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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-10
The Man and His Job
By Herbert Hapgood

The of many business plumbers has been laid
at the door of domestic nfecy. Mistakes made at
the Office that be accounted for in other No
makes blunder of his free will and choice,
for he knows that bunders and what's more
they cost him Every mistake that an employe
makes the his business career, and
takes only them bring his brilliant pros
poets untimely end.
When man makes mistake in business he is
probably in his right mind. He does it because he
is worried. There is hidden rock somewhere in his
of under-conscousness and it wrecked
many of his sound est thoughts
The worry that kills is the kind popularity said to
caused merely obstacles
to overcome they stimulate to action rather
judgments The renewing of credit, the thousand and
irritating matters of detail and the handling of in
help, all themselves to the business
merely many problems to be worked out He
them just the builder or the engineer
sructs his work in spite of quick sand and rock
worry that provokes business blunders however,
and paves ultimate failure the kind hidden
deep mans heart 1t is mentioned in the Office
and it works its work of decay into
the tissue prosperous business the of
destructive disease.
A man power to fight the cohorts of business
competition domestic infelicity will undermine the
most ably industry Small the chances
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-10
Always a Way.

How do you manage to live now
that they've stopped racing?"
I'm making book on the foreign
marriages." answered the knight Of
the pencil. Even money that the
Countess SneeZewitch will be back In
six weeks"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-10
Not New.

New Boarder-One thing I'll say for
these eggs-there's nothing bold or i'm
pudent about them. Landlady-Bold or
impudent! l don't understand. New
Boarder-Why, not bit too fresh. you
know.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-10
To Keep From Breaking

To Keep From Breaking.
"My hero has strong face" remark
ed the author.
''He needs it." replied the critic. 81
notice his face falls every time he
meets the heroine?'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-10

Some Facts About Electricity.
The nature of electricity is just as
much of a mystery to the scientists
Of today as it was to the priests of
Magi in Zoroaster's time, when they
so puzzled the wise augurs and as
trologers of the Modes and Persians
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-10
Literary Nofes -

full college work, offering many cleo
tive, courses. There is a preparatory
course, corresponding tc the high
schools, in which the student has
choice of language, science Of com
nsercial work. This aims to be a
Christian college, with many different
denominations represented on the fac-
ulty and among the students, and to
offer an education On the broadcast
basis of Christian culture. This cata.
log will be sent free on application to
Fargo college, Fargo, n. D.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04

tarpaulin beneath his sledges ana
improvised a raft which floated. The
sledge expedition went farther into
the unexplored Beaufort sea than had
been planned by the royal geograph-
lcal society Of London and the Am
erican Geographical society Of New
York, which directed the expedition.
They found the continual shelf and
had learned that beyond this shelf
there was water OF great depth. 1t
was ascertained that the Beaufort
sea was not a shallow basin, as had
been supposed.
The sledge expedition started from
Flaxman island March IS, 1907. They
took 20 dogs. The trip occupied 65
days. During the Journey they en-
countered rubble ice, which is form
ed by breaking up OF thin Ice under
pressure and freezing again, leaving
the edges sticking straight up. For
eight days of their journey they ac-
complished only IA miles.
Captain Mlkkelsen has two plans to
attain the polar continent One is a
boat and sledge trip from Point Bar
row, taking only a small amount Of
provisions and trusting to finding the
lce-capped land. the shores OF which
he believes will support human life
His other plan is to fit out another
ship which will be frozen in the polar
pack as far north as Point Barrow as
he can drive the vessel and to use It
as basis of supplies for his sledge
journey.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04
BERRIES PAY BIG MONEY.
Grower RraliZcs $1,000 From Acre
and Half of Strawberries.

The experience Of G. T.. Drury, who
lives at Ivy postoffice, five miles
south of here. offers conclusive proof
that strawberries are one of the most
profitable crops that can he raised in
the inland empire. says an item from
Deary, Idaho MIR. Drury's berry beds
are laid out on top Of a high hill back
of the postoffice, and from an acre
and half he realized last season
over $1,000 gross receipts. The fruit
is picked off the vines iH baskets III
which IT is marketed, and is also crat-
ed before leaving the ground.
Mr. Drury has a unique and handy
arrangement for carrying the small
baskets about the patch. The tray
consists of flat wooden base, fitted
with springs made of common wire to
hold the receptacles in place. and a
wire ball and wooden handhold to
protect the hands. This device is an
of Mr.. Drury.
This rancher has also shown the
residents of his section that alfalfa
can be successfully grown and has
field on top of the hill near his straw
berry beds, from which he cuts two
good crops each year, and then gets
good pasture from the tract
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04
WILL TRY AGAIN To FIND ICE CONTINENT

IS and journeyed with dog sleds up
the Yukon river to Fort Gibbon, and
came out by the way of Fairbanks
and Valdez.
Captain Mikkelsen's expedition ira
versed the continental shelf in the
Beaufort sea and ascertained that If
land does lie beyond the sea it is an
independent continent. He has OBJ
tained information concerning ocean
currents which will be invaluable to
him when he makes his next attempt
to attain the unknown continent.
Makes Rats Out of Sleds.
Captain Mikkelsen made use of a
new idea in polar travel by which he
was able to save 80 pounds weight on
his sledges. In the tedious march
over the Ice hummocks, the party
frequently came upon open water.
Captain Mikkelsen had none of the
native karyacks OF which DR.. Naneen
made such good use, but instead he
made his boats when the occasion
arose. He strapped waterproof
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04

Notre Dame. Ind, U. S. ~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04
OIL LEASES ON $4,000 ACRES.
Crook County Land Plastered With
Rights TO Bore for OIL.

The local oil company, organized
for the purpose Of making a thor
ough investigation of the oil pros
poets in this section, sent an order
last week to Bradford, Pennsylvania,
for tools and machinery with which
TO sink the wells, and they confident
ly expect to begin active operations
within the next so days. Leases for
more than 14,50O acres OF land in the
Opal Prairie. Culver and Lamonta
districts have been signed, and many
Others are expected to sign within the
next two weeks.
This was the information given out
last Saturday by members of the COM
pany residing here, says the Madras
Pioneer.
Only one will will be drilled to be.
Gin with. The tools and machinery
ordered will be used in connection
with the big Loveland drill, and with
new machinery the hole will be sent
down to a depth Of several thousand
feet II necessary. A thorough test
will be made of the best prospect the
company has on its leased ground,
and if indications justify it. other
wells will be sunk at once at other
points. 1t has not yet been definite
ly determined where the first well
will be sunk.
The local company is backed by
Portland capital, and say that they
have plenty OF money in sight to
thoroughly prospect their ground for
oil. That the indications of oil are
good enough to justify the expendi-
ture of some money in prospecting
is beyond question, for throughout
this district traces of oil have been
found in every well drilled to any
depth, and in some instances the wa
ter is so strongly impregnated with
the oil as TO have a distinct odor of it.
In addition to this. it is known that
government geologsts. who have been
through this country when a geo
logical survey was made, have pro-
nounced indications good for both
coal and oil Whether they exist In
commercial quantities will be deter
mined by the prospecting of the
Madras oil company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04
Hotel St. George.

j. a. Macauley, Berkeley, C. l.; F.
NJ. Haush, La Grande; e. d. Borie,
Bingham Springs; Leon Allenstein
Walla Walla, Wash; E w. Kit, Har-
rington; o. p. Morton, U. S. r. s.,
J. Peters, Portland; f. H. Burke
Portland; A. F. Eberhart, Walla Wal
la Walla; A. w, Kugler, Seattle; l.
B. Mitchell, Freewater; r. w. Nc
Naughton, New York; Dion Trefe
Walla Walla, Wash; B. F. Hunt
Portland; Joe Meyer, Portland; H
D. Walker, New York city; D. B
Costina, Portland; Joe Bailey, Fos-
ters; Albert Wurtzwiler, Portland; j
a. Allison, Portland; F. A. Bamsi
Spokane; H. L. Gentish, Spokane;
Sam Lee, Portland; ]. p. Jackson
Salt Lake.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04

Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen, who was
n joint commander OF the Anglo
American Polar expedition which
sought to find an undiscovered con-
tlnent in the Beaufort sea, arrived
from the north today on the Yucatan.
Captain Mikkelsen's vessel, the Ouch
ess OF Bedford. was lost in the ice
pack near F1axman island year
ago. He brings with him a great
fund OF information concerning the
unexplored Beaufort sea and an
nounces his purpose OF fitting out
another expedition to continue his
search for land says a Seattle dis
patch.
Ernest de Ko Koven Leffingwell,
who with Captain Mikkelsen. COM
manded the expedition, remained at
Flavman island TO continue his scien-
tific work Captain Mikkelsen start
ed October Is from Flaxman island
and made the journey along the
northern shores or Alaska to Nome,
arriving at the latter place January
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04
Prairie Fire Sweeps Dalsota.

A dispatch from Kimball, S. D.,
says; The worst prairie fire in many
years is sweeping through the country
here, laying waste thousands of acres
of land and burning farmhouses and
barns. The loss will be enormous
The fire started four miles least Of
Pukwanna, and is row sweeping to-
ward Charles City, The flames pass
ed four miles south of Kimball, and
the last reports are to the effect that
the fire is half way to Platte. Many
buildings and school houses have
been destroyed. Heroic work in saw
ing women and children is reported.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04
500 Reward sfOO


The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In al Its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls CataTh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical frater-
nifty. Catarrh being a constitutional dis.
ease, requires a constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying
the foundation OF the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing
Its work. The proprletors have offered
One Hundred Dollars for any case that It
falls to cure. Send for list Of testlmonl-
els. Address
f. ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family FILLS for constpa-
tlon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04

Mrs. Knicker-Henry. why did you
leave your shoes on the stairs last
night?
Knicker (dazed, but inspired)-
English cushion, m'dear; left 'em to
be blacked.-Puck.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
acts promptly yet gently on the bow
els. through which the cold is forced
out of thesystem and at the same
time 1t allays inflammation. Sold by
Tallman G. Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04
TALLMAN q co.

Anxious Traveller addressing street
urchin) you tell me, my little
man, the quickest way to reach the
station?
Street Urchin-Run, yer fool!-The
Circle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04
Candidates. Attention,

We print candidates cards and cir
culars at very reasonable price,
giving prompt service and first class
work. East oregonian, phone Main
l.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-04

The deepest hole in the world has
been bored in Silesia. 1t has reached
depth of about 1000 feet and passes
through SO beds of coal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14
PRESIDENT REGRETS HEPBuRN,s
DEFEAT

John Snure telegraphs from Wash
ington to the Des Moines Register and
Leader:
President Roosevelt took occasion
to express to Representative Hull to-
day his deep regret at the defeat of
Representative Hepburn He spoke of
Colonel Hepburn's services in the
house and seemingly felt 1t was no
small loss to have him retired. Rep
resentative 1Full did not discuss with
the President the matter of the APP
pointment Of Colonel Hepburn to some
high office, but he said later he had no
doubt the President would be glad to
give him good appointment 1t Is
expected that when the Iowa deloga.
ton gets here, If Colonel Hepburn
! wishes it, the matter will be preached
/ to Mr.. Roosevelt
! Some suggestion has been made of
/ a place on the interstate commerce
4 commission, but this is not likely to
/ be given Colonel Hepburn, in view of
the fact that Commissioner Clark is
| from that state"
Eighth district Republicans who
claim to be friends of President Roose
welt yet voted against Colonel Hepburn
can see from the foregoing what the
President thinks of their action. II
he were to address them directly he
would doubtless be still more emphat-
ic in his expressions OF displeasure
There are number of so-called Re
publicans In the Eighth district who
are very small potatoes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14

Some of the newspapers are print.
ing samples of Rev. Sundays sensa-
tional utterances and judging him by
them. The Cedar Rapids Republican
is fair enough to say that those who
have heard the Reverend Mr.. Sunday
say that they do not give fair view
of the man. nor of his addresses as a
whole. They regret such radical ut
terances, but insist that they fit in
nicely and that they are the means
of arousing an interest that might not
otherwise be aroused The Republi-
can, in giving place in its columns
to number of Mr.. Sundays striking
sayings, adds:
1--WE desire, therefore, to present
them IS curosities of literature in
Ottumwa, rather than as standards by
which the noted evangelist is to be
judged. They are good reading, to
say the least, and men do read them,
some for one purpose and some for an
other, some for one reason and some
for another"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14

Don't get scared and give away your
COWS or sell them for less than they
are worth because somebody comes
along and tells you they are diseased.
The value of this advice will be appre-
ciated on reading the following from
the Waterloo Reporter:
A few days ago a man came along
to farmer in Tama county and said
that he had been commissioned to test
COWS for farmers to see If they were
free from tuberculosis. In one place
he told a farmer that ten of his herd
were affected and that he had better
sell them for what he could get The
next day man came along looking
for cows to buy and the farmer sold
the ten for SIS head, when they
We're worth $40 head. 1t took few
days for the farmer to see that be-
tween the two he had been swindled.
Ask stranger who appears on your
premises to inspect your live stock
to show his credentials.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14
Would Restore the Circle

George s. Wright of Council Bluffs.
Ninth district member of the Republi-
can state committee: The ballot in its
present form is a farce. What should
be done is to restore the circle and
provide that the voter may scratch
his ballot by marking in the squares
opposite the names of candidates on
other tickets for whom he wishes to
vote. That is the simplest and most
easily comprehended method yet de-
vised. The legislature should return
to tle circle at the head of the ballot
as quickly as possible. Dozens of vot
ers at the polls in the First precinct
of the Fourth ward declared today
that if they had to mark every name
on that long ticket they would moi
take the trouble to vote personally
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14

a parent for maintenance and support
and does not reside with parent or
guardian or with some one in whose
charge he may have been placed, such
minor has the right to control his or
her correspondence.
After mail matter has been depos-
tied in a postoffice 1t can be with
drawn but only by the sender. APP
plication must be made to the post
master, stating the reason for such re-
quest and giving such description of
the matter as will serve to identify it
and satisfy the postmaster that the APP.
plicant is entitled to withdraw 1t. In
case the matter has been dispatched
the postmaster, on application, will
telegraph request to the postmaster
at the office of the addressee, or to
a railway postal clerk in whose Gus
tody the matter is known at the time
to be, for the return of such matter,
Upon it's return the postmaster will
deliver it to the sender upon payment
OF the necessary expense incurred.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14
CURRENT POWER ON RAILROADS.

Several notable strides in substitute
ing electricity for steam power On rail
roads are scheduled for the coming
year Under pressure of public opin-
ion against the locomotive smoke
nuisance on the lake front of Chicago,
the directors of the Illinois Central
have instructed the companys en-.
glneers to prepare plans for chang
ing the motive power on the Chicago
terminals. On the Canadian Pacific
the management intends placing cleo
trio locomotives on about 700 miles of
the line in the western mountain
ranges, particularly where many tun-
nels exist and where power will be
generated from mountain streams. A
similar change on the Cascade division
! of the Great Northern road in the
state of Washington. 1t is well under
stood the Central Pacific will utilize
the abundant water power of the
Sierras when the projected straight
ening of the line is finished and the
necessary tunnels are bored in Ne
vada and California. This work in
wolves the abolition of snow sheds
and greatly reduced grades, and may
require two years to complete. Around
New York City next year will witness
large increase in electric power on
the railroad termir ais. The Penn
! sylvania line tunnels under Manhat-
4 tan Island and into Long Island will
/ be completed, and electric power used
4 exclusively. On the New Haven road
/ the electric power now employed with.
! in the city limits is to be extended so
as to cover its suburban service as
! far as Stamford, Conn
!, The action of the Illinois Central
directory is considered the first de
cisive step toward the Punishment of
steam locomotives from the railroad
terminals of Chicago There are
many roads in the city which are not
in as good position to electrify as
Il the Illinois Central and. these fear
the spread of the movement. Several
of the roads insist that compulsory
electriflcation would spell financial
ruin at this time. 1t is understood
that a conference of railway presl
dents will soon be called with a view
to thorough discussion of the ques
ton and in the hope of securing uni
form action with reference to electri
fication.
A few years ago Senator DepeN
predicted that in ten years the steam
locomotive will disappear from view
RELOCATED to the scrap heap or the
museum, and electric power take its
place on all railroads. This prediction
was oversanguine at the time, as it /!
now, but the progress being made il
spots justify confidence in the earl,
retirement of belching locomotive!
from the cities, and the substitution o
the clean and noiseless electri'
motors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14
know of many who did not vote,
avowedly for this reason.
Prosperity at Hand.

Dubuque Times-Journal: The press
dispatches tell of manufacturers all
over the country, and in Pennsylvania
especially, who are putting more men
to work to fill orders that were con-
tingent upon Taft's election. The
buyers are not waiting to learn what
congress will do about the tariff at
the special session next March. They
know that what hurts Is not the pro-
gressive legislation actually accom-
plished but the revolutionary legisla.
ton threatened, the demonstrations OF
the politicians against the security OF
property. There will be no such non
sense under Taft and hence his cleo
ton has given the business interests
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14
MANY SPOILED THEIR BALLOTS.
Over Five Hundred Thrown Out ii
Linn County.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Noy. 14.-There
are five hundred and twenty-five men
in Linn county who think they voted
for William Howard Taft or William
Jennings Bryan week ago that did
not vote for anybody, and besides los
ing their chance of exercising their
privilege as free American citizen
spent a lot Of time In marking up
ballot that did no one a particle Of
good. There were that number Of
ballots returned to the county audi
tor by the judges in the different pre-
cincts and townships that were
marked wrong, and which, of course
We're thrown out.
While many Of the spoiled ballots
were marked in almost every conceiv-
able way except the right one, the alb
sence of the circle opposite the names
of the presidential candidates was re-
sponsible for the majority of the mis-
takes and was the subject of consid-
eralbe argument among the judges in
all tle precincts. Despite the fact
that columns of matter were written
on the sample ballots and instructions
We're posted in the polling places, there
were hundreds of men who could not
get the idea through their heads that
! they We're to vote for presidential elec.
I tors only. and We're not to make a
cross opposite the names of the presi-
Dental candidates. Scores of the bal.
lots were marked with cross oppo-
/ site the name of Taft or Bryan and
none opposite tae names of the cleo
tors, while hundreds of others were
marked opposite the names of the
presidential candidates and also the
names of the electors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14

The Gate City said the other day
that the First district Democratic can
didate for congress two years from
now will be Keokuk man. The Mt
Pleasant Free Press calls on this pa
per to "trot him out SO we can look
him over" His name is Hon E. P
McManus and he is the present state
senator from Lee county. He is a
popular gentleman and would be the
strongest candidate the opposition
could nominate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14

A lively contest is in prospect over
at Peoria. In his department of the
Herald Transcript George Fitch offers
a pumpkin pie as a prize for the best
100-word answer to the question.
"Why should Peoria be thankful9"
The pie, as described, is wonder It
is to be of 1908 model, with seemless
casing, lap-welded joints and fine
elastic filing. The winner is given the
option OF striped lattice-work or open
faced pie, and it is promised that his
monogram will be placed on the dash
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-14

Building commissioners In Chicago
have figured it out that there is a
greater mortality on streets running
east and west than on those running
north and south, and have advised
people opening up new suburbs to
have the shorter streets running east
and west. The reason given is that
the sunlight has fairer chance at
the rooms of houses on the north and
south streets and sunshine is a great
disinfectant of the atmosphere.