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Yukon Valley news., 1906-02-14
ALASKA AFFAIRS.

vey party for the Alaska Central rail- road, commenced work between Cinema and Fairbanks Jan. 15.
 A postoffice is desired at Richardson, a new town on the Panama river ninety miles above Fairbanks. McCarty & Son are establishing trading post theee,
 A table of distances printed in the Fairbanks Sunday Times places Dia- mond City, Kantishna, 16O miles from Fairbanks and 126 from Fort Gibbon.
 The Miocene Ditch Co. has begun pro- ceedings in the district court at Nome to secure a right of way across the Rajah, Omisk and Ruby claims between Nome river and Hobson creek.
 Scarlet fever has been prevalent among both natives and whites at Nome. A month ago it was hoped that the quar- antine regulations were sufficient to pre- vent the fever from spreading.
 A postoffice has been established at Fort McPherson, on the Arctic coast, and regular mail route will be run in future, being served in winter by dog teams from Edmonton northward Council City and Nome were placed in direct communication Jan. s over the Seward Cooperative Telephone Co., s new long-distance line. The line worked like charm and conversation was car ried on between the two towns with the utmost ease.
 Fairbanks Sunday Times, Jan. 14: It is currently reported in Fairbanks that Capt. E. T. Barnette is at present in Washington, D. C., furthering his cap didacy for the governorship of Alaska. It is believed that he stands good show of obtaining the appointment.
 The Nome grocerymens association was formally dissolved Jan. ?. The ac- tion, it is understood, was taken on the advice of it's attorney employed to de- fend the members of the association in suit brought against them month previously under the sherman anti trust law.
 Nome Gold Digger: A telegram has been received in this city from close friend of Major l.. II. French that the major had already raised half million dollars in cash for the building of rail road from Grantley Harbor to the kuga- rok district. The road is now an as- sured fact and will be constructed next summer.
 l The Nome Nugget names three claims which well-known mining man says will produce a million dollars this win ter. They are discovery on Little creek, the Portland bench and the Ault frac- tion, which are owned by the Pioneer | Mining Co. ]. C. Browns Little creek claim k also producing some very fine dirt, the best yet extracted.
 ! Shot down a shaft D feet and receiving practically no injury was the experience of W. E. Hays, well known mining man Jan i, relates the Nome Nugget, Mr, Hays was being hauled up when the man at the windla~- slipped, anl at the same time the handle oi the windlas- split. Down vent The bucket like a shet from gun, and by the time U was nearing the bottom ur. Hays hast pre-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
UNCLE SAMUEL FOR
THE W|lL0WY"
MADENS
Short, Chunky Girls in Govern.
ment Printery Diet on Salad
and Sea Food.

Washington. D. c., Sept 1.-The
things this government is doing for its
people are surprising. 1t has now
figured out q standard figure for wo-
men.
There is no disposition to be Pro-
crustean about it. No women will
have the top of her head sawed off
for being too tall or be stretched on q
rack because she isn't tall enough.
Ii she is too fat or too thin or too
large In the hips she will not be put
on forced diet. She will simply be
barred out of job in Uncle Sans
confidential bureau of engraving and
printing, where the money Is made.
Women are priced in this bureau be-
cause they are so faithful. reliable and
honest. 1t is proposed to make them
just as attractive as possible Here
are some measurements prescribed:
They must be of good height, in no
cases under 4 feet 101a inches tall;
women above medium height preferred.
No women of more than 16 inches
width In the hips will be employed.
The bust must not exceed 10 inches
in depth.
What the bureau wants is a sylph-
like person. The girl whom the novel;
lists describe as "willowy" is the young
person wanted at the money factory.
If she gets fat she will sooner or later
depreciate; the parity. so to speak,
can't be maintained. and she will be
retired.
1t isn't that the director of the
bureau has anything against the short,
chunky girl. He isists that personally
he has the greatest sympathy for the
pudgy ones. But in this department,
where money is printed, are a lot of
high presses and other machines, at
which short girls can't easily and con-
veniently work. Hence the height
minimum. These machines of various
sorts are crowded into a narrow space,
and the people working among them
must move around without interfering
with each other. Hence the necessity
that they shall not be too thick.
All the same, explanation or no ex-
PLANTATION, the fat girls in the service
don't like the idea. Salads and sea-
food are the ruling diet among the
women employees of the government
at present
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01

been most conciliatory towards the
Irish. The present lord lieutenant of
Ireland. the Earl Of Aberdeen, is also
very popular. During my stay in
Queenstown he was there for few
days with the Countess of Aberdeen
and there was much enthusiasm over
the visit.
I'm the south Of Ireland 1 also
noticed much improvement in the con-
dition Of the farmers. Many of the
landlords have replaced their tenants
wretched mud huts with matched
roofs. with stone buildings with slate
roofs. There are. however. some land
methods.
Il was much struck with the an
pearance of Belfast. 1t resembled a
hustling American city. But it was
ahead of any such manufacturing
town here in the life of the poor work.
men. They do not live in big barrack-
like tenements, such as you see over
here, but in neat little cottages. MANY
of these buildings are very pretty.
with pleasant front yards and green
hedges or iron fences inclosing them.
The new city hall in Belfast is one
of the finest buildings of it's kind that
l have ever seen.
From Belfast l went to London.
where l stayed ten days. 1t was my
first visit there. But suppose so
many other people have given their
impressions of it that l will not at
tempt to. paid three days visit to
Paris. The city is certainly beau
tiful one. And Vesailles is just like
fairyland. But the prettiest scenery [
saw anywhere was up in ireland
around the lakes of Killarney. The
contrast of hills and lakes is magnifi-
cent"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
new SPELLING IS
ADOPTED IN
THE EAST
Business Houses and Others
Take UP Simplified
Form.
Special to The Cvrnlp. Tlm.,.

| special TO The Cventn8 Tlmes.
New York, Sept. Announcement
was made at the Simplified Spelling
Boards headquarters, in this city,
that THE Army and Navy Registry"
would use the simplified spelling here
after in all its issues. as also would
Profitable Advertising" in a Boston
publication. and THE Nassau County
Review" of Freeport, N. Y. Many
large business firms. it was said. in
GLIDING Plaut & Co.. of Newark, n.
j.. had decided to use the simplified
spelling in all their advertising and
in their catalogues.
The Office force of the Simplifiei
Spelling Board is busy with the pre-
paration of a list of university profess
sors who have signed its adhesion
card. This list is said to be long. 1t
was reported at the headquarters that
the superintendent of schools in New
ark. n. j.. had approved the boards
list and would favor it's introduction
in the schools
Fred w. Barnaeolo. patent law
yer of this city. has sent letter to
President Roosevelt. saying in part:
l predict. from past experiences
with litigations. that the adoption in
to the law of phonetic system which
will give clear terms will clear away
antiquities which now so often beset
the law. the decisions resulting there
from and the intervening documents.
from the photography of various terms
in which different deductions. some to
an absurdity. create rulings which are,
indeed. harmful to the welfare of in
dlvidual and community, and intimi-
date in many instances activity in
branches of finance and commercial
industry.
Mr.. Barnaelo said yesterday that he
had adopted the simplified spelling in
application for patents. He said also
that the patent Office at Washington
was getting badly behind with its
work, partly because of the great
rush to patent new appliances and
new parts of automobiles. At the be-
ginning of this year there were 1883
applications for patents awaiting ac-
ton. and on Tuesday of last week the
number had grown to 23.525. The two
hundred examiners in the patent Of
flee are able to dispose of about six
hundred applications week, while the
applications have been pouring in at
the rate of sixteen hundred week.
Mr.. Barnaelo continued.
This means that instead of waiting
few weeks or few months for
patent. We shall have to wait year
or so. after an application is in. A
man who has new invention which
he wants to use in the manufacture
of automobiles will have to see the
time in which he could use it most
nrofitahlv On nv Tho dolav at tho no.
tent Office has become a matter of
great concern to business men, but
nothing is being done to increase the
force of examiners. although the pa
tent offie at last accounts has a bal
ance to its credit of $6,190.9 49,. 6S.
Simplified spelling at the patent Of
flee. the lawyer said. might have an
influence in making terms used in
applications more exact and thus saw
ing litigation. For instance. he said,
where term had more than one
meaning it might be spelled differ
emily for each meaning.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
THE OLD SOD MUCH
BETTER OFF
N0WAOAY
Hartford Man Makes Visit to
Ireland-Home Rule ON
Wane.

Francis G. Graves, superintendent of
the Plimpton Manufacturing COM
pany's envelope works at Hartford. re-
turned recently from visit to ireland.
Although rs years old he made the
journey alone. "And l did not meet
anybody on my travels as old as am,
either" Mr.. Graves said to a Hartford
Courant reporter.
'You know. came from Ireland
originally. I was born in Newtown.
Meathe county, near the east coast,
and fifty-five years ago, when l was
81 years old. came to this country.
The trip l have just taken was the
first time had been back. l did not
except three sisters, who were the
daughters of my old school teacher.
Conditions In Ireland are much
better now than they used to be.
Dublin is much larger, as is only to
be expected. The economic condition
of the country Is much improved.
Shortly after left there the govern
ment took step In the right direction
when 1t passed the incumbered es-
tates act, giving the government au-
debt. These estates were then sold
to the farmers then tenants. This was
great encouragement to industry.
Before1he act was passed most of the
estates belonged to English landlords,
who hardly ever visited their propet-
ty from one year to another. If an
industrious tenant improved the prop
erty which he had leased, at the ex-
piration Of his lease his rent was in
creased as the land was more value
able. Such system was ruinous for
the general prosperity of the farmers.
"Now the government has gone far
Their and buys the estates of those will
ing to sell. Land acquired in this way
is given to farmers with the provision
that 1t must be paid for within fifty
years. This system has produced
great satisfaction. I made many in
quiries among the peasants regarding
the state of the feeling toward the
English, especially with regard to the
home rule agitation. Under these i'm
proved conditions the feeling of bit
terness has largely died out, and there
is almost no agitation for home rule.
King Edward VII. is partly responsi-
BILE for this good feeling as he has
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
BODIES TWO YEARS DROWNED.
Fishermen Draw Them in While
Using Nets In Otsego Lake.

Cooperstown. N. Y, Sept. 1.-0ne of
the mysteries of Otsego Lake has been
solved by the finding of the body of
George Pitcher. drowned in 165 feet
of water in September. 1904, just above
this point. At that time party com.
posed of Leon Carr. George Pitcher
Edward Schrauger, Thomas Rice and
CHARLES Bagley, masons employees by
George Flynn, were enjoying a holi.
day on the lake and in some way can.
sized the boat. The first two were
drowned. but their bodies were not ra
covered. ''
On Saturday Mr.. Miller. we,,
known fisherman, was drawing in
seine and found in it the leg and foot
OF Carr. The following day f
Williams and Frank Flansbnreh ~
Springfield Centre, found in their not
at the same point the body of Georea
pitcher, which was fully identified hv
MS former employer. A gold watcI
bearing his initials was found m tho
body. "' oh the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
GRAFTON.

Q o (. 8 o o o 9 8 o o 8 @ @ o o 8 8
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Walstrom and
children of Park River are guests at
the home of s. Cairncross.
Miss Bertha Newlander has gone to
Cando to assume her position of prin-
cipal Of the high school of that CITY,
Miss Lille Noben left for Devils
Lake yesterday to take her place in
the city schools.
Chas. hoffman and family returned
Friday from an outing of several weeks
at Detroit Lake.
Frank Garvey has about completed
his new residence and expects to
move into it in few days.
Mrs. Hays, Miss Hays and Miss
Scott returned Friday from Detroit
Lake, where they have spent the sum-
mer camping.
Phillip Bettingen of ST. Paul is a
guest at the home of w. C. Leistikow.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bevers, who have
been the guests of H. B. Grover for
couple of weeks. left Friday for their
home at Zumbrota, MINI.
DR.. L. B. Baldwin is entertaining his
brother, Mr.. Frank Baldwin and wife,
of North East. Pa.
Chas. Jacobson returned Friday from
his stock ranch in Mckenzie county,
southeast of Williston.
H. A. Johnson, the Wisconsin men,
Der of the Grain Commission, and
former resident of this city, is in the
city for a visit of several weeks.
Prof. w. R. Becker of Drayton was
visitor in the city yesterday.
R. ]. Fleming is business visitor
at Winnipeg.
Miss Poppy, principal of the Grafton
high school, has returned from her
summer vacation to assume her du-
ties in the high school.
supt. C. c. Gray of the city schools
has been busy the past week getting
things in shape for the opening of
the schools on Monday. One evening
this week he met several Of the boys
of the high school and talked over
football matters. Nothing definite was
done but 1t is expected that strong
team can be developed from the ma
terial at hand.
Miss Nellie Hanson left Thursday
for Minot where she has accepted a
| position in the city schools.
This morning saw a large number
of our local sportsmen start out for
the country with their dogs and guns.
Reports from various parts of the
county show that the crop of chickens
| is yery light
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
After Information.

Dusty-Hev you got any kind of a
job you want done, lady?
Lady--I'm sorry, poor man, to have
to disappoint you.
Dusty-Dat's all right, lady. l Jest
wanted ter find out IL I could take a
sleep to de next lot here widout bein'
worried by offers of work.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
Unexpected Answers.

w. A. Glasgow, Jr.. the interstate
commerce commissioners lawyer,
smiled. He had been interrogating a
reporter in his hotel and the reply he
had gotten was unexpected.
THAT was an unlocked for answer,
truly" he said. at was like the
enswer the policeman gave the good
citizen"
"A good citizen, GREATNESS and ex-
cited, ran up to large, calm police
man one day and cried:
"'Officer, there's terrific fight
going on around the corner to the
right
""Thank you sir. I'll do as much
for you, some day, SIR said the po-
liceman gracefully, as he took the
turning to the left and quickly disap-
peared. Buffalo Enquirer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
RURAL COMMUNITIES.

1t is question whether the Euro
pean rural life custom of living in
villages is at all adapted to American
character. Writers on this topic have
recommended that communities be
formed by building homesteads at the
four corners of every cross-road.
Isn't it common report that the petty
annoyances incident to such situa-
tons, of say, chickens, small pigs, etc.,
are more apt to break up existing
pleasant social relations, than would
happen, if homes were more widely
separated? So far as sociability and
intercourse between farmers families
are concerned, it is a question whether
they are separated more than twons
people. In the city one may live with
out speaking acquaintance with peo-
pie next door. or on the same floor, of
flat" tenement building; and even
in country towns the "wimmin folks"
live as far from their intimate friends
as do most farmers wives from their
1eighbors.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
INFORMATION WANTED.

The following is from the U. s.
Agricultural Department. Washington,
D. c.: at is we'll known that many
species of rodents which live in COL
'onies. such as prairie dogs, rabbits,
:spermophiles. field mice. and rats, are
subject at irregular intervals to mic
Fobic diseases in the nature of cpl
denies, which greatly reduce their
Numbers. The department of agricul-
ture desires to be informed of the
presence of such epidemics with
view to isolating and preserving the
microbes for use in destroying man.
mails injurious to agriculture
You will greatly oblige, therefore,
10y Informing the department of the
presence. in your neighborhood, of
epidemic diseases among wild man.
mails, now or at any future time.
Such diseases are usually indicated by.
the presence of numerous sick or
dead animals"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
Patient AnOlOglst.

Charley, dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins. you said you know exactly
which horse would win that race"
Il thought I did,"
20. we'll, accidents will happen.
Maybe one of the other horses got
frightened and ran away."-Washing-
ton Star
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST.

Many people have returned from
northwestern Canada lately and have
brought back various stories. showing
plainly enough that while there is
much good land in that country there
is also some poor land: that immi-
grafton is continuing to that coun-
try is an almost unbroken stream:
that about all-partically all-of the
good government land. within any
thing like easy access of railroad
communication. is gone-the nearest
good land. at last reports. being so
miles from railroad. At the last
named place wild game and fish were
plentiful and the winters not suffi-
GENTLY severe as to require shelter
for stock. adjacent timber being suf-
ficient. A settler from this country,
being asked as to the relative length
of the days and nights in that To-
cality (about $50 miles north of the
boundary line), replied that he did
not know: that he never got up ear
ly enough to see the sun rise, and it
was always shining when he went
to bed" Days long enough for you!
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
Home and Farm

on" SO as to be able to live on a par
with those engaged in apparently
more lucrative occupations. To this
end far more work is undertaken than
can complete. There are few farmers,
or their wives. who have reached the
age of say, sixty years-or even less
but will admit that they have over
taxed their powers; for which they
are now paying the penalty in a re-
stricted capacity to enjoy the pres
ent. But it's Gin the air." and the
ambitious young man of today is just
as keen in the pursuit of a competency
as ever Dad" was. And his wife
must keep up with the procession Or
fall by the waySide,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
THE CAUSE OF SMALL YIELD
FROM COWS.

The Minnesota COW census revealed
the fact that there was a wide range
in the results obtained by Minnesota
.dairymen from their COWS, and that
the average yield was far below what
could be secured from even common
COWS. The reason why the average
Minnesota Dane does not get the re-
turns that his countryman gets in
Denmark is given as follows in re-
cent issue of Hoard's Dairyman:
Investigations in the results of
Danish dairying show that their COWS
produce three times as much butter
per COW as do the cows of Minnesota.
How do they do it? First, very largely
by breeding only to the best dairy
bulls they can get. Second. by being
liberal feeders. What's to hinder the
American farmer from doing Just as
we'll? Nothing, save his lack of the
same degree of dairy intelligence.
When the American farmers get over
their foolish notion of prejudice
against learning from books and pa
pers. and learn that this great dairy
question is first of all matter of
mental intelligence-brains first and
hands neXt-they will then be pre-
pared to do what the Danish farmers
are doing and do it just as we'll. But
so long as farmer does not believe
that reading, study,-in short, intel
ligence. are necessary to success in
dafrying, he will not do as the most
successful people are doing in his line,
and as Il consequence. neither will he
make as large profit.
WEEDS VS.. GRASS FOR SHEEP.
In an article on sheep which came
to the present writer's eye were these
words: "They will not touch grass if
they can find weeds" Now it is hoped
that readers of Farm. Stock & Home
will not invest in sheep with eXpec-
tations of any such millennium in
their farming operations. for they
will be disappointed. There is no
gainsaying the sleeps liking for the
relish they get from certain aromatic
weeds. but to assert that sheep will
not touch grass if they can find
weeds. is libel on the sheep. A
sheep that will do this kind of
scavengSr work, like Josh Billings
young man who could wear a paper
collar for whole week without
turning it, isn't good for anything
else. Sheep. like any other stock, pre-
fer fresh. sweet grass and will not
clear a field of weeds unless COM
PEELED to do so, and then the field
will be left bare as floor Twenty
four hours grass for sheep, and
eight days for an OK is the English
proverb; proof of the first may be
seen in sheep pastures where there
is an abundance of grass; favorite
spots will be kept so short as to en-
danger the vitality of the grass, while
other places will be overgrown with
grass and weeds. Sheep are agree
able and useful animals, but are not
yet saint-like enough to overcome all
the evil (weeds) on a farm.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01

81, ~ must be as great feat to have
am OF a little girls petticoats the
same length. as 1t is to have every.
thing that goes on the stove cooked a.
the same time. o"eu at
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
TRAnPLED FIELDS WINTER KILL.

Another reason why clover may be
injured by winter frost is that the
surface is not unusually covered by
vegetation. and herein may lie the
beneficial effect Of a mulch SO that a
uniform temperature will exist in the
soil above the roots. But more in
Jury is probably done to clover by
tramping and loosening the roots of
plants in wet weather than the loss
of the leaves, etc., eaten. An old
pasture bears tramping because the
plants crowd and support each other
and. as in the case of blue grass. the
roots are SO we'll supported by the
numerous stems which stand ready to
take up the struggle for existence If
any part of the plant is injured.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-01
pAsTURING IN THE ROTATION.

From present Indications, the idea Of
permanent meadows or pastures. en-
cept on land unsuited for cultivation,
must be rejected. If this be done
there will be regular shifting of the
grazing and moving lands. If good
stand of grass and clover follows the
seeding less injury will come from
pasturing the aftermath than when
plants are enfeebled by continued
growth for successive seasons. When
pasturins comes into the rotation the
grazing land will also get its proper
ton of the manure output and great
Ell uniformity in the fertility of the
land will result.