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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28
PROMISES TO PROBE
WYATT LYheHiNG
Acting Governor Northcott Says
the Executive Department Will
Lend Every Aid.
CONDEMNS THE PROCEEDING.
Declares That a Government
Which Permits Mob Rule Is
Unworthy the Respect OF
Good Men.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
GTeenvil.e, H., June cf.-Act.ng Governor
Nortkcott to-day gave out the following
statement In regard TO the prosecution OF
the lynchers OF the negro. Wyatt. at Belle
vile:
The responsibility OF the punishment of
Offenders rests with the Judicial Depart
lnent OF the State. 1t has been ASSUMED all
along that the States Attorney Circuit
Judge and other law officers OF ST. Clair
County would do their full duty in the
premises. Mr.. Farmer. the States Attorney
gives it as his opinion that the testimony
upon which the conviction OF the lyuche-s
viii be made can be better secured at the
reguia: september tenn OF the Grand Jury
than to call & special term at once.
The law places the responsibility OF this
prosecution directly upon the State At
tGtngy OF 81. Clair CothIty, ana in the eXer-
else o3 this duty ne Will have the full sup
port OF the Executive Department Of the
state, in causing arrests. preserving order.
enforcing the DEGREES OF the court and in all
matters where the executive can Cooperate
with the judicial authorities.
AS acting Governor l desire TO express
my own personal condemnation and that Of
tns good psOIle OF the state OF Illinois
that this outrageous crime against law and
CrGeT should have been committed within
III. borders VI our commonwealth and eS-
pecia.ly III a community like Be!Ieville,
which mas so long borne an excellent repu-
tatiou as lawabiding community.
The humElcSt citizen, White or black.
has a right TO the due process OF law. and
!ynC4!ng means anarchy. \ Government
mat permits mob RUE 10 take the place OF
the due process Of law invites W!eSSleSS
ana IL unworthy respect Of good men. II
belongs to the Judicial Department OF the
STATE TO punish criminals. II belongs to the
Executive Department Of the State TO pre-
vent crime and 10 protect the lie and prop
erty Of its people. and the Governor or the
state should always be ready 10 respond
with every force within his authority TO
enforce law and order"
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WILL NOT BE CLOSED TO-DAY.
Sunday Laws to Be More Literally
Interpreted at Hot Springs.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Hot Springs. Ark. June 27.-The blue Sun
day law which closed Up everything IN 'he
city except the church last Sunday VIII not
be IN operation tomorrow. Al meeting
OF representative citizens to-day. Tesolu-
lions were adopted unanimously expressing
the views % She majority % the T"'ple re-
GatGirS the Sunday closing law. srG asAlhs
the authorities 10 he more len!ent IN the
enforcement Of the same, 50 As 20 allow the
OPERATION of the street cars. the SAFE OF
milk and ice. newspapers and other things
as heretofore.
This was agreed upon and an understand
Ing was reached that the saloons would be
permanently closed on Sunday.
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Weekly Health Report.

Twenty-eiEtt cases Of smallpox were reported
q. the S. Lou. Health Department last week,
with no Deaths diphtheria. Is cases deaths:
Group l case, not fatal: scarlat.na, IS cases. 3
deaths: typhoid fever. IS cases deaths: cerebro-
srinal fever case fatal; measles 20 cases .
deaths: whoopirg cough. cases. deaths. con-
sumption. - cases. al fatal.
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STOCKTON HOTEL, CAPE MAY, n. J.

Facing directly on the ocean. Iarges. and most
tiaclous on the coast. $1,000 has been expended
IN improvements this year. Cafe and Palm Gar
Gen with fun orchestra till midnight. Dancing
II ballroom every evening Bowling alleys. BILL
lizards. pool and pinE-pong connected with the
hotel Rates from g % 10 s. per day. Special
rates BY the week. Reduced rates IN July For
Information and booklet address H ~ CAKE.
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felony. but after the newspapers began
crusade against the measure its author.
Representative Leonard. Of St. Louis. did
not have the courage TO cal! II up.
Captain Jesse joplin asserted that 5000
was demanded to pass a road law for 81:
Louis County. 1t was not paid. and the blu
was not PASSED. He also said that former
Senator William F. Lyons had told him
that he could get more money from the
other side when he was offered $40 to vote
for 81. Louis County Excise Commits
S..nar- This bill WIS ala anfalt.l
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VIENNA - Emperor Francis joseph has
cgit!mel the Hungarian Cabinet formed by
...nt EeGervary- Doctor uuklacs the
M-nisteT Of finance, Doctor peRauayi. the
.I-nlStsr of Agriculture: Doctor DeWlassicS.
tho Minister ~ Education; Doctor LAM. tba
Minister If Industry aEa Commerce. and
Doctor Flosz the Minister q Justice. retain
thei- rnrttll!os
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Great opportunities are presented at Barre
Tor securing choice selections OF goods. There
is no dissatisfaction with the goods from
Nissouri's greatest store after YOU get them
home. The Offering this spring is unusual
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DEATHS.

ATCHiSoN-Feil asleep. June = 1868 a- :
a n. Major Jesse 1. Atchis0a. the beloved
husband u II. Z. Atchison.
The funeral will take place Monday a. 10
O'Clock from the residence. No. 1909 Rutrer street
Lexington. k"-. and Memphis Tenn. papers
plense copy.
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BUkNS-ou Friday. June e. 100. a, 1870 a
m Mary Rurns nee Gihlirl. relict oS the late
Timothy J Burns sad beloved mother Of Mrs
Frank Bnmbrick AMI Agnes Burns
funeral from family residence 7l05 Manchester
avenue. SUNDAY. june = at =. m 20 St
Naiarhy's Church. thence 10 Calvary Cemetery
Friends invited 10 attend.
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4 Delightful Place 10 Spend the Summer.

II .44sG.ai:Gs ai-4 Lie -.talns uf leI.4esSes
md Georgia along iinr Of the Nashville.
ChattanJLsa ana st, LOUIS Railway. may be
Monteasie, Sewsuee. Lookout Mountain, Be-
sheeba Sprinss. East Brook SPRINGS, Estii
SPRINGS. Mich Clscn Springs and many others. Tn,
tracinx climate, splendid mineral waters. re-
manic and varied scenery combine to make these
resorts unusually attractive 70 those In search Of:
rest and ! slth.
teautitIliv illustrated folder he- been ISSUED
Ivy the N c g. St I. Ry., and will be sent to
my one free Of charge
Nashville. Tenn
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FROKTENAC HOTEL,

est. Lawrence River, Fronfenac, y. Y.
Now, OPEN. A pa!atial. modern hotel. de-
lighfuI!y situated. with the combined advantages
OF mountain ard seashore resort, excellent fsh-
iag boating and sailing. A wel!-kept nine-hols
address c G. TRCSSELI, Mgr
Also manager Hotel Bon Air. Auzusta Ga
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EXCIsE MEASURES FREQUENT.


The excise bills affecting s.. Louis have
always been a subject OF comment. For
mer Excise Commissioner Charles z. lfig
gins has told Circuit Attorney Folk that il
cost him $3.50 10 insure himself against a
reduction of the fees in his Office in 1893.
Representative Farley had bill Of the
same nature this year. and refused to tell
why he did not push Il.
Former Coal Oil Inspector r. r. Speed of
Nevada paid Senator William F. Lyons OF
Kansas City $500 to prevent the fees of his
Eat office from being reduced. He defended:
himself by claiming that the ''hishhtnacrs'
forced him to do so. and he saw no other
way out Of the difficulty.
When a bill was introduced two years
ago forcing the distillers and whisky deal
ers to pay a license fee, a committee of
wholesalers went 10 jefferson City TO PRO-
test. Ten minutes after they had landed
they were asked to produce 5000 or the
hill would be passed. They refused and left
by the Supreme Court.
OF all the doodle deals. the most IS known
and that OF two years ago. In 1891 John 4.
Lee distributed so go to the Criminal JuTis
prudence Committee OF the Senate, and TIL,
measure was killed. This year 1t is said
that sl5,co0 was spent by D. ]. Kelley per-
sonally. and Of this amount Lee received
a s. 90 check. The original bill was intro
raents have proved that a lobby was main
tanned. Just what was spent this year is
not known.
put on the books at cost. it is said, Of
so. go How much it cost TO defeat its re;
peal at this session IS not known. 1t is not
thought legislators shared. to any great
extent in the spells. although an organ
ICED lobby was maintained.
WORKING ON GAME LAW.
It Is charged tina, $3.50 was used 10 de-
feat the Audubon game law, but the exact
amount has not been ascertained. Circuit
Attorney Folk is still working on the prob
lem. and expects to secure the exact size
Of the fund which was raised from the
caterers and cold-storage places OF 81.
Louis.
There are said to be about a million dol
lars worth of county warrants ouistand-
irg throughout the state. which cannot he
paid because they were issued when there
were deficits in the county treasures The
Supreme Court has held them Illegal. a bill!
was introduced at the last session Of the
Assembly legalizing these outstanding war
rants.
4 story OF a $1,000 fund is current Cos
si,, among the politicians. Governor DoCkery
vetoed the bill. Most Of the warrants al
fscted by the bills are in the HANDS of spec
ulators, in The southwestern part OF Mis-
thursday, It became known that a Rep
resen.atfvs from the western part OF the
State was paid GO for mis- active influence
in behalf of the bill. permitting the gar
nishment of UOrkingmen's wages state
Senator IS said 10 have received SS1 on the
Al the same time. it was found that the
bill compelling surety companies to df2 iiSs{
BY using $50 FOR Doodle. This has not
been verified.
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SUMMER RESORTS.

SENEN-ROOM cottage. cheap. at wercston-
sing. Mica: everything furnished EXCEPT linens
and siiyerware: one block from lake. post Office
sourf Trust building
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Cape Cod. MASS
GREENBRIEH While SULPHUR SPRiaGS,


W - = = ItsSJ4->Ia.
The OLD WHITE" suIauEl; NOW. oFEN.
Famous for It's sulphur baths. Modern improve
ments with private baths. Orchestra q Is pieces.
Write for illustrated booklet Address Geo 4.
Mills. Jr, Mgr. GreenbEier " hits Sulphur
Springs. ". Va.
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TIE WILLOWS, on ss.riSSE .,

- N..G SII, reliable s.IIiltr resort the IAa-,
&c ven known 10 many 81. Louis people A
t1liI! OF :orty acres In connection with a hotel
i9r tne accommodation OF one hundred and nifty
Euests Is Nha: We can offer YOU. and we can
pc Nachet Via Chicago and any steamboat line
IEpin mere TO Grand Haven. Michigan. Address.
IHs WILLOWS Spring Lake. Mich.
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DUNN Anon Saturday. June = 1874. At Neg
YORK city John :. Durham
TUrrTHl ssfrices viii D.. ueid at residence M
49, Westminster place. Monday afternoon. A:
:.S' Q clock. Friends invited. Inte-msut private
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HOTEL JACKSON,

NNya-L = 100 2 sea tLer and Beech.
ATLANTIC CITY. n. j.
handsome new hotel. Absolutely freproof: bull.
q bTlck. stone and steel Write for terms and
booklet. JOHN CRUISE,
ForEerIy The Arlington 10; SprInSs Ak
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SUMMER RESORTS.

co to the famous WAUKEsHA for your
summer outing and combine Joys OF boating,
bathing, golf and driving with It's health giving
waters. Write for booklet TO W. z. FRA ME.
Sc. Gaze National Bank. Mamkesha. WIS.
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Mississippi Valley
Trust Company

ACTS As
Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Curator.
And in All other Trust Capacitie.,
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BETZ-On Friday. June e. 1909 at .
NltIsm T. Betz dear beloved husband Of PaElne
Ii,iz nee TraGbcl. ami dcar son Of Mrs Char
months ' - - '- =
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kERN-oa Saturday night June - lao3. nj
1o IS O'Clock. JeU1stte NJ the Tyoar-olG dauRh-er
81 Albert and TITLE Kern ,nte Ri0ckl al me
family residence. NJ. 50n K,nsiugtan avenue
Funeral VIII take place to-day. Intelnlent
private.
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LEtyIS- Sat ur,ay. June =. 1913. at o'clock D.
n. Mildred Lewis q cd Ripley M a, tn resi-
dease u hsf cousin. Mrs lang u No. 1906 y.
Luis avenue.
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FBYE-On Friday. June &c, 1893 at 4:s1 r. N
Herman frank FRYE. beloved son cf Joseph and
Mary Fry tree .lacl5s.necrJ at THE az. ~ ;
months and - Gays.
Funeral takes place Sunday. 18th inst at |
,. m. from family residence. 40. e.esB Benton
street. 10 81. Lburiuss Church. thence to Cal
VARY Cemetery. Friends invited to attend
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VIRGINIA BEACH, va,
Princess Anne Hotel. :.

Finest bathing beach in the world Ci!Tnats
unsurfas ed. Modern ard Up-to-date hotel service.
Special summer rates Booklet.
T =. GREEN, Proprietor.
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NcNTrHoI-on Saturday. June =. a, SIS .
n. Robert / lee NcNlchcl. dearly beloved
husband ef MARY z. McNichol cnce McCarrHrj
- Funeral from residence. No. 4.55 Cote Bril-
iiaure avenue. on Monday. June .. at a III. 20
Visitation Church. thence TO Calvary Cemetery.
inteTTneut private. Please omit flowers.
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FLCET-H- Entered into rest. on FRIDAY lime
Is, 1873, at ?. N. Elzabeth FIuetch heI0yeI
Eiuetch- Louisa Hofch tnce F.uet5h, Mary
hschse NEE IiuUtchl. Henry Fluy;ctl Nsttis
oherg tuee klustchi. Rose Alchels taee F!ust,b,
lauiins ScSaerer ,nee Fiuetcnl and Emma
F!lelc5.. dear notheE-in-law and gTanimother,
Ercd " years.
Funeral VIII take place Monday June g. T..
l.Jg p m. from the family residence. No 42S.
sarpy avenue. 70 New Picker Cemetery Friends
invited to attend.
E.rr-a-n- NJ .a-a-s rIn-se c.-.-
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CAMP COLLIE.

Lake Geneva. Wis. on C. & " W Ry
A favorite summer resort. For further in.orma-
ton and Booklet. address COLLIE BROS, Will
Jams Ray. Wis. L. hours from S., Louis
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FuRcfal. Sunday. Juno = at = = m. from fam
ily residence. 5-l5 Indiana avenue
Nlncennes Ind. Cent.aia and Chicago, Ill,
papers please copy.
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LADIES!s5QO REWARD s ss.:.s.:
AT DARR's.

sappre.sion, Any cause in pathology, my monthly
fsiS 70 relieve safe. harmless! mail how long
pressed Dr. JOHNSON ED. DIS. os D,arssrs, JhitaEs
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FRATEREAL ORDER OF EAGLES, ST.
Louis Aerie. No, h-EE2thers: Yog are hereby
notified 20 assemble at Eagles Hall Sunday.
Juno n at ] y n sharp. 10 attend the funeral
OF Brother W. B. Betz. from residence. No. s.ls
Indiana avenue. BY order OF
E c. BRYANT. Worthy President
John Suarez. Worthy Recording Secretary.
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zABEL-In the behalf Of our recent bereave-
m, ut wish TO express our heartfelt thanks
70 the friends who 40 lovingly syrnpaihized with
US at the loss or our dear and brother. Wal
ter L. label
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REED suddenly. Saturday. Ju-e - 1919.
o'clock .. IN, Daniel Joseph. beloved son
Of John and Julia Reed tnee Murray. aged i
years i months and GAYS.
The funeral VII! take place Monday. June %,
e. O'Clock =. tn. from family residence. Nc.
Ils O'Fa..un street. % Ca-ysry Cemetery. Friends
are invited 10 attend.
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T1uNsEND-on FTiGay. June &C 1870. a: $50
O'Clock. q, m. Captain George L. Townsend. he-
loved husband q Ellen +. Townsend ana father
Of Ella and Myra and Mr.. Lottie WeilbOrn nee
TOWNSEND. aged 20 years.
The funeral will take place Sunday. June IS
q, O'Clock =. from family residence. No.
lTil North Taylor avenue. TO Wesleyan Cemetery.
GacEa. III. Rialto. Cal. papers please copy.
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CANDY BILL PRIVATE SNAP"

1900 -'AA-A- ! ~ i1-NSt
There are invariably small bills INTRO
duced at every session which are regarded
as private snaps" The candy bill. prohihi,-
ing the use Of certain ingredients, is always
ed as personal property. The candy manu-
facturers Of St Louis contributed $500 10
defeat IL.
1nstallment-h are usually held up by
bill compelling them to record their chat
tel mortgaces, Instead OF filing them. as at
present. This bill has not passed. but Sem
when he was asked where he stood on the
measure.
There was fund Of $4,000 on hand 10
pass the bill making the operation Of slot
machines a misdemeanor instead OF a
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-30
THE YOUTH'S COMPANION I'M
1904.

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Among the important series of. arti-
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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-30
Entered as second class matter.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY AND
THE CITY OF DEVILS LAKE.
FRIDAY, OCT. 80, 1903.

The question of fads and the sensa.
ton in nearly everything has brought
many things otherwise serious, to be
locked upon as thoroughly ridiculous.
It has been true that for a century
at least, there has. been a tendency to
get away from the sensational and
fanatical in religion except when
creeds and cults have been foisted on
. silly and ignorant public. This is
true If the Mormons, the Dukobors,
and several other SO called religions
that appeal not to reason but to the
absurd fancies Of the i~lliterate. But
the acme of the ridiculous and absurd
in religion has been reached in the
recent visit if Dowie, the so called
Elijah IL, to New York, and the
methods he is using to bring himself
to the attention of the people. No one
takes Dowie seriously. and the crowds
that flock to Madison Square garden
to hear him are prompted far more by
idle curiosity than they are by any
serious interest in Dowie, or the ridi-
culous religion he attempts to pre-
sent. Dowie is a fanatic of the most
injurious character in that he possess
ses the ability to win converts among
the ignorant to his abomnible doctrines
But sensible people have long since
learned to believe, and in fact know
'that religion is not only based upon
the best reason, but appears far more
strongly to the reason than to the
Imagination. 1t seems peculiar then
that Dowie could have a corporal's
guard of hearers in his New York
audiences, yet the large crowds that
hear his TRADES of abuse against
everything but Dowie, proves the re-
verse. It is such absurd creeds as
Dowie's that has brought so much
ridicule upon religion and made it
the laughing stock of the rapidly in
creasing crowd of atheists and inf
dels. No one has a right to hinder
or modest Dowie and his followers in
their ridiculous religious beliefs, but
he should not have these beliefs dig
niied by a hearing from people VINO
know the absurdity of his claims and
p%retentions.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-30
1896

Will sell on crop payment or small
cash payment 800 acres in Ramsey
county the east half of section SO Cato
township at $18. 90 an acre. A small
house and barn and about 175 acres
under cultivation. Will also sell on
liberal time to a responsible party
who can go ahead and farm it right.
Horses to work the place. This is a
good chance for a renter to own his
own place. Address ewner
A. V. Hamburg
$40 Tenth avenue south, Mime
apolis MINI. 1875
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-30
four TRA|NMEN DEAD
SOUTHERN RAILWAY FREIGHT
TRAIN DERAlLED NEAR BE9.
sEMER CITY, N. c.
Two OTHER MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED
CAUSED BY RUNNING INTO
A NEW SWITCH.
Two OTHER MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED

Charlotte, N. c., Oct. 29.-Four men
were killed and two hurt during the
day when a freight train on the South
near Bessemer City, N. c. Those
killed were Engineer T. J. Pettus of
Charlotte, Marion McComb of Casio
MIA and J. B. Higgins and John
Thompson, negro firemen. The injured
are p: H. Shaft, brakeman, and c. E.
Tate, engineer.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-30

AN effort il being made to secure al ,
influence which will SO in
huence the lower house Of congress
that it will take favorable action on
the opening of the Fort Totten Indian
reservation. As was stated in the
news columns of the this paper a few
days ago, Senator Hansbrough had
the bill for this parpose passed by the
senate, but it failed to receive any
consideration in the house. There is
no trouble about the matter in the
senate and action can be had there at
any time, but it is certainly q good
thing to take such action as will in
fact require the house of representa-
tives to pass the senate bill. This
town and others in the county would
naturally profit largely from such
opening. The Indians on the Fort
Totten reservation are equal to any
Of those on reservations anywhere.
But it is q we'll known fact that they
are not agriculturalists. They do
not get from the rich soil of the
thousands of acres they cultivate near
the products that would come from
the cultivation given the soil by the
average farmer of the northwest.
This is no reflection upon the race
which was once the monarchs of the
mighty west. Nature did not intend
them for tillers Of the soil. The
thousands of rich acres that lie al.
most raw in the reservation would
yield a rich harvest in the hands Of
the white man. Should they be
opened TO settlers, q crowd would rust
in and in six months there would b.
busy homes and farms where now il
desolation. All those people woule
need to be fed, clothed, and the farml
supplied with machinery. Thil
means that much of an increase in tn,
trade of the county, for a large pro
portion Of it would come to Ramsey
county. With the Pelican Poin
bridge completed by the foresight o
the progressive business men of thi
city, Devils Lake would get a larg,
share Of the benefit. The land ofic'
being located here, the bridge making
this one Of the most convenient rail
road points for, q large portion of th