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New-York tribune., 1906-08-19
COLONEL ]. Y. F. BLAKE

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and lived Savages
had lad ewes on
white men as my Watch.
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kerr hv the MOURN
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ranre heavy lowing
lions 81 nightly rambleS
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~ doe -'ickering light
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every -.-lle voice OF the
1rle -o-- hook with fear.
few lee me. sleeping
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had uc IN Bulawavo
-aned F ecauSe OF ms s
s-1,,rgs when l asked
would W4 cc1mTanyln9 n
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Al sho- l~ / put more
or- chI1- a-i against the
.1r5a-ed The latter grew
drew "a. u died away.
now Jnl ant jungle calls.
51rkcvs -o tremble. tn
them thar casts were steal
With r-- m the trigger Of
MI era- darkness on I
a- few moments
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bodies - shadows IN
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and be ----1
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19
Edited by ]. HERBERT WEIGH

cheerfully, as was his Gus
tom in an emergency, untilit
came time for him to act, and,
pointing to a tall tree that
stood like a sentinel on a
ridge near by. said, " Climb"
l climbed, and saw an ex-
panse OF natural beauty that
impressed me as greatly as
the vistas OF barren peaks and
CanOns used to when | was
chasing Apaches in Arizona.
Below me began a wide
valley, black as night with
The Ward County independent., 1906-04-05

Two brothers, Nick and John
Zenz, met death in a we'll which
they were boring on their faith
ers farm near Max, n. D. on
March "a. One brother being
overcome with gas, called to the
other to help him, then fell to the
bottom. The other brother was
let down and before he could be
pulled out. he too was overcome,
let loose the rope and fell. In
four hours, neighbors took the
bodies from the we'll by means of
grab hooks.
,The remains of James Murphy
the young man who was crushed
to death near White Earth be-
tween the mail and baggage car
while stealing a ride, was in
TERED in the Catholic cemetery
Monday. No trace can be found
of his parents. From papers on
his person it was evident thas he
was Catholic, SO services were
held in the; Catholic church.
Murphy had about 5000 on his
person. He had been working
on thee. n. reservoir nearBuford-
From the Indications OF the
present immigration into this
state, North Dakota will soon
have a million population.
The Ward County independent., 1906-04-05

c.. P. Benson from Sioux Falls,
S. D., is new window trimmer
at The Branch.
Eugene Teutsch is now work
ing five crews Of men and is
building four residences for John
Lewis. .....
Ed Skies and sister, Miss Hat
tie Skies from Stanley, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Nc
Jannet.
A bright bouncing boy arrived
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Shervald Tuesday night.
weight eight pounds.
Lorge & Welch have secured a
site along the Great Northern
and will in a few months begin
the erection Of a large machine
house. Their business is excel
lent.
Robert C. Evans is now on his
way to the Orient, aboard an
ocean liner. He is acting as cook
on the liner, and expects to visit
parts of the world before return
ing to Minot.
Get your strychnine at BIak-
ey's, the old reliable druggist. he
knows which is best.
The Ward County independent., 1906-04-05
Minor Topics

Don't forget to SOW clean seed.
John Ehr sold lots on north
side for a new grocery store.
The Minot Commission House
will pay farmers 27 cents a bushel
for oats.
'sDon't you dare to miss Bob and
Eva Monday night. Curtain
raise 8:15.
James Williams sold his farm
near Des Laos for $4,000 to w.
w. Gunter.
Bob and Eva with their talent
ed company will be here Monday
night. They are good.
Henry Koski, 96 years old, and
living near Lakota, is the oldest
homesteader in the atate.
Frank w. Wilson has returned
from Sterling, ILL.,, where he spent
some months visiting friends:
w. B. Kyle one Of the big far
mers from the Ross country,
proved up on his claim Friday.
H. w. Willis is asking Lansford
for the privilege Of installing a
telephone system at that place.
The Rev. VIM. c. Hunter will
preach and administer the sacra-
ments at Logan on Sunday,
April Sth at 3 p. IN.
A Devils Lake man who gam
bled and ost-instead Of paying
his landlady her board, was lock-
ed up for ten days.
A. M. Mackie from Maquoketa
I Ia., bought Stephen Gulseth's S
quarter section of land south Of
town for $4,000 cash.
Miss Grace Holcomb entertain
ed the members OF the Burling-
ton Meleterian club at the home
OF Eugene Richardson at Bur
lington Saturday night. Atmld-
night an elegant supper was
served and for the second course
Miss HOlcOmb served English
walnuts with the word "April
FOol' on the inside. A fine
time is reported.
WantedEl0,000 farmers to
buy their formaldehyde aud
strychnine at Blakey's.
The Ward County independent., 1906-04-05

Robert Edwards who was
engaged in the hotel business at
Knox, eloped to East Grand
Forks with Sixteen year old
Matte Graham. where they lived
fortseveral days as man and wife.
The sheriff caught the elopers.
A we'll known Minot resident
named Bishop disappeared from
his home more than a week ago
and the police have been unable
to locate him. So far as is known
Bishops relations with his family
were pleasant.
Paul V. Mccoy returned from
Chicago where he sojourned a
week. Mr.. Mccoy while there
saw perhaps the greatest show
ever presented on the American
stage, one feature being a lady
with trained loins, who had
taught them from the time they
were cubs.
A. J. Thompson was called to
Grand Forks Wednesday by the
death Of his brother Bennie, who
died from the effects of an oper-
alton for abscess. Bennie lived
at Edmore but was taking treat
ment at the hospital. Mrs.
Erick Ramstad, an aunt, also left
to attend the funeral.
The Ward County independent., 1906-04-05
Surrey.

New settlers have been lately
coming in here from the East in
large numbers, and the best OF it
yet, all seem satisfied to be in
prosperous North Dakota.
Among the late arrivals may be
mentioned Mr.. and Mrs. Miller,
OF Chicago, Wilbur Stoener, OF
Maryland and Charles Burns of
Illinois.
Mr.. D. Nj. Shorb returned from
his eastern trip last Thursday,
March %. A large circle OF
friends were greeted at the depot
and greeted their worthy brother
that has worked SO faithfully for
the best interests Of the commun-
ity in the past.
Mr.. Sam Yoder has put up a
meat market-success to him.
Many of our farmers are be-
ginning to complain that our
County Commissioners don't Of
fer q agopher bounty.
The German Brethren held
their regular council meeting last
Saturday. 1t is reported they
are trying to get a Brethren
school established here.
Our Surrey school board was
around recently putting in new
black boards and other furnish
ings in the different schools.
Prof. Givens of the Stanley
schools is spending his spring
vacation at home.
Frank Covalt OF Bye spent a
few days here preparing to go
out breaking.
One Of our merchants paid
over 500 freight on five harrows
from Minneapolis-no wonder
machinery comes high out here.
Mrs. James Murphy from
Montivideo, Mimi, telegraphed
Chief OF Police kimball Tuesday
regarding her son. whom she be.
lieved to be the young man killed
at White Earth. An investiga'
tion proved that the decedent
was not the wOman's son.
In this issue we publish one o.
the recent sermons preached by
Rev. G. l.. Powell, pastor Of the
Minot Methodist church. Mr.
Powell ranks with the best
preachers of the country and his
sermons are always full of inter
est. The Independent hopes to
be able to print his sermons from
time to time.
The Ward County independent., 1906-04-05
Charged With Bigamy.

Fred l.. Cameron, who at one
time held down acity Job as night
policeman in Minot, has been
arrested at Missoula, Mont,
charged with bigamy and grand
larceny. Cameron, it is said,
left Minot with a woman, whom
it is claimed he married, not
witnstanding the fact that he
The Ward County independent., 1906-04-05
Fred l.. Cameron. .

was already married. Cameron
is also an alleged horse thief. he
refuses to return without extra
dition papers, but these will be
secured. He will have a hearing
at Bottineau: When Cameron
was caught, his mustache had
been shaved off, and he evidently
tried to change his personal
aDrlpArance
The Ward County independent., 1906-04-05
Hat Pins Free.

1 will give my millinery open
ing on Wednesday and Thursday
April l i and II and invite the
ladies to call and see my line. |
will have for your inspection a
very complete line OF pattern
hats, direct from Chicago and
will be able to fit out the young
as we'll as the old. / will give
away $50 beautiful souvenir hat
pins on every day Of the opening.
Mrs. Herityge, Minot, n. ID.
The Ward County independent., 1906-04-05

Spring Rye.
Choice recleaned seed, 60 ct.
bu. Sacks, 20 cts. Free with 5
bu. lots. G. B. Goodrich,
! All. Glenburn, N. D.
Buy your Formaldehyde at
Blakey's. He sells the strongest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
RAILWAY BUSINESS
REDUCED TO FIGURES
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS
SION MAKES ANNUAL REPORT.
Operation of Every Road in United
States Put Into Statistical Form and
Comparisons Made with Previous
Year-Thousands of Lives Sacrificed
in Carrying Out Immense Transac-
tiOnS r..'

An abstract based on summaries In
cluded in the eighteenth annual sta.
tistical report Of the interstate COM
merce commission for the year ending
June 30, 1905, has been issued by the
commission giving the mileage and cap
italization Of railroads and treating of
equipment, employees, capitalization Of
railway property, public. service Of rail
ways, earnings and expenses and rail-
way accidents. ~
The report shows that the total single
track railway mileage June 80, 1905,
was 1S,lO1.O44 miles, an increase of
4,196.70 over the previous year. Ihe
aggregate length of mileage, including
tracks of all kinds, was 306, 796.74 miles.
These figures show increase of 9,723.4o
miles in the aggregate length of tracks
of all kinds, of which 35.48 percent
was extension of yard track and sid
ings. The report represents 2,l67 cor
porations. In the year companies own
ing 3,S02.02 miles Of line were organ
lied, merged or consolidated. The figure
for 1904 was 5,600.18 miles.
Locomotives in Use.
On June 30, 1905, 4S,357 locomotives
were in service. an increase Of ,6l4. OF
this number, 27,969 were freight en-
gines. Cars of all classes in service
Numbered 1,s42,S71, an increase Of
44,31O. This census does not inlude
ears of private corporations. Of this
plumber, 1871 400 were freightcars and
70,749 were in company service.
The average of locomotives to the
1000 miles of road was 223, and OF
cars, S,491. The number Of passenger
miles to the passenger locomotive was
2,Os4,55S, an increase Of 100,174. The
number Of ton miles to the freight loco
motive was 6,69O,700, an increase of
233,S94. Of the total of locomotives
and cars in service, 1,641 1896 were fitted
with trainbrakes, an increase Of S5,623
Of the total, 1,S71,590 were fitted with
4s,5so. Passenger service stock was vas
nearly all equipped with trainbrakes
and all but eighty-two locomotives had
automatic couplers. Nearly all Of the
freight locomotives had trainbrakes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
HAYssAND FEED. DEALERS
MUST GIVE FULL WEIGHT
Ordinance Regulating Weights and
Measures Will Be Amended to In
sure Honesty.

a. /. Is z 5I5sS
Alderman c. B. Holmes gave notice at
the council meeting Friday night that
he would introduce an ordinance
amending the law regulating weights
and measures so as to bring the hay
and feed trade more directly under
the supervision Of the sealer Of
weights and measures.
Under the present law. this official
can halt a load Of coal on the streets
and order it to the city, scales to be
weighed; he can stop the driver of a
load of wood and have the load meas
ured In the event of there being a
considerable discrepancy between the
certificate of weight and the actual
weight, some one is liable to severe
punishment.
Why the provision was not made to
cover the hay and feed business is not
fraud is left open.
and certificate is given. to be handed
! to the purchaser, but he is not certain
that none Of the hay has been alb
| stracted in. the transportation from
the hay market to his barn.
Cases have been known of thrifty
farmers making one certificate answer
for two purchasers delivering half a
load at each place. In like manner,
when feed is bought by the load there
is every chance to. abstract a part of
it at favorable place. h..
If the farmers and dealers who are
disposed to be inscriptions knew that
the -sealer Of weights and measures
was always on the alert and was liza
BILE to halt load of hay or a load OF
feed and compel it to be weighed al
the city scales, they would undoubted
ly discontinue their fraudulent prac
tees, particularly if the penalty was
a heavy one. But as long as they
know that the sealer is practically
helpless the temptation to do little
cheating, which probably will not be
detected, is hard to resist. That some
: do not resist is well known by the au
thorities, and the knowledge has
prompted the proposed ordinance. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
NEW. HORSE MARKET. ) :; ~ ~.
>.. = ssx WILL BE UP4T0-DATE'
~ s7sf'7 '8"H8 u rslsN 80 $500"
Auction salestsc'anductad by Expert
Will SBecomep"a' Resiaala Feature Of
Newly Established Mart.

! Minneapolis Wilt: soon have proper
ly constituted horse market, which will
be on a. par with the .eity's metrepoh-
tan position andssea great advance. on
the, methods followed by the *so-ca1led
horse market. H. Second street n,
which is conducted by Messrs. Sam
and Max <7Zimmermans who have long
been favorably:, known as horse ex-
perts. The Zimmern1anss have engaged
W. D. Gordon, Of Boston, one of the
cleverest horse auctioneers in the coun-
try, to have chafge'sof the sales.
The first: sale will be held next. SAT-,
urday and all owners sof horses and all
prospective purchasers will do. well to
attend The display Will include ev-
erything from the*isturdY, draft horse
to the. finest carriage horse, and all
tastes will be satisfied: It has been
arranged to hold a parade Of all the
horses to be offered for sale, and it is
certain that Minneapolis people will be
nightly pleased,s:with the display of
horsehesh "a -. -, v.
Further particulars regarding the
unique event can be CLEANED by in
quiry at the Zimmerman barn, IL Sec.
ond street N or by telephone, T. G.
497. ~ - -"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
Commercial School Branches

Besides these special courses, the Y.
NJ. c. A. is offering it's usual CONNER
cial and common school branches. Sr~<
cial attention will be paid to them this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
Mechanical and Engineering Course.

Especial attention is also being given
to. the engineering and mechanical
courses which are offered by the school.
These courses consist Of electrical en-
cheering, gasolene engineering steam
tectural drafting, plan reading and esti-
mating, design and freehand. No ef-
fort has been spared to secure the best
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
Instructors in. this phase Of the educa-

instructors in this phase Of the educa-
tional work. siE.e = n ~ g. Il
Walter Minor, expert machinist and
chauffeur, will direct the work in gaso-
lene engineering; Fred Dustin, city cleo
trician, will have 1charge Of the ele-
mentary course in electricity; Arthur
Abbot, superintendent Of the w. I.
Gray company, will have charge Of the
advanced work in electrical engineer
ing; Professor Shoop. of the state uni
versity Will haye charge Of the work in
company, will instruct in the mechan.
ical drafting Department.; Professor
Kirchner of the state university will
teach the design and freehand; Jacob
Stone, architect for p. H. Hewitt, will
instruct in the architectural drafting
department.
Commercial School Branches.
Besides these special courses, the Y.
M. c. A. is offering its usual CONNER
cial attention will be paid to them this
year. - ...sS,< E...
=. The instruction given in, the school
so far as possible, IS on the Individual
plan. The courses are So arranged that
all classes andssconditions of men will
find. work, which will improve them in
many ways. The Students come from
all parts .sof sthea city, from all ranks
and stations rs Some. are young men
some are. middle aged, and some ar.
old men. Some ,area college graduates
some are foreigners, who cannot speak
a word Of the. English language.
THE educational2e director can bt
found at. his office in the association
building, from 8 am. until late in thu
evening, to consult with any young
man who is undecided as to which sub
jects are best fitted to his needs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11
THE DISCOVERY OF A GENIUS.
nv AnTHUR HAMILTON.

(Copyright, 1906, by Daily story Fu"'
 The man had genius. the woman hau hope. -,i..- rousa and keot soul and body together DY doing the work of literary hack. Sometimes he did little desultory tasks for newspapers, but never sue ceeded in connecting himself with nav roll Once he had been gwen commission to write little sklt TOT vaudeville stunt. and this was his un- 5oiny--if' so sorry a failure could be undone. In working 1t up he had fouhu if necessary to familarize himself wltn the technique of playwriting ana It fascinated him. Then the stunt was a decided suceess and the man Who wrote it not only realized more money from it than ne had from any other literary effort in his life, but also saw t,so nossjbilities of dramatic express sion hoth in an artistic and a hnanclai sensa. An1 so he came to be slave of inc playwright's itch. And he wrote ayd wrote, and wrote and starved ana rincbed and still wrote. But his skits were not accepted and his plays were returned by the managers ana their readers
 s,aunt and more impossible finally he Secnmc unaonsciously hopeless. Bnt ne worked on because he was the slave of Genius and was compelled [" follow the law of his oeing'
 She was the child of love and nope Her mother was the wife of Hinckley' tba shoemaker around the corner the most patient. industrious and hopeless of the relics of a bygone tune petore mac hinery had deprived good mechan = les of their kingdom. Perhaps Timex lev was her father. Most people oe- Iieved not. There are rumors or a gallant stranger who had soJournee for A short time in the neighoorhood and looked with glowing eyes upon inc shoernaker's wife, And she' wno never had had her romance, had u then. so the gossips whispered Ana the handsome stranger faded away into the realm of dreams and after a time a daughter was born to the shoemaker's wife. The daughter was 90 different from the shoemaker and his pretty wife that more than one doubt was whispered as to her pater- nity But the shoemaker never douot- ee and she grew up as Nora Hinckley tho apple of his eye.
 Tn the very prime of her splendid beauty--a beauty enhanced and chas- tened by the very essence of optomism
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11

even though its dividends be small is successful He said he wished that fitty years ago he had looked after tho amuEements of his employees. had put Tn gymnasium and bathing pool. had put in a night sehoI. and had giy- en one evening week to free legal advise and fatherly counsel to his young workmen. Things look very differently to a man at seventy-five from what they do to q man at forty or fifty. What looked right at fifty now seems wrong to me. Mako men of your clerks first. then afterward make money
 4 Little Success And T Good Name.
 Then lawyer spoke who had been the old merchants counsellor and friend for many. many years He told the young men the sum of his experi- ence was that little money. with q good name was better than a billion with a. blackened reputation. He told a most pathetic incident about seeing a certain man. formerly honored, at a great banquet in New York. The man is known as af millionaire: formerly he had been honored and surrounded by men who crowded close to have the honor of speaking to him. But now as he approached everybody turned to speak to his neighbor.
 Diogenes with his lantern going about looking for an honest man was not more disappointed than this mill lionaire going about looking for a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11

friendIv fare He did not know how to ostin,ate alright the value of good name until he lost it: then he wakened up to his peril How gladly would he have exchanged ms money TOT uni, versal honor and reverence. An old man can no more live midst the att nosnhere of unfriendliness than bird can live in n vacuum. And recent events lent fnterpretation to the old lawyers reflection. That company needed no jurlst to tell them a gooo name was better than great riches Make a Buisness of Getting Ready For
 old Age.
 rhan o,hcr men. not less honred, smoke. and all talked about what they would do If they had their lives to live over again A rich banker said he would make 1t his business to get ready for old age. One man said he would make friends every day ot books, keep up. the intellectual itie' the musi- cal life And the art llfe. Another man said he would not withdraw from poll jtfcs. but would interest himself in social reform, break with the political nartIes. stand for the best men, and give himself to patriotism and his country just as earnestly as he had prosecuted his great business.
 But only one thought appeared m every toast. and that was the emphasis of right, clean and upright living. Not one of these successful men but said that his highest happiness had come through doing right. helping his fel- lows and obeyins the law of God, One of them exclaimed; T have learned that the only place in which to bring up family is tho Christian church and the Christian iife.' Perhaps the mood in which most old men want to die is the type of manhood and character that young men ought to live in.