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COUNTY COMMISSIONER3 TURN
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HOUSE TO THjE
PEOPLE.
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The. board ofcounty.
commissioners
"Were in session the first of the week,
at which time they allowed a number
ofbillsandtransacted other business
that was brought before the board.
Probably the most important busi
ness that came up for disposition at
this. time was the proposition of the
sheriff's, residence and jail and a new
court house.
A- petition signed by some two hun
dred taxpayers of the county was pre
sented to the. board asking that the
question. of bonding the county for
9150,000 for the erection in this city
of a new. court house be submitted to
the voters of the county at -the next
general election. Mr. Samuel moved
to lay the petition on the table which
was seccfoded by Emigh. Mr. Nesseth
then moved] as an amendment to the
motion that the Question be submitted
to the voters, this was seconded by
Mr. Johnson, on the amendment there
was a vote of two for and three
againpt, Commissioners Nesseth and
Johnson supporting the motion and
Commissioners Samuel, Emigh and
Maloney voting against It. The mo
tion to lay on the table was then
passed the last three commissioners
voting yes and: Messrs. Johnson and
Nesseth voting no.
It was then decided to proceed with
the erection of the sheriff's residence
and jail in this city that was starts^,
last fall.
WILL ATTEND
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LOCAL MEMBERS OF* COMMER
CIAL CLUB AND MUSICAL CLUB
WILL GO TO MAY FESTIVAL
IN GRAND FORK8.
Monday evening at the meeting of
the Monday Musical club, at the Com-:
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May too. Are you prepared? No
doubt -there are some things you
have overlooked. This is to remind
^r''. you that at the
Ramsey Pharriiacy
mercial club-tooms, at which the
Commercial club members and invited
friends will be present, the matter of
forming a large party of local peo
ple Jto' attend the May Festival at
Grand- Forks the latter part of May
and. first days of June, will be brought
before'both organizations/
Already a large number of local peo
ple. have stated that they are ready to
be 'members of a party tixm Devils
lake and the officials of both the
Commercial club and musical organi
zation will make every effort to make
the delegation the biggest of any that
attended the annual musical treat at
Grand Forks. Particulars in regard to
the program for this year will be given
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DEVILS LAKE RUBBER STAMP
.WORKS NOW. READY TCf TAKE
CAttE' OF'THE BUSINESS.
G. Anderson has just put in a
plajit for the manufacture of rubber
stamps of all kinds and is ready for
business in this line. The outfit is com
plete in all details and Mr. Anderson
is in a position to supply stamps of any
kind on short notice.
His past experiences as a printer,
better than whom there is none In this
section of the country, is of great ben
efit to him in the new line he is tak
ing up, as he is very tasty in the ar
rangement, of style and size of the type
to be used in tbie work.
Hi^work will be done in the Inter
Ocean office building where all or
ders for work can be' left or sent
dir&ct^to Mr. Anderson. The work is
Lbetter than is done in many stamp
houses, will be just as cheap and in
many, cases cheaper, and the nice part
otit i&tfaatJt ca»be dqsrie qthome.
(tern|gieand Rockefeller 'advlsesth#?
people t» save thelr^metee^ Many
people have been under thefl&prea
sion that these two gentlemen ^were
performing the function for them.
Love will find a way. A Superior,
Wis., man who wants to ma^ry a young
grass widow is' trying, to /remove the
husband by trying to prove: that he
murdered a former wife.
•They say figures don't lie—but some'
figures are mighty: deceiving.
vtf i'
syotrcan quickly secure Insect^o^
der and Roach Paste, Camphor
[gum]f Tar Camphor [balls ^and
flakes], Moth Bagt^ Tar Paper, Car
bolic Acid [crude], Formaldehyde,
Sulphur-Candle^ Cleaning Fluids,
Straw Hat Cleaner, Gasoline, Ben»
il
Naphtha^ Diamond Dyes, Cha^
Sponges, Screen Painf^ House,
Paint, Window Class, Putty, Glue,
Metal Polish, Furniture Polub^ Flqor
»**«Oil, Machine oa.
Check off what you have forgotten
Iftand order NOW.
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TRUE CONDITIONS IN OLD MEXI
CO AS fcEEN, BY D. V. BRENNAN'
WHO HAS JU8T RETURNER
{ri:»j]p^^8 :.TWQ months
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TRIP. 'iii*
The writer recently completeja a" trip
through the northern &a&' aortic o&
tral portions of Meiico and, thlyklnk
that the country, lts,Jcustom&, people,
institutions and lnduBtrles, woui^ bf
of interest to the readers of ttte In
ter-Ocean, has put some of his cibstf
vations in writing. NO man can go
to a foreign country unversed iff its
language, unfamiliar with its customs
and perhaps out of sympathy with .its
people, and in the space of two mdntjhs
form a necessarily correct opiitite
of the' country. However, there arfe
some things which the traveller may
pick-upland no matter how -inferior -he
may consider those among Whom he
travels, in their life he IB certain to
learn many things not only of interc#
but of great value Concerning the
commercial advantages of
Jthe
counti^
he visits he should be able to form
very accurate opinion and if h®
try to learn its'language and the' rettt
life of Its people he is sure to ^athejr
much truth concerning actual condi
tions.
The writer was fortunate enough &
have a shoa^ course of Spanish in poI
lege and this coupled with. what he
was able to pick up to two months tim$.
a good part of yhich'Was spent where
he Was compelled to talk Spanish: tiiji
get the necessaries of life, made his
trip intensely interesting. After get'
ting fairly into touch With the.' jie^
ican life one finds the Mexicans a#
agreeable,:utd naturally kind pe^4
ThW grrot' majority of the people"*!^,
i&eresult^f
^Tfr cbitin#fere!^p ^^ttaave
popuiatlbn, ia new race resulting, altho
both pure Spanish and Indiian types may
be seen in many places. The result
of ttiis mingling is a race of people,
by'hature quick, iinpulsive,-courteous,
arid fmd of amusement The perpet
ual warm weathefr and easy mode of
living tiave made the Mexican some
what 1«BS energetic than his northern
neighbors. He works that he may en:
joy life as he goes along, while his
more strenuous northern" ^brother,
works that he may have money, power
or prominence. Indeed, the -northern
'saying "Do It Now" has for its coun
terpart in Mexico the' word, "Manana"
(Tomorrow), and.• what can be done
tomorrow is never done today. The
spirit of the .-country, while progres
sive in the extreme is anything but
strenuous and our Irrepressible T. R. is
a seventh wonder to the Mexican. 7
Thie difference in real things is also
seen in many trifling customs of the
people. In fact when one crosses the
line into Old Mexico it wSuld seem
that he must take a right-about face
and do everything from
another'angle.
When meeting a man on the street,
instead of saying "Hello" you say
"Goodbye" (Adelos).' When you wish
a man to come to
you,"you
must mo
tion ta him as if you 4esired him to go
away. To lock a door, as a rule you
turn the key away from the door cas
ing. JIVhen passing a man on the road
you turn, to the left Instead-of to the,
right, and if by chance he'should not
give you your share of the road you
do not swear at him but wish him luck
Thus the American or "Gringo" finds
things somewhat topsy-turvy compared^
with the customs of his own land. Al
so he finds that while he looks down
uppn4hose among .whom he travels, at
least ponsider them 'ignorant and not
wise,t they in tupn look upon the Am
erican with suspicloni and some times"
open- distrust,, This is ,of course dy
ing out. The opinion was formed when
the .American adventurer, railroad
builder and workman'came into the
country. In a majority of "cases he
betrayed ithe trust given him by the
people, proved hiinself "as immoral as:
the dregs of 'the hitman race cap be
come,^ and incidentally brought re-
The American, strange,to say^tg the
last'man to learn the'.Mexican tongue.
The (Serm^gow..th?r® and In-a few
months ta gpe*J&M5't^stUlui, Spanish
likewise the Frenchman, Englishman
and, otfier ^uropeatta. Thf' American
feels t^at. $heT Mexican S&ould learn
hts languftge, I #ctually httVe Wn the
ridiculous apectacle of att Amerlcatt
business man |n th^ h^rt of Mexico,
j^ay. curallSgii *®r ail
^oramous, becaiise the Mexican could
not talk English. It is because of this
unwillingness on the, part of some
to adapt themselves to the
dCpftet and' customs of the country,
tlyif American business has not made
the progress in some lines that Ger-
English and French business
haiVe. Perhaps the inferiority of this
American Consular service compared
with. the Snglish and German, Is re
sponsible for a portion of this. How
eyer this is being rapidly done away
.with. The American in Mexico is wak
ing-up to the fact that he must meet
conditions as they are.. Thousands of
Americans are pouring into the repub
lic, millions of American money are
being invested and Americans on all
sides aire receiving a cordial welcome
.from the Mexican government and peo
ple. Today would seem to be the day
Of the American In Mexico
Wihat seemed at one time to be the
fore-runner of serious hostility to the
United States has now completely
subsided. This feeling was caused by
the publication of certain articles en
titled "BarbariOus Mexico" and roused
the enmity of the unthinking against
all things American. But today the
Mexicans know that the United States
is their best friend both politically and
Commercially arid the feeling of hostili
ty Is dlelng out completely. Undoubt
edly most readers of the Inter-Ocean
have read or hear of the articles
"Barbarous Mexico."' The chief charge
contained In these is slavery or peon
age on the big estates of the wealthy
land owners of Mexico. It is claimed
that by a system of stores at which the
peon must purchase everything and at
which .he is kept in debt continually
to his employer, he Is virtually in a
condition of servitude being unable to
leave the estate without working'out
his debt. The writer was greatly In
terested in this question having read
the articles in the. American Magazine
and in other publications. The opinon
formed from two months' traveling
•through northern and tibrth central
^texico^ontrainB, stage coaches, boats,
'aad a greater part of'the flmeToif mule
back, was^that iri that section of the
country no peonage existed! In that
time tihe writer never, came upon a
case which could be called an approach
toward peonage, and he spent many
days among this peons, talked with
them, ate with them, watched them at
work, in their dealings with their em
ployees, and made many friends among
them, who talked freely of conditions
in tihe republic. Also the writer talked
with Americans .who had visited every
cornea* of the republic, lived for years
in Mexico and spoke the language like
natives. Their uniform opinion was
that some peonage existed in the more
southern sections of the country but
stated that it was neither more nor
less than what existed in many parts
of Alabama, Georgia and other south
ern states. All agreed that it was
practically unknown in northern arid
central Mexico.
When one sees the splendid cities,
great industries, modern improve
ments, ohurchs, schools and other in
stitutions, of the republic, the conclus
ion is forced home that there are pow
erful influences at work among the
Mexican people to right what wrongs
there are, that the struggle in this
country against ignorance, vice and po
litical dishonesty, is duplicated in the
sister republic of the south. One can
not come to know the Mexicans with
out feeling that they are bound to work
out^ successfully the -problems which
confront them, whether they are prob
lems of politics, busine.' ir religion
(Continued Next Week.)
Rogers
Brothers
World Renowned
SILVER
TABLE WARE
Tea Spoons from $1.50 to
$5.00 per dozen
tSpoonifrom $2,501^)
$6.00perdo»a
arid Fodb, pier a
,$2.75^0 $10.00
JL'HUESGBl
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H. J.
IN BUSINESS
WILL ADD MANY BUILDING PLAC
ES TO THE POPULAR CHAU
TAUQUA SUMMER RE80RT.
Engineer Saff has been busy plattr
lng off a number of acre lots in Green
wood which extends from the Chautau
qua grounds north along the lake
shone for a distance of half a mile,
thus taking up the land that lies be
tween the Chautauqua and the hill
one-half mile north.
These lots are made large so as to
give the purchasers an ideal location
for the erection of fifie summer resi
dences, the lots being 250x290 feet A
new street will be opened up back of
the lots, and it is the intention to use
thiB street for persons returning to
town from Chautauqua and the lower
road will be used for persons going to
Chautauqua. This will be a great im
provement as it will do away with the
passing of teams and automobiles on
the hill and in the sand at the Chau
tauqua entrance.
It is also expected to move the
Chautauqua railroad at some time in
the future running it back through
Greenwood and away from the front
of the grounds.
Forty acres wfll also be left for
th$ purpose of making it into a race
track and fair ground, which it is ex
pected will be done during the com
ing year.
NEW HOTEL OPENED ON THIRD
The^Aberdeen hotel which has $een
under process of completion for some
tirile past was completed and throW^i
open to the public Monday morning^
About all that is left of the old hotel
property at this place is the cite, the
building being practically all new. It
is a two story structure with kitchen,
and dining rooms on the first floor and
sleeping rooms on the second floor. AH
tastily finished and furnished through
out making it a very creditable hotel in
*1
every respect.
The west side of the lower floor iaa
fitted up as an ice cream and oyster—
parlor while the east side contains—
the lunch room-and an elaborate soda^.
fountain in the front while in the rear
is a spacious and well equipped kitch—
en. There 1b also in connection with--.
the dining room four private lund»..
rooms, and a toilet room.
The' rooms on the second floor are*-*
furnished up in fine style and will b&«
greatly appreciated by the traveling
public who make this their stopping-:
place\ while in the city.
It is the expectation of the manage-—
ment to run the hotel to suit tihe pat—
rons either on the European or Amer
ican plan. Those who desire can ar—
range for regular weekly rates or they
can patronize the hostlery on the Euro
pean plan if they prefer.
The proprietor Otto Chiostri, has^.
been in business in Devils Lake for~
some time and has made a decided suc
cess in his business. He has been as
sociated with Mr. Andri in the conduct...
of a pool hall on Fouith street and a.,
restaurant on Kelly avenue. Mr_
Chiostri has devoted his time to the^v
management of the restaurant, and by
courteous treatment and the best oC
cooking and service at all times hast
built up a restaurant business secon®.
to none in the city. His patronage has
grown to such proportions that he is at
a great disadvantage at meal times ta
find room for the large crowds of peo
ple that flock to his restaurant for-
their meals. It is his intention to givet
just as good service at the Aberdeen*,
with the added advantage of moree»
room, and it is safe to surmise that ifc
will only be a short time iiefore
Opera Season Closes,
but the Opera Continues
S on the Victor
if Though the o^era season is over, and the
stars of the Metropolitan and Manhat
tan have gone abroad, you can still hear
.' them sing their greatest triumphs on
THE VICTOR
Caruso, Calvi, Dalmores, Eames, Farrar, Gad
ski, GerviIle-Reache, Homer, Jouraet, McCor
mack, Melba, Plancon, Schumann-Hinck, Sem
brick, Scotti, Tetra^zini and Zerola
are among the world's greatest artists
who make records exclusively for the
"Victor.*' They not only sing solos and
duets foiryou, but such famous concert
ed numbers as the Sextet from Lucia,
the Quintet from Meistersinger, the
Quartets from Rigoletto and Boheme,
and the Trio from Faust Hear this
beautiful Victor music, and be sure to
hear the "VICTROLA."
The Devils Lake Drug
rrt
t*i I
ther-
new place will be as popular as thfe
old.
The O'Callaghans have arranged for
the presentation of their 1910 play for
the evening of Decoration Day. That
play which they will present at this.,
time is "Settlement" and it wilt,, bet
produced by the best caBt the: O'Calla-^"
ghaps'have ever-had. Mr. FlynnrandE.:
his' c&riipariy have' been working on?
the play for a number of weeks, past
and have it down like old-timers
Thieir productions in the past have?
been well up with the best attractions
that visit this locality, and in many
cases was superior to them, eacte
successive year has seen an improve
ment, and this year will not be an ex
ception. Remember the date, Decora
tion Day evening at the Grand opera,
house, and plan to be present.«
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