ODDS AND ENDS. 



A NEW COMPANY. 

 The readers of the AGE have become 

 familiar with the advertisement of the 

 Shuart grader, which appears regularly 

 in our columns. This machine was 

 originally devised by Mr. Shuart to 

 meet his personal needs as an irrigator 

 and alfafa grower, on a large scale, in 

 Montana. A few years since Mr. Shuart 

 sold his ranch interests and removed to 

 Oberlin. O.. where he has since been en- 

 gaged in the manufacture of his grader. 

 The machine is now made in two styles, 

 one of which is especially designed for 

 leveling land for irrigation and the other, 

 for the use of contractors for road and 

 street purposes. For leveling land, it is 

 far superior to any other device in use, 

 and has had a wide sale throughout the 

 irrigated west. A company, composed 

 largely of Cleveland, O. , capitalists and 

 named the Shnart Grader Co. , has re- 

 cently been organized to manufacture this 

 machine on a large s^ale at Oberlin. O. 



ROOSEVELT'S OPEN DOOR POLICY. 



One of the sensible things Gov. Roose- 

 velt has done is to set apart a time for the 

 reception of newspaper men when they 

 will be given such news as is proper to 

 publish. Nobody is barred for partisan 

 reasons, and the governor proposes to use 

 the press and the publicity it gives to cur- 

 rent news of his administration as a help 

 to a better understanding by the people 

 of their state affairs. The example of the 

 governor is a good one, and such frank 

 dealing with the press indicates that he 

 does not contemplate work as the people's 

 servant which cannot stand the light. 

 iSfoux City Jour. 



NOW IS THE TIME. 

 Now is the time to order indexes and 

 replenish the office with desks, chairs, 

 cabinets and office necessities and the 

 reference card index system, which the U. 

 S. Desk, File & Cabinet Co., of Indian- 

 apolis, are originators of. and others 

 imitate. If you have not purchased your 

 supplies for your cabinet file, or want a 

 new one, they only cost 50 cents per 

 drawer complete with indexes. This 

 offer is only for thirty days though. In- 

 dexes can be furnished from the Amberg, 

 National Rival. W abash & B. & B. cabi- 

 nets at the low price of $1.75 per dozen 

 and cases at the same price per dozen_ 

 The inventor has been twenty years com- 

 pleting this series of indexes and he i& 

 confident they will be appreciated, both 

 as to style and particularly price. Their 

 factory is one of the best equipped in the 

 United States and occupies more space 

 than all the others put together for this 

 branch of the business. They have been 

 running day and night for the past two 

 months and at the present time are thirty 

 days behind with orders. As soon as the 

 Aveather will permit they will erect a new 

 building to accommodate their growing 

 business. The entire force of employees 

 from president to janitors live in homes 

 owned by the company and their business 

 is run somewhat on the co-operative plan 

 and is done on the cash basis. Particulars 

 and circulars can be had upon application. 



A BRIGHT OUTLOOK. 

 Chicago capitalists recently paid $3,000.- 

 000 for a controlling interest in the vast 

 pure native soda deposits in Wyoming. 

 These deposits are about fourteen miles 

 from Laramie (Wyo.) and consist of three 



