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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-08-19
For Sale, Lost, Wanted, Etc.

For plastering and cement work
call on A. JACK BvRNs, for lowest
prices.
WANTED-Breakcrs. we will pay SI.75 per
acre and pasture horses at night. Land level
Bowen Bros, on the old Hayden ranch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27

trami county, was born in southern Wis
consin, "a years ago. Judge Clark claims
to he of American descent, as both his
paternal and maternal grandsires tough,
in the revolution and in 1912.
Nine years have elapsed since he left
his native state, and settled in Norman
county, this state, taking up the first en-
ployment that was offered, that of district
school teacher. Teaching winters and
working on the prairie farms in the sum-
mer, was his occupation for some years,
for which he was peculiarly fitted, having
graduated at a Wisconsin high school at
the age Of 16, and also been a farmer
in that state for about six years.
The Judge says he first saw beautiful
Lake Bemidji on the oath day of May,
1895, while on an exploring expedition,
and had "hiked'' it from Fosston, over
what he then thought to be the worst
roads that ever lay out doors, but has
changed his mind since his experiences
with the roads in the Blackjack country.
He remained at the lake ten days, and
would have stayed longer but had to
return to Fosston on account of an in
jury to his right hand. But he always
had "hankering" to return and did
so in the fall of 1899, and has been
permanent fixture in this country
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27
M. A. CLARK.

Hon. M. A. Clark is Probate Judge of
Beltrami county, representing another
man of calculative genius who has figured
out the great future which lies before
this section of Minnesota. He was born
in Dam ecounty, Wis, in the year 1869,
and, coming to Bemidji in 1899 from
Norman county, he remained one year,
after which time he settled in Blackduck,
where he made his home for four years,
returning to Bemidji in 1903 to assume
the responsible office of which he is now
the incumbent, and a position to which
he has since continually been elected.
The following clipping, taken from the
Bemidji Pioneer, is elf-explanatory, ex-
cept that since it's publication in the
year 1904, Judge Clark has UNNECESSARILY
endeared himself to both The Pioneer
and the public alike:
M. A. Clark, Judge of Probate of Bel
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27

G. II. FRENCH.

Mr.. French, the watchdog of the coun-
tvs treasury, has commenced his third
term in this office. Like the other good
Republicans in the court house, Mr..
French is as popular as he is well known.
Mr.. French, although a young man, is
what might be called an old settler in
this county, having resided here for
thirteen years. Mr.. French was one of
the first commissioners of Cass county,
his appointment to that responsible posi-
ton having come through Gov. Clough.
He always faithfully served the party
with which he affiliates-the G. o. p
and is leader in the ranks of that
party in this section of the state, having
many times been selected as a delegate
to it's various gatherings.
Since his incumbency he has vastly
improved the working system of the
treasurer's office, and to such extent that
Deputy Public Examiner Kahn recently
paid him, in oral terms before the county
commissioners, the highest compliment
that could be conferred upon an official
that because of Mr.. French's executive
ability and systematic work and conserv-
ative policy as affects the county funds.
1t is upon such men as County Treas
urer French who are developing and
building up this city and county, by rea-
son of their ublic-spiritedness, liberality
and foresight. The Pioneer is always
gratified to laud such men and extend
to them unlimited space and laudation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27

ever since. In the month of January
1901, he cast his lot in the new town
of Blackjack, where he still has inter-
ests, and was a member of the first
council of that f1ourishing burg, and
prominent in the organization of their
fire department and board of education,
of which latter he was secretary until his
election to his present position.
Although he claims to be the youngest
probate judge in the state, he is old in
experience and knowledge of his work,
having served two years as clerk of the
probate court of Norman county and
nearly one year in the same capacity in
this county, under the well-known Judge
of Probate, "Pap" Carson, now deceased,
who gave him full charge of the probate
work, which was then small in comparison
to the work how.
Beltrami county may we'll feel proud
having so competent and we'll qualified
a probate Judge as the present incumb-
ent of that office. His kind and cour-
teous treatment to all, his careful and
painstaking administration of the affairs
of his office, and his patience in instruct
ing and explaining their duties to those in
trusted with the administration of estates,
has won for Judge Clark none but kind
words, many friends and much praise.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27
w. B. STEWART.

County Superintendent of Schools w. B.
Stewart has officiated in his present posi-
ton for three years, being annually returned
to the office of county superintendent of
schools on the ground of capacity and pro-
gressiveness Since his incumbency the
work of the schools of the county has been
improved and extended, and school condi-
tions generally have been advanced to a
perceptible extent.
Mr.. Stewart has proved himself thor
ough and capable educator, scholar who
received his training in the Edinburgh
State Normal School in Pennsylvania, the
Minnesota State University and other noted
institutions of learning, and as promoter
of educational and twentieth century ideas
he ranks among the first tutors of the coun-
try.
Mr.. Stewart is, in reality, one of the fore
most public instructors in the Great North
west. Alert to the exigencies of the times,
painstaking in his efforts to bring about de-
sired advancement and improvement III the
educational world, he has filed niche in
the world of learning which will be remem-
bered long after he vacates his present
position.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13

have what is called a 10-hour day,
but they work longer. Repairs
keep them busy, as each machine
crew must do its own repairing.
A 24-HOUR WORKDAY.
The operating day from the mill
standpoint Is "a hours long. The
men work in two 12-hour shifts.
Every two weeks the day and
night shifts change, this being
accomplished by the day shift
working Saturday through the
night, "a hours, sleeping all day
Sunday and resuming work Sun
day night for two weeks of night
work. At the end of the next two
weeks they are idle from Saturday
morning until Sunday morning,
while the other men shift as they
did.
The foreman in these Home
stead steel mills is called the
.pusher. Driver would be a bet
ter word.
March and October are called
the record months, and are sacred
to breaking records for output,
the men being driven to the limit
of human endurance to make new
showings.
A split-up of trust cash is made
after each competition to the
BOSSES who succeed in getting
the most work out of their men.
The MEN receive nothing in cash,
but get instead q new and harder
standard of toll for the following
six months.
This split-up the trust calls a
bonus system. 1t solely is an in
duceemnt to the pushers to drive
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13

S47,990, while its wage account
was but $l6O,S25,822. For every
dollar the wage earners in the big
trust mills here made for them
selves, they made more than a
dollar for the trust.
Social neglect is perhaps the
most noticeable thing the trust is
to blame for In keeping the people
miserable. The 12-hour day is an
other.
LIFE TODAY AT HOMESTEAD.
II you want to see how the trust
treats its men, Homestead, seven
miles up the Monongahela river
from Pittsburg proper, with the
biggest steel mill In the world,
will show you.
A strange people these are.
Walking down the narrow street
which divides the mills from the
little houses, you see half a. dozen
nations represented In the grimy
ranks.
OF the 7OOO-odd trust workers
In Homestead, more than half
came from Russia, Roumania and
Austria. Two thousand are native
white persons and the rest q mix
ture of other European races.
OF course, the steel trust, when
1t took charge of the mammoth
mill 10 years ago. began to cut
down expenses. The taxation item
was a big one. But the trust got
around that easily enough. 1t hit
on a plan to make its workers pay
its taxes Here's the way the
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Having done so much to Pitts
burg as a city, and to the men as
workers and voters, 1t would seem
the tariff-fed steel trust would
stay out of the homes themselves.
But it doesn't. 1t OWNS them in
many instances, and the records of
the health department here show
that the steel trust in these 10
years has been one Of the worst
landlords in the world.
SHOCKING LIVING CONDITIONS
People live in row after row Of
tenements almost unbelievable for
their uncleanliness and inconven-
fence. When rents are within rea-
son wages are not. Houses stand
back-to-back, with no alleyways
between. Families of four and
five and even more live in one
room. Some of the inconven-
fences are uncomfortable and even
shocking.
L This room will at various times
of the day serve as nursery, bed
room, dining, kitchen, parlor,
room, dining room, kitchen,
parlor, laundry, and also is the
sick room.
Drinking water is obtained from
reeking wells, sometimes located
close to outbuildings.
Ten years of the greatest trust
in the world in a great American
city has not been without its oppo-
sition At every turn the unions
and other organizations of work
lingmen have stood for better
homes, and better morals and bet
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
trust bosses went about it:

trust bosses went about 1t:
They drew an imaginary line
between the mill property and the
peoples homes.
"On this side of the line" the
trust said, I'VE own our property.
Well call it separate town and
name 1t Munhall.
ION the other side of the line
the men own their homes, SO
we'll call that town Homestead. :"
Munhall levies taxes on the mill
property to suit the trust. Home
stead levies taxes on the homes
of the people-also to suit the
trust.
In Munhall the tax rate is 81s
mills; the trust pays $4,000
taxes.
In Homestead the rate is FIF-
TEEN MILLS, and the trust pays
only $1,000 taxes there.
TRUST VOTES ITS EMPLOYEES.
But the trust doesn't stop its
exploitation of the men in mills
and mill towns alone. 1t mixes in
state politics, and it's browning act
was the power it gave Senator
Boies Penrose, its best friend, in
Pennsylvania.
FOR decades Allegheny county
and Pittsburg were without a real
political boss, though in boss
ridden state. DUAL, in his day of
rule, couldn't absolutely control
Pittsburg. Neither could Chris
Magee nor VIM. Flynn nor other
big politicians.
Yet with the direct aid of the
steel trust Penrose today is politi-
cal proprietor of Pittsburg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
Really a Nice
Man. Says One
Wife Of Bigamist

PORTLAND, Ore, July 49,
Mrs. M. L. Jones, who married
Bigamist Johnson in this city.
where he courted ten women at
one time, laughed heartily today
when told of the statement made
by the man who deserted her after
he had lived with her month.
Mrs. Jones declared that her
husband, who she knew as John
Madison, left her without leaving
a farewell note.
81 don't know much about Mad
son, but he was really a nice man;
about SIS years of age, should
judge, good looking and possessed
of winning ways" she said when
interviewed at her home here.
He was a great man for money
and ! spent a good deal on him.
Anyway, spent more than he was
worth but l do not care to mem
tion the amount"
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helps PenrOse:
During the 1908 campaign there
were candidates for the legisla-
tnre who were going to vote Pen
rose in or Penrose out of the Unit
ed States senate. The Penrose
candidates In the mill territory
were opposed to local option,
which was the issue in Home
stead. The majority of the mill
men wanted to control and mini
mize the saloon evil.
It's a long way from the senate
In Washington to the steel trust
workers little homes you see in
Homestead. but It was not too long
for the trust to grab.
When Penrose saw trouble
ahead the trust did too.
"Helpi" said Penrose in Wash
ington.
"Sure, we heard YOU" said the
trust down on Wall street.
The Homestead general super
intendent got q hurry call, and
two days later the order was
passed to the steel workers to sac
riflce their opinions about the
saloon evil. They were told to
vote for the PenrOse saloon candi-
dates or give up their jobs.
1t was hard to break their
pledges to wives and fellow tenn
perance believers, but you will re-
member that 1908 was panic
year. So the saloon followers
were elected against the peoples
will, and Penrose is still in the
senate.
The eight-hour day in the steel
mills practically is dead. Only
the few men on the Bessemer con-
verter crews work eight hours a
day.
The Bessemer converter looks
like two giant thimbles Joined at
the open ends. The men pour
white-hot Iron and coke into the
converter and seal 1t. Then air,
as hot as fire can make 1t, Is
blown through this converter to
get rid of the impurities In the
heat" as each converter full of
molten steel is called Only the
strongest man can live around
this converter, and that Is why
they have an eight-hour day. IL
they worked longer the heat would
kill them.
The trust knows this. Of
course, and Is putting the BESSIE
rner machines out Of business as
fast as POSSIBLE. and installing the
open~henrfh system Of steel maxi
Ing. Then everybody can work IL
hours Q day.
Only one man in 100 has an
efght-hour day in the trust mills.
Most OF the rest have q l2-hour
day. Moldera and machinists
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
TO TAKE OREGON
DISPLAY HOME

SEATTLE, July 13.-Practical-
ly the entire exhibit of the state
of Oregon at the Alaska-Yukon-
Pacific exposition, with whole sec
tions of the interior decorations OF
the building, will be removed to
Salem, Oregon, and made per-
manent part of the Oregon state
fair, according to plans that were
discussed by the Oregon state
commissioners during the visit OF
Governor Benson to the exposi-
tion.
Governor Benson went home to-
day and will probably suggest to
the next Oregon legislature the
idea of taking the Seattle display
to Salem.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
MILLIONAIRE WITHDRAWS
SUIT AGAINST WIFE

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SAN FRANCISCO, July "a
James Clay Dunphy, the million
aire, whose matrimonial vicissi-
tudes have occupied the local
courts for many months, today
withdrew his suit for annulment
of his marriage to his latest wife.
formerly Miss "Dodie" Valencias.
The withdrawal of the suit is
considered step towards his
defense of an action commenced
against him by his sister, Jennie
c. Dunphy, who has petitioned for
the appointment of a guardian for
him on the ground that he is in
competent to manage his own af-
fairs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
WESTON To REACH
SAN FRANCISCO
TOMORROW
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thy OnlteQ fItSS lcascO WlrcsJ
SUfSUN, CAL, July 13.-Elward
Payson Weston arrived here at
1850 p. m. today and will rest
until o'clock, when he will re-
sumo his transcontinental walk
from New York to San Francisco.
He will go to Benicia tonight
where he will remain several hours
resting for the journey over the
final stretch of 33 miles into Oak
land. He will probably arrive at
the San Francisco postoffice short
ly after noon tomorrow.
Leaving Sacramento at O'Clock
last night, Weston walked to Dick
son, where he arrived at O'Clock
this morning. He left Dickson at
s and walked to Batavia, where he
rested three hours and had his
breakfast. He passed Ell Mira at
9:45 a. m. and arrived here at
1880.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
PLEASURE RESORT
MAY BE ENJOINED
BY WALIiA WALLANS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WALLA WALLA, July Ia
Some action is to be taken this
week by the council against the
establishment OF pleasure resort
at Kicker Springs, above the
headworks of the water system.
This is in Oregon, but the city,
under an Oregon law, is empower
ed to protest its water system.
Last year all campers were barred
from the place. The springs were
recently leased for the purpose of
starting a resort.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
POINT IS SCORED
AGAINST MISS
G|NGLES

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, July 13.-Miss Min
nile B. Hill, q manicurist of San
Francisco and New York, was the
start witness for the prosecution
in today's hearing of the case of
Ella Gingles, the Irish lacemaker
accused of theft. Miss Hill testi-
fled that on the night of Feb. Is,
she attended the theater with Miss
Agnes Barrett, Ella Gingles' for
mer employer, and spent the night
with her.
She said they went to Miss Bar
rett's room alone and at 1:45
O'Clock, the hour on which the
Gingles girl alleges she was taken
into bath room and bound by
Miss Barrett, they were in bed.
She said that neither she nor Miss
Barrett left the room during the
night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
BY j. v. Knight.

PITTSBURG. July 13.-If the
billion-dollar steel trust annihf-
lates the tin workers remnant OF
the Amalgamated Association OF
Iron and Steel Workers this sum-
mer, as seems likely, 1t will have
carried out a program of democrat
ization comparatively small to
what 1t has done to the city Of
Pittsburg in the 10 years since j.
Pierpont Morgan breathed life In
to the United States Steel corpora
ton.
This great American city has
been at the mercy Of this, the
worlds greatest trust, for . dec
ade. 1t has been . soulless, sOr-
did rule; . rule without morals,
degrading to q community OF near
ly q million souls.
Today no community in the
world shows such picture Of pow
erty and squalor beside wealth and
luxury as does Pittsburg.
Social ruin has been wrought
on the people here by long work
ing hours, poor wages and unsani-
tary surroundings.
Economic ruin through corrupt
,olitics, popular ignorance, the
Ugh steel tariff, the suppression
labor unions, misgovernment
I it'll official forgetfulness of pub
&c welfare.
For all this the people have the
rust to thank. In 1907 thu
fust's gross profits were 1897
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
DOCK BADLY DAMAGED
BY STEAMSHIP PUEBLA

ANACORTES, July 13.-Fif-
teen hundred dollars damage
was done to the Anacortes Box &
Lumber Co.'s dock yesterday by
the steamship Puebla, which took
out thirty piles and a large por-
ton of the dock as she was about
to make landing. She finally
took $50 tons of shocks for San
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
HANGS HIMSELF WITH SHEET

william j. Thorpe. an inmate
at the asylum at Steilacoom. was
found dead In his room this morn
ing. hanging by o sheet which
was tied to bar in the window.
The attendants heard no sounds
during the night and know little
about the tragedy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13

CHICAGO, July 13.-Not since
the famous trial of Johann Hoch
have men and women fought to
get into a courtroom as they have
to hear the story of pretty Ella
Gingles, the little Irish lacemak-
er. Miss Gingles day after day
has sat in Judge Bretano's court
and told shocking stories Of ILL
treatment in fashionable hotel
on Jackson boulevard.
She accuses Miss Agnes Bar
rette. lace dealer. of plotting to
sell her as a white slave.
Asst. States Atty. Benedict j.
Short has tried to batter down
the girls story, but she has with
stood him. Although denied by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13

records of the weather bureau,
she insists the night when she
was mistreated in the Wellington
was a moonlight night, and not
rainy, as the records show.
The girls story reopened talk
iof a new white slave crusade in
Chicago. Despite attacks made on
her testimony, many believe she
is telling the truth, and point to
facts which they say bear out her
story.
Miss .Gingles on the stand
speaks in a low voice and with an
Irish accent. Her childhood life
in Canada has been investigated,
and the assistant states attorney
is frank in saying nothing was
found against her there.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
BIG FIRE ExTINGUIsHED

LARKSPUR, CAL, July H.
After fighting fire all night the
people of this town succeeded in
extinguishing the flames which
yesterday threatened to destroy
valuable timber of Mt. Tamalpais.
The property damage was not
heavy, the fire being confined to
the young timber.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
WORLDS RECORD
MADE IN AIR
WAGON
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ETAMPS. France, July I'm.
Bleriot, the French aeronaut, this
afternoon established world s
record for a straightaway aero
plane flight by making a distance
of 2S miles in Sc minutes. The
Wright brothers flights have al
ways been made in circles in cir
cumscribed fields, hence the
flight today establishes a record.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
OVER 100 OF ABERDEEN
PEOPLE SEEK FREE LAND

ABERDEEN. July 13.-More
than 100 citizens of Aberdeen
will leave Thursday for Spokane
and Missoula to file application on
the new Indian reservations to be
opened soon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
THIS ISWIIAT WORLDS MIGHTIEST
TRUST HAS DONE FOR A GREAT CITY

STEEL TRUST ORGANIZED "a DECADE AGO HAS RULED
BURG THE TEN YEARS WITHOUT MERCY-A sORDID
SOULLESS. DEGRADING RULE WITH THE WORKING
PEOPLE GROUND down AND MADE no LIVE CHEERLEss
s>5L EFFORT DIRECTED TOWARD THE El1i1
WALTON OF THE RICH--CGRRUPT POLITICS. MISGOvEKN-
MENT, SOCIAL DECENTRALIZATION ALL FROM TRUST IN
FLUENCE.
PTrTSBULG-MONEY BAGS PARADISE
mlionaires made Pittsburg
MOI of results Of madness
N American community
Pttsburg parks for those who must walk
they drives autos carriages and paths Tor horse
back riders; they areo only rich.
built out OF reach OF the
little by them.
treatment of cOnrasted with the poor 1T
igant scandal other
s city
council other public bodies most consderate
brutaly nconsideate forgeul OF the
great of the people.
s q 10 vn for the rich who in
orgies police and police courts take
Of others who go beyond the limits
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the men unUeF them.
Hardly less evil in its influence
on the workers Is the trusts spy
system. Let any worker voice a
complaint and he has to hunt a
job somewhere else.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
HERE are two ways to apply

HERE are two ways to apply
this design to the material
upon which you wish to work it.
If your material is sheer-such
as handkerchief linen, lawn, batiste
and the ike-the simplest method
is to lay the material over the de-
sign, and, with well-pointed pencil.
draw over -ch line.
If your material is heavy, secure
q piece of transfer or impression
paper. Lay it, face down, upon this:
then draw over each line of the
paper design vita a hard pencil or
the point of a steel knitting needle.
Upon lifting the pattern and trans
fer paper you will find a neat and
accurate impression Of the design
:,pon your material.
There are two points to observe
in this simple process, if you would
execute it satisfactorily. One is,
see that your material is level-cut
and folded by a thread-and that
your design is placed upon it evenly
at every point.
The second is, when placed accu-
rately, secure the design to the ma
serial with thumb tacks or pins SO