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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
GUARD WHITE HOUSE
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE
ARE ELABORATE.
Fact That the Executive Mansion I,
Not a Fireproof Structure I'm.
derstood by the Men Re.
sponsible for It's Safety.

Although there has not been a fire
OF any particular consequence in the
White House since it was set on fire
by the British nearly 100 years ago
the Washington fire department has
never lost sight of the fact that the
structure is not tireproof. The build
ing and all it contains is guarded Will
a care given no other public property
and orders have been issued to the
firemen, and by them committed te
memory, giving instructions down Il
the smallest possible detail as to the
part each man shall take in case oi
an alarm from box 157, which is ir
the White House.
-Four engines and two trucks are
under orders to respond at the firs>
call from that box. The full company
Is to respond II the call comes frou,
Dox l57, and each engine has bee,
given it's exact route, so that none
may cross the path of any other and
each may make the best speed OF
which 1t Is capable. Each engine has
also orders to enter the grounds at q
particular gate and TO take water
from particular hydrant, additional
MIGRANTS having been ordered in TO
Gently at points on the grounds con.
veniently near the house. Even the
spot at the hydrant upon which each
engine shall stand has been desie
nated.
The two truck companies have like
wise had their routes marked out and
their gate into the grounds desig.
mated, the plan being to have two ell.
gines and one truck on the south side
OF the house and the same number on
the north side. Keys to the gates
nave been placed in the hands of the
proper fire officers and rules made fo,
their custody in place where they
may always be available for the fire
lighters, but not for anyone else. II
any OF the companies designated to
respond to the first call from The
White House are called to ano,he,
fire, they have designated substitutes
10 other engine houses that are re.
quired to hold themselves in readi.
ness to jump for the presidents home
at the first clang of the gong. and also
with their routes and gates selected
n advance for them.
Deputy Chief Engineer Wagner has
been named for the honor of having
charge at the front, or north, side OF
the White House, and Second Bat.
talon Chief Sullivan at the south, or
rear. The department has never had
fire drill at the White House, but
the subject has been considered and
may be carried out some time when
the president and his family are
away.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
WEATHER PROPHETS At WORK.
Predictions Reach Washington From
All Over the Country.

The officials of Uncle Sans weather
bureau receive many copies of dire
full predictions made by long.range
weather forecasters, as they arr
termed. The long.rangcrs have re
Gently been bobbing up in all section.
vi the country. There are four @.
them known TO be in Pennsylvania
two in Ohio, several in New York,
New England. and quite number ir
the Dominion of Canada 1t is the
opinion of some of the weather of
iicials that most of the long-range pre-
aictions are based upon the old-timt
signs, omens and superstitions tina
folks used before the Introduction o..
The science of meteorology to foretel
the coming of storms, rain, sunshine
and snow
The flying Of crows, wild ducks ant!
other birds toward the south told o.
the coming OF a storm; pigs carrying
straws to their stys meant the ar
proach Of u cold wave. There are
other long-time-ahead weather proph
cts who predicate their forecasts OF
disaster ON the recent earthquakes
hurricanes and the like, and take i.
for granted that other similar dis
asters will follow in the continuation
of the freak weather in evidence
throughout the year 1906.
One of the latest and most terrify
ing of the long-range forecasts tina;
were made the other day nretends tC
foretell that the winter will be tho
most severe on record. AT best,
said Prof Edward r. Garriott, Of Prof
Willis J.. Moore's official staff OF fore
casters, the so-called long-range
forecasts are the merest guesswork
II the men who make them could real
~ foretell weather conditions correct
ly as far ahead as they profess they
cun, their names, flames and fortunes
would he assured in mighty short
Space OF time.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

ed on several portraits, framed and
unframed, on the mantel. They We're
portraits of men, most Of them, the
majority portraits of men we'll under
40. Some were portraits of mere boys.
"Pah!" she exclaimed. II shall do
1t again. know l shall. 1t gives me
pleasure, such intense pleasure. Per.
haps it gratifies me even more than
It gratifies them-while it lasts"
After a little while she rose and
pressed the bell.
L shall want the brougham to.
night" she said, as the maid entered.
Tell John l am going to the opera"
Tristan and Isolde" was over. In
the portico of the opera house police.
men and others beloved down the
line of carriages. Within the hall
men and women mingled, awaiting
their turn to depart.
Beside the inner entrance a tall and
remarkably good-looking youth, exqui.
sitely groomed, stood wrapped in ad.
mfration of an extraordinarily hand.
some woman waiting alone not many
yards away. Seemingly the woman
was Ignorant of his presence, of his
very existence. Yet presently she
turned her head carelessly and at
once her eyes met his. AS they did
SO she smiled at him and almost
bowed. Taken aback he instinctively
raised his hat. A moment or two
later he stood beside her
Il believe have had the pleas.
ure-' he began rather awkwardly.
but the woman set him at once at his
ease.
1T is charming to meet you," she
said, with another enhancing smile.
and extending a well.shaped hanu
from beneath her handsome opera
cloak. my brougham is so long com.
ing, could you. wonder-it would he
SO dear of you-find out where it iso
I am quite alone"
She looked at him meaningly and
ne returned the glance. Then he dis.
appeared in the chattering throng.
How very bold you must think me, :,
She said, as they drove together
through the badly lighted thorough.
fares. II wonder. now, ii you know
my name."
He mentioned it at once and she
gave delightful little laugh.
AS they passed swiftly down Broad.
way a gloved hand presently stole
softly into his and the fingers very
gently pressed his own. At the touch
his whole soul seemed 10 thrill. A
moment later he had succumbed to
the temptation and was kissing her
passionately on the mouth
How wicked of YOU" she said
roguishly. Really you quite hurt me.
DO YOU often get like this?"
i love you dreadfully," he half
whispered. "dreadfully. have seen
you so often. l have SO often longed
TO speak to you. But never got in.
trOduced."
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
SHOW GRATITUDE OF NATION.
two Fine Monuments to Men Who
Helped Cause Of Liberty.

The love of the people of the United.
States for Marquis Lafayette. the
Frenchman. who in time of our great
est need gave his purse and person to
the service of this country, has con-
tinued throughout all the years that
have passed since those dark days.
When, 30 years after he had rendered
such valuable and distinguished help
to this country, Lafayette decided to
revisit it Tin 1920, congress resolved
that whenever the president shall he
Informed of the time when the mar
luis may be ready to embark. a nation
al ship with suitable Accommodations
he employed to bring him to the Unit
ed States" But LaFayette's modesty
forbade this and he took passage in a
private vessel. When it became
known that he was to revisit Amer.
lea, every citizen prepared to give him
q hearty welcome, and before his ar.
rival people were wearing Lafayette
ribbons, Lafayette waistcoats, LaFay.
cite feathers, hats, caps, gloves, ETC.,
and even the ginger cakes were
stamped with his name. He was Civ.
en- a continuous ovation in the "a
states and later congress erected a
magnificent static to him, in honor OF
the man and of "the services he rem.
dered to America, to the world, and TO
Kberty."
The statue stands in Lafayette
square, the most beautiful of all the
many charming parks in which the
city of Washington abounds.
Another statue in Lafayette park
is that of Count Rochambeau, who
commanded 5000 French soldiers sent
to aid the Americans in 1889. The
statue was presented to the United
States by France.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
Wealthy Senator Work. Hard.


Perhaps no man of large means in
the United States, certainly no mem.
Der of the senate, looks after so much
OF the detail of his work as does Sen.
ator Clark of Montana. He does the
work which most other men who
have accumulated great business and
political responsibilities hire clerks.
secretaries and stenographers to do.
When he is in Washington he usually
goes to his committee room by nine
o'clock every morning and insists
upon opening with his own hands the
huge mass of letters that litter his
desk. Unlike most other. senators.
he dictates replies to every commu.
nicatton which he thinks deserves no.
tice and will not permit any of his
employees to do this. He does not
even permit the use of rubber
stamp In signing his name. In his
household affairs the Montana Croe.
sus is just as watchful and energetic
as In his business and political mat.
ters.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
Morgan In sarca.tic Hur,or

Senator Morgan walked into the
senate lobby, deep in thought. A
friend came up with him and walked
along beside him. The senator said
Good morning" and let it 20 al
that, and the friend tried to make q
little conversation.
Senator" he said. 81 hear the pres
ident is going to send in message
on Panama and the canal"
YES" said the senator.
More than that" continued the
friend, vivaciously, The is going to es
tablish a precedent and illustrate It >
illustrate it?" inquired the senator
reused to sudden interest.
Yes, sir"
Put pictures in it. you mean?"
Yes. sir; exactly that"
WELL growled the senator. ~
know one picture that will be in IT,
What one is that, senator?"
"A picture of Roosevelt
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
Got III. Mediein.

Champ Clark told a story of a con
vention in Missouri where one of the
candidates for sheriff was the patri
arch of the county. He had always
voted the Democratic ticket and
boasted he had never been sick a day
in his life.
There was considerable opposition
to the old man, and the orator who
presented his name was moved to his
highest flights of eloquence.
"Gentlemen of the convention" he
shouted. lit is my honor and NV pleas
ure to present to you the name Of =
man, old in years. but young in spir
1t; one who. though approaching the
span of life allotted by the psalmist
has never taken dose of medicine
one who"
We'll give him dose6 medicine
today. all right" broke in one of the
delegates. And they did.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
The iren
By Basil zozer
Copyright, by Joseph 3. Bow,ss.,

The jury returned verdict in ac,
cordance with the coroner's decision
Deceased. they said, had clearly not
taken poison. Neither had he died
of apoplexy. Seemingly he had been
in excellent health on the very day
Of his death. In the small hours Of
the morning, according to the evi.
dence, his valet, who slept in a room
adjoining, had heard deceased breath.
ing unusually heavily. Becoming anx.
lous, he had entered his masters
room and there found the young man
pale as death and quite unconscious
with wide-open eyes and pupils ex.
Extraordinarily distended.
At once he had fastened in search
OF doctor, but by the time the doctor
had reached his masters room life
had been quite extinct. Deceased,
though pronounced by his friends 81
man about town. had not, they said
been addicted to violent dissipation
Neither had he been addicted to
lrugs or to alcohol. A rather remark.
able feature in connection with the
case was the statement that no less
than four other young men of social
standing had been found dead in their
beds under circumstances almost en-
actly similar, and that within the last
few months. AS on the previous oc.
casions the verdict returned this
morning was that of Death from nat.
ural causes"
Phoebe Vincent let the paper drop
from her hands and smiled. A very
beautiful woman in the prime of her
life, and gowned to perfection, few
knew whence she came or who she
really was. Rumor had it that her
husband had died under cloud, also
under circumstances said to have been
mysterious" But nobody much cared,
least of all the men-men of position.
all of them, and not few of rank
who figured so largely among her Wis
itors. Indeed it had come to this.
| among a certain set, that not to know
Phoebe Vincent was to argue yourself
| put of date.
Poor boy" she said at last. 81 al.
most feel sorry at times. and yet"
She looked steadfastly for some
moments at framed photograph on
her silver table. Then her gaze rest.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

1T is acknowledgements extraordi.
nary
The speaker was one of three mem
bers OF the medical profession who
CHANGED to be seated together in the
otherwise empty smoking room of a
rather well known club.
TO what do you. yourself attribute
dcath?" asked another member of the
group.
Il can throw as much light on the
problem as both of. you can-which is
none at all" he answered grimly.
and you say this is the sixth case
of the sort that has occurred in New
York;
Yes, and that within a period Of
ten MONTHS
1T is most interesting
Most perplexing."
LAS I say, 1t is quite as extraordi
nary case as Its predecessors. Well"
glancing at the clock. my time is up."
Il must he off, too"
And SO must /. Good night to
YOU
Good night"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAIL.
ROAD AND WESTERN CANADA.
Will Open Up immense Area Of Free
Homestead Lands.

The railway facilities Of Western
Canada have been taxed to the ut.
termost in recent years to transfer
the surplus grain crop to the eastern
markets and the seaboard. The large
influx Of settlers and the additional
area put under crop have added large.
ly to the grain product, and notwith.
standing the increased railway facil-
tiles that have been placed at the dis.
posal Of the public, the question of
transportation has proved to be so.
rious one.
It will, therefore, be good news to
everyone interested in Western Can.
ada to know that an authoritative
statement has been given out by C..
M. Hays. president Of the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway, that that rail.
way will do its share towards moving
the crop Of 1907 from Alberta, sas.
katchewan and Manitoba to tide water,
and thus assist in removing q serious
obstacle which has faced the settlers
during recent years. Mr.. Hays, who
has Just completed q trip from Port
age Ia Prairie to Edmonton in a prai.
rie schooner, distance Of 735 miles
which was covered In eighteen daya,
ls enthusiastic about the country.
This will be gratifying to settlers In
the Canadian West, even IL Mr.. Hays
declines to be bound to a time limit
with the exactitude Of q stop.watch.
The Grand Trunk Pacific road will be
in q position to take part in the trans.
portation Of the crop Of 1907, and that
will be satisfactory to the settlers in
that country when the harvest is xar.
aered.
The wheat crop Of 1906 in Western
Canada was about 10000, 900 bushels.
and. With the increased acreage which
IL confidently expected to be put un.
der crop next year. It is safely calcu.
lated that fully 126, 100000 bushels will
be harvested in 1907. The necessity
for increased transportation facilities
are. therefore. apparent, and the state.
ment made by Mr.. Hays will bring en-.
couragement to the farmers Of the
Canadian West, new and old. The
opening up Of additional thousands Of
free homesteads is thus assured by
the agent Of the Canadian Govern.
ment, whose address appears else.
where.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
Have Fun with conore..n, =,

Largely because of his name and
his unfailing good nature considerable
fun has been had by the newspapers
with James NJ. Griggs of Georgia
chairman of the Democratic congress.
sional campaign committee. Some
newspapers have dubbed him Grim
Jisgs." though he is generally regard.
ed as an able member Of the house:
He served his people on the district
bench several. years before coming
to congress and is lawyer OF srst
elias ability.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
Lodge Bars House Telephone.

Senator Lodge is the one pronine.
political leader in Massachusetts wi
declines to be listed as telephcr
subscriber. He considers it impo-
ant to have some period of compile;
rest while away from Washingtc'
and, in spite of the grnmbling of lesst
political workers. the senator mas ne
er subscribed to the house phone.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
Vice Presidents elunder

Vice President Fairbanks is tellin
a joke which happened to him durin
the summer. He attended a Method.
conference and in the course of his a.
dress had occasion to refer to the az
vancing ''phalanx of Methodism.' III,
stead of saying Methodism," he e.
plains, II unthinkingly said 'republ
canism.' Immediately there was
great roar bf laughter and ! at ono
sought absolution from the presidin'
bishop"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
Beware Of Ointments for catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

mercury ~! surely destroy The sense Of snel
entering II through the mucous 0urfaces. Such
Ssticles should never bs used except on preselip.
Eil DO = ton fold to the good You can possi6iy DE-
i've from them. Halls Cetarrh Cure, manufactured
Guy, aad T. taken Internally, acting directly upon
tno blood and mucous surfaces OF thu system, IL
buying Hairs Catarrh Cure DO sure you get the
genuine II IL taken internally and made IN foiedo
Velo: ~ y; J. Cheney Z Co. Testimonials free.
rake Hairs Family fs n Tor re- co n s
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

so you thought tonight you would
waive the introduction" she sal
lightly. DO you kiss everybody lik
that you are introduced to? Perhaps,
she went on presently. Il say onl.
perhaps, | have sometimes notice.
you before tonight.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
Mo Mora Rides.

$50 you don't take any more rides
with those two friends Of yours that
owned an airship. What Is the mat.
ter?"
1.-THE owners fell out"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
With an Eye to the Future.

Sheridan was about to start on his
.wenty-mile ride to Winchester.
Il could do it quicker in an automo-
bile. of course" he said, "but that
would knock the poem into the middle
of the next war;"
Pausing just long enough to permit
the young man with the camera to
take snapshot Of him, he dashed the
rowels into his steed and was of like
an arrow.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
Firmly Established,

"Of course, you're going to Palm
Beach this winter?
NO.
"No' thought your position in 80.
ciety was such as to make it absolute
~ necessary for you to CO."
"Our position in society now is such
that We don't have to go anywhere"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

No muss or failures made with PUT.
NAM FADELESS. DYES; bright, beauti.
full colors certainty.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

TOP PRICES FOR HIDES. FuRs AMI
Pelts. Write for Circular No. o. N. w.
Hide Fur Co., Minneapolis. MINI.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17
Or. ). II. RlNpLAus, (spec,al.st),
Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat,
Fargo. N. D.

A rule that refuses to work at all
often gets the best Of one that works
both ways.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

There is no task too hard for a laz,
man to attempt.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

Preaching on the dangers Of money
often has its first effect on the collec.
ton.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAx
Gake LAXATIVE BROMO Qpipins Tsblete. Dup
3 8 vEnsfHs1G ne1sy g q t3R g 4S3 1w
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

You always will find the poorest
player wears the most professional
clothes.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

True friends seldom come in
punches.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-17

Four months had passed. In tn,
boudoir of a Fifth avenue fiat a youn.
man lay half recumbent on a settee
Over him bent woman. The ma.
looked rather wearied. His eye
sagged slightly. And the woma,
peered down at him attentively.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-12

In five weeks the tenor signed the
pledge. and in six the contralto stopped
bleaching her hair and came to choir
practice with her head tied up in veil
to hide the Inevitable discrepancies as
to color.
She's dear little thing" she con-
fided to the bass. She's poor and takes
care of her mother"
"I'n take care OF them BOTH" the
bass declared ardently, IF she will let
me-"
The tenor having made the same
statement. the contralto carried the
news to. the soprano.
They are both in love with you. m7
dear" she whispered one Sunday morn
ing when the green curtain had been
drawn and the congregation had set
tied down comfortably to hear the SER
mon.
I'D rather not talk about such things
in church IL you don't mind" the so
prano said gently, and the contralto
agreed hastily aud gave her earnest at
tention to the preacher.
But tell me one thing" the tenor
said to the contralto confidentIally at
choir practice. how are we going to
ask her? Her mother walks home with
her nftertan The services. and she
tasn,t asked us TO call and she won't
mlk about secular things in church.
md there you nrei"
rs. love sccu'Hr thinG?" the con
tralto questioned scntimentaIly.
she says II is the tenor stated.
'but I thin, II is divine
to al i nr f1f-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-12
a Plea For Enii.tinn


No man who will look carefully into
the work OF the army or of the navy
can fail to realize that career in
either branch OF our military service
is one to which any man may give
himself with the fullest devotion and
with the highest ideals. Americans,
as rule, know little about the actual
work of either of these services, and
few realize that when a man enters
the service of the army or OF the navy,
whether rs officer or enlisted man, he
enters a great school, school In which
Is taught not only the discipline of
self restraint, OF cleanliness, of devo.
tIon to duty, but In which are taught
also the elements of an education. An
enlisted man who enters a regiment
Of the army, barely able 10 read and
write. comes out, If he be a man of
ambition and industry, ut the end of
three years in possession OF the funda-
mentals of an English education. His
officer stands 10 him not only in the
relation of military director, but in the
relation also OF n teacher and friend.
There is no career open to an American
boy, unless 1t be that OF a teacher,
which offers n larger opportunity than
that of the army or navy officer to
minister to the service of men.-Presl.
dent II. S. Pritchett in Atlantic.