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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-12-17
We Have a New Barber.

Q. +. Going, our veteran barber, has
sold his barber shop to n. M. Mixson.
The latter took possession Saturday.
Mr.. Mixson comes from Charlotte and
is an experienced barber. He is a mar
ried man and will bring his family soon.
1t will seem strange not to see Mr..
Going at the barber chair. He has
operated barber shop here for nearly
sixteen years and long ago became an
part of the village. He will
still continue his real estate business
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-12-17
ARCADIA CENTER

Mrs. Barnhill's brother and wife. Mr.
and Mrs. Dennis of Ohio, who have
been visiting at the formers home for
several days left Saturday for MT. Pleas
ant where they will visit relatives
John Donaker OF Lowell is visiting
here.
William Birmingham contemplates
moving TO Ithaca in the near future.
Ray Birmingham is occupying Steward
Birmingham's house since the latter
moved to Alma.
Ben Inbody moved his family east OF
Ithaca last week. Berry, Mcbride has
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-12-17

moved OH to the farm he occupied.
James Smith and family have moved
ON to Grasmere farm.
J. Lee Campbell is building an addi-
ton to his barn.
School has again opened with Miss
Bailey as teacher.
Jack Morey is spending a few days
with Mrs. Holiday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McFall and Mr..
and Mrs. Prank Tanner Of Alma and
Mr.. and Mrs. David McFall of Sumner
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-12-17
We Are Workers.

We are workers The dust flies
about us while we wrcstle with our
selves. with our instrument our aim.
1t often happens thar the dust is 30
thick that we do not perceive the goal.
No matter, IL we but suspect IL. The
fight is always so fierce the drudgery
SO dun that we tire toward evening
No matter-we go To sleep and begin
all over again in the morning. -Holger
Drachmann.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-12-17

spent Sunday with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Archie McFall. Charlie Barn
hill was also present
M, Holiday and daughters Tia and
Hattie, a-s visiting relatives near Grand
Rapids.
Hark Listen to the wedding bells
Mrs. Maggie Melley Of Saginaw, who
has been visiting her brother, John
Murphy, returned home Monday.
Fred bradford Is enjoying visit from
a brother in Ionia
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03

which it declares must be trodden. and
those who step from it as openly and
as flagrant!y as l have done can never
hope tc regain the place in the line.
The question, however. is whether hap.
piness lies in the beaten trail which
the millions follow or in the forbidden
land on either side. Each must an
swer the question for himself. have
answered mine by my act. On my
deathbed I shall discover who is right
and who is wrong-the millions or my.
self. There is no question in my mind
as l write now and glance at Floretta
Whnley. sitting by me softly singing
the song of motherhood to our child at
her breast" The girl insists. too, that
she is perfectly happy.
A School For Tried Actors.
By an arrangement with Charles
Frohman, the theatrical manager. Otis
Skinner. the actor. expects to conduct
a novel school for the trained actor be-
ginning next season at New York. 1t
will be comparable to the postgraduate
courses Of the universities. Mr.. Skin
ner himself will play the whole season
at New York in several plays at the
head of a company over which he will
have entire charge. The new princi-
pie to be used Is the interchange of
actors. SO that in the course Of the
season all the stock actors and &C.
tresses in the various Frohman COM
panies will be called upon to play some
other parts than the mi for which
they are originally cast. The object Is
to give all a chance to diversity their
talents and widen their experience.
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TT
Presidents Legislative Programme.

Presidents Legislative Programme.
After a conference at the White
House between the president, Secre-
tary. Garfield, Commissioner Of Corpo'
rations Smith and Commissioner of
Labor Neill it was decided that three
bills should be prepared and submitted
to congress to amend the Sherman anti
trust and the liability laws. One will
make it possible for Industrial corpora
tons to unite under federal supervi-
sion and for railroads to pool under the
approval Of the interstate commerce
commission. Another will S amend
the Sherman law as to exempt labor
unions from the clause prohibiting
combinations in restraint Of trade.
The third would amend the employers
liability law to meet the objections Of
the supreme court.
Not to Press Labor Suits.
Attorney General Bonaparte has in
structed the United States attorney at
New Orleans to suspend actions begun
there against a number Of longshore-
men for illegal boycotting since the
supreme court decision in the Danbury
hatters' case and in the Bucks stove
and range case. The department Of JUS
tice wanted all federal attorneys to ad-
wise with the experts at Washington
before acting. but Mr.. B%onaparte de.
MED the statement that all federal at
torneys had been ordered to bring no
actions against labor unions. He held
that as the hatters' case had been de-
cided on a demurrer and the matter
remanded to the circuit court for re-
hearing nothing should be done in SINH
lar cases until a final decision should
be rendered.
Longer Voyage For Fleet.
Plans for a worlds cruise by the
American battleship feet now at Mag
dalena bay, Mexico, have been an
nounced by the president to his cabi-
net. The feet is engaged in two weeks
target practice there, after which 1t
will proceed to San Francisco, reaching
that city May 5, to be feted and feast
ed for nine days. The feet on July 6
is to leave "for u possessions in the
Pacific" stopping at Hawaii and Sa-
moa and then going by way Of Aus
tralia to the Philippines and returning
through the SueZ canal. In Australia
the fleet will stop at Melbourne and
Sydney to accept the invitation of Sir
Alfred Deakin. 1t is expected that
Admiral Evans will retire from the
command on account of illness after
reaching San Francisco, He will bt
succeeded by Admiral Sperry.
The feet is also to visit Japan, an
invitation from the mikado having been
given to the president by Ambassador
Takahira and promptly accepted.
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provision had become so intense, espe-
rially In the west, that its retention
would have compelled a score or more
Of Republican senators to vote against
the entire At the same time
a few other changes were made in the
bill. One amendment limits the circu-
lation proposed to the par value Of the
security deposited. and another limits
to 100000 the amount of circulation
that may be retired by the banks in
any month. Aldrich explained that as
issues had been raised in regard to rail-
road bonds. such as the relation of the
railroads to the people. the committee
had thought best to strike the matter
Out.
Trust Conference Denounced.
The conference recently held by
President Roosevelt and several mem
bers Of his cabinet with Samuel Com
pers and Maxwell Evarts. representing
e. Fl. Hartman. was made the sub
ject Of some rather caustic criticism in
the senate by Senators Bacon and Till
a The latter asked If it did not
look as If the president, after out
Heroding Herod in prosecuting trusts.
crusading against predatory wealth
and stirring up the unthinking, was
now trying to make his peace with the
great corporations sc that their support
would be given to his ~favorite lieu
tenant. whom he had selected as his
successor. Mr.. Bacon replied that he
did not know about that. but he did
know that it had become customary to
consult the president before taking any
business action in order that it might
be ascertained whether he would ap-
prove or oppose the step. He told
how representatives of the United
States Steel corporation came to see
the president and inquired If he would
prosecute them if they bought the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron company, absorb
ing it with their interests.
Submarine Lobby Denied.
The house committee which Is In
vestigating the Electric Boat company
has failed to bring out any evidence to
eStdUlISu lue Charge ludI Tue SoiApdAy
maintained a lobby in the interests of
submarine legislation. Several attor-
neys now or formerly employed by the
boat company denied positively that
they knew Of anything Of the kind.
Secretary Metcalf appeared before the
committee and explained the attitude
of the navy department toward the
submarines, but nothing of interest was
ELECTED further than the activity Of
several congressman in the matter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03
Private TheatricaIs.

In some private theatricals a fugitive
from justice was supposed to escape
from his pursuers by concealing him
self under a table. The table was
small. and the terrified fugitive was
somewhat lengthy.
The commander of the pursuing par
ty rushed on the stage and fell over
the legs of the man he was searching
for. Picking himself up and ludicrous'
~ rubbing his shins, he convulsed the
audience by exclaiming in true dra.
matte style:
"Ha, ha! The dastardly villain has
eluded US again" - Philadelphia In
Quirer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03
SOCIOLOGICAL
Chicago to Censor Jokes.

Chicago to Censor Jokes.
The a%nti-anarchy campaign in Chi
cago has taken a novel turn in the ac'
ton of Mayor Busse, whose corpora
ton counsel has called upon all the
vaudeville theater managers to stop
the gags and skits which make fun Of
the rich. One Of the current plays has
for its butts John D. Rockefeller and
Senator Depew.
clipping Rector Asks "Why7"
The unfrocked rector OF st. Georges
Episcopal church at Hampstead, N. Y,
who ran away with seventeen-year-old
Floretta Whaley and who is living in
San Francisco with the girl and her
baby while working at the trade Of
painting under an assumed name. has
given to the press a remarkable confes-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03
AN ISLAND IN THE AIR.
One of the Wonders Of Prehistoric
Pueblo Architecture,


Three miles south Of the Mesa En-
cantada. in Mexico, is a splendid speci-
men of fantastic erosion-an island"
in the air, a rock with o%verhanging
sides nearly 400 feet high, seventy
acres in area on the fairly level top,
indented with countless great bays,
notched with dizzy chasms. The great
er part of the island overhangs the sea
like q huge mushroom. and on the top
stands a town which for artistic charm,
chronological interest and romantic his
tory has no peer.
This little town Of Ancoma is n Of
the most perfect types of the prehis-
toric Pueblo architecture. Most Of the
houses remain of the type invented
when every house must be a fort One
climbed a ladder to his first roof and
pulled up the ladder at night. living
on the second and third floors and
using the ground floor as a cellar.
Against enemies armed only with bows
and arrows this was a fair defense.
Comfort had to be sacrificed to safety.
Nothing except the eagle sought such
inaccessible eyries as these victims of
their own civilization.
Because they were farmers instead
Of ~freebooters, because they had homes
instead of being Migrants, they were
easy to find. and they were the prey of
a hundred nomad. tribes. With incon-
ceivable labor this island town in the
air was built and fortified. 1t was
reached only by a mere trail of toe
holes up the stem of the mushroom"
The age of the island is not known,
except that it was already old in 1910,
when the first explorer visited it and
wrote an account of its wonders.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03
No Need of Them Some Day.

At a monthly examination a boy Of
fourteen failed to spell Is per cent Of
his words correctly. The tutor told
him this was surprising and must not
happen again. The boy replied that he
thought he had done pretty well on
the whole.
"You must study those words over
and over again." replied the tutor.
"This must not occur at any future
time. Study them SO that you can re-
member them forever"
The boy stood still in silent contem-
plation for a few moments and then
remarked:
81 was just thinking that l wouldn't
live that long."-Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03
GOT HIS MONEY.
The Now Depositor Made Quick Work
With His Check Book.

With His Check Book.
During q financial stringency q
Swedish farmer In n of the middle
west states had sold some hogs on the
local market and upon receiving his
check in payment Immediately went to
the local bank to realize on his sale.
Upon presentment Of the check the
banker said to him, do you wish the
money on this check?"
"vell, I tank 1 yust so veil take him.
was the quick reply.
"You really want the money!"
"Yah; l tank I take the NONE"
But do you really need the money!"
asked the banker.
"Vell, no; l don't exactly need him.
but l tank l take the NOME"
"Well," said the banker, III you real
ly want the money Of course I will
give it to you, but l thought If you
did not need it perhaps you might open
an account and deposit the money and
then check against it as you needed
it."
"Den ven l send my shecks here you
will refuse to pay dem."
"Oh, no, we won't. If you open the
account, we will pay your checks
whenever they come in"
This seemed assuring to the Swede.
and he said, "Vell, if you pays my
shecks, den I open de account" And
the account was opened and passbook
and check book handed to the new GUS
toner.
Half an hour later a close friend of
the new depositor appeared at the
cashiers window and presented a
check signed by his friend for the full
amount of the deposit, which was
promptly paid by the banker without
comment.
In about an hour the Swede appear
ed and, walking up to the cashiers
window, handed the banker his check
book minus only n check. with the
remark, "Vell, l don't tank 1 needs
him any more."-Youth's Companion.
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20
Endorses Taft.

Iowa Endorses Taft.
The Iowa Republican convention at
Des Moines chose delegates at large
for Taft and indorsed Allison for the
senate again.
Bryan Called Them Gamblers.
In a speech on the floor Of the Chica-
go board Of trade William ]. Bryan
denounced gambling in stocks and urg-
ed that members doing q legitimate
business drive out the gamblers from
the pit.
New York Democrats unpiedsed.
With only one voice heard for Bryan.
the New York state Democratic COM
mittee voted on March 10 in favor Of
leaving the delegates to the national
convention uninstructed as to candi-
dates.
Referendum Plan For Ohio.
A resolution providing for a popular
vote on the question Of establishing the
initiative and referendum in Ohio by
constitutional amendment has now
passed both houses of the legislature
and is expected to receive the gov.
errors approval. 1t does not. however.
contain the full programme Of the ad-
vocates of initiative and referendum.
for it merely submits to the people
laws repealed or enacted by the legis-
lature or vetoed by the governor. For
a vote on a new law 5 per cent Of the
voters must petition. and for a repealed
law 10 per cent must sign a petition.
In both cases the petition must be
signed in a majority of the congress
districts.
Tainted AIdrich Bill News.
Golfers Weekly publishes the text
of letters being sent out to newspaper
men Offering $40 for each interview
with prominent men in a given local
ity favorable to the Aldrich currency
bill now before congress.
Alienist Assails the President.
One of the most startling attacks yet
made upon President Roosevelt which
hitherto was merely rumor and talk to
the effect that DR.. Allan McI4ane Ham
ilton. the noted %alienist, had said that
the mind Of the president was failing
as a result of his activities. has now
been given color by DR.. Hamilton's ar
ticle in the North American Review on
"Psychopathic Rulers" While he does
not mention the president by name, al
the we'll known characteristics Of him
are gathered together as the signs Of
incipient p%aranoia. Friends Of the
president say that the doctor has a
grievance in the refusal OF the presi.
dent to pardon Hamilton's son. who
was court martialed in the Philippines.
Grover cIeveIand's Remedy.
Former President Cleveland has just
passed his seventy-arst birthday and
given to the papers an interview in
which he says that a return to the old
Democratic creed is what the people
need to give them rest and peace ''after
a period of terrific hysteria." He pittes
the poor and wants a great clearing
house Of charity to be established.
Socialist Convention May 10.
The national secretary of the Social
LIST party has announced the apportion-
ment of delegates to the national con-
vention called to meet at Chicago on
May 10. each state being entitled to one
delegate and one additional for every
200 members of the party. The total
thus allotted is 218 delegates. An as
sessment Of IS cents per capita has
been levied to pay the railway fares
Of the delegates. The executive com.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03
CONGRESSIONAL
La Toilette Names olisarehy.

Il F6ITette Names OIlgarchy.
In the ours of an extended speech
against the Aldrich currency bill in the
senate the Republican senator from
Wisconsin. La Toilette. made a star
Ting attack on the interests which he
asserted were behind that measure. At
the outset he referred to the change in
the bill, which some had remarked
would take the wind out of his sails"
by saying that this action had made
his speech more pertinent. He then
undertook to show the connection of
the Morgan and Rockefeller banks.
and when Aldrich interrupted to say
that the National City STANDARD Oily
bank and most Of the other New York
banks We're opposing the bill La Fol
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03

sion. He at.
tempts no JUST.
fcation of his
course in the
ey of t h e
world, saying
that he walked
to his own dam.
nation with his
eyes open. but
adds: When ]
stopped to the
mire of the pit
! rose tc the
olOrv nj the
heights. $
The world has
SET Ill its nath
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03
Pointed,

Lady lat railway station. to porter)-
Now. porter. are you sure ] have all my
luggage in the train? Porter-Yes.
ma'am. Lady-Nothing left behind?
Porter-Nothin' ma'am-not even a
copper. ma'am!-London Scraps.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03
aohhx,s Reason.

Little Bobby was saying his. prayers
at his mothers knee. but so rapidly
that she asked him why he did not
speak more slowly.
because, you know" he replied, ut
would keep all the other children wait
ing."-Lippincott's.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03
KEEPING TAB
ON THE WORLD


La FoIIette's Naming Of an All
Powerful 0Iigarchy Of a Hun
dred Men StartIes the Senate.
Railroad Bonds Out of AIdrich
Bill Labor Leaders Again
Present Grievances - Social
ism's Strength In British Com.
mons-Russian Generals Pub
licly Fight a Duel Peace In
0rient-Refugees May Leave
Haiti.
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lette tntimated that
it was quite posi-.
BILE that this opposi.
ton was put up as
a blind.
The Wisconsin SEN
ator dealt first with
the panic. which, he
declared. had beer
manufactured by the
money kin O 6 of
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03

It is the mind that maketh good or
III. that maketh wretchedness or hap.
niness. rich or poor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-03

mittee has voted down the proposition
Of the Socialist-Labor party for reunion
with the main party. but the matter
may be brought up at the convention.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

Win ell . good heating stove
cheap or will trade for cook stove
or horses, cattle or hogs. Enquire
Ct this ONCE.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

Geoo6 0oH0ooU = 8 80 49,.
1seese hsslse ed ssesss Il
~ ese0A A. tAsss qpselss
ssssaeos 6 dssdsd I'D tsse slaas
ID esssy partisojss I'd = ohese
hak psios slhee Iosds - eo1)ine
~. Tsws loas q yoes ewp Pisa
4. r. lanatf.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

Abss thompson Of Dsn.
vsrs ~ "a manager Of The
Dsevs Company Of tho
piaao ~ for several years
will = = IN = week or 70. III.
ThoapsoI - a concert piano
taper ~ dssing his st.y here
viii y p3see TO do any piano
tuning e paxttss wishing it. W.
W. 49, isaleo connected with
the D<Avsf 1usic Co. and will
call and solicit
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

Tssse Asad a vosk hosssa, /
el4WaDse. ! 10-hoe drilj, I lsll
eeesev. ! dsso Z &. I DIodse, I
oewsfs : Cows. ssd ssed CO..
Oserhale oile 49, q rivse bsttrs.
Pheas. Aesss ~
0aA6. q. Axoool.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

Rev. e. g. Lane, the state evan.
gelist will beGta series of meet
iags at the BAPTIST church Feb. l.
Mr.. Laoe was pastor at Boulder
for Is years.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

Those owing me must settle q
once- either With Mn. Keel or At
Monte Vista Meat Market.
ENos KEEL.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

jim Severe shipped 3 cars of
lambs from this station Wednesday
and J. A. Kelley & Co. shipped 4
cara Thee lambs were billed for
Chicago.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

George W. 0atss believes in raising
good stock. He II reported to have
taken el50 10 oesh and all the blue nb-
bons On hogs and lambs at the big show
In Dsnver this week.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

FoR Rsxr--3 quarter sections
Of land. Will b divided 70 suit.
On very liberal terms.
A. n. IsBELL.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

lsf. leeas, log or ssost ise.
oo0eeoeo saee q i,foeaek - -.
esgosss pass. Gill; writ o. ~.
epheaA, J. LAnnoY Skuuu1x.k Co.
neste Va Usse doee jass Il
II. Masioooj Dsnk,
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

Jndgs Washpf>po Ne alb 70 b Ii h,s
oflos Wednssday. having rscovsrsd from
hi ~ illns1s.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

Nh. Gsosgs b. Beatty and children
Ish for Pueblo Wednesday night. Mr..
Beatty will NEST them thsss and 20 to
AmtI. No, whsre they will remain for
a indsdnits time.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

0eoo9oot0o9D 0o0110Ds
Notice y h~rsby .givss thss ~
rsgs)sr casual oastisx a ~
sooskho,ders q TIE Dlssse FhllG
0ioisg Ooopasy vill b. lid q
~ e1es 81 ~ 0ressaasy q Moase
Visa Oa,osada. - Jsssssy 81,
lSoA q ~ hear a = o'elock II
~ afssssoos. fns ~ psrpnsssl
sjsslsae . Boaed a Dlssetoso 81
~ sssssastlea q go esAse 49,
~ = ~ psopseiy eoas bssess
~ nsstlag.
Dad = Meese visss. Cs,sssds,
tAb l7tA dayI q Jastesy. looD.
q B. 01us1nGAA, oseee4asv.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

- 3o1ooav o1ang elnb ~ 49,
0aool1g - Oouk = ~ 49, g M
v.sok oUs1a1tsas vsse olveo = -
svss = ~ oaA 4 veal su1s. ~
0ensy," - . se1eoeiso = seapeaoo =
- soeaes wsss dsxghtfally ssadaesd y
Nm. tnljss. An hu0esess ssoAine,
PIP b Pig" b Nm. Kssr ~ Asostily
eajegsd. n saseeioa q eDesss a.
49, ysee w. 10 hsld rssuD1iag - ~
useninsus cheies a Ma BaoWsss ~
psssidsat Ma Fsllse viss psssi1set
aad 4ra 4cKuae seces4osy-tsooDarse.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-25

8Thsrs will b Valentine dance .,
the Broadway opsea honss Esh II
Supper Sawed BY Ma Ksnnsdy. Tick.
etc on sale ct 0ooddine'a