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Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

creased the original money PAID I'M
Of $500 to a capital stock Of so. "a
600 and that was worth 200 per cent
Of its face value. This business
was entirely built up from the earn
ings. There was no talk Of in
crease of rates then. What hap
pened to the plant during the last
three years that it should become q
losing proposition? Business had
not decreased. The number Of SUBJ
scribers had steadily increased, and
with it no doubt the long distance
business had increased. Why then
this great fall from a gilt-edged
security to losing property? All
in a year or two?
Answer. THE TRUST SECURED
CONTROL, and the Trust deceives
the public as to the real earnings.
Here is the proof
Under local control the exchange
reported to its stockholders that the
gross earnings from May l, 1903. to
Dec. 81. 1905. twenty months,
amounted to $17, ,359.44, or an aver
age of $813.12 per month, and this
when the total number of phones
was $40.
Under the Trust management, as
reported by that eminent telephone
committee, the gross earnings from
May l to Dec. /, 1907, seven
months, was IS, ,615.96, or $802.28
per month, with 500 phones in COM
mission.
Will the Gazette please explain
how the gross amount of revenue of
an exchange with $40 phones can
exceed that of one with 500 phones
with the same rates in effect?
Now please do not dodge this ques-
tion. Either prove our figures to
be wrong or admit that the public
has been deceived.
The question whether or not q
small exchange can be run more
cheaply than a large one seems to
depend upon whether the Trust con.
trolls or not. The small exchange
in the city of Little Falls controlled
by the Trust charges SITS pei
month for a party residence
phone, altho it has but 544 phones
on the board, while the large ex.
change under independent manage
ment in the city of Red Wing ha.
l 400 phones on their switchboard
and still charges only $1.00 a month
for a four-party residence phone
If you want figures from other ci
ties, we have them ready.
| If there is anything wrong will
the management or the rates of tn
city plant it can be remedied. Th'
people have absolute control. Will
the Trust the people have absolute
ly nothing to say but to walk VI
. and pay what they are asked or d.
> without conveniences which the,
are entitled to have.
Why is it that the Gazette is s.
absolutely certain that everythin,
: pertaining to the Trust-owned tele
: phone system is all right Will
everything pertaining to the cit
, plant is all wrong? Is it not a fac
that whenever it has had choic
, to make of aldermen it has ex
; pressed its preference for the mai
; who has been hostile to the idea O
municipal ownership? In spite o
, years and years of hostile alder
men. the plant has still prospered
With fair treatment, the wate
and light plant will do still bette
in the future.
2. All! Does the Gazette thinl
there is any doubt that the city i
being flim-flammed by the tele
phone people? Is it not a fact pa
tent to all? The question is nov
which is the best way to oust them
If after a long drawn out suit tn
J cOnrts sh0l1d find that there il NJ
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

that 1t figured in as a part in a
larger deal and that it was no doubt
considered as one of the juciest
plums in the bargain.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

2. All! Does the Gazette think
there is any doubt that the city is
being flim-flammed by the tele-
phone people? Is it not a fact pa
tent to all? The question is now
which is the best way to oust them.
If after a long drawn out suit the
courts should find that there is no
technicality that would save the
Trust at Willmar and the system
would be put out of business, the
question of an exchange to take it's
place would then have to be met.
Why not meet it now? Why de-
prive the citizens of Willmar a
chance to develop a popular tele-
phone exchange that would place
the city in the van in the line Of
progress in this respect as we'll as
in others?
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

Getting your pay in advance also
has its drawbacks. F. E. Gartside
Of Winona has been recommended
for the position of census supervi-
sor of the First congressionalld dis
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-05-28

No you know what it means, boys
ID who as n" from the north and tn.
south
Do you know what 1t means.
This twining of greens
Round the silent lannon's mouth,
This strewing with flowers the grass
grown grave,
This decking with garlands the statues
brave,
This Haunting of flags
All in tatters and rags,
This marching and singing.
These bells %a-ringing,
These faces grave and these faces gay,
This talk of the blue and this talk of the
gray.
In the north and the south Memorial day?
Not simply a show time. boys and girls,
Is this day of falling flowers.
Not a pageant play
Nor a holiday
OF flags and floral bowers.
1t is something more than the day that
starts
Warm memories a-throb in veteran
hearts.
For across the years
10 the hopes ana IearS,
To the days of battle.
OF roar and of rattle,
To the past that now seems so far away,
Do the sons of the blue and the sons of
the gray
Gaze, hand clasping hand. Memorial day.
For the wreck and the wrong of 1t. boys
and girls.
For the terror and loss as well.
Our hearts must hold
A regret untold
As we think of those who fell.
But their blood. IN whichever side they
fought.
Remade the nation and progress bought.
We forget the foe.
For we live and know
That the lighting and signing.
The falling and dying,
We're but steps toward the future-the
martyrs way.
Down which the sons of the blue and the
gray
1sursufIn 5vs Er1 przss Memorial Day
Wide Awake.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-05-28
WILDWOOD.

Pastor T.. G. Dolly, of the Lutheran
church, has arranged interesting Me-
mortal day services at his church for
next Sunday. In the morning at l0.45
he will preach to the army veterans
Miss Marie Huppert will sing a solo
entitled "How Sweet the Name of Je-
sus Sounds and there will be an an
them by the choir. The subject for
the evening sermon at 100 will be "A
Motto for the Home.u A solo entitled
"Oh Fair, the Cleans of Glory will
be rendered by Miss Buzby. A quar-
tette composed of Mrs. Geisenberger,
Miss Buzby, Mr.. Rakestraw and Mr..
Huppert will sing crock of Ages"
Mrs. Geisenberger will sing a solo en-
titled Calvary" and the service will
close with an anthem by the choir en-
titled ooh, be Joyful in the Lord"
Mrs. Catharine Doyle. of Philadel-
phia, is spending several weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Ryan.
Misses Lille Crabtree and Olive Car
son are spending the summer in Wild
wood, where they will have charge OF
the WEIGH grape juice store in the Ba-
ker block on the boardwalk, which
will open on Saturday of this week.
The Wild wood Memorial Veterans
Association will attend the Lutheran
church in a body on Sunday morning,
May Both, and in the evening they will
attend services at the Hollywood M. e.
church.
All kinds of delicatessen and lots of
them at city prices at Albig's.
Mrs. A. G.. Clark arrived in Wild
wood this week from Texas, where she
spent the winter.
All veterans on the island and visi-
ting veterans are invited to take part
in the Memorial day exercises next
Monday. Dinner will be served at
Cedar Hall. Assemblyman l. It Mich
OILS, the speaker, and also the Memorial
day committee will be entertained at
that house.
Harry Hetteroth, of Tacony, Phila-
deiphia, was down on Sunday. He
owys lot 41acf1g on S6nset lake and
contemplates building.
For Rent-Cottage, handsomely
equipped, nice large rooms, directly on
the speedway, North Wild wood. APP
ply M. V. B., JOURNAL office.
Home made pretzels, good and crisp,
at Albig's. n
E. r. Muslin, advertising manager
of the Germantown, Pa, Telegraph,
was here on Monday.
Cape May county this year will re-
-ceive 81, 200 from the State auto fund
for the improvement of county roads.
Last year it was given 81 500. Senator
Hand succeeded in getting the increase.
H. A. Spencer will be glad to see his
friends and others at the Casino bowl
ing alleys and pool room.
George Davis, the high school teach
-er, has purchased the refreshment
stand on Wild wood avenue, adjoining
the JOURNAL office, from j.. w. Marsh
and opened it for the season.
Philip Gould made a business trip to
Oxford, Pa, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Thompson, of
Oak Lane, Pa, have been spending the
past few days in their Pine avenue cot
tage and have been entertaining Miss
Nellie Haight, of Glassboro.
Leave your money on 5 Mile Beach.
On Fridays 2 popular music for 25c; 8
Wildwood cards for &c at John g.
Funck's Surprise Novelty Store. \
That it pays to advertise in this pa
per ia proven by the experience of one
of our merchants who received an or
der for goods recently from Culver,
Kansas, through an advertisement in
the FIVE MILE BEACH JOURNAL.
N--a--I -. --n Q
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-05-28
NOTICE


Hereafter all resolutions of
respect or lengthy funeral
notices, all notices of fairs,
festivals or public exhibitions
where charges of admission
or sales are to be made will
be charged for at the rate of
five cents per line.
JED DUBOIS,
THE JOURNAL
T. c. HAMILTON,
THE SUN
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-05-28
HOLLY BEACH

Mrs. Robert Bond and son Russell,
of Roberts avenue, are spending a week
in Philadelphia.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
CREW SAVED BY
SONG AND PRAYER
CAPTAINS WIFE ENCOURAGES
SAILORS WHO LOSE HEART
DURING HEAVY STORM.
SPURS MEN TO COMBAT FIRE
Tells Bible Stories to Frightened Tars
and They Work FierceIy Until
Rescued by Passing
Tramp Steamer.

New York.-It was the courage and
fortitude Of Mrs. Helen Hudson, the
bride Of Capt. Hudson, that thwarted
death which threatened the crew of
the schooner Henry Clausen, Jr., for
three days in mid-ocean
With the vessel waterlogSed and
twisted into mass of wreckage by
a tropical hurricane, Mrs Hudson
kept the men at a task that they
deemed hopeless, by the Bible stories
that she related and the hymns she
sang. This kept the derelict afioat.
Seated on the shattered palings of
the forward hatchway the captain s
wife sang while the men manned the
only pump that had not been disabled.
AS the sailors fought the sea that
surged in through the rents in the ship
Mrs. Hudson's voice kept time TO the
chugging of the pump.
When calm came over the ocean, the
craft caught fire and the flames spread
rapidly over the upper part of the ship,
which dried quickly under the fierce
rays of the tropical sun. The pump
suddenly became disabled and the sail
ors, in frenzy of fear, rushed aft, in
tending to jump into the sea rather
than face their greatest enemy, fire.
But Mrs. Hudson met them on the
quarter deck. Standing beside her in.
jured husband, she babe the tars, in
the name of God. to fight the fire. The
men stopped, abashed. AS they did so
she grasped a bucket half filled with
rainwater, and, shouting the words of
the "Sicilian Mariners Hymn, d
jumped forward and dashed it over
the flames.
Her brave act was a talisman to the
men, With a hearty cheer. each one
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
costliest Railroad in America.

Regarded by engineers as marvel
of construction is the Spokane. Port
land 4 Seattle railway, 42S miles, the
most direct line between Spokane and
Portland. The road, built jointly by
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific systems, is the most expensive
In America.
The line will permit of longer trains
being hauled over it than any other
road in the country. There are no
sharp curvatures, the greatest being
three degrees, and as result one 10
connective can pull from Spokane to
Portland as many cars as it can start
on level ground. This is expected to
set new records for heavy loading.
Twenty miles of the line between
Pasco and Kahlotus cost $5,000,0O0, or
$25O,000 a mile. while mile of road
along the bluffs overhanging Snake
river involved an expenditure OF
100000 To survey and build this
part of the line, which follows. the
Columbia river, men were suspended
over the cliffs with ropes, but while
there were many narrow escapes, not
life was lost, nor was any one seri-
ously injured.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
Safety for Electricians.

The increased use of electricity on
the Pennsylvania railroad has led to
study of the dangers of handling
live wires and the methods that must
be employed in reSuscitating those
who have been stunned by an electric
shock. A special pair OF pliers has
been designed which enables a man
to cut live wire carrying $4,000 volts
without danger to himself To re-
move the wire from body when no
other means are at hand coat is
placed under the wire and lifted by
the sleeves to raise the wire off the
body. This was found perfectly safe,
even when the garment was damp
Experiments with fire streams
showed that there was no danger of
the current flowing down the stream
of water even from high-voltage
line when the operator beld the noz-
zle at distance of between three and
four feet from the wire. Experiments
with chemical extinguishers showed
that they were very dangerous where
a solid stream was played on the
wire.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
SIipshod WARMING Sufficient.

On one occasion the engine of a
freight train in certain island in the
West Indies had completely broken
down, but no thought was given to
the danger that threatened the follow
ing passenger train till it happened
to occur to an official that some steps
should be taken to avoid another more
serious accident. Accordingly, the man
slowly rolled a cigarette, lighted it,
and strolled up the line in the direc-
ton of the approaching train, where,
having selected comfortable position,
he sat down upon the grass at the
side of the metals AS soon as the
train approached, the man, by this
time half asleep, raised himself from
his recumbent position and held up
warning finger.
This slipshod method of indicating
danger was, however, quite sufficient
to cause the driver to see that some
thing was wrong, and he promptly
stopped the train and, alighting from
his engine, proceeded to discuss the
weather, and incidentally the break
down, with the official upon the bank.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
RAIL THAT CANNOT SPREAD.
Invention Of Value Said to Have Been
Made in Pittsbura.

The prevention of all possible
chance of breaking or spreading is the
important advantage claimed for .
steel rail and tie combined recently in
vented and patented by two Pittsburg
workingmen, ]. ]. Fitzgerald and Louis
Mcfarland. Railroad managers are
watching the new device with the
greatest interest, for it it will do one
half what its inventors maintain, 1t
will eliminate more than 80 per cent
of the accidents on American steam
and electric roads.
The construction of this new rail
and tie is simplicity itself. 1t requires
no nuts, bolts or fish plates, and when
once in place can, it is said. be main
tanned in perfect condition at much
less cost than the style now in use.
A feature of the invention is the
ingenious way in which the rail and
tie are securely joined. This is done
by means of a tapered round pin, split
at the small end. This pin is inserted
so tightly that the split end spreads
out and holds it firmly in place. Add
ed strength is secured by an improved
tongue at the base of the rail which
is said to be twice as strong as that
in general use at present. The chance
of breaking or spreading is further
guarded against by the slot in the tie
into which the tongue fits, and the
fact that the new rail requires no
welding prevents all danger of trouble
from contraction or expansion of the
metal
The difficulty which is experienced
in securely imbedding the present
fiat beam cross ties is entirely re
moved. The new tie is arched at the
base, thus enabling the ballast to be
packed solidly around it and per
manent foundation secured in any
kind of roadbed.-New York Ameri-
can
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
They Swarmed Out Of the Tunnel in
About 10 Flat.

woolly-headed bull in dark tunnel?'
Never did replied Patrolman Os
born Met bull in pasture in
Illinois, but as we were soon going in
the same direction pretty rapidly,
never got much acquainted"
We'll, the thought occurred to me
that somebody ought to warn the en-
gineer of the north-bound train, said
Detective Barbee. Now, you stay
here and hold the bull in check while
/ flag the train"
mo, let's both flag the train" said
Patrolman Osborn. Il don't know this
bull at ALL and maybe he doesn't
speak my language.
Echoes of hoof beats coming toward
the men decided the question, and
they swarmed out of the tunnel in
about ten fiat.
When they informed the engineer
of the danger ahead, that genial mon
arch of the locomotive laughed.
Come into the tunnel in about ten
minutes and see if / have met the
BULL" said he. Then the train pulled
out
Fifteen minutes later the bull, unin
jured and Disguised with tunnel life
promenaded on the King street sta
ton platform. Four stout baggage
smashers seized the rope and the ami
NAL was returned to it's owner.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
BULL HUNT IN 4
RAILROAD TUNNEL
ECHOES OF HOOP BEATS HEARD
COMING AND RECORD TIME is
MADE TO DAYLIGHT.
ENGINEER WARNED OF DANGER
Cab Driver, Detective and Policeman
All vanquished by the Bovine
Terror, Who Finally Becomes
Disguised with Passage.

Seattle.-An escaped bull, believing
with rage and fright and dragging a
long rope which was attached to his
horns, charged into the Great North
ern tunnel here shortly before five
o'clock the other evening. The ami
NAL had been unloaded from a car in
the switch yards and two men had
undertaken to lead it with q stout
rope when the bull decided to go in
wholly different direction. The bull
prevailed, and finding easy going be-
meath the Jackson street bridge,
plunged into the gloom of the tunnel,
where it could be alone in it's hour of
grief and fright.
Two bus drivers who were waiting
for trains viewed the terrifying spec
tacle of the bull and the cloud of Gin
ders. and straightway informed Patrol
man George Osborn that the tunnel
was full Of bulls
Maybe it was buffaloes," said one
bus driver. I'VE just saw the air full
of dust and a string Of bulls block
long go into the tunnel
Detective Lee Barbee was at the
station, and joined with Patrolman Os-
born in the hunt. The trail was
picked up at the mouth of the tunnel,
where the rope had dragged in the
mud The policemen decided that the
bull could not wander far afield be-
meath the city, and started at brisk
run.
When they arrived at point al
most beneath the Lincoln hotel, Detec-
tive Barbee heard hoof steps in the
pitchy dark.
Say, Osborn said Detective Bar
bee, did you ever meet big,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
A Hair-Raisinu Predicament.

For an improbable occurrence the
predicament which befell an English
engine-fitter would be very hard to
beat. In the course of his duties
some time ago he had to take part in
the repairing of locomotive
To do this he had to squeeze him
self into the water tank, the inlet
OF which was exceedingly small He,
however, managed to get inside with
out much difficulty, but was Mortified
on finding that he could not possibly
get out again.
His fellow workmen did their best
to get him out, but all in vain, and
finally the helpless prisoner became
utterly exhausted and lay in the tank
unconscious. Before he could be res
cued from his prison house the engine
had to be taken to pieces, and a num-
Der of mechanics were Immediately
summoned for the purpose.-En glish
Paper
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
Now the Hobo Doq.

A new kind of hobo has put in ar
appearance in Aberdeen, S. D. 1t IS
dog-that has all the habits and in
stincts of the western tramp. The
dog makes trips over the Milwaukee
extension, using freight trains at will
for it has made friends with all train
crews The dog has been named
Boomer, and frequently visits town
makes friends, and eats few meals
but it refuses to remain. When the
next freight comes along the dog
jumps aboard the caboose, ways his
tail. and banks a farewell. Wherever
1t goes it is we'll treated Boomer
seems to know all about the trains
when they are due and the direction
they are going. and he seldom is car
ried back Immediately toward the
place he has just left. Boomer re
sembles a shepherd dog with pro
bounced retriever habits.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
PRISON LIFE TO BE JOY.
Warden of Iowa Penitentiary Has New
Ideas for Running Place.

Des Moines, Ia. = Urging that IN
mates of the state penitentiary have
tailor-made suits, Numbered shirts and
polished shoes, instead of the present
prison garb, Warden j. C. Sanders of
the Fort Madison penitentiary created
a sensation before the state board of
control at the regular meeting here.
He finally told the board that so long
as he is warden no prisoner will be
beaten, that he purposes to abolish the
solitary confinement and will do all
within his power to furnish pleasure
to the inmates of the penal institu-
ton.
He condemned many of the state
laws, fayed judges and prosecutors,
and pointed out that it is the legisla-
tors duty to abolish capital punish
following are a few of Warden Sand
er's expressions:
Il believe it is mistake to send a
man to the penitentiary for life on cir
cumstantial evidence.
The right of society to defend itself
is without question, yet with certain
limitations. Might is not always right,
and the majority is not always just
and fair We are human. The juror
or judge who acts on the theory that
honesty is the best policy is the fellow
you want to look out for, after all. be-
cause he acts from policy, and not
from sense of right. If man steals
q ride on roilr0ad ha lie called a
hobo, if he steals the whole railroad,
his name is emblazoned in history as
a 'financier.'"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
Standing Besice Her Injured Husband
She Babe the Tars to Fight the Fire.
grasped bucket and formed a bucket

grasped bucket and formed a bucket
brigade.
While the fire fighters were hard at
work plying their losing battle, sud-
denly the cry of sail no" was heard
The vessel sighted proved to be a
tramp steamship, who Immediately
came to the rescue. This ship took
the crew into Messina.
Such was the news brought to New
York by the italian steamship Rocca
The captain had talked with Capt
Hudson and Nhis wife who are now
waiting for home passage at Messina.
According to this captains story. the
Henry C1ausen, Jr., was trim three
masted schooner, laden with lumber
from Gulfport, Miss, to the Azores
The skipper, Capt. Hudson, was from
Bath, Me. 1t was his honeymoon trip,
his wife being a New England girl.
She it was who introduced the An
gelus prayer among the sailors of the
craft, which at first caused some
grumbling.
When the hurricane overlook the
Michaels Early in the fight with the
elements Capt. Hudson became dis
abled by a falling spar. The mate
took command, and reported that the
men were in paroxysm of terror and
refused to obey orders, budding in
the lee of the wrecked forecastle
hatch, the forecastle being awash.
On hearing these tidings, Mrs. Hud
son went on deck. and despite the fu-
rious seas that were breaking over the
decks, crawled to where part of the
stricken crew huddled Then 1t was
she babe them trust in God and told
them how the Saviour had quoted the
raging waters of Galilee. Her mighty
trust in the Divine Ruler inspired
them, and they were soon induced to
60 to work at the only pump that was
! left. This they worked while Mrs.
Hudson sang from the Gospel hymns
of old New England.
When the crew was later rescued by
the lifeboats of the tramp steamship,
as their boats had been early swept
away. each man saluted Mrs. Hudson
J as the one who had saved their lives.