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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-31

enres
Istatue 8eliinggr barber no.
Gen 8io bpret foretaget Ell Snoifnm,
ling, og 8ilIeobugger Sasielriis bar
%noarbeioet en- @ibsmooeI tic 5tatuen,
ION BET bar Meningen at fan nofgrt
Bronco. SSnoiamlingen bar imibler-
ito lite gibet set forbenteoe l1obDtte,,
bporimoo @ibsmooeIlen Bill bIipe ops
itillet ! Hio6erialen paa aronborg.
2sDnne 81 I d pa Sial-
"a II O.. timber ct Sor6enpeir 8. IA.
Meai ilog 2Dnet ne0 mi6t / &oitaloen
poo ben Staten ttlbgrenoe &opeo-
gaaro rSrollesminbe" beo &illerpb.
S 2ebet al ct 9ieblif bar @oitoloen
omipenot al 2uer;; men set lpffeoes
Sorpagter @inricbien og bans Soft
at reooe Be 1870 &reaturer nb al Sen
branoenoe 8pgning, in6en Gaget
ifreo iammen. Sl6en begrGn6ieoes til
@oitaloen.
81 nn;g t e oS y t g.
} e . er er blepet foregeoe meo
en- nD Strife, Ser er opfert paa en-
8affe bag Stran6beien, og iom ct
belt forifiellig fra De andre Smao=
firfer, Der er bDggeoe rrtnot ON i
2anoet. Set er iffe bpgget al rp6e
Wfuriten, men er bbiblfuret, bpa6 Ser
bebirfer, at ben me6 fit re6e Sag
birfer / bgi @rao malerif 2ano.
ifabet. Stilen er romantic, glen.
nemfbrt til s6e minoite gnfeltbeoer
Ser fin6es ct %firfantet Saorn mel
ipi6it &promt6etag, Sfib og SEQ,
meo r%unobueoe 8in6uer og ct otte
fantet Srappetaarn. &irfen ipneS
lap u6benoig, me6 in6e biier 6e11 iie
beiere, ga Sen er l16en Soft. Sag
fonitruftionen er malet / oDbt rg6t
og Stoleite6erne / grgnt. Mltertap
: len fremltiller cit @riitnsififfelle
br9n6t Ser, malet me6 ltqrfe Sar
Der.
Ct mGrfeligt 2pnne
a g. Sorleoen, efterat ct ltprf
Their meo 2pn, Soroen og @agl bal
oroget ben ODER &asleoegnen, op6a
ge6e Sfoparbeioerne / 3orp @fop, a
: Der rl1not ON pao Soroen loa ct tie
: Sag al noget, Ser ligneoe 9alm. g,
De figgeoe / 8eiret, opoage6e Sc, q
!, ogiaa Sr9ernes &roner bar bebpng
meo ben formentlige u&alm". Mo1
unoreoeS Qper bette Eilfel6e og Die
8 boerligere forbobiet ga man be
+ nermere @fteripn opoage0e, a
3 u4almen" bar lange, fine STROLLER q
ct friift ggetrp.
st fort ca. t00=aarigt G9etru po
0elpis foripnnoet. Ser par fun e
/ tpno, giennemfigtig 5fal al Greet
Stomme iamt &ronen tilboge; @elte1
. at ben megtige Stamme bar flpnge
! og fln1|et / Millioner al longe, fin
: Srebler at 2pnet. Haa alle Sc ON
ltaaenoe Greer bar 8arfen ilooet d
!, paa @ioen i16 imo0 ggen al @plin
terne fra 0enne. On onoen 150=oori
@g bar fuloltanoig itiernefleffet fr
gberlt til neoerit, ct 8egetre bob6
! fuoet Ne6oerne ipr9ngt, og be6 $40
Ben al ale Sc ramte Erper bobo
: 2D11et plpiet en- Wpng0e 6Dbe Sure
og @l1ller / Sor6en.
) Sele noe te Sag bar Der flor SOL
fart til 6e iplintreoe Sreer, ser bop
Be cit 89r0i puo &o6en al CO.,
ST.. og al bpilfe Sc to melt meotagn
) MI fife engang egl1er Jig til Hin0e
brGnoe.
I Sbllan6.
) 9 u . g $ e + e 5 o e
6 a Ell iSbilteo bar taget 9lf
|fe0 meo Eenlion ira 1. Suli.
81 + b e b g a gen pa
S a d. 9e 1000 &r., 1no11 jap
neoe, ifol bore fn10ne, og mon er III
/ alt oppe paa cit Gum al ca. $4,000
8r. Otter @olitiets Mening er Ga
gen iii peo lin 9%lfilnt1ing.
g fne piller Mlber
g Ct NJ / 5 er blepen &ellner pao
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-31
SDuanb.

9 u % SerreoS o g e !
6 lone Ell iSbilte0 bar toget glf
Ife0 rneo Heniion ira l. Sl1li.
81 y e b g a g e pa
S a II d. 9e 1000 &r., u1o11 iap
neoe, ifol bore funone, og man er III
| alt oppe paa Ell Gum al ca. $4,000
ST.. Otter Nolitiets Mening er Ga
gen iii peo fin Mfilntning.
Sfue pilIer 81 I B e + |
c + nj / 5 t er blepen &ellner pao
Ell &eital1rotion Morbus, bpilfet ri.
Ter, at @unitens Sci er tornefulb
Ganmarf.
SO b so 9 I t e t 0 II 5 e II e
r n.g tat. 3aa ct i9faf=
ffop afbolot Mgoe oanneoes ct Mftie-
ielifab meo en- &apttal af $4,000 Ser,
til Start af en- Observation-Disclosures
anltalt. Sorelebig ifal Nnitalten tim
tage .5igte paa at %fonoeniere WRlf
til Observation-Disclosures. Senere er
oct Meninget1 at ubbi6e Mnftalten
meo @fsport for 9ie.
9 iI6te fra @rebffabet 2in-
6enborgs Sfope / Mor6ipllano bar !
be ienere Mar foraariaget flor Sfaoe
paa @qooiets Gaitegaaroes Marfer
0ange Seitere bar enoogiaa forlaot
6eres @aar6e % er blepen &rpbifpt
ter. Sor at forbin0re @rpbifptteriet
bar Gieren, @reD Scbimmelmann,
mi begDn6t at la6e reiie ct Blanfe-
bert paa 8 Meters &eioe rlnot ON
5fopene. 5orelgbia e. Der Inn reift,
@Inufebnrf en- BALI W1iIs 2engoes
men set er Meaingen at fortiatte5
Sl'ssslsl.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-31

e
g ne 9eliinggr bar oer no.
Gen &io boret foretaget Ell Snoifam.
ling o. 8illeobngger SaSieIriis bar
;%noorbeioet en- @ibsmooeI tic 5tatuen,
ION BET bar Meniuge,1 at foo nofgrt
! Bronco. Snbiamlingen bar imioler-
ito lite gipet BET f~orbenfeoe 1bbDtte,,
bporimob @ibsmooeIlen bill bIipe OPP
tillet Hio6erialen paa aronborg.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-31

81 2pitfutterS @ilto.
+. e. 2ebnsgrepe anutb LOS / in
Iio bDgge Ell flor 2pitlfonnert, Soar.
gretbo", lom ban efter fort Sios
8rug .ifianfeoe Observation-Disclosures,
poa Den 8etingelie, at 5fibet blet
brugt til 5ilferilagens Sremme. sci
II tlteriet iagbe Gaf og lagoe uMor.
gretba" op peo &efsbalegen. Gn
gang imellem laante nogle 5poffice
rer ben til en- 2pfttur, men poa ST
iferi TOM ben lite fgr mango Mor Ell
ter. Nu er 6en imiotertio fommer
til S9oer, men lite be6 Megierin
gems @ielp.
Set bar ben befjenote Siifegrosie.
rer og &beoer 6. MiffeIien, @en0.
iDsiel, iomfif fat pao Sen og los oer
norlite, og mi ligger Sen / 6ribap
10 -
men ieilfIar, oppuoiet, elegant lom
gamle Gage, meo Motorer og Srpie.
maifiner og iRrlig prGparerebe .2alt.
rum, iom a1orig noget Biifefortsj Ell
ter ST.. Miffeliens noiagn bar bpre1
Oct. Men ben ifaI ogiaa paa Gang.
fart, ober Mtlanterbabet til SEEM.
,-founolan6 for at bente en- 2aonine
Gar til vgenoipsieI 8acfing Comp
og iamtioig foretage forifiellige ST
Hefori6g, Ser maoife bill blibe al in6.
gribenoe 8etp6ning for ben 6anift
Sifferbefolf,ting: 2arelaonirgen ifo]
bringes tn aiebenbapn % blipe,
Der opbbepnrefsii lolbtel111nbrte ao1npoa.
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9 u 0 $ e + I e 5 o g e s
s a Ii Ell iGbilteo bar toget Nf-
lfe0 meo 3eniion fra l. Suli.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-31

ttte !ttele uluelue Der 1 SQltOeI.
ct MilIiono + e a g e n
. e a 6anife MfboIos 8
o.f. Sc oanife MfboIosfolf pao-
tpnter at opfgre oeres egen 8pgning
ajebenbapn, og Rengeforboloene er
allereoe Sroen. 8aa Meiterne al
bet gamle Mftieielifab rMfbolosfol-
tets 6oriamlingsbpgnine" er Ser
oonnet ct NIT 9lftieielifab, bpori ollie
2eire af Nfbolosfolfene er repre-
ienteret. Selffabet bar for npliq
fisbt en- flor gienoom, MprrepoIo 90
og 2innegooe "a. Denne @ienoom
bliper | 2gbet al 9ommeren inorettet
til Soriamlingsbus unoer Mopnet
rSarmonien", og Snopielien bill III
meligbis ftnoe Steo / 2sbet at otto.
Der Maaneo. 5lgier no MOB 2inne-
gaoe er man / Serb meo at ombpqqe
til Sotel, F. noget 2igbeo meb set
Ct laa mango @ropinsboere igete
"yep Misiionsbotel" i Seleolanos-
9aoe. @otellet bill tomme til at rum.
me ca. $50 9areIfer % briDer
nrppe fproiet fsr M 6ornoret. SeIe
6oretagenbet itaar AfboI6sfoHene
lsomtrert 1 NaliIion aroaer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-05

pouucs-Une d1mcultfes or the man In
public life whose persuasion and COM
promise must be used, authority al
most never. And, because 1 have re-
sisted some of his impossible demands,
he has declared war on the party.
He has raised up in 1t a faction head
ed by your old enemy, Dominick.
need not tell you what a brute, what
a beast he is the representative of all
that is abhorrent in politics"
"A faction headed by Dominick
couldn't be very formidable" l sug-
gested
But Dominick isn't the nominal
leader" replied DHnkirk "Roebuck
is far too shrOwd for that No, he has
put forward as the decoy my col
league Croffut-perhaps you know
him? If so, l needn't tell you what a
vain, shallow, venal fellow he IS, with
his gift of CAB that fools the peo-
pie"
Il know him." said l, in a tone
which did not deny the accuracy of
Dunkirk's description.
Their object" continued the sena-
tor, is to buy the control of the par
ty machinery away from those who
now manage 1t in the interests of con-
servatism and fair dealing. If they
succeed the only business interest
that will be considered in this state
will be the Power trust. And we
shall have Dominick, the ignorant
brute, dashed on by Roebuck's appe-
tites, until the people will rise in
fury and elect the opposition-ane
you know what it is"
What you say is most interesting"
said /. "but I confess / haven't imag-
ination enough to conceive a condi-
ton of affairs in which anybody with
the price couldn't get what he want
ed by paying for it. Perhaps the bust
ness interests would gain by a change
the other crowd might be less ex-
pensive. Certainly the demands OF
our party's machine have become In
tolerable."
1T astonishes me, Mr. Sayler, to
hear you say that-you, who have
been in politics" he protested. taken
aback by my hardly disguised attack
upon him-for he was in reality
party and machine" surely, you
understand the situation We must
have money to maintain our organ
| ization, and to run our campaign.
! Our workers can't live on air; and,
! to speak of only one other factor,
there are thousands and thousands OF
our voters, honest fellows, too, who
must be paid to come to the polls
| They wouldn't vote against us for any
sum; but, unless we pay them for
the day lost in the fields, they stay
at home. Now, where does our money
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-05

come from? The big corporations are
the only source-who else could or
would give largely enough? And it is
necessary and Just that they should
be repaid. But they are no longer con-
tent with moderate and prudent re-
wards for their patriotism. They
make bigger and bigger, and more
and more unreasonable demands on
us, and so undermine our popularity
for the people can't be blinded wholly
to what's going on. And thus, year
by year, it takes more and more
money to keep US in control"
You seem to have forgotten my
point" said I, smiling. Why should
you be kept in control? If you go
out, the others come in. They blus-
ter and threaten, in order to get them
selves in: but, once they're elected,
they discover that it wasn't the peo-
pies woes they were shouting about,
but their own. And soon they are
docile conservatives tapping away at
the trough. with nothing dangerous in
them but their appeutes"
"Precisely-their appetites," said
he
a starved man has to practice eat
ing a long, long time before he can
equal the performances Of q trained
glutton," l suggested.
His facial response to my good-humor-
ed raillery was feeble indeed. And
If soon died in a look of deuression
that made him seem even older and
more decrepit than was his won't
'<The same story, wherever I go" said
he sadly. The business interests re
fuse to see their peril And when I
IN my zeal, persist. they-seVeral oil
them, Sayler, have grinned at me and
reminded me that the legislature &c
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-05
CHAPTER VII.
A Call from "the Party"

About a month after the Chicago
and Fredonia bill was smothered in
committee there appeared upon the
threshold of my office. in the admins
tration building of the Ramsay COM
pany, a man whom at first glance you
might have taken for an exhorted or
q collector for some pious enterprise.
But IL you had made a study of faces,
$our second glance would have cut
: through that glaze of oily, apologize
appeal Behind a thin screen Of
short gray beard lay a heavy loose
mouth. cruel and strong; above it, a
great beak and a pair of pale green
eyes, intensely alive. They were in
startling contrast to the apparent de-
crepitude of the stopped shambling
body, far too small for its covering
of decent but somewhat rusty black.
Senator Dunkirk." said !, rising
and advancing to greet the Justly fear
ed leader of my party. I knew there
was an intimate connection between
this visit and the death of his pet
project. I thought it safe to assume
that he had somehow stumbled upon
Woodruff's tunnelings. and with that
well-trained nose of HIS had smelled
out their origin. But I need not have
disquieted myself: l did not then
know how softly Woodruff moved.
sending no warnings ahead. and leav-
ing no trail behind
For several minutes the senator and
both felt for each other in the dark In
which we both straightway hid. He
was the first to give up and reveal
himself in the open. But / do not
wish to waste your time and my own,
Mr.. Sayler." he said; Il have come
to see you about the threatened split
in the party. You are. perhaps. sur
pgised that I should have come to
you. when you have been so many
years out of politics, but l think you
VII understand. as l explain myself
You know Mr.. Roebuck?"
Il can't say that 1 know him" I
replied. He is not an easy man to
know-indeed. who is?"
"A very able man: in some re-
spects a great man." Dunkirk went
on But, like so many of our great
lien of business. be cannot appreciate
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-05
(To Be Continued).

10 was my nrst test-my first chance
to show whether l had learned at the
savage school at which / had been
q pupil. Scores, hundreds of men, can
plan, and plan wisely-at almost any
crossroads general store You hear in
the conversation round the stove as
good plans az ever moved the wrold to
admiration. But execution-there's
the rub! And the first essential of an
executive is freedom from partialities
and hatreds-not to say, do IKE
aim? Do l hate him? Was he my
enemy year or a week or a moment
ago." but only to ask oneself the one
question: ''Can he be useful to me
now?"
Il will use Dominick to destroy
Dunkirk, and then l will destroy him"
said to myself But that did not sat
1sfy me. I saw that I was temporiZing
with the weakness that has wrecked
more careers than misjudgment.
felt that must decide then and there
whether or not would eliminate per
sonal hatred from my life. After
long and bitter struggle. did decide
once and for all
telegraphed Woodruff to go ahead.
When I went back to Pulaski to settle
my affairs there, Dominick came to
see me. Not that he dreamed OF the
existence of my combine or of my con-
nection with the new political deal,
but simply because / had married into
the Ramsay family and was therefore
now In the Olympus OF corporate pow
er before which he was on his knees
for a price, like a wise devotee, I'M
troubled by any such qualmishness as
Belf-respect. l was ready for him. !
put out my hand.
I'm glad you're willing to let by.
cones be bygones, Mr.. Sayler," said
he, so moved that the tears stood In
his eyes.
Then It flashed on me that, after all,
he was only big brute, driven blindly
by his appetites. How silly to plot re-
venges upon the creatures of circum-
stanee-how like q child beating the
chair 1t happens to strike against
Ratreds and reyenges are for the
small mind with small matters to
occupy IT, or the stones have quar-
ried to build my career. not one has
been, or could have been, spared to
waste as a missile
went down to the Cedar Grove
cemetery, where my mother lay beside
my father. My two sisters who died
before was born were at their feet;
her parents and his on either side.
And l said to her: Mother. am go
ing to climb up to place where l can
use my life as you would have me use
It, To rise in such a world as this
I shall have to do many things you
would not approve. l shall do them.
But when / reach the height, l shall
justify myself and you. 1 know how
many have started with the same
pledge and have been so defiled by
what they had TO handle that when
they arrived they were past cleans
ing; and they neither kept nor cared
to keep their pledge. But l. mother,
shall not break this pledge to YOU"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-05
CTo Be Continued
Welded and unwedded

81 was single" said the widower.
and had a dogs life; I married, and
had a cat and dogs! "--London Truth
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-03

Ealf-past /. struck on the stairway
and | started to my feet.
You wouldn't" l repeated.
Il might you know!"
Il must go.-but not with that. not
with any hint of that.-please!"
If you let HIM defeat you. IL you
fail to spend your year there.-well
overlook this one lapse, she looked
me steadily in the eyes. wholly guilt
less of coquetry but infinitely kind
then"
She paused, opened the fan. held II
up to the light and studied the golden
butterflies.
Yes"
'Then-let me see-oh. shall never
chase another rabbit as long as l live.
Now o-quickly-quickiy!"
But you haven't told me when and
where it was we met the first time.
Please."
She laughed. but urged me away
with her eyes.
Il shant do it. 1t isn't proper for
me to remember, II your memory is
so poor. wonder how it would seem
for us to meet Just once-and be IN
troduced. Good light! You really
came. You are gentleman OF your
word. Squire Glenarm."
She gave me the tips of her fingers
without looking at me.
A servant came in hurriedly.
Miss DevereuX. Mr.. and Mrs. Tay-
lor and Mr.. Pickering are in the draw
ing room"
Yes; very we'll; will come at
once"
Then to me:
They must not see you-there. that
way" and she stood in the door, fac
ing me, her hands lightly touching the
frame as though to secure my way.
turned for last look and saw her
waiting-her eyes bent gravely upon
me. her arms still half-raised. barring
the door; then she turned swiftly
away and passed through the hall.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-03

was tied hand and foot by a dead
mans money
NO. it wasn't that wretched for
tune: but | enjoyed playing the child
before you-I really love Olivia-and
it seemed that the fairies were protect
ing me and that l could play being a
child to the very end of the chapter
without any real mischief coming of it
! wish l were Olivia" she declared
her eyes away from me.
That's rather idle. I'm not really
don't care. Let's imagine that we
haven't any names,-rm sure my name
isn't of any use, and Th be glad to go
nameless all my days If only
IF only" she repeated idly, open
ing and closing her fan. II was frail
blue trifie, painted in golden butter
flies.
There are so many II onlies' that I
hesitate to choose; but l Will venture
one. II only you will come back to ST.
Agathas. Not tomorrow, or the next
day, bat, say, with the first bluebirds.
I believe they are the harbingers up
there
Her very ease was a balm to my
spirits: she was now a veritable daugh-
ter of repose. One arm in its long,
white sheath lay quiet in her lap: her
right hand held the golden butterflies
against the soft curve of her cheek. A
collar of pearls clasped her throat and
accented the clear girlish outlines of
hnr I hn 81 -
youth and purity. 1t was like a cry in
my heart. and the dreary house by the
lake. and Pickering and the weeks
within the stone walls Of my prison
were as though they had never been.
The friends who know me best
never expect me to promise to be any.
where at a given time. l can't tell !;
perhaps I shall follow the bluebirGs to
Indiana: but why should l. when l
can't play being Olivia any more?"
why not? You have seen how dull
am; and that note of apology you
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-03

wrote from the school really fooled
me. But l have seen the real Olivia
now l don't want you TO go too far
not where I can't follow-and this
flight l shall hardly dare repeat"
Her lips closed-like rose that had
gone back to be bud again-and she
pondered moment, slowly freeing
and imprisoning the golden butterflies.
You lave risked fortune, Mr..
Glenarm, very, very foolishly,-if you
are found here. Why, Olivia must
have recognized you! She had seen
you often across the wall"
But | don't care-Im not staying
at that rum up there for money. My
grandfather meant more to me than
that
Yes; l believe that is so. He was
dear old gentleman; and he liked me
because | thought his jokes adorable.
My father and he had known each
other. But there was-no expectation
no wish to profit by his friendship.
My name in his will is a great embar-
rassment, a source of real annoyance.
The newspapers printed dreadful pic
lures of me in connection with the
will. ! say to you, quite frankly, that l
wouldn't accept a cent of Mr.. Glen
arms money If it were offered me;
and that is why,"-and her smile was
a flash of spring-'I want you to obey
the terms of the will and earn your
fortune"
She closed the fan sharply and
lifted her eyes to mine.
But there isn't any fortune; it's
all myth, joke"
"Mr. Pickering doesn't seem to
think so. He had every reason for be-
lieving that Mr.. Glenarm was very
rich man"
But assuming that there's money
buried there by the lake like pirates
treasure, it isn't PIckering's II he finds
it, There are laws to protect even the
dead from robbery" concluded hotly.
How difficult you are! Suppose
you should fall from boat or be shot
-accidentally-then 1 might have to
take the fortune after all; and Mr.
Pickering might think Of an easier way
of getting 1t than by"
Stealing 1t. Yes;'I know what you
mean; bv" YOU wouldn't"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-03
CHAPTER XVIII.
! Meet an Old Friend.

When | reached Glenarm House the
next morning | found to my astonish-
ment that the window | had left open
as | scrambled out the night before
was closed. | dropped my bag and
crept to the front door, thinking that
if Bates had discovered my absence it
was useless to attempt any further
deception. ! was amazed to find the
great doors of the main entrance flung
wide, and in real alarm ran through
the hall and back to the library
The nearest door stood open, and. as
| peered in. a curious scene disclosed
itself. A few of the large cathedral
candles still burned brightly in several
places, their flames rising strangely in
the gray morning light Books had
been taken from the shelves and scat.
tered everywhere, and sharp imple-
ments had cut ugly gashes in the
shelving. The drawers containing
sketches and photographs had been
pulled out and their contents thrown
about and trampled under foot.
The house was as silent as a tomb,
but as | stood on the threshold trying
to realize what had happened, some
thing stirred by the fireplace and |
crept forward, listening, until l stood
by the long table beneath the great
chandelier. Again | heard a sound as
of some animal walking and stretch.
ing, followed by moan that undoubt-
edly was human. Then the hands of a
man clutched the farther edge of the
table, and slowly and evidently with
infinite difficulty figure rose and the
dark face Of Bates, with eyes blurred
and staring strangely. confronted me.
He drew his body to its height and
leaned heavily upon the table
snatched candle and bent toward
him to make sure my eyes were not
tricking me.
CTo BE CONTINUED
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-03
Need a Good Bank.

good bank is valuable asset for
the small town. During these DAYS
of prosperity people of almost every
community have a surplus amount of
money to deposit in the bank, or to
invest in way that will bring a
fair margin of interest Lately sys.
TEN has grown up of doing Il banking
business by mail. Alleged savings
banks and Investment companies in
large cities advertise widely Offering
six to seven per cent. interest on de-
posits. Many who have little knowl.
edge Of financial affairs make demos.
its in these banks. The Lincoln bank
at Oak Park, H. was one of these in
stitutions that made great offers to
the people of agricultural districts in
order to secure deposits. More than
Si,0OOOOO were deposited by farmers
and others in this concern. Within a
year it was declared unsound by the
United States authorities, the pro-
moter of 1t placed under arrest and
charged with fraud. The poor de.
luded depositors are not likely to re-
ceive five per cent of their deposits.
Remember that when you send your
mCaey from your local community IL
ceases to be any factor In developing
home resources or in adding to the
wealth OF the place. 1t is better al.
ways to patronize home banks than
banka Tar away.