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land from London. through France, to
Marseilles. This way you save six
days, which did not know, other
wise I would have gone that way. AS
the ship was not to sail until noon,
another gentleman and myself hired a
carriage to drive around the city.
Scenes In Arabic Port Said.
"On February we arrived at Port
Said. With waiting for the mails from
Brindisi, and taking on coal, 1t gave
us lots of time here and We stayed
In port some thirty hours. AS this is
the regular stopping place for all
steamers in these waters, the town
thrives on the European visitors. who
come ashore while their ship is coal
ing, etc. The majority of the store
keepers are Arabs. like the popula-
ton. 1t would appear that every 9TH
er Arab you meet has something to
sell. 1t is not quite this bad, but you
never saw SO many peddlers. While
the ordinary European may think of
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LOBBY OF HOTEL DAcorAH.

by It. Mr.. McHench and Hon. E. A.
Williams of Bismarck were the only
members of that council from what Is
now the territory of North Dakota.
When it Is considered that North Da-
kota now has forty senatorial districts
and a legislative body comprising 40
members the growth of the state will
be apparent. There will also be q
sketch of Larimore showing the
growth of that enterprising city, an in
teresting article with reference to
early day missionaries among the In
dams. some letter press and pictures
showing the building operations in
progress in North Dakota cities. an
outline of the irrigation work at Will
liston and a variety of eddfying and
valuable articles and pictures. AS has
already been set forth, the department
of agriculture under Commissioner
Gilbreath, has inaugurated contest
for the obtaining of the best pictures
possible exemplifying the resources
and development Of the state. US
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SECURITY BLDG TO
BACK GROUND

have cut out the beer, though, occa.
sionally, l take a glass. l believe
had three glasses in the past month.
my doctor tells me not to stop
drinking altogether. and recommends
my taking a few pegs of whisky and
soda after shutdown each day. A peg
consists of an ordinary drink, drowned
with bottle of soda, which makes
never suit you boys naturally
agreed with the doctor that little
stimulant was, l thought, advisable.
Fine Buildings in Bombay.
Il stayed the night at Bombay, so
as to give me an opportunity of See
ing the town. This certainly is quite
a place. some very fine buildings; the
railroad station Is one of the finest
in architecture have yer seen. The
leading hotel and yacht club were
quite elaborate buildings, besides sew
eral other fine buildings, all being
surprise to ME. The Amir of Afghan
istan, was at Bombay and was enter
tanned by the government officials.
The Old Boy was having royal good
time, judging from the fact that he
overstayed his visit at all the big
towns on his tour through India.
had lunch with Commander Parker on
board the cruiser 'Highflyer' in the
harbor at Bombay"
Before taking the trip overland, al
though had a first class ticket, had
to purchase my bed outfit, which con-
sisted Of blankets, sheets, pillows,
besides towels and soap. The railroad
supplies berth only, without clothes.
The capacity of each first class car
riage Is four with wash room, the
seats arranged on each side of the car
riage, being big enough to seat three
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dry land is gruesome enough, but this
kind of an exit from this great and
glorious life Is decidedly not to my Xix
ing. It may not make much differ
ence what becomes Of you when dead,
but I, for one, would prefer to be
placed under the cod.
During the service the ships en-
gines stop for period of five minutes,
the flag at half mast. This completes
the ceremony. On the third day out
the sea got very rough-waves noun
tain Highland talk about ship roll
ing; you never saw anything like Il,
and II far exceeded anything I have
ever seen illustrated on the stage. The
storm started after Little Willie had
retired to his bunk. Everything NOV
able moved. My trunk. under the
bunk, would slide from one end of the
cabin to the other; tin buckets, etc.,
moving around in merriment along the
companionways. and rolling from
one side Of my berth to the other.
One stout gentleman, In another cab
in, broke the side of his berth and
rolled onto the floor. This kind of
weather kept up for four days. and
delayed us one day getting into Liv-
erpool.
Over the Dining Table.
ITO show you how rough 1t was,
while another gentleman was coming
out of the dining room. the lurch of
the ship just caught him right. an
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over the top OF the dining room table
ne went. One could get out on deck
curing this weather, but very little.
10 one OF tnexperience like myself,
IL was hard to imagine how a ship
could roll at such an angle-not quite
!orty-ftve degrees. but near it-and
Keep right side up. The first night
OF chls did not sleep at all, and
thought to myself, we'll, there Ia a
chance of her going over II she keeps
this up. which is not nice sensation,
and must not overlook the fact to
tell you was sick, and there were
Others. The roll call at meals dur
ing these bad days was very light.
l was there every meal, with a small
appetite. We did not see land for
1ve and half days. SO that when we
saw the Irish coast 1t was welcome
sight. We touched at Queenstown Sat
urday night at about 8 p. M, January
~. and arrived at Liverpool Sunday
at 1880 p. m. The voyage across was
altogether a miserable one.
At Boyhood Home.
Il stayed England until Friday,
January 25. Considering the number
OF years had been away-something
like seventeen years. felt practically
stranger, as l did not know where
to find my friends Of boyhood days,
and besides. my time was limited.
However, l visited an old friend of
my fathers whom know-an Epis-
copal clergyman, now seventy-four
years old. He had not heard from me
for period of ten years, and had
supposed l was dead You can mag
Inc his surprise at my dropping in to
see him, net having let him know of
my coming in advance. Why. it al
most took the Old mans breath away
he could hardly talk for two or
three minutes, but gave me a very
warm reception and stayed there
three days. Considering had lived at
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this town several years; one would
suppose l would have met lots of my
old acquaintances.t However, most of
them had moved away. others had
died. and what few remained were
very limited in number. put in one
day at London town, and it kept me
pretty we'll occupied during the day
getting my transportation, ETC.. before
sailing on the following day.
In the evening went to vaude-
Vile performance. Owing to the strike
that was on at that time between the
managers of the different theatres and
the talent, might account for the per-
formance, which was especially rotten,
the regular performers not being
there. AS 1 went into the theatre, a
lady with an armful of programs asked
me II l would have one. which of
course did, taking one from her.
walked into the theatre and took my
seat in what is called. the stalls. You
will please understand, by this, my
seat was in theatre. and not in
barn, but is equivalent to the orches-
ira circle in the states. After l had
been sitting in my seat several min
utes this kind, good lady came to me
and said, Did you not get a program
from me and not pay me for it?' You
can imagine how felt, never dream
ing of the thing being for sale. She
would think at the time took this
precious pamphlet, Well, that fellow
has certainly got his nerve l sup
pose blushed up little. However,
paid her double price for it.
Sailed for Gibraltar.
II left London on the Friday, going
aboard the steamship Arabia. the P.
& o. line, which sailed at p. m.
"The sea was quite smooth all the
way to Gibraltar, although the air was
cold. Indeed, one could not find
warm place on the ship. had an OPP
portunity of going ashore at Gibral-
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NORTH DAKOTA MAGAZINE
New Number Soon to Appear Is .
Hummer Even For That Pub.
licati0n.

The issue of the North Dakota Mag
azine to be put forth in few days
by Commissioner of Agriculture w.
G. Gilbreath. contains much matter of
historical and other value to North
Dakota. There is a sketch Of the new
counties Of Adams. Hettinger and
Bowman. profusely illustrated with
photographs, and that will serve to
set this new county before the people
of the country. An old photograph of
territorial council of 1874, furnished
by Andrew McHench of Fargo, one of
the members of that body, furnishes
inspiration for an interesting article
by the editor dealing with that early
day council and the legislation enacted
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dress suit with me. felt rather con-
spicuous, and on the brink of uncom-
fortableness. However, 1t could not
be rectified. Our dinners were very
swell affairs; eight or more courses;
menu all In French. i suppose the
reason Of this is they do not want you
to know what you are going to get,
SO as to give you a surprise. and 1
can truthfully say 1t was as much
surprise to the man who protested to
speak French as 1t was to myself.
possibly made one or two young gen.
tlemen feel rather uncomfortable by
inquiring as to what the next course
consisted of. / sat next to a clergy
man, so had to be reasonably good.
On the whole, considering l was the
only American aboard, behaved adj
mirably. Major General Baden Pow
ell was one of the passengers whom
had some conversation with. He was
one of the officers who won fame dur
ing the Boer war Ill Africa. You pos
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g. The letter follows:

Interesting. The letter follows:
Calcutta India. April 25, 1907.
1T Is now some three months since
l left Dakota and last saw you. 1
have landed here, and, since I have
little spare time, decided could not
do better than by writing my "old pal"
line, and will start in by giving you
my experiences while on the beauti-
full blue ocean.
II left New York January IL on the
steamship 'Btruria,' Cunard liner.
1t was somewhat foggy, so that one
did not have the opportunity of view
ing the city. AS We passed out on
the river l had, of course, spasm of
the blues. which was quite natural,
considering the many friends l left
behind, mostly in dear old North Da-
kota, and the thought of going to a
strange land, where would be to-
tai stranger. with nobody to converse
with, as it were, except strangers, too
much Of which gets monotonous, and,
at the same time, not forgetting that
1 am to be away three years, which,
in a sense, might look on as my SEN
tence with hard labor. To go back
to my experiences while crossing the
Atlantic-it was great We left New
York January ~, Saturday.
Dies Of Heart Trouble.
ION Sunday night, in the small
hours of the morning, one of the pas
sengers died of heart trouble, l be-
lieve. The funeral was held Monday
at 4 p. m. They put the body on what
would call a chute, which extended
over the side of the ship, with the
flag over the body. Service is con-
Quoted by clerical man, should there
be one among the passengers; other
wise by the captain, after which the
sailors raise up one end of this chute,
the body sliding down from under
meath the flag into the sea, with a
weight tied to the feet A burial on
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With the Travellers
i'm the Other States
Other Cities Are Extending the Gad Hand to the KNIGHTS
OF the Travellers in Session Carthage
Saginaw and Dayton Are Also Entertaining.
OHIO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.

OHIO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
Dayton, O., June 1.-THE eighteenth
annual convention of the Ohio grand
council Of the United Commercial
Travellers. which began it's business
sessions here today, is the largest in
point of attendance ever held by the
organization. Delegates representing
every part of the state filled Pythian
Castle this morning. when the meet
ing was called to order by Grand
Chancellor w. E. Ford, of Mansfield.
The reports of the several officers
show that Ohio is still the banner
state Of the organization as regards
membership The state now numbers
fifteen more subordinate councils and
1,500 more members than any of the
other twenty-three grand jurisdic-
lions.
Though the number of delegates
present is but, 10, there are fully
5000 other visitors in the city to take
part in the social features OF the pro-
gram. The convention ball is to be
held tonight and tomorrow afternoon
will come the big parade, in which
several thousand of the commercial
travellers will be in line.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-07

Thomas Jefferson may be termed the
Father Of the Patent Office" for It
was he who saw to the passing of
the act creating the Office and the
copyright system. For number of
years he was one of the committee
who passed on the merits of all de-
signs submitted to the Office. One DR..
Thornton, a rather eccentric man, was
the only department clerk the Office
had for long period. During the
war of 1912, when the British soldiers
had cannon trained on the patent
Office to destroy 1t, the doctor rushed
out and placed his body before the
mouth Of the cannon, exclaiming that
IL Goths and vandals would destroy
building containing models that
would benefit all the world the ball
must first 60 through his body. It
was spared, but in 1886 the office
burned and the only thing saved was
book of no particular value.
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evening dress suits, and lot of other
thing too numerou to mention. You
may think this not necessary but it
is, as you have to change so often; al
ways a clean outfit right through once
a day and sometimes twice. The con-
sequence is, my wardrobe resembles
a store"
"Will now conclude with best
wishes. Remember me to all the boys,
and will be glad to hear from you at
any time"
Your sincere friend
"A. W. OGDEN.
Address, care The Standard Oil Co., of
New York, Dalhousie Square East
Calcutta, India.
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TRAvELERWR|TEsT0
HIS. DAKOTA
FRIENDS !s
Letter Of A. W. Ogden will Be
Of Interest to Visitors
in the City.
STANDARD OIL AGENT
IN CALCUTTA, INDIA
Describs His Trip From New
York-Had Checkered
Time.
STANDARD OIL AGENT
IN CALCUTTA, INDIA

In a letter to local traveller from
tar-on Calcutta, India, A. w. Ogden,
district manager for the Standard Oil
company in India. tells of his trip
from New York until he reached his
destination.
Mr.. Ogden travelled out of Grand
Forks in North Dakota territory for
several years, and as he is we'll
known by practically one-half the
travellers in the city today, the epis-
tie with the India flavor is indeed
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IN SESSION at SAGINAW.

Saginaw, Mich, June THE -four
ishing condition of the Michigan
branch of the United Commercial
Travellers of America was evidenced
by the large number of delegates and
visitors on hand today at the OPEN
Ing of the annual convention in this
city. The program of the convention
covers two days and provides for
splendid entertainment for the visit
ors, in addition to the regular bus
mess of the organization.
MISSOURI TRAVELLERS SESSION.
Carthage. Mo-, June 7.-Carthage
extended the glad hand" to the hun
dreds of travelling men who rounded
ed up here today for the sixteenth
annual meeting of the Missouri divis-
ion OF the United Commercial Trav-
elers. The delegates were escorted
this morning from the headquarters
at the Harrington hotel, to the high
school auditorium, where the speeches
of welcome and responses were made,
followed by the initial business ses-
sion. The convention will continue
over tomorrow, the annual parade
being scheduled for tomorrow after
noon
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bly, remember reading about him
Chummed With "BlOOds''

slDIy remember reading about him
Chummed With "BlOOds'
II chummed with such men as Sir
Philip Greg-Egerton Bart. Commander
Parker, of the 'Highfyer British CRUZ
ser; his highness the Prince of Cooch
Behar, somewhat of a kid, and three
or four other gentlemen without til
ties, like myself. We used to adjourn
to the smokeroom after dinner each
evening.
They drank their whisky and So
da, while imbibed my Pilsener beer.
BY the way, there was only another
gentleman that took beer besides my
self-and he only occasionally-so this
fact brought me into the limelight.
However, since arriving in India, l
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The PROGRAM for SATURDAY.
HOTEL DACoTAH.

9 A. M-EXECUTIVE SESSION,
1880 A. M-LADIES SIGHTSEEING AUTO
u 90 O'CLOCK NooN-PRoGREssIvE LUNCHEON
RlAGES start FROM HEADu9uARTERs FIRST COURSE
conRSE - RES1DENCE OF MRS W W. FEGAN SOUTH FIFTH
STRl1ET THIRD OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES F STOKES,
NJ ONEIIA REEVES -
$3.50 p MRBcEPTIoN RESIDENCE MAYOR GEO. E. Du1s
JOHNSON. - -
$50 p M-GRAND BALL-NFoRMA1 HOTEL. DAcorAH e. r. rs
80 ~ ~
The Washington herald., 1907-12-08
SERVES AS AN INDICATION.
Absorption OF shares Pointed To in
Case OF Baltimore and Ohio.

As an indication OF the ABSORPTION Of
shares. both in this country and abroad
for investment purposes. the case of the
Baltimore and Ohio is quoted. Within
the year the European holders Of this
company have increased % per cent, and
those of this country a per cent: those
OF the city Of Baltimore. 81 per cent:
those of the State OF Maryland. outside
Of the city of Baltimore. GO per cent.
This increase is. OF course. for the most
part IN the common shares because Of
the greater volume OF such shares and
the character OF the holdings. Twenty
six per cent Of the stock is held in Eu-
rope. as against twenty per cent a year
ago. and. Notwithstanding the large in
crease In the number OF holders above
indicated. the actual holdings for the
United States have decreased.
The total shares held in this country
have decreased by A.lSl shares, all Of
which was transferred to continental Eu-
ropean holders Europe will part with
its gold, and seeus 90 be doing 80. In
part. to buy our cheap stocks.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-08
Tells Plate Printers His Posi-
tiOn on Union Labor.
CAN'T BOSS TWO MILLION VOTES
La abOr Lende- Needs 20 Reform HIS
Views. Speaker Indicates-FavOrs
Washington improvements, but Is
StiII Pat on TaFiF-ORce Advocated
Free Trade, hut Blames His Youth.
WHERE He STANDS.

Age and experience sometimes
bring knowledge.
when 4 first entered Congress
read John Sfnars HiEFs Political
Economy. st fhEt time the world
WIS my country, and trade and
commerce knew no boundaries. and
] can remember making number
Of FIVE and ten-minute free trade
speeches.
Eut when I get cut more into the
world. Increased my range OF vision
beyond my own district In Illinois.
and appreciated better the peculiar
conditions of eur country, became
and em now. I think-a pretty
fair prOtectiOniSf
! ne--er had Hny pride in trying
TO be consistent. end I do not know
how many times / haze been in
consistent
The Washington herald., 1907-12-08
WATTERSON ON ROOSEVELT.

Louisville. Ky. Dec. i'm Sunday's
courier-JournaI Mr. Henry Wattersor
discusses Roosevelrs failure TO repeat
his third term declaration in an edi-
torial headed a Political BarthoIo-
new" saying in part:
"The failure Of the President to
make any sign, or 20 utter any
word touching a third term for
himself IN the White House when
the members Of the Republican ma
tional committee stood assembled
before him. is most significant.
1T looks very much as II the
consensus Of opinion among the
Washington corr espOndents that he
IS a candidate and has been adroit-
ly planning TO produce conditions ,
which viii bring about his nomina-
tion and seem to force him 10 ac-
cept II. were true. and that. from
now onward each aspirant VIII
have 20 reckon with this man-in-
the-clOset ready 10 burst forth at
the sounding Of the prearranged
signal bell for the onslaught upon
the candidates now in the field TO
begin.
At Washington representative
government longS ago gave place
TO ring made government. the party
IN power working through its
steering committee in the Senate
and the Speaker and his rules com
mittee in the House. the President
having more actual authority than
any constitutional monarch IN the
woeld
"All that is required TO establish
autocracy and absolutism is the
breaking down of the barrier set
up by Washington and accepted by
his successors and the people as a
sacred tradition. and never in the
history Of the country has any man
appeared in its public nfe so
equipped for the work. 81 booted
and spurred as Theodore Roosevelt.
in the event that he be once fairly
mounted and seated in the saddle.
Even as 1t is. he has emuIated
most OF the assumptions Of the
man on hors >back, save only the
name OF it. Given q third term, a
fourth. and 4 fifth. and. in the case
he survived these, life tenure would
not only come easy. but be matters
of course"
The Washington herald., 1907-12-08
BRYAN SPEAKS AT S:65 4. NJ.
Enthusiasm Runs High at Banquets
and Receptions in Illinois.
Jefferson Club Plans Jackson Day
Affair ut which Bryan VIII BE
Recognized as Leader.

Chicago, Dec. William J. Bryan got
strenuous last night. At Freeport he
made two speeches, and did not let I'D in
his Oratorical efforts until g:50 a. m.
this morning. Twenty minutes later he
was speeding on his way TO Omaha. Neb..
where he spoke again tonight.
MIR. Bryan arrived in Chicago early
yesterday on milk train from valpar-
also. Ind. He attended TWO banquets, con
ferred with leaders. attended the stoci.
show. and left late in the afternoon Cor
Fveeport. He first spoke at the Free
port Opera House. beginning at p.
m. He wound up in little less than
two hours time. Then he quietly slipped
away 10 his hotel and told the clerk he
was going to rest for a couple OF hours
and left q call for midnight.
Shortly after midnight when the din
ner in his honor was at its height in the
Masonic Temple building at Freeport.
Mr.. Bryan appeared. He sat down to
the feast and II was exactly 3:55 a m.
when ii came Mr. Bryan's turn 10 make
his second nights speech.
1t was $40 O'Clock this morning when
Mr.. Bryan boarded train for Omaha
Bryan enthusiasm ran high to-day
when it WAS announced that the jefferson
Club intended to give the biggest Jackson
Day banquet on January S next ever at
tempted in Chicago. 1t was asserted IL
VIII be the occasion Of prOelaiming Mr.
Bryan the recognized leader Of the De
mOcTacy.
National characters are to be invited.
the list including Gov John A. johnson
OF Minnesota, Gov. Thomas Campbell OF
Texas, Gov. Hoke Smith Of Georgia. Gov.
Higgins Of Rhode Island. .Adlai Steven
son. Of Bloomington. former Vice Presi-
dent; Mayor Tom L. johnson of CIeve-
land, and Democratic national committee
men generally.