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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Being unable to settle its own wal
satisfactorily to all concerned, Great
Britain will try what it can do in the
Chilian-Argentine dispute.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

The manufacture of whisky from
watermelons is to be tried at Balti-
more, and the idea sounds about as
exhilarating as extracting sunbeams
from cucumbers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Now that the German crown prince
is broken down with hard work the
time is ripe for princes to agitate for
an eight-hour day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Better good statue of bad man
than bad statue of good one. The
good artist can idealize the character
of the one, but no bad artist can make
the others virtues lovable.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Mr.. H. H. Rogers of Fairhaven,
library, waterworks, town hall,
schools, church and a drainage sys-
tenn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Every day another halo pales and
Tanishes, another cherished illusion
goes bump. 1t is now discovered that
disease creates literary genius.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Encouraged by the absence of Gen
Funston from the scene of conflict, the
Filipino insurgents are again becom.
ing active.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

A crowd of theater-goers in Rome
got into fight over new play and
many were wounded. Therefore it is
admitted that the play is big sue.
cess.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Beaumont Oil may have creased the
path along which so many settlers are
now making a quick slide into Texas
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Petroleum has been discovered i'll
Egypt, and light of other kinds is
gradually breaking through.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

1t is good to be loved by ones fellow
man when there is not too many OF
him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Peace on earth, as a general rule.
Prominent exceptions, South Africa
and the Philippines.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16
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1Here mas recently been an at .
q tempt to show that we have no inter- q
= est in building up the prosperity of 4
. the people of your state and of the q
= Northwest. If we did not do every q
= thing in our power to build you up 4
= we would be false to our best inter- Z
. ests Our object in acquiring the 4
. Burlington, Jointly with the North 4
ern Pacific railway, was to insure .
. an outlet to the best markets for q
= the grain. live stock and lumber of a
Q the Northern lines, and to increase 4
= the volume of our traffic, to the end 4
. that We might at all times be able .
9 to establish the lowest rates and d
y most favorable conditions under q
y which the traffic must be carried .
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Cholly-I think I may change my
mind. Miss Ma.bleheart earnestly
would, II l We're you.--Judge.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16
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This can be done only by increasing
the volume of traffic. The question is as
simple as raising a given amount OF
money by taxation. The more dollars
worth Of property taxed the lower the
rate. of taxation will be and the greater
number Of tons carried the lower the
rate OF transportation will be. This is
one Of the main reasons why we are ST
anxious to develop the enormous through
business that is rapidly growing up along
our lines. Every ton of new business
that we bring contributes it's proportion
Of net revenue and enables us to reduce
the rate Of transportation on our local
business. The interstate business on our
lines in North Dakota to-day constitutes
So per cent of the whole and still you
enjoy all the facilities furnished, both
passenger and freight, with the increased
number of trains necessary to handle
this business, every one Of which is an
additional accommodation to you.
1T will be thirty-two years next Marcel
since first saw the Red River Valley.
AT that time there was not Il single house
on the west side of the Red river from
the Bots de Sioux to Pembina. During
the past twenty years all Of my time
and effort has been given to building
up the Northwest and no part of the
Northwest has given me more satisfac-
ton or is giving me more satisfaction to-
udS lildH NOilu DdkOId. LIS CROWN IN
the past has been marvellous. The first
years in all new countries are marked
by hardship and self-denial, but during
the past few years you are getting the
regard of your labor; people are coming
into the state by thousands, the Value
of your land has advanced and will ad-
vance beyond your reasonable expecta-
tions and I hope that together your
property and our property will work side
by side and shoulder to shoulder to carry
forward the best interests of North Da-
kota. No man. no hundred men in your
state, represent the same interest in your
welfare that it is my good fortune to
represent and I hope in the future that
with better methods of cultivation and
more knowledge of what is required,
your condition may be constantly i'm
proved and if your condition is improved
ours will certainly share it with you.
AS the volume OF traffic increases our
rates will be reduced
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16
) Observation-Disclosures

This has already been done in the East
to the extent that throughout all of New
England the hundreds of original railway
corporations are now mostly consolidated
into three or four, and the people are
better off than ever before. Twenty-Five
years ago it was supposed that COMPETE
ton was necessary to reduce rates.
think we have shown in the Northwest
that, without competition, rates have
been reduced faster than anywhere else
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16
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q At the present time we hear much .
. about the Community of interests" Q
q between the railroads. / want to q
o say to YOU here and now that the o
q only community of interests that .
o there is or ever can exist is the o
Q community of interests between the q
q producer of tonnage and the car o
O rier: the man on the farm, in the q
O forest and in the mine must be able .
e ut all times to sell the products of q
q his labor and his lands at Il profit. .
. or he will cease to labor and have q
a tn soil a
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Dreyfus has quarreled with his law
yer. What was the fee?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

of the cars now in use:. Freight tr;i,.
move certainly 0n average Of sxtc,,
miles an hour while on the road. Twnn,r
miles car movement daily means TIM,
the cars move one hour and a quartrr
out Of the twenty -four hours:
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. No business In the world can =
. thrive under conditions when 1t can =
Q use its facilities for earning money =
. less than one hour out OF the :
. twelve. 4
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When many Of the roads were bull,
capital was scarce and high. A very
large proportion of the original railway
the investment-they had no idea of th.
future growth, and from want of money
and want of forethought the terminal r,
cilities are to-day totally Inadequate If
the cars could be moved ut the princ;n,,
terminals the main lines would be able
to do better than at present. However
with a continuance ror three or liv,.
years of the present volume of traffic be-
tween the East and West added to in
dustrial traffic in the great manufactur-
ing districts, this country will find itself
confronted with the most serious com,
mercial question it has yet been called
upon to solve. Terminals in the larger
Eastern cities are both difficult and OK
pensive to acquire. The Pennsylvania
railway in order to get into New YORK
onto Manhattan island. Is building a tu.,-
mel from Jersey City to Brooklyn at a
cost of forty or fifty million dollars VIII
it bring new business or must the ex-
pense of operation and interest on cost
be levied on present traffic?
\ careful examination of the railway
problem from Il national standpoint will.
I believe, show beyond question that the
business of the country has outgrown
the facilities on most of the trunk lines
and that new facilities not row apparent
will be necessary to relieve the situation.
Rates in the United States are much
lower than in any other country. Wages
are higher-the cost of most of the mate
rial is higher than in Europe, still the
average rate charged in Europe is fully
twice as high as in America. The con
ditions in this country change very rap
idly-while rates have been cut in two liz
twenty years all kinds of labor and ma
terial used by railways have advanced
from 80 to 80 per cent. Nothing but the
increased volume of traffic has made it
possible to reduce rates as they haze
been reduced. To-day we find the volume
of traffic so great east of Chicago that
the railways are not able to move it ,,r-
der the present conditions. How will these
conditions be changed and at whose cost?
Who will build new lines or increase old
ones? These are the questions which |
will not undertake to answer farther
than to say that the West must have the
ia ciljfioc or Suffpr for. the want of t(e,,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

The railroads depend FOR their existence
on the products of the lands served by
their lines; it has no other source of in
come. Individuals may come and go, we
will all sooner or later pass from active
life. but the land-the country-its re-
sources and the railroads will be here
permanently. and they will either prosper
together or be poor together. There IS
no other community of interests that can
ever exist against this one. While it is.
necessary for the railroads that the
farmers. the lumbermen and the miners
shall be prosperous. it is also necessary
u lrco do cl,o,,ld
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

The effect of this has been to bring
thousands of farmers from the Middle
Western states, including Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska. Wisconsin, Michigan,
Indiana and Illinois to find homes in Min
nesota and North Dakota. This, more
than anything else, has doubled the price
of your lands in comparatively few
years. We have about twelve hundred
miles of railway in North Dakota. The
average cost of our railway, including
terminals. equipment, shops, elevators,
etc., is about thirty-five thousand dollars
per mile. Is shown by its capitalization.
In the fifteen counties depending almost
entirely for their transportation upon the
Great Northern railway, there are, in
round numbers, sixteen million acres of
land. If the building of the railway and
what has followed it has added $40 per
acre to the value of this land it is
worth S160,GOO,OOO more than it would
have been without the railway, and you
have the benefit of this advance. ! am
glad that it is yours and hope it will
enable You to enjoy your old age in COM
fort and to make those who follow after
you good ard worthy citizens of your
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

q .
. Much is being said about the com Q
q bination between railroads, and that q
. the country for it's prosperity must .
. rely upon continuance of COMPETE O
q ton. The law of the survival of .
9 the fittest must inevitably end such q
Q competition as exists by the de- q
4 struction of the weaker by the q
q stronger
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

VVVVVV . =
q Remember that whatever helps q
= you helps the railroad, and what q
q ever hurts or restricts your growth q
q restricts the growth of the rail- q
q road serving you. We will always =
. prosper together or be poor to- q
q gether. o
q . q q q a q a 4 a q 4 4 a a d. n a.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

y q
. The public must always bear in .
= mind that a bankrupt road cannot q
D furnish good service. The railroad .
q must be able to furnish the service q
q demanded from it at fair and rea- Q
q sonable rates. The problem We .
= have had to solve has been how to .
q reduce the cost of operation so that .
q we can furnish transportation at q
= the lowest prices. .
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16
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. To-day the farmers can ship their q
. grain from the Red river valley to q
= the Twin Cities and the Head of the q
q Lakes at from Is to 20 per cent q
. lower rates than farmers living in q
= the Des Moines valley and Western .
. Iowa, where there are many lines, .
. can ship to Chicago the same dis .
>tance. q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

q If we are to enjoy fair share of 8
q the benefits of the development of q
q Oriental trade it must come from 4
q finding a market for the necessities 4
q of life, nearly all of which come q
from ha 70
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-22
RURAL MAIL BOXES
TO BE UNIFORM.
Postmaster DewstOne Notified Of
a Recent Sweeping Order.
Thieves Will Not Have Such on
Easy Time After Oct. 1.

Postmaster Dewstoe has just received
official notice from Postmaster H. G.
Payne that q new style OF rural mail
box has been decided upon, and orders
relating to the adoption and installa-
tion Of the new system were given.
For some time there has been q great
deal of complaint over the mail boxes
10 the rural districts. There has been
no regulation in regard to size or COM
position nor strength. They are often
Of wood or some cheap material which
Is not at all durable, often causing
damage of mail. The doors are fire.
quently so arranged that it is hard for
the postman To open them quickly, con-
suming much more OF their time than
q necessary. Beside there has been
constant complaint that the boxes are
tampered with and letters taken. Only
last fall young man was caught tam
pering with the mail boxes just outside
of the city, which were of very poor
material. He was brought before the
heavy penalty for the deed.
For some time q better and q uniform
system Of rural mail boxes has been
sought by the postofice officials all over
the country. Postmaster Dewstoe has
been especially ardent in his desire To
secure some such system. After con-
siderable deliberation the postmaster
general decided to issue the order for
the installation of new boxes.
The order goes into effect on Oct.
this year. All rural.delivery boxes Sc,
up after that date must accord with
regulations. Those having been estab-
lished before must be changed as soon
as possible. They will not all have to
be taken out, as it Is not the intention
of the department To discommode any
one. But instructions are TO the effect
that rs soon as 1t is reasonable the old
boxes must be taken, out and new ones
put in.
The new boxes are to be OF q specific
size, which the mail man can open
without too much inconvenience. II
must be Of regulation sheet iron oi
specified width and thickness. so thai
it cannot be broken open readily. A
regulation has also been made in re
gard to the location of the boxes. They
will now have to be erected at ths
roadside In such . manner that the
mail can be taken out and put inside
without the postman leaving his car
riage. Not more than one family vii
be permitted TO use box.
Regulations have also been drawn III
in regard to the pilfering Of the boxe
or in any way tampering with them
and the offender will be severely pun
isned IL caught
The boxes can be manufactured b.
any dealer who wishes TO do so unde
the supervision of q specially appointe
agent The agent win see TO It tina
the boxes are made after the reguls
tion set down. The boxes will then b
stamped with the official seal marke
approved by the Postmaster Gen
eral. ."-Cleveland Plaindealer.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-22
TRIBUTE TO ARMY AND NAVY
II Is Paid by General Wheaton al
ARecePtion Held in Chicago.

Chicago, July 17.-One thousand old
soldiers met At Memorial Hall last night
at reception for General Lloyd Wheat
on, who was retired from active service
on Tuesday. Mingling with members
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
who acted as host for the occasion, were
numbers Of younger men who saw SER
vice either in Cuba or the Philippines.
General Wheaton was introduced by
General John c. Black, and replying
said:
Operations in other lands have
brought to me the conviction that the
grandeur and power of the great repub-
lie is respected and recognized
wherever civilization exists, and that
this respect is not based alone upon q
regard for our material prosperity, COM
mercial greatness, or our liberal insti-
tutions, but In . measure uTon the
prowess of our soldiers and sailors.
"Having served more than forty-one
years with the men who carry rifles,
can assure my companions Of the civil
war that the American soldier Of today
Is the worthy descendant of the mer
who fought At Shiloh, vicksburg, and
Gettysburg. Under the new conditions
of war he cannot be surpassed, and will
meet with every expectation Of hii
1 countrymen."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-22

An army officer who has just return
ed from the Philippines says the native
women are initiating the American wo-
men, school teachers and wives of army
officers, In the matter Of dress, personal
and manner. During the
last year q great change Of this nature
has been observed among the native
women who have been thrown into con.
tact with the "Americanos." The
Philippine women now insist not only
upon having more clothes, but better
clothes, and the result Is Q marked i'm
provement In their average personal
appearance A year and half ago this
officer passed through q village in
Luzon. In the house where he lodged
was q girl Of ten or twelve years who
smoked big black cigars, and apparent
ly enjoyed them Visiting the same viii
lage q few months ago, the officer call
ed TO see his friends, the native family.
He found the girl, now little larger,
OF course, and also very much better
dressed.
sYou are not smoking, l see, =" he said
to her.
mo. senor."
swell, try one of these. he said. OF
fering her his cigar case.
mo, thank you, senor," replied th'
girl in fair English, ''me no smoke now
Americana women no smoke"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-22
A HUGE WAVE DASHES UP
OVER The LAND.
A Strange Phenomenon In Lake
Michigan at Chicago
The Cause.

Chicago, July IA phenomenon
known to Geneva and other Swiss lakes
as "seiche" has made its appearance
on Lake Michigan. In queer convul-
sion the lake sent big wave land ards,
and residents along the shore suddenly
found the water tapping st their door
steps.
All along the lake front the wave
swept up against breakwsters or over
the beach. Steamers were tossed about
At the docks, smaller craft were thrown
on The shore, boats were broken, and iu
several instances loss of life Was mar.
rowly sverted.
Two boys bathing north Of Lincoln
Park were saved after they had been
carried out by the receding wave. A
fisherman was rescued by the Evanston
life-saving crew, and another bather. N
Evanston boy, was hauled out of the
water, rs he was In danger OF drowning.
At the weather bureau the barometer
indicated . sudden high pressure, fol
lowed by an equally sudden drop. A
wave Of heavy atmospheric pressure
passed over the city. and ~ It strnck
the lake, moved from west to east, the
water being pushed back. With The
pressure released the wave came rush
ing back and dashed up over the lant
and then receded to the normal wsteI
line.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-22
DON'T READ IN BED.
Il II . Dangerous Practice VIII
Lying Down. Says an Authority.

IL II . Dangerous Rractfce while
Lying Down. Says an Authority.
Reading I'm bed Is seriously advised,
SO the newspapers say, by a physician
as conducive to repair and resting"
relieving congestion" "emptying the
veins overfilled by prolonged eyework,
etc.
1t is plain that placing the head back
in horizontal position SO absolutely
meets the whole problem of a relief OF
congestion by gravity-and 1t il such q
very important problem-that it seems
strange that people with weak eyes
do not habituaIly practice reading In .
recumbent position perfectly comforta-
BILE. Such advice, carried out with alb
solute care as to light and the position
Of the book. would In the case OF q
thousand busy people add largely to
the number Of hours which reading
could be indulged In without detriment
to the eyes or general health.
Certainly the one who gives this
strange and pernicious advice could
never have tried the plan Some years
ago there was described a patented de-
vice for suspending the book over the
horizontally placed head Of sick per
son whereby reading would be possible
without holding the book in the hands.
Even then one wonders how the light
could be made to fall properly on the
page. Without q method Of the kind
not even a well person could hold q
book Eve minutes above the eyes.
Reading in bed has ruined thousands
Of good eyes. Unless one sits up In
bed as II In q chair II is impossible ia
hold the book In such a position that
the arms are not quickly tired and q
that the light falls on 1t properly. Wher
reading lying down. there Is q traction
upon the inferior recti muscles which Il
highly injurious. Every patient should
be warned never>to read In bed except
when sitting up as vertically ~ In Z
chair.-American Medicine.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-22
IOWA SOLID FOR ROOSEVELT.
Director Of the Mint Roberts Says
Democrats as Well as Repub-
Iicans Are for Him.

Washington. July 17.-According to
George f. Roberts, director Of the
United States mint, who returned TO
Washington from Iowa today, the
Hawkeye State will send Q delegation
to the next Republican national con-
vention pledged TO the nomination OF
President Roosevelt. The director
said this afternoon:
president Roosevelt has the conf
dence and cordial support OF practically
everybody in the State, Democrats and
Republicans alike. They believe In
his integrity Of purpose and ability,
and expect TO see him nominated and
elected. There will be no opposition
in the State TO q solid delegation for
him to the Republican national conven-
tion in 1904. Sentiment is with the
President upon all the issues with
which he has identified himself
Special dispatch to Cleveland Leader.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-22

How long q summer cough-or cold
hangs on And it always seems severer
than in winter. Try Hagee's Cordial oi
Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphires oi
Lime and Soda-the cod liver oil with
out grease and with a pleasant taste and
odor. 1t is the quick remedy. because
it cures as nature cures-by re establish.
ing natural conditions. Hsgee's Cor
dial is very agreeable to even the weak
est stomach-quickly digested and thor
oughly assimiatsd.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-22

II Will Be Reached by this Coun'
try When the Next Census
Is Taken.

Duluth, July l7.-''In 1910, when our
next census is taken, expect the popu-
lation OF the United States will reach
the 100, 600. 600 mark, said William r.
Merriam, director Of the census bureau,
in an interview last night "This will
include our new possessions, Ha
vail, Porto Rico, and the Philippines
but it will demonstrate In no uncertain
terms what . world power this country
has become.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-22
You Will Find

The REPUBLICAN Office
On the ground floor
OF the Logan House Block,
Two doors east of the Bank,
In room lately occupied
By Woosnam Dry Goods Store,
Facing Public Square,
North OF Court House
Come and see N.