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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-11-26

! We know it was easily achieved, and
now, as we look back, we know why it
was such bloodless victory. It was
because the Spanish army and navy
were graft ridden, and their soldiers i'll
trained. The same applies to the Rus
slams.
''The Russians know that they were
beaten. They have. set about to cut
out graft from the army and navy.
They have reorganized the army and
navy, and if the Russians and Japanese
/ fight again, am of the opinion that
the Japanese will be badly beaten. .
It might be stated at this point that
when the honorable Japanese CONNER
cial commissioners were in. Duluth this
fall, there was prominent Chicago
commercial man who accompanied them.
He did not wish his name used in con-
nection with the story, but he stated
that Russia was preparing for a war
with Japan, that the Japanese knew it,
and that the Japanese had every reason
in the world to be friendly with the
United States. -
Mr.. Sickles bears out the story of the
Chicago commercial representative. In
his trip through Japan he saw many
evidences of the fact that Japan was
well aware of the preparations Of Rus.
sia for war. He says that the Japanese
do not wish for war, as they are in
no condition to fight, but the event
seems inevitable.
Mr.. Sicklef thinks the Japanese are
tricky, quick to learn, but not as deep
as many Americans have given them
credit for being. He says one finds
English and Chinese clerks in many of
the largest business houses, for the,
simple reason that they are more honest
and trustworthy than the Japanese.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-11-26
We Reach the People.

On the job at all seasons. Try the
long distance service of the Northern
Telephone Company.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-11-26
Do you need a farmlOan
Or do you need money for any legitimate purpose?

Il you DO and your security ample loan you money
at the lowest rates qDepos the proceeds Of your grain with
and open checking and pay your bills BY check qBy
doing you know where every spent and have
ceipt for all money paid q you have surplus Of money
will pay you per interest deposit made for
year and allow you the pryeige Of withdrawing money at
any time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

great rubber-producing capacity, the
trade in which commodity It largely
monopoliEes. Present sources Of rub
Der supply are unequal to the demand
and this territory, while practically
unexplored, lie known to contain vast
forests OF rubber-produoing trees and
vines.
Should peaceful msans fail, Brazil,
because Of geographical difficulties,
would probably be only a minor factor
despite its large population and
wealth, because between the settled
portion and the theater Of war is an
immense stretch of only partially ex-
plored territory through which there
are no roads or passage except by
small boats on the rivers. Peru and
Bolivia are both poverty-stricken and
with no considerable organized mill
tary force. and a contest between
them would in all probability be a
guerilla warfare. II the present tenn
per Of the South American people does
not cool of the United States may
have another chance to be peace
maker.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
PromIse OF Ar FIIEht.
New York Sun.


The bicycle manufacturer OF fifteen
years ago have become the makers Of auto
and the latter are now offering
~aeroplaues for sale, When everybody rode
a bicycle and the craze or fashion gave a
powerful impetus 10 the good roads move
ment no one dreamed that in a little more
than ten years the bicycle would be sup
planted by the automobile; would, in fact,
/ become almost obsolete. Now. before the
first decade Of the twentieth century Is
spent. the automobile is threatened with
a rival and a successor. the aeroplane.
that holds out a promise Of the most ex-
hilsrating sport the world has ever known.
Only the pioneers in the new Night. the
professors Of aviation. have yes experienced
It's joys, but they aver that they can teach
II. and even promise q development Of their
invention that will permit everybody to
fly At = cost less h that Of possessing
and operating IN automobile. The price
Of an GsrOplane In Paris today u 5000
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

The elements persist in hooking the eff
forts of Kansans to make the dry" label
stick on the state.
Lemoine, the convicted French swindler
who goes over the road for six years,
scored $500 victims. easily outclassins Mr..
Mabray's collection OF Mikes"
A California woman who has passed the
century mark attributes her long life to
a regular diet OF doughnuts. Evidently
Caiifornians take with their climate some
thing In the nature Of a chaser.
The ultimate consumer loses again. Right
at the moment strong men were needed to
force the fighting in the tariff crisis Mr..
Onyun OF Washington struck his colors and
got married.
Dispatches intimate that much Of Chi
cago's salacious case is unfit to print"
but you may have noticed that enough
came over the wire to prevent undue strain
on ripe imaginatlons.
Once in a while the eternal fitness Of
things hits the bullseye. A joy rider in
st. Louis. speeding at q sixty-mile gait to
escape arrest, collided with a post and
broke his neck. A 4 1000 car a a fine
heap Of junk.
The revised epistle OF modern st. Paul
has to do with the spectacle Of paving con-
tractors blowing up old concrete laid on
Fourth street twenty years ago. Most of
those who paid the price are given a near
view Of the moving picture show.
The international controversy over the
invention of the lightning rod does not dis
turb the dreams OF brooding candidates.
Labels are incidental. A rod that will de-
liver the primary lightning In August can
get the orders regardless of the make.
The increased expance OF smile noted on
President Taft's frontispiece is due to his
success in ducking a prepared welcoming
speech Of the mayor Of Beverly. The dis
appointed official refused to avail himself
OF the leave to print" and will startle the
echoes of Cape Cod later on.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Education and Crime.

Several speakers at the convention
of the National Educational associa-
tion discussed anew education as a
preventive of crime, and one even
went so far as to declare that properly
directed education would render pris-
ons unnecessary. If the speakers
statement we're true 1t would be a ter
rife arraignment of prevailing educa-
tional methods, but happily the facts
do not bear out this theory. All
thoughtful students are aware that
certain criminal tendencies can be
eradicated by proper mental disciplin-
ing and others can be restrained.
Making over Unborn criminal instincts
by educational methods, however, is q
little too much to expect Of the teacher.
Removing opportunity and incentive,
together with fear of punishment, have
been the only eflcient restraints so
far, and these agencies are Just as
necessary to prevent people not natu-
rally criminals from falling into
vicious ways. The experience Of
criminologists has been that education
only enhances the danger from the
Inherent criminal, Just as 1t increases
the powers for good of people of good
instincts.
Some OF u educators Ere troubled
with the same complaint which afiicts
vendors Of quack nostrums in that they
hold their product up as the sur and
single cure for ali the Ills of humanity.
Education has no primary creative
power and can only develop and mould
what nature has implanted. BY de-
veloping and Strengthening the better
instincts where they are naturally
dominant and building up character.
education can, and doubtless does,
serve as a preventive Of crime. but
where crime is the dominating charac-
~teristie other repressive and penal
agencies will still be employed for
some time. and among them the de-
plored, yet necessary. prison.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Market for Fountain Pens.

The United States consular agent at
st. Petersburg reports to his home
government that there is a good open
ing for American fountain pen manu-
facturers in Russia. The consular re-
port does not indicate whether the
fountain pen is unknown in Russia
and its adaptability to writing the
long Russian names has suggested the
idea to him or whether the domestic
article made a squirt" Just at the bot
tom of a closely written page. What
ever the reason. he insists that Amer
lean fountain pen manufacturers could,
IL they would, do a thriving business
In Russia.
Here Is certainly an opportunity to
extend American commerce, but man
ufacturers should be warned in ad-
n that 1t requires a good pen with
staying qualities to master the intrica-
cies of the Russian language. 1t is
also necessary they should be able to
sneeze without splattering all over the
paper. We are not up on Russian
enough to advise thoroughly Just what
is needed, but with several years ex-
perience with fountain pens struggling
with simple English we are confident
that nothing but the highest grade
article will fill the bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT

Homiletic Review; Let a preacher
bring to the pulpit a 1.-THE Of tina prepara-
tion which is deemed indispensable for any
other profession, and we shall soon cease
to hear the cutlery against the deficiencies
and d~elinQuencies Of the method Of modern
preaching.
Philadelphia Press: The Rev. Or. Aked
gives this piece Of cheerful advice: BE
glad others lave money II you rave not,
and you will be astonished at the happi-
ness that will result to yourself" John
d. Rockefeller is the shining light OF DR..
Aked's church. Every member of the con-
gregation may be expected to become as
tonishingly happy by feeling glad that
Mr.. Rockefeller has so much money.
Baltimore American: A woman teacher
In Chinese Sunday school work In New
York, opposing the movement to substitute
men for women as teachers in these
classes, says that as an Illustration of how
the Chinese boys appreciate the work Of
their teachers she has known them to pre-
sent the girls with diamond rings, ex-
pensive laces and costly brlc-a-brac. This
argument looks as though other motives
than saving souls entered into the girls
religious zeal, and is all the more reason
why this work should be In the hands OF
men.
Boston Herald: An incident during the
visit OF the American battleships at Mar
seilies, in which American reverence and
faith In truths religious was contrasted
with French infidellty, serves as a revela-
ton OF a current in American life tina is
not always recognized by prophets Of evil
who cry out against the Goddess nation
and Goddess times in the United States of
today. When the American men Of Cath
Ollie faith went to mass in the cathedral
they were jeered and insulted by an in
fidel mob, which the local authorities took
no pains to dispense. Returning to the
ships. the story of the personal indignities
suffered and the insults offered to religion
and to the spirit Of reverence welde
Professionals and Catholics together.
Whereas on Sunday 4S8 men had marched
to the cathedral, the next day LOO went.
Presbyterian. Methodists, Baptists lined
up with Catholics to show the French that
in America religion is still a vital fact,
and that In the presence Of unbelief and
irreverence all barriers that divide Chris
tlans go down.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Trouble in South America.

An unusual international difficulty
has arisen In South America through
the arbitration award of the president
Of Argentina IN the Acre dispute be-
tween Peru and Bolivia. Originally
the territory was claimed by Brazil,
but in later years that country aban-
doned its contention and paid Bolivia
$1O,O00,OO0 to cede sovereignty.
When the deal was made Peru pro-
tested, asserting that the territory
belonged to Peru. but no attention was
paid to the protest, and now comes
the climax in the award of the arbi-
traitor declaring that title rests in
Peru.
Ordinarily South American coun-
tries incline to hostilities on slight
p~retexts, and the possibilities OF this
triangular %squabble are %portentious.
Peru is representative over what It
deems robbery by Chilli during their
last un~pleasantness and is not inclined
to yield this rich territory without a
struggle. Neither are the Bolivian
politicians likely to give up COM
~placently the 100000. Brazil
wants the territory because OF its
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Justice Brown on Divorce.

The utterance of Henry B. Brown,
retired justice of the United States
supreme court, on the divorce ques-
ton is a notable contribution to the
controversy. Mr.. Brown views d.
vorce in the light OF a long public
service on the bench which brought
the question home TO him in a prac-
teal way and. while he does not
palliate the evils OF lax divorce courts
and laws, he challenges the ecclesias-
tical view that all divorces are harm
full in themselves. The premises are
so at variance that there is little room
for argument between the two sides
on the ethics of divorce, as the jus
tice holds marriage to be a civil con
tract, subject to court review, while
the extreme eccleslastic denies both.
That the burden of public opinion is
with the judge is evidenced by the ex-
istence Of divorce laws in practically
every state and nation.
From the practical point of view
few will challenge the assertion Of
Justice Brown hat conditions often
render continuance OF marriage bonds
unbesrable and Injurious TO all con-
cerned. The great outcry is not
against the institution of divorce, but
against lax laws regulating II and still
more lax administration OF these laws
by the courts. The original diticulty
lies In the thoughtless and irresponsi-
BILE amer in which many marriages
are contracted which makes wedlock
a convenience instead OF a solemn
compact between the contracting
parties. Parties to such marriages
cannot be expected to appreciate the
consequences OF breaking up families,
but this does not 90 to the real ques-
ton Of the a~dvisability.
Justice Brown d~eprecates the
abuses OF the divorce court and would
probably Join in any EFFORT 20 Lessen
or eradicate them. but his judicial eI-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

Commenting upon the enactment Of
congress Of the census bills. the Out
look exclaims, Now for an honest
census" We heartily indorse the sen
timent and join in It, and unhesi-
tatingly express the belief that the
keynote Of the coming census should
be honesty. accuracy and expediency.
The taking Of this decennial census
is a prerequisite for the apportionment
Of representation in congress and Is
undertaken pursuant to the constitu-
tional provision, which requires rep
resentation and direct taxes to be APP
portioned among the several states
according to their respective num-
bers," and adds:
The actual enumeration shall be made
within three years after the first meeting
OF the congress of the United states, and
within every subsequent term Of ten years
in such manner as they shall by law direct.
While only two things we're APP
parently contemplated by the trainers
OF the constitution when they provided
for census enumeration, namely, the
apportionment Of representation in the
lower house Of congress and the dis
trlbution OF direct taxes-such taxes
having been imposed only once or
twice in our whole history-in fact,
man other equally important read
justments depend upon the honesty Of
a. .o,1, All AVR vital GfoftGftQG
all our per capita percentages, such as
our per capita taxes, our per capita
wealth, our per capita illiteracy, our
per capita debt, the ratio Of landless
to land-owning population, the relative
rank Of cities, counties and states, in
a word, all the figures on which we
base our measurements OF social, In
dustrial, educational and religious
progress depend upon the census In its
original meaning of simply counting
the people. In all this, ~inaccuracy,
due to ineficiency or ~carelessness, has
the same ~vitiating affect as deliberate
dishonesty.
The Outlook calls attention to the
tremendous magnitude of the census
task by reason of our great increase
of population, to count which will now
require nearly 400 supervisors and
10000 enumerstors. The dificulty of
recruiting an army of that size of men
at once. competent, alert and honest,
is s~elf-evident and must impress upon
the responsible heads in charge the
need of special care in the selection
and constant vigilance ove the work
Of the counting corps. In spite Of the
increased number to be enumerated,
the thirteenth census can, and should,
be made more accurate and more
quickly available than any of our pre-
vious
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
HEARTS DESIRE.

Julia c. r. Dorr in S~cribner's. 2
God give you your hearts desire,
Whatever II be-" she said;
Then down the gsllery's shining length
Like a thing of light she sped.
Her face was a strangers face;
Her name 1 shall never know;
But softly her benediction fell
AS the night winds breathing low.
Who knoweth the hearts desiref
It's innermost secret dream?
Its holiest shrine where the altar Light
Forever and ever gleam2
Who guesseth the hearts desireS
All, neither you nor II
1t hideth away in darkling space
From the gaze Of the passer-by.
Who giveth the hearts desire
To the child that cries for the moon1
Or the samite robe and the Holy Grail
To the soul that was born too soonf
}
Who giyeth the hearts desire ~
To the lover whose love lies deadf
Or the priest who faces the silence
With the living word unsaid?
Who giveth the hearts desire n
To the poet with harp unstrung,
When he droppeth the trembling Tyre ,
With the noblest song unsungf :
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Lewis Strikes KeynOts.

President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers has struck the keynote in
his address before the mine operators
convention, in which he said the time
had passed for appeals to force to set
tie differences between miners and
their employers and that resort must
be had to intelligent arbitration.
No other industry lies so close to all
lines of business activity as coal min
ing. Coal is the first requisite for
power needed in every branch of man
ufacturing and transportation as we'll
az a home necessity, particularly in
winter. The nature of the business
and enormous consumption precludes
storing sufficient mined coal to keep
business going for any great length of
time and stoppage of mining means
business paralysis and physical dis
comfort to people not parties to the
controversy. Whether the miners and
operators will IT or not, public senti-
ment undoubtedly will soon force this
view upon them, as on several recent
occasions when public opinion has
forced a settlement.
1t is a hopeful sign that Mr.. Lewis
takes this view. as 1t is fair to pre-
sumo that 1t is also the view Of the
men composing the organization he
represents. If the operators will like
wise endorse the sentiment and neither
of them forget It when they disagree
the next time the country will have
occasion to rejoice.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Watering of Stocks.

In a recently adjudicated case the
reorganization committee of a New
York street railway put forth a plea
which was sustained by the court, but
which does not appeal to IL ordinary
ideas Of equity. 1t was proposed to
reorganize the company by issuing
the same amount of stocks and bonds
carried by the bankrupt company and
the receiver insisted hat this was not
stock watering because the old stock
holders had paid par for the securi-
ties and 1t was no ones business what
had been done with the money or for
how much the new concern was capt
talized.
This is directly at variance with leg
islative enactments In many states and
with court decisions almost every
where, particularly when applied to
public service corporations. While
such securities are liable to be a fraud
upon the man who invests his money
in them. this is of small moment be-
side the right which the public serv-
Ice corporation claims to fix its charges
sufficiently high to pay a return on the
capitalization. The public is forced
by conditions to patronize these cor
porations and to pay the price which
will produce the An indi-
vidual or corporation doing a private
business which is not a forced levy
upon the public can exact what he can
get and 1t is only his own concern
what his profits are or whether there
are any profits. The grant to a fran
chised corporation implies the giving
Of adequate service at a fair price and
that fair price a reasonable return on
the investment. The watering of
stock and issue Of bonds representing
no investment becomes a fraud on the
public when used to shield exactions
that would not be sustained on an
honest capitalization.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
A Great Irrigation Entsrpris..

The government has just completed
the Gunnison tunnel in Colorado,
which will turn water onto $50 square
miles of rich land until now useless
for agriculture. II is the greatest
completed irrigation enterprise in this
country. and at a cost Of not to sxceed
100000 will add about $1,000. 900
70 me wealth of the country, according
I o the estimates Of experts. 1t must
also be borne in mind that ultimately
not one penny of the cost Of this great
work will come out OF the public treas
ury because Il will all be repaid by
those who secure the land. and the
proceeds again used to turn water
onto other arid tracts. When the
promoters of these irrigation projects
first asked for appropriations they
were called Missionaries. but they re-
piled that so also were the men who
hrst settled In the land west Of the
Missouri river, who nevertheless de-
veloped It into n OF the garden spots
Of the world. While only a beginning
has been made toward creating the
greatest area Of irrigated land in the
world. and at the present rate 1t will
be many years before all the available
land is redeemed. the successful.
achievement Of the vision Of irrigation
10 achieved.
From an engineering standpoint the
Gunnison project deserves attention
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
SERMONS IN SHORT METER.
f-denIal IL self-dascovery.

Self-denial is self-discovery.
There are few weeds N q busy life.
The only way to save seed is to SOW r.
self-conquest is the secret Of al great
courage.
The next worst thing 10 having no
friends is to be without f6ss.
There are no Innocent bystandors whom
an injustice Is being done.
You do not preserve the faith By keep
ing the faithful in a pickle
All the slaves OF lust are proud Of their
collars branded 'Liberty,'
We lose any great attainment when we
try to turn It into a resting place.
Culture alone cannot make character
but character alone gives culture.
You get little comfort out OF the man
who has been used to consoling himself
Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

BY a tunnel six miles long the water is
conveyed through 9 mountain from a
valley which has water, but little
available land, to a valley which has
rich land. but no water until the tun-
mel brought It. In addition to water
ing the land the tunnel develops 2O,-
600 horse power, which It Is expssted
will soon be in demand. and will GER
tainly be harnessed to useful purpose
in tie NO distant future.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Good Thing for Criminals.

The supreme court of Tennessee has
ordered a new trial for the night riders
who killed Captain Quentin Rankin. on
the ground that the defense was entitled
TO 1872 ~peremptory challenges instead Of
only twenty-four, which the trial court
allowed. Under the Tennessee law any
one who has heard a CASE discussed or read
OF It in the newspaper is ineligible for jury
duty in tina case. Under this rule, and
with 1o2 %peremptory challenges TO be ex-
ercifed, Il will probably take 1872 years to
obtain a new jury.