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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

Col. c. A. Lounsberry In The North
Dakota Magazine: March 8, 1853.
Jefferson Davis, then secretary Of war
and later president of the southern
confederacy, procured the passage of
a resolution by congress authorizing
him, as secretary Of war, to make such
explorations as he deemed advisable
to ascertain the most practicable route
for a railroad from the Mississippi
river to the Pacific ocean. Under this
resolution three expeditions were Or
ganized, one to survey southern. one
central and the other northern
route.
A southern route to the Pacific had
long been a favorite scheme Of the
leading men Of the south with view
to strengthening the predominating
influence of that section in the ma
tonal government against possible
northern development.
The panic of 1857 INTERVIEWED, and
in 1861 the war of the rebellion. Re-
sulting from the war the construction
Of the Union Pacific railroad became
a necessity, and the interests Of the
northern route were overshadowed by
the greater public interests then de-
manding attention. The Union Pa
cific railroad company was incorpor-
atei by act Of congress July I, 1862.
Lands we're granted, and also sub
sidy in bonds, in order to promote the
construction Of the road at the earliest
possible date. July 2, 1864, the Nor
thern Pacific railroad company was
incorporated by act Of congress. 1t
was granted lands to the extent Of
forty sections to the mile in the ter
ritories and twenty in the states. but
a money subsidy was denied.
Joseph Perham Of Maine had been
the leading character In securing the
charter for the construction Of the
Northern Pacific railroad. Congress
having denied a subsidy in money to
aid in the construction the charter
was likely to fail, when the active
services of Thomas H. Garfield Of
Burlington, Vermont, were enlisted,
and through his efforts q syndicate
was formed consisting of ]. G.. Smith
Of St. Adams. Vermont, Richard d.
Rice Of Augusta, Maine, and others.
Later, Jay Cooke & Co., Charles B.
Wright, Thomas A. Scott, Frederick
Billings Of Woodstock, Vermont, and
VIM. Window and VIM. King of Min
nesota became identified with them,
and to these men belong whatever
credit Is due for carrying to q sue
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14
Mrs. Joe. Mrs. Sylvane and all my
friends.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
Tho Madeira preaident

Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
The Medora President.
The logs that were In the Chimney
Butte ranch headquarters were taken
to st. Louis and to Portland and re-
erected as they appeared on the
range, and were a leading attraction at
the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis
and Clark expositions. and were then
returned to Bismarck. where the
Roosevelt cabin became the perma-
nent exhibit in the custody OF the
State Historical society.
Marquis de Mores came to North
Dakota in April. 1883. a short time be-
fore Mr.. Roosevelt. and invested large
sums Of money in stock growing and
in the packing industry, his intention
being to grow the stock and kill them
on the range, shipping in refrigerator
cars to eastern markets. He built
fully equipped slaughter house ut
Meiora, with all the appurtenances
necessary for the economical handling
Of all the by-products. He built cold
storage houses at Bismarck, Fargo,
Duluth. and other points and carried
on an enormous business until 1856.
when he realized that he was in adj
vance of the times and withdrew. re-
turning to France.
In 1883, Sir. John Fender engaged In
cattle raising near the Roosevelt and
de Mores ranches, and the late NJ.
Lang Of Yule came from Scotland to
look after his interests. Commander
Henry Corringe was never interested
in cattle. but purchased the canton
ment business from Frank More, the
pioneer post trader. He brought in
carload Of horses and ran tourist
outfit through the Bad Lands. Mr..
Hostetter also had large investments
In this vicinity. Hon. A. c. Huiie-
koper of Pennsylvania and associates
became interested in this region and
afterward made heavy investments in
land and stock, closing out In 1906 for
the sum of 100000 to Fred Pabst Of
the Pabst Brewing Co. The Eaton
brothers, formerly Of the Custer Trail
ranch. we're also among the early fac
tors In the development of that re-
gion. The very first, however. to es-
tablish a stock business west Of the
Missouri was E. G. Paddock, who was
engaged in freighting to the canton
ment at the Little Missouri in 1879.
He brought in herd Of cows to sup
ply the cartonment with milk.
The terminus of the Northern Pa
cific railroad remained at Bismarck
until 1880, when the work of construc-
ton commenced west Of the Missouri
river. The winter preceding a track
was laid across the Missouri river on
the Ice and much of the heavy ma
terial was pushed across the river that
winter on the ice bridge. During the
construction Of the bridge, cars we're
transferred by boat. The road cross
ed the western boundary Of the state
and was extended to the Yellowstone
In 1881.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

A young girl may look forward to
parties with pleasing anticipatious Of
meeting her fate, but after she has
grown little older she becomes moro
interested in the refreshments.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

The first bank, which was q private
one, stood where Green's drug store 10.
Rau's had the largest building In
town. It had q large back room and,
az there was no court house or church,
they used this room. The first preach
or was Mr.. Shafiener, and the arst
church the Baptist. The first calaboose
was the Lavine house. It was made
of two by tours nailed on top Of each
other. The first prisoners were q man
and woman who had eloped. and had
to stay In It all summer.
"The first county officers were:
Robert Lee of Gladstone, who was the
commissioner; N. C. Lawrence, reg
lister Of deeds; Beisigl, the deputy:
Tim Cuskelly, sheriff. and James
Campbell, states attorney.
. There was not much excitement ex-
cept what was caused by the cowboys
who shot into the air and rode their
horses into the saloons and houses. Az
there was no law nothing could be
done to prevent 1t.
I'm 1883 Mr.. Dickinson built five or
six cottages, ono of which is above v.
H. Stickney's residence. and another
was where the Merchants National
bank now stands. The others have
been moved away or torn down.
I'm 1882 there were Thousands Of
buffalo skins piled up on Willard street.
AS they were common property Of
the people a great many were carried
of and great many destroyed.
The winter Of 1886 was the hardest
ever known. There was more snow
than ever before and many blizsards.
Cattle and sheep were lost BY being
drifted around by the wind. They
would get under hin or In q ravine
where they would freeze to death.
After they we're found dead they were
skinned and their bodies thrown into
deep gulches.
The first Fourth of July celebration
was held in 1886. Theodore Roosevelt
came over from his ranch near Medora
and made the first speech. The exer-
cises were held on the court house
square and free lunch was served
for everybody. Old timers say that
this was the best celebration ever
held in Dickinson. Many Indians at
tended"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

We are getting 30 old We have con-
cluded that the hardy chrysanthemums
are the finest flowers that. grow. It
gets nothing but frost and lonesome
ness in its last days, and you bet that
is what all we old people are going
to get.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14
CHURCH ORDERS PROSPER,

One of the most remarkable reli-
gious and industrial enterprises in
North Dakota Is the Benedictine mon
astery, centering at Richardton. The
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

The boy Of today, in his unthankful
moments should remember that he
doesn't have to saw and chop up nat
ural gas, and all the woodbox With it
every night after school.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

It may please woman when q man
helps her over a crossing, but It makes
her mad, when another woman at
tempts 1t. It indicates that the other
woman is thinking of age.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

READ THIS TESTIMONIAL:

Pembina, North Dakota Oct g. 1905
To Whom It May Concern:
We, the Board of County Commissioners of Pembna
County, North Dakota do hereby state that during the past
five have sent number of patients to the North
Dakota Liquor Institute located at Grand Forks North Da
koa for treatment of the liquor and drug habits and the
best four knowledge 80 per Of the number sent
have been permanently cured and become good
porous citizens and have accumulated property We consider
the institution well worthy Of katronage:
Abe Cox j. H. Morgan, Sig Sgurdson, Fred j. Farrow,
F. c. Myrick, Board of County Commissioners
Attest: Swain Thorwaldson County Auditor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
FISH THAT ARE lUxURlES.
Among Varieties That Bring High
Prices English Sole Is the
Costliest.

In these days, said a fish dealer,
people pay for fish luxuries prices
that they never used to dream Of
The eostlest fish in this market
now is the English sole, which sells
for 60 cents pound, but there is a
demand for 1t at that price. Striped
bass bring as much as so cents a
pound, ard kinghsh from 40 to SO
cents.
The first of the North Carolina
shad Croe shad, weighing say six or
seven pounds) sell for $3.50 apiece, or
80 cents or more a pound. HOLSTERS
are now 80 cents a pound-plenty Of
people can remember when they sold
for FIVE and six cents, when Holsters
were plentiful.
The only fresh Ash we import are
English sole; but plenty of fresh salm-
on are exported from this country,
crossing this continent from our
northwest coast in refrigerator cars,
to be shipped from here in the re-
frigerator rooms of steamers another
5000 miles across the Atlantic TO
Europe
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
FORTUNES IN SULPHUR.
Natural Chemical Conditions Exist
ing in the Arid Sections
of Texas.

Another revelation comes from
Texas. Ten million IONS of sulphur
have been found in the trans-Pecos re-
gion, the sulphur field extending over
about 10000 acres. with a thickness
averaging nine and one-half feet. The
ore, states the St Louis Post-Dis-
patch, is the result OF natural chem
zeal conditions produced during the
lacls,rine period. which was one of
the phenomena of the arid sections
of Texas during the pliocene age, and
It's appearance to mortal gaze in the
twentieth century is expected to stay
the nand of the importer for 20 years
TO come The importation of native
sulphur from Italy and other countries
amounts to from $4,000 to 100000 tons
per year So large has been the de-
mand for sulphur-50, 600 tons being
consumed in one year-that the sub
stitution of iron pyrites has been re-
sorted TO in the manufacture of sui
phuIic acid With 100000 tons
of 40 pc cent. native ore sulphur TO
hand, certain manufacturing processes.
It is expected, will be reduced 20 per
cent. and the present rate of import
ing will be Offset for 20 years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
PRESIDENT ORDERED ON.
Ulysses Grant Babe His Coachman
Obey Orders of Depot
Policeman.

One of the older sergeants on the
local police force was talking over odd
experiences he had had while In the
course of his duties. Among the sto
ries which he told was one which
illustrated the democratic ideas OF
President Grant.
The sergeant, then a private, was
on duty at the Baltimore & Ohio sta
ton one evening Among his other
duties he had to keep carriages from
standing at the curb directly in front
of the station entrance, II being neces-
sary to keep that place clear for car.
riages that were coming and going at
that point
President Grant drove to the station
TO meet one Of the incoming trains.
While the officer was in another place
the carriage stopped in front Of the
station When the officer returned he
noticed the presidents rig standing
there, and waited for It to move along.
When it did not move and no one
alighted, the officer supposed that the
president had gone into the station
You know as well as ] do that you
cannot stand there" said the officer
to the presidents coachman
do you know whose carriage this
is?" was the only answer of the man
on the box.
THAT makes no difference You
musr move" But there was no move
on the part of the coachman to stir
from the place
Hawkins" came a voice from in
side. did YOU hear what that officer
sald?" And the head OF the presi
dent Of the United States was poked
out of the carriage window Tie car.
riage moved
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
AUTOMOBILES OUT WEST.
Nevada Town Where Water Is Scarce
Displaces Horses and Mules
with Them.

with the extension of the railroad
Goldfel1 has taken a new lease Of
life. said Richard Coe, Spokane
mining operator, who, according 10
the Portland Oregonian, had just re-
turned nom Nevada. "Goldfeld is the
outalting point for all that surround
ing country.
They sell water in Goldfield the
same as the Standard Oil company
pebbles its oil. The water IS taken
about town in wagons and is sold at
aDout $3.50 a barrel, or % cents
bucket.
Because Of the scarcity Of water and
hay it is extremely expensive 10 keep
horses and mules in that part of the
country. Every time a horse is wa
tered It costs IS cents; that is the
regulation price, and the hay has 10
be slipped in AS a result automo-
biles are becoming quite popular and
are takins the place of the horses and
mules to a certain extent.
Persons going from Goldfeld 10
outlying points nearly all 90 in au-
tomoblles which make regular trips
There are some enormous machines
there thar carry a dozen or more pas
sengers Az times ] have seen rs
many OF Is or % automobiles stand
ing in tho streets of Goldheld"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
ADAM AS A GRANDFATHER.
Boy Was Anxious to Know Whether
He Was "a Phelps or
a Platt."

At one OF the luncheons held re-
Gently Mrs. Clarence Burns told an
interesting story, says the Boston Bud
get.
AS everyone knows, by the way, Mrs.
Burns was born in Canada So, she
introduced her remarks by saying that
while she was born in Canada, she
had the good sense TO marry citizen
of the United States, which made her
one legally.
The discussion going on in the
coterie around me here, she said, has
turned upon ancestry, one of the
ladies having traced hers back as far
as the third century, and this re-
minds me Of a story told Of Senator
Platts grandson One OF Mr. Platts
sons married Il Miss Phelps, and one
day the small son, a youth OF perhaps
five summers, cewa home FROM kin
dergarten in an apparent state Of eN
element. and rdt The query TO his
mother: "Mo:hce, how many grand
mothers ana grand fathers have |
got?
Why, replied Mrs Platt there's
your Grandfather Phelps and Grand
father Plat But why do you want
to know, my son, and she laid a
soothing hand on the flushed little
cheek.
The big eyes showed disappoint-
ment, then defiance There's boy
in our school says he's got six grand
fathers, and | thought maybe I'd got
moren that
Then Mrs. Plat carefully explained
10 the little questioner. so that he, too.
might go back by great-grandfathe"
and great reat-grandfathe and grand
mothers as fast as ever he liked, even
10 Adam
This struck The right chord, and
strengthening himself up he asked;
Well, mamma, I'm glad to know 1t
Was Adam a Phelps or Platt"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
The Best Guaranty Of Merit
Is Omen Publicity.

Every bottle OF DIR. Plerce's world
famed medicines leaving the great labo-
rotory at Buffalo, N. Y, has printed
upon its wrapper all the ingredients
entering Into It's composition. This fact
alone places DR.. Pierce's Family Medi-
cines IN q class all by themselves. They
cannot be classed with patent or secret
medicines because they are neither, This
Is why so many unprecedented physicians
prescribe them and recommend them TO
their patients. They know what they
are composed Of. and that the Ingredients
are those endorsed by the most eminent
medical authorities
The further fact that neither DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. the
great stomach tonic. liver inyigOratOr
heart regulator and blood purifier. nor his
oFavorite Prescription for weak. over
worked, brOlen-down. nervous women.
contains any alcohol. also entities them
TO = place all by themselves.
Many years ago, Or. Pierce discovered
that chemically pure glycerne. of proper
strength, Is a better solvent and prcscry-
alive oi the medicinal principles rcSid.
Ing ia our indigenous. or native mcdi-
einal plants than is alcohol; and. further
more, that II pos .esses valuable M,dicln0i
properties OF It's own. being G'lulcent.
hutritive, antiseptic. and a most efficient
Rntiforment.
Neither of the above medicines con
talns alcohol, or any harmful habit
forming drug. as will be seen from q
glance at the formula printed on each
bottle wrapper They are safe to use and
potent To cure.
Not only do physicians prescribe the
above, non-secret medicines largely, but
the most intelligent people employ them
people who would not think OF using
the ordinary patent. or secret medicines.
Every ingredient entering into the com
position of DR.. Pierce's medicines has
the strongest kind of an endorsement
from leading medical writers Of the
several schools of practice. No other
medicines put up for like purposes has
any such professional endorsement.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause Of
many diseases. Cure the cause and You
cure the disease. One pellet" is 4 gentle
laxative. and two mild cathartic. Drug
gists sell them, and nothing is 0just as
good" Easy to take as candy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
FLOAT GARDENS AS LESSON
New Step Has Been Taken by Rus
sian Educators to Uplift the
Peasantry.

The teachers of agriculture in Rus
STA have revived the floating gardens
of past ages, but instead Of being
mems for the lavish expenditure of
money, the object is one of utility en-
tirely. These teachers were impressed
with the fact that the most prosper
GUS farms lay along water courses, so
they resolved to experiment with large
floating gardens, which should be laid
out on barges of great width.
This was accordingly done, and as
soon as the ice melted these expert
ment stations drifted down the stream
to warmer climates, where the seeds
sprOuted and the grain grew and
ripened. AS each barge floats along
it Stops at each village. where the
church bells are rung TO announce
its arrival, and the people Cock ON
board. led by the mayor The beds
containing vegetables and gain are
inspected and the teachers explain
how the various plants are grown.
During the talk many questions are
asked by the peasants, which the
teacher endeayors to answer clearly.
If the peasants have no seed with
which 70 experiment it is freely sup
piled to them Russian educators are
highly pleased with the experiment
station ana have decided that ii is the
most effective method yet discovered
for popularizing intelligent farming
among the peasants.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10

Constipation causes headache, naus
ca, dizziness, languor, heart palpita
ton Drastic physics grippe, sicken,
weaken the bowels and don't cure.
Doan's Regulets act gently and cure
constipation. - cents. Ask your
druggist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
ANSWE EVERYCALL
Bennington People Have Found That
This Is True.

A cold, a strain, sudden wrench,
A little cause may hurt the kidneys
Spells of backache often follow,
Or some irregularity of the urine,
A certain remedy for such attacks.
a medicine that answers every call,
Is Doan's Kidney Pills, a true spec
ifc.
Many Bennington people rely on it.
Here is Bennington proof.
George W Gregg, teamster, OF lib
Bradford Place, Bennington, says;
Before taking Doan's Kidney Pills |
usedto be laid up for weeks at time
with pain in my back. 1t was almost
impossible for me to turn over in bed
when | had one of these spells and at
times there would be blurring before
my eyes, and the secretions from the
kidneys were accompanied by intense
scalding. | was finally induced to
take Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at
ShurtleH's drug store, and in three
days after ! hogan using them / was
up and attending tony work. Doan's
Kidney Pills not only cured the trouble
with my back but they also restored
the kidneys to their normal condition.
| use your remedy occasionally now.
and cannot say too much in its praise
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
FRANK WITH THE ASSESSOR
Well to-Do Refo, mer's Wife Exposes
Her Husbands Financial
Status.

Along with the tax discussion that
comes with the annual payment of taxes
is a story of a vigorous old reformer
who used to live out in the country not
far from Ottawa, ard whose life in
Franklin county has been long agita-
ton against corruption-in other peo-
pie
The old man, according 10 the ottawa
Herald, had accumulated competence
by The exercise Of shrewd business deal
ings among his neishbors and others.
and was content az times to let himself
be pointed out as a model OF success.
He owned large property. but ii was
never noticed that his estate doomed up
large when the assessor came around.
One day, some years ago, according to
his story, the assessor visited the home
in the old fellows absence and had his
talk with the wife instead OF the man
himself. The wife knew of no reasons
why the same talk that was offered TO
other people should not be delivered to
the assessor and with pardonable pride
she recited correct listo her husbands
holdings. When the old man came
home his wife told him as matter Of
news what she had done,
He had not been heard 10 swear in
public for many years but he hired
mems ears were shocked at mat time BY
a torrent OF profane words. and there is
one version of the story which says the
old reformer struck HIS wife.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
Walks, Drives, Etc.

Anybody having walks or driveways
that they wish built or rebuilt should
communicate with p ] Nelligan q Co
of Ware, Mass, who are to send a
force of men here soon to put in a new
roadway and walks for A J Cooper.
They will be glad to get other work to
do while their men are here.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
Ancient History.

who was she before her marriage to
Mr. Jones?"
"a Mrs, Brown
But before that?"
"A Mrs Smith"
"Pshaw! ! mean what was her
maiden Nance
Il don't know can only remember
her four or five husbands back. Chi
cago Sun.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
Unjust.

Automobilist-How stupid that the
police regulations require us to display
larger numbers, now we'll have to
travel so much faster so they can't be
deciphered Fliegende Blaetter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
Too Tough.

Hotel Guest-l say, waiter. what's
this?
Waiter-Its fiiet of sole, sir
oh, indeed Well, you might take 1t
away and see II you can't get me nice
VIZ from the upper part of the boot in
stead Brooklyn Citizen