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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-10
SAN JOSE HAS 0N

San Jose, California. win Y
brate tomorrow at the ex,<.'.'
with a reception 10 the calss....
Building. and a free dlstribv,.s.
Drunea and other fruit 4,
evening Sir " r Jones VII !,
an illustrated lecture In ne -
orium, on San Jose aud he -.
ful Santa Clara valley.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-10

Pine at thla morning II
taken 10 Providence hosnts., !
~ late hour thls afisfns-.. I
not regniued Consciousness
u 10 not known Just re-
man waaostruck. but 81 IA -
that he tried 10 cross N ~.
the car and the m0tormas ~
notice chin
He IL "a young man a.,
dressed. and seems 10 be -
Tho Seattle Electric cornpss. /.
not made % report Of the -
70 the police a. a late boa, +. s
afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-10

Sleeves grow more and more or.
nate. and the trimming and slight
fullnesa seems TO be concentrated
AZ the elbow
Baga are very unconventional and
are made by hand OF heavy cords
sewn together. leather. or thick
silks. They are closed BY draw.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-10
HAVE SOME MONEY
AND WILL SPEND 1T

object OF our visit We are on.
thnsiastic over the land IN which
We live. but We are going to forget
II Tor that one day.
The formal program In conncc'
ton with our visit will b. brief We
will meet. 1000 strong. In Pioneer
Place and so 20 the fair on special
cars. There We viii llhten 10 brief
addresses BY Senator Wesley l.
Jones'. Judge G. n Hartford and
President Chiiherg. After that
think the most OF ~ will go 80 the
Paw Streak
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-10

II you have no plano, here ta a
chance 10 secure one free The per
son writing the above Hef~-lce cor r
rsctiy the greatest number OF times
on one eide OF standard size United
states postal card 90 hxaA) inches.
will receive absolutely free one
magnificent upright Grand kehler
a Chase adjustable touch f1ano.
The second best list receives free q
superb new sweet tone kohler a.
Campbell piano
The next following replies Of spe-
cial merit will receive extraordinary
rewards TO pay for one=Quarter. one
third and one-hRif OF any new piano
desired
Kohler a chase distribute these
prizes to firmly fix IN the minds Of
All contestants, and the public In
general the names OF these five
great pianos, which have become
without question thu most popular
best made and most desirable In
stFuments.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-10
plseHARolNo AMeRleANs.

VANCOUVER. II G.. Sept To-
According 10 news brought BY the
Mexican steamer i.onudaie FROM the
south. American conductors are be
ing discharged on the rehanuiepec
railroads and spanish succeeding
them.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-10

"Kohler and Chase sell the five
foremost pianos % today Weber,
stock. Fischer. Wheelock, ana the
wonderful adjustable touch,
Kohler A. Chase"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-10
KNOCKED DOWN AND
INJURED BY A CAR

An unknown man was knocked
down and badly bruised By Cap.
ltol Hili street car a. Sixth ay. and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-10

/ strings made OF heavy silk cord
trimmed with balls and taasela.
There is no enc 10 the pretty col.
lars. labo,a. and collar and cuff
sets all hand made. Of course SO
there's no reason why Kiris cannot
always be- fresh and dainty now
that accesaories are having their
day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-10

let Him Down Lightly.
Iis-if there H. no moonlight. viii
you meet me BY sasiightf
Excuse me I am not sae
meter Comic Cute L.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13

Here's what the new Payne
Aldrich tariff will do for the farm
ers. It will be observed that ma
terial reduction are made in all
articles purchased by farm COM
munities generally.
Wagons, mowers, binders, har-
rows, drills, threshing machinery,
rakes, plows, cutlivators, planters,
and all other kinds of agriculture
al implements were reduced Is per
cent.
The administrative features of
the bill provides for no duty on
American machinery.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13

The question of harvest help is
becoming serious problem in
North Dakota. In the eve of the
harvest Of what everybody regards
as the biggest crop in the history
of the state there is a cry for
more help. In response to letters,
43 towns, covering only compar-
atively small part Of the state, de-
manded a total of $500 men. On
this basis at least 20, 900 to Is,
600 men will be needed.
The crop is even over half the
entire state and there will be more
millions of bushels of grain har-
vested this year than in any form
er season. Winter rye, winter
wheat and early barley are in the
shock. Considerable durum has
been cut. The rest is rapidly
ripening and other wheats are
beginning to turn.
Nothing short Of an unpreced-
ented disaster can badly injure the
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13

dissatisfied; that the pill was bit
ter and hard to swallow, and then
too, you will show your mental and
moral caliber.
Again we say to the Near-C Cook
Stockwell aggregation, come on
into print, its fine. The Advance
will give you free space for SLAM
dering purposes, and we assure
you that the Chronicle is always
willing and ready to discuss any
subject, public, private or person.
al, about man or beast, God or the
Devil. booze-fghter or bull dog.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13

North Dakota members of the
lower branch Of conrgess are on
three committees of great import
ance to the state. Congressman
Gronna is on the pupblic lands COM
mittee. ranking third. and in a
position to do much good work
for North Dakota. Congressman
Hanna Jared we'll when "Uncle
Joe" handed out the committee
assignments and is on agricultural
and Indian affairs-both of which
are OF the greatest Importance to
the flickertails.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13

The merits Of the 'dope sheet"
and the "boiler plate" newspaper
are being amicably discussed by
the Beach papers. They have ar
gued the question of subscription
list and the methods employed to
make their respective lists but
have not yet announced a result:
we hope they will publish the out
come Of the tussel, and not leave
it up in the air like the present
price of ur.-Medora Herald.
It's all settled brother. Herald.
The Chronicle has three times the
paid or bona fide circulation of its
competitor.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13

We wonder who will be the next
Near henchman to come forward
with something toward keeping
the old spirit of striff among us
and the fight agojn'.
Never give up boys, keep peck
in" away. 1t won't do you nor
anybody else any good, but it will
let the people know that you are
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13

We read the above "Open Let
ter" which appeared in The Beach
Advance last week, with consider
able amusement.
"A coward never on himself relies.
But to others for assistance flies."
Chas. l. Cook of the Beach Ad-
vance. has been trying to kick up
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13
Another Country Heard From
AN OPEN LETTER
BY l.. Stockwell. in THE BEACH
ADVANCE, August 6. 1909.

BY Il. StOckwell, in THE BEACH
ADVANCE. August 9. 1909.
]. w. Brinton. Sir:-I think
it was about two years ago
that l went to your Office and
told you to cancel my subscrip-
tion and also the subscriptions
of about ten papers l was send
ing to my friends. l also told
you my reasons-for SANDER
ing Mr.. Near. l did not care
to read. or have my friends
read, your dirty insinuations
and misrepresentation. Now
every time you have one of
those dirty spells you send me
a marked copy. Every time
you start to call anyone down
you ring Mr.. Near into it.
Now Brinton, stop a minute
and look at yourself and see
who your are taking about.
came to Beach in the spring of
1905 the same spring Mr.. Near
came. At that time five build
ings was the size of Beach
two blind pigs, a section house,
one store and the postoffice.
Mr.. Near at once got busy and
opened a bank in a one story
frame building being what it
is today. Mr.. Near about 10
xl2, with the assistance Of E.
E. Mikkelson. These two men
deserve the credit for Beach
went to St. Paul and secured
the agency of the Hunter Land
Co., and the Golden Valley
Land & Cattle Co., and at
once started to bring in farmers
and help them get started on
their farm. He assisted me
in purchasing the first steam
pillow rig brought to the Valley
and also bought me 100 acres
of land and took my plain note
for security. brought sever
al other men up here that Mr..
Near used in the same way.
Some of them did not have
money enough to pay their fare
back to Wisconsin and he loan
ed it to them and when they
come out he helped them buy
seed and horses to work the
land. From the first he has
been constant booster for
Beach and any time he could
help the poor he did it.
1t was those men who Mr..
Near and Mr.. Mikkelson as
sisted who got together in
Beach one day and were talk
ing over their present condi-
tion and the condition they
were in when they came here
and they could give no one
credit for their wealth but
these two men. The hat was
passed around and something
over $500 was raised and the
loving cups purchased and pre-
sented to them.
Now, Mr.. Brinton, are you
jealous that we did not get
you a loving cup? If you had
followed in Mr.. Near's foot
steps since you have been in
Beach instead of spending your
time at blind pigs and saloons,
contesting some ones claim
or planning a graft game in
$500 chunks and plugging for
every town in the state except
Beach, you might have had one
too. When you not only crit
icise but roast such men as
Near, Mikkelson, Hoverson,
Dickinson, Noble and others,
the best people of the COM
munity. it is time to call a
halt. l do not care to go into
a SANDER contest with you, but
you had better stop sending
me copy of your dirty sheet.
L. Stockwell.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13

The Beach papers are having a
lot OF fun with each other about
their circulations-and now that
Brinton is postmaster he had ought
to know something about the other
fellow's.-Sentinel Butte Republic
can.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13


one else, wouldn't buy it at Soc on
the dollar. If loaning Stockwell
money and giving him credit de-
serves loving cups, every mer-
chant, and bank in town should
have one.
Stockwell accuses us of spend
ing our time in blind pigs and sa-
looms, and says if we had followed
in Near's footsteps we would have
had a loving cup also. Sure enough,
provided we had the nerve to go
around and solicit funds for that
purpose, but we do not beleave it
would take us three month to raise
the money. However, if setting
in a deacon's pew in church one
day and spending the next in the
sporting houses Of Minneapolis is
what loving cups are given for,
we don't want one. When one
tries to wear Christ's cloak and
the DEVILS horns and tail also. he
generally needs someone to defend
him at times.
Notwithstanding these, facts,
this individual Stockwell is pro-
badly good at giving advise when
it comes to hanging around sa-
looms. Anyone who have let their
appetite for strong drink get the
best Of them, in fact, becomes
the cause of their taking the
"Keeley. Cure" they are generally
good at giving advise. John L.
Sullivan, an expire and ex-booze
fighter, was good at it. Why not
Stockwell?
Anyone can tell by the cut of
Stockwell's jib that he has spent the
greater part Of his life hanging
around something stronger than
a lemonade or pop stand. At any
rate we never heard Of anyone TAX
ing the ''Keeley" for excessive
lemonade drinking. This probably
has something to do with his pres
ent financial plight. The police re-
cords in Minneapolis would throw
some light on this point if they
were looked up.
AS to contesting claims and graft
ing, we might say that Stockwell
would no doubt make better and
more successful farmer if he would
give less time to this special branch
of Near's business. Everyone
knows how he has neglected his
farm to assist Near in framing up
land deal, contest cases, etc., and
then when q sucker was landed all
Stockwell received was a promis-
sorry note-or gave one for the ex
perience he got.
| We do not dispute the new Adj
vance editor in regard to what
Mr.. Near has done for Beach. He
has been a good booster for the
town--like all Beachites. But
Stockwell forgot to state what
Beach has done for Mr.. Near.
He came here a poor man with
practically nothing Except money
borrowed from lady friends) and
today he is rich man. But that s
nothing we've all made money in
the Golden Valley, with the poss-
ible exception of Stockwell, who
according to the way his notes are
discounted by Near and others, is
as poor as when he came here.
To Stockwell we will say:
Cut loose from Near's apron
strings, and stand on your own
feet. We believe Near is able to
defend himself, and we also be-
lieve, although we may be wrong,
that you can earn livelihood
without his assistance you
try. And then too, you will stand
a better show to accomplish that
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13

editor every since the postoffice
has been made. He
has brought up one thing and an
other and after being cornered at
every turn and having nothing
left to say, wanted to get personal,
but being a coward, a man with
a white liver, with great fear of
bodily harm, he lacked the courage
so called upon another for help
to SANDER us. In fact. Cook has
been such a weak sister, he has
failed to FULFILL Near's desire in
this respect, so he has stepped or
been pushed aside and the editor
al columns of the Advance thrown
open to one more courageous, L.
Stockwell, who takes his pen in
hand and rushes madly into print
to do the slandering stunt-and
incidently, as an excuse, defend
F. E. Near, who looks on approx
ingly, while Cook, now acting as
"devil" in the Advance office,
stands in the rear-ready to run
cheering their new literary leader.
They probably think Stockwell's
fighting propensities. as we'll as
his reputation as pugilist, will
overawe the Chronicle editor into
silence, regardless of the amount
of SANDER heaped upon us. No
doubt, Stockwell, who by the way
is sometimes dubbed ''Near's bull
dog" also thinks that one word
from him will silence us forever.
But such is not the case.
The Chronicle fears not man nor
beast. We often stand aside for
the former but never for the lat
ter.
Stockwell says he does not wish
to enter into slandering contest,
but by reading the foregoing "open
letter" signed by him, it is evident
that he has already entered one.
AS an excuse for his action, he
accuses US Of sending him "mark-
ed copies" of the Chronicle, and
wants to make it appear that this
is his reason for rushing into
print. The Chronicle has never
spoken a disrespectful word Of
Stockwell, and furthermore, we will
pay him 500 per copy for every
marked copy" of the Chronicle
sent him from this Office or by the
Chronicle editor. We have never
done him the honor. but it seems
that someone. Knowing his dislike
for us, and his love for Near, has
been tormenting "Near's bull
dog" or else he has simply taken
this as an excuse to SANDER us.
But this is impossible, as our
character is already as black as
charcoal and we have become
SANDER proof. Stockwell should
know this, as he no doubt assisted
the angel faced, Near, in preparing
those Matchmaking affidavits about
our being a drunkard, a gambler
a disreputable character, etc.
which were filed against us in the
postoffice department at Washing
ton.
IT'S said it is always best to
fight fire with fire. One that SIAN
ders, or attempts to SANDER, should
expect SANDER in return. Being
that Stockwell has "butted in"
without cause or provocation, and
attempted to SANDER the Chronicle
editor, we do not hesitate to tell
the truth about Stockwell, regard
less of the fact that the truth
might SANDER him-and regardless
of his reputation as fighter, and
his remarks on the street about
leaving nothing but a grease
spot" etc. IT'S also said, bark.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-08-13

crop now if there are a sufficient
number of men to harvest it before
it is damaged by the elements af-
ter it is ready to be gathered.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-28

= :uir r;aI,." ~ br ,ir"W,!rd. and ;'::t,
mc to turn him loose.
"And You in the water all rIat
time?' asked the ptnman in a : kepti-
Gle tone.
I'm the water: Why do You think
I WAS doing that stunt with a fish on
dry land? Did | ever hear of it any
more? Oh, YES, they caught him in
Fre>hleE'S fall trap, and dog my scat,
if nat fish hadn't swallowed my hook
and line, and all my cane but one
joint, and it weight over three"
"Great hooky! look coming up; the
whole town is coming; lets run for
it, cried the penman.
"Stop and get your bait, man.
Where is your fish? Wait!'
But the cotton man and the penman
were we'll under way, plunging
through the water, up the creek, the
old settler hopping on behind. When
tic good wives reached home the cot
ton man was still wading through the
tariff debates. The penman was sing
ing:
II woud not live always, I ask not
to stay
Where theirs never any fishing but
there's the dickens to pay.'
The old settler was striding through
his piazza repeating to himself:
"Oh I was once as pure as the beauti-
full snow,
But fell, fell like a snow flake, from
Heaven to -"
Then the dinner bell. Curtains.
X. Y. Z.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-28

bacco beds "scraped," "salted'' or
otherwise destroyed. Their barns and
houses were burned, and reign Of
terror inaugurated. Last year the
might rider made his appearance in
Arkansas, and Texas. Cotton gins
we're burned, and farmers warned not
to sell their cotton until prices reach
ed a certain figure.
The phase of night riding with
which the public. is most familiar is
that around Reel Foot Lake, Tennes-
see, when Captain Quentin Rankin
was shot and hanged, and his eompan-
ion and law partner, Col. R. q. Tay-
lor, escaped only by swimming a
swamp under fire..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-28
President Finley Advocates Wise
Forest MANAGEMENT.

That the wise management OF the
forests is regarded by President W.
W. Finley, Of the Southern railway:
as a necessity in the development OF
the South is strongly brought out IN
his recent address to the student body
of the University Of Georgia.
"In my opinion,' said President
Finley, 1.-THE economic importance OF
the management of our Southern for
ests so as to secure from them the
largest present profit consistent with
their preservation can not be overes-
timated. In addition to their mflu-
ence upon stream flow, tending to
diminish the destructiveness of floods
and to maintain higher water tor
NAVIGATION and for the generation OF
power in dry seasons, they form the
Foundation of our woodworking IN
dustries.
"Until comparatively recent years
the North Atlantic States predoml-
mated In furniture manufacturing and
other woodworking industries. Tim
Der supplies in that section have been
almost exhausted and these industries
are following the rapidly recedlng
forests into the South and West
greatly increasing the value OF the
timberlands.
eff Southern woodworking indus
tries are to thrive in years to come
they must be assured of a constant
supply Of their raw MATERIAL This
can be brought about only by the
adoption of scientific methods of for
estry by the owners Of our wood
lands.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-28
WATER AND LIGHT NOTICE. !,

The law requires that all bills for
water and lights must be paid be-
tween the 1st and 10th Of each month,
and if such bills are not paid by the
evening of the 10th, the service Will
be discontinued without further no
tice.
If a consumer allows this 'cut OF,
and at some future date becomes a
consumer; a penalty of s1.OO will be
charged and collected for second Of
fence before this service will be given.
This charge being cost of cutting off
and on.
We therefore ask that you please
not allow this to run over the 10th;
for it will surely neeessitate a dis
continuation Of your service.
NJ. L. Speaman,
Chas. E. Summer,
W. F. Ewart,
Commissioners Of Public Works.
5-18-O9-3t-t&f.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-28
than 100 persons.
K11-Klnx Klan,

To Montana belongs the fame OF
having maintained a vigilance COM
mittee longer and more effective than
anv other State-from 1864 to 1870.
The Ku-Klux Klan originally was
the South's weapon Of resistance to
the regime Of the carpet-bagger, seal
awae and the lawless negro during
the reconstruction days. Wisely and
7,-~uanely, or roughly and cruelty and
criminally, it did the work for which
it was intended.
Originally the Ku-Klux Klan was a
college fraternity, established at Pu-
|laski, Tenn, in May 1866. The name
is simply the Green word, Kuklos, a
circle or band. To this was added the
word khan. For the purpose OF mys-
terry the word was split, and the word
clan spell with "K,' making it Ku-
Klux klan. 1t was not serious at
fair to start with, and if conditions
had not been as they were, it would
probably have ended as it began, IN
fun.
In the course of time many un-
scrupulo;,s. men and organizations
commit ted all sorts Of crimes in the
name of the Ku-Klux Klan, and
brought tie organization into dlsre-
pute irri.s latter days. Only two cop
! les Of the original ritual are known
to be in existence. One is IN the IL
brarv of Columbia college: New York,
and one is in the archives of the State
of Tennessee.
All the later organization, like the
White Cans and the Night Riders, are
modelled upon the Ku-Klux.
The Night Riders.
The NIGHT Riders, or silent brl,
gade. came into existence in 1904, as
an auxiliary Of the dark tobacco dis
trict Planters Protective association
of Kentucky and Tennessee. line
"Black Patcb," in which this "dark
tobacco is produced, lies in Western
Kentucky and Tennessee, and dark
tobacco is raised nowhere else IN the
world, although it has been grown IN
the blue grass region, which produces
the quality Of tobacco known as bur-
ley.
The chance for deviltry and immun'
itv afterward brought criminals
"plug-uglieS" and thugs into the or
der. and these by intimidation
brought others. To join the Night
Riders was both life and fire lnsur
ance. Those who refused to join the
association Of the Night Riders were
!shot Or whipped or beaten, their to