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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-28

the United States within 1o3 JOo0, 900
bushels to feed the people as well as
the Government now feeds 1T soldiers:
The explanation will he advanced
that corn, rye and other grains have
been substituted. That is no doubt
true. but was the substitution made
from choice? No, from necessity.
It was done for the same reason that
corn is being burned in >Kansas-be-
cause it is cheaper than coal ; not: be.
cause it is better. II one pound OF
flour per day is a fair average, our
people consumed 13,79O,OOO,O 600
bounds. of some kind Of substitute.
Or, they lived on wheat bread about
215 DAYS and some other kind about
$50. Consequently, where any three
persons lived on wheat bread during
the whole year, two persons were
compelled to live entirely OF corn OF
some other substitute. Corn. rye
and buckwheat are relished' by nearly
every one as q change, but taken
right along for 365 days in the year
thew become q little monotonous.
But very few of the people would con-
fine themselves to that sort OF diet
from choice. The figures show they
are doing it however, but 1T takes a
different calculation to show the rea-
SONS why. Wheat is cheap, but corn
is much cheaper; wheat will bring q
little money when sold, but corn hard
ly pays for the handling. Money
must be had to pay the interest, tine
, rent or the taxes. No matter what
consequences may follow, these de-
mands must be met. 1t is the''powel
of money to oppress'' that compeilf
the people to eat the cheaper and sci
the more desirable portion OF then
products. The demands which wait
upon hard times and low prices must
first be supplied, after which the pro
,ducers are permitted to consum n!
what remains. 1t is in alack OF: abiii
ty to purchase that the root OF TIM
difficulty lies. This want OF ablllt.
to purchase comes from shrinking
or inadequate volume OF currency
This condition should be remedled a
once and in the most direct manner
When this is done and prosperlt.
again makes it's appearance, an over
production of wheat will be heard o
mo more.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-28
5000

of a cent for one pound for one mile.
A ton of 1000 lbs. will cost 1000
times as much or * cents per ton
mile.
The railroads load and unload
merchandise for an average of & Of
a cent per ton mile. Farmers load
and unload and pay 2Hc. per ton
mile. Glorious country for the
tOiler!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-28

Our friend H. E. Boen, OF Fergus
Falls, has sent us the plan adopted
by the Fergus Falls Alliance to get
matters of Importance before sub
alliances. 1t is a valuable paper and
will be published Immediately after
the state meeting.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-28
Lecture Appointments for A. L.
Gardner.
FREEBORN COUNTY

FREEDOM COUNTY.
Tuesday, Mar. 18th, Hayward, at
2p. m.
Wednesday, Mar. 18th, Bancroft,
at 2 p. m, at Bath at Z p. m.
Thursday. Mar. 18th, fairfield,
at 2 p. m, at Manchester at p. m.
Friday, Mar. 14th, Pickerel Lake,
at 2. p. M, at Nunda, at 7p. m.
Saturday, Mar. 18th, Freeman, at
2 p. M, at Shell Rock, at Z p. m.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-28

Europe except to say that people
may travel months and never see q
poor or rutty road.
Letus suppose that there are 5000
counties in the United States; and
that to make the aegal-tender issue
up to one billion "a new issue of
800, 100000 is required. This
wouldgive $233, 900 to each county.
This amount seems enormous. But
it is not. Take a thmly settled vest
ern county of only ten thousand
population, and 1900 are farmers.
Such county shipped, in one year,
over q million dollars worth of
wheat, calling it's value at the state
central market Soc q bushel. Besides
this were the other products and the
stock. In such an average poor
county the actual yearly exchange
amounts to over
ONE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
and that is an average OF only
$175 per head income.
Now the addition of $233 900 to
the exchange OF even the poorer
counties would be but an increase of
only $23 exchange per head. And
yet see what wonderful results:
If each County Board were to re-
ceive a credit on the National Gov
eminent for $233, 900, to be used I'M
der stipulations of statute, it would
harden, and generally level, fully 200
miles in every county. ~.
Take a county of 25 townships, 5
townships square, 80 miles across.
Itwould givenearly seven magnificent
turnpikes the length and breadth 'oi
the county.
OF course there would be spe-
cific provisions necessary-but all
''steals" would be within the eoun-
ties-as the credits would be direct to
them. And if then the people could
not watch the township or mileage
contracts it would be their own fault
and shiftlessness. The steals would
be the smallest possible anyway.
OF course the states would direct
the general routes by legislation
and beyond all question the first
primary schedule of the routes would
be from county seat to county seat
Takea county surrounded by eight
other counties (sides and cornering)
OF these naturally the four side coun
ties would connect either county
seats-or county metropli Largest
towns) if the county seat were not al
all central. Thus there would not
only be a network" of turnpikes
but there would be as many complete
and continuous turnpikes east ant
west, and north and south as their
were counties in the state. But THU
would only furnish two roads
through the county-whereas six Al
least can be secured at over 81 ,30t
to the mile besides cost of additional
surveying. Thus imagine the grant
layout OF roads upon which tn
farmer could haul 100 bushels wher
now so are scarcely possible one
third of the year. At the same tim
there would be placed less none,
than natural demands require.
And if the banker thinks different
ly, then let the government issu
these samelegal-tenders (greenbacks
in the place of the interest-bearin.
fat bonds, which the banks are nov
so clamOrous for.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-28

The Swift County Monitor this
week had in * columns Of mortgage
sales land yet the Tracy Republican
says the farmer is prosperous!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-28


cloud upon the harmony Of the State
Alliance three weeks since, we believe
that now there is not shadow to be
cast across it's action. The parties
who were organizing the Scheffer Al
lance Insurance Company have
changed their plans. The Hecla In
surance Company, which recently
failed at Madison, or reinsured in the
Scheffer Company, has been re-estab-
lished in Minnesota, with Mr.. Scheffer,
Mr.. Bredenhagen (the able manager
of the German ms. Co., of St. Paul.
Mr.. Sprague, Mr.. Hodgson, and
Others, as incorporators. The COM
pany will doubtless enter the general
field of business like any stock COM
pany, and we certainly do not wish
it any i'll. This removes any source
of contention-as Mr.. Sprague states
that he will not be candidate for re-
election. The National Alliance In
surance Company will enter the State
Immediately after the state meeting.
Mr. Wardall is making arrangements
therefor now, and will be here this
week for that purpose. He will bring
the matter before the State Alliance
before closing any contracts, the
same AS in any other state-and seek
endorsement as elsewhere. They
have a capital of 5000, 900 now, and
are making arrangements to make it
$3.50. 1000 SO as to enter Ohio.
The National Alliance puts this Co.
into the state fields-or aids in SO
doing-in order that every state may
have a Fire Co. on the mutual basis
to Alliance members, without having
to raise 100000 in each State. If
each state were to raise 100000
100000 aggregated, the money
would have to come from bankers
and monopolists-and they would
thus have a paid machine with two
or three hundred paid servants in
the townships-to back up their in
terests. Besides this the state COM
panies would have no supervising
Board above them-above their own
Board-to see that the money
handled was legitimately used-and
to which monthly reports and bal
ances must be made, as is the case
with national company. Such a
company is needed to sustain our
alliance interests.
At the same time every dollar of
business done in any one state is
wholly confined to that state, and
returns made to Alliances, of rebates,
etc. The capital of 100000 on in
terest sustains the national organ
ization, and leaves balance. 1t has
taken three years of hard work and
splendid ability to get the Insurance
interests thus organized. In Dakota
they have settled some 1900 losses
without a lawyer being in sight.
With about a hundred Insurance
Companies represented there the Al
lance Company did almost or quite
one-third of the entire business of the
two states.
The Alliance Insurance agents are
also alliance organizers-and the
dues to Insurance companies helps
in maintaining the State Alliance. In
two years, with the National 1nsur-
ance Company in the field, the Ali
ance membership would extend into
almost every township in the State-
that is the record in Dakota.
Lecture Appointments for A. L.
Gardner.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-28
Stearns Co., Feb. 1890.
ED.,GREAT WEST:


Lam having .grand success organ
izing Alliances considering the notice
] have been able to givemy meetings.
Three Alliances AN ready this week
and had my notices been distributed
sooner would have organized four,
with danble the membership. I ,ex-
pect to organize a large Alliance to-
day at Morton, and cue tomorrow
at Beaver Falls. I commence next
Monday in Brookfeld township and
have all the engagements / can pos
sibly meet next week up till late
Saturday night, Monday the Oath
we meet in Bird Island to organize
our County Alliance, by that time we
<vill have at least fourteen alliances
n represented. Shall keep right on like
the man in Maine, shingling his barn
Il the fog. He found after the fog
clAa1ed away he had shingled some
twknty feet beyond the peak, right
on 10 the fog. 1 may keep right on
into adjoining counties. Yours fra
terhally-, II. V. PoORE.
L
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-28

How long would it take for the
party press to restore the country to
prosperity, Judging from their pres
enc attitude?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-01
Colonel Rockers Good Dinner.

good story is going the rounds OF the
press now about Colonel George w.
Hooker of Vermont, telling how he and
ex-Congressman w. L. Scott of Pennsyl-
vania breakfasted together In New York
one day. and how the millionaire coal
operator told Colonel Hooker that he
would give all his worldly possessions for
a good appetite-this after seeing Colonel
Hooker devour a breakfast Of enormous
proportions. A gentleman who read the
paragraph i'm a Washington paper said to
a correspondent Of the New York Tribune:
~ have a sequel TO that story, without
which II is really not complete. Colonel
Hooker is fond OF drinking as well as OF
eating. One day he was going down
Broadway, I'm New York, with the light of
n recent experience beaming in his eye,
when he met a friend who was well ac-
quainted with his convivial habits.
"'Hello, Hooker!' said tins friend.
Where have you beeng
"'Been to dinner said Colonel Hooker,
his eyes rolling in his head and mis- lips
moving as though some sweet flavor lin
gered OH them still.
his friend.
"'Good dinner said Hooker. Good
dinner? The finest dinner | ever had
What did you eat p said his friend.
Eat said Colonel Hooker. Eat? We
didn't eat. We drank"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-01
Mr.. Depew's MANY Facets.

Mr.. Depew has been interviewed Of
tener, perhaps, han n other two men
in the United States, and his good nature
and act in that line is something pro-
verbal, says the Atlanta Constitution.
NO." he laughed, i'm reply to the ques-
tion, II don't know that l ever get tired
of them-reportcrs-and ! believe that
the veal around an average of 10 n day
call at my Office. OF course, experience
is as valuable to a q frequently inter
viewed as to the man who interviews by
profession.
~ read all the New York papers. and
very frequently l wonder at the ingenuity
of these people. For example: Mr.. VAN
derbilt fell dead at 3 o'clock one after
noon. BY 4 O'Clock il was known all over
the city, and there was n regiment of re-
porters at the house i'm little or no time.
l told them all TO meet at my Office at Z
O'Clock, and they were there. For two
hours ! was talking, and then for two
hours more ] was kept busy answering
questions. The agreement was that i
was not To be known in h matter.
"Next morning there was Mr.. Wander
bilt as n financier, by n prominent broker;
Mr.. Vanderbilt as n lover of fine horses,
by a prominent Dad man; Mr.. Wander
bilt as a lover of sports, by an old friend
found AT the Windsor. There were from
six to a dozen different people talking i'm
each paper, and as a matter of fact they
had seen only ne. OF course il was
tenfold more interesting as they made il
nnN
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-01
FIVE GRUES0ME TALES
A Queer Boston Timepiece Which
Always Foretells Death-Lang-
iey's Specter Pitcher-A
Murder Exposed.

eve b.v. moi exact,v , Rapshoa I'm our
o,,.a -ho to.o.a,Is h,, No. w,a;I;na an a.
nouse nAo 800 - " ",n -" ~
proachihg uea'h'. sa'o u iauy 70 the
writer yesterday, but we have had mys-
terious warning OF such given us time and
time again by an old clock, which has
been i'm our family for the last l3O years."
writes a Boston correspondent of the ST.
To,;s 90. 'n.mo..o, tn w,orLs were
ruineusny u sue. nreu ny u ori.'sh soiu'er
during the revoiutionary war al my great
grandfather, which shot. passing entirely
through his body, killed him instantly,
and then broke the glass door, penetrat-
;nu the works and stopninu them forever.
,hs,-n ;nn,r,o.ahI. a,,on,,,s h,,a haon
'iiousn "'""."sNne N'np oe
hiaue u repair ',e'h, :, see,heu ina so'he
power Kept the CLOCK silent ex-
cept when death Tagged his black wings
over the household, SO II was banished to
TO the garrett:
1.-THE first instance OF its warning, was
when my grandfather died. he had been
very i'll, but the physicians had at last
family were just CONCENTRATING them
selves on this news when the loud tones
OF q clock striking II, slowly and sol
EMMY, like the tolling OF q bell, was
heard. why, what is that!' asked my
GRANDMOTHER. There was but other
clock in the house, winch was IN full
view, SO IL was evident that IL was not
that one. 1t is my fathers clock, said
her husband. 1T has struck the close OF
my day. II before they could reach him
he was dead, just as the last stroke died
quivering away.
"This occurrence was repeated when
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-01
Nothing to steal.
=
From the New York Weekly.

From the New York Weekly.
New Father-in-law: "Well, sir, the
ceremony is over. and nov that you are
the husband of my daughter, / want To
give you a little advice. What would you
do u you should wake up some night and
lind burglars in the house
Groom: IL should tell them that my
iath~er-in-law forgot TO give my wife a
wedding dowry, and they'd go away"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-01
The spectre Pitcher.

From the Atlanta Journal.
If you ever pass over the South Caro-
lima railway, between Augusta and
Charleston, some IA will perhaps ask
you as you draw near the little village of
Langley:
slave you seen the spectre p~itcher?"
Perhaps the conductor will ask you, il
you are a lady, for the conductors are
p~rodigiously courteous to the sex, n will
want to show you everything, even the
particular spook which only his road can
boast. Blu, IL he doesn't the train hand
may, or the news butcher or some passen-
ger. You will hardly pass Langley with
out having the spectre pitcher pointed out
to you.
Is il a real pitcher? is the first question
you ask, as you see il starrifng there on
the post at the well. And then, i'm your
nineteenth century doubt as to all things
superstitious, you ask, has IL been there
as many years as you are told to believe?
and il is true that no n has tried to move
il?
IL you inquire you will find that a great
many believ the pitcher is chained to the
spot by some mysterious power, some en-
chantment, n all will tell you. with
slight variations, the following story:
Some years ago, i'm a little cottage near
by, lived a family that got their daily sup
ply of water from the well, and carried Il
away i'm n little pitcher, the one that
stands on the post nov. One night. il is
said, h supply OF water gave out. A
thunderstorm was raging without, but
water was needed. Who would go to the
well anddraw il amid the lightning flashes
as the thunder bolts beat upon the earth,
as i'm the battle of the Titans?"
'I'll go,'' said the sturdy farmer, 'I'm
not afraid of the lightning"
And he went out into he storm. The
wife and daughter within the cottage
heard the creak of the windlass IA the
bucket was lowered into the well, and
again as il was drawn up.
Then camea louder peal n a brighter
fash. and then a rapid whirling sound as
il the windlass had slipped from the hands
Of the drawer and the bucket was rushing
down to the bottom. The two
hurried TO the door. All was black. But
another flash lighted h gloom, and there
AT the well lay the man who had deiled
the storm.
The women rushed towards him. CROPPED
in the darkness, found his face and breast
with their %shivering fingers he was dead.
The pitcherthe next morning was oun
on the post. One Of the neighbors who nat
come TO bury the dead tried to lift il. Ii
seemed glued. He tried again and his arm
dropped palsied to his side.
Ever since then the pitcher has been
let alone. IL Is said that the best marks
man can not shoot true enough to hit the
pitcher or post. Tho cottage has been de-
serted. the well has caved in and the post
has fallen over toward the gaping hole,
where the fresh. cool water of the well
once lay cleaning SO near TO the top.
But on the slanting edge The pitcher
carved there.
No one is bold enough to attempt TO
take the spectre pitcher" from its light
ning-guarded perch.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-01
Ghosts Play Franks.

This community Ii greatly excited over
the story of a haunted house near Jack
son Centre, about five miles northeast of
this place, and hundreds of people have
visited the spot.
Jesse Harrison, owner of the farm, died
bout two months ago, leaving his wife,
son and two daughters living i'm the house,
says q Mercer, Pa. dispatch to the Pitts
burg Dispatch. About q week ago strange
noises were heard about the house, some
times sounding as IL some one would walk
down stairs, when the sounds would cease
and no one appear. On Wednesday
evening the supper table started off with
until II reached the corner OF the room.
Miss Roberts, Mr.. Shannon and Mrs.
Harrison left the room for n few min
utes, and on returning found the clock,
vases and everything on the mantel
piled on the ioor and all the furniture
upset. Shannon put the clock back, and
on turning around q moment after found
IL again on the floor. The coal in n hod
behind the stove flew around promiscu-
ously without any visible cause. Stones
without number have been thrown into
the house and against the house and barn,
and all watching has failed to discover
the thrower.
Mrs. Runkle, a neighbor, who hooted
at the manifestations at first, now fully
believes that Harrison is back in the
spirit, while James and John McElra,
brothers of Mrs. Harrison, have been
present three or four days watching
events, but claim to be entirely at a loss
to account for the strange proceedings.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-01

dreamed that the deed was committed by
three men, but thef face Of one, whom she
had never seen, was alone disclosed In
the vision. His name and residence were
Indicated. The woman related her Wis.
ion TO a magistrate, and, upon inquiry, Il
wal learned that such q man lived at the
place pointed out at the time Of the muir
der, but had gone away. Soon-perhaps
the ext night-she dreamed he was 4
YstradRynais, and upon being taken
there by an officer she found and pointed
him out, and he was ap~prehended. In
jail next day he confessed that he was an
accessory to the crime, but that two
others were the principals. whom he
named, and they were arrested. Upon
being told that he who was first in Gus
tody had odd the whole story, they &C,
were put to trial, convicted and executed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-01
The specter Deer of Walden Ridge

The mountain people on Walden's
Ridge, within Is miles Of Chattanooga,are
convinced that a specter deer protects the
living ones, says the Griffin, Ga, Call.
There are still a large number OF deer to
be found on the mountains, and parties
frequently go from the city on hunting ex-
petitions. They seldom fail to get within
sight of game, but very frequently return
without any. The reason for this is ex-
planned by one of the natives of the ridge
in a most singular way. ~ know" he said,
that there is a spccter deer on the
mountain. i AVE ssen il, and SO have a
great many other people. Now / can hit
a top of a cap-box at 100 yards, and /
never missed a deer in my life when ii
was nm actual fiesh and blood deer. But
often, when / go hunting, l jump half a
dozen deer at a time; one of them will
stop within a few feet, with his side to me.
i shoot ut il and il never moves, and i
load and fire again. Then / know that il
is the specter deer, n there is no Use in
my hunting any more that day l would
never see another deer.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-01

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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-01

Commencing with this sale on Saturday the first TEN Ladies
buying a boys suit, regardless of price, will be given a bows coat,
Bring the boys and clothe them.