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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-20
DRY LAND FARMS PRODUCE
Fabulous Yields are Reported from
Once Dc~pi>cd Districts Of MONTANA
--iiandicappcd by tattIcmcn

F'ri' Gibson senator from Montana.
preached twenty years ago the ,octrino
OF the possibilities of hI-' state as II farm
wE region ahd. although the o5lsual
iuh"htaui~ mostly ~torkmcu laughed
long and loud at the idea of "A nlau max
ing l. liNiar ON "a nnIureto,d il, N,,,,.,,,o
thc accuracy of tho senator's forer,..t f.
noW cNld'Eccl throughout great arca,
of that state.
This dry farming land before il g..
hrohtn looks AS much like n desert AZ n
rain belt farmer can well imagine. When
the records for tho last twelve ears
show the rainfall 10 average only four
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-20

J}o sure anG use that old and well-tried
"iu"dy, Mrs Winslow'S Soothing Syrup
for children tecthins It soothos The
child, Softens the gums allays all pain
cures wind colt ana is the best remedy
Tor DldlrhOea. twenty-five cents a bot
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-20

as mistake 10 imapin, that itching
pie can't be cured; mistake to s,incr
u DAY longer than YOU car help. Donn's
mahcnt cure. Al any drug store. - cents
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-20
when chilled to the hone
puinkikier D %sTIS
Is needed to prevent colds
and to ward of Disease

for sanitary inspections and for quar-
antining and placarding infectious
buildings, as that must be done by the
local board of health of the town or
city for which he acts. which board by
section 10 OF said act, is defined to be :
"Thc health officer appointed by the
state board of health, with the select
men of his town or the aldermen of
his city
And it is equally manifest from an
inspection Of the city charter and all
the other statutory law defining the
duties of the local health officer, that
his compensation for performing them
has been fixed by tho statutes Great
ing them, except for such sanitary in
spections as provided by section 49,
These reasons lead me to the conclu-
sion that the provision in said resolu-
ton passed July 3, 1904, fixing the sal
AIRY OF tho health officer is wholly H.
legal and void. Said section 10, which
makes every local health officer a
member Of the court to sit in Judgment
upon the value of his own public SER
vices seems like legislative alliance
with a very grave subicct---a lusus
naturae even among Vermont statutes.
]. A. BROWN.
city Attorney.
DR.. Clark and Horny Ballard. his attor-
ncv, were present but Mr.. Ballard was not
prepared TO discuss the opinion rcndere !
by Mr. Brown at length and asked for
some time to consider the matter. The
board therefore took 70 action on the
bill
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-20

,
II seems as II almost every metal valuabl"
20 man is found adjacent in vast quaint
ties, but beyond all is the latent agricul-
tural wealth
CATTLEMEN vs.. FARMERS
Tho thing to-day which is most rctard-
ing farming development in Montana is.
the live stock influence. This is cXcrtcd IN
every way to discourage settlement. The
cattlcmcu and the sheopncn are holdins
ON with tcnacitY to the domain which
they have 50 long controlled, taking up
large areas Of public land under the
desert and other land laws, fencing other
public lands and intimdatng settlers who
would take w homestoads On the govern
mont lands.
There arc cattle harons and sheep kings
in Montana who count their holdings 10y
the square mile whore Eastern farmers
coln, acres. Tho lands they own and con
troll tn the exclusion--lawful and unlawful
of settlers foot w into millions Of
acres.
I'm tho very face of hundreds Of nnc
farms adjacent to Great Falls. they do not
hesitate to say that the government can
mako only failure Of its irrigation work
that the land is worthless Tor farming and
uS"ful only as y range country.
The state is divided into two factions,
ono Of farmers and citizens, who desire
nam grants and settlement. and the live
stock element which would driv" out
'v"ry settler and keep out all prospective
ones
Fortunately, the delegation IN Congress
Us found among the first. Senator Gibson
has unhoundod Faith in Montana's aErcul-
tNr', senator Clark would see the state
! materially developed. ana Representative
4 l'iNou's r"r"nt remark at tho state CON
Nontion. that what We want now rs IN
'"l"o moro babies in til" place Of bull
'1lNoS,' indicates his preference.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-20

Deans Rheumatic pills absolutely
cure rheumatism & Neuralgia Entirely
Nrg"thbl". safe. N.cowly
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-20

err railway development has been rapid.
The section teens with useful minerals.
II seems as If almost every metal valuable
to man is found adjacent in vast quaint
ties, but beyond all is the latent agricul-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18
Sympathy with Russia.

To the Editor of The journal.
/. In an editorial in Yesterdays J @ u n a |
you make an assertion to the effect that
the sympathy of the American people is
with Japan in her present difficulty with
Russia: Now, If YOU would modify this
assertion slightly and say that a portion
of the American people sympathize with
Japan you would come a little nearer the
truth
= True, no fair minded American wants to
see Japan crushed by, Russia, but neither
does any fair-minded American with any
sense of justice want to oppose the prog
ress of Russia in the far east. What does
our trade in Manchuria amount to until
that country is developed by Russia? Is it
not to our interest to have Russia develop
the resources of that country? It most
certainly is.
4 Every American with any sense Of JUS
,tice is willing that Russia should have
open ports in open seas. Why should not
first-class power? The only persons in our
country who oppose Russia. are those
Anglomaniacs who obtain their sole in
formation from English sources, and any
American with the slightest degree OF
penetration can plainly see that the Eng
slish, are our persistent and determined
foes. They have endeayored for years
to create ill feeling between our country
and Germany, to our detriment CONNER
sciaIly, and now they are making the
same determined efforts to create such g
feeling between US and Russia. The
American people are not SO blind tina,
they are not able to see thru the trans
parent cloak of friendship in which Bri-
tain appears before us.
f. 1Tital
Fs59 MARSHALL MINI SI,nT q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18

The Cars Nose to the Grindstone-By
keeping it there the Russians who wish
to boss things able to boss without
interference. Arnold White in a very in
teresting personality study Of the car in
Everybody's Magazine for March tells
how the car is kept from meddling in
the great affairs of state. It is all very
simple and is done cleverly by keeping him
overloaded with detail. Ministers and Of
ficials who are 'onto the racket simply
load him with detail by referring to him
matters of minor Importance which they
ought to handle themselves. He has,
therefore, no time to master the larger
questions of Russian policy Other fea-
lures of the number are 1.-The Word of J.
Pierpont Morgan as an Asset" "a Peep
Behind the Purdah,'' Judge Taft and the
Filipinos,'' and ten stories by writer's,
many of whose names are we'll known.
j A Fathers Agony-The March number
of The Smart Set is distinguished by The
extraordinary variety of the fiction COM
posing it. In the novelette,. 1.-The Inter
ference of Miss Jane by Robert Adger
Bowen one finds love story, chiefly of
the south. tho sometimes the scene is
shifted to New York. In contrast to it fol-
lows Tomorrow at DAWN by Rose X.
AFeelleS. a tragedy of a fathers love for
his child a father and his son arc cap
turcd by a Macedonian committee. 1t Is
decreed by the committee that one must
be shot and the other-well, the other is
the father and he has his choice. He
chooses to let the boy be shot. He knows
the boy will misunderstood his motive.
Try to imagine the fathers agony at the
prospect Of losing his son and of being
misunderstood by him at such a tragic
moment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Drinking OFFICIALS.
To the Editor. of The Journal.


. On the editorial page Of your contem-
pOrary, this mornings Times, we note the
comments upon the attempt on the part Of
some. people; somewhere, to remove from
office, a drunken sheriff. ,..
Kindly regarding the record Of Mime
sofas sneriffs, it is, said in that item,
Among our Minnesota sheritfs there are
few who indulge in intoxicants to ex-
cess Should there ever be one? And
again, MANY who seldom: indulge and
some who are total abstainers." Now,
CT all the follies ,outrages, denominations,
blood ;curdling cruelties, imbecilities and
such like that stand in every city, town
OF, community. in these United States to
the shame and record Of drunkenness, and
have stood for centuries let the question
be put. Why should any qualified voter,
in any locality where offices of such trust
and responsibility as that of sheriff is.
and. must be, are to be filed, ever be ex-
pected to cast a ballot for any man who
by his habits Of life is ever in the least
degree liable to become drunken? Does
not decency demand Of every political
party that it's code Of principles shall hold,
whatever else may be in it, the statement
that it does not propose to foist upon a
trusting constituency, the services Of a
brain and Drawn befuned and befuddled
with mtoxicants? Does not common de-
cency demand this, and does not the peace
and safety of every community demand
it, too?
Imagine what "a, drunken sheriff could
do, and then ask the Indifferent duies-
cent, well meaning, good-natured, don't
Want-to- make -any-fuss temperance folks
if they have any answer to these ques-
lions. &C. V, Y.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18
!. 1PoSTHU.MoUs: FAME
A.tchison Globe.


- A man. once lived in Atchison whom no
body suspected of greatness. He had q
good job, and, barring. "a trip occasionally
to "a lodge 2nnNention, he was steady. But
no one. eyer heard. him say much, or. do
IN. particular, His only public
apRearancex was either assthe, tuba PLAYER
lodge. parade. He did fairly, well as a citi-
zen, paid his taxes. and jSgged .slong
about like most men do, Bit It came to
pass that he. died, and 10 and behold she
was fafnous. It turned out that 1he was
the past grand master Of the. Mystic Celeb
rites, the: siigh worthy ruler of the Sacred
Pilgrims of the World; the distinguished
REPRESENTATIVE knight OF the yellow Silk
CARTER thrice king of the Chosen Royal
Bro therhood' spast,+ present and future
stairway eWatchmansof the Ancient. Btue-
Bbdesls p yraInids, and also }.sthea tuba;
player in the band. There was net a. MAN
:i7i thes.towlr but that belonged ITO some
lodge deceased belongeda to-. and; all. must
attend the jfuneraLssen flowers, etc. Il The
ware exhausted. !. and flow
.ers,swere hauled. to the diseased rhonae, by
thes wagon: load. K All business was ) sus-
pended, Sas every one belonged to-, the, de-
eeased's lodge. Every. one wore crepe, and
the band played its most doleful tune The
funeral procession. was oyer two, miles
long, and when the hearse arrived at. the
grave part of the procession had & not
started. The local papers contained moth
ling but resolutions OF regret for weeks,
and volumes Dfs similar sentiments were
bic Shaft fifty feet high was erected over
the grave, and. all lodge papers ram pic
lures and obituary notices of the de-
Eceased. So it seemed that while tlaeisd
Eceased was not granted distincti0nssi1f life
IT was officially given i'm in death. S@
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18
- - i
Will Sympathy Be Shifted ?

lone. of T+h exs ] o I'm. a Is dis
patches from. the seat of war. yesterday
contained the following:
vOne effect Of the Japanese victories is
now pla inlyrseen-in all the treaty ports in
the increased insoence Of Japanese and
Chinese goodies and <orienta1s generally
turnout athe whole, OF. China. ~
The dispatch went on to say that as
a result Of Japanese victories another
Boxer uprising was expected, and that
in consequence Of that and the sin-
science of the Japanese and Chinese
the sympathy of the civilized world
may be. transferred from Japan to
Russia Within three. months. Such a
revulsion of feeling is quite possible
among Ehfobesns resident in the east,
but it is not likely that anything the
Japanese may say or do III sthe exulta.-
ton of victory will cause a. revulsian
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18
va. = 4, !, \
of appealo by a WelI-knOWn

q n ~. .
the judges of appeal by a Wel1-known
jurist, John D. Lawson. It is directed
especially to the Texas judges. but lin
view Of what apart technical ties, have
lately played in eotheF states than
Texas, it is proper to quote a part of
this sermon, as follows:
Thus the murderer comes to have great
faith in you, o. honorable gentlemen of the
appellate COURTS The trial court he de-
tests. There are the witnesses who saw
him commit the foul deed; there are the
relatives of his victim; the widow. whose
protector can never return to her; the
childrenecalling in vain for their father.
There issthe judge, before whose stern and
searching eye he quails; the jury whose
verdict he anticipates without hope. AS
he contents the crowded courtroom he
Sfeelsat hat. there is not a soul there who
does not think him guilty and wish to see
him punished. : But he knows. o honorable
sirs, that You will not see him; he is glad
of that and he rejoices. too. as he tie
members that, you will not even try
whether hH.is guilty, as the juries are
doing for, II YOU should he would despair.
No, he understands shat what you will lido
will be to ascertaiHs whether the lawyers
have, not asked too r1aHX Questions or said
2t5o many things in their speeches, or
whether the Judge has MOT given wrong
definition To a word, on whether the clerk
haS 81 not made a nlistakelin moistening Che
official seal Of the c0urt,Mith a sponge in
stead Of following the ohl. and well -estab
lfshed prtat ice eof / lieking it with his
/ ton sslle: esNerdfct of guilty
ON q the seatence of1theajndge that he is tic
be hanged hse- t he meek until he is dead
with Ind fferena hs, goes back to his Gel
feeling quite comfortable aid does not lose
an Hours rest that night His faith is
Justified, as in tfestcourse of four or five
months::a message comes from you: IRE
versed and demanded for a new trial."
This is a .h,ultrl:llessaue, yet to the lay
man itsisalittJes more of a burlesque
than the decision Of the Minnesota
supreme, court in the Ames case
which seems Ito him to be that the
defendant was guilty, but was not
proved 50 in. the way. demanded by
Illegal etiquette.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18
of popular feeling in England and


America.
.. At the same time war. like polite
often causes Some strange shiftings,
and it is within the realm Of the posi-
bleathat the Japanese, in the event of
ultimate triumph over Russia, will be
so puffed up with pride as to be in
tolerable. AS we suggested yesterday,
they may shortly set up a. Monroe
doctrine for Asia, and may turn UP
with a demand, for, instance, that the
United States shall get out of the
Philippines. &. = I, .
nv At. present, however, the issue pre-
seflts' itself to the great majority OF
the American people as a. contest Be
tween a liberal, Intelligent and pro
rgressive country and one, that is lAb-
Eeral, stupid as to its masses, and reso-
Iutely, opposed to progress. More thar
that, it. distinctly involves the question
of whether we are to enjoy freedongo1
trade with a large part Of Asia; thru
Japanese. success, or. whether we. are
to be shut out Of it thru Russian tri.
umph. - tst7
. - D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Democratic State Committee to Meet Next
Week-Possibi'ity Of a single Convention
to Name Ticket and Select Delegates
to st. Louis-puluth Wants the State
Conventions OF Roth Parties-E Editors
Talking Politics.

4 3
III. L. Buck of Winona, chairman Of the
democratic state committee, will call the
executive committee together in ST. Paul
within a. few. days, to discuss the call for
the state convention and other questions.
There is considerable talk in favor of hold
ing single convention about the last Of
June, to nominate a state ticket and select
delegates. to the, national convention,
which meets in st. Louis, July 6. From the
of economy this looks we'll.
However, the democrats generally prefer
to name their state ticket and adopt their
platform after the. republicans have had
their inning. The republican convention
will be about July 4, it is expected, and the
democrats would have to select their dele
gates to st. Louis somewhat earlier. They
Will either have to hold two conventions,
or come first in the field with state tick
ct and a platform. 49,
r. Duluth wants both the republican and
democratic conventions in July. DR.. NJ. B.
Cullom, the mayor-elect of the zenith city;
was in st. Paul yesterday, and announced
that they would make. a vigorous cam
paign for. the convention. The city coun-
ell has passed a resolution inviting the res
publican convention to, come, and it has
been received by Chairman Jamison
|. The editors are, in town to-day, and
there is lots of politics in the air. In fact,
the contest for governor seems the chief
topic of conversation, and some of the
older hands are solicitous for fear poll
ties will crop out in the association meet
ing. The editors have heretofore been
able to keep the association pretty free
from such disrupting influences.
: The respective merits Of r. c. Dunn
and Judge Collins will be presented to the
voters of Golden Valley next Tuesday
evening by James A. Peterson and Colonel
c. w. johnson, who have been invited to
appear for that purpose. :
James M. Dime1t of Owatonna is adyo-
Gated for one Of the first district delegates
to the national convention, by the Owa-
tonna Chronicle. 1
y E:st u - Cha rleS r: Chelley
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18
THE HORSE WAS BLIND

Gertrude Coghlan who is starring in
1.-THE Sword of Justice tells the following
story of an Irish cabTnan in London. 4
was driving to the depot one night said
Miss Coghlan, with some friends of my
father, when all OF a sudden the carriage
stopped and we heard policeman say to
the cabman: Look here. now. Don't you
know that there's an order for every car
riage to carry a light at night?' Sure.
now replied the cabby, what made have I
for a lantern? Can't you see for yerself
that me horse is sthone blind?''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18

IS Rather bitter condemna ton, all Of that,
and, leaving out of sight all of the suf-
5fering and misfortunes that contributed
ito Millions dourness. And then. too, if
Milton could almost be forgiven all for
the seven words quoted by Mr.. Harlands
hero, could he not be forgiven the rest
for this?
Now came still evening on, and twilight gray
Had in her sober livery all things clad;
Silence accompanied; for beast and bird,
They to their grassy couch, these to their nests
Were skunk. all but the wakeful nightingale;
She all night long her amorous descant sung
Silence was pleased; glowed the armament
With living sapphires; Hesperus that led
The starry host rode brightest, till the moon,
Rising in clouded majesty, at length,
Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light,
And Ger the dark her silver mantle threw.
1t is something. too, to be called by COM
petent critics the second of English poets.
Dr. Henry Van Dyke says that and adds:
Indeed, for sheer holiness ofsintellect and
expression, one might almost dare to say,
|he. IS the first.;ss Alfred H. Welsh in his
'tDevelopment Of English Literature, hay
/ ing shown resemblances between Milton
and Spenser, Dante, Bacon and Shakspere,
says: but in sublimity ne excels them
all. even Homer
| So, perhaps, Milton may be forgiven af-
ter all. His poetry is not. for youthful
minds, and Prospero was only a boy, else
! his forgiveness would have gone the whole
way and he would not have been quite SO
| harsh.
Chapters from the life and selections
from the writings Of that interesting char
acter and good man, Elijah Kellogg, the
author of 'Spartacus to the Gladiators, .
sRegulus to the Carthaginians, and other
declarations dear to the heart of the
school boy are to be found in Elijah kel-
logg, the Man and His Work, edited by
Professor Wilrnot Bookings Mitchell of
BoWdoin college, The lines of Elijah KEEL
llogg's activity were many, and each fur
nishes subject matter for chapter writ
| ten by some one familiar with that special
phase of his work Rev. George Lewis
begins by writing Of elijah Kellogg, the
Boy Professor Chapman of Bowdoir
college then takes up the thread of the
narrative with a sketch entitled college
and Seminary Professor Mitchell Their
continues the life story by telling of Ear
ly Harpswell Days" The memorable work
at the Bethel in Boston is told by George
helper was close to Mr.. Kellogg, in a pa
|per entitled "The Seaman's Friend" ant
further glimpses of his power are give1
by Judge William Oliver Clough in "a:
Seen Thru a Boys Eyes, being an en-
PERTAINING account of the recollections O.
the writer. then a young clerk in Boston
of the manner and methods of a beloved
leader. Other periods of life and sides O
the mans nature are treated in like man
ner.
1t will be an interesting item of news to many
to hear that Dodd, Mead & Co. are shortly to
| bring out another volume of Maeterlincks mis-
cellaneous essays Not only as a mystic but as
an essayist, has Maeterlnck gained an extrar,
binary hold III this country during the last few
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18
HE WAS DEFEATED

w. F. Slaton of Georgia tells this bon
mot of his 12-year-old grandson. The
boys father came in one day much pro-
voked at some misdemeanor. James"
he said. Il am seriously displeased about
this matter. Do you know. sir, you are a
candidate for whipping II hope I'll be
defeated father was the instant reply.
And he was.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18

Dr. Richard Burton may think better Of
a career. as a professor: than he did a
while since, But We cannot think any
better of him in such a career tat the
University of Minnesota) than formerly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-18

LoNcly WO-
man, in which is the
declaration that if all
women We're widows the
amount of human suffer-
ing on the earth would
be sensibly reduced. The
reviewer in the Gazette
took this seriously, and
said that when he thought
of Mr.. Grassland as a hus-
band he was inclined tc
agree that If one woman
was a widow the amount
of human suffering would
be selsibly reduced. The
Justice, before whom the
libel suit was tried, read
from the book in ques-
ton:
"Of all the men in the
world. commend me tc
the plain, blunt critic
He is the salt of the
earth, the savior of his
kind"
He then said: "Here
you have your plain, blunt
critic, and yet you COM
plain.
The jury, after twent,
minutes elaboration, re.
turned a verdict for the
paper.
One of the converse
tional digressions of "My
Friend Prospero" ant
Maria Dolores, the new
hero and heroine Of Hen.
ry Harland's,, turns upo1
Milton. Prospero says
fragrant the fertil,
earth after soft showers.
Do you know, I could al,
most forgive the dour ant
detestable Milton every.
thing for the sake O.
those seven words. The,
show that in the sense
Of smell he had at leas
@one attribute Of human.
ity." Then, in answer t.
a question from the prin,
cess, he goes on: "Asi
those unfortunate, long,
suffering daughters Of his
They could tel
YOU stories. But he wa:
worse. He was "a scribe
and a pharisee, a prag.
NAUTICAL, = self-righteous
!, canting old scribe anC