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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-22

Starts New Industry.-A new indus
try in the Moline Auto Top company
has been started in one of the Pump
company's buildings at 2020 Third av-
enue. w. J. Riggs is proprietor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-22

Factory Resumes Operations The
Moline Plow company resumed opera
tons today. and the larger part of the
force was put to work. The shop was
shut down for four weeks this summe:
as there were many necessary repairs
TO be made, but now the plant is in
good shape TO take care of the winter
seasons work. which promises to be
greater this year than ever before.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-22
W FL

Thirteen years ago, when we es-
tablished our institute here, we told
you through the columns of this pa
per that we were going to be per-
manent institution. We also told you
that we fully understood that in or
der to be successful, we had to live
up to the Golden Rule, and give ev-
cry one square deal. We fully I'M
derstocd that if we could not do what
we advertised that we could not do
)
at all, as in towns of this size fail
ures spread fast. This announce
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15
Value Received.

Preparations are nearly completed
Tor weighing I the mails under the late
act Of congress-, by which the govern
ment will pay the railroads for the
mail chat is actually handled instead Of
paying for such amounts as the rail
roads think they may have hauled.
Incl entally,it is mentioned in dis
patches from Washington that the
post Office department. expects to save
come $40, OOO, 900 a year to the United
States by this method. tt required an
appropriation of only 100000 to pro-
vide for the weighing
From the patrons of tho postal sys-
tenn the government requires full pay
ment for service reno sred. The issue
of a newspaper, for Instance, is weigh
ed when Il is put in the postoflice and
the publisher pays for what he actually
sends out. The citizen who mails a
letter or parcel does likewise. No
mAn objects to paying TOR what he gets
and uuler all considerations of bust
ness ethics the nation should pay for
what It gets and no more. This weigh.
Ing eglllation, like some other reforms
has been rather slow iii coming al
though the need ofit has been glaring-
Lyipatent for 8 long time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15
Pierre as Railway Center .


The extensive imp ovements of the
Northwestern road in the way Of yards
shops and roundhouse facilities ut the.
East Pierre yards is explained in part
BY the action Of the road in making a
separate division Of Pierre, Rapid City
md N Northwestern line, with head
quarters ii this city The selection Of
-. q. Dixie as superintendent Of the di-
vision will be appreciated not only BY
/ the people Of Pierre, but all along the
now line, where he has made hosts of
friends in his work as constructing en-
gineer on the line. This will mean
that Mr. bike and family will make
their home permanently in Pierre, and
tho division dquarters will help to
Guild up the city az railway center
Tor this part Of the northwest.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15
Pioneer Settler Dies.

Madison, Aug. 12.-William H. Lee
popularity known all over this state as
Colonel Bill Lee, was inferred in Grace
land cemetery of this city yesterday
He was one Of tie six earliest perma-
nent settlers of Lake county, having
located south of Lake Madison with
his family in 1870.
He came. to Wisconsin when four
teen years old and from there Joined
the First Wisconsin regiment of artil-
lery. After the war was over ne came
west to Dakota with his family.
He was member of the G. A. r.,
Odd Fellows and Masons, all Of these
societies jointly officiating at the
funeral.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15
An Expssit ion Feature.

4
One Of the features of the Gas Belt
exposition at this city the third week
J ia September will be the large exhibit
d 81 grains and grasses which will be dis
piayed and which Will be q revelation
10 those who have not been keeping in
touch with that class vi agriculture in
/ the Missouri valley.
One of the exhibits which will at
tract those who know OF the qualities
of wheat grass, one Of the natives,
VIII be q mixtnreSof this grass and tim
othy which was raised on the ranch Of
q. Eakin, on the old Fort Sully reser-
eryation. Last winter Eakin secured
timothy seed and sowed it on the sod
where wheat grass grew, and it made q
good growth, the crop being about half
sof each OF the grasses, and he now has
forty acres of this hay in the stack,
which will beat.any other hay raised
any where. Besides this, there will be
u large display Of alfalfa and red clover
both OF which are doing we'll In this
part Of the state
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15

west of the Missouri River, and the
regular institute work will begin the
first week In Decem Der.
Superintendent Chamberlainis now
|atswork trying tocreate interest in an
|exhibitfen Of corn from this state at
the National Corn Exposition to be
held in Chicago October 5-l5.
Heis anxious to hear from all parties
who will furnish some corn for this ex-
position, and will be pleased to answer
any inquiries concerning premiums.
1886 90 has been set apart for premiums
/ for South Dakota alone, besides $40,
600 open to competition from all of
the states.
Localities desiring institutes the
coming year should correspond with
MI. Chamberlain Immediately.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15
Power of Ocean Breakers.

Experiments made at the Bell Rock
and Skerryvore lighthouses, on the
Scottish coast, have shown that, while
the force Of breakers in the German
ocean may be taken as about ton and
half on every square foot Of surface,
Atlantic breakers fall with weight
OF about three tons to the square foot
On one occasion during heavy gale
huge blocks Of granite and limestone
were washed about like pebbles at the
Plymouth breakwater, carried 200 feet
up its inclined plane and scattered be-
yond it In all directions. One Of the
blocks weighed nearly two TONS
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15

fossils which he has been notified he
can have for going after them. One of
them is donated by Harvey Ash, and is
said to be q perfect specimen of the
pieiosaurus, fully seventy feet IN lenght
and in a fine state of preservation.
The other which was located by Joe
Wallace, is a perfect shoulder blade Of
a mastodon. Secretary Robinson is
taking advantage of the freight teams
which are taking the Ash household
goods from this city to the Ash ranch
and will bring back these specimens, as
we'll IS any others he can pick up in
that country, for the society museum.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15

And now England is going to build
q 10000 ton battleship, At this rate
the time will come when the ocean
will mot be big enough to dock in.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15
Coal Vein in Well.

John Ludin, rancher living in the
Thunder Butte country, 100 miles
north of Belle Fourche, has just struck
what promises to be good coal vein
III his water we'll. This we'll is use d
not only for water, but to. store Ludins
milk and other articles for his table.
Over the we'll he has placed a sign
which reads. One bell-water, two
bells milk, three bells--ice cream,
four bells-coal
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15
Opinions Differ Widely

Washington, Aug. Is. Illinois solid
flor 8 Uncle Joe" Cannon in the 9epub-i
ilican national convention next year. is
| in brief the proph ecy 9th Hip Me
1 kenna Of Chicago who is in the city
this week; that is, if II appears that
the faVorlte son of the sucker state can
iget the nomination otherwise, Mr.. Nc.
IKenna believes. Mr.. Fairbanks will
poll at least two thirds of the Illinois
vote. he latter, the Chicagoan asserts,
has been doing some quiet campaign
ling throughout the state and has made
many friends. However, there's a wide
| diversity Of opinion these days an to
| Just who will fall heir to the party
|nomination in 1905, and w Washington is
/ fikepnto 4 house divided against itself.
One day some prominent visitor drops
lin from the north and says: Hughes
De II; hen comes the report that the
Knox boom Isl o0tclassing all others in
EitsSphenomenal growth, and the people
Lot hington are bout read 10 pre-
I sllare " leeme for the ,ensy lganlon,
when another report iss gwen out that
TAFT il che choice Of the West and un-
tdonb tedIy will De nomin ated So that
/ DIT late most Washing tonians have
come to feel that the only safe way Is
ltowait and not place their money until
lust befo ore the race Even then, there
|are sare to be some big surprises.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15

field, the farmers are unable to get
help and frantic appeals have been sent
to che big railroads to aid them in their
difficulty.
In response to the calls of the farm :
ers along the lines of the North West
ern in South Dakota, agents acting un-
der the instructions of the company
have compiled list of the number Of
hands needed at each station. This
tabulated list is being forwarded to the
city passenger agencies throughout the
west with orders to give any assistance
possible in getting men to the points
where they are needed
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15
Death Claimed Christian Lady.

a cloud of sorrow gathered and broke
lover this community last Friday morn
ling, when it was learned that Mrs Rox.
lie w. Haney, wife of Judge Dick Haney,
had expired at the family home in this
lefty, at 3 o'clock that morning
| Mrs. Haney had been ill of heart
trouble for several months, but up to
1.-The hour OF death her condition was
mot thought tohaye been serious. She
passed quietly from earth away; like
child. worn with play, she fell asleep in
Death.
Mrs Haney was a woman of quiet,
loyable nature, exceeding kind and
possessed those womanly attributes Of
character which made her greatly ad
mired. She was greatly attached to
| her family and to Judge Haney and
son, John, and daughter, Harriet, and
to them her death came as great
blow.
10 them the people of Pierre extend
their sincirest sympathy. The funeral
services took place from the Episcopal
church Sunday morning at 10 o'clock;
Bishop f. II. Johnson, assisted by Rev.
I'll 4. Russell. The church was banked
with floral offerings which came from
her friends all over the state and from
different societies Of which she had
been an active member in this city.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15
When q detachment of the United
States army goes to Cuba it can be sure
of one fight, and that is with yellow
fever.
Good Bye Reception.

Wednesday evening the members of
the Baptlst church rendered a farewell
reception to their departing pastor, Rev,
10. g Smith and wife at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs A. w. EWert. Owing to
the storm but thirty were present. The
gathering was inf2rsna,,sasd was, only
marred the fact that the honorary
guests would not be present at any
future gatherings
p =, Swartz spoke feelingly of the
regret manifested in the departure of
Rey.and Mrs. D. 9. Smith, and on be-
half Of the church members presen ted
them with an elegant leather rocking
chair.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15
Farm Helm Difficult to Secure.

Farm Help Difficult to Secure.
A dearth of harvest hands threatens
the big wheat and oats crops of the
great northwest grain belt With all
of the cerlals already ripened in the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-15

Secretary Doane 30 binaor Of the
State Historicsl society has gone ont
Into ths Moren river conntry after
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-13
Real Estate
For Rent and Sale:
Several fine properties for
rent.
Groom house on North Queen st.

Groom house on North Queen St A
very desirable home. Price, $2,700.
5-room double house on South Col
lege ST., with full size lot. \ good
Investment Price, s1.7Oo.
Groom house ON Pennsylvania Avn.
lot 50xl07 IT. Price $1,000
Groom house and lot on penrsyi-
vania Ave-, to be sold in connection
with vacant lot, ON which there is a
stable. Price s2,25o. A good in est
ment.
Groom house on South Queen ST..
with conveniences. A very desirable
home. Price $4,000.
Groom house on the corner Of Penn
Ave. and Second St.; lot 5Ox2p6 #.
Price $4,000.
Groom double house on Faulkner
practically new with full size
lot Price $500.
Groom house on South Raleigh St.
All conveniences. stable for three
horses. Price, $4,000
Groom house on the corner of High
and Liberty Sts., lot 236x1S4 it. Price,
$4,000.
Groom house on Liberty St., full
size lot VIII make fine home. Price
$1.4O0.
Groom house on North Queen st !;
stable and all necessary out ;. ".
ings. lot 4Ox21o. Price s1.75o.
6-room house on Faulkner Ave, To-.
25x150 #. Price, 1920.
Is or 20 building lots, including
McDowells lime kiln
A large number Of very desirable
farms at very attractive prices.
ONCE open until $50 p. m. every
evening.
WHITMORE BROS,
Peoples Trust Co. Building.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-13
Journal Want Ads.

Your plano tuned correctly. Don't
delay. Have it attended to at once.
Terms reasonable. Orders can be left
with J. w. Barrick, 237 N. Queen st.
or J. W. Thomas & Co., Phone As r
Bell phone, 4-6t.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-13

LOST.-Tan beagle hound. Reward
If returned to 214 North Church st. 8.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-13
THE DAILY MARKET REPORT
BUYING PRICES.

The buying prices quoted today by
local grain dealers for cereals are as
follows:
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-13

WANTED.-Persons desiring to sell
their furniture apply to w. this Office
13-tf
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-13

FOR RENT. IS -room house. 222 Ma
pie avenue. Apply to D. A. Cline, 222
Maple ayenues 13-3t.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-13

The live merchant adyertisea
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-13
Grain Market.

Wheat, 81
Corn. AZ
Oats, per bu., %
Hay, baled. per ton, SIS
Live Stock Market.
Thep rices prevailing here today for
live stock are:
Befe, live wp,.ter h., 3@4
Pork. per b.. 5@7
Veal, per ib., 61-2
Lamb, per b., sos IL
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-13

I LOST % Bunch OF Keys at postofhce.
Please return to this Office. 12-9-tf
AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE Cheap
REQ runabout. First class condition.
INQUIRE of C. H. McGinnis 10-29-tf
FOR RENT --9. room house, corner
Raleigh and John streets, in good con-
dition, formerly occupied by Miss Eichle-
berger. Apply T. P. Licklider. 1921
LOST. ---Pocketbook containing a
sum Of money on North Queen street.
Reward If left at this Office. 11-2t.
FOR RENT Two Office rooms. APP
ply to H. J Little. l0-2l-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
Making Postage Stamps

cheap as they are, as much care and skill are
employed in making postage stamps as one
hundred-dollar bills.
The design of the stamp is engraved on
steel, and, in printing plates are used on
which POO stamps have been engraved. Two
men are kept busy at work covering these
with coored inks, and passing them to a man
and a girl, who are equally busy printing
them with large rolling hand presses Three
of these little squads are employed all the
time
After the small sheets of paper containing
200 printed stamps have dried enough, they
are sent into another room and gummed The
gum used for this purpose is peculiar COM
position, made of the powder of dried pota-
toes and other vegetables, mixed with water.
After having been again dried, this time on
little racks famed by steam power, for about
an hour they are put between sheets of paste
board and pressed in hydraulic presses under
weight of 200 tons.
The next thing is to cut the sheets in two,
each sheet, of course, when cut containing 100
stamps. This is done by girl with a large
pair of shears, cutting by hand being pre-
ferred to that by machinery, which would
destroy too many stamps.
Iney are tnen passed 10 another squad OF
workers who perforate the paper between the
stamps. Next they are pressed once more,
and then packed and labeled and slowed away
to be sent out to the various offices when
ordered.
If a single stamp is torn or in any way
mutilated, the whole sheet of 100 stamps is
burned Not less than 100000 are said to
be burned every week from this cause.
The greatest care is taken in counting the
sheets of stamps, to guard against pilferinx
by the employees; and it is said that during
the past twenty years not single sheet has
been lost in this way. During the process of
manufacturing, the sheets are counted eleven
times.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
An Electrical Rat Trap

Omaha has a youngster who is an. amateur
electrician, and who has very ingenious
Sanygbt %Sy in an ordinary trap, the bottom of
which is covered with tin. The Omaha boy
has a small dynamo of his own manufacture
and one wire connecting with the dynamo is
fastened to the tin lining of the trap, and an
The wellknown propensity of Gagged rat to
do battle asserts itself, and he seizes the wire
%etween his teeth. In so doing he makes
the mistake Of his hfe. The circuit is COM
plete, his jaws close on the wire, with death
grin. and without squeak, and almost with
ont a culver, he passes into a state where he
will bother mankind no more.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

1HE South Sea Islands are the place
for turtles, and the islanders are ex-
perts at capturing the clumsy crea-
There are several curious ways OF
capturing them. When lying asleep
on the water in the sun, canoe Will silently
approach, its crew seize the animal and tum-
BILE him aboard ''before he knows where he
is" He is turned on his back, for otherwise
he would climb out and swamp the boat In
short order.
native will also swim up quietly behind
the sleeping creature, spring on the back OF
his shell, and hold on in such way that he
cannot dive. Having no idea of escaping IN
any other way, he can be steered whltherso-
ever his captor chooses Considerable aglilty
and nerve are necessary in accomplishing this
feat, for if the man should miss his leap and
fall back into the water, he is liable to be dan
gerously cut by the animals fippers.
An inexpert person or one who wished to
have some fun with the turtle might grasp
him by the tail If SO, like the Irishman
who devised the plan of catching the bull
by the horns and rubbing his nose in the dirt,
he will do well to have his laugh first The
turtle has his idea of joke, too, which is
Instantly to shut his tail close up to his body,
whereby the mans hand is held fast as in a
wise. and then dive with him to the bottom OF
the sea.
Most of the turtles, however, are captured
on the beaches, whittier the females land to lay
their eggs, and the males accompany them out
OF gallantry or to keep guard.
The eggs are laid in 9, perpendicular cavity
about yard deep, at the bottom Of great
circular excavation, which the female scrapes
bv whirling round like a fly with its wings
s;nped. and violently plying its fippers.
When surprised, the turtle offers no resist
ance, but makes off at pace surprisingly
GOOD runner can hardly keep up with in the
70 turn turtle weighing four hundred
mounds on its back, and thus capture it while
( is scuttling through deep sand, requires
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

Perhaps all such boys think they know how
play base ball, but there are many ways of
handling the reins. and only one right way.
An awkward driver is not only an unplea-
SAINT sight. but he also lacks command of the
horse.
In driving, you must hold your hands as
in Fig. 1. whether you have one horse or
two.
You must appear to manage your steed
without the slight effort.
You must lean forward slightly in the seat,
for nothing looks worse than to see driver
obliged to throw back his head if he pulls up
suddenly.
The hands should be about on level in
holding the reins. Hold the elbows easily,
so that they will just clear the hips.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

the reins, and the right hand bears gently, as
in Fig. 2.
Hold your whip in the right hand always,
nearly upright. But it is hardly ever to be
used. Remember that. A spirited horse
needs no urging beyond touch, which is
an indication of his masters will.
the animal refuses to obey. And then even
the harness is to be carefully examined to
make sure nothing is wrong with it, making
that the cause Of the horses fractiousness.
Whip always in. front of the pad, upon the
foreleg or shoulder.
A pair of horses coupled too close to the
pole will throw out their hind quarters when
stopped suddenly. Both should be harnessed
so that when the reins are crossed they viii
draw evenly.
When turning to the left, advance your
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
How to Catch Turtles

on land is by series of wriggling jerks from
side to side, and the fisher, taking advantage
of the moment when it cants away from him,
overturns it with ease.
The young are hatched in a month, making
their appearance when about the size of an
American silver dollar, and are prepared to
begin life on their own hook at once, which
they do by rushing for the sea as rapidly as
possible. Many of them never reach it, how
ever, being caught by birds if it be day, and
by land crabs at night.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
An Eye to Business

There was fire in large store, and huge
crowd soon collected. The fire burned furi.
ouslly. but after a. time the flames were forced
back from the front of the building. When
this was accomplished, to the astonishment of
the crowd, the manager of the firm was seen
to rush into the doorway, Chamber exeitedTJ
over beam and ioist and make his way toward
the second-hoor window. Fixing a hastily
written placard on the window sill, he clam
bered down again, while the crowd read these
words: Surely we sold Cheap Enough before
this Fire! But only wait until it is over
Then Look Out for Bargains!"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

right hand and grasp the left-hand rein in the
manner indicated in Fig. 3.
Hold the reins firmly enough at all times
to keep them from slipping, yet lightly, SO
as not to pull on the horse and thus make him
restive.
Train your horse under all circumstances
to wait until you tell him to go before start
ing. This is very important and will save
you much annoyance, and perhaps your life.
When driving, there must be no pulling
and hauling first one side and then the other.
well.broken, well-bitted horse needs just
as much pressure as is needful to keep his
head straight. and no more.
When you wish to stop your horse, do it
in the manner indicated in Fig. 4. There is
no necessity of falling back with your feet in
the air. or pulling your hands up to your
eyes in the fashion of some drivers. SIM
ply shorten up the reins with turn of the
wrist.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
Pork by the Yard

In Massachusetts town lives an eccentric
old pork butcher, remarkable for his shrewd-
ness. Some young collegians one day entered
the shop, and, for joke, asked how much
pork was a yard. Zone dollar" promptlV %
replied the old fellow. ''Then," said one Of
your money!" asked the butcher The dollar
was laid down. The old man quickly pocket
ed the coin. and then produced three pigs
feet, with the quiet remark Three feet
make one word The students marched out
in silence.