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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-15

We are ever ON the lookout for the
best When looking for the very finest
range-and the easiest to keep bright
and clean-the turquoise blue steel
range will fill the bill. See Schmidt,
the stove man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-15

Jesse Sisco, of Waterloo, Iowa, is
opening first class horseshoing shop
at LOG East Church street in Rewey's
old stand. Having had experience in
shoeing for good many years, guar
antee satisfaction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-15

Pitted cherries and red raspberries
green Lima beans. yellow wax ane
green cut beans peas, succotash, rec
kidney beans, beets and sugar corn il
the Echo brand of canned goods a
Olson's, West Main.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-15

Back into the wall paper business"
Yes, and with a new stock too Come
and see me. George P. Powers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-20

them perpetually, as did my late
father. The gosudarstvennaia douma
(national assembly, will soon assem-
BILE, and in cooperation with me dis
cuss the best measures for your relief.
Have confidence In me. will assist
you. But, repeat, remember always
that right of property Is holy and In
violable.''
Count Eugene Troubaskoy, who pre-
scented the resolutions of the marshals
Of the nobility to the emperor, in an
interview attributed the agrarian
troubles directly to the revolutionary
propaganda. He expects excuses in
the spring, when the peasants through
out the empire, in preparing to take
possession Of and SOW private lands,
will become wilder than ever, because
they will be unable to agree on divi-
sion of the spoils and will fall to
fighting among themselves. The land
owners now are practically ruined.
The convocation Of the national as
sembly is Immediately necessary to
enable the government to raise money
abroad, set 1t on its feet and enable
1t to carry out its plans for the whole
sale colonization of Siberia, which is
an imperative measure of relief
Washington Star.
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FOSTERS FORECASTS.

Washington. D. c., Feb. 19.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent February 16 to 20,
warm wave February 16 to 10, cool
wave February IS to %. Next dis
turbance will reach Pacific coast
about February %, cross west of
Rockies by close of February %, great
central valleys February "a to 26,
eastern states February q, warm
wave will cross west of Rockies about
February %, great central valleys
February "a, eastern states February
rs. Cool wave will cross west of
Rockies about february rs, great CEN
trail valleys February q, eastern states,
February 1.
This disturbance will be second in
Importance of the month. It will have
developed more than the usual inten-
sity when it reaches the Pacific coast
end will continue with unusual force
till 1t has passed off the eastern coast.
General trend of temperatures will be
downward and therefore the cool wave
following will bring colder weather
than the cool wave preceding the dis
turbance.
While shortage of rainfall was
predicted for February, the last week
in the month will probably bring an
excess, particularly in the southeast
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-20

good business principles. First, be-
cause the managers are not prepared
for their workit Is not their life
work, neither IL it likely to be their
choice. Second, because patronage In
large cities has ever tended to inef-
5ficiency, favoritism and seldom pro-,
ducttve of good service. Thirdly, be-
canSe there is neglect Of details
since those employed are not stimu-
lated by fear Of loss and hope of gain.
American cities have failed in DIFF
ferent business undertakings, for ex-
amples, he spoke of the Boston Court
house, where one item of expense
alone was $500 for thermometers, and
the failure in Austin, Texas, In the
construction of the public dam. THE
American city has q greater amount
Of administrative awkwardness than
any other city In the world. Since the
American city has failed in these UNI
dertakings It Is highly inadvisable to
plunge her into the biggest business
undertaking of the modern city,"
A. N. Daykin, the third speaker for
the affirmative, first took up the ad-
Svantages OF a municipalization over
private ownership: first, in the way
of borrowing money, second, elimina-
ton of watered stock, third, elimina-
ton Of expensive litigation; fourth,
the great saving in working together,
and fifth. there would be no dividends
to pay.
The speaker gave out statistics to
prove the success of municipalization
in Great Britain. which do you pre-
fer to have, great capitalists as we
have in American cities or good public
service as we have in Great Britain?"
Again American cities have advant-
ages for municipalization which the
cities of Great Britain have not. We
have abundance of fuel, wide streets,
and in many cities unlimited water
power.
To refute the argument of Mr.. Cam
eron that cities have failed in public
undertakings he showed how Ameri-
can cities worked with signal success
their water and lighting plants and
supported his contention by illustra-
lions in the large cities Of the United
States and Canada. He drew atten-
-
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ton to the city of st. Thomas, Ont,
where the publicly owned roads give
free excursions to the public, where
they sell three tickets for 6 cents,
where they have fewer injuries, al
though they carry more people to the
mile, that in cities where private own
,ership prevails. He then turned to
the Brooklyn Bridge railway and
quoted from various authorities show
ing the great efficiency of that line of
tramways.
Mr.. d. had a very clear and lucid
style. He spoke with more delibera-
ton than the other speakers of the
affirmative, but his delivery was more
forcible and striking.
J. A. johnson, the last speaker for
the negative, contended that the con-
gestion of our urban population can
be relieved only by continuing of
private ownership and control. He
showed the congested condition in the
cities of England. But in America
where we have private ownership the
working classes live from to Is miles
from their work. This is great So
cial advantage. Private companies
push, their lines where there is only
hopes of future profit and the popula-
ton follows the tramways. The enor-
nous Indebtedness added to the city
would be such burden that the cities
could not raise enough money for the
construction of new lines.
Public improvements would be inn
peded by ward politics. The result Of
battle between ward politicians for
DEVELOPMENT in their respective dis
tricts would be log rolling and delay
in construction and extension. But
in the meantime the population would
grow and the slums increase in extent
and density" The speaker then show:
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aies between cities, having private
ownership means inefhciency) does
ownership. Now let us see,' said
the speaker, what grade of service
we have In Glasgow and other cities
where they have public ownership,
solid poles Of metal for the safety Of
the people take the place Of the infirm
wooden pole; cars are never blocked
with snow, the streets are Immediately
cleaned and accidents are few" Z
Mr.. c. laid special stress upon the
.endeavors made In Glasgow for the
general benefit Of the people. The
argument OF the negative (that public
ownership means enefficlency) does
not seem to hold good when facts are
examined. II n
Referring to both American and
Canadian cities the speaker showed
how accounts were kept undisclosed
and the real profits are never known.
But when the accounts are disclosed
bribery and corruption present them
selves with their long train, OF immoral
influences. In summarizing he said
public Ownership meant better ac-
9commodatio lions. relief of congestion Of
population In large cities. relief from
the reign Of orruptionists and finally
3simpllfies administration. Mr.. O., like
Mr.. Wall spoke rapidly and showed a.
mastering Of the subject. He seemed
TO be at home upon the platform and
brought forth frequent applause as he
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q
day evening and heard the debaters
from North Dakota defeat the orators
from Manitoba. The debate was in
tensely interesting Throughout. The
speakers were all conyersant with the
subject and showed a great deal Of
preparation. Arguments were clear,
comparisons were happy and the pre-
sentation was bold. When Mr.. Daykin
of the affirmative had closed everybody
felt satisfied they had listened to
great debate. The decision of the
judges, two to one in. favor Of the
negative, met with the hearty APP
prOval of all.
Hon. Sanford Evans, an alumnus
of Manitoba university, after a few
chosen remarks concerning the, feeling
OF brotherhood between the two great.
nations. the benefit of these forensic
contests to the two institutions of
learning represented, introduced +
j. w. Stevenson, first speaker for,
the affirmative. Mr.. s. briefly outlined
the debate for the affirmative and said
it would LARGELY be the object Of the;
affirmative to show how municipalities
ton of street railways would result 4
a more efficient service, and great
saving to the public. He contended
that street railways were natural
monopolies, the benefits Of which.
should be for the public not the pri-,
vate individual. A natural monopoly
is always subject to the wits of COM.
petition, and If owned and controlled
by private individuals 1t will inyari-
al9 result in immense gains and
profit. The speaker showed that con-
troll under private ownership was not
only unpracticable, but impossible,
and the natural remedy for the evils
was public ownership. He referred to
Toronto with her model system Of
street railways as an example Of the
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ern states. Following February IL
VIII come short warm wave with
unusually high temperatures, an in
crease of precipitation but not very
severe storms.
Next bulletin will give general fore
casts of March weather, particularly
of crop weather. l can now more
highly recommend my crop weather
forecasts than ever before and be-
lieve it will well repay all who are
interested in tilling the soil to make
these crop weather forecasts the basis
of their operations. They will find
this to be much more satisfactory
than trusting to chance.
am now we'll up with my work and
many of the former obstacles to sue
cess are no longer encountered, friends
of my weather work have continued
to give me financial aid and this has
enabled me to bring my records up to
date and my system of forecasting
nearer to perfection. My above 20 per
cent good charted forecasts of Novem-
Der and December have convinced at
least few of the old style of scient-
lists that 1 have something of real
value. These grand results have been
reached through the weather records
of the past.
The important thing in crop wealth
err is to know, long in advance, in
what season the drouths, the floods,
the average rainfall, the cold spells,
warm spells, frosts and thaws will oc-
cur and therein lies the important
work Of the long range weather fore
caster. have striven to reach this
result and I can truly say excelsior!
have found it.
Necessarily few errors will occur
in my forecasts, but these will con-
tinue to be less in number. My health
is good, am working very hard and
friends of my weather work can rest
assured that the time Is not far away
when planetary meteorology will be
universally recognized.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-20
CARS MANDATE TO PEASANTS:
a Plain. Outspoken Document on
Property Rights.

In view of the profound conviction
prevailing among the marshals of the
nobility, members of the ,zemstvos and
other classes which are in direct touch
with the peasants that the spring will
witness q renewal of agrarian disor-
ders throughout the country on more
deplorable scale than ever before, the
emperor has addressed plain, out
spoken mandate to the peasantry, set
ting forth that the rights of property
are sacred and that the peasants will
be violating his will If they attempt
to enter into possession of private
lands. At the same time, his majesty
has assured the peasants that, with
the cooperation of the national as
sembly, he will institute measures for
their relief.
personally to deputation from the
Kursk government, at st. Petersburg,
and will be sent broadcast through
out the empire in the hope of coun-
teractfng the widespread belief pre-
vailing among the masses of the peas
antry that his majesty has ordered the
distribution of all private lands, and
that only the landowners and local Of
flcials We're hampering the execution
Of his will. The emperor ON this oc-
casion addressed the Kursk peasants
as my brothers. and talked to them
In simple Russian terms, capable OF
being understood by the most ignorant
peasant. He said:
am most glad to see you. You
must know vefV well that every right
OF property is sacred to the state. The
owner has the same right to his land
40 you peasants have to yours. COM
municA te this to your fellows In the
villages
: n my solicitdds tor you i do not
forget the peasants whose needs are
dear % me-. and I Will look after
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piause. The house burst forth again
in prolonged applause when the de-
cision was rendered.
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THE EVENING TIMES, GRAND FORKS, n. D.

maps illustrated the point excellently.
There cannot be municipalization of
these lines because the cities will not
cooperate and private companies will
not invest In the lines unless they can
own the city lines as well. The speaker
then showed how all the evils of the
present systems could be remedied 6y
constitutional regulation.
Rebuttal.
Mr.. Wall quoted from statistics and
government reports that there is no
such thing: as success in municipaliza-
ton in European cities. He showed
conclusively that municipalization of
gas plants had not the tendency Of
purifying politics. He quoted Bryce
as authority that multiplication does
not eliminate corruption. He invited
the judges to examine his authorities
for further proof Of his contention.
In the rebuttal for the affirmative
Mr.. Stevenson contended that the
argument was ON principle and II con-
ditions are not proper, that is no fault
of the principle. The principal re-
mains worthless. He refuted the state
ments Of the negative that there was
no interest displayed for municipali-
cation by pointing to the campaigns in
Chicago and Philadelphia. He pointed
to the American post Office system as
bright example of efficiency in public
management. That private initiative
is stiffied is not altogether true, al
though the individual cannot invest
directly; he can gain Indirectly by
better service.
S. Cameron, for the negative, showed
up the efficiency of American street
railways, in that you can ride some
times from 20 to so miles for 5 cents,
while the cent fare referred to in
Glasgow only carries you few hun
dred yards.
He turned the argument of the affirm
alive that water plants in public own
ership cities were efficiently managed
by giving statistics on the disease in
Philadelphia due to impure water, and
the poor light in Chicago obtained
from the public gas works.
Chrisholm continued for affirmative,
and made his last stand on the argu-
ment. that public ownership would
eliminate corruption. He was very
. effective as he traced the effect of
publishing contracts for public works.
Johnson Closed for the negative by
first turning few minor arguments
against the affirmative, and then show
ing the fallacy of comparing clean
governed Liverpool with corrupt Chi
cago. He read from the London Times
a brief article on the congestion in
Glasgow, owing to the small mileage
of street railways in that municipal
lied city. He maintained that the
argument of owning and operating the
interurbap lines remained unanswered
and was unanswerable. 1t was a
splendid rebuttal and brought forth
great applause.
Mr.. Daykin closed the debate by
showing how Port Arthur and Fort
William has successfully owned and
operated the interurban line between
those cities. The speaker read from
numerous authorities showing up the
main contention of the affirmative that
municipalization gives use to greater
efficiency and financial success Mr..
Daykin took his seat amid great ap-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-20
fifth ANNUAL DEBAT
NORTH DAKOTA VICTORY.
Takes Three 0 Of FNs Flo The University tf Manitoba n
he Yeas al. " G. Husband Tells d The Gfea Debate al
Winnipeg Last Friday Evening Local Talent Won Flesh
laPeS as Oebtols Ind After Dinner Speakers.

Mr. 8. had q pleasing appearance as
he delivered his clear and logical
speech. He had good English form;
but more force would have added
greatly to the effect.
Thomas A. Vail, the first speaker
for the negative, opened the debate for
the negative by showing the burden of
proof that the affirmative must bear.
It was four-fold burden, In that the
affirmative must show the necessity OF
ownership and also Of operation. Again
this system must apply to both Canada
and the United States. II 1t fails Iii
one itfails altogether. Mr.. Wall spoke
E0f the proposed system as being radi-
cal. He voiced the fact that no nation
had ever yet attempted to both own
and operate their street railways.
The speaker then dwelt on the sub
ject Of corruption anil put special srtess
on the fact that municipalization of
street railways would not eliminate
corruption, but instead would enlarge
the fields for graft. In the matter OF
supplying the city with necessaries for
their public utilities there is already
too much corruption. Again the
"spoils's >system," bad factor In
American government would be aug
mented rather than decreased. Mr.
Wall said that American cities have
failed already in some Of the elemental
duties. Their burden is already great,
to burden them with more care would
be the height of folly. when these
cities of the United States have sig
nally failed in their most fundamental
duties, and administrative functions,
how can we think of placing in their
hands SO great business enterprise
as that involved in the ownership and
operation of street railways systems.
The great army of city employees
must be increased and the boss would
have a greater power than before.
Another. grave question arises can
the American city bear the debt. 1t
must be remembered that their debt is
already burdensome-to increase It
would be most unwise. In Boston,
y New York, st. Louis and Chicago, the
debt would be increased seven times.
Mr.. Vail spoke rapidly, displaying
perfect knowledge Of the question. He
Is indeed a master of facts and figures.
H. e. N. Chisholm, second afiirma-
tive, followed closely the argument of
his colleague by showing the object
Of private ownership was gain while
that of public ownership was public
welfare He traced these effects upon
the public treasury and upon the
whole people. His speech wac made
up largely of comparisons and analy-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-20

Klaw and Erlanger have new play
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-20
entitled "HaAng." by willard Hol-
combe. The scenes are laid in An

entitled "Hazng." by willard Hol-l
combe. The scenes are laid in AM
napolis. r. 81
Nat G. Goodwin has purchased the
English rights Of ''The Prince Chap
which he will present In London, APP
pearing in the title role. X
Olga Nethersole has arranged for
one of the longest Jumps" on record.
She is to open In London next autumn,
after which she Is booked to appear
In San francisco. She will sail
around the Horn in steamer from
Southampton to San francisco.
Charles Ross and Mabel Fenton, who
were among the conspicuous stars Of
the old Weber & Fields forces, will be
soon in new version of 1.-THE Win
ming Girl" which is soon to take to
the road.
"The Trancoso Trail" a play of
northern Mexico, by Francis Hastings
and Henry Fitch Taylor. was produc-
ed In Rochester and was we'll received.
It has strong cast, including Mabel
Taliafarro, Marie Wainwright, Henry
Jewett and Tyrone Power.
1.-THE Stolen Story" by Jessie Lynch
Williams, the rights of which are con-
trolled by Henry w. Savage, has been
made into novel under the title Of
"The Day Dreamer"
Daniel Frohman has secured the
American rights to Pinero's new play,
His House in Order" produced with
much success in London recently, and
will present it in this country next
season.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-20
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Brown of Harvard" soon to be pro-
duced in New York with Henry Wood
ruff in the title role, is said to be
founded upon Thomas Hughes novel,
tom Brown at Oxford the action
being transposed to the atmosphere of
the American college.
Pillar NORM, who first attracted at
tention in America in pantomime, is
making tour of the British provinces
in Leah Klenshna."
Klaw and Erlanger have a new play
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impossibility Of control. What o the
result when control falls |? Corrup-s
ton arises and poor service 70 the
natural result. /,
How diMerent under public owner
nip; connps tation the root ~ All these
syill would 10 removed, and general
wslfars instead IS rain would AL The
ultimate offset u 4 n, ~
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;sd how this vas Tie situatiop 4 Great
Britain. - 9s, u rs .slS, I
The next diincnlty ii the way Of
municipalisation 4 the problem OF In
tsrurban lines. Under municipalities
stion there f no place f1f this part OF
.our electric railway syst sin. BY
ISlab0fats maps Nh showss The *
tent of our interurban lines Ths.
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Evening incense

g The pleasure Of anticipating a
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you have lots Of confidence IN The
cigar you select. qPe rhaps a friend
gives you his favorite kind and i
fails to please you. q His cigar suits
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We cater to the taste Of partic-
ular smokers. III To please the
most discriminating nothing but
the highest grade Of tobacco Is
used in the WASHINGTON
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orls, N. D.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
RUSS CENSUS FIGURES.
The Total Population of the EN-
pire Without Finland Is
1875, 5S6,525.

st. Petersburg results of the
Russian census of 1897 are still appear
ing at intervals. Among the latest fig
ures published by the statistical depart
ment are the following: THE total
population of the Russian empire Eek
Guiding Finland) on May 10, 1897, was
1875, 586,525. OF these 57,128,604 were
members of the orthodox church. Old
believers and other sections numbered
2.204 ,596; Mohammedans, 13,906,972;
Roman Catholics. 11,407,994; Jews,
5215,805; Protestants Lutherans),
3.572,653. A division of the population
on the basis of classes gives the follow
ing results: Hereditary mobiles, 1,220,-
1853; mobiles for life, or by virtue of Of
flee, 630,119; priests of all Christian de-
nominations, 5S8,947; honorable citi-
zens, 342,927; merchants, 281. 179;
burgesses, 13,386.392: peasants, 90 1885,
648; Cossacks 2. $685. 42; foreigners, 8 ,237,-
965. Illiterates numbered 99,070,4 26 (79
per cent?. Students at the universities
and other institutions for higher educa-
ton numbered 1O4,321.