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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
Public Rating.

Kansas City Star republican, :
These Aldrich-Payne republicans, who
voted for revision upward and then so
about peddling the miserable apology
that the tariff bill is the best that
could be secured under the circum-
stances" really rate themselves lit
tie bit lower-if pOssible-than they
are rated by the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

Quincy Herald: Although Judge
David E. Mack was not an avOwed can
tiidate for the nomination for supreme
judge, his nomination will necessarily
he under suspicion for some days. An7-
thing which apparently originates with
C. F. Snively and o. F. Berry is bound
to be under suspicion. We will have
to wait and see.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
Youthful Kansas Finanoiers.

Some young boys near Alma, Kan.
save been practicing high finance re
Gently by gathering crow eggs and
hatcked. In Kansas Il bounty Of
cent is allowed for crow eggs. bu!
therr IS Il bounty of > cents on crow3
and sitting hen charges no commits
sion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
Back Numbers.

Ir was hard for man to conceal his
smile when he saw the first steam car
riage. Looking back over the steps
from the original collection of strap
iron and springs to the present day To-
connective. it is hard to believe that the
one evOluted out of the other.
Henry Hudson's Half Moon doesn't
seem more than Il second cousin to the
present ocean liner, and The first auto
mobile looks about as impossible as Il
wheelbarrOw for Il family carriage.
1t will be thus with flying machines
when the air is at last full of them
Those that we admire now will have
an honored place in the museum, and
the aviators Of the future will only
wonder that any one ever had the
nerve to go up in the air in such a
craft.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

Now it appears that the monetary
commission must wait until ii hears
from Senator Aldrich. How would
you like 10 have as much TO say abodt
running the country as Aldrich?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
About to Make a Change.

what IS he going TO do now?"
brenthlessly asked the agitated young
woman. with her eyes on the daring
aeronaut who was clinglng TO his para
cEute.
HE Ia about 10 sever his connection
with the balloon" replied her escort.
''to accept position little lower
down"-FXchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

Chicago has plan for making n
garment workers settlement. with club
houses, baths. parks and other public
features. Are We so far from socialism
as we thought we were?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

SHE TORE THE LITTER INTO DIS AMI
FLUNG IT FROM HER.
man, l ought to give you an everlast-
ing good thrashing for even limiting
such {. thing. The girls my fiancee,
and-aDd"-
Thrash away. if you like, Tommy.
said Johnson calmly. Only remen-
Der you asked me not to talk in rid
dies
You blamed old misanthrope. said
Blake. with some show of temper.
''You-you-hard shelled old cynic. |
suppose you'd swear any girl got
engaged to had an eye only for my
money
johnson shook his head SLOWLY.
NO. wouldn't, and you know it, he
declared. But the Carringtops,
Tommy well, I'm afraid know them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

Mr.. Harriman's plan to plant trees
along the route of his 10000 miles OF
railroad is a big and worthy under
taking, though it makes the travel
very monotonous from the car window
view point
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
Clever.

"He always makes good begin
ming"
Every time
Considering that well begun Is half
done. why then do you say that he is
no good:"
because he always does somebody
on the strength Of his beginning and
skipS''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

pound u u L / IL 9
change of life. My
doctor told me it
was good, and since
taking it L feel so
much better that l
can do all my work
again. 1 t h in X
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e ge ia b lie Com
pound a fine remedy
for all wOman's
troubles, and /
rovar forget To fell
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

Reports are constantly heard OF
those who are TO profit by the tariff,
but no instance has yet come to light
of the consumer reaping any benefit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

Making fun out of a convention
called 10 nominate candidate for
state supreme justice will be found
serious joke before this campaign
is over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
HumOr and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN n. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.


TT all depends. The workingman Is
lauded for trying to avoid poverty,
and the burglar is jailed for the sans
thing.
Probably IL we were permitted to
choose and approve our nelghbors they
would turn out about the same.
Our friends are rarely seriously
alarmed until we seem to be needing
the loan of their pocketbOoks.
The stay at homes don't have to
worry over vacations anyway
The fellow whom it irritates when
he doesn't get what he is entitled to
has lot to worry about
Some things are so bad that If they
were worse they would be better.
Even when looking for something
fresh one doesn't care TO have il blow
III in the shape of a young man.
We don't mind unpleasant things as
long rs they take their unpleasant way
remote from ours.
When you see q scared man watch
ing an angry one it is a sign that some
thing is about To be doing.
There is nothing like having a lead
pipe cinch Ia make a man brave
enough to tell the truth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
Friday, August 20, 1909.

The new tariff measure begins its
, existence without single sincere
friend
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
HER
PHYSICIAN
ADVISED
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Columbus, Ohio. Ct have taken
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
Nothing Doing.

saw her.
And, to make the story interesting.
he married her the second time, sup.
pose?''
"Oh, no."
mo? What them"
There wasn't any second time"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

Economical.
"Gone back to the old pipe. senatorT"
'Yes: l am getting ready for visit
home''
Constituents like it,"
Not especially, but It comes cheap
err to- offer them pipeful than .
cigar"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
Only Possibility.

"Jones is growing handsomer every
day."
Il haven't seem him lately"
Neither have l, but l hear he got
smashed In the face with baseball,
and it must have made some change"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
The Freneh Filler.

Bleriot may not be so much,
But II not truly great
He beats the record and the dutch,
Invading while YOU wait.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

Some things are so bad that If they
were worse they would be better.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

The fellow whom it irritates when
he doesn't get what he is entitled to
has q lot to worry about
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

Even when looking for something
in in the shape of a young man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

The stay at homes don't have to
worry over vacations anyway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

We don't mind unpleasant things as
long rs they take their unpleasant way
remote from ours
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
THE ARGUS.

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20

Our friends are rarely seriously
alarmed until we seem to be needing
the loan of their pocketbOoks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
.FARGOANS DUPED
BY A CRATER
A STRANGER DOES A GOOD RusI-
NESS ON THE STREETS SELL
ING GOLD NUGGETS FOR 81 A
PIECE - TWEEDEN THROWS A
SCARE INTO HIM.

Say, Mister. Just found this pin
with this gold nugget on 1t and you
can have It at a bargain II you'll buy
1t now" thus were men accosted ON
n. p. avenue this morning 10y a wiry
little man with short growth OF red
whiskers. The seller of the nugget
also entered hotels and business NIL
ces on the avenue and did some busi-
ness.
One man bought the pin for 81, which
has a 81 gold nugget attached, at
least one other individual was seen to
buy but the price paid was not learn
ed. The only way the reporter knew
the pins could not have been gold was
because they were not found but came
in packages and were made for Just
the purpose they were put to.
Amos Tweeden had lots OF fun with
the red whiskered fellow. Amos had
watched the operations for some time
and finally strolled along the street
and accosted the man. Amos took
the pin and refused to pay for It, stat
ing that he was going to a jewellers
to ascertain it's worth. The pin man
protested until Amos was pretty near
Broadway when he lodged into a cigar
store, out the back way and over to
| Front street as a new field of OPERA
| ton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
Wheat Gossip.

Chicago, Aug. 12.--Wheat: Liverpool
opened unchanged to V higher in
sympathy with our firm close and es-
Inmates of only 100000 bushels from
the Argentine, however. was * to "
lower, with selling pressure attributed
TO free offerings again in from Russia
and estimates Of as high as ITS, ,O00, 900
bushels for the Canadian crop. Com
tinental markets were also lower. Mar
ket opened half cent lower but Of
ferings were absorbed by commission
houses, and a rally OF over a cent
took place, September leading in
strength.
Around top prices there was some
significant selling Of September which
was generally credited 10 q leading
local elevator interest, who are thought
to be heavily interested in that future.
The weather in the northwest was still
somewhat unsettled, which kept those
markets steady. A lot Of short
wheat put out after the issuance of the
government report, we believe, has
been covered. and leaves the market
without that support The cash de-
mand Is poor. except to I'LL old sales
and these are rapidly being filed We
cannot see anything on the bull side
pf wheat, except temporary rallies
lrom an over-sold market.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
stock Market.

New York. Aug. 12.-All previous
high records on this advance were ex-
ceeded today in the most active session
since early in the year. Yesterdays
up-rush in the financial trading stimu-
lated buying as nothing else could and
stocks were not to be had this morning
except at liberal advances over the
previous close. London covered heaV-
lily In this market and belated shorts
found only scanty commission house
offerings. Union Pacific once more
took the front rank but gains in nli-
nois Central. Reading, Northwest and
New York Central were almost equally
as pronounced. The buying of the
forenoon fell off after midday and prof
1t taking carried prices down toward
the initial figures, the list was well
in hand at the close however. We do
not look for reactions to go far at the
present time and would buy conser-
vatively on the soft spots.-Chas. e.
Lewis & Co.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
EAST SIDE NOTES.

Julius c. Johnson: A phone mes
sage from Mr.. Murphy at FELTON, this
morning stated that notwithstanding
the heavy rains of Tuesday wheat
cutting was in progress today. There
are no reports OF any shelling as a
matter of fact 1t is generally stated
that the wheat is not as ripe in the
heads as the straw would indicate.
G. ]. Wright of the Denbrook farm,
near Fergus Falls, reports yield of
35 bushels to the acre of winter rye.
He advocates that farmers should go
in more for winter rye as from his
experience for three or four seasons
it is crop which brings in big re-
turns.
Miss Stake was subjected to del
icate operation in the throat at the
Northwestern hospital this morning.
Alderman Keifer; There are no wet
conditions on my farm across the river
three miles northwest of the Fargo
state fair grounds. MY men and ma
chimes are cutting wheat out there to-
day and general conditions are ali
that could be desired.
There was no business deserving of
emphasis at the police court this
morning-severaI victims Of over in
toxication, that was alI.
People in from the vicinity of Haw-
ley, today, say that IL is the general
belief that the damages arising from
the dreadful rainstorm Tuesday night
in the village Of Hawley and sur
rounding country will be much more
costly than early reports indicated.
The losses in the way of country roads
and bridges will amount to a great
deal.
Clerk of Court McCubrey issued a
marriage license, yesterday, to J.
Franklin Becker and Miss Ella L. Pan
chott, both of Fargo, Cass county.
Congressman Halvor Steenerson of
the ninth district has arrived at his
home in Crookston, from the national
capital. A little later he and his wife
may take western trip. Mr.. SDeen-
erson is scheduled to go to the Ma
tional rifle shoot at Camp Perry, o.,
the latter part OF August to make an
address.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
SEVEN VIOLENT
| DEATHS IN DAY
FOUR ARE VICTIMS or DROWNING
AND GIRL IS KICKED BY a
COLT.

vyirnipes. Man. Aug. l2.-cerald
McLennan was drowned yesterday
while playing in boat In Red river.
and not hong after Fred Robinson met
his death in the same waters while
bathing
While David Jones and John Fraser
were bathing at Moose Jaw. the former
was taken with cramp. and Fraser
was drowned In trying % rescue him
Fl. j. Burton, a pioneer. dropped dead
in his store at Carrnan. and Charles
Taylor fell from q trestle at Phoenia
and died few minutes later.
Near Milestone d girl was playing
with colt. when " sraA&aaseA hAr skull
with its hoofa.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
SENATORS PASS
THROUGH FARGO
MEMBERS OF THE UNITED
STATES SENATE COMMITTEE
ON IRRIGATION GO THROUGH
CITY IN SPECIAL TRAIN THIS
AFTERNOON.

A special train bearing q number of
the members OF the United States sem
ate committee on irrigation arrived in
Fargo this afternoon at 1850 O'Clock
over the Northern Pacific. The party
stopped q few minutes In Fargo and
most Of the members took the oppor-
tunity to get a glimpse Of the metrop-
oils of North Dakota.
The party is on a tour OF inspection
of irrigation projects In the west and
expect to make an extensive tour of
the north Pacific coast states.
Those In the party are Senators
Paynter, Of Kentucky; Warren Borah,
of Idaho; Chamberlain Flint, of Cali
fornia; Thomas II. Carter, OF Mon
tana, and representatives of tine
reclamation service. The chief engi-
neer of the reclamation service will
Join the party at Glendive, Mont
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
TAFT GETS line
ON The FAR EAST
AMBASSADOR o'BRIEN DISCUSSES
THE SITUATION AT TOXIC
WITH PRESIDENT AT
BEVERLY.

Beverly. Mass, Aug. 12.-President
Taft talked with the American am
bassador to Japan, Thomas ]. O'Brien
for more than an hour yesterday on
the porch of his summer home. He
found the president keenly alive to
the situation in the far east and Mr..
O'Brien went carefully over every
question Of Importance pending when
he left his post at Toxic. Mr.. O'Brien
Is to be retained by the president as
ambassador and is credited with being
as close to the throne as any anbassa-
dor at the Japanese court.
Mr.. O'Brien brought many mes
sages OF congratulation and good will
to Mr. Taft from the presidents
friends in the Philippines, both In and
our OF official life. After his s'interview
with the ambassador, President Taft
declared that matters in the far east
were very satisfactory. The probabiI-
ity OF a break between China and Ja-
pan over the AnLung .TuKden railroad
improvements were not taken up,
since the situation, which now seems
to be adjusting itself. had not become
acute when Mr.. O'Brien left the Japa-
nese empire.
The question OF the Japan American
treaty Is soon to be taken up in this
country and 1t Is believed that the
president gathered much information
for his future guidance from his long
talk with the ambassador. Mr.. O'Brien
will sail for Europe on Saturday, but
will return to this country on his way
back TO his post.
President Taft made the important
declaration Today that 1t will be his
policy 70 make as few recess appoint
ments as possible. In cases of vacan-
cies on the federal bench, especially.
the president has stated, he viii make
appointments only in districts or cir
cults where the need OF a judge is
shown to be imperative.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
ESTABLISH new DITCH
State Ditch No. SO at Warren Will
Cost Approximately
$4,000.

State Engineer Geo. A. Ralph who
was at Warren on Tuesday, reports
the establishment of state ditch No! S3.
This ditch will be forty feet on the
bottom and sixty feet on the top and
ranges in depth correspondingly. The
drainage canal will carry an immense
volume OF water and will drain thou
sands of acres OF land.
Mr.. Ralph states that this piece OF
work is one of the most important
drainage propositions undertaken by
the state. 1t includessa plan to deep
en- and straighten out Thief river and
thus drain the entire Thief lake coun-
try.
The work will cost approximately
$4,000 and Contractor Forestal of st.
Paul, who was awarded the work. had
the remarkable low bid OF cents per
yard The contractor promises to have
the work underway before the end o6
the month.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
FORMER RESIDENT dead
seamar WentzelI, Promising Young
Man, Suecumbs to tuberculosis
at Max, N. ..

Selmar Wentzell, formerly employed
at Ulsaker Bros, printing establish
ment in Fargo, died last Thursday at
Max, N. D., at the home of his father.
The cause Of death was tuberculosis.
He was promising young man and
had host Of friends in Fargo and
Moorhead who will grieve to learn of
his untimely death Interment was
made at Max. He is survived by his
father and one brother and sister re-
siding here.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
nab COLORED TRIO
With MUCH BOOZE
THREE cooNs ARRESTED AT
PAGE THIS MoRNING-ENTIRE
BURGLARY OUTFIT INDICATES
THAT BAD BUNCH Is IN HAN Ds
OF THE LAW.

Three colored men, boot leggers and
believed to be yeggmen, were arrested
this morning at Pag, N. D., by the
town marshal and held awaiting the
arrival Of Deputy Sheriff ]. c. Ross
of Casselton, who will bring the men
to this city where they will be ar
raigned on the charge Of violation of
the prohibition law.
The men had a fine supply of squir-
rel whisky with them when arrested
Their plans to do a thriving business
with the harvesters and later the
threshermen as they received their
pay, we're shattered. The finding OF
the burglars tools leads to the belief
that they may possibly be wanted on
some other charge. A thorough inVes-
tigation will be made and IL is possible
that while they are serving time for
the booze charge that some of their
former work may be ferreted out.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
D D'ABRUzzI SETS
MOUNTAIN RECORD
AscENDs 24,6o0 FEET ON SLOPE
OF GoDWIN-AusTEN IN THE
HIMALAYAS.

Allahabad, India, Aug. 12.-The duke
of the Abruzzi has established another
record in mountain climbing. He as
cended Mount Goodwin Austen to a
height of 24.600 feet. Perfect weather
was enjoyed during the ascent. All
the members of the party have arrived
at Bandipur in excellent health.
Goodwin Austen Is the name given In
1888 by the Royal Geographical So
ciety to the Himalayan peak K2, In
S5 degs. SO minis. north, rs degs, 81
minis, east, in honor OF the first ex-
plorer OF the mountains OF this region.
1t is the highest known summit in
the world except Mount Everest Its
altitude is 2S,265 feet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
STORM WAS THE
WORST IN YEARS
.. PIERCE WOLFE RELATES HIS
EXPERIENCE IN STORM THAT
FLOODED COUNTRY I'M THIS vi
cINITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

J. Pierce Wolfe returned yesterday
Afternoon from Pelican lake and says
he got over ss worth of riding for
about $1.25. He was due in Moor
head yesterday morning about 8
o'clock but he did not reach the city
until nearly 5 o'clock In the afternoon
He does not remember so heavy a rain
as that which fell Tuesday evening al
the lake. He had to leave the house
a moment and although he had on an
overcoat he was drenched to the skin
when he returned. The roofs Of the
cottages were useless in repeIling the
great showers. Coming along yester-
day there were places where the trains
had to plow through three feet of
water.
Mr.. Wolfe says the suffering Of the
passengers on the trains, for lack of
drinking water. was intense-young
children being the greatest sufferers.
One case was so desperate for young
woman and two children, that kind
hearted men went to the Pullman car
for a cool drink to quench the fevered
thirst of the mother and little ones,
but Mr.. Darky Porter arose to his dig
nifty and. said something about 1t being
against the rules. A few well-placed
words and determined look quickly
changed the attitude of the porter and
he became all smiles and found pro-
fusion of cold water and Ice for other
urgent cases besides the one mention
ed. Mr.. Wolfe says IL that darky por-
ter had refused assistance and 1t had
become known to the men in the same
car with the woman and children, he
would have had serious cause to regret
his action and he would not have rid
den to Fargo on that train. He would
have had to walk, or get along the
best he could in a sore condition.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
Moorhead Department
MOORHEAD PEOPLE WIN
Miss Edythe Grasse and Frank West.
berg Draw Claims ON coeur
d'AIene Reservation.

Moorhead has two winners in the
great Idaho land drawing at Occur
dAlene. which has just closed. Frank
Westberg was winner with No. 1877
announced on Tuesday.
The second lucky one is Miss Edythe
Grasse with No. $50, number low
enough TO make the claim a valuable
one. Miss Grasse and her father are
both registered in each OF the three
places and only returned from their
western trip last Monday. Now IL
Observer Grasse makes a winning the
trip of himself and daughter win have
been a profitable investment.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
Wedding at Valley City.

Valley City. N. D., Aug. 12.-Yester-
day afternoon the Rev. ]. f. L. Bohn-
hoff, pastor Of the German Lutheran
church in this city officiating, the cere-
mony was performed which united for
life John Krug, brother of Henry and
Martin Krug, and Miss Pearl Critch-
field, daughter of Alderman Ernest
Critchfield, both of this city. The
Critchfield home was beautifully dec
GRATED with wild flowers and potted
plants The ceremony was perform
ed at o'clock in the presence OF the
immediate families Of the contracting
parties, after which the guests sat
down to a bounteous wedding dinner.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
Moorhead ! llappy Medium.

Mankato Free Press: The resigna-
tion Of DR. j. s. Young as member Of
the Manxato normal faculty was ac-
cepted by the board yesterday. The
report on the receipts and expendi-
lures for the year, made by Supt. c. @.
Schulz who IL the purchasing agent of
the board. showed that the total cost
Of maintenance for the past school
year was as follows: Winona. $44, 4,59s:
Mankato, $4S.4s3: st. Cloud, $4s,s13;
Moornead. s45.Oss; Duluth, s35.47s.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-12
Bad Fire at AveriII,

Lightning set fire to a building at
Averill, a small town north of Glyn-
don, on the Great Northern, occupied
as a general store by John Johnson,
yesterday morning. the building and
stock valued at $4,000 is practically a
total loss with insurance Of $1,000 on
the structure and $4,000 on the stock.
The village postoffice is located in the
building. The flash struck a part of
the building near to a room occupied
by the young children of Mr.. Johnson,
and they were rescued with difficulty.