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PLAN BIG THE
FOURTH OF MI
Richland Oounty Pair Asaoolation
Will Conduct Celebration to
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Sh-sh-sh! Boom! Ah!
Wahpeton's going to have a
Fourth of July celebration.
The directors of the Richland
County Fair association decided
some time ago to .take charge
of a celebration unless there was
opposition from other local or
ganizations. The matter was prac
tically cinched last night when the
Commercial club endorsed the
proposition and agreed to co-op
erate with the fair officers. It is
^expected that the Booster club
will follow suit.
There has been no Fourth of
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celebration in this city since
HMO. One was pro .ote'l lust
year but it fell through.
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plans for thi& year's c»le
brution are-only tent/.t: v. b»:t it
is certain that thorp will be k«ps
game, very likely between the
Hankinson and Great Bend teams
and it is possible that there will
be two games, one in the morning
and the other in the afternoon..
Races, tugs-of-war between
teams of different nationalities
I1' dancing, fireworks and some big
free outdoor attractions are also
'King considered, included in the
flatter will very likely be some
prominent aviator.
The fair association hopes to
realize a little money from the
celebration with which to pay the
preliminary expenses of this
year'? exhibition and race meet
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General Knickerbocker' and his
daughter are already in town al
though they Will not be seen in
public until the 9th of May.
This is the' first time in tlie
history .» Wahpet tn ami !'rec»
enridge that such a spectacular
I production has been presented.
,* Managers, under the direction of
Mr. Knowlton, have spared no
pains and cost to make the Friday
night performance a memorable
occasion. One hundred costumes
have been made and provided, fti
i*\' ty or sixty pieces of property col
lected and an- entire ocean, liner
constructed on the opera house
stage, m$st, sails, rope ladders
and all.
Tickets are now being reserved
at the Wahpeton Music House.
You had better get your se^ts re
c-f-*." served today.
C. H. Johnson will have a big
auction of stopk and farm im
plements, one-half mile north of
Dwight, on Saturday, May 10th.
Do you want to[buy a home?
If so, call at my office
and get a list 61 the pro
perties I have for sale. Low
prices and easy payments
that will interest you.
I will also buy, sell or
rent your house for you.,
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VOLUME xxxvn WAHPETON, RICHLAND COUNTY,
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'7 TYCOON COMING
Special Press Dispatch—Arri
i* val of Japanese Opera ,Qgmpany
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Friday morning.
A special wireless message has
been received from Japan by our
local wireless telegraph office an
nouncing the fact that Sham, the
Great Tycoon of Japan and his
suite of followers is enroute to
Wahpelon, and will be here at the
Wahpelon opera house Friday
A night.
ijr They will wear brand new cos
tumes for this occasion. We
*know because we saw them made
in the Conservatory reciter hall
last Friday night. .. W§lijj0M,
Strum stopped in the city
a lew days last week for a short:
visit with his family. He left
here for Chicago and Sfa. Louis
where he will buy supplies for
a street car system which he is
putting in at Lewiston, Idaho.
He is very enthusiastic over the
Lewiston system, which will be
about eight miles of trackage and
will connect Lewiston with darks
ton, Vining and Asotin, Washing,
ton, across the Snake river.
These towns have a combined
population of about 15,000. Mr.
Strum is the man who promoted
and installed our local street oar
system. The Lewiston system is
similar to this only larger and -is
preparing to handle a larger popu
lation. When Mr. Strum returns
to tihe west he will take his family
with him.
•R. ZILQITT TRANSFERS
QAITAQE TO WAHPETON
The Wahpeton Garage com
pany have rented the Early imple
ment building and will conduct
their garage business there while
the new building is being built.
This company has been known
as the Breckenridge Garage Co.
in the past with Mr. Zilgitt the
proprietor and he will continue
to conduct the business in his
own name here until the Jriew
building is completed.
The patrons will receive the
same courteous treatment that
has been accorded by this popular
institution. The work on the new
garage building is being pushed
as rapidly as possible.
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HIGH SOHOOL NOTES
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William Bergman has been sub
stituting for Mr. Bardwell a few
days this week.
Miss Stella Weatherbee of
Fairmount was the guest of Mar
garet Glasgow this week, coming
up in time for the class play.
Mae Wright entertained Mabel
Harburn the first part of the
week.
The commencement invitations
are out and are well got up.
The complete list of teachers
for next year is as follows. 'J
Superintendent—Earl Sweet'.
Principal—Miss Schutz.
English—Miss Fennel,
Science—Miss Claxtow.
History—Miss Anderson.
Domestic Science—Miss Stem
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Musjc and Drawing —Miss
Rowan.
Manual Training—Mr. West.
Miss Henry visited at her honie
the latter part of last week.
The Junior class of the high
school will give their annual ban
quet to the Seniors Saturday, May
10th, aO the Merchants hotel.
The people of Wahpeton and
Breckenridge were entertained
on Tuesday noon by the Seniors
in their parade. The band play
ed several selections which re
ceived hearty applause and inci
dently advertised the play.
The Senior class play given at
the opera house Tuesday night
was exceedingly good. The parts
were all well taken, showing an
amount of hard work both on the
part of the directors and on the
part of the pupils. We were in
deed glad to see such a large and
appreciative audience.
LICENSED TO WED
The following have been given
license to wed by County Judge
VanArnam during the past week.
John R. Scheller and Miss Kath
arina Gottfield, both of Hankin
son.
Martin Richtshid and Miss
Christine Roth, both of Hankin
son.
Nels O. Stafne of Prairie Farm,
Wisconsin, and Miss Mary E. Lo
d&hl, of Abercrombie.
Alfred Herman Broughton.and
Miss Hilda Geolie Helgeson, bbtb
of Walco.tt.
Nick Meyer and Miss Regina
Zentgraf, both of Wahpeton.
Hubert A. Jacobs and Mary Ki
Schlener, both of Mantador.
I have buyers for quarters arid
half sections of good land im
proved and unimproved. If you
wish to sell your farm call at my
office and give me description and
lowest price. Louis Fligelman,
Wahpeton, N. D.
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•any ImprovwiMnts ftr* Enter
tained for Ittohland Oounty
Fair .for
Still Setting the Pace." That's
the slogan adopted for the Rich
land County Fair by Geo. W.
Woods, secretary of the fair as
sociation. Furtdiermore,. he in
tends to carry out what the slo
gan implies: that this year's
fair is to toe "the best ever,"
which means that it will be the
best county fair in the country.
In a letter recently
Of course not all people attend
the fair to inspect and admire the
cattle, swine .and sheep. All
visitors like some sort of enter
tainment some of them look fin*
nothing else. The problem is to
secure attractions which will
merit the approval of those who
pay to see them. Every fair man
ager has this to contend with.
The problem this year may be
solved in a novel way.
Mr.. Woods goes on the theory
that the Richland bounty Fair be
longs to the people. They make
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tastertrees
Bent
to
manufacturers, jobbers and whole
salers throughout the United
States, Mr. Woods informs them
of the 1913 fair in the following
language:
Do not confuse this fair with
an old time exhibition of 'Beard
ed Ladies' and 'Dog-Faced Boys'
held on Main street in P'odunk
ville. Our side shows are merely
incidental to our exJMbits of
blooded stock, poultry, faftn and
dairy products, machinery, manu
facturers' articles and handiwork
and educational displays.
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All
of the "Knights of the-Grip" who
have been approached on the
matter have enthusiastically ag
reed to do their share.
But while it is a trifle early to
book attractions and get out the
display posters announcing the
fair, there is other important
work to do. The premium list
must be arranged, the heads of
the various departments must be
selected, the- prospective exhibi
tors' must be enthused and urged
to prepare their entries, a racing
circuit must be formed, the track
and grounds must be kept in good
condition, the buildings must be
overhauled, and the important,
matter of financing the fair-must
be worked out. These matters'
are still pending, although much
preliminary work has been done
One thing which Is well under I
Mr. Woods and Dr. F1 M. Gil
breath, secretary of the Comnier
'cial club, have been making (low
er beds in various parte of the
enclosure. Those plants have
been selected which will bloom
about fair time, so -Jhat instead
Of the usual bare patches of cin-
ders and long gra^s there will
bej
beds of fragrant flowers which J®' Sun^ay and fresh fish on
will show up to advantage against
ise background of white build-jieal
mgs
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DAKOtA, THURSDAY/MAY 8, 1913
PARK WIU. BE A
MOTT BEAUTIFUL PLAOE
A. ChAnberg, the nursery
man and landscape gardener of
JQankinson, has parked the city
hlock, next west of the high
.achool. The arrangement of the
walks, and shrubbery is very
'iistic and shows the work of a
hand. As these trees
grow and flowers bloom, this will
mecome a beauty spot in- our city.
We understand that Mr. Chinberg
will al^o, do tl^e landscape gard
ening in the court house block
when the building is completed
atH the grounds ^are prepared.
SOIENOE SOHOOL NOTES
The class play is in charge of
Mrs. Jessie Jepson Remington of
the Western School of Expression
at Fargo and is progressing nice
ly in rehearsals.
The summer school circulars
arc out, announcing the dates as
Jinie 17 to July 17. All the cour
ses required for elementary cer
tificates are offered.
"i'he food-study class in. chem
ist ry are now working on the
adulterants of cocoa, chocolate,
etc.. and will give particular at
tention to the coloring matter in
candies and other confections.
Professor Wolf and his class in
flod-study visited the filtration
piant in Breckenridge last Satur
day to study the purification of a
water supply.
the fair and they ought to have er several years and are a'very
a voice in its management. He acceptable addition to our mag
intends shortly to so%hd public azi'ne files.
sentiment, with the co-eperation
of the newspapers in the county,
by inaugurating a coupon voting week for the first time to try
contest to enable persons inter,
ested to desigate their choice in
the matter of free attractions.
Also to permit them to suggest
along what lines the fair might be
improved.
Everyone knows that publicity
is most important to make a
financial success of an exhibition
like our fair. All sorts of clever
schemes have to be adopted to
get the crowds. One of tln'sc
schemes that the secretary has
decided on sto get the co-opera
tion of the traveling men who
either reside here or. make this
territory. They will be supplied
with thousands of stickers to
paste in railway stations and
other conspicuous places, an
nouncing the dates of the fair—
Sept. 30,, October i, 2 and
The agricultural department re
ports the test of seed corn for
the boys' corn growing contest as
showing good results with the
corn that was well cared for over
winter. Out of the sixty ears that
took the prizes last fall every ear
shows high germination, none of
thein having to be rejected.
The library is in receipt of a
lot of magazines from Miss Selma
Stern. The numbers of Every-
body's and the World's Work cov
The baseball team goes -to
Fargo to play the A. C. team this
themselves on the league pro
gram. We "go to press" too ear
ly to announce results in this
letter.
The weather was too uncertain
for the game with t.lie A. C. on the
home grounds last Saturday. The
team tried two practice games
with the Indian school nine and
were beaten in both games. The
I. S. N. pitcher seeins to be a
very strong one, and that with a
few errors^ spoils the looks of the
score but gives our team excellent
practice
A bocial occasion more than
usually interesting was the din
ner and evening at the home of
Miss Lilian Mirick Inst Tuesday
evening. Miss Mirick entertained
tlie entire faculty including the
teachers of the Conservatory. Af.
ter a good New England dinner all
quests tried their hand at a lit
tle domestic science "stunt," and
some of the stitching of the pro
fessors hardly tallied with their
every day work in math., account
ing and languages to say nothing
about its being scientific. Sev
eral could write better poetry, but
all enjoyed the evening to the full
and learned at first hand that a
good librarian can also be a good
hostess.
Advertise it in the Times.:
Lunch
The popularity of the Dairy
Lunch is increasing every day.
Th? mo8t.particular
way is the matter of beautifying their meals there,
the fair grounds. Almost every kinds of, vegetalbes are to
evening for the past few weeks1
be
8ei^ed
people are
in their
season, and
one of their, regular articles of
diet served this week is green
corn on the cob.
A business man's lunch is
served every day at noon for 25c.
SCrloin and porter house steaks
are 25c and up.
Strawberries and cream and
strawberry shortcake are on the
regular bill of fare.
Among the specials are chicken
n.
.. A clean, attractive and econom­
piace
to take your meals.
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THE "WHITE WAY"
mty for the Purohase of Posts
and the Oost of Installing
Has Seen Subsorlbad.
At the meeting of the city coun
cil held on last Monday evening
a resolution was passed favoring
the installation of a "white way."
The committee in charge has
raised the necessary money by
subscription to pay for the posts
and the installing of same, and
the city council will pay for the
current. There will be-sixty-two
posts between the river and Sev
enth street, being .four to the
block on each side of the street.
There is a strong sentiment in
favor of the "white way" but it
means less light at a much great
er current consumption.
The city is now paying one
sixth of its total income for street
lighting and it will require some
careful calculating to keep t'n-j
item of expense in about its right
proportion.
ZENTONAP-MEYENS
Mr. Nick Meyers and Miss Re
gina Zentgraf were united in the
bonds of holy wedlock by Father
Ridder Tuesday morning, May 13.
The bridesmaids were Miss
Christine Zentgraf, a sis.!,er
the bride, and MissvRose Meyers,
a sister of the groom. The groom
was attended by John Dorn and
Joe Zengraf and little Rose Zent
graf was flower girl.
The bride was dressed in
cream charmon over cream satin
e.nd carried a bouquet of white
roses. The bridesmaids wore
white silk mull over yellow satin
and carried bouquets of yellow
daffodils. The flower girl wore
pink and white and' carried pink
Sweet peas.
This popular young couple have
lived nearly their entire lives in
this community. The groom is
one of our enterprising young
business men and the bride is a
daughter of Mr. Lawrence Zent
graf of Summit, township. This
young couple start out on their
journey of life together with the
best wishes of a host of friends.
A receptioh was given at tihe
home of the bride's parents in the
evening.
KEPPLEN-NICHEL8
Mr. Joseph Richels of this city
and Miss Rose Keppler of Warren,
Minn., were married by Father
Ridder Wednesday morning.
Joseph is a son of John Richels,
one of our prosperous farmers.
The Times joins with their many
friends in extending congratula
tions.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Adjourned meeting of the city
council held Monday, April 28,
1913, with Mayor Eberley pre
siding.
Councilmen present: Gillen,
Fricke, Mahan, Harris, Hodel,
SiiVionsen, Braun and Morris.
Motion made and carried to
open the bids for smoke stack
at the pumping station.
The bid of J. J. Ricliter was
opelied and discussed.
Motion made* and carried that
the bid of J. J. Richter of $340.00
for a smoke stack complete and
erected on the pumping station
of the city of Wahpelon, accord
ing to the advertised specifica
tions be accepted, subject to his
entering into a satisfactory con
tract with the said city for same..
Motion to adjourn.
CLARK M. OLSON,
City Auditor.
OPPER PRIZE POR NEST OORN
Following its custom of former
years, the Commercial club of
Wahpeton last night appropria
ted $28 to be offered as prizes to
winners of the school boys' corn
growing contest, which will again
be one of the features of the Rich
land County Fair.
The comic opera at the opera
house Friday evening, May 9th.
Tickets reserved at the Wahpeton
Music House. Conie ealry.
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OPPlE'S TOOOENV INSTALLS
NEW DRV OLEANINO PLANT
Oppie's Toggery has this week
completed the installation of one
of the most up-to-date and effi
cient dry cleaning plants in the
country.—the Bowser systems
and Wahpeton and this part of
the state is to be commended on
having a firm taking such a step.
Less than a year ago this firm
started in a small way, with a
small and inadequte plant, but
with careful and courteous treat
ment and first class work, they
have outgrown the small plant
which has necessitated the instal
ling of an up-to-date system. A
separate building at the rear of
the Toggery-houses the macinery
and the light airy place is ideal
for the cleaning of all garments.
An expert cleaner has full charge
of the place and with this careful'
service there is no doubt that the
popular Toggery will enjoy the
patronage they deserve.
The opera house was filled to
its capacity.
The cast of characters was as
follows:
Robert Preston, a lawyer..utmer Manchester
Douglas Brown, a rootbalj^playcr
Paul simonsenr
Dick Preston, the groom..Ellwood Patterson
Stanley Palmer, "Hawkins the Butler"
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SENIOR OLASS PLAY
A ORAND SUOOESS
"At the End of the Rainbow"
was presented in the opera house
Tuesday night by the Seniors of
the Wahpeton high school.
The whjle production showed
the careful training and discrimi
nating selection to parts taken
by the different members of the
class. Every one went through
their part nicely.
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Arnold Forbes
Ted Whitney, captain or the varsity
team Robert Beatty
lack Austin, Preston's secretary
Airred Forman
Marion Dayton, ward of Preston
Jennie Kramer
Nellie Preston, a bride Hazel SwanK*
Louise Ross, known as Miss Grayson
Ruth BabcocK
Phyllis Lane, a football enthusiast
Marjorle Crooks
Kathleen Knox, chairman of the rushing
committee Alga Holcomb
The Imp, a freshman Mabel tyickey
Emily Elllcott, with a conscience
Inger Slmonsen
Jane, maid with taste for literature....
Molly Medved
Mrs. Brown, step mother or Douglas....
Brown.... Ida Thompson
Polly Price ('.race Van Arnam
Elsa Ernest Ida Evenson
Marjorie Arnold..: Esther Bowman
Marie Swin Anna Boll
Molly Bruce Esther Yates/
Members or football team: Donovan'
Dlvet, Otto Oien, Henry Forman, William.^
Bergman, Max Lauder.
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IS LET TO N. J. DIETZ
The Wahpeton Garage Co. liave
let the contract for the construc..:
tion of the new garage to H. J.
Dietz. There will he a basement,
and a part of it will be two stor
ies above the basement. The*
building when completed will cost'
in the. neighborhood of $12,000.!
This will be without doubt the
finest garage in the country. The
building faces south on Dakota
avenue between Seventh and'
Eighth streets.
BRAUN'S
THEATRE
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
May 8-9-10
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BURKE & ROSA^
in a
"Whirlwind of Mirth"
Pictures for tonight
Thursday, are
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"Pathe's Weekly"
'!»\f "Brutality"
"The Peace Offering"
Two 8hows, S and 9 p. m.
Admission IS and I5e
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