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A. PETERSON', of Sargent.
Auditor—
H. L. HOLMES, of Pembina.
Secretarv of State—
THE EVENING TIMES
ALFRED BLA1SDELL. of Ward. S
Insurance Commissioner—
E. C. Cooper, of Grand Forks.
Attorney General—
T. F. M'Ct'E. of Foster.
Supreme Court Justices—
D. E. MORGAN", of Ramsey.
JOHN KXAUF, of Stutsman.
Commissioner of Agriculture—
W. C. GILBREVTH, of Morton.
Railroad Commissioners—
C. S. D1ESEM, of LaMoure.
ERICIv STAFXE. of Richland.
SIMON WESTBY. of Pierce. •*.
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Seatlmeat to be Inculcated.
"Let reverence of law be breathed by
every mother to the lisping babe that
She
rattles in her lap let it be taught in
schools, seminaries and colleges
let It be written in primers, spelling
books and almanacs: let it be preached
from pulpits and proclaimed in legis
lative halls and enforced in courts of
Justice in short, let it become the
political religion of the nation."
—Abraham Lincoln,
STANDARD OIL'S DOOM.
The fact that the Standard Oil mo
nopoly is being investigated attracts
but little attention from* the general
public. Yet as a matter of fact the
federal government is now pursuing a
policy which if it brings the results
which the officials in charge believe
It will, will enable the government to
strike a fatal blow at this father of
all the trusts.
While it is true that, the formation
of the corporation has been so care
fully considered with reference to the
•. technicalities of the law that there
would seem to be no loophole through
which it could be reached, the govern
ment now has in its possession evi
dence which indicates that the Stand
ard Oil Co. can be convicted of con
spiracy in restraint of trade and com
merce and a judgment can be obtained
under, .which the gigantic corporation
will be compelled to divide into its
component parts—in other words, to
return to .conditions which prevailed
in 1870 before the Rockefellers began
their move to secure control of the oil
Industry and when competition flour
ished.
If the result should be such as in
dicated, and the Standard OH monop
oly should fall to pieces it would
seem that the trusts in this country
were doomed. The same ruling would
apply to the railroads in a large meas
ure and they, too, would be compelled
to become Competitors rather than
single units as is largely the case
"how.
In fact the trusts seem to be failing
because* of their own weakness. They
have flourished only by paying heavy
tribute to others in some form. They
have stifled competition, it is true, but
they have paid a good price. It was.
necessary that they be ever on tfteh
increase, for wherever competition
showed a hand it was necessary io~
secure control of the competitor. They
have in this way been increased to
such proportions that- they have be
come unwieldly and it has been im
possible for them to keep their busi
ness. so close that no leakage could
occur.
THE MARKET FLURRY.
Reports from Chicago yesterday
were to the effect that because of a
report that rust had struck the wheat
fields of the northwest, the price of
wheat advanced on the board of trade.
The report has nothing to do with the
actual conditions of the present wheat
-crop, and was merely one of the spor
adic flurries which takes place every
year so soon as there is an assurance
of a crop.
It is thought by many farmers that
tke actual conditions of the wheat
crop should be kept a secret, or if
misrepresented, that it should be made
to appear below what it actually is.
Tbe reasoning upon which this is
based is that if the wheat buying mar
kets believe the crop is short there
will^be a tendency to advance the
»rice and that the wheat growers will
salise the profit caused by this ad-
Mce.
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formation open to the wheat rings,
this would be a decidedly good plan
to follow, at least until the price was
such as would give the wheat growers
a fair remuneration for their product.
But the actual conditions cannot be
hidden from those who are speculat
ing in the products of the farm. The
ablest estimators obtainable are sent
over tlie wheat growing section and
it is upon their reports that the quan
tity of the crop is based. The agents
of the elevator companies throughout.
the state immediately report any dan
ger from rust or loss from hail, so that
the buying market is always in close
touch with the crop conditions.
The key note of high prices for
wheat is the control of the selling
market by the producers themselves.
There is now in the granaries of the
northwest a considerable portion ot
last year's crop. It was held because
the farmers did not have to sell it,
and it was just as convenient to keep
the wheat in the electors as it was
to keep the money in bank. The same
conditions will be true in a large sense
this year. A large percentage of the
farmers are1,so well fixed financially
that they can hold their present crop
till next year or for several years if
necessary, in order to force the buying
market to a fair price.
Rust is not impossible. There is
so far no serious indications. But
not until the crop is in the shock is
there any guarantee against its rav
ages. It will not, even if it should
come, likely affect all the- wheat grow
ing section. If the crop should be re
duced in quantity because of such an
agency, those who held their wheat
from last year will realize a good
price. If it does not, it is evident that
there .will be a large crop this year
and if nothing is done to prevent the
•crop from being rushed into the buy
ing market from the threshing ma
chines the supply will be greater than
the demand and the price will bo
forced downward.
If the wheat growers can increase
the number able to hold their crop
until next year, over those who held
it from last year, the danger will be
avoided.
Consideration of this matter is far
more important to the farmers as a
matter of discussion than that of the
probable rust, for they can in time
control the former, but never the lat
ter, except as it is done by the ap
plication of science.
The interesting thing is that a re
port of rust was sufficient to send the
wheat market upward, when it was
the merest guess. If a report likf
that can have such an effect—if the
wheat buying market is sensitive to
such a slight influence—what would
be the effect if a report reached the
exchange that the farmers of North
Dakota had decided to sell no wheat
except at a certain fixed price? If
the one can have the result indicated
yesterday, the other should add sev
eral cents to the price fixed by tht
buyers.
A NEW BUFFALO ROBE.
A recent announcement is to the
effect that a western rancher has suc
ceeded in-developing a cross breed, of
cattle wfiich will furnish a robe eqnal
.in «fficiedcy-td that of'the buffalo. It
has long been recognized among scien
tists that many of the wild animals
possessed qualities eminently fitted for
service to man. The great task has
been to develop from them without
waiting for the slow process of evolu
tion.
In this connection special efforts
have been made to save the buffalo
from extinction by crossing it with
some other animal which would leave
the desirable qualifies of the buffalo,
and at the same time obliterate some
of the undesirable ones. There'has
always been, so to speak, a barrier to
this process. The animal so produced
is practically a hybrid an^ therefore
incapable of reproducing its species.
This has been the great rule of nature
which science has not been able to
fully overcome.
The new breed of animals, which it
is thought will be able to reproduce
the valuable as well as useful robes
of the buffalo, are not subject to the.
reproductive law of hybrids. The
originator has merely crossed two
breeds of cattle and by the process
of natural selection has in a few years
secured a number of individuals
which give the desired results. There
will of course be returns to the an
cestral breeds until the new ones be
come fixed. In the meantime the se­
lection of animals of pronounced in
dividuality will intensify the charac
teristics desired until perfection is
obtained.
It has always been..a regrettable
thing that the buffalo was ruthlessly
slaughtered and that so much of the
value of the animal was allowed to
waste. But after alt the most valu
able part was the robe. Whether the
animal could have been domesticated
is something of a mooted question.
But it is certain that the buffalo and
North Dakota wheat fields could not
have existed in close proximity. The
settlement of the west sealed the fate
of the vast herds which roamed the
prairies. Civilization is not stayed for
the benefit of wild animals no matter
how interesting they may be as game.
It was the destiny of the buffalo to
vanish before the advance of west
ern settlement. It little mattered
whether that was the work of a few
years or half a century. Their feeding
grounds were the prairies which were
to yield their riches to the western
farmer. Extinction was their only
end.
If we have secured an animal which
will give to civilization all the benefits
of the one whose bones have been
scattered over the great west, there
will be little regret that they are gone.
Rill is Homesick.
[William F. Kirk or plain "Billy"
Kirk, as he was known to the boys in
the Chippewa Falls. Wisconsin print
ing offices a dozen or more years ago.
but who acquired a meed of fame as
the author of the "Norsk Nightingale"
poems of the Milwaukee Sentinel, and
as a result fell a victim to Heart's
genius dragnet, has evidently weared
of Gotham's ceaseless din and longs
for his native heath, the green hills and
shady dales of the dear old Badger
state. This is conclusively proven by
his latest poem.]
I've watched the greatest players of
the greatest pastime known.
I've seen young stars applauded and old
stars overthrown:
And day by day and week by week, in
various press-box seats,
I've witnessed glorious triumphs and
inglorious defeats.
Yet gladly would I give today my fancy
season pass
To sit once more, an urchin fan, among
the weeds and grass.
And feel, as years ago I felt, the forty
kinds of thrills
When the Nonpareils of Bloomer beat
the Colts of Badger Mills.
Bill Prince, the Bloomer pitcher, our
greatest joy and pride.
Was worshipped in the townships
where his name spread far and
wide.
He got 'em over fairly well, unless by
jeers unnerved,
His speed was quite appalling and he
had a ball that curved.
Lf-m Drake, our village marshal, was a
catcher, tried and true.
And stopped a large proportion of the
wild ones William threw.
Sometimes the honor went to Lem, and
sometimes it was Bill's,
When the Nonpareils of Bloomer beat
the Colts of Badger Mills.
The battery of the Nonpareils remained
unknown to fame.
Prince lost his arm while dealing in a
Denver poker game
Lem Drake is selling harrows in an
agricultural store.
Fanning with gray-haired teammates
who will play the game no more.
•"Speed.'' snorts the old-time catcher,
"I've saw some speed, 1 vum,
I've heard folks tell o' Rube Waddell
but Prince cud pitch him dumb.
When Bill wuz right, say—them there
balls looked just about like piils
Remember how he uster trim the Colts
o' Badger Mills?"
Swift years have run the bases since I
cheered for Prince and Drake.
Applauding each successful play, for
giving each mistake.
Defeat's dread shock brought ne'er a
"knock" for country hearts are
stout.
There were no shrieks of "Lobster," no
appeling "Take him out!"
Now in the city grandstand I can hear
the frantic cry
Of twenty thousand rooters surging
upward to the sky.
But I see a stretch of pasture, flanked
by green Wisconsin hills,
-Where the Nonpareils of Bloomer beat
the Colts of Badger Mills.
—Bill Kirk in New York American.
Stories of the Hour
Her Promise.
Edwin had a great opinion of himself
and was a most unbearable young
man. The girl on whom he lavished
his affections resented his conceit, and,
being a sensible young woman prompt
ly snubbed him. But he had his re
venge in a way that took Ethel by sur
prise.
The telephone bell rang.
"Is this 17806?" inquired a voice.
"Yes," replied the girl.
"We are testing the wires will you
be good enough say as distinctly as
possible, 'I will be good?'
"I will be good," she said.
"Say it again, more distinctly."
"I—will—be—good," said the girl,
slowly, wondering at the selection of
the words.
"Dear me," said the voice, "these
wires are'dreadful once more please."
"I will be good!" declared the girl,
loudly and angrily.
"I am glad to hear you say so, Ethel,'
replied the voice of her young man.
"You were decidedly unpleasant last
time I saw you. I sincerely hope you
will keep your promise."
Ethfel ig waiting for Edwin to call
again.—Answers.
The Right Age.
Among the litigants before the Eng
lish courts some years ago was a Mrs.
Weldon, who, indeed, was so constant
ly at law that Baron Pollock once re
marked: "This lady has now such a
very large business at this bar that we
must give her every indulgence." Mrs.
Weldon was not abashed by the judges
and said many clever things in court.
The reminiscences of the late John
George Witt, K. C., includes an anec
dote of one of her appearances in the
Court of Appeal. She was endeavor
ing to upset a judgment of Vice-Chan
cellor Bacon, and one ground of com
plaint was that the judge was too old
to understand the case. Thereupon
Lord Esher said: "The last time you
were here you complained that your
case had been tried" by my brother
Bowen, and you said he was only a lit
tle bit of a boy, and could not do you
justice. Now you come here and say
that my brother Bacon was too old.
What age do you want the judge to be?
"Your age," promptly replied Mrs. Wel
don, fixing her bright eyes on the
handsome countenance of the Master
of the. Rolls.
The Irish Boll in Journalism.
Of a well known reporter of the past
generation many curiosities of style
are still repeated with zest by Dublin
journalists. It was this man who ex-
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THE EVJSNING TIME8, GRAND FORKS, N. D.
plained, describing a case of drowning
off Dalkey: "The body was washed
ashore by a receding wave." Of a
fugitive from justice He wrote: "The
burglar was surrounded on all sides by
the police. Escape was impossible.
Suddenly he made his way down a cul
de-sac and disappeared through a
wide street" The inos't popular story
of this impressionist writer, however,
relates to. Mr. Gladstone. On the
Grand Old Man's one and only visit to
Dublin he was interviewed by the ec
centric press man. Mr. Gladstone, at.
the conclusion of a somewhat, amusing
array of questions, very courteously
expressed his pleasure at meeting the
interviewer. The latter, in a high state
of delight, said with enthusiasm, "the
pleasure is mutual .Mr. Gladstone, but
it is all on my side."
A Love Letter as a Will.
A love letter which Miss Florence M.
Crawford declares is equivelant to a
will and should give her possession of
an estate valued at $2,000 left by Ed
win S. Updike. Jr., a paymaster's clerK
in the United States army, and to
whom she declares she was engaged,
was produced yesterday before Charles
Irwirt, Deputy Register of Wills, and
was filed among the other papers in
the case. The passage in the letter
upon which Miss Crawford bases her
claim reads
"1 and all that 1 have is yours to do
with as you like. I am not in this
half-hearted. 1 am wholly and abso
lutely yours, and 1 want to be."—Phil
adelphia Press.
Left Friends i'urluuphan.
A poor little fellow named Vaughan,
Was playing oift day on the laughan,
When a whirlwind came nigh.
Took him up to the skigh.
And none could tell where he had
gaughan.
Amusements
YAl'DEVILLE.
The spectacular comedy that, is the
feature act on Monday at the Metropol
itan theater with the Orpheum com
pany is one of the biggest in scenic ef
fect that has been seen lately in the
northwest. The title is Seth Spinney's
Troubles and is produced by Lewis &
Lessington. The electrical effects re
quire the services of an expert elec
trician'who has been with this team
for over a year.
Mme. Aline is billed as the Lady Hoop
Roller but she does not confine herself
fa the manipulation of the wooden cir
cles entirely, but is an expert juggler
as well, one of her favorite tricks is
juggling a small rubber ball, a 15
pound club and a hoop every one can
realize the diffiiculty of this trick when
they think of the difference in weight
of these different articles.
Corinne will sing her new illustra
ted song, entitled Kate Kearney.
Mounts and Del Mar are a clever
team and are known as the Fun Jug
glers. Their rapia fire singing and
comedy being greeted with enthusiasm
wherever they appear. Get the habit,
it.
OPIUM-POPPY CULTURE.
Turkey Supplies America With Vast
Quantities of the Drug.
Consul Thomas H. Norton writes a
comprehensive article on the culture
of the opium poppy in Asia Minor with
processes of extraction and com
mercial handling. This data he col
lected for an American manufacturer
who was visiting Smyrna. Mr. Nor
ton is of the opinion that the United
States offers an admirable field for
opium-poppy raising, the importance
of the product being evident by the
statement that the American imports
of opium amount to about $1,300,000
annually.
The total opium crop of Turkey for
the past ten years has been as high as
11,000 "couffes" or baskets of 165 to
175 pounds each (the crop ib 1902),
but the crop of 1905 totaled only 3,500
baskets. The average annual exporta
tion of opium from Smyrna amounts
from 200 to 225 tons, ranging in value
from $1,400,000 to $1,600,000. Meso
potamia also averages $500,000 in
opium exports per year. Another
opium region is Malatla, near Harput,
where the best grades assayed 10 per
cent morphine. From Samsoun, in
•Northern Asia Minor, about 70 tons are
exported annually. Jn European: Tur
key the opium is marketed at S&loni
ca, where some grades have assayed
as high as 13 per cent morphine. A
large proportion of Turkey's opium
production is exported to the United
States.
Mr. Morton suggests that for poppy
culture in the United States the num
erous upland regions skirting the
Appalachian range and adjoining the
Rocky Mountain and coast regions
offer climatic conditions closely re
sembling those which exist in the
favored sections of Asia Minor. In
Turkey the old-time methods of oplum
1'oppy culture are still in vogue, which
the consul believes American ingenu'
ity could greatly improve upon. The
American department of agriculture
has already been experimenting with
growing the opium poppy in Vermont,
Texas and California, the greatest suc
cess having been attained in the first
named state. They announce that
they have already been successful In
producing morphine directly from the
poppy and are looking for further
favorable results from experimental
work.
The Mexican government is seek
inK to develop the cultivation of ba
nanas in that country. For several
years experiments are said to have
been successful, and it is intended to
start two establishments on the gulf
coast In Mexico for the purpose of
converting the banana Into a flour,
and of shipping the product to the
United States. As the flour is ex
ceedingly nutritious it is anticipated
that there will/ be no lack of demand
for .it
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Mayor Duis: I hope that the busi
ness men and people of this city in
general, so far as possible, will
decorate their residences and places
of business during the coming Red
river valley fair. Nothing adds so'
much to the attraction pf a city at. so
small a cost, as decoration. In addi
tion to stores and other places of
business being draped, 1 hope our
business men will see that streamers,
red, white and blue, are stretched
across Third and Fourth streets and
DeMers ivvenue—these at least.
Marshall McClure of Minot: I am
just returning home from a visit at
St. Paul. Last week, while at the
Jamestown convention. I hunted up in
the files of the Alert of that city an
account of a trip I made into the
Mouse river valley in 1884 with Alex
McKenzie and a party of old-timers in
this country. At that time there was
nothing to be seen in what is now
Ward county but wild animals and a
boundless prairie untouched by plow.
Our party was out about two weeks.
There we're plenty of antelope, wolves
and foxes and beaver on the Mouse
river, and none of the party ever
dreamed that within twenty years the
country would be as well settled as it
now is. with a Minot flourishing in
the region. 1 intend to reproduce in
the Eagle at Minot some of this mat
ter, written twenty-two years ago. I
was the first man, I believe, to write
a descriptive article on western
North Dakota.
Bismarck Tribune: Silver Dick
Shadrick, a peripatetic orator, who is
without doubt an extremely good fel
low, but. whose political judgment is
bad, announces that if the democrats
of the state select the right candidate
they have a splendid chance for suc
cess this year. Shadrick is the man
who shouted for Bryan and free silver
in 1896 and predicted the election of
the silver candidate just as cheerfully
and erroneously as he now predicts a
chance for democratic success. The
republicans of the state will go into
the campaign this year united and with
a splendid state ticket and the major
ity will be larger than ever before.
Whatever comfort Silver Dick gets
out of the situation he would do well
to extract it before election day.
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GRAVES OF HEROES.
United States and British Naval
-3 Commanders Lie Side by Side. &
One of the most interesting spots to
visitors in the city of Porland, Me., is
the Eastern cemetery. There are the
graves of Captain Samuel Blythe, of
his Britannic majesty's brig Boxer, and
of Lieutenant William Burrowes, the
valiant commander of the United States
brig Enterprise, which vessel met,
fought and conquered the Boxer twen
ty miles to the eastward of Portland
harbor on September 5, 1813. Side
by side lies the dust of two captains
in the famous cemetery.
In this same lot is also buried Lieu
tenant Kirwln Waters, who was mor
tally wounded in the fight when a mid
shipman on the Enterprise and only
sixteen years old. A few steps away
rises a shaft In memory of Commodore
Preble, who taught the Algerian and
Tripoli pirates a much needed, lesson,
and near it is a shaft to Lieutenant
Commander Preble, also of the United
States Navy. Nearer to the graves of
the two captains is the monument com
memorating the valor of Lieutenant
Henry Wadsworth, who, when only
twenty years old, volunteered to take
a fire ship Into the harbor of Tripoli
and was blown up with the vessel.
On the monument to Captain Blythe
is painted the cross of St. George, and
before it on every Memorial Day morn
ing is placed a small British flag and
a wreath—the tribute of the Grand
Army men of Portland. On the graves
of the others the usual American ^ag
and wreath are placed. Captain Bly
'the was only twenty years old when,
as master of the Boxer, he met the
Yankee brig Enterprise on that Sun
day afternoon in 1813. The command
er of the Enterprise, Lieutenant Will
iam Burrowes, was only twenty-eight,
and in that engagement was mortally
wounded and died shortly afterward.
His monument bears the following
inscription:
"beneath this stone moulders the
body of William Burrowes, late com
mander of the United States brig
Enterprise, who was mortally wound
ed on September 5, 1813. in an action
which contributed to increase the fame
or American valor by capturing his
Britannic majesty's brig Boxtir, after
a severe contest of forty-five minutes
aged twenty-eight.
"A passing stranger has erected
this monument of respect to the name
of a patriot who, in the hour of peril,
obeyed the loud summons of an in
,™!!LCOU,itry'
and who
gallantly met,
fought and conquered the foeman."
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fiirtlB!5ett«h th.',8 marb'e.
beside the
side of his gallant commander, rests
Watlrf
of« Lleutenant
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Kirwln
Waters, a native of Georgetown.
.wh® received a mortal wound
on September 5, 1813, while a mldship
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calmness and resigna­
tion, eighteen.
"Tbaged
yomg men
of Portland erect
88 a
te8«mony
of reBpect
for his valor and virtue."
The czar of Rnssia has four separ
ate. services of horses and carriages
the Russian, English, French and
gala sets. Each set comprises at least
50 horses. The Russian set accom
panies the emperor wherever he goes.
wlo.
G®t8h'!la
pvinM.
,s U8e1
together
n^"sh
«et. The gala and
French horses and carriages are
housed at St. Petersburg, In the winter
palace stables. The czar's gala turn
out consists of 60 Hanoverian horses,
which are perfectly white, with blue
eyes.
The interest the women folks
show toward a man's clothes shows
Itself oftener ln a suggestion that he
have his old suit cleaned, than that he
get a new one.
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HOTEL CORRIDORS.
"Winnipeg will be the Chicago of
the west." were the words of W. P.
Winter, the LangdOn real estate man
and promoter who stopped off last
evening enroute home from Winnipeg
and the Canadian northwest. The
party of North Dakotans of which
Mr. Winter Is one, are A. T. Blrtch,
John Mahon of Langdon and. C. W.
Andrews of Walhalla. The gentlemen
have just returned from a business
trip to Winnipeg and vicinity. Mr.
Winter is of the opinion that when
the Midland road reaches Winnipeg
that city will grow even faster than
its already phenomenal growth and
that "the Chicago of the west" will
be a fitting term to use in its con
nection.
"Thei wheat crop in the Canadian
northwest this year will be remark
able," he said, "and in my opinion that
is going to be next to this country
as the wheat growing territory. When
North Dakota is raising corn Canada
will be raising wheat," he continued.
When asked whether or not he thought
the seasons here too short for success
ful corn raising, Mr. Winter stated
that he thought not. The seasons are
lengthening as the country settles
and he is of the opinion that the time
will come when the corn crop of
North Dakota will cut considerable
figure. Mr. Winter went north to
Langdon today and the rest of the
party have gone to the northwest
country on a prespecting tour.
J. S. Karns, one of the old time resi
dents of Adams county, la., is in the
city, a recent arrival from Corning,
la., and the guest of his son, Scott
Karns of this city.
The elder Karns has been a resi
dent of Iowa for many years and is
as he terms it one of "the stand
patters" in politics of that state, "t
am a republican and every son of
mine is also," said'Mr. Karns to the
writer. "Things are pretty well
shaken up in Iowa just now. Gov.
Cummings is a candidate for a third
term as governor and there will be a
three-cornered fight for the nomina
tion on the republican ticket. I am
of the opinion that Mr. Cummings will
be defeated and I favor Mr. Perkins
as do a large number of the repub
licans in Iowa."
"Corn crop?" he said in answer to
an inquiry. "We are going to have
the biggest corn crop in the history
of Iowa this year. The stand is not
very heavy and the growth is shorter
than usual, but the crop
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"Fargo is outclassing Grand Forks
in the matter of street paving," said
Norman B. Black, the Minneapolis
paper company's man who is here in
the interests of his company. Mr.
Black makes this territory regularly
and has a large acquaintance with the
newspaper men, he being an old time
editor of Wisconsin. He says that
Fargo and Grand Forks are the two
best cities he makes in a large terri
tory and that he can see a change for
the better every trip. He spoke in
most complimentary terms of the new
government building here and admired
»s style of architecture.
TELLS ABOUT HIS TRIP.
Gen.
c.
C. Andrews Travels Hundred
Miles in a Canoe.
Gen-
C- C. Andrews, forestry com­
missioner of Minnesota, furnishes the
following short accounts of his recent
trip of upward of 100 miles eastward
along the notheren border of Lake and
Cook counties. He says:
"Starting from Basswood lake Julv
3, with four persons and two canoes,
and going eastward along the inter
national boundary, I reached Grand
Portage near the east end of Cook
county on the 14th, having been oc
cupied twelve days. The route was
over nineteen lakes and connecting
streams and twenty-four portages
some of which were long and difficult
The weather was favorable. Several
of the lakes are large, studded with
rocky and wooded islands and beau
tiful. The shores are rocky and every
where covered with green and growing
timber—pine, spruce, cedar, balsam
birch and yoplar predominating—and
baye^ an elevation varying from 50 to
500 feet, the highest point being 2,000
feet above the sea. Occasionally there
are precipitous cliffs of dark gray
granite facing the lakes.
"Gunflint, North and South lakes
contain trout, and the water like most
of the others is pure and cool. Nqrth
lake, which has an elevation of 1,550
feet above the sea, is the source of the
waters flowing westerly into Rainy
lake, while 8outh lake with an eleva
tion of 1,558 feet above the sea is the
source of the waters flowing easterlv
into Lake Stiperlor.
",Twe,^t,y ?earB
a»
,!i
?oSita^,e'
S
~r
generally
good all over the state and I look
for a bumper crop." Mr. Karns will
remain in "Grand Forks for an ex
tended visit. "You have a fine coun
try here, a fine country, almost as
good as Iowa," he said at the Hotel
Dacotah lobby this morning when
chatting with the writer.
am a little afraid of rust," said
Attorney F. Smith of Langdon at the
Hotel Dacotah last evening. "The
crop in our country is something
wonderful and the stand of grain is
simply the best ever. We do not need
any more rain, however. If the prairie
chickens don't tangle the grain up we
will have a bumper crop," he con
tinued, laughingly. According to Mr.
Smith hunting in the north country
will be excellent this fall for the
coveys of chickens are large and
numerous. Mr. Smith returned to
Langdon this morning after two days
visit in the city. He does not deny
the rumor to the effect that he is to
wed a prominent young society girl of
Langdon in the not distant future.
tbe late Alex­
ander Winchell of Michigan made a
geological examination of much of the
country and in respect to general ap
pearance pronounced it desolate and
But 016 great
forest fires
or 1881 had occurred only six years
previously. Most of the present forest
appears to have grown since that time
It gives the whole region a changed
«nd more attractive aspect. Most of
the country visible from the route is
too rocky and broken for agriculture
but it is valuable for the production of
timber. Also, its elevation, pure wa
ter und salubrity will make It valuable
as a health resort.
"The only settlers seen along the
route were at Gunfllni lake. Before
reaching Grand Portage less than a
dozen Indians were seen, either singly
or two, or three together. Loons were
seen and heard on every lake, and oc
casionally a few ducks. On South
Fowl lake there were a number of
swallows, and about that locality an
occasional white gull was seen. In
the woods on some of the portageB the
notes of the meadow lark and the
oriole were heard. Some of the smal-
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FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1906.
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ler birds were not Infrequent and the1
crow was almost constant No gtune
was seen but there were frequent,
signs of it. wiuouw.
"Five years ago a railroad from Port
Arthur ran to Gunflint lake, but the
train over the road now goes only
once a week to North lake, fifteen
miles dlBtant from Gunflint lake.
"I was accompanied on this trip by
Prof. S. B. Green, stute horticulturist
T. L. Duncan, forester of Itasca coun
ty, and W. A. Peterson of Renvllle
county. a graduate of the Minnesota
college of agriculture, and to whose
pains and skill the success of the trio,
was largely due."
THAW LOANS FROM THE TOMBS.
He Sends Check to Friends Who
Played the Races.
A an
Delated
Pnn to The Eveilag Tlatf.
Pittsburg, pa„ July 19.—Prison
bars and prisoners sometimes are not
proof against a desperate man when
he wants to make a touch. According
to a story that is going the rounds of
the hotels, Harry Kendall Thaw, since
he has been imprisoned in the Tombs,
has made numerous loans to some of
his western friends who were In hard
luck. A Pittsburger and his friend,,
who live in the suburbs of that city,
according to the officers of the prison,
went brake on the ponies at Grave
send last week, returning to New York
with scarcely enough money to send
a call or distress to Pittsburg. The
first man they thought oMn New York
was Thaw. They sent him a request
by special delivery and the answer
was accompanied by a check.
If a boy had half the pride in his
younger brothers and sisters that his
mother feels, he would shut them up
in the barn and charge two pins ad
mission to see them.
When a child is taken on a visit, its
parents might as well leave it on the
car seat when they return, or give it
away, for it is so spoiled It isn't worth?
taking home.
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