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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02
BUYING A WAGON
Hotv M. Byovn Got the
Worsf Of TUo Bar
$ " gains. ~
TRIED MAlL-oRDER METHODS
rhsusM Ne Was Saving Money, But
VIII Not Try the Same Thing .
Second Time--euying at
Home Pays.

Copyrighted. 1906 by Alfred C. clark)
Mr.. Brown. farmer living in
Boone county. Mo-. decided TO buy q
spring wagon. The next time he was
IN town he went to the local dealer
70 See what he had in stock. One
wagon that suited him was offered TO
him at $I5. He thought he would
take It. but before ordering he looked
over a mail order vehicle catalogue.
Here he saw described u wagon which,
as far as description went, was the
same as the one he saw Ia the deal
sr's store room. In fact. The descrip-
ton was written IN such convine.
ting manner and all Of the good points
OF the mail order vehicle were brought
out so thoroughly that It appeared to
lc superior to the other one And the
price was only SOFAS. Mr.. Brown
thought OF the saving OF s7.55 which
represented several days OF hard work.
The more he thought about 1t the
more he wanted to save that amount
and In the end the Chicago mail or.
der concern sot his check
When the wagon finally arrived.
with q freight bill OF $3.50, he rode to
town with his son and spent half a
day putting IL together. He had TO
buy O screw driver and some oil and
sand paper and a few bolts to replace
come that had been lost in shipment
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02

No. acnlpyCulpntS us "
patriot poet exist, aud now 1t Is pro-
posed to preserve as patriotic shrine
the house In Georgetown. u. c., at
present pnrt Of Washington, which
was for many years his home Key
was born in Frederick county. Nd.
Aug. o. 1880. and was the son OF John
Ross Icy. Revolutionary officer. He
studied at st. Johns college. George
town. and read law in the office Of his
uncle. Philip Barton Key. He hegan
the practice Of the legal profession In
Frederick city. Md. hut aftcrward re-
moved to Washington. where he
achieved a high standing ut the bar.
serving for some years as district ut
torncy. His fondncss for poetry lei
him 10 compose much verse. a vol
ume OF his works was; published IN
1857. ten years after his death.
Among the best knowilsof the poems.
aside from "The Star Spanglcd Ban
ner," are the hymns, Lord. With
Glowing Heart Praise Thee and
"Before Thee. Lord, | Bow" He eli.
joyed happy married life and had
StNtfNi ut fOpu ItOuSt III
Georgetown now known az the "Key
mansion was his home for the most
OF the time that he resided In Wash.
ington. His great grandson, Francfs
Scott Key Smith. Washington attor.
ncy. believes 1t is beyond question that
he lived here at the time his most fa.
nous poem was composed. Mr.. Smith
says that, although The lawyerpoet
did not get the deed to the property
until 1880. IT had been his home for
many years prior to that year. cloud
on the title having prevented the deed
being passed TO him ut an earlier date
Mr.. Smith has been prominent in the
movement to buy AMI preserve the
house. Owing to the efforts OF those
Interested In keeping such an interest.
Ing landmark from being destroyed
there was formed in January last tho
Francis Scott Key Memorial ass0cia
tlon, incorporated undcr. the laws OF
the District CT Columbia and empow.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02

All Of these cost him Is cents. lie
was not experienced at putting spring
wagons together and he didn't do a
Very good job OF it, for one OF the
seats refused TO sit IN the right place
aud he had 10 get local blacksmith
70 help him fix It. This cost him
ano'her half dollar and delayed him
so much that he and the boy had to
IN 10 the hotel for their dinners: an
additional expense OF 20 cents. So
before he got his team hitched to the
wagon Il cost him $3.50. allowing him
a saving OF Sl.l0. which was very
stinsy pay for the time he had lost,
or tho amount ne spent for the wagon.
only s,95 remained In Boone county.
The railroads and the mail order
house cot the rest OF II.
In the meantime his neighbor. Mr..
Jones bought the $75 wagon from the
local dealer, who made a profit Of
SIS on the sale As the vehicle was
alfeady assembled and there were no
extra Parts or tools to buy, the amount
paid foI the wagon represented all OF
the cost 10 Mr.. Jones. The dealer
spent the Sl6 profit for a new align on
his building; the sign painter hired a
carpenter TO repair the roof on his
house; the carpenter paid MS Dill al
the butchers and the butcher bonght
a hog from Mr, Jones. Ana so the
SIS kept going In the county nntl a
farmer with the mail order hapit sot
hold OF It. He sent II 10 chicago ana
1t mover came BACK.
But this wasn't the last OF the two
purchases. A few weeks after the
two wagons were bought, Mr.. Browns
boy and Mr.. Jones hoy, driving the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02

that And the small saving he is able
10 make by large purchases IL moro
chan Offset by his larger expenses
These expenses must come out of the
purchaser so The mall order man Is
compelled TO make a larger profit than
the local deelcr II costs him more 10
market his goods. He must maintain
large and expensive once force and
he must advertise. As al example
OF what the mail order man expects
to make out OF his customers, a letter
written by a prominent mail order
man might be quoted Writing to q
magazine he said: Advertising IN
your publication cost us II cents an
inquiry and we made sales al cQst
Of only So cents each for advertising.
This Is about half Of our regular co.t."
This man was selling "A complete cut.
fit OF clothes for $685." He was viii.
Ing 70 pay a dollar for each sale the
advertising brought him. asH you"
local dealer hcw long he could Keep
the sherif away from his doorS II lie
took dollar out Of every ten dollar
sale.
You can't buy the same class Of
goods any cheaper from The catalogue
houses than from the local dealer,
though one may think he Can after
reading the catalogues. The differ
ence comes in the quality OF the goods.
There Is particular class % goods
known as mail order goods" This
trade term Is applied to cheap. hut
SNOWY goods and novelties which can
be sold NJ large profit. 1t means
much the same thing as street fakir
goods" and. as Is the case with street
fakir goods, mail order goods are not
handled by the regular jobbers and
wholesalers. They cannot AFFORD to
,hande them because their customers
want better merchandise The street
fakir duplicates, in appearance. the
jewelry carried BY a first class Jew.
elry house and makes large profits
The catalogue merchant does the
same thing but does II on larger
scale and much more cleverly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02

TIE OLD KEY MANSION IN GEORGETOWN,
ID. e. -r ~.
cred to collect funds, buy and hold
property, etc. The lncorporators, In adj
dltion TO Mr.. Smith, are Admiral
George Dewey. Rear Admiral WIn.
field Scott Schley, retired; ex.Senatoi
Louis Il. McComas Of Maryland, II. Il.
T.. Mcfarland, commissioner OF thd
District of Columbia, Justice Ashley
II. Gould and other men Of high stand.
ing.
There are numerous descendants OF
Francis Scott Key. but 1t Is about halt
q century since any Of Ills family lived
In the old manslon In the meantime
the ncighborhood has changed and
looks little us 1t did Wimn the ''ohI
families lived there in Keys day,
Formerly there We're terraced ground,
leading down to the Potomac river.
Streets have since been cut through.
and the buildings which have been
erected hare shut Oft the view the Key
family used 10 have of the Potomac,
Shops and booths have spr,ing nm
around the house. and 1t IL plastereu
over with the signs of trade. Recently
1t was proposed to tear It aown 70
make way for stores, and this Icd Ia
the movement to buy ana preserve Il
and restore II as nearly as possible to
the condition 1t was In when Kew
lived in 1t. The house isysupposed 10
be ut least 100 years old. Fss
IL was during the British attack on
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02
To pemssticste 4 Cat.

II Is said that an unfailins remsdy
for q cat that will not accustom itself
to new home is to grease It's feet
thoroughly with butter and put II
down the cellar. When it has licked
It's feet clean 1t will be thoroughly
and will cause no further
trouble by running away.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02
49, I
TO Preserve the
Home Of Key.

NRANC1s SCOTT
N KEY, author
Of the inspir-
ing words Of DIR
national anthem,
"'l'hc Star Spanglcd
Banner" hns been
dead sixty years,
hut. lie ia by no
means forgotten.
Several memorials
In honor OF Ills
high character nhj
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02

WELL, WHAT ABOUT THESE DoCToRs"
the names OF two Of the greatest ply
sicians In the world. and you connect
them with corn cures and cough sir
ups. Woman, can't your mind get he
yond the buying Of two dollar corset
for dollar and forty cents at some
bargain salcf'
well, what about these great doe
tors?"
''It will be n waste of breath to tell
you. but just now they are engaged IN
controversy that can perhaps help
settle. II occurred 10 me this morning
that could. and have been thinking
about II al day. II should prove the
means Of so doing 1t would make me
famous In Il day"
And just what is this question, Mr..
Bowser: Even If do attend bargain
sales perhaps nay opinion on other
subjects Is worth something"
II will state the case, but warn
you in advance that won't stand
ror amy of your sarcasms. II you can't
treat it seriously you needn't answer
at all. You know what sleep Is, of
course. All creation has to sleep.
You have sometimes realized the fact
that you were dropping of 10 sleep.
Now, then, what part of the human
being goes TO sleep first? Is II the
feet, the brain, the legs, arms. eyes
or what? There IL the question In n
nutshell. Dr Bull says one thing ana
DR.. Delos another. and between thcm
they have got million people intercst-.
ed. Have you any Information to
ofier!"
Assurance Equal to Ignorance.
~ simply contend that sleep IL what
may be called natural anaeathetic.
and that 1t affects the brain lrst /
don't think there can lie any question
about that"
"Your assurance Is equal 10 your
ignorance. You stand In opposition to
n thousand wise men. That's jast like
a woman. She'll blurt out an opinion
on any subject as glibly rs parrot
and with rs little sense to back It,"
And how about your opinionf' ask
ed Mrs. Bowser.
Il have none at present. ] ann going
to make an experiment this evening in
order to help Inc form one. You can
now go to bed. Tho cat IL to be turned
out doors. ] shall stretch myself out
on the lounge with notebook and pen
oil in hand aud record my feelings
until lost in slumhcr. can't find that
any one has done that TO settle this
controversy
"Yon will probably get mp with
cold In your head after an hour or 40"
"That VIII be entirely my affair." Mrs.
Bowser. VIII you now escort that
ynller eyed cat downstairs and throw
him ont and give him to understand
that the first meow lie mttrrs from tho
back fence VIII be the signal for his
death:'
"lf yoa 's9l,c up with your head nj.
stuffed MP. .lont blame me" she an
swered as she dro'ce the cat before her.
"Mcn have often given their lives 10
settle questions not so grave MS this"
he replied. with much pomposlty and
dignity.
Zen minutes later lie was alone. Tho
gns was turied out to one burner ana
lie stretched himself on the lounge anu
.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02
To Raioo the Mortgage.

no, ] don't want to bny anything
today, hut, rs 'yon know, we are try.
Ing to raise the mortgage 'on the
church. What win you donateg"
slow would a cake of yeast do?-
Judge.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02
Marriage DAYS in italy.

In Italy Sunday Is usually selected
for the marriage Of those persons who
have never been married before.
Widows, however, in accordance With
an old custom, usually choose satur
day.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-02
BY Byron Williams.

In the golden summer weather
When the clouds float light together. y
An the sky is wearing tapestries o.
lIIze--
When the sunbeams are g. Yeller
That they almost burn q felier
As. he hikes. along the pavement hot n
ways
In the torrd Summer weather
when the lilies break from tcthcr.
Noddin' white upon the waters bgoyant
breast
Nhcn the woods are real lnvltln'
When the rabbits 20 a-skitin',
An the t4:tle dove croons softly on her
nest
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
Victory For Land Owner.

HELENA, Feb. GA decision of
far.reaching Importance was handed
down y~esterds y by the supreme court,
when 1t held that neither by the con.
stitution nor the laws of the state is q
foreign corporation authorized to ex-
ercise the right of eminent domain.
The Helena Power Transmission
company, organized under the laws
OF New Jersey, brought suit to con-
denim lands belonging to A. N. Spratt
which are now submerged. by the
waters backed up by the company's
dam across the Missouri. The suit
was decided in favor Of the company
and was appealed, Spratt winning his
case yesterday. The court holds that
the lands were wanted for public use,
but the company had no right to con.
denim them.
The court says the decision is only
applicable to foreign corporations Of
the respondents character, the ques.
ton not being considered with refer
ence to any other class.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
Floods In Oregon.

PORTLAND, Feb. 6.-Flood condi.
tions in the Willamette valley and at
Portland show some improvement to-
day. The river at Portland az noon
was 10 feet above low water and four
feet above the danger point.
So tar the damage resulting from
the water has not been great in Port
land, only the lower docks being GOV.
cred, and as ample warning had been
given by the weather bureau, most of
the goods there had been removed be.
fore the food came. The river is still
rising and may go to % feet, but even
at that stage, little harm will result.
Ia the upper valley rivers aud
streams are running bankful and the
low lands are covered with water.
Many families have been Obliged to
seek high ground, but there are iudi-
catious that the crest OF the flood has
been reached.
All the railroad. are swamped by
%wasnouts, snowslidcs. and other dis.
turbances. No mail has been received
in Portland from the east since Satur.
day and it may be several days before
letters will be received. There are
25O eastern people stranded in Port
land, awaiting developments in the
opening of traffic to the east.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
Valley Treasurer Is Missing.

GLASGOW, Feb. because of the
disappearance of William Wofford,
county treasurer, in whose accounts
there is a shortage of at least IS, 600,
a petition has been filed in the dis.
trict court, asking that he be removed
from Office. The petition is signed by
E. D. Coleman, one of Wofford's
bondsmen.
In response to this petition, Judge
Tattan has signed an order, directing
that a citation issue, commanding
Wofford to appear before the district
court on the 18th inst. to answer the
accusation of defalcatiOn and the de-.
mand for his removal.
The petition sets up that the short
age of $1,000 was covered by Wofford
by an entry on his books showing
that he had that amount of money on
deposit in the First National bank of
Culbertson. Inquiry showed that the
county had no money deposited there.
The petition also states that Wofford
has not since the 3lst of January
maintained and kept open the Office of
county treasurer, and that he is a
fugitive from Justice.
Wotford's term will expire March i.
He was defeated for reelection.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
Citizens Seize Coal,

DILLON, Feb. 5.-This valley was
visited by q blizzard Saturday and
Sunday and the snow fell to q depth
OF nearly a foot on the level. The
thermometer fell from barely freezing
to 70 degrees below zero. The coal
famine in Dillon has reached q
very aggravating stage. Only one
q OF coal has arrived in several
days. and 1t is a common sight
to see q halt a dozen wagons
back up to a coal train when it ar
rives in town, and a big force of
merchants, workmen and others help
themselves to all the coal they can
throw of before the train moves out.
coal is weighed, the weighman's
ticket taken to the station agent here
and the coal Is paid for to the agent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13

Of state authority to have the report
published, instead of the governor.
It provides for publication in both
daily papers.
The committee recommended Hynd.
mans bill relating to railroad tickets.
This bill provides that tickets shall
be good for a year.
The bill providing for the payment
Of DR.. Ricketts, for investigating scar.
let fever was also recommended.
The initiative and referendum bill,
the bill giving the attorney general
two assistants, the bill appropriating
s35, 900 for state institutions we're also
recommended.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13

state board of sheep commissioners
George B. Bourne, of Chouteau coun-
ty: L. h. Mills, Of Valley; w. K.
F~lowerree, of Teton county.
From Fridays Daily
Go to NJ. j. Joyce & Co. for fresh
groceries, vegetables and fruit.
Attorneys A.. NJ. Gentry and j. K.
Bramble, of Havre, we're among the
arrivals in the city today.
Mrs. Merritt Flanagan and children
returned this morning from a visit of
several weeks in the vicinity of Ada.
A bulletin of the Montana State
College of Agriculture, at Bozeman,
announces q special ~ month dairy
course for butter makers, commencing
March l.
A marriage license has been issued
by the clerk Of the district court to
Edgar Lee, of Dodson, and Julia E..
O'Riley, of Wagner.
A suit for divorce has been com.
menced in the district court by Fred
l. Esmay vs.. Ida B. Esmay, the com.
plant alleging desertion.
H. o. Phelps. who has been deputy
clerk Of the district court for over q
year past, has taken q position in the
Stockmen's National bank. succeeding
Il. c. Smith.
Messrs. Pinkerton and Hammill, of
Great Falls, arrived in the city this
morning, and will play for the dance to
be given by the young men at Green's
hall tonight.
James Dochstader, who arrived to.
day from Lethbridee, brings news Of
heavy livestock losses in Northwest
Territory. 1t is believed some of the
brands have been almost entirely
wiped out.
The civil suit of J. j. ODER versus
David Oxford was on trial before a
jury in the district court today. The
plaintiff seeks to O an alleged
Indebtedness of about 1920 for supplies
furnished the defendant.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the county clerks Office by a
new firm. which will be known as
Broadwater, Pepin and Broadwater,
and which proposes to engage in the
general merchandise business at
Havre. The capital stock is $1,000,
one-third of which is subscribed by
each of the incorporators-E. T.
Broadwater, Simon Pepin and A. j..
B~roadwater.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
Reform In South Dakota.


PIERRE, S. d., Feb. both houses
of the legislature adopted the anti
pass bill, rejecting an amendment to
permit exchange of newspaper adver-
tisiug for transportation. The bill
carries an emergency clause and will
probably become a law Friday night.
The house has passed the state
wide primary election bill, after pass.
ing an amendment requiring candi-
dates to pay nomination fees.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
Augusta Residents In Distress.
Great Falls Leader.

Great Falls Leader.
La spite of the unprecedented reign
OF cold and stormy weather which
Montana has experienced this winter,
it was not believed here that 10 any
locality in this vicinity there We're peo-
Pile reduced to the necessity of burning
fence posts and even their barns for
fuel. Such, however, is the situation
at Augusta at the present moment, and
it will so remain until relief IS af.
forded in "a quantity of coal that left
Great Falls for that place today. Not
only Is Augusta out OF fuel, but the
people there are actually suffering for
need of provisions.
With II horses drawing three heavy
wagons, a man arrived from Augusta,
60 miles west, today, after a most try.
ing two-days' trip over the worst kind
of DAD Imaginable. He came to
Great Falls on an urgent excursion for
relief and reported that the people Of
Augusta and vicinity are entirely out
OF coal, have no coal oil whatever and
when be left there Sunday there were
but three sacks of flour in the place
and this was being dealt out in five.
pound lots. The man had telephoned
yesterday from Sunnyslde to Tod &
Kelly, so the firm was prepared for
him, and upon his arrival, learning
OF the plight which the Augusta PEG.
pie are in, they gave him precedence
over all other orders.
The Augusta man left for home to-
day with over four ions of coal, sew
eral sacks of flour and a large supply
of coal OIL. While here he said that
the conditions in Augusta for some
time have been most serious.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
Commission Bill Defeated,

BOISE, Feb. AFTER a stirring de-
bate, the fight over the railway com.
mission bill closed in the house this
afternoon with the defeat of the meas
ure. The vote was % for and 26
against the bill, with one member alb
sent and two paired. 1t is stated an.
other Measure will be brought in that
will command the support Of some Of
those who opposed this one.