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the day before. OF the whole garri-
son only six remained when the Next
cans finally gained admission to the
Alamo-Crockett and FIVE others.
Where Crockett stood when he was
taken there lay about him at least 20
Mexicans, dead or dying. When un-
able to use his rife Davy had used a
bowie-knife. At last bayoneted and
weak from many wounds he had
been overcome. The following day
he and. his five companions were shot
to death by order Of Santa Ana.
Within one year Of what he thought
his browning disaster Davy
Crockett had become one of Ameri-
cas- immortals. Thus was run down
the curtain in the picturesque career
OF Davy Crockett. whose life makes
much more interesting reading
in its realities than the fictitious
stories Of the adventures of the Baron
Munchausen. for whom he was nick
named-the Munchausen Of the west.
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y SHOOTING MURDERERS. .

New York Times.)

Convicted murderers in Nevada NAV.
choose whether they shall be- haneadd
or shot, The law, which became ef-
fective last January, will be ann,iea
mex sunday in the case Of Andrew
MircoVich. a native Of Austria. who re-
pied to the court which sentenced
him: II prefer to be shot" A third
method. tina Of administering a potent
poison, was discussed in Nevada's leg
stature. but not enacted.
Hanging is a relic of the m~ediaeval
punishments by public exposure. AS
men are no longer put in the stocks
no longer drawn and CHARTERED. and
as their heads and other members are
not now considered ornaments in pub
nc places. we suppose that sooner or
later the ceremony Of hanging will be
dispensed with in all civilized conn
tries. Shooting is also spectacular
the condemnation to swallow poi-
son. though honored by the illustrious
example of Socrates, is revolving to
sensibilities. Under a military
egim shooting would b. an ammo.
pirate form Of punishment. but we
hardly think that the Nevada substi-
tute for hanging Is fitting under a
civil administration Of the criminal
law. 1t might tend to make the con.
vict feel like a hero Inc to pose as
one. thus robbing the execution Of the
effect of a bad example. New York's
electric chair. being certain. scientific
and prosaic, is better than the hang
mans moose and trap, and better than
the unsteady aim Of rifiemen. ":
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MONDAY. JULY Is, 1872.
NEED OF BITTER ROADS.

An interview with s. Y. Way of
pears on another page. serves 10 call
attention to the good roads PROPOSE
ton in this section. We have had
sone enthusiasm q the Meridian
road and considerable has been done
towards making 1t i'm this state equal
to what il is in other states. In this
county something substantial has
been accomplished. The road from
a point outside this city TO Marvel is
IN splendid condition and We doubt
II Il better section of the same length
can be found from Winnipeg to the
gulf.
But some of the other roads in this
section and in some parts of the city
are deplorable. The road on tho east
side north of Fast Grand Forks is in
a had condition. while some of the
roads in Grand Forks are far from
good. On North Fifth street Saturday
night an automobile drove into the
gutter beside the BERN and made n
dozen efforts before il could get MI
That street is Il narrow ridge on
which two automobiles can not PASS
unless ono of them goes into the gut
ter and if the round is the least hit
wet. IL is almost impossible tn get
out. In the winter there are regular
sloughs along the street which AT
ford skating places for the children.
This is only an illustration. though
some of the other streets are in bad
condition from other causes. one of
the reasons is that the drags are not
used after the rains until the sur
face of the roads become more or
less ~sun-baked, and instead of
smoothing the surface. the drass
merely pulverize it into dirt. which
fails to pack and is converted into
mud al the first rain. The use of the
drag is to harden as we'll as smoothe
the surface. and this would result if
the dragging were done at the proper
time. This applies to some of the
roads outside the city limits as We'll
as those inside.
There is no DON why every road
leading into this city should not be
.he Very best. The farmers who
bring their products to market
should be provided With roads over
which the largest load possible could
h" hauled in the shortest time pos
sible. We have often called atten-
tion to the basic fact in road trans
portation that a team can only draw
owe a roa a load which it can move
over the worst part of that Dad 1t
is thus seen that a bad piece of road
sets the amount hat a farmer can
haul to market. even though he may
have good roads for the larger part
of his route.
The business men of the city
should become aroused over the good
roads proposition and should get to-
gether in an effort to improve NOT
only the streets of the city but tho
roads leading into it.
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THE BERGER HOROSCOPE.

The socialist party's strong drift
toward lawlessness of speech and
action affords the best Of reasons
why the party of Dehs. Seidel. Der
ger. Russell, Haywood. OLSON, ct al,
cannot poll 10000 900 votes for presi-
dent, as predicted by the only repre-
sentative of red-fag Americanism
that eve sat in congress. What Rer-
ger says about lack II cohesion
within the ranks of the two old BAR
ties as hetokening great gains for his
" party and perhaps a modest fol-
lowing for the new third party might
have a basis of probability were his
own ranks harmonious and united. as
Berger says.
While Berger's defense Of Hay
wood, OLSON, Hartman and other
leading advocates Of tear-down-tha-
flag demonstrations and riotous strike
tactics indicate a truce between the
Berger and Haywood factions. the
war between socialized labor and or
ganized labor is growing in bitterness
and extent. Haywood's presence AT
Detroit, where he is organizing the
unskilled workers for a general
AS oLo Ply 'iidiieIlSeu ny OF
ganized labor. which element fatty
repudiates the socialist leaders claim
that his party is the political ex-
preston Of the working class" Or
ganized labor presents a solid and
substantial front. not political, but
Industrial, and outnumhering five to
one the organized forces of chaos.
and until their bulwark Of opposition
to the aims of socialism has been
broken down. he who asserts that
Berger represents the working class
has yet to prove his words.
Berger singles out Woodrow Will
son among the presidential candi-
dates as a man who has denounced
organized labor "in a most vicious
manner" during the recent strikes in
New Jersey. But seeing that 'or-
ganized labor" refers in his ease to
the loose ba nding together Of hoboes
for strike purposes only. as at Pas
sale. Kearney and Patterson. in an
tagonism to the policy of recognized
labor organizations. the false ring of
the attack is easily detected. Berger
sees in Woodrow Wilson a president
who would set his face against a.
policy that would throw the consti-
tuition around a party whose hope of
success rests on it's ability to give
force and effect to an o~ath-bound
resolve to smash hat constitution.
If the government would fulfill its
obligations to people who come to
America as he home of the op-
pressed. the first thing to do would
be to see that tho new arrivals do
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philadelphia Record,

Down in Yuma. on the border be
tween the new state of Arizona and
the older n of California. they revel
I'm the distinction of possessing the
hottest place under the Star and
Stripes. When the rest of the repub-
lie has been gripped by winter. Their
momcters in Yuma register 100 de
grees. Just how high they go in the
summer no man has as yet vouch-
safed.
That Yuma is inhabited by human
s~alamanders, goes without saving.
Only people who like such heat would
come there from choice. and would
Not try to get away after they do get
there.
There are several things at Yuma
that excite the attention of the strang-
or. 1t seems just the sort of place
you pictured it before YOU came.
Most interesting are the Indians. Here
alone, OF all places under the flag,
Uncle sam allows polygamy. and the
Yuma buck is permitted to maintain
as many wives as he can induce to live
with him i'm the Wigwam. The prison
at Yuma is different from any prison
west NJ Gibraltar. and the only coun-
ferpart of the village Jail, which is
a sort of stepping stone to the prison,
is i'm TIL" heart of Turkey. The people
OF Yuma are otherwise so typically
Mexican that one wonders almost if
ones under the rule of the Stars and
Stripes.
To get TO Yuma YOU leave Tucson.
Ariz,, at $40 at night. At Sis in the
morning you're at Yuma. On the map
the journey seems nothing, but i'm the
west distances are startling i'm their
magnitude.
The hotel is what Dickens might
hay" described as a depot restaurant,
rullt over the station itself. and with
its porches looking down into the
turgid Colorado river. There is a
bridge, with the Indian women
trundlins past constantly. A boat
landing is near by. while on the OPP
poslte bank is the government Indian
school. Everywhere there are the
yuma Indians, The gay garments and
they wear are genuine. and
not put on simply to attract the tour
ist. AS a matter of fact, the Yumas
hate the whites. and while they sell
t1inkets to them at the station too few
sishtseers visit the town to win them
over to %affability. The bucks. who
squat along the changing river banks
IN their straw hats and jeans. idle the
year round are. in fact. positively dis
courteous to the stranger.
After one has left ones BELONGINGS
at the hotel and started to explore,
Yuma is found to be interesting for
what ii lacks in modernity. There is
practically but n long street. This
is lined with low one and two story
cottages, built of frame and housing,
almost without exception. saloons and
shops. in addition to the homes of the
householders.
There is a fair public school build
ing and a Catholic church. The lat
ter is interesting for its Indian com
municants. who come there as did the
RED men to the missions in the pre-
Mexican days in California.
At the time of day that you are out
Yuma is still half in it's slumbers.
Aside from a fight of crows on the
main highway. the quiet of dawn
reigns supreme. You can walk over
the entire place in an hour, and you
do so while o may. unobserved.
There are lemons growing in one
garden. the first YOU encounter. To-
day it is cold, until the sun has risen.
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Curious Conversations

jamaica was ~orisinally called Kay
maCa.
With q production of more than five
and a half billion pounds the Chilean
nitrate fields established a new record
last year.
lndia's government estimates the
cost "f building Delhi at 500 600, 900.
other estimates reach $50, 000, 900,
and even $4,000. 900,
Basdad has opened bids for INSTALL
ing IN electric lighting plant. and the
army post is considering a telephone
system for the whole city.
When the ground is covered with
Sh"V IN ~ least m city in NORWAY a
trarlti@:s trolley car h4uls as a trailer
I passenger car mounted on
Joseph %iinicr, a glass cutter of Mu-
mon alter r,anV Years of patient toll.
has succeeded in putting together a
'ihl' pitc" whose every wheel and
Grew. With the frame and each of
me three covers. is made of glass.
80 snakes or poisonous reptiles of
any htnd nave ever been found on the
l:iarda of Hawaii. and ii is against the
iaW TO introduce them. Not even
m"sNllito"s We're found there till
brought Ivy a ship from Mexico. about
4 nhdrt Years ago.
~ is generally supposed that there
are many fundamental things. such
as TatEfmati"s. which must be exact
y the same everywhere. 4 scientist
declares III Popular Mechanics maya
",ie mat this is not strictly true. and
SHOWS that it is possible and, in fact
very probable. that simple arithmetic
on Mars differs much from that which,
Is used on the earth.
Around a hut where. according To
,ra"','on. a Young Irish princess was
~fh'if grew up the presen1 town
OF 3heel. in Belgium, which became
SHOWN as the colony of the crazed =.
al hFSt a temple in Of the
princess was erected and later il be-
cam a refuge for the sick in mind"
ne remarkable thing about this Rel
slah town is that the residents accent
pat'"nts in thoir own homes so that
'n"N may enjoy the beneficial effects
Oh domestic n social intercourse.
y subscriber pleads for the use Of
me closed up word "onto." a]thouer
,n'S form Is not favored by the die
li"hhries. which prefer ON to" His
ili"Stratlons are amusing. if not ron
"iusiYe. He SAYS: Your friends an
pf"a'h your home daily and go on
=" inc, house. bur only members of the
''fe az partm"nt are expected to p,
IN" ocean might safely drift on to he
roe x, provided they did not get onto
Them. Tho urord -. onto
""mins in TO the list and before lone
Nlil get into it ~
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+ BUTTERMILk.

philadelphia Press.)

Nf's
''hiN a few years ago the chickens
ana inc pigs got most of the residuum
81 a churning. They get very little ~
II now. FOR the wise men Of the hospi-
,als have educated the public TO a
knowledge of its value. Not only in
cases of serious stomachic ailment hut
lor an persons of feeble or Unmarried
digestion, hutterlnilk is now esteemed
a noon. The once despised bv-nroduc,
rAnks with sweet milk. and outranks il
h"th with those who find it ble
and crave it. and with those for whom
it is incidentally prescribed.
The taste for hutt.rmilk is n,oet,1.
occurred, but once M gets the habit
IT grows and sticks. Back of The
developed fondness for the cold. tart,
aero beverage is the agreeable CON
scl"usness that the drink. with the
casein principle of milk eliminated. ia
a f"od salutary, wholesome and easily
dlgssted, and that the more one i'm
hlhes of it So much the better. Recent
Years have witnessed an enormous in
crease IN the consumption of butter
milk. Department stores serve it with
crackers; most saloons are compelled
To keep it on tap, and many report a
gratifying preference for 1t on the mart
OF their patrons over beer.
Great is blttermi1k, indeed: a nu+ri-
tious food, a cooling summer drink
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IN A DAND OF SOCIALISTS.
Worlds work.)

w 1AhA - wa
Germany is the most Specialized"
nation in Europe. The state owns all
the means of communication. rail-
roads. canals, post. telegraph. parcels
post, telephones, wireless telegraph
and Zeppelin airships. The cities own
the public utilities, are landlords Of
vast estates. own and manage
kets. theaters. electric power houses,
bake shops, meat shops and factories.
A German laborer may begin life
attended by a physician or nurse paid
state clergyrnan; is taught the rudi-
ments Of learning and his handicraft
by the state. He begins his appren-
ticeship under the watchful eye Of a
state inspector. who sees that the
safeguards to health and life are
faithfully observed.
He is drafted by the state into the
army. devoting two Of his best years
to the drill sergeant. He returns to
work from the rigor of this discipline;
the state gives him license to marry.
registers his place Of residence and
follows him from place to place
suffering is assuaged by the knowl-
edge that his wife and children ARE
cared for, and that his expenses will
he paid during illness, and he spends
his conyalescence in a sumptuous
hospital.
If he falls victim to an accident the
ample insurance. even if he be per-
manently injured. is a balm to his
suffering. If he unfortunately be
comes that most pitiable of all crea-
lures, a man out of work, city and
state unite to find or make work for
him. If he wanders from town to
fnu,r IN caarnh ~ yynYk thu oftiac
through which he passes offer him
free hospitality. II he wishes to move
to another part Of his town the mu-
nicipal bureau will be glad to help
him find a house, or even lend him
money to get n of his own.
If he is in dispute with his en-
ployer the government furnishes a
court Of arbitration. II he is sued
by his master or wishes to u him,
the state has provided a special in
dustrial court. If he is in trouble the
city places a lawyer at his disposal.
And IL by rare chance. through the
grace Of the states strict sanitary
regulations and by careful living, he
reaches the age of 20. he will And
the closing days Of his life eased by
a pension, very small, to be sure, but
yet enough to make him more vel
come to the relatives or friends who
are charged with ministertnE to his
wants.
Two hundred thousand dollars a
day is the price that Germany pays
for this system Of industrial pensions
alone. More than 10000 workmen
are insured under the accident. old
age and sickness acts. This does not
include the vast horde of officials who
are pensioned in army and navy,
preachers, teachers, judges. the ma
tional and local civil lists-policemen,
fremen. j%anitors and all the rest.
There is only M considerable class
of workers left out-the private SAL
aried employes-such as clerks. ste
nographers. etc. There IL q law o "
in the reichstag extending the pen
sion acts to this class. Then only
a minority of the $1,000. 900 inhabit-
ants will be without the benefit of
some public stipend. Germany is the
pensioners paradise.
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tional president. James j. Regan Of
st. Paul. Wednesday night a banquet
will be given at the auditorium. The
business sessions will conclude FRI
day with the election of officers. spe-
cial entertainment has been arranged
for Saturday and Sunday.
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TO ENTERTAIN HIBERNIANs.

Ch1cag0, July I3.@Secfetafy james
T. McGinnis of Scranton. Pa. today
opened headquarters for the national
convention of the Ancient Order Of
Hibernians. which 10 to hold forth in
Chicago during the whole of the COM
ing week. Secretary McGinnis says
that the convention will probably be
the largest in the history Of the or
ganization. Delegates from every Sec
ton Of the United States and Canada
will be in attendance. The Chicago
branches Of. the organization have
made elaborate preparations for the
entertainment Of the. visitoek The
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15

gathering will open Monday night
with a grand ball. Tuesday morning
the delegates will march to the cathe-
dral Of the Holy Name. where a pom
tificai mass will be celebrated by
Archbishop Quigley. The convention
cessions will be open at noon Of the
same day with an address by the ma
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not fall under the influence of the
syndicalists and their sympathizers.

1t used to be garargc: now it's
garage.
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All men are born free and equal.
but most of them get married.
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This age lacks progress. Some of
III" kids who read about Jimmy and
tho Thompson baby in the funny
supplement now have kids of their
own.
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A conceited man always makes us
think of a bald-headed woman.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15

Have o ever noticed that a hen
pecked man crows when he's away
from home?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15

a trained animal show is an exhi-
bition OF brutes tortured into intelli-
gcnce.
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The fact that the saloons in Jaurez
were closed because of the Mexican
ins%lrrection bly, led many ma
tives to endorsa General Sherman's
definition of war.
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ollie James. democrat, says Roose-
Welt has no show. If he hasn't what
has Buffalo Bill?
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In modern society trial marriage
is practiced: only the divorce courts
are called in to make the official rec
ord.
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Lorimer has a unique place in his
tory. He's the first senator who ever
got canned.
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We are considering the advisable
ity Of organizing a Never Sweat
club for the benefit of some people
We know.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27

followed system-that is he his
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27
NEW COMMANDER OF SALVATION ARMY

Gen. Bramwell Booth. new com
mander OF the Salvation Army. was
deluged with expressions of good will
at his elevation to the post left va
cant by the death OF his father.
The general acknowledged . few Of
them personally. but the vast major
ity will have to be answered by cir
cular letter as their number is SO
great that individual responses are
impossible. Several OF his advisers
are urging upon the new commander
to make a tour of inspection Of the
more important army posts. as one Of
the frst necessities of his administra-
ton
The new commander Of the Saliva
tion Army. Gen. Bramwell Booth. is .
big man-physically and mentally.
He stands over nix feet high and is
of military carriage. A British cabi-
net minister once said Of him that
he would be worth $4,000 year to
any OF the great English administra-
tive departments. and that he could
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27
NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK

Oscar Solomon Straus. who has
been nominated for governor OF New
York by the Progressives of that
state, has the distinction OF being the
first Jew who ever became a member
of the United States cabinet. In 1906
he was appointed secretary of COM
merce and labor by President Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
Mr.. Straus was born on December
20. 1850. and spent moet of his boy
hood In Georgia At the age of ten he
was placed under the care OF pri-
vate tutor, and later was sent to Col
lingsworth institute. In 1865 Lazarus
Straus. the father, suffered business
reverses and was compelled to move
to New York, taking the son with
him.
Soon after the family had moved
to New York Oscar Straus entered Co
lumbia grammar school, where he re-
NAMED for two years going from
there to Columbia college. from which
Institution he was graduated In 1871
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27
MRS. POTTER PALMER STUDIES ART

Mrs. Potter Palmer has returned
from Paris to Berlin, where she took
q thorough course OF study In the pic
ture galleries and museums. This she
did by way of preparation for society
functions next winter, when she will
visit Chicago.
Mrs. Palmer believes that more ar
tistic appreciation should be devel-
oped in the social life of Chicago, and
with this object in view she put her
self under direction of the learned
DR.. Bode of Berlin. Dr. Bode. who is
director of the Royal museums, is rec
ognized as the best living authority
on the old masters. His books and
catalogues are of the highest value in
the art world, and he Is frequently
consulted by such collectors as j.
Pierpont Morgan. but this is the first
time DIR. Bode has had a society lead
er for a pupil. He is loud in his
praises of the artistic aptness and
intelligence shown by his Chicago dis
ciple.
c system-that is. he took his pupil
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27
New Walter. Mistake.

The waiter was new hand. and
the customer a short. diminutive
woman. She gave her order, and
then tried to settle down on her
chair SO that her feet could beach the
floor. In this. however. she was not
successful. so she added another or.
der to her first.
And bring me a hassock." she
said.
The waiter paused for a moment
and meditatiyely brushed first the
tablecloth and then his chin. He re-
arranged the glasses several times
and then went red in the face. Event.
ually he scanned the menu.
Yes. madam" he replied at last,
"and will you-er-have the hassock
broiisd or fried ?"-Boston Traveller.