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Inspector McLaughlin calls attention
to the desires expressed by the Indians
in council that a certain tract of land,
embracing approximately 960 acres in
orders promptly
Dowagiac Mfe. Co. 'Phone
MW5P0WDER
Pure Phosphate Powder
77?e
Per Full Pound
THE FORT TOTTEN BILL.
Additional Details About the Marshall
Bill for Opening Fort Totten.
Representative Marshall has pending
before the house commmittee on In
dian affairs a bill ratifying an agree
ment with the Indians of the Devils
Lake reservation and making an ap
propriation to carry the agreement in
to effect. The bill is similar to that
which Senator Hansbrough has intro
duced in the senate and which was fav
orably reported by the senate commit
tee on Indian lands at the last session
of congress. The report which will
soon be favorably placed before the
senate contains the following:
HEAVY WORK HORSES
FOR SALt
Sixty head from Morton County.
Weight from 1100 to 1500.
Dr Holcomb,
Washington House Feed and Sale Stable
STATE CAPITOL EXTENSION
Office of the Capitol Commission,
Bismarck, North Dakota, No
vember 16th, 1903.
NOTICE TO BUILDERS.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the Capitol Commission at their office in
the capitol building at Bismarck, N.
D., until 1 o'clock p. m., Tuesday Jan.
12th, 1904.
For the erection and completion of
the proposed North Wing to the State
Capitol also making certain changes
and alterations in the old building.
Separate bids with certified checks
accompanying each, will be submitted as
follows:
First—For the general contract for the
new building check $5,000.00.
Second—For the general contract for
the old building included in above.
Third—For the plumbing, $500.00.
Fourth—For furnishing and installing
One passenger elevator, $500.00.
Fifth—For the electric wiring, $300.00.
All the above checks to be made pay
able to the order of Frank White, gov
ernor and chairman of the commission,
and will be given as a guarantee of
jioodi faith, that the contractor whose bid
shall be accepted wili enter into con
tract at the price named in his bid.
And also that he will within a rea
sonable time furnish a good and ap
proved surety bond, in a sum equal to
the amount of the contract price and in
strict accordance with chapter 133 of the
laws of 1901, of the state of North
Dakota, for the faithful execution of
(he contract, otherwise the check to be
forfeited.
Contractors will have until Dec. 1st,
1904, in which to complete all con
tracts.
Plans and specifications are on file,
and may be seen at the office of the
capitol commission at Bismarck, N. D.
At the office of the Builders' Exchange,
at St. Paul, Minn., and at the office of
M. E. Beebe. architect, 618 First Ave
nue North, Fargo, N. D.
The right is hereby reserved to reject
any and all bids. By order of the capi
tol commission.
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FRANK WHITE,
GovernQf.
E. F. PORTER,
Secretary of State.
H. L. HOLMES,
I'l Auditor.
Capitol Commission.
t%»i(Sw. ^3 to Jan. 11, '04. IncJ
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PATENTS
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the northdast corner of the military
reservation as now defined and border
ing on Devils Lake, be reserved by the
government and set apart as a public
park. This tract embraces Sully Hi|l.
which, it appears, has some local his
torical significance, and is an elevated
ridge of much natural beauty, with sev
eral deep ravines extending from its
northern slope toward the lake. This
tract is covered with a dense growth of
small timber, there being found thereon
every variety of timber and wild fruit
indigenous to the state. This tract of
is so rough and broken that it is not
adapted to cultivation, and the inspec
tor accordingly recommends that the
request of the Indians be favorably
considered.
It seems/that the Indians would not
accept anything less than $2.50 per
acre for their surplus lands, including
the excluded tract, together with some
compensation for their timber claim,
which latter claim was satisfied by the
item of $3,960. Inspector McLaughlin
is of the opinion that the price repre
sented by the lump sum consideration
is very reasonable when the present
value of similar land in that section of
the country is considered. The white
settlers in that locality consider' the.
land worth $5 per acre.
Inspector McLaughlin, after making
a careful study of the condition of the
Indians, and in view of the very de
cided opinion of Agent Getchell, arriv
ed at the conclusion that payment in
cash, as demanded by the Indians,
would be of more benefit to them than
if paid to them in any other way. He
considers the Indians of that reserva
tion •sufficiently advanced to make
proper use of the money.
It will be noticed that $1.25 was the
amount provided for in that bill, and,
as stated above, $2.50. per acre is the
lowest amount that the Indians would
treat for in the agreeftient now before
the senate for ratification. They have
always kept in mind the 64,000 acres
erroneously excluded from their reser
vation in the survey of 1875, and in
this treaty have demanded an allow
ance of $1.25 per acre to make a full
allowance of $2.50 per acre, as demand
ed by them as a condition for this
treaty. The Indian department claims
that the Indians never stated their
claim to this tract of 64,000 acres until
included in the agreement now before
the senate.
1 he bill of Mr. Marshall provides for
the setting aside of sections 16 and 36
for school lands for the state of North
Dakota, and by this provision the state
will secure lands worth $150,000.
BURN CHECKS PASSED.
Harvey Herald: Ludwig Christian
son, a party from the Maddock neighbor
hood, passed two bum checks in town
last week. Both of them were drawn
on the Farmers State Bank of Mad
dock and one of them for $66 was pur
ported to have been drawn by Ole
Hakenson in favor of Christianson and
was indorsed by K. O. Rauk, who went
with him to the bamc where the check
was cashed. The othgr check for $15
was passed on the Sayre-Strong Co. in
payment for goods purchased and was
signed by Ludwig Christianson. The
checks came back protested, but no ac
tion has yet been taken by the parties
victimized. Mr. Rauk, who has known
Christianson for some time, is on the
opinion that the man must have been
mildly insane and he hopes to get the
matter straightened out without invoking
the aid of the law.
PAGE PICKINGS.
Page, N. D., Dec. 12.—To Th$ foal
rum: Miss Plank of Finley is the
guest of Mrs. Courtenay.
Miss Mary Fritz of Donnelly, Minn.,
is the guest Of her brother, Thomas
Fritz.
Dan McDonald returns from Fargo
Friday morning.
Misses Pearl and Gail Green were
passengers to Casselton Saturday.
Miss Louise McCorquodale returned
to her home in Huntpr after a two
weeks' visit with Mrs. Wm. E. Whis
nand.
John Murphy went to Fargg Friday
morning to visit his brother James, who
is receiving medical treatment in the
hospital there. v
Ellis Snyder went toFargo Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Worley returned
to Osnabrock Saturday where they will
make their home.
Mrs. James Long and daughter, Hel
ena, returned Saturday evening from a
visit in Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith went to
Aneta Thursday where they will visit
their son Warren Smith. "f v
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Dickinson of Ayr
were Page visitors Mlonday
Mr. and Mrs. E. Q.' Carver left for
Minneapolis Friday morning to attend
the funeral of their daughter, Mrs. S.
H. Clough.
Miss Ethel Davis of Ayr was a Page
visitqr Friday evening.
The Demorest Silver Medal contest
held here in the M. E. Church was a
complete success and enjoyed by all
who attended.
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Miss Pearle Whisnand was awarded
the prize.
Miss Leah Dickinson is on the sick
list this week.
Charles Atlqns left this morning for
western Canada where he will locate on
a claim. Genevieve R.
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BRUTES GIVEN TO DRINK. LINCOLN'S PRIVATE CAR.
The sloth bear is another animal^
given to this failing. The natives of
India are in the habit of banging little
vessels on the palm trees for the pur
pose of catching the juice. This juice
is so attractive to the sloth bear that,..
although such a poor climber, he will
scramble up and go on drinking the
juice until he is so drunk that he can
only slip helplessly to the ground and
lie there in a drunken stupor until the
effects have passed off. V.
But the sloth bear is not the only
animal who is so partial to this Juice
of the palm tree. The cufious fruit (or'
fox) bats (family pteropodidoe) are par
ticularly fond of it. This peculiar little
i combination of beast and bird, with its
foxlike face, reddish, furry body and
black, uncanny looking wings, -the deli
cate membrane of which Is always
quivering down to the very tips, will
fly to these vessels in company with
som^ hundreds of his companions and
they. will suck the juice until the
ground below the tree will be dark
with the bodies of these bats, who will
lie there too helplessly intoxicated to
move or defend themselves no matter
what may turn up.
The biggest drunkard of ail is per
haps the palm civet. So addicted is
this animal to the drinking habit that
he has been termed the toddy cat. And
a more helpless, foolish looking crea
ture than he is when he is thoroughly
intoxicated with the palm juice it:
would be difficult to find. There are'
many other anHnals given to this fail
ing, but all those I have spoken of live
in India, and it may be that the heat
which induces extreme thirst, a fre
quent excuse among men, is the direct
cause of it.—Collier's Weekly.
Max O'Rell'a Adder.
.During his tour through Australia
many years ago death was once close
upon Max O'Rell, as it, seemed to him
at the time. Lying in bed one night in
a bush hostelry, worried by mosquitoes
and thinking of the snakes against
which he had been warned, he became
aware of the presence alongside of him
of a cold, treacherous snake., probably
a death adder, as it was only about
three feet long. Death from the bite
of this playful adder is rapid and pain
less, and the Frenchman recorded aft
erward liis reflection that it was bet
ter perhaps to die that way than by
gout or rheumatism. After an hour of
agony, however, he slipped out of bed.
struck a light and went about the room
searching for the walking stick he had
carried especially for defense against
reptiles. After a weary and nervous
hunt he found it at last among the dls
ordered bedclothes.
Curiona Habit In a Dog.
A certain Pomeranian has a most ex
traordinary habit at mealtimes which
appears worth recording. This behav
ior is the prelude to only one kind of
food—1. e., bread and milk. It consists
in first wiping the nose smartly to and
fro on the flannel on which the dog
lies, and this Is repeated between each
mouthful. To such an extent is this
eccentricity carried that she refuses
this kind of food altogether it there is
no flannel to wipe her nose on. The
curious part of the whole episode is
that there Is none of this wiping with
bread sopped in gravy. It seems to be
suggested by some irritation peculiar
to war/n^jnilk.—London Times. .v^
Set Him to Thlnlcinv.
They had been talking as tbey Vatt£
ed. She had remarked pathetically:
"Oh, it must be terrible to a man to
be rejected by a woman!"
"Indeed it must," was his response.
Then, after awhile, with sympathetic
disingenuousness, she exclaimed:
"It doesn't seem that I could ever
have the heart to do it."
And there came a silence between
them as he thought It oviuv—BGewik
log's Monthly.
Fatal Error.
Tess—So their engagement Is broken
off?
Jess—Yes tbey quarreled, and she
was in the wrong.
Tess—And she wouldn't admit it?
Jess—No: that was the whole trou
ble. She did admit it. and after that,
he simply became unbearable.—Phila
delphia Press.
Where It Wouldn't Work.
His Teacher—Don't you know. Tom
my. you should not let your left hand
know what your right band does?
Tommy—Y&fra. but you've just got
to take both hands when you want to
tie a tin can to a dog's tall.—Chicago.
Tribune.
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Gold melts at a temperature of 1240
degrees.C. or 2204 degrees F. Lead!
melt* at 020 degrees V. and wax at
134# degrees F.
lUar Anlmdli Become Intoxicated
on Nature'* Beverage*.
Although it has often been said when5
speaking of drunkenness that even thsg Washington Star: "There ^standing
beasts of the field do not get drunk it
is nevertheless a fact that U great
many animals do get intoxicated.
Take the elephant, for instance. He is
particularly fond of the fruit of the
ungann tree, and although he appears
to have some idea that it is not good
for him he will go on eating when he
has once begun until he is wildly ex
cited and so intoxicated that he will
stagger from side to side. Every now
mfd then lie will pull himself up, shake
his huge head and tear madly through
the forest, trumpeting at tbogtop of his
voice and terrifying every living crea
ture. It is Shld that he will even dare
and defy his most dreaded enemy, the
tiger, when in this condition, but we
have 110 means of verifying this. It is
well known, however, that an elephant
is in a most dangerous condition when
suffering from the effects of eating
this beautiful fruit, and all who can
take care to keep out of his way as
much as possible.
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Relic Which Many BeBeve Should B* in the
National Museum.
on a side track in the Union Pacific
yards at Omaha, Neb., a relic that many
people think should be in the National
Museum at Washington," said Henry
J. Harper, of the western city to a Star
man at the New Willard.
"It is the old armored c^r used by
Abraham Lincoln when he was presi
dent of the United States, and was also
used to carry the body of the martyred
executive to its resting place at Spring
field, 111., in 1865. The car remained at
Springfield until the close of the Civil
War, at, which time much government
property was sold at auction, the Lin
coln car included. The Union Pacific
railroad was just being built, and practi
cally owing its existance to. President
Lincoln, purchased the historic relics.
"When first constructed the car was
the acme of railroad coach architecture,
but when placed beside the modern
equipment of today, the vast strides
made in the progress of railroad trains
are shown as never before. Originally
divided into three compartments opening
into a narrow hallway extending the
entire length, the car was lined through
out with quarter-inch steel plates, mak
ing it bullet proof. This was thought
necessary, since Mr. Lincoln used the
car in all his travel from Washington
to the army posts he visited. The car
was upholstered and padded with rich
crimson silk, and the president's room
was decorated with panels on which the
coat of arms of the different states were
painted.
"After the car passed into the pos
session of the Union Pacific it was used
by Sidney Dillon, then head of the rail
road, as a private car for himself and
the directors. At that time Indian and
outlaw attacks on the overland trains
frequently occurred, and the armored
car was used as a protection against
both, white and red marauders. It serv
ed its purpose many years until all dan
ger of these attacks were past, after
which the car was brought to Omaha
and a special house erected for it in the
Union Pacific shops.
"During the world's fair at Chicago
and again at the trans-Mississippi ex
position at Omaha the historic car was
on exhibition and attracted much at
tention. Since the last named exhibi
tion the old car has been taken out of
the shed and has gone to ruin very fast.
At present scarcely a vestige of i^^ojkl
splendor remains."
FARMERS' INSTITUTES.
To The Forum: The following
farmers' institutes have been scheduled
for January:
Hamilton—Monday and Ttiesday,
Jan. 4-5.
Drayton-—Wednesday and Thursday,
Jan. 6-7.
Grafton—Friday and Saturday, Jan.
8-9.
Langdon—Monday and Tuesday,
Jan. 11-12.
Park River—Wednesdays and Thurs
day, Jan. 13-14.
Larimore—Friday and Saturday, Jin.
15-16.
Michigan City—Monday and Tues
day, Jan. 18-19.
E. E. Kaufman, Secretary Farmers'
Instituted.
MACHINERY BOUGHT,
i Harvey' Herald: The building com
'mittee of the creamery company pur
chased the machinery last week. Noth
ing but the very best and latest improv
ed devices were included in the gur
.chase .which when set up anjl ready
for use will make the best creamery
equipment in the state. The cream
ripener is the "Farrington" which in
sures absolute cleanliness and perfect
results. A Bohn refrigerator with the
capacity of 120 tubs or 9,600 pounds of
butter will be ample room for storage
and cooling. A Disbrow churn and but
ter worker combined, a twelve horse
engine and a twenty horse toiler, to
gether with several other small de
vices, cream vats, etc., will complete the
outfit.
Work on the building is progressing
nicely and the ice house will be ready
for use about the middle of this month.
At present it is thought that the ma
chinery will be ordered in some time in
February and by that time the butter
maker will be here to superintendent
the work of installing the plant.
SIGNS BOND AND TAKES ALL RISK
TH£ WALDORF PHARMACY HAS
FAITH IN MI-O-NA, THE
FLESH-FQRMING FOOD. THEY
SELL IT UNDER GUARANTEE.
Not one time in 500 does Mi-o-na fail
to cure dyspepsia. It is because of its
remarkable power to cure this disease
that the Waldorf Pharmacy is able to
sell it in the following unusual way.
With, every 50c box £iey give a
signed guarantee bond to refund \he
price if the purchaser can honestly tell
them that it has not given freedom
from stc.nach troubles, increased flesh
and restored health. The risk is all
the Waldorf Pharmacy's as the follow
ing bond which they sign fully shows:
GUARANTEE BOND
We hereby agree to refund the
price paid for Mi-o-na, if the pur
chaser tell us that it has not increased
flesh and given, freedom from stom
ach troubles. Waldorf Pharmacy.
Mi-o-na is not a mere digestive that
simply gives temporary relief.
While it helps the food to digest, it
also has a positive strengthening action
upon the digestive organs and puts the
whole system in proper physical con
dition. It restores power to the nerves
of the stomach and in this way gives
that importaht organ the power to di
gest food. In this way natural flesh
is riegained and health restored.
Remember that you risk nothing ill
buying Mi-o-na. The bond protects you
so that if it fails to give the desired
effect the Waldorf Ptutrqgicy will
your money without question and wtth~
oo| argument.
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For Christmas
The boy, the girl, the young and old boys and girls who would not rpj&^Ci
at a pair of skates for Christmas, are hard to please.
v Johnson's Cycle Supply House
has a large line on hand, at prices from
ooc to $10.00.
And th&n lo(k &t thft list of articles we offer as suggestions for Christina*
gifts: Guns, Rifles, Air Rifles, Balls, Bats, Knives, Razors, Games of
all kinds for young people Phonographs and Records, Boxing Gloves,
Punching Bags and Platforms, Fishing Reels, Hand Sleds, Bicycles,
Velocipedes and everything in the sporting line.
Buy a dog collar for Christmas, and have his or her name stamped in it free.
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drug stjOre, and ori the degreeucxf
knowledge depends the degree of
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