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Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-03

Every one who has been many times in
large store in such cities as New York and
Philadelphia must have heard the cry of
'Cash~ unless, indeed. the visitor happened
to be deaf. Not long ago Vermont farmer,
who visited a great retail establishment in
New York, wrote home to his wife:
''Most everybody here seems to be hard up
for money. You can't 60 into store without
hearing somebody yell out for cash "
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-03
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We remained at Mrs Garviles three days,
expecting a letter from Waxall, but none
came. Two days later we saw that the Olivia
had called at Portsmouth, but departed again
Sleeper, and we concluded that she had not
made a port. or had not left Portsmouth
We amused ourselves with watching the
front door of No. 10, on the opposite side of
Olivia had not gone into Portsmouth harbor
for nothing, and she would not have left if the
Sleeper remained there. But the object of
her visit was soon explained.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-03

Wills latest waggery: when dandy
sprans finger, would it be proper to describe
the occurrence as a monkey wrench?"
'Wel. what is it, Nora?"
''Indade. mum. the waters cold"
"What water!"
''1he hot water. num-"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-03
Copyright by James Eiyerson.

common consent, the lowest civil
lized plane in North America has
been assigned to the Digger tribe of
Indians. They subsist on roots and
herbs which they dig out Of the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26

in their places, and If made side lines
to the growing of our standard staple
would add materially to the income
of the farm. In fact farm is much
like great manufacturing plant.
There are a large number of what
might be termed the by-products,
which naturally go TO waste where
there are only one or two lines pur-
sued. All the various lines which
blend into one another can be success
fully conducted with profit to all
This is diversified farming in a profit
able manner.
But the abandoning of the one lead
ing crop for any one of the side lines
would be like the abandonment of the
making of beef by the beef trust in
order that it might give more atten-
ton to the picking of pigs feet.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
gators. That's howcome there amt
no snakes in hyah-'gators keeps 'em
ct up"
He Had Il Choice.

Two congressman were talking
about the late Jerry Simpson, says the
Detroit Free Press.
"He was level-headed man." said
the first. HE was a foe to fads He
had shrewd humor.
He and l and a clergyman one day
lunched together. The clergyman
was faddist of marked type. He
carried pocket microscope, wore
health underwear and so on and so
forth.
This clergyman wouldn't drink any
water with his lunch.
Il wouldn't dare to do So he said
solemnly. 1T is so full, you know,
of animalculae. l never drink water
unless it has been boiled.
Congressman Simpson emptied his
glass, and looked at the clergyman
with quizzical smile.
81 drink my water raw he said.
I'd rather be an aquarium than
graveyard.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
The Lord Is Patient.

An eccentric old deacon in New
England town was approached some
time ago by young man who sought
his daughters hand in marriage.
You can't have my daughter" said
the deacon. Il could not ask for a
more thrifty or more upright young
man-but for all that, you can't have
my daughter"
We'll, since you seem to find no
fault with me, please explain your
objections to my marriage with your
daughter"
1T is simply that she has an un-
governable temper"
But Sarah is a devout Christian"
pleaded the youth.
That may be true" said the dea-
con. But see here. young man, you
will come to know. before you are as
old as am. that the Lord can get
along with many persons that you
couldn't get along with"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
knew What She Wanted.

This somewhat glasping spirit,
said Senator Burrows, in the course
of a recent argument, reminds me of
lady who dropped in the other day
at certain bank.
Going to the paying tellers Win
dow, she opened her pocketbook, took
out check, pushed it under the brass
grating. \
"'Cash this, please she said.
But the paying teller, after one
glance at the check. pushed it back
to the woman again.
81 can't cash it, madam he said.
1T isn't filled in
There is my husbands signature
on it, the woman said excitedly.
Ives, l know admitted the teller,
but there is no amount
"'Oh, never mind that said the
woman impatiently. Give me what
there is"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
Out OF Sight.

Il visited Marie Corelli when l was
in Stratford." said a young woman.
She lives in a quaint house of dull
red brick. She is very pretty ard
very rich and she likes Americans.
Miss Corelli was full of fun. She
talked about woman's overregard for
appearances. She said that she her
self was too prone to think that if APP
pearance were all right everything
was right
Once, in her girlhood. Miss Corcl;i
said she was yachting on the English
coast.
LAS the yacht sped along there was
a sudden swerve and the helmsmln
said:
by Jove. believe she's broken
her rudder.'
"Oh, WELL said the young girl.
what does it matter? Its under
water and I'm sure nobody will notice
it,"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26

accident had happened months before,
he was unable to raise it above
his waist. He explained all this with
much feeling and earnestness during
his direct examination. Then the at
torney for the owner of the building
took him in hand.
"'Show us how high you can raise
your ARM said the attorney.
And the defendant raised his arm
few inches.
Now show us how high you could
raise your arm before you were in
jured,' pursued the attorney.
"And the defendant unhesitatingly
and unthinkingly raised the crippled
arm high above his head, thus knock
ing his damage claim skyward with
one eloquent gesture"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
Sweet Adversely

1t is not the dew-k kissed blossoms,
IT is not the cloudless blue
Of the heavens arching over
Makes life seem SO good to YOU
You would never note the blueness
OF the sky, or note the sway
OF the blossoms, if it wasn't
For the storm of yesterday.
Endless days of sunny weather
Would in time become a bore,
Endless Vistas of rich blossoms
Soon would irk the bosom's core,
ENDLESS love and endless laughter
Would in time begin to pail,
If 1T were not for the sorrows
And the storms that come to ALL
Natures grow more broad and tender
For the storms that mark the years:
smiles are sweeter, softer. dearer
When an aftermath of tears:
And the blossoms by the wayside,
And the vines that Irvine and climb.
TO our hearts are rendered dearer
by the blossomless winter time
Life eternal. life forever.
With no bier and pail and grave.
Life unendng, life undying,
Were a foolish thing to crave;
Thered be little loving in it.
No intaking of the breath
When we strained our loved ones to us.
Were there no such thing as death.
Houston Post.
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'...... ....'.....'.
STORIES OF THE STREET.

: IT'S the irony of fate!"

tbs the irony of fate!"
He Kissed the sentence through his
clenched teeth while he thrust his
other hand wildly through his hair
and strobe madly up and down the
room.
A torn paper lay upon the floor. a
silent reminder of his wrath. Stopping
he stopped and picked up the frag-
ments. He couldn't very well pick.
them up without stopping and stoop-
ing. And placing them together on
the table. he again read the fatal
words thereon.
The door of his room opening into
the corridor was aiar
A death-like stiffness pervaded the
entire household. broken only by the
monotonous ticking on the bed
springs.
IF this be true, I'm ruined" he
roared. And the echo of his voice
came back to him from the corridor
with such clear distinctness as to
startle him.
The man of all work gathering up
the ash heap in the back yard and
wheeling it away, stopped in his work
and looked up to the window from
whence came the loud voice.
1T seems to me that there is muir
der doing up there" he muttered.
The sun was rapidly setting amid a
halo of beautiful colors, and all ma
ture seemed to hail the. coming of
peaceful night.
The man in the room kept pacing
the floor. He had worked himself in
to a frenzy. Suddenly stopping in
front of the torn message he read
aloud:
Cannot get your dress suit ready
in time for the Pink ball."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26

1t may be that The Evening Times,
in taking hopeful view of things, is
making mistake. If we did not sin
cerely believe in the wholesomeness of
fundamental principles, as applied to
governmental. social and business con-
ditions. we might yield to the clamors
of the day and drift with the tide of
popular delusions. The policy of this
paper is to look upward, not down
ward.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
HOW A FACTORY WAS SECURED.

A short time ago the city of
Muskegon, Michigan. gave the Brus-
wick-Balke company sixty thousand
dollars to locate branch factory
employing six hundred men, in that
city.
The money was subscribed by the
business men of the city who would
be benefited by the trade brought to
the city.
1t is possible that there were few
knockers who did not want the enter
prise to locate there because the
institution was new and an intruder.
But the business men realized that
the employment of six hundred men
at three or four dollars a day would
increase the business which they could
do, and the legitimate profits from this
trade would in few years return
to them the amount of the original in
vestment, and the trade which would
come from the same source during this
existance would be a large revenue
producer. In fact, they merely loaned
the money to themselves at such rate
of interest that within a few years
the principal was repaid while the
interest continued.
That city knows good thing when
1t sees it, and the spirit of enterprise
will make it one of the small cities
Of wealth and importance in a few
years.
Such action on the part of the people
of city will push it to the front as
progressive community and will at the
same time build up the city in sub
stantial way.
For sixty thousand dollars probably
three hundred new homes were added
to the city, six hundred days wages
were put in circulation every day, and
not less than two thousand people
were added to the population to be
fed and clothed by the local trades
people.
A few men of such progressiveness
and good business foresight as those
who contributed the bonus for the new
enterprises at Muskegon are worth
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
ArhOr DaY.

Trees are Natures leafy temples
Where she chants her voicless praise
To the Oliver of the beauty
Lavished all about our ways
Green their branches wave above US
Like an armor 'gainst the sun,
Throwing back his lances from us,
Till the strife of day is done.
Faithful friends, who shield and shade
We their need of honor pay,
AS we come with mirth and music,
Planting trees on Arbor day.
Children's sweet and ringing voices
Rise in glecful harmony
In their hearts a germ implanted
Growing with each growing tree;
God and Nature made earth lovely
Health and joy their loving plan;
Crowded cities. bare of blossom,
Arc the dreary work of man.
Still the breeZeS of the meadow
:. Fresh with fragrance Of sweet May.
Yet Will blow through streets from
branches
Springing from our Arbor day.
Let us fill our lives with beauty,
With n clasp of Natures hand;
Let her soft influence sway US,
Draw us in this leafy band.
skies the fairest, bluest, DER US.
Balmy airs about us blow
While bright CLEANS of mellow sunlight
In quick flashes come and go;
And our hearts, in glad accordance
Joining in her blissful lay,
AS our hands ply cheerful labor
So we welcome Arbor day.
Baltimore American.
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Oyer.played His Hand.

ut pays sometimes to have the right
kind of a lawyer" remarked a we'll
known mining man of the northwest.
Il was a witness in case a fey
weeks ago. in Seattle. in which a COL
lored man was seeking damages for
permanent injuries sustained in an ac-
cident to an elevator which he was
running. The plaintiff claimed that
he had been MANNED for life. by be-
ing permanently deprived of the free
use of his right arm. Although the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
How She Warbled.

Caruso. whose salary for the New
York opera season was 5,OOO-the
worlds record-was condemning, at
a dinner party, certain affecting way
of singing.
Miss X" he said, "sings like that.
A lady's maid heard her once in her
mistress drawing room.
THAT night, as she was brushing
her mistress hair, the main mentioned
that she had listened to Miss x from
the hall.
"'And what do you think of her?'
the mistress asked.
"'oh. num- said the maid. she
sung beautiful. mum. Just as If she
was gargling.'"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
A Case of Necessity.

One Sunday two small boys were
industriously digging in a vacant lot,
when man who was passing stopped
to give them a lecture
Don't you know that it is a sin TO
dig on Sunday, unless it is a case of
necessity"
Yes, sir" timidly replied one Of the
boys.
Then why don't you stop it,"
Cause this is case of necessity"
replied the little philosopher. "A fell
Ter can't fish without bait"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
STORIES OF THE HOUR
She knew Her Business,

He had been sweet on her for some
time, and one evening he dropped in
on his way home from the office.
Il hope you will excuse me for
calling in my business suit he said,
Out"
oh, that's all right" interrupted
the fair maid. that is, if you mean
business"
And the next day downtown jew
eler separated him from months SAL
airy in exchange for the ring.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26

Northern running out of Larimore, be-
fore the rain of yesterday, the farmers
were in need of moisture. while in the
Red river valley much of the land has
not been sown because of the excessive
amount of water. emphasizes the i'm
portance of drainage, and suggests the
wonderful possibilities of the valley
were it properly drained.
The former of these propositions has
been discussed SO much that it has
wearied in the telling, even.
The other has had little, if any,
consideration. 1t is absolutely es-
sential in this country that the crops
have sufficient moisture and at the
proper time. If the supply could be
so regulated to supply the plant de-
mand all the time. the condition would
be ideal.
There is now too much moisture on
the surface of the land and the crops
can not he planted. But suppose the
water table were lowered a foot and a
half so that the water which now COL
lects on the surface and is removed
only by evaporation could sink to that
water table, there would be enough
moisture to produce crop if not Il
drop of rain fell during the entire
summer.
The valley would be immune from
drouths. and barring the diseases to
which the crops are subjected, would
be almost certain to produce better
crop every year.
In no other part of the state are
such conditions possible. Once the
valley is drained by scientific methods
so that instead of the supply of water
needed for the production of the crops
being rushed on schedule time into
the lakes of the north it will be re-
tanned in the land to furnish crop
moisture the Red river valley will be-
come the garden spot of the world
With a surface as level as floor,
soil as rich as the famous valley of
the Nile which once supported the
wealth and oppulence of the world, a
climate exactly suited to the products
which yield the greatest returns from
its rich soil. the land would become
of almost inestimable value.
But to have these conditions. the
water supply must be controlled. and
this takes more than talk.
The drainage business is much like
the old time religious REVEALS. There
is abundance of enthusiasm while the
spirit is working. but during the sum-
mer large amount of lukewarmness
and backsliding is experienced, and
the next year the work of conversion
must all be done over
DuAllS luc WlHltl tUGTe Is
plenty of talk on drainage and the
uninitiated are made to believe that
the salvation of the farm lands of the
valley is at hand.
But unfortunately public addresses
however. eloquent. and resolutions,
however high sounding and promising,
do not accomplish results. Action is
needed more than words.
A campaign of education is we'll
enough, but the trouble in this
particular is that the people who are
being educated will die of old age be-
fore the matter is put into action, and
then the campaign of education will
have to be begun with the next genera
ton.
Meanwhile, the farms in the valley
are becoming foul from lack of crop
ping, and every year adds another
notch to the list Of crop failures from
too much water.
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Made Him Think Shop.

A hard-headed old Pittsburg manu-
facturer who made his fortune, as he
expresses it, with his coat off," was
induced by his daughter to accompany
her to Wagner concert, the first he
had ever attended, says the April Sue
cess. The next day he happened to
meet an acquaintance who had seen
him the night before, who said:
Il suppose you enjoyed the concert
last night, Mr.. Brown"
Eyes; it took me back to the days
of my YOUTH" the old man said, with
reminiscent sigh.
"Ah, summer days in the country,
girl in a lawn dress, birds singing,
and all that?"
mo, the days when worked in a
boiler shop in Scranton"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
SENSIBLE DIyERSIFICATION.

The idea OF acquiring and holding
a monopoly is rather selfish one. es-
pecially when such monopoly concerns
the production of Il staple article of
food. North Dakota, however, has one
staple that will remain such for years.
at least, and until the ingenuity of
man develops something that will take
the place of bread in the food list of
the civilized nations.
There has been so much said of late
in the press and especially in the
agricultural journals about DIVERSE
fed farming and its allied interests
that the general public, especially
where it is not familiar with the facts
and conditions, is led to believe that
the era Of wheat growing in this state
is rapidly passing. Such is not the
case. however. In fact every year
there is merely an increase in the
amount produced per acre on the
farms that are properly titled. Much
of the need of diversification has come
as result of improper tillage and
poor farm management
The Evening Times believes in di-
versifcatiOn. and that therein lies the
guarantee against the impoverishment
of the soil that in time must make it
fit only for the production of peanuts
But like many reforms. it has been
carried to an extreme that is unreal
sonable. 1t is pointed out as the pan
acea for all the ills to which the farm
er Is subject. He is told Of the money
to be derived from stock raising, but
he is not told about the amount OF
labor required to raise the feed to
keep this stock.
Getting back to the equilibrium, it
must be admitted that the great future
Of this state as we'll as the entire
northwest lies in it's ability to grow
bread wheat that cannot be pro-
duced in any other part of the world
in the same quantity nor quality. This
is what gives this state an advantage
over all others as distinctive special
agricultural one. So long as it can
continue to supply the bread ~eating
1HnN11 v1,ith he
for the best quality of that material,
50 long will the state have monopoly
on the bread markets of the world.
Bat when the farmers of this state
engage in beef raising and butter pro-
ducing, they enter upon competition
with decidedly large portion OF the
world and thereby overcrowd the mar
ket and reduce the price. In the ma
jority of the other territory the pro-
duction of these commodities is de-
manded by natural conditions just the
same as wheat growing is the COM
plianee with natural laws here.
It therefore seems unwise, to say
the least, for the farmers to abandon
the production of a commodity in
which they have practically a mon
opoly in order that they may engage
in the production of those which al
ready have decidedly strenuous COM
petition.
It is for these reasons that wheat
growing must be made the leading
crop of this state for many years. or
until some more important crop is
discovered to take its place. And in
the event of a change. there should
be s1ch a crop selected as will not
enter into active competition with
that of some other part Of the coun-
ny.
The crops that can be used for
<1iversincation, as we'll as the stock
raising and dairying business. are good
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26

The followers of the muck rakes in
this state will be expected to bolt the
republican state convention. Prepar-
ations for the bolt are steadily pro-
crossing. Those who believe in re-
publican principles should be on their
guard.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
AT THE HEAD OF ITS CLASS.
[WaIhalla Mountainccr.I

VIM. ii. Alexander. circulation
manager Of The Evening Times, OF
Grand Forks. hnn been in the city
a day Or No this week In the inter-
ests of his paper. The Times IL mt
once nj the hend Of Its clnSs In lyle
and appearance and il setting "a
pace In it's news and telegraph coll
umnh that contemporaries find hard
to keep up with. Az II reaches Wni-
halla twelve hours earlier than any
morning piper. II Ii getting II large
list of renders here.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26

If NJ. n. Johnson isn't careful even
those who do know him might sus-
pect that he too is nursing an incur
able grievance growing out of unre-
Quilted ambitions. BY the way, didn't
the Louisiana lottery people and their
North Dakota friends help to send
Johnson to congress in 1890?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26

The object Of the Herald reporter
who han been writing up Pembinu
county from I'm insurEent stand
point, seems to have been more to
Nh0vv to other sections OF the state
that there was much sentiment In
thin county favorable to the reform
movement than to produce results
here. In his writeups he has made
NO many errors that the result may
prove Injurious to the insurEent
faction rather than helpful.
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LET reverence of law be breathed by
prattles in her lap; let it be taught in
the schools, seminaries and colleges;
let 1t be written in primers, spelling
from pulpits and proclaimed In legis-
lative halls and enforced in court of
Justice; in short, let it become the
political religion of the nation"
Abraham Lincoln.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
Where Ignorance Was Bliss.

VACAC A6uVAduCC Vdo Dubbs
A New York man was stopping for
month at an inland town in Florida.
This man is exceedingly fond of SWIM
ming, but has horror of snakes, and
this fear kept him from indulging in
his favorite sport in the nearby river.
He was fishing one day. and men,
toned his desire and the barrier to
its enjoyment to his guide, a lanky
and sorrowful Cracker"
"Oh, kin Ak yo'-all up all right, -
the guide drawled, and led the way
to beautiful little lake some distance
back from the river. "Ain't nary snake
in hyah," he said.
The northerner enjoyed half
hours sport in the clear water, and
then coming back to the white sand
beach, began to dress. He then OBJ
served that what he had taken to be
several logs floating upon the water
were In motion.
Wonder what causes those logs to
mover" he said.
Them amt logs" his guide calmly
replied, chewing on straw: "them's
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26
DRAINAGE BACKsLnINa.

The fact that at Langdon and other
points along the branch Of the Great
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-26

thousands of those who bewail the
coming of something that shakes the
town out of Rip Van Wrinkle sleep.