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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
SOME GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.

The newer portions of this state are
the hope of the men in the older and
overcrowded states who are wearing
out their lives in an unequal struggle
against conditions which they cannot
hope to change.
BY this is meant the man who is
living on rented land which is selling
for seventy-five to one hundred dollars
per acre, and for which they are pay
ing rentals of forty and fifty dollars
per acre, with crops that yield scarcely
more than the rental cost of the land.
These people, Industrious and hard
working, are merely getting living
on this land, and as they grow older
and less able to do the manual labor
required, they see the possibility of
Swallowed old age lowering over their.
lives.
The outlook to such must indeed be
gloomy
But they have but to lift their eyes
to the plains of Western North Dakota
to behold the sunshine of hope. o.,
Here is land for the asking. Land
that from the time the virgin sod is
turned to the sunshine is heaven, will
give forth harvests that not only fur
nish the needs of life, but that place
the toiler on the road to a competence
He may not have more than enough
to bring his family to the state and
build them the very cheapest shelter
But in one year the yields from the
land which cost him nothing save the
living upon it, will begin to build
surplus which will increase as the
years go by.
The home that was first in the claim
shack built of boards and covered with
tarred paper viii soon be changed to
one of comfort if not of luxury.
The farm that cost nothing increases
in value to ten, then twenty, then
thirty dollars per acre. and the man
who would have been renter in the
older states all his life, and who would
have died in poverty, finds that out of
nothing has come coy fortune.
Such opportunities are open on the
Missouri slope, and throughout the
western part of the state.
1t is no pipe dream but the recital
of facts which can be verified by thou
sands who have come to this state
penniless and by Il few years of earn
est industry are on easy street.
There is no other country on the
face of the earth with more golden OPP
portunities for the Industrious man
with small capital and large pluck.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
An Awful Stab,

Crookston Times: Tom Murray of
East Grand Forks passed through the
city yesterday enroute to Bemidji,
where, he says, he will try and forget
the recent unpleasantness Of his home
city. He predicts some trouble for
Mayor Dan Sullivan and Chief of Po-
lice Fred Metcalf of East Grand Forks
before many moons, and predicts the
O'Leary who was elected mayor will
resign in the near future. Regarding
the conditions over west he said the
people who thought they were voting
for reform were DOMINIC war paint
In preparation for a revolt against the
dictatorship of Dan Sullivan and that
there would be business for the dis
trict court for troubles were adj
justed. fI.s' 50 t.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
SACRED HEART LADIES
Gave Very Successful Card Party
Last Eyening-The Prize Winners.

Gave n Very Successful Card Party
Last Eyening-The Prize Winners.
Last night one of the most success
full card parties ever held on either
side of the river was celebrated. The
party is the first of series to De
given by the ladies of the Sacred,
Heart church, the proceeds; Of which
will be given towards paying, for the
magnificent altar which will soon be
installed at the church. The follow
ing were the prize winners:
M. M. O'Connor, gentlemen's head
prize; Miss Moorhead. ladies' head
prize; Mrs. D. Enright, ladies' BOBBY
prize; P. ]. Mccoy, gentlemen,s BOBBY
prize.
Following the play bounteous re-
past was served and entertaining
music was rendered by accomplished
musicians. The ladies of the church
deserve much credit for the very able
manner with which they carried the
event through and a large attendance
at the future events Is assured by
the much pleased public.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
WORK WELL DONE.

The splendid work of those
who have labored SO indefatig-
ably for the success of the drainage
convention has been manifest in the
large and enthusiastic crowds which
have filed the city yesterday and to.
day.
Two things were ESSENTIAL to the sue
cess of the convention. One of these
was the getting together of the crowds
SO that the work of the convention
could be disseminated and the interest
in the matter for which the convention
was called unified and crystalized in
to general plan that would meet the
approval and secure the corporation
of those upon whom the work large
ly rests.
The other was the securing of men
of such ability and possessed Of such
special knowledge on the several mat
tiers upon which the delegates desired
information. that their council and adj
vice would command the most pro.
found respect of the delegates and the
public at large
That both OF them have been fully
accomplished is the unanimous YER
dict of everyone today.
That nothing but good can come
from the convention goes without say
ing.
There have been difficulties in the
way of successful drainage and the
best means of overcoming them have
been duly discussed,
The addresses made and the papers
read have been full to overlooking
with meaty thoughts.
One thing especially marked was
the emphasis given to the immense a.
nancial returns to be derived from the
work. It will seem from the reli-s
able data given that drainage of the
valley will mean million dollars
added to the wealth producing power
Of the state every year. 4
II the convention has done anything
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
THE STATES FUTURE.

Occasionally complaint is made that
the freight rates made by the rail-
roads from the twin cities and other
eastern centers to points in the north
west are SO nearly equal to those
charged for shipping from cities like
Grand Forks and Fargo to these same
points that wholesale houses, and
other distributing enterprises can not
AFFORD to locate in these cities.
Railroads and other corporations,
according to the lawyers, have no
souls. and this is supposed to be es-
pecially true of corporations engaged
as common carriers.
For this reason they are supposed
to give no consideration to matters of
sentiment and are then outside the
pale of human influence.
But soulless or not, they are desper-
ately interested in the earning of div
idends.
A railroad never permits an oppor.
tunity to add to it's capacity in this
particular to pass without improve
ment
Where the opportunity for dividends
are there will the railroads be also.
The way, then, to get lower rates
to points in the northwest is to make
large distributing centers of the lead
ing cities in this state.
This means the establishment of
wholesale houses and machinery
headquarters. The time was when
the annual visit of the country mer-
chant to the city to purchase his
stock of goods was an event of no
small importance in his town. That
was however, when groceries were
tied up in brown paper and coffee
was roasted by the housewife.
The centers of distribution are being
carried nearer to the consumers. In
stead of going ten miles to the store
now the store is within easy access
OF all. The same is true of wholesale
sale houses. They have gotten nearer
the trade.
Where there are large shipping in
terests there railroads will be and
when these shipping centers can make
1t advantageous to the railroads to
give them rate advantages NOT in the
form Of rebates but what comes from
~ large distribution against limited
one.
The remedy for this then. is the de-.
svelOpment Of trade centers In this
stata. There are number Of towns
/ RENTS for wholesale houses.
Foremost among these OF course is
Grand Forks. Several things COM.
hene to make It the future city OF the
sADrthwest 10 y distributing point. II.
- railroads to carry the goods, and;
~ bsstsr Il has the trade TO- pur-5
80 the goods. @ AZ
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
OF Interest fo East Siders
THE ASSEMBLY I
!, HALL
Fine Structure is Ready For Lecture
To BE Given Friday Evenings
Credit To The City.

SECUlb 1O xHc yllys
The new assembly hall at the school
is being fixed up preparatory to the
lecture which will be given by Rev.
]. Cleary of Minneapolis on Friday
evening. A fine wicker of hard oak
has been built in a convenient place
near the entrance where tickets for
whatever entertainment which is go
ing on can be secured. Fine hardwood
seats to accommodate $50 have been put
in. seating capacity which is equal
ed by few theatres outside of the large
cities. A feature of the new hall of
which few opera houses can boast Is
the system of ventilation in it. People
can now attend an entertainment in
their home town without getting that
headache which is caused by foul air
in many places of amusement. The
ventilation system in the school is one
of the greatest aids to teachers and
pupils that can be found. The teach
more energetic and can do much more
fresh air and that they themselves
are visibly affected Five beautiful
drop curtains, painted by talented
they help materially to heighten the
building is elegantly finished with
southern pine and the ceiling is gild-
ed. Another feature to arouse the
patriotism of the public is a large
painting of the emblem of Minnesota
and its motto "L'Etoile du Nord" or
Star of the North" People who pa
trn fhn hull
repition of the IroqOis disaster as two
large fire escapes are handy and chem
icals near at hand. Altogether the
hall is one of the finest in the north
west and no public-spirited citizen
should miss an opportunity to note it's
merits. The people who opposed the
building of this magnificent edifice in
the elections last spring should blush
with shame when they see the value
which has been received for $4,000.
The present school board composed
of J. c. Sherlock, l.. o. Systad, M. J..
Sullivan, Thorn. Rowers, J. G. Clynch
and ]. J. O'Leary deserve credit for
the able manner with which they car
ried their project through. These men
labored necessarily for months and
the result of their labors now stands
immortal to this community. And
the result is one of which we may be
pardonably proud, and which shall be
handed down for generations to come.
The credit for the carrying through
of this project cannot be given to
the school board alone, however, as
B. A. Dunbar, the popular superinten-
dent of the city schools, was one of
the hardest workers In carrying the
project through. Mr.. Dunbar is one
of the most thorough instructors in
the state and deserves especial credit
for the very able manner in which
he systematizes all the work in the
school and keeps bo,ners teachers and
pupils working In. harmony.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
THE EVENING TINES, GRAND FORKS, MI.

newspaper. A prominent resident OF
Grand Forks said recently to one OF
the staff: Il like the tone Of your
paper. You evidently mean business
and there is every indication of push
and progressiveness being back OF 1t, /,
Judging from its newsy, readable COL
umns. Another thing notice that it
seems to be the object of the manage
ment to further the pest interests of
Grand Forks. 1t has been too often
the case right here sn this city for the
press to studiously avoid the publ
cation of matter which savored in any
way Of advertising without first being
paid for it. 1t does not seem to be the
case with your paper. Your efforts
should and will DC appreciated by the
public, and l for one am proud that
the city and state mas such repre-
sentative newspaper, one we can all
take a pardonable pride in"
The Evening Times is on it's second
week of publication. 1t has had much
to overcome and much to do in the
line of organization of it's staff of
reporters and all of the many Difficult
ties which attend tile inception of
new venture of its size. 1t has not
yet struck its gait" to use the ex-
preston, and if our friends are pleas
ed now we only can say, thank you,
and wait and see. Our motto is, "a
square deal for all" and it will be rig
idly followed. Livery effort upon the
part of the management and the staff
will be exercised to make it the best
newspaper in North Dakota and out
side of the Twin Cities.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
The County Commissioners J

1Hc COuuCy COMMISSIONERS
The county commissioners will hold
special meeting at Crookston on
Jan. 18th. Among the matters which
will be brought up will be the ques-
ton Of lighting the county court
house and fail. In the past the
Crookston light plant owned BY the
same Murphy who owns the Grand
Forks plant has furnished the light
and the commissioners claim they
have charged exorbitant rates a and
must cut their rates by one-half or
the Fargo firm which is bidding very
low Will get the contract. The COM
missioners are going to effect a big
saving for the county bystheir action
in this matter .t-f y !.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
sOld Stlye, Oaicials.

j. c. Oeschger, travelling auditor
for the Gund Brewing Co. of Lacrosse,
Wis, and Thomas Burns, assistant
auditor. are. in the city looking over
the books of the local branch. The
Gund Brewery is a large concern and
does a rushing business all the year
round.
Frank Kruzak, formerly with the
International Harvesting Co., has ac-
copied a position as travelling sales
man for the Gind Brewing Co.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
Sawdust aGoing I, I'M,

"sawdust is going up today" This
was an expression that is heard
around town quite frequently and
many people are wondering what It
means. The solution is very simple If
a person will watch the workmen at
the new addition of the Gund brewery
and see them filling the large. ice
house with sawdust to keep the water
from melting ice from trickling
through the roof into the storage
plant I,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
PULSE OF THE PRESS
Mostly Blasted Hopes.

Slightly intoxicated with their sense
of importance at being invited to sign
the register and sit in at the star
chamber conferences of the political
protestants, the little bunch of insur-
gent newspaper men are jumping up
and down like chestnuts on a hot
stove, and each one is nominating a
different candidate for governor at
every jump. There is only one man
who can command the united support
of the out-gang press, and, by the way
of assisting our reforming friends to
procure harmony in their own ranks,
The. Progress ventures to suggest that
Geo. b. Winship be once again offer
ed up as sacrificial lamb at the altar
of "sweeter manners, purer laws
and blasted hopes.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY

395-Theodosius the Great. Emperor
of Rome, died.
15O3-Birth of Parmigiano.
1569-First lottery in England.
1612-,rhe Great Mogul authorized
English factories at Surat and other
places.
1732-Pragmatic sanction guaran-
teed by Diet of the Empire.
1757-Birth OF Alexander Hamilton
great American statesman.
1775-First provincial congress of
South Carolina met at Charleston.
1779-British, under Gen. Mcl.ane,
took possession of Castine, Me.
179O-Act of Union of Belgic United
Provinces signed at Brussels.
1800-William Newcome. Archbishop
OF Armagh, died.
1SO4-John Dalton made the first an
nouncement of his atomic theory.
1S05-Teritory of Michigan formed
from Indiana.
1S35-Congres memorialized to abol-
ish slavery in the District of Column
bia-
1S39-Earthquake at Martinique.
1843-Francis Scott Key, author of
Star Spangled Banner, died.
1853-Russia, Austria and Prussia
acknowledged Napoleon ILL., Emperor
of France.
1861-Alabama adopted ordinance of
secession.
1S63-General McClernand captured
Arkansas Pass, Arkansas.
1S66-Over 200 lives lost in sinking
of steamer London in Bay of Biscay
1872-Congress accepted from Rhode
Island a statue of Roger Williams.
NATURALIZATION meeting in New
York to protect against military
usurpation in Louisiana.
1886-Joseph B. Foraker inaugur-
ated Governor of Ohio.
1887-Earthquake shock at San
Francisco.
1SS9-Of1cial trial at Philadelphia
Of dynamite cruiser Vesuvius.
l890-Strike of 5000 shoemakers at
Haverhill, Mass.
1893-Gen. Benjamin F. Butler died
In Washington.
1897-Treaty of arbitration between
United States and Great Britain
signed at Washington, ID. C.
1904-John Young Brown, former
Governor of Kentucky, died.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
MANITOBA LEGISLATURES
:. MEETS IN WINNRppc

Winnepeg. Man. Jan. 11-T,ha
Manitoba legislature assemhled tn i, ne
despatch Of business. TO-DAY, Tho ~ ~. s..s
s, S,0m promises ~ to be one OF more than
, usaa. interest In addition to esti-
,1a ases 7. ls expected that among the
sol aa,l' measures to be brought in
~, tSa Sconsiaerauon and action VIII 81.
tn governments proposals In regard
=, ..e!ep phones and the adjustment 81
AKA on foreign corpora tons. Ri
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
se,ti.e.t to He l.culcated.

Let reverence of law be breathed by
Dtattles in her lap; let It be taught in
the schools, semfnaries and colleges:
let It be written in primers. spelling
Sooks and almanacs: let It be preached
latiye halls and enforced in courts Of
Justice;. in short, let it become the
pol1ttcal religion Of the nation"
-,... Abraham Lincoln.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
Morris Made Chief,

Tom Morris, the veteran fire tighter
of Crookston, and well known to
number of friends in this city, has
been unanimously elected chief OF the
Crookston fire department. Crookston
has a good department for city of
Its size and with very ordinary
equipment the men have several times
succeeded in checking fires which
might have been of serious magnitude.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
Charge to Be Added to Taxes.

The snow and ice is being cleared
off the sidewalk in front Of the houses
of the lazy ones by Street Commission
er Nick Kettar, and the charge banked
up against the property. Mr.. Kettar
is showing himself to be a diligent
worker and has done an immense
amount of good in the short time he
has been on duty.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11

Nj. Sullivan returned from Fargo
+iast night. where he was transacting
business. ID ia. Z y, a {, p
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
A Good Dehnition.
TBismarck Palladium

The school boy who defined the word
friend" as "a person who knows all
about you and likes you just the same
was sensible humorist OF no mean
type. And the person, says an ex-
change. who exacts perfection from
his friends will wake up some bright
morning and find himself friendless.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
INDEPENDENCE AND BANKRUPTCY

Some people never learn from ex-
perience. On several recent occasions
our morning contemporary, the es-
teemed Herald. which passed through
the panicky period of democratic
bankruptcy from 1893 to 1897, and
found it necessary to compromise with
Its creditors, has advocated "a change"
through independent party action. The
Evening Times did not suppose that
the Herald would SO soon enter plea
of guilty to the charge that it was not
republican paper.
No ones knows better than the Her.
aid that Grover Clevelands election
came about in consequence of the
same kind of independence" that the
Herald is now urging upon the voters
of North Dakota. These independent
movements have always led to ma
tional disaster of some sort. For sew
eral years prior to 1892 there was an
epidemic Of independence" in num-
Der of the close states, and organs of
the Herald stripe were saying, as the
Herald is now saying, that 1.-The peo-
pie" had no voice in elections; that
they were boss ridden" and under
control of the machine" And so the
people, hearkening to the siren song
of the so-called Independents, made it
possible for the destroying angel of
democracy to come into possession of
the government.
Who does not remember with regret
what happened to the people and the
industries of the country? The Herald
itself is just recovering from the eff
fects of those four Years of panic, and
yet its slogan is Down with the re-
publican party; let the democrats in
let anybody in if only the machine"
that is keeping our machine" out of
power can be smashed. How large the
sacrifice and how small the prize!
Now The Evening Times does not
propose to remain silent while the
enemies of the republican party
again scuttle the ship. We are
here for legitimate business
purpose. We hope to remain and
share in the general prosperity,
paying our debts as we go along-one
hundred cents on the dollar. There
would be no room for us in this city,
or in amy other city, if the democratic
party were in power; and there would
be no room for many other legitimate
business enterprises that are now
prospecting beyond all precedent if the
Clevelands, the Parkers, and the Bry-
ans were managing the affairs of this
government, committed as they are to
legislative and administrative policies
directly opposed to those now in force
and out of which have come so many
splendid results.
We are not envious of the good for
tune of the Herald; we hope it will
last indefinitely, for, with the contin-
uation of the Herald's prosperity and
all other business enterprises of the
city, the state and the nation, The
Evening Times will be able to pay
dividends. In this situation we feel
JUSTIFIED in doing what we can to save
the Herald from its own folly. II it
continues to persist in "a change" be-
cause. as it. declared, this is an "ofr
year., consistency would not permit
1t to oppose an extension of "the
change" to the nation at large, and,
If it did, 1t might be everlastingly too
late. in which case the Herald must
of necessity become the open cham
pion of democratic policies as is
now the covert champion of them.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
Has Tobacco ExhfbIt.

f. J. Cummings. sole owner Of the
store formerly owned by Cummings G
Fters, is having 9 gorgeous tobacco
display. put in his window. A repre-
sentative of the American Tobacco Co.
Is putting the display In.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
VIM Remain Here.

N. A. Foote has returned from Dew
ils Lake and will remain here perman-
entity and manage the business OF the
Arneson Mercantile Co. The branch
store Of the company at Devils Lake
is In prosperous condition and under
the management of E. G. Bates!
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
ENCOURAGING.

y is rather pleasant to be appre-.
ciated 9nd the words Of commentator
The Evening Times 10 the recipient Of
from the public are recompsnse for
the stan: Il like the tons OF your
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
Plans for Play.

The students of the Central school.
are hard at work practicing for the
play. Down in Maine,,.' which will be
given In the future in the new assem-
bly, hall. Some good talent in the
theatrical line is being developed and
the play will undoubtedly be huge
success. I 81 I,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
Has Many Friends.

1t develops that the Joseph L. Nc
CURE who had to take out two licenses
to get married is the popular electri-.
clan OF this city Mr.. Mcclure has
lived IN this city for many years and
his future life is blessed BY innumer-
able good wishes Of his many friends.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
Filling HIS Ice HOUSE.

Hugh Dunlevy. the iceman, ID at
present filling the large Ice house
which he recently built. Mr.. Dunleyy
has two large ice houses.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
Left For fhe Easf.

A. 3. James, general manager of the
Canadian Northern railroad, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter, pass
ed through the city last evening on
their way east. They Travelled in Mr..
James palatial private car. n: