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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
FATE OF A RARE STAMP.
craved by Collectors and Burned by a
Careless Domestic.

craved by Collectors and Burned by a
Careless Domestic.
In the year 1851 twelve penny black
Canadian postage stamp was printed
by the government at Ottawa. The
public did not regard this somber issue
with favor, so few were issued.
One Of these stamps was sent to the
Hamilton postoffice, where it was sold
to an old gentleman, who said it was
shame to print the queens picture
on stamp that might be handled by
profane hands. Tenderly the old gen
tleman put it on parcel, sending it to
friend in the United States. Here,
in the wastebasket, it lay for many a
day till an errand boy found it and
quickly transferred it to his album
Despairing of getting good collection
and his fever for stamps somewhat
abating, he sold them to dealer. The
new owner, on looking at the cata-
logue. found that what he had paid S.
for was worth $25.
Accidentally the stamp was slipped
into 25 cent packet and sent to a
dealer residing in Hamilton. When
the latter opened the packet he was
astonished to find such a valuable
stamp and, being honest, wrote his
friend to inform him of what had hap
pened, offering him $1,000 for it. The
offer was accepted. and the stamp
again changed hands. By this time the
stamp had increased in value. and not
few came from distance to look at
the treasure. One day an English no.
bleman, who, through Canadian
friend, had heard of the stamp offered
$500, which offer was accepted. The
English lord. falling in love with an
American heiress and wishing to gain
the favor Of her brother. presented
him with the stamp as a token Of
esteem. Here, in its new and luxuri-
GUS American home. it came to sad
end, for one day the maid, by mistake,
swept the stamp. which had accidental.
~ fallen out of the album, into the
fire. In an instant the stamp which
thousands had heard of and longed
for went up in smoke to the broad,
blue sky. leaving not trace behind.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19

You are hereby summoned to an
swer the complaint in the above en-
titled action, which is on file in the
Office of the clerk of the district court
in an for said Burleigh county, at Bis
marck, and to serve copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the
subscribed at his Office in the city of
Bismarck, Burleigh county, North Da-
kota, within thirty days after the SER
vice of this summons upon you, exclu-
sive of the day of service; and in case
of your failure to appear or answer.
judgment will be taken against you
by default for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
Dated April Is, 1903.
A. T. PATTERSON,
Plaintiffs Attorney, Bismarck, n. u.
Notice to the above named defend
ants and the defendants unknown:
The property to which the above en-
titled action relates is described as
follows, viz: Northeast quarter of sec
ton fourteen, in township one hun
dred thirty-eight, range seventy-nlne;
and the south two-thirds of lot three
in block three of Northern Pacific adj
dition to the city of Bismarck -,orth
Dakota, according to the plat thereof
on file in the office of the register of
deeds of Burleigh county. North Da.
kota; all said property being situate
in the county of Burleigh, state OF
North Dakota
Dated April IS, 1908.
A. T. PATTERSON,
Plaintiffs Attorney, Bismarck, N. d.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
THE ANDEAN WALL.
Crossing the Chilean cordiIlera In
Winter and In Summer

Winter and In Summer.
The wall Of the Andes begins at the
Caribbean and runs all the way down
the western edge Of South America un.
I'll 1t trails off into the Antarctic like a
Jagged dragons tail. 1t is very high
wall and a very wide sometimes
scores and sometimes hundreds of
miles across-and except in a few
places all but impossible. There is
the Oroya railroad in central Peru, the
highest In the world, which will take
you from the drowsy tropical coast at
breakfast time and by early afternoon
set you on the roof of the divide, shiv-
ering and breathing fast. 1880 feet
above the sea. There is railroad up
to Lake Titicaca from Mollendo, in
southern Peru, which crosses the
shoulder Of the Andes at an altitude
about thousand feet lower, and there
Is a railroad running down into Chile
and the coast from the Bolivian pla-
teau. The only railroad highway
which crosses the continent, however,
is that which climbs the Chilean noun.
tains to the pass of Uspallata and runs
thence across the pampa to#Buenas
Aires. Some day this will be through
line from sea to sea, and in dozen or
more places tunnel gangs are nibbling
under the upper cordillera. But now
it Is open only during the summer, and
even then the fourteen kilometers over
the Cumbre, or summit Of the pass,
must be made by stage In winter no
attempt is made to cross, and from
Mendoza, in the Argentine foothills,
over to Los Andes, on the Chilean side.
about $50 miles, the road is closed.
The Andes in these parts rise to ap-
palling heights, the Hottest of which
is Aconcagua's $4,000 feet and the pass
itself is at not far from 13,OO0-3, 900
meters, to be exact. During the winter
the months Of our northern summer
1t lis buried in snow, the deadly tenn
poral is likely at any time to whirl
down on the traveller, and crossing the
cordillera is as different thing from
crossing it in summer as crossing o
prairie carpeted with spring violets is
different from venturing into 1t during
a blizzard, when man may lose his
way and freeze to death furlong
from the ranch house door. Whoever
tries to cross after the LIST Of June is
supposed to take his life in his hands,
-Scribners.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
TERENon v PowDBRLY AND SECRETARY OSCAR q gTRAUs

government toward benevolent assim-
ilation Of foreigners who are admitted
under the laws, and must be admitted
no matter whether we want them or
not, until the laws are altered. 1t is q
highly important movement. Now for
the first time the national government
has opened its eyes to the fact that a
serious situation, not q scientific the
DRY, confronts us. This new creation
in Secretary Strauss department, au-
thorized by an act of the last congress,
Is a step toward controlling that seri-
GUS situation.
Heretofore all our immigrants have
come into the country In haphazard,
laundering way, looking out for them-
selves altogether, preys Of sharks and
crooks, many Of them practically help
less and hopeless. With the United
States admitting them through the Ell
lis island gates, It has been pitiable
case Of the blind leading the blind.
Uncle Sam has been blind to the perils
Of the situation and blind to the OPP
portunities presented him in properly
handling his incoming wards. He has
been a careless and inefficient guard
Ian. Everybody who has made even
casual study Of the immigration
problem is aware of this fact, which
b not creditable to the government.
Without direction or advice other
than that afforded by the steamship
companies and the birds of prey who
infest the lower end Of Manhattan Is
land, what becomes Of the immigrants
who now reach our shores to the num-
Der of more than million year?
Well, most Of them stay in three or
four Of the biggest cities. New York
catches and holds in the neighborhood
Of quarter Of million year. Chi
cago assimilates into Its slums hun
dred thousand or more Philadelphia
gets many, Boston more than the Back
Bay district can stand for with equa-
nimity. and smaller cities catch more
than their full quota. Only compar-
atively small number Of the incomers
60 out to the liberal farming countries,
korth. south and southwest, and inherit
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
BY RoBERTUs LOVE.

"HE latest phase of the immigra-
ton problem seems to be stir
ring up something Of hornets
nest In some parts of the
country the forces Of organized labor
are up in arms against the work of the
new division of information in the de-
partment Of commerce and labor. This
division is part Of the bureau of i'm
migration. The man in charge Of it Is
Terence v. Powderly, than whom no
individual in labor circles is better
known throughout the world.
It seems somewhat anomalous that
organized labor should oppose move
ment officially headed by the man who
for fourteen years was grand master
workman Of the knights Of Labor, the
biggest and most powerful organiza-
ton Of workingmen ever formed on
the globe. With more than a million
members the knights Of Labor force
for years welded a remarkable infiu-
ence upon American commerce and In
dustry.
Why, then, is this thus?
Mr.. Powderly, as chief Of the divi-
sion Of information, is really the man
ager of Uncle Sans big new free en-
ployment bureau. He is, In fact, much
more than that, but he is that, and for
. that reason certain labor leaders de-
cry the division of information. Over
and beyond the fact that this new sec
ton Of the bureau of immigration is q
free employment bureau Of national
scope floats ever in view the still more
important fact that the primary object
of the innovation in government serv-
ice is to distribute the hordes Of immi-
grants who come to the United States
to points where they will do the most
good for themselves and for the coun-
try which has accepted them and must
assimilate them.
Highly important Movement.
Boiled right down to its bare bones,
the division of information Is an in
telligent effort upon the part Of this
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
Antiquity Of the Oath.

The oath is practically as old as his
tory. AS far back as we can go we
find some form Of appeal to the forces
that are stronger than man. The oath
calling God to witness Is Of course
much later than that made in the name
of the powers Of nature, fire. food and
tempest or the ferocity of wild beasts
or the terror Of the pestilence. The
gesture of the raised hand and the for
mula, $50 help me Cod" are Of Jewish
Christian origin, although the ancient
nations swore In the name Of their
gods.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
Gasping For Settlers.

And yet far from the madding crowd
In these big cities virgin areas are SIM
ply gasping for settlers. In the south
ern states, beginning with Maryland
and Virginia and continuing through
the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama,
there is constant cry for more peo-
pie, more farmers, more laborers, more
mill hands labor skilled and unskill-
ed is wanted, and men are wanted to
settle on the unimproved lands and
make them blossom productivity.
A similar condition obtains in the
southwestern states, though perhaps
not to like degree of urgency. South
ern Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory
present splendid opportunities for set
tiers, particularly for those who come
from the southern countries Of Europe
and therefore will be acclimated the
moment they step off the train. 1t Is a
well known fact that some of our
northwestern states-Minnesota and
Wisconsin, for instance been
settled largely by immigrants from the
Scandinavian countries, who fancy q
little cold weather now and then be-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
Cochrane & Taylor,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
First Publication April %, 19OS.)

First Publication April %, 19OS.)
Summons.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUN.
ty OF Burleigh. In district court,
Sixth judicial district
Louisa F. Paine, plaintiff, VS.. Myrtle
Grimshaw, Maud Grimshaw, Allie
Grimshaw, Ida Paine, and all other
persons unknown claiming any es-
tate or interest in, or lien or incums
brance upon, the property described
in the complain, defendants.
The state of North Dakota to the
above named defendants:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
Lobster Monstro.Itv.

Charles A. Chase Of Bath, Me-, cap
tsred freak in the lobster line the
other afternoon while fishing ten miles
east OF Seguin, Me-. says the Kennebec
Journal. He hauled in q lobster which
measured thirty-two inches and weigh
ed thirteen pounds. The shell was COW
cred with barnacles and was Judged
by old fishermen to be at least ten
years old. It was the largest lobster
caught In that vicinity for many years
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
A Lively Play.

II heard one man." said the play
wright, ''who attended the premier Of
my new play last night complain that
It was so late when he got out"
'sYes?' queried the critic.
Eyes, and yet the final curtain fell
before 10:45."
"Ah, perhaps he oversight himself!'
Philadelphia Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
Objects Of the Bureaus.

constant correspondence with the gov
errors Of states and their immigration
officials. The object is to ascertain
where labor Is wanted and where set
tiers are desired. Then the informa-
ton division directs the immigrants
to the Jobs and the settlements. In
telligent representatives are to mingle
with the immigrants on shipboard and
inform them as to chances for employ
ment and for acquiring farm land.
Mr.. Powderly states that his division
now has jobs waiting for approximate
~ a quarter of million men. women
and children throughout the country.
There is no lack of work, he says, for
anybody who wants to work, either
American or foreign import. If the
foreigners must be imported they must
be distributed. 1t is simply a matter
Of distribution and assimilation or con-
centration and stagnation.
This division Of information estab-
lished by Secretary Straus is not to
merely aid in distributing immigrants.
It will furnish American workingmen
nation where work may be obtained,
but it viii actually obtain for them a
promise Of employment before they
leave one part of the country for an
other.
Organized labor in some quarters has
severely criticised Secretary straus for
the creation Of this SO called free en-
ployment agency. These critics hold
that Mr.. Straus is not q friend to
union labor. They hold that the igno-
rant European immigrant will work
more cheaply than the intelligent
American and therefore that the new
system of distribution will tend to cut
down the general scale Of wages. AS
to this. point no doubt the divergence
Of opinion will be wide.
A fierce fight against the new move
ment is imminent in the forthcoming
congress. Lined up alongside the ad-
ministration will be many state gov
ernors and local immigration officials
who are trying to get settlers to take
their unoccupied lands. The railroads
also will have hand In the matter.
They want to sell tickets and haul
produce. Also in line with the admin
istration will be the various charitable
organizations in the great cities. On
the other hand will be those earnest
persons who hold that America is for
Americans and the devil take the rank
outsider
The problem has several distinct
phases. 1t is ethical, social and indus
trial. Are we our brothers keepers or
are we merely our brothers support.
ers? Something must be done with the
Immigrants. They are here, and they
are coming by the million. From pres.
ent indications the proposition will be
fought to some kind of finish on the
floors of congress to the exclusion OF
the free seed problem and the tariff.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
Fair Warming.

Mistress--Jane, saw the milkman
kiss you this morning. In the future l
will take the milk In. Jane-Twouldn't
be no use, mum. He promised never to
kiss anybody but me.-Illustrated Bits.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19

Swimming Match For cripplss.
The Paris Union Of Cripples is ar
ranging swimming match, open to
cripples only. to be held in the Seine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19

1t will surprise many to learn that
ear diseases were studied some S.40O
years ago.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19

cause it reminds them Of home. These
states have fourished amazingly I'M
der the Scandinavian farmers tillage.
Heretofore the average would be i'm
migrant with a yearning toward Amer
lea, the land of the free and the home
Of the brave, has heard Of nothing
more In this country than New York
city and perhaps small fringe Of the
Atlantic coast running northward
therefrom. The rest Of the United
States to him Is without form and
void. Yet many thousands Of these
immigrants are small farmers In Italy
and other countries, pitifully cramped
for land, who would be gleriously glad
to know that they can obtain at a
cheap price a few acres Of good farm
ing land in America.
The new division of information ia
thered by Secretary 'Straus ana man
aged by Mr.. Powderly simply pro-
poses to inform the Immigrant as to
his opportunities, to point out to him
that America is considerably larger
than the city of New York and the en-
yirons of Buzzards Bay.
The work really began about year
ago. Mr.. Powderly had been making
study of the matter Of distributing
immigration. He quietly made trips
through the south and voyage to
Europe In furtherance Of his theories.
Then Secretary Stratus appointed him
to his present position.
II appointed Mr.. Powderly," says
the secretary, because know him
to be one Of the best Informed and
most enlightened men in the United
States"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
Coughs, Colds and Croup

than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. In
many homes it is relied upon as inn
plicitly as the family physician. It con.
tatns no opium or other narcotic, and
may be given as confidently to baby
asto an adult. Price 25c: large size 500
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
Tribute Not to Be DespIsed.

This tribute from Oscar 3. Strauss,
who is beyond question the most schol-
arly man In the presidents cabinet, is
not to despised. It Is a tribute not
only to Terence v. P0wderly, but to
organized labor, with which Mr.. Pow.
derly has been associated prominently
from his boyh
Mr.. Powderly was born Of Irish par
eutage In northern Pennsylvania afty-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
Prospeets 81 sir Thomaa.

When Upton comes to lift the cup,
Though he's q gritty tar.
Instead OF getting that same CUP
He'll get another Jar.
IF. p. Pitxer IN New York Sun.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19
(First publication April Ia, 1908.)
So Summons.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUN

- Summons.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUN-
ty of Burleigh.-In district court,
Sixth Judicial district.
Roy Dell Joslin, plaintiff, VS.. Susie
Joslin, defendant.
The state of North Dakota to the de-
PENDANT above named:
You are hereby summoned to an
swer the complaint in the above en-
titled action, which complaint is here
unto annexed and herewith served
upon you; and to serve copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the
subscribers at their Offices in the city
of Bismarck, Burleigh county, North
Dakota, within thirty days after the
service of this summons upon you, ex-
elusive of the day of such service !;
and in case of your failure to appear
or answer, judgment will be taken
against you by default for the relief
demanded in the complaint
Dated at Bismarck, N. D., April 10
1908.
Cochrane & Taylor,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Bismarck, N. D.
To the defendant above named:
Take notice that the summons and
complaint in the above entitled action
were filed in the Office of the clerk OF
the district court of Burleigh county
North Dakota, upon the 11th day OF
April, 1908.
Cochrane & Taylor,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-19

eight years ago. He was bred TO toll.
He was graduate machinist when be
reached twenty-one and the head Of a
local labor union. Then when the
knights Of Labor began to flourish
this young Pennsylvania workman,
was elected time and time again to the
head of that vast body. He was elect
ed three times mayor of Scranton, Pa.
his home town. During McKinley's
administration he was the commits
sioner of immigration. In that post
he had opportunity to study the immi-
grafton problem in all its phases, and
it appears that the matter of proper.
distribution appealed most strongly to-
him. Mr.. Powderly is also a lawyer
and has practiced before the supreme.
court of the United States. AS to ed
ucation-well, the present writer not
long ago heard him tell this little
story:
when was commissioner of i'm
migration an important looking per-
son came into my Office and made a
remark to the effect that man in my
position ought to have university ed
ucation. wheeled around in my chair
and replied something like this:
Yes, sir, he ought, and l have a
university education. l matriculated
very early in the university Of hard
knocks, Of honest toll, of practical ex-.
perience. I took all the regular courses
and most Of the elective combinatio
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4
the part of the earth that is coming to
them-if they find it out.
Thus we have in New York such
fourishing cutthroat societies as the
Black Hand, with its branches in the
other cities. We have great slum dis
tricts almost exclusively settled by the
pauper outcasts of Europe, who drop
even lower in the social scale here
than the pits into which they were
born at home. They produce large
and swarming hives of children, who
grow up dirty, ignorant, depraved and
utterly unfit for American citizenship.
This is speaking, of course, in gener-
al way. Everybody knows that some
Of these city staying immigrants rise
above their surroundings and make
good citizens. But the tendency is the
other way.