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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11
Women Guests Objectionable.

AS a general rule, the leading hotels
in New York rather discourage lone
women guests. No matter how well
recommended they come or how GER
tain the management is of their re-
~spectability, they always tack about 20
per cent. on the price of apartments
when they are let to women. Wom-
en- do not patronize the bar; they do
not spend much money in the dining.
room; they are inclined to make theiI
own coffee for the morning in thei
own rooms; they tack pictures or ex
pensive wall paper; they demand more
service than the men; they do not en-
terrain in the way that helps the no.
tel to make money; they are apt to
keep a pet dog without telling the
proprietor about it in advance. When
they wear waists that button down the
back they want the ho%usekeeper OF
the floor to come in and button them
up or down for them. They are al
ways demanding extra service Of a
kind which costs the hotel money, but
they are not inclined to pay for 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11
Motoring Makes Fat.

Women who are afraid Of growing
fat and adding adipose tissue should not
motor much. Nothing increases the
appetite like rushing through fresh
air, while the fact of sitting all day
prevents the taking of ordinary exer-
elsie. Few people walk after they ac-
quire a motor. Progression seems too
slow and too tiresome, so that, like hens
shut up in a coop, they only stir to eat.
II it is desired to retain the figure, a
woman should not motor every day, or
at least not all day, and should take care
to indulge in a brisk walk, a ride, or a
bicycle run as well, in order to exercise
the muscles and keep them supple and
strong. 1t is extremely easy togetfatand
~shapeless in a very short time, and as
difficult to return to ones normal con-
dition Of slimness. The average motor
list is fat and blessed with an admirable
appetite.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11
CONGRESSIONAL DO!NCS
Exposures of Republican Rottenness
Keeping the Administra-
ton Worried,

President Roosevelt must be anxious
to get congress off his hands, as Wall
street is to see the end of the session.
Neither the president nor the frenzied
hnanciers know what to Expect at any
moment. At present the exposures
about Santo Domingo and the Panama
canal is keeping the administration on
the ragged edge, with Venezuela and
the Philippines looming up in the con-
gressional fog as even a greater dan
ger to party harmony. Then although
the tariff issue has been put to sleep
by Speaker Cannon, it will be impossi-
BILE to suppress the tariff reformers
in the senate. Railroad rate legisla-
ton, which is being kept back as long
as possible by the railroad interests, SO
that, there may be less time to careful
ly consider all details of the bills re-
ported, may produce a clash that will
set the country on fire. At present
congress is blowing off steam. but
when the old machine gets under way
and the sheep are separated from the
goats, the real troubles of President
Roosevelt and his administration will
begin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11

when the man who plays the sheik,
and rides the elephant in the street
parade, in a howdah, with a canopy
over it, with some female houris in it,
and they called for a volunteer to do
the sheik act, at ~Steubenville, and pa Of
fered to do the stunt, | went along as
in Egyptian girl, cause | knew there
would be something doing.
The elephant eyed pa when he got
up into the bungalow on top of him.
with the Circassian women and me,
and winked at the other elephants, as
much as to say: Watch my smoke
As he went out from the lot, on
the way downtown, ahead of the
bunch, all the other animals acted pc
culiar, and seemed to say: 'He will
get his before we get through this
parade"
The big elephant Is one of the best
ring performers, but he has always
been steady in the street parade, with
the light Of Asia on his back. We got
to tbs edge Of town and stoppes r. let
the rear wagons close up, and were in
front OF a saloon, where the bartender
had been emptying stale beer out Of
the bottoms Of kegs into a washtub,
which was standing on the sidewalk,
ready to be sold to people who buy it
In pals.
Well. sir, that COMPOUNDED elephant
got his trunk in that tub of stale beer.
and be took it out till the beer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11

Pa yelled and talked profane, and told
EN- to bring a cannon and kill the ele-
plant, which kept ducking him with
his trunk, and swabbing out the bot
tom of the fountain basin with pa. II
seemed as though he never would get
through using pa for a mop, but finally
the people got a rope around pa, and a
keeper got an iron hook in the ele-
plants ear, and they pulled pa out
on one side, and got the elephant away
on the other side, and just then the
calliope, that ends the parade, came
by us and played the Blue Danube
and the elephant got on his hind feet
and waltzed on the pavement. They
put pa and the Circassian beauties in a
patrol wagon and took them to the
show lot, and | sat by the driver, and
ne let me drive the team.
Pa had his sheik clothes rolled up
around his waist, and was wringing
them out, and talking awful sassy, and
when we got to the lot 1t took a long
time to convince the policemen that
we were not guilty Of disorderly con-
duct, and just then the elephant came
tearing by us, with the keeper on
horseback behind him, ~prodding him in
the ham every jump with a sharp iron,
and he went through the side Of the
tent as though he was mighty sorry he
didn't kill us all.
They made him get down on his
knees and below In token Of surren-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11
Fountain.

hind quarters and stand on his front
feet, right by the side of a big foun-
tain, and he reached in his trunk for
a drink, when all of us on the pagoda,
chung to pa, and we all slid right off
into the big basin of water. The
fountain played on us, and ga was
under water, with the four Circassian
beauties, and when we rolled or slid
down over the elephants head, he
looked at us and seemed to chuckle:
What you getting off here for, the
show amt half out"
Well, the parade went on and left
the elephant and the rest of us at the
fountain, and to show that. animals
understand each other, and can appre-
ciate a joke. every animal that passed
us gave us the laugh. even the hippo
potamus, which opened his mouth as
big as a tunnel, and showed his teeth
and acted as though he would like to
exchange tanks with us.
The circus people that could be
spared from the wagons came to help
us, and the citizens helped out the
Circassian beauties who were praying
to Allah, and wringing out their
clothes, and l crawled up on the neck
of a cast-iron swan in the fountain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11

ed to swear, although she was a sacred
COW. She bumped herself, and shiv-
cred, and then beloved like a calf
who has been left in the barn to be
weaned, while it's mother goes out to
pasture, and the sacred bull, her hus-
band, he came and put his nose up
to her nose. as much as to say: What
is the matter, dearie?" and she talked
sacred cattle talk to him for a min
ute, and then the bull turned to me
and chased me out of the tent. Now.
as sure as you live that COW told the
bull that ! had given her something
hot. All the animals within hearing
were on to me, and they would snarl.
and make noises when | came along,
and act as though they wanted to
make me understand that they knew
/ gave that COW a hot box, and they all
wanted to get a chance at me.
They don't like pa any better than
they do me. and the big elephant seems
to have been laying for pa ever since
he run the sharp iron into him, the
time he got on a tear and tried to run
a town. When the elephants are per-
forming in the ring, they all have an
eye on pa, SO everybody notices it. l
knew something would happen to pa, so
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11
Worse Thar the Rioters.

The Metz (Mo.) Times evolves this:
Allan Jamison had a trying expert.
ence while cutting corn for Rev. M. A.
Wolf in the Usage bottoms the other
day. He was working away when sud-
denly something struck him, knocking
him to the ground, where he remained
for some time in an unconscious state.
He finally recovered, and although
badly bruised UP was able to get home.
The next day he went back to the field
in the hopes Of finding out what struck
him n was rewarded. There were
two ears Of corn that had fallen from
the stalk he was cutting on. The torn.
up condition Of the ground indicated
that he had struggled hard to get from
under the big nubbins that held him
down. The above incident was not
reported by Rev. Mr.. Wolf, but come
from a 0 reliable source--namely
Allan himself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11

was all gone. looked down from the
pagoda and told "a the elephant was
drinking again. and had drank a wash
tub of beer, but pa couldn't say any
thing, cause he was doing the Arab
sheik act, and had to look dignified, as
though he was praying to Allah.
But just then the band struck up,
and we started down the main street
of S~teubenville. The people began
to cheer, cause elephant began to
hippity-hop, and waltz sideways
across the street and back again, and
l thought pa would die. In the parade
n man on a horse attends to the ele-
plants, SO the sheiks don't have any
thing to say, and pa remained like a
statue. and told me and the Circassian
beauties to be calm, and trust in him
and Allah. This Allah business was
all right when the elephant waltzed,
but when we got to the next block the
beast began to stand on his hind feet,
and pa and the ht.uris rolled to the
back end of the howdah, and were all
piled in a heap, while I held on to the
cloth of gold over the elephants head.
Pa yelled to the people on horseback
to kill the elephant, and the crowd
cheered, thinking it was the best per-
formance they eve saw in a free street
parade, and the animals in the cages
behind were yapping as though they
knew what was going on. The ele-
plant got down on to all tours, and
we Strengthened up in the pagoda, and
for a block or so the beast only waltzed
around. AS we got to some sort OF
a public square, where there were
thousands of people, the stale beer
seemed to be getting in it's work, for
the elephant looked at the people, as
much as to say: Nov l will show you
something not down on the bills" and,
by ginger, if he didn't raise up his
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11

tary, and BLIZZARD. lieutenant of his
guard, Du Lhut, leader of the coureurs-
de-bois, and La Sale. together with
a majority of the council and most of
the common people; the other, headed
by the intendant Duchesneau, consists
of a few members Of the council, lie
Moyne and his sons, Jacques lie Der,
and several other fur-merchants, the
Bishop Laval, together with all the
Order Of the Jesuits. The quarrel be-
tween the two leaders is one due to
their official positions: the intendant
is Jealous of the powers granted to
the governor and writes continually
complaints of his actions; the goy-
ernor in turn is Jealous of the intend
ant, regarding him as a spy upon his
movements. Then, too. Frontenac is
in secret sympathy with the outlawed
coureurs-de-bois and is lax in his eff
forts to ~apprehend and punish them.
He has an eye to the profits they make
in trade, and undoubtedly shares in
them"
"Cospetto!" cried Tonti, 'how much
you have learned in so short a time"
There is more to tell yet" contin-
ued Pompon. Duel .sneau in turn is
interested in the profits of a certain
group of traders here and at Montreal,
of whom Jacques LIE Der is at the
head; hence an additional reason for
his hatred of the governor and the
desire to thwart his plans. The
Jesuits look with disfavor on the ex-
ploration plans of Frontenac and La
Sale, claiming that they would mean
the ruin of the Indian tribes they wish
to convert, and whom they claim are
supplied with brandy by the governors
friends, the coureurs-de-bois. Fronte-
nae believes that they have an eye to
the fur-trade themselves, and that 1t
is the beaver skins and not the heather
souls that they fear to lose. He
claims, too, that he has proof of their
selling brandy also. They are bitter
likewise at the evident favor shown
by the governor to the Recollet friars."
"Sangue di Dio!" burst forth Tonti,
what a sea of hot water the comte's
patronage will throw us into. The
clergy, the %intendant and his faction,
and a lot of rascally traders. You
have indeed done well to learn all
this in time"
Truly" responded Pompon, "a
man warned is half saved. Our enc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11

Little Jimmy Stiles Is animated by
two ruling passions in this life. One is
a perfectly sincere hatred Of school and
all that therein is, and the other an in
ordinate liking for fishing in a stream
close to his own home. A little while
ago he discovered that he was pos
sessed Of a defective memory which
permitted him to forget all about his
school duties, and SO he betoolS him
self to the h~ereinbefore mentioned
stream to fish. He was proceeding
nomeward wnen he met one of his
schoolmates.
Halo, Jimmy! What yer caught?"
qucried the latter.
70, muffin yet" said Jimmy. II amt
been home."-London Answers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

Standing pat is something the
American nation, as a nation, has
never done yet; it is always moving.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"A democrat succeeds the late
Senator Mitchell in the United States
senate. This ought to clear the moral
atmosphere Atlantis Constitution.
lis It a breach Of senatorial
courtesy to mention In the chamber
the words Investigation and "indict-
nent?"--St. Louis Globe-Democrat
At last Oregon is to be repre-
'ented by an honest man in congress.
he governor Of that state having ap-
pointed a democrat as senator. The
tate is u~nrepresented In the house as
ne two Republican members are stir
tho meshes Of the law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11

mics will do all they can to hinder our
success. Listen. After making love
to the pretty Marie, about ten o'clock,
as | was lying on one of the benches
at the tavern thinking over all that
had been told me, a man entered the
room, which was empty save for my
self, and after looking about carefully
and seeing only me, asleep and snoring,
with an empty glass zeal me on the
table, he sat down as though awaiting
some one. All are not asleep who have
their eyes shut, however, so although
l continued with my drunken snores,
my ears were open. Soon another
man entered and they commenced a
conversation Of seeming serious i'm
port. | caught the words magazine
midnight Monsieur lEveque,' before
they left. | was awake in an instant.
| felt it my duty to be present at any
midnight meeting they might have.
Making my way to the spot an hour
before the time appointed, | rolled my
self in a cloak. and, lying on the
ground, | threw a lot of dried leaves
and earth over me, hoping to escape
detection. ] was almost discovered,
however. At midnight three men
came, whom I learned from their con-
%versation were the intendant--"
"Ventre-saint-gris!" exclaimed Ton
II in establishment.
Laval. biShop of Ouehec"
And"
And Jacques LIE Der, the fur-trader
from Montreal"
"Corne du diable! Our worst enc
mics! What did they say"
''They vow vengeance on Frontenac
and intend to strike at him through
La Sale"
Pompon then related the details of
the plans he had overheard. Tonti
laughed heartily. "Peste!" said he,
but the game is a pretty one. So a
woman is to win my favor and make
a traitor Of me? Parbleu! there is one
woman" he murmured, 'but-per Die!
not even for my Rose would I be false
to q trust"
i spent the rest Of the night con
tinued Pompon, walking up and down
along the edge Of the river seeking a
plan by which to foil their purpose; 1
have not formed M yet, so we must
simply watch for the next move Of the
enemy. must return, as it is now
full day and some early riser might
not understand my leaving by a win
dow. Tell La Sale as much of the
matter as you think best. For my
part, believe he had best remain
ignorant; we can help him better So"
And with this word Pompon put his
leg over the window-sill and dropped
lightly to the ground.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11

am learning more about animals
every day, and when the season is over
/ will be an expert animal man. Ami
mails naturally have a language of
their own, and lions understand each
other, and bears can converse with
bears, but in a show, all animals seem
to have a common language, so they
understand each other a little.
| found that out when | put a paper
of cayenne pepper into a head of let
tuce and gave it to the sacred COW.
She chewed the lettuce as peacefully
as could be, and swallowed the
cayenne pepper, and then stopped to
think. You could tell by the express
sion on her face that when the pepper
began to heat her UP inside she want
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11
XIII.
Devoted TO CUPID AND +

DEVOTED TO CUPID AND HIS
ARCHERY PRACTICE.
Bright and crisp dawned the au-
tumn day. Sounds of Unusual excite
ment in the lower town greeted the
ears Of the two comrades as they start
ed out from the Chateau in search of
Frontenac. They met him in front OF
the cathedral, in company with a
young oma dressed as neal the Paris
fashion Of the previous veal as the
exigencies or the climate and place
permitted. The governor hailed them
with q hearty Bon jour, Messieurs!
How has your first night in the will
derness passed." Then turning to his
companions he presented her as the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-11
By HON. GEORGE ". PECK
Copyright by J. B. Bowles.l

The Bad Boy Feeds Cayenne Pepper to
the Sacred Cow-He and His Pa
Ride in a Circus Parade with the
Circassian Beauties-A Tipsy Ele-
plant Lands Them in q Public
Fountain-Pa Makes the Acquaint-
anceo Of John L. Sullivan,
The Ward County independent., 1906-05-17

Now we don't make a practice of
making statements thru the newspa-
pers or in any other way that we can
not substantiate, SO all we want to
have you do is to visit our store and
let US prove that we are not making
our statements strong enough.
Yours for right prices.
The New York Store,
Minot, N. p.
The Ward County independent., 1906-05-17
Sresm e cans Corn .25C
z lbs. Fancy Full On
Cream Cheese. 90. ZJU
s.iaafion Z Gaaf Milk 2c

We always carry nice line of fruits
and vegetables in season.
Our crockery department is most
complete.
We can save you lot of money on
harnesses. Single driving harness at
the right prices. Double harness,
brides, horse collars and all harness ex-
tras. Horse covers.
We have two large warehouses and an
entire basement for store rooms, and
these are filled with large and up to date
lines. Our store is department store.
If we haven't what you want, let US
know and we will soon get it.
We handle a fulf line Of builders
hardware and we know that we can
make it an object for anyone contem.
plating building to come in and let us
make you an estimate 1t costs moth
ing to get our figures and if we can.
not please you, and should for some
reason, not be able to sell you the
bill, there will be absolutely no hard
feelings on our part.
Screen doors, window screens, refrig
orators, ice cream freezers, lawn nov.
ers, garden hose, paints and oils, cal
elmo, paint brushes, in fact anything
and everything.
A full line of gasoline stoves, cook
stoves and ranges.
All kinds of double trees, pulleys
forks, shovels, and garden tools.
The Ward County independent., 1906-05-17
D The
New York Store
Specials for
Friday and Saturday,

Below is list of few of the specials
we have for FRIDAY and SATURDAY,
MAY 18 and ~. Our prices are all just
as low accordingly as these, in each and
every line. The New York Store always
buys for cash and every bill is paid so
that we may take the discount. For
that reason our customers get the bene-
fit of the low prices we can afford to sell
our goods for. Another thing that we
want you to consider is the fact that we
leased the building in which we are To-
Gated several years ago when rents were
only fourth Of what they now are, AMI
in addition to having our own large
space for business purposes, we are able
to rent out large portion of the build
ing, and have an income above what our
own rent costs us. Why should we not
be able to quote you the best of prices
and still leave fair profit for US? We
can and do every day sell goods away be-
low our competitors who are paying ex-
orbitant rents. You help pay those
rents.
The Ward County independent., 1906-05-17
Hotel Will Open Saturday.

The Great Northern Hotel at
the corner of Second and Ward
streets will be opened by the pro-
prietor, Peter lldvedsen. An In
dependent reporter strolled into
the place Tuesday and found
great preparations being made
for the opening. The new furni-
ture was being placed. The
twenty-eight commodious rooms
are provided with the best OF
beds, bedding, etc. The building
is electric lighted and steam
heated, and the kitchen and
laundry rooms are provided with
hot and cold water. Mr.. Ildved-
sen was fortunate in getting a
we'll 165 feet deep in which there
are 65 feet OF pure cold water.
The new building is 80 X 100
feet and is furnished beautifully.
1t cost nearly $4,000. Mr..
Ildvedsen no doubt will in time
have to build an addition to the
place. and in that case has con.
siderable more lot room. The
hotel is convenient to the Great
Northern depot and is close to
: the end OF the viaduct. Mr..
Ildvedsen is natural born hotel
man and very popular with "A
large Dumber. His success is as
S,1rof7
The Ward County independent., 1906-05-17
| Ward County Reporter Sold.

Geo. w. Wilson has sold the
Ward County Reporter to Sam
Clark, from Thief River Falls,
Wis. Mr.. Clark has been con.
nected with the Reporter for
some time as local man so is not
an entire stranger. He conduct
ed a newspaper in Thief River
Falls. and is counted one OF the
rising young men OF his profess
sion. He is a hustler and will
give Minot a good morning pa
per. He has secured the service
OF Mr.. O'Brien. a general all
round local man. The policy OF
the paper will be independent,
MIR. Wilson, who has owned
the Reporter for about eighteen
years, will devote his time to his
Stanley townsite and to the new
Williston landomce, of which he
will be register. George bought
the Reporter when Ward county
had about q hand full Of people
and had a hard time to get along
for several years. With the com.
ing of the new settlers, his paper
grew until he Quilt up an excel
lent plant.
The Ward County independent., 1906-05-17

We still have a complete line of gar
den seeds THAT WILL GROW.