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The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
THE JAMES ]. HILL NEST EGG.
How Great Northern MaGnate and
Associates Made $4OO,OOO,OO


Associates Made $4OO,OOO,OOO.
Our enthusiasm concerning the roman
tic phases OF American railroad history
should not lead US 10 overlook the extra
ordinary liberality wherewith our gov
ernment once bestowed the public do
main upon any gentlemen that happened
70 be in the railroad line OF enterprise
says Charles Edward Russell In the first
OF d remarkable series OF articles about
the methods of James J. Hm IN Hamp-
toms Magazine for April Aided by a
corps OF expert accountants. the maya
zine has spent months IN gathering the
facts and figures upon which this intro
ductory article is based. Reciting the
first chapter In this greatest Of all rafl-
road rOmances. the writer explains that
In 1857 what is now the State Of Mime
sofa was a Territory. and that on March
OF that year the Congress OF the United
States granted to the Territory Of Min
ncsota a vast area OF public lands to be
used 20 encourage the building OF rail-
roads. Nineteen days later. which at
that time was about as quickly as the
good news could reach ST Paul. the Ter
ritorial legislature chartered the Mime
sofa and Pacific Railroad Company.
which patriotic gentlemen had formed
IN expectation OF Congressional generos-
ity, and to them, therefore. was conveyed
much Of the land besto we'd by Congress
subsequently enhanced By further lar
gesse Of the same kind
SAYS Mr. Russell.
What this was I hesitate somewhat
10 say because I doubt II in these davs
shall be believed. I can Onl~ assure
YOU that I have examined the records in
the Federal court at ST. Paul and what
with dlhidence 7 transcribe here Is taken
from official documents From these II
appears that In its fnal state the gift
OF public property upon the patriotic
gentlemen In the railroad way was. free
CT all charges. all the odd-numbered Sec
tions OF land for a distance Of ten miles
on each side Of the projected line OF the
railroad a section. let me remark in
your ear, consists OF so acres. and the
iano was the richest, the most fertile
the most desirable in the Northwest
Few facts seem more romantic than
this Mr, HIN is much admired because
he has served without salary as general
manager and as president OF HIS railroad
II he had been paid salary OF $1,000 a
year he would by this time have drawn
from the enterprise $l.5OO0oo.
He mas had no salary. but he has
with Lord Mount Stephen and Lord
Strathcona and others, drawn from the
enterprise his share Of a very much iarg-
CT sum.
TO wit 407.000000.
This sum has been taken from the en-
terprise and divided among them. exclu-
sive, please note. exclusive OF all divi-
dendS interest or ofte- ar,,ol,,-,,.-...
S4G. .OOo000 in thirty wears. Does that
amount seem Incredible or stupendous 10
you? I assure you IL is only a part Of
the colossal profits coined from An in
veStment OF nothing by this most won
derful OF all machines.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
CRUCIFIED AND RISEN
RY sARAH ApsT CLENoNs.

Jesus crucihed; Not TO appease the
malevolence Of a fury-lashed mob. not
to satisfy the judgment OF a Sanhedrin
tribunal. but that His humanity might
hnd its fulfllmnt in His divinity,
Had there been no wilderness expert
ence OF temptation and overcoming. there
would have been no victory IN the Geta-
semane Garden. and the Via Crucis
would not have been transformed into a
Via Triumphalis
Had he not lost Himself al the cross.
He would not have found His Self in the
Resurrection.
The attainment 10 the Divine Con-
sciousness travels over the mountain top
OF temptation through Gethsemane. and
10 the Calvary Tree. which, II used for
the crucifxion OF the sense. man becomes
Transmitted into the Tree of Life, stand
ing at the crossing OF the road which
leads out from law and unto grace.
In crossing out personality for Himself.
He crossed II out for all creation. In
crossing out all limitations OF humanity
for Himself, he crossed them out for the
race for all time.
Deny, they. thyself take Up thy cross.
end follow, not only TO thy Calvary, but
on. with Him. into thy Resurrection and
Ascension Life.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
The PesSimist.

Frum LppinCotts
4 hard-looking citizen. who showed
every indication OF having made a night
Of 1t and then some. walked along Beacon
street, in Boston. and sat down YEARLY
upon one Of the marble steps OF a hand
some residence.
The owner Of the house az a lower
window. watched him for some time as
he sat with his bewhiskered chin sunk
upon his breast. in an attitude Of deiec-
ton. an expression OF utter disgust upon
his face At last he opened his mouth
and said IN husky and cantankerous
voice
TO hell nit the church, To hell nit
the Pope. To he'll NIT everybody,-'cept
Rosie
There was another long silence Then
suddenly he arose and said defantIv as
he walked away
ITO hell nit Rosie"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
LEWIS NIxON's NEW AERIAL GUN.

still later date. namely in June, 1929 an
interment with similar indignities TO the
dead body took place at the junction OF
Eaton street and Grosvenor place. II is
difficult TO conceive anything more bar
baTcus
The thrusting of a body into a grave
IN unconsecrated ground without any re-
ligious ceremony whatsoever is but one
remove better. And the established
Church Of England by relegating this
cruel fashion TO the past, has shown itself
TO be not only enlightened. but also truly
Christian.
tCOpyright. 1903 BY the Brvatwood Conpeny)
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
Letting the Cat Ont.


Say, grandpa. make noise like a
frog" ooaxed little Tommy
What for. my SOM
Why, papa says that when you erosk
we'll get s. 600"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11

To-mOrrow-The Hemp Industry.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
w. a.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

at this time in this fact above all
others, that the great man who gave
his name to these policies has. for his
successor another great President
whose administration is most solemniy
pledged to the support OF them.
I stand for the Roosevelt policies
because they set the common good
of all of us above the private gain
of some Of US; ecaus they recog-
nize the livelihood of the small man
as more important to the nation than
the profit of the big man.; because
they oppose all useless waste at pres
ent at the. cost of robbing the future;
because they demand the complete.
sane and orderly development Of all
our natural resources, not forgetting
our rivers; because they insist upon
equality of opportu. ity and %denounce
and special privileges; be-
cause d~iscarding false issues, they deal
directly with the vital. questions that
really make a difference cSith the
welfare of us all-and~ most Of all,
because in them the. plain American
always and, everywhere holds the first
place. And I propose to stand for
them while I nave the strength to
stand for anything.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
A NIGHTMARE.

The Ultimate Consumer peeked from
out his slumbers drear;
HIS Shoes were walking round the
room and acting very queer,
why should we kick ?" the Brogans
Kissed,
Were on that dear Protected
Wen pinch poor Mr.. Ultimate a little
more next year,
The Ultimate Consumer saw his
Trousers lean and tall
Go dancing DER the Carpet from their
place upon the vail.
Good news." they whispered to The
Hose,
"We're saved again from foreign
foes;
But poor old UT must pay the bill if
he wear Clothes at ALL
The Ultimate Consumer heard some
Voices down below
The Groceries in the Kitchen were dis
cussing Uncle Joe.
I'm going up" the Sugar said.
"And so am T." replied the Bread.
We've all got friends in Congress-
chuckled Coal Oil,
"ain't hat 500"
The Ultimate Consumer tried to SUM
Der, but alas!
His Bed began to frolic like a yearling
turned to grass.
Scat cried the Bed, "get off mel
I'm made Of Western 1umber-see i?
You can afford a Bed, sir, since they
let that Schedule pass"
The Ultimate Consumer saw (and he
was sore afraid)
The K~itchenware, the Knives and
Forks pass by in cruel parade.
"A Razor snarled, Hes mine, he's
minei
Friend Aldrich ground me very
On, steely sirs!" he cried: and at our
wretched Hero made.
The Ultimate Consumer (who had al
ways done his share
TO pay the Senate's salary and keep
the Senate there),
He gave a shrill and startled scream
Which woke him from his troubled
DREAM.
His brow was wet with clammy sweat
and bristling was his hair.
The Ultimate Consumer said, Il ulti-
,mately see
The ultimate reward of my Protected
Industree,
IF high-priced Statesmen legislate
The Tariff to it's Ultimate
They'll soon consume the Ultimate
Commemorative is me"
-Wallac Irwin, in Life.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Big Yield of Corn Per Acre.
(French Broad Hustler.)

IuSllcI.)
Mr.. Henry Jordan, who lives just
outside of town on the Osceola Lake
road, has a crop of corn on his fine
place there which demonstrates the
possibilities Of Henderson county
farming.
Three years ago this 18-acre tract
would not have raised SO bushels of
corn. This year, after cutting 80 tons
or nay, Mr.. Jordan will gather not
less than 1900 bushels of corn. Next
year he will have it bringing not less
than 100 bushels to the acre, and corr
is selling now in his town for s1.10.
The lane will be put in wheat this
fall. h will be followed by peas
and Mr.. Jordan confidently expects to
cut 40 tons Of pea vine hay from the
15-acre tract.
Mr. Jordan fed 80 head of cattle on
ms place last winter. This, of course,
is the secret of the marvellous in
crease from so to 800 bushels of corn
IN three years time, and is also
proof that Henderson county soil will
respond to the right kind of treatment
as quickly as the soil Of any other sec
ton Of the South.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17

Ii Increases in Import
anCe

h peanut is rapidly becoming an
important farm product Throughout
the Southern States, says the Septem-
Der Popular Mechanics in an illus
trated article. IT says:
Its vines are valuable as foraae
and the yeas that are not marketable
can be used for feeding purposes
Throughout the boll weevil district of
the cotton belt the peanut is grown
as a money crop, and special oil-pro-
ducing varieties will assist in keepin-
h oil mills of the Southern States
supplied with raw materials. The value
of n commercial peanut crop of the
United States fer the year 1908 wa,
estimated at $12, 600, 900.
Although the majority of people
recognize the peanut only as it an
pears for sale in the shell, hulled ana
sailed, as peanut candy, or in the
form Of peanut butter, many new lines
Of consumption have been found for
it in the past few years. In addition
to these uses, it is an ingredient of
peanut and vegetable meats, peanut
meal, and salad oils. In the prepare
ton of vegetarian meats a portion of
the Oil is pressed from the ground
peanuts, other ingredients, including
vegetable substances, are added, and
the whole is crushed and pressed into
tins ready for use. Peanut meal, made
from finely ground blanched peanuts
is used in CONNECTIONS, such as almond
m~acaroons and small cakes, to which
it imparts the desired almond fla
vOr. Peanut oil is used in the same
manner as olive oil; also for mixing
with cotton seed oil in order to i'm
prove the quality of the seed oil for
salad Peanut oil is of some
what lower value than first-class olive
oil, and is sometimes mixed with it
for the production of an Oil that can
be sold at a lower price han pure
olive oil. On the other hand, IT is
of a higher grade than cotton seed
oil. With a coming shortage of cot
ton seed from which to manufacture
oil in this country, there is a great
of building up a peanut-oil
industry throughout the cotton belt
will keep the oil mills flourishing.
A bushel of first-class peanuts, weigh
II pounds, will produce about 1
gallon of oil, worth As cents. and 20
pounds of oil cake and huHs, which.
ground and mixed together, is
worth approximately Is cents Such
peanuts must be obtainable at prices
not exceeding 40 cents a bushel to
make the oil industry profitable.
"By-products of the peanut are used
in the manufacture of feeds for farm
stock and dairy cows, and the plant
is being largely utilized as forage and
as q soil r~enovator. In large clean
factories the shells are generally
used for fuel, and the ash resulting
is aluable as a fertilizer.
The hin brown covering of the peas
nuts has a feeding value almost
equal to that of wheat bran, and is
desirable for mixing with
he smaller particles of broken peas
stool feeding"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
"A Fine Specimen of Wheat.
(DanburY RehectOr.)

&c y INCIIONCVI'
Mr.. L. l.. Venable, of Pinnacle,
sends the Reporter a stalk of wheat
which he says grew on land that
wouI not rave %sprouted peas ten
years ago. This stalk is a magnificent
specimen. five feet in length, large
full head, with a stalk which at the
base is more than half as large as a
pencil. Mr. Nenab!e adds tina the
shocks Of this grain look like rye
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17

Mr.. Lloyd Smith, of Beaver Dam
township, sent The Reflector "a. new
ear. of corr out OF his crop of tn I year
that is something to boast Of. It Is 33
inches long. 8 1-2 inches in circum-
and contains $50 grains.
Corn like that counts when it gets IN
the barn, and it shows what good
farming will prOduce-Greenville Re-
Hector.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Man Nincnty-Four Years Old Actively
at Work.
(GoIdsborO Argus

G~oldsboro had a remarkable visitor
today-a citizen of Wayne county. ma
tlVe-Dorn, residing in New Hope town
snip, where he farms regularly and
iabors with his own hands, Mr.. Levi
Garter, nlnety-four years old. Mr..
carter rented out his farm last year,
put hnd1nS that C!eness was irksome
TO MIN. he soon went t. work and
cleared up and plantCG an acre of new
ground. He is ha!a- and hearty and
gets about as agile as II man Of sixty.
- -------- /
The gushing preacher often leaves
a desert.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
TRANSFERS in REAL ESTATE.

The following transfers in real estate were
recorded in Waldo County Registry of Deeds
for the week ending August g. 1909:
Arson P. Benner Boston. to L. w. Benner
Northport; land in Northport.
Lewis W. Benner, Northport, to Annie E. W
Cobe, Chicago, ILL.,; land in Northport.
Ralph O. Critchett, Boston, to Thomas B
Berry, Belfast; land in Swanville.
Levi Harding Troy, to Annette E. Davis
d. land and buildings in Troy.
James W. Libby, Unity, to Harry L. Wan
ming, do; land in Unity.
Stephen P Larrabee, Unity, to Emily Loder
Pittsfeld; land in Unity.
Martha H. Roundy. Troy, to Olney R. Bag.
ley, Detroit; land and buildings in Troy.
Unity Lake Land and Improvement Associa
ton, Unity, to H. H. Grant, do; land in Unity
Olive Wilkins, Belfast, to Rose L. Sprague
ct ais, do; land and buildings in Belfast.
Hannah M. Whitaker, Unity, To John M
Waning, Troy; land in Troy.
Ida Chase Baker, Concord, Mass, to Henry
Hoyt Hilton, Chicago, ILL.,; land and building.
in Belfast.
Frank L. Ben D., Annie ", Herbert T. ant
Caroline W. Field, Belfast, to the Coe- MORT
mer Company, New York; land in Belfast
Northport Wesleyan G. C. M. Association
Northport, to E. R. Conner, Belfast land il
Northport
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
s'sgEEYSHONEYAs6TAR
<or css:dren: safe. sure. No ootafes
Admission to Soldiers Home.

To be admitted to the national home
for disabled soldiers, it is necessary that
one have an honorable discharge from
the service of the United States during
war in which he was engaged, and to be
suffering from disability which prevents
him from earning his living by labor. APP
plicants must stipulate and agree to abide
by all the rules and regulations made by
the board of managers or by its order; to
perform all the duties required by them,
and to obey all lawful orders of the Of
fcers of the home. By the law author
izing the home, the members are made
subject to the rules and az ticles Of war,
and will be governed thereby in the same
manner as if they were in the army of
the United States.
A soldier or sailor must forward with
his application for admission his discharge
paper, and when he is a pensioner, his
pension certificate, and if he has been a
member of State home, he must be
honorably discharged from that home for
a period of at least six months before
his application will be considered. If the
original discharge does not exist, a copy
of the discharge, certified by the war or
navy departments or by the adjutant
general of the State, must accompany
the application There are branches of
the national home at Dayton, O.; Mil
waukee, Wis; Togus, Me-; Hampton,
Va; Leavenworth, Kan; Santa Monica,
CAL; Marion, Ind Danville, ILL.,; John
son City, Tenn, and Hot Springs, S. D.
The president of the board of managers
is jor James W. Wadsworth, SAC
Broadway, New York.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
A Little Lumber Order.

A telephone message, occupying per-
haps five minutes, conveyed an order for
$4,000, 900 feet of lumber, and hardware
sufficient to build 10, 600 houses in Italy,
to be shipped within fifteen days. The
recipients at the other end of the wire
replied that the bill would be filled. The
United States Government forwarded
this large consignment with as little dis
play as though the order had been for the
janitor to put on more heat, instead of
for material to rebuild 10000 homes for
the sufferers in the Messna. earthquake.
Fifty trains of fifty cars each We're
needed to convey the lumber, which
would make six-inch walk from San
Francisco to New York and half way
back again or would reach across the
Atlantic to the heart of the stricken dis
trict. This vast mass of material was
assembled within the Brooklyn navy yard
and was loaded on vessels, which were
at sea within twelve days after the order
had been given. LETS Talk it Over, -
in the National Magazine for August.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT, G. A. R.

The party organized by Gen. James L.
Merrick of Waterville to attend the ma
tional encampment of the G. A. R. at
Salt Lake City left Maine August 4th in
special cars, which will run to Salt Lake
City without change. Among those in
the party were Gen. James L. Merrick
of Waterville, Mr. and Mrs. Wainwright
Cushing of Foxcroft, Maude M. Herrick,
president of the department of Maine,
Women's relief corps of Waterville; John
F. Foster of Bangor, Charles Smith of
Skowhegan, Eva R. Fox of Bethel, Mercy
P. Roberts Of Bangor, Elizabeth J. Saw
age of Bangor, Emily l. Cole of Bangor,
Sarah E. Putnam of Bethel, Rose 7. Wat
son of Bangor, Annie Doughty of Cum
berland Center, Annie c. Wiley of Port
land, Mrs. Hattie S. Whiting of Win
throp, DIR. j. L. Gibbs and DR.. J. H.
Harmon of Chicopee Falls, Mass, F. w.
Patterson of Industry, B. F. Young of
Brewer, j. A. Barker Of VIM, Mrs.
George Erskine of Belfast, William P
Fogg of Madison, George 7. Jacobs OF
Phillips, James E. Houston of Bucksport,
Hiram Andrews Of Lewiston, P. W. Dan
forth of Burnham, Annie G. Means OF
Unity, H. J. Miller of Houlton, Mr.. ano
Mrs G. A. Costich of Rochester, N. Y,
J. A. Jones of Bluehill.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
THE BARBARA LAUNCHED.
New Four asted Schooner for the Nc
Questen Company.

Questen Company.
The new four-masted schooner Bar
bara, built by the Richard T. Green COM
pany of Chelsea for the George McQues-
ten lumber company, was successfully
launched at the shipyard on Marginal
street August 4th. The christening was
done by Miss Charlotte A. Abbott of
Bridgton, Me-, the 13-year- old niece of
Capt. Fernando Francis of Maiden, who
will be master of the craft.
Just as the ship left the ways the bot
tie OF champagne slipped from the hand
OF Miss Abbott to the ground, without
touching the ship, but Capt. Francis
quickly recovered it and broke the bottle
across her bow. Shortly afterward the
schooner's bow got stuck in the ways
and it took the combined efforts of four
towboats to pull her off.
The Barbara is the first four-masted
schooner built at the yard. Her keel
was laid in the first week of January.
She was built for the understanding
trade between southern ports and this
city, and will have a capacity of 625, 900
feet of lumber.
Her general dimensions are: Length of
keel ITS feet, length over all 21O feet.
depth of hold 17.6 feet, beam 80 feet.
The Barbara is built to replace the Frank
Barnet, which was burned at sea last
year. Capt Fernando Francis of NAL
den, who was in charge of the Barnet,
will be the skipper of the new craft. =
Boston Globe
George A. Gilchrest of this city has
built number of schooners for the Nc
Questen company and Capt. Frances,
who is to command the Barbara, is known
to many in Belfast.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
a NEW TOWN IN COLORADO.
Messrs. A. ]. Condor and A. w. Thompson
Promoters and Proprietors.


In an interview with Mr.. J. F. Wilson,
nublished soon after his return from Col
orado. where he had spent the winter, he
made mention of an irrigation project
underway near Greeley, where A. ]. Con-
don. former Belfast boy, is conducting
large department store, and of the
further fact that Mr.. Condor and A. w.
Thompson, formerly of Belfast, but now
of Denver, had bought tract of land
which the new canal would greatly en-
nance in value. In fact, at that time
Messrs. Condor and Thompson had been
offered a large advance over the price
they paid for the property. A recent
issue of the Western World contains the
following article, which will interest the
MANY friends in this section of the gen.
tlemen mentioned:
The opening of the big Greeley-Poudre
canal will bring under cultivation about
100. 900 acres Of the best sugar beet, po-
tato and alfalfa land to be found IN Amerl-
ca. A number of new towns are now build
ing in the new district along the branch
line of the Union Pacific, now being con-
structed from Greeley to the center OF
the district.
Chief among these towns is Camtield,
named after the great irrigator. This
undoubtedly will be the big town and
trading point for the district-16 miles
from Greeley, located in Pleasant valley
one of the most fertile sections OF Colo
radcliffe future looks bright and pros
porous for the new city.
The town is plated on 800 acres OF
ground situated most advantageously.
Already about one-half of the business
lots on Main street have been sold and a
number of buildings are projected that
will soon be under way. The opening up
of the railroad by October LIST should find
city growing at the startling rate that
characterizes all Western enterprises.
An excellent flow of soft water is en-
countered at 250 feet that rises to nearly
rs feet from the surface. The company
is now building hotel and will have
we'll put in, to supply early arrivals.
The company has just commenced to
sell lots, having only received their deed
from the government June 10th, and the
next few months will see some heavy
buying at the prices now quoted. The
business lots on Main street-25xl25-
are selling at $500, and the residence lots
-5Ox125- being sold for $50 for IN
side property and $75 for corners.
Undoubtedly, the value OF Canned
lots will greatly enhance in value within
the next few months, and the choice
properties will bring many times their
present price within the next two years.
The officers of the company are: Al
bert Utter, president; A. W. Thompson,
vice-president; A. ]. Condor, secretary.