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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09

heavy rains. "At the Big Sandy Ford
the water was six feet deep, and l
thought l should have to go back to
town. But the folks on the other side
had boat ready, and loaned me rig.
So got through o. X. They had to
repeat this for ten days. l told them
/ thought the Government would pay
them for it, but they wouldn't hear
to 1t. l wish you would thank them
for their kindness" And the Depart
ment wrote letter to the Postmaster,
expressing its appreciation of their
action.
But it is not always so. Read this
from q Postmaster:
81 hate to complainant there is a
stretch of road through a creek bot
tom on route No. that has been
flooded for several weeks. The creek
is choked up with brush and the water
backs up two feet over the road for
nearly mile. The rural carrier says
his buggy has been turned over several
times, and his horse almost gets mired
at one place. 1t would be simple
matter to open the creek so the water
will run off. But the people up there
say it isn't their business, and that if
the carrier don't bring the mail they
will complain to the Department. And
the Road Supervisor says he hasn't
any more money. What shall L dor
Others write of washouts not
mended, bridges tumbling down, trees
blown across the highways. In one
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
1t is in Use Among More People Than
Any Other Civilized Tongue.

Next to Russia, the United States
stands among the civilized nations,
with SO,000,O00. The German empire
has 56,0OO,000; the japanese Empire,
5O.OOO.OO0; Austria-Hungary, 41OOO,-
600; the United Kingdom, 42,OOO,OOO;
France, 3SO0O,000; Italy, 32,OOO,OOO;
and Spain, 100000. China has 3oO,-
600. 900, more or less, but she does not
count in the calculation. Owing to the
rapid growth of the United States, the
English language is now spoken by
more persons than use any other civil
lied tongue. Charles V. said he spoke
German to his horse, French to men,
Italian to his lady friend and Spanish
to God. In his days, three and a-half
centuries ago. Spain was land on
which the sun never set, England was
only q small spot on the map, and the
English language held only minor
place in the civilized tongues. To-day
more than 100000 people SPEAK
English. 100000 speak Russian Tor
not all the people of the empire talk
the national tongue), 100000 use
German; 100000 employ Spanish, IN
Guiding the inhabitants of the Latin
American countries, and 4O,OOO,OOO
speak French. Formerly French was
the Court language of Europe, but now
English is as well-known at the Euro
pean capitals as is French. Enghsn'
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09
YORK FOR SAKE OF ACHIEVE.
MENT.
Secretary Shaw Gives Some Good
Advice in an Address to Young Men.

Secretary Shaw Gives Some Good
Advice in an Address to Young Men.
"The work of the world Is not being
done well. 1t does not improve, and
success waits for the young man who
can do it better than others, said Hon.
Leslie M. Shaw, the Secretary OF the
Treasury, in a recent talk to young
men. do not work for the sake OF
compensation. Work for the sake or
achievement. The man who works for
compensation wears himself out in
eight hours, but the man who works
for the sake of his employment can
work more than twelve hours a day
without experiencing fatigue. You
are going into the busy world ana
there is good pay in store for good
services. Competition is more intense
now than it ever was before You
must continue to improve to get along
and the best worker commands the
highest compensation for his labors."
Leslie NJ. Shaw was dependent upon
his own efforts for securing an educa-
ton after he left the common schools.
He taught school in the winter and
worked in the harvest fields in the
summer. Several years he tramped
Iowa selling fruit trees and nursery
stock, and no one ever said that the
trees he sold did not come true to name
or were not as he represented them.
His energy was unbounded and he was
determined to succeed in spite of his
poverty. After years of hard work he
earned enough to complete his college
and professional course and graduated
| from the Iowa College of Law. After
this he spent twenty years of untiring
devotion to business. He left the
governorship of the Hawkeye State to
| take control of the greatest financial
institution of the world, the Treasury
of the United States.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09
( STATUTE REGULATES MORALS.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, Points Out that Laws are
Deficient.

"Withn the last decade or so there
has arisen an entirely new class or
crime" said Mr.. Jerome in q public
statement, "crimes which do not come
within the pale of the law. In the
earlier days of American history when
a man wanted to rob his neighbor he
did so by force, and there were laws
which attended to his case If he should
be detected and found guilty.
"There are no laws to cover 30 out
of 100 crimes committed every day In
this era of high finance. In England,
France. and the countries of Europe
the necessity of safeguarding the
people against financial crimes has
been recognized by laws which have
been enacted to this end.
''The trouble in this country Is that
the morality of a great many people Is
governed by what Is on the statute
books. Thousands of New Workers are
blind to the moral side, and only know
an act is immoral when it Is written
into the law as a felony.
''It is not so long since that I sent
Larry Summerfield. the confidence
man, to Sing Sing, and people who are
writing me refuse to see why many OF
the high financiers of Wall Street
should not follow him. / met sum
merfeld in restaurant just before
he was convicted and called him over
to me. I told him / would talk to
him as Jerome not as the district-at-
torney He said to me that he did not
see how he could be convicted. lie
ended up with this declaration: i
did not think I was doing anything
which was against the criminal
statutes. I was acting under the best
legal advice to be had, and. so help me
God. thought / was doing what all
the big fellows were-selling the suck
ers something that had no value at
high price"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09

then go back to their European homes
to remain until the next working sea-
son. These men. while in the United
States. live on little or nothing, work
steadily. and carry home with them
the bulk of their earnings. This is
anything but an advantage to the
general welfare of the country except
as it enables certain contractors and
captains of industry to secure labor
more easily.
There is also more or less violation
Of the immigration laws; but this is
only possible on any large scale where
there is connivance at home. With the
heavy hand Of the law brought down,
not only on the offending immigrant,
but upon the party or agency which
has induced him to make the attempt
to unlawfully get past our borders.
there would be far less of the unde-
sirable class for the nation to assimi-
LATE
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09

worthy citizens; herded together by
the thousands in the great centers
where their environments and pursuits
are entirely different from anything to
which they have been accustomed,
they constitute growing and very
great menace.
In times of prosperity this fact may
not be generally appreciated, but with
each succeeding depression or hard
times" period becomes more and more
apparent and a greater and greater
danger.
Amending the Law; or Enforcing 1t !?
1t is believed, and the immigration
officials are working to this end, that
there should be Il considerable tighten
ing up of our immigration laws. 1t is
certainly a detriment TO the country to
have vast army of workers, even
though they have sufficient inteli-
gence to pass our inspection, come into
the country and work for season, and
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09
NOT LIKE THE KAISER.
CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY
HELPLESS WHEN FIANCEE'S
CHAPERONE DISAPPEARS.
Revival of Ancient Customs and
Practices at the Royal German
Wedding.-Small Scandal of the
KaiSer's Court Circle.


KaiSer'S Court Circle.
The Emperor of Germany and the
Empress as partners at Il card game,
with the Crown Prince and Crown
Princess as opponents, with other
members of the royal family similarly
occupied was an incident of the mar
rage festivities when Crown Prince
Frederick William Of Germany and
the Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin were joined in happy matri-
mony. This was one of the ancient
customs practiced by the Prussian
royal family two centuries ago and
earlier, and was revived couple OF
months ago when the royal marriage
was solemnized in the Fatherland.
While the royal family were at the
cards distinguished personages of the
country and from abroad were re-
ceived by the ruling family.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
GOOD ROADS A NECESSITY FOR
ESTABLISHMENT OF ROUTES
IN COUNTRY.
Post-Office Department Receives a
Varied Line of Commune atoms
from Its Carriers. Many Farmers
Anxious to Co-Operate.


''These two go Aand-in-hand," said
the Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, Hon. L. V. DeGraw. "There are
hundreds of what we call Adverse
Reports in which the Rural Agent,
after inspecting a proposed rural free
delivery route, reports that the roads
are such as to preclude the possibility
of a carrier travelling them at all sea-
sons of the year. The Rural Com
munity should not expect service at
their doors unless they show a DISPOSE
ton to meet the Department half way
by providing passable roads.
"Ihe Department can neither COM
pei carriers to travel bad roads, nor to
risk their lives and the safety of the
mail at dangerous fords and on unsafe
bridges. Nor can carriers be required
to leave their vehicles and open gates
across roads. The policy of the
Department requires either that gates
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09

line of getting returns from the soil.
Distributed throughout the sparsely-
settled agricultural regions, these
southern Europeans would be well
come. and within a generation would,
i'm the majority of cases, become
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09
THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF THE
PRESENT TINE.
Large Numbers of Europeans An
nuaIly Invade American Indus
tries, Returning Home After Each
Seasons Work.

American immigration is one Of the
serious problems of the day. Employ
ers in one part of the country are
clamoring for laborers, while in other
sections, particularly the large centers,
men are complaining that the steady
influx of one.p European labor is u
constant menace to their employment,
ment to take their jobs at cut-throat
wages.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09

village. put Billy in a warm stable,
gave us both good dinner, and sent
me on with a fresh horse and cutter.
| tell you, Mr.. Postmaster General,
there's nothing too good for these peo-
pie out here"
Farmers Provided Boat.
Another carrier reports delay In re.
turning to the post-office on account OF
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09

velvet having thereon the brides mono
gram and the date in gold letters.
The Grand Duchess Anastasia, the
mother of the Crown Princess, is a
very easy-going woman, who cares but
little for the straight-laced notions of
proprieties of the German court, and 1T
was partly on this account and through
the numerous stories of her escapades,
both before and after her husbands
death, that she became at odds with
the Kaiser.
Through her independence and an in
discretion of the betrothed last March,
the engagement came within an ace OF
being broken off. Understanding, of
course. that the fiancee of the Crown
Prince was to be accompanied by her
mother. the Kaiser gave his consent for
his son to meet the lady of his choice
at Florence.
A Helpless Young Bridegroom.
What was the dismay of the Crown
Princes advance equerry when he
found that the fiancee was only ac
companied by lady-in-waiting and q
MAZDA scandalous situation indeed
as viewed by the rules of etiquette OF
the royal family. The equerry. an
aged. experienced official, telegraphed
Grand Duchess Anastasia to come in
stantly by special train, to arrive II
| Florence before the Crown Prince. Bu'
she replied that she could not under
take the journey as it was most fatigu
ing and she saw nothing wrong in hel
daughter b & accompanied only by
lady-in-w waiting. The Kaiser. on learn
ing of the situation and of the refusa
of the Grand Duchess, was most In
censed. And while all this was goint
on the Crown Prince arrived in Flor
ence, found his betrothed alone ant
then telegraphed his father of the stu
alton and asked helplessly, What shall
lI do?" For an answer his father
ordered the Grand Duchess Cecile hom'
to her mother and his son to leave a
once for Berlin under penalty of hav
ing the engagement severed.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09
Warnings of the Department.

OF course, there are localities in
which, for lack Of money, or material,
or as result of the peculiar lay of the
land, roads cannot be made good. But
in most cases bad roads result from
Indifference and neglect, of either the
patrons or the county authorities
And where such negligence becomes
persistent, continuing after warning
from the Department, the route is
changed, the carrier is authorized to
take another and better road, and the
persons responsible for the change
must suffer the loss of convenient mail
delivery.
1t is safe to say that a rod Of good
pike will pay a larger dividend to the
farmer than any equivalent invest
ment he can make. Roads are as
necessary as houses and farm tools. A
good road is saver of time, stock and
gear; it encourages industry; it makes
for success in agriculture; it fur
theirs happiness; it opelfs the way
to better civilization. AS rule
in good-roads localities you find good
farms, and prosperous farmers. To
some extent the prosperity of re-
gion exists in advance, and is re-
sponsible for the good roads, and in
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09
A Custom of the Dark Ages.

Another ancient ceremony practiced
was a dance for royalty by torchlight,
while a still more MEDIEVAL custom was
carried out after the bride and bride
groom had left the wedding party,
when the chief lady-in-waiting gave to
each of the guests a garter of silk and
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09

A great difficulty with our system of
immigration lies in the fact that we
have no adequate machinery for
spreading over the country the influx
of new material which is constantly
arriving.
A diagram, reproduced from Har-
per's Weekly, shows the enormous con-
centration in New York and Penn
sylvania where the poor population is
already crowding elbows, while in the
outlying states where immigration and
labor are needed, the yearly additions
are entirely insignificant This diG-
gram represents the distribution by
states, but it is known that in New
York, for instance. more than half of
this great influx is centered immedi'
ately in and around New York City.
Immigrants Should be Distributed.
The problem of our immigration is
one which should not, and cannot, be
much longer left to take care of itself
The vast number of men and women
who have come over from southern
Italy have lived all their lives on
farms, poor farms they are. to be sure
and small, but these peoples training
and entire education have been in the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-09-09

the several states the cost Of road max
ing varies widely; but the fact remains
that wherever there are farmers
there are markets; and wherever truck
and grain and supplies are hauled over
bad roads there Is q shrinkage of
profits. Soon or late the waste In
time. and I'm wear and tear OF equip
ment, will more than equal the cost OF
a good road.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-04-15

classes In the guest hall, he proceeded
TO the chapel where he listened TO the
students sing o hymn, examined the
fac-simile OF the empress dowagersB Ill
BILE, and addressed the assembled stu
dents. He urged them To faithiulness
and sincerity In observing the teach
ings they learned, whether of Christ
or Of Confncius, and expressed him
self as very much pleased with every
thing he saw He took leave soon af'
Ter II o'clock, when the regular pro
gram was carried out.
The y%iceroy left q gilt of s2eo 10 be
distributed among the fourteen mem
bers Of the graduating class and also
requested that they and as many as
possible OF the former graduates call
later at his official yamen. When they
did SO 4 few days later, he received
them with great kindness, and confer
red the button OF the tifth rank upon
a graduate OF about ten years ago, the
| button of the sixth rank upon five 9th
err former graduates; and the button
OF the seventh rank upon one former
graduate and eleven members OF the
graduating class. The three gradual
ing students OF the theological school
declined the proffered honor on the
ground that their lives were dedicat'
ed to the service OF the church and
that II would be better therefore Tor
them not to receive official honors and
decorations. His e~xcellency through
the president of the university, Offered
employment at forty taels per month
10 all alumni OF the university not
already under engagement. Only one
a medical graduate Of the class Of 1905
availed himself of the offer, the Others
all being engaged chiefly by thu
church and at salaries much less thar
offered by the viceroy. All the grad
tuating class, fourteen IN hummer W
gether with the former graduates dec
Grated, r Christians.
Buttons with decorations TO CORES
pond, as conferred by Chinese Off
cials are of nine different ranks, an
give to the individuals thus honore'
much recognition ana prestige anon
their own people everywhere. The de-
Grating Of so many graduates of a mis-
| sion college in this way is thought t
/ be Unprecedented in Chinese histor,
Such an event in one of the most col
: sentative literary centers of the en-
Z pire shows the changed attitude of tn
g highest officials towards missionaI
: effort as well as the growing apr
citation of what the mission schoo
and colleges are doing for the Chimes
people,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-04-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
homestead Entry No. 6767.

Department OF the Interior Land OF.
flee at santa Fe, N. NJ. March llth.
1905.
Notice Is hereby given that the
following.named settler has filed
notice OF his intention TO make final
proof in support OF his claim, and
that said proof win be made before
U. s. Court Commissioners at Las
Vegas, n. NJ, on April 2lst, 1905. viz:
John c. Adlon for the Sc Ia. Sc
IA; Sec. 20, S IL. sw ia; Sec. Is.
NE Ia, NE II; Sec. 80, T. lSN, r.
tie.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of said land. viz:
Jose Gregorio Alarcon. Of As W
gas, N. NJ; Domingo Hays. Of LAs
Vegas, N. NJ; Marcelino Montoya, Of
Las Vegas. N. NJ: Charles II. Bradley.
OF Las Vegas. N. M. 4
MANUEL r. OTERO,
i 3-6S Register.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-04-15

Marking as viceroy. At the time of
the Boxer uprising he was treasurer
of the Szchuan province in far west.
ern China, on the borders of Tibet,
and together with the viceroy of the
province, he received copies Of the
empress dowager's edict commanding
the officials to cruelty eXterminate"
all foreigners. OF all the officials,
Chou Flu alone stood from the first
for ignoring the imperial command,
| but by force of character and will, he
finally persuaded them all so that the
result of the y%iceroy's counsel was a
unanimous decision to defy the edict
and protect the Christians. 1t Is said
to be the general opinion of foreigners
and Chinese that Chou Flu in 1906
saved western China from a worse
fate than befel the region about Pc
| king. Later Chou Flu was treasurer
of the province of Chill in which Pc
king is situated, and later still wa'
governor of Shantung province. Nov
, as viceroy in central China, he hold
one of the most important official pc
sitions in the empire.
Graduation week at Marking un
' versity comes in winter rather tina
t in early summer as at most college
In the United States. At . O'CLOCK
f the morning of commencement Ola
t the invited officials and literati bega
!. to arrive. At $50 all the chief LOCI
/. officials, and the presidents and prl
cipals of the various Chinese schoo
l. throughout the city had arrive
Promptly at 10 O'Clock the vicero
d with out-riders, soldiers, red banner
II and general suite, swung into the vi
" versity campus with his chair beare
at full trot. After meeting the office
IN IF the university. and the GRADUATE
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-04-15
Successful Efforts
Toward Education
Significant Actions of Governor
Chou Flu, Who Played the
Button, Button Act With
Graduates Of Nankin Univer-
sity.

China's rapidly changing attitude to-
wards western learning and ideals is
most strikingly illustrated by the Wis
it of His EXcellency Chou Flu, viceroy
of the three provinces of Kiang-Su,
An-Huei and Kiang-Si, at the recent
commencement exercises of Marking
university, the most important mis-
Sion college of the Methodist Episco-
pal church in Central China. Marking
is the old southern capital of the Chi
nese empire and is at present the vice
regal headquarters for three OF the
eighteen provinces of China proper,
these three provinces having a com
bined population of about 10000, 00t
Of people. 1t Is also one OF the few
places in the empire where the great
literary examinations are given &C
cording to the ideals and customs o
the ancient educational system OF tina
empire. Tri-ennially about 10000 stu
dents gather to compete for the high
er degrees in these examinations. IT
in such a centre of Chinese traditional
ism that Marking university with 1t
preparatory college, theological an
medical departments has been buiI
I'M as a result of foreign missionar
initiative and support.
Chou Flu has only recently gone
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-04-15
WEST BOUND.

No. 2 has Pullman and tourist sleep
ing cars to Chicago, Kansas City and
st. Louis, and a Pullman car for Den
yer is added at Trinidad. Arrives at
La Junta 1920 p. M, connecting with
No. 5, leaving La Junta $40 a. m, ar
irving at Pueblo 500 a. m. Colorado
| Springs s:35 a. m., Denver $3.50 a. m.
No. s has Pullman and tourist sleep.
ing cars to Chicago and Kansas City.
Arrives at La Junta 1890 a. m, con-
Meeting with No. COS. leaving La Junta
1910 p. M, arriving at Pueblo 200
p. m, Colorado Springs $3.50 p. m"
Denver 600 p. m.
No. 10 has Pullman car to Kansas
City. Makes same connection as NO.
Q. Does the local work Las Vegas to
Ration.
No. A California Limited. Solid Pull
man train, with Dining, Buffet and OBJ
~servation cars. Unsurpassed equip
ment and service.
No. 1 has Pullman and tourist sleep
ing cars for Southern California
points.
No. 7 has Pullman and tourist sleep
Ing cars for Northern California
points. and Pullman car for Ell Pas
and City of INSTRUMENTATION for +
Paso, Deming. Silver City and a
points in Mexico, Southern New Me'
leo and Arizona.
No. 8, California Flyer. Only
hours from Chicago. Has standar
Pullman car for Southern Californi
Coaches and Chair cars. Passenger
for Northern California are transfe
red to No. Z en- route.
No. 3, California Limited has san
equipment as No. 4.