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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
AMERICA IS "IT"
When 1t Comes to Railroads ana u"
I.nrn othin from Europe

Learn Nothing from Europe'
According to J. G.. Mcpherson. lee
,urer at the Johns Hopkins Unlver-
slty, the people Of the United STATES
would not tolerate such rallroaus d.
those of the continent; the American
railroads have nothing to learn irol'
Europe. Prof. Mcpherson Is inc lfani'
l~axDert with the Waterways Comnlls-
sion now in Europe gathering data Tor
CONGRESS. He states that the car
riages on continental lines, 'or the
most part, still cling to the form o.
the traditional stagecoach. ana 'ne
freight cars are very smal' olhpaieu
with those Of the United States y"
stead of forty and fifty ron cars the
average capacity in France ana Be'
GUM IS ten and fifteen tons, and theTe
are a few cars in Germany carrying rs
much as twenty tons. The Germans
say that large cars wGu1d force many
manufacturers to rendJust their plants
whose loading and unloading facllitleS
are adapted to the smaller cars.
BY keeping the cars down TO th2
level of the small shipper they are
hampering the enterprising pro
gressive producers. Small cars, more
over, keep up transportation charges
for a forty ton car can be hauled at d
cost not greatly in excess OF that OF
hauling d fifteen ton car. German OIL
cials admit hat their railroad rates
are higher than those of America.
Tn other words, the Germans hold
back railroad development to the needs
of the average business man, while IN
America the tendency is to reduce the
unit cost of production. This is AIDED
by the use of large cars, and small
shippers are forced to adjust their
business accordingly. To handle the
great volume of traffic in America the
railroads have had to resort to i'm
mense coal and ore cars, grain cars.
furniture and meat cars.
1T is just this reducing of the unit
cost with the most improved machln-
cry which allows America to pay the
highest a while obtaining the low
est cost of production. If the great
American establishments were brought
suddenly to do business on railroads
such as those of the continent they
would be suffocated.'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

our heart-cries; not our words.
The Father knows no service except
from sons.
Private fidelity is bound to win pub.
lie approval.
All some people lack of being black
slidden is acknowledging 1t.
God doesn't appear at night to those
who do not worship in the day.
A goodly fatherhood Is the best ex'
position of the f~atherhood Of God.
The question Is not, is life worth
living. but are you worth living 1t?
Conservation comes up against a hard
test when a man tries to handle a calf.
You cannot judge by the height OF
the steeple the number of sanity mem.
bers.
Too many think the foundations OF
religion were made to sit on instead
OF to build on.
The man who has eve had any
ups and downs will not enjoy heaven
when he gets there.
Any man a preach what humanity
likes to hear, but to preach what hui
manity needs requires backbone-and
religion.
Life does not consist of the things
we possess in this world, but Of the
things we hope to possess in the world
to come.
Some men are so busy planning for
tomorrow that they nave nc time to
execute the things which yesterday
they planned for to-day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Eartl,,. Mnwnettc Pole.,

The magnetic poles of the earth are
two points nearly opposite Of the
earth's surface where the dip OF the
magnetic needle Is exactly 80 degrees.
The statement usually made that a
freely suspended magnetic needle, re-
mote from magnetic masses. tends to
point due north and south, is not cor
rect except for a few localities and
certain times.
The actual nature of the earth's
magnetic field must be found by ex-
tended experiments which are being
carried on by many scientists, largely
under the direction of this and other
governments. 1t is a field that offers
great opportunities for scientific re-
search. particularly since the discov.
cry of the north pole.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

ApproprIate Trace.

At a dinner the other evening Dr..
Charles r. Aked-familiarly known as
the pastor Of Rockefeller's church
told the following story about a daugh-
ter Of a fellow minister:
1T was the custom of the household
to have dinner at noon on Sunday and
to have a very light meal at night.
One Sunday evening little Helen's
father was absent and her mother said
to her: Papa is away tonight. Sup
pose you say grace
Helen was hungry. There was very
little to eat on the table. Casting a
sweeping glance over the board, she
tilted back her head and said solemn
ly: For PHYS sake! Amenities
lies Weekly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

As a South Jersey country physi-
clan was driving through a village he
saw a mar amusing a crowd with the
antics of his trick dog. The doctor
pulled up and said;
MY dear man, how to YOU manage
to train your dog in hat way. | cant
teach mine a single trick"
The man looked up with . simple
rustic look and replied:
We'll. you see it's this way; you
nave 10 know more'n a dog, Or you
can't learn him NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Truth.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Firm, Friends.

Friendship. boys and girls" said q
member of a provincial education com,
mittee, lis a thing to be cultivated and
practiced by all of us. Read and pom.
der the stories of the great friendships,
Of sacred and profane history. Take
them for you models-David and Jon.
athan, Damon and Pythias and Scylla
and Charybdis!"-London TELEGRAPH.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Il anal >. took me by surnri.e.
No s~sper.tition.

First Roommate (uneasily)-Say, do
you believe In spirit noises? l declare
there is : sound in this room like a
watch.
His ComrAde (~sleepily) - That's
nothing. It's probably only the bed
ticking.-Baltimore American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Il Seem. So Anyhow

What Jokes 80 the best in your bust
ress:" the humor:st's friend asked
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
That ds.

Teacher-Now, boys. here's a little
example in mental arithmetic. How
old would a person be who was born
in 1875?
~Pupil-Please, teacher, was it man
or a woman?"-Red Hen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
An Illogical Boast.

Il cwc nothing to luck" said the
pompous individual. Il am a self
made man"
"Ferhaps,' answered Miss Cayenne,
but | wouldn't say much about 1t.
So many who have claimed to be self
made have come to be regarded as ma
ture fares. '-Washington Sta.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Snyiu.sS Banks,

An irishman was explaining Ameri.
can Institutions to a green cOuntI y
"A savings bank he said, is a
place where you can deposit money to-
day and draw it out tomorrow by Civ
ing q weeks notice."-From Success
Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11


Over rails a-gleaming.
Thirty an hour or so.
The engine leaped like Il demon,
Breathing Il fiery glow;
Eut to me-ahold of the lever
1t seemed a child alway,
Trusttul II always ready,
Ny lightest touch to obey.
| was proud, o know, of my engine
Holding it steady that night,
And my eye on the track before us,
Ablaze with the Drummond light.
We neared a well-knOwn cabin,
Where d child of three or four,
AS the train passed, often called me,
Applying around the door.
My hand was firm on the throttle,
AS we swept around the curve,
When something afar in the shadow,
Struck fire through every nerve.
| sounded the brakes. and crashing
The reverse lever down in diSmay,
Grooming to heaven-eighty PAGES
Ahead was a child at it's play!
One instant-one awful and only.
The world flew around in my brain,
And l smote my hand hard on my fore
head,
To keep back the pain:
The train l thought flying forever,
With mad. irresistible roll,
While the cries of the dying, the night
wind.
Swept into my ~shuddering soul.
Then l stood on the front of the en-
CINE.
How | got there I never could tell
My feet planted down on the c~rossbar.
Where the ~cowcatcher slopes to the
rail.
One hand firmly locked on the coupler.
And one held out in the night,
While my eye gagged the distance and
measured
The speed of our ~slackening flight.
My mind, thank the Lord. it wa.
steady;
l saw the curls of her hair,
And the face that. turning in wonder
Was lit by the deadly glare.
l know little more-but 1 heard it
The groan of the anguished wheels,
And remember thinking the engine
In agony trembles and reels.
One rod, to the day of my dying.
l shall think the old engine reared
back,
And as it recoiled, with a Shudder,
! swept my hand over the rack.
Then darkness fell over my eyelids,
But I heard the surge Of the train.
And the poor old engine creaking,
AS rac,ied by a deadly pain.
They found us, they said, on the gray,
My fingers enmeshed in her hair,
And she on my bosom a-climbing,
To nestle securely there.
We are not much given to crying
We men that run on the road
Blu that night. they said. there wero
faces,
With tears on them, lifted to God.
For years in the eve and the morning,
AS 1 neared the cabin again,
My hand on the lever pressed down.
ward.
And lackene the speed of the train.
When my engine had blown a greeting.
She always would come to the door:
And her look with a f%ullness of heaven.
Blessed me evermore.
Author unknown.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Old Fauorites
~


No. children. my trips are over,
The engineer needs rest;
Ny hands are shaky; I'm feeling
A tugging pain in my breast;
But here. as the twilight gathers,
| will tell you "A tale-Gracious Goa
Twill run in my head forever,
Till it rests beneath the sod.
We were numbering along in the t"l-
light.
The night was dropping her shade'
And the Gladiator labOred-
Climbing the top of the grade;
The train was heavily laden,
SO | let my engine rest,
Climbing the grading slowly
Till we reached the upland crest.
l held my watch to She lamplight-
Ten minutes behind thc time!
Lost in the siaCkenc(, motion,
OF the up-grade's heavy climb.
Bat ! knew the mileS Of the prairie,
That stretched / level track,
SO | touched thu gauge Of the boil5rr
And pulled the lever back.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Occupation

Every time ! see you you have a
new and more ornamental sign read
ing: This is my busy day Do you
make 'em yourself?"
yes"
What do you want with SO many?'
well, I've got to do something with
my spare ime."-Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Wonderful.
mustache the other

81 shaved off my mustache the other
day and my wife didn't know me-"
That's nothing. My wife left off
her phony curls, switches, rats and
hair pads and / didn't know her.
Detroit Free Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Money in Moving Pictures.

Il am going to embark in SOM
sort of business and want to know
whether o think there is much
money in moving pictures?"
There was for the fellow who
moved a half dozen of ours said the
fiat dweller. He charged us $1O."-
st. Louis Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Marked Down.

kitty-Life is what we make 1t.
PeSSy-But you make yours ten
years less than it really Is.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
SclHah MINI,

She-I dom see why you should
hesitate to marry on $4,000 a year.
Papa says my gowns never cost more
than that.
He--But, my dear, we must have
something to eat.
She (petulantly)-Isn't that just
like a man. Always thinking Of his
Standardization Transcript.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Az. Az.

Troubles never come singly."
Observed some ancient guy.
Well, we don't know; we've seen a man
With only one black eye.
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

A happy nature IS sometimes a gift
but it is also a grace, and can there
fore be cultivated and acquired; and
it should be a definite aim with those
who are training a child.-SouIsby
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
A Meteorological Mau.

Bertha-Why do you never save up
for a rainy day?
Bertie-Oh, l suppose my disposition
| is too sunny!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
ton Post

Il was down to the m%illiner's and
she had just been to the dentists and
had a nerve killed"
well from the prices she asks for
hats, l should say the dentist must
have killed the wrong one
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Yes
Did she just fade away and die
because some man deserted herr"
mo; she just took In washing and
worked herself to death because the
man she loved married her.'-Hous.
ton Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Where lie Stands.
The Unattainahle,

IN de corner most o de time, Mag"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
A Trnnxferable Plen.nntrx.

you insist on laughing at my new
hat" said Mrs. Cumrox, severely.
YES" answered her husband. 81
can't get away from the idea that it
is a joke
"A joke? On whom?"
We'll, when you wear 1t, the Jokes
on you. n when l pay for 1t it's on
me."-Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

He-I've just danced with Miss Butte
and ] think that | made a decided i'm
preston on her.
She-You must have. | noticed she
was limping.-Boston Transcript.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

You are fond of them?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
ID North.

First eskimo Wife-The north pole
has been discovered.
Second Eskimo Wife-I'm glad of
that, for now when my husband comes
home late he cant give me that old
excuse about being out looking for
it.--New York Times.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Time is infinitely long and each day
is a vessel into which a great deal
may be poured-if one will actually
I'LL 1t up.-Goethe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Josiar.
I never kin forgit the Ga,

I never kin forgit the day
That we went out a-walkin'.
An sot down on the river bank,
An kept on hours a-talkin';
He twisted up my -string,
An folded 1t together.
An said he thought for harvest-time
Twas Gurus kind o. weather.
The SUN went down as we sot there
Josiar seemed uneasy.
And mother she began to call:
"Loweezy! o, Loweezy!"
An then Josiar spoke right up.
As / was just a%-startin',
An said: 'Loweezy, what's the use
OF us two ever parting"
It kind o. took me by surprise,
An yet 1 knew twas comin'-
I'd heard 1t all the summer long,
In every wild bees hummin';
I'd studied out The way I'd act,
But, law. I couldn't do it;
I meant to hide my love from him.
But seems as II he knew it;
An lookin' down into my eyes
He must a seen the fire,
An aver since that hour I've loved
An worshiped my Josiar.
News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Very few people can tell the diRsr
ence between q Joke. an insult and I
Ec0mDiaint.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Nletcmpaychosi..

A chicken lived. a chicken died;
Its drumstick and its wing were fried
Its feathers by a dealer dried,
And, very shortly after, dyed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Titewodd wants the earth, doesn't
he?"
Yes, n IL he got it he'd kick
about having to pay taxes on it,
Cleveland Leader.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Easy.

School Teacher-Who can make a
ton?
Tough Pupil (assuming a pugilistic
pose)-When youse wants to fight
youse stand in dis position!-Town
Topics.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Theatrical Manager-Young man,
what is your greatest asset in life?
Press Agent-My lie-ability.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

If a man never has any use for a
doctor he hasn't much of a kick com.
ing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

His grace turns
our grief to glory.
The new life Is
full of new begin.
nings.
1t is easier to be
a Christian than a
%hypocrite.
Christ answers
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

NO, but my hands do when my hus-
band is not at home; there are three
buttons in the back of my gowns that
I just can not reach.'-Houston Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

When some people do tell the trutn
tAsy sxasyerats Il
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Soul it had none: admitting that,
How comes It? There, upon her hat.
Its plumes-a mortal chicken's-rise.
A glOrious bird of paradise.
Detroit Free Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Geralc-WM you marry me?
0sfaldineeWait awhile. ! don't
want . ost tired Of yeu Ut ~.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
TRUMPET CALLS.

Rams Horn SOunds IA Warning Note
70 the Unredecmed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Miss Passay-What a lovely gown
you have on! But haven't l seen 1t
before?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
His Weakness.

Beautiful hats are your wife's
weakness, are they not?'
Rather l should say that they are
my weakness"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
NJ

What are you doing down town."
Trying to get something for my
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Much socalled originality is merely
undotocted imitation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

What did people do before steel
pens We're invented" asked the teach.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

II q man IL both bad and worthless
thsto Isn't much hope for him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Gcttin Even.

mo, out my wife can always make
me put up for them."-Houston Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Her Snd Finish.

Did you ever know a girl to die
for love-"
.Vac"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

The piDions of one goose were used
to spread the opinions of another"
answered the wise boy at the pedal
extremity of the class.-FrOm Judges
Library.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
One Accom-

I'riend-What has you son learned
ut college?
Father-The yell.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

before!
Miss Tartleigh--No, l think not.
You see, I've only worn it at very
smart affairs this season.-Brooklyn
Life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
saving In One Way.
8 she very savingo'

She's collected more cigar bands
and decorated more vases with them
than any other girls ! know."-St.
Louis Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Irate Customer-Say, this is a scat
rlOck
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Never Satisfied,

JeWeIer-What's the matter with It?
!. Cit won't strike.-Yale Record.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

TO tell the truth" said the funny
man. they're usually the ones the
other fellow writes"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11
Oh. Fine.

Teacher-Johnnie, do you know
what a blotter is?
Johnnie-Yessum. It's de ting wot
youse hunts for while de ink gets dry.
Chicago Daily News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-11

Does your heart ever reach out for
the matchmaker
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-28
PERSISTENT RUMOR THAT NORTHWESTERN
CORPORATION HAS SOLD THE HOLDINGS
IN WAI.LA WALI.A
North Coast Thought to Be Purchaser of Power Plant of
Company-Color Lent by Activities of the
Mysterious Railroad

workings of the future North Coast
lend color to the general belief, for
with their plan of crossing the Blue
mountains by a series of three tun
nels, it would be in exact keeping
with their methods to employ electric
power. AS has been frequently pro-
ven, it would be almost impossible ia
draw steam cars through the long
tunnels owing to the intense amount
of smoke that would be generated and
as the North Coast is we'll supplied
with power sites as far as Landers,
Wyoming, it is supposed that their
system will be operated over this
section of the country with such pow
er.
Change after change has been made
in the management Of the corpora
ton since it's establishment in this
territory and it is supposed that with
the idea of getting their holdings in
one locality, it wishes to dispose of
the property here. That such change
would be beneficial to this valley is
assured from the fact that the North
Coast would offer the best of ship
ping facilities connecting with all
eastern points.
Another phase Of the situation and
one which is ardently supported by
many citizens, is that the North Coast
wishes this electric system for the
purpose of tapping the territory con-
tiguous to this with the view to ac-
commodating the traffic of this en-
tire section Such a now would with
out doubt accomplish it's purpose and
place at it's disposal the bulk of the
produce of the Walla Walla valley and
Umatilla county.
Furthermore it has been ascertain
ed that the line of this transcontinen-
tai will extend up the north fork of
Continued on Page Four)
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-28
MANY
LIVES
LOST
ESTIMATED THAT 400
MEN HAVE GONE
TO DEATH.
Scores of Craft Perish in
Fierce Storm Whipping
Continental Coast.


LONDON, Jan. 28.-From today's
reports from various points on the west
coast of Europe and the shores Of the
English channel, it is believed that
between 800 and 400 lives were lost at
sea in TIE terrific gales that swept the
Atlantic from Gibraltar to the Danish
peninsula in the last three days. The
shores of the channel are dotted with
wreckage and many bodies have been
washed in. Scores of craft have un-
gone to the bottom.
The channel is being whipped by one
of the fiercest storms that has visited
it in many years. An additional death
toll will undoubtedly be demanded. The
steamer Laura .foundered today off
Durruna, Spain, and it is reported that
thirty of the crew were drowned. The
Italian steamer Giupusce was swal-
lowed in Biscay Bay, near BiIboa, Spain
and several sailors were washed over
board before the life boats were low
cred. The British torpedo boat destroy
er broke from its moorings near Do
yer and is a total wreck on the beach.
The crew of forty was rescued.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-28

Although the rumOr could not be
positively affirmed today, current re-
port is to the effect that the holdings
of the Northwestern Corporation in
this territory, which embraces pro-
perty as far as Pendleton, are soon
to be sold to the North Coast rail-
road which will later make use of
them as connections with their steam
transcontinental railroad. This re-
por. is further strengthened by the
fact that prominent officials from the
headquarters of this corporation in
Portland are expected in the city with
in day or so, supposedly for the ex-
press purpose of consumating this
deal Local representatives of this
company neither deny nor affirm the
rumor and as it is known with certi
tude that a big deal has been brewing
for some time, it is generally conceded
that the transfer of this organization
TO the Strahorn interests is the one
now at issue.
Every fact known in regard to the