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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27
WELLMAN'S CHANCES OF SUc'
CESS.

Walter Wellman, who is to sail for
the North pole in his airship America
in midsummer, has a remarkable arti-
Gle in the July McClure's which ne
calls "Will the America Fly to the
Pole?" He, of course, doesn't know,
but he tells what chances he has both
to succeed and to fail; he tells of
scores of ingenious inventions his
america" embodies, and gives one a
very clear idea of what a gigantic
cruiser this airship is.
1t is as imaginative as any fairy
story could be, and yet so much of the
plans are cold scientific facts, inven-
tive genius and superhuman daring
that the most skeptical is apt to grow
enthusiastic for him and the three
companions who constitute the crew.
Certainly no more daring thing was
ever attempted by human beings. and
the world will watch with interest the
outcome of it all. wouldn't old Jules
Verne sit up and rub his eyes If he
could see the photographs that accom-
pany the article and read Wellman's
enchanting description of realities that
would have been laughed at as the
widest dreams when Twenty Thou
sand Leagues Under the Sea" was
written.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27
AVOIDING GRADES.

1t has been announced that the
of the line down the north bank of the
Columbia, and it is apparent it intends
to make the entire line double track in
the near future. Several sections are
to be made double now to admit of
passing trains readily. These win be
long so there need be no delay in wait
ing by one train for belated train
moving in the other direction.
A report of an interview with Pres
ident Elliott states: There has been
considerable talk of double tracking
the north bank line, but it has not been
officially stated before that these por-
lions of 1t were to be so constructed.
The passing tracks to be laid are ex-
ceptionally long. in order to provide
for a complete double track in the flu
ture President Elliott says the Cape
Horn tunnel was bored only for sin
gle track, so the line will be operated
that way for short distance each side
of the cape"
ing 1t Is the intention of the Hill in
terests to make that their main line to
Puget sound as well as to Portland
Much of this double tracking is to be
on the lower. Columbia, and west OF
Vancouver. 1t is plain the road will
be used for the bulk of the traffic, the
climb over the mountains being aban.
doned as far as possible. 1t is proba-
hIe the mountain lines will not be USED
except for local traffic, as it will b.
much less expensive to send all the
heavy business over the water-gradi
route.
When these roads were constructed
the main point was to get to the plac'
of destination, grades being given IA
less consideration than in more recen
years. 1t has been demonstrated tina
it pays to go around to avoid grades
When some of our mountain road
were built the engineers did not ball
at 4 per cent, but now, in all case
! in which such lines are needed 10
through traffic, they are hunting 70
means Of lessening the gradients o
getting around the hills entirely. 1
the case of the Hill roads, after climb
ing the mountains all these years, the
are now prearing to move their train
around.
The same is true of the Harrima
system. In pursuance of the same pol
icy, the Union Pacific has been prac
tically rebuilt, while the expensive lin
down the Snake from Huntington
being constructed. On water grad
the length of train is scarcely lin
tied An engine can have cars strun
out behind it indefinitely for the down
grade run, while 1t can pull enormou
trains in the other direction. On
mountain grade 1t is impossible to hat
long train Of modern cars up and un
safe to conduct 1t down.-Bois
Statesman.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh that Contain
Mercury
Mercury

as mercury win surely destrOy the
sense Of smell and completely deranse
the whole system when entering Il
through the mucous surfaces. Such ar-
ticle should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans. as the damage they will DO IL
tenfold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure
manufactured by r. J. Cheney q Co.
Toledo, o. contains no mercury, and
is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. In buying Halls ca
tarrh Cure be sure you get teh ssnh-
Inc. II IL taken internally and made In
Toledo. Ohio. by F. J. Cheney q %.
Testimonials free.
Sold BY druggists. Price. 7Sc PEI
bottle
Take Halls Family Pus for cOasti-
patton.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27
, . - - - - - - - . . .
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
lima o7
June 81.

1450-Jack Cade defeated Stafford al
Sevenoaks.
1682-Charles XII. of Sweden born
Killed at F'rederikshald, Dec. IL
1718.
1s34-John Forsyth of Georgia became
secretary of state.
1S39-Maharaja h Runjeet Singh of La
hore, owner of the famous Kohl
moor, died.
1s4s-England repealed the Naviga-
sact.
1s90-President Harrison signed the
dependent pension bill.
1S94-M. Casimir- Perier elected pres
ident of France.
1S9s-The Japanese cabinet, under
Premier Ito, resigned.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

Lee, T. b. West, Kendrick; 7. HI. Lam
try Spokane, R. r. Steen. ]. Rudberg,
st. Paul; w. B. Rowland. Philadelphia;
w. H. Edmund, Portland; E. H. Muir
ray and son, Spokane; E. B. Miller,
Mrs. ]. Schwallbach and SON. Grange
vile.
Raymond.
w. e. Parry, Kooskia: Henry Low
ell, Kooslxia; C. w. Brawnet, Seattle;
Harry Grice, Moscow; Charles Helm,
Spokane; Catain Carlton. Kendrlck;
Oscar Silver, MOSCOW; VIM. Herdt,
Ferdinand; A.. Jennan. Salem; B. T
Bryan, lewiston; r. r. Bubb, c. M
Campbell, Spokane; b. E. Travis. L
Allegoff, Portland: George A. Durham
Portland; j.. Elladen. T. A. Russell
Spokane; D. w. Bunday. l.. q. St
Lawrence. Spokane.
Grand.
Mrs. Ottila Bertrande, Spokane; Mrs
Miller, Culdesac; George w. Bailey
Asotin; Mr.. and Mrs. F. Baufman
Anatone; M. H. Barth, Elgin: M. w
Applington, James Nash, LIE Grand;
Henry Holmes, Anatone; George K
Force, Peck; Henry Thaw, Boise; N
H. Dunn, Walla Walla.
De France.
George Carnegie, Hiram Johnson, Mr.
Preston, s. B. McMohan, Spokane; B
w. Tefft, Forrest; G. E. Beckman
Wahay Len Ringer. Q. z. Stane, s. T
Hill, George Howton. Leland; VIM
Campbell, Whitebird.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27
; THIS Is MY 9th BIRTHDAY.
A. 3. stiekney.

Alpheus Bede Stickney, president Of
the Chicago Great Western railway,
was born at wilton, Me-, June 81,
1910. After q common school educa-
ton he began teaching school at the
age of II. Later he studied law and
was admitted to the bar. He soon
afterward went West. where he aban-
doned the law for the large and COM
handing field of the railroad In 1871
he organized and built the first section
of the Northern Wisconsin railway,
now a part OF the Chicago, st. Paul
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

Governor John A. Johnson Of Min
nesota has a record that may well
challenge the attention of those DEM
ocrats who are casting about for an
available man for the presidential
nomination. In 1904, although Roose-
welt carried Minnesota by plurality
of 1916 votes, Johnson, leading the
democratic ticket, was elected COVER
nor by a plurality of 1852. And in
1905. when there was no national cleo
ton. Johnson was again elected gov
ernor, by a plurality of 1898 votes.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27
WEATHER REPORT.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
forecast for Lewiston and vicinity
gror tonight and tomorrow:
Fair.
Following data recorded at local Of
Nee, United States weather bureau:
Maximum temperature, 90; mini
mum temperature. 81; mean tempera-
ture. 76; precipitation, trace.
w. w. THOMAS,
Official in Charge.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

ment of sAAir countrymen It IL but a
short step from dislike Of . given min-1
istry to angry Reputation OF poaiti-
can regime.-New York Sun.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

San Francisco-The Britt-Nelson
fight arranged for July has been post
poned until July 81 on account of the
inability of Nelson to continue train
ing at this time.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

Arthur I. Vorys, generally hailed. as
Secretary Taft's campaign manager, is
the insurance commissioner of Ohio,
and though he has never been promi-
nent in public life, he is regarded by
those intimately acquainted with him
as one of the shrewdest organizers and
managers in the Buckeye State.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27
o . - % o o o o - o. o - . .
; POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

o - - . - . - . - - . = - . .
Harold M. Sewall, former minister
to Hawaii, is spoken of to succeed
Representative Charles e. Littlefeld of
the Second Maine district in the event
Of the latter deciding not to run for
congress again.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

The harvest hand will soon be mon
arch Of all he surveys, regardless of the
labor unions and the eight hour laws.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

Sometimes the man who fails to ar
rive gets there just the same.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

The death of Senator Morgan of Ala
bama removed from the senate one
of its oldest members. There are still
a number of senators who have pass
ed the age of three score and ten.
among them Senators Pettus, 86i
Whyte, SO; Allison. IS; Cullom, 78;
Teller. rs; Frye, IS; Proctor, rs; Plat.
IA, and Depew, 70.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

Specialists are now seeking to estab-
fish the fact that the man who invokes
the unwritten law is also suffering
from brain storm.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
esmnser.

6eITlnaer.
c. A. Fffleld, Everywhere; L. Camp,
Spokane; B. H. Pitts. Seattle; v.
Knapp. H. G. Aune, Spokane; ]. Pos
nor. San Francisco; F. w. Frampton,
Silcott; F. F. Johnson, Wallace; Mrs.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

Alphonso Taft, father of teh secre-
tary of war, was graduated from Yale
third in rank in the class of 1893. The
secretary himself was second in the
class of 1878, and now his son, Robert
Alphonso Taft, leads the freshman
class.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

According to friends of former Sen
ator William E. Chandler, he is likely
to be the republican nominee for gov
ernor of New Hampshire next year.
The antagonism aroused in New Eng
land by the proposed merger of the
Boston and Maine and the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroads is
counted upon to help the Chandler
movement.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

- . . . . - . .
The iceman and the bin collectors
are due to have busy day.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27
- - - - - - -
THINK TT OVER.

. o % . . o . . . - . . . . .
The iceman and the bin collectors
are due to have a busy day.
The good old summer time is all
right for them as likes it.
The water meter Is working over
time, but 1t win all show up in the
hill.
In order to preserve the winters
supply of coal it seems necessary to
put it in cold storage.
In the investigation of the telegraph
trust it will be necessary to take the
soundings.
The inner circle Of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners has also discovered
a financial conspiracy that promises to
be probed with profit.
The small boy and the toy pistol will
be occupying preferred space week
hence, along with the editorial about a
safe and sane Fourth Of July.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

The good old summer time is al
right for them as likes it.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27

The water meter Is working over
time, but 1t win all show up in the
hill.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-02

Superintendent A. A. Booth Of
the Nester farm in Barnes county
has kept a record of the first
seeding work. He states that
there have been five seasons in
sixteen years on which seeding
began later than the present
date. These years were 1892,
1898, 1896, 1897, 1904. In 1903
seeding began April 24th, but it
showed daily till May l, and work
did not generally begin until that
date.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-02
Notice to Dep0sit0rs.

All depositors in the Minot Ma
tional bank are warned not to
dispose of their claims, as | will
not approve Of any transfers.
GEO. w. SWORDS, Receiver,
4-11tf Minot.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-02
AIrlgaist to Sue City.

Theo. Almquist. an elnploye Of
the Minot Cornice works, is suf-
fering from a fracture Of the hui
merus of his right arm. The
man claims that about two weeks
ago he fell on the ice, breaking
his arm and lay for sometime in
a stupor. He says he was taken
to jail where he was detained
three days, and then being taken
before Judge Murray was releas-
ed when his true condition was
learned. The officers state that
the man was intoxicated when
found, but Almquist says that
this was not the care. He threat
ems to sue the city.
The officers will probably have
a different story to tell.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-02

Of all the fruits there are in the land,
That GROW on bush or tree
would give up the choicest ones
For HolIistel 5 Rocky Mountain lea
-MCCOY i Co.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-02

The Pierce County Tribune COT
tlnueS to De one OF the neWsiest
papers that comes to this office.
FOO bad Andy Jones is going to
railroad Bros. Anderson & Ste
ger to the pen.
Heres to your health and happiness
--DeWitt's Little Early kisers famous
little pills. Nasty, sick headache or bill
It usness may come on any time; the
cure is an Early Riser. Sold by Mccoy
& Co.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-02
Six Later Seasons.

T. E. Fox, Receiver.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29
Only Two In the Secret.

From his farm Judge Blank was in
the habit Of supplying the preachers
of all the churches with flour, corn.
hay and vegetables free of cost. He
also kept the country supplied with
venison. from, the herd of deer which
he kept for many years. He built a
big smokehouse in the rear of his
grounds. One night. unseen himself
he saw q man emerge from the
smokehoree with a side of pork on
his shoulder. He recognized the In
truder, but said nothing. A week az
terward the fellow approached him,
saying: Judge. l understand you had
some meat stolen from your smoke
house?'- The old Judge raised his
hand dsprecatfngly and said:: Ssh!
No one on earth knows anything
about that but you and me-"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29
MEXICAN CHARACTERISTICS
Useless Employees Are Kept on Rail-
road Pay Roll as a Matter
of Habit.

A little story from Tehuantepec IL
Just finding it's way into railroad cir
cles here. 1t casts no reflections ON the
ability of a certain Tehuantepeo rail
road man, but it does emphasize the
fact that the oil burner is a new thing
in Mexico, states the Mexican Herald.
Wood had been the common fuel on
the locomotives of that road before tho
oil burners were placed in service.
The firemen on that road were assist
ed by men known as wood passers.
The Tehuantepec is not the only road
in Mexico where wood passers r on
the pay roll. 1t naturally follows that
when the oil burners were placed In
commission, the roads wood passers
would have to go. They have gone,
but they were late in going. The wood
passer wasn't going to suggest that
he be let out, and calmly waited to, be
notified that his services were no
longer required.
The oil burners had been running
some time when one day. a visitor,
standing beside the man whose duty
it was 10 look after those things,
asked the man why he didn't take the
wood passers off the oil burners He
added that he didn't see what good
they could do on an engine burning
oil. Apparently it was the first time
the man had thought about the fact.
The next day every oil burner went
out without a wood passer.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29
Cost of Bad Roads

l have tried very hard to honey
comb nay district with rural free
delivery routes, which are tho
greatest benefit to the farmers, and
in many instanoes-fully one-half
the service has been refused by
Uncle Sam because of bad roads.
Farmers often complain of heavy
taxation, but the heaviest tax any
community groaned underis a bad
road. 1t wears out and destroys
your work animals and vehicles Of
every kind; it adds 500 per cent
every year to your blacksmith
bill; it adds 300 per cent to the
cost of transporting your produce
to market; 1t diminishcs the selling
value of your farm at least 200 per
cent; ii drives your children from
home in disgust to a parentless
life in some distant city, away
from your loving care and beset
by thousands of dangers; it makes
you gray-headed before your time
and often carries you to a prema-
ture grave.-Congressman Rams
dell OF Louisiana.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29

IT is scarcely to be wondered at
that the member Of the Democrat
10 national committee who declar-
ed Bryan will be the nominee of a
conservative Democracy next year
declined to let the public into the
secret of his name. Bryan pro-
badly will be nominated, but
certainly not by a progressively
conserv alive Democracy. The
Democratic party is essentially a
party of negation. 1t is organized
denial, the federated opposition
to the party that does things. II
matters little whether the negation
be radical or conservative, for the
Democracy will always "view
with alarm and be "agin" the
Republican party rather than''for''
any constructive issue.-Kansai
City Journal.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29
Mysterious Fire In Tree.

New York had a mysterious Ere the
other day, which attracted the atten-
ton Of a multitude of people. and for
a short time blocked travel and traffic
on Broadway. An old linden tree near
the Rector street side Of Trinity
churchyard began to emit volumes of
smoke, and in a minute more a tongue
or flame shot up out Of the hollow
trunk and ignited the scant foliage
and old twigs. What started the tree
TO blaze up is a matter Of guesswork'
bur no doubt 1t was caused by spon'
taneous combustion. The old tree, or
What Is left of the original trunk, Is
only IL feet high, and long ago all
else but the trunk and what remains
of the old roots under the ground
have disappeared.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29
IT WAS THE BEST HE COULD DO
Hotel Man Made Up In Charges for
Poor Accommodations.

The colonel had put up for the
night at a wretched hotel in a village
in the southwest, and when ready to
leave in the morning he was handed a
bill of three dollars. He was no kicker,
but that thing seemed so much like
robbery that he said: Landlord the
meals I have eaten have been poor
very poor" II don't dispute it," was
the reply. "And the room was simply
a rat hole" Mighty pore room, sah."
"And yet you have charged me just
the same as If I had stopped at a first
class hotel" Eyes, I had to do it."
"And will you kindly exp1ain?" per-
sisted the colonel. WELL, it's like this,
sab. I traded a sawmill for this tav-
ern a month ago. I don't know moth
ing about the business and everybody
says I'll fail and I know / will, but
meantime I'm going to do the best
can. / can't better the rooms nor the
fodder, but I can charge at the rate
of three dollars a day and make every
traveller think he's been putting IN
time at Waldorf-Astoria. Three dol
lars, please. No mistake about your
bill, sah."
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29
THE LENGTH OF ETERNITY.
This Man Had His Own and Peculiar
Ideas on the subject.

Mrs. G. w. McCulloch, Of Chicago,
on taking up her new office of justice
of the peace, told a Chicago reporter
that in the performance of marriage
ceremonies she proposed to omit the
word obey" 'In these enlightened
days., said Mrs. McCulloch, "the word
obey has lost its meaning in the mar
rage contract. The best wife does
not propose to obey her husband.
any more than the best husband pro-
poses to obey his wife. Obedience is
for dogs, REPRESENTATIVES, without
reason. So / think that we should
drop this meaningless word. For 1t Is
meaningless. AS meaningless as a
certain other word was to a certain
boorish husband. The husband had
been particularly nasty n rainy Sun
day at home, and his wife finally be-
gan to cry. Eight years ago. she
sobbed, you swore eternal love, and
now Oh growled the man, how
long do you expect eternal love to last
any vsvf,v
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29
LETTERS WIPED OUT DEBT.
Tender Missives Certainly for once
Answered Good Purpose.

There was great rejoicing In the
New Brooklyn church in Sicklerville,
N. j., when the last dollar of the debt
against the parsonage was paid. The
money was raised in a popular man
ner. Every female member OF the
church wrote a letter to all the boys
that we're her schoolmates in bygone
days, no matter where they now lived,
soliciting contributions. The men
members likewise wrote to their
schoolgirl s~weethearts Of long ago.
Many a pleasant correspondence de-
veloped, and it is said some OF the
letters were calculated to revive the
spark of affection that was kindled
when the writer's were youngsters, but
as husbands and wives were allowed
to read one another's letters not q
case of jealousy is recorded. The
money came in SO fast that in a shor
time the entire debt was paid on, ano
as the contributions are still coming
in the parsonage will be Frightened
by a new coat of paint.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29

THERE are four reasons why the
American people do not enjoy the
great privilege of a parcels post.
One of the reasons is the Wells
Fargo Express Company. The
other three are Express Companies
also and are the Adams, the Unit
I'd States and the American. And
of all the steals and gratis ever
known they arc the greediest and
the meanest. - Central Missouri
Republic.
There will DO no parcels post
Legislation this winter. Western
merchants are about unanimous
in their opposition to it and have
made their protest SO strong that
IL will be needed. So Speaker
Cannon says.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29

CHAIRMAN DICKEY is, we believe
the right man for the place" and
will lead the Republicans of Mis-
souri, to victory in the coming
elections. Remember, however.
that no general, be he ever SO able,
can accomplish much without an
'snthp. siastic, we'll organized and
We'll disciplined army. Fall in
line, catch the step, and forward
to the fight, with bands playing,
banners flying, and a determine
ton to win that will make Repub.
lican success q certainty.