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LIABILITIES

L
Merchandise Liabilities
notes and bills payable. 81, 1926
Sinking fund. 10000
Undivided profits ......... 1S904.53
Capital stock paid in. lG6 10000 &s54 500
(Copy.)
Chas. Herman, secretary and treas.
urer of the above named corporation,
do solemnly swear that the above is
true and correct statement to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
CHARLES HERMAN.
Subscribed in my presence and
sworn to before me this 9Th day of
January, A. d., 1906.
FRED r. DOLANSKY,
Notary Public
Directors:
CHARLES HERMAN.
FRED HERMAN.
A. S. HERMAN.
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profits in Dec. 10000 &388084
Investment Nov. 30. 1905 ............$ &c 268 33
eSsA o0v 40
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8.zhta -. ~
Feb. lS There was talk of estab-
fishing a telephone line from Pierre to
Bismarck and il was thought that if this
was built that possibly the Pierre
boomers could carry out their project
in better shape s
Congressman Springer introduced a
bill to divide the territory of Dakota and
admit that portion east Of the Missouri
river as the state Of Dakota. while that
west Of the river should be called the
territory Of Lincoln. 81 ID # II
William NJ. Campbell was appointed
by President Cleveland as United States
marshal for Minnesota.
he ST. Paul chamber of commerce
inaugi1rated movement for reciprocity
with Canada, and the papers were pre-
sented to congress by Senator McMil-
lam Nj IL
The Methodist church at Jamestown
was heavily in debt and Mrs. J. NJ
Graham, the wife of Superintendent
I,raham, gave entertainments over the
state in order to relieve the tension.
Ed fitzgerald leased the Fourth ward
barbershop and announced that he would
give his customers a 25Acent shave for
IS cents. ~
j. M. Morrison took charge of the
Northern Pacific refrigerator and cold
y storage house and admitted W. G. Hams
ilton as d partner in the business.
i Rev @, II. Elmer resigned as pastor.
of The PRESBYTERIAN church in Moorhead,
after a service Of some fifteen years in
that capacity. 5 81 .5 Il
Feb. Io.--Tlie Red river valley Brew
ing Co. came out with an advertisement
of their .ilew brewery, which was IL
l,istrated by fine half tone. Il a5,t
Dir Falk was appointed postmaster
at Caledonia. He was one of the erigi-
nal tigers of the jungle ~ s,s
@ Three parties were arrested and
brought back TO Lisbon. charged with
selling mortgaged property and other
things of that kind, and The Argus cor-
respondent announced that there was
much sympathy for them, because of
i the way the money loaners had conduct
ed their "A per cent per month business.
Mr.. Goodwin was prosecuting the case
iii the absence of States Attorney Buttz,.
and he became very indignant over this
item and wished the correspondent haled
before the court and duly fined for try
ing 20 create sympathy for these crimi-
nails. The case was defended by r.
N Stevens, who is spoken of as a bright
young attorney who had recently NOV
y &
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which were precious in her sight and
she laughed in her goosg way and
snuggled down upon them and tucked
her head under her left wing and
dreamed rosy dreams-and one day
her dream came true. and her eggs
had turned TO little golden fuzzy
wruzzy punches of delight. Each
little goosie had a cute little bright
yellow bill. and tiny legs and feet with
no holes between the toes. They were
all just alike with one exception and
this one was bigger and stronger than
all the rest and kept the center>~of
the nest. .>
When the mother goose saw what
the good fairies had done to reward
her patience and fidelity she stood up
and beat her wings against her breast
and said: Gawk-uk! Gawk-uk!
Gawk-uk"
All the geese heard her and came
in focks to see and praise the lucky
mother goose, especially upon the one
extra large gosling, which they all de-
clared with a hutter of the tail to be
the finest specimen in gooseland.
Now this was in the country Of the
tribe of Brandt, and. as you know,
my children, all the geese OF this tribe
are pure white and are very proud OF
their beauty, and, like all vain Great
ures,, keep up an awful clatter Of con-
versation, and when the fond mother
goose got her little ones down to the
water in the large marsh and found
they foated on its surface so easily
and with evident delight, she screamed
with joy and all the other geese yelled
back and the noise was so great it
shook the earth like thunder and adj
died the eggs of many ducks nearby
When this particular brood COM
menced to get their feathers their was
only one left. One had been killed
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TWENTY YEARS AGO.

Led to Lisbon and had a brilliant career
before him. Mr.. Stevens is now a resi-
dent of Bismarck.
Feb. go. The funeral Of John B.
Cough was held iii philadelphia. "a IA
L Morris TAYLOR was confirmed as sur
sveyor general for Dakota and d. 4.
Branble as receiver Of public money at
| lWatertoWrl.
IA meeting of the old settlers of
Moorhead and Fargo was held at Moor
head and social banquet was arrang-
ed in honor Of the departure Of Rev.
10. III Elmer. Among those who were
on the committee are many who have
now passed, away and the ones named
were as follows. Il. Burnhafn, w.
| j.. Bodkin, Evan S. Tyler, Fl. G.. Finlle,
EH. Al. Bruins, John Mason, S. G. Com
stock, James Douglas, Andrew Holes
/ and S. G. Roberts. tsfss5 n
JAM 22There was a serious fire at
st. Johns in Rolette county and Robin-
SONS hall and Joseph Contours hotel
were destroyed with a loss Of $4,000 and
no insurance. 5s "A S5ea x ia, a. 5s
Rev. N. Parker presented an open
letter to the preachers in the city Of
Fargo III regard to- the doctrine of end
LESS punishment. Al s2, Il HI &s's 4,
Judge Seth Mills of Valley City pass
ed away and his funeral was attended
[by the members of the G.. A. r. and the
Masonic and Odd Fellows orders. s.
James Z. J. Shea, who was then employ
led by Tozier, lost his pocket book con-
ltaining 500 in notes and 500 in cash.
| The pocketbook was found with the Sc
curities, but the money was missing.
Feb. Budd Reeve was reported
to have fallen out with the Trail coun-
Ity reformers. '"5,.. ,
M jill Vallandighanl was. appointed
postmaster at Valley City, and the Won
Ider was expressed as TO whether Frank
Cornell had become asdemocrat, a as the
appoiiitee was employed by Mr.. Cornell
DR.. Coney of Yankton had mandani-
ltislissued for DIR. DarroW to show cause
Iwhy the territorial board of public
health should not grant him a physi-
Icians license. i .sus& .-$$s g h
The democratic members of congress
were rushing in bills for public build
IingsHiil their districts, and it is said that
one had been gotten through for Ok
/ ford, Miss. the home of Secretary La
lmar, where a building was being erect
led costing $4,000. while the town had
| only 1900 inhabitants and it's entire
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postal receipts were less than $4,000
It was reported that H r. Miller had
gone 10 Honduras to join Mayor John
son in his mining development.
DR. Hill returned from Grand Forks,
where he went to prevent a dentist ,prac-
|ticing without a license, and he was i'm
mediately called to Walipeton to attend
to another case there, Nh +
Bill Erwin, "a noted criminal attorney,
appeared before Judge Mcconnell ask
ing that Oswald, charged with murder
at Devils Lake. be admitted to bail. The
motion was denied. S2s -
The annual g. A. r. ball was held
at, the roller rink and some 200 couples
were present. Tie grand march was
He'd by Commander Bates, Captain SIM
ington, Colonel Tynpf and their ladies. a.
Feb. a4 %. j. Olson appeared before
the board of county commissioners and
n.ade affidavit that he had not removed
his residence from the ferritbry, although
he was spending slie writer at Detroit,
MINI, and in consequence of this the
commissioners rescinded their former
action, declaring the office vacant.
District Attorney Pollock moved
from the. Henderson block to the rooms
Of the Red River Valley national bank
building, formerly occupied by w. A.
Kindred
Col. Dan Maratta announced ahat
there was no use of expecting admis-
sion Of Dakota as a state, as the popu-
lation was too strongly republican for
the democratic administration.
Captain Spalding and family returned
after a long visit to New Orleans and
while his family had been there he had
run over to Honduras to see. the won
ders of that land
S. w. Curtis was appointed general
administrator. of the estate of the late
John b. Raymond:
Judge Becker removed from Ellendale
Ito Fargo to open law office in this
city. Mr.. Becker has moved several
times since then and is now resident
of Kansas City. s5l5 g,
Olson & Ellison were preparing to
erect a new store building. ON Front
street. ,&9s zk;s.. r Z ~ Y g
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HEAD-oN COLLIsIoN.

u Kansas City Journal: Claude Doo1ey
and Herbert Pulver were skating in
opposite directions on Longs pond at
Douglass One or. the other misread
his orders and both met on fhe same
siding. Young Pulver got a jar on
the top Of his head that came near tele:-
scoping his neck. The upper part of
Claude's nose was jammed upainto his
perceptive faculties and the lower part
spread over his co,intenance He was
under the Doctors care for several
days. 3@ n IS
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a lie. It was a hard
Job, but / did it.
II think / could make
up a better one If /
had more latitude.
Here it is:
1 Once upon a time in
a far county a beauti-
full white goose gave
birth to FIVE eggs
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Half a dozen clever girls in n
York are earning substantial ircoi
as book digesters. Each Of them
for her clientele women too busy Il
social engagements to find time
reading, yet who wish 10 keep abrs
lot current literature. The digesi
carefully follows noteworthy. publ
Itions in fiction, art, science, history
religion. Once or twice week
calls at the house of client to
view the contents Of the books r
She is careful to olnenlorize any apigi
or witty saying that her client mi
introduce effectively in corversati
It Is remarkable how little leis
some women have, said 4 Vassar oh
liate who has adopted the new call
They can seldom give me half ii
all TO myself 4 am asked to call
the same hour as the hairdresser,
manicure or the chiropodist, and
specially gay seasons all three Of I'll
attendants may be at work Upon
while | sit at a little distance and 4
her upon current books.
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REFLECTIONS
BY Rube ALVIN.

/ was called upon TO tell story
at school entertainment in honor Of
George Washington's birthday. had
to tell a. true story as G. w. never told
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country and was beautiful pure VIII
with black feather-oniy one biz
feather--in his tail-so he was nan
Spike. AS the autumn approached
great wings would carry him agai
the strongest gale, and he became
Tnaturai~ leader and when he flew no
yelled '"'Honk! Honk! HonkP' all
geese would fly after him and form
pyramid in the air, but always n
behind him flew his mother: her he
bursting with pride as she called
in defiance to all geese to follow v
dared keep up with Spike. -. g..
| was at Oberon. N. D., last
when the white geese came from
north. The hunters were all out v
guns, lying in wait to murder til
geese, that had never done them Z
harm, and afterwards eat them. WI
the hunters came back, there was
known as the village blacksm
prouder than the rest. He had xii
the biggest goose ever seen on ID
lis Lake. He showed it to me. 1t
a black feather in its tail. ItA
Spike. - 1, f..
1T took three doses OF shot
bring him down." he said. "Ain't h
peach?'
|, A man offered to buy him, but
would not sell.
No" he said, st am going to s,
him with my compliments to one
the best fellows ON earth, a q
friend OF mine, and great lover
goose. | mean Kernel Brewer Of
Fargo Forum"
My children, if you read the par
YOU must have noticed this item
other day:
Editor Brewer of The Forum 3
his appendix extracted in st. Jot
hospital. lie is getting along mic
His appendix was loaded with b..
shot commonly used for shoot
geese.
This was the last OF Spike.
We are taught the lesson here /
while it is bad to kill geese ii
worse to eat them. We are
taught that editors are growing
and are trying to break into soci
and If they keep on will soon be cor
ed among the best families.
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igation and exposure do no good.
ADDED TO TOWNS BEAUTY.
One Man Supplied Trees to All of
TonaWanda

One Man Supplied Trees to All of
TonaWanda.
DR.. Heinrich c.. Leonhardt of Tom
AMANDA recently supplied almost the
whole city with young trees. At din
ner which he attended he heard the
suggestion made that the city needed
shade trees. Immediately he bought
thousands of young elm, maple and
chestnut trees, and as SOON as it was
possible had them shipped to Tona-
wanda and stored in nursery there.
Then he announced that all who
would might have trees by applying
at the nursery. The effect was Won
derful. Streets that never would have
had trees were soon filled with -four
ishing young saplings that in twenty
years will be priceless-a magnificent
monument to one man Two thousand
of the trees were distributed in an in
credi5ly short time. There was more
tree planting in Tonawanda than ever
before. The only condition attached
to the offer was that persons taking
trees should guarantee to plant them
for shade purposes and to plant them
in accordance with directions given at
the nursery.-Country Life in Amer
lea.
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CALLED TIE VAINEST PEOPLE
Distinction Accorded Tribe Living IN
West Africa

Distinction Accorded Tribe Living in
West Africa.
A French explorer claims to have
discovered the vainest people in the
world. They happen to be also the
ugliest. They are the Pahouins, saw
age West African tribe. AS the Pahou-
ms clothing is of SO light a character
as not to inconmode him, he bestows
a good share Of his thought upon the
adornment of his body, which he tat
toos in elaborate designs done in red
or blue Both men and women take
immense pains in dressing their hair.
Their ingenuity, which is shown in the
construction Of scores of different
head-dresses Of bone and metal for
the men of the tribe, chiefly the war
riors, is illustrated in a far greater de.
gree by the coiffures of the women.
The extreme Of simplicity in the Pa
houin women's methods of making
themselves beautiful is to shave the
head until it is smooth and round as a
ball, and then to color it with dye.
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inventors ShreWdness.

a story is told of certain famous
inventor who is fortunate enough to
be able to employ large staff Of eng1-
neers and mathematician to aid him
in the solution Of knotty problems.
Some time ago the inventor desired to
find tie cubic capacity Of a certain
vessel Of unsymm etricaI proportions,
and asked his rlathematicia1s to solve
the problem. As the story goes, the
r:athematiciGns spent weeks CT time,
filled their books with their calcula-
tons and finally presented what they
said was q close approximation to the
true result. TheTeupon the famous
inventor placed the vessel on plat
form scale, filed it to the brim with
water, obtained it's weight when full
and when empty, and in few minutes
he had o result as good as the mathe-
maticie.ns-for that particular vessel.
Engineering News.
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Holland Moms ans Cap.

The caps of the women Of Holland
are not only beautiful they are full Of
significance, and eloquent through
their decoration and jewelilg Of the
worldly estate and condition of their
wearers, says the Delineator. The
wealthy hurghers wife in Amsterdam,
or The Hague, or in Dordrecht, who
lives perhaps in one of the numerous
fine sd sixteenth century houses, who
is of ancient and respectable lineage,
who has retinue of buxom hand
maids to do her will and to keep her
home in order, tells of her good for
tune when she walks abroad to take
the air, for she wears beneath mod
ern bonnet her nuts, the lace of which
is old, rare and costly, and was per-
haps made in Bruges or Brussels or
some famous Flemish convent.
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made upon the express understanding
that he was to be returned to the senate
where he could continue to protect in
their places these men who thus gave
away your money and mine.
eff there is here on the floor any tim
id soul among the majority who think
that this recital will hurt his party, |
want to say to him and to every one OF
my party associates, to say it kindly,
but firmly, that if we do not expose and
rid ourselves and ourIparty of transac-
lions of that kind there will presently
be no party to be injured.
"You turn in vain the pages Of the
history of the body in which he as seat
to find single thing that he has done
worthy of the state. His conception OF
public duty has been confined to society
and never risen to the level of even or
binary craftsmanship.
Senator Bracket bitterly arraigned
Senator Depew as having been know
ingly a prominent figure in and toler-
ator of system of loot and public de-
bauchery, perhaps even to the courts
themselves, which tended to undermine
the very life of the nation"
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President and Rate Law.

The president stands firmly on the
railway rate law proposition. He be-
lieves that railway rates are legiti-
mate subject for legislation, that rail-
ways are built by consent of the gov
eminent and that that consent carries
with it the power to prevent injury
by improper conduct. The president
is right, he is right beyond doubt
and he stands squarely upon his pro-
position
The president has his eye upon the
central point and he doesn't purpose
being sidetracked by the railway agents
holding commissions in the Uuited
States senate. This is admirable.
Few presidents have had this courage.
The corporate representatives have
attacked other recommendations of the
president in the hope of creating di-
version from the rate control PROPOSE
ton. They have placed their faith in
flank movements. The president is
conducting center movement.
1t is unquestionably better that a
question like that of railway rates
should be settled speedily. There is
nothing like an early understanding
upon matters that must finally be dis
posed of. Contention is injurious al
around, but it must prevail until q
great question is settled and settled
right. A continuation of the contest
in the senate is likely to keep Roose-
welt four more years in the White
House.
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Caustic Characteristic of Graft.

Caustic Characteristic of Graft.
New York has at least one man who
has the courage Of his convictions. He
stood up in the senate of that state and
told splendid truths to his catering as
sociates, and he voted alone for his con-
yictions. We print the Associate Press
report of Senator Brackets speech:
ST want to say to you and the people
of the state" continued Senator Brack-
EFT, "that until a more righteous con-
ception of public duty shall prevail, we
are without hope for the future; that
until the great virile manhood of the
state shall stand to the proposition that
he who offends, in the performance of
his public duty, must suffer punishment
for his offense, we cab expect little of
respect for law, little of regard for
public honor and virtue, and have taken
the first long step towards condoning
crimes of whatever kind.
ttAny senator present ought to blush
for shame at the representation of his
state in the United States senate by
either of the present senators.
Senator Bracket insisted that no ser
vice reformed by Senator Depew for
the Equitable Life Assurance society,
during the twenty years of his $4,000
RETAINER had been other than what
he owed as director of the society.
The claim that this enormous sum was
paid for legal services excited only
laughter and contempt
Referring to the so-called ''yellow
dog" funds to certain insurance COM
panies, he said:
''Out of this fund there were paid
thousands of dollars in one campaign
toward the expenses Of one Of the pol
itical parties, as one says, TO save the
honor of the nation. The honor of the
nation-the honor of the nation
which these men were so solicitous that
they forgot their own. So soGcitous of
the nations honor that they were ready,
and did, give away thousands of dollars
of your money and mine-of the money
of poor men of widows, Of orphans, but
not a cent of their own.
''Let us have done with this shame
and pretense of having used the stolen
funds for the honorable, or necessary
purpose. 1t is no answer to the stealing
that the money stolen was we'll spent.
But there is not even this excuse here.
1t was spent IN way that it was
thought would greatly aggrandize the
men who directed the spending and it
did.
''It was spent to keep the Depews in
the upper house of the congress of the
United States fer selfish purpose, and it
did.
''Again I charged the truth to be that
the chef argument a year ago advanced
for the reelection of this very senator
we are now discussing was that he had
been instrumental in raising large sums
of money from these very insurance
corporations, for usein the election then
just over, and it was broadly intimated
in more than one conference on the sub
ject, if indeed, not actually stated and
argued, that such contributions were
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Even Cleveland is tired of his job
with the Equitable Life Insurance COM
pany on account of public criticism
And yet some people say that invest
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The Ladysmith News is in for any
thing and everything of local value, but
it will not cater to the plans of wreck
ers, brokers, fakirs and grafters.
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Since the West hotel fire in Mime
apolis where eleven lives were lost,
the papers are calling for fire proof
hotels. These demands are too inter-
militant. The News has found that
demands for reform must be contin-
uOuS.
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The gold harvest in 1905 was 1915,
100000 This is the largest gold har-
vest in the history of the world. 1t
helps settle the money question: or
keep it settled.
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The grafters thought they had Law
son down--but he arose, in fact he is
too we'll up in the arts for the best of
them.
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Steamship Tickets.

Continuous steamship and railway
tickets to all European points. Sever
al of the best lines.
Andersen & Andersen.
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THE 500 LINE TIME TABLE.

East. Ladysmith. West.
11:2O P. M. :. Limited :. .4:47 A. M.
PIG P. M. Accommodation II :18 A. M.
8:15 A. M. -. :. Freight :. .3:22P. M.
P. H. Nelson, Agent.