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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02

headed on the next year by telling him
of my schemes and plans for this
home. He was the happiest man you
ever saw; he .was> tired of boarding
and make believe, too, but was afraid
l would not be happy with RESPONSE
bilities. Why" he said, what will
your people think of your pinch and
penury in a cottage? For you know
We will have to do some tall saving to
do this" was only too willing to
prove to him that l could. So six
months ago, we cancelled our little
bank book with this, Tom and Nellie's
home. OF course it is not entirely paid
for yet, but we are keeping up with
the notes, and it won't be long until
will be able to write you that it is
ours. to-the last dollar"
Thus she went on telling all the lit
tie ups and downs they had getting u
start. How innocently she revealed
her strong mentor in Tom, where she
hoped to impress me with the wonder
full progress of shrewdness in her dear
self. This sweet little housewife,
whose skill in money matters lay in
looking we'll to her end in the home.
l heard the gate click, and knew by
the pink that rushed to her cheeks
that it was Tom. 1 had been watch
Ing clumsy old hen as she tried to
get her brood under a hover in a COR
ner of the yard, SO jumped up and ran
to help her out of her trouble, leaving
Nellie to meet Tom. for l we'll knew
that they were sweethearts still.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
CAUGHT IN STORM.
Red River Valley Man. Couldn't Stand
Idaho Weather.

The following article from the South
Idaho Herald tells how A. Dufresne
of Crookston, being caught in storm
wandered all night suffering from the
cold and being exhausted when he
reached camp the next morning about
8 o'clock having lost his way coming
across Mores Flat.
while snowshoeing across More's
Flat last week. A. Defresne lost his
way in severe storm, and wandered
around all night, not reaching camp
until 8 o'clock next morning. Mr.. Du-
fresne's hands were slightly frozen
and he was nearly exhausted"
The fact that such reports are sup
pressed to no little extent in that sec
ton simply because of fear of hurting
the country, rather than making the
true facts known in many cases. That
section of the country has been boom
ed to such an extent that there are
few facts that are really known by
those who are planning to move to
that country. The fact that no such
occurrence has happened in the
Red river valley this winter is Ger
tainly most gratifying to those who
make their home here
The much touted land of sunshine
and peach blossoms seems to get some
of the old-fashioned kind of weather
that the Red river valley has gradu-
ated from, having experienced them IN
the early days.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
Mr.. Dooley's Quiet Night.

F. P. Dunno in Golfers: Did
sleep? Almost. Wanst about iliven
o'clock l almost passed away. I
dhreamt l was havin' a plasther cast
Nv mesilf made f'r tn art museum whin
tn tillyphone bell rang an tn lilly
phone lady's voice asked me If was
Jawn w. Gates. said not yet, an
she says: Ring off, thin, don't want
ye," she says. Thin l thried to sleep
again, but it was no use. At midnight
tn childher Nv tn hotel begun comm
In firm tn theayter, an had their sup
pers Nv Welsh rabbits an jelly cake
befure going to bed. At wan o'clock
gintleman who was singin' to HIM
silf thried to get into me room be mis-
take, an spint tn mex hour apollo
gizin' to me an Off'rin' to fight. At
2 o'clock q lady an her husband in
tn admin room fell out over some
thin, an she cried in tn hall. At 8
O'Clock a poker game on tn f1ure be-
low broke up in row. At S O'Clock
they started holeystonin' tn, deck
over head. At half-past five tn carpet
sweeper got to wurruk. At 6 tn cham
bermaid begin thryin' tn dure, an
did it ivry five minyits aftherward.
Siven o'clock was tn hour f'r tn fold
in bed to resume its original form, an
it did it without lettin' me know. I
was rescued, an whit home an slept
tn sleep iv tn poor, tn just, an tn
domestic. No, sir, hotel life is not
FIR tn likes Nv us, Hinnissy. It's FIR
thin that loves mad gayety, tn mer-
ry rattle Nv tn tiilyphone bell, tn cleo
trio light that GIBBS an flows, tn long
an invfgoratin' walk to tn bath, tn
ilivator that shoots We up an down
or passes ye by, tn clink iv tn dark
ice in tn pitcher, an tn mad swirl iv
tn food in tn RESTRAINT where TIL
warm moist waiter rubs ye'er plate
affictionately with tn other mans
napkin an has an attintive ear f'r ivry
wurrud Nv ye'er private conversation.
All this is FIR tn rich, Gawd bless
thin an keep thin out Nv our detached
or semi-detached novels or homes, tn
only possessions tn poor have left.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
CRUSHED AT GRAFTON.
Great Northern Employee Caught BE.
tween Car and Coal Shed.

Walsh County Record: Olaf Mohn,
an employee at the Great Northern
coal sheds, narrowly escaped death in
an appalling accident last Friday
morning. The coal car in being side
tracked became derailed and crushing
into the coal shed pinned Mohn with
terrible force between the car and the
shed. The unfortunate man, on being
extricated, was Immediately taken to
the Deaconess hospital, where. the at
tending physician, DR.. Glaspel, found
the following wounds: The right arm,
near the shoulder, fractured and bad
ly crushed; the left arm fractured
just above the elbow, the face badly
lacerated those being torn open from
one side and the upper lid of the left
eye laid open). A painful injury was
sustained in the right hip, while
serious results are feared from abb
dominal injuries.
Though the patient was on the oper-
ating table three hours he heroically
endured the pain without the use of
anaesthetics, and occasionally spoke
words of encouragement to his weep
ing wife and mother who stood by.
DR.. Glaspel declares his patient
brave soldier and has considerable
hope of his recovery.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
RAILROADS
FROST HAS A
BAD EFFECT
Heaving Of Ground Owing to Thaw
and Freeze Causes Many Wrecks
on Roads OF the Northwest,

Railroad men are complaining of
the effect OF the recent thaw and the
succeeding cold weather on the road
beds. The warm days softened things
up and then the severe cold of the
past two or three days froze every
thing up solid and the roadbed has
heaved. The spikes holding the rails
have loosened or been drawn and the
resulting rail spreading has caused
the many wrecks of the past few
days.
An engineer pulling a train from
the twin cities said: The extreme
cold following the soft spell of wealth.
er, has made everything heave. Spikes
are drawing and the rails and ties
are being heaved by the roadbed. Yes
terday morning things We're exceed
ingly rocky down Breckenridge way.
The roadRed had heaved so that the
trains rocked preceptibly and 1 ex-
pected that we would have another
case of rails spreading and the train
going into the ditch
The wreck near Towner on the
Great Northern and those on the
Northern Pacific were caused by the
spreading rails, the result of spikes
drawing and the roadbed heaving.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
The Sage of Sank Center.

Frank NJ. Eddy in Sank Center Her.
aid: A political party that depends
on the blunders of the opposition for
success instead OF on its merits does
not deserve success.
The timid citizen never has any
opinions till after his party has held
its convention.
When a party gets in that condition
that only one man can save it from
defeat at the polls, it ought to be de-
feated.
Every million acres of swamp land
drained means five million dollars
added to the wealth of the state.
Money spent by the state in making
waste lands owned by the state fertile
is the wisest kind OF an investment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
DRAINAGE TALK.
North Dakota's Appropriation Gives
Minnesota announcement.


Il see that North Dakota has Sc
cured an appropriation of $1,000, 900
for the drainage of 100000 acres of
overfiowed lands" said H. G. Hays of
Bemidji, secretary of the Minnesota
State Drainage league, at the st.
Louis. This, l take it, is a pretty
good indication that Minnesota can
obtain some sort of assistance, If she
will only go after 1t in the right way.
ITO man who has not taken any
particular interest in the drainage
question, it may appear that 81 an,
acre, is pretty small estimate for
getting the water off swampy and
overfiowed lands, but think the work
can be done for this price through
the Dakotas, for the digging of bitches
there will be easier than in northern
Minnesota, because there are not SO
many trees in the western state. 1t
will not cost much more than that,
however, to drain Minnesota lands.
Getting the appropriation will not
be the most difficult part of the ques-
ton in our sister state. 1t is pro-
posed to drain the surplus water into
the Red river, which will carry it
into Lake Winnipeg. Now it SO hap
pens that the people on the other side
of the border have been having the
same trouble with the water that we
have on this side, and the chances are
that they will strongly object to hav-
ing the Dakota surplus drained onto
their lands, which already are Of little
value because of their swampy char
acter. The Canadians will vigorously
protest against any such proceedings,
and time will tell what the effect of
such protests will be."-Duluth Her.
aid
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
did social career. Left alone and
empty-handed to bear the brunt Of the

did social career. Left alone and
mpty-handed to bear the brunt Of the
collapse, he soon learned that he must
fight his own way through, as has
been" honors didn't take one far. Just
the kind of a young man, l said, to APP
preciate Nellie, as their experience has
been very much alike. But for all, I
grieved to see him take our Nellie
away. / shall never forget how happy
she looked when she told me Of their
engagement. MA chere," she said, Il
want you to think like / do, that Tom
is the very best man In the world.
Mamma says we will starve to death
when we move away to the city, as nei-
Their one of us have a dollar to our
name" Then she looked at me so APP
pealingly that I threw away my selfish
objection, and told her that she could
not do better IL she looked the state
over. s5s. 9
Nellie was also an only child. Her
father died before knew them. Her
mother lived in pitifully pretentious
way in one of those old-fashioned
homes you sometimes see in the SUBJ
urban towns, doing her best to make
bold show of the remnants OF better
days. She was not wise manager,
and 1t was plain to all that she would
soon put the last seal on the mortgage
of the old family home.
I kept my promise about the visit,
and 4 o'clock that Tuesday afternoon
found meswaiting for car. Tom and
Nellfe's home was in new subdivi-
sion, and knew by that would have
time to draw long breath and rest u
bit before leaving the car. 1t was a
warm day in June, and sat up front
that I might enjoy an unbroken view.
The motorman Kept within the law
limit in his speed out of the city in
spite of my patience to get beyond the
hustle and activity, and the tiresome
run Of smoke-staiped houses. BY and
by, though, clean, well-paved avenue
doomed up ahead of US, bordered on
either side by splendid homes, all spick
and span after the spring cleaning.
Each yard seemed to vie with its
neighbor in the beautiful snow Of flow
ers and well-mowed lawns. Straight
on for blocks now the houses got larg-
er and more pretentious in plans, and
as you tried to settle on one to
choose" for yourself you would pass
still another more beautiful. You give
up trying to make choice, and set to
wondering on the founders Of such
homes and how they happen to come
by 80 much of this worlds goods, when
you have been denied a single single.
Then you puzzle your brains trying to
figure the business, trade and finance
that meet the vast expenditure repre-
scented in these palatial homes. A
bird's-eye view, as it were, of peo-
pies fond ambitions collected and en-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02

An interesting character is an old
Mexican Indian woman, Mrs. Fermina
Sarras, who has Just sold a mine; near
Hawthorne, Nevada, to an eastern
syndicate for 80, 600. For years she
has dressed in mems clothes and per-
sonally worked her claim herself, do
ing washing for prospectors and
miners In order to secure necessary
money. She says that she now In
tends to rest and enjoy the results OF
her long years Of privation and hard
ship. Il
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
Reflections of a Bachelor.

New York Press: When some men
borrow money they seem to think it is
only an umbrella.
Most of what we call brains is just
plain, hard, g Observation-Disclosures
work.
Even when her bank balance agrees
with the cashiers, woman never
trusts him about it.
No matter how poor man is, he
always thinks he can afford to do
something his neighbor does.
A woman calls it an insult for men
to look at her crossing muddy street
If she hasn't on her best stockings.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
Geo. Washington Is Porter.

The colored gentleman who con-
Quoted the shoe-shining parlors next
to the post Office at Crookston, two
summers ago and went under the
heavy cognomen of Geo. Washington,
is now acting as sleeping car porter
on the G. N. train which runs to Min
neapolis. George, it will be remem-
bered, is the fellow who mortgaged
his shoe stand to get money to bet gu
a prize fight and when his man got
Knocked out, he was compelled to go
out of business,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02

Haven't you seen ITO Lett piacard
in some particular window 60 long
that youS come to wonder what was
wrong with the property Placarding
u PRINT very primitiv advertis-
ing. It's Just little better than.
snothing-while want advertising in
the Evening Times Is . little better
than anything else.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02

II tell you,' declared the man who
knew much Of the ways Of the world.
ess hen you lose all your money, you
know whore to md youf friends
WHARF do You md them
Where you amt *
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
The Family Menaeerie,

Mary had q little lamb
With fleece as white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
Mother had q little rat.
Her pompadour. know,
And everywhere that mother went
The rat was sure to go.
Father had a little snake,
A brilliant pink in hue,
And everywhere that father went
His snakeship journeyed, too.
Brother had a little cat
Whose love of chips was strong
And everywhere that brother went
The kitty went along.
Wilson, in New York
Sun.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
- r .l.I. .i.I..l.3. s..i.....
TON AND NELLIE'S HONE
BY Pearle Han Holland a.


had been expecting 1t and was not
surprised when the postman handed
me the familiar. angular hand. 1t
reads: "
Ma Chere i have written you much
Of the little home we were building.
Well I can say at last 1t Is finished.
Now ! Just can't wait on your visit a
bit longer. for feel like everything Is
at its best, and ready for your stamp
Of approval. Two whole years, ma
chere, since I saw you, so you may be
sure / have plenty to tell you, and
more to show you. l know 1t is bust
ness first with you; 30 when you come
next Tuesday you can have the day
for your affairs uptown, but shall
certainly expect you out on the 4
o'clock car. have described the
place go often In my letters / know
you will have no trouble finding it.
Yours as of old, Nellie.
Ma chere (my dear) was a pet name
she gave me at school, where we were
classmates. Among other aspirations,
we had fond dreams of mastering
French. but got no further In the study
than an ability to write each other
short notes, beginning always with the
above appellation, which Nellie had
since kept up.
Nellie and had done our best to.
keep up the old pledge Of friendship,
but when she and Tom married four
years ago and went to the city to live,
didn't find 1t so easy to- keep a prom
Use that required my visit to their city
more than once year. Somehow the
time got by, and here twas two whole
years since my last. trip. How i'll I
!, could afford to chance such friendship,
when knew 1t to be true and tried.
went over the old days, as / gathered
up my things. preparatory to the visit,
dwelling fondly on the events that en-
deared us to each other. Nellie had
been no scholar at school, and was
content to make an honest average.
She scorned any scheme or round
about method that would enhance her.
report, for she had her ideal of honor,
and no reward, however brilliant,
could tempt her from her way. A big
hearted happy kind OF girl, with a
clean conscience, whom one must
know well to appreciate her straight
forward sincerity. When she left the
school with her well-earned scroll, she
was the same sweet Nellie, whose uni
form bore no medal; but when one
enjoyed her sunny smile and caught
the CLINT in her kindly blue eyes, they
were ready to say, she needs no further
hOnOrs, leave them to the less fortu-
nate. who need the compensation.
She had, been out of school but two
years when she met Tom. It was a
case of love at first sight, and before
I could realize the truth of it (for
Nellie told me straight of when they
engaged), they were married and gone
to the city to live.
Tom was bookkeeper for some
Wholesale house, and possessed aver
age business qualifications. His par
ents were both dead, and with them
went the last claim to proud hertz
age. to cover a fearful mortgage, that
had maintained them through splen-
tA !. : = sF .. ~ 20
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
No. 6 Was Abandoned.

Last evening No. 6 from the west
over the Great Northern. was aban-
doned, owing to the wreck near
Towner. A train was made up here
from the yards and run to St Paul ON
the time Of No. 6.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
4 Broken Journal.

Last evening No. was delayed for
sometime at the junction near this
city by 9 broken journal. The train
was held until the matter was REM
edied. 5.3 u.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02

The Painters union Of Chicago has
demanded : wage increase Of ilve
cents an hour, to take effect next
month. sss
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02

The possibility intimated Of tie
Philippines starting \ rebellion
against the surrender of American
sovereignty shows bow times change.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
IN THE LABOR WORLD.

The Funeral Drivers union has been
organized in New York city and union
funerals are to be demanded in future.
The wages are to be graded accord
ing to the relative Importance of the
drivers at the funerals, the highest
wages being demanded for the hearse
drivers.
A bill against child labor has been
introduced in the Maryland legisla-
ture. The bill provides that no child
under u years of age shall be employ
ed for wages in any branch of bust
ness, and children between the ages Of
IL and 16 are required to secure per-
mits from the proper bureaus before
they may secure employment The bill
also provides for state inspectors no
see that the law is not violated.
The recent convention of the United
Mine Workers of America voted $1,000
for the relief of the families of the vic
Tins of the Paint Creek West. Val
colliery disaster.
The Toronto Railway Employees
union has decided to establish bene-
TT fund whereby tax Of 81 per mem
Der will be collected on the death of
one of their number The union row
has 1,135 members wa
The New Zealand government has
just purchased eleven acres OF land
near Dunedin for workmen,s homes
The bricklayers' union Of Greater
New York which were suspended by
the International organization for In
noring its fire proofing order have
been sustained by the other unions.
The order was rescinded at the recent
Minneapolis convention. : This epds
fight which has been carried on Tor
two years by the international union
to get the New York unions To dsun.
from their trade agreement the ctinGpl
providing that the installation or aYp.s
proofing brick cannot Be sublet ana
must be done by mason builders.
The international Brotherho0d ~
Electrical Workers Ia now establi. ~
in its new general head QuaxtexS N
Spring. field, III. 4
The length Of 4 working ~ III u ~
varied from tNelse hi 9ftae1 SoullIn..S
The New England mlllI Y "a -
thirteen holrs . day ~ "a sIiI y
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
n Roueh on the Other Sister.

J.. ]. Tallman, the chap who married
our good looking sister, passed through
town Friday morning Gentry (Mo)
1 Sentinel.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02

The recent convention of the United
Mine Workers of America voted $1,000
for the relief of the families of the vic
Tins of the Paint Creek (west. va.)
colliery disaster.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02

The Toronto Railway Employees
union has decided to establish a bene-
ut fund whereby a tax Of 81 per mem
Der will be collected on the death of
one of their number. The union row
has 1875 members.
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Conditional Rates.

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