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.-J. T LAS VEGAS DAILY OPTIC. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 191 r. 3 f WINDSOR COMES INTO IIS UVN ONCE ft KING GEORGE AND QUEEN MARY PATRONIZE IT8 LOCAL TRADESMEN Windsor, Eng., Aug. 2. 01 all loyal subjects up and down the land, those r this little town are experiencing the keenest and most personal satis faction ia the accession of King George V. It is a prosaic reason, because it affects their pockets, but still folk must live. And It is ten times easier to say "God save the king," when his majesty, with, his own hand, puts sev eral dollars regularly every week into your till. For the tradesmen of Windsor until year ago suffered from a slump In royal patronage of such a severe kind that some came to he verge of bank ruptcy. In Queen Victoria's time, the court was at Windsor Castle a large part of the year, and it was the in variable rule of her majesty that ev erything required for the castle should, as far as possible, be bought In Wind sor. Of course, the castle represented almost the entire trade of the town, which, though important as being the place of the king's chief home, la not a large one. The Eton boys from the famous public school nearby repre sent another proportion of their cus tom, but the quantity of it is negligi ble to that of the royal demesne. When Queen Victoria died and Ed ward reigned in her stead, a com plexion of quite different hue appear ed on the face of things. To begin with, both King Edward and his spouse -cordially detested Windsor, and put in -as little time there as possible during the year. Then, when the royal cou pie were in residence things were no better tor the honest butcher, baker and candle stick maker of tt'ladsor, fot everything was bought in London o abroad. Edward VII was a man or luxurious taste to an extraordinary degree. The simple fare and the ordinary necessa ries procurable1 in the country borough he had no use for. Foreign wines, rare -fruits and vegetables in and out of season, game and fish were required almost every day and had to be ob- -tained trvfn th continent. "No order today" was the depressing- reply when the local tradesmen , called . at , . the mm; -castle. . . With, the advent ot King George ana Mary the cloud have rolled ,v and the eun ot prosperity once more shines on the picturesque bor- ouuh. For in material matters, rresent king Is quite the opposite of his father, a fact of which the butch rs and bakers are joyfully aware. The king has made it known that when he is in Windsor he wishes everything iwineht in Windsor, and good money Is once more rolled into the local cof fers. WHO GETS THE PROFITS? Neither the farmers nor the rail r responsible for the high cost of living. Neither profits by the high prices paid by the consumer. The fault Is in the tremendous costs . and profits which lie between the producer and the consumer. A box of lemons brings the California pro ducer $1.50. The 3,000-mile freight haul to New York City by the rail roads costs S4 cents. Yet the ultim ate consumer pays $7.40 for that same box of lemons. The producer receives 20 per cent for growing it, the railroad receives 11 per cent for hauling it across the continent and the dealer in New York 69 per cent for doing what? The average price paid for eggs to 1 xs SSl 1 I L S. is the only remedy that can be used with perfect sarety in S.S.b. is we wny ' Rlnod Poison, and with the assurance the treatrneni o t that a lasting cure w I result, which will tcmL'thV treatment is left off the disease always Blood Poison, b" en hdhe ddicate tissues of the stomach and returns in worse fonn and the uc bowels are V"'" c dyspepsia, and mercurial Rheumatism are stomach trouble, "'J.,,,; s.s.5, made entirely of non added to .the dfKe"jSrf recognized curative and tonic injurious ruuio, - value, removes every particle or i irldiinetnd8e e C We nnt hide Or Cover uy ccs Hnes not hide at 11BI OUI the farmers of Arkansas- and Mis souri Is 15 cents per dozen. For the 1,300-mile haul to New York, includ iug breakage, the railroads charge 2 cents. Yet the average cost of eggs is 30 cenU per dozen, in other words, the men who receive these eggs in New York In the morning and deliver them, perhaps before night, receive 13 cents per dozen for their work. The beef steer travels from the range in Texas to Kansas or Okla homa, is fed for six months on fat tening feed, makes another railroad journey to the packing house. Is transformed into dressed beef and makes a third Journey by rail to the local butcher. All this fattening, dressing, transporting at a" total cost of 7 4 cents per pound. For cutting the carcass into cuts and transporting it around the corner to your door a distance of a block or two the butcher adds 17 cents per pound. According to Secretary Wilson, in seventy-eight cities where the matter was Investigated, the farmer or orig inal producer receives less than 50 per cent of what the ultimate con sumer pays for milk; the railroads receiving but seven per cent for transporting it, while the dealers re ceive 43 per cent. An estimate shows that on articles of food for which the farmer receives $274,289,000, the freight bills were but $25,045,000, while the expenses and profits of the middlemen who hauled these com modities, were $164,813,000. In other words, the expense of handling and the profits were, in addition to the freight, over 60 per cent. The problef of the high cost of living is not one of trusts and tar iffs, but of providing some system of getting food products from producer to consumer without so much expense and so many profits. - BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 2. Dele gates from every section of the coun try, and representing a membership of two millions and total assets of about $800,000,000, were present at the opening here today of the nineteenth annual convention of the United States League of Local Building and Loan atsortiations. The opening session this morning, following the welcom ing addresses and responses, was de voted to committee appointments and the annual reports of the several offi cers, rnese reports snowea man ine local building and loan associations have, during the past year, shared the general prosperity of the country and have done the largest business In their history. At the subsequent sessions, which will continue over tomorrow, the league will discuss numerous Ques tions relatlmj no tb protection and promotion, ot' building awocla.tYon In terests. 1 loading the Hat of speaKera is Dr. Charles Pranard of Paris, head ot the Bureau of Assurance and So cial Providence of the French govern ment, who will be heard on the sub ject of "Co-operation as Applied to Home Purposes in Europe." Among the other scheduled speakers are t. N. Penniston of Hancock, Mich., Ar thur H. Murdock of Omaha. John C Butterfield of Jersey City, C. A. Royse of Terre Haute, E. L. Kessleu of Char lotte, Clay W. Holmes or Kimira, Charles Werno or Chicago, and P. L. Prophit of Monroe, La. Addison B. Burk of Philadelphia, Is slated for election to the presidency of the legue. NORTH CAROLINA VETERANS Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 2. Hun dreds of Confederate veterans from various sections of North Carolina and a number from neighboring status are here in attendance upon a two days' session, beginning today, of the annual reunion of the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans of North Carolina. Wilmington is gayly decor ated in honor of the veterans and their friends. Major General J. S. Car presided at the opening session, Tomorrow will be held the annual par ade and also the principal social events of the reunion. Anyway the tire of a lazy man Isn't easily punctured. 110 niuTIIFULlffllETIALS PURELY VEGETABLE There are certain mineral medicines i svrnotorrs 0f Contagious from th(J circuiaUon, ana Dy e n symptoms, but removes them . i, arJ0num1. Home Treatment Book and any med- druff stores. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. ATLANTA, CA. 300,000 ACRES IN SAN JUAN BEING CH TRACT IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO MAY 800N BE OPEN ED TO SETTLERS Dura n go, Colo., Aug. 2. Through the untiring efforts of the Farmington board of trade, with the assistance of C V. Safford, a prominent banker of Albuquerque, N. M., who had made a personal inspection and careful study of the proposition, Surveyor General Jchn W. -March of New Mexico has finally succeeded In securing permis sion from the department officials at Washington to survey a 300,000 acre tract of land lying south and southeast of Farmington, N. M., which in the end will result in that immense portion of the territory being thrown open to settlers. The acreage in question has long been considered a deesrt waste by those who were not acquainted with Its value or the existing conditions. Three years ago the Farmington aboard o' trade awoke to the fact and' pro ceeded to get action on the unsurveyed land. Mr. Safford made a trip for the express purpose of studying the con ditions and upon his return to Santa Fe he personally presented the matter to Surveyor General March. The lat ter Immediately recommended the consideration by the department offi cials, requesting permission to proceed at. once with the work. The result of his request was evi denced last Friday by the arrival in Farmington of William A. Tipton, a United States surveyor in the regular sedvloe of the government, acoom panied by a crew of seven men. The party's mission was to begin the task of surveying the fourteen townships of unsurveyed government land lying south and southeast of that city. It i? expected that to survey this, great amount of land will require four months and when completed and plac ed on the records the prospective opening to entry of the lands another era of development of the great Farm ington fruit belt will have been ac complished. Before the Work has been complet ed the townships will be subdivided. The land included In the survey com prises thousands of acres of produc tive level mesa land, while other sec tions of It ennibrajce mors 4illy ami rcrujsh land. But on the whole it will provide thousands of acres that will he reclaimed almost Immediately af ter having been thrown open to settle ment. It is estimated that at least 150,000 acres in the project Is of such high productive value that when de veloped the ranches will be of the most valuable in the great fruit belt. The arrival of the surveyors has not only aroused the inhabitants to great excitement, but those residing In the San Juan Tegion as well. Hundreds of citizens in this section are beginning to lay their plans for filing on a des ert claim as soon as the land Is thrown open for settlement, uetung water on to this land will be the greatest difficulty as a starter of the develop ment. The expenditure will be great; !n fact, too much for the new settler, but when that time comes the govern ment will be asked to assist. If this land is irrigated from the San Juan river a large high line ditch and stor age reservoirs will be used, but in awaiting for those improvements the new settlers might get along by pump ing water from shallow wells. In a Pinch, Use Allen's Foot-Ease Ladles can wear shoes one sise smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives instant relief to corns and bun ions. It's the greatest comfort dis covery of the age. Relieves swollen feet, blisters callous and sorespots. It is a certain relief for sweating. tired, tender, aching feet. Always use it to break In new shoes. Sold every where, 25c. Don't accept any substi tute. For FREE trial package address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. NEW MISSOURI HIGHWAY Jefferson City," Mo, Aug. 2. Gover nor Hadley and the state board of agri culture gave a public hearing today 'on the matter of the proposed state road to connect St. Louis and Kansas City. Three routes are under consider ation and nearly 1,000 delegates rep resenting numerouf. cities and towns Srere on hand to urge the claims of one or another of the proposed routes. A man is sure he' interesting to girls because they are so tricky as to let Mm talk about himself. SURVEYED TORONTO'S AVIATION MEET Toronto, Ont., Aug, 2. With an aeroplane race from Hamilton to Toronto as the introductory feature to be followed by an entire week of prize contests for speed, duration, altitude, etc., the aviation meet which is to have its opening here to morrow promises to be one of the most notable and successful affairs of its kind yet pulled off In America The aviation field, located within easy access of the city, consists of a tract two miles inextent, without ob structions or any kind. Half a dot en aviators of international reputa tion are to participate in the meet, among them being Charles F. Wil lard, J. A. D. McCurdy. J. J. Ward and Ladlz Lewkowicz, the last-named being a young Russian aviator, and the first one of his nationality to fly in America. TO HARVEST WESTERN CROP Montreal. Aug. 2. The Canadian Pacific today started the first of its harvesters' excursions to the west, where the farmers are reported to be i1'1 need of 60,000 harvest hands to assist in caring for the great wheat crop, estimated at 200,000,000 bushels. The largest number of men hitherto sent west for harvesting was two years ago, when 26,000 made the Jour, nev. The big Increase this year is due to the fact that the crop in Mani toba, Alberta and Saskatchewan promises exceptionally well, both on land that has been in cultivation for years and on trie big additional acre age that has been broken up during tho past two years. The railroads expect to recruit thousands of har vesters in Ontario, Quebec and the maritime provinces. LABOR NOTES Thirty-eight cents is the dally wage rate for blacksmiths in Shanghai, China. President Leguia of - Peru ' has signed what is known as the Peruvi an employers' liability law. San Jose, Calif., institutions that employe members of the culinary crafts have been thoroughly union ized. The twenty-seventh annual session of the Trades and Labor congress of Canada will convene at Calgary Sep tember li. On August 7, at Niagara Falls, the United Powder and High Explosive Workers of America will hold their annual convention. At the next Dominion general elec tion . tho labor umrtr will M-v onm date In the fUild In very Important city la Canada. A child labor bill recently passed the Tennessee legislature,, fixing the age limit of factory employment at 14 years, and only excepting agriculr ture and domestic service. The last annual report of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen shows that more than $2,000,000 was paid in death and disability claims by the organization during the past year. Arrangements have been made for holding a national convention of the unemployed at Washington, D. C, to be in session from September 1 to 4. J. Eads How of St. Louis is the head of the organization. Stationary firemen and steam en gineers employed by all the Minneap olis breweries have been successful in their efforts to renew their agree ments With the employers and to ob tain an increase In their pay. The organization committee of the Minneapolis Trades and Labor as sembly has recently succeeded In organizing a shoe repairers' union in affiliation with the National Boot and Shoe Workers union. The number of women employed In Germany according to the latest sta tlstical renorts. is 9.400.000: In France, 6,800,000; In Austria, 5,500,- 000, and in England, 5,400,000. The women are employed in manufactures and trades. The wool growers of the northern Rocky Mountain region have adopted the method of selling at wholesale di rect to the consumer. They have es tablished large warehouses at Chi cago and Omaha, to which the wool Is consigned. Statistics compiled by. Deputy State Labor Commissioner Edwin V. Brake show that 34,336 miners are employed in Colorado. Of these 14,768 are working in coal ' mines and the re mainder In the various metal mines and mills: The Quarry Workers' International Union of North America reports that thirty-eight local unions have this year effected new agreements which run from one to rive years, and with an Increase In wages or from 1 to 6 cents per hour. If you anchored your money the way you do a boat, it would drag an Ichor and get away Just the same. BRIERLY SIGNED TO PLAY Mil TA FE TOGETHER WITH INFIELDER FRED OWENS, VETERAN GOES TO ANCIENT CITY ' The rejuvenated Santa Fe baseball team Is to be a strong aggregation. Catcher James Brierly, lately manager of the Dawson team and for years a member of the Trinidad club, has been signed up by Manager Lopez and will be with the Salmon Grays during the remainder of the season. Infield ed Fred Owens,, also formerly of Trin idad, will be a fixture on third base for the Santa Fe club. The Ancient City has more good amateur baseball players for its size than any place iu the United States and, with the addi tions mentioned, the boys there will be able to turn out a classy team. The Las Vegas fans are anxious to see the Maroons stacked up against Santa Fe in another series and the local man agement will make an effort to sched ule games with Santa Fe in the near future. Albuquerque will play at San ta Fe next Sunday. OREGON TO CELEBRATE Astoria, Ore., Aug. 2. One week hence there will be Inaugurated here the Astoria Centennial carnival, for which preparations on an elaborate scale have been going forward for more than a year and are now prac tically completed. The carnival fes tivities will extend over an entire month and will embrace a wide varie ty of attractions. The management is in receipt of advices indicating the attendance pf thousands of visitors from all of the Pacific states and from Canada and the east as well. DAWSON TO HAVE BANK Santa Fe, N. M., Aug. 2. 'Articles or incorporation have been filed in the territorial escretary's office by the Bank of Dawson, Colfax county, which la Incorporated at $30,000, conslsting of 300 shares at $100 each. The stock holders are Geo. Norman, 294 shares; Jamiee Douglas, A. C. James, C. H. Dodge, James McLean, E. Hayward Ferry each one share, and ail of New York City, and T. H. O'Brien of Daw son, 1 share. Mr. O'Brien is named as the statoutory agent. 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