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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05
HANDLE PHONE EXCHANGE
Tri.State Wants Action Taken Imme.
diateIy In Connection With Bust.
ness at Thief River Falls.

The Tri-State Telephone company
filed a i'll in equity in the United
States court in Fergus Falls yesterday
asking that receiver be appointed
to take charge of the telephone sys-
tenn at Thief River Falls. The sys-
tenn there is owned by Harry FAINT
and Harriet FAINT. and the Tri-State
company holds a mortgage upon 1t.
The company alleges that the system
is paying nearly twice as much as is
required for operating expenses, but
that the surplus is not being expend-
ed in repairs and improvements and
that the plant has been allowed to
run down to such an extent that citi-
zens are thinking of putting in an
other system. The company fears
that the present system will be of no
value by the time it is able to secure
It under its mortgage. and asks that
a receiver be appointed to handle it
under the direction Of the court.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05

AppreclaLlOn OF the work ne did in
saving the body of Mail Clerk Jones
at Bartlett is shown in the following
letter:
Commentators Letter.
Post Office Department, Office of
Second Assistant Postmaster General,
Division of Railway Mail Service.
Washington. D. c., May Is. 1907.
Mr.. Carl H. Fodness. Railway Postal
Clerk. st. Paul & Havre, R. P. o.
Dear Sir: This Office is in receipt
of report from your superintendent
showing that on the occasion of the
wreck of train 1, st. Paul & Havre,
r. P. o., at Bartlett, N. D., April Is,
1:15 a. M, in which Clerk William B.
Jones was instantly killed and you
seriously injured, you displayed great
heroism in recovering the body of
Jones from the wreck. 1t is stated
that you entered the burning car three
times and the third time with the as
sistance Of the engineer of the train,
succeeded in releasing Jones from the
burning wreckage and rescuing his
body fro mthe flames.
This action on your part deserves
more than passing notice. 1t merits
the highest praise, and this Office takes
pleasure in commenting you for your
courage in this instance.
A copy has been made of this letter
and placed in the files of this Office as
a mark of credit in your favor. Very
respectfully, (Signed)
Alex. Grant,
General Superintendent.
Times Want Ads get results.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05
HIS RISE WAS RAPID
Former Brakeman of Great Northern
Running From Grand Forks Now
Division Superintendent.

To be advanced from the position
of freight brakeman to that of d.
vision superintendent was the lot of
James H. ONeill, who ten years ago
working on a Great Northern train
running out from Grand Forks. Mr..
ONeill rose from the position of
freight brakeman to that of passen-
ger conductor, and was later made
assistant superintendent of the Gen.
trail Montana division. Some time
later he received another promotion,
and he Is now superintendent of the
Mountain division of the Great North.
ern. Mr.. O'Neill has large number
OF friends in Grand Forks and
throughout this part of the state,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05
Had Fisherman,s Luek.

o. NJ. Hatcher, w. H. Kelsey and
c. S. Sheppard have returned from
Detroit Lake, Mimi, where they fish
ed for bass to no avail. They caught
plenty OF pike and pickerel but the
coveted fighters for which the hooks
were baited refused to acquiesce in
the deal. Despite the poor bass fish
ing, however. the members of the par
ty report fine time and vow to try
again.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05
PUT ON SWELL DRAY
Grand Forks Mercantile Company Has
$500 Rig Put Into Service
This Morning.

A fine new delivery dray was put
in service by the Grand Forks Mercan-
tile company this morning. The dray
is about as fine as any in Grand Forks,
and has a hauling capacity of about
eight tons. 1t was manufactured by
A. j. and A. McKinnon. of Crookston,
and the cost was in the neighborhood
of 5000. The new dray will be used
by the company for hauling between
the wholesale house and the freight
stations
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05

Bowbells. $1,000: Darlington, $1,000
casselton, $500; Cogswell, $1,000;
Crazy, $1,1O0: Devils Lake, $2,400;
Enderlin, $500; Fargo, $1,000; Graf
ton, $4,000; Hankinson, $500; Har-
vey, $500; Hatton, $1,000; Hope,
$1,000; Kenmare, $1,000; La Moure,
$1,000; Leeds, 81 900; Lisbon. $4,000;
Maddox. $1,1O0; Minnewaukon,
$1.400; Minot, $1,000; Mohall, $500;
Neche. $1,100; Sherwood. $1,000;
Steele, $1,000; Valley City, $1,000;
velva, $1,000; Walhalla, $1,000; Will
ton, $1,000.
All the preceding offices are raised
500 each. Dickinson shows the great
est gain, jumping from $4,000 to
$4,000; Edgerly from $1,000 to $1,400;
Glen Ullen from $1,000 to $1,400; Ray
from 81 100 to $1,4OO; Williston, $1,70O
to $4,000; Wimbledon from $1,000 to
$1,400. Churchs Ferry, McHenry,
Northwood. Park River and Souris
are decreased.
Times wants will supply your wants.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05

Will Not Attend.
Mayor Geo. E. Duis notified the
North Dakota Municipal league at
Valley City this morning that he
would be unable to attend. Mayor
Duis was to have delivered an. ad-
dress before the convention this even
Ing. Other business matters made it
impossible for him to attend the ses-
sions.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05
ADJUSTMENTS
Bijou Theatre,

The Bijou is presenting an eXcep-
tionally clever show this week. Hugh
j. Emmett. the ventriloquist. is pre-
senting one Of his famous ventriloQual
acts. which Is full OF laughs and
keeps one wondering where the diff
ferent voices come from. The mov-
ing pictures come direct from New
York and are the very latest and best
that money can procure. Tonight will
be the last opportunity to see Lost
In the Alps" and The Boar Hunt"
two OF the finest pictures ever seen
here. Frank Holiday Is making q
great hit with the illustrated song,
The Best Thing in Life" Next Mon
day Frosto. The Matinee Girl" opens
at the BijOu.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05
Regular Session.

The regular meeting of the rectory
Of the Episcopal church was held last
evening.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05
Tllelllla,

Thelma.
You who like thrills served up in an
old romantic style will be sure to get
them in "Thelma." Willis Maxwell
Goodhue's dramatic version of Marie
Corelli's powerful romance. which is
to be presented by Miss Caroline Nc
Lean in strong company at the Met
ropolitan theatre next Thursday eve
ming. Even the gallery gods enthuse,
It's said, at the startling situations
and exciting climaXes 1t is romantic
to the very backbone, though the title
fails to suggest it, Belasco long ago
became famous as the past master of
stage realism. His "DuBarry" and
"Zaza" are said to have reached the
height of perfection and human in
terest. but the ringing triumph of the
present theatrical season is this new
version OF "Thelpa." Miss Corelh has
chosen an exclusive field for her ro-
nance. It's pretty love story, is told
against the background of the land of
the midnight sun, where the fierce an
imal nature OF man asserts itself
more than in the SUMMER chimes, and
the tale of the lily maid of the Alten-
ford and her. manly English suitor,
Sir Phillip Errington, is presented in
a manner never before shown to an
American audience. Mr.. Goodhus's
dramatizatiOn is said to be the sensa-
ton OF the year,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05
North Dakota Inventor.

William P. Wild of Osnabrock has
been given patent on a draught
equalizer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05

Times Want Ads get results.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05
STAMP FOUNDERS
TO GET BIG
INCREASE
Many Postmasters in North
Dakota Profit by Annual
REIMBURSEMENT.

The North Dakota cities and towns
which profit by the annual readjust-
ment Of postmasters' salaries are:
Berthold, $1,000; Bismarck, $1,000;
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-05
APPRECIATION OF WORK
Letter From Postoffice Department to
Carl II. Fodness Anent Bravery
in Rescuing Companion.

Appreciation Of the work he did in
saving the body of Mail Clerk Jones
at Bartlett is shown in the following
letter:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-18

which frightened the negro orderly al
most into commissions. Ellsworth made
slight movement IN his swing, when
the stick above slipped and ne fell into
the big fireplace. completely covered
with SCOT. With his face much blacker
than that Of the orderly, and shrouded
III the long linen buster. he emerged
from the fireplace and gave big
warwhoop. The negro order veritably
believed that the devil was after him,
and giving fearful shrek went head
first through the open window and fled
terror-stricken from the place. Els
worth helped himself TO a full bottle
of whisky and some cigars that had
been left behind and. taking the swing
from the fireplace, so as TO leave no
evidence of his visit behind him. he
replaced the screen and stole away in
the darkness with a full plan of the
coming federal ca npaign in his posses
sion. Ellsworth never learned what
took place after his departure. but as
he left no evidence of his visit behind
him. no doubt the officers passed the
matter over with the belief that the
negro orderly had imbibed too-mueh of
the whisky they LEFT behind them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-18

shorter one. Ths rich liiigant can af-
ford to hire expert talent: the poor
man can afford no such luxury. And
far TOO often the expert allows his judg-
ment TO be swayed by the weight OF
his fee. He may not be Intentionally
dishonest. but he wants to see the thing
the way his employers expects him TO
see it. And oftener than not he per-
suades himself that his employer is
right
IL il is mining suit he finds that the
vein dips at exactly the angle claimed
BY the litigsnt who employs him. that
the apex is in the identical spot his
employer, who is not an expert at all.
wants il to be. The experts on the
other side. being also literally paid. If
the other side has the money, find that
the vein dips I'm direction favorable
to the contention OF their employer
that the apex is in his ground. and so
on. Instances might be multiplied in
definitely.
To the lay mind it is a curious stu
alton, to say the least. One way of get
ting around the difficulty would be for
the expert witness to come in as the
friend of the court. make an examina-
ton of the mine. the man or the prom |
erty in dispute. and report his find
ngs. A law requiring attorneys to con- |
sent 10 this proposition. the expense to |
be borne by the losing party, might or 1
might not be constitutional. but It 1
would clear up lot of doubt in the |
public mind about the value of expert
testimony.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-18
(chicago Record-HeraId.,


Is not Alaska rich enough and grea
enough and has she not already con
tributed enough to the nations wealth
TO justify her place of eminence among
the states Of the Union, without hel
100 friends making claims fer her thai
render her absurd in the eyes of the
world? The original cost of Alaska &c
the United States was 81 GOO 600; since
that time her seal fisheries alone have
PAID into the national treasury more
ulah ten millions of dollars in royal
Ties; ner salmon fisheries have paid our
I citlzens more than a hundred millions,
ana are now ever on the increase with
more than seven millions annually; her
fur catches have paid more than five
millions, and her gold mines have paid
more than hundred millions and are
but now beginning their development.
Two of her finest resources are just
now becoming known, her copper and
coal beds; in five years, with the pres
ent progress, she viii supply copper for
the whole world. and when the coal is
gone from the bowels of every other
part of the earth she will supply an
abundance of that commodity for a
hundred years"
In an acute analysis of the resources
OF UEcie SANS far north country. the
above statement was made yesterday
Dy d. NJ Brogan, one of Alaska's most
far-sighted citizens, and a man whose
Judgment has earned for him in that
far~off land rich competence in this
worlds goods. Mr.. Brogan had lived in
Seattle Tor many years when the Klon-
dixie gold fever broke out all over the
world in the summer of 1897 He had
been through those hard times on Pu-
get sound, when. as Congressman Cush-
man recently said, CLANS were the
menu, from soup TO nuts-where. when
the tide went out the table was set"
and where every man was dependent on
the days catch for the days grub. SO,
when the Centennial appeared in FL
hot bay that summer day, bringing half
the story of the Klondike strike"
Brogan gathered up his store of eour-
age, his ability to hustle, learned in a
hard school and a change of socks, and
took the next steamer for the new
"oiggins-' Since that time he has
'mushed" from Dyea to Dawson; from !
Ketchikan to Kotzebue sound he has |
done everything from building and run I
ming a roadhOuse along the trail to |
building and running a railroad along /
that same trail. Now he owns mines l
and other property from Atlin to Point |
Barrow and can afford to eat fresh 1
eggs and lettuce at his winter camp in
The mountains. A beans and sowbelly"
iiet for a good many years have evil
lently set very lightly on Brogan's
for he is a fine figure of a
nan, under 40 years old, straight as an
arrow, clear of eye as an Indian. and
With a complexion that a belle of the I
boards would envy after art had done
is best for her. He is out now to
make his business arrangements for
lext summers Cleanup" and to en-
oy bit of the frivolities of our effete
ociety.
Every once in a WHILE he said yes
erday at his big front room in the Au-
itorium, 81 see some of the papers
printing pictures of big turnips raised
n the Yukon. or a cabbage grown on u
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-18
BLAME THE TYPEWRITER.
Don't Blame Us, Say Cautious but
Hurried Business Men.
(NeN York sun


The phrase dictated but not reread'
is now occasionally seen stamped OF
typewriter in the lower left-hand cor
ner of a typewriter letter. This is the
| latest loophoie of escape adopted by
cautious though very busy men 10
avoid reading over the letters they die
tate, and at the same time TO explain
any error made by careless or igno-
rant stenOgrapher.
BY this simple expedient a business
man is able TO afffx his signature TO
each OF pile of typewriter letters.
trusting to luck that no giaring mis-
takes have been made Again. with
| this printed explanation the business
man may leave before the DAYS mail
is finished, this explanation making a
personal signature unnecessary.
This scheme for relieving ones self
from the results of mistakes caused
either by the misunderstanding of a
word at the time of debating or the
stenogra piers ignorance of business
terms was first adopted by travelling
statesmen obliged to have most of their
correspondence done at hotels along the
route and never sure of the accuracy
or the sten0graDher available
AS IN many eases, a salesman is
Obliged 10 leave for another eitV before
his letters are finished, the necessity
Tor some such explanation is ohvious
while a carbon copy Of each letter il
usually sent him at his next stopo,ng
place. the original goes on to the head
uuarters OF bis company and some
times contains amusing mistakes the
result OF ignorance of the terms used
IN MS particular line OF business
For instance, not long ago g.
insurance adjuster, obliged TO dictate
an important letter just before takinD
a tram, was surprised on his next x-isif
TO the home ONCE to find that onIx,
about half of his letter had ever haen
received About midway in the Ierter
me stenographer had inserted This
note: eAis
Here the gentleman went so fast T
.oiont Know what he said. but it was
ment - "a asiee
After little thought on the mart If
the one who dictated the letter he RS
hiemoered that he had referred to 4
uuasi agreement, an expression with
WHICH the hotel stenographer was evil
IDENTIFY unfamiliar.
Another instance wax the case oe a
young attorney who dictated a letter 10
ms stenosrapher asking a brother law
yer II ne could argue a demurrer on
ssrtain day The letter was sent out
hnrriediy and not reread.
Ine next day the letter was returned
TO the writer asking for an interpref,,-
tion or what seemed a surprising re- |
quest Investigation showed that TIE
stenograp her had misread her notes
and inquired If the young lawyer could |
agree to be demurev on a certain dav
Dictated oy -, but not reread ~ /
MN. is sometimes added at the hot
tom OF a letter by means OF a rubber /
stamp, the initials of the particular pes
son debating the letter being filled in
Win pen. This method is adopted /
one member Of a frrn and si~nes -
another perhaps not entirely familjarI
with the subject matter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-18
THE EXPERT WITNESS.

Mr.. Jerome" says a dispatch. has
three OF the highest-priced insanity ex-
perts in the country to testify for the
state Ia the Thaw case" These ex-
perts viii. of course. IL Mr.. Jerome puts
them on the witness stand, swear that
the defendant was not insane at the
time he killed Stanford White. and
that he is not insane now. In other
words. they win take a position diamet-
really opposite to that taken by the
Thaw experts. and the jury will be no
nearer an understanding of the situa-
ton than It would have been if no ex-
perts at all had been called as wit
nesses.
All of this brings us again to the
question of the real value of so-called
expert testimony. OF what worth X IL
to a Jury in determining the issues?
We have on the one hand men OF high
standing swearing that such and such
is the case. On the other hand we
Rave experts OF equally high standing
swearing positively that so and so. not
such and such. IS the real truth. The
average juror naturally becomes so
mnddled that he does not pay any at
iention whatever to the experts for
sither side.
Sooner or later the various states of
the Union. are going to enact some sane
legislation on the expert testimony
aestion. As the situation Is now. The
man with the long purse is often able
70. overwhelm his opponent with the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-18
UTAH's NATIONAL GUARD.

The Herald has nothing but com.
inendation for the energy with which
captain E. a Wedgwood raoa,,.,,
named as acting adjutant general Of
me national guard Of Utah. is throw.
ing Almsef into the work of reorgsn-
i1ihg mat important branch Of the pub
Tic service. In recent years the national
guard OF this state has been a laugh
ing stock. Early in his administrator
Governor Cutler began making mis-.
lakes in reference to the guard. That
his Intentions We're good is not dis
pnted but he did not have the faeultv
or picking the right men for positions
OF importance. though he tried hard
enough
The worst mistake made bv the qov-
erhor was his apparent effort TO inject
politics into the guard. For one thing
he overruled his adjutant general AZ
the behest of the politicians and turned
the armory over TO the latter for a DIM
ner on the night set by the guardsmen
Tor an entertainment of their own. and
IN defiance of an order issued bv the
adJutani general forbidding the use Of
the armory for any but national guard
purposes. Naturally. the adjutant gen.
eral resigned. With such conditions
prevailing he could not hope to main
tam even a semblance of discipline.
For various reasons other adiutant
generals proved unsatisfactory. Al Iaet
Governor Cutler showed a disposition to
place the organization entirely outside
The realm of politics. As an earnest of
this disposition he appointed CAPTAIN
Wedgwood, man opposed politically
10 the governor as acting adiutant gen. |
eTai. II is understood that the chief
executive has promised Captain wedg- |
wood free hand in his efforts at reor-
ganization. Certainly the captain |
would not have taken the place on any
other basis. for there is nothing in it /
but a shadow of glory and a mighty /
faint shadow. at that.
How long the politicians will refrain
from troubling Captain wedgwood. how
long it viii be before they try to worry
the governor into appointing a political
adjutant general. no man can say. 1t
is greatly to be hoped though. that if
they do attempt any underground work
the governor win be firm enough to
stand out against them. The interests
of the guard demand that Captain
Wedgwood be given full. fair and
free opportunity to work out the plans
he has formed
The national guard is an institution
that can be made the pride of every
citizen. II can be made so attractive
that yong men Of the best type will be {
glad 10 enlist themselves in it, glad 20 .
do their. part toward building it up. /,
Captain Nedgwood may or he may not ,
be the right man for the work. But 4,
assuredly every citizen of the state ,
should do everything possible to help
him until he has had chance to show 4,
the stun that is in him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-18
SAME OLD CIRCUS.
Philadelphia Ledger)

The Circus Trust has gone TO smash.
But not the circus-no.
Next year the same brass band will boom
When comes the three-ring show.
The grand parade will pass along
With shrill ealliope,
And beauty ride on prancing steeds.
While elephants We'll see.
The camel he will hump himself.
The tiger loudly roar
Thefel be the zebra in his stripes
The gnu and the giraffe
The latter stretching Out his neck
As though 10 break in half
The leopard, the hyena. too,
OF sacred cows the best
Coyote. kangaroo. and elk
See posters for the rest.
And where the biggest tent is spread
Should ever tumult lag.
Will rise the old, familiar cry,
Fresh peanuts; five a bag"
But surest thing Of all will be
That on adventure bent.
The boy who lacks the price will crawl
In underneath the tent.