The evening times. [volume], October 12, 1906, Image 5

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1906,
I
Julius Malstad Given County
Jail Sentence For Being
Habitually Drunk.
A HUMAN INTEREST TALE
Wife Underwent Operation In
Local Hospital Yesterday
—Condition Serious.
The fact that his wife lies in a
local hospital, nigh unto death, fol
lowing a surgical operation performed
yesterday, did not deter Julius Mal
stad from becoming drunk in the
guilded palaces of East Grand Forks.
Indeed, if the statements of the po
lice are to be believed, and the evi
dence in court would tend to give
them credence, Malstad acquired a
shameful jag, and, upon wending his
way to this side of the river, was
taken in tow by the local police and
landed in the "crib" at the police
station.
This morning Police Magistrate
Church, after hearing the facts and
recalling that the defendant had
graced the justice courts on several
previous occasions, refused the optton
of a fine, and meted out a straight
sentence of twentyflve days in the
county jail.
When arrested the police state that
the prisoner's clothes gave oft a vapid
odor that reminded of the gentlef?)
zephyrs which wander over the Vesu
vian lava beds.
Malstad will be given due oppor
tunity to ponder over his misconduct.
His wife today was reported as being
a mighty sick woman.
One of the interesting features of
the case was the concession of the
bartender, Archie Elberum, who said
that he was accustomed to manipulate
the key to the cash register so that it
would not ring up the amount he put.
in. He also admitted that he had been
convicted of a crime.
An adjournment was taken until
Saturday.
ILL PLAY CR00KST0N TOMORROW
Local High School Team Might Pull
Out a Victory Excellent
Spirit Prevails.
The high school football boys, fifteen
strong, will leave tomorrow morning
for Crookston, where in the afternoon
they will line up against the toughest
proposition of the year. The Crook
ston boys are stronger and much
heavier than the locals, but they will
have to work if they expect to van
quish the system of plays and the ex
cellent spirit possessed by the East
Sido highs.
Crookston defeated the Red Lake
Kalis team last Saturday by a score
of 17 to 0 and Red Lake Falls had
the strongest team in the northern
part of the state last year. From this
result it can be surmised that the
Crookston boys are "loaded for bear."
W. Quigley, captain of the team, wilt
be in his accustomed place at fullback,
though M. Zlpoy may possibly be given
a. chance in the backfleld. Routley and
Mcilmith are both showing up strong
er than ever in the backfleld. Be
tween Wickwire and Benson at. quar
ter there is little choice, but the lat
ter's ground gaining qualities will
probably give him the position at least
for tomorrow's game. In the line,
Zipoy at center, with Sullivan and
Bailey. Fogel or Kelly at guards, are
expected to do good work. Zipoy and
Hawley will fill their old positions
at tackle. Both of these players are
good on the offense, but woefully weak
on the defense. They rather wait for
the plays instead of charging and
breaking them up in their infancy.
Shelley, l.ulck tsoi» iiiul Zipoy will bold
down the en.I positions.
A large contingent, of rooters will
accompany Hie team.
ENTERTAINMENT DREW HTHM
Chicago Glee Club flood Drawing Card
—Many Favorable Comments
Toward Lecture Connie.
The Chicago Glee club proved a very
good drawing card last night and a
large crowd turned out to hear the
THOMPSON RALLY (BEIT SUCCESS
liUrgc Crowd Llted to Speakers'
Exposition of Republican
Party Principles.
The opening republican rally of the
county campaign was held at Thomp
son last night and the assault on the
lines of the democracy was such a
brilliant one that the party of Hearst
is not able to even And its stragglers
in that part of the county this morn
ing.
The meeting was presided over by
Max Gaulke, a prominent merchant
and business man of that town, and
was largely attended by the business
men and others of the city, but the
farmers for several miles around drove
into the city to hear the presentation
of real facts and republican principles.
The speakers were J. H. Bosard, Scott
Rex, Don McDonald and J. B. Wine
man, the latter confining his remarks
largely to the merits of the county
ticket, and gave the voters some, de
cidedly strong reasons why the ticket
should be supported from top to bot
tom. The addresses of the other gen
tlemen were devoted to state and na
tional issues, and those -who heard
them are enthusiastic in their praise
of the eloquence of the speakers and
the wonderful array of facts with
which they backed up their arguments
in behalf of a straight republican
ticket. A democrat who had listened
to the speeches, and who is regarded
as a thoroughly informed man, stated
after the meeting was closed that after
listening to such arguments it was a
decidedly difficult matter to remain a
democrat. The enthusiasm was enougii
to remind the observer of the old-time
rallies when waves of political en
thusiasm swept the country because
the party principles were so strong
that they simply captivated the people.
DATES OF ELK PARTIES ANNOUNCED
Opening Ball Will Occur on October
26—Snow Ball Party Novem
ber 9—Other Parties.
The social committee of the B. P.
O. E. has been appointed with C. E.
Lazier as chairman. The following
dates have been arranged for the par
ties for the coming winter and promise
a number of swell dancing parties.
The opening ball will occur Friday
evening, October 26, and the snow
ball party on November 9. On Decem
ber 7, 21, January 4 and IB will be
given dances of a more informal na
ture, and on February 1 occurs the.
masquerade and February 15 the an
nual ball. A word as to the pleasure
and elegance of the Elks parties need
hardly be given as they are famed
throughout the state and invitations
are eagerly sought for.
East Side News
ION DENIES ROBBERY
Negro Accused of Tapping Till in
Saloon Says He Did Not Com
mit the Crime.
Alex Carruthers, the negro accused
of tapping the till in the Skaren &
Olson saloon the first of the week, has
decided that he made a mistake when
he confessed to the robbery. He was
captured in Grand Forks the morning
of the robbery by Officer Blue and
confessed to the robbery. When inter
viewed by the Evening Times' repre
sentative the same morning he ad
mitted his guilt and also said he was
not drunk when he did the tapping.
Now he says that Captain Sullivan
told him he would get off if he con
fessed, and he insists that he earned
his money threshing near St. Thomas.
first number on the star lecture course
secured for this city through the ef
forts of Superintendent Burnett and
the members of the city school board.
The efforts of the singers were greatly
appreciated and especially the work of
C. H. Dixon, basso, and G. T. Henry,
baritone, came in for much favorable
comment.
The other numbers on the lecture
course are as follows:
Father VauRbnn.
The great dramatic orator comes
next. In Beven years he has risen to
the top as a lecturer and has no su
perior. Wherever Father Vaughan
goes he gets a return date.
Edwin Bnuh.
Mr. Brush is one of the most clever
magicians on the road. The only way
to secure an evening from him was to
get the date early. He is a winner.
Concert Favorlten.
This quartet of artists ranks among
the very foremost of high class musi
cal talent. They constitute a violin
Boloist, a reader and impersonator, a
soprano soloist and a solo cornetist.
They alone are worth the price of the
entire course.
Ralph Parlette.
Mr. Parlette is hard to label he is
in a class by himself and has a style
of his own. He is a humorist, enter
tainer, Philosopher and lecturer, all
combined. He never fails to please.
SOME CHANGESJIHHE TAX LAWS
One of the Three Proposed Amend*
ments to State Constitution
Is Important.
At the November election of the
voters of Polk county will be asked to
pass judgment on three amendments to
the constitution of the state of Min
nesota. They were approved by the
last legislature and are now being
prepared for submission at the polls
.Nov. 6.
Briefly the three amendments are:
First—The wide open tax law.
Scond—A state highway commis
sion.
Third—The right of farmers to
peddle their own products without
the interference of license rgulationa.
Of the three the first probably has
the right of way in consideration by
the voters of the state, for it is un
doubtedly the most important. It is
to be known as section 1 and takeB the
place of sections now know as num
bers 1, 2, 3. 4 and 17. It reads as
follows:
••ropoNpd Amendment.
"Section 1. The power of taxation
shall never be surrendered, suspend
ed or contracted away.
"Taxes shall be uniform upon the
same class of subjects, and shall be
levied and collected for public pur
poses, but public burying grounds,
public school houses, public hospitals,
academies, colleges, universities, and
all seminaries of learning, all church
es, church property, and houses of
worship, institutions of purely public
charity, and public property used ex
clusively for any public purpose, shall
be exempt from taxation, and there
may be exempted from taxation per
sonal property not exceeding in value
$200 for each household, Individual
or head or a family, as the legislature
may determine:
"Provided, that the legislature may
authorize municipal corportions to
levy and collect assessments for local
improvements upon property benefited
(Continued on Page 4.)
TWENTY-FOUR MODE
PHYSICIANS FOR
I.
Returns of Recent Medical
Exams Held In This City
Made Public.
LAST NIGHT AT FARGO
Thirteen Admitted By Exam
ination, and Eleven By
Reciprocity.
Admitted by examination,
A, A. Nichols, Fargo.
J. H. Graham, Fargo.
0. G. Rouse, Hamilton.
H. Overgard, Enderlln.
A. K. Curtis, Kensal.
J. C. Dunn, Newberg.
0. I. Piatt, Granville.
G. A. Wright, Mohall.
M. W. Kohan, Bismarck.
C. Sauslng, Valley City.
D. Golseth, Fargo.
A. Nicholson, Denhoff.
P. H. Hunger, LeSeuer.
By Reciprocity.
F. P. Martin, Mlnto.
A. C. Granville, Grand Fork*.
H. A. Owenson, Deering.
T. K. Kncker, Richardson.
T. F. Messenger, Jamestown.
H. Haugen, Bismarck.
F. N. Connell, Valley City.
G. G. Edwards, Lisbon.
F. L. Wicks, Sawyer.
A. R. Sorenson, Minot.
('. II. McDonald, Hanklnson.
Dr. H. M. Wheeler, secretary of the
North Dakota state medical examining
board, was at Fargo last evening at
tending a meeting of the board to com
pare the marks of the examinations
written in this city a few days ago by
applicants to practice medicine in
North Dakota.
The first mentioned class success
fully passed the examinations written
here last Tuesday, while the last
named was admitted by reciprocity,
that is, they had practiced in other
states and desired admission to prac
tice in this state, being duly qualified.
All those who wrote at the examina
tions last week were successfully
passed. This class is exceptional!y
large, surpassing all the previous
quarterly examinations in this respect.
After the examinations were writ
ten last week the papers were sent to
various members of the board through
out the state and they were marked,
each member getting the papers of a
crtain branch. The board then met
last evening and after comparing the
marks in various subjects was able
to determine the successful candidates
which in this case was all.
The members of the board were all
in attendance with the exception of
Dr. Campbell of Fargo, who is ill.
Those who were there were the fol
lowing: Dr. H. M. Wheeler, secre
tary, Grand Forks Dr. J. P. Aylen,
president, Sheldon Doctors Woutat,
Grand Forks Hobart, Dickey Smyth,
Bismarck Raunch, Casselton Car
penter, Fargo and Attorney Lee Combs
of Valley City.
T. A. Luros, a prominent banker
and business man of Crary, was found
dead in bed yesterday morning, the
cause of his death having been heart
failure. He had been in his usuai
FINE 1A6AZINEJNLI BE ISSUED
Worth Dakota Magazine for September
is Ready for Issue.
Bismarck Tribune: The September
number of the North Dakota Magazine
will be issued in a few days and will
prove one of the most satisfactory
numbers of this increasingly popular
publication.
The special feature of this issue is
the descriptive artfele on Bismarck
which is supplemented by a great
many interesting pictures of the city
and surrounding country, making it a
specially good number of circulation
by residents of the« capital city.
Col. Lounsberry has another instal
ment of the history of North Dakota,
dealing with the building of the North
ern Pacific railroad through this sec
tion. There is a catchy little article
on the mineral resources of the state,
followed by a well written article on
Hettinger county, followed by others
on Mcintosh, Steele and Towner coun
ties, all nicely illustrated. A number
of valuable statistical tables are sup
plied showing the grain yields of last
year and other data. Altogether the
magazine is getting better and better
with each Issue.
CLEVER BIT OFJCTING AT MET.
Miss Busley and Cast in "In the
Bishop's Carriage" Worthy
of Commendation.
"In the Bishop's Carriage," .lassie
Busley in the leading role, and sup
ported by an exceptionally strong ?tnd
well-balanced cast, held the boards at
the Metropolitan last evening. To say
that the audience, which, by the way,
was not nearly as large as the pro
duction merited, was pleased, is plac
ing it mild.
Those deserving special mention,
aside from Miss Busley, of whom t.10
much cannot be said, for she is a
clever actress in every way, ".,re
Byron Douglas as William Lattimer,
the reformer Sam Reed as Edwird
Ramsey, the man with the Insatiable
thirst Malcom Bradley as the bishop,
THZ EVENINQ TIMES, OKAHD FORKS,
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"MAIM AND DOMESTIC LIFE"
Itev. F. E. K. Miller ot Baptist Church
Announces Series of Sermons.
1. "The Kind of Man for a
Husband."
2. "The Kind of a Woman for a
Wife."
8. "Jesus as a Wedding Guest."
4. "The Secret of Happiness in
the Married Reintion."
5. "What the Parent Owes the
Child."
6. "What the Child Owes the
Parent."
Rev. F. C. R. Miller of the First Bap
tist church or this city will deliver a
series of six sermons on Sunday even
ings, beginning October 21, on "Mar
riage and Domestic Life." The sev
eral topics are noted above.
The addresses will be devoid of all
sensational features, as well as the
consideration of the neglected topic
from a frivolous standpoint. Rev.
Miller has gathered a vast fund of in
formation from people in the various
walks of life who have expressed their
views upon the subject as men and
women who are looking at the matter
from the standpoint of practical life,
and this information together with the
principles of the marriage relation as
laid down in the Bible will constitute
the basis of the sermons. There has
never been a series of sermons in this
city upon a more interesting topic,
and with the strong common sense
methods which will mark their presen
tation, the people who hear them will
be lifted to a higher and purer con
ception of the relation around which
so much of the welfare and hope ol
the world hangs.
DEATH OF DOS. JULIA SUlUWMi
Wife of Police Captain and Mother of
Large Family Died Suddenly
Last Night.
Last evening as the shades of night
were falling, at the family home on
Minnesota avenue, following a brief
illness of general debility, complicated
with heart trouble, occurred the death
of Mrs. Julia Sullivan, wife of Police
Captain .Tohii Sullivan, aged 53 years.
Mrs. Sullivan had been ailing for
several months, but her death, never
theless, came as a surprise and great
sorrow, not only to the immediate
members of the family, but to the
manv score whom she and her family
numbered as warm friends.
Those, the more immediately bereav
ed Include a husband and seven chil
dren—five sons and two daughters.
The names of the sons are John, An
drew, George, Leo and Clarence. The
daughters are Mrs. P. McMahon and
Miss Molly Sullivan.
The deceased and her bereaved hus
band were wed at Carlton Place, Ont.,
in 1878 and have resided in this coun
ty for the past 26 years. Mrs. Sullivan
was a devout Christian, a member of
St. Michael's Catholic church, in which
she was when her health permitted an
earnest worker. J. J. O'Learv. mayor
of East Grand Forks, is among the
surviving relatives, being a brother
of the deceased.
The Evening Times joins the many
friends in conveying to the sorrowing
family a deep and heartfelt sympathy
in this their hour of trial.
The funeral obsequies will be held
tomorrow morning from St. Michael's
Catholic church. Rev. E. J. Conaty of
ficiating, and interment will be made
at the Grand Forks Catholic cemetery.
Word of his mother's demise has been
sent to John Sullivan, a soldier in the
regular army, eldest son of the de
ceased.
Crary Man Found Dead
health and his death came as a shock
to those. who knew him. He was
prominently identified with the busi-
ness interests of the community, was
D.
president of the Farmers' Bank of derson of Ramsey county.
James Keane as Tom Dorgan. and Au
brey Beattle as Frederick Obermulicr.
the theatrical manager.
Miss Busley is a wisp of 1 girl with
a fine stage personality, thoroughly
at home before the footlights, with a
well modulated voice and feniuros and
that can be.molded Instanrer to suit
any change ol' circumstances.
As before intimated—this only regret
in connection with the appearance :if
the company at Grand Forks was the
slackness of attendance.
CONTEST ROUSES GREAT INTEREST
Evening Times Contest For Theater
Boxes to See Maude Fealy At
tracting Attention.
The result of the first day of the
Evening Times voting contest showed
a remarkable interest in the result.
Six candidates have been voted for in
such numbers that it has shown that
the friends of each are in earnest.
The result follows:
Miss Helen l'rindeville 211
Miss Mayni- IM'ump (12
Miss Mae C11 mining AD
Miss Florence DeWesse 71
Miss Margaret Johnson 5-1
Miss .Margaret Sullivan SS
Too Late.
Footpad tat 1 a. m.)—Ver money
or yer life, an' no back talk! Under
stand?
Nonchalant Citizen—You'll have to
come again, old chap. The bridge
whist season opened tonight!—Puck.
2,000, LESS
SEVEN
Grand Forks Public Schools
Show Steadily Growing
Attendance.
1993 PUPILS IN SCHOOL
As Against 1916 Two Weeks
Ago The Different
Buildings.
Superintendent Kelly has just fin
ished a complete and accurate report
oi! all pupils now actually attending
the several schools in the city. The
compiled list shows a total attendance
at the present writing of 1,993. Schoo!
opened on Sept. 10 and about two
weeks ago a report was compiled by
Superintendent Kelly which showed an
attendance of 1916. There has thus
been a gain of 77 pupils in the last
week and a half.
That the schools of this city are
rapidly forging to the front is strik
ingly portrayed by a glance at the re
cord books for both last year and
the present school term. On Oct. J,
1905, there were but 1,703 pupils en
rolled in the city schools, as against
1,9X6 this year. This 12 per cent gain
indicates the steady growth of the city.
The report of the Fargo schools pub
lished the first of thtfi week indicated
an attendance of 2,020, or but 27 more
than the enrollment in this cltv. Onlv
a few years ago the Fargo' schools
cculd boast of a 10 per cent higher
school roll than Grand Forks but
conditions are changing, tnd it is ex
pected that another year will see a
reversal of the positions of the two
cities with respect to the number of
school children. The present enroll
ment of the four school buildings in
this city is as follows:
Central school 737
Wilder 236
Winship 187
Belmont 833
Total 1993
For the benefit of comparisons the
figures for two weeks ago are ap
pended
Central building 720
Belmont 789
Wilder 226
Winship isi
Total 1916
BUT TWO STOPS FOR NUMBER 6
It is practicalyl certain that in
very short time, probably next week,
the new passenger train between
Barnesville and Grand Forks via
Crookston will be installed. The
train will arrive at Crookston from
Barnesville about 10 o'clock in the
morning iuiii leave for Grand Forks
at 1:15 p. m„ returning south bound
at 4 o'clock p. m. and continuing to
Barnesville. This will relieve No. 6
of local work, that train making but
two stops, Glyndon and Ada. between
Crookston and Barnesville.
Crary, was an extensive owner of real
estate and engaged extensively in
farming operations. He was a
brother-in-law of Edgar Anderson of
Crary aml State
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BIJUU THEATRE CHANGES RANDS
Hugh J. Kmiiiett. the 'ew Manager,
is an Old Lyceum Entertainer
—New Attract ion.
C. V. Bayse has sold his interest in
the Bijou theater to Hugh J. Kmmett.
who formerly managed the Km pi re
theater. Seattle, Wash. Mr. Emmett
is an old Lyceum entertainer and for
many years appeared in the leading
lecture courses throughout the coun
try.
The seasons of "!)7-'9S Mr. ICmmett
made a complete tour of the world,
appearing in his single-handed enter
tainment with marked success. He
will appear every evening and at the
Saturday matinees commencing Mon
day next. He expects to change his
specialties twice a week during the
entire season. His repertoire is said
to be inexhaustible and consists of
ventriloquial sketches, violin solos,
imitations. monologues, humorous'
songs, itolyphonism, etc.
The Bijou has been attracting large
crowds nightly and under the new
management the attractions promise
to be more successful than ever.
SOFFEREO AS RESET OF REBELLION
I
A number of votes were cast for I
other candidates but which are not
published, as it has been decided to
not publish (lie names of any candi
date until votes are received. The
votes cast will be counted and the
contestants given credit for the same
wlf.-i the number indicated has been
received. The Times desires to state
that votes will be raselved by mail
and counted just the'same as those
voted In the office. This Is done in re
sponse to a number of requests to that
effect.
The Cubans Itelwls Burned Ferdinand
Piper's Plantation Buildings.
News to this effect was receive.!
here yesterday from Ferdinand Piper,
a pioneer North Dakotan. who several
years ago acquired large, property in
terests in Cuba.
It appears that the rebels burned a
number of Mr. Piper's plantation build
ings and ran off a number of head of
stoek.
Mr. Piper's Cuban plantation is lo
cated about 50 miles south of Santi
ago.
Several years ago a number of
North Dakotans moved to Cuba and
bought property there. Whether or not
any of them besides Air. Piper lost
property as a result of the rebellion
has not been learned.
TO FOSTER THE LIGNITE INDUSTRIES
Movement Begun Among Commercial
Clubs to Further Development
of Lignite.
Owing to the fact that in the opin
ion of many business men of the state
the lignite coal fields of the state
have not been developed as rapidly
as conditions appear to warrant, a
movement has begun among commer
cial clubs of the state having for its
object the interesting of the railroads
in furnishing more cars for the trans
lortation of North Dakota coal and
also to grant rates which will en
courage a more rapid growth of the
lignite mining industry. A large por
tion of the lignite coal fields of the
state belong to the government and
much of this is said to have been with
drawn from entry for the present, but
there are enough mines owned by
private parties and corporations, if
properly developed, to make the in
dustry a much more important one in
the state. It is generally recognized
that lignite coal is cheaper for fuel
than any other coal used in the north
west. Some of the lignite mine own
ers complain that the railroads dis
criminate In favor of eastern coal
owners, but the railroads reply that
most of the freight traffic of the
northwest is eastward and consequent
ly there are numerous empties en
route west. It is an easy matter to
give the eastern coal preference, be
cause the transportation facilities are
better on account of traffic conditions.
One commercial club has appointed a
committee to confer with railroad offi
cials in an endeavor to secure better
rates and more cars. The outcome
will be watched with interest all over
the state.
USE SUNG SHDTSPROMISCUOOSLY
Numerous Complaints of the Careless
Handling of Air Rifles and
Sling Shots.
Chief Lowe is receiving many com
plaints from different parts of the city
concerning the armies of small boys.
Several narrow escapes from injury
have been reported in which air rifles
and other projectile carrying agents of
death. Besides the endangering of life
and property by the earless handling
of rifles and sling shots, boys are
reported to be unlawfully killing small
birds. The police have been urged
on various occasions to confiscate
every air rifle and sling shot that they
find in the hands of young and inex
perienced boys.
Complaints have come from every
part of the city of windows broken
with stones and shots from the slinfi
shots in the hands of boys. As a ruie,
it has been difficult to fix the blame
as the boys run away and hide as soon
as the damage is done. A number of
irate property owners have threaten
ed to make it exceedingly hot for the
young miscreants that have brokeg
their windows if they are able to find
them, and trouble is being promised
for the parents who permit their boys
to use the weapons so promiscuously.
"The parents of many of these boys
should be severely censured," said
Chief Lowe today, "because they per
mit thir sons to put life and property
in jeopardy the way they are doing.
Think of a mother who will purchase
a rifle for a boy of 11 to 12 years to
play with, simply to keep him at home
and away from other influences which
she says may be bad. I fail to see
where she is doing the boy any benefit,
especially when he uses the rifle and
accidentally shoots a playmate. It Is
high time the parents in Grand Forks
take a hand in this matter and see to
it that their boys are not permitted to
have slingshots and rifles. Any par
ent who does so permits his boy to
endanger the lives and property of
others, and ought to be held res
ponsible and should come in for some
sort of punishment.
SEN. UANSBRUUKSIGNEU ROUTE
lie Will Speuk On the Slope and Begin
His Work Monday Evening.
Fargo Forum: Beginning next Mon
day evening the republican campaign
will be formally opened in the western
pan or tha state. Senator Hans
brough. who was in Fargo Wednesday,
left Thursday morning for his home.
He has been assigned to deliver sev
eral speeches in McLean county. The
republican committees of that county
and the western part of the state have
been urging the senator to come to
tlnir locality and make several
speeches. A schedule has been ar
ranged. The first big meeting will be
held at Garrison on Monday evening.
On Tuesday evening Senator Hans
brough will deliver an address to the
republicans at Washburn. Thursday
night he will speak at Dickinson, and
Friday night he will speak at Steele.
The senator will return to Fargo after
next week and upon his return an
other route will be mapped out for him.
ROBERTSON PAKM'CABETRIBUTE
The Valley City Conference In Session
—Ortoiiville or Detroit for
Next Year.
Valley City, Oct. 11.—The annual
conference of the Methodist church
opened in this city this morning. This
evening the anniversary of the church
extension society was commemorated.
The principal address was delivered
by Dr. Charles M. Boswell.
As soon as Bishop McCabe called
the conference to order, Dr. Robertson
gained the lloor and paid a glowing
and scholarly tribute to one time
"Chaplain .McCabe" and now Bishop
McCabe.
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this, his 70th birthday.
The convention of the Fargo district
of the Kpworth league was highly in
teresting. its sessions continued both
yesterday and today and many things
were discussed of vital interest to the
organization. A movement was in
augurated looking toward the organ
ization of an Kpworth league Institute,
to be held at stjme central |)oint, at
which the district leagues of North
and South Dakota and western Minne
sota would be present. This would
give an organization of sufficient
strength to secure the best talent in
the organization for the program. De
troit or possibly Ortonville might be
selected as the place of meeting.
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PACtt FIVE
EFFECT OF REVISION
OF RATES ON
As Applicable to the Citixens
of Grand Forks and the
State.
E. R. OFFICIALS QUOTED
They Say Grand Forks Gets
the Long End of the
Favors.
One of the many questions in which
the bulk of people of this city are
vitally interested is that of whether
the recent revision by the railroads
of the coal rates will make any real
difference to the pocketbooks of thft
citizens of Grand Forks.
The keen observer is most inter
ested in the coal haul from Duluth to
this city, as it is from Duluth that
three-fourths of the coal used in thu,
city is shipped. Several railroad men
running over this route have been
asked about the coal reductions and
the invariable response has been that
this city has always received favors
at the hands of the railroads, and that
under the new rates the city would
still have the best of the other towns
in the state.
When the question was asked as to
why the railroads charged a higher
rate for hauling hard coal than for
the soft variety, the railroad men
have invariably replied that a higher
rate is generally charged by the roads
for handling more expensive goods.
This was on the theory that there
was more risk in hauling expensive
property than cheap property. At the
same time, it eould not be denied that
there was practically no risk at alf in
the handling of coal, hard or soft,
by rail.
"You see," he said, "substantially
all the anthracite coal comes to Grand
Forks by water shipment, the bulk of
it going to the head of the lakes. With
this water shipment it is hard for the
all-rail shipments to compete in the
carrying of the hard coal, as it comes
from Pennsylvania, and the water
shipment is cheaper. Now it is easier
for the Great Northern in carrying
hard coal from Duluth to Grand Forks
to keep up the rate, than it is for the
lines coming into this city from all
the coal producing points, to keep up
a high rate on the carrying of all coal.
Hence, there is far more competition
in the carrying of soft coal than in the
carrying of hard.
"If the railroad bringing the coal
from Duluth should charge more for
carrying soft coal than it does, it could
not meet the competition of the coal
brought to the twin cities from Chi
cago and brought from the twin cities
up here. Nearly all this coal is mined
in Illinois. But, in the matter of an
thracite coal, coming all the way from
Pennsylvania, the situation is differ
ent. On this product, the all-rail
shipments, and even those coming
over the Soo and Wisconsin Central
and lake points in Michigan, cannot
compete so well. Hence, the rate on
hard coal from Duluth to this city
is kept up."
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