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The Breckenridge news., 1906-12-26
THE CRIME or
THE RAILROADS.

Mr.. Roosevelt's hatred of the rail-
roads. which has reached the proper
tions of an intellectual obsession, bids
fair to bear substantial fruit in the not
distant future. Indeed, it is quite GER
tain that we shall all have to pay deep
" for the sins of the railroads.
The prospective penalty impresses us
as being too inclusive. We favor the
severest punishment for the crime OF
secret and fraudulent rebating, which
we take to be the root and genesis OF
The whole evil We should be content
to see the giver and the receiver OF the
dishonest rebate both fined and sent to
prison as a just penalty and deterrent
and we sincerely deplore the laXity and
ineficiency with which the statutes have
been enforced.
The public has now had time for re-
Election and perceives the unreasonable
ness if not the dishonesty Of rate regu-
lation as a remedy for malpractice.
However, much astray the public may
be led by clamor and sophestry it will
not always remain misled, and it will
very soon be aware that there is no
connection between rate regulation and
criminal rebating. In the long run
common sense will settle all such ques-
tions, because it is at the bottom of pub
lie opinion, and public opinion is still
the governing power in this country.
The transportation rates ofthe United
States are the lowest in the world and
are a scientific wonder. They have
been achieved by the railroads them
selves without any legislation or Gov
ernment interference. There is nOPage
in the history of commerce that Is so
wonderful as that which records the fall
in the cost of railroad transportation
during the last thirty-fve years. Natural
causes brought it about, and if natural
causes are not checked in their opera
ton by fatuous and ignorant meddling
rates will go lower yet. If they are
checked, and there is a reckless and mis-
chievous effort now on foot to do so,
then disaster will ensue as surely as the
night follows the day, and with disaster
will come increased cost of transporta-
ton.
The last quarter of the year has seen
over 800, 900, 600 added to the wages Of
railroad employees. likewise the great
est decrease in the efficiency Of labor
ever noted in this or any other country
The record of the prices Of railroad sup
plies, rails alone excepted, during the
year shows the greatest advance ever
known in a like period. The condition
of all around apparent prosperity is the
most ominous disclosed in our annals.
In these conditions 10 per cent. hori-
zontal redu ction in rates of transpOrta-
The Breckenridge news., 1906-12-26
Outwits the Surgeon.

A complication Of female troubles,
with catarrb of the stomach and bow
els, had reduced Mrs. Thos. IS. Austin,
of Leavenworth, Ind, to such deplor'
able condition, that her doctor advised
an operation; but her husband fearing
fatal results, postponed this to try Elec'
trio Bitters; and to the smazement oi
all who knew her, this medicine COM
pletely cured her. Guaranteed cure
for torpid liver, kidney disease, bilious
ness, jaundice, chills and fever, genera,
debility, nervousness and blood poison
ing. Best tonic made. Price SOC al
Sewers Drug Co. Try it.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-12-26

ton by the joint forces Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and special en-
actment is proposed, and is suggests at
once to the same and competent observ-
er that Mr.. Bryan's idea of Government
ownership OF the railroads was wiser
and more equitable and emplied a de-
center regard for the rights of property.
1t would seem as if the intention was to
go Mr. Bryan one better, or go him one
worse.
In the face of this menace, what are
the railroads to do? Where are they to
get the money to buy the additional
trackage, the need of which is now so
painfully apparent; the money for ad-
ditional rolling stock; the money for
more motive power, and the money for
enlarged terminals? The pressure to
acquire all these is the most acute that
has ever existed in our railroad history.
How can the money be forthcoming in
the presence os the destructive plans of
the Federal Government? What is the
prospect for the wage earners2 AS
highly privileged class they have some
interest in knowing whence these things
are to come. The apparent prosperity
of the present must give way before the
certain paralysis of the railroads. AS it
is we see no signs of building the new
trackage. Indeed, we are disturbed by
the ominous fact that in spite of the
well known and obvious conditions the
market for steel rails is slackening. 1t
could not possibly do so if the railroads
were doing what under normal circum-
stances they could have no choice but
do.
The outlook for the railroads is seri-
Gus. Such a clamor was never before
heard as has arisen for more cars. Con-
signees won't unload the cars sent to
them, and there is no way to compel
them to do so. Indeed, some State
Railroad Commissions, quick to emulate
Mr.. Roosevelt's example, forbid the
railroads from imposing demurrage
charges for delay. The roads are
between Mr.. Roosevelt and the deep
sea. The gross earnings are suffocating
them, the net earnings are steadily van
ishing, and behind all is the spectre Of
an intolerable usurpation which means
only bank ruptcy and disaster. Com
munities are bowling for coal; farmers
are distracted for means TO get their
grain to market; merchandise of all
kinds encumbers the sidings and chOkes
the railroad yards, and only open
weather palliates the immediate pro-
spect.
But never mind the railroads. They
have earned and they fully deserve the
punishment that is coming to them. If
the laws are not enforced we must make
new laws. But what we want to know
is, How does a paternal and illustrious
ruler propose to provide for the unem-
ployed millions who will presently ap-
peal to his omnipotence for succor1-
New York Sun.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-12-26

Here's to a prosperous and happy
New Year to the Democrat and all of
our fellow editors and publishers.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-12-26

Cloverport merchants are proud OF
their Christmas business.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-12-26
EIGHT PAGES.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10. 1906.

A merry Christmas and happy New
Year to all Of you!
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10

members of Congress a kindergarten
lesson on the tariff question, and en-
Tightening their infantile minds by an
object lesson on a subject they We're
unable to comprehend until an actual
demonstration of the effects of a pro-
tective tariff was presented to them.
Resolved, thathonesty and efficiency
are tests that should be required of all
candidates for office to entitle them to
our support; and that we denounce
and repudiate all graft and corruption
in the Democratic party as we'll as in
the Republican party, and because we
do not believe in voting and affiliat-
ing with corruptionists and Jail birds,
we condemned our party when it was
controlled by such men, as Hill, Crok-
er, and German, and because we still
do not believe in these things, we are
reorganizing to fight the exact evil in
the Republican party Of North Dakota,
chat we repudiated in the Democratic
party, and we cordially invite all good
citizens that believe in government of,
for and by the people as opposed to
government of fraud, corruption and
graft for the bosses, to join US.
Respectfully submitted,
r. A. POPE,
e. ID. WASHBURN,
G.. H. SIMPSON,
w. j. MILLIGAN.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10
BIG CITY HARDENS SENSE.
People of Great Metropolis Become
lnsensible to Foetid Atmos-
phere in Which Thew Live.

Perhaps it is fortunate that
those people who spend all their
lives in a densely populated me-
tropolis are, to a great extent, un-
conscious of the foetid atmos-
phere in which they live. After
spending a protracted period in
the mountains and forests, our
nostrils are shocked by the disa-
greeable odors emanating from
the cutters, the shops, the stale
beer of the saloons, and the very
persons of the people on the
streets, says Dan Beard, in Rec
reation.
But this seasitiveness of ones
olfactories does not long continue.
AS the ears became accustomed to
the roar of the streets, and the
eyes to the rank growth of the I'm.
calmly buildings, ones nose ceases
to record the disagreeable odors.
AS the faculties adjust them
selves to the unnatural and up.
sanitary surroundings of the city;
as the five senses become blunted
and dull, their owner appears to
be gradually losing individuality
and exist only as an unimportant
atom in the turbid food of human.
ity. Some men are atoms all their
lives, but if the president of the
United States can go camping
with the boys, why should not all
Americans who can get a week
off follow his example? Many of
the Sons of Daniel Boone are
quite young, and their parents
may object to these little fellows
camping alone, but there could be
no objections if the father of some
one of the boys went with them
to teach them woodcraft and
keep them under his eyes, and it is
safe to say that the man who vol
unteers to take a fort of Boone
boys camping will have the time
Of his life, and the boys will help
him enjoy himself.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10
NOTICE OF EXAMINATION.

A teachers examination occurs
the last Friday and Saturday in
May and will be held at Sher-
brooke, N. Oak. The dates are
May 25th and Goth.
The pupils completion exam
nation will be held at Hope,
Finley, Sharon and Sherbrooke,
Thursday and Friday, May 18th
and 18th. Programs sent upon
request.
Dated at Sherbrooke, North
Dakota this 20th day of April,
A. D. 1906.
T. A. HAsSELQUIsT,
County Superintendent of
Schools.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10
THE 0 W SOUTHWEST
Development Of Oklahoma and Neigh
boring Regions Surprise 10 En-
y tire Nation,

Undoubtedly the part OF this
prosperous nation, which is grow
ing and prospecting most swiftly
to-day, is the southwest-the re-
gion whose central field is Okla
homa, Indian territory and north
Texas, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The story of Oklahoma's trans
formation from an empty cattle
range into a land of blossoming
farms and thriving towns was en-
acted in such a startling manner
that it forced public attention.
The beginning of the development
for only a beginning has been
made, even in Oklahoma-of
other parts Of the central south.
west was made in a less sensa-
tional manner, and it has not re-
ceived the public notice that it de-
serves.
Thus it was with surprise that
the nation at large learned, when
the statehood" agitation became
strong a few years ago, that there
were really more than twice as
many white people as Indians in
Indian territory, and that these,
and the Indians with them, were
doing all the things in the way of
industries, schools and churches
that are done by thriving com
munities in Illinois or Iowa or
Minnesota.
1t was with further surprise
that people who in youth had been
accustomed to think of Texas as a
land largely inaccessible save on
horseback or by wagon, learned
this year that Texas was leading
all the states of the union in rail.
way mileage, and had pushed
Illinois from the primacy held for
40 years.
These two facts illustrate how
the southwest is growing, and has
been growing, almost unseen and
unheard by the nation at large,
and especially unnoticed by the
general public in the region of the
great lakes.
All parts of the American re-
public are prospecting. Every
where there are chances for young
men with the will and character
to grasp them. But for men seek
ing more elbow room, and liking
to see rapid returns for their labor
or their money, there is no place
to-day like the prosperous south
west.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10
REDUCED RATES.

The Biennial Meeting of the
General Federation of Woman's
Clubs will be held at st. Paul
May 30 to June Z. Reduced
rates will be given of one fare
plus $500 for the round trip.
Tickets on sale from May % to
81 inclusive Final return limit
June 9. A. G.. Flick, ACT.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10
Wheels.

First Tramp = Say, Bill, wot's
ode wheels of in%dustryw !.
Second Tramp = OATS easy.
Anybody OATS Industrious has
got Observation-Disclosures
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10
SEED FOR SALE.

[ have Macaroni and Blue Stem
wheat, Mansura Barley, White
Russian oats and Flax for sale
for cash or on time with APP
proved security. 4Stf
T. .JOST,YN
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10
SEED GRAIN

For sale-cash or on time, Blue
Stem wheat, Flax seed free from
wilt, Speltz and Oats-an good
seed. w. e. Shellman, Phone
at farm, 4 mi. north of Hope,
5O-4tD
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10
POTATOES.

[ have a quantity of Early Ohio
Potatoes for sale.
52tf JAS. r. MASTERS
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Seed Barley and Macaroni
wheat for sale, cash or on time.
Phone or write L. N. WOOD,
Hope, N. Oak. 3tf
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-10

WANTED: District Managers
to post signs, advertise and dis
tribute samples. Salary $500
weekly, $500 per day for expen-
ses. State age and present EN-
ployment. IDEAL SHEAR Co...
80 Randolph ST., Chicago. 4ot4
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-11
DOCTORS FEES.
Medical View of the Charges and
Work of Physicians.

a Medical View of the Charges and
Work of Physicians.
The law of supply and demand regu-
lates medical compensation to very
great extent. 1t is natural phenOme-
non, over which neither the professor
nor the laity have much control. Where
there are many physicians of equal
ability competition grinds down the
fees. If the income drops below living
expenses the least successful leave the
community or take up other means of
getting bread and butter. The fittest
survive, and i'll every locality the COM
position Of the profession is in a state
Of constant f1uX-never the same from
year to year and constantly regulating
itself to the work to be done. When q
man develops exceptional skill his serv-
ices are demanded more and more
They are bid up by competitors on the
other side. He is, indeed, compelled to
raise his fees to prevent Overwork,
strange as that may seem. He would
not be doing his duty by his patients If
he tried to treat a hundred a day, and
that many would crowd his offices If
his fees were % cents. 1t is also fact
that surgeon can do more now than
ever before-a few can do wonders as
compared with the surgeons of a CEN
fury ago-and they receive more in pro-
portion by the operation of natural
law. How they gained this ability is
immaterial to the question. Indeed,
not all have ability to profit by fortui-
tous opportunities to learn surgery
American Medicine.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-11
The New ENGLAND States Limited.

The New England States Limited,
which leaves Boston for Montreal
daily via. the Central Vermont, is
proving very popular train. This
is not surprising, as this train is one
of the latest and most finely equipped
in New England. The cafe cars are
models in appearance and the service
cannot be beaten. The day coaches
are as luxurious and comfortable as
ordinary parlor cars. The scenery
along this route is as beautiful as any
in America. The ride through the
Green Mountain region and along
Lake Ohamplain is a revelation for
the lover of nature. With the beau
tlful scenic wealth and the comfort
of the New England States Limited
while enjoying it there is nothing
left to wish for. Passengers in this
section of the country can connect
with the Limited by taking the train
north which leaves Stafford at II. 80
and Monson at IL. The tourist
taking this train arrived at Montreal
at 10. 10 p. M, where all the wealth
OF Canadian points, including the
beautiful st. Lawrence, are at hand.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-11
HAIR POWDER.
The High Price of Grain In Bingham
Sealed It's Doom.

The High Price of Grain In England
Sealed It's Doom.
During the last years of the eight.
eenth century the price of grain in Eng
land was very high. So much -four
was used as hair powder that an at.
tempt was made to check it's use. A
book, "At the Sign Of the Barber's
Pole" contains a copy of document
issued by the mayor, justices and
principal inhabitants Of Great Var
mouth, recommending the disuse of
hair powder for a time.
eve datter ourselves" they said in
this proclamation, which was issued in
January, 1895, "the military will not
hesitate to adopt it, being fully convinc-
ed that appearances are at all times to
be sacrificed to the public veal and
that in doing this they really do good.
Jan. q, 1885,"
In the following April party of gen.
tlemen at Woburn abbey entered into
an engagement to forfeit a certain
sum of money If any Of them wore
their hair tied or powdered within a
certain period. #..
Nevertheless the Tories regarded with
distrust persons who did not use hair
powder. So late as 1920 a certain
Major Cox of Derby, an excellent Tory,
declined to allow his son to become a
pupil Of well known clerical tutor,
for the reason that the clergyman did
not powder and that he wore his hair
short, which suggested that he must be
dangerous revolutionist.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-11
The GarfbaIdt.

The Garibaldi are a very ancient IL
gurian family. The first who used the
name would seem to have been Carl
bald, duke of Bavaria, A. D. 6S4. From
him descended GrImaldus, king of Lom-
hardy, A. D. 6T3. His son was Carl
baldus. Then the name disappears, but
1t Is early found among the mobiles Of
Genoa, and at the institution of the
Liber Aureus, in 1923, its members
are recorded as of the ancient nobility.
From 1923 to 1851 the successive gen.
erations of the Garibaldi are recorded
In the "Libro d'Oro," and the last name
but one there entered Is Joseph Carl
baldi, born 1892, probably an ancestor
of the dictator In 1856 Jeannetia Gar
ibaldi was one of the four senators who
accompanied the doge of Genoa to Yer
sailles after Louis XIV. had nearly de-
stroyed Geneva la Superba by bombs
to apologize to the ruthless tyrant-
Notes and Queries.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-11
Under Many FIara.

Possibly no possession has changed
nationality so frequently as the island
Of Santa Cruz, in the Danish West In
dies. Originally the land belonged to
Spain, and it was taken from Spain to
be under the joint rule of England and
Holland. After awhile the flag of Hol-
land was taken down, and the English
dag alone floated, only to give way to
Spain again. The knights of Malta
were the next possessors, and from
them it passed to company Of adven-
turers, who lost it to France, which
sold to a Danish company, the land
finally coming into the possession of
the Danish government. England again
took possession in 1901, and eight years
later 1t passed to the Danish government
again. Eventually it will probably be-
come a part of the United States, two
bargains having been arranged, but
never completed.
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Anne BoIeyn at the Block.

OF the execution OF Anne Boleyn
Martin Hume, the author Of 1.-The
Wives Of Henry VIII.," says:
Anne herself knelt In a distraught
way, as If to pray, but really gazed
around her in mute appeal from one
pitiless face to another. The heads
man, taking compassion upon her, as
sured her that he would not strike I'M
til she gave the signal You will have
to take this Golf off," said the poor wo-
man, and one of the ladies who at
tended her did so and partially bound
her eyes with handkerchief, but Anne
still imagined that her headdress was
in the way and kept her hand upon her
hair, straining her eyes and ears to-
ward the steps, where from the heads
mans words she expected the sword to
be handed to him. While she was thus
kneeling erect in suspense the sword
which was hidden In the straw behind
her was deity seized by the French
executioner, who, swinging the heavy
blade around, in an instant cut through
the erect, slender neck, and the head Of
Anne Boleyn jerked from the shoulders
and rolled upon the cloth that covered
the platform.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-11
THE NASAL OF AFRICA.
Queer Race Where the Men Be
come Old at ThiEty

D Queer Race Where the Men Be-
come Old at ThiEty.
The young men of that African race
the Nasal, are all warriors, theoretical
| ly, between the ages approximately of
| seventeen and twenty seven. When in
| this stage they are known in their own
language as ell moran. They pull the
head hair out to it's greatest length,
even sometimes twisting and plating
fiber and string into their wool. The
hair Is then thickly coated with mutton
fat and red clay and tied into perukes.
All hair on the face and body is pluck
ed out by iron tWeezers. The skin is
kept constantly fabricated with NUT
ton fat mixed with red clay, but as a
rule the body is not disagreeably oily,
and this fabrication only has the result
Of giving a beautiful polish to their
statuelike forms.
AS regards the body there is proba-
bly, no more beautifully formed type Of
man than the young Nasal warrior
The face Is sometimes in keeping with
the body, but more often has a rather
brutal aspect. The Nasal are not pure
negroes, put obviously received very
long while ago a slight infusion Of
Hamitc blood from races dwelling to
the east Of the White Nile. While they
are in the young-man-warrior stage the
Nasal live principally on milk and on
blood drawn from the veins of living
cattle. They also occasionally eat the
meat of oxen, goats or sheep.
When a Nasal decides that he has
had enough knocking about and has
accumulated sufficient property on
which to retire he decides to marry.
This is usually about the age Of twen-
ty-seven to thirty. After marriage he
shaves his head, or at any rate keeps
the hair Of his head very close cropped.
He ceases to anoint himself with NUT
ton fat and definitely ranges himself
with the old men.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-11
Curious Belgian Competitions.

The Belgian artisan spends his leisure
in very novel manner. He breeds a
special cock for growing and that which
can outcrow it's fellows has reached
the highest pinnacle of perfection. The
modus operandi is to place the cages
containing the ROSTERS in long rows,
for it appears that propinqufty creates
the spirit Of emulation, without which
the proceedings would fall fat A
marker appointed by the organizers of
the show 10 told off for each bird, his
duty being to note carefully the num-
Der of crows for which it is responsible
in the same fashion as the laps are
recorded in bicycle race. The GUS
tomary duration of the match is one
hour, the winner being the cock which
scores the highest number Of points In
the allotted time.