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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-07
REVIEW OF REPORT.
OF GRAND SEC.
DRESSER
Synopsis of the Work of the
U. G. T. Lodge BY Grand
Secretary.

Grand Forks, N. D., June z, 1907.
To the officers and members of the
Grand Council of Minnesota, Dakotas,
Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta,
of the United Commercial Travellers of
America.
Greeting:-
In presenting our fourteenth annual
report, 1t is pleasure to say that it
bears evidence OF the continuance Of
the prosperity which has attended our
efforts from the beginning.
For nineteen years the order of
United Commercial Travellers of
America has stood for all that is best
for the commercial traveller. What
has the order done? What may the
order do? These are the two ques-
tions that encompass the aims and
purpose of U. C. T.'ism.
On March 81, 1906, at the close of
our twelfth fiscal year, this grand
jurisdiction, embracing Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Manito-
ba. Saskatchewan and Alberta, han
twenty-three subordinate councils,
comprising total membership of
4,579. Since that date three new
councils have been organized: st.
Cloud Council No. 33S at st. Cloud,
Minnesota, July 8, 1906, by Grand
Sentinel ]. F. Ellis, the issuance of a
charter to this council being author
lied at the last annual session:
Pipestone Council No. BAG was instl-
tuted Oct. 10, 1906, at Pipestone, Min
nesota, by Grand Counselor H. ]. Nc
Garvey, and Saltwater Council No. BAT
was instituted Oct. q, 1906, at Still
water, Minnesota, by Past Grand
Counselor G. w. Rodgers; these two
latter councils are now working under
dispensations granted by the grand
counselor. In the organization of
these new subordinate councils there
is much for commentator; they are
three enterprising commercial bodies,
a pride to their respective cities and
stand as pillars in their support Of
this fraternity.
A membership record of the sub
ordinate councils showing the prog
ress made during the year will be
noted in the tabulated reports that
follow:
To the membership in good
standing March 81, 1906, of. .4,579
Add
lnltated ................ 73S
Reinstated 120
transfer cafQS accepted. IFS
Total ..................... 1865
From which deduct
Suspended 40
Transfer cards granted. ....... 159
Withdrawn by card. ........... ii
Deceased OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 90
Cancelled I
Expelled 2
-
Total .................... els
Leaving q total n1onal,orelin In,
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Grand Council Finances.

WIduu SUuuCu + luauceSs
The financial statement of the grand
council for the year just closed fol-
lows: (See Financial Report Grand
Council.")
On May Is, 1906, the cash balance
was $2.311.93. The receipts during
the year were $6,2S6.3O. coming from
four sources, viz: Per capita tax,
S4,741.50; entertainment fund assess
ment, $1,174: sale of subordinate
council supplies. $290.75; and from
charter fees above amount credited 10
supplies, $SO.05. The years disburse-
ments amounted to $4,651.S2, which
are itemized in detail, leaving a bal
'ance on hand for the close of the year
May 20. 1907, of s2.772.41 in the gen
eral fund and $1,174 for the entertain
n,ent fund, total of $3,946.41.
The sale of subordinate council sup
plies amounted to $342.7O, netting a
profit of s111.29. The present stock
Of subordinate council supplies on
hand at headquarters invoices at cost
$S2O.51. There is now due from sub
ordinate councils for supplies 1856.
The past year has been an active
season. in financial sense, exceeding
any similar period, due to our orders
increased growth With the correspond
inly increased duties and RESPONSE
bilities in its ever onward triumphial
march.
Insurance Department.
The past year has been fraught with
much calamity, our members having
suffered an unprecedented number of
injuries and accidental deaths. Com
mercial travellers have been held to
be the best of all risks for accident in
surance. The increasing number of
railway catastrophies somewhat re-
flute this theory. Statistics show that
the average amount paid for acci-
dents per member steadily increases
with advancing years.
Fraternally submitted.
j. NJ DRESSER,
Grand Secretary.
The report also took up the order at
large and showed that the order had
grown to 40949 up to March 81, 1906.
There have been seven subordinate
councils attached to the grand coun-
Gil. He also submitted list of the
deceased members. The finances of
the subordinate councils were we'll
covered as we'll as other points of in
terest to the U. G. It's.
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+ NATIONAL LEAGUE 4
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STANDING or rrFyE rEAWs.

Games Today.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at Pittsburg.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03

weigh II against the opinion of an
other beginner who may have had
less experience and who he knows
has far less judgment than himself.
Yet this is the one thing which all
his nature may prompt him to do.
He finds himself with the blind i'm
pulse to talk TO somebody. Mani
festly 1t will be useless to take up
the subject with the cheerful OPP
timist who is working smoothly at
his side. The optimist would not
understand. 1t is the other man
with the "grouch"-no matter how
II was acqulred-whom he must de-
pend upon for sympathy And no
matter how unworthy the cause OF
his confidant's pessimism, the
troubled beginner will find him out.
Talking pessimlsm with a pessim-
ist always reacts upon the pessimism
of both parties to the conversation.
For the pessimist to challenge the
optimist, each of the two extremists
having something to shade down to-
ward the levels of worldly sanity,
at least Is a mental stimulant 20
both. But the influences of confid-
ing pessimism between tyo young
men regarding their prospects for
the future always must result in the
distorting and magnifying of the
cause of that complaint. II the
practice be INDUCED all sense of
proportions may be lost after time,
One OF the weaknesses OF untrled
youth lies in expecting too much OF
the world. Too frequently the young
man has been trained studiedly to
expect even more than the buoy
ancy OF youth makes possible In his
mind. To this extent he has been
led into n fight without arms or
armor. He must get back for him
self this sense OF sane proportion
which shall guide him sanely In his
expectations. Then, having It, he
can do no better than be guided by
this new judgment, keeping his own
counsel. There is no surer meas
ure OF mans resources and
strength than his ability TO move
and Judge for himself. n the young
man shall begin this course, merely,
he must find II redoundlng to his
every Interest in life.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03

and flowers exported from France
are shipped in receptacles which are
not returned, and they must there
fore respond to three requirements
---cheapness, solidity and attractive
ness. AS a rule these "lost" con.
tainers are made of split reeds, but
there is also some use made of split
sorghum stalks. Sorghum stalks
and corn stalks would replace the
split reeds very frequently If this
were a region in which corn and
sorghum were grown. 1 should
think that in the United States they
could be employed very profitably
These reed boxes are especially de-
sirable for the transport of flowers,
but for many kinds of vegetables
crates OF very light wood are to be
preferred, and within them are
packed smaller containers of various
descriptions.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
A snnol.Cotton swindle.

Quite an interesting example oi
Japanese industry was brought tc
my notice today, says a p. and T
Times correspondent, and 1t is OF
special interest as we recently learn
ed that an amalgamation has just
been effected between the old estab.
lished firm OF Coats & Co. and the
japanese. A lady friend of mine
purchased some cotton from Japa-
nese peddler, and made what she
believed to be, that dearly loved of
women, a bargain. AS every man
|, knows who has had to have his but
tons sewn on, cotton is an item in
China, but this lady saw offered
three dozen large reels of cotton for
75 cents, reels to all appearance
such as she usually pays 20 cents
for In the foreign shops. The cot
ton was purchased and shown to
her husband with pardonable pride.
He, simple man, praised her dlscov-
cry and congratulated himself on at
least one item of the domestic econ
omy being cheapened. There they
were. three dozen large reels mark
ed Brooks Best, 200 yards" What
more coud a seamstress demand?
But she presently did just command
that, and more. one or two swift
turns OF the reel and what did she
behold?. Plaster of Paris, wood or
what not, anything In fact but cot.
ton. The reel, the dummy 200
yards of stout thread, Brooks Best,
stands before me as write, monu.
ment to the alliance and tribute to
theN future prosperity OF Coats &
Co.
To the skeptical can only say
"call and see this thing" this glgan-
tic lmpudent fraud, for yourself at
the office OF this paper, and Il will
be shown you with pleasure. II is
only a pity that the name of the
Japanese agent or real home of the
fraud Is not added 10 the 'Brooks
Best" or the two hundred yards"
II is certainly one OF the neatest
swindles that have ever come
across. and those who buy bargains
In the way of cheap sewing cotton in
future will do we'll to test the reels
ere paying for them and see whether
the cotton goes more than one row
deep. The Chinese, who are pre-
sumably the principal purchasers,
are not so foolish as TO be caught
by this sort OF thing for long. and
II this is the way the Japanese are
catering for the Chinese market
they will not be such formidable
rivals for good old British trade as
has been feared.-Japanese Gazette.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
Mania for Cheap Amusements.

The very fact that we derive
pleasure from certain amusements,
wrote Leokey, creates a kind OF hui
initiation. Anthony Comstock and
Police Commissioner Bingham have
spoken eloquently on the moral
aspect OF the 5-oent theater, draw
ing far more strenuous conclusions
than that OF the great historian.
But both the general and the purity
commissioner generalized too free
ly from particulars. They saw only
the harsher aspects OF the nickel
madness, whereas II has many inno-
cent and harmless phases.
Crusades have been organized
against these low-prieed moving
picture theaters. and many eonser-
yators OF the public morals have de-
nounced them as vicious ana de-
moraliElng. Yet have they flourish
ed amazingly, and carpenters are
busy hammering them up in every
big and little community in the
country.
The first "niekelodeon" or nick
elet," or whatever Il was originally
called. was merely an experiment.
and the first experiment was made
little more than a year ago. There
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03

was nothing singularly novel in. the
idea. only the individualizing of the
moving picture machine. Before It
had served merely as a turn" In
vaudeville. For a very modest sum
the outfit could be housed In mar
row store or in shack in the rear
yard of a tenement, provided there
was an available hallway and the
space for a "front." These shacks
and shops are packed with as many
chairs as they will hold and the
populace welcomed, or rather hall
ed, by huge megaphone horn and
lurid placards. The price OF ad-
mission and entertainment for from
IS to 20 minutes is a coin of the
smallest denomination in circu-
lation west of the Rockies.
In rome vaudeville houses you
may watch a diversity of perform
ances four hours for so humble a
price as 10 cents, provided you are
willing to sit among the rafters.
Yet the roof bleachers were never
so popular or profitable as the city
tiny show places that have fostered
the nickel madness.
Before the dog days set in licenses
were being granted in Manhattan
borough alone at the rate OF one
a day for these little hurry-up-and-
be-amused booths. They are. cate
gorled as common shows" thanks
to the board of aldermen. A special
ordinance was passed to rate them
under this heading. Thereby they
were enabled to obtain license for
$25 for the first year and $3.50 for
the second year. The city fathers
did this before Anthony Comstock
and others rose up and proclaimed
against them. A full theatrical IL
cense costs $500.
Three hundred licenses were Is
sued within the past year in the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
Metamorpbosis of New Bedford.

twenty-five thousand mill opera
tives will be the chief participants
in the New Bedford old-home.
week, which began recently.
Half century ago the main
figures in such a celebratton would
have been the crews of the whaling
fleets which carried the renown of
New Bedford and Nantucket around
the world. Where be now the Cap
tain Ahabs and the Captain Bildads,
the Cape Codmen, the Gayheaders,
the occasional cannibal sailors pick
ed upon the South Sea islands?
Gayhead, whence the unerring In.
dian harpooners came, has dwindled
to a hamlet of 10 souls. The
dark-skinned gailors from the
Azores, who in Melville's time made
up the compliments of the crews,
survive in the Portuguese" who
now man the few vessels of the de.
cayed industry.
The two whaling craft fitting out
at New Bedford for a cruise will
lend an old-time flavor to the cele.
bration. Are the little bethels with
their mournful memorial tablets TO
sons and husbands lost in the Nortl
seas still standing or any OF the
Try-Pot inns, at which whalingmen
ashore found a secure haven be-
tween their three years cruises?
Nantucket sent out the first
American whalers, soon losing It's
prestige to New Bedford, which for
a century was the worlds great
whaling port Ten years before the
Rockefeller were beginning the
business which was TO end the whal-
ers' usefulness that industry gave
employment to $50 vessels, valued
at $20,000,000, and carrying crews
numbering $4,000. The yearly har-
vest of whale yielded $1,000, 900.
What nation has had a harder sea-
faring race? mot a sea but was
vexed by their fisheries." In their
pursuit of the whale they rounded
Cape Horn as II It were Montauk
point and explored the Pacific to
northern latitudes.
Does not the Columbia river per-
petuate the name of an adventurous
Boston sea captains boat? Some OF
the spirit Of a Froblsher or of Cap
tain Cook lived again in the God
fearing Quaker whaling masters of
Nantucket and New edford.-New
York World.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
Napoleon Bonaparte

showed, at the battle of Austerlltz.
he was the greatest leader in the
world. Billiards. Snow Linlment has
shown the public II is the best lini-
ment in the world. A quick cure
for Rheumatism, sprains. Burns.
Cuts, etc. A. C. Pitts. Rodessa, La,
says; II used Billiards. Snow LlnI-
ment in my family and find II unex-
celled for sore chest. headache,
corns, in fact for anything that can
be reached by linlment." Sold
by ID. ]. Fry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
EarIy Marketing in France.

Consul General h, r. Skinner OF
Marseilles, writes that no agricul-
tural region OF Europe Is more In
teresting, either for the variety OF
It's produce or the prosperity OF its
farmers, than the sheltered corners
OF old Provence. whose fruits,
flowers and vegetables are first after
those OF Algeria 10 reach the north
ern cities. lie continues:
Each particular locality has It's
special sources OF profit, one crop
usually succeeding another upon the
same land with such frequency that
the seasons lose much OF their ordi.
nary Specification. With such en-
ergy and persistence has the soil
been exploited and the market stu
died that Germany alone purchases
early vegetables and flowers In Prov.
ence To the value of sl.200.O00 an
nually, and the demand is steadily
growing. Hyeres, Ollioules. st.
NNtiNs h0Ahtht0hNt NuoANNutNhdiN
and Cavaillon are names to conjure
with as effectively In London, Ge-
neya, Brussels. Rotterdam and Ber-
lin as they are in Paris. This large
volume OF business is handled with
out the use of refrigerator cars, but
with considerable celebrity, as the
garden truck express trains from
Carpentras reach the frontier OF
Belgium in so hours. Four kinds
OF tariffs are applied-one upon the
individual shipments to the inter-
Tor OF France. one for the return o;
empty packages, one for carload
shipments, delivered In France. re.
gardless OF weight. and one for ship
ments TO foreign destinations.
A very important element in the
success OF Proyeneal market garden
ers, and particularly as refrigerator
cars are lacking. is the care exer-
cised In packing. So vitality I'm
portant Is this feature Of the busl.
ness that at the late Marseilles
Colonial exposition an interesting
exhibit was organized. eomposel ex-
OF packing ana shipping
devices. Nearly all the vegetables
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03

w. AkendricE, VALLEY y,,'.,', =.
writes; / have useo 30, p. ,,I .
hound Syrup for eous., l..,, ~
troubles; It is a pss "a h
effective remedy
Fry. -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
Julius Caesar

was man of nerye-but sickness
left its mark and he became aged
before his time. Sickness is often
caused by torped liver. Herbine
will regulate your liver and give you
health. Mrs. Carrie Austin, Hollon.
Kan, writes: 81 consider Herbine
the best medicine l ever heard OF,
| am never without IT," Sold by d.
J. Fry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
SONOMA GIRL.

Is Ihcly 10 IAN.
--~~-~~~~>-~-~-~~-~-~~~-~
borough OF Manhattan alone for
common shows. Two hundred Of
these were for nickelets. They are
becoming vastly popular in Brook
lyn, They are sprlnging up in the
shady places OF Queens. and down
on Staten island you will find them
In the most unexpected bosky dells,
or rising in little rakIsh shacks on
the mosquito fats.
Already statisticians have been
estimating how many men, women
and children In the metropolis are
being thrilled daily by them. A
conservative figure puts them at
1000, 900, though II were to accept
the total OF the showmen the esti-
mate would be nearer 100000. But
like all statisticians, who reckon
human being with the same unemo-
tional placidity with which they to-
tai beans and potatoes, the statls-
tician l have quoted left out the
babies. In a visit to a dozen of
these moving-picture hutches /
counted an average of ten babies to
each theaterette. or course, they
were in their mothers or the nurse
girls arms. But they were there
and you heard them. They did not
disturb the show. as there were no
counter sounds, and many OF them
seemed profoundly absorbed in the
moving pictures. w. Currie
In Harper's Weekly.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
OFFICIAL DRrc,as,


s.r,," Delegation ga Ia Cs,,,..l
Se senator chas. W. g'so'
Portland. Bouz|
lem. W. T. H,rI|
ton. H. Ellis
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
Twice Told Tales,

Knoxs- That fellow Gabble
makes me weary.
Blox-What's the trouble?
Knox-Every time he makes a
statement he winds up with "or. in
other words" then goes all over 1t
again.-Chicago News.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03

Portland. "AO BOus|
| Representative W
lem. W. T. H,r,I
| Representative W.
ton. w. Ellis,
| oor. State otlci.l..
Secretary Of stats r Oa'aI
son. 'raak
State Treasurer. c.,.
IS Superintendent of Publ. |
tion, J. H. Ackermau, ''''
S,at attorney General, A.xl
state state Printer, W. s. DV'3
Hon. ''''Oas'|
Railroad Commissioned
Campbell, Cottage Grow. n
oswald oSs West, Astoria 4
arls, al'cnlson' Portland; csl
Goodall, secretary. w
Supreme Court |
Chief Justice, Robert s 4.
Associate Justice. Franz n
Associate Justice, Robert \
Commissioners. W. 7. a.
r. King.
Clerk, J. c. Morelaua.
Reporter, R. G. Morrow. |
Bailiff, P. H. Raymond. |
Circuit Judges, Geo. \. ,
Salem; William GALLOWAY. ;
vile.
District Attorney, Joh, /
Nary, Salem.
Other State oalcI,s
J. W. Bailey, Food and D.I,
missioner, Portland. !
]. w. Baker, Game and 4
warden, Cottage Grove.
Robt. G. Yenny. State Hu|
Ger, Portland.
j. H. Lewis, State Enr,a
lem.
e. Gilllngham, State LIbn,I
lem.
II. G. Van Dusen, State M
missioner, Astoria.
Chas. v. Galloway, Saa
Agent, Salem.
w. w. Elder. Commando d
Home, Roseburg.
Marion County 0ficAls
John H. Scott, County lna |
Judge.
II. d. Allen, Clerk Of Covt]
w. ]. Culver, Sheriff.
w. Y. Richardson, Trsus1
e. T. Moores, superirR,tl
Schools.
+. j. Rice, Assessor
b. B. Herrlck, Jr.. sirwq
]. G. Needham, W. H.ess{
missloners.
A. M. Clough, Coroar.
ID. G.. Drager, Records.
Salem City 0aicah
Geo. F. Rodgers, Mayor
w. A. Moores. ReeOTdsF At
Judge.
d. w. Gibson, MARSHA ~
of Police.
Frank Meredith, City Tfa1
A. o. Condlt. City Atiornr|
Jas. w. Martin, Street
sloner.
John A. Darr. Chief Of FlsI
ment.
w. c. Smith. Heath On'a'
Board OF Edueai'ol
Moores, w. P. Babeoek, Dl'S''
II. A. johnson, Jr, ClsiL
E. NJ. CroIsan, Chairman
A. A. Lee. II. c. Ep'sh
Stockton.
City Standing COmni''. .
Ways and Means-'s'0"
Ordinances = GreenOa'A
=.
Accounts and currsni Ii'''
Churchill, Radclin. Bayns
streets-Downing. s'0eI''-
Public BuIldIngs-S'0eA'-
Sesner.
Sewerage. stoll, JACOB =. :.
Plumblng-Frassr' D0'''
ner. -, a,
Fire and Watsr-I0''
ioode. IAN
Bridges-Gesnsr' 0'''''
,r. u.,.
Health and POlics-h''>
Waldo. O.,
Llghts-GoOde. Haas, ' Us )
printIns-RadclIn. HA,A !
pnn,,o r,I parks-Bayns ar':''
]. NJ. Powers, City sup
w .Landr,ck. VALLEY N.A
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
FRANK b. KELLOGG.

AN%ANA ~ D' iAi$i<iN(bN'
st. Paul lawyer who, as deputy
attorney general of the United
States, is endeavoring to dissolve
the Standard Oil trust.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-03
CY YOUNG.

Oldest pitcher in the big leagues.
He has been a professional layer
for seventeen years.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-02-22
Monday, January Dist, 1907
Chairman.


Board met pursuant to adjournment
at ten o'clock a. m.
All present.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
We're read aud duly approved.
Ordered that the petition of residents
Of Dewey asking for assistance for NJ
P Murphy and family be granted, and
that warrant be drawn at the April
meeting of the Board ia the sum of not
to exceed $40, to provide for the inn
mediate necessities of said NJ P. Muir
ply aud wife, said warrant to be deliy-
cred to the County Physician, and all
expenditures to be made under his
supervision.
Ordered that the following bills be
allowed, and warrants drawn on the G.
E. Fund in payment thereof, to-wit:
S. D. Maxon, services as night
watchman and fire guard w $4,000
S. D. Maxon, fees and mileage as
constable. .............. ..... 260
Whereupon, the Board approved the
official bonds OF the following officers,
and duly qualified same for the ensuing
term, to-wit:
d.. Williams, as Justice Of the Peace
of Enterprise precinct, in the sum Of
$500, with G. F. Yanke and J. G. Ber-
nard as sureties thereon.
NJ. 2. Murphy, as Justice Of the Peace
of Dewey precinct, with J. NJ Brunzell,
Jr., and j. c. Counors as sureties there
on.
Ordered that the bid of Johu Lamb
in the sum of 5l2O0 Tor the performance
of the county printing, furnishing sta
tionery to tile various county officials,
etc, Tor the period beginning January
18th. 1907, and ending January 18th,
1908, be and the same is hereby rejected.
II is further ordered that at the al
journment Of each session Of the Board,
the C,erk of the Board cause to be pub