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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
GOOD NEWS TARRIED
The Ieisurely Postman Caused Warm Argument Which
Mother Had to Quiet,

The Iesurely Postwar Caused a Warm Argument Which
Mother Had to Quiet. -
(Prize.) %"..-.
~ E HAs!'' ''He has not!'' IT know he has, be-
e it is late and he comes before this''
81 know he has not been around because we have
been sitting here for about hours and have not
him go by' Then mother stepped out the porch
and said, Why girls arguing SOL You know that
it is not nice to argue.' Then said, "Mother, l.
says that the letterearier has and say he has
not" Mother said, "Wat for about fifteen minutes
more' Each anxious to the lettercarrier first
We watched very closely for about twenty minutes and
book glanced up from the book and to my surprise
the letter-carrier coming glad because
SO sure that he had not gone by ran up to him and
swered and gave letter for my brother and for
myself. opened mine in hurry and it was from my
cousin saying that she her way house from
Chicago into the house to let mother read it and
then mother and dressed and went to the depot The
Y Continued Page Sky
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

THE WEEKS ROLL OF HONOR
MINNEAPOLIS PRIZE WINNERS,

MINNEAPOLIS PRIZE WINNERS.
gorghld Dahl, Eleventh Grade, high School,
Phoenix Building.
Loretta Kelly Eighth Grade, Whittier School, 27o4
Avenue S.
HyIda Pellatt Eighth Grade Calhoun School, 1905 W
Thirty-frst Street.
Catherine Canrey, Grade, Whittier School,
Twenty sixth Street.
NORTHWESTERN PRIZE WINNERS.
Vivian Dowdeu. Ninth Grade, Preston, MINI.
Grace II. Anderson, Eleventh Grade Osakis, MINI.
Erwin Eighth Grade School, Cloud
Frank Dyer Sixth Grade, Hopkins, MINI.
HONORABLE MENTION.
Roberta Reid Ninth Grade, Sleepy Eye, MINI.
Marory Mecusker, Grade, School, Little
Falls MINI.
Jones, Eighth Grade, Breckenridge, MINI. ~
Boyd Grade, Hopkins School,
Park, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
A SLEEPY BEAR
A Disastrous Leak in the Roof
Grew As He SnooZed.
(PriZa)

&c POTTY, make haste and
~ take this letter to Mrs.
White Bear. If she doesn't
come and help US at once our
home will be destroyed!' The
mother Of the Brown Bears said
this in an anxious voice one
morning to one Of the youngstes
Of the family. In some unknown
manner a hole had been made in
their home and as it was situated
on the brink of the, creek, water
gushed in constantly. Spotty
promised faithfully to deliver the
letter as quickly as possible and
started on his Grand. When he
had gone little way he became
very sleepy and presently lay
down for nap. In his sleep he
saw rows and rows Of letters float
ing in the air and soon a wave
came and washed them all away.
He awoke with start, thought
Of his promise and ran toward the
home of the White Bears. When
he arrived there he heard music
and laughter. Mrs. White Bear
came to meet him and told him to
join the merry-making. Nothing
loath he followed her and soon
forgot all about the letter. A
feature Of the day was jumping
and in attempting to exceed all
others he fell and dropped the
letter. Mother White Bear picked
it up and was terror-stricken at
its contents. She hurried toward
her unfortunate relatives and on
beholding them she burst into
tears. The home of the Brown
Bears was entirely gone and the
whole family stood wet and shiv-
ering. They were all invited to
stay with the Whi> Bears until
home. It is needless to tell wha
to the "letter-carrier.'
B Eleventh Grade,
South High School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
A NEIGHBoRHooD MYSTERY
Daytime Heat and Evening Cold Give the Tin Roc
Voice of Rebellion

Daytime Heat and Evening Cold Give the Tin Roof
Voice of Rebellion.
(Prize.)
~ LICK, click, creak creak." awoke with start.
~ What could the queer sound be? Again I heard
a click, click click and creak if made by footsteps
The outer entrance to the cellar directly under my
bedroom window It sounded tho some try
ing to fit key into the lock Of that door. too
frightened to move thinking trying to get
in With much shaking and many trembling whispers,
awoke my sister and then we both listened. Still the
clicking and creaking continued steady in its
mens Our burg seemed very persistent but OH SO
slow! How could endure the torture Of awaiting
further developmentse We listened with strained
ton for haur and finally fell asleep. When the
morning came, wondered if it had all been dream
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
A ROAD OF FEAR
Father Explains the Wild
Animal Among the Pines.

(Prlze.)
r HE natural timidity of
l. children is often greatly
increased by weird tales of
ghosts, witches and bears with
which their fond elders delight /
them. Such was my condition.
Consequently the twomile road
to the district schoolhouse was
full of terrors to me. At one
place I had to pass an Indian
camp, and this took about all the
courage I could muster. But
still more terrible to me than
Indians, which I often saw, was
the dark, gloomy, pine grove.
The road at this place grew per-
ceptibly narrower and the tall,
lank pine trees stood thick along
the wayside. To 90 thru this
grove was the terror Of my life.
One night I was returning from
school unusually late and by the
time I reached the grove the sun
had set. The shadows were deep
ening. Swiftly, cautiously, anx-
iously, I sped thru this awful
place, expecting every moment to
see a huge bears bright eyes
cleaning savagely at me from
the depths Of the forest. Sud
denly I heard a queer sound! /
looked up. There, just appearing
over the hilltop was a dark, rap
idly-approaehing object-a live
animal!
"a bear!' I gasped. Terrified,
I darted from the road, swiftly
sped thru the gathering shad-
ows, scrambled over a precipitous
ledge, crossed a dark ravine,
frantically climbed over brush
fainting from exhaustion, at last
door. Ny mother caught me in
much concern, "You dear child!
Then I told of the queer sound
of my narrow escape. Afterward
elated my wonderful adventure to
said: ~ guess the old pig must
as it got away and I had to chase
I asked. GA chased pig
he replied.
-Vivien Irene Dowdel1,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

branch and loose door and blind
along its path set them "ivocal-
izing' in the weirdest and most
undistinguishable tones. Tho
they all did not become of such
interest to the neighborhood in
general as did the complaints Of
tin roof against the evening
chill.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
HOW THEY CAM E
Messengers Who Remembered, and Some Who
Did Not, Make Merry Theme for Minneapolis
Juniors .... ....
TOPIC: "I.ETTER-CA

60 OR the Juniors who like riddles here is
!. !
| T Q whose answer may not come to mind at
| I@j once, for is very hard to find.
II n ii Why is it that many Juniors deny
| | A "disapponted'' it's full allowance Of
| | wi "p's'9 If you simply cannot find
w "good and sufficient reason' and happen
"a ! to be of the writer's who always spell
81 I the word with lone '*p, - suppose you
@ begin to spell it with two and help to
49, make the question unnecessary. And here
is a don ~ to watch out for, too Don't
let your stories lag. Many begin with snap and veness
but grow weary and commonplace toward the end That
would happen if you used little will to keep your
self warmly interested in your subject until you done
with it. Not great thing to ask thru 300 words is
tg 1t really ought to be very easy if you are sincerely
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writers told of times they had been afraid of things that
whispered shreked in the dark Did they feel that the
dark something of excused It fearful and
wonderful the change that the voice of dog
went ALLOWING all night long and found every squeaky
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

1nCe1eSCeu III WHAT you CHoose 70
write about. Tho all the topics
may not seem to give you that
chance at first sight, thought
or two will show how you can
make something in which you are
interested fit the topic.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

High schools will compete with high
schools, seventh and eighth grades with
seventh and eighth grades, fifth and sixth
grades with fifth and sixth grades, the fourth
prize being awarded to the second paper in
any Of these three classes, which merits recog-
milton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

stay with the Wh> Bears until they could new
home is needless to tell what the consequences
to the ''letter- carrier.'
B Eleventh Grade, -Borghd Dahl,
South High School. 908 Phoenix Building.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
VAC TON PRIZES

During the summer vacation, eight prizes
Of 81 each will be awarded weekly, four 60
ing to Minneapolis, and four to Northwestern
Juniors.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
A SCARY SOUND
Simple Noises that Grew in the Dark or Daylight
Played Upon the Nerves of Northwestern
Juniors.
TOPIC: "A QUEER SOUND"

UNUSUAL sound anywhere about not only
aroused the curiosity of Juniors but gave
nearly every one Of them the shivers
Strange, too, that the slighter, softer and
more elusive the sound the uneasier they
grew. Those queer noises found the night
the most suitable time for visiting. One
odd thing was noticeable in the stories,
and that was that children from the lower
grades had sometimes been frightened at
sounds in the daytime which they did not
Arizona republican., 1906-01-27
OF LOCAL INTEREST

NEW NOTARIES-J. E. Morrison of Bisbee, Wm. R. Day, of Prescott. and Wm. Guthrie, of Mesa City, were yesterday appointed noraries public.
 SETTLED IN BISBEE-J. E. Nor rison, formerly of Prescott, and who passed through here a few days ago for Bisbee. has decided to make that town his permanent abiding place and will open a law office there.
 ARBOR DAY-Governor Kibbey yesterday issued his arbor day procla- mation for the eight southern counties of the territory. The date is Feb. ?, the proclamation appearing in another column.
 GONE TO LOS ANGELES -Vernon l.. Clark fair superintendent, has gone to Los Angeles on private business and expects to return about the first of the month.
 THE FRIDAY cIUB-A meeting Of the Friday club was held yesterday afternoon at which a very interesting paper was read by Mrs. Shirley Christy. The club is this year studying Old Virginia and her neighbors.
 WILL BUILD HOUSES-John Me Donald has bought lot eighteen in block two of the Porter & Baxter sub division of tract B in the Murphy ad- dition through the agency of Greene & Griffin. The lot belonged to B. Heyman, and was sold for $50 MT. Mcdonald recently bought the three
Arizona republican., 1906-01-27

lots adjacent to this one, and will build houses on all of them.
 SHIPMENTS OF CATTLE-Two shipments of cattle will be made from the valley today to the markets of Los Angeles. Five cars will go to the | Cudahy company and five cars to Maier company. The cattle have not yet moved in any quantity from the valley but cattlemen anticipate heavy movements after the first of the month.
 NOT BADLY INJURED-It was an- nounced yesterday that the recent floods in Salt river had not materially injured the brush and rock dam at the joint head between here and Sempe. The Maricopa and Salt River valley canals were each carrying about 5000 inches of water yesterday, and some of the farmers are fearing that all their gophers will be drowned.
 A PREDICTED TRAGEDY-Some of these days or nights there will be a report of a shooting out along the Tempe road and if the woman behind the gun takes good aim there will be coroner's inquest the verdict of which will be justifiable homicide. This woman who lives alone and is un- protected claims to have been sub jected to an attempted criminal as sault which she fears will be repeated. She has therefore armed herself with a gun and she intends to use it to the best possible advantage.
 TALK ON BANKING-Mr.L L. B. Christy. cashier of the Valley bank. gave the students of the Lamson Busi- ness College a general talk yesterday on the subject of banking. Beginning with the organization of a bank, he gave in detail the advantages of banks. and in what respects banks were 2 convenience and help to the community in which they were located. MT. Christy's remarks were practical and to the point. and were appreciated by the students very much, many of them stating that from his few remarks, they had learned a great deal.
 FIRST M. E. HURCH-Sunday school at 9:45, L. B. Christy, super intendent. Special music by the Sun day school orchestra. Preaching Sun day morning at II by Dr. w. H. Hav- ems, president of the Anti-Saloon league for New Mexico and Arizona. The evening service will be a union service of the churches at the Pres byterian church, conducted by Dr. Ravens. Class meeting following the morning service. Junior League at 3 | Subject, "KeFea., Leader Professor Tiff
 GATHERING OF RAILROAD MEN A number of railroad men paid Phoe- nix a visit yesterday. MT. Ross C. Cline, Pacific coast passenger agent of l the Wabash system who went to Pres colt Thursday night returned yester- day afternoon and left this morning for Los Angeles his headquarters. Other officials were L. Hardness, gen eral agent of the Erie Dispatch with headquarters at Los Angeles. T. c. Porteous of the Merchants Dispatch Transportation company with head quarters at San Antonio. During the day in company with Mr. Powell the general passenger agent of the s. F. P. & P. road the party visited the diff ferent shippers of the city.
 HELLOING AT BILL-The town of Phoenix is an uncharted and danger
Arizona republican., 1906-01-27
LAST CALL ON csdifs, cbfIdfsn7s and Winter Underwear

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Arizona republican., 1906-01-27

Finishing Braid
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-02-10
SAVE US A COAL STRIKE
STEIN

THE National Mine Workers OF America,
who include in their Union 10000 hands in the
Penns yvania anthracite regions, $1,000 in the
bituminous fields OF the same State, $4,000 in
Indiana, 10000 in Illinois, 10000 in Iowa, 3o,-
900 in West Virginia., 5000 in Michigan, and
about 5000 in Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Indian
Territory and Arkansas and whose wage con-
tracts expire on March 81, voted for an increase
OF pay at their convention held at indianapolis
last week The vote is practically an ultima
tum to the mine owners and operators who will
meet on February IS. Concession on the part
of the operators or recession on the part of the
men or an arrangements on a fair basis of give
and take will alone, as it appears now prevent
the stoppagc of coal production followed later
possibly by a complete paralysis OF industry de-
pendent upon coal and coke for the supply Of
power. In addition to the Unions army,
strike, if it occurs, would likely bring out 1907
900 non-unon mines in West Virginia
Compared with the threatened strike, the last
notable one would seem small affair." great as
it appeared while in progress The Strike
Commission estimated its cost at loss of $25-
100000 in wages to the miners, $4,000 900 in
profits to the operators of the Mines $25 ooo-
600 in loss of freight to the railroads which with
other items sweed its total cost to $Iooooo-
ooo during the tWentysiX weeks Of its contnu-
ancc.
President Mitchell, OF the Mine Workers I'm
ion, says, for the men, that the prosperous con-
dition OF the country warrants an increase in
their pay, They voted for and accepted de-
crease, two years ago when convinced that con-
ditions did not warrant an increase. He claims
that the men have taken the right stand and that
the people will sustain them F. L. Robbins,
President OF the Pittsburgh Coal Company, and
a leader of the operators, holds that the miners
stand is untenabe, but he simply says, mo
agreement has been reached, and the present
wage scale expires April I, and there you are
A CLEAN of comfort for the operators is said to
have come from the action of the delegates from
the Pittsburgh district in the Miners Conven-
vcntion, who voted for continuance of the
present scale and against the demanded in
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been spead before the people of the country
within the last two weeks, and they have been
wholly unique in their developments.
The attitude of District Attorney Jerome in
the matter has been without parallel, and it
may furnish a valuable precedent in future pro-
ceedlngs of mutifarious nature 1t is in evil
dence that Jerome actually inspired the alleged
libeous article, yet he led in his capacity as
the prosecuting officer for the commonwealth
to appear as counsel against the very persons
who were indicted by the grand jury as guilty of
the supposed crime. His entire course as pros
ecuting attorney was that of counsel for the ac-
cused and every scintilla of evidence which was
adduced by him in his satirical examination of
witnesses Tor the prosecution was actually con-
demnation of the plaintiff and his associates
This is a new phase of Jurisprudence and it
probably would not have orig inated with any
lesser genius than the spectacular and conscien-
tious District Attorney Jerome. Differing as it
does from any procedure that has ever been
known in courts of law, it has established a pos
slblllty OF reaching a class of offenders which
might not be brought to book in any other way
as the victims of such exploitation are the last
persons who would take initiative which
would compel them to make public confession
that they have been victimized
Unusual as the procedure has been, great
public good has been accomplished, and the
many prominent persons whose names have
been disagreeably brought into the affair should
congratulate themselves, as the public congra-
tulates them, that they have even by an eX-
hibiton of weakness, paved the way to such dis
credit of an uncharitable class of publications
will permanently weaken and destroy their po-
tency in a mission which. to put it in mildest
terms, was never contemplated when the art of
printing was Observation-Disclosures American.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-02-10
ANNOUNCEMENT

ILL health preventing his active partici-
patton in it's management. and owing to
unforeseen complications in the effort to re-
organize the business of the CECIL WING, it
was thought best by the owner, Henry r.
Torbert, to make an assignment to L. Mar
shall Haines, of Elkton.
This has been done and the Circuit Court
for Cecil County in Equity, has assumed
jurisdiction of the trust, and authorized the
trustee to continue the publication of the
paper until sale of the property can be
made.
This very valuable property, with other
portions of the assigned estate, is now ad-
vertised for sale, as appears by the advertis-
ing columns of this issue of the paper This
offers rare chance for any persons desiring
to invest in newspaper property.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-02-10

crease but District President Dolan declined
to be interviewed The operators are said to
hope, II not believe, that division among the
miners will defeat their proposed action. Pres-
dent Mitchell figures that, on an average four
persons are dependent for sustenance upon the
wages of each miner, and that strike would
involve the bread of nearly 100000 individuals.
The miners now have $3,oOo,ooo in hand for a
strike fund, and with assessments from now on
could swell it to $oyooo,ooo by April I.
Whatever may be the outcome of the threat
ened trouble 1t is to be hoped that both parties
to 1t will make their position and grounds of &C
ton plain. If the profits from coal mining war
rant the increase demanded by the miners, the
fact should be shown, or, if they do not, the
operators should make that clear. The people
want an adjustment of the trouble on an equit-
able basis. They in no humor for the slo-
gan OF the Baers, the ELEPHANTS, Truesdells and
other Coal Barons, which rang SO loudly two
years ago, "Iheres nothing to arbtrate."
There was good deal to arbitrate which was
arbltrated, and what was done before can be
done again, and the sooner it is done the better
be encouraged to postpone settlement by ac-
cumulated stores of coal, and the miners on
their part by reliance in a big defense fund.- but
the loss of miners and operators and the far
larger losses and suferings to which the people
would be subjected by a prolonged coal strike
could be averted by common-sense procedure
on the part of employers and employed. 1t is
no time for blufting. The people have a hand in
the game and will insist on a square deal all
around
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-02-10
STEIN
How About the Ice Man?

GLOW vud yer like ter be der ice mans ?"
to-day vid no ice got yet to fill der peoples
NIT coldnesses on der Fourth of Julys
Every where der peoples take Elm look at
der empty ice houseses, und den consult der
wish bone und der almanacs und den ask der
Oldest inhabitants aboudt vat dey tink
1t vas too badt-und yet it seem dat it
make no differences now because der big ice
houseses burndt down at Perryville lately
und der peoples seem 20 tink dat it be funny
dat Elm ice houses couldt burn down Why
because Elm ice house vas not an ice house.
it was Elm wooden house-uf courses We
know dat ice vudt not burn.
1t be like many peoples who do not fear
Elm orthodox dose uf der Debil's fire-too
green to burn, | guesses.
But abOudt der ice man [ say-dere be
lots uf peoples cold blooded aboudt tings
in generals und Greater Cesul in particulars
dat | tink dey be ice mans und hat ice
water in DER veins instead uf VAIN bloodt
Be yer Elm ice mans? | say Nit, fur
Stein und Schneider-any way.
Don't be Elm ice man-be Elm really man
NIT warmth uf feelin uni hot bloodt
runnin thro yer und a movin yer on fer
progress und better tngs.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-02-10
PERIOD OF INEBRlETY

MIR. CHARLES L. DANA, one of the lead
ing New York Physicians, has made an inter-
esting study OF drunkenness and has drawn
scientific conclusions that are of great value in
their practical application. This physician con-
cludes, after careful examination OF thousands
OF cases, that inebrety usually begins before the
man is twenty years OF age. If a man has not
INDUCED excessively in Intoxicating liquors be-
fore he is twenty-five years old, he is not likely
to do so aftcrward.
The result OF his Investigations show that so
few begin to drink to excess after they are thirty
years of age that who has reached thirty
without excess, is almost surely safe from habi-
tua INVESTIGATION. Dr. Dana declares that no
cases OF inebrety arise after the man has reach
ed the age OF forty. Popular experience I'M
doubtcdly can recall many cases OF drunkenness
after a man has reached forty, but DR.. Dana
holds that such lapses will show history OF oc-
casonal early inebriety and that he victim has
not been total abstainer previous to that age
The lesson drawn from the investigation is
that habits OF inebriety are usually formed dur
ing the so-called "wild-oats' period OF youth.
This fact is recognized by temperance soce-
ties which make special effort to warn the youth
against the evils OF ntemperance in early life.
DR.. Dana's Investigations have opened a wide
field for testimony OF popular experiences and
there are no doubt many who can recall in
stances of men and women OF mature years who
have taken to drinking for various reasons,
The medical Investigators have not found
sufficient reason for the cause OF drunkenness
Some OF them have tried to attribute it to an I'M
L.. u,
would like to do so, they have been unable to
figure out more than 20 per cent. OF inebrlety
due to a weak, nervous system Who has not
known OF victims OF inebriety who live much
longer than many OF those OF correct habits
Such men undoubtedly have fine nervous sys-
tenn that enables them to stand the pace