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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-27

Without doubt the neatest. cleanes
and altogether the most attractive bak-
cry in Minneapolis the Woman's Bak-
cry at 1900. Third avenue S.. in the
handsome three-story red brick build
ink. A visit through this bakery will
not only prove interesting and ednca-
tional to the ladies of the city. bus will
we'll repay them for the time spent. 1t
/ will sharpen the dullest appetites to
see how perfectly bread, cakes, pies
and all other appetizing good things
are made in the city's model bakery.
Absolute cleanliness is the infexible
rule in every department of the Wo-
man Bakery. and the visitor leaves
with a firm conviction that baking
could not possibly be done better.
Entering the salesroom, one is i'm
pressed with the brightness. cheerful
ness and immacultness tidiness of
everything, and the eye is greeted with
this framed motto in q conspicuous
place on the wall, which at once reas-
sures and conyinces:
''Only the finest materials used In all
goods baked here. We offer you an
ideal loaf of bread, the best in every
particular, This. A. a lair price, will
sarelv win your custom.
The display of bakery goods in the
store Is enough 70 make u dpspeptic
hungry. Next to the salesroom is a
delightful little coffee-roos. where a
light lunch can be had, and next to
thai is the large shipping department..
The second foo: is the bakery pro-
per. Here are seen any number OF
big, clean men, in white caps and
suits making bread and young women
creating all kinds of delicious pie.
''like mother used to make" and work.
ing over the great ovens. Every
ounce of butter, every pint of milk.
every pound of -four, every dried cur
rant. raisin or other frui: used, every
ingredient put into the goods, must
pass a critical examination before it
is good enough to find place in the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-27

Announced was made the first OF the
week to the effect that the Rev. G.. T.
Hudson had resigned the rectorship OF
St. Stephens church in this village,
to be effective October 1st Mr.. Hud-
son mas been appointed 70 position
on the cathedral staff at Fargo and
will assume the duties of his new posi-
ton after that date. The change to
Fargo is not one OF choice with Mr..
Hudson, but is made on account OF
the rapidly failing health Of his fat
her. Judge Sanford L. Hudson, who
is a resident of that city. and who is
now in his s7th year. Rev. Hudson
has had charge of Episcopal affairs
at this place for somewhat over eight
years and during that time has gain
ed the esteem of every resident of the
village. All will regret his departure
and hope that his residence in Fargo
will only be temporary one.-New
Paynesyille Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24
A PROMISING LAW.

Minneapolis Journal: One of the
interesting things about the Elkins
law is that it seems to please the rail
ways as we'll as the public. The rail-
ways are Fastening to comply with
it's provisions as rapidly as if it were
a subsidy grant. They are withdraw
ing passes and other inducements to
shippers, and are applying the pub
lished rate to all shipments.
The logic of the situation suggests
no reason why railroads should not
favor the postage stamp rate, as Judge
Grosscup calls it. 1t certainly means
more revenue fer the railroads and
vastly less annoyance and difficulty
in getting it. Special rates and re-
bates tend to reduce business and
also to make the railways the easy
prey Of big shippers. The handicap
of rate discrimination tends to drive
the small and unfavored producer and
shipper out of the business and to
aus the transfer of his share of pro-
duction tc the larger producer and
shipper. But one large business house
with as many orders as the ten small
houses it succeeds will not create so
much business for the railways as the
ten. The consolidated company, hav-
ing a monopoly of the goods offered
for ransnOrtatiO in that mar icular
line, is IN a strong position to insist
upon rates for itself reduced to the
verge of appropriateness for the rail-
way company.
So obvious is it that the interests of
the railway company lie with the
many rather than the few shippers
that we must conclude that nothing
but the fierce competition of the past
could have created the rebate prac-
tice. which eventually became so firm
ly established that it has even been
engrafted onto the big noncompetitive
railway combinations of the present.
In view of the immense powers CIV
en- to the courts by the Elkins law to
root out rebates, together with the
willingness of most railway managers
to comply with it, the prospect is real
ly hopeful for the coming of a day
when all shippers will be free and
equal before the transportation COM
panies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24
A DEMOCRATIC OFF"

Minneapolis Journal: The Atlanta
Constitution. in a strongly dictatorial
way, calls upon the factionalized de-
mocracy to lend internal strife"
Drawing a word picture of a doomed
republic I'll by giant trusts and a
"~debauched" republican party, the
Constitution says.
Naturally, the conservative
thought of the country will turn to
the democracy-if it only knows
where to find it. But it cannot and it
will not turn to two or three different
kinds of democracy-it will not trust
the affairs of government to a party
divided against itself. Why will not
democrats e this, and see it at once?
Why cannot each yield something that
we may close up the ranks and stand
shoulder to shoulder against republic
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24
WESTERN AGRICULTURE.

Omaha Bee: The past few years of
western agriculture have been of a
very satisfactory nature and the prom
Use for the coming year is to the high
est degree satisfactory. Looking to
the past the agricultural producers of
the west have the amplest reasons
for thankfulness. The years have
been filled with the most abundant
harvests and the best prices have pre-
vailed for all the crops. There has
never been a time in the history of
the country when the average of farm
products commanded better prices
than during the last three or four
years, or when they have had a bet
ter market or better prices than they
are receiving today. This is n of
the considerations that needs to be
thought of in estimating the general
value Of the home market. The com.
mon notion is to regard the value of
our home products according to the
exports. but this is a mistake. The real
value of these products is tt be de-
termined by the domestic commerce
in them, which is many times more
than the foreign trade.
The great bulk of the agricultural
trade of the west is not in foreign
lands, but in our own country. While
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24
Awarded

the producers Of the west send many
millions of their products abroad, they
sell of those products at home hun
dreds Of millions more than are ship
ped out of the country and at better
prices than they receive for foreign
shipments. It is thus a matter of the
utmost Importance to our producers
that they should preserve the home
market for themselves.
Western agriculture is today the
substantial fact in the national pros
perity. Without it nothing else can
be Of endurance. It is the mainstay
Of national prosperity. Fortunately
the outlook for it is most satisfactory.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24

they had some value and the man
rely upon his ability to make a
raise" while not a few to whom such
animals were given used them as
mean of transportation to take them
out of a country they were anxious
to leave.
1t is possible that a few Of the men
who composed the raiders helped
themselves to Sioux ponies for what
they could make out Of them, but the
most of them did it out of pure devil
try and for the excitement it afforded,
and many others in revenge for out
RACES suffered at the hands of the In
dians. These had probably been rob-
bed by the Indians at some time or
had friends or relatives killed by them.
But whatever their motives, none of
them considered himself as violating
any laws. at least none of the laws
of divine or moral origin, and their
neighbors thought the same way. But
whatever may have been thought of
the matter then or what may be
thought of it now, it is very evident
that the government, which in recent
years has made generous allowances
in payment of Indian depreciation
claims, is Of the opinion the redskins
have some rights entitled to respect,
as we'll as the whitemen and will do
justice to both, so far as lies within
its power. However, the whole thing
is only another evidence of the
changes that time works.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24
NOTICE TO eAcksLlDERs.

If he meant anything in his speech
at the Iroquois club banquet last Mon
day night, then Representative De
Almond must be taken as having in
tended to convey to the eastern dem.
ocrats of the Hill and Cleveland school
a strong hint that no matter what they
may think about 1t the men who twice
followed the Nebraskan to defeat are
folds of the party as represented by
the democrats of the old school. He
also furthermore wanted them to un-
derstand that no matter what the flu.
ture may hold out, the men who re-
fused to follow the banner of Bryan
and free silver need not prepare them
selves for seats in tn councils of the
party and that they will be consulted
but little in regard to it's policies or
plans, unless they assume a change of
front and permit the wing that prov
ed true to Bryan to hold the reins and
be guided by them. That they will do
this no one expects or believes.
A significant matter in connection
with the speech Of the Missourian is
the unbounded enthusiasm and deler-
ious manifestations of delight and ap
prevail it is said his u%tterances evoked
from the hundreds of banqueters who
were present. If the truth has been
told in this regard it must be taken as
showing that there are still two demo-
cratic parties, one the party as repre-
sented by the men who never have
wavered in their allegiance to the
principles and doctrines of the fathers
of the organization, and the other
composed of the large mass that be-
lieve as the latter day prophets and
seers preach and who persist in their
loyalty to the fetiches and idols that
lured them away from the paths they
erstwhile trod. To the outsider it
must appear that there is little hope
for the reunited democracy of
Which We nave u0dTu anu TSdQ SO
much OF late and which is destined to
sween the country in the next presi-
DENTAL campaign. that is accepting the
'"odirti"rs nada Nv ii: .se who rs
erme r. soak kn ovipglv and adv $ &c
Nv. To the person even slightly
familiar with the political situation as
il exists TODAY it must be evident that
the men whom Mr.. De Almond had in
mind when he spoke are not yet pre-
pared to acknowledge their error and
proclaim themselves supporters of the
newer doctrines of democracy. They
will continue to call themselves demo-
Gratis and so far as hating the republi-
will be in accord with the other
faction, but there the common ground
will cease and each faction will main
tain it's attitude CT enmity toward the
other
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24
NEW A OF CLAIMS.

1t must have graveled some of the
old fellows to read the dispatch sent
out from Deadwood a few days ago in
which it was announced that an agent
of the government had arrived there
with a large sum of money to be given
to some of the Sioux Indians in pay
ment for horses stolen from them dur
ing the early days of settlement of
the Black Hills. while they would
be vikings, no doubt, to admit that
ponies had been occasionally taken
from the redskins, they would be un-
willing to admit that their taking was
in the nature of a transaction de-
serving of so harsh a designation as
stealing" The horses were simply
appropriated" by some of the more
daring of the men who lived in that
region about the middle seventies in
retaliation for depredations committed
by the Indians on settlers, freighters
and immigrants travelling over the
country claimed by the Sioux as their
own. No matter how it may be re-
garded now, the time was when to
take a horse from an Indian, or even
a herd of them was not considered as
anything wrong or unlawful. In fact
the men who successfully evaded the
Indians and troops sent in pursuit OF
them after having helped themselves
to such OF the horses as they fanc1ed
or could get away with were regarded
as benefactors and friends of the Op-
pressed. The Indians had a nasty way
of swooping down on freighting out
fits. settlers or travellers and not only
setting them on foot, but taking their
scalps as we'll, and when ONE of the
whites would in turn do the same
thing to the Indians it vas considered
a laudable and worthy act, merely re-
paying the aborigines in their w
coin. Men there were, good, reputable
citizens, some of whom subsequently
held offices under the territorial and
IGueTdl governments, II ulu W. oA
slider it a stain upon their es%cutchion
as law abiding and honorable mem
bers of the community in which they
dwelt to join in expeditions having for
their object acquisition OF horsefesh
through other than the accepted course
of barter of trade, or to act as agents
for those who so acquired animals.
They had no reason for feeling other
wise. "Appropriating" Indian horses
was II of the institutions of the
times.
Then some of the con%fiscators had a
way of ~disposing of the animals that
tended to make them popular. In
stead of turning the fruits of their Ia
Dor to their own profit. many of them
would do the philanthropic act, help
the needy by presenting some of the
horses they had secured to men whom
they knew to be "broke and in need
of a little cash. Although such horses
were not particularly valuable, still
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24
Is MADE.

It required a great deal Of persua-
sion and argument, but at last some
of the more enterprising and public
spirited men of Billings have been
brought to the point where with The
Gazette they belive that it is to the in
tcrest of the city to have among it's
business institutions others than those
OF a purely commercial nature. They
realize that in order to grow and
prosper a city must have a payroll, and
| are going about it in the right manner
to bring about what promises to be
the introduction Of this absolute ne
cessity. 1t may be said that even
though a wooden mill is built and main
tanned here the number of persons to
be so small as to have no appreciable
effect upon the business Of the COM
munity and that the amount of money
added to the circulating medium will
not be noticeable. Granting that this
is true, to an extent, the fact still re-
mains that a beginning has been made.
en- mill is in successful operation here
it will be only natural for other men
with money to invest in manufac.ur
ing enterprises to come and look over
the field, and they may be induced to
remain. OF course it would be I'M
reasonable to expect that there would
be an immediate and large influx of
men of that sort. Manufacturing COM
munities are unlike mining camps.
They are the results of time and the
accretion that makes them is slow,
but once established, they are perm
anent. They do not spring up in a
night and neither are they abandoned
and deserted in a day. They are
permanent.
Because Of it's geographical position
and the advantage 1t possesses in the
way of superior railroad facilities Bill
ings is destined to remain always one
of the really important cities of the
state and northwest. 1t is the COM
mercial and geographical center of a
large and growing territory and with
the advent of time it's Importance will
increase, provided it's citizens remain
alert and active and awake to their
interests. They must show to the
stranger that il is to his benefit and
advantage to become n of them, to
cast his lot and fortune with them
and assist them in developing the pos
sibilities that are open to them. 1t
only remains to be seen whether they.
will do this and avail themselves Of
the opportunities that nature and en-
vironment have placed at their dis
posal. The rest should be easy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24
EXTRA SESSION TALK.

A recent visit to Helena by State
Senator Kennedy has given rise to
some talk concerning an extra session
of the legislature for the purpose OF
passing ar appropriation for a state
representation at the st. Louis expo.
sition. The senator is quoted as say.
ing that he and other members of the
legislature he knows of would be will
ing to give their services to the state
for a. couple Of days free of charge.
Probably some others who have not
yet been heard from would do the
same, and If their number is large
enough possibly all would be willing
to join in a patriotic effort to correct
the mistake made by them when they
were in regular session. AS it is un-
derstood that all the legislators have
received the passes for which they
seemed determined to hold out at the
earlier part of the session, the ex-
ipense they would have to incur would
|(be but a trifle, a few days board at
the capital. Who knows but the inn
keepers there would show their
patriotism by keeping the lawmakers
free of charge for that length of time,
or at the least give them the benefit
of ecu rates." But seriously, the mat
ter is one that may be worth while
looking into. An appropriation by the
state would probably be more salts
factory to all concerned than a dona-
ton by a few enterprising and loyal
men, especially as the entire state will
share in the supposed benefits accru
ing from an exhibition.
Some there are who profess to be-
lieve that even if the legislature were
to be convened a large sized doubt
exists as to the states possession of
SO much money as would be required,
or whether it would be on hand next
year, the time when it would be need
ed. This may possibly be the case,
but the fact that the legislature was
prepared to vote a liberal sum when
in session regularly must be accepted
as evidencing a belief on the part of
the members that trouble on that
score need not be apprehended.
The matter having been preached,
sensible and reasonable discussion of
an extra session for the purpose indi.
Gated may now be considered as reg
ular and in order. Perhaps the gov.
ernor would like to hear more on the
subject, both from the press and the
people. At least no harm can come
from such a discussion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24

canism? Let us stop looking for a
leader for a, while and put ourselves
in shape to be led. Quit qu~arreling
among ourselves and turn our atten-
ton to the enemy. Every democrat,
be he great or small, can contribute
something to this end. A democratic
Moses will arise when the party
gets it's consent to march out of the
wilderness"
The actual situation is that the
conservative thought of the IL
try" cannot be induced to turn to
the democracy" after the record it has
made of itself, even since it's fatal
blunder of 1868, when it platformed
itself as a blind and treacherous
financial guide and repudiator of ma
tional obligations. 1t is we'll that the
Atlanta Constitution adds the doubt,
eff it only knows where to find it,"
The conservative thought of the
country" as a matter of fact, ever if
it wanted to turn to the democracy"
would fail to find it and the Atlanta
organ of democracy finely says that it
(the conservative thought of the
country') will not 'trust the affairs
OF government to a party divided
thought will turn to Bryan with his
socialistic populism and pledge to pay
| government bonds in silver. No con
sentative thought will turn to the Till
manistic phase of democracy which
threatens another southern rebellion, it
an intelligent negro is appointed to
any federal office in a southern state.
No conservative thought will turn to
the Wattersonian democracy of free
trade, of cowardly abandonment of the
Monroe doctrine. 1t is in vain that
the distinguished democratic orator
Shepard, of New York, declares:
"Ours has always beer the %conserva-
tive party The conservative
thought of the country" knows better.
The Atlanta paper knows better, and
admits it. Conservative thought has
failed, if it eve sought to find a de-
mocracy it can trust. 1t finds a bear
garden with the animals pulling at
each others threats. Moses avoids
this bear garden and rightly. It's
rabid in%ternecine combats do not spell
the word harmony. And, meantime,
while this democratic elimination and
recrimination is going on, the "con-
sentative thought of the country" is
more and more strongly conyerging on
President Roosevelt, the strong mar
and the strenuous. who, if he lives
fifteen months longer will be renom-
mated by reclamation by the repub-
lican national convention. And the de-
mocracy cannot match him!
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24

Considering all the promise given
by them of holding out stubbornly
and unyieldingly, the senators who
had so much to say concerning their
enmity to the Cuban reciprocity treaty
did not electrify a nation with their
display of spinal rigidity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24

. AS proof that it really sustained a
shock other than the one to it's sensi-
bilities occasioned by the recent po-
lice raids, Helena exhibits the cracked
permission to offer them in evidence.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24

no negro, no matter what his qualifica-
well replied, a president who would
yield. to the demand of any section
that the rights of citizenship should
be surrendered would show himself
unfit to hold Office and quite willing
to violate his cath as president.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24

AS they have figured it out, the at.
torneys for the merger companies can
not we'll see how the court is going to
decide against them. To their own
satisfaction at least they have shown
that NO merging of interests exists
and that it was legally and regularly
brought about.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24

or course, no one will offer any
objection to Mr.. C~leveland's propos-
ed tour OF the west and should he car
ry out his accredited intention to Wis
it some of the undesirable states"
and rotten burroughs" to which he
referred on a certain memorable oc-
castion he may possibly learn a few
nings that will surprise him and show
aim that he was president of a country
much larger and better than he
thought when he occupied the posi-
tipn. He may also feel assured OF
hospitable treatment and a cordial re-
ception. But this is not saying that
he will increase his chances of being
elected again.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24

Whatever else they have failed to
bring out so far, the authorities at
Buffalo to have clearly eStab-
lished the death of both Messrs. Bur-
dick and Pencil and the heirs of the
respective deceaseds should have but
little difficulty in collecting their life
insurance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24
In addition to being the largest

In addition to being the largest
initial market for the raw product,
Billings may soon be known also as
one of the great centers of production
of the finished article. Judging from
the action taken by the Commercial
committee the time should not be far
distant when Billings blankets, Bill
ings cloth and Billings underwear will
be as we'll known as is the name of
the town itself at present. The wool
from which to make them is here in
plenty and all that is required to pro-
duce them right here where the wool
is grown is a lit lie pluck and energy.
No fear need be entertained as to a
market for all that can be turned out.