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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
RAILROAD. FINANCIAL AND IN.
DUSTRIAL NOTES.

A company is organizing to build
new railroad in southeastern Mexico.
The proposed line is to run from the
town of Jalisco to San Cristobal, and
thence to the city of Campeche, open
ing up region now remote from rail-
road transportation facilities.
The year 1905 was most favorable
one for manufacturers of shoe and
leather-making machinery, more ma
chimes having been sold than in any
previous year since such machinery
has been manufactured.
The Port Angeles and Olympia rail-
way has been incorporated in the state
of Washington, with an authorized
capital stock of $4,000,O00. The COM
pany intends to build standard
suage railroad from Port Angeles to
Olympia.
The silk business throughout the
country has been extremely dull for
three months. especially in the ribbon
trade, and manufacturers with small
capital find it hard to keep af1oat.
The capital stock of the Colorado
Southern, New Orleans & Pacific Rail-
road company has been increased from
$5,0OO.OOO to $12,0OO,OOO. The COM
pany which is, understood to be part
of the Frisco-Rock Island system, is to
build a line from Baton Rouge to De-
Quincy, on the Texas border From
Baton Rouge the road will use the
tracks of the Yazoo & Mississippi VAL
ley to New Orleans.
For the first time in the history of
Mexican railroads Mexico has hean
given a schedule of passenger rates
nom points in Canada and the United
States that ,are.:On Il; par with rates Of
Tered to California points. BY this
change il is believed that much tourist
travel will be diverted to Mexico.
Charles Bray, first vice president of
company. has been appointed presi-
dent of that company in place of John
A. Topping, who resigned to become
the active head of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron and Republican Iron and
Steel properties.
The Denver and Beaver railroad has
been incorporated as subsidiary of
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
to build 100 miles of line from Oberlin,
Kan, to Uray, Col.
The Pennsylvania Limited, Express
between New York and Pittsburg
made the entire trip on Christmas day
without carrying one passenger
throughout the run.
1t is officially announced that the
control of the Pittsburg and Montana
Copper company, capitalized at $780,
100000, has been secured by the A. w.
Mellon interests at Pittsburg
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
Ceremony Embarrassing.

County Judge Henry of Ramsey
county has an intuitive ability to help
young people over the embarrass-
rents Of the marriage ceremony. His
beautiful home is often opened for
SyOang people who prefer quiet we'd
ding. On New Years day two couples,
tho brides being sisters, called upon
tho Judge to perform the ceremony
that should start them on the way to
N earthly heaven or the divorce
;courts. The Judge asked them to 60
III his home for the ceremony, as there
gere the usual number Of loungers
shout the court house to make. the
saveit embarrassing. Mrs. Henry had
GeeDAred Il pleasant surprise for her
Dband IN the form Of q dinner party,
- ipt0 this crowd the young people
|! - ushered. They became much
\ lTra1sed, and when they were d.
l m 10 jodn hands the grooms be-
y cphfuse4 and each took the hand
yF0nS bride. Just at the close
~ 10y the Judge discovered
yoGtlo 1nd ct III close adlisd:
= ~ ~ married; pIssae ssyort
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
LAKERS GLAD
Public Building for Devils Lake to
Cost $15O,O0O

The following bills Of special in
terest to Devils Lake and other local
tiles of the state have been introduced
in the senate: Creating the western
division judicial district of North Da-
kota and providing for the holding
of terms of court at Minot; increasing
the limit Of allowance for expenses of
United States marshals and other
court officers while in the field from
81 to So per diem; amending the In
dian appropriations bill SO as to au-
thorize the secretary of the interior
to pay Devils Lake Indians balance
of $57, 900 due on the first payment for
their coded lands; providing for new
land district in the western part of
North Dakota with headquarters at
Williston; granting 10000 acres of
land to the state school Of forestry at
Bottineau; granting 10000 acres of
land to the institution of feeble-mind-
ed at Grafton.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
HOW FUEL
is MADE
Travelling Man Describes the
Process of the N. D.
-
4 Farmer.

81 recently visited settlement Of
prosperous Russian farmers in the
southern part OF the state, said trav-
cling man to The Evening Times last
evening, and saw many interest
ing things. but most of all in the
way they manufacture their fuel from
straw and manure. Their houses built
of bricks of sod tinted inside were a
wonder to me, as l could not conceive
that buildings SO cozy and comfortable
could be made from prairie sod. The
sod is cut in bricks about eight inches
square and twelve inches long and
are thoroughly dried before being put
into the wall. The walls are cut
smooth both inside and out and the
interior is whitewashed and tinted,
usually light blue They have
matched roofs and are really very re-
markable buildings when it is consitl-
cred that they are built with the aid
of the simplest tools for cutting soil.
j saw reilly beautiful little church
built in this way.
The process of manufacturing fusl
from the cleanings from the barns and
tne straw from the wheat fields was
much more interesting to me. \ piece
of ground is leveled off or more often
is covered with boards ana the manure
is scattered over it, straw being mixed
with it freely The cattle or horses
are driven over it to mix the straw and
manure and to make the mixture COM
pact sometime SO it is necessary to
pound it with hampers. When this
mass is about foot thick, OF possibly
thicker 1t is cut into squares with a
sharp hay knife or some other sharp
instrument. These blocks are piled
mp In cords in Such manner that the
mir circulates freely. among them un-
I'll they become hard and dry when
they become fuel which holds. fire
we'll and throws off an immense
amount of heat. Many of the farm
amOunt of heat. Many OF the farm
;ers and stock men manufacture all
their fuel in this manner
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
Pictures By Wire.

The next great advance in the maxi
ing of newspapers is likely to- be the
accomplishment of the feat of send
ing photographs by wire.
Numerous attempts at this have been
made with generally but Indifferent
success, but at a recent meeting of
scientific people at Munich, Bavaria, a
lecture was delivered by Prof. KOrn,
who explained the progress he has
made in perfecting his apparatus for
that purpose in which the hope of such
contamination was given an impetus.
He claimed that in principle the
problem has already been solved, and
that the process will be ready for gen.
eral use as soon as few technical i'm
prOvements have been introduced. Ex-.
periments already carried out showed
that 1t is possible to transmit photo
graph six or seven inches square in a
period varying from ten to twelve min
utes. The experiments were carried
out on the telegraph line from Munich
to Nuremberg, distance of 100 miles
but the inventor claimed that the same
results would be obtained over tele-
graph line or submarine cable 5000
miles in length. The photograph is
placed on transparent glass cylinder,
which revolves slowly, moving at the
same time from right to left. A ray of
light is thrown on the cylinder by an
electric lamp and lens, and when the
light reaches the interior of the CYL
inder it Is brighter or darker accord
ing to the coloring of that particular
part of the. picture through which it
passes. Inside the cylinder is some
selium, which transmits the electric
current in proportion to the intensity
of the light brought to bear upon it.
This selium is connected with the
wire over which the photograph is
sent. The receiving station consists,
of an electrical Nernst lamp placed in
side glass cylinder covered with SEN
sitized paper. The lamps burn more
or less brightly according to the vary
Ing currents transmitted by the sill
um at the other end. 1t thus repro
duces the exact shade .of the original
picture providing the cylinders at each
end of the wire revolve at exactly the
same speed. The inventor claims that
when the improvements on which he
<ts now working are ready it will be
possible to transmit photograph or
sketch six inches square within five
seconds instead of ten or fifteen min
utes.
The advantage of such process In
newspaper making Is obvious. Every
important piece Of news ultimately, ~
the experiments are 0ccessful, will be-
accompanied by a picture of the scene
or of the parties involved, no matter
from what quarter Of the globe the
news comes, Pictures, already
prominent feature OF newspaper max
ing, will then become as great q feat
ure and as common as the news itself.
Duluth Herald. 49,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
Nothing to Talk About.

A teacher in certain Philadelphia
public school was very fond of reading
aloud extracts from books on nat
ural history to her young hopefuls
1t gave them clear ideas of what
was going on around them, she said,
and familiarized them with the habits
of what would otherwise have been
an unknown part of creation.
One afternoon, after reading them
a selection about the blue heron, she
told the children to write from men,
ory, and in their own words, what
they had just heard.
Little fingers grasped the pens, little
heads were bent over the desks, and
then, after some minutes of writing,
papers were collected and carried up
to teacher. Teacher, reading them
over in her own home afterward, was
puzzled when she came across the
following bit of information:
THE blue heron has tale, but it
must not be talked about"
She turned to the book to find out
where the little writer had got the
foundation for such statement. The
words of the book were, 1.-THE blue
heron has no tail to speak Of"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
Origin Of the Dam Family.

Miss Julia Emmons of Emmons, En-
erson and Emmons,. comedy sketch
trio, who recently played in Minneapo-
lis, declares that she and some other
performers were the original popular
izers of the literary and artistic crea-
ton, THE Whole Dam Family" con-
ceit which has made the whole Eng
lish speaking would laugh.
Before the famous family was heard
of Miss Emmons, her husband, 'Mr.
Emmons," her son-in-law, John En-
mons, the surviving Mr.. Emerson in
the present company, and Billy" En-
erson, Jr., gay young minstrel, were
associated in vaudeville. Emily Nice,
the dashing young soubrette who is
singing at Minneapolis, and who
is the wife of John EmmOns, was
also in the original sketch. This hap
py family had dog, and that fact fas-
tened the descriptive expression, THE
Whole Dam Family" inevitably on
the party, for the dam dog" came
in for the principal share of attention.
THE Dam Family" business never
became widely known until our crowd
started it with a Yorkshire skye ter
rier, the prettiest, smartest, cutest
and trickiest canine alive" said Miss
Emmons. "rhe dog was my property,
although everybody claimed him and
had an eye out for his comfort. He
went with us everywhere, and we
would as soon have thought of leaving
one of the company behind as "Only
MacFaddeh. We called him Only for
short. While we had him we had our
full of troubles with boarding house
keepers with Only and the dam dog
and The Whole Dam Family caught
it, for we all stuck up for our pet.
Some of the other show people heard
about it, and on trains, in hotels, ev-
erywhere, we were pointed out as the
whole - blank aggregation I've
been telling you about"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
The Burglar Ran.

II heard god story on a custom
er of mine who lives in the western
part of the state" said travelling man
the other day. .'He is engaged in
the jewelry business and his living
apartments are over thestore STAIR
way leading directly down into the
store room. During the holiday trade
a large sum Of money had been taken
in after banking hours and 1t was put
In the safe. During the night my
friends wife thought she heard some
one moving about In the store room,
and waxing her husband confided to
him her fears that some one was rob
bling the store. She insisted on his
going down into the store and pre-
venting the money and property from
being stolen The husband hesitated
md aftef looking around for . weapon,
sSeaIed the broom and throwing It down
stAe stairway exclaimed. Look ont, you
fellows down there. I'm eoming4
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
SAFES EASY FOR BURGLARS.
Uncle Sam to Adopt q new scheme For
Guarding Treasure.

The United States has decided from
this time forth to putsits trust in cleo
trical alarm devices rather than in
bolts and bars and steel safes as
means of protecting the public funds
from the enterprising and up-to-date
burglar. 1t is we'll known that by the
use of electricity and certain secret
compounds known to expert burglars
any vault or safe can be opened in a
short time.
The solution of this problem seems
to be in installing electrical alarm
systems whereby 1t will be impos-
sible for burglars to enter or even to
make an attempt to disturb vaults
without an alarm being given that
will instantly call police or other pro-
lection. Devices have already been ms
vented and put in use which demon
strate the entire practicability of cleo
trical protection. Not only do they
give instantaneous alarm whenever
the safes or vaults are tempered with,
but they report automatically every
minute or two that everything is all
right. Even IT communication were in
terrupted so that an alarm could not
be given, the fact that the regular au-
tomato report is not received would
cause the sending of men instantly to
ascertain If there were any trouble
BY direction Of Assistant Secretary
( Taylor'J J. e. Powell, the chief mechan-
'tcal and electrical engineer of the me-
chanical department of the TREASURY.
and John B. Vergen, vault, safe and
lock expert, made investigation of
the subject and reported in favor of
the electrical devices.
The department is taking steps, to
7 learn the places where the most mon
ey, stamps, etc. are usually deposited
!. and is negotiating for the protection of
the same. When the whole matter is
completely in hand 1t will be called
to the attention of congress and an ap-
preparation asked for. In addition to
the large saving made in the construc-
rtiol Of vaults and safes In many places
saving can be made by dispensing
with extra watchmen that have here
tofore, been employed. It is believed
that such electrical protection as can
be provided will not only result in the
detection and capture of the burglars
u they attempt to enter the vaults. but
that the adoption of such a system will
work as 9 preventive and that burglars
Will not attempt to enter vaults and
safes electrically protected, but will
confine their operations to those they
can tamper with with less danger
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
Wanted . Preacher.

A couple of ministers were discuss
ing their experiences while waiting
for train the other day. Speaking
of letters written by members one Of
them told Of request for some one
to expound the word, which was re-
1ceived by presiding elder in the
mountains OF Tennessee. It read some
thing like this. = We had no preacher
for two years. Please send ~ some
one to exp0und the word. We want
q circus rider II you have one. II
you cant send q locust preacher, and
4 that p impossible send us an ex-
hauster. !" A
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
Because l need the money.
Making the Punishment Fit the Crime.

>-AA0 WIZ \ Os1AC1A usOhsg. - ~ VAAO O11IuCs
My father practiced law in Texas in
the early days." and as a child
heard him tell many interesting sto-
rfes concerning the rulings, etc, Of
Judge Bean, a unique character, who
held court in one OF the far western
counties of that state. This one has
fingered in my memory:
A man was found dead in the creek
that ran through the county seat. At
the corOner's inquest, where Judge
Bean presided, a search discovered in
the vest pocket of the corpse wallet
containing Ave IS gold pieces, and in
the hip-pocket a revolver. Judge Bean
found as follows: Ell n
81 find that this man came to his
death Of accidental drowning. also
find him guilty OF carrying concealed
weapons. Constable. seize the 325 to
pay his hne. "-E. r. M.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

Eastern farmers would turn green
with envy could they see the things
going to waste on the average North
Dakota farm. They would get rich IN y,
such things. H IS & a = - :
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

a. e. Walker farmer living near
!. Maza, has binder which has been in
constant use for fourteen years and
IT did good work last season. He>keeDs
all his machinery housed. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

Much Of the school land in this
state which was sold last year was
purchased by farmers who own lana
adjoining or nearly. Not bad evidence
OF the worth of the soil.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

With three eggs marked on the bill
s0f fare ~ this city at twenty-five cents
"a dollar q, dozen there ought to liz
some profit In chickens. :, oe
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

North Dakota farmers are objects
Of pity Just now. They are out Of en-
plpyment except to visit old home
scenes and take trips to California M
Cuba. VIC ~ !
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

The sequel Of a caught CRATER
strengthens previous Impressions as
to the particular family of barnyardl
animals'he belongs to. : u.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

With the, coming Of the millennium
there will be nothing left to reform,
and 9 lot Of meddlssome people Will
be ont Of q Job. b !
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

Some men are SO peculiar that thev
can even argue politics and religion
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

Some 5of 2 married mans troubles
come under the head Of bonnats b
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

Arizona produced 241, 4Oo. 900 pounds
of copper last year, and in 1906 1t will
probably lead the world in this res
spect.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

"A man who uses big words seldom
says anything worth while.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

Time 10 said to; be money, but Z
lot Of 1t u counterfeit. ,3
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

Speaking Of music. the tailor's fav-
orite Is rag-time. h ~
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

A soft answer turneth away the bill
collector. Ii e AZ
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

4, " easier 70 teach q baby to talk
ithans y ~ TO q woman not to. =
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

While the farmer is selecting the
magazines and papers which will con-
stitute the family reading for the next
year 1t would not be bad idea to In
Guide The Times. 1t will have COL
umn OF matter at least once each Heek
especially prepared for its, farmer
readers and its other features will be
interesting reading to every member
OF the family. II the daily is not avail
aDle the weekly edition will be doublv
interesting. Its society gossip Gov.
ers the whole state and it's news and
otner features will be especially inter
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
ICELAND is
NOT COLD
stefansson Says People Have.
Wrong Impression Of
That Island.

V. stefansson.. an assistant instruc-
tor at Harvard university lectured at
the assembly hall at the N. D. uni
versity last evening to crowded
house. His lecture was on Iceland
and was an able presentation of the
characteristics of that northland. fully
illustrated by stereopticon views. AS
Mr.. Stefansson has spent two seasons
IN Iceland, he is well qualified to speak
on the subject.
He said that people generally had
misconceptionI of the climatic con
ditions prevailing in that island. II
is not frozen waste but its climate
Is quite mild and delightful, being
ameloriated by the warm ocean cur
rents. Cattle live there all the year
around afoall u, OUT OF doors and the ranges
are varied and rich and the future If
the island seems to be bright.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-08
RAMSEY SPEAKS
OF GREENWATER

Harry Ramsey, who is interested in
the Greenwater district, was in Tono-
pah Wednesday and intends going east
with his family in a few days. He
says Greenwater is to be the future
camp of southern Nevada. He has
holdings in the Greenwater and Death
Valley Copper company in which Schwab
and others are interested. There is
quite lot of development work going
on and in short time there will be
much more. On Patsy Clark's prop
erty they have shaft 25O feet deep
showing rich ore in the bottom of the
shaft. A great deal of work is going
on, machinery is being shipped in, and
by the last of this month things will be
booming. Many people are coming in,
the hotel accommodations are good, anG
the water famine is a thing of the past.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-08
The Virgin Group

General Manager Keyes of the Virgin
group at Round Mountain is more than
pleased with the showing on the prop
erty during the last week or so. The
company shaft on the group is down
100 feet, and three men are steadily
employed in the drifts. There are two
leases being operated on this property,
and Keyes states that six men are busy
in these. All ore encountered in driv-
ing the workings is blocked out, as the
leasers are in hopes that mill win be
put into the district soon. Keyes also
said that all of the properties in the
district with which he was familiar
were working steadily and not one was
on barren lead. Keyes is enthusiastic
over the future of Round Mountain and
believes that it will sooner or later be
one of the biggest high grade milling
camps in Nevada.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-08

ROUND MOUNTAIN, Sept. 8.-A sen
sational strike was made on the Round
Mountain Fairview Mining company's
property yesterday and the entire camp
is greatly excited over it. The extent
of the find and width of the ledge has
not been determined as yet, but from
two pounds of rock one pound was solid
gold. This, following on the heels of
the strikes in the Sphinx and Round
Mountain Central properties, which are
half mile apart, means wonders for
Round Mountain. The principal owner
Of the Fairview is Reese Wampler OF
Goldfeld, and for many years a success
full mine owner of Montana. He is ar
intimate friend and associate of Nal
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-08
Mines az Keese River

AUSTIN, Sept. There is Pitts
burg company here that has bought
two claims, which were patented years
ago, situated in Ophir canyon, just
over the divide from the recent strike,
paying 5000 for the old wo - or
tunnel site. The represents n
the deal were Hammond and
son.
The old Ophir mill has been
by eastern capital for a consider
of $50, 900, and they are building al
up to Ophir at present.
We expect big rush here neA,
spring and think it will be one of the
greatest strikes ever made in Nevada,
as there is lead, silver, copper and
gold galore. All over our ground we
have Mornings running from $3.50 K
81, 900, and plenty Of it, and lodges from
10 to 140 feet in width, panning clear
across.
Yours truly, w. |. SMITH.