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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-16

platform Of q Pullman car, put
new heart into the gamesters, as
he told of the wonders of Wash
ington in words of burning elo-
quence that rivaled Proctor
Knott's eulogy on the Zenith City
of Duluth.
When fresh eastern capital at
last failed to respond to even such
circus-like methods Of advertising,
our spectators, like the gamblers
they were at heart, traded with
one another and bucked each others
game until the final end came when
they were all frozen out and the
kitty had all the money. This
wild speculation in real estate was
the direct cause of the terrible
business depression which lasted
SO many years in Washington,
during which time dollar in &C.
tual currency was curiosity.
Fortunately the state has a great
wealth of natural resources, and
while at first these riches were
passed over or simply speculated
upon, saner business methods are
now developing them and Wash.
ington is at the present time en-
joying a substantial prosperity
based upon it's farms, fisheries,
mines and lumber-which is Of a
more solid and lasting nature than
the fancied "good times Of the
boom days caused by the fictitious
price of property inflated by a
normally sane population struck
by boom-madness. w. e. G.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-16

The Chicago Record Herald has
conceived the unique idea of as
signing a page of it's Sunday
edition to the public for the free
discussion of important questions
of the day. Under the head "The
Battle Ground of Modern Thought"
an opportunity is offered to the
public for the same discussion of
all problems engaging the atten-
ton of the American people.
Writers of ability present their
views on subjects not generally
treated in the daily press, and
Record Herald readers generally
are invited to join the debate.
The fairest, most forceful and orig
inal contributions are published.
The following are New of the
subjects which have been dis
cussed since this department was
first established.
'Is Blacklisting Within the
Law"
TRUSTS and the Proper Way to
Regulate them
"Great Peril That Besets Pagan
China"
Liquor Trade and It's Evil Con-
sequences.
"Are Free Books Wanted in
Public Schools9
"Inhumanity to Animals"
The Record Herald disclaims
any responsibility for the dogmas
upheld, the theories advanced or
the panaceas advocated. 1t re-
serves the right only to preserve
order, to keep out personalities
and rancor and to see that good
temper and candor characterize
the discussions.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-16
LOCAL NEWS.

The Mirror The following visitors
Register. registered in The MIR
RoR Office during the past week:
DR.. and Mrs. G.. L. Lofher, LIE
Mars, Iowa; Miss May Rich, Will
liau Alexander, Saltwater; Miss
Margaret Staples, Fargo, N. D.;
Fred V. Dale, Browns Valley,
Mimi; Miss Belle Swanson, Still
water; Miss Dora johnson, Rush
ford, Mimi; Miss Violet M. Smith.
Saltwater; s. O. De Frexel, John
B. Turbush, w. FL. Cortes, II. B.
Gore, Sidney, Iowa. Pa
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-16

being forced either into bank
ruptcy or to join the trust, prices
at once went up with jump and
are higher now than before the
combinations were formed.
The Standard Oil trust, formed
in 1882 with a capitalization of
over 500, 100000, continues today
to hold first place as a money
Garner among the big companies.
So many failures occurred in the
oil business that congress had to
make an investigation. It was
then found out that an agreement
had been made between certain
railroads, by which competitors
were to be charged double rates,
and at the present time undoubt-
eddy the railroads are doing the
same thing. A remedy for this
evil would be government COD troll
of the railroads, which sooner OF
later is sure to come.
The sugar trust, with capital
of $50, 100000, was formed in 1887.
We find sugar to be the cheapest
in the history of the industry
during '85 and $50, or just prior to
the organization. This trust and
the Standard Oil have but little
respect for laws. Both have con-
cealed their books from investigat-
ing committees. Another trust
which is in the same category, is
the United States Steel corpora
ton, with a capital Of 1,319, $780,
200, which celebrated it's advent
into the ranks by reducing wages
in Cleveland 333 per cent and in
Anderson, Ind, 50 per cent. This
trust is especially hostile to Or
ganized labor. After the steel
strike of last year, President
Schwab stated that in the near
future he hoped to do away with
all organized labor in the corpor-
atoms plants. This shows that
labor is in danger, for the stronger
the trusts grow the more power
less will labor become.
Both great political parties claim
to be friends of organized
labor, and each denounces in it's
platforms combines or trusts; still
neither makes a determined stand
against them. But the time has
certainly arrived to act, for these
vast combines which injure the
people in every possible manner,
are decidedly detrimental to the
welfare and prosperity of the
country. Experience shows that
the chief benefits of combination
have been retained by the capt.
talists; the laborers have received
only a small part-nothing near
their due-and the great mass of
the consumers none of the benefits.
j. F. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-16
Musings.

For miles I have passed silently
along the well-worn woodland
path over which my daily journey
extends, seeing no habitation and
no traveller. During the greater
part of my long walk the valley
has been filed with dense fog,
hiding from view the woods and
rendering the morning air cool
and reasonably bearable. But
now the sun, resembling a ball
of liquid fire, has rolled himself
majestically into the heavens and
sends down an unbearable, search
ing heat, making my burden, in
my state of WEAKNESS and soreness
of muscle, almost too heavy for
comfort.
I am hot, dusty and tired, and I
fear, not a little out of spirits.
Half unconsciously I fall to won
dering why the "daily bread is
divided into such, apparently, un-
even pieces before distribution
among poor mortals. A sense of
guilt comes over me at such un-
worthy thoughts, and strive in
vain to drive them away. It is
very hard to convince a tired man
of anytt ing, tho, and I am GER
tainly tired and foot-sore traveller,
with only half my daily journey
yet completed. I have trod the
same long, tiresome way morning
after morning, only to hurry
through the long day, then re-
turning at night, to start again
next morning. It seems as if the
songs of the birds, the music Of
the pines, the rustling of the early
spring leaves upon the trees and
the babble of the tiny brook are
for once lost to me. The tiny
gray rabbit that scurries awkwardly
along my path, to hide his homely
little self in a distant brush heap
awakens only envy in my breast
I wonder why all creatures are sc
gay and free from care, when
must meet only duty, duty!
At last I reach the edge OF
wide clearing. Before me lie
long row of miserable shanties, as
near alike as the proverbial ''beans
in pod.' All have the regula.
ton piece Of stovepipe poked uI
through the leaky roof for about
six inches; the same white muslin
curtains, much the worse for veal
and duty; the same ld-fashioned
flowers in the yard; the same
morning-glory vines creeping ove1
the one or two small windows; the
same gnarled old apple trees, and
the same absence Of paint on
] house, outbuildings and rough
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-16

All the systems of the Irvine
factory were put in operation
Tuesday morning and will con-
tinue running until the end of the
season.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-16
background Of glittering ice and
swollen rivers, made this rush

s~>~~~
swollen rivers, made this rush
picturesque in the extreme.
Another rush of vast interest to
the onlooker was the mad scram-
BILE for land in Oklahoma and the
southwest, which took the form of
q great race with an entry list of
several thousand and with but few
scratched. What spectacle that
must have been! Mole than a
thousand prairie schooners"
loaded with the worldly effects
and families of homeseekers lined
up at the starters box waiting for
the fall of the flag. Then, ''They
are off, on that unique race for
| homes.
Land was the quest of the many
who focked into the Dakotas,
Kansas, and Nebraska and is the
object of the present movement to
western Canada, which altho slow
to start is rapidly approaching the
proportions Of a rush.
It will be seen from this that
gold and land have been the causes
of almost all of the great tidal
waves of emigration which can be
called to mind. But who can ex-
plain that greatest rush of all, the
hundreds. of train loads of conf
dent, optimistic humanity which
rushed into Seattle and Tacoma
shortly after the golden spike was
driven which told of the compile
ton of the transcontinental line of
the Northern Pacific? Was it
gold? They did not seek the
mountains. Was it land? They
did not scatter to the interior.
Was it town lots? Probably.
For the student of human ma
ture this hegira to Washington is
by far the most interesting of all
the stampedes of humanity and
offers splendid material to the nov
elist. The rush for gold in all
countries has furnished the basis
for countless stories. The rush
for 16O acres of land makes good
history, tho it is rather common
place and prosaic for the novelist,
but what wealth of character
study lies in rush for the unde-
Enable! It would take q past
master in the art of unraveling
human motives to analyze the rea-
son of the great movement to
Puget Sound.
During the Boom Days the
floating population of Seattle and
Tacoma was larger in proportion
than has ever been known else
where, and a conversation with
nine out of ten of these "foaters"
would fail to elicit satisfactory
explanation as to why they were
there and what they intended to
do. All seemed to be waiting,
Micawber-like for something to
turn up" At variance with all
precedent most of these Micaw-
bers had some capital, and for
want of anything better to do they
started a little game which resem-
bled poker. It was called ''Town
Lots" and living expenses was the
"Kitty." This game soon assumed
huge proportions. Every male
member of the community who
could talk English turned real
estate dealer and ''sat i'm
Town lots, blocks and additions
changed hands faster than the
deeds could be recorded. It is an
actual fact that the registrar of
deeds in attesting an abstract
would frequently be obliged to re-
fer to half a dozen deeds covering
the same property which had been
filed for record during the same
week, but which for lack of time
had not yet been recorded. The
title to some desirable lots would
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-16

@M sidered the home OF the
GNSN@| free and the paradise
700 of the workingman,
still some disagreeable,
not to say unnatural, conditions ex-
list in it, which if not checked are
sooner or later bound to destroy
the hope for as bright future as
the past has enjoyed. Conditions
foreign to- the other great nations
of the world, conditions which
only exist where combinations are
permitted to thrive without regard
for law or society, conditions which
place the common man in the
bonds Of a new slavery-this is
what the future has in store it the
trusts are not headed off. Only
twenty years have elapsed since
the formation of the first trust.
At present the total number ex-
ceeds 500. They control 2,2O3
separate plants, of which 1929 are
active and 174 idle. Pennsylvania
ranks first with 1853 plants, fol-
lowed by New York and Ohio,
with 227 and 225 respectively.
Illinois comes fourth with 1853,
while Massachusetts has 1913.
Fully so per cent of these corpora
lions were chartered under the
laws of New Jersey in 1899.
Let us see what the trusts have
done for the country; what they
promised the people and how their
promises were fulfilled. Besides
building up monopolies, destroy
ing fair competition and driving
their competitors out of business,
they have increased the price Of
commodities, accumulated large
fortunes for few, tended to cor
rupt Legislators, entirely destroyed
small towns by the removal of
their plants, lowered wages, op-
posed organized labor and caused
strikes.
Instead of being responsible for
these evils, the trusts could, if they
so desired. better mankind in gen.
eral, give us cheaper commodities,
raise the standard of wages and
make the life of the American
workingman something more than
a continued struggle for existence.
But such is not their policy. To do
anything for anybody but them
selves would be quite foreign to
their principles. 1t is a continu-
Gus grab on their part, admitting
of no relaxation however slight.
To tolerate monopoly in private
hands is to vest in a few the power
to tax the many, and that is just
what our great combinations of
capital are doing. They are oper-
;ating in direct opposition to COM
mon, if not statute law. Action
has at times been taken against
them under the common law and
the Sherman antitrust law, but
the trusts have been the victor
more often than otherwise. What
seems to be needed is national
law whereby a knowledge of their
financial condition, and their
methods Of doing business, can
be made public. Some such law,
in fact, as governs banks and
insurance companies. Most of the
trusts have been carrying on their
affairs under such veil of secrecy
that even the stockholders are al
times unable to penetrate it.
The prices most frequently
quoted by trust advocates are those
of oil and sugar. But upon in.
vestigating these two trusts one
sees that the prices of the com
modities named have not beer
materially lessened. Both these
articles were growing cheaper
year by year up to the time of thu
formation of the trusts, when tht
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-16
COMBINATIONS
poper Read Before the Chautouqta Circle.

LTHO this republic
has always been con-
sidered the home of the
free aud the paradise
of the workingman,
still some disagreeable,
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-10
WANTS FOR RENT-FOR SALE.

Satisfaction Always" " Lyons &
Son.
Furnished Rooms-Two we'll locat-
ed rooms in Crawford addition. for
rent. Apply here. ~%
Wanted-Competent girl for gener-
al housework, wages So. 90 per week
to right party. Apply at 359 White
street.
House Work-All it's branches neat
ly and quickly done. Wall paper clean
ing specially. Address, city P. o.
Box 214. Phone 5S2 black. Victor
Tharp. formerly Avenger Tharp.
For Sale-By owner. Houses. choice
resident lots. tracks of land and vacant
lots, some as low as S15. Must be sold
quick, AT your own figures. Terms to
suit. Enquire of Mrs. Susan E.
Carpenter. at Fairlawn, LIST ST.
Try The Daily Seninel want column.
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-10
Equality Tells, Price Sells" Lyons

Equality Tells, Price Sells" Lyons
& Son
Have Primrose clean your iewlery.
The Grand Bakery restaurant regu-
lar meals 25 cents.
@. w. Primrose does first class jew
elry work and watch repairing.
The board of county cmom issioners
is in session today paying election
bills.
The best quarter meal in the city
at Grand Bakery restaurant ON Colo
RADIO avenue
Mrs. Amy Young is home from avisit'
her son, Charles Birch at Ouray
where she has spent several weeks
A petition is being circulated to
open up 18th street to its full width
At present a portion ofAthe streetsis
occupied ditch. A -. 80 =
sgs Miss Josephine ashields. niecessof
Mrs. McCulloch, isl visiting here from
Ogden. -She accompanied Mrs. Nc
Cnlloch home from. there.
This would be good time of the
year ITO have, jail the .ssgreasewood
grubbed out. t..and all the trash gathered
up about the premises and burned
It's time to think of Christmas and
Fotografer Dean as usual has some
thing new. There is nothing so ap-
propriate for a holiday gift as fine
portrait.
The Elks are thinking of changing
their plans for club room and in
stead of taking the second story of
the Wadsworth building, securing sew
eral more on the same floor in the
Currie block.
Charles E. Burton, of Arizona,
cousin of Walter l.. Mulkey was an
arrival in the city today Mr.. Bur
ton has charge of several Indian
schools in the territory and is here on
a visit to relatives
Denver Times delivered to any part
of the city for 65c. per month. Den
yer Rocky Muontain News delivered |
to any part of the city for Toe per
month. Leave your subscription with
VIM. Hanks general agent 425 Main.
Mesa Lodge No 80 A. F. and A. NJ. !
will hold "a special communication
this evening at s o'clock for the pur- |
pose of work in the M. M. degee. |
Visiting brothers are cordially invit-
ed BY order of A. r. Sampliner,
w. M
Mayor Sampliner is in receipt of a
communication from Edward p E.
Troy, of San Francisco, asking him to
furnish all the statistics regarding
the street railway owned by the city.
He states that on the 18th of this
month banquet will be held at the
Merchants Exchange at which the
question of municipal ownership of
railways will be discussed and that
at that banquet the president of San
Francisco's street railway system will
defend private ownership and the
famous Californian and orator. d. M ]
Delmas will defend the position of
ownership. 1t made the
Mayor smile when he read the letter.
that part inquiring of its
success as II municipal owned line and
the finances thereof
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-10

The country roads are extremely
dusty.
G. w. Primrose. expert engraver,
Red Gross Pharmacy.
Frank Lander and wife are home
from their bridal tour to Salt Lake
City.
Mrs. l.. V. Rice. a sister to Mrs
John Mann. left for Denver Saturday
night.
Five new dwellings will be built
on Fruit Ridge during the winter and
early spring.
The water in the river is quite low.
There is no channel whatever on this
side of the stream.
The Ladies' Emporium makes the
kind of hats that fit the head. 1t is
"A specially with them.
A large number of men were seen
with guns yesterday. Small game
is what they We're seeking.
Smith Brothers are feeding about
five hundred head of cattle in their
pastures on Orchard Mesa.
There are no hats in the city that
can compare with those at the Ladies'
Emporium for style and quality.
Leon Chapman is having a neat
four-room cottage with all modern
improvements erected just north of
his fathers home on Fruit Ridge.
You can get hat that will be
strictly up-to-date as any you could
get in Chicago or New York, provided
you get it at the Ladies' Emporium.
Call and see the hats at the Ladies'
Emporium. even if you do not care to
purchase. We will be pleased to
show our goods to you.
The comedy eXtravaganza at the
Park opera house Saturday night was
very enjoyable production. 1t kept
the audience in good humor from be-
ginning to end of the performance.
Next Thursday night there will be |
IA calico ball given by the Daughters
of PocahQntas at the Armory, at which
IL I)GlLt Will given lOI lllt pIttlleSt
calico dress The admi ;sion will be
10 cents per couple. extra ladies %
cents. Everyone invited. Good music.
Great interest is being manifested
in the revival meetings at the Christ
ian chruch. There were large crowds
Yesterday at all the meetings. There
were nine additions to the church
membership and four baptisms last
night. All are cordially invited to
attend the meeting tonight. Subject
Repentance.
The bear which has been killing so
many cattle in the North Fork coun-
try was killed by Frank Mangus last
Saturday on Grand Mesa. 1t took
twelve shots to bring him down.
Two of the toes on the right foot We're
gone. He would weigh at least 1000
pounds The hide was eight feet and
four inches in length. There is no
doubt but that this is the bear that
the cattlemen have offered $500 re-
ward for.-Delta County Press.
"A. d. McOune, state engineer. was
in DeBeque for short time Wednes-
day afternoon, having just come from
an inspection of the proposed route
of the state road from the mouth of
Plateau creek up through the Grand
river canon through the Bluestone
valley. Mr.. McCune gave it as his
opinion that the road was not only
feasible, but that it could be easily
constructed for $4,000 or Sl2. 900.
When this road in the canon is built
there will be an open water grade all
the way from the top of Tennessee
Pass to the Utah line. Mr.. McCune
left on Wednesday nights Rio Grande
for his home in Denver. r.-DeBeQue
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-10

at a reasonable price.
Nothing but best material
used. 427 Colorado avenue.
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-10
JOHNSON & ClASC0,
Realty; Loans and investments.

house IL lots 500 80 improved $4,000
s r house lots 900 la % 1850
5 r house 9 lots 1000 30 a 1900
6 r house lots $50 SOa 4,5N
20 room house and furniture S6,50O.
so acres impro d $l2, 600.
Above are 'ers prices.
Phone Bla, 743
iOH Main stree
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-10
Poor Paint

Does not pay, especially on
a carriage or wagon. 1t soon
scales off and new coat
has to be put on. If FIucken
paints your rig you can be
sure that only the best ma
terials will be used.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

this state, in its issue of August n states
that the action of the governor was in
dcfcnsiblc and advises the party organs
not to try to make a defense as 80 per
cent of the people are against the posi-
ton he took. The re election of Cover
nor White, in view of his record, would
be an oifcnse against intelligence.
The political conditions in this state
are an outrage, and the only remedy is
the destruction root and branch of the
corrupt. republican machine that has
bought them about. The only way to
destroy that machine is to defeat its
candidates at the polls, and this can only
be done by the voters who are in favor
of equal taxation and good government,
irrespective of former party affiliations
joining with the democrats. This being
an off year, even those who arc staunch
republicans can join with the democrats
and feel that they are performing q.
patriotic duty in defeating the rcpubli-
can party that most certainly no longer
stands for good government in this state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30
FOR STATE TREASURER.

We present herewith Il good likeness
of James Mcdonald, of Grafton, who is
the candidate for state treasurer on the
democratic ticket Mr.. Mcdonald is
making splendid canvas for the Office,
and if elected will make one of the best
state treasurers North Dakota has ever
had. The office which Mr.. Mcdonald
seeks, is very important one, not only
because of the fact that the treasurer is
responsible for all the state funds, but
because of the further fact that he i:
member of the state board of equaliza
ton. If we elect Joe Cronan, which now