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facts-facts which clearly prove that the suspicion we entertained a few months ago was not groundless.
 In Germany, while production of iron and steel is being steadily increased prices are beginning to foreshadow that slackening of demand which we predicted. Last year Germany produced 1247S,OGS tons of pig iron, against 10,9S7,6 623 tons in 1905, an increase of 13.6 per cent Last year Great Britain produced 101493SS tons, against 95S2, ,137 tons, an increase of 5.S per cent.
 Judging from the number of new plants which are being put down, and the num- Der of existing ones, which are being ex- tended and improved we may fairly as- sume that by 19OS Germany's output of pig iron will not be far short of 15,0OO,O0O tons a year: and we may reasonably expect that before 1908 arrives Germany will have a large quantity of iron and steel avail able for export-that instead of import ing from Britain she will be exporting to Britain. Even at the present time Germany Is exporting iron and steel goods on a scale which seems to indicate that her home demands are not quite so viz orous as some people think, and she Will soon be doing as great a foreign trade In iron and steel as is Great Britain. Ger many exported 3.60O,0OO tons of iron and steel last year and imported 6JO,000 tons balance 100000. The United Kingdom ex- ported 4,GO0,O00 tons and imported 100000 tons-balance 34OO. 600 tons.
 Suppose we can produce at 5s per ton less than our rivals, of what avail Is that in the matter of international competi- ton, if we have to meet tariffs of los or EOS per ton in foreign markets, while our competitors are allowed to invade our markets tariff free? Have VI forgot ten the last period of dumping" when our streets were laid with foreign tram rails, while our own furnaces and mills were idle, and while our own unemployed paraded their misery in these same streets? When the next dumping period arrives we shall find Germany pro- treble, the quantities of iron and steel they were turning out on the last occa- sion.
 Let us turn to the question of Amer ican competition. Conflicting reports con- corning the situation in the United States are causing much uneasiness just now in Great Britain-a circumstance clearly demonstrating the unstable conditions of British industry under free trade. Seven and eight years ago American exports Of iron and steel were on scale truly alarming, but more recently we have not been troubled much by American com petition-our rivals have been enjoying a splendid home market
 But what of the future? There are some acute financial difficulties springing up in the United States which may very probably cause sudden check in rail-
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ENGLISH JOURNAL
 GIVES ITS VIEWS Iron and Steel Discussed By
 London Editor WHAT MAY HAPPEN SOON German and American Competition Will Hurt Engand-British Tariff Reform Is Pointed Out as
 EneIand's Chief Hope.
WHAT MAY HAPPEN SOON
From the London Mail of March 21.

From the London Mail of March 21
 In our issue of December last we said that "Our present prosperity in iron and steel is but an inadequate share of a world wide revival, and that, even such as it is, it is primarily. if not entirely, due to the mere temporary suspension of keen American and German rivalry.
 and we stated that All the available ev- idence points to the conclusion that to- wards the end of next year Q9oD the do- mestic demands of America and Germany for iron and steel products will slacken; while it is an indisputable fact that pro ducers in those countries are in creasing their productive capacities at a rate clearly indicative on d rapidly approaching time when output will again exceed consumption in America and Germany. The moment that happens the moment that American and German producers have q surplus over the re- uuirements of their home markets, they will in all probability once again begin to dump such surplus in this country,
 Many authorities agreed, and do now agree. with our forecast; but, on the other hand, there are those who did not, and do not, believe that our view Of the future prospects of our iron and steel h- dustrv was then or is now the correct one We have no wish to create alarm. many exported 3,6O00O0 tons of iron mad the measure of prosperity now being en- loved by those engaged in our iron, steel and kindred trades, but we cannot ignore
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Any considerable advance in prices this year from the present level would arouse the suspicion that the big men had a community of interest to distribute stocks at high prices for the purpose of clearing their decks before the opening of the Presidential campaign. Last month standard railroad stocks were on the
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STORY OF A DESERTED CAMP.
Mysterious Stranger Who Cares for
 Graves of Early California Miners.

From the Washington Post.
 One of the old residents of California Is Jeremiah Van Horn, who is now a re- tired merchant and spends his time in tr-- cling. He is full of tales of the state. and last night told one of an old mining camp near Marysville, Cal.
 Near the town of Marysville," said he, 'there is an old mining camp, now de- serted. On a hillside lie the bodies of fifty miners. Their resting places are fenced in and few hardy flowers bloom in the spring, only to dry and wither in the summer. No name is to be seen on the rude headboards. But one man himself as unknown to the people of the region as the dead men below-knows the secret of the graves.
 About Eastertide of each year this nal-now aged and somewhat bent, but with vigor still in his walk-appears from out of the mysterious east. He arrives at Marysville, hires a conveyance, and visits the graves of three of the old timers. There is nothing of the miner about him. he is prosperous and perhaps wealthy. His clothing is of the city cut. His gray beard is well trimmed and his gold trimmed glasses hide pair of shrewd blue eyes. His business is to look after the graves. He straightens up the fence, waters the thirsty plants and when every thing is in ship shape spends half an hour in looking over the valley and the hhis. Then, jumping in to his carriage, he returns to Marysville, takes the train to San Francisco, and is lost for another yea in the solitude of civilization
 'sWho is he? What tie binds him to the three men whose bodies long ago crumbled into dust? Was he himself one of the Argonauts. bound by ties closer than those of blood to the trio upon whom the winter rains have fallen for half a century? Great is the curiosity of the people of Marysville. They watch him narrowly on his annual pilgrimages. and some, the forward ones. have made bod to question him. He has always turned them away with courtesy and t reserve. They do not even know his name or station. but they marvel much over what they believe to be an example of brotherly love and affection that stretches over many decades and never forgets the past"
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bargain table. After the rise of the past three weeks many ot these stocks are still iutrinsically cheap. further ad- vance of 20 points before the end or the year would wipe out all the bargain table prices and make many stocks dear again. But stocks that are intrinsically cheap al the present level, under the con- ditions now existing, would not look cheap at all were we to have political up- heaval next year.
 What is the dividend on steel common going to be? The action of the stock in the market does not seem to indicate that the dividend is to be increased. If the stock is to go back to the per cent rate this month then it ought to sell above 50. During the winter when the stock was selling around $50, and there was an expectation of an increase in the dividend at the January meeting the Morgan following in London had the tip to buy it for S60 Mir Morgan, 1t is said, would like to see the dividend increased. He was in favor of increasing It In January Some of the more conservative directors while they recognize that the company is earning more than to 6 per cent on it's common stock now, think it would be very unwise to increase the dividend now with chance that de- pression in the steel business before the Presidential election would make the per cent rate too high. The company made a mistake in the beginning of put ting the stock on per cent basis and it is thought that it would be most unwise to make second mistake in the dividend policy. Some of the leading men in the steel coropration knew at the start that it was a mistage to pay the per cent rates on the common stock, but they were overr'lled by the big in- terests who wanted to make quick profits out of the sale of their common stock to the public. The dividends on the stock in the beginning were paid for no other purpose than to make a market for the common stock. The credulous public was led to believe that the per cent rate was to be permanent, and they thought they had bonanza when they were getting upwards of per cent on their money Some of the practical men in the steel corporation believe that the time is not so far off when the common stock will cross the preferred. The steel business of this country is growing so rapidly they say. that the present policy of putting earnings back into the prop erty or a large scale will eventually give to the common stock value sew eral times its present market quotation.
 The copper trade people still insist that fe St a
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monotype, but has a special advantage for book, periodical and job printing. MT. Keene's interest in the graphotype came about through his investment of a large sum of money some time ago in the development ot the invention.
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are not in the trade themselves, believe that copper is too high and that it is going to decline several cents a pound in the course of the next few months. A decline in copper to 20 cents would hurt nobody. It would be beneficial. Sky prices for raw materials are never bene- ficial to trade. The present profit in copper mining is too large. No great in- dustry can ever go along over long stretch of time making abnormal profits. It is against economic laws.
 The fact that copper mines are making from 10 to 20 cents pound on their out put on the present level of prices is enough to indicate that prices cannot hold. The abnormal profit in copper min ing is bound eventually to Increase the output very largely, and this increased output will be the force that will bring prices down in the end. Many new cop per mines are being developed, and it is only because the development of copper mines is a slow process that prices have not broken before. Millions upon mil lions of dollars of new capital are being put into the development of copper prop critics in the United States, Canada, Mex ico, South America and Africa. Ten years from now the present enormous produc- ton of copper in the world will seem very small. The development of the elec- tric industry, of course, will also go on at a rapid pace but capital will not plunge widely into new electric enter prises with copper at sky prices.
 Union Pacific is making money for the traders who are catching it's swings, as the following record of prices shows:
 Low, March IA ...... .. ....l2O
 High, March 16 ...l44ia
 Low, March 24 .... ...121a
 High, April l .... ....l399s
 Low April 3.... ....l331s
 High, April 6 ..l4312
 In twenty-one Stock Exchange days, as will be seen from this record, Union Pacific in it's five big swings covered Si points Any trader who was wise or so lucky as to catch the tops and bot toms of the swings of a stock like Union Pacific would soon have all the money in the street.
 A syndicate has been formed to under otype company. The company has cap ital of s5,0Oo,oO0 divided into 5Oo,oo0 shares of s10 par value. The syndicate will un- derwrite the stock at $2 a share and thus supply the company with $SO0,0OO cash working capital. The stock will be brought out on the curb The com pany will attract more than ordinary in- terest because James R. Keene is the controlling interest. He is the manager of the underwriting syndicate, and will have control of a majority of the stock during the life of the syndicate. The company Is formed to manufacture type casting and composing machine that is not only adapted for all classes of news paper work, like the linotype and the
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The copper trade people still insist that tbe metal market is as strong as rock, and that there are no srgns Of any break in prices They say that prices on the Metal Exchange here do not amount to anything anyway, and that the decline in London is purely speculative. But some good judges of the copper trade who
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Hear Bob Taylor
Disease Most Dreaded by Science.

At the Jefferson theatre next Tuesday
 night; seats on sale Saturday.
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
FALL IN THE NORTH WOODS,
The Returned Vacation coer Discusses
the Beauty Of Snow.

The Returned Vacation Goer Discusses
the Beauty Of Snow.
"That rainy day you had here the
other day, Tuesday, wasn't tor
Wednesday," said a man just back
from the Adirondacks, "it showed all
day where we were. First time I'd
ever been up there in the fall and I.
don't know but it looked more beauti-
full all in white than it does in summer
when everything's green. Ice there,
too, you know, now. Shallow places
In the lake where it was; frozen, over
now SO that you couldn't get around in
'em any more in a, boat. Not such an
everlasting sight further north, than
New York. but away from the salt
water and higher elevation, winter
there a good deal earlier than here, Of
course. The hotel where stayed
closed the day I came away. What?
No, not for grief over my departure
but because + was the last guest.
"You say the hotels In New York
are still keeping open?' see they are,
and New York never looked better to
me, but do>you' know L think next year
I shall take my vacation iii the fall
again and COUP around where I've Just
come from; hunting for bear. Yes, sir.
they get bear up there as we'll as deer:
don't have,to go to louisiana for bear.
But here's1mys trail, r mean street; 60
long, old man, just now I'm hunting
business"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
CHAPTER XIV.
"For the Honor Of Our Name"

"For the Honor Of Our Name"
Sir Mark Brettingham was brave
man, a soldier who had faced death
en- the battlefield; he had risked his
lie in close conflict with frenzied
fanatics; he had seen the cruel AZ
CHAN knife fash within an inch Of his
breast, and he had known no thought
of fear.
But now In his sown home. with his
wife and son by his side. the dread Of
death had come upon him. For. with
his death there would be new master
at Draycott Hall, new bearer Of the
old title, ana the honor of the ancient
name would be confided to the keeping
Of q convicted felon q felon who had
not yet purged his onense, and upon
whom the hand Of the law might yet
be laid heavily. ~
The medical men had assured Eir
Mark that aslarge percentage Of such
operations - the one he vas shout Ia
undergo were successful !, Ind. though
they confessed TIL there sHaA, AWAY
! & risk. they did not think fist n sii
Marks cassi It - q serious one.
"a Lady Bret insisAsn Wa Anxioul
about ~ husband Shs alons knew
~ mortal ansuash IT, disooyerz ~
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
TO CURE A COUGH OR COLD.
Doctors Prescription Checks an Acute
Cold in Day and Cures
Chronic Coughs.

The following formula is a neve,
failing remedy for coughs or colds:
Two ounces Of glycerine, one-halI
ounce of Concentrated oil of pine
one half pint of good whisky, mix and
shake thoroughly each time and use
In doses --teaspoonful to table
spoonful every four hours.
This, if followed up, will cure any
cough that is durable or break up
an acute cold in "a hours. The in.
gradients all can be gotten at any
drug store.
Concentrated oil of pine comes put
up for medicinal uses only in half
ounce walls sealed in air tight cases de.
signed to protect it from heat and
light Other oils of pine are insoluble
and are likely to produce nausea and
cannot give the desired results.
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Ito Be contlnued.)
DIDN'T WANT MUCH.

But Only "Just What Was Comm to
Him."
A story is told in Harper's Weekly
of farmer who went into the store
of one of his neighbors and asked him
If he didn't want to trade.
"Watchergot?" said the storekeeper.
The man ran his hand into his coat
pocket and pulled out an egg. This -
said he.
zone aig said the storekeeper:
"And what you want for that?"
"Waall," drawled the man, you can
gimme couple Of kittin' needles for
it, can't yer
EFF that's ALL" said the storekeeper.
II reckon kin"
The man received the knitting nee
dies, and, looking up at the store
keeper, he said: Aren't you going to
treat?" (The custom OF the vicinity
demands treat whenever swap Of
any kind is made.)
WELL" said the storekeeper, what
you want?"
"Oh, I'm not particular" said the
man. "Gi' me drink O. sherry"
So the storekeeper handed out 4
bottle Of shedry and d glass. 81
Help yourself. = ~ {, ssg
The man thought q moment and
then said, solemnly: II nevah drink
sherry without breakin' an aig in IT.
eWell. upon nah ,soulr! thought thu
storekeeper. But he handed him the
egg he had just received and said:
Here's yuh aig; ron Kin hoy Il. s 81
The mans broke the egg into. tbs
glass IL SHERRY. md - doing @ df a
I covered that the egg han two yoiks
He drained the Glass. cked \ ,hi I
lips. pronounced II q tlnes drink and md
then said Is the storekseper:
sYou know, yon ought e. 81 SIle
two more knit needles. don't your
IsS aWhyy' asked tl6isss astorskss.e nor
fplexed. 81
q sHscauss,' = rid ~ MN .ttat aii
~ mine ~ !! sIs
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
PRODUCTIVE POWER OF
WESTERN CANADA SOIL

Winnipeg Correspondence.
There has never been any who have
doubted the productiveness of the soil
Of Western Canada, but there are
sometimes found those who question
tho fact Of its superiority. During the
past season 1t has been shown that
In grain raising qualities 1t possessed
the very best. The late. spring pre-
vented grain being sown in many
cases before the middle of May. Yet,
large percentage Of that sown at that
time produced excellent yields. Had it
not been for the frost early in August,
which visited most Of the north half
Of the continent, there would have
been magnificent yield in every dis.
trfct in Western Canada. Throughout
the Southern Alberta district where
about 100000 acres was sown to win
ter wheat the yield will be enormously
large. There are vast tracts Of valu-
able grain growing land in Western
Canada that are available for home.
steads, the Canadian Government Civ.
ing $50 acres free. and entry may be
made by proxy. by any near relative,
thus saving considerable cost to the
American who may have entry made
in this way. Any Canadian Govern
ment Agent will give you the partic.
ulars.
Your correspondent has just re-
ceived the following letter from Craik.
Saskatchewan, which bears out the
statement made in the first part of
this letter.
"Craik. Sask., Aug. 1907.
''May oath we planted Dahlia root,
which we brought with us from Min.
neapolis. Aug. 18th. 80 days later, it
was in bloom. The plant is now Az
feet high and covered with blossoms.
We never got half as many flowers on
1t In Minneapolis, even during Septem.
Der and October, although we had
more time to attend to it there"
mention this only as an example
OF the great productive power of the
soil here in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06

victims piayt Is ls:ltl Actors ,lsssponsl.
Biz Tor hunted Careers.
One thing, II the United States,
which hampers . good actor more than
anything else IS the petrined tradition
that = player can do, only those parts
which are ''.in his line" says 4 the
Broadway Magazine, discussing the
question, a rs tho American Actor Z
bad Actor, &. 81
Even the discovery Of ! Warfeld
has not pointed out strongly enough
the fallacy Of thus keeping an actor at
one style Of work, Of this saying that
.'it's no use putting so.and-so in such
a part; he has never done. anything
like that before" 90.
We all know that In the United
States. once an actor has established
himself in q little circle Of characters,
he is kept amiably padding about this
safe pond. s
Crane can act the David Harum
parts; therefore he is kept At It and
plays are written for him directly
around such characters.
We can almost hear the teeth Of the
play-tailor grit together, can almost
see the perspiratfon start from his
brow, as he sits down and determines
to manufacture play for Mr.. Crane;
or perhaps It is a play for Dustin
Farnum about cowboys, chivaIry, and
Colts revoIvers; or musical comedy
about Yankee, vehicle in which
Mr.. Raymond Hitchcock may go about
gathering up the Iucre Of the land.
This is the observance, not the
breach. Is 1t any wonder that our act
ers are, for the most part, people who
never-in hfstrionic sense-grew
up? Only the Mansffelds dare inno-
vate, dare improvise different things.
The run of the actorfolk must eat play
dope out Of spoon-and stunt their
careers in consequence.
The answer to the question, Is the
American actor bad actor? is, No.
He is good actor in spite Of the. sys-
TEN at work behind him.
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Goirq Sore.

Monday Aaker's Business college
sent Miss G. johnson into a position
as stenos-apher in the Office of Atton.
ney asell. LaMoure; to day, Tuesday,
Gudrun Lund goes into a similar pc.
sition in the office CT President 20 /.
stad, Mcorhead. Six A. B. c.. stu len. J
have gene into positions the last few
days. The department of telegraph is
also proving great success, and I
should: it is the best equipped an
has the only experienced teacher q
te.esraIhy in the state. For oatalogus
address the school at Grand Forks OF
Fargo.
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To the Best Of His Knowledge.

Johnny, what is your fathers ma.
rivity?" asked the teacher.
Ellis what, ma'am?"
Ellis nativity1His nationality, 20,
xnow."
"Oh, he hasn't got any yet, ma am
We just moved here from Nebraskay
last week.
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MARRIED At THE CAPITAL.
International. Romance. taaa, lts Proper
elimination.

Miss Mathilde flanagan and Capt.
Goland Clarke. D.. s.. o.. Eighteenth
hussars, British army. were married in
St. Johns. church. Washington. recent
ly, by the; Rev. Roland Cotton Smith.
Following a wedding breakfast at the
Shoreham hotel, Capt. Clarke and his
bride started for q tour Of the world
which will last IS months.
Miss flanagan, whn has been living
in London for about Is years, crossed
the ocean In order that her marriage
might be celebrated h Washington.
She CROSSED with her cousin, Mrs. e.
H. Ahha. and Capt. Clarke followed on
the nekt ship. Meanwhile Duncan
Hannegen was on Afa way across the
continent to Washington u give His
sister In marriage. 3
The wedding Is the culminaticn Of 4
romance which began Just after the
Boar war. Capt CLARKE fought with
distinction ct Ladysmiths and Spion
Kop and was rewarded BY King Ed
ward RitR 9 decoration az the Dis.
|stinguished Service Order. When he fe.
turned Is Landon he met Miss Han.
|;negxn. sj5Ss Il si3
Miss Hannexan is the daughter Of
the late Col. and Mrs. sellman Key
Iannegan. Who were promtnent Ia the
social life of the capital some years
ago. Mrs. Hannegan ~ Miss aNelaou.
ldaughter az the late Gan. Thomax ii.
&fAdsnm 10 - 4 III w "a
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A Different srecies.

"W-hi!e abrccd 1 met a poor but
clever scalp specialist in Brussels and
told him he could make big money in
America If he came over with me-"
"Why eli you tell him that?"
because his speciality was raising
Belgian hairs"