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PAGE SIX MANY CHANGES IN NEW FOOTBALL RULES Made by a Special Committee Appointed Last Fall—What They Are. The new football rules for 1906, edited by Walter Camp and published by Spalding are out. The rules were revised by the fol lowing committee: Dr. H. L. Will iams, Minnesota L. M. Dennis, Cor nell W. T. Reid. Jr., Harvard James A. Babbitt, Haverford John C. Bell, Pennsylvania Walter Camp, Yale F. H. Curtis, Texas Charles Daly, West Point: Paul J. Dashiell, An napolis J. B. Pine, Princeton E. K. Hall, Dartmouth: J. T. Lees, Nebras ka C. W. Savage, Oberlin, and A. A. Stagg, Chicago. The chief alterations in the rules for this season are as follows: The officials of the game shall be a referee, two umpires and a linesman. The two halves shall be thirty minutes in length. The snapper-baclc must place the ball flat upon the ground, with its long axis at right angles to the line of scrimmage. It has also been provided that a play er to be on line of scrimmage must have both hands or both feet up to or -within one foot of this line. A player attempting to make a fair •catch must signify his intention by Taising his hand clearly above his head while avancing toward the bail. Further addition has been made to the rule regarding "down." That is, that the referee shall blow his whisle whenever any portion of the person of that runner with the ball, except his hands or feet, touches the ground while he is the grasp of an opponent. The ball is also down when as specified in the ™les.itgoes across the goal line on a kick ^hich has struck the ground in the field of play, except the kick-off. and also •when it goes over in the same manner 11 from aforward pass. •it £7 &• it JWty' !j Tripping and hurdling are foibid- deRegarding the taking out of time, it Is provided that either captain may ask for time three times durfcig the half without penalty. Further provision is made against interference with the man snapping the ball back. The opponents must not interfere with the man snapping the ball back nor touch him not the ball until it is actually put in play. There must always be at least six men of the side in possession of the ball the line of scrimmage. It is furthermore provided that there shall be no shifting of men to evade this rule. Holding is forbidden. One forward pass shall be allowed to each scrimmage, provided such pass be made by a player who was behind the line of scrimmage when the ball was put in play and provided the ball, after being passed forward does not touch the ground before being touched by a player of either side. The necessary distance to be gained in three downs has been doubled that is, the side in possession of the ball must gain ten yards in three downs instead of five, as formerly. When the ball has been kicked by a player other than the snapper-back, any player on the kicking side shall be onside as soon as the ball touches the .ground. The kicker in trying at goal by a placekick from a touchdown may touch or adjust the ball in the hands of the holder so long as the ball does not touch the ground. A player on defense is forbidden to strike in the face with the hell or the hand an opponent who is carry ing the ball. Not only will the offending player be disqualified, but also the loss by the offending team of half the distance to its own goal line. Tripping and tackling the runner when clearly out of bounds, piling upon a player after the referee has declared the ball dead, hurdling and other acts of unnecessary roughness are punishable by a fifteen-yard loss. Tackling below the knee is punishable by a five-yard loss. FAKM HELPERS STRIKE. March Through tin Country to En force Higher Wages. Associated I'remi Cable to The Eveilac Time*. Paris, Aug. 23.—A ".Jacquerie" in a mild form is in progress in La Brie, one of the richest agricultural regions of France. The farm laborers have struck work and are forming them selves into a union under the red flag, calling their fellows together by beat .of drum. Their object is to demand higher wages. Bands of 200 or 300 strikers march through the country picking up re cruits, either willing or unwilling, at every farm. These peasant battallions are headed either by the tri-color or the more sinister red flag of socialism, and cheered on their way by the music of drums, trumpets and accordions. 'Escorts of gendarmes accompany the march, but no violence has occurred to necessitate their presence. Although the laborers of La Brie are the best paid in France, the cost of living there is excessive. Consequently the heads of families are in constant distre'ss, to relieve which they have determined to form unions. This move ment has only been in existence about a month, but the employers in one dis trict haB recognized the union and granted a considerable rtse in wages. After many- scientific laboratory trials it has been proved that from the bulb of the coffee bean a good quality and large quantity of alcohol can be extracted. Heretofore the bulb has been useless. THE AVERAGE Percentages of Northern-Cop per League Pitchers Made Public. Brenna, the Winnipeg pitcher, led the twirlers of the league In the per centage of games won up to Aug. 5, according to the official averages as given out by Secretary Glass of the Northern and Copper Country league. Dunn, who was with Winnipeg for just two weeks, had a higher percent age of victories than Brenna, but as he only pitched four games it is hard ly fair to rank him above those who have been working regularly. Barry led the Houghton pitchers with twelve victories and six defeats, and Morri son led the Calumet twirlers with four teen victories and nine defeats. Krick has been the most successful of the Duluth twirlers, with eleven vic tories and eight defeats, although Hop kins. who pitched just two games for Duluth, coming from the defunct Han cock team, had twelve victories and six defeats. The following table shows the num ber of victories and defeats, and the percentage of every regular pitcher in the league: Duluth. Player Won. Lost. Pot. Cuminings 6 7 .412 Krick ....". II S .579 Treadway 10 11 .476 Hopkins 12 6 .666 Morton 5 3 .623 Winnipeg. Sporer 8 6 .571 Dunn 3 1 .750 Bond 11 7 .666 Brenna 8 3 .727 Bushelman 6 4 .600 Fargo. Hogarty 5 4 .555 Hansen ft 19 .209 McMillan 12 9 .571 Finnegun 11 10 .524 Houghton. Utley 0 3 .000 Beecher 10 6 .625 Barry 12 6 .666 Hastings 8 6 .571 Calumet. Rogers 6 10 .375 Morrison 11 7 .611 Koulkes 14 9 .60S Grimes 12 10 .545 I.like Mnden. Schurch 11 8 .578 Xeweomb 8 14 .364 Balliel 4 9 .308 0RTHER COPPER COUNTRY. Standing of the Clnha. W. L. P?t. Calumet 56 31 .644 Houghton 49 30 .620 Winnipeg 48 35 .578 Duluth 46 39 .5S5 Lake Linden 36 48 .429 Fargo 33 51 .393 Games Yesterday. At Winnipeg— R. H. E. Calumet 7 6 2 Winnipeg 2 6 3 Batteries: Calumet, Morrison and Mutter Winnipeg .Sporer and Leach. At Fargo. No game wet grounds. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. Pet. Columbus 76 4S .613 Milwaukee 70 55 .560 Toledo 66 56 .541 Minneapolis 63 61 .508 Kansas City 62 62 .500 Louisville 60 63 .4S8 St. Paul 53 69 .431 Indianapolis 43 81 .347 Gamea Yeaterday. At St. Paul— R. St. Paul 9 Louisville 12 H. E. 7 1 15 1 Rode- Batteries: St. Paul, Slagle, i.uutr baugli and Drill Louisville. Elliott and Shaw. At Minneapolis— R. H. E. Minneapolis 7 0 Indianapolis 0 4 2 Batteries: Minneapolis, Oadwallader and Veager Indianapolis, Cromley and Holmes. Milwaukee-Colnmbus game post poned. Rain. ... ThI' £ame betjveen Kansas City and I oledo was postponed owing to the delayed arrival of the Toledo team. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago New York Pittsburg Philadelphia Cincinnati Brooklyn Boston w. I*. Pet. .82 31 .70 S'J .642 .71 40 .640 .h2 u'J .468 .4'J 64 .434 .42 66 .389 72 .3 fJ 75 .342 Gamea YeNterday. At Pittsburg— R. H. E. Pittsburg 2 6 3 New York 1 9 2 Batteries: Pittsburg, Willis and Gib son New York .Mathewson and Bowei man. At Chicago— R, H. E. Chicago 10 2 Philadelphia 3 7 2 Batteries: Chicago, Taylor and Kling Philadelphia, Sparks and Dooin. At St. Louis— R. 11. E St. Louis 3 5 4' Boston 5 0 Batteries: St. Louis, Karger and Alarphall Boston, Young and Needham. At Cincinnati— R. E Cincinnati fi Brooklyn 7 jv Batteries: Cincinnati, Hall, Weimer, I'razer and Schlei Brooklyn, Scan Ion and Bergen. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Standing of the Clnha. r.u, w- .. Gamea Yeaterdajr. .. New York R. H. B. New York ,1 7 1 Chicago 6 5 0 Batteries: New York, Clarkson, Ches bro and Thomas Chicago, Walsh and Sullivan. At New York— R. H. E. New Work 6 9 3 Chicago ij ig 5 Batteries: New York. Griffith, Hogg and McGuire Chicago, Owen and Towne. At Boston— R. IS. Boston 3 6 2 Detroit 2 ,.B?,ston Young and Car rlgan, Detroit, Donohue and Payne. DunlJPihl!3delphla~ R. H. E. Philadelphia 5 1 st. Louis 10 Batteries: Philadelphia, Waddell, Coombs. Coaklc.v and Sclireick St. Louis, Pelty and Spencer. At Washington— R. H. E. Washington 4 5 0 Cleveland 0 4 1 Batteries: Washington, Smith and Warner Cleveland. Bernhard and Be 111 is. While we have not been delegated to record the htstory of any of the promi nent men of the state, we take It as our duty at this time to say a few words in brevier type, which has lately been paid for, about a man whose name is as well known in North Dakota as that of Royal Baking Powder, we refer to Senator La Moure of Pembina. Shortly after he was born he was called Jud son. His father called him .Tudson at six In the morning. One call was gen erally sufficient, but if it was not, there were exercises in the bed room of which we will not speak further. He was called Jud for short. A good many X. D. people who were short have called him Jud. and if they deserved a lift they got it. When he was four teen years old he was trustee of a large red cow, walking delegate to the spring back of the house, chief adviser to the wood pile and managing editor of a large and growing potato patch. He attended to all these duties in a care ful and painstaking manner and was always ready and willing to drop his hoe and join the neighborhor's boys at the swimming hole, where he wash ed himself carefully twice a day dur ing the summer months, circus days and Sundays ommitted—weather per mitting. Jud was president of the Hazel Nut Gatherers. He conducted the affairs of the office In a careful and conscientious manner and broke his leg twice by falling from the wood shed roof during an annual meeting. When a young man he accumulated considerable experience In the mer cantile business by trading horses with a grocery man. After the chores were done he occasionally drove over the county seat and talked to the sheriff about his chances for re-election. The sheriff was re-elected. He came to Pembina on a steamboat, started a store and was elected mayor as soon as there was enough people to pre side over. His store business pros pered and the people came for miles around to trade with him, having heard that he bought butter and sold sugar on the same scales. After a hard day's work selling dry goods, boots, shoes, notions and other house hold machinery he would often go down to the Red river and catch a mess of cat fish for a family who were out of meat and couldn't catch a fish if it was in a glass jar. When the railroad got in he Introduced the agent to the school teacher and they were married during the summer vacation. The station agent took him out riding on the hand car and in other ways showed that he appreciated his kind ness. When the proper time came Mr. LaMoure was elected state senator from his district, people leaving their work, at regular intervals, going miles to vote for him. He made a good senator from the start and his experi ence in the senator business Is ex tensive and Broad enough to make a ood showing in Washington, D. C. But he doesn't seem to hanker to move his stock out of the state—Walsh County Record. NEARLY POISONED. LaMoure Woman Substituted Carbolic Acid for Pepsin. To the prompt and heroic treatment employed by her husband, Mrs. D. W. Lippincott probably owes her life. Troubled with dyspepsia, Mrs. Lippin cott arose at a late hour Saturday night—or an early hour Sunday morn ing—for the purpose of taking a dose of pepsin, says the LaMoure Chronicle. Through a natural and almost unavoid able error, which need not be ex plained in detail, she got hold of a pepsin bottle containing about a spoon ful of carbolic acid. This she poured into a tablespoon and drank. Carbolic acid doesn't taste a bit like pepsin, and Mrs. Lippincott at oice knew what had happened. So did her hus band. "Billy" is just naturally built to cope with emergencies of this na ture, and in less time than it takes to tell it he had given his wife a gener ous portion of whiskey, which was quickly followed with a dose of milk and lard. This offensive combination caused the patient to become very •seasick '—just what the doctor or dered. Mrs. Lippincott is all right now, and "Billy" is thinking seriously of hanging up his shingle. HOUSES OVERCOME. Hot Heather of This Week Caused Death of Many Animals. A week of excessively warm weather has ripened all the grain and harvest work has been rushed. Around Shel odn and Owego almost all the wheat is in shock and only the oats left to cut, according to the Progress of that place which says: "At Anselm and Buttz ville the grain will all be down early next week. John Banish started threshing b^ylev on Wednesday with Jake Kaspari's Buffalo Pitts separator. There has been no rain or wind and the great heat has been the only hind rance. Several farmers have lost horses from this cause. Hugh Camp bell and I. E. and A. M. Arntson each had a horse die on Wednesday and it is reported that several more belong ing to farmers west of town died. The hot spell has broken the record of several years and the only really happy folks in sight are several col ored gentlemen who recenty came in on tie passes. Robert Anderson is down from Alice this morning and re ports that no less than ten horses dropped dead in his neighborhood on Wednesday." 1* Pet- Chicago 68 44 .607 Philadelphia 63 47 .572 Cleveland 60 —47 .561 New York 58 47 .552 St. Louis 56 52 .SI9 Detroit r,4 56 .491 Washington 43 65 .398 Boston 34 77 .300 SHE QUITS DAVID BELASt'O. Mrs. Leslie Carter Signs Contract With Charles B. Dlllinirliam. New Yflrk, Aug. 23.—Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne yesterday signed a five year contract to appear under the ex clusive management of Charles B. Dillingham. The agreement was entered into at the office of Edward Lauterbach, the actress' counsel. This story is regarded as ending all business relations between the star and David Belasco, who had been her manager during her entire stage career. The actress is to appear in new plays altogether. The opening night will be Oct. 1. Japan gets 188,000 recruits yearly for her regular army. You like to find a bargain—and If you have one to offer you may be sure that the "want ad. readers" of The Times will soon seek you out. "HE EVENING TIMES, GRAND FORKS, N. D. One of the greatest turf "plungers" that ever "placed at odds" was the late "Pittsburg Phil," as he was called. The most enthusiastic even of Michael P. Dwyer's admirers will concede that as a plunging bettor, "Pittsburg Phil" —George P. Smith—took the palm, for h? was worth more than $3,000,000 when he died last year. He won by following a policy exactly the opposite to Dwyer's. "Pittsburg Phil" was better known throughout the whole country, prob ably than Dwyer. The latter un doubtedly handled large sums than the former. In his whole racing career Dwyer never was a figure on the west ern tracks, but "Pittsburg Phil" spent eight years In the west before his eastern career of fifteen years began. The Dwyers were well to do when they started Rhadamanthus, and even when they made their first bets: "Pittsburg Phil" was cutting corks at a cent a cork when, at 16. he made his first bet and it was years after that before he owned his first race horse. The Dwyers began their racgoing for pleasure, only taking up racing as a business, no doubt, because there was more fun in it than there was In the butcher business. "Pittsburg .Phil's" sole motive In going into racing, ap parently, was the making of money. He never seemed to take any pleasure in it and he never s?emed to get away from "it for a moment. He never was ostentatious, but was as neat and careful in his dress as man well can b?. He spent all his hours in the study of horses and horse racing, and though he often lost he never went broke. It was repeatedly said in his lifetime that he knew more about horses than any other living man, and he certainly had the best memory for "previous performances" that has ever been shown on the American turf. "Pittsburg Phil" never took "short odds," no matter how promising, his method being exactly the' opposite of Dwyer's. Consequently in the long run his results were exactly the re verse of Dwyer's. When the latter won his winnings were much smaller than his risk ha dbeen when he lost, his losings were much larger than the sums he stood to win: Smith's win nings were always much larger than his risks and his losses much smaller than the sums he stood to win. Dwyer had to win much oftener than he lost, or "go broke" "Pitts burg Phil" could lose several times to winning and still be ahead of the game. Dwyer took great pleasure in owning race horses "Pittsburg Phil" declared that a man who proposed to make a fortune betting had no busi ness owning horses. He owned a small string of racers for some years, nevertheless, but it was his undoing, for his horses were ruled off the track two or three years before his death, and he was requested to be careful about his bets. There was reversal of the ruling against him, but It came too late, and he never re-established him self as a race horse owner. There is no doubt that "Pittsburg Phil" had foxy ways of his own. Soon after his first appearance in the east the bookmakers at Mommouth Park, N. J., then in its early decadence, be came so suspicious of his bets, which he almost always won, that he had to send twenty husky farmers, who look ed as if they had never seen a race track before, into the betting ring. They put down the money in $20 bets. It was a 40-to-l shot he had hired the farmers to play, and each bet ment $800, so that the day was one of great profit tor Smith. He managed this scheme with such unusual cleverness that nobody on the track suspected its nature while it was being worked, and no one would have learned about it had not Smith himself told it years afterward in a burst of unusual con fidence. Once at Sheepshead Bay he handed $500 to a well-known bookmaker to bet on a flve-to-one shot. As the bookie took the money and called out $2,500 to $500" Smith took off his hat and mopped his brow with his hand kerchief. It was learned afterward that this was the signal for a young army of "commissioners" to bet all over the ring. The horse won, and Smith raked in a big pot of money, though nobody ever knew how much. In their palmy days "Pittsburg Phil" backed the Dwyers' horses, but later that wasn't profitable and he changed his course. He bought King Cadmus and backed him persistently, losing so steadily that the public thought the horse was a "counterfeit." Then came a day that old time bookmakers refer to with a sigh. They laid 20 to 1 against King Cadmus, and King Cadmus won. So did Smith, to the tune of $100,000. On August 8, 1903, he won $50,000 on the winner of, the Saratoga Special and $20,000 on' other races—$70,000 all told. On that day and on the days of King Cadmus's big winnings—the latter once won $50,000 for him at Morris Park—when asked about his big hauls Smith mere ly answered: "Welli I had a bet down and I won," only that and nothing more. The margin by which King Cadmus' won his race was very close, being only "by a nose" on the day he earned his owner $100,000. EDMONTON TO BE THE G. T.P. HEADQUARTERS City to Give the Company a Cash Bonus of $100,000 and Cer tain Exemption From Taxation in Return for Which the Railway Will Establish and Maintain There Its Principal Division Point West of Winnipeg. Special In The BvnlDg 1'itneH. Edmonton, Alta., Aug. 23.—A special meeting of the city council was called last night to execute the agreement be tween the city of Edmonton and the I Grand Trunk Pacific railway com pany, providing for the entrance of I the company's line into the city. The agreement has been made for some time, but the council have been trying to secure a right-of-way south of the C. N. II. at a minimum cost for the lo cation of the company's tracks. The city had from May until July 1 to purchase the property and after that the power to expropriate such parts as the council deemed necessary for the ent.ranc? of the railway. The may or stated last night that options had been secured that will enable the city to give the company a right-of-way. A telegram was received yesterday from Mr. F. W. Morse, the general manager of the G. T. P., that as soon as the agreement was executed the com pany would commence at once to lay the track and carry out the provisions of the agreement, by which the city eives the company a bonus of $100, 000 in cash or debentures and certain exemption from taxation in consider ation of which the company is to establish and maintain Edmonton as Its chief divisional point on the main line between Winnipeg and the coast. All the property of the company with in the city shall be exempt for five years dating from January 1,1905, and for a period of 20 years succeeding, the assessed value of the company's property shall not exceed Its present value. The company agree to con struct the main line through the city either north or south of Rat creek, but not more than three miles north or west of the present post-office and north of the Sasgatchewan river. They agree to construct and permanently maintain shops, terminals, station and freight sheds. If at a future time the company find it necessary to move their shops and buildings on account of the expansion of the city, they shall not go more than three miles beyond the present limits of the city. After the $100,000 is paid should the com pany default, they are bound to repay the same sum without Interest. The city agrees to arrange with the C. N. R. to obtain exclusive running rights over the south 33 feet of the C. N. railway's right-of-way from the east side of river lot 14 to Pirst street and the H. B. reserve. The city agrees to use Its Influence in establishing a union station. If no such agreement Is effected by January, 1907, the com pany shall before July 31, 1907, pro cure a sight within the limits of Kinls tino avenue and Sixth street and erect a station. The city grant's the right to the company to lay trackes on the south 40 feet of Mackenzie avenue as It exists or may be extended westerly to a distance of 1200 feet and to operate from such tracks switches and sidings upon alleys and. lances running north and south for the purpose of serving warehouses adjacent thereto. This ap plies to an acre from Government avenue on the east to Sixteenth street on the west. This is arranged subject to the approval of the railway com missiofi. Besides, the city grants the com pany the exclusive right to lay the said switches and sidings, but the company must operate them for any other rail way company with terminals in this city. The company is bound to handle freight cars within this area at rates not greater than the minimum rates eharged on the branch lines. The company agrees that upon the acquisition of the city of the 33 foot right-of-way south of the C. N. R. to proceed at once to construct the tracl therein and upon the south 40 feet of Mackenzie avenue and such switches and sidings as are necessary on lanes running north and south for the ac commodation of warehouses. A by- law was passed through all its stages empowering the mayor and -secretary of the city of Edmonton to sign and execute the agreement. Henry Praser has disposed of 114 acres adjoining the Norwood sub division and extending north from Rat Creek to the city limits to Messrs. McDougall, Second and York, for $85, 000. About a year ago the property was offered to the present purchasers for $35,000. This remarkable Increase in value is in a large measure due to the fact that the Grand Trunk Pacific has completed arrangements for plac ing their terminal yards just north of the city limits. FIVE BANDS. For the Richland County Fair at Wall peton, September 85,86,87 and 88. There will be music galore at the Richland County Pair at Wahpeton, September 25, 26, 27 and 28. Contracts have already been entered Into with the Arlon Band of Christine, the Wyndmere Band, the Abercombie Juvenile Band and the Wahpeton Band and at least one more band will be procured. There will be something doing all the time on the fair grounds and these five bands will keep'things lively. 111 I V.'* •^2^ ^-Kt 1. H. CAWTHRON Ticket A^mt Tthpkm 67 IV., No. I Arrive* Departs. 1S:H p.1 l:M «.m. 7:19 P.m. T:«C LB. lt tt 7:M p-m.—For Hllliboro, l:M p.m. t:l P-m. 11:00 a.m. •18i •14* •291 •SOI •in •30 1:40 p.m. 7:10 p.m~ •HI taa 10:4$ p.m. •ill 8:00 a.m. Bismarck Tribune: Some of the newspapers in the state, disposed to be unfriendly to the administration and seeking every possible opportunity to circulate false and misleading reports with respect to the official acts of the members of the administration, have commented upon the work of the state board of equalization with the evi dent intention of deceiving the people of the state as to the extent and amount of the Increase In the farming lands of the state. Some papers have generally described the action of the board as "raising the farm lands from 5 to 200 per cent" the impression being conveyed that values were doubled In many cases. Inasmuch as the facts with reference to this matter are easi ly obtainable from the official figures, it is difficult to discover why a news paper should make use of such cheap ana.gauzy misrepresentation to base an attack upon the administration. The records of the board show that there was only one increase of 200 per cent in the assessed valuation of farm ing land. This was in Hettinger coun ty, where lands were returned at 50 cents an acre. Hettinger county ha» been the scene of remarkable activity In lands the past year. Much of the land is In the hands of large com panies owning large tracts and mak ing sales at prices ranging from $8 to $12 and $15 per acre, possibly more at the latter figure than the former. Fortunes have been made off these lands in the past few years and yet they are returned for assessment' at 50 cepts an acre. The board raised them to $1.50 per acre, putting them nearly on a par with lands in Logan, Kidder, Emmons and other like coun ties. There is hardly any particular injustice in that. The increase of 100 per cent in lands were made in the unorganized counties of Bowman, Dunn anl Williams. These lands were returned at 50 cents an acre. The board raised them to $1— putting them a little more than lands In Billings county, where there is a large area of land that is purely graz ing land and unfit for agricultural pur poses. No especial Injustice in that. Of the unorganized counties in the state, seven were increased 5 per cent over the values returned eight were Increased 10 per cent one was increas ed 15 per cent two were increased 20 per cent one was increased 25 per CHECKS DO SOT GO. Continental Hotelkeepers Prefer the Gold of the Americans. Aaaeclated Preaa Cable to The Bvealas Tlmea. Paris, Aug. 23.—The American's check is no longer regarded on the continent and here in Paris as the equivalent of gold. The natives pre fer the gold. Time was when tjie American trav eler who was supposed to be worth $1,000,000 at the very lowest rating had no difficulty in paying his ac counts at the various hotels, or even the large shops, with checks on differ ent banks. All is altered now. The experience of hotelkeepers recently has not been such as to encourage confidence. In years gone by hotel proprietors foasxd that the checks of traveling Americans were always honored, and consequently rarely refused them. Since this has become known foreign swindlers have appeared on the scene and used the reputations of Ameri cans for their own ends. Well dressed men of various nationalities have paid their bills by checks, which were sub sequently discovered to' be valueless. Sometimes, Indeed, substantial change was given. Only last year one par THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1906. ?-.'T•.• -zzm "w: 1 HOTEL IMCOTAH In the Northwest—Rate* |tM to fiJM Per Day, Grand rnite North Dakota. THE Jster W. B. SINCLAM Freight Telephone 30 *:16 p.m.—ror Lariaore, Devil* Lake, Mlnot, Havre, Bdo ..... Seattle and Portlana. U.40 p.m.—For Hllliboro. Farce, Fercua Falla, St. clonc .... .. Minneapolis and 8t Paul. Larlmore to WUltstoa. point* her, CrooHion, Ada. Barneaville. few fi?*, Cloud, Minneapolis, St. 1.18 p.m.—For Ftaber, Crookaton, Ada. Barneaville, Fer- Ca" __ Duluth. —From 8t. Pa mar, bora. —From Duluth. Superior, Cass Lake, Crookaton. ... gt. Vincent, Greenbush and Fisher. 1.10 a.m. For Fla her, Crookaton, Mentor, Greenbuah, •:10 a.m.—For Kin to, Grafton, Neche and Winnipeg. «.«K in »«£l« J?a|f4.NeclM®, °rafton and lUnot «.4B P-m.—ForlUnto, Grafton, Cavalier and Walhalla. a'halla. Cavalier, Grafton and Mlnto. 1.00 p.m—For •mermdo. Aryjlla, ^rlmore. Northwood. Superior aad Minneapolis, Sioux City, WU *, Breckenrldge, Fargo ana EUlls Isboro, Farso. Breckenrldce, Wlllmar, _SjOtt* City, Hiuneapolls ana St Paul. UMl Lake, superior and Du- Mayvllle, Casselton and Breckenrldse. —From Breckenrldge. Casselton. Mayvtlle. North wood. Larlmore. Arviha and ESmerado. .41a.m.—For •™frarto, Arvlll^ Larlmore, Park River LanMon and Hannah. —From Hannah, Lancdon, Park River. Larlmore. ilSurl k?S*don, Park River, Larlmore, Arvtlls Md BoMitdo. 11,0i p. m.—For Larlmore, connecting with No. I. Leaves S:50 a.m.—for Pargo, and all intermediate points. Con escem Sundays. w,*b 1 4 to and June I. a. l. CRAIG. P. T. It, St faul ASSESSED VALUATIONS AS LEFT BY STATE EQUALIZERS Ko From iseJtUe^ ^pokana, Havre, Devtla Lftkv. from Larlmora. cent one 27 per cent one 30 per cent one 70 per cent and one 85 per cent. Stark county was increased 85 per cent, but with that Its average assess ed valuation Is only $1.87 an acre Mc Henry was increased 70 per cent, but Its assessed valuation as equalized is only $3.57 an acre, and Bottineau was returned by assessors and the county board at a figure somewhat higher than that. It would certainly have been the extreme of unfairness to have permitted McHenry county to re main far lower than its neighbor coun ties,. when the land is of about the same value. It is the business of the state board, not to fix values of land, but to equalize them as between coun ties, and it is has endeavored to do so as the following table, giving the fig ures of valuation ner acre as finally equalized by the board will show: Increase Value after County— per cent. Increase. Barnes 5 $4.56 Benson 5 3.8O Billings 30 .90 Bottineau 15 4.14 Burleigh 5 2.46 Cass 6.70 Cavalier 20 3 91 Dickey 15 3.84 Eddy 3.72 Emmons 2 03 5 3.88 Grand Forks 5 83 K'dder 5 2.09 UaMoiire 3 85 ItOffan 10 2i07 McHenry 70 3.57 Mcintosh 15 2.60 McKenzie 40 McLean 25 2^65 Mercer 10 1 79 Morton 10 1^7 Nelson .n 3.73 Oliver Qc Pembina 4'r.i Pierpe 5 sifil Ramsey 10 3.84 Ransom 10 3 83 Richland 27 6 29 Rolette 10 3:73 20 3.84 fja"1}1 85 1.87 Steele 5 39 Stutsman 10 3175 Towner 5 4 2 Tram sis? Walsh 10 5 7q Wa-d 10 1:8 8 3.97 Williams 2 67 Unorganized— Hettinger 200 1 50 gunn 100 lioo Bowman 100 1.00 These figures will repay the careful study of every citizen of the state who desires to compare values and do jus tice to the members of the board of equalization. ticular gang of sharpers gathered a harvest from fraudulent checks. The result is that in many hotels one now sees the notice so common in America: "No checks received or cashed." Of course letters of credit or circular notes from Londan banks or tourist agencies are not called into question. DOG COMMITS SUICIDE. Climbs on a Gag Range and Tnrns on the Gas. Aaaoelated Preaa to The Krralng Tlmea. Chicago, Aug. 23.—A fox terrier kno.va in the vicinity of the Melrose flats, on Melrose street, as "Bill Jolly was found dead Sunday, and the chil dren within a radius of half, a dozen squares, who weire very fond of the dog, believe that he committed suicide. Early In the morning the dog was found dead on top of a gas range, with the gas turned on. Some time ago Bill was run down by a trolley car and one of his legs badly injured. Be fore the injury to his leg the dog was the most active and and mischievous in the neighborhood, but recently, the children say, he has appeared de spondent, and many of them express the opinion that he deliberately climb ed on the gas range, turned the valve with his paw and inhaled the gas.