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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12

trips every day over the worst kind
of roads and in the worst kind Of
weather, and they received for this
mere pittance as salary. Congress-
man Gronna realized that if the serv-
ice was made what its Importance to
the rural people justified, the pay of
the carriers would have to be increas-
ed to such point that they could
render efficient service and would be
encouraged in remaining in the gov
eminent employ permanently. In this
he has been partially successful.
No member of either branch of con-
gress has more influence in the shap-
ing of rural mail carrier legislation
than Congressman Gronna. Neither
is there any man who receives more
consideration from the postoffice de-
partment. His requests and demands
are considered because they are al
ways based On good business founda-
tons. In fact, it is the splendid bust
ness ideas which the North Da-
kota congressman has put into the
rural mail delivery that has placed it
where it now is, and has made it one
of the recognized features of the post
Office system.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
Heard on the Curb

W. G. Smith-It looks to me, from
ante-season point Of view, as though
the coming summer is to be boom
year for Maple Lake. The improve
nlents which have been, and will be
made. will tend to make even more
beautiful natures handicraft along the
lake shore.
c. Hafield-The past month or two
have shown up some unusual things
in connection with the wholesale fish
business. During Lent this year, not
nearly as many fish were used as in
other years, do not know how to ac-
count for the fact. The present cold
weather is good for the fish industry.
c. S. Darling-The high water never
touched me, although everybody
thought l was in for it sure. The
raise stopped just in time-a foot or
two more, and would now be busy
moving in again. The water hit the
thirty-six foot mark and forty will
give us the "23" sign.
VIM. Grassick, Pilot Mound-This is
my first visit to Grand Forks, but I
tell you am very fond of the city.
However it strikes me as very strange
that you have not complete electric
street car service.
r. A. Sprague-The darts of Dan
Cupid have been striking promiscu-
ously during the month of March, and
not day has passed that we haven't
issued one or two tickets good for pas
sage one way on the matrimonial road.
City Treasurer Hagen-Money is
easy in the city strong box just at this
season of the year, and am now pay
| ing back the money borrowed in the
fall, when there was a scarcity. We
get the bulk of our money from the
county treasurer during the months of
January, February, March and April,
and so are able to lessen the floating
Indebtedness of the city. got $780,
| 600 in lump the other day, and more
than that two or three days previous.
A. I. Hunter, President State Fair
Board-Fargo will find she is up
against it proper before she gets this
state fair proposition disposed of. The
proceedings have reused the indigna-
ton OF people over the entire state,
and it is sure to react on the Fargo
people.
w. H. Kelsey-Well automobiling in
this kind of weather has it's disad-
vantages. but it will have to be very
much of color to keep my machine of
the streets. It DIS well equipped with
mud hooks and is better able to wad-
die through the mud than am. The
realty business is good.
Architect J. w. Ross-I just re-
turned this morning from Valley City
where was called on business mat
tiers. The weather in the southern
part of the state is very similar to the
northern brand-cold, stormy and dis
agreeable during the past week.
Neil Norman-Yes, the road be-
tween the city and Memorial Park is
in fairly good condition--much better
than it was during the months of oul
first winter this year.
City Auditor w. v. O'Connor-The
hackmen of the city have all come in
with their IS, and procured their hack
licenses.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
GRONNA'S WORK.

The excerpt recently published in
the Evening Times from the Ray Re-
corder in reference to the results
which would attend the efforts of Con-
gresham Gronna to secure justice
for the rural mail carrier of that place
was we'll considered. Mr. Gronna has
been in congress but a few years
far more than that length of time to
acquire a knowledge of the methods
of doing business, much less the abil-.
ity to successfully influence legisla-
ton and to become factor in the
shaping of specific governmental poll
cies. But Mr.. Gronna has accomplish
ed all this in the four years he has
sat in the representative body of the
national law makers.
One of the matters to which he has
given his personal attention is the
building up of the rural mail carrier
system. In this he has rendered a
service to that great body of people
who have too often been overlooked,
if not neglected, by the law makers
of the nation-the farmers. No one
can deny that the development of the
rural mail system has done more for
the farmers of this country than any
other special feature Of the govern
ment Not until this plan was inau-
gurated did they have anything like
an equal chance with the resident of
the city, For years the government
spent millions of dollars in develop
ing fast mail schedules on the rail-
roads that the towns and cities might
have mail at the quickest possible
moment. But the farmer-the man
who lived in the rural sections
might wait for his mail until the
weekly carrier brought it to the coun-
try store where the postofice was To-
Gated, or a chance neighbor went to
the postoffice and carried the neigh
borhood mail to the residents of his
community.
The plan of developing the rural
mail deliveries was sadly on the wane
when Mr.. Gronna entered congress.
Before that time it had had some en-
thusiastic champions, but the Mechem
scandal had to some extent detractei
from the merits of the system and
there was talk of abandoning it al
together. Mr.. Gronna realized the
value of this method of mail delivery
to the farmers and at once began a
fight for its reorganization and devel-
opment. In this he has been far more
than successful, for today the rural
mail delivery system is as much a
permanent part of the postofice de-
partment work as is the delivery of
mail by fast train schedule.
The greatest drawback to the sys-
TEN of rural deliveries was in the
little pay which the carriers received.
They were required to furnish and
feed their own teams and to make
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
HIGHER FREIGHT RATES.

The indications are that the rail-
roads will raise the freight rates in
the northwest during the next few
months as counter plan to the re-
duction of passenger rates by the sew
eral legislatures. 1t is not necessary
to discuss the moral aspects of the
case at this time The railroads need
to be regulated and restrained in the
matter of charges for public service.
But passenger rate regulation is not
the most important by any means.
That affects very few persons COM
pared with the number who are di-
rectly interested in the matter of
freights, There are thousands of dol
lars paid by the people Of this state
to the railroads for freight, to one
dollar paid by them for passenger
service. 1t is therefore more impor-
tant to the public to have the freight
rates regulated, by the legislatures
than the passenger rates.
In this state, the late legislature
made no attempt to fix the freight
rates except in the matter of Ignite
coal. Nothing was done to regulate
the charges which could be made for
the hauling of wheat and other grains
in the state, nor was there any at
tempt to fix the prices for the haul
ing of coal from the east. 1t is true
that it was argued that grain was
shipped from points in this state to
Minneapolis and Duluth and was thus
an article of interstate commerce and
not subject to the regulations of state
legislation. The same was true Of
coal. Granted that this is true, the
result of legislation fixing a lower
freight rate would certainly have had
the same effect upon the railroads as
the two cent passenger rate law of
Minnesota will have upon the cost of
passenger transportation from Grand
Forks to Minneapolis and other Min
nesota points. 1t is stated on relia-
BILE authority that the enactment of
that law will reduce the cost of pas
senger transportation from nearly ten
to little more than six dollars be-
tween this city and Minneapolis.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
Changes at Crookston.

Several changes have been made in
the force at the Finch-Smith wholesale
house in Crookston since the recent
change OF name. II. S. Roberts, who
has heretofore been manager OF the
branch house at Thief River Falls, has
accepted a position on the road and
Will cover the territory north of Thief
River Falls hereafter. B. E. Hanson
who for some time has had charge of
the claim department, has accepted the
position of city salesman in the place
OF T. Keith, who recently left for Den
YER. and Roy Wilde, who has been bill
ling clerk. will have charge of the
claim department.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
ASSESSORS WILL ASSEMBLE
County Auditor Anderson Prepares to
Distribute Supplies-Forty.six .
r. Assessors,

Tomorrow morning, forty-six asses
sors will meet in this city according
to the arrangements of County Auditor
Hans Anderson, who will turn over the
full supply of books and blanks to the
fprerunners of the tax collectors. The
bonds of the various assessors should
be in tomorrow.
Monday morning the work of peer
ing into the taxable property will be-
gin. When collected, the assessors
will turn over their figures to the
county auditor, or city auditor, as the
case NAV be, and then they will be
compiled and placed in shape for the
quizzi4g by respective boards of
equalization.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
4 . 9 Z 9 . Q Z
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Anril ~.

\ 4 4 4 4 y 4 I
1709-First number of the Tattler
appeared.
1713-Abbe Raynal. famous French
historian of America. born. Died
March 6, 1893.
1782-Admiral Rodney defeated De
Grasse and the French fleet in the
West Indies.
1792-Earl of Durham governor of
Canada in the insurrection of 1889,
born. Died July %, 1910.
1S14-Bonaparte set of for the is-
land of Elba.
1s5o-Adoniram Judson. pioneer
American missionary, died at SEQ.
Born Aug. 9. 1888.
1S54-The town of San Salvador de-
stroyed by an earthquake.
1s65-Mobile. Ala, captured by the
federals.
1921. s. government paid $25, 900
indemnity to the families of the Ital-
fans lynched at New Orleans.
1S93-Complete Syrian text of the
four gospels of the New Testament
discovered in the Mount Sinai Con-
vent.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12

II legislation will have this effect
on passenger transportation which is
DIN fact interstate commerce, there is
no logical reason why the same result
would not follow legislative reduction
OF freight rates. At any rate the leg
islature should have enacted some
legislation which would have prevent
ed the raising of freight rates at
least, if it could not have done any,
thing to have reduced them.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
DULUTH CASH MARl<Er.
RECEIPTS.

.. Chic cas 10; last year, holi-
Is5 lao, aofn us SiS; last year. holiday; oats,
bo M9idinanHeapolis-wheat, s4s; last year.
~, D1uluth-wheat. 1877; last year, hon-
Winnipeg-sWheat, 10; last year. 1875.
corn UNCHANGED. u Ao"er'
Liverpool sClose-Wheat x higher.
corn unchanged to X higher. "'
Argentine Shipments
Wheat, 4,448,OOO
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
Minot Travellers,

L. A. Plummer, the popular drum
mer with the Minot Grocery house, is
in the city today enroute to Minot
from short trip to Chicago.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
Fitted the CITY.

Matt Camatisch of Fargo, the we'll
known plumbers and steam filters
supply man, was welcome visitor
in the city yesterday Mr.. Canlatisch
makes Grand Forks regularly and al
ways gets the come again" sign
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
Traveller Died.

The funeral of L. Jay Cooks, the
we'll known travelling man, whose
death occurred last week at Wahpe-
ton, was held Tuesday afternoon from
the family residence. Mr.. Crooks
Travelled for Leach & Gamble.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
Accented Position.

P. H. Stenerson has accepted a posi-
ton with the wholesale grocery house,
Leach & Gamble. to succeed L. Jay
Cooks. Mr.. StenersOn was for two
years with the Duluth Dry Goods COM
pany.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
EIGHT PASS EXAMINATION
Medical Examining Board Marks
Papers at Meeting Held in Fargo
on Thursday Evening.

At meeting of the board of medical
examiners, held in Fargo Thursday
evening. the papers of those who
wrote in the exam held in Grand
Forks recently were marked. The
following list of applicants were
granted licenses to practice by virtue
of passing the examination:
E. NJ. Larson, Minot.
w. H. Gray, Ryder.
Emiar Onsum, Devils Lake.
N. N. Jensen, Williston.
A. NJ. Brandt. Bismarck.
w. j. Austin. Balfour.
N. Mykelstad. Columbia.
John Blackburn, Olga.
The following doctors were admitted
to practice from other states by reci-
procity:
A. w. Thomas. Overly.
c.. A. Wicklund.
H. B. Museus, Fessenden.
w. H. Cuthbert, Titus.
Playhouse Razed.
Flames destroyed a delapidated
shack on South Fourth street at an
early hour this morning.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
TRAVELLERS.
THEY ENJOYED DEEP SLEEP
Depot Benches at Langdon Made
D0wny COuches For Several
Weary Travellers.

Several travellers, returned from
trip up the Hannah line, report
sleeping party given under the aus
pieces of Louis w. Hill and participated
in by knights Of the grip and common
people alike. The affair broke up, the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12
DEBATE GOVT. OWNERSHIP.

Washington, D. c., April 12.-That
the interests of the people will be
best subserved by the government
ownership and control of interstate
railways was debated this afternoon
by teams representing George Wash
ington university and the university
of North Carolina. The contest took
place in the Belasco theatre and at
tracted large crowd of auditors.
North Carolina supported the afarma-
tive and George Washington univer-
sity the negative side of the question.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-12

The March report of the Mutual As
ISOLATION of Journeymen Coopers of
Great Britain and Ireland shows
poor condition Of trade, with many
men out of employment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-12

SIDNEY, Ia, Feb 11.-(Special THE
most Successful farmers institute in the
history Of Fremont county was held last
week in Sidney. At the closing session
Saturday evening Hon. ]. S. Estes ad-
dressed the institute on the necessity of
farmers uniting in an effort to secure their
share Of the prosperity which they are the
chief instruments In producing His ad-
vocacy of a 2-cent fare bill was received
with hearty and prolonged applause and
at his suggestion resolutions were put and
unanimously adopted requesting at the
hands of our present legislature a 2-cent
fare bill. A resolution was also passed
demanding better railroad service on the
Sidney branch of the Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy railway, which now gives but
one train a day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-12
Cbntter OF Contribution HOY.

At a religious revival in Emporia. Kan.
which closed recently, the attention Of the
Rev. DR.. Munhall. the evangelist, was
called to the large number OF pennies in
the offering. One night the preacher held
up a silver dollar and a copper penny and
gave a conversation held by the two coins.
You poor little red cent, you; you don't
amount to anything. I'd hate to be you,"
said the big dollar. 'I know I'm not very
big" replied the cent, but the children
like me and I can buy a good many
things" Huh! you can't buy anything
at ALL" said the dollar Just look at me;
big and bright and shiny; can buy a
whole lot more than you can" Maybe
So" said the little red cent, meekly. but
1 go to church a heap oftener than you
do, anyway"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-12
A Pertinent aue.tion.

Richard Harding Davis was talking in
New. York about the life OF a reporter
"A hard life It is" said he. ut is a life
that taxes all the energies. l don't care
how great a genius a man might be, how
resourceful. how persevering. how alert.
all those qualities would be brought in
play II the man turned reporter. and on
many a good story he would still fall down
at that.
Reporters are often snubbed. There is
a stupid type OF man that likes 20 snub
them. Such a man, a bank president,
once tried to snub my friend, Jimmy Pat
The bank had gons up through a de-
falcation. and Jimmy went to interview
its head. But its head was crusty. He
refused TO be interviewed. He took Jimmy
by the arm and led him toward the door.
Young man. ne said. I always make
It a rule to mind my own business
Were you doing that. said Jimmy.
when the cashier made his haul? In
dianapolis Star.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-12
Various Societies Now Hold Meetings
I'm the BUILDING.

Various Societies Now Hold Meetings
I'm the Building.
The Board of Public Library trustees at
its monthly session last night spent a con-
siderable time discussing the advisability
OF renting the auditorium OF the library
building to church, lodge or other public
or private societies or organizations. The
discussion was precipitated by the granting
OF permission to the First Church of Christ,
Scientist to hold its services in the hall
Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings
of each week Some of the trustees took
the position that public library was not
intended for any such purpose as being
made the permanent meeting place of a
church congregation. fraternal organiza-
tion or other public or private body. In
view of the fact that the church offered
to pay $50 a month for the privilege Of hold
ing its services in the auditorium, IL was
finally decided to permit It to do SO until
urther orders
During the discussion It developed that
the Ministerial association meets twice
month In the library, the WomaR's Chris
tian Temperance union twice a month, and
the Medical society once a month. The
pastors and the doctors meet in the room
on the second floor while the woman's
Christian Temperance union meets In what
not been asked to pay anything for the
privilege. The Council BLUFFS woman's
club meets the second and fourth Mon
day evenings. every Thursday afternoon
and every other Wednesday afternoon in
the club room, for which privilege they
contribute % cents a meeting.
The annual statistical report Of the library
for the year ending December 81, 1906
showed that the cost of maintenance had
been $685. 40. and that there was a balance
In the treasury on January 1, 1907, of
A,SsS.S5 The biggest item OF expense was
salaries. $500. The amount expended on
new books was only S7S7.54, while $61935 was
spent in binding magazines and books. Dur
ing the year 726 books were purchased and
156 received by donation. The number Of
books condemned was 367 and the total
number in the circulating library at the
close of the year was 2O3s7 and in the gov
eminent department, 6,741 During the year
n,772 books were issued to patrons The
number of new cards issued was 1900,
making a total OF 4.SA in force on Decem-
Der 81.
The plan of renting for a nominal sum
extra copies of popular fiction was shown
to have paid for itself Up to date $S72.O9
has been received. while $S5662 had been
paid out, leaving balance OF $15.47 on the
credit side of the ledger.
The January report showed that 6,245
books had been issued, 4Ol6 to adults and
2229 to children. OF these the per cent OF
fiction was 1000.
The question of installing electric lights
at the main entrance of the library on
Pearl street WAS deferred until the next
meeting. in order to obtain quotations on
the cost in the meantime
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-12

twenty drope OF morphine. Miss Beattie Is
the one whom Miss Goble testified gave
Baby Jim" the first dose OF laudanum.
Mrs West finishing by giving two other
doses later
First n Freak Bill.
Under the new system OF reciprocity I'M
der which the Iowa Legislature win ex-
change copies OF the bill introduced with
those Of other legislatures. one OF the first
bills to be received is the Kinney bill from
South Dakota. providing for trial marriages
running under contract for five years, with
privilege Of renewal for like period It
has met with no favor with Iowa Iegisia-
tors and will not be introduced here.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-12

Business Man Promises Help to Raise
the Funds.

The movement for a Young Mems Chris
tian association building in Council Bluffs
is to be revived F. c. Riker, chairman Of
the committee which had the matter In
hand last year but failed to secure the
necessary pledges of financial assistance.
has been requested by prominent busi-
ness man, whose name is for the present
withheld to renew the work. This busi-
ness man, 1t is said. coupled with his re-
quest with a promise OF material financial
aid In compliance with this request Mr.
Rker stated yesterday that he would call
the committee together soon with a view
OF pr khing the work in an effort to raise
the necessary funds.
When the movement for n Young Mems
Christian association building was started
last year the committee received all kinds
OF encouragement except cash or prom
Uses Of cash. Finally the committee became
discouraged and the matter was permit
ted to die a natural death, at least for
the time being. Mr.. Riker is now, how
ever, willing to make another effort to raise
the necessary funds.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-12
Iowa News Notes.

IOWA CITY-Mrs. Mary Foster, pioneer
OF johnson county. aged IS, died here this
morning. She was the mother OF e. w.
Warren OF Des Moines.
AFTON-Discovery Sunday OF the
charred remains OF human being in the
debris OF the Brockman fire of over a
week ago may lead TO incendiary develop
ments. So badly charred was the body
that II is impossible to identify the remains.
II is believed, however, that the corpse has
in some way TO do with the burning OF the
block. Officers are working on the case.
Observation-Disclosures j. Phillips of
Boston who, with his father and ten other
children, left Dubuque thirty-hve years ago,
returned today and paid the interest ana
principal on $200-a total Of $1,000. The
money was loaned his father when he left
here poverty stricken. The money was
loaned by two persons now dead, and their
children denied knowledge Of the loan
Phillips however, insisted he would pay
his dead father,s debts and did.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-12
N, Y. Plumbing Co, Tel, $50 Night. eos.
Ladies of Maccabess entertained

LHdIeH OF Mnccabees Entertained.
Miss Ella Mark, Iowa state commander of
the Ladies Of the Maccabees, whose head
quarters are in the city. entertained
twenty-five officers OF the Omaha, South
Omaha and Council Biufrs hives az a three
course luncheon at the Calumet In Omaha
yesterday afternoon. The tables were pref
THY decorated with roses and cut flowers.
Assisting Miss Mark in entertaining were
Mrs. Louise Luchow. Mrs. Anna Gibson and
Mrs Under OF this city.
At the luncheon preliminary arrangements
were outlined for the state conventions In
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-12
Ready for a Recount.

OF a political transaction that had sus-
picious look. Senator Beverage said:
Though in the thing there is nothing on
which we can lay our hand, It certainly
appears hshy. II reminds me OF a Wash
ington waiter.
a gentleman after eating a good dinner.
said to the waiter:
81 am sorry l can't give you a tip, but
ind l only have just money enough TO pay
your bill
The waiter seized the bill hurriedly.
Just let me add il up again, SIR he
muttered. Washington Star.