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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-06
COOLEY EXPLAINS WHY
He TAKES OPERA HOUSE
CONTINUED From Page one.)


Cohen suggested cut in the price OF
admission and continuation of our
season. 1t was the understanding
that the announcement of the extern
sion should be withheld until the ar
rival of the Alameda. and Friday
Cohen himself wrote an article which
he said he intended TO insert in the
papers. The Alameda did not arrive
on schedule time. so late Friday
night. knowing that it was necessary
to get little advertising if we ex-
pected to do any business Monday
night, I instructed Mr. JOY. my press
agent, TO make the announcement in
the Advertiser. BY the time the Ad-
vertiser was in the hands of its read
ers that morning the Alameda was in
the harbor.
+ Before II O'Clock that day Cohen had
declared that 1--WE were trying to make
a monkey of him. that he would
show US thing or two." and that he
would close the show that night"
These remarks We're made on the
street to Mr.. Joy, who told me of
them shortly afterward. I thought
Cohen would cool off soon, and so gave
no heed to the matter until later in
the day, when he stopped boy whom
we had sent out with our Autographs
and instructed him to put up no paper
for our show. In the theatrical bust
ness that action alone constitutes the.
closing of an engagement. If Mr.
Cohen expected us to open as usual
at his house Monday night. he was
not doing much toward augmenting
attendance.
Mr.. Cohen states that instead of
coming to him to talk matters over,
I avoided him all day Saturday, and
that i did not even come for my mail.
This is falsehood. as he well knows.
went to the box office after my mail.
and while there held conversation
with Mrs. Cohen, who was in the Of
fee at the time, calling her attention
to postcard 1 had received from my
mother. Cohen could not help hearing
this conversation, and If he had any
complaint to make regarding my ac-
lions, that was his opportunity to
make it. Certainly had no reason to
enter into any discussion with him.
unless he first preached the subject. I
did not go into the box office after
that, as l had been in the habit of
doing. for the very good. reason that
what / had heard led me to believe
he was unfriendly to me. and I had
no desire to associate with him while
he was in such ar frame of mind. How
ever, I was at the entrance door, only
a few feet away from the box office,
for nearly an hour preceding the mat
inee, and for the same length of time
in the evening. Still I heard nothing
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-06
SCHOOL FADs.

Editor Advertiser: With all defer
| ence to modern methods and to the
worthy authorities who are endeavor-
| ing to introduce these methods into the
| public schools, is it not about time &c
call a halt and to give a little common
sense consideration to the effects which
an application of these methods, under
any circumstances and especially I'M
der the circumstances which prevail IN
this island territory, might naturally
be expected to produee2 Your cor
respondent will neither attempt nor pre-
tend to give this important subject
anything like such thorough treatment
as it properly deserves. Let it suffice
to draw more particular attention to
the subject than has yet been given to
it, and thereby lead those who have
ito deal with it, to give more free
expression of their views than, from
one cause or another, they have yet
seen fit to give. To be explicit, any
one listening to a group of school
teachers talking shop and applying
a little common sense, must very short
ly conclude that the "fmodern methods =
which are now being made such a
prominent feature in the public schools,
are productive of a waste of time and
strength entirely inadequate to any
fancied benefits that were sought for:
that, in fact, the results were more
detrimental than otherwise, to the
pupils, although they were just sucR
as might naturally have been expect
ed; and that the hop, skip and jump
and peck as you go modern methods,
might more correctly be characterized
as modern fads.. Would any machine
shop. tradesman, captain of infantry,
or navy man introduce, much less toler-
ate any such questionable system IN
his particular calling and expect any
thing but disastrous resultsY
Take the class of pupils that are
found in the public school of this ter
ritorv. comprised as they are, of at
least half a dozen na5ionalities in
nearly every school. without even a
comprehensive colloquial grasp of the
language in which they are taught, and.
subject them to an infnity of petty
detail in a hop and jump and snatch as
Won 90 scramble that would severely
test the mental ability and patience of
even a white child with a fairly good
grasp of his own, English, language;
and what results could naturally be ex-
peeted? Certainly nothing more than
a chaotic tumble of ill-defned ideas.
No mastery of anything. What sort
of grounding in mathematics. could
such child be expected to get, from
going lively jump from fragmentary
cake to fragmentary cake of floating
figures across a rapid river, on lame
foot2 To ask the question is to answer
it. Now, suppose we apply a little of
this process of ,reasoning-and more of
ito this problem of teaching in the
public schools. Is there not, after all,
considerable of sound sense in the old
system of drilling and fixing one idea
in child mind, before requiring him
to take the next step? And if your
correspondent be deemed "way off,
and not knowing what he is talking
about, let experienced and capable
teachers be heard from.
AN OUTSIDER.
Honolulu, January ,, 1908.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-06

indicate market viii hold for about the
middle heabouts it viii be surprising
kig Conditions stated by the tend to discourage
of
rea to comp Of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-06
NUISANCE UNDATED.

Editor Advertiser: Where are the
Board of Health inspectors when, for
the last two weeks. a dead goat has
been rotting in yard next to the Ka
waiahao church without disturbances
H. E. WALKER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-06
AN INQUIRY.

Editor Advertiser: Please let me
know why citizen can t get work as
carpenter at the Leah Home instead
OF four Cinnamon
r. r GOODWORK.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-06

An
That available all the
enlist all
capital for securing great improvement.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-06

An 0 won prize an
day Wooey prohibition champion
consisted
prituous liquors Especially where the competitors
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-06

o prove
generally participate the exhibition opening
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-06

quite expected dropped again
domet politics good-s shoudre result
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21
Contest Notice.

Department. OF tn eInterior, Uni
ted States Land Office, Rapid City,
s. D., May 18th, 1908.
A sufficient contest notice having
been filed in this Office by George J..
Ehrler, contestant, against Home
stead Entry No. i 1927, made July
18th, 1906, for southwest quarter Of
southeast quarter and lot II In sec
5tion 1 and north half OF northeast
quarter of section 70, township 2
south, range 70 east. B. H. NJ, by
John G. Carson, contestee, in which
1T Is alleged that said entryman has
wholly abandoned said tract for
more than six months last past and
that John g. Carson has never estab-
lished residence or placed any inn
provements and has wholly abandon
eds same for more than six months
last past, and that his absence was
not due to his service in the army or
navy Of the Unit i States. Said par
tiles are hereby notified to appear,
Irespond; and offer evidence touch
ling said allegation. at 10 o'clock q.
M, on August 908, before the
Register and Receiver of the United
4 States Land Office in Rapid City, s.
D. SSs
j. =. Burke. Register.
Myron Willsie, Receiver.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21
Cricis in Cuba.

The August elections in Cuba
mark another crisis in the affairs of
that uncertain ward of the American
government. The struggle is be-
tween the people Of the rural dis
tricts on one side and the so-called
iaristocracy which controls affairs in
the cities. This latter class is in the
minority in Cuba as many Of the
people of the cities sympathize with
the rurals. It is almost certain that.
If the rurales do not turn out and
vote in sufficient numbers to elect
their candidate for president, the
old war horse Gomez, the other can-
didate, Zayas, will have a hard time
establishing a stable government.
The rural party would rather re-
tain the American temporary govern
ment than submit to zayas and will
no doubt start enough Of revolu-
ton, should he be elected, to force
1.-The continuation Of American occu-
lpation. S. a .,,8
One peculiar feature Of the Cu-
1sban way Of doing things is found In
lthe fact that the rural population
would rather fight than vote. An ac-
Itive political campaign on their part
and q getting Z out Of their full
strength at the polls would undoubt-
,elly result in the election Of Gomez,
Ebut it is not at all improbable that
they viii carelessly allow Zayar to be
elected and then refuse to submit to
his government.
1t is believed thai Gomez, IL cleo
ted, would be able to maintain
fairly stable government IN the isl:
and, and as the American govern.
ment has no object In governing
i Cuba farther than Z asssssssa ~ y. -
4 ,hSipsa fhat tie old soil ier will b
7 Ielected.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21
Plant-Destroying Pests.

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The latest discovery made by the
Department of Agriculture Is that of
a bug which has been brought from
Europe to make war on the elm
leaf beetle. Experts have become
convinced that the bug in question,
which is about the size of a pin head.
Is worth thousands of times its
weight in gold, and will, with it's
progeny, soon exterminate the elm
beetle and thereby protect the forest
Of the country. Millions Of dollars
| is lost annually in the ravages of
1.-THE pests on crops, and experts Of
the Department of Agriculture are
leaving no stone unturned in the
search Of pest-destroying insects.
AT the time the cotton boil wee
wills began consuming about $4,000
900 worth of cotton annually, the
Agricultural department, at a great
deal of expense, imported a colony
of Guatemalan ants. These ants
We're placed in Texas cotton field
awaited the battle with the boil wee
wills, but the next evening, however,
there was not a member of the Qua
tamalan family to be found. The
boil beetle, it was discovered, after
,gorgng itself with the heart of the
cotton bolls, found nothing more pal
atable than a light luncheon of nice
fat Guatemala ants Consequently
the department is still in search of
q destroyer OF the boil beetle.
The polygnotus Himalias, a bug
imported from Russia, has shown its
ability in routing the Hessian fly, for
many years the greatest foe Of the
wheat raiser. During the last few
years the department has filled the
orchards of the country with bug
that rapidly exterminates the green
bugs which formerly raised such
havoc.
The department is to be especially
commended for the valuable work It
is doing in Its war against the crop
destroying pests. The work is saw
ing millions to the farmers of the
nation, as the insect soldiers are
fighting the battles which the farmer
is unable to fight for himself.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

Pactola has been troubled with
small pox for some weeks and with.
in the last day or two another case
has broken out, making seven in all
Owing to the ruling made by the
state board of health some months
ago, rigid quarantine is not en-
forced. ,5
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21


General T. Coleman Dupont, Of
the Dupont Powder Trust, has been
selected by Chairman Hitchcock, Of
the republican national committee,
as directors of the speakers bureau
and he says he will conduct the cam
paign on ''purely business lines"
That means that he will conduct the
campaign the same as Mark Hannah
did eight years ago. The Republican
party could not have chosen more
business like t~ust manipulation
than Dupont, who has a mortal cinch
on supplying Uncle Sam with powder
at Dupont's own price.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21
j. Z. Burke, Register.
Myron Yillsie. Receiver.
Contest Notice.
Department of the Interior. United
States Land pfAege, RI pfd 'CityyS.-@8R,f,

ss.s. Contest Notice.
Department Of the Interior. United
States Land 9 fAeg RAPID Cftys R,s,l
June s. 10S.
Al SUFFICIENT contest affidavit having
been filed In this office by a.
hudson, contestant, against James;
Wilson. entry No. Il, 333, made Oct.
100 Z. for Lot 4 Section ~. and.
Lots 2, 8, section 0 !. township
north range ~ east. 81. h. s.,
by James Wilson cont stee. ii which
ita Is alleged that said James Wilson
never established residence on said
land, never placed any Improve
|Sments 81 any Character on. said land.
and has wholly abandoned same Tor
lsa period of mora than nix months
from date 81 entry and next precsd-
ling thesdate hereof. Said parties are
nottnsd to- appesr. respond
and offer evi denca touchipg said Ak
Legations &c 10 o'clock nj, On
Angus 9Th, s tore the Reg
lister and ReceiVer at United
Estates ~ 81 onlces "A Rapid CITY,
yronS v1illsie. Receive
H. Is H. Y4nT ~ Re0fS Il;
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21
The board of education in New

The board of education in New
York wants 100000 additional
to increase the salaries of the teach
ers of the public schools. 1t is to
be hoped the time will come when
it will be recognized that the work
of education is the most important
in any community, remarks the Bal
timore American, and its rewards be
held accordingly. In many COM
nlunities teachers rank among the
lowest paid classes of public ser
wants.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

ppblished Week. q City SD
3 me Union Publishing Company.
Is3I5Is AR BIER, Editor.
Entered 1t the postoff,ce at Rapid
City 10 second-class mail matter.
.,rlle New Union
;isAil y, 3 n,
Subscription. 81. 30 . year.

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Under the present management
TILE UNION will stand for;
Right and Justice.
Publish the news without fear or
/ favor:
Be, STRICTLY independent in politics
local, state and national. L
Stand for the n1oial lpbuilding of
the city and community
CITY and community interests
flrst- then individual interests.
Exposure of all graft and graft
ers, irregardless Of whom it may In
{ volYe.
3 In fact, to run a NEWSPAPER
IN every sense of the word, to the
very best Of our ability.
~ We realize that it is no small
Undertaking to run a paper accord
ing to lines stated above. but 1t
shall he: our earnest endeayor to
hew to the line, and as nearly as pos
sible give the people Of this COM
amunity such paper.
Now, don't blame us, If you
should be the subject of an Interest,"
Ing news item for 1t. is our mission
toSpublish the news and we certainly
a ara not to blame because you hap
pened to- become chief actor in
one or iife's dramas. We shall
treat all alike and publish THE
FACTS no matter what your station
inlife.
We. are under no obligations to
any political party organization nor
individuals, and In politics THE UNI
i ION will be strictly independent, re-
serving the right to champion the
ciples Of any political party con
firming and agreeing with our ideas,
but no. matter how well We may
thinke Of an issue UP before the
people we will never knowingly
support any candidate standing on
4 that issue, who is not a good clean
man for the place.
ssS We shall be loyal to the best in
terests OF Rapid City and commun-
lily It ali times and stand ready and
willing to do what We can toward
the upbuild ding Of tas ssity and coun:7
TRY morally CONNER cially and in any
other way Of material benefit.
earnestly ask your coopera-
stion and assistance and pledge you
isins return 4 newspa per along the
sible Tor us TO publish:
"a LOUIS &. BARRIER.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

While we are waiting for Land
CRATER Weeks to tell us how he Sc
cured his appointment as Land Com
missioner at Buffalo Gap, he might
at least tell us how the widow is
getting along at Underwood.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

That picture 0f the "a DOT 900
depot the Chicag go s. North. Western
is going %: build ina chicago should
81 accompanied With the pictures %
the orga nizerss % this abroad an
|pioyes, political & 1nnvemsnts tos pre-
vent rednct Ion 81 their wages. The
latter needs the other 10 an explan;
ation: Z Is
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

Texas with 10000 democratic
majority going dry is one of the
many Improvements in the demo-
cratic party. The '"solid South with
but three exceptions have embraced
prohibition.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

There is a great deal Of food for
thought in the statement of Chica-
go's Salvation Army officers, that
since their anti-suicide bureau was
started, about year ago. 400 men
and women have applied for advice.
According to army officials a large
proportion of these would have taxi
en- their lives if the bureau had not
interviewed. If that is so, Mr.. Car
negie might properly recognize the
Salvation Army among the life saw
arc
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

Life down on the farm isn't nearly
as much of drudgery as some we'll
meaning folks seem to think it is.
They should get out and look around
a bit.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

Japan is making an attempt at
locomotive construction. AS an
experiment, five engines are being
built at the Hyogo Railway works.
One is completed and in use, giving
satisfaction.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

The socialists Of the country are
very much pleased to see Hartman
hogging the railroads of the United
States. They figure that If he on
ily keeps on long enough, government
ownership Of the railroads will be
very easy to accomplish, as the coun-
try would only have Hartman to
deal with.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

While all the trusts and com
bines are lining up solidly on the
Taft side, the Republican mouth
pieces are loudly declaring it is un-
American for Labor to get together
on the other side.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

The most active years of railroad
construction in the United States
were in 1882, when 1860 miles
we're added to the operated railroads
and in 1887, when the increase was
12,s67.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

The paper trust advanced the
price of paper by ten cents per hun
dred, and at the same time has cut
wages 1 per cent. This trust will
never be good until it is dealt with
in way which its directors will re-
member for some time to come.
The above was clipped from the
editorial column of republican
newspaper, and while it is a bitter
pill to swallow, still the same paper
is yelling its head off for Taft and
the powers that have been, and are
squeezing the very life-blood out
of the public. Let's have done with
the rotten regime and stand up for
right and justice.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

Twenty years ago a German taught
the japanese how. to make shell bat
tons. Now Japan is exporting shell
buttons to Germany, France and
ether countries.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

.pointment or not. Mr.. Wentzy is
publisher of the Guide and is Civ
ing the people of this community
Ia first-class newspaper. While we
would like to see Mr.. Wentzy vice
chairman OF the committee, still If
it would require his time and atten-
ton away from his paper, we had
rather see someone else take the
place. He is doing good work with
his paper and for Rapid City's ben
eft we want the good work to con-
tinue.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

The arrangement of the next cab
met has progressed so far that Mr..
Root is already set down for secre-
|tary of state, Mr. Meyer for secre-
tary Of the treasury, Mr.. Hitchcock
for postmaster general and Mr.. viii
son, OF course, for secretary Of az
lriculture, with Mr.. Loeb, possibly as
secretary Of the navy. Perhaps, how
ever President Bryan may not APP
prove OF these nominations.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

A St. Louis woman has given up
her little four months-old baby be-
cause her brute Of a husband and
father Of the child objects to hav-
ing the dear little fellow in the.
home. Such degenerates should be
divorced banished to some unin-
habited island, where there would
be no possible danger of such moral
|lepers ever coming in contact with
any other member Of the human
family.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21
Many, man who claims to be
self-made, was made what he is by

his wife.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21
No Parcels Post.

If the travelling men of the coun-
try can have their own way, no par
cells post law will be enacted by the
next congress. In their national con-
vention held at Milwaukee last week
the delegates unanimously adopted
a resolution in opposition to the par
cells post, and the secretary was in
structed to send a copy of the res
olution to every member of congress
and to every senator of the United
States.
The reason of the opposition of
the travelling men to the parcels
post is easy to understand. A par
GELS post would put the federal gov
eminent into partnership with the,
catalogue houses Of tho country.
This would mean an attack upon the
country merchants, who are already.
having hard fight against the mail
liorder houses. For instance, fifteen.
car loads OF mail order catalogues
are Just now being distributed in
South Dakota. Another fifteen car
3Eioads are to follow. Every county
||is to be covered. II to this compe-
i tition Is to be added, the ability of
i thesehouses to distribute their or
5lders at less than cost, the deficiency
j to- be made good by the general gov
Eernment. the country merchant
would suffer keenly. and the COM
q mercial travellers who sell to these
merchants would be out of employ
q ment.
Every newspaper in the country
4 (which advertises the wares of the
local merchant, but which gets moth.
ling out Of the mail order houses, has
the same interest In the fight which
s 1.-THE commercial travellers have. Lee
! all who are Interest ed the CONNER
4 cial traveller, the merchant, and TIL
newspapers get together for thi
b light. and the parcels post measur
! cannot pe passed and the mail orde
4 house conspiracy viii be defeated
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

In New York child is born every
four minutes, and death occurs ev-
cry seven minutes. in
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-21

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