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Commissioners Proceedings
July Meeting.
Washburn, N. D., July 7., 1913.
Board of County Connnieaioners
met in regular session at 4 tp. m.,
present Chairman Wright, Commis
sioners Bergquist and Miller.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and Auditor instructed to
Issue warrants in payment of
Bame:
Nels O. Herried, road work
Buffalo coulee $ 6.00
John 8atterlund, road work
Buffalo coulee and river
road
Gottlieb Klein, road work
Twp. 144-82
Jacob Rundert, road work
Twp. 146-81
W. F. Richard, repairing road
tools Dist. No. 21
John Schuimeier, repairing road
tools
D. C. Wrigiht, viewing roads
and mileage
Robert Laughlin, road work .. 48.50
B. H. Brewer, road work .. 76.50
C. O. Hjelle, road work .... 85.50
H. C. Hauge, road work 9.00
Dewitt Flinn, road work 43.86
Hugh Wright, road work .... 63.00
Ira Wright, road work 13.50
S. S. Knock, road work 48.36
J. M. Hammack, road work .. 98.67
C. C. Wright, road work 168.00
On motion the bill of W. F. Rich
ard $50.50 for repairing road tools
District No. 18 was reduced and
allowed at $30.05.
On, motion the bill of Thos. Mangar
$77.00 for hauling material for
bridges was reduced and' allowed at
$60.50.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and Auditor instructed to
issue warrants in payment of same:
Ole Kvanne, road work $ 16.80
P. R. Fahlgren, road work
Twp. 144-83-84
Runt Knutson, 'road work Twp.
144-83-84
Otto Anderson, road work Twp.
144-83-84 ...
Twp. 143-81 141.75
John Dixon, road work Twp.
143-81 ..... 148.50
Fred Johnson, road work
Twp. 143-81 72.00
Emery Johnson, road work
Twp. 143-81 72.00
Elmer Schoolcraft, road work
Twp 143-81 9.00
Dan Gill, road work Buffalo
coulee
Twp. 144-81 ...
Afiton Peterson,
Twp. 144-82
Peter Wiese, road work Twp.
146-80
Hans Hultberg, road work
Twp. 145-81
Martini Peterson, road work
145-81
Fredi Rieser, road work Twp.
145-81
John Twietan, road work Twp.
145-81
Peter Rlester, road work Twp.
145-81
A. E. Felland,
John Heme, road work Twp.
148-83
David Henne, road work Twp.
148-83
Daniel Bogert, road work Twp.
148-83
John Bogert, road work Twp.
148-83
1
Harry Nelson, road work Twp.
A 148-83
Jacob Bogert, road work Twp.
148-83
Jocob Stark, road work Twp.
"'lit" 148-83
W&Wi Jacob Wesner, road work Twp.
$fj 1483
^'.vAdolph Weber,
148-83
Jobji Ulrich,
pfl'' Twp. 148-88
Hummell,
W&- 148-83
W- O. Hummell,
Twp.- 148-88 ....
^feSTbeo. Mittlelder,
148-83
Emanuel Eslinger, road work
Twp. 148-83
Herbert Thompson, road work
99.00
22.50
61.85
John A. Barlow, road work
Twp. 144-83-84 38.25
Alfred Fahlgren, road work
Twp. 144-83-84 93.38
W. E. Partridge, road work
144-83-84 49.50
Joihn Fahlgren, road work Twp.
144-83-84 47.25
C. E. Bade, road work Twp.
144-83-84 41.63
Andy Fahlgren, road work
Twp. 144-83-84 70.90
O. C. Stone, road work Twp.
143-81 61.87
Albert Sheldon, road work
143-81 64.12
W. A. Hodnett, road work
Twp. 143-81 100.00
C. O. Hanson, road work Twp.
143-81 126.00
Arthur Fritz, road work Twp.
143-81 72.00
Harry MoGahey, road work
10.00
Floyd Lathrop, road work
Buffalo coulee 14.0Q
P. A. Sundstrom, road work
Buffalo coulee 8.00
Manuel Tjenstrom, road work
Twp. 144-81 36.00
Emanuel Meyer, road work
Twp. 144-81 27.00
Oscar Oberg, road work Twp.
144-81 75.00
road work
Arthur Tjenstrom,
Twp. 144-81 ...
Gottfried Rieser,
Twp. 148-83
Christian Hummell, road work
Twp. 148-83
H. R. Allers, road work Twp.
149-82
Grover Thompson, road work
5.00
97.50
13.30
.90
37.50
to
On motion the 'board adjourned
meet at 9 a.m., July 8th.
Washburn, N. D., July 8, 1913.
Board met at 9 a. m., pursuant
to apjournment present Chairman
Wright, Commissioners Bergquist
and Miller.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and Auditor lustrum3] to
.issue warrants in payment of same:
John Karonyk, roadi work —$ 27.00
O. B. Tr indie,, road work .. 20.25
Twp., 149-83 28.12
Theo. Allers, road work Twp.
149-83 23.25
John Metzger, road work Twp.'
148-84 13.50
Jacob Huber, road work Twp.
148-84 4.50
.R Weinberg, road work
..... 29.25
Twp. 148-84
David Fast, road work Twp.
148-84
J. E. Bayne, road work Twp.
148-84
Otto Sather, road work Twp.
148-84
Clayton Condci.,
Twp. 148-84
G. F. Schempp, road
Twp. 148-84
Gottlieb Schetmpp, road work
28.75
Twp. 148-84 '.
Jacob Brenneisse, Jr., road
work Twp. 148-84
Jacob Flath, road work Twp.
148-84
Edmund Wacker, road work
Twp. 148-84
John Nehrer, road work Twp.
148-84
Jacob Schempp, road work
Twp. 148-84
Tom L«yman, road work Twp.
148-84
Christian Eslinger, road work
Twp. 148-84
Adolph Hoch, road work Twp.
148-84
Harry Allen, road work Twp.
148-84
L. L. Nehrer, road work Twp.
148-84
Jenklin Williams, road work
Twp. 147-84-85
Eric Larson, road work
M. E Johnson, clerk treasur
er's office, Jun«
A. H. Nygaard, clerk treasur
er's office, June
Homer Wallin, clerk treasur
er's office, June
P. Wahl, deputy sheriff..
J. H. Olson, deputy sheriff ..
W. G. Hendricks, deputy
auditor, June
Harry Wahl, deputy register
of deeds, June
Selma Peterson, clerk regis
ter of deeds office, May ..
Mary Yanken, clerk register
of deeds office, June ....
Josephine Indseth, clerk regis
ter of deeds office, June..
H. O. Simon, boating prisons
ers and mlscl -expense ..
36.00
road work
27.00
road work
54.00
63.00
870.50
11.25
23.88
15.75
10.38
road: work
Twp. 148-81 ....
Charley Martin,
Twp. 148-81 ...
A. E. Felland,
49.0
road work
Twp. 148-81
John Ranne, road work Twp
148-81
Jacob Metz, road work
148-83
18.00
road' work
16.00
18.00
Twp.
22.50
20.25
15.75
22.50
22.50
1.35
10.50
18.75
12.40
road work
23.65
road work
13.50
rosM work
road work
road work
Twp, 148-83 ....
Gottlieb Hummell,
f: Twp. 148-88
job** Bogert, road work Twp.
148-83 ...
3John Webere, rood work Twp.
road work
Jobs Scbumeier,
£v,. Twp. 148-83
•lie Kingsley,
children
27.00
10.15
23.65
47.25
12.38
Twp. 149-82
Hoi tan Wick, road work Twp.
149-82 25.86
H. O. Thompson, road work
54.00
Twp. 149-82
David Hummell, road work
Twp. 149-82
Wm. Engel, road work Twp.
149-83
Frank Ulrich, road work Twp.
149-83 9.00
Gotthilf Bngel, road work
13.50
26.40
Twp. 149-83 48.38
John J. Mehlhoff, road work
Twp. 149-83 9.00
Chris Abel, road work Twp.
149-83 36.00
Claud Meier, road work Twp.
149-83 21.35
Jacob Bogert, road work Twp.
149-83 10.57
James Reed, road work Twp.
149-83 13.50
L/udwig Jungling, road work
Twp. 149-83 40.50
George Freese, road.' .work
Twp. 149-83 28.12
Frederick Ulrich, road work
Twp. 149-83 72.00
Anton Friese, road work Twp.
149-83 23.25
Heinrioh P. Man.tz, road work
10.15
work'
63.00
18.00
36.00
12.35
32)50
Twp. 148-84
J. J. Steinjke, road work
Twp. 148-84
Roy George, road work Twp.
148-84 95.85
John Mehlhoff, road work
50 .'60
Twp. 148-84 13.50
Fred Ross, road work Twp.
148-84 14.75
Albert Bakker, road work
Twp. 148-84
Martin Olson, road work Twp.
148-84
Wallace Van Dyke, road
work
J. R. Hamilton, road work
On motion the following bills were
allowed and Auditor instructed to
iqaue warrants in payment of same:
Institute for Feeble-Minded
care of Mary Swanson $ 15.00
I. 8. Maxwell, assessing first
district
Chris J. Hill, assessing second
district
Victor Erlckson, assessing
second district
W. J. Flynn, assessing second
district
C. F. Huston, assessing third
district
A. L. Maxwell, assessing third
district
Brown Bros., mdse furnished
Mrs. Wick
22.50
S. K. Lalka, mdse furnished
Mrs. M. Bandarenko
C. C. Wattaxn, stenographer's
fees
13.50
14.65
67.50
20.25
13.50
road work
23.65
road work
41.65
wypwp
7."
State Treasurer, fees deputy
state examiners
E. J. Jones, publishing com
missioners proceedings ....
Geo. P. Gibson, fees member
board of Insanity ........
J.A Hyland, fees member
board of insanity ..........
M. H. Sawyer, fees member
board of insanity 14.00
J. A. Hyland, fees member
board of insanity 2.00
Geo. P. Gibson, fees member
board of insanity
Mrs. Wm. Rost, fees witness
board of insanity
Mildred' Jorgenson, fees wit
ness board of insanity ....
Wm. Rost, fees witness board
of insanity
Agnes Jorgenson, fees wit
ness board of insanity ....
Improvement Bulletin, publish
ing notices for bids
L. C. St.' George, road work
Allen's coulee*
Paul H. Mitchell, road work
Allen's coulee
Bruce Merrill, road work
Allen's coulee
Matthew Maloney, road work
Allene's coulee
Sami C. Johnson, road wark
Allen's coulee
John Twietan, road work
Allen's couleee
Burleigh County, costs insani
ty case Mrs. Wickham ....
C. A. Huntley, livery
C. A. Huntley, hauling dirt..
Geo. B. Barnard & Co., sta
tionery
C. A. Huntley, road work
1.15
58.50
25.85
road' work
Twp. 148-84
Si Ulrich, road work
148-84
Ed. Drexler, road work
148-84 ..
Julius Haugness, road
33.75
Twp.
25.00
Twp.
4.50
work
34.88
30.50
67.50
69.75
20.25
2.25
11.25
13.50
On motion the applicati.
mack and Telenga for
operate ferry across the
24.75
64.35
15.00
72.00
19.75
57.69
9.20
2.31
83.33
60.00
83133
73.26
23.20
60.00
60.00
110.95
On motion the bill of A. Scbulz &
Sons $80.94 for merchandise was
reduced and allowed at $65.94.
On motion board' adjourned until
2 p. m.
Board met at 2 p. m. pursuant to
adjournment present Chairman
Wright, Commissioners Bergquistand
Miller.
On motion the bill of Dr. M. H.
Sawyer $150.00 for post mortem
examination and expert testimony
was reduced and allowed, at $30.00.
232.00
112.00
.148-84
G. Landseidel, road work
Twp. 148-84
Hager & Dilley, road work
296.0t
80.00
108.00
218.50
11.05
10.20
10.80
Wilton Merc. Co., supplies for-v.?--.
road overseer 1.28
M. H. Sawyer, professional ser
vices rendereed prisoner .. 2.00
C. F. Maennel, expense states
attorney's office 16.63
The Pioneer Store, mdse
furnished Wm. Onaan. .... 29.88
L. W. Peck, attending asses
sors meeting .. 6.50
School' for Deaf, carei Mautz
,Tl
5»
14.50
22.76
T3.60,
13.60
"of Ham
rmit to
Missouri
river at Big Bend was granted.
On motion the report of H. O.
Simon, Sheriff, showing $55.70 collect
ed in fees on civil actions during
the month of June, was not approved.
On motion the report of J. L.
Brekken, County Supt., showing $12
collected as fees during the month
of June, was approved.
On motion the report of A. S.
Reitan, Register of Deeds, showing
$489.70 collected as fees during the
month of June,was approved.'
On motion the reports of the fol
lowing Road Supervisors were ap
proved Peter Wiese, District No.
31 A. E. Felland, District No. 15
Fred Laib, District No. 32.
On motion board adjourned until
9 a. m„ July 9th.
Washburn, N. D., July 9, 1913.
Board convened at 9 a. m., pur
suant to adjournment, present Chair
man Wright,' Commissioners Berg
quist and Miller.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and Auditor instructed to
issue warrants In payment of same:
Frank Friese, road work Twp.
149-13 $ 28.13
George Huesers, road work
149-82 $ 28.13
Roy E. Thompson, road work
Twp. 149-82 65.25
Wm. Strobe, road work Twp.
149-82 29.25
Nic Allers, road work Twp.
149-82 41.63
Thos. Thompson, road work
Twp. 149-82 .... 33.75
Rudolph Steinwand, road work
Twp. 149-83 22.50
Henry Ulrich, road work Twp.
149-83 2.25
Joseph Ulrich, road work Twp.
149-83 32.10
C. M. Condcn, road Work Twp.
148-84 152.90
Hareld Foaberg,.road.work Twp.
6.00
64.15
103.50
Twp. 148-84
Thure Luthender, road work
Twp. 144-83
C. K. Quisel, mdse furnished
to M. Ayre
C. K. Quisel, mdse furnished
to L. Miller, Sr.
Alex Miller, inspecting roads
and mileage
29.25
26.05
26.75
52.25
On motion board adjourned to
meet at 9 a. m., July 10th.
WMUburn, N. D., July 10, 1913.
Board met at 9 a. m., pursuant to
adjournment, present Chairman
Wright, Commissioners' Bergquist
and Miller.
Oik motion the application of A. S.
Brewer for cancellation of penalty
and Interest on personal property
tax for ti$e yean 1905 and 1906, was
granted.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and. Auditor instructed to
issue warrants In payment of same:
Frank Daniels, balancee on
bridge contract .. .$ 40.00
Wm. Raftery, road work Twp.
148-84 in
24.76
Washburn Leader, publishing
commissioners proceedings..' 13.35
100.00 H. C. Hanson, postage and
telephone 10.95
13.15
John Stoltz, road work
C. A. Hanson, salary deputy
clerk of court
Washburn Athletic Assn., rent
4.50
2.00
4.50
2.00
9.50
2.00
9^50
3.30
9.00
16.88
22.50
33.75
Allen's coulee 33.75
Dakota Printing & Staty.C o.,
stationery and supplies ....
Dakota Printing & Staty. Co.,
stationery and supplies ....
Geo. D. Barnard & Co., sta
tionery and supplies
Walker Bros. & Hardy, sta
tionery and supplies
Washburn Confectionery Co.,
stationery and supplies ..
Washburn Telephone Co., tele
phone rental
C. A. Brummund, dray age ..
Frank O. Johnson, road work
17.90
69.8C
107.17
.50
12.00
9.25
82.50
18.00
57.25
27.0&
67.00
12.00
Twp. 144-82 64.50
C. A. Huntley, coal for court
house and jail
A. S. Reitan, recording and
postage
M. H. Sawyer, professional ser
vices rendered juror
E. C. Stocker, telephone and
freight
C. G. Forbes, mdse for coun
ty offices
W. G. .Crocker, supplies for
41.37
20.40
2.00
14.48
20.95
County Supt
Thompson Hhw. Co., mdse for
county offices and road over
seers 145.51
Metropolitan Supply Co., suplies
for County Supt 10.20
Benedict Banner, publishing
notices
Joseph Kugler, road work riv
er road
Metropolitan Supply Co., sup
plies for County Supt
J. L. Brekken, visiting
schools 60.25
Axel Nelson, paint etc 30.05
J. L. Brekken, postage June 14.50
T. J. Haugeberg, supplies i't
court house
G. W. Stewart, printing
J. L. Brekken, expense
5.45
1.50
3.35
16.28
6.75
60.00
85.00
T. C. Madden, salary Asst.
State's Attorney 50.00
J. L. Brekken, expenses school
convention 28.30
J. H." Starbuck, night watch
man 38.00
Jacob Abel, road work Twp.
149-82 55.13
On motion the bill of the Red
Cross Pharmacy, of Underwood, for
drugs furnished to Mrs. M. H. Smith
for $12.75, was reduced and allow
ed at $10.00
On motion the bills of H. L. Whit
lock and Wm. Benn $10.00 each for
work at Opera House, were not
allowed.
On motion the report of H. C.
Hanson, Clerk of Court, showing
$258.50 collected as fees during the
month of June, was approved.
On motion the report of E. C.
Stocker, Auditor, showing $27.50 col
lected as fees during thie month of
June, was approved.
On motion the Auditor was instruct
ed to advertise for bids for de
posit of the County Sinking Fund.
On motion the board adjourned to
meet at 2 p. m.
Washburn, N. D., July 10, 1913.
Board met at 2 p. m., pursuant to
adjournment, all members present.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and Auditor instructed to
issue warrants in payment of same:
Jacob Heil, road work Twp.
146-80 $ 3.15
John Klein, road work Twp.
146-80 6.30
John Korner, road work Twp.
146-80 86.63
Mandan Mercantile Co., bridge
material 341.40
On motion M. E. Fosberg was grant
ed lease to operate a ferry across
the Missouri river from a point in
McLean county two miles north of
a point directly east and across the
river from Stanton, Mercer county,
North Dakota.
On motion the application of Krist
Kjelstrup for reduction of real
estate tax for the year 1912 on lot
7 block 12, village of Underwood, was
not granted.
On motion the application of Fred
ericka Bucholz for reduction in real
estate tax for 1912 in the Village of
Underwood, was not granted
On motion the application of Mc
Lean TownsiteC o., for abatement of
real estate tax for the year 1910 on
lots 8 and 9, block 1 in the Village
of Mercer, wasnot granted.
On motion the application of A. A.
Hubbert for abatement of 1911 per
sonal property tax, was not granted.
On motion the application of Lars
Haugen for abatement of 1905 per
sonal property tax, was not granteed.
On motion the application of Chas.
Okerstrom for abatement of personal
property tax for the year 1911, was
not granted
On motion the Auditor was in
structed to issue refund order for
1909 and 1910 real estate tax on
SE1-4 of NB1-4 section 5, township
149, range 81, on account of double
asgjsssment.
On motion the Anditor and Treasur
er were instructed to transfer the
sum of $12,000.00 from the Penalty
and Interest Fund to the General
Fund.
On motion the quarterly Justice re
port of M. H. Sawyer was approved
and bills reported therein allowed
as follows:
M. H. Sawyer, justice fees ..$ 6.45
H. O. Simon, sheriff fees .. 5.10
E. Houchin, witness fees.. 15.00
B. Brugh, witness fees 15.00
Chris. Leonard, witess fess .. 15.00
Geo Smith, witness fees .... 15.00
On motion the bill of Mathilda
Oberg $282.00 for meals for Jurors,
was reduced and allowed at $197.40.
It was moved by Mr. Wright and
seconded by Mr. Bergquist that the
follownig resolution making the an
nual tax levy for County puTpoces
for the fiscal year 1913 be adopted
on roll call the following Commis
sioners voted "Aye"—Wright, Berg
quist, Miller.
The Chairman declared said resolu
tion adopted.
WHEREAS, the Board- of County
Commissioneres of MtoLean County,
North Dakota, have estimated and
determined the expenses of the said
County for the fiscal year of 1913 to
be as follows:
Auditor, deputy and clerks $4,000
Treasurer, deputy and clerics.. 4,000
Register of Deeds deputy and
clerics
Cleric of Court
States Attorney
Sheriff and deputies
County Physician
County superintendent and dep.
County Judge
County Assessors
Court expenses
Sinking Fund
Interest on bonds.'
Bridge
Bridge
Road.
Insane
County special road
Gopher bounty
Emergency 1
4,000
1,500
2,200
8,000
1,000
4,000
2,000
2,000
6,000
1,200
1,200
7,000
8,000
3,000
3,000
2,000
3,000
And whereas, there is an outstanding
indebtedness against said county as fol
lows, towit: outstanding and uncan
celled warrants amounting to the sum
of $1173.15, bonded indebtedness of the
County to the amount of $27,000.00 for
which a Sinking Fund has been created
mm» in which, there is collected the
sum 1 $15,131.00.
NOW THEREFORE, Be It Resolved
•by the Board of County Commission
em in and for McLean, County.
North Dakoto, that there to and to
hereby levied upon all the taxable
property within said County as taxes
for all county purposes for the ensu
ing fiscal year of 1913, the sum of
$65,100.00 as follows:
County General Fund
County Bridge ......
Road ...... ......
Special County Road
Insane
Singing Fund ..
Interest on Bonds ..
Emergency ........
$38,700.00
7,000.00
8,000.00
..... 8,000.00
...... 3,000.00
...... 1,200.00
....... 1,200.00
3,000.00
AND Be 'Further
under the provisions of Section
1036 of the Revised Codes of 1906,
thdna be and is hereby llvled upon
all tbe reaj .estate la Mid county a
Resolyed, that,
MSM
tax for the purpose of promoting the
extermination of gophers In the sum
of $2,000.00.
On motion the board adjourned to
meet at 9 a. m., JulylOth.
Board met at 9 a. m., pursuant to
adjournment, present Chairman
Wright,. Commissioners Bergquist
and Miller.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and Auditor instructed to
issue warrants in payment of same:
L. Bergpuist, attending commis
sioners meeting and mileage $ 27.00
L. Bergquist, viewing roads
and mileage
Alex Miller, attending com
missioners meeting and mile
age
D. C. Wright, attending, com
missioners meeting and mile
age
It used to make a man enthuse
If be could keep the babe in shoe*,
But modern mankind but aspires
To keep a motorcar in tires.
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Enthusiast—Oh, don't you love a good
play?
Modern Girl—Yes. indeed. It adds
so much to the scenic effect and cos
tumes.—'Life.
The old basket picnic
Is with us again.
The day It Is planned
"I am going to make that boy stop
whistling!" said the nervous man.
"Don't If you knew the words of
that song you'd be thankful!to let him
whistle it instead of singing it"—
Washington Star.
A ben after laying will vainly
Stand and cackle absurdly, insanely.
Though you wonder, no doubt.
What she's talking about
She's egging you on very plainly.
—Los Angeles Express.
"I saw a cubist painting of a man on
horseback yesterday."
"How did you know it was a man on
horseback?"
"Why, anybody couid see that"
"Then it was not a cubist painting."
—Houston Post
Adam had an easy time
Back in the garden there.
When he was late In getting In
There was no chance for him to skin
His shin against a chair.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
Proprietor What would you sug
gest as a sign for a first class second
hand shop?
Sign Painter—How would "Up to
Date Antiques" do?—Exchange.
Thin kin' on the life way
You're still the upper crust
But, though you bear your dally load
Or race like lightning on the road,
Tou don't raise all the dust
—Atlanta Constitution.
"Bo Miss Brown Is man led. Well.
I'm not surprised. Bhe always despis
ed her own name for its commonness
and declared she would change it at
the first opportunity. By the way,
whom did she marry?"
"A Mr. Smith."—Boston Transcript
No doubt the coming income tax
Will rake the green stuff down in stacks.
Then let 'em tax for further greens
The folks who live beyond their means.
-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"It Is only a question of time when
the suffragists will sweep the Country."
"Nonsense! Not half of them know
how to handle a broom."—Town Top
ics.
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Petition of Gullick Jaastad
others asking that Township 148,.Ran
80 be segregated from Crooked Lake
Schools District No. 26 and formed
into a new1 and separate School Dis
trict was, upon motion, granted.
On motion the board adjourned
meet Monday, August 4,1913.
D. C. WRIGHT,
Attest:
to
Chairman..
E. C. STOCKER,
County Auditor.
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I hope It will rain.
—Detroit Free Press.
"Dearest, I told your father I meant
to prove my love for you not by words,
but by deeds."
"What did he say, George?"
"He asked me If they were
deeds."—Baltimore American.
title
The newest freak of fashion.
The latest fad in dress,
May rouse some angry passion
Or cause mere man distress
It may arouse his laughter
Or move his tongue to scorn,
But women follow after
The fad—and it Is worn.
—Cincinnati Post
Mrs. Angus—She has a terrible time
training Henry In the polite language
of our set
Mrs. Datus—les she was a year get
ting him to say "haberdasher" instead
of "gents' furnisher." New York
Globe.
The iceman grins a fiendish smile
As warm days grow still hotter,
And sUU the busy ice cream man
Don't cool us like he "oughter."
—Spokane Spokesman-Review.
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Our legislator's with us.
We're proud of him, by Inks!
He showed his fellow members
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A lot of brand new kinks.
His laws were most all freakish
And gained Mm widespread fame,
And hs's signed up fer ten thousand
In the lecture circuit gams.
—Denver Republican.
Visitor—Ars you going to get a new
bat*
Congressman's little Paugbter I
don't know yet Mamma has passed
the appropriation, but I'm awfully
afraid papa will veto it He Is oppos
ed to every bill we send In.—Brooklyn
Oitlsen,
The female of the spedes.
Is mors dsadiy than ths male,
But nowadays in England
Thsar put tbem all in Jail.
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FATE OF A WORLD
Its Course From Chaos to Its
Hopeless Death Struggle.
THREE ACTS IN THE TRAGEDY
Ths First Is Shown by Jupiter, the
Sseond by ths Earth and the Third
by Mars, While ths Moon Shows the
Empty Stage After ths Play Is Dene.
No stage was ever set for such a
tragedy as the planet Mars presents.
It is the last act In the drama of a
world's history I
The first act in such a drama consists
of scenes from chaos. The huge plan
et Jupiter offers us a spectacle of that
Und in Its streaming belts of thick
clouds and its whirling vapors, glow
ing like steam above a furnace
The second act is represented by the
earth, with its fertile crust its cool, in
vigorating atmosphere and its life sus
taining seas that give birth to the
clouds which, condensing on the
mountains, furnish the rains and set
the rivers flowing.
The closing act is the role of Mars,
where the seas have vanished, the at
mosphere has thinned out the rivets
have disappeared, the continents have
turned into deserts, and life, driven into
a corner, is battling against final ex
tinction.
That there is yet intelligent life on
Mars is the universal belief of all the
observers whom Mr. Lowell has gath
ered about him at his Flagstaff ob
servatory, where the extraordinary phe
nomena of that wonderful planet are
studied as nowhere else in the world.
More than that, they tell us with
ever increasing emphasis that the peo
ple of Mars, compelled by necessity,
have developed a command over natu
ral forces which would seem miracu
lous if exhibited upon the earth.
With tbem It has become simply a
question of brain power against the
inanimate powers of nature.
They have nights and days of the
same length as ours. They have sea
sons almost precisely corresponding
with ours, except that they are each
twice as long. But their oceans are
dried up. no rains fall (though there
may be dews), and nearly all the at
mospheric moisture is alternately lock
ed up in one or the other of the polar
gnowcapB.
In such a situation no vegetation can
flourish unless artificially stimulated
by a gigantic system of irrigation. And
without vegetation animal existence Is
Impossible.
But whence can the inhabitants of
Mars derive the water needed for irri
gation? The answer given is that they
get it periodically from the melting of
the polar snows. Being without seas
and rivers they have no other source
of supply.
On Mars the reign of universal peace
must have begun ages ago, introduced
not by moral or sentimental consid
erations, but by the necessity of unit
ing all the engineering skill, all the in
ventive powers and all the physical
forces of the entire population of the
planet in a common battle for life:
The only thought of their inventors
Is of improved means for controlling
the slowly lessening supplies of mois
ture that once in about two of our
years may be drawn away from one
of the poles while the summer sun
shine is dissolving its thin snows.
This universal concentration of men
tal energy upon a single aim is con
ceived as having developed upon Mars
a knowledge of the hidden forces of
nature such as has up to the present
merely been dreamed of on the earth.
We have Just begun to learn how to
use electricity In the mechanic arta,
but they may have unlocked the secret
forces Inclosed In the atoms of matter
which our science has recently assured
us exist without showing us how to
utilise tbem.
Only by such suppositions can the
"canals," hundreds of miles wide and
thousands of miles kng, be accounted
for. if. as the Flagstaff observers in
sist those objects are really of arti
ficial origin. It should be said, bow*
ever, that In Mr. Lowell'a opinion the
bands called canals are. In fact. Irri
gated belts.
The real canals within tbem are In
visible, while the progressive darken
ing of these belts, as the polar melting
Increases, Is due to the growth of veg
etation. stimulated by tbe water.
After the world life drama closes
there Is left an empty stage, and this
Is represented by the moon. The lunar
world has lost all Its water. Its bar
edy is finished. Tbe actors steal!
dead.
Millions of years ago there may have
been a battle for life there like that
which now appears to be raging on
Mars. And millions of years In tbe
future tbe stage of tbe eartb will prob
ably be set for similar tragedy. For,
to tbe eyes of tbe overlooking gods (to
Changs a little Shakespeare's figure):
All ths sky's a stags.
And all ths worlds and suns ars merely
actors.
—Garrett V. Bervlss In New York Jour
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Here is tbe way to fold a man's coat
when you want to pack It te a bos
or a trunk. Lay tbe cost out perfectly
flat right aide up. Spread tbe sleeves
out smoothly, then told tHn back to
tbe elbow until the bottoms of tbe
cuffs sre even with tbe collar. Fold
the revers back and double tbe coat
over, folding it on the center seam.
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Half the Joy of life to In little things
taken on the run-—David Starr Jordan,?!
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