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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-01
The Bed Rock Of Success.

Inc 0e0 A0Ck OF SuCce04.
lies in keen, clear brain, backed By in
domitable viii and reslstless energy.
Sach power comes frsm the splendid
health that Dr.. Kings New Life Pills
spart. They vitallze every organ and
u up brain and body. ia. Harnaon
q more, w. Va, writes. .sThey are
Il hest pills ever used.~ 25c at III
dealers. j.5
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-01
Official Directory

Us Senators pN y .oea. yehnsan a..,,p.
J, u s Represen-{ + g Hanna
tatiyes A. Gronna
\ sIseutenant iSSSa GovernoreR Gov Pnor S Lewis
! Secretary of State-Alfred Blaisdell
state Auditor-D r Brightbill
Attorney General-.,Andrew Miller
Railroad Conn a a = y Mana anderson
Il Sn1issioners " H standish
Eoin of Insurance-E g Cooper
tS0nl Ayr & Labor-,W G Gilbreath
;uarer Of supreme s s ! T F|ss s|5Sstun sss'a'nx
Court DF Ellsworth
J JIG Carmody
STATE SENATORS
End Dist-F A Halliday. Crystal
REPRESENTATIVES,
sc AMcCrea. Drayton
1st District Walter Wexford. Neche
End District-C Ganssle, st Thomas
Judge 7th J1zd. Dtst-WJ Kneeshaw
COUNTY OFFICIALS
States Attorney-M Brynjolfson
Clerk of Court-Geo Peterson
Sherif-Geo Roadhouse
Auditorium. w Felson
J Treasurer II Anderson
Register of Deeds---John F Gill
County Judge.H G Wick
Supt of SchOols-Isabella A Burley
} Coroner-Dr F NJ burrows
Publ, Admin'r-Eis Thorwaldson =
(1st-F G Myrick, Pembina
County 2nd-I x Olafson, GardaI
Sth-Wm RiQyNOOd st ThO'S
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-01
When Il. Missed Il.

When tis Missed it.
The baldheaded man was asked II
be missed his hair much.
'Onty when some fool question
makes me no mad I vast to pull It,"
be replied pleasantly. = Philadelphia
Led1er.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-01
The considerate Clock.

Zone kiss: pleaded IL. departing
lGvpr
"Nonsenser' exclaimed his tiancee In
a teasing mood "Somc one might see
u.s.
''WhoY''
why. the clock: It t:,% a face"
'Yes. hut 1t keeps its tsands in front
vt it,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-01
Frifhtfui Fste Avsrted

xould hsye bsen : cripple for lifs
from ] terrible ont q ny knss sacap,'' Z
,wll.uitss Fsank Dish Ksllihsr, MINI.
s without Bneklsnh Arnsioa saly.,s,. i, which
lpla O. q Infailibls ior uoanl
= Y suiss SO soos snlsss li11
lllII p ll g 81 r. ~ 90 q lIl
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-01

The rain falls on the Just and unjust.
bst tie latter nearly always have the
foE0etss umbrellas.-ToWa Topics
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-01

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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
BY HOLLIS w. FIELD.

the architect contractor mason-plumber-
painter boss of the job, however, and Gilman
resigned himself to the inevitable
Today-hve years after Gilman's expert
ences with. his Scotch architect-contractor
mason-plumber builder-Gilman knows that
any other kind OF an architect would have
made the Gilman-Rivers fiat building an Inn
possibility. But; looking back on his expert
ences with the man, Gilman has an ague that
shakes him from scalp y heel ~ 8
! MacDott was q horn optimist. and . single
sScotnIr hiEhha}l SrasaAd this natutAN 0ntinis3a
Ito tAs III / pow any givenl
had mot dreamed 81 doing more than TIE plans,
in the Beginning. Working as the boss Of the
job and seeing HIS work develop day AFTER
day, however, MacDott's spirits rose to hiS
accom- lishnisnfs Thist thing, thai Il Inns, the
other thing ITO say nothing Of all tire rest Of
the speeiicat Hons from basement fioor to the
,roof-4could be 80 much improved at 50 httie
additional expenses Couldn't Gilman Ald
Rivers see til 81
Sure thing: go right ahead. = said Gilman
land Rivers always sssented ~
One morning Gilman in his once answered
a telephone call and found the cashier OF the
trust company at the other end OF the wire.
He wanted to see Gilman and Rivers within
an hour at most. They drove over In a cab.
The cashier was excited. - Il
See here" he exclaimed; you've just
got the windows in that building and your
bank balance this morning is only 1904 10!
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
Little Stories Of Big People.
By JOHN M. HARTLEY.

pert stenographers in the dominion This led
him into law and as a lawyer he served the
government in many ways until he finally en-
tered his present service.
T.
Vain" Fritz az Wofkman.
"Eitel" which Is an old family name
among the IIohenzollerns, means vain"
consequently 1t attracted an unusual amount
of attention when Prince Eitel Fritz adopt
ed unusual methods lately to decrease his
weight. 1t did not seem 70 anybody else that
the prince was taking on enough flesh to
prove unbecoming, but II did not accord with
his own idea OF proper military figure, and
he went to his summer residence near Char
lottenburg and lived the lifesof an ordinary
out Of door laborer. He staid several weeks
and worked all day at gardening. tree Telling.
and carpenterins, wearing a worxman's
clothes. He also helped in the construction
of new riding school. The princess be-
came, so interested in the cure that one day
when she stopped to watch some masons in
the construction Of a clockwork fountain In
connection with the new building she became
SO Interested that she set TO work with ham
mer and trowel and worked for nearly an
hour. f
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
M. HYDE:

Investigation showed tl4t some years ago
a local corporation had secured q charterfor
the building OF q. road down the canon OF
the Deschutes, which:is practically the only
feasible way of setting down on TO the great
tablelands Of the interior. The corporation
had bought some right Of way and done a
little track laying, Then It stopped work
for lack OF capital. An attempt was made
by the Hartman Interests to buy W. this
charter, butts promoters held out for ailarge.
sum OF money and the Hartman lawyers
found daws In its legal standing. So these
negotiations came to nothing
But to Hartman a promise was q promise.
Besides hts advance guard reported that the.
eastern foothills Of the Cascade range were
covered with splendid trees which would
furnish many eastbound trainloads Of tim
Der, and upon the high plateau lands adyen-
turous pioneers were having great success in
the raising of mutton and wool. There were
thousands of ton milesNof freight In sight.
and Hartman was determined to reap the
prospective harvest. Meanwhile George w.
Boschke had been called up from Texas and
made chief engineer Of the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation company, with headquarters
In Portland. Hartman. knowing the man
and his work, sent for him and ordered him
to build the new road.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
By HENRY

the railroad so ,Boschke declined Calves
ton looked around bitmore and then came
back with another offer: ~
. Couldn't he keep his railroad job and
build theirssea wall at the same time They'd
pay just the same salary. while the work
was being done" I'D = y
TWAS the kind Of opportunity which APP
peals to a real engineer. Boschks putt up
to Hartman again and the great man nodded.
4" 90 ahead. But don't neglect my railroad
Job So Bosthke, took hold, doing double
work and drawing double salary That he
made good Is doubly evidenced by the con-
gratuIatory telegram quoted above and by
the fact that at present he Is the man on the
firing line In one of the greatest railroad bat
ties the Pacific northwest has ever seen.
Ever since the Puget Sound country was
first opened up there have been constant and
heated complaints that the railroads were
neglecting the state OF Oregon, to the great
advantage of its neighbor Washington at
the north. Even to this day.the greater
part of Oregon is an untracked wilderness.
That is explained by the fact that the In
terror of the state Is vast, high table land,
shut in by high mountains and so far of lit
tie value as an agricultural country,
On the map one may see that with the ex-
ception Of the line OF the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation company along the south
bank of the Columbia and Of few small
lines along the Pacific. west OF the Cascade
mountains, the whole great state Is still al.
most without railroad facilities OF any kind.
Bitter and strenuous have been the COM
plants at this neglect. $500
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21

sea vail haa been hsr r>ride C)piv Boschke
niynssis vas unrussssd That night he slept
a,,t.t ana ,,nfronh,ed -wbils the Younger en-
cireers sat sno,,t ~. csn,nf,re ana snore
wtfh nrofesslor,ai ~ rnnafhv- Of the blow
which Ma falIen mon him - 81 II
Fssriv on ne ,follo,rins u,o,n,ns, the vx,res
hsra,s 4, hriy.r n,ersa ses. from fsafveston,
n rlred \. personai'y ana adsressed a !. to
rso.cbLA T1,rv were ,e,crss Nv ti,e ofs,cials
~ The sfrtcIer, c,tv Nv ths rrestd a = n the
has ~ ~ s,s5e n,i All, ar bodies
~ = sSars. 81 s,ss iJsd,ne, cyt,rans
. TIM rss~t ~ az '1fasl = ave 10. b,~ber
th.,, -ths Tan ~ az - ii ~ - IN. h,,rssen
~ $500 4, 49,, :. h,.t- ~ 49,, ,ts.fr am
stands' II Sroke the force' 81 the water and
saved. Inc 1 1ity from destrlction. No en-
Galveston il unin1ured and you are its,
savior We cbngratuiate and thank you,
I. 4 fs3
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
Smith Canada Emisfant "pic K en-

Smith Canada's Emigrant pic k er. .
The Canadian emigration commissioner en-
Joys the euphonious name Of Obediah Smith.
Mr.. Smith is an important man in his way IN
the dominion, however, and he has done
much TO build up the post which he occupies
to place that makes-it unique, Before he
was emigration commissioner, which means
that his headquarters are in London, and his
work picking -" emigrants for the domin-S
ion. he was immigration commissioner. at
Winnipeg. During the eight years that he
held this office 216,000 homesteeds were set
tied in the west of Canada. and he actually
instituted a system whereby every home
stead on the vast prairie lands was and still
is visited by government official during the
winter months. The ennigrants that he now
sends over represent the pick ofithe peasant
class ~ -
Whatever he has done to build up the emil
grant bureau, Commissioner Smith has done
because he knows the subject from the in
side as well as the outside. He was himself
an emigrant and left London for Canada
when he was IT, He went to Winnipeg and
ropghed 1t, taking any Job he could get In
his leisure moments he taught himself short
hand and later on became one Of the most ex-.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21

people on Monday. He saw some more Of
them on Tuesday and again on Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday Of that week. Mon
day morning of the week following the two
of them were in the privacy OF a Chicago
trust company's Offices, talking to the vice
president and the cashier.
Rivers had small manufacturing business
that was doing well. Gilman for years had
held q saiaried position with an established
Publishing house. And that corner. they ar
gusd lfsistently. was worth $tOOo0'ifit was
worth cent. The banking house was inter-
ested.
AZ CQRsa IN Azgain, Just axssoQn as ron, have
70 1$ D n W.. Said the caE5lik ~ si8 bowed
okif lpf the inner of7ices tg "
lftsHh and Rivers had put aIr10st every
dollar they had into the lots. hefirst archi-
tect they approached wanted 5000 for the
plans. The second man said he'd 40 II for
S5Q0A Rivers at this point recalled that he
knew d capable sort OF fellow, long down at
heel. who'd probably be glad Of a chance to
try 1t and take a chance OF getting his pay
when the two OF them returned to the bank
they were delighted with q set Of plans cost
ms. them only 500, with $50 down tascasI-
More than ali this. however the bank was
pleased, Within a week Gilman and Rivers
were looking for contractor, with $685. coo
Of borrowed money 10 their credit IN the
banki 5gst
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
By STOCKYARDS FREDDY.

iron man laying around loose in your clothes
and won't slip 1t to me2" says I. 9s
For the bank 1t is," says Otto. only for
the bank"
well, says.I. :" you win the miser's med
al for this dump all right"
II am not good feiIowY' says otto.
shocked.
You're a crab. II I have to say it,. ], said.
"why?%s says Otto He was that far from
the light.
"weil. can't explain II you don't under
stand" 1 said, f" but II you go through with
this stunt. put two bucks out of ten in the
bank every week. you'll do something that
nobody else ever did and lived totell the tale.
Don't believe what you see in the autobiog-
raphies of famous men, Otto. Probablya lot
OF em did stack away half OF their earnings,
but they were living home with the folks at
the time. II amt human to save on $40
week, otto.." says, the flesh is too weak
" Not mine" says Otto.
:" No character Is strong enough" saygI. -
" Mine Isl" says ne.
" All right says I; :" then you're no hui
man being. You're a fish, a salt mackerel.
q clam"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21

why7" says Otto, and with that cut
him cold.
Otto Doomed TO Failure. s
didn't have any use for him. knew he
couldn't do it, knew. that he'd do just like
everybody else-get within eyesight Of the
last four or five bucks In his stunt and then
draw the whole clatter out and tossit away:
but that wasn't the idea. The point was that
any gazabo' who wanted to save $3S bad
enough to paddle around with bean in his
jeans and refuse to loosen up when a pal
asks him face to face Is too cold biooded TO
be mixed with by human beings There's
something uncanny about that sort OF a fell
low He makes you feel like you'd got q
glimpse of what this world would be II every
body was the same way. S3
Well. his laying up for a winter outfit in
this way made him the joke tank Of the Of
fice. Every time anybody wanted to get
up his reputation for being funny he'd 80
over and dip into Otto
How much in the hank now. ottf' was
the regular hello we gave him the morning
after pay night.
1.-TWO dollars more than last week. Otto
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21

spec ovsr me sesesr asr VIZ az = =, ~
" Gulf Of Mexico tremendous tropical.
cyclonic storm had suddenly risen.
Followed by an Irresistible tidal wave. II had
swept north with ruin and desolatinn on it's
bi1ck wings All shipping had been wiped
soi,t Great steamers had been carried far
inland their shattered hulls half buried In
the mud Of ruined cotton fields i !
Daring Galveston. on its island. had been q.
second time leveIeds to the Dirt The great
sea wall behind which II hueeed its sflitile
hone Of safety had been brokenfinfe chaotic
bits of gravel BY the Tremendous tidal wave.
The awful fury OF the storm had destroyed
the massive masonry which REPRESENTED the
highest developmert of mans .ehttneerings
skin. VI IL ~
Among those who READ. this first breath
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21

Disappointed in the prospect Of selling out
at a, big profit to Hartman the promoters Of
the local railroad company hurriediy
Strengthened out their legal tangle and went
with their story to Harrirnans great rival.
James j.. Hill Before his far seeing eyes
they painted the picture OF a hundred great
saw nlilfs cutting the mrs. and pines of the
lands Of Oregon covered with counties fiocks
OF sheep. Besides they owned the right Of
way through the Deschutes riyer-tine only
low grade entrance to the new land Of prom
ise Perhaps the Prospect of foiling Harri-
man may have helped to loosen. Hits purse
strings at 1any rate he bought the: paper
road and promptly sent down his construc-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21

tion engineers with orders to rush the BUILD
ing Of the line.
But they found the Oregon RsiiroAd and
Of the Deschutes canon, with the redoubt-
able Boschke In chief command. That was
q situation which demanded . strong man
TO meet The gray old master Of the Great
Northern ran oyer In his mind the list Of his
field lnnarshals. He muSt have one who was
ct the same time = Great ensinesr ana = ae.
neld If he would successfully OPP
pose the army led BY Boschke and
backed bys. the bottomless purse OF Har-
rimans Finally he seut est for John F.
stevenA Whose temper had been tested on
the diseing o. the Panama canal since he
ofhcial OF an sastern railroad system. Ste
vens was elected president Of the corporation
formed 70 build down the cafon Of the Des-
chutes and sent into the heid with almost
unlimited powsrs-
Court Decision Renews Struegis.
Meanwhile Bosciike was driving ahead
with dynamic haste and fury to get his tracks
laid 'hrst. Hill went INTO the courts and tried
to enjoin him. He did succeed in getting a
decision which giyes to the corporation whose
rights he bought first choice Of q right Of way
through the canon. But that instead of
stopping Hartman and Boschke. only made
them more determined and desperate. II
they could not have the best natural right OF
way through the steep. narrow canon, they
would blast one equally as good out Of the
solid rock On that basis they had gone
ahead tS
The new Hartman line starts near the
bellies on the Columbia. little west Of the
mouth OF the Desch1tes, and turns into the
canon after steep slant to the southeast.
The Hill road, starting with a connection
with the famous North Bank road on the far
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
Rivers Makes First suasestion

Gilman was living in small nat In the old
neighborhood and one Sunday a brother-in-
law came out to dinner. In an after dinner
stroll, smoking, Gilman walked past the cor
ner. told OF how he had failed to sell these
lots pointed out the advantages Of transport
tation from the city, the desirability Of the
neighborhood, and expressed the sentiment
that somebody was foolish not to grab OF
those lots for a fiat building. d
Couldn't we handle ttT' suggested Rivers
Couldn't we raise money enough to put up
a couple of three fat buildings. paying of the
mortgage with therentsT''- ,,-'77 ssrest-g
g. They'd had a good dinner, the cigars were
good the weather admirable. and the idea
hit Gilman hard. He said he'd look around
q little the next week
Gilman was born with a lot OF good horse
sense. He 10 a natural mixer anywhere with
any kind of people Falling down. on any
thing he attempted isn't characteristic of him
In anything But he staggered Rfvers the
following Sunday when he and Mrs. Gilman
went into the city to eat Sunday dinner with
the Riverres
I'm 20 in with you on that deal IL you'll
make II twenty -four fiat building. stone
'front.' and strictly up to date said Gilman.
you're crazy" was Brother-in-Law Riv-
err reiterations all through that Sunday,
from the soup to the saying good night at the
elevated station at IL o'clock.
Fighting Nerve Now Aroused.
But Gilman.s nerve had been prlcked, up,
vide awake. Heswent around and saw some
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21

tom the engineers must figure on the tre-
nendous floods which sweep through It In
the early summer when the snow metfS on
the foothills.
II only one road was to be built and there
was plenty OF time to do the work the prob
lem would be diGicult one. But with two
bitter rivals each striving TO. Guido theoth
In speed, and actually dispufing each foot OF
the way, the scene Is set for o homeric
'strugsle. Nor y IT by any means tmposstble
that the rivalry may come to a climax In
an actual pitched battle between the oppce-
Ing forces. Both HIN and Hartman have
an army Of track layers and iaborerSat work
insthat narrow gulth. A. the head Of eachis
man whose flGfting spirit has been tested
in q score Of simllar STRUGGLES and who u
held responsible by his chief for nothing but
success. -. u
& sys X b ~
Mioor Battfes Nof Conneed. ig.ss
\. ,n.tfsys r. fsrt A yrc,,id ,sy.,,, III x.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
One Ailopathic Dose Enoueh.

Gilman admits he's got about all of the real
estate business that he cares to take In allo-
pathic doses. Buying cottage in the old
neighborhood the other day for IS, 600 and
moving into 1t. he admits It's the first time
he's been in real home for five years. Yet
another family was more than anxious to
move into the Gilman apartments and sign
the years lease at the agent figures. For
Gilman has an agent now.
but he doesn't know what went through
when I first was agent. quartered in a corner
OF the unfinished basement, said Gilman.
I" i rented some Of those apartments for one
mouth. for. two months-for any old time to
suit the tenant-simpiy that might get a
few dollars in advance to pay to some work
man who needed his money
Gilman heard an echo Of that time lust a
few days ago.. Mrs. Gilman was returning
from town In a, train. Two men sat Just In
front of her looking out of the window on the
side Of the Gilman flats. The building Is
quite Imposing In its neighborhood- people
who don't know its history and passing along
the street are likely to look up and admire II.
See that big fiat building over there7s
queried the large, dark man Of the pair. point
ing in order that his friend, a'visitor, might
NOT mistake. ,,- ~
/" Yes--that's some Hats amt Il o. respond
ed the visitor, interested, y. ~ 8
. Some fiats!" uttered the big man half
sneeringly that his friend should have miss
construed him. " Say two dippy fellows
built that building on windr'
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
Litsle Boastins Turns Tick.

Up to this time GiIman's whole experience
with real estate had been gained from paying
on a mortgage ON this little house OF his.
s7fJntff he tried II ON the cottage he didn't
know whether he could self dollar bills at
90 cents apiece Gilman swelled a little over
his Accomplishment. He had been on sal
airy most Of his life II he hadn't swelIed up
Just little and boastsd just little to a
friend probably this story never would have
been written.
:" That's about, the easiest 800 ever
dreamed Of having said Gilman. talking to
Brown - we've lived there fourteen years
and got most OF. the good out OF the. house,
anyhow It's been almost like paying rent
fourteen years and then having the landlord
giveyyon, the place" is5a.5
Brown thought he'd call Gilman down. a
peg. He asked Gilman II he knew Of those
certain corner lots three blocks from Gil
mans cottage that was which for years had
supported three or four real estate agents
s signs in growing stages OF decrepitude, de-
cay and illegibtlity
~ I'm tired holding EN-. . said Brown :. I'll
: give you 10 percent commission IL you'll sell
that corner for 81. 800 even, sS 81 ~
h Gilman accepted the challenge. That. cor.
ner always had looked good TO Gilman as .
site for rat building. Gilman had a. pretty
, wide business acuuaintanceship In several
lines and he kept his eyes skinned for a pur-
chaser for those lots on that corner. But at
4 the endof several months of real estate actiy-'
ity in the suburb nothing had been accom-
-plished. sq4 -, .:i. <. . -
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
Appeal Made 20 .Kins !.

Nearly two years ago, at the time when
the late e. H Hartman was making his
last trip to the coast, he met large delega-
ton Of earnest citizens and gave them bis
promise that as soon as 1t could be done a
railroad line should be built from the Column
bia river southwark into the interior Of the.
state beginning at the point where the Des-
chutes river runs into the Columbia.