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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05
PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS.

The people OF this city are just
beginning to appreciate the fact that it
is not only the greatest city in pro-
spective in the great northwest
stretching from the twin cities to the
coast. but that the condition is already
here. Business men are in large
measure the index of the prosperity
of city. The men who invest money
in enterprises are prompted TO do SO
because Of the prospects Of reward.
They do not embark in commercial
schemes unless they believe they will
be successes. They do not locate in
cities or towns unless they believe
there is future for the same which
will justify the risk.
For the reasons indicated business
men would not locate in this city and
invest money in building and business
unless they believed that the future
of the city was such that the enter
prise would be success. 4 prominent
real estate firm of the city is authority
for the statement that it now has on
its books applications for business
locations from three firms who desire
to engage in business in the city and
will do so just SO soon as locations
can be secured.
While no investigation has been
made it is probable that the other real
estate firms have as many applications
as the one which gave the information
quoted. 1t would thus appear that
the business prospects of the city are
considerable in advance of its business
facilities. The men who are seeking
locations in the city are conservative
and are not doing so without inyestiga
ting the possibilities of doing
profitable business. The concerns
already here are doing great bust
ness and the addition of new enterpris-
es do not so far as the visible effect is
concerned, reduce the volume of bust
ness done by any one. The new firms
merely gather up the business which
would in all probability go to other
towns. But they do show that the
development of the city and its COM
mercial importance are assured facts.
They further show that the people
have had their attention drawn to this
city as the coming business center OF
the northwest and are acting upon the
same by seeking to establish business
concerns where the greatest profit can
be made The enormous growth of
the city and the possibilities lying
dormant at this time are receiving
the attention their importance merits,
and next year will witness a larger
growth and more substantial bust
ness boom than the city has ever ex-
perienced.
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loyalty. and who could not command
in the state more than half a thousand
votes, could say to the rest of the re-
publican party. you must allow us to
dictate who shall be candidates or
We will bolt the party, vote the demo-
cratic ticket and turn the state over to
that party on both state and national
tickets"
Such condition would place in the
hands of those whose party affiliations
are suspended by cobweb an absO-
lutely despo,ic power which would
destroy every vistige of political lib.
erty held by the people. That is just
what the Herald is seeking to accom-
plish under the guise OF reforming
the party politics by reducing the
majority
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05
Man About To,on

The Man About Town has been ask
ed repeatedly concerning the preven-
tiOn Of wrecks on railroads. Now to
be plain, the Man knows more about
newspaper work than about railroad
wrecks, but he does know that of the
passengers killed and injured on our
railroads by collisions a very large
proportion Is due to preventable
causes. A prominent example of this
is the collision which occurred on the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad on the
10th of March last, in which 81 per-
sons lost their lives and "a were in
jured.
a well-known rule. which was put
in force by MIR. w. P. Shinn on the
Allegheny Valley railroad in 1875,
and on the New York & newEngland
railroad in 1887, would have prevented
it,
The blame for collisions is usually
placed upon telegraph operator or Il
locomotive engineer. and the primary
cause. whether it be in faulty rules
or defective signals. is not allowed to
come to the knowledge of the public,
even though 1t involves bribery, con-
spiracy and perjury to prevent 1t.
This preventable slaughter will con-
tinue until there Is some competent
authority to make investigation which
Will ascertain the true causes, and
with authority to prescribe remedies
and sure punishment to those who
violate the orders or neglect the sug-
geStiOns made.
Referring to an accident on the
Denver & Rio Grands last March, in
which 81 persons we're killed and "a
injured, caused by orders intended to
save one of the trains 10 minutes, the
Inter-Ctate Commerce Commission
! said:
"A telegraph operator at small
and lonely station, who had been on
duty all day and more than half the
night. fell asleep, and on awakening
misinformed the train dispatcher as
to what had occurred while he slept
On some railroads the train dispatch
ing rules require that telegraph
operators train order signal will al
ways be set to indicate STOP except
when. on the approach of a train. the
operator, by pulling lever or cord,
changes to proceed position"
This rule is designed to insure that
no trains shall pass a station except
"aASA SAS oPSbASOi 40 0"onC anu az
tending to duty. This rule was not in
force at that place. 1t is sometimes
advocated that the superior train
the one which by the order is to
have its right to the track abridged
must receive the order and acknowl-
edge its receipt in writing before the
order is delivered to the opposing or
inferior train.
According to information given to
the man neither of these ideas finds
universal acceptance. and it is
pertinent to observe that the block
system, repeatedly recommended by
the commission, is the true means for
the prevention of such disasters.
The stop" signal referred to has
frequently failed, not only "at a small
and lonely station with an operator
who has been on duty all day and near
ly half the night" but in the day.
time, with an operator, who is also
ticket, freight and express agent,
baggagemaster, warehouseman and
mail carrier, for the reason that he has
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05

ious blow TO the idea of governmental
ownership of railroads. II the details
of the work of such an undertaking
can be best carried out by the admin
istrative plans of a private concern.
it is easy to realize that the same
would be true of the operation of the
railroads of the country.
The truth of the matter is that
the private business methods by which
great undertakings are carried out are
much more expeditions than any which
could be operated through the govern
ment. The great secret of the sue
cessful business undertaking is the
centralizing of the matters concerned.
In the operation of railroads the work
is placed in charge OF subordinates
who know nothing except the carry
ing out of the plans. Their subor
dinates are responsible to them and
they to those over them. And in this
way it becomes system centralized
in the chief executive but carried out
by those under him. 1t is machine
perfectly adjusted and absolutely re-
sponsive to the power applied.
In free country no such system
is possible in the government lest
those who are not selected as directors
by the populace charge the ones re-
sponsible with being gang and seek
to have the working plans changed SO
that those who have been assigned to
the lower positions may become the
bosses. This has been the trouble with
the construction of the canal. a
railroad company which was desir-
Gus of constructing tunnel through
mountain would not for moment
stop to consider the criticism of every
man who would not know the differ
ence between an engineers transit
and a twenty-five cent telescope, nor
heed any suggestions which such peo-
pie might make. Yet a government
is not only compelled to listen TO such
advice but must in measure appeal
| to such for approval.
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A BOOMERANG.

The reaction which is coming from
the exposure of the scheme of the
Herald to use the reduction of the re-
publican majority as the cloak to hide
its support of the democratic party,
has caused that sheet to attempt to re-
tract part of the plan but at the
same time to retain enough to enable
it to be in the band wagon should the
plan prove successful. The truth is
that the absurd argument that re-
duction of the party majority would
better serve the interests of the state
is merely a new cry for the pretended
reform behind which it has SO often
attempted to hide.
A few years ago the giant which
stood between the people of this state
and their political liberties-as the
Herald saw twas the lack of
primary election. 1t claimed that if
the people were allowed to express
their individual opinions in the selec-
ton of the party candidates there would
be nothing remaining in the way of
pure government. 1t argued that such
a law and such plan would destroy
what it has termed the gang. The
law was placed upon the statute books
and has been tried and the people have
been left in control.
The convention which nominated the
state ticket was composed of men
selected by the voters of the counties
who know them and therefore vouched
for their honor and integrity, and to
say that they were other than true to
the wishes and preferences of their
constituents would be to declare that
the majority of the voters in the
county were corrupt and unprincipled
The ticket was selected and the same
convention passed resolution extend
ing the operation of the primary
election law. The Herald claims the
convention was not controlled by the
people in the nominations but was in
the passing of the resolution,
proposition which is grotesquely
absurd.
But the Herald seems to need some
other subterfuge, and sets up the cry
that the party majority is too large
In a word that because the majority
has become so great that the danger
of aiding the democrats in giving the
country another experience of the
disastrous days of Grover Cleveland,
1t is a danger to the state. An an.
alysis of this statement will show the
reasons why it is advanced. Suppose
the majority in the state was one
thousand-and the Herald has not in
dicated the stopping point in the
majority reducing process-it is evil
dent that few more than five hundred
votes changed would elect the demo-
cratic ticket. A crowd Of those who
place personal animosity above party
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Thomas Power O'Connor, the Irish
member of parliament and brilliant
journalist who is now paying visit
to the United States, was born in
Athlone, Ireland, Oct 5, 1913. "Tay
Pay as Mr.. O'Connor is Familiarity
known. is equally famous as parlia-
mentarian and journalist. He has been
in parliament since 1880, and is an
earnest advocate of Irish home rule.
He was an influential supporter Of
Parnell and has been president of the
Irish national league. AS journalist
he is known throughout the English
speaking world. He was the founder
of no fewer than six daily and weekly
newspapers that now exist in the Brit
ish metropolis. 1t is said of him that
he has written history, essays, fiction,
political science and biography with
equal fascination and charm. One fact
makes "Tay Pay" of especial interest
to Americans. His wife is an Amerl-
can. She was Miss Bessy PASCAL
of Austin. Texas Mr.. O'Connor met
her first at the American embassy IN
London in 1885, and they were mar
ried the same year. Mrs. O'Connor is
a wit and beauty. and has written sew
eral successful plays.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.

The state central committee an
nounces that the actual work of the
republican campaign will begin in
earnest next week. The work will con-
sist of speaking campaign in which
the senators and congressman will
participate. They will be assisted by
some of the ablest outside material
to be procured. Senator Bereridge
and j. Adam Bede will fill number
of dates, while Chairman Hanna of
the state committee, one of the ablest
campaigners of the country. will show
up some of the democratic sophistries
in their proper light.
Reports are already being received
by the committee and indicate that
the republican majority for the entire
state ticket will be overwhelming. In
fact it will be much larger than was at
first supposed The best part of the
matter is that the republicans in many
of the counties are lining up to show
the democrats that they are not yet
ready to be the recipients of a political
gold brick.
Heretofore in number of the coun-
ties the republicans have been inclin-
ed to be lenient with democratic can
didates for local offices and have help
ed elect some of them. But when the
democrats who have been elected by
republican votes attempted in this
campaign to use the positions they had
SO secured to defeat the state and
congressional republican tickets the
republicans who had helped them in
to such Offices realized the danger
of pursuing such course and will re-
fuse to vote for democrats on many
of the county tickets.
Throughout the state the party is
united almost to man and those
who are disposed to bolt the ticket
and vote for the democrats are having
a smaller following every day. When
the entire crowd of this kind to be
found in the state is mustered it would
not make a creditable corporals guard.
The committee from these indications
is jubilant over the prospects of a
victory which will give the state
high position in the councils of the
party in the next presidential cam
paign and enable it's voice to be heard
in the choice of the next national
executive.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05

had a large sale and has been one OF
the big sellers Of the past few years.
Its dramatization by Charming Pollock
shows many signs of the master hand.
1t has the action and the lines and it
Is skillfully built with few Of the flaws
common to book plays. Liebler & Co.
have given the play q handsome stage
setting and an excellent company Of
players to portray its numerous char
acters.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05
His Tender Conscience.

Il feel" said the easy mark, uneas-
lily to the Man About Town in the
Hotel DacOtah today, las If ! had laden
my conscience in a manner that would
ruin my peace of mind forever. or until
all Is made right"
What did you do?" asked the SYM
pathetic Man.
Il was in small North Dakota town
the other day. Being of an economical
turn of mind l entered a 10-cent hair
resort to get my face and head mani
cured. When the man was through
discovered, much to my chagrin, that
l had with me only a S. bill and a
$50 gold piece. rendering the smaller
of the two pieces of money to the col
Ored gentleman who had shaved me
and cut my hair. was informed that
he had no change. l then offered to
go and get the money changed. He
objected to my leaving the shop. He
also objected to going himself, be-
cause he would not trust me not to
run away while he was absent seeking
the change.
At last hit upon what seemed to
both OF us a happy solution of the trou-
BILE. suggested that leave with
him the $50 gold piece as surety while
! went and got the note changed l
did SO.
Though | was gone but a few mo-
nlents, when l came back the colored
gentleman had disappeared. l waited
quite while for him, but he did not
return. At last impatiently left the
place and hurried to my train.
1T was several days before the
thought occurred to ME that had for
gotten to leave for the man the sum
which owed him."
But the $50 gold piece?" urged the
Man About Town. Was it ever re-
turned?"
mo. not yet" said the easy mark,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05

The democracy has discovered that
the campaign in this state was loaded
and that when it attempted to tell the
voters that great wrongs had been
done the people it was called upon to
specify. Not having the specifications
it has been driven to cover and COM
PEELED to admit that the cry was
raised merely for the purpose of turn
ming the attention of the voters from
the real issues and electing a part of
the democratic ticket.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05
BUILDING BY CONTRACT.

II the report that the government
has decided to construct the Panama
canal by contract instead of on the
former plan, be true. it is SER
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05

Let reverence OF law be breathed by
prattles in her lap; let It be taught in
the schools. seminaries and colleges:
let it be written in primers, spelling
from pulpits and proclaimed In legis-
1ative halls and enforced in courts Of
Justice: in short, let it become the
political religion Of the nation
Abraham Lincoln.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05

1t might be we'll to call attention to
the fact that every time Mr.. Burke
has been candidate for office-a
rather common event he has always
believed he was elected until the votes
were counted.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05

Another thing that should be left
unsaid: When man is saying I'M
pleasant things, he should forget to
add that he is saying them for your
own good"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Co1Eressioaal.
Members OF Congress-
A. J. GRONNA, OF Nelson.
T. F, MARSHALL, OF Dickey.

State.
Governor
E. 7. SARLES, Of Trail.
Lieutenant Governor
r. S. LEWIS, OF Cass.
Secretary OF State
ALFRED BLAISDELL, Of Ward.
4. PETERSON. of Sargent
II. L HOLMES, Of Pembina.
Supt. Of Public Instruction
w. L. STOCKWELL. of Walsh.
Insurance Commissioner
E. c. COOPER. OF Grand Forks.
Attorney General
T. F. MCUE, Of Foster.
Supreme Court Justices
b. E. MORGAN. Of Ramsey.
JOHN KNAUF, Of Stutsman.
Commissioner Of Agriculture
W. c. GlLBREATH, OF Morton.
Railroad Commissioners
c. S. DIESEM, Of LaMoure.
BRICK STAFNE, OF Richland.
SIMON WESLEY. Of Pierce.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05
legislative.

legislative.
State Senator Sixth District
H. p. RYAN.
House Of Representatives.
Fifth District
sd. CHURCH.
THOMAS H. PUGH.
T. E. TUFTE.
Sixth District
g. G. SkULASOS.
NJ. IVERSON.
Seventh District
JOHN A SORLEY.
w. S. DEAN.
ARNE p. HAUGEN.
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County.

Auditor-CharlesA Allen.
Register OF Deeds-Henry Han
cock.
Clerk Of Court-M. w. spaulding.
States Attorney. B. Wineman.
Treasurer-Don Mcdonald.
Sherin-O. G. Hanson.
County JUDGE. K. Haseell.
Coroner-A. p. Rounsvell.
Survey0r-Thomas Lawson.
Supt. Of Schools-W l. A. Colder.
County Justices-Theo. Holton, r.
Mclaughlin, Martin Larson,
Robt. Petron.
County Coosta hles-H. A. Peter
son, p. ". Hennessy. Peter
johnson, Jas. Maho.l.
County Commissioners-
Second District-J. r. Poupofe.
Third District-James Murphy.
Fourth District-P. N. Korsmo.
Fifth District-Robert Haddow.
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forgotten to return the signal to
danger" after the passing of the train
1t requires volition on the part of one
person without check
The second method, requiring the
train Of superior right to acknowledge
before giving the opposing train the
right to proceed, has the advantage
that the failure of either the active
or passive parts Of the system does
not produce IL condition of danger.
1t requires the active participation
of at least four persons. train dispatch
err, receiving operator, conductor and
engineer and, on most roads. u check
operator in the dispatcher's office.
This rule was adopted by the
Allegheny Valley railroad in 1873, after
wreck of similar description. at the
suggestion of MIR. w. p. Shinn. who
was not then an officer OF that road.
While the block system is the best
for general signal purposes, 1t is en-
pensive to install and maintain. and
rules would need to he provided for
the contingency OF it's failure to work.
The safety rule can be put In force
with the first change OF schedule with
out expense. How can the block
system he secured on all railroads
without having law compelling it's
adoption? How long will 1t take to
equip the roads? 1t is about 10 years
since the passage of the law requiring
automatic couplers, and five years
were originally allowed for doing H..
The work of equipping is not yet COM
pleted.
Reform in that matter will not be
had until law is passed providing
that any officer responsible for the
making of train rules who permits of
rule either positively providing or
passively permitting any two trains
having the right to any piece Of track
ut the same time, and any officer OF
paramount authority who either know
ingly or ignorantly, permits such ID
rule to exist. shall be punished by i'm
prisonment. a fine paid out of the
treasury with the stockholders money
is not a punishment to a corporation
official.
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In the Bishops Carriage.

In the Bishops Carriage" which
comes to the Metropolitan Thursday,
Oct. II, is very remarkable play. 1t
deals frankly with criminal Nance
Olden," young girl thief and the
problem offered by her reclamation.
1t is a we'll known fact statistics say
that two-thirds of our criminal classes
are of the very young. Consequently,
the many societies scattered through
out the United States for the preven-
tion of crime have had many such
as Nance Olden under observation, and
they are familiar with her kind. To
the social element which knows, how
ever. nothing of how the underworld
lives this play will come as distinct
shock, and will appeal to them from
it's very novelty. Its only seeming
parallel k9own to the stake is Leah
Kleschna,' made famous by Mrs. Ffske.
The similarity between Leah Kles-
chna,'' and Nance Olden," are still
very far apart. however, and there Il,
only the suggestion of sameness. The
novel, In the Bishops Carriage" has
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05

There is nothing we admire more
than man with little sense. Next
to that We admire polite man.
The wicked are punished. there is
no doubt, but it is the opinion of the
professionally good that punishment
is long time getting around to them.