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Arizona republican., 1901-10-13

After a man is buried in his little lot he has no kick coming.
Arizona republican., 1901-10-13

Zanjero wanted for the Paloma. canal, Yuma county. See D. A. Lind ley. Hotel Adams. between and D m. today.
Arizona republican., 1901-10-13

WANTED-A good single driving horse. Apply to Dr. Stroud.
Arizona republican., 1901-10-13

THE FIRST ENTERTAINMENT.
Arizona republican., 1901-10-13
$1.OO

Is Pounds Granulated Sugar Our New Salted Peanuts are delicious
 and appetizing.
Arizona republican., 1901-10-13
zoe

, Pound Can Pure Leaf Lard. Mission Borax and Turkish Laundry
 Soap is king.
Arizona republican., 1901-10-13

so all can afford 1t. Call and get samples free.
Arizona republican., 1901-10-13

Our Prince of India Tea is a blend of choice Indian Ceyion and Pekoe Teas that make it the most delicious Tea sold. The regular price is S1.O0 per pound. but we have cut it down to
Arizona republican., 1901-10-13

for if you do it will make you tired of credit business. Where you are paying for goods other people get; where you are paying more, because your grocer has the same goods under another label and talks quality. Your credit grocer only charges a little more
 We priced a person an article for 1Oc the other day, and she said she bought the same thing for 15c at John Does. and as the difference was small she would not take it as they had an ac- count there and paid by the month The small difference is only 50 per cent more. It's easy to see why some peo- pie never get ahead any. Such finan- ciers as this would make J. P. Nor gan look like 30 cents.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-12
Dec--6-1901
dear Santa

dear Santa
clause. l hope you won't forget
to come and see me. I am 6
yrs old. l want some candy
and nuts and a little piano.
your little friend
Juliet Green
l will write to
you to. l am a twin sister to
this girl Manona that has just
written to you. You may bring
me a doll too. IHstead of the
dishes you may bring me lamp
for my bed room. and a little
tub and wash board large
enough to wash my aprons in.
A story book and candy and
oranges. I would love TO have
a rocking chair too goodbye
Laona Shearman
Indian Creek Mo.
Dec, 8, 1901.
Dear old Santa Claus.
am II year old old.
Well | will not ask for much. I
want some candy and nuts and
a orange as this is a hard year
l will not ask for much. I know
you are good old man l hope
you will bring me all you can.
your TREND
Laura Keller. @
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-12
Monroe City Mo
Nov 90

Dear sanity claus
1 thought / wonld write you a
few lines. to let you now what
l want for Christmas, l want a
rocking horse a fiddle a drum
and a horn and tool box and
some nuts and candy and also a
little dog like jack so it will
drive and I will get Even Green
to train it. will close for this is
all I want for this Christmas. I
live in Monroe City and 1 an
three old 10 of Oct1frome Wal.
lace j. Buchanan.
Dear sanity clause want doll
and a Book and Bananas and
a dramas. Lola Gray Book
and a Bananas doll and orran.
cas- and apples and l pair OF
sketas Bessie Gray. Lola Gray.
dear Santa
please bring me a doll and a
cradle and some candy to and
don't for get tommie Joe he
wasn't here last Christmas don't
Bring him anything that will
break l will be six years next
monday I am in the second
reader Fife Pike
indian Creek Mo Nov 80 1901
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-12
Indian Creek
Nov 81 1901


Nov 81 1901
Dear old Santa Claus
l am little girl six years old ]
want toy horse and a set of
dishes and some candy and
chewing gum l will close for
this time Your friend
Eva Carrico. ..
Monroe City
Dec 9 1901 Mo
Dear Santa Clause.
l will write you a few
lines to let you no that to bring
me something nice. please
bring me pistol and caps pea
nu is and candy an firecrackers
and wagon. good by
Alexius Hays
Monroe City Mo. Nov. %. 1901
Dear Santa Clause
will you please bring me a knife
and pair of skates. If 1 ask
for to much l am afraid that you
can not give the other children
anything. Because mony is so
scare and can not get many
presents. But mama said that
you are very rich. If your rein
deers get tired you can find
plenty of boys and girls that
will help you for I few pres.
ents.
Good bye,
Hardy Fell
,, Monroe City. Mo
Nov. 81, 1901.
Dear Santa claus,
l am a little boy five years old.
l want a little air gun a pair of
skates and box of candy a
dr. UNI. Dada says that Santa
claus won't come out here in
the country but we have good
gravel road. cap pistol and a
box of caps.
Good bv,
Jim Umstattd
l am aShame of my Sister
writing this
Shiel, Mo.
Dec. 9th 1901
Dear Old Santa
We live so far from
town, I am afraid you will moi
get around to our house. but il
you should, you will be warmly
welcomed.
II here are seven children in oul
home I am ten years old, anC
have two brothers older thar
myself, and three brothers ant
a sister younger.
l would like a little knife ant
some oranges. l hope my lette
will win the prize for I want
big doll to give to my llttl
sister. Please remember all IN
brothers. Of course you knoy
what boys like.
Good.by old Santa.
Your little friend,
Carrie Bishop.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-12
Indian Creek
Nov 81 1901

Indian Creek
Nov 81 1901
Dear Santa Claus.
I am girl six years old l
want a set of dishes and two
dolls will close.
Your friend
Margaret Riechoff.
Victor, Mo. Dec 6 1901.
Dear Santa
/ am a little
girl eight years old. / will not
bother you tor a great many
things. for you will get so many
letters. I know. asking for pre-.
sents you may bring me a big
doll and a set of dishes. A story
book a stove and some, candy
and oranges l expect you had
better bring plenty of candy
for have a little sister and
she love candy dearly. From
your friend Manona Sbearman
Nov. 5, 1901.
Dear Santa Claus.
write and tell you what i want
you to bring me.
want little trunk, doll, and
dishes and some candy,
five years old. my first school.
This is all want for xmas.
my home three miles from town.
yours truly.
Verlie o Daniel
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-12
Monroe City.

Monroe City.
Dear santa Clause
l am a little boy just seven
years old 1 go to school every
day I love my teacher and try
to be a good boy. l would like
to have an express wagon big
horn speech book and some
candy nuts and oranges now
please don't forglt me l will
leave my stocking hanging up
and will try and be sound
asleepo
good bye Santa
Ray Sidener.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-12

Dear Santa Clause. Monroe
City Nov 8, 1901
] thought l would
let you know what l want for
Christmas. l want doll buggy
a lamp candy nuts and bring
my little brother a top whistle
and nuts bring Grandma a pipe
and some tobacco. don't forget
mamma and papa. l am five
years old. well L guess that is
all / want this time
yours truly
mammie Lee
mudd.
Monroe City, Mo-.
December. 9, 1901.
Dear Santa Claus.
1 thought I
would write you a few lines to
let you know what / want.
Santa Claus Please bring me
some Candy and nuts fire crack
ers and a dozen oranges
/ will close for this
time.
Your's-Truly.
Claude Roy, Westfall.
Monroe City Mo
Dear Old Santa
here [ come again to tell you
what l want for xmas. first l
want big Doll and a sci of
dishes. I am Z (seven) yr old 1
go to the convent school every
day and Sister. says l must
have. second reader. & speller
& arithmetic. also l want lots
of candy. G. Peanuts. and Just
anything else you can spare.
hoping you will fill the bill. 1
will close
from your little friend
Virgie May Thomas.
Indian Creek
Nov % 1901
Dear old Santa Claus
l am boy ten years old L
want a top and candy and pea.
nuts. l go to school nv teach.
err is name Miss Dollie McNelis
l like my teacher fine. 1 go to
a country school have a mile
and half to go to school. l
live North west of Swinkcy. l
, will close for this time. Your
friend
Sidney Williams
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
Astounding Discovery,

From Coopersvilie, Mich. comes
word Of a wonderful discovery of a
pleasant tasting liquid that when used
before retiring by any Que troubled
with a bad cough always ensures a
good nights rest. s'It will soon cure
the cough too,' writes Mrs. S. Himel-
burger, for three generations of our
family have used DIR. Kings New Dis
Discovery for Consumption and never
found It's equal for Coughs and Colds.
It's IN unrivaled life saver when used
for desperate lung diseases. Guaran-
teeds hottie Soc and q. 90 At Bateman's
Trial bottle free.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21


of these separately declared that
he did all he could to bring the
bill up. that the majority of the
committee was against him.
This is evidently a case where
::one is. majority though mani
testify without the scriptural
qualifications.
Many such bills were intro
dueed by other state legislatures
last winter. But in all of these,
as in our state, it was evid lent
that there was strong influence
working against the passage of
these measures. This "infu-
ence" was discovered to be E.,The
American Tobacco Trust, Z
whose lobbyist at Bismarck.
Gen. Alex. Hughes, used
methods beneath the honor and
dignity Of the legal profession.
This was the verdict of his
brother in the profession.
This struggle against the
cigarette in North Dakota is not
abandoned, it only rests.
The following opinions on the
cigarette as an article of trade
and consumption bears the
weight of authority.
This from the supreme court
of. Tennessee declaring the law
forbidding the sale or giving
away cigarettes in that state
constitutional, in part says: I'VE
think cigarettes are not legiti-
mate articles of commerce, be-
cause they are wholly notions
and deleterious to health. Their
use is always harmful, never
beneficial. They possess no
virtue, but are inherently bad,
and bad only. They find no true.
commendation or meritor useful
ness in any sphere. On the
contrary, they are widely con
demned as perniciols altogether.
Beyond question their every
tendency is toward 1.-THE impari-
ment of physical health aud men
tai vigor.
I am sure cigarettes are des-
troying and making criminals of
more boys than the saloons.
Cigarettes are not the effect of
crime, but they are the cause of
it.-Geo. Terrence, Superintend-
ent State Reformity, Pontiac,
Ill.
Under no circumstances will
I hire a man who smokes cigar
cites. He is as dangerous at the
front end of q motor as a man
that drinks, in fact he is more
dangerous. His nerves are
bound to give away at q critical
moment. "A motorman needs
his nerve all the time, and a.
cigarette smoker can not stand
the strain. George Baumhop,
Superintendent Leindel Rail
way, st. Louis, Mo.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
FARMERS INSTITUTES.

Owing to limited appropria-
tion'for holding farmers insti-
tutes and also to a press Of work
at the Agricultural College and
Experiment Station, it will not
be possible to hold many insti-
tutes this season. The number
held in the district south of the
main line of the Northern Pacific
railroad will probably be limited
to five towns, and those north Of
it to fourteen OF fifteen points.
It's the desire of the manage
ment to hold meetings where
they will do the most good, that
is where it is evident that there
will be a good interest and a
large attendance.
In selecting the places at which
meetings will be held, three
points will be particularly taken
into consideration, viz; Time at
which the application for an in
4stitute is made, whether an insti-
tute has be held at the immediJ
ate point recently and the degree.
of interest and activity which the
applying term shows in the mat
ter of providing for thorough
advertising and for asuitable a
place to hold the meetings. The
force of institute workers will
be larger and better equipped
with charts than they have ever
been before, all of which indicate
that a high grade of institute
work is assured. A supply of
last years institute ANIMALS have
been kept in stock and this valu-
able book containing all of the
best material brought out last
year will at least be given to each
person who attends the first
meetings of the sessions held in
each town.
Several applications for insti-
tutes are now on file and the
indications are that the demand
for meetings will betwice as great
as we can supply.
The sessions in the district
south of the North Pacific rail
road will held durily De:em-
Der, those north Of that line dur
January and February.
Il trust that those desiring
institute. meetings will apply
early il order that they may not
be disappointed by finding that
they are too late, and also to aid
the management in making up 9.
schedule. The corps of workers
this season win make tour of
the state and must arrange for q
continuous route, as they viii
1ot return to Fargo until the
~ s s.ss s'5 - 7' = 'ss' rs
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
TEMPERANCE NOTES.

Anti narcotics is one of the de-
partments Of the WOmln's S
Christian Temperance Union
which is raught with vital impor-
tance to the youth of our nation.
The hardest fight in our last
legislature was made on the anti
cigarette bill. Petitions from all
over the state containing hum
dreds of signatures poured in
strongly urging the passage of
this bill. No other measure be-
fore the legislature was urged by
so large proportion of the peo-
pie, which was met by equal de-
termination on the part of it's op-
ponents. Three different bills
were introduced during the ses-
sion, showing the determination
of the temperance and moral ele-
ment to secure the passage of
such a measure. Senator Hale's
bill and Representative Benefits S
were introduced about the same
time. The committee on Public
Health recommended that Ben
nets bill be indefinitely post
poned. They claimed this was
done to make way for the senate
bill. BE this as it may it was a
comfortable way to wash their
hands" of the responsibility of
it.) The temperance committee
reported favorably on Senator
Hale's bill. Senator Little raised
the point of order that the report
could not be entertained as a
similar bill had been defeated in
the House. The point of order
was sustained These two bills
being, slain Representative
Chaffee introduced another bill
placing such restriction upon
the sale of cigarettes to minors
as to make it practically prohbi-
tive. This was passed in the
House by a large majority but
unfortunately it was SO near the
close of the session that it fell in
to the hands of the Senate steer.
ing committee. Some of the
methods of these august legisla-
tors, are revealed in the history
of these beneficient measures
designed to save the boys from
the perils of nicotine, but which
legislators feared would cost the
party some Russian votes. 1.-The
Russian vote'' was the text of
the opponents, votes were pitted
against the boys, and the former
won. Can politics be on a true
basis when votes are more vital
than boys?
! The Senate committee was
|composed of five members. -Four
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
close of the season.
j. II. SHEPHERD,
President of Farmers Institute
Board.
Credit Due Frank.

Buffalo Express: Senator F.
S. Talcott has returned from
Buffalo, N. Y. where he wit
ness the closing days of the Pan
American exposition. To the
senator, probably more than any
man in the state, is due the cred
it OF securing an appropriation
at the last session of the legisla-
ture for North exhibit at Buffa-
To-. Early in the session House
Bill No. 176 was introduced by
the ways and means mittee,
a bill for an act to provide for
the collection, arrangement and
display of the products and re-
sources of the state of North Da-
kota, at the Pan-American Expo:
sition, and carrying an appro-
priation with it. There was a
tendency all during the ses-
sion to prime down appropria-
tions, and many a time it looked
like the bill would feel the effect
of the knife if not entirely
s'killed, F" He worked in season
and out of season for it and fin
ally during the closing hours of
the senate the president signed
the bill.
There has been nothing prob
ablyain the history Of the state
that has proven and will continue
to prove, of so much benefit to
North Dakota as our exhibit at
the Pan-American. In dollars
and cents it's value has been in
estimable. Our resources and
material advantages have been
placed before hundreds of thou
sands; the sterling quality of
place before hundreds of thou
sands; our products have been
viewed and compared with other
states; a knowledge of our soil
wealth and prosperity incident
thereto has been spread broad
cast over Pan.American coun-
tries, all of which will undoubt-
edly prove of vast benefit to-
North Dakota. The people of
the state have every reason to-
feel satisfied with the expendi-.
ture and Senator Talcott for his
persistency in securing the ap-
preparation.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21

+.
Three children's bicycles for
sale cheap. All new. F. B. KING.
For plans and specifications
for all kindso buildings or esti-i
mates on lumber bills call on NJ
M. Lie. Binford. N. d. n
Fleece lined underwear Bar
gain at A. Hort & Co., Jessie, NJ
ID.
Bring your wheat to the Coop
ierstown mill and get your years
supply of -four. We exchsnge
or grind for Is cents per bushel
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21

Two mems aud two ladies' bi
cycles for sale cheap. All new,
F. 3. KING, !,
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
RUBBER OVERSHOES.
THEIR SALES LARGER THAN EVER, IN
SPITE OF FASHIONS SNEERs

SPITE OF FASHIONS SNEERS.
You surely don't mean to take rubber shoes
with you? They're out of style, and nobody
thinks of wearing them now except country
men,"
THAT may be so; I'll be q countryman, then;
but will be dry shod also if we should have a
spell of weather" and the wrapped his
gum shoes in paper and tucked them away in
a corner of his little trunk
The fact that thousands of people never wear
rubber overshoes gives rise in some quarters to
the belief that those articles have become un-
popular and dead weight on the shelves of the
dealers, but the fact is that sales larger than
they have ever been, and the production has in
creased every year. Like many other kinds of
trade. the sale of rubber shoes depends largely
on the weather. Dry winters have done much
to reduce the sales, and complications in the
rubber business have had a tendency to depress
the prices. But manufacturers say that the
rubber shoe is still Indispensable article of
superior shoes may do the business slight in
jury the rubber overshoe cannot be crowded
out even if fashion writer's sneer at il.
THE maker of fine shoes will probably tell
you," said the head of the shoe department in a
large city establishment that rubber over
shoes have gone out of style, and that no well
dressed man woman wears them nowadays.
wen, from his point of view the man is right.
His customers have substituted extra heavy
and cork soled shoes, and inasmuch as the people
do not tramp about the streets much in rain,
snow and slusrl the heavy shoes n good
substitute. Even the people who tramp over a
golf course in bad weather rarely think of wear
ing rubber shoes, and many who would like to
do so fear that their friends would ridicule
them IL they did. and get their feet damp
and grin and bear IL. These people all have
many pairs of shoes at home. and well af-
ford to sneer at the people who wear gums
But the general public has only pair Of
shoes apiece. and that pair must be kept dry:
and for that reason more rubber shoes sold
now than ever before, although shoes made
heavier than ever and the demand for water
proof goods is increasing every day. Last year
We had comparatively little snow and slush. and
consequently the sale of rubber shoes fell Off
This year has been a poor thus far but
when real bad weather sets in let the who
says that 'rubbers out OF date watch tha
people who walk Broadway, and he will find
that nearly all wear rubber OvershOes. and those
who do not If they are not cranks on the SUBJ
ject, wish they did"
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
RAILROAD TIES.
THEY ARE MADE CHIEFLY OF OAK. AND THEIR
AVERAGE LIFE is FIVE YEARS
From The washington Star.

From The Washington Star
The drummer in railroad supplies handed the
drummer in cotton goods his silver mounted
flask as he settled himself comfortably as the
train pulled out OF Philadelphia for Washington
few days ago
THE reason why you chaps in the South used
TO have many years ago many accidents
your old lines was because pine trees, being
convenient. used extensively in the MAX
Ing OF railroad ties, than which no more impOr-
tant element enters into the makeup of rail-
road" he said. Pine wood will not hold the
spikes. is soft and rots quickly, and has now
been abandoned as supports OF the steel rails.
who ever thinks of the ties of a road as he
speeds along at the rate of sixty miles an hour
with scarcely a tremor of the coach in which he
is sitting? No one. But railroad men give the
closest attention to these wooden ribs.
Ties placed at varying distances apart
but the average distance adopted by most trunk
lines is one and half feet from centre to CEN
tire. Give me your pencil There are approXi-
mately about 3. 800 ties to the mile. These ties
are worth. delivered to the road. from 80 cents
to 81 10 each. depending upon the point of de-
livery. In the prairie sections of the West, for
instance ties, owing to distance from the
base of supplies, more expensive than in
region abOunding in forests. Placing their
value at 81 each, on double track from New"
York TO Washington a distance of III miles,
the ties alone worth $I13.5OO. while along
the sides of the track are piles of ties seasoning
easily worth half this sum. Therefore, in
road operating two thousand miles of track its
ties alone represent an expenditure of Sf,ouU,uou
Each tie is carefully inspected by men Wild
make that their business. who look for splits
perfections. Each piece of wood selected musi
be up to the standard size in length, width and
thickness. If the inspector passes a tie he daubs
a round splash of red paint on the end, which
shows plainly the freshly hewn or sawed
wood and that's what all of those little red eye:
meant that pile of new ties we just passed
and of which you asked the meaning.
The average life of tie is about five years,
depending upon climatic influences and the char
acter of the roadbed. Ties set in a soft, moist
soil will of course rot quicker than those placed
in rock ballast. which is now the accepted road
bed of all the great lines. The various species
of oak are mainly used, though chestnut and
one or two other varieties of wood which are
tough and of firm, solid grain are used
I'VE don't hear much about spreading rails
and ensuing accidents decade or two ago.
one reason for this is the closer inspection now
given to ties and their renewing.
Iron ties have been used on some of the roads
in Europe but if they have proved success
there they have not been adopted in this cOun-
try and / doubt if they will ever he. Down in
Central America in the tropical forests they
use ties of solid mahogany, as IT is about the
only wood which will withstand the climate
and the ravages of tropical Insects