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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09
THAW GETS CLOTHING
FROM MAT TEAWAN
spsoinl bu United Press wirs.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, May a.
day for an order directing the Mat
over to Harry Thaw, who is in jail
ing. District Attorney Hack oppos-
ed the motion on the ground that 1t
was based on anticipation of Thaw's
release. The court allwed the cloth
ing only.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09
CREW RESCUED
OFF STRANDED
BOAT IN GALE
,oin1 bn united preaa Wtrs.

Special by United Press Wire;
Sandy Hook. May 9:-The captain
and thirty-six members of the crew
of the steamer Washtenaw, which
was stranded on Plymouth beach,
were taken ashore today by the life
savers.
The ship was grounded during the
fog and gale last night. The life
savers tried to reach her, but could
not, so they used the breeches buoy
to make the rescue.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09
LOCKED UP UNTIL
5oNDSMAN APPEARED

Philip Shumaker, the local insur-
ance agent, who pleaded not guilty
yesterday to a charge of embezzle-
ment brought by the Prudential Life
Insurance company, experienced
some trouble about his bondsmen
yesterday at New Brunswick.
AS result of not looking into
the property affairs Of one chosen,
he was locked in the county jail for
a few hours until property-owner
went his bond. He will be tried May
18.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09

Our fountain opens for the season
TODAY. We will be pleased to
see you at the store. Souvenirs for
all purchasers on that day. We also
invite your attention to the appear
ance of our store, we believe we have
the neatest store and stock in town.
SEAMAN,
878 State St.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09

DR.. ]. L. Macdonald removed his
Offices from No. 129 Smith street to
NO. / Centre street, corner of High
street, May 1st.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09
WAREHOUSE FINISHED
FoR FURNITURE FIRM

Nathan Roth has completed the
frame warehouse In Mechanic street
for Roth & Leitchman. The struc-
ture is 56x221 " feet, two-and-a-half
stories high.
Buy advertised things hereafter
and the whole shopping proposition
will take on new meaning to you.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09
The Winners Argue That President
Roosevelt Will Not Rank in His
tory With Washington and Lincoln
CREHORE GETS SECOND AWARD

WINNERS THE EVENING NEWS PRIZES
DEBATE
Franklin Literary tNegatve) receives
Ira Moore, s5 gold for the best debater.
John Crehore. $3.50 gold
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09

An anchor to windward--an ad In
the EVENING NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09
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.LAU m DR. =

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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09

Where placarding sell a foot OF
land, newspaper advertising sells an
acre
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-07
Empty Space Filled

This ssaid to be a locality that has
been farmed to some extent for twenty
years. The same conditions exist far
Their west. Land values are not quite
as high, but the land is good and the
crops satisfactory. The great new ag-
riculture empire Of North Dakota Is
Ward County Ten years ago it held
only a handful of people. Now lts
population is estimated at over 10000.
1t has $4,000 taxpayers on the county
auditors roll, and about 5000 voters
It is not only the largest county Of the
state in area, but in population. It
covers 172 congressional townships,
and practically every quarter section
is homestead claim.
The gateawy to this country the city
Of Minot, has sprung UP in half a doz-
en- years from a mere railroad junction
point to a city Of $500 people, a COM
merciaI and political center out Of all
proportion to its size, and with a splen-
did future assured. It has become a
wholesale and jobbing centeE for all
this new region. More than two hun
bred travelling statesmen make their
adnuarters in the town. Several
large concers Of Chicago and fhe twin
cities maintain branch houses or ware
houses In MinSt. New industries and
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-07
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SETS
PACE ~ DEVELOPMENT
SLOPE COUNTRY IN
NORTH DAkcr5>
HAS "ARRivED"

Vice the Jolrlal ssat '.ir
Cheney, staff n'., to Nnrlh
Dakota the primar, ,';,'.@t II
vieS w.; survey ri he usus1
~ .ntc:. sting poli:Gi >:l,tir;l
in tina. STATE. But like the. >er
so ,.,,i ewspaper mar that he
is, ". Cheney found no lack rf
god >. yterial out; IT tho
rst'I q, politics. and in the
ar 'cs:e which follo rs i.n h':s
dr2p.n ! truthful picture Of The
WuIcel;"l development. which
the mas decade h.; shown III
Western North Dakota
His article has not been writ
ten for any boom effect, but
simply for the news value 1t
will have for thousands and
thousands Of readers of the
Journal in wildly divergent sec.
tions of the country. The slope
in North Dakota has .mAde
good. but just how good many
will not fully realize until they
have read Mr.. Cheney's article
in full.
Interesting ind ed are the 6g-
ures which tell Of the growth
Of North Dakota issued by
Commissioner of Agriculture,
w. G.. Gilbreath, as follows:
Population over 100000.
Pcstoffices, $50.
Free delivery rural mail rout-
es. 29s.
Miles of railroad, 1856.
Newspapers published, 345.
Ignite coal mines, SO.
Tons Of coal mined, 515,4S1.
Assessed valuation of all pro-
perty in 1907, $21s,s63,S39.47.
Totl valuation Of all proper
ty is more than $3.50, 100000.
Number of state banks, 430.
Number Of national banks
1870.
Number of acres in crop,
1907, 9,S90,000.
Wages paid for laborers, ST.
119,137.
Bushels of grain produced
wheat, 72,534,S12; flax 1905
Sol; oats. 3S,94o,122; barley,
1,2S6,S93; potatoes. 1,751,967.
13,2s9,547; rye, 3l4,663; corn,
= :.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-07

Income. every year. Even with the
lsad - present values. cases are
known where men have bought farm
and paid for It out Of the returns Of
their arst years Drop. Around Minot
and west Of there the sed house is
occasionally seen, but It is only q ques-
ton Of time when the settlers frst
primitive make.shifts are replaced by
substantional things.
Most Native immigration
Most Of the immigration into this
slope country is native American. The
settlsrs are largely Industrious, vide
awa.ss young farmers and their fami-i
lies who have come from Iowa Wiscon
sin, Minnesota and from older settled
section in the Dakotas to exercise
their. homestead right. Much Of the
Norwegian selement is native born
children Of parents who came from the
old country to Minnesota, Iowa AMI
Wisconsin. There are some settle
ments OF imported" Norwegians and
Danes, but for the most part they a G
very well Americanized. It is s,',m-
ated that one-third of the pc ,Llation
81 Ward county Is Of Norweg..l birth
or parentage. The counties to the
south run more to German as the for
eign element. The ultimate blend Of
these people will make splendid Am
erican citizenship.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-07
BY Charles 3. Cheney.
(In the Minneapolis JournaD.
.sAnd the desert shall blossom as

In the Minneapolis JOurnal).
.'And the desert shall blossom as the
rose"
Il ever this prophecy is fulfilled,
it has been in the sudden transforma-
ton Of western North Dakota from a
bleak cattle range to a prosperous and
well peopled farming region, one OF
the worlds greatest granaries.
Ten years ago the Missouri slope
and the Mouse river valley were
thought to be fit for nothing but cattle
and sheep grazing, Almost the sole
inhabitants were ranchn1en whose
herds roamed over hundreds and thou
sands of acres. But the restless tide
of humanity, pushing ever westward
in the search for free land, broke past
She Red River Valley, past the valley
Of the ,.Jim'', and began taking claims
on the prairie tableland TO the West,
The yenturous homeseeker made a
success right from the start. The soil
repaid them richly. and yielded
abundant increase. Their crops did not
burn I'D from drouth. While the rain
fall was less than farther east, less
seemed to be required, and one year
after another the moisture came in
sufficient quantities to mature good
crops. '.~ II
e,nportunity did not knock at the
aoor III vain for these early settlefs'
Going TO this new country with lutte
or nothing, living in sod houses, ana
quitting up with hardships in those hrst
lonesome days, they won the t1ght ana
now live in comfort, with fertile farms
a, their own and a future OF independ-
erce assured. After them came tne
rush. Settlers poured into McHenrs
ward and Williams counties by tram
loads, and later into Mclean, Morton
Snark and Billings Last OF them AZ
followed the Milwaukee road lnte
Adams and Bowman counties and are
going with it into Montana.
The free land days are past Al
the land that is worth occupying ha
been fled upon Nearly every quartz
section in all this western country IS
farm, with shanty, or at least a so
house, and in most cases a family, IN
here are many claims still occuple'
nv bachelors. and spinsters who ar
still looking for their affinltles. In
land is rapidly advancing in value
and sales at all the way from so =
s35 an acre, according to the I'm
oroyements, amount under tilla:ge
character of the soil, and distanc
B from the railroad.
Big Little Cities
AS the farms were taken, town
sDraHg ID in the night like weeds, ,pu
7 not Ike weeds to wilt under the sun
4 mer sun. They are not Boom towns
- are built On solid basis. vat
- - =
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-07

new business houses are being estab,
lished daily. snd al tAs while ~ tSwn,
is attaining substantial growth. putting
on all the airs and assuming all the
burdens that come with greatness, It
il easily tn ethird city In North De-
kota today, and before long will give
Fargo a chase for flrst honors.
Fuel Wealth Enormous
The resources ofthis country and not
all agricultural. Veins Of Ignite coal
underlie most Of it, it Is believed, tho
it is being worked only in q few places
as yet. In time thousands of farmers
will be mining their own coal. At Mi
not they claim that coal unAerlies
8, 500, 900 acres of land in Ward county
alone, and there are Ignite deposits
in nearly every county in the western
half Of the state. Where the rivers
have cut through the clay they have
barred veins Of coal often ten or twelve
feet in thickness
But the wheat and the fax, the oats
and the barley are the main wealth Of
the slope country, and the kind Of
wealth that is never exhausted. The
industrious homesteaders who have
beon on their land five years or so
have gotten nicely ntheir feet. They
are building good homes and farm
buildings, buying stock and improving
their possessions. The increasing val
, ne OF their farms amounts to nice
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-07

There is not a town in all the western
region that has built up yet to the
country lying around it. They all do
business on q scale that would aston
ish men from old settled states. The
volume Of business in town Of 800
people in western North Dakota IS
great enough for town Of $500 in
Illinois or Iowa AS Fargo claims to
be the biggest little. city" in tie
country, Minot may well claim to Re
the newest city and the biggest new
town.
The wonderful growth and prosper
ity Of this region will impress even
the most causal visitor. 1t is a .splen-
did object lesson in American push
and Initiative, enough to fire one with
enthusiasm for the country and its
wonderful opportunities.
The writer toured North Dakota a
few days ago for the purpose of sizing
up complicated political situation.
The trip was begun without any thot
further than the politics Of the new
state, but it was impossible to ig-
more the business side of things. The
material evidence of sudden growth
and solid resources TO back it We're, OBJ
truden on every side. Every town Wis
tied was proud of it's prosperity, the
excellence Of it's land, the enterprise
Of its people Every man was a boost
er, and every statement made was
easy to prove. 1t was not hot air.
There was too much good evidence to
got away from
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-07
Rainfall Quite Sufficient.

[. u <
When wheat farming began in the
slope country and the first crop or two
was a success the farmers farther east
shook their heads and said: They
have had wet year or two, but just
wait. In an ordinary year they will
burn up. They can't mature crop
with the normal railfall of that coun-
try
Year by year they kept on raising
good crops, however, and even in sea
sons when rainfall was light, it came
at the time when it would do the crop
the most good, and was enough to ma
ture it. 1t seems beyond question that
there is more precipitation in that
country since the soil was broken and
titled
Mayor e. l. Walton, OF Darlington.
who came into that region west OF the
Jim river in 1882 believes that cen
trail and western North Dakota have a
great future, and have only begun to
come into the birthright. He pre-
diets that land values in all the newer
sections of the state will advance con
siderably within a few years, and what
is most interesting, he AYERS that the
climate in that section has changed
materially since he first came in.
we have three times as much rain
here as we had twenty years ago. Mr..
Walton said while, on his way to his
big farm over in Wells county, near
Lemert 'The difference is due to the
cultivation of the land. When it was
wild prairie there was very little
evaporation, so we got little rainfall
After a cold winter and a fair amount
of snow we didn't need rain until late
in the spring, because the frost works
out slowly, al das the ground thaws
the moisture works up to the roots OF
the grain. 1t doesn't escape much be
cause the tor of the ground has been
worked and there is no cracks to help
evaporation . We had it DIR yfor quite
while this spring butt hat just suited
US, because it gave us a good chance
to wrok the ground and seed early.
eve had our ups and downs here
for a long while. We had a few bad
years then, and we had mighty little
money to work with. The east was
afraid to loan it to us. They are willing
to loan us money now, but around here
he don't need it. We can take care
Of ourselves. We are on our feet in
good shape. Land around here will
sell at $50 an arce, and is worth more.
1t will be higher before long, because
4 it will raise just as much as land far
ther east that sells for two or three
! times as much
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-07
Big Little Cities

AS the farms we're taken, towns
sDrang ID in the night like weeds, put
not Ike weeds to wilt under the sum
rne e,:sS sun. They are not Boom towns,
~ are built On solid basis. with
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-08-06

Two Irishmsn were telling conun-
drums one day and when their supply
ran out Pat suggested that they make
up some.
"All right said Mike. "Phwhat is
it that goes around a barnyard in
feathers and on two legs and barking
Like dog?'
"My, thot's hard. l give it up,
answered Pat, after some moments of
thinking. "Phwhst's the answer"
"a chickenl"
"My, -thot's fOire; but how'd the
barking of a dog get in there?" in
CURED Pat.
ooh, just put that in to make it
harder"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-08-06
The Largest Scales.

The biggest scales in the country
are in the navy yard at Washingt on.
They outweigh the largest railway
scales by fifty tone. The latter are
not to be sneezed at, for they easily
weigh as much as heavily loaded
car. The navy yard scales are 80 &C.
curate that they come within pound
of the exact weight. Railway scales
are considered good if they come
within fifty pounds. All the large
ordnance manufactured for the navy
is weighed upon this machine, which
is some ten years old. The scales
look like ordinary hay scales.
The delicate mechanism is invis-
ible, the most intricate parts being
in a broad pit below the ground. The
platform is forty.eight feet long and
twelve feet wide. Beneath the pow
erful machinery is cement base laid
upon long piles. A solid base being
one of the prime requisites Of a pow.
erful weighing machine, it was found
necessary to use pile driver to Sc.
cure stable foundation.
The machine is regarded as the
finest of its kind IN the world, and is
a splendid achievement of American
ingenuity. In order to show the &C.
curacy Of the scales, an official picked
up half a brick and tossed it upon the
platform. He then consulted long
brass lever, and found that the brick
weighed just one pound.
The capacity of the scales is one
hundred and fifty tons. Two twelve
inch guns lying on a forty-eight-foot
truck car can be weighed in the ma
chine without taxing its capacity.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-08-06
Spent 1851 Tons Of Gold.

Just for fear the people will not IN.
dsrstand how much money this Con-
gress has appropriated, Represent.
alive Hamlin, of Missouri, has reduced
the figures to horsepower and man
power. He announced that he had
found out from the Treasury Depart
ment that Is 500 gold pieces weighed
a fraction under one pound and that
a ton of the metal was worth $4,000.
Upon the basis of a billion dollar
appropriation, he estimates that this
session Of Congress had expended l.
85l tons of gold. Loaded in wagons,
one ton to load, and each wagon
placed in a line 7 IL yards apart,
Mr.. Hamlin said the procession would
be 7 IL miles long. The gold would
FILL 80 IL freight cars, each car carry
ing 20 tons, making FIVE trains loads.
If loaded on backs Of men, each carry
ing $50 pounds, it would take 24.063
men to carry the appropriations of
Congress about town.
"There were 22,00S votes cast for
the Speaker of the House at the last
election" he said. ut would, there
fore, take all the Republicans and g.
055 Democrats in the district of
Speaker Cannon to carry the appro.
priations of this Congress"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-08-06

August time, tells on the nerves.
But that spiritless, no ambition feeling
can be easily and quickly altered by
taking what is known by druggists as
DR.. Shops Restorative. Within 4S
hours after beginning to use the Re-
storative, improvement will be noticed.
OF course, full health will not immedi-
ately return. The gain, however, will
surely follow. And best Of all, you will
realize and feel your strength and am
bition as it Is returning. Outside in
fuences depress first the Inside nerves"
then the stomach, Heart, and Kidneys
will usually fail. Strengthen these fail
ing nerves with DR.. Shoop's Restorative
and see how quickly health win be
yours again. Sold by Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-08-06

Somebody is writing for the pa
pers that apples eaten just before re.
firing are a great help to digestion.
We tried it," says Western editor.
"About 2 o'clock we dreamed that
fiery red dragon with pea green
tail and eyes as big as soup plates was
carving us with a meat saw and sword.
We finally awoke to find our good
wife tanning us with bed slat and
trying to get the baby out of the coal
scuttle, where had put it to keep
the dragon from getting it. Darn the
apple. Give US prunes.''
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-08-06
NV asItsIk:Kssl.rr
- - osAsdzbs N BEesa
May II, 1908.

May II, 1908.
LEAVE SaEPHERDSTOWN DAILY.
soUTHBoUND.
No. l3-S0S q. m.-For Bristol and in
termediate stations Pullman Buff
fet sleeper to Knoxville Con-
meets with, The ST. Louis Express
for all Points West; Pullman Sleep
err Roanoke to Columbus, cafe car.
No. 1854 p. m.-For Elkton and
Local Stations.
NoRTHBoUND.
No. 28-l0.27 a. m.-For Hagerstown
and intermediate stations, connects
atHagerstown for Harrisburg, Phil
adelphia and New York.
No. l4-S.55 p. m.-For Hagerstown,
Philadelphia, New York; Pullman
and Buffet Sleepers via Hagerstown
for Harrisburg, Philadelphia and
New York.
LEAVE SHENANDOAH JUNCTION.
No. LAS a. m.-For Roanoke, Bris-
toll, Bluefeld, Pocahontas, Nor
ton, WEIGH and intermediate sta
tions. Pullman Sleeper to WEIGH
II you are thinking of taking trip
YOU want quotations., cheapest fares,
reliable and correct information, as to
routes, train schedules, the most COM
Portable and quickest way. Write and
the informrtion is yours for the asking,
with one Of our complete Map. Folders.
W. B. BEVILL, M. f. BRAGG,
Gen. Pass. Agt., Trav. Pass. Agt.
Roanoke, Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-08-06

There's no use talkin'," said
Farmer Corntossel, as he knocked the
ashes out of his corn cob and laid it
on the mantel-piece, "theres some
thing about college education that
does give young Teller polish"
"Do you think that our boy Josh is
improved ?"
"Yep. He kin smoke pipe in a
way that makes him look stylish"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-08-06
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

schedule effective November II, 1907.
rhefollowingisthet time oftrsinsstopping
81 Shenandoah junction;
xAsT-BoUND.
No, le-4.W A. N. Pittsburg and New York
Express. Daily.
No. S-I0.z A. NJ. Chicago and New York
Express. Daily.
No. Is-l24l P. NJ. Msrtinsburg and Balti:
more Accommodation, via old
main line. Daily except Sunday.
No. s-257 P. N. Chicago and New York
Express. Stops on signal Daily.
No, $3.50 P. M. Cumberland and Balti
more Accommodation VIA WASH
ington. Daily except Sunday.
No. A-s.AP. N. New York Express. Daily.
wEsT-BouND.
No u-2l2 A. n. New York and Pittsburg
No. ls-1S A. M. baltimore and Cumber-
land Accommodation. Daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. ILLS A. N. Baltimore and Martins
burg Accommodation. Daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. l-5.6s p. NJ. New York and st. Louis
Limited Express. Connects with
N. d W. south. Daily.
No. s-ll.Os P. M. Baltimore and Cleveland.
Pittsburg Express. Daily.
No, 6-l05e A. NJ. New York and Cincin-
natl Limited. Daily.
No local trains on Sunday.
j. PRICE, Ticket Agent
Shenandoah junction, W. Va.
y. W. BASS EFT,
General Passenger Agent.
Us. Fleming will sell tickets on the b. &
Railroad for the West and South.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-08-06

When an Irish county court was
about to open its session recently, the
discovery was made that the court
crier wac absent. A substitute was
provided, and the court had barely
taken up a case when a breathlsss
messenger boy dashed in with a tele.
gram signed by the absent crier. The
missive was handed to the judge, who
read
"Wife's mother died last night.
Will not be able to cry today"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-08-06
Attention. Asthma sufferers I

Foley's Honey and Tar will give i'm
mediate relief to asthma sufferers and
has cured many cases that had refused
to yield to other treatment. Foley's
Honey and Tar is the best remedy for
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
trouble. Contains no harmful drugs.
Hills Pharmacy.