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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06

February Ist, 1903. 4 penalty Of three per cent attaches
three per cent attaches: June 1st 4 further pena lty Of three
per cent attaches, and Nov Ist a penalty Of five per cent at
taches. All delinquent real estate taxes are dvertised fora
period of three weeks during the month Of November and
sold on the first Tuesday in Decembe,, 1903.
Personal property taxes become delinquent Feb. st,
Ioo3,and a penalty of per cent attaches and interest at the
rate Of per cent per month until paid.
On or. before Sept. 5000 the county treasurer must
hand in a list Of all delinquent personal taxes to the sheriff
whose duty il is to collect same. 81
The treasurer's Office will Be open between the hours Of
g. n. and r. m. Of each business day during the year.
THOS.
County Treasurer.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
DEVILS LAKINTER OCEAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUA r I,sa.

R l;'lI1:'!..L',l FEBRUARY
Fees for Oct, 1902. /. !. s 334s SO
Fees for Nov, 1902. y. 10000
Fees for Dec, 1909 1914
Total fees...s. b. $50 sS01
All Of which has been turned over
to the connt treasurer.
Respectfully submitted.
(signeedI)) -. !. Day,
(Signed) Chris Anderson,
s Committee
Moved and seconded that the aboyeI
report be approved.
Carried. 81
The bond Of Thos. Lonnevik, as
county treasurer, in&the sum of $50,
900. 0c, With United States
Fidelity and Guaranty company, of
Baltimore, Maryland, as lsEurlretiiess was
on motion duly seconded and carried,
fapproveda and accepted
Moved and seconded that the bond
Of the Pennstate Bank, Of Penn N.
D., as a county depository, in the
sum Of e. 100000, with the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty com
[pany; Of Baltimore, Maryland, dc
lsureties. be hereby approved andsac-
(cepted, and the said bank is hereby
designated asa depository Of county
funds.
Carried--All members present 8yot-
ing 9
Moved and seconded that the mat
ter Of bond Of the Security State
Bank, Of Edmore, az a county deposi-
tory be laid over until the April
meeting,,.:iin order to give said bank
thine to furnish bond.
Carried. a5 @
Moved and seconded that the chair
MAJ. and auditor be instructed to en-
ter into ascontract with the sheriff
for the collection Of certain delin-
quent personal property taxes, judg
ments, seed liens, etc.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that when
y. H. Smith presents a warranty
deed with abstract showing title
clear and duly approved as to title
and form by the states attorney,
covering the tract Of land in Sec
tons 20 and %, offered by him as
poor farm, that the chairmanand
auditor are hereby authorized and
empowe ed to draw warrants in
payment Of same on poor farm
fund, as far as same will go; ball
ance on general fund, and deed to
be recorded.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that the audi
tor and treasurersbe instructed to tran
fer the nnexpended balance III register
of deeds salary fund, Jan. 1, 1903. In
to the general fund.
Carried.
Moved. seconded and carried that
the court house committee be author
lied to purchase new seats for the
court room before court meet If pos
lsible.,s %sggsf e a a ss s$ssssss3 sssts $500 es S stsss ~
Moved and seconded that the fol-
lowing bills be allowed and warrants
ordered drawn in payment Of same,
subject to chapter 1872, laws of 1901:
.. j. Harrington, part pay
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06

LAl4IKI.INTER = 3
Carried-All members present vot
ing YES
Moved and seconded that the audi
begghereby authorized and empow-
cred to draw warrants on the FIRST of
each month for salarysof deputies and
janitor, d accordance with amounts
fixed BY this board for the ensuing
year. s# sgs
Carried. ss I
Moved and seconded that the treas
urer and auditor exchange Office
rooms as. as convenient
! Carried.
Moved and seconded that Nick
iSchmaltz be hired as court house jani-
tor and fireman for ensuing year at g
salary Of $1,000 per month.
Carried. u
The following reqnisition was read:
thereby makerequisition for $500
per month for the year 1908. for
deputy hire in my Office, and$I guar
anteee that shall not ask for any ex-
ira clerk hiretduring the year.
Yours respectfully,
ISigned) -Thos.3 Lonnsvik,
Treasurer.
Moved and seconded that the
deputy hire for county treasurer be
increased to $75. 90 per month p,rrsoviid.
ed he agrees to do the entire work in
said Office during the year 1907, and
that all former resolutions On this
matter be and are hereby rescinded.
Roll call.
Baker, FuIstelau and Day voting.
q Anderson voting & . ''sis5
Moved and seconded that the fol,
lowing bills be allowed and warrants
ordered drawn inspaylnentso Of same,
subject$toRlhapte 162, laws Of 1901:
J. N. Kennedy. livery !: s 1 so
Russell g Schultz, coal for
court house....s. !. 9: s 4: SO 95
M. Anderson, extraordinary
expense in Dan Maloney case. IL 10
Carried-A1l members present vot-
ing yes" 89s s#-
Moved, seconded and carried to
adjourn until 9 o'clock a. M, Friday,
Jan. .23 1903.
Gus Fu1rste1naau. Z
Attest Isl Chairman.
Emil s. Eich I a.st
County Auditor.
Adjourned meeting of the board Of
county commissioners Of Ramsey
county, North Dakota. 4#
FRIDAY, JAN. % 1908.
aTheSboard met at 8 O'Clock a. M,
pursuant to adjournment.
Observation-Disclosures Day An
derson, Baker and Fnrstenau.
The hoard continued the checking
Of accounts Of the several officers and
at IL N. a recess was taken until2 PSI
M. %8
AFTERNOON SESSION. .5
The board met ut 2 =. M, persuant
to above recess
Observation-Disclosures Day, An.
derrssooan, Baker and Furstealaus
The chairman and auditor were
authorized to enter into a contract
with 3. j. Harrington for making,
sewer connections and installing toilet
rooms, sinks, etc. in the Jail and.
court house in sum Of 5000. 90, same
having been done, said contract was
read and on motion duly seconded
and carried, same was approved and
accepted.
The following report was read:
We, the undersigned committee,
beg leave to report that we checked
the accounts Of the county treasurer
with the vouchers on file with the
county auditor and lind collections,
disbursements and places where same
lie deposited as follows:
Balance{April /, 19O2...... .$Ss, 1854 20
collections April. $18, 492 Al
Collections Nay. 8,206 4s
collections June. 1875 Al
collections July. ASIA Is
collections Aug. 3,818 76
collections Sept. {, $3.50 OF
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06

SSIne 9foltoWlnG r~esOlutlOn was auOp-
ted sa
Resolved, That We, tie members,
of this board, prompted by, a mani
mous,sentiment, do most respectfully
request the privilege Of placing upon
the walls of our court room the por-s5
trait Of Hon. DavidE Morgan. one!
who % long and faithfully admin
steredsthe affairs Of Justice therein,
and that the auditor beinastrrcted to.
present Judge Morgan withsa copy Of
this resolution.
Moved, seconded and carried to adj
jjourn1l until 9o'clock |. M. Tuesday,
January 20, 1908.
III Gus Furstenau,
Attest. $ 54s5s Chairman.
Emil s. Eich,s rs
County Auditor.
Adjourned meeting Of the board Of
county commissioners Of Ramsey
eounty.ssNorthl Dakota,
TUESDAY, JAN. 20, 1908.
The board met at 8 O'clock a. M,
pursuant to adjournment.
Observation-Disclosures Day, An
derson, Baker and Furstenau. The
bill Of Herman Rutten, sheriff vs..
State of North Dakota, for transpor-
4 ting EN-. Demmick,. insane--Rolla.
Il case--to Jamestown, in sum Of $40. So;
was on motion audited and approved,
and chairman and auditor authorized
Ito endorse said approval on said bill.
S#C Carried.
Moved and seconded that the fol
lowing bills be allowed and warrants
ordered drawn in payment d same.
" Subject to chapter 162, laws Of 1901:
Herman utten, ~summoning
coroner's jury in the Jacob
III % 9 SOS. $685.. 4 10
II Mrs Wampler, board Of
SGH Richard Quick, temporary
y rel1et. .... 800. . az. So. -. 49,. "a w
" Geo. Elnslie. postage and ex-
press, Nov. 80 to ian. 10.
~ IN 1905. =. 81 80
ssst4rand Forks Herald, blank
h book: $50. ...:. ~ so
AsO.W Gremsgard, poor order
"a. 3. Scott. !. !. ....... 4 GO
I Ghas. p. Taylor, taking
IL testimony in Dan Aaloney
Gaze. ~. /. "a ~
sE. r. Barnett, attorney by
~ order Of court. John Wash
y inghton case. 10 O0
VI Walter s. Booth & Son,
ssi blanks. !. !. 4 90
Carried.
Rk Moved and seconded that the audi
III tor be instructed to notify Mr.. Allan
STompkins to take ont all his phones
in the court house except the one in
the Office OF the register Of deeds.
this to be done Immediately. in orde,
%Fthat there be no delay in installing
1.-THE new phones.
Carried.
IA IA recess was then taken until 2 o.
slock8p. m.
q AFTERNOON SESSION.
a% S#
III The board met at Up. M, pur
N suantst to above recess.
& Observation-Disclosures Day, An
q adeersson, Baker and F%nrstenau.
The board divided into committees
b then proceeded with the checking Q
accounts..o Of register Of deeds, clerk 9
conrt. county auditor AMI count
u treasurer. AZ 9 p. N. the board ad
journed until ga. m. Wednesday
Jan. q, 1903
u Gus F~urstenau.
Attest: Chairman.
Emil 8. Eich,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
N|lQlltll06 10 Taxpayers.

All real and personal property tax for the yearsIoo2 be-
came due Nov.Ist, 1902. 4 s
The rates of taxation are as. follows. The number Of
mills and tenths of mills levied on each dollar Of taxable prop
erty are here given, also the amount raised for each purpose:
State and County Levies for 1902
Total personal property MaNom-. ....m.. ....... 81 1911 $50 DO
estate aluahon."-" -.""---. .*"%". ...... ....~""-. ..2 y U6 " 81
@ Total valuation r the comfy. 1e --M .a--.-. .... .......as SIS a7 CO.
State LeYes County Leviess
state tax for eneHlre 49,. $50 Mills Eorcouny EeMrala and supptof poor II mills.
on state t.-...... 3O mMB Fore county mtereH... ........1 & MILL IS
State bonds sinking fund. ".~.- mills Eo conny road fund -m--~. o mills N
- Us - $3.50 ~% ""I -. ~ support eomnoa is%eds iMs code @j SmiIs
Total tate and county, ate..1 1873 Mills
Observation-Disclosures N@ A# And further tax Gchol polly Of @#&
@ MWo neachfe ecMr for SCHOOL, nS @#E
@H pMa.# #IM#
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-20
A WOMAN Globe-Trotter Writes of the Manners Of the
Caucasian and the Native in the Fair Orient - -

of the Eastern world arc Tiffin,
Tea and Tennis. Tiffin is two
o'clock luncheon, which includes
many fruits-the crystalline rambutan,
the dainty mangosteen, the mango,
the custard apple, and the japanese
persimmon. Two dishes stand forth
at tiftin-mulligataw soup and curry.
1t is not the curry OF commerce, but
something far superior. The kitchen
coolie rubbing his turmeric, chillIes
and different herbs for the daily curry
is a familiar sight. Every cook has
his own receipt, and every sort OF
thing is curried. ! have eaten CURED
shark. No other curry compares with
that OF Ceylon, with its mango
chutney and a sambol' compounded
OF grated cocoanut, chillies and fine
onions, possibly colored red with the
leaves of the hibiscus. Accompanying
these delicacies are "hoppners, wafer
cakes OF rice flour dropped in boiling
oil, crackly and delicious.
Very little wine is taken in the East,
but the peg as the Scotch high ball
is called, and aerated waters are uni
versal. The only thing the American
has contributed TO the astronomy OF
the East is the cocktail At the
Shanghai Club the record is 10000
cocktails a year But the cocktail is
not the forerunner OF dinner, as here
1t is the foreigners How"
The day is at its height when the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-20

tea table Is brought out. Even dinner
is not so sacred rite Rickshaws,
chairs and bicycles all fly toward
the tea table, for by four o'clock bust
ness gives way to pleasure, and pres
emily meuf and women are lying III
long chairs, drinking tea and eating
toast. jelly and dainty cakes If tea
is not served on the vcranda. it is
grounds in the public garden. Into
whatever quarter OF the globe he goes,
the Englishman takes his sport, and
his example Is contagious.
In every group about tea table
there is likely to be a mingling OF
nationalities, and the conversation may
take a cosmopolitan turn II some local
gossip is not too exigent As an
American and stranger, | was first re-
CURED TO explain our consular system,
which sends out 50 many impossible
people. These little, far-away social
centers are exacting. A Consul. by
virtue OF his Office, has in the East a
social position, or imposition No man
in the Orient is capable of serving his
country 10 the utmost Il he IS not a
clubable person. We have more than
one Consul IN the East who is adj
mitted only TO official functions.
IF, for a wonder, the ConsulS were
left alone, perhaps somebody was not
quite satisfied with our naval victories.
Everybody knows that your gun
ners were deserters from H. NJ. s
Blake" they would say. This was
easy.
Now | am quite assured Of the
value of our victory, since you are so
anxious 10 share in IT,"
Perhaps a German and an English
man would quarrel about the Boer
war. But after few encounters we
would all settle down 10 a liberation
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Is no servant question The Chinese
are the model servitors OF the world,
for they are the only people who seem
TO regard domestic work as a fine art
Every white man has his boy" who
looks after him like baby, and whom
he is likely TO treat as a door mat
Even when stopping at a hotel IN
India, you engage q personal servant
who stands behind your chair At tho
table, and is always at your heels No
Oriental servant will take away his
brothers rice by doing his work.
Live and let live" is the rule II de-
mands a large household staff bat
wages are low, and each servant feeds
himself
To come back from this life OF ease
and dignity 10 the hustling cities of
America makes one uncertain As 20
the relative value of things, and exile
in the Orient" seems TO be not so bad
after all.
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earthen bowl made at Soochow, with
q corked hole in the bottom to let the
water out. Another hole in the slant
ing tiled floor carries the water away
Manila, in point of sewerage and wa
ter supply, surpasses any town in that
part OF the East
Breakfast is not earlier than nine
Before then people have been bicy-
cling and many things have been ac-
complished. Neither fruits nor cereals
introduce breakfast The matutinal
egg, the inevitable bacon, and the ON
nipreSent toast follow the drum beat
round the world. The three rs
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DO. one may venture 10 call without
previous warning; but in Java visitor
IS expected TO send word that he will
call, in order that the Dutch fraus
may be discreetly costumed The ar
cade at Hong Kong and on Shameen
serves the purpose of the lana" The
arcades of Hong Kong make it look
ike an Italian city perched on a cliff
II is cold in winter and sizzling in
summer, for Hong Kong looks land
ward instead of seward The arcade
is 4 protection against both sun and
cold. Here the foreign-born hangs
his mats, drags his long chairs, plants
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hi, rugs, places his inevitable tea table.
and at night time lights his shaded
lamps and Chinese lanterns. These
illuminated nests may be seen from
length to length of the streets
Day in the East begins early, for
there IS a midday intermiSsiOn Your
servant. from Pekin to Bombay, comes
TO your bedside with your little break
fast-"chota hazra," is it called in
India. This consists of tea and toast,
and guava jelly or marmalade. Thus
fortified. you are able 10 get IN.
Meanwhile the bath is being made
ready. In China it is a large oval
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-20
Slippers Half Oriental. HALF American.

Women who enjoy the comfort OF
real kimonas in their boudoirs have
often felt the incongruity of wearing
slippers OF American or Turkish make
with Japanese gowns. They viii not
have cause 20 complain longer. how
ever. If they can afford to purchase
the new Japanese and Chinese slip
pers which are shown heavily en-
broidered in al colors, with heels. and
without
These Chinese-American slippers
are copied after the shoes of the ORR
entails. but are made after more com
Portable models, and have heavy cork
soles.
This may offer a suggestion TO some
one who has odd pieces of Japanese
or Chinese embroidery of sufficient
size to convert into bedroom slippers.
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orally at the corner of the house, tor
catch every breeze. 1t is hung With
protecting bamboo mats impenetrableI
to the sun Here are lounges, long
chairs, q table with books, cards and
games. Here your hostess receives
you in her kimona, and soft-footedI
servants bring fruits aud something
that pops, for the popping OF corks,
usually from aerated waters, i one OF
the most familiar of Eastern sounds
As far "a Singapore, and at Colon
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OF one another's national prejudices.
IN towns where there are no clubs,
such as Neuchwang, the women take
turns at having tennis and serving tea
Before a liner reaches the wharf you
Will hear a woman passenger ask,
Who has tennis to-day" and she will
be there before her boxes" are I'M
packed.
Shameen is an island in the Pearl
River at Canton, on which the for
elgners live. Ii IS too small for sports.
10 ENJOY those a man must go to
Hong Kong, where the Pleasant Val
ley and the Polo Grounds are famous
resorts. At Shanghai there is the
Bubbling Spring road, where all the
world drives, and none are more con-
spicuous than the gaily-dressed wives
of the rich Chinese.
On certain evenings the band plays
in the Public Gardens. A coolie car
ries your long chair there and, lying
at ease under the blaze of the electric
light, you see all foreign Shanghai just
from the dinner table The women
are in low dresses and the men bare
headed, in dazzling white dinner
Jackets, black trousers and scarlet
cummerbund, a costume that rivals
the fairest gown a woman can put on
If your neighbor belongs" the little
histories she will tell you OF the pass
ing throng are lively hearing, for
Shanghai is the London of the East
%%%
At Calcutta the Madam, vast com
mon, is the center of outdoor life, and
Simla has its Annandale, an emerald
valley where the gymkhanas and races
are held. The ride around Jakko, the
deodar-crowned mounts looking to-
ward the Hinlalayan SHOWS. every
reader of Kipling knows.
Dinner is at eight o'clock Ii is a
formal meal, at which evening dress
is invariably worn. After dinner the
day closes with a couple of hours OF
family life, for, as everybody has seen
everybody else from four TO seven,
evening calls are not encouraged.
Near the Equator all indoor life takes
place under the punkah--a waving
banner of muslin. If you stumble over
dirty bundle of rags during the day
time it is apt to be the "punkah
wallah" snatching some sleep before
his night duties begin, for he fans
your slumbers by means of cord
passed over the door. The acute little
Chinese boys fasten the string TO their
toes. which leaves them free for other
diversions. In a Hong Kong church
/ once counted forty punkahs, each
controlled by little yellow face peep
ing through the windows.
Nowhere is personal comfort better
provided for than in the East There
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the unpleasant mark of lady. Ii she
wishes the respect OF her servants a
white woman must not do the work
of a servant | remember seeing the
wife of an American Minister seated
on a roll of mating, like MariuS on
the ruins OF Carthage, III a dismantled
legation. She was aching TO busy
herself with carpets and curtains, but
was obliged to wait on the movements
of her leiSurely major domo
Il could be settled in two days, but
they tell me ! mustn't lift a finger
she exclaimed, despairingly She was
new to the country In time the most
energetic foreigner grows content to
leave matters to the household staff.
The climate, moreover, discourages
energy. Keeping cool is the great
necessity. This implies large open
spaces and wide shaded verandas. The
houses are, therefore, always large,
and usually imposing. Even mission
aries live III houses which the unin-
itiated regard as a scandal. But a
missionary is a religious investment,
and must not be dissipated through
Ill health saw a pair who endeav-
ored TO live among their people.
After season both were wrecked in
| health. Their brothers and sisters had
the added duty of caring for them
through long illnesses, and they were
sent TO Japan to Convalesce-a pair of
helpless skeletons.
~&S
The Oriental makes his health an
affair of the gods. If there Is 4
plague, he says plenty more people.
| The foreigner looks after his own
health. Whether IT is The Bluff al
Yokohama, Shameen at Canton. OF
the Peak at Hong Kong, he chooses
the healthieSt OF all possible sites
builds foreign houses. and surrounds
himself with all the ground he can get
| This he calls his compound, a word
that Kipling and the Boxer trouble:
have made known. This compound i:
| as charming as the luxuriant foliage
of the East and the skill of those
marvellous gardeners of the Orien
can effect.
The furnishing of the house start:
out with mating and TienStin WOO
rugs, as the climate may Indicate The
tenacious English are apt to import
cumbrous iron four-posterS and ca
pacious washstands. The Motomach
i street in Yokohama where one
furnishes at second hand from broken
up households, and even Londor
could not show a finer collection O
inSular prejudices in house furnishing
Most foreigners are collectors. Korean
brass cash chests, Japanese bronze.
and kakemonos, Chinese embroiderie
and porcelains make houses interest
ing as we'll as valuable when on,
|. goes home"
There is a detail in native Hawaiian
architecture known as the lanai.
Some variety of the lanai may b,
found everywhere through the East
) A piazza broadens into square, gen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-20

HE Is Dreadfully Homesick
While There, but After He
Comes Home He Longs to
Go Back. - - -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-04
Some WAYS to Be Kind.

We
the
1t costs nothing he hearts
True Kindness does
Incidence of mind
srtues but real kindness
Mildness
vigoro OF actio
The phanthropst
and knowledge of those njusices
an unpleasant fellow
calls calls
Judgment, for consideration for tact
The unkindness
which of good himself than anybody
The
to the child development
OF andw omanly
We don't always
The friends faults
a
not often of real than friends praise
~" - Gag
Nte az
n sunshiae
world reflected mind and
n
is
of
despair
furnishing SOUL
unexpectedly blessed
planting!