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IN CHICKEN COOP
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It developed that the body was
that of John Hegberg. a man who
came to that neighborhood from
FW-fiden. three «»r four years ago,
and who claimed to have a wife
and two children in the old coun
try. Since his arrp'»' here he had
worked on various farms, the last
one being that of Sievert Johnson.
He had completed his employment
and had gone awav. Mr. Johnson
knew not where. This was during
the cold snap.
The body had bottles of both
whiskey and alcohol in the pock
ets. and it is supposed that he
had become intoxicated and had
crawled into the chicken house
for. shelter.from the cold, where
he nad frown to death Tuesday
night, of the previous week.
Mr. Hegberg. was supposed to
have all uncle residing at Onemla?
Minn., 1»nd inquit*. was matte-of
himas tbjwhat disposition should:
be made otslhe body, rlothing was
b^rd ^Qm ,ra^^but.oii^onday
mowiTng j-iwmfey pama to Un
dertaker worner from Waukan.
Minn., jwking for a description of
the-nufti found. .?
Up' to "the time of going to press
the body has not been claimed and
it will be hetd for two or three
days more for identiflcation. and
then if not claimed it will be bur
ied in the potter's field."
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M|ir »r Min IteglMlpg Found bjr
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Landeeekere •»,"
1HBRE IT FROZE TO DEATH
^Unknown to Any One and Where
It lay for a Week or More
Undleoovered
The dead body of John Hegberg
was discovered in a chicken coop
on the unoccupied southwest
ouarter of section 34 in Aber
crombie township, last Wednes
j. mutiny in a 11 nna
day afternoon, where it had been adrift in the belief that it might
frozen to death in the recent cold eventually find lodgment against
snap. the side of a warship caused sonW
A. E. Johnson of this city, re-'8Pe®u^ion.
e,
Iowa, and was exhibi4'ng the pre
mises to them. He chanced to look
into the chicken house and was
horrified to see there the dead bo
dy of a man, apparently about
thirty years of age. and which had
apparently been dead for a num
ber of days. Coroner Ness was no
tified and went there to investi
gate.
presenting the Streeter Land bor have flown the British flag.
Company, had gone there in com- For some time British warships
panv with some land seekers from patrolled the doorway to the har
r~— —ujvsi »i bor, passing and repassing the
spot where Captain Davies said
the mine was adrift.
The. Store That Guarantees It's Goods
Begin Christmas Shopping Now
MINK AFLOAT
In the Atlantlo Eaetof New York
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Mew York, Deo. 1,-^-A mine-with
Ave contact points extending fro**
it is afloat six miles west of Fire
Island light, according to Captain
Davis- of the steamship Etonian,
in yesterday from London. Gap
tain Davis said he passed the,
mine about 10 o'clock yesterday
morning, while his ship was
bound in.
The spot where the mine is said
to be adrift lies in the pathway
traveled by all trans-Atlaritic ves
sels leaving and entering New
York harbor.
How the mines happened to be
there, by what agencies it was set
adrift, whether its presence was
accidental or by design, are pro
blems to be cleared up. The pos
sibility that it had been placed
Deen
piacea
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only warship
seen recently near York har-
Not Eaoaped (I. 8. Mine
A recent report that a mine had
been lost by or was missing from
the Brooklyn navy yard was de
nied yesterday at the command
ant's office there.
The mine was of a different de
sign than that adopted by the
United States army, hence the
theory that it might have escaped
fromJ-Fort Hancock, and that it
might be a dummy which Escaped
from there was discarded.
At Fort Hancock it was said that
the mines used in connection with
the work in the fort, if adrift,
would show merely a round me
tallic ring and that none of them
had prongs or triggers. The mines
used by the riavy. it w°«s said, were
very much like those used by the
army in appearance.
THE WAHPETON MARKETS
GRAIN MARKET
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READY FOR
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The.
Whole Store is Alive With
Gifts Suggestionsi
All Christmas Merchandise is on display. Near
ly every article in this store is appropriate for the ap
proaching gift giving time. Would it not be a good
Flour—49 lbs. sack .. .81.75
Flour—98 lbs. sack 3.50
PRODUCE MARKET
Butter, dairy 33
Butter, creamery .38
Eggs .35
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You can choose the gifts at your lesiure and will not
be hunjed/ NOW assortments are at their best and
the indi^iual preference7of those to be ii^embeied
may thou^itf^|ly considered. P' $
Selections for^ Christmas can be laid- away and
[iveneft when desired.
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Another Rig Eruption Over I
Agricultural Preeldeney
at Fargo
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IS LAW PRES. OR Vl
Trueteee Kelley. Nugent aiiilif
Hater Resign and lasu
zllng Statement
Is it President Ladd, or Preif
dent Worst at the Agriculi
college, now?
Some'of the parties ct tcer^
think it is a double-header: w6:
others are confident that it
Ladd: still others maintain twit
it is Worst.
One thing is certain: Clark
Kelley, C. F. Nugent and George
Hollister have resigned as trusL
tees and their resignation is ac
companied by a statement which
sizzles. They consider that" "Hi1.
Ladd is the real president of Ctife
institution, and that the ennre
board was really illegal, although
they say nothing of raising t|h|tt
issue. They seem to have QUit.
Mr. Nugent has served for six
years, Mr. Kelley for seven and
one-half years, and Mr. Hollister
for the same length of time, all
having been originally appointed
by Governor Burke. ft:
That Professor F. E. Ladd
the chemistry department,
elected president of the agrici
tural college by the unaniindus
choice of the board of trusteeknt
a meeting held a week ago last
Tuesday, was the sensational re
velation made in a statements
sued by. Geo. H. Hollister. Clark
Kelley and C. F. Nugent, members
of the board who filed their res
ignations with Gov. L. B. Hanna.
President Worst was retired' with
the honorary title of president
emeritus. Several days later, four
members of the board met an^
rescinded their former- action in
total. As a result it is declared,
conditions at the farm school ale
somewhat up in the air as far tip
the management of the instituL
tion is concerned.
Rumors Started Year Ago
Rumors of diecord and'ithreati
ened .disruption at tbe farm schoM
which culminated in the resii
tion of- threes*
-members- of
Fargo last January. At the clos
ing session of this gathering the
convention resolutions were ad
opted endorsing President Worst
for United States senator from
North Dakota. It was charged at
this time that "big business" was
endeavoring to get'control of the
college and that this endorsement
was one of the attempts to srel rid
of President Worst and indirectly
Professor Ladd.
Artioles Published
Later on. in the serine and
early summer, the charges took
more definite form and it was op
enly charged that Worst and Ladd
were to be deposed from the col
lege in order to give way for men
who it was claimed, would he am
enable to "big business." Several
publications in the city then
began to print sensational stories
about alleged conditions at the
agricultural college and the ex
periment station, laying special
Stress on the erger of the Bet
ter Farming association with the
station.
Start Probe
The publication of these stories
led to an investiga'^n by a com
mittee appointed by the hoard to
ascertain the source of them all.
The report of this committee has
not been made public until now.
being contained in the statement
issued by the members of the
board who resigned last week, fn
this report President Worst is
charged with being the instigator
of these newspaper reports. The
statement given by the resigning
members follows?
The Statement
'We have been for several
years trustees of the A. C. and th"
enormous amount of money used
there has always appalled us. and'
many timesv have we wondered if
*t was wise: if the results were,
it was wise it me results were,? steady stream of transports
all that could be reasonably ex- 'roSi^El\?.,and.to Havre. As many
pectgd, and what ctiuld be done to I?8 20? ®hlDS °f various sizes have
improve things. .'.been lying outside the harbor at
"Among the hundred and one Iany,
was agreed by all concerned thatlritona1?-
Worst having held both offices fb*
fifteen years. This was agreed to
by Mr. Worst, and a search was
b®Kun to find a suitable director
of the station. .Many .pames were
under discussion, among the
director, The"'idea VM^ubmitted,
to President Worst, who gave it( L?! JL" n^
All Inetrumente Filed for Reoord
Muet Have Government
REMAIN IN AFFECT A TEAR
Deeds Muet Re Stamped Aooord
Ing to Vmuo of Property
Oonveyed
Beginning Tuesday of this week
a Government stamp tax must be
placed pn practically everything
filed with the register of deeds,
and the tax will remain in effect
until January 1, 191ft. It is the
first time such a tax has been le
vied since the Spanish-American
war in 1898.
While most instruments except
deeds are subject to '-t of only 10
cents each, the tax on deeds and
instruments conveying lands, ten
ements and other realty is graded
according to the actual value of
the property transferred. On all
property valued at 9500, or less,
the tax is 50 cents, and an addi
tional 50 cents is levied for each
and (every edditional $500 in val
ue.
Mortgages are taxed 10 cents
each, so are Satisfaction of mort
gages, meohaftic liens, contracts
for deeds, chattel mortgage ack
nowledgements. etc. Powers of at
torney are taxed 25 cents each and
transfers. of property from hus
band and wife through a third
person are .taxed'upon the consid
eration of each transfer.
FIYE RULERS
ON BATTLE LINES
To Enoourafle Their Troops
Oontlnue Their Efforts in
Qreat War
•••Five Eurtipeah rulers are" ifio*
on the battle ilines to encourage
their, troops. In northern Poland
the German and Russian emper
ors are personally direc'ing the
titanic struggle there, and the
king of England, king of Belgium
and the President of France are
with their respect' -e ai.r.ies in
,the west.
Latest reports from the "astern
war arena go to show '!ia* t'ie
German troops have cxtricata'd.
themselves from their former Per
ilous position but still are fcoinc
hard pressed hv the Russi.m le
gions. In Galicia the C^^'s fore*
continue their victorious advane.
beins- now in command of the
passes over the Garnathian moun
tains and practically around Cra
cow.
In the west the Allies have
pushed forward their I'nes in the
region around Ypres. Germany is
reported to be rushing the con
struction of more submarines and
air craft. The Reichstag met yes
terday to pass a big w?~ loan of
$1,250,000,000.
DROPS BOMB ON
AMMUNITION TRAIN
A correspondent in northe""
France wries to the London
Chronicle that last Wednesday
about noon a tremendous cxplol
sion was heard and felt for miles
along the Allies' line. The source
of the explosion was apparently
behind the German line. Later it
was learned that a British naval
-airman had dropped a bomb
squarely on a German ammuni
tion train which blew up.
MORE ENGLISH SOLDIERS
Hirectly following Lord Kitch
ener's speech at the Lord Mayor's
banquet in London, in which he
said he had 1,250,000 men ready
to land in France, there has been
me-
features attempted and adopted ?8 fast as the ships can find
was this About five years ago itl "S"1!8
the~ offices of president of the col- a march from the docks through
lege and director of the station J"? streets of Havre, cheering and
should be separated. President I "ein* cheered, they disappear.
liTAnbt LaI 1 il. j'__l
A:
C. faculty as well as that of othec
similar institutions. Finally at
tracted by the work of the .Better
Farming association/under Tho-1
mas Cooper, we conceived tlfe'
idea of attempting to take over
that work under the experiment
station, and make *!r. Cooper the
J1'8 unqualified approval, not onlyj ?rves*
tlie taking the work, but the se-, ifSf®
lection of Mr. Cooper as director. ™iddle west.
xne norses are to be used as
(Continued on page 2) mounts-for the French cavalry.
Men are being loadee
T1ie
troops are mostly ter-
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DAKOTA, tHURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914
TAX STAMP
MOV IN EFFECT
seasoned. After
FUNSTON HAS FURLOUGH
Major General Funston, who
commanded the American troops
at Vera Cruz, has been granted a
two-months leave of absence,
commencing the first of this
month.
OVER 1,000 HEAD OF HORSES
What is said to be the largest
single shipment of horses for ser
vice in. the European war from an
on
b°ard
the British
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B16 FIGHT IS STILL BASING
In Northern Poland. WhereOreat
est Rattta li A)l History
WILL TAKE NO ACTION
No action will be taken by this
government on the protests of
Great Britain and France to the
state department against breach
es of neutrality by Columbia and
Ecuador. It is understood that as
Columbia has already emphati
cally denied the charge made
against her of violations of neu
trality. Secretary Bryan is bound
to accept her word for it un
questioned. It is not believed that
any serious complications will re
sult.
Chili has unofficially charged
that Germany has wantonly vio
lated her neutrality. It is alleged
that German warships have used
Juan Fernades Island as a naval
base and that the captain of-the
American steamer Scramento had
his cargo of coal seized there by
the German flotilla.
CLINT A BESSIE COMING BAOK
The ever popular players Clint
& Bessie Robbins and their own
company will return here for two
nights on|y starting Monday. Dec.
7. They will present two new plays
oh their return here. The opening
play will be "The Heart of A
Thief" new specialties, will be in
troduced. This will be the last en
gagement of the Robbins' here as
they are now. going west and will
not get back iq this territory un
til next Seagal .HQjneiqiter the
Date.
IP
Bisfiop Tyler of Fargo and ...*,
good wife spent last Monday night
in this city, and were tendered a
reception in the church parlors.
After thifc a meeting of the church
was held at which it was unani
mously decided to adopt the du
plex envelope system of receiving
collections for the chui-ch and the
following were appointed as the
Bishop's committee: R. H. Devine.
warden W. P. Cairncross, R. T.
Mahan. treasurer: R. C. McClin
tock. secretary: E. Lounsbury.
J. W. Perkins. N. J. Shields.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS
Generals Villa and Zapata are
in the Mexican capital now mid
are keeping order there, while
Gen. Carranza is doing the
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Deelaned to Warn Amerloane
They were Approaching
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Secretary. Bryan announced
Friday morning that the launch
from the American cruiser Ten
nessee. which attempted to en
ter the closed harbor of Smyrna,
was signaled that she was ap
proaching a mine field beforo
shots were fired as a warning to
the little craft, according to the
explanation given by the Turkish
minister of war to American Am
bassador Morgenthau. The note
to Secretary Bryan states that
shots were fired after a signal had
been given to prevent the launch
from approaching mines and that
they were not fired in the uuec
tion of the launch. This explana
tion closes the incident.
same
thing in Vera Cruz. Villa is charg
ed with wishing to become the
President of Mexico himself, but
he and Zapata have f^—ied a co
alition to support the provisional
government of Gutierrez, estab
lished by the national convention.
If Villa becomes president it will
be later.
MAY
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NUMBER 41
Twelve-Year-Old Harvey Jolineon
Losee Hla Life While at
Way
ACCIDENTALLY SflOTIN HEAD
While Skating With tome Com
panions on the loe Near
Pairmount
A sad accident occurred near
Fairmount. last Saturday after
noon, in which little 12-year-old
Harvey Johnson was killed by the
accidental discharge of a gun.
In company with a number of
companions he was skating on the
slough just below town, when in
some way, a twenty-two calibre
rifle held by one of the boys was
accidentally discharged. The ball
struck Harvey in the head and re
sulted in his death in a short time
without his having regained un
consciousness.
Coroner Ness was summoned to
the scene of the accident to hold
an inquest. No blame was attach
ed to any one unless it be for tak
ing a gun to the place, as the
shooting was wholly accidental
and is deplored very deeply by the
entire community.
A Similar Aooident
A somewhat similar accident
with an equally fatal result oc
curred at the English coulee near
the state university, where a num
ber of boys were playing. One of
the youngsters brought a 22-cali
bre rifle to the scene. When an ef
fort was made to discharge the
weapon the cartridge appeared to
be faulty and would not explode,
whereupon young Coults tried tr»
unload the rifle. In doing so he
accidentally let the hammer slip
and tfie weapon was discharged,
the ball striking 11-year-old John
Mullally and producing a wound
from which he died shortlv after
wards.
EASTERN STAR ELECTION
The Eastern Star Lodge held its
annual election of officers. Tues
day night, and the following were
ebosen:
W. M.—Hattie T. Rice,
A. M.—Ethel K. Mertz.
gee. —Mabel Kachelhoffter.
CHURCH HpiNW 1 ^Trea^.?-JLrfij}ella Robinson
"This, CotKl?-^milltt-'r. Slespetfj
As's't Cond.—Glara Purdoh.
in your estimation be a safe
place for your funds, but did
you ever consider the risk you are
taking?^ No matter^how secure you
may think the hiding place, thieves
seem to have a natural gift for locat
ing. Why take chances when by
entrusting your savings to us you
will eliminate all unnecessary
risks? The long standing and
honorable record of this .institu
tion, as well as the representative
men in charge of same should
commend us to the most skeptical.
THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
ANOTHER BATTLESHIP GONE
The British battleship Bulwark
was blown up by an internal ex
plosion near the mouth of the
Thames river, and between 700
and 800 men were lost. This is the
heaviest British naval loss in the
war.
DEMOCRATIC PLENTY
Minneapolis Journal: Banks in
western North Dakota were in the
Minneapolis money market today
buying commercial naner. There
is so much cash in their tills that
they are unable to find use for it
at, home. This is a remarkable sit
uation.
PAYS 65 PER CENT
State Insurance Commissioner
Walter Taylor says the state bail
insurance department will makf
settlement with the insured this
fall on a 05 per cent basis. Last
year it paid 88 per cent, but two
years ago only 55 per cent.
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