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ana hamper the e3ecation 81. tiss xrea ae:
est work OF the kind ever attempted. and
a 1 seeking to bring TO i,aught the ef-
credit ef America one Of the kiant feats
OF the ages: The outrageous accusations
of these slanderers constitute gross
libel upon g body Of public servants
ability. high character and devotion to
duty, have never been excelled any
where. There is not q man among those
directing the work on the isthmus who
basis than merit alone, and not one who
has used his position in any way for
his own personal, .,r pecuniary advantage.
After most careful consideration we
have decided to let out most OF the work
factory term. with the contraetors. She The
whole work Is of q
Plan to Build by sind suited to the PEE
en.s...< culiar genius OF our
S0ntVaet. people; and our peo-
u. Die have developed
the type Of contractor best fitted to Crap
pie with 1t. 1t Is of course much better
70 do the work in large part by contract
vided it is possible on the one hand to
secure to the contractor sufficient re-
Enumeration to make 1t worth while for
responsible contractors of the best kind
the other hand it can be dcne on terms
which will not give an excessive profit to
the contractor at the expense Of the gov
eminent After much Consideration tile
81 y Ths the psn n
its essential features was drafted, after
careful and thorough study and consld-
GRAFTON. by the, chief engineer. Mr.. Ste
b ME-. Hill. the president Of the Great
t.nce of this very type OF contract.
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t TIVE lyon charges Of dynamite. On the
now as ~. wide az It will be: all told, the
s sunk ABOUT 2oo s feet below what It osE!
l3o feet farther. Throughout the cut the
are going on with constantly increasing
energy, the huge shovels being pressed
up. as II they were mountain howitzers,
where they eat their way into the hill
sides.
1t, is not only natural, but inevitable,
has been undertaken on the isthmus
Critics and species Of. hostility
Doubling ana criticism: The
Thomases. new and On trv;n 81
and the work 50
Xas oa that it TS Sat be out
diaicuities viii arise arts o'e From time set to
time seemingly well settled plans will
men are engaged on the task. After a
while the number will be doubled. In
such multitude it is inevitable thar
drel. Very many of the poorer class Of
laborers lack the mental development TO
protect themselves against either the
and it is not possible for human wisdom
to devise plan by which they can in
variably be protected. In place which
has been for ages byword for unhea]th
fulness, and with SO large cong:es /
ton of strangers suddenly put down ana
set to hard work there will now and then
be outbreaks Of disease. There will
now and then be shortcomings in admin
istration; there will be unlooked-for acct
dents to delay the excavation of the cut
or the building of the dams and locks.
I have investigated every complaint
brought to me for which there seemed
Il. be any shadow of foundation. In
two or three cases, all of which haze
indicated in the course Of this message,
[ came TO the conclusion that there was
foundation for the complaint. and that
the methods of the commission in the
respect complained Of could be bettered.
III the other instances the complaints
proved absolutely baseless, save in two,
or three instances wnere they referred
to mistakes which the commission had
already found out and corrected.
So much for honest criticism. There
remains an immense amount of as reck-
less SANDER as has ever been published.
Where the slanderers are of foreign
origin ! have no concern with them.
s,anderer. and Americans feel
LibeIers. est contempt and
indignation; because,
In a spirit Of wanton dishonesty and
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IN! \! u ]! I Cut.

cu,.sr. 81. AK s S. s s':!ss So
machinery, which often aS stand little Wy
lent constrnction look d * Ike ike the vsrisst
toys when compared with these. new
Ing cars seem IKE toy cars when CONS
pared With the long trains Of huge cars.
dumped BY. steam plowe, which are now
IN use. This represents the enormous adj
during the past quarter Of q century.
No doubt q quarter Of century hence
20 proud, will simil sriy seem out Of date.
- Ths ody FrenehS cas rs heS e
entirely discarded. z 3 &. I.
~ soon as the. type Of canal was de-
The rainy season viii shortly be over and
New Records for out: but even our.
.ASsvSt'on. months. In the rainy
gust 2SSc cubic "a! YARDS; IL septem6 Ha
01.o0O cubic yards. and in October. 30, 900
cubic cubic yards: IN October new records
sss 1 @s the tSr Ss e
haul Of Individual locomotives. I hope to
see the growth Of g healthy spirit OF
emulation between the different shovel,
has on our Sas III. sh dps bet s
the different gun crews in matters Of
marksmanship. Passing. through the cut
the amount OF new work can be seen at
a hill had been taken ' out recently fe by Ss
.tWenty-seyen, tons Of, dynamite, which
were exploded at one blast. At another
place ! was given a presidential salute Of
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A .seven-headed commission Is Of course
q clumsy executive instrument. We
should have but one commissioner. with
such heads Of departments and other Of
flcers under him as we may find neces-
sary. We should be expressly permitted
oenplov the best engineers in the coun-
try as consulting engineers.
showing substantially what the canal viii
be like when it is finished. When the
Cuiebra cut has been made and the dams
built df they are built as at present pro-
cif1c and Atlantic ends of the canal two
great fresh-water lakes, connected by. u
broad channel running at the bottom Of q
ern hemisphere. Those best Informed be-
lieve that the work will be completed in
about eight years; but it is never safe
to prOphesy about such a work as this,
especially in the tropics.
well convinced as one can be of any en-
terprtsc that is human. It is stu
pendous work upon which our fellow
Confident Of gagged down there on
ultimate success. while we should hold
them to a strict ac-
perform it. we should yet recognize. with
frank generosity, the epic nature Of the
task task, on 1,y which they are engaged and its
WOFlu-Wlde importance. They are doing
something which will rebound immeas-
urably to the credit of America, which
will benefit all the world, and which will
last for ages to come. Under Mr.. Shonts
and Mr.. Stevens and DIR. Gorgas this
work has started with every omen Of
good fortune. They and their worthy as
sociates, from the highest to the low
est. are entitled to the same credit that
we would give to the picked men of a
victorious army: for this conquest of
peace will. in its great and far-reaching
effect. stand as among the very greatest
conauests. whether of peace or Of war;
which have ever been won by any of the
peoples of mankind. A badge is to be
given to every American citizen who for
a specified time has taken part in this
work; for participation in it will here
after be held to reflect honor upon the
man participating just as it reflects
a mighty army in a great war for
Righteousness. Our fellow-countrymen on
the isthmus are working for our interest
and for the national renown in the same
spirit and with the same. efficiency that
the men of the army and navy work in
time of war. 1t behooves us in our turn
to do all we can to hold up their hands
and to aid them in every way to bring
their great work to a triumphant conclu-
sion. Theodore Roosevelt.
The White House. Dec. Ii. 1906.
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Presidents Message to Congress Predicts Com
plete Success Of the Scheme.
Denounces Unpatriotic Slanderers and Praises
Work Of Diggers.

Washington, Dec. 17.-President Roose-
Welt sent three messages to congress to-
day, dealing respectively with the Pana-
ma canal, the public land laws and the
personnel Of the navy. n ,. y
y On the Land Laws.
In his message on the public lands the
president urges the repeal Of the timber
and stone act. demands the radical
amendment of the desert land act: urges
the repeal Of the Communication clause Of
the homestead act, all of which he de-
clares now serve to turn great tracts of
land over to spectators and corporations.
To prevent the fraudulent acquisition of
the public lands, the president says he
has directed the secretary Of the interior
to allow no patent to be issued to public
lands under any law until, by an exami-
ration on }the ground, actual compliance
with that law has been found to exist.
For this purpose an increase of special
agents in the general land Office is
III gently required. The president believes
that there should be provision for leasing
coal, oil and gas rights under proper re-
strictions.
Transfers Of the national parks from
the charge of the secretary of the interior
to the secretary of agriculture is recon-
mended. 5a
The power to create national forests by
proclamation should be extended to In
dian lands, the Indians to l,e paid the
full value of land thus taken:
Navy Personnel Bill.
The president earnestly recommends
early consideration of the naval person
mel BILL saying that should 1t be enacted
into law, it will cause officers on the sea-
going list to reach the grade of captain
at forty-eight and rear admirals at fifty
five, and will assure their serving seven
years in the grade of captain and seven
years in the grade of rear admiral. thus
enabling them to become thoroughly skill
full and efficient in these grades. The bill
also establishes the grade of vice admiral.
On occasions of official Importance, of
international council, or of combined
naval action, the interests of this great
nation demand that our naval representa-
tives shall rank as the equal of the naval
representatives of other powers.
The president says that If the proposed
nlan of promotion is carried out it will,
as compared with existing laws, make a
saving Of more than $5,OOO,OOO during the
next seven years.
The principal part of this saving is
made by stopping the voluntary retire.
lnent Of young lieutenant commanders
with the rank and pay of commanders
upon the retired list.
The president is firmly of the opinion
that unless the present condition of the
higher commissioned personnel is recti-
fled by judicious legislation the future of
the navy will be gravely compromised.
The Panama Canal.
In the month of November I visited
the Isthmus of Panama, going over the
canal zone with considerable care; and
also visited the cities of Panama and
Colon, which are not in the zone or under
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tain will probably show less seepage.
that is. will have greater restraining
fa|Rn than nth the
locks at this dam-aa at the other dams
Is now being determined. In April next
Secretary Taft. with three of the ablest
stearns. and Ripley-will visit the 18th.
mus, and the three engineers will make
the Anal and conclusive examinations as
while the work is going ahead without
break.
THE Culebra cut does not offer such
occur from occasional land slips will not
represent what may De called major dis
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asters The work will merely call for
intelligence. perseverance and executive
which most labor will have to be spent
The dams will be composed of the earth
taken Gut of the, cut and very possibly,
take EVEN lomser than the cutting vim in
Culebra itself. M "
The main work is now being done in
tne to see the hugs sseam
in full play, the dumping trains carrying
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the Culebra cut. The
Culebra cut must be
made. anyhow; but
Work Of
Construction.

Construction. made, anyhow; but
q 5i3 s i OF course changes "a,
to the dams. or at least az to the locks
adjacent to the dams, may still occur.
problem. the bottom material being 80
good that there Is practical certainty.
not merely as to what can be, achieved,
put as to the time Of achievement. The
lem which we have to solve; and yet the
ablest men on the isthmus believe that
this problem is certain Of solution along
It necessitates great toll. energy, and
intelligence. and although equally. Of
course. there will be some little risk in
earth dam now contemplated Is thrown
across from one foothill to the other we
Will have what is practically a low.
rise the inland lake. This artificial noun
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Bowbells has an ice rink,
Williston continues to grow.
Page has roller skating rink.
Park River has coal famine scare.
Trade is good in many of the towns
of the state.
Dickey county farmers are raising
some fine hogs.
The Crosby opera house was sue.
cessfully opened.
Two young men had scrap in the
street at Wolford.
A lot more schools are talking the
consolidation plan.
The Hunter creamery is paying %
cents for butter fat.
More Ignite mines are being open
ed around Williston.
DR.. Boardman Of Cakes has moved
to Southern California.
A farmer near Wolford was caught
on lightning rod deal.
There is crusade against opening
caskets at church funerals.
The roller skating fad seems on the
increase rather than increase.
John Stafford of Hunter had a mar
row escape from asphyxiation.
Browns Farmer continues to do
some good boosting for the state.
The new chemical engine purchased
by Walhalla Is ready for business.
e.
Again the Dickinson people appeal
for a new depot. They certainly need
and deserve it.
William Story was convicted at
Dickinson of assaulting Felix Dilger
with q deadly weapon.
Lidgerwood business men claim
their business has not increased by
the wide open saloons.
Minot has formally accepted its
sewer system from Contractor Ken
needy, and connections are now au-
thorized.
Dave Traverse, the half-breed who
was arrested at Milton last week on
q charge of plugging, has made good
his escape.
Wolford has hero in Jim Griffith,
who has broken into the limeiight
twice by stopping runaways in SEN
satiOnal manner.
Some of the free delivery carriers
will probably earn their money this
winter-if the weather will be as bad
as everybody predicts.
Guy Oxley was badly stabbed or
cut at a dance at Bergen. The affair
is said to have taken place in front of
the livery stable. The deed was per-
petrated by a couple of men living
near Voltaire, and they are quite busy
trying to settle the matter with Mr..
Oxley, who is in the hands of ply
sician.
Joseph R. Dam, who lives west of
Underwood, was seriously injured in
a runaway. He had five ribs broken
and his head badly bruised, besides
other smaller injuries. Mr.. Dam is
seventy-eight years old, and though
active and healthy, his advanced age
makes the result of his injuries uncer-
tain.
1t is announced that the Mellon
Bros, formerly of Bismarck, but now
large bankers of Pittsburg, Pa, have
made arrangements to construct
100000 pipe line for oil from Indian
Territory to Port Arthur, Tex, and in
this they have the support of Secre-
tary Ethen Allen Hitchcock, who re-
CARDS their proposition as "a good
clean one." against the Standard Oil
trust.
The first fatality of the recent storm
is reported from near Jerome post
Office, Ward county, situated about ten
miles northeast from Ryder. It seems
that a young man whose name is not
reported had been to Minot with an
OK team, and on his return Friday
with small load of lumber missed
his home and drove south Of the Tan
gadahl place to the big slough,
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the United States flag, but as to which
the United States government, through
: its agents. exercises control for certain
sanitary purposes.
J. chose the month of November for my
visit partly because 1t is the rainiest
the work goes forward at the greatest
disadvantage, and one of the two months
which the medical department of The
French Canal company found most UNI
healthy. ~ gs4
\ At the outset / wish to pay a tribute
to the amount Of work done by the
cult circumstances. Many Of the build
ings they put UP were excellent and are
still in use. though. naturally. the houses
being Used as dwellings only Iy until n9 other her
houses can be built and much of the
work they did in the Culebra cut. and
sag q Of the they did in dgEn'
vestment than the 100000 which it
paid to the French company for work.
Panama railroad. ,5s9as88s Is
An inspection on the ground at the
height Of the rainy season served to con-
vince me Of the wisdom Of congress in
a sea-ievei canal. There seems to be q
competent to judge that the, Panama
superior to both the Nicaras = il and
Darien routes. .s
Our people found on the isthmus . GER
tain amount ct old French material ana;
iron. Some could be used for furnishing
the 1Sss'ss for n & asyfssa ,Bat
B would not cost more than A. would bring
vTss ss sFs s L sss
The three big problems OF the; canal sares
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the Aladness OF Hamlel. 81
Richard Mansfield, at q dinner party IN
New York, contri blted aq anecdote to
the old question Of the salty of Hamlet.
One morning In the West he said.
~ met q young friend Of mine. ana ask
ed him where hs had bean the niEht b.
fore. q
1 want, my young friend replied, 70
U I. s.sA I'M did you q said n. Now tell me
e. ~ yo1 think HAralst WAs m1d
81 ~ 5cettainly do. 4 sald he. There NaAn,t
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lil c0lt sdoes warrant Iyou Ia
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miles northeast from Ryder. It seems
that a young man whose name is not
reported had been to Minot with an
OK team, and on his return Friday
with small load of lumber missed
his home and drove south of the Tan
gadahl place to the big slough,
where, in his bewilderment, he drove
round and round until some, time Sun
day morning, when one OK lay down
and died. He then discovered shanty
to the south Of the slough where he
built fire and was discovered by a
near neighbor who found him terribl.,
frozen. Ears. hands and feet were
terribly swollen.
Miss Maggie Thorwaldson Of ster-
ling made final proof on her claim at
Bismarck. @. n. Lundquist and Peter
Random were her Witnesses. Miss
ThoFwaldson 10 an example Of the
North Dakota young woman. scores Or
whom are holding down elaine.
Though 8 cripple for life and had "a
b carried In the arms sof strong mers
sshe went through N ordeal hsrolcA-
~ md yindioatsd her right tpS = car
stef section ofs ma land 33S MA
The srluWn-ups an1 ina ~ pu-
~ sat Marion No % lays y Mr.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-02
DEMOCRATIC DUTY

Delegates to the city Democratic con-
Vention. which meets today to nomi-
nate ticket, are fully aware of the
duty they owe to the people of Los An
geles to indorse Lee c. Gates for mayor
and the whole non-partisan ticket
Whether they will meet that duty to
the fullest extent depends in a large
measure upon how much influence the
Southern Pacific machine and the
Southern Pacific bosses can have upon
a Democratic convention.
1t is not possible to elect a city
Democratic ticket. 1t is the best kind
of Democracy, as declared by the coun-
ty Democratic convention, to recognize
the principle of partisanship in
local affairs and to destroy the politi-
cal bosses by giving the people a
chance to conduct their city govern
ment in a wholly businesslike manner.
If the city Democratic convention will
not do this; If it persists in taking the
course pursued by the Republican con-
vention and nominates a straight party
ticket, it must accept uncomplainingly
the consequences of it's own folly.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-02

votes, and in 1900 the figure was 6o42.
It win require a change Of but little
more than 5000 votes from the Republi-
can to the Democratic side, in the eleo-
tion next Tuesday to carry Los Ange-
les county for the Democratic ticket.
II Is because the Republican leaders
have reason to fear greater change
that they are now working as they have
never worked before, and spending
money more lavlshly than ever before.
IN the effort to 'hold the fort" and the
spoils of Office by any margin, how
ever small.
The claims" aforesaid. as made by
the Republican leaders, are plain bun
combe. They would be glad Of an as
surance that the result next Tuesday
will give them as great plurality as
Pardee got in the county four years
ago. And yet Pardee would have been
defeated IL he had not been fraudulent
ly counted In by the process Of throw
ing out a few hundred Democratic
votes.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-02
BOY INJURED BY HORSES
Messenger Run Down at First and
Spring Streets Is Pain
fuIIy Hurt

Allan C. Huntington, 16. a messen-
ger boy for the Globe Woolen COM
pany, who lives at Ill North Bonnie
Brae, was yesterday afternoon run
over by an express wagon belonging
to the Los Angeles Express company
and his left leg was severely bruised
by a kick from one of the horses.
Huntington was riding wheel south
on Broadway down the hill. At First
and Broadway the express wagon
rounded the corner and the boy col
lided with the horses.
One of the animals kicked the lad on
the leg, and both passed over his pros
trate body before they could be halted
by the driver.
DR.. A. ID. Houghton, who was pass
ing at the time the accident occurred,
picked the boy up and carried him to
the receiving hospital, where he was
attended and sent home.