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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07
MUST PAY BOND PREMIUM

\ : Price for Drainage Issue.
Special to The Journal.
Webster City, Iowa, JAM. 6.-In7 a con-
test before the board of supervisors, last
ing two days, the Mcdonald Mccoy Bond
company Of Chicago, thru its local rep
r~esentative, v. c. Crosley, was forced to-
day to pay d premium of $4e5 as the
purchase price Of s110,0 900 worth of 5k
per cent drainage bonds.
It is believed here that this price is the
highest ever paid in the state for similar
bonds. They run fifteen years and are
payable after the fifth year at the rate
of one-tenth per year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07
His Apparent Ignorance.

or SO when it was paid."~
edo you know whether the Stand
ard Oil company Of Indiana refnes oil
as well as sells oil?'
"I know it from hearsay.'
Mr.. Rogers caused a laugh by add
ing: "The attorney general looks so
s%milingly happy that I cannot help
talking to him.
"Adventure'' in Kansas.
els it not a fact that on this trip
you stopped at Neodosha, Kansas, to
examine a refinery that was owned by
your company9o T.
81 don't recall the adventure" s
"Did you not at some point in Kan
sas examine a refinery that was owned
by your. ~company?'
ri decline to answer on advice Of
counsel"
Objection was made by counsel on
the ground that the property is out
side the state of Missouri.
CT assume you have no other reason
thanethe advice Of counsel in refusing
to answer so simple a question?'
ct don't know Of any"
why did you not favor the state of
Missouri with a visit for the purpose
of examining the refneries there?''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07
RRowhLow RENoMiNATED.

Jonesboro, Tenn, jan. 6.-Congressman
". P. Borwnlow was today n~ominated> for
reelection by the first district republi-
cans He had no opposition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
THE cHTLpREN,s wAGTs.

Each of our children (the older seven, the younger five) is allowed one cent day, paid daily. For this sum certain services are required, the main one in our family being to run errands cheer fully, the other tasks being varied for one wishes to do away with the idea 'so much for so much and make it a pleasant giving on both sides. Extra pay is often given for special services, but not always-an important point with the understanding that such extra pennies always go into the child's bank, while the regular allowance is theirs to spend or save, as they see fit, and is generally spent sometimes wise- ly, oftentimes foolishly, but with many a useful lesson taught by experience. The parent must not be arbitrary. The child's will seems utterly foolish sorne- times to older eyes, though perhaps to the All-seeing Eye the difference be- tween old and young may not be so great. One mother of whom I now gives an allowance of 10 cents aweek, and then imposes fines for duties neg lected. To me this does not seem wise. The little ones cannot on their money so much that the disappointment Is too hard a punishment for mere for getfulness. We mothers know our- selves what an upset 1t is to our plans when for some unforeseen reason the weekly sum is not forthcoming in full. Tha Iittla snvnn-vaaY-O1d If Our fannilIy is certainly learning to count the cost before parting with her money and also to keep down lesser longings in order to save toward some larger purpose, good training for future years. She is learning true economy, too, which IS that the best is often the cheapest in the end-Good Housekeeping.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
TOE sEwBD ON FOOT.
Hartford Boy Says It VIII Now Be
 More Secure than before.

Hartford Boy Says It VIII Now Be
 More Secure than before.
 Hartford, Sept 11,-Raymond Hogan is probably the only boy in Hartford who can boast of having one of his toes cut off, and then have it sewed on again, much after the fashion that a little girl would sew the foot back to the rag doll which had been mutilated. But that is the situation with Ray mond.
 This boy was playing on a pile of lumber in the lot next to the new pa- rochial school at Ward and Broad Streets, and in the course of his games tried to jump to the ground. He was barefooted and one of his toes caught under a board, and as he jumped, the toe was almost entirely severed from the foot. He was carried to his home and Dr. Kilbourn called.
 Although the toe was hanging by bnly a few shreds of skin, 1t did not take the doctor long to have the es- tranged member back among it's fel- lows, more secure than ever before. Raymond said that he did not believe that 1t was put on right before, any, way.
 Aside from being lame for few days he will be none the worse for his ev- perience.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

ming 'Rerum novarum." It is, of corse, by Pope Leo's owun desire that his ashes will rest in the great church which he did so much to restore and beautify.
 It is not yet decided whether the cer- emony of translation, which will neces- sitate a procession through the city shall take place by night or by day The removal of the body of Plus TX. from St. Peters to San Lorenzo, car ried out at night, was the occasion of an unseemly demonstration, for which reason the final funeral of his success sor may possibly be performed during the daytime with military escort for the procession. On more than one occa- sion the Vatican authorities have re- qquested the government to furnish Italian troops to keep order in St. Pe- ter's, as on the occasion of the lying in-state of Leo xIII--Rome Corres- pondence of the London Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
ELECTRIC ROADS DOWN SOUTH.
If the New York Central Scheme Sue
 ceed., What May Follow?

If the New York Central Scheme Sue
 ceed:, What May Follow?
 It is not unlikely that the next inn- portant step in the adoption of elec- triclty Oh railroads now operated by steam will be seen in the south, per haps between Baltimore and Washing ton. Between these two cities the Ball. timore and Ohio railroad operates about sixty passenger trains daily, and the Pennsylvania railroad operates Ieven more than that number. The To- cal traffic on both of these roads is very heavy, and the promoters of a high-speed electric railway, which is now being built to connect the two cities, evidently believe that the busi- ness can be greatly increased through the Inducements of cleanliness and convenience which are presented by electric cars running over the surface |of the streets into the heart of both cities, where passengers may board them just as they would for a ride about town,
 1t Is not unlikely that one or the oth- CT of the steam roads (probably the Baltimore and Ohio, because it already has limited electrical equipment and lis otherwise advantageously situated for the adoption of electric motive .power) will install within a few years an electric service between Baltimore and the national capital At present however no such move has been hint ed, although the determination to con- vert the Baltimore and Annapolis Short line railroad twenty-seven miles long, from a steam, to an electric line has been approved by the stockholders of the company
 With reference to the Baltimore and Ohio, it must be noted that it is in a particularly favorable position to com pete with electric trains against any other service. Its Belt Line tunne, runs through Baltimore. traversing the heart of the shopping district and if
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
CIVIL ENGINEER APPOINTED.
Norman E. olds of West Hartford
 Succeeds Frank Hoyt.


 Highway Commissioner James H, Macdonald has appointed Norman F. Olds of West Hartford civil engineer of the department, to take the place made vacant by the resignation of Frank Hoyt. MT. OIds has already entered on his duties,
 Mir. Olds is 25 years old, and was born in Fort Wayne, Ind. His ances- tors went originally from Connecticut to the west, and 100 years ago they were living in this state. MT. Olds is a graduate of Harvard university, where he took a special course in civil engineering to fit himself for his profession. He has been employed in the construction of railroads in Michi- gan. For some time past he has been in the employ of A. B. Alderson of West Hartford.
 MT. Olds has been working for the highway department for slime days, and Highway Commissioner MacDon- aid isentirely satisfied with his work MT. Hoyt, MT. Olds predecessor, re- ceived a salary of $1,400 a year. The salary is fixed by the highway com missioner
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
THE STORY OF CERTIFIED MILK

THE STORY OF CERTIFIED MILK
 The word certified" as applied to milk carries more with it than the average housekeeper and consumer realizes, particularly in the neighbor- hood of large cities and towns where the consumption of milk is large, and many companies are competing for trade. The word has been misapplied to a low grade of milk by some un- scrupulous dealers, but local boards of health have succeeded in stamping out this fraud whenever it has been dis. covered, and severe penalties have made it dangerous for any dealers to tamper with the term certified"
 The expression was originated by Dr, Colt, of Newark, N. J., in 1893 when the first active steps were taken to improve an otherwise unclean source of milk supply. Dr. Colt is A specialist in children's diseases, and for several years he tried to get the Legis- lature of the State of New Jersey and the local health boards to pass or- dinances compelling a change in the milk supply of Newark, so that clean milk for infant feding might be avail able Failing in this, he formed n small commission, composed of himself and several other physicians of New ark and neighborlng towns. They agreed to supervise the production of milk at one dairy and give a certificate of excellence to the dairyman produc- ing milk of a safe standard
 In 1893 they chose dairynan named Francisco, near Caldwell and showed him how to use the sanitary methods which he readily realized would heno fit his busness. The expert for Inc commission examined the dairy ana +bo cattle at least once a month regularlv and sometimes oftener and gave Int dairyman signed certificate of av- cellence and sent copies to the nbvsi clans in the towns where the milk wac delivered. Naturally a physicians ro- commendation would be taken bv patient or family in which there wac sickness with the result thtat Fran cisco's business and methods improved Good Housekeeping.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
A HoPEr LESS SITUATION.

Frank Gilmore, the actor, tells the following story about his aunt, Miss Sarah Thorne, who was leading woman at the Theater Royal, Dublin, many years ago.
 Miss Thorne was given a part in The Masked Prince, the second piece of the evening" said MT. Gilmore "Glancing through her part hastily at breakfast, she noticed that there was ono scene in which she had so little to say that 1t could be learned just before going on She decided to skip that scene and get to the longer passages.
 When night came, and my aunt made CT appearance, she did very well in the first scene. In the second scene occurred the passage she had skipped In the morning She rursed to the cor ner in which she left her books but 1t was not there. Finally, the stage manager, receiving no response to his repeated calls, sought her out and pushed her on the stage. There she was, before large audience, without the slightest idea of what she was sup posed to do or say. The scene was a court room. At a high desk sat the presiding judge, letter-perfect in his part, because he had it ready to read from the papers in front of him. A trial was taking place, and Miss Thorne, to her horror, discovered that she was to be the principal witness, on whose answers hung the entire plot of the play. The judge adjusted his spectacles, looked at his part, and said in solemn tones, The witness will now state what she saw the prisoner do on this particular night
 What was she to answer? She glanced around. helplessly. She hadn't the faintest idea what she had seen the prisoner do on that particular night The critical moment had arrived; some one must speak, but she couldn't Her eye lighted on one of the characters in the play who looked particularly relia- ble. He looked like person who could get one out of any sort of difficulty; so, pointing at him, she exclaimed in i.n pressive tones, Ask that mani
 1.-The entire cast seemed disconcerted by this remark. They did not know precisely what ought to be said, but in- stinct told them something was wrong The judge, thinking he might have made some mistake, turned over cou- pie of pages of manuscript and, hav- ing convinced himself on this point, again addressed the witness. My aunt glanced at the uncomfortable gentle man, and, no other idea coming to her. again exclaimed, Ask that mani! This concentration of public attention was too much for him, and he sneaked off the stage with a feeble Excuse me- o course the situation was a hopeless one, and the curtain had to be rung' down. .'-Success Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
POPE ItEOts TOMB.

The remains of Pope Leo XIII, will be removed during the coming autumn from their temporary place near the choir chapel in St. Peters to the basli- ca of St. John Lateran. where they will be enclosed in the marble monu- ment now almost ready to be placed in position in the transept to the right of the altar. Pope Leo's tomb will be very near the memorial to be raised to the memory of Innocent III.
 The work, which has been executed hy Signor Tadolini after designs ap- proved by Leo XIII. himself, has for it's main features a statue of the Pom tiff in the act of benediction and two allegorioal figures representing Reli- zion and Labor, in allusion to the sub jeets treated in the most celebrated of the L.eonine eneyelieals, the one begin
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

the spelling and the grammar and is- should be taught and used officially, This has made a lot of trouble for unfortunate school teachers and has muddled poor little children, but we have not noticed that the French of newspapers and books has changed.
 Our own delightful English offers & fruitful field for the reformer. There was pr. Noah Webster with his numer- ous suggestions some of them sensible and some of them not It is nearly 80 years since his dictionary appeared, and yet not even the simplest of his Improvements, like center for cen. tre and theater, has been accepted generally. Thirty years ago the great est American philologists, including Francis A. March, Francis James Child, and William D. Whitney spoke out for reformed spelling and agreed to enforce it, and English scholars like Dr, w. w. Skeat joined in the crusade. Have they succeeded in forcing a single slmplifled form ito common use?
 Ol Ll1O OuV WOl Qo llAelL 4tlls NI6iI IuC6ld has taken under his wing good many were adopted in America long before the reformers arose. It is rather late in the day to warn any one but an Anglophobe not to write labour or can- dour, though we fancy enough people still read their Bibles to make anything but Saviour look strange. There are plenty of words in it of such restricted use that nobody cares much how they are spelled, and it is long time since a final e appeared on dactyl or deposit. Here i'll New York we distinguish be- tween controller and the Comptroller.
 The effective power of President Roosevelt's ukase will have to be meas- ured from a much more limited num- Der of words. Will frequent perusaI of his messages lead to the adoption of adz. carest, decalog, crusht, gazel, kist, whipt, tho, thru, cust and damd? If 1t does he may boast that he Is greater than Claudius and the philologists.--- From the New York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

would be comparatively easy for the company to establish a station for electric trains at point where shop pers and other travellers could take the cars just as conveniently as the pas sengers on the New York subway board the trains there. Indeed, when the Belt Line tunnel was constructed, 1t was proposed or suggested that station should be built in the shopping district, and at a point farther down town work was actually begun upon a tunnel terminal, although 1t was never built, the company deciding to continue the use of Camden station as a pas- .senger as well as a freight depot.
 While this article is not intended to be prophetic regarding the next prob able large installation of electric equip ment by steam road, it does point out a situation for the relief of which it is not unlikely that electric engines may be adopted. This seems to be all the more probable because the two roads named are building at Washington what will be the handsomest passenger oldllOu AIllGIlCett olSAl C" pAAN eAS DGlllS the capital of great country, and there will doubtless arise a demand that every means be adopted to pre- serve it in as clean and attractive a condition as possible. This would sug- gest the use of electric locomotives as a means to that end.
 SSome railroad men are inclined to believe that we are upon the eve of a great revolution of railroad motive power They think that the step which is about to be taken by the New York Central railroad is but the beginning of plan to operate the entire line with electric engines. If success be the re- ward of the change on the line from New York to Croton. with economy equal to that afforded by steam, there will no doubt come from other rail- road companies demands for electric operation in such volume that the builders of electric locomotives and electric machinery will be taxed to their utmost for an indefinite number of years to supply them.-Manufactu CTS Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
A MONSTER TELEPHONE POLE.

A MONSTER TELEPHONE POLE.
 For fifteen years the Pacific States Telephone Company has supported it's wires across the Chehalis River in Washington on 90 foot poles on each bank. One structure is on a bluff which rises 125 feet above the water about mile east of Aberdeen. Last fall the necessity for supporting the wires at a sufficient height to enable the largest ocean ships which freely go up and down the river to pass beneath without striking their masts led to the erection of a remarkably tall pole. This surpasses in height the former stick by thirty-six feet, making the to- tai height 126 feet. The new pole is IS inches in diameter at the butt and 8 inches at the top. It was made from a fir tree, which was cut on the bank of the river twelve miles east of where the pole now stands and it was lowed down in the water by a tugboat and mounted opposite where it is now placed.
 As its weight is about 6,000 pounds, after 1t had been brought to the proper point on the shore by the tugboat it's subsequent handling was no slight affair. It was taken from the water and raised with a ten horsepower hoisting engine, six men being required to handle it. For making attachments to the pole and moving it a five-elghth irch steel cable was employed, run through ten inch steel blocks. The pole was set twelve feet in the ground and guyed with four one-sixteenth inch steel stranded wires at the top, and also guyed about forty feet from the top with four five-sixteeth inch strand ed wires. The guys are fastened to dead men set in the ground to a depth of eight feet. These dead men are of cedar, SxS inches in section and 2 feet long.
 The steps on the new pole are %x1O inch galvanized steps of the usual type. Ample support for the wires is fur nished by cross arms of the ordinary style, 4x4 inches in section, and 10 feet long. These are fastened with one five eighth inch machine bolt through the centre of the pole, one five-eighth inch bolt through the double arms eight inches from the pole either side and one five-elghth inch double arm bolt on each end of the double arms. The span between the poles on the opposite sides of the river Is 900 feet.-From the American Telephone Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
THE POSTAL SAVINGS IDEA.
Points in Favor of and Others Aginst
 the New Chicago Movement.

Points in Favor of and Others Aginst the New Chicago Movement. A Chicago movement for the adop- tion of a, postal savings bank has tstarted. The father of it, former congressman, is backed by the local Turner organization, which, 1t Is an nounced will, with the national con- cern, prosecute a systematic campaign. A petition with a million signatures will be obtained.
 Every candidate for congress throughout the country will be asked to state his attitude and each party Will be urged to adopt a plank in its platform in favor of it. The movement being among Germans has support from memories of European govern mental savings institutions Many of these men in Chicago were uargely losers by the failure of the Milwaukee avenue bank.
 The subject of postal savings bank is not new, But heretofore the coun- try has not taken to it with alacrity, and already there is complaint at the amount of centralization that is piling up. We are running to the Federal government for everything. We are certainly putting on our institutions a strain that is new, and we should be in no hurry to increase it.
 We believe that ordinarily men are not afraid of their government as once they undoubtedly were But if we con- tinue to multiply the functions of the central government we shall have something different from what we have and swe should look carefully at each step in that direction.
 It is to be noted here that this Mil waukee avenue bank, whose wreck was the moving cause of this postal sav- ings idea, was state institution Yet these men who lost by the bank, all men, citizens of Illinois, who had the control of this bank under local order ing, did so little with their power as to permit themselves to be robbed com pletely. If they cannot protect their own at short range, why should they think it easier when thrown into the vortex of national politics?
 But there is another question. What is the government to do with the mill lions that a savings bank would put into Its keeping? The government has no money except such as it raises by taxes, It is simply an agent or func- tion It has a small national debt Comparatively and our policy has been to pay it. But wherewlthal shall the interest on deposits be paid and what shall the government do with the principal? We have not entered on the policy of permanent national debt.
 Such are a few of the many things involved in the postal savings bank idea. It is thing to be thought of very carefully and long. There are en- terprises like railroads which one sees must be in way under national con- trol. But If the savings of a conmuni- ty are not local and the people are not able to protect them among them selves; if they can no longer trust their friends and neighbors, we are then facing a condition somewhat new, and one that needs careful appraise- ment.-Indlanapolis News.