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, 1906-05-31
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Railroad and Criminal

Make way for the railroad, the Grim
inal, the five cent beer, the hobo n
other natural consequences. The prime
val fastness of northwest Wyoming Is
numbered with the past, and we are
taking on a new and broader aspect.
Before many years have passed this
grand county will be covered with rail,
Dads, resulting in the development OF
many now practically dormant indus
tries made possible by transportation
facilities. We will one day see the
basin peopled with thousands OF min
ers-both coal and metal miners-with
hundreds Of thousands of additional
acres blossoming as the rose.
In all, but two of the things mention
ed above cause regret-the advent oil
the criminal and the hobo. With the
thrush Of eastern people this ir-
.repressible class to blight the land with
petty thievery and hellish practices.
The oldtimer will bewail the time when
he could leave his chattels anywhere
along the road in perfect safety, ne
wyoming housewife lament the depart
ure of the day of perfect security in
the home and resent conditions compel
ling her TO take the laundry off the line
and urn the key in the lock before ven,
turing to run across the street to visit
her neighbor.
Time was when all were honest in
this primitive state-when no n lock.
ed his door or housed chatteis. You
could leave n post bar and spade lying
in the road where you left off work,
sure to find it there upon your return.
The home could be safely left unguard,
cd and unlocked, and aside from a pos
sible visitor who would come in and get
a meal during your absence-to which
he was welcome-things would be as
you left them, The stranger-without
credentials and even with appearances
against him-was unhesitatingiy Civ
en- the glad hand and courteous hospi-
tality of the openhearted west, and it
was 'Howdy, stranger" and a bid to
eat and sleep at every camp. Crime
the cold-blooded prompting of avari-
cious desire or the lustful atrocities of
bestial minds-was unknown, and pure
womanhood was as safe here as in
heaven.
But it's coming, and ven now we
read of the first of these crimes and
m~isdemeanors in various parts of the
county. To the oldtimer, the passing
of the freedom and good cheer of form.
er days is indeed galling.-Big Horn
News.
, 1906-05-31
SENATE FAVORS
MONDELL'S BILL
MEASURE TO REDUCE FARM UNIT
TO TWENTY ACRES ON REC
LAMATION LANDS.
House Bill Made Minimum Ten Acres,
But Senate Raised This to Higher
Figure-Justice Brown Ret'res
from the Supreme Court of the
United States.

washington, d. c., May Slime
committee on irrigation report
ed the Monden bill, which passed the
house some time ago, authorizing the
secretary OF the interior to reduce the
farm unit on reclamation lands o
forty acres to twenty acres. The house
made the minimum ten acres, but inc
senate amended the bill increasing II
to twenty.
Victory to Dubois.
The bill was amended in accordance
with Senator Dubois's wishes to per
nit settlers in the Hepburn and Ru'
pert townsites to purchase lots at an
appraised value, in view of improve
ments made. These townsites are 10
Gated in the Minidoka reclamation
tract. The bill was further amended
to extend protection to desert lane
entries and admit final proof.
, 1906-05-31

Justice Brown Retires.

Washington, May 31.-Oficial an
nouncement of the retirement OF JUS
tice Brown from the supreme court Oh
the United States was made Tuesday
by Chief Justice Fuller before the adj
journment for the term.
In making the statement he gave out
the correspondence between the retir-
ing justice and the court, in which the
eight colleagues of Justice Brown eX'
pressed their high appreciation of him
as a justice. Justice Brown replied IN
fitting terms to the members of the
count, thanking them for their express
sions of good will.
, 1906-05-31
WELL
The Praise That Comes From Thankful
Laramie People.

One kidney remedy never fails.
Laramie people rely upon it.
That remedy is Doan's Kidney Pills.
Laramie testimony proves it always
reliable.
James Pointing, now retired, of Ill
Cedar street, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills stopped an attack of rheumatism
in the arms and shoulders and upper
parts of my body, which physicians
and the use of unlimited quantities of
medicine failed even to check. l suf-
fered severely, being often so bad that
| could not walk down stairs. Reading
about Doan's Kidney Pills early in
the fall of 1902 induced me to procure
them at the Laramie Drug Co.'S store.
l took six a day and continued until l
had finished the second box. The
trouble disappeared and l have had no
recurrence since then"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no other.
, 1906-05-31

Sheridan is anticipating a large
crowd to register for the opening of the
Grow lands. Miles City, Billings and
Sheridan have been named as registra-
ton points. Registration extends from
June IA to the 2Sth and the drawing
will take place at Billings on July 2.
The lands will be open to entry on July
16. There is about 100000 acres in
the tract of land to be thrown open
, 1906-05-31

Editor Crawford has I've outdone.
Anthing he a ever told in the way OF
aish story is commonplace and uninter
esting alongside of the recent tale told
by the Cheyenne Leader ~piscatorial
prevaricator. The scene of his greatest
achievement is laid at Lake Mahpahlu,
tab, to the north of Cheyenne. He al
lleges that some years ago a sportsman
of unusual agility with the rifle saw a
trout leap for a bass. which had been
pursued till it arose above the waters
Of the lake, when he shot it. but this
story vas only the prelude to a greater
one. Last Tuesday e 16-year-old boy
hooked a trout that grabbed the young.
ster's hand in its mouth and s~hredGeithe
member from the wrist down. 1t could
o be weighed out in pounds nor meas.
ured in inches. 1t was Just a great
monster of the pellucid deep, too all.
fired big for a boy of sixteen to man
age 1t has all the tackle Of the young
man in its possession and will prob
ably be catching its human enemies
who angle from the banks of Map
pahlutah.
, 1906-05-31
PEAS DOING WELL
AND MORE PLANTING.

q. j. Bell arrived yesteday from Den
yer and Omaha, and While here was
informed by telephone message from
his wife that everything was moving
nicely on the farm. Peas are coming
up and the seeders are still running.
The Millbrook ranch has close on to
500 acres sown to this plant.
, 1906-05-31

The Shoshoni Capital says sit is es.
t'mated that the first choice of lands
on the Shoshone reservation will be
worth from $4,000 to $4,000, and that
any number in the first few hundre ed
will be worth nearly as much" If an
average is struck of these first claims
at $4,000. it will be seen that the
cost per acre of 160-acre tracts would
be in excess of ninety dollars. AS the
very best irrigated lands in the Ian
, 1906-05-31

Daily Republican. SO cents a mont.
, 1906-05-31
UNION PACIFIC. TINE TABLE.

West Bound.
In effect at the Laramie station al
the present time:
, 1906-05-31
Desert Land, Final Proof-Notice for
Publication.

United States Land Office, Cheyenne,
Wyo., May 20, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that
ANNETTE CHRISTIANSON,
of Grant, Laramie County, Wyo, has
filed notice of intention to make proof
on her desert-land claim No, 44SS, for
the e u NE a Sec. 8, NV Il NV a
Sec. 9, TIP. 81 N, R 10 W, before
Francis ]. Banner, U. S. commissioner
District of Wyoming, at owen, Wyo,,
on Monday, the 2nd day of July, 1906.
She names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and re
clamation of said land:
Rudolph Henke and Chris Christian
son, of Grant, Wyo., George Stewart
and owen Carroll, of Wheatland, Wyo.
m31je3O w. E. CHAPLIN, Register.
, 1906-05-31

Ter valley, with perpetual water rights,
are not selling at this figure, it may
be taken for granted hat the editor
of the Capital is either drawing the
long bow or that his informant has
been ~misinformed. Somebody is going
TO have n good deal to answer for aft
err the opening is all over. st. Peter
may be keeping the record right now.
, 1906-05-31
FINES AND FEES IN

THE JUSTICE COUNT.
During the month of May Justice Of
the Peace NJ. N. Grant collected 1859
as fees in civil cases, $3.50 as fines and
$1,000 as fees in criminal cases, and
Sl3S.5 as ines i'll city cases.
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of extravaganza he took a party of
acquaintances to Philadelphia and
spent small fortune in clothes and
diamonds for them. When he left the
Girard hotel the proprietor handed
him bill for $4,000. The SIX
months visit in the Quaker City had
cost him $4,000.
Many stories, some of them wildly
extravagant and others having foun-
dation of truth were circulated about
him in his spending" days. He
bought half interest in a minstrel
troupe and it was reported that he
fitted the members with diamonds,
gave them big banquets and carried
them about the country in special
train. At another time it was said
that he bought carriage, rode about
In 1t for about an hour and then turn
ed over to the driver as a present.
In 1867 he returned to Franklin, prac-
tically broke. In 1874 he and his
wife moved to Denisun, Iowa, and with
the little remnant of their fortune
bought a small piece of property. He
stayed in Iowa a few years and then
went to Kearney, Neb A few years
later he returned to Franklin and set
tied on the little farm near the scene
of his easily acquired and soon spent
wealth.
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NORTH HDAkOTACOLONY

Washington, D. c., Jan. 9-There is
considerable of a North Dakota colony
here and the members Of 1t frequently
get together for social session.
Naturally, the course Of conversation
turns upon affairs at home politicals
events and politicians in North Da-
kota. The colonfsts have opinions Of
their own, and are not to be stam-
peded by what passes for public
clamOr. They have learned that there
is q wide difference between public
clamors and public sentiment; that the
one is' the outgrowth OF efteryescent
political agitation and the other the
solid and rational conclusions finally
reached sby the masses; \ that those who
strive to create public clamor, and
make the principal noise themselves,
are ambittous and designing men who
would wreck the institutions Of the.
country In order to succeed, while the
prevailing public sentiment Is founded
upon substantial common sense prin-i
ciples, carefully weighed and closely
analysed Issues: sA, II X
The icolonists are proud Of their
Z state and never tire In defending II
against the assaults Of those who stu
tdiOusly detract lfrOm Its standing at
home and ahroad. They are large
enough TO know the value to the ma.
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COAL OIL JOHNNIE
NEARING HIS END

son, Carl Mergenthal. Arthur Edwards,
Martin l.. Bude, G. o. Stomner, Geo
Weatherhead, Hillsboro. ]. R. Gibson,
mayor; A. M. O'Connor, T. A. Miller,
Christine Gansler, Albert Gansler, d.
G. Mcintosh, st. Thomas.
VIM. McLaren, Pilot. w. A. Senitor,
Inkster; VIM. Johnson, Gilby; w. G..
Williams, Arvilla; George LeShell,
Larimore; Patrick Mcmahon, Johns
town; Christ Rutherford, Gilby; V. E.
Remis Inkster.
j. Halliday, mayor. S. N Thompson,
M. Librock, N. Kerney, H. r. Dickin-
son, Reynolds.
President James ]. Hill of the Great
Northern wired DR.. Taylor of the local
committee last night that he would
not reach the city to address the
drainage convention until Thursday
afternoon. He will come in his pri-
vate car and will be met at the station
by large delegation and a reception
committee to be named by President
E. j. Lander of the Commercial club.
He will be escorted at once to the
club rooms. and deliver his address
about 3 O'Clock, probably at the Met
ropolitan opera house.
After the address reception will be
given him at the club rooms and
large number of people will be given
the chance of meeting the great rail-
road magnate and first citizen of the
northwest.
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Franklin. Pa. Jan. 9.-John w.
Steele, in the early seventies famous
the country over as Goal Oil Johnny"
is critically i'll at his home on farm
near this city, and his recovery is not
expected.
Steele made an immense fortune
by the discovery of oil on his farm,
and then commenced career of Law
ish expenditure that attracted the at
tention of the entire country.
Although reported dead times with
out number, and as an inmate of
charitable institutions just as often,
Coal Oil Johnny" has, as a matter
of fact, been spending the closing
years of his life in comfortable cir
cumstances in the home of his BROTH
er-in-law. "Ad" Moffit," near this
city.
Steele was born in Mercer county,
Pennsylvania, in 1S43, and when 2
years old was adopted by Cuthbert-
son McClintock. From his foster par
ent he inherited $4,000 and a paying
oil farm. AS a result of the wealth
acquired from the oil lands he soon
became the greatest spendthrift the
oil country ever produced.
He was dubbed Goal Oil Johnny"
by a newsboy, and the name stuck to
him. Soon after he began his career
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inson; T. E. Barker, of Fairmont; An
ton Wahlwind, of Lidgerwood.
VA DELEGATES AT LARGE,

! & .t- =
j. D. Bacon, Grand Forks; A. Ben
son, Christine; George D. Brown, Wild
Rice; John l.. Cashel, Grafton;
Albert GHnett. St. Thomas: L. B.
Hanna, Fargo; P. Herbrason, Gala
donia; Thomas Johnson, Park River;
Anton T. Krahell. Judson LaMoure,
Pembina; Emil A.. Movius, Lidger-
wood; E. X. Spoonheim, Northwood;
Frank s. Talcott, Buffalo; A. E. Allen,
Thompson; George Blake, Wyndmere;
H. G. Braaten, Mayville; ]. 7. Briden,
Walhalla; T. O.Burgan, Artha; E. o.
Burtness, Meckinock; Tobias d. Casey,
Grafton; 1. j. Chevalier, Bathgate; o.
P. Dahlen, Kindred; Frank H. Dick
son.. Ayr; N. G. Eggen, Fargo; C.
Gaussle, ST. Thomas; E. F. Gilbert,
Casselton; w. w. Glasgow, Niagara;
A. o. Heglie, Walcott; c. M. johnson,
Dwight; G. A. McRea, Drayton: ]. H.
McLain, Inkster; Gunder Migarden,
Grafton; w. o. Mitchell, Minto; r. F.
Money, Larimore; Geo. Moore, Garden
err; V. w. S. Morgan, Barrie; John
diversion, Buxton; C. j. Ovind, Emera-
do; R. G. Piper, Leonard.
w. r. Purdon, Wahpeton; H. P. Ryan,
Grand Forks. j.. H. Sowle, Reynolds:
G. H. Stevens, Halton; H. o. Sunder-
land, Edinburg; w. o. Sweet, Fargo;
Tallack Tallackson, Grafton; T. H.
Thompson, Belmont; j. F. Truax, Far
go; j. r. Trueman, Cavalier; John
A. Vernon, Conway; John E. Truman,
Cavalier, John A. Vernon, Conway;
Joseph Walter, Grandin; George A.
White, Portland. Mayor A. L.. Wall,
Fargo; Samuel Crabbe, E. l.. McEl-
dOwny, Ad Leach; Prof. D. E. Willard,
Hector Barals, President ]. H. Worst,
Fargo; Charles Malette, Wheatland;
H. F. Chaffee; Armenia; E. e. Redmond,
Wahpeton. George E. Davis, mayor,
Wahpeton. Geo. E. Duis, mayor; ]. j.
Smith, James R. Poupore, H. Bendeke,
Peter Stoughton, VIM Flynn, M. F.
Murphy, Stephen Collins, Angus Nc
Callison, Grand Forks; Ole Arengard,
E. Y. Sarles, j. E. Paulson, Alvin
Schmidt, John Carmody, Gunder How
ard, A. G. Foogman, I. T. Jahr, o. o.
Rudrud. o. B, Olson, Hillsboro. V. S.
Wisner, mayor, James H. Matthews,
Jamison Larimore, ]. B. Streeter, H. r.
Arnold, l.. Sterns, James Larimore, l..
M. Paschall, Thos. H. Pugh. Anthony
Stonehouse, Clarence A. Peatman, Lari-
more. ]. w. Bichtel, Mayor, c. Kib-
Ter, u. j. rLaXdanl, Neil Thomson, John
O'Keefe. X. G. Adams, Cavalier. H.
Lamberg, mayor; j. H. Gale, Peter
McLachlan, G. S. Collins, J. B. Hook
ridge, J. B. Ackeson, Hunter. H. G.
DePerry, mayor, John Miller, Fred c.
Plant, Fred Carpenter, F. c. Zuel-
soorf,. John Stominski Mimic. G. l..
Elkins, mayor, G. S. Edwards, R. G.
Springer, o. P. Bake, o. T. Andrews,
f. l. Sim, .Mayville. ]. E. Stevens, may
or, A. b. Landt, D. L. Campbell, e. X.
Spoonheim, A. S. Ellinson, A. G. Han
son, Northwood. j. T. Briden, mayor,
John F. Mageo, James w. Harvey,
Martin Van SlylSe, A. d. Murray, Wal
halla. Joseph Sim, Grandin. John E.
Paulson, mayor, Fred l.. Goodman, P.
G. Severson, Governor E. Y. Sarles, ].
E. Lasham, A. o. Anderson, P. S.
Peterson, Solomon, Lutson, Lewis Lar
3.
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FIRST WITNESS IN STAND
ARD OIL CASE DECLINES
TO ANSWER CUES
TIONS RELATIVE
TO TRUST.
THE CLERKS TALK
Employees of Oil Companies On
Stand and Tell of Their
Bookkeeping Methods.

New York, Jan. 9.-Henry H. Rogers
was the first witness at the Standard
Oil hearing continued from yesterday.
He said he didn't know how long he
had been connected with the Standard
Oil company of Indiana and refused to
answer any other questions asked by
Attorney General Hadley of Missouri.
After recess Mr.. Hardcastle was on
the stand again. He said he had a
second interview at 26 Broadway be-
fore going to Cleveland with Wade.
Hampton, who was in charge OF the
Standard Oil company's auditing de-
partment, and also with R. p. Tinsley,
head of the domestic committee Of the
Standard Oil company. Witness said
Mr.. Tinsley turned him over to a man
who showed him that the method Of
bookkeeping was the same in the Re-
public OIL company as in the Stand
ard Oil company. Wade Hampton,
witness said, also sought to Impress
upon the necessity Of secrecy. :ss
g. w. Wyatt, r. p. Tinsley's broth
er and one other, the witness aafd
were transferred from the Standard
Oil company to the Republic OH con-
pany also to make valuatio or tn
stock of the Republic Oil chmpany.
They were all discharged from tse
employ of the Standard OIL companY
and then employed by the Republic Oif
company. Later they WerS tetnStataA
by the Standard OIL COMPANY aftsr
they made q yaluat on, 4
At the request 81 Nj. lIadtsy ~
Witness produced a latter fre " 81 je
Tlnsley which he sasd hs ~ q SfSG;s
ClevstA ND. II WA dAtsd ii =. .
This SMes In the same year ~ !; rs Il :
which NJ had thu ttSiEs Wdth n
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DRAINAGE CONVENTION
CONVENES IN THE MORNING
bers Of the convention who will be

bers Of the convention who will be
present.
GRAND FORKS COUNTY.
F.. W., Schlaberg, E. ]. Davidson,
Owen Lavell, DR.. F. J. Duggan, Joseph
Greenwood, of Grand Forks; H. o.
Thompson, Otto Mattison, A. E. Allen,
of Thompson; NJ. j. Bratholde, of Rey-
nolds; Peter Marconx, of Merrifield;
James Murphy, T. e. Neste, Joseph
Colosky, Of Manville; Sam Leeson, of
Ardock, Angus Mcdonald of Walsh
Vile; Michael Mcmahon, of McCanna;
P. M. Korsmo, of Northwood; l.. A.
Warnken, of Emerado;
VIM. McLaren, Pilot. w. A. Scnitor,
Inkster Vim. Johnson Gilby;, w. g.
Williams, Arvilla; George Lashell, Lar
more; Patrick Mcmahon, Johnstown;
Christ Rutherford, Gilby, V. E. Remis,
Inkster.
TRA1LL COUNTY.
A. l.. Bingham. of Caledonia; Arthur
Edmonds, of Hillsboro; Alfred Hunter
and Knute Brooke, of Belmont;
Adolph Rognlie, of Caledonia; Fred L.
Goodwin, of Hillsboro; VIM. Anderson,
of KelsO; A. Steenerson, of Hillsboro;
Robert Witheraw, of Wimbledon "A.
Engel, of Hillsboro; M. Erickson, of
Reynolds; John j. Lerum, Ole Bru-
land, Axel A. Haugen and Knute
homeland, of Buxton; A. A. Burton, H.
M. Williams, A. A. Devine, of Blancher;
M. L. Elkins, of Mayville; VIM. Kellan,
of Hatten; S. C. Swenson, A. Tolshy,
John G. Rinde, Kaspar Monson, of
Portland; John Rindall, of Clifford
,CAss COUNTY.
August Landblom, of Fargo; N. B.
Pinkham, of Harwood; VIM. Herman,
of Argusville, Art Moore, Benedict
Hanson of Gardener; o.. G. Bar
nells, Of Fargo. ]. M. Tusten, of Ar
gusville; George Cook and Chris Bush,
of Gardener, James S. Landers, of Far
go; E. AZ Hodgson, of Gardner; T.
Twichell, E. Redmon, of Mapleton;
Mark Payne and James Tustin, of Ar
gusville; j. G.. Brown, of Wheatland;
George Cook, Chris Buch, of Gardener;
James S. Landers, of Fargo; Henry T.
Boyle, of Enderlin.
RICHLAND COUNTY.
P. E. Sletmoe, of Colfax; Pro. Heg-
lie, Of Walcott; A. A. Barboe, of Aber-
crombie; e. H. Fatladn, of Homes
stead; Andrew Fossum, of Christine;
G. Ness, of Wahpeton; B. J. Bakken, of
Abercrombie; Ole Lovdokken, of
Rice; John L.. Cashel, Grafton;
chutt, A. A. Hjelseth, of Wyndmere;
D. Wright, of Wahpeton, J. Holtseun,
of Wahpeton; w. M. House, of Lidger-
wood; ], P, Brandt, of Pennington;
b., j. Hasty, of Wahpeton; August
Hoefs, of Hankinson; "A. T. Bonner, of
Lidgerwood; F. H. Hunger, of Hank
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MEAT PACKERS TRIAL TO
OPEN TODAY IN CHI
cAGo COURT Be:
FORE JUDGE
HUMPHREY.
THE DEFENDANTS. D \ ! ! !.
=
Would Prove Packers Were
Coerced By Government
officials.
THE: DEFENDANTS. ! !: :

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 9 The "beef
trust" case, in which the big packing
house corporations and their officials
are charged with conspiracy in res
straint Of trade, was called for trial
before Judge Humphrey today on the
special pleas Of. the defendants for
immunity. s st 6 5s3s ri 81
s.a8 s1.sa8 The present criminal prosecution re-
suits from the investigation made
some time ago by Government Cor
poration Commissioner james r. Gar
field into charges that a combine ex-
listed among the packers for the res
straint Of trade In the meat business.
The packers expect to win the Inn
munity plea from criminal prosecution
on the basis that statements were >se-
cured from them by Mr.. Garfield two
months before the! federal grand jury
inquiry. The packers expect to prove
by Mr. Garfield that he wrote to them
two months before the grand jury was
sworn In for additional information,
which promptly was furnished, 1t is
claimed, and was used by the govern
ment In securing the indictments.
The weak part Of the defence iss that;
i the packers claim to have lost or mis-
laid these letters. Commissions Gar
field has been summon led sass q witness
and has been called upon to bring
with him copies or letters for requests
sof statements sent stos j, Ogden Ar
mOur, ErWaFd Morris and Ira Norris,
ON July q 1p04, and ian, 28; 1905. BY
these letterS the defence expects to:
4 prove that ConmiD Dipner (aarfield In
sStructad his asistants to coerce the
pnclEnra into ma Etng s,StS tAm0nts and
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gineer to our Drainage Problems" Mr..
A. II Fellows, state engineer, Bis,
marck. a
North Dakota Drainage Law and
it's Defects" Mr.. Scott Rex, Grand
Forks.
2 O'clock ip. m.
Discussion.
Temporary organization.
o'clock p. m.
Drainage of the Prairies and Its
Results" Mr.. C. G. Elliot, agricul-
tural department division of irriga-
tion and drainage investigation, Wash
ington, d. G.
Discussion.
Drainage Problems in the Red river
valley" Mr.. John T. Stewart, agri-
cultural department, division of irri-
cation and drainage investigation,
Washington, D. C.
Discussion.
Miscellaneous business.
Adjournment.
The convention will be called to or
der in the Commercial club rooms and
the preliminary sessions will be held
there. Whenever the crowd warrants,
adjournment will be taken to the opera
house. The committee is in hopes that
the crowd will be large enough to de.
mand the use of the opera house at all
the sessions of both days.
!, Governor e. Y. Sarles, Of Bismarck,
will be among the distinguished visi-
tors who will have a seat among the
delegates. Hon. ]. j. Hill is another
noted ex-officio delegate NJ, j. Cos
tello, St. Paul; Elwood Meade and G.
G.. Elliot. of Washington, D. c.; John
w. Stewart, Of Bismarck; George A.
Ralph, of Crookston; J. L. Cashel, of
Grafton; A. D. Stephens, of Crooks
ton; H. G. Hays, of Bemidji; A. G..
Bernard, Of Cass Lake and H. H. HUI
bert, of St. Paul are other, distin-
guished visitors and honorary mem