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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
A. Glimpse Of the Real Hartman

a Glimpse Of the Real Hartman.
It isn't often that the public gets a
glimpse Of the real Edward n. Harri-
man. Even his business !. associates
know him only as a brusque, reticent
dictator, who will brook no opposition
and forgive no injury. He is probably
the greatest strategist Of finance Amer
lea has produced, and like all great
strategists he keeps. his own counsel
and has his own way. IF any mere
railroad president opposes him, off goes
the objector's head! When he talks, he
talks business and IN the fewest words
possible. The most ingenious news
paper interviewer seldom prizes more
than two or three sentences out of him.
But one day after the recent Illinois
Central deal, when his guillotine had
neatly deposited Stuyvesant Fish IS
head in the basket, Hartman permitted
himself few paragraphs of public
talk One sentence thereof was self
revelatory, for in. it he confessed that
he was tired of his labors and his re-
sponsibilities and would be glad to re-
tire, if he only could.
1t he only could-is there not pathos
in that phrase Of a man sixty years old,
who controls $4,000 miles of railroad
and seeks to make them earn dividends
on nearly two and quarter billions of
capital9 1t is the pathos of the mere
man o'ermastered by his own genius,
Of the great builder Of an empire who
has no son or friend he can trust to
perpetuate what he has built, of the
Alexander who foresees that the fruits
Of his genius will be dissipated after
his death by his warning generals.
. Ordinary men may taste the joys of
accomplishment and be happy in doing
the work they leve.@ They may in the
fullness Of years retire to less active
pursuits, without anxiety, knowing that
their successors will carry on the work
they have dropped. But this is..denied
to Z. such as Hartman. Himself he
knows. His own. powers he feels con-
ident Of. No doubt, he believes his
own mission a great and glorious one.
But, having raised the burden to his
shoulders, .he< has mo choice but to go
on and on, >Taddingttto the load. as he
goes, Until Sat last it, shall: .overwhelm
him. & .CE $3.50 ,.s..'...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
SAD, BUT ALL RIGHT
q Nebra ska State journal

I - 3: II NepraSKa State Journal. =
Because Of his unquestioned integrity
and his matchless ability, the people Of
the second congressional district of Min
nesota were 10th to give Congressman
McCleary his walking papers. But he
was an ultra high protectionist and
majority of his republican constituents
believed there were a few gray whfs-
kered industries that should be segregated
from the infant" class. McCleary was
deaf to all prayers for tariff revision. He
stood pat. Now he is statesman out
Of a job, and it serves him right. s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
NOV. %

n 5000 NOVs 20. 3i@-IE.
17s3-BrItish evacuated New York.
1817--John 6igelow, American dip
iomat, born.
1s35-Andrew Carnegie born. -s
1860 confederate army under Gen.
eraI Bragg defeated near chatta-3
nooga. go II
1875 Princess Victoria, Of Hesse
BORN $50 s
800 -Parneii reelected leader Of
the Irish rational party. n
1892 Sir John Thompson succeed Il
ed John Abbott as CANADIAN, prime
minister. s. 81 '.
1893 Statue OF Nathan Hale I'm
veiled In New York city.
sot-UnIted States landed marines
at Panama.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
MYSTERY

Ny eyes, are dim with childish tears,
Ny heart is idly stirred; sea s
For the same sound is in my ears
Which in those days I heard.
Thus fares it still in our decay;
And yet the wiser mind
Mourns less for what age takes away
Than what II leaves behind. 4
The .black bird amid leafy trees, e
& The lark ahovd the hill KS
Let loose their carols when they please
are Quiet when they will sfsss s
3 !; With Nature never do they wage s
foolish strife;& they see
a happy youth B ma their old age -
Is sbeautifui and tree. s ,.
But we are pressed by heavy laws;
And often, glad no rnore,..
Z We wear a face Of joy because EN-:
We have been glad Of yore, !. n Il + SD
50 William Wordsfy0rtk
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

Professor William Lyon Phelps has
evolved the idea that it would have been
better for Kipling's literary reputation
had he died of pneumonia in New York
some. years ago. AS to Professor Will
liam Lyon Phelps, it appears that he
might have died any old time without
affecting the result of the literary game.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
The Battle Lake Fire.
the Editor of The Journal.

TO the Editor of The Journal.
The reports of the recent fire at Battle
Lake have rather overstated the damage
done. It was confined to block of ten
wooden buildings and nearly all of these
buildings will be replaced at once with
brick structures. In one years time, it
is safe to say. no trace of the loss will
be seen, but instead a solid row of brick
buildings much better than those de-
stroyed by fire. leu. "A. c.. Hatch.
Battle Lake, MINI. %,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
WILL THEY TUMHLE7
PHILADELPHIA Record.

Il 8 III. Philadelphia Record. "a !
The defeat Of some prominent stand
.patters'' and the very narrow escape of
some others Will be apt to- shake the
confidence of the republican majority Of
the next congress in the stability Of. their
position. &Ss% .s.s, ~ 1,,-3.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

There is short rule for measuring
and weighing coal, which provides that
one ton of coal weighs 1000 pounds.
measures thirty-five cubic feet for hard
coal, forty cubic feet for soft coal, con-
tains twenty-five bushels and each bushel
weighs eighty pounds.
A cord of wood ranked contains 12S
cubic feet-that is, Sx4x4. A cord of wood
sawed and ranked contains 10 cubic
feet; piled loose, $50 cubic feet. A cord
of wood sawed and split ranked contains
100 cubic feet; piled loose, 140 cubic feet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

'* The Mississippi congress is will.
ing to see a s5o,ooo.ooo appropriation for
the Improvement Of the river. The con-
gresss is likely: to- see its estimates re-
vised by another congress composed Of
Joe Cannon and Jim Tawney. But: then,
of course, they will have chance later
to revise Cannon and Tawney. :s + w
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
HOW TO CHECK SOCIALISM
Indianapolis News. +.

n --I.-- 3----- :.
Archbishop Ireland, in an address yes
terday, delivered a warning: against So
cialism-which is always in order But
what we need in this country nowsis not
only a warning against socialism, but 4
change Of the conditions that are maxi
ing the talk of socialism, possible.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
IN " ~ s.N.' : NJ : : =
WEAR DIAMONDS

Nebraska State Journal. <S :.ss ,.e
4 At the recent meeting OF the Humane
society in Chicago an advanced thinker
spoke strongly against the custom Of
wearing furs What would you do if you
lived in Minnesota? .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

s.. The irrepressible G. Bernard Shaw has
written play to show that doctors have
a pecuniary interest and wild yearning
to cut people up. Mr.. Shaw allows no
surgeon to approach him with anything
more deadly than q thermometer ~ !,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

!: 4 Colonel James Hamilton Lewis$$has re-
ceived mention for mayor of Chicago.
The q success of Hughes argues to his
followers that whiskers are coming in.
A And ID Hughes whislsers are not pink ones,
either, just a common brown. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

President Roosevelts warning to the
South Americans against revolution will
probably fail, but he might send Walter
Camp down there to amend the rules. v
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

'E'urist' rises to%remark that we have
been wrong all along in demanding that
the dirt should fly at Panama, We should
have said earth. Can this be the rea-
son for the delay in the flying process?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

Your understanding with regard to the
suit is substantially correct. The North
ern Securities company has been dis
solved. BY reason of his holdings in both
the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern Mr.. Hill is able to dictate the
policy of both and in effect accomplish
by joint. ownership what he was forbid
den to do by the organization of the
Northern Securities company. .ar
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
Measuring Coal.

To the Editor of The Journal.
Is there any table for. measurement of !
coal by cubic measure? Also, is there
any rule as to the measurement of wood?
Consumer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

The Atlanta Journal says that those
who speak of Stratus as the first Jew to
occupy a cabinet position forget about
Judah P. Benjamin. They were speak
ing of this country Of course, and not
about foreign governments and hostile
states '"' y. #@a~ al
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
Railroad Control.

To the Editor of The Journal.
AS I understand it, suit was brought
against the Northern Securities company
on the ground that it is Illegal for par
allel and competing lines to merge under
the same management. The court sus-
tanned the action; the company was or
dered dissolved. How Is it, then, that
Mr.. Hill still controls both the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific?
! "A Tra1,alar
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

The Minnesota giants beat the Indiana
Authors club to 6. But it was hard
work.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

. !. ls
part of Mr.. Barrett should set us
thinking. The natural tendency of
any people is to despise foreigners.
Witness the twist Of meaning given to
the word "outlandish," which orig
inally meant simply foreign. But with
the spread of knowledge, the increase
of travel and the growth in facility of
INSTRUMENTATION, it is not meet that
we should remain in ignorance of
things South American. Our schools
and university curricula are sadly de-
fcient in this respect. Not alone be-
cause we want to trade with Latin
America, but because it. is a path to
self Improvement, must we acquire
more and better knowledge about our
neighbors.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

General Grosvenor did make an ,esti-
mate on the result after all, and it came
out just right. ' ... -....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

At the price Of apples don't expect a.
Culebra cut of pie. ~,
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

E. M. WOLFE
Lawyer
Mountain Home, Idaho
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

war demonstrated how desirable il
is for the United States to have its
own source of platinum supply, in
stead of being dependent solely
upon foreign mines; but in the end
il was found that not only platinum,
gold and other valuable substances
could be derived from what is gen.
orally referred to as ''black sand
For the benefit of the lay reader, it
may be explained that the term
black sand is applied to the heavy
sediment which is likely to be found
wherever water has had an oppor-
tunity to work on the soil. There
are many acres of this sand on
the sea beaches, but vast deposits
of it are also found at inland
points, and especially in localities
where hydraulic mining has been
carried on. In most instances the
placer miners were fully aware that
some mineral wealth remained in
the material which they discarded,
but they had not the equipment
to render its recovery profitable.
1t is such an economic process
that is now being sought by the Di-
vision of Mines. In the expert
ments thus far conducted, the dis
covery was frequently made that
given deposit did not contain suf-
ficicnt quantity of any one mineral
to justify its manipulation for any
single product, but that if all the
valuable contents were saved, the
aggregate returns would be highly
profitable. On the other hand,
the officials of the Geological Sur
vey have discovered sand deposits,
notably those in Humboldt county,
California, which show good assay
value in gold and platinum. -Scien-
tific American.
AS has been known for years, al
most from source to mouth, the
Snake river banks and bottom con-
tain much gold and millions of tons
OF this black sand The former is
what is known as ''flour gold," SO
fine and light that it floats on
water. There have been scores OF
devices invented to save this gold,
but they have all fallen short OF
the final, practical test, that OF
getting the money" and after
being operated for a while have
been abandoned.
Not only the government, but in
dividuai metallurgists are now ex-
pcrimcnting with the black sands,
ignoring the flour gold. That these
sands themselves contain values,
gold chemically combined with
other metals, has been conclusively
proven, and to extract these value:
cheaply is the problem which the
scientists are endeavoring to solve.
There are millions in it for the
man who perfects such a treatmcn
process.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02
CHICAGO SHEEP MARKET

Under date of July ~, w. B.
Smith, the Chicago sheep broker,
writes:
Official receipts of sheep and
lambs for last week were 81, 234,
and for the first four days of this
week 81, $50, against II, COS for the
same four days last week, and with
today's receipts estimated at 5000,
would make the receipts for the
week, not including Saturday, 3d.,
$50. The bulk of the receipts this
week have been from the west,
principally Idaho, though Montana
has been we'll represented with
choice, fat, aged wethers. Natives
have not been so plentiful this week
and the general quality has been
poor. While few choice native
lambs have sold up to $7.75 and
one lot closely sorted, up to So. 90,
the bulk of them have sold from
ST. to $50 with the medium
grades mostly SO. 90 to SO. so, good
throwouts selling mostly at $500
to SIS. IS, with extreme culls 81 90
to S4.5 Fat ewes have sold
mostly from So so to $4.75 while
good stock ewes are selling from
$500 to $3.50 with the common
kinds not wanted.
The bulk of the western lambs
have been of good quality, though
lighter weights than last week.
Sheep have been more plentiful this
week and reports from eastern
points being bad, more especially or
the heavy weights, prices have de-
clined till both fat ewes and weth-
crs are now at the low point of the
season, choice Montana wcther:
going yesterday at $4.85, will
, choice ewes selling down to 81. so
This week a year ago was the low
est week of the season. Western
ewes sold 81. so to $4.75, wether'
, $500 to $40, fat lambs seas t
$500, while feeding lambs sold a
SIS. so to S5.75, against fat lamb
this week from 81. so to So. 10, an
, feeders 5000 to S6.40.
There has been good demand 70
feeding yearling wethers this week
the fine wool grades selling mostl
: from $5.25 to $5.4O, while cosrs
: woods of good quality have sold u
to SIS. 90. look for liberal receipt
: from the west right along now
: with fair outlet at prices we'll u
to the close of this week.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

And now some of the ''cocky'
fire insurance companies are about
to .'gct their draw and they are
hunting for shelter. In San Fran
cisco a rumor that report has been
made by the merchants exchange
insurance investigating committee
on the standing of the various COM
panics concerned in the great loss
there, is spreading CONSERVATION
among the concerns that are said to
be cvading their Liabilities. Secrc-
tary L. Nj. King, of the policy
holders protective league, admitted
that such a report is in his hands ;
but stated that it is strictly private
and rendered solely for the guild
ance of the league in formulating
it's policy toward the insurance COM
panics. He declined to divulgc the
contents of the document, in which
it is said many concerns will find
their fate when it comes to be
spread broadcast over the world.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

Secretary Loeb has written to a
woman in Peoria, Illinois, that
President Roosevelt will not be a
candidate for reelection. In the
meantime, Publicity Promoter Loeb
is working overtime with the liter
airy bureaus, syndicates and CORE
spondents, securing the publication
of stories demanding that the pres
idcnt reconsider his determination
not to run again. Shakespeare tells
of one who claims to have three
times refused a crown; but his
torians are not unanimous in cor
roborating the claim. Average hui
man nature is not strong enough to
resist the temptation to grasp and
grasp repeatedly an opportunity to
fill SO lofty a station.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

Last week Maverick made the
first official announcement regard
ing the fair to be held here this
fall, October 3, 4, S, and 8. Every
entcrprising citizen of the county
will be enlisted in the enterprise,
and it is going to be success.
United effort never fails and in
this proposition that is what we
are going to have, harmony complete,
even if we have to fight for it.
Every one who has interests of any
kind in this section will profit
materially and directly by this
fair and the county will, of
course, indirectly, inevitably, so it
is a business deal that all must
assist in promoting.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02
A CLEAN UP SALE

OF few odds and ends left from July SALE We must make
fall line These good while they Don't put of
coming till tomorrow today while bargains the hckes
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02
NEW SOURCE OF GOLD
FOUND IN BLACK SANDS

At an experiment station estab-
lished at Chapel Hill, N. c., the
Division of Mines of the United
States Geological Survey is now
seeking to devise a means of rem
dering commercially available the
low-grade gold deposits of the
mid-Atlantic and southern states.
Should the present effort prove
successful, a method will be de-
veloped for deriving not only gold
but other valuable minerals from a
sediment that has heretofore been
regarded as worthless. The primary
purpose of the government scientists
in their present tests is to ascertain
the types of machinery adapted for
extracting the mineral wealth from
deposits which have heretofore been
regarded as of too low a grade to be
worked profitably. The work was
first taken up on the Pacific coast
more than year ago, and the re-
suits which attended the operations
at the experiment station, or ICON.
centrating pavilion, as it was
termed, conducted by the Geological
Survey at the Portland Exposition
were so gratifying as to induce The
officials to seek similar possibilitie:
on the Atlantic coast.
The investigation in the west las
year was inaugurated because thu
exigencies of the Russo-Japanes'
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

The worm at last is turning. The
editorial columns of country papers
that come TO Maverick are laden
with protests against the many at
tcmpts to work them for free ad-
vcrtising and other things by people
at home and from abroad. Most of
them are taking a crack at the
card of thanks nuisance, that
ancient exhibition of provincial bad
taste; while they are gradually fall
ing into line in the declined with
thanks policy of giving seven dol
lars worth of advertising for pic
ture or book worth, perhaps, fifteen
cents, and also publishing as
news advertising matter for va
rious petty grating business houses
A fur house in Minneapolis has fl
nally attracted the adverse attention
of the country press hereabOuts anc
1T will get what is coming to i
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

before the campaign is over. Fair
banks, Morse & Co. also seem to
think the country ne 1vspapers al
ways need something to fill up
with. They do, but not the kind
of filling that big concerns offers so
adroitly. They prefer the filling
that F. B. & Co., give SO freely to
the trade papers.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

well, is calling the faithful to
arms in big type. 1t is trying to
make its readers believe that there
is a chance to carry Idaho for the
socialist ticket in the next election.
The unbiased, level-headed observer
secs in that claim the hope of a
visionary Idaho is, apparently,
republican state, the democrats
having lost it, as they have most of
the other western states. The
socialists have a kick coming, all
right; as did the grangcrs, the
pOpu1ists and other rcforrncrs; but
they were all impractical and accom-
p1ished nothing Many reforms are
needed, but conditions are not SO
oppressive that the people are going
to rise in their might and overturn
the existing order of things
What we need most is to have ex-
listing laws enforced. This will
never be done until we get honest,
brave men in office. If these re-
form parties had thrown their
strength to such candidates, no
matter by which party nominated,
they would have been elected and
the people at large would have
been benefited. But your REFORM
er man will retort that the old
political parties don't nominate
such men In measure that is
true; but on every ticket few such
are to be found, and on the minority
ticket they usually predominatc-
this because only such can hope
for any chance of election.
In this state, for instance,
should the socialists pick out such
.oIra
state and county, elect them and
let it be known how their votes
are being cast, then some tangible
good would be accomplished, instead
of wasting their votes in charging
windmills- Then, in future cleo.
tions, knowing that it would be
impossible for men of doubtful char
aCter to succeed at the polls, botf
the old parties would see to it tina
only good men are placed theii
respective tickets. Blind, dog
matte partisan loyalty is the chic
cause of the present rotten condi
ton of public affairs, and tn,
remedy for the ills of our body pol
itic is to place good citizenship
above party fcalty; to smash tn
machines by retiring to private lif
the BOSSES This the socialist
could do here, this year, and yc
they scott at this practical suggcs
ton for practical reform, and clin
to the vain, foolish hope that the
can realize their irridescent drear
of a perfect commemorative i'm
possibility, which all students c
human nature and history know j
impossible
This thing of government is tn
oldest science which has engage
the thought of man. When ancicr
shepherds studied the constellation
and the fixed stars, observing tn
regularity of the changes, notin
the inflexibi1ity of the governin
power, wondering with awe of is
noranoe and superstition; but sti
laying the foundation for the exac
science of astronomy at ths
early day fixed principles of govern
ment that remain unchanged at tt
present time, had been formulate
and moulded in enduring form. Y
every few years some half bake
reformer promulagtes a theol
antagonistic to these immutab
laws for the regulation of societ
creates a stir in his little wor
for a season, accomplishes no go,
and is forgotten.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

For any information with refer
ence to the celebrated Hot Springs,
located near Mountain Home, apply
to the owners, Nieukirk & Kelsey.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

OF all the officially recorded cases
of WEIGHING, that of the accused
Oregon land CRATER who pretended
to be sick, in order to secure post
ponement of his trial, is the most
ridiculously contemplate.