The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume], December 24, 1903, Image 9

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Boston, \!fcc. 24.—E. VP.A'flfbflistfn,
a staff correspondent of The Trans
cript, sends that paper the following
tfcoin Winnipeg:
Winnipeg is a trifle unhappy? aft'$ a
bit pus£led by the wheat situation.
High as prices have been, the quantity
'inspected here was dnly 16,420,000
bushels up to last week. Not less than
25ooo,oco or 30.000,000 bushels had been
•expected. The Canadian Pacific rail
road and Canadian Northern had
greatly increased their plant by way
ol obviating such congestion as occur
,red last year. .What does the shortage
-'mean? he fearful think it may signi
fy that the crop was very Small. The
stouter hearted say it means that the
farmers are so well off that they can
and do hold their grain for higher
prices. One who has gone about in
some of the wheat regions may incline
to this opinion. He saw much wheat
in farmers' bins near points where ele
vators were getting little, and the wheat
held back was better than that hauled
in.
A similar situation appears to exist
in Minnesota and Dakota. There the
fpluctance of the farmers to sell wheat
may be enhanced by their hope to
force the Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern companies to give
them transportation rates as low as
those conceded to Canadian farmers by
the Canadian Pacific and Canadian
Northern. The difference is consider
able. Compare, for instance, the rates
at five Great Northern and five Can
adian Pacific stations, chosen at ran
dom:
SHIPMENT TO DULUTH.
American farmer pays to Great Nlar
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Ihe Canadian Pacific railroad hauls
wheat from Roddick, 1,002 miles, to
Fort William, for 25 cents/ the rate
which Mr. Hill's Great Northern com
pany exacts for 629 miles' haul from
Williston to Duluth. Here you see
clearly one of the minor reasons why
Dakota and Minnesota farmers migrate
to Canada. It is true that the Canadian
Pacific railroad was more largely subsi
dized by the public than Mr. Hill's
road. But neither company is com
pelled by law to be liberal. Canadian
railway men think it no wonder that
Mr. Hill is fond of his farmers, can't
bear to part with them, is wounded
in his tenderest affections when they
move north to get out of his jurisdic
tion.
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 24.—FiY^tTie
Harvard catalogue for 1903-4, the total
registration is given as 4,378, a gain
after excluding the summer school, of
147 oyer last year.
Minnesota sends nineteen, North
Dakota six, South Dakota two and
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roming two.
h^jilassachusetts leads With 2,2^v
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ELOPERS CAUGHT,
Y frerham, Minn., Die. 24.—Otto Zah
ter' and Mrs. H! O. Bullock, who left
their families and eloped from Perbam
the first of November, have been cap
Hired in Spokane, Wdsh., and Sheriff
Sawyer has gone west to bring them
back. Zahler carried on a prosperous
grocery business in Perham until a few
months ago, and he left a wife and two
young sons. Mrs. Bullock had a hus
band and seven children, but took the
youngest, a child 1% years old, with
her./ ,•
ALL 'READY FOR "PARSI&AL
)jfew York, t)ec. 34.—After elaborate
rdhearsals, extending over a period
twelve weeks' and the expenditure of
mdre th&n $100,000, this evening sees
the initial ore$ent?tion in.. AgKraa
Wafpr'i ^itsifal" at th
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ROOT MAY SUCCEED HANNA.
I It Secretory Root Win Accept He Will tlead
National Committee.
CKidk^o, Dec. 24.—Walter V^ittfnin,
in a Washington special to The Record
Herald, says:
Senator Hanna has declined, formal
ly and finally to serve 3s chairman of
the national republican committee aft
er the expiration of his term, which
will be when the national convention
meets in Chicago in July.
Elihu Root may be his successor. Mr.
Root is to retire from the war depart
ment the latter part of next month,
and President Roosevelt has offered
him the chairmanship of the national
committee. Mr. Root has taken the
matter under consideration. Although
at present Mr. Root is much inclined
to adhere strictly to his determination
to retire wholly from active politics as
well as from public life and to devote
his entire time to the practice of law
in New York City, there is still a pos
sibility that President Roosevelt may
be able to induce him to consent to
serve as national. chairman and as
manager of next year's campaign. The
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Rate pet
100 lbs.
Hiles.
160.
Churchs Ferry ..
Rugby X, 447
Bottmeatt .i .« 485 tBc
Stanley .... .,. .... 557 19c
Wllliston 1. 629 35c
SHIPMENT TO FORT WILLIAM,
Canadian farmer pays to C&Viatftan
Pacific railway:
,#' Rate per
NEWSPAPERS.
Less Than One-Third of North Dakota's News
papers
QQto
Historical Society.
Some tiijne ago Secretary Libby of the
State Historical Society asked the news
papers of the state to send two copies
of each issue to him, to be preserved
and one copy bound. Only seventy-six
publishers have responded out of the
231 in the state. Ward County heads
the list with nine weeklies and Walsh
and Richland County each have five.
Complying with this request is even
more important to the newspapers than
to the historical society. Suppose you
have a fire and your home files are de
stroyed, how valuable would be the
copies in the possession of the histori
cal society. There should be a law re
quiring every newspaper that publishes
&ny legal notices of any nature to keep a
Set of files in some vatilt with an official
pf county br state. The present arrange
ment is a good Substitute for the present.
The list of papers by counties now re
ceived are found below and if you have
not complied put O. G. Libby, Univer
sity, Grand Forks, on your list for two
copies of each issue:
Papers received regularly by the State
Historical Society for tiling And pre
servation in bound form:
Dailies—5 Bismarck 1 Fargo^ 1
Grand Forks, 2 Jamestown. 1.
Weeklies—71 Barnes County a
Benson County, 2 Bottineau, 3 Bur
leigh, 1 Cass, 4 Cavalier, 2 Didc
I Grand Forks, 2 Kidder, 1 LaMqure,
11 McfHenry, 3 Mclritosh, 3 ft|clJe*h,
|1 wftfrn* I: jtftl&n, 3 jpipfflal 3
Ratasty, 3 R|nsom, 1 Richl6iad| 5
Sift-gent, Swrie, a Steele,* 1 Stuts
man. 2: Towner, 1 Traill, a Walsh,
5 Ward s
IRRIGATION IS POSSIBLE.
^The following letter to W. H. Brown,
stary of the state irrigation coni
BS, shows what i*: being done anp|
be done in the way of irrigaf
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president and Secretary Root have had
several conferences on. this subject
since the president recently was placed
in possession of Senator Hanna's final
and definite declination to continue in
office. Only this afternoon the presi
dent and war secretary had another
talk on this subject without coming tc
any final conclusion.
If Mr. Root shall decline to serve,
former Governor Crane of Massachu
setts will be the new head of the na
tional republican organization. He
has" consented to take the post if the
president cannot find anyone else.
RACING AT LOS ANGELES.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 24.—With
ample capital at. its back and with the
stables filled with good horses, Ascot
Park will make its bid^for the favor of
horsemen and race followers tomor
row, when it will open for the winter
season. This will be the initial meet
ing at the track and unless all signs go
astray it will be a highly successful
one. The accommodations are the best
to be found anywhere 011 the Pacific
Coast, while the track itself is pro
nounced superb by tfflfe owners and
trainers who are gathered here in large
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HBPUBLICAN ESTABLISHED SEPT. 5, 1878 FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1903. FORUM ESTABLISHED NOV. 17, 1891
SANTA CLAUS UP TO DATE.
gine on twelve to fifteen foot lift. I
have irrigated in this way every dry
season for the past ten years and
shall continue this plan in the future,
raising our dams and placing more
land under irrigation as fast as ouf
ilmited means will permit. This plan
of irrigating is quite successful but
would recommend dams 6 to 8 feet
high and a No. 10 pump mounted to
facilitate, moving, driven wifli a twen
ty to twenty-five horse engine. With
such outfit hundreds of acres could be
watered along the valleys. We believe
the river channels with dafas every two
miles or so would hold sufficient water
to irrigate all the bottom lands in
the valleys. If in need of more inform
ation^ymte. Respectfully,
'**, v John Fisher 8t .Bro.
AAKER'S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Yesterday afternoon at 4:30 the fall
term closed for Christmas vacation at
Aaker's Business College. The term
term opened Sept. 1 with twenty-six
students, which number steadily in
creased until enrollment reached ninety
eight, against thirty-two a year ago.
The' large attendance made it neces
sary to add another teacher Dec. ij
and Miss Esther Agee of Stanberry
Normal, Stanberry, Mo., was prevailed
upon to begin Dec. I instead of Jan. 4
is contemplated. Mfss Agee is a young
lady with special training for business
college work, and a teacher of experi
ence.'
Prof. D. M. Stagenga visited th*
school Tuesday foreboon, and was inf
ttoduced to the studttjts as the fourth
teacher. He will be^in work at the
opening of winter terni Jan. 4. Pro*
fessor Stagenga has feniiCeen years' exj
perience as a teacher, was for several
vears an instructor in Fargo High
was recently with the I«|
ester Co., so tbat he wUl
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stiidentit went directly
It takes one row at a time as fast as
horses walk. The corn is cut any
height desired below the ears and is
then carried to a set of rollers that
snap off the ears. Other machinery
tears off the shucks and the ears are
then elevated into a wagon adjoining.
The whole outfit is operated by
three horses. The machine gets all
the corn in the field, even the smallest
nubbins. With the outfit in smooth
running order from eight to twelve
acres can be shucked each day.
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student body, presented t.o Professor
Bergherm and family a substantial
center table and chair in appreciation
of his work in school. Refreshments
were served in the shorthand
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REPUBLICAN.
numbers to attend the meeting. The
meeting, according to present plans,
wjill continue until the last week of
March.
AUCMlNfetHAf
Central Illinois Fanners Experimenting With
New Labor Savins Device.
Bloomington, 111., Dec. 24.—Some
central Illinois, farmers are experi
menting with corn shucking machines,
a novelty in the line of agricultural im
plements that may eventually displace
liand work. The machine is crude as
yet, but the farmers are hopeful that
it will be perfected.
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SPY OUT THT SEA BED.
The January Pearson's has an ac-*
count ,of the most .marvelous inven*
tion of the age—the hydrosct^e. This
is an instrument invented by Cavaliere
Pino of Genoa, which enables him td
look down through the water and
examine the sea's bed as easily as aii
ordinary landscape can be examined
through a telescope for use in connec*
tion with this he has Invented an "ele
yator" for raising from the bottom of
the sea any desired object. The con
struction of this instrument, the tests
already made of it, and its future pos
sibilities are most, interestingly de-^
scribed by Dr. C. Libertacrio, who, a$
a personal friend of the inventor, i^
hi close sympathy with his work. The
field for the use of the hydroscope. iti
the recovery of sunken treasure alone
is almost unlimited, and quite outdoes
the wildest flights of fancy in which
even Jules Verne ever indulged.,
SUGGESTION ABOUT "TlPS/^
Leslie's Weekly: On several occa
sions I have seen diners take up the tip
they have offered a waiter, who has
made manifest his displeasure at its
smallness, and replace it in their pock
fts. There should be, it seems to me,
fciid, I may add, to many other persons
who have to eat regularly in restaurants,
a regulation of "tips." The ptactfce is
here to stay, and should be regulated
njjr the hotel men and restaurant pro
prietors. There might be some feeling
wn by these caterers for the reason
hone would care to be classed see#
But there should be a wayt oui
it, and there should be at the boi
the bills-of-fare the words
st not exeead"ten cents," or "t
eenls" as the case Pw,
iH$h places as tolve-mtafb cardlf
be willtfi* to ciive the#
eapened so slriatt 1 tip
or t#cnty-five' «$$!. Fof
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PROFITS IN RAISING SHEEP.
IBtaoia Farmers Find Business Pays Wei With
Oood Management.
P.loomington, III., Dec. 24.—John
Olbright. owner of the Sylvester farm,
near Marengo, shipped to the Chicago
market 322 spring lambs, for which he
received $5.70 per hundred. These he
bought last October at $4.60, and aside
from an advance of $1.10, they increas
ed in weight twenty-two pounds mak
ing the profit to him $605, better profit
than he made on either hogs or cattlc.
Two farmers of fcane County, James
Lake and W. D. Cornwell, shipped 127
spring lambs to the same market and
received $5.75 per hundred. They
bought them last September, and after
feeding them less than three months,
sold them at a profit of $300.
Farmers are becoming convinced
very rapidly that the sheep industry is
one of the most profitable features of
stock raising, considering the liiitited
amount of labor required.
THE PAST IS FORGOTTEN.
Mrs. Mptje Harper Passes Through Fargo
-With Her Recreant Husband.
After a wild chase across the country
in hot pursuit of her recreant husband,
Mrs. Maggie Harper, accompanied by
said husband, passed through Fargo
last night 011 their return trip to their
home in Kalamazoo, Mich., from Seat
tle. Mrs. Harper followed her husband
from her home in Michigan to Seattle
to recover her diamonds and some
money which her husband took 011c
night while she was attending the
theatre. She met him on the streets
of Seattle one day shortly after her ar
rival and a reconciliation followed. The
two are returning to their home and
promise to live happily together in the
future.
When the N. P. train pulled into the
station last night Mrs. Harper, who is
a very beautiful woman and a daughter
of very wealthy parents, jumped
lightly from the car platform and made
a quick run for a little lunch. Her
husband followed her and both seemed
to be quite happy in the realization' that
neither had lost by the incident.
"Oh, yes, we have fixed everything
up and now are returning home," she
explained wi^]h a laugh. "I found him
all right and got the diamonds and then
we conclnded that we had better return
home together so here we are. The
poor fellow just wanted to have a little
time and was afraid I would want to £0
with him, so he took that means to get
away. I will take care of my diamond!
myself in the future, however, as o|
course after an occurrence of this kind
a persojtt is bound to hive their confi
dence shaken to a ctttaili fitttit. Joliii
is a dear, good felldtv thftttih and
have haVe iltfiyi! been Haftiy So why
Should wfc brtttk bver a little likl
tfiat? I had a'lofely trip to tttf ebut
fthd sin4
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stock.
have sttti|tttened etfrK
we hm bttiK like two ifiirHIt
le. Wl hltt fcbod t«ie tvhil« bn
coajit and are going back to domes
tic bliss now." s
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CHRISTMAS
How the Day Will Be Spent in Solii
High Places and By Prominent
People.
Big Dinner at the White Housi**
The King and the Queen of
England..
Washington, D. C., Dec. 24.—Christ
mas will be observed tomorrow-in
good old style at the White Hot&e.
Preparations for the event have b$en
in progress for over a week, and every
one, from the president himself dowh
to little Quintin, has had something,or
other to do with the different featuij^t
of the arrangements.
Express wagons, mail carriers ai)d
messengers bore numerous packages
to the executive mansion today—
presents to the Roosevelt family fropt
friends and admirers throughout tne
country. Of course it goes without
saying that the children will be up with
the birds to ascertain what Santa Claus
has left in their stockings. Later they
will assemble in the library to receive
their more important gifts from the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt. Fol
lowing the custom of last year it has
been decided to have no Christmas tree
at the White House, but in the after
noon the Roosevelt children will go to
the home of their uncle and aunt, Cap
tain and Mrs. Cowles, to see a pretty
Christmas tree and receive other pres
ents.
Christmas dinner will be served ut
the evening! The principal feature wnl
be the huge gobbler selected from the
hundred or more turkeys received as
presents at the White House yesterday
and today. The remainder of the tur
keys were distributed this afternoon
with the compliments of the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt among the ser
vants and attaches of the executive
mansion.
THE KING AND QUEEN.
London, Dec. 24.—Surrounded by%
large and lively party of their children
and-grandchildren, the king And queen
will spend their Christmas at SandrimjU
ham, where they have passed the holi
day season for years past. In no home
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the whole British Empire, perhaps,
are the traditions of Christmas kept up
in such good old fashioned style as
at the Norfolk home of King Edward
and Queen Alexandra. The aspect of
Sandringham House as Christmas ap
proaches is typical of hospitality and
good cheer. Great pine logs blaze on
the hearth, and the hall and every sit
ting room is made gay with holly, mis
tletoe, evergreens and floral decora
tions. For about a week prior to
Christmas-Day the head gardener is
busy in selecting and bringing to the
house large baskets of greenery for
decorations, and the princesses who
are at Sandringham and the ladies of
the household delight in occupying
themselves in putting up the Christmas
emblems.
The choosing of Christmas presents
is a stupendous task with the king and
queen, who have countless relatives to
think of, and who give, besides, to
every member of their household.
Their correspondence, too, is very
heavy at the holiday season, and t|ie
royal post-bag is consequently unusu
ally weighty.
Christmas Day is at Sandringham a
day of peace and beauty and charity.
The house party this year includes the
Prince and Princess of Wales and their
children, the Duke and Duchess of Fife
and the little ladies Alexandra and
Maud Duff, and Prince and Princess
Charles of Denmark and their baby.
Princess Victoria is, of course, of the
party. •.
The generosity of the king and que$ii
began this evening with a distribution
of beef and other things to the laborers
on the royal estate, and also to the
cottagers who are past work. The dis
tribution took place in the carriage
room of the royal mews, the king attd
queen and their daughters being pres
ent, and 'saying a few kittd words to
the recipients, Who numbered about
306 or more. Later on the finishing
touches were put to the Christmas tr$*
which is always provided as a delight
to the king's grandchildren, and which
is laden with good things from Santa
Claus' bounty.
Tomorrow morning the rdyal part#
will stroll through the pretty pitii
woods of Sandrmfchaih to the little
church of St. Maty Magdalene to join
in the Christmas service. It is the
t}Ueen who chooses the carols, her fa
vorite being "Htjrk the Herald Angels
Sing." Returning ff-om- church a favor
ite custom is, as oH SttiMjayl, to visit
tne kennels and stafclje& tHt queen ahd
royal children
:ets of tempting
her daughters *nd
going laden with
tnqriftls for the i
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