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The Dickinson press., 1901-05-11

Order to Show Cause on Filing Petition
to Sell Land.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County OF STARK.
In County Court. April 26. 1901.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of William Rag, d.
ceased
On reading and a ling tho verified petition OF
Catherine. Ray setting forth to amount OF pr
ronal eetuSe that has come to her hands. and I'll
disposition thereof; tho amount of d.his cut
standing against said deccaeed and u descrlp.
ton OF all the real estate OF which SAID dccearcd
died seized, and the condition and value o. tn.
respective portions thereof; und praying hat
license. DO 10 her granted TO sell the southwest
quarter t>wlio section thirly-thrcc (3N. t"wn.
ship one hundrod thirty.two t132,, range sixty.
two (62) Dickry county, N. d.. Ana it app nt.
ing, by said petition, that it is for the hest in.
terosf Of said estate to sell NIL Of said real estate
above described.
1t is therefore ordered. Tha' all perspns int.r.
csted in said estate. appear before tho judge Of
said court on Monday the 3rd dny of J nn'. A. ID.
1901, at 2 o clock p. IN ut the oiiicc OF County
Court in Dickinson, in snid county. then aud
should not be granted to said Catherine. Ray tn
sell said real e.tnte a.crrdins to tilt: prayer OF
said petition. r.
And, II is iurth. ordered, That o copy Of this
weeks prior to said day of hearing. in the Dick-
inson Press. u weekly. newspaper printed and
published ut Dickinson, in said county. aud
personally servei on all pe.sons interestel III
said rststo, residing in said county. before s i'll
day Of hearing, and u, on all persons interested,
Dated ut Dickinson, N. D., April %, A. d.
1901. BY the Court,
-, ,CHAs. KoNo,
Sat Judge Of the County Court.
The Dickinson press., 1901-05-11
Coal Bids,

Notice is hereby given that the Diqkinson
school board is prepared to entertain bids for
the furnishing Of 100 tons more or less Of deep
the ensuing year, the same; to be delivered al
option Of board. The successful bidder will be
required to give q suitable bond. All bid
should be addressed to the clerk and marked
Goal Bids.''
Bids will be entertained un,il' noon of May Is
The, board reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
By order Of the school board.
Daten April 8, 1901. N. L.AIERs,
4-l3St Clerk
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QUAINT WAYS I'm 10.
TO DISPUTE BILL is 10 MAKE
ONESELF An ouTcAsI.

eence OF myAOWn to show you what hap;
pens.
q went to theA eity as the representa-
tive OF q well known American house.
and Mt the outset was surprised to.
and that twas practically impossible
for me to pay for anything. Don't
bother about that, senior the store-
keeper would shy. Il will make an ac-j
count of It, OF course my American
friends soon explained the system to.
me. and. while didn't like II. Thought
best to conform 10 thcscnstoms Of the
country without rendering myself dis
agreeable by kicking. ia. M
about two months utter my, arrival,
went to q native shoemakcr's one
day. ordered a pail, OF English riding
boots. and. ms "a had been used to wear
ing ready made footgear.. mentioned
incidentally. that my number was BY.
: The shoemaker grayciy nladesa I Of;
the fact and promised 70 send around
the boots as soon ns they were done
Several weeks elapsed. when. one tllorn-
Ing, a porter came staggering Into the
Office almost buried under nm enor.
nous lond of English top boots. To be
exact. he had Il. was thunderstruck.
but as hezcould give me no explanation
except that they weresmine I rushed
Immediately to the shop. where thu
proprietor received me blandl!y and In
sisted that be had merely sent what ]
had ordered. You: sale TINT you de-
sired them to the number OF eight and
a half he added. and ! accordingly
made you eight palrs and one boot, q
right. which. II you desire. I willsex.
change for a left Rut.agoOdth ea vcns,'
! protested. you ought to have known
there was some mistake! Why on
earth should 4 order half q pairi Of
bootsT File shrugged his shoulders.
That was not for mi to inquire he
said.
~ realized that the fatal reputation
for eccentricity which Americans en-
JOY the world owe was partly irespons
sible for the muddle. Stlllsit swas nm
inexcusably stupid blunder, and. after
vainly arguing for an hour. put him
on notice that l would only accept one
pair. Wien returned. l sent back the
other 10 and considered the incident
closed. heard no more about It, In
fact, until exactly six months later,
when / received 9 bill for 81, pairs of
riding boots 81 SIS each-total. $127.60
gold-and a polite notification that IA
pairs awaited my pleasure at the shop.
THAT mode me furious. l sent the
man my check for SIS and told his
messenger to sne.sme and be hanged.
But he didn't suc me. They have a
much more effective method down
there. s
within. q week every tradesman
with whom I did business advised me
'courteously that he had closed my &C
count-meaning that my future Gus
tom was not desired. Moreover. the
foreign colony all gave me the cold;
shoulder, and when. 4 dropped In Mt the
club the frost was something awful.
A last l sent forayparticular friend.
Look here l said. = want you to tell
me frankly why l am getting this 4ta-.
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TAKEN up

At my ranch 100 miles north, Of Dickinson, one
bay horse, weigh. about 800. branded !AV on
left shoulder, also sickle brand on right hip.
D. GOODALL,
54-3t Chilcot, N. d.
The Dickinson press., 1901-05-11
TAKEN up

At my place s miles south Of Richnrdtcn. IN
dark gray mare, branded m left shoulder
Owner prove property and pay charges.
3 4stp. RicIsndton, N. D. ~
The Dickinson press., 1901-05-11
TAKEN UP.

AT my place len miles south of Richard.nns n.
D ono black colt one year old branded ~
on right hip, and ono bay horse. probn- A
right hip; owners can have them Sy
proving property and paying charges.
b4-3t PAUL LEM.
The Dickinson press., 1901-05-11

anee seen any ign 81 NY old tfouhie.D-Mas.
1.a.JAcxsoN, 14l42 Noes 81, Kansas CITY, No:
SIS S. n~eutrali1ss this acid poison,,s
eoolstheb
natural state and the rough, unhealthy
skinbecomes soft, snaooth.sn clear.
>>A cures Tetter,Esy-
sipelAS,, Psosiasis,2Slt
Rheum and al skin!
diseases duetoapois.
- oned condition Of the
blood Send for ourS Observation-Disclosures
about yonr case. Our phyvsicians have
made these5diseases Life study and can
shslpSyonsby their adVire; We make no
y conductedtn shicteskeon6dence
I'D SlWlFI spIetF,e "a ATLANTA, a.
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Elizabeth Roth, widow of Johan Roth deceased.
for the neA sec. 16, twp. 1877 n. r! 90, W.
George Schric Der. Stefan Killer, Martin Roth,
Peter Scharosch, allof Richardson. N. D..
3 39Gi A.C. McGILLIvRAY, Register.
The Dickinson press., 1901-05-11
NOTICE OF TIMBER CULTURE FL.
NAL PROOF.
Lund once At Birmarck. n

Land Once at Bismarck, Nd
April %. l800..h
Notice is hereby, given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intcntiont0
make Anal PROOF In support 81. his 7. @. claim,
d. sannders, Elcrks 81 thesDi1tiict Court, u lis
ofice;ins Dtckineoh M D.iesOnsthes1s day OF
The Dickinson press., 1901-05-11
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF.

Land ONCE at Bismarck, N. d.. March %, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of her intention TO
that said proof will be made before James (.
Saunders, Clerkaof the District Court, at his Office
In Dickinson, N. DION the 4th d-y OF May.
The Dickinson press., 1901-05-11
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAI
PROOF.

Land Office at Bismarck, N. ", April 10. 1901.
Notice is hereby. given that the following
make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that erid proof will be made before the Register
aud Receiver at Bismarck, N. D. on june Bird,
1901, viz: !.
HENRY GILBERT
for the eftof sec: 10, twp. 140 n Of range 1oA, "
9Th p. M.
IL Henames the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said land, Wig: $3.50
Gerry. Paddock, Dickinson, N. D., Howard
Eaton, Alden Eaton, Medora, N. D., AlfredaL.
Martin, Sentinel Butte, Nd.
4. g. AcGlLLLYRAY Register.
AT. PATTERSON, Attorney
- Blsmsrci. n. d. 427.s,
The Dickinson press., 1901-05-11
/ am here for business
and want your work.

Remember I3cut and fl your clothes
in myswork shop ~noSsending away.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

souri, and the Platte. receiving food and
whisky from the French traders who were
gaining riches in furs and pelts.
Pontiac wandered about the neighborhood
of St. Louis for several hours before he
entered the village. He did not inquire his
way when he sought st. Ange; he wore his
French Captains uniform. now very much
frayed and stained. but with the gold lace
still In place, and soon a villager told ST.
Ange Of his presence.
The Frenchman sought him out ana
greeted him with cordially. He invited him
to be his guest at the home Of Nine. Chou
teau. and treated him as an honored Wis
itor. There was food for him and drink as
soon as the villagers knew hat he was
Pontiac the Great, and under the mellow
influence of wine and rum the old warrior
was not long in imagining that all his glory
had returned to him.
Across the river were the British; for the
fort at Cahokia had been established and
the flag Of st. George was floating from the
tall stan. 1t was a hateful rag to Pontiac
the more hateful as he drank more deeply.
And strange visions came into his befud-
died brain.
st. Ange saw the Inevitable result, and
so did others of the vi~llage-French sub
tects who admired Pontiac for what he had
been and had faith in what he might still
be. Auguste Chouteau, then still a young
man but already a leader. was one of
these: Pierre Laclede was another; Nine.
Chouteau was yet another. Each tried to
persuade the Indian to change his course;
each tried to show him that greatness could
not return to him through the flowing
howl
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

the home Of Nine. Chouteau and dressed In
the French Captains uniform. Soldiers
were drawn up before the house. ana q
squad of them carried the rude collin 10 tho
little cemetery which lay east OF what ID
now Broadway, and between Market and
Walnut. There-at a point which Is thougnt
to be about 100 feet south OF Market street
and twenty feet back from Broadway
grave had been dug. A volley was hred as
the body was lowered and the clods began
to fall upon the coffin.
For 1871 years there was neither headstone
nor tablet bearing the name of Pontiac ana
marking the spot where his body had peen
buried. The cemetery had been abandoned
and all but forgotten; one grave was but as
another. and all were as none.
and brickmasOns and carpenters came anu
covered the place over with buildings.
But now there is, in a wall Of the South
ern Hotcl-not far from what was the grave
of the great warrior-a bronze tablet. placed
recently by the Daughters Of the American
Revolution.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
Trader Williamson's
Deal for Pontiac's Life.

It was his liquor that had rekindled tho
whisky fever in Pontiac's veins and had
| made him drunk and led him into the
woods.
Among the Indians in Cahokia that day
was Big Fish. a young kaskaskia brave,
| whose love for whisky was little less than
that of Pontiac. Williamson invited MIN
to drink, and set the fire OF appetite
a-blazing in his blood.
zone drink-no more" said the trader.
''See Pontiac. He is drunk. You are sober.
II you were drunk you might Kill Pontiac"
The braves eyes glittered.
'UghI No kill Pontiacl Good Indian!'
Williamson carefully filled a small glass
to the brim. held 1t before the young In
dams eyes-and gulped it down..
The Kaskaskian pleaded for liquor. VIII
hanson rebuffed him gruffy.
"Why should 1 give you whisky? You
are a squaw! You hate Pontiac. and still
he comes over here and goes about tho
village all day, and his hair still hangs
from his head. Ugh! You are a squaw!"
The Indians fingers clutched the hilt of
bis knife. He crouched as though to spring.
"Bte Fish want to die?" asked William
son. leyeling q pistol at the brave. Don't
try that. Save the knife for your enemy
mot for your friend"
Then abruptly:
xiii Pontiac. He Is in the forest. Bring
me his scalp and 1 will give you this!'
Williamson stepped to the side of q barrel
Of whisky, kicked 1t, and gazed into the
face Of the Kaskaskia brave
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
The Waning Of His
Dream of Glory.

Pontiac had met st. AnSe de Bellerive six
years before. while he was besieging De-
troit after Catherine, a Pottawotomie girl,
had told her sweetheart. Major Gladwyn, of
the plan to massacre the garrison and had
thus thwarted the well-laid plans Of he
Indian commander. All Of Pontiac's efforts
to burst through the weak picket stockade
which was the sole barrier between the
Indians and the whites had failed; the
barges he had sent down the river to fire
the vessels that scattered red-hot spikes
among his red followers had been diverted
and left to float away harmlessly: all his
oil-soaked arrows, set on fire and shot into
Ehe fort. had failed to ignite the miserable
the white men and their protection from
the Indians; all his assaults had been re-
pulsed and all his peremptory demands re-
fused,
Day by day he saw his force dwindling
away, as the unrestrained braves, firing Of
the game, deserted him; and Cay by day he
rallied that re-enforcements for the British
were just SO many hours nearer at hand.
He had tried in vain to persuade the
French Of Canada to assist him-to show
him how the French armies overcame the
resistance Of a besieged g~arrison-to teach
him the art of leading his army to assault.
Day by day he became more certain that
the Frenchmen's story that 1.-THE great
father, the French King. had awakened
from his slumber and would send men and
guns to assist him in his attack upon the
British" was but a story. and nothing more.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
How He Became a
Supreme Court judge.

Judge Holmes was corresponding secre-
tary of the Academy Of ~Science-which he
had, in 1856. assisted In o~rganiZing-for a
number of years. and in this capacity not
only had access to all the old works on
scientific subjects in the library. but also
read all the contributions received from
leaders in scientific thought throughout the
world. Whenever he encountered n pa
per containing anything new in expression
or investigation, he invariably presented 1t
to the academy with an Introductory paper
Of his own.
Mr.. Gray thus relates the manner OF
Judge Holiness appointment to the SUI
preme Bench:
The Drake Constitution. adopted in 1s&,
declared the offices of Supreme Judge va
cant and empowered Governor Fletcher to
fill them by appointment. He chose Dav1o
Wagner. Nathaniel Holmes and Walter L
Lovelace. They directed Andrew w. Mead.
Clerk Of the Court in st. Louis. to issue
d call for a session Of the Supreme Court
in the Courthouse in st. Louis.
The morning Of the day appointed for
the session the new Judges went to the
courtroom and found there W. v. N. Bay
and John D. 9. Dryden, the displaced
Judges, hearing an argument by Colonel
T. T. CAN'T h old Judges declined TO
vacate their seats, and expressed the IN
tention Of d~isregarding their dismissal by
the operation Of the new Constitution.
Governor F1etcher's appointees retired.
A few days later. while the old Judges
were holding court a squad Of soldiers en-
tered the courtroom. with orders from o
ernor Fletcher. Judges Bay and Dryden
were requested to leave the bench. They re-
fused to obey the command. Thereupon the
officer in command took hold of them and
led them from the courtroom. The new
Judges took their seats. n this ended the
controversy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
Gives Himself Up to
Vnrestrained Dissipation.

But he needed them not. The more they
talked the more drunken he became, and
the more he drank the more determined
was he to defy the hated British.
The climax came one day in early fall,
Just after British traders had returned from
trips through the Indian country. Villagers
who had been across the river talked I'M
wisely Of the pelts that had been brought
back. and of the rich bargains that the
British had made. And. still more unwise-
ly. they told of the whisky and rum that
was in the village.
Pontiac listened. and his hatred grew.
The British had robbed his people; the pelts
they had brought back with them had been
stolen; the promises they had made had
been broken: each of them was but an
emissary for the extension Of British set
Elements, and for the determination of the
red man.
And their whisky was strong and biting,
n sent the blood coursing hot through
the veins of him who drank 1t.
Days Of debauchery made Pontiac fancy
himself a %conqueror whom none could re-
sist. They drove from his breast all the
fear that had kept him a fugitive since
the British had taken possession of the
Eastern country. They stirred his defiant
spirit. And he determined to visit Ca
hokia-to show himself b~odily-to learn the
strength of the British and to prepare for
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
Wonderful Extent of
His Thorough Study.

When not engaged in the preparation OF
his briefs, Judge Holmes would secludo
himself in his office and write or study.
He was acknowledged the most scholarly
and widely read lawyer in st. Louis in his
time. There was hardly any subject In art.
literature. science or legal history with
which he did not lave some acquaintance
and. generally, an exact knowledge. He
considered Bacon the greatest philosopher
of any age, and often declared that Soc
rates, Aristotle and Plato were not to he
compared with him.
Among the attorneys practicing at the
time of Judge Holiness enrolment as q
member Of the ST Louis bar. only three
are now living. They are Melvin L. Gray
Of No. 1856 Lindell boulevard; Samuel
Treat. residing at Beers Hotel, and Sam
uel Knox, now of Chicago. They were all
born in the same year-1S15-and began prac-
ticing about the same time. Mr.. Gray Is.
however, the only one still actively follow
ing his profession.
Although he held three political Offices
Circuit Attorney in 1876, counsel for the
School Board in 1854, and Supreme Judge
from 1866 until 1S6S-Judge Holmes never
was known to make a political speech. HIS
address before the st. Louis Bar Associa-
tion on the occasion Of Hugh A. Gariand'S
death Is remembered by a few st. Louis
attorneys. 1t is said to have been extempo-
raneous, but at the same time wonderfully
eloquent.
Mr.. Gray. who visited Judge Holmes al
his home in Cambridge in 1894, says that
he found the old gentleman still absorbed
in his books, though he regretfully admitted
that it was difficult to find in them any
thing new to him.
Judge Holmes was q bachelor. AT the
time of his death he was living IN retire"
ment at No. Z Holyoks place. Cambridge
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
Goes to Cahokia to Show
His Hatred for the British.

~ Ala not wear his French Contains un-
,,orm uis sarh was that of an Indian
cS.os rhors we're feathers in his hair
- ,,..L. ,oir that fen loosely over his
.n.a".hw sboI,Iders-and heads about his
-. ana nm nj. wr,sts and dried-up ghast-
NJ ...In. r,+t1,no at b;s belt. He was not
y 10 1.ft an hi. mission Of de-
u h.a M, to,cbed n drop of
ANo - p,,. tha fey.r was in his
-. - sh,no IN tho intense eleam of his
0too' 80 ~ hetr,yed itselr in the ner-
CO.. -. III. d,,sk,, d,rtv hands.
.@ n.,.t,o dosoondod ,,non cahokia.
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Pontiac sueeeda at the towards he gave back CLEAN and curse to the defiant oneS ne sMmV
rehsedt the advances made by tmew who PLANNED his undmg.

And there was no refusal of the proffered
glass after tt until Pontiac was
Observation-Disclosures!
He wandered away-out toward the BACK
of the town-out into the woods. in which.
six years before. he had halted to don the
French Captains uniform preparatory 10
his stately call upon the French at Fort
Charities.
And there, with his heavy back against
the trunk Of a tree. his head fell forward
,,non bio chest and he sank into a drunken
stupor.
At Cahokia there was a British trader
named Williamson. Relatives Of his had
been victims of Pontiac massacres, and a
sweetheart had died for wanto of food While
the Detroit garrison was besiesed. There
was hatred in his heart for Pontiac as
deep as any that Pontiac ever felt for the
English
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
BY MAIN STRENGTH.

Mr. JowpERS looked gloomily at the let
ter to which he had Just painfully fix
his signature, and then cast q dubious
glance at his wife. >
.'Do you want to Just run this over be-
fore I send It to son James?" he inquired;
and when Mrs. Jowders shook her head
he hastily folded the sheet, which bore the
marks of hours Of toll. and thrust it into
an envelope, which he sealed with trem-
hing expeditiop, and then leaned back in his
chair with an air Of relief.
81 was afeared you'd want to read 1t.
and then most likely 'twould be all to do
over again. mother. like the last one he
said. sBut I'm glad James wrote he didn't
mind a word misspelled here an there.
There's some things 1 can do, but ! never
could seem to get q good purchase on
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
The Assassination, and
Burial With Military Honors.

The air gave no noise as the tomahawk
was raised to the full length of the brawny
arm; it gave nons as the heavy blade de-
seconded.
There was the crunch of bono and a rust
ling of leaves as 4 dead body tumbled Imply
forward.
A sweep with the knife-a Jerk at the long
loose ! air that was already thick with blood
"a kick in the ribs Of the fallen chieftain-a
savage grunt Of satisfaction-and Big Fish
was away to claim his reward.
There was deep sorrow when the people OF
St. Louis heard of the death of Pontiac and
the manner Of 1t. There were also threats
of revenge. st. Ange sent over for the body
and it was given to him. 1t was taken to
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
A Taste of Liquor
and a Fatal Debauch.

Pontiac sneered at the towards: he gave
back CLEAN and curse to the defiant ones:
he stolidly refused the advances made by
those who planned for his undoing.
That is. at first he was stolid. But tho
scent Of the liquor was forever in his nos
tri;s: the throbbing of the whisky fever was
in his veins: and there was a fire in his
throat tina water could not quench.
All, the first drink How 1t sent the mad
blood bounding and quickened the throb Of
the fever! How it changed the fire in his
throat from a dry, parching heat to a smart
ing, darting fame! How it set in motion
the pageants of ambition and hatred that
had begun to lie dormant in his brain!
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
: Romance of the NJ. =
! louisiana Purchase. A~o'

In q moment he was stealing stealthily
through the village, following the irregular
path that had led Pontiac into the forest.
He found the besotted chieftain still
asleep; the feathers In his hair had been
disarranged; the string of beads had fallen
from his neck.
Big Fish was careful. Perhaps Pontiac
was but feigningi
A wide detour brought him behind the
sleeper. He had not moved.
Thick trees gave shelter. and the brown
and red and yellow leaves were a noiseless
carpet for moccasined feet.
A score of careful steps. and Big Fish