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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
A Logical Contention.

Some years ago in San Francisco,
the, street car fare was 10 cents, and
at that time there lived two Irish
men there by the name, of Pat and
Mike. Pat was radical socialist and
Mike was of a more conservative mind.
On the way home from work one
evening Pat made the remark that
the rich men were keeping them down
and would not give them chance to
make Il decent living.
About two weeks after. on the way
home again, Mike said to Pat: well,
! don't know about what yez said
about the rich min. Did yez hear
about thin changing the strate car
fare from 10 cints to 81" TT
There they go agin," said Pat. 'two
weeks ago, whin we walked we saved
10 cints; now we only save S. Don't
yez see they are sure to bate the poor
workin' MINI"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
IT'S POLICY OF "SCUTTLE."

Our esteemed morning cOntenpor-
airy, true to its well-known policy of
"scuttle," through it's Washington cor
respondent, who is evidently acting
under orders from the home office, is
throwing considerable quantities of
cold water upon the efforts of our dele
CATION at Washington to secure drain
age legislation for the Red river val
ley. After proving to its own salts.
faction that Mr. Hansbrough chloro-
formed the senate in order to pass his
million-dollar drainage bill, ii says:
The fact that it 1.-THE land to be
draineO is private land was never de-
Veloped in the senate, and the report
on the bill is SO meagre as to contain
only the title of the bill and the sub
stitution of an amendment for the main
features of the bill. No explanation
is gone into in any way.
Both the North Dakota representa-
tives realize the position they are
placed in and at the proper time it
is said will express themselves in no
uncertain way. They are willing to
do their part in securing legislation
for the benefit of the state, they say
but do not relish Il job such as this
and one or two others which have
been cut ont for them
1t is reasonably certain that the SEN
ate knew what it was doing when the
drainage bill passed, and it is equally
certain that Messrs. Gronna and Mar
shall are doing what they can 10 get
the bill through the house. 1t would
be a great disappointment to the Her.
aid if the Hansbrough- Gronna bill
should become law. The Herald
would prefer to have its declining list
of readers believe that these gentle
men have no influence in Washington.
Irrigation by the national govern
ment was once an original question.
and yet a North Dakota senator Sc
cured the passage of a national irri-
CATION law.
If the Evening Times hated the
senior senator as deeply as the Her.
aid editor hates him-and there are
several substantial reasons why Win
ship should not dislike the senator
it would at least give him credit for
what he is doing for the state, and
especially for his good work in behalf
of drainage, which is question of
serious Importance to thousands of
land owners in the valley.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
Herald. They should allow the assas-
sins to do their nasty work without

Herald. They should allow the assas-
sins to do their nasty work without
hindrance.
AS the Herald admits the bank story,
putting its own construction upon it,
as it had perfect right to do, the
matter might be considered q closed
incident if the Herald editor did not
b, assume that his private character had
been attacked. The Pew article, pub
lished prominently and cheerfully by
the Herald, falsely charged the sena.
tor with corruption. The Evening
Times correspondent went to the rec
ords and showed conclusively that the
charge was untrue. He went further
and gave the facts in the bank case as
IN evidence of the gratitude" of the
Herald editor.
Now the Herald says that it will re.
taliate by exposing the "savory career"
of the senator 1t has been observed
that the Herald has been turning "yel.
low in recent months. 1t may be that
there is a demand in Grand Forks for
the Hearst kind of journalism. If so,
the Evening Times will not supply it.
The field is wide open to the Herald,
in these it's days of desperation and
decline.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
fessional reformers may themselves
be Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Herald this morning saws tn

The Herald this morning says the
average depth of sand in the filter is
80 inches. Will the Herald go further
and explain Just what it means by
this statement? The efficiency of the
filter is determined by the minimum
depth of the sand at any point and
not by the average depth. If there
was any spot in the sand bed upon
which there was no sand, that point
would determine the efficiency of the
filter, because at that point the water
passing through would not be filtered
and the entire body of filtered water
would be contaminated thereby. The
average depth of the sand in the filter
might be six feet and yet there might
be spots where there was no sand at
all, and unfiltered water would then
be delivered to consumers. The min
imum depth of sand in the filter is q
inches or less and this is nine inches
less than the minimum o; the Law
renee filter and one foot and nine
inches less than what DIR. Wheeler
says is the safety limit. The chemical
analysis discloses the water to be I'M
pure by reason of defective filter. 1t
is time for further explanations, or
an admission such as was made by
Mr.. Duis with respect to the gross
earnings tax of the public utility cor
operations.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

The right of way for side track on
Eighth street and the adjacent alleys
was granted the harvester trust to
save drayage and teamster charges.
If they can run the cars direct into
the ware house over the city streets
it will effect very large saving and
increase the trust profits at the ex-
pense Of the draymen sand transfers
of the city. Will the Herald explain
why these men who pay taxes here
and help support the city should not
be entitled to consideration if gifts
are to be made?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
Was Taking No Chances.

Aunt Louisa" the late Mrs.
Louisa Eldridge was lovingly called,
was we'll known as an actress, but she
was even better known as the organ
izer of the annual Christmas festival
for stage children at Pastors theater
in New York.
I'm presenting their Christmas gifts
to the stage children" said an actress,
aunt Louisa made the jolliest little
speeches. l we'll remember what she
said to me when vas juvenile, in
presenting me with a crutch, for I
had sprained my ankle badly in a
snow scene.
"She said she hoped would incom-
mode no one with my crutch, as her
cousin, veteran colonel, sometimes
incommoded people with his wooden
leg.
Her cousin. she said, was once din
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
CONCERNING PESSIMlSM.

Magazine and newspaper writer's
should be the faithful chroniclers of
the times. Much OF what they write
the false as wei! as the true-will
pass into history. The great body of
the mere newsgatherers endeavor to
give correct information of what is
going on. But among those who DIS
cuss questions of state, of politics, and
of business. and who undertake 10
weigh and criticise the motives OF
prominent actors in these fields. there
is class of mere sensation mongc:s.
They assume that the reading pubi.
is hypochondriac, ready to imagine
itself afflicted with all manner of dis
eases and ready to take whatever nos
trums are offered it. AS foul birds of
prey will fly for miles over bounteous
supplies of wholesome food to reach
feast of carrion. SO the writer's OF
this class avoid all references to the
good that is in the world and fasten
upon some case of crime and hold
it up as the general rule of the COM
munity instead of the exception. These
men cater to an appetite which grows
with what it feeds upon.
Pessimism is an acquired taste and
revels in general belief in the de-.
generacy Of the times The alleged
critics who foster this element of
human nature are often themselves
the victims of it. and persuade them
selves that whatever is, is wrong. They
find dishonesty among public officials.
No human organization has ever been
free from such faint. But they never
think to compare the amount of dis
honesty with the amount of honesty
in official life. They seem to be in
capable of understanding how there
can be honesty as we'll as dishonesty
All evils can be legitimately COM
bated, but their existence is no excuse
for general raid against the bust
ness, the politics, and the govern
ment Of the country. What is needed
is less hysteria and more common
sense and fair play; less screaming
and more thinking: In this way pro-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
THE "YELLOW. HERALD.

Mr.. Winship's Herald appears
to be seething hot because Mr.. Snyder,
our Washington correspondent, re-
cited the facts in connection with the
old Grand Forks National bank af-
fair. wherein the Herald editor,
through the efforts of the senior sena-
tor, compromised with his creditors a
few years ago.
The Herald had gone out of It's way
to SANDER the senator, publishing a.
hare-brained story by space writer
of sensations. The Herald says the
senator should have "discretely ig-
nored the article" This is the usual
defense of the cowardly character as
sassins who make business of as
sailing public men. Public men
should not reply, according to the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
TWO CAMPAIGNS.

The key note Of the campaign ON
behalf of Mr.. Duis was sounded by
him in his letter charging corruption
against all who differed with him in
his desire for reelection; with this
as the standard his campaign has
been waged and it may be truthfully
said he and his henchmen have been
consistent no Misrepresentation was
too gross for their attempt to befool
and mislead the voters.
The charges, like the chickens, re-
turned home to roost, and he is now
busily engaged in explaining the re-
cord Of Mr.. Reilly, the former tool of
the gas company, and now his candi-
date for one of the minor offices in
this campaign.
The whole list of issues has been
threshed out to the voters and their
sane and sober judgment has been
rendered in favor of Mr.. Dinnie
Examination Of the water works
question revealed that their present
condition, where satisfactory, was the
direct result of the recommendations
made by Mr.. Dinnie and adopted dur
ing his administration.
The books of the city disclose gross
extravaganza and carelessness in the
city funds; it cost the city of Grand
Forks to support the Duis administra-
ton $5S24 more in cash for each day
than during the Dinnie administra-
ton; Mr.. Dinnie's expenses as mayor
for the operating expenses of the city
aggregate $13S.59 per day while the
expenses of Mr.. Duis aggregated
$196.S3 per day, or an increase of
1924 per day. which is approximately
43 per cent. No explanation of this
increase has been attempted or made.
Experiments were made with the
filter and in 1905. twenty-one (21) car
loads Of sand were put therein as
against from so to 100 car loads each
year prior thereto. with the result that
the chemical analysis discloses the
water to contain too high a percent
age OF albumenoid ammonia due prim-
arily to defective filtration; the sand
in the filter at the present time ranges
in depth from q inches as stated by
the superintendent to 40 inchs in
depth, being from nine inches to one
foot and nine inches II #. in) less
than the authorities agree is safe.
Mr.. Duis had devoted so little at
tention to the duties of his office that
he did not know the terms of the con-
tract under which the telephone and
street railway companies were using
the streets, nor was he aware of the
fact that under those contracts there
was gross earnings tax due to the
city with the result that such tax is
81 VIC ~ CoCAC II!IlO AOus9 past uuc anu
uncollected.
On February 6. 1906 Mr.. Duis
granted to the harvester trust and
railway company a right of way over
alleys and streets in the city con-
servatively valued at from $4,000 to
$4,000, such right of way belonging
to the city and being granted perpetu-
ally and without any compensation
either present or future paid to the
city therefor
Mr.. Duis is shown by the records
of Grand Forks and surrounding
counties to be possessed of approx
mately 100000 of notes and bills re-
ceivable, which his appointee, the as
SCISSOR of Grand Forks, valued at the
sum of $500 for taxation purposes.
Every issue of the campaign ma
terial to voters interested in the well
fare of the city is, by the adherent
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
Through Life.

We slight the gifts that every season
bears.
And let them fall UNDECIDED from our
grasp,
In our great eagerness to reach and
clasp
The promised treasure of the coming
Or else we mourn some great good
passed away.
And in the shadow of our grief shut
in.
Refuse the lesser good we might yet
win.
The offered peace and gladncss of to-
day."
SO through the chambers of our life we
And leave them one by one and never
stay.
Not knowing how much pleasantness
there was
IN each until the closing Of the door
Has sounded through the house and
died away,
And in our hearts we sigh Forever
more!'
Chambers Journal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
STORIES OF THE HOUR
The Efficacy Of Prayer.

A negro, who was once asked if he
believed prayers were answered re-
piled:
well, sab, I believe some prayers
is answered and some isn't; depends
upon how you ar AKIN for it. Now,
| remembers years ago, when things
was very scarce, prayed to the Lord
to send me one of Marse Feyton's
turkeys, and 1 prayed and kept on
prayin'. but the Lord never took no
notice of my prayer at all. But just
as soon as I prayed the Lord to be
sent after one, why the prayer was
done answered fore mornin'."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

ing with man whose floors were of
highly polished and. costly inlaid
woods.
"The host got nervous as he saw the
colonel clumping and Gathering about
on his expensive floors. He was:
afraid they would be scratched up.
Hadn't you better come over here
on the rug, colonel? he said. You,
might slip out there, you know
But the colonel, with loud laugh,
struck the floor firmly with his wood
en- leg. No fear of that said he
there's nail in the end, you know -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

babies with fourteen months differ
ence in their ages that women are
preventing race suicide.
man body is about >9SK. That of
Grand Forks politicians is about 1903.
IL Smoot has three wives and can
keep the public from finding it out,
he is a peach. One wife always gives
the story away on the honeymoon.
A New York club woman says lazi-
ness makes catfish women. It has the
same effect on men-that is, they sit
on the fence and meow.
No woman is responsible for lost
article that is too big to go into the
top bureau drawer.
When the son returns home from
college, the welcome is prepared in
the kitchen. When the daughter re-
turns, it is prepared in the parlor.
Every mother believes in .heredity
SO far as the children inheriting their
disagreeable traits from their father
Is concerned.
The most convincing argument that
the Almighty is forgetful is that SO
many people are living who prod you
in the ribs to hold your attention
while boring you with tale of woe
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
"THIs DATE IN HISTORY.
March %.

1315-Raymond Lully, missionary.
stoned to death by the Mohammedans.
1461-Battle of Towton, in which the
House of Ybrk defeated the House OF
Lancaster.
1562-Philip ii. of Spain took mea-
sures to prevent circulation of the
Scriptures.
1644-Charles 1. defeated at the bat.
tie of Cheriton.
1675-Providence, R. l., attacked by,
Indians.
173S-Joseph 1. Guillotin, originator
of the guillotine, born.
1751-Thomas Coram, Originator of
Founding hospital in London, died.
1772-Emanuel Swedenborg, found
er of the New Jerusalem church, died.
1776 - Massachusetts, legislature
thanked Washington.
1790-John Tyler, president of the
United States, born. Died January II.
1862.
1792-Gustavus III. of Sweden died
1S07-Asteroid Vesta discovered BY,
Professor Oilers. .aa.
1S15-Bonaparte abolished the slave
trade in the French dominiOns.
1Ss1-Amelia E. Barr, novelist,
born.
1s37-First Persian newspaper made
its appearance.
1S4S--John Jacob ,Astor died.
1S67-Dominion of Canada institut-
ed.
1861. L. Blackstone murdered his
family in Philadelphia.
1S75-Mass meeting in London to.
protest against further imprisonment
of the TichbOrne claimant.
1SS3-Completion of Salt lake, Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad.
1SS7-Mrs. James Brown Potter
made her debut In London.
1889-President Moffat of Denver
robbed Of $4,000 in his own bank.
1S95-Yacht Ailsa beat Britannia in,
race for Bennett prizes.
1905-Jacob L. Greene, president
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
company, died.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

A vote for Duis is vote to inter
ject state politics into the business
affairs of the city of Grand Forks. A
vote for Mr.. Dinnie is a vote for a
business like administration of city
affairs unmiXed with politics.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

If ever there was campaign which
was foolish, unprovoked and inexcus-
able it is the city campaign which is
now nearing close in Grand Forks.
Herald.
No constant reader of the Herald
and Plaindealer will have the hardi-
hood to dispute fact that has been
made SO patent through the combined
efforts of those two sheets.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

Does the Herald know yet that the
harvester trust was granted from
$4,000 to $4,000 of rights in the streets
perpetually and as gift, without
compensation? If it does know this to
be fact, are not the people entitled
to some explanation or Justification
il any there be?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

If the harvester trust saves $4,000
per year in drayage and teamster
charges, by reason of the gift of the
right of way on Eighth street and the
adjacent alleys, how much ought the
city to receive for the rights thus
granted?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

Birds of feather flock together,
and is not the real ground of the Her.
AIDS support to Mr.. Duis the same as
Mr.. Sorley-that is, because of the
absolute refusal on the part of Mr..
Dinnie to permit the citv's interests
to be prostituted for any gang?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

Mr.. sorley pleads guilty to an at
tempt to interject state politics into
the city affairs by demanding, as a
condition to his support, that Mr.. Din
ME support the Herald in the fall
campaign.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

The Heralds position is that john
Dinnie's' we'll known independence
will defeat the use Of him by it or
any faction in the state campaign this
fall therefore it's friends should vote
fol- Mr.. Duis.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
Sentiment to he Inculcated.

Let reverence of law be breathed by
Iratfles in her lap: let It be taught in
the schools, seminaries and colleges;
lot 1t be written in primers, spelling
from pulpits and proclaimed In legis-
lAtive halls and enforced in courts Of
tuetice; in short, let it become the
Oolitical religion Of the nation"
Abraham Lincoln.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

Mr.. Sorley says that if Mr.. Dinnie
would consent to be the tool of the
Herald or Winship, he would support
him. Because Mr.. Dinnie will not be
the tool of any faction Mr. Sorley is
assisting Mr.. Duis.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
NOTE AND COMMENT

Childhood receptions come in handy
in getting around Lent penances.
When the matrimonial cards are
dealt many girls mistake four spot
for king.
When fat man selects his pail
bearers before he dies, he may be get
ting even with his friends.
It's pretty hard to convince a
woman of twenty-one who has two
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

If the harvester trust is entitled to
a side track on Eighth street, to save
drayage and teamster charges, why
are not the merchants on Third street
entitled to the same rights?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
A Toast TO the Irish Blood.

Fill me 'srne su'p with the Dew of Kill
purer rr than chastity, essence of fire; =
ogling: a laugh at We, beaded with
Breath Of liz peat smoke. and blood
Fill me cup till drink to st. Patrick:
Drink to the harp strains, the songs
that beguile;
Drink zb to os5 emblem the mystical
Up with We! down with it! The Emer-
Oh. We are the worlds great lovers;
10 our hearts love fed from the skies,
For we know the secret Of laughter,
And your vanity's fief to our blarney,
And your soul to our Irish eyes.
We follow the star of the vision,
Whose light to our souls doth stream,
For us swing the ivory portals.
Where the pearls of fancy CLEAN,
Mid the coarse Philistine banter
IT'S the mad Celt's madden dreamw
In the van of the worlds great battles,
We have followed the scarlet ways
Then to war with our penis stiletto!
For the losing side, always!
And behold the Pharisee, blatant.
lmpaled on our poignant phrase.
From cerements of convention
The heart and the brain we free
Rebels and Knockers and dreamers,
OF the open road and the sea.
Our pelf is but love and laughter
Lootless and friendless, we!
sThough broken our falling ,rafters.
Though our larder shelf be bare,
Better the wit and the music,
And the hearts that know not care,
And the hand that is free and ready,
A crust with all to share!
Then fill me cup till 1 drink to ST.
Patrick;
Drink to the harp strains, the songs
that beguile;
Drink to our emblem, the mystical
shamrock!
Up with We! down with it! the Emer-
aid isle!
Mrs Wilson Woodrow.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

"Store-news" comes nearer home to
us than most other kinds of news
foreshadows. in manner, what we.
shall wear presently. and eat; and
what new thing will soon be found
in the house.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

Thrift is not the only motive of the.
advertisement reader-for there is use
full knowledge to be gotten from the
ads, and glimpses of personalities and
ideals-a general broadening of out
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29

The more men fall in love with a.
girl the bigger her danger of becom-
ing an old maid while she is trying to-
make her choice.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
Business
Chances

lot in Forest River. Il. IS. snsD
Tor quick sale.
FOR sALE-NICE HOUSE AND
lots with good barn in inkstsr.
A bargain. Don't delay.
FOR SALE--ON EASY TERMS.
me irrigated land in Southern
4oano: abundant water suppiy.
;n ot5h..v ely the best proposition
FOR sALE-sooo ACRES CHOICE
sota. E ,dnd la IN Central sdd Mime.
easy terms. SoV soi'
FOB SALE a -.sTocK m N,
vsstiSate t ahalRstoa' income. In
WANTED ~ YOUR PROPERTY
listed with US for sale. Farm
Or city property quickly sold It
highest price.
WANTED-.WE WILL FURNISH
1a ren tSs I rori y9 9ur house and col-
HOMELAND LOTS OF IT. FOR
COLLECTORS OF BAD DEBTS (
Northwestern
Collection
!. Agency
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
CITY TICKET.

Republican.
, For Mayor
John Dinnie.
q. For Magistrate
/. J. II. Church.
h. City Justice
p. Mclaughlin.
4 For City Treasurer
+, T. J. Hagen.
FOR ALDERMEN.
Second Ward-C. II. Howard.
= Third Ward-R. A. Sprague.
Fourth Ward-O. KnudsOn.
Fifth Ward-(Two years. w. A.
Hill; Zone year, Geo. w. Buck.
ingham.
Sixth Ward-M. c. People.
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BY THEIR WORKS YE SHALL KNOW THEM
These figures Do NOT LIE. They Do Not Re.
quire a Cartoon.

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