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The Dickinson press., 1904-06-11

ABSTRACT OF STATEMENT FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 81, 1908.
Of the condition and affairs Of the National
organized under the laws Of the state Of
Connecticut, made to the Commissioner If
Insurance Of the state Of North Dakota, in
pursuance of the Laws Of said state.
Secretary, B. X. Stillman.
Principal Office. 95 Pearl, ST., Hartford,
Conn.
of North Dakota: Name, COMMISSIONS or s'A of
Insurance.; Location, Bismarck, N. D..
ORGANIZED or Incorporated. June I, 1868.
CAPITAL.
Amount of capital stock paid
''' ASSETS. 'A'000' OOo''0
Value Of real estate owned by
Loans on bonds and mortgages e17, 7l5. 90
Railroad bonds and stocks -. 3,771 ,6s1 rs
State, city, county and other
bonds ...... -. ....... 457, 7l2.5 80
Bank stocks ........ 800. :. 271 ,927. 80
Other corporation stocks $50. lie, 522 .l3
Cash on hand and in bank :. 338, 779. 80
CASH in course of collection
and transmission -: :. -. 81, $780, 81
All other sums due the com.
pany 1900. ....... ...... 1877, $50. 81
Total assets 80. go. So, 4es, s2s. SO
Gross claims for
losses adjusted
and unpaid ....s 81, 924.v
Gross claims for
losses upon which
no action has
been taken -. 300, so5.s4
Losses resisted by
the company :. 35,29s.OO
Total gross amt
of claims for
losses -. ....$417,11s.11
Net amount of unpaid losses =. All, IFS. IL
Amount of unearned premiums
on all outstanding risks i. 3,l73, ASH. So
All other liabilities, reserve
fund for contingencies -. so, 900. 90
Total liabilities 80. :. :. s., $40, 500. &C
Premiums received during the
year in cash ...... ....... So ,079 ,1O1 IA
Interest and dividends received
during the year ...... -. 1888, s72. IS
Rents received during the year 1s, 273. 81
Amount received from all
other sources 900. -. 49,. 1872. is
bffsBUR;sEMENrs'
Losses paid during the year !. :. Sc, o2o, s75. II
Dividends paid during the year 100, 900. OF
Paid for commissions and
brokerage 49,. -. ....... "75s $3.50. Is
Paid for salaries, fees and
other charges So. 80. 49,. 900, 1856. {:
Paid for taxes ...... ........ 1S9, 1863
Amount of all other disburse-
ments ........ ...... -. $3.50, 231.4,
Total disbursements . i. -. So, e21, 91s. o.
NORTH DAKOTA BUSINESS.
Total risks taken during the
Total premiums received dur.
ing the year ..... ....... Is, 92T Ii
Total losses incurred during
the year ...... $50. 49,. 6,s37.5
Total amount of losses paid
during the year 80. ...... 4,O9S. II
The oasis., 1904-08-27

secretly Of openly carried ior any republican The party will need oil the force end euihusiasm which can be put into the local campaign
 Now so far as are concerned TnE OAsIs and its friends, they are Nr hearty and sincere union of all the elements of the republican party in Santa Cruz county-for "a long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together" They believe that every element of strength within the party should be given considera- ton and swung into line. The plural pronoun is used advisedly, for TIE OASIS is not without Irlends-fnen oI weight ana stand- ing in Nogales and all over santa Cruz county. They are not to be diverted from the purpose herein announced by any personalities or by any attempt whatever to stir up strife within the republican ranks. They are for harmony within the party, and they are willing to make all fair concessions to effect and preserve the harmony necessary to success.
The oasis., 1904-08-27

partisan newspaper iu.ily bs
 kick eomingN and that is where
 men whom it has -upporie8 , nomination and election Co oe.. deliberately throw to the oppo. ton newspapers official and le,i printing they can control 0na would think that a wise aspirant for office would not commit .o foolish and useless q piece of polih. cal business. To a politician who desires fair treatment and earnest support from his party organ. it would seem that the first requisite would be to treat fairly and give all possible support to that news paper. He can rest assured that if on the ticket the opposition organ will give him no support. Then t would seem the very acme of wis dom that he should secure at cleo ton time the most earnest support of his party organ by giving that newspaper the support that he con- trols at any time. If his party has more than one organ in the coun. ty, a fair distribution of the busi- ness is all that any can ask; and they are all entitled to ask and re. ceiye that.
The oasis., 1904-08-27
Railroad Communication.

As mentioned elsewhere the train leaving Nogales for Tucson Tues day morning had to return for men and material to repair wash. outs in Sonoita canon, and was twenty-six hours getting through. From Monday until Thursday evening at ten o'clock, when Sup- erintendent Jones of the Tucson division came through on q special construction train. to which his car was attached there were no trains. That was followed shortly by train with two days mails which had been awaiting at Patagonia repair of the road. About an hour later the train due Thursday night arrived, and yes terday the mails and express to date were all all received and dis tributed. Trains are again run ming IS nearly on time as possible, taking into consideration the con- dition of the roadbed, which in many places is simply cribbed up.
The oasis., 1904-08-27
OF PARTISAN NEWS
 PAPERS.

The Tucson Star and Tucson Citi- zen have been recently conducting q fruitless and somewhat personal discussion upon the subject of the method or manner for rewarding newspapers for political service rem dered their party or rendered members of their respective parties in presenting their claims for nom- nation, and after nomination for election. To read either newspaper one would think they had opened up new and entirely virgin field of discussion, when as a fact every where save in Arizona, the matter has long since been settled, and there is never any discussion.
 The Star maintains that the can didate for office is seeking valuable emoluments and muneration, and that a newspaper presenting his claims to the public should be re- munerated for the service just as much as the merchant pays for ad- vertising bis wares, or any other citizen pays for publicity through which he seeks profit. The Citiseu scouts the idea presented by the Star and maintains that news paper should scatter its favors among it's friends as Trilby con ferred her caresses-for love and affection only. Then the Citisea, while not directly making the as- sertion, gave the Star the chance to draw an inference that the citi- -ea holds that newspaper organs of the party in power should receive their reward for partisan services by having the public patronage; and the Star straightway threw spasm about "conspiring to rob the taxpayers by exacting excessive charges for public printing
 Now neither of the two worthy periodicals is exactly right, and both are in q measure wrong. As asserted hereihbefore, everywhere save in Arizona it is recognized
The oasis., 1904-08-27

right of 6 parilzan newspaper to be paid Cor cty.ces 70 individual candidates And even in some parts of Arizona the recognized custom prevails A candidate aspiring for nomination publishes in his party newspaper card announcing the fact, and pays for the same. That is perfectly right and proper. And after nom- ination no candidate ever lost any thing by dealing literally with his party newspaper But | news paper which is honestly partisan will not knife candidate of its own party because he has not seemed sufficiently liberal with the business office of his party organ. As the Star aptly states the case: It costs newspaper money to pres ent the claims of candidates" and the wise candidate recognizes that fact and willingly contributes as much toward reimbnrsing that cost as he can reasonably. Just dis position to help shown at the right time will go lorg way with most newspapers.
 Now as to another phase of re- muneration of newspapers for par- tisan work In some states the law recognizes the public printing as an emolument for the news paper of the successful party, just as it recognizes the emoluments Of the elective offices. The law pro vides that the board of supervisors shall annually establish the rates for all advertising, job printing and stationery to be supplied the county; and when so established the various officials give the print ing in their control to their various party organs at the prices estab- lished by the board. The system has worked well in practice, and there is nothing unjust about it If the whole of either ticket is elected the party organ gets all the printing. If the offices are divided, the officials elected divide the printing by each giving out what he controls.
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The oasis., 1904-08-27
A UNITED FRONT.

Without doubt there is great dis satisfaction with the present demo. cratic administration of Santa Cruz county. With the steady in- crease of taxation, caused by an increase of certain official salaries, secured by lobbying through the the legislature of 1901, a bill pro- viding therefor; with alleged law ishness in the use of public funds by the board of supervisors and various officials; with the decrease in the length of the school terms, and many other shortcomings Of the county administration there is strong demand, from democrats as well as republicans, for change.
 
 With this situation there Is a good show, with the right kind of nominations, and the right kind of pledges, (the nominees men whose characters will be a guaranty that the pledges will be carried out), to elect the entire rebublican ticket. Being naturally the minority party, the republicans have got to have not only number of demo- cratic votes in order to carry the county, but t has got to poll the full republican vote If it hopes to win 1t must present q united front. It can afford to have no iQ- ternicine dissensions, and it cannot hope to succeed if rent by factional discord Every republican who has ar ounce of strength should be induced and urged to put his neck into the collar and pull for the success of the entire ticket; anu there should be no sores or collar gals beneath the collar, to cause him to finch in pulling. And there should be no knives
The oasis., 1904-08-27
suascagIon

ONe YEkg @ SO SIX NoNr~s tso SINGLE CcsY 10 CTS. STRICTLY ADVANCE
 Payable in American Money or it's Equiva- tent
 Advertising Rates made known on applica- ion to the business office.
 Unless otherwise specified all subscriptions advertisements and Job printing are payable in American Money.
 Address all communications co THE 0ASIs, Nogales. Santa Cruz county, Arizona.
The oasis., 1904-08-27

Published Every Saturday at NogaIes. santa Cruz County, Arizona. by THE OASIS
 Printing House, Incorporated
The oasis., 1904-08-27

ALLEN T. BIRD Managing Editor.
 E. H. EVANS. Business Manager.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-25

THE TEXAS COTTON BOIL WEEVII. ton evinced the fact that the cotton plants owed their splendid condition to an effective little protector-the "ke- lep." Four thousand were shipped to the United States, and this army is now on the government plantation at Vic toria, Tex, under the personal care and direction of Dr. o. F. Cook, tropical botanist for the agricultural depart ment. Somewhat dubious as to the wisdom of using one pest to counteract the work of another, certain cotton planters tried to keep the government from bringing the ants into the coun- try. An injunction was sought, but 1t was explained that the experiments would be conducted entirely on the United States property and the injunc- ton was dissolved.
 The ants now have been fully tried and found to do all that was expected of them. Under the direction of the government experts they will be put into the fields of any cotton planter who wants them, and 1t is confidently believed that they will in time make weevil devastation thing of the past.
 When the ants arrived at Victoria pr. Cook was not long in giving them a trial
 Some of the colonies" he said, 'were released by placing the jar in which they were confined on the ground and inserting a bent cotton stalk on which the insects could climb out. They immediately began digging a burrow at the base of the adjacent cotton plant, and in the course of two hours the workers were ready for the queen and delegation of two or three of them brought her out. The very strong homing instinct of the ants would have made 1t safe to release them in the plantations for study, even If their other habits had been less known. Instead of scattering or be- coming bewildered under the strange con- ditions, they act from the first as though they were thoroughly familiar with their surroundings. Many, colonies have been tested on table isolated below by wa ter. The insects were allowed to climb out of their cages by means of ladder consisting of a cotton leaf with the stem bent back. There was no hesita- ton or preliminary exploration The ants filed out at once and spread them selves over the table. Weevils were often caught. stung and carried back to the cage within minute or two aft or the release of the ants from their captivity"
 Despite the ferocious attitude held toward the weevil by the ant, pr. Cook says that the fear that it might inter- fere with the cultivation or harvesting of the cotton is entirely groundless.
 ''The fact that the ant uses it's sting an capturing it's prey has led some to
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-25
TIE DEADLY ktLEP
THE GUATEAEALAN ANT WHICH MAKES WAR ON BOIL wEEvIL.
Experiments Being Carried On by the Government at Victoria, Tex, and the Results Thus
 Ear Obtained.

The cotton boll-weevil sees it's finish, or rather 1t would see 1t If 1t could appreciate the full meaning of the ex- periments which the agricultural de- partment has been carrying on at Vic toria, Tex, with the Kelep, or Guate- malan cotton boll-weevfl ant. In Tex as and some other sections of the south cotton cultivation has been well nigh ruined by the devastations of the boil weevil. and hitherto no natural ene- my of the pest had ever been discover cd and all methods of fighting the lattle insect failed.
 The ''kelep" was discovered by acci- dent. Dr. Cook went to Guatemala to investigate the rubber industry, but in his travels he noticed magnificent cot ton fields where the cotton seemed to grow without molestation of any sort
 At first he thought he had discovered cotton immune from the destructive work of the weevil. Closer investiga-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-25
CATERING TO VANITY.

One of the many unfortunate re- suits of this straining for wealth and the appearance of 1t is to make ex- tremely selfish the young women for whom such supermuman efforts are made. When n girl knows that all in her family make sacrifices to give her that which they can not afford, and when she knows that others go with out necessities in order that she may have luxuries, she begins to think, ar ter while, that she must be some body of great importance, and that everything must point toward her and all the family arrangements be made with reference to her comfort and convenience. Too often she becomes dissatisfied with her humble sur roundings, and thinks her home q bore, a place to be avoided as much as possible. Not long ago I heard Il young woman of this kind actually say that she was ashamed Of ner home, although her mother had made untold sacrifices for her, and she rob bed herself and her home of many things they should have had, in order to enable her daughter to make a fine appearance. This catering to their vanity is what ruins many girls and makes selfish wives of those who, un- der different training, would be thrif- ty and tndustrious.-O. s. Marden in the September Success"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-25
WHERE INCHES COUNT.

In Japan, when a farmer permits q telegraph or telephone pole to be erected on his land, he has made a great concession to modern reform. Only the exceedingly rich have fences around their farms in Japan, not because of the cost of the fence, but because of the value of the square inches the posts and pickets would consume. If a border is de- sired around q field, it is customary to plant mulberry trees. The total area of ground in Japan thus devot- ed to the silk-worm tree, which other wise would be taken up with fences, amounts to about a hundred and ninety thousand acres. This has no reference to the mulberry farms and groves, the area for which is over three times as much. The fact that n Japanese farmer is forced to figure on the amount of ground a fencepost would occupy, and the interesting fact that the government, in its sta tistical enumerations, has had the areas covered by individual mulberry trees on farm boundaries carefully computed. demonstrates the great value of arable land. Bookloyers' AaRazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-25
UNCLE BILLY AND WIFE.

It was well known to the people for four or five miles around q certain small village on Long Island that Uncle Billy White and his wife were always scrapping and one day Dea- con Green met the old man and na- formally observed: Uncle Billy. [ don't want to meddle with your fam dly affairs, but everybody knows that you and Aunt Sarah live q cat-and- dog life" ''Yes, I guess that's SO. was the reply. "And it's too bad" Yes, 1t is." Is there any particular cause of trouble-anything you differ about, most?" "Yes its religion. She's a Baptist and I'm q Methodist, na everybody knows, and we are allus disputin' as to which Is the best. That's always the beginnin' of every scrap. won't say that either of ua are the most to blame" -lrs prol,a- bly her fault as much as yours" unused the deacon, ''but let me tell yOu something. Why don't you changa to the Baptist religion next time yo,F find row brewing and thus head Aunt Sarah off? That would shut her right up, you see" That shows you don't know Aunt Sarah,v reprIed Uncle Billy as grim smile stole over his face. ''We started in for a row this very morning, and came ouu and said l was q Baptist in order to stop it." "Well?' Well, Aunt Sarah was kind o'took back for a mint, and then she Topped over from Baptist 10 Methodist and said she wouldn't h,lve a Baptist in the house and turned me out doors to roost in the barn. ''-- Brooklyn Citizen.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-25

confuse 1t with the stinging ants which are serious pests in some tropical coun- trtes," he said.
 The "kelep" does not belong. how ever, to any such category. It is pred aceous or hunting ant, which very sel- dom stings except to paralyse its prey and thus render the game easier to capture and carry of; but at other times 1t has no inclination to sting and does so only when actually seized or injured. The sting, however, is too small and weak to penetrate the skin of the inside of the hand, so that the insects can be picked up with entire tmpunity. ..s
 If accidentally squeezed between the fingers or caught under ones collar a 'kelep' may be able to sting, but the wound smarts, in most people, for only a few minutes.
 They do not crush or chew their food and are apparently unable to eat any thing except liquids or substances soft enough to be Tapped up, as 1t were, by their tongues. While the insects are feeding their jaws are usually opened wide as though to get them out of the way.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-25
Hunt Stamps With fhiS Olderat 05c
FRANKNESS OF MANNER.

There is no more delightful trait in the young or the old than absolute franknesS and openness of nature, that transparency of character which let's us see the best and the worst in them, their strong and their weak points, without any effort at. conceal ment.
 Everybody admires the open-hearted,
 the people who have nothing to con- ceal, and who do not try to cover up their faults and weaknesses. They are, as rule, large-hearted and mag nanimous. They inspire love and confidence, and, by their very frank ness and simplicity, invite the same qualities in others.
 Secretiveness repels as much as frankness attracts. There is some thing about the very inclination to conceal or cover up which arouses suspicion and distrust We can not have the same confidence in people who possess this trait, no matter how good they may seem to be, as in frank sunny natures Dealing with these secretive people Is like travelling on a stage coach on q dark night. There is always feeling of uncertainty. We may come out all right, but there Is a lurking fear of some pitfall or un- known danger ahead of us. We are uncomfortable because of the uncer- tainties. They may be all right, and may deal squarely with us, but the trouble Is that we are not sure, and can not trust them. No matter how polite or gracious a secretive person may be, we can never rid ourselves of the feeling that there is a motive behind his graciousness, and that he has an ulterior purpose in view. He is always more or less of an enigma, because he goes through life wearing mask. He endeavors to hide every trait that is not favorable to himself. Never, if he can help 1t, do we get a glimpse of the real man.
 How different the man who comes out in the open, who has no secrets, who reveals his heart to us, and who is frank broad and liberal! How quickly he wins our confidence! How we all love and trust himi W. for give him for many slip or weakness because he is always ready to confess his faults, and to make amends for them. If he has bad qualities, they are always in sight and we are ready to make allowances for them. His heart is sound and true, his sympa- thies are broad and active. The very qualities he possesses and simplicity-are conducive to the growth of the highest manhood and womanhood. .-Orfson Swett Warden in Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-25
NIHILTSM AND WAR.

The assassination of Minister von Plehve, following so closely on the heels of that of General Bobrikoff, recalls the days which culminatets i'll the assassination of Alexander Sl. There is an evident relation between war and revolution in Russia i'm mediately after the Napoleonic wars, which had q profound effect on the life of Russia, involving as they did not only the invasion, the burning of the Kremlin and Moscow. and the ca- lamitous retreat of the French army, but the return tide, which carried The Cossacks to the banks of the Selne, came q revolutionary period in Rus sia, which eliminated in the Decem- Der outbreak so vividly indicated i'll Tolstoi's great novel War and Peace Tn the same way the Crimean war was followed almost without interva by a period of moral and social rev olution, Ithe most remarkable event of which was the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, two years before Lin coln's famous proclamation. But the freeing of the serfs was only enc among many reforms which broke up the old order and introduced the new. The whole field of education was similarly effected, the doors of the schools and colleges being thrown op- en to classes that had never hitherto profited by them, and eventually to the sons of the emancipated serrs. The education of women also entered on n new and more liberal phase than ever before in the Russian empire and the new woman made her appearance in the land of the lCzars.-Harper' s Weekly.