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&-"1 Pi it Vi im «*v\ Vt'- '5 '. 1 .!" $ f'* AGE FOUR •JStt h£ Ms Kontha to advance ttM Month by carrier Mm Week by carrier If l!' 3~ BUNION Sentiment to be Inculcated. "Let reverence of law be breathed by •very mother to the lisping babe that •rattles In her lap let it be taugrht in the schools, seminaries and This improved plan offers better opportunities for the careful study of each individual and is no different from the old method as the pleasant home is from the dreary county jail. The asylum being conducted on a business like basis, the. authorities can ascertain almost to a cent what it costs to make a bad boy into a good citizen. The greater part of this cost is contributed by the city as most of the children are committed by chil dren's courts of the city, and the rest is contributed by the many friends and sympathizers of the bad boy, who in nine cases out of ten, are boys who play truant to go swimming or skat ing, boys who want to run away from home and imitate Daniel Boone or some adventurer of whom they have read in history or boys with dozens of other wild notions, which if bred in the bone must come out in the flesh. Now, the question—does it pay? Compare this cost with the vastly greater sum paid out each year in New York for policemen, court of ficers and. jail wardens. Then think of the number of once wayward youngsters, now useful and honorable men, making the laws of their country, instead of breaking them and filling the penitentiaries with criminals. Besides the authorities have proof to show that their work is profitable and can safely say that eighty-live per cent of their boys turn out as they intend ed. The institution keeps in touch with their graduates arter they leave the asylum and are constantly receiv ing the best reports from them. Not long ago they received a letter from one of their boys announci-g his elec tion to the office of county recorder. He also said "I remember those words of Abra ham Liicoln which greeted me in the assembly rrom: "Tell the boys of the New Yrrk Juvenile asylum that they must value justice, truth and human ity if thsy wish to become useful and honorable men.' I have often thought of those words. I have tried to live up to them as Lincoln wished us to do. I wish the boys who leave the asy lum wnuld never forget them. Tell them to come west." Their wcrlt is extremely profitable, not only because the boys are polished up mentally and morally but physical ly as well. A large number of the boys committed to their care are the victims of circumstances and come to the asylum in poor physical condition. It is claimed that ninety-four per cent of the children have defective teeth, a large proportion suffer from skin trouble, and a great ijiany have eye and ear troubles. The expert boy trainer understands the relation of these ailments to morality and does Jiot expect a boy to act normally under the circumstances, so one of his first experiences at Chauncey Is that of be ing put In sound physical condition. WSen lie attains this requirement and IwflM to feel like a normal, bis EVENING TIMES HTABLtBBBD JANUARY, 1903 THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY (INCORPORATED) PUBLISHERS AMD PROPRIETORS OFFICIAL PAPER OF GRAND FORKS COUNTY. Addien all communlcmtkmi to ThctEvenlng Times. Grand For km. N. D. SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY. iNt in Advance colleges let It be written in primers, spelling OOOks and almanacs let it be preached from pulpits and proclaimed in legis lative halls and enforced in courts of luatlce In short, let it me the political religion of the natiou. —Abraham Lincoln. kefohmim tiie hoy. The Xew York Juvenile Asylum, which for the past, fifty years has been engaged in the work of making self respecting and Haw-abiding citizens out of what are commonly called "bad boys," reports that it costs two hundred and six dollars a year to turn one of these street urchins into a good citizen. The same pays for his food, cloth ing, lodging and education, but each year's experience brings forth im provements which add to the expense of conducting the school, therefore the cost of reformation, like everything else, is going up. A few years ago the cost of reform was less than at present, because poor er methods were used, fewer trades were taught, less attention paid to sanitary condition, there being a time when eleven hundred youths were huddled together under one roof. Now, only twenty boys, and boys of about the same age, live in one of the fifteen comfortable cottages that make up the little village between Chauncey and Dobb's Ferry, about twenty miles from the metropolis. WEEKLY. ... 14.00 One Tear in advance 2.26 Six Months In advance ... .40 Three Montha In advance ,16 One Tear not In advance Subscribers deelring addraae changedimuatfBend'former *ddre« well new one Entered a* aeeond-clacs matter at thtbostoffice at Grand Forks, North!Dakota. SATURDAY EYETXG, JANUARY 1», 1907. 11.00 .76 .60 1.60 schooling begins and, if old enough, he spends a portion of his time in the shops where trades are taught. This bad boy problem is one that many parents and teachers have tried to solve for years and we think all will agree that there are comparatively few boys who will not walk straight after getting the right direction, and parents and teachers, too often, are the ones who fail to put them on the right path. We are too apt to give the boy, who has two good turns to one bad one, the worst of it. If lie accident!}* stumbles a few times, by playing hookey, or some other trivial offence, he is expelled from school by the teacher. The unsympathetic parent has forgotton his own youthful pranks and brands him "ungovernable," so he is sent oft" to the reform school for a year to bring him to his senses. Is he an obedient child or even a good boy when he returns? We all know the usual outcome. True, this is not a common every day occurrance, but if the Juvenile Asylum can make good men out of such boys by pleasant home •influence, good associations and strict rules of instructions, why then should it not be the 'duty of every parent to do likewise, at home? The public is so firmly convinced of the good work done at this asylum that each year many private contribu tions are received from friends and parents of wayward boys. Words of praise and appreciation are continual ly sent in and many well-to-do par ents gladly pay the full cost for the privilege of having thieir miscliiev ious sons subjected to the methodical reformation at Chauncey. But this instituition is intended for the less fortunate children who comprise the greater part of prisoners found in the childeren's court, who need a new start in life under a bet ter guiding hand that they may be come honest, self-respecting men. While the cost of making good men out of wayward boys has increased be cause of the new system of surround ing them with home influencs, the valuable results cannot be measured in dollars and cents and though we all have not access to the Chauncey school, it would be well and easy to practice Chauncey principles in our homes and public schools. IT MUST BE SO. Right Honorable Sir John Hay Athole MacDonald, F. R. S., L. L. D., Q. C. Solicitor General and Lord Ad vocate of Scotland, president of the Royal Scottish society of Arts, a brigadier general and a member of various^ sundry societies not mention ed here wrote an article which was published in the "Good Roads Mag azine." Among other things said he has this to say of the block pavement used so extensively: "The top in wet weather is soaking in filth and in dry weather is having filth crushed into it by the wheels with the conse quer.ee that it is a continuous nest and rapid hatchery for evil germs which the wind, blows in our faces, forces dewn our throats, and into our nostrils, and lodges in our clothing to be carried into our dwellings. Long before it can with reasonable economy be replaced it will, from variation in the quality of the blocks, become pit ted all over with holes forming basins for filthy water to rest in, soaking in to and destroying the wood and be coming a fecund source of evil emana tions." The sanitary conditions of a road should have our first attention, and what this man of experience and many titles says should be a hint suf ficiently strong to condemn the block pavement. "Sir John" is a man 65 years of age, student at Edinburgh and Balse, introduced post cards to England, in vented a device for preventing col lisions at sea and also a military field telegraph so that he is evidently a man of great mental caliber as well as a man of many titles and what he has to say should carry weight with it. Perverted opinions and hearsays of the inexperienced should not be very seriously considered. There are al ways, in the event of a city taking up the pavement, apt to be some who have "axes to grind" and arguments are produced for the sole purpose of fin ancial gain rather than for the best interests of the masses. The Evening Times, ever favoring a "square deal" and more particularly when the gen •. A eral public is directlp Interested, be lieves the matter of good roads should be thoroughly discussed before any definite action be taken and to this end is seeking information from every available fcource and will endeavor to create a public discusstym of (the plans for future pavement of our city streets. That the block system has proved ex pensive and quite unsatisfactory we believe no one will deny. What course we should pursue In the future should not be experimental for there are cities with good substantial sani tary pavements and a careful investi gation of such should put our pave ment committee in possession of suf ficient data -to proceed reasonably safe in this matter.. In conclusion this distinguished Scotchman says A good road must be smooth, easily kept clean, free from railway lines, durable, having a surface contributing as little as possible to noiseiness, free from dust and mud and of such a make that it can be repaired piecemeal so as to be kept in good repair at all times and not, as at present to be repaired either by compelling the vehicles to go over a bed of sharp stones or by blocking the traffic for weeks at a time at a place where a block is most convenient. Permenacy should be a specific con sideration. The possibility of using local material to avoid excessive freight rates in shipping in, should be wisely considered. The city now owns its own sand pit from which it gets sand for Alteration purposes and as a large amount of sand is hauled in each year to replace the sand taken out the feasibility of using the sand removed from the filter each year in the construction of new pavement should be a matter worthy of some consideration. The Evening Times favors the building of good roads, believing this a matter of prime importance to the surrounding county as well as to every citizen of Grand Forks. The beautiful streets of Spokane are the admiration of every person who goes there and nothing contributes more to the build ing up of a city than to know that its citizens are on the "right road." Clerk of Court Spaulding, has a sample of patented concrete road that looks substantial and which it is said, can be put in here at about $1.75 per square yard. There is no reason why this city should pay a royalty on some patent for there are persons thorough ly familiar with every phase of con crete making who could be em ployed to oversee the construction of a concrete road if such is considered to be the best for Grand Forks. THE SAPOLEOXS OF FAR3IIXG. Attorney-General Charles J. Bona parte, owns several farms in Mary land aggregating about three thousand acres. Besides attending to the duties of his office as Attorney-General at Washington, D. C., and his law prac tice in Baltimore he thoroughly sup ervises these various farms in the most successful manner. To read of the success with which Mr. Bonaparte has met is an inspira tion to any farmer. His principal farm is the one on which he resides four months each year and consists of three hundred acres known as "Bella Vista." Here he has splendid buildings, and a magnificent residence in which his family lives during the summer months and every Saturday, no matter what the weather conditions may be he goes over the entire farm with his manager, consulting, suggesting and comment ing in conection with every detail of the work. He is deeply interested in stock and keeps only the best and drives horses only in their. prime, for when they become too slow to suit his taste for driving he puts them to some other use for which they are better adapted and when a horse becomes old and broken down he places it in a fine pasture and lets* it live a retired life. This is but one instance of many successful farmers, but it serves to show that the most successful farm ers are not those who break down their health by hard physical labor. Farm ing like every other occupation re quires a "born leader." Every detail must receive the closest attention. One must have time to closely inspect and look into everything to see that there is no'waste to consume profits. To more fully illustrate the point in view we quote an instance that came under our own observation. A very strong young man who up to the age of nineteen had not laid up a dollar, because he had not stopped to consider that some time he would *be too old to work, was demonstrating his great strength one day by lifting th^ hind end of a separator when he in jured his spine and was crippled for life. He had occasion to halt and re flect. He bought a farm on crop pay ment plan and employed laborers to perform the work. He inspecte'd and directed the work and at thirty-five years of age owned a nice half-section with fine buildings, fine stock and lived In luxury. He had his horse hitched to his private run-about every morning the first chore after break fast and tied to a hitching post,in a shed provided for this purpose. If he wanted to drive out to Inspect any part of the farm or to go to town on TBI IVKNINO TIMES, GRAND FORKS, N. fC ty it a 1M (By George Hurl*.) Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 19.—In the house the list of employes Is being gradually extended, and among the last to connect with the pay roll are P. E. Packard, the famous Valley City muck-raker, and W. L. Dudley, the representative of the Grand Porlcs Herald. Both figure thait they can do their newspaper work and attend to the duties of their respective offices at the same time, and this is probable as Mr. Packard has the clerkship of a committee which has little work and which will not meet more than half a dozen times. But the clerk .will draw his salary just the same, and four dollars a day Is not to be laughed at. But on the side it does seem peculiar that a newspaper man who has ,gone up and down the land doing a John the Baptist stunt because of the extravagance of the old party, (Continued from Page 1.) 1 .N .,v 1 MUCKRAKER" PACKARD CONNECTS WITH PAYROLL PASTOR' FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GRAND FORKS an errand or to dfive into the county to buy some stock this private convey ance was always ready for him. He had ample time to read farm journals, to visit neighboring farms, to note improvements going on around him so that he was in a position to take ad vantage of the markets and buy up_. sotck when it was cheap and sell at a good profit when prices advanced. We drove out with him one day and found he knew just bow much stock every neighbor had and the condition of every farm and who had stock to sell or grain to dispose of and who were financially embarassed so that he was thoroughly posted as to con ditions around him and in a position to take advantage of every opportun ity. Many are so hampered with work that they overlook all these important features and instead of employing proper and sufficient help to keep their work up, try. to do it themselves and become worn out and unfit to properly manage their affairs. The most suc cessful farmers are those who are good leaders and directors and do but little physical labor themselves.* HARRY THAW'S TRIAL old and a member of a family that had been socially prominent in New York and Xew England for several gener ations.' His fathqp was a- well known critic, journalist and essayist. Stan ford received a splendid education and traveled extensively in Europe. On his return to New York he formed a partnership with Charles P. McKlm and William R. Mead under the firm name of McKim, Mead & White. The name of this firm is associated with some of the most notable architecture of the country, many examples of which were designed by Mr. White himself. He was the architect of the Madison'Square garden the Washing ton arclr, the New York university, the University of Virginia, and many pri vate residences throughout the coun try. In 18S4 Mr. White was married to the daughter of Judge J. Lawrence Smith of this city, who, with one son, a student at Harvard, survived him. AN N. 0. PIONEER IS 60NE James Bell, one of the old timers of the state, and one of the earliest set tlers of Walsh county Is dead. Mr. Bell underwent an operation recently for convulsion of the bowels, and h!s death occured four days later. The deceased was a prominent man In the community, and In fact was Well known outside of his home district. In Grand Forks he had many friends, and tlje announcement of his death will be received by them with grief. *'V ^KfSm, Sg mm& should break his neck to get both feet in the trough aiid draw four dollars a day for doing nothing. But. the tax payers are footing the bill and Pack ard wanted the money. That is Indeed reform with a big "R." The might be said of the Herald. It has a regular correspondent on the ground and in order to reduce the expen'se, he has secured a place on the pay roll of the house and will draw four dol lars a day from the money of the tax payers of the state, while still doing his work as a correspondent. Morally, If not legally, the taxpayers are help ing to pay the salary of a Herald -cor respondent to report the legislative proceedings. That may be the econ omical reform advocated by the Her ald, but the man who sees reform la that arrangement would be accused of being in a condition where snakes are the principal objects In sight. Yes, the Herald is for refonn. REV. WILLIAM H. MATTHEWS The Travelers TRAVELERS TO ENJOY Date is Saturday Jan. 26— Committee Working Out Details. Tho announcement in the papers that the U. C. T. dance would be given on Monday night, Jan. 2S, caused con siderable comment among the "boys." The date announced was wrong and should have read Saturday evening. Jan 2G. The event will bo an invita tion affair and will be held in the Commercial club rooms. A committee as follows has been ap pointed and is working hard: John GrBthe, George KoyJ, Walter Holier an, James Hart and Arthur Grenn berg. It is the aim of these hustlers to make Saturday, Jan. 20 one long to be remembered by the traveling fraternity and no stone will be left unturned to satisfy these endeavors. A fine orchestra has been secured and the club rooms will be tastefully dec orated. Although it will, be an Invitation affair, the members of the special com mittee wish it understood that ail Commercial friends are cordially In vited to attend. BKIXG CALLED LV. TraTeling Mon for Wholesale Houses Being (Jlvcn Short Vacations. Many of the local wholesale houses have awakened to the futility of hav ing representatives on the .road and wi'U net send men out until (here ap pear to be Indications that shipments can bo made. Park, Grant & Morris were among the first to call in their men. W. W. Pegan Mated last evening that lie had no men out and wouldn't put any out until trains swing into regular schedules and freight begins to move. Nash Bros, have about half the force in and may call in the entire force .If the situation does not clear up within a few days. The Grand Porks Prult company has had no men out for nearly a week, while the mercantile force has been plugging along the same as ever. Straight Flashes, I I Larry O'Cpnnor with Swift and com pany Is taking a lay off in the city. The usual special went over to Crookston last night In place of be lated No. 6. I' -v lVi •f- 4 rfi r" stesc/jtii -i t_i*i ip l&S A *A 3E Store CIoms Every Erealaf Eiccpt Satarmiy I T. L. Bansingberg, representing the St. Anthony Elevator company return ed to Crookston last evening after a day in the city. The sad death of E. E. Wells, one of the prominent travelers of the northwest at St. Cloud, Minn, on Thursday forenoon, has cast a gloom over his many friends in this vicinity. The deceased \\as a member of the St. Cloud B. P. O. E. and St. Cloud Coun cil U. C. T. Sam Hunt with the Marshall-Wells Hardware company of Duluth, is one of the new men in this territory. Mr. Hunt until recently conducted a hard ware business at Red Lake Falls. He spent Friday in the city, returning to Crookston last evening on the Special. J. M. Bach, with a full lino of trunk samples, came in Thursday eve ning for a short rest. N. B. FeCton went to Leeds last niglit and is still lost in the wilds. .Mr. Fel ton is the traveling representative of a line of banks in the state that would make the old time guardian of the pub lic funds stare with open mouth as tonishment, E. H. Shaleen, representing the American Tobacco compeny, went to Minot last evening. Mr. Shaleen makes his headquarters at Duluth. E. L. Norton of Minneapolis is one of the new faces in the territory ad jacent to Grand Forks. James Ferguson of Joliette, N. D. has accepted a position with the Grand Forks Mercantile company as travel ing salesman and he will be welcome into the ranks of the fortunate few. He expects to move his family to Grand Forks. Arthur Greenberg has been laid up for the past week with a slight illness, but is reported 'improved today. Lost—Somewhere jn the wilds of North Dakota .a typewriter man an swering to the name of F. G. Ber» Don't go by laundry tag. Last seen boarding a Great Northern train for the west—signed Oliver Typewriter company. John Sanberg, who has been en gaged with the Routell Clothing com pany of Crookston for five years, will sever his connection with that firm in the latter part of the month and ac cept a position with the Weum-Watt Wholesale Clothing company of Min neapolis, a^ul will cover this terri tory. He has had fifteen years' ex perience in the clothing business. A. B. Bergeson, the affable McKib bon, Dorsey man of Sti Paul, expects to Sunday in Grand Porks. Ben Tubbs is manufacturing the Middleton line of talk in the city today. Fred Ross is on the rostrum at the Hotel Dacotah. St. Paul. With no fuel in sight, stovegi are safe says S. M. Shatter of St. Louis. E. C. Bede of Duluth is waxing fat over the thought of what he will do for Gowan, Patton and Towery when Jim Hill opens up. J. M. Doyle is another traveler who will enjoy the usual Bacon & Wood hospitality. J. P. Rowan is looking up the coffee business in Grand f'orks. M. McLeod of Minneapolis is under taking nothing until next week. E. C. Brown, the Minneapolis shoe man. Is In the city today. G. W. Bordwell of St Paul, repre senting the Tibbs, Hutchlns & Co. is registered In over Sunday. Charles Clarke, the New York P. DacOtaJt Pliarmacy, W(, 1 «N I vk SATURDAY, JANUARY 19,1907. r\ I S3"0RE YOU WOULD HAVE AN IDEA of the assortment and of the prices in the 10c store, look at the window display on DeMers Avenue. Big values for the money. Many things that you really need but don't know it till you see them. And 10c is the price, only 10c. You wouldn't miss that amount, and think of the convenience of these little useful articles. Come to the basement and see the 10c store. P. J. Clough of Minneapolis, came in last night and is spending today look ing after business matters. Mr. Clough represents a Detroit, Mich, ci gar and tobacco house. H. M. Way. of ArviHa went west this morning taking with him his bedding samples in small packages. «With tho snow blockade and all night stalls on the prairie, the bedding business should be up and doing all the time. C. A. Mason, residing at Fergus Falls, Minn, is in the city for the American Tobacco company. Irwin Durick who resigned his posi tion in the office of the city treasurer to accept a moTe lucrative one with a jewelry ho,use is out getting on to the ropes. He reports excellent progress. & D. glove man, is absorbing the heat furnished by local hotel men. Noyes Bros. & Cutler are represent ed at the Dacotah today by A. J. Douglas of St. Paul. "Cinch" McCrea the "Dear" Webber man of Minneapolis, is in off the road. Tony Odegard is another of the "t'rat" that will spend the Sunday holiday in Grand Forks. R. S. DeWar of Winnipeg, late of the Devils Lake schqpls and B. J. Ness of Devils Lake came in today. Mr. DeWar is in the land business. Ed Avery is feeling up the furni ture trade in the city today. He ex pects to feel the hotel furniture to morrow. E. E. Rea of Minneapolis, with the National Biscuit company, is a guest at the Dacotah. M. A. Becklinger, the Duluth furni ture magnate, will rest up for a few days at the Burke resort. Tom Burns, traveling auditor of the John Gund Brewing company of La Crosse, came in during the week. J. H. Bryan, implements, St. Paul, has been holding down the hotel settees for a week. Chas. Allders with Steenerson, Pat terson & Co. of Minneapolis, will ride on the Dacotah elevator tomorrow. Jack Gordon of Minneapolis got some hard "ware" during the past week. George Caneen is at his paper tricks again. L. Raymond, with the Union Mat tress house, is "Ostermooring" at the Dacotah. D. B. Rosenbalatt is wall flowering at the Dacotah oyer Sunday. Dave Swartz with Struss, Elssen drath & Co. of the saintly city ex pects to enjoy life for a couple of days. W. N. Tinker the St. Louis R. J. & R. "hombre" is greeting all his friends. Tom Flanagan has just returned from a pleasant visit to his old home at Indianapolis. He left all Inter national Harvester business behind. J. W. Pomeroy of Milton, another harvester man, is here for Sunday. The list of the travelers is further augmented by the familiar face of that famous candy man Harry Jung, Into of La Crosse. II. Longfellow with Bauer & Black of the windy city is plastered on the hotel registers. •I. A. Blake and W. A. Hutchins, rival implement men, resumed oper ations at the breakfast table today. J. E. McICerrell, St. Paul, Robinson and Strauss millinery, came in yes terday. W. B. Woolsey with the United Cigar company, came in yesterday from a tedious trip over the state. He was snow bound for only a week this trip. Chas. Shogren is boosting Foot Schultz & Co. in the metropolis. •T. H. Cavanaugh, wholesale hard ware of St. Paul, is registered at the*'' Decotah. C. A. Arine, rubber, bounced in dur ing the week. C. E. Roset of St. Paul has been do ing a good business with fur lirfeJ caps, etc., on the S,DOW bound trains over the state.. He represents Lara pen Skinner & Co. Oscar Hilling with the Moline Plow company of Minneapolis, is plowln" through the snows of Grand Porks Harry Pitts, Farewell, -'i* «flfcsra '9 -„.rf ,,y,i, k"! I 1 M' V» 4 3S$ ill Store CIOMS Evtrjr Evening Eicept Siturdiy 5f! •''•'h 0zman Church lms weather Th Kidney-€tte$ cure Backachi CM Ctatfer of tkua an. Kw G„M Pfcrta. N. n.. ••t fs-Sa v'Ji '-'M 4 Kirk, lenewed acquaintances with Colonel Peake today. ®"8t. Rosenquist, the genial repre sentative of the Myer Boot & Shoe house, will Sunday ,n «,e dit£ a good line but f°rDn»r North Dakota weathei. The Merideth eomnnnv of Fargo is the loser. con,PM* A. T. Russell with Bradstreeta is rating himself among the lucky this Times W^t*Ad7^r.78ult8 and Kingman,