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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-16
one goose weighed 1ss pounds

one goose weighed 18S pound
A. s. Pattee has purchased 81, 4 I, the
rover house, which Dan Dilggan made
quite famous among the traVe ling pub-
'c' Mr.. Pattee Is an enterprising ellttii-
zen' and will sustain the reputation
and good qualities Of the Tower. 81
Inc democratic central commit tee
appointed by Chairman thine iii he
follows: R. Noble. Jr., j &. b Eaton,
j. V. Brooks, John Barton, IL. Ea-S.
mood J. H. Fulkerson 55$
The government steamer va burn
cd last Friday evening at Ito DER at
e. Totten. It ID 4 clear case sof Irl.
eendarism and the post authorities os-
Ter a reward Of $1,000 for tho arrest
and conviction Of the rniaersans.
At the, Democratic county a, c i'll
ton held in Devils Lake laas 4 SATURDAY
the following ticket vas aslopted
Jas. F. o'Brien, Dist. Attorney: b.
Stanley, sheriff: Kelly, treas.
u u. Jas. Y. Brooke. s,,pt. d scllools;
onas' e zunict Coroner B
Bradley, Assessor: III. s,rvia. slf.
'eyor; Waisenehal rebate
Judge; Crank HI Isrosser. Reglats oE
Deeds.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-16
TWENTY YEARS AGO

Capt. Atkins shot bear near conao
last week. "'
Canvass backs are reported scoro
now but the big fat mallards aro oor.
ing in. ooni-
frank Doty has made q Mat - ..
cemetery There are 221 lots 1sxao
,, mrs. M: II. Brennan left for M
Morris Mich, yesterday to attona ~, 49,
auneral OF her father, who died thers
Thursday night N 'nefe
TN H. o. chamberlain, of W. G. stouen.
aa trade He says the west must
opehins service at the catho,,o
s a. 1,ao tomorrow and regular services
after. sunday there
e, sa' Norton the red hot re,uh,,o.,,
l leoI , nar'lett township. came I'D to
1 pat ,' a,,ef some law business Mondav ~
can ticket. n' republi-
ua onas. M Fisher and George ua,.,,, =.
successful nurs oue from churchs Ferry three
WIG result was 20 geese and . brs sna
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-16
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BILLTo :EsLl. T
Says Bill to Bill: You great b

Says Bill 70 Bill; You great big
bluff, I r. pr '|.@. Z
For once I haven't got words enough
70 tell all I know for your vicious
plan ,s..s y. =. II : " 4 * b: =gs2sr
To- steal the rights Of the working
man. III $:.5 y &. " = E m e.
You smile, but you are a william still,
And you'll get yours" says Bill to
Bill. .s:; ss=.5. 4 $s 4 :5s / ::
SAYS Bill 70 Bill: You son DC gun,
can You do besides Just run Il.
S,s cried tres silver ID ninefy.aix, 4
And you're too old 10 learn new tricks.
Each back To- coin for yours; but,
we're Lincoln d move ava u.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-16

question as to why his has even been
as satisfactory as it is.
Hon. c. A. Johnson is sure the next
governor Of North Dakota and we will
ron up the hlandsomest majority for
William Il. Taft the national stand.
ard bearer has ever received from
our state: D, Ii ,s5:zE +. r
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-16
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. i. PREvELANI
/. D. Al. F,yFLl
.5t%zt64
! l . g Disease IS Making Headway In
S....:5 K. M n. Devils Lake ~:.: .

81 The spread of typhoid In this CITY
a ~. vel BY 81 an the surrounding county
has become almost "a menace to the
community and some efforts sbou,d he
made To prevent the continued spread
OF the malady It's hard to estimate
the exact cause Of the disease i'm this
city but one thing sure that hat, good
deal 70 ao with Il is the condition of
he sewerage system Iii Devils Lake
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-16

The Success Spreader liz life. to
the soil' and the Eagle sprayer is
Death to the Weeds" These are
mottos of the two best: pieces OF farm
machinery on the market. j. II. Pros
ser & Co, .:s55zSss NJ: z>s =:
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-16

dents. The sewerage system alone is
not the only cause of the: sickness in
the city. The water all over the city
is very bad and the residents are
warned to boil the water before drink
Ing 1t as it is full Of germs this
season of the year and this has been
one OF the chief causes Of. the typhoid.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-16

AS false alarm you get the cake;
Why, even YOUR farm is nature fake,
You're dead, but you won't admit it till
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07
.POPJLESTS SCHENIEG.

Tomorrow is the day for the popu-
list national convention to meet in
ST. Louis. 1t is generally conceded
that Mr.. Watson, of Georgia, will be
nominated for president All of the
eleven hundred delegates favor him
except the thirty-seven from Nebras-
ka, who want Mr.. Bryan, and the
Alabama delegation.
We hope the convention will not
change it's mind and nominate the
latter; for then the democratic party
might be induced to repeat the fool
ish thing of putting some of the
populist electors on it's electoral
tickets in some Of the states, North
Carolina among the number, as the
democratic state committee did once
before, to the great disgust OF some
of the best democrats in the state.
The republican convention will be
held in the latter part Of June and
the democratic early in July. The po-
pulists must have some special reason
for holding theirs so much earlier
than the other two. No doubt il is
for the purpose OF giving them time
to make deals with the democrats or
republicans in the different states, as
suits their purposes or as they are
able to accomplish We hope the
democrats OF the state will stand clear
OF them and not listen for moment
to any propositions that may be
made. We have enough populists en-
rolled in the democratic party as
matters now stand, and we do not
want to see the party forced further
toward populism.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07
PISTOL TOTING BIZ PERMIT.

The press dispatches giving an ac-
count of the shooting of the negro in
Washington City by Congressman
Hefiin stated the latter announced at
the police station that on account of
the anonymous letters he had receiv-
ed threating his life he had been grant
ed permission to go armed 1t seems
the laws of the District of Columbia
allow the granting Of such permission
for a period of thirty days, the per-
son giving a three hundred dollar
bond. At the end of thirty days the
permit can be extended for like per-
iod, on renewal of the bond, for good
cause shown. The Charlotte Chronicle
suggests that this law could be i'm
proved by requiring the owner of a
permit to wear a badge ito indicate
that he is loaded" That is a good idea
ii people are allowed to go armed. IL
Mr.. Heflin had been wearing one that
negro would have been careful about
the kind of language he used 20 him,
and the congressman would not now
be In the unpleasant position he occu-
pies.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07

There arc some aignifcant feat,,-..
about the bio strike of the bitumIpo,.
coal miners which beGan yesterdg
which indicate that the strike In a ua,
come event TO the mine OPERATOR an,
that they did all they could to bring /,
on. They are able to stand a =,
some duration without suffering lo...
for. - the press dispatches anno,,o.
because OF the ooen winter and ,r
dustrial depression there Is a la,
stock or coal on hand In some sas
tions involved In the strike there .. No
dispute rs TO wages, the miners No.
demanding higher pay or tho o,s-.
tors endeavoring to reduce the seal.
The whole trouble seems to be differ
ences on some minor matters when the
time came 10 sign up for renews, M
contracts between employers and en-
ployes At only one point did the
mine owners insist on a reductio, in
wages- At oil points where the strils
was inaugurated the operators sesm.d
to have been sure that II would occur
that there would be no agreement for
awhile between themselves and the
operatives. They had prepared for IL
by storing up g large amount OF coal
SO that their business would no, Re tn
terefered with. -
IL looks like n scheme n, ~ ,.x
OF the mine owners 20 inaugura,e a
cheap and convenient method OF reduc-
ing the big supply OF caal at the be-
ginning OF the dull season and al
the miners have played right into ths
hands OF the producers.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07
Is BRYAN LOSING STRENGTH?

The Fayetteville Observer, one OF the
strongest Bryan papers in the land, had
I'm it's issue Of last Saturday an edi-
torial with the heading Executive
Committees Find No Fault in En-
dorsing Bryan When Wishing to.
We take this to mean that the execu-
tive committee Of the democratic party
in this state refused to endorse Mr..
Bryan because a majority of that body
was opposed to such action and not be-
cause. as published. that majority had
no right to do SO. The Observer
speaks of the clever movement to
head off the resolution prepar-
ed by direction of the Cum
berland Bryan Association" and
criticises the action of the North
Carolina leaders" Does not that acton
of the North Carolina leaders, indi-
cate that they had felt the democratic
pulse and found it not to beat SO
strongly for Mr. Bryan as it did two
years ago when the convention gave
the committee authority for passing
such resolution as that prepared by
direction of the Cumberland Bryan AS
sociation?" If the leaders in their meet
ing last month had thought the Bryan
sentiment in the state was as strong
as it appeared to be two years ago
would they have hesitated to pass the
resolutions prepared for it's favorable
action by Cumberland Bryan Associa-
ton? Surely it would not have hesi-
tated to do so. That committee had
as much authority to pass such resOlu-
tions as did the committees in the sew
eral other states which have recently
done so. One may say what he pleases
about the ostensible reasons the COM
mittee had for not adopting the reso-
tons; but the facts remain that the
democratic state committee refused to
pass the resolutions and that committee
was the creature Of the state conven-
ton OF two years ago which endorsed
Mr.. Bryan's nomination for two years
thence. Can any Bryan man claim
that there was no significance in this
action of the committee? Does not it
show that Mr.. Bryan is not as strong
in the state today as he was two years
ago. or at least that a majority of the
members Of the state committee are
OF that opinion?
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07
TROUBLE WITH VENEZUELA.

Our controversy with Venezuela has
reached that stage whore diplomacy
can do nothing moro and the big stiok
VII hare 10 be brought ia,o u.r We
&c not understand, howeye-. WHY Nr.
I,coeevelt. who is always 80 p.en, cd
with any opportunity for using IL.
should in this case refrain from its
use and place such responsibility on
congress. Perhaps II Is too kno;ty
n question for him. and this being an
election year he wants TO shift from
his shoulders to those of other the re-
sponsibility Tor possible failure. Any
how. whatever the cause, tho ate de-
I'artment announces that Il has wash
ed its hands OF Venezuela and turned
the whole matter over To congress"
In consequence, the senate committees
on foreign relations has taken the mat
Ter up. and the puOlic IL told that
those Of It's members who ara fam liar
with the situation have tentatively
formulated program embracing three
propositions looking % bringing Vene-
zuela to terms. Two of these will work
greater hardship to he Am FL lean peo-
pie than to those of the other coax-
try. The other is TO put the matYr
back into the hands of the president
and let him take what action he SECS
proper in treating with Venezuela. II
was to avoid this respol.ib.lity that
the state department turned the whole
matter over to ccng-ess. Mr. Roose-
welt will bo sure to DO all he ca1 10
prevent congress r?king this course.
especially II It VIII force him 1, net
before the election
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07
TARIFF REVISION.

Both parties promise the people tar
if reform in the near future but is
either in condition to carry out it's
pledges? The republicans in
congress can't do it, because
they do not dare to go cOun-
ter TO the desires of the men who keep
them in power, and the democrats
can't do it becarse there is no possible
chance OF their getting control of the
two houses Of congress and OF the ex-
ecutive branch OF the government at
the same time in the near future. No
matter how great a political landslide
there may be for the democrats in the
November electiOn-even il they shouli
elect the president and a majority of
the members of the house of represent
atiYes-it would no1 be possible to
change the political complexion of the
senate until after March 4, 1911. There
fore II is plain that the only chance
the country has for tariff reform in
the next three years is at the hands
of the friends Of traiff"-the repukli-
cans. If any tariff revision is TO
come within that time it must be at
the hands of the republicans, driven to
such measures by the fear that unless
they grant the people some relief the
governmental power will be wrested
from their hands after that date by the
people who will by then have become
even more restive under and opposed
to the high protective principles of
that party which are maintained at
the present day and which are already
causing so much dissatisfaction in the
ranks of the party in several sections
of the country. We believe the repub-
licans will put off revision of the tar
iff-that is. a revision in the interest
of the people-as long as they can safe
ly do so, and then they will make a
pretense OF making such revision in
order to prevent their loss of control
OF the government. The question, then
is, what is the best for the democrats
TO do, to aid the republicans in the
meantime making such Improvements
in the law as will be Of some adya "a e
10 the people or oppose revising the
tariff by its friends and taking the
chances OF, a few years later. securing
control OF all branches of the govern
rent and putting in effect tariff law
which suits the ideas of the low tariff
party. There is more of a certainty,
with some relief to the people by the
former course than there is little
lafe-' on OF greater benefit through the
lotter course.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07

We think the power Of the organ
of the prevailing party to acquiesce
in the action of the executive officers
or in the decisions Of the court of
last resort should be regulated by
statue or, perhaps, by an amend
nent TO the constitution. AS it is now
the governor may not know in what
eases it is necessary for him 20 OBJ
tain the acquiescence OF the editor of
the organ, and the matter being in
doubt there is danger Of the latter
eases which il does not properly COW
er, thereby causing serious conflict
between him and the chief executive,
and, furthermore, in case Of the cleo
ton OF Mr. Bryan as president this
same organ editor might desire TO
extend his powers OF acquiescence
from state to national affairs. This
latter question Is Of especial impor-
tance as it is said that the chief rea-
son for the organ EDITORS vehement
support Of Mr.. Bryan Is that he ex-
poets a cabinet position IL the candi-
date is elected II lir. Bryan is nomi-
mated and elected he should make the
organ editor secretary of the navy.
That position is supposed TO. belong
TO North Carolina under democratic
administration and such appointment
would be especially appropriate in
Chis case.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07
EL'iai:KAHLH E0RsI.p T4Er.

Th1' is remag k2 lc experiment 10
test he effectiveness Cf or nav | ves-
sells The governne:.ts fl y cDa Ing TO
E:ake-the firing Of twClyc-i On shells
from battleship against the turrets OF
the monitor Florida. Prepa -atioaa are
row in progress and every hing will
be in readiness in a week or ten days
The government is trying 10 keep the
matter as secret as possible, as u the
preparations. time and place. In the ex-
pertinent conditions las nearly as ros-
sible approaching actual warfare" are
TO be the feature, With the exception
that there viii be no human being on
tie Florida, although wese such allow
Cd there are plenty OF men VINO would
volunteer To be aboard at the time
The test Is not only TO ascertain the
resisting power of the armor piltes
of a vessel of the Florida type agaInst
twelve-inche shells, cut also how he
rivets and bolts as well as the guns
in the turrets stand the tremendous
concession.
Another test will be made By firing
a Whitehead torpedo at the monitor
TO ascertain the effect OF striking her
in vital part
These are the first experiments OF
the kind that have ever been made by
the navy OF any governmcnt-one In
which the target was a vessel in GER
vice. Several years ago the British
navy tested the guns OF i,s newest
warships by firing them at some war
ships that had been permanently put
out OF commission because being OF an
tiquated type.
This will be a costly experiment for
the government. especially II IL is
found that the Florida cannot with
stand the impact OF the heavy shells;
but IL that proves to be the case it
may be the means whereby the Often
siye powed OF our navy can be great
~ strengthened and thereby be or
great saving To the country In caee OF
war in the future. -
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07
AMMUNITION FOR REPUBLICANS


We do not like Joint canvasses Of
candidates for nomination In any cir
cumstances. but we take il that advo-
Gates of this plan generally must dis
approve of the KitchinCraig and the
Brooks-Holt discussions. They are cal
eulaied to do the party great harm
We can't understand why the partici-
pants do not see tkis. unless IL Is
that they are so blinded By seiEshness
or are SO anxious for the Offices that
they do not care what harm Is d1Le he
party. just 50 they get the aonina-
tons, feeling that the latter would
amount TO an election in either case
That may be politics. but ii sl-ely Is
not loyalty TO the party. These men
are making some mighty good ammu-
milton for the republicans during the
campaign and a lot of 1t. too; as viii
be seen when the contests for election
begin after candidates are nominated
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07
STRETCHING THE CoNsrIT UTIoN

Twenty thousand operatives IN the
| mills of New England have their
| wages cut ten per cent Why doesn't
| President Roosevelt order the inter
| state commerce commission TO make
an investigation into the affairs OF
| these milling corporations in order ID
ascertain whether they are justified
in reducing wages, as he did in the
case of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company when it announced
that it intended to make a wage re-
duction? Can't he stretch the inter
state commerce CLAUSE OF the federal
constitution SO as to make ii cover
this case? Those mills do an inter
state business. They ship their goods
into all the states Of the union. II
the federal goV~rnmeEt can cOnstitu-
tionally regul..,e child labor in the
cotton mills of the southern states,
surely it can do the same as to wages
in the New England mills. If it has
the power to prohibit those of the
former who employ children under a
certain age from shipping their goods
beyond the borders of the state in
which they are situated it ought Ger
tainly to have the same power to pro-
hibit the latter from doing the same
if they are found, after a government
investigation, to be paying their en-
ployes wages far below what The
work is worth and what the mills
are able 10 pay. 1t strikes Us one is
no more constitutional than the
other
MIR. Roosevelt advocates action by
congress or lie child labor propo-
sition, claiming that to be constitu-
tiOnal. To be consistent he should
hold the other SO also. He wants con-
gress to dictate to the states at what
age children shall be allowed 10 work
in factories, which would be a most
outrageous interference with the
rights of the states to manage their
the plain constitutional inhibition by
the subterfuge of prohibiting the ship
ment beyond the border of the state
of the goods of any mill therein
which employs children under a GER
tain age, which amounts to the same
thing, for no mill in the south could
continue in operation whose market
was confined to it's own state.
Such prohibition to mills which
violate the child labor laws of their
states would not be so glaringly un-
but still it would be
an interference by the national gov
ernment with the strictly internal af-
fairs Of the states.
In his recent message to congress
the child labor question was one of
the several enumerated which the
president urged congress to act
upon as soon as possible.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07

Pictures Changed Daily at Bijou.
Visit the Blot today, sure.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07

Pictures Changed Daily at Bios
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-03
Firing Wildly as He Ran.

and followed the breezes from the In.
dian ocean overland till they reached
the Atlantic.
II was hot in that steerage. Some.
times, I'm the warm afternoons, we
dozed while Healy was speaking, but
he didn't care. Quite unconscious of
our inattention he piled one nara
tive upon another till the tea bugle
reused us from our slumbers. This
disregard for us proved Healy's truth
rulness-the liar always scrutinizes
his audience.
There's Wade" he murmured one
hot day as the liner bit through
stretch OF cleaning. oily water, "he
was n snorter! jim Wade, he raised
his voice sligthly-"you died as You
deserved TO die"
Tho four others were asleep. The
thin. whistling sound that came from
the berth of one OF the South Africans
challenged the bass snore of the
Italian.
empty farmhouse one day--leastways
we thought 1t was empty. Wade looked
up the chimney. Then he jerked some
rotten timber into the open fireplace
and spilled gallon OF oil over It,
The blaze came out Of the top of the
chimney, but what Wade saw couldn't
get out that way. 1t dropped down
and chased him with scythe blade
That hound told us not to flre--sald
he wanted the chaser to get the
breeze. We stood and watched them
circle the house three times, Wade
laughing, the thing behind a famln'
lire ball 1t ran into the wall Mt last and
dropped down with u little scream 1T
was n woman In mans toys"
The thin, vibrant noise made by the
South African came through the thick
air like a long needle that priclied
ones brain. | was thinking of Jerking
a boot at the berth, when / noticed
Healy. He was listening mtently, his
brow corrugated, his eyes glazed.
"They moaned like that" he whls
pered,
Go to sleep" said, soothngly. ]
was sorry for Healy,
you've heard of Gerlatz," he cried
"Old Sylvester?"
AIy imagination carried me up to the
rubber region and waited ready to FIJI
in the details of horrors that Heaiy
omitted.
I'VE caught them on the side Of Il
ravine," he muttered. 1T was night
Gerlatz was behind them, they had to
come on, Saw they were up against
Il, dropped their old Snider rifles and
came over the ledge with their hands
qp high over their heads, Poor black
swine"
The South Africans snore rushed
on TO the high notes, and HeaIy
stopped, staring out the porthele in
the direction OF Africa.