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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-18
Won a Commission.

Against twenty-three men contest
ants Miss Evelyn Longman has won
a $4,000 commission to design the
bronze door for the chapel of the Unit
ed States Naval academy at Annapolis.
Miss Longman's design of a Winged
Victory" at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition brought her considerable
fame.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-18

A firm in Paris is issuing cards to be
worn In the buttonhOle bearing the
inscription: Il am very well. thank
YOU. am fully aware Of the state
Of the weather and have heard all the
latest news"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-18

A granddaughter Of the novelist DICK
ems Miss Ethel Dickens Of London, Is
the head Of a 1ourishing business one
conducts a typewriting bureau In tne
English capital
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-18

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llsau,t,. women would study the
~ characteristics OF men more
"a a. Ore betrothing themselves"
~oiAan who thinks deeply,
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
Telephones and Fires,

Tho earliest application of the telc-
phone in connection with a switch
board was made at Bridgeport, Conn.
In June, 1873, where In the eagerness
Of various fire companies to arrive first
at fires, the men Of company No. 5,
which was next to the telephone Office.
told the telephone operator to request
his twenty-one patrons to give the In
formation over the telephone of any
fire and to report the fact at the on
CINE house. This engine was not only
the first at several fires, but in some
mysterious manner was frequently on
Its way before the alarm struck.
This reached climax on the occa-
sion Of a small fire in a dwelling, which
the fire company attended with muf-
fed bell, in response to telephone
message, and no fire alarm was pulled
On their return, the engine was driven
by the house of rival company with
bell ringing. and when the men pushed
out with inquiries they were told thai
the fire had been extinguished.
After this occurrence, the chief OF
the fire department. gave orders that
companies should not respond to Il fire
elarm received over a telephone, but
the insurance agents Of the city APP
pealed to the city council, who ordered
that all fire engine houses should b,
equipped with telephones. rookly1
Eagle
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
MAUD HAS HER BUSY DAY.
Meek-Eyed Mule Slips on Street and
Seeks Revenge with Heels.

San Antonio, Tex.-Maud the mule,
lop-eared quadruped who earns her
daily alfalfa by hauling a Mexican
peddler's cart, created great excite
ment on West Commerce street the
other day. Maud was meek-eyed
mule with look of patient resigna-
ton in her mournful eyes, but she
carried charge of dynamite in each
hind heel.
While ambling down the street she
slipped on the wet pavement and fell
down, tangled in maze of homemade
harness. With great presence of mind
she lay quietly until her driver sought
to unravel the harness. Then she
handed him left foot jolt in the short
ribs that sent him careening into the
gutter.
Johnny Buttinsky," who is present
in every crowd, volunteered to release
Maud from her tolls. He got a swift
kick on his hip pocket which placed
him hors de combat, and thereupo1
he withdrew to the background
Finally Maud grew tired of her re
cumbent position and calmly arose.
Shaking her long ears in couuet
fish manner, she meditatiwely kicked
an innocent bystander into the gutter
and then went to sleep, while the
wounded driver attached the guy ropes
to the cart
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
POLITICAL
Haywood Hailed as Loader.


A wildly enthusiastic overflow meet
ing in New York's largest hall gave w.
D. Haywood Of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners rousing welcome on
his first visit to the east, and he was
cheered as the next Socialist candidate
for president. The solidarity Of labor
was the keynote Of his address.
Ohio Primary Plan Questioned.
Secretary Dover Of the Republican
national committee, who submitted to
committee of three lawyers the ques-
ton of the. legality Of the proposed
primaries in Ohio for the choice of del
egates to the national convention from
congress districts as advocated by the
Taft followers, now reports their de-
cision as being uafavorable to that
plan. While the opinion is not bind
ing on either the committee or tho
convention, 1t is taken by the Foraker
ties to be victory for them.
Beckham Two Votes Short.
In the joint session of the Kentucky
legislature at Frankfort last week j.
G. w. Beckham, the Democratic nomi-
nee, was two votes shortsof an election.
w. O. Bradley, the Republican nomi-
nee, had sixty.four votes to slxty-six
for Beckham, four Democratic sena-
tors and three Democratic members
joining with the Republicans.
Socialists Seek Harmony.
The national executive committee Of
the Socialist Labor party has made
formal overtures Of peace to the regu-
lar Socialist party after bitter fac
tional war lasting six years. The So
cialist Labor faction was headed by
Daniel de Leon and was opposed to
any recognition of the existing trades
unions. Now the De Leonites say they
do not want to be held responsible for
the division in the ranks of socialism,
and in the hope of unity during the
coming campaign they have chosen a
committee of seven to meet like COM
mittee to be appointed from the So
cialist .party not later than March 3.
In case an agreement is reached they
propose the Calling Of joint national :al
CONVENTION laF lAe HQmiHat4oH III QAE
jset Of candidates.
| Bryan Doomed at New York.
| IN enthusiastic meeting under the di-
| rection OF the Progressive Democratic
league was held al Cooper Union. New
York city. at which resolutions indors-
ling William jennings Bryan for the
lpresiGential nomination at Denver in
July we're passed. The principal
lspcalers We're Thomas d. Gore. the
blind United States senator from Okla
hcnl., and Senator JEFF Davis of Ar.
;lsagsas. Senator Gore said that he was
| failig 10 ask the se.,ate Ia Investigate
lstle recent paii.t a.,l laakt public the
/, rsa;cs Of Tie financial pilates who by
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
The Feast Of YuIe.

It was Pope Telesphorus. who died
before the year 1850 a. D., who insti-
tuted Christmas as a festival, though
for some time II was irregularly held
In December. April aud May. But
for centussSs before there had been q
feast of Yulc among the northern ma,
lions. whose great enjoyment was III
drinking the wassail bowl or cup
Nothing gave them SO much delight az
Indulgence In eoarousing ale" especial.
" at the season of short days, when
fighting was ended. 1t was likewise
the custom at all their feasts 'for the
master Of the house to ill large bow
or pitcher, to drink out of 1t first him
self and then give to him that sal
next, and so it went around" This
may have been the origin of that popu
lar American custom known as treat
Inc %
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
Hughes Endorsement Defeated.
INDUSTRIAL
Army Of UnempIoyed Grows.


Evidence accumulates as the days go
by that in the wake of the recent finan-
cial panic the country is face to face
with an unemployed" problem of
serious proportions. For several weeks
there has been a steady influx of idle
men in all the great centers of popula-
ton, oyertaxing the various agencies
of charity, while local labor bodies
have taken notice of the clamor for re-
lief in their own ranks. Socialist agi-
tators have been quick to turn this
situation 10 their party account by
holding public meetings and insisting
that it was what they had all along
predicted as consequence of the cA-
listing system Of capitalism. Last week
they organized professions of the UNI
employed in Boston, Cincinnati and
other cities and aided the rent strike
at New. York. In st. Louis several
hundred men marched to the city hall
and asked the mayor to give them
work, and steps were taken to start
street improvements for their benefit.
The Central Federated union of New
York held a public mass meeting Jan
| 10, at which Comptroller Metz and 9th
er city officials We're questioned us to
why SO many city contracts had been
held up. At Chicago 1t is estimated
| that near 10000 workers are Idle.
Railroad Building In 1907.
According to the estimates of the
Railway Gazette. 1920 miles of new
railways were built during 1907. This
was exclusive of second, third ant
fourth tracks, sidings aud electric lines
The total is 8 per cent less than fol
1906, though the year began with con
ditions promising larger construction
than ever before. The amount spen
on new equipment exceeded that q
1906 by % per cont, approximatin:
SAT 100000. The figures show nrae
| teal cessation Of building in the olde
railroad states. excepting Pennsylva
MIA. The main increase was in tn,
south and southwest Texas has fo
some years led all the states in rail
way mileage. having at present to
tai of 1902. In effect the Unitet
States creates every five years a new
railway system With greater mile
age than the combined railways of tn
United Kingdom.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
cREsCo, IOWA
Notice Of Contract to Grade
Public HIGHWAYS.

Notice is hereby given by the UNDER
signed, Trustees of Utica and Jackson
vile Townships, that there will be held
at Lawler, Chickasaw County, Iowa,
In the Council Room of said town, on
the 18th day of Feb. 1908, at 8 o'clock
a. M, a meeting of said township
trustees, for the purpose of letting a
contract for expending $1,000 under the
conditions and rules prescribed by law.
to improve and grade the Highways in
said townships. The conditions. terms
and specification for the performance
of said contract can be seen at the time
of said meeting, or by calling on or
addressing the undersigned. The said
trustees at said meeting reserve the
right to accept or reject any or all
bids. The contract will be let by
sealed bids, to be addressed to r. F..
Heatherton, Township Clerk of Utica
Township, at Lawler, Iowa, at any
time to and including the said date of
meeting.
Lawier, Iowa, Jan. IL, 1908.
r. F. HEATHERTON,
Clerk of Utica Township.
THos. ATTLEsoN,
Clerk of Jacksonville Township.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
CONGRESSIONAL
codification Of the Laws.

SCdlTlcation OF the Laws
a number of lively debates cropped
up in the house during the considera-
ton of the bill to codffy the laws. First
the civil war was fought over With
great heat when the southern Demo
Gratis wanted to have the sections pass
ed in 1865 and 1870 to compel the en-
forcement of the negro amendments
stricken out. To this the majority
would not listen. Then came n warm
discussion over the campaign contribu-
tons of corporations, the Democrats
seeking to increase the penalties Inn
posed under the Tillman law upon
bank officials who thus misused their
funds. but the proposals were rejected.
Foraker Holds Up Nominations.
In the senate Foraker got in an eff
fective blow at the Taft boom by NOV
ing the rejection of four Ohio nomina-
lions for postmaster which were said
to have been made in the interest Of
the Taft candidacy. The senate with
out dissent agreed to the rejection, and
Foraker moved that the president be
SAOtiASu Al Ill lAtCA View
he said that there would ''be no more
prostitution of patronage to carry out
political bargains without its being
resented" The. action of the senate
was based on senatorial courtesy, as
both the Ohio senators said they were
| opposed to the nomination
Cortelyou to Tell All.
The Culberson resolution calling
upon Secretary of the Treasury Cortel
you to inform the senate how much
national bank circulation had beer
taken out by the depository banks un
der the recent awards Of Panama bonds
was adopted by unanimous consent.
Progress on the Canal.
= BeforAthe house committee on inter
state and foreign commerce Chief En-
gineer Goethais Of the Panama cana
commission and ex-senator Blackburn
governor of the canal zone, explained
the present state of the great enter
prise. Colonel Goethals said there were
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
CANNOT RAISE money
PROBLEM FORMER INDIAN TER,
RlToRY MUST MEET.
Constitution Failed to Provide Method
for Obtaining Coin to Keep Gov.
eminent Moving Until Leais-
lature Can Act.

Tulsa, I. T.-Indian Territory cele
brated statehood with all sorts of
noise, but the serious minded part of
the community is wondering how the
many problems will be met.
On the Oklahoma side everything is
smooth and easy, because they have
had county government over there for
ten years, and it simply meant a trans
fer of the accounts from the territory
to the state. But on the Indian Terri
tory side, where there has been not
single organized county, it means be-
ginning at the beginning and starting
things off, Forty-five counties went
into business on November 16, and
not a one Of them has a cent in the
treasury, not one of them has a court
house or JAIL not one of them has as
much as sheet of official paper on
which to record the minutes of the
sioner's court.
The jurisdiction of the United
States ended the minute the procla,
nation of the president went into eff
feet, and from that time forward the
new state has had to shift for itself.
1t must take care Of the prisoners and
be responsible for all debts and so
on. 1t must provide an organized gov
eminent for the people according to
the systems which obtain elsewhere.
Money is the great and pressing
question to start with. None Of the
Indian Territory counties has any
and there Is no way provided in the
constitution by which money for press
ing necessities. can be obtained. The
constitution covers everything else
from the initiative and referendum to
the regulation OF the procession Of the
seasons, but the statesmen who
framed the document overlooked the
fact that until the legislature could
provide some way to keep the county
governments going the county govern
ments will be in trouble.
The most generally accepted theory
is that the commissioners of the In
dian Territory counties can issue
scrip till the legislature gives them
some authority for an orderly system
of finance.
But scrip has terrors. The con
tractors and tho people who IRE to
furnish supplies, the printer men and
the rest will not take scrip except al
a great discount. 1t is the theory OF
the contractors that many of the coun
ties will not be able to redeem the
scrip for years and years, and while
they are taking the chance they might
as well play safe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
HoW's Thisl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.J.cHENEY 8 CO.. Toledo. o. E
{ We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by his Arm.
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls catarrh Cureis Internationally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c
Per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pulls tor constipation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28

tain American products. The rebates
affect wheat, flour, condensed milk,
manufactures of rubber, varnishes.
typewriters, refrigerators, pianos,
scales and windmills. This action was
taken in view of the favor accorded
Brazilian coffee by the United States
and to commemorate the visit of the
American battleship fleet.
Austria to Conduct Baths.
The Austrian government has decid-
ed to establish rndium baths on an ex-
tensive scale at Jochimsthal, the only
present known source of radium.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28

now 10000 men
on the rolls and
that last month
there were for
the first time
more men avail
able than could
unemployed. No
Americans are
on the laborers'
roll, the list be-
ing made up
from West Indi-
ans and whites
from the south
of Europe. a
Spaniard would
d o t W ice as
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28

gro. Although he had formerly ia
vored sea level canal, Colonel Goe
thals was now convinced that the lock
system was the best. The cost Of the
total work would be about $3.50, 900, 600,
exclusive of the money paid for the
French rights. Blackburn said he had
reduced the number of saloons in the
zone to thirty-four, which pay 800
month license,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
COAL TRADE GROWING.
slTuMlNous TONNAGE FAR MORE
THAN OF ANTHRACITE.
Business in Soft Coal Has ountupled
Since Year 1885 and Has Grown
100000 Tons Since
1909.

Baltimore, Md.-In recent issue of
the Manufacturers Record, Mr.. Fred
erick E. Saward, the New York au-
thority on coal industry, noting that
the United States is now mining more
writes:
The year of 1907 was a record one
0r coal production of all kinds, and
particularly is this shown in the out
put of bituminous COAL which aggre-
gated volume that would have been
unthought of, say, even five years ago.
Here we are with over 100000 tons
a day put out of the mines, and until
few weeks ago there was not
enough to go around" A few facts
in regard to the growth of the soft
coal trade of this country are of more
than passing interest at this time.
Only thirty-odd years ago Illinois
and Pennsylvania took a year to pro-
duce a tonnage that now could be
(and isl turned out in one month,
while West Virginia in 1907 produced
In less than week as much coal as
was produced in that state in the year
1869.
Particularly noticeable is the
growth of the soft coal tonnage in the
last half dozen years. 1t might rea-
sonably be supposed that with output
on such large scale the rate of in.
crease would become smaller, but II
goes forward with mighty strides
and prolongation of the line of out.
put indicates a tonnage of 500,000,000
tons, 100000 tons a. day for every
day in the year, practically, at a time
no further distant than 1912. At pres
ent the bituminous tonnage is more
than five times as great as the anthra
cite output Pennsylvania continues
to supply its full proportion of the en-
tire output, and Gncluding anthracite
output turns out nearly as much coal
than 1894, and five times as great as in
1885,
The bituminous coal trade has quin.
tupled since 1885. The increase alone
OF the year 1903, as compared with
1900, is as much as the whole aggre
gate output of the United States in al
years prior to 1857, and since 1903 the
tonnage has grown SO,0O0,000 tons.
Since 1896. the increase in tonnage
has been constant (save for a stand
still in 1000, and has amounted il
all to 100000 tons, and has nearly
trebled the tonnage in ten years. The
bituminous trade may now be said tt
be six times as large in volume as the
anthracite business. 1t is three time.
as great now as it was no further bach
than 1885.
The output last year was as great
as the total production for all years
prior to 1874, and adding the outpu
OF 1906 and 1907 we have tonnage
equal to all the business prior to 1882
Scarceless less noticeable than the
volume of bituminous business is tn,
concentration of control, so that nov
a score or more companies control {
tonnage equal to fully one-third of al
the soft coal used1in the United States
and as to the utilization of bituminou.
coal. there appears no reason, despite
the large increase in tonnage, tc
change the assertion of a few years
back that nearly one-half of the whole
output, aside from that exported OF
used for coke-making, is used by the
railway and steam navigation com
panies of the United States and Can
ada
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28

destroying confidence shipwrecked the
prosperity of the country. Said he: "In
the Cleveland administration sixty-five
banks closed, and they called 1t ter
rlble panic. In this Roosevelt admin
istration all the banks closed, and they
called 1t holiday. actually believe
there are some men in New York to-
day who are richer than they were be-
fore the panic came. That panic was
the result Of financial cannibalism.
The big ones wanted to deyour the lit
tie ones and believe they have gone
and done It,"
Hughes Endorsement Defeated.
The New York county committee of
the Republican party has again de-
feated by vote Of 302 to 222 reso-
luton indorsing Governor Hughes for
president. The opposition under the
leadership of County President Herbert
Parsons Were openly charged with act
ing under the direct orders of Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
FARMERS AND HoRsEMEN!

Are your horses afflicted with Heaves?
Ifso, you should at once procure a
bottle of LUERs' HEAvE DROPS, a sure
cure for Heaves, Shortwinde dness;
Coughs and Indigestion. For sale by
j. HI. Luers Drug Co.; P. A. ClemmeI.
VIM. Connolly; and Edward 4.
Lomas. 93y1.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
A Natural Inference.

Mr.. Roxton with morning paper y
Cad! Fastsett's auto was wrecked
last night and the six occupants were
badly hurt.
Mrs. Roxton-Poor Mrs. Fastsett! /
wonder now she received the news!-
Puck.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
Soon.

Suburban (hiring cook -How much
month do you want?
Norah Gonigan Indignantly What
do We take me fora farm hand? Me
scale av salary is 171s cints an hour.
kitchen time, wild double pay for holi,
days an whin We have comp-ny.-
Puck.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28

last week in a ire
mendous demonstra-
ton at Berlin, where
more than 10000 So
cialists and their
friends attempted to
parade the principal
streets and to hold
public meetings. Pri-
or to this n propac-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
Mental Farming.

Thought you said you had ploughed
that ten-acre feld?" said the first
farmer.
mo; / only said was thinking
about it," said the second farmer.
"Oh, see, you've merely turned it
over in your mind"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-28
Mail Orders.

Mott & Co., want your Mail Orders
Special attention given them. Send for
samples and Ladies' Home Fashion
Sheets. Very truly youra,
2tf MOTT & Co.