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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16
THE NORDH,JORD DISASTER;
THE NIEDEN-NORWAY CRISIS
Too Burning Topics Noauadays at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of the
FatetiA Landslide Loemyandet Aryive-No,vay Is
United IN OPPOSITION to Premier Bostron's Pro-
bos0zs as to Consular Service.
BY M. AlGER.

Christiania, Norway, Jan. Pain con-
nectiOn with the information l gave In
my last letter on the Nordfjord disas-
ter, [ am now in possession of further
details. A formidable gale ragged in
the district for several days after the
On this account reliable news was diff
cult to obtain. The most authentic
story of the affair is the report Of the
physician of the district, DR.. Brod-
tkorb. Loenvandet (the Lake of Loen)
is rather narrow just by Ravnfjeld. At
the foot of this imposing mountain the
lake swings first in a southerly and then
in an easterly direction, thus forming an
Ravnfjeld (the Raven Mountain) there
is a precipice about fifty meters (150
feet) in height.
There has long been fear that piece
of the rock would tumble down. But
this is not what has happened.
AS far as it can be seen, about five
hundred meters above the water surface,
in the middle Of the steep rock, which
faces the strait and the above men,
toned precipice, gigantic piece OF
least sixty meters in each direction,
shows the size Of the piece Of rock that
dropped. ;,
It was a stroke of good luck that the
precipice was situated right opposite, as
it broke the first force of the great
wave Otherwise the damage would
have been still greater.
Behind the precipice the wave reached
nearly up to its fifty meters high sum-
nit. The steamship Lodalen, which
was being wintered in a shanty, was
thrown about forty meters upward and
300 meters inward on land. This is a
good illustration of the power OF the
wave.
Investigations show the loss Of 60
human lives, SO cattle, 10 horses, IA
hogs, and 200 sheep, all swept away or
killed by the wave.
All the lighthouses along the entire
shore have Disappeared; about eighty
boats were also swept away:
At present it is impossible to state
the exact extent of the damage, but 1T
is estimated at about one hundred and
thirty thousand kroner. All six Of the
injured are improving
The excavation of the survivors, was
a difficult task. When the accident
happened it was blowing hard and pitch
dark.
By the aid of lanterns the ruins were
searched by the few persons left alive.
The groans and cries of the sufferers
were heard, but tho falling timbers
and heaps Of earth made it difficult to
get them out. The work, however, went
on with great energy. 1t was SIX hours
midnight till 5 o'clock in the morning
she lay helpless and injured under the
ruins. A s. year-old boy is the only one
left of one family, and this tot, clinging
to piece of wood, drifted ashore and
was saved.
The depth of the lake where the rock
dropped is about forty feet. OF the
sixty dead, thlrty,four lived at Nesdal
A calf Was dug out of the ruins after
having spent more than twenty-four
hours there, and a hog was found five
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH
DAKOTA 4 SOURCE or PRIDE
State Has P9ited by the Experience of other Common
aueazths-Hoav 1t Leads in AU Phases
of Agriculture. $50.
of Agriculture.

The most substantial progress Of a
state is measured by the development
Of the system of education in that state.
No truer index of a community's high
er life can be found than the interest
and attention given the public schools of
that community. North Dakota need
have no fear when the educational sys-
tenn of the state is compared with that
of older and supposedly more highly de-
veloped states.
The progress made in education in
the fifteen years Of statehood has been
rapid, yet substantial. North Dakota
has profted by the best experience Of
other states The state has been in a
formative condition, and by reason of
the high standard Of educational lead
ers, the best ideas have readily been
assimilated. The conservatism of old
er states has not handicapped develop
ment in. the west. The result of favor
ing conditions has been that today
North Dakota need make no apologies
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16
1905 TO BE A BANNER YEAR FOR NORTH DAKOTA.

per capita in North Dakota is the high
est of: any state in the union, being IS
per cent. The state is tenth in the
size Of farms, the average being $40
acres to the farm; twenty-ffth in the
total Of agricultural products and fifth
in the percentage of farmers who own
their own farms. Seven states have
less money invested in manufactures.
The value Of North Dakota s manufac-
tured products doubled from 1890 to
1900, and it is estimated that they have
doubled again since that period. IT,
The record of the state is without a
parallel for certainty of it's crops Of the
staple cereals, wheat, barley, oats and
fax. =..~
Corn a Staple. @.1
Corn growing in North Dakota is now
beyond the experimental stage and is
considered necessary and regular crop.
On a section farm there are often 100
acres or more in corn. In the eastern
part Of the state this crop has double
value. It produces the corn and fod-
der, and it is also credited with a d.
rect money return in adding to the fer
tility Of the soil. Wheat grown after
corn will, in three years, out-yield by
fifteen bushels an acre land continuous
ly in wheat. Corn is now grown on
land which otherwise was summer fall
lowed, and so long as corn has been Civ
en- these double values, SO long will the
state have feed that is cheaper than
anything grown elsewhere.
Corn, as grown and generally handled
in North Dakota, is made at cost Of
about $3.50 an acre, which includes the
expense of putting it in stacks in the
barnyard and ready for feeding. It is
often not husked, but is cut with corn
binder, stacked, and fed in the bundle
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

everything is ready in this country;
but should the negotiations regarding
the separate consular service bring an
unsatisfactory result, not man will
20 from this country. Such is the view
Of all the leading sportsmen, from Pro-
fessor Frithiof Nansen down. They say
the Swedes stayed away from us in
1895 on a similar occasion for SINH
lar reason. But should a satisfactory
the participation from Norway will be
larger this year than on any previous
occasion.
Sport and the Weather.
We are now in the midst Of the win
ter season and the period when all
the big contests on skis and skates are
fought. =
While we have had plenty Of storms,
most disastrous to, the sailors and the
fishermen along the coast we have
this part Of the country hardly any
snow at all, and it is now high time
that we should have it if the ski races
scheduled are to come off.
One Of the princi pal annual ski runs
has already been stricken from the list
for want Of snow and the most import
ant Of them all, the Holmenkolrun,
held every February, cannot be held
unless we get snow and plenty of it
on very short notice. It has already
been decided to postpone the race for
three weeks. This is the first time in
the history Of the Holmenkol races
that such postponement has had to be
made for the lack of snow. Up at Hol-
menkollen there is about four inches of
snow on the ground, while four feet is
needed for a proper ski run. Yet down
in Germany they have a great deal
more snow than they care for. Even
down on the coast of Monaco they have
what we are wanting.
! The weather has, however,, been cold
enough to furnish the ice necessary for
the skating races.
| The battle for the championship of
Norway was also this wear won by Ru-
dolph Gundersen of Christiania, who so
many times before has been not only
| champion of Norway, but Of Europe as
we'll For those interested in records i
will give his time for each race: 5000
meters, 9:l6 Is; 500 meters, AT; 1900
meters, 2:31 2-5.
| In the skating races just held at
Groeningen, Holland, for the Champion
ship Of the world, only one Norwegian
participated. This was M. Loerdahl of
Christiania, who for years has been
prominent in skating. He was once
the champion skater of Canada. At
Groeningen he was beaten by Coming,
who became the world 8 champion.
Loerdahl was a good No. 2, how
| ever, and besides took the first prize
for fancy skating. Loerdahl is now
several years past the ordinary racing
age, and further had one Of his legs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

to horses, cattle and hogs. There is al
most no waste when fed in this manner.
certainly not enough to pay cost of
" Naturally Adapted to Stock.
The entire state is adapted to the
growth and development of the best
types Of livestock, from the rich farm
ing lands of the Red River valley on the
eastern border to the so-called Bad
Lands, or broken country of the state 8
western slope.
In the eastern portion Of the state
livestock can be raised and handled in
the usual manner practiced in farming
communities. AS one goes west the al
titude increases from 903 feet above sea
level at the Red river to 2,403 feet at
Dickinson on the Northern Pacific rail-
way and 2,784 feet at the summit of the
Bad Lands. s........-. 49,. ..:- ...,.. =.
In the western part Of the state large
areas Of public land yet remain open for
settlement and are available for graz
ing purposes by the settlers in that vi
entity. Here the livestock industry
fourishes while the country is in transi-
ton from the pastoral to the agricul-
tural stage.
This country is sparsely occupied by
ranchmen and farmers who run various
sized herds Of cattle, horses and sheep,
and are more and more, year by year,
providing sheds and barns and fodder
for shelter and feed in the winter
months; likewise equipping with wells
and windmills to insure a proper amount
Of water for focks and herds.
Open Range Belongs to Past.
In wears past this section in the
western part Of the state was occupied
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

Red Hot and Wide.Awake Convention of Men That
.- DO Things.

licity which will cover sections of the
country from whence are coming the
most desirable class Of homeseekers and
investors. Bright, crisp and newsy ar
ticles will be published in the newspa-
pers of the homeseekers' and investors
section, and systematic, businesslike
method will be followed of distribut-
ing true and accurate information in
regard to the state resources.
Walter Williamson of Lisbon, who
was today elected president of the as
ISOLATION, is a whole team in himself
and will inoculate into the other mem
bers push. and energy, which has made
his own business career so successful.
This convention is the nucleus of q
movement that truly means the awak-
ening of the state. Clever talks were
given by different members, all point
ing to one object, being to the effect
that the time is ripe for reaping sub
stantial benefits that are bound to
accrue from campaign of publicity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

whatever for her educational condi-
lions. .$
The public schools of this state are
generously supplied in most instances:
The method is three-fold, namely:
the local tax; the county tuition fund,
and the state tuition fund. ~-r
The local tax is levied by the local
school board upon the property Of the
district and is limited to 80 mills on the
dollar. However, the average local
tax is not in excess Of 10 mills. The
county tuition fund is raised from a
2-nill tax upon all property in the
county, together with a school poll Of
81 upon electors and is distributed in
each county pro rata, according to the
school enumeration.
The state tuition fund arises from
the interestand income derived from the
sale and rental of school lands, and
from fines and forfeitures arising from
district court business. This is distrib-
uted turnout the state, pro rata, accord
ing to the entire school enumeration.
The value Of agricultural products
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16
CURED FOR soc.

"After doctoring for three years,
and spending much money, a soc.
box of Cuticura Ointment ended all
nv sufferings. It's been two years
since used any, and I don't know
what. sore hands are now, and never
lost a days work while using Cuti-
cura Ointment
THOMAS A. CLANCY,
40 N. Montgomery St., Trenton, NJ.
Sold throughout the world. Cuticurn Resolven Soc.
fn form of Chocolate Coated Pills. Csc. per vial of 60),
Ointment SOC, Soap, 25c. Potter Drug Chem. Corp.
Boston, Sole Proprietors.
So Send fo- The Great Skin Book D."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16
Special Correspondence.

SSA&0oloA0oAV0s
Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 15.-Put it
down that there is going to be some
thing doing in North Dakota during
1908, Forty-five men, representing the
best business and financial interests Of
North Dakota, met in convention to-
day at the Commercial club for the
purpose of inaugurating a campaign of
publicity for this state that will make
the homeseekers and investors sit up
and take notice. of the wonderful re-
sources and advantages the state has
to offer for settlement and investment.
Business men Of Minneapolis are
supposed to comprise good bunch of
hustlers and display the get-together
spirit, but my hat is off to the way in
which every man in this convention
took off his coat for the general good
of the whole state.
Commencing at once, the association
will send personal representatives into
every county in North Dakota for the
purpose of getting business interests to
Cooperate in a great campaign of pub
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16
4 8 I III MA
CURED TO STAY CURED.

OF all diseases of the human race, Asthma is
the least difficult to relieve. OF all the advertised
nostrums and treatments, there are probably
none that do not ease the sufferer. But to deaden
the pain is not to cure the disease. To put a
snake-like enemy to sleeps very different thing
from putting it to DEATH Medical authorities
throughout the country now agree, however, that
the Whetzel system of asthma treatment affords
an actual cure. DR.. l.. D. Knott. Lebanon, KY:
DR.. F. E. Brown. Primghar, Iowa; DR.. ]. G. Cur
ryer ST. Paul. Mimi; DR.. M. L. Craffey, St. Louis,
Mo-: DR.. c! F. Beard. So. birmingham, Mass.
bear witness to the efficacy of his treatment In
their cases.
FREE TEST TREATMENT
prepared for any one giving short description
of the case, and sending the names of two other
asthfnatic sufferers. Ask for booklet of expert
euces of those cured.
FRANK WHETZEL, NJ. D.,
Dept. Y. American Express Eldg., Chicago
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

by the so-called big outfits running
thousands OF cattle without regard to
feed and shelter except as provided
by nature. These cattle, following the
buffalo, would occupy the range and
flourish from year to year for four, five
and sometimes seven consecutive years
safely, but the destructive winter would
finally arrive when mantle Of ice and
snow persistently covered the ground,
and the occasional storms beat in vio-
lence to the destruction of the animal
life exposed under such conditions.
When an extensive area Of unsettled
country was available, cattle could take
to the valleys along water courses dur
ing severe winters and live on brush
and limbs Of trees pending the chinook
and melting Of SHOWS; but with the on
coming settlers, available areas dimin-
ished until the open range is a thing
Of the past, and at best an unsafe prop
osition. 81
Soil Wealth Pre-eminent.
North Dakota is -eminently an ag-
ricultural state. Prairie lands are not
usually productive Of minerals, altho
extensive coal deposits underlie great
areas in the level west. No mountains
are found in North Dakota, and no de-
posits Of valuable metals or minerals
of any kind are found within the state
that may reasonably ever be expected
to compare in value with the resources
Of the soil.
Extensive deposits Of Ignite coal and
clays Of great value underlie the sur
face formations thru extensive districts,
and these only await development to
become resource of much Importance
to the commonwealth.
Yet these compare but feebly in inn
portance with the vast resources of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16
GAINS BY SETTLEMENT
Mary Wadleigh to Have 500 Month
from Gabe Bouck's Estate.

Special to The Journal.
Oshkosh, Wis, Feb. 16.-Mary Wad-
leigh has withdrawn her appeal from the
ruling Of the county court declaring her
not the widow of Colonel Gabe Bouck.
This action is the result of private
agreement between the principals to the
will contest which recently engaged the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

court. Miss Wadleigh, under the agree
ment, will receive 500 month and will
be permitted to use the Jackson street
residence that she now occupies. Under
the Bouck will she was given $50
month only.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

CarteT;s Little Nerve Pills: DFsnensia
makes you nervous, and nervousness
makes you dyspeptic; either one rem
ders you miserable, and these little pills
cure both
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

bro less than a year ago: Norway
now considered faster men than Loer-
a.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

the soil. North Dakota is, and prob
ably must ever remain, an agricultural
state, whose people will be largely in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16
Inauguration of President Roosevelt
Very Low Rates to Washington Via
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

& Ohio Railroad will sell tickets from
Chicago to Washington and return at
$17.75; good going March l, 2 and 8,
valid for return until March 8, subject
to extension to March 10 on payment of
81. For through rates apply to your
nearest Ticket Agent. For full par
ticulars send for circular to R. G. Haase,
N. W. T. P. A., st. Paul, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

terested in the varied pursuits of those
industries more or less directly allied
to the soil
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Continued on Page Nine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

to horses, cattle and hogs. There is al
most no waste when fed'in this manner.
certainly not enough to pay cost of
husking.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-28

Proposals tor Removal Of Garbage for
Year 1906.

4
In Cairo, Ill, Dec. list, 1905.
Sealed proposals addressed 10 the
city council III the city Of Cairo, III,
Win Nv received ut this Office up tc
5so,ci0ck. il. ni. of Tuesday, January
End, 1906. for the removal OF all gar
bage ofgthp city during the year 1905,
The garbage, consisting Of All decayed
fruits, vegetables and Kitchen offal
from tile 'front.' 81 All residences and
streets of the cityof Cairo. as many be
directed by the city council and board
III health
The contractor will be required 10
reIuCyu all garbage during the months
hereafter named az follows, VIZ:
From December to March. twice each
week. from March ist. to May LIST,
three times each week, from May fst
tn December list, SIX times each week.
The removal Of the garbage to DO
III the satisfaction Of the board of
health ana deposited not les than one
mile from any inhabited portion OF the
city. A bond N the sum of f$5oo-oo)
Five Kindred dollars with approved
security must accompany each bid.
The city council reserves the right
ia reject amy and all bids
II. s. DEWEY
City Comptroller.
=
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-28
WAS OLD JOKE on rAt1 COAST
Nothing New Ahsus aailing ap-ina

Nothing New Ah.us Gailinq erring
In Inc 1scaa.
"Thc7e'aa wonderful hot apfirg tha
bubbles W II the occnn d mile on Z
Catalina islSsd, rclnaelca PagcIvaid
&. Ba.SnaIdt & P9s.aakgcp1!c banEE
On, as he Leaned oYe1 the counter Fl
The st. Francis A boiling hoi srrire.
right cut In the OCEAN seo.us alinoafT
Incredible, and wouldn't have bar
loved Il i'll hadn'i fecn With myl
eyes and dipped lAy fiusora into THE
almost sealaing wateF- ! Was on
trolling for yeilowiaii one day in \
CAROLINE launch. when the boatnatP
told me about The wonderful srfin3
we were not very far from It So WE
cruised around and found il. and "a
we passed over Il he Dipped bucket
Of water out of the ocean that WAS
soalding hot. It was one of the not
wonderful experiences Of The many
have had in California and | wouldn't
have missed i for q great deal
Eyes, had that game played on
me once, remarked chiof Clerk NJ
Dermot., rather carelessly.
4 don't understand YOU" declared
qthe Poughkeepsie banker
@You wero out in gaso.iye
launch"
Exactly
and the boatmaa held tho bucket
over The stern Of the boat for several
minutes while getting his bearings
from The landmarks on shore before
dipr.ng mp the hot rater?"
Yes, | think he did"
u thought so The hot water came
from the exhaust pipo Of tic gas en-.
gine
well III be iiggered. - San Fran
cisco Chronicle
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-28

The careless observer might call
White physically commonplace per-
son. a big man OF slouehy carriage, or
binary features. sleepy bored-lookihs
eyes. But in SUITE Of commonplaceness
of appearance. the man after all appears
individual, striking noticeable That
unmistakahie quality called force mas
marked him. rs own. wherever he
goes he stands apart a man 10 be count
ed upon, q man not To be downed,
When The steamer bearing the Rus
sian peace commissioners approached
our land that day last summer and the
newspaper men and artists boarded her,
though there we.e many celebrities,
many distinguished men on hoard the
object III chief interest was the undis-
tinguished looking. the commonplace
save for the bigness--stranger 10 our
shores. the Russian Serge Yuleritch
Mite The new spaper men, who ought
to know personality when they come
across il picked out White al once.
In a most interesting article IN he
New York Times under the interesting
Tile: Rise OF Count Wirfe-A Ro-
nance of History" the writer says in
his introduction When Serge Yule-
witch Witte was born al Tifiis SIS years
ago he was blessed By two fairies who
seldom combine their gifts. the Fairy
ho gives Forcefnlness and the Fairy
VINO confers Opportunity. Very seldom,
,1erhaps once in single century
10 these Two fairies take a child
ander their protection. and when tins
happens that child, no matter what his
restraints his handioaps. bis lack on
those things that make for success, con-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-28
OFFICE or CITY COMPTROLLER.
Proposals For city Printing.

3 " b ! 8 + al Il
Cairo. H., Dec. 21st, 1905.
sealeJs proposals addressed TO the
ciiy council or the city Of Cairo, will
bdt received i'll this office up to 3
O'clock p5 IA, 'of Tuesday, January IND
1905 for. dong the city printing fpr
the year, | s16
All bids must Include the publish.
ing In some daily newspaper OF all
ifle proceedings Of the city council
all ordinances governing the CITY Of
Cairo, mi official notices Of whatever
Kind required ID be published by the
laws ami ordinances OF the city Of
cairo autl an other official notices
fequireaeby the city council or coun
IS c0urt
The type to. be used IL to be what Is
known Al Spout type A bond In the
sum Of f$20ae0l Two Hundred dollars
with approved security must accom-
panv each bid
The city council reserves the right
to reject any aud all bids.
n. y. DEWEY.
city Comptroller.