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The Dickinson press., 1909-03-27
DAGLUM ITEMS

Frank Kruger returned from. Wiscon-
sin this week.
Mrs. Stramsrud will close her school
with a program Friday.
Ben VOLTA made a business trip to
Dickinson Monday.
Andreas Fischer returned from Dick
inson with q new drill Sunday.
George Herold has been busy digging
q well. Alva Cockrell has been assisting
him.
J.. o. Daglum and son, Selmer. made
q business trip to Dickinson last Satur-
day.
Arthur Hoviand is still looking for
the three-year-old mar that got away
from him last week.
Mr.. Kilvine and family came out
from Dickinson last week to establish
residence on their homestead.
The choir practiced at the Daglum
residence last Sunday. The next meet
ing will be held at B. J. Eide's.
j N. Busev bought four horses of
William Reiche last Saturday. The horses
are some of the best in the country.
John jacobson returned from South
Dakota last week with several good
horses for himself and his brother.
Albert.
T. H. Olson, Lars Arne and Mike
Tinglum purchased teams last week.
They are getting ready and intend to
do a big stroke in farming.
The ten-days-old baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
Anton Gotzfried died Sunday morning.
The burial was made in Dickinson Sum
day afternoon. Mrs. Gotzfried is report
ed as being very i'll.
Hans Peterson was given a rousine
surprise party at his home last Friday
evening. His friends presented him
with a nice robe and other useful
articles. Dancing was enjoyed until
daylight.
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-27
GOOD COUGH MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN

GOOD COUGH MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN
The eason for coughs and colds is
now at hand and too much care cannot
be used to protect the children. A child
is much more likely to contract diph-
iberia or scarlet fever when he has a
cold. The quicker you cure his cold the
less the risk. Chamberlain's Couch
Remedy is the sole reliance of many
mothers, and few Of those who have
tried it are willing to use any other. Mrs.
F. F. Starcher, of Ripley. w. Va, says :
II have never used anything other than.
,Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for my
children and it has always given good
satisfaction" This remedy contains no
opium or other narcotic and may be
given as confidently to a child as to an
adult. For sale by all druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-27

A spring tonic that makes rich red
blood. Brings strength, health and hap
piness to the whole family. Nothing
equals HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
as a Spring regulator. IS cents. T. ].
Greene & Co.
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-27
Notice

] wish to notify the public that l am
no longer associated with F. w. Hammel
in business and will not become respon-
sible for any credit on his account.
WIN. HAMMEL. in
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-27
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Bottled cream and milk from the
Brown Dairy on sale at Reed Bros.
store. 3-6tf
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06
WE SHOULD ADVERTISE

Pullman citizens will be subject to
ensure if they allow the golden OPP
Dortunities offered by the rush of
land seekers and the irrigation con-
sress to pass without doing some eff
fective advertising. Dollars spent at
ms time and among these people is
worth more than hundreds spent in
rying to induce people from the east
70 come here. They are land hun
cry. Thousands of them will be
disappointed in the land drawings
md will seek for homes. We have
he land to offer. No other country
)r district can compete with the Pa
.ouse, the Wana WalIa and the Ca
mas Prairie districts.
But the people do not know of
this. We should let them know. 1t
IS our duty to do so. We will be
oonfering a favor on them and will
probably bring to our town and sur
rounding country many desirable
citizens and these, in turn, viii bring
friends and relatives from the east
he south or from foreign lands, for
among the thousands who will be
disappointed in the land drawing are
people from almost every civilized
country on the globe.
Since reachin gthe west they have
seen no agricultural land except that
which is irri gated. They have heard
no prices quoted except that for ir-
rigated lands. When they learn that
the best agricultural land in the
world can be had for from $50 tC
800 per acre, there is little doubt
here will be rush of desirable
home seekers.
1t is up to us to send these people
in invitation to come here and tC
tell them why they should come. vii
we do it?
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06
PERSONAL MENTION

F. S. Libby left Monday morning
for Seattle where he will visit the
exposition.
d. B. Putnam left Monday morning
for Spokane where he will spend sew
eral transacting business.
James Ford spent Saturday and
Sunday in Spokane.
Archibald Briggs left Saturday
morning for Portland where he will
spend the winter.
Workmen have been repairing the
school house for the last week. They
have made door and steps leading
into the primary room and have re-
paired the roof in several places.
Max Roberts rode horseback to
Wawawai Sunday.
NJ. d. Henry went to Spokane
Sunday, and on Monday he register
ed for the land drawing at Spokane
and Coeur d'Alene.
Carl Townsend, pressman in The
Herald office, went to Spokane last
Friday, to register at Occur d'Al9ne
and Spokane. and to visit his parents.
He returned Monday evening.
James Ford went to Spokane Fri
day and registered for the land
drawing at Occur d'Alene and spo-
kane. returning Sunday afternoon.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06
MAY ELECT A DEMOCRAT

DO you realize that the late Con-
gresham Cushman's successor will
likely be democrat? The demo-
Gratis have an excellent chance to fill
the vacancy in congress by one from
their own party, The republicans
are split into many bitter factions,
the outgrowth of enmity created at
the last Legislature and the corrupt
ton that has been made public since
the inauguration of the present ad-
ministration. There seems to be no
chance for Governor Hay, Senator
Paulhamus and others to reach COM
mon ground which greatly increases
the chances of a good democrat. The
action of the republican party in
violating its campaign pledges of its
officials in this state, has left the
people without regard to party, cry
ing for revenge. If the democrats
choose a good man, he will he win
ner. -Davenport Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06
AN EXPENSIVE BLUNDER

That the fearful wreck on the Spo-
kane & Inland empire railroad near
Occur dAlene was the result of an
inexcusable blunder of some one is
admitted. That the blunder was I'M
intentional makes little difference.
1t has brought untold suffering to
sores of people. The wreck is the
most awful calamity that has befall-
el this country in many years and
will cost mint of money besides the
li.cs of at least Is persons, who
were ushered into eternity without
warning.
he loss to the railroad company
will be enormous. Every life lost
must be paid for in cash, and every
injured person must be settled with
Ivy the railroad company, although
the fault was not with the stock
holders nor the owners or managers
of the road. 1t is said the road, or
that part of the system between Spo-
kane and Coelr d'Alene. had been
[, king in an average of more than
$4,000 per day since the land rush
opened and had it not been for this
terrible calamity the road would have
made a handsome profit and stock
holders would have received liberal
dividends. All of this, and more
too. has been wiped out in the twink
ling of an eye, because some one
forgot" or neglected to obey orders.
The disaster may have direct eff
efct ON Pullman. by postponing the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06
BAR SHOWS COWARDICE

There has seldom been greater
exhibition of cowardice than was
manifested by the Washington Bar
Association at Aberdeen, last week
when the association went on record
as believing that the supreme court
is above suspicion, and that the man
who would suggest that there might
be anything to investigate in the SUI
preme court should be disbarred as
unfit to practice law" But the at
torneys that bowed the head an
bent the knee in servile worship of
the men now upon the supreme bench
acted like all towards by jump
ing onto Milo Root, the eX-judge,
who resigned under fire, and order
ing that disbarment proceedings be
started against him.
There are a few men, however,
who refused to truckle and demand
ed that the charges filed against the
supreme cOure be thoroughly inves-
tigated and if there is anything
wrong that it be exposed. A few of
these men stood out for a long time
and made some stirring speeches,
urging that the investigation be made
thorough and that men be not pun
isned or threatened because they be-
lieyed or stated that certain practic-
,f
These men were out-talked and out
voted by the cringers who acting up
on the old forced belief of the popu-
lace in regard to royalty that "the
king can do no wrong" refused to
allow the investigation to proceed
and ordered that disbarment pro-
ceeoings be instituted against those
who had filed the charges.
WIZ this spirit prevailing it will
be long time, almanac measure,
before any other attorney will dare
to iaslnuate that there is anything
wrong with the supreme court. Had
this policy been inaugurated a little
earlier, eX-Judge Milo Root, who re-
signed under fire, might still be
holding his Office and the men who
started the agitation for an investi-
cation might be disbarred from prac-
ticing law in this state. Unluckily
for GLot, he was Investigated before
the bar could meet and declare it
treason to suspect a supreme court
Judge of even wrong thoughts.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06
KATHRYN BEAN MARRIED

Miss Kathryn Bean, of Weiser,
Idaho, and Eugene Spaulding, of AL
mota, were married at the home of
the brides parents, in Weiser, Tues
lay of last week They have re-
turned to Washington and will make
their home at Almota, where Mr.
Spaulding is extensively engaged in
fruit growing, stock raising and
farming
The bride is a well known college
girl of Pullman, having spent sew
eral years in Washington State Col
lege. Mr.. Spaulding is son of Mrs.
H. H. Spauldlng, owner of the town
site of Almota, and all of his life has
been spent in Whitman county His
father, the late Henry H. Spaulding,
was said 20 be the first white child
born in the Inland Empire.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06

extension of the railroad to this
town. Had it not been for the loss
to the company by this fearful &C
cident it is thought the road would
have been extended soon, but an off,
cial is quoted as saying that if the
claims amount to anything like as
large a sum as has been suggested,
it may prevent an immediate extern
sion of the road in several directions
which were being considered by the
management.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06

f growth. The feeding value
hid oats falls off very rapidly
he crop approaches maturity,
ever, and when nearly ripe it
Is a poorer hay than any grain
have ever analysed. In order
btain a Wildcats of as high
ing value as that from other
n hays, it is necessary to cut
crop early, not later than when
all bloom. The yield per acre
his stage will be considerably
but if allowed to stand until
caches its maximum growth,
quality Of hay is seriously re
ed. Hay of high protein con
can be obtained by cutting
crop very early, say at the
: when heading begins, but the
d per acre at this stage will
yery low.
he bald barley, speitz, and oats
show a decrease in percentage
protein as they approach ma
ty. with a resultant widening
he nutritive ratio. Except in
ease of the barley, the differ
Is in the total feeding value
p not great enough to indi-
i any special advantage in cut
the crop at one or the other
1he stages of growth repre-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06
FOR SALE

Furniture for four rooms. Inquire
at GIG Arbor street.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06

Opposite Palace Hotel. Pullman. wnsh
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-10-27

paid; the failure to meet interest
charges means bankruptcy; the con-
tinuance of dividends at the regular
rate is the salvation Of credit.
The first saving is made by stop
ping improvement work out of sur
plus earnings; then the current ex-
penditures for materials for the main
tenance of way and equipment are cut
down, and along with this economy
goes the pruning Of the cost of labor
the biggest item of railroad expense.
1t Is interesting to note, In attempt
ing to realize the magnitude of these
outlays, that the 100000 owners Of
American railroad securities, from the
Rockefellers and Morgans and Harri-
mans down to the little one-share In
vestors. all received In dividends but
little more than was spent on coal
to be fed to the locomotives; that all
the bondholders, spread over Europe
and America. received no more than
was spent on the upkeep of rolling
stock, and that the heavy taxes but
slightly exceeded the cost Of wooden
ties.
steel is either prince or pauper."
said Carnegie-and it's railroad buy
ing that turns the wheel of fortune In
the industry. The railroads are the
foundation Of the steel trade. for they
buy more than a third of all the prod
ucts that are made from the ore Of
American iron ranges. When the rail-
roads stopped buying In the silent
panic" of 1903. the steel business
dwindled to the pauper stage. and the
shares of the new steel trust tumbled
from $55 to IS.
Again. when the panic Of 1907 closed
the railroad purse. gloom spread over
the Alleghenies, and steel shares col
lapsed a second time. Late last win
ter. when all up and down the Allie
heny and Monongahela valleys blast
furnaces were cold and dark. Pittsburg
was In the doldrums because the rail-
roads didn't buy. Prices were slashed.
and the gloom spread to Wall street
Steel shares sold at Sal. Weeks went
by, and then the news came across the
mountains. THE railroads are buy.
ing" Now there is hardly an idle
blast furnace to be seen in the valleys,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-10-27
Neweomb'. Definition Of "Masne.."

Personally. Newcomb was an agree
able companion and a faithful friend.
His success was due largely to his te-
nacity of purpose. The writer's only
personal contact with him came
through the STANDARD Dictionary
of whose definitions in physical sci
ence Newcomb had general oversight.
On one occasion he came into the Of
fee greatly dissatisfied with the def
milton that we had framed for the
word magnet conception almost
impossible to define in any logical
way. We had simply enumerated the
properties of the thing a course
which In the absence of authoritative
knowledge of their causes was the
only rational procedure. But New
combs mind demanded logical treat
ment, and though he must have seen
from the outset that this was for
lorn hope, his tenacity of purpose kept
him, pencil in hand, writing and eras-
ing alternately for an hour or more.
Finally he confessed that he could do
no better than the following pair Of
definitions-"Magnet, body capable
of exerting magnetic force" and
Magnetic Force, the force exerted by
magnet" With a hearty laugh at
his beautiful circuius in definiendo he
threw down his pencil, and the imper-
feet and illogical office definition was
accepted. North American Review.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-10-27
FIRST SLEEPING CAR BUILT
The "Pioneer" Cost $4,000, In 1864,
and Was Regarded as Reckless
Extravaganza.

The first sleeping car was built In
1864. 1t was called the Pioneer" and
the builder further designated 1t by
tie letter "a" not dreaming that he
would soon exhaust the letters of the
alphabet, Outing says. The Pioneer"
was built in Chicago & Alton shop
and cost the almost fabulous sum of
$4,000. That was reckless extrava-
gance In year when the best of rail
road coaches could be built at a cost
not exceeding $4,000
BIT the Pioneer" was blazing a
new path in luxury. Without it was
radiant in paint and varnish, in gay
stripes and lettering; it was a giant
compared with its fellows, for 1t was
foot wider and two feet and a half
higher than any car ever built before.
1t had the hinged berths that are the
distinctive feature of the American
sleeping car of to-day, and the porter
and the passengers no longer had to
drag the bedding from closets at the
far end of the car.
The Pioneer" was not only wider
and higher than other passenger cars.
but it was also wider and higher than
the clearances of station platforms
and overhead bridges. But when the
news came of the death of President
Lincoln the fame of Pullman's Pho
neer" was already widespread and Il
was suggested that the new car should
be the funeral coach of the president.
This involved cutting wider clearances
all the way from Washington by way
of Philadelphia, New York and Albany
to Springfield. ILL.,. and gangs of men
worked night and day to make the
needed changes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-10-27
I the tracks and equipment already

of the tracks and equipment already
in use.
The greater part Of the hundreds
of millions of dollars spent In recent
years has been devoted, not to new
mileage, but to increasing the ton
mage capacity of the lines built years
ago. Hundred-pound rails, hundred
ton locomotives. and 50-ton cars have
replaced 60-pound rails. 50-ton locomo
tives, and 25-ton cars. 1t is in the
west that most Of the mileage has
been built.
This extension and Improvement OF
the railroads in boom times are paid
for partly from surplus profits and the
rest from new capital. Heavy out
lays are accelerated In boom times
by the ease with which new capital
may be raised In the worlds money
markets. The big profits make rail
road investments attractive, and. as
everything else In the country Is ma
king money and searching for place
to put it at work, new railroad Sc
CulillCo uuu q tCoAy ooAO' AhO hoh
road purse, therefore, In boom times.
is doubly stuffed-by receipts from
big earnings and new capital from in
vestors. Money Is spent lavishly.
But the tables are turned in periods
of panic and depression. The country
produces less, trade slackens, and the
demand for the product the railroads
have to Observation-Disclosures
Gar famines'' are quickly followed by
miles OF idle cars" on the sidings
Earnings fall away. surplus profits dis
appear. The railroads. having more
transportation for sale than the mar
ket demands, have no need for big
OUTLAWS to produce more transporta-
ton. They could not spend much mon
ey, anyway. because Of their declin-
ing profits and the disappearance OF
the investment demand for their Sc
curities. So. as the railroad purse In
boom times is doubly stuffed. In Pc
RODS of depression 1t is doubly depict
ed--by the cutting down Of profits and
the withdrawal Of new capital. Hence
the rigid economy Of lean" years.
When economy is forced on the rail-
roads. money is saved along the line
Of least resistance. Taxes must be
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-10-27

would seriously interfere with the OPP
Grafton of the entire system, because
the city is it's mechanical center. Be-
sides. the insurable value of the ma
chine and car shops, with the equip
ment in adjacent yards, is more than
$4,000, 900.
Gridironing the expensive machine
and car shops are more than seven
miles of large water mains, with IL
two and three way hydrants, supply.
ing 1874 streams of water. These af-
ford protection which, from exhaus-
tive tests, has been shown to make
very remote the possibility of seri-
Gus fire.
In addition to two fire engine com.
panies, chemical extinguishers are dis
tributed through the shops, while sand
and water pals, hose racks, chemical
engines, water casks and ladders add
to the equipment with which these
railroad fire fighters are armed. Some
$1,000 feet of cotton underlined hose
is available for utilizing the water
from the MIGRANTS, which, owing to
the arrangement of the mains and
valves, cannot be shut of from their
water supply by breaks in the pipe
lines.
In the same way has this railroad
established its fire protection at every
large and small terminal and station.
At the more important points systems
proportionately as elaborate have been
installed to protect the property of
the company. Networks of fire mains,
with plugs at convenient places, make
it unlikely that the company will suf-
fer serious loss from fire.
At the test at headquarters num-
Der of supposititious fires were started
in different parts of the railroad shops,
and firemen, with their helpers, re-
sponded to fight imaginary flames.
Some thirty-two regular firemen and
a score or more of the auxiliary force
directed the streams of water, while
inspectors checked up the results. To
make the test more thorough IT
streams were brought into service. At
intervals of two minutes streams were
turned on, and after all of them were
throwing water on the buildings read
ings were taken of the pressures. The
test continued for an hour and half,
during which time some $4,000 gal
Ions OF water was used.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-10-27
RUSSIA HOLDS SECOND PLACE
Second Only to United States In the
Matter Of Greatest Railroad
Mileage.

II II Is a question merely of bigness
the Russian railroad system is far and
away the first in Europe. There are
already many more miles Of railway
In the vast empire than In any other
country In the world excepting the
United States, and Russian railways
are still only in their infancy.
1t Is Of course quite true that there
are now in the United States more
miles of road than in all Europe and
almost as many as In all the rest of
the world put together, and that our
territory is SO large and as yet so
far from complete development that
we shall probably keep the lead as
far as railroad enterprise is concerned
for long time to come.
But in taking these large views.
says Moody's Magazine, we have for
gotten that Russia is two and half
times as large as all the United
States put together with population
more than half as large again as our
own; that in territorial extent 1t is
more than twice as large as all
Europe; that it stretches across the
world for ITO degrees of longitude
nearly half way around the globe
and that it includes one-sixeth of the
land surface of the planet.
1t is not surprising that In such a
country railroads should have had
large development that already there
is considerable mileage and that
the prospects in this direction seem to
have no limit. In the future Russia
and the United States are likely to d.
vide the railroad empire of the
world between them.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-10-27
Last Thought Was His Record.

Passengers on a train wrecked
near Bristol, Ga, recently told of the
bravery of Engineer Bush. who died
as result Of his injuries. Bush was
painfully working his way out of the
wreck Of his engine, scalded and
frightfully bruised, when the few pas.
sengers who retained their senses dug
into the mass Of twisted and burning
iron. to meet him. When the passen
gers offered him whisky he begged
them to look after the comfort Of thu
other passengers. Told that no pas
sengers had been injured. he said:
That's good. But before take this
whisky I want you men to smell my
breath and testify, If need be. that j
had not been drinking when this hap
pened. All a man has is his record
And Engineer Bush went out on his
last run with his record spotless.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-10-27
Alaska still Has Much Gold.

The decrease Of the gold product Of
Alaska, which is noticeable for the
years 1907 and 1908 has been seized
upon by some persons as an indica-
ton of the exhaustion of the metal
But such is not the case. The de-
cline has been due to labor troubles
and a lack of water. which is regard
ed as temporary only. There is every
indication that the product will be
very materially increased in the near
future. owing to the establishment Of
valuable facilities. A number of good
roads have been built recently, by
which the freight charges for interior
transportation win be reduced. Foan-
daries and similar establishments have
been located at desirable points. and
by recently devised process the
Eluicing season win be prolonged into
the winter