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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-11-08
Excursions.

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Hope, N. Oak.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-11-08
FARM LOANS.

FARM LOANS.
have money to loan on i'm
proved Farms, at low Rates and
liberal Terms. Write me for
particulars.
J. B. FOLSOM,
6I7 Front st. Fargo, N. D.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

sacrifice of estheticism or even decency
to great industrial greatness in the
history Of any city in the world. In
England, as far back as 1898, the
butchers Of Oxford were, by decree,
forbidden to kill cattle in the town,
because several persons of note had
died from the effects of the foul odor."
The most comprehensive and immuta-
BILE legal provisions protect every large
city of Europe against such conditions
as exist in Chicago
1t is estimated that about half the
town suffers from the disgusting odors,
jewellers way over on the lake Shore
miles from the yards, at the time Of
west winds have to close their win
dows against the heavy, noisome
stencil; when the winds are from the
east, the West side lies under the in
fiction. The yards are grouped in q
small area comparatively, but they
sena advertisement of their presence
miles down into the business and
shopping part of the city, into park
and boulevard into palace and hovel.
That the people have endured it all
these years is a marvel past finding
out; is reflection on their lack Of fas-
tidiousness they should not care to
have. One beautiful moonlight night
way out at the university, and during
an outdoor performance by the Ben
Greet players of "A Midsummer
Nights Dream" the stockyards smells
were rampant; obscured, obliterated
everything else. 1t was maddening
We doubt if Chicagoans will ever, like
those persons of note in Oxford, die
from the effects of the foul odors, but
do not put it pass probability that
some be 1rritated to insanity.
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objects, and after the votes were polled
the dissension still continued; for now
arose technically, and either side
eager to avail itself of favorable in
depreciation. Friends of the park as
proposed congratulated themselves the
forest preserve was secured, for had
not there been cast in it's favor Sob
votes as against $685.; dissenters con-
graduated themselves the project had
not been carried, that while there was
a majority on the particular PROPOSE
ton, it had failed in obtaining a ma
jcrity of all the votes cast at the cleo
ton. And last reports are to the eff
feet that the contest is to continue.
the opposition will endeavor to push
the matter into the courts.
Endeavoring to get an unprecedented
view Of the forest preserve plan, we
are inclined to believe that the zeal
evidenced on either side arises from
honest conviction. The opposition
gives these as the objections-that the
passage of the measure would mean
the creation of another taxing body. a
thing to be avoided if possible; that
the act is loosely drawn; that the edu-
cational fund of the city would be re-
duced. Those favoring the park plead
that Chicago's recreation acreage is in
adequate for the present, that the fu-
turc urges present provision be made;
that now we have on our borders a fine
forest growth, but with the increasing
demand for timber there is no telling
how soon the lands will be deforested:
that we must get the trees whilst we
can; that the property can be bought
cheaply now; that we are way behind
other cities in park acreage; that we
are growing at a tremendous pace and
must equip for the future; that the ed
ucational fund will not lost apprecia-
bly,.
When doctors disagree, a mere lay
man should modestly hold his tongue.
Nevertheless the mere layman may be
allowed to say that the forest preserve
is a wonderful, beautiful idea that it
is to be hoped the proper machinery
may soon be set going for it's accom-
plishment.
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deaYOring

deavoring to cut and pare all
expenditures down to what is
absolutely necessary to run the
department. and the navy, but he
is not likely to make any recommen-
dations that will interfere with the
well-known policy of the administra-
ton to increase the navy until we
have vessels of a size and speed suf-
ficient to cope with any other vessels
afoat in the navies of the world.
The general board of the navy, Of
which Admiral Dewey is the head, has
submitted to Secretary Bonaparte it's
recommendations for naval increase
ii is understood that this board has
recommended at least two battleships
capable of carrying ten 12-inch guns.
This means that they must be of at
least $4,000 tons Displacement It is
possible, also, that congress will be
asked to increase the tonnage of the
Michigan and South Carolina, author
lied in the last naval bill, from 10000
to $4,000 tons. The mounting of an
increased number of these big guns
will mean the doing away with small
caliber guns in, the main battery. The
general naval board has given this
matter much thought and its recon-
mendation is a direct result of it's
study OF the naval engagements be-
tween the Japanese and Russian fleets.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

Besides creating Lord Nelson's
brother, the clergyman, a peer, and
purchasing 100000 estate for him
in Wiltshire, a grateful country con-
ferred a perpetual pension of $4,000
. year on the earldom. For deeds
wrought by his great-uncle 100 years
ago, the present earl, an old man of
81, who has never been conspicuous
for anything but straight-laced piety,
has drawn from the national treasury
$1,750,O 900. He possesses an estate OF
over 1000 acres and a rent roll Of
nearly $4,000 a year. The Nelson
pension was the last perpetual one.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12


Chicago wonderful crescent of parks.
such boundary as the great town
could be justly proud of with the wa
tiers of Lake Michigan to the east,
scmicircle of woodland and meadow
on the land side. The Chicago Record
Herald, which has warmly championed
the plan, thus speaks of the boon 1his
public property would be to the town:
'The adoption of the forest preserve
bill on the referendum means country
playfields out in the open, where the
forests are still in their primal condi-
ton. 1t means great belt of wood
land and meadow circling Chicago in
an enormous crescent. with boulevards
connecting patches of open along the
Calumet, sections of wilderness on the
ridge territory along the Des PLANES
valley and tracts of picturesque lands
along the Sag and the Skokie marshes.
The belt will give the citizens of Chi
cage breathing places and recreation
grounds that will hold the city's repu-
tation as a metropolis where the death
rate Is at minimum
At the recent election the West
Town voted in favor of the issuance
of 100000 of bonds for the improve
mont of various parks and boulevards
on the thickly populated West side, and
on the issuance of $1,O00,O00 of bonds
for the development of small parks and
Fairgrounds. The whole city is alive
to the need of an increase in the num-
Der of recreation grounds, and the past
year has been marked by the opening
of numerous small parks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12
HISTORICAL GLEANINGS.

One OF the fads of Ito was thu
wearing Of two watches.
The drum is said to have been the
first musical instrument of the human
race.
Four shillings per annum was the
rent OF five-roomed house in Henry
Wills time.
Records of Firfax county, Virginia,
show that George Washington owned
at the age of q $4,000 acres of land,
end in 1890 the Washington family had
killed $50 hogs for their use.
New York was first called Gotham by
Washington Irving and J. X. Paulding
IN their humorous work "Salmagundi,"
in sarcastic allusion to the singular
wisdom of it's inhabitants. There is
Gotham in England, seven miles from
Nottingham, the people of which are
Usually styled "the wise men of Goth
am because for hundreds Of years
they have been credited with saying
and doing the most foolish things.
Automatic cooking boxes were In
general use among the Hebrews nearly
1000 years ago. She Greek and Ro-
man writer's frequently refer to them.
In his edition of "Javenal," for exam
PIE, Friedlander cites a commentator
who refers to ''the Jews who, day be-
fore the Sabbath, put their viands hot
into the cooking boxes, the pots being
covered with napkins and wrapped
about with hay, so that they may have
warm food on the Sabbath
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

it may be OF interest to learn that some
thing like one-fifth are paying either all
or part of their expenses by their own
efforts.
What do they work at? So many
different sorts G.: employment we can
not stop to mention them all. Those
possessing musical skill are lucky
ones, are able to obtain remunerative
and pleasant employment, at least
some of them, not all add business
ability to the talent; those with bust
ness experience are also in luck, their
services in request about the school
anG places outside. Since the opening,
in Cobb hall, five weeks ago of stu
dents employment agency, $4,000
worth of work has been distributed,
positions secured for lis persons. AS
enc glances over the list of occupa-
tons one is reminded that college life
of to-day is not altogether given over
to luxury, that there still clings to
the student career a remnant of the
good old-fashioned combination of
book learning and wood-sawing. In ad-
dition to the labors mentioned, we
find the intellectual toiler is not above
carrying newspapers, wheeling inva-
lids, washing dishes, ushering in thea
tiers, canvassing and clerking Satur-
days and evenings. We also find him
acting in the capacity of tutor, private
secretary and companion to rich mans
son. One of the students, cellist,
earns $50 week and his keep" by
playing during the lunch and dinner
hour at a hotel on the lake front; he
also plays in the university band and
gets considerable reduction in his
tuition.
The university offers helping hand
to the earnest student ~ H.
- CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

Few persons have any conception Of
how generously England has reward
ed her naval and military heroes and
their often unworthy descendants:
For his military victories the duke of
Marlborough was granted a perpetual
pension Of $4,000. The taxpayers
built him 4 grand palace and pur-
chased an estate for him at a cost
OF over $1,240,000, In addition to
which he drew emoluments of 1926, 900
a year. The family has been paid over
100000 for battles gained by their
ancestors more than 200 years ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

much terror nowadays. There will. be.
at least, strong recommendations to
the governments of Canada and the
United States for clearer demarka-
ton of the boundary line between
Canada and the states of Vermont and
Maine. Surveyors have been engaged
all the past summer in an inspection OF
this line.
1t has been found that monuments
marking this boundary in many cases
have fallen down, and some have been
removed. The damage was so great in
this respect that new style of boun-
Diary marks to take the place of the
present cast iron monuments will
probably be recommended. Some of
the surveyors are strongly in favor of
putting up stone monuments along the
Maine and Vermont borders similar to
those built by the state of New York
and Canada three years ago. These
New York monuments are solidlv
planted on stone pedestals built into
the ground to depth below the frost
line. They are six feet in height and
very durable.
The Importance of having the bor-
der between Maine and Vermont and
Canada is rapidly being settled, and
already there is trouble with SNUG
glers, who build what are called Zine
houses" which sit on the boundary
line, one half on Canada and one half
In the state. It is necessary, also, to
have the line at railroad crossings
clearly delimited. 1t is absolutely nee
essary to determine exactly and. in
what territory an accident occurs, and
the clear definition of boundary line
is therefore needed across all railroads.
Both Canada and the United States
have already experienced much trouble
in arresting smugglers who live and
operate along the border.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

mailed. He at once made peace with his
cabinet by declaring that the whole OBJ
ject and spirit Of the letter was to pro-
tect the proceedings of cabinet meet
lngs and prevent the cabinet from be-
ing misrepresented in speculative dis
patches. Then he sent for number
OF special newspaper correspondents
and, in his characteristic way, took
them right into his confidence and ex-
planned most clearly what the order
meant and what it did not mean.
He assured the correspondents that
the relations between himself and
them and between him and the mem
bers of his cabinet had not been dis
turbed in the least. The only point was
that members of the cabinet had been
requested not to discuss with newspa-
per men at any time the discussions
that had occurred in the cabinet room.
He did not mean by his order to create
news trust by requesting his cabinet
to give the news to the press associa-
lions. He went further and by his
statement declared that newspaper
correspondent had a proprietary or
vested right in SCOOP Everybody
knows that Scoop is the securing
of piece of news by a newspaper man
which is not known to his colleagues
on opposition papers or to press asso-
Citations. The president declared that
when a man went to a cabinet officer
o., to himself, the president, for infor-
nation on such a piece of news the in
formation was to ne given to him, and
no other newspaper man or press asso-
citation was to be let into the secret.
The president went to all this trou-
BILE and went through the embarrass-
ment of half apologizing to newspaper
men for his order because he thought
that his square deal" policy was in
VOWED and it was due to the cabinet
and newspaper men that he should
thoroughly and clearly explain what
he meant by his letter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

How quickly the inhabitants Of our
Asiatic islands may become animated
with the progressive spirit of Ameri.
can ways and institutions is proved in
the case Of Jose Burgos, a Filipino lad
who is one Of the brightest students at
the Cincinnati university technical
school. Burgos, who is II years old,
epd stands at the head of his classes,
IS being educated at the expense Of
the Filipino government. He is said
TO be the only Filipino football player
In the United States, and is making
An enviable record on the class team
by quick, decisive plays.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

was afforded for discussing the work
OF congress Mr.. Cannon's apt illustra-
ton of making Uncle Sans trousers
and waistcoat meet has served a good
purpose. This homely phrase OF gap
between the vest and trousers has
called attention to the deficit between
receipts and expenditures. Mr.. Cam
non, who for many years was chair
man of the appropriations committee
in the house, is fully satisfied that ex-
penses can be reduced He has had
many conferences with President
Roosevelt on this subject, and the lat
ter is using all his powerful influence
to impress the administrative force of
the government that watchfulness and
economy must be practiced.
The president sounded the economy
note months ago when he asked his
cabinet to have the expenditures in
their departments held down to the
minimum that would be consistent
with good administration. He had in
vestigations started for the purpose of
ascertaining where saving could be
made. One of the most important of
these was the investigation into the
work of the government printing Of
fee. Experts there reported that a
saving of $1,000,000 year could be ef-
fected without any injury to the public
service. His efforts there have been
supplemented by the Investigations by
special cOmmittea Of c0npress
headed by Mr.. Lands, of Indiana That
committee has discovered a wanton
waste Of printed matter and reckless
extravaganza on the part of congress
and heads of executive departments in
ordering printing.
In the departments there has been
hearty cooperation with the president
in an effort to keep down expenses.
Secretary of War Taft has turned in
his estimates for $10,OO0,0O0 less than
was given his department last year.
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nished recently in his dealings with his
own cabinet and newspaper CORE
spondents.
1t had been decided by the president
and members of his cabinet, every
member joining him in his determina-
ton, that the proceedings of cabinet
meetings should not be divufged by
anyone unless conclusion was
reached on some particular subject. 1t
was decided that whatever of that sort
Of news should be given out should be
transmitted to the public through Sec-
rotary to the President Loeb. The first
meeting after this rule had been
adopted resulted in the press associa-
tons taking the account given out by
Mr.. Loeb, while the special correspond
ents did good deal of specializing
and wrote some rather lurid stories Of
the meeting.
The appearance of these special
stories disturbed the president, and on
the eve of his trip to the south he die
tated a letter to members of his cabi-
net, strict Interpretation of which
would seem to indicate that he was in
structing these officials as to their
duties and ordering them not to talk
to special correspondents or give away
any news. A strict construction of the
language of this letter would indicate
an order that cut off all info1 nation
to the special correspondents, and
made the press associations merely the
channel through which news the ad-
ministration considered should be
made public should be issued. The let
ter caused a storm of protest from
cabinet officers and from special cor
respondents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

Principal George H. Linsley, who 10
the best-known educator in New Jer-
sey, holds remarkable record. He
has been teacher for IS years. and
for 81 years was principal of Public
School No. l, in Jersey City. He es-
tablished the first normal school in
the state, and was it's principal for 20
years. His friends and associates
paid remarkable tribute to his worth
when they gathered together on the
day that marked the completion of his
active work. BY an act Of the legisla-
ture, he will now enjoy yearly pen
mon Of $1,000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

Mr.: Prentis Ingraham, the American
author, long before his death a year
ago, succeeded in breaking the record
attributed to Dumas. In the course
OF 40 years authorship Mr.. Ingraham
turned out the amazing number of
1000 novels, aggregating some 60,O00,-
900 words-25 novels year for 40
years! His most successful novel,
which went into many large editions,
was written with a pen within a. fort
night, at an average rate of 10000
words day. In later years, by dictat-
ing to shorthand writer's, Mr.. Ingra-
ham found he could easily increase his
immense output Of work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12
PASSING OF PORRlDGE.
Makes Way for the Better Food Of a
Better Day.

"Porridge is no longer used for
breakfast in my home,' writes a loyal
Britain from Huntsville, Ont. This
was an admission of no small signif-
canoe to one brought up on the time
honored standby.
Zone month ago." she continues, II
bought a package Of Grape-Nuts food
for my husband, who had been an in
valid for over a year. He had passed
through severe attack Of pneumonia
and la grippe combined, and was left
in a very bad condition when they
passed away.
II tried everything for his benefit,
but nothing seemed to do him any
good. Month followed month and he
still remained as weak, as ever. was
almost discouraged about him when
I got the Grape-Nuts, but the result
has compensated me for my anxiety.
I'm the one month that he has eaten
Grape-Nuts he has gained 10 pounds
in weight, his strength is rapidly re-
turning to him, and he feels like a
new man. Now we all eat Grape-Nuts
food, and are the better for it. Our
little 5-year-old boy, who used to suffer
from pains in the stomach after eating
the old-fashioned porridge, has no
more trouble since he began to use
Grape-Nuts, and I have no more doc
tors bills to pay for him.
1--WE use Grape-Nuts with only sweet
cream, and find it the most tasty dish
In our bill of fare.
Last Monday l ate teaspoonfuls
Of Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast,
nothing else, then set to work and got
my mornings work done by 9 o'clock,
and felt less tired, much stronger, than
II had made my breakfast on meat,
potatoes, etc., as used to. wouldn't
be without Grape-Nuts in the house
for any money" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. <~.c -
Read the little book, THE Road "a
MELVILLE" in pkss. ~ =
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down in the white heat of my anger
and penned words against the awful
thing; how hated the very mention
of the families whose names appear in
Chicago society annals and on bacon
side and lard bucket; how l wondered
thai somebody did not try to do some
thing. That was four or five years
ago; in this PERIOD until very recently,
newspaper and public have seemed
either Indifferent to or ignorant Of the
evil. At the present moment there
are signs Of an agitation against the
imposition, and our energetic commits
sioner of public works. Mr.. Joseph
Medlll Patterson, may make an at
tack on the general and obnoxious
nuisance"
The records at the health department
shCW that three years ago a man liv-
ing by the lake, and couple of miles
from the yards, entered formal COM
plant against the stockyards smell.
An inspector who was sent out to the
address reported that no odors Offend
ed him at the spot. The complainant
was set down as suffering from a de-
fusion. And just the other day the
secretary of the board of health, when
Intercepted as to the chances of Com
missioner Patterson succeeding in a
war on the stockyards smells, made
the reply that no such evil existed to-
day; at least no complaints from a
district that once was given to much
complaining on the subject had been
lodged with the department in the last
five years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

In the planet incline'' Is another
deadly invention. In a big globular
car men and women are placed as pas
sengers. The great ball rolls down an
incline, shoots up a second incline,
rolls down a third toboggan and is
brought to stop. But the slightest
variation in the course would precipi-
tate the occupants to the ground 100
feet below.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-12

An interesting relic Of the war Of
1912 was recently hauled from the
depths OF Curtis bay in fish seine by
B. R. Stull, Of Baltimore. The relic
Is a shell which is supposed to have
been dropped overheard from one of
the British warships which assailed
Baltimore