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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15
THE GAME OF GRAFT.

While honesty doubtless continues
to be the hest policy. there is no
doubt a CRATER sometimes gets away
with it. The wise American people.
the world. really haven't changed a
great deal since the days when P. T.
Barnum remarked hat they liked to
be humbugged, except that they are
able to pay a higher price for the
privilege. and a majority Of them
have their names on sucker lists Of
various kinds. Much Of the govern
ment's time is spent in protecting
them. but at that it doesn't do a very
Now no one, outside Of the receive
ing end of the grating game. wants
to encourage that sort Of thing. but.
to u casual observer, it seems that 1t
is encouraged in different ways.
Sometimes the very exposure itself
encourages new efforts in the line.
Fiction also helps. A youth Of i'm
questionable can't read the ex-
PLOTS Of "Get-Rich- -Walling-
go and do likewise II he happened to
need the money. Hence he hits up a
new plan for selling blue sky, and. II
he is a bright young man with a
plausible line Of talk. people who
need their money pay for his bright
ness and their experience, without
getting and dividends.
Another magazine which makes a
monthly cruise across our desk is
running a series of articles purport-
ing to be the actual experiences of
a successful CRATER, who was so good
at it that he cleaned up a halw mil
lion before the postal officials finally
stopped him, without taking away
what he had taken in. OF course. the
fact that he was finally stopped by
the Tightening Of the red tape might
discourage some inclined to search
for easy money, and the frank expos
ure Of his methods will discourage
the plain people from biting on a
similar proposition. But graft comes
in SO many guises that more harm is
likely to result in encouraging others
to devise a new system Of beating the
public than by teaching the public to
be wary. OF course. however, the
public should be taught, for educa-
ton. in this, as in other matters, has
something on any law of the statute
books. But it should be done in
some manner less likely to kick back
ward and turn in favor Of the crook
aI md
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15
WHERE Is BANGo

Hidden away in a recent dispatch
from. Picking. recounting the events OF
the revolution now going OH in China
was a meager mention that KanE Yr
Wei had been pardoned and recalled
from exile. Kang's name was coup.
led with that Of lang Chi Chao. and
the single. phrase "emincnt reform.
ers" did descriptive duty for both OF
them.
The names of Iii Yuan JIeng. com.
mander-in-chicf Of the revolutionar,
forces Of Tang Shao vi. the new min.
lister of posts. and communications; OF
Sheng Hsuan IIuai, whom Tang sue.
ceeded. and Of Yuan Shi Kai, Tang's
mentor and the nan now mentioned
as the probable successor to the pro.
miership of Prince Ching, have loom.
ed large in recent cablegrams out OF
China. Their are trippings al.
most fuently from the tongues O,
Americans and of other foreigners
who a month ago would have failed tc
recognize them. There is still q hes.
itancy over kang's name.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15
BLAMING; NEW YORK.

Last week the wife Of a successful
author obtained a divorce, and the
desired amount Of alimony, because
the author-husband lost his head and
heart to other women. and acted in
a way no family man should. 1t hap
pened in New York, where a good
many authors hold forth, in order to
he near their publishers, and meet
the great in literary affairs. SO 1t
Il so strange that a friend Of the
mar comes forward to blame the
great metropolis for the downfall of
his friend. He tells what a true
husband I'M father the author was
before he saw the white lights and
the shadows Of oBhemin. but deplores
me TACT that the author couldn't
the shadows Of Bohemia, but deplorcs
ton ct the same. and fell a victim to
the wiles Of wicked women whom he
met In his role Of literary lion.
There have been similar examples,
and different ones, Of blaming II on
New YORK. The man who happens to
seiect a New York firm to work for,
and absconds with his employers
funds, places the blame on the great
metropolis. and the swift pace it sets,
just AS does this author who fell be.
fore a baby face. Poverty and pluta-
racy alike wriggle about and try Ia
shift the glame or the worlds great.
est city, and people who give the mat
ter some thought must be tired Of It
Az a matter of fact, New York ha,
hundreds Of thousands of decent and
successful citizens, who conduct them.
selves with AS much propricty az the
people Of the small towns. They are
good to their families. and maintain
u savings in the bank, and
don't care a whoop for chorus girl,
or know what champagne tastes like
On the other hand. 1t is equally true
una the man with an inclination tc
n smallest town or in the rural dis.
tricts. as we'll as along the erea,
white way.
These efforts to shift the response.
bility don't help any, and IL thew foo
very many people. they shouldn't. The
fact is. II is up to the individual
whether h" happens to live in maj
Vicious Mmnhnnnst. or Mexico. Mo.
and he cant dodge the Responsible,
J hecausc of the size Of the town.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15
T1IE TRUSTS AND THE ELECTION

Confronted with the return. of the
recent elections. the great corporate
interests can find but little hope of
cessation Of the attempts of the gov
eminent to compel them to adapt
their business methods to the stand
ards fxed by law and to conform to
the rules decided by the courts to be
within the meaning of such law.
The results at the polls clearly in
dictate that public sentiment is strong
]y in favor Of such legislation as will
prevent monopoly in any form and
destroy combines created to cxtort
undue profits from the people. The
elections of n fortnight ago give the
most accurate and the latest record
OF the views of the clectors-the act
nal rulers Of the republic, the in
structors Of all public men, The di.
rectors Of those who wish to serve
Their AS officials, and the final ar
biters not only as to policies, but as
TO VINO Shall cnac those policies into
aw. and who shall execute them,
The interests which have been out
ii the pale, have for months been
seeking to worl1 up sentiment against
the policy Of law enforcement that
strikes at the vitals Of the concerns.
The press these influences control and
influence has eXcrted it's full power
to the same end. Yet every ANALYSIS
of the election returns indicates that
the sentiment of the country is on the
other side. 1t is impossible to sec
where the powerful interests gained
any strength or bettercd themselves
in the contest.
The position of the trusts in tho
political field seemed to be that OF p
target for all the parties and factions
to practice at, and to see which
could hit the hardest. The interests
that have opposed the enforcement OF
the antitrust law have no standing
with the insurgents. can not control
the Democrats n are hated by the
Socialists. Naturally they are hostile
to the presidcn: and the stalwart wing
of the Republican party whom the.
hold ~responsihic for their present
woes. They w"r" unable to dictate
ar Influence ~ single. instance il, THEN
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15

1t is unfamiliar. vet by it is known
the man whose friends proclaim him
y originator of the reforms toward
which the New China is now head
ing, the man whose name is on the
lips OF thousands of his countrymen.
mere and In other lands, and who may
sign himself president Of countless
Chinese reform societies outside. of
tnat large share of.Asia which Is the
Chinese empire. ,"
kang Yu Wei is not a revolutionary.
re Is u scholar. The reforms he has
aa'oca!ed have been economic chang
force. His plans. formulated many
years ago and partly put into effect
more than ten years ago, probably
never contemplated Il Chinese rcpub-
nc. AT most lie probably dreamed Of
ana worked for only a better EN- q
Set those who know him intimately, as
trends Of long standing know each
other: say that Hangs influence. his
khoWiedge. his diplomatic skill, his
aoliIts 10 understand and to lead men,
cannot nave been withheld from the
revolutionary movement which has
illuminated In the self-proclamation of
eeh' Ii Yuan Heng as president.
Where Rang may be now none of
nave been sent to him at PananE-he
was Known to be there not long ago
concentrating him on the events in
ms native land. They have remained
unanswered 1t is probable. that, aft
~ onn zen years or more Of exile. Kang is
T %n"s more IN his own country. In the
.cs opc n .iat nc DC, those among Alneri-
.ans VINO Know him we'll scan their
papers daily for the message which
nal tell them that Kang had taken
ms a as a leader among leaders
OF those who are striving for the ad.
vancement Of China.
Who is Rang Yu Wei is a ouestion
oound to be asked frequently If the
psed'ctions of his friends come true.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15
BATTLE WITH A WILDCAT.
Hunter, Deserted by His Dog, Fights
Alone With Wounded Beast.
Chicago Inter Ocean,)

Chicago Inter Ocean.)
To have been knocked down by the
force o IA falling wildcat which he
had shot. and then violently and dam
gerously attacked by the wounded
animal. was the terrible experience
Of Peter shugro in the ocdonia woods
the other night Though showing
cowardice to the extent Of running
away when his master was brought
to the necessity Of doing personal
combat with the Infatuated wildcat,
yet h sagacity of Shugro's coon dog
lent itself to securing the help which
he so badly needed in order to reach
home.
In the very thickest part Of. the 'ra-
vine the dog began a furious "ton-
guing," and planted herself at the foot
of a quite tall hemlock. which was
partially fire killed and hence quite
ground. Shugro could hear the ::un-
inistakable sounds Of scraping claws
in the first limbs of the old tree, and
he was quite sure that he could dis
tinguish the black heap or form
which he took to be the raccoon.
The dog went fairly wild with excite
ment.
shugro finally concluded to chance
a shot. and the moment the rifle
CIdCheu lHoTe WAS Il ycOWl tnaL snug
70 recognized as that Of a member
Of the cat tribe. And the next instant
the animal. whatever 1t was. came
flying through space and landed
squarely upon ShuRro's head and
shoulders. The weight of the thing
knocked him sprawling upon the
! ground among the bushes. while the
animal still chung to him and began
q desperate attack with its claws,
sparing neither his face nor arms and
biting and scratching in a manner
that Shugro knew was bringing blood
at every contact. In falling he had
lost hold Of Ills rifle. and the gun
had slipped away out Of his reach.
1t was a case Of lighting the animal,
! which by this time he knew was
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15
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The Red Mill.

The Red Mill.
The scenes of Daniel V. Martins
production OF the musical play. THE
Red Mill" are laid in Holland. 1t is
believed that this is the first play ever
presented in America devoted go en-
character and location. The quaint
atmosphere OF the country of dykes.
wiudmills and wooden shoes is said to
have been capitally caught by the au-
thor. Henry blossom. and tunefully
portrayed by the composer, Victor
Herbert.
The Red Mill is i'll two acts. The
first depicts a square in the town of
Katwyk-aan-zee a picturesque place
solutely correct and q duplication Of
an actual scene In the background is
the great practical red windmill with
its slowly sweeping sails. FROM which
the play takes its name. and at one
side is a funny little Dutch inn. which
has an important bearing OH the story.
The second scene shows Il delft blue
interior representing the house of the
Burgomastcr. Both these settings are
typical of the artistic distinction that
characterizes all of Martin & Emery's
productions.
The plot revolves around two
stranded Americans. They are unable
for some time to escape from the
Dutch mill region because they can't
pay their board bill. In All effort to
evade it. which calls for a sensation
al sortic from a gabled window. they
are captured by the Burgomaster and
put to work, m as a waiter and the
other as An Interpreter. The Burgo-
masters daughter has a love affair
with a young sailor. and when her IA
ther finds out about 1t he imprisons
her in the old red mill. which has the
reputation Of being haunted. How the
two Americans rescue her from the
mill is a spectacular development of
the first act. In the second act the
two Americans. in their efforts to flee
hard luck and Holland. have to re-
sort to various DISCUSSES; the n hav-
ing the most important bearing on the
story being a wonderfully clever rep
r%esentation of Sherlock Holmes and
DR.. Watson. In these characters they
finally bring about q happy ending to
the story and reap pecuniary reward
for both. and the hand Of a charming
damsel named Tina, for one
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15

, The keynote Of North Dakota pros.
perity is sounded by the movement
which is backed by a number Of club.
and similar organizations. tho pur-
pose of which is hundred dollars
an acre for North Dakota land. The
strong point in the scheme is tina,
st is not intended to enhance the price
Of land by initiating the figures, hu,
by making the land itself produce
N income which is based on a one
hundred dollar investment per acre.
All business must be conducted al a
profit. farming Is we'll as banking,
merchandising or manufacturing. The
profit must be over and above cost OF
production and interest on invest
ment. The size OF the profit depends
somewhat upon the risk. II the risk
Is small or entirely absent. a smaller
profit will suffice than If the risk is
large or abnormally so.
1t can thus he eeen that two ele-
ments enter largely into the scheme
Of hundred dollar an acre land val
! Uee-increased crop values and de
! creased crop losses and failures
! Farmers who have rotated crops find
they can raise thirty-hve bushels OF
wheat where ten grew before. The
methods by which this increased crop
value is procured is one Of the means
| By which the value Of tho land is in
creased.
: Among the things which enter into
crop losses are the various plant dis
cases, weedy lands. poor termination,
the waste Of farm ~hy-products and
The depreciation Of the producing
power Of the land itself. Drouths,
hail and other elemental agencies are
the ones which produce total fall
ures and consequently involve the
greatest risk, while the former ele-
ments produce a smaller risk. Now
II these dangers car be obliterated
wholly or In part, 1t is evident that
a smaller net income annually will
meal a larger profit on the invest
ment as a whole.
The clubs whose slogan is a hun
dred dollars an acre have set them.
selves to the task Of changing these
things. With the bare exception OF
hail. every one Of them will yield to
the methods Of scientific farming.
Drouth cannot be overcome, but
methods have been found by which
the moisture may be go conserved
that 1t is ample. even in the dry
years. to produce the crops. Plant
diseases are largely the results of the
continuous growing of one crop on
the same land. Rotation eliminates
the plant diseases and at the same
time improves the condition Of the
land. Better seed selection will elm
mate the consequences of poor ger
animation. and, in combination with
soil cultivation. that of weed waste.
Loss Of ~by-products will be eliminat-
ed by raising took to consume much
Of this waste, while the process will
return to the soil its wasted fertility.
These are the things to which the
scientific farmers-the hundred dol
lar an acre clubs-have set their
hands. Once they have accomplished
them, the land will produce twice
as much as before, and II before II
was worth fifty dollars an acre, with
the same cost of production and dou-
bic the income. it is a mathematical
proposition that it would be worth
twice fifty dollars.
1t is a legitimate increase Of prop
erty value to the owner and an hon
est business investment to the buy.
. ef.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15
favor in the election. with any party

favor in the election. with any party
or faction.
1t would certainly seem that the
results Of this November election
should disclose to them the weakness
Of their position. the futility OF their
opposition to the active enforcement
Of the laws, and that all this would
result i'll better Judgment. more ac-
curate knowledge of public affairs
ard IL more correct realization OF the
ines upon which political forces are
operating. Finally that, realizing
hose things. they would make all
possible speed to adjust themselves to
the conditions and relieve the Cow
of forcing them to do that
which is inevitable. thereby solving
tho trust problem and relieving the
people of the consequent burdens.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15
her Il catamount or a wildcat,

either u catamount or a wildcat,
alone. This he did with all the
might he could summon. though the
battle was so terrible that he was
unable to get Oh his feet. Once in
an effort to do so he slipped and so
badly sprained his knee that the pain
of 1t made him yell in agony, and he
was practically helpless, 80 far as
standing was concerned. lie felt tho
blood of the animal splash upon his
face and hands and knew that the
thing must be desperately wounded,
as was proved to be the case, for at
the end of ten minutes it stopped it's
lighting as suddenly as it had begun,
and fell to the ground dead. Shugro
called for the dog but she had desert
ed him. Not ven a whine could he
get. His father finally found and
helped him home.
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The Washington times., 1911-06-30
AVIATION IS GREAT
AS INSOMNIA CURE,
ACTRESS ASSERTS
Miss Morrison Is Enthusiast
Over the Real Sport
of Today"

"A flight in an aeroplane is the best
cure one can possibly take to be re-
lieved of insomnia. and If you have any
doubt about this just ask any aviator"
said Miss Blanch Morrison, of the
Aborn Comic Opera Company at the
New National Theater, DIS she was
watching the flight at College Park Of
the army officers yesterday.
The reason | am so positive about
this cure for insomnia is because 1 have
tried 1t. and 1t worked like a charm In
my case.
ASK anyone who has haudled an
aeroplane. and he will tell you 1 am
right. Best Of all, try it yourself, and
you will be convinced.
Il have made several Nights" con-
tinued Miss Morrison, and az soon as
one gets used to the noise of the en-
gines 1t is great fun.
Aviation is the coming spcIt, and
hope for the chance to make number
of flights this summer. and If I find
can learn TO handle a machine, I am
going to try for a pilots license and
then buy a machine, for It's the real
sport of today" concluded Miss Nor
rison.
The Washington times., 1911-06-30
Will Seek to Advance
Commercial Interests

A meeting of the newly appointed
committee of the Chamber OF Commerce
to investigate methods for advancing
the commercial interests of the city will
be held next week. President James F.
Oyster yesterday named me members
OF the committe as follows: II. c. G.
Stiles, George Y. Worthington. Robert
y. Harper. A. J. May. Washington
Topham, T. C. Dulin, E. - Graham.
II. T. Offterdinger, c. T. kingsbury.
Joseph BerberIch. and oliver Metzerott
The committee was created by the
Chamber after Mr.. Stiles declared that
the organization was tending toward
neglect of commercial interests in its
activity in behalf of general civic mat
ters. Mr.. Stiles entered a vigorous pro-
test against this tendency
The last meeting Of the Board OF
Trade until the fall will DE neld at the
New Willard Hotel tonight, and an eff
fort will be made to clean Up the re-
naming regular annual reports of
committees which have not yet been
considered.
The Washington times., 1911-06-30
STATE BANKS FOR
. ENGLAND FAVORED
SINCE BIG CRASH
Failure of Birkbeck Concern,
Which Caused Misery,
Gives Idea Impetus.

LONDON, June 90.-The recent fail
Ore Of the Birbeck Bank has started an
agitation in England in favor of the
states entrance into the banking busi-
ness. The Birbeck did an enormous
business with small depositors, and its
collapse tied up $5O0JOO09 chiefly be-
longing to exactly the people who could
least afford 10 lose it, Fifty per cent
was, indeed, paid out within a few days
after the institution closed its doors,
but even this was insufficient to pre-
vent a large number of small bank
ruptcies, and an immense amout of suf-
fering.
Agitators in favor of the state bank
say that things of this kind should not
be permitted TO happen, but that they
cannot be helped so long as banking
remains in private hands. 1t is even
suggested that the government take
over the ruined Birbeck pay off it's
debts in full and run it in future as a
public institution. This probably will
not be done. but the subject will GER
tainly be taken up in parliament soon,
and II is not impossible that something
tangible may come of the broad pro-
pOSal.
The Bank of England, and other CEN
trail banking institutions throughout
Europe, though affiliated with the re-
specttve government under which they
operate, are, nevertheless private in
stitutions strictly speaking. Nor are
they banks with which it is possible
for small depOsitors to do business. The
English postal savings bank is not de-
signed 10 facilitate commercial trans
actions, and is, therefore useless from
the standpoint of business men, even
Of the smallest type.
The Washington times., 1911-06-30
Uncle Sam to Begin
New Year Tomorrow

Tomorrow is New Year Dsy in all tbe
Government departments. At 4.2
o'clock this afternoon the fiscal vaor
1901 ends, and at midnignt every ex-
ecutive branch of the Government hn-
gins a new year. Many new laws will
be in operation. and every department
new appropriations.
Also tomorrow the Government clerks
Will get their first Saturday half holi-
DAY. Sort of fitting celc lcbration
For Two weeks the executive heads Of
the departments hae been nI;,j,,ng tbo
routine work. to close the business Of
the old year, so as 10 start July l with
clean sheet
The Washington times., 1911-06-30
Suggests a New Site
For Botanic Garden

Removal Of the Botanic Garden to a
new site facing the east boundary of
Rock Creek Park. between Sixteenth
street and Georgia avenue, Is a sugges-
ton given to President Taft by Louis
P. Shoemaker. president Of the Bright
wood Citizens Association and a leader
in civic affairs.
Mr.. Shoemaker believes his proposed
site would be IDEAL lying between the
Military road on the south and Walter
Reed Hospital on the north, where II
could be enjoyed by all travellers on the
east and west boulevards
Perpetuation of the site Of Fort Ste
vens and erection there of a monument
where President Lincoln directed the
defense of the Capital against General
Earlys army is also suggested by Mr..
Shoemaker.