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MISS IRVINE MUSI SOON FACE II JURY Foreman Who Prosecutes Girl Who Shot Him Is Threatened with Assassination. Special to The Journal. Sheridan, Wyo., Deo. 1.State Treas urer Irvine and wife are in Sheridan to be with their daughter Edna in her trial for attempted murder in the first degree in the district court, to which she was bound over iri October for the shooting of a ranch foreman named Nickerson. With Mr. Irvine was Sen ator Modell of Cheyenne, who made a personal request that Edna be allowed to go to the Big Red ranch till the trial, as she is constantly subiected to dis agreeable publicity. The request was denied. Miss Irvine has been staying at the home of her attorney since her arrest. The Irvines are one of the most wealthy and socially prominent families in Wyoming, Mr. Irvine being one of the few remaining old-time cattle bar ons, coming to the state thirty-one years ago. He was strongly sup- {n torted for governor at the fall election place of Governor Brooks. E'lna is not more than 19, slight and muscular, and no one could guess she were to be tried for murder who sees her going about the hotel with her mother, dressed exquisitely and with every mark of the young belle. At tending the family are two Japanese servants. Reporter Beaten Up., And the case is exciting the keenest interest all over Wyoming a young reporter on one of the local papers has been trying to get a snap shot of the young lady. She has avoided him till yesterday, when he secured five expos ures. She returned to the hotel and reported the affair. Late in the even ing the reporter was found unconscious on a shortcut leading to the railway station. His camera was broken and laid beside him, the exposures de stroyed. He was terribly beaten and was carried to his home where he lay unconscious till this morning. He vows that as soon as he is able to be about again he will get another picture and carry a gun till he gets it back to the office. Mr. Irvine vows that if he in sults his daughter again he will kill him. Prosecution Threatened. Nickerson, who was shot by Miss Irvine over a difference over some calves she was bringing up, has a guard of his friends, as he is constantly threatened with death if he appears again against Miss Irvine. He is a Mormon, well-to-do and swears he will see her punished. Miss Irvine has been for two vears a pupil at Dr. Fleetwood's fashionable school near Chicago, and was to have returned a few days later than the one on which she shot the foreman of her father's ranch. He has recovered, but will be lame always, as the ball entered his hip. FATHER ENJOINS SONS tatter Barred by Courts from Return ing to Parental Home. Special to The Journal. Ottumwa, Iowa, Dec. 1.Alleging that his two sons, James and John Dawson, 43 and 24 years of age re spectively, have made his home a bed lam, J. L. Dawson has obtained a tem porary iniunction which restrains them from returning to the parental roof. Mr. Dawson is 66 and desires to live his declining years in peace. He says in his petition that his sons have fre quently threatened him with violence. Valley City, N. D., Dec. 1.No citi zen of Valley City is more widely known or more highly respected than John Bussell, affectionately known as "Uncle John," president of the First National bank of Valley City and of the Merchants' State bank of" Wimble don, and vice president of the Bussell Miller Milling company. Mr. Russell has been a resident of Valley City nearly thirty years, and has had much to do with the develop ment of the town and surrounding country. In business matters he is conservative and farsighted the in stitutions with which he is connected have the highest commercial standing. The milling company was founded by Mr. Russell and is the largest in the state-/ having mills at Jamestown* Valley City and Grand Forks, with a combined capacity o| a PICTURESQUE FIGURE IN N. D. "UNCLE JOHN" RUSSELL OF VALLEY CITY, Bank President and Miller, Who Has Announced His Retirement Business. v( abtut^^0 bat*J fiie ^e#e n|^^au|z^#c^, Editorial Section..* rtesia utl A 8, 0 GOOD PLAGES OPEN IN FORESTRY SERVICE Fifty New Men Wanted in Mon tana AloneExamination at Bozeman. Special to The Journal. Bozeman, Mont., vDec. from Active rels dail3". The company will ^rect a milP in Minneapolis in the spring. While retaining a financial interest la the aompany, Mr. JRussell has recireJ from any active connection in its man agement. Ot late years Mr. Russell has mad his home at San Diego,-1 Cal.^tluringftjue winter months, retaining to Va^ey Citv for wefsuKinar.* Recently the stockholders of the jEfcufc sell-Miller filling company Grdered*th directors' to buy and .present to "pFnele John" a suitably inscribed loving). cup, together within engrossed cjjfey of Res olutions which had been unanimously adopted, attesting to 'his ma&ny fine qualities as* a business man and citi zen. It was declared that Mr. Russell had ^ontrihu3d:,T geyser has transformed a depression In the ground Into a' .ARTIFICIAL LAKE NEAR CRESBARD. S. D. beautiful body of water over which boats row and which adds variety to the land- scape. South Dakota Is becoming dotted with these lakes. 30.Super- visor D. F. Conkling of the Gallatin forest reserve announces that an ex amination for forest ranger* will be held in Bozeman in January to secure men for the large number of new places which will be open in the forest service in Montana next season. He expects to double his force in the Gal latin reserve next season, and estimates that in the reserves of the state fifty new men will be needed next year. These positions are in the classified service, and offer permanent -positions at good salaries, and with many oppor tunities for advancement. So far there have been plenty of applicants. Montana has offered but little local opposition to the forest administration this vicinity, between two important reserves, there has been practically no opposition at all. Instead of inter fering with the rights of the stock men this vicinity, the service has called attention to the fact that there is enough unused range in the Gallatin reserve bordering on the Gallatin val ley to provide for 35,000 sheep, and if is certain that this will be made use of next season. ELLSWORTH GROWING Iowa School Is Spending $40,000 for New Buildings. Special to The Journal. Iowa Falls, Iowa, Dec. 1.Ellsworth college is building a library costing $10,000, and given to it by Andrew Carnegie. The building will be used for other purposes also, the main floor being occupied as a library and reading room proper. A large three-story dormitory is also under constiuction as well as a steam plant for heating all the buildings of the college. The improvements will aggregate $40,000. *'*$& pefson or^ agency- to-the-n1JbajSiB^/e*: TY Special to The Journal. Lincoln, Neb., Dec.The debaters of the University of Nebraska have al ready begun preparations for the inter collegiate debates. The five largest state universities in the middle west, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, make up the central de bating circuit. The date for the Wisconsin-Nebraska debate, which is to be held at Lincoln, is now under discussion. Friday even ing, Feb. 15, was found to be a satis factory date to all of the members of^ the circuit except Nebraska. ''Here Feb. 15 is always celebrated as Charter day and is the day of the midwinter commencement, making it impossible for Nebraska to entertain Wisconsin at that time- Negotiations in regard to a date which will be convenient for all are being carried on by letter. The Nebraska-Illinois debate will be held at Urbana the Minnesota-Iowa at Iowa City the Iowa-Wisconsin at Madison, and the Illinois-Minnesota at Minneapolis. The question under discussion will be "Should the Cities of the United States Seek the Solution of the Street Railway Problem Thru Private Owner ship The affirmative side will in each debate be given to the visiting team, each university thus having a chance to debate both sides. GOOD THUNDER'S ONION CROP CLOSE TO A BUMPER Several Trainioads of the Vegetable Will Be Shipped SouthValue of the Crop $20,000 or More. i rJS5 i OPE%HOUSE I N RUINS 1!nterior*o fowa Town's- Building %Wasr 'Completely Burned Out. ,||L* Special ft '%he Journal. Iowa/ :Talls, WHAT SOUTH DAKOTA OWES TO ITS ARTESIAN SEA SCENE ON HE BANKS OF THE FAMOUS "JIM" RIVER. Nature, with the advent of artesian wells, Is asserting her right to be called beautiful. The rivers no longer go dry In the summer. "$ ARRANGE DEBATES Minnesota to Meet Iowa and Ne- braskaPrivate Ownership the Question. Special to The Journal.fm cided to descend a short distance in SL Peter,hiPPMinn., Dec. 1.Onions order to gratify Mr. Beecher's wishes. m?^ der before Christmas. ^jg jjfe Min ^rt?%^l\?a^^Jl"d eS( T^TS^S* St ar^eZin great deman thruout the south, they being given the preference over southern onions because they are more solid and much better keepers. Thou sands of bushels are annually dis tributed from the larger centers, a large proportion being used by navigation companies. The prices paid this year, 60 and 70 cents, would hardly seem a remunera tive figure, but large producers say they make their crops pay a profit. In this they have been aided by the won derful yield, one farmer having se cured 800 bushels from a single acre, and another 350 bushels from a plot of ground half that size. It is believed that 50,000 or 60,000 bushels will be shipped out of Good Thunder before the season closes, and the value of the onion crop to that par ticular locality will reach at least Iowa, Dec. l^Thet" groj#--opera house, If te Jggaing' tMater at .Hampton, was gutted sby fire" and the prompt aetion of the fire de partment alon^ saved the building and"pocketed the interest frem ffctaf lo*Sa, The supposition is thW the fire started from an overheated *\si Defective Page GARNERING S OF NEW S FRO TH E GREAT NORTHWEST^\mM^w^m'^ti'iV TILIZATION of the great under- ?rom round sea whicl the Bocky mountains has ground sea which flows eastward brought about a revolution in South Dakota. That section of the state, starting at an imaginary line, which would run thru Aberdeen north and south, and extending westward across the Missouri river, has felt the touch of the magician's wand. A country which was once regarded as an uncer tain quantity, has become Tich and fer tile. Trees and lakes embower its sur face, luxurious crops grow. The rivers have been filled, lakes formed, the water has percolated thru the soil, and, more than all, the large amount of surface water accumulated has served to attract rain.. Th*e dry belt in South Dakota has "become a jthing of the past. From the dreary Waste that certain sections of the state"' used to present has been evolved the beautiful country shown in the accom panying illustrations, which are from the new country being opened by the Missouri river extension of the Minne apolis & St. Louis railroad. More and More of Them. The artesian well is not a new dis covery, but newer and cheaper methods of sinking them have made it possible for every South Dakota farmer to have one. To reach the artesian well level, it is necessary to go down in Spink and BEECHER'S CLOSE CALL IN TRE QUINCY RII1E Great Preacher Would Have Fall to His Death but for Friend's Watchfulness. en Special \o The Journal. Calumet, Mich., Dec. 1.A business man of Hancock recalled the other day how Henry Ward Beecher nar rowly escaoed death while visiting the Quincy mine. Mr. Beecher expressed a desire to go undergrpund. The man engine was working and the party de- the village of Thos familiar with the workings of Good Thunder unusually large quan- the man-engine know how easily an tines and farmers say they will make accident can occur where a stranger it one of the most important onion is concerned. The necessary instruc- markets in Minnesota. They have made tions were given to Mr. Beecher before a specialty of cultivating the odorous the party started and it was thought vegetable for several years and this he fully understood every move to be season the yield, is remarkably large. I made. The party had not descended a More than a month ago they began great ways, however, when it was seen hauling to market, and they will ship that he was about to make a misstep, several trainioads out of Good Thuna- and had"hhedi Many Cases of Beckless Administration, to Say the Least, Found by Mich igan's Department. Calumet, Mich., Dec. 1.The depart ment ofl THE MINNEAPOLIS "JOURNAL: Sunday, December 2, 1906. A MODEL SOUTH DAKOTA FARM HOME. The South Dakota farmer no longer dwells in sod shanties or In claim shack*. Prosperity, coincident with the greater use of the artesian well, Is making a great change In the manner in which the South Dakota farmer lives. done so he have lost Tha not meetwouldh wit an acci ber of. the party grabbed and held him so that he was unable to move. He had forgotten that he was supposed to let one step on the man-engine pass by him before he changed places and he was about to move, which would have cost him his life, when he found him self in the grasp of a friend who had been watching him. PROBE FOR.AFFAIRS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS public instruction has invoked for the people's benefit the enactment of 1905 giving it authority to scrutinize accounts and records of school districts, in thirty-five cases booksT have been examined &n<\. either a shortage or a M& 'misuse of public funds -found. -Two ,aist*icts in ^$oir{fcoun,t had Used pfimary monevjfor btper.pufcposes "than for teachers' wages, wjiicb? the law stipulates. 'In those .d^tri^s'^a tax to meet ,he deficiency^ th$r teachers' fond pwaa reggiredU In Ofcs,eo a de- fadcaiSiowaL of $300 wa disc&tefed, and th i^ wafc made good, ,1a, 4$her cases treasurers had-loaned the public funds Tbk .investigation into the matter of bonds was fruitful, as va. 1,500 districts bonds what-, Faulk counties about 900 feet, while iD counties farther 'west and nearer the Missouri river, as Walworth and Potter, water can be found at a depth of from 1,000 to 1,200 feet. The average cost of an inch and a quarter well is from $300 to $500. A well of this character will throw seven ty-five gallons a minute with terrific force. From this artesian well the farmer has an inexhaustible supply of water, which he can pipe to any portion or his farm he may desire. The force of the well itself is sufficient to carry the water and power to run what ma chinery he mav need on his farm. From the overflow he forms artificial lakes, which are* a constant nourish ment to the soil and afford an ele ment of added beauty and variety to the landscape. Many farmers in the artesian belt are planting trees about these artificial ponds and they are fast becoming bowers of beauty. In addition to the water supply and all that it means in added convenience and a constant and perpetual insurance against drought, the farmer can util ize the power of hys well for other purposes. It is not an unusual thing to find a South Dakota farm equipped with an electric dynamo run Dy the power furnished by his well. His house and barn are lighted by the electricity which he is thus enabled to manufac ture at a minimum cost. In this way an investment of $500 will give him unlimited water and unlimited free power for lighting, grinding, milling and other purposes. Source in the Rockies. The water which is working this transformation comes from a great un derground river, or. more properly, un derground sea, which probably has its source in the Bocky mountains. The melting snows from the mountain peaks feed this great underground flow, which is thus conserved for the use oi the South Dakota farmer. While artesian wells have already done much for South Dakota, it is safe to say the revolution which has been Accomplished is but the beginning of a greater change. Inventive genius will discover a yet cheaper method of digging them, and. the great underground reservoir will be tapped in thousands of places', scattering its largess upon the soil. With an artesian well and a few pipe lines to various parts of his farm, the South Dakota farmer can snap his finger at the menace of dry seasons. TEACHES SHOT BIGGEST DEER. Marquette, Mich., Dec. 1.About the biggest deer killed in upper Michigan this fall was a buck bagged by W. T. S. Cornell, a Schoolcraft county school teacher. The animal weighed' 300 pounds. TO SEARCH EOR COAL Northern Minnesota Men Will Prospect Along River Beds Encouraging Finds. Special to The Journal. Ericsburg, Minn., Dec. 1.Several farmers along the Bat Root river have formed a company for the purpose of making extensive prospects for coal, which is believed to exist along the river. While the crew was excavating for the right-of-way of the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winnipeg, the men found a large chunk of high grade bituminous coal which is believed to be a piece of float washed down by the river in some long ago freshet. Large pieces of coal also haveJ been found on the Little and Big Fork riv ers, but prospectors 'Bo far have been unable to locate the mother lode. BUILDS NEW LINK IN OCEAN-TO-OCEAN LINE Canadian Northern's Great Scheme of Transportation Is Being Gradually Worked OutSome Traffic Figures. Special to The Journal. Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 1.By the com pletion of the line from Toronto to Parry sound, the Canadian Northern has added one more link to the chain that eventually is to connect the two oceans. The increase in traffic the last three years has more than .justified the faith of its promoters. The yearly earnings have jumped from $1,000,000 to $4,500,- 000 since 1902, and that with only isolated links of the system in opera tion. In grain traffic alone the in crease has been almost 100 per cent. A noteworthy feature of this pros pective transcontinental is that it is the work of two ambitious and go ahead Canadians, with practically no initial backing but their own pluck resourcefulness and boundless faith in the future of their country. Unlike the Canadian Pacific and the Grand Trunk Pacific, the Canadian Northern has-had no special backing from the dominion government. It has fought its way to the front as a pri vate enterprise. In a few years it will have gfown into a mighty transportation system, with one foot on the Pacific, the other on the Atlantic, one arm reaching down to connections across the boundary and the other grasping- the future _* ^e *_ cause his brother sold for $1,000, while .ocean W/M{ fSK^Ut on ,the shores he only brought $700 at the same sale. Ol Hudso hay -ty%% In relating this, he always said he DR. R. D. JENNINGS, Newly Appointed Governor of National Sanatorium at Hot Springs, S. D. Dr. Jennings is one of the foremost pioneers of the Dakotas. He was in Bismarck, N, D., prior to 1876, when he went to Hot Springs in the Black Hills. At that time there was no town there, and where the beautiful Evans hotel, built by the late Fred Evans of Sioux City, now stands, Dr. Jennings had his potato patch. CLERKS WILLING TO TAKE MARRYING RISK Chippewa Falls Firm Has No Trouble in Filling Ranks De pleted by Cupid. Special to The Journal. Chipnewa Falls, Wis., Dec. 1,Jen- kins Brothers, proprietors of one of the largest dry goods stores in this section, are being swamped with letters from girls, old maids and widows, who de sire to receive employment. Some time ago the firm made it a rule not to em ploy women clerks unless they prom ised not to marry within a year,, the reason for this position being that its force had almost been depleted on ac count of marriages. i The novel idea was widely exploited by newspapers, and the result is that the firm now has applications galore, all making the promise that they will not be married at least until the firm gives its consent. Some of the applicants say they have been# disappointed in love and will have nothing to do with mere man, while others are afraid to take the step and hail with delight an opportunity to come within the restraining influence of Jenkins Brothers. The firm is in a quandary what do do in regard to the applicants. TOWN NAMED FOB NOGI. Marquette, Mich., Dec. 1..A new and flourishing sawmill town down in Mackinac county has been given the name of one of the mikado's gallant commanders. The town of Nogi is a thriving little place, and no discredit to the conqueror or Stoessel at Port Arthur. Special to The Journal. Grand Porks, N. D., Dec. 1.Grand Forks county has probably the oldest man in the northwestLewis Williams, better known as "Nigger Lew." His exact age is uncertain. He himself declares he is about 120. The best statistics at hand, however, indicate that he is 117. Williams* came to Grand Forks thirty five years ago, and for a long time was employed in steamboating, from rousta bout to fireman. He originally came from Mississippi, where he was a slave, and in telling of his experiences he al ways seemed to have a grievance be- LEWIS WILLIAMS OF GRAND FORKS, Who Has Forgotten His Exact Age, but Says He Has Lived About 120 Years. TO SAVE THE BIRDS Preservation of Winged Creatures Special to The Journal. "Sheldon, Iowa, Dec. -Many farm ers near here are forming what they will call "The Bird Friends society/' Farmers have been studying the use of various birds to their growing crops, and as a result, there is much less ani mosity against the crow, blackbird and bluejay than formerly, for it has been proven that these birds aid the farmer more than they hurt him. James O'Brien is president of the society. The swallow, swift and nightingale are the guardians of the atmosphere, feeding on the wing and taking from the air those forms of insects that might endanger the fruit trees. Woodpeckers, chickadees and creep ers are the guardians of the trunks of'trees, eating the grubs that injure the bark of fruit or ornamental trees. Blackbirds, thrushes, crows and larks protect the soil, eating the worms and insects that injure the corn, wheat and oats. They scarcely partake of corn except in the autumn. The snipe and woodcock are the guardians "NIGGER LEW," OLDEST MAN was "just as good a nigger as his brother ever was." He was employed at various jobs in and around the city until a dozen years ago, whe he was taken to the poorfarm at Arvilla, where he has re mained since. Gradually his eyes are failing him. He has charge of the poultry house at the farm and officials have hard work to keep him from thieving. He did not want any grain or feed fur nished for* his chickens, but showed a cunning in getting it without anyone knowing. Every morning old Lew visits the back door of the poorfarm building, on the steps of which he is shown in the photograph, and is there handed a tincup haft filled with diluted alcohbL This is his only stimulant.. v, Is Object of an Iowa Society. 7 A of the subsoil, reaching far own into the earth after hatching larve and insects that would soon at tack the roots of the growing crops. The long prosecuted crow is really the farmers' friend, for he destroys more insects than the average bird and rarely pulls up the corn, as alleged. He has been known to have eaten 200 grasshoppers in a single hour. The pretty quail, whose life has been spared bv the hunter only because of the laws of several states, eats the weedseeds which would otherwise scat ter, and is also a good feeder on insect life. The grouse of the west as well as the east is a prolific eater of grubs and grasshoppers and all forms of in sects. VOLUNTEER PICKING UP Mine Long Considered a White Ele phant May "Make Good." Special to The Journal. Negauneef Mich., Dec. 1.The Vol unteer mine, owned by Senator Alger of Detroit and long considered a white elephant, is in line to lost that dis tinction. The property is in the sili cious Cascade district to the south of Negaunee, Marquette range, and was acquired by Alger at a pretty stiff figure. It has been in the hands of several operating concerns, the last of these the Steel corporation, and has been idle two years. A. W. Maitland has an option on the Volunteer and is testing the lands of this company with diamond drills. One hole now boring near the shore of Palmer lake is in ore of very good quality, and the drill shows a large deposit. Mr. Maitland hopes to reveal other lenses in this vicinity. The silicious ores of the Cascade are now being sought by furnacemen who have learned that they are valuable for iron making, and who~are attracted by the price at which they can be se cured. These ores run from 40 to 50 per cent iron and are generally very close to the bessemer limit as to phos phorus. 'A -m