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A I tSf&i,*-".* SilSffe ££$ $0 :?fef'fe:vH"^, /$£© '%*i vJL "^V i'%'m. An Appropriate Gift for Everyone On Your List at gffiMEYERS'^ We have appropriate gifts for everyone—for grandmother who is not too old to be enthusiastic over a pretty pin for her dress or a silver case for her spectacles. For the baby whose chubby hands would just fit around a silver cup or a tiny spoon. We have something that will delight anybody, wheth er young or old. There are hundreds of things from which you may choose the "Right Thing" JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, WATCHES, CLOCKS CUT GLASS, TOILET ARTICLES, ETC. Select four gifts here now ind ,e will pot them istds for yon till Christmas ELGIN AND WALTHAM WATCHES Complete—screw back bezel cases, at $5.00 One of the Best Repair Departments in the City STORE NEXT TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK J. H. MEYER JEWELER OPTICIAN H. J. HALVORSOK, Prest. G. W. McWILLIAMS, V.Pres. Minot, No. Dak. The Ideal Gift H. E SHEABiN, Cashier N. R. OLSON, Asst. Cashier Capital, $35,000.00 First International Bank THE CO-OPERATION At all times of the officers of this bank, who are at your service and willing to assist and advise you in business mat ters, will be of immense benefit to you and will promote very satisfactory business relations that will prove mutually agreeable ALL GRAIN CHECKS CASHED A piece of furniture of which she will be proud. A household necessity which will be suggestive of the giver for a life-time. A gift which will be sincerely appreciated, which will be used constantly, and which will give happiness year after year, The perfect gift for mother, wife, sister, daughter, or friend, is-7j (Invented and patented by It is something so absolutely new, so totally different, that no mere illustration can do justice to its beauty. It is mechan ically and artistically perfect. It must be seen. The gift of a FREE marks you as a buyer of taste and dis crimination. Special ChristmasiiOffer *rMs*3. hard-running sewing machine, which gou wish to replace with the beautiful new model, we Witt bug itat a liberal price, and allow gou to pag the small remaining difference on terms at low as LOO a week I Lidstrom Furniture (o. Minot, North Dakota- Independent for First Class Commercial Work Machine W. C. FREE) :i 1^' :Jt .»• .f DAYS Of GOLD Immense Output Follows Discov ery of Metal in California. For Haven Yeara, From 1850 to 1M1, the Yield Waa Prodigious, Amount ing In 1852 to Over 963,000,000. Washington.—"The historically lm portant discovery of gold in California was made In January, 1848, at John Sutter's mill on South Fork of Ameri can river, near Coloma, a point only ten or fifteen miles southwest of the town of Auburn," says a statement by the geological survey. "From 1850 to 1853 the greatest yield was derived from the gravels, and the largest annual output for this period was more than $65,000,000 in 1852. There was some reaction in 1854, due to previous wild speculation, but a production of about $50,000,000 a year, chiefly from placer mines, was maintained up to 1861. "At flrst the gold was won chiefly from the gravels along the present streams. Those who tirst got posses sion of .the rich bars on American, Yuba, Feather and Stanislaus rivers and some of the smaller streams In the heart of the gold region made at times from $1,000 to $5,000 a day. In 1848 $500 to $700 a day was not un usual luck but, on the other hand, the income of the great majority ol miners was far less than that of men who seriously devoted themselves to trade or even to common labor. "The gold pan, the 'rocker,' the 'torn,' the sluice and the hydraulic giant, or 'monitor,' named in the ordet of increasing efficiency, were the toola successively used by the miners. Intc the 'rocker' and the 'torn* the minei shoveled gravel or 'dirt,' rocking the machine as he poured in water and catching the gold, often with the aid of quicksilver, on riffles set across the bottom of his box. Sometimes a stream was diverted into a flume to lay bare the gravel in its bed so that the minei could get at it. "In sluicing, the gravel was shov eled into a similar but much longei box through which a stream of watei was allowed to run. "The hydraulic giant was employed to wash into long riffle-set sluices im mense quantities of gravel, especially from the higher (Tertiary) deposits much of which was too lean to work out by hand. Water was brought foi many miles in ditches and flumes from the high Sierra and conducted undei great head to a nozzle, from which it was projected with tremendous force against the gravel. "It waB the vast quantity of refuse washed into the streams by these hy draulic operations that brought about the conflict between mining and agri cultural interests, Anally decided in favor of the farmers." BiG HAUL FOR "CRIPPLE" This Beggar Kept Record of Receipt* —Gives Police Hard Battle. Allentown, Pa.—William Newbeck er, a perfectly healthy man, who can twist his arms so that he looks crip pled, did such a prosperous business begging in Allentown that he went on a spree and he was locked up, giving the bluecoats a fight before they land ed him in a cell. At court it was found out that he had a roll of several hundred dollars. Newbecker, who covers the entire EaBt, kept a book showing hiB daily receipts. His best day here brought $14.50, and the average for some time past was $10 a day. He was fined $5 for drunkenness and told to leave Allentown. NO NEW JOBS AT PANAMA 'Canal Office Warns Unemployed to Seek Work at Isthmus. Not Washington.—The blockade of the Panama canal by earth slides has not created new work for Americans in the Canal Zone, and the canal office here issued a statement to an effort to counteract published reports which have drawn many Americans to the Isthmus in search of employment. "General Goethals indicates," the statement says, "that the number of men continually being laid off on ac count of reduction of force is in excess of the vacancies which were temporar ily created by the work on the slides, and the influx of men looking for em ployment on the isthmus is entirely un warranted." They Rescued "Tlge." Huntington, Ind.—A dog belonging to William Wilcox, living west of An drews, followed a coon into a ten-inch tile ditch recently. Hunters spent hours in trying to call the dog back, but got no response. The owners dug up the ditch at several places and finally located Tlge forty rods from the opening and' in an eight-inch side ditch. The dog was exhausted, but Btill alive. Burned Tommy and All. AjpIeton, Wis.—Desiring to see a tomcat burn, a seven-year-old boy liv ing on the outskirts set fire to the animal, the aftermath being the de struction of a carpenter shop. The blazing fur of the feline communicated to shavings in the building, and the structure was converted into ashes within a few minute" Silas Erickaon of Marathon, Ia.j in here looking after business. He wilt probably buy land. Twenty years ago he bought land in Iowa for $22 an acre that is worth $150 an acre today and he. believes that North Dakota land will do nearly as well. BHD STOMACH TROUBLE, OASES OR DYSPEPSIA VPape's Dlapepsln" makes Sick, Sour, Gassy Stomachs surely feel fine In five minutes. If what you Just ate Is souring on your stomach or lies like a lump of lead, refusing to digest, or you belch gas and eructate sour, undigested food, or have a feeling of dizziness, -heartburn, fullness, nausea, bad taste in mouth and stomach-headache, you can get blessed relief in five minutes. Put an end to stomach trouble forever by getting a large llfty-cent case of Pape's Dlapepsln from any drug store. You realize in five minutes how need le"- it is to suffer from inilI$e3tion, dyr.prpgla or any stomach Hsovdcr. It's the quickest surest stomach doc tor in the world. It's wonderful. C. J. LEE, President, Valley City, N. Dak. J. W. WASSON, 2nd Vice Pres.. Velva, N. Dak. C. B. MAY, 1st Vice Pres. Argusville, N. Dxk. WHEN AND WHERE HELD School Sessions will be held each afternoon at 2:80 and evening at 7:30 for tive consecutive days, Monday to Friday inclusive. These Schools will be definitely located and dated, when at least fifty students have been enrolled for a School in a certain locality. Special cash prizes will be given away for the best pa person various sublets, as outlined in printed litera ture. A complete coutse of study will be furnished to teach farmers How Farmer* Can Co-Operate to In crease Farm Profits. 1 IDEAL :.V WASHBURN LIGNITE COAL All Kinds Of Hard And Soft Eastern Goal wnnn irirpr* HAY I will give your orders the best of attention and will appreciate a share of the business from my old friends and new customers as well. M.|E. BEGLEY, Prop. Phone North of Rogers Lumber Yard 399 MINOT The Store for Men and Boys' Christmas Gifts The home of sensible serviceable Christmas giving. The gifts selected here are sure to meet with the favor of men and boys Sensible gifts for Men and Boys •A New Suit or Overcoat—5 $16.00 to $40.00 Wear one Christmas. Feel Merry and well-dressed SEAL SKIN CAPS, a choice line of the latest patterns BATH ROBES, rich colorings, cord and tape-trimmed MEN'S PAJAMAS, mercerized, and fancy Madras pajamas, a real Christmas present. SMOKING JACKETS, NECK-WEAR, large shape SILK SCARFS, Beautifnl colorings PA. CHRISTMAS GIFTS DU€ to 4M A NECKTIE RINGS M.DU Dress Gloves and Mittens, Auto Mittens and Fleece-lined Gloves. Hole-proof Hosiery 25c, 35c, 50c and 75c. Hand Bags, Suit Cases, nothing finer for a Christmas gift. Combination Sets, consisting of Leather Collar Box, Leather Scarf Box, Fur lined Coats, Fur Coats. OUR STAPLES* Kuppenheimer Suits, Stetson Hats, and Rice& Hutch ins' Educat Shoes "THE HOUSE OF KUPPENHEIMER" ".MINOT, N. D. .. G, S. YOUMANS, Genl. Mgr. and Treas. Minot, N. Dak. A. M. BAKER, Sec'y, Fargo, N. Dak. CHARTERED 191S Farmers Rural Credit Association Authorized Capital, $500,000.00 MINOT, N. DAK. Farmers Schools Given under the Direction of this Association LECTURES, INSTRUCTION and DISCUSSION Rural Life, Rural Credits, Farm Necessities, Production, Marketing, Taxation, Co-Operation, Farm Organization and Financing Farm Business. Holidays Gifts MONEY FOR FARM LOANS We are making Farm Loans to farmers on the patronage dividend plan. Each patron to share in the dividends of the Association LIBERAL LOANS TO ACTUAL FARMERS Telephone 255, write, or call, if a loan is wanted SWEATER COATS, all styles il Sl'i#. IIS Mm