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The Oakes times., 1907-03-21

satt, WINS managed the great loans that
were foated in connection with the
terminal undertakings of the company.
Philadelphia is President McCrea's
birthplace, and he Is fifty-eight years
of age He attended the private school
OF the Rev. John w. Faires and later
went to the Pennsylvania Polytechnic
school. Then he started out as rods
man and assistant engineer to make q
name for himself in the railroad world.
His first service was with the Connells-
Vile and Southern Pennsylvania road,
with which he remained from 1865 to
1867, when he became rodsman on con-
sstruction Of the Wilmington and Read
ing. Later he was with other roads It
was in 1871 that he entered the service
.of the Pennsylvania. Twenty years
from the time he began work with this
corporation he was first vice president
of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg and practically president of
this part of the system. In his present
position as head of the company he
draws salary of $50O0O.
Mr.. McCrea has for some years made
Pittsburg his home. and his family
have been prominent in the society Of
that city. Mrs. McCrea was Miss
Montgomery. The eldest son. James A.
McCrea, is married and lives in New
York. Another son. Archibald Mont
egomery. lives at home. and there Is a
daughter who is an exceedingly at
tractlve and well educated girl. Mr..
McCrea himself Is genial and fond Of
good company. but is too busy man
to devote much time to society. He is
"A member Of the Pittsburg Country
club and spends all the time he can
spare from business on its golf links,
tor he is an enthusiastic golfer and re.
lies much on outdoor exercise for the
preservation of his health and vigor.
President McCrea gave an illustra-
-tion Of the kind Of man he is shortly
after he had entered the employ of
the Pennsylvania. There had been 8
freight wreck, and before he arrived at
the part Of the system where 1t occur.
red things were pretty well cleared up
"Anything can do?' he asked of the
foreman.
mo, I guess not" was the reply.
what! Nothingp exclaimed the
young engineer.
"'Well, everything has been fixed ex
-cept removing those ties in the ditch
over there 3
Forthwith young McCfea strobe ovel
TO where the ties lay and, shoulderine
one after another, carried them up th,
ssmbankment until Ill were in the
proper place. The wrecking crew gav,
him the name sCross Tie Jim. = which
stuck to him for years aftseward. If
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
OUR TROUBLES.
9hsy Are Of Three General KinAs,
and There IL Remedy.

9hsy Are Of Three General KinAs,
and There IL Remedy.
Troubles are of three different kinds:
The troubles you have had.
The troubles you have.
The troubles you are looking for.
The first of these three kinds Of
trouble will not press heavily upon
the philosophical mind. It is a closed
incident, and on the principle that
pains and perlls through which we
have come to safety are negatively
pleasant memories. we ought to ex-
tract the semblance Of happiness from
the troubles we have had and dis
posed of.
Remorseful dwelling on what is done
forever 10 mistake Of fools.
The common sense Of the situation
resides only In casting out Of mind the
regrettable act Of circumstance and
turning to the present with deter
mined spirit that will fight for its own
for the right to happiness now and
here, in this tangible instant that we
call time present.
Az to the second class, there Is fact
in nature to the point The nettle Ii
armed with the most penetrating Of
needle pointed thorns, but they are
formidable only to the timid and hesi-
tating. Approach the plant without ap-
prehensiveness of trouble" seize It
boldly and defantly with a strong
clutch, and the prickers that draw
blood on the weak kneed or the weak
handed will take on velvety caress.
The lesson Is obvious. The trouble
that is now trying to swamp you will
loosen its hold on your spirit and take
to its heels IL you but turn on It. "The
eye Of childhood ever fears pointed
devil" The very devil himself cum
ningly contrives not to materialize.
The trouble you are looking for need
not dismay you. If you 60 out in the
morning resolved on finding II, even II
you have to fight for it. the likelihood
IL that some time during the day It
will take on form that you will rec
ognize.
But that will be largely your own
lookout There are men that resent In
suit before 1t Is offered. You will met
aphorically see them suspiciously and
belligerently peeklng around corner
to discover who It Is that is presently
to come along and offer some indig-
nifty.
A sense Of personal injury has pos
session Of them, though II you appeal to
them for reason or for q fact or an
act in support Of their Indictment to
omebody-anybody-they are neces-
sarily dumb. The whole thing Is but
q monstrous birth Of their Imagination.
The trouble you are looking for will
never trouble you IL you stop looking
for it-Exchange.
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
Sens In Verse

Song From an Unfinished Drama.
Hope. the great explorer:
Love. whom none can bind;
Youth. that looks before her:
Age. that looks behind:
Joy. with brow like summsr'ss
Care, with wintry pate.
0asQuers are and mummerg
At LIES gate. N
Power. with narrow foreheads
Wealth, with niggard palm;
Wisdom old, whose hoar head
vaunts barren calm,
Naughty overcomerS
In their pomp and state,
1asquerS all and mummer1 -
At Deaths gate.
william Watson.
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
Notice for Sidewalk Bids.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the Office Of the
city auditor until April 80, 1907, for the
construction Of the various kinds Of side
walks in the city Of Oakes for the en-
suing year. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the auditors Office. All
bids must be accompanied by certified
check for $50. payable TO mayor and
bond running to the city for the sum Of
$500.
City Auditor. 2t
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
Final Proof Notice,

Department Of the Interior, land Office at
Fargo, N. d., Feb. 16, 1907. Z
Notice Is hereby given that John N. Chamber.
lain Of Oakes, N. D.. has fled notice Of his in.
tention to make ane! i've year. proof in support
OF his claim, viz: Homestead Entry No HS51
made Oct. 1, 1901, for the northwest quarter Of
section 81, township lS1, range 50, and that said
proof will be made before Geo. 81. Fay, Judge
Is, 1907. s. S4
he names the following witnesses to provo
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of the land, viz: 81 -5iasSa E 81.
Charles o. johnson, Owen w. Phelps, a. v.
Hicks and Andrew White, ell Of Cakes, N. d. q
3.5 III li g. %. SCHUYLER, 39s z
First publication Fob. q, 1907 81 sS
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
City Election.

The regular annual election Of the
city Of Oakes, N. D., will be held on
Monday, April l. 1907, for the election
of the following officers:
One mayor.
One treasurer.
One alderman in first ward to succeed
Walton, two years.
One alderman in the second ward to
succeed Tuthill, two years.
One alderman in third ward, to sue
coed Brown, two years. T.
One alderman in third ward to sue
ceed Mccartney, one y ear.
One city justice to succeed Panne.
baker, two years.
The following are the polling places:
First ward, engine house, second ward,
Tuthill's Office; third ward, school
house.
The polls will be open continuously
from 8 O'Clock q. m. until S O'Clock
w. w. Denning,
City Auditor.
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21

Any sick woman may write to Dr.. r.
v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, in perfect
confidence; all letters Of consultation
being treated as strictly private and
asacredly confidential, and all answers
being sent in plain envelopes with no
advertising or other printing upon them.
Such consultation costs you nothing
whether you take treatment from DR..
Pierce or not.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has
been long hailed % Q SGod-send to
women" Itmakes weak women strong
and sick women we'll. It enables wom-
en- suffering from wfemale weakness y
prolapsus uteri, retroversion, antever-
sion, and other displacements of the
organs distinctly feminine, to cure
themselves right in the privacy of their
homes. Pelvic catarrhal drains, painful
or irregular periods, backache, frequent
headaches, weak nerves, dragging-down
pain or distress in the lower abdominal,
or pelvic, region, gnawipg sensation in
stomach, dizziness, or faint spells, and
kindred conditions and symptoms are
cured by DR.. ferce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. Il is not . secret or patent medi-
cine, against the use of which most
people Of intelligence naturally object,
bat is, in fact, the wFavorite Prescrip-
ton" of regularly educated and ex-
perienced physician in the treatment
Of woman's peculiar ailments and who
10 not afraid to publish all its ingredi-
ents, as he does, on its bottle-wrapper,
attesting the correctness of the same
under oath.
.Eayoriie Prescription. il tAe one
medicine Tor Xomln.9 delicate ailmente
Hhleh c6ntaInl QeltheIl
hlTmt1l, haRlt: :lQlmin4 drQgs, being .
pure gIycefc extract Of curative prin.
ciples found in our most valuable native,
medicinal roots, as attested by many of
the most eminent medical writer's and
teachers of all the several schools of
practice:
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
. scientific medicine, carefully devised
byan experienced and skillful physician,
and adapted to woman g delicate system.
Il Is made of native American medicinal
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As powerful invigorating tonic uFa-
vorite Prescription " imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs
over-worked, vworn-out,1 rundown, y
debilitated teachers, milliners, dress
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house-keepers, nursing mothers, and
feeble women generally, DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is the greatest
earthly boon, being unequaled as an
appetizing cordial and restorative tonic.
As soothing and strengthening ner-
vine g vFavorite Prescription is unequal
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
Pennsylvania S
New President
janes McCrea. Who Succeeds the Late
A. ]. Cassatt, q BIa MAJ Mentally
and PbicaHy Great Tasks
Cofroatho nIa.

=" IG men are needed for big taslks
The Pennsylvania eeilroad has
q big task In hand In the i'm.
provement and extension Of itl
facilities in New York and vicinity.
and its new president, James McCrea,
= big enough in every way to cope
With problems that would exhaust
many men Of no small endurance and
ability. He stands six fest two inches
In his stocking feet and weighs over
100 pounds, and his mental equipment
10 on q par with his physical.
The work Of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road company in tunneling both the
North and East rivers and in estab.
iishing between them an Immense un
derground terminal system, together
with the most magnificent railway sta.
ton in the world, constitutes the most
Sigantic and interesting enterprise OF
the kind ever undertaken. It required
in those who undertook the responsible.
11 for it the utmost foresight and
courage. It was during President Cas-.
salts regime that the Pennsylvania
secured control Of the Long Island rail.
road and extended its system to the
west and south by the requirement OF
subsidiary lines so as to create a sys'
tenn stretching its steel bands from
Aontauk Point to the Mississippi val.
ley and the confines of the Virginias
- was q singular coincidence that
President Cassatt passed away just al
the work to which he had given the
best efforts Of his life was reaching
fruition. But his successor as the
head Of the Pennsylvania has had a
strong hand in what has already been
done. he is considered a very able
A1ancier, and it was he. not Mr.. Gas.
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
Notlce Of Flnal Proof.

Department Of the Interior, land Office at
Netice is Ieresy g given ven that Eriok g. vern-
intentien to make anal 4lye W Year M proof IN sup. @
Gss made nae Nov. 1901 Tor Tho s Southeast Ms
quarter section 2, township 181, range 81, and
that said proof will be made before 3: h.
dale, N. d.. on April 1e, 1907. q
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
Carl Schneider, Michael Gleason, ali Of
- &C. scHuYLER,
Register,
First publication March ., lS07-6t.
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
+ Song.

Before the world grew dark with crime.
Before the stars were old.
Two spirits, in the dawn Of Time.
A song together rolled.
The song 1t had a magic power.
It spoke Of climes above M
And breath'd o'er cliff and rosy bower
OF friendship. youth and love.
No crimson steel or blood red plume.
No banner broad unfurrd,
Came like vision wrapped In gloom
To pail the virgin world.
Oh. as the song was heard aboon,
Mingling with songs above.
Man read in flower and rolling moon
OF friendship. youth and love.
william Wxllaco.
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
WOmdn'S WdfcL1WOrd
Is MOdeSfy.

Whatever threatens woan's delicate Of mody her
For this permits disease the delicate woany
become aggravated because she bring herself submit
the ordeal unpleasant quesionngs offensive examinations
obnoxious local treatments which physicians think
Doubtless thousands the who have taken advantage
Pees free consultation by letter have been led
thus offered from treatment repugnant modety
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
The Two Mysteries.

The Two Mysteries.
We know what It u, dear. this sleep o.
deep and still,
The folded hands, the awful calm. the
cheek 10 pale and chill. 3i
The lids that win not lift again. though
We may call and call;
The strange white solitude Of peace that
settles over Ill.
We know not what It means, dear, this
desolate heart pain, E
This dread to take our daily way and
walk In It again. -
We know not to what other sphere the
loved who leave us go
Nor why we're left to wonder stu nor
why we do not know.
But this we know: Our loved and dead, II
they should come this day
Should come and ask w. 'sWhat 10 life3''
not one Of us could say.
Life Is mystery az deep ~ ever death
can be.
Yet oh. how dear it IL to us. this life We
live and seel
Then might they say. these vanished ones
and blessed IL the thought:
$50 death u sweet to US. beloved. though
We may show you naught.
We may not to the quick reveal the mys-
terry OF death.
70 cannot tell US. Il 70 would. the mys-
tory Of breath
Tho child who enters life comes not with
knowledge or intent:
90 all who enter death must 70 a. little
children sent.
Nothing u known. but, nearing God,
what hath the soul to dread? 3
And - life 10 to the living 20 death q "a
the dead.
Mary Mapes Dodge.
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
Blue China.

Blue China. "
There's Joy without canker or cark,
There's q pleasure eternally new:
IT'S to gloat on the glaze and the marx
OF china that's ancient and blue. +
Unchipped all the centuries through
It has passed since the chime Of It rang,
And they fashioned It, figure and hue. A
In the reign Of tho Emperor Hwang.
These dragons (their tails. you remark, 81
Into punches Of gillyhowers grew)-
When Noah came out Of the ark,
Did these lie in wait for his crew1
They snorted. they snapped. and they
slew; ?
They were mighty Of I'm and Of fang,
And their portraits Celestials drew
In the reign Of the Emperor HWang.
Here's pot with a cot in park. 81
In q park where the peach blossoms
blew, al
Where the lovers eloped in the dark, q
Lived, died and were changed into two
Bright birds that eternally new
Through the boughs Of the May a. they
sang.
IT'S a tale was undoubtedly true
In the reign Of the Emperor Hwang.
Andrew Lang.
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21

ed and is invaluable In allayin1 and
subduing nervous excitability, irritable
ity, nervous exhaustion, nervous prog
tration, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, st.
nervous symptoms commonly attendant
upon functional and organic disease Of
the uterus. Il induces refreshing sleep
and relieves mental anxiety and des-
pondency.
You can't afford to accept . secret
nostrum - . substitute for this PROVEN
RINEDY OF KNOWN CoNPosIT1oN.
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21

In the cure of scrofulous swellings,
enlarged glands, open eating ulcers, OF
old sores, the vGolden Medical Discov-
cry" has performed the most marvellous
cures. Ia cases of old sores, or open
eating ulcers, il is well to apply to the
open sores DR.. Herce's Al-Healing
Salve, which possesses wonderful heal
ing potency when used - an application
70 the sores IN conjunction with the uoe
Of sGolden MEDICAL Discovery" O. .
blood cfansink kconstit itutional treatment.
Il your Idrugtist don't happen 20 have
the " 4.HeaIing 9alve" Ia stock, you
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four cJhts in postage stamps 70 br. f.
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and yMooshe 70 you BY return post.
Moae 9tuggists keep Il q well % the
"Gtlden Medical Discovery."
~ . . o . .
You can't afford 20 accent any medi.
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which u Qedicine OF kNQAH CON:
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ingredients in plain English on ito
bottle-wrapper, the same being attested
as correct under oath.
DR.. Ferce's Pleasant Pellets invigor-
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to three . dose. Easy to take as candy.
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
Tlhe vine.5

The wine Of Love d music,
And the feast Of Love u song,
And when Love ats down 70 thA banquet
Love sits long s5 4 q
lts long and arises Drunken,
But not With the feast and the wine:
ds reslsth with his own heart,
That srsat rich vine. st.s$s4 M Ss.s s5s
James Thompqs.s
The Oakes times., 1907-03-21
sThe Blood is The Liie.''

Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement of scripture.
But IL has illuminated that statement
and given it q meaning ever broadening
with the increasing breadth of knowl-
edge. When the blood is bad y or i'm.
pure it is not alone the body which
suffers through disease. The brain is
also clouded, the mind and judgement
are effected, and many an evil deed or
impure thought may be directly traced
to the impurity of the blood. Foul,
impure blood can be made pure by the
use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. It enriches and purifles the
blood thereby curing, pimples, blotches,
eruptions and other cutaneous Infectious,
as eczema, letter, or salt-rheum, hives
and other manifestations of impure
blood.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-02-27
SECURES IMPETUS.
DalzeII's Rule May Result in Positive
Legislation.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-Thc
ship subsidy secured marked i'm
petus today in the house, which just
before adjournment adopted a rule
that will probably insure passage by
the touse of the littauer substitute
for the senate bill and result before
adjournment in positive legislation
The rule was reported by Dalzell in
the shape of resolution providing
that compromise be considered,
with the debate limited to five hours
and final vote taken not later than
Friday afternoon 1t is generally
understood the administration is re-
sponsible for the action of the rules
committee. which came unexpectedly.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bin was adopted as
was the conference report on the bill
providing for allotment and distri-
button of Indian tribal funds.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-02-27
OF GREAT INTEREST.

The Developments which have
arisen concerning the operation OF
the fire department are of great pub
lie interest and vitality effect every
North Yakima are none TOO low as It
is. The recent disclosures regarding
the fire department will probably not
help. That certain firemen have
been derelict in their duty seems TO
be certain. Chief Hauser admits that
he received $40 for work done at the
Miller building. II divided this
among the boys" he stated, las
thought they should receive it for
cleaning the engine and doing other
little jobs in connection, / don't see
any graft in that" Chief Hauser
should remember that 1.-The boys" are
paid by the city for their work, and
If there is any extra remuneration
from work done outside the regular
routine duty it should go to the city.
Property owners do not like to see
the firemen away from the station
house when they are supposed to be
in readiness to respond to a call. The
city fire steamer, some say, is use
less. Nevertheless, it is a portion OF
the city fire apparatus, and as such
should be kept at the barn during
the night at least. Property owners
have expressed themselves very forci-
bly, in regard to this matter. Chief
Hauser states the petty jealousy
among the men is responsible Petty
Jealousy among the men should be
promptly attended to. Chief Hauser
knew the facts as published in the
Herald long before the story was
made public. Yet he did not take
steps to suspend Assistant Chief Bow
man until the Herald had told the
story in detail and it became the tall5
of the town. Why Chief Hauser was
so expeditions in making this move
as the result Of common newspaper
gossip" as he calls it. is not vet ex-
planned. Of all departments con
Quoted by q municipality the fire de-
partment is the most important. It
should be conducted with the great
est care and the apparatus jealousy
guarded. Let this be done in the flu
ture
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-02-27
COST OF LIVING.

In the east the opinion is wide
spread that the cost of living in the
west is exceedingly high, so exceed
ingly high in fact as to make luxu-
ries almost prohibitive. There was
never more erroneous impression.
In North Yakima the general cost OF
staples is very reasonable. The stores
have more elaborate appointments
and the stock carried is much better
than the best stores of eastern cities
of 10000 and $4,000 population
They furnish goods of excellent quail
ity at small price. With but one or
two exceptions articles, where useful
or luxury, are reasonable. In addi-
tion to this fact, the scale of wages
paid in North Yakima is much high
err than that usually paid for the
same class of labor in the east. TIM
fact speaks for itself. High wages
and low cost of living is the happy
combination for men of every degree
North Yakima furnishes both.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-02-27
To Stop Chimney Fires.

The fire department chief of Apple
ton, Mimi, states that the quickest,
surest, neatest, easiest and most eff
fective way to stop a chimney fire,
says a Minnesota exchange, is to
take a large wet cloth and wind it
around the stove pipe just above the
stove. The moisture from the cloth
forms cloud of steam inside the
pipe which raises AID smothers the
fire in the chimney almost at once.
This method has proven effective in
the cese of frs SC fierce that the stove
pipe all the way fl ON the stove to
l,e chimney was led bot and never
was known to fail The scheme was
worl ed ont by the fire department
of Appleton ~ re pointer received
IN {, casual observation and is now
in use in the Appleton fire depart
nent to the exclusion of all other
methods. The chief beauty of the
plan is its simplicity and ease with
which it can be used ~ anyone. SIM
ply sa.urot.. large cloth with water
wind il around the stove pipe at any
point where it is hot. the hotter the
bette. and the sfeam generated By
this ins' il, will Go the rest.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-02-27
HARRY THAW'S MOTHER.

Nothing but sympathy is extended
to the mother Of Harry Thaw. His
wife's mother is the subject of exc
Grafton on every hand. The story OF
the surrender of her daughter into
the hands of a moral degenerate has
touched the heart strings of every
parent, and from henceforth Mrs.
Nesbit will be an outcast, even to the
lowest. Yet the mother of Harry
Thaw is in the main as responsible
for the tragedy as is the mother of
Evelyn Nesbit. She allowed her boy
to enter into wild career of de-
bauch when she gave him full use of
his property, even against the dying
wish of the millionaire father She
offered no restraining hand when he
entered the path which leads in no
other direction than the electric chair
and a youthful grave. Sympathy for
the children and not for the gray
hairs of the mother; sympathy for
the misguided, wretched couple, the
one who knew no restraint, the other
who was forced into the pathway Of
error by the hand that should have
shielded and protected; it should be
sympathy for these, and not sym
patty for the mistaken and guilty
parents.