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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-12-23
Copyright 1903. by Harper q Brothers I.
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CHAPTER XII.
III LYDE! You mean Fraser
Frobisher, l should say,"|
gasped Boyd to the reporter.
mo. sir. Alton Clyde! He
was pretty laxative the night ! saw
him." The reporter laughed meaning
ly.
Drunk, do you meanT'
'Oh. not exactly drunk. but pretty
wet. He knew what he was saying.
however. Can't you give me some
thing more"
Nothing" Boyd hurried to his hotel.
a prey to mingled anger and contrition.
So Fraser had told the truth. after all.
and with a kind of sullen loyalty had
chosen to remain under a cloud himself
rather than inform on friend. 1t was
quite in keeping with the fellows Pc
culiar temperament. As 1t happened.
Boyd found the two men together and
lost no time in acquainting them with
his discovery. ~
1--WE come to apologize to you," he
said to Fraser. who grinned broadly
and was seized with a sudden abash-
ment which stilled his tongue. Elmer
son turned to Clyde "Why did you
permit me to do this injusticeY'
IL didn't mean to give out any
secrets-I don't remember doing It,"
Alton apologized lamely. "You know
can't drink much. l don't remember
thing about it. honestly" Boyd re-
garded him coldly. but the young
mans penitence seemed so genuine, he
looked so weak. so pitifully incompe-
tent, that the other lacked heart to
chastise him. 1t requires resistance to
Z develop heat. and against the absence
of character it is impossible to create
any sort Of emotion.
when you got drunk that night you
not only worked a great hardship on
all Of us, but afterward you allowed
me to misjudge a very faithful man"
declared Boyd. "If you can't keep a
close mouth and do as you are told
you'd better go back to Chicago"
Don't climb any higher" admon-
ished "Fingerless" Fraser. Hes all
luffed up now. I'll lay you 8 to he
don't make another break of the kind
mo; I was so com-cussed-pletely
picked that I forgot I even spoke
about the salmon canning business. II
break my corkscrew and seal my flask
and from this moment until we come
out next fall the demon rum and art
divorced. Is that good news"
Everything is joke to you, ism
tip said Boyd. eff this trip doesn'
make a man Of you. you'll never grow
mp"
AS IL billiards conversion had mark
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-12-23

the freight piles, whence he was scan
ming the crowd. The man recognized
Emerson and pointed him out. The
next instant Boyd saw him approach
ing, followed by several others. Then,
though Boyd fell back farther, the
others rushed in and he found himself
hard beset. What happened thereafter
neither he nor Alton Clyde, who was
half dazed to begin with, ever clearly
remembered.
Before he had recognized the person
al nature of the assault Emerson found
himself engaged in a furious hand to
hand struggle. Then sudden black.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-04
Low Shoes

Up to date styles that
fit you perfectly from the
minute you put your foot
into them and hold their
shape till they are worn
out.
They are made over
specially designed low
shoe lasts and VIII not
slip in the heel.
We are Showing Ok
fords. Lace or Button.
Ties. Sandals and Pumps
in Patent Kid. Patent Colt.
Gun Metal. Russian Calf.
Vici Kid and Suede.
Mems Styles $50 d 400
Homens ST.
----- LIS b 400
c5 .0de1 Style
- l.25 q ESQ
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-04

trteH tHe3r So
Ht s @at Council ana n-
cra % Ss18 hfaa t.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-04
|. 3. PUTnEY

ESTABLISHED 1873.
WI ir>Aic t.rafr. Elt5@F. Ieed ana
Sa@ A-eut Tor Aiit bill Na-un-
aist9JEEQt T. NFI MEXICO
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29
BURD|Ck DOES NOT Want TO Have
THE APPOINTMENT OF Committees

Grand Forks, N D., Dec. 2S.-Lieu.
tenant Governor U. l.. Burdick has
pronounced views on certain ques.
tons of public interest that he will
deal with as presiding officer of the
senate this winter. They are given
out in letter to Grand Forks
friend in answer to a request for 9
statement as to his position.
Organization of the senate through
the appointment of the committee by
a committee on committees" a de-
sire to see the pledges or the party
carried into effect, and opposition to
the STERLING committee are, briefly,
the views of the lieutenant governor,
who comes from the progressive fac
tion of the republican party. Mr..
Burdick writes:
1T has been Gu stomary for the lieu
tenant governor to appoint all of the
standing committees of the senate.
Last session there was committee
on committees to look after this mat
ter, but it was merely advisory, as
Lieutenant Governor Lewis did in fact
appoint the committees. Every lieu
tenant governor since statehood had
appointed these committees.
II do not think the trainers of our
constitution ever intended the lieu.
tenant governor to have this power
it wasn't granted by the constitution
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29
new SEA MEASUREMENTS.
Pacific Could Fill Tank Mile Square
For 40 Years.

Pacific Could Fill Tank Mile Square
For 40 Years.
An officer Of a liner once remarked
that most men seemed to be as igno-
rant about the size Of the sea as they
are Of the distance between the heav-
emily planets. Here are few facts:
The Pacific covers 68,O0OOOO miles.
the Atlantic 100000 and the Indian
ocean, Arctic and Antartic 100000.
To stow away the contents of the Pa
cif1c 1t would be necessary to fill tank
one mile long, one mile wide and one
mile deep every day for 40 years. Put
in figures, the Pacific holds In weight
949,OOO, OO0, 600 ,OO0,O 100000 tons.
The Atlantic averages depth Of not
quite three miles. It's waters weigh
325, OOO. 900, 900 OOO,OOO,OOO tons, and a
tank to contain it would have each of
its sides 43O miles long. The figures
of the other oceans are in the same
startling proportions.
1t would take all the sea water in the
world 100000 years to flow over Mag
ara.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29
TO ADD MAINE TO CANADA.
Prince Edward Island Paper Suggests
1akjnq Il From Union.

fanny ~ VIVbu 0uIous
The political union of the state of
Maine with Canada is advocated by
the Charlottetown Daily Guardian OF
Prince Edward Island. The Guardian
says:
1T is high time that the statesmen
OF Canada gave serious consideration
to the possibility, to use no stronger
term. Of admitting the adjoining state
of Maine into the Dominion.
"A glance at the map is sufficient to
show that the state Of Maine belongs
geogra phically to Canada rather than
to the United States. Being now a
foreign country, 1t is to some extent
also an obstacle to the right develop
ment Of our great transportation sys.
tens, while at the same time the state
is shut out from the great and obvious
advantages which much result from
the union with Canada, already far
too long delayed.
1--WE have, of course, no desire to Sc
duce our Maine cousins from their
present allegiance to Uncle Sam ond
the stars and stripes. Any movement
in the direction of union with Canada
must come from them and with Uncle
Sans consent"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29
A CURIOUS BIRD.
Tho Crested Hoactzin When Hatched
Has Four Legs.

Tho Crested Hoaetzin When HatcF1ed
Has Four Legs.
The crested hoactzin Of British Gut
ana is the only survivor of a certain
race of birds most Of which are now
known only as fossils. The hoactzin
inhabits the most secluded forests Of
South America, and its survival be-
yond its congeners is doubtless owing
to its retiring habits and to the fact
that it feeds on wild arum leaves.
which give its flesh most offensive
favor, rendering it unfit for food.
The chief popularity Of the hoactzin
consists in the fact that when it is
patched it possesses four we'll develop
ed legs. The young birds leave the nest
and climb about like monkeys over the
adjoining limbs and look more like tree
toads than birds.
The modification of the fore limbs
begins ut once after Matching, when
the claws of the digits fall off and the
whole clawlike hand begins to aatten
and become wing shaped. Feathers
soon appear, and before full growth is
reached not vestige remains Of the
original character.
The adult birds not only have no
claws upon their wings, but their
thumbs even are so poorly developed
that one would hardly suspect that In
the nestlings we have the nearest ap-
proach to a quadruped found among
existing birds.-London Tit-Bits.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29
BETTER FARMING Meeting
PLANNED FOR DICKINSON

Dickinson, n. D., Dec. 2o.-1'he first
North Dakota Auxiliary Dry Farming
congress will be held at Dickinson on
Tue sday and Wednesday, January 81
and February /, 1911, at which time a
permanent state organization will be
effected.
The program committee has secured
speakers OF national reputation, nclud
ing J. II. Worst, president Of the North
Dakota Agricultural college and presi-
dent Of the International Dry Farming
CONGRESS; John I. Burns. executive
secretary OF the International Dry Farm
ing congress-; Pro lessons Bollcy and
Shvppcrd Of the North Dakota Agri-
cultural college: the North Dakota
Farmers corps. headed by Supt. I. A:
IIo>rr,tad: also Supt w. R. Porter OF
the North Dakota demonstration farms.
Efforts are also being made to secure
James J. Hill of the Great Northern
for one OF the days. Prof Thomas
Shaw, the Minnesota institute worker,
and Editor NJ +. Greeley "f the Da-
kota Farmer. In addition to the fore
going speakers. practical progressive
ia r,ncrs will give talk, on the various
phases Of farming best suited to the
ordinary rainfall Of the state.
The organization of a dry farming
congress in North Dakota, auxiliary to
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29
INDIANS ARE GOOD FARMERS.
But Still Like Liquor on South Dakota
Reservation.

| But Still Like Liquor on South Dakota
Reservation.
The Indians on the Sisseton reserva-
ton. in the northwestern portion of
South Dakota, are making rapid prog
ress in civilization. This is borne out
by the statements of Major S. A. AL
len, the reservation agent, who says
that, while fully Is per cent Of the
reservation Indians are full bloods, IS
ger cent of them have become agricul-
turists and have proved themselves
thrifty and fairly successful as farm
, ers.
There are about 1000 redskins on
the reservation. which is eighty miles
long and forty miles wide. OF this
amount of land the Indians have been
allotted about 100000 acres, while the
remainder is now in the hands Of the
whites.
From this land the Indians this year
raised approximately 100000 bushels
Of wheat $4,000 bushels Of oats, 49,
600 bushels Of corn and 1000 bushels
Of fax. Their fair, held during three
days Of October, will compare favor
ably with any white mans county fair
in South Dakota. Included In the ex-
hi!1.,;s were ninety exhibits Of small
grain. forty Of corn and large num-
Der Of vegetables. In addition fine
showings were made Of cattle horses,
hogs, sheep, chickens and other prod
ucts of the farm.
There are thirteen churches on the
reservation, the Episcopal Presby-
terrain and Catholic denomination pre-
dominating. During the last two years
125 good farmhouses have been built.
The Indians are in the main virtuous.
self respecting and show remarka-
BILE affinity for civilization, the only
drawback to their advancement, ac-
cording to Major Allen, being their
fondness for liquor, which IS some
times supplied them by bootleggers
despite the most strenuous efforts of
the government to keep the liquor dis
pensers out Of reach Of the Indians.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29

the National Dry Farming congress,
means great deal to the state, and
the project should receive the hearty
cooperation of every settler and prop
cr,y owner. All of the northwestern
state, are becoming interested in this
matter and where not already organized
will do so within the coming year or
two.
The North Dakota Auxiliary DRY
Farming congress will naturally develop
into regular organization, meeting an
nualy, which will be of great import
ancc to our agricultural interests. The
work of the congress is along the lines
OF practical and scientific cultivation Of
the soil and no state is more i'll need
OF this kind of education than North
Dakota. The natural resources are here
in great abundance. The soil is rich
and if the hllsbandmcn will only learn
to properly till their acres they are
destined to become very prosperous.
Therefore, it is the place of every
one to take an interest in the dry
farming movement National speakers
will come to Dickinson to tell the farm
rr> how to materially increase their
grain yields. Let us all become inter-
c>ted get out and get the other fellows
ont and make the most of opportunities
at our disposal
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29
GOLDEN VALLEY IS
ALREADY PREPARING
FOR SPRINGS WORK

More Bros, the big wholesale auto
mobile and ga engine dealers, have
just closed, at Beach, y. d., and WI
bauN, Mont, what is wthou, doubt the
largest deal OF it, kind =Ecr made in
lhi, part Of 1lN country. Lowell Bros,
LOCAL agent, at Beach, and Henry Null
lc,ldure, local agent a, W,bauS, for the
Hart. Parr gas engines, has ordered for
immediate shipment twenty-five of these
engines, Lowell Bros. taking fifteen and
Mr.. AlulIcndore ten.
This was a direct sale to the agents,
made by More Bros salesman, +. S.
Sleisht and represents, including the
freight, some $Gomn. One of the most
str king features in connection with this
deal is that both Lowell Bros and Mr..
Mrlendore already have customers or
ders for most Of these engines. Beach
and Wibaux are both in what is known
as the famous Golden Valley. and the
above mentioned sale will give to- the
I'm familiar an idea OF the great amount
of business that is being done in this
valley.
All engine, there are used for plow-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Eight million
dollars will be expended on irrigation
projects in the northwest during the
next FIVE years as the result of the in
vcsligations and recommendations made
BY the board Of army engineers, whose
report was approved and made public
by President Taft this week. OF the
amount over $1,""',00o will be expend-
cd on two big projects in Montana,
namely, Milk river and Sun river.
Smaller amounts will be put into the
lower Yellowstone and the Huntley pro-
jects. Fifty thousand dollars will be
applied to the completion of the exist
ing pumping projects on the Missouri
river in North Dakota. with a contin-
gent expenditure of $l."H'.no", depend
en-, upon the success of the present pro-
jects. Five hundred thousand dollars
will be expended for the completion Of
the Belle Fourche prof ect in South Da-
kota.
For the Milk river project in Mon
tara $l,oOo,m'o is allotted from the $20.-
mN.oN0 bond issue. This slim will be
charged against the project, and inter-
est will have to come from the charge
to settlers on that project. In addition
S2,Ho,ooO will be allotted from the
general reclamation fund, making a to-
tai of $3,5O0,0o0 for this project
Reclamation officials who were seen
today say that at least $5,W'o,NN will
be required to complete the entire Milk
river project. including the St. Mary's
reservoir. and that it will be question
of departmental policy which end of the
project shall be completed with the al
lo,ment made bv the engineers.
Reservoirs to be Built.
The plans OF the reclamation service
the construction of flood
water reservoirs in the lower river with
the necessary canals and latterals. The
water supply would be unstable, de-
pending upon the rainfall. The St.
Mary's reservoir, OH the other hand.
would insure a permanent water supply,
but the distributing systems lower down
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29

But the rules OF the senate from year
to year have been so framed as to
give that officer such power, and this
power has been exercised so arbitra-
rily in the past as to show conclusive
ly that too much power in one man
is a positive detriment to needed leg
islatiOn.
IF the senate sees fit to change it's
rules, which it has a perfect right to
do, and limit this arbitrary power of
the lieutenant governor, it will be,
think, step in the right direction,
and it will have my earnest approval.
There Is one thing I am deter.
mined to see done, that is, that the
senate pass those laws that were
promised by the republican party in
it's state platform.
There is one thing l will not do,
and l trust the senate will not do it,
over my objection, and that 4 is to
appoint what has been known in the
past as a steering committee. This
committee has beent he graveyard of
more good legislation than was ever
killed by direct vote. Indeed, that
seems to have been the purpose of the
committee-to kill bills without the
senators having to 60 on record.
want to see every bill have a fair
hearing and if any be killed that there
be record of the killing"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29
EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS FOR
NORTHWEST IRRIGAT TON WORK

the river could not BE- constructed il
their entirety The St. Mary's reser
voir is estimated at l.3oo.oH'. or more
than third OF the total allotment fol-
the Milk river project.
| The ownership of water rights viii
be adjusted by arbitration, according tC
plan decided upon here within the last
ten days. With all allotment OF $500,
! 600 for the Sun river project. the recla-
| nation service proposes to construct the
! reservoir and main canal. but there will
not be enough money to construct a
distributing system. Much tunnel work
is embraced in this project, and this
will take large share of the available
funds.
On the lower Yellowstone the allot-
nent contemplates the expenditure OF
$370,0O0 for the Improvement of the
dam and the installation OF small pump
ing plans where necessary.
The allotment for the Huntley pro-
ject is 100000. with which two small
extensions will be constructed and pos
sibly other small reservoirs.
$4,000 for North Dakota.
The engineers provide for an expendi-
ture of $5O,N0O for contingencies on the
Williston and Butord-'lrenton pumping
projects on the Missouri river i'll North
Dakota. The reclamation service is also
prepared to expcnd an additional 5 $780,
0oU for the extension of this project if
the settlers OH the present project are
successful i'll raising crops Officials of
the service say that alfalfa and sugar
beets are the crops to be grown on this
project. and not the grain crops, which
require large areas for successful opera
tions.
When the settlers change their crops
to conditions, it is proposed to con-
struct All extension to the present pro-
ject, covering approximately 25No
acres, to cost about $l,0oo,0O0. Half
million dollars will be expended on the
Belle Fourche project in South Dakota,
for the completion of the dam and the
construction of laterals.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29
THE "HEATHEN CHINEE."
And the Cards Bret Harte Wrote Into
His Flowing Sleeves.

TITS TIo"InS 0IScVSS.
Every one who knows American
poetry is familiar with Bret Harte's
Heather Chinee,' written in the ear.
ly seventies at the time when the feel
ing on the Pacific coast ran high
against the mild eyed Celestial and
voicing that feeling by portraying the
hero, if such term may be applied to
All Sin, as crafty card cheating
villain who outwits the sharps of the
California mining camps.
1t is not generally known, however,
that the poem Is unique in that it
contains an error which the author
failed to detect when reading the gal
ley proofs and which survived and
still survives all attempts at correc-
ton. Perhaps it is the only instance
in literature where a grossly patent
error in the copy reading Of an after
ward famous article, whether prose
or poem, has persisted through nu-
merous editions despite all efforts of
author and editor to kill 1t.
The poem was written while Bret
Harte was employed on San Fran
cisco daily and, to him, was merely
a part of the days work. 1t tells of a
Chinee, All Sin, who, with a smile
that was childlike and bland" sat in a
game of euchre with Truthful James
and Bill Nye.
At crucial point Of the game the
artless Chinese plays the winning
card, (which" says TRUTHFUL James,
the narrator Of the catastrophe. "the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29

same Nye had dealt unto me!' Where.
upon Truthful and Nye proceed ia
Ego for that heather Chinee" The
damaging evidence disclosed by their
rough and searching investigation is
told as follows in the poem as it was
printed-and has been printed ever
/ since the initial publication:
In his sleeves which were long, there were
! twenty-four packs.
Which is coming it strong, yet state but
the facts.
! In this form the busy Bret Harte
let the proofs go down to the printer,
and it was not until some time later
that he recalled having overlooked an
| error in it. He hurried down to the
! press, but already several hundred
copies had been struck off and were
being distributed about the city to the
! morning subscribers. Bret Harte, at
! taching no Importance to the fugitive
verses, which had merely oozed from
! his pen the afternoon previous, made
| no effort at correction then. When,
| however, the eastern press enthusias-
tically copied it and publishers and il
! Illustrators rang all manner Of comic
changes in it he tried to substitute the
] correct phrase, but without avail, and
''The Heather Chinee" has persisted
in its original form through number
less editions ever since.
What Bret Harte wrote was:
In his sleeves, which were long, he had
twenty-four jacks.
Now, in the game of euchre, as all
| card players know, the jacks are of
great value, and the stufing Of num-
berless jacks up his flowing sleeves,
as the poet intended to sing, showed
great astuteness on the part Of All
Sin. The uncorrected error Of the CON-
positor who set up packs instead of
'.jacks," still left enough Of sense to
pass muster when embodied between
the contexts.
The poet, after years of fruitless en-
deavor, finally gave up all hope and
resigned himself to the butchered read
ing.-New York Times.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-29
COMET IS SOUTH
african emblem
First Appearance on National
Flags Of the World.
DEFEATS OSTRICH FOR HONOR

Symbol Of New U. s. A. Has -Four
Pointed Head and Tail Of Orange
Green, Blue and Scarlet Bands-sue.
csssfuI Designer Dies on Day Hs
Hears Of Victory.
For the first time in the history of
the world a comet has been given a
place on national flag. The Union Of
, South Africa, the new four colony state
tablished by Britain, has chosen for
, the flag Of the state banner with a
plain blue field.
The British ensign Is In the upper
left hand corner, and emblazoned
across the field is a device In the like
ness Of a comet, with four pointed
lead, symbolic Of the four colonies,
and a tail of orange, green, blue and
scarlet bands.
The strange flag design was chosen
BY competition. The successful com
petitor died on the day his design was
selected.
The flag board was headed by Ad-
miral Egerton. The anchor, the chain,
the diamond and the plow were among
the devices submitted; also the ele-
plant, the ostrich and the springbok.
One Of the commissioners favored an
anchor, but it was pointed out that
an anchor on an English flag is the
symbol Of dockyard.
The initials of the Union Of South
Africa, U. S. A., are causing the postal
officials of America and Great Britain
lots of trouble, and many letters in
tended for places in the United States
Of America are being sent to towns of
the same name in the South African
Union: also letters for South Africa
are going astray in America.
The authorities in Johannesburg and
In London are jumping with both feet
ON the cost of writing ~. S. A." on
che African subcontinent mail.