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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21
Colgate Man Su&&ests
Inter-Chan8e of Cars
a. B. Bornemann Has Hit Upon Plan to Relieve Freight
Congestion and at the Same Time Benefit the
Small Shippers.

missioners Knapp. Lane, and Harlan,
and also of Mr.. Arthur Hale of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, who is
now engaged in starting a car pool.
or car clearing house, with headquar-
ters at Chicago. From this expert
ment hope that much real relief will
core to the shippers who now suffer
f'r Lex of :d'outte trarspcl .ation
facilities.
thank you for your promise to
write from time to time concerning
the situation as you see it there.
Very truly yours,
John H. Marble.
Mr.. Bornemann had the following to
say on his plan:
John II. Marble is attorney for the
interstate commerce commission who
prepared and conducted all the exam
nations into methods of the trusts,
car and fuel trouble. l have written
few articles on the subject of inter-
change of cars. Please allow me to
rehash it again, the benefits derived
from interchanging of cars are as fol-
lows: A shipper should be allowed
the convenience to bill sloaded car
to any destination he chooses or the
shippers commission firm to rebill to
any point where he is able to better
the price. for instance, to Faribault,
st. Peter, Winona or some large east
ern city. The railroad or railroads
that this car travels over must fur
nish each other with car to take
the place Of the loaded one. BY in
terchanging the cars it will stop CEN
Trailing business, under the present
style of selling our produce or any
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21
HUGHES TO STUDENTS.
Associated Press tn n. Ev..,.S r,

Ann Arbor, Mich, Feb. 21.-Elabor-
ate preparations have been made for
tne reception and entertainment Of
Governor Hughes of New York. who
IS to deliver the Washington,s birth
oay address Friday before the law
students OF the university of Mich.
gan. All indications point to an i'm
ihense audience to listen to tine adj
aress OF the distinguished speaker.
Inc university regents held a meet.
ing today and they will remain over
10 Jake part In the reception to Gov
ernor Hughes. wv
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21
COFFEE CROP PAYS.
North Dakota Farmer Will Grow for
Market This Year.

Market This Year.
Williston, N. D., Feb. 21.-E. w. JEFF
freys, who lives few miles west of
this city, has started new industry
for North Dakota. He is exhibiting
samples of coffee grown on his farm
in this county last summer. The vari-
ETY. is that known as japanese coffee,
the berry being more round than the
ordinary coffee shipped into this coun-
try.
Coffee made from the North Dakota
berry is of fine flavor and has been
pronounced as good as the best Java
and Mocha blends The indications are
that Mr.. Jeffreys has started a crop
that will prove profitable in this state.
Last seasons crop was merely ex-
perimental and amounted to only twen-
ty-five pounds. This year more of the
plants will be cultivated, and it is ex-
pected that by the time they come
into bearing that the crop will be OF
sufficient size to have commercial
value.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21

The plan of interchange of cars as
suggesed by H. B. Bornemanu ce Col
gae has met with a popular chord
among the shippers throughout the
state and his plan has reached the in
terstate commerce commission which
In letter recently received stat IS that
the plan as outlined by the Colgate
business man will be looked into and
there is possibility of the plac being
adopted and put in operation through
out the United States.
Mr.. Bornemann has advanced sew
eral good theories upon the question Of
relieving the congested cor!itiorc
throughout the country and he h..: ii
SO taken a decided stand against reci-
procal demurrage
That the interstate commerce COM
mission is interested in the plan of
Mr.. Bornemann is manifested in the
letter he received from Attorney John
r. Marble of the commission.
The letter is as follows:
Washington, Feb. 10, 1907.
H. B. Bornemann, Esq, Colgate, N.
F Dear Sir: This is to acknow-
ledge receipt of your letter of the 9th
nst., with clipping from The Fargo
Forum of the I'd inst. am especially
interested in your criticism of the re-
ciprocal demurrage plan and also in
your view that interchange of cars
would tend to prevent monopoly at
the large markets. This is new
suge. ticn ard seems to me to be of
vi're
have taken the liberty of bringing
your letter to the attention Of Com
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21
.FLAYS THE COAL DEALERS
Courtenay Man Says L. w. Hill Struck
Resonant Note When He Re.
ported Coal Combination.

When Vice President Hill of the
Great Northern reported, from Devils
Lake, combination among retail coal
dealers, he struck a resonant keynote.
Manifestly the retail and wholesale
coal dealers are in very harmful
combination against the consumer. In
the late summer of 1904 the writer
made futile effort to buy his coal by
the carload of the wholesale houses.
He wrote to Duluth and Minneapolis
wholesale dealers to buy hard coal by
the carload. In every instance I was
refused coal because I was not q deal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21

commodity, that We raise, goes to the
large terminal, We are compelled to
sell them, they reship and require an
additional profit that rightfully be-
longs to the grower, and after care
full study You will readily see that
interchange of cars will tend to pre-
vent monopoly because it brings all
the large terminals in a stiff compe-
tition with the small cities and villages
and in return these small cities and
villages can ship us lumber, brick, ma
chinery or any commodity that we use.
It's the duty of our law makers to
study the subject, interchange Of cars
and its benefits instead of the old
chestnut, two cent passenger rate bill
which is about as valuable to farmer
and our country merchant as dead
horse, or if one is in Fargo to go to
Moorhead for beer, those that re-
ceive the benefit are the large whole
sale merchants, International Harves-
ter Trust Co., Lumber companies, line
elevators, and all the known trusts
that now exist.
l would like to see the old joint
western classification that was in
force in the latter 70's and early SOS
dug up and brought into use, with our
present rate, it would mean thousands
of dollars in the hands of our farmers
and local merchants, let the railroads
have the three cent passenger rate,
passenger trains are luxury, study
the subjects Interchangeable and
freight classif1cations and use the same
fighting energy that is being displayed
on the cent passenger rate, what
beautiful Geo. F. Baer revenge) to
cut your nose to spite your face was
done in Pennsylvania. The masses
of Pennsylvania will not receive any
benefit, but few only. Reciprocal
demurrage is a mistake, penalty for
failure to furnish empties and the
speed of the loads per diem can be
applied in a federal law for inter-
change of cars.
AS an Independent shipper for near
ly twenty years with my railroad ex-
perience, agent and operator, l am
convinced that interchange of cars
will give the small shipper an equal
show, with the larger ones. A line
elevator company is not complete I'M
til they have fifty elevators strung out
through the country with large ter.
minal elevator and commission bust
ness in connection at large terminals
such as Duluth or Minneapolis, how
out of place it looks, for lot of in
dependent and farmers elevators to
sell to these same companies terminals
that they are in opposition with, the
resolutions prayed for by the indie
pendent shippers at their late tri-state
convention in Fargo, should be con-
sidered and not reciprocal demurrage
with such men behind the wheel as
Mr.. Marble and If the shippers and
merchants will send petitions as pri-
vate letters to members of the legis-
latures and congressman for federal
interchange of cars and federal inspec-
ton. we will be a success and the
trusts failure. Yours Respectfully,
H. B. BOrnemann.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21

A visiting bishop in Washington
was arguing with gentleman friend
Of his on the desirability of attending
church. At last he put the question
squarely:
What is your personal reason for
not attending?"
The gentleman smiled in q moot
fence-intended way as he replied:
"The fact is one finds so many
hypocrites there"
Returning the smile the bishop said:
Don't let that keep you away;
there is always room for one more"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21

er, and respectfully referred to the
then two firms in Courtenay who sold
that commodity. These letters read as
If l was ignorant Of the fact that two
line companies dispensed coal here.
How did that leave me? In the plight
of having to buy my fuel Of local deal
ers and pay their prices. had no al
tentative, their grip was so tight and
far reaching.
If these coal combinations were not
of so long standing and SO impervious
and memorable, much of the present
suffering from the coal famine in the
northwest would never have been upon
us. Farmers and other consumers
would have Joined, to a large extent, in
laying in their supply Of fuel when it
was obtainable and cheaper during the
late summer. This practice obtained
to considerable extent in former times
in many places, but 1t is now cut of
by the dictum Of combination.
Have Broad Scope.
All, and more, that l have said about
coal combines in business ways, bar
ring discomforts and freezing to death,
may be truthfully said about combines
between the wholesale and retail qum-
Der dealers. These combinations are
interstate in their scope and opera
tons, and should be investigated by
the interstate commerce commission
or the department of commerce and la
Dor. The lumber octopus is appalling
in it's power, its operations and its
grip on the public. Nearly two years
ago the writer spent considerable time
in trying to find an independent whole
sale lumber dealer on the sound and
at Spokane, but in vain. He could buy
millions of lumber laid down here If he
would enter the trade-start yard.
He easily secured prices. He could
buy millions Of dimension stuff I. o. b.
cars at Courtenay for $3.50 per 1000.
Courtenay yards were selling the same
lumber at retail at $50 per 1000. He
was offered 'Star A Star" shingles I. ..
b. here at $40 per 1000, and the same
shingles were selling at the local yards
at 1915 per 1000. Courtenay yards
were not exceptional in their prices.
They prevailed throughout the state
practically.
Lumber and coal should be sold in
carload lots, without discrimination,
to any party who will pay the cash for
them. Refusal to sell to any and all
parties alike, for cash, by the car load
is discriminatory The federal author
tiles should investigate and, reform
these inequalities.
c. A. Sanford.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21
SEEKS HER SON.

AcClusky, N. D., Woman Fears Her
Son Has Met Death.
An aged mother living at cClusky,
N. D.. seeks the aid of the Minneapolis
branch Of the Salvation Army in To-
eating her son, Nils Paulson, % years
of age, VINO was last heard of by letter
from Minneapolis two years ago. At
that time he was working at odd jobs
in the city, and wrote that he was pre-
pairing to ship to Smuggler, COL, to
work in the mines. The mother fears
that all is not we'll with her son. Up
to the time Of his last letter he had
been regular about writing, and was in
the habit of sending money for the
support of the mother and three SIS
ters,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

ssssss sssssss ssssss
Balance on hand in
county treasury Jan.
LIST. 1906 ........... s
Balance on hand in
county treasury Jan.
LIST, 1907 ...........
Cash on hand Jan.
LIST, 1907, strictly
county money ......
Not one dollar of DO
debtedness.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21

Cash on hand Jan. /:
/: LIST, 1907, strictly /:
/: county money ..... 20,176.91
/: Not one dollar of bonded in T:
: debtedness. :
......... ........'..... .............:
The above shows in a nutshell the
financial condition of Grand Forks
county and the figures as laid down
above belle any statements that this
section feels the need of eastern mon
ey. Grand Forks county is in excel
lent financial condition, better than
at any previous time in its history.
In the annual report compiled up
to Jan. 1, 1907, and recently given
publication every item of money ac-
cruing to the county treasurer from
all sources and all moneys paid out
as we'll as cash on hand, is summar-
lied.
AS shown in the heading above the
balance of all funds in the county
treasury on Jan. 1, 1906, was $685.
345.05. Since that time during the
subsequent twelve months, money to
the amount of $615,O99.O2 was COL
lected in making a total to account
for of $714,444.O7. The expenditures
from this amount were $6O6,413.10,
leaving a credit balance on Jan. 1,
1907, of $1OS,O31.ss.
A Fargo Misstatement.
In the report of the Cass county
financial condition as published in the
Forum of recent date it was stated
that the cash balance at the end of
the year 1907 was $164,673, and that
as the bonded Indebtedness of Cass
county was only $4,000, this left a
balance of over $4,000 clear. The
inference drawn is entirely erroneous
for as a matter of fact but a small
portion of the cash balance of 1884,
673 belonged to the county, the sum
being made up of state, city, school
and township funds which are kept
in the county treasury.
Grand Forks county has not a dol
lar of bonded Indebtedness and has
a cash credit in the bank of $2O,176.91,
this sum being the county's share of
the $108,031.S8 on hand Jan. 1, 1907.
Receipts State Funds.
The receipts during the year to
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-21

When a woman says she has conf
dence in her husband it may be for
publication Only. aai 4ot as a ,guacan-
ty of good faith.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
Saved by a Dog.
'ennimore Time,


What might have proved horrible
accident last Wednesday was only pre-
vented by the watchfu.ness of a faith
full dog. Little Lowell, Will Proctor s
21a year old boy, while at his grandpa S,
l.. M. Proctor's, near Mt. Hope, got
out into the back of the barn to shut
up the pigs as. he had seen the men
folks do, and the hogs got the little
fellow down, and trampled him under
foot, breaking one Of his arms, and mu-
tilating his face in shocking manner.
He only escaped being eaten alive by
the efforts of the dog who kept them
away sufficiently until his warning
banks brought helpers to the rescue.
No one noticed the boy stray out among
the pigs. There were about 80 hogs in
the drove. 1t was most fortunate es-
cape, and no money would buy that
faithful canine, for he saved the prec-
ious boys life. The physicians think he
will recover all right. They had to take
many stitches in the face.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
Fine Chance for Stock Men
Ono Of tho Best Stock Farms in tho
State For Sale.

We are authorized to offer for sale
the fine stock farm formerly owned by
the Hon. James Spensley, situated on
the Pecatonica river one mile from the
city of Mineral Point, on the Linden
road. Pecatohica river runs clear
through the land and another fine
stream runs through the land for half
mile. The farm contains 4SO acres in
one body, $50 acres pillow land, mostly
in tame grass, about 80 acres of tim
Der, balance in hay, meadow and past
ture. $50 tons of hay cut on the land the
present year. improvements of the
best. Large cut stone dwelling, IA
rooms and closets, finely finished,
could not be built for $12, 900; also 4
room frame dwelling on the place. Fine
large barn 46x66 it., Is fit. post with
stone basement 10 it. high. Sheds for
125 cows, with separate stalls, stable
for IL horses. Convenient 2 story stone
creamery with large cellar excavated
in the hill. Machinery house 1sx46 fit.
on end of barn. Hog pens with board
floors for large number of hogs all in
good repair. Other out buildings on the
place. Pasture for 200 head of stock at
least and sheds for 200 tons of hay.
Two mineral ranges running through
the land with 3 inch sheet of jack
discovered on one of them. This is a
paying proposition.
This desirable property will be sold
cheap. Now is the chance for bar
gain. Don't miss it. For price and terms
apply either in person or by mail to w.
& j. Lanyon, dealers in Real Estate,
Mineral Point, Wis. All enquiries an
swered promptly. Offers for any part
of the land considered. Office next door
above Appel's barber shop.
w. &. J. LANYON,
37tf Mineral Point, Wis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
LINDEN
From the Southwest.

From the Southwest.
The village we'll on Friday morning
was down 1853 feet. The sandstone will
be struck at 100 feet.
Mr.. j. B Harker's new house is rap
idly taking form these days.
Considerable complaint of potato rot
hereabouts.
Mrs. Joseph Ellery, of Mineral Point.
is visiting with Mrs Mary Rule and
other relatives and friends
Mrs. Spargo' new dwelling on Wash
ington street is the latest addition to
the burg.
The going away of Rev. Shepard and
wife will be.generally regretted Linden
people have learned to like them very
well indeed. No preachers wife that
has been here in the last thirty years
has been so thoroughly well liked as
Mrs. Sheppard.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
Old Glory Humiliated.

One instance is known In which Old
Glory's shame is the crown of fam
ily's prestige. AT the battle of Bla
densburg the American troops We're
defeated by the British under the com
mand of an Irish officer named Ross.
In recognition of his services in win
ming this victory his sovereign granted
him the title of Ross of Bladensburg,
and to his crest was added an Amer
lean flag. reversed. with the shaft
broken. The title is hereditary. III
our generation the possessor is colo
mel of the Irish tusiloers. And this
hoSs Of BladenSburg uses rs his crest
today our stars aud stripes turned up
side down aud with the shaft broken
In two.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
THE CYCLONE.
How This Wonderful and Destructive
Air Fury Is Formed.


10 get an idea of cyclones lorna
ton imagine a large circular pan or
tub with quite large hole In the
middle of the bottom. With this hole
plugged, fill the vessel with water,
then draw out the plug and watch
There Is first a rush OF water from
all directions toward the hole and
turbulent effort to get through, then
the water surface above begins TO
sink and swirl. the particles gradually
circlIng around and around and wish
Ing. ever faster, toward the C ,er
At last there is actually hollow space
through the center. around which all
the water in the tub Is whirling slug
glshly near the rim, but with more and
more violent rapidity toward the mid
die until 1t rushes downward through
the bottom. Now, IL that water were
air you would be watching little
cyclone turned upside down, for the
air PUSHES upward Instead of down
ward.
In the cradle of cyclones during the
the water grow hotter and hotter be
cause of the longer days than nights,
layer of mir, hot light and full Of
yapor. /, for time held down by
denser air above Ii. Restless, expand
ing. tumultuous, 1t moves about Pike
beast mt bay until thinner place In
the air above Is found; then up It mad
" PUSHES, and into the vacuum left be
hind the loweratmosphere hastens from
all directions, pushing and twisting
and pouring upward until It has fallen
into regular spinning around com
mon center.
The cyclone, once formed, rushes
away from the tropics toward the pole
and begins It's career Of destruction
bruising, wrecking and sinking the
luckless ships which happen to be in
It's path More and more of the sur
rounding atmosphere Is drawn into the
whr until the storm often covers an
area nearly 1000 miles In diameter
Sometimes 1t filings itself upon our At
lantlc coast and tears fiercely through
forests, fields and cities Then, again.
1t sweeps away across the broad ocean
and dashes itself upon the coasts Of
Europe Once In awhile 1t so adroitly
avoids the land that we never know II
has passed until ships come In torn
and brokeu.-St. Nicholas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
HIS ODD AID.
Tho Collar That Gave Plumley a Sec
ond Start In Business.

Nothing succeeds like persever-
ance" said Mark Twain at dinner.
when the luck seems most against
us, then we should work and hope
hardest of ALL In moments of dis
enlargement let us remember my old
friend Henry Plumley of Virginia City.
Henry Plumley ran collar factory
Times were reported to be hard with
him. When his factory, which was
very heavily insured, burned down,
there was every indication that ne
had set the place on fire himself in
order to get the insurance money. Vlr-
ginia City was the soul of honor in
those days. Shocked beyond words, 1t
rose en- masse, seized Henry Plumley,
put halter round his neck and lynch
ed him.
"But he did not die. The sheriff ar
rived and cut him down In time. He
was tried and found guilty, and he
served a term IN jail.
ION his release you wouldn't have
thought that he'd return to Virginia
City again, ELI? He did, though. He
came back. reopened his collar factory
and prospered.
What gave him his start was the
odd advertisement with which he an
nounced his return to business among
u.s. Preceded by brass band, Henry.
In n great gilt chariot, burst upon our
streets. He sat on Il Kind of golden
throne, and he held on crimson cush
lon In his lap an old old collar. Above
the collar on n crimson banner waved
this inscription in huge letters of gold,
This Is the collar we wore when
we We're lynched. 1t saved our NE.
Be wise in time and use no other Al
all retailers, 10 cents apiece, three for
a quarter indianapolis Star.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26

We have many large ranches or small
farms for sale at prices and terms to
suit you. Fertile soil, pure water and
ideal climate. Churches and schools
abound. Property values are increas-
ing rapidly. Railway facilities are ex-
cellent and markets convenient. To the
investor OF homeseeker We offer UNI
usually attractive inducements. We
invite your correspondence.
JOHN TRUAN & CO.,
35wS Amarillo, Texas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
for Sale.

=
The farm of 30 acres, owned by the
Perry Truit estate, one mile north of
Rewey, Wis, is offered for sale.
The improvements consist of house.
barn, cribs, sheds, we'll with windmill,
cistern, orchard, shruboery, etc.
The mining interests may be worth
considering. Big Tom mine is located
on the adjoining farm, the Sunrise, Sun
set, Cokerville, and d. d. & c., mines
are all within mile.
If the farm is not sold before Oct. Is,
1907, it win be rented and sold subject
to lease of one year. Enquire of
A. E. RUNDELL, Executor,
39wA - Livingston, Wis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
To Tribune Par0ns.

Because of the custom of charging
and the unpleasant task of collecting
we have decided that it viii prove more
agreeable all around to require parties
wanting printing done on postal cards
to furnish the cards.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
MetalIie Metaphors.

1T Is most amazing said metal
lursist, "hoW the world relies on met
ais for its metaphors and SMILES
Thus, an orator IS silver tongued or
golden mouthed. An explorer Is
hronzed 10y African suns. \ resolutc
chap has an iron will 4 sluggard
moves with lcaden feet An ostrich
has II copper lined stomach. \ million.
aire has tin. A swindlcr is as slippery
Us quicksilver. \ borrower has brass"
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
Advertised Letters.

Charles r. Mann, Fred Lambert,
Robert Narrower, Alfred Dale,
Phyllis Hamilton, j. Bradford,
Beatrice Stair, Frank Sacher,
Dorothy Nelson, S. ID. Stevens,
Ethel Young, Gordon q Bennett
Henry l.. Marsh, C.. HI. Wilson,
Eddie Schneider.
Sept. "a, 1907. N. T. MARTIN, P. M.