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Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25
CHILD TRAVELtD ALONE
Four-Ysars-Old Nellie Budz Went from Housatonic to Kansas City Alone.

''SAo0hSihN NS FNotioAS OihI FNiohSs
 Nellie Budz, who has not yet attained the age of five years arrived at the Pitts field station at 2:O5 last Friday afternoob on long journey to Kansas City, Mo, where her father resides. The little ont was travelling alone and unable to speat English. The child attracted considera. able attention among the women pas sengers on the train on which she ar rived and at the station.
 The child was placed aboard the train at Housatonic and was put in charge of Conductor Woodruff, by Housatonic rel. atiyes. Tue conductor took good car of his little passenger as far as Pittsfel1 and when the train pulled into tho sta tion he took the child by the hand and left her in charge of Station Agent Van Ettan, who will see that the child is started safely on her journey from Pitts. field to the Vest
 Glad ill a neat pink dress, back stock ings, shoes and rubbers and wearing a heavy cloak and white toboggan with blue trimmings the child with her light flowing hair dropping over her shoulders was all smiles as she left the train for tho first stage of her lonesome trip. In reply to the greetings of those who saw the little one, she replied only with a smile. The child's clothing was of good quality.
 A number of women passengers and many who saw the tiny traveller were of the opionion that the little one should not be allowed to travel alone. The journey to Kansas City will consume four days. The child's father resides Tn Kansas City and he is to meet the little girl when she arrives at the Kansas City station. The child had been staying with relatives in Housatonic. The little one had pinned on her coat large tag bearing instructions about the child and also an envelope which contained a sum of money to be used in supplying the little one with whatever she needs.
 The large tag on the chIlds coat read This child Is Nellie Budz. She is go- ing to Kansas City where her father is. He is Frank Budz and resides at No. II Prospect street, Kansas City, Mo. She can speak no English. Please see that she has food and something to drink She has money in the envelope to pay for her needs" Underneath the tag was large envelope which contained a sum of money.
 In his 35 years of railroading this is the first time that Conductor Woodruff has had an experience of this character. He has never remembered any one travel ing tagged ill this manner and was much interested in his little passenger.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25
LECTURER
Given Before the Cranford Club Last
 Thursday Afternoon.

Given Before the Cranford Club Last
 Thursday Afternoon.
 On Thursday afternoon of last week the Cranford Club held its seventh meet ing of the season at the home of Mrs. Hardenbergh, when the parlors were filled with the present and past members of the Club to listen to lecture-recital by Mrs Harriet Bishop Waters of Troy, New ork.
 The subject, Marie Antoinette," was handled with such consummate skill, the events of the unfortunate woman $ life from the day of her birth; her viya- cious girlhood, beautiful young woman hood, unhappy wifehood; all her varied career of triumphs and sorrows, down to her most tragic death, were told in such a concise, dramatic and realistic manner that the ladies felt as if Marie Auto1- nette herself had passed before them, enacting all the various scenes of her life
 Mrs. Waters is a woman of great dig nifty, of charming personality, powerful magnetism, and with command of lan- guage that held the closest attention throughout the entire recital; yet withal so sympathetic, so gentle, that during the social hour which followed, the ladies felt the touch as of a personal friend; and the return of Mrs Waters will be looked forward to with great pleasure by the Cranford Club. E. R, W.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25

The lineup was as follows: Canaan- Scott, r. f.; McCabe, l. f.; Mcclure, C.; Stanton, Hogan, l. g.; Wigglesworth, r.g. West Stockbridge-Finnegan. If. i; Cullen, l. f.; G. Troy, c; Manning, Bossidy. r. B.; M. Troy, Manning, l. g.
 Summary-Baskets from floor, Scott 7, McCabe 5, Wigglesworth 5, Mcclure 5, Stanton 9, Hogan 9, Cullen 8, Man ming 3, Finnegan 3, M. Troy and Bossidy. On fouls, Finnegan and Scott. Fouls called, Manning and Mcclure. Time, 20 minute halves. Referee, Dempsey. Score, Canaan B and West Stockbridge 2l
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25
TO PREVENT COLLISIONS
Successful Tests of Safety Device for
 Railroad Trains.

President Jacob A. Cauter and Vice. President Oliver W. Bird of the Auto mobile Signal Company, and some 20 other railroad men were passengers last Wednesday ill a special train consisting of locomotive and tender, and two cars which was employed in test over the Erie tracks betwe cen Newark and Nut ley, to prove the efficacy of a new electric automatic safety i'll which the railroad men rode. An engine had been started more than a mile toward the special. Both special and engine were moving at the rate of 30 miles an hour and 0 collision was inevitable should the safety device fail to work.
 It did not fail. Instead, when the fast-approaching trains got within half mile of each other the air brakes were set automatically, not with sudden ness W ich brought the trains to aquick halt, but with the same gradually in creasiDg force which skillful engineer would employ in bring his train to a halt. Both trains slowly stopped, quite far enough from each other to avoid the slightest chance of mishap, yet in neither of the locomotives did the en- gineer move hand toward throttle, lever, or air brake control. Every thing was done automatically.
 The test was repeated six times. at various speeds and over various dis tances, and not once did the automatic device fall to work. At the close of the tests the railroad men declared that the device had fulfilled their greatest expectations.
 It was not alone as a safety device, however, that the invention demon strated its usefulness. By it, telephonic communication was established between the office of Oliver Hartman, at III Broadway, and his brother James, who was passenger on the special, and who listened to the stock quotations read to him from his brothers office while the train sped along at 30 miles an hour.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25
Open Winter Predicteda

An 'open winter" is predicted by all the weather prophets, and the lumber men in Maine are beginning to fear that the prophets are right about it, for ths middle of November finds the grounn bare of snow and the roads soft and muddy. Early operations have been greatly retarded by the unreasonable weather. The spruce mills are running on full time and shipments from Bangor and Stockton are about up to the fa n average. The season will close in about week and is re yarded as having beeu fairly succo ossful a a'though not quite uT- to early cXpectati~ns.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25
PART OF MISSING LINK
Yale University Museum Gets Valuable
 Relic

Prof. Otto Schoelensack of the Univer- slty of Heidelberg, has given to the an- chronological department of the Yale University museum, cast of the fa- nous Heidelberg man."
 The man" consists of the lower jaw of man of prehistoric character, found in a sand pit near Heidelberg, Germany by Prof. Schoelensack, and is the oldest part of human body ever found in the world. It belongs to the lower quarter. nary geological period.
 The teeth of the jaw are perfectly pre- served and the jaw itself nearly twice the size of the ordinary human jaw be- sides having variations which mark it as belonging to the missing link between the race of apes and man. It is said tC be the first specimen of the jaw received in this country.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25

Miss AIayme ton vacation) - Oh, auntie, it's luxury to have nothing to do but just loll in a hammock with my precious Shelley or even the vicar Of Wakefield" Elderly Relative Child. if hear of any more such scandalous d2iags l shall .:.;te to your mother!- Chicago Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25
THE ART OF LONG LIFE.

If you would live to be hundred years, Avoid what with digestion interferes; Sweet drinks and syrups, heavy wines
 and beers; Eat meat at noon, but none when dark
 ness hears; Take fruit, which of much i'll the system
 clears; Take exercise that mind and body cheers; Sleep warm, and rise soon after day ap.
 pears; At bay keep passion, dreads, and foolish
 fears; Smile all day long and shed no idle tears, If you would live to be hundred years.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25
Thanksgiving Warning

The following is very clever piece of poetry written by Dagonet and it might be for the benefit of many if they took heed to this as a warning before Thanks giving:
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25
INTERESTING ITEMS
 OF THE RAILROADS
CHANGE IN BERKSHIRE ROADBED
A Number of Bad Curves to be EIim- mated and Three Grade Crossings AboIished-P. R. R. Co. Shops on Full Time.-A Big Locomotive.

n OI9
 Holbrook, Cabot 6 Daly, says the Danbury News, contractors, of New York. have begun operations near Brook field Junction upon job that is to make a complete change of location of two miles or more of the Berkshire division tracks between Brookfeld Junction and Hawleyville. The work will require about seven months for completion and will cost several hundred thousand dollars. It will include the construction of a mile of entirely new roadbed and the abolition of three dangerous grade crossings. The present operations which include the construction of temporary spur track for the use of the contractors is of preliminary nature.
 Under the present conditions the Berkshire division track curves to the east a short distance below Brookield Junction and a mile and half farther toward Hawleyville, runs parallel with the Highland division tracks long dis tance, joining the lattersat Hawleyville Junction, half mile west of bawley- vile station. When the changes now underway are completed the Berkshire division track will cut almost directly across from Brookfield Junction to the Highland division tracks and the Berk- shire t, ns will run over the Highland division tracks from this point, which will be about 5000 feet west of the present junction of the two divisions at Hawleyville Junction. The Hawley- vile Junction tower will be moved to the new point of connection. This will mean that all that section of the Berk- shire division track between Brookfield Junction and Hawleyyille, now running parallel with the Highland division, will be abandoned.
 The abolishing of three grade cross ings will be one of the most important features of the work to people who drive between this city and Brookfield. Two of the crossings to be done away with are on the Berkshire division, be- G" OOl DIOOhuO1u UuACllOI dDU I1dWl6O vile, and one is on the line between this city and Brookfield Junction. Two of the crossings to be done away with are few hundred feet east of Brook field Junction, where the highway as- cends 8 steep hill and crossxs first the track to Danbury, and short distance farther on, the Berkshire division track. These are blind and dangerous cross. ings and have long been the terror of everybody who drives that way ire quently.
 The new piece of Berkshire division roadbed between Brooktield Junction and the new location of Hawleyville Junction will be constructed for two tracks, although but one track will be laid there for the present.
 Changes similar to those now under way were proposed at the time the Highland division was double tracked between this city and Hawleyville few years ago, and a plan to move the Brookfeld Junction station a consider able distance east of its present location was then discussed. Under the present plan the Brookfield Junction station will not be disturbed
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25

The great shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Altoona, employ ing 12,OOO men, are now working full time. This is the first time since the f1narcial depression of 1907 that all de partments of the great shops have been operated.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25
A Postnoned Ina ank spiuinp

About the year 1724 Thanksgiving was postponed in Colchester for thiyty days. as there was no molasses in town. This is matter of record.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25

The Baldwin Locomotive Works has just completed for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad the most powerful locomotive now in use. Apart from its tender this locomotive weighs 376, ,45O pounds, and is 65 feet long The tender carries 12,000 gallons of water and 4,O0O gallons of oil, which will be used as fuel. The length of the locomotive and tender is 105 feet. The traetive power of the locomotive is 53, 1000 pounds. There are five pairs of driving wheels, 73 inches in diameter, working in sets of two, the locomotive being of the MalIet articu- lated type. The locomotive is the first for passenger service to be built of this type, and is the first to combine feed. water heater, superheater, and reheater ill one machine. Its firebox is built on an entirely new plan which eliminates staybOlts.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
A H. LOGAN, Manager.

Now, if that Is the case, who does get
the benefit? Probably the railways who
haul the mail by weight find some pro-
fit in the loading down of the mails with
bundles and boxes of stamped envelopes
which are franked through the mails.
But it is the great city stores and cata-
logue houses that do the greatest mail
business and who make the profits of
this free" government-and not the
common people.
Somebody will now arise to remark,
20 you want to sell and print envelopes
yourself" That is very true. That is a
part of our legitimate business. Why
should we not want to sell envelopes and
print them? However, the printer will
hold his peace and be willing to allow
the government to furnish it's services as
free printers-provided that when he
goes into the markets to buy the neces-
sites with which he lives he may obtain
them-in the same way at the same
rates. That is, we want the government
te furnish us shoes, cotton and woolen
goods, meat, vegetables, coal and wood,
etc. on the same terms. AS it is, the
printer must. buy of the butcher, baker
and candlestick maker, but when he
asks these gentlemen to patronize him
they answer that they can buy of the
government at wholesale; and we don't
blame them for getting their goods at
the cheapest place-but we do blame
the government which singles out the
poor printer and attempts to destroy a
part of his business for the benefit OF
city merchants.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
ON THE RUN.

An article giving the details of the
payment of the fine of the Waters
Pierce Oil Co in Texas and Missouri
throws some light on the possibilities of
the power of the law when once it gets
the evidence and when the law has been
shaped that it can take hold. A very
few years ago, the Standard Oil and
many other big trust concerns were
seemingly immune from the action of
the statutes. But an almost continuous
lot of suits has shown the weak spots in
legislation and the laws have been
strengthened until now the big corpor-
ations are on the run. This has been the
result of public sent ment. No corpor-
alton has ever been or ever will be quite
big enough to continuously defy the
people. Another point in this m tier is
the fact that while in many cases it has
been impossible to make actions stick
against the trust bodies, yet they have
not escaped scot free. While the courts
have not been able to collect fines at
times, the attorneys who studied out the
legal technicalities through which the
defendants have fled, have never failed
to collect their fees-which in itself has
been no small sum.
But we believe it is fact today that
the Standard Oil Co. would only be too
glad to hand over that s29 600, 600. and
as much more just to be let alone for
awhile.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
LONG SENTENCE.

Lidgerwood Broadaxe-Editor Gamer
on flashes his maiden steel-probably an
Esterbrook-upon The Fargo Forum, in
his first editorial, which appeared in last
weeks Times. That was safe and sane
course-for the Forums political status
is a target so big that any right minded
man could hit it effectually. But The
Forum, as usual, demurs to The Times
complaint, on technicality. 1t bases
this demurrer on the ground that the
first sentence in the editorial contained
sixteen words. The Forums objection
is over-ruled on the ground that many
an editors first sentence has been six.
teen years, and he got it from judge at
that.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
s2.ooo.ooo. FINE

The fine assessed against the Waters
Pierce Co. followed its conviction fo
violation of the Texas antitrust laws
The company was once ousted from
Texas, then re admitted through the
efforts of Senator Bailey on an affidavit
made by H. Clay Pierce, ,declarlng it hac
no connection with the Standard Oil Co
When the prosecution of the STANDARD
the Waters-Pierce and the Republic Oh
Cos. was begun in Missouri for violation
of the antitrust laws there, Governor
Hadley, then attorney-general, found
evidence that the Standard owned more
than half of the Waters Pierce stock
This evidence was submitted to the
attorney-general Of Texas, who began
suit to oust the company. Through
Hadley's efforts he secured conviction,
The same evidence was responsible
for the successful prosecution of the
suit in Missouri. Here the Waters.
Pierce Co. was forced to pay fine Of
$4,000 and $4,000 assessed share of the
cost of the proceedings.
It is estimated that the defense has
cost the company 100000 IN each case,
making total of s2,072, ,754 the company
has been forced to expend.
The suit in Texes not only resulted in
a fine against the company, but the COM
pany was ousted from the state and per-
petually enjoined from doing business
there. A state receiver has taken over
the property of the company in the state
and it will be sold at public auction.
The business and affairs of the COM
pany in Texas are entirely under control
of the state receiver, who will end up
his dealings.
H. Clay Pierce, as result of the case,
has been indicted for false swearing and
his trial has been set for May 18th at
Austin. He Is under $4,000 bond. A
new indictment, charging perjury, will
be served when he goes to Texas for his
trial. The offence cited in the new
indictment is the same alleged in the
indictment charging false swearing. 1t
was drawn to strengthen the states
case, officials say.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
WHO GETS THE BENEFIT?

One of the great departments Of the
government is the post-office depart.
ment. In a general way it is one of the
best managed and beneficial depart.
ments of the government. But, there
is no other department which has so
many fads and so much foolishness. II
has always been run at loss, with the
argument that it was necessary to do SO
for the benefit OF the common people.
Perhaps in the long ago, when letters
had to be sent over long stretches of un-
settled country by stage and horseback,
this might have been true, but that it is
true now is nonsense.
We do not care at this writing to 20
into details, but may just mention as ex-
amples,the wholesale franking privileges
given government officials and depart
ments, the enormous expense of distri-
buting mails in the cities, and the free
distribution of stamped envelopes and
the printing thereon.
The post-office departments is supposed
to be run particularly in the interests Of
the common people. just how the frank
ing privileges benefit these, why hour
ly distribution of letters and papers to
the business nen of the cities. or the
gift of envelopes and printing (only
charging for the stamps and bare cost of
envelopes bought by the government
by the billion) benefits the common run
of folks Is something Of a conundrum.
The common people are not extensive
correspondents. Very few of these have
any use whatever for the stamped envel-
opes of the government. First, they
prefer to use other sorts of stationery
such as they buy in the stores or the
print-shops. Second, they do not care
to buy in the large quantities necessary
to get any special advantage in the price.
They must buy at least five hundred en-
velopes in order to get the free return
address printed thereon free. Then they
will have to wait a considerable time for
these to be transmitted through the
mails in return for the order given. II
they buy in small quantities there is no
saving at all, or it is SO small that it cuts
no figure. 1N
We will guarantee that Of the several
thousand readers Of this paper that verJ
few Of them have habitually used the
government envelopes. !,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30

The Sultan os Turkey, Abdul Hamid,
has been dethroned., What else has hap
pened to him remains. to be told. His
brother has been put on the throne. As
we said last week whatever all this
means as yet we do not know, except
that there is b change and it would be
hard indeed to make . change for the
worse. By the way how would you like
the job Of being Sultan Of Turkeyi
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30

The Osnabruck Independent has been
purchased by H. T. Rishoff of the Mil
ton Globe. Mr.. J. w. Hyndes wiu be in
charge as editor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30

A call has been made for the formation
of veteran Masonic association to in
clude all master masons in the state who
have been members in good standing for
twenty-one years. The association will
be formed at the meeting of the grand
lodges at Grand Forks in June.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30

The bears got ''cold feet" in the late
spell of weather and wheat went up four
cents on Tuesday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
Official Directory

U S Senators PT = ! SIeGmm;,er Seensnn
U s dE;,!as R;spresen- I ( 2 3 Hanna Hanna
Governor-John Burke
Lieutenant Governor.R S Lewis
Secretary of State-Alfred Blaisdell
state Treasurer-G L Bickford
State Auditor-D r Brightbill
Railroad Com. { 4 PX Anderson
hissioners Nv H Standish
Supt of Pub Inst-W L Stockwell
Com Conn a Agr 4"su[ahes Z IaboTM Z c aibre Giibreath
1uaxsr es Supreme s s ! T f|ss Sss,a,nr
court D F Ellsworth
y c Carmody
STATE SENATORS
1st Dist-Judson LaMoure. Pembina
End Dist-F A Halliday. Crystal
REPRESENTATIVES,
"A NIcCrea, Drayton
End District-C Ganssle. St Thomas
Judge 7th Jud. Dist-W J Kneeshaw
COUNTY OFFICIALS
States Attorney-M Brynjolfson
Clerk of Court-Geo Peterson
Sheriff-Geo Roadhouse
AUDITORIUM. W. FelSOn
Treasurer-F H Anderson
Register of Deeds-John F Gill
County Judge-H G Wick
Surveyor-F E Hebert
Supt of Schools-Isabella A Burley
Coroner-Dr NJ Burrows
Public Admin'r-E1is ThOrwaldson
1st--F c Myrick, Pembina
County 2nd-J X OIafson, Gardar
Co,,,'rs 3rd-Adan Norton, Caval'r
4tfl-yos Eorin, Neche
(5th-Wm Bigwood. st Tho's