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New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

Court In 1776 and another committee was ap-
pointed to make a survey. Owing 10 the great
expense of such undertaking and the Strin-
gent financial condition throughout the country
nothing further was proposed until 1871. when a
petition was sent to the Legislature. A commit
tee was again appointed. and upon It's report the
Legislature resolved that the construction OF a
canal practicable. From that time on the
subject of a canal across the cape became a
prolific of controversy and legislation.
1t is seldom that the line of canal has been so
frequently surveyed
In 1870 the Legislature granted charter for
the construction of the canal to Alpheus Hardy.
whose summer home is at Bourne This charter
was five times extended, but the owners did
nothing more than to cause a survey and to en-
gage few laborers TO shovel sand into a tip
cart at Scussett Beach.
This charter was succeeded by the Whitney
charter, remarkable because Of the notable
tigation Mr.. Whitney refused to undertake the
work. and in 1888 the privileges of the charter
were granted TO Frederic A Lockwood, of Bos-
ton who was to undertake the construction for
81 100000 a mile, the whole TO be finished in
and half years.
An entrance was dug through the beach at
Scussett Harbor, and through it was towed an
enormous dredging machine. which cost 100000
to build. The dredge was not a success. and
after enormous ditch had been dug through
the marsh and mile inland from the beach. tho
work discontinued. The dredge was towed
back to the shore. and was burned by incen-
diaries. Over 81 000. 900 was expended in this
work
Since the failure of the Lockwood company
no active operations have been undertaken upon
the canal. though number of different COM
recommence work.
The total distance dredging for the new canal
will be twelve miles. Tolls will be charged. and
when one figures that the annual tonnage around
that the enterprise would be paying one If the
canal is successfully constructed
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

panes may fail go out of business thus leav-
ing their pensioners in the Iurch France, how
ever, undertakes to guarantee the payment of
indemnities and pensions by taxing all employ
ers in the industries included within the French
Worknlans Compensation act specific sum.
which goes into the national fund for old ago
pensions. If an employer, therefore, should for
any reason become unable to meet his accident
liabilities to employees or their families, the
amount is paid to the rightful claimants out of
the national fund When an employer goes out
of business he is obliged to pay into this fund a
sum which according to actuarial calculations
will cover the payment Of all accident pensions.
The French government also keeps close tab
on the way employees wounded In an accident
are examined. or, If killed. how the fnvestiga-
1ion of their death is conducted 1t is the
ployers duty to report accidents inside of forty
eight hours after they have occurred to the
mayor of the local commune. If a workman IS
injured so that he cannot go TO work in four
days the employer must deposit with the mayor
g physical certificate showing the condition of
the victim and the probable result Of the acci-
dent If the returns show that the victim has
died or is permanently incapacitated, the mayor
then con}municates with the justice of the peace.
who immediately begins investigation.
Each year France has been extending this act
10 still other Industries. so that the workman in
that country is fairly well protected against
sudden destitutfon in he is Unexpectedly
struck down.
Germany, however OF all European countries
has the broadest workman's compensation act
reaching as 1t does to every industry with the
exception of those in which small handicraft-
men, clerks and domestic servants are engaged
AS a guarantee for the payment of indemnities
ana pensions. IL provides for mutual assocta-
tions of employers. by which one may be backed
by the others in the same line of business in
case he finds himself unable 10 make the neces-
sary accident payments to his employees These
associations are under government control and
are called fsgenossenschaften. In Ger
many the first payments of accident tndem-
mites made thirteen weeks after the acci-
dent, the workman in the mean time being sup
ported out of the workingmen's sick fund of
which he is obliged TO be member, and to
which the employees contribute two-thirds and
the employer one-third- If temporarily in
capacitated, he receives two-thirds his former
daily wages until able again 10 resume work
And II rendered helpless for the rest of his lire
he is also entitled TO this pension If he dies
in consequence of his hurt. the employer pays
S11 80 toward the funeral and the widow a
- per cent pension, TO the children under fif-
teen years of age 20 per cent each. and TO the
parents or grandparents 20 per cent. the total,
however, being not more than 90 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
THE LAW IS OPPOSED.

The federal law of which the President speaks
as being insufficient applies only TO employees
of interstate railroads who manned killed
through the negligence of the company of
fellow employees. 1t has been regarded with
great hostility by most OF the railroads. and.
according to the Attorney General, not a few
of the railroad corporations have combined to
fight it as unconstitutional. Accordingly, the ma
tions counsel issued statement recently that
the government would ask leave to intervene
when the first test is brought by a rail-
road company to break down the law.
The meeting at which the railroads We're said
TO have agreed to fight the federal statute was
Laws of the various states offer the workmen
little more financial protection against the con-
sequences of accident than does the national
law. About all that they do IS TO prescribe
certain safeguards which the employer should
afford the employe and to define the liability of
the employer who is negligent in furnishing
this amount of safety The law thus forms a
basis for legal action. Accordingly, even thou
a wounded workmans injury is obviously the
masters fault the former has to go to the
courts and fight for damages, unless his en-
ployer is willing to settle outside. In this way
a wealthy corporation, with its trained staff of
lawyers and claim agents. has a tremendous
advantage over the poor emplOye, ignorant of
what are his real rights. The latter may be on
the verge Of starvation He may have saved
up little nothing against the day of adversely.
He may be the father of many little children
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

cannot he completely eliminated. 1t is great
social injustice TO compel the empoye or the
family of the killed disabled victim to bear
the entire burden of such an inevitable sacrifice
In other words. society shirks its duty by laying
the whole cost on the victim, whereas the injury
comes from what may be called the legitimate
risks of the trade.
Compensation for accidents deaths due in
any line of industry to the actual conditions un-
der which that industry is carried should
be paid by that portion of the community for
the benefit of which the industry is carried on
that is. by those who profit by the industry If
the entire trade risk is placed upon the employer
he will promptly and properly add it to the
legitimate cost of production and assess it pro-
pOrtionately upon the consumers of his COM
modify. 1t IS. therefore, clear to my mind that
the law should place this entire risk of the trade
upon the employer. Neither the federal law.
nor, far I informed, the state laws
dealing with the question of employers liability
are sufficiently thOrOughgOng"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

canal would make the Cape island The
citizens of inner Cape towns object strenuously
TO being left an island. The feeling in few
towns is at such pitch that there is talk of
circulating petitions and calling special town
meetings to protest against the Cape being
made into island. To understand the feel
ings of the people living beyond the canal
course. who the real cape Codders,"
must study the characteristics of the nhabi-
tants and the geography of the country which
has had so much to do with the moulding of
their ideas. tastes and conceptions of the world.
The Cape swings in horseshoe fashion into the
Atlantic and is more than one hundred miles
long. 1t is almost entirely alluvial in it's make
up, and the whole surface, except where it has
been cultivated for agricultural purposes. is of
sand. There is sand and practically nothing but
sand everywhere. OF rocks there are none. and
old mariner down there apty described the
condition of affairs when he said: Il SWoWi 1t 8
hard work to find pebble to throw at a cow"
The majority of the inha bitants of Provence
ing schooners have their mooTings in the Prov
incetown harbor and their owners follow the
sea as did their forefathers Few quainter
more picturesque settlements can he found in the
places in New England that has remained un-
touched and unsponed by progress and so-Called
modern ideas. The town remains just the same
it half century ago. The houses. with
their slanting gables and low studded doors, and
the inha btantS with their old fashioned Puri-
tanical ways form a treat to the careworn sum-
mer visitor who is seeking absolute rest and
change of scenery. The peoples ways are ways
of the sea. They love to talk of the ca prices OF
the ocean, and the damaging of fellow towns
mans fishing vessel by storm off the treacher-
GUS Cape forms far more interesting topic
of Conversat ton to them than a panic in Wall
Street or a foreign war.
OLD FASHIONED WAYS.
They proud of their old fashioned customs:
hot
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TO COST TEN MILLIONS.

The canal will cost approximately S10090000
II is estimated by Mr.. Parsons. and will he fin
.shed he says. within three years 1t is planned
TO have A sea level canal, and there will be no
ti6e locks at either entrance. Formerly tide
locks were considered necessary for the reason
that the tide on side rises eight or nine feet
while on the other side it's average rise is from
four to five feet, and the tides do not rise and
fall at the same time on both sides. there
viii be a current through the canal most of the
time. but this will not be strong enough to
seriously interfere with navigation or TO affect
the channel injuriously in any way.
II has been figured that the Cape Cod Canal
will shorten the distance between Boston and
New York over the outside course by 40 miles
and that the inside course will be made seventy
miles shorter. An even greater advantage than
the mere cutting off Of those distances will be
the added safety to navigation and the elinina-
ton of the danger of shipping being held up off
the cape by storms or fog, as neither would pre-
vent the safe and regular navigation of the
canal
Bostonians who resort to Buzzard's Bay and
the Immediate vicinity Of the canal zone" are
anxious about their summer homes, and are
wonde.i ing how much will be required for tho
cut They are hoping that their summer COT
rages will not be the digging line. Whlis
many persons go TO Buzzards Bay Bourne
Sandwich. Plymouth and adjoining places aS
summer visitors only, there are not few prom
inent Bostonians who own valuable property
there, and handsome summer homes. Most or
these are not enthusiastic about the proposed
enterprise.
Right in the line Of the proposed canal route
Is Gray Gables, the summer home or Grover
Cleveland and not far away is the Joseph JEFF
ferson estate occupied the year round. A mum
ber OF Boston are considerably exercised
over the canal movement, fearing that the
beauty Of their summer estates would be seri-
ously impaired by the construction or an un-
slightly ditch IL Is believed that some OF them
will sell their property and seek summer quiet
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

lot OF folks here a-growin' to a ripe old age"
An old fisherman who has followed cape fish
ing for years. when asked what he thought of
the canal project said. he pointed seaward:
DO yer see that ERE boat lying at anchor out
there? Well, that's my boat, and I have got
along without a canal for thirty years. I can
get along without it for thirty years longer and
l guess the other folks can"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
PAYMENT GUARANTEED.

one If the chief difficulties with every Euro
pean employees compensation act is the enforce
ment OF the payment of life pensions. Com
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
PROPOSED CAPE COD CANAL ARoUsEs MIXED FEELING .e&B
Navigators Welcome 1t. but
Summer Residents View
Ii with Disgust.

Boston Dec % tSpeciaD.-With August Bel
mont G. Co. to finance the project and William
Barclay Parsons to oversee the work of con-
struction il now seems more than probable that
the iong-dtscussed cape Cod Canal will soon be
begun and perhaps will even be in operation
within three years.
Those familiar with Cape Cod navigation and
the needs of New England commerce cannot
doubt that the completion of such an enter
prise will have far-reaching effect on COM
rnerce between New York and Boston and on all
other ports on the Atlantic Coast, from Maine
10 Florida
1t needs only a glance at statistics to show
what price commerce has paid in its struggle
with the dangerous Cape Cod coast. From 1875
TO 1908 10 vessels were lost. $50 persons lost
their lives and there a property loss of
more than S10o00o00.
Ever since the settlement Of New England the
hardy mariner has been sacrificed off Cape Cod
and until canal is cut across the sandy cape
IL will continue to reap its harvest of disasters
and human lives.
The Boston Cape Cod and New York Canal
Company secured a charter from Massachusetts
IN 1899 for the construction OF the canal. The
capitalization of the company is S6o0Ooo and
IL is the plan Of the new financial interests 70
ask authority TO increase this amount to $40
100000. That matter. it is expected viii he
brought before the harbor and land commits
sion of Massachusetts in the form of a petitlon
TO authorize the increased capitalization
The canal viii be bout eight miles long and
will extend in a straight line from Buzzard S
Bay to Sandwich. on Barnstable Bay. 1t Will
run through the villages of Sycamore. Plymouth
Bournedale. Buzzards Bay and Sandwich. u
will have a depth of at least twenty-five feet at
low water and thirty feet at high water The
yointn,,,n7 width will be 125 feet at the bottom
and from go TO 800 feet at the surface But
there will be four stretches along which the
minimum width will be at least 300 feet at the
bottom. These stretches will be long enough 10
nrovide annie room not only for the traffic of
the near future, but for many years to come.
The object OF the construction Of the canal being
to save time. there will be no delays on account
OF steamers tying up for others to pass.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

and A. 142 injured; IN 1902. 1859 killed ana
5O524 injured; In 1903. 1906 killed and 60156t
injured. and In 1904. 1852 killed and 67.067 fn~
juret
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
OLD FASHIONED WAYS.

They are proud of their old fashioned customs:
they delight in extending to strangers that open
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-18
lniormatioa Wasted.

Believing that her husband is dead,
Catharine Casey, Of 2l9 North Fifth
street, Leavcnwurth. Kansas, is seek
ing a widows pension, and is cor
responding with Col. Carroll, of the
North Dakota Soldiers Home at
Lisbon about him. Col. Carroll writes
to the editor Of the Record regarding
the matter, the following being an
excerpt from the letter: "Comrade
James Casey was admitted from your
county on the 26th of january, 1895.
John IL. Brun, or Brown, or Breen,
was the notary public before whom he
made the affidavit that acc0mpa MED
his application for admission To the
home; James Brewster signing as ex.
aiming surgeon" II any one know.
anything regarding Comrade Casey
whittier he went when he left the
state. whether he is now alive: il dead
where and when he died infor
nation, II given to the editor Of the
Record, will he sent to Col. Carroll
and will be Of great help to Mrs
lCasey in establishing her claim.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-18
a Jaciass asd . BaIs d Hay.
fBtsmack P.lladium.l

DtS"AICk t8I8QiOW.
What queer b-dfellnws the s'insur-
geuts" are responsible for the making.
For instance up At Bisnlar the
Tribune ard Palladium. It used TO
be stronger language; but now it's,
Shake. Ed. old boy. Linton Advu-
cate.
Charley Patterson certainly said
something that time. The insurgents
make queer bedfelIows, and that's ,
fact. And in no instance is 1.-The
strangen-ss IF it all'' more apparent
than 10 his own case. Patterson has
always been willing tool" of Alex.
Mckenzie and the ''old gang'-he has
been SO willing that he has even found
pleasure-and perhaps prott-in boast-
Ing Of his "patness. Why, not later
than last winter he was in Bismarck
telling everybody how he had always
stood by them-and how he always
would. But. Of course, Charley had a
nice, fat job in sight, then. He was
always a govd jackass as long as there
was bale of hay ia front Of him;
but, as soon as the ''old gang" took
away the fodder, he began u kick and
bray-as all jackasses willard the
cactus patch OF the insurgents is now
his permanent-or until another job
is onered-abiding place. Verify, ii is
| to laugh.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-18
VESTED parasraphs.

Correspondence OF the Record. fJan. 49,
Karl Van der Wall is drilling well
for Jacob Van der Lam.
Chas De Beer left last Monday for
Aberdeen to attend the business col.
lege.
The West6eld congregation is build.
ing an addition 10 the minister's
barn.
Henry Brink. OF Princeburg, is out
for few weeks to visit friends In this
neighborhood.
Miss Elozine Ryckman and Mr..
Chas. Summons were married last
Saturday at 1890 a. m.
The Statema family will soon move
from the Van Beck farm to their
homestead east Of town.
Mrs. Louis Dornbush has returned
from an extended visit with friends
in Michigan and Chicago.
The young folks Of the Westfield
country enjoyed pleasant surprise
party at the residence of Mrs ]. w.
Ryckman, recently.
Mrs. r. BieAheuyal and Mrs. d,
Biesheuval have returned from theil
visit with friends and relatives ia
South Dakota and Iowa.
Charlie Renskers is canvassiny the
county again with a gripful OF buks,
TO close up his general-agency. He
Is meeting will, greatsuccess. MEMO.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-18
Hazelton Bank chanTes Owners.

Emmons county people have pur-
chased the Hazelton branch Of the
First Nationa! Of Bismarck. Onicers
Of the institution under the new man.
agcment have not yet been chosen,
but it is reported that Senator Alex
andcr Macdonald will be president,
John McCrory vice-presldent, joseph
ilealey cashier and George Naramore
assistant cashier. This may not be
an exactly correct list. However, Mt.
Naramore will be in charge at the
bank He has acted in that capacity
some time, and Hazelton people want
him to remain, as he is bright, courte-
Gus. a good business man aud under
ders1and> 1.-The run Of things" at the
hank
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-18

We sincerely sympathize with Br'er
Patterson over his discovery that the
state Officers he helped to nominars at
Grand Forks are SO very, very bad.
But We weren't there, and therefore
we cannot be expected to assume any
of the responsibility for their badness.
We would suggest that our co-worker
IN the local vineyard might signify
his disapproval Of the course Of the
republican state officers he helped to
nominate by again going over to the
democrats. Aud perhaps they would
give him another nomination If he
did 90.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-18
\ 0ol1es Wea1lax.

During their recent holiday visit to
the east Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Martin,
Of Linton, attended tile golden we'd.
ding of the parents Ut Mr.. Martin.
The following IL relation thereto is
takeE from the Rockford IN Star Of
Jan. LIST:
Mr.. and Mrs. N. d. Martin will to.
day celebrate the golden anniverssr,
III their marriage at their beautiful
home. Gle Mu berry street. Fifty
years ago to-day they were married IL,
OsIe county, where their families had
heated In an raily day. Their married
life HAS been q MIST happy one, aud,
with not one missing from the family
circle, the observance Planned for lh..
auspicinus anniversary will be nUte-
worthy and enjoyable.
Mr. Martin was b ,rn in PreScs,tt,
Canada, seventy years aso, aud Blu
rell1 j. Paddock, VIM for tif.y years
nas been his faithful helpmxte, lirst
saw the light 1T day In Indiana one
year later. The Martin and Paddock
families we're among this. who set
tied in this then umdevelOped section,
wien the prAities were unDruken anu
the country sparseiy seLtled. 'cilese
families came west in 1887 and tH,k
up tracts Ut lsnd near Light-h0use
toint, Ogle county. Their homes
were cl,Me by aud the children of thu.
families weie playmates. Later. MI.
Martin aud Miss Paddock, who have
lived to enjoy . privilege that falls to
only few, we're SchOUimates at Rock
River academy. ,e<.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-18

How tn public man6ee thar warn
roasts that George LINN osed - est
when he Was STATES attorney because
the prohibition Law was somstimes
fractured IN the county. Ths theo
states attorney wss given the entire
blame By Mr.. Patterson becsuse blind
pigs existed In Emmons. But how
different now. In the Batcave every.
thing is IS silent as the grave regard.
ing the matter. save mild roast OF
the attorney-xeneral's once for acting
over the head If Mr.. Patterson's NOM
ince for states attorney. Why doesn't
keformer Charley say something
about It: Is it because the states II.
tOrney and both the Linton justices
Of the peace-all Of whom for months
knew the exact condition Of a1aifs-
are his warm political supporters? A
true ''reformer' would speak out
loud-regardlesS of cons -Quences.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-18

THE recent humping together Of
the vessels Of Admiral Evans squad
ron in New York harbor. said TO have
been caused by the fact tia, only one
ship carried a iatbor pilot: will doubt
less serve TO throw considerable cold
water on the effort of The vessel own
ers to secure legislation by congress
allowing the commanders Of merchant
vessels ~ use their option in hiring
local pilots wlienarriying at Or leaving
American ports. Should such law
pass the Congress 1t certainly would
not add 70 the security felt by the
passengers and crens Of vessels en-
terinR Or leaving American ports. and
especially the port Of New York.
The men who have capital invested
In ships should not be allowed TO
cheaper human life through the me-
dunn vi such law
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-18
Letter Fron 40 Old Solder.

Under date IF Hot Springs, Ark,
Jan. 9Th, Capt. Honstain writes to the
editor Of the Record MS follows:
II write you . few lines to let you
know that we arrived here safely, at.
ter tedious trip. We left Mime
apolis Jan. Sd, and reached St. Louis
on the 5th, twenty.seven hours late.
We passed the snow line 100 miles
north Of ST. Louis. Abnve that line
men At every station were seen shovel.
ing snow. We were also delayed four
hours by freight wreck On the Iron
Mountain railway.
ssllere In Hot Springs the burnt
district on Central avenue is rebuilt.
Some Of the buildings are fine slime
structures. The new cottages were
put up IN cheaper scale. The SHADE.
Trees cannOt, Of course, be replaced
for years.
"rhe weather Is fine. Every train
is loaded with passengers have met
several people here from North Dx.
kota.
I'VE will look over the city. and
then will take trip to the tnp Of Hot
Spring Mountain, where dne view
II the country can be Obtained.
s'Mariun and Emma [Mr. aud Mrs.
F. N. Burge, Capt. Hoi,si aims son-in.
Jaw and daugh,er] are we'll pleased
with the Hot Springs. They think IL
is a fine place.
please forward the Record to my
address.
I'VE all join in sending our best
wishes to yourself and TO your son
Frank. sE'rom your comrAde,
e. 3. HONsTArN.n