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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

,fr,. u, ~ Il Nsy5
treatment q large public questions he
is sunerflcial, rhetorical, :, uncertain
and Enthusiastically. =
Mr.. TAFT and Mr.. Bryan have been
before the public about the same num-
Der Of years. Mr.. Taft has a record of
useful activity and great deeds accom-
plished to show for his service, while
his adversary has nothing but SER
les Of ruinous vageries and defeats.
1t is now up to the people, of this ma
ton to- decide which of these two men
is the safer to guide the nation through
four years that have prospects of be-
ing history makers for the United
States. Many great problems of ma
tional Importance are in process and It
needs a man to administer to the af-
fairs OF the nation, who is no expert
ment but who has shown by actual
deeds accomplished that he is fully
competent to properly carry on the
great work.
A vote for Taft is vote in favor Of
the accomplishment of this end.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09
TAFT AND BRYAN

The only proper way to- estimate
what may be expected Of a man is to
review his past record. See if what
he has done is any assurance that he
may be expected to work to the best
interests of the people in the future.
In general training and administra-
tive experience Mr. Taft is better
equipped for the high Office to which
he aspires than any man within the
past half century. Mr.. Taft has never
been a seeker after Office, but has had
one position of Importance after an
other given to him. on account of his
especial fitness for the trust thus i'm
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09
A democrat of this city was hear

A democrat of this city was heard
to remark Monday morning, when he
saw the campaign banner flying across
the street that it looked like a John
Gund Beer Advertisement" "Shall the
people rule" is one of the principal
lines on the banner and it has began
to look as though the people were try
ing to rule but the democratic rulers
were trying to prevent 1t. The
banner will serve as good instru-
ment for soaring Eighty horses and we
are safe In saying that should the
democratic mule see it 1t would in
fuse life into his bones. The sign
is of such little Importance that the
democrats considered ordinary cloths
lines sufficient to hold it, but the
winds of North Dakota could not stand
for having a couple plaster-paris pic
lures before it and rent it asunder.
AS usual when the banner began to
show signs of leaving its hanging
place the democrats called for help
from the republican ranks to help
save the most important feature of its
campaign. J.,
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

posed in him. These tasks were as a
rule difficult in the extreme, requir-
ing a man of the best judgment to
proper administer them. AS Judge,
Commissioner, Governor and Secre-
tary, he has always proven himself
fully up to the task before him. He
has went at his work with a vim that
has made vast progress in it; always
conscientious, honest, absolutely fair
in all his dealings. He never discrim-
mated between man and man. In all
his actions he has shown himself a
man of. essentially judicial temporal
ment, not merely learned in the law
but grounded in the broad principles
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

Of justice and equity. His record is
one Of useful activity from the time
he entered the public service up to
the present time. He has never sac
rificed principle for self in, a Single
instance, but has always done his. duty
fearlessly, regardless of any personal
feeling he might have in the matter.
In contrast to this excellent record
of Mr.. Taft, Mr.. Bryan practically has
no record to speak of and what he has
he would be pleased to have forgotten.
His only asset is record as public
speaker, a politician and candidate.
The actual public service of Mr.. Bryan
Is confined to two terms in the house
of representatives, where he attained
some familiarity with the politics of
the caucus, but manifested no inclina-
ton to serious study. AS a. delegate
to the democratic national convention
of 1896 he sprung his free silver boyle,
and was nominated as their candidate
for president and defeated at the polls.
On the plea of imperialism he was
nominated four years later and was
again defeated. Aside from these and
a series of chautauqua lectures he has
been nothing nor done nothing.
Taft's public experience has come
to him because of his especial fitness
for such service. Bryan has had no
such experience partially because of
lack of opportunity due to his political
affiliations but more because of his in
tellectual character which is the re-
verse of Mr.. Tafts. He is eager to ex-
plode every new theory that comes
along without giving it the deliberate
careful study that is necessary to full
ly demonstrate it's fitness, and he is
equally ready to drop these theories
for new ones the moment something
which promises better to meet his
own selfish end shows up. In all his
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

81 The cry, Of the democrats in Ram
sey county is II there is lawlessness
III the county show US. we, want to en-.
force the laws, but we cant find the
evidence" Now possibly we are mis-
taken and there is no violations OF
law in this county. What think, You
dear readers? What, you think there
are violations?, Well why don't you
gather up some evidence and present
it to the officials? They need your as
sistance. - %&&S.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

The republican national committee
have asked for contributions to the
campaign fund from the state COM
mittee, who in turn have addressed
letters to the state candidates asking
for financial assistance. This does
not seem to be an indication that the
mighty trusts are assisting in the cam
paign of the republican party as our
democratic friends are trying to lead
the the people to believe.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

Bryan says Let the People Rule. y
They have twice ruled and turned
Bryan down. Now he wants them to
rule again. They will, next Novem,
Der and it is hoped that after the Ne
braskan has been ruled out for the
third time, that he will LET the Peo'
pie Rule and confine himself to the
Commoner and the chautauqua plat
form
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

The editors of the Starkweather
Times and the Inter-Ocean have been
invited to furnish the evidence to con-
vict blind piggers at Brocket. l don't
know how Brother Ressler feels about
it, but as for us, we were of the opin-
ion that Ramsey county had sheriff
and states attorney elected and paid
to do that business.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

Once there was a little yellow dog
that would stand out and bark at the
moon but the moon simply moved on
flooding the world with light and paid
no attention to the silly little dog
With due apologies to the Brocket
News,
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

G. E. Brown has again taken up the
reins of the Hansboro Pioneer. In his
leader of last week he did not state
what the political complexion of the
paper would be under it's new lease of
life.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

Mercy, Mercy! Hearst has found
some more letters. This time it is
Bailey of Texas who seems to have
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09
Seems the democrats have began t

Seems the democrats have began to
experience their difficulties already.
First their show bill refused to stay
where they put it, just like the picture
that it bears, and then their speaker
scheduled for Monday night failed to
materialize. Truly the way of the
transgressor Is hard. ~
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

One of the railroad boys of Devils
Lake says that every time he passes
the corner of Fourth street and KEEL
ly avenue that he gets sour stomach.
LET the people rule" =,
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-09

b. Archibold. Goodness me and he Is
one Of the prominent democrats i in 4 the.
senate too. Is there no way. TO- shut
Hearst Off, : .sI : y \ ss@3Ss#
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-03
WHITE RIBBON ECHOES
. * X * x X * y q * * X * * X

Never has "King Alcoholic had
such good reason to trcmblc as to-
day.
Boys and girls who twenty-five
years az shouted, "Tremble, King
Alcohol, we shall grow up!' ana
whose heads, hearts, hands and feet
have been trained for temperance
work in public school, Sunday school
and the L. n. t., through the untiring
efforts of the W. c. II. U. have pro-
cecdcd to grow up, and are suiting
their actions to their words.
The child who two score years ago
was taught by W. G. II. u. mother,
the meaning Of her little white rob-
bon bow and who at the twilight hour
prayed for the temperance cause, as
her hand rested upon lis little head,
is today a temperance warrior, bat
Ting against homes direct foe.
Already nine States stand for pro-
hibition and others arc falling in
line. Four counties in this State are
soon to have an election to vote out
the dispensary
Our univn is considering the pro-
prictv Of holding a bazaar similar to
the one recently held in this city by
the Elks. The proceeds to begin a
fund for "Tempcrancc Hail.
"Walking up Main street ono
night I saw Il thirteen year old boy
standing in front Of 4 saloon. "Wcll
Harold, this is a queer place for yor
to be! Why arc you looking il
thcrc?' Looking me square in tho
eye, he said: 'Whcn my father was ;
little boy, he went up and down thi
street looking for his father in 81
looms, and now my mother is scndin!
me to look for my father, but 7 vii
never have boy looking in a salool
for me. I'll die first And I hav
watched him through these year
that have passed, working hard t
keep in school and to reach his idea
and I know that he will reach it. 70
he is striving through Christ.-Wn
F. Gibbons in s. S. Times.
Temperance workers in the I.
are fighting what is equivalent to
capital Of $3,5OO00O, That
they are fighting in all 1862 dist
leries and brewerics, 17,111 wholcsa1
houses and about 225, 1000 saloons.
A. B. Fl.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-03
LAWS ON USE OF WATER
ALL IN A SINGLE VOLUME

Washington, Nov. 2.-Thc nation
piling for publication in a single
volume all the laws and court de-
cisions, both State and Federal, which
relate to the use Of water in the
United States. This manual will be
Of immense practical value and it is
somewhat remarkable, consihcrin"
the wide number Of interests which
are touched by these laws, that no
such compilation has been made be- ,
fore this. With the constantly grow
ing demand for Interstate water
was, the increasing utilization Of |,
water power for tie development of
electricity. and the widening areas Of |
scmiarid Western plains that arc be-
ing made arabic through irrigation.
those laws 1T thr present time affcc,
IL" ;"'"rr~t; Of wide variety Of IN
hiv;lr'l+ and corporations. and in
H." ir."rdiatr futu"" The number
whn.~ ''-;nr+; !; lirrrtlr inu;.hrii
VIII ,'i hr;bt be greatly incrcNs-
81, wi"', the national con-
8. .,N, r;s.inn Is ;l,in" along
= = "vir" r"l'' thorough and
IT," rr;lrtinn will be complete. IT
will ;""l"dr al St:tc and national
stat '... aud all court decisions which
Gov "', wntcr riehtS an,l kindred
ono -; ;'rS ON both navigahlc and nom
nav;""'1" &trcamS AVID lak"c. The ci
tnti," viii irrlrdr III acts which re-
4 late - rirnrinn rights. and public
y uH"' Of water. and all statutes
WI ,.'r"rn mills. pollution Of wat
or '"'"rirrrncr with navigation or
the "sc Of streams for power. dam
g min" Of streams. divcrtinG stream
4 flow. and 50 on---in short. all acts
i which, affect the use Of waters and
\ thr;'' .'";vHt" ?nrronriaiion to power
"a or other purposes. In The book will
be included also some authoritative
discussion Of the principles involved
i in those laws.
4 The national conservation commits
sion in its endcavor to make the com
pilation absolutely complete and ac'
curatc has called upon the governors
II of all the States for assistance anf
the replies in every instance have
promised support. Considcrabl,
more thon half the States have al
read" rnnointrd State conservation
commissions for the specific purpos
"a of c,orcrntine with the nationl com
" mission i'm its work Of gathering tn
~ mator;"l which will be embodied i
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-03

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g. -. ,,.,,a ,,,. ,,a., ,o,r
lv ,,,cbns tb;s nroic., are y, work,
A s;nulo vo|unc containing oll the
laws which hear unon The nsc of wa
tors IN tho var;ous n,rts of the conn
t,v will hc an cxcecd;np)v useful
reference handbook. 1t holds posi-
b;l;t;es of an ovan uroo,cr usefulness
:, ,L,t = will oxL;l,;t within l;m;ts :
th,t n,,Lo ro,Jv comnor;son noss;b]c
not only thc ocrcrol tendencies of thr
lave and dccis;ons on This subicc1
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-01

egotism of the theatrical profession
prompted that utterance.
The dramatic critic has been an estab-
lished institution for some hundreds of
years. He fills a necessary and an i'm
portant niche. He stands between the
public and the producing manager. His
mission is to shield the public from the
theatrical bunco steerer. The managing
authorities of our daily newspapers are
as competent TO judge the abilities of a
critic as is Miss Nethersole or any men,
Der of her profession.
The critic who is incompetent or dis
honest cannot long retain his position,
nor can the critic who makes no effort
to instruct as we'll as to protect his pub
lie. His influence. on the whole. is for
good He is a valuable aid TO the the
atrical profession, too, for If he were
not there to keep the actors up to their
work their methods would become slip
shod beyond endurance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-01

spirit and drink bottled beer and ask
each other If they've read Three
Weeks yet. All you need for starter
is a queen-mother of the local ostrich
herd who is reliably reported TO have
smoked cigarette nearly all the way
down once. and a rollicking young as
sistant organist who wears long hair
and an Ebert Hubbard necktie. and
you've got the start for a little Bohe-
milan circle right there.
But in New York more people work
at the trade and it pays better here
than anywhere else. It's funny thing.
Larry, IL a man works in a drug sore
or a pie foundry or any other mere
sordid commercial establishment. and
acquires breath like a cellarette at
night and a subway entrance in the
morning, and if ne begins to look as
if he dressed up while lying down, and
if he forgets to wash his neck, and if
he negIects his dandruff cure until his
coat collar looks like q Christmas
card. we diagnose it as a case of clan
destine pickles and give him the dis
ciplinary hook. But If he once almost
got poem printed in a magazine, or
if he's enc of those coming playwrights
that missed his train, We know he does
these things because he's genuine
Bohemian. and we have him up TO din
ner at the flat and buy drinks for him
and point him out to our friends as one
of those eccentric geniuses who refuse
to be bored by the sordid conventions
of society, when all the time he really
needs a bath"
well you can put down small bet
that you won't never ketch ne askin'
none of 'em up to my flat to Inner,
or nothin else, and the moneys as
good as Won" said the House Detec-
tive
Don't be too severe. Larry" said
the Hotel Clerk. The time may be
near at hand when we'll be owing a
national debt of gratitude TO the Bo-
| hemians of our country"
You've got to show me-" said the
| House Detective
Il WILL" said the Hotel Clerk. Il
don't know whether you've heard
| about it or not, but there's going to he
some international boat races over III
England this year. In bygone years il
has been the custom to get together an
American crew of Iongshoremen and
paper hangers and sardine fishermen,
and they'd go over to England. and
they'd get in a rowing shell and spit
on their hands and start in to rowing
| with the same abandon which they'd
employ in eating pie with their knives,
and there'd be nothing to it,
so this year the representa- tives of
Perfidious Albumen, as the poet has
so graphically put it, promulgated a
rule that nobody could row in the
| Henley races t at ever worked for a
living or engage in a vulgar trade or
kept a shop. ee
so I'm thinning, Larry, that wa
might get togetGsr a crew of true Bo-
hemians and enter 'em. They're eiigi-
BILE, under the new rules, If anybody
| is and they ought TO win from the
Britishers easy enough if
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-01
THE BUTTE REVIVAL.

The announcement that the mines in
and around Butte and the great Washoe
smelter at Anaconda are to be reopened
at once with full compliments of men
cannot fail to cause the keenest salts
faction. not only in Butte, but through
out the intermountain country. For
several months these mines and smell
tiers have been idle, with the result that
thousands of bread winners were
thrown out of employment. Many fam
lilies must have felt the pinch of hun
ger, many of them must have suffered
from a lack of fuel and clothing.
Now the men will resume work, the
payrolls will again attain the proper
tons they reached prior to the period
of inactivity and Butte will enter once
more her normally prosperous plane
Yesterdays dispatches say that the
greatest enthusiasm greeted the an
nouncement in the copper metropolis
and well it might, for the news was the
most important Butte people have re-
ceived in many months. The reopening
is of Importance to more places than
Butte. 1t is important wherever copper
mining is carried on.
The reason is that the resumption OF
operations on a large scale in Butte is
an expression of confidence in the future
of the copper market. The step was
not taken without careful thought anC
due deliberation, and il is an indication
that stable conditions are at hand. The
effect will be felt in Utah, in Idaho anc
Nevada and throughout Montana. The
Herald congratulates all concerned upor
the outlook and predicts another era OF
prosperity for the copper miners.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-01
KEEPING CLEAN.
With soap and water? No!

With soap and water? No!
That's important. But not all-im-
portant.
You want to keep the CRIME off, of
course-and not let the razor get
rusty. But that's not enough.
There's another sort of cleanness, my
friend.
He that hath clean hands and"
Remember how it reads?
Think that means soap and water?
1t doesn't-you might as well know
it.
Maybe you think being decent is Just
putting up a good front when you're
with decent people.
How about "whited sepulchres 90
Shining white outside and quite other
wise inside.
Keep clean, my boy--clean as to
hands and pure as to heart.
1t will pay you.
Why?
For practical business reasons.
Because your boss will care more for
you If you do.
Your job will be surer. and your pay
better.
Again: Why?
Because you can't be depended upon
unless you're clean-the boss can't
know where he stands in so far as you
are concerned.
He must know if he's to consider
you as a fixture-and if you're to get
raises of any consequence.
See what / mean?
You've a right to go out with the
boys" as often as you want to.
That is-legally.
Morally-you haven't.
From the viewpoint of progression,
you're a fool if you ever do.
Curtailing your liberty?
If you choose to look at il that way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-01
The Hotel Clerk on the Bohemian Life
BY IRWIN S. COBB.

eff you wanter sneeze, wy don't you
sneeze?" said the House Detective of
the Hotel st. Reckless to the Hotel
Clerk. You make me nervous stand
in there with your face all puckered
up"
Il know" said the Hotel Clerk You
see me as l am now, with my nose
looking as if she was about to jibe and
come about, and you dope 1t out that
I've got one of those double-seated,
self-feeding, runabout colds-in-the-
head that have been so justly popular
the past winter. But not so, Larry:
not So If / was to sneeZe at this writ
ing. it would lack practically all of the
scenic effects which are required to
make a success of a sneeze. 1t wouldn't
be one of those realistic sneeZes such
as you'd find in g. Belasco production.
The trouble with me is, Larry, I've got
the scent of punk sticks up my nos
trils."
I'm plenty wise to that punk stick
thing" said the House Detective. "a
punk stick is somethin' that burns like
way-station cigar and smells like a
defective f1ue in a Chinee laundry,
amt it?'
1.-THE late Noah Webster couldn't
have expressed it more neatly, and
Moan was lD6 hlu, Sdlu
| the Hotel Clerk. "A punk stick is all
that you have called it, and then some.
My nose thinks somebody's been burn
ing rags back of my tonsils."
How come you TO be Were they wuz
touchin off punk sticks?" inquired the
House Detective. II thought nobody
but strangers in town ever went to
them phony joss houses down in Chi
nytown."
i've been to a studio tea" explained
the Hotel Clerk
"a studio which," asked the House
Detective.
"A studio tea" repeated the Hotel
Clerk "I've been circulating, Larry,
among the real Bohemians-the kind
| that come from away up in the head
waters of Bohemia creek. Yessir, I've
been to an intellectual orgy of those
deVilish artistic souls, our care-free lit
erary giants, who think so much of To-
cal color that they wear it in their col
lars It's a great game
How'd you butt in ?" said the House
Detective.
Il was invited" said the Hotel
| Clerk. This hotel is the home of so
many bookmakers and others who fol-
| low a literary life that l suppose they
thought / belonged. So I got an in
| vitatiOn written out IN red chalk on
piece of plank. Everybody at the tea
said 1t was one of the most artistic and
Bohemian ideas that was ever thought
up.
TT certainly was a lovely affair. II
was up seven flights of stairs in a real
studio. A real studio Larry, is an at
tic that has skylight in it, instead OF
| windows. No true Bohemian will live
| in an attic that has common, debasine
windows in it. 1t would lower him in
the estimation OF the whole Bohemian
profession.