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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09
THE WAGE-EARNERS
GIRLS WHO WORK SHOULD CARE
FOR THEIR MONEY.
tls Duty They Owe to Themselves
They Should Know What 1t
Is Spent For and
When.

The girl who throws her money
around carelessly, who never realizes
The difference between use and abuse,
who never has the courage to say
that she cannot afford any pleasure,
is not doing her duty. Her mind is
going to be troubled and her life will
be full of worry unless she mends her
ways. %.
The girl who earns money owes a
duty to herself in regard to it.
1t is very delightful to buy this and
that, to give here and there, and to
feel that it is ones very own that is
being used, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Did you ever stop to think
that you give SO much of your life in
exchange for this money? Shall you
count your life's. best blood as moth
Ing and waste it?
Shall you forget your duty to your
self as a natural sequence to every
body else?
The money that is earned so hard
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09

.': w.
before the melons began to ripen, it
developed rapidly and, soon" de-
.stroyed all the vines except" those
grown from the seed Of one seeds
man. Many Of the hills from this.
strain of Rockyford. .. seed. remain
green, throughout thesr season and
produced a. good crop of melons.
Further observations in the musk
melon fields of: that neighborhood
also showed that wherever this strain
of ROCKFORD seed had been used
many hills, were unaffected with rust,
while with. other strains of seed 'sof
the same variety the vines were all
dead. :s-;@s.: ..zz.:> *;
Mr.. zBlinn selected: a quantity of
seed from the rust-resistant hills and
planted them. in comparison with or:
binary seed .'On* the rust:raslsting
hills the melons were hidden under
a healthy, growth of vines, ana were.
large, solidly: :netted, with thick, II Arm
flesh, small##se y cavity 4compp1e tely;
filled with seed. on the ~. rust hills
the plants were: almost deYpid: 81
leaves and the small melpna we're
premafurel ripe, with ater 81;
flesh large, open seed :4ssg cavity and
practically Of no market value. a( sae
strations. i ~ ,f Il
4 In /: tracing back g Ibis
strain of seed 2iit was found 81 ss l1lrl
years before g h sseed snanl saved
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09
ODD FANclES IN JEWELRY.
Distinctive Features Popular with the
Fashionables.

Among the fancies in jewelry are
sleeve links of red and white stones
diamonds, garnets, carbuncles, rubies
or crystals may be used. The links
are in many different shapes, the dis
tinctive feature being that one link
will be all in red and the other in
white, or else one link will be made
of red stones with a diamond in the
center and the other of diamonds with
red stone in the center. Other col
Dred stones are also shown in this
style, but the red and white combina-
ton seems to be the favorite one.
And this is not only true of the sleeve
links. In brooches and bracelets as
we'll the red and white stones figure
largely.
Another odd pair of sleeve links for
a person of sporting proclivities had
one link ornamented with wild duck
in enamel and another with a bird
dog. The links were oval and concave
in shape. The figures were in relief
and covered with crystal.
Another evidence of the popularity
of mixed color schemes in jewelry
than that afforded by the cuff links is
shown in the revived popularity of the
little flower baskets which were fash
ionable many years ago. The baskets,
of gold lattice work, are filed with
flowers made of various colored jew
els. The ornament is used for
brooch. These brooches, when for
merly used, were usually. of French
fligree and paste jewels and were ex-:
ceedingly pretty, although compare
lively inexpensive. A number Of them
were disposed of at the sale OF the:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09

cept to the specially agile, but per.
severance will ensure good results. An
inevitable result of the proper de.
.velopment of the chest is the burying
of the shoulder-blades, the prominence
OF which will spoil, any figure: They
are particularly unsightly in them.
selves, but flattened to their proper po'
sition and well covered with graceful
lines such as our beauty-culture treat.
ment is sure to provide-they may
even be termed lads to beauty"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09

where it is firmly fastened to a stake
or tree. The fork is attached to the
horse; rope either as. a single rope or
doubled for tackle. This rigging is
practically stationary. :, AS the poles
are set in the ground they are self
supporting, except when placed under
a strain. The steps shown on the
poles enable a man to easily ascend
to the top and make the necessary adj
justments. :. ~
Another derrick shown in our see
ond Illustration is arranged on plan
similar to the one shown in the first
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09

effects of the late Mrs. Gilbert, the
we'll known actress. They went Tor a
mere song, although they were, in
fact, prettier than the new brooches
of similar pattern, although the new
ones are made O. genuine stones and
are very expensive.
Pink and white stones are also a
fashionable combination. Among the
most attractive bracelets at the Jew
elers' are those of pink and white
baroque pearls linked together with a
deeper pink amethyst.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09
USE GIANT ELECTRIC LIFT,
Science Does Away with Necessity for
Climbing Steep Hills.

Facility of locomotion is a watch
word Of the times, and what with
electric trains and tramways and other
motor vehicles, engineers are seeing
to it that we get about as easily as
possible. Hills, of course, are chief
obstacle in the way of mechanical
traction of all kinds.
For cities and towns that are wholly
or in part built upon high hills the
giant electric lift, which we depict, is
now being made use Of AS will be-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09
A ust-Resisting Cantaloupe

In recent bulletin of the Colorado
station P. X. Blinn reports the dis
covery by local grower of a rust
resisting cantaloupe which promises
to be of immense value to the Rocky
ford cantaloupe =: industry. In this
case seed of the ROCKFORD variety
was purchased from FIVE. different
seedsmen. They were planted and
cultivated under similar conditions:
When rust attacked the field just
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09
Electric Lift in Stockholm.

readily understood, the passengers en-
ter the car of the lift from the lift
station, and are at once taken up per
pendicularly to the height of the emil
nence to- be- gained. Along a light
bridge the car then travels to the
higher parts of the town, where the.
hill ascended without, as it were, any.
climbing, the passengers anght. zs5
Stockholm, the principal streets of
which are built on rising ground. has
one Of these giant lifts in operation
Casselps Saturday Journal - !.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09

Position No. l and position No. 2
are both shown in the pictures, and
a similar exercise which is not illus
trated is easily explained. Open a
threshold, with one hand on either
side of the easement. Lean through
the doorway, forward and backwards,
grasping the woodwork all the time.
This is an excellent exercise, and at
first will seem almost impossible ex-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09
Sections of 4 CantaloupeIf Showing Good
= and. Poor Internal Qualities, u. :.

Sections of 4 Cantaloupe0 Showing Good
MI III. and Poor Internal Qualities El,'a lt@ !
hill may produce q sblight:resistant:
variety: TIA squash plant IS found
that i b Is sdistasteful to the squash bug,
seed from that hill may produce;
squash e vines which the bugs will mot.
modest. s= :.5 ~ $ 5. &s5 II '75S &. :
!: 81 The important fact is that some
plants e are much more resistant to,
disease and insect acks than 10Th.
z5ers. = is question of III seein. The
resistant plant. and { prop eating from
;it:i farmer has il great oppor;.
stt7unfty tor doing this .Sas The sesds-;;
ma
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09

they are: often located where they can
be left undisturbed as long as possible.
, 3: An arrangement Of derrick in the
form Of tripod is shown in our third
picture. For building q round stack,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09
CHERRY TREE ON CHIMNEY.
Remarkable Freak Of Nature In Mas
sachusetts Town.

One Of the freaks of nature in In
dian Orchard, Mass, is a cherry tree
growing on top of an 80-foot chimney!
It is a thriving. tree, standing ten feet
above the cap Of the chimney, and it.
has grown rapidly despite fierce winds
which have bent it almost double on
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09

illustration, with the exception that
a 2x8 crosspiece is used to connect
the two sets of end supports. This
derrick is supported at the ends by
ropes, as is the case with the derrick
already described. The method of
handling the fork and rope is clearly
brought out in the cut. Almost any
variation desired is possible, however.
Such derrick as this is not neces-
sarily stationary, but when put up
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-03

In lands all improvements and mort
cages up to a certain amount were
deducted and after that further de-
duction of $1,000, but even with these
big exemptions and low rate the
graduated tax got next to the big
land owners; the fellows who owned
10000, $4,000, 100000 acres found
themselves in bad way. Then the
Government stepped in and bought
these big holdings and subdivided
them so that the people could get
chance. The Government paid good
prices for these lands and when sub
divided would sell to no man as it
wanted no more land monopoly, but
in lieu Of freeholds leased these lands
on easy terms for 900 years. Leases
were transferable after approval by
the government and improvements
were the property Of the tenant, but
no fee in the land could be established
and future land monopoly was estop-
ped. Then the money ring was at
tackled, Government borrowed money
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-03

In 1887 New Zealand was an al
most unknown British colony in the
far southern seas.
With an area about twice that OF
Georgia, or Illinois, it had a scant
population of about 100000 people
composed entirely of English, Irish
and Scotch stock except about 10000
Maoris, the native race. 1t was
cursed with land monopoly, coal mo-
nopoly, shipping monopoly, money
monopoly. 1t had the largest per
capita debt in the world. Fortunate
ly this great debt had been mainly
created for productive works such as
railroads, telegraphs, etc. Roughly
speaking one-half the land was
choice, fertile soil, the remainder was
rough land heavily timbered and un-
tillable mountains.
The policy Of the country had been
controlled by the exploiters and some
Of the railroad lines had been unwise-
ly built at the demand Of large land
owners.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-03

The railroads had been built by
Government because private capital
would not venture, and this proved
to be a good thing. In 1887 the out
look was gloomy. Sixteen hundred
persons owned eighteen million acres
of land, or over 1000 acres per cap
ita. Eleven men owned land worth
twenty-four millions of dollars, one
hundred and seven men owned land
of the value of thirty-ive millions
of dollars.
One, John Balance, philosophic
statesman, came into power on re-
form platform with a majority of
parliament at his back. BY 1891
they were able to get at the land
monopolists. Tt was done by the old
and constitutional method of taxa
tion. Graduated income taxes, grad
uated inheritance taxes, graduated
land taxes-these were the weapons
used. The rate Of taxation was mod
crate. Liberal exemptions were al
lowed, in incomes $500 was exempt.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-03

at 3 1-2 and A per cent and lent
out again to the people at per cent
on 36 1-2 years time. Under this
system borrower of $500 would pay
$15 every months for SO years and
a final payment of $9 at the end Of
SO 1-2 years and his debt was dis
charged. He could anticipate pay
ments at any time in whole or in
part. 1t is almost needless to state
that they have state telegraphs, state
telephones, postal savings banks, a
parcels post, state insurance advances
to settlers, old age pensions and a
multitude of things our space will
not permit us to mention.
In 1893 Balance died in the midst
Of his labors, and was succeeded as
Premier by Richard Seddon, who had
been the Minister of Public Works,
and who had started life as a miner.
John Mckenzie, Scotch farmer, be-
came Minister Of Public Works. Sed-
. Continued on Page FouI.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-19
CHOA7E ACTS FOR U. S.
Signatures Affixed to Hague
Agreement in Alpha
betical Order.

The Hague. Oct 1s.-Joseph II.
cboate head Of the American delega-
t3on 10 the International conference,
TODAY signed the final act OF the con-
ference and the conventions adopted.
IN all of which he also affixed his own
nersonal seal The signatures were in
aIpha betical order. the Americans COM
ing next after those OF Germany (Alle-
magnet.
In closing this speech at this after
Moons session Of the conference. Pres
fdent Nelidoff said:
AT one of our recent sittings thanks
were expressed to the august initiator
Of the two conferences, the emperor OF
Russia The conference. I hope. today
will render homage TO the president OF
the United States, who first proposed
the meeting Of the second conference. by
me to send him the follow
ing: THE delegates 10 the second
peace conference having finished their
work. and remembering with gratitude
the initial proposition made for its con-
vocation By the president OF the United
States. present to him their respectful
homage"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-19
Chicago Men Interested.

Racine, Wis, Oct. 19.-R. II. Nc
Elwee, of Lake Forest; Judge Gary
and Mr.. Van Vechten, OF Chicago, all
of the Commercial National bank Of
Chicago, become large stockholders in
the Manufacturers National bank of
Racine, through q transfer Of stock
in that institution. It is reported that
they supplied the main portion of the
funds for the deal o. W. Johnson, ex-
state senator, Of this city, will become
president and Warren J. Davis, of
Marinette, Wis, will be elected cash
ipr
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-19
FRIENDLY TEST SUIT
DECIDES RIVERS FLOW
Flow of Calumet River De-
ponds Upon Federal
Courts Decision.
LAKE MICHIGAN OR TO THE SAG
Drainage Commissioners Believe They
Have Right Authority to Divert
Flow for Public's Health.

Chicago, Oct. ia test OF the pow
ers Of the drainage board TO divert the
flow of water of the Calumet river
from instead of into Lake Michigan
will be made in the federal courts
here within a few days.
Dispatches from Washington last
night carried the information that the
war department has arranged for the
immediate institution of proceedings
against the rdainage board to prevent
the excavations which have already
been begun at the Calumet Sag canal
Engineer G. NJ. Wisner, for the
drainage board. said the work had been
begun by the board in order to justi-
fy the institution of the suit. which
is friendly proceeding agreed upon
between Secretary of War Taft and the
board. The drainage commissioners
believe that they have the authority
to divert the flow of water in the in
terest Of the public health.
Robert r. Mccormick, in an inter
view, gave out the following state
ment:
I'm spite of the fact no act of parlia
mentary progress has been made by
the sanitary districts bin, a grea
deal has been achieved for the people
During the summer many falls,
statements were sent out to the effec
that the bill was against the interests
of the deep waterway and the state
A strong sentiment against the meas
ure was created. However, open de
bate in the house during the. pas
week has clarified the situation.
Attempts to confuse the issue hav
met with only partial success, and dur
ing the last few days Representative
Hill, Hull, McGoorty, Pearson. Nanny
and others have shown the member
of the legislature that the Econom
Light and Power company is LEADING
the opposition to the measure"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-19
ANOTHER FRENCH SENSATION
Radical Republican Arraigns the
French General Staff-Asks
Are We Defended"

Paris, Oct 19.-Charles Humbert, a
radical Republican deputy from the
department of the Meuse, and a ex-
captain and staff officer Of General
Andrea, the ex-minister of war, has
published a sensational arraignment of
the French general staff in book en-
titled Are we defended?'' in which he
charges that the army is eaten up with
red tape; that the fortresses of the Ger
man frontier are little better than card
board forts, and that the whole ma
chinery Of war, from the batteries Of
artillery to the detraining equipment
and underground telegraph, are utterly
disorganized and falling into ruin.
Moreover, NJ Hun1bert alleges that
he consulted General Brugere, ex-
commander-in-ch chief Of the French
army, and General De Ia Croix, vice
president of the war council, before
making his revelations.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-19
MAG|LLS ARE FREED
Judge Instructs Verdict of
Acquittal in Noted
Murder Case.

Decatur, ILL.,, Oct. 1S.-Frederick H.
Magill and his wife. Faye Graham
Magill, were freed tonight of the
charge of numbering Pet Candy McGill
Magilrs first wife. on May 80 last.
Judge Cochran instructing the jury to
bring in a verdict of acquittal.
The crowd, which packed the court
room cheered. A juror clapped his
hands. The defendants faces lighted
up with smiles of relief. Mrs. Della
Gengnagle, sister of Pet Magill, walked
from the courtroom without a word.
1t was some time before Judge Coch-
ran was able to still the demonstration
and restore order. So i'll he could
hardly retain his place on the bench.
he could not make his feeble voice
heard above the uproar for few min
utes after the verdict was announced.
Jurors Shake Magill's Hand.
AS soon as court was adjourned the
friends of the Magills focked about
them and showered them with con-
CALCULATIONS.
Each juror shook hands with Magill
and greeted his wife and daughter,
Marguerite. heartily.
We're glad that we were able to
return such a verdict" said the fore
man.
Faye and Marguerite smiled their
gratitude.
More than half the jurors asked the
Magills to visit them.
In reading his instructions to the
jury, which consumed less than two
minutes, Judge Cochran declared that
although the state had proven the
death of Pet Magil, it had failed to
prove corpus deficit. He asked the
jurors if his instructions to acquit met
with their appreciation. All nodded
affirmatively.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-19
IS LEFT To
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Authorities Differ as to
Open Season for Shoot
ing Squirrels.
OFFICIAL STATEMENTS ISSUED
hunters Do Not Know Whether Sept
80 or Nov. l is the
Closing Date.

Indianapolis. Oct. 1S.-Can souirrela
be shot lawfully now or did the one,
season close on Sept. so
This compound question, propoundea
by scores OF hunters. is interesting
state officials, and 1t Is likely that the
legal prowess OF James Bingham. az
torney general, viii be required TO
furnish satisfying answer.
Authorities differ as shown by con-
hicting interviews Just issued by men
VINO should agree z. T. Sweeney.
state fish and game commissioner. saws
the season is closed and that any hunt
er now killing a squirrel makes him
self liable. Judge John w. Morgan Of
columbus. insists. however. that his
pail passed by the last general assem-
! bly extended the open season until
Nov. /.
ofhcial statement has been Issued by
Commissioners Sweeney giving his de-
partments Interpretation of the law. II
reads:
There seems to be a general mis-
understanding among the hunters of
the state regarding the open season
for squirrels. Section COL SAYS: Who
ever shoots or destroys. or pursues for
the purpose OF shooting or destroying
or has in his possession any wild squir-
rel, from the first day of November
of any year to the FIRST day OF July
of the succeeding year. shall. on con-
viction. be fined $40 for each squirrel
SO shot. destroyed. pursued or had in
his possession
at will be observed that this sec
tion creates no open season but only
l.
other statute 1t would be lawful to
shoot or destroy or possess squirrels
between the first of July and the first
of the following November. There is.
however. another statute which says:
1t shall be unlawful to hunt any other
kind OF game. except wild duck and
other kind of water fowl. at any time
from Oct. of any year to Nov. 10 Of
the same year. Neither OF these
statutes conflicts with the other. II
one created an open season and the
other a closed season at the same time
there would be conflict, but both
create closed seasons; one upon squir,
rels and the other upon all game ex-
: cept wild water fowl They are both
valid and the season, therefore. n
which it is lawful to hunt Squirrel
: lis from July / of any year to Oct.
e of the same year"
0 Judge Morgan maintains, on the 9th
: er hand that his bill conflicts with tn
s original statute and that therefore th'
n old act is null and void. His con
\ tention, therefore, is that squirrels
may now be lawfully hunted. Sports
e men would like to follow Judge Nor
: gans Interpretation but they realize
I that enforcement of game statutes Is
3 not left TO persons who wrote and IN
G troduced in the legislatures the biils
enacted Into laws. but the fsh and
game commissioner.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-19

Oil Man Answers Few Cues
tons; Promises to "Look
Up" Most of Them.

New York. Oct 19.-WiIliam G.
Rockefeller was the star witness at
the Standard Oil inquiry that is being
held before Referee Ferris in the fed
eral building. The assistant treasurer
of the Standard oil company didn't
know a lot Of things that were asked
him by Frank B. Kellogg, the govern
ment counsel. but he promised to
look up" most of them.
One Of the subjects on which Mr..
Rockefeller proved ignorant was the
now famous loans. amounting to some
thing like $40, 600, 900, made by the
South Pipe Line company TO p. S.
Trainor. Mr. Trainor had testified that
he had never received any of the sums
put down on the books loaned to
him, and never had heard of them Mr..
Rockefeller told Mr.. Kellogg that he
would look it up" It is presumed
that he will be recalled to the stand
some time subsequent to Dec. ,, to
which date the hearing adjourned yes
terday afternoon
The interval between now and the
resumption Of the hearing will be oc-
cupied by the government in examin-
ing certain books and records of the
Standard oil company and it's sub
sidiary companies which have been
mentioned already In the progress of
the hearing Most of the examinations
will be conducted at 90 Broadway,
under the supervision of Expert Ac-
countant Durant
Yesterdays hearing practically
closed the government inquiry into the
pipe line side of the Standard Oil case
Railroads and rebates will occupy most
of the time when the hearing is re-
sumed.