then," said the detl$ist wOrking^on Ed Purdy. ,**How do yo^^Sccount for thatH "It must be you went clear through' my neck into my back collar- butt'dn,' FROM THE COLUMNS OF THE BORDER BIJ ". Qpr garbled Ed. S Miss Nellie' Newhall arrived from "New desks are being purchased for her home at Dawson, Minn:, on Suitday the school at this place. Political Chaos DUMB DAtf this would not prevent any individual last. Miss Newhall, will take IS* -mm— -!i? ~f' He is so*stupid he thinks a powder or any number of individuals ^4^ Who doubts for a moment that charge of the Koochiching public John Berg, merchant at this -place, magazine is "a woman's fashion publication. from using the provision of the direct "there is at this time more or l^ss school which opens its fall term on returned from his purchasing trip' to political chaos in-this country? primary law and filing their declaration of candidacy for office. Monday next. Like most of thosjg^ the cities last evening. .. The political chaos of this coun Have you got a Dumb Dan Send It would have the effect, however, who visit our country she is delighted ivtry is' approaching the political con' it in, and jwe will jrint it. yv fusion in other parts, of the world. of making the individual stand alone, with the beauty of the scenery everywhere Joseph Pelland, Frank Pelland and on his merits, and independent of We haven't political parties today manifest. 7 party support. W. A. Dafter fare Little Forkers who as they were understood at one yltaMAMafthi TRY TO DEAL WITH BACKUS AS time .in the history of this country. tThe pre-primary convention spent a couple of* days, in town during JTOU'D HAVE HIM DEAL Mr. Richard Ross, of Washburn, We have what might be called political would file its /Slate under the same the past week. provision. When that slate was Wis., arrived on the Str. Seagull Sunday organizations carrying the WITH YOU virus of ^inviolable principles, fundamental filed, the candidate under that filing names of ancient political parties. evening arid is looking over, the -.J-'/:. doctrines, constitutional wofild have the support, indorsement, Mrs. Joseph Lippman of Salt Lake In other words, the political partiesuhave land ip this vicinity with a view to programs. and influence of the On the banks of Rainy river a name to live but they was instantly killed and eight others eating here. Mr. Ross represents a party. _Men tell you that the reason for are Head. A large paper mill it stands, seriously injured, by the overturning tnfe chaotic political situation of today coloiry of 25 families who desire to In that way you would crystalize The reason they are in this condition It is making daily labor of a stage coach near Delles, Mont. is the primary election law. the party, restore its organization, secure homes On government land. is because they have abandoned For many thousand hands., They say that the direct primary responsibility, and accountability, great fundamental principles Mr, Ross says that the marked improvement has destroyed party organization and at the same time you of government, and doctrines of the in the business conditions With its powerful machinery 1 As an indication pf the attention being and responsibility. They want the would preserve to the individual Constitution. They abandoned primary law repealed^ The primary That is running night and day, drawn' this way it majrbe pertinent at his home have -given the people a th^ right to file independently under them hoping that they might surrender law will not b& repealed. It the primary law. principles for policies.j to state that we are constantly in chance to lay by money with which Making many thousands of round ought to be amended and in the following SECOND: You ought to amend they propose to found for themselves dollars You can't build a great party on receipt of letters inquiring as to the. particular the primary law and raise the qualifications a policy it must be builded on a homes. He also states that./ should water power, prices of lots, business For its owners so they say. 'FIRST: Amend the law by creating principle. for office. Men who are the right to hold a PRE-primary opportunities, etc., all tending to indicate he find desirable lands, 25v to £00 families not qualified for the position have no If the parties of this country ^re The head man, Mr. Backup party convention. If the will move to this section during right to be elected. If you want the coming influx of immigration to be revived and invigorated "you party would meet in a pre-primary Is an enterprising map. to sa^e representative government the spring and summer of 1900. in the near future. must inject into their backbone the convention and nominate a ticket He has ahead for business "N^" raise the standard of office holders. And he knows the wa^ to plan. A A 8st &sle-Johns ACTORS ARE HIT HARD When Backus started lumbering LOST RIVERS UNDER LONDON MARGIE NEWS Rome had ways of concealment not unlike /Be was not a wealthy man, those of today. The banks of the make fum of aiew ^le had laid up a few hundred. DON'T *me 1*4 iV V# r# Beds of Once Much-Used Streams Frequently Wellbrooke were favorite sites for He invested that in land. I PEA OF THE YOIW6 FELLER More Are Now Looking for Jobs fashionable villas. Come to Li^ht During quite sick with Anna Risdahl is TODAY-HE MI6HT GROW UP AW Excavations. The river Fleet formed an important He bought .the land with timber, Than Ev^r Before. scarlet fever. Show you it's a one*. 60OD part of London topography. Extensive And then he bought a mill, There is something weird in the gardens ran down to the river's edge. And he hired men to run it. T. Smith purchased a Ford car in very words, "tost rivers," something Old bridges and piers have been discovered, With the very best of skill. Managers Say 7,500 Are Idle—Complaint* suggestive of caverns and of the dark, ancient wharves and anchors* Big Falls last week. Are Heard From Broadway and, incidentally, of treasure. In the all hidden under the hurry and stir His business it grew rapid, to "Main Street" of cases of some departed streams there of modern and dry London.—Scot* Our school opened up last Tuesday I seemed to leap and bound, Poor Bucines*. are caverns and dark and treasure man. with a good attendance. Till today he is the richest man truly enough, but the rivers "lost in For many miles around. S. New Yolk.—There are today more the streets of London" have gone forever, unemployed actors and other .stage Dr. Dufort of Northomp was in choked up by the great overbearing Is the Arctic Ocean Cold7 Some people they hate Backus people walking along Broadway and Vilhjalmur Stefansson says in the city which knows no check in town on Wednesday last!. And even do declare a hundred other cities looking for its mighty growth. World's Work: "I.have spent in the He robs them of their tiihber, jobs than ever before. Everybody in polar regions 10 winters and 13 summers In the ancient days numerous rivers, Rev. Desmond was in town Friday Times square who knows anything And will not treat them fair. rivulets and brooks ran through myself, and during most of that and held services in the evening. I about the theater, from the cut-rate the land now paved so closely and time I have carried reliable tlfermomeiers, But Backus has his troubles, ticket hawker to the producer of a fcrossed and recrossed by streets and so that I could say from my own* And his little cross to bear, dozen hits, is complaining. subways. Some of these rivers of the Everybody" attend the County fair experience how cold it is up there in Although of this world's riches The tailors, landladies and boardinghouse past were so large as to cause serious winter, but I prefer to quote the records at Northome the 19th, &)rh,and 21st. owners seem to feel the hard He more than has his share. inundations. Now they have totally of the Canadian and American THIS RINGS TRUE times as acutely as the actors. They disappeared, and men walk easily on weather bureaus. I have written both Telephone ring. Tom Smith went to ^oternaticJhal He has invested here his moneyA have sought a great many judgment? asphalt pavements instead of picking of them and asked them to give me the Doorbell ring. Falls last Friday. He drove through. recently against stage folk who overlooked million—maybe two, their way over stepping stones or lowest temperature ever recorded in Diamond ring. the rather prosaic duty of And fair interest on his money crossing small foot bridges. the Canadian station at Herschel paying their bills. Wedding ring. To him is" surely due. In digging London cellars shovels island on the north coast of Canada^ Mrs. ft/fcGrath purchased another In larger cities of the countrj Doctor's ring. often uncover evidences not only of near the mouth of the Mackenzie rivet, horse from Mr. Van Slyke last week. where the lights flicker only a little But Wn that labor for him Teething ring\ land but of water life. In 1595 a man and the American station near Point less brightly than In Broadway, conditions Must have a chance to live, Barrow, at the north tip of Alaska, excavating at Cheapside, fifteen feet (Signed) Jimmy are just as bad, according to Mrs. Jarvis and Hazel came home And fair wages for their labor below the pavement^ came on the channel about 300 miles north of the Arctic He knows. the heads of producing concerns and Wednesday from Devils Lake, N. D., of a brook, on the bank of which circle. The replies in both cases were It is right that he should give. organizations of actors. identical: 'We have never recorded was a tree sawed into five steps, so where they had been for a month. Chicago, once a lively theatrical WE WONDER I And sure the present wages that one could step over the same lnything lower than 54 degrees Fahrenheit center, whence producers sent forth City Boy—"What's that pa?" Is lower now than fair. brook. In 1884 a river channel w«*s below zero.' many road shows, is "dead" now in The weather man is sending us cool uncovered with an ancient landing "The other day I was reading over Father,—"That's a cow, sonny." They cannot stand another cut, that activity, local managers report. weather and plenty of rain this week. stage of mosaic pavement. a report of the meteorological observations The union men declare. "And what's that on his head?" Very few shows, they say, are trained The rain is all needed in these parts of my Arctic expedition of 191318, Laying the foundations -of the National "Those are horns." and distributed from the Illinois The-wages they keep dropping made by the second in command, Safe Deposit building brought especially. They turned around and cow mooed. metropolis to the Midwest and South, And he cost of living high. to lig^it at the depth of forty feet the Dr. R. M. Anderson. He says: The Boy—"Which horn did he blow, because overhead expenses have lowest temperature of the winter was ancient course of the Wellbrooke, in That is but. the simple 'truth, grown beyond the capffSity of the boy then, dad?" Mr. J. Burns returned from Rochester the bed of which was found an enormous 46 degrees below zero,' or about like There is no one can deny. offices. ^tast week where his wife is recovering\rom quantity of broken crockery and Saranac Lake, New York state, which Several well-known managers estimated NOT KNICKER, OUR GUESS a serious operation. Her They say before they'll stand it kitchen utensils—evidence that tiha Is a winter resort." that half of the 15,000 actors "9ke has refused my suit!" the hero careless cook, ot -maid. of. English many friends are glad to hear of her They will shut* the old mill^own. in the United States, exclusive of on the stage exclaimed dramatically. improvement. But -this, my boys, would surely be vaudeville performers, were out of "pother," loudly whispered aylittle A hardTblow to our town. work. The Actors' Equity association boy in the audience, "what does he said the number was not so large as Mr. Rogers, Sr., of Nary, Minn., To lay idle here all summer want her to wear his clothes for?" that, but was 20 per cent'worse than drove up with three horses last week Would be a great expense, usually. to drive the school bus. Mr. Rogers YES INDEED And Backu^has the dollars The- bicycle riders and dancing has built a house and stable across teams which flit from city to city under "The ne\^ neighbors are certainly Where We have npt got the cents. the road from Mr. Porter's where vaudeville contracts have not sufferedi up to the minute." they will live during the school year. ScTlook the matter over, boys greatly. Vaudeville tickets generally "Why?'-' -From every point of view, are less expensive than those "They sent in this afternoon to borrow The new town house is progressing for drama orv girl-and-muslc shows, And try to deal with Backus our radio set." and the public seems willing to buy very slow, it takes so long to put on As you would have him deal with them even if money isn't so easy to the roof. get some of the Better you. SPECIFIC get as it used to be, the booking women and they will show the men "Young man," said the stern boss, houses report. Don't call a strike, my brothers how to hurry. But the longer it takes Nor have any howls of cojjapla'nt "one of the young ladies in the office Till every way you have tried the more money, and a easy time they been heard from the many bird dogs complained that you kissed her." And when .there is no other way will have out of it. and terriers who go about the country "Which one, sir?" Let justice be your guide. In tent shows posing as bloodhounds in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." For Yes always guide your foot steps WORTH TRYING some reason, the roaming tent shows FOR SALE All down the -path of right Willie would not study, and boat shows that play the small, For angels always smile on those It broke his mother's heart. smaller and smallest villages are said Who battle for thd^ right So father spanked him good, not to have felt a drop in attendance, —J. L. Huggins,- Author. and there are now 700 of them scattered We hear it made him smart. over the land. Aside from the general letup in The Ideal Purgative luxury buying, many reasons are As a purgative, Chamberlain's Tablets A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME A TITAN 10-20 TRACTOR given for the extremely hard times in are the exact thing required. "Oh, Harold, you fcan't come over AND A 20-INCH P. & O. the theater. The managers complain Strong enough for the 'most robust, and see'me any more." of unbearable overhead expenses—increased BRUSH BREAKER PLOW mild enough for children. They cause "Why, how so, dearest?" railroad fare and union regtlations, AS GOOD AS NEW AND an agreeable movement of the bowels "I must stop billing and cooing. they assert, require the which, without any of that terrible griping. WILL SELL CHE^P FOR I'm getting terribly pigeon-toed." employment at high .wages of a lot -A They are easy and pleasant to take of men who, only want to sit around CASH AND TERMS. SEE and boss somebody else. and agreeable in effect. For sale by This winter we will all be singing OR WRITE— N.<p></p>Jifj (pimlhs Union leaders say this isn't so, ana S. Rubin.- the touching little ballad entitled: explain that the main difficulties are Thomas P. White "Oh, where has the coal bin?" railroad rates and competition by the movies. Both agree that, while a com A DEEP SHAFT pany on tour formerly was a paying^ International Falls, Minn. "You say you haven't had any that proposition, if the box office took In The mora tauter /more dplirimw gold filling in vour teeth well, there $7,000 or $8,000 a week, It requires Macaroni Product almost double that Income nowadays was soiye gold flakes on my drill, 1M' Ml I I 1 TO THE CO UNTY FAIR to keep the show going. f* 'V-n WUE(.tS -THAT BOTTLE OF FRANK WHY -rMAT'S TW6 DUSTER. AIEW HAIR TOM»C HALL PLAYJMG THE GB-OCeRt froY LEFT! VtoME ?ECOMP HERE'S VOUB HAIR Goodness "TDNiC HOWIS GET OUT a OF I'M AT COOK IE $ AAR.- SEACT ffV EOWARP by j^SMITM, MlOtAN? Terry/ A K-I GiUrimd 'Sv toTocitm ONE* 5% 3: vs&-