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PAOB TWO li 4 f: 5 1 h* ••a IT l^t'. I- "•hi Of Interest to East Siders Farmers Take Steps in Opposi tion to Judicial Ditch No. 5. A petition is being circulated among the different towns of Knute, Badger and all through the east county and into Red Lake county by the opposi tion to the construction of judicial ditch number five to raise moneys for the securing of attorneys to fight the building of the ditch. At the caucus in Erskine last Mon day which was one of the largest and the most exciting of all the meetings that have been held in this county for years, over five hundred farmers were present and its effects have been bearing fruit among all the towns of the east county and Red Lake. At the Erskine meeting O. H. Dale, a citizen of Knute town, with the re putation of a humble lawyer, was the self constituted speaker of the day. The meeting lasted all during the day and into the night. Every public gath ering place in Erskine was the center of Individual discussion of the promi nent Issue of the day. The ditch is of itself over forty miles long and runs into Red Lake county and into Clearwater river, but will be only the beginning of a syftem of nearly a hundred miles of ditches. Farmers from Red Lake county were present in a body at the meeting. The farmers generally had the opin ion that there would be a full assess ment of the damages for the ditch while the actual assessment will only be in the neighborhood of 55 per cent of total benefits. The order for hearing in the big Erskine ditch will be held April 6 at the town hall in the city of Erskine and among those that will be present •will be the officials, Clerk of Court Lanctot, Engineer of the ditch Ralph, the reviewers and the surveyors. With these officials on the ground all differ ences will be adjusted as seems best and right. IKOOKSTON ELKS Will Baild a Magnificent Building Dur ing Next Season. Crooks ton Journal: Last evening the Elks held one of the most import ant meetings of the winter. It was attended by nearly every Elk in the city and a class of seven candidates were initiated into the mysteries of the order. The business session was largely taken up with the discussion of plans ••for erecting a three story brick block on Main street. It was decidcd to purchase the vacant lot next to N. Rapin's saloon for the purpose and sufficient money is in the treasury to buy the lot. It is a fifty foot lot and one of the finest locations in the city. Several thousand dollars was raised last evening towards the construction of the building and a committee was appointed to look after plans and spe cifications. Just when the building will be built l'as not been decided but it will prob ably be during the early summer months. The lower floors will be fitted up for store rooms and the sec ond floor will either be used for of fices or club rooms while the third floor will be used by the Elks for a kdge room. Although the matter has not been definitely decided upon it is not likely that it will fall through as there has been talk of the proposition for sev eral years. W. P. Murphy and H. T. Murphy had charge of the work of initiation last evening and introduced several new features into it that added much to the amusement of those who were there. The new members are J. A. Casey and T. G. Brunnel of this city, Dr. Theo. Bratrud, A A. Ecklund, Wm. J. Brown and Julius Olson of Warren, and Harry Budd of Beltrami. CLARK HOVEY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Room 7 ScofieM Block MlBOt, N. D. WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN ARCHITECT Scofield Block. Xiaot, H. D. Robert H. Bosard. L. Ryeraon. Dudley JGeorge j. Nash. BOSARD, RYERSON & NASH ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW. •fat, N. D. Mohall, N. D. Ed. Miencier ^jpp GEffilAL Contracting s'AND: Building FOR A COUNTY FAIR* Prof. Roberteon Appeared Before Com missioners to Urge the Project. During the regular meeting of the county commissioners held recently at the county seat Professor William Robertson of the experimental farm appeared before the county commis sioners in behalf of a committee sel ected by the farmers' club of the county, and urged the acquirement by the county of grounds for a regifc lar fair to be held every year or oftener as appears most advantage ous. The committee who had charge of the petition to the county board are Messrs. S. W*. Wheeler, A. O. Busterud, J. P. Ingersoll, A. McKlnnon, Gatton and Professor Wm. Robertson of the experimental farm. The commissioners were apparently unanimously in favor of the proposi tion and the matter will be submitted to the vote of the people. The com missioners made moves1 in that direc tion. In talking with one of the members of the committee that appeared be fore the commissioners the gentlemen were very optimistic of the measure and stated that the sentiment was generally favorable throughout the country. The Fair as proposed is a regular institution in the southern part of the states and in all the states in the east. It is a move of advance. MENTOR PHYSICIAN In Trouble Over Practicing Without a License—Claim Made That He Has One. In connection with the published reports concerning the warrants sworn out. against C. F. Warn on the charge of practicing as a physician without a license, much excitement has arisen in the city of Mentor. Several of the prominent citizens say that the charges preferred against the young doctor are not right and present a letter from the secretary of the state board of physicians which says that Mr. Warn has a license No. 100. The warrant was sworn out by O. A. Kuntz of the village of Mentor be fore Judge McLean. Just what the specific items of the complaint are cannot, be ascertained and it is sug gested that there is some personal af fair connected wtth it. No arrests have yet been made in the case. WANT GULLICKSON. Friends of Fertile Educator Trying to Force Him to Kiss the Babies. There has been considerable talk among the friends of M. H. Gulllck son about his nomination on the re publican ticket for the position of County Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Gullickson is a nephew of O. O. Christenson of this city, and is well known here. His home is near Fer tile and he was for two years princi pal of the Stephen schools. During the past two years he has been prin cipal of schools in the southern part of the state. It is not known whether Mr. Gul lickson has decided to enter the race next fall or not, but his friends will do all in their power to persuade him to do so. MILES WILL RESIGN. Principal of Fisher School Will Not Accept Place For Next Year. Principal Miles of the Fisher schools, who was hung in effigy some time ago by the pupils of the schools, will resign at the end of the year. About two months ago the board made a contract with him for another year. The pupils of the high, school rose up in arms over the matter and openly expressed their dissatisfaction with such an action. Because of the change of sentiment that has taken place among the Fisher people Mr. Miles will resign from the principal ship at the end of the first of the year. HERE FROM WALHALLA. Mr. Joe Lankas of Walltalla is in Town Visiting Parents—Surprised by Friends. A number of the friends of Mr. Joe Laukas called at the home of his father on Allan avenue Tuesday even ing and gave him a pleasant sur prise. The evening was spent in games and dancing. Miss Mabell Moody sang a few solos which were greatly enjoyed by the guests. At 12 o'clock a dainty lunch was served by Mrs. W. A. McCulloch, a sister of Mr. Lankas, assisted by Mrs. Moody and Mrs. Cantroll. About thirty couple were in attendance. Story Was Wrong. The Evening Times was yesterday in receipt of the following note from a prominent gentleman concerning the story printed in the Herald concern ing the sanity of Mrs. Christofferson: "The item about Mrs. Christopher son in the Herald this morning was a great mistake. She is not insane. It is just a little weakness. She was pronounced insane by a doctor here, but was not said to be insane by the probate court at Crookston. She was put In the St. Vincent's hospital where she will be treated, and it is thought she will be out.in two or three weeks. Large Sale of Poles. One of the largest deals in cedar •4K)les and posts ever made in Bemidji was recently closed when W. H, Squier of Blackduck, representing the Chi cago Lumber and Coal company, pur chased 15,000 poles and 30,000 posts from a local cedar dealer. The price is said to be higher than was ever paid for cedar in that section of the country ,r Mm i: W MINNESOTA STATE NEWS. Herbert Evans, a brakeman on the Plainview branch of the Northwestern, while working in the yards at Eyota, "slipped and fell unde^r the engine.sus- •'t' talnlng a broken arm and seriously in juring his back. At the meeting of the Hastings city council a resolution was adopted pro viding for the Issuing of $50,000 bonds for water works and lighting plant, to tye submitted to the voters at the com ing election. About March 1, $44,804 will be paid to the Red Lake Indians, the money being funds which have accrued from the sale of lands' and dead and down timber. About 1,360 Indians will shore In the payment. E. L. Patterson of the Patterson Mercantile company, wholesale grocer, has been- appointed receiver for Gen. Gustaf Widell of Mankato by Referee in Bankruptcy J. A. Wittie, who plac ed the bond at $5,000. George Probeck, a heavy real estate owner and contractor, died suddenly in Duluth after an illness of but one day. Mr. Probeck came from Buffalo twenty-five years ago and has been prominently identified with many busi ness enterprises. A petition circulated in Pipestone, asking for the appointment of Mrs. W. W. Robey to the postmastership at Pipestone, to fill the vacancy left by the death of her late husband, Post master W. W. Robey, is being gener ally signed. It will soon be sent to Washington. ices will be held. County Superintendent Strand of Norman county has arranged a series of spelling contests for the rural schools, offering a prize to the cham pion team of the country. He li.as also offered prizes for the best specimens of corn grown by the boys and the best sewing done by the girls. Albert Norman, a young man em ployed by the Watab Pulp and Paper company, was drowned in the Missis sippi river at St. Cloud. He was em ployed about the works and was 'sent to the river to get two pails of water. He slipped and fell into a hole in the ice and the swift current carped him under. John Stoudale of Lanesboro was placed in jail at Preston charged with stabljing his wife and mother while he was in a drunken rage. The younger woman is in a critical condition. She was cut just above the heart. The old er woman was slashed in the back of' the neck, but was not seriously in jured. While patroling his section, the sec tion foreman of the St. Paul road dis covered the dead body of an unknown matt lying across the railroad '•track about seven miles east of Shakopee. The body, which was mutilated badly, was brought to Shakopee and buried by the coroner. The man is supposed to have been run over by a train. John T. Rowan, who has been en gaged in the grocery business at Wi nona for some years past, has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. He places his liabilities at $6,217.59, and the assets at $5,9S3, of which $5,270 is claimed to be exempt. Bishop Getter will l^e a loser by the failure, he hav ing gone security on one of Rowan's notes for $500. Cut flowers at Undertaker van's, East Grand Forks, Minn, phone 777. Kingman has paints. les" The annual convention of the Lu theran Free church will be held at Battle Lake from June 12 to 19, and delegates from almost every state in the Union will be present, including prominent speakers. many prominent speakers. A large ,0 Sulli Tele- For fresh fruit call up 23. Cummings. F. Pull line of wall paper arrived Kingman's. Stationery and mlngs.' at supplies at Cum- a complete line of Stationery of all kinds at Kingman's. Penny tablets at Cummings.' Kingman keeps pure drugs. THE LARGEST NERVE. WHAT VICTIMS OP SCIATICA HAVE TO ENDURE. There Is a Mystery About the Affec tion Which Puzzles Phy sicians—A Word of Advice. It is a singular thing that there should be a rheumatism of the nerves apart from rheumatism of the muscles and bones. We. are accustomed to think of all pain as being located In the nerves, but in most cases the nerves are only the telegraph wires informing the brain of what is going on in the muscles and other tissues. When there is rheumatism in the nerves themselves we may confidently look for trouble, sayr. the Chicago Chronicle. The largest nerve in the body and the one most subject to rheumatism Is the sciatic nerve, so called from a Greek word meaning the hip. It takes its rise in the 'sacral plexus near the base of the spine, and passes down the thigh on the outer side fciuite close to the surface. At the knee-joint it splits into two branches, one of which passes down each side of the calf of the leg. Rheumatism in this, great nerve is called sciatic^. The pain produced by sciatica is different, from the pain of muscular rheumatism In two ways. The pain of muscular rheumatism is felt al most entirely when there Is muscular action. The pain of sciatica is .ag* gravated by muscular action, 'but it 'is continuous, anyway, and may be ae oompanied by occasional paroxysms. .Another difference is that muscular rheumatism is not aggravated by presture on the muscles, but sciatica is Intimately connected with pressure and greatly aggravated by it, if it aot in the first pilw^e ppdoced tytfc .V £y$ l- ^y-'A *i ... 4 THE EVENING TIMES, GRAND *ORKSfN. D. When a person has a good caafe of sciatica on hand that is the only care he has. He may be hungry, thirsty, betrayed and 'deserted by family and friends, bankrupt in business and ruined in reputation, society may be filled with abuses and the 'country be plunging headlong 'Into destruction, but the'sciatica sufferer is oblivious of it all and has only cne trouble—that Infernal pain in1 his leg. ChaWers speaks of "the exfipulsive power of a new affection," but that is nothing compared with the expulsive power of sciatic jai^v There is one mystery about sciatica yat physicians have never been able to solve, and that is that It affects only the left leg. there is a sciatica nerve In the right leg, too, but it is as well-behaved and'harmless a nerve as there is in the body. Once in a century there will be a case of sciatica in the right leg, but it is such an unusual occurrence that it may be dismissed from the mind as a neg liglble danger. The habitat and stamp ing ground of sciatica is in the left Tho speculations of a layman on such a subject may be worth a great dJal. but is there not a possibility that Sciatica prefers the left leg because the leg is habitually maltreated? Sciatica is almost always produced by pressure, especially against hard and cold surfaces, though it may result even from the internal pressure caused by constipation. This being known, is it not likely that the disease is tent will be erected in which the serv- I erallv due to habitual exposure to cold sgen-_u„ and to pressure? If to, there is a solution of the left log mystery in the fact that almost everyone has. a habit of sitting most ly la a sidelong position on his left side. Even in sitting at a desk to writs a person will without noticing it sit for hours on his left thigh. No one would believe how invincible this left leg iab!t is unless he has tried to break himiself of it When the dis ease has once been set up there is no need to tell him to sit on lift right side, because he cannot sit on any other—and live. A sciatica patient need never hope to recover unless he absolutely ceases to sit on his left thigh or even to~iie on itln bed. As to well people who are candidates for sciatica terrors, the best thing tfcey can do is to make a babit of sitting on the cold, hard seats of the street cars and the office and on the left thigh. The rheumati^ sea-. son of the year is now with us, and rheumatism ts within the reach of rich and poor alike. Who wishes to be served first?" English Emigration. "There is a double stream of emi gration from England," says a writer in the London Graphic. "Our poor emigrate to the United States or the colonies to improve their circum stances, but there are every yfear some thousands of comparatively rich fam ilies among us that remove to the continent to live cheaply. This second stream is growing in magnitude every year, for prices In England are con tinually increasing. It was from the ranks of the 'moderately rich' that we used to get most of our officers for the army but the sons of these 'emi grants' now become acquainted with foreign languages, and find better em ployment in commerce and often on the continent.-' Willing to Be Bribed. Lady (at back doorJ-MVell, what is It? Hobo—Please, ma'am, I feels oneuv me periodical fits comin' on. Lady—My goodness! 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