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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-13

tien OF joint resolution which will ex:
plicitly endorse the said Cooper Bill and
request our senators and representatives
In. congress to support said measure. To
Of the benefits Of the national laws regu-
lating transportation and Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission In the adj
ministration OF these laws, would urge
the passage Of bill which would au-
thorize the State Board Of Railway and
any individual complaint before the In
terstate Commerce Commission when, in
the Judgment OF said Board Of Railway
and Warehouse Commissioners, the griev-
In the discussion OF this question Of
transportation I beg to remind you that
ways. Every indication points to the fact
that within few, years our state will be
quite generally traysrsed by electrical
years several Of these lines will, be under
Being common carriers, 1t
would be wise. in my Judgment. to in
corporate tn our statutes at this time a
provision which would place all such COM
diction Of the Board Of Railway and
Warehouse Commissioners. would also
urge your attention to the advisability of
giving said board power to regulate and
control telegraph and telephone compa-
which gets its authority from the state
forced to submit to public control
RAILROAD PASSES.
During past years a strong prejudice
has arisen In this state against what is
commonly termed the pass System" l
am not among those who believe that the
giving or accepting Of free railroad pass
or frank is intended in any way as
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-13
DAIRY AND FOOD,

In no field Of production has the state
made greater progress during past years
Within a comparatively brief period the
cemmonwealth has emerged from the list
lished herself as the, greatest dairy state
Quality, Minnesota butter stands pre-emi-
nently at the head, and in S S,om,petitio On
merit than all the neighboring states
combined. The superiority Of this prod;
contest held in recent years. Numerous
agencies have been Jointly responsible for
provement in the quality Of our dairy
product: The Agricultural School Of the
Station maintained there, have been po-
tent factors in the realization Of this de;
sirable condition. The Dairy and Food
Department Of our own state government
has also been a conspicuous factor in the
upbuildtng Of this industry, end has also
accomplished much in preventing harm
full authorizations Of food products. The
state can well afford to pursue the most
liberal policy toward both Of these
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-13
RAILWAY LEGISLATION

One of the great problems of the pres
ent time and which is of the greatest and
most vital concern to the people repre-
scented by you. Is that Of railway transpor-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13
ELECTRIC PLOW PROMISED.
Trolley System Is to BE Applied TO
Breaking Farm Land.

A Minneapolis machinery company has
under construction the working parts Of
an invention that may prove to be the
working of a revolution in the matter of
breaking ground on bonanza farms, Of
which there are 50 many in the North
west, and which may be used even on
smaller farms wherever there is an en-
CINE handy that can be put to the use
intended.
The idea is no less than to pillow the
fields by electricity, by the use of an cleo
trio pillow. The plow itself is to be OPP
Grated by electric power, and is q large
gang affair which will turn over a wide
piece of earth. ) threshing engine is to
be used to furnish the electricity, a dyna-
mo to be attached.
The plow is to be run by trolley, the
wire to be run from the working dynamo
to the farthest corner of the field. The
pillow picks up the wire as it runs, and
when it arrives at the far end of the field,
an easy arrangement alters the position
of the feed wire so that the whole field
can be reached in that way.
1t is claimed for the new idea that 1t
will be q most wonderful labor saver,
and that it will do wonders in the way of
speed, running about four times as rap
idly as horses can pull n plow of the
same kind. 1t will also be much more
handy than steam. because Of the fact
that steam machines of that kind are so
heavy that they are unwieldy and cut
into the field, especially when the ground
is soft.
II is Gin lined that il the plow works
reasonably well, the same idea can be put
to use in working harvesters and other
farm machinery, which will do away with
the necessity of having so many horses to
feed all through the year, when less
would be necessary under the trolley sys-
TEN.
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HARVEST SHOWS FARM WEALTH
Railroad People Give Figures Illus
tratinR Nation's Grain Production.

The American farmer is an exceeding
ly prosperous individual, according to
railroad statlsticians, who have figured
out that the grain traffic for this crop
year will aggregate 100000 carloads.
If all this grain could be marketed sim
ultaneously and hauled in a single solid
train of freight cers the train would be
1881 miles long, exclusive of the loco
motives that would be necessary to
move ii.
Dividing this into trains of forty cars
each, there would be required 1880 To-
comotives or 355 miles of draught ma
chinery. Adding this S55 miles to the
IL ,931 miles of cars, there is a total of
1926 miles.
To hold the cars and engines It would
require nearly every foot of four tracks
extending from New York to San Fran
cisco. The necessary single track would
measure half the circumference of the
globe.
These figures do not fully tell of the
vastness of the wealth which the Ameri-
can farmer has taken from his land In
corn. oats, wheat, barley and rye in the
year 1905. The railroad mems estimates
are COLlulltu W the gram "hlCh "hi w
moved 10 market centers on the steam
roads. Probably not over one-third of
the grain produced will ever see a freight
car. The other two-thirds will be haul
ed to local mills in wagons or will be
consumed by live stock on the farms. To
hold the entire corn crop alone would
call for Il train aud engines 2 1000 miles
In length.
In this story of agricultural treasure
lies the reason for the unparalleled prep
arations of the western railroads for
traffic this season. If the farmer were
not already we'll supplied with ready
money and were forced to rush his grain
to market, as he has done in past years,
it is reasonable to suppose the railroads
would be utterly swamped with grain
traffic.
The statisticians estimate the wheat
and oats crops Of Minnesota and the Da-
kotas at $4,000 900 bushels, of which
100, 900, 900 bushels will be marketed on
steam roads. They place the total yield
OF corn at 1885, 100000 bushels, and ex-
pect that $4,000, 900 bushels will be
hauled on freight trains greater or less
distances. Granting that these figures
are correct, there will be 10000 carloads
Of wheat and oats from the three States
mentioned, or AK h2ins of forty cars
each. The estimate iGr corn is 10000
carloads, or $4,000 trainloads of forty
cars each. On top of this there proba-
bly, will be 1900 carloads of fiaxseed to
be hauled from the Northwest.
! To haul the 100000 cars estimated
for all kinds Of grain, there would mean
a movement of a hundred trains Of forty
cars each for every day Of the rear.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13

threatening. Labor day was observed
generally throughout the South. Crisp
air and bright weather made ideal con-
ditlons for the observation of Labor day
In st. Paul, MINI. There was an I'M
commonly large parade. A parade Of
the labor unions in Boston was review
ed at the state house by Gov. William
Douglas and at the city hall by Mayor
Patrick A. Collins. Twelve thousand
working men passed in parade in Kan
sas City.
Labor day was celebrated in st. Louis
with a parade comprising 1000 men.
This may be the last Labor day parade
there, as leaders, it is said, are not in
favor of the parade feature. The unions
of Philadelphia celebrated Labor day
by a combined parade. More than TO-
D men participated. Afterwards an
outing was held at a Delaware river re-
sort. Labor day was observed in Pitts
burg with a parade. Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor. and W. ID. Huber, president of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters, made
addresses.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13

Mrs. Sylvia Langdon Durham Of
Southington, Conn, has begun her 1Osth
year and is ''still spry."
Henry Croft, inventor of the grain
separator and Leffel engine, recently
died at the age of So, a poor man.
DR.. Sophronia Fletcher, the first wom-
IN physician in Boston, is 90 years old.
Her grandfather fought in the battle o.
Lexington.
Jesus Rodriguez, a Mexican inhabit-
ant of FL Paso, boasts that although 97
years old, he has never worked q single
day in his life.
Francis Richard Lubbock, who died
recently IN Austin, Texas, In his ninstt
eth year, was the last of the war Gov
ernors Of the South.
Michael Katon, who recently died at
0lidden, Wis, at the age Of 116, had
the distinction Of casting his vote for
twenty-three Presidents.
Joseph Potter, who settled on tho
present site Of Potter, Kan, 1fty-onS
pears ago, has lived constantly In sight
OF che place since that time
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13
MANY WORKMEN CELEBRATE.
Labor Day Observed in All Large and
Many Small Cities.

Ideal weather conditions prevailed in
Chicago for the observance of Labor
day. The union labor parade was the
chief attraction. Notwithstanding a rul-
ing requiring a similarity of uniforms for
bands, President Kennedy of the Fed
Grafton announced that the attempt to
bar non-complying bands from the pa
rade would not be enforced. Many local
labor organizations did not participate
in the parade; the carpenters had plan
ned an all day outing at n suburban
park and the other building trades unions
arranged for similar separate programs.
The parade was halted when it was dis
covered that a teamsters' union was
marching behind a non-union band. Com
mittees wen into a conference on a
street corner. The trouble was adjust
ed and the parade resumed.
Labor day in Detroit was cloudy and
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13
MEN WHO WROTE TREATY.
Both Are statesmen of High Attain-
ments and Long Service.

"Suts III LDnS ScENtCes
Henry W. Dennison and Prof. Fred.
erick De Martens, who drew up the
treaty of peace between Japan and Rus
STA, are distinguished men in interna~
tional affairs. Mr.. Dennison, who is a
native of Vermont. has been an attache
Of the japanese foreign Office over twen-
ty-tive years, and accompanied Baron
komura to this country in an advisory
capacity. Before becoming a japanese
official he had been an attache of the
Department Of State at Washington,
had been a consul in Japan, and had
practiced law in Yokohama. He is 81
years old, and has been decorated with
the grand Gordon of the Rising Sun.
Prof. De Martens is Russia's fore
most authority on foreign affairs. He
was born at Pernau in one of the Ger
man Baltic provinces in 1913, is noted
for his knowledge of international law,
and since 1869 has been a member of
the council of the ministry for foreign
affairs. He was president of the court
that settled the boundary dispute be-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela, and
is a member of the international court
at The Hague.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13

ROBERT BACON. out was not an
nounced. Mr.. Bacon for many years
had been an important factor Of bust
ness life in New York City, having
been until within a year or so a junior
partner in the banking house Of j. P.
Morgan & Co. Mr.. Bacon will assume
his duties in the State Department as
soon as he a arrange his private af-
fairs, which will be some time in Oc-
tober.
Robert Bacon is recognized in the
East as being more than usually well
versed in matters of high finance. 1t
was Bacon who was in charge of the
interests of ]. Pierpont Morgan in the
famous Northern Pacific corner Of
1901. He arranged the British end Of
the great steamship merger, his diplo-
macy being directed to removing the
obstacles raised by the British govern
meut. During the settlement of the
anthracite coal strike in 1902 he took
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13
FROST NIPS WESTERN CROPS.
Visits the Rocky Mountain Districts
and Missouri Valley Regions.

The weekly bulletin Of the weather
bureau summarizes crop conditions as
follows:
Temperatures favorable for the matur-
ing of crops prevailed in all districts
east Of the Rocky mountains during the
week except in the northern portions Of
the upper Missouri and upper Mississip-
pi valleys and In northern New Eng
land, where it was somewhat too cool.
Scattered frosts, causing damage, occur
red In the central and northern Rocky
mountain districts and In the upper Mis-
souri, valley during the latter part Of the
week. The greater part of Texas, por-
lions Of Kansas and Missouri, and the
north Pacific coast continue to need rain.
Corn has advanced rapidly and much
of the early crop over the southern por-
tion of the corn belt Is being cut
Considerable overripe spring wheat re-
mains uncut on flooded lowlands In
northern Minnesota and eastern North
Dakota, and moisture has injured grain
h shock IL portions of South Dakota
ind Iowa.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13

of immediate relatives Of the couple and
Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid
and the staff of the American embassy
witnessed the ceremony.
Mr.. Field, who was accompanied by
his son, Marshall field, Jr.. arrived at
the church promptly at noon and was
followed Immediately by the bride. She
was accompanied by Augustus N. Eddy
and wore a very handsome costume of
gray chiffon, trimmed with point lace,
and a large picture hat with ostrich
feathers. With the exception of two i'm
msnse bouquets of lilies on either side
of the altar the church was not deco
rated.
After the simple ceremony Of the
church of England the bridal party retir-
ed to the vestry, where the signing of
the register was witnessed by Ambassa-
dor Reid, Secretary Carter Of the EN-
bassy, Augustus N. Eddy and Marshall
FAld, Jr., and where Mr.. and Mrs. Field
secsived the congratulations q thsir rel
stivss and = few frispds.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13

an active part in arranging the details
of the arbitration scheme with Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Personally Mr.. Bacon is a man after
President Roosevelt's own heart. He is
more than six feet tall, and unusually
broad-shouldered even for a man Of
extreme height. In Harvard he was
famous for his skill in all branches of
athletics. AS half back on the varsity
eleven he was regarded twenty years
ago as pre-eminent. He is fond of
hunting and all outdoor sports. and
takes a keen interest in yachting, par
ticularly in the international contests.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13

st. NJ IS
church, Westmin-
;ster, London. Can
ON Herbert Hens
ley-H Henson of st,
Paul's cathedral,
assisted by the Rev.
Samuel Kirschbau m
of St. Margaret's,
performed the cere-
mony. The church
was closed to the
general public and
only a small con-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13

been appointed As
s t ant Secretary
of State to succeed
Francis B. Loomis,
resigned.
The appointment
of Mr.. Bacon was
agreed upon almost
Immediately after
Elihu Root had &C.
cepted the office of
Secretary of State,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13

Ten bids were presented to the state
capitol commission Tor the contract on
the foundation Of the east wing OF the
new capitol. They ranged from $4,000
to $8,086. The lowest bidder, G. Lepper,
formerly Of Sioux Falls, now Of Minneap-
oils, was awarded the contract.
The final total figures of state valua-
lions did not reach the estimated figures.
the total being $219,647 .647, an increase
Of S6,002, 600 over last rear.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13

MARSHALL FIELD WEDS.

Chicago Merchant and Mrs. Cation
United In London church.
Marshall Field, the great merchant,
and Mrs. Arthur Cation of Chicago were
united in maria &c at noon TneSdAY at
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-13
GETS LOOMS PLACE.
ROBERT BACON is ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Classmatc with President Roosevelt
in Harvard Quits Active Business
Life to Take Up Government Service
Famous as an Athlete.

Robert Bacon, of New York, an init
mate friend of President Roosevelt
and his classmate at Harvard, has
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-17

1t is just sixty-five years ago since
George Bradshaw. the quaker engrav-
er and map-maker of Manchester,
England, was first inspired to publish
his Time Table" 1t was tiny
pamphlet bound in green cloth, and
was nothing more than a collection of
the monty time tables issued by the
seven railway companies then in ex-
istence in England. OF this volume
there are now only four copies in ex-
istence, but they are worth their
weight in gold.
So encouraged was Bradshaw by
the success of this time table that in
1910 he published his Railway Com
panion," a volume of thirty-eight
pages with maps which sold at a
shilling These early guides were
published rather irregularly because
of the difficulty of learning the
changes in times from the railway au-
thorities. They resented Bradshaw's
interference and put every obstacle
in the way of his obtaining informa-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-17

Taking advantage Of the publication
of new edition of his Napoleon:
The Last Phase" says the London
News, Lord Rosebery has contributed
q new chapter in which he speculates
on what might have happened if Ma
po!eon's luckless son had lived. He
says:
1T seems impossible to measure the
attractive force of the youth who was
the very child of Caesar, and who for
three years had actually lived in
Paris as king.
His father in exile planned and
pondered much over the sons future.
What were the chances of that future
we may estimate by an incident.
When Prince Napoleon, the son of
Jerome, was in Paris under the name
Of Montfort in 1845, he visited the
Hotel deg Invalides. His resemblance
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-17
Authors One Should Know

4. Shakespeare, Boswelrs John
son." Plutarch's Lives, Esquemling's
History of the Buccaneers" Hamil-
tons Memoirs of Gramont," Pepys'
Diary, Bourienne's Napoleon, Gibbons
Rome, Green's History of England,
John Fiske's United States Histories.
S. Shakespeare, Kipling, Howells,
Dumas (senior), Mark Twain, Ruskin,
John Fiske, Darwin, Tyndal, Tenny-
son or Robert Browning.
AS was to have been expected,
Shakespeare figures in most of the
lists, only one leaving him out. Plato
Goethe, Emerson, Gibbon and John
Fiske are the choice in two lists, and
Howells, Kipling and Mark Twain
among the living writer's, each has
two adherents. Altogether, thirty.
eight authors are mentioned in the
five lists.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-17
UNION DIRECTORY.

tSecretary of Local Unions are urg-
entity requested to report all changes.)
Contra! labor Union. Meets SECOND
Kelsey. president; !. r. belong, secre-
tary; r. c. Evans. treasurer.
Carpenters and Joiners, No. 1o55. Meet
every Tuesday evening at $50 So. 18th
St. Chas. F. Smith. president; J. NJ.
cording secretary; Ed. S. Scott. financial
secretary; II. B. Atterbury, conductor:
John Robinson. treasurer; II. J. Adams
warden.
Typographical Union, No. 200. Meets
1lth St. Frank NJ: Coffey: president; H.
G. Peat. vice. president; +. H. Hebbard,
financial secretary; Albert Strain. record
ing secretary; ]. G. Sayer, sergeant-at-
arms.
Steiner. president; ]; M. Anhauser. vice.
president: T. w. Evans corresponding
and financial secretary; r. r. Speechley.
treasurer; A. Herminghaus, recording
secretary.
Capita, Auxiliary, No soo T. &c TYPO,
and third Fridays. Mrs w. NJ Smith.
president: Mrs G. b. RICHTER vice presi-
J. @. Sayer. treasurer; Mrs Will BASTARD.
J guide; Mrs. Freeman, chaplain.
Bricklayers' Union. Meets every Fri
day at 1928 So 10th st. Nels Carrel, presi-
dent; w. J. Harvey, ice-president; II.
Swenk financial secretary; c. Gersten-
treasurer; Grant Roberts. doorkeeper;
Gus Swanson, sergeant at arms.
Hold Carriers and Building laborers.
Meet every Thursday, Westerfield's hall.
r.. w. Calkins. president; L. d. Wertz.
secretary: A. l.. A. Schiermeyer. financial
swanson. treasurer; r Frye, sergeant.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-17
) Saved His Reputation

er keerlessly invited the young drum
mer to go. an he accepted.
1--WE hadn't made more'n eight
moves when 1 saw I was up agin'
pretty tough proposition. He had me
beat for sure in the next few moves.
Gee, l could see my reputation all
goin' to flinders an everybody would
be givin' me the laugh. So, while pre-
tendin' to study the next move, l did
some pretty tall thinkin' as to how to
get out O. the fix.
"'Then bright idee came to me. l
pretended to change my position on
my stool and quite by accident, O.
course, upset the box on which the
candle was standin'. l made a grab
for the candle and another unfortu-
nate thing happened. My knee struck
an end of the checker board, which
was hangin' over the edge of the box,
and the checker men got SO badly
mixed up that by the time the candle
was lighted agin' the game was hope
lessly spilled.
81 was mighty glad when the
stranger said he didn't have time to
play another game, as he had to
catch his train. The folks in the
store was terrible disappointed, as
they wanted to see me add another
victory to my list. But, say, I had
darned close shave from losin' my rep.
utation that time"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-17

IF you were asked to choose ten
authors, a partial knowledge of whose
works you regarded as essential to
the equipment of successful modern
man, what authors would you name?"
This question, recently put to five
representative men in New York. cho-
sen at random, produced the follow
ing results:
/. Homer, Plato, Dante, Goethe, Vol
taire, Balzac, Shakespeare, Carlyle,
Matthew Arnold and Emerson.
2. James Bryce, american Com
monwealth": Dickens, Kipling, Mark
Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson,
Woodrow Wilson. Popular History;
Jules Verne, Howells, H. G. Wells,
"Anticipations" and Ridpath's His
tory of the World"
3. Shakespeare, Plato, Cervantes,
Moliere, Gibbon, Goethe. Emerson,
Motley, Thackeray, Tolstoi.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-17
READ AND REMEMBER.

Register subscribers general and union particular will
doubt be surprised of article published the
this The article malcousy unfair and
when publishers their impulse
either make bonfire of edition. but
thought dictated that the article Certified Result
Boycott would do the inspiring harm than good,
hence publication the Register Surely decent union
will spend another of his for of the
which will assal unionm assailed in
article The referred
reading it. Read carefully and remember the
of printed The Postum Cereal Com
Ltd manufactures Postum Cereal questionable substitute
for coffee and Grape Nuts, so-caled breakfast food
That portion of the Register which the article
printed by large printing house Omaha and the publishers of
made have somebody else help
print paper One dose of "PostNuts' is
enough-Centra City IS d. Register.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-17

He Knew 1t ALL
Oh. once there lived upon this earth,
In long forgotten land.
"A man who vowed that women
He had learned to understand.
He wrote down all their qualities,
And by the rule of three
He managed to evolve at last
A wonderous theory!
He knew when they would laugh or
He only had to count
He knew when they would smile or
sigh.
He knew not only when. but why
And the exact amount!
He knew just what a woman meant
This scholar SO astute!-
When she called pins magnificent
And baby hippos Cute
He knew just when her no meant yes
He knew, indeed-oh pause!-
He knew the magic meaning
OF the little word because
He knew it ALL or thought he did
Oh comedy of life
Until one day he married
A delightful little wife.
Alas. Alack: Oh, mercy me!
Now what do you suppose?
She wouldn't live by rule of three,
She laughed at all his theory.
And led him by the nose.
New York Press.