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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-01

Cleveland, o.. May ! Every mem
her of the international Longshoremen
Marine and Transport Workers union
employed On the boats Of me Lake
Carriers association. qoif work q,
midnight. and today not pound ii
ore. coal OF grain was handled In the
port Of Cleveland. The same conn
tion exists practically at every oshel
Lake Erie port. In Cleveland 4,etss
men are directly affected. I!eoe ol
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-01
BUILD NEW CRY
Nall IN FRISCO

san Francisco. May H--san Fran.
cisco Il 10 build II new ciiy hall at
once. II VII b. temporary strucI.
ure. but one that viii DO away with
he necessity of paylng the higi. rent
wlssrn owners u property available
ara inclined u charge II Is 70 be
hiiils on tfls old Lincoln school site on
Ffffh street The structure viii be d
corrugated iron or steel frame and
have an II the city Offices.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-01
Shooting Of Foreign Miners
Checks Further Violence
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Suspends Some
Employees on Account Of Strike.

Mount Carmel. Pa., Mas Ahso.
Int quiet prevailed here this morn.
ing, following me shooting ~ nnrn.
her of foreign miners yesterday ~ 4
detachment of the state coustabulary.
None of the victims are densl but -four
.afe thought To be fatally Injured.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-01
strike Affects RalIroad.

shanlolln. Pa. MAY IA Large
number o. shippers and clerks were
suspended tpday ri the shamokl& ii
vision III the PhiiadelphIa ana Mud
ing railroad. until The cnllieries ~
snIils work
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-01

Mn. d. II. nhodes lett On No. I thia
Afternoon Sor Ipdiapapolis, Ind.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
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. "THlS Is NY 9th BIRTHDAY" o
Nelson A. Niles.

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Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles.
the first officer who enlisted as a VOL
unteer soldier to become the head of
the United States army, was born at
Westminster. Mass. Aug. s. 1889. In
early youth Miles was a mercantile
clerk in Boston. At the outbreak of
the civil war he enlisted as volunteer
and afterward was commissioned
lieutenant-colonel of the sixty-first
New York volunteers, the commission
dating from May 81. 1862. He began
to make reputation Immediately. He
was engaged in the battles of the
Peninsular campaign, before Rich
mond and at Antietam. He became
colonel of his regiment when only
twenty-five years old. He was wound
ed three times and was present at all
the important engagements in >the
campaign of the army of the Potomac
up to the surrender of Generel Lee at
Appomattox. General Miles was in
charge Of President Jefferson Davis
when the latter was prisoner at
Fortress Monroe. After the war. Cen
eral Miles entered the regular army as
colonel. In. 1871 he married the
daughter of Gen. w. T. Sherman. After
his marriage. Miles was stationed on
the plains. where he made a great
reputation in campaigns against the
Indians. He was commissioned bri-
gadier-general in command of the
whole army. He represented the gov.
eminent at the diamond jubilee cele-
bration of Queen Victoria in 1887. In
1903 he was retired from active serv-
Ice with the grade of lieutenant-gen-
eral. He is now enjoying vacation
abroad.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
Wealth From q Wreck.

The most astonishing of wreck rom
ances is without doubt that of the
Peninsular and Oriental steamer Aus
tralia. Just two years ago this splen-
did ship, which cost over f500,0O to
build, went ashore at the mouth of
Port Philip bay, near Melbourne. They
tried hard to get her off, but all in
vain; SO the wreck was put up at auc-
ton and knocked down to a Melbourne
draper-Mr. Aikman-for the absurd
sum OF $3.50. He also purchased the
cargo left aboard for another EGO.
He lost no time in getting divers to
work, and the first thing that he dis
covered was a quantity of valuable
cargo in the after hold, which seemed
to have been entirely overlooked
There were hardware plated goods,
enameled dishes and set Of band in
struments. which later in themselves
were worth what he paid for the whole
cargo.
Next there was discovered 10 tons
of Muntz metal. This fetched ELS
ton, or rather more than twice what
Mr.. Altman had paid for ship and car
go. Nine hundred tons of iron and
steel were next recovered and sold for
f1O ton. After that came over 200
tons Of brass, nearly 1000 tons of
scrap iron, and a lot Of odds and ends
OF all descriptions, enough to fill
column OF this paper II fully describ-
ed.
= Suffice it to say that the purchaser
OF the wrecked Australia realized
something approaching e180.00O from
his fortunate observation-disclosures
Tit-Bits.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.
Communication From j. II. BOs0rd to
North Dakota Attorneys.

All members of the bar of North
Dakota. in good standing for five years
or more, are eligible, and are invited
to communicate with me in regard to
Joining the association by an arrange
ment with the executive committee.
Persons joining during this year will
be entitled to receive the annual re-
port for the year of 1905. and to par
ticipate in the proceedings of this ses-
sion upon the payment of dues for
the ensuing year. l will send blank
applications for membership to all
who desire to Join. 4, ,ll. 8 !.
The American Bar association will
hold its annual meeting at st. Paul,
MIMI, during the last week of August.
1t is very desirable that the northwest
have stronger representation in that
body that it has had heretofore.
With two exceptions, the meetings
of the American Bar association have
been held in the far east and the at
torneys from the far west have not
had an opportunity to join the asso-
citation, or of taking part in it's pro-
ceedings. This meeting at St. Paul
will give all an opportunity.
j. H. BOsard.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
PLEASED WITH "MIXER..
Bemidji Horsemen Proud Of Colts
Work at Fair Here.

Bemidji horsemen and more espe-
cially DR.. Waniger are greatly pleas
ed with the record made by Mixer
at the Grand Forks fair last week.
The game little PAGER participated in
the 2:15 trot and 2:1O pace, and he
succeeded in dividing first and second
money in the race with Markonward,
says the Bemidji Pioneer.
Mixer" won the first and second
heats in 2:16h, and Markonward was
first in the third and fifth heats, in
2:151a and 2:16k, mixer" being a
very close second. Mixer" was bred
and foaled' in Bemidji, his sire being
General Blackbird," DR.. Warnigers
thoroughbred, record, Bpm.
Another of General Blackford's'
colts that is doing very well this sea-
son is "Vonie," owned by ]. ]. Jenkin-
son of Bemidji. This speedy mare
worked an easy mile recently at Park
Rapids in 1927, going the first quarter
in IS seconds, a $3.50 gait.
"Vonie" has been under the bane-
full influence of an "unlucky star" for
some time. Last year she was not put
on the track owing to a series of mis-
haps, and this is really her first sea-
son of actual training, and she is prac-
tically a green" horse. Great things
are predicted for the mare IL she con-
tinues in good condition this season.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
WEDNESDAY, EyI MING. AUGUST S. 1906.

something which will be money
maker for the farm.
1t has been discovered that de-
natured alcohol can be made on the
farm at remarkably small cost and
with machinery which to the average
North Dakota farmer means but a
trifling outlay The material which
can be used consists of potatoes and
understandable grains, and the APP
paratus is decidedly cheap. Discuss
ing this proposition. the Farm. Stock
and Home says:
In 1860 profitable home distillery
was invented that sold at a big profit
for $50 to $35, and was capable Of
making eight to ten gallons of "spirits"
day. The device was selling very
rapidly and doing satisfactory work.
when the imposition of the heavy tax
on alcohol, and the restriction of its
manufacture to large distilleries,
whose operations could be under the
eye of government inspector. de-
stroyed the business of the home
stills" and they passed out of use and
mind. Possibly in the administration
of the new alcohol law which is left
largely to the ruling Of officials, the
use of such home stills may be for
hidden, but their practicability and
utility remain, for those points have
been demonstrated. 1t can hardly be
expected, however, that all the posi-
bilities of this innovation will be
realized at once. A good beginning
has been made and that gives assur-
ance of satisfactory results ultimately
Under these conditions it seems pos
sible for the farmer by the planting of
a small amount of extra crop to pro-
vide himself with a sufficient amount
Of material to be converted into de-
natured alcohol to supply the farm
during the entire year with light and
power. The work of manufacturing
can be done during the winter months
when there is little work to do on the
farm. The fact that the work of manu-
| featuring can be done inside avoids
the inconvenience OF exposure to the
cold, and gives employment during
the season when time hangs heavily
on the hands of the majority of the
farmers.
From this work would be obtained
| sufficient amount of alcohol to light
the farm during the entire year. This
alone materially reduces the cost of
farm operations and makes but a
small outlay for the farmer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08

The Valley City Times Record has
the following in recent issue: While
below this week. Mayor Wood made q
trip to his old home in Wisconsin,
which was recently sold. He had
shipped to Valley City an old cherry
wood bureau, which contained all Of
the early letters and keepsakes of him
self and few Of Fred T. Lincoln,
managing editor of the Times. Grand
Forks. Mr.. Lincoln and Mayor Wood
are double cousins, their parents being
brothers and sisters, and their
fathers partners in business. In adj
dition to this they are the same age
within two months, and lived in ad-
joining houses until they reached man
hood. Yesterday and today Mayor
Wood has been going through the con-
tents of that old bureau, and he saws
he has not had such good time since
he and Fred had their last boyish
prank together. He says that it re-
minds him of some pretty good stories
which might be told on the managing
editor of the Times, but that he need
not worry, as he Is burning the letters
and all the discriminating evidence the
old bureau contains. !.
His Honor. the Mayor. in the
destruction of those old letters and
keepsakes may possibly have been
actuated as we'll by an appreciation
of the truth Of the adage, self preser-
walton is the first law of nature" for
In those old days, now but fond
memories of rollicking, happy-go-
lucky boyhood, two certain young ras-
calls who so constantly together and
their pilgrimages into the territory
of the Aediu" so frequently made
together that conviction of one meant
certain conviction of the other. If the
old letters contain any discriminating
evidence" the Man About Town feels
certain that His Excellency does we'll
to destroy them Gin the interests of
harmony" we will say.
Memories of boyhood days are dear
memories. They come to us all, at
times. and it is a pleasure to go over
again in fancy the old days. Then, a
realization Of the subsequent changes
comes, the faces that are missing, the
vacant chairs, the passing of old
schoolmates and friends.
Yes, the old bureau had it's keep
sakes and the writer ventures that as
the mayor turned them over it was
not all enjoyment that moved him as
he cast this or that letter aside, re-
calling past scenes and events from a
glance over its time yellowed pages.
They were seated in the car of the
N. p. enrOute to the fair grounds. He
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08

said he. no musical organization can
thrive without the public being with
it and giving 1t every assistance pos
sble. Crookston pays its band a hand
some sum yearly and the band has
leader who understands the business
thoroughly. This insures to the city
a good musical organization of which
the citizens may well be proud.
Professor Riggs stated that there
was excellent material in this city for
a band and the local organization was
a good one, considering the adverse
conditions which the band had labor
ed under in the lack of support. He
paid individual members of the local
band a high compliment and went so
far as to say that the city should give
the boys better support.
The new leader of the Grand Forks
band, E. J. O'Brfen, is here and the
members are practicing regularly
under his direction. He is compe-
tent leader according to report and
the band should profit by his instruc-
tiOn
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
CHEAP BUILDING MATERIAL.

The high price which lumber has
reached during the last few years call
ed attention to the needs of some other
building material especially in the
northwest in an emphatic manner.
Some substitute must be found else
the progress of building must be ser
iously hampered If not stopped.
Partially because the timber supply
is becoming limited and partly be-
cause the available supply has fallen
into the hands of monopoly which
is able to fix prices far in excess of
reasonable profits. the cost of lumber
for building purposes is almost pro-
hibitive.
The universal use Of brick has not
yet become certainty, probably be-
cause of the cost under the old fash
toned hand method of manufacturing,
the price having kept at the old rates
since the introduction of improved and
labor saving machinery.
For residences and small building
the coming material is probably the
much discussed cement block If it
becomes possible to procure an
artificial stone which has the re-
quirements of ordinary building
material and at the same time is a
strong resister of cold and damp
ness. there is no reason why it should
not find ready market.
The materials from which it is man.
ufactured are found in abundance in
this state. and they can be gotten to-
gether for manufacturing with COM
paratively small cost, so that the fin
ished product could be put on the mar
ket at moderate price.
In fact the manufacture could be
done on the average farm during the
winter months at an almost trifling
cost. The two things necessary be-
sides the cement are sand and broken
stone. With these two things combin-
ed with the cement and the three we'll
pounded into the moulds very good
building material is produced.
For the ordinary farm building no
better material can be found. The
development of this class of material
will break the power of the lumber
monopolies and reduce the price of
that material until it becomes avail
able to the man of ordinary means.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08

was evidently connected with some
one of the free shows on the grounds
or assistant In the stables and she was
his wife. They were in a jocular mood,
whether from the exhilirating effects
OF North Dakota ozone or some of the
liquid refreshments obtainable across
The Bridge of Sighs." Let me take
yer ham an I'll tell your FORUM
she remarked, and grasping a huge
: and not too cleanly paw, began close
scrutiny. you hev a large heart,
too big for your body-you love too
many women at the same time-got a
long life before youse-ought ter live
to be 100" and both laughed at the
sallies.
Then came the mans turn at for
tune telling and grasping her hand he
bent over it aud said: "You have a
big sum Of money on you, money
which don't belong to you-wait, We
Gods! 1t belongs to your husband, to
me by cracky! saved! saved!" and
they laughed in unison. Lets see,"
he continued, you are married, yes
and to a 'rummy'-you love him, at
times, when he's strong but that's not
often. You are an extravagant dres-
ser. that$is you'd like to be but you
save the coin to buy high lid and
patent leather kicks fer yur papa
they seemed to enjoy it and laughed
uproarously at these sallies Of wit"
while the passengers looked on at this
study in human nature.
A true cat story is told by a GENTLE
man who declines to give out his name
but vOuches for the truth of the yarn.
A family moved to a new home twelve
miles from the old one. They gave
their cats to friend about six miles
from the new home. One of them. the
mother cat. remained at her new quar-
tiers only short time, and nothing
was heard from her until this sum-
mer, when nearly two years had
passed. One morning she was dis
covered In the yard of her old mis-
tress's home in the city which she had
never seen, being born and raised at
the old home in the country. To the
greeting Of her mistress she responded
with every show of affection and de-
light. OF course, the wanderer was
made welcome. She shows q decided
aversion to being put out of doors at
al, and clings with a devotedness
which is really touching to her old
friends. Now" asks the writer.
could this be merely chance that
pussy, in her tramp life, should find
her way to that particular place, or
DO these dumb creatures know more
than we give them credit for?"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
) o o o o o o o o O 9 o o o @
, ADDITIONAL SOCIETY.

@ . y Q q @ @ 9 . @ @ o @ o @ o @ o
Miss George Nickel and Miss Helen
Barnard. who have been the guests of
Mrs. Allen Jackson for the past month,
have returned to their home at Fergus
Falls, MINI.
Mrs. Joseph Dieken entertained at a
o'clock luncheon Tuesday evening
at her home in East Grand Forks,
complimentary to the bride-to-be, Miss
Lizzie McNicol Of that city, who on
the eleventh weds Mr.. Oscar Edwards,
prominent McCanna young man.
Covers were laid for ten and the
guests were the intimate GIL friends
of Miss McNicol. A delicious course
luncheon was served and very happy
evening spent. The young ladies pres
ent were Misses Effie McIlraith, Lucy
Cummings, Mary MCGUIRE. Leila Craig,
Martha Bank, Katie Deiken, Anna
Deiken and Lizzie McNico,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
~THIs DATE IN HISTORY

1503-Pope Alexander W.. died.
1540-Henry VIII. of England mar
ried Catherine Howard.
1653-Jacques Basnage de Beauval.
1S15-Napoleon embarked for St
Helena.
1846-David Wilmot introduced his
proviso in Congress.
1S52-Permission granted to NJ.
Theirs and other political exiles to
return to France.
1873-Steamer Wawasset burned on
Potomac river: thirty-five lives lost.
1SS1-Transvaal coded to the Beers.
Republic proclaimed.
1SS5-Imposing funeral of General
Grant in New York.
1S95-British steamer Chatterthun
foundered near Sydney, N. 8. W.; 81
lives lost.
1s99-Former Governor Atkinson of
Georgia, died.
1903-Lieutenant- General Nelson A.
Miles. U. s. A. retired.
19O4-Seventy-six persons killed in
wreck on Rio Grande railroad near
Pueblo, Colo.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
ENTHUSIASM
Is What is Needed in Band
Matters Here-Musician
Talks.

Professor j. Oliver Riggs. leader
Of the Crookston. MIMI. city band and
one OF the best known and eficient
leaders of musical organizations in
the northwest. was visitor in the
city Monday. MIR. Riggs came over to
take up the matter of his band at
tending the trip of the Commercial
club over the state. as It was not
thought at the time the local band
would be able to 60 This, however,
has been decided upon and the Grand
Forks band will be taken on the trip
of the Commercial club.
Professor Riggs stated to an Even
ing Times representative last even
ing that evidently what Grand Forks
most needed was enthusiasm. not
among the members of the band but
among the citizens themselves. for.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
On the Bridge at Midnight.

The coming OF "On the Bridge at Mid
night" the celebrated comedy drama,
will be an event OF the dramatic sea-
son for this play is not only of the gen.
uine sort, in contrast with the sensa-
tional melodrama with its cheap eff
fects and rough eXaggerauon, but it
has an unequalled equipment of seem
cry, including the great bridge scene
where the ingenuity Of the dramatist,
the producer, the stage carpenter,
scene painter and actor blends into
an unrivaled climax The entire au-
dience can see the "jackknife" open
and shut and the impression made as
steamer passes through this stage,
drawn in perfect imitation of real life
is never forgotten. Then there is an
excellent story OF the play showing
how blind and devoted mother
courted every difficulty to find her kid
mapped child. Genuine comedy brigh-
tens all the acts and clever company
of actors fill out an entertainment that
is seldom or never excelled. Germany
the professor, and Reddy. the boot
black, are two most successful comedy
characters
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
A PARTY RECORD.

Speaking on the policy of the re-
publican party, the Hartford Courant
says:
What can the republican party do
but stand on its record?" asks Joseph
G. Cannon.
What did the republican party do
when It handn't as yet any record" to
stand on? 1t stood on it's beliefs, its
hopes. its plans for the country's well
fare. In 1856 it told the people that 1t
was for the prohibition of slavery and
polygamy in the territories, the imme-
date admission of Kansas as free
state. no stealing of Cuba. the build
ing Of Pacific reailroad and the i'm
provement by congress of rivers and
harbors having national character.
Four years later, in 1860, it repeated
these assurances, proclaimed it's devo-
ton to the Union, the constitution and
the principles of the declaration. de-
manded the enactment of a satisfac-
tory homestead law, announced it's hos
tility to any change in the naturaliza-
ton laws, and advocated such an adj
justment of the import duties as should
encourage the development Of the in
dnstrial interests of the whole coun-
try" On this platform-with no legis-
lative or administrative record" in it
the republicans Of forty years ago
elected abraham Lincoln.
Far be it from ,us to belittle the
value of good past to party. But
the party cannot live on its past. 1t
must concern itself, II 1t has any real
political vality and vigor, with the
future. 1t is not permitted to stand
still-to stand pat" 1t must go for
ward to new duties and achievements.
Is there anybody who doubts that
Theodore Roosevelt's thoughts are
much buster this summer with the
things that remain to be done than
with the things that have been done?
he may contemplate these last-some
OF them-with high satisfaction. Can
you imagine him contentedly camping
down for life beside them?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
BEATING STANDARD OIL.

II the claims of the scientists and
manufacturers are true there is an
other opportunity before the farmers
of the northwest to occupy their other
wise leisure time during the long
winters, and at the same time have
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08

The Hartje divorce case. which has
been competing for the center of the
stage with the case of that other Pitts
burg millionaire has been finished. The
unfeeling judge. however leaves gap
ing public in horrible suspense by an
nouncing that he is going on vaca-
ton and will not render IA verdict until
late in the fall.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-08
As Well One as a Dozen.

As Well One rs Dozen.
That excuse is Il very cynical and
hopeless one," said senator La Fol-
lette. 1T doesn't speak at all well for
the future"
He was discussing certain corpora
tons apOlgy for lodging a law.
"A cynical excuse" he went on,
and one that recalls to my mind a
young and pretty nurse who sur
prised all her friends by marrying a
rich man OF % years.
Why on earth did you marry that
fossil?' friend asked the nurse.
WELL she replied. I thought l
might as we'll be engaged in nursing
one old man as a DOZEN"