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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
Robbery.

Manager Brown of the Hunter store
1t Wheatland, was surprised upon en-
tering his store one night about 8
o'clock to Ind the door ajar. Helm.
mediately got busy and discovered
none1o the clerks about but 65 bolts
Of high priced silk valued at 5000, had
been removals tho shelves Some
one had evidently picked the lock or
had Z key and were probably pressed
fortune when they were frightened
away from the store, leaving the door
wide open. This is the second time
this fall the company has been the
victim of burglars and as yet no clue
to the identity has been reported, nor
anyof the goods. found. This time
Mr. Brown suspects ,ocl parties and
nothing will be left undone to unravel
the mystery and bring the perpetrators
to instice.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
News Notes.


Binford is now doing its talking BY
long distance phone.
Several carloads; of -four have been
shipped from Bathgate TO Brazil. ~
There seems to have been many more
holdups in the northwest this season
than ususL s. a.ss s VII III
The Fifth district seems 70 sbe the
onlypape state that elected Il
dsa,oc rati1 1pnator ,tthis ysaE,g
ne .tress - 5. 1pssrrtmeut atwash-
ipss ouhas1 dsthssollsctdn Of
cusSdms aesspt g.ssdl-:l,
ian wheat 9p board cars at Sherwood,
There is Still good deaiof threshs
ing to b done I'D the northern lection
of the state. Threshers. have boosted
their prices because Of the abundance'
Of work and the scarcity Of machines,
I In Ramsey county q boottegger
shipped Ia thrseP barrels of bser and
the people Of tho town decided that
the best way to save the place from
disgrace WAS to;destroy the hes1 They
drank It up-at the expeaaae q the
A. patterson was elestsa sGstgs
attorney Of Berleish county 81. fSvsr
100 votes m1ors than his
AUo0= aa as 4
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
Smart Horse

Peter Marsolek, of Courtenay, has q
horse which is II years old and his i'm
telligence seems to have increased as
he advanced in years. Peter lives sew
eral miles west OF town and drives in
every morning in time to go to work
on the section. One morning he
hitched up the horse few minutes
later than usual, and before he could
getinto the buggy the animal started
for town and Peter after him. The
horse came at bout his usual gait and
walked up to the post where he had
been in the habit of being tied and
waited for his master to catch up with
him. THIS may be an example Of the
force of habit, but the horse seemed to
know what he was doing.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
Charge Wheat Smuggling.

Joe Catherwood, prominent real
estate dealer at Hannah, and an em-
ploye named Michael Young. were ar
rested on a charge OF smuggling. The
men are charged with hauling $50
bushels Of Canadian wheat to an ele--
vator at Hannah. Catherwood claims
that he did not intend to defraud the
government, but that he expected to
make settlement with the customs
officer, paying 25 cents per bushel for
the wheat as soon as he found out how
much there was 4asa zsss g
The difference in The price Of wheat
In Canada and this country has led
many to take long chances, and there
have been numerous arrests on snug
Cling charges within the last month.
Halt dozen or more cases OF this char
acter will be brought to the attention
of the federal grand jury. Il
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24

pears in the Water)
Is like a huge telescope pointed down.
ward into coral caverns or sunken
ships instead Of upward at the sun or
the stars. Its complex system of
lenses, IL in number, answers to the
objective glass of a celestial telescope.
By the internal mirrors they produce
a clear picture of the sea bottom, the
rays Of light passing up the tube to a
sort of camera-obscura. house at the
top. which floats above the surface and
is capable Of holding four people.
The amount of light under the sur.
face is considerably greater than is
generally imagined. The inventor of
the MICROSCOPE has himself been able
to read newspaper lying on the sea
bottom at a depth Of SEQ feet from the
surface by the ordinary daylight pene.
trating the water. The area viewed by
the lenses at the bottom of the tube
varies according to the amount of light.
The MICROSCOPE Is also likely to
prove Of considerable use on war YES.
sells. A tube can be fitted into the CEN
ter Of vessel. one end of which will
lead to the captains bridge and the
other will penetrate the bottom of the
vessel and have an extension that can
be thrust out and drawn back as occa-
sion requires. When the microscope
lenses, which will be somewhat differ
ent from the apparatus illustrated, are
drawn up flush with the bottom Of the
vessel the water beneath the ship can
be viewed to q distance of GO to 80
foot
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
HQRSETHIEF.-U UNSAFE.
I1oPmFy rgx1n1gFs duA1p1D
II 8Wo TERRIToRIEs.
orraalssd Bands Of Desperadoes, That
Wals .shllsnacss u ths olds ]
~. Day. Nbw FanA esS.t % !
As~ Pickings.

0ot6rie, Okla.-In the two terri
toriee,,, soon To te united AS one STATE
under the : nlnle of Oklahoma the
AnttHorse Thief association has
grovns in numbers and Importance.
andtso-day James s. Kirkwood. of
Guthrie, is the head Of an army of
40,o00smen, all residents Of Oklahoma
and. Indian Territory, each man nj
whasn.is subject to immediate service
at any time to take the trail and aid
in the. capture of the festive horse
thief bis IlEsl Es.s,5 III -
With the advance Of civilization
across.the western pratries the: horse
thisfAn his hand have been buefeted
and beaten until they bid fair TO take
their places in obscurity with the buf-
falo. deer and santelepe Instead OF
thevast expanses of prairies which at.
forded' ample ayenue Of sescspeE for The
Aorsesthief and his gang Of marauders:
thesplains are now dotted with towns,
In Slch of which is located telegraph
ihsxument, . device which has done
motSsto teTadicSt9 the horse thief and
higAnethods than any other agent
Thecpassing Of the horse thief in
Oklahoma can be credited largely to
the eftnro of the Anti Horse Thief as
ISOLATION Witch now has close TO- l 0oe
lodges in ohianoznx aud. Iudiau Terri.
tory. The National Antf-Horse Thiei
association vas organized In northern
Missouri 43 years ago. and It ulti-
mately extended Its membership into
all Of the middle. and western states
and territorieesA rs xaE
During the past year in oklshoms
alone there were organized 13t new
lodges. viii a membership Of 1900
In this county II new lodges were or.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
NURTH DAKOTA NEWS
Sad Oeakh.

Claude Foley the infant son Of Nr.
and Mrs. Thomas Foley Of Mimic. met
with frighful accident which caused
the little ones death. The mother
had taken . pan of hot water from the
stove and set it on the kitchen door,
and then stepped out in the yard where
the child was At play. Unnoticed by
her the child entered the house, and az
the mother approached it4turned and
stumbled backward, sitting down in
pan Of hot water. The mother rushed
frautically to its relief, but before she
could get tho child out aud its wrap
ping removed, it was badly scalded.
The injuries were fatal This Is .
particularly sad blow to the bereaved
parents, inasmuch as it is the sixth
child they have laid beneath. the sod.
and but one remains. 81 $
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
.CONGER TO RETURN.
UNITED STATES 1l1u1sTER TO
CHINA COMING HONE.
Has Had Wide Experience in Diplo-
- matte Field Both in the Orient
y. and in South American
~ Countries.

&. Des Moines, Ia.-Announcement Is
made that on January Edwin H.
Conger, United States minister to
China, will resign his diplomatic post
and return, with his family, to this
city. Few diplomatic careers Of recent
years have been as adventurous and
picturesque - Maj. Conger's. Few
women Of any rank or station Of re-
cent years have played as important a
tpart in shaping the destinies of an
empire as Mrs. Conger. No less an
authority than William E. Curtis, on
his return from tour of the world,
declared to the Chicago Women's club
that Mrs. 'Conger is directly RESPONSE
BILE fer the recent action of the dowa-
ger empress establishing 10 UNIVERSE
ties in the largest cities of China. That
was but one example of the wonderful
influence which Mrs. Conger exerts
over the real ruler of the celestial en-
Epire.
E. Maj. and Mrs. Conger have now
been stationed at Peking for six years.
says a special from this city to the
Chicago Chronicle. There they were
throughout the siege consequent upon
the "boxer" uprising. Imprisoned in
the legation, they remained until the
allied troops. with Gen. Chaffee in
command of the United States forces,
made their historic march to the re-
lief of the beleaguered diplomats.
It was in 1898 that Maj. Conger was
sent to the Picking post, transferred
from Brazil, where he had served two
terms, from 1891 to 1893. and again in
1897 and 1898. An interesting story
is told of his appointment to the Bra
lillian mission. When he was young
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24

naval preparations to invade Swede1and
Norway .*z 80 -. =. e*sss T5sFr
: The purpose Of the expedition vas al
legged to be the seizure Of Norwegian ter
fiteFy on the North sea. and the creation
thereon Of an open port for the cars
navy. While Gen. L'Orange did not spe-
cifically indicate the section of country
coveted. the impression remains that
Mnscovite eyes gaze longingly on the
COST at some point between the Maze
and Bergen. ~
4 more sensational part of the article.
II that were possible. is the positive dec-
,lafatton that Russia is backed In her
daring scheme of invasion and spoila-
ton by Germany, who. as stated, is to be
given a free hand to seize Denmark and
turn that kingdom into a vassalage OF
the kaiser. The base irgratitude of such
project IS disclosed by the fact-if Gen
L'Orange's assertions be true-that
Gear Nicholas is ready to sacrifice ma
tional and domestic honor to procure the
coveted. territory, for his mother 10 .
daughter of the venerable Danish king
Christian TX.
Gen. L'Orange, who is descendan,
Of noble French family. Is considered
to be one of the ab1est military critics in
Europe. Until recently he was CON-
mander-in-chief of the Norwegian army
In 1894 he was made chief of the general
staff, and in 1897 was, given the baton
of commander-in-chief.s He also is o
member of the Royal Swedish war acad-
envy. = - <AYs A 81
It is considered significant that the
publishing Of the article evoked an OH
-cial protest from the. Russian govern.
ment.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24

Army of Two Territories.)
ganized during the year, with over 700
members- Throughout Indian Terri,
tory the increase has been even great
en- Insthe sterritoriaisdi division 1.-THE
national assocfa don there 80 ons anti
horss. thief lodge to every 60 square
miles; in Kansas, one to every PIG
square miles; in Oklahoma alone one
tosexery 100 square miles; Pawnee
county hds q lodge to- every 20 square
miles; Lincoln and Pottawatomie
comty. one to every IS square miles;
Logan one to every 80, and Greer
county one to every 40. 55fI 4E:
During the past year the. association
hassaided in the capture Of 1877 horse
thieves and the recovery of $4,000
worth of stolen animals. There were
l14=horses~ stolen=and-= l33ss~ recovered.
soms of them, being stolen during the
praSious year. Out Of the 1877 thieves
captured lit have been convicted.
great part OF the prominence at
taiued by Kirkwood as president OF
DISSATISFACTION and as~the most
trend leader in tho two territories is
duo Traveller" q black stallion
which has been in Kirkwood's posses
sinfor many years. He is said to BE-
ahIa4 to scent horse thief for several
uS102 and he smore.widei sknown~tn
Oklahoma than any other animal in
the#territory. The horse has carried
KIrkwood all day and all night with
oalsfest except for. food and water
Traveller" is now Is years old, but he
isStll able catch the-air~o excite
mant in man hunt, and on an oc-
ca1Son Of that kind he spirits over
country roads ana fields as Il he were
stttl.a colt
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
Dead Body.

AT Churches Gerry, the body of q
unknown man was found in q Great
Northern freight car. An empty bot
tie lay beside the body which had con-
taincd cartolic acid Doctors assert
that the man had been dead for a
,r,aal- 8 ~
The box car in which the body was
found came from Minneapolisand was
sidetracked. later being hauled to Chur-
che's Ferry. Coroner Nimo held an i'm
quest. the jury returning verdict Of
daath from carbolic acid either At the
hand of the dead man or unknown
persons.
The dead man was about twenty-five
years of age; weighed 20 pounds; had
liRht-red HAIR, and probably was q
SWede. Il @-ss
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24

"a Canadian Maple Tree That mas En-
twined Big Beech.)
James e. Kennard. who owns the prop
erty on which 1t is located, first observed
the maple as a small twig growing be-
side the beech. The twig fourished with
such persistency that his attention was
attracted to 1t. and he refrained from
cutting. it down. Completely overshad-.
owed by its nedghbor. It began to work
it's way around the beech in search Of
the sunlight. For several years it con-.
tinued It's peculiar method Of reaching
upward, until 1t made fts way among the
branchesIofth the beech, acting more like q
vine than q tree. ,see;1 f,sa ;,asf,a..sf.,
I In some places the maple bugs the
beech SO closely that the bark ofthe two
has almostgrown together. Attic Same,
time the; separate identity. has been pre-,
served. and both trees are IN perfectly
healthy condition! Naturalists who
have examined the maple say that they
have never seen another instance Of
similar naturG IT 1.t.e-4 va4 EFT
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
TO VIEW BOTTOM OF SEA.
4 New Invention That Will De o.
Great Value In Ocean
Research.

London.-A clever instrument has
been devised by Cavaliere Giuseppe
Pine, an Italian inventor. by which
the bottom Of the sea can be examined
with clearness that has hitherto been
impossible. This invention and one
to raise objects are in daily use, the
operations being supervised by the in.
ventor.
The hydroscope-such is the name
given to the instrument for seeing OBJ
jects in the sea or on the sea bottom
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
Criminal Education Society.

me acadeSy of crime, Of which Dick
.en5sl nimitable Fagin was the head pro
tessor, has lost its prestige since details
Of similar lnstit ut1on IfaIy eye:
come tolight THIS organization, called
the "Malavita," was situated at Foggia
and aimed at committing all sorts of
crime, from highway ,oDbery to kidnap-
ping. Thsre we're two schools. one to
teach the use Of the knife and the other
for pickpockets. A few francs were
charged for admission, and the pup,Is
graduated according to the proficiency;
they attained If=any Of the members
we're arrested the other members volun-
teered to give pertured testimony in his,
behalf, while few more took charge Of.
the witnesses for. the prosecution. whom
they scared By threats. into refusing to
testify. !
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
Will EN!l.AR G ufsfo HoME
Printers to Add to Their AlreadY
Large Institution at Colora- I'll,
do Springs, Col. ss

Denver.-Enlargement Of the Union
Printers home at Colorado Springs. onE.
of the finest and most complete institn-
tons of its kind, is being arranged tor.
and the plan is to erect the new addt-s
ton as memorial to the late Congress-
man Amos j. Cummings, who was known
as 1.-THE Printers. Friend::p Although
the members of the International Typo:
graphical union have expended more.
chan 100000 on the home. and haze
shown unparalleleds generosity in If
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
FEARS A GRAB ~ RUSSIA.


chrisuanta. Norway.-rhs scandi.
navian people are still earnestly discuss
Ing tho sreeens fsharlr6 he ARTICLE BY
Cen II. p sLOrsnge. leb!ishsd~in the
Aftonposten. The perilb therein pointed
out apparently are so manifest that be.
lief exists in certain quarters, that Eu.
Observation-Disclosures have been asked to
consider the sdtustton.a & :
Gen. L'Orange stated positively that
prior to the breaking out of the war with
japan, Russia had made all military and
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
~ ~ y 90
A PECULIAR MAPLE TREE.
It Is Growing in Canada and Has
the Habits Of the t5c
Vine.

Toronto, CANDIDA curiosity In ma
lures realm that has attracted the no.
tice of students Of forestry is soft
maple tree, which has grown in such
form as to defy all presidents. 1t has
completely entwined itself around a
beech. and mingled it's branches with
that of Its companion. This odd phe-
nomenon is to be seen at Havelock, On
tario, Canada.
No one knows just how the maple got
its unusual start, as there are no trees
of its kind in the immediate vicinity.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
Struck a Pole

"a Wells county farmer collided at
night with q telegraph pole set in. the
road and was thrown from his rig and
rendered unconscious for some time
When discovered HIS nose was found
torn off and bent down over his
mouth, while the eyelid of the left eye
was torn and hung over his cheek. =
physician did some, good work on him
and it is expected he will save the
nose Grn How he was 20 horribly mutt
lated is mystery. -'''''~>''--7'- '--'e-''~'
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24

man Conger had attended the law
school at Albany, N. Y. Among the
students in his class. and one with
whom he became well acquainted. I'M
til the acquaintance grew into true
friendship, was William Mckinley. A
quarter of q century later Maj. Conger
and Maj. Mckinley served together in
congress. and the friendship of early
days was renewed. When the Brazilian
post became vacant President McKin-
ley remembered his friend Conger and
the appointment was promptly made.
Later, when the Picking post became
vacant and the administration needed
q thorough diplomat. tactful, care
full statesman, Maj. Conger was trans
ferred. The Picking post is an impor-
tant one; the past six. years have
found grave questions of commerce as
we'll as of international law, arising.
Maj. Conger has fulfilled his mission.
During the diplomatic conferences fol-
lowing the capture of Picking he rep
resented this government. and, while
LuSIG dlO oOuO IO-Uoy WIZ ludluLdlu
that he was too forgiving and lenient,
and granted concessions to China which
should never have been made, he acted
throughout for what, he considered the
highest and greatest Justice to all.
It was some time after the boxer
uprising that Maj. Conger returned to
Des Moines, his lifetime home, on q
short leave of absence. A great mass
meeting was held at the Auditorium to
welcome him. 1t was attended by
thousands. When Maj. Conger had
departed for China, few years be-
fore, the Grand Army post of which
he was an honored member had held q
smoker in his honor. One Of the feat
ures of that farewell had been the
singing of God Be With You Till We
Meet Again" by one of the sweet
voiced singers of the city.
MANY and MANY time during the
darkest days. when death seemed only
q few hours removed. did l remember
those words, God be with you till we
meet again. and utter them over and
over and think Of the comrades and
friends and folks at home." declared
Maj. Conger. with the tears streaming
down his face. as he responded to the
addresses in his honor.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
The Petroleum Production.

It is not yet half century since Col.
Drake discovered petroleum on the
waters of Oil creek. near Titusville. Pa.
The total production Of crude petroleum
from 1859 to 1923 years-has been
no less than 1.l65.280. 727 barrels. or
this output Pennsylvania and New York
contributed 53.9 per cent; Ohio. 24.3 per
cant: West Virginia. 11.3 per cent; In
diana. 80 per cent: California. .3.65 per
cent, and Texas. FL per cent. a4 ss...,.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
Jews ,inxehe. World.

isfion 81 TIE World Is 1o.67l.s52. The
United States has 1,127.26S; Austria-
Hungary, 2.011,26A; Germany. 5se.s4s:,
Russia, 5.1ss.401; Turkey. $4,000: tho
British e4nats aB. at Asoeve2. $780,
600: Abyssinia, 110.0Uv. and other ma
tioss len npsIsra.ll France ihzs only
o. Is. asaintl Gstmiiiiinllyt sSpoppiation of
nearly COO. 0o0:i Norway and Sweden to-
eethsr have only s.402. and. strange 70
az. Spain has oaly Izo1 Jsws within her
boundaries
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
Football Aids Polite.

The Australian detectives ind foot
hail useful. Criminals will t.ie six days
tin the week. but they have % come out
on Saturdays to see the football game.
and the police aso On hand
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24

A Natural Bridge. ] txaG
One petrihed tree trlnx In Arisona
Ioems . natural bridge over Q canyoa.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-02-25

Lincoln 10 OIL points IN Oklahoma
and Indian territories. 5000
Lincoln 10 all points In TqNas, east
Of Fort Worth, San Antonio Houston
and IN louisiana west OF Alexandria
and Monroe. only $1,000.
The Missouri laclilC railway Nlii
put In tho above one.wav FAtea on
February IN. March aud tt.
The only electric lighted train out cf
Lincoln.
Fun Information at cl.y ticket ol.cc,
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-02-25
By Their Fruits
DR.. SPROULE. 3. A.
Successful Catarrh Specialist

Do figs upon thistle grow.
Or grapes upon thorn?
Do waters sweet and bitter flow
From single fountain down?
Surely we the tree shall know
BY the kind Of fruit IL yields.
The fount that's pure can never throw
Mud and mari upon our fields.
Each hearts abundance all may know,
The mouth proclaims IL every part.
So. by your language. all may know
The treasures OF your heart.
TRUMAN FREELAND.
Burwell. Nch.