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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13
Promises UnfulRlled.

The Republican party has been prom
,sinp before election since 1855 to re-
duce the tariff, but still continues 10
stand pat, with even higher rates thar
then prevailed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13
Not Getting Together.

Speaker Cannon calls on the presi-
dent every day or two, but there is a
dearth of news about their getting to-
gether on what congress should do.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13
Make Il Saving All Around,

If some Of Jul Republican statesmen
would legislate as they talk, what Il
deal Of trouble would be saved, and
how much the people would save also!
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

A. o. .. W.-Langdon Lodge meets in the
Workman hall the first and third Mondays of
each month.
E. a. MCCAY, NJ. W.
THos. SHEEHAN, Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

CO. F. No. eOs-St. Alphonsus Court, meets
on the first and third Wednesdays of each
Bank. John C, R.
Jos G. ScHILL, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

LODGEOF PERFECTION.-Langdon Nos
holds regular communications on the first and
third Thursdays of each month at the Masonic
Temple.
w. 4. LA1DLAw, V. NJ.
ROBERT WORK, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

LADY c. O. Est. Mary's Court, meets at
me Forester hall on the second and fourth
tuesdays of each month.
MRS. E. A. FARRELL, G. R.
MRS. Jos. POWER, Rec. Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

0. E. S.-Langdon Temple holds regular com:
munications on the first and third Tuesdays of
each month at the Masonic hall.
JAS. H. Balm, MRS. R. WORK, w. NJ.
Sec'y. c.. C. CRAWFORD, W.P.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

AZ A.. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
second and fourth Fridays of each month.
H. MCDONALD, W. NJ.
ROBERT WORK, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

W.. W.-Excelsior Lodge No. 81, meets on
ne second and fourth Tuesdays of each month
III the Woodman Hall.
F. E. B. MERCER, G. G.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

DEGREE OF HONOR.-Meets in the Work
man hall on the first and third Fridays of each
month.
MRS. JAS. LoYNEs, G. II.
MRS. BELLE BIRMINGHAM, Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

LADY MACCABEES.-Langdon Hive of the
Lady Maccabees meet in the X. of P. hall,
'he nrst and third Monday ofeach month.
MRS. BELLE BIRMINGHAM, Commander.
MRS. q. A. McCAY, Record Keeper.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

RATHBONE SISTERS.-Langdon Temple,
No: 5, meets every Thursday evening at the h.
of p. hall.
Mrs. JAS. LoYNEs, NJ. E. c..
MISS LILLY SHAW, M. of R. g. C.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

NJ ": A.-Langdon Camp, No. 1880 meets in
s M ,Woodman hall the second and fourth
Mondays of each month.
P. P. KoPRIvA, V. c.
40. VOID, Clerk,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

n. Q. T. M.-Langdon Tent of Maccabees
meet in the Forester hall the first and third
thursdays of each mouth.
G. H. MoELLR1NG, Commander.
I'D. SALTER, X. of R.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

nfst and third Thursdays of each month.
cc THos. SHEEHAN, Yeoman.
&C. CRAWFORD, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

NJ. B. A;-Modern Brotherhood of America
dMeets In the Workman Hall the second Thurs
oay of each month.
Wa FERGUSON. President.
Eo. T.. D%UNNIGAN, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-13

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs,-Meet on Wedncs.
way evening Of each week at the K. of P. hall.
D X. L. TRUAX, &C.
MA. SHAW, Recorder.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02
From Over the County.

The Marceline Journal Will spring
big holiday edition on its readers
the 10Th of this month.
Vic Reed, Browning school-boy,
received a broken leg while scufling
with playmate one day last week.
The bar docket for the December
term of circuit court to be held at
Linneus is printed in The BLADE to-
day.
The first ''toot" of the Marceline
mill was heard last week, and it was
a welcome sound to the people of that
thriving city.
The Linn county poultry show will
be held in Brookfeld next week, be-
ginning on Tuesday and continuing
to the end of the week.
The members of the Christian
church at Brookfeld have unanimous
ly chosen the Rev. r. e. L. Prunty
as pastor for another year.
The Kansas City morning papers
are now received at Marceline at 7:30,
four hours after they come from the
press. Pretty fair mail service, that.
At a depth of 27 feet 81 inch
vein Of coal has been found near
Browning. A shaft has been sunk
and it is expected that a carload Of
coal day will be taken out.
Mrs. Molhe Craig, wife of j. H.
Craig, ex-county clerk of this county,
died at her home in Brookfeld on
Friday of last week. The funeral
was held Sunday afternoon.
Several Linn county people drew
what are claimed to be valuable lots
in the drawing at Cotter, the new Ar
kansas tawn at a division point on
Missouri Pacific railroad, Last week.
The Leader-Record believes that
the party who started the report that
the sidewalks of Browning were mere
piles of rubbish and that two of the
five city officials of that town pitch
horseshoes and the other three would
if they could, has started q dirty
breeze and is slandering the town.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02
Sheep for Sale.
Missouri

Having sold my farm, I will offer
at private sale 80 head of breeding
ewes, Shropshire grades. These ewes
are selected sheep which I intended
to keep for myself Fifty of them
are one year old; being bred through
this month to long wool Delaine and
American Merino bucks, which. viii
be sold with the ewes. Also win sell
about rs lambs Of the same breeding.
For information, write
THos. RAEDLE,
12-2-St Sumner, Mo.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02
Sl.OO A YEAR
FEW FEDERAL OFFICE CHANGES.
Senator Warner viii Indorse for Reappointment
All Who Have Good Records.

A Washington dispatch of last
Wednesday says the chances are that
there will be no changes among the
federal office holders in Missouri in
the near future. The only federal
place in the Kansas City district like
ly to be filled by new appointee
within the coming year is that Of
United States marshal and no decis-
ion has been reached relative to that
place. Marshal E. r. Durham's
term will expire next spring. He
will then have held office for eight
years and it is possible that a new
marshal may be appointed. Howev-
er, as yet change has not been con-
sidered by either President Roosevelt
or Senator Warner. It is understood
that the policy of the senator will be
to indorse all of those office holders
who have creditable records.
In the eastern district the terms of
four federal officials will soon come to
an end. These officials are: Colonel
d. 2. Dyer, district attorney; G. F.
Gallenkamp, surveyor of the port;
Benjamin Westhus, collector of inter-
nal revenue, and William L. Morsey,
marshal. Senator Warner, it is un-
derstood, will indorse all of these offic-
ials for a second term, and as Presi-
dent Roosevelt is inclined to reappoint
off cials with creditable records, their
retention in office seems assured. The
senator has not discussed any of the
Missouri federal patronage with the
president.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.
The Growth Of Rural Free Delivery Startling
Feature Of the Forthcoming Report.

An illustration of the magnitude o
the United States postal service il
found in the fact that the Office of th,
auditor for the postofice department
is the largest accounting Office in th'
world. The auditor, Captain J. J
McCardy, presides over 725 clerks
and during the fiscal year ending
June 80 the accounts passing through
his Office aggregated $1,112,000,O00
The most startling feature Of the
forthcoming annual report of the au-
ditor is the growth of the rural free
delivery branch of the postal service.
In 1900 this service could boast of
only 1875 carriers, while more than
10000 are now on the rolls. The ex-
pense Of maintaining this army Of men
and women who make life in rural
communities 80 much easier has in
creased from $4,000 in 1900 to 23
million dollars in 1905.
The increase in the number of city
letter carriers for the same fve-year
period has been only Is per cent, or
from 1890 to 10000. From July
l, 1904, to June 80, this year, fifty
two million domestic money orders
were purchased and forwarded through
the mails, three postal money orders
to every five Of the population of the
country. The total amount of money
represented by this aggregate is about
four hundred million dollars. In ad-
dition to the domestic money orders,
upwards of two million foreign orders
were issued, averaging nearly $21
apiece, or an aggregate of more than
million of dollars sent out of the
United States through the mails. The
money order division of the postal
service also is rapidly growing. the
number Of orders issued having al
most doubled in the past five years.
Nearly forty thousand pieces of
mail matter If all kinds we're received
at the dead letter Office every working
day. In the fiscal year 1904 the dai-
ly receipts of the dead letter Office
were $500. In 1904 $4,000 was
found in the letters opened in that Of
fee; about 81 per cent. of this money
was delivered to the senders and the
remainder placed on deposit in the
United States treasury. In addition
to this, about two million dollars in
checks, drafts, money orders and 9TH
er valuable papers came into the dead
letter Office in the fiscal year 1904;
practically all of~this paper was for
warded or returned.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02
Public Sale,

will sell at public auction on the
Deets farm mile east of Laclede
and Al miles west of Brookfeld, on
Tuesday, December II, 1905, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit: one
team-gray horse and gray mare 9
years old; these horses will work in
any harness; horse colt; shorthorn
milk COW; shorthorn heifer in calf;
heifer calf; 700 bushels good corn in
crib; hay in NOW; set work harness;
set single buggy harness; 2 buggies;
riding breaking plow; walking break
ing plow; harrow; dlsc; riding cultiva-
tor; end-gate seeder; corn planter with
check-rower and wire and other arti-
cles too numerous to mention. Sale
to begin at 1000 a. m.
TERMs:-All sums of $40 and un-
der, cash; on sums over $40 credit
of 9 months viii be given, without in
terest if paid when due; if not paid
when due, to bear s per cent. interest
from date. Purchaser to give note
with approved security before proper
ty is removed. Four per cent. off for
cash On sums over SO.
G. N. standby.
DIG. SH1FLETT, Auctioneer.
JOHN 7. LoMAx, Clerk.
"a a. R.ns.. Cytv afar and
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02
Tn.Psysrs. Atteafioul

The tax-bOOks of Jefferson township
are now in my hands for collection.
Pay your taxes before January 1 and
escape the penalty. LIE. HAMILTON,
Township CoIlector
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02
Happenings Eighteen Years Ago.

While moving his Office to his new
rooms last Saturday, DR.. Standby
found among his effects copy Of the
Laclede Laconic of Sept. II, 1887
Rev. Henry B. Barnes was editor
the editor of The BLADE was chief
printer and Sanford Felt was per-
forming the important duties OF
"devil." So far as the advertising
columns show there wasn't dry
goods or grocery store in Laclede at
that time, but there was place the
Laconic designated a "den of iniqui-
Ity." There were three hotels: the
Foreman house, conducted by the late
T. E. Foreman; the Laclede house, by
L. B. Jones; and the Porter house,
by Capt. W. j. Porter. P. F. Felt
had just returned from Burlington,
where he had purchased large line
of cofins, caskets and undertakers'
hardware. The local option fight was
on in this county, and an election had
been ordered for October 7. The
third annual fair of the Jefferson
township agricultural society was to
be held September %. j. L. Ong
was president and Ed. J. Maybee,
secretary. A local option meeting
was held at the Laconic Office. Capt.
J. Porter was chairman and Rev. S.
D. Kendall, secretary. The chair ap-
pointed a committee composed Of Rev.
E. D. Seward, D. Slingerland, Rev.
S. d. Kendall, Mrs. e. d. Sewara
and Mrs. D. Slingerland to arrange
for meetings in every school district
in the township. Virgil True, as
commander, and P. F. Felt, as adiu-
tant, were working up a delegation
from Phil Kearney post to attend the
national encampment. The local mar
ket report quoted apples at 30 cents
per bushel; potatoes, 40 cents; wheat,
so cents; hay, s6 per ton; butter, l5
cents per pound; chickens, dressed,
cents per pound, and eggs, 81 cents
per dozen.
Following are some of the local
items:
J. T. Hamilton, of Linneus, was in
town Tuesday.
w. G.. Baum and family moved to
Norborne the last of the week.
The M. E. church in this place is
soon to undergo repairs.
E. M. Tracy and VIM. Love re-
turned from Chicago Friday.
Next Monday we will hear the
ringing of the school bell.
The band is improving and hopes
to be able to entertain the people at
the fair.
The social given at Mrs. Thomp-
sons last Friday night was a COM
plete success. Receipts, one dollar
and half.
S. d. Kendall returned from Har-
mony where he had assisted Rev. j.
w. Anderson in a meeting.
John Dick received a telegram
from Jonesboro, Ark, stating that his
brother Charles was killed in rail-
road wreck. The remains Of Charles
is expected to arrive here for burial
Saturday.
Will Elliott and ID. e. Twiggs have |
taken special pains to exhibit their
ine poultry at the Brookfeld fair.
Mrs. Margaret Bigger, formerly of
Laclede, was united in marriage to
Joseph .. Thompson, at Deepwater,
Missouri.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02

Attorney and Mrs. NJ. E. Burke, of
Meadville, ate Thanksgiving dinner
with relatives in Laclede.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02

Get the Kansas City Star and
Times of c. r. Welsh, local agent
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02

d. G. sH1FLErr. Auctioneer.
JoHE I. LoMAx, Clerk.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17
Social Notes

After q delightful outing at Idyllwild
DR.. and Mrs. West Hughes are again
at home At 800 West Twenty-third
street.
a merry little party which will spend
two weeks al Elstnor= Springs is COM
posed OF Charles ? Drake Of 1893
Hoover street, Misses Elizabeth and
Pinita Drake and Miss Pearl seeley.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Van Norden are
occupying their new home, SIG Caron-
delet street.
Mrs. Sidney H. Ellis and her son,
Sidney Ellis. jr., have returned from a
months visit in Portland and Seattle
and Mrs. Ellis has announced that she
will receive the first and third Wednes-
days of each month at her home, 1855
West Twenty-fourth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Henry Hecker
left last evening for Chicago and other
eastern points.
G. E. Warn, formerly manager of
the Broadway Van Nuys, entertained a
number of friends last evening at din
ner IN the Hillcrest cafe of which he
has recently taken the management.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17

to Miss Jessie Scudder, who early in
October will be welded to Arthur
Chase of Cleveland. Thursday after
noon, Miss Buelah Haskell of North
Los Robles avenue was the hostess
and Miss Gladys Chase of Hollywood,
also a bride-to-be, shared the pleasant
honors with Miss Scudder. Red and
green formed the color scheme at the
Haskell home, and Cupids were con-
spicuous throughout the rooms. Cards
were played in the library and the
score cards were white hearts with
pen sketches of wedding scenes, and
progression was marked by attaching
tiny red hearts. On Wednesday after
noon Miss Bertha Twinting was the
hostess at a very daintily appointed
china shower attended by a score. of
friends of Miss Scudder's, who gave
her an assortment of pretty and use
full china. Great fun was enjoyed as
the bride-elect opened the beribboned
parcels and read the accompanying
cards.
The girls of the Zeta Theta Nu gave
a unique entertainment to a party of
their friends Thursday evening at the
home of Miss Aurora Miller. The large
grounds were illuminated with scores
of Japanese lanterns and the wide YER
andas were made into cozy out-ofdoor
parlors with rugs, couches and many
college pennants and banners. A Span
ish gypsy, Zuleika, told fortunes in a
secluded corner, and there were other
unusual attractions. Out on the lawn,
in the moonlight, merry games were
played and the partners for the supper
were found by means of the sunbonnet
babies. The members of the club
present were Aurora Miller, Winifred
Carrothers, Marian Norris, Dorothy
Brokaw, Natalie Brokaw, Eleanor
Wright, Margaret Randall, Gertrude
Nisholas, Octavia Lockett, Ida May
Allen, Bessie Boorman, Grace Canright,
Gladys Holsinger, Leslie Bailey, Flor
ence Covall, Anna Mary Felker, Rob
erta Miles, Freda Hand, Cora Gaylord.
The invited quests were Misses Fannie
Kenyon, Vera Norris, Messrs. George
Kendal, Morris Williams, Harold Rey-
nolds, Charles Toby, Jean Kern, Emil
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17
! Out of Town Society
HOLLYWOOD

Mrs. George M. Williams entertained
at a dinner-dance in honor of her hus-
bands birthday Tuesday evening.
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.
hewitt, Mrs. Mcdonald, Miss Wright.
Hollywood; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. Whiting Thomp-
son, Mr.. Dukeman, Mr.. and Mrs. Gill
bert Densmore, Los Angeles;
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Weir entertained at
dinner at Hotel Hollywood Thursday
evening.
Tuesday evening at the home of j.
p. Murphy the young women's Bible
and normal classes of the Prospect
Park M. E. church entertained seven
ty of their friends.
The Jolly Six held it's first meeing for
the winter with Miss Bessie Hudson
Thursday evening.
Among the recent arrivals at Hotel
Hollywood are Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Haas,
Washington Erwin Lewis, Detroit;
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Miner, Bur-
llngton, VT; Mrs. w. c. Johnson and
son, Fort Ringgold, Tex; Mrs. Bow
den, Detroit; w. N. Fltzimons, Paul M.
Moore, Walter Nordhoff, Redlands; A.
c. Carpenter, st. Louis; Mabel l..
Dunsmere, New York; A. Underhill,
Buffalo; Miss Chalmers, Miss N. Swee-
ney. Mrs. B. A. Fowler Phoenix; w.
Scott Way, Pasadena; C. A. Hooper,
E. C. Powers, San Francisco.
The Ladies' auxiliary of the First
Baptist church held a social meeting
with Mrs. ]. o. Churchill Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Nettie Hibbler opened her new
CONTINUED on Page Sexenl
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17

he says he is getting old 81 have about
quit playing billiards, once a favorite
game with me, because I can no longer
see the balls across the table as well
as 1 would like" said he.
Brilliant Career
His long career has been unusually
brilliant. He worked his way steadily
forward during the trying days of the
Civil War, never missing a day from
his post during that struggle. While
in the harbor of Montevideo with his
ship at a later day he rescued the
skipper and three of the crew from the
deck of a foundered Argentine cruiser,
being publicly thanked for the heroic
act by the Argentine minister.
He was commander of the Wateree
when that vessel was caught in tidal
wave and carried a mile inland at
africa, Peru. These are only two in
cidents in a strenuous life. He was on
the retired list when the Spanish war
Lieutenant Irwin V. Gillis, a real "chip
of the old block" was in line of duty
and carried the family name to newer
renown.
This son has been in the naval SER
vice fifteen years, is a graduate of An
napolis, as was his father, and has
missed but two months service in all
the fifteen years.
The boy is only 30 years old but, as
his father says, has made rapid steps
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17
PART II

Catalina island, returning with them
about September 20.
r. M. Donald and family have left
their home at 1917 Berendo street and
Will spend the winter in Hollywood.
Miss Bessie Mitchell of Boston,
Mass, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. A. Doolittle at their home, 1901 Reid
street.
The ladies of Sunset chapter, Eastern
Star, held a brief business session on
Tuesday evening after which the doors
were thrown open and they welcomed
their invited guests to the second an
nual meeting of the organization. The
ladies and gentlemen who entertained
the company were Misses Reese, Patten
and Gunther, who gave each a piano
solo. Violin solos were given by Miss
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17

Rear Admiral James Henry Gillis,
U. S. N, retired, with his wife and
daughter, Mrs. A. D. Stickney, COM
pose a distinguished party of Southern
California visitors.
Today they are visiting Catalina
island and will in turn go to San Diego
and north to San Francisco, with occa-
sional stops along the coast. Each MEM
ber of the little party is delighted
with Southern California, although
the admiral takes a great deal of pleas
ure in giving the country few sly digs
on the warm weather of the past three
weeks, which he says he would have
escaped had he remained at his winter
home at Malvern Beach, Fla.
But this does not keep him from
saying much about enjoying the char
acteristic hospitality, the thriving cities
and the beautiful scenery. He is par
ticularly well pleased with Los Angeles
and Pasadena, where he has many
friends.
Admiral Gillis is one of the stateliest
figures in the later naval history of
this country. He was a member of
the facous class of "a at the Annapolis
Naval academy and until twelve years
ago was in the active service of his
country, being placed on the retired list
on reaching the age limit. He is still
hale and hearty. His abundant hair
shows a bit of gray here and there,
as do his mustache and imperial, and
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17

Gates and Mr.. Jones and vocal solo
by Mr.. Cooper was enjoyed. The last
Eumber on the program was the read
ing of an original poem by Mrs Har'
riet Taylor. Later ice cream and cake
were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knisley, re-
Gently from San Diego, have been en-
tertaining Mr.. and Mrs. John Duer
from San Diego at their home, Ills
Catalina street.
]. ]. Knight and family, from Buena
Vista street, have taken cottage for
the summer at 1888 Reid street.
Perry Winters and family have
moved to their recently purchased new
home at 1887 Catalina street.
T. ]. Moore, who has been enjoying
an outing at Avalon, Catalina island,
is again at home at 1888 Reid street.
Robert Mcclure of Whittier has been
the guest of his father and sister at
14O5 Reid street.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor of 1014 Dewey
avenue will start on Monday, by boat,
for San Francisco to spend fortnight
visiting friends and acquaintances.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Nolan Duncan of
2645 West Pico street left Wednesday
evening for a weeks outing trip to
Mt. Wilson.
Mrs. Gillis and children have re-
turned from summer trip extending
over several weeks, and are at home
to their friends at 1922 Catalina
street.
Mrs. L. NJ. Wilson Of 2714 West Pico
street has gone to Albert Lea and
Minneapolis. Mimi, for a stay of a
month.
J. j. Arrants and daughters, Miss
Bessie and Annie, from Fresno, are
guests of the young ladies' aunt, Miss
E. Gray at 1905 Fedora street.
K. A. Smith of 1908 Catalina street
has taken his family to FL Paso, Tex,
for the summer.