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The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-06

The Southern Bell Telephone Coz.
pany has recently made an order
which virtually doubles the cost OF
might long distance telephone ness
ages the company having abolished
its special night rates and making
them the same as day rates.
This order is general and affects the
> entire system. North Carolina is at
present less affected than any other
state as the order only has reference
no intra-state business from North
q Carolina there being no change in the
rates between North Carolina cities.
This action was taken not, however,
because North Carolina is favo-ite
state OF the company, but ON account
of the fact that such an increase as
has been ordered will have to be au-
sion and that body has not yet had
hearing in the matter
When the increase was ordered it
affected rates between North Carolina
points as we'll as to points outside the
state, but the corporation commission
asked that the order be withdrawn
until the matter could be heard by
that body. Consequently the commits
sion has been notified that the old
rates will be allowed to stand in North
Carolina, but the company gives notice
that a petition will be filed to make
the night rate the same as the day
rate. When this is filed a date for
:he hearing will be set.
The sweeping increase, which will
double all long distance night rates,
rs causing widespread dissatisfaction
a1aOng the patrons of the Southern
BeI1 Telephone Company and in this
section means practically every user
os the telephone, as the company has
a monopoly to almost very point That
the order will result in a great de-
crease in night business is generally
conceded and this the company O1hcld's
give as a reasoon for their action, the
erIaim being made that on account or
fcw rates at night the wires during
q large part of the day were idle and
that after 6 o'clock so much business
>szns offered that there frequently re,
sy,Ited congestion of messages and
the public could not secure the ser
vice they paid for:
IT.. is declared that the strike or
seleraphers has had nothing to CO
with the increase, but it remains q
rac1t: nevertheless that the increase
x,ones harder on the public now tnsn
at any other time, as that strike mas
resulted in a great increase in tile
z,,,one business and the higher Tate.'
In many cases will prove absolutely
burdensome.
The public will await with interest
the hearing before the state corpocd-
fion commission.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-06
MRS. f.. Il. SAVAGE DEAD
End Came Early Last Night at Hoi
Home i'm This City-funeral Nouce
Later.

Mrs Elizabeth R. Savage reIlct OF
the late H. A. Savage, passeo away
at her home on South Sixth street last
night about o'clock after snort
illness her death having been rather
sudden and unexpected.
Mrs. Savage had for some time been
IN rather feeble health but her conu-
ton was not regarded as serious. She
has been able to be UP and moving
around until yesterday when she was
forced to remain III bed. During the
sI9ay she became much weaker and her
condition rapidly became more serious
until the end came at the hour not
ed.
The deceased was an active member
of, the Fifth Street Methodist cSurch,
which she Joined a great many years
ago and she was earnest and talthfui
IN all matters of church work. Her
presence there will be sorely missed
by pastor and people
Mrs. Savage was aged IS years, )
months and % days. She is survived
by, three children, Mrs. w. J. Joyner
and Mr.. w. B. Savage, constable of
New Hanover county, both of whom
live in Wilmington, and Mrs. ". A.
Kinyon OF Pigeon cove, Mass.
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been made advices being awaited
from Mrs. K.nyon, who has been ad-
vfsed OF her mothers death, but it is
thought the funeral will he held some
time tomorrow afternoon.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-06

The North Carolina Pine Associate. i.
held largely attended and important
meeting yesterday morning at the Tar
rymoOre hotel ON Wrightsville Beach
there having been in attendance be
tween so and 60 members from the
states OF Virginia, North and South
Carolina, many of these representing
some Of the largest lumber manufact
uring concerns in the three states.
The meeting was called to order at
IL o'clock, being resided over by Mr.
E. c. F'osburgh of Norfolk, Va. the
president of the association.
A cordial address OF welcome Was
then delivered, in his own inimitabie
and humorous style by MIR. J. A. Ar
ringdale of this city, mayor of Wrights-
vile Beach and a prominent lumber
manufacturer.
Without further preliminaries the
members then began the discussion Of
matters before hem, the most import
ant Of which was the question OF cur
tailment. Following an order of the as
sOciatiOn issued several weeks ago tGat
the lumber mills in North and South
Carolina Georgia and Florida shut
down during the month Of August SO
that the manufacturers could have the
chance Of dispOsing Of their SUI ylus
tIo+
percentage of the mills were closed
during that month and that the owed
supply had been so far disposed .Of
that no further curtailment was
thought to be necessary.
1t was estimated that about 900 Ius?-
Der plants of various sizes and capacity
were shut down during August and
this is considered to have withdrawn
about 1876 100000 feet of lumber from
the markets.
All the mills that were closed have
resumed operations and it will not be
necessary at the present time to order
the Virginia and eastern Maryland
mills to suspend operations, although
it was thought at one time that they
would be ordered to close for the
month of October The curtailment
resulting from the suspension Of work
of the mills during August has made
far more satisfactory the lumber con-
ditions
1t was decided yesterday that the
regular semi-annua1 meeting OF the
association shall be held in Norfolk,
Va, on the 26th of October.
A committee was then appointed TO
attend an important lumber confer
ence between manufacturers and the
wholesalers, which is to be held IN
Philadelphia tomorrow. That com
mittee was instructed to oppose any
revision of the 1905 inspection rules
and to resist to the utmost any pro
posed discrimination against coarse
| grain long leaf yellow ,'inc, it having
! been reported that some action look
| ing to this end is in contemplation. Tne
members of the committee will leave
for Philadelphia today, being as follows
Messrs. William Godfrey, Cheraw, )
c.: J. A. Brown, Chadbourn; j. IL
Scarborough Sumter, S. c.; H. }. Nc
Taurin Sumter. S. c., and z. W. White
! head, Wilmington.
There were several other matters ,
more or less routine interest WhlcI
were considered and then the meet
; ing adjourned, only one session nav
Ling been held.
Practically all the visiting lumber
men left the city during the Afternoon
ar early last night for their homes
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-06
MET At THE BEACH
The North Carolina Pine AS
SoCiatiOn
90 MEMBERS PRESENT
No Further Cutailmept Thought
to be Necessary

Mills That Were Shut Down During
Month of August Have Resumed
Operations - Annual Meeting in
Norfolk On October 26th-Impor-
tant Lumber Conference i'm Phila-
delphia Tomorrow to Which Dele
gates Were Appointed
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-06
Announced by Bell Telephone
Company
on THE ENTIRE system.
Hight Rates Abolished, to be
Same as Day Rates

Only the Long Distance Business of
Company is Affected-New Order
Does Not Apply to Business Within
North Carolina at Present, b--t Pc
tftion Has Been Filed With Corpor-
alton to Allow This Increase.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06
BORLEsQ JE CURRENCY
CHICAGO.

Upon recommendation of the
Chicago clearing. house association.
Mayor B1sse took steps to suppress a
vicious form of burlesaue currency
that is being circulated in immi ta.ion
of the clearing house checks. A
number OF frauds have been
perpetrated with the spurious checks,
and tho officials intend not Only to pot
a stop to their circulation, but to
prosecute persons who have used them
for swindl,ng purposes, The heardings
Of three Of the checks selected at
random a'e, National clea ring house
association, - American lemon. house
association, Bankers q dream
association. lone style is printed in
blue colors, closely resem bling the
true certificate, with the square box at
the left containng such phrases at
In God We trust ; in banks We bust, .
This check is good for 81. 900 in
your Inauguration.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06
ROBINSON CASE fNDtD
st. Cloud Ex-Mayor Of
fers to Pay
.- Fine

St. Cloud Journal Press: The case
of the State of Minnesot ex rel
Attorney General E. T. Young VS.. J.
E. G.. Robinson came before tie court
today. Theodore Bruerer, attorney
for tbs defendant, gave notice OF a
n otion Offering judkmet of custer.
He also stated that they would be
willing to pay fine il the attorney of
the state demanded it. TIE costs of
the case will also be paid by the
defendent. ....
The motion is practically an sdmis-
sion of the allegations made by the
state. Mr.. Pete rson, who was in the
city today in behalf Ut the state,
stated that he would consent to q
minimum fine of 800. The matter
will be put before tie court and it is
up to Judge Tay lor. The motion by
Mr. BrueEer puts an end to q case
which had gained notoriety all over
the northwest 1t has teen in the
courts for nearly two year. Former
Mayor Robinson was impeached for
allowing the saloons to open on Sun.
days The case first came up in the
district court. It was then appealed
to the supreme cou,t and the sH eeping
decision which put the lid on every
town in Minnesota was rendered.
Senator Robinson has been out of
Office for nearly a year and is only
effected By tie pecuniary punishment.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06
FIRST TRAIN ON TINE
Passenger Train From In
ternatIonal Falls Made
Card Time Easily

Conductor George Coppersmith and
Engineer W. 0. Nerwin bronghr the
frst regular passenge: train from
international Falls il on Echednle
time today, says the Brainerd Dis
latch. The train brought neaEIF
forty passengers out of the northerr.
terminus. The train consisted OF g.
mail and express car, q combinations
baggage and smoker, three large
coaches ard General Manager
Gemmell' 8 official car W. O. Merwin
stated to Dispatch Representative
that he made the time easily. The
train was taken through toll, formation
al Falls Saturday night and rotwlth-
standing none of the crew had been
over the new track before, was only
twenty minutes late. Mr.. MerWin
states that he found the new track in
good condition, in fact much better
than he expected. Cor dr. ct0r Copper
smith also EXPIRE ssed himself as we'll
pleased with the new time card.
The entire crew of the 6rst train
consisted of Geo. A. Coppersmith.
condc ctor; Frank Coppersmith, brake
man: W. o. Merwin, engineer, Ray
Glidden, fireman: J. b. Gesenhoff.
baggage man, ard Ray Nash, mail
clerk: The mail clerk only went to
Big Falls.
For the present the engine crews
will double the road ard will then
have two days to lay over at this end,
The rouudhouse at Big Falls has besn
taken down and will be rebuilt at
International Fall at Cnee.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06
COOLEY RESIGNS.

W.: b. Cooley left Saturday. for
Bakerdeld, CAL, from which place it
10 his intention to proceed with q
party to northern Mexico. He has
resigned bis position here AZ president
and general manager of the Giant
Grip Horseshoe company, and
the treasurer, r. E. Strum, becomes
the manager of the company.
Mr.. Cooley had been, for many
years. previous to moving here, q con.
tractor in northern Mexico, and met
with considerable success. He goes
to lock over some new work there in
that capacity and bid on q large job,
which if he is successful will keep
him down here during the entire
winter. xH =
During his stay in this city Mr..
Cooley has made many friends, who.
while regrettirg his departure. will
wish him the best Of success in bis
new field Of labor.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06
JUSTICE COURT

Peter Nordlund was brought up No.
fore Justice Gerritz's court last week
on tho complaint of Gaudet u
Doucet, and judgement was Rivsn
against him in the sum of $806
amount of hill and interest, and costes
Wsllar Kamisieskl was also ar.
raigned IN justice court, charged With
assault and battery on the person OF
John Motzks. He 1T first pleaded not
guilty but later turned about and
pleaded guilty. The justice fined him
So and costs. and gave him q: severe
reprimand, after which the defendant
was allo we'd to go in peace.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06
ANNA ROGERS IS HELD
Is Bound Over in Sum Of
$l0o0--Fails 10 Give
Bonds

Mrs Anna Rogers, alias Mrs. M.
Gordon, the woman who pass ed a
forged $35 check on the Buchanan
hotel couple of weeks ago, vas
brought into Justice Gaudet's court
Saturday morning and afternoon for
her pr ,lininary hearing. A large
mum Der of witnesses for the state. and
many curious ones, who wanted to
have good look at the woman forRer
packed the small room and the hall to
! its utmost. G-4 s--.
Ray Boyd, who had authorized the
cashing of the check at the Buchanan,
and Charles E. Hoffman, the brake.
man to whom Mrs Rogers had given
the letter for the buchanan hotel, were
first called to testify. Mr.. Boyd
recognized the woman as the one who
had registered at the hotel and had
passed the spurious $85 check on tt 9
hotel, which was in evidence ard
which he recognized as the check in
question, and Mr.. Hoffman sw0re that
ST was the woman who had hande d
him the letter for the Buckman hotel,
which was in evidence and which he
recognized as the letter In QUE stioD,
Mr.. NJ. Fairchild, auditor of the St.
Paul bank on which the check was
drawn, also recognized the check in
question. e. e Griffith, manager of
q hotel at Storm Lake. lows, was next
called to the stano and testified that
che was the woman, who under the
name Of Mrs.. M. Gordon of Chicago.
bad passed forged check en- him in
the snm of $35. E. J. Richie Of the
German American National Bank OF
tbs city, when called to the stand and
shown the check. also stated that he
recognized it as the check in question.
there we're 70 witness 8 ?, for the
defense. and Mrs. Rogers declined to
testify in Ter behalf, whereupon F. W.
Lyon, one Of the counsels for the
defence, moved that the prisoner be
discharged on the ground that it had
not been proven that an offence had
been committed against the com.
plalnant as Mrs F. @. Snow had
voluntarily returned the full amount
of the check to the bank on which 1T
had paid out the money. E A. King.
the Fother counsel for the defense,
with nv. Lyons, maintained that no
money had been list other than
through voluntary transactions and
that therefore the prisoner should be
discharged.
Don Cameron and A. P. Blanchard
argued. the case of the state.
| After q few minutes deliberaton the
justice denied TIE motion for the
discharge of the defendant, and bound
her over to the grand jury, the hail
being fixed at 5000. Being unable to
furnish the necessary bail, she was
incarce rated in the county jail.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06
THANKSGIVING DAY DOINGs.

ThaDksg wing day was day Of
general rejoicing, and the Gay was
very nice. thus adding another thing
for the people of this city and vicinity
to be thankful for. @'.@
Prs ctically all the churches Of this
city held Thanksgiving services in
the morning, either sinely Or in
union. At the Methodist church
services were held in which the
Congregational, the Baptist. the
Presbyterian and the Methodist
churches participated. The attendance
was fair and the services we're good.
Few indeed were the homes in
which the turkey did not predominant
at the dinner table that day. and all
united in the spirit of the occasion.
The stores kept; open until noon SO
that the dinner did not lack anything
because someone had forgotten to get
the niece; sarv articles Wednesday.
In the afternoon a good football!
game, noted in another column. and
the !. moving picture. shows enter
tanned large number Of people. aud
in the evening the many dances
going on gave tie dancing public. q
very good time Chief among. these
were the dances given by the Elks in
their hall and that given by the Wood
men in the West side FALL. The Elks
bsn was beautifully de corated in thu
Elk colors and about twenty five
couples danced to the fiue music o.
the Ebert. erchestra. The West SD.
hail was also attractively decorated
and near unto hundred couples wer'
on the floor. All told. THANKSGIVING
was most appropr lately celebrated il
this city. IL. ss.t@.D4: -:..".s~.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06
INSURANCE BULLETIN NO. 3.

ANoOnANCE BULLETIN NO.1@ 5.
The Merchants National Mutual
Fire Insurance company which was
examlred by the Minnesota and North
Dakota Insurance Departments.
showed q deficit of $4,000 CO. Don.
sequeutly its license to do business in
this state was cancelled November
18th. .,'~ - -,
The Bankers Life Insurance company
OF New York, applied for and Was
refused a license by the MinneEots
Department. s. g - In
The Star Fire Insurance company OF
Louisville, Ky.,> has reinsured itsts
Minnesota business in tho Southern
Insurance company of New Orlean4
and has withdrawn from the state.
The Fire Marshal's Office is receiv-
ing numerous requests to investigate
suspicious fires. I 50
The fire losses in Minnesota fox
October, amounted to f566. 600. 90! fa
The Attorney General, I'M IN
opinion rendered in November, holds
that policies insuring owners of
automobiles against liability in case Of
damage done the property Of others
by their automobiles, are not per-
mitted under the laws Of this state.
The Attorney General also rules
that Fire Insurance companies may
not issue sprinkler leakage policies. =
The Township Mutual Insurance
laws of Minnesota have been printed
In pamphlet form and are ready for
distr ibotion by the Department.
Copies will be furnlsed on request.
JOHN A. HART NAN.
Insurance. Commissioner.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

Mr.. and Mrs Frank kenick and
family were the guests Of Mrs.
Renick's mother in Royalton Thanks.
giving day.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

Miss Wilbelmina NeumaD of the De.
troit high school faculty, spent Thanks.
giving day with her mother in this
city. II
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

Miss Olive Cornwell spent Thanks
giving at her home in this city. She
Is teaching school in Culdfum town.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

Supt. 81. E. White went to Elk
River Thursday of last week. called
there on account Of the serious illness
Cf his motter.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

= Mrs. A. Clavin of Benz idji spent
Thanksgiving day in this city, the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Of the
West side.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

q Mrs. w. W. Reddeld of MINNEAPOLIS
and Mrs =. NJ. Hoover and children
of Boise, Idaho, visited in this city,
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. D.
Musser.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

Mrs. Jennie Smith and Guy Smith,
Mrs. M. NJ. Maxwell g mother and
brother, visited in the city, the guests
of Rev. and Mrs. NJ. N. Maxwell.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

Henning Landau, who had gone to
Chicago on business trip, has 10.
turned home.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

Report of school in district No. 1911
for the month ending Nov. e.:
Days taught. 30
Pupils enrolled 1.s II
Average attendnce " IL
Those ne,ther absent nor tardy :
Charlie Kastner. Bilda johnson.
Knute and Hannah Nelson, Hans and
Hulda Kron beck, Frida and Grace
Nordabl. Roll of honor: Fr,da
Ntrdshl, Bans Kr onbeck. Hilda
johnson, Alma Nelson. Charlie and
Olga kastner.
Ursula Person, teacher.
Report Of school in district No. 80
for month ending Nov. a.:
Pupils enrolled 30
Days taught +''1's- -.zs. $3.50 800 ~
Average attendance So - ,--'' 16
Those not absent during month :
Be sic Snow, George Bowder, Silas
Stow, Stella Thomas.
-Evangeline Carpenter, teacher.
Report OF school in district No. 81
for month ending Nov. %:
Pupils enrolled a Al
Day taught 800 800 20
Average attendance 30
Those neither -ab:ent nor taYdy:
David BsrKttrom, Julius BeJgst, ON,
Agnes ku1quist MYRTLE Runqn,st.
Carl Peterson and Elmer Peters ~.
Those absent two DAYS or less !:
Flo ence Carlson. Mabel Fage1m d.
Raymond Hanson. Ellen Jonnsoo.
nuby Larson, G1st Peterson, Bertha
Stein and arthur Stein.
Anna Wesr : rlnd, teacher.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

Mr.. and Mrs. George Gordon of the
West side we're pleasantly surprised
Thursday evening last week by about
thirty friends. A very pleasant even
ing was spent in dancing
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

N iss Emma vonrDo0aEas, who-is
employed in Minneapolis, was up
from that city the latter part of last
week and spent Thanksgiving day
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Vim.
Won DOmarus.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06

A. P. Robinson left Saturday with
three men for Pine River, where he
will have charge of camp during the
coming winter. The men will help
him with tie work at the camp.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-06
Call and See Them
Julius Jetk

The hardware man sells them
119 Bdw. w. Little Fails
The Springfield herald., 1907-06-21
The Big Beaver Dam.

Florence. Colo.-The Beaver Lar
and Irrigation Company has decided
to build a big dam of concrete and
steel across Beaver creek just below
the forks. so that it can be used for
impounding water for storage pur
poses. The dam will be narrow, prob
ably not exceeding twenty feet
across. and can be built to a height
of several hundred feet if necessary,
1t will be constructed directly below
a series of reservoirs constructed sew.
eral years ago by the Woods Invest
ment Company, which was recently
sold to the Pueblo and Suburban Light,
ing and Traction Company.
This is one of the most important
steps the company has yet underta.
ken in its big resrvoir and reclama.
ton service. There is an abundance
of water at all times, whether drop
exists in the Arkansas valley or not.
The new dam will be provided with
spillways, so that when it is neces,
sary to raise Beaver creek it can be
done with ease. The company's large
reservoirs will be filled from this dam
The first reservoir to be built is
where the late Senator Edward O.
Wolcott constructed one several
years ago. This will be for the pur.
pose of irrigating 500 acres of land in
the Brush Hollow district.
The company expects to irrigate be-
tween 10000 and 10000 acres of land
during the next few years. Sixteen
thousand acres have already been
purchased. as well as two-thirds of the
water in Beaver creek.
The Beaver creek water has cost
the company approximately 100000.
The largest reservoir will be built on
Eight Mile creek at n cost of 81 .000-
900. A new town is to be established
in the Brush Hollow district and will
draw from the farming districts, Port.
land and the new United States Port.
land works, under construction one
mile below Portland. A branch of the
F'lorence-Cripple Creek railroad will
be run from Ora Junta across the val
ley into the new irrigating section.