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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-11

lnoy cure DdCkdcne.
They cure every Kidney i'll.
Frank Howes, engineer on the
Milwaukee R. R., BOIL Cedar Ave.
Minneapolis, MIMI, says: II used
Doan's Kidney Pills in the fall of
1898 with beneficial results. Like
most railroad men, continual jar
and jolting brought on kidney
trouble, bad pain in my back and
loins. l doctored without success
until l procured Doan's Kidney
Pills at drug store. They soon
cured me and there has been no
81 gn of return.
For sale by all dealers. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's s.
and take no other. 2
See A. H. Brown about North
Dakota.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-11

Our "Barbed Wire Liniment"
will do the work that we recon-
mend it for. Elfstrum & Co. EFF
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-12
Rivers Diverted 1nto !,
to ouencll Fire Which !,
Been Raging There -
Weeks.
Great Mine Flooded

panv. up TO the time of the Bre, were
$500 men, who received an average
wage of SJ.25.
Lead and The FomcstaGe.
Lead is not a mining camp IN one
sense of the word for il would be dii"
ticult TO find in IN Eastern city OF the
same population the same Facilities,
It's public school system is without an
equal. its school children have greater
facilities. arc mere comfortably housed
and cared for, than IN any city of the
same population in the East Its streets
are paved, il is lighted by electricity
connected by telegraph and telephone
lines with the outside world. has hand
some and substantial business blocks,
one of the largest banks in the West.
splendid water system, and many other
couvenicnces not enjoyed by clties
nearer the seaboards, 1t is substantial
~ 2 city of homes and handsome resi-
dcnces, which are owned and occupied
bv employees of the Homestake com"
peny. or those who derive indirect sup
port from the working of its mlucs. All
OF the advantages and improvements,
all Of this substantially has been made
possible by the operations Of the Home
stake Mining company, which had dis
tribute1 something like 100000 a
month in wages TO It's people until a
few weeks ago. Lead has population
of between 1000 and 5000, but il Is
estimated that at least 1000 have left
in the last year, and of this popula-
ton 2000 were school children, TO cdu-
cate whom it costs $4,000 a year, re-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-12

this water over n divide Of 500 feet,
where II is delivered into tiled ditch
and conveyed to reservoirs IN Lead anJ
distributed to the company mills and
the cities Of Lead, Terravillc and Cen
trail This is but one of the company s
water systems, costing for tho install
lation of pumping machinery, constrnc'
tIon of ditch and labor, Sl,000,OOo-
On the line Of the new water sys-
tenn, the company has recently COM
pleted and placed in operation power
plant for the generation of electricity
at n cost Of about 100000, from whlch
power Is furnished for two of its mills
On the company ground in Lead
are machine shops capable of making
any necessary repairs TO the machlncrT
in operation; n foundry IN which cast
ings TO the weight of len or twelve
tons. can be made; carpenter shops,
repair shops of all kinds and depart
mcnt buildings. IN which the business
Of the corporation is transacted; all
connected with Il private telephone
SYSTEM which includes IN its ramihca-
tions the most distant parts of the nm
derground and surface workings of the
company, its wood and timber camps,
it's lime and other camps. In fact, II Is
a good sized city,
IL vould be small estimate TO place
the cost of the improvements. the
buildings, the milling plants and their
contents. owned by the company, at
800 100000,
In The employ of the Homcstake COM
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-12

which convey the tailings to them for
retreatmcnt.
A year ago the company began the
construction of slime plant above the
city of Deadwood, and if is now run
ming. but Will close down in a day or
so. che company having expended about
100000 upon it,
Established upon It's different proper
ties ore'hoisting works capable Of car
ing for and handling all of the ore
mined daily IN its underground work
ings, the largest Of the hoists, the FL.
lison. being next TO the largest IN the
world and costing, with its equipment,
in the neiChborhood Of $7oo,000
Railways and Other Works
In the first years Of lis operations.
the company built a system of narrow
gauge railroad lines. radiating from
Lead through the wooded sections OF
the Black hills and connecting with the
Northwestern system at Piedmont, for
~ miles distant, in all. trackage Of
about fifty miles. Over this system of
roads the company hauled It's fuel. min
ing timhers and other supplies until a
few years ago. when it sold this sys
tenn of roads TO the Chicago, Burling
ton c Quincy, which company is now
operating it al a profit, the company re-
ccivipg for the same a handsome com
pensation,
1t has but recently completed a sys.
fem Of water works, taking water from
the Spear6sh river twenty miles dis
tant At the town of Hanna, fifteen
miles distant the company had estab
lishcd a pumping station, which lifts
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-12

seemed to make conditions even worse
than before aud did not do anything
toward putting ont the fire An that
science could devise and practical min
ing men suggest was tried, but the
FIRE burned on After while the gas
became less troublesome and the FIRE
was attacked with renewed energy.
Several times 1t was believed to have
been extinguishcd, but would again
gas and smoke again accumulated driv-
ing the fighters away from the fire
and 10 places Of safety On Monday
last, Superintendent Grier gave up all
hope OF putting out the fire by the us.
nal method and decided to fiood the
workings as Il last resort, and opera
tions were begun, looking to turning
the full volume of water running in
Whitewood and Deadwood creeks into
the mine, This work has been com.
plcted and the full flow of both
streams, together with over 100000
gallons a day from Spcarfsh creek, are
being emptied into the workings Of the
property.
Miners Neglect the Cause.
1t is said on the very best OF au.
thority that the fire originated from a
blast set OFF in the Slope hy one of the
workmen, a foreigner, who fired his
holes close to where the timbers in the
stope are thickest. 1t is usually the
custom after firing a round of holes,
for the miner to return and see what
his shots have done, in fact il is de-
manded that he do so, so should there
be dangerous ground he can warn the
shift that is to follow Of the conditions.
and put out any FIRE or smudce which
may have been left from The burning
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-12

Carelessness and neglect upon the
part Of an employe started fire III the
great Homestake mine at Lead, which
has ragged for six weeks, which has
caused millions of dollars loss TO the
Homestake Mining company; has al"
most depopulatcd the prosperous city
of Lead, South Dakota, and has finally
resulted in the flooding of the great
property, in order TO quench the flames,
by divertinc three streams of water in
10 the NINE. After the mines arc
flooded it will require ninety days TO
pump it out The superintendent of the
Homestake mine. John t, Gricr, is
former Salt Laker. The following
story of the fire in tho property and
description of mine is taken from tho
Omaha Bee.
March 2d last, Ere was discovered
on the 5o0.foot level of the Homestake
mine, in stope No. north. When the
FIRE was discovered among the timbers
it had gained such headway that it was
deemed advisable to hoist the men from
the lower workings to the surface, and
this was done. Arrangements were
made TO fight the flames, but, despite
10 be no headway made against them,
On the third day heavy gas was gen
Grated, deadly in its effects upon those
coming in contact with 1t. Many of tho
men were overcome and it was then
seen that the ordinary methods would
not prevail or be effective. Steam was
turned into the burning stope, but that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-12

curing a corps Of &c,
George Hearst, one a',y :, l,a,S
owners owners Of the Homoss,,., =, IL
expense maintains ;s'sss IL n'l d
library; tbc laraess, N s,5 1hs \
IN me state. She al'n ana bsa
nffndehEgarten nf school. conan nl,nt;
OF the most eynsv vSohdnus
teachers; Every FfLn,ers'i cLneIrss
Towns, Lead, rcrrsv%;IIiGla y,
10y, received from the 'rls e N
ing company 500 = "V hos''
y %n'IG Z I;, NJ Mrs. Hearst is iDIs.,'. Ssa'
charities c in the Hills s1'e1ts,| aeI /,
Several years ago, ss'e'' ~ ID
city put in "A sewer,,o =, a Ter
S.hef S improvements oSS,sl'a
iect its SAINT sanitation of the b1syS,ss ta,asl \
i,s death rate from D,,"l' ,oSa
State, VI any q
The city, existen., :;
that Of the HomesSt.,Ilis S.I Is 3 ::
pany; and SO closel.,a a.e %
allied with those Of ,bs sl' .
anything which woulS ns s'a ssoa
me successful operatiau u,,nis :. Y
mat corporation Womb VI ~ Y
the people Of Lead 's ~ isas I
calamity has been so,aI,l rIa \ \
or INC residences owned (. =
ing the mines have been u Iss Iss
company s grounds. u Iea -
without money and w;ts.h a \
company, with a clause 'u.l o;. :
pany the right to tatan IVY "
the ground after a & si1sv $ !,
has been given lie nsa 2
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15
PLANS FOR MAKING NEW
YORK Getty BEAUTIFUL"

NEW YoRK.-Plans for making
" New York a "city beautiful" and
obliteratlng the ugly spots. including
Chinatown and other districts OF the
East side, as we'll as TO enhance the
famous old Battery, are now we'll un.
der way. Civic organizations are
making concerted efforts to wipe out
these eyesores. which have come
gradually. and to which the public
has been accustomed. The Battery
will possibly be the first spot TO be
Improved, This. In its present shape,
makes anything but beautiful gate.
way to America for ships. The Bat
terry is now sadly torn up as a conse-
quence OF the construction Of the
great McAdoo tunnel and its green.
sward is defaced by many unsightly
shacks. piles OF lumber and what not.
These are visible to the eye of every
immigrant coming into the port and
surely when they view the landscape
they never look for the mythical
gold" street. which years ago was
supposed to be paved with double
eagles. Some Of the city beautifiers
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15

opeaawItcheA " the "syssemS tower
man. So strong had become this habit
Of going about from pole to pole with
bent head and n far-off gaze that his
fellow members began to humor aud
respect II. They all knew that Bob
had gone up against the Sugar panic
hard. No ono knew how hard. but all
guessed from his changed appearances
and habits that II must have been q
concentrating blow. Nothing so
quickly and SO deeply stirs a stock ex-
change mans feelings for his brother
member as TO know that They" have
ditched his FL Dorado fiyer-that is. n
he has been a good fellow. They will
humor his every within and patiently
await the day when he shall be again
In normal condition; for all stock
gamblers whom Fate. or the old hays
hunchback twin, the System" has
dumped, either remain below the sur-
face or eventually round to. Every
day as soon as the stock exchange
closed, Bob disappeared. whittier I
could not learn. l had tried once OF
twice to draw him out, under pretense
OF insisting upon his accepting my
wife's Invitation to dine with us. he
always had ready excuse for me TO
take to Kate, but that was all. Appar-
emily he had no idea that | took any
interest in his movements after bust.
ness hours.
AS for Beulah Sands. there was but
one change noticeable In her. When.
ever n footstep stopped In front Of her
office she looked up from her work
with an expectant, almost appealing
gaze. as though she were always wait.
ing for some one. had not seen Bob
In her office since that disastrous
Sugar day. and as he went directly q
the exchange every morning and left
there every afternoon without return
ing to the ONCE. doing all his business
by messenger or over the wire. there
was but little chance OF his meeting
her.
November LIST had come and gone.
and the books showed no change in
Beulah Sands account. There was
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15

Z PIERPoNT MORGAN, JR., IL
Js slowly getting into the harness
which his father IL slowly getting out
Of. Last year he had taken his IA
TIERS place a. director In only two
comprehensive international Merean.
tue Marine company and the Northern
Pacific Railroad company. This year
hs il on the boards Of two others--the
Arcadia Coal company. Of New York.
and the North British a Mercantile
Insurance company.
But these facts OF public record do
not indicate the extent 20 which Mr..
Morgan. ST.. has shifted TO his son
the cares and responsibilities OF his
Wall street once. For several years
the olaer Morgan has been tryfug to
'emain more At homo with his esoks
and art treasures. or on his yacht the
corsair. Il has been a hard thing to
do. for the ~old man" a. the street
calls him. has been 20 successful that
evan yct-~he was 70 last April other
aEAnclese. nndina themselves n q
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15

THE hundred thousand Teddy bears
4 in the metropolis are on the verge
OF panic, Though the nature-fakins
controversy left them unscathed. a
newer and greater peril confronts
them. School teachers are declaring
that the Teddy bear is a menace and
must be abolished, anu though the
board of education has taken no Of.
fetal action In the matter. and is not
likely to. the agitation against the
Teddies In educational circles IL
growing very strong indeed.
The crusade against the Teddy bear
started recently, when a clerical gen.
tleman came out with the statement
that in replacing the doll, the bear
was a pernicious substitute. For,
while the doll appealed to all the ma
ternal instincts Of a little girl and de.
veloped them along healthy and nat.
ural lines. the Teddy bear did no such
thing.
Now the teachers have Joined the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too sun to Bend Over.

''when / drank coffee ] often had
sick headaches. nervousness and bill
iousness much OF the time. but when
went DO visit a friend got In the habit
OF drinking Postum.
Il gave up coffee entirely and the re
suit has been that have been entire
ly relieved Of all my stomach and ner-
yous trouble.
my mother was Just the came way.
We ali drink Postum now, and with
out ccifee in the house for years. we
are all well.
"A neighbOT Of mine. a great coffee
drinkeF, was troubled with pains In
her side for years and was an invalid.
She was not able TO do her work and
could not even mend clothes or do any.
thing at all where abe would have to
bend forward. II she tried TO do a
little hard work she would get such
palma that she would have 20 lie down
for the rest Of the day.
Eat last persuaded her to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and ahe did 30 and has used
Postum ever since; the result has been
that she can now do her work. can
sit for q whole day and mend and can
sew on the machine and she never
feels the least bit OF pain in her side.
In fact. she has got well and Il shows
coffee was ths cause Of tho whole trour
BILE.
= could ais0 tsll you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by Quitiing coffee and using Postum
IN Ia place ''There'n 4 Reason. ("
look in pkg. for the famoan little boob.
sThe Road q Wcllpilie.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15
CHAPTER ~.

The following week Bob returned TO
the once He had not changed, and
yet he had changed greatly. Rest had
apparently done much for him. His
color was good, his step elastic as OF
old, and his head was thrown back as
II he were buckled UP for the fray and
wanted all to know II. Yet there was
something in the eye, In the setness Of
the Jaw. In the hair.trigger calm, yet
fiercely savage grip In which he closed
his strong hands on the arms OF his
chair that told me more plainly than
words that this was not the optimistic,
softhearted Bob BROMLEY had
known and loved. could not help
feeling that n had been q leader Of
the Russian terrorists. and this man
who now sat before me had come TO
my ken when I was selecting bomb.
throwers. / should have seized upon
him OF all men as the ore 20 stalk the
oxar or his marked minions. Surely
the iron that had entered Bob's soul q
week before had affected his whole be-
Ing. I think Beulah Sands had some
such thoughts. For I saw a shadow
Of perplexity cross her broad. low fore
head after her first meeting with him,
a shadow that bad not been there
before.
For days after I3ob's return / saw
little OF him. think Benlah Sands
saw less. During stock exchange hours
he spent most OF his time ON the floor.
but he executed few ol our orders. He
merely looked them over and handed
them out 70 hla assistants As far a.
i could learn. he spent much OF his
time therc yeelerdAylng through
hopes sraseyarda. not uncommon
pastlme for active exchange members
whcsa arss through specials have heen
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15
"MeCURDY TRAIN" STILL
RUNS TO MORRIS PLAINS

DURING the peculiar eminence that
- the family OF McCurdy. Of insur-
Snce fame. built up, the Delaware &
Lackawanna railroad paid tribute.
The McCurdy family lived at Morris
Plains. which Is the next station on
the line Of the railway named beyond
Morristown. The D.. L. & W. ran
reasonably frequent trains as ey-
presses TO Morristown, several Of
them without a stop from Hoboken to
the old capital Of Morris county ir the
evening and an equal number In the
morning hours from Morristown TO
HO5oken.
About four years ago the McCurdys
applied 10 the railway company for
an express to leave Hoboken at an
hour when commuters could have lit.
tie use for II. and that train was sup
Piled. Il leaves New York at 1850.
runs to Summit without stop. and is
due at Morris Plains at two p. m. It's
schedule time Is about Is minutes
faster than any other fast train on the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15

road to the same place. Even tho
fast through expresses do not make
the time It does. But that is not It's
central point of interest
Leaving Hoboken at los p. m. u
carries daily but three cars. that are.
as a rule. absolutely empty in the
passenger sense. and. as 1t makes no
stops to take up others, it is. OF
course. n losing train, making no
money for its operating company. but
preserving in a peculiar way the de-
mand OF an interested clientele. A
casual and lonely traveller upon Il.
noting its quality. asked its equally
lonely conductor why II was main
tanned. He said II was right enough
whils the McCurdys lived at Morris
Plains. but since they had left there
was no reason for its continuance. ex.
cept that Il carried a train crew up 10
Morris Plains 10 return on al accom-
mediation. II is the peculiar illustra
ton OF what scientists call the reten
ton OF the original principle.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15

are possibly going TO step too far In
the matter OF revolutionizlng the land
scape. There are a few OF them who
would deprive Broadway Of its beauti-
full electric signs. Think OF the great
white way without it's electric lightsi
The thousands Of incandescent lights
marvelously illuminate the thorough
fare and In artistically beautiful de
vices bark" during the dark hours
for everything from the newest design
Of a hatpin to champagne and corseta.
The lights should not be forgotten, be-
cause they are the whole OF Broad
way. Take them OF the street and Il
would resemble Main" street in a big
country town. II Is Riverside drive.
not far from the luxurious palace OF
Charles NJ. Schwab. and certain parts
OF Fifth avenue, where dwell some OF
the wealthiest families in the world.
that improvements are needed. The
asphalt In in deplorable condition In
long stretches, making It dangerous
for traffic. Plans for paving the street
have been made and will soon be
executed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15
TEDDY BEARS UNDER BAN
OF SCHOOL TEACHERS

fight. Little girls. they point out, for.
merly got their FIRST lessons in sew
ing through the natural desire to pro-
vide their dolls with pretty clothes.
The Teddy bear. however. does not
wear clothes, save possibly a ribbon
or sweater or cap, and so the upto-
date child who has discarded her
dollies for the intrusive bruin. has no
incentive to learn to stitch and make
button holes.
The Teddy bear is not good for hit
tie girls said Miss Jane G. Close. q
supervisory teacher of sewing in the
New York schools. The bear Is
keeping the children from the pleas
ure OF caring for a doll. He can't
wear pretty frocks and dainty under
wear. and the little girl who has him
for a pet gets no incentive to make
these things. Hence she loses the
education involved In dainty gar
ments. The Teddy bear is all right
for boys, but not for girls"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15
THE NEW YORK LIFE's PROGRAM.
Economy, Publicity and the Paramount
Interest Of PolleyhoIders.

President Kingsley. OF the New
York Life Insurance Company, says,
In an address to the policyholders,
that his plan OF administration In.
wolves these points:
First: Strict economy; second,
the widest, fairest and fullest public.
fly; third, the continuance OF the New
York Life as a worldwide institution;
fourth, such an amount OF new bust.
ness under the law as we can secure
while practicing intelligent economy,
and enforcing the idea that the inter.
est of the poiicy-holder is paramount"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-15

the poor little $4,000 balance; no
other entries. One afternoon Beulah
Sands had asked for a meeting be-
tween Bob and myself in her once.
She could hardly have asked Bob TO
come without me. but knew II was
Bob she wanted 10 see. and I felt that
the best thing could do for them was
to leave them alone. So made some
excuse for a moments delay at my
desk telling Bob to so into her ONCE.
and promising TO follow shortly. He
went in, leaving the door partly open.
think that from the moment he en-.
tered the room both OF them utterly
forgot my existence. From her desk
Beulah could not see me. and Bob sat
so that his back was half toward me.
Il dlslike to trouble you about my &c.
count" l heard her begin in q voice a
trihe uneven, but as must 20 back
10 father Christmas week. wanted TO
get yo1r. advice as 10 the advisability
OF writing him that. though there is
still chance .oV doing wonders, do
not think we shall be able 10 save him.
OF course ! won't put Il In Just that
blunt way. but Il seems to me should
begin to prepare him for the blow.
have not talked over any more plung.
ing with you. Mr.. Brownley. since the
unlucky one In Sugar. and
Miss Sands, I understand what you
mean" Bob broke IN, -and I should
apologize for not having consulted
with You about your business affairs.
The fact is. have not been quite clear
as 20 tho best thing to do. hops you
don't think have forgotten. Never
for q moment since took charge OF
your affairs have forgotten my prom
Use 10 see that they were kept active.
Truly have been trying to think out
some successful plunge. but--but"---
there was q hoarseness In hla voice
Il have not had nay old confdeneo IN
myself since that day in Sugar when
killed your hopes and destroyed the
chance OF saving your father-no. I
have not had that conldcnce a man
must have IN hlmself to via At this
game
GRO BH coNrINuEDa