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All the News All the Time VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 4. The only way it is possible to ascertain this information is to collect it from those who are ac quainted: with the situation, and t$ do so the commercial clubs of the: county are asked to secure thie de sired information as soon as pos sible. Notwithstanding the fact that the letter was sent out July 1, GENERAL NEWS ITEMS OF COUNTY AND STATE There are 260 students enrolled at the Ve-lvia summer school. The Valley City and Mandan Chautau^uas are. closed after very sudfeessful sessions. Af^er the talk* given at the summer meeting, ads on the fron page ought to soon disappear. Suffrage meetings are being held in- a numiber of toW*fl*-in the stats. v\ Harvest Bulletin By State Dep't. It is Thought Harvest Help Will be Short But the Wages Are Good According to the Follow ing Report Given Here la keeping with the usual cus- heading nicely 200 to 250 men torn the department of agricultural wages not stated. and labor is tntMng eviery pos- Burleigh—crop conditions ex sible effort to ascertain the num- cellent probably 300 imlen $3 up. ber of harvest hands needed, in tl.i( Cass—Crops excellent 5,000 vtarious counties of the state, together with the probable wages to ihe paid. This information-is desired. by both farmer and la borer. only a few have responded, whic'jJ condition large number of (men makes the report incomplete. fallowing is the letter: "Dear Sir "Will you please furnish at an early date, the pro Ibtabde number of extra harvest band*'that will be required in the field* of your county to pro periy care for the crops of 1914, ^Wo^^g^mate of thei wages th Tfarwei^jwill pay, per day, for service!:' 'Wall you at the time you send in the above report, give a brief statement as to the ex isting con&tfofi* Of thewops-ia your secdon of the state?" Herewith is a brief statement, As' received from various coun ties: Burke—Crops splendid wheat •ur.-' Boy Scents "at Minot saved two from drowning who were swim ming in the Mouse river. Ihe crops that were hit by hail in Hettinger county a short time ago, are said to be coming along fine again. The harvesting of the rye crop began this week. The barley is soon ready and before the hay is all put up the farmer willirea liae he is a busy man. The merchant of Mountrail county, during the next six week will hold a trade extension con test. The result will be watched with interest. Hie Indians on the Standing Block reservation will hold a big fair at Fort Yates this fall. One will also be held at Blbowoods Prof. Rairdon of Ryder has signed up five towns for the Country Life Lyiceum, viz: Wlashburn, Max, Douglas, Makoti and Plaza. A mian at Velva was hit on the head by a pitched ball during a ,gam£ recently and was laid out ,for a day. i-. 4' 4,v~ 4 h* Carl Btauman, who lives near Yucca, narrowly escaped death last week by being, attack ed and gored by an,, infuriated bull. 1 Holly sixty pier cent of the bridges in Miortan comity Were "more or less damaged by the Re cent floods* Nearly two hundred cars of gravel have been shipped out of men- wages, $2.50. Divide—Crops best ever seen 2,000 men wages good. Grand: Forks—Crops never more prosperous men wanted and wa ges not stated. Griggs—Crop condition good pfrobtfubly 500 mm, wages not stated. Hettinger—-Prospects for crop good 500 niest wages, $2.50 to $3. McHenry—Crop conditions ideal 50 men wages, $3 to $3.50. Morton—Oops in flourishing will be needed iwages as high as possible. Pembina —Crop conditions not stated 1,000 to 1,500 men wages not stated. Ransom—Crop conditions gooc 100 men Wages $1.75 to $2.25. Rblette—Crop' conditions not stated 200 to 300 men wages, $2.50 to $3. Renville—Or op conditions coul not. be better 150,to 200 men ges not stated. good no estimate of mm needed wages probably start with $2.50. Walsh—Crop better than past few years 500 men wages, $3. Mandan during the past few days to be used in repairing wash outs—the result of the clound burst of two weeks ago. The Oakes' Times is .short by losing two ten dollar bills. The loss is bad enough so why make it worse by ridicule by in sinuating that that is a big' amount for a newspaper man to have and to hold? Judge A. A. Bruce of Bismarck knows where he can have a gaod,: time. He hias attended last two-meetings of the ^ress association and is- cdrdialijKW&s* corned by the bunch. The thermometer has been above ninety a numlber of days during the last two weeks. In many states it has been above one hundred and prostrations anfl deaths have been the result. The Inter Ocean of Devils Lake and the Bismarck Tribune kith got a little peeved over politics and served noticie on some of their brother editors to re tract. If they are in the game they ought to take their mledi cine. On the other hand there' is always something good to be said about the other fellow. Ten years ago North Dakota had sevt'Lty-five creameries. Now there are more than that num ber in a few counties. Withia the next ten years eviery town in the state will have its creamery and when that time comes, a little thing like a dry year won 't affect the farmers' income much. —Velva Journal. A man, a week ago, bought a ticket at Sweet Brier for Mandar^' a distance: of 18 miles. -Before the train same along the floods came and the railroad company was unable to deliver the pass enger to.his destination and as the man insist that the company received his money, 50 cents, he must be routed to Mandan by the trains which were being de-tour ed. The passenger was sent to Terry, Moat., thence to St. Paul and from the latter city he reach ed Miandan, .five days afterwards. —Hiirgo Forum. -if WASHBURN George L. Yackjey Named maries for Treasurw of Mo Lean County. WASHBURN. NORTH DAKOTA. JULY 17, 1914. PROTECT THE HOMES IN OUR COUNTRY The best government is the betSf The Grand Jury at Grand protector of the homes, and the be®4- home protector is the. man best fitted for each place in gov ernment. No one can be a good home protector who is not in fa vor of protecting the government as well and keeping it as pure and clean as possible. The home is what we make itj, and we make or unmake homes as we secure for ourselves and others good government, and a government for the whole people and not only for special classes. Special classes monopolize govern ment too much and in 1 conse quence there is much class gov ernment and much less good home government than there should be. Good homes and good government are directly associat ted.—Searchlight. Ftomcr Deputy t: Recorder Wins It will gratify his friends 10 learn that Mr. Gedrge Yaeke h. r, a former resident of Defiance, has won the nomination for coun ty treasurer on the Republic ticket after ^rhot fight. Mr. Yacfce£ was born on farm near sbfiance when t}e family moved|into town he _gra ated from th|~ schools of Defiance taking a busBnees course Uiter Mr. Yackey accepted the pointment o£ deputy under C. Jl. Christenson,"' recorder of. this ^ftunty and servedonjtffe The editor takes pleasure in congratulating Mr. Yackey on his victory. We can also assure the tax'pajners of McLean county that ha# :di8charg6~ of the du^es •of-' c6unt^ treasurer will reflect «zedit upon him and do them justice.—Harlan (Iowa) Tribune. Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock was. the time set by law for the meetings of the republi can, democratic, progressive and socialist county central commit tees. GRAND JURY AT GRAND FORKS CALLED BY JUDGE Forks this month was called by Judge Cooley under compulsion by a lawful petition of the peo ple, as he had specifically denied a request to do so before. This explanation is made because some people are inclined to be lieve that the Judge called it on his own volition. iwas a popular official and was general when it was learned that he had determined to go intji^^ jin7_3(Hh with an enroH- business at Washburn, N. D. When a younger man he was a member of the famous Defiance ball team and one of its best p'ayers. In a game he kept his eye on the ball all the time and never permitted himself to lose control by disputing- the umpire 's decisiont.... These-., traits he took into Ms professional and busi ness life. No doubt they had miuch to do with his success in the primaries. Rqrfrifcaiis, Democrats and Progressives Hdd County Central Committee meetings in Wash tarn Wednesday Afternoon at Two O'clock A good many republicans were here and the following officers elected: Chairman—J. D. Han son, Turtle. Lakes secretary— Aug. E. Johnson-, "Wtasihburii treasurer—Fred Gehner, Garrison and state committeeman—E. and state central committeeman R. D. Ward, Garrison. The fol lowing are the members of the executive committee: J. D. Han son, Aug. E. Johnson, Fred Geh The crops are so beautiful around here this year that it is a pleasure to ride over the coun try to look them over. In some places large fields were put in on each side of the road and' the grain stands way above an auto wheel, the hieads are large and well filled out and a bump er crop will no doubt be harvest ed. The ground has never been in a better condition and the States Attorney Burtness is en titled to great credit for his work in this matter, and his persistence in trying to get a matter that smells strongly of cor ruption, untangled, and the facts before the people, and if there are guilty people, to have the guilty ones punished.—Search light. Hucrta Resigns As President Itarred Since February 1913 and all Members off Hit Cabinet* Have Now *Rerigned Mexieo City, July 15.—General Victoriano Huerta resigned from the presidency of the Mexican rt public tonight. His resignation was accepted by the senate and chamber of duties, by a vote of 121 to 17. Francisco Carbajal Was then appointed president and took the oatK of office at a joint session of deputies and senators. The news|ef Huerta's resigna tion as provisional president of Mexico w.a$lipailed by officials at Washington the first practi cal step toward a quick solution of the Mexican problems. ICinot Normal Notts The summer session of the state normal school at Minot op- ment of .70. Over 25 North Da- students are also present from1 Minnesota, Wisconsin and Can ada. Among those registered from McLean county are Elsie Bosberg, Underwood, Dina Dinn, Myrna Perkins, Elenor Sherry, Benedict, Ida Washburn, Mprcer, Gertn^e Rein Turtle Lake. The Fourth of July was cele brated by a motor boat ride up the beautiful Mouse river. The ride was followed by an all day picnic in the park. Pkesttieht and'M)ps: Crinfe ha^te becifiv atiehding the' N.. E,' A. in St. Plaul^ Miss Lula Miller, Pri mary critic, has also been attend ing the sessions. ner, Fred Ramsey and Otto 01 son. Only three democrats were pre sent at the meeting when the fol lowing officers were elected: Chairman—Axel Johnson secre tary—Leslie Burgum and state committeeman—M. F. Minehan. There were also three progres sives present. The following of ficers were elected: Chairman 1 Health certificates were issued for three registered Aiberdeen Angus cattle sold by R. A. Cando kota counties are represented an| friends crowded around with ready htlp and sympathy, it sick ened and in a short time was laid in an untimely grave, leaving a lifetime of unlimited possibilities in the way cf helpftuintiss in the upbuilding of its native city, un finished. Let us pause and weep. E. Cowell, secretary—E. M. Lillehau gen. Ihe executive committee is as follows: E. E. Cowell, E. M. Lillehaugen, A. W. Bartz,E E. Dotan and Willis Boots. only farmer who cannot afford an auto this fall will be the one who just scratchedr up the earth' a Uttle whlen putting in his see d. The day of better farming has come and during no year should we have a crop failure. Stanley and Wolfe of the Gar rigon Independent are getting out a clean business paper and its appearance^ improves each wcek mm Men in This Co. Get Good Stock But why weep Surely there is a resurrection after death. So do not think us heartless if instead of saying "Rest his soul in peace," we say "Dig up this old corpse." And with the nu merous wonders that the medical science has achieved in late years, let' Us Live Stock Sanitary Board is Doing Fine Work int Raising the High Standard of Stock in North Dakota DEADER'N A DOOR NAIL FOB SOME TIME A sort time ago there flourish ed in Hasher, one of her fairest children. Born of respected par ents, this infant prodigy rapidly approached the grown up stage with astonishing leaps and bounds and in an increditable short time had all the appearance of 'a grown up. But suddenly from no appar ent cause it went into a decline despite the fact that numerous The live stock sanitary board I Since January 1, 902 pure bred recently issued individual health cattle have been tested and 89 certificates for 42 registered have been found affected with Aberdeen Angus cattle sold 'by tuberculosis under the direction Hion. Levy Johnson of Cogswell of the live stock law board 355 to the Baldwin estate at Oakes. health certificates have been i» It is undersood these cattle are sued for animals sold. be placed on different farms for When this law first took effect breeding purposes. it was oplposed by some of th» of Cogswell to Carl Eichhorst of {stood the workings of the law. Wlaslhbiurn. I The testing of the cattle is pier Mr. Candor stated that the de- formed, under certain conditions^ mand was greater than the sup- at the state's expense. It should ply, and he has to refer customers be just as important, if not moro to other breeders. He has a few so, that the purchaser be assured young hulls left that he is offering that the' animal he purchases for sale. free from disease as +o have him The law requiring that all purej guaranteed by pedigree to be & bred cattle or cat*'e represented pure bred. to be pure bred must be accom- If this law had not been enforced panied by a certificate of health the majority of 89 cattle found indicating that such animals have affected with tuberculosis would been tuberculin tested, took ef- have been sold to innocent pur fect and was in force January 1, chasers and tuberculosis introduce L914. ed into their herds. infuse new life Mood into its*~veini» and start it (going With a vim. The Hustler stands reidy at all times to help wih all its' might. We refer to the Flasher Commercial Club.—Flasher Hust ler. PROBST WHO WAS POWER IN RUSSIA STABBED* St. Petersburg, July 13.—De tails reached here in a dispatch to the Courier of a,probably fat al attack on the Mystic Lay Monk, Georgy Rasputin, whose influence over the emporer is said to be viery great. Rasputin, who has been one of the most prominent figures in Russia in recent years, was visiting his native village, EVkrovsky, in the pirovienee of Tobolsk, when a woman, a stran ger in the locality, approached him pretending to be a beggar, bed him in the abdomen with a long military dirk. The assail ant was arrested aiid confessed she had waited two weeks for the opportunity. She said she de cided to kill the monk because he was a false prophet and was leading everybody in Russia as tray- Surgeons who examined the monk's wound, declared it likely to prove fatal. COMMENTS IN FAPER8 ABOUT FOLKS WE KNOW Last Tuesday afternoon Alfred HMmberg'fr little boy, Sigfred, was badly bitten by ,a dog be longing to Wm. Bokovy hying s* .1' tif-i r' vy Job Printery in Connection. SUBSCRIPTION, SI.50 PER YEAH pure hired stock breeders, most o-f whom have given their co-opera tion when they thoroughly under- ia east of Max. It seems that Mra. Holmberg sent the little boy over to Bokovoys on an errand and be fore he got to* the house, the dog attacked^ the Uttls fellow and tore th'e leg all to shreds. He was Drought to town and Dr. Nicholson dressed the wound.—'Max Enterprise. Miss Matilda Breen left Sun day for eastern points where she' will enjoy a two weeks vacation •from her duties at the county judge's office.—Mandan Republi can. The McLean County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company held their annual meeting in the city, fire hall Tuesday after noon, which was attended by the direc tors and a numlber of others in terested in the company. The" officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: President, Herman Hanson Secretary O. B. Wing Treasurer, H. C. Nygaard Agent, Peter Gergen. The nine directors includes some of the well-toKlo farmers of the county and were unanimously electedr to conduct the business of the company for the enduinjgv ye«rs Herman Hanson, O. B. Wing, H. C. Nygaard, Peter Gergen, P. F.. Fogerty, Johannes Olson, Andrew Roseberg, James Mlalloy and Ed., Hiovda. The business of the company the past year has been satisfactory in every way. All losses have been pbid and the company in an excellent fi nancial condition at the present time.—Turtle Lake Wave. The summer meeting of th State Editorial Association wa» held at Valley City last week. Editor Trubshaw made our visit as pleasant and profitable. && promised and that town will get some good advertising as a result. Tht Ward County Press asso ciation will hold .their annual, meeting on. July 25 and 26 at' Kenmare. The Eenmare Oommer* entertainment. Which comment eial club in this county will en tertain the nine editors in Mc* Lean county? Don't all speak! at onee. ^4 l*| The mayor has ordered aU weeds in town cut. Hav^ jjnoti dcihe your part in cleaning upr the town? Nothing looks b«ct as: a yatd full of -, weeds. Ouii them down and then step jmt one foot over into your neighbor'lj yard and give him. a .. boost cleaning his yard. If the honKj wife did not keep her house anfe cleaner than some, men keef|| their yards there would be troub le in the home circle Look abont you tonight after reading this. and f.iee what can be done. V- 5(