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The Washington times., 1906-10-19
Funeral Of MIS-. Padgert.

The funeral OF the late Mrs. Rachel
V. Padgett took place from her home in
King street this afternoon. The funeral
services were conducted by the Rev.
DR. RuIla- OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and mteTmenI was made
.n the Southern Methodist Cemetery
The Washington times., 1906-10-19
BABY HEROES.

Two little tots in Gleuburu. Ne.
neither of them over five. set fire to
the house while at play. They had pres
elce OF Uind 20 rush upstairs through
the binding smoke, seize two babies
from their cribs and carry them to a
place of safety.
The Washington times., 1906-10-19
Accept Secretaryship.

j. T. Preston. formerly of this city.
but now of High Point, y c., has tel
egrapned William Albert SmOot. presi-
dent OF the Alexandria Chamber of
Commerce. that he viii accept the posi-
tion of secretary Of the chamber and
VIII assume his duties on November /.
Mr. Preston was for many years the
agent of the Southern Railway Com
pany IN this city.
The Washington times., 1906-10-19
Wedding Announcement.

Cards have been issued for the mar
riage of Miss Hortense Pauline Letter
man 10 Samuel stone, both Of Char
lottesville Va, The ceremony viii take
place on Monday November 3. at the
home IF the brides parents. Mr. and
Mrs Phil Leterman. at S o'clock in the
evening The bride is the granddaugh-
ter of EN-Mayor Henry Strauss. Of this
citv
The Washington times., 1906-10-19
GOTHAMs PRICELEsS CuRIn.

New York city boasts the oldest strIc-
ure on the hemisphere. IL is the Egyp-
ian Obellsk. I'm Central Park frst
rected as an Offering TO the sun god bv
'hOJmeS III. Moses saw il when il
vas Old. for 10 was constructed more
haE 1000 years before the Christian
The Washington times., 1906-10-19
In Mrs. Davis Memory.

The bells of the city will De tolled AT
. o'clock this afternoon by the orders
of Acting Mayor Sweeney ont Of re-
spect Go The memory OF The late Mrs
jefferson Davis
The Washington times., 1906-10-19
- MODERN BABEL.

Let everybody spell just as he speaks.
and we shall soon have pretty Babel OF
written language 10 bring America to
c0ufusiOn.-St. Louis Republic.
The Washington times., 1906-10-19
SECOND TRAIN RIDE
IN FANILY'S LIFE
DabbS and Thirteen Little
DabbSeS Left Mountain
Home for City.
WERE ALMOST STARVING
Had Been LuIed From Farm by Glitter
ing Promises Of Factory EN-
plOyment Agent.

ATLANTA, Ga, oct. l9-With "a fami-
ly Bible in one arm and "a wicker bas-
ket on the other Mrs Ezekiel Dabbs
until recently OF 635 East Fair street
followed by her husband Ezekiel Dabbs
and thirteen little hungry-faced dabs Of
country welded life, crowded into the
union depot shortly before S o'clock in
the morning To take the second railway
ride OF their whole lives. TIE family
was returning 10 the mountain farm
near Bon Air Tenn. whence tI.e mem
bers had been Iured % Atlanta some
three months ago %. rG employment
bureau agent who. they declare, was the
beginning OF all their trouble.
When Mr.. Dabbs was asi,ed as to the
reason for his exodus, Mrs Uahbs
waved him back and did the talking.
Seeking Factory Work.
I'VE We're getting along all right
She said. had plenty 10 eat and warm
beds to sleep Ir, when that nasty
stranger drove up one morning just
after breakfast ana began 10 tell Zeke
how much money be could make work.
ing in the factories. 1 didn't want 10
come, but Zcke kept whining and
whining and after while said all
IlEhi. just 10 Keep peace. knew then
what was ahead Of us
The family sold lis mule and hogs
they We're renting th1 farmland landed
Iu Atlanta a week later The first day
after their arrival White Smith Dabbs,
four years old. was lost on Whitehall
street. ard never found his way back
home until tae rest Of the family were
almost lost iu hunting Tor him. Then
little Carrie IabUs caught scarlet fever.
ana gave IL % four Others OF the Dabb~gs
Instead uf the heavy How al wealth the
father expected. the weekly income
proved insufficient 90 keep the thirteen
clamoriuE stomacHs half satisfied and
each DAY made Ezekiel Iouesomer and
i0uesomer TOT mis- stock ana poultry.
viii Eschew Train Forever
just as the fans was ON the brink
OF despair they WeI discovered by fhe
Associated Charities. This organization
decided that So far at least as the
Dabbses were concerned. present day i'm
migration from the country 20 the city
Was "a social evil Tickets 90 Bon Air
We're accordingly secured Tor them and
back they went home.
''I hope IN never hear train whistle
again" said the father. ag he got
aboard. and an the little Dab5ses
clutched their mothers skirts as II .hey
agreed with him.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
THOSE EELEvEN LOST DAYS.
Adoption Of the Gregorian Calendar
Of Importance to World.

Adoption Of the Gregorian Calendar
Of Importance to World.
The eleven days from Sept. 3 to Is,
inclusive. are memorable for having
once been entirely omitted from the
Anglo-Saxon world
The Gregorian calendar was not
adopted by the British empire until
1751, long after most other nations OF
the civilized world had conformed to
it. In that year an act of parliament
prescribed that the next year, 1852.
should begin on Jan. / instead of on
March 25, as had previously been the
rule, and that in the following Sep.
tember these eleven days should be
dropped from the calendar, the day
following Sept. 2 being known as Sept
IA. Stirring times those were, too, in
which days were not lightly spared
from year, with Give conquering
India and Washington beginning the
conquest Of the Ohio valley.
But the procession of the equinoxeA
took no note Of trifles like these, which
could be accomplished as well under
one calendarial style as another. It
may be observed that while Gregory
dropped only ten days from 1882 elev-
en- days had to go from 1852 and Rus.
sia would have to drop thirteen from
1906 to square her dates with the rest
Of the world.-New York Tribune.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
HILL AWARDS IN north DAKOTA
Winners Selected By Professors Shaw and hoverslad In the
Hill Agricultural Contest

Orange Judd Farmer: President
Hill has long been persistent advo-
cate of better farming. He has both
placticed and preached the gospel of
more live stock in connection with
grain farming. His address before
the Minnesota state fair this fall was
along these lines, and was one of the
ablcst exhibits ever made of the neces-
sity for and the profitableness of d.
versified agriculture and more inten-
sive farming.
Mr.. Hill still further proved his
faith by last spring offering liberal
prizes in each congressional district
of Minnesota and the Dakotas to those
competitors who kept the best man
aged and best titled farms. The only
condition was that eacl. contestant
should not only keep at least twenty
head of cattle, but should also keep
at least twenty head of sheep, or at
least that many swine. Mr.. Hills idea
was that the methods and results on
such farms when ascertained by an
expert and presented to the farmers
of the West should be an object les
son that progressive farmers would
generally heed. The management of
the contest was placed in the hands
of Orange Judd Farmer as the agency
best qualified to handle the affair.
Farmers were not called upon to make
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

any special reports. there was No
bookkeeping and neither inducemen,
nor opportunity to evade Zne rules, be
cause there were no rules. Each farm
entered for the prizes which had the
necessary amount Of live stock To
entitle 1t to complete, was personally
visited and thoroughly studied by our
Northwestern editor, cereal expert and
live stock authority. Prof. Thomas
Shaw of st. Paul, and he was accom-
panied by T. A. Hoverstad as Mr.
Hills special representative.
Those for North Dakota were:
Division No. 1, Counties, 10 Con
testants-First prize. John Donnely;
Grafton, 300; second prize, T. H. May,
Larimore, $50; third prize, John Nun
ig, Webster. Is.
Division No. 2, Counties, 10 Con
testants-First prize, w. w. Brown
Amenia, 800; second prize, J. B. Pow.
er. $50; third prize, c. w. Williamson
Bros, Havana, Is.
Division No. 8, 13 Counties, 4 Con
testants-First prize. E. H. Heine, FL
lendale, 800: second prize, H. M
Smith. Fisher, 15O; third prize, ],
Sweensgaard, Bowen, Is.
Division No. 4, Counties, 3 Con.
testants-First prize, H. A. Nelson
Ray, 300; second prize, Geo. Horn
Ross, $50; third prize, Hans Hansen,
Carpio, Is.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
BOYS HEAD WAS SOLID SORE.

Hair All Came Out - Under Doctor
Three Months and No eetter-cutl
cura Works Wonders.
Mr.. A. G. Barnett, proprietor of q
general store in Award, Oklahoma.
tells in the following grateful letter
how Cuticura cured his son of a ter
rible eczema. my little bay had &c.
zema. His head was one solid sore.
all over his scalp; his hair all came
out. and he suffered very much.
had physician treat him, but at the
end of three months he was no bet.
ter. remembered that the Cuticura
Remedies had cured me, and after
giving him two bottles of Cutlcura
Resolvent, according to directions.
and using Cuticura Soap and Oint'
ment on him daily, his eczema left
him, his hair grew again, and he has
never had any eczema since. We
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment,
and they keep our skin soft and
healthy. cheerfuily recommend the
Cuticura Remedies for all cases OF
eczema. A. G. Barnett. Mar. go
..9C5,"
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

meeting probably will be held at Far
go at the time of the drainage con
vention, Dec. II to IL.
Heretofore We have been handi
capped by lack of funds" said Mr.
Major, "but now that the bankers are
interested, I think We will be able tc
secure the necessary money, and, wha,
is more. we have their influence bacr
Of us. There should not be any grea,
difficulty in organizing the association
now that the people generally Through
out the state are thoroughly aroused
and appreciate the situation"
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
NEW YEARS CALLS.
A New Drink to Replace the old.Tlms
"AppIe-Jack."

Twenty-Five years ago the custom Of
making New Years calls was de-
lightful one for all concerned, until
some of the boys got more "egg-nog'
or "apple-jack" than they could sue
cess::ally carry.
Then the ladies tried to be charit-
able and the gentlemen tried to be
as chivalrous as ever and stand up at
the same time.
II anyone thinks there has not been
considerable improvement made in the
last quarter Of century in the use
of alcoohlic beverages, let him stop
to consider, among other things. the
fact that the old custom of New Years
calls and the genteel tippling is nearly
obsolete.
The custom Of calling on ones
friends. however, at the beginning Of
the new year, is q good habit, and an
other good habit to start at that time
is the use Of well-made Postum I'M
stead Of coffee or spirits.
A Staten Island doctor has q SEN
sible daughter who has set Postum
before her guests as good thing to
drink at Yule Tide. and q good way
to begin the New Year. Her father
writes:
my daughter and I have used
Postum. for some time past, and We
feel sure it contains wholesome food
material.
Il shall not only recommend It to
my patients, but my daughter win b
MOST pleased to give denomination
'of Postum to our Christmas and New
Years callers."' Read "The Road to
Wellville" u pkgs. There's Q reason
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

fore me. and had dizzy spells. For
ten years I could not do housework,
and for two years did not get out OF
the house. The kidney secretions
were irregular, and doctors were not
helping me. Doan's Kidney Pills
brought me quick relief, and finally
cured me. They saved my life."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a boz
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Points About London.

In London q child IL born eyery
three minutes, and q death is recorded
every ave minutes. The city contains
100 railway stations, 5000 omnibuses.
1000 hansoms. $4,000 cabs and 1000
tram cars. Daily 100000 person.,
travel On underground railways, ~
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

Frank Kaser of Bowbells cut one .,
MS hands on the ragged edge Of a
metal grain measure, and as a conse.
quence has been suffering from q bad
case Of blood p.,isonir
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

JolillhS ltllu us possible. Wnllc Clero
could undoubtedly be no better in
vestment for him than that the credit
lies to large extent with the small
country banker that this spirit has
been kept within reasonable bounds
that they have tempered with produce
the enthusiasm of the farmer-investor,
and that he has not been allowed to 20
beyond his depth.
No Room for the Agitator.
There is small room in North Da-
kota for the agitator, the spreader of
dissatisfaction among working men.
There is work for every one here and
for many thousands who are not.
Throughout the harvest season both
the railroads and the farms, the two
users of labor in large quantities,
worked shorthanded, and now that the
harvesters have left the fields the de-
mands of the railroads are still I'm
satisfied. Every train entering North
Dakota carries its quota of men for
railway construction work in the
Northwest, and still the roads have
but small proportion of what they
need. Skilled tradesmen are equally
in demand, building, of all kinds, be-
ing at high ebb throughout the state
Wages, needless to say, are high.
The railroad building of this wear
should in itself furnish an important
chapter in the history of the state
the story of the bringing of the worlds
markets to vast areas of fertile farm.
ing country heretofore many miles
from transportation facilities. of the
coming Of the road to towns which
have waited generation for "the
trains" of the springing up almost in
a single night of towns, of elevators
and stores and banks and busy people.
And with this there Is, Of course. an.
other side, when, in the competition
of railroad building, some PROMISING
town finds perhaps half of its terri.
tory cut off and its promises for the
future gone glimmering.
The Traffic Congestion.
or course, one great topic for con.
versation throughout the state now is
the railroad congestion, and it is con.
sidered that this falls experiences
have definitely proved that the coun.
try has outgrown the railways single
track main lines. Travellers saw that
the passenger trains hardly pass
siding on which there is not a stock
train side tracked. It seems to be
not SO much a matter of getting cars
to move the crop as of getting the cars
moved. While many elevators report
it impossible to get cars. others saw
they have plenty of cars, but that the.
can't get them moved.
While such difficulties as these NAV
present temporary obstacles from the
present situation, the year 1906 NAV
f1ttingly take its place in the ranks
OF the wonderful series Of years which
have brought to North Dakota a world.
wide fame and which have done their
share to make it land where no man
need be idle for lack of profitable EN-.
ployment, where no man need ba noo,
Tor lack of opportunities for a com.
Portable income, and where no man
need let his money lay idle for lacl,
OF profitable investments.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Financial and Industrial
Situation in North Dakota

Correspondence in the Commercial
West: Conditions change so rapidly
in the state of North Dakota and de-
velopment is going on so constantly
that it is difficult to write of the con-
diticns of the state other than in gem
eral terms. Up to the time of this
writing collections have undoubtedly
been unusually slow. 1t is quite
probable that if, by the time this is
published, freezing weather has set in,
there will be another story to tell. Up
to the present, however, collections
have been slow. There has been no
particular feeling of uneasiness on this
score on the part of the bankers,
though, because the crops have been
produced. Right there lies the prin-
cipal difficulty-the crops have been
produced, but one can hardly go fur
ther and say that much has been done
with the crop further than the produo-
,, tion. Mighty little of it has been
shipped, and more than that in sur.
prisingly large number of instances
mighty little Of the crop has been
moved, even so far as the elevators.
Throughout the threshing season re-
markable weather prevailed, and there
were no rainy days when the threshers
were unable to work, and the farmers
had nothing to do but haul grain to
town. AS soon as the threshing was
,, over, the farmers. in most cases hauled
only enough grain to the elevators
to pay OF the threshing bills and such
other bills as absolutely demanded
payment. The weather was too per-
feet for plowing to be used for haul
ing grain. 1t is generally said that a
greater amount of fall plowing has
been done this year than ever before
In the history of the state. Many
farmers will continue to plow until
stopped by freezing weather. Their
determination to plow rather than to
haul grain to the elevators was streng-
thened by fairly general conviction
that the price of wheat was to low
and that by holding they could realize
better prices. This was shown in the
tendency, where grain was hauled. to
take storage tickets for the wheat
rather than the money at current
prices.
Farmers Take Storage Tickets.
In holding their grain on the farms
the farmers have been aided by the
fact that profiting by their experiences
of former years with elevators already
filled and unable to care for their
wheat they have built grainaries on
their farms in which to store their
wheat.
The matter of taking storage tickets
rather than storing the wheat outright
Is frequently spoken Of by the bankers.
While the banker can have little
anxiety concerning the ultimate pay.
ment Of the indebtedness of the man
who holds the storage tickets for grain
representing several times the amount
OF the debts. yet there is afforded
room for considerable Irritation.
The newness of the country, the
money the farmers are making and the
rapid advance in the price of farm
lands, together produce tendency
which the country bankers generally
are doing excellent work in keeping
down to legitimate level. When a
farmer has in few years completed
large part of the payments on his
quarter or half section and sees the in.
crease In the value of land around him
every year he naturally feels an in.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

National Pure Food and Drugs Act.
The Garfield Remedies meet with the
highest requirements of the new Law.
Take Garfield Tea for constipation.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

A girls idea of a delightful play is
one that makes her cry-and order Q
lobster after it's over.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
GRAIN ASSOCIATION IN EMBRYO.

Planned to Organize Next Month and
Lease Great Northern Elevator.
.. J. Major Of Hope. secretary Of
the Farmers Elevator association, an
nounces that steps looking to the or.
ganization Of an independent elevator
association for the purpose of leasing
the Great Northern elevator at supe.
rior will be taken at a preliminary
meeting Of those interested. The
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

If you would hear the Joy of heaven
you must 60 into the saddest places OF
earth.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
ooooooooooooOoooo

. Defendant-John S. Murphy, Mi
. not.
. Charge-Forgery, third degree.
. Arrested-July z, 1905.
. First Trial-Began Jan. 5, 1906.
. Verdict-Jury disagreed.
. Second Trial-Began Nov. s, 1906.
. Verdict-Guilty.
. Penalty-Not less than one nor
. more than five years.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
His lono Career

His Long Career.
HAS he been writing poetry long"
Cad, yes! Why, he owes money
to over forty landlords"
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
TEN YEARS OF PAIN.
Unable 20 Do Even Housswork %,
cause Of Kidney Troubles.
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich. Of Clinton
street, Napoleon, O., says: "For al.


teen years I was Q
great sufferer from
kidney troubles. Ny
back panied me ter.
ribly. Every turn
or move caused
sharp ootin g
pains. My eyesight
was poor, dark
sDOts appeared he.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

.
G. M. Loerch of Lansford raised
2,066 bushels Of fax from 160 acres
Notwithstanding that hail struck 81
acres, damaging it to such an extent
that he collected $1.s5 an acre damage
from the Northwestern Fire and Ma
rine Insurance company. He did his
own work with four horses.
On farm In Richland county is Z
granary that is as inexpensive as it ID
unique. It was made by setting posts
in the ground for corners, and woven
wire is used for the sides. AS the
grain Is run in q layer Of hay is laid
around the edge between the grain
and the wire. II care is taken in plac.
ing the hay it is claimed that not Z
kernel Will be lost.
The Devils Lake Commercial club
went after the Northwestern Iron
Works located at Churches Ferry and
induced It to move to the former city.
Thomas Plunkett Of Epping met
with . serious accident ON Monday.
He wsa hunting near the Missouri
river whom his gun accidentally dis.
charged into the ground, throwins
back some particles Of stone and
gravel With such intensity that they
entered his foot and left wounds 40
serious % Z direct shot. He was
taken homo on Tuesday. where he had
his wound treated by 9 physician.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-23
CHARGED
BY BROWN
Sheriff Had Evidence
for Charges--Not
for Trials.

Shortly after II O'Clock on Saturday
of people. there was a disgracefuI fight
at the corner of King and Bethel
streets, in which a woman and two or
three men, all somewhat the worse for
drink, were engaged. The woman and
two of the men were arrested and
taken to the police station. There It
was seen that the woman had been
badly beaten. Her mouth was cut and
bleeding and her face was swollen. Her
dress and condition told the story of
her occupa ton. One of the men, Ha-
waiian, was also badly beaten about
the face and complained that he had
been kicked more than once after he
had been knocked down. He is S." | to
be the regular associate of the Il.
The third member of the arre trio
was a white man, an oiler from tie
Alameda.
The trio were interviewed at the sta
ton by Sheriff Brown in person, who
ordered the receiving clerk to charge
the woman with being a common pros
titute and to lock her up. The white
man was charged with having COM
mitted assault and battery upon the
woman, her story being to the effect
that she had been struck by him, and
the Hawaiian was not charged. his
name being taken witness.
On Monday there was no reference
to either of the cases on the police
court register Inquiry elected the fact
that the man and the woman had been
released on Sunday and both cases
dropped. Assistant Sheriff Vida was
interviewed in the matter.
Vida stated that the difficulty of Sc
eeuring evidence against the woman had
induced the withdrawing of the charge
of the Sheriff himself there had been
sufficient evidence on Saturday to
charge her and imprison her. The man
was released because, said Vida, the
woman did not wish to press the
charge against him, although the as
sault he had committed was a vicious
one and seen by many persons, includ-
ing, doubtless. the police officer who
made the arrest.
On Saturday, too. there had been ten
arrests for drunkenness on the streets
On Monday only three persons were
charged with this offense on the police
court calendar. The other seven, &C
cordine to Vida. had been released
without trial.