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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
PROMOTION for Pritchard.

Washington. April 28.-President
Roosevelt Wednesday nominated Jus.
tice Peter G. Pritchard. of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia, to
be United States circuit court Judge of
the Fourth circuit, in succession to the
late Judge Charles H. Simonton.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
Plant Trees.

From experiments made at the Ag-
ricultural College it has been demon
strated that elm, white and green
ash, soft maple and box elder are
perfectly hardy in North Dakota. The
soft maple, however, should be plant
ed in the midst of other trees. There
are other hardy varieties of trees.
such as the blackberry, Carolina pop
lar, cottonwood, etc., but the two lat
ter, while they do we'll i'm single rows,
should never be planted in large
groves. They require too much SUM-
light to thrive where planted thickly
and consequently die young.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
Bid. Are Opened.

The capitol commission consisting
of Governor White, Secretary Porter
and Auditor Holmes has opened the
bids for the interior changes in the
old house chamber, preparation of
the library, and remodeling as plan
ned by the architect. Three bids
were received, II. G. Rhud, $3.50; n.
1T. Lovin & Co., $6,439, and r. Rial,
$3.50. The contract has not yet been
awarded by the commission.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
Virginia Corn Mullins.

Three eggs well beaten, two heaping
cups of Indian cornmeal, one cup hopr.
sift into the flour two teaspoonfuis
baking powder, add one tablespoonful
melted lard, one teaspoonful salt.
three cups sweet milk; bake in gem
pans in hot oven, serve hot. This needs
to be we'll beaten before putting in
pans.- -Roston Globe.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
Constable Killed.

Mount Vernon, Ill, April 30.-Albert
Wood, a constable, was killed and
Curtis Gregory, a constable, was seri-
ously wounded in fight in Earring
ton township with two men, alleged to
have been William and Robert How
ard, brothers, one of whom the OFF,
GERS sought to arrest on a warrant.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
SOON Paul" in Poor Health.

Mentone, France, April 30-While
1t is difficult to ascertain the exact
state of the health Of Mr.. Kruger,
former president of the Transvaal, it
is stated on good authority that symp-
toms Of cerebral affection are appa-
rent and that a consultation Of physi-
clans has been held. Mr.. Kruger is
now extremely weak, and constant
care is necessary.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
New Cruiser Launched.

San Francisco, April 29.-The ar
mored cruiser California was launched
Thursday at the ship yards of the Union
iron works. in this city.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
News Notes.

BY vote of 4s to 2 the citizens Of
Starkweather decided to build new
school house alta cost of $500. q
Wells county will pay bounty Of
one cent each for gopher. tails this
year.
Cakes is to be lighted by acety-
lene. Work has been begun on the
plant which is to. cost $1,000. The
Fourth judicial district convention
will be held at Cakes, but the COM
,uittee was unable to decide on q
date.
Flaxton is to have an Independent
elevator and the people there are
pleased with the prospect of COMPETE
ton.
The. Minot Commercial club has
taken steps to become an incorporat-
ed body. This is doubtless a good
plan, but nothing will take the place
of activity and interest
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
Want a New Mill.

The Business Mems club of Devils
Lake held meeting to discuss the
proposal of C. w. Clark of Larimore,
to erect 1OO-barrel -four mill at that
point, in place of the one destroyed
by fire last summer, the new mill to
cost $4,000 and have all modern APP
pliances. No definite action was taken
II is expected free site will be grant,
ed and the deal contaminated.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS |
Ma Tine A. E.roe.

Fargo will be the scene of one Of
the most elaborate Seventeenth of
May" celebrations ever held outside
of Norway itself. and immense gath
erings of Norwcgians from North Da-
kota and Minnesota are confidently
expected. Special rates have been SEE
cured on all the roads. and as there
are many special features to the celc-
bration the enthusiasm is growing
daily.
The chief event will naturally be
the Bjornson ''bauta" stone. the gift
of Erik Guido the Norwegian sculptor.
who also designed the monument.
The "bauta" will be raised on the
grounds of the North Dakota Agricul-
tural College and the unwilling will!
be preceded by IA parade of civic so.
cieties and visitors.
Most interesting of all, however,
will he revival of an old-fashioned
Norwegian wedding, including the
wedding procession, the ceremony
and the time-honored three days of
merry-making in which the old
Morse dances and games will prevail.
All the participants will be attired in
picturesque national costumes and as
an inducement for good display the
committee on arrangements has de-
cided to admit free all those appear-
ing in peasant costume.
.s Uniform Laws.
Uniformity in the game laws of
Minnesota and North Dakota for the
more effective preservation of game
was the subject of conference at st.
Paul between the Minnesota state
game and fish commission" and several
influential North Dakota politicians.
Among the North Dakota men with
whom the Minnesota, commission con-
ferred were Il. Y. Sarles. candidate
for the republican nomination for
governor; Jud La Moure of Pembin:.
and Alex Mckenzie of Bismarck.
The most important reform urged
to secure uniformity in the game laws
of the two states is the abolition of
spring shooting of ducks in North
Dakota. Mr.. Sarles said that there
is considerable sentiment in favor of
prohibiting spring shooting. A few
years ago North Dakota passed a law
making the fall season for shooting
chickens the same as the fall season
in Minnesota, from Sept. to Oct 81.
High Water.
Towner, n. d., April 29.-Thc con-
dition of the Mouse river has become
precarious. Miles OF territory west
of Towner are now under water.
Ranchmcn along the river have been
forced to vacate. Word was received
in town last night that the homes of
Ex-Governor Devine and EX-Statc
Senator Hanscom were rapidly being
submerged.
Boats were Immediately construct.
ed and they were safely brought to
Towner.
Never before in the history of the
country has this river reached such {;
height.
Hundreds of homes have been wash
ed away in Minot and people barrel,
escaped with their lives.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-05
Didn't Reduce.

Last year the city school board of
jamestown reduced it's levy and APP
preparations $4,000, but in making the
levy the bid figures were used. and
taxes were collected on that basis, and
the board now has a surplus of about
that amount on hand, which it is fig
ured will come in handy as a starter
for another building.
Douglas Island news., 1904-06-08

Now that school at Kodiak is closed for the summer vacation, the teacher, Miss Mary O. Stevens has taken ad- vantage of the opportunity to visit the St. Louis fair. She will return in time to open school Sep. 1st.
 Judge Wickersham has rendered an opinion that all Russian half breeds and settled tribes from the mouth of Copper river to the Aleutian islands are citizens of the United States, under treaty with Russia.
 The names of Hank Armistead, Mir. Gordon, Capt. Crosby, Julius Lorain, Gustav Mueller, Alex McAllister and an unknown man, whose partner was Jack Nevins are found in the list of fatalities from the Kuskokwin country.
 Aluminium bronzed posts, about two and a half feet in height, especially manufactured for the purpose, and set at half mile intervals, are to mark the international boundary line between Alaska and the British possessions, as determined by the London award.
 MT. c. w. Miller, agent for the Alas ka Pacific Navigation Company at Valdez, wired the home office at Seattle that letter has been received by him from the Nazina district saying that one hundred men could get employ ment all summer at so cents an hour.
 Alsek placer mines are coming to the front. The Whitehorse Star says that recent reports are so good that men who have watched their wives split wood for quarter of century are experiencing an itching in their palms that causes them to imagine they would shine on dump from 1 a. m. to 10p. m.
 Some of the Wood Island natives left on the last Dora in care of l.. l.. Bales to assist in a show on the Pike at St.. Louis. Chief Andrean Nanjak and wife, ex-chief Ephraim Fadoff, wife and nephew, and Wanka Amiknuk wife and daughter, besides one family from Kodiak, constituted the party.-News Letter.
 A dispatch from Washington, D. O., to the Juneau Dispatch under date of June 3d, says: "President Roosevelt has appointed James s. Young, U. S. Dist. Attorney at Pittsburg, Penn., as special assistant attorney general, to investigate the charges affecting Judges Brown, and Wickersham and Governor Brady. MT. Young leaves for Alaska immediately"
 The city council of Valdez has a tough problem to solve. When the town was incorporated a parcel of ground known as the reservation" !" also strip of water front was not in- cluded. Now businesses have been established in these places and the federal government collects about s2OOo per year in license money and keeps it. The people of Valdez are of the opinion that the town is getting the worst of it, as it is necessary to provide fire protection, school privi- leges, &c, for this district. However, the rub comes when they want to extend their exterior boundaries and take in this territory. The Alaska code pro vides for their establishment at the time of the incorporation of the town, but gives no instruction as to how they may afterwards be changed.
Douglas Island news., 1904-06-08
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed. Information for Everybody.

Grub is still scarce at Fairbanks.
 Even Sitka is playing baseball this season.
 Fairbanks is to have S300O Presby- terian hospital.
 W.D. Grant, deputy U. S. Marshal at Wraugell, has resigned.
 The new court house at Fairbanks is to be completed by July 1st. A. Rawson, first mayor of Nome, died recently at Des Moines, Iowa.
 Prize fights go by the name of Ath- Ietic entertainments in the Windy City.
 An Indian living near Dyea recently killed black bear, weighing 400 pounds.
 Several Alaskan towns have already taken up the matter of celebrating the Fourth of July.
 Indications now are that there will be shortage of labor at Nome during the open season of 1904.
 The passenger rates from Dawson to Tanana are s7O first-class and $40 second. Freight S70 ton.
 The combined weights of baseball team of nine men, recently organized at Whitehorse is 2373 pounds.
 The Hotel Holman, at Copper Center burned on May 25th. The building and contents were total loss.
 Now that Carnegie is giving another s2O,OOO to Seattle, Juneau should jog his memory about that S16O,ooo.
 The German ship Peru, of Bremen, recently reached Sitka, with cargo of 32OO tons of coal from Cardiff, North Wales.
 l.. Smith, the Candle roadhouse pro. prietor, committed suicide by shooting himself. He pulled rifle trigger with his toes.
 Judge Louis K. Pratt, formerly of Skagway, has located at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he has opened a law office.
 Mir. w. H. Hampton, of Grants Pass, Ore, is the superintendent for the Jualpa mines, by virtue of a recent appointment.
 Captain Nicholson, of the Seattle, has captured a deer. The dears are very susceptible to the charm of a captains uniform.
 The Burnside has returned to Seattle to take up the work of completing the Alaska cable, the laying of which she commenced last fall.
 While out hunting at Seward an Italian accidentally discharged his shot pun He lost one arm and it is sup posed that both his eyes are gone. His face is frightfully disfgured.
Douglas Island news., 1904-06-08

Dawson Crawford, of Valdez, has sold patent of his for car coupler and bumper, to the Northern Pacific railroad for S20,000.
 The injunction, which tied up the Gladhaugh mines at Ellamar, has been dissolved and work will be resumed on the property at once.
 Fortymile has had a flood and the loss of property is estimated at S12,OOO' The river was damned by the ice, and the population as we'll.
 The Skagway Guide is authority for the statement that the boys on dis covery claim on Bullion creek are sluicing out sS0 per day.
 Rt. Reverend Father J. B. Rene, Prefect Apostolic of Alaska for the past 10 years, has gone to Spokane, Wash, where he will reside.
 Oil will replace coal as fuel on the Alaska Steamship Company's steam ships Dolphin, Jefferson, Rosalie and Whatcom says Manager Peabody.
 silas Campbell, aged 50 years, form erly resident of Port Blakely, Wash, was killed on May 2Oth, by gravel cav ing in on him in Klondike mine.
 The Valdez News Of recent date, devotes it's energies to maligning Jno. G. Held, of Juneau, thereat exposing the ignorance of the editor of that sheet.
 It would seem as if the developments which will take place in Alaska during the present year alone would far ex- ceed all that has been done in the last decade.
 The Juneau Packing Company has been organized to "furnish the market with choice brands of sardines." There is no doubt but the local supply will equal the demand.
 At Kodiak, Wednesday evening, May II. MT. A. c. Goss and Mrs. Clara Gwin were joined in marriage by Rev. Curtis P. Coe. MT. Goss is ageut for the A. c. Company at Kodiak.
 The Danish and Swedish explorers have accomplished the great feat of discovering one another several miles beyond anywhere. Thus does the world of science make great strides.
 The Yukon Sun plant and building was sold in Dawson on May 2oth to A. H. Dever for s4,35o. MT. Dever will tear down the building and together with the plant ship them to Tanana.
 Peter Nelson, the we'll known pro- prietor of the Unga hotel, was married to Miss Catherine Driscoll, of San Francisco, on April 11th, the ceremony being performed by the U. s. Commis- sioner.
 The Skagway Guide of June l, says the Cleaner, the first boat to leave Caribou, will get away today on arrival of the train at that piece. She is ex- pected to have big load of both pas sengers and freight.
 Tundra is descriptive name used for the low lying plains bordering the coasts or wide rivers in Alaska and Siberia. The tundra land is perpetually frozen beneath the surface. In sum- mer it is covered with moss, grass and stunted brush.
Douglas Island news., 1904-06-08

The Alaska National Gold Mining Company's steamship Ethel has sailed from Seattle for Baranoff Island, where the company owns several mineral claims. The vessel carried men and supplies, and development work will commence as soon as the Ethel reaches her destination. The company's prop erty consists of ten claims each 6Oxl5OO feet and known as the Conclusion group.
 Dr. David Starr Jordan of the Stan ford University, California, in speaking of the Alaska blackfish in his volume entitled "American Food and Game Fishes" says: "Its vitality is extra ordinary. It will remain frozen in baskets for weeks .and when thawed out will be as lively as ever. Turner tells of one Alaska blackfish swallowed frozen by dog. The heat of the dogs stomach thawed the fish and it was vomited up alive. Length 8 inches"
 George E. Roberts, director of the United States mint, will make an ex- tended visit to the Nome district for the purpose of looking over the mining operations, and will make report on the gold production of that part of Alaska. Mir. Roberts believes that Alaska is destined to become a much larger producer of gold within the next few years, not only in the placer dis tricts, but in the quartz region of Southeastern Alaska.
 The Whitehorse Star says that as soon as the water rises sufficiently to permit of the undertaking the White Pass steamer Angelian will be taken up through the rapids and canyon to the upper lakes, where she will ply during the season between Caribou and Atlln. A number of steamers have been brought down through the canyon and rapids, but the Anglian will be, if she succeeds, the first steamer to breast the current on the upper voyage.
 The cannery bark, Levi G. Burgess left San Francisco April 3, bound for Chignig, says the Valdez Prospector. When off this coast on April 27 Martin Peterson fell from the fore topsail yard onto the deck and was killed. The body was taken to Chignig and buried. Peterson was about 45 years of age, and a native of Guttenburg, Sweden. He was employed in 1997-99 by the Steam Whaling Co.,, as cannery watch man and since then by the Packers Association in the same capacity. His only known relative is mother who resides in Sweden.
 The American interior bound ship ments of freight coming north via Skagway this year are much larger than they were last year. The large shipments to the Tanana are largely responsible for this increase, though it is partly accounted for by the action of the army department in sending goods this way to Fort Egbert. It is believed that nearly all of the American Yukon points will get more of their goods via Skagway than ever before has been the case. One shipment received few days ago for Tanana contained more than 900 packages and was valued at more than s6ooo. Many shipments valued at from few hundreds to s5ooo or s6ooo are being received.
Douglas Island news., 1904-06-08

While out hunting at Seward an Italian accidentally discharged his shot eun He lost one arm and it is sup posed that both his eyes are gone. His face is frightfully disfigured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-06
IN JAPAN'S INTEREST
Cable Company Not Allowed to
Make Connecting Link
With Guam.

Washington. March SIN response to
the tentative appeal of the Commercial
Cable company, made with a view to
ascertaining how this government
would receive a formal application for
permission to land a cable on the is
land Of Guam running from Japan, it
is probable now that a suggestion Will
be offered that formal application for
the permission be deferred. The ques-
ton has been considered very thor
oughly. and while the United States
does not concede that the laying of the
cable or the landing Of the line at
Guam would be violation Of the terms
of the neutrality of this government
between Russia and Japan, other con-
sideratiOns have induced a doubt in
the presidents mind as to the desira-
bility of granting the sought-fOr per
mission at this time. 1t is understood
that the cable company was acting, in
making its appeal to this government,
on behalf of the Japanese government
In this connection the company prob
ably will be given to understand that
If il is regarded as desirable in the
future to make q connection with the
Philippine cable line at Guam, the con-
Meeting link will be laid and operated
under the authority of this govern
ment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-06
CONFLICT SURE TO CONE.
Trouble in the Balkans Can Onlv Be
PostpOned.

Vienna, March 5.-The optimistic
feeling regarding the situation in the
Balkans has again given way to pes
simisal- The sultan is reported to have
refused emphatically TO ratify the
Natchovitch agreement. and his atti-
tude occasions much anxiety in the Bull
garian government.
Fears are expressed in Sofia. Bui-
garia, that even if war with Turkey is
not imminent. it will be impossible to
avoid a conflict later unless some agree
ment with the porte is speedily reached.
kilograms received here today declare
further that the sultan has rejected the
memorandum presented by the reform
powers as well as the demands Of the
gendarmerie commission This commits
sion is making slow progress in its
work. The Cwo civil agents are re
ported to have broken down under the
strain.
A dispatch received here from Salon
lea says the AlbanianS are still under
arms. Shakir Pasha is negotiating
with the leaders. who have increased
their demands. These now include ex-
emption from military service and the
abolition OF civil courts
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-06
FRANCE AND ENGLAND
IN PERFECT ACCORD

Paris, March 6.-The correspondents
in London Of the Echo de Paris quotes
Colonial Secretary LyttletOn, whom he
saw at the colonial Office, as follows:
Great Britain desires to remain on
good terms with France, in spite of the
circumstances which seem opposed to
such relations. Great Britain is allied
with Japan and France with Russia.
Notwithstanding the efforts Of inter
ested persons to embroil Great Britain,
not only with France. but with Russia
and in spite of attempts made in GER
tain quarters to create the impression
that the attitude of Great Britain at
the beginning Of the war was not cor
rect, the France British rapprOchement
and the evolution of reciprocal senti-
ments between the two countries is one
of the most remarkable events Of re
cent years"
The colonial secretary closed the in
terview by expressing the hope that a
satisfactory adjustment OF all colonial
questions between Great Britain and
France would be reached.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-06

lonial questions gives NJ. Cambon and
Lord LansdOwne plenty 10 do. without
their bothering about the far east.
In Downing street it IS thought that
japan would almost regard any at
tempt at Intervention as an unfriendly
act. Concerning the attitude OF Russia
toward Great Britain. il was said at
the foreign Office tonight that the gov
eminent here has received direct and
indirect information which has proved
conclusively that the Russian govern
ment Is sincere in its desire to mair-
tain friendly relations with Great Brit
ain. IL Is frankly recognized at the
foreign Office, however, that certain
classes OF Russian opinion are much
embittered against Great Britain. more
SO even that the Russian press indi-
Gates, and that il will be some little
time before the relations of the Russian
and British publics resume their nor
NAL condition.
The only diplomatic danger believed
by the foreign Office to he in sight is
n possible continental protest against
the se-Korean treaty. Great
Britain has been unOfficially approached
by one Of the great powers with the
view Of sustaining Russia's protest in
this connection on a point of inter-
national law. Lord Lansdowne. how
ever, viii take no action, and Il is not
thought likely that other nations viii
deem 1t wise to complicate the situation
by seriously urging the Russian con-
tention that Japan's new treaty with
Korea abrogates the rights Of other
powers.
Baron Hayashi. the japanese minis
ter 10 Great Britain. who keeps in close
touch with diplomatic Developments
here and on the continent. declares
that no European complication is like
" 10 occur, and that the course of the
war is not in the least likely 10 be af-
fected by any project Of diplomacy now
or in the near future.