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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12
PRONUNCT4TION or GOLF.
Delegates 70 United States Association
Meeting were Of One Mind.

Among the purists in Great Britain Il
Is asserted that the - is sounded in pro-
noumcing the word golf. and also that they
accept govt as Scotch and therefore
as correct Despite this dictum. the pro.
nun citation as -goh- is as general in Eng
land as IN this country whether right or
wrong To test this matter of custom in
pronouncing the word. an auditor attended
the recent annual meetings OF the Metro
polltan Golf Association and the United
States Golf Association solely for the pur-
pose Of making notes on the way the
speakers used the word golf The two
meetings brought together representa-
tive gathering Of golfers and without eA-
ception they all spoke OF gofT
On the other hand. an American who
asked in an Edinburgh book store for the
best work on gof had handed out TO him tho
biography Of John b. Cough. Az TO the cu--
tom at st Andrews there seems to be diver
sity of opinion. for in controversy on the
point in coli Illustrated some time since in
the same issue OF the paper. one letter from
the famous town stated Il have con.
suited many authorities here men whose
opinions really carry weight and they an
unanimous in saying that N pronouncinE
the word golf the Y is sounded. and m
another letter was the statement Il have
known ST. Andrews and It's links for over
thirty years and | never remember any
golfer or educated person pronounce tho
word otherwise than goh'
Americans will feel safe in accepting The
latter verdict al 20 the general usa ge. with
govt as an allowable Scotticism An
argument that may have more weight with
the purists Is that in many Englsh word
OF Teutonic origin ! has become slen'
when followed by 7, and h Golf
therefore, while at one time pronounce
TO reveal the l. is now sounded in accord
with calf half, -salve. "chalk- and
'halk
An amusing contribution to the discussion
was this note, signed An Ancient, but no.
Royal, Golpher. reading
My attention has been called 10 The
discussion on the pronunciation Of golf
and note that the poets are being quote
in support Of gof. golfers, &c. II il stated
that the reason why they always choose
this pronunciation is because there Is no
rhyme for the other. But this sir. Is
gross dispersion on the talent of our poets
any Of whom, | feel sure. could il so dis
posed. and II was made worth their while
find plenty Of rhymes for golf. or ndee5
for any other word That is their business
As a specimen OF what can be done 7
venture to submit the following hitherto
unpublished lines from Wordsworth
And when he chose 10 90 =. EolNn'
He vas A. gay any dolphin
pom the tropic sea
Il will not argue from this fraE1uen,
that golf " the proper pronunciation -
the word. because some uneducated Scots
man would be sure TO say that the pror+-
pronunciation Of dolphin was doffin, and r.
Is quite useless TO argue with such people
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12

ity, for tender care, for heroic devotion
my love and gratitude bind me to the Maori
tin / die
Mr.. Tregear's book comes az a welcome
addition 10 a shelf OF Polynesian record
by no means oyercrowded and its place
is for the present by itself Polynesia has
not suffered from overwriting After Cook
and others. and the Journalistic OK their eN
plorations, which are in no case more than
Introductory narratives. the first record
appears In the volumes OF the missionaries
men who rarely comprehend the organism
Of the society which they tear mp for no
better reason than that they do not under
stand II. First Of such is Ellss Poly
nesian Res ,arches. soon fol owed by
Turner'S Samoa The same lack Of com
prehension marks such work ~ Marri
ner's Tonga" great step las been
taken when we come to william Wyatt
Gll'- records OF myth and song When
one takes up FOrnauder's -POlvnesiau
Race he is in need Of faithful friend to
point out that il is a massive pohtica. tract
designed TO rehabiltate the somewhat
suspected Polynesan character Of ala
kaua. But with The Maori Race We have /
az last reached to the work of an observer |
who IL fitted TO comprehend who weighs |
evidence, who has no theories TO support.
but who in a calm, judicial way collects
evidence and adduces authority The re-
suit is a graphic presentation of vital
facts The speculation Of the theorist may in
terpret In one way or another these facts.
but to the end they will remain the solid
foundation on which discussion must rest.
Elsewhere in the Pacific there are other
earnest men who have under daily observa
ton the people of other branches OF the
Polynesian race one can but hope that
he possession Of this volume will stmu-
ate other and entirely similar records
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12
Pound Buyer for nutlIsted Coin.

From nc hdnsds On Star
Queer thing happened on o car m 80
Quindaro boulevard line last sunday 81
Charles BoWles in Kansas Citv. Kan d =
morning Conductor ha d silver dol4-
With The name Rawlings or 'Raulins a-.r
some kind OF a motto stamped on one -..lr
of h said he had been trsfug 10 get Did.
or a for year, bat could p 'rha' 81
bad one / Aald 4 strans pr was Sirf e.
next 30 me and I passed the coin 20 i..f
He looked startled as he took o. aud ,'.
smined IT closely IN give Won q dol.ar
for a. he aid The conductor took ru
up quickly
What was the story"
That j. iust what ] vas gong ~ t'''
asked the stranger and he -aid M1F
that i my cousins name on the dollar q .t
the rest or n is our class motto I haven
seen my cousin since We leff college m -
last seven years ago Queer wasn't o.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12

subject to annoyance, and learning that
De Smet was conversant with the country
toward the far West, inquiry was directed
to him. For some reason he suggested
and recommended Utah. The description
given seems to have impressed the Mormon
authorities favorably. At all events the
next spring they set out for Salt Lake.
The father never claimed that his state
ments decided their going thither. but
undoubtedly they were not without in
fuence upon the minds Of his !nquirers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12

] silent ~ as throhs my hear
For my children,
and those who look on me
As now ! bow nv head
May deem me blt forest tree
From distant land
Z bow my head
As droops the tree fem
and weep Tor my children.
q. my chud' so often called
Come. my child
Conc Yes with the mighty food.
lonely 40 midst noise aud crowd
NJ NE Gibbs fast
Thus may We ee thae where clubs swing
thickest and with the most applause there
are hearts as well aS heads that break
and that in rude-t sayagery And the
author saws in his closing sentence a teno-
diction such as never If lightly given or
cheRply earned For thousand acts Of
unselfish kindness Tor unboundcd hospital
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26
WILL INVADE ST. PAUL
ORPHEUM CIRCUIT HEADS MAKE
POSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT OF
THEIR INTENTION.

M. Meyerfeld, Jr., president Of the
Orpheum circuit, and Martin Beck, gen
eral manager, are in the city today pay
ing an official visit to the local house
and staff. While here they will inves-
tigate proposed house in st. Paul.
"While the circuit will positively
build in St. Paul, the details have not
been settled as yet,' said Mr.. Beck to-
day. "a site has been selected, but
until the deal is closed nothing can be
said Of it beyond that it is centrally
located. In general way, the st.
Paul house will be similar, to the Min
smaller, as the property we are after
will not allow us to duplicate the Min
neapolis plans. The house will cost
about $l25,O00 exclusive Of the ground.
Building operations will be started as
soon as the property is finally Sc.
cured.' ,.- - -"s. ~
Mr.. Meyerfeld has returned from a
seven months tour abroad, spending
much Of the time in search Of new
attractions and foreign novelties fol-
the Orpheum circuit. He said:
have secured some fine novel attrac.
tions which will be seen in America this
the best to be found in Europe. We
have also some interesting attractions
from northern Africa and eastern
Asia.0 ...
Messrs. Meyerfeld and Beck are seek.
ing opportunities for extension. A
new building is now in process Of cree
ton in Salt Lake City, and when com
pleted will be one of the finest in the
circuit. The Salt Lake house with
the proposed st. Paul extension will
give the Orpheum company eighteen
houses, well scattered. ,- IT,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26
4 TESTIMONIAL i
TO DICK FERRIS

Next Saturday night at the Lyceum
theater a farewell testimonial per-
Torrance has been arranged by com
mittee of prominent Minneapolis citi-
zens, as compliment to Dick Ferris
in appreciation Of his public spirit
during his three years maintenance Of
a stock company.
The members Of the committee are
Ralph W. Wheelock, chairman, Charles
A. fuller of T h g urnal, W. J.
Murphy of the Tribune, Michael Bres-
lauer and E.. W. Murphy.
Governor johnson and Mayor Jones
will occuply boxes with their parties,
the committee members and other we'll
known citizens have subscribed for
boxes, all of which, with the loges and
large number Of seats will be sold by
subscription.
The occasion will be made elaborate,
as it marks the last week night per-
Torrance to be given by the Ferris
Stock company in Minneapolis. The
play will be Nat Goodwin's great
play, "a Gilded Fool,'' in which Mr..
Ferris has achieved one Of his greatest
successes. After the matinee the
house will be turned over to florists
and decorators, who will make the in
terror gay with palms, flowers, flags
and other DECORATIONS: The orchestra
will be doubled and will play a selected
program Of popular music. The public
seat sale will open at the Lyceum box
office Tuesday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26
MANY ARE. DELINQUENT
COUNTY AUDITORS URGED TO
GIVE WARMING OF THE COMING
FORFEITED TAX SALE.

:, Because Of the great delinquency in
the payment Of taxes on real estate,
and in an effort to save it to the orig
inal owners and from tax sale by the
state, State Auditor Iverson has sent
a special letter to every county audi
tor in Minnesota. It reads in part as
follows: , .... H. Ill.,. Ii
An examination of the lists Of real
estate, forfeited to the state for nonpay-
ment of taxes, under the old law, and
also under the 1902 law, discloses the fact
that great many people have been ex-
ceedingly careless in the matter of taxes,
for in thousands Of cases one year, and
in hundreds of cases only half years
taxes are delinquent, including farms, viii
lage and city property. These omissions
may have occurred four, five or ten years
ago, and the amount may be small, but
under the law the tract is forfeited to the
state and subject to SALE. The sale will be
held about Nov. 1. In nearly all Of such
cases the taxes will be paid or redeemed
when the personal notice Of expiration of
redemption is served upon the owners
thereof. This will impose quite an ex-
pense upon such owners.
I suggest that each county auditor
make a special effort to bring all cases of
this kind within his county to the per-
sonal attention Of the owners or parties
interested. This will result in preventing
thousands of such cases from going tC
sale. Every real estate owner in the
state should examine the forfeited tax
lists on file in the county auditors office
and also in the state auditors office, tc
see whether or not he has forgotten tC
pay any Of his taxes in years gone by.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26
FARMERS ARE INGENIOUS.
RIG UP a NEW FORM OF BINDER
TO SAVE WHEAT IN WET
FIELDS, e

G.. D. Rogers, secretary of the Min
neapolis Chamber of Commerce, re-
turned this morning from a trip thru
the wheat fields. Colonel Rogers said
he would not care to particularize, but
has no hesitation at all in saying that
taking. all the grain crops into account
there is a greater total this year than
ever before known. He thinks the es-
Inmates of 2O0,00O,O0O bushels for
wheat abotu right, and says there is
the promise Of at least 25,000,000 bush
els flax.
Minneapolis, he says, ought to show
a new record in the coming crop year,
in total grain receipts. Some parts Of
the Red river valley are very wet.
This is about the only drawback to a
favorable harvest.
''Not to be deferred by wet soil
some the farmers along the Minnesota
side of the Red river are cutting wheat
with wagon" said Colonel Rogers
HFnding that the big bull wheel of
the binders would sink into the soil
some of them have taken the front
and rear wheels of q farm wagon. have
rugged up. a long, wide platform by ex
tending the wheels and tying on long
timber, and putting the binder on this
they are doing the work. It is home
ly, and at first glance a surprising ano
rather confusing continuance, but
where, I saw it going it worked al
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26
HAS LONG LEASE
Proprietor of Court House Stands
Won't Be Ousted.

There may be a legal battle and a
nice point of law raised if the munich
pal building commission attempts to
carry out the proposed plan Of turning
out the proprietors Of the court house
and city hall cigar stands, and advertis-
ing for bids for the privilege. Miss
Virginia Rickert is the owner Of the
Fourth and Fifth street stands. She
has been operating u1fder lease
granted her by the county commission,
ers and for the past two years has paid
into the county 500 every month. Last
October the board of county commits
sioners renewed this lease for two
years.
'sI made this lease with the county
commissioners in perfect good faith,
and don't see how they can repudlate
it., said Miss Richert today. Il GER
tainly am going to stand on my rights
and stay here until I am compelled by
the courts to leave.'
Some members of the commission
maintain that the county commissioners
had no right to renew Miss Rlckert s
lease, as they were to be superseded IN
possession of the court house by the
building commission, but at least one
| member Of the commission holds that
there is moral obligation. to keep Miss
Rickert there and probably a legal one,
as the board Of county commissioners
is continuing body and had the power
| to make the lease at the time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26
CUT IN GAS RATES
New Concern at Winona Announces a
. Reduction,

WINONA, MINN.-The Winona Cas-
light & Coke company, which has re-
Gently purchased the business of the
Wlnona Gas company, has announced a
reduction in rates from $3.50 a thou
sand feet for lighting gas, to $1.4O, and
from $1.25 for fuel gas to $1.2O. Where
gas for both purposes is supplied from
the same meter, the charge is to be
$1.30.
The news Of the arrest at Ponca of E.
R. Surber Of Wayne, Neb., on the
charge Of uttering forged deed upon
which he tried to secure $4,000 loan
from Hurley & Pearson Of Ponca, the
deed purporting to be from Jackson
Deets of California, has given rise to
the belief that he tried to operate in
Winona. A stranger who represented
himself to be Jackson Deets appeared
before Judge w. J. Smith two weeks
ago and requested the drawing of a
county Of Chippewa, Wisconsin, as his
attorney to deal in real estate in Ne
braska and make loans thereon.
Judge Smith drew up the desired
document, but before taking the &C
acknowledgement of the man who repre-
sented himself to be Deets, Informed
him that the state law prohibited a
notary from taking the acknowledge
ment Of a man he did not personally
know, and that he would have to bring
in some person to identify him. This
the fellow started out to do, and never
returned.
Rev. 6. R. Neel, state evangelist of
the Minnesota Christian Missionary So
ciety, will come to Winona on Sept. 3
to conduct series of meetings.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26
CITY NEWS
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.

Minnesota-Shower and thunder
storms tonight and Sunday; cooler Sun
day; increasing southerly, shifting Sun
day to westerly winds, with squalls.
Upper Michigan-Partly cloudy to
night. with showers in western por-
ton; Sunday, showers and cooler in
south; east winds, with thunder squalls.
Wisconsin-Partly cloudy and warm
er tonight, with showers in western por-
ton; Sunday, showers and thunder
storms, with cooler in western portion;
increasing southeast tp, south winds
and squalls Sunday.
Iowa-Showers tonight, with warmer
in eastern portion; Sunday, showers,
with cooler in western portion; south,
shifting to west winds.
North and South Observation-Disclosures
storms this afternoon and tonight; cool
er tonight; Sunday fair, with cooler
in eastern portions; south, shifting to
west winds, with squalls.
Mostana-Fair tonight and Sunday,
cooler in eastern portion; westerly
winds.
Lake Superior and Lake Michigan
Light, variable winds, shifting to
southerly Sunday, with squalls.
Temperatures are below the season
at average in the middle Atlantic and
New England states, the lower lake
region and the Ohio and middle and
upper Mississippi valleys, and have
risen and are above the normal in mid:
die western states and the middle and
upper Missouri valley. The rain area
that crossed the central valleys and the
lake region Thursday has reached the
middle and south Atlantic. and east guilt
states, and heavy rains have occurred
at points in those districts during the
last twenty-four hours.
Warmer weather is indicated for the
middle and upper Mississippi, lower
Ohio and lower Missouri valleys anc
the upper lake region during the next
thirty-six hours, and the temperature
will fall in the upper Missouri valley
Showers will occur tonigh and Sunday
in the states Of the Missouri valley
and in the upper Mississippi valley ane
the western lake region Sunday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26
LOCAL MEN TO ATTEND
COMMITTEE WILL BE APPOINTED
TO CONFER WITH ENGINEERS
ABOUT RESERVOIRS.

Chairman B. F. Nelson of the public
affairs committee of the Commercial
Club will appoint a committee to con-
fer with the government engineers on
the upper Mississippi reservoirs on
Sept. II. By that date the engineers
will be in the twin cities prepared to
discuss the reservoir problem with the
representatives Of the business organ
izations of the two cities.
Local business men, especially those
in any way interested in waterpower or
lowing the reservoir discussion closely.
The local sentiment is in favor of main
tanning the reservoirs, but no objection
will be made to some changes in the
method of operation.
Major G. McDerby, government en-
gineer in charge of the upper Missis-
sippi river reservoirs, has filed an an
swer to the protest of the Grand Rap
ids, Mimi, Commercial club asking
or reduced in number and capacity.
The club asked that the discharge be
limited to 1000 cubic feet a second
under ordinary conditions and to 1000
cubic feet in dry seasons; also that
the number of dams be reduced from
five to two if they are not entirely
done away with.
fer with the government engineers on
discharge during the low water state
has been about 5000 feet a second, and
that this has been barely sufficient to
maintain fair stage Of water in St.
Paul and other points along the river.
In spite Of this the water has at times
fallen to point where the river was
too low for navigation. He maintains
that the milling interests of Mime
apolis and other manufacturers depend
ing on the river for all or part of their
power would be seriously inconven-
fenced by shutting the reservoirs or
destroying them. In addition to this
there is the loss of great part Of the
freight business between st. Louis and
St. Paul that would follow the aban-
donment of the reservoirs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26
"SLIYER" CASE COMES UP
TRIAL OF BIG MINERAL LEASE
SUIT BEGINS IN DULUTH NEXT
MONDAY.

The Virginia Silver case will be
opened Monday in the district court at
Duluth. This is the contest of the state
agar against the validity Of the Mabel Evans
ore lands in ST. Louis county. The lease
for the land was issued Dec. 80, 1902,
the day before R. G. Dunn retired as
state auditor. It is claimed the lease
should have been let at auction, as
there was more than one after it.
incidentally, the case will bring into
question the constitutionality Of the
entire mineral-lease law, under which
the United States Steel corporation
operates Minnesota state mines. The
state constitution holds that state lands
may be onyl sold at auction. The state Is
attorneys. will argue that the sale Of
mineral lease is practically the sale
Of the land. The state will be repre-,
sented by Edward T.. Young, attorney
general, and Wallace B. Douglas, for.
mer attorney general and ex-justice of
the state supreme court.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26
GAMBLERS WANT
| TRIAL BY JURY
THEY MAY CARRY "A TEST CASE
TO THE SUPREME COURT.
Would Have That Body Reverse It's
Decision Which Deprives a Prisoner
of the Right to Jury Trial When
Arraigned Under an ordinance-At-
. torneys Are Interested.

IF Minneapolis gamblers can raise
sufficient funds to appeal some OF the
recent police court cases, an effort will
be made by their attorneys to have the
supreme court reverse it's former I'M
popular decision which deprives q
arraigned under the. ordinances.
When Louis Wylie and Carl Blake
were found guilty month ago of
operating gambling house on Third
street s, and sentenced to fifteen days
in the workhouse, they asked for stay
to appeal the case. The stay was
granted and expired this morning.
Both men appeared in court today
and asked for a further continuance,
saying that they had not had enough
time to prepare. A stay of ten days was
granted by Judge, G. L.. Smith. Sew
eral of the gamblers said today that
they were trying to raise the money to
appeal these cases and hoped to be
successful in a few days.
At the beginning of the trial Judge
W. A: Kerr asked that the men be
MED on the grounds that the supreme
court had decided that the court is
not bound to grant jury trial when
| only violation Of city ordinances is in
volved. Judge Kerr holds that the
constitution of the United States
makes provision for a jury trial IN all
criminal cases and the appeal will be
made to the supreme court on those
grounds. *. ..-sE "a. i.
Since the decision was made several
years ago it has been unpopular with
attorneys. It is expected that friends
Of Blake and Wylie will raise the
money and others are interested in the
outcome Of such an appeal. There will
be no trouble in getting legal talent
to present the case to the supreme
court in the effort to get that court to
reverse it's own decision.
Fred Barrows and Charles Baxter
convicted of the same offense, but Civ.
en- the option of fines, were also given
a stay at the time of their trial, and
their stay was up this morning. They
said that they were unable at present
to pay fines of $75 each, and heir cases
were continued until Oct. 10.