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Morris tribune., 1902-11-01
.THB TRIBUNE Files
ITEMS PUBLISHED IN TINT PAPER
WHEN MORRIS WAS
YOUNG.
Reprinted for the Benefit of Our Older
Residents==W eek of December a,

ReSidentS==W eek of December 4,
1879.
Wheat No. 1 S9S, No. 2 $3.50, Oats
$.25 and Barley
Col. Mumford now occupies the
Office adjoining ours. His sign reads
u. P. Mumford Attorney at Law"
Herman KerI has just completed
an addition to his residence on
Fourth street. This portion of the
village is growing rapidly.
Judge Bragg informs us that the
papers in the matter of the defunct
buggy have been filed, and the estate
found to be duly iDsolvent.
metropolitan Hotel' is the new
name of Elmer's new hotel. Mr..
Elmer thinks that as the new build
ing is the largest on this line, west of
Minnetonka, it is entitled to high
sounding title.
The dinner given by the ladies aid
society of the Congregational church
on thanksgiving day was a success
in every respect. The very low price
of admission enabled all to partake
of the really excellent dinner pre-
pared by the ladies, and some idea
may be formed of the number present
as the receipts show clear profit of
$500.
DRAMATIC. The Morris Dramatic
Association, will probably have the
plays now in rehearsal ready fo1
presentation next week. The public
can count upon an excellent enter
tainment, the plays are unobjec-
tionable, very entertaining, sparkling
with wit and humor, and will be
presented IN a creditable manner.
We bespeak crowded houses, as the
residents of this village and vicinity
always literally patronize any enter
tainmenUs given by our local ANA
tours.
That FUEL SUPPLY.-The railroad
company have concluded to allow
dealers to retail wood at their
stations. Judge H. Bragg has made
arrangements with the company to
handle wood at this point, and as
soon as arrangements can be made
will have a constant supply, which
will be retailed at the very reasonable
rate of $500 per cord. We are very
glad this important question has
been settled, and hope that it may
result IN closing the breach and |
bringing about more friendly feel
ing bet ween the people and the COM
pany.
Messrs. D. R. Sutherland, F. B.
Kenner and L. H. Stanton returned
from their deer hunt last week with
two fine bucks as trophies of the
chase" One of these an unusually
large animal, shot by the Doctor,
weighed when dressed, two hundred
and thirty pounds. We would en-
deavor to give an account of the
Incidents, events, occurrences and
of the trip, but we refrain
from so doing, only because we are
afraid some of the parties would feel
sighted. We did endeavor to connect
the three several accounts we re-
ceived and published them as one
romantic tale, but our efforts were
not successful, there was a dis
crepancy somewhere, for which we
could not account, so we did not try
10 divide two between three and give
each whole.
Morris tribune., 1902-11-01
CLOAKS AND JACKETS


In purchasing our wiuter stock Of
ladies' and misses coaks and jackets
we we're very careful to select only the
best patterns in the latest styles. All
the newest creations in the cloak line.
We are confident that we can please you
IN this department, for the large trade
that we have always commanded, neces-
STATED large pur base and large as
sortment. Call and look oyer the pat
terms whether you in end to buy or not.
Careful buying on our parts enables US
to offer some extraordinary Inducements
and we intend that cur customers shall
reap the benefits of the discount.
Don't miss this opportunity of buying
a cloak for yourself and the little cir.
from a stock that is new and season.
able.
Morris tribune., 1902-11-01

Wheat No. $98, No. 2 $3.50, Oats
Morris tribune., 1902-11-01
THE GLASS BLOCK
DRESS GOODS

This is the season of the year when you begin to
think about hyng your winter dress goods and about
the place where you get the best goods and the best
values We believe th@t our store is the place you
looking for In dress goods department. have
large stock of patterns suitable for fell and winter
wear Also extraordinary line of the Dress Patterns,
Individual Waste Lengths Dress Linings Table Linens
Damasks, Towls White Goods Etc. Also splendid
assortment of Flannels. Blankets, and Bedding. Our
Dress Trimming and Notion departments better than
ever BEFORE all the little things that just impor
tan as larger Ones and help to make your winters gown
attractive In purchasing fall and winter stock we have
fitted up Ladies and Childrens Underwear Hosiery
Glove and Mten department with anything and every
thing that could DESIRE in anticipation of large fall
trade in these lines
Morris tribune., 1902-11-01

Herman KerI has just completed
an addition to his residence on
Fourth street. This portion of the
village is growing rapidly.
Morris tribune., 1902-11-01

Col. Mumford now occupies the
Office adjoining ours. His sign reads
81. P. Mumford Attorney at Law"
Morris tribune., 1902-11-01

Judge Bragg informs us that the
papers in the matter of the defunct
buggy have been filed, and the estate
found to be duly iDsolvent.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07

and Herford bull, but they wanted to
get into the cattle business. in which
men were becoming rich over night,
and big companies were declaring div
idends of 30 per cent. Book accounts
had not fallen into disrepute, and were
still accepted in lieu of an actual tally
of the herd which was bought Only a
small percentage of the new cattle
owners knew anything practical about
the business, but talked learnedly
about II. Millions of dollars were
recklessly invested in blooded cattle,
all unused to exposure, and left Ia
rustic for a living in the open plains
like the wild, thrifty Western cattle.
"The first intimation of lurking
danger came in the winter of 1884.
The season was severe, and many cat,
tie were on the dead list in the spring
In the following winter a tremendous
setback came. Few of the happy own.
ers, as they luxuriated in the aristo.
cratic clubs or basked in the joys OF
Paris, London or New York, realized
that mantle of heavy snow caked
with ice covered the Western plains
shutting out even their hardest cattle
from sustenance. In the spring the
extent of the destruction was suspect
ed by some, but fully realized by
none. The spring roundup partially
told the tale in carcasses scattered
everywhere. in poor, weak cows and
the comparatively small percentage Of
calves. In the fall the beef roundup
completed the story.
"Then prices fell and steers real
lied 80 per cent. less than the pre-
vious year. The fatal fact then stared
the stockman in the face, that the
ranges were not ineXhaustible, and
that they were overcrowded. Wire
fences were hit upon as the panacea In
many quarters. and many thousands
Of dollars were invested In inclosinl
the government domain. The wir,
fences brought the stockmen in con
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07

You should be arrested and jailed
without bail
Oh, fool with your froth Of the Full
Dinner Pail"
And poets and prophets-and it's
come about
That trusts are within and the people
without;
And we note they are waxing both
hearty and hale
in the pail,
of the things
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07

frontier stockmen found themselves
suddenly rich. Then began an era Of
speculation. Eastern and English cap
ital began 10 flow into the Western
country In addition to the big prices
and abundance of feed, the winters
about this time were exceedingly milo
and favorable. Millions of dollars of
foreign capital were invested in the
cattle business, and scores Of big
herds were sold TO English and for
elgn investors on book account" that
is they paid for what the owners
showed should be on the range, re-
gardless OF actual recounting. One
Englishman did insist on an actual tai
lying. This was Morten Frewen, the
financial writer, but the cowboys out
wltted him. They drove many hun
dreds of the cattle he was purchasing
past him three or four times, and, like
his compatriots. who bought on book
account he paid for nearly twice as
many cattle as he actually bought.
"Then they conceived the idea Of
crossing the hardy plains cattle with
blue blooded stock. Many fine ami
mails were imported from England and
sold at almost fabulous prices. The
purpose was to increase the beefpro-
ducing qualities of the range stock,
but the effect of this addition of finely
matured cattle would have In the rust
ling qualities of their progeny was not
taken into consideration. At the banks
the men who had owned cattle In the
early sos had unlimited credit The
unfortunate individual who owned
real estate was out of luck, for no
bank would loan him any money. But
one idea prevailed in the West, and
that was to get a bunch of cattle.
Once they got them they believed
themselves comfortably fixed for life.
Rush to Buy Cattle.
Wealthy tenderfeet rushed In like
moths 10 the candle. They didn't know
the difference between Texas steer
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07
RANGE TO RANCH.
Changing Methods Of Cattle Raising
in the West.

Changing Methods Of Cattle Raising
in the West.
A bronzefaced man, with wide
brimmed hat, sat in the lobby of the
New willard, in Washington City,
few days ago reading the text OF the
petition filed by the United States Of
ficials against the beef trust. The
reader was emphatic in his approval
OF the eleven specifications against
the big packing companies. III the
government had only hauled those fell
lows into court dozen years ago, we
cattlemen OF the West would have
been making some money all these
years, and the meateaters Of the East
would have saved enough money on
their meat bills TO have made them all
rich"
Then he conhded TO a reporter OF the
washington Post that his name was
John Battersbee, and that he had been
ranchlng with varied success for the
past twenty years in Wyoming. Asked
OF explain in what manner the meat
trust had been prejudicial TO the In
terests OF the cattlemen OF the West,
MIR. Rattersbee said
"Well, II is just about a quarter OF
a century since II was first practically
demonstrated that the grasses OF the
then virgin West could cure while
standing and furnish an abundance OF
winter feed for cattle II was soon af'
ter the war that adventurous settlers
began 10 pour into the Western range
country. extending from the British
possesslons on the north to Texas on
the south. and embraced between the
Missouri river and the crest of the
range of the Rocky Mountains. Many
followed the advancing line OF the
Union Pacific railroad. and others con
cerned themselves with prospecting
for precious minerals. The line OF
railway was the base Of supplies foI
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07
The Full Dinner Pail-A Reputation

The Full Dinner Pall-N hePHH'"N
Mid buncombe and claptrap, mid
rubbish and rot;
Mid coaxing and hOaXing, mid pre-
tense and plot,
Mid bugbears and grizzlys and
wolve at the door;
Mid buster and blarney terrlDle
rOarl
They sang MS the song that's gone
woefully stale,
The sickening song of THE Fun DIN
ner Pail"
And | said--are We asses or are we
grown men?
Are We brutes toiling hut TOT enough
food
Al hint of full craws do we rush IKE
hen,
And a new century dawning. are hui
mans so crudeY
"To have laden stomachs-to Keep
out of Jail,
IS enough!" yelled the sage OF the
Full Dinner Pail.
But surely | answered-'what pltliul
cheat
To laud mid abundance your morsel
90 eat,
Give the horse a full hay rack-give
swil 10 the hog,
Give monkeys bananas and bones TO
the dog;
But drum not in my ears your poor,
silly tale
That the crowning Of man is the Full
Dinner Pail
In the midst OF my family I'd eat my
poor fare.
with a table cloth spread. perhaps a
friend at the board;
And a knife and fork, and a cup and
o chair,
And Christianlike thanks for the
grace of the Lord,
And said. Get thee hence with thy
horrible wall
OF that abomination, the tin dinner
pail!
It's anti.American, should have long
been spun
To the trash pile which time has in
stalled IN the past
IL keeps from the hreside both father
and son.
And the day OF It's passing is comine
al last,
In this land OF great plenty, what i'm
pious tale
DO the Bosses Coniure by The Full
Dinner Pail?"
To labor and industry honor We
yield.
God smiles ON the man who provides
for his own,
They OF the forge, and the factory,
and field;
The rascals are reaping what hon
esty's sOWn,
And these are now Haunting at pow
erty pale
Their sickening song OF the Full Din
ner Pail"
Nav food is not ALL We want music
and art.
And a FULL EQUAL CHANCE for
the youth OF the land
In things of the soul and mind seek a
part
That Is my platform-and there viii
/ stand
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07
TIL,
The
Easy-RunninR
Tribune

Our bicycle trade goes mer-
rilo on Notwithstanding what
the weather may be, We
could never have made the
remarkable gain in wheel sales
that we have this season, with
anything else but a Tribune.
We can still furnish you with
the 1901 models at S35, and the
new models at $40. Coasters
S. extra in all cases. Cushion
frames, too, or spring seat
posts on any and all wheels at
extra cost. You'll never know
the pleasure of wheel riding
until you get a spring of some
sort under your saddle, Car
bide , lbs 25c. Spring posts
Sl.25 and sl.5O.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07
Mini the other FeIIow sac.

We did every thing that ever was
done We invented everything. What
we didn't invent We introduced first
We won every field trial that ever was
held anywhere including one in sibe-
ria and another In the Klondyke. We
took all the prizes at the Paris show
nobody else got hold OF anything
carrying away The crowned heads OF
Europe fell over each other 20 pin
badges on as. We make sixty mach
ines a second at our factory, We sell
more machines than all the other com
panles put together The United States
owes les growth and prosperity 20
our machines. We won the civil war.
We are strictly IT, There Is only one
machine anyway. Il Is the MoDeerno,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07

the scattered settlers throughout the
country, and the means of transporta-
ton from the railroad to the settlers
camps and the military posts was by
bull team.
when the character OF the country
became more generally known, cattle
raisers followed as a matter Of course
The grasses were peculiarly suoculent,
and stood knee deep. The rolling char
acter of the wind-swept prairie as
sured plenty OF bare spots. no matter
how great the snowfall, while the blum
along the creek or in the foothills as.
sured protection to the stock from the
cold winds.
"The beginning Of the stock business
was very modest. but as the demand
increased and the market extended,
new sources were sought out to re-
plenish the supply. These were read
fly found in Texas, where the cost OF
raising cattle was slight, and soon the
Texas trail was opened, over which
thousands OF head were driven to the
vast ranges OF the Rocky Mountain re-
gion.
Old Days on the Range.
"In the earlier days OF the cattle
business the stockmen lived at their
ranches, varying the monotony OF life
by an occasional visit to town, which
they usually painted rich, red hue;
but they looked very sharp after their
business, lived and rode with their
men, shared their hardships, eating
precisely the same fare on the round
ups, and personally overseeing the
business in all It's details. They owned
little. II any. land, and their squat
ters' rights were protected by their
nelghbors, who were enjoying precise
ly the same privilege.
"The first sharp advance In the
price OF cattle came in 1879, and be
tween that year and 1882 they doubled
in value. and men who had been lead
ing the hard. rough-and.ready life OF
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07

aict with Uncle Sam, and also caused :
constant clashing between the smaller
settlers and the big stockmen. Mean
while the price Of cattle constantly
decreased on the cattle market, until
nobody willingly touched cattle COM
pany stock or property with forty
foot pole.
Transition TO Small Herds.
Under these radical conditions a
radical change took place in the cat
tie business i'm the west The big
outfits or cattle companies owning
10000 to 100, 900 head of cattle in
the prosperous era of the business
we're succeeded by small owners
whose holdings ran from a few hun
dred head up to several thousand. IT.
was hard pan and close figuring for
all the owners, big and little, and it
was during this time that the pack
ing house firms, in the earlier days
known as the Big Four got their
tentacles so entwined about the
range cattle business as to enable
them TO gradually expand until, as
the beef trust they have cornered
the entire cattle growing, marketing
and retailing business of the United
States.
"The packing houses secured their
first hold upon the beef growers by
loaning them money. Agents of the
big packing companies practical
stockmen. travelled throughout the
western beef-growing country, and
through the agency of the local banks
made loans upon the herds of cattle
men. large and small, and it was but
short time until the packing house
men had mortgages on every hoof OF
cattle in the west; and since that
time. no matter what the price OF
meat has been to the consumer, the
price paid to the cattle dealers
have been small enough to leave them
bare margin of profit in their busi-
ness in some years and leaving them
to foot losses in others.
The cattle men have been abso-
utely at the mercy of the packing
houses. If an owner independent of
the packing houses in the matter OF
loans upon his cattle sought to evade
their clutches. he found himself mis-
taken when he came to market his
beeves. Cattle, as you know, must
must be marketed Immediately upon
their arrival in Omaha, Kansas City,
or Chicago, the great cattle markets
Of the country. Every hour stock is
kent I'm the yards depreciates their
value. and the combination between
the packing house men at these yards
as charged in specification six of the
suit filed against the packers by the
government. was worked to a fine fin
ish day after day, month after month
and year after year, making the pack
ers millionaires, and giving the grow
ers but scant return in their business
The cattle growers got no benefit out
of the exorbitant prices charged CON
sumers. On the contrary, the high
prices react upon the cattle grower in
the decreased consumption of beef.
'If the government succeeds in
breaking up the conspiracy, which
undoubtedly exists and has existed for
the past ten or more years among the
packing houses of Omaha, Chicago
and Kansas City, it will place the cat
tie growing business Of the west IN
the best condition and upon the firm
est basis that it has ever been in since
It's inception thirty years ago"
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07
WCCINS IMPLEMENT HOUSE
$lS$iS$2S8lS&lS
We Sell.

Studebaker Wagons Il Bug
gies, McCormik Harvesting
Machinery. Russell Engines q
Thrshers, Parsons self feeder,
Russell Windstackers, Bird
sell Glover Hullers, Hero
Tanning Mills, Monitor Drills
and Seeders, Fairbank- Morse
gasoline engines, Moline and
Syracuse plows, Moline and
p & o Cultivators, Buffalo
Pitts spike, spring and disc
harrows, Benecia rotary disc
plows, Binder twine aud har-
vesting supplies, Extras for
Mccormick, Woods and Os-
borne Mowers, Hay Tools, Car
riers, Etc, Tribune bicycles
and wheel sundries, Standard
and White sewing machines
and supplies, and all other
goods usually carried in a
first class implement house.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07
A Desirable
Adjustment

The constant resistance which the
fnger bar Of all mowers meets In use
win Ia time cause the outer end TO
sag back. The knife Is then no longer
In a true line with the pitman, but the
pitman Is pushing and pulling ON one
line, and the knife Is running back
aud forth on another Power that
should be used In driving the knife Is
worse than wasted, and breakaee OF
pitman, knife. or knife heel frequently
results. Many mowers are laid aside
because OF frequent breakage Of these
parts Even n no hreak occurs there
in rapid wear 10 ali parts; the draft Is
hard. and II the grass is tough the
knife will often choke and stop the
machine.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07

Drawing the finger bar of a mower
adds 10 the traction--pushing lessons
II. The Draw Cut Mower tChampion)
gains power-thc Push Cut Mower
(all othersl lose power. Whoever
heard Of draw.cut mower prior to
the Introduction Of the Champion In
1896? Look for the push bar running
from the frame at the axle TO the yoke
al the finger bar, and you can mighty
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07
CHAMPION MOWER
The Difference Explained

soon tell whether the claims others
make for the draw-cut principle are
correct, a push bar causes the inside
wheel to lift when the finger bar
meets forclbly a fixed obstruction. In
dinlcult cutting a mower with a push
bar will lose traction and power The
Champion wheels will press harder on
the ground under both conditions.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07
Just Look

At the display at Branson G. Ra-
gan's. Big, bananas, fresh strawber-
ries and new vegetables from two
counties every morning Phone In
your orders early. Don't forget Bran
son & Ragan.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07
in the price

On the rise
SO. Tommyrot! Twaddle tedious the
tale
That Teddy hath told of the TIN
DINNER PAIL.
George +. Viett. Norfolk, Va.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-07
Speaking of Draw Cut

The MeGOr%ek perfect machine in this regard than any S %
wheel but the draft rod attaches direct from this shoe to the @
instead down as in other where the hitch above the
The Mccormick the heaviest famethe widest
wheehe longest heaviest cutter bar Of mower in the n FOR
These points well all other claims that make prove
If you're market you're standing
light fail to look the Mccormick comparison with Ve
els that shown
The National tribune., 1902-11-13
4GI83EE.akzJRHEFEsESSsH
Hae e<shsSe 'es" :se slay .st Tie a.~.yss4l.k.

Great songs, like great men, are usu-
ally OF very commonplace origin.
"DIXIE,"
The war song that thrilled the hearts of
fully 1,5OO,UU0 Confederate soldiers and
sailors, was Il "walk-around' written and
composed on n rainy Sunday afternoon in
1893 by Americas first niger minstrel,
Daniel ID. Emmett. Such a song should
have been the work of q Southern man,
and should have been born in the very
heart of the Sunny South; but Emmet
was an Ohioan, and Dixie" the great
Confederate war song. was written and
first sung in New York.
Mr.. Emmet frequently heard the per-
formers in circus make the remark, Il
wish l was in Dixie as soon as
the Northern climate began to get too
severe for the tent life which they fol-
lowed. This expression suggested the
song. 1t took instantaneous hold upon
the fancy Of the New York audiences and
was speedily @ carried to all parts of the
Union. In 1860 Mrs. John Wood sang it
in New Orleans at burlesque perform
ance OF POcahontaS, and from that il
spread like wildfre throughout the South
and was sung and whistled alike in the
plantation mansion and the negro cabin.
Distant mutterings of war were begin
ming 10 be heard, and military companies
"SiC Soi III tuc SSOutu, una IUe UOyS
in gray learned to march to the stirring
notes of Dixie" and rushed, later on, into
battle, Ito live or die for Dixie"
The storm of civil war which laid waste
the land of cotton" only rooted it more
firmly into the hearts of the Southern
men and women. 1t has been grated into
the affections of their children and of their
childrens children. 1t is imperishable. 1t
will never die. 1t seems that Lincoln.
too, was partial to the air; for upon the
occasion of the capture of large body
of Confederates he ordered it to be played
by the Northern band. When surprise
was expressed at this selection, the Pres
ident asked, Did we not capture the
song with the troops? If we must do
without either let the rebs go. l like that
song"
At the time of the Dewey parade in
New York great enthusiasm was aroused
when the Northern bands played Dixie"
as Southern troops marched by.
There was something that was misty,
like a tear-drop in my eye,
When the Northern bands PLAYED Dixie MS
Southern troops marched by.
Ten thousand voices cheering shook the
windows of the sky
When the Northern bands played Dixie
as Southern troops marched by.