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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-07
NAVIGATION
RESUMED ON
GREAT LAKES
Greatest Channel Of Internal
Traffic in U. s. Restored to
Action Again.
FIRST BOATS OUT
CAUGHT IN ICE
Huge Ice Floes Still Coming
Down the Lakes Many New
Vessels to Ply.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Buffalo, N. Y, May THE opening
Of the navigation of the greatest chan
States. If not in the entire world ex-
tending from the Atlantic seaboard to
the remotest points of the northwest,
by way of the Erie canal from New
York to Buffalo, through the chain of
great lakes from Buffalo to Superior,
Duluth and many intermediate points,
and thence westward over innumer-
able railway routes. Thus each year,
from the breaking of the ice in the
spring, to the freezing days of Nov
ember. this link in a vast system of
exchange = farthest east to the
farthest west, and then back again
with western grain and other products
lis re-established with Cleveland,
Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee and in
Vulnerable other points contributing
as feeders"
The opening of navigation this year
has been later than usual. The first
two vessels to attempt the heavy ice
flows on Lake Erie were caught in
the ice jams and were unable to pro-
coed up the lake or return to port.
1t was we'll on toward the middle of
April before the fleet got into clear
water. The ice is still coming down
the lake in huge foes, but there is
sufficient clear water to permit
vessels to make the trip up the lake
without serious delay.
The grain fleets are already on
their way from Duluth and Superior
to the east, while the great ore car
riers Of the United States steel cor
poration have started for the upper
lakes and the copper carriers were
able on April %, to break through the
ice in the Portage harbors of the Cal
umet and Hecla and other copper
regions. Reports from the head of
Lake Superior show unprecedented
activity with hundreds of vessels wait
ing to discharge eastern freight and
load western products, the discharge
in one day, April 80, at Superior, Wis,
reaching the record total of 100000
tons of eastern freight bound for the
west. The same reports came from
Duluth, Ontanagon, Marquette. Sault
Ste. Marie and other points. Thus the
entire channel Of traffic, from east to
west by way of the great lakes is
again in full operation, with indica-
tons OF an unprecedented business
year.
The grain situation here is some
what better than shippers expected
to find it at the opening of navigation,
but it Is feared the immense cargoes
of wheat, corn, oats and other grains
already afloat and bound for this port
and destined for Europe, will cause
another blockade this season.
The inability of shippers to get cars
to handle the grain out of the eleva-
tors caused many of the heavy losses
in the past they were unable to meet
engagements at tide-water. and ocean
going vessels left for European ports
with sand in their holds for ballast
in place of grain. The opening of the
Erie canal relieved the situation some
what, over half a million bushels of
grain starting for tide-water on the
day the great state waterway was
thrown open for navigations.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-07
State of North Dakota. in County

State of North Dakota, in County
Court, IS. County of Grand Forks.
In the matter of the estate of Julia
Burnett, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
Of L. f. Drake, executor, setting forth
the amount of personal estate that has
come to his hands, and the disposition
thereof, and description OF all the
real estate of which said deceased died
seized, and the condition and value of
the respective portions thereof; and
praying that license be to him granted
block sixteen (16), of Holes Central
addition to Grand Forks, N. D. And it
appearing, by said petition, that it is
for the best interests of said estate
to sell the above described real estate.
It Is therefore ordered, that all per-
sons interested in said estate, ap-
pear before the judge Of this court, on
Saturday, the 18th day of May. A. D.
1907. at 10 o'clock a. M, at the Court
House in the City and County of
Grand Forks, then and thereto show
cause, II any there be, why license
should not be granted to said execu-
tor to sell said real estate according
to the prayer of said petition.
And 1t is further ordered, that
copy of this order shall be published
for four successive weeks prior to the
day of hearing in the Evening Times,
a daily newspaper printed and pub
lishef at Grand Forks, in said County,
and personally served on all persons
interested in said estate, residing in
said County, at least ten days before
said day Of hearing, and upon all
other persons interested, according to
law.
Dated at Grand Forks, the End day
Of April. 1907.
BY the Court.
L. X. HASSEIIL,
(seal) Judge Of County Court.
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MISSISSIPPI BAR MEETING.

Vicksburg, Miss. May THE Lead
ers of the bench and bar of Missis-
sippi were assembled in Vicksburg
this morning at the opening of the
annual meeting of the Mississippi Bar
association. President Murray F.
Smith of this city presided over the
initial. session, which was devoted to
welcome addresses and responses,
the appointment of committees and
other preliminary business. The con-
vention will be in session three days,
during which time there will be ad-
dresses by several noted jurists as
we'll as discussions on numerous
legal topics. The annual banquet is
to take place tomorrow evening.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
Press to The Evening Tim,

Nashville, Tenn, May 1.-THE an
nual convention of the Tennessee
Funeral Directors and Embalmers'
association Is in session here with
members present from many parts of
the state. President ]. R. Spicer, of
Paris, Tenn, called the gathering to
order this morning and Mayor Morris
welcomed the visitors. Addresses,
papers and practical demonstrations
in embalming will occupy the three
days the convention will be in ses-
sion.
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DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY.
Associated Press 70 Tho Evening Times.


Associated Press 70 The Evening Times.
Baton Rouge, La, May IA hearty
welcome was given the members Of
the Louisiana division Of the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, who assem-
bled in Baton Rouge today for their
annual convention. During the morn
ing delegates arrived from the local
chapters throughout the state. The
formal opening takes place late this
afternoon when the visitors will as
semble in Garig hall to listen to adj
dresses of welcome from Governor
Blanchard, Mayor Bynum and others.
At this session Mrs. D. A. S. Vaught
Of New Orleans. the state president,
will deliver her annual address. To-
night the visitors are to be received
at the executive mansion by Governor
and Mrs. Blanchard. The business
sessions are to begin tomorrow morn
ing and will continue until Friday.
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ADJUSTMENTS
"A CoNboy,s Girl.

A wave of popularity for things
western seems to have struck the en-
tire country. Even our greatest the
atrical managers, the arbiters of our
pleasures, have taken up the fad.
Arizona "The Squaw Man" and
'sThe Girl of the Golden West" are
proofs positive of their good judy
ment. The latest of this style of pop
ular plays is entitled "a Cowboys
Girl" and will be presented here. Mr..
Perez R. Benton, the well known pro-
moter of things theatrical has sur
rounded "The Cowboys Girl" with
adequate equipment with the happy
result of telling in the most enter
tanning way a new and beautiful story
of the plains.
A Cowboys Girl will be the offer
ing at the Metropolitan on Saturday
for two performances.
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Notice of Special Internal Revenue Tax

Receipt and License.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day Of September, A. D. 1906. there
was issued to C. c. Hawley of the city
Of Larimore, North Dakota, United
states Special Tax stamp for ...ternal
revenue No. 1909 for special tax on
the business Of retail dealer in malt
Larimore, North Dakota, which tax is
posted on the south wall in the main
room of the building situated on lot 20
North Dakota. That Julia Provost is
the owner of said building and the un-
dersigned C. c. Hawley is the leasee
thereof
Dated May 9Th, A. D. 1907.
c. G. HAWLEY.
May 7-14-21-2S
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ICE
FOR MAPLE LAKE OR RIVER ICE
Phone Vic Chaffee. ITO or 6S9M

TEXAS CHIEFS OF POLICE.
Fort Worth, Texas, May Fort
Worth is entertaining the annual con-
vention of the City Marshals and
Chiefs of Police association of Texas,
which assembled today for three
days. session. Dallas, Houston. Gal
weston, Brentwood, Austin and nu-
merous other cities of the state are
represented at the meeting.
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The man who harps about this be-
ing a free country, either has done,
or is contemplating something disa-
sreeable.
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wANTED-GoOD GIRL FOR GEN.
eral Homework, 312 North Fourth,
Mrs. Van Alstine.
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A Yankee Tourist.

Helen Hale, who plays the part of
Blanche Bailey In "a Yankee Tour
ist," is graduate of WELLESLEY college
and during her school days was
known among her classmates as a
writer of much ability.
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TAIEORs.
Latest Styles On Hand Perfect Fihr6,,,,,...l
PaulSOn Bros.
Merchant Tailors
1ls Sosth Third St. GRAND FORKS, n D.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed bids will be received at the
onice OF y. +. Bangs. superintendent Of
n. D. up to nine O'clock q. m. Of Fri.
day. May 10: 1907. for making certain
changes and additions to the. School
barn. and remodeling the steam plant
ana putting in vacuum system.
change at Grand Forks, and at the
ONCE OF the architects at Fargo, N. D.
Each bid for the building 10 to be
$1,000 and check for $500 with the
bids on steam heating and plumbing
made payable to G. NJ. Fisher. treas
urer.
The right to reject any or all bids IL
reserved. By order Of the board.
D. F. BANGS,
Superindent.
HANCOCK BROS,
ArchitectS.
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wANTED-YoUNG LADY WANTS
position as stenographer. Has had
experience. Address r. NJ. Evening
Times.
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wANTED-GIRL FOR GENERAL
housework. good wages. Call at
room ia Hotel Dacotah or telephone
80 N. w. phone.
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DRAUGHTs-
man by Architect ]. w. Ross, Grand
Forks.
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wANTED-GIRL FOR GENERAL.
homework at 215 Chestnut street.
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wANTED-A GIRL FOR GENERAL
house work Inquire of Mrs. ]. Shell
ley, 327 North Fourth street, East
Grand Forks, MINI,
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WANTED-TENANT FOR SEVENTY
Hundred feet of Storage space. Adj
dress Box 239, Grand Forks.
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FOR SALE OR RENT-MooNEY RESI-
dence, Riverside Park. Call on
Stephen Collins.
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FOR SALE ]!

FOR sALE-BED ROOM SUITE,
heater, book case, buffet, etc. Good
as new, sos Walnut street.
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FOR sALE-BEFoRE PUTTING IN A
fine line Of cigars, wish to dispose
machines; large steel range;
heavy double harness; some table
cutlery: wash machine. Very cheap
for cash. Call and see me, ]. G,
White, 81 South Fourth street.
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wANTED-wE HAVE AN EXPERT
II in need Of any work, drop us .
card and he will call on you. Bot
tineau Automobile company. Bot
tineaU. N. ID.
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TIMES WANTS
S.se.
HELP WANTED

GOOD BAKER AT
Ephriam's Bakery.
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wANTED-RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS.
$500 yearly. EXAMINATION soon.
Preparation free Franklin Institute,
Rochester, N. Y.
CORPORATION OWNING AND OP-
Ing enterprises. desires represents
tives on a high renumerative basis.
Box 2416, Boston.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-24
CHAPTER w

OAPTAIN WILL HALLAM was
man of the very shrewdest
4 sense. fairly though not liber-
ally educated. whose life from
boyhood onward had been devoted to
the task of taking quick advantage Of
every opportunity that the great river
traffic of the fiftIes had offered to men
Of enterprise and sound judgment.
Beginning as a barefoot boy about
1850 or earlier-he never mentioned
the date-he had run the river" in all
sorts of capacities until when the war
came. temporarily paralyzing the river
trade. he had comfortable little sum
Of money to the good.
Unable to fOresee what the course
and outcome Of the war might be, he
determined as a measure Of prudence
to indulge himself and his little hoard
In a period Of safe waiting He con.
verified all his possessions into gold and
deposited the whole Of il In n Cana
dian bank. where. while il earned no
interest. it WAS AT any rate perfectly
safe.
Then he sought and secured clerk
ship In the cOmmissary department OF
the army, living upon the scant salary
that the clerkship afforded and mean
while acquainting himself In minute
detail with the food resources Of every
quarter Of the country. the means and
methods Of transportation and han
ding and everything else that could in
any wise aid him In making himself n
master In commerce.
Then one day in 1868, when he had
satisfied himself that the fortunes Of
war were definitely turning and that
In the end the Union cause was destin-
ed to triumph. he made change.
He resigned his clerkship. He re-
called bis money from Canada and
considerably increased at least its NOM
inal amount BY converting the gold in.
to greatly deprecated sreenbacks.
With tAis capitaI he- opened q COM
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-24
CHAPTER VII.

IN uRING the next four or five
days GuilfOrd Duncan was
kept busy with various small
- employments. some of them
out Of doors and some of them in the
Office. During this time Captain Hal.
lam did not again engage him In con.
vers0tiOn, but Duncan knew that the
man of business was closely observing
his work. He was not slow to discover
that he was giving satisfaction. He
saw that with each day the work as
signed him was of kind that required
higher intelligence than that OF the
day before
Every evening the cashier paid him
his days wages, thus reminding him
that he was not a salaried employee OF
the house, but n man working for
wages from day to day.
Out OF his first wages he bad pur-
chased a change Of very cheap under
wear. towel and "A cake of soap.
Every morning about daylight he went
to secluded spot on the levee for
scrub and n swim. Then he washed
out his towel and placed 1t, with his
other small belongings. In n storage
place he had discovered In great
lumber pile.
One morning when he entered the
Office Captain Hallam gave him sew
eral business letters to answer from
memoranda scrubbed upon them by
clerks or others He gave him also
memorandum In his own handwriting.
saying:
Cut that down II you can and make
telegram OF 1t. III be back In half an
hour or SO. Have 1t ready for me-"
The case was this: A huge steam
boat lay at the levee loaded almost to
the waters edge with grain. which Cap
tain Hallam was more than anxious to
hurry to New Orleans to meet sud-
den temporary and very marked aG-
vance In that market That morning
the boat had been tied up" as the
phrase went-that IL to say. she bad
been legally attached for debt at the
suit Of firm In st. Louis. Until tho
attachment should he removed the
boRt must lie at Cairo In charge Of y
sheriff's officer. Captain Uallam wish
ed to secure her immediate release.
and to that end he purpOsed sending
the telegram.
When he returned to the Office Dun
can handed him for inspection and sig
nature the letters he had written.
Here Is the telegram also" he said,
"but II you will pardon the imperti-
nence think you had better not send
II, at least in the form you have given
""
To be Continued.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-24

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them.
In this commercial age, King Bus
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Opportunities are not wanting for
those who are properly qualified. A
course in the Portland Business Col
lege will prepare any young man OF
woman for work in the commercial
world, and result in a position tina,
will render the investment of time ant
money in business education the
most profitable that can be made
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Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-24
TO THE HONORABLE:

The Board of County Commissioners
of Adams County, Washington.
We, citizens of Adams County,
Washington, request that you will
appropriate the sum of $500 to assist
W.R. Cunninham, ST., who represents
more than HOO petitioners of Adams,
portion of Lincoln, Franklin, and
WallaWalla counties, in the case that
he has had before the Hon. Railroad
Commission of theState ofWashington,
since Jan. IS, 1906.
|. Which case demands the consider
alton of the proposition of a reduction
of wheat freight rates, from II cents
per hundred pounds, taking as stand
ard from Ritzville to Tacoma, to II
cents per hundred pounds.
Mr.. Cunningham as been recently
informed by the Hon. Railroad Com
mission that the date of hearing of this
case at Ritzville, will soon be set by
said Commission.
Thus far Mr.. Cunningham has given
all of his time and met all his expens-
es, out of his own pocket, except ST.,
and we now think it proper that the
county should assist him in meeting
these expenses. and thus we make
this request.
Ritzville, Wash. July 20, 1907.
Names
Yes No
A copy of this petition is sent to
every post Office in Adams County
that the people may show their in
terest in this important matter.
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me putting out Tie lire. l came uonu.
the river on the big towboat."
where's your baggage?"
ION my back. l have no other
clothes. I'll buy some when earn
some money
Where have You been since the sur.
render?"
Making my way west"
How"
ION foot 80 Wheeling. Then on the
towboat"
What fare did they make you payf'
"Nonc. worked my way as 81
stoker-fireman they call it out here"
mo wages! Just passage and
grub
That wa all
What are your plans"
ITO find work and do it,
"What kind of work."
ANY kind that's honest
You are educated, l SUPPOSE"
YES, in n way. I'm an A. NJ. and Il
graduate in law"
Know anything about businessT
mo. but ! shall learn"
"If you can. you mean;'
"Oh, | caN. A capable man can
learn anyth ~ If he really wants to-
Il don't llow about that l.ut I'll
gamble on tn proposition that you
can
"'rhank !ou.'
"No tAanks are needed. VI mt
compliyGe, ling. was just expressing
an opinion"
Scribbllng memorandum on scrap
of paper. Captain Hallam handed 1t to
Duncan. saying:
Give that to the cashier as you go
out and get your wages. Then you'd
better get your breakfast. l recon-
mend you while you're poor to ear at
the little booths along the levee, where
they sell very good sandwiches ana
coffee cheap. After breakfast If you
choose to come back here I'll try to
find something for you to do. oh. |
forgot. You were up all night, SO you'll
want to sleepT'
There was an interrogative note in
the last sentence. Captain Hallam was
''siZing up his man, and he closely
scrutiniZed Duncan's face as the an
swer came.
"Oh. I'm used to night duty. I'm
ready for days work If you can give
me one. As for breakfast. I've had it."
Then you had money!
"A very littie. but didn't spend any
of 1t. sawed and split load of wood
for the keeper of n booth, and he gave
me some bread and ham and coffee for
my work"
oh, that's the way you managed IT,
Very well, Come back here in two
hours anyhow
After the young man had passed our
Captain Hallam said to one of his part
ner brothers:
THAT fellow IL good sort. He has
sand In his glzzard. When he comes.
back set him at work at something or
other several things in succession III
fact-and Ghd out what lie can do
Such was Guilford Duncan's mus
tering into the ncr. service of work
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Why d,d U0u do that, thenf"
police officers to whom he could turn
them over he adopted II new plan. He
secured a heavy stick from bale Of
hay. and with that he dubbed every
cotton thief he could catch. As a sol.
der 1t was his habit to adapt means to
ends. SO he hit hard at heads and seiz,
ed upon all the stolen goods. Thus
passed Guilford Duncan's first night
as a common soldier In the great army
Of industry.
In the morning ut the hour appointed
he presented himself to Captain VIII
Hallam and was taken into that per-
sons private office for an Interview.