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The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
THE INTERCoAsTAL CANAL.
Progress Has Been Made on Great
 Enterprise.

The people along the gulf coast have looked forward to the construc- ton of the intercoastal canal as prom ising a great development In trade and great boom for that section, As s well known, the entire gulf coast adapts itself to the construction of an internal waterway, open 10 vessels of considerable size, where they will be free from the violent storms of the gulf, A succession of bayous, bays and lakes communicate with each oth- CT, and 1t calls for only slight stralghtening of these waterways and the digging of connecting links here and there to establish water route from the Mississippi to the Rio Grande. The soil is soft alluvium, which lends itself readily 70 excava- tion, and the difficulty and cost q. constructing the connecting canals Is small. As a matter of fact a consider able portion of the work has already been done by private enterprise be- tween here and the Teche which shows how feasible and--conparative wlht It's advantages-how Inexpensive is the construction of the proposed in- tercoastal canal.
 Although the possibility of this Wa ter route has long been considered, it Is only recently that 1t has come to the front as practical scheme of im- provement to be carried 10 an early conclusion. The examination of a portion of the route made last fall by number of congressman including members of the rivers and harbors committee, convinced them that the project was a good one; and the in- itial appropriation was made looking to the construction of the first section from Bayou Teche 10 the Mermentai river. The progress made in the pre- liminary work has been most satisfa j. tory; indeed. all the prellminaries have been completed and .he actual work is soon to begin.
 The Federal appropriation for the canal was made conditional upon SC curing the right of way. congress very properly concluding that none of the money should go for the purchase of property. knowing from experience that extortionate prices would be de- n1anded in many cases The right of way has been obtained. not without some difficulty, and requiring In at least one case, that of property be- longing 10 a school board. the passage of a special act of the legislature to deal with the matter
 This part of the program is nov completed. When the work Is ac- tually begun and the intercoa ..al canal opened, If only In part, the good results accruins from it will be SC promptly demonstrated that there will he little difficulty in obtaining from congress the additional appropriations needed 10 complete the canal.-Nev Orleans Times-Democrat
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
Harrinan's Terse Truth Telling Hits
 Speculative House of Cards.

New York, Sept. 1e.--All that F.. H. Hartman had to impart concerning the properties in which he is inter ested fell far short of what the specu- lative imagination had been led to ex- pect during weeks If buying or
 stocks at steadily advancing prices. It was disappointment on this score that caused the crumblng of prices to-day more than any other factor MT. Harrimar's telse reason for the great strength in tlie stocks of his railroads made that it was because they were too weak before. The weakness to- day might be explained with equal justice as due to stocks having be- come too strong before. The realiza- ton that there was to be no Union Pa cifc holding company and distribution of treasury assets, no immediate ralu- able rights on Southern Pacific in con nection with new financing, and, in fact, no actuality on which to base numerous other rumors which have kept alive speculative enthusiasm for some time past, left holders of stocks with the dread that they had been pursuing phantons and overdoing the speculation. The action of the market gave warning, also, that measures of supprot for prices were not to be en- forced with the same determination as lately. The, vigorous resistance shown by prices to selling pressure for some time past has quietcd all apprehen- sions which might arise on the part of purchasers of stocks for an advance. The conviction thus fostered that a powerful combination of capitalists had set themselves to hold and ad- vance prices, was shaken by the evi- dence of distribution of holdings whenever the market was strong enough to absorb them. Reading was about the only stock to show strength at any time New York Central ad- vanced temporarily when 1t became known that the regular dividend was duction in that dividend q i'd not avail to reassure misgiyings over dividend maintenance at other points. The mo- tives prompting the selling was not | commonly agreed upon. Political scare" was one motive advanced by some of the most demopstrative of the sellers themselves. The course of the market was not an entire surprise to observers less closely concerned in the speculation. The extent of the rise of reaction The active selling pressure continued up to the close, 1 which was weak at th6 lowest nrires
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
UOsTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn blower & Weeks. members of tho New York and Boston Stock Ex- changes. Frank D, Wetmore. mana ger.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
CLOSING PRICES.

E ported over private wires of Prince Whitely, members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges New York office, 52 Broadway and $ Center street. New H'van. Conn.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17

Public participation in the market. so far as there was any. was prtnci- pally on the. selling side. Comms- sion houses early in the day reported that Tuesdays developments had in- fluenced number of customers to part with stock that they had been holding for some time. These sales were supposedly to come from people who had purchased them when prices were much lower than at present. and who were satisfied to take profits. awaiting further developments in the political situation
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17

Boston, Sept I6
 High, Low. Bid Asked, Adventure .,.,. SL SI Allouez ,n,,.,. ob Arcadian .,.. 3A
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
Miscellaneous Bonds.
STOCK MARKET REVIEW.

tEA- dividend
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
Bonds were heavy Total sales par

Bonds were heavy. Total sales par value s3,236,00O.
 U, s. Is coupon declined S-i per cent, In the bid price,
 New York, Sept l6,-There has been a fairly large sale of cotton goods for shipment to India and the export Inquiry Is somewhat better, The job bers rate still doing steady business in small lots, knit goods and hosiery for immediate shipment are in better request Sllk ribbons are active, and soft finished satin faced silks in piece goods are selling freely. Cot ton goods remain fairly steady with business being done at very close mar gins of profit
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
"OF4, | CAN'T SAVE"

You bear many men and young men say "oh can't money vet
  earned Will failed earning itself, a he will, the this The a which o the
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17

Some commission house men ad- ] tied that they have sent out call 1 additional margin after Tuesdays l down in prices. but that the re- i, onsot was everything that could be !, pected. Margin calls might have | counted for some of the selling tarly.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17

London sold few thousand shares on balances. including some of the Ii,ll stocks, but the foreign trading B unimportant London sent over oH otations on Americans which were quarter to three-quarters below New York parity, and the tone of our stocks in the London market was de- cidedly weak
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
WALL STREET NOTES Eumors of Trouble from Read
 ing Shorts Fall Flat. LONDON MARKET WEAK Weakness of Hill Stocks Attributed to Selling of Well-Known
 Estate.

Wall street was filled early In the day with rumors of impending stock Hchange trouble, resulting from an t ereXtended short account in Read flg, Announcement of a failure. 1t WIS declared before the opening. ' uld he made shortly after the ecnina. and names were freely mem ned As the day wore on. with no r ms of trouble, less attention was i'd to such stories. They usually ve some foundation in the existence such accounts as they describe, and ,re was probably some chance of uhle of the sort on this occasion; imagination always plays a part ! tho details Since the imagination c' Wall street ig net always original Q such events as the Mcintyre and rowu failures are made to do ser e many times after their occur nee.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17

The sub-treasury transferred an- other s250Go0 to New Orleans for the banks, making total transfers this week s450,o0o, and on the present movement ss50.000.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17

Railway equipment stocks continue to attract great deal of bearish at- ten'ion They have been under in- creating suspicion ever since the gen. eral market showed disposition to disregard the upward movement in the Hartman stocks.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17

Tn some quarters the weakness in ti'e "Hil stocks" was attributed to tre closing out of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific shares held by a well-kncwn estate. The main ob- jsction to this explanation is that the es,ate in question has been subject to li',vidatior for months, during which period Great Northern has advanced from 1oI l-2 and Northern Pacific iron, 100 l-2. Both stocks were st-oaT until tho time approached for q iarng dividend on the ore certi- f' tes Wall street expected a divi- d. 11 announcement of at least i per c,n this week on the certificates, corresponding to the dividend declar- e just 2 year ago Yesterday the gcnora relief was that the September d's'rbution will be omitted. These q lends depend necessarily on the arr"rat of ore hauled by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, and trfse shipments, in the recent stag nation of the iron trade, have been running less than ,one-half what they were last year
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17

A man close to the mana cement of Great Northern says there has been np talk in official circles of reduc- tion In the dividend from per cent to per cent, and points out that Great Northern on its current showing is much better able to maintain pr cent, dividend rate than New York C ntral Is tc pay per cent
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29
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How Easily to Get Relief Instant
!. helies-trom Skin Disease

Is it worth 10 cents to you to
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If you are afflicted with skin d.
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Of the best skin specialists. even in
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It is the simple soothing oil Of winter
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ton. Get liberal trial bottle OF the
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Mccoy, Minot, N. D.
Write direct to D. D. D. Co., III
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29
Up-to-date Establishment

Hans Hanson, the reliable shoe re-
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shoe repairing establishments in the
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29

State of North Dakota, County Of
Ward
In District Court, Eighth Judicial
District.
Anders Olson and Andrine Olson,
Plaintiffs, vs.. Ole A. Saasted and all
other persons unknown, claiming any
estate or interest in or lien or In
cumbrance upon or against the prem
Uses described In the complaint,
Defendant.
The State Of North Dakota to the
above named Defendants:
You and each Of you are hereby
summoned to answer the complaint
in this section. copy thereof II
now on file in the ONCE Of the clerk
Of the district court in and for said
county and state and to serve a copy
Of your answer upon the subscribed
within thirty days after the service
Of this summon, upon you exclusive
Of the day OF service, and in case
of your failure to appear or answer,
Judgment will be taken against you
by default for the relief demanded
IN the complaint.
Dated this 22nd day Of September,
1908.
James johnson.
Attorney for Plaintiffs, 1876, Main
Street, Minot, N. D.
Notice OF No Personal Claim
You and each Of the Defendants
take notice that this action is brought
for the purpose Of quieting title to
the west half Of the northwest quar-
ter and the north half Of the south.
west quarter, section Is. township
1853, range 81, and no personal judy
ment Is asked against you or either
of you.
James johnson.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29

For bargains in city property Sc
n. A. Hurd, 4 room house well 10
Gated, 1 lots good water and out
buildings for sale cheap. Some good
bargains in residence property TOT
sale or trade for good farm land. II
can't suit you with what ! have ]
will build a house to your own plan.
tt
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29

Wanted tobuy, A limited mum ber
Of county or school warrants. Inquire
at theIndependent office.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29

Notice for Bids for Street Grading
The city council of the City OF
Minot, N. D., will receive bids until
8 o'clock D. m. the End day of Nov
ember, 1908, for the grading OF the
streets of said city as -oielnalte'
named. Said work to be in accord
ance with the plans and speclfca'
tons thereof on file in the office o.
the city auditor and to be complet
ed on or before the LIST day OF Aug
use, 1909.
Graves place thru Glenwood Park
St. Leo street from First street
East to Graves place.
Jarvis street, Second to Third
street.
All bids shall be in separate
amounts for each street but snail
cover the entire work for all streets
and upon a cash basis Of payment
and shall state the interest warrants
issued therefor shall draw, and shall
be accompanied by certified cheek
in the sum Of $500 payable to the
mayor of the city, and a surety bono
in an amount equal to the amount
of the bid, payable to the city OF
Minot. All bids shall be addressed
to the city auditor and shall be
sealed and marked Bids for street
grading"
The city council reserves the right
to reject any or all bids or any part
| thereof.
By order Of the City Council.
George L. Morrow,
City Auditor.
Dated October II, 1908.
1915 1922
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29

Money to loan on farm mortgages.
See Leo. J. Hartnett, Minot, N. u.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29

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cole agent for Almklov's Eczema
Cure, which has cured thousands OF
people. You'll not regret the small
amount Of money spent for box Of
tAs cure. NJ. o. Seglen Z Co.
l-30 {. T.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29
Money to loan on Farms.1Try
Grant S. Youmans. 2-21tf
Money e, Le,

Money 70 Lean.
First mortgage loans on farm prop
erty. = ~ Sco0ek.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
TR|CCERM
= BUT Gun FAILS
Defect in Weapon Prevents Trouble
Hunting Man From Taking
Another's Life.
TWO. ATTEMPTS IN VAIN
John Moffatt Draws Weapon, and
Pointing it At August DeWitt's
Head, Tries to Shoot.

A defective revolver was probably
all that prevented one and possibly
more murders last Saturday night in
the saloon of Ambros Schyvens on,
Eighth street and Fifth avenue. A
man named John Moffatt, part negro
and part Mexican, started row which
came very nearly ending seriously.
The saloon is frequented by Belgiani
who as general rule are peaceable
and law-abiding, though they do not
like to be intruded upon by other
The colored man walked
into the saloon bent upon stirring up
trouble and he succeeded admirably
Getting into an argument was easy
and the next step was for Moffatt to
draw revolver suddenly and point it
right into the face of man named
August Dewitt, with whom he was
arguing. The weapon snapped but
failed to go off and the trouble seeker
tried it again but this time the maya
zine caught and the revolver was use
less. The crowd then took a hand in
the affair and Moffatt was rendered
helpless while call was sent to the
police station and Chief Eckhart and
Officer Golf responded and took the
would-be murderer in tow. He will
be given trial this evening on
charges of assault with deadly
weapon.
He Needed Butter.
The police of this city and Daven-
port working together yesterday picked
up man wanted for a theft within a
very short time after the act Peter
De George saw 50 pound tub of but
ter on the rear end of train in the
railroad yards in Davenport and as no
one was looking he appropriated it.
Putting it in a sack he started for his
residence. which is in box car in the
Rock Island yards here A Davenport
officer saw him making his way
and the man seemed so anxious to
evade observation that the officer be
came suspicious and telephoned to the
police on this side to intercept the
man and find out what he had in the
sack Chief Eckhart hurried down to
the landing and saw De George leave
the boat and make for the railroad
yards. When the chief questioned hiu
in regard to what he had. he replied
that he had bought a tub of butter
from farmer, but the government
stamp ON the tub showed that it wa:
not secured from farmer. 1t wa:
that the butter was consigned to w.
Helmer, who runs a hotel i'll Nahant
De George was turned over to the Dav
export authorities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07


that unseen land, TO which they have
followed the shadow cloaked from
head 10 foot, who keeps the keys of
all the creeds.
Ben Adhcm and the Angel.
Those unfamiliar with the tenets of
our brotherhood have asked what is
our creed. The answer TO this ques-
ton must ever be the same.
"Elkdom breaches no creed. and i'm
poses upon its votaries no form of re-
ligious faith. but simply asks belief in
i Supreme Being, the maker and ruler
Of the universe Its affairs are sacred
10 love of God and love of humanity.
It's mystic rites shed refulgent beau
ty over the destiny of human kind and
teach the great lesson that to live in
selfishness is TO miss that which makes
life worth the living.
I'VE have come to regard the story
of Ben Adhem and the Angel as we
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
PERSONAL POINTS.

Mrs. G.. E. Work has gone to Des
Moines, Iowa, for few days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Darnell, for
merly of Rock Island, after spending a
couple of days here, leave tonight for
their home at Fort Worth, Texas.
Peter Ryerson and son Herbert and
granddaughter Elizabeth will leave
this evening for Los Angeles, Cal.
where they will take up their resi-
dence.
DR.. and Mrs. c. w. Foss and Miss
Martha Foss have been sightseeing in
Naples, Rome and Pompeii and Nov
90 sailed for India, where DR.. Foss will
inspect the mission field in the interest
of the Augustana synod. DIR. and Mrs
Foss are now nearing the most perilous
part Of their journey.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
Final Special Assessment Notice.

ftndi special Assessment NOtiCe.
In the matter of the special assess
ment of the Village of WATERFOWL for
the Improvement by special assess
ment of certain streets and avenues in
the said village, by the construction of
cement sidewalks in the village of
Watertown. Docket No. 50 of the
county court of Rock Island county.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested. that the village of Water
town has heretofore filed in said court
in said cause certificate showing the
cost of the work, the amount reserved
for interest, and also that the improve
ment has been constructed in substan-
tial conformity to the requirements of
the original ordinance therefor.
The hearing to consider and deter
mine whether or not the facts as
stated in said certificate are true will
be held in said court on the 25rd day
of December, A. D. 1908. at 8 o'clock
a. m, or as soon thereafter as the bust
ness of the court will permit.
All persons desiring may file objec-
tons in said court before said day, and
may appear on the hearing and make
their defense.
BOARD OF LOCAL IMPROVE
MENTS.
BY George Allsbrow, President.
! Dated Watertown, Dec. Z, n. D.
1908.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
WILL LOCATE In
SAFETY BUILDING
Northern Life Insurance Company Sc
cures Suite of Rooms, and Will
Soon Move Its Office.

The Northern Life Insurance COM
pany. which recently determined to es-
tablish its head office in Rock Island,
has secured a suite of rooms in the
Safety building, and will take steps at
cago TO Rock Island. 1t is expected
that before the first of the year the
company will be well established in
its new quarters. The company is con-
trolled by Rock Island and Moline men
who were the promoters of the First
Savings Bank Life Insurance company,
ated into the operations of the North
ern.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07

obligations taken at our affairs? Have
we needed the cry of distress? Have
we visited the sick and comforted the
sorrowing? Do we indeed write the
faults of our brothers upon the sands
and their virtues upon the tablets of
love and memory?
''If We, the living, are mindful of
these things, then may we come to re-
gard ourselves as fit company for the
dead, whose voices today are mingled
with the choir invisible, and, annihila
ting time and space, the spiritual man
may hold communion with them in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07

times. 1t is the perennial flower of
remembrance, growing alike in sum-
mer's heat and winters cold whose
bloom and fragrance survive the chill
December of the tomb And holy
should be its meaning unto us who
mourn for those whose watchwords in
life were charity, justice, brotherly
love and fidelity. 1t is to honor their
memory that we gather in this lodge
of sorrow, to invoke the divine bless
ing upon those so near and dear to
them, to live again our little hours of
lay upon their graves the acacia and
the myrtle as our symbols of grief
and Immortality.
The Quick and the Dead.
upon occasions like this, when we
gather as Elks to pay. tribute to our
absent brothers-absent, because they
no longer hear the reverberatine
strokes of the 18th hour-it is fitting
that we speak of the living as well as
the dead. 1t is fitting that we look
into our own hearts and ask ourselves
if we are worthy opponents of those
sublime principles committed to oul
keeping.
"Are we measuring up to that stand
ard of manhood by which every Ell
must be judged before the Great Elk
allied Ruler on high? Have we KEEP
the faith? Are we true to the solemn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
Marked for Death.

Three years ago l was marked for
death. A graveyard cough was tear
ing my lungs TO pieces. Doctors failed
to help me- and hope had fed. when
my husband got DR.. Kings New Dis
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Bac. KY The first dose helped me
and impro! ement kept on until had
gained IS pounds in weight and my
health was fully restored This medi-
cine holds the worlds healing record
for coughs and colds and lung and
throat diseases. 1t prevents pneu-
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