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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
Newsin Rrief.

The Great Northern depot at Bart
lett was totally destroyed by fire. The
cause is unknown. Agent Woodman
had gone down the track to quench
the switch lights, being absent about
half an hour, and on his way back was
surprised to see the whole building in
flames. Mr.. Woodman resided in the
building with his family and lost al!
his household goods. /.
The village trustees at Dickinson arr
introducing ordinances for the gov
eminent of the new village, amon&
them imposing a license on liquid drinl
establishments. J.
Robert, Graham, of Benson county,
dropped dead while driving to town.
His death resulted from heart disease.
According to the land Office records,
992 homestead entries have been made
at the Minot land office since Jan. 1,
1899. This does not include large
number of desert and coal land entries.
October gives 216 entries, the largest
in the history of the Office for any one
month.
Lisbon's old opera house, land
mark Of pioneer days, is being torn
down.
Steward Milstead advertises for sup
plies for the new ward building at the
jamestown asylum. 1t is estimated
there will be needed 100 beds, mat.
tresses and pillows, between 300 anc
400 yards of carpeting. and large
quantity of chairs, tables, settees, etc.
The Hillsboro potato starch factory
worked up over 10000 bushels of pota,
toes this fall into starch. Eighteen
cents per bushel was the price paid TO,
potatoes.
Michael Emo lost As tons of hay by q
prairie fire near Jamestown.
One Charles Thompson is wanted al
Fargo on the charge of forgery.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

For the Week EnAln9 Nov. ~.
William Burke died at Marengo, Ill,
aged Ito years.
The town of Troy, Kan, was almost
wiped out by fire.
Twenty buildings were destroyed by
fire Mt Magnolia, Ark.
An earthquake shock at Santiago Dc
Cuba damaged several houses.
The transport Senator sailed from
San Francisco for Manila with troops.
Brazil celebrated the tenth anniver-
sary of the proclamation Of the re-
public.
Two masked men broke into the
State bank at Parker, Kan, and Sc
cured $1,000.
Andrew Carnegie has given s1,75O, 900
additional to the Carnegie institute in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Four robbers blew open the safe Of
the bank at Carl junction, Mo-, and Sc
cured $4,000 in cash.
The khedive unveiled a statue Of
Count de Lesseps at the entrance to
the harbor of Port Said.
The transport Meade, with the Forty
third United States volunteer infantry
on board, sailed for Manila.
An attempt made by masked men to
rob Lake Shore train between Erie
and Conneaut, Pa, was foiled.
"Major" Taylor smashed the worlds
bicycle record for the paced mile in
Chicago, setting the new mark at /: 10.
Henry Luben, q stereotyper, shot and
killed his wife in New York and then
committed suicide. Jealousy was the
cause.
Harry Hatfield, a lightweight boxer
prize fight in New York, died Of his in.
juries.
A revolt of Armenians was suppressed
with Turkish troops, and after defeat
the Kurds massacred peasants in sew
eral villages.
G. p. Greathouse, of Kentucky. who
was consul general of the United States
ut Kangawa. Japan, from 1856 to 1889.
died at Seoul.
Rev. Daniel Hill, aged So, one of the
most prominent members Of the So
ciety of Friends in the west, died in
Richmond, Ind.
Lewis Lucas Troy, superintendent
of the Sixth division, United States
railway mail service, died suddenly in
Chicago, aged GO years.
Rev. Joseph Moore, one of the most
popular Methodist ministers of SOUTH
east Missouri, was assassinated while
asleep at his home in Pyle.
DR.. Thomas Z. James, prominent
physician at Greenville, S. c., and his
son. Wade Hampton james, were killed
by Samuel Lanier, farmer.
Col. George b. Harvey, journalist, ed.
itor and capitalist, has been elected
president and managing director of the
publishing house of Harper & Bros. in
New York.
The democratic state central commit.
tee of Michigan at meeting in DEE
troit announced its intention of indors-
ing w. j. Bryan as the next democratic
presidential candidate.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23

tinuous service for 20 years, yet on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad there is o
hale and hearty old man, with keen, UNI
dimmed eyes and springy step that
has been in the continuous employ Of
the company for so years and is still
better than many men half his age.
w. H. Green is his name, but every
body on the line calls him "Capt. Har-
ry," and has a record that any
man, in any station in life, would be
more than proud of.
Capt. Green is probably the oldest
passenger conductor in the world. "a
he is not he has the best record, for not
once has he been suspended from duty
for any one cause whatever. And then,
too, he has never been injured. Green
was born on September IL, 1927, in
Cockeysville, Baltimore county, Nd,
and entered the Baltimore & Ohio serv-
ice March 3, 1880, as freight brakeman.
He was promoted in two years to
freight conductor, and in 1857 was
given a passenger train and has served
In that capacity ever since. He is now
running through trains between Balti-
more and Cumberland, Md, and wears
ten service stripes on his right arm.
Next to Capt. Green in length of serv-
ice comes S. r. Hume, who is entitled
to nine gold stripes of five years each.
s. T. Gill and s. Riley are wearing eight
stripes, and there are seven on the blue
coat sleeves of Z. Caskey, j. +. Gallo
way, ]. E. Lee, E. r. Mullen, w. L. Pearl,
A. E. Pickett and L. G. Watkins.
1t is remarkable fact that the con.
ductors Of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road represent so many years Of serv-
ice. In fact, the average for 191 con.
dnctors is 20 years. For instance, there
are 1s with record of 30 years service,
40 with IS years, Al with 20 years, 81
with Is years and 20 with ten years.
Among the stationmasters one has five
stripes, Capt. j. II. Magee, of Camden
station, Baltimore.
Some of the passenger brakemen have
seen long years of continuous employ
ment, there being three entitled re-
spectively to four, five and six stripes,
five to three stripes and 60 to two
stripes. There is one station baggage
man, j. A. Bans, who wears seven bars
of gold braid, and so does G. II. Evans,
a train baggageman. Of these latter,
three have six stripes, II five stripes,
five four stripes, % three stripes and 81
two stripes.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
CHOOSES HIS SECRETARY.
Congres.man Henderson, the Next
Speaker Of the House, Makes an
Appointment.

Dubuque, Ia, Nov. 16.-Congressman
Henderson, next speaker of the house,
announces the appointment of Jules C.
Richards, of Waterloo, Ia, as private
secretary to succeed Amos L. Allen,
who was Speaker Reeds secretary and
who has just been elected to congress-
Also that Asher c. Kinds will continue
as clerk at the speakers table and that
Leroy Neeley, for some years Congress.
man Henderson's private secretary.
will be the speakers clerk.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS


A decision was handed down by the
state supreme court in a case in which
there is question Of. vital Importance
involved both to the elevator compa-
mics and to the farmer. The case is a
familiar one. having been to the SUI
prcme court twice before, and was
brought by Kneeland against the Great
Western Elevator company. The case
comes up from Trail county. A brief
history of the. case and question i'm
volved is,as follows:
Kneeland purchased wheat and fax
tickets issued by the elevator company.
Instead Of selling the tickets, as is usu-
ally done, he called for the delivery of
the wheat and, tax ON cars at Blan-
chard, there being about two cars Of
wheat and one Of flax. The tickets of
course call fora certain grade of wheat
and a certain dockage. The grain was
shipped to Duluth and was there grad
ed lower and docked heavier than it
had been when stored and ticketed by
the Great Western Elevator company.
kneeland thereupon sued to recover
the loss claiming that the elevator
company must guarantee, terminal
grades and weights, which is the point
over which the fight is being made. !.
The original suit was for only about
$50, and up to date about $1,000 has
been expended by both parties to the
controversy for attorney fees alone,
and the end is not yet. t..
In the last trial the district court
gave Kneeland judgment. This is re-
versed by the supreme court and a
new trial ordered.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
GIRL IN THE ARMY.
Enlisted to Make a Test Of Her
Lovers Character.


Those who admire the spirit of the
heroine of THE Dragons Teeth" will
delight in a similar story which comes
all the way from Kansas. It is the
story. of lass who loved soldier and
followed him to war, followed him to
the Philippines in the garb of man.
The name of the woman is Sadie de
Lande, and that of the man is P. J..
Moore. They were betrothed, but the
man had to go with his regiment, the
(; Twentieth Kansas, to the war, and
Sadie resolved to follow him.
The girl is a graduate of well-known
seminary in st. Louis. Returning, she
became engaged to Moore, but only on
the condition that she be allowed for a
year to see him as he appeared among
his fellows of his own sex, and thus
apply real test to his character.
Moore agreed. Then came the war.
She got to San. Francisco in. safety.
At Camp Merritt she gave herself up "a
careful study of the military life.
Discipline was rather lax in the regf-
ment. in those days, she says, and she
was able to fall into line and drill with
the company without much danger OF
detection.
She vows that she took readily to the
work and was one Of the most graceful
soldiers in the awkward squad. Once,
indeed, she tainted duringa prolonged
drill, but her sex was kept secret.
When the regiment went aboard the
transport Indiana, Sadie was still II the
ranks. Two days out from port, how
ever, the guarded secret came out.
She was court-martialed and put
ashore at Honolulu. There she re-
manned for several months, and has now
returned to San Francisco on the Mari
posa. The gallant newspapers Of the
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
land Contests.

The following circular letter in rela-
ton to the homestead contests has
been sent out from the Bismarck land
office: thereafter, in all contests flee
against homestead entries, you will in.
sert in the allegations, in the contest
affidavit, in addition to the other allie
cations. the following: And that claim
ants absence from said land is not and
was not occasioned by said claimant
being engaged in the military or naval
service of the United States in time of
WAR;
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23

igs in the branches of the common fig
tree, just as the young figs are forming.
From two to six of the caprifgs, which
look exactly like small, hard, green figs,
are threaded on rush, and the chaplet
is then thrown into the branches.
These caprifigs are the fruit OF the
male form of the species of which the
ordinary fig tree is the female. The
capriig tree does not bear edible figs,
but, instead, small, tough ones filled
with little gals, from which issue
minute, black, wasp-like insects-the
blastophagas. These fig insects in
forcing their way out of the caprifg be-
come coated with pollen; then they en-
ter the ordinary, or female fig, just de-
ve1oping at this season, and rub off the
pollen on the flower inside the fig,
which thus becomes fortified and rip
ems good seeds-an action beneficial to
the fig growers in two ways; first, in
preventing the figs from dropping off
when half grown, and second, in pro-
ducing the rich, nutty flavor which the
seeds give to the fruit, enhancing its
market value.
It is absolutely necessary to capriig
the best sort of figs for drying. The
United States has been unable to COM
pete with Smyrna, Algeria, Italy,
Greece and Asia Minor in the dried fruit
industry. For centuries these countries
have had the blastophagas family at
work in the fig orchards.
o1n Ill o1,
sixteenth of an inch long, and is a wing
less, degraded creature, smaller than
the female; a light brown in color. It
is his mission to fertilize the female
before she leaves the wild fig, and there
after to drone away his brief existence
sitting cross-legged on taprifg.
erodotus-4S4-408 B. C.-knew the
blastophagas family; Aristotle. in $40
B. c., gave an excellent description of
the insects and their work, and even at
that remote date the male blastophagas
was an idler.
Prof. Howard, the veteran bug hunt
er, with a wider personal acquaintance
in insect circles than any other man
in the United States, can find no words
too warm for the commentator of Mrs.
Blastophaga.
Immediately upon leaving the ripe
caprifig the female blastophaga enters
the young caprifigs of the succeeding
generation and lays one egg in each of
the gall flowers, which are then very
like the female flowers, but have inn
potent stigmas.
Having thus provided for posterity,
Nine. Blastophaga prepares for the
more serious duty of her life mission
the cross fertilization of the edible, or
female fig, with the wild or male fig, so
that the commercial value of the crop
thus obtained by her work in carrying
the pollen be many times increased.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
TIE OLDEST CONDUCTOR.
". n. Green. Of baltimore. soon WIN
Celebrate Golden Jubilee Of His
Railroad Service.

Early this fall the management Of the
Baltimore s. Ohio railroad decided that
the uniformed force should be provided
with service stripes, and on the winter
uniforms each man has one or more
gold stripes on his right sleeve II he has
been in the service for Ave or more
years. The gold stripe stands for five
years. continuous employment by the
company and glance over the list de-
velops an interesting snd Instructive
condition of affairs.
The ordinary man, IN 3 peaceful and
uneventful vocation, 10 seldom IN con-
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
LUCK IS w1TH Rim.
Ate, rh,rty.r,ve Year. Of Pr.s,eet.
tag Otto Grants Uacevees q Mine
Of Great PPonlse.

Otto p. T. Grantz is counted the rich.
est man in the Black Hills. He is rated
as the first millionaire in this little
mining country. and no one disputes
his claim. For 81 years Otto Grant,
has been following prospector's life,
first in California, then Oregon. Ne
yada. Utah. and for % years in the
Black Hills, with varying luck. But in
his last days the hand of fortune has
blessed him.
Otto Grantz was born In Turning;
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23

Golden Gate say very nice things of her
looks.
My experience has changed my opin-
ions and ambitions she says, land I
advise no girl to initiate my exploits.
Not to count seasickness and the fear
Of detection, there is the intense hui
initiation of discovery to deter one. All
the romance has left my head. But I
had a remarkable time.
Before I boarded the train in Kan
sas p. j. called at the house to see if
had lost my courage and resolution.
he found me all equipped. I had on my
feet pair of French-heeled boots. He
told me the feminine shoes would be-
tray me. took a pair of my uncle's
shoes and put them on over my own.
''At Camp Merritt one or two Of the
boys were let into the secret and they
shielded me. When we were on the In
diana at the dock l got great fright.
Word came that there was to be check
roll call. In the excitement, however,
l managed to stow myself away, and
thus eluded the officers.
discovery came all of sudden. Col.
Funston in person with guard of four
men came down upon me on The second
dayand carried me away in ignominious
arrest. As was marched up to the
hurricane deck, two guards ahead and
two behind, you should have seen the
officers wives stare at me. That was an
ordeal"
"But did You not think of the impro-
priety of your conduct?"
Miss De Lande was confused mo-
ment, and then exclaimed:
Never, until minister's wife insult
ed me. I was sitting in the captains
stateroom while he went among the la
dies to borrow some clothes suited to
my sex. The chaplain's wife sent mes
sage, which was delivered in my hear
ing, that she was not going to furnish
wardrobe for female stowaways-that
she had been called to higher mission.
The captains wife, having no high mis-
sion, had charitable heart and fitted
me out.
At Honolulu Capt. Harry Evans, Of
the harbor police, came out to the trans
port in a boat with two huge Kanaka
policemen to take me of. They fright
ened me and I began to cry. Capt.
Evans. out Of pity, took me ashore
alone, and put the Kanakas into an
other boat.
II was in Jail at Honolulu nearly a
whole day. but the sheriff was kind and
took me to his own home.
AS long as the transport remained in
port was watched, but the caution was
unnecessary, for I would never have
gone on that ship again while the chap
lain's wifa remained there.
.InsteaNof returning at once to the
United States I procured position as
sgoverness to Mrs. Podmore's children.
i With themsI remained until sailed a
few weeks ago on the Mariposa. They
were very kind to me at Honolulu"
And now p
II have purchased trousseau with
the money which I earned myself
everyAcent.' : s5
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
Broom. Cost More.

Chicago, Nov. Is. - The price OF
brooms were advanced more than so per
cent. at meeting in this city of the Ma.
tional Broom Manufacturers associa.
ton of the United States and Canada.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
pEGGorTYs HOUSE.
quaint Home Made Famou. by Dick.
ems Sold Mt Auction md Soon
to be Removed.

Peggotty's house, the home of Little
Emily" and of Peggotty herself and of
Ham Peggotty, is to be taken awas'
from its old moorings in Yarmouth. 1t
has been sold by auction for e46o
(about So 1907 and will be removed from
the surroundings in which Dickens first
saw it and in which it has remained for
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
Due to Football.

Sioux City, Ia, Nov. II. = George
Shoup, the 14-year-old son of an ex-su.
perintendent of Woodbury. county
schools, died as the result of injuries
received in football game Friday. His
knee was sprained, Inflammation set
in, and death was due to nervous pros.
tration.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
About Coal.

The people in the western part of
the state are intensely interested in
the result of the experiments being
made in the east on making coke from
Ignite coal. If the practibility of the
plan is proven it will be bonanza to
North Dakota. The entire Missouri
slope country, and for hundred miles
beyond, as we'll as the Mouse river
country in the northwestern corner of
the state, is underlaid with Ignite.
The possibilities in store for that sec
ton. if coke can be made, are beyond
calculation. Eastern investors are Sc
curing options on some of the best lig-
mite coal deposits.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
Ticl.et Advert,.ement..

French railroad companies have been
ordered by the courts to provide their
passengers with season tickets without
advertisements. The Western railroad
had increased the number of advertise
ments until season ticket was as thick
as pocketbook. and commuters re-
fused to carry them.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23

came to America. Not finding work in
Chicago, for the reason that he could
not speak English, he went to Char
lotte, Ia, where he worked for his uncle
for some time. In the spring of 1862
he turned his face westward. In 1869
Commodore" Grantz, as he is called,
figured prominently in an Indian fight
near Boise Basin, in Idaho. In CON-
pany led by JEFF Stanford, famous In
dian fighter, for three weeks he fol-
lowed the trail of the Indians. There
were several little skirmishes. and in
the final battle 81 Indians were killed
and GO ponies, which the redskins had
stolen from the ranch of old Beaver
DIX, were captured and driven back to
their corral. Not white man was
killed.
For 10 years Grantz worked on five
fractional claims three miles southwest
of Deadwood, and it was two months
ago that he discovered the remarkably
rich shoot of ore on his hidden fortune
claim, which lies adjacent to the Home
stake possessions.
The Grantz strike is conundrum to
the best mining experts of the Black
Hills. The fact that the ore contains
many kinds of values leads many to
think that the shoot is slide, or Sec
ton, from vertical, which will be
found near by. Gold and silver appear
in proportion of about two and one
half ounces of silver to one ounce of
gold. The mountain which he is work.
ing seems to be a mountain of ore, and
Mr.. Grant, has the apex of the noun
tain on his ground. This means that if
his rich ore shoot runs over on to the
Homestake ground by law he has the
right to follow it up, and the ore taken
| out will be his.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
RUSSIA WILL SETTLE.
r. NJ. C, Asscr, Distingui.hed States.
man of Holland, to Arbitrate
American Claims.

After eight years delay it is an
nounced that Russia has agreed to arbi-
t1-ate the claims of American sealers
whose ships were seized by Russian YES
sells off the coast of Siberia. The claims,
which aggregate only $15o,oo0, will be
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
ION r NJ. G. AssER.
HON. T. NJ. c. ASSER.
arbitrator Of American Claims Agains
Russia.)

submitted to T. NJ. C. Asser, one of the
most distinguished lawyers of Holland
and member Of the Dutch council Of
state, and his decision is to be final.
The three American, ships were about
eight miles off the coast of Asia when
they were seized. Heretofore it has
been held by writer's on International
law that the marine jurisdiction Of a
nation extends only one marine league
from its coast. A league was the range
of one of the old-fashioned cannon, and
on that fact the decision was based.
Now Russia claims that as the range Of
cannon has greatly increased, the ma
rine jurisdiction Of countries along
t1neir seacoasts should be correspond.
ingly increased.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
Red River Real Estate.

Red River valley real estate is be-
coming as valuable as q gold mine.
The magnificent crops of wheat and
fax that are produced annually are the
surest returns possible from an invest
ment. A complete crop failure in the
valley is unknown. Devastating hail
storms, like that of last August, are
the only great calamities the farmers
have to fear. The immense crop yield
this year has started number of live
" real estate deals, and the prices paid
are running from SIS to $s5 per acre.
Among the large sales recently made
was that of Harmon Yerkes, one of the
early pioneers, to L. s. Hurd, another
old-tlme citizen, at sss per acre, spot
cash. The values will soon be as high
us those of Iowa and southern Mime.
sofa
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
Land Once Figures.

The annual report of Commissioner
Hermann, of the general land office,
will soon be issued. In speaking of
North Dakota, the report says that
most of the land in this state is placed
under the classification of agricultural
farming and grazing lands, and there
are thousands of acres remaining to be
settled. Billings county has 3, 743, 100
acres; Stark county, 2,4SG,s 500 acres;
Morton county, 1,3s0,OO0 acres; Ward
county, 1896, 1872 acres; Williams coun-
ty, 2,O62, 4s2. In the counties of Foster
Mcintosh, Kidder, Emmons, Burlelgh
and Mclean there are areas of public
land ranging from 1900 acres to nearly
1000, 900 acres. Cass and Trail coun-
ties have exhausted their public lands.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
Cost Of q Muddy nay

It has been calculated that the cost
of a muddy day in London is something
like $4,000