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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
OUR CITY GRADUATES.

Next week the high school of this
city will send out in the world twenty
five young people bearing its diploma
1t is a record of which the school and
the city at large may we'll be proud
The quarter hundred pupils who will
have completed the four years. course
in the city high school are worthy of
! being graduates from any institution of
similar kind in the entire northwest
1t is no reflection upon the other high
schools of the state to say that the
one in this city stands at the very
head of the list in efficiency and pro-
gressiveness.
Sifted to the bottom Nhe merit of
high school depends upon the char
acter of its course of study and the
fidelity with which that course is adj
hered to. 1t is an easy matter to
place studies in the curriculum of a
school and then in the imparting of in
struction to pass over many of these
SO that when the pupil is graduated he
has completed only a portion of the
course. He thus has possession of
a record of proficiency which he does
not merit
Nor is this ali the evil that comes
from too loosely administered course
Of study. The same course, the same
specific branches. can be made to
develop thorough student or mere
SKINNER. 1t all depends upon the way
the subject is taught. If the student
is required to make himself proficient
in it he will have broader conception
OF the subject matter than if he had
been permitted to pass over the same
haphaZard. =
Efficiency and broad scholarship
which comes from thorOughness are
largely the results of the work of the
teachers and the officers of the school.
When high standard course of
study is combined with thorough and
efficient instruction it is evident that
the student who comes from such an
influence must be of the very best
quality. That is just what the high
school of this city does. 1t has
ciriculum which if completed, through
ly qualities the student for the duties
of life unless he desires to enter one
of the professions.
Its thoroughness is what makes it's
diploma thing to be coveted and
something of infinite value to the
holder. The young people which
it is sending out into the
world are thoroughly equipped for any
OF the ordinary walks of life, and if
they desire to enter upon the study
of any one of the professions they have
foundation that will enable them to
success doubly assured in the acquire
ing and absolutely certain in the
execution.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
GETTING BACK TO NATURE.

In the general tendency of the people
to get back to the land lies the hope of
the future greatness of the country.
No nation was ever overthrown by it's
farmers. Chaldea and Egypt, Greece
and Rome rotten and ripe for decay not
in the fields, but in the narrow lanes
and crowded city streets.
1t is so in this country and in this
age. The best in thought and pro-
gress is coming not from the parlor
elegance and ball room splendor of
the city, but from the sturdy homes of
energy and industry which nestle amid
the groves on the farms.
There has been constant drawing
from the vitality of the country to
supply the absence of this element
in the cities. And the remarkable
thing is that there are decidedly few
instances of failure recorded among
those who have left the farm to seek
the fortunes offered by the city.
This merely proves the advantages
afforded by the country as compared
with those of the cities. The longest
ed conditions of the larger cities have
been the consideration of leaders in
sociological reformations for years.
The hope has been that at some time
the overplus of the population of the
overgrown cities might be distributed
among larger number of smaller
communities 50 that each would be
able to offer an opportunity for each
individual to live, and yet would not
place these people in competition with
the tillers of the soil in such manner
as to injure that occupation.
1t is the carrying out of this plan
whether Intentionally Or not in the last
decade which has built cities like
Birmingham in the south and the
scores of towns through Michigan. all
of which depend upon the wood manu.
featuring business. The whole policy
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
IN Old One.

travelling men, who are chronic
story tellers, are funny propositions"
said c. H. Churchill. clerk at the Brown
hotel, recently, according to the Den
YER Post. They'll make fun of the
man who tells an old tale and then
they'll go right ahead and tell stories
with whiskers. This morning two
drummers were standing before the
desk talking with me. One of them
told story. 1t was one I'd heard
several years ago. The other travel
ing man and laughed and declared it
good one. When the first drum
mer went away the other said:
Great Scott. Churchill! / heard
that story long ago.
1T was pretty old, / replied.
I'D be ashamed 10 20 around tell
ing old ones.' said the travelling man.
Then he started in and told one that
was old enough to vote. When he got
through l laughed and laughed.
Good one. amt ito he asked.
Fine | replied. Then l added:
BY the way, do you remember where
you heard that story7'
He thought moment. BY .Joye!'
ne said. I believe l heard it right here
in this hotel last year Didn't-didn't
you tell it to me2'
~ did, ! replied, laughing. And
do you know where l heard itT
NO
The fellow who told us that old
one Just now. handed it out to me-. l
said"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
A FORLORN HOPE.
Office Seeking Gallery Players About
mt End Of Their Rome.

uU Ahu VI AHClI hOUCs
Major General Creel was in Crook
ston the other day and the Times of
that city publishes the following anent
politics in the state as viewed from the
generals standpoint:
"A party of North Dakota politicians
and business men of considerable
note passed through the city last eve
ming and while in the city for a short
time gave Times representative sew
eral tips as to the political condition
in our neighboring state that has been
the cause of so much strife during
the past few months. The party con-
sisted OF General Fl. M. Creel one of
the old settlers of North Dakota and
owner of the townsite of Devils Lake
having secured the land before the
railroad was built through that sec
ton, Hon. F. P. McFenry of Willow
City, A. G. Tantam, the ex-treasurer of
Ramsey county and one of the promi-
nent business men of that part of the
state. The party was enroute to st.
Paul where business of private ma
ture will be transacted"
In conversation Gen. Creel who is
one of the strongest republicans in
the flickertail state at the present
time stated that everything was shap-
ing itself in fine form for the coming
fall state election over there. He stat
ed that the chances Of the so called
insurgents looked like cheese sand
wich in hail storm and that there
was no possible way that they could
win at the polls. The cry of gang
has been sounded in loud voices by
the hackers of the new party, General
Creel states, but that there were new
er better set of officials in power in
the history of the state than at the
present time. Although not seeking
Office himself he is a very enthusi-
astic worker and don't appear at all
worried about the chances of the party
to which he belongs, when the SEN
timent of the people is registered at
the coming election"
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has been to so distribute the population
that every man who wills may have
a job and the right to earn his own
living.
Far seeing statesmen have been able
by combination of legislation and
science to provide home for millions
in what had been the deserts of the
west. The irrigation law opened to
the homeseekers country large en-
ough to contain an empire. 1t open
ed regions that until that time had not
produced single loaf of bread And
now these same regions can be made
capable of supporting nation.
However the great question of es-
tablished cities where before there had
been hamlets can not be reached by
legislation. 1t must be with them a
matter of individual enterprise. But
the people will be found ready to leave
the large cities and to get back to
the soil as near as possible. The con-
version of city into a manufacture
ing center will bring to it all the peo-
pie it can sustain.
The communities which will profit
by these enterprises must provide
them. In this way the masses will be
''rorght nearer TO the soil and the peo-
pie who live from it will be benefited
by the markets thus created.
A general diffusion of the popula-
ton over the entire country rather
than its concentration in few places
will make for the betterment of the
nation both in matters sociological
and economical.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
FRIDAY. EVENING. MAY rs. 1906

sonable to conclude that if these de-
famatory articles have been circulate
ed outside the state and especially in
the sections of the country from which
we should reasonably receive the larg-
est portion of our immigrants, and
have not been counteracted by the
truth, they must have kept many home
seekers from the state.
But the people who have come to
the state and who have become so
situated that they may learn the truth,
were unfortunately for the states
maligners, men of intelligence and
seekers after the truth. If the con-
ditons were such as the disruption
lists said they were the state was un-
worthy the name of commonwealth
These men, and there were many of
them, began to investigate. They
examined the public records of the men
who are holding office in both the state
and the nation. They found that in the
nation the only voice that had been
raised against the interests of the peo-
pie of the state and the only votes
that had been cast against them had
been those of the very people who are
now declaring that the representatives
were unworthy to sit in the halls of
the national legislature. They found
that the only men who had committed
acts worth OF commentator were
those who in order to attract attention
from themselves were raising the hue
and cry"
When the proper time arrived the
true facts were presented to the people
not in the form of personal abuse.
vile insinuations and tissues OF false
hoods, but in the logic Of reason and
corroborated truths. The citizens of
the state have been looking in
vain when the proof was demanded of
the disruptionists. They have reached
the only conclusion possible, that there
were no facts to substantiate them,
and that consequently they were
false.
In this manner the fair name of the
state which has been dragged in the
mud by the disruptonists, is being
redeemed, and the damage they have
done the state in business way and
the manner in which they have retard-
ed its prosperity are being counter
acted. At the same time the deception
which has been practiced upon the
public is reacting and the people are
realizing that when the truth is told
North Dakota is one of the best gov
erned and most economically admin
istered states in the union.
1t would seem that those who have
SO assiduously lahored to bring dis
grace upon the fair name of the state
and to mar it's escutcheon with the
brand of unfounded corruption. would
hide their heads in shame and call
upon the rocks and mountains to hide
them from the gaze of truthful men.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
A POLITICAL BOOMERANG.

IL is beginning to dawn on those who
nave been SO assiduous in proclaiming
to the world that the politics of North
Dakota were fostering sore on the
BODY polite, that such misrepresenta-
ton OF their own state can have but
one effect-a reaction upon themselves
and their methods.
There is large class of voters in
this state who are unfamiliar with its
political history and the history of the
men who are leaders in the present fast
failing campaign for the disruption of
the republican party. These men have
come to the state to make their homes
upon its rich and wealth-producing
prairies. They have brought their
families to be educated in our schools
and to grow into manhood and woman
hood in our midst, in word to become
citizens of our state 1t has probably
caused these men to pause as they
have read the vile insinuations against
every public man in the state Who
happened to hold a position of trust
at the hands of the people, and serious
~ ask themselves If they had not
made mistake in surrounding their
families with the corrupt influences
which have been banded about by
those who were bent on the destruction
OF the party.
{ How many hundreds Of men have
been kept from locating in the state
and assisting in developing it's great
riches because of these malicious state
n>ents against its integrity and honor
uill never be known. But 1t is rea-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
Total ...,, 4SI

Any new county, fully organized ac-
cordins to law prior to the holding of
said convention. will be allowed two
delegates at large.
me delegates present from each
county at said convention are author
lied to fill vacancies occurring in the
delegation to which such county may
be entitled from residents Of such
county. '''
The a, a.ltion of republican county
Central &C AiiiitteeS and electors is call
% 10 the new primary law governing
the selection of delegates to the state
convention chapter 100 laws of 1905.
=. me state committee will pass UPON
PATE IN the preliminary, Organization.
end VII! meet for that purpose, at 10
O'Clock In the forenoon of the day pre-
Vious to the date of the convention NJ
the PLACE of holding said conyention 70
near all contests. The credentials ri ali
Qeiegates and notices of contest mnst
De MED with the chairman of this com,
mittee, on or before the hour deSir
nated herein for the meeting OF TIE
Sonnlttee 10 pass upon the rights Of
Seiesates, and notices of contests must
~ accompanied by a written statement
~ t the grounds for contest. Prefere:i,e
~ nan .ne order OF hearing and determining
SOntests Will be given by the commit
SSe, IN accordance with the dates Of tho
4inS or such notices and statements
with the chairman 'ei'S
~ order of the Republican State Cen.
tHl committee, at meeting held in tho
CITY OF Fargo, Saturday, April 81. 1905
M. H. Jewell, i''ah'
Secretary.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
PULSE OF THE PRESS
Looking For Trouble,
jamestown Alert.1

The correspondent of the Herald at
Grand Forks is still vending his way
around the state trying to make
mountains out of mole hills, and fol-
lowing the instructions of the pay
masters of the insurgent generals,
Where ever he strikes a county
with the usual local factions engaged
in the usual campaign for local Offices.
This itinerant knight of the quill, or
terror of the typewriter, proceeds to
manufacture a mighty host of insur-
gents. He classes the faction that
mas been rotated out of office, after
years of fncumbency las is usually
the case) as insurgents who have a
great moral reform work to do in the
interests Of the people of North Da-
kota. Notwithstanding that few or
no complaints can be heard of any
mismanagement of the state AFFAIRS.
he represents local factions ,as state
Insurgents trying to over turn the
present excellent administration
headed by Gov. Sarles.
In some Of the counties there are
found several local factions who are
at work to settle the questions be-
tween them. but in every case the Her
aid man sees hosts of Insurgents be-
hind every bush. Notwithstanding that
the people are prosperous and satis-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
CHOOSE SPEAKERS.
A Hustle Among sU." Speakers to Get
on the Commencement Program.

Yesterday afternoon was held the
contest for choosing the representa-
tives for the college of liberal arts
for the next trial to be held on Monday
afternoon. There was a large crowd
present at the contest which was held
in the university chapel. The honored
ones were Thomas Crater, Martin B.
Ruud and John NJ. Anderson. The
judges were Professors Perrot. Stew
art and Boyle.
In the final contest on Monday there
will be eleven participants represent
Ing the different departments of the
Q. w." and of this number six will be
chosen to deliver their orations at the
Metropolitan opera house on com
mencement day.
For Mondays test the law school
has three representatives chosen some
time. ago and as they are all tried
speakers they promise to be in at the
hnsh. These three are Mr.. Sampson,
samuel Mostly and Viggo Johnson.
The engineering department. has a
representation Of two--Mark Lowell
and Henry Lykken. while the normals
are In strong with three-Miss Wolff.
Miss Tassel and Mrs. Putnam.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
YOUTHFUL TRAVELLERS.
Youngsters Came From Norway to
HattOn Without Difficulty.

Hatton Free Press: Four Hveem
children, eight, eleven, twelve and
fourteen years old, without friends or
KIN to accompany them, started April
~ from Mysen, Norway, for q trip
across the ocean to foreign lands to
Join their uncle who lives few miles
out from Hatton.
They left Christiania, Norway. April
~ on one OF the Wilson steamers for
Liverpool. and thence by the steamer
Arabiac e Boston, arriving at Min
neapolis May II. They left the Twin
Cities Friday night landing here at
Hatton Saturday morning, May IL.
W. H. n Lyche, well known far
mer near this city, Is an uncle. to the
children, and Hatton's attorney Ii their
cousin. Come time ago w. H. y.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
STORIES OF THE HOUR
Such a Difference.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. in
an address to a delegation of farmers.
won hearty applause with the follow
ing observation:
Il overheard dialogue between two
well-dressed men at lunch the other
day.
The first man. as he helped him
self to asparagus. said:
by the way, you said Johnson was
IA farmer. didn't you"
Good gracious. no!' returned the
other man. L said he made his fortune
out OF wheat"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
His Wife's Thouehtfulness

He was about to start on weeks
trout fishing. -
Reeds. reels. gan. creel-everything
was in readiness.
But his wife. smiling joyously, hur-
ried into the room. extending toward
He retreated.
For goodness sake" he exclaimed.
what on earth are you doing with
those old flypapers?"
i have saved them for you from
last summer" she answered "You
said you always had to buy flies when
You went fishing"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
WORST IN DEMAND.
Head of the A. c. Is Wanted for Com.
mencement Addresses.

President Worst of the A. C. is a
very busy man just at present He
has been invited to speak at large
number of commencement exercises
in various high schools throughout
the state. Because of press of duties
he has felt obliged to decline many
of these invitations but few he has
accepted. He is to speak at Grafton,
Casselton and three or four other
places and in addition to his regular
duties in connection with the A. C..
he is now hard at work preparing the
speeches he is to deliver on these &C.
casionS.-Forum.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
EXCURSION TO FARGO.
Great Northern to Run Train Giving
Opportunity to Visit Agricultural
College.


Notice to the people of Grand Forks
county who are interested in agricul-
ture:
You are hereby notified that the
Great Northen road will run an excur-
sion from Grand Forks county to Fargo
some time between July 9th and 18th,
for the purpose Of giving the people
of this county an opportunity to visit
the Agricultural college and see what
progress is being made by that institu-
ton in the way of experiments along
agricultural lines.
1t has been especially requested by
the president Of the Agricultural COL
lege that ten or fifteen boys between
the ages of fifteen and eighteen make
the trip.
The expense Of the excursion will
be only one dollar for the round trip.
All farmers desiring to take advantage
OF this rare opportunity will please
notify j. D. Bacon, of Grand Forks.
at the earliest date possible.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
EDICT BY THE
MAYOR
Mayor Geo. E. Duis Calls Attention
Of Citizens to the Fact That Memorial
Day is Legal Holiday and Asks
That All Places of Business Close.

Mayor George E. Duis issued the
following proclamation to the citizens
of Grand Forks today:
%. 1906
To the Citizens of Grand Forks:
The voice of those who have gone be-
fore in their shrouds of blue. call to us
IN Il, patriotic snl accent, reminding us that
the 3Oth day of May, national holiday,
again approaches, and that another
floral Offering should be made to those
who lived and died faithful to this ma
-, Therefore I, Geo. E. Duis, mayor of
the city of Grand Forks. do hereby rec
o ,,1anna that all public offices and
the hours of ~ IN. and s o'clock p. m.
or said day, and that all our citizens
withdraw from their usual avocations
and devote. this time to the sacred
memories Of the soldiers dead.
WltnesSeth my hand and the official
25th day of May, 1906.
Attest: Mavsor
w. v. oConnor,
tSeal) City Auditor.
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fled with the management of the state
affairs generally, some excuse is found
to tranfer the local issues to state
issues and make it appear that the
insurgent leaders are making great
hit. All of which is an old time worn
political proceeding that has lost it's
force because the people have no
grievance to regulate and the leaders
of the insurgents have no real live
cause besides the selfish purposes to
make a campaign fund
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

To the Republican Electors of the State
of North Dakota:
In accordance with the instructions
Of the Republican State Central COM
mittee. a state convention of delegated
Representatives of the republican party
Cf this state viii be held held this year at
f! To% SRsFa mouse in the CITY OF JAMES,
Thursday. July L.,
ut II o'clock in the forenoon. for the
purpose of nominating candidates to be
supported at the next general election,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may be brought before it.
The candidates to be nominated are:
Two members of congress-
One judge of the supreme court.
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of State.
state Auditor.
State Treasurer.
Superintendent OF Public Instruction,
Attorney General.
Commissioner of Insurance.
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor.
Three Commissioners of Railroads.
The basis of representation is the
average number of votes cast for the
respectively the highest and lowest vote
In each county in the state at the last
a,sson o, Pubic lS4
Railroad Commissioners and Judge OF
the Supreme CourD. giving two dele
and one delegate for each les republic
can votes, or major fraction Of 1875
votes, cast for the above officers in said
election.
Delegates to said convention from
each county will be chosen as provided
under the Primary Election Law, pass
ed by the last legislature. which pro-
the various regularly established pre-
Gincts in each county, on Tuesday.
June, 10, polls to be open from u nj.
state will, under the apportionm ent
herein provided. be entitled to repre-
BentatiOn as follows:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25
Gave Him the A,ue

Reese. the San Francisco member OF
the American Press Humorists' asso-
citation. has been heard from. On the
DAY after the earthquake he wired Sea-
right OF Los Angeles as follows:
The earth has quit shaking. have
not. 81 -Reese !" :
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Sentiment to BE lnculcn,ed.

LET reverence of law be breathed by
every mother to the, lisping babe that
tho schools, seminaries and colleges;
let 1t be written in primers. spelling
from puipits and proclaimed In legis-
lAtive halls and enforced in court of
Justice. in short, let it become the
Dolitical religion of the nation"
Ai, Abraham Lincoln.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-25

There are certain things the people
won't stand. Don't tempt them to
throw at you.