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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-04

of, a great deal. by even your elders. II
is the work of an ancient printer--a man
who set il up in his leisure hours. long
time ago, and only printed one copt OF 1t,
SO this is the entire edition. If IL succeeds
in giving only you some good ideas. IL VIII
do much more than the great mass OF
books now printed have done for any
other individual The author carried
some kinds of philosophy altogether too
far. For instance:' Notwithstanding the
fact that lac had a thrifty wife, who with
her sons kept "A little twenty acre farm In
good shape, and who kept the boys
clothing neatly patched and their socks
com fortably darned, never did anything
of the sort for her philosopher husband,
| for the reason that lac wouldn't allow her
to do so. He worked year in and year out
In the little country printing Office where
he had learned his trade and which was
probably the only printing Office he had
ever seen. lie took his proofslips
with mallet aud palmer. just
like old Gutenberg aud Faust did, cen
turtles ago and didn't complain because
probably. he didn't know any better. n
great deal Of his philosophy was born OF
not knowing too much that isn't 81. The
proof-taking content. however. was not
one of the things to he COM
mended in his philosophy. No more was
the fact that he wouldn't allow his wife
to patch his pantaloons. His philosophy
ON that score laid In his idea that rent
In a garment may be the accident OF a
moment, but patch looks like premcdi-
, tated poverty. He was a man of few
wants and was poor enough. and quite
humble, yet he was opposed To premedi-
tated poverty. A great many much rlchel
+ men make themselves miserable To Thu
/. day with prcmeditated poverty.
? This ancient printer-man went regu'
: larry to church. much for the sake of Gus
: tom. and his humility was not so all-con-
trolling that il hndered him from taking
issue with the preacher on some points
or in taking AN occasional nip at the tai
of the monster. which his preacher 81
violently stamped upon with much ire
:. uuency, though it was well known 'oi
2 the strict q. T." that the preacher KEEP
! good wine which he could afford to dc
a. he was well paid, and sometimes be-
/ came more exhilerated from It's effect
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-04

NEW York, May |
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-04

Mr.. Turner, of Fairhaven, told Mr..
Kumlately one evening lately of judge
down in Ktsap county who had some
original ideas about retrenchment and
reform. The Judge was elected on the
retrenc hment issue, and ON one occasio
a man was arranged before him charged
with having stolen quantity of oil. II
had been made quite plain TO the Judge
that the culprit was guilty, but when the
matter came up for trial the prisoner de-
manded.a jury and the appointment OF
an attorney to defend him. The judge
was angry about this AS he saw big ex-
pense to Kitsap county looming up In the
thing. So, IN order TO save To the county
a constable's fees, he hustled around and
quickly picked up twelve men to sit on
the Jury. AS TO the attorney he said he
would personate the attorneys for both
the prosecution and the defense. The
jury being assembled the judge, dispens-
ing with witnesses, told the twelve the
facts In the case and directed that body
of peers to go out and consider of thelr
verdict After the jury had retired the
Judge called the sulky prisoner up to
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-04

Electric Railway incorporated and under way
Mammoth steel and iron furnaces to be blown in during
the summer of 1880
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-04

j. l.. Mason. who visited the Nel,ie,
claim Yesterday. reports one foot OF solid
,.,.,, Ia tbrrfacr. and states that the vein
v lives !. every Indication Of widening. says
,he Wood River Times. Since the ore
,.as strmcl,. two feet back from the pres
WI W. hrnast' II has widencd from six inches
!" twelve. and as 1t is fully -four feet be-
tween walls, there Is plenty oil room 'o ar u
large body OF ore; a sanpis, . 81 d III /,
WAS lump containing about three cubic
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demand that one should be relegated to
eternal and unspeaka BILE pu nishment for
not doing something which was moral,
physical and mental impossibility with
the ancient printer-man. The old ieilo"
had some queer notions, my son, hadh
he? Yes, and some of these days I'll tell
you of other curious conclusions of his,
Meantime read his book
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-04

him and said: See here, have
You got any money!" Nav" re-
piled the prisoner, 'and | don't like
the way this case Is being tried" "All
right" returned the judge, you are put
ting the country To good deal of expense
about this thing and you ought to have
been fired of of the spit-heud without any
trial, hut I'll tell you what I'm going to
do for you: want to save the country all
the expense can. We don't want to be
paying the board of a lot of loafers like
YOU. here in Jail, aud I'm going to let You
off on your own recognizance-you hear
me? On your own recognizance to appear
here for sentence tomorrow morning at
o'clock, and heaven help you II you
show mp" With this and the excla-
nation, Get" the judge flung his
cane ut the culprit, who had
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-04

ACROSS THE WATER
William Munro. who left the COmstock
last summer for the South African gold
fields. has written letter to a friend In
Virginia, New. descriptive of his trip and
of the country In which he Is at present
working, says the Mining and Scientific
Press.
Mr.. Munro embellishes his facts with
but few adiectives. and tells a tale that
knocks more romance outof south AFRICA
In minute than the English packet mes
and mine share holders can plant In a
year.
Following are sentences reproduced
from his letter verbatim:
81 have not seen person since LETT
Virginia that I ever saw before. Our
vessel called at Flushing, Canary Islands
miserable place ever saw. didn't have
time TO visit Napolcon's grave. am very
much disappointed with Johannesburg
Why people write such glowing false
hoods about this plaf @ ! can understand.
There Is great large town built all over
the country, and IL Is full Of people trying
TO live off their wits. The mines are all
Incorporated and many Of them have sold
for high figures, but now they are very
low and many who have made money here
are now losing IL. Not one half the mines
| Their stock Is unassessable, and when a
company Is out OF money they issue new
stock for working capital. Most OF the
rock Is very low grade, and they can save
but very small percentage Of the gold
| in IL. Living Is very high and very poor.
Wages are low. Natives do the work d.
rected by the whites. There Is a great
deal OF typhoid fever. The water IS not
ct to drink. II looks like milk after a
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KUMLATELY'S KINKS.

Here, take this little book" said Mr..
Kumlately to small boy ofhis acquaint-
ance. 1T will teach you some lessons OF
a philosophy which has not been dreamed
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Queen OF THE CASCADES
Fairhavens Throne Of Iron
and Footstool of
Marble
Her Ornaments, Black Dia-
monds, with Settings
of Gold and Silver
Latest News from the Cas-
cade District and Iron
and Coal Mines

The quotations from the. metal market
this week bring good news for all OF us.
silver 81. 05: lead, si.o7'4; highest price In
two years.
METAL QUOTATIONS
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-14
INGALLS,, Mimi, Feb. Sd, 1890

INGALLS,, Mimi, Feb. Sd, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT West:
Seeing no report from this part OF
the State in your valuable paper
thought it best to give short one.
We have Farmers Alliance in this
town called the Spruce Valley Farm
ers' Alliance, No. 631. We have eleven
members. Our next meeting is Mon
day Feb. 10th. There is one town
near us that has Farmers Alliance
OF 100 members. Another with over
so and SO on. All say we will have
every Co. officer farmer next elec-
ton. Oh, but the farmers are wax
ing up and we think it time.
We heard that some parties got
their orders a few days since to break
up all of the Farmers Alliances and
all farmers Clubs here. Well. now
we think they will have lots to do.
One Farmers Club in the town of
Salem in this Co. sent to MINNEAPOLIS
for goods and their money was sent
back with the report that they did
not trade with farmers clubs. thew
sold to merchants.
We admire your pluck in going for
the MonopOlists. Yours,
w. H. INGALLS,.
Marshall Co.
Other letters on second page
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CRoOKsToN, Mimi, Feb. Sd, 1890
Ed. GREAT West:

Ed. GREAT WEST:
DEAR SIR.-I read with interest
"Radix" comments on Prof. Allison
in your last issue which reminds me
that just before Prof. Allison came to
our city the air was filed with mys-
terious rumors and several of our lead
ing farmers came to me and asked
me what thought about them. /
told them that personally l did not
know; that the Alliance sends Mr.. A.
out, and that was guarantee enough
for me, and that I should go and see
and hear him and earnestly advised
them to do lkewise-and to bring
their friends. Ihad heard so many ire
mendous insinuations before the Prof.
arrived that l just constituted my
self committee of one, to ascertain
the truth or falsity of the report and
during the week that he sojourned
in this vicinity am positive that he
did not take one drink of anything
more intoxicating than ginger tea!
After diligent inquiry at every place
where he could have ''indulged'' l
have found no one who saw him take
a drink. After having heard the
Prof. speak and having seen the en-
ergetic work he did here in the Coun-
ty with the thermometer hugging
the 400 very closely, have this to
say: eff by any means the Alliance
can find out where the Prof. gets his
whisky it would pay to get a supply,
and keep it on hand for the use Of the
balance OF the lecturers whats
the matter with Allison? He's all
right! Do you remember our talk
along about Jan. LIST? Then Polk
County had not one live Alliance.
Now we have IL, viz: Mention,
Crookston, Anderson, Godfrey, Foss-
ton, Rosebud, Roome, Tabor, Winger,
Gordon. Russia and Onstad, and go
to St. Hilaire on the 18th, to organ
ize one there. Mr.. A. authorized me
to organize in Polk and Kittson
Counties, and have several engage
ments for all of this and next week.
Crookston Alliance organized on Jan.
18th, with 40 charter members and
received applications for % more.
Today these were admitted and six
teen applications received. We
elected as delegate to St. Paul for
March, 4th, our Secretary, A. N. Hix-
son, with Frank Bivins, our presi-
dent, as alternate. The interest
keeps up splendidly; every meeting
is well-attended, and the organiza-
lions springing up in outside towns
show that the farmers of Polk are
determined to get relief or ascertain
why they cannot. Fraternally Yours,
H. E. Cooke.
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FROM MISSOURI.

FHOM MISSOURI.
OsCEOLA, Mo-, Feb. LIST, 80.
ED. GREAT WEST:
My DEAR FRIEND:-I take the lib
erty of writing you, as l cannot sat-
isfy myself in any other way, as am
so much taken up with the present
condition of national affairs. l say
to you, press forward, never look
back! "Remember Lots wife,'
Would to God that we had more
men to stand up bravely, and seem
ingly in the very power of the mon
Opolists and trusts. But thanks be
to God, you have thrown some pow
erful arguments in the enemy's camp,
and they have for the first time be-
come alarmed. Send in solid shots
red hot, do not spare one of them.
They never show any sympathy to
us. Your Bro. in Labor and Love,
E. EICHOLTZ.
Mr.. Eicholtz became acquainted
with the GREAT WEST through his
advertisement of Trees-read it-he's
the kind of a man to deal with.
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LUvERNE, Feb. 5th, 1896
EDITOR GREAT WEST:

In your issue of the 31st., you
ask of the different localities to re-
port to you the amount of Bonuses
given to Railroads. About eleven
years since our Co. Rock gave to
the Worthington and Sioux Falls
(now branch OF the Omaha) $43,-
600. The amount asked was $780,
900, but under the law we couldn't
vote greater sum than 10 per cent.
of the assessed value which at that
time limited us to the above amount.
This bonus was given in County
bonds.
In 1884 the B. G.. r. & N. asked of
us to give them aid and the several
towns gave as follows, in Town
bonds:
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How the Boys didn't get a Dinner.
Ed. GREAT WEST:
Between three and four years since,
the Manitoba, and Minneapolis and
Pacific r. R. Companies built their
roads through this section of coun-
try. They cross each other about
a mile northwest of old Paynesville.
On Easter Sunday, Engineer Carey,
of the Minneapolis and Pacific, be-
came suspicious that some laborers
on the Manitoba R. R., from Rich
mond, intended to begin work that
night and get possession ofthe cross
ing. Carey, with the aid of well
known topper of this place, gathered
up about seventy-five men and boys
with teams, tools and lanterns and
went "cross lots" and got ahead OF
the Manitoba folks and began grad
ing and thus secured possession OF
the crossing which was represented
to be worth several thousand dollars
to the Minneapolis and Pacific R. R.
Co. Carey and his man promised the
men and boys a reward of some kind
for their labor. They encouraged
them to expect that when the road
was opened for business, they would
be given a free ride to Minneapolis
there provided with sumptuous din
ner, and then returned home free o.
charge. Some of the boys looked
forward with high expectations tC
the good time they would have whe1
the road was opened. They talked
about it, and perhaps dreamed of it
Well. the road was opened; but
they did not get the dinner-nor the
ride-nOr even thanks. R.
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PEPPERToN, Feb. Sd, &c

PEPPERTON, Feb. Sd, 80.
Ed. GREAT WEST:
By order of our alliance / send you
herewith a copy OF the proceedings
Of our last meeting, viz:
A meeting of the ''Pepperton ALI
ance was held on Feb. LIST, 1890, at
the residence of Christian Kline.
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Der OF the GREAT WEsT, for every
inch OF space is filled with something
of interest to the farmers.
Ihope You will be as bold in giving
plain unvarnished facts in future as
in the past. The GREAT WEST is just
the instrument to pry off the old
Party Collar and get people to think
in new lines and overcome the present
mental lethargy. l wish you great
prosperity in your bold venture.
s. CAMPBELL.
Dodge Co.
Ed. GREAT WEST:
/ think the time has come when
every candidate for congress or
State Legislature should have the
question put them:
What are you going to do if you
get there? Are you going to sell
yourself and constituents to the
highest bidder or not? Satisfactory
answers should be had to the above
backed by character and occupation.
The fifth district grasped the shadow
and lost the substance at the last
election. Jim Hill has every other
section for 10 miles on each side of
his road through Kittson Co., worth
atleast rs per acre, one half of which
is unsOld and he pays no taxes on it.
The farmers who own land adjoining
it are assessed 6 or Z dollars per acre
on cultivated and 50 on uncultivated
land. Thus Hill gets the benefit of
the improvements and pays nothing
towards them. 1t is downright rob-
berry. JAMES FORD.
KittsOn Co.
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Most Of the voters Of the town were
there, excepting q few whom We sup
posed were down with the LA
Grippe"
Thefollowing earnest Alliance work
ers were present and addressed the
meeting: R. J.. Hall, Milo Camp. l..
III. Pushor, L. j. Schlattman. The
latter read very interesting paper,
which was justly called, "a Punch in
the Ribs" He was UNANIMOUSLY re-
quested to publish in the Morris pa
pers, and "GREAT WEST" All present
joined the Alliance.
The enthusiasm was unbounded,
and to all appearances it has come
to stay:
The following officers were elected !:
W. F. Boedeke, president; Fred J..
Rentz, Vice President; Christian
Kline, Treasurer; Geo. W. Blase,
Secretary. Matt. Harig was elected
as delegate to State Alliance meet
ing. Next meeting will be held at the
residence of Jacob King, March 1 5th,
1890. Geo. w. BLAsE, Secretary.
Stevens Co.
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Its Second Wind.

OrtOnVlIle Herald.
The State Famers' alliance an
pears to be catching it's second wind
IN great shape, and the Doodle mol
1tlcians might as well get their. gun.
1t would take but little to kaock
their underpinning in this state Of
undenied and unterrified boodledOm.
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Jan. 2sth, 1890.

Ed. GREAT West:
You will find enclosed one dollar
for the GREAT WEST. like to see
you give the robbers Hail Columbia.
w. X. WALKER.
Stevens Co
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FROM PROF. ALLISON.
WEST UNION, Feby 4th, 180'

10I ONAONS EoOy 9Uu, lCOV.
DEAR DoCToR:
We had a rousing meeting here yes
terday. This school house was full
and there was great enthusiasm. We
formed an Alliance with "a charter
members.
C. F. Bohall, President.
Arch Myers, Vice Pres.
Byron King, Treasurer.
C. B. Smith; Secretary.
If the other parts of Todd Co. do
as well, this fertile county will wheel
into line again in active Alliance
work. We have the same old story
of r. R. and elevator exaction-the
farmers going behind, &c.. &c. If
there is not change soon farming
will become extinct. Then sswhat will
the harvest be?" The GREAT WEST
is gaining lots of frieads and thank
God some enemies. We like it s'for
the enemies it makes" Please send
me a bundle to Long Prairie. Ispend
the rest of the week in the County but
cannot at present give places and
dates. j.
Feby I'd, 1890.
ED. GREAT West:
The GREAT WEST is rightly named
1 am highly pleased with the prin-
ciples it advocates. Dollars are very
scarce with the farmers, but want
to see just such paper, in the home OF
every farmer, and if you will send me
a lot OF sample copies 1 will give
them to our Alliance members, which
number about 30, and outsiders too,
if you'll send plenty, and will do all
that is in my power to place the
GREAT WEST in the home of every
farmer in our township. It's the on
ly way to waken j these drones.
We have got to lay away the old
political papers and take papers land
read them too) that stand by the
farmer, and the GREAT WEST is the
paper that does this. There is more
advantage and greater success
through the press than whole army
of lecturers in the way of gaining
members to alliances. Our Alliance
meets Feby 10th. We meet every 2
weeks, and are in good shape and
most all are good workers for the
good cause. A. WORRALL.
Menlo, Iowa.
Ed. GREAT WEST:
/ have been reading your paper
with much enthusiasm ever since it
started.
Our Alliance is in poor working
order, but we are alive and Untitled
to representation, and the 18th of
March we will be on hand at the
state Alliance and hope every town
in the state will be represented there.
This county has it's trusts and rings
as well as others, but we believe
there are good men enough here to
hold things level next fall. We say
to all the blood suckers, look out for
breakers. What we most need here
is man who can get out among the
farmers and stir them up with some
good speeches.
The writer of this has four good
horses which he would gladly use in
helping to carry a speaker from point
to point. But perhaps we will he
able to get in shape throughout the
county alone, and wish you would
send a few sample copies of your
most excellent paper, the GREAT
WEST, to a few representative men
whose names 1 enclose. They will
probably become subscribers.
Work on, Bro. Fish, you are just
the kind of a man We want all over
the Northwest.
A WORKER IN THE VINEYARD
Stevens Co., Feb. 4th, 80.
How the Boys didn't get a Dinner.
Ed. GREAT WEST:
Between three and four years since,
the Manitoba, and Minneapolis and
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DAWSON, Jan. Goth, 1890.

DAWSON, Jan. goth, 1890.
DEAR SIR:
Your card of the 10th inst, be-
fore me. l will endeavor not to fire
up but load up as we'll, to be ready
for work as soon as it is profitable
to move. We are yet in the tolls ofin-
clement weather with nothing prom
ising in sight. The Alliance is just
what l have been wishing for these
twenty years; now that the prospect
is Frightening for a better day, am
trying to rub off rust and work with
a will until farming comes to "a better
appreciation, and shall receive just
reward. Iowa's triumph is encourage
ing, but the sale you speak of is dis
couraging. Who can we trust?
I have not lost faith yet, the right
men in the right place will soon come
to the front. The stepped on it, at
once was cheering, and the only way
to have bettered it would have been
to step on him.
When you have anything at head
quarters that we should be posted
on let us know, so that we can trim
our sails accordingly. just as soon
as the roads become passible shall
go into Yellow Medicine County,
where the cry is, "come over and
help u.s." The farmers are in earnest.
and joyfully take to the Alliance as
their only hope. Shall do my level
best to be at the annual meeting,
sickness and poverty only will keep
me away. "Robbed 40 Long" Yours
for the work, w, S. Grow.
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ED. GREAT WEST:
The GREAT WEST is a paper that
should be in the hands of every Ia
boring man in the west. If you
push forward and keep up the fight,
as you have thus far, l shall hope
that you are the redeemer of the CD.
pressed. How you are able to reach
20 many facts is more than lam able
TO conceive. Respectfully,
j. F. SHOEMAKER.
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GREAT WEST:

GREAT w EST:
We had a big alliance meeting last
Saturday. Several Of us made the
best speeches we could. OF course
they were not delivered in very fancy
English wejust talked good straight
language. We have made applica-
ton to have DR.. Fish or MIR. DOnnel-
ly give us lecture. Yours truly,
L. C. LONG.
Rock Co, Mimi. Feb. $50.
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Stevens Co.

RENvILLE, Feb. LIST, 1890
ED. GREAT WEST:
Farmers here are aroused. We
have % members in our Alliance, had
a good meeting Feb. LIST. The secre.
tary was requested to send the names
of all the members and their best re.
CARDS to the GREAT WEST.
OLE FIELD, Secretary
VIM. Tower, President; D. Ben.
son, Vice President; c. Jensen
Treasurer; T. Warner, Peter Pequet
j. l. Huff, John Foster, Swan Olesen
Hans c. Vein J. Schemel, John Tom.
son, 0. 1. Forkemd, j. c. Jepson, L.
P. Larson, E. G.. Bakken, Henry
Haen, Herman Prahl, John Warner,
B. Brunneuer, F. Blank, Peter John.
son, Peter Buyer, Mike knaresbore
NJ. j. Branick, J. &. Maldowny, Louis
Resto, Fred Miller.
MORRIS, Feb. 9Th, 1890
Ed. GREAT VEST:
Stevens Co. will have a good dele
cation at the Alliance meeting-l
wish to organize an Alliance in the
Town OF Horton, this Co., and have
written to a number of friends
to call a meeting and l with a mum.
Der of the faithful will attend.
The GREAT WEST is a great help in
Alliance work. 1t keeps the heart
warm and encourages the despond.
ing. 1t gives facts that have here.
tofore been withheld from the people
1t tells us what is being done in all
parts of the State for the good work
1t is a means of communication
and information that we have not
heretofore had, and that cannot be
obtained in any other paper. In all
the meetings that 1 attend / advise
the farmers to subscribe for the
GREAT WEST. Truly yours,
r. J. HALL.
C+oVy ~