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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-01
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER /, 1905.
THE SYMPTOM TUNNEL
CHANGES EUROPE'S FACE

The face oil Europe Is changing
A gigantic section of the Alps has been
swept aside. A portion of the
Burnese-Eberland of Switzerland Is
1t is the Simplon Tunnel. The
earth has notably contracted between
Switzerland and tho Mediterranean.
The distance between Germany and
italy likewise promises to decrease.
And France is asking II she must re-
main as geology made her or whether
shall say to mountains: BE re-
moved!"
l have only recently returned from
the present day cataclysm of the Alps
1T is the Simpion Tunnel. The
cataclysm effect is there; the only diff
ference is that man has made IL.
How stupendous. indeed, is that great
hole into Italy can only be appreciated
by making the trip as we did, over the
mountains by way of the Simplon
Pass.
Everything worked together to give
US n vivid impression of its power to
annihilate distances. regarded as i'm
mutable since the dawn of Europe.
We had been on the shore of Lake
Geneva in an automobile, and to go
to Italy We had taken the ancient
route of the Roman legions travelling
round and round and up and up, turn
ed aside from our straight line, like
ants before pile of dirt, by the
massive roots of Mont Blanc, and on
and up over the Little st. Bernard
Pass, and then down and down by
endless turns and zigzags into the fair
valley Of Aosta. Then it was on and
up and up again, till we stopped to
look down upon the mighty plain Of
Piedmont. In the late afternoon tat
first panorama of the south side of
the Alps was pink to ruddy with
Italian glamour, while to the right and
left fantastic peaks of every shade
OF blue had their tops gilded by the
dying sun.
Over the Simpson Pass.
Across the whole fiat breadth of
Piedmont we rolled to Lake Magbiore,
being once within thirty miles of
Turin. On the lake at Stressa, we
bathed in the sunlight. Then we
struck the heat-Italian heat in late
midsummer. Back to the hills. On
to the north! The map showed we
had straight line to Switzerland by
the Simplon Pass. and to that power
full automobile it was quick work. We
passed through ravines and slipped
round edges of great precipices. Up
and up. There was a massive old
Italian town called Domo dOssola in
high up valley surrounded by peaks;
and then. before arriving at the tun-
nels Italian entrance at Isella, we
passed through the long. one street
improvised town Of the Italian labor
ers.
The Italian entrance to the simplon
tunnel is massive arch of masonry
slapped up against the sheer mountain
foot. Clouds Of steam were issuing
from it-steam from the subteranean
river of hot water that still threatens
to delay the tunnels opening to traffic.
1t looked like the entrance gate to hell
itself. and the evil faces of those
laborers-the scum of Italy and many
other lands-looket, like those of a
thousand loafing demons.
Had we wanted to go through the
tunnel In train we must have waited,
as they then said, till January 1, or,
as they now promise, until April /.
But We were going over the pass, and
we went on and stopped at Condo for
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the night. We shall not forget Condo,
at the bottom of It's canyon, with
glacier torrents on one side and over
hanging cliffs that make the street
dark on the other. Rocks fall in the
night. and when the clouds roll down
they Eli the canyon and a.. town. A
town full of clouds! One of the party
called out the next morning." There
Is cloud loose in our back yard!"
They came into the inn, and Condo
was dark at 8 o'clock in the morning,
In a dank, dripping misery. How
can we start?" we said.
Climb Mountain In Auto.
"You can't start, any way" replied
the Swiss customs officer. 1.-THE Simp-
Ion is forbidden to automobiles. They
brighten horses; very dangerous to
the stagecoaches." We were prepared
for that peculiar from of Swiss black
mailing. and demanded horses. ut
is DONE" the Switzer answered; you
can telegraph for hourses to the hotel
keeper at Simplon town." And it was
while waiting for his answer that we
had time to appreciate the true
significance of the Simplon Pass. The
significance of the tunnel broke on
us later. You must go through these
things to realize them.
We were at Condo. To get back to
Switzerland and France - would
mean otherwise to retrace all those
days of travel-down to the Italian
lakes, across the plain to Piedmont,
on, on, past Turin. and up and over
down, over hills and mountains day
by day. through stressa, Iverea.
Bella and Aosta, across the valley
OF that name, and up and over the
Little St. Bernard again. Or we might
return by way Of Turin, the Genevre
Pass. and Briancon, and so on to
Grenoble, In France. Yet here, if we
could have the horses and little
sunlight, was an eight hours short
cut to the heart of Switzerland-to
civilized cooking, the mails and the
daily papers! While it was still dark
at Condo we received the telegram:
Two horses, $40"
We said yes; and in an hour or
more we heard thinking out in the
lone cloud muck of the empty street.
A wet driver planted his two steeds
before the inn and said he was ready.
I'm this muck?" we answered. "Sit
and drink little until the clouds roll
BY" then. as soon as we had paid its
price. marvellous thing happened.
A strong wind came down the big
ravine. 1t swept the clouds like a
broom. All the boosters of Condo
began Growing. and daylight came
at 10 a. m. We would just have time
to make it.
They scarcely have pulled that
automobile to the Simplon Hospioe, a
mile and half above the level of the
sea. Once out of Condo. we started
the motor-everybody does it. The
two horses trotted ahead, and in the
end 1t was enough for them. When
We met a stagecoach we shut off the
motor. and those horses made blum
to earn their $40, but the passengers
themselves grinned-the farle was
obvious.
Hold-Ups Everywhere.
Throughout all SW .rzeriand We met
the same hold-ups, operated on the
principle of the Utah hotelkeepers,
who charged So for steak-"because
he needed the money" The big towns
fine you from IS to $50. The little
towns have their tariff posted "$2
$3.50 for excess of speed" and when
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How Much Do You
Care for Him?
By Clsra Parker,

Before letting any man buy q ring
for you that costs him more than he
would have to pay for a steel range,
modern sewing machine and a din
Ing room table all put together, be-
fore losing lots Of sleep having him
tell you when he first commenced to
care for you and explaining how It
was that he first seemed to care al
most as much for another girl, and
before standing up with him before
the minister and promising to do great
things which YOU won't do, be sure
that you really care for him.
Think it all over calmly anspassion.
sionately and while you are thinking,
try not to regard him as a hero of n
novel, but just man a great deal like
your father and your brothers and the
men neighbors who are always doing
things which to that feminine mind of
yours do not seem quite elegant or
reasonable.
Try to be sure that you have love
enough to begin with to make it pos-
sible for you to put up with all that
Is common In him; not his big faults.
but the little, ordinary defects, with
out which no human being was ever
born.
Do you love him enough, for in
stance. to be willing to share YOUR
closet with him?
Would you be too angry with him TO
get over 1t if you found he had hung
81 heavy coat on the same peg as YOUR
organdie waist AMI squeezed into it
hundreds of little wrinkles, and could
you endure and keep on enduring his
repeated assertions that he knew lust
exactly on which peg he hung the vest
that went with his Sunday suit and
that somebody must have changed II
or he could certainly have found it?
Do you love him we'll enough after
he has read the Sunday papers and
spread them about him on the floor,
to double over and pick up these same
papers while he Is taking nap with
his mouth wide open, and yet not say
a word to him about it or try to re-
form or make q neat handed house.
maid out OF him? Do you love him
we'll enough to bear as stoically as
you do your children's measles, with
his presumably secret. but perfectly
transparent. admiration for qualities
In the married fiirt or the gay widow
"haSh ~ SuOCh ulUl uGGplS 10
have you possess?
Do you love him we'll enough to
keep your tongue between your teeth
and not feel cross or tempted to COM
plain about the kitchen maid when
you are too hot and tired to eat your
dinner and yet must sit and watch him
clear up half a dozen ears of green
corn. several helpings of beef roast
and slice of apple pie with joyous
appetite:
Do You love him we'll enough to be
good-natured when he forgets to COM
ment on the nine bakings out of ten of
good bread and yet has plenty of talk
in store for the burnt or slightly acid
ity Of the tenth?
Do you love him we'll enough to
have him take for granted the weeks
and months when his clean clothes ap-
! pear by magic in his dresser drawers
with buttons on and rips repaired and
then choke himself with eloquence
the week that his second best shirt
happens to hide its buttonless con-
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fruit houses; three large retail lumber
yards; two marble works; twenty-four
passenger trains in and out of the city
daily: the only filtration plant in the
entire northwest. every drop of water
used In the city being filtered and free
from all germs. as shown by the latest
bacteriologicai examination from the
state sta, nniversity making It one Of the
tho finest waterworks systems in the
which guarantees very cheap water
rent; the best fire department in the
state. which insures ample protection
fro from , loss BY fire; and which are equip.
ments: no floating Indebtedness. and all
city warrants so at par. and arc cashed
"a sari9us parts Of the city. .representl ns
Just across the river. with over 5000
inhabitants. with saw mill employing
over 300 people. and numerous whole
sale warehouses, distributing their
west. East Grand Forks Is also the
terminal headquarters for the Red Riv-
er valley division Of the Northern Pa
cific railway.
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Why Grand Forks Will Become a
City Of That Size in Twenty Years

BECAUSE: We are geographically
situated In the right place.
BECAUSE: We are at the confluence
Of the Red Lake River and the Red
River Of the North.
BECAUSE: Grand Forks has the fin.
est "bunch" Of people ever placed In
one city.
BECAUSE: We are the headquarters
Of four main lines of the Great
Northern Railway, and their numer.
GUS branches radiate to all points
from this city.
BECAUSE: We are the Headquarters
Of the Northen Pacific Railway.
BECAUSE: We are the headquarters
for the Northwestern Telephone
Company, and Tri.State Telephone
Company, for the entire Northwest,
BECAUSE: The new Wesleyan Col.
lege has recently purchased fine
College site, and have Just broken
ground for their first building
Sayre Hall-which Is only begin.
ming, and Is only one of the many
fine buildings which they will erect
In the near future.
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able advantages over France from the
traffic point of view of Central Europe.
Is the Simplon going to hurt or help
France? All France Is talking about
1t. In parliament there are important
debates In this connection. It is
known that the French government
has more than one project. Eyery-
thing seems to depend on whether
ging tunnels.
France Is Gainer.
II the Swiss rest on their laurels
Germany will scarcely benefit by the
SimplOn, and the same will be tru,
of Holland and Belgium, while France
will benefit, because the northern Sec
ton of the great p. l.. M. trunk line
Will find the distance from Paris to
Milan very much shorter by the Simp-
Ion than by the Gothard. On the other
hand, suppose the Swiss tunnel, the
Bernese-O Overland at Wildstrubel-as
they are almost sure to do-Germany
will be remarkably favored in trunk
line connections to the shortened dis
tance-Bale- Milan.
What are the French to do in that
event? They must further shorten
their time to the Simplon. There is
already second class mountain rail-
road from Pontarlier. in France, to
the big Swiss lines ut Lausanne. 1t
could be made trunk line for some
$l2,OOO.OO0. The large business in
terests of Lausanne desire this.
The business men Of Geneva, how
ever, urge the French to tunnel the
Faucille. 1t would mean a great tun-
mel from France into Switzerland and
the construction of a new trunk line
to the Simplon, passing near or touch
Ing Geneva. at a cost of $4,000, 900.
What will be done remains to be sasn.
But the face of Europe is changing as
surely as ii men of faith commanded
mountains, BE removed" THE
Chicago-HeraId
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-01

BECAUSE: The State is developing
largely, growing rapidly, and the In.
creased attendance at our State Cni.
versfty necessitates the building Of
large additions to the already com.
mOdious buildings every year.
BECAUSE: Of the great pride Of onr
citizens in making this q city Of
HOMES, which Is drawing people
from over the Northwest here to
reside.
BECAUSE: OF the increasing mum.
Der Of wealthy people from all over
the Northwest who are coming here
and purchasing homes here rs q
place Of residence for the purpose:
Of taking advantage Of our educa.
tl0nal facilities. which are unsur.
passed anywhere In the Northwest.
BECAUSE: We are fast becoming the
distributing center for all of the
Northwestern part Of Minnesota and
the north half Of North Dakota, and
for months We have been loading
and shipping and distributing over
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY.
FIVE cars per day Of freight. con.
sistlng Of lumber, brick, groceries,
machinery, and other merchandise.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-01
About Face.

.,- About Face.
Il have already said NO to you, Mr..
Vere.' said Miss Butte. II don't seem to
be able to make myself plain, although
have tried
"Ah, Miss Butte" interrupted Percy
We're, you could't do that no matter
how you try"
"Well-eh-of course, 1 shall always
be glad to have you call upon me, Mr..
Vere
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Future PROSPECTS,

COST over $1oooOO0. during the next twelve months
Great Northern will finish carry their plans for
n largest freight facilities division Headquarters o mint
IN the state consisting Of freight houses
oa oock ana snops and will fine a-modern
South Fifth Street. ~ ~ " A'n''ns VI
Old Folks Home in Holes Addition costing from
laid for this building ~ " 10 n""
Inc foundation for the General Riverside Park
Will be finished h fall and the Hospital costing
am beranrds Academy will complete addition costing
$Soo0o to $4,000 within the next twelve months. e
Inc Gas Company Is completing
e and Will add still further costing many
thousands of dollars ne i-""S
The Wesleyan College will 100000 to 5000 eoo
within the next year or two in new buildings
The State University will build Library Building IN coot
$6eO and will add other buildings
ing thousands of dollars. S~'s-
Arrangements being put In several miles =,
new paving IN the business center OF the will The
expenditure OF several hundred thousand dollars Wv
DO realize what million spent in Grand Fope
for public buildings alone will mean? 1t another million
dollars or more spent in small deals improvements ana
also the building several hundreds residences
en parts OF the city, the amount Of
the city OF Grand Forks will large substantial
in valuation of all city and adjoining property o
MAXIMS
THE man who risks anything never gets rich
Nothing ventured nothing gained" ~
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We have

We have :55s Ssr sSs Ss SS:s:
an enormous business; a largo whole,
sale notion house, which is now cover
large Sottiins works. Which r are al, 'S Dur
ing very large and increasing BUSH
ness; three large sash and door fac
tories, which are operating to their full
capacity; five large brick yards. max
the northwest. supplying local trade
and shipping daily, and increasing their
headquarters for ten or fifteen large
machinery companies. who ship to
points all over the north and western
part OF the state. which business is In
flour mills n the state. which is run.
ming night and day; three cement block
and till manufactures: two foundrles;
two wind stacker factories: one broom
factory; one trunk and box factory;
FIVE. all modern. up-to-date steam laun.
dries. one large wholesale cracker and
biscuit company: one large wholesale
candy factory; three or four cigar fac
tutions: the state university. with 500
to 500 students: the Wesleyan Methodist
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COMPARISONS

Take backward the
Dakota exception fec coal these
the state Of Iowa did city
these hsys nS
ass sp we town the @ in s
large
x s 1T bs
ey now take the business ce1sss for their
ssias
great tide of immigration this
Impossible 2d let to stand still
Mad from Bulge city. hundred and
cumming n 5 be s on s s sr s
property have 6ousss very
in tracts Of i've
t s o nssr ess will make excellent
fill want the numerous parties who have made
growing the property.
far away residing there will not be
which are s.o the wss of city
purchasing these lots will have until March
have also Dakota Avenue from the wasnp
wnsh Ars 1s
clear through to the Wesleyan College grounds
How To Buy: Call Office you plat
Call office telephone and will take
live town and will write the price wish
% S t. "
s
lot In a s pss wish
When To Buy: buy you get your
How To Buy: Buy all can!
MAXlMS
There tide the food
Strike while
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w nv

BECAUSE: We are becoming the
seat Of learning and headquarters
for the greatest educational institu.
tons In the State and the North.
west.
BECAUSE: Grand Forks will soon
have an all modern, up.to.datc
Street Railway System running
through the city, and to East Grand
Forks.
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dition from your watchful eye?
DO you love him we'll enough to
realize that he does love you even II
he does forget your second wedding
anniversary and how old you and the
children are and what kind of dress
you had on when you first met?
Do you love him we'll enough to be
patient when he always holds your
cloak upside down for you to put on?
Do you think you can grow accus-
toned to having him firmly believe
that you are the one who always
loses his hammer and do you think he
Will seem the same dear man to you
when he is standing inside a closet
holding the door open with his head
and looking straight up at the ceiling
while he is shouting to you that he
can't find the slippers which are in
the shoe bag directly beneath his
hand?
If you think that these things would
seem too trying, then wait for the
right one, even though you keep on
waiting, for remember, my dear girl,
that you have faults yourself as we'll
as he.
Living for twelve months every year
with one person is going to be quite
different from taking moonlight ride
with him behind livery team or
merely eating up his big boxes of
fancy chocolates.
Put a few questions to yourself be-
fore giving blushing consent to that
question he will ask you and try to
give those questions an honest answer.
Globe Sights.
Every man is a poacher.
Old maids have a lot of rules for
wives
You haven't as long to live as you
used to have
Some people are so agreeable that
they are disagreeable.
When a man can work others he
cannot be worked himself.
Jim Sampson has quit again; that
Is, he has quit trying to quit.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned woman who "read?"
Tue people WHO nave no friends don't
deserve any.
Heroism is generally foolish act
with successful termination.
Lots of things l don't believe in.
are probably true. Drake Watson.
Most children are disguised because
their fathers do not succeed better.
There is nothing better than a good
story, and nothing as bad as a poor
one.
We have noticed that a bald-headed
man always has plenty of hair brush
es.
Do not bore people! Maybe YOU
do, and without knowing it. Look
yourself over.
Some people not only insist upon
giving advice. but asking question at
the same time.-Atchison Globe.
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Not a Matter Of Prlucinle.

Didn't you say that the bosses must
go?" Il did" And here you are set
ting yourself up as boss" Certain
~. Why did you suppose wanted the
other fellows to go?"-Philadelphia
Press.
If sympathy could be converted into
cash it's doughnuts to fudge there
wouldn't be SO much of it wasted.
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PREDICTIONS

" nat every young who will these
I1ck OF them on the insament plan carry
SNORT "he VIII get better investment than
,- IN almost any other line business ~ ~
we fedlct: That will buy block of +ha.
s ana 30 away and forget them for years. be sur
Prlsea "hat he can get for them comes bach
we Predict: That University Cheyenne Avenues will be b,,
up almost solid from Third the University and Wes
w. !eyan College inside of five years. ~ WV
ht inat the value of almost all estate lying
the Great Northern Railway the Inivesv
and Wesleyan College, in value several times -
- the next few years. ~ "e' "a
mat Dakota Avenue clear through to the Weseya,
college grounds will be of the dveways in the civ
49, inside of twelve ' :" '"e e't'
edct: That Grand Forks beginning to grow and that
the next few will surprise the ciys most ardent
friends ~ ~ O''' . Afo0' oAoene
@ Ety. lhat we viii be hearing the year
IRON now tna We already hearing people who
are thinking Of buying: why buy wear AGO vhen
could have bought for less money the prices are
we fredlct: That next will years Grand
Forks has experienced WV ' "-1
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Think of the millions of people in
the world you'd think lot of if you
knew them!
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21
A Long-Lived Family.

A"Dime Museum" manager, having
heard Of man one hundred and TWEEN
ty-three years Of age, journeyed to his
home totry and secure him for exhibi
ton purposes.
"Well, my friend, said the muse um
manager, ''the proofs ofyour age seem
to be all right. Now, how would you
Ike to come to my pla &c, just do moth
ing but sit ON platform and let peo-
pie look at you, and will pay you
one hundred dollars week?r
I'D like it all right answered the
aged man. "ButI couldn't go, Of course
unless had my fathers consent
"Your fatherp' gasped the manage +.
'Do you mean to say that your father
is aliye?v
Yes, indeed replied the man.
"Weil, where liz your father? Home
here?' asked the manager.
"Oh, yes" was the answer. "He,s
upstairs, putting grandfather to bed.''
Ladies Home Journal.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21

President Falliers of France recently
paid tribute TO the superiority of home
cooked meats over hotel dinners and
banquets. For, good, wholesome APP
petizing food he looks TO the taste and
discretion ofthe goddess Of the range
and not to the $1,000 chef. 1t was
Louis Nv. of France who decorated a
woman cook after competition in
preparing dishes to his liking between
the woman and his man cook.
But the women Of France are not
struck dumb by the presidents com
pliment. They INST that the proof Of
OF the cooking is il. the eating, and il
can only be appreciated at its true val
ue when eaten as soon as it is served
Business and affairs Of state must be
put aside when "dinner is ready to be
eaten" That is the new dinner call in
France, supplanting the old form,
your dinner or breakfast is ready fol
you" The meal is ready to be eaten,
ana it is up to the man to eat 1t at once
or take it as he finds it without grum-
bling.