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Oakes Republican., 1904-09-09

Ice cream in bulk and i'll bricks at
Harris Drug Store. If.
Mrs. E. A. Denison of Guelph is
here visiting her daughters, Mes
danes w. N. Bateman and o. p.
Emmons.
For the convenience of the formers
the city has put in large number of
hitching posts on the side streets,
just off from the main therefore. By
hitching teams on the side streets,
Union street will look better and can
be kept cleaner.
Invitations are out for the wedding
of Charles Bertran Denisou and Miss
Alice Carrie Munich, which is 20
occur at the home of the bride in
Hudson township on Wednesday
evening, September 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Mclean visited
with their daughter, Mrs. G. Fl. Bell,
this week, having just returned from
a trip to the Pacific coast. Wednes-
day they went to Fullerton for a
visit among their old friends. :
It is reported that Mrs. Theodore
Northrop of Monengo is very low.
She had an operation some time ago
for cancer of the breast, and from
the effects of the operation and the
cancer her condition is rather critical.
E. B. Narmore left Sunday evening
for his home at Lansing, Mich, after
visit here with his nieces, Mesdames
Bateman and Emmons, and his
sister, Mrs. Denison of Guelph. This
is his first visit here and he was
favorably impressed with the country.
J. T. Scott returned Saturday from
few days on his farm west of Mo-
mango. He says that two jobs of
threshing has been done there on the
Merrifield and Dowd farms, and the
yield from the hard wheat was ten to
twelve bushels per acre, that weighed
So pounds to the buahel.
j. E. Baker and family of Ellen
dale visited in the city Tuesday, the
guests Of Mrs. X. s. Jensen. Everett
has made a good record as clerk of
court. and it looks AZ If he would be
renominated this fall without opposi-
tiop in his own party. The Rspub-
licsn acknowledges . pleasant call
from Mr.. Baker.
Oakes Republican., 1904-09-09

Mrs. A. M. Wedel and children of
Yorktown took the train here this
morning for jamestown for a visit
with relatives.
The City Restaurant serves an
excellent Sunday dinner, and the
price is only 35 cents. Try one and
you'll want to come again.
Attorney w. 1. Millen of Earlville,
Iowa, has been in the city the past
week, looking after his realty inter
ests. Mr.. Millen is believer in the
future prosperity of this section of
country.
Several OF our friends have the
thanks of the editor for few nice
messes of prairie chickens, and still
the Glendale Record says we're
hungry. Editorial room, same place
as last year. First door to the right.
L. H. Hanson of viborg, S. D., had
car of South Dakota grown apples
10 Oakes the past week. They were
of the Duchess and Wealthy varieties
and retailed at one dollar per bushel.
They didn't sell readily at that price
and the car was shipped to La Moure
Monday Apples are plentiful this
year, and should be cheap this fall.
S. Brown: Was down to my
farm Saturday and found that the
drillers had struck q nice flow of
water the evening before. The we'll
is 900 feet deep and the water is clear
and sparkling. 1t was dug by
Valentine Bros. and was put do wn in
three days time. They say it is the
best they have yet bored in this
county.
More Local on Page Four.
Oakes Republican., 1904-09-09
Oakes Republican

List your land with j. G. Hoidal.
]. E. Bunday was up from Gwinner
Sunday. If.
List your land with ]. G. Stiel
Land Company.
A daughter was born to MIR. ani
Mrs. Ed. Testall the first of the week.
John Chamberlin arrived Tuesday
from Minneapolis for visit with his
parents.
Oakes Republican., 1904-09-09
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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23

quarter of a mile, and the power was
once more turned on. During his absence
the truth was discovered and when he
came back to the well-lighted and COM
paratively uninjured car, cheer went
up. The men passengers grabbed him
by the hand, while the women shed tears
of gratitude. His own eyes moistened
and lump came in his throat as he
thought OF the cottage and it's occupants.
Coupling the two cars the journey was
resumed and the passengers began to
get off. As they did so every one drop
ped something in the hat at the door.
When the end of the run was reached.
man came forward. In his hand he held
hat which was stuffed full Of bills and
silver. Taking a slip of paper from his
pocket the passenger folded it and turned
ii with the other contents of the hat, into
the cap of the astonished Wemper.
take this with a Merry Christmas
and God bless you from the passengers
you saved from DEATH" he said, and then
left the car.
His eyes glistening, Wemper counted
the treasure. There was over hundred
dollars In money. The slip of paper was
the check of a prominent banker of the
town at the end of the line for 500.
"a Christmas for the wee ones. after
ALL exclaimed Wemper, his face light
ing up. sHere, Bill" he shouted to the
conductor. 1--WE go whacks ON the
cash."
Bill was 10th to accept. but finally con-
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23

the current snd sprang forward along
the SHINING ribbons of steel which show
ed up in the glow of the headlight in the
endless stretch of white ahead
The city had been left behind and the
farm houses quickly slid back into the
shadows as the car sped by. The shin
ing rails no longer showed up ahead. IL
was all q dead level Of white. The swift-
ly-falling snow had covered with its
mantle the rails of the line, but the
wheels still sunk through 1t and clutch
ing the rail drank in the electric luid.
Thoroughly acquainted with the road.
and with the car under perfect control,
Wemper, one of the most careful. but
also one Of the newest men on the road.
had no misgivings as he sped along the
snow covered way. Suddenly ahead there
was blush light which seemed to dance
In the air. MY God, what's this?, he
exclaimed as he sprang from his seat
white as the driven snow which sur
rounded the car He shut off the cur-
rent and put on the air with such force
as to bring the car almost to a stand
still, and throw the passengers from
their seats. Quickly the controller swung
around and the car slowly started to
move backward. To the man in the
vestibule 1t seemed an age before the
wheels began to revolve backward, The
car was on a long but abrupt curve.
Wemper knew what the blush light
meant. 1t was. an inbound coming to-
ward him at full speed.
Il What caused the mixup Wemper did
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23

numbers from one to ten or one to TWEEN
ty-tive, according to the size of the tree
Each person playing is blindfolded in
turn and is given a rosette with which
he must decorate the tree" Each ner-
son aims to pin his or her rosette on or
near to the highest number of the tree
Zach competitor has three trials. the
three numbers to which he pins nearest
being written down to his credit by the
hostess, who keeps tally. The one whose
three numbers added together gives the
largest sum total wins the first prize.
christmas candles" Is a good old
time game. A lighted candle is placed
upon table. The player is blindfolded
and stationed with his back to the candle.
about foot from it. He's then told to
take three steps forward, turn around
three times, then to walk four steps
toward the candle and blow it out. His
attempt to do SO will probably be as
amusing to the audience as disconcerting
to himself.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23
FEEDING THE BIRDS.
A Happy Christmas Custom Among
Swedish Peasants.

Christmas is celebrated in Sweden to
an extent unknown in our country, and
the celebration is not over until Jan. To-
or twentieth day Yule." A very pretty
feature of the festivities is thus descrlb-
ed by a writer who has visited that
country: One wintry afternoon. at Jul
tide (as the season is called, | had been
ESating OH a pretty lake three miles
from Gothenberg. On my way home
noticed that at every farmers house
there was erected in the middle of the
yard, pole, to the top of which was
bound large. full sheaf of grain. Why
is this?'' | asked my comrade. Oh
that's for the birds, the little wild birds
They must have a merry Christmas, too
you know" And so it is; not a peasant
in Sweden will sit down to a Christmas
dinner within doors until he has first rails
ed aloft Christmas dinner for the birds
in the cold and snow without.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23
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THE clty's streets were thropved
Crowds OF Christmas shoppers hur-
ried to and fro. Electric lights from
the big stores shone on their rosy and
happy faces, and the younger ones
iaughingly shook the snow from their
hair and capes. Charlie Wemper noted
all this as with his hand on the con-
troller he held the big suburban car in
check. 1t was crowded to the doors A.
1t started on its trip into the country
with Its human freight. The passengers
were in a merry mood. They had re-
manned until the last car, the opera run.
and were going to their homes ON the
line. with their arms full Of bundles aud
their hearts filled with good cheer.
All this swept through the brain of
the tired motorman. and there was no
answering smile as gay laughter reached
him through the closed doors OF the YES
thule. Here it was Christmas eve He
had had fairly steady runs up to the time
the summer business began to slack off
when the time table changed and he went
on the board as first extra. A wife and
two little ones at home had to he fed
and clothed, and his 20 cents an bonr
with an average of six hours a day had
not placed him In q position OF affiuence
nor enabled him to look forward to the
glad Christmas time with any degree of
joy. He thought of the scant supply of
coal in the shed, the almost depleted
larder and empty purse with pay day
still more than a week of. and sighed to
himself
Flight dollars and half coming to
me-" he. said. as he almost savaaely
swung around to six points. The car felt
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23

while her body swayed gently to and
fro as she lulled the baby to sleep, came
before his vision. Who would all the
empty larder now? Who replenish the
dwindling coal pile? A groan burst from
him as they. pursuer and pursued. sped
by the power station and back over the
switch. There was no danger from be-
hind and they dashed on back into dark
ness, leaving the sub-station keeper root
ed to The spot with astonishment. The
fatal race was drawing to close. Not
ten feet now interviewed between the
headlights of the two cars when sud
denly there was pitch darkEess The
speed of the cars slackened and the
Wild inbound gently came upon thu spe-
cial. There was a crashing of glass as
the two headlights, now duh and dark.
came together; slight jar and the DAG
ger was passed. The sub-station tender
with heayen-born CLEAN of common
sense had stopped the machinery and
turned off the power.
Springing from the vestibule as soon
as he realized what had happened. Wem-
per climbed into the vestibule of The
other car. livid with rage at the danger
into which the other motorman had
placed him. There was no need for his
anger. for 1t was dead hand that held
the controller. and the stare was one of
combined madness and death. Not a
living soul was on the inbound car.
Turning off the current, Wemper took
the controller from the suffering fingers
and ran back to the sub-station, about
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23

catch the last train and spend Christmas
at home 1t will be different from other
Christmases, for hospitality means much
iii the country. It's genuine. It's I'M
mixed with business considerations Your
father or the hired man will meet you
at the depot and on the way to the old
home on the farm he will tell you of the
things you did when you were boy.
He'll point out the old schoolhouse
where You learned your alb abs and had
some Of the cussedness licked out OF
you, and the little old church where
preacher preached birthstone and fire in
q way that made your flesh cringe and
You didn't dare sleep alone.
1t win all come back to you. You had
almost forgotten that you were boy.
hadn't you?
You'll fill your lungs with pure air,
feel the singing breeze against your face
and your heart will begin to throb with
good impulses. Here everything seems
to be honest and real and good.
And the welcome! Don't be ashamed
Of the tears that wet your cheeks. An
old man with snowy locks, trembling
with affection. a grand old woman, your
mother. who weeps softly, as women
DO, because her heart is filed with hap
plneSS.
You couldn't make that woman believe
that YOU ever had petty meanness; that
you had even thought wrong; that you
took narrow view Of life, or that YOU
had enmities that embittered your ex-
4stence.
You couldn't convince that old man
that in the world could be found a
smarter hoy"
Love forgets faults and exalts virtues.
To them your little successes seem like
triumphs.
Don't forget the little room. You oc-
eupied it as a boy, You slept we'll in
those days. You hadn't care. You
were free, and you were sound in mind,
morals and body, 1t is good to think OF
those things. II is good to think or
Christmas Day. OF the gifts and the
pleasure and good will that went with
them, Of the dinner and the long table,
surrounded by relatives and nedghbors,
too poor to have their own Christmas
dinners.
And when the gray old man bows his
head, and with the faith OF child, says:
We thank thee. o Lord. for the mer
cies thou hast shown u.s." the simple
prayer that follows will appeal to all
that Is good in your and give you new
hope, new life, new coura se--Cincinnat
Post.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23
Tough Lmck.

After ALL" said the busy marcbsn+
Christmas comes but once a year,
Yes" rejoined the old man who had
seven children and nineteen erandcbiI-
dren. "and I'm heartily glad of it."
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23
Two Christmas Games.

A Yuletide version of the donkey par
ty is played thus: On sheet sketch or
paste design of Christmas tree. Have
ZACH branch of the tree terminate in a
circle containing number, using the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23

The night before Christmas is one of
the rare occasions on which the small bow
is threatened with insomaia.-Puck.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23

scented and there were two merry Christ
masses on the Main Line. - Detroit free
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-23

The smiling face Of william
]. Jeffords was seen on our
streets yesterday. He lives In
Cincinnati, and has done well.
It Is his first visit to his old
home In twenty years. He ID
stopping with his aged pa
rents, Captain and Mrs. w. J.
Jeffords.
That Is just a homely
news item clipped from a
country paper. 1t has some
thoughts in it for you, Mr..
Busy Man.
Nearly all of Us live in
the future. We are on the
right side of so, and have,
we hope, many long years
before us. If we are rich
we hope to become richer.
Ii we are poor we hope to
become wealthy. and few
people who consider old age
and completed career as
something distant stop to
think Of the duty we owe to
the old folks down in the
country" That is where
the majority of the success
full business men came from.
In thousands of cases father
and mother are still on the
old farm, content to die
where they have lived, far
from the strife Of city life,
close to the soil and nature.
This year you should slip
- . ss.st,
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-03-16
FOR A RADICAL DEMOCRACY.

The Norfolk Dispatch, in two
column editorial, fails to find favor
with any extremely coservativc''
Democracy.
Wequote the last two paragraphs
of the Dispatch's editorial, as we
believe they represent the ideas OF
the plain people:
Would it not be better for us TO
look the situation squarely in the
face and to realize that there can
not be two conservative parties in
this cOuntryl Would it not be better
TO realize that the Democratic
party, with about seven million vo-
tiers. draws more than half It's per-
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-03-16
RECENT VIRGINIA LEGISLATION

The House of Delegates refused
to take up the oyster bill. and il
died on the calendar.
The House killed the bill pro-
posing to have Commissioners of
the Revenue appointed instead OF
elected.
The committee reported on Mr..
Grithth's resolution in relation to
the Shepherd defalcation. direct
ING that the Acknowledgement re-
port to the Governor within sixty
days whether in his opinion the
State could recover the amount of
the defalcation from the Auditor :
bondsmen, Shepherd having been
clerk in the Auditors Office.
He wac from Clarke county. The
amount of the defalcation. which
has generally thought to have been
SMALL Is now sad TO be exceed
$50. 900.
The House refused to engross
MIR. Jordan's bill excepting Fred
erick county from the provisions
of the general game law.
Hon. Blackburn Smiths resolu-
ton extending the time of the ses.
sion to March 10 was not taken up.
The House, without debate
passed the resolution in favor of q
single system of books for public
schools.
The Olds bill to establish system
of district high schools was passed
by the House.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-03-16
The Tables Turned.

a story is told of a high Indian Off
Ger who was in the habit of soundly
thrashing his servants when they dis
pleased him. One day he ordered his
khansamab to go to n summer house in
the compound and wait for him there
presently turning up with heavy
bOrsewhip, He then addressed the OF.
fender
Now, you scoundrel, I've got you in
q place where no one can hear. and I'll
just thrash you within an inch OF your
lifev
The servant, though a man of power
full physique, squirmed, native-like.
"Sah, you sure no one can hear?"
Eyes, you scoundrel; I've brought you
here on purposer'
Then, sab, l think l thrash your
And he did it so thoroughly that his
master was not visible for a week.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-03-16
HAYS RESOLUTION HURTS.

The resolution introduced in
Congress by Hon. James HAY has
stirred up more anger than any
thing of recent date.
The report which Mr.. Bristow
sent to Congress in answer to the
request in Mr.. Hays resolution
has been characterized by one
member (Mr. Hill, a Republican
from Connecticut as THE product
of a liar and a scoundrel. "
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, also a
Republican, says the report was
conceived in sin, born in niquitv
and has travelled its guilty course
until it has struck the public of the
United States as a great attack up-
on a body of men as free from
wrong-doing, corruption, crime
and irregularity as any equal mum.
Der OF men on the face of the
earth"
We observe that the Democrat,
are not worrying a great deal as t.
their standing after the report j.
thoroughly digested.
We confess that the Congress,
as a body is about as clean as any
body of men of like number in
the country, but there are undoubt.
eddy some members who need in.
vestigating.
Perhaps the people of the coun.
try will join with the Democrats
in demanding that a thorough and
unbiased investigation shall be
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-03-16

sonel from the old Populist 1ele-
menti We think the Democratic
party is hopelessly radical. In at
tempting to run its affairs, that
section which would like TO see il
made more conservative than the
Republican party and more beloved
10y the great interests Of the coun-
try, would be like unto the tail
that tries to wag the dog. 1t seems
TO us that differentiation as be-
tween RcpubhcaniSm as repre-
scented by Theodore Roosevelt and
the progressive element of the Re
publican party, and Democracy as
represented 10y Cleveland, yOlney
and German is but splitting of
hairs. We do not see how such a
party could command the enthusiasts
tic support of the great radical ele-
ment of our country.
And if the Democratic party
meets i'm convention and sees the
Kansas city platform one better
10y declaring for direct govern
ment supervision of the great
transportation companies, and gov
crnment ownership and control of
the telegraph and telephone COM
panieS. If il declares for a parcels
post. IN income tax. free trade.
for national condemnation and con-
troll of those trusts which cannot
be otherwise handled, it will be in
surcd at least the continued sup
port of those four or five millions
of American citizens who followed
Mr.. Bryan for two campaigns.
ANY other action Is apt 10 cause
Immediately the rebellion from the
ranks of this element. and their
loss would be far greater than any
gain that is to be obtained from
the conservative element which
diSagreeS in minor details with the
Republican party. The Democra-
tic party must have some vital is
sues. and have a strong. vigorous
and radical platform if it hopes to
survive.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-03-16

rsmsxpo ard t.assRtfe contea6est
hist ne Was "a Dead Heat.

fnusnxuo ard tsossafte t0nts aae&
bst ne Was "a Dead Heat.
HERMANN Klein IN book on music
and musicians tells this story: "Once
remember our party OF four was Join
ed by Tamagno when the celebrated
Italian tenor was playing eOtello' at
the Lyeeum. We all had supper to-
gether after the performance and were
I'm the 5olliest OF moods Tamagno lad a
slight cold on the chest. but protested
that IL made no difference whatever In
the singing quality OF his head tones.
Upon this Lassalle offered to wager
that he could sing higher with his
falsetto than Tamagno with his 'voce
iii petto.' The challenge was accepted.
and forthwith the two began vocal
duet the like or which l am certain 1
shall never hear again. Out came Tia
magno's AS and II flats. ms quickly re
sponded 60 with the falsetto equiva-
Tents from Lassalle's sturdy throat.
Then the Italian went zone better and
the Frenchman. I'm order. as he said,
TO help himself up the scale. mounted
his chair and semitted the II natural.
whereupon Tamagno also stood upon
his chair and brought out not only n
high G. but ringing ID Hat. Lassalle
was now for mounting the table. but.
this being ruled out as an unfair adj
vantage over a less athletic opponent.
he proceeded TO get the necessary notes
from the eminence OF his chair amid
terrific applause from the rest OF the
company. Tamagno now made n bold
dash for ID natural. but did not quite
succeed, and as Lassalle Jared no bet.
ter we pronounced the result a dead
hcat'"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-03-16
The Humorous sunbinnn.

Next TO the Americans" said Max
Nordau, Il think that the Suabians are
the most humorous people in the world.
"A Suabian if he has nothing funny to
say keeps silent. Stupidity is unknown
among this race.
Zone night in Suabia I'm my early
youth | called on a Suabian maiden.
She was very pretty. Perhaps 1 stayed
longer than | should. Suddenly, at any
rate. the young girls mother called in
a loud voice from upstairs:
Gretchen! Gretcheng
Yes, mother Gretchen answered.
Gretchen, it is very cold here. VIII
you ask that young man to shut the
front door from the outsider"