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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-03-12
THE STREAM OF LIFE.

BY DR.. A. 4. BerIe.
Among the most wonderful facts
about human life are the singular way
in which the generations have success
sively bequeathed their hopes, their am
billions and their achievements to their
successors, and the even more singular
way in which these have taken into
their life and nature what the predeces-
sors had achieved and made it the start
ing point for new achievements and
aspirations.
Man, viewing his own life, conscious
of his own anXieties, battling with his
own temptations and fearful for his
own destiny, sometimes thinks of him
self as creature apart from the world
and Of little consequence, and therefore
merely fragment of creation.
1t may fairly be said that until com.
paratively recently the attitude of tbe
scientific world was one of contemnt
for the individual as such, and of great
reverence for the species; everytbinp
for the race and little or nothing for
the unit of 1t.
But singularly enough coincidentIv
with this spirit on the part of the sci.
entihc world there ragged in the world
the most mad form Of indivldualism
also The doctrine that the individual
was of little consequence made men de.
termlne with fearful energy to prove
their right to existence and hence the
development Of what curses the world
more than any other single habit of
thought the idea that somehow a man
can have interests which are his own
absolutely apart from the rest OF the
world
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-03-12
AsnhaIt PaYements.

Though asphalt pavements are inju-
rious to trees they are not invariably
so, their influence depending upon the
character of the soil. Where it is deep
the roots find nourshment under the
pavement which keeps it from evapo-
rating and holds 1t in supply for the
trees. Where trees have been killed
by asphalt pavements or cement side
walks, it will frequently be found that
it has been caused by cutting the roots
in the process of construction.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-03-12
FUTURE OF THE SOUL.
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No belief has greater fascination for
the human mind than the belief that
terminates upon mans future life.
There are TWO reasons why this belief
exercises this charm over our magma
ton, First it is compulsive over our
thought, by reason Of the immense am
bition in the human soul for attain
ment 1t is not because, as many say,
of the instinct OF self-preservation that
man projects his life infinitely into the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-03-12

1t is surprising how good competent
cook can make cheap steak taste, and
how poor the finest steak tastes after
an incompetent cook has handled II.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-03-12

Brady-Did old Fog see the joke in
placing banana skin on the pave
ment?
Broadbent-Oh, yes; he tumbled, all
right.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-18
City Property

Lot and two houses, good rental property
Price go.
One frame lodging house. water and sewer,
corner lot. Price $500.
Lot and house on east side, five rooms, we'll,
fruit trees, sidewalk stable, lot fenced, furni.
ture, Price $500.
House and lot in high school addition, five
room house. Price $500.
Price $500,
Main st. lot and building. Price $500.
6-room house, ~ story, good we'll, east front,
Ninth avenue west, Price $500.
Corner lot and IL story house: Fifth avenue
west. barn. woodshed and we'll. Price $500.
A nice room house east front, water and ID
sewer connection, electric light, small barn, 18
81, 200.
5O-foot corner lot and shack. Western addi.
Lots II and is, block 1o7; 100 feet frontage
nice Locations cheap. Price 500, cash,
Lot II, block 30 $500
Lot 10, block 81 275.
Lot 6, block 154 100
sixroom house and lot; water, sewer in al
ley; chicken house; stable; wood house. Price
81 200. Easy payments.
5O-foot, Main street, east front, between 3rd
and 4th streets. Fine business location. Less
than cost. Price $500.
Lot and 4-Ioom house: nice location; water
and sewer in ley Price $525
seven,r9om house and lot; bath; FURNACE
sewer; lights; Fourth ave. east. Best location
| in town. Cheap. Price $780,
House and 5O-foot lot three rooms and kitch
en-; good barn: Ninth ave. west. Price $500
| bargain.
| kitchen, woodshed, house lathed and plastered
stone foundation cellar, shrubs, fruit trees anC
| shade trees Price 81 600.
Two good lots, corner and inside Price $3.50
| Good Main street, Price 81. 100.
| In addition to the above property We have
linquishments, Oil Stocks in the Kintla LAX,
| Oil Co, Mining Stocks, and are Agents for tn,
Dominion Lands in the Northwest Territory
Fire and Life Insurance
36 Main St., Kalispell. Montana
|CALL AND SEE US.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-18

which he was charged. To have told
him of my sacrifice would have been to
nullify it, l gloried in my silly girls
heart to think l was enduring martyr
dom for his sake.
II tried to be a good wife to NAL
colin. but he made it very hard. He
had thought l was to be my aunt's
heiress. she being childless. When at
her death all the property reverted to
her husbands side of the house he
threw off his last Scmblance of love or
respect. Perhaps l was not entitled to
either.
I'VE were miscrably poor. and had
been reared in ignorance of every use
full requirement. He settled down TO Il
gamblers profession and to the lot of
neglected wife. He is dead now. and |
thank God there are no children to in
herit his vices ar my weakness. DO
thank God: My life is utterly dcSolatc.
utterly without ties. At one time /
thought of taking up the old home ties.
But father is dead. and the old place
has been cut up and sold for the bene
fit of the children who were minors
when | was married. l would not dis
turb them in their occupancy. They
do not even remember me- | should
only be a dark blot on any ones
hea rthStOne.
II have told my story. shall coin
it for bread-bread which l shall sea
son with the bitterest tears l have
shed for many a weary year."
Yes. she had told her. story "suc-
cinctly, clearly and effectively" She
took it down to the Office Of the PeO-
pies Pride herself. She gave it into the
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-18

The kintla Lake Oil company is
selling stock rapidly, and those who
desire to purchase stock at S cents
per share had better buy at once, as
the limited amount will soon be sold
and again the price will be raised to
10 cents per share. The money is
not wanted until the full amount Of
$1,000 is subscribed, a promissory
note being given until that time. Over
half Of this amount has been sold
now. See any Of the following gen
tIemen: Fred Russell, II. S. Cannon
Geo. F. Stannard.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-18

hands of the business manager, who
told her, with an impersonal glance at
her pale face, that it would be taken
up in due course of business and their
readers would pass upon it without
any unnecessary delay.
'Their readers" were to pass upon
her broken life! All, we'll, that was
what she had put it into black and
white for. If only they would pass ia
vorably. That was her one concern
now.
1t seemed an eternity before an en-
velOpe stamped with the office address
Of the Peoples Pride came to her
hands. She tore open the envelope in
tluttering haste. No check dropped out.
Instead typewriter note. curt and
businesSlike:
Madam-Your story. entitled MY Story"
has sufficient dramatic interest to make
it acceptable with a few emendatio
VIII YOU kindly call on the editor in chief
of the Peoples Pride to receive some sug-
gestions along that line?
OF course she would call. A CLEAN Of
hope warmed her chilled heart.
She was promptly passed from hand
to hand until she stood in the awesome
presence of the chief. The great man
was sitting at a big cylinder desk i'm
pOsingly Uttered with papers She rec
Ognized her own story even as she
reached his chair and before he had
risen slowly to accost her gravely.
| 1t was Il crucial moment to her; her
| r,;D ~,
sanctum. Her eyes rested on the litter
Of papers: his rested on her. With no
change of attitude he took up her man
uscript and held it toward her with an
unsteady hand.
'Helen, is this the way it all happen
ed:'
Time had wrought some subtle
changes in his appearance. His voice
was as unforgotten music to her ears.
With low cry of wonder and of long
ing, she made step forward, then
reeled dizzily.
Her first coherent words were, II
thought you We're thousands of miles
away on a ranch
For Il little while, yes. stayed out
there long enough 10 cOHcluue tnaC
man who allows womanS iickleness
to Stay all purposes in his life does not
deserve to be called man. But it was
not fickleness if this is true"
She stretched pleading hands toward
him. NO. oh, no! was SO young. so
frightened, so silly. l did not know
what to do. what to believe
You should never have believed that
Of me. Unfortunately the name l bear
has been duplicated many times even
within my own knowledge. l read
about that case of forgery with some
interest because Horace White had
done it. but l never credited that story
with the wreck of all my hopes"
And now"
She stood up before him. trembling
He put out his hand to detain her.
You are free" he said, land l love
you" He smiled on her with solemn
tenderness. You will have to add a
sequel to your story. dearest, and call
it Our Story"
NO" she said. And into her smile
crept the old time archness. My liter
airy life is at an end. 1t is not fame that
feeds a womans hungry heart, my
own; it is love. Oh. Horace, l hunger
and thirst for yours
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-18

not recollect when l had not been en-
gagged to him, but it had never occurred
to us to name day.
Perhaps this idyllic state of affairs
was what had aroused my dreaming
father to a sense of parental obligation.
At any rate l was sent on to my New
York aunt.
Il was engaged to Horace White
when l left home; l was engaged to
Malcolm Ross when l went back. 1t
was without any sense of triviality or
wickedness that transferred my al
legiance, not even recognizing the in
convenience of being on with the new
love before being off with the old.
II think it all came of my being SO
suddenly transplanted from the dull
monotony Of my life with father on the
old plantation to the bewildering gay
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-18

There is no better venture than to
invest a few dollars in kintla Lake
Oil stock. The company has a
good showing, no debts. is we'll ad.
ministered. no promoters stock, no
salaries, every cent going into the
work. Take a little stock and help
to develop the country, and inciden'
tally make a nice thing for yourself.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-18
HER
STOR Y
BY JEAN NETTE
H. WhLW Q r T
Copyright, 1909, bN j. II. U-dllrorth

"HE advertisement read: Have
you story in your own life:
And do you need money? Then
write your story succinctly.
clearly and effectively. Send it to the
Peoples Pride and receive liberal COM
pensation for it. We want stories of
real life
Perhaps thousands scanned that ad-
vertisement with idle curiosity. hun
dreds with passing wish that they
might dare, units with the determine
ton to dare.
One woman fingered over it, read it a
second time, third, folded the paper
containing it into neat square and
laid it on the table by which she was
working.
Had she story? Yes. Did she need
money? A bitter substitute for laugh
escaped her lips. She folded her deli
cate ringlessA bands over the coarse gar
ment she was sewing on and sent her
sad eyes on a deliberate survey Of the
room, which gave evidence of having
gradually been denuded of every super
f1uity.
The woman and the room had moth
ing in common between them. One was
pathetic in her suggestions of elegant
requirements; the other was bare to
the point Of ugliness. Suddenly she
leaned across the table and drew writ
ing material within reach.
What If the story she was half mind
ed to write-her story, hers and his
should fall under his eyes? What a
triumph for him. What added abase-
ment for her Could she voluntarily
add this final drop of bitterness to her
already full cup?
The last she had heard of him he was
operating big cattle ranch in Colora-
do 1t was not likely that a ranchman
would find much time for fiction read
Ing. TO every eye but his it would be
pure fiction and nothing else. A look
of resolute determination hardened her
worn face She would do it! Not a
pleasant task, but If the bitter men,
cries that strange advertisement had
stirred into venomOus activity were
marketable she was going to market
them. After the first plunge the story
seemed to write itself.
Her pen moved rapidly.
"Of course 1t must be in the first
person." she said boldly. writing the
caption "My Story" Then:
Il was only seventeen, not yet come
into that panoply of caution and sus-
picion which is necessary to woman
kind when entering the arena Of fash
aonable life, as necessary as was the
old time warriors coat of mail. AS
have said, l was only seventeen when
my aunt. rich society woman Of New
York, offered to take me off my ia
theirs hands and introduce me into So
ciety. My father was planter. a
book worm and a widower-not the best
guide for restless girl of seventeen.
He had. l suppose. written to this es-
tranged sister about his growing per-
pleXities, and l was handed over at her
demand.
Il cannot say that was anxious to
go. l was happy enough as | was
The birds Of the air were no freer thar
l. | had all the comforts | cared for:
had my flowers and my ponies and my
numerous pets, i'll addition to all OF
which had my lover. was engaged
to be married to Horace White. l coult
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-18
Notice..

After this date all persons coming
to the Kalispell hospital for treat
ment must, before being admitted
furnish a satisfactory written guar
antee that their expenses will be
properly paid.
MRS. E. r. WEBER, Manager.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
STRONGER INDICATION
Natural Gas Exploded by Blast in
 Paraffine Oil We'll.

An accident that happened at the Pinal ParafIine Oil company's well q week ago last Monday, news of which reached Globe only September l, is re- garded with great satisfaction by the officers and local stockholders of the company, says the Globe Silver Belt.
 MT. Parker, the driller, in relating the incident in a letter to Secretary F. l.. Jones, states that after he had work ed all day to set off a blast in the well, several hundred feet under water, with out success, e pulled the charge of powder up to the surface of the water and turned on the electric current. I'm mediatcly there was q violent concus- sion increased ten-fold by the explosion of natural gas, which blew rocks and the wire to which the powder was at tached out of the well with such force that they were imbedied in the timbers of the derrick; copper wire was driven half an inch into the crown blocks at the top of the derrick.
 Talk about earthquakes" says MT. Parker; well they are not in it with the gas explosion in the Pinal Paraf fine Oil COmpany'S we'll" Mir. Parker says he then lighted q piece of paper and dropped it down the well to try anu see where tue bIeth III -lilc Soii- dUctor was and it ignited the gas which burned for a few moments.
 The explosion caved the well for some distance and filled the hole 160 feet with loose dirt and stones. which had to be drilled out. The tocls were also buried in the well. but subsequently recovered. The explosion did net injure the well and roaming will proceed as before.
 The violence of the explosion is eV- dence that there is d heavy flow of gas in the well, and that it has increased since it was first noticed d month or more ago. and the conclusion is ire sistible that the gas must come from | subterranean resel voir of oil not far be-
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
NEWTON BROWN GUILTY
Must Serve Sixteen Months in a Mex
 icaa Prison.

The following from the Los Angeles Herald is the latest news in a case of considerab ble interest here by reason of the fact that both Brown and Swenson were known by many Phoenix people who formerly lived in California:
 Photographic information has been received from Altar, Mex, that New ton Brown, the slayer of Anthon Swen- sen. has been found guilty of criminal negligence in the high court of Altar, and sentenced to sixteen months inn prisonment at hard labor.
 Brown and Swensen were both Los Angeles men. A year and a half ago Brown went to Mexico on a mining trip and located what he claimed to be valuable mining property. Some assays were sent here, and Swenson, who was a well known contractor, gave Brown $500 for a half interest in the prospect. It was arranged that Brown should stay at Altar and look after the property and that Swenscn should forward money to pay for the development.
 Swensen sent Brown $1600 to use in employing help and sinking shaft at the mine.
 About the middle of June Swensen made up his mind to go to Altar and personally inspect the property. He wrote to Brown to that effect. Brown met him at Nogales. Ariz., and said the weather was so hot in the noun tains that he had been compelled to close down and come out of the noun tains for the summer. Swenson in sisted on pushing on into the moun- tains and having a look at the prospect. Brown and a Mexican interpreter went with him. All three rode in a wagon from Altar to the mine. As the party arrived at the little mining camp near which the property is located, q shot gun which Brown was carrying was discharged and Swenson's head was shot off.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

rounding country. At Agua Calente, Cal. he got the best drink of ice water he had during the summer, and at Cotton there wasn't d colt in sight any where. He didn't see a drunken man at Fullerton and at Downey everything was way up.' He didn't sec rifle at Winchester. Spaniard al Alhambra HOT d squash at CalabaSaS. With these names and hundred others that might be listed, he thinks California is a frost, although they say there is no frost there He thinks, though, that no coUn- try can prosper by such deception. In Arizona when one goes to Agua Cali ente he sure gets hot water. When he goes to Tombstone he is in 9. fair way to get under enc, and when he goes to Calabasas he finds nothing but squash on the clearinghouse tables. When he gees to the Grand Canyon he sees what he's looking for, and when he comes to Phoenix and starts on a still hunt for trouble Alkali Ike or q. policeman comes out of the brush at the first call. MT. Seip don't believe in rolling stogies in Havana wrapper and that is why he likes Phoenix.
 Asked if he visited any of the sum mer resorts MT. Seip answered in the affirmative. He said he saw everything on Main and Spring streets. Los An geles, between First and Eighth. and then some. Some places he had to go in the basement and sometimes through swinging doors with screens on them. But that is what he was there for. A man that goes to the coast and don't visit the summer resorts has failed to get what was coming to him.
 Regarding the influx of tourists this fall he said he believed there would be a greater rush than ever as soon as the excursion tickets run out, and he saw 3 great many who he thought would have money enough to return on. Some of course will be stranded as usual, and some will come too late to be benefited by Arizona's mild winter climate. their jobs having been grabbed by some one else.
 He says he thinks there will be q big boom in Arizona mines this year if sufficient capital can be enlisted in the many good enterprises. He is also quite sure that there is lots of money tied up in the California banks. but the police are vigilant, and trying his best he could not get at it. There are too many on the same lay and q newcomer has no chance.
 MT. Seip says he is not the fellow that held up the Los Angeles street cars.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

cold air gave me bronchitis. which became chronic and deep seated. Doctors failed to reach my case and advised me try a higher air. but. fortunately for me. friend also advised to try Nr. Pierce's medicines commenced taking your Golden Medical Discovery and by the time had taken the first bottle was bet ter. and after taking about four bottles my cough was entirely gone. have found no ne cessity for seeking another climate"
 Sometimes dealer, tempted by the little more profit paid on the sale of less meritorious medicines. will offer the customer a substitute as being rjust as good " as the Discovery"
 You get the Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser, the best medical work ever published, free by sending stamps, to pay expense of mailing onLy. Send 2I one-cent stamps for book in paper covers, or 3I stamps for cloth-bound vol ume, to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

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 The doctor is thoroughly educated and graduate of Harvard Medical College. He makes q speciality of difficult cases. Years ago he disca rled old-time methods of treating chronic diseases. hence his far reac hing repu- tation. Consultation Free. Ilo ms 1O-i2, i-3, 6-7. Hubbard Building, .6-. $ s. Second Ave, Phoenix, Arizona.