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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1901-07-20

a Wilthire, better known as
Cactus, met with ali accident Mon
day afternoon that came near caus-
ing him TO lose his life. He picked
out missed hole and thep com
menced to drill in it. The remaining
powder exploded filing his eyes and
face with fine rock and injuring bis
right hand. Drs Sinclair and Al
ligham report the injured man doing
nicely and that his eye sight will be
saved This is the first mining acci-
dent in Tonopah .m. rr~
That whole-souled and gentlemanly
representative of Shea, Bocqueraz &
Co., W w. Van Eman. arrived by
private conveyance from Sodaville on
Thursday Vans goods, Tea Cup"
whiskies are the popular beverages
in Tonopah and the goods are like
Van just all right While here he
took goodlv number of orders for
the famous brand He departed Fri
day III
Butler Il O'Brien have purchased
half interest in the 22-animal freight
team of VIM Acularus, Of Bishop.
The team will arrive on the 18th
Three wagons will be loaded with
lumber for their lumber yard, two
cars Of lumber is now at Sodaville
awaiting transportation
j, G. Williams, member Of the ex-
ecutive board of W. F. NJ, arrived
on to-days stage, He instituted n
miners union at Yerington last Tue :
day night and win organize union
here Tuesday evening
A Soc bottle of trib liniment in the
house prevents much suffering, saves
much time and some money.
Against pain from bruise or sprain
Trib's the best insuring,
You will regret if you forget
Trib when YOU 90 touring
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1901-07-20
Attention, Miners!

~ ~ - y - - - - y
There will be an important meet
ing of the Tonopah Miners Union at
Shirley's Hall, on Tuesday evening at
7:3O o'clock, sharp. Business of inn
portance will come before the meet
ing
BY order of President O'Toole. "
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12

Contrary to the general notion,
North Dakota has a great deal more
water surface, In proportion to land
surface, than many Of the other states.
With 70, ,795 square miles Of area, there
are 900 square miles Of water surface.
North Carolina has the most water
surface of any state "a, $50 square miles
out Of total area of 52,240. Arizona
has the least Of any state or territory,
only 100 square miles ofswater to 113,-
go Of land. Kansas, Colorado, Ohio,
Tennessee, Wyoming and other states
have less water area than North Da-
.kota.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12
IssrrAn of attemnt,no tn cor

INSTEAD Of attempting to conciliate
the prohibition fanatics Of this state,
thuse republicans aud democrats who
arc opposed to the prohibition law
should make an open and manly stand
against it. The theory that the over
throw Of the law will come sooner by
its rigid enforcement has not been
borne out by the facts. Instead Of al
lowing the prohibitionists to do all
the Organizing, every county In the
state should have an organization Of
people pledged to work its overthrow.
The people Of sthe Missouri Slope
should strongly organize against it..
Its provisions should be treated with
the same contempt that the people Of
the north gave to the fugitlye-slave
law, which was made to compel free
state men to help slaye-drivers catch
their victims. There are thousands Of
German voters in the state who were
not here when prohibition was adopt
ed. Practically; without exception,
these people are opposed to all laws
regulating appetite. Besides, large
part Of the immigration is coming from
Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and other
license states, or from states that
like IoHa and South Dakota -haye
tried prohibition and found it want
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12

ing. When prohibition was adopted
this county voted overwhelmingly
against It, There we're few Germans
in the county then; now they are a
large part Of the population. The
same is true of a dozen counties in the
state. The Record truly believes that
vote would overthrow prohibition;
but it can never be obtained unless
there is thorough organization
throughout the state-and particular
ly on the Missouri Slope-of those who
are opposed to 1t.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12
EMNONS COUNTY RECORD.
BYD,R. STREETER.

Linton, North Dakota.
Pioneer Journal of the County.
The Record is entered at the Linton Post.
Office as second-class matter.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12

THE Minnesota legislature has
passed primary-election law, after a
hard contest. The law applies. to all
county nominations. II the people OF
our sister state take an interest IN the
success OF the measure and attend the
primaries, we believe a much fairer
expression Of opinion will be given in
the matter Of nominating party candi-
dates. 1t will prevent trading between
delegations, which is the worst fea-
ture Of the present convention system
"a system which compels the dele
gates from one precinct to combine
with those Of other precincts, regard
less of the fitness of candidates, in Or
der to stand any show of winning. The
primary election is worthy adjunct
Of the Australian ballot.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12
wases lowered.

A London dispatch says: In conse.
quence Of the reduction Of the selling
price Of iron, wages throughout the
north of England, In the manufac-
.tured-iron trade, were reduced II per
cent April lst. This is the largest re.
ductiOn recorded since the adoption OF
the sliding scale In 1889. The produc.
tion of manufactured iron for the
months of January and February of
this year is 1000 tons less than for any
preceding two months since 1899.
American competition is the cause Of
the falling of.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12
: "A. SUICIDE.
Fra,sh Ringius Wounds Peter G..
LeUin and Nezs r. Olson and
Then Kills Himself With
q Reuolver.

Wednesday evening the Record re-
ceived the following letter from Peter
e. Levin, who resides a few miles from
Braddocx, this county. As 1t gives in
a clear and concise form the facts re-
gardipg the initial chapter Of start
ling tragedy, as witnessed by the only
man now alive, we print the letter.
DEADLOCK, N. D., April 10, 1901.
I'D. r. Strecter: Sir--As was driv-
ing to Braddock from my place, two
miles out Of town, Frank Ringius
drove up in buggy and pulled shot
gun On me. I said to Frank, you
are not going to kill me9' He an
swered in Swedish, you bet will!
Then he fired. The cap exploded, but
the gun did not 60 of. He dropped
the shotgun and pulled 3s-caliber
revolver. With this weapon he fired
six shots at me. The first hit my arm,
which held up to protect my head.
The next went through my coat-sleeve.
The third struck the spring of the
wagon-seat. Tue fourth also hit the
spring. The fifth shot went through
my coat-collar. The sixth bullet PEN
etrated the side of the wagon-box.
Then Frank turned around and drove
toward home, and I continued on my
way to Braddock. p. G. LEVIN"
The above letter was evidently writ
ten by Mr.. Levin before he heard the
sequel to the attempted assassination
of himself. When the mail from Brad
dock arrived in Linton Wednesday
evening the driver gave out still more
startling news. 1t seems that after
Ringius left Levin he reloaded his re-
volver and, instead Of going home, he
went to the house Of Nels Olson, a
neighbor. Here, according to the re-
ports SO far received, he at once walked
}up to Olson and, pressing the muzzle
Of the revolver to Olson's head, fired.
The bullet went through one cheek
and came out of the other. Two teeth
were knocked out.
After shooting Olson, Ringius start
ed across the prairie. He went about
a half-mile, and then shot himself
through the head, killing himself.
RihgiuS was married man, and
leaves awife and two or three chill
dren. He was of Swedish birth, as are
Levin and Olson.
Ringius was a nephew of Levin. HI
came to Emmons county from the old
country some ten or eleven years ago
About the first place he worked was fol
the. writer of this article, who was ther
farming. The place was obtained fol
Ihim by Mr.. Levin. who seemed yer,
anxious to help him in any way that h.
could. "
Both Of the wounded mon came t:
this county at an early day. and ar
hard working and industrious farmers
1t is almost miracle that 9TH escaped
with wounds from which they viii
soon recover.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12

ISN'T it about time for the funny
head-writers Of the metropolitan press
to let up on young Hobson? What
reason is there for casting ridicule on.
a man who took his life In his hands
with the apparent chances largely
in favor of losing it-and went on
forlorn hope against his country's ene-
mics? Even if a host of patriotic
American girls-made silly by their
admiration for the heroic young south
erner-did insist on kissing him, is
THAT any reason why the feelings Of
himself and relatives and friends
should be hurt by reference to the
matter years after it happened. 1t
may all seem very amusing to the par
'agraphers of the daily press; but his
tory will find nothing funny in the
heroic exploit of Hobson. This dis
position to belittle and rldicule our
national heroes because of some slight
detection from course that tact and
good Judgment would dictate is wrong.
Although Dewey was led away from
his usual sensible course by good
and patriotic though ambitious wife,
press writer's should not forget the
dark night when he passed into Ma
nila bay, not knowing what mines
and other hidden dangers were there,
and probably shortened the war by a
year or two. God bless the young
captain and Che old admiral, and the
other heroes Of navy and army that
our country's recent wars have pro-
duced. They are worthy scions Of he
roic and patriotic ancestors. That
any one Of them may have done q
tactless act is nothing as against the
debt the Nation owes him.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12

The "war" in the Philippines is
practically ended. Aguinaldo advises
surrender, and says that he had no
idea such liberal terms had been
offered by the Americans, until he had
an opportunity of investigating the
full text of the Taft commissions
scheme Of government. OF course
there will be trouble with the ladrones
(robbers) for some time, just IS there
was for century with the wild tribes
Of Indians in the United States. But
the great mass of the Eiljpinos seem
to now thoroughly understand that
the Americans intend to give them
the same freedom they themselves en-
Joy, and that they will enjoy what
they have never heretofore enjoyed
protection to life and property. AS
Aguinaldo becomes more pacific and
reasonable, the American Filipinos Of
the Atkinson-P -Pettigrew stripe become
more radical. This is truly great
country-a country strong enough to
allow the traitorous vaporings of the
Atkinson crowd to go unpunished.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12

breath of life, and can secure patron
age enough to buy ink and paper and
food for himself and family lie will
continue to oppose the attempts of a
few politicians, coupled with few
fanatics, to dictate the personal
habits OF the people Of this county
and at the same time punish those
whose votes they cannot control.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12

The New Rockford Transcript re-
fers to Bryan a. "the mouth that
made Nebraska famous" Don't hit
a man when he's down, Duke. Per-
sonally, Bryan has some admirable
qualities. 81.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12

AT their recent meeting in Bismarck
the members of the board of trustees
of the state penitentiary reelected
Edward Braddock, of this county, to
the position of president Of the board.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12

Grand Forks Herald: From South
Africa comes the information that
the Beers have crossed another river.
How cheering it would be to John Bull
to receive the news that there are no
more rivers to cross. :
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12
EsTnAYED..lPoNIEs. !.

Estrayed from my premises. the latter
part Of last November, two ponies. One
was a dari .bay gelding, and one h9ht-bay
mare with whito strip in face. The mare
had her name aud the; tip Of her tail cut of.
Both animals are brnndsd with q D (bal
Psonlsft shoulder. viii pay lib.
eral reward for information leading to the
recovery ot the poniss
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-12

Jamestown Capital: More than a
school-house every other day, the past
two years. is the way the people Of the
state have had to build to provide
desk room for the boys and girls. This
is an indication OF the rapid manner
In which the state is filling up, and
the many notices for building tenders
shows that the construction Of school
houses is undated this season, too.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
What have you been saying %

What have you been saying?"
hat you will be welcome in nv
home, at any moment was the bitter
reply; that | have still a warm cor
ner for you, and that hope you will
come soon, before you have to see
how everything here's going to
RUM"
Now you know: decide for your
self! said Leo, dryly.
but she paid no attention to him
She went ~ to ner mother with clasp
cd hands, and looked at her with an
inploring glance.
You need not repeat it. mamma -
Leo continued; my wife knows that I
sell no pictures, and that am fond
OF champagne and fine horses"
Leo. say no more about it," inter
rupted his wife. "All that I have is
yours; have never complained of
your expenditures. If my mother does
So she means it kindly and-perhaps
she is not wrong. Oh, beg of you.
do not quarrel; please, please do mott"
You have never yet complained,
enid; that is true You would not say
a word even if the very last penny
were TO be flung out of the window tn
day. 1t is for that that | am here. if
is Tor that very reason that I have
simply explained to him that if YOU go
on living as you dc nov, your whole
fortune will be gone in six or eight
years-and that is the end of every
thing! Or do you fancy perhaps that
after that you can devour the iron
works for your bread and butter? Bw
heavens, [ will take very good care
that that never happens"
The resolute woman wiped the beads
OF perspiration from her forehead.
Antje was silent
Leave us, Leo" she entreated at
length.
Excuse me. It interests me TO
hear what rules your mother pre-
scribes for our guidance in the fu-
ture," was Leo's reply.
Nothing more" Frau Klaartie slow
~ nothing more than that
which Ante learned while she lived
in my house-simplicity, economy, and
labor, labor such as beseems a man
who has a wife and child to care for;
not an art that brings in nothing, And
now | must ask you for a timetable"
Leo looked at the clock THE ex-
press train for Leipzig goes in three
quarters of an hour" he said, very
calmly.
Leo" The young wife's heart al
most stood still.
To be continued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
Rough Characteristics of a
Gentleman Born to "a
Life of Ease

stable He quoted the FESTIVE horses
and was back in bed before the rest
of the people in the house realized
what the fuss was all about.
It was about 1884 that Roosevelt
went out west and began the ranch
life and the grizzly-bear hunting that
made him the idol of the cowboys.
There he laid the foundation of the
powerful shoulders and the wonder
fully muscular body of the fighter who
went through the Cuban campaign
and came out of it as strong as a bull
moose.
Along with his strenuousness Roose-
welt has always had an eye for the
picturesque. The man who wrote
The Winning of the West and Ranch
Life and the Hunting Trail has a
streak of poetry in his makeup. So
when he started out to rough it he
dressed like a second Daniel Boone.
He wore leather leggings finished with
fringe, a fancy coat and silk ban
danna knotted about his neck. This,
with his spectacles, made him an odd
enough figure. The cowboys at once
dubbed him the "foureyed tender
foot" He took their gibes pleasantly.
One day somebody told him of bad
man who was going to kill him.
How interesting" said Roosevelt
strenuous, showing his teeth. Il
should like to see that man"
Obliging cowboys pointed out the
tent of the bad man, and after supper
Roosevelt walked over. He told the
bad man that they had just as well
fight it out then and there, To the
surprise and chagrin of his hackers
the gentleman from Bitter Creek
changed his mind in a twinkling. He
said that there was nothing to fight
about, and that, for his part, he had
not thought of it,
a Meeting With FInnegan.
Bad Man" Finnegan was another
character from Bitter Greek who met
the strenuous "four-eyed tenderfcot."
at one time went up
against a large quantity of Big
Mouthed" Bob's barbed-wire whiskey.
1t put him to sleep, and while he slept
the cowboys cut off his Samson-like
hair. Finnegan woke up, started on
the war path and burned the only
town he could find. Then he set out
for the Bitter Creek hills, and on the
way he passed Roosevelt's Elkhorn
ranch. He helped himself to a fine
hunting canoe and started up the Lit
tie Missouri.
Shortly afterward Roosevelt heard
how the gentleman from Bitter Greek
had been amusing himself, and also
missed his canoe. He jumped into
another boat and set out in hot pur-
suit
For $50 miles up the winding noun
tain stream he followed the fleeing
Finnegan. He caught the bad man,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
OUR FIRST SIREN
UOUS EXECUTIVE

marched him back and lodged him il
the county Jail at Dickinson. Roose
welt soon convinced the cowboys tina
he could ride straight and shoe
straight and take his medicine like /;
man.
He undertook to break a few of the
sixty wild ponies with which he
stocked one of his ranches. The frs
pony he tackled was a long-legged
Roman-nosed bay that they called
Ben Butler" Ben "sunfished" as soon
as Roosevelt got on his back and the
future president promptly came off in
a heap.
Some one caught the pony and
| brought him back. Roosevelt, very
pale, jumped into the saddle again
and rode Ben Butler to a lather
Three of Roosevelt's ribs had been
broken by his fall, but he said nothing
about it until the pony had given out
Afterward in a famous address the
strenuous president said: Il have
fought and not always won, but can
say that | always come up for the next
fight when l lose" Perhaps he was
thinking of Ben Butler when he used
these words.
/ Rooseyelt's saddle is famous to this
day in the Dakotas. 1t hangs in a
room on the Elkhorn ranch, and when
ever he visits there he uses it. 1t
weighs forty-fve pounds, and was
made in Denver and cost $3.50 1t is
beautifully embossed, trimmed with
silver and stamped with his mono
gram.
His bit and spurs are in1aid with
silver and his Chaps" are real An
CORA.
Of his prowess as a hunter Roose-
welt has written: Il myself am not
and never will be more than an ordi-
nary shot, for my eyes are bad and
my hand not over steady; yet have
killed every kind of game to be found
On the plains, partly because l have
hunted very perseveringly and partly
because by practice l have learned to
shoot about as well at wild animal
as at target"
President Roosevelt has been max
ing hunting trips to the west for fif-
teen years up to and including the IA
mouse Colorado hunt which ended
about eight weeks ago. He has been
In more tight places and defended
himself at closer range than any ten
derfoot that ever crossed the Rockies.
When he hangs his hat up in the
hallway of his home at Oyster Bay he
hangs it on the prongs of a deer that
might have belonged to ''the Kootenay
ram" This is only one of the many
mementoes of the chase that fill all
the available hooks of his country
house.
When Roosevelt stood on Mount
Marcy the other day and heard the
sad news that made him president it
added only another picturesque and
characteristic moment to his life. 1t
was strenuous; it was like the things
that have always happened to this
American man on horseback.
A Night in the Rockies.
Many night his impressive, blocky
figure on stout little pony has pushed
on and on through the darkness of a
night in the Rockies, with big game
ahead and the pelts of mountain lions
slung across the saddle bow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
jerome P. Fleishman.

do you stand high in the opinion Of
of the Gazzams?"
'T'm afwaid not When Mr.. GazZam
introduces me he says Pm an old
fwiend of his daughtah, and when
Miss Clawise introduces me she says
I'm an old fwiend Of her fathah. "-Inr
dianpolis Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

Doctor-'My dear young lady, you
are drinking unfltered water, which
swarms with animal organisms. You
should have it boiled; that will kill
them"
Patient-"Well, doctor, think I'd
sooner be an aquarium than a GENE
tery."-What to Eat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

See here, f you don't treat me fair
l won't trade with you any more
Whats the natter"
why, there were fourteen potatoes
in the last quart you sold me, andthef4
are only eleven in this. "-Cleveland
Plain-dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

Great Editor-"That new society re-
porter won't de- He has not mastered
the first principles of modern journal
ism"
Manager-"Eh? What's the mat
ter?"
Great Editor-''He says Handsomely
dressed instead of 'smartly gGwned. Z"
New York Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
Next
door,

One night a fellow came to see this
human graphaphone,
And then the air around the block was
one discordant tone;
She gave him Il am Waiting" follow
ed up by Love, Weep"
And she sang them with such feeling
that the fellow went to sleep!
Oh, the girl next door-the girl next
door;
That fellow never came to see that
maiden any more;
And now she's working overtime on
Happy Days of Yore''-
| guess she means those happy days
Before
She
Moved
Next
Door!
jerome P. Fleishman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
Door,

She'll start day of torture with BE
cause'-unearthly sound.
When You Haven't Any Money, We'll
You Needn't Come Around"
Will follow on the program; then
comic opera lay
And that's the way she entertains her
self the livelong day.
Oh, the girl next door-the girl next
door
The walls are only two brick deep
| would that they were more.
If ever soul of man was stirred unto
its deepest core
It's when that one-girl band starts up
The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
GIRL WHO SINGS NEXT DOOR.

We've got girl next door to us-a
pretty little thing,
Who's got a crazy notion in her head
that she can sing;
She favors us with melodies from early
morn till night;
She bangs a grand piano-but she
doesn't do it right
Oh, the girl next door-the girl next
door;
She's just public nuisance and an
individual bore;
I'd give hundred dollars-yes, a
thousand-to the poor,
If some disguised man would choke
The
Girl