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New Haven Steamboat Line
Steamer Richard Peck.

RATES REDUCED, 76c to New York;
 EXCURSION TICKETS, $1.2b.
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 From New Haven--Steamer leavea Belle Dock 12;45 a. n., daily except Mondays. Passengers may board steamer at any time after 10.00 p. m From New York - Steamer leavea Pier 20 East River, foot of Peck Slip 2:45 p. m., foot East 22d street 800 pm daily except Sunday.
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 Time between New York and New Haven about five hours. \ For tickets and staterooms apply ait the office on Belle Dock; also at Bishop & Co.,, 1S5 Orange street and on steamer. The NEW ENGLAND ANNEXATION COs George c. Black, Agent, New Haven.
 SPECIAL NOTICE.
 On Labor Day, September 3rd. the Steamer RICHARD PECK will leave New Haven at ;3O ?. m, instead of 12.45 night.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1906-03-02
No Further Delay in Bridqe.

Minot Optic: George w. Kemper,
president of the Northwestern Bridge
Co., Of Moorhead, Minn., the company
which is building the county bridge
across the Des Lacs lake, spent a few
hours in the city last evening enroute
to his home at Moorhead from Bow
bells, where he has been superintend-
ing the construction of the bridge.
According to Mr.. Kemper, there will
be no further delays in the construc-
tion of the bridge, and he expects to
have the bridge work completed with
in a few weeks. When questioned re-
garding the reported attempt of DR.. J.
A. Fawcett of Grand Forks to further
delay the completion of the structure,
Mr.. Kemper informed an Optic repre-
sentative, that the Fawcett matter was
simply newspaper talk. He said that
DR.. Fawcett's agent visited the bridge,
and, after examining the same, an
nounced that it was satisfactory to his
employer and that no further delay
would be experienced in building the
bridge.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1906-03-02
Additional Local,

Two of the most successful hunters
in the Big Butte neighborhood went out
hunting rabbits Monday and spent two
hours tracking an old cat.
C. J. Kopriva yesterday rented his
store building to L. Levy of St. Paul,
who will open the place on April l with
a large stock of groceries, dry goods,
shoes, etc.
Any commissions from local point of
view that may be noted by perusal of
The Tribune this week, can be attribu-
ted to the enforced absence of ''yours
truly" during Tuesday and Thursday of
this week.
Allowing The Tribune to Judge by
the weather of the past few days, we
the grounding has about as much in
fluence in regulating the weather as q
voter has in regulating state or nation
al government.
The Flaxton Times says that John
Hoffman, formerly of this place, suf-
fered very painful injury last Friday
evening. He was handling calf at
Siebert's meat market when he slipped
and fell in such manner as to break
the bones in his ankle, which will lay
him up for some time.
On Wednesday last Cashier Jas. D..
marlborough Of the State Bank bought
from Sink & Driscoll the entire two
cars of horses, consisting Of 40 head,
with which these gentlemen arrived
here, from Iowa the first of the week.
The shipment is generally conceded to
be an unexceptionally good one, and
the animals are being picked up very
rapidly by farmers who are capable OF
judging q good animal
If you want horses that you can de-
pend on, we haye what you want. They
are used to the Dakota climate-which
means great deal. Inquire at the
Tate & Hurry barn or see J. D. Lands
borough at the State Bank.
We make proofs and loans as reason
able as can be procured in Ward county.
Lyon Land & Loan Co. Across street
from postofice. 16tf
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1906-03-02
Capt. is Himself Aaain.

Capt. Blinkhorn, one Of the popular
travelling men Of this state, now repre-
senting the Racine Stately Mfg. Co., Of
Racine, Wis, manufacturers Of farm
implements, arrived in the city yester-
day and will spend Sunday at the Le-
land. It will be remembered by the
travelling men generally that Mr.. Blink
horn was taken very i'll at Bowbells last
summer and came very near making
his last trip, but fortunately he pulled
through and is now quite himself again,
but he looks as he says. not 20 strong
Is he was before that sickness. It's q
pleasure to meet the captain. Report
ar. 81
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1906-03-02
NEW PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.
Short Summary of Its More important Features BY Alfred
Baisdea, Secretary of the Republican Central
Committee of Ward County.

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political and the and Elections
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COMMITTEE.
striking method
Central Committee This left the
Between the and
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Committee which shall be
non the County No Candidate for office shall be
County Central Committee
highly that loyal Republican leaders Of the
they fully explain the Republican
boood This cannot definitely relied
The Republican Party thoroughly united
this
and accomplishing the of the Republican
that the Republican principles maintained
capable and trustworthy elected to office.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1906-03-02

Two room house for sale cheap, for
cash. Lyon Land 4 Loan Co. 12tf
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1906-03-02

QOxx,I>oltc has the reputation Of
OVO1isS being. one Of the best
markets and trade centers in north,
western North Dakota. Its banking
institutions and mercantile establish
ments rank with the best in the state.
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laws. Especially is this the case With ref
erence to children VINO are FORCED into the
workhouse through the mistfortunes cul-
pable Indulgence of their parents. Through
Crooks work splendid schools both for
manual training and otherwise, are run in
connection with each workhouse: and chill
dren are, as much as possible, raised above
their wretched environment. The days OF
Oliver Twist are a thing of the past. so far
as children are concerned. Crooks did II.
Crooks today makes a point OF playing
with the children in the vorkhouse when
ever he gets chance.
Crooks began Industrial life on the very
lowest rung of the ladder. working in a
shop at first at less than twenty-five cents
a week. He then worked as blacksmith's
apprentice; and subsequently became an
expert cooper. At the age OF fourteen
Crooks was out and out trade unionist.
For his attempts to Organize" his work
mates he lost every situation he had. He
was driven out of one place after another
owing to his openly announced trade union
principles; and finally. as no one would
employ him in London. he walked all the
way to Liverpool
He married at early age, and six
children were born to him. When his wife
died Crooks used to dress and feed the
children regularly each day before going
to work. and took entire care of the little
family for many months. He was often
poor that he had to walk literally six
or eight miles to his work. and II he had
one or two cents for car fare. he saved
him on the street and gave him eight
cents for car fare: but Crooks trudged
home and took 1t to his family. He mar
red again, and his present wife is inter
ested in all his social and political work.
He has ten children. one of his eldest boys
being a noted athlete.
By dint of sheer hard fighting ION the
firing line most of the time Crooks won
his way up to posts Of distinction. even in
his own neighborhood. He became mayor
of Poplar London county councillor, mem
Der of parliament and practically perpetual
chairman of the board of guardians.
A characteristic story is told of Crooks
during the first year of his mayoralty. He
was the first labor mayor London ever had,
and was allowed to attend the coronation
ceremony in Westminster Abbey without
court costume. Asked afterward what he
thought of the affair Crooks said: What
struck me most was the get-up of the
peers 1t was interesting to think that one
of those men spent as much on his robes
and coronet to make himself look ugly, as
would have given Poplar breakfasts for a
week"
That remark shows the Crooks attitude
of mind. He thinks that many landlords
and people who live by "unearned incre-
ment" are fattening on the community all
the time that he sees no reason why the
poor should have not their innings.
w. B. NORTHROP.
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1906. by W. Il. Northrop. BIRTHS
rights strictly reseryed.)


Copyright, 1906. by W. Il. Northrop. British
rights strictly reserved)
~ NE man in English politics just
q now is passing through a verit-
able ordeal of fire. This is Will
~ Crooks, the labor member of
parliament. Held up to public CEN
sure in a scathing government report is
sued by his old friend John Burns, now
cabinet minister. Crooks is having a hard
row TO hoe.
All the world knows of the extravaGances
INDUCED in by certain London public char
liable institutions-of the luxuries permit
ted in warehouses supported by public
taxation. This especially applies to the
Poplar Workhouse. of which Will Crooks
is chairman and practical director.
Burns and Crooks have been "chQms"
for years; arI there are mutual friends of
both men who think that the president of
the local government board might nave
been less smashing in his Indictment. The
cabinet minister takes the stand that the
Poplar system of running things should
be stopped; and in this most persons in
England agree. England has paupers
enough in all conscience. There are a
million unemployed; about 100000 unem-
ployables; and Campbell Bannermann him
self has said that there are 100000 peo-
pie in England constantly on the verge of
starvation.
The deliberate manufacture of paupers
by the Poplar board OF guardians is. GER
tanly bringing Goals to Newcastle with a
vengeance. Useless waste and wanton in
discrimination in dispensing charity are
laid to the door of VIII Crooks, who as
chairman of the Poplar Workhouse, 1t is
declared, should have seen TO II that his
underofiicials conducted themselves prop
erly.
1t may seem a very trivial matter to per-
sons outside England that mere disagree
ment between two political friends-such as
Will Crooks and John Burns-should have
any effect on the state of affairs generally.
When, however, both of these men are
prominent in the great labor movement
now on foot, and when one of them has
for years been a member of the London
county council. the political significance
of the matter is certainly important.
The entire situation presents some ex-
tremely unique places which are perhaps
without parallel. In the first place, there
cannot Be the shadow of a doubt that
Crooks himself is perfectly honest man.
Even his enemies who accuse him of gross
negligence and Grass ineffciency, concede
that Crooks has gained nothing by playing
Croesus 10 the poor Crooks has not ben
Gifted personally one penny, or used a cent
of the vast funds placed in his hands for
the relieving of the distress of the poor of
London.
Tkrsagn having the power of giving away
frCfn 5000 to 5000 per week in public
charity Crooks has remained a poor man,
living In a slum district, and occupying a
portant public posts-such as that of mayor
of Poplar member of the London county
council. member of parliament and other
positions, from which, had he used his in
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COMEDY AND TRAGEDY
IN THE MAIL BOXES

an over indulgence in family disturber, to
drop such things in the boxes. Must be
one or the other
Funny thing though, I never heard Of
a collector finding, or turning in, flask
of booze. Pears like a fellow never gets
too full to drop his bottle in. No, Sir, he
holds on to that. OF course some people
put things in boxes to play jokes on u.s.
One of our big lusty carriers. had the wits
scared out of him one night when he
reached in a box and pulled out about six
yards of sausage. He thought it was a
snake and he yelled like a Sioux Indian.
Since that night Gene strikes a match and
examines the box before he runs his hand
in.
I'VE are always ready for surprises when
we open a box; we never know what We
are going to find besides mail matter. Our
largest finds are the Sunday morning
collections, for then it is we get the fruits
of the Saturday night jamborees. We turn
everything in at the office and a complete
record is kept-the time taken from the
box, location of box, name of collector,
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the collectors by the installation of the
paper or second-class boxes Strange as il
may appear great many people labor
under the impression that these large tin
receptacles are for the storing OF waste
paper and trash and plumber of every con-
ceivable character. Frequently a collector
has to have regular house cleaning be-
fore he can get the mail matter picked
from the rubbish, and as there is a strin-
gent law against throwing waste paper and
trash on the streets the collector is COM
PEELED to cart the stuff off stick it back
in the box until a more convenient time. If
it is a collector with a wagon he dumps
the stuff in and throws ii out when he
reaches the outskirts of the city when
he gets back to the office. Children ap-
pear to take a special delight in keeping
the boxes well filled with paper boxes,
books and such like. Truant school chill
dren find the boxes a convenient place TO
place their books, and thieves, fearing ar
rest, have been known to deposit stolen
articles in the mail boxes.
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To Master English Study the Bible

C
From the New York World.
Prof. William Lyon Phelps who occupies
chair in English at Yale, suggested that
the entrance examination in English for
colleges should be simply from the Bible
He says:
IF all the undergraduates in America
should be placed in one room a-d tested by
common examination on the supposedly
familiar stories of the Old Testament-I
mean on such instances as Adam, Eve and
the Garden of Eden, Noah, Samson, David
and Goliath, Moses and Pharaoh-the re-
suits would be a magnificent contribution
to American humor.
After citing amusing instance of igno-
rance on the part of ''one fine young speci-
men of American manhood who thought it
was Adam, not Cain, who killed his
brother, Prof. Phelps says:
THE Bible has within its pages every
single kind of literature that any proposed
list of English classics contains"
Ignorance of the English language on
the part of the average student is one of
the serious problems in American colleges.
and the suggestion of Prof. Phelps, despite
its sweeping character, has much to COM
mend 1t. Most of the great orators of Eng
land and America used the Bible the
basis of their style. Brougham, Macaulay,
Webster and Garfield knew the Bible bet
ter than most ministers. Lncons literary
style was formed largely by study of the
King James version. When Macaulay, who
began his literary career by learning TO
read at three years of age, wished to &C
quire new language-and he learned
most of the principal modern languages
he bought the Bible in that language and
his familiarity with II made his study easy.
s-muel Taylor Coleridge, the poet said:
Study of the Bible will keep any man
from being vulgar in point of style" Kos
suth the great Hungarian patriot, who cleo
trified American audiences by his eloquence.
was asked how he had acquired such a
mastery of the English language and re-
piled that IL the result of studying the
Bible.
One swallow does not make a summer
and one book is neither a library nor an
education. AS a beginning In the study
of the English tongue. however, the sug-
gestion of Prof. Phelps is worthy of care
full considera ton.
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community. Instead of man getting up In
the morning and going from workshop to
workshop to earn a possible fifty cents a
day, he found 1t more profitable to invent
hard luck tale and go and see Crooks.
If he did not get actual cash, Crooks
always gave the supposedly needy one an
order on some firm of clothiers, bootmak-
ers or grocers, and SO the Poplar pauper
began to cease work; that is, hard, COM
mon day-labor, and only spent his time in
mental occupation-devisng new stories for
Crooks.
The most notable instance of this kind
was the Poplar woman who wrought her
self up to SO high pitch of hysterical
poverty that she went with deputation
to Balfour, when he was prime minister,
accompanied by Mrs. Crooks. This woman
said that her husband had had no work
for months; that they were in a starving
condition; and announced that if they did
not get something to do, they would soon
be eating their own children. On investi-
cation it turned out that her husband was
regularly employed, earning excellent
wages for London-over $40 a week-and
the whole tale proved an unmitgated
fabrication. Yet, Crooks, and other people
in Poplar believed her; and gave her gro
ceries, coal and other things, paid for by
self-respecting people who contributed to
their "rates"-or local taxes-regularly.
Once the idea of getting help from Crooks
dawned on the Poplar community, every
one seemed to have combined to try their
luck. Those not willing to go into the
pense of the community, applied for out
door" relief, and no one with any sort or
a plausible excuse was turned away. Even
the personal directors Of the workhouse
went in for untold Injuries; and the amount
of waste and extravaganza INDUCED 1t was
simply unheard of.
Finding things going from bad to worse,
the rate-payers-the people taxed again
and again for all this outdoor and indoor
charitable relief. began to rebel. Some of
them called for an investigation. They ap-
pealed to the president of the local govern
ment board: and their appeals became so
insistent that finally John Burns could
no longer ignore them. The president of
the local government board has general
supervision of all charitable institutions.
and he had to take cognizance Of the facts.
X
Burns has been, up to this time, life
long friend of Will Crooks, and he felt dis
tressed to think that such things were
going on in Poplar. It Is said that he
warned Crooks on several occasions to get
all his affairs Strengthened out; that COM
paints were being lodged; and that 1t would
be well for Crooks to begin the investiga-
ton himself.
So implicitly did Crooks trust those who
were hoodwinking him on every hand that
president of the local government board to
discover anything wrong, and he demanded
thorough investigation. Finally he got
it. Burns sent down to Poplar his most
trusted inspector. The state of things he
all over England. Oficiais in the work
house were living at high rate at the
public expense. They were hiring carriages
ad lib, giving dinners, drinking at the pub
lie cost, and having high old time gener-
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fuence, he could soon have made himself
a rich man, he remains today one of the
poor men of his neighborhood.
X X
When the writer called on Crooks re-
Gently at his little three dollar-a-week cot
tage in Cough street he found the labor
NJ. p. engaged in opening numerous let
tiers, many of which inclosed checks and
postal orders for considerable sums of
money, sent for him to distribute as charit-
able donations. All of these letters gave
Crooks a free hand do what he liked
with the money and yet in each case, no
one who knows Crooks would doubt for
moment that every penny of this money is
spent on the poor.
But, politically, Crooks has been accused
of a far greater crime than appropriating
public or private funds. He is, in fact, &C
cused of being the cause of one of the
lug pauperized.
Everyone who went to Crooks for help,
1t is asserted, was aided whether he de-
served it or not. A plausible hard luck"
story, with snowflake effects, low violin
music and wife with the usual thirteen
children in the garnet, always softened
CROOKS to such an extent that every pro-
fessional CRATER in his district found him
an easy mark Having immense sums
at his disposal. and heart bigger than his
financial resources, Crooks could not find it
possible to say no.
Living amid scenes of desperate and gen.
uine poverty, he became blind to the poor
of the imposture type; and his humble
home as well as the workhouse which he
conducted, became the resort of those who
imposed on his good nature. There was
no inducement to work with such a soft
snap as Crooks in the neighborhood, and,
consequently the poor of Poplar lost their
self-respect, and instead of refraining from
applying for charity. everybody came up
regularly for share in the good things
which the Poplar board of guardians were
handing out with lavish generosity from
day to day.
Crooks has been found guilty, in a word,
of being pauperiZer. Strange to remark,
the labor member has not had an Interior
design even in this political crime. 1t has
not been done for the sake of augmenting
the Crooks influence. He has not given to
those whom he expected to influence when
voting day came around. Had he done
this he would have come under what is
called in England the corrupt practices act,
and would doubtless have been landed In
jail for such conduct
To sum the whole situation up in phrase,
Crooks has been had on gigantic scale
The entire Poplar populace have conspired
as 1t were, to play on Crooks feelings. AS
someone said: Crooks has been Koper-
nicked"-hoaxed to a degree quite on a par
with that of the mayor of the famous Ger
man town.
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StUI anu 10 03cffs1ff15 o1 e111o
tragedy.
Each day the varied assortment in Uncle
Sans museum is being added to. The
range of variety is unlimited, and there
seems to be nothing short of objects too
bulky to be put into small box that does
not find its way there Only last Sunday
collector in the northeast section halted
his horse and wagon at one of the street
boxes and opening the second-class box his
hand came in contact with a package
containing pound of butter. He smiled
and remarked to Star writer that such
finds were not infrequent.
"This is nothing" said the collector, "for
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sometimes we get Sunday dinners, raw
and in bulk, out of these large boxes. And
laundry! Sakes alive. 1t is nothing to fish
out collars and cuffs. How do they get
here? There is no explanation that know
of, save absent mindedness and inebriety.
Stands to reason that man must be on
mentally or on the blink mentally from
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Strange to say, peor:e who imposed again
and again on the good nature and gener-
osity of Will Crooks began, in time. to be-
lieve in their own impositions. The Poplar
poor told Crooks so many fables. they wept
and acted so perfectly, that after a while
Poplar's poor began to believe themselves to
be very much down-trodden section of the
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UEER things and articles of
every imaginable character are
found by the collectors in the
mail boxes. The list reads like
a catalogue of department
n there is blending of comedy and