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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

sweat the scales off the railroad alli-
gator you can. I for one, will trust
you with the job. You ought to get
--- harnessed up with
you. saw circular from Mr.. DON
nelly about starting such a paper,
but it wants the paper itself to do
the pushing. In my judgment you
better let agricultural matters alone.
Stick to the genuine demands of the
hour. Come up and give
us talk on "Bonanzas" sometime.
If you do, look up the history of our
branch railroad] and strike hard ];
the truth will be hard enough. =
=" You ask why we editors out in the
provinces don't make Rome howl?
Well, we do sometime get excited, but
we are too busy to keep posted all
the time e-and then some railway
Doodle free pass cross roads legisla-
tor lawyer comes in and breaks his
heart over us.
I'VE would print this letter, but the
writer asked us not to-that's the
reason we don't! Don't we?-ED.
A farmer writes letter from an in
terror county, where there are seven
or eight Alliances, saying that an
alliance of farmers, to amount to
anything, isa thing impossible until
80 out of every 100 farmers do not
know their letters" Then he adds,
country schools are the curse of the
farming community in this country. !"
Read it in, another column. The let
ter is in earnest, and is not satirical,
and ofcourse the writer, who resides
in Pope Co., is crank.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18
A Note From A Fellow Sufferer

To the Editor of TIE GREAT WEST:
- When you get to
publishing an alliance organ you will
be in the right kind of water to swim
in. That's where you ought to be.
That is what / said when you
brought out that wonderful book
keeping of the Minneapolis & Pacific
road over a year ago I alwaysu used
to take your paper home and read it.
Go in, DR.. Fish, and If anybody can
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

The great Fire Insurance Combina-
tion was temporarily broken recent
ly. 1t will Re patched up again i'm
mediately.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

There are many farmers in the hard
wheat regions OF the north west who
do not know that the middle-states
farmer sows his wheat in the fall.
We don't get snow enough in this
section for that.
On the other hand middle-states
farmers generally suppose that the
northern hard wheat is a winter
wheat.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

When you die would it not be well
for that hard working wife to get a
thousand dollars to clear off those
debts and send thechildrei to school?
Probate courts do not touch life in
surance-and the National Alliance
Aid Association lnsures fd dr less thsn
tobacco costs a Moderate hser.s i
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

Henry Willard states that the
earnings OF the Northern Pacific
railway have Increased 8 b that by
January l they wfl show IA gross in
crease of two million dollars, and
pay dividends on the stock. This
stock represents no Investment to
speak of-the investment came prac-
tically from bonds.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

How many million acres Of land
does the Standard Oil Company own
for oil and gas purposes? This
should be ascertained. They handle
$2oo,ooo,ooo, and have been COB
bling land for years.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

From what Alliance w&s the appli-
cation for charter sent containing
thenames OF Regan, Barry, McAuliffe,
Sullivan, Johnston, Nakh, Downs,
Aitkin, Byrnes, Coughlii, Morgan,
etc. The Application, ,is uPt a recent
one, and bealsno postofilce or town
uDOn it,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

The Manitoba road must be dread
fully close on bankruptcy(?) when it's
watered stock is at a premium of II
cents on the dollar!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

going to be postmaster. Eyes, by
C., he is"
'But the people don't want him. y
"DOn't make q blank-blank bit of
difference, By G. my word is law,
and want him postmaster, by G.
he Is postmaster" And he shook
his blue fist in the air till his bloated
stomach ached.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

Immediately after the issuing OF
Mr.. Hills recent consolidation circu-
lar, Manitoba stock dropped from
121h to III. AS daily paper said !:
ssThe natural effect of a stOck-water-
ing scheme!''
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

1t would be good plan to COM
bine all the farmers county and
township fire insurance companies
into a strong Alliance company for
the state.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

VIII editors OF our exchanges, or
subscribers, in the west and north
westt please quote for M the price Of
hard coal and wheat. A postal card
would suit us better than . newspa-
per local.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

Speaking about 1'Wood," dry ma
pie could be had BY the hundred car
loads, or one car load, in Stearns
and Todd Counties, last winter, for
$3.50 q cord. Less than a hundred
miles railway transit, and one mans
profits made it 81 90 q cord.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

More Alliances have been organ
lied during the last six months than
in the two previous years.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

The Dakota Alliance now enters
the field to loan money. It contracts
Dakota loans at 8h per cent straight
that is without commission or ex-
pense Of any kind.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

We advise every farmer to turn all
his insurance into the Alliance COM
DanieS.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

+ Pressure is already brought to
bear to crush out The Great West
The Publishing Company went to
man in st. Paul last week to close
contract in a business matter. Sat-
isfactOry propositions were made
and accepted-without the sugges-
tion OF difference in terms desired.
Before noon the next day this man
went direct to stalwart politicians in
st. Paul, and office holders, and told
them Of the plan of the State Alli-
ance to send out from $4,000 to 1OO,-
600 supplements containing Mr.. Don
nelly's address. The man was ad-
vised in terms which he could not af-
ford to slight, to drop the matter at
once.
1t was dropped. Nor was that all.
But The Great West bides it's time,
and when that time comes will make
a revelation worth revealing.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18
fore" The fact is, the markets are
controlled against the producer. To
quote marketsi is merely t0give forth
the results Of secret schemes the e.
fectsOf q universal bear pressure

the results Of secret schemes-the e.
fectsof q universal bear pressure
Railroad Aid.
On the 18th of this month Roches-
ter will be torn up on the question of
voting railroad aid. But, singular
as It may seem, in this year of our
state history. the question is not
whether to bonus or not-but which
OF two newly proposed roads to
bonus!
How this issue can exist today
passes our understanding. Lincoln
or Greeley, or some other prominent
genius, said you could fool all the
people part the time and part OF the
people all the time-but not all the
people all the time. s
Well, we don't know about it. If
the experience of the last twenty
years is good for nothing, what can
be hoped for the future? Is there an
intelligent man in Minnesota who
don't know that the bonuses have
nothing to do with the building of
railroads.?
We are honest and earnest in ask
ing this question. If man does not
know this, can it be said that he ia
posted" on the matters of general
| interest to the citizen?
Let it be put straight and fair:
When a company starts out to build
a railroad it first prints a mass Of
s'stock." This stock consists of Ger
tificates OF ownership in the road
and it is rarely wholly issued at first.
Then, this stock not being paid for
in any degree, sometimes enough is
raised on it to get surveys, but not
often) the Company" put their
names to paper to raise money to
build the actual road. On this pa
per, or note, is an obligation to
transform the security of the note
into mortgage bonds, secured on the
road bed.
Now about the bonuses? Well as
soon as a Company Is in shape they
farm out the bonus business, as an
entirely different issue. They delegate
or farm out the work, divvying on
the proceeds, and each section pOck-
cts the result. The money SO raised
has nothing whatever to do with
the building Of the road. Look at
the l.. F. & D. branch OF the N. RI,
for instance. OF the $2OO, 900 and over
raised for that road not dollar of
it appears among the sworn re-
sources of the road! Examine the
sworn reports in the Railway
Com'rs annual for confirmation.
Where do these vast sums, aggre-
gated by township votes, turn up?
They turn up, Mr.. Rochester, in
the pockets of the bonus farmers and
railway sharks, right where yours
will appear. 1t is time the common
sense citizens OF a community shook
off this CALLING yoke Of a lot of pur-
chased linen of influence" who are
paid to get up an excitement.
There is a man in Pope County
who has pOcketed altogether about
81 800 in this way-and yet the gang
keep him on tOp-as though he were
q most virtuOus, sober fellow citizen.
So secret are these means of skull
duggery that man knowing the
facts does not dare to ''speak out in
meetin'" for no one could prove in
court what he knows privately.
! Our advice is to vote "NO" to ey-
erything on the ''bonus racket"
The cost of operating Aailroad is
something that can only b{ obtained
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

The public school system is an in
stitution to be guarded with jealous
care.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

-
Michigan had poor wheat crop.
The farmers are not selling readily.
Pennsylvania was under the aver
age.
New York, an unusually poor crop.
Indiana has not marketed, SO far,
half crop.
Ohio will send to market not over
One-hal the usual amount.
Missouri will market about two
thirds of a crop.
Illinois will not send in over 40
per cent.
Dakota is short Is to 20 million
bushels. Yet No. 3 northern wheat
is selling at from IS to 60 cents in the
northwest.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18
EDITORS SALUTATORY.

s EDITORS SALUTATORY.
CHAP. L.
Farmers, we greet you. Shake.
CHAP. II.
We've come to stay.
CHAP. III.
This is a radical paper; it fears God
and defies the liars.
EVERETT w. FISH.
MANAGERS SALUTE.
CHAP. /.
One dollar a year in advance.
CHAP. II.
One year means from now till JAN
uary 1st, 1891.
CHAP. III.
Come up to the help OF the Lord
against the mighty. =
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

The cost of operating a Aailroad is
something that can only b{ obtained
with some difficulty The expense is
far below what is generally supposed,
so far as mere movement of trains is
concerned. OF course the immense
salaries, given the principal officers of
the company, run expenses up to cx-
travagant proportions.
The wear and tear Of rolling stock
can be told by leasage rates of sup
ply and manufacturing companies.
The cost of an equipment is not up
to the amount supposed by one who
looks at mighty locomotive tear
ing through the forest. For instance,
a road with nearly 900 miles, built
for 80, 200, 600 land bonded for $S, ,OO0,-
OOO-of course) expends only one-half
of one million for rolling stock or
equipment. Equipment" means all
kinds of cars, even to a hand-car.
The cost of grading is calculated
by figuring on the number of cubic
yards of dirt to be thrown. Some
times it counts in cuts alOne-sOme-
times in cuts and fills. When q cut
and fill come close together a con-
tract is based on that fact. Con-
tracts generally cover a mile. Esti-
mates cover given miles. A con-
venient method of figuring a gener-
ally level grade y and the track line
will rise and fall much to secure it,
is by the prism. BY this we mean
a cross-section Of the grade which
may be supposed to be nine feet on
ground and six feet where the ties lie.
II. the grade is three feet high the
lines of bottom and top and sloping
sides will include just n feet. Hence,
one foot of such gradeequals q cubic
feet, or one cubic yard. It costs
about 15c to move earth oncontract.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

sweat the scales off the railroad alli-
gator you can. I for one, will trust
you with the job. You ought to get
The Arizona champion., 1889-06-08
Cheap Horses.

A young man came to San Antonio a few days ago with. buying orders from New England state for some
 l50 head of horses at not moro than
 S5 head. Such gross ignorance is inexcusahle. The Stock Journal has published a corset weekly horse market report for over three years, and at no time has the price been lower than SS and that was for what was classed as the lowest scrub here, which would be trash that would not pay the feed, What Is here qqotel fairly good stock, worth from SIS to $25 per head, is almost unsaleable in New England under the classification of low scrub. Ex- perience proves that it does not pay to feed poor horse anywhere, and and especially where feed is as high as it is in the east. The lowest grade horses now sold here come from Mexico, and as an illustration of the utter worthlessness of stock in some portion of that country it is cited that an experienced importer of Mexican horses few days ago was enabled to cat out only forty. five
The Arizona champion., 1889-06-08
ARIZONA.

'2he Devil was given permission ore day To select him land for his own spsclal
 sway; So he hunted around for month or more And fused and tuned and terribly swore' But at last a country was delighted to view Where the prickley pear and the mesquite
 grew; With brief survey without further
 cxcuse. He stood on the banks Of the Santa Cruz He saw there was some lSnprovznenss to
 make For he leit his own reputation a. stake: An idea struck him aud he swore by his
 h,rns To male a 'mplete vegetation Of thor Is He studded the land with p,icllly pear, And scattered the cactus everywhere: The spanish digger, sharp poiu,ed and
 tall. And at last the cholla to out.st;ck them ali. He imported the ApschCs Street from hell, The size of his sweet scented ranks to
 swell. And a lesi of sEunks with lou I, loal
 smell ToS SrInTe th, oor1try he loved so ~cli And then for his life he could not see why The river should any more water sup3ly; A: q he swore if he gave il another Gr1p You might have his head and horns for
 mop. He filled the river with sa1l t;li i. wa
 aln"st dry. And poisoned 1Ae 7aRd with alkali; And lrDmised himself on its sllmv br;n', The control of all who from 1t should
 drink. He saw there was one improvement to
 maj e, And imported the scorpion ta:an.all anl
 raltlesnake. ltlat all who might com- to this county
 10 dwell Nusld be sure 60 think thl. it wl= almo>;
 hell. lie fixed the heat at one hundred anI
 eleven. And n,>hcl forever the moisture rom
 heaven; Anl rcmar>cd as he helrl his furnaes
 roar. That the heat might reach ive,hundre5
 or IT r.; Anl afer nr hat fixed thing, sj thorny
 GI2 q well, He s1iI T w.ll be i-1 If it don't BEAT
 hl, ] len he alpPsl his wiog< anI 1vay h.
 Rev. lnd vanished from earth in blaze O And now no dcuht in .one corner Of hcli lie glo; per lie work h. has dJh- $
 vii. And vs:Ns thN A4ilosa camp, be beat For se2rpicuS, taronluils, snakes anl
 heaJ For with hl, og2 plo t>i $ hiie9 ss e-eu lie feels assuycG it surp2sses heE'
 -FX
The Arizona champion., 1889-06-08
Some Costly UuderclOthing.

A woman who wants to be extra
 vagant can walk into any of the
 largest of the Sixth avenue stores
 apd bay a S350 suit of undercloth-
 ing from the stock on the shelves.
 She eau make her choice between a
 number of different styles of suits at
 thlt price. When h comes to the ebeaRe sorts of goods. suits that sell for from Sa25 to $l75, there are scores .os different styles from which to select There are whole shelves filled with boxes containing nothing bqt these goods for which it would
 sesaa .thlt there could be no demand. The had of such department i'll ons ef the stores said the other day: "Ves, FOR you'd think the woman who cqqld afford to have Shat sort of unIsrclothing woull have it made t9 or,le-, so as to he sure of getting son 9thing different frons what any bo.ly coald bay, but they don't. We have scores or re 5ular costumers for tue most expensive underwear that wo can make up, and they make their choice right from our stock l suppose that they think the price is guarantee enough that the gools are not likely to be very common. An othe: thing about it is that it would b, hard to ga5 such fine work as there is upon those garments hy them made to order. ESep II we took the order ourselves we skeIld have to send to Paris to get it filed, amd that would he too much delay, Thare vaalI be scarcely more work on a garment entirely of lace than upon some of these hishprized ones that we sell. All the sewing upon them is as finely done as though it were embroidery. You cannot tell where the linen leaves of and lace trimming begins, So neatly is the york done. Then there is a good dell of real embroidery on those Desiie, and the lAce has to be made especially for the garments. IN. '. san.
The Arizona champion., 1889-06-08
Welcome 10 Lerenze Sicbert.

Lorenze Siberia Sr3 Summit St, is one of the two persons who drew one twentieth of the ticket No. 10, APO in the March drawing Of tks Louisiana State Lottery. Areport
 CT for the Blade called on him auG asked him to tell about 1t. "Wr are all poor men, and 1 tell you there were three happy old men when we learned that We had S, 900 to divided up. We got the money in few days. through the express company, and l have put mine out at intrest. to have something in my old age" MT. Siebert Is about Go years old, his partner, a middle-aged man, and Mir. Haas ie S4 Toledo {Ohlo) Blade, April 9
The Arizona champion., 1889-06-08
The Crr1;nai's OpIaI9n,

Cardinal Gibbons perhaps takes the most rational view of the evils resulting from intemPeranue. He evidently is man who believes in practical methods in preference to distractions and vapid theories, Ultraism in any for!a is certain to D oduce reaction and dofeat the n3eans Of working reformation. The cardinal earnestly thinks that high iic .nse is th0 safest measure for the suppression of the evil which is undermining the fabric of society, and desolating so many homes. He declares his opposition to prohibition as a means of preventing intemper- ance because it does not prohibit ExperieTce has demonstrated that in those states where prohibition has been tested that 1t Is not an effective means of preventing the vice of in
 ulgance. Prohibition is to be dis outraged also because it confounds the drunkard with those who use spirits in moderation, making out d sin where it dQos rot exist. High i;ense, with moral sanction, is the best way of diminishing the vice Of drinking,
The Arizona champion., 1889-06-08
Nine Millions witches Burned.

Sprenger computes that during the christian era no fewer than nine million witches were inmolat- ed. In England, the last execu- ton for witchcraft took place in I7l6, but in Illinois as late aa I78o to I79o several unfortunates were were put 10 death. This Is terri able ref .ction on the boasted en llghtment of the age; but we must not De over.cenSorIous, while wv daily see friends going down to death, Ignor4nce or projudic: preventing the use of renldle> which might save them Man, | cold runs into consumption, while indigestion and impure blood de billtles the system, inviting fata attlckS, when the use of Dr. Pierce . Golden Medical Discovery would ensured health and happiness.
The Arizona champion., 1889-06-08
DlSarmi,,g slh UnSeeu Foe.

"T'@ls was sometime paradox, 7" as Hamlet s2yS. Since, however. the people of America and other lands have been rnab!ed to pit
 Host tie, StoU ac Bitt.rs against SPat unseen fUe m laria it is no longer pardox, bat al easy pas
 sibIity. Wherever malaria cycles its misty venom 10 poison the ar, aud decaying uGwholesome vege ta> iion inplcg ates the water, there in the very stronghold of miasma Is the auxiliary potent 10 Gis>rm the fee and assure fliclent protect fen. Fever and ague. bilious re mittent. dumb ague and ague cake, no matter how tenaciously they have fastened their clutch on the system, are first forced to relax their grasp and eventua l. to aban- don 1t altogether. But it is it. preventive force that ehould chief ly recon.WeDd the BitLty to persons dwelling malaril-cursed localities, for it E q certain buckle Of Cure, likewise. dyspepsia rheumatism, kidney and bilious ailments.
The Arizona champion., 1889-06-08
4 Scrap of Paper Saves Her Lii

It wa just au ordinary scrap 0. wrapping paper, but it saved hcl life. She was Tn the last stages O consumption, told by physlcions that she was incu.able and could live only short time, she weis shcd less than seventy pounds ca 2 piece ot wrapping paper she req of pr. Kings New Discovery, and got a sample bottle; It helped he.. she bought large bottle, it helped her more, bought another and grew better fast, and continued its Use and is now strong, heathly, rosy, plump, weighing 14o pound For fuller particulars send stainr 10 ". H Cole Druggist, For Smith. Trial Bottles of this won:. erful Discovery Free at D. l .Bsannen, Drugstore.
The Arizona champion., 1889-06-08
AN HEROIC COURSE.
The Straits to Winch a Young Married
 Man at Boston was Put.

I heard the other day an authentic story of something that happened here in Boston, which recalls an in- cident in one of Balzac's novels and tends to support the old sayingabout truth and fiction. It seems that the wife af young man who has house of his own somewhere in the outlying districts, but whose salary is very small, fsllill, and was unable to leave her room for several months The doctor, as often happens, pre- scribed great many reme lies, tonics and beverages, such as Apollinaris water and champagne, which, being very expensive, were far beyond the young husbands means. What could be done? He was bound that his wife should have everything which the doctor ordered, and, his purse having been emptied, he stole out one evening with the parlor clock under his arm and returned with fve-doIlar bill. A large cay chair was expended two days later for few bottles of port wine, and, to cut the story short, by the time the young woman was able to go down stairs, the rooms on the first Roor had been stripped of their con tents to pay the grocer and the apOthecary.
 It must have been a bitter moment for the poor young wife whel she first saw what havoc had been wrought in her drawing room, and I dare say that for few minutes at least her good man felt that he had been to clever by half. It must be acknowledged, however, that he acted pretty wisely. Health is more important than furniture, and in time the household goods will be re- placed. The plan which this enter prising fellow pursued was surely better than helping himself out of his masters cash-box, and perhaps it was preferable to the ordidary course of running in debt; ce'tlinly it was mere original.-Boston Post.