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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23
Why Only Railroads Hurt?

In this era of high prices; the
high cost of living; why is it that
the railroads are the only public
service corporations which plead
high wages and overproduction of
gold as excuses for increasing their
rates and fares.
Street railways are not charging
each passenger 6 cents; the tenden-
cy is to extend their lines and give
a longer ride for the money. The
st. Joseph lines will carry anyone
six miles for a nickel.
Telephone companies are not
raising tolls, but tend to decrease
them. Water companies rates are
being lowered by legislative acts
which are sustained, as in the
Nashville case, by the supreme
court, the ground that the lower
rate yields fair profit. The chief
telegraph company has recently
begun sending fifty-Word night let
tiers at the ten-word day rate. Elec
trio lighting and power companie.
offer alluring rates for special in
dustrial purposes to increase theil
business. In all these industrie,
the rule is that large business cheap
ems production.
Why are the railroads alon,
pleading for higher rates? In in
creasine by 1874 per cent since 1885,
the dividends upon their stocks
which in many cases are notorious
ly of a speculative nature, hav
they too generously discounted tn
future?" If they have why shout
the rest of the country pay for thei
blunder? St. Joseph Observer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

R. L. Robey, manager of the
Robey-Robinson Lumber Co., in this
city is on the sick list this week
and has gone to Monroe City, to
visit and recuperate. Mr.. Robinson
another of the firm from Monroe
City, is holding down Mr. Robey's
job in the meantime.-Ralls Coun-
ty Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23
THURSDAY. JUNE %, 1910
June.

But June is full of invitations
sweet,
Forth from the chimneys yawn and
thrice-read tones
To .eisurely delights and sauntering
thoughts
That brook no ceiling narrower
than the blue. The bee,
All dusty as a miller, takes his
toll
Of powdery gold and grumbles,
What a day
To sun me and do nothing" Nay,
| think
Merely to bask and ripen is some
times
The students wiser business; the
brain
Will not distil the juices it has
sucked
To the sweet substance of pellucid
thought,
Except for him who hath the secret
learned
To mix his blood with sunshine and
to take
The wind into his pulses.
In June It's good to lie beneath a
& tree
While the blithe season comforts
every sense,
Sleeps all the brain in rest and
heals the heart,
Drumming it DER with sweetness I'M
aWareS.
- James Russell Lowell.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23
BunkinG Party.

Miss Edna Boulware has delight
fully entertained her friends, Misses
Cleo and Margaret Patton, Amy
Green, Dee Hampton, Elizabeth
Patterson, Calista Tooley, Mildred
Buell. and Edna Vaughn at a bunk
ing party. They had a jolly time
made the welkins ring and after
an all night of sport made the
viands disappear at breakfast.
Oscar Broughton, of Oak Dale
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23
Quits the Party.

Samuel w. Allerton, by many re-
garded as the richest man in
Chicago, has at the age of 81, relin-
pushed his allegiance to the repub-
lican party and become a democrat.
The antagonism of the veteran
ranchman, packer, banker and capt.
talist has been aroused against the
republican party on account of
what he terms its tendency towards
paternalism and meddling.
"A mans got to think in these
times, and I've been thinking about
where this country will land if the
republican party stays in power"
he said. We'll have the govern
ment ownership of everything.
That is what the republican party
is trying to give us. Then what'll
become of our individual rights
I've got a little stock yard in
Jersey City, and three men could
do the work there if it wasn't for
having about twenty government
officials there to tell US what we
have to do and what we can't do
Take cattle for instance. 1t is the
fool policy of the republican admin.
istration that is to blame for the
high prices. 1t knocked the ranch
man out of business.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23
Two-Hundred Dollars.

A big realty deal was consumat-
ed here this week by which Geo.
w. Martin sold his fine tract of
eighty acres at the northwest cor
ner of the city for $4,000 cash.
The sale was manipulated by the
real estate firm of Bailey & Sorn-
berger, who claim to have sold the
first $500 farm in Linn county and
now have honor of this transaction
at 5000 an acre for bare piece of
soil without a building of any kind
on it.
The purchasers are Messrs. N. A.
Drescher, W. S. WoOdson and C. A.
Hamilton, capitalists of Monroe
City, who see in the future of
Brookfeld a bright prospect. not
half realized by the citizens who
are not familiar with the trend of
the times in other places. For
some months 1t has been more and
more of a complaint that there is
not enough suburban property for
sale here, but for all this demand
and the rapid building on inside
lots it seems to have required
strangers and expert promoters to
see the opportunity to supply real
want.
The land is to be laid out and
put on the market without delay
and before many years it, too, will
be recognized as an integral part Of
Brookfield like Col. Dake's beautiful
addition transformed from a field
of waving wheat. Brookfield Budg-
ct.
Miss Nell Madden, of Port Ar,
thur, Texas has been the the guest
of her sister, Mrs. William Hamil-
ton and other relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23
As Usual

When the vote announcing the
change of Oklahoma's capital was
announced in Guthrie, Miss Has
kell, daughter of the governor gave
a cheer, and some toughs threw a
brick at Miss Haskell.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean as usual
makes a monkey of itself either
through ignorance or worse. In
part it says: Shame on Guthrie -
so do we 1T is contrary to Bret
Iiarte traditions" Southern chiv-
airy can be relied on" Such things
can not occur in a Western state"
Too far south to be in the North
ern frost line.
Now here is the uncalled for
truth. A Western man nor a South
ern man would be guilty of the
cowardly act and in the true sense
of the word Guthrie is not populat-
ed by Western or Southern men
but eighty per cent of them are
Northern and Eastern men who
went there to get what they could
get and the government records
prove it.
For years the tough element of
the Southwest has been the political
or other discard from the north and
east.
Shame on the Inter-Ocean.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

While Roosevelt talks peace and
let the dove of tranquility rest upon
his shoulders, he still maintains a
sure grip on the big stick. and the
man who dareS to differ with him,
is a liar and an undesirable citi-
zen."-Norborne Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

In the past decade the army and
navy have cost the United States
more than two billion dollars SOS
each for every man, woman and
child in the Republic. Verify the
day has arrived under republican
administration when every labor
ing man has a soldier on his back. -
Norborne Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

It's too early to get blue over the
corn crop. Most of it is planted
anyway. Not many years ago l
did not finish planting until the
9th day of June and my crop av-
erage rs bushels to the acre" So
said John Cissell to an Appeal
man Monday. = Paris Appeal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23
Rev. 0. B. Holiday Dead
Prominent Minister of the M. E.
Church South Passes Away at
His Home Monday Night.

Rev. Olando B. Holiday, a promi-
nent minister of the M. f. Church
South, died at his home on East
Mulberry street, this city at $50
o'clock Monday night, June 13 1910
of heart disease.
Rev. Holiday had been in poor
health for about a year with stom-
ach and heart trouble and on two
or three previous attacks came near
dying He was attacked with an
other spell several days ago and
his death was not wholly uneXpect-
ed by his many friends.
He was appointed to this station
by the Missouri Conference in Sep
TENDER 1908, and during the spring
of 1909 his health failed him and
his pulpit was filled the remainder
of the year by different ministers.
On account of his health the Annual
Conference in 1909 located him, and
he and family still remained here
and the Presiding Elder gave him
work at Trinity church when able
to preach. He was good man an
able minister and made many warm
friends during his life here.
o. B. Holiday was a son of the
late Rev. R. N, T. Holiday, and was
born May 9, 1860 at Stewartsville
Mo-, being at the time of his death
so years, 1 month and a days old.
He graduated from St. Charles
College and went to Carrollton to
practic law. On October Is, 1885
he was happily converted to Christ,
and in December following he was
licensed to preach. In 1885 he was
admitted to the Missouri Confer
ence and during his ministry he fill
ed the charges of Troy, Wentzville,
Bowling Green, Edna, Kirksville,
Shelbyville, Monroe City and Pal
myra. He was made Presiding Ell
der of the Macon district in 1890
and later Presiding Elder of the
Hannibal district.
In 1905 he and his family went to
Albuquerque, N. NJ, for the benefit
of his health. In 1907 they return
ed to Missouri and he was appoint
ed to the ChillicOthe Station and
from there he came to Huntsville.
On March 9, 1887 he was married
to Miss Lizzie Lee, of Wentzville,
Mo. To this union four children
were born as follows: Mrs. Minnie
lee SandiSon, of this city; Robert
Holiday, of Albuquerque, N. NJ;
Frances and Florence Holiday, all
of whom survive him. He also
leaves a devoted wife and three
brothers, Will, John and Lesion
Holiday, of Carrollton, Mo.
Memorial services will be held at
the M. E. Church South, this Thurs.
day afternoon, at 2:3O o'clock, con-
Quoted by Presiding Elder A. B
Culbertson, after which the remains
will be taken to Carrollton fol
burial. A righteous man has gone
to his reward Huntsville Herald
Rev. Holiday at one time was
the beloved pastor of the Methodist
Church in this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

Prof j. B. Rogers has resigned
his position as superintendent of
the Madison school and will move
to WEIGH, Ok, where he has been
employed to teach at a salary of
$1,000 a year. Mrs. Rogers will
teach in the same school. Monroe
county never had more competent
school people and their departure
will cause genuine egret.-Mercury.
Have Joe at Streams shine you
shoes.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

bishop and instructed him to open
the church for prayer at the APP
pointed hours. IF you cannot set
tie your differences in that time"
said Judge, come into court and
will render a decision"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23
A Woman Ono , Said

To be legally annexed to a chron-
ic fool is one degree worse than to
be tied to knave. The latter, at
least, is capable of keeping you
guessing. - Elk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

Miss Agnes Richoft of Indian Creek
was in the city Friday enroute to
Lakenan to visit friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

Miss Mary Cooney has gone to
Kansas City to be with friends for
awhile.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

o. A. Palmer, of Brookfield came
in Thursday to visit his parents,
James L. Palmer and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

Jno. B. Elliott, of St. Louis has
been up to visit his mother, Mrs.
Susan Elliott.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

Misses Virginia Stoddart of Pal
myra and Pearl Moss of Woodland
arrived Friday to visit friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

Mrs. Lib Emery Todd of Denver,
Colo, arrived Friday to visit her
father, S. R. Emery. of Ely.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

j. H. Krump of Santa Fe has
been interviewing his Monroe
friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

], j. Patterson and wife went TO
Hunnewell Friday 10 visit friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

Mrs. Charles Douglass of Hume
we'll visited DR.. G. L. Turner and
family Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

A. S. Maddox and wife have
spending several days with friends
near Bethel.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23
Fishing Party.

A fishing and camping party
composed of Claude Martin, Ollie
Elliott, Cecil Dawson and VIM. A.
Sullivan have been on the historic
stream. Salt river and had coolies
of fun. Fish. No, it was the out
ing they went for and got.
Pascal Davis left Friday for St.
Joseph where he has secured a POI
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

Lee Bell of Ardmore, Okla. ar
rived Friday to visit relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23
Ever Been to Colorado?

No Then you have ideal vacation trip for you-one
at Will mean complete change scene and of living conditions
should result most benefcialy
The grandeur of the majestic Rockies will inspire the mind pic
turesque beauty forest SOUL while the dry
tonic mountain air will rebuild the and aded body
Don't take word for it but and be little
in time or money Qn be glad tell how much you
thousand times aid
you nave perhaps been planning Colorado for years make
up your mind today this Summer
Burlington Colorado handbooks which
TO see AM wat 10 3D. and contain complete list of hotels boarding
ana ranches with their
EssgFFSSg r. Ask IN a5Out Estes Park Colo. :lso
AgE!FsLk:. sgh J. IL ON, Agent,
IE lIStGEs5ISsN C,B&RR
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-06-23

Miss Nell Madden, of Port Ar
thur, Texas has been the the guest
of her sister, Mrs. William Hamil-
ton and other relatives.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-08-25
DRIVEN oUl BY BATTLE
SNAKES

Miss Mary Houghton and
Miss Lenofa Mitchell, young
school teachers of Omaha have
returned from Oelrich, S. D.,
on the southern slope of the
Black Hills. where they have
been holding down 100 acre
homesteada. The young wo.
men have not perfected their
title to the lands, but have been
driven out by rattlesnakes. The
country is s:ways infested with
rattlesnaksa but this year ow-
ing to the tot and dry weather,
they have come out of the
mountains and crawled over
the plains. Telling of the snake
excursion, Miss Mitchell said /:
"All went we'll until about
July 10 when arising, Miss
Houghton went out to the we'll
to draw pail of water. She
had not gone ten feet from the
house when l heard her scream.
Running to the door and look
ing out / saw that the ground
was covered with a squirming
mass of snakes. Grabbing a
club that we always kept be.
hind the door, 1 commenced
killing the snakes, Striking
right and left l soon had path
cleared to my chum, and then
we came back to the house and
closed the door.
Cali day long, and all of the
next day there was a process
sion of snakes. They seemed
to be moving south and while
I did not count them, there
were thousands. The cd O r
from them was so sickening
that we nearly tainted many
times. All the time we were
prisoners in our house, not dar.
ing togo out. The fourth day
they disappeared, going over
into the sand hills to the south,
and we packed up and came
home"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-08-25
NAY HEAR
ROOSEVELT

Through the efforts of the
Wahpeton Commercial club, it
ia possible that Theodore Roose-
velt will pass through this city
Sunday morning, Sept. 4, over
the St. Paul railroad, en- route,
from Sioux Falls, S. D., to Far
go, where he il scheduled to
speak the next day. The club
will endeavor to make arrange
ments to hold his train an hour.
Bands will be on hand and
thousands of people will greet
the ex.president.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-08-25
INSURGENTS A ND DEMO.
Gratis

Democrats should be "wise
as serpents and harmless as
doves" as the good book teach
es them, in their dealings with
the insurgents. This IS the
more necessary because the in
surgents are constantly de-
claring that they believe in the
policy of protection, and that is
not democratic. Real tariff re-
form and protection do not 90
hand in hand. These insur-
gents are also making their
fight for supremacy in their
own party, and if they win they
will be the opponents of the
democrats. There are insur.
gents and near insurgents and
the latter, it will be remember
ed, very constantly voted with
the republican machine aud for
measures that the democrats
and the real insurgents felt
compelled to oppose.
In t h e strong republican
states there 10, of courae, a
strong incentive for democrats
10 join the insurgents to beat
the regular republicans, who
follow the fortunes of Cannon
and Aldrich. But if the repub-
lican factions are about equally
divided there must be a first
rate chance to elect an honest
and capable democrat, who will
oppose protectionism, frenzied
financialism, extravagance in
public expenditures and all the
other isms and ills that 70 to
make up modern republican :
ism.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-08-25
NORTHERN PACIFIC ISSUES
+, A SERIES OF ATTRAC-
TIVE CARDS

The Northern Pacific has put
out this summer a new and at
tractive series of souvenir post
cards which are distributed to
it's patrons ready stamped for
mailing. A set of twelve stamp.
ed cards is sold for 25c, the
cards depicting different scenes
some of cities, some of farm
views, irrigation projects, Yel.
lowstone Park, ct cetera.
North Dakota is represented
by special card carrying pict-
ure of an attractive farm scene
during harvest time showing
substantial farm buildings. a
herd of cattle, and harvesters
in the field. Other cards show
the cities of Portland. Tacoma,
Seattle, Spokane, Helena, Butte
Billings, Grand Canyon in Yel-
lowstone Park, Old Faithful
Inn, ct cetera.
This attractive form of ad.
vertising is bound to do the
Northern Pacific a vast amount
Of good, since these cards are
scattered to the four quarters
of the earth by those who mail
them to friends telling of their
experiences on the trip "Alopg
the Scenic Highway Through
The Land of Fortune. This
latter phrase is a slogan which
the Northern Pacific adopted
something over a year ago and
uses in connection with all of
its advertising matter. That it
is eminently fitting is apparent
at once, since the "Land of
Fortune" is used to designate
every mile, of the territory from
the head of the Lakes to the
Pacific Ocean the richest and
most productive country the
sun shines upon.
Positively no hunting allow.
ed on these premises. Cards
with the above notice on are
for sale at the Times Office.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-08-25
A. /. WOODS
DIES SUDDENLY
Candidate for State Superintend-
ent Passes Away

Grand Forks, N. d., Aug. 22.
AT 8 o'clock Sunday morning
A. L. Woods, progressive can.
didate for state superintendent
of publice instruction at the re-
cent primary election and one
of the prominent men of this
city, died suddenly of heart
disease at his residence, 1902
Belmont avenue. Mr.. Woods
death came as a sudden shock,
as he had been in apparently
good health the night before.
The attack in which Mr.. Woods
passed away came with un.
usual suddenness, and although
all that medical aid could do
was done for the unfortunate
man, death came shortly be-
fore 3 O'clock.
The deceased was man we'll
known throughout North Da-
kota, and his sudden death will
come as a shock to host of
friends. Beeides a wife h e
leaves two sons to mourn his
loss.
A L. Woods was born at
Troy. Me-, on June q, 1856. He
C M e to North Dakota in
August, 1887, and became su-
perintendent of schools at
Grafton, a position which he
held for four years. During
that period he and E. H. Pierce
established The Walsh County
Record. He became deputy
superintendent of schools un-
der ]. NJ. Devine in 1901. He
was private secretary to Gov.
Frank NJ. White for two years.
Mr.. Woods was author of sew.
eral educational books, includ.
ing Woods Civil Government.
Since coming to Grand Forks
to live he has been prominent
in the affairs of the CONNER
cial club, the state and county
fairs, besides being a candidate
at the primaries in June for the
office of state superintendent
of public instruction. The de-
ceased was also prominent in
the Masonic fraternity.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-08-25
CARRIE CARRIES COIN

Carrie Nation arrived in town
this morning for a lecture be-
fore the Charles City Chautau-
qua this afternoon. Immediate.
~ after being shown to her
rooms at the hotel she again
appeared in the lobby.
Approaching the Chautau-
qua manager, whom she had
never seen until a few minutes
before, she asked if he would
do her a favor, he replying that
he would be glad to do co.
Quickly lifting her skirts she
thereupon extracted from some
inner recess something over
$1,000 in money aud requested'
him to procure her a draft for
it, all of which was to the huge
delight of the ira Yelling men
and others who happened to be
in the hotel lobby at the time.
The clerk got the draft.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-08-25
MAY HAVE NEW
LIGHTING SYSTEM
Cily Expects to Arrange Street
Lights Similar to Those Of
Fargo

The city of Wahpeton is con.
sidering seriously the advisa-
bility of changing the system
of street lightning now in use
for something more up-to date
and more pleasing to the artis.
tic temperaments of the people.
The new system would take the
place of the arcs and arches
now in use on the principal
streets, but would not affect the
lightning system. consisting of
an arc on every corner, now in
use in the outlying districts
and streets. The system under
consideration is similar to that
used in Fargo to light Broad.
way, and the lamp posts are
identical with those used on
the streets of Chicago.
The old lightning system
would be removed entirely and
the new lamp posts would be
erected at the edge of the side
walk, four on a block, each side,
or eight lamp posts to the en-.
tire block. On the top of the
ornamented post a cluster of
five Tungsten lamps would be
placed in pearl colored globes,
giving, so experts state.
The matter was brought up
at recent meeting of the com
mercial club and com mittees
appointed to 'ook into the mat.
ter, and to date the report is
very favorable and it is prab-
able that the change will be
made in time for the annual
Richland county fair to be held
in this city Sept. ~ 20 80 80.
Several of the posts and lamps
have been ordered and if they
are found to be as advertised
the installation will begin with.
in few days.
Miss Lila Walker has return
ed from her summers vacation
and will be found at her studio
at Mrs. Beatty's. Voice. piano
and harmony will be taught.
Piano and harmony will pre-
pare advanced pupils to enter
in second year work in Sher.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-08-25
NORTHWESTERN INVENTORS

. 4 a T. D. .
The following patents were
issued this week to North
Western inventors reported by
D. Swift & x Co., Patent Lawy.
ers, Washington D. c., who will
furnish sny of our readers with
copies of the same for ten cents
each.
NEB. n. Arps, Rogers, sand
cleaning machine; j. p. Hardin,
Pawnee City, composition for
the manufacture of tiles; A. NJ.
Hoes, st. Paul, double door lock; /;
G. III. Lee. Omaha, brooder; w.
G. Schneider, Verdon, wrench.
N. D. 6. A. Anderson, Far
20, tamping device; II. 8. Dey,
Rarnes, neck yoke holder; e.
Dillabaugh, Hoople, whip rack;
G. N. Green, Grand Forks,
pitch fork.
8 D. ]. ]. Stone, Beresford,
lodometer.