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Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
ABYSS or OCEAN.

Effects Of the Fearful Pressure In the
Depths Of the Sea.
More than half the surface Of the
globe is hidden beneath water two
miles deep; 100000 square miles lie
at a depth Of $1,000 feet or more.
Many places have been found five
miles and more In depth. The greatest
depth yet sounded is 1900 feet, near
the island of Guam. Ig,f
( If Mount Everest, the worlds high
est mountain, were plucked from Its
seat and dropped into this spot, the
waves would still roll 1900 feet above
its crest.
Into this terrible abyss the waters
press down with force of more than
10000 pounds to the square inch. The
stanchest ship ever built would be
crumbled under this awful pressure
like an eggshell under steam roller.
A pine beam fifteen feet long which
held open the mouth of trawl used in
making cast at a depth Of more than
$4,000 feet was crushed fiat, as IL It
had been passed between rollers.
4 The body of the man who should at
tempt to venture to such depths would
be compressed until the flesh was
forced into the interstices Of the bones
and his trunk was no larger than a
rolling pin. Still, the body would reach
the bottom, for anything that will sink
In a tub of water will sink to the ut
termost depths Of the ocean.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
May Be Sign of Trouble.

''In certain uptown barber shop ''
said the Bronxite, there is sign that
says, If you are not pleased with the
barber's work, tell the proprietor
Now, I visit the place at least cou-
pie of times week and always get a
good shave except when get into the
proprietor's chair His razors are al
ways rasping, his work careless and
results bad. Now, should I tell the
proprietor? Would he be insulted If I
told him he ought to be fired and his
chair given to real barber? OF
course the sign invites it, but won
der what would happen If told him
just what ! think? I'd try 1t were it
not for the fact that he's huskier than
I am."-New York Globe.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
ANCIENT RING SEALS,
The Sacred Beetle and Busts Of Ieis
or the Pharaohs,

mo Sacred Beetle and Busts Of Ieis
or the Pharaohs.
Among the rings found in ancient
Egyptian tombs are many which cru
dlte archaeologists ascribe to period
slightly anterior to the deluge.
This, however is debatab'e ground
the deceptive morass Of conjecture
rather than the solid earth of fact.
But we feel the latter beneath our feet
when viewing the massive gold Egyp-
tian signet rings with revolving cylin-
drical bezels of indigo colored porcelain
or the deep blue porcelain rings bear
ing a bust of Isis or Of one Of the
pharaohs in full relief. The former
represent the primitive seals in use
when the Israelites were bondmen and
before the pyramids were built. The
latter We're the common adornments Of
the prototypes Of the modern fellahin
when Solomon was in his glory.
In neither case is the workmanship
meritorious, the prentice hand" being
plainly visible. Skill in design and
execution, was acquired later and
among the Etruscans attained de-
gree Of excellence never since equaled.
Such Of their work as remains is ST.
lent yet eloquent testimony to their
marvellous skill, but the secret that
enabled them to manipulate gold '.fine
drawn as hair is one Of the lost arts
of the ancients.
In the Etruscan as in the Egyptian
rings the device Of the scarabaeus, or
sacred beetle, figures prominently, for
to both these remarkable races this
curious insect was an object Of pro
found veneration and as sacred and
symbolic in their eyes as the cross Is
to the Christian.-Quiver.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17

~ Z
at Memphis, with it's 5000 delegates
Its score or more Of state governors
and it's presidential parsonage in at
tendance.
History has repeated itself and ut
tered its repetition in an edition de
luxe.
Perhaps no gatheringlof earnest mer
ever was held in the United States
which discussed matters Of more vita
Importance than this convention al
Memphis the first week in October
What the convention actually did II
not SO important as will be the results
which will flow from the discussions
and resolutions Of the body. Inevita
bly, bound up in the matter is the tic
klish problem OF railroad rate regula
tion.
We have tried to regulate railroad
rates by statute law. The proposed
deepening Of the river channel is b
step toward rate regulation by natural
law For many years the railroads
have enjoyed practical monopoly ot
the interior trafnc. Railroads belong tt
individuals or combinations Of individ.
uals. Rivers belong to the people ii
common. There can be no private SNAP
river trust, The experience OF the pas
has proved that steamboats can trans
port goods at a freight rate much low
er than the railroads exact. BY deep
ening the~river channels so that vessels
Of adequate size may navigate the nat
ural arteries Of inland commerce thu
people Of the United States will intro
duce competition where monopoly nov
rules. That Is the sweetest kernel o.
the exceedingly large and luscious nu
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
to be cracked by Uncle Sam In the
event that he plies his hammer on the
situation as the waterways advocates
suggest
Relief of Conqested Traffic.

But even. more important In it's i'm
mediate uses is the relief of congested
traffic which the Improvement Of the
river promises. An authority no less
than James ]. Hill, president of the
Great Northern railroad and chief de,
veloper Of the northwest, has estimat.
ed that $4,000, 100000 will be required
to improve and develop the railroad
systems of the country to the point
now demanded for handling the trans
portation business as it should be han
died. The waterways experts contend
that by the expenditure of something
like $500, 100000 the rivers can be put
into condition for relieving the situa-
ton. This includes, of course, a canal
here and there to connect natural wa
terways, in addition to the deepening
Of river channels.
We are spending approximately that
amount on the construction Of the PAN
anna canal. With that project complet-
ed, the need Of navigable river chan
nels in the United States will be vast
ly greater. Deep inland waterways,
hACASAoACs oCSAA W OC AAStlIoOl0
aftermath Of the Panama canal.
The Lake to the Gulf Deep Water
ways association, chiefly fostered by
st. Louis business men, has for It's
slogan the cry, "Fourteen feet through
the valley!' This means that congress
Is to be asked to unite Chicago and
consequently all the ports on the great
lakes with the gulf Of Mexico by
dredging fourteen foot channel from
Chicago to the gulf. The Chicago
drainage canal, the Illinois river and
the Mississippi constitute the course.
With channel of this depth big ocean
freighters may mosey up to Chicago
and thence along the lakes to put OF
at Buffalo their cargoes, or vice versa,
while the big vessels on the lakes, now
laid up on account Of ice during sever
al months Of each year, may mosey
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17

down the Mississippi and Go salt wa.
ter business in winter time. In the
event Of the building of the proposed
ship canal to connect the Hudson river
with the great lakes, vessels of heavy
drash then may voyage from New
York to New Orleans by way of Buffa.
10, Cleveland, Chicago, st. Louis, Mem.
phis and Podunk, Miss, and continue
on by the salt water route between the
tail end Of Florida and the north coast
Of Cuba back past Sandy Hook to
New York or, for that matter, to any
port of the seven seas
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
The Wise Ones.

Some people don't never seem to
learn nuthin' as they grow Older" re-
marked the Squedunk sage.
Some people don't need ter" re-
Bponded the Pohick philosopher "Some
people knows 1t all from the start
Louisville Courier. Journal.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17

Steamboating was In its vigorous
prime. The toot Of the stern wheeler's
whistle resounded along the shores Of
score Of streams tributary to the
Mississippi, the father Of them all
Practically all long distance traffic ir
the interior was carried on by water
None save the boldest dreamed that
the day would come when the shrieA
of the land going locomotive would
wall of lost soul
That day came, and the rivers went
out of business. What a facetious
person said concerning the Missouri
river a dozen years ago, when the gov.
ernment finally abandoned all further
improvement of its channel, was appl.
cable to all the Mississippi valley
streams:
saThe Missouri has been hung up on
the fence to dry"
To be sure, there was more or less
river traffic remaining, but increasing
~ less from year to year. The rail
roads had the call. Two streaks of
SCSci IuuuluS uefe anu VQerS ana yOQ-
der across country at the will Of the
builders had put the silver ribbons Of
water out Of the reckoning.
Great Developer.
But 1t SO happened that the excess
I've enterprise Of the railroaders has
created a new and still more urgent
demand for the steamboaters. The
railroad is the great developer. 1t has
built states and populated them with
workers, and the workers have pro.
duced such vast wealth from the soil
OF the Mississippi valley, stretching
from West Virginia and Pennsylvania
on the east to Colorado on the west,
that the railroads are utterly made
quate to the situation. The railroads
cannot haul the traffic which they
have created; hence 1t follows that
the thoughts Of men are turning again
to the natural arteries Of cornmerce.
the once loved but latterly desuised
rivers, as an outlet for the surplus.
This is the situation which called into
being the deep waterways convention
t
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
A Human EaiIina.

"Pa, what is the meaning of incon-
sistencyT' asked Freddy
Inconsistency, my son." explained
pa, means man who growls all day
and then goes home and kicks the dog
for barking at night" = Harper's
Weekly.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
Happiness and Two
Hundred Thousand.

By JOHN MITCHELL OF Chicago
Bank
~" EALTH is burden The of millions is NOT PER.
FECTLY HAPPY. He cannot be- He has too roan,
~ responsibilities
maintain that the individual of moderate means one
worth couple OF hundred thousands of dollars business that
netting him something each year. the person enved Such
should be happy money nor too little He
good income but great that he worry about
investing it keeping that not contened can
hot imagine who would be.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
. A Matter Of SnelIina

'.This is the age Of STEEL" said the
after dinner speaker.
Permit me to suggest" interrupted
the chairman courteously, "that for the
benefit Of the reporters present You
spell that last word."- Philadelphia
Ledger. -
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
Deeper Channels Needed.

0VVHVl VllQlNtVtO NCVNVus
Then there is the Arkansas. The
state Of Kansas has been suing the
state Of Colorado for stealing the Ar
kansas river for irrigation purposes.
What Is left of the Arkansas flows
through Indian Territory and Arkansas
to the Mississippi. 1t Is still nayigable
in spots for google eyed perch and fat
bottomed boats. The Arkansas should
carry sizable craft clear up to Musko-
gee, I. T., and no doubt the new state
Of Oklahoma would have put in its
constitution demand for a deeper
channel but for "lack Of space
The Tennessee, the Cumberland, the
Red river and other smaller streams
hope for some Of the federal improve
ment pie. Deeper channels where they
are needed will aid greatly in relieving
the situation throughout the vast Mis-
sissippi valley. 8 sf%
1t is interesting to note in connection
with President Roosevelt's voyage
down the Mississippi from Keokuk to
Memphis to attend the waterways con.
vention that the presidents paternal
grandfather commanded the first
steamboat that ran on the Mississippi.
In 1911 Captain Roosevelt took a
steamboat down the Ohio and the Mis-.
sissippi to New Orleans, the very first
to make the trip. The presidents
grandmother also made the voyage.
Congressman Theodore e. Burton of
Ohio, chairman Of the inland water
ways commission, and his confreres
now have mapped out for them a pro-
gramme the carrying out of which
should immortalize their names.
Bear Hunt In the canebrakes.
At the close of the inland water
ways convention President Roosevelt
left for northeast Louisiana to partici-
pate In a bear hunt In the canebrakes.
His hosts on the trip will be John A.
McIlhenny. former rough rider and a
member Of the national civil service
commission. and John M. Parker, own
er of a large cotton plantation, who
accompanied the president on his bear
hunt In Mississippi four years ago.
Two camps have been pitched for
the presidents party. The first is at
the junction Of the Tensas river and
the Monticello road, In East Carroll
parish. This camp will be about Eve
miles from Alsatia station. where the
temporary white House" will be es-
tablished for the presidents secre-
taries. telegraphers and newspaper cor
respondents. The second camp Is at
the junction of the Monticello road
and Joe's bayou. A temporary bridge
aas been built across the Tensas river
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
By RoBERrus LOVE.

HISTORY repeats itself, though
not always In the same tone OF
voice. In the city of Mem
phis, Tenn, in the year 1845
was held a convention having for it,
object the improvement of our inland
waterways. incidentally it may be
mentioned that John G. Calhoun was
chairman Of that gathering. Now, ir
this year of our Lord 1907, in the
same city of Memphis, has just been
held a convention having practically
the identical object in view. Theo
dore Roosevelt, who, like Calhoun, has
been vice president of the United
States, but, unlike the South Caro-
linian, has achieved his ambition to &c
up higher, was the most conspicuous
parsonage at the second Memphis wa
terways congress.
The sixty-three years elapsing be
tween these two. conventions shave
wrought vast changes. Memphis lin
1845 was small town on what was
then the frontier of Uncle Sans de
velOped domain. Now 1t Is a thriving
city almost in the center Of the United
States as to population and develop
ment. The republic has grown al
Memphis has grown. The analogy
holds good through all lines of growth
territorial. industrial, agricultural
and otherwise.
Steamboating In Its Prime.
I, In 1845 there was an urgent demand
for improved waterways III the vast
Mississippi valley. At that period rail
roading was in Its swaddling clothes
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17

False friends are worse than open
enemies s--French Proyerb.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
A Radical View
of the
President.
By JOSEPH W. BAILEY. United States senator

@@s@s@@s AM apologst for the president and have
& adulation of him in which Dem
indulge. 1t is that this question of rail-
road regulation he has embraced the doctrine of our
party and for that applaud him. But he has done
@*s@#s@a@s TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER AND
THE STRUCTURE OF THIS GOVERNMENT than all Of his
predecessors combined He has frequently exhibited SUPREME
INDIFFERENCE the constitution Of his country and has pursued
what has seemed deliberate plan impair the RIGHTS OF
THE STATES and all power the federal govern
We have before witnessed such Of good and evil
public Before have finished prasng him for
recommendation he makes another foolish
turn They tell that he brave that he
rash he brave They tell that he honest and
answer that he is just arbitrary he honest He is
blessing
for rcnrse.
n my heart
O worse
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
When the Chester Stuck.

Just to illustrate the fact that the
Missouri needs heroic surgical treat
ment II it Is to come in line with In
land waterways progress the trip of
the steamer Chester only a fortnight
before the Memphis convention may
be cited. With Captain william r
Massie, veteran Missouri river pilot,
at the wheel, the Chester undertook a
round trip from st. Louis to Kansas
City, carrying produce and passengers
each way. The distance between the
cities is about 300 miles. On Sept. %,
seventeen days later, the Chester got
stuck on bar near Hermann, Mo-,
not far from the home plate, and her
passengers finally concluded that to
get home in time for Thanksgiving
turkey they must 60 ashore in a
launch, which they did. The Chester
draws three feet six inches when
light. She was heavily cargoed with
wheat. At the point where she finally
hung up the channel was only three
feet seven inches. Enough said!
The Ohio, of course, will come in
for some Of the improvements, though
1t must be said for the Ohio that she
has been able to keep her head above
mud in manner highly ereditable to
her and correspondingly chagrining to
her western sister, the Missouri.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17

!:
W recognizes the baseness of marriage without respect
MA ano love Is not content with legal separation which
11 Will answer every purpose safety honor and de-
4 sxss Ia@assaA cency.
VSsMM HERE RIGHTEOUS iNDviDuALIsM INDIRECTLY
attacks SOCIETY. BECAUSE IT ATTACKS rH1
V1S#SS14A PERMANENcE OF ON wa,cH rAm
n.y. STATE. SOCIETY AND cwlL,zAT,on sEsT
lxxGssl Il is obvious that this at the bottom Of onr
loose divorce laws It leaning chastely under the
gue OF HIGH PERCEPTION OF AFFINITIEs toward free
love- ~
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
Very AIIuring Project.

This is a stupendous proposition and
a highly alluring one, but it follows
logically Oh the heels of the Memphis
discussions. 1t may be added that
there is also well defined plan for
the cutting Of ship canal through
the Florida peninsula to obviate the
necessity of cruising among the peril
GUS reefs of the Florida keys and to
shorten considerably the distance from
the gulf ports to Atlantic coast points.
While these immense projects are
under consideration there are several
smaller though highly important ones
pressing for recognition. These relate
to the tributary streams of the Mis-,
stssippf. The Missouri, Of course,
comes first-the river that Uncle Sam
wrung out some years ago and hung
on the fence to dry. The Missouri
simply refuses to stay dead. 1t al
ways was a lively stream, moving
about latltudinally as well as flowing
seaward longitudinally. There is
tradition to the effect that farm
house along the Missouri is ON one
side or the other according to the di-
rectton in which freshet moves the
channel of the stream.
Nevertheless for nearly q century the
Missouri was the artery Of a glorious
and romantic commerce between st.
Louis and tie far northwest. Still.
living in st. Louis are a few Of the
veteran steamboat captains and pilots
who ran on the Missouri far up into
the Dakota country when steamboat
ing was in its palmy period and the
government snag boats and dredgers
worked assiduously to give passable
channel to the sturdy stern wheelers.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17
4 Woman NOvelist's
Argument Against
Absolute Divorce.
By Mrs. MARGARET pELAnp, soxe,,.,

my happiness in remarrying my brothers ewes tbs
permanence OF marriage, then viii give up my happiness
-~ One hears sometimes very high INDIVIDUAL MO
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-17

HISTORY repeats itself, though
not always in the same tone o1
voice. In the city of Mem
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
ChaddOck.Wyatt

Miss Charlotte c. Chaddock, whose
home is in Magnolia. Ohio, but who
has been living since February 1905,
at Eaton and Ault. and David X.
Wyatt, son of David Wyatt, owner of
one of the largest ranches near Ault,
quietly departed for Denver Monday
morning and later. in the day ap-
prised their many friends of the fact
that they were married. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Selden
Of the Broadway Baptist church. The
wedding is the elimination of a
romance begun at the time of the
charming Ohio girls arrival for a
visit with western relatives. The
bride and groom with the brides
sister, Miss Jettye Chaddock leave
Thursday of this week for an ex-
tended visit at their old home in
the east. Mr.. and Mrs. Wyatt will
return, however, and make their
home at Ault.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
THE INTERSTATE FAIR
Some Special Features at the Zig
Exposition

Saturday. September -, will BE
the closing day in the first annual
Colorado Interstate Fair and EXPOSE
tion at Denver and will be devoted to
the grand championships. 1t viii
also be the soldiers and children s
day at the fair.
The championships will include all
exhibits, and will be one of the main
features of the fair.
Veterans of the Civil and Spanish
wars will be out in full force on this
day, and it is proposed to have an Old
fashioned campfire for the men who
fought; one that will recall to them
the days of the early COS and the
campaigns of those bloody years.
There will also be special programs
for the men who fought in the
Spanish and PHILIPPINE wars, with
special drills, and perhaps, sham
battle. The state guards will also
participate in these exercises.
For the children--it is expected
that there will be so many thousands;
there that President Roosevelt would
take back his remarks about race
suicide" If he were present-there
will be elaborate exercises.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
THE PATTERSON BUSINESS CON
FERENCES NEXT WEEk
WHAT CONFERENCES MEAN
Expert to Tell Greeley Merchants
How to Build and Keep Busi
ness. Make City Grow and
Improve Industrial
Conditions

| f. S. Patterson, of Chicagu, con-
nected with the town improvement
branch of the DRY Goods Reporter
| publication devoted to home trade
building and improvements. will be
gin a series OF conferences for busi-
ness men, in the Commerce club
rooms next Monday evening. There
will be five of these conferences,
lasting until Friday evening
The first subject to be taken up
will be that of The extenson and
Protection of Local Trade" This is
topic in which every business man
is interested and Mr.. Batterson S
large experience in that line will
make his suggestions of great value
to the merchants.
Other subjects to be discussad dur
| ing the week will be Tow Pdb-
licity" or Putting Town N the
Map" That is Just what, ireeley
people are after now more than
ever.
Securing New Industries 'includ-
ing modern methods for getting fac
tories.
industrial Expansion or Build
ing Up of Factory Town"
Commercial Club Activities" or
Things That Make Club Last
| A week or two after the business
conferences close another series of
meetings, of a more public nature
will be held. A series OF lectures
on town improvement will be given
probably in the Greeley opera house.
These will be free to the public.
There will also be high class city
engineer here who will look over the
city thoroughly and advise the peopia
here what city of this size should
have in the way of public utilities to
make it up-to-date, and how to get
these.
The whole will be right in line
with the revived spirit of putting
Greeley and northern Colorado m
the map with great big dot.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-12
BUILDING BEAUTY INTO
GREELEY
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Building Beauty Into Cities" IS
the title of an article in the August
i, issue of the Philadelphia Satur-
day Evening Post, that should be
read by everybody interested in the
beautifying of Greeley. While this
article deals principally with larger
cities. there ar excellent ideas em-
bodied in the article that may we'll
be applied to this city.
For instance, Cleveland is spoken
of for its. enterprise in making its
public and several other buildings
conform to Il general plan, grouping
all OF their public buildings to form
civic center. Accidentally we are
in a fair way to realize this same
plan in Greeley. where it will be
easy to entirely surround Lincoln
park with public, or sime-public
buildings. This accident, that has
played so well into our favor,
should not now be cast aside. We
would even like to see the new Fed
eral building that will some day
come along. placed either at the cor
ner OF Seventh street and Tenth
avenue. or at the corner of Ninth
street and Tenth avenue, Next with
a Y NJ. c. A. building some place
facing the park, three sides would
be completely built up with publicly
owned buildings.
We believe the people OF Greeley
have enough of the artistic in their
makeup to want to see their city at
its very best. and that being the
case, they should work in harmony
to obtain the best results.