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ONLY THREE RE
CEIVE FULL PARDON
STATE PARDONING BOARD ACTS
ON- MANY APPLICATIONS
FROM CONVICTS.
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 10.—The
board fo pardons has adjourned its
December meeting, and out of the
eighty-six applications only three
were granted pardons, while at the
meeting a year ago thirty-four were
favored.
Those pardoned at this meeting
were Walter J. Kerwin of Peoria,
111., sent up from Fargo for.attempt
ing to pick pockets. at a circus at
Fargo. His father, a policeman at
Peoria, was here to intercede for
him.
A. M. Winkle, sent up fom Wil
liams county for ten years, was par
doned, as the sentence was consid
ered excessive.
Peter La Chance, sent up for ten
years from Grand Forks, has nearly
finished his time and was granted a
padon at the end of the sentence
to avoid any delay in having his
citizenship restored.
John Wenliolz, sent up from Di
vide county for stealing a load of
flax, was pardoned on condition of
abstaining from intoxicating liquor.
Ranee Rosncranz, a blind pigger
from McHenry, had his sentence
commuted.
James Davis, sent up from Wil
liams county for assault, had his
sentence commuted from seven to
five years.
The application for pardon of
John Young, the N. P. train rob
ber, was continued until the June
meeting, that the case could be
more fully investibated.
William T. Poe, formerly a city
auditor of Williston, serving ten
years for embezzlement and destroy
ing city records, had his application
for pardon defered till next meet
ing at the request of his own at
torney.
IS STOCK OWNER
INTERESTING QUESTION COMES
UP IN CAVALIER COUNTY
THIS FALL.
The inability of farmers in sev
eral parts of the state, especially in
Cavalier county, has given rise to
an interesting legal question which
is likely to lie threshed out in the
courts in regard to the construction
of the herd law. The point which
has been raised is whether or not
the owner of cattle which are al
lowed to run at large are respon
sible for the damage which is done
by those cattle to the grain which
is still unthreshed. State's Attor
ney Grimson of Cavalier county
holds that he is.
The farmers of Cavalier county
are making a last effort to get
some of their outstanding grain
thresheid. They are clubbing to
gether to do the work and are dig
ging the grain out of the shocks
which are covered with snow and
are threshing it as best they can.
The condition of the grain .is not
of the best but the farmers be
lieve- that it will be better threBhed
now than if it is allowed to stand
until spring.
But despite all the efforts which
are being put forth to continue the
work which was stopped by the con
tinuous rains of the early fall, there
still are and will remain thousands
of acres of grain which can not
be threshed. It is this grain which
has given rise to the legal prob
lem.
The problem is one which affects
not only Cavalier county but al
most every county in the western
part of the state for in most of
them there are thousands of acres
of grain which are in tlie shock and
which will be almost a total loss
if the cattle are allowed to run at
large all winter.
In regard to the question, Mr.
GrimBon, after considering a su
preme court decision, says:
"This year, however, conditions
are out of the ordinary. So much
grain is unthreshed- and that it is
unthreshed is not the fault of any
one but of nature herself. It can
not be helped, therefore, that the
owner of such unthreshed grain,
failing to fence or enclose it, is
thereby negligent or lacking in or
dinary, precautions to protect his
property. It appears to me further
that anyone allowing his stock to
run at large under tie present ex
traordinary conditions must do so
with the knowledge and intention
that such stock will cause damage
to somebody's unthreshed grain.
In all such cases, applying to the
reasoning in the caseof Eli vs.
Rosholt. I believe that the own
ers of the stock will be held liable
for damages caused by their stock
running at large, even between the
first day of December and the first
day of April! Further, than the le
gal liability, whatever the court
might hold it to be, those who have
been fortunate enough to get their
grain threshed should not add to
the burden of those who did not
get threshed by letting their stock
run out and destroy their crops.
My advice, therefore, in all cases,
is that people should not this year
allow their stock to run at large,
and if damage results the owner of
the stock is liable."
For Sale—One or two young
milch cows. C. E. Christesen, R.
F. D. No. 1, Bowbells, N. D. It
KENIMRE MAN IS AR
RESTED ON SATURDAY
IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COM
MITTED MANY ROBBERIES
IN GOOSE NECK TOWN.
Minot, N. D., Dec. 9.—Elinar
Mahlum, who has been brought to
the Ward county jail in this city,
is believed to have pulled off a dar
ing series of robberies in Kenmare
during the past week.
His principal touch is believed to
have been made at the Commercial
hotel in Kenmare, where he is said
to have gathered in $76, belonging
to two lodgers at that hostelry.
This was obtained by pretending
to have been locked out of his own
hotel and thus persuading his vic
tims to allow him entrance to their
room. When they awoke the next
morning they found that both guest
and money were gone.
He is also believed to have stol
en a suit of clothes, and a gold
watch from Joseph Golamp's room
in the house of Nels McArthur.
It is also thought that Mahlum
burglarized the rooms over the Busy
Bee restaurant last week, where a
quantity of clothing was stolen.
Chief o fPolice Hall was notified
of the robberies and finally succeed
ed in running down Mahlum. The
latter was engaged in spending
part of the results of the various
enterprises it is said, and had only
$56 left.
ELIAS DAY—CHARACTERISE
This entertainment of Mr. Day's
is a NEW IDEA and^ an advance
along purely Lyceum lines. It is
Elias Day in the fullness of his art
and experience. During the past,
year the Lyceum workers have re
marked and commented on the won
derful art displayed by this artist
in his lectures and talks before
conventions. It seemed that a
new Elias Day had sprung into be
ing. It was not a new Day but
the growth of! Lyceum ideals has
at last unbandaged the eyes to the
truth of the great facts he has for
years advocated and fought for
It is not generally known that
Mr. Day is an author as well as an
entertainer. All of his sketches
are children of his own "brain, arid
two of them are now published:
"Danny" and the famous "Ken
tucky Colonel" sketch, "Going
Home." Some new ones are ad
ded this year, notably, DenniB Mc
Carthy on "Ancient History." All
of these sketces will be done in
COSTUME, and the changing of
costumes is a real novelty no
long, tedious waits, but with a rap
idity that is novel and interesting.
Mr. Day is, this year, more than
ever, featuring the entertainment
side of his work. Something for
everybody is his aim, and he is suc
ceeding.
Mr. Day will give an entertain
ment at the Bowbells Opera House
on Tuesday evening, January 7th.
CROPS INCREASED 50 PER CENT
The report of the North Dakota
Demonstration Farms for 1911 is
just from the press. The average
yields on the demonstration farms
were a little more than 50 per cent
larger than the average for tlhe
state. The work on the demonstra
tion farms was all done by farmers,
so it shows what can be done by
bringing the right kind of infor
mation to the farmer. The re
pott gives the results of the work
on the 24 demonstration farms.
Different rotations were used so
the report fs really a report on the
rotation of crops. Rotations are
given to fit all parts of the State.
AUCTION SALE.
Having decided to leave the
state, I will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder without re
serve on the Paul C. Peterson farm,
four miles north and one half mile
west of- Flaxton on Wednesday,
Dec. 18, 1912, all my stock, ma
chinery and household goods.
J. M. LEDDEN, Owner.
O. C. Willard, clerk.
J. S. Gee, Auctioneer.
STATISTICS SHOW THAT NORTH
DAKOTA IS BECOMING
GREAT CORN STATE.
Grand Forks, Dec. 10.—Crop
statistics compiled by the Develop
ment League Press Bureau show
that the corn crop in North Da
kota is assuming unexpected pro
portions. Owing to late plowing in
the fall of 1911, approximately
500,000. acres of corn were sown
last spring. The yields have been
so successful in spite of an unus
ually unfavorable, season, that far
mers all over the state are plan
ning on sowing a big corn acreage
next year. Crop experts predict
that at least 700,000 acres will be
devoted to growing of corn in 1915^
In this connection the 1910 census
gives some interesting figures on
the corn crop of North Dakota. In
1889 there was an acreage of only
11,954 planted to corn in the state.
In 1909 the corn acreage had in
creased fifteen fold. The following
year showed a 25 per cent increase
and another increase followed in
1910. In 1911 North Dakota
raised approximately 400,000 acres
of corn.
N. L. Simonson o£ the Bowbells
Cash Store was a Minot visitor
Monday.
TO MAKE SPLENDID
GIFT TO NORWAY
NORWEGIANS OF NORTHWEST
TO MAKE BIG GIFT TO THE
FATHERLAND.
A call for active work in the col
lection of a memorial fund as the
gift from Norwegians of this coun
try to the fatherland, has'just been
issued. The work in this state is
in the hands of H. Bendeka- of
Grand Forks, and N. F. Hegge of
Hatton, both members of the Na
tional Executive Committee. At a
meeting held in Minneapolis a few
years ago, from delegates all over
the northwest it was unanimously
resolved to effect a national organ
ization and to present to the fath
erland a cash fund of one million
dollars at the centennial anniver
sary of independence in 1914.
The organization will recommend
that the interest on the money be
used by the Norwegian Storthing
each year for any public or humane
purpose. There is one clause, how
ever, setting aside $61,000 to be
used in restoring the famous old
cathedral at Trondhjem, around
which cluster memories of import
ant events in Norway's history.
This cathedral is almost as old as
the nation and is at the present
time in poor repair. The work of
restoration has been started but
lack of funds prevented its comple
tion. The work of collecting the
fund will be begun at once. Na
turally North Dakota with its large
population of Norwegians will play
an important part in this activity.
Mrs. P. Platkin and daughter,
Miss Marie, arrived in the city last
week from their home north of Am
brose in Canada and are guests at
the Sam Herscovitz home here.
Mrs. Platkin is mother of Mrs.
Herscovitz.
The Botanical Department of the
North Dakota Agricultural College,
after "some years of seed selection
methods and definite cropping ex
periments, has produced strains of
flax that have the power to grow
on old flax cropped wilt-sick lands
and produce approximately normal
yields of flax.
In order that North Dakota may
have direct benefit of the methods
and information which has cost the
state so much money to obtain, it
is suggested that these methods be
carried direct to the farmer, and in
such manner that the benefits will
come in the shortest possible time,
and in such a manner that the ben
efits will be of permanent value to
the state as a whole.
In order to accomplish this, it is
proposed that a Flax Growers As
sociation be organized, the member
ship of which shall be composed of
actual growers, one to several op
erating" members in each county.
Each grower would operate or 10
acre pJotB, breeding Disease Resis
tant flax, which would supply the
Vol. 14, No 25 Bowbells, Burke County, North Dakota, Friday, December 13, 193 2. $1.50 Per Year
OF CORN CROP
Co-operative Growing of Disease
Resistant Flax for Sowing Purposes
NEW AUTO ROUTE
PASSES THRU N. 0.
"WONDERLAND TRAIL" TO TRA
VERSE NORTH END OF THIS
GREAT STATE.
Grand Forks, Dec. 12.—"Wan
derland Trail" is the new trans
continental highway which passes
through northern North Dakota en
tering the state at Grand Forks.
This route is the latest addition to
the "See America First" highways
and connects Dulutli, Minn, with
Seattfle, Washington. It touches
both Yellowstone and Glacier Na
tional Parks.
Wonderland Trail traverses half
the breadth of the United States,
crossing the states of Minnesota,
North Dakota, Montana, Idaho and
Washington. It passes through
the richest mining, forestry, agri
cultural and scenic sections of
America, and is the outgrowth of
tourist demand for northern route.
Entering the state at Grand Forks
the road continues straight west
along the Great Northern right -of
way, passing through Larimore,
Lakota, Devils Lake, Minot and
Williston.
Wonderland Trail will be made
unexcelled for automobile travel
throughout its entire length, sign
posts will be erected under the
supervision of the interstate asso
ciation that is back of. the road.
THIEF GIVEN ONE
YEAR IN STATE PEN
MAN CONFESSES TO ROBBING
COMPANIONS AND IS GIV
EN STIFF SENTENCE.
Williston, N. D., Dec. 9.—Paul
M. Kilroy, who was arrested last
week near Tioga on a charge of
robbing some of his friends of
$75.00 in cash confessed and was
sentenced by the judge to one year
in the stjate prison. Kilroy was
working with a threshing rig and
during the night got up and went
through the other mens' clothes.
He was taken to the prison Tues
day to begin his term.
C. F. Southward, residing 11
miles northeast of Bowbells, -has
purchased a restaurant in a town
in Saskachewan, and as soon as he
can arrange things here, will leave
to take charge of it. In this Issue
of The Tribune he advertises a sale
to be held at his place on Thurs
day of next week at which time all
his personal property, including
some very good farm machinery and
live stock, will be sold to the high
est bidder. Mr. Southward is one
of the old timers in this Bowbells
country, having come here with
the earliest settlers and taken up
a homestead. He has made many
friends in both this city and the
vicinity of his farm, all of whom
will be sorry to learn of his re
moval but will wish him much
success in his new location.
The biggest sale held in Burke
county during the past two years
will be that of C. F. Southward of
11 miles northeast of the city
which takes place on Thursday of
next week. All farmers should
read the big ad in this issue of
The Tribune which gives full par
ticulars.
seed for "increase" fields, which in
turn would supply seed for the nor
mal flax acreage of the state.
New uncropped virgin sod lands
will not last long now that the
traction outfits have come to stay.
Therefore, the farmer who will be
prepared to retain flax as a part of
his regular pay crop on his old
worked soils cannot fail to reap
great benefit.
To the farmer who will decide to
take up the breeding of Wilt and
Rust Resistant flax, there will come
great benefit, in the fact that he
can raise a normal crop of flax on
old flaxed lands that are reason
ably "free from weeds. He can
sell this seed to his neighbors and
the seed houses at a good margin
above the market price, and at the
same time be a benefit to the state.
Prof. Bolley of the North Dakota
Agricultural College, desires to
hear from farmers who will under
take the special methods necessary
to produce reliable Resistant seed
so that this work may get a good
start thiB coming spring.
Had the farms of North Dakota
been farmed as well as tho demon
stration farms the increased yield
of wheat and oats would have been
worth $33,308,620 for 1911. This
is the striking result given in the
report of the demonstration farms
just published. The report con
tains a complete description of! the
work done on each of the 24 dem
onstration farms, making it a reg
ular dictionary on the rotation of
crops, giving details of how each
crop was handled on each field.
The work was done by farmers,
but under the supervision of W. R.
Porter, Superintendent, and E. W.
Hall, Asst. Superintendent. This
demonstrates the use that farmers
can mako of information when it is
brought to them.
TWO DIE FROM RIG
KEROSENE EXPLOSION
AGEI) WOMAN AND BABY DIE
AT WIMBLETON AS RESULT
OF KEVEItE BURNS.
Wimbledon, N. D., Dec. 9.—An
accident occurred here which caus
ed the death of Mary Owens, 75
years, and Clifford McBain, 3
years old.
The accident was caused by kero
sene being thrown on a coal fire to
start it up, which was followed by
an explosion, setting fire to the
clothing of the little boy and the
old lady, and both were burned so
badly that they lived but. a few
hours.
The old lady lived with her son,
and alone at the time of the acci
dent, excepting the little McBain
boy and his little brother, 2 years
older, who was slightly burned.
Neighbors heard them screaming
and rushed to the house just as the
little boy ran out in the street
with liis clothes on fire. The
flames were extinguished as soon as
possible, but not before the two had
been fatally burned.
TURNIPS FOR MILCH COWS.
Some dairymen avoid feeding tur
nips to dairy cows although they
are among the best milk-produc
ing feeds. The principal objections
are that they require so much time
and labor to cut and that they
taint! the cow's milk rendering it
unfit for cheese or butter making.
Duing the past season I have
fed turnips to dairy cows with
very satisfactory results. I give a
liberal feed of turnips when the
cows, enter the barn to be milked.
The turnips are not cut, but the
cows are allowed to eat all they
can manage whole. What they
leave in the manger are cut to
proper size before the next feed
ing. The cows soon learn to eat
turnips of almost any size. I was
cautioned that they would bruise
their gums and make their mouths
sore, but as yet have observed no
such results.
To prevent taint of milk from
feeding turnips, I exercise the fol
lowing precautions: The stables
are kept clean, for I have observed
that manure has a much more o£
fensive odor when turnips are fed
than in ordinary feeding. The
cows are salted liberally to facili
tate disposal of intestinal products,
and the stable is kept well venti
lated, especially at milking time.
This last precaution reduces the
odor. The cheese maker at the
factory has told me frequently that
he has been unable to detect the
slightest taint in the milk.—
Monroe Conklin, Jr., in Farm and
Home.
SAVE THE TREES.
Thousands of! trees die annually
from neglect. It is not the fault
of the climate nor the soil. You
can save your trees by devoting a
little time to them each year, and
this time need not be taken up
during the busy season. There is
no time more profitably spent than
that put in on your grove. A few
trees or a small grove is worth sev
eral hundred dollars to your farm.
The beauty of your farm and your
neighborhood depends upon the
care put in on the trees. Trees
are killed by allowing grass to
grow around them, which takes up
all the moisture from the ground.
This grass can be kept away by pil
ing manure around each tree. If
this care is taken new life will ap
pear in many that seemed to be
past hope. There are thousands of
trees in Burke county that need
mulching and it should be done
right now. It will pay you to
save your trees. It is for your own
interests to not delay this work any
longer.
A BURKE COUNTY FARMER.
For Sale—High- grade piano in
good condition for half price. Ex
tra fine tone. Cash or on time.
Inquire at Tribune office.
Gill wanted for general house
work.—Mrs. T. 0. Hunter.
Jill J1 JEMS m
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FEDERAL GRAND JURY SEES
NOTHJNG WRONG WITH
THIS MAGAZINE
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 7.—"Jim
Jam Jems is a specimen of the best
kind of journalism and ought to be
read generally we don't see any
thing in any of the numbers
4tbat
ought to be classed as obscene.
The above is a condensed form
of the opinion of a majority of the
federal grand jury in the district
court of Minneapolis for the third
division, which yesterday consider
ed the charges against the dealers
in Jim Jam Jems, who were charg
ed with causing obsene literature
to be brought infio Minnesota by
express.
One of the grand jurors, after
the jury had been dismissed, speak
ing to a party not connected with
the case, said:
"Personally I do not see anything
worse In Jim Jam Jems than ap
pears in the daily papers."
Different From WJnona Finding.
"That shows the difference in
men," said J. M. Dickey, assistant
federal district attorney. "At Wi
nona, where we presented the same
class of cases to a grand jury of
twenty members there was a un
animous vote for t)he five indict
ments, while in St. Paul the Tote
sentiment was almost reversed."
"Notwithstanding tihis finding,
more Jim Jam Jems will be pre
sented to a grand jury at Duluth at
the January term, and still more
will be presented to the grand
jury at Minneapolis in the next
term of district court in April
next."
For Rent—Building and tools for
meat market, or will sell tools on
easy terms to responsible party.
Inquire of Mrs. F. J. Glenn. tf
ITER ROUTE FROM
«. D. TO EUROPE
GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO
MAKE THE RED RIVER A
NAVIGABLE STRBAM.
Canada has already spent oyer
five millions of dollars Improving
her portion of the new ocean route,
and the last session of congress
passed a bill authorizing a surrey
of the Red River with a view to
ward putting in locks and dams.
Supporters of the project call at
tention to the fact that from Red
River points in the United States
the -trip to Liverpool Is 1200 miles
shorter through Hudson Bay than
by the Great LakeB,. Buffalo and
New York as products are now car
ried.
That the rich growing states of
the middle northwest will even
tually Bhip their products to Euro
pean ports by an all water route
was predicted at the Red River sur
vey hearing held in Grand Forks,
December 5 th, by Lieut. Col. Pot
ter of the War Department. The
hearing was attended by 60 dele
gates from points along the river
and facts were presented to show
the volume of traffic and transpor
tation which would result if the
Red River were transformed Into
a navigable stream. On Col. Pot
ter's report will depend whether or
not a survey of the river is made
and locks and dams recommended.
The hope of the International or
ganization, made up of the repre
sentatives from Minnesota, North
Dakota and Manitoba, is founded
upon the fact that improvement
of the rivers in both Canada and
the United States, necessary for the
completion of this project will
make such a route possible.
The Red River of the North,
which constitutes the boundary be
tween North Dakota and Minneso
ta, is the stream that our govern
ment will need to Improve. The
Red River has been navigated from
the earliest days. James J. HUi
spent his early days in carrying bus
iness upon its muddy waters. The
Red River flows north into Lake
Winnipeg from which the Nelson
River flows Into the Hudson Bay,
furnishing a complete highway.
The play "Along the Kennebec"
given at the local opera house on
Monday evening of this week was
greeted by a packed house and the
troupe gave entire satisfaction to
all present. During the afternoon
and evening the members of the
company gave band concert* on our
streets, which was real good ud
were very much appreciated by our
people.