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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-30

The yield of wheat will be about as
good as on clean ground because the
wheat crop is matured before the
cookie burrs get very much of start
or make much growth. Wheat stub
Bile being Immediately piowed all of
the weeds that have sprouted that
season will be gotten rid of, and rep
etition of this process for a few years
will thoroughly clean the land from
noxious weeds.
Wheat is not as severe on the land
as oats and loses but very little of its
fertility in giving crop. Where the
stubble is plowed and all the grass
and other growth is turned under
early in the fall in time to thorough
ly decompose, the land receives back
in benefit nearly as much as it gave
out in furnishing the crop.
Nebraska lands are too valuable tC
grow cookie burrs, and the life OF
an individual working on a farm is toe
short to be spent in the brain rack
ing, back breaking job of fighting
cookie burrs in corn fields when they
may be disposed of so effectively
while raising a profitable crop O.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-30
wheat.
Women and Poultry

Now that so many ladies are taking
up poultry keeping as fad, the farm
er's wife will have to look to her lau-
rels. With all the advantages seem
ingly on her side, the country poultry
breeder often fails to show as good a
record for the number of hens kept
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17
HISTORIC OLD CHURCH.
Relic Of Swedish Settlement In Penn.
sylvanja.

Relic Of Swedish Settlement In Penn.
sylvania.
While the Old Swedes' church
GLORIA DeD at Philadelphia and the
Swedes at Wilmington have been fire.
quently described, very little has been
written about Christ church at sweds-
land, Upper Merton, Pa, in the Schuyl.
kill valley. The church contains many
relics Of pre-revolutionary days. From
an historic standpoint it is one of the
most celebrated churches in the coun-
try.
The Swedes of Upper Merton organ.
lied congregation at the home Of
Gunnar Rambo in 1870, when the Rev.
Samuel Hesselius, pastor at Morlatton,
visited the settlement. It was not un-
til June "a, 1850, that Christ church
was dedicated. On that occasion the
Rev. Karl Magnus Wrangel, who had
recently arrived from Sweden,
preached the sermon. The church
went out of control of the Swedish
Lutherans, but was not forgotten.
In 1876 Prince Oscar, now Prince
Bernadotte, with a distinguished com.
pany, visited the old church and the
next year King Oscar sent a fine bap.
tismal font.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17
ACTION AGAINST j. S. REALTY CO.
At the nsifaton of the Attorney General This Company Will
Probably Be Restrained From Doing Business.

vestment company, Grand Forks. 10
the agent Of the company, and receives
premiums and dues on stock and con.
tracts to the amount of $1,000 per
month. and that said business is done
In violation of the laws Of the state.
The law regulating foreign buildinA
and loan associations requires that
such companies shall first deposit
with the state treasurer in money OF
lawful securities in the amount Of
$4,000, and also requires that such
foreign company shall first obtain
from the state examiner a certificate
authorizing 1t to do business.
The United States Installment Reak
ty company holds a large number q
contracts in Grand Forks. payments
on which amount to small sums Of
from S. to $25 per month. In the &C.
gregate these payments amount to 81.
200 per month. and Of late there have
been numerous complaints made by
holders Of such contracts. The com,
pany also does business at several
other points in the. state, 30 that the
annual business in North Dakots
amounts to considerable.
Some Of this business Is done b,
mail entirely. and it is a questions
whether or not this can be stopped by
the courts Of the state.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17

any Of his. successors. confronted BY .
similar emergency, might not care ia
Ego as far as he himself would.
Secretary Hitchcock was informed
through reports that he had received
in an official way that thousands Of
acres of the public domain have been
entered as agricultural lands. when.
ass matter of fact, the lands are
mineral and are being worked for coal.
cement, asphalt and other minerals.
The prosecutions of fraud which were
commenced in some instances for this
deception are being pressed and others
will follow.
The president in transmitting the
report of Commissioner of COrpora.
tions Garfield on the Standard oil cor
poration. declared that the time had
come when no coal or oil lands held
by the government. either within the
public domain proper or territory
owned by Indian tribes, should be
alienated. The president was Of the
opinion that the fee to such lands
should be kept and leased on such
terms and for such periods as would
enable the government to keep entire
control of them.
Senator La Toilette introduced reso
lutions to attain that end, and Secre
tary Hitchcock enlisted the support OF
Senator Spooner in the same direction.
asking that a provision be put in an
appropriation bill authorizing the
president to locate and withdraw from
entry all public coal lands. Congress
adjourned without any such action.
however, and the president and Secre
tary Hitchcock, after thorough inves
tigation, determined to act without
more specific authority, resting upon
the belief that the people will approve
the policy which Is to prevent an In
jury to the public interests.
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
played prominent part in the dis
cussion in the senate on this subject
last winter. He urged vigorously
greater governmental control of coal;
oil and other mineral lands in the pos.
session Of Indians. The senate, how.
ever, turned down his ideas. Senator
La Follette's presentation of the sub.
ject attracted the attention of the
president, as it was in line with the
consideration he was giving the sub.
ject of the government retaining pos
session of coal lands still within the
public domain.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17
WITHDRAWN FROM PUBLIC .[NTRY
Coal Lands IN Twenty Townships ID the bismarck Lind
District Withdrawn From Entry.

Confirmation Of the telegraphic or.
der Withdrawing all public lands from
entry in certain twenry.seven town.
ships in the Bismarck land district,
naming them, has been received from
Washington. It Is learned that forty
four townships in the Dickinson dis.
trict have also been withdrawn, and 1t
Is presumed similar Withdrawals have
been made in other districts through
out the United States where coal de.
posits exist.
A recent Washington dispatch says:
Independence of the coal monopoly
or great strike of coal miners seems
to be assured by the action taken by
the president and Secretary Hitch.
cock.
Secretary Hitchcock has, by direc.
zion Of the president, following thor.
ough investigation. issued an order
withdrawing from entry 5000, 900
acres Of public land which are known
to contain certain workable coal.
These lands are situated in New Mexi.
CO, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, North
Dakota, Montana, Oregon and Wash
ington.
The geological survey made an ex-
animation in accordance will. instruc.
lions from the president, and ascer-
tanned that there were 56,OOO0OO acres
of public land believed to contain
coal deposits. The president, howev.
er, desired the withdrawal of only
those sections known to possess work.
able coal. and the area was according
ly reduced to 100000 acres.
This gives the government posses.
sion of coal lands capable of supplying
the nation with an indefinite amount
of fuel. The president last spring,
when there was danger of a second
coal strike, let it be known that he
would not hesitate to carry out his
plan of receivership If he were forced
to do so by the failure of the operators
and miners to reach an agreement and
by the suffering which such failure
would entail next winter.
He realized that the seizure of mines
would greatly irritate capital and
might cause it to grow timid. It prob
ably would consider that the govern.
ment might regard coal mine seizure
as a precedent for similar action in
other industries. The president knew,
however, that he would be subjected
to violent criticism, and finally, that
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17
SHOCK KILLS; VERDICT ON.

Widow Of Former Mankato Man
Killed by Wire Gets $500.
In the United States court at Fargo
q jury awarded Mrs. Sarah Arntson
$500 damages against the Union
Light, Heat and Power company On
account Of the electrocution Of her
husband. Arntson was timer work.
ing fol local firm and engaged il
repairing a furnace in residence.
While in the act Of getting out soma.
tools after the completion Of the work
he touched an electric light bulb and
was instantly killed. In the course u
the trial the defendants showed that
the house wire was crossed with :
wire carrying q heavy voltage, hence
the death Of the man. Tho plaintiff
sued for $25. 900. Z.
Artisan had removed from Man
kato to Fargo . short time before the
fatal accident, little over ! year;
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17

'ceives the following letter, which ID
intended to end their enjoyable cor.
responsiveness:
(. "A long, very long while have al.
lowed your last letter to lie before me,
have read and read 1t again, but never
answered It. Receive to-day my
heartiest thanks in few words. And
henceforth, until we meet again per-
sonally, you will hear but little from
me by letter, indeed very seldom. Be.
lieve me, 1t Is better so. 1t is the only
right thing. I feel 1t as a matter Of
conscience, that I must suspend or 70.
strict roy correspondence with you.
For the present you must occupy
yourself as little as possible with me.
You have other objects to pursue in
your life; other feelings to which to
devote yourself. And las have al.
ready told you by word of mouth
can never feel satisfied with connec.
tion kept up through the post. It seems
to me that there is always something
incomplete, something untrue in 1t,
SSSs gill Q0A0AAAAy dWdISs tudt
cannot keep myself fully up to the
right pitch. There is something that
lies once for all in my nature. 1mpos
sible, therefore, to alter It.
But you have such delicate per.
ception, such instructive penetration.
You will understand all this in the
way have intended it. And when we
meet again shall explain it to you
more exactly. Until then and forever
you will remain in my thoughts. And
even more than before, when this
troublesome. incomplete business OF
letterwriting no longer disturbs them
A thousand greetings. Yours,
III. I.
A letter of coincidence on the death
Of her father was signed, yours un
alterably devoted, Henrik Ibsen." A
little later he acknowledged the re-
ceipt of a dear letter and picture
but requests that no more letters be
received until circumstances are
changed. Miss Bardach did send q
telegram on the occasion of DR.. Ibsen'a
SEVENTEEN birthday, which was briefly
but affectionately acknowledged.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17
SPY ON FOREST FIRES.
Watch Tower Erected Near Swedish
Boundary,

Watch Tower Erected Near Swedish
Boundary.
p. NJ. Anker Of Fredrikshald, Nor
way, who is extensively interested in
numbering In mining in Norway, has
caused to be erected a tower on We
dosfse hill In Aremark, near the Swed-
ish border. A watch for forest fires 10
kept up day and night and every out
break is promptly telephoned to the
nearest authorities. the tower being
connected with several places in Swed-
en- and Norway. Not long ago the
Waterman discovered forest IRE east
Of Stora-Le in Dasland, Sweden, but
the nearest forester was soon notified
and he promptly set out with q force
Of men. This occasion called out the
first kindly words for more than .
year. VI
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17

seekers Tor the last year Or more, ana
the land ID NOW nearly III q tAs
hands q actsa sets lass who demand
that The seenAtys 10 Oh anised ~ No.
}can secure AZ their chi drea cqssl N
nient schools s.
4 Dor the prsasat the tor g 1rotI
win - the county ssat: u
stores alread No llsl 3 N
nov TIT to ~ - .
SnsSs - I r. /. y;
ID u = 1ii
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17
MOTT 70 De COUNTY SEAT.

iisttiussr's cttixsns $ Vote On Or
sanitation "a Fall. U.s.
n Judge winchester visited Richard.
nm to complete matters looking %
~ crsanisation d Hettinser county.
4 pstitlpn now q being circulated.
~ ~ ase & ylill 81 yotsd spea
,slths nm If If
u stnssr .eost la4, NJ M
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17
WESTINGHOUSE RING
Exhibited by . Jeweler at Norrkoplno
Exposition.

exnlDlteo ~ SeWelor at Norrkopth0
Exposition.
!, A ring presented by Gen Washing.
ton to Marquis de Lafayette 10 one oe
the rare objects shown at the Norr.
hoping exposition. Il 10 Of gold with
10 miniature portrait Of Gen. Washing
ton. The ring 10 shown ~ Z. ]. Dahl
berg, a jeweler, ana he has the rings
history at his fingers end. From La
fayette It went to Baron Stael Won
iHolstein, sweden's ambassador 70
France. from whom It descended to
his brother. Nat. q. II. staei Won Hol-
stein, in whose family It has renamed
since 1902, Il is now owned by q,
FROZEN, . bank ofncial Of Gefie., Swsd.
on, who obtained & from his mother.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-17

Some months ago complaints were
maze to the secretary of state and to
the attorney general regarding the
manner Of doing business of the
United States Realty company. It was
charged that the company lad COL
lected payment on outstanding con-
tracts and that they refused to full
fill the terms thereof by loaning
money thereon and that the money
paid in could not be secured as an
alternative. At the instigation Of the
attorney generals department q
deputy state examiner made inquiries
but the company could not be found IN
Fargo. Later complaints came from
Grand Forks, and the attorney general
asked the states attorney of Grand
Forks county to investigate and bring
an action. It being alleged that the
company was doing business through
the Kent Realty company.
The following from the Grand Forks
Herald gives further details:
Judge G. ]. Fisk has signed an order
directing the United States Install
ment Realty company, Minneapolis, to
appear before the district court Of this
district and show by what authority it
is doing business in the State Of North
Dakota, and why the defendant. its
directors, managers and other omcers
and agents should not be restrained
and enjotned from exercising any Of its
corporate rights. privileges and fran
chises, and, from doing business in the
state during the pendancy Of this &C.
ton.
The. order was made on motion Of
States Attorney ]. B. Wineman in the
case Of the State of North Dakota, ex
rel. G. N. Fritch. attorney general. and
J. B. Wineman, states attorney Of
Grand Forks county, VS.. United States
Installment Realty company, a corpor-
alton; with It's main ONCE in Minneapo-
lis. Is
An amdavit BY Mr.. Wineman is
made . part Of the proceedings. IN
which he sets forth that the United
States Installment Realty company
has been doing business in the state
since Aug. 8, 1902, as q building and
loan association, without having first
complied with the laws 81 the state re-
lating % foreign building and loan as
sociations: that Kent Realty and IN
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-12
Type of Man Needed.


OF course IL is true that Mr.. Rosewater's
candidacy for the endorsement for United
States senator would look much better
could he come down 10 the state convention
with the solid backing of Douglas county.
That fact alone would cut a big figure in
the result But, when did you ever see
that bunch harmonious enough to achieve
any great results? There is too much Of
the rule or ruin policy among the politicians
of Omaha We do know though, that
whether Douglas county would have 1t so
or not, that Edward Rosewater would make
Nebraska the best senator that could be
found this year, or any other year. He is
a man of and for the people. He is a re-
publican and harmonious co-worker with
the president. He understands our every
need better than any living man in the
state of Nebra ska. Because of his friendly
and intimate relations with the administra-
ton, he is in a position to accomplish more
and get better results for his state in two
years. than any other man could hope to in
six. There is no man in the country with
broader conceptions of the workings of
our internal developments and resources,
with clearer and cleaner knowledge OF our
foreign relations. than Edward Rosewatef.
He is the type OF man needed in the senate
Of the United States in this day and hour
of his adopted country's greatest trlumphs
and achievements. when strong men are
needed at the helm He is the strongest
man in the state by many, many lengths,
and for Immediate. effective and wholesome
work in that august body OF men he is the
peer OF any man in the nation today. These
are facts, and not one or dozen of the
/ lesser lights I'm Omaha who are constantly
blocking his progress, through fair meant
or foul, but are adding dignity and lusteI
! to his name before the rank and file OF
the people OF this state. II Omaha and
Douglas county go down to the state con.
vention with another wrangling and in
harmonious delegation, the people outside
OF Omaha should nominate him anyhow
That is our ticket this year of our Lord
| A. D., 1906
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-12
ELECTION or INSURANCE oFrcrRs.

bLECIiON OF INSDhdNCb UT fiCbhSs
Those primarily and paramountly
concerned in the big life insurance
companies. namely, the policyholders,
wisely show no disposition TO abandon
their interest in their management. but
are bestirring themselves to take fun
advantage OF the multiplied opportuni-
ties which new legislation affords for
making their influence felt. While the
effect of publicity and the resultant
legislative changes has been such as
to compel the companies to introduce
not few reforms and economies. there
is feeling among policyholders that
the interests which we're really re
sponsible for the old abuses have by
no means been thoroughly eradicated,
and at least that prudence requires
the management to be actually snc
conclusively divorced from every
vestige of discredited authority.
There is accordingly an arduous
struggle on behalf of policyholders in
most of the big companies to take COM
plete possession of the boards of di-
rectors in the elections for Which the
new life insurance law of New York
provides. The root of most of the old
insurance evils that had sprung up
ran back to the grasping of power over
the companies> through a system OF
T, proxies and kindred methods of ma
nipulation by Z few men who were
under tremendous temptation to use
the power for their own selfish inter.
est as against that of the policyholders
The new law, besides rigidly restrain,
ing the boards OF directors and ex
ecutive ohicers, greatly enlarges the
those in whose hands the afairs o.
the companies are to be entrusted, and
II is a wholesome sign that they arr
taking energetic measures to do so.
That great improvement has beef
realized is conceded. but men do no
willingly let go such vast power a.
control Of the life companies neces
sarily implies, even though under pres
sure OF aroused public sentiment the.
may make large concessions. II wa
inevitable that those who have lonI
been in control should be resolved Z,
retain their hold as long as possible
even when so many oficials we're com
PEELED TO resign. This Is what cause
} the controversy now reaching out 4
the multitude Of policyholders as al
individual matter. and however tn
election Of direetArs may 80. It Is likel
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-12
Personal NOTES.

Andrew Carnegie's gifts to libraries In
the United States last year numbered 2il
and amounted to over sS,OOO,O0o.
At any rate, Mr.. Cleveland's indisposition
did not arise through exposure experienced
while riding in the Bryan band wagon.
s. A. D. Puter Of oregon wept when
sentenced to prison for land frauds. Evil.
IDENTIFY he desires to live up to his initials
President Roosevelt denies that he is
tired, but tacitly admits that he has con-
tributed to the WEAKNESS Of certain MEM
bers OF congress
President Arthur 7. Hadley OF Yale will
lecture In Berlin in the winter OF next
year In connection with the scheme Of ex-
changing professors between Germany and
the United States. . ..
Dexter NJ. Rogers, assistant state super
intendent Of the work against the gypsy
and brown-tail moths, Massachusetts
man. has just been appointed head Of the
national campaign against the gypsy and
brown-tail moths in New England.
The emperor OF Austria was the FIRST
royalty to have a newspaper specially con-
densed and written out for his private
reading. This was started some thirty
years ago Nothing which concerns him.
whether pleasant or the reverse, is omitted
The son of the late Marshal BaEalne Of
France is an officer in the Spanish army
He will soon publish a book intended to
vlndlcate his fathers memory and show
that Marshal Bazaine did not act as
traitor and coward in surrendering Metz
TO the Germans In 1870.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-12
sOMEwHEHE.
Milwaukee Sentinel

milwaukee Sentlnel,
There's whisper I'm the branches Of the
heaven rearing pines
ana purple blossom smiling from behind
the clinging vines;
There's the chatter of a chipmunk as he
leaps from tree to tree,
While the daisies yonder whisper: Come
out here and play with me-"
There's path, winding ribbon, just the
clover fields beyond
That goes stealing through the meadows to
the distant pickrel pond
There's the cool, dank, grateful shadows,
there's the lazy, droning bee
And fancy them a-saying: Come on,
here and play with me.
There's an orchard where the fragrance OF
the helds comes Hitting sweet;
Where the sod IL velvet tenderness To nave
ment weary feet;
There are songs. without restraint. from
songsters winRing to the blue
Ana each feathered throat Is singing ~ H.
song at me and youl
There's a quaint old-fsshioned garden with
its peas and hollyhocks, ~. ~.
And It's blushing. loving roses. timld pan
Sizes flaming phlox;
And sweet old-fashioned lady. with
blossom in her hair
Winding In and out among them watching
every one with care.
And the dear old-fashioned lady with her
crown of wavy snow,
Beams n smile and huns p love song as she
patters TO and fro;
And it's oh, 80 sweet-the dream, ny
They're 50 much Of life a part,
For they've somehow found n dwelling here
within rugged heart.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-12
INVESTIGATION or GRAIN SHIPPING

LNVESTTGA TIoN or GRAIN SHIPPING.
In no part OF the country will there
be so much interest as in the west in
the announcement that the Interstate
Commerce commission will begin at
once the investigation under the sen
ate resolution into the relations be-
tween the railroads and grain ship
pers and elevators, although the TAX
ing of oral testimony will not com
mence till after the reorganization of
the commission by the addition Of two
new members in September. But the
investigation, which is planned to be
the most thorough and sweeping ever
! made by the commission, going into
the minutest detail regarding discrim-
nations in handling grain, is already
to answer a long list of questions and to
furnish data covering grain contracts,
rates and methods. II is proposed to
have all the records and informa-
ton of this character in hand, so that
when the membership of the commits
| sion Is Increased from I'VE to seven
and clothed with the powers conferred
by the new railroad control law. it
can go at once exhaustively into the
whole subject.
While the existence of widely rami-
fed abuses in grain transportation has
long been charged the various state
authorities have failed to grapple with
the subject. The thorough-going in
vestigation to be thus conducted by
the Interstate Commerce commission.
however, will be reasonably expected
promptly to turn on the searchlight OF
efficient publicity, so that the way will
be made clear for action over those
phases of the business which require
reform