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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-27
Railroad. to Cuba

whole series will be traversed through
Lower Metacomb, Grassy, Gravel, Vac
cas-, and then with an immense spring
across channel $4,000 feet wide to
Bahia Honda, where little harbor
will be created, enabling direct train
communication with Havana even be-
fore the line is completed to Key
West. Deep draught VESSELS can Sc
cure admittance at this point, and the
distance to Havana is only twenty
miles greater than from the city at
the end of the crescent Of keys, where
ultimately a great seaport will be
constructed with terminals, wharves
and docks. From the harbor of Key
West the car floats, each capable of
conveying train of thirty cars, will
ply to the Cuban capital.
Nature has assisted in the project.
The little coral insects whose secre-
tons have been petrified so plentiful
ly all along the Florida peninsula
have prepared broad, fiat surface to
meet the needs of the engineers, some
portions of it appearing just above
the water in the form of keys-low,
nat islands covered with sedge and
jungle in the uncultivated portions;
with pineapples, lemons and cocoa
nut groves where man has fixed his
habitation-some of it submerged a
few feet beneath the waves that tum-
BILE in from the deeper parts of the
sea. The coral rock provides natu-
raj ballast-one that may be dug out
in chunks large and small and used
for filling where the line crosses one
OF the swampy tracts of the region.
The work is we'll under way. Each
practical problem is being solved az
it arises For railroad thus to go
to sea is something new in the his
tory of engineering, but inventive gen.
uine is proving itself equal to the
task. The great expense is to be ex-
planned not only in the large mileage
OF bridges and viaducts, but in the
exposed character of the line, for the
cost exceeds that of average railroad
construction-about $4,000 a mile,
which is perhaps three times greater
than that in ordinary fiat country
where no long bridges have to be
built. The total involved is from
$15,000,000 to $20,000,OOO.
Work Began In 1905.
The construction work began in
1905 on the basis of surveys which had
been made previously. All the grad
ing of the section of the road on the
mainland has now been finished and
part of the viaduct work completed.
Over nearly all the distance, fortu-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-27
A CONTRAST.

1t is an admitted fact the Senator
Foraker of Ohio wants the republican
nomination for president. He has
played cheap politics to secure it. He
attempted to stampede the country
from Roosevelt and to make the pop
ulace believe the chief executive was
a demagogue. The country now be-
lieves Foraker is one himself.
The Hartford Courant tersely con.
trasts the two men-Roosevelt and
Foraker-in this manner:
Speaking of the white house, con-
slider minute how differently mat
tiers stand with the man who wants
to be there and the man whom some
millions of his fellow citizens want
to see there. Assume that the first
of these men is eaten up by self-con-
ceit but has all his wits about him
"a cool head, calculating, measur-
ing eye, a politico-mathematical mind.
He is under no illusions as to the
Office seeking him; he knows it's the
other way about. He's out for the
Office and we have all seen him stalk
ing it with the skill and unresting,
untiring perseverance of Ross gillie.
He has to; it's his only chance. The
other mantle man who has pleased
the people and earned the white house
doesn't have to.
Such a contrast merely shows that
the people of this country have aban-
doned the idea of the man seeking
the Office, and are determined to take
the selection of the president into
their own hands. If they do, Theo-
dore Roosevelt will be as certain to
fill the place of the chief executive of
the nation for the four years follow
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making money, our churches, our edu-
cational institutions and advantages,
all tersely told in crisp and catchy
language-not dry bone and dust
methods-would be something which
the. people could send to inquirers
and friends outside the state, with
credit to themselves and the city.
There is now no specific way of
giving inquirers information about the
city except by letter or by copies of
the papers published in the city, and
it is a regrettable fact that copies OF
some of these, if the stories they con-
tanned were believed, would give the
state the blacklist eye it ever had,
while others would give the beholder
the impression that the city was To-
Gated in Arkansas if the mechanical
appearance of the paper was consid-
cred. Aside from these things, the
man who is looking for a location
knows that all progressive cities of
the west have such publications, and
when he finds one which has none,
he it once gets the impression that
the town lacks progress, and with
nothing at hand to refute this inn
preston he passes the city by.
Grand Forks offers the best busi-
ness opportunities in the northwest.
1t has the most delightful surround
ings for homes of any city in the
country. Those. who are so fortunate
as to live here know this. But We
want more people. They must come
from other places. We can not Sc
cure them unless we go out into the
byways and hedges and compel them
to come in. We must give them facts
to convince them of the truth of our
statements. We need booklet of the
city and country to convey these facts.
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Annexation of the disturbed Cuban
republic by rail; conversion of the al
ready thriving city Of Key West into
the Hoboken of Havana" with its
docks thronged with huge double
decked ferry boats; construction of
great railway line that goes to sea,
leaping from. island to island with
long viaducts and bridges on which
the passenger bound from New York
to Cuba will see from the car windows
nothing but the blue waters of the At
lantic on the one side and the blue
waters of the gulf of Mexico on the
other; an engineering feat involving
problems now solved for the first time
all that and much more is involved
in the extension now in progress of
the Florida East Coast railroad south
from Miami, its present southern ter
minus, to the tip of the long sickle
shaped series of coral islets which
the peninsula of Florida has thrown
out into the tropic sea. Within three
years, unless some unexpected inter-
ruption occurs, the tourist may take
an ocean voyage in Pullman, con-
veyed in highest comfort along the
line of the Florida keys, and thence
in a huge car ferry nearly 100 miles
across the straits, and out of sight of
land, to Havana.
A thousand pictureque undertakings
have marked the building of American
railroads. Untraversable mountain
ranges have been bored, suspension
bridges assembled amidst the swirl
ing spray Of cataracts, bottomless
swamps filled in with the debris of
demolished mountains. Yet none more
pictureque has been evolved than this
work due to the constructive imagina-
ton of Henry M. Flagier, who has
projected an American railroad that
will go further to sea than any other
yet constructed.
Route Of the Road.
From Miami to Key West along the
route which has been selected for the
gigantic enterprise it is 1874 miles as
the engine will go. In the mainland
section the line has already followed,
as far as possible, the spaces not
cross-hatched in the map with the
shading, which show swamp to HON.
estead, distance of twenty-four
miles. Thence across the vast, nearly
inundated prairie that borders the
shallow sounds protected by the long
reef of islands. over Jewish creek, to
Key Largo, the biggest of the entire
chain. On this key fifteen miles of
railroad will be laid. After that, now
with short, now with long jumps, the
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States Exhibit s
t the visitor study the products represented without
poses The Negro Exposition building world
biton of industries
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MOLLYCODDLE.

President Roosevelt's "mollycoddle"
Is no new members. The word was
used centuries ago by old English writ
ers to designate an effeminate, and has
been in almost constant use ever since.
A molly" is husband who stays
around the house too much, meddling
with the domestic affairs of which his
wife should have charge. ITO molly"
Is to follow the wife about to see that
the household duties are not sighted
and to find fault with everything. This
has nothing to do with hot tamale."
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ing March 4, 1909, as he is living.
Rooseveltism is spreading in every
state and it will sweep over the coun-
try with such irresistible force that
it will carry the puny opposition be-
fore it, and place the man whom
the Office Is seeking at the head of
the nation.
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Pulse of tie Prs,
Thirty.Six the Reason.
(Hannah Moon.)

The Grand Forks Herald cannot
permit Senator Hansbrough to enjoy
an after dinner chat without criticism.
If Editor Winship covets the senator's
position why doesn't he come out fiat
ly with the statement and then we
know what he is driving at?
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Showing Up the CRATER.
(Earoo Forum

The Grand Forks Times has at last
discovered Packard's tender spot The
muckraker has begun to squirm I'M
der Davis jabs about the money
Packard drew as a clerk in the re-
cent legislative session.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-27
Six Contestants.

There are six contestants in the
preliminary contest to be held at Cav
alier on May for the purpose of
selecting a high school representative
to compete in the state defamation
contest.
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All Are Agreed.

(targO FOrum.)
Many papers in the state conclude
the Grand Forks Herald is opposing
the denomination of President Roose-
welt.
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A Deliberate Mistake.

A Deliberate Mistake.
pink Paper-Dem.)
The Grand Forks Herald is a good
paper; too good paper to be unfair
to anyone. even to Senator Hans
brough. An erroneous statement
agaist ones worst enemy can be ac-
knowledgei and corrected without
loss to dignity or manhood.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
THE LORDS SUPPER
Yext.-Luke % 10.

luke -: II.
When Il friend is setting out on a
long Journey, or when, perhaps, he Is
passing away from earth forever, he
likes to put into our hands his por-
trait, or something he has used, or
worn, or loved, and he is pleased to
sake when he is gone. SO our blessed
i.o-tl. Oh the eve of His death, wished
chat His friends should have a me-
mento by which to remember Him. The
dying gift of n friend becomes very
dear and sacred to us, and when we
g3Ge ut the portrait or touch the very
pen worn smooth by his fingers, we
then remember very wildly the happy
times we spent together and the loving
words and the wise ~counsels that fell
rom his lips. just so the Lords Sup
per Is very sacred to Christians, and
by means of it we remember our Re
dcenler more wildly, and all He did
for US His precious words of grace.
1t is Il memorial or remembrance of
our Savior's dying love.
The host was the Lord Jesus, and
lie leliS Ills SueSlS, Will ueSlTe 1
have desired to eat this Passover with
you before | suffer-" He availed Him
self of the bread and wine on the table
as fitting memorials to recall His
death. The bread is "My body broken
for you the wine is MY blood shed
for many" In this Sacrament we are
helped to recognize Christ as an actual
living person, who, by His body and
blood, saved us. When Christ is said
to be present in the bread and the wine,
nothing magical or mysterious is meant.
1t is meant that He is spiritually pres
ent to those who believe. These signs,
the broken bread and poured-out wine,
which God puts into u hands to as
sure us of His gift of His Son to US,
help US to believe that Christ is given,
and make it easier for us to rest in
Him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

9.iTafA
iS AND aan
1z6aS
aFMANCN
CHICAGO

Favorable developments of the past
few days are most conspicuous in
money, the return of currency from the
west being of increased volume, and
the failure record including none of
special significance. Leading branches
Of production started up promptly with
out an indication of diminished activ-
ity.
In iron and steel there is the pressure
of an unprecedented accumulation of
tonnage booked for deliveries running
well toward late fall, pig iron and
rails making an exceptional showing as
to assured forward work. Specitica-
tons for structural shapes compare
favorably in extent with those of a
year ago, due to increased car and ship
building needs.
A slight decline in quotations for
hides is not accompanied by falling off
In demand for leather, u of
which remain busy, especially on foot
wear. betting and novelties. Improve
ment in receipts of lumber is maintain
ed, but prices hold firmly.
Distributive lines are yet handicap
ped by difficulties arising from made
4uate railroad facilities, and this may
Interfere with plans to make early for
warding of spring merchandise. Orders
coming Onward reflect a fair demand
for the principal textiles, boots and
shoes, clothing and hardware.
Interior advices testify to enlarged
sales effected last year. Country stocks
are we'll reduced and the conditions
satisfactory for liberal purchases of
new goods. Leading retail lines in the
city require colder Weather to make
capid January clearing sales.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered %, against II last week
and % a year ago.-Dun's Review of
Trade. ..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
short Meter Sermons.
ced piety is hypocrisy.

EOrCeQ plely Is uypOcTlSy.
When the heart dries up religion soon
leaks cut.
Human evolution may be but divine
revelation.
1t is always better to lead a man
than TO carry him.
Power in life is simply putting our
passions into harness.
The force OF great deeds rests on
snail personal facilities.
The glory of the cross does not de-
pend on your being cross.
Many a man is missing a spiritual
meal by choking on the letter.
Capacity for HEAVIER depends on the
creation of happiness here.
There is no service of the real with
out recognition of the ideal.
He who never has worked at religion
is always sure 1t is worn out.
Some men would not recognize their
ovn religion if they met it alone.
The water that gets into the milk OF
human kindness is not the water Of
life.
No words of prayer ever arose from
those whose prayers We're always
words alone.
There's a world of difference between
buying gold bricks and having faith in
men.
The more discontented a man is with
others the better satisfied he will be
with himself.
A lot of folks who think of faith
only as a ferry to heaven are going to
get their feet wet.
We become slaves to habits by count
ing an occasional indulgence as a dem
onstration of liberty.
You cannot tune up your life to the
divine unless you will ut some time
shut out the din of daily business.
Every time that life seems wintry
take it as evidence that the Gardener
meant you for more than a summer
squash.
Many a man would feel a good deal
more confident about his interviey with
st. Peter ir he was sure his wife
| wouldn't be there.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
NEW YORK.

Quiet prevails in distributiva trade,
but industrial lines were never so ac-
tive at this season.. Post holiday and
weather conditions affect both whole
sale and retail trade, the latter line
noting slackness in demand for heavy
wearing apparel. Clearance sails by
iobbers have cleaned up stocks. which
we're at no time burdensone, AID many
sites report retailers already beginning
cut prices.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Jan. } hum
Der 1S5, against 161 last week. 22C in
The like week of 1906, 27S in 1905, "G2
in 1904 and 1856 in 1908. Canaiian
failures for the week number ~, as
against IS last week and 30 in 1)U6.
Wheat, including flour, exports IN the
United States and Canada for 1he week
ending Jan. 3, aggregated 4.1527
bushels, against 2.494.S32 last week.
s,S39,941 this week last year, 1,411,947
N 1905 and 4.S1S,471 in 1902. For the
asst twenty-seven weeks of the fiscal
year the exports were 97,923.5O4 bush
lis, against 69,O20,O2O a year Ego, &c.
1924 in 19O4-'O5, and 151, OO9, TIA in
t9O1-'O2.
Corn exports for the week are 1914
800 bushels, against 1,660, 00S last week,
5,265,333 a year G and 3.1S6,532 in
1905. For the fiscal year to date the
exports are %, ,OSS bushels, against
l3.21S,2S1 in 19O5-'O6 and 1885, $50 in
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Commercial Re-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Mali E%enufies.

The average Moki Is, per-
haps invariably, not large or obese.
Short in stature, plump and round of
form, of pleasing countenance, with
beautiful jet-black hair banged at the
eyes, when clad in tasteful and colored
blanketry she presents a picture fair
indeed to see. The manner OF wearing
the hair distinguishes the married
woman from the virgin. The lat
ter wears her black tresses grace
fully done up in a large round coil sew
eral inches in diameter over each ear
and projecting out from the head some
what. The effect is delightfully."- novel,
and coupled with the fresh and youth
full appearance Of the girls makes them
special objects Of interest. They used
to be termed ''sidewheelers," from their
mode of dressing the hair.-MaxwelFs
TaliSman.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

mate channels. 1t endows a man with
SINCERITY and Il quality of fair dealing
which no university can teach. 1t
breaks down the barriers of set opinions
INC destroys the bitterness between
sects and parties. It opens the heart
10 conviction and n ready candOr to
confess error. The intellect was w
intended TO be bound to set rules or
eucompassed with man made regula-
tons. Its density is IN upward, on
ward march toward truth, and true re-
ii-ion fashions all our inquiries and
misgivings with reverence and ever
leads us to the feet of Him, with
whom there is no v~ariahleness nor
shadow of turning"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
1jE5 MAH1ERS
eSsSGssR8AA kSsHM.
sSLR. -4eEG<

Chicago-Cattle, ommon to prime,
400 to $7.15; hogs, prime heavy, $500
o $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
% $3.50; wheat, No. 2, roc to Tic; corn,
No. 2, 39c to 40c; oats, standard, SIC to
,3c; rye, No. 2, &c to 64c; hay, timo-
.hy, $500 to $3.50; prairie, $500 to
1850; butter, choice creamery, PIC to
lie; eggs, fresh, 22c to 25c; potatoes,
&c to 43c.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
o $3.50; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
1856; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
s4.75; wheat, No. 2, re to 73c; corn,
No.. 2 white, Ale to 43c; oats, No. 2
White, Soc to SIC.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50;
logs, $500 to $6.45; sheep, $3.50 to
1880; wheat, No. 2, 74c to 76c; corn,
No. 2, Csc to SOC; oats, No. 2, SAC to
.5c; rye, No. 2, Gle to CSC.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to S5.75;
logs. $500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
RATS; wheat, No. 2, 74c to Toe; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 36c to Csc; rye, No. 2, Toe to
tic.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $40; hogs,
eA.OO TO PO.tc ohCSPs %~'OS ~
wheat. No. 2. 74c to 75c; corn, No. 8
Fellow, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 3 white,
,5c to 37c; rye, No. 2, Coo to roc.
Milwaukee-Wheat No. 2 northern,
&c to. TIC; corn, No. B.. Csc to 39c;
,ats, standard, SAC to Boo; rye, No. 1,
Nc to 66c barley. standard, &c to SOC;
,ork. mess, $1,000.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
400 to 5000. hogs. fair to .hoice, S4.OO
q s6.65; sheep, common to good mixed,
400 to $3.50; lambs. fair to choice,
500 to $500.
New York-Cattle, S4.00 to $3.50;
,ors s40O to $500: sheep. $500 to
$50: wheat, No, , red. 7Sc to 79c:
.orn. No. ?. sic to SEE: oats, standard
rhite. 4oc to 41c butter, creamery soc
0 33c; eggs, western. PC to 25c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. > mixed, 74c to
r5c: corn. No. , mixed. TIC to 43c;
ats, No. 2 mixed. SOC 70 3Tc; rye. No.
. 65c to &c clover seed. prime, $3.50.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
National Capital Notes.

National Capital Notes.
Senator Lodge introduced a bin to i'm.
prove the consular service by filing the
higher positions by promotion from the
lower grades.
The sword of John Paul Jones now
rests in the library of the Navy Depart
ment, where it has been placed by Com
mander Reginald Nicholson.
The last bid for government land in
the Kiowa and Comanche reservation,
known as the 'big pasture" was re-
ceived. The total number is 1921.
With a view to securing action at the
present session. Senator Beveridge rein
troduced his general child labor bill as an
amendment to the District of Columbia
child labor bill.
Senator Rayner gave notice that he
would ask the Senate to consider resolu-
tons commemoratirg the life and charac-
ter of the late Senator Arthur Pue Cor
man on Saturday. Jan. 26.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock de-
clared that his withdrawal of 100000
acres belonging to the five civilized tribes,
which was criticised by a Senate commit
tee. will stand unless the investigation
now in progress shows that he exceeded
his authority.
The War Department has issued a cir
cular to recruiting officers urging redou-
bled efforts to secure men to fl vacancies
in the army. 1t is said a great many
men refuse to r~e-enlist because of the lack
of a canteen. while the general prosperity
and labor scarcity keep away new re-
cruits.
Baron Hengelmuller, the Austro-Hun-
garian ambassador. denied the rumor that
he will resign the Washington mission.
The baron communicated with his gov
eminent concerning the report.
Senator Depew introduced a bill au-
thorizing any national bank TO be desig-
mated as a depository of public moneys.
Under existing law no bank with less
than $4,000 capital can be so designated.
George Daniel, claiming to be a nat
uralized citizen, though a native of Tur-
key, asked the State Department for re-
dress for alleged i'll treatment by Persian
officials while he was'teachins a school at
Orovmiah.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
THE POWER OF RELIGION.

By Rev. Henry Aaott.
Textile ye therefore perfect even
as your Father which is in heaven is
Observation-Disclosures jas.
The Sermon on the Mount contains
the sum and substance Of Christianity.
In other words we find it to be the very
heart Of the Gospel its divine Drecepts
t~ranscending in moral grandeur the
loftiest conceptions ever thought or
spoken by mortal man. Great souls
afame with the sacred fire of inspira-
ton have but mirr3red the shadows of
the tremendous realities of the future.
and the MIND of genius searching for
truth apar from revelation HIS failed
to discover the meaning and the Il
of life. Here we have a command ut
tered by One who gave to humanity
the key to perfection. The Christ has
drawn the veil aside and disclosed the
way, the truth. the life. By revealing
the character of Coda holiness radi-
ant with love-we FIRE brought face to
face with the possibility of attainment
through the law and the spirit hid in
Calvary's cross. By initiating the ex-
ample of holy self-sacrificing we shall
grow into that glorious perfection of
the Father manifested in His only be-
gotten Son.
True religion forms an upright mind;
1t eleyates the Judgment above preju-
dice. and creates a noble purpose to
receive knowledge through Ri legitl-