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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-05
THE EVENING TIMES, GRAND FORKS, N. D.

particular block are to be worth, for
the advertising matter issued by the
railroads townsite department carries
a plat with the selling price of each
lot plainly marked on it.
In case of towns recently started In
North Dakota the lots around the
plaza, the center Of the business Sec
ton. are quoted at $500 each. Lots
farther and farther from the center.
or the railroad, the prices are reduced
to as low as 500 or $50 for the COM
mon garden" or residence lot.
Bidding for Lots.
There is something of the old style
auction system about the manner In
which the business block sites are sold.
lustration of how the railroad town
Of the new town.
The townsite survey has purposely
made the central plaza smaller than u
property, will be cared for and made q
beauty spot instead of the eyesore that
many such often are in the smaller
centers of settlement farther east.
Those desiring to purchase lots for
against each other. but the premiums.
instead of going into the pockets of the
tOwnsite promoters. go into a public
improvement fund for the town.
A tOwnsite sale often takes on the
People come from miles around, there
are picnic parties bred from the crude
conditions surrounding the attendants
ho oil ho 0on NJ
commOdations incident to a village yet
unborn. There are ball games in the
wheat stubble or on the virgin prairie.
to village gala day are often arrang-
teristic good nature are able to COM
bine pleasure with business, and the
town has sort Of barn-raising Of its
own. This all helps to engender en-
thusiasm for the sale" and when the
the townsite man appears on some
rudely-cOnstructed platform, or begins,
to dispose of his wares from the back
of a lumber wagon. the bidding is live
ly.
In some cases the premium on lots
makes total of several thousands of
dollars and the town comes into being
WIN IuC huOWlCuEc ludl IL Ou uduu
very respectable fund for the conduct
of public improvements.
Helping the New Town Along.
There are several other ways in
which the townsite department of
railroad shows its interest in the flu
ture of the town to be built along its
tracks. Lots are decided to future
boards of trustees for the building of
public schools and to the extension de-
paremtns of church organizations, re-
CARELESS of creed. for the building of
churches. In these two cases it is pro-
vided, of course, that in the case of
failure to use the lots for the purposes
desired they shall revert to the donors.
This is also true of the lot given for
a town hall site.
The townsite department also gets
Into the bonus business somewhat.
Lots are given to builders of creamer-
les. flour mills and other minor insti-
buttons calculated to build up the town
and make it an active trade center.
During the entire proceeding there is
decided spirit of good nature on the
part of all participating, and while
there may be some lively bidding for
certain business lots, bad blood and
petty jealousies seldom follow.
The Men Who Make the Towns.
Most of those who make investment
are small merchants from neighboring
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-05

states or counties or citizens of mod
crate means who are dissatisfied with
the strenuOs lie and small profits of
more metropolitan existence. These
investors pay, usually, one-third cash,
one-third in six months and the bal
ance In One year, or one-half cash and
the other half in one year, the town
site department getting per cent in
terest on all loans. There are no mort
cages. After the issuing of the con-
tract the buyer either makes his pay
ments until all Is paid and title Is de-
livered to him.or he surreniers his
contract and loses his money. The lat
ter cases are decidedly rare under the
present prosperity of the country, and
one railroad that sold 1900 lots, hand
ding 100000 In twenty-seven new
towns thus started during the past
year has had only two defaults of con-
tract.
No sooner has the sale been COM
pleted as far as immediate demands go
than the purchasers either move in
with their original squatters' build
ings. or begin the erection of per-
manent structures.
when the Railroad Comes.
The railroad, so far as track and
grades are concerned. is still many
weeks and miles away, and in some
cases lumber for the new buildings is
hauled across country twenty-five and
fifty miles. BY the time the new CON-
munity numbers 300 souls there Us
generally started a movement which
results in the Incorporation of the viii
lage, the election of a town council
and the selection of a president who
acts as the executive head of the cor
poration. This is also about the time
the town marshal heaves into view.
BY this time, also the grain elevator,
the lumber yard. the stores and the
bank are doing business at the same
old stand" and work has begun on
the town hall. the school house and
the church. Out Of the twenty-seven
new towns mentioned about twenty
reached the three hundred mark within
the year and most of them within
three months.
Activity in every line is the watch
word of the new community. Village
life is in full sway and by the time the
steel gang arrives 1t finds itself Official
ly welcomed by the governing board of
a brand new and self-respecting little
city, backed by an enthusiastic popu-
lace, with the keys to the city ready
for presentation and great pride in
its present and profund faith in it's
future.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-05
TOWNS BUILT IN THE
NORTHWEST IN 1905

business to so ahead of the line, lay
out his towns, sell his lots at auction.
take what he could get for those not
salable at fancy figures, pocket his
handsome profits and depart for green
er fields and pastures new, leaving
the new town to get along as fate
and fortune might dicatate.
The modern town. or village. is not
built in this way, and 1t is because
the creative" townsite man has re-
placed the speculative" that new
sections are made to blossom as the
rose and suffer no blight from the
creation of hasty and ill-advised CEN
tire of population. The romantic of the
west had been reduced to prosaic fast
and figures in the past decade and the
"hell-to- breakfast" cowboy has found
himself crowded out by the sober,
plodding farmer-and the man who
makes the towns to which the farmer
brings his trade. From this change of
conditions arises the story of the mod
ern town
The Genesix Of a Town.
When a railroad decided upon enter
ing new territory there naturally aris-
es the question: Where shall We
place the StatlOnS!
Although it is the general belief that
railroad builds between different
centers of settlement, this is very rare
ly the case. especially in the western
country. In fact, many little villages
have already learned to their sorrow
that the railroad is bigger than the
people. as represented by various vii
lage councils, and that in penetrating
new regions it goes whittier it wills.
regardless of the pioneers in civic
organization. 1t is generally the case
that while an inland town or village
may be located entirely to its own
satisfaction, such location does not
accord either with the general plans
of the railroad magnates or the judg-
ment of the man in charge of the
survey, and the inland village is passed
by on the other side.
The Townsite Man Ia 1t.
Nearly all the big railroad systems
in the west now have a regularly Or
ganized and operated ''townsite depart
ment,' which is brought into the case
and consulted as to the location of sta
lions as soon as the general direction
of the new line is determined upon.
The railroads townsite man travels
over the proposed right of way, making
a careful study of the topography of
the land and of its natural resources.
1t is he who decided where future
cities can live and have their being.
AS general proposition, new towns
are located about ten miles apart, es-
pecially along lines which penetrate
such territory as that found in North
Dakota, now the most fruitful field for
the townsite man. After the matter of
distance is settled there remains to be
considered the questions of grade, for
it costs money to stop and start
train, and, if possible, station should
be located on straight stretch of
level track where there will be no
"stalling"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-05

where he served one term of two
years QS69-7D, and continued in the
Virginia senate from 1875 to 1881. In
1881 he was defeated as democratic
candidate for governor by w. E.
Cameron, readjuster. and returned to
law practice. He went to congress in
1886, and in 1887 succeeded General
Malone in the United States senate,
where he has remained eyer since.
Senator Daniel is an orator of con-
siderable repute and has ben selected
as one Of the principal speakers at the
dedication of the Mckinley memorial
at Columbus, Ohio, week after next.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-05
THIS Is MY 9th BIRTHDAY.
John W. Daniel.

" " " " v " y " y y " y q ~ q % y q
Senator John Warwick Daniel of
Virginia, long foremost among the
democratic leaders of the south. was
born at Lynchburg, Va, Sept. 5, 1912.
His father was Judge of the supreme
court of Virginia, man of much
prominence and considerable wealth.
Young Daniel was attending a private
school when the civil war broke out.
He volunteered as a private in the
Confederate army and was wounded
at the first battle Of Manassas. AS adj
jutant of the Eleventh BVirginia in
fantry he was wounded at Boonesboro
and permanently crippled at the battle
of the Wilderness. After the war he
studied law at the University of Vir-
ginia. He began his political career
as member of the Virginia house,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-05

In darkest Africa, the far east and
few other parts of the inhabitable
globe the march of progress has been
noted by double advent, described
with due respect to the religionist and
the commercialist as: First the mis-
sionary and then the whisky"
In the rich region which was once
the northwest and whose trade center
has always been and still is Mime
apoiis, civilization, as it has advanced
by the traditional leaps and bounds.
has had its trail blazed by two agen-
cies, the railroad and the townsite
man. says the Minneapolis Journal.
Sometimes the railroad. in the alb
stract form of preliminary survey.
proceeds the townsite man; in other
cases the surveying party may march
into camp at night to find the town.
site man awaiting it. In either event
railroad and townsite man work to the
common end of paving the way for
that permanent settlement which
makes territories out of the wilderness
and states out of the territories. The
country is the cause of the railroad
and the railroad is the cause of the
townsite man. Out of their joint en-
deavor come the smiling. villages"
which dot the may of every new region
of commercial activity.
Townsite Man Changes.
The townsite man is one of the types
incidental to the westward march of
empire in the United States and while
individuals resembling him may be
found in other countries it is in North
America, between the Mississippi and
the Pacific coast, that he flourishes and
has been most successful.
In the early days of transcontinental
lines he appeard as a Spectator pure
and simple. The speculative townsite
man was a prominent figure in the de-
velopment of California. 1t was his
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-05

Some men, unless they are able to
marry woman who has been married
two or three times, and with a shady
record, won't marry at all. When a
man wants wife, why doesn't he take
one of the thousands of available good
WOMEN?
We wonder that store-keepers don't
hit upon the plan of having purchases
wrapped up in paper that contains a
love story: The women would call
for something else as soon. as they
had read what was on the wrapper Of
the last purchase.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-05
.Baby" Towns.

According to figures obtained
from railroad officials 1876 new
towns have been built in territory
tributary to Minneapolis within
year, most of them in the Dakotas.
Twenty-seven have been built
along extensions of the Mime
apolis & st. Louis railroad: SO
along the Great Northern; Z on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul; 40 on the 500 lines: 12 on
the North Western Cor "Omaha):
4 on the Burlington; 10 on the
Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winnipeg,
and S on the Minnesota & Inter-
national, near the Canadian boun-
airy. The Wisconsin Central is
building hundred-mile extension
in Wisconsin, known now as the
Lake Superior & Eastern railway.
which will have town about
every ten miles.
All the other roads mentioned
have more extensions under con-
struction or in contemplation. and
these will add another hundred
towns or more before close of
1907.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
Homes Under the Ground.

In the salt district in Cheshire, Eng land, the brine has been pumped so continuously out of the earth that the land has settled very considerably The houses naturally sink with the earth, and in some of the streets in Northwich only the roofs are visible. The houses are inhabited, although the rooms are underground. In a great many cases additional stories have been added, so that by living in the upper rooms the residents may have some light and air. The road ways sink, too, but are kept up to the proper level by the government.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
The EnuinOxea.

''The popular belief that storms are more frequent about the time of the equinox, or when the sun crosses the line in March and September, re- ceives some slight degree of support from the Investigations of European scientists" states an expert of the weather bureau. "In southwestern Europe March is the stormiest month while in the British islands and Nor. way January takes the lead in that respect; but, considering Europe as a whole, 1t appears that storms prepon- derate near the seasons of the equi. noXes."
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
VIRTUE IN COPPER.
The Metal Is a Death Dealer to All
 Disease Germs.

Disease Germs.
 Copper is a marvellous preventive of disease. If we returned to the cid copper drinking vessels of our forefa. thers, typhoid epidemic would disap. pear"
 The speaker, a filtration expert, took a copper cent from his pocket.
 Examine this cent under the micro scope" he said, "and you will find 1t altogether free from disease germs. Examine gold and silver coins, ard you will find them one wriggling and comforting germ mass. Yet copper coins pass through dirtier hands than gold and silver ones. You'd think they ought to be alive with micro-organ- isms. But no. Copper kills germs. Diphtheria and cholera cultures smear ed on a copper cent die in less than two hours.
 "They have many cholera epidemics in China, but certain towns are always immune. These towns keep their drinking water in great copper vessels. Travellers have tried to buy these yes seis, for they are beautiful, but the villagers will not sell them. They have a superstition that their health and welfare depend on their retention. wish all superstitions were as true and salutary as that" - Philadelphia Bull letin.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
The Joke Was on the Students.

When Dr. Nathan Lord was presi- dent of Dartmouth college he used to drive about in a dilapidated, old fash toned contrivance. The students be- came tired of seeing the concern and, though Dr. Lord knew of this, he clnng to the old calash. One night a group of the young men hauled the thing out of the shed where it was kept. took it sev- eral miles down the road toward Leba- non and hid 1t in spot where 1t was concealed by dense foliage. They were just about to depart, we'll satisfied with the tiresome job, when the curtain which completely enveloped the front of the calash was suddenly pushed aside and the well known face of Presi- dent Lord appeared. "Now, gentle men," he said, you may draw me back again."
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
ARTIFICIAL WARMTH.
lt- Use sn TnAerited Habft ana .
 sign Of Luxury.

shAM 0A hWAMNYs
 With the big, restless, energetic world outside of this tropical belt, kows ever, the matter of keeping warn ia ever present, troublesome and expen- sive, throughout half of each passing year.
 As a matker of fact, the world of hu. manity dwelling in stoveland never has been in all the ages really and oJm- fortably warm in winter. It is largely our own fault Mankind Is the only An- final which employs fire in the effort to survive the cold of the winters. The hardy lower animals do not need it, however much their luxuriously e1er- vated representatives, the dog and the cat, may enjoy 1t when they haTa c chance.
 Ancient man only got himself rid of his provident coat of hair and his EUf- flcent latent heat when he began to loaf around the family cooking steve and absorb the intoxicating comfort of artificial warmth. This faraway an- cestor is responsible for the fact that the present day human being, outside of the belt aforesaid, is obliged to keep close to a thermometer registering nearly or quite 70 degrees F. from Oc- tober to May, besides which he must needs wear extra clothing. This also is an inherited habit.
 A traveller west once asked a half naked Indian in midwinter how he managed to stand the weather. The Indian replied: "Your face no got a coat. It no cold Indian face all ova-." ." National Magazine.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
MARINE TURTLES.
How They Are Stripped of Their
 Shells While Alive.

HOW They Are stripped or Their
 Shells While Alive.
 The shells shipped from the Colon district are taken from turtles caught on the Lagarto and San Bias coasts of the Caribbean sea during the months of May, June, July and August, when they approach the shore to deposit eggs, which are laid on the sandy beaches above high water mark at night. Holes are dug about one and a half feet deep and the eggs deposited therein. Generally about three layings are made during a period of nine weeks. The eggs are lightly covered with sand and left to be matched out by the heat of the sun. The turtles are caught either while on shore or in the water by means of nets.
 AS a rule, they are killed immediately after being caught, cleaned and the shell frame washed with sand. But on the San Bias coast the Indians do not kill them, but at once proceed to re- move the shell by subjecting the tur- ties to great heat, afterward throwing the turtles back into the sea. By the application of heat the successive plates of shell come off very easily.
 Turtles caught in these waters vary in size from one to four and half feet long, with a maximum weight of 150 pounds, and the average weight Of shell obtained from each is from six to seven pounds. The commercial value of tortoise shell depends upon the thick ness and size of the plates rather than upon the brilliancy of the colors.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
NIGHT RoeEs.
EAey Were Once very GorgssSs s>s
 Worn Tn the Daytime.

WmNE arWFA|IMM MAM
 Worn In the Daytime.
 Tn the middle ages night robes, as 6 general thing, were unknown Injuries.
 Under the Tudors royalty and 10 bility had them made of silk or vel vet, and, as the old books say, Themes no washing was necessary"
 A night robe of black satin bound with black taffeta and edged with vel vet of the same color was daintlly fashioned for Anne Boleyn.
 More luxurious still was one owned by Queen Bess. It was of black vel vet, fur lined, and greatly offset hy flowing borders of silk lace. And In 156S her majesty gave orders that George Brodlgman should deliver ''threescore and six best sable skynnes, to furnish US a night gown" Four years later her highness orders the delivery of twelve yards of purple velvet, friezed on the back syde, with white and russet silke," for a night gown for herself and also orders the delivery of fourteen yards of murry damask for the "makynge of a night gowne" for some one else.
 Night gowns for ladies of a later period were called "nyght valls." In Queen Annes time 1t was the fashion to wear them over the customary dress in the streets in the daytime, when out on a pleasure walk. And, as was flt- ting, ladies who indulged in night. caps had them also made of silk or velvet, with much pretty garnishing of lace and gllttering cords," and the fair ones made presentation of costly caps to each other as tokens of respect or affection.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
He Laid.

"Don't waste your time in clipping off the branches" said the woodman to his son, "but lay your ax at the root of the tree" And the young man went out and laid his ax at the foot of the tree, like good and dutiful boy, and then he went fishing. Truly there Is nothing so beautiful as filial obedience. Strand Magazine.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
Good Dog.

The brave Newfoundland had just rescued his young master from the boiling surf
 My dog, too," said L'Oignon pensive. ly, "once saved my life"
 '"Tell us about it," said Tete de Veau. with eager interest.
 'I sold him for $3," said L'Oignon, "'when was nearly starving"
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
EuII Price

Mrs. Skrlmper-One can never be, lleve one-half that is said in advertise ments. Biasfold & Tating had an ad- vertlsement in yesterdays paper say, ing that everything was marked down Mrs. Bargainhunter-Yes, I saw it. Mrs. Skrimper-Well, 1t was false. bought two postage stamps there this morning, and had to pay as much as ever for them.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
One XieM of It.

"But if she makes all her own dresses l should think she'd be a good wife for you. It shows she's industrious and sensible"
 Not for me, thank you. It simply shows how poor her father must be- Philadelphia Ledger
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
The sonr Bird.

They say the birds are timid! Great heavens, to be so small and lovely in a world of hawks and snares and yet dare to sing as if the gods were goodl In all the wide creation there Is noth' ing braver than the heart of singing hiFd
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
Yet Both Made Hits.

Director-Say, my man, how is ll that shakespeare's statue is standing on the pedestal marked Scott2 At. tendant-He must have got his bass on an error, sir.-Brooklyn Life.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22
M. V. BUTCHER Real Estate and
 Investments
Imperial Valley Lands a Speciality

Imperial Valley Lands a Speciality
 Imperial Valley is the largest irrigated district in the United States. The best bargains on earth can be found in the Imperial Valley. Anyone having Inn perial lands they wish to sell or trade for Los Angeles property will find it to their advantage to consult me. My fa- cilities for finding bargains for buyers and buyers for bargains cannot be sur passed. Write or wire me at 2O5 Mer~ cantile Place, Los Angeles, Cal. Home Tel. 8l92. Tel. Main $40.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-12-22

There is no virtue in the Sunday that makes children say, 'I wish it was Monday"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16

The. friends Of c. G.. Roosen have
been interested in the celebration by
Mr.. Roosen 8 uncle and aunt in Saxony,
Germany, Of their lead wedding. This