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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-25
THE MAIL ORDER OCTOPUS.
Quit Feeding an Organization That
flinders Your IoMn's Growth

Quit Feeding an Organization That
flinders Your Towns Growth.
There's new Octopus, with big o.
1t is being fed and fattened by the
farmers and the residents Of small
towns and the lesser cities throughout
the United States. Without being con-
scious Of the fact these well intention
ed people are pouring fodder into a
great, hulking, mastodonic octopus that
is reaching out its tentacles to seize
and swallow thousands of local enter
prises.
Every day In the year this octopus
eats up some country town or small
city merchant. body and breeches. Ev-
cry day it devours some local manufac-
turing industry. And every day the
country people and the citizens of the
small towns and cities are sending in
their tidbits to help fatten this octopus.
1t is like handing peanuts to the ele-
plant. One peanut would not do him
much good, but when 50 many are
coming all the time from every direc-
ton he cannot help but grow fat and
get strong enough to rake in whole
peanut fields with his trunk.
This is the mail order octopus.
Let us consider briefly what the mail
order octopus eats. First he eats your
dollar. You may now and then get bar
gains by mail; but If you would look
around at home you might find the
same things for sale at the same price
The octopus eats up your dollar and
your neighbours dollar, and so on, and
pretty soon he has swallowed the
whole store Of your neighbor in town,
who closes up and goes out Of bust
ness.
But that is only a bite for this octt'-
pus When the storekeeper goes out Of
business he goes out of town-goes to
some town where people trade at
home. He takes with him his family
and his clerks perhaps. That decreases
the population Of your town. Thus the
octopus eats q slice out Of your popula-
ton.
Perhaps five years ago your town
had a thousand people. Now 1t may
have fallen off to half that number
You own lots there or you own farm
land near by. Your lots and land are
not worth so much in or near town
Of 500 as they We're in or near a town
OF 1000 Thus the octopus eats off Il
considerable slice of the value of your
real estate
This octopus also eats up that fine
new schoolhouse which you might have
II your town kept on growing. 1t eats
up your children's opportunities to get
a good education. 1t eats away their
and your social privileges by reducing
the population. If your town remains
stationary or goes backward, you are
not going to have an opera house, or u
public library, or lecture course. or
a young peoples club-not very soon;
never If you keep ON handing peanuts
to the octopus.
This octopus is only about dozen
years old, but it is of adult size, and
yet 1t Is still growing, most abnormal
~, enriching itself at the expense Of
your community. If all of you In
your own community would quit feed
ing this octopus and feed your local
enterprises, your town would take
forward movement and you would be
feeding yourselves in the end.
Did that ever occur to you?
Think 1t over.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-25
Gentle and Effective.

A well-known Manitoba editor writes:
Gas an inside worker, l find Chamber.
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets invalu.
able for the touches Of biliousness natur-
al to seden.ary life, their action being
gentle and effective, clearing the dges-
tive tract and the head" Price % cents.
Samples free. Evans Drug 90. t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
CHICAGO LETTER.

Chicago, Feb. 23.-WHEAT-Liver
pool cables being quoted one-half
penny higher, our market started the
day stronger with shorts the best buy
ers- Statistically the news was more
in favor Of the bears, but the short
interest has become so large that COM
mission houses and elevator concerns
have been playing the bull side Of the
market for a turn. Receipts in the
Northwest were considerably larger
than this time a year ago. Argentine
shipments for the past week fully as
large as the previous one; cash de-
mands dull The speculative market
scored an advance of about three
quarters of a cent for the day.
CORN-A stronger and broader mar
ket than for some time. The bull par
ty which has been so conspicuous in
this market was again in evidence.
Their operations brought about an ad-
vance of almost a cent a bushel and
incidentally established a high record
for both the May and July options in
several months. There was nothing
particularly startling in the news to
cause the advance Receipts were a
trihe larger than the estimates; cash
demand reported somewhat better, but
the car situation is unchanged. The
market closed strong with the ad
vance we'll maintained.
OATS-A new high record for this
cereal. 1t seems remarkable that cats
are selling within five cents bushel
of corn, yet the cash demand warrants
the prevailing prices. Sales today
were not large owing to the inability
to procure cars. Commission houses
were fair buyers all during the ses-
sion. This emphasizes the opinion that
the public believe in the crop shortage
Of this cereal. The market closed
strong at almost the highest prices.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Kill Twenty-Seven a Day.

! The government reports show that
during the past year the railroads of
the United States have killed on an av-
erage of twenty-seven people day and
manned two hundred and fifty more
This would be a deadly showing for
hostile armies in war, and when 1T is
considered that the slaughter is merely
incidental to the transaction of peace
full business, the showing becomes ap-
palling. There is certainly no excuse
for so terrible a sacrifice. 1t is sig
nifcant at once of criminal disregard
for human life in the promotion of
business and of inef1ciency that as may
we'll be surmised is grounded in a
vicious economy which is not averse to
coming dollars of blood.-Fort Wayne
News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
SOUTH WATER 5rgEEr MARKET

Chicago, Feb 23.-With low tempera--
lures prevailing and the butteI anu
egg board adjourned owing to the lesal
holiday Washington's birthdayIthet
was little news of interest IN Souttn
Water street today. The situation IN
the egg market is a strong one anu anu
prices are expected to snow IufSnS95 5
advance in the near future; COG
weather In the south, where the pulh
of the Chicago egg supply curing enS
winter season comes from, has caused
a material reduction in the PRODUCTION;
Stocks of fresh on hand are smaH ana
storage stock is exhausted. me de-
mand, however. is active and current
arrivals are not enough TO supply the
demand. Firsts sold on the board yes
terday at 271hc, but the quotation was
Quotations on round lots ranged fsdtra
creamery job9ing, 82hS; price 6sO e.
s savers, SAC; P5ints S5c; h GStTas $3.50;
dairies, Cooleys. soc; frsts, rs 20 26c;
renovated, 24Q 25c; packing STOCK ~
Eggs-Receipts - cases. Fresh
stock at mark, new cases included or
cases returned, 23Q 26c; nrsls,. oases
prime f1rsts, packed in whitewoo9I cS 97c
grading 60 per cent fresh stock, ztc,
extra high grade stock grading gu per
cent fresh, especially packed Tor city
Potatoes-Receipts, IS cars. Wis
consin, Minnesota, white stock ~ q 4oo i
choice to fancy, Michigan, 44Q 4oG' reg
fa1r TO good, 80 q 4Oci nlAeGI', od @nd
white, asa 40c; common, small red ana
sweet potatoes, Illin99is, s2.S25 59
New potatoes, $3.00Q7.50 per brl.
Veal-Quotations for calves IN g0f .os
order were as follows: 80 to 80 IDS,
51a 0615c; 80 to IS lbs, Z q hc; 50 to
100 lbs, fancy, 9@1Oc; $50 to 175 lbs
Dressed Beef-No. ribs 15c; No. !
loins, 17h &C; No. l round. TIC; No.
chuck, 61hc; No. l plate, &c.
Live PouItry-TUrkeys per 10, nc:
chickens, fowls, lie; springs, 1Ic;
ROSTERS. 61ac; geese, $5.OOQ7.OO; ducks
Fruits-Apples. s1:OO@9.5o. per brl;
st siidh $I1o91.B25; lemons, california
$1,000 $50; oranges, $L75 @ 3.25:
Green Vegetables Beets, 40 % SOC per
sack; cabbage $1.5O91.6O per bril- car
rots, 5OQ75c per sack; celery, SLIP q
400 per crate; onions, 400 75c per bu;
parsnips, Acc per hamper; turnips, 40
75c per sack.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
WITH THE EDITORS.
Expenses in Washington.


Senator Beveridge has appeared in
print with a magazine article critics.
ing the expense of living in Wash
ington and intimating that the drift of
the times would indicate that none but
rich men could afford to go to congress.
He contrasts the expense of living
in Washington now with the cost of
living in the days of Clay and Web
ster He says Washington society is
expensive; that rich people reside there
for the sake of society. And that the
rich people set the pace as regards
expenditure. He thinks it would be
unfortunate if that time should come
when none but rich men would be
found in congress. His discussion is
important. Senator Beveridge is
single man. He gives no dinners or
receptions. He is not a dissipated
man, not a high roller is worker and
q valuable public servant He has
been able to get along by doing work
for magazines and newspapers. It
would seem to an onlooker that the
members of congress who are not rich
have their own fate in their own hands
BY establishing standards of their own,
they could change the entire order Of
things. Conkling did not go into So
eiety. The attempt upon the part of the
family of Blaine to keep up with the
Washington pace injured that useful
man and probably indirectly had some.
thing to do with his losing the presi-
dency. 1t was the Washington pace
that ruined Burton. Mitchell and others
But the people would have great re-
spect for the man who would go to
Washington and unpretentiousIy exist
within his income. riding in the street
cars instead Of hiring carriages Sena-
tor Allison lives within hts income
Dolliver does the same. Allison gives
no big dinners He does not board at
extravaganza hotels and no one can
dispute his influence The difficulty
that Senator Beveridge complains Of
must be settled by the congressman
themselves. No increase OF salary
would put the congressman on an
equality with the miuonaires who
have nothing to do but burn up their
money. Our statesmen could not do
a better thing than to devote them
selves to crushing the life out Of the
false and frivolous ways of Washing
ton society, where a senator's wife
looks down on the wife of member
of the house, and where senator's re-
gard members Of the house as on a
par with the members Of the board of
supervisors at home But it so hap
pens that a majority Of congressman
are swallowed up by the demands Of
society and proclaim at once that they
have not strength to go against it.-Des
Moines, Ia, Capital.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Voice Of Protest,

Today wrong on the long suffering
community is to be perpetrated. An
cHense against art and good taste Is
70 De contaminated. and Mr. Clancy.
having swapped with the Young Mems
christian association his replica for
Ihe1r original, is about to tack upon
-ne sub treasury the extraordinary
tablet representing Washington at
prayer at Valley Forge. That mem
orable winter was hard enough
on the continental army without hav-
Ing the memory OF those days. the
heroism of our troops and their com
mander. commemorated in this peculiar
manner and by this absurd memorial
tablet.
But the protests of the friends of
art and Of historical accuracy have
been in vain. The hero with the sap
ling in the rear and the wistful
toy horse is to check the worldly
thoughts Of the Wall street throngs as
they hurry to their daily fortune or
misfortune
If praying tablet IS necessary on
the Sub-Treasury building, why not
portray Alexander Hamilton in the at
titude Of supplication, or, to bring it
right up to date, why not have the
Hen. Leslie NJ. Shaw thanking Divine
Providence for the gift Of Roosevelt?
The worst Of the whole incident is
that it opens awful prospect for
federal buildings in the future Wher-
ever there shall be a federal building,
such as post office CT a court house
or a custom house, it will be in order
for some enterprising firm or indi-
vidual to present a memorial tablet.
and we shall have a series of alleged
from American history of
mythical foundation, not to speak of
absurd treatment and anachronistic de-
tail.-New York Sun.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
THEATRICAL NOTES.
T0WLE OPERA HOUSE.

THE James Boys" a drama depict
ing incidents in their lives and the
lives of their allies, will be presented
at the Towle opera house on Saturday.
Feb %, depicting all the principal
incidents in their notorious careers.
from their raids with Quantriu to the
death of Jesse and the surrender of
Frank. Though no doubt some of the
stories of the James boys were greatly
exaggerated, still the free reckIessness
and the daring of these defiant spirits
who laughed often in the very face Of
death, makes the dramatic presenta-
ton one of intense human interest.
The dramatic cast headed by Walter
Harmon is said to be particularly eff
fcient while the scenery illustrates
well-known places of interest in old
Missouri.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

IF kilograms from Hammond will
pass the Mccullough bill knocking out
the metropolitan police law, the ayes
have 1t by As to 16. Those Ga tele-
grams were in the hands Of Senator
Bowser yesterday. Those IN favor of
maintaining the present system of po-
lice regulations sent their sixteen tele-
grams first They were sent by bank
ers and representatives of manufacture
ing concerns, at the request of the
banker. Hearing that such thing
had happened the home rulers" got
busy and went the conservatives
thirty-two better All of these tele-
grams poured in on Mr. Bowser, who
was expected to read them in com
mittee last night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Depths of Depravity,

If ever woman paid the penalty of
her sins and those OF others Evelyn
Thaw is liQuidating at heavy expense.
Her career, made black by a mother 5
extravagant vanity that sacrificed her
to a villain thirsty for human sacrifice,
has been uncovered. She has told much
Of it willingly. much Of 1t unwillingly,
but all Of it masses together a de-
pravity not all her own that shows
the depth 70 which some natures may
descend. God pity the woman, but
those who wronged her ought to be
visited with all the damnation that
eternity can measure.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

Way Down East" was written by
Lottie Blair Parker elaborated by Jo-
seph Grismer, and produced by William
A. Brady. The characters of Mrs
Parker's play are ordinary human folk
Above everything their stories are ev-
cry day stories often dramatic but
never theatrical. Anna Moore, the
young girl who has been deceived by
a mock marriage and has come to the
home of Squire Bartlett for shelter is
the embodiment of countless, Well-re-
membered mothers and sisters-quiet,
clinging, affectionate and useful about
the house. Thoroughly human, too, is
gentle, patient Mrs. Bartlett and equal
ly human, the squire, a genuine adj
mixture of Nathaniel Berry and Dus-
tan Kirke. Honest farm boys, sucn as
David Bartlett, are not rare nor IN
fortunately, are gossips like Martha
Perkins and INSCRIPTIONS dandies like
LennoX SandersOn. At Towle's opera
house tomorrow night
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
LOCAL PHYSICIANS MEET.

A meeting of the local physicians
was held this morning at st. Margarets
hospital. for the purpose Of appointing
a committee to draw up rules and regu-
lations for the establishment Of a hospi-
tai staff. The meeting was begun at
10 O'Clock and finished at II. the COM
mittee, is composed of Doctors. Kelley.
Shanklin and Oberlin.
The selection of the hospital staff
will be left TO the sisters of the institu-
ton, who will make the appointments
later All the local doctors attended
the meeting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

Here is an effective piece of dra-
matte criticism. said to have been print
ed in a rural paper in Indiana. A raw
company on the Kerosene circuit
played Hamlet and the next day the
editor wrote: Mr.. SOandso and his
company played Hamlet in the town
hall last night 1t was a great social
event, and all the elite of our fair vii
lage attended. There has been a long
discussion as to whether Bacon or
Shakespeare write the plays commonly
attributed TO Shakespeare. It can cas-
ily be settled now. Let the graves OF
the two writers be opened. The one
who turned over last night is the au-
thor Exchange.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
WEATHER FORECAST.

Illinois and Indiana-ShOwer or
snow nurries tonight and possibly sun
day; rising temperature.
night and Sunday with rain or snow
east; warmer tonight and in east sun
day
ness and warmer tonight and SUNDAY;
WiscOnsin-Light snow tonight ana
Sunday; rising temperature.
MinnesOta-Rain or snow tonight ana
sunday; warmer tonight
Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas-
Partly cloudy tonight and sunday
warmer tonight.
Montant-Generally fair tonight and
Sunday; cooler west tonight
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
HEARD ON THE BOURSE

New York. Feb. 28.-The passage of
of Aldrich's financial measure may
stimulate the market next week, but
a very positive reversal of present
sentiment will be required to induce
other than the most cautious invest
ment commitments in the market at
this time. Perhaps the disQutet in the
public mind brought about by Federal
acton in conjunction with recent heavy
demand for short term money at high
rates of interests may disappear grad
ually.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letters remain uncalled
or week ending Feb. IS, 1907
H. J. BrowneH,
Miss c. Cox,
VIII C. Call,
Mrs. Anna A. Dolan,
c. Darnacher,
w. G. Fox,
Mrs. Mary Grafen,
George Gohde.
Mrs. Clara Hillyer,
Chas. r. Hickcox,
William Jackson, 2,
Fred KOhler,
Nellie O'Brien,
Fred Phares,
Miss Bessie Sharl1y,
James Scott
Mrs. W. D. Snyder,
W. Henry Wen, (speciaD,
H c. Whiteman,
Frank Zaleski,
VIM. H. GOstlin, Postmaster
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

a Kansas City man has just sue
ceeded in getting a patent on an cleo
trio motor fastened on a cows back,
the electricity being generated by a
dynamo attached to her tail. 1t strains
the milk and hangs UP the pail and
strainer. a small photograph accom-
panies the outfit and yells "So!" when
the cow moves. If she kicks, a hinged
arm catches the milk-stooI and lams
her over the back. At the same time
the device upsets the milkmaid out Of
harms way
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

A southern man tells of a converse
ton he overheard between his cook
and a maid. both negroes, with refer
ence to q recent funeral of member
OF their race. at which there had been
profusion of floral tributes. said
the cook:
Oats all very well. Mandy. but
when I dies I don't want no flowers
on my grave. Jes plant a good OLD
watermelon vine an when she gets
ripe, you come dar and bus it on de
grave and let de good old juice dribble
down thro' de ground"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Between Trains

A Chicago anarchist says that if
Christ had worked at the carpenters
trade from His time until now at
81, 400 day he would not have had
as much money as Rockefeller. And
yet John D. will probably find CON
ISOLATION that Christs only recorded
operation in oil was denounced by the
Judean anarchists. who held that the
oil should have been sold and the pro-
ceeds given to the poor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

Corporation borrowing on short
time from now on will become more diff
fcult. Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt
notes are less attractive and bankers
who originally subscribed are cleaning
house and Offering them at concessions.
Time money is hardening owing to
corporation borrowing and to the fact
that interior money is not flowing in
this direction. 1t is the opinion of best
traders that prices will work lower.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
A Little Advice.

Look out. lest grip"
May grapple you.
And careful be
In all you do.
A little draught,
Before you think,
VIII quickly put
You on the blink.
SO bundle up
And watch the door,
And do as you
Have done before,
When winter tried
To freeze you quite
And made you shiv-
Err day and night,
Keep snug and warm
Until the spring
And poke the fire
Like any thing
Birmingham Age-Heral
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

The pessimiste utterances OF sew
eraI railway presidents yesterday are
not calculated to encourage any out
side buying of stocks. however. there
has been large increase in the short
interest in the past week which is
likely to run to cover in favor Of an
approaching holiday and hence. 1t is
the best opinion fair rally is due.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

The South Bend Tribune offers $50
reward for the information that will
lead to the detection of the person who
telephoned a false society report to it.
The Tribune hopes to rid the commun-
ity of this sort of Joker"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Got It.

A constant sneeze,
A bleary eye,
An accent like a frog;
Two weary knees,
A wish to lie
AS Imply as a log.
A lot Of ache.
A fever high
OF whisky not a sip;
Make no mistake,
We, you and I,
Have surely got the grip.
New York Tin
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

There are two million goats in this
country and the corporations are Ger
tain that they now are all in session
at the various state capitols, butting
into other peoples affairs.-Duluth
News Tribune.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
MAKES LARGE SHIPMENTS.

Business at the Hammond distillery
IS booming. Yesterday the company
shipped out FIVE carloads OF spirits in
addition to quite few barrels Of their
new product-denatured alcohol. for
which they are finding a ready mar
ket
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

walk past the Knickerbocker and if
you look in one Of the windows it
costs you s..
Sawyer thought the st. Regis was
the most expensive hotel in New York
Hardigan-It is, but it costs money
to even think of that hotel and SO
I did not mention it
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
sQUIBs FROM THE EDITORS.

The jury may not be satisfied that
Thaw was crazy when he killed White,
but they have no doubt of his state
of mind when he was married.-Duluth
News Tribune.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

london sentiment is not SO bearish
@ mere IN New York. No reduction in
the bank rate Is expected. Nervous
ness over the Hartman investigation
IS NOT prevalent, rather curiosity. Lon
och today bought some small lots of
Katy Canadian Pacific and Erie.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Union Stock Yards, Feb. 29.-Hog re-
ceipts, 1900; market steady; left over.
$500. Light, $3.50 to 7.O5; mixed, S6.85
to 7.15; heavy, $3.50 to 7.15; rough, $685.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

The high license bill doesn't know
where it's going. but it's on it's way
Fort Wayne News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Southwestern Receipts and Shipments
Wheat.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS.

Liverpool, Feb. 23.-Wheat closed
three eighths to five-eighths higher:
corn, three eighths to one-half higher
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

Rev. Asher G. Work Of South Chi
cago will preach in the Presbyterian
church Sabbath morning in exchange
with the pastor. Both ministers will
be in their own pulpits in the even
ing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

To subscribers. Readers of the
Times are requested to favor the
management by reporting any irregu-
larties in delivering. Communicate
with the circulation department, or
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