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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

MUST HAVE BROKEN EVERY BONE.
room in the possession of the police,
for l knew that when they raided any
place hostile to the government they
were accustomed to keep out Of sight
that they might entrap any one visit
ing it, not knowing hat it had been
raided. When 1 reached the top of the
last staircase l paused and listened for
some sound in our rooms, since l ex-
pected that one of our society was
there. The only sound l heard was
the ticking Of q clock. I put my hand
on the knob, opened the door and was
about to walk in when l stopped with
a start. In the room were several Off
GERS of police.
Immediately one of them was sent
by his chief to go to my home with
me. No time was wasted, because it
was hoped to catch others implicated
in the work we were doing, and at any
moment such persons might hear Of
the raid and be prepared. I knew that
If I led them to my home my husband
WYNN NC AAuSAC Will d ld1Sc uluOuuI
Of educational printed matter in our
chambers. 1t was my object, there
fore, to delay going there as long as
possible.
"What is the meaning Of this?" I
asked n who seemed to be the chief
of the party.
"You know well enough what it
MEANS
II know that I came here to meet a
friend. I may have got into the wrong
ROOM"
"You go with this man and show
him where you live"
l was not sorry to be refused, for
I could not have bettered myself had
he assented. l went down stairs with
the man who had been assigned to the
work of forcing me to implicate 9TH
ers. but | had nothing to gain by
doing SO, since l was doomed, of course,
to Siberia in any event, and l was not
likely to betray my own husband.
l walked with the man who guard.
ed me all owe the city. At last he
stopped and told me that if l did not
take him to my home he would take
me to police headquarters.
The man did not appear very conf
dent when he made this threat, and |
determined to try to deceive him. I
forced tears into my eyes, which was
not very difficult considering the situa-
ton in which l was placed. I was
aware at the time that the best way
for a oma to get the better of a man
is through tears.
- am sorry for you" he said, "but
I must do my duty"
you don't understand why l weep"
I replied. You think it is because I
fear to betray some one at home. What
I fear is my husband. He suspects me,
not of ~disobeying the law, but of hav-
ing a secret from him. When he sees
me coming in under arrest he will con-
slider that his suspicious have been con-
firmed."
II can't help that" said the officer.
Il have been ordered to go with you
to your home, and l must obey the
order.'
At that moment we passed a friend
Of my husband. Seeing me in charge
of a police officer, he looked at me
wonderingly. did not speak to him,
but gave him a look which told him
to warn my husband. BY the way he
stepped out in the direction Of my
home | believed that he had understood
me. If this were so. all l had to do
was to keep my attendant walking till
my husband had been informed and
had had time to remove all compro-
missing matter.
"Well," ! said to the officer. III you
have no heart ! suppose ! must take
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

III MS receul SUNDAY evening COM
ment at the Lexington Avenue Baptist
church in Woodlawn. H.. the Rev.
Melbourne p. Roynton spoke of Beau
tiful Woodlawn' and praised the
work undertaken by the Woodlawn
Business Mems association in upbuild-
ing that part of the city.
1T is good business to promote pub
lie c~onveniences Of every Sort he
said. Thus patronage Of all lines Of
business is kept at home. and a pride
in the community is felt even by those
who are temporary residents thereof"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
Vanishinq

Vanishing Trouble.
About a year or so
Ago,
AS you will clearly
Recollect.
The world was very nearly
Wrecked,
Or we were happy
To expect
A catyclism that would spell
Our finish and would wiring the knell
OF this old. satisfying world,
That every whisker would be curled
And every hair would stand on end
And each into the other blend
In short, if not in sweet, that we
Some doings very Soon Woul see
That would, to say the very least,
Not be a sunrise in the east.
A comet lightened up the sky. i.
Oh, my!
1t useless was to say. '.Shoo fy!"
And very n was doomed to die.
Escape? That wasn't in the book.
The comets tail would be our hook.
The dullest eye could take a look.
There was no chance to take the cars
For Mars
Or any other star IN high.
The means were not at hand to fly.
All we could do was sit and wait.
The die was cast; the dope was straight.
The comets tail was made of gas
That had some class.
And we were hanging on the brink
Or nowhere. ready for the wink.
We were too scared to nov OF speak,
And then the comet o a sneak.
1t neVer breathed on us a breath
And only scared a few to death.
That is the way, IL you should chance
To note your troubles In advance,
That many of them fade away
Before their published date and day.
When they should the engagement fill
They're miles away and going still,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
IN A SWELL COLONY.
Purchases Summer Home In Exclusive
Long Island sleighborhood.

Within a stones throw of where the
Duchess of Marlborough made her
summer home on Long Island and in
the midst Of the homes of many fam
lilies of wealth and prominence DR..
Booker T. Washington, educator, has
purchased two and a half acres of land
and a new house containing twelve
rooms and will occupy the place as his
summer home.
town of Huntington, and commands a
beautiful view of a long stretch Of
Long Island sound. There are scores
of families of social prestige and
wealth who live within a mile or two
of the place on estates of considerable
size and which they have owned for
many years.
1t is said that at one time there was
a tacit understanding among the prop
erty owners of the town hat no one
would sell to an outsider without the
consent of the others, but the agree
ment has not been in force in recent
years. While some of the land has
fallen into the hands of persons who
were not altogether acceptable to the
older residents as neighbors, there have
been no negroes in the locality except
ing servants, who lived in the small
tenant houses on the estates of their
employers and who were few in num-
Der.
While living there for a certain pc
Rod each year, so that she might re-
tain her rights as an American prop
erty owner, the Duchess of Marlbor-
ough set the pace for her neighbors in
the matter of keeping the estates in
good shape and keeping the locality
exclusive.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

But There Were Two Traps
and One Neutralized
the Other
BY Della B. Thoms
Copyright by American Press Asso-. |
citation. 1911.
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BY Della B. Thoms
Copyright by American Press Asso-.
citation, 1911.

My husband and ] had been work
ing for some time educating the peas
antry in Russia and had the good luck
to escape the police. Our work was
done by means Of matter written,
printed and distributed all in secret.
So long as we had no traitors among
us we felt comparatively safe. And
since we were all doing the work as
a matter Of duty the only danger from
traitors was that some spy should come
among us for the express purpose of
betraying us. The other dangers were
that the police should get word of our
depots Of supplies or intercept the mat
ter while leaving our hands.
One day l went to the main depot to
get some matter ready for shipment.
The Don was at the top of a business
building, and l climbed the stairs with
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
USE WHAT O HAVE.

Few people, either rich or poor,
make the most Of what they possess.
In their anxiety to increase the
amount Of means for future enjoy
ment they are too apt to lose sight
Of the capability Of their mean for
the present. Leigh Hunt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
( HumOr and
Philosophy
\ BY DUNCAN NJ. SMITH !
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Ignorance Is Bliss

Ignorance Is Bliss.
"See what q fine diamond he gave
me-"
What is it WORTH"
II have no idea. think 1 will ask
a broker.'
II wouldn't take a chance"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

Have Learned Obedience.
Some men wear good clothes, don't
they?"
yes Do you know whyi"
mo. Why?'
because they are married men,"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
Her Husband, of Course.

"COme. now. listen to me-"
But you talk all the time"
But you never listen, so what's the
d~ifference?'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

I PRESIDENT m =: TAFT
CABINET OFFICERS.
Secretary of State. ......... Philander G. Knox
aae etosney General S1 NJ asasury M io itenias
Secretary Secretary Of the the { Navy;c." :RiaSsf;a Y q B :; Meyer e
Postmaster General. E. Frank d. Hitchcock
Secretary of Agriculture..........Jame Wilson
o. S. SENATE.
g. 8 +. M GfSnmf ..Wa haeeen
CONGRESSMAN.
HI Helgeson Milton
FEDERAL OFFICERS.
9. S. District udg ill., T; A a sbon
u. S. Attorney, .Jno.S S. Engerud
Clerk o. :; Court.."".J a Mo9 W5g;HHmiaempyy
National Bank ..E.s Tyler
Deputy Us. Revenue Collectors. "A. Ellerman
STATE SUPREME COURT.
G Ghisf s1st 5astices.B. +. spauldiDs, Z T. J J. FisR
II. T. Burke, and E.. B. Goss.
Clerk Of supreme Court..;".....R. p, Hoskins
STATE OFFICERS
9OyernOr. BURKE
Lieutenant Governor"..".....u. L.Burdick
Secretary of Stste .............P. D.. Norton
State Treasurer D. Gls3h
State Auditor " \: SGr'TTn aH]nr
Conn., eom'F Of lasa6aPSs {. Gil5Tsssth
Attorney General. overwhelmingly Miller
Sup Public Instruction.....:.:E;J =: layer
State Land Com,r......"..;Alex; MacDonald
Adjutant General. ......Wm. y. Ireumann
State Bank Examiner ........D. \: BrlghtbLl
State Game Warden w.; NJ yy Smith
Stota nil Tpcpoctnr ... +, A, Wilson
e esa1s rs 81, Of lf Railroads. c olsen, chairman
O.. P. Anderson, W. H. Mann w. H. Stutsman
DISTRICT COURT.
Judge Seventh District. .....W w. j. kneeshaw
Court Stenographer.. Miss Laura Daubenperg
LEGISLATIVE.
STATE SENATORS.
Eighteenth District. n NC lean
Fortietb District. W. ram
REPRESENTATIVES,.
Eighteenth District-A. Moritz and S. j. A.
Fortieth District-E. J. Moen.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Register of Deeds...........Allan Plnkerton
County Treasurer. A.. Seeley
Sss5 nitsy:jJiudse:::::::"::::F::SW y v. : Ble n51sy
States Attorney. crimson
Sup't Public Schools..."".....Helen Sullivan
sep!s Be sssIs 81 HE;saaith::::Dr: "; v MSoass11
Clerk of .: hooe:Ison
Public Administrator held
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
First District. Elias Porter
Second District. MienecKe
Third District y. hrcSkson
Fifth District. Alex. Russell
CITY OFFICERS.
T;t, AnI;tor John Sheehau
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
Knows How.

HE is a great knocker."
BLACKSMITH or critic"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

Sounds So.
Though Omar DISCUSSES,
! fear that old man
Was sadly addicted
To rushing the can.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
NO LETTERS TO
SANTA CLAUS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE post
office department has announced that
it will give no cooperation to benevo-
lent persons who desire to spread
Christmas cheer to poor children who
write to Santa Claus" An order has
been issued by Postmaster General
Hitchcock which distinctly forbids any
postmaster to distribute Santa Claus"
letters to any charitable organizati IN
or benevolent persons.
The postmaster general explains that
in December 1907, permission was
granted postmasters to turn over to
charitable persons such letters, hut
many abuses arose from the practi .
and the order has not been re lewed
for that reason. All letters CT this
character will be stamped fictitious"
and sent to the Division of Dead LEI
ters, this year.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
THE DAILY STAR-MIRROR.

1t is six weeks since the Daily Star
Mirror appeared; six satisfactory
weeks in view of the welcome which
has been accorded this paper, we
hope, in view of the service it has
rendered But not altogether salts
factory, for it's editors and publishers
will not be satisfied with less than the
best little daily published in a city of
this size in the United States.
The local daily, is primarily the mir
ror of life in it's town. In so far as
it mirrors that life it is successful. 1t
is the hope of the publishers of the
Star-Mirror to express in it's columns
every interest, and every phase of life
in Moscow.
AS mirror a newspaper cannot
create news. 1t is the clearing house
of news. 1t must gather news where
it finds it, and recast the facts to make
interesting reading for it's patrons.
To this end it must have co-opera-
ton, and the Star-Mirror frankly ap-
peals to it's friends to assist it in mir
roring the life of this town. Telephone
this paper when friends are visiting
you; when you are about to make
visit; when you have a party. Tell us
the facts concerning yourself which
would interest your friends; to do so
is not egotistical, it is simply a cour-
tesy extended to the news depart
ment of the newspaper, which insures
a correct Interpretation of facts, and
which makes the paper to your friends
what you desire it to be to youth
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
WIT AND WISDOM.

A friend of the Star-Mirror says
I'VE take it that the family of 'Une
ADse" White notorious feud leader
of Breathitt county, KY, will never
live down the disgrace of his having
been accidentally shot by his nephew. .
'Therell be no rejoicing in Ger
many, which has been getting $12,000,-
900 year from us for potash, over
Secretary Wilson's announcement that
American deposits of potash, large
enough to supply the home market,
had been located"
mot many millions are made run
ming newspapers, but the late Joseph
Pulitzer was one or the striking ex-
ceptions His estate is valued at be-
tween $40,000,000 and $60,000,000."
ut may console those of us who
happen to be shorter than we were
last year to think that Uncle Sam has
81 100000 less than he had this time
asst fall"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
HOUSE CLEANING is
ON AT WHITE HOUSE

neglect since congress adjourned on
August %, are in the hands of polish
erS who make them shine like mir
rors.
An adOrnment in the minority room,
the headquarters OF the democratic
senators in the senate office building,
is magnificent curtain at big arch
ed window. From the floor to the top
of the arch is 25 feet and the window
is nearly 10 feet high The inner
side of the drapery Is of green silk
plush and the side turned to the street
is rich silk fabric of modest laven-
der hue.
The house restaurant is being COM
pletely rearranged and the ceilings
ornately decorated. A number of the
rooms of committees and members of
both branches are undergoing redecor-
alton and during the process the dusty
furniture is stacked up in adjoining
rooms. A large collection of discard
ed furniture fills a capacious circular
room on the ground floor in the main
line of travel Just now there is
much dirt and confusion but every
hing will be spick and span when con-
gress meets on December 4.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
The Daily Star-Mirror carries the United Pres
Association Service.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Z, 1911
LATAH COUNTY TAX MIDDLE.

Latah county has placed itself in
position to get into the biggest tax mud
die ever enjoyed by any county since
time begun. The supreme court has
held the law fixing five mills as the
minimum for school purposes to be
constitutional. That settles the law.
To ignore this law, as for ex-
ample, levy of three mills, is a VIC
lation of law and Illegal. Under an
illegal assessment can the county COL
lect delinquent taxes? If it can't then
what? Again, suppose somebody starts
suit to compel the board to comply
with the law? Well, the board must
comply. There is no question about
this. And then what? The county
has already accepted thousands of
dollars of taxes on the basis of three
mill school tax. 1t cannot, we believe,
go back of it's tax receipts, and there
fore could not collect the extra two
mills.
1t is understood that County Attor-
ney Suppiger has, from the beginning,
advised members of the board that in
his opinion the county should follow
ter the advice of the county attorney
has been ignored; that instead the re-
publican members of the board have
followed the advice of a clerk in the
to off 10 f1a
board has ignored County Attorney |
Suppiger, and in the end the business !
affairs Of the county are muddled to |
degree that no man dare predict the |
outcome.
Attorney General McDougall now
notifies all counties that the law must
be followed; that county boards must,
where they have ignored the law,
proceed at once to comply. Suppose
Latah continue to ignore the law? May
not it involve the county in legal
tangle more productive of litigation
than our people ever dreamed posi-
BILE?
Lastly, able attorneys advise the
Star-Mirror that each member of the
county board is now open for prosecu-
lion for malfeasance In office. NAL
in office in a wilful violation |
If law by public officer The penalty I
8 a fine of $500 and dismissal from '
office.
The whole thing comes from a de- \
ire on the part of the commissioners
o do the best possible by the tax
ayers under conditions existing at II
he time. The intention was good, but "
ubsequent events would indicate that ;s
safer policy would have been to /,
blow the law q
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-"Clean up

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-"Clean up
is the slogan at the capitol
There are topsy-turvy, houseclean-
ing scenes from end to end of the
massive, structure and it is a sure
sign that congress will soon be here
When congress adjourns at the end
of a session large force begins with
promptness to dismantle the meeting
rooms of the senate and house. Their
first function is to take up the carpets
The bare floors give the stately cham
bers, throughout the recess, forlorn
appearance. The carpets, meantime,
have been cleaned and packed in moth
balls. In the senate, the desks of the
vice-president and minor officials are
given a solemn appearance by being
draped with linen busters. Every
scrap of paper is removed and there is
the general effect of a deserted house.
Now there is the hustle and con-
fusion attending the work of placing
the big rooms in order for the states
men. The floors are Uttered with rolls
of carpets, each bearing a tag disigna-
ting it's geographical location. The
mohagany desks at both ends of the
capitol, dingy looking as result of
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
Advertising Value of Local News
paper.

The August number of Advertis-
ing and Selling contains an enlight-
ening article on "The Grip of The
Newspaper" The entire article is
well worth reading. One part of it,
however, which is especially apro-
pos of the home development cam
paign, reads as follows:
Business extends as it grips the
interests of it's markets, and pro-
portionately to the strength of it's
grip on each interest.
What piece of printed matter
grips the interest of local readers
more than their local newspaper?
Use the local newspaper in ma
tional or partly national cam
paigns. 1t represents power in eve
ny locality and all localities. It's
use involves thought, work and
comprehension, but it does business
for bushes men.
No other printed matter grips the
majority of people in any locality
like the newspaper, and business
success consists in gripping the
buyers interest
Adapt your business story to
local and class interests. Get next
to your customers likes and dis
likes. Adapt yourself to his man
nerisms.
Consider the chameleon. It con-
forms to conditions
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
"MOSCOW MUST BE DEAD"

c. J. Litch, no is now a resident OF
Moscow, speaking of daily paper fol
Moscow, said today:
About year ago, after had visited
Moscow and decided to locate here, |
returned to Madison, South Dakota |
was talking about what nice town
Moscow was when prominent bust
ness man inquired about the papers.
He asked if Moscow had a daily. |
told him that Moscow had two week
lies. How much population has Mos
cow he asked I told him about five
thousand. Then go back and bury it,
1t is as dead as it will ever be-
Madison supports two creditable
daily papers," added Mr.. Litch and
it is town of about $500. 1t sup
ported daily when it had only two
thousand population, and there should
be no difficulty in making a creditable
daily go here in Moscow"
Here is an incident that will indi-
cate the estimate people on the out
side place on Moscow from the things
Moscow has. People generally know
hat newspapers are fair barometer
If a community. A city of five thous-
and nowadays that is still in the week
y newspaper class does not rank very |
high in the estimation of that class |
worth most to a community.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
GLORIOUS HAIR
For Every Woman Who Wants It

Any woman who neglects her hair
cannot expect to have as lovely hair as
the woman who doesn't.
Wash the hair once week, use Par
isian Sage daily-keep your hair brush
clean and in a few days you will give
to your hair beautiful lustre that you
will be proud OF.
Partisan Sage is most reliable
hair tonic; so reliable that s. T. Willis
guarantees it to eradicate dandruff,
stop falling hair and itching scalp, or
money back.
It should be used as dressing by
every member of the family because
it keeps the scalp clean. prevents hair
from turning gray and badness. Large
bottle SO cents. You will have no use
for ordinary preparations after once
giving delightful Partisan Sage trial.
24-26
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
MOSCOW is OVERLOOKING SOME

THING.
Moscow has ideal conditions for pro-
ducing apples. We have the soil no
where surpassed. And on top of this
is the fact that we do not have to
irrigate, at best a costly matter. Our
apples are the best keepers in the
world. And our best apple land can
be had for $50 an acre or less Yet too
many of our people are afraid to
plant trees for fear the apple business
will be overdone. At the same time
Lewiston is carrying on one project
that will eventually mean 10000 acres
in apples. They are doing it on land
that was, before Lewiston orchards
were started, worth less than $40 an
acre. Today raw land in the neigh
borhood is worth 500 an acre or
more, while young orchard tracts bring
from $3.50 to $1,000 an acre. Eventual
ly Lewiston orchards will suppot a
population of ten thousand. These
people will trade in Lewiston. An item
Of some Importance, isn't it?
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07

When county officials deliberately
violate the law it is time for the peo-
pie to watch out. If Assessor Gemmill
the matter of printing, thereby
souandering public funds, is there any
reason to believe he would not VIC
public money? If he will fight for
the right to pay $50 for $50 worth of
printing, isn't he open to suspicion at
every turn in the road?
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07
BLAME YOUR STOMACH
Get Rid of the Poisonous Gases and
Fermenting Food.

If you suffer from headaches. dizzi-
ness, biliousness, nervousness, sleep
lessness, bad dreams, foul breath
heartburn, shortness of breath, sour
stomach or dependency, be sure and
try MONA stomach tablets.
II you want immediate relief from
an upset or rebellious stomach try Mi
O-NA Stomach Tablets.
You might just as well get SO cent
box today and start to put your stom-
ach in tip-top shape and make your
body feel fine and energetic.
You take no risk, not particle, for
If MONA Stomach Tablets do not do
all that is claimed for them R. Hold
gins will return your money. 1925
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-07

The milk supply of town is of more
vital Importance to the peoples
health than any other one thing. There
should be compulsory examination of
every cow 1t would be good business
for dairyman to have their herds test
ed, and sell guaranteed milk. The
best trade would pay little more for
something pure.