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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

Washington, Dec. 9:--Uncle Sam
in one instance at least has adopted
a plan whereby he gives all a fair
chance to compete and still guaraD-
tees satisfaction. This guarantee Is
given to the coal dealers of the coun-
try who bid annually for govern
ment contracts. No longer does the
government buy it's coal by the ton,
but has adopted another measure,
that of the heat unit" By this
plan, an official of the Bureau OF
Mines says, the government gets
what MT pays for and pays for what
It gets.
All coal for consumption by the
government Is purchased now under
specifications. The specifications call
for so many units of heat to the ton
and a statement of the quantity OF
ash left after the coal Is consumed.
SompIes are sent by the coal dealers
to the Bureau, where they are test
ed. The poorer coal finds a market
by competing with better grades, not
as to the price per ton, but as TO the
cost of an equal number of heat
units.
Inc Vaiae OF coal is lhulcdteu ny
the number of heat units 1t con-
Itains. This heating value Is ex-
pressed in terms Of British thermal
units. per pound of coal. and is de-
termined by a special apparatus at
the Bureau called a calorimeter. The
samples submitted by the bidders are
all treated alike and the successful
bidder Is the one whose coal comes
closest to the required qualifications.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09
Martha Observation-Disclosures Edu-

1Ntob
Martha Berry makes a fine subject
for the department of Interesting
People" in the December American
Magazine. or herself and her spIend-
Id work, her biographer writes:
"A deer-eyed, dirty-faced cracker
ehild--a wild young thing-peeped
In the open cabin door on a Sabbath
morning where the Sunday lady sat
reading in the den.
Presently the Sunday lady looked
up and observed the intent young
eyes fixed on her. The shy young
thing was coaxed into the cabin and
soon others, eyen shyer. came to be
told of wondrous child in a hanger.
30 began of the INST significant
educational movements in the coup-
try. For months 1t was only a Sun
DAY school in the cabin In the great
grove of a proud old ancestral home.
but 1t was there that Martha Berry
found her life work.
"On eighty-three acres of her
W land in January, 1902, she be-
gan the Berry school. There were
n'e boys then, with two small build
ings valued at about $4,000.
To-day the Berry school has 1000
acres Of land, a dozen or more mod
ern buildings, a magnificent dairy
with scores Of fine cows. mules. lam
dry. woodworking and blacksmith
shops. all the equipment of a big
model farm, for this is a place where
hands and brains are linked To-
gether. The property is easily worth
$500 1900, and the school has 500
200 endowment. There are twenty-
seven officers and instructors. Each
student-they range in age from If
teen to tw~enty-eight years-pay $50
a year, and there is a deficit of $40
each one. which must be made mr.
by contributions. The boys work
two hours a day and everything from
making beds to c~ultiyating he farm
is done by the student body. sixty
boys worked last summer to nav ex-
penses for the coming year
Sixteen boys graduated last year
Five are in mountain school work. |
four are working their way through |
college; two are on the. farm. and
three are in other occupations IN
history OF the school practically
every boys course is marked nv
some great sacrifice. In all this
country there is no institution where
self-sacrifce is such an unvarying
equation"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09
ASHINGTON
SIDE LIGHTS
THOSE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS.


Washington, Dec. 9:-American
employers need not be surprised to
receive lusty expense accounts from
travelling statesmen sent into Brazil,
says Commercial Agent Turner, in a
report to the government. In Per-
nambuco, a city of 15O,O popula-
ton, he asked an American sales
man travelling with three Trunks,
having a total weight of not over
500 pounds, as to his expenses. This
was the result:
ut cost SO to bring the trunks
from the steamer to the shore and
$3.50 to haul them to an empty
room for exhibit. This store room
was up one flight of stairs, over q
shop The salesman hired a man
for thirty-slx cents to sweep down
the stairs and make them present
able. He had to buy six boards at
t~hirty-six cents each for his benches
on which to spread his goods. He
employed a carpenter to make him
four simple horses on which to lay
his tables. The cost Of the lumber
and horses was $3.50. A man
charged thirty-six cents for carry
ing the outfit to the hired room.
The salesman then bought thirty-six
cents worth of wrapping paper to
cover his benches and proceeded to
unpack his wares for inspection. He
had to pay a months rent for the
room, although he expected to be
there only two weeks. The room
rented for SIS a month. 1t cost that
salesman s33 before he had shown
his goods to a person.
Another salesman from Europe
told me 1t always cost him twice
what i had enumerated to get start
ed because he had eight trunks of
European goods and he required a
larger room.
THE steamships do not land
ashore the best way they can. Each
passenger is compelled to hire a row.
boat, usually after considerable dick
err. The boatman lowers the bag
gage over the ships side into his
boat. The passenger descends a long
fight of stairs and upon reaching
the bottom, takes his chances when
the stairway and small boat meet
and steps aboard. The Journey to
shore is accomplished and the bag
gage deposited on land, when the
boatman's fees are payable. The
decker with the land man to haul the
luggage to destination then begins.
This, when arranged, ends in having
the lot deposited in q room, always
at a cost entirely out of proportion
TO the yalue OF the service.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09
GERMAN

Washington, Dec. g:-The ups
and downs of trusts in Germany and
the rapid increase in the number of
combines are described in a consular
report from Dusseldorf. They call
them "syndicates'' in the Kaiser's
domain, but they seem to be apply
ing trust methods to many indus
tries. The report says:
The Steel Works Syndicate ap-
pears to remain a permanent Ger
man institution. The Pig Iron Syn
dictate has not met with the same
mis- courts, basketball fields and Soc
Ger grounds. The tract adjoins
Crescent Oval and is said to be the
finest athletic field in the State.
The Playground Commission has
appointed George l.. Babcock, II. w.
Marshall and Charles B. Morse as a
committee to engage a supervisor
and arrange for the formal opening
of the field to the public.
success, and the Lorraine Lurtem-
burg Syndicate has proven a failure.
ers have formed q syndicate which
appears to have improved prices.
The lighter metal plate manufactur-
ers are at present trying TO form a
syndicate. A price convention has
also been formed among wire man
ufacturers-drawn wire and wire
nail makers.
THE Pipe Syndicate has had many
difficulties to contend with; a good
number Of very powerful works did
not join the syndicate and It has
been obliged to fight for its very ex-
istence. ~
THE Steel Cast Goods Syndicate
has been renewed both in this dis
trict and in upper Silesia. The Riv-
ct Syndicate has been strengthened
by a number of new powerful mem
bers. The International Sleeper
Kartell has also been strengthened
by the addition of a number of Rus
sian Works. The syndicate move
ment has also spread to a number OF
other metal industries; an Interna-
tional Zinc Furnace Syndicate and
an international Lead Syndicate
have been formed and at present an
International Copper Syndicate is be-
Ing formed.
THE timber industry has addi-
tional syndicates. The Match Syn
dictate has been formed to safeguard
the match trade, particularly neces-
sary at present, as the government
has placed heavy taxes on matcehs.
Important amalgamations have
taken place during the last twelve
months. Some prominent shipping
lines and some large banks have
amalgamated; one of the most Inn
portant of the year was the amalga-
nation of a mining company and
furnace-owning concerns with a
shipping company"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09

of ardent SPIRITS. No prisoners were
captured, the moonshiners having re-
ceived a tip that the revenue was
on the march and scattered to their
peaceful homes. The still has a ca
Faeity of 500 gallons and when sold
as copper junk by the government
viii yield about $500. 1t is the
largest pot still ever captured. \
still of another design and larger
size was taken by the revenue men
near Hoffman, North Carolina, sew
eral years ago. In that case a dis
tillery had gone out of business and
several ~unassuming gentlemen
bought the alcohol making appara-
tus as junk. A few months later the
government officers discovered that
the Junk" had been set up in a
swamp and was producing contra
band liquor in vast Quantities.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09
OF A

Washington, Dec. 9:@The
enormous task of handling grain
from the Canadian West at the head
OF the upper lakes, through Fort
William and Port Arthur. is de-
scribed In a report by Consul A. G.
Soyfert, of Owen Sound, Ontario,
In which he says.
From September i, 1909, to Au-
gust 81. 1910. 100000 bushels of
grain passed through these ports.
he preceding year Sc, 100000 bush
els, and the year before, 47,OOO,O00.
THE combined harbor has 16
grain elevators with storage capac-
ity of 3d. 600 .000 bushels. The A.
000, 000-bushe1 one belonging to the
Grand Trunk Pacific is the largest
In the world, and the unit of ten
which that railroad is building. The
Canadian Pacific has five, the largest
holding 3,50O,0 900 bushels. The Ca
madam Northern has two, each with
100000 capacity.
cit is hard to realize what It
meant to bring this enormous traf-
&c of grain to the elevators for
transshipment by boat. Allowing
1000 bushels to the car, $4,000, 600
bushels would fill $4,000 cars, or
Is, 900 trains of 20 carr each. The
busy times are the spring and late
fall. when 20 to 40 of the Great
Lakes freighters are alongside the
elevators, with grain pouring into
the vessels holds.
THE Canadian government takes
an important part in handling the
grain at this transshipping port. An
act of Parliament provides for the
grading of the grain, and govern
ment inspectors pass on every car
load in the assembling yard before it
goes to the elevator for unloading.
The grain has already passed
Inspection at the starting point, and
the second inspection at the eleva-
tor terminal is performed to confirm
The western grading. The inspectors
ire on hand again when the grain
s shipped out. They watch the
weighing and see that the grade is
What is called for. Every boat that
slears with a cargo of grain carries
certificate signed by a government
,ficfal showing the quantity and
of the graiIaT contains"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09
A RARE

W~ashingtOn, Dec. g:-TIle art
collection of Royal 2. Cabell, Com
missioner OF Internal Revenue. has
been enriched by the addition of a
rare specimen. q photograph of the
second largest m~oonshine still ever
captured by the revenue officers. The
still is a product of the skill of North
Carolina moonshiners. 1t was taken
eight miles south of Virgil. The
government raiders called between
midnight and daylight at the secIud-
ed spot where the plant was located.
They found the still and a supply OF
materials that enter into the making
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09

Parchment was invented By the
Greeks when papyrus was scarce and
the middle ages r%einsented ii.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09

Gas was first used as q street illunlf-
nant in Baltimore, gas lamps being in
tfoduced in that city Ia 1915.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09

sunAcEfpa Tor the NEwA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09

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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
THE FARMER AND POLITICS,
Why the Republican Party Has Sup.
- port Of the Rura! Voter.

1t has been stated by veteran poll
ticians that the rural voter is better
Informed on the issues pending in a
campaign, that he devotes greater and
more painstaking thought to the
things that must be settled at the
polls than his city brother. That is
why an overwhelming majority of the
farmers of this country vote the Re-
publican ticket. They know that un-
der Democratic Administration they
have not been prosperous and that
they have been under Republican Ad-
ministration. 1t is not necessary to
remind any farmer of the dismal
years of Democratic tariff legislation
This year there are more potent rea.
sons than ever before for the farm
ers' support of the Republican party
No other class of persons in the
United States is so prosperous as
they are. Their prosperity since the
return Of the Republican party 10
power thirteen years ago has been
astounding. 1t is a matter of history
that rural prosperity and Republican,
rule are coincident. .
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
SERIOUSLY INJURED,

Mr. T. NJ. Lewis met with a serious
accident on his farm near this city on
Saturday morning last week. He
had hitched a frisky team to the hay
rake and when driving along the
tongue came down and the horses
started off on run. Mr., Lewis fell
under the rake and dragged in that
manner over the field The horses
soon got free from the rake and when
Mrs. Lewis looked out and saw the
rake minus the team standing on the
field, she went there to investigate
and found her husband in an uncon-
scious condition, terribly bruised and
injured. Medical assistance was sum-
moned and upon examination it was
found that he had sustained broken
hip and several severe cuts on differ
ent parts of the body. It will be some
weeks before he will be able to be
around again.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
USE THE sHEAF.,

! Every farmer has some things that
he would be glad to sell or exchange
for other things that he needs, but if
he does not "let on to that effect,
how are they to find out and how will
the trade be consummated. An ad.
on the barn door or gate post is bet.
ter than no ad, at all, but the best and
cheapest advertising is to put it il
the newspaper that the people read.
There hundreds will see it and out
of them all some will no doubt be- anx-
ious for trade. The ad doesn't sell
the goods but it introduces the seller
to prospective buyers, and after they
get together surely trade should fol.
low If there is any real merit in the
offer. Try the sheaf columns the
next time you wish to trade or sell
something.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
DEMOCRATS FIRE THE FIRST GUN
James Gray, Democratic Candidate
for Governor Addresses a LARGE
Audience at the Warren Opera
House.

The opening gun of the campaign
was fired in this city on Tuesday eve
ming when James Gray, the Democra-
tic candidate for governor and Ed
ward Peterson, the state fire marshal
addressed large and attentive audi.
ence at the Warren opera house.
P. A. McClernan, of Stephen, presid-
ed at the meeting and first introduced
Mr.. Peterson who devoted consider
able time to a discussion of the tariff
from a democratic point of view and
to praising the insurgents in congress.
Mr.. Gray, who spoke last, proved
himself to be quite a pleasing speaker
though he was severely handicapped
for lack of time and unable to do him.
self full Justice He also discussed
the tariff and declared himself in ia"
vor of county option, though he failed
to explain how that is to be brought
about by his party, taking into consid-
Grafton it's well known attitude on the
question. Mr.. Gray is pleasant gen.
tieman and also scholar, but his
chances to become governor of Mime
sofa, we think, are very slim this year
and we think he is of the same opin-
ion himself.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
WILL MEET AT cRooksToN
State Conference Of Charities and
Corrections Hold Annual Meet
ing at crookston 2, on Nov. 's

The annual meeting Of the State
Conference Of Charities and Correc.
tions will be held at Crookston Nov.
18 to 81. AS this is the first meet
ing Of this body held in this part OF
the state. there should be a large at
tendance from all the Red River Val
ley counties. County commissioners.
sherihs, Judges, ministers, teachers,
and all others interested II civic and
social betterment, ought to make It Z
point TO be present. The program
VIII be oneof tho most practical II
the history Of the conference, the cen.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY is
PROGRESSING.

Editor Sheaf, Warren, Mimi:
We take great interest in your pa
per-The Warren Shetland read it
every week and would like to tell
some of your readers about our part
OF the county, and we thought that
there was no, better way than by ask
ing you to publish the following:
1t is indeed wonderful how the east
ern part of Marshall county has come
into prominence within the last year
or so. The country thru which the
great drainage bitches are being put.
has long needed this great necessity,
and even as long ago as in 1903 and
'O4 there were settlers in that section
who had cattle and broken acres
worth many thousands of dollars.
OF course most of the land which
will be directly benefited by these
great drainage bitches, were at that
time mostly covered with water at
different seasons of the year, which
made them unfit for farming, but
certain portions which were higher.
were homesteaded and made into
ideal farms. Now that the drainage
bitches will render all this country
tillable, there have been many settlers
filing on these lands and are now I'M
proving land, which two years ago
would have been passed up as not fiji
for any use whatever We have been
informed that there have been rail
road prospectors throughout this sec.
ton recently, which would seem to in.
dicate that they are interested in that
section also.
Railroad Would Benefit Settlers
What would railroad do for the
settlers of Grygla, ROLLS, Jonstad,
Randen, and that section? 1t would
be the salvation for the settler to the
detriment of the land sharks. There
would be buildings on every quarter
and the land would be farmed and not
left idle for speculation alone. An
ideal country could and would result
from shipping facilities such as rail.
road always brings.
The time will soon be here when
the eastern part of our county will be
heard from good and plenty, but a
railroad is a necessity which we must
have in order to compete with other
farming sections nearer market.
We are now about % or 25 miles
from Middle River, our nearest rail
road point, and a trip there with pro.
duce takes big slice of the profits
for expenses for men and teams.
An Eastern County Reader.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
DEATH OF A PROMISING YOUNG
GIRL.

Elvira Dagmar, only daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis N. Smith, of town
of Oak Park, died Sept 29, 1909, of
appendicitis, aged Ia years, 10 months
and ~ days.
The sad news of Miss Smiths sud-
den death cast shadow over the
whole community, where her short
but happy life had been spent, and
every heart was touched with sym
pathy for the stricken family, from
whose tireside the light had fled. AS
the only daughter in the family, she
had been the joy and comfort Of the
home that is now left empty and DESC
late, and her sweet and gentle pres
ence also brought wealth of sun
shine and happiness into the lives of
the entire community. She was
kindly and loving daughter and her
devotion to the family circle was a
very beautiful trait of her character.
She was in her happy teens, when
youth stands waiting, before the half
open door that leads into a fairer and
more promising land of dreams and
flowers. That her life so promising
should be thus suddenly cut short, is
one of those mysterious dealings of
God which we cannot fully under
stand, unless as flowers are picked
before the frost finds them that we
may not witness their decay. We
bow humbly to the will of God, He
knows what is best. ~
The funeral was held from the
Swedish Lutheran church near Alva-
RADIO on Sunday afternoon last and
was conducted by Rev. E. O. Chelgren
of Warren. Besides the parents and
four brothers, deceased is also mourn
ed by many relatives and a large cir
Gle OF friends. Among those from a
distance attending the funeral were
MIR. and Mrs. Axel Lundin, of Mime
apolis. To the bereaved family, the
community extends sincere sympathy.
May the sweet memory of the lovely
daughter always be, to them tie that
binds them to heaven.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06

S. P. Alquist, of Drayton, met with
an accident a week ago Saturday that
resulted in his death. The better to
administer a dose Of medicine to a
sick horse he mounted small hay
stack and endeavored to raise the
horses neck by pulling on the halter.
The halter broke throwing Mr.. Al
quist to the ground with such force
that his neck was broken. He was
dead when help reached him.-Pio-
.neer Express.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
SAYS VALLEY LOOKS FINE
James J. Hill Wants To See More A.
faIfa in. This Section - Alfalfa is
Worth $40 Per Acre-Eand Would
Doublefin Value.

II never saw the Red River Valley
looking better than it is today at this
season Of the year." said Chairman
J. J. Hill of the Great Northern, dur.
ing a brief stop he made in Crookston
while on special train enroute from
Fargo to Grand Forks. "You are
well advanced with your plowing and
note that better plowing is being
done than usual. The farmers are
going down deeper and this is good
augury. Swimming the land must be
stopped if good results are to be OBJ
tanned. The gasoline plows are do
ing specially good work and I note
many of them in the field. 1 have
one at Northcote which turns over
about rs acres or more day and it is
costing us about SO cents per acre to
plow. This is the coming plow, as
it not only does better work, but costs
less, and you can go as deep as you
want to.
Il would like to see more alfalfa
raised here. The soil here is ideal for
it, and with northern grown seed such
as is produced in the Milk River VAL
ley in Montana, or any northern eli
mate, the farmers will find it the best
paying crop they can raise. Good al
falfa is worth $40 per acre, and if I
had to choose between corn and al
falfa, | would raise alfalfa every time.
OF course it is better to have both, as
corn is best perhaps to top off beef
cattle during the last month of fat.
tening. Alfalfa wants we'll cult.
waited and properly prepared seed bed.
The ground must be well plowed and
should be narrowed thoroughly be-
fore any kind of a crop is sown, in
order that the seed is planted at a
uniform depth Z % l.s3zS.. H.
~. aLand asound Mitchell, s. D., which
could be purchased at from So to $40
and some of it at $5 per acre, 12 years
ago is now selling readily at from $SJ
to $l2O per acre, as a result of getting
into corn and alfalfa, but particularly
alfalfa. Two acres of land here are
worth three there because you have
a better soil. Get into alfalfa and
more corn here and the land values
will rise in proportion"