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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-07
Growth in Motor Car Traffic.
OH the New York Telepranh

FFOW the Now 1Ork IPIPgraph.
According TO the responsible officer of
the American Motor Car Manufacturers
Association, at least 1900 motor cars will
be built in this country for delivery in
1909. Maybe many more, but at least
that number has been ordered and the
manufacturers are naturally looking for
ward to record years of prosperity The
anticipation seems a reasonable one. in
asmuch as such activity in the trade no
longer betokens feverish outburst of ex-
travagance, such as preceded the smash
up of 1907. because the automobile is no
longer a luxury for the mere money
spender, but a necessity for the business
man.
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The Geese of Nierder-Morlen.
I'M the Strand Magazine.

StTHHU ldgH1IHt
In the little Hessean village Of Nieder-
Morlen. between Giessen and Frankfort.
a strange scene may be witnessed every
evening at $50. Some two thousand
geese which have spent the day on the
rivers bank below the village, at a given
signal from their leaders. make their way
homeward with much pomp and circum-
stance and raucous noise. The strangest
part of the proceeding is seen when they
reach the village street and, without any
guidance or driving. waddle each into its
own yard for the night. Like so many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-07
Gratuitous Advice

From the Youths Companion.
A man had sat for some time in a res
taurant. looking thoughtfulIy at his way
to the proprietor.
II see you advertise that you make your
own ice cream" he said in confidential
tone
Il do, SIR" said the proprietor
WELL" said the man. would you per-
nit me to give you little pointer? !
won't charge you cent, and it'll be
money in your pocket
Glad to hear it, I'm sure" said the
proprietor.
Get somebody else to make it." said
the man, in a hoarse whisper.
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Propitiating the Weather.

From the Wide World Magazine
In Macedonia the Greeks organize great
demonstrations in dry summers A pro-
cession of children visits all the local
wells and springs. accompanied by a
maiden covered with garlands and masses
OF flowers.
This sounds as romantic as our Queen
or the May. and it could surprise no one
if, like Tennysons heroine she came to a
sad end, for at each of the stopping places
the poor dear is drenched with water
while the children sing a rhyming prayer
tor rain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-07
PROMOTER A BANKRUPT.
Former Multimillionaire Also Under
Indictment for Bank Failure.

SAN FRANCISCO, January flames
Treadwen. once a multimllionaire one
of the promoters of the famous Treadwell
mines of Alaska. and a former director
of the California Safe Deposit and Trust
Company of this city, which suspended
during the panic of 1907, was yesterday
adjudged a bankrupt in the federal court
on petition of the depositors of the bank
The court, however, refused to place an
attachment on certain property alleged by
the petitioners to belong to Treadwell
holding that such property was actuany
an asset of the bank. Treadwel is under
Indictment by the grand jury in connec-
ton with the failure Of the bank.
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As the Twig Is Bent.

From Harper's Weekly.
II hope you were a good little boy while
at your aunt's and didn't tell any Stories"
said his mother.
only the one you put me up to. ma"
replied her young hopeful.
why. what do you mean child?''
when she asked me If I'd like to have
a second piece of cake / said, No, thank
you; I've had enough
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Authorize Expenditures.
CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES.
Former Banker Succumbs to Wound
in Mysterious Shooting.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. January w.
j. Halleck, a former New York banker,
member of a Kansas City wholesale
carpet firm, died at a hospital here Of
a bullet wound suffered at his home
last October. Mystery surrounded the
shooting, but it was said to have been
accidental. The deceased. who was sixty
six years old, had been in ill health.
Mr.. Halleck served through the civil
war in the Confederate army and at the
siege of Vicksburg he was severely
wounded. After the war he lived in ST
Louis. and in 1892 was in the banking
business in New York city.
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The Cars Crowns,

From the Chicago Journal
The car has as many crowns as q
fashionable lady has hats. He is re-
garded by his people as religious as
well as a secular monarch, and there
fore has crowns for every possible state
occasion. The Russian imperial crown
Is modelled after patriarchal inter. Five
magnificent diamonds resting on a huge
glowing ruby. form the cross at the sum-
NIT. Diamonds and pearls of utmost
perfection render this crown unrivaled
among all others. and there is one sap
phire In 1T which is said to be the finest
stone of it's kind ever mind.
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Hero of Mortified Raid Dead.

NORTHFIELD, Mimi. January =
Anselm r. Manning, hero of the Younger
and James brothers raid of Mortified
thirty-one years ago, dropped dead of
heart disease. When the raiders began
shooting Manning took a gun from his
hardware store and wounded Cole
Younger and shot Bill Stiles through
the heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-07
Heavy Fire Loss at Chicago.

CHICAGO, January Fire al the stock
yards last evening did 100000 damage
to Darling & Co.'S fertilizer plant Swift s
butterine plant and woolhousc Were
threatened and tenants of twenty-five
houses in the neighborhood were driven
into the street Every available fire engine
in the city was rushed to the scene.
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Real DAUGHTER Dies.

WARREN. Pa. January Mrs Mary
McVannen Campbell, a real daughter of
the American revolution, is dead here,
aged ninetytwo years. Her father
Thomas Patterson. served seven years
with the revolutionary army and received
a sword from Gen. Washington
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ARRANGE FOR THE ELECTION
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE d.
RECToRS DECIDE ON DETAILS.
Settle Question of the Eligibility Of
Voters-Declare Against
One Man Rule.

A long and at times animated discus
| sion of the details of the election Of the
Chamber of Commerce to be held January
j. at either the Raleigh or the New Will
| lard marked the meeting of the board of
directors of that body yesterday after
noon. The principal debate was on the
question of the eligibility of voters. 1t
was finally decided. by unanimous vote,
that every member of the chamber whose
dues are paid to December 81. 1903, is
eligible to cast ballot at the coming
election.
Another action of Importance yesterday
afternoon was the adoption of a resolution
drafted at a joint meeting of a special
committee appointed several days ago.
and the committee on municipal legisla-
tion held previous to the board meeting,
declaring that at the present time one
man rule" in the District is not subject
for congressional discussion.
Oppose One-Man Rule.
The language of the resolution which
will be communicated to Congress, as read
to the board by Chaplin Brown, is as fol-
lows:
Resolved. by the joint committee Of the
Chamber of Commerce, specially created
to consider the recommendation of the
President to Congress in favor of a radi
cal change in the form of the government
of the District of Columbia. that the well
fare of the District of Columbia would
not be served by action the part of
Congress upon that recommendation in the
course of the current session..
Fifty-Nine New Members.
Fifty-nine new members were elected
by the board, all of whom may vote jan
uary' ~. They are Walter c. Balder-
ston, H. G. Berglins, Lyman E. Burdine,
Arthur Carr, r. f. Claughton, Charles D.
Cugle. Raymond Dunnigan. Charles II.
Hart, Louis Hartig, ]. Whit. Heron,
King, II. j. Lauman. Harry 3. Leary,
s. C. Luttrell. Joseph McReynolds, f. S.
NARROW. Samuel W. Meek. Ray e Mid
daugh, Harrington Mills, w. Muehleisen,
J. A. Muehleisen. Watson j. Newton.
William S, Phillips, Thomas w. Power,
John Quinn, Sidney Reizenstein, c. II.
Reizenstein. William F. Roberts, Charles
D. Sager. T. b. Spence. w. c. Sullivan,
George c. Seibold. r. II. Trueworthy
Charles NJ. Wallingford. w. n. Weston,
James G. Wonn. George l.. Beeler. G. c.
Campbell Charles w. Darr, William A.
Engel. G. b. F. Halter, c. A. Hammett.
Leo P. Harlow. Albert Harper, Abraham
Mayer, Llewelleyn Powell, Charles Reid
Lewis NJ. Thayer. Eugene E. Thompson,
Frank Van SAINT, Henry Webber, A. r.
Thompson. II. F. l.. Allen, ]. H. Small
and John G. Chesley.
Authorize Expenditures.
An appropriation of $50 was made for
the use of the secretary in purchasing
stamps, etc, and 500, asked by F. p.
May, for advertising purposes in con-
nection with the wholesale trade commit
tee.
cOmmunicat ton from the V NJ C. A
requesting that William Cooper Knowles,
general secretary. be allowed to speak for
fifteen minutes the night of the election
received favorable action.
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Explosion Starts Fire at Stoughton.

STOCGHTON. Mass, January Fire
starting from an explosion destroyed the
four-story factory of Charles Stretton
& Sons. jersey manufacturers. here last
night, entailing loss of $4,000.
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squads they break off in their dozens
from the main body, knowing instinctvely
their owners door. and with solemn gait
enter in as though conscious of their own
innate cleverneSS
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Or. MAX WEST PASSES AWAY
OFFICIAL OF CORPORATIONS
BUREAU DIES OF PNEUMONIA.
nevotes Life to the Study Of Eco
nomics-Writes on Taxation
and Sociology.

DR.. Max West, special examiner of the
bureau of corporations. died at his home,
1889 Summit place. at 3 o'clock this
morning. DR.. West had been ill for about
two weeks, being attacked with grip,
which developed into pneumonia No flu
neral arrangements have been made, as
the family is waiting to hear from Ut.
Vests brother. Prof. w. M. West of the
University of Minnesota. DIR. Vests wife
and five children survive him.
Although DR.. West was only thirty eight
years old his career has been an active
one. From his earliest days he occupied
himself with his favorite study. eco
Monies, and sought work that would give
him training and experience along that
line.
He graduated from the University of
Minnesota at the age of twenty in 1890
He took postgraduate courses, gaining
thereby the degrees of M. and Phi. d. At
Columbia University, New York city, he
was a fellow in political economy in 1894
studies he went to the University of Chi
cago settlement as a resident of Hull
House.
Serves as Reporter.
During the railroad strikes of 1894 he
was a reporter on the Chicago Herald.
and the following year wrote editorials
for the Chicago Record.
DR.. West lectured for Columbia Uni
versity in New York ins 1895, 1896 and
1902 The Department of Agriculture at
tracted him. and he served in the division
OF statistics from 1896 to 1900.
The United States industrial commission
during the following two years gained his
services as an expert agent and during
that time he was an associate professor
OF economics at George Washington Uni
versity. He had been a special agent and
special examiner of the bureau of cor
porations since 1904. He was interested
in the Washington Economic Society, the
Economic Circle and was secretary of the
Civic Center.
He was the secretary Of the national
conference on comparative legislation,
which met in Washington in 1902. and for
a short while was chief of the bureau of
internal revenue of the treasury depart
ment of Porto Rico.
DR.. West wrote many articles on the
subject of taxation, sociology and public
affairs. He published The Inheritance
Tax and principles of Taxation"
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Little Boys and Little Girls
Good. Heavy (yet Comfortably
Box Calf, Veal Calf and Vici Kid
Laced and Button Boots; also a
few sizes for misses. And In
fants' Extra High-cut Vici Kid,
Patent Tipped Button Boots; sizes
TO g.. Values, s12J to $3.50.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-03-04
A. s. Of e. MEETING.
Ward County Union Will Meet a
! GIenburn, 1hursday, March
II, 1909.

/ The meeting will be called to or.
der at 10 a. m.
Invocation BY Rev. Gilmroe Gun
bingham Of the local NJ. E. church.
Address Of welcome by Ed. s.
Healy,. chairman Of Village trustees.
Response by II. E. Thompson, Sec.
rotary and Treasurer Of Ward coun.
ty union. Fl4(
Appointment OF committees and
business until noon when we will
have a grand Picnic dinner in ian
adjoining building.
At 1870 there VIII be a address by
X. Bachelor, state deputy organic.
er, en- The impurities of tne pres
ent system Of grain inspection and
board Of trade" The rest Of the
afternoon will be taken up by re
ports Of committees and business.
At 8 p. m. local subjects such az
farmers elevators, taking stock in
terminal elevators, Ward county ex
change and organisation will be Dis
cuased b. Ward osunty spsakesa
md inters2ersed With some enter
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FOR. SALE OR RENT-Good Res.
taurant, furnished good rooms In
connection. For further particulars
ga 1926 Pd
M. F.. Murphy Of Grand Forks,
whose wife was badly injured in the
wreck Of the Republic, has returned
home, and says his wife will be able
to leave the hospital in about six
weeks. He says the officers of the
Republic behaved badly. His wife
was not given the attention that
she should have, and he says that
all Of the baggage on the sinking
ship could have been savel The
company probably did not want to
have any trouble IN getting their
insurance. 80 let the whole work.
90 down. EE3!k4E
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400 graded and ungraded schools,
and 81 school houses of Ward cour-
ty, which has 47S teachers and H.
631 pupils. NIinot has five large
livery stables, IL first class hotels,
seven palatial drug stores. and nh
merous boarding and roomirg
houses. Minot mas Is qualified met
ical men, 80 lawyers. sc rea; estate
agents, numerous architects account
ants, and other professional mer.
'Minot has good water, good lighting,
good drainage, and good coal. In
mense coal fields surround it. Minot's
natural gas will provide TIE most
economical natural gas extant. To
manufacturers, cheap power is the
trump in the game OF success. The
natural resources Of Minot and the
district surrounding it, have made
thousands wealthy. Capital and Ia
Dor expended in Minot will repsas
that magnitude in the case of others.
Why not you?
If you travel between the east and
west, drop of in Minot. Minot has
two transcontinental railways, the
500 AMI the G.. N. running &c pas
senger and freight trains daily. Mo
lack of travel and transit facilities.
Minot hotels rank with the best and
are Away full. Minot stores and
residences are never vacant. TIT
Commercial club OF Mdnot is the
best in the state. The above tbots
we're very ably presented 10y Mr..
Shepard in the circular and we want
to compliment him on its original
ity, not the facts, but the manner
of telling them.
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James Hulett OF Jerome, has ar
rived in the city and will spend the
summer doing fine carpenter work.
James Kimball, one OF the mem
beers of the fire department, is con.
fined to his BED at the city nall,
with a threatened attack of typhoid
fever.
Adam Blocher who removed to his
old home in Indiana, has loaded his
car and will be with us again. The
cars can't bring Adam back fast
enough, for he has all Of Indiana
that he ever will wish. That's the
way with everyone who leaves
North Dakota. MI. B;ocher luckily
djd not coll bio farm, when be left
this state tw0 years 40.
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taniment. Everybody invited and
especially the friends of the ex'
president, J. H. Everett. Our recep'
ton committee will see that you
have a place to stay.

w. H. Mann brings us a clipping
from a Cleveland, O., paper telling
Of the recent storm. It is estimated
that the damage in the northwest.
ern part Of that state amounted to
$500, 900. Several people were lost
in the storm, men going blind and
perishing.
st. Patrick's day in the evening
that's the time set for the great
play, "The Cowboy and the Girl
to be given ait the opera house on
the night OF March II, by local tai.
emit for The benefit of the Elks.
Thirty-four Of the most talented peo-
pie of this city are in the cast. Sam
Clark will be the leading man and
H. 2. Mitchell will take one Of the
greatest parts in the play, that Of
the half breed. Eight Of the young
ladies' Of the city WEI be included
IN the cast, among whom are Mrs
Dayton, Miss Graham. Miss Mitchell.
Special costumes villa be secured
0om the city. Tue siay villa DO Civ
[sn under TIE direction u +. J.
Halo.
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r s. Person was elected captain
Of Co. D OF this city 10y acclamatdor
at the election acid Friday night.
AL, Thompson was elected second
lieutenant. receiving 26 votes. H.
z. Mitchell received 10 votes for
that Office. Mr.. Mitchell is Sergeant
of the company.
The Office of captain had been
made vacant by the appointment 81
Capt. A. S. Blakey to the head OF
the ordnance department OF the
North Dakota Regiment. B..
Immediately after the election, the
officers of the company rendered the
members OF Co. D the members OF
the Minot Press club and others
with a swell banquet at the Leland
Cafe, where toasts we're given.
Among out of town guests at the
banquet were Capt. Knauf Of Co. E
of Williston and the first Sergeant
of the Devils Lake company. The
affair was pleasing in every way.
TIE Independent Is more than
pleased with Mr.. Persons election.
When it was learned That Capt.
Blakey hal been promoted, no other
member Of the company was thot
of as Captain except Mr.. Person.
We know him in A1inot as Major
Person for he was Major in the
Third Minnesota Regiment for ten
years, resigning just prior to coming
to Minot two years ago, where he
became interested in the Union
National bank, and at the present
time is president Of That concern.
He is every inch a soldier, and
as he is six feet and some inches
tail he ought to be a mighty good
one.
His military record in Minnesota
was first class in every particular.
He was in command OF Co. D Of the
Third Minnesota Regiment for five
years before elected Major and pri-
Or to that time was private, sergeant
and lieutenant. At every stage Of
his advancement, he did tis utter.
most to do his duty as q soldier
should AMI bis advancement was
rap0i IN consequence.
You might say that he saw active
service, for he was stationed at
Qh1camaugua with kas Regiment
during the Span3af.Amoslean war
ready to sail for the sosne Of the
struggle at the word Capt. Person,
as we now 1nust call =
leave no stone unturned to make
CO. D the very best com9any In
t1ra state. He doesnH intend to
make any radical changes, but Will
at all times have his eye On that
which will make his men better SOL
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larry. The minimum number for
a company is SO and the maximum
IS. Capt. Person will endeavor to
soon work the membership up to
the maximum, AMI include only the
very best young men of the city.
COD has already MADE an excel
lent record, but it can be made
better. Minot wants only the best
that hard work and careful training
can procure.
The worst handicap with wllcn
the company has to contend, IS the
lack of an armory, or a suitable
place to drill. During the summer
months, this can be overcome some
what, by drilling out of doors, hui
in tie winter, the boys lack the ne
cessary training. Capt. Person AMI
his men should have an armory
and no doubt this will be one Of
the things that they will all strive
for during the coming months. TIE,
will be backed BY the business mer
Of Minot In their efforts. a&-
TIE Captainbeneves that lockers
should be provided for the men al
once. Zach member Of the company
has considerable equipment, and Tx
captain Is helt responsible for It
an. It Is impossible to keep q clost
record on it, unless each man ds PIT
vsded with lockers. Mr.. Thompson
the newly elected second lieutenan
Is a good man. He has had thre<
years experience in the regular
army and a better selection to-
this ofiice could not have been made
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Uncle Dave Never Was Kissed

VIM. H. Hadler, one OF our north
prairie readers, hands US this CLIP
ping concerning IN odd character as
told by a paper published in Frank
lin county, Ind. Mr.. HaAers wife
knows Uncle Dave, but she cannot
vouch for the statement as to
whether he has or has not ever been
kissed: ~.
A story was put into circulation
recently and went an over the
state to the effect that Uncle Dave
Hawkins, Of Duck Greek, Franklin
county, though nearing the eightieth
milestone, had never been kissed
by a woman. A laly Of Mr.. Hawk.
ms own age refutes this slander,
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Six bidders placed their bids be-
fore the county commissioners Of
Montrail county at Stanley Tuesday
for transacting the records Of said
county from the records of Warl
county. The bids ranged from 70
to IS cents an instrument. Owing
to the indefinite condition of the no
tice for bids, each bidder had mis- own
proposal. All bids were rejected
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WILL COST MONTREAL $4,000 90

and new advertisements ordered for
the work AS there are about
10000 instruments involved, the
cost of transcribing the records will
be about $4,000 for Montrail county.
Among those who bid were Gunder
Rishus, W. H. Sibbald, J. e. Nc
Koane, Devine Abstract Co., Mr..
Mulloy and a party from Stanley
whose name we did not learn.
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Clothing, Shoes and
General Merchandise
SHEPARD HAS CLEVER FOLDER

Mr.. Shepard has gotten out a very
neat folder advertising Minot. It
is one of the most clever arrange
ments we have yet seen, and a good
many thousand of them are being
sent out to all parts OF the United
States. From it W note tie com.
parison of the growth Of Minot,
showing 1900 population in 1900,
$500 in 1909 and at the present rate
OF increase $1,000 in 1916. In Minot
spent $27o,000 in residences in 1907
and 1908, anV $4,000 in business
blocks in those two years. She is
now spending 100000 in a pubic
library. Minot has spent 100000
in municipal improvements and will
spend $175,000 in a waterworks sys-
TEN this year. The merchants and
passengers have paid the railway
companies $1,5oo,000. Minot has
~ churches, six schools, two daily
and five weekly papers, three COOL
theatres, skating rink and recrea-
tion ground, motor launches On the
river and we'll wooded parks. Minot
has two flour mills, numerous whole.
sale grocery, fruit produce and pro-
vision ware houses, cigar, candy, ice
cream and glove factories, paper
ware house and printeries, machin'
cry, lumber and sash and door con
Germs. Minot is we'll advertised as
it's citizens believe in advertising
and frequently demand "a pages Of
newspaper SPACE for heir ads.
Minot has electric light, cable, tele
graph and natural gas Offices, ex
press and messenger boy service
The assessed valuation of Minot is
$1,7O0,000. Minot is the center O.