The Wahpeton times. [volume], October 10, 1907, Image 3

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Petersburg had a jail delivery.
A vicious dog was slain at Hunter.
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Mai four is to have more sidewalks.
Wheat sold at $1 per bushel at Wal
halla.
There seems to be a lost band in La
Moure,
Tillman is to speak in Wahpeton
Oct. 14.
Grafters at the Mandan fair were
arrested.
There were eight births at Adams in
two weeks.
Firebugs have been reported at
.lamest own.
This is the time of year to guard
against fires.
Two rural telephone lines are being
Tun into Minto.
Banker Hutchinson is a good boom
er for LaMoure.
There were large yields of potatoes
in Rolette county.
The Diamond mill at Grand Forks
paid $1.02 for wheat.
There has been plenty of variety to
the weather recently.
The Ellendale officials reappointed
'City Assessor Nathan.
The frontier edges are certainly get
ling knocked off this state.
\V. W. Walker of York was injured
"by'being kicked by a horse.
Father L'hiver of Dunseith is ill at
the hospital at Devils Lake.
The potato crop in the Jim riveK val
ley is not up to the standard.
Farmers around Adams stacked
more grain this year than usual.
H. Rostad, formerly of Edmore, has
.stiirted a bank at Portland, Or.
There are complaints of dangerous
shooting on a lake near McCumber.
H. T. Hocking of Wheatland is the
new principal of the St. Joint's schools.
North Dakota got through the sea
son without any one rocking the boat.
Jim Shea got mixed up with a run
away at Hankinson and lost some skin.
Balfour claims to be the center of a
splendid flax producing section of the
state.
At Milton a character known as
"Lumberjack Annie" was ordered to
move on.
A quarter-section of unimproved
land in Emmons county recently sold
l'or $5,000.
Property owners in Richland county
object to paying for a drain till it is
•completed.
Hotel Inspector Anderson has not
fonnd many hostelries up to the stand.
aid he demands.
C. H. Tang of Cooperstown died of
1lool poisoning caused by scratching
his hand on a trunk.
There is'no industry in the state
that has been more rapidly advanced
than telephone extension.
L. M. Summerville of Cooperstown
had a clash with the Northern Pacific
over a crossing and won out.
A horse trader who had another
man's harness was sentenced at Wah
peton to five years in the pen.
A threshing machine belonging to
Joe Glass and Quinton Winegarter of
Winona was destroyed by fire.
Supt. Brown of the Mandan reform
school denied that an Oakes boy in the
institution was being ill-treated.
The North Dakota bankers are do
ing a lot of good work in co-operating
with the grain growers of the state.
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George Yackoshanko, a fourteen
year-old boy near Dogden, was injured
by being cut by a binder which he was
repairing.
It is not thought that Pure Food
Commissioner Ladd's order against
bleached flour will affect the North
Dakota mills.
Judging from the scarcity of school
teachers in this state some of them
must be working in threshing crews
.at $3 per day.
Willie Dolphin, an Edmore boy, was
shot while hunting. His wounds were
dressed and he will sooon be able to
tackle it again.
At Rugby a farmer purchased some
coffee from a catalogue house and
then had the nerve to go to a local
store and request the use of the big
coffee mill to grind it.
LINE 13 READY FOR OPERATION.
AnetaDeylls Lake Extension Is Com*
pleted.
The Aneta-Devils Lake extension ot
the Great Northern, which opens a
third avenue to and from the main
transcontinental route of the company,
is ready for operation. It will be in
condition for heavy traffic Oct. 1, it is
learned from official sources, and will
be a big factor in the handling of
through freight.
The extension is fifty-eight miles,
long and completes the line which was
In the nature of a stub from Casselton.
It cuts the present main route via
Grand Forks by about thirty miles and
makes available the thiry main route
between St. Paul and Devils Lake.
During the great rush of last season
the Great Northern was tied up princi
pally along the line from Larimore to
Devils Lake. The new extension will
prevent any further congestion of this
kind.
The extension also taps a good grain
country. Until the old Fort Totten res
ervation is reached the line runs
through an area that is now largely
under cultivation and owned by the
very best class of farmers. The terri
tory through the reservation is being
rapidly settled and in a short period
will develop into one of the best farm
ing districts of the state.
The new towns touched by the line
are: Kloten, McVille, Pekin, Tolna,
Hamar, Warwick, Tokio, Narrows and
Devils Lake.
The Berthold-Crosby extension will
be ready for operation in a few days.
The branch leaves the Great Northern
main line at Berthold, twenty-two and
a half miles west of Minot, and runs
for eighty miles in a Northwesterly
direction through Ward and Williams
counties. It taps an exceedingly fine
grain country which has been settling
up fast.
CALLS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Attorney General's Claims Act for
Benefit of Blind Pig Informers Invalid.
A copy of the answer of Attorney
General McCue in the case brought by
State's Attorney Wineman to compel
State Auditor Holmes to show cause
why he should not pay warrants drawn
in favor of informers in blind pig cases
has been made public. The following
are the vital paragraphs in the return:
"Defendant objects to this court tak
ing jurisdiction of the subject matter
for the reason that the action is prose
cuted in the name of a private relator
who is not entitled to prosecute the
same in the name of the State of North
Dakota.
"That said chapter 139 of the laws of
1903 has been repealed by chapter 187
of the laws of 1907.
"That said chapter 139 of the laws
of 1903 is unconstitutional in this that
the act attempts to use the public
funds of this state contrary to and in
violation of the constitution.
"That said chapter 139 of the laws
of 1903 is void and of no force and
effect for the reason that there has
been no appropriation by. the legisla
ture whereby funds are available for
the purpose of paying the pretended
rewards.
"That no funds have been created,
either by appropriation or by levy and
assessment of taxes, to create a fund
out of which said alleged and pretend
ed reward can be paid."
BACK TO THE PEN AGAIN.
Winters, Who Broke Jail, Fought Sher
iff With Rock, His Only Weapon.
After a search lasting six hours.
Sheriff Hankey found his prisoner.
Sam'Winters, alias J. J. De Mess, alias
Anton Shore, the horse thief, who es
caped from jail in the timber near
Martin Holt's farm Home, aboui two
and a half miles west of Grafton. When
found he had a large piece of rock in
his hand, which he hurled at the sher
iff's head, but fortunately missed his
mark. He was taken to town and
placed in his cell again, where he will
await his trial at the next term of dis
trict court.
Winters engaged a team at the Giles
livery early last summer, saying he
would be back the following day. He
failed to return, and no clue was
found aB to his whereabouts until six
weeks later, when he was captured in
Manitoba and brought to Grafton and
lodged in jail. The horses had been
sold, but were found and returned to
the owner. Hiram Giles.
In Behalf of Science.
Him—I understand that you are
very much interested in scientific ex
periments?
Her—Yes for years I have been
trying to prove to my own satisfaction
that germs cannot be transmitted by
kissing.
Patois.
"My wife describes her spring hat
as a confection.''
"What dons she mean by that?"
Merely her way of saying it is all
-li#' candy."
Not Much.
"You women think too much of your
clotbeB," said Mr. Tyte, severely.
Mrs. Tyte looked down, patted her
skirt, and smiled a demure and ye'
Ironical smile.
"1 don't think much of these," she
purmured.
President Roosevelt acted with char
acteristic promptsess when, last week
he announced that he could not stand
for the plan to name the newly-order
ed 20,000-ton battleship, the New York,
but must insist that it be named the
North Dakota. The argument at the
navy department during the summer,
which resulted in the name New York
being selected for this fighhting ma
chine, had for its base the fact that
New York is the leading state in the
union, and that, therefore, the biggest
battleship ought to be named after it.
The president held that it was un
fair to North Dakota and Utah to re
name the armored cruiser New York
in order to pave the way to giving
the name of the empire state to one
of the big fighting ships. He agreed
that the department was right in
naming the other ship the Deleware.
The president's decision rather upset
the navy officers, who had planned
that the recommendation of the de
partment was to stand as made.
Ever since the new North Dakota
was designed, the navy department
has endeavored to keep secret the de
tails of her construction. All the ser
vice papers, however, both here and
abroad, have had descriptions of her,
which are said to be accurate. Ac
cording to them the North Dakota
'NORTH DAKOTA' PRIDE OF NAVY
The president's argument was to the
effect that the size of the state ought
to cut no figures in these matters. It
is the policy of the department to
name the battleships after the states,
and Utah and North Dakota are the
only ones not thus far honored in that
way. There were three of these states,
until it was decided during the sum
mer to name one of the 20,000-ton
ships the Deleware.
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Battleship Which WIU Bear the Name ol the Fliekertail State
to Be the Largest in the Navy—WiU Be Ready
in Three Years.
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Is to be of steel, with five turrets. She
will be 510 feet long, on the load
water-line, and 518 feet 9 inchees over
all, with a beam of 83 feet 5 inches
and a draught of 27 feet. Her dis
placement will be 20,000 tons and her
speed 21 knots. The maximum coal
capacity will be 2,300 tons and she
will be equipped with turbine, engines,
either of the Parsons or Curtis system.
The North Dakota's armor will con
sist of a complete, belt 8 feet wide
and 11 Inches thick above the water
line, with an upper belt 7 feet 3 inches
wide and 10 inches thick. Her second
ary battery will be protected by 5
Inch armor.
The North Dakota's armament will
consist of ten 12-inch breach-leading
rifles, mounted in pairs in five turrets,
all on the water-line, placed as fol
lows: Two on forcastle, the second
firing over the first two aft on main
deck on the same level one amid
ships, firing over the two after-tur
rets fourteen 6-inch quick-firers in
central battery four 3-pounder quick
firers four 1-pounder semi-automatic
two 3-lnch field guns two calibre .30
machine guns. She will have two 21
Inch torpedo tubes, submerged.
Beaten.
Hereupon the widows and orphans
whom we had plundered proceeded to
call down the customary curses upon
our heads.
"And upon your children and your
children's children, unto the fourth
generation!" they cried.
We gave them a rude stare and
burst out laughing.
"Ever hear of a family as rich as we
are now become having any chil
dren?" We sneered, and you should
Lave seen how beaten they looked
The Fore River Shipbuilding Co. has
the contract for building the North
Dakota, which will not be completed
for three years.
The friends of the late Admiral
Sampson, whose flagship was the
cruiser New York, in the Santiago
campaign, united with North Dakota
people in protesting against .the plan
of the navy department for changing
the name of the New York, thereby
also cutting out the use of the name
North Dakota, and President Roose
velt has heeded the protest and recog
nized the claims of the North Dakota
people.
Following a custom that has pre
vailed in the navy department for
years past, it is incumbent upon the
people of a state after which a battle
ship has been named to present the
ship with a silver service at the time
the man-of-war is christened or be
fore the vessel is formally placed in
commission. Therefore it is now up
to the citizens of North Dakota to pre
pare some plan by which this gift to
the North Dakota shall be secured.
Some states have presented theii
battleships with a complete silver
service for the officers' mess which
costs many thousands of dollars. On
the other hand, several of the com
monwealths have given only a silver
punch bowl and the appointments that
go with it.
The people of North Dakota, how
ever. will not be content with furnish
in? its new battleship, which is to be
the pride of the navy, with a service
unless it is as good, if not better, than
that given by any other state.
To raise funds with which to pur
chase a silver service, many methods
have been used in other states. In
some the public school children of the
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state have contributed the necessary
funds to purchase the gift, while in
other states the money has been raised
by popular subscription. Or, in case
North Dakota has a citizen who would
come forward and present the state
with a beautiful service, the matter
of purchasing a service would be
easily solved. This course has been
followed in certain states in late years.
The next legislature, which will con
vene in 1909, could also assist in buy
ing a suitable present for the battle
ship by appropriating $10,000 or even
$20,000.
Who will be the lucky North Dakota
girl who will be selected to christen
the North Dakota, when she first
glides into the waters at the navy
yard?'
This question has no doubt been
asked a great many times during the
past few days. In all probability, fol
lowing an established precedent In
other states, the senipr United States
senator is given the choice of the girl
to christen the battleship. In North
Dakota Senator Hansbrough is the
oldest member of the upper house of
congress, and he will probably name
the lucky maiden.
A Case of Beer.
"I'm not expecting any package,'
said Mrs. Hamlet to the driver of the
delivery wagon, who was persistent.
"This is the number," insisted the
driver, looking at his book again.
"Name's Hamlet, ain't it?"
"Yes."
"No. 74?"
"That's our number."
"Then it's for you."
"I think not. It must be a case ol
mistaken Identity."
"No, mum. It's a case of beer."
It is a serious question in the minds
of tree growers, at this time of the
year, just what can and should be done
in the treatment of trees for the bal
ance of the season. We have had nu
merous inquiries as to how long the
cultivation should be continued, and
what pruning, if any, should be done
at this time of the year or later. As
this is one of the most critical peri
ods in the life of young trees it is im
portant to know what to do at this
time.
as the welfare of the tree is so
closely associated with the soil in
which it grows, the treatment will de
pend, of course, very largely upon the
condition of the soil. If the soil is
comparatively dry, as is usually the
case in most parts of Noith Dakota,
at this time of the year, it is a good
plan to continue cultivation up until
the close of the season. We have no
ticed numerous instances trees make a
good growth until some time in Au
gust. They then begin to lose their
foliage and go into the winter in a
very dry condition with small chances
of growing the following season. This
is, in most cases, due to the fact that
the soil has been allowed to become
too dry through lack of cultivation or
mulching. In midsummer the trees
are in full leaf and the rate of evapo
ration is greater at that time than at
any other seascn of the year. At that
time, also, the atmosphere is drier,
and that tends to increase the evapo
ration. This moisture must bo pro
vided fer by continuous cultivation,
or, where that is not practical, by
mulching with straw or coarse stable
manure.
in most cases the pressure of work
upon the farm from the middle of
August to the end of the season is
=mch that young trees will not get the
proper amount of cultivation. In all
:ich cases they should be mulched. It
a question under many conditions, if
nilching is not better than cultiva
on. The experiments at Edgeley
how thai a good mulch applied in
.nidstimmer made a larger growth
upon the trees the following season
than did continuous cultivation and
in all cases where the soil is rather
hard and dry, we will recommend
mulching in place of cultivation. The
mulch should be left on during the
winter and (he following season. As
it decays it can be cultivated into the
soil. It still continues to perform its
office of mulching, and at the same
time allows cultivation for t.he de
struction of weeds and grass. It may
also be stated that trees that are
mulched are much less liable to win
ter-kill than those around which the
ground is left bare.
In seasons when the soil contains a
large amount of moisture, particularly
in August and September, it is not
wise tp force the growth by ami inning
the cultivation too long. If the trees
are found to be growing too rapidly
the first of September, one should stop
cultivation, thus allowing the soil to
dry out and compelling the trees to
mature and ripen before winter. If
mulch is applied in such cases it
should not be done until the growing
season is over, some time in October.
In extreme cases fthis kind where
the soil is very rich and moist, and
the season is warm, it is sometimes
a good practice to sow a good crop
of oats along the trees to assist in
drying out the ground and ripening
up the wood of the trees. It may be
said, however, that this practice is not
necessary in an ordinary North Da
kota season. It is followed in regions
that have more moist growing weather
in the fall, particularly in those states
further south and east.
In the matter of pruning, it is not
well to prune heavily after the first of
August, as the pruning will stimulate
a new growth which is not apt to ma
ture well before winter sets in. If fall
pruning is done at all it should be
done after the fall season has com
menced. There is no objection to
pruning trees after that time of the
yera. The small wounds that are
made will quickly heal and cover in
the next year's growth. It is not con
sidered good practice, however, to re
move large limbs in the fall as the
freshly cut wood dries out and checks
In the winter. This should be done
just after the leaves open up in the
spring.
In regard to the matter of tree plant
ing we may say that it is an excellent
plan to prepare the soil at this time
of the year for next spring's planting.
There are often days during harvest
when it is too wet to cut grain, but
the soli is in excellent condition for
plowing. It is then very good practice
to plow and work down the soil pre
paratory for spring planting. We
have also found it to our advantage In
heavy soil to dig the holes for the
trees in the fall. Such soil, in the
fall, Is in better shape for digging
than in the spring, when it is often
too wet and sticky to be handled. Al-
Hard Luck.
The lady—But why have you ieft
your other positions so often?
The Would-Be Cook- Please ma'am,
bccause I've got nine orothers, four of
'em policemen, and none of the mis
tress'll believe that they're my broth
ers!
A Luxury Beyond Him.
Diggie—Hullo! You're looking very
seedy. You want a change.
Sharpies—Yes. but a divorce is so
lashed expensive.
ABOUT TREES IN NORTH DAKOTA
Pro!. Waldron Gives Some Helpful Suggestions as to Treatment
in the Fall to Secure Best Results.
so the action of frost upon this heavy
soil ,when it is put in a pile, results
in pulverizing the soil so that it can
be nicely worked around the roots the
following spring. It is difficult to
make trees grow that are planted in
wet. sticky soil, and this difficulty can
be overcome by fall preparation after
the manner descnned.-C. B. Waldron
in North Dakota Farmer.
FIVE NORTH DAKOTANS BIT.
Lost at Lease S10G Each to Wist:r/i
Pump and Manufacturing Conparty
of Kansas City.
At least five North Dakota people
have bit upon a "get-rich" scheme,
and art' minus at least $100 each. For
some time a llrm by the name of the
Western Pump and Manufncturin
company of Kansas City has been
sending out circulars to the effect that'
they were going (always going) ti
manufacture a pump that would do
wnnderful things, and that they would
sell the rights to sell thrsi' pumps
a eoiinty for $100, and from the books
of the concern it is seen that they
have taken over $G),000 in the past
six months.
The three men at the head of the
concern have been arrested, charge I
with using the United States mails to
defraud.
To show how widespread the opera
tions of this company has been It was
only neecssary to look at the books of
the concern which shows that the fol
lowing county rights have been sold:
North Dakota. 5 Kansas, all but
Oklahoma, 8 Missouri, 10 .Texas,
50 Nebraska, 45 Iowa, 8 Illinois,
8 Ohio, 2 Wisconsin, 1 Minnesota,
12 South Dakota, 3 Colorado, 2
New Mexico. 5, and Mississippi and
Arkansas each 1.
W. M. Myers, one of the three mer.
arrested, is the inventor and patentee
of the pump, and those who have in
vestigated it say that it will not do
what is claimed of it. The "model"—
the only tangible asset of the concern
—is said not to be a model at all. in
the mechanical sense of the word, as
the spring and peiululum weight are
altogether out of proportion to the
size of the model pump, which was
made to lift a stream of water about
the size of the lead in a lead pencil
from a vessel immediately under the
pump, whereas it was claini"d that
the full sized machine would pump
an inch stream from a sixty-foot well
for twelve hours straight, after spend
ing only lift ecu minutes to wind it up.
The detectives claim that the "model"
was purposely made out of proportion
in order to permit the machine to
work in the office, whereas if the
sluing and other machinery could be
manufactured sufficiently powerful to
actually do the work claimed of it
(which is considered impossible) it
would not. only be enormously expen
sive. but would require a tremendous
power to wind it so as to make it
work. In short, that the model was
not made to work, but to aid in sell
ing "blue sky."
TO CARRY AMERICAN WHEAT.
Canadian Pacific Seeks tr Load Cars
on This Side of the Border.
Canadian Pacific officials have been
in Langdon recently for the purpose of
conferring with local parties inter
ested in land near the boundary with
a view of extending the road across
the line at Mowbray, so as to allow
the shipping of grain in bond through
Canada. An extension of only a few
hundred feet would be necessary in
order to bring the track across the
line sufficiently to allow the loading
of cars on this side. It seems that
under the Canadian law wheat hauled
across the line in wagons cannot be
shipped in bond, but, if a car is loaded
and sealed on this side, it can be. The
regulations on this side are different,
as grain can be brought across in any
quantity by the farmers, and either
loaded in cars or sold to the bonded
elevator on this side. In case the
Canadian Pacific should decide to ex
tend across the line at Mowbray it
will mean, it is said here, the hauling
of thousands of bushels of grain from
the American side of the line through
Canada that has heretofore been mar
keted at Langdon, Dresden, Wales and
Hannah, as farmers would take ad
vantage of the shorter haul to load
their wheat.
CHANGED HIS MIND.
George Brewer, the man who has
been confined in the county jail at
KUendale awaiting trial on the charge
of grand larceny and the burning oJ
J. M. Judd's barn on July 18, has
pleaded guilty. He was quite sure
until a few days ago that he was a
much persecuted man, but a change
suddenly came over him, and he can
didly confessed to the officials and
asked to be allowed to plead guilty
and commence serving his sentence.
Musical Note.
"Isn't that lovely?" said an enthusi
astic young musician when a prima
donna had finished het principal song.
"Perfectly charming!" replied the
young lady addressed. "I never saw
such a beautiful white satin in my
life. How much do you think it would
cost a yard?"
The Next Thing.
"Have you any venison?"
"No, but there's deerhound in the
frankfurter."