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WAIHINOTON NOTES.
President Rooeevelt In a telegram to
•Peunr Siantoe of California com-
Mm for checking the anti-Jap
legislation. |a reported the
Prnslteat censored Senator Perkins
for Ma«taad on the matter.
may Ignore President
™°*eTe*t'a NWHt for eecrecy con
cerning tbe atstetaent of the secretary
ob war deSciency fund
W a A i-
Iowa occupied the session of
saeate last Saturday. Tributes
y* J«M «Ulw br Republican and
aeaatora. The exercises
""-opened with prayer by the chap-
Senatora Dolliver and Cummins
trlbate to the deceased.
PmMaat Roosevelt la vetoing the
*aaaa Mil delivered a Jolt to profes
atoaal pollticiaaa aad declared he doe*
•ot Mian la the doctrine that, to the
vtetot Mooga the spoils.
A hare poaalMllty eslsta that the
•«»»•may paaa the hUl to establish
postal aavlasi haaka before adjourn
Beat, accord
lac to advices from
WaaMagton. It la not likely that the
houae will paaa the Measure.
Pollowlag the r~T~rg- by the Call
terala aaaeably af a bUl prohibltioc
Japaaeeo chlldrea attending public
arhaala #waMet Baasavelt took a
hand. Ha declared the act unconsti
tatloaal aad asked Gov. Gillett to
Wo K.
The tareatry aarvtce was declared
aatravagaat aad charges of extortion
(«a fanaara ware made agalnat the
Kneaa by membera of congress.
Senator Lodge preaeated amend
•eata to the ruieeof the United States
aaaaMu. prepared by Vice-President
Pairbaaka, which aim to prevent at
ttflrtja tba praatdaat and coordinate
branehaa of tba government.
No legislation concerning the re
form of the navy department will be
eaacted by coagreee at this session. If
preeaat plana are followed out.
Praaidaat Rooeevelt Isaued a atate
aaeat declaring It aeoeaaary for the
goverameat to aae the secret service
or aoaee aach force tp Investigate
crime.
The ho—a laatata apoa leaving In
the orgeat deficiency Mil the Item of
$M,CM to provide aatoawbiles for the
prwHt Tke aaaats struck tbe pro
vtattboeL
ICiirt Kaox HUth. commissioner
ef sagpaMUsa** la hla annual report
bread law to check trusts.
MtMONAL.
Taft upon sailing
Galea altar Inapectlng the Pana
•W aaaal aald he was highly satisAed
wMh the progresl of the work.
William J. Bryan waa not hurt In an
aefcident aa reported from
Tampa, Via. He aaya there was no
Oov. Haskell, who, la under Indict
•Mnt la ooaaacttoa with the town lot
fraada, waa siren an ovation when ho
arrived la Muskogee to give bond.
It la aaaooaced at the headquarters
of the Natloaal League of the Civic
Education of Women, In New York,
that Mra. Btuyveaaat Fish has joined
the orgaalaaUoa, which means that
Mra.„ flab la opposed to women'a
Capt. Edward P. Qualtrough of tba
battleship Georgia, part of Admiral
Bperry'a fleet, has beea court-mar
tialed oa a charge ot Intoxication.
L, OCNBMAL NEWS.
Tke mufdar of Mlaa Clara Roseii In
ottumwa, la., ijemalaa a mystery. Ten
suspects have been arrested, among
them a aegro against whom the police
claim to have pooie evidence.
Mra. Agaea Brewer Mlyoshl Hrogan,
formerly the wife of a Japanese noble
maa. now tbe bride of a coachman iu
Aaa Arbor, Mich., gave up her rank,
fnsilag efforts to gain her rights would
rata the chaacea of her aon to obtain
his rightful position.
Uptratary Oarfleld of the interior de
pert meat told a house subcommittee
that the Umltatloas placed on the se
cret aarvlee had not hampered his Id
laallgatlna of land frauds.
Big ware killed and others injured
whea a New York Central train
Into a group of track walkers
C. A. Severance, instead of P.
ITilhlgg will represent the government
la tlM aalt agalnat E. H. Harriman and
othaip.
The Ualted Mine Worhera of Amerl
ea la convention at ladianapolls. re
elected Thomas L. Lewis as president.
Tke California assembly rejected
the Draw Mil which waa Intended to
pravaat aliens owning lands in the
ad was aimed chiefly at tbe
The Taaaeasee senate passed the
ppaMMtlon bill over tbe veto or Gov.
fattefcsia.
Dr. George T. Vaughan of Washing
aaeeeeefully grafted tbe knee of a
jeed a»a onto the leg of fieorge
a.
a patient in tbe Georgetown
Becretary of Agriculture Wilson re
_—± to lift the quarantine against
Haiyliad cattle on account of the
lent -gBi BWfb dleease.
of 6,000 Chinese which
ww «Wtrom graves in all parts
the Uafted States
win
be shipped
i*""* Kingdom for burial.
daiiutiter of Martin
r( a
wealthy I'hiladelphlan, was
a aecood time to Herbert Os
lf K«w Tork, their first marriage
veraa Ware shot four men dur
rasa of a trial In a Tesaa
Two are expected to die.
Ave wbltea .and 12
killed ly aa eiplosion
a windy shot In an Ala-
Virginia aaaate waa
i'ay a atalapaent that fl.0M.0M
1 to prevent prahlbitloa
David S. Roae. mayor of Milwaukee,
accepted a challenge from Rev. 8am
ael Dickey of Albion college for a de
bate on prohibition.
In a pistol duel over a woman.
George Ketcherside and John ilughea
killed each other at Leadwood. Mo.
After enjoying freedom 31 years,
Jack D. Isbatn, a prosperous farmer
living near Marlon, ill., was arrested.
He escaped from a Tennessee peniten
tiary in 1888. where he was held for
murder.
The convention of the United Mine
Workers closed In Indianapolis after a
resolution for peaceful conduct of fu
ture meetings was adopted.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, re
ared. In an Interview In Chicago, was
quoted as saying that Russia will light
Japan again, and will have Germany,
Prance and Austria as allies, while
England will aupport the Mikado'a
country.
John D. Rockefeller In a apeech to
Georgia farmers said: "But after we
get through with whatever our task la
life may be, we will be asked the per
tinent question, what waa the fruit of
our work—what waa the real fruit
age?"
Miss Cells Mllllgan. a young woman
of Centralis. 111., died after taking an
overdose of headache tableta with the
Intent of obtaining relief from ex
cessive pain.
Pittsburg is In fear of a race war.
Attacks by negroes on white women
have worked tbe populace up to a high
feeling and a clash is imminent.
Tbe aouth was swept by tornadoea
and high winds and In the country be
tween the Tennessee line and the
Texas panhandle it Is believed 20
persons were killed.
The Delaware, one of four alster
ships, the largest and moat powerful
in any navy, was launched at Newport
News, Va. She is to coat 93,987.000.
Anti-Japanese legislation was held
up In the California legislature follow
inga personal appeal to the members
by the house speaker and a apeclal
message from Gov. Gillett.
The outline of a new banking bill
has been prepared and will be intro
duced in the leglalature of Michigan.
It is understood that Capt Qual
trough of the battleship Georgia has
been found guilty by the court martial
and he may be dismissed from the
service.
President I^wia rushed the buslnesa
of the miners' convention la aa eBort
to complete It in time for adjourameat
on Saturday.
Mrs. George V. Parka, a aociety
woman of Pueblo, Col., aad wife of
the assistant president of the Pueblo
Traction Company, committed suicide
In Pueblo, Col. Mrs. Parka has beea
In ill health for some time.
The bouse of representatives in
Texas, by a vote of 8S to 44 defeated
the resolution to submit state-wide
prohibition to a popular vote.
Mrs. Julius Goldxler wants the city
council of Bayonne, N. J., to appotat
five women as policemen for the parka
next aummer. Mayor Garvea of Bay
onne favors the plan.
The harvester combine haa agreed
not to light the caae agalnat it at To
peka for violation of the aati-trust
lawa and will pay the atate 9(0,0M
for which It waa sued.
A report of the target practice of
the American battleahlp fleet in Ma
nila bay, shows great improvemeat In
marksmanship. The Vermont won
tbe pennant.
Gov. Haskell left Guthrie for Musko
gee to give a 96.000 bo
ad to aaawar
the Indictment charging hla with
fraud.
which
Reports show 93,441,000 waa col
lected for the relief of the earthquake
sufferers in Italy by the Red Croaa.
Despite a resolution intended to pre
vent them the delegatea in the United
Mine Workers' convention continued
to air their personal dlBeraacea.
The American Paper aad Pulp aaao
clatlon discussed the tarlB oa this
product and elected ofBcers at a meet
ing in New York.
William J. Bryan In a speech at
Tampa, Fla., declared tlm Democrats
have a chance for victory in 1911.
The contest over the will of the late
Mrs. Lydla Bradley has begun la
Peoria, ill. Undue Influaace on the
part of Oliver J. Bailey, W. W. Ham
mond, Albion W. Small and the late
William Rainey Harper, prealdeat of
the University of Chicago, is glvea aa
the main cause for the breaking of the
will.
In Memphis. Tenn., a negro robber
ran through the streets firing a pistol
at pedestrians and policemen, bnt bad
marksmanship prevented any fatal
ities.
The bodies of John Minck and Dan
iel Murphy were found In the rulna of
the Mahoning county inflimary at
Canfleld, O., which waa destroyed by
lire about ten days ago. This makes
(our lives lost In the lire.
The house of representatives of
Iowa voted down a resolution offered
by Representative Scheeper, proposing
medals for each Iowa bora member of
tbe naval fleet just completing tbe
tour sround the world.
Charles E. Holmes, charged with
having killed his wife, Pauline, waa
acquitted in Chicago. Tea re came to
Holmes' eyes when be thanked the
jurymen for the decision. A recon
ciliation between father aad son fol
lowed.
The deadlock In tbe negotiation be
tween W. I. Huchanan, Amertca'a apo
dal commissioner, and the Venewelea
government, remains unbroken through
the refusal of either side to yield la
the dispute over the method of arbi
trating tbe cases of the New Yorh aad
Bermudez Asphalt Compaay aad the
Orinoco corporation.
OBITUARY.
John I). Moran, district attorney ot
I log ton, diet In tlie St. Luke'e bone la
Phoenix, Arlt., of tuberculoala of the
throat. Mr. Moran waa. to Phoenix
two weeks ago. after apeadlag aome
time in the Adiroadacks aad at Denver
Mrs. I. N. Stevens, aged St yaara,
wife of i. N. Steveaa. owaer aad editor
of the Pueblo Chieftain, died la Dee
sr.
Mra. Henry Jackaoa, widow of Brlf.
Oen. Henry Jackaoa, died oa aa Atohls
oa. Topeka A Santa Via train near
Dodge City. Kan.
W. A. Edwarda, a promineat maau
facturer of Clinton, la., whooe wife
and children perished In the Iroquois
theater Are. dropped dead la hla off
He waa yaara old.
MOM. I* Yoaag Kloman, aged IC
years, teacher of vocal culture at
Hamilton female college, l«glagtoa,
Ky.. died aoddealy at a hospital of
peritonitis.
John Clarhaoa, famous tbe land OVM
as a baseball pitcher In the days when
10.000 release prtcea began to he pgNI
betwoea National League claba. died
•t tba Mckeod hoapital to Watthaa.
ON COUNTRY UFE NtEDS OF FARMER
MCCIAL MKMAQK MOM WHITE
HOUM TO CONGRESS.
PmMtfit Su|Mit fecial intf Butl
MN ImyrtvMMfiti ?#e |«n«.
7 fits th« Dwtlltr in Agri
cultural Communities.
Washington.—Accompanying there
port of the country life commission
the president sent a special message
to congress, substantially as follows:
TQ ths Senate and Kfouiie of Represent
atives: I transmit herewith the report
of the commission on country lif*. At
the outset I desire to point out that not
a dollar of the public money has been
paid to any commissioner for his work
on the commission.
Tilt report shows the general condition
•f farming life in the open country, and
points out its larger problems it indi
cates ways In which the government, na
tional and state, may show the people
how to solve some of these problems and
It suggests a continuance of the woiti
which the commission began.
Ths object of the commission on coun
try lift, therefore. Is not to help the
farmer raise better crops, but to call his
attention to the opportunities for better
business and better living on the rartn.
if country life is to become what it
Should be, and what believe It ultimate
ly will be—one of the most dignified, de
sirable. and sought-after ways of earn
a livtng~the farmer must take advan
tage not only of the agricultural knowl
edge which Is at his disposal, hut of the
methods which have raised and continue
to raise the standards of living and in
telligence In other callings.
Those engaged in all other Industrial
and commercial callings have found It
necessary, under modern economic con
ditions. to organise themselves for mu
tual advantage and for the protection of
their own particular interests In rela
tion to other interests.
Now, whatever the atate may do to
ward Improving the practice of agri
culture, It Is not within the sphere of
any government to reorganise |he farm
ers' business or reconstruct the social
life of farming communities. It is. how
ever. quite within Its power to use its
Influence and the machinery of publicity
which It can control for calling public at
tention to the needs of the facts. For ex
ample, it Is the obvious duty of the gov*
ernment to call the attention of farmers
to the growing monopolisation of water
power. The farmers, above all. should
have that power, on reasonable terms, for
cheap transportation, for lighting their
homes, and for Innumerable uses in the
dally tasks of the farm.
Neceaaity for CeO pa ration.
The co-operative plan la the beat plan
of organisation wherever men hava the
right aplrlt to carry it out. Under this
plan any business undertaking is man
aged by a committee every man haa
one vote, and only one %-ote and every
one gets profits according to what he
sells or buys or supplies. It develops in
dividual responsibility and lias a moral
as well as a financial value over any
other plan.
1 desire only to tske counsel with the
farmers as fellow-cltlsens. It Is not the
problem of the farmers alone that I am
discussing with them, but a problem
which affects every city ss well as every
farm In the country. It Is a problem
which the working farmers will have to
solve for themselves but it la a problem
which also affects In only less degree all
the rest of us. and therefore If we can
render any help toward Its solution, it Is
not only our duty but our interest to de
».
From all that hss been done and
learned three great general and Immedi
ate needs of country life stand out
First, effective co-operation among
fanners, to put them on a level with the
organised interests with which they de
business.
Second, a new kind of schools in the
country, which shall teacli the children
aa much outdoors as indoors and per
haps more, so that they will prepare for
country life, and not as at present, main
ly for life in town.
Third,
better means of communication.
Including
good
hold
The referee appotated to lnveatlgate
the affaire of the PldeHty Ponding
Company found it haa aaaeta of lis.
931.44 and ilabllitiea amounting to
9767,317.28. He advlaes that It be
dissolved.
roads and a parcels post,
which ths
country people are everywhere,
nd rightly, unanimous In demanding.
To these may well be added better san
itation: for easily preventable diseases
several million country people in the
ale vary of continuous III health.
Te Develep Country Community.
To
Improve our system of agriculture
ma to me the most urgent of the tsska
lie before us. But It cannot, la
my
Judgment, be effected by measures
which touch only the msterlal and tech
nical side of the subject the whole.bus!*
and life of the farmer must also
be taken Into account. Such considera
tions led me to appoint the commissi
oa
on country life. Our object should be
to help develop In the country commu
nity the great Ideals of the community
life as well as of personal character. One
of the most Important adjuncts to this
end must be the country church, and
Invite your attention to what the com
mission ssys of the country church and
of the need of an extension of auch work
aa thst of the Toung Men's Christian as
sociation in country communities. Let
me isy special emphasis upon what the
commission ssys at the very end of Its
report on personal Ideas and local leader
ship. Everything resolves itself In the
end Into the question of personsllty.
Neither society nor government can do
much for country Ufe unless there Is vol
untary response in the personsl Idesis
of the men and women who live In the
country. In the development of charac
ter, the home should be uiore Important
than the school, or thsn society at Isrge.
When once the basic msterlal needs have
been met. high Ideals may be quite In
dependent of Income but they cannot be
realised without suAdent income to
vide adequate foundation: and where ths
community at large Is not financially
prosperous it Is Impossible to develop
Welfare
of
Nation at Stake,
warn my countrymen that the great
recent progress msde In city life Is not
full messure of our civilisation for our
civilisation rests on the wholesomenssa.
the attractiveness, and the complstsness.
as wsll as the prosperity, of life In the
country. The men snd women on the
(arms stand for whst Is fundsmentally
it and most needed in our Amerlcaa
Ufe.
THEODORE KOOBF.VKI.T.
The White
House, February t, 1M.
An Kliair of Ufa.
"Aa aaaulty Is the beat elixir of
Ufa I know of," said the examialag
phystclaa of an insurance compaay
"It aoHMtlmea aeema aa If aaaultaata
aever die. We have lota on our book!
who top M. *0 and evea 06 years
"I have passed many a aickly and
decrepit old fellow as a good annuity
risk—the alcklter they are, you haow.
the better risk they make—and tbe
next year he haa turned up to collect
hla aaaulty rejuvenated, roay. spry aa
a hay.
"The aacretf The secret is that
ftaancial worry, fear of the poorhouse.
agaa aad ktlla at autre people thaa
all the deadly diseases combined. Re
lease aa old m$m, by means of an aa
atdty, from all this worry, and he
throw* of hla yaara aad walks erect
and happy and fsarleaaly young.
A EnalHo Raaaea,
"I waader why all the cold wavee
seem to teee their lateaalty as aeon
aa they atrike the east?1
M|
gaeaa It la because they coma
to coatact with aome of tbe hot air
fro*
SHOWN BY COUNTRY LIPC COM.
MISSION REPORT.
Obstacles te Re Overcame Are Feint
ed Out. Together with Sugges
tions for Guidance of the Na
tional Government.
Washington.—Report of the commls*
slon on country life. of. especial inter
est to the farmers, was read in both
houses of congress. A summary fol
lows
To the President: The eommlasloa
en country life herewith presents It*
report. The commission find* that
agriculture in the L'nited States, taken
together. prosperous commercially,
when measured by the conditions that
have obtained in previous years, al
though there are some regions la
which this is only partially true. The
country people are producing vast
quantities or supplies for rood, shelter,
clothing, and for use in the arts. The
country homes are Improving In com*
fort, attractiveness and healthfulnesa.
Not only in ttiv material wealth that
they produce, but In the supply of In
dependent and strong cltlsenshlp. the ag
ricultural people constitute the very
foundation of our national efficiency.
As agriculture is the Immediate basis
of country life, so It follows that ths
general affairs of the open country,
speaking broadly, are in a conditioa
of improvement.
Most Prominent Deflclenciea.
Yet It is true, notwithstanding
The reasons for the lack of a highly
organised rural aociety are very many,
ss the full report explains. The lead
ing specific causes are:
Iack of good training for country
life in the schools:
lju-k of good highway facilities
The widespread continuing deple
tion of soils, with the Injurious effect
on rural life
A general need of new and active
leadership.
Other causes contributing to thai
general result are: Uck of any ade*
quate system of agricultural credit,
whereby the farmer may readily se
cure loans on fair terms: the short,
age of labor, a condition that is often
complicated by intemperance among
workmen lack of institutions and in
centives that tie the laboring man to
the soil: the burdens and the narrow
life of farm women: lack of adequate
supervision of public health.
Nature of the Remediee.
Congress can remove some of the
handicaps of the farmer, and it can
also set some kinds of wprk in motion
such as:
The encouragement of a system of
thorough-going surveys of all agricul
tural regions in order to take stock
and to develop a scientifically and
economically sound country life
The establishing of a nationalised
system of extension work In rural
communities through all the land
grant colleges with the people at their
homes and on their farms
A thorough-going Investigation kf
experts of the middleman system of
handling farm products, coupled with
a general Inquiry into the farmer's
disadvantages in respect to taxation,
transportation rates, co-operation or*
ganisatlons and credit, and the gen
eral business system:
An inquiry into the control snd uss
of the stresms of the United States
with the object of protecting the peo
ple In their ownership and of saving
to agricultural uses such benefits us
should be reserved for these purposes
The establishing of a highway en
gineering service. or equivalent organi
sation. to be at the call of the states
In working out effective and econom
ical highway systems:
The establishing of a system of
parcels post and postsl savings
banks:
And providing some means or
agency for the guidance of public
opinion toward the development of a
real rural society that shall rest di
rectly on the land.
Other remedies recommended for
consideration by congress are:
The enlargement of the ITnited
States bureau of education, to enable
It to stimulate and co-ordinate the ed*
ucational work of the natloti
pro­
Careful attention to the farmers'
Interests In legislation on the tariff,
on regulation of railroads, control or
regulation of corporations and of spec
ulation. legislation in respect of riv
ers. forests, and the utilisation of
swainp lands:
Increasing the powers of the fed
eral government In respect to the
supervision und control of the puhlio
health:
Providing such regulations as will
enable tlie states that do not permit
the sale of liquors to protect them
selves t'roin traffic from adjoining
states.
a
high average personsl and community
Idesl. In short, the fundamental facts
of human nature apply to men and wom
en who live In the country Just as they
apply to men and women who live In ths
towns. Olvan a sufficient foundation of
material well being, the Influence of the
farmers' wives ou their children be*
comes' the factor of first Importance la
determining the attitude of the next gen
eration toward farm life. The farmer
should realise that the person who most
needs consideration on the fsrm is ills
wife. 1 do not In the least mean that shs
should purchsse ease at the espense of
duty. Neither msn nor woman Is really
happy or really useful save on condition
of doing his or her duty. If the wom
an shirks her duty as housewife, as
hswiii keeper,
aa
the mother whose prime
fuaction is to bear and rear a sufficient
number of healthy children, then she
net entitled to our regard.
In setting all these forces in motion,
the co-operation of the states will bs
necessary and in many cases definite
state laws may greatly aid the work.
Remedies of a more general nature
are: A broad campaign of publicity,
tliut must be undertaken until all the
people are informed ou the whole sub
ject of rural life, and until there is an
awakened appreciation of the neces
sity of giving this phase of our na
tional development as much attention
as has been given to other phases or
Interests: a quickened sense of re
sponsibility. in all the country people,
to the community and the state in ths
conserving of soil fertility, and In the
necessity for diversifying farming in
order to conserve this fertility and to
develop a better rural society, and
also in the better safe-guarding of the
strength and happiness of the farm
women a more widespread conviction
of the necessity of organisation, not only
for economic but for social pur
poses. this organisation to be more or
less co-operative, so that all the people
muy share equally in the benefits and
have voice In the essential affairs of
the community: a realisation on the
part of the farmer that he has a dis
tinct natural responsibility toward ths
laborer In providing him with good
living facilities, ami in helping him In
every way to be a man among men
and a realisation on the part of all
ti.e people of the obligation to protect
and develop the natural scenery and
attractiveness of the open country.
Is
But
if she
S her duty she Is more entitled to our
regard even than the man who does
his duty and the msn should show spe*
clal consideration -for lier needs.
Highly Educated Turkiah Women,
New ligbt is being thrown upoa
things Turkish has brought out some
Interesting discoveries. For example,
the Turkish woman of the upper
classes is described as parhapa the
most highly educated woman In the
world. While her western slaters are
buay playing hockey and tennis, per
forming their social duties—aad flirt
Ins—the Turkish woman spends her
day In reading and study. It ia not aa
uncommon thing to meet Turkish
ladies who can speak not only half
the languages of Europe, but know, in
addition, ancient Qreek, Persian and
Arabic. 8chopenhauer and Herbert
S|iencer are favorite authora. and the
latest English and French novels are
the principal subjecta of their after
noon small talk. The picture of this
e*renuous intellectuallsm contrasts
oddly with tbe tradltioaal ideas of
feaiem life.
Roundabout.
Husband (speaking to wife)—Come
to me, little chick!
Wife a Mother (fanning vigorously)
—You've a very polite way of caillag
me an old boa!—Judge.
WITH Ml NEWS.
New Corporatlona.
Alfred Blaisdell, secretary of atate,
has Issued charters to the following
corporations:
The Fargo Amusement, company
capital stock, 920,000 incorporators:
Ueo. W. Vidger, A. E. Champlain and
Geo. R. Perham, all of Fargo, N. D.
First State Dank of Rugby: capital
stock, 920,000 incorporators: Allen
If. Miller. Cariington. N. D., O. I.
llcgge, Minneapolis, Minn, and B. J.
Schoregge, Leeds, N. 1).
New England Cooperative Cream
ery company capital stock. tS.000 in
corporators John Adams, Otto Thresa.
8. M. Nelson and others of New Eng
laad, N. D.
Sheridan County State Bank, Mc
Clusky, N. D. capital stock. 910.000
Incorporators: T. P. Hodge, Newburg,
N. D.. C. I.. Bishop, Fessenden, N. D.
and B. H. Edmlnlster. Minot. N. D.
The Sykeston and New Home Tele*
phone company. New Home. X. D.
capital atock. 910,000 Incorporators
C. C. duenther, Dick Jensen, John
Ran and others of New Home, X. D.
Kidder County Telephone company,
Steele, X. D. capital stock, 910,000
'ucorporators: John S. Spangler and
Mary P. Spangler, both of Steele, X.
D.. and George B. Perham of Fargo,
N. D.
all
this progress as measured by his
torical standards, that agriculture is
not commercially as profitable as It Is
entitled to be for the labor and energy
that the farmer expends and the rlska
that he assumes, and that the social
conditions in the open country are far
short of their possibilities. We must
measure our agricultural efficiency by
the possibilities rather than by com*
pnrison with previous conditions. The
farmer is almost necessarily handi*
cupped in the development of his busi
ness. because Ills capital is amall and
the volume of hla transactions limited
and tie usually stands practically
alor.e against organised interests. In
the general readjustment of modern
life due to the great changes In manu
factures and commerce, Inequalities
and discriminations have arisen, and
naturally tlie separate man suffers
most. The unattached man has prob
lems that government should under*
stand.
The Jewish Cemetery association,
Canfleld. N. D. incorporators: Philip
Kamlns, Abe Kamlns and Abe Sachs,
all of Canfleld. X. D.
DeLamere State Bank Increased Ha
capital stock from 95.00 to 910,000.
State Bank of McC'umber, name
changed to "The Rolette State Bank."
Run Betrayer Out of Town.
Bismarck—A band of youthful mar
rauders was broken up today by the
arrest of four boys on information
furnished by oae of the gang's mem
bers under the impression that a re
ward would be paid, charging them
with stealing goods from the Soo
freight depot. They will be glveu a
hearing tomorrow.
Au odd sequence of the arrest was
the pursuit, after their release on pa
role. of the Informant by two of the
unlucky ones armed with small rifles.
Maay shots were flred after the fugi
tive and he was chased into the woods
along the river and has not been seen
since, although his parents and friends
have been searching.
A large number of boys have been
Implicated in many stealings by the
confession of these boys and notwith
atandiug several youths have recently
been sent to the reform school, the
band has been very active.
Call in Outaide Counaal.
Blamarck—After the hottest debate
ot the session the houae resolution
permitting the penitentiary investiga
tion committee to engage counsel
aside from the attorney general of the
state and providing for an appropria
tion to pay for such counsel was con
curred in by the senate.
Senator Simpson opposed the reso
lution as illegally authorising the ex
penditure of state funds by a resolu
tion. Senator La Moure wanted to
know whether the attorney general of
the state had refused to lend his ser
vices to the committee. Senator
Pierce, chairman of the committee,
stated that the attorney general bad
Bald that he was too busy to assist
the committee, hut that he could de
tail a business associate. The com
mittee, however, did not feel that the
person to be detailed was such coun
sel as the committee would want.
9*0,000 Blue In North Dakota.
Wlshek—About 2 a. m. lire was dis
covered in the Herr Bros. A Company
department store and before it waa
subdued caused a total loss of 9CO.OOO,
covered by about 93S.OOO insurance.
Fire was discovered In the clothing
department of the general store, but
was under such headway that the
flames could not be extinguished until
they had burned the department stotw,
R. J. Bailey's meat market, the post
ofllce and M. E. Pratt's residence. Tlie
First State bank and the Wlshek Drug
company's buildings were slightly
damaged, but were saved by a bucket
brigade, that being the only Are pro
tection the town has. Fortunately the
direction of the wind was away from
the business center of tbe whole town
would have gone. The origin of the
fire Is unknown.
NEWS NOTES.
Jamestown—Levi Gutru of Edmunds
awore to a complaint before State's
Attorney Geo. W. Thorpe charging
Calvin Genung with grand larceny.
It ia alleged that Genung entered Gu
tru's granary and that he removed
oats to the value of 91.500. Sheriff
Romer and two deputies left for Ed
munds at once to serve the papers.
Mr. Gutru also swore out search war
rants to search the premises of S.
Heocock and Arthur Haskins, farmers
near Edmunds, for the stolen prop
erty.
Ellendsle—Mrs. Merchant, wife of
Dr. M. F. Merchant, who is at pres
ent on a trip to Texas, had an ex
tremely narrow escape from being fa
tally poisoned. Mrs. Merchant bad
been suffering with a severe cough and
had been taking a medicine to relieve
the complaint. Monday morning,
while preparing breakfast, she was
seised with a severe coughing attack,
and taking up a bottle of the suppos
ed cough medicine swallowed a small
portion. It proved to be a fumigating
compound which Dr. Merchant had
been using before his departure
Lidgerwood—Henry Klein of Ma
rion, Iowa, a druggist employed by
George Wlrtenberger of this place,
died suddenly of poisoning at the
Merchants' hotel. He went to his
room at noon and immediately there
after called for a doctor, to whom he
said that he had been drugged and
robbed, having no time to make fur
ther explanatlona before he lost con
sclouaness. Hla room was found in a
disordered caaditon. An analysis
being made of tbe contents of the
etomaeh. Klein waa 39 yearn of age
An Inherited Failing.
A native of Annam, Indo-Chlna, sen
tenced la Paris for theft, wrote the fol
lowing apology to hla employer: "All
Annamltee, whether emperora, man
darine, aacretartea, literary men and
others, are born thlevea. It Is a
grave and deadly complaint, and there
la no cure for it. I know people do
not like thlevea in Fiance, but It can
not be helped."
Area ef National Capitol.
Tbe area covered by the "f'-nt'
capltol la 1SS.1M aware feet.
NORTH OAKOTALECISLATURE
MEMBERS URGED TO CHANGE
SCHOOL GOVERNMENT
Senator Cashel Introduces Meaaura
to Establish Bureai- of Inspection
for Seed Grain.
Blsmaick, Feb. 1.—Although there
is very little likelihood that the bill
will become a law, considerable pres
sure may be exerted on this legisla
ture for a change in the educational
government of the state which will
place the Institutions of learning un
der an educational commission to be
composed ef five members. Thta
propotti'.inn first made its appearance
In a small way at the beginning of
the session. At that time it attracted
very little attention. More discus
sion Is, however, being given the sub
ject at this time and there Is a very
broad chance indeed that a bill on
this subject will he given careful con
sideration by the solons on their re
turn from the mid-session recess. The
measure, if it becomes a law, would
wipe out the A. C. board, the state
university board and the normal
school and other boards. In their
atead there would be the paid com
mission to govern the institution's
Important grain inspection legisla
tion and the question of the state
owning and operating terminal eleva
tors in Minnesota and Wisconsin may
be expected of the Eleventh legisla
tive assembly. Tomorrow, in St. Paul,
a joint committee of the legislature,
consisting of Senators Talcott, Trim
ble and Bessessen and Representa
tives Fraine, Hill and Doyle, will meet
and confer with the grain inspection
department of Minnesota and the
grain inspection committee of the
Gopher legislature. Ar present It
would be useless for the North Dako
ta lawmakers to enact laws on the
question of grain inspection unless co
operation with the Minnesota author
ities could be secured.
A pure seed bill similar In Its provi
sions to the pure food act, now in
force, and Introduced by Senator
Cashel at the request of Professor H.
L. Bolley of the North Dakota Agri
cultural college, ahould prove of great
Interest to the farmers of tbe state.
Of late, scores of farmers have com
menced the growing of clover and al
falfa and In many instances the seed
shipped Into the state by seed mlaers
from the east have been found to be
impure. It Is to nrotect the farmors
and the seed dealers ef North Dakota
that the passage of the pure seed
measure IB sought. Professor Bolley
was In the city last week for the pur
pose of appearing before the senate
committee on agriculture, but owing
to the adjournment of the legislature
he was able to accomplish but little.
Section 1 of the pure seed bill pro
vides that each and every package or
#»t of seeds, whether In package or In
bulk, which is sold, offered or expoa
ed for sale by any pevson, firm or
corporation In the state of North Da
kota, shall be plainly, legibly and in
delibly labeled in English upon the
exterior of the container with a writ
ten or printed label. Such label shall
show the oommonly accepted name of
the kind and variety of seed, and also
the full name and address df the pen
son or persons, firm or corporation
selling^ offering or exposing the seeds
for sale.
In case of the sale, offering or ex
posure for sale of mixed seeds, the
packages or containers shall be plain
ly labeled upon the exterior of the
container with the correct common
names of the kinds or varieties of
seeds composing the mixture.
The Cashel bill further provides for
the appointment of a state seed com
missioner by the director of the N. D.
A. C. Experiment station. The experi
ment station is empowered to Inspect,
examine and make analyses of or test
seeds sold or offered for sale in the
state. An appropriation of 92.5U0 is
provided for carrying ou this work
and the same is required to be paid
to the treasurer of the experiment sta
tion who shall equip a seed testing
laboratory.
The sale of agricultural seeds con
taining seedn of noxious weeds is for
bidden by the pure seed measure. Xo
agricultural or garden seeds shall be
sold which contain any of tlie seeds
of coucherquaclc grass. Canada this
tle, or dodder. The sale Is also made
unlawful of seeds containing more
than a reasonable trace of the seeds
of greater ragweed, cornflower, marsh
elder. Russian pigweed, dandelion,
chickory. Russian thistle, plantain,
Uuclc plantain', bructed plantain,
white cockle, night flowerly catchfly,
pink cockle, corn cockle, cow cockle,
holygrass, chess, mustard, false flax,
yellow trefoil, bur clover, sweet clo
ver, ergot, or of the seeds of any
other noxious weeds.
Mislabeling or misbranding of seeds
offered for sale in North Dakota 1b
also unlawful according to this act.
Seeds shall be deemed to be mlsbrand
ed if the contents of any aack or lot
In Lapland.
A Cleveland judge has ruled that a
young girl lias a perfect right to sit
on her sweetheart's knee. This
aeema fair enough, but can't a man
even ask her to get off when hla
foot'a asleep?—Detroit Free Preaa.
Always End to Sorrow.
A young man cannot be cast down
by grief and misfortune ever so severe
but some night he begins to sleep sound,
and some day when dinner time comes
to feel hungry for a beef-steak.—
Thackeray.
•abiea and Safety Pins.
The average house is run pretty
well without a safety pin in It until
the flrst baby appears, and after that
eafety
pins are used for everything,
even for the man's clothes.—Atchison
Globe.
Navy Chaplaina.
A navy lieutenant, recently returned
from the far east, said: "Maybe you
did net know that neither Japan nor
Italy had chaplains In the navy and
many British chaplalas are naval in
structor*."
Is
of needs is not labeled accordant*
with tke requirements of this law, or
if tuch seeds are falaely labeled la
any respect.
Persons or Corporatlona whs vio
late this act shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and on conviction
shall be lined not less than 910 and
costa and not more than 9100 for the
first offense, and not less than 9100
and not more than 95.000 for the see
ond or any subsequent offense.
Citizens of the state may send nam
pies cf seeds for analysis or test t«
the seed laboratory by prepaying the
transportation charges and such sam
ples shall be examined and repotted
upon free of cbarse.
Bismarck, Feb. 2.—Following ont
In detail somewhat the Minnesota law
on the same subject. Senator Simpson
of Stark has a bill before this legisla
ture creating the ofllce of tax com
missioner of Xorth Dakota. The
question of taxation has become a
most difficult problem In this atate
and many remedies have beea sug
gested from time to time. Minnesota
has tax commissioner in tbe iter
son of Franklin McVey, who address
ed the joint assembly a couple of
weeks ago on the question of taxation.
He outlined the workings of the Min
nesota statute and showed the many
benefits that may be accrued to all
concerned by the employment by the
state of a tax specialist who can re
vise the tax law so as to make them
equitable and just.
The Simpson bill provides that
wlthiu ten days after the passage of
his measure, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, the governor shall ap
point to the ofllce of tax commissioner
a competent lawyer who is a tax spe
cialist and who has had experience In
tax litigation, and the person so ap
pointed shall hold his ofllce for two
years and until Ills successor ia ap
pointed. He shall receive for his sal
ary 91 a year and the expenses he
may incur la the performance of his
duties, such as the cost of printing,
typewriting, paper, postage, traveling,
hotel bills and other incidental ex
penses not exceeding in all 9-.000 a
year. After the appointment of the
flrst tax commissioner, his successor
shall be appointed for two years and
said appointment continued by tbe
senate.
It shall be the duty of tbe tax com
missioner, according to the Simpson
bill, to exercise general supervision
over the administration of the assess
ment and taxation laws of the state
and to advise and give necessary in
struction and direction to assessors
and boards of equalisation through
out the state aa to their dutiea under
the laws of the state to the end that
all assessments of property and all
tax levies shall be made relatively
just and vqual and In compliance with
the laws of the state. He is required
to officially visit every county la tha
state at least once in two years and
inquire into tlie methods of assess
ment and taxation and ascertain
whether the assessors and other of
ficers faithfully discharge their duties.
The state tax commissioner is fup
ther required to investigate the tax
laws of other states and countries and
to formulate and submit, to the legla
lature of the state such legislation as
such commissioner may deem expe
dient to secure just and equal taxa
tion in this state.
An act to require relatives to sup
port the poor Is now before the house
committee on state affairs and will
doubtless receive favorable attention
at the hands of the committee. The
bill was introduced by Representative
Welford of Pembina.
Section 1 of the bill provides that
I it shall be the duly of the father,
mother, husband, wife, children, sis
ter and brother, being of sufficient
ability, of any poor ierson who is
blind, old, lame. Impotent or decrepit,
so as to be unable to maintain him
self. to relieve atid maintain such poor
person iu sucli manner as shall be
approved by the resident commission
er of the district wherein the said poor
person may be.
Notice of such application shall ha
glveu at least two weeks prior to the
hearing thereon by serving the same
upon the persou to whom it Is direct
ed in the same manner as Is provided
for the service of summons In courts
in this state, and such notice may be
so served anywhere within this state.
No person shall obtain permanent
relief in this state unless their peti
tion shall have tlrst been presented to
the board of comity commissioners.
Tlie said petition shall set forth the
name and age of the applicant for re
lief, the cause or causes, which pre
vent his being self supitorting, wheth
er or not said aplicant has an' living
relatives with their names, if any,
anil places of residence together with
degrees of relationship, and the peti
tion shall be forwarded to the com
missioner of the flrst dlstifct, who
shall Investigate the case and present
the petition at the next meeting of the
board of county commiasioners for
such action as the board may see fit
to take.
Man'a Rough Path.
Times are not always hard, but a
man always needs money, for he la
compelled to buy his salvation of a
preacher, his health of a doctor and
his rights of a lawyer.—Atlanta Coa
atitutioa.
•ig Engineering Feat.
One of the biggest pieces of engl
n?ring fn Xew England is a 1.600
horsepower dum in the Union river, at
KllBWorth. Me. It la constructed of
hollow concrete, and cost nearly
9500.000.
Mtsroacoplc Writing.
A remarkable machine made by a
lately deceased member of the Royal
Mioroaeopical aociety for writing with
a diamond seems to have been brokea
up by Its inventor. A specimen of ite
works ia the Lord'a prayer of 297 let
tore, written in the 1,237,000 of a
aquare inch, which la at the rate of
53.8S0.000 letters or 19 complete
Bibles, to a single aauare Inch. To
decipher the writing It ia necessary to
use a 1-12-inch objective, which ia the
high power lena physicians employ tar
atadying the voai minute bacteria.
This Versifying Age.
The body of tolerably acceptable
contemporary verse is enormous. It
shows a wide range of thought, and a
commendable technique. In one de
partment. at least, it has manifested
a notable progress during the last SOO
years namely, in tbe poetic drama.
Hundreds of men and women are now
writing plays in verse. They are giv
ing a new vitality, new imaginative
possibilities to the American stage.
Oar lyric poets are beyond counting.
Mr. Stedman gathered the work of 600
of them into his anthology many years
ago. Hut this number does not rep
resent a tithe of the persons who
habitually or intermittently produce
verse.
Yet how rarely, in the mass of lyric
verse, does one catch the national
note! More sonnets are written about
John Keats than about tbe United
States of America.—Bliae Parry, In At-
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
ByLydiaEePinldiam's
Vegetable Compound
bralgvUfe «Lydla E. Pink.
haa a Vegetable Compound haa cer
tainly done me a
world of good and
I cannot j»rai«e it
enough.. I Buffered
fromlrregularitiHs,
dizziness, nervous,
hess, and a severe
female trouble.
LydiaE.Pinklia m's
Vegetable Com
pound haa restored
me to perfect
health ana kept me
___ from tlie operating
1 will never be without this
medicine in the houae."—Mrs.
Uk,
SAM'L
SUSS Fourth St., Louisville. Ky.
Another Operation Avoided.
Adrian, Ga.—"I Buffeted untold
mlMry from female troublea, and my
doctor aald an operation waa my only
chance, and I dreaded it almost as
much aa death. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound completely cured
me without an operation. —LENA V.
Hknby, K. F. D. 3.
Thirty yean of unparalleled suc
cess confirms the power of Lydia E.
Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound to
cure female diseaaea. The great vol
umeof unsolicited teatimony constant
ly pouring in proves conclusively that
Lydia E. PinKham'a Vegetable Com
pound ia a remarkable remedy for those
aiatreaaing feminine ilia from which
go many women auffer.
FULL OF HARMONY.
Old 8|ort—1 suppose you've come
or a musical family?
The Other—Musical! Bless you. sir,
why even our dog's got a brass band
round its neck!
Prof. Munyon has generously placed
his Cold Cure with druggists through
out the United Stales and has author.
Ized them to sell it for the small sum
of 25 cts. a bottle. He says these
pellets contain no opium, morphine, co
caine or other harmful drugs, and he
guarantees that they will relieve tho
head, throat and lungs almost Imme
diately. He gives this guarantee with
each bottle of his medicine: "If you
buy my Cold Cure and It does not giva
perfect satisfaction, I will refund your
money." Prof. Munyon has just issued
a Magazine-Almanac, which will bt»
sent, free to any person who addresses
The Munyon Company, Philadelphia.
Looking Forward.
Mr. Wiggins, being in a frivolous
mood, was giving a burlesque imita»
tion of palmistry—pretending to
read his wife'a fortune in her palm.
Six-year-old Ruth was listening with
intense seriousness, but neither of
them was noticing her.
"And. finally," he concluded, after
the usual recitals about a dark man. a
light man, a journey, and a large for
tune. "you will live to a great age."
"Thank God!" broke in Ruth, clap
ping her hands ecstatically. "Then my
children will have a grandmother!"
I Criminality of Waste.
If I wanted to train a child to be
thrifty I should teacli him to alilioi
waste. I do not mean waste of
money that cures itself, because very
soon there is no money to waste— but
waste of material, waste of something
that is useful but that you cannot rep
resent In money value to the waster.
There is waste of water, waste of gas
and things of that kind. If you would
wish your children to he thrifty I
would beg to impress upon them the
criminality of waste.—Lord Rosebery,
in au Kdiuburgli Address.
Tha Tactful Suitor.
A youth in Trenton, whose devotion
to the young woman of his choice has
encountered many obstacles during
his long courtship, recently sought
her out with this apparently eucourug
tng statement:
"I think it's all right now, Alice. I
managed to get access to your father
the other day. and while he wouldu't
exactly give his consent I rather
Imagine I've made some headway. He
borrowed 940 of uie. Surely he can't
stand me off much longer after that!"
The young woman sighed. "Yes.«
I've heard about it." she said, "and I
think you've made an awful mess of
It. Father mentioned the 940 and re
marked that I'd better give you up—
you were too easy."—Harper's Weekly.
NO MEDICINE
But a Change ef Pood Gave Relief.
Many persons are learning that
drugs are not the thing to rebuild
worn out nerves, but proper food in
required.
The«e Is a certain element in the
cereals, wheat, barley, etc., which is
grown there by nature for food to brain
and nerve tissue. This is the phos
phate of potash, of which Grape-Xuts
food contains a la ge proportion.
In making this food all the food ele
ments In the two cereals, wheat and
barley, are retained. That is why so
many heretofore nervous and run down
people find in Grape-Xuts a true nerve
and brain food.
"I can say that Grape-Xuts food has
done much for me as a nerve renew
er." writes a Wis. bride.
"A few years ago. before my mar
riage. I was a bookkeeper In a large
Arm. I became so nervous toward the
end of each week that it seemed I
must give up my position, which I
could not afford to do.
"Mother purchased jHme Grape-Xuts
and we found it not only delicious bur
I noticed from day to day that I was
improving until I finally realized I was
net nervous any more.
"I have recommended it to friend*
as a brain and nerve food, never hav
ing found its equal. I owe much to
Grape-Xuts as it aaved me from
nervous collapse, and enabled me t.
retain my position."
Xante given by Postum Co., Battl
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road tc Well
ville," In pkgB. "There's a Reason."
Em ml the above IMwf
•at appears fiw the* Haw. Tfc"
ere aieetai, Mm aad fan ef Una"