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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25
IDAHO Day AT FAIR
WILL BE SEPTEMBER 16.
Commissioners Arranging to Distrib.
ute Fruit.

Commissioners Arranging to Distrib-
ute Fruit.
SEATTLE. Aug. 25.-The Idaho
commissioners to the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition are making an eff
fort to make Idaho day, which will
occur September 16, a red letter
event at the fair. To accomplish this
they will require the aid of the pub
lie spirited people of the state in one
respect in particular. Idaho Is noted
throughout the country for her fruit
and It is the desire of the commits
sioners to be able to distribute fruit
on Idaho day In q more liberal man
ner than has been done by any other
state, and to do this it will be neces-
sary for fruit growers and commits
sion men to make donations. One
generous dealer of Boise has already
promised half a carload, and 1t is
hoped that at least one other car
load may be secured from other parts
OF the state. Melons, peaches
prunes, apples and grapes. are the
fruits which will be particularly ac-
ceptable, and the commissioners will
be glad to hear as soon as possible
from those who will be willing to
donate fruits, that arrangements may
be made to ship them. 1t will re.
quire nearly a week 20 get the fruit
TO Seattle for Idaho day, so that earls
information will be necessary.
The present exposition has brought
Idaho into the limelight in a yery
creditable way. and Idaho day" vii
be the erowning event of the fair fol
the Gem state, and II rests with tht
fruit growers of the state to aid Ia
this. The appropriation made by tbs
Legislature, as every one knows, val
very small, and but little money car
be expended in planning fer the dsl
by the commissioners A reception
and ball to be held IA the beaa EifH
Washington state buiiding wlN b
one of the features OF the day. bu
all agree that the free distribution o
fruit win be the event An Informa
reception win be held At the Idah.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Following is q list OF real estate
transfers in Kootenai county, as fur
nished by the Panhandle Abstract
company:
United States to Emanuel Hanson
lots /, 2, and 4, section IL.
ASSN.
st. Maries Land company to Nal.
colin McFee, lot /, block IA, Railroad
addition, st. Maries, 81.
Wallace r. Hollenbecke to Z. j.
Matheson, lot 1, section 8, 4s-5w.,
S1.O0.
Pearle Martin to T. A. Wade, part
block /, Martins addition, st. Maries.
800.
City of Occur d'Alene to James H.
Harte. lot 5, block IA, section G, For
est cemetery, $3.50.
City OF Occur d'Alene to Ida X.
oleson, lot Z, block 10. section f,
Forest cemetery, $243O.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25
The "HsIbard."

Halbard Is the arms carry'd by the
serjeants Of foot and Dragons: the
head OF the halbard ought 10 be a foot
or fifteen inches long: one end ought
TO be hollow 10 receive the staff. but
the other broad. ribb'd In the middle.
edg'd ON both sides and drawing 10 a
point. like the point ~ a two edged
sword On one side Of the head is
likewise fixed piece in form Of bait
moon or star. and ON the other a
broad point Of four inches long. crook
ed n little. which Is very eomunodious
for drawlng fasrines. ga8lons or what
ever obstacle happen In the way. The
stan Of the haibard Is about i've feet
long and an inch and half In diameter.
made Of ash or other bard wOod Hal.
bardS are very useful In determining
the ground hetwi1t the ranks. and for
dressing the ranks and flies Of a bat
talion. and ~ for chastising the
soldiers. -GenileInan's Directory. 1905,
II cannot be too often repeated that
e Is not helps. bat obstacles. not IA
cilities. but difficulties. that make Ensn.
w. Matthew'S.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25
Anvii, ga. nsek q ais,orr.

The anvil was known Ia the earliest
times, being spoken OF In the Bible. the
prophet Isaiah saying (chapter A..
verse y. so the carpenter encouraged
the goldsmith. and he that smoOtheth
with the hammer, him that smiteth
the anvil" IL is not known who first
used II, but Of course the anvil OF
antiquity was unlike that Of today as
perfected by modern workmanship.
The anvil stiIl used In the orient. how
ever, Is a boot shaped piece Of metal
inserted In a section OF oak or walnut
log. Larger or smaller Il Is used
by tinsmiths, shoemakers. siiversmiths
and blacksmiths The anvils used ia
this country are commonly made Of
east iron faced with steel and are Of
parailelopiped form, with a steel cone
or beak at one end and handy hole
for inserting chisel or other tools AZ
the other end.-Boston Globe.
IN Italy no ancient monument ema
be restored nor can any old building
be altered without special permission
from the government.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25


In one OF the old Greek cities there
stood long ago statue Every trace
of Il has vanished now. but there l.
still in existence an eplgram which
gives us an excellent description Of IT,
and rs we read the words we can sure
Is discover the lesson which those wise
old Greeks meant that the stsfue
should teach 20 every passeFby. The
epigram Is In the form Of q converse.
zion between q traveller and the statue.
What Is thy name. o statueT
II am called Opportunity.
who made theey'
"Lysippus"
why art thou on thy t0esr'
''To show that l stay but moment
"why hast thou wings on thy feetf
To snow how quickly ] pass BY.
''But why Is thy hair 70 long on thy
forebeadT'
THAT men may seize me when they
meet me"
why, then. is thy head 50 bald be
hindT
ITO show that when / have once
passed / cannot be caught" /.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25
eth. a.. pi.eh.v

A dIgDifed origin can be given to
the expression TO die In the last
ditch" On the death OF De witt the
Prince Of Orange was made head OF
the Dutch republic Despite bis youth
BE- displayed the courage and lenacify
OF bis race. -llo you not see your
country is lost!'' asked the Duke Of
Buckingham. who had been sent 10 ne
gotiate at The Hague. There Ii q
sure way never TO see II lost" replied
william. and that Is TO die in the
last ditch"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

Good schools, good churches an j
good roads are grand thing to have
in a community. In order to have
these things people must be educated
to take pride in them. Your home
paper can and will do more to en-
courage all of these things than any
other agency. The school children
and young folks read with pleasure
the home happenings, and as they
grow up become interested and make
useful citizens. Give the children
the home paper to read.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

The poorest kind of a citizen is
the one who wants to reform affairs
only when they affect the price of
his lots, his job or his three square
meals a day.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

Haydn once exc1amuD. - aHzx
Ing. Il viii give my best quartet for a
razor remarked Sir Alexander G.
Mackenzie In an address before the
Royal institution, and a man Offering
him = couple secured the manuscript
OF what IL now called the Razor
quartet.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

The oldest apple tree in the eoun-
try is on the old Standish place,
Wethersfield, Mass, and it was
planed in 1888.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

The man who never makes mis-
takes misses a good many splendid
chances to learn something.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

In the 500 block OF Indiana stree.
there are several bad spots in the
sidewalk which should be attended
to. Some dark night some one may
step in one of these holes and then
it win be too late to put in new
planks to save accidents and the city
q few hundred dollars from damages.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

1t costs more for a dull merchant
to brush the dust on his goods than
it would to advertise and sell them.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

1t pays to read the advertisements
of enterprising home merchants.
They are the people who make it pos
sible to have eonveniences right at
your door. so to speak.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

The strongest point in some peo-
pies character is their weakness.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

Many more towns die for want Of
confidence on the part of the business
men and lack of public spirit than
from opposition of neighboring towns
and adverse surroundings.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

Don't knock. Help yourself along
by becoming popular. and push yorr
friends along with you. It's very
easy. Be a good fellow and soon
you'll have a procession of followers.
No man ever helped himself by
Rocking other people down in char
acter and business.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

building during the day, when Gov
ernor Brady will deliver an address.
followed by other speakers.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25

One of our exchanges states thar
there are two reasons why some peo-
pie don't mind their own business.
One is that they haven't any mind,
and the other is that they haven't
any business.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-25
POT POURRI
Things of More or Less Local
Interest.

A boy is better unborn than un-
taught.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02

which were being shipped from Cros-
by, N. D. to Avon, Stearns county,
Mimi. The owner of the horses,
James Mclaughlin of Avon, was in
the car with the horses. The shock
of the collision resulted in the death
of most of the horses and the injury
of theirsowner. Mr.. Mclaughlin sus-
tanned fracture of the collar bone
and some abrasions of the face. DR..
Dubois was called and attended him
and he was sent on to his home in
Avon lator in the day.
The freights were due to meet No.
l, the Oriental Limited, here, at 2:53
p. m. The wreck occurred some time
after the passage of the two local
passenger trains and in sufficient time
for orders to be issued to hold No. l
here. The latter train was sidetrack-
ed and lay here until about 9 o'clock
in the evening, when it preceded on
its way.
At the time of the collision there
were no persons in the caboose, but
had there been they would have either
been killed or badly hurt. The wreck
ing train was ordered to the scene as
soon as possible and the track was
cleared papidly.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02

nor personally before leaving the
Opera House. Ladies, as we'll as
gentlemen, are invited to hear the
governor speak.
The governor will arrive Friday
afternoon on the Oriental Limited,
which, by special arrangement with
the Great Northern road, will stop
here to let him off. This is necessary,
as the governor speaks in Chicago on
Thursday evening. The governor
comes here upon the invitation of the
Editorial Association and as it's guest.
They will entertain him at the Pal
mer House where apartments have
been reserved for him. During the
afternoon, while the publishers are
assembled in their business meeting,
a local committee consisting of DR.. J.
A.DuBois, C.M. Sprague, Lucas Kells,
and DIR. A. F. .Moynihan, will look after
the executive, take him to the site of
the girls industrial school, and give
him an opportunity to meet the busi-
ness men of the city.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02

Falls Herald; A. G. Swindelhurst,
Wadena Pioneer Journal. The idea
of those who prepared the program
was to consider matters that pertain
to the practical, every day working of
the country newspaper office. The
members of the association are ex-
pected to bring with them to the
meeting samples of their work and
methods.
After the discussion of the papers
has been finished, officers will be elec-
ted for the coming year and the place
for the 1910 summer outing chosen.
In the evening Gov. Adolph o.
Eberhart will address the editors at
the Grand Opera House on the topic
s'The Press as Factor in State De-
ve1opment" The general public is
cordially invited to attend and hear
the governor. A ladies' double quar-
tet will render two selections, one be-
fore and one after the governors ad-
dress. This part of the program Is in
charge Of Mrs. r. E. Hansen. The
president of the association will in
troduce the governor. At the close
of the exercises an opportunity will
begiyen the public to meet the COVER
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02
REAR END COLLISION
Two Great Northern FreightS Come
Together, and One Man Re-
CeiveS Injuries

There was rear end collision of
two Great Northern freights three
miles west of Sauk Centre Thursday
afternoon which resulted in one man
being injured, a number of horses
being killed, the partial wreck of one
locomotive and several cars and the
blocking of the road for more than
five hours.
An eastbound through freight was
running in two sections and the sche-
dule was arranged for them to pass
West Union ten minutes apart. AS
the second section reached the top of
a hill in the woods some three miles
west of Sauk Centre the engineer
discovered the rear end of the, first
section but a few rods ahead. He
made every effort to- stop his train
but as it was rnnning at a high rate
of speed was unable to do SO. The
section crashed into the rear of the
first. The caboose was wrecked, as
were several freight cars and the en-
gine Of the second section was damag-
ed to some extent.
The car Immediately in front Of the
caboose was loaded with horses
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02
THAT new CHARTER
"A Citizen Expresses His Opinion
as to What lie Thinks
Is Needed

SAUK CENTRE, Minn., Dec. l.,
1909. Editor Herald: AS an interest
ed citizen of this beautiful little city
of Sauk Centre, l have been think
ing that, during all this talk about
creating a new charter that is to do
such wonderful things for the people
of this city, perhaps it is fine time
to just insert clause giving the peo-
pie their God-given and certainly
their constitutional right to vote
direct on cersain questions of vital
interest to all, and a thousand times
more interest for the we'll being of
little city than any financial
interest. No less parsonage than
the great Lincoln once said that the
common people can always be trusted
to vote right. Yours for a more
liberal and constitutional city charter:
A CITIZEN.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02
LEASES HOTEL
Former Sauk Centre B0nifaCe Takes
Over the BuCkmdn House at
Little falls

r. L. Palmer has purchased the
furniture and fixtures of the Buck
man Hotel in Little Falls and took
possession on Wednesday of this
week. He leases the building
This announcement came as sur
prise, though Mr.. Palmer has fors some
time wanted to get back into the
hotel business again. One year ago
the first of November Mr.. Palmer
leased the Palmer House in this city
for term of five years to A. w. Aus
tin. During the past season Mr.. Pal
mer has been engaged in the automo-
bile business.
Mr.. Palmer built the Palmer House
nine years ago, opening it in the
spring of 1901. He personally con-
Quoted it continuously until he leas-
ed to Mr.. Austin. Mr.. Palmer is a
good hotel man of long experience.
The Buckman is good property and
has fine patronage. Col. Snow, who
retires from it's management, goes to
California.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02
DAY
Anniversary Duly Observed In Sauk
Centre, When Everybody Was
Thankful

Everybody in Sauk Centre was
thankful last Thursday for something
or other; even those in hard luck
were thankful that it was no worse
The day was observed quietly, family
reunions and dinners being on the
program to great extent. Boys and
girls away at school came home to fill
their anatomies with turkey and
cranberry sauce and the "pies that
mother makes" The young people
went skating on Sauk Lake in the
afternoon and lots of folks attended
the tiremen's ball in the evening.
The Palmer House served very fine
dinner, the menu including all the
delicacies of the season. Several
familrssics their ts,rlsey there.
: In the evening union services were
held in the Congregational church,
Rev. j. T. B. Smith of the Methodist
church preaching the sermon and the
Congregational choir furnishing
special music. Mr.. Smith took for
his text the words of the Psalmist:"
Twill bless the Lord at all times, his
praises will be continually in my lips";
also the words of Paul: Solving
thanks always for all things, in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to
God, even the Father; and from the
story of the last supper: Sand he took
the cup and gave thanks. The
speaker emphasized the religious duty
of thankfulness. He gave an outline
history of the origin of Thanksgiving
Day and referred to hardships of the
Pilgrim fathers. He closed by recit-
ing Felicia Hemans' we'll known
hymn: "The breaking waves dashed
high. The service was fairly well
attended and greatly enjoyed by those
present.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02
AN OPEN LETTER
Albert DahIem Has Something of H.
terest to Say to Sauk
Centre People

SAUK CENTRE, MINI, Dec. l, 1909
To our Patrons:
December first it is always custO-
mary for the big wholesale houses and
manufacturers to take their annual
Just prior to this stock
taking these people always have some
broken line of stocks which have been
their best selling goods throughout
the season which they prefer to close
out at even less than cost to manu-
facture them rather than invoice
them. While on the market this
week l purchased several lines of the
very highest grades of goods at prices
far below the actual value. In order
to dispose of these goods quickly l am
going to offer them to our people at a
very small margin of profit to our
selves, thus enabling you to- own
these on the same basis as purchase.
AS an illustration of what this means
to you, read our big announcement
and page advertisement on page 5 of
this issue. The purpose of this letter
is to invite the general public in to
judge for themselves. Sale begins
Saturday morning, Dec. 4, and con-
tinues for seven days only. Bear i'm
mind that whatever 1 advertise and
pledge myself to do, always fulfil.
Yours very respectfully:
ALBERT DAHLEM.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02
FINE PRIZE LIST
The Sum Of $525.OO Put up In
Piano Contest
WORTH HUSTLING FOR
iieraId's Contest is on in Earnest
and the Contestants Are
Getting Busy

Some curiosity has been excited as
| to why The Herald is investing so
much money in piano contest. The
reason is that The Herald is after the
new subscribers and is thoroughly
convinced that the piano contest is a
very good means to employ to secure
them.
The Herald does not want nor does
not ask any person to work for it
nothing. 1t offers something, in re-
turn for something, and the some
thing which it offers in return for
something is something that is worth
going after. .....
Is there any young lady in Stearns,
Todd, Pope or Douglas county who
wants fine $35O.OO Hamilton piano?
If there is, all that is necessary for
her to do is to enter in The Herald's
piano contest, hustle good and hard
and she'll get it.
Then too, there are other prizes:
and they're all worth working for.
Here's the list: including the piano:
One Hamilton piano, S350.00 ,.
One ladies' Gold Watch, s45.O0
One Graphophone, $1,000 ..
One Set Furs, $500 @
l Easter Hat, $1,000
. l Water Color portrait and l doz.
photos, $500
On page of this issue is an adver-
tisement giving list and description
of the seven prizes, with full instruc-
tions to contestants. A number of
contestants are at work. There is
room for more. Here's the list of en-
tries to date, given in the order in
which they were nominated:
Ressie MAXWELL, Sauk Centre -
Emma johnson, Sauk Centre
Agnes Grundman, Sauk Centre.
Mabel johnson, Sauk Centre
Agnes Buckley, Sauk Centre
Lena Burmeister, R. F. ID. No. 3
Mary Doege, Ashley
Jessie Wallace, Sauk Centre
Mae Working, Sauk Centre
Ruth Osborne, Sauk Centre
Rose Minette, Sauk Centre
Emma Gritzmacher, R. F. d. Nos
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02
RAILROAD STRIKE
Great Northern and Northern
Pacific SwitChmen Quit Work
NO FREIGnTS MOVING
Nothing But Passenger Trains Run
ming In Territory Covered
by These Roads

At o'clock on the evening of No
vember 30 every switchman in the
employ of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific in the Twin cities
and Duluth, and many other points
along the lines of these two roads,
walked out in accordance with a cir
cular letter issued Nov. % by the
switchmen's committee, which had
been comforting with the representa-
tives of the roads relative to certain
differences.
The result was to tie up freight
traffic in the northwest. Other roads
than the two mentioned above were
affected, as in St. Paul the same ter
minals are used and these are practi-
cally controlled by the Great Northern.
"Wednesday morning, Dec. 2, the roads
ordered their agents to refuse all
freight. All trains except passenger
trains were suspended. Terminals
were handled by switch engine crews,
with the result that passenger trains
were somewhat delayed. The North
ern Pacific discontinued two passeng-
er trains, Nos. 5 and 6, coast trains.
Great Northern passenger trains pass
ed Sauk Centre practically on time.
There is no telling how long the strike
will last. Already great inconveni-
ence is being experienced by the
general public.
As to the cause of the trouble, it
appears that the switchmen made de-
mands on thirteen roads >centering in
st. Paul for increased wages, as fol-
lows:
The demands of the Switchmen
were for double pay for Sundays,
holidays and overtime: an advance of
sixty cents per day of ten hours in the
wages of switchmen, switch tenders,
towermen, engine herders and assist
ant yardmasters; modification of the
rule providing for the payment Of
penalty in case of failure to permit
switchmen to secure their meal in the
middle of their shift at a stated period
which contemplates double pay in
cases where it became necessary to
work portion of the meal hour; the
elimination of physical examination
and the age limit placed upon switch
men entering the service. ..'s.
Five conferences were held but no
agreement was reached. On Nov.
22, the officials of the switchmen's
union sent out secret circular letter
calling q strike Nov. 30. About this
time they and the railroads agreed to
meet Martin Knapp, chairman Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
and Chas. p. Neill, U. S. Commissioner
of Labor, at st. Paul and submit
their differences to arbitration. When
these gentleman arrived President
Hawley of the switchmen's union,
presented the circular letter calling
strike and declining to arbitrate.
The strike followed Tuesday evening.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02
PUBLISHERS COME
Men Who Make Country News
Papers Meet Here Tomorrow
AN annual GATHERING
Winter Meeting of North Central
Minnesota Editorial Association
is at Hand

Tomorrow afternoon, at 2:3O, in
Knights of Pythias Hall on Main
street, the business session of the
North Central Minnesota Editorial
Association will be called to order by
President Rudolph A. Lee, editor of
the Long Prairie Leader. Mr.. Lee
will deliver his annual address and
will then appoint any necessary COM
mittees. Then will follow the dis
cussion of practical questions to the
country printer. The topics to be
considered, as already announced, will
be:
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-02

The motion pictures presented by
the James Winfred Cool Company are
selected with great care from the
most famous modern historical events
such as the Try-out of the Wright
Bros. at Washington showing. their
trips in the air. Also Taft and Can
non in real life, Peary landing at New
York, the Hudson Fulton Celebration
and the rescue of the miners at the
Cherry Hill mine last week. Unless
you have visited the metropolitan
theaters of the highest class you have
Never seen such pictures as Mr.. Cool's.
Opera House, Dec. s.