent retail price for a pound
loaf of bread Is jfijtifled, according to
a report made yesterday by Stanley
I Wyekoff, fair price commissioner, based
on compilation of cost of doing business
by the bakers. ,
Every
one, lost money on bread during tbe
month of January, according to these
reports.
The average cost of flour to makers
during January was $11.53 a barrel, the
figures submitted to Wyekoff show. The
average cost of producing a pound loaf
of bread was 8.86 cents a loaf. The
baker sold this at 8.5 cents a loaf, ex
cept during the last three days, when the
fair price committee permitted tbe bakers
to wholesale pound loaves at 9tv cents
each. ,•
The cost to the bakers of flour during
February is 612.52 a barrel, Mr. Wyekoff
said, based on flour bought or contracted
for.
One baker produced bread during Jan
uary for 8.19 cents a loaf, the lowest cost.
The highest was 9.24 cents a loaf.
The cost of flour to the baker is $1 a
barrel above the February flour contracted
for, Mr. Wyekoff said. As the fair price
I commission expects to name anew price
for bread each month the price, may go
above 11 cents next month if the cost of
flour stays at this figure.
The market quotations of reduction on
flour have not reached the baker as yet,
Mr. Wyekoff said.
STATE MILITIA
IS PASSING OUT
Indiana National Guard Will
Take Its Place.
The Indiana militia Is to be replaced
by the Indiana national guard.
The militia companies, which were or
ganized during the war and which in
recent months have served on strike duty
at Linton, Gary and Hammond, are now
being mustered out.
Company E, Indianapolis, commanded
by Copt. Robert Axtell. was mustered
out last night. Maj. Earl McKee tonight
will muster out members and officers of
Company C. Other companies will be
\ released soon.
Several national guard companies have
been organized.
Newberry Men Faked
Signatures, Charge
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 12.—The
Newberry forces not only fostered the
democratic candidacy of James W. Helme
for senator In 1918, but secured fraudu
lent signatures to bis nomination peti
tions, witnesses declared on the stand at
tho Newberry trial yesterday.
Five witnesses repudiated their signa
tures on Ilelme petitions not being gen
uine.
Tbe Helme candidacy was Inserted In
to the campaign by the Newberry lead
ers to defeat Henry Ford, tbe government
charges.
Two Big Apartment
Houses Are Going Up
Permits for two apartment houses val
ued at SBO,OOO each were Issued yesterday
by Walter B.iStern, building inspector, to
the Circle City Construction Qompany.
Both buildings will be loeated-on Bal
aam avenue, one at 3604-12 and the other
at 3003 11. Both will contain twenty
four apartments, the buildings being 77
Jeet long and 120 feet wide. They will be
made of brick veneer and hare tw°
stories. Plans for the apartments are
Identical.
New York Cow Holds
Calf-Bearing Record
GOSHEN, N. Y„ Feb. 12.—Miss Mary
Griffith, who has a farm near here, claims
ownership of a most remarkable cow.
The cow' Is 23 years old and has given
birth to twenty-one calves. Duriug Us
jng life Mary’s cow has never been dry
and is now giving nine and a half quarts
of milk dally.
‘Kelly Pool’ in Bad
With Police Now
“Kelly pool” Is under police ban.
Four officers, in plain clothes, say
that they watched a game in the pool
room of J. W. Wooley, 2023 West Michi
gan street, today, and then arrested
Wooley on a charge of keeping a gam
bling house.
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“Pape’s Cold Compound” is tbe quick
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—Advertisement.
RHODE ISLAND
PLAN OF PICKING
JUDGES SCORED
Governor Against Appointment
by General Assembly
of State.
SEEKS LAW CHANGES
PROVIDENCE, It. 1., Feb. 12.—Steps to
change the method of electing judges of
the Rhode Island courts are expected to
follow the election by the general as
sembly of William H. Sweetland as chief
justice of the supreme court of the state.
He succeeds Chief Justice Parkhurst,
resigned, and has been on the supreme
Court bench for ten years. It Is held that
political partisanship Is governing the
appointments and that quallflations have
no particular bearing. Gov. Beeckman
has openly criticised the system and an
nounced that he will do all he can to
change it. Judge George T. • Brown of
the supreme court Issued a statement in
which,he said that in a period of more
than fifty years no democrat had sat
upon the supreme court.
BELIEVES APPOINTMENT
SHOULD BE GOVERNOR’S.
“I am strongly opposed,” Gov. Beeck
mai* said, “to the present method of
electing the judges of our courts. I
believe Judges should be appointed by
tbe governor, as is the case in Massa
chusetts, or elected by the people for a
long term of years, as Is done In New
York state. I’ll do my utmost to change
the present Iniquitous practice."
The governor said that he Is in favor
of a bill to provide a method of electing
judges removed from political Influence
and that he would try to have such leg
islation presented and passed by the gen
eral assembly.
“These men who are sitting as judges
of our 'high courts bare become good
Judges as a result of their experience,”
said Judge Brown. “Not all of them,
however, were considered qualified at the
time of their election. Not three of them
could honestly claim that had It not been
for their political activities and affilia
tions they wmuld now be sitting on the
bench.
JUDGE ASPIRANTS
BECOME POLITICIANS.
“With possibly thjee exceptions every
judge of the supreme and superior court
has passed from district politician to
town or city solicitor, or to district
court judge; from ward leader to mem
ber of the general assembly, and thence
to the superior and supreme bourt. Be
cause of our system of electing Judges,
young lawyers, ambitious to become
Judges, have, most of them, aligned
themselves with the republican party.
“A democratic lawyer seldom had a
chance to be elected even Judgo of pro
bate in one ot.our towns. A lawyer, by
becoming a republican, saw a chance of
becoming Judge of the court cf probate
of his town, or of tbe district court of
hl judicial district, and eventually of
the superior and supreme court.”
Grant Three Marion
County Bond Issues
Three petitions for issuance of free
gravel road bonds in Marion county
were granted yesterday by tho state
hoard of tax commissioners, while one pe
tition from Marion county commissioners
was denied.
The state board approved petitions for
the John N. Clark road, Franklin town
ship. $7,800 worth of bonds; the Chris
Shilling road, Franklin township. $32,600
bond issue, and tbe P. F. Ryan road,
Wayne township, SBO,OOO bonds.
The petition for Issuing $156,000
worth of bonds for the Charles S. Seho :
field road. Center township, was denied.
The Marlon county commissioners let
the contract to the James McNamara
Construction Company Jan. 10 on a bid
of $154,071.75.
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Indiana Woman, 99,
Celebrates Birthday
/ Spi-elttl to The Times.
MILKOY, lud., Feb. 12.—“ Aunt Ann”
Bowies, the oldest member of tbe Ked
Cross in Indiana, celebrated her ninety
ninth birthday anniversary yesterday.
Mrs. Bowles is the oldest resident of
county.
Scores of persons visited the little home
where Aunt Aur. lives. The mall was
heavy today, too. Numerous letters of
greetings poured iu from ail over the
county.
Anut Ann spends most of her time in
needlework and- relatives read tho news
to her each day so that she keeps posted
<>u current event*.
Don’t Step on It!
Why? Well, Read This
Speeders, ahoy I
The motorcycle cops are on the streets
again.
Their first batch of prisoners numbers
nine. * From now on tbe motorcycle cops
will patrol the streets.. Their activities
were curbed during tbe winter weather.
BEAUTY SPECIALIST
TELLS SECRET
f
A Beauty Specialist Gives Home-
Made Recipe to Darken Gray Hair.
Mrs. M. D. Gillespie, a well-known
beauty specialist of Kahsas City, re
cently gave out the following state
ment regarding gray hair:
“Anyone can prepare a simple mix
ture at home that will darken gray
hair and mak,e it soft and glossy. To
a half-pint of water add 1 ounce of
bay rum, a small box of Barbo Com
pound and J /i ounce of glycerine.
“These ingredients can be pur
chased any drug store at very little
cost. Apply to the hair twice a week
until the desired shade is obtained.
This will make a gray-haired person
look twenty years younger. It doeb
not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy and does not rub off.” —Ad-
vertisement.
Ey es Tired?
If your eyes are tired and over
worked; if they itch, ache, burn or
smart, go to any drug store and get
a bottle of Bon-Opto tablets. Drop
one tablet in a fourth of a glass of
water and use to bathe the eyes from
two to four times a day. You will
be surprised at the rest, relief and
comfort Bon-Opto brings.
Note: Doctor* say Bon-Opto strengthens eye
sight so in a week’s time in many instance.
I Nature Needs Aid
You Need Health
Blackburn’s
yM*aiil*iilii annul 1
CascaE®alFM
I Relieve Constipation
15 doses. 15 cts. 45 doses, 30 cts. 1
ENGLISH’S OPERA HOUSE
SUNDAY NIGHT, FEB. 15
ub |mm fC and his company
Si U 111 & OF MEDIUMS
Spirit Power in the Light London Open-Light Seance.
A table rises from four to five feet and floats in midair.
Spirit hands and faces are plainly seen and recognized by
friends. A guitar played and passed around the room by an
invisible power. Flowers are brought and passed to the audi
ence by hands and plainly seen, and bells are rung, harps are
played and other tests of startling nature take place in the
presence of these wonderful mediums.
SMALL ADMISSIONS WILL BE CHARGED.
To Prevent
Grip
Take
“Laxative
' Breme
Quinine
Tablets”
Be sure you get the Genuine
Look for this signature
Co-
on the box. 30c
Mr. 'Voiles
T akes v
Adler-i-ka!
“I suffered from indigestion and
! constipation and my doctor told me
ito take Adler-i-ka. It helped me in
1 two days and three bottles CURED
me. O. E. Voiles.
Adler-i-ka flushes BOTH upper and
lower bowel so completely it relieves
ANY CASE gas on the stomach or
! sour stomach. Removes foul matter
which poisoned stomach for months.
Often CURES constipation. Prevents
appendicitis. Adler-i-ka is a mixture
of buckthorn, cascara. glycerine and
nine other simple ingredients. H. J.
Huder, druggist. Wash. & Penn. Sts.
—Advertisement.
TO DARKEN HAJR
APPLY SAGE TEA
Look Young! Bring Back Its
Natural Color, Gloss and
Attractiveness.
Common garden *age brewed into a
heavy tea with sulphur added, will turn
gray, streaked and faded hair beauti
fully dark and luxuriant. Just a few
application* will prove a revelation if
your hair i* fading, streaked or gray.
Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur at
home, though, is troublesome. An easier
way is to get a bottle of Wyeth’* Sage
and Sulphur Compound at any drug
store all ready for use. This is the old
time recipe improved by the addition of
other ingredients.
While wispy, gray, faded hair is not
sinful, we all desire to retain our youth
ful appearance and attractiveness. By
darkening your hair with Wyeth’s Sage
and Sulphur Compound, no one"can tell,
because It does it so Naturally, so evenly.
You Just daTnpen a sponge or soft brush
with it and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at a time; by
morning all gray hairs have disappeared,
and, after another application on two,
your hair becomes beautifully dark,
glossy, soft and luxuriant.—Advertise
ment.
RefeeWeight Happily
Oh- OF KOREIN. fon<nrdlr3
•J®K , K £ ! 2? n “rstem therawlth: becoms
lo\drui 1 a *’Jis ar h t i trtct i n - live
LO.NOi.u! Sold by tiny drusgiat*. lacludlo*;
J. A. Haag, 11* N. Penn. Hook
Drug Cos., Haag Drug Cos„ H. J.
Huder, Wash. & Penn., & Mich. A
111., F. H. Carter, 772 Mass., A
Francis Pharmacy, 148 N. Penn.
iHE SPRINGTIME TONIC
’ For Nervous, Weak Men
Women Is
CADOMENE TABLETS W
Sold by All Druggists.
—AdTv ertiseme^H
SKIFFLES, SNEEZES,
HOARSEWHEEZES
Banish them by using Dr.
Bell’* Pine-Tar-Honey
THOUSANDS recommend it. Dr.
Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey isn’t an
experiment, but a cough and cold
remedy that has steadily grown popu
lar because it is quickly effective.
For lingering colds or coughs or fresh
attacks its balsamic and healing anti
septics are sure to be beneficial. It
brings speedy relief from phlegm-con
gestion, inflammation, tickling bron
chial tubes. Good also for hoarseness,
coughs due to grippe, and kindred ail
ments. Economical —a bottle goes a
long way. 30c., 60c., $1.20.
A Fine Family Laxative
Po-Do-Lax. Nature'* proved assistant, stir*
the bile and get* the liver on the job. Unlike
calomel, Po-Do-Lax is mild but positive in
action. It promptly correct* constipation in
ACID IN STOMACH
SOM FOOD
Says Excess of Hydrochloric
Acid is Cause of Indigestion.
A well-known authority states that
stomach trouble and Indigestion are
nearly always duo to acidity—acid stom
ach —and not, as most folks believe, from
a lack of digestive Juices. He states that
an excess of hydrochloric acid in the
stomach retards digestion and starts
food fermentation, then our meals sour
like garbage in a can, forming acrid
fluids and gases, which inflate the stom
ach like a toy balloon. We then, get that
heavy, lumpy feeling in tbe chest, we
eructate eour food, belch gas, or have
heartburn, flatulence, waterbrasb, or
nausea.
He tella ns to lay side all digestive
aids and Instead get from any pharmacy
four ounces of.Jad Salts and take a ta
blespoonful iff' a glass of water before
breakfast while it is effervescing, and
furthermore, to continue this for one
week. While relief follows the first dose,
it is important to neutralise the acidity,
remove the gas-making mass, start the
liver, stimulate the kidneys and thus
promote a free flow of pure digestive
Juices.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice,
combined with lithia and sodium phos
phate. This harmless salts is used by
thousands of people for stomach trouble
with excellent results. —Advertisement.
SQUEEZED
TO DEATH
When the body begins to stiffen
nnd movement becomes painful it
i9 usually au indication that the
kidneys are out of order. Keep
these organs healthy by taking
COLD MEDAL
The world’s standard remedy for kidney,
liver, bladder and uric add troubles.
Vernons since 1696. Take regularly and
keep in good health. In three sizes, ell
druggists. Guaranteed es represented.
Look for tki name Gold Medal on every has
ud accept am tl " t *-tfire
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