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The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

his prediction, the new partnership
book had put up 2 to 1 on Applejack
while the other books were laying a
shade less than that price. A moment
afterwards he noticed that the part
nership bookmaker rubbed out the
price against Applejack, announcing
that he had all he wanted of it. Floyd
knew by this sign that Camp had bet
enough of his own money to win out
the money that was in the book. Walk
ing quietly through the ring, he
stopped long enough before number
of books to make several good-sized
wagers on Lemon Squeezer. He al
ready had given Tony $1,000 to wager
on the same horse.
Thomas Camp, besides getting all
the money to be had in his own book,
also had wagered hundreds on Apple
jack in other books about the ring, and
was surprised to note when he re-
turned from the paddock, where he had
just saddled his horse and given final
instructions to the jockey, that the
price against Lemon Squeezer his own
horse, had not gone up in the betting.
He was unaware that large amount
OF money bet by Floyd had forced the
price down. He had no time to inves
tigate, however, as the horses already
were at the post, and he hurried to
point of vantage from which he could
view the race.
Across the track in the infleld Tony
the Tout and Hank Harlin, owner of
Applejack. stood talking together. Doc
Floyd, watching the pair through his
fieldglasses from the grandstand, saw
Tony pass a small package of book
makers tickets to Harlin.
They're OIL" came the buzzing cry
OF the crowd in chorus as the barrier
over at the three-quarter pole whizzed
up and a field Of eight horses leaped
forward. The blue and white striped
jacket and cap of Applejack showed in
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

apart during the afternoon, having
agreed to meet In a secluded spot on
the grounds Just before the race in
which Camp had announced that trick
was 10 be turned.
Are you sure of that tout?" was the
anxious inquiry of Hopkins when he
and Floyd finally met in consultation.
Yes, he'd lose both legs sooner than
throw me down." was the reply. Now.
what does Camp say?"
He says he has instructed the book
to take in all the bets they can get on
Applejack. He has arranged with the
owner of that one to lose and he will
win with his own horse, Lemon
Squeezer. He explains that 1t might
be suspicious to the judges II he didn't
win this race"
That MEANS" explained Floyd,
that he intends that Applejack is to
win and his horse will be beaten out.
How much money have you got in
your pocket?"
"Oh. about $500"
We'll, go in the ring and make five
500 bets on Lemon Squeezer, but
don't bet it in our book. Camp has
given instructions to his bookmakers
to give shade the best price on the
other fellows horse. He will have
commissioners there to get his own
money down quick and bet enough to
win out the bank roll on that one race.
That's the way he's got it fixed to win
our $4,000"
The two separated and entered the
betting ring from different ends of that
Enclosure. Floyd noticed that. true to
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09
Oyster Girls of Cancale.

doorways mending nets and gossip
ping as fast as their French tongues
can wag.
The conditions that make this a
woman run town come about in the
most natural way in the world. All
the men are fishers and they spend
| the greater part of the year at sea.
They are good sailors and they man
the craft that venture across the At
lantic to the French fishing grounds
along the Newfoundland coast. 1t was
their rights that used to come up fire.
quently for adjustment by fishery
commissions, and it is the loss of their
vessels that almost every year brings
sorrow to Cancale and the neighbor-
ing coast.
When the men do return they find
that the town has been managed so
we'll in their absence and the thrift of
the women has been SO well exercised
that they are content not to NEEDLE
and to let things go on as they have
been going. There are proportionate-
ly more widows, and young widows,
too, in Cancale than in any other town
VI idhSC. "A uouSl man . DIluc Walls
for four years after she has heard
that the boat her husband sailed away
upon has not been reported and then
she puts on her mourning. 1t is this
uncertainty as to the fate of the men,
thrown helpless and homeless upon
the fear that at any time they may be
their own resources, that makes the
women of Cancale self-reliant and
that leads them early to seek some
means of their own for an honest live
lihood.
For the men that remain in the
town the women do not seem to en-
terrain the greatest respect. Most of
them have become incapacitated for
work or are shiftless and idle. So the
women run matters themselves.
The thrift that the conditions men
toned inspire is something of pas
sion among the women. 1t seems that
there is constant struggle with each
one of them to make more money
than the man who goes to sea. They
frequently accomplish this, too, for
the returning fisherman finds fire.
quently that his yearly gain of $3.50 or
5000 got after hard battle from the
sea is more than equalled by the pa
tent and careful housewife that he
left at home.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

To Tony Floyd told the proposition
of Camp as Hopkins had told it to
him, and upon hearing the proposition
Tony let out long laugh.
why. it's just a plain game Of
double cross" asserted Tony. He'll
break the book and get your $4,000
in one race and then tell you 1t was all
mistake and make you believe 1t,
and then he'll ask you to dig up anoth-
er $4,000 to get even with. Why, my
kid brother wouldn't bite on that old
hook"
Yes, do you suppose didn't know
all that?" broke in Floyd with a mo-
ton for the talkative Tony to shut up.
What want you for is to see If we
can turn the tables and get Camps
end of the bank roll"
I'm afraid not" answered Tony.
Hes worked that game four or five
times this season and always gets
away with it. He's got regular crew
to go on and make the book and they
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09
WHERE WOMEN RULE
Fine Sight for suffragists at
CancaIe in France.
Feminine Police Keep Order and Fem
mime Labor Carries on the Oyster
Industry That Makes the
Place Famous.

Cancale, France.-In these days OF
discussions of suffragist movements,
women's rights and feminine business
acumen, anyone in search OF an exam
pie of an unusual sort might drop In
upon this French channel port Of
some $1,000 souls when they are all
at home and see truly woman run
town.
There is no woman mayor. no wom-
an in the town council The offices
are left as a mere matter of form to
the men, who are seldom there to fill
them, but the women are law unto
themselves; they make up the whole
town, transact all the business, police
the place, maintain order and strict
sanitary conditions, manage the
schools, and at the same time carry
on the most famous oyster industry of
France, doing the entire cultivating
and selling and transporting the prod
uct of the ocean beds, even loading
and unloading the seagoing ships that
come and go at the port.
And what is still more interesting
to their sisters in other parts of the
world, the girls of Cancale are the
first to be married of all the girls of
north and central France. Ask a
French sailor where of all ports-ex-
cepting of course out of chivalry his
own native town-the most beautiful
of French fisher girls are to be found
and he will tell you at Cancale. You
will believe him. too, when you walk
along the quays and the narrow
streets and see the pretty faces and
neat trim figures set off to the best ad-
vantage in the Breton dress and clean
white caps, or watch the little groups
in the shade of the street in the after.
noon or within the deep set stone
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

front, while next in order and close
behind came Lemon Squeezer. both
horses running easily. Before they
had gone quarter of the distance 1t
could be seen that the race was be-
tween the first two horses, and the
others were strung out In single file.
In the stretch came Applejack, run
ming without effort, with Lemon
SQueezer within safe call. A smile Of
contentment rested upon the face Of
Tom Camp, down at the end Of the
grandstand, while Floyd's counten-
ance wore worried look and young
Hopkins was shivering in the excite
ment OF lost hope.
There, and l listened to you and
your tout" he said to Floyd as he saw
Applejack winning easily.
why. it's nothing more than a pro-
cession," muttered Floyd. And l
would have staked my right eye on
Tony. Why, that boy on Applejack is
racing him to death to win and the
other fellow don't seem to be trying"
"Applejack wins!" shouted the
passed under the wire a good length
in front of Lemon Squeezer.
That's one time that I'm the goat,
muttered Doc Floyd to Hopkins. I'm
sorry steered you wrong, and will get
you even. Although / guess I'm In a
few thousand deeper than you are,
know l gave you the wrong steer and
am sorrier for that than losing my
own money. We are whipsawed for
fair. Camp wins out the bank roll in
the book and we lose our outside beta
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09
Desert Plants Store Water,

The problem of storing supply OF
water for their own use and of pre-
by the desert plants in many most in.
genious ways. Perhaps the most note.
worthy example is the so-called wa.
ter barrel" which, of about the size
and shape of an ordinary beer key, is,
In fact, nothing more nor less than a
living water. tank. Its whole interior
is composed of storage cells so ad-
mirably arranged that the pulp which
they form contains something like SO
DER cent. of pure water.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

, Come on and let's get bottle of wine.
No use crying over split milk now"
The two men, drinking large glasses
of wine at the bar, paid slight atten-
ton to a sudden cheering and commo-
ton on the outside.
81 guess we put over a good one
that time. didn't WEI"
Floyd looked around upon the
smiling face of Tony.
Why, you young hound, l ought to
break your head with this bottle" he
said in low but dangerously threaten
ing tones.
What's the matter, pal? Amt you
wise to what's happened?"
NO, what is it?" broke in young
Hopkins, anxiously.
Why, Applejack was disqualified
for not having up enough weight.
Somehow or other Hank Harlin was
careless in putting his lead pads to
make the extra weight along with the
saddle, and the jockey lost ten pounds
of lead while he was at the post Care
less of Hank, wasn't it? He's been
looking for chance to double cross
Camp and fell for my little scheme
when 1 told him how much money we
would bet for him on the other horse"
And then we've won in the book be-
sides the outside bets?" exclaimed
young Hopkins, suddenly realizing that
Tony the Tout had made good.
You should have told us how you
were going to pull it Off, drawled
Floyd. I'VE nearly had heart failure,
and you can't blame us for doubling
you, can your"
Well, I've showed you that 1 could
put one over, anyway" returned Tony.
And now. so far as I'm concerned.
they can turn all the race tracks in the
country into golf links. I'm goi',g into
decent respectable saloon business
back home"
copyright. 1909. by W. G. chapman)
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

When a Greeley man who conducts
fruit stand purchased some tin jew
elry for 80 cents about two weeks ago
from Charles Williams, negro from
Cheyenne. he did not know he was
receiving $3.50 worth of gold and
gems. This morning Lieutenant
George Mason of Fort Russell APP
peared, with Marshal Williams, and
laid claim to diamond ring. a stick
pin and some other jewelry. Williams
had been arrested in Cheyenne and
had confessed to the theft OF the val
uables. The negro was employed by
Lieutenant Mason and departed from
Fort Russell about two weeks ago. He
came to Greeley and while there sold
all of the articles for 30 cents. The
ring. valued at $105, was sold for S
cents. Lieutenant Mason refunded
the 30 cents and got back his pos
sessions.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

all stand in with the play. / suppose
he's told Mr.. Hopkins that he can put
man in the box to look out for his
interests?"
Yes, he said I could do that" as
scented the young mining man.
Lets look over that race he said he
could fix for tomorrow" was the sud
den suggestion Of Tony as he produced
a paper In which was a list of the en-
tries for the next days races. ooh
I've got the old badger!" was the sud
den, gleeful outburst. "He was right
about there being just two horses in
the race with chance to win. Go on
and put in the $4,000 with him and I'll
attend to the rest when l see you at
the track tomorrow. Just put wise
one in the box to see that no one runs
away with the bank roll. and after that
race we'll have old Camp ready to take
the high dive from the top of the ferry
boat"
What is It you're going to do?" was
the suspicious inquiry Of Hopkins.
Never mind what I'm going to do;
the Big Doctor will stand for what
say, won't you, Doc?"
Yes. I don't know what 1t is. but
If you are sure you can put 1t through
I'll take all, or half, of Hopkins end
of the $4,000. I'll give Hopkins $4,000
in the morning for half Of his inter
est and he needn't let Camp know
there is any one else in on the deal.
Jack Cleland can be the man in the
box as lookout"
When Floyd arrived at the race
track on the day following his talk
with Hopkins and Tony he saw new
bookmaker's stand in the line under
the shed Of the betting ring. In this
stand was seated Jack Cleland. who
was supposed to be there as an as.
sistant to the cashier, but no glance
Of recognition passed between the
two. Floyd and Hopkins also kept
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09
Mrs. capttola Adams, married, dl

Mrs. Capitola Adams, married, d.
vorced, and remarked, though only
twenty-five years old. drank carbolic
acid at her summer home at Column
bine Lake, mile and a half west OF
Grand Lake. She died without ex-
planning the reason for her act. Her
husband, Roy Adams, salesman and
former stamp clerk in the Denver
postoffice, is said to have nearly lost
his mind, and attempted to take his
own life, when he saw his young wife
of six months die in agony Mrs. Ad-
ans Is said to have been in poor
health and to have brooded over the
death of relative in Chicago. But
this is not supposed to have been the
only cause.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

Booker Washington didn't reject
Pugilist Jack" Johnson's SO contri-
button as tainted. Evidently these
colored pastors have lot to learn
about sensationalism.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

William Benton, who is working the
Tom Rayburn farm near Greeley, lost
half of his field of eleven and one
half acres OF oats in shock when a
spark from a Union Pacific engine
set it on fire. He managed to save
half his crop by the hardest kind of
work. This means loss of $500.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

The announcement that Alfred Aus.
tins new book will be prose ought to
help its sale considerably.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

Dorando. the footracer. has bought
made in America. Evidently Make
hay while the sun shine" haa been
translated into Italian.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09
HOWARD E. BURTON, AssAYER & CHEMIST

SDLOhAbb
Specimen prices: Gold. silver. lead 81: COLA
silver, 15c; gold. soc: zinc copper 81.
aiiing envelopes and fun price list sent on
application. Control md umpire work sn-
ucitsd. Reference. Carbonate National hank
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09
IRON PIPE AND TOOLS Ss; 5 $$S: +; i:
S22 C. Cd,

tools. We carry II large STOCK OF second hand pipe
of any sizes. Get prices. The Ravens Bros.
Mfg. Co, l6ls-l61 Wazee Street, Denver. Phone
Main 2l7S.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09
By JOHN IRVING DAY

OCK yLOYD. Jack Cleland
n and Col. Powley of the
~ High Rollers club set out
:: :: :. from Reno. New, for San
Francisco. They became &C.
u quainted with George Hop
Rims, interested in Raw Hide mining
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-21
D IAN. j i ! 4 /. PEST ; T ! IS
AGAIN TO THE front
RADICAL METHODS TAKEN BY
=: SOME RESIDENTS TO KILL
PESTS OFF,.
Vacant Lots Are Breeding Grounds for
the PIants-Civie League Might Set
Dandellon Day.

The dandelion pest promises to be
bad in the city again this spring.
There are some vacant lots that
have been broken that are literally
filled with the growing plants. In
some cases owners of lawns have
plowed them up completely to kill the
Iande]ions, and will reseed them.
Unless there is q general and Wig.
orous campaign against the dandelion
efforts to get them out of lawns are
OF little avail, for immense quantities
O? seeds arr. matured in other places
and as nature has provided the pest
ferrous things with little wings, they
blow about for long distances anil
wherever they light they grow, being
different from plants Of any especial
use or value.
It might hot be a bad idea for tins
Civic league or other public spirited
bodies to set several dandelion da rs
before the flowers and seeds are &C.
veloped and see how many of the pests
can be gotten rid of. A systematic
campaign on the part of every lot own
er, and On the part Of the city for
vacant lots. would sensibly reduce the
number CT dandeltOns.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-21
{ D !. fAVO Of I n S TO.
!. ! APPEAR !. HERE SOON
BEAUTY. OF THE STUBBORN GIN
DERELLA co.sWlTH GINGER.
!. r,~. BREAD MAN.
carrlck Majos Also Will Visit With
Old Friends in rBsmarck-Rose
! ! Murray Again on the Bill.

Rose Snow and Freddie Nice are a
pair of comedians that anybody would
be glad to see and they are both IN
the Gingerbread Man company and are
coming here soon. May Bouton has
left the Stubborn Cinderella company
in which she was recently heard here,
to join the Gingerbread Man company
where she won't have to buck and
wing but will have a chance to- sing
A. Baldwin Sloan's beautiful music.
She has beautiful voice that hits
high "E" with facile ease, and: a figure
that Venus might have been proud of.
When she puts on gown the melting
pot loses its job, and the boys just
naturally sit UP. Carrick Major, the
magnificent baritone. who played
Machievalian's Fudge last season In
the Ginger Bread Man, is still with the
company.
Ross Snow makes brag that he
can catch smells with any man alive.
Ross lives up in Maine where the
smelts come from. Ross says that
Maine is all right in the summer time
but that it is too far from Milwaukee
when the Robin hibernates.
Rose hurry, the soubrette, she of
the dainty pedal extremeties, is fitting
through the role, of Margery in the
Ginger Bread Man this season, and 60
ing some at that.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-21
J strav,berrv, plant..,l. I

Senator Dunlop Strawberry plants.
Is cents for 100: 5000 for 900.
strawberry Culture" sent on request.
Heath Brothers. Fargo. n. p.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-21

, Get your magazines at The Lite
Book Shop, opposite 500 Hotel.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-21
POSTMASTER Oliver !. !. !.
IS SERIOUSLY R j. [ /. Ill
MAN WELL KNOWN in STATE
WILL NOT RECOVER 1T 49, g.
SAID. IN.
Harry Oliver 10 Suffering With Cancer
Of tho stomach-Has Been III for a
Long Period. .',.. .,

Tom Sloan of Fargo was in the city
Thursday looking after some private
business. He was in Lisbon this week
to see Postmaster Harry Oliver, who
has been in bed for months with a
cancer of the stomach, and for whose
recovery there is no hope.
Although Mr.. Oliver is very weak
his eye is still bright and he has a
quick and intelligent knowledge &. OF
what is going on. It is feared he will
not survive many days. -,
This will be sad news to many old
timers through the state who have
known Mr.. Oliver for the past quarter
of century. Few men in the politics
of the state were better known in its
early history. He has served as a
member of the legislature, as a men,
Der of various Republican committees,
and was one, of the most active, Wig
orous and shrewd political managers
in the state. =
Personally, he was likeable, gener.
GUS and kind hearted. For a number
of years he has been postmaster at
Lisbon, and his present illness has ex.
tended over long period.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-21
THAT MONEY IS At
HAND TO PURCHASE LOT AND
ERECT BUILDING.
Lot at Corner Of Main and Fifth Said
to Be the One Wanted-offer OF
$4,000 Has Been Made.

There is persistent rumor on the
streets to the effect that outside capt.
talists have made an offer for the
west 100 feet on Main street and Fifth.
While the report cannot be verified
at present there seems every reason
to believe that there is foundation for
the story. It is stated by those who
are supposed to know that If the deal
goes through there will be handsome
building erected on the lots.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-21
EMMONS COUNTY GRAND JURY
County Commissioners Are Indicted for
Gross Negligence and Their Dis
charge Is Observation-Disclosures Of
Report Had to Do With the Con-
dition Of the County Jail.

Emmons County Record: The grand
jury finds:
1. Upon inspection of the quarters
or cells in which prisoners are kept,
and which are known as the county
jail, that they are neither properly
ventilated or heated.
2. That the wood work near the
furnace is without protection.
3. That wooden bars and fixtures
seized under the prohibition law are
stored in close proximity to the fur
mace land constitutes menace to the
lives of prisoners confined in the coun-
ty jail and to county property.
4. That dust is collected on the air.
pipes, which in case of fire burns with
explosive violence.
5. That there is no exit near the
cells, and, in sase of fire, prisoners
would have to traverse the entire
length of the basement.
6. That it is the sense of the grand
jury thst tbe presen: quarters used
as Jail are q fire trap; that the7
should 1e ccrdemned as such, and that
steps should be taken to erect fire
proof jail independent and apart from
the court house.
7. The attention of the board of
county commissioners Is directed 10
the necessity of ordering the procuring
as much as possible Of copy of Book
5 of Mortgages, partly destroyed by
fire.
8. That the board of county COM
missioners in Office during the months
OF April, 1908, to September, 1908,
we're incompetent and negligent, and
we recommend that the states attor-
ney take legal steps to remove such
commissioners from office, under Sec
ton 424, revise ed statutes of the state
Of North Dakota,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-21
FARGO :: | 4 D BOND ! CASE TO
!: Be HEARD BY COURT.
SUPREME COURT WILL LISTEN TO
ARGUMENTS ToDAY-MANY
ATTORNEYS HERE.
Fargo Attorneys Confident There Is No
IlIesaiity About the, lssue-Attorney
Genera! Miller Investigated.

The Fargo bond case will be argued
before the supreme court today. The
case involves the legality of the $780,
900 of bonds recently authorized by
the city of Fargo, and which will be
bought by the state board of univer-
sity, and school lands if they are held
legal by the court.
Attorney General Miller has been
down in Fargo for several days look
ing up matters with reference to them.
The case will be carefully argued and
considered by the pcourt, as the pre-
cedent is an important one. The Far
go attorneys for the city claim there is
no question of the legality of the bonds
but other attorneys have expressed
grave doubts as to whether they were
properly authorized.