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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-19

FOR SALE-Dry stove wood. also
garden blowing, cleaning yards and
draying done. Nick Zahn. Phone
451..
The Washington bee., 1909-09-11
WASHINGTON IS THE SEAT OF OUR
NATIONS GOVERNMENT.


The eyes of the world are on Washington.
One-third of Washington's population is
Negro.
If all the Negroes in Washington were colon
lied in one place they would make city larger
than Richmond, Virginia.
There are seven theatres in Washington,
supported by white population of 24I,o23-
and few foolish Negroes willing to be colon
lied in the galleries, the only place to which the
Negro is admitted
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE FIRST
CLASS OFFICE BUILDING in the city of
Washington, where colored professional or
business man or woman, and there are hun
dreds of them in the National Capital can oh
tain business quarters.
JUST THINK OF IT! 900 enterprising,
thrifty, intelligent people, through race preiu-
dice, swept completely out of the business dis
trlct OF Washington; 100000 genteel, prosper
Gus, amusement loving people deprived of
every form of theatrical entertainment unless
willing to submit to the most humiiating con-
ditions.
Every Colored man and woman IN Wash
ington.
Every colored man and woman VISITING
Washington.
Every colored man and woman in America
familiar with the true state of the Negro in
Washington, realizes that a theatre, store. and
Office building, operated by the Negroes for the
Negroes, is A NECESSITY.
The welfare of the race demands it.
The self-respect of the race demands it.
Amy enterprise resting its hope of success
upon NECESSITY is bound to be a sue
CESS.
A THEATRE AND OFFICE BUILDING
IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON built by
Negroes, for the use of Negroes, is a NECES-
SITY.
Approaching to the utmost that fact
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING
COMPANY proposes to erect in the Central
Business District of the city of Washington a
magnificent theatre, seating capacity 500, and
a store and Office building of splendid proper
ton, adequate in every respect to meet the re-
quirements of prosperous professional and busi-.
ness men.
The enterprise is exceptional in two respects:
t1rst-lt is absolutely safe.
Second-It promises enormous possibilities
as a money maker.
Features that must appeal to every man or
woman with few dollars to invest, and YOU
are such man or woman or you would not
have read this far
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILD
ING COMPANY has surveyed the field care
fully and it KNOWS that hundreds of tenants
are available for the offices, that dozens of
merchants are ready to rent the stores and
that 100000 people are anxious to patronize
the theatre exclusively, and make it the best
The Washington bee., 1909-09-11
IT IS THE NEW EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

ING COMPANY IS ENTIRELY NEGRO.
Not one dollar OF white capital will be ac-
cepted in exchange for its securities.
There is not one dollar of Promotion Stock
consequently there is no watered stock.
Every holder of stock from the President
down must pay at LEAST $1,000 per share for
every share of stock allotted to him
This does not mean that the price of stock
will REMAIN at $1,000 per share. 1t is SIo.og
NOW. 1t will advance in price far beyond
$1,000, just as railroad and public utility stock
goes to several times par. So will the Lincoln
Memorial Building Companys stock go to
several times its present value.
This means that a share of stock costing
$1,000 NOW will be worth $4,000 when stock
goes to four times par. Estimates show that
the Company's earnings will be 20 per cent, and
that is four times par, with every dollar in
vested in Real Estate. THE BEST in the city
OF Washington, where values are as firmly fixed
as the Rock of Gibraltar.
This does not mean that the price of stock
will remain at $1,000 per share. It is $1,000
NOW. If the Company, as it is estimated
pays 20 per cent, $1,000 share of stock will be
worth $4,000. If it pays 40 per cent, single
share of $1,000 stock will be worth $1,000. lust
as railroads and public utility stocks increase
in value, so will the Lincoln Memorial Build
ing Company's stock increase in price.
The first allotment of stock at $1,000 a share
is being rapidly subscribed, and the next allot-
ment will be SI2.5o per share, to which point
1t will soon be advanced therefore, you are
urged to avail yourself of the present oppor-
tunity to get in as completely on the ground
floor as any one of the Company's Directors
are
The Companys Directors, by the way, are
men of sterling worth, integrity and honor, as
you are possibly aware, or can easily ascertain
through any COMMERCIAL AGENCY
Their names are at the top of this page.
They have unbounded faith in the future of the
Company. They have invested THEIR hard
earned money in it, and they advise you to in
vest YOUR money side by side with theirs.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
The price of stock is $1,000 per share, pay
able SI.oo down and $I.oo per month for nine
months upon each share subscribed for.
DO 1T NOW
Before you lay this paper down cut out the
coupon on the lefthand corner of this page and
mail to-day with remittance for first payment.
if for but one share of stock
We shall be glad at all times to give Won anv
further information desired and again invite
you to join us in this enterprise
Very truly yours,
LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING
COMPANY,
w. Sidney Pittman, President
The Washington bee., 1909-09-11

paying amusement place in America.
1T KNOWS ALL THIS AND 1T IN
VITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE in an en-
terprise ABSOLUTELY DEVOID OF RISK,
where every dollar will be invested in the best
of Washington Real Estate, that increases in
value annually at the rate of SIS per cent
nearly DOUBLE bank interest.
Even that is good enough for most people,
but the LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING
COMPANY will do better than that. It will
have Offices and stores and lodge rooms, which
will earn, on conservative estimate, at least
$23,2oo per year. Equal to 5 9-Io per cent per
annum.
The Washington bee., 1909-09-11

1t will also have theatre, which, if patron
lied at prices ranging from 10 to so cents, by
only per cent of the total Colored population
OF the city of Washington, will enable tire Com
pany to pay IS per cent on its total capitaliza-
ton. Equal in all to 20 o-Io per cent, to which
may be added the land value increase of 556
per cent
Now, all this is Conservatively Estimated
Banks and Insurance Companies engage in
enterprises like this with their depositors' and
Policyholders money-YOUR money, but
YOU get only about 3 Or 81 per cent. The
banks or insurance companies keep the balance.
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILD
The Washington bee., 1909-09-11

with ht 10 First Payment
ha Ave, \. W, sngonD
:;.:. olara first aymenton
Company lowngte msancn
stock te dars share
ycu una pre ue efH
paym
49, ~-~ -~ . Ity State.
The Washington bee., 1909-09-11
Co.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

w. Peaden
D.
SAMUEL
D.
COLLINS, MARSHALL
D.
WILLIAM A.
D.
L SINGLETON, J.
c
H
D.
w.
The Washington bee., 1909-09-11
ADVISORY BOARD

George ". RoblnsI
Dr., VIM. L. Board. .. Washington, D. c.
Hon. John c. DanCy E. Washington, D. c.
R. E. Frazier. ieT...............P Pittsburg. Pa.
Henry Forrest Washington, D. c.
B. F. Hailstorks Washington, D. c.
L. R Henderson. .......... Hampton, Va.
Thomas L. Jones'. Washington, D. c.
DR.. w, W. Jones. ...... .Deanwood, D. c.
Joseph n. Lawson. Washington, D. c.
J. Henry Lewis. 90. Washington, D. c.
The Washington bee., 1909-09-11

Tear off and mail for Free Prospect
Lincoln Memorial Building Company,
494 Louisiana Ave. Washington, d. {.
Gentlemen:
your advertisement desire further nformac
ing Company
Please by mall free of charge prospectus of
understood that there obligation whatsoever
Name ....
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Sin Wurn fir dLleeuteIHe 6nusarbeit. 81
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elite bonn bic Sreppe b~inunter.
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Sorb leiie bin unb Der.
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~9eeeniob. limb ie iponote ii9 ob, bos
olte, uneri96pfli4e @ebantenipisl BON
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GS suD jeBt fir Sstunben 2i6ts
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ibr Ser3 eripo6t Iei. Qber S.lbItbiins
tel, llnaere6tigteit unb @efiiblstdlte
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ibr MiiIen. Ooriiber binous tonpiie
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rungen, Die iie gu err6tben apangen.
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9ono f6outelte bic Wis9e ni9t mebr.
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GuuntD.S tCucrn.
Gunnt1.S teucru.

Su ocrfnufen:-
Seue neitcn ait ciiibdieel 9dIfer an Siibs3.
Strube. nabe Baltimore strobe; ale Rcouems
li1tciten; slues nooer1. 9reis: gfeum @nI'
bert u1o flint mo iieb5ig 9Ouars, $4,000.
@rinh5in5 neit mo breibig Collars pro Sabr.
@coinqnipcn fir 9dufer paiieno.
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rulu's Gpini GIc.tr!f6e,
slgenieil itcts nllpcieno.
Walter g. g9eitpbaf,
G52-) RauunterIlcbmer
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-07-12
@erlanst i'm g%lascmcincn.


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$4,000 nlit Elm Hpnrtmentf 0ultS I'M 9Scrtb bon
$l5. 900. 90, me, Dies 20 Ero5e1t Trpiit %nblpirft.
Ioreiic: 10. 49," rEcutihcr 6prrcipunoert."
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WurmansNncnn

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alma $50 Epups an DC. 81 aSfnhcn Gle fMb an
Samrs Qeeftn,
(Usai24.3&S-) an Dirt Rnb Steae.
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Gcrlanst Sranen nnb Maoden.


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fpri6t, sum 2tnffuarien elmer &6bucrin. &bone
IS. u. 23t3-0. ODD
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-07-12

Cine iItcre Srnu ais GdusbGltcriu: muB To-
den, maiden rrb biigeIn; gutes @cim fiir g8itts
hoe mo Iohtcr. Ioreic 10. 49," nSeutidler
Correspondent" U0l-3
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0erlangt,
Gerlannt:


Gin Mpnu fir glrbeit duber benz 9uufc, TO.
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Slogy Baltimore. hub Suutbs 5trnfc, B,uiiben
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3n %Dcrfanfcn.


. erobe 5armen, 2h WPeilen bon @IeltriIber
mo 21a Nifiiet bon rGenniDlpanin." linn -.
& S.sgq9n" gele9en; ecrii9 Sol5 auf ieber. i'm
Beu. Z. Saicr, 5reocrid. 9ipc. unb yrattsStr.
Q6s 20, 1874 {, 7s,S0.S 81 81. Sc. $500, 02,
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-07-12

gutter uno Gter.
Stildbutter. Nunb. ...........3 oc.
Creamery Hollenbutter. BIO. Soc.
Gter, GuBeno &c.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-07-12

Ediie 5nr Ieiie in's anslanb beri'
iorat 6. Haiue, Nr. 413, Sit-Va!ti.
mOrcitraRe, nabe Gnitum Sonie Iue.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
RAILROAD DISTRICTS.

An effort is being made by num-
Der of we'll disposed persons to bring
about a sort of state aid for the con-
struction of railroads. The plan pro-
posed at the 0regon-Idaho Develop
ment congress which was held at
Boise last week is to have the legis-
lature pass a law enabling the people
of any particular section of the state
to organize themselves into railroad
district, in the same manner and with
the same powers as irrigation dis
tricts are now organized under the
statutes of the State of Idaho. The
districts are to construct, maintain
and operate railroads much in the
same way and for the same purpose
as irrigation projects are constructed,
maintained and operated. The claim
Is made that both are for purposes of
developing the resources and promot-
ing the general welfare of the commu-
mites interested. The proposal is
nothing new. National, state, and
county aid in promoting railroads
have been given before in various
sections of the country. The Union
Pacific railroad was built by national
aid and ended in the most tremendous
legislative scandal in American his
tory, besides giving away land to the
value of quarter of billion dollars.
The Credit MOblier crash drove a vice
president of the United States into Sc
clusion under cloud; besmirched the
name and fame of the vice-president
elect; blackened the reputation of the
speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; and compromised a score of
United States senators and represent
atives. This was the result of nation
al aid. State and county aid has ever
resulted in fastening upon the people
an enormous Indebtedness, without
giving them an adequate return for
the money. There are counties in the
United States today paying interest
on bonded Indebtedness created
thirty-five or forty years ago for the
purpose of building railroads. The
method has always provoked scandal
and Indebtedness. The public has
enough to look after without embark
ing in the railroad business. The OBJ
jections to the plan proposed are so
many that we cannot go into them at
the present time. The general objec-
ton to government ownership and
operation apply here. 1t cannot be
argued that because irrigation dis
tricts are doubtful success in Idaho
that railroad districts would prove a
blessing.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
MIDDLETON
Middleton, Idaho, March 8, 1909.

Middleton, Idaho, March 8, 1909.
N. c. Perkins moved into his new
residence which has just been COM
pleted.
w. Bush returned Sunday after a
month spent in KANSAS city and in
termediate points.
Mrs. R. P. Chenoweth is recovering
nicely from an operation recently per-
formed at st. Luke's.
w S. Elrod and wife returned to
their home in Middleton after spend
ing three months in Delamar.
Miss Glare Jackson has returned
after finishing term of school on the
Payette. near New Plymouth.
Everett Fretwell has purchased a
half interest in the Eureka Meat Mar
ket from his brother-in-law, J. T. Will
son.
Clarence Atchisop returned to Mid
dleton this week from Colorado. He
shipped car of farm machinery and
horses.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
A FAIR VIEW OF 1T.

The Tribune has discussed every
phase of the direct primary law dur
Ing the past two months. 1t has
brought out the fact that the direct
primary Of itself would not purify pol
itics. The Lewiston Tribune is of the
same opinion, The Lewiston paper
Is undisputedly Democratic and in an
editorial on the direct primary says:
THE enactment of the direct pri-
mary law by the Idaho legislature and
the promise of its prompt signature
by Governor Brady will be hailed by
great many good people as one of
the greatest steps toward good gov
eminent the state has ever undertake
en-. The Tribune, while not a direct
primaryist, is even less disposed to
disparage the innovation but on the
contrary hopes for good and worthy
things to come out of 1t and desires
to add its efforts to those who want
to make the best and not the worst
OF 1t. 1t should, however, be thor
oughly understood in the beginning
that the direct primary is in itself no
penacea for political ills and indo-
lences. 1t merely provides the means
by which the people may procure
emancipation from boss thralldom but
the emancipation itself can only come
through honest, sturdy and patient
endeavor on the part of the elector-
ate, Such endeavor would, and where
practlced did, produce equally good
and perhaps better results under the
convention system, so there need be
no misunderstanding at the outset
concerning the ensuing duties"
The foregoing paragraph tells the
whole story. The direct primary may
or may not be good, but the fact that
the matter is still in the hands of the
people and up to them. By taking
an active part in public affairs they
cannot secure good government and
clean officials, with or without the d.
rect primary. The Lewiston Tribune
thus proceeds:
The Tribune does not understand
how the abilities and worth of candi-
dates are to be made known to the
people In order that they may choose
adyisedly, since a personal state cam
paign will be rather expensive, cost |
ing as much, probably, as the minor |
offices are worth. No considerable adj
Vertising can be done under the ex-
pense limitation, and the newspapers
Will have to push their fayorites with
out compensation, much as they have
lone in the past, relying on subse-
Iuent official patronage If their man
wins. The disadvantages and compli-
cations of the policy seem numerous
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
At the Scenic.

The following pictures will be
thrown on the canvas at the Scenic
Friday and Saturday nights of this
week:
Hindoo Dagger very Interestingly.
Jones has Amateur Treatricals Ca
funny one).
Choice of Weapons (sensationaD.
How Mother-in-law got even (you
must love your mother-in-laWs or
take the consequences.
His first flight NEW and roveD.
The Chinaman The arrives at the
wrong place..
Bernard Paliss (dramatic).
Song, Honey Dear (bring some pic
kles along).
Observation-Disclosures Park
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
TINE ALONE CAN TELL.

The Idaho legislature has passed
a direct primary law. We all hone
that the dreams of it's fondest admir-
ers will be realized; and that Idaho
will be freed from the thralldom of
designing politicians. The Tribune
freely confesses that it was disap-
pointed in the outcome of this piece
OF legislation. We knew the sentiment
OF the people and of the legislature
and thought that the proposed meas
ure would certainly fail of passage. II
is probably just as well to have the
actual experience and be done with 1t.
Governor Brady and Ex-Governor
Gooding profess deep qualification.
They are quite alone in their. ecstacy.
but will feel less mirthful with a
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06

of the social and economic conditions
that have prevailed in this country for
many years, just as socialism is. We
should not condemn the evil, but
should find the cause and do away
with it. The vulgar display of the
rich, the immortality of those in high
society; the responsibility of strong
financiers; and the mad mania for
money has caused present conditions.
Until those conditions are changed the
results will be as they are and it is
useless to condemn them. To point
out the evil without attempting to re-
move the cause is worse than useless.