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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
Hou the Business of Great Combination Is Conducted

ing facilities BY using modern inventions
We have steamers on all the large rivers
and we send ships once a year up the
Mackenzie to the Arctic Ocean. taking
a. cargo OF goods from post to post5iand8 II
bringing back furs. We have boats upon
Hudson Bay, and our vessels come from
England to- those posts once a year to-
bring in supplies and take out the furs.
We have now two ships OF y 500 or 900a'
tons each for that purpose. We also
| have telephones and telegranhs in places
away up in the far north.
Flour Mills of the Far NJ rth. NJ
How about your flour mills =
''We have them al several points wherel
no one thought until recently tina wheat
! hundred niles north or Edmonton and SIN
or seven hundred miles north of.Isne$
United states boundary, whicl L, Grind lad
Is raised near the mills. and we can; OF
we can import it. This enables us to give
better terms to the Indians ana II also lsso
Keeps out competition. 8 I5
The Hudson Bay Company and.
Canada.
What has the Hudson Bay Company!
"a great deal. Lord strathcona5 says.
rhat It saved the western part Of the
had It not been for our copmany the
1hlted States would probably have had
possession OF this great northwest. You
| see, our posts were established there
long before your people had any hope OF
! a valuable territory In that dlrectloh. so
that after you had made your Louisiana
| purchase and came northward you found
| lii on the ground. Indeed, tho whole Of
western Canada was long controlled and
governed By the Hudson Bay Company
Hudson Bay Company Lands.
'"rhe company has nov given UP its po-3
Eyes. The Canadian government bought
| out our control OF the northern part or
British America about generation ago.
| We have now n civil institution and not
| a political one"
What did you receive from that trader
The price, paid was 800. 900 pounds. or
tie arabs t lands ISL in What Is now Called
the great farming region Of the Canadian
about 6O,ooo,ooo acres We have. In Short.
about one-twentieth Of the wheat belt
| tered here and there through It., We did
not take the lands in a block. but they
are selected IN every part OF the new
Canada"
"Will your company sell the lands as
''No: We want to soc the country settled.
ON idea Is to sell In small tracts and
make our money out of the increase IN
the value of the land remaining
= Are you selling your lands now"
'Yes. but We are not pushing them. The
company does not want TO speculate, and
we are trying to handle this matter 30 az
to get ~ that Is possible out Of It. We
| tinue to advance our prices as tho mar
ket advances S Fl
! FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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81 y u
skins according to the place sold, the
amount being regulated somewhat by the
cost OF transportation. Goods, for In
stance, cost more in Winnipeg than Mon.
treal, and they must necessarily cost
a great deal more at our far-away posts
where the difficulty of getting them there
Is SO great
Hudson Ba yAgents.
"Where do you hire your traders, Mr.
Chipman?"
'"Tha most OF them are OF Scotch orl-
gin. We bring them over as boys OF sew
enteen, and as O. ruln they expect to
spend their lives with the company. They
learn the Indian language and are grad :
.,laly advanced from post to post we
hnyo civil service rules, and men are SOL
dom discharged except for cause. Some
nre paid good salaries, and In duo time
the employees are retired with pensions.
About Furs.
"what are the chief furs now shipped
from this contnent?"
"1'he staples are the beaver, otter.
mink, fox and muRkrat. There are. OF
course, many other kinds, but these are
the chief
"where do the worlds furs come
from?'
'"They are mostly from the north tenn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
LOST IN SIGHT or HAVEN;
HEARTS BROKEN IN HOME

..Diu Won see them rats leave is when
we 10, out o, I.lnnon? That's n bad sign,
ana us Duvy Jones's locker for the
crew. I'm lhnlsin, WI this OLD TUB be-
meath lis.
mo sailor, as lie spoke. looked up
into the black insiness OF me SKY anu
wet his forefingcr TO feel the direction
OF the wind.
"a drivn' rochester on the port
quarter" he said, "nnd God knows where
we're 1T. It's them rats that botllcrs me.
TI!ey knows Il good slip from bad
'un, ANIL saw 'cm leave the old boat
by lhp dozen. I drcHmt about 'exs 5F>,t
night, an It's been hangin on M .~iind
ali day. Dye mind the time we passed the
spcctrc ship? We've had bad luck. ali
tic yoyugc. and It strikes nc the cnp'n
IS fcclin' low l., the gnff hlmsclf."
Thc two ipsz were h,lddcd in the for-
ward end, IN The weather side. strainins
their eyes to catch sight OF anything
ahead and convcHing systematically. Inc
"Sparrow' had Just wcatliere1 n gale
that had hardly left her q rag 10 sail
under; half her spars were gone, and
the mainmast had been badly strained.
Night had come on the captain bad lost
his bearings and was ut his Wits end
whore to stecr his craft. The mate OF
the bridge was continually sounding. and
80 far they wcrc safe But with the In
creasing fury Of the gale. such u gal"
AS only the North Sen knows. there was
imminent danger OF being driven on the
English coast.
The wind whistlcd through tic shronds.
growing every moment ilnrcer. ana INC
rain had turned into II binding fall OF
snow. The old ship lnborcd heavily al
her tlmbcrs crcaking with the strain,
md the green seas broke over her with
out mercy Captain Ilcrrin tried In yam
Ia put abrn,. but with such small
amount OF sail and with her broken
Fpars. the old boat could only drift with
the wind.
"Mnn dye mind the wife and three
little lads 4 left benin? Ills III that Mol.
can spare me NOW, for she's n frau craft
and them sturdy boys needs a deal O.
care. Ten polin' ten Is all I have, and
what can tho little woman do wl' that?
Should We get back. lad. and inc go down,
ye'll tell her 7 were tllnkin o her and
the boys to the last
The other man nsscnted with dry
choke, for lie knew a bonnie, brown
eyed lass was praying for him then IN
her little cottage by the cliff. The banns
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
.RlC HMOND MAN TELLS
STRANG TALE OF RUSSIA

John Penn. Lithuanian. living at OLD
East Marshall Street, tells a good one on
one OF his friends in Lithuania. Russia.
The Russian, or Lithuanian, peasant as
you please. IS superstitious. and above all,
very ignorant. One Of these peasants, O
'neighbor%of Mr. PENIS before the latter
came to America, at one time gave shelter
from an October blizzard to an old wo-
man, known around the countryside as
witch and sorceress.
During the supper, when the family
was gathered about the big clay orel',
the woman offered to tell the fortunes
OF the entire family. and the offer was
accepted. She started with tho father first.
Her prediction for him was that he
would be delivered Of a calf in the next
January, due to his greed for hot milk
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vas by barter. The beaver was the usual
standard Of value and everything was
rcckoned as worth SO many or SO few
beaver skins. Upon our flag you will see
the words "Pro pele cuten1." This means
skin for skin and 1t means that we are
always willing to give fair value for
what we buy. In the words OF President
Roosevelt it might 10 called the motto
of the square deal Tho trading is still
BIZ barter.
Trading With the Indians.
",rhen the company has not taken ad-
vantage OF tho Indlans?"
.,.'I, think not" replied the commissioner.
3..The Indians look upon the company as
business partner. Good feeling has al
ways obtained and this is the case to-
day, Indeed, our relations with the In
djans have been rather patriarchal, They
look upon the company as their father
and adviser. We have never had an In
dian war, and the greater part of the
skins bought by the company through
out the generations has been caught
Z hy the Indians and sold to It.
"But do the Indians know the value OF
their furs?"
Most asuredly. They are shrewd traders
and are determined to get all that each
skin is worth. We pay more or less for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
British Telegraph Ownership.

Tho British ownership Of telegraph
lines proves rather costly to tho govern
ment, In lS70-'7l, when the goyernment
lines were acquired by the government
in Great Britain, they showed Il yearly
profit Of s1,7iO,O0o. Mr.. Robert \, Porter,
In a letter from london, give the lol-
lowing figures under government owner owner.
ship. showing. that for the year snain ns
published two weeks ago, thu eXpendl-
lures exceeded receipts si,6lo,o9o, IN
addition. the government paid interest 70
tho amount of $l.S5S,5 500 on the DEBT OF
lines we're acquired. The total deficit
was thus s5,96s,5oo for the year, lhs
dehcis under the present manass1ms ,ha
arc largely duo 10. The reduction OF tne
pemcn' or twelve cents, but despite lne
reduced charge the number Of MESSAGES Key
sent since 1908 have gradually fallen OF,
This is largely. II not entirely aue -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
had already been published and ut the
end Of this trip he was to have married

cnu OF tnlS Trip ne was 10 ntLVe H"ilicu
her s
'lm thinkln',, he said at last, there
might be somebody wnitln for me, too.
Yc mind Snlle Doone7" he asked.
"Surc, an had forgot It's hard on
yol,, too" tho other IMAM added softly.
"Sho were over fond o. you, nm shell
miss you sorcly sllould yc not get back
to port"
rhe gale was at It's worst, and the ship
vas being driven rclontlessly toward the
iron bound coast. But few orders were
given. yrur there wns now little that could
be done. rho ship was doned. and the
men knew It. There WAS no bewnillng
Of fate. for the sailor, fare III or well,
knows thnt for him lie Is largely Il mat
ter Of chance Most OF them had wealth
crcd rougiler gnles before, and there IS
always the hope OF being washed ashore.
"Brcnkcrs ahead" cried q. voice. Every
man ran 10 the side peered into the
blackncss The old ship struck. lifted
and went half over she was cnuyht
an,idships and split In two
:''.ro the boats, men!" yelled the captain.
but they were dashed To pieces against
the ships side as soon az lowered. The
men held back.
mo good, sir" shouted one Of the men
above tho gale. "the ships lost"
It was hardly q. second before the for
ward end OF the boat broke off, and went
down with shudder. The other end
hung on to the ledge OF rock still. but It
was only a matter OF a few moncts be-
fore It. too. would go down. The men
, looked to the rigging but there was no
safety there in such q sea-
Were gone. boys." shouted the
captain hoaraely. "Yere been a good
crew, an thank we"
Good bye. lad" said old Bon. and the
two men locked arms as the stern rose
n moment and then .shuddered down Into
the l,riny depths.
-
Two women Of Culedcoats searched
the shore next morning. The one MAS
woman under nide age, ana she had a
baby boy In her arms. Two other boys
skIrted along the beach. The other wo.
man was young, and she had bright
5onny eyes, with all the hope gone out
OF them row.
They came on tho two bodies at last.
They were locked arm In arm Dry eyed
and fearless. for these women OF the sen
suffer long and much and cannot weep
readily, they sank down BY the wet
bodies, each twining her arm. around
her own.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29

ncrate zone" replied the Hudson Bay
commissioner ",rhe best are from cold
countries Siberia and Northern Russia
supply some but by far the greater part
OF the furs used by man are from North
America, and they are handled ny the
Hudson Bay Company.
, '.Then the Hudson Bay Company IS the
largest fur company OF the world ".
IT think So 1t markets more skins
than any other.
The Great Fur Market.
where DO the furs 90 after they leave
this contlnent?"
ITO London. That is the chief fur mar
ket of the world. Skins in the raw state
are sent there from Russia, Siberia and
North America. Every fur com any sorts
and grades it's own skins before selling
them, 1t matches the furs and keeps
the different kinds as far as possible to-
gether. They are put up In punches or
strings and are ca talogued before solt'.i
At certain times OF the year there are
auction sales Of furs in London. The
fur buyers from everywhere come there,
ana all the furs arc put UP and sold 10
those who bid highest
"Who prepare the furs for use !"
.'That is done by the dealer who buys
them. The wholesalers do not tan nor
cure. They merely sell tho raw skins.
"Whnt Is the most valuable fur on the
market?'
"Thc silver fox, replied the commits
sioner II have seen skins OF that AMI
NAL about three or four feet long and not
more than eighteen inches wide. which
were worth $1,000 each. The silver fox
Is a freak in nature, and II Is only now
and then that one is born. They are
greatly priced by the Russians
"Where do the sables come from =
| "Alostly from Russia. We have very
few on this continent"
Hudson Bay Competitors.
Are there many other companies en-
gagged In the fur business outside yours?'
Eyes, there are traders here and there
who are buying tlrs. but there Is no or
ganized competition to speak Of The
field is open to all, but tho Hudson Bay
Company has been so long on the ground
and its operations are on such large
scale that it Is not easy to compete with
It, Indeed, 1t would take Ions time
and a great deal Of money to build up q
rival institution that could cover the
field MS we do"
Getting Skins to the Market,
1T must be difficult to get tho furs
| from the wlds to tho ports?'
ut u.s." snid Mr.. Chapman, 'We have
every kind of transportation for that
purpose Some OF our f,lrs are carried
| on the backs OF men from post to post,
others arc dragged across country on
| snow slcdges hauled by dogs, some are
| padded In canoes by Indians down stream
| to the traders. and they are also carried
in snilboats and steamboats,, The IIud-
son Bay Company has increased Its trad
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
Getting Skins to the Market.


''Beca's Sc some rapscalllon of a thafe's
been sthalin' the pertaties I put aside
for plantin', sorr, bad cess to the crathur
They was In q fine moo basket" He
stopped suddenly, adding, II beg pardon
SORT" and disappeared behind the shrub
bery. Tho ''fone 400 basket stood be-
side the newly-planted flower bed empty.
Copyright by J. b. Lippincott COD
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
DISAPPOINTED CLUB
NOT UP IN POLITICS

The Every Monday Club is one OF the
oldest organizations the women of Rich
mond take stock IN. 1t Is small club,
The total membership being only twenty
five. and member has to died or leave
town before a new one is elected. Like
officeholders, few die and none resign.
Now and then one leaves town. and then
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~ 81 ~

/, tho poor service given and the substitu,
| tlon OF telephones. tho telephone service
In Great Britain being ono OF the best In
the world.--Nasllyille Banner,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
By Frank e. Carpenter.

Especial Correspondent OF The Times
Dispa1ch)
z WINNIPEG, April "a had q lons
chat last night with a man who handles
the biggest combination Of capital IN
British America. ! refer to tho Hudson
Bay Company. whose sphere of opera
lions reaches from the Icy shores OF
Labrador to the Klondikc and from the
Tinted states 10 the Arctic Ocean. It's
tcrtitorv Is two-tiirdH as large as our
own country and more than half as
f;lg as the continent OF Europe. This
4co:spany has been doing business there
for more than two centuries. 1t has con-
trolled much OF the country, nor onls
az merchants but politically, and It's
agents have had power OF lie and DEAN;
To-day It has stations scattered All
over British North America. ana 'ts
traders are moving on It's every stream,
lake and river gathering furs for SNIP
ment to Europe. IT Is doing one or inc
biggest mercantile businesses of the con-
tiuent. Its department stores are scat
Jared throughout Canada and are touah
IN the heart Of the w!!ds. This company
has Its own factories II England ana the
Dominon. 1t makes large part OF the
goods II sells 1t owns Touring mills ana
stcamboats. and almost all the Canadian
Indians are tributary to II. NO one
knows how much the institution has
Maid out In dividends. IT has been making
fortunes for It's stockholders right along
since 1t was Incorporated by Charles -.
IN 1870 and its stock to-day Is away
above par
A T,1L With the Hudson BaV
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Talk With the Hudson Bay
Commissioner.

rhe American manager OF this institu-
lion Is Mr. c. G. Chapman. He Is n
Nova Scotian who has held diplomatic
nositlons IN ottawa and London, ana
who for tho past fifteen years has been
commissioner OF tho Hudson Bay Com
nany. met him first In his Office back Of
the great Hudson Bay, stores in Winnipeg.
and afterwards spent an evening with
lin at his house here. Mr.. Chapman is
nulet md unnssumins. Like nil Hudson
BAY men. he is rather reticent III speak
Ing about the company, and IT was
only repeated questions that brought out
the information that follows. Tie is a
man OF great organizing ability and Is
notably successful in tho handling OF
men. Said he:
..The Hudson Bay Company has had an
active business existence Of more than
can Years. Its history Is we'll known, II
started lin the times OF Charles IT and
ms practically managed the greater part
OF Rritsh North America from then un-
til the taking over Of the government
OF the northern wllds by the Canadian
I)ominion. IT would take book to tell
its history, and indeed. several BOOKS
have been published concerning IT,
"What is the capital OF the company.
Mr.. Chapman. and who are It's stock
holderS?' .Ei4i r.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-12-13
Holiday Rates

rhh year She Fusca aill sN faatsi
tnp iloHdaf tlrseis fo saea q aWe
TERRITORY that j. IS disealt to eslef
alI % d Ia al adfeft lsement
The rate wi.l 81 opt aud cav rd
fare f9f fognd lflp ana ticsut can be
sold % practically An points bets IN
the Recky Mountains aud tie Ale.
ghuogs
The dates ~ safe te fhls Territory
except Southern Missouri Arkansas.
Indian Territory. Oklahoma AMI Tea
a. vii be Decsmbsr ae,h, 2lst and
22nd with return limit thirty days
from date - sale
Tickets sill also ~ sold At same
rate 70 points ~ the middle west m.
cludlng al points in Missouri Afkanf
sas. indian Tnrfltca Oklahoma and
Texas on December s8th q aalh 10.
clus xe. neocmtsr soth All 3lsf alsu
January ist With return limit January
/ 7th II same rate For particulars ln.
QulFe W. H. DICK
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-12-13
A BAD GANG
is BROKEN UP

TIE marshas think tliey arr atout
70 put an ond te che gang of hofse.
Thieves Who have been operating FOR
yean hetweeu Oklahoma and this
terFH0ry. The entering wedge came
uilh tht capture and consietlau last
fan Of Ton CendreY There vas
plenty u clcumstantlal evidence
against q numhsf q those Nh0 had
been intimate with ConiFeN but
nothing definite could b. seCared
coudfey refused to ''saneal
slnce his conviction, however. there
has been a falling out seteeen Toms
father snd tie Maggafd brothers, an
of whom are suspected Of being I'm.
plicat 10 tho lsorsesteaiinF indus.
try Young Godfrey had Bought 4
horse from Lon Nsggard, Nhich he
had not paid Tor AZ the ,ime q hls
arrest Agtefhls conviction Masganl
demanded iile horse back bnt old
man Candrey refused - giYe it So
MaegArd tlleroupan bfuse lhie Con.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-12-13
A FRATERNITY
HOUSE BURNS

Ithaca. \, " Dec THE Chi pI
fraternity house at Cornell university,
the finest and most elaborate chap.
ter house IN the United States was
burned 10 the ground this morning
Twostudents. v. n. Nichols Of Chi
cago and w. W. Goeta of Milwaukee
are missing. and II Is feared that they
wsre buried bcnsath the falling sails
Attorney 4. 5. Robinson, John Rum
ssy, the son Of \ weaithY business
man, and Eats Laudoa. eli volunteer
hremen, NeFe killed bg falling sails
Robinson. Landon and Ramssg lost
their lives while manipulating The
hosa Tie sail collapsed, bury them.
and they sere roasted 20 death
o. L. sehmuek Il Hanover. Pa
Jumped ffum & third aoFy vladow
and died of i,ls injuries ! n Ne.
Culehen Of pltlsbufe. q Substitute
fuIlback "a tlle foathail team. has
been taken ffom tie ruins Both
thesa menaF ii a pitifii condition,
bleeding from cuts, hlaekened b
smoke and badly burned Several
0thafs we're burned H0re 81 les -.
flously.
Many Of the students at hfst Fepofs
Ted missing haEs since been found
Goefx At lfst reported dead, vss or.
ly slightly hurt. AMONG those stlil
missing are e. J. Pope and = "
orslle, tie latter Of Oange, = =.
both freshmen.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-12-13
is UNJUST
Correspondent Com
plains of School
Conditions

70 the Editor Of THE Chleitaiu.
Ny attention has been called t0 the
fact that four small white children
are barred from attending The public
school pf Ninita, because theiE par.
ents llye over this line IN tie Mar~
addition. ana becanse tie majority of
the people out Ia the addition voted
against coming into the clty limits
And The worst leatufn ~ this mat
Ter "a that the childrenA parents sot-
ed roe annexation. hut we're outyoted,
and the children are made "a safier
Tor what they could not prevent Tie
parents ot tbese children haYe offered
70 pay fof the privilege q sendlng
these little ones 70 tie public school.
and ara silll refused.
The boards answer 10 the olirf Is
that they can mot be admitted be'
cause their parents pay no taxes "
Yet nlncfy.aYe per cent Of the inhabi.
tanis of the Indian Territory pay no
taxes yet, hut the Government u tho
Uuited States Of America ssys theSe
children must be educated, and last
gear made an appropriation for this
purpose 81 slo0 Qe0.0a and viii llsley
make an appropriation much larger
this year
Aud Il would senm that the great
blgheaftcd citizens N tho Gateway
city, and the hoard ~ education
would make IL their business 70 rem.
der, az least Justice 60 these little
helpless ones 10 tho Mafn addition.
ard e. allow their minds % - train.
"a 'up in tie waY they should 20
ulso wish d understood that tie
four children are not mine as the
only little cne That / haVe 81 @heol
aFe IS attending tie kindergarten
school and this appeal IS not 81 a
selfish uatafa bHt simply ifom a
stand pinl d Justice
loHN Il CAuRHRtE
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-12-13

dreys barn and toak tlse horse Coo.
drey immediately came to Nlulla and
swnes oul a warrant iof Nagsarl's ar.
resi- on a charge os hnumsleaiiug
The Adair A. n n A. ana ti.e
deputy marslsals, sho aFe working lu
unison, are eonnasnt that oat of she
mnddls Hill eome 4 full explanation
a The Hethnsis Of the h0~e.thief gang
that has ~ loiig sludod tlic uiaehais
Kills or MACK, Aagkard waa
brought 70 nli hers yesterday BY
Deputy Chamberlain. and, Il y said,
evidences disposition 70 tell All ~
Knows Othef arrests are eSRvted,
and the gang wlil probably be bntksn
no.