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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-02-11

metropolis started to 'iect new
sheriff. I got the nomernation on
the democratic ticket, but when
the edetor Of the Roarin'' Gulch
Screecher fined the angels, it left
us without a newspaper. Now
everybody knows lection with
out paper amt no lection tall,
SO the boys lowed we'd jest have
ter git someun ter edit that paper
and say nice things bout me. Now,
podner, when it comes to winnin'
'lections with gun and bowies, the
boys of Roarin' Gulch can't be
beat, but none of 'em knowed how
ter fight with pen and ink. Thar's
the fust chapter, listen to the
second.
"Once on time-'bout two hours
ago-a tenderfoot entered this
town. He wore plug hat, store
clothes, billed shirt, red tie, shiny
shoes and a piece of winder glass
in front of his left eye. He looked
liked pen and ink fighter, SO the
boys axed him ter edit our paper.
Bah jove, said he, 'Aw WEAKLY
cawn't do it, don't cher know
Poor Teller, he's hangin' out with
the fust edetor now; thar's whar
we jest come from. Thar's chap
ter 2, listen ter chapter 3.
ssOnce on time-'bout half an
hour ago mother tenderfoot en-
tered this town. He looked like q
pen and ink fighter, so the boys
axed him to edit our paper. Now.
podner, this chapter hain't been
completed. What does the hero
of the third chapter say
During all this I stood as one
In a dream. Around me were a
hundred determined men eagerly
awaiting my answer. Oh, how I
wished that Alice, weet,-angelic
Alice was there with her potato
masher! A quick pull on the lar
lat rope, which was still around my
body, brought me to my senses.
"Wall. what's yer answerp' asked
the big man.
I was SO frightened | could not
answer, but the sight Of man ty-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-02-11

ing moose in a rope brought back
my speech. What I said / do not
remember, but after saying it, the
crowd cheered and began shaking
my hands and telling me they were
glad to hear it. I'm not sure, but
I think I told them that [ was the
editor of the New York World,
San Francisco Examiner and few
other papers, but as they had only
netted me few paltry millions a
year, [ had sold out and had come
to Arizona with the express pur-
pose of editing the Roaring Gulch
Screecher.
+ Say, you talk about being SIT!
I was two .its" with capital letters.
They boosted me upon their shout
ders and ran yelling down the street
to the deserted newspaper Office
and / was installed as editor.
There, Mr.. Odds and Ends, I
have kept my promise. / have told
you how I became an editor. Per-
haps in the near future I may tell
you how I became an ex-editor.
MIRRORS DEVIL.
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upon an idea. I knew it was Gus
Etomary when q thing couldn't be
divided equally for the one doing
the dividing to give the larger hall
to the other, SO in sheer despera-
ton I decided to be generous and
give my wife the first four figures
and keep the dollar sign and the
last two figures for myself. Then
drew a line through the dollar
sign the 3 and the 5, and above the
four O's I wrote, Il bequeath this
amount to my darling wife. .
Just then something hit me in
the back of the neck. Talk about
your astronomical discoveries!
During that one second / discov-
cred more stars than the Lick
Observatory has since it was found
ed. Astronomers say there are
TAG, COS, 612, 946 stars in the fir
mament. I saw all but three.
After these discoveries [ made an
other. It was Alice, sweet, angelic
Alice. She was reaching over me
trying to regain possession of a
potato masher. I then realized
that the telescope | had used. dur
ing my recent discoveries was that
selfsame masher. Since then I've
had an aversion for dudes.
"Oh, Alice, Alice, what means
this craelty?" I moaned. 'Why.
oh, why, didn't I take mothers
advice! She warned me against
marrying you, but no, I was young
and foolish and thought you would
be good to me, but now, q grew
dramatic about here) now I see
my mistake, but tits too late, too
late. but thank Heinegaboobler, I
can 60 straight home to mamma.
Oh, foul brute that you are, how
could you be SO cruel to a poor,
defenseless man p
l started to arise, but just as |
got on all fours something else
happened. I got struck by light
ming. A thousand volts of cleo
tricity passed through my body.
I sometimes think the rubber in
my neck saved me from instant
death. Anyway, l went straight
up and landed in heap in the
corner. When l came to, [ gazed
into the opposite corner and there,
convulsed with laughter and roll
ing around the floor, was Alice,
sweet, angelic Alice. In one hand
was grasped a large hat pin
smeared with blood-my blood. I
hadn't been struck by lightning
after ALL. Twas that hat pin-that
6-inch. inoffensive looking hat pin
with but one visible point, but I'll
swear there were a million others
concealed somewhere about its
person.
ooh, Alice, Alice, you have killed
me dead!' I shrleked. ''I'll have
you pinched and hung for this,
you just see if 1 don'tp'
cav g'wan,' said Alice between
laughs, "can't you take little kid
din? It's joke, just joke
Now what do you think of that?
A joke, just q joke! Wouldn't that
g A r you? Now. I want to say
right hear, if that was joke |
failed to see the point, altho | must
confess felt it.
Finally I managed to regain my
feet, and with both hands cover
ing the newly made cavity in my
hip, [ backed out of the door. I then
informed her that she need never
again expect to gaze upon the face
of the man she had promised to
love, honor and obey.
Instantly the scene changed.
Never shall I forget Scene H.
i. .e r nj -
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Il
come back. " As said before, the
scene will live with me until my
ldying daY;it fairly burned itself
into my brain one Of the fiat
irons was hot. After taking one
last lingering look at my once hap
py home, / hurried down the alley,
while to my ears, in Alice's gentle
and melodious voice, came the
words and music of that bee-yutiful
ditty, 81 Don't Care If You Never
Come Back Pathetic, wasn't it?
That night / left Seattle-all this
happened in Seattle -byway of the
B. r. B. Ct. bumpers. rods, blinds
and trucks)
With your permission I will
pass over the ensuing two weeks.
| had many queer experiences, but
lack of space forbids the relating
of them.
My intentions were to live free
and easy life in Mexico, but / must
have had bad intentions because I
never reached there. I got as far
as Arizona, in fact almost to the
Mexican border, when circum-
stances arose which caused me to
change my mind about going to
Mexico, especially on the train I
was then riding. / had been rid.
ing the front end" lodging COM
pliments-in the shape of Jumps
of coal-paid me by the assiduous
fireman. Suddenly the train began
slowing down and when it came to
a standstill, the conductor and a
No. 10 brogan assisted me to
alight. I found myself standing
on the prairie. with no town in
sight. I drew the conductors at
tention to the latter fact. but was
consoled by these cheering words:
"Along the frontier. towns often
spring up in a night, SO perhaps if
you'll stay overnight you'll find
one here in the morning."
We're you ever ditched on an
Arizona prairie with its beautiful
alkali sand from which blooms an
exuberant growth of fragrant yucca
and cactus plants?. It's sublime!
A sight for sore eyes. Its a sight
for sore legs too before you get
through viewing it.
Well, after the train left, I got
out my little brace and bit and be-
gan drilling" After travelling all
that day and half the next, I ar
rived on the outskirts of small
border town. As / stood at one
end of the street-there was only
one-not a living thing greeted
my gaze. I thought I had dis
covered an abandoned graveyard,
but I was mistaken. As I won-
deringly perambulated in at one
end of the street / saw q body of
men perambulating in at the other.
We saw each other at the same
time. They started on a bee line
for me and I started on bee line
for Seattle. I hadn't gone far when
I heard swish" a moose dropped
over my shoulders and / was
yanked off my pins. incidentally,
I made few more astronomical
discoveries. At first I thought l
was up against confidence game
of some sort-it felt just like was
being roped in. l thought it was
all off with my bank account. (All
I had left was the dollar sign. /
was brought to. by the words:
"Sorry, podner, sorry"
I crawled to my feet and gazed
at my captor. He was man twelve
feet tall, six feet broad (that's the
way he looked to me) and had
two Krupp cannon twelve pound
ersl hanging from his belt.
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- DAMAGE TO WHEAT
Too Much Rain Is Reported In the
Country AbOut FARGO

FARGO. N. D.-Heavy rains this week have
still further damaged the wheat prospects in the
Red River valley: The wheat in the valley is
extremely discouraging. 1t has had SO much rain
harvest would make less than half a crop SOME
fields do not seem to have grown any during
the past week. Until the recent rains the tor
soil was getting hard around the roots and was
choking the wheat stalks ~
At the convention Of the North Dakota State
bankers association yesterday, City Attorney
Newman made the welcome speech T. L. Cashel
Of Grafton responded! The address of President
Lyon and the report Of Secretary Macfadde1i
were read and Congressman Spaldine made q
speech This morning was devoted to routine
work and the officers will be elected this
afternoon. -sssiT
=, The boom of Editor Taylor, of The LaMoure
Chronicle for commissioner Of agriculture has
been successfully inaugurated j. g. Phelan of
Dickinson and former Commissioner OF Forestry
spoken Of. Ia 'rAfa-' : - - o. ~ A''o
M Mr.. and and Mrs: George Thaler, a few miles
from Langdon, report the arrival Of triplets at
thsr home All were girls and are doing spen-
The, flower parade at the carnival was a
Intig SUCCESS. 1t was gotten up By the
ladies' of the different wards and all were repre.
senLed. Three bands furnished music :. :,
Ihree cubs were born in the mena Perie of the
h9nqy SHOW, which Is giving a carnival here
hoth Butler and Stone, charged with the
forgery OF checks on Tailor Nema roysky have
Deen neld TO the district court,
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NORTH DAKOTA
'BUSHWHACKING'
METHODS SCORED
r.. c. SANBORN. ANSWERS MAJOR
MURPHY's CIRCULAR.
Says the Integrity of. Ward County
Republicans Is Assailed, and Looks
for Vindication in the Convention.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Minot, N. D., July l5.-R. G. Sanborn.
leader of one Of the contesting Ward
county delegations to the state republican
convention at Grand Forks, is out in a
letter denouncing tine methods Of the fac
tom led by Major j. s. Murphy in at
tempting TO prejudice tho case In advance
OF the nearing before the credentials com
mittee. The letter is an answer 10 q. cir
cular sent out by the Murphy faction,
which, Mr.. Saa1born says, expresses dis
trust of the state central committee, and
asks for hearing before the body of the
convention. This is denounced as '.bush-
whacking' and Mr.. sanborn asseverates
that his delegation, with unfailing conf
dence in the justice of its position. will
await without fear the Judgment which IS
to determine upon whose shoulders rests
the responsibility for the assault upon the
integrity Of Ward county republicanism. !"
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MINNESOTA
IMMENSE IRON ORE
SHIPMENTS GOING
OVER THIRTEEN MILLION TONS
FROM THREE RAILWAYS.
Stock Piles Being Depleted and All
Shipments Will Soon Be from Daily
Output.
Special to The Journal.

special to The Journal
Duluth, Mimi, July 15.-An astonishing
amount Of ore Is going forward now.
Railway managers state that they will
move from the Duluth & Iron Range road
about $500, 900 tons, from the Duluth,
Missabe & North about 100000 tons and
from the Great Northern about 1000, 900
tons. This Is near the total of last year.
The roads running to Marquette, Ashland
and Escanaba, all old ranges, are making
a better record than was looked for three
months ago. Stock piles at the mines of
all ranges are diminishing very fast, aiDl
the entire shipment will soon be from the
daily hoist at all mines. "
Shenango mine, which has been three
years under development, Is at last nearly
ready to become a shipper, and Is ex-
pected to mine $4,000 tons this year.
On section 80, vermillion range, they
have been fishing 1000 feet underground
for the past six weeks to get hold of the
end Of diamond bit, containing the set
ting Of stones which which the bit was
set.
Exploration In the Jordan mine, near
Hibbtng, has increased the size of the
deposit Of ore there 80 that 1t is now
sure that considerable tonnage will be
taken from the mine in coming years
Development Is being pushed very rap
idly at the Leonard mine, which Is owned
by employees Of the Great Northern road
This mine Is expected to make an aver
age annual product Of about 500, 900 tons,
and the lease runs for fifteen years.
operations are commencing near Pal
ner, Marquette range. where nothing has
been under way for a long time. Several
mines there will be shippers this year.
Volunteer mine has reopened and 200 men
have been set at work Underground, with
considerable surface force. A steam
shovel Is working In the stockple that
mas been on the ground for two years,
and most Of 1t will be cleared away this
summer. 1t amounts to 200, 900 tons.
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PROHIBITION LAW NULLIFIED
Such the Practical Effect Of the Cowan
Observation-Disclosures Nenaced.

GRAND FORKS, n. D.-The recent decision
OF Judge Cowan at Minnewaukan Affecting the
gists' permits will cause all kinds of Difficult
ties If 1t is sustained by the supreme court.
Judge Cowan based his decision on the fact
powers on the probate judges except where addi-
tional Jurisdiction has been granted BY popular
vote OF the county. The fact that few If any
OF the counties In the state have granted such
Jurisdiction makes s,the decision Of wide -rea CHI
i ihg ne i u hsd ey many legal authorities
pra ctically nullif the stare prohibition law and
make 1T impossible iofo enforcement. The ques
ton has also been raised as to whether the
issuing OF marriage licenses and the perform
ance OF marriage ceremonies by these judges il
not illegal under similar course of reasoning
Such result Of the decision would Of course
cause much confusion and complication, altho
the validity Of marriages already SO performed
could not be attacked. Legal opinion is diyiAed
as TO the bearing OF the decision on this ques-
tion but the opinion OF the supreme court will
be awarded wltsh much anxiety.
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TO-DAY'S NEWS OF. THE NORTHWEST

Yesterday afternoon after most successful tour
OF duty. Routine was suspended after guard
mounting and the men spent the forenoon in
Eysrything was left In tirst-ciass order
The morning was bright and as the artillery
completed on the 2,5oO-yard range. The infantry
finished their range work with the company
team team 81 cot. Each company picked seven Of Its
on each of the 200. 900 and 5oo-ya ranges
The highest possible score. for company is
staff made the best score. ia.
The grounds will be In charge of Captain Hart.
brlgadler quarterlnaster, until Monday morning,
when the First infantry. under Colonel C. Nee.
n meexe' WI arrive; The First consists Of Com.
Of Minneapolis, g of Red Wing, and of Still
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SWEDISH YOUNG PEOPLE
Rev. p. A. Mattson of Minneapolis
Elected President-Other Officers.

ST. PETER, MINN.--The state convention OF
the Young Peoples society OF the Swedish Lu
theran church adjourned last evening after two
days session. Two hundred delegates from
various parts Of the state were in attendance.
The convention opened Wednesday evening
Dr: NJ Wahlstrom st. Peter, delivering the
the sessions were Rev. p. A. Mattson Mime
apolis; the newly elected president Of Gustavus
adi0Giphus college, st. Peter; Rev. ]. w. Edwins
saltwater; Rev. G. A. Gunderson, Eau Claire
Rev. A. 7. Seashore, Duluth.
The matter of the relation of the society to
the Luther league, an organization of the Luther
an church, was referred to a committee
ofhcers for the ensuing year were elected
PRESIDENT, Rev. P. A. Mattson, Minneapolis
vlce-president, Rev. J. w. Edwns, Saltwater
recording secretary, Miss Amanda Jackson Still.
water; treasurer, Harry Hedberg, st. Peter.
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SOUTH DAKOTA
LINCOLN COUNTY POLITICS
Probable Results of the Coming Re.
publican Convention.

CANTON, S. D.-The republican convention to
nominate candidates for the county offices will
L. Kehm. willard Brown and w, a. HUI. the
three members of the 1oWer house in the leEis-
county treasurer; Charles Kundert, auditor; A.
Brady Beck clerk OF courts and Filing opsal,
with little opposition. There may be something
Of Of sssambe the ds nat for register
structions In a large NUMBER of precincts have
been. favorable to Asa Forrest for judge and
H. Dean, 1t is thought will also be renominated
for superintendent Of schools, Judge C. E. Bene
diet for states attorney, and II. N. Cooper fol
county surveyor. zs sis
ABERDEEN S. D.--This city Ii SOON ID have
a fennlef of fhA Mystic Shrine of Ma sorrv
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MOODY MAY BE oUsTED
Action of the Board of Pariions AK
- iouslY Awaited.

WAHPETON. N. D.-Pcople here are very
much interested in the outcome of the case now
before the board Of pardons OF Minnesota in
winch George +. Moody, sheriff Of this county,
has been given 80 much unfavorable ADVERTISING
In his argument before the board Of pardons,
G: c. Houpt attorney for Link Thayer. James
Hall, Charles W. Hoffman and Homer G. Minot,
-FOUR men serving sentences at saltwater for
holding up a Great Northern train near Carlisle,
Mimi, IN 1898, made the claim that his clients
with the men who were the real robbers An &C:
lion was commenced here recently. to GUST Moody
from office owing to alleged malfeasance In Of
ficc, and bis trial comes off July e.. It is
thought that this charge, coming at this time,
Will have some influence Oh the result Of the
trial here
Among the freaks on exhibition in the carnival
mere this week is a ive-legged calf belonging 10
mikman Of this city. The calf was Corn
here and Is healthy and growing.
IL GRAND FORKS. N. Dat the annual meet
ing Of the Grand Forks County Medical society
the following officers We're elected: Dr. William
son, Ardoch, president; Dr.: +: f. Beck, La
Forks, secretary; pr. 4. 4. Westeen. Grand
Forks, censor Dr.. II. NJ Wheeler, Grand Forks,
delegate to the North Dakota Medical society.
JAMESTOWN, N. Din the twenty four
hours last past this section has been visited
by 1.6G inches rainfall, The week previous the
weather was very, warm and as the ground was
was phenomenal growth The recent heavy rain
has not been damaging.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, w1s-The sash and door
plant of the South Side Manufacturing company
burned last night. fs
MILWAUKEE,, w1s.-The new city directory
has 133,436 names
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decided in favor of the lien holders in their
suit against the Union Terminal company. There
was S45 600 at stake. s&s@.Ess

SHELL ROCK, IoWA.-Butier Center, once
the county seat and thriving little city. has
OF the place being removed this week The old
courthouse was moved away. and is now being
Of the county seat to Allison killed Butler Cen
ter.
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MARsHALLTowN, IowA-Knights Templar
Of Iowa in session at Templar PARK Spirit
Lake, Yesterday elected William Weldon Of lowe
Falls grand commander; Samuel l.. Williams Of
Charles City deputy grand commander. Cronl-
well Bowen Of Des Moines generalissimo, A.
4. Rodman of Washington CAPTAIN general, J..
a. r. .Molyneaux Of Cheroffee Junior warden W.
W. Merritt of Red Oak prelate, Charles c. st.
Clair Of Marshalltown treasurer and David Nj.
Brownlee Of Sioux City recorder.
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WISCONSIN

GRANTsBURG, wIs.-Triplets were born to
the woods hfty-Sve miles north Of here. The
children are strong and healthy and their com
bined weight was twenty-five pounds.-The ship
ping of blueberries has begun. The crop is good
In localities where the fire did not burn last
burned over und that will materially decrease
the crop from usual average.-Never before in
the history of Burnett county have prospects
present. The hay crop will be particularly
heavy. Many fields of wheat are estimated to
go ut fifty buehels to the acre and oats at 100.
II the weather remains propitious from now till
harvest time Rurnetts crop will this year eclipse
any former record. :. ..1-.a-s
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DULUTH, MINI The new gas works OF the
Zenith Furnace company will begin furnishing
gas to the city next week. A price of 35c net OF
all gas used for heating houses is expected.
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MARSHALL, MINN.-Lyon county summer
school is now in session here in the high school
building. with eighty pupils under the care of
Mrs Del Forbes, county superintendent, and
Professors B. G. Eaton Of st. Paul, E. T. Critch-
More are coming each day.-The contract OF put
ting in over one mile of sewerage was let to
Ilstrop Olson of st. Paul. This will make the
trio lights. 3D..
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IoWA.-sann Baldwin cut
his wife's throat with razor, and then his
own Both are dead,
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BUTTE, MONT.--Warrior Estes. colored, ii
under arrest here charged with killing man a,
Plattsburg, Mo.
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HoUGHToN, MICH.-The steamer George
Presley with coal for Grossepoint, went aground
and swung across Portage entry yesterday. She
wns released BY tugs after four hours work and
proceeded, apparently uninjured.
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CANDIDATES ARE PLENTY
Kandiyohi County Offices Will Be No
Sour Grapes. .

WILLMAR. MIMI. B. Boyd and o. P.
Rice OF this city and A. NJ. Hedin OF Lake
against the present incumbent, W. L. Norm, and
1t Is announced that G. 4. Skindelien Of Arc
orney W n,s BE in the n mini
George H. Bitterness and M-son W. Spicer, while
George Muller and L. L. Covell, editor Of the
For county auditor. Lewis Johnson will have a
strong opponent in c. E. Fouts Of Raymond.
Gustav A. EriXon. formerly Of Willmar, has
been appointed to the position Of professor OF law
and secretary of the Washington university Mr..
Erixon and family will become residents of
Washington city this fall, .
Charles Mcintyre has been sentenced to the
state reformntory at St. Cloud for grand larceny.
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SIOUX CITY. Iowa. j. Donohue, who
was caught iE Ireland after he had fed from
| Sioux City,, under charge Of embezzling $4,000
from tie j., J.. FARLEY Commission company,
turned up yesterday. He was arrested but gave
bonds promptly.-The state supreme court has
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company is among the first of the big companies
that Will do summer logging on the Chippewa
Indian reservations Of Minnesota. But FIVE years
Is allowed In which to cut and remove the tim
Der, and it may be necessary to cut during the
summer :.
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CROOKSTON. MINN.--Fred Hubert was ar
rested ut st. Cloud and will be brought back here
on q horse stealing arge.-sherif Sullivan left
last evening for saltwater with George Demaris,
sentenced to 3ih wears for assault