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Morris tribune., 1909-10-02
SATURDAY, OCTOBER !, 1909.

Every county in Minnesota should appro-
pirate not less than $4,000 for roads and bridg-
es, and the State should add at least 100000
to help on the good work Good roads will do
for the people of the state, especially the
farmers, than all the tariff and freight laws that
can be passed in the next ten years. Good
and money is everything
Is the day coming when the farm shall
know the horse no more? With the automobile
in place of the driving team, and the gasoline
blowing outfit gasoline-propelled binders, and
automobile trucks, the demand for horses on a
farm would be reduced to almost nothing.
S ! S
The state tax rate this year will be only one
mill, which is a considerable reduction from
preceding years, when it has been mill and
half or more. The reasons for the reduction
are many, chief among which are the increased
personal property assessments and mining
assessments, and more indirect taxes Cutting
off the large appropriation for the pork barrel
also had it's effect
Secretary Ballinger has been cleared by
President Taft of the charges brought against
him that he reversing Rooseve1t's conser
walton policies and allowing water power sites
to be taken by the water power trust, and val
liable coal lands in Alaska to be fraudulently
acquired. The statement made by the presi-
dent refutes the misstatements and corrects the
misunderstanding held regarding Ballinger.
S 5
There appears to have been a warm contest
on the past week for the office of private secre-
tary to Governor Eberhart. There have been
several candidates, each supported by their
own friends, and there are sure to be a lot of
disappointed ones. The contest has not helped
Republican harmony, and now more trouble is
expected in the matter of filling Grimmers
place executive clerk. These appointments
will all have their effect on satisfying or dis
satisfying different factions of the party, which
will in turn influence the number of candidates
for the governorship next year. lively scrap
for the governorship again may mean the cleo
ton of a democrat
Morris tribune., 1909-10-02
THIS COUNTRY MAY SOON HAVE NO
FOOD TO SPARE.

The rapidity with which the home con-
sumption of foodstuffs is overtaking the pro-
ducton of the country is shown by the bureau
of statistics of the department of commerce and
labor in a statement recently issued, says the
St. Paul Dispatch.
It appears that, whereas the share of the
wheat crop exported annually during the TWEEN
ty-year period prior to 1908 ranged from 40 per
cent of the crop raised down to Is per cent, the
latter on two occasions only, it fell to 10 per
cent in 1904, per cent in 1905, IA per cent i'll
1906 20 per cent in 1907, and II per cent of the
crop OF 1908. The average for the later period
of five years is only 1916 per cent. If this ratio
of increase of consumption compared with pro-
duction is kept up it will not be very long be-
fore we will cease to be wheat exporting
country.
But this relation of consumption to produc-
ton is also noted in other food products. Ex-
ports of corn show a like decline-11.14 per cent
of the crop of 1885, 1890 per cent of the crop of
1900, 4.43 in 1905, 2.95 per cent in 1907, 212 in
1908, and 1.41 per cent for the fiscal year of
1909. In the case of corn the decline might be
offset by the larger expectation of meats pro-
duced by feeding corn but the expectation of
meat products shows similar Decline Nor do
the higher prices overcome the decline in
quantity, the value of all exported food stuffs
including meats and food animals declining in
like manner, from $59OOOO,O 900 in 1898 to $780,
100000 in 1901, 1921 100000 in 1908, and $439 OOO
900 for the fiscal year 1909 or total decline in
ten years of over $15OOOO,OOO.
That some of the decline in the exporta-
ton of meats is due to reduced production may
be true, especially to beef, but it cannot be
accounted for on the score of reduced crops of
wheat, the yield of 665,OOO,OOO bushels in 1908
having been exceeded but five times in the
history of the country.
These figures however, are Just what might
have been expected. Increased population and
the settlement of new farming areas are factors
that have tendency to counterfeit each other
in this problem of production and consumption,
but distribution OF the increase of population
between the urban and the rural communities
has been so unequal and so much in favor Iof
the cities as to result in relatively as well las
actually, larger consumption each year.F These
facts no doubt have important bearing upon
the increase in the prices of food and in the end
may have bearing upon the distribution of
population and help to effect the much desired
movement of population back to the land. One
OF the strongest attractions toward rural life
today is the generally profitable condition of
agriculture, taken together with the possibility
OF carrying into the country many of the con-
veniences and comforts of urban life, such as
daily mails, the telephone electricity, gas mo-
tor cars together with labor-saving devices Of
all sorts.
Morris tribune., 1909-10-02

Any farmer who keeps accurate record
of his farm business will be JOY to the census
man when he comes around next year, for
Uncle Sans man will want to know all about
the stock, grain and machinery either raised or
used on the farm. Any farmer who keeps a
good business record will also be very well
pleased with himself for doing 50, and will
himself be surprised at some of the things that
a set of books will show him.
Morris tribune., 1909-10-02

The title of bodies of ore under meandered
lakes, which has been mooted question for
several years, is now to be determined in the
state courts. Be it said to the credit of State
Auditor Iverson that he has been jealous of the
states interest in these bodies of ore and firm
in maintaining the states rights. Last year
the legislature asserted the states title to the
ore under meandered lakes, and now the state
has begun suit against the Euclid Mining Co.
near Chisholm for an injunction against the
further removal of ore and an accounting for
the ore already taken The case is a test one,
and involves the title to large deposits of at
different places.
Morris tribune., 1909-10-02
Orr Old Bickory Udgon


Hickory Black Birch
first clear yellow Poplar finished like buggy Every
lute1y guaranteed and better made.
The newspaper., 1909-04-09
An Ordinance.

AN ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIA-
TONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COM
MECING APRIL ]. 1909 AND ENDING
PAONIA, COLORADO
Be II ordained by the the board OF trus-
tees of the town of Paonia, Colorado.
Section l. That the following sums 'f
money he and hereby are appropriated
defrny the expenses of the town of Paoni. =
Colorado, for the fiscal year commencing
April lst 1909 and ending March 81. 1917
IN constructing, repairing and maintaining
bridgf-. culverts. side walks, streets aid
alleys the sum of seventeen hundred AMI
fifty dollars Isl, 10000
For the payment of ex penses of town
lars l<3, ,50o.)
,. For the purchase of fire apparatus and
expenses incurred to provide against fires.
($25O.Oo.)
!. For the administration of the water
seventeen hundred and fifty dollars ($1,75O.)
3. For rentals and the administration OF
the electric lighting and power plant and
system not intending salaries the sum of
fiye thousand dollars 81. .0OO.)
g. For rentals and any other general ex-
penees not herein specifically provided for,
the sum OF two thousand dollars $4,000
q. For the payment of interest the
bonded Indebtedness of the town, the sum of
three thousand dollars ga, ,OOO.)
Section III. All ordinances or parts OF Or
dinanees now in force so far as the same af-
fects any unappropriated balances now
naming in any of the funds herein mentioned
are hereby repealed.
Section III. This ordinance shall take ef-
1909.
Passed by the board of directors of the
town of Paonia. Colorado. and approved by
the mayor this 10th day ofMarchA. D. 1908.
T. E HuFTY. Clerk
HADLEY LEWIS, Deputy
The newspaper., 1909-04-09

bower OF yours say to the members
that your regard for the Ancient
League is too sincere to allow you
to join at time when the unsener-
GUS might misconstrue your motives
Go to few of the leading men,
bers personally, and quietly tell them
that after election you will be most
happy to join, If the invitation is
then given. Ask them to say moth
| ing about it,-and they will spread
the news.
The result OF all this will be that
you will gain two distinct advan-
tages over your opponent; first, he
can't make the same gallery play,
because he is already in; and second,
the members, recognizing you as a
probable recruit (young orders are
always hungry for new members,)
will endeavor to retain your interest
by supporting you at the polls. The
most over a repentant sinner-ap-
plies here. 1t is sound politics. Try
my prescription, Gubby, and accept
congratulations in advance.
Sincerely, ToMP.
EXHIBIT
MAYORS OFFICE, BALooNBURG, No.
vember ), l90-.
Ny DEAR ToMP:-I was at first
shocked by your apparent moral OBJ
liquity. Nevertheless, the philoso-
ply of your council appealed to me,
and adopted your suggestions. No
Ancient Lacquer in this city escaped
a comprehensive, diplomatic state
ment of my reason for deferring my
application for membership. As a
happy result, the Leaguers swarmed
to the polls and made my election IA
certainty. You have seen in the
daily papers accounts OF my remark
able majorities.
Now l am confronted by the dire
necessity Of redeeming my promises.
1t rasps my principles; hut ! am In
for 1t. AS an experienced finer. will
you kindly give me. in confidence,
some pointers as to what may ex-
pect. and as to how l shall conduct
myself during initiation, SO that my
dignity may not suffer too greatly
by the ordeal?
Assuring you that your kindly in
terest has placed me under lasting
obligations. remain.
Yours very truly. GuBBINs.
EXHIBIT d
AERoPLANE, November 8. l90-,
Ny DEAR Hon. GUBBY:-Lasting
obligations. fiddlesticks, May the
Lord deliver me from the gratitude
of a politician, l made no claim
that my advice to you was disinter-
ested. and IL wasn't / purposely
sent you hunting with a double bar
relied gun. One charge got the office
for you. and the other got you.
1t was a sheer matter OF revenge.
In the past you have gone about
breathing condemnation toward Sc
cret societies.-societies that you
knew nothing about | happen to
be a pretty regular timer. With me
tNNis iF iote et hhShts anu AbCh
some. Well, cir, your visits at my
home have been followed by domes-
tic riots that you knew not of. Mrs.
Tomp pointed to you as IA model
man, n nonj'iner, n lamp to my way
ward feet-until | could have at
tended your funeral with tears of
JOY.
Now, at last; my vindication has
comel The idol is to be shattered to
smithereens, Like disrobed lay
figure. you are to stand before the
world! a mere creature of wind and
wire. To this end L have schemed
these twenty years, and now my re-
ward is at handi l have you spiked,
screwed, riveted and bolted down to
the unholy necessity of becoming
finer!
revel in the fact that you are
about to form the blessed acquaint-
ance OF the fraternal goat. May
guardian angels and well arranged
The newspaper., 1909-04-09

For SaIe:-A gentleman's
roadster bicycle. perfect
condition. Cheap for cash.
Apply at this Office and see
the wheel.
The newspaper., 1909-04-09

CONTINUED on page sikh
The newspaper., 1909-04-09

AN ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COM
MEClNG APRIL !. 1909 AND ENDING
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New YORK, June l.. -iWHEAT- Re-
ceipts 1880; SPOT firm; No. 2 red
l5l nominal elevator; No. 2 ri l5l
ncminal fob afioat. On account OF
the sensational ,eporthwest strength
IN luis wheat this omorning the local
market was actiNe and about cent
higher Shorts were also inliueacd
by the EXCESSIVE rains ,ins the south
west and fears of floods, but later
realizing caused a slight setback The
dnal prices were 4 ton2s 9et higher.
July closed 1255s. ....H.r. ~
CORN Receipts 1876. spot firm;
No. So elevator and SO fob. atioat
No. 2 white s5Is, and No. = yllow IS
Tab. anoat. all nominal The option
market was without transactions.
closing net unchanged July SPY.
OATS Receipts G,iO0; exports 4,
300; spot dull :, mixed G2h white
62MG5 clipped white 63,ia 0G9, h.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
t4s te3As H.
WANTED TIME FOR THOUGHT.
Arduous Duties before the Head Of the
House sReqbirsd. His Entire
Attention.

The baby was IN, and the doctor or
dered that he be taken to the sea. This
involved the closing OF the house until
the little one should be well enough
TO return. After the wife had secured
hotel accoInmoda tions by the longdis-
lance telephone, the man Of the house
went to- his room and slowly and
thoughtfully spread sthe entire con
tents of his wardrobe upon his bed,
that they might be convenient for his
wife to pack. "a
He stood surveying them. deep In
meditation. when his wife came into
the room and. began to speak to him.
He raised his hand .rebukingly.
"Don't talk TO me now, Susie, don't
talk to me! | have a great deal on
my mind If we are going TO the sea
shore day after tomorrow there are
many things to be done, and must
plan" s ft,}. tSe,W
His wife, who had already tele-
phoned the butcher. milknian. baker,
grocer sxpressman and ticket Office,
and given the maid months vacation
and arranged with u relative for the
care OF the dog, gazed at him In 81
lence. s.h Ft' slc'
"A great deal on my mind" he re
peated. Then the interrogative nature
OF his wife's silence forced him TO ex-
plain. b. 3n " 90
You see" he said, Il have got to
put a nail In the cellar window and
stop the newspaper Youths Com-
panion. ar a@
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
PECULIAR IDEAS OF AUTHORS.
Varying Conditions Under Which the
Worlds Great Writers Did Th<ir
Beat Work. "a

:
Alexander Pope, who was the liter
ary pontiff Of his time, thought best
when in bed. Whenever a thought
came to him he would jot It down on a
scrap or paper His servant often
found bedclothes and floor covered
with white bits containing aphorisnas
which have now.g become hac kneyed
quotations. 49,
Victor Hugo wrote Les MiserAbies"
standing up, an attitude whicha Haw.
thorne also assumed when he wrote
many OF his romances. Fgt
One leg thrown over the arm of a
chair or sitting on the arm of his sec
retary's chair we're Napoleon's favor
tie POSITIONS while debating to Bour-
rienne, a position which he varied now
and then by patting that scribe on the
head or pulling his ears.
Sir Walter Scott could while reclin-
ing on lounge dictate to two ainanu-
enses who frequently had to stop writ
Ing, so funny the dictated passages
seemed to them ssg
: William Morris made one or hts IA
nous translations from the Greek
while riding on the steam cars. Walt
Whitman and Horace Traubel, original
la all things, were most original In the
position they took while thinking.
They were wont, so Mr.. Traubsl says,
TO climb upon a pile of lumber and lie
down upon their backs. In that way
each found out what the others best
thoughts were. tI51l1
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
Prize offered Astronomers.

A novel competition is to be decided
by Halley's comet, which is expected
soon to come In sight for few
months of its 75-year scircuit around
the sun. wealth. European amateur
astronomer. offered a prize for the best
computation of this comets orbit, sub
mitted before the, close of 1909. and a
competing ephemeris for this year and
next indicates a very different route
from that expected. showing the perl
heiion passage In the middle of June
instead of the middle Of April. 1910
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
4 LAbtUID MARKET WHEAT is .EeR|i /
Prevailed ir Stockr Yesterday--Gs4
ally Active ls;ues Were Hardly
Traded in.

New York. June II The demo-
stratiye bidding up in today's markc
of a miscellaneous lot OF industgi2l
stocks and specialties not usually ca
spicuous did not serve 10 keep up tn
effective demand for usually active
trading stocks The general mark,,
was languid and the tuae bceam
heavy after the probability OF another
large loan expansion by the banks
came into discussion. Tae large PEI
cent of increase of the bank clearings
this week over the corresponds
week last year proves due, in large
part, to New York figures.
Those figures fer this year are al
most double those OF last year the in
crease reaching nearly a billion dot
lars. The degree in which Increase
speculation is responsible FOR the IN
crease Is implied in the compar;spa
of this weeks sales at the Stock eN
change of 5,G29,G3e shares Of stock
and 49,. 1926, zoe par value bonds, While
for the week o'2ding June II, 1903
the sales were l.667,30Q shares stNck
and S1l.317, 800 par value bonds. F.
The large bond transactions by new
issues going on at the financial centel
also account for violent expansion IN
banking activity. The intimations OF
further large finQpeial operations il
view, the approach OF semisdi .aua!
settlements and iAe expectation OF
yearly demand from the interior flf
funds to move crops add TO the al
tention given the money situate. 4
The copper industrials were wet
and the discussion Of the Copper Plp
duceIs' Association statistics bore Oh
The possibility OF "a concealed surp.u'
OF stocks in second hand and Of raw
copper not. ready for delivery, in the
producer's hands The rise Of a poihi
in United States steel in the late deal
ings had "A. rallYine effect on to-
stocks, but the market ended weak,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
Iona and uphil Struggle.

Mrs. George F. Lowell received more
applause than any of the other speak
ers at the recent meeting OF the Mas
sachasetts Press association. Her adj
dress was ON woman suffrage. and In
reply to a statement made by speak
err preceding her that the women OF
America could get the ballot or any.
thing else they wanted, Mrs. Lowell
said they could, provided they waited
long enough. she reminded them that
II took Massachusetts women 80 years
TO obtain. the equal guardianship OF
children. and almost as hong to get
that Of, equal inheritanee between hus
band and wife. III w tsas'1 y
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
Csoaed Firm After Lay Of .lr,suIar
tisS--Corn, Wac .Firns-Oatsi
BafeI0 Steady.

Chicago in? t2.-F1 OUR.--Firm !.
wiater patents 6l5G75: straights Clio
] McA0: spring patents 625G $50;
straights 4S0UGl5; bak RS 3ilm540
WHEAT The mar et was err til
the greater part D the sson. but
the prcdomiLatns sentiment was on
OF bullismess The market early
derived considerable str3.Sth from
The advance OF AZ al " nlipeg In
the July option 0wiag to tie II aAiDu-
lation of that deliv - and later,
l.when the furry in the Northwestern
market had i, subsidized, reports Of inn
ppendng floods in the southwest i'm,
parted fresh hullish enthusiasm &
The foreign crop news was bearish
/ Shorts, however, apparently afraid t.
bold OF over Sunday in view q the
possible damage, to the winter crol
by Hoods, bougt freely and there was
also general buying by commission
houses. The market closed firm u t.
| Ri Gt7t higher, III
No, 2 red l55a iG0; No. > red l52m
l55s No hard 1850 1870; No $ hard
127Ml29. July opened ll6& dll7,
highest 1i7hi lo> ilGA ;r 81 S d
1L3A September 1I0A.
CORN Wet weather was again a
bulliSh influence LIZA. receipts were
small ald although offerings from
the. country verGra -triile larger,y the
increase was not material Clos ell
. firm, 3 ala TO "A a 3s higher,
:, No. 2 ION a 20; No Whit II; No
yellow 7j& Q7Gl2; No, q 75lh a &c;
No 3 white 7G&i No. 3 yellow 75AM
7GA, July qpened asa 7al4 hisheft
73&S W7$hs; lowe. 72Am727.; closed
80. September 703sl70lA, ,t#
OATS iiather weak because Of
Tie continuance Of wft weather con
dltionsi, favorable to the new crop.
The selling Of September was the
feature OF the, trading 4 Closed barely
steady shade lower to ~ higher.
Ne white .59h M5aA; No. 3
whi e 5SNG4 standard - July
orened 527s high 53n531s; low 5p3s
N627s closed 52A,. September az,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
Coming Down Easy.

Inquiries after the welfare OF Pat.
rick Conroy were answered by his
devoted friend. Terence Dolan, who
was ae the Conroy's in the double ca
pacity Of nurse and cook. mo. he's
not dangerously hurt at ALL" was Mr..
Dolan's reply to solemnly wills
pered question at the door. ~
I'VE heard he had a bad fax and
was all, broke to pieces" whispered
the neighbor u Ha.af
"Tis a big story you've heard. :"
said Mr.. Dolan, in, his cheerful roar
'sThrue. he fell of'n the roof o.. the
Brady stables. where he was Singing
and he broke his lift leg, knocked out
couple OF teeth and broke his collar
bone 4tf '-s-
mind ye. II he'd have fell clear to
the ground Il might have hurried him
bad. but sure there vas a big pile of
shtones and old lumber that broke his
fall. youths Companion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.

BUTTER--Weal; creamery and
specials. exras 2Gd27; birds OF frs
22d25k
CHEESE Easy: unchanged.
EGGS-seady. western seconds "a
,21
COFt'EE-Futures opened duh al
unchanged prices TO decline OF fife
points. the easier tendency OF some
months being in sympathy with tic
French market which was 4 TO y
franc lower Tradins was very quic'
and the market closed dull net un
changed 10 points lower Sales l..
$50, bags. July 7s5; spot quiet; No.
Rio rs as mild dull, Cordoya ga
d12A.
SUGAR-Raw firm; fair refined
S42: centrifugal 90 test 392; molas
ses sugar 81; refined steady: con
fectioners A AS; mould A $50; cut
loaf SIS: crushed 565: powdered sos
granuEated AS: cubes so
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
The !IfMatnred Mar

The iilnainted lAan, though hut OF
equal parts with the good natured
man, gives himself lager field Ia
expatia;e In. lie exposes those fail.
iHgs IN human nature which the 9th
er would cast wall over. laughs al
vices which the other either excuses
O. conceals falls indifIerently upon
friends or enenlies; exposes the per.
soR. who has Obliged ,hinl. aud, in
short. sticks at nothing that may es
tablish his character Of a wit.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
Proper Way to Wear Paismas.

- A Jap staying at one OF the local no.
tells stood looking In a haberdasher's
window at a bunch Of shirts and pa
iamas all decorated with bargain day
tags. You Americans don't seem to
have learned how to wear na1amas
vet" he remarked, good naturally. i
have never known an American TO
wear them the way every Japanese
does. We always roll up the trousers
10 the knee when We sleep in the
things. They are vastly more comfort
able that way. But. as say, every
body In this country seems to, wear
them with the trousers out at full
length, "-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. June t2.-CATTLE.- Re
ceipts 200; steadyh beeves 25Qd
715. western steers 475m630; stock
ers aud feeders 360n550; cows and
helgers 250d625; calves 6O0MSo0
HOGS Receipts 1000; steady tC
strong light mixed 6s5G $50; heavy
and rough 7l0@777la: bulk of sales
lisa 7G0. I'D
SHEEP Receipts 1000; steady
native 75aGlO; western 375n6l5;
ylarlings coca 7l5: lambs 525nS-o.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
ST. LOUIS CATTLE.

St Louis, June l2.-CATTbE.-Re-
ceipts ESQ; Unchanged; native ship
ping and export steers. G25H 105;
dressed beef and butcher sters 55On
SIS stockers and feeders 275d is5;
cows and heifers 3J0MG65: Teras and
ndian steers 375@650s t..
HOGS rReceipis 3.e13. unchanged
pigs and lights 52odFo0; packers 40
a $50; butchers and best haYy 70on
777k. a.sr 1T
SHEEP Receipts 500: unchanged;
ntive 400m Sos; lambs G50m925.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
YOUNG P.eple pena.la LIbertx.

There d 3 growing desife on the
part OF the young OF both sexes in
China CO.. choose, their own, nistss. Pa
Tiers andsmothers are therefore called
upon blythe Chinese TO 3nphald the old
rNies. Children, says the Chinese bosfd
OF education. should base nothing 20
do with a choice In stdh,ihaItefs. How
ever. very ssewsama Picture Is
sketched by native Editor c: The mis-
cries that abound II C..,lI ON account
Of the way in which marriages are ar
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-13
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. June l2,t- Money on cali
nominal, Time loans steady. Sky
days 2h ara ninety daNs "a sis
months 3R@3$i per cent Prime pa.
per ,3h TO per cent. Exchange tirm
demand 1880 1881 sixty days
4S5.956i 4S6e 90 Bar silver 52sS.