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The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
Haven't They the Nerve

Strange thing. but Vice President
Fairbanks and Secretary Shaw think
they are going to run for the presi-
dency IN 190S.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
no Wonder Ha Ia Rich

AS yet they have been unable to
prove that he ever parted his hair in
the middle and signed himself j. Dav-
ison Rockefeller.-Washing Post.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
ACCOMMODATION NOTE
TURNS UP DISAGREEABLY
Test Suit Us Brought BY Receiver of
Farlbaut Bank

FARIBAULT, MINI, April 2s.-Lyn,an
Baird, as receiver of the First Naftonai
bank. has brought suit In the district
court against John Hutchinson. presi-
dent Of the. Faribault Furniture com
pany, 10 collect a $4,000 nofe given the
bank. This is test ase and on fhe do
cision important Issues depend. The noto
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
NEBOGATOFF GIVES
SINGAPORE THE SLIP

Continued From First Page
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
Seen in the Druq Store

Cleveland Frederick, the drug clerk,
was crossexamined closely. He said
that DR.. Koch was a frequent caller at
the store and had the liberties of the
place. to come and go as he pleased,
like other doctors. Cots are used for
covering finger wounds They are an
inch and a half long and tan colored.
Can't state which hand the cot was
placed upon. Saw a cot put only on
one finger.
At the New Ulm trial. the witness
had testified that he could not swear
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
He Trusted Rockefeller.

DR.. Gustav c. E. Weber, Of Cleve-
land, Ohio, recently consul at Nurem-
burg is one of the pioneer doctors OF
his city. Years ago he was visited by
a young man who required a surgical
operation. but explained that he was
only getting fifty dollars a month and
would have to pay by installment.
Weber said he would risk it and it took
the youth about year to pay up
The lad was John D. Rockefeller, and
only short time ago he sent for
Weber, asking for medical advice, there
having been recurrence of the trouble
for which Weber had operated forty
years ago. Weber made an examina-
ton and told Mr.. Rockefeller that any
medical student could do it and that
he himself was out of practice. Rocke.
feller opened a drawer, counted out
$500, and handing the roll to Weber
remarked, ''It does not take so long
to pay the bill this time" Weber de-
clined the money, saying he wished no
fee for afriendly visit. Take il" said
Rockefeller, land give to some poor
medical student, who is struggling for
his education" Weber remarked in
telling the story that he couldn't think
of any struggling medical student just
then and, but what was the all
ment that required surgical opera
ton?
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
Cost of Discovering america.

The great extent and value OF Queen
lsa6eFs jewel bag, the proceeds of
which fitted out Columbus, is more or
less of myth, But in these days, when
millionaire yachtsmen spend a hundred
thousand dollars for little racing
yacht and think nothing of it, the e1-
penSe OF Columbuss whole fleet seems
entirely Insignificant. The sum of
$4,000 covered the whole outlay neces-
sary to secure and equip the three ves-
sels, while the Great Admirars salary
was $500 per annum. The two other
commanders We're paid $500 each, and
the wages of the crew were So a
month. OF course, money In those
Gays was worth great deal more
llah now and there We're not very
taanS places In America at that time
where the sailors cared TO ask for
shore leave" SO that their wages were
clear saving.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28

east. II has the dust-green color ol
sage. smells like sage, tastes like sage,
and animals that feed on It's leaves
and yellow flowers flavor their flesh
with SAGE. Well. wherever this plant
grows the desert grouse may be found
The grouse feeds and fattens on sage.
There is nothing he likes better. He
must have it. Let the sage be de
srroyed and the bird moves on. The
desert grouse is the largest grouse OF
the western world and it is exceeded
in size only by the great grouse ol
Errone-the capercailzie. Ii is very
superior in size and strength. to the
common prairie hen or the pinnated
grouse, usually weighing twice or
thrice as much as that bird. 1t will
measure two OF three feet from tip OF
wing 10 tip. Living in gray land
nature has provided for the protec-
ton of the bird by making it also
gray. II is curious now nature looks
after its creatures by making their
color. Us 4 rule, harmonize with the
Landscape. In grouse-land there is q
great deal OF alkaH in the soil and
over that grows the gray-green shrub
berry. The sage grouse seeks Its safe
u in concealment rather than In
EiXht.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28

mended for doing something to earn
an honest penny. If his pay is not
much. his duties are not particularly
onerous. and if ambitious he will have
plenty of spare time in which 10 LOOK
around for better Job. Meanwniie
he is comfortably domiciled at Dor-
chester House, the marble palace ~
Park Lane. which Ambassador helo
has taken as his London resiuehce'
The Hon. Walsh is engaged 10 oc
married to Lady Norah-Spencer-
Churchill, the youngest sister oil tue
Duke of Marlborough. Though sue
can hardly be called youthful, she Is
several wears younger than her nahce'
AS far as pedigree counts for any
thing. however, the Hon. Walsh is no
bad match for her, for he can boast
ducal blood, too.
If the Duke of Devonshires rule
against any of his servants accepting
rims" could be successfully introduced
in this country all would be well. Inere
are q few of the old nobility OF Eng
land who set laudable example Oh
prohibiting their servants accepting
gratuities from visitors or guests. lae
Duke of Devonshire, for instance,
makes it an infleXlble rule that no
servant OF his shall take tip. When'
however, a party of Americans recent
ly visited Chatsworth, the Dukes Der
byshire seat, and were entertained 70
luncheon and shown over the beautllul
grounds by the Dukes steward, the
leaders of the party thought the usual
shell out" must be the climax OF the
days enjoyment. The party consisted
of four men and three women, ana
among them $35 was subscribed. with
commendable discretion the money was
not offered to the steward who. OF
course, is above accepting recognition
of the kind, but to an underfootman,
who saw the party to and from the
railway station. But the footman
pointed out that it was against the
rules of the Dukes establishment to
accept gratuities 'in money" That
seemed TO suggest way of getting
around the rule. The next day various
articles of jewelry reached the stew
ard from London with the request that
they be distributed among the staff at
his discretion. The leaders of the party
were Edmund II. Abbott, of New York,
and Alexander Cattanach, of Salem,
Mass, and botti--had introductions
from Sir Thomas Upton. The Duke
and Duchess We're not in residence at
Chatsworth at the time of the visit,
but the latter sent one of her maids
specially up from London to look after
the ladies'. The beauties of Matlock,
Buxton and Bakewell were fully ex-
plored before they returned to town.
Van Calava.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
HumOr of King Edward.

Returned tourists who have been in
touch with the nobility in Europe
bring back few good stories OF King
Edward. One tale runs like this: The
King was driving alone in a dog cart
near one of his country palaces one
day and caught up with an old fish
woman, who was trudging to the viii
lage TO sell her wares. She did not
recognize the king and asked him for
lift. He responded graciously and
helped her into the cart. AS they
drove along she begged him to buy
her fish pleading poverty and n big
family at home. The king said he had
plenty Of fish at home and would not
buy any. However, he would give her
his portrait which he thought would
be just as good as buying her fish
"Ye are a fine looking man, but your
portrait would not buy shoes for the
children" said~the old woman. "Oh,
l think it will help you," he responded,
and handed her n sovereign which has
on one side his profile. When she saw
that she was riding with the king and
spilled her fish. The king handed her
another coin and dropped her out at
her destination. At another time
when he was Prince and attending a
theatre. a fire broke out near by and
every one helped to quench the blaze.
The Prince in evening dress. worked
with the Others in passing buckets OF
water. A big pompous man was stand
ing by doing nothing, why don't
you help?" asked the Prince. The
pompous man swelled up and remarked,
Il am gentleman, sir, and do no such
menial tasks" Don't let that hurt
you" responded the Prince. Il am
only the Prince of Wales.'
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
THE FIRST COMPLETED GOVERNMENT IRRIGATION CANAL

The extent of the government irri-
cation problem is indicated by a rec
ent schedule issued by the Reclama-
ton Service of the Interior Depart
ment, showing that the work of re-
claiming the desert is well under way.
At this time the government plan in
various stages of progress requiring
the expenditure of $32S70,o00, which
will supply water for the irrigation of
I, $4,000 acres of land, the expense
being $17.5O per acre. Other govern
ment reports estimate that there are
about 6OO,0OO,G0O acres of so-called
arid land, whose chief products are
sage brush and cactus. This amounts
to more than One-third of the United
States, and out of W ich might be
carved four countries the size of
France, four more as large as Ger
many and two states as large as New
York. Private enterprise has reclaim
ed about 100000 of this domain.
which is to-day the backbone Of the
West. The enormous possibilities of
the government irrigation work is
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28

shown by the various expert estimates
which place the additional area which
can be irrigated at from 75,0OO,OOO to
1OO,OOO,OOO acres. The government
plan as provided for in the irrigation
law is to store the flood waters of the
western rivers. reclaimlng this land
as fast as possible; but the settlers
who take the land are required to
pay back to the government the cost
of the construction of each project. so
that the actual expense to the gov
ernment will all be paid. The final
estimates of the possibilities of in
creased population are one person to
each irrigated acre, so that there
seems future population for the
West as great or greater than the TO-
tai population of the country today.
Ten or twenty acres, in the more high
ly developed irrigation sections of the
West Is stated to be sufficient for the
support of family, ewing to the
fact that under irrigation numerous
and sure crops can be raised In the
Southwest, three or four erops are
grown on the same land each year.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
THE DESERT GROUSE,
KNOWN As THE SAGE HEN AAp
COCK OF THE PLAINS. 4 mr.
IC4L AMERICAN BlRU.
Is the Largest of the CrouseS ana
Feeds Mostly on Sage-has a HAND
some Coat of Plumes and Makes
Sayory Roast.

The desert grouse is representa-
tive American bird. 1t is. OF course
not Us exalted and heroic as the cage
and is not spread over 50 vide an
area as the common chicken. but toF
all that the desert grouse IS typlcall!
American. The bird Is more falhli-
iarly known TO travellers. dwellers IN
the arid and semi.arid regions OF the
United States. and sportSmen. as the
sage hen" and. as matter OF course
where there are sage hens there are
sage cocks. Often the bird is referred
10 as the prairie chicken, but the ref
erence is inaccurate. 1t is game,
bird of great beauty. II was named
Cock of the Plains" by Lewis and
Clark who. though perhaps not the
first whites to make the aceuainta nee
of this bird, at least We're tse nrst
white men to identify ii as disunct
ornithological species and to pause
long enough in the ardous business
of exploratio to give it name
Found Throughout the Arid Region.
1t is seen in all the arid and semi
arid parts of the land where 1t mas
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
CATHOLIC DIVORCES.
VATICAN ANNULS MARRIAGES.
IN CERTAIN C4SES.-ATTOR'
NEYS OF ST. PETER.
Ambassador Mlhiteiaw Reid appoints
son OF English Earl as Chief Lackey
The Tipping Question.-Other for-
eicn Gossip.

II is stated on authority that the
vatican will always annul marriage
if Ii can be proved to its entire satis-
faction that one or the other OF the
psrties 10 the alliance was not free
aceut in the matter. One OF the most
notable cases OF annulment of n prince
Iv marriage on grounds such as these,
was the dissolution some years ago OF
the marriage bonds OF the reigning
prince of Monaco and his first Vic,
Lady Mary Hamilton. At t.a same
time the Vatican proponnceb f.1 mar,
Rage null and void it also pronounced
that her son was in every sense OF the
word, legitimate. Princess Mary, whose
mother vas princess of the reisnins
hoase of Baden and whose father was
the English Duke of Hamilton, was
forced by her kinsman and guardian,
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28

not been exterminated, and Is very
common in those great dry stretches
Of the continent where man has not
crowded it to death and where the
sage brush grows. To say that this
bird has it's home in the droughty re-
gions of the United States is to say
how extensively it is distributed, for
everybody who knows anything about
the country, knows how vast is that
empire laid down on the early maps
as desert. The word desert as ap-
piled to the unwatered reaches of the
west is misleading. On those des-
erts there is plenty OF vegetation and
animal life. Though in many places
water is scarce, life may be easily sus-
tanned in these American deserts. 1r-
rigation shows how fertile these lands
are when the water is poured on.
All over dry lands grows that wild
shrub, called by Eotanists artemisia,
but which everybody else calls sage
brush.
Feeds Mostly on Sage.
No doubt it belongs to the same
family as does the garden sage of the
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
Found Throughout the Arid Reggie

IT is seen in al the arid and senI
arid parts of the land where it ha!
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
Feeds Mostly on Sage.

No doubt it belongs to the same
family as does the garden sage of the
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
WAeye The TURKEY
IS Cooked.
Presidents
PylVafs
Dining Room.

in the Colonial style with white walls
and woodwork and is furnished with
rare old pieces of mahogany furniture
most of which were discovered by
Mrs. Roosevelt in out-of-the-way local
tiles in Virginia and Maryland. The
dinner is served by colored walters
and the table is laid with Mrs. Roose'
yelt's new china-delicate ware taste
fully ornamented with Colonial pat
tern in gold, each piece bearing tiny
representation Of the seal OF the
United States in colors.
The dinner is prepared in the re-
fitted White House kitchens, which are
located in the basement directly below
the private dining room. There are
two kitchens, one about 25 by 40 feet
in size and, opening from it, smaller
kitchen of about one-half the size. Or
dinarily the equipment of the smaller
or family kitchen is sufficient for the
preparation of the dinner for select
party at the Executive Mansion, but
at Christmas the great hooded range
in the larger tiled kitchen is brought
into use for the roasting of the thirty
pound Christmas turkey, sent by Hor-
ace Vose, the Rhode Island farmer who
for thirty-five years past has sent each
year a magnificent specimen of the
king of fowls for the Presidents
Christmas dinner.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
Handsome Though not Brilliant.

Though the general color enect of
the grouse is gray vet il has markings
of white and black. A large black patch
underneath the birds body is feat
ure of the desert grouse. On his
shoulders he wears epauletts Of white.
The reason for these white shoul-
ders is that in browsins; through
the sage brush all his days
the heavy gray feathers are worn of,
exposing the fine White neither
feathers.
The grouse, though not a high
flyer and not SO agile on the wing as
his eastern cousin, possesses great leg
power. lie is active and speedy as
runner, rather quick to take fright and
is an expert in losing himself among
the brush. 1t should not be under
stood that these birds do not rise from
cover. They often do. Hunters seek
so to frighten the birds that they will
rise. 1t is not difficult shooting then.
The grouse of the desert has that
general grouse trait the ''whirr'.
When he rises it is said that he whirrs
louder than the eastern grouse. When
thoroughly reused to his task he is q
pretty strong flyer and can so mile
at stretch, alternately. sailing and
Tapping.
The flesh Of the desert grouse is
good when not too sagey. The young
birds, when feeding on grass-hoppers.
are unsurpassed for tenderness and
flavor The older birds, as with all
the other feathered tribes, are not so
tender as the young. When feeding
exclusively on sage their flesh is
strongly imprepnated with the flavor
of shrub, somewhat unpleasantly so.
one is reminded of the taste of par
fridge meat when that bird has been
feeding on resinous buds in the au-
tumn.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
Cobb,ers from Far and Wide.

Indeed, the Presidents Christmas
dinner does not cost him very much, lor
Uncle Sam pays the wages OF many OF
the White House employees who have
a hand in preparing it and almost all
of the goodies" which grace the fes-
tive board are donated by admir1ng
friends of the President. Not only does
Horace Vose send prize-wlnnlhg
turkey, but gobblers that rival 1t IN size
come from poultry raisers in other Sec
tions of the country, and there are
donations of cranberries from cape
Cod. a parcel of the famous Roosevelt
potatoes sent by the farm hands on the
Presidents estate at Oyster Bay and
other delicacies sent by 'neighbors"
far and near.
Such marketing as Is necessary TO
fll out the menu for the Presidents
Christmas dinner is done by Henry
Pinckney, a colored man who holds the
position Of White House Steward and
draws a salary of 81 800 year from the
government for managing the domestic
affairs at the White House. A day or
two before Christmas Steward Pincll-
ney sets out in the unpretentlous
vehicle which serves as the Presidents S
private market wagon and makes the
round of the markets-for the White
House patronage is not confined to any
one merchant. In preparation for the
Christmas dinner it is presumably not
necessary to purchase any coffee, sugar,
salt or other staples, for all such sup
plies for the Presidential mansion are
purchased in quantity and kept in
storeroom adjoining the kitchen. which
looks like full-f1edged grocery store.
All in all, the White House Christ
mas festival comes pretty near being
a counterpart of the old-time. old
fashioned institution OF our forefa-
theirs.
1t is we'll on toward $50 o'clock ere
the last piece Of mince pie has disap-
peared, and then the entire party, from
the President to Quentin, the youngest
occupant of the White House, makes
a bee line for tAe big East Room,
where a rousing frelis winds up the
holiday.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28

a long horseback ride during the af
ternoon. While the Chief Executive
usually goes to his Office Christmas
morning TO give attention to the more
important affairs of state that may be
pressing for attention the remainder
OF the day is given over to holiday
vacation and thus he is enabled TO de-
vote more time than usual to his daily
horseback ride. The Presidents
Christmas excursion also differs from
his ordinary daily outing in that in
stead of being attended, as is usually
the case, by the army sergeant, who
icts as the Presidents orderly, he is
accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt or by
party of personal friends.
The dinner TO which the President
and his family and guests sit down
about O'Clock in the evening Is
served in the private dining room
which is located in the northeast cor
ner of the White House. The state din
ing room where are served all the great
oanquets given at the Presidential Man
sion. is spacious and imposing but
lacking in that coziness and cheer
which is essential TO a Christmas
feast and so the Xnas dinner party
which numbers perhaps fourteen to
sixteen persons is served with the
traditional yule-tide delicacies in the
family or private dining room.
Coiored Waiter. at the White House.
The scene of the Presidents Christ
mas dinner is the smallest room on
the main floor of the White House
although IL is fully twice as large as
the dining room in the average private
residence in the land. The room is
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-09
COMPULSORY INvEsTIGATIoN.
Colonel Bryan's Plan for settlement
of Labor Disputes,

Colonel Bryan addressed a Labor day
picnic in Omaha, Neb. Monday and con-
tributed a suggestion for the settlement of
disputes between employers and employees
that was more sensible than the Oft
repeated cry for compulsory arbitration
Colonel Bryan said:
There ought to be In every city, in every
state and in the nation a permanent arbi-
tration board with power to investigate and
report on any labor trouble.
'"The compulsory investigation Of a labor
trouble must be distinguished from the com
pulsory enforcement OF the finding of the
board. 1t Is far more important that tho
investigation shall be compulsory when
either party desires It than that the finding
shall be binding, because public opinion will
surely enforce n fair and impartial finding -
The plans for compulsory arbitration that
have been advanced from time to time have
been defective in that they provided no
practical method for the enforcement of
the awards to be made under their opera
tion. In specific cases the parties in dis
pute might consent in advance to be bound
by the decision of a board OF arbitration,
but no general rule has been devised to
compel such consent. Under the present
legal system no rule could be laid down
covering any and all cases that might arise.
Colonel Bryan wisely abstained Monday
| from an attempt e. o.formulate such rule.
! Instead, he would have compulsory investi-
cation, apparently with full publication OF
the findings in each case. The rest would
be left to the operation OF public opinion.
What value there Is in the plan thus out
! lined is question. To determine the scope
Of such investigations might prove perplex-
ing. The selection Of competent investiga-
! tors would OFFER many difficulties. In prac-
! tice 1t might be found that what seems 80
simple in theory would prove impossible of
| execution, but Colonel Bryan is right in his
estimate OF the power of public opinion TO
| correct any abuse OF SUFFICIENT Importance
to receive its attention. This, in fact, the
! leaders of the movement for the "closed
shop" are learning, and the strong senti-
ment in favor OF the open shop manifested
! in many parts OF America now is the result
OF the abuses the unions have fostered un-
der the guidance Of fanatical or corrupt
! leaders"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-09
High school Fraternities.
Chicago Tribune.


The Minneapolis Board Of Education does
not approve Of fraternlties in the high
schools. It thinks they are too advanced
for the high school boys and girls 1t has
adopted rule debarring members OF fra
ternities from participation in literary, so
cial or athletic exercises under the control
OF the school. The Chicago Board of Edu-
cation set out to do something OF this kind
but was stopped by an Injunction. and let
the matter drop, instead Of fighting it out
The interesting legal and educational ques-
tions involved in the controversy never
have been fully discussed and determined
by the courts, they should be. 1t is
the general opinion Of educators that fra
ternities have bad influence on high
school youth, that they interfere with
studies, and create clannish and often
snobbish groups among pupils. The power
of the school authorities to deal indirectly
with the fraternities never has been de-
termined They have no direct control
over the children outside the school. They
cannot say pupils shall not form clubs,
lodges or fraternities. II they have the
right to discourage these things when
studies are interfered with as the Mime
apofs school board has done, they should
exercise the right. II they are powerless,
they should ask for power.