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The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
A VERY CLOSE CALL.

~ stuck to my engine although every
joint ached and every nerve was racb:ed
with pain," writes c. W. Bellamy, a To-
connective fireman of Burlington, Iowa.
~ was weak and pale, without any APP
petite and all run down. AS l was
about to give up, l got a bottle of Elec-
trio Bitters, and after taking it, / felt as
we'll as | eyer did in my life" Weak,
sickly, run down people always gain new
life, strength and vigor from their use.
Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by
T. J. Greene & Co.'S, Dickinson, and J.
A Ferris, Medora. Price 80 cents.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
WONDERFUL NERVE.

Is displayed by many a man enduring
pains and accidental cuts, wounds,
bruises, burns, scalds, sore feet or stiff
joints. But there's nc need of it. Buck
lens Arnica Salve will kill the pain and
cure the trouble. It's the best salve on
earth for piles, too. 25c. at T. J.. Greene
4 Co.'S, Dickinson, and J. A.fFerris',
Medora, Druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
Bids Wanted.

Dickinson, N. D., Dec. 4th, 1908.
The county commissioners of Stark County,
Nd, will receive bids up to noon Of Monday
January 4th. 1904, for the construction Of two
fire proof vaults complete at the court house in
specifications are on file in the auditors ONCE.
Address bids to the undersigned and label them
bids for the construction Of vaults.
Us. WHITE,
12-5-6t. Auditor, Stark County, N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
Strayod

From my ranch ten miles south of
Gladstone, N. D., 3 head of 2-year old
heifers, and ! yearling steer; all branded
w on left ribs. l will give $500 each
for the recovery of same.
I2-Io-4t. JOHN WERNER,
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CAME TO

My place IN miles north of Richard.
ton, ! red heller, 2 years old, branded
J P c on left hip. OwneF pay charges
and take same away.
l.2.3t CHAS. COLBuRN.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
Draft Horses

have some large draft horses, gentle
and we'll broken, for sale. These horses
are 3 and 4-years old and are we'll bred.
Can be seen at my Cannon Ball ranch
about 10 miles west of New England.
1I-7-tt PETER YAUCH,
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
S0methinq You Want

represent the Mutual Life Ins. Co.
OF N. Y. and l am satisfied l can give
you the best contract that is written.
I2-Io-tf. R. c. HILL.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
Suitable Reward.

Cattle branded w 3 on left ribs belong
to the undersigned, and a suitable re.
ward will be paid tor information lead
ing to recovery Of any such stock that
has strayed. w. STERLAND,
Il-28-tf Gladstone.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
1t was twenty-six below in St.
Paul Christmas day and thirty
four above in Dickinson.

MAJOR EDWARDS, U. S. consul
at Montreal, remembered the
Press at Christmas time with a
handsome souvenir card.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02

A good way to have a Happy
New Year" is to make some one
else happy.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
Notice.

All persons owing me bills are re-
quested 10 Immediately pay same at the
office of Mcbride & Baker.
I2-I2-tf T. H. BR1EN.
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Notice.

The undersigned will pay anyone caring for
stray cattle branded - s, 7 O, rs er-7-
on any part of the animal, on receipt of notice
and information of location of same.
Address j. E. PHELAN,
7.19tf Dickinson. ND
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Stock Notice.
Reward

l will pay anyone finding stray cattle branded
on left side, if notified.
GEO. H. PARKER,
f 11-21-tf Medora.
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Notice

All persons owing an account to Geo.
Thomson are requested to settle same
at ono with ]. K. Palmer Of Belfeld
N. D. lI-28-2mp
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7.19tf
Stock Notice..

any. person finding cattle branded p O on
left hip and cattle branded j = j on loft shout
n. b., and III I viii i1P' pay ps.a auft a a yeW ms q. Do'ns'''
12-19-4p PULP OFT,
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
CAME 10

Ny ranch near Taylor 9 steers branded
on left hip. Owner prove property
and pay charges.
SAM VAA9AN.
u 1882.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
Fashionable ~Dressmaking

At reasonable prices-latest Eastern
Styles. Mrs. J. w. Littlehales, McGin'
ley house, east of Carol livery barn.
Lat
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02

wanted-FA1THFUL PERSON TO CALL ON
retail trade and agents for manufscfurinr honss
having we'll established business: local Terri.
tory, straight salary 90 paid weekly and OK
pense money advanced; previous experience
eesstui, Encia:e self-4ddtctfedTi atvolope.
superintendent Travelers,i. ta6 Aonson BidG.,
ou'coSo' 1l.11.l2t
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02

Cedar posts for sale. Geo. DrenkeI.
I2-26-tf
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Fence Posts

can supply fifty 10 and l2-foot shed
posts at Coo each. ABB. MURRAY,
o-I2-tf South Heart.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02
jEStrdy Notice

Came to my place / yearling steer branded
= on left hip.
CARL HAMANN.
Richardton, N. D.
12-19-3t.
The Dickinson press., 1904-01-02

Herd Boar.
Poland China herd boar. The breed.
ing season is near, sc also is my herd
boar, Park Chief No. 64o67. Service fee
s.. Young bears and sows for sale.
ORMANZO BROWN,
II-28-tf On Besigl Farm.
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CAME TO

CAME TO
one COW branded ES@V on rightr
and M 7 on left hip fM6N EeXsSl and / hei
branded J B con- Ne iHS nected
left hip. Owner 1zz prove pr
erty and pay charges. JOSEPH ZAHRARIcB
l1-l9-Sp. Dickins
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

breakfast When he is perhaps a block
away from his station he sees an L
train approaching. He figures out that by
a wild dash he may possibly catch 1t.
On big breakfast and before the body
and the circulation are fairly In good
working order for the day he sets out at
a rapid run, whirls around the corner
and rushes up the precipitous stairs,
two steps at time. If he is old, stout
or afflicted with perhaps unsupported
cardiac weakness, there is always
chance of his falling dead before he can
board the train. If he be we'll and in good
physical condition, he Is merely laying
up material for future invalidsm.
1T is to just such speed maniacs that
the subway chiefly appeals. Harlem in
fifteen minutes means everything to
them. They desist from their morning
rush to the Il and ride on the subway
And there is where the cessation of heart
disease comes in.
In the first place, one can't run for a
subway train. because one can't see 1t
coming and has no exact knowledge of
when it will come No peering into the
distance for your train and then racing
to catch it. The train Is luckily invisible.
And the road of traffic usually renders
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

The children will be admitted to the
room in groups of twenty-five, and the
presents will be distributed by members
of the committee and of the lodge An
orchestra will furnish music during the
afternoon. w. II. Tomppert, the vener-
able member of the lodge, will. as usual,
take the part Of Santa Claus.
1t is expected that the sum of $1,000 will
be expended by the committee to make
the hearts of the poor children glad on
Christmas day. The committee will meet
this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
lodge to perfect plans for the entertain
ment The committee follows:
Eli y. Smith, chairman; j. b. Cobbs,
treasurer; Emil Lesser, secretary; w. r.
McDougal w. B. Leedy T. r. Leach, f.
NJ. Edwards, r. n Wheeler, c. e. Megle-
merry, Il. l.. Houppert, e. l.. Bridges,
Horace Adams, George II. Hill, II. e.
Shropshire and Clarence Tardy.
The Salvation Army.
In addition to the Elks Christmas tree,
the poor people of Birmingham will be
well taken of on Christmas by
the Salvation army. The army officers
stationed here are hard at work raising
funds with which to pay the expenses of
the annual ulnl'T 10 the poor. his
repaast will be held on Monday following
Christmas day at the Salvation army hall
on Second avenue between Twenty first
and Twenty streets and it is ex-
pected that three hundred people will be
given a good wholesome dinner consist
ing of turkey, roast beef, potatoes bread
and butter, fruits cakes. pies and coffee.
The Salvation army may arrange a
Christmas tree for the children later.
During the week before Christmas the
Salvation army lassies will stand on the
corners in the business section of the
city. with their Christmas iron pots to
receive the contribution, and passers-by
will hear the familiar keep the Christ
mas pot a-boiling."
The business men of Birmingham usu-
ally contribute literally to the annual din
ner OF the Salvation army. In addition
to the dinner clothing and shoes will he
distributed to the needy poor by the Sal
walton army officers.
Other Organizations.
The children of Mercy Home will be
well provided for on Christmas day. Con-
trihutions and donations of turkeys.
fruits candies and nuts are always sent
to the little tots. and in the afternoon
they will be the guests of the Elss. 9th
er entertainments for their pleasure are
being ARRANGED
Many Christmas offerings of substantial
nature will be sent to ST. Vlncent's hos
pital Tillman hosptal, United Charities
and other charitable organizations OF
Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

ments largely to properties lying wi. dla
ne Ipe territory south of Kansas ~ 49, az,
CelVer and west of St LOUIS an 49,. ..sa4
Ottsans. He expressed the opllll9n siia
WITHIN the next ten years the popu.s,sa9ia
y. ,hat section would increase % 81 ~
beginning Of '''t the '1 development of the
country He had much to say about ell, ell.
matte advantages and dwelt on the Iaee
that In the matter of soil and oth.f naa.
ural advantages the south and southwest s.s
Were equal If not superior to the noren-
west. with everything in favor OF eiYeF-
sihed crops and immunity against io sss,
incident to more northerly chimes, oi,i-
cial statistics-natlonai state and local
all go to confirm the theory tnae tns
great growth of the country IN me HeAs
decade will be In the southwest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Object to Deal.

It is said that legal resistance VIII be
onered to the plan proposed Tor ieasihs
the Nashville. Chattanooga and 81, Louis
TO the Louisville anu NashYihe on a
per cent basis, the minority interests
contending that 10 or u per cent should
be paid if anv deal is entered into. The
property is earning % per cent on Its
capitalization and minority holders TO not
propose to be chiseled out OF their
rights. The Louisville and Nashville
owns about IS. 100000 out of the Soooooo1
share capital of the company and would
make huge profit over and above the
guarantee if a per cent deal eoala DC
put through successfully
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Presents VIII be Provided for
600 Poor Children
COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY
Salvation Army Is Arranging for Its
Annual Dinner-WiIl Be Given on
Monday After christmas-A
Tree for Children Later.

Six hundred poor children of Birming-
ham will receive tickets to the annual
Christmas tree of the Benevolent Pro-
tectiye Order of Elks. lodge No. 70. The
entertainment will be given Christmas
afternoon commencing a clock in the
Elks home on Eighth avenue and Nine
teenth street
The committee in charge has purchased
GOO lunch baskets anu each of these is
to be filled with candies. nuts and fruits
these baskets. III addition the committee
has purchased 800 handsome dolls, for the
little girls The boys will receive an iron
wagon, or some other toy suitable for
boys.
The tickets have been printed and they
will be distributed among the poor child
rem of Birmingham by the members of
the lodge the Salvation army and the
charitable organizations of the city. The
children from TIC Mercy Homo will at
tend In a be dy The committee requires
the name, SEX age and address "a each
child presented with a ticket to be taken,
and in this way there will be no duplica-
tion of tickets
viii Be illuminated.
The big Christmas tree. beautifully IL
Illuminated will stand III the lodge room
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
WALL STREET Is
FEELING FLIGHTY
FIurries and SlumpS Are Much
in Order
THE LEATHER SITUATION
Some Excitement in the swamp"
Over Plans to Reorganlze United
States Leather-Few Small
Banks Have Failed.
THE LEATHER SITUATION
BY w. C. NICHOLAS.

New York December 10-The Stock
market has become exceedingly Tightly
and is subject to violent nervous
spasms which carry prices up and down
(mostly DOWN without regard to legiti-
mate conditions or excuse. Illustration
of this kind is found in the erratic fluc-
tuation In Amalgamated Copper which
was picked up by the eXcentric Boston
operator, W. Lawson, as a fitting subject
for one of his gallery plays. Mr.. Law
son is having great sport with Wall
street these days, and opinion is mixed
as to whether he is campaigning on his
own account or is really in secret alli-
ance with members of the Standard Oil
party whom he is lampooning in his
magazine articles and through newspa'
per advertisements. At any rate, Law
son happens at this moment to be the
most talked about man in the United
States next to President Roosevelt Be
Ing inordinately vain, he enjoys the no.
toriety and Is performing to the best Of
his ability to retain his place in the mid
die of the stage. It Is barely possible, as
somebody has limited, that Lawson is
trying to reform the bucket shops of
New England by breaking them and
driving them out of business. He has
said that this Is the only way to effect
an enduring reformation
Despite the furries many of the fan
eies, " or very high priced stocks have
had and held sensational advances lately
and the same is true of quite a list Of
cats and dogs as the very low priced
stocks are called, although some of them
broke badly on the Lawson raid. In
the great middle ground the market has
shown reactionary tendency inevita-
bic to heavy realizing and profit taking,
and the forced liquidation by the reck-
less pyramiders. The bear element APP
pears to grow in strength and four out
OF five of the experienced traders in the
street. hesitate to say there will not be
still further shrinkage in values. A large
majority of these same men who tell
you that the temporary tendency Is like
y to be downward for some time declare
themselves to be bulls on the general sit
uation and predict very much higher
prices on the next upturn than have yet
been seen. Almost everywhere the feel
ing Is deep-seated that the year 1905 will
BE- a record breaking period In business
and that every line of industry and trade
will prosper and fatten as never before
The market Is full of sold-out bulls who
are waiting a chance to get back into
stocks at lower figures. Many of these
begin sparring purchases at modern re-
actions and buy on a scale down until
the selling fever has spent itself and a
turn for the better takes place, Tins sit
uation Is likely to prevent precipitate
declines or slumps and make the gem
eral reaction, if one should occur, grad
ual In the natural order OF things
prices should begin to substantially har-
den In January and then If business ex-
pectations are verified look out for a
boom
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
SUBWAY CURE.
VIII Decrease Cases of Heart Disease
In New York.

From the New York World
Whatever bad effects the subway air
may have on passengers and employees,
said the Physician, there is going to be
a visible decrease of heart disease among
New Workers. during the next few years.
And the subway may be thanked for 1t.
Il wonder if any one except a physician
realized the number of cardiac maladies
brought on or aggravated by the elevated
roads? Not only do the high, steep stairs
prove a severe tax to weak hearts but
the manner In which they arc climbed Is
well nigh fatal. Often each year men
run up those stairs and either drop dead
at the top or are seized with faint spells.
This is how 1t is done:
A man leaves home after heavy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Grafters Are Active.

The financial district has been again
invaded by the horde of biographical
sketch grafters. These people are work.
ing over time on the rich men of wall
street to get them for magazine sketches,
books about self-made men and various
publications of the sort which are ever
ia preparation. but which rarely appear.
The devices employed by these people
are many and ingenious. The game gives
support to dozen or more grafters and
among the number are some who are
said to make from 600 to $4,000
year. Some years ago bureau was or
ganized to protect the rich men against
these fellows and although considerable
good has been done the work still goes
or and the grafters contrive to avoid the
vigilance of the sleuths. The assessment
OIL individuals ranges from $50 to $500.
Speculation is extending to the special
ties and to commodities. ''the cats and
dogs" in the stock list are experiencing
wild gyrations and a good many opera
tors are becoming timid and going into
other things. A great deal o. money has
been made in the Wall street district
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Excitement in the Swamp

Only for one year In its history has
United States Leather been aple TO pay
the fun per cent dividend on It's preisr-
red issue of $4,000 0O0 and it is at the
present time barely earning per cent.
There has accumulated dehclt OF va
0o0,O00 on account of unpaid diYldends on
preferred stock, and this great sum Is
to be In some way refunded or put IN
tangible form. BY some mysterious
method Of reasoning the proposed recon-
struction of the finances of the company
Il figured as advantageous TO the COM
mon stock, although dividends on that
issue are as remote the coming OF
the millennium. There has been feYerish
speculation In little leather ana large
sums of money have been won and lost
in the price fluctuations.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr. who mas gone
abroad to recover his shattered health.
must have left behind him some market
medicine that works while he rests. The
wise old boys of the Swamp have been
steadily selling Leather preferred on It's
rise from so to 106 The swamp Is
that section of lower New York In which
centers the leather industries of the east
The two leather trusts have their head-
quarters there and within a radius of
half a mile are located two or three
hundred Independents with their sales
agencies and their offices and ware
houses The men in that section have
been large holders of Leather preferred
for many years, but they are taking
fright at the schemes being organized
for a readjustment of the finances of
the corporation and are getting out. The
Swamp" derives its name from the
fact that in the early days of New York
the neighborhood was monopolized by
tanneries. 1t was very low ground and
the name then given it has always stuck.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Want to Unload.

There is a tendency among many expe-
rienced investors to get out of their
northwestern and trunk line securities
and into the low priced stocks of south
ern and southwestern roads. This shift
IL based on the theory that the north
west has had its growth,so to speak and
the great increase in population and eX-
ploitation of resources for the next few
wears will be in the south and southwest.
One large investor not long ago sold out
his holdings in Northwestern, st. Paul
New York Central, Pennsylvania and
New Haven and put his money into Rock
Island common, Frisco common, South
ern railway, Southern Pacific and some
of the Gould issues, combining his invest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

The big Christmas tree. beautifully il
Illuminated will stand III the lodge room.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Strictly Business.

From the Chicago News.
They had accidentally met in a city
far from home.
Are you here on a pleasure trip"
asked the scanty-haired man.
NO. replied the man with the Willie
goat whiskers, my wife is with me-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the First National Bank of Birming-
ham, Ala, for the election of directors,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before Il.
will be held at it's banking house in Biz
mingham. Ala, on Tuesday, the 10th day
of January, 1905, between the hours Of
II a. m. and 70 noon. AT this meeting an
amendment to Article III of the articles
of association will be submitted to the
stockholders for their action.
w. w. CRAWFORD, Cashier.
12-10-3t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Passenger Traffic Plans.

The maturing plans for concentration
ot the passenger traffic of Manhattan
and the Bronx looks to the lodgment
OF control of the elevated, subway and
surface lines with the Metropolitan Sc
Curities company as the holding corpora
ton. The remaining so per cent of the
capital stock of the Metropolitan Secur-
tiles company will be paid into the treas
dry of the company will then formally
take over the marlborough which now
owns control of the elevated and subway
lines. The share capital stock of the
Metropolitan Securities company will be
Increased and eventually that will be
the only traction security traded In on
the exchange, excepting of course
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, which may re-
main Independent. The deal will
strengthen the per cent guarantee on
metropolitan Street Railway stock, which
Is likely to advance to the neighborhood
of $50 If not to a parity with Manhattan,
although 1t is now VIGOROUSLY not earn
ing the per cent dividend guarantee.
The combination, however will be In
control of the whole niclSle-in-the-slot
transportation game of Manhattan and
the Bronx and through its various lines
will do all the passenger business and
reap every benefit from the extraordi-
nary growth in population In the years
to come. 1t is magnificent scheme and
IN the very nature of things must even
tually pay enormous profits on the huge
capital represented August Belmont and
Thomas F. Ryan will be the controlling
spirits of the combination 1t has taken
years to bring about this stupendous
consolidation, and although the end has
been in sight many times something has
always cropped up to block 1t. This
time, however, the deal seems to be prac-
tically completed along the plan above
outlined. Wall street and the newspa-
pers have been kept busy guessing as
to the real inside of the plans and 1t
may be some little time before official
announcement is made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

lately on the break In cotton, the "tal-
ent'' having generally arrayed itself on
the bear side. Other stock players have
closed out and gone into grain. taxing
the bull side of both wheat and corn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

Its approach inaudible as well. So the
speed maniac perforce walks more or less
sedately from house to station"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Small Banks Prospecting.

The little banks throughout the coun-
try are panning out remarkably we'll,
contrary to the expectations of ex-
perts When congress authorized the for
nation of national banks with capital
OF SOS 900 the financial wise-acres predict
ed that they would not stand the test.
and that in the hands of farmers who
would own and run them they would go
to pieces. Experience shows that farm
ers acquainted with local conditions are
quite as capable of running banks as
the big fellows in Wall Street. A sur
prisingly small percentage of these mi
nor banks have gone wrong, which
speaks well of the financial abi-
ity and evel-headedness of the Reuben
financiers. Alfalfa as a facial decora-
ton is not seemingly a sure sign of fis-
cal imbeclity.