The Wahpeton times. [volume], February 02, 1911, Image 4

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Si^b. $1.30 per year in advance.
Bntejred as second class matter at
Che Post Office at W a hue
ton under
an act of congress of March 3, 1879.
Dragging the gun by the
ouuzisle when you're out hunt
ing is one of the 57 varieties of
suicide.
We would like a look at the
toall rack of that New Jersey
justice who has decided that
-umbrellas are public property.
A young man in Indiana kill
ed himself because he could not
^understand Poe's poetry. What
would he have done if he had
4eeti reeding lirowning.
We call upon the Secretary
of Navy to tell us right now
whether that big new battle
-ship was christened the Ark
-an-saw cr the Ar-kaii-sas.
Watch for the.^millionaire
twenty years hence who will
tell
3 0U
he got his first start by
depositing his savings iu the
3.").."6. postal savings bank as a
'•tittte iboy.
Judging from the ordeal
iPeary is going through, every
member of the House Commit
.tee on Naval Affairs hails "from
Miesouri", when it comes to
4Jiat North Pole business.
And now Sir Bonaparte re
fuses to dine with Gov. elect
IJaldwin, heraose he would not
Jine with Mr. Uotmparte's fortr
•er chief, "Teddy the Terrible."
ft this keeps on, banqueting
-will soon become a lost art.
Dr. Lyman Abbott says that
Col. Roosevelt thinks 90 fast
that reft of the world can't keep
•«p with hitn. Tf the Colonel
"thought a little more accurate
ly we might have no difficulty
r'n fcseping up with his pace.
Th" -prospective reduction in
the Senate the Republican
majority from twenty seven in
the par-esent Ciitiyress, to eight
in Hie nest Congress indicates
tUe probability of complete con
trol
the United States Sen­
ate £n government by the
f?eivi«cratic party after the elec
tion 1912.
T«K iight for the great Pana
«ua 'Canal Exposition which
will be held ui 1915 when the
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etl is opened, is waxing
•warm. "New Orleans and San
{Francisco are the main con
ftettiftag giants, who are striv
•ing to
win the exposition, with
Washington a •hew competitor
-in the race for'the honor. San
^Francisco points with pride to
the great fund she Has guaran
teed, the largest ev&r pledged
ty »ny city, N.e Orleans
claims to .be "the logical point"
for the exposition and is also
claiming that it was C. P.
fiuntington of San Francisco
and bis loby from there that
•corrupted Congress into delays
and thus kept us from getting
*he canal for years, so as to pre
vent it from competing with
his trans-continental road, the
Southern Pacific. The New
Orleans promoters. al9o claim
that to hold the exposition on
4he Pacific coast would mean
that is would be attended only
Cjy the rich oa account of the
great traveling expense. Wash
in to is a in a it
should be held at the capital
city, the prettiest in the world.
So there you are.
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MOODY-HELEY
The last act in the Mood—
Htley drama now being
iplayed, that ia the contest caae
•of Heley-Ya. Moody is now be
'vMg heard in ^District Court
Jpdge Crairford presiding.
Tat rec^italate the ^acta as
*hey bavc^occarred ii would be
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didate against.Hon. A. I). Han...
*on of Wyndmeretbe Detour
cratic candidate and Prank
Heley Republican candidate
and incnbent of the office.- The
county canvassing- board con
sisting of the board of .county
commissioners, at a meeting in.
the county auditors office on
Nov. 23rd, found that Moody
was elected sheriff with a plur
ality of 11 votes. The county
auditor in pursuant of the re
sult of this canvass issued a
certificate of election to Moody.
Then the famous notice of
conteat was served on Moody.
This notice of contest practical
ly impeached all.of the election
office in the county, claimed a
wholesale bribing of votes etc.,
etc.
Moody's bond was li!ed and
approved by Asst. States Atty.
Forbes and the county com
mispioners. The refusal of
Heley to deliver possession of
office and records, mdtidamus
proceedings started by Moody's
attorney to compel Heley to
vacate. Heley was given un
til Jan. 16th, to answer and
show cause why he should not
give peaceful possession of the
office.
Judge Allen not wishing to
preside at this hearing, the case
had two adjournments before
the case was finally called on
Jan. 30th, Judge Crawford pre
siding.
In looking over the records
Helev's attorney discovered
that election returns from West
End and Eagle townships were
certified to and also that
if the vote of these two pre
cincts could thrown out, thai
it would give He'ej' a plurality
of votes.
The county auditor was ask
to call together the canvassing
board, to recanvass the votes
The old canvassing board was
called together—although the
term of office of three of them
had expired.
This board consisting of P.
E. Sletmoe and W. J. Robinson
who were county commission
ers and Wm. Green, J. J. Zent
graf and Chris Ness, who were
not officers in this county at all,
to re an as
.votes.
A majority of this board, con
curred in throwing out the en.
tire vote of Eagle and West
End townships, because the re
turns had not been certified «to
by the election officers.
In Eagle township the re
turns were certified by the
proper officers, but in a hurry
to catch a train, to Wahpeton,
the uncertified list was brought
instead of the certified returns.
It is very queer that this can
vassing board should throw out
the vote of these two precincts,
when section 673 of the 1905 re
vised law of North Dakota's
says 'the canvassing ttoard is
authorized and empowered to
Bullpen a the election officers* of
any precinct, where the returns
are faulty, to appear be foresaid
board to correct the returns.
The corrected returns shall
then be canvassed.'
The whole proceedings in re
gard to the second canvassing
board are, at best, peculiar.
County Auditor Burton when
asked in regard to the matter
attempted to shield himself by
saying he acted under the in
structions of States Atty. Wolfe.
The same with some of the
members of the canvassing
board, who said they acted un
der the instructions the
States Atty.
Call at The Times office and
take a look at the 31 peice set
of decorated china and learn
how to aecure a Bet.
How to cure a cold is a queB
tiou in which many are inter
ested just now. Chamberlain's
Cough Jtemedy has won its
great reputation ^nd imtkiense
sale by its: remarkable cure of
colda. It can always be depend
at|n independent can-'ed upon. For gale byall dealers,
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When people ask Mr. Dlght why he
Is build Log hit bouse tan feet or more
0®, the ground, reply la: "Why
do yoir biilld your houaes on the
ground?v Afterwards,-however, fee ex
plains.
Mr. Dlght says be la building his
house high for three reasons: First,
that the ground Is low and damp, ow
ing to the proximity of Minnehaha
creek second, that he gets a better
view, sad third, that he gets more air
and sunshine.
Ths queer bouse Is supported on
Iron piles. It is IS by 12 feet, with a
oupola big enough for another room.
It has two living rooms and the usual
accessories. Outside it Is of rough,
plaster and tile, the floor being of
wood laid on cement. The floors are
double spaced sad a hot water heat
ing system will keep warm air under
them. There are 16 windows in the
house, and under every window is a
lattice work, admitting more air. This
will be arranged so that some of the
air can be cut off in severe weather
although the house is designed as «n
nil-year house.
Mr. Dlght is a bachelor and intends
to occupy his air bungalow all alone
unless he decides to install some
worthy medical student in the cupola.
RATS FORM TOBACCO HABIT
Rats have
been
The ouce beautiful city of Dera
Qhazi Khan in the Punjab has sus
tained Incalculable damage by ths
overflowing of the river Indus, no few
er than 5,000 out of 6,000 dwelling
houses, besides many mosques, tem
ples and markets, having been des
troyed. Some 3,000 people have been
rendered homeless and 12,000 mora
ard crowded in a destitute state in
temporary huts awaiting the comple
tion of a new city which is being laid
out for them nine tniles west of ths
river.
BONDS KICKED ON STREET
The police of an uptown station ii
New York City have In their posse*
slon a parcel of bonds worth about
156.000, which was picked up by
patrolman, after It had been kicked
two or three blocks by a squad oi
Khool boys.
One boy gave the parcel a. Anal Met
which aent It under the stairs leadinf
to .a subway station. There the po
llceman found it. The bundle was ad
dressed In pencil on the manlla wrap
per: "Don A. Dodge, Yonkers, N. Y.*
The Yonkers police were notified
but were unable to find the owner,
man of the nauie given they said lived
in Yonkers a year or two ago, but had
moved away, leaving his present
whereabouts unknown.
PERSIAN TOWER OF SILENCE
The Parsis, regarding earth, .watei
and fire, as sacred, have to dispose ol
their dpad by other methods than bur
lal or Cremation. The corpses, belns
coasMmd uaclesn, carried up
these ti&frers of silence and plsced oa
tiers. Vultures eat tfae flesh ojfc ths
boass, Nrhldi are then plaesd .in.uhs
center '-M the, t«w*r, where th«r .r*
i«tl( timf eramble Sway.
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A house up la ths tress t|i. un
osualhome Mi| built IsMtaimpolk
by Prof. C. "F. 'Sight of thifdpr if
msterl* -medics st ths University of
MtBBMOta.
accused of many
things since the days of the Pied Pi
per of Hamelin, but It remained for
ft Big Stone (S. D.) resident to accuse
the rodents of chewing1 tobacco.
A Big Stone woman keeps a grocery
store. The building had a wooden
floor, and rats gained entrance, car
rying off large quantities of groceries.
Recently to remedy the annoyance
Mi's Schnacke, the grocer, had the
floor
torn up and a cement floor In
stalled. When the boards were re
moved and the haunts of the rals un
covered, remains of quantities of
groceries were found, and In the as
sort went were parts of several
plugs
of
tobacco, partly eaten, indicating
that
the rats bad formed a liking
the
weed.
UNDERMINED
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for
"IN THE CTAHK."
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recent dlnetf st
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ceils of a quaint Incident. he noticed
there to othei njght. The bai\d was
{flaying a certain 'popular music hall
air, and a young lady at one of the
tables, curious to know, what tt was,
tsktd her waiter to find out.
The man departed, laden wltti
plates, but was so long gone that ths
anxloys inquirer clean forgot her cu
riosity as to the tune. Well on
through the dinner she was somewhat
alarnted to hear a husky, 'guttural
voice from behind say:
"I'm afraid to go home .in the
dark."
"What?"' exclaimed the. lady, la
alarm.
"I'm afraid," repeated the mysteri
ous voice, in slow. Impressive ac
sents, "to go home In the dark!"
The lady gave a little scream and,
turning to a male companion, said:
Is thld man msd?"
It was only after an anxious inter
val that the explanation was under
stood.
How He Managed.
"I haven't heard you complaining
lately," remarked Mr. Cummutes, on
the suburban car, "about Rurall's
rooster keeping you awake mornings."
"No," answered Mr. Edgewood, in a
self-congratulatory tone, "that rooster
will trouble me no more. I got my
wife to praise the bird's beauty ao
highly that Rurall's wife couldn't re
sist the temptation gt putting him
on her chantecler hat."
8he Remembered.
Mrs. Recentmarrie—Everyone saya
the baby is the perfect image of me.
Mr. Recentmarrie—Not everyone,
Sear. I met Mrs. Smith yesterday and
•he told me the child reminded her ol
me.
Mrs. Recentmarrie—Mrs. Smith? Oh,
yes! I remember now she called that
day when baby was so Irritable and
cross.
HI8 IDEA.
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Cyrus—Gosh, them ere banks ii
New York must be gittin' purty shaky,
Miranda—What makes yer thlnl
thet, Cy?
CyruB—Waal, here's a letter front
Z«ke sayin' thet he's sunk most oi
his money in an oil well.
Rocky.
Over the Alps lie Italy,
And Ilea and lies and lien
And lt'a mighty hard to light oa
When the aeroplanes capsls*.
Evening Hush.
'That deaf mute says he is certain
Ills love Is not reciprocated."
"Why?. Because of his affliction?"
"No, the girl Is a deaf mute, too. But
she always turns out the light when
calls in the evening."
Rather fteisreei
Dusty Dennis—Dis great poet ,sayi
dat love Is a food-.
Billy Coalgate—Does, eht' Funni
we don't see any of It oa de ftW
cojtmtsrs.
A Foot Note.
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Bhe-rWhat Is this at the botton
of this liae—"This man had a strong
aad striking soul?"
Hs (reading)—The note says: "TI1I1
man must have been a kicker."
Appropriate 8eleotlon.
I "I see Mr. Wasit is accompanylni
the sultan of Sulu."
"Well, what more appropriate com
panlon could he have? He Isn't It
any more, Is he?"
In the Air.
•1 wonder If you- could call It hlgl
-finance?"
..••what?"
"Dealing In airships."
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Countsnsnee for It.
"There is a report that pretty HIM
flirty paints."
"I must say there Is polor oa
Cace of It to warrant the report."
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Might Hays Ssld: "Too Msiiy."
"Thf sultsn of gulu says oas wifi
Isenodgh."
''He Is' vsry oonservative."
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sbls to. ho^Ms sronad."—Ufa
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She—Do ybu like to press flowersT,
H»-rl must say I do enjoy pressln|
two lips. •. -7i
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