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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06
For Sheriff.

! hereby announce my candidacy
for the nomination for Sheriff Of
Marshall county on the republican
ticket at the next primary election
and respect yfully solicit your support.
John j. Dallum.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06

Stenographer's note books for sale
at the Sheaf Office.
The state examinations for certi-
dcates to teach ended yesterday.
Supt. Mithun conducted the exa-
limitations at the Warren High
School rooms. There were 81 appli-
Giants for certificates. ss
Invitation note stationery 81 the
4Sheaf Office.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06
For Register of Deeds.

l will be candidate for Register
of Deeds at the primaries. Sept. Is.
1908. and respectfully ask all nv
friends to kindly give me their SUP
port and votes at the polls. You
will find my name on the Republican
ticket. Yours very respectfully.
A. B. Isaacson.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06
For County ATTORNEY.

For County Attorney.
To the voters of Marshall County:
I hereby announce my candidacy
for denomination for county attorney
at the primary election to be held
Sept. Is. and respectfully ask your
vote and influence in my behalf.
VIM. J. Brown.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06

0. B. Eckman. of Roseau. an
nounces himself as candidate for
the legislature this week. He served
a term in the house four years ago
and was known as worker for the
interests of this part of the state.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcement.


To the republican voters Of Mar.
shall. Kittson and Roseau Counties:
I hereby announce nv candidacv
for Representative of the 63rd Legis-
lative District comprising Marshall.
Kittson and Roseau Counties subject
to the approval of the reDu blican
electors at the primary election to
be held September 18th. 1908. /
solicit and will greatly appreciate
your support. and promise nv best
endeavors in behalf of the District
and the State at large.
Very Respectfully.
a. j. Hidden.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06

Warren. Mimi. June 3Oth. 1908.
l herebv announce nv candidacy
for the nomination for Auditor of
Marshall County on the republican
ticket at the next primary election
and respectfully solicit your SUPPORT.
Aug. G. Lundgren.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06

Hon. D. Robertson. of Argyle. an
nonces his candidacy for the legisla-
lure this week. He served in the
last house. made good record and
naturally feels that he is entitled to
an endorsement for another term.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06
For Sheriff.

hereby announce my candidacy
for the nomination for sheriff of
Marshall County. on the republican
ticket, and respectfully solicit the
support of tine voters at the prima-
ries to be held Sept. 18th next.
William Forsberq.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06
Sl.OO PER YEAR.
THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1908.

This is the time of the year when
everybody should be very careful
not to start any prairie fires. A
little spark may cause the destruc-
tion of great deal of property.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06

Reports continue to arrive giving
details of the awful destructi on of
life and property by forest fires in
the Fernie district in British
Columbia.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-06

For County Treasurer.
l hereby announce myself as a
candidate for county treasurer on
the democratic ticket at the primary
election to be held Sept. Is, 1908.
and respectfully solicit the votes and
support Of my friends. If nominat-
ed and elected will perform the
dutiesof the Office faithfully and
efficiently. Ignacy ZakrzeWski.
FOR SALE: A nea rly new Smith
Premier type writer. at the Golden
Rule store.
CT "a. Wittensten: I was at Argyle.
Tuesday taking Ia the tournament
and fair. and found IL we'll attended.
While there I visited Fred Tiedt's
new chime ware house which is
one IS The kest ma mo- complete
nm IN m y a 5SS Il 31 sSssl
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40 nea~ IL that a few strokes would
take II across This inequality. how
ever, does not disturb British sports
men by any means so much as Amsrt-
very philosophica1ly. having no con-
suming passion for precise equality
and no serious concern about reducing
things to an exact level
II is held that luck Is an slement cf
all sport and that sportsnen should
take whatever befalls them good
naturedly and make the best Of IL The
only concession that has been made 20
the spirit OF equality Is this; Instead
OF the score or more OF boats rowing
all at once IN one long line. a. for
many, many years they did. . drst and
second division have been formed
Each afternoon OF -Ef ghts Week tho
crews Of the second division row drst.
the boats OF the frst division rowing
IN the evening The boat which re-
tains leading place, or wins IL By
pumping the leading boat, IN tns sec
ond division, becomes entitled 20 row
at the bottom Of the drst division, and,
IL II can bump the boat ahead OF IL IL
retains a place IN the first division. the
bumped boat dropping 10 top place IN
the second division BY thus dividing
the boats into two sections. the boat At
the head OF each division has only nine
or ten, instead OF twenty or more. boats
below IL, and has a proDortionately
longer distance to row. The positions
occupied by the boats at the close OF
the eighth and last evenings racing
give the order for the year, and on the
first day OF Fights Week" In the fol-
lowing year the boats start In this
order. The boat at the top OF the
first division at the close OF Fights
Week Is termed the Head OF the
River" No trophy or prize Is won BY
the crew OF the head boat. but on PRO
cession Night" which takes place dur
ing "Commemoration Week. when Ok
ford In full OF visitors. and balls,
luncheons. boating parties ana gayetiss
of many kinds 20 on almost continu-
ously. the members Of the crew come In
for an ovation. The head boat hav-
ing been moored near the barge OF the
Oxford University boat club. the other
eights IN due order row up and salute
by tossing their oars" The cock
swain, bow and stroke oars remain
seated to keep the boat trimmed. while
the other six oarsmen. from No. to
No. inclusive. stand and hold their
long IL foot oars with blades In
the air IN honor OF the leading boat
The boat at the head OF the river Is
very likely TO go to the regatta at
Henley. but there Is no rule about this
II II does go. the crews expenses are
met partly by the men themselves and
partly by subscription among the donS
and undergraduates Of the college. The
resources OF the college boat club are
not drawn upon. the trip TO Henley be-
ing regarded as having nothing to do
with college rowing, but as a 5ollifca-
tion for the crew.
Tho humping race. 1ike 50 many
other British institutions. IS a growth
OF circumstances, and. while II is full
OF fun and often quite exciting. produc-
ing several simultaneous contests. II IS
not likely to be adopted anywhere else
except, perhaps. In Australia or SONS
other British colony where similar con-
ditions may arise.
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The favorite method of the gem thief
is to conceal the stolen articles in an
umbrella, parasol or some other Kind
of sunshade, reversed. The operation
is simple: A stylishly dressed woman
enters the store. She leans over the
counter examining the trays of rings.
stones, brooches or earrings which the
clerk has extended to her. She picks
up in her right hand a ring. Her lett
hand moves stealthily forward until the
parasol she carries, with its half open
folds. rests against the near end of the
jewel tray In a twinkling she has
deftly Tipped a. ring into the open
mouth of the silllen receptacle. 1t falls
without sound
The clerk does not discover the loss
until the woman is gone. Even then
he Is not sure that the fashionably
dressed customer took the gem. He did
not see any suspicious movement.
Surely the woman is not guilty. Then
he remembers the parasol, the dropping
or the left hand to the counter, tho
Hash OF kidded glove, and he knows
the woman has outwitted him.
Among the great dry goods firms
several kinds of shoplifters operate
successfully. One type is armed with
the inside pocket hanging almost to
their feet, another has a multitude of
smaller pockets, some the ever ready
handbag, while the real professional
shoplifter carries a baby In her arms
for blind. A baby will attract less at
tehtion from the house detectives than
any other person. though these same
sleuths are well aware that women
with babies are the most dangerous
and the cleverest type of the shop
litter.
Here again the method is simple.
Behind the baby's head and shoulders,
which rest gently against the breast
OF the woman. Is pocket concealed by
the outer folds of the child's garments.
1t Is this pocket which conceals the
stolen articles, which the woman shoves
into 1t. as she unconsciously. 1T seems,
smooths the baby's dress or brushes
back the hair that falls about the
child's forehead.
In many of the eastern cities women
have been known to hire babies for the
very purpose of using them as pro-
lection and aid In shoplifting. In Chi
cago not SO very long ago shoplifter
was caught who confessed to the va
rious methods employed by women OF
her kind 1t was this woman that told
of the baby trick and how 1t was done.
The woman in question was detected
and arrested by accident by house
detective of one of the largest or Chi
cago's department stores. The detec-
tive happened to be connoisseur OF
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sports and life generally. The found
ers of the regatta certainly did not
look forward to a time when the COM
petitors would carp at the regulations
denounce the management and under
take to say what the rules governing
the event should be.
But to deal more particularly with
rowing at Oxford and Cambridge. In
the case of Oxford, boating is done
on the Isis Gas the portion of the
Thames near Oxford is named), and a
tributary called the Cherwell (pro-
nounced Charwell). The latter. how
ever, is so narrow a stream that it is
used only for pleasure rowing, chiefly
in canoes and punts. At cambridge
the boating water is the, Cam, which
is narrower and has less current than
the Isis. For convenience sake 1 will
describe rowing at oxford, which is
in all essential points similar to row.
ing at the sister university. Each
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06
AN1sIHEe The SfARr1Np &UN

sity race unsatisfactory and inconclu-
sive. Then. too. each college wants and
is entitled to the services of its best
oarsmen during the summer, when the
college eight Dared races are held.
Though the royal regatta at Henley
on-Thames is the greatest and most
beautiful aquatic carnival In the world.
and its trophies are more highly es-
teemed by amateurs than any other
rowing prizes. going to Henley" is re-
garded by British oarsmen rather as
frolic and jolly outing than as a serious.
solemn. nerve racking affair. The Eng
lishmen who take part in Henley re-
gatta are accomplished earsmen, many
OF whom have been rowing since they
were schoolboys at Eton, and in fine
physical condition, but they are not
prepared prize fighters. They abstain
from unwhoIesome food and drink, do
not smoke much. row regularly. and in
the contest pull as hard as they can.
but they do not submit to a rigid sys-
tenn Of training or deliver themselves
into the hands of a professional coach;
and though, OF course. they want to
win. they are not heartbroken over de-
feat 1t is possible for any strong,
healthy man who knows how to row
and IS In good physical trim to
bucket" over the Henley course with
out any special training. Indeed. the
unframed or lightly trained man is
livelier than the severely trained one,
and is, of course, superior to the over
trained one Though the stewards"
who control Henley regatta are old
university oarsmen. the regatta is an
affair quite apart from university row.
ing, neither victory nor defeat of
college crew in any of the events af-
fecting its standing in the rowing world
of Oxford or Cambridge in the least.
The founders of Henley regatta never
dreamed that it would some day be-
come an international affair and would
give rise to all sorts of heart burning
recrimination, odious charges and acri-
monious discussion They expected
that the competitors would be one or
two strong college crews from oxford
and Cambridge. the Eton eight, crews
from the London, Leander, Thames and
other metropolitan rowing clubs, and
occasionally a foreign crew. It was
further supposed that any oarsmen
who might enter from foreign coun-
tries would be willing to accept the
regatta as they found It and to sub
NIT to the rules drawn up by the
stewards" who are men of wide ex-
perience not only in rowing, but in
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06
Bv Arthur Inkersley

While there are opportunities for en-
5oying almost every form Of sport at
the universities Of oxford and Cam
bridge. the most characteristic recrea-
tion is eight cared boat racing. Cricket,
football lawn tennis. golf polo, driv-
ing. fox hunting. etc. may be obtained
equally well, and IN some cases bet
ter than elsewhere. but few men get
chance Of pulling IN an eight cared
boat after their undergraduate days
are over. The most important rowing
event OF the year IS. OF course. the
interuniversity race on the Thames
over course Of four and half miles
from Putney to sIortlalze near London.
In this race oxford IS represented by
the eight best oarsuen selected from
the q colleges and two halls which
make up the university I'm much the
same manner as all the states form
the union). and Cambridge by men
picked from the eight cared crews OF
her II colleges and three hostels. As
q single strong college Of oxford or
Cambridge not infrequently turns out
an eight that wins the Grand challenge
cup at Henley regatta, It IS evident
that q crew made up OF the picked
oarsmen OF all the college crews at
either university is a pretty formi-
dable combination. For the last half
century or more no crew representing
the universities OF oxford or Cam
bridge has taken part in the Henley
regatta; but 1t IS usual for the one Or
two fastest eight cared crews Of sin
gle colleges TO go TO Henley each year
and enter the races for the Grand
challenge cup and other trophies. OK
ford and Cambridge oarsmen also en-
ter for the four oars pair oars. dia-
mond and WingAeld sculls. etc.
AS soon as the interuniversity boat
race, which takes place in spring, is
over the men composing the university
crews go back 70 their own colleges
and add strength to their college eights.
Inssmuch as the men making up the
varsity eight may come from as many
different colleges. Il would be imprac-
~D-S - e0NAel thelA lOSelAer lnto
one boat again. Besides this, 1t is de-
sired TO make the annual interuniver-
atty boatrsce over the long course the
HnaI test The Henley course, being
only 6 mile and $50 yards. is so short
that * Is quite possible that the crew
which was beaten IN the four and q
half mile race might win at Henley,
and this would make the interuniver-
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OF which the seconds are counted on TO
keep the crew informed OF the moment
at which they may expect to hear the
starting gun. AS It booms out, the
cockswains drop the bungs simulta-
neously and all the eights are on. rac-
ing for dear life, each trying to catch
the boat ahead and to avoid being
caught by the boat astern- If boat
is able to touch with its nose an oar or
any part OF the boat ahead, both boats
draw to the bank and leave clear
course to the remaining eights- The
boat that touches the other Is said 10
have made q bump" and the slower
boat is said to have been pumped. A
bump is acknowledged by the cockswaip
of the bumped boat raising his hand
When thu racing Is resumed next even
ing, the humping and the bumped boats
exchange places, the one which made
the bump going up one place and the
boat which was bumped going down
one place. At the close OF eight nights
racing on this plan. Il IL considered that
the boats have risen or dropped to
about the positions to which they are
entitled and Fights Week Is over.
The boat which is at the top OF the lfAs
on the last night, II IL Is not bumped,
or the second boat. II IL succeeds In
humping the hrst is Head OF the
River and takes the first place In the
line on the opening night OF Flights
Week" next year.
The latter part of the course fer .
quarter OF mile Is partly taken up by
the college barges, which are large.
handsome houseboats. moored perma-
nently in a continuous line along the
left bank OF the river. The interiors
are fitted up as dressing rooms. the
inner one being reserved for members
of the college crews The top Is
equipped with an ornamental balus-
trade, and In hot weather has n gay
awning spread over 1t. The college
dag floats from each barge. During
Fights Week" every barge II crowded
with fashionable people-the fathers,
mothers, sisters, cousins. aunts and
friends of the undergraduates On
the bank opposite to the barges Is q
towpath, along which the members Of
the various colleges run, shouting
well rowed, Trinity "Go II, Lincolnr'
and so on, to encourage the crews. To
make the more noise some OF the en-
thusiasts carry handbells or rattles,
but the diabolically ingenious racket
generators of American university stu
dents are mercifully absent. Some
times It happens that a boat about to
make a bump is perilously near being
bumped and at such crisis the noise
redoubles; but 1T Is mild and decorous
compared with the ear shattering din
at an interuniversity contest IN this
country.
1t is evident that when there are q
score or more eights, each b6-58 feet
long. and two boat lengths, or 112-
116 feet, of clear water between every
two boats. the crews near the top OF
the line have q much shorter distance
to row than those at the bottom In
fact, the presumably stronger crew
rows the shortest distance and the
presumably weakest crew pulls the
longest distance. II there were enough
eights on the river the curious result
would be produced that the head boat
would start on the finishing line, or
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fine laces. He had noticed a particular
pattern at one Of the counters. His
sister entered the store. He beckoned
to her and approached the counter
where the lace was located. At that
instant he caught sight of the woman
with a babe in her arms And as he
looked he saw her seize piece of lace
and shove 1t under the baby's head.
The trick was plain. The woman was
arrested. In the hidden pocket was
found several hundred dollars worth
of valuable laces.
The millinery stores are not immune
from the shoplifter. stylishly
hats. The next day she returns to the
store accompanied by a companion, an
other woman. The first woman en-
cages the clerk in conversation and
then casually asks for another hat
box. The clerk turns her back for
moment to secure the box The second
woman is not idle. She has seized
hat and showed It under her loosely
fitting overcoat. The two women pass
into the ladies' dressing parlor. There
the hat is transferred to the box. The
women walk away and the theft is not
noticed until It Is too late.
There are other and equally success
full tricks adopted by the professional
shoplifter.
The kleptomaniac is more bold and II
anything more cunning. A KEPT
maniac will steal piece OF goods and
conceal 1T In the most out of the way
places In most instances. after taking
the article, she forgets about 1t and
never uses II.
The shoplifter is not always sue
cessful. Every large department store.
1ewelry firm and curio store has its
corps of trained detectives who are
looking for the shoplifter. Girls who
have had experience behind the coun.
ters, mon who know the habits Of
women of fashion. keen eyed sleuths
whose only business 10 to watch every
customer, are always on tho alert for
tho shoplifter. They follow her every
where. Her every move IL noticed, yet
she may remain oblivious to tho fact.
In this way and this way only. ara the
pilferers caught.
San Francisco, Los Angeles. Portland,
Seattle, Oakland and Spokane are ell
infested with tho shoplifter. Here in
San Francisco. where the largest and
finest of western merchant firms are
located, the shoplifter is the most
plentiful The police are watching. yes.
but the shoplifter- works. steals
and departs. and the problem. What
shall the merchants do to trap these
clever thievesf remains unsettled.
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self no easy matter. There is no other
way in which the shoplifter can be de-
tected and convicted.
Strangely enough the police records
are remarkably free of shoplifters'
Names while the rogues' gallery lacks
their pictures Yet the police will tell
you that shoplifters exist as distinct
criminal class with numerous members.
Just now the stores. the great, cozy,
roomy emporiums are crowning their
counters and shelves with attractive ar
ticles, articles that draw the attention
of the women shoppers, those that
please and are so dear to the feminine
heart, be the woman the wife of mill
lionaire or a carpenter. The jeweler
has increased his supply of precious
gems. of brilliant jewels of every de-
scription; the dry goods merchant has
imported the rarest, finest of Asiatic
and European silks; the novelty mer-
chant has arranged for more costly
novelties, and now all is ready for--the
shoplifter.
For the next few weeks 1t Will be
the busiest lime of the year for the
merchants who deal in fneries and all
the things that are indicated by the
one word-Christmas
And into this busy, bustling season
OF seasons comes the shopllfter with
her noiseless tread, her nimble fingers
her keen deception. discernment, her
battling tactics. AS a white mule is the
superstitious 'hoodoo" of a negro par
son the shoplifter is the bane of the
merchant.
She has hundred different ways OF
operating. She may wear a skirt with
a dozen or more secret pockets, capable
of concealing any number of small ar
ticles. Again she might have one large
pocket that hangs from the skirt near
the waist line into which could be
showed a bolt OF silk or equally large
article. Detection is next to impossible
because of the fact that the pocket is
not fastened to the skirt all the way
down, but hanging free the folds of the
outer garment prevent its discovery
In the big jewelry stores the clerk
is always alert. A small uncut stone
may be worth thousands of dollars, a
simple ring as many more. The shop
litter works here with equal ease and
success.
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of the q colleges and two halls of
Oxford university is represented on the
river by an eight Dared boat, manned
by the eight best oarsmen among the
undergraduates of not more than four
years standing. The halls are some
times not strong enough In rowing
men to put an eight on the river, so
that from 81 to % crews take part
In the annual college races In May
in what is known as the summer
term" Oxford is 112 miles by river
from London bridge, and the Thames
is not a very wide stream in its upper
reaches. The rowing course between
Ifiey lock and Folly bridge is about
one and quarter miles long and in
some places, notably at point named
The Gut" is barely broad enough to
accommodate two racing eight oars at
once. Consequently, If the boats rowed
in couples, the beaten one retiring.
and each crew was called on to row
only once q day. weeks would be re-
quired to determine the relative posi-
tioI of the boats. To meet this diff
Guilty (Which occurs also at Cambridge
a peculiar style of racing, practiced no.
where else in the world, except per-