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offers to depositors absolute security.
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal tire atment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues Its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
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lie i One Word.

"Such an amendment" said Sena.
tor Tillman during u debate, "would
destroy the bills meaning as the
meaning of the epitaph on old John
Skinn's tombstone was destroyed.
An amendment was tackled to John
Skinn's epitaph. 1t consisted Of one
word--the word friend 1t was put
on in the dead Of night. The epitaph
previous to the amendment read. 'He
did his BEST
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Origin Of

What is the origin OF the word
"whigT \ twenty-year-old number OF
Surgeons magazine. Sword and Trow-
81, says. I'm Cromwelrs day the royal
lists first called the liberals wings. tax
ing the first letter Of each word In their
motto. We hope IN God and forming
thelA into this word"
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Has Three Climates.

Abyssinia has three climates, accord
ing to the altitude above the sea. In
the low country or valleys bananas.
dates, indigo, cotton and other tropical
plants flourish. Elephants. lions, 81
RATES., zebras and gazelles abound. The
intermediate zone recalls the climate
Of Sicily Or Of Andalusia, in Spain.
There is good pasture for flocks and
herds in the highest region.
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Because They Surrendered.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 3O.-The
trials by court martial of Admirals
Nebogatotf, Grigoreitf and Smiruotf,
and the subordinate unwounded naval
officers. for surreudering to the Jap
aaese in the battle Of the Sea Of ] apau,
will begin in June. The accused Off.
GERS are liable TO the death penalty.
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An EXPLANATION.

Joe-But, my dear fellow. is your N.
come enough to justify your marrying?
Fred-l'm afraid not. Joe-Tnen wAa;
reason have you for taking SO serious
a step? Frcd-I have no reason. Fa
In love.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-21
Commercial Museum for Yale

Yale r1nlveraity Is 10 have a CONNER
caAl museum. Tie new institution Win
he working laboratory In connection
with courses now offered In cornmercii
geography by Professors Keller and
Gregory.
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The Island of Bombay .

d., Ne stories Of geographical bInndcrinp
- ps Ftat va, 1qld by Sir Clements Marx,
t t,,ti ~ cambridge last week appear TO
,,,aNe neeit serlous as hchtled tie occas~
ion. But one such story ,n,usi,,s.
enough The description or Bombay FOR
mtl,l,Il lns great Lord Clarendon was re-
Months OF NEGOTIATION with Inc Portu-
s 81 e9}V 1 had taught him SO lit
ineilding the lnarrlage,of Charles 10 Kahn
e'7e i o. Erae ga he told The peers that
tons free trade with BraIi IN ihs 80 t's
Jadles and forever 10 annex 10 tho crown
q e.. Englend The island Of Bombay, win
al very little distance IRON Bnrif,a =, I, = :
Further his grandson, who died in liza.
copied and edited The eArl;s speeches tn1,
Publication, but he left thiB "howlertt m,
touched, without even q comment, cas-,
ing Bombay. with all ite dues ana re|e-
rties, 10 the East india COtnnar,.. ~,
SO a year Was something OF a geoeranb.
zeal biunder in action.-rPall Mail GAMMA
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

kets where 1t can be advantageously
sold. II these amicable relations can
be continued, and there Is no good
reason why they cannot. a continuance
OF the present prosperous condition
among the North Dakota farmers may
be looked for. The prosperity of both
state and railways depends upon har-
mony and fair dealing all around.
North Dakota is viewed solely as
prairie state, yet there are numerous
resorts, we'll scattered over the state,
scarcely county without beauty
spots. In fact there is variety enough
to make the state summer resort.
Devils Lake with its Chautauqua
grounds and the state military en-
campment grounds is perhaps the
most conspicuous, but there are other
lakes, not to speak Of opportunities
for sojurn among natures wilds along
the Red, James. sheyenne, Missouri
and Mouse. West of the Missouri in
the Medora region there is a veritable
wonderland.
North Dakota was the first state to
take up the practical way Of handling
of adulterated goods. All prepared
foods must print the fact Of adultera-
ton on labels, while patent medicines
must print formulas. The important
features Of the state enactment are
embodied In the pure food laws be-
fore congress.
1t is a commonplace to apply the
term paradise of the sportsman" but
it's true as far as the feathered tribes
are concerned. During the spring and
fall migrations Of wild geese and duck
North Dakota lakes and rivers are Wis
tied by vast flocks, while prairie chick
ems abound In all parts of the state.
Deer. can be found in plenty along the
Missouri river. The game law is strin-
gent, and license is required from all
hunters.
North Dakota will grow trees. Evil
dence of this fact can be seen in many
parts Of the state. On the grounds Of
the agricultural college at Fargo.
where not a tree or bush grew in
1890. there are now thousands of trees
Of forty or fifty varieties. some Of them
fifty feet high. Some growing from
the seed. There are also twenty-five
or more kinds Of shrubs, besides a
variety OF small fruits. Apple trees
are growing in various sections of the
state as far north as the Canadian
boundary. Intelligent effort as in
anything else will supply the prairie
home with groves, which will not only
add in comfort but measurably In the
sale value Of the farm. It Is a singu-
lar fact that at the worlds fair in
Chicago, North Dakota took the prem
ium for the best display of timber.
but not for wheat, as it has at other
great expositions since.
North Dakota is we'll represented
In congress. Messrs. Hansbrough and
McCumber in the senate and Marshall
and Gronna in the house. The state
also has powerful friend in Presi-
dent Roosevelt who represents North
Dakota in the executive department of
the government.
North Dakota ranked in 1905 as the
first state in number of bushels of
wheat produced, first in fax, first in
the average total value of farm prob
ucts per capita, and first in the num-
her of new miles of railway built. In
other wealth making and health giving
products it keeps well up in the list
with older states. Think Of what has
been accomplished in the state in the
face OF the early Misrepresentation
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

Of explorers and army ofncers. who
were long quoted 40 authority for the
belief that this was bleak and in
hospitable region. General sibley Of
Minnesota, who commanded troops
sent here during the Indian war, made
which he gave description Of North
Dakota which hardly agrees with
what one reads In documents coming
from the Offices of real estate men in
every county in the state, and con-
tanning statements. verified by news
paper reports, elevator balances and
credits on the right side Of bank ledg-
ers. Sibley's report, from which the
following extract is taken, was dated
In the field sixty miles west Of Alb
ercombie. Camp Stevens, Aug. 16.
1861" and said among other things:
1.-THE region traversei by my column
between the first crossing Of the river
and the coteau Of the Missouri is for
the most part uninhabitable. II the
devil were to select a residence on the
earth, he would probably choose this
particular district for an abode, with
the redskins numbering and plumber
ing bands as his ready ministers, to
verify by their ruthless deeds his iia-
bolical hate to all who belong to a
Christian race. Through this vast des-
ert lakes fair to the eye abound, but
generally their waters are strongly
alkaline or intensely bitter or brack-
ish. The valleys between them fire.
quently reek with sulphurous and
other disagreeable vapors. The heat
was so intolerable that the earth was
like heated furnace and the breezes
that swept along it's surface were
scorching and suffocating as the
famed sirccco."
North Dakota is still young. It only
has about six persons to the square
mile, compared with 200 in Massachu-
sets. Fargo is the gateway to the
state, as it is to northern Minnesota,
and no city 80 favorably located could
fail to grow with the growth certain
to come In this region, great In area
fertile In soil, rich in timber and ores
and so full of opportunities for divers
flied industries.
Many of the smaller towns of North
Dakota, as we'll as the larger cities H.
the seat of fourishing commercial
life. Every village has its newspaper
and commands the services Of profess
sional men Of high ability. Neverthe-
less there is abundant opportunity
both in commercial and professional:
lines and the person that desires to
go into business in North Dakota can
find plenty Of chances to do so with
better opportunities for success than
are to be found in the older and west
ern states. A letter addressed to the
secretary of the commercial club or
the mayor, in any town about which
the stranger desires information, will
to be given attention-Fargo Forum.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14
WHY NORTH DAKOTA IS CALLED
BREAD BASKET Of THE WORLD
MAGNIFICENT Domain Embraced Within The Limits of The State
Splendid Schools Excellent Lands Fine Climate, And Num-
Other Advantages Which Are Offered Homeseekers
Some Of The Things Which We Raise.

scattered them about in new homes on
the fertile prairies Of North Dakota.
Vast regions have been settled be-
fore, by the slow progress Of the years
but never as now under the invincible
whip Of steam and lightning. Quick
and easy transportation can now make
country rich and populous which
once was difficult of access and really
undesirable without connection with
the rest OF the world The steel rail
now penertates the western plains and
mountain valleys, and towns and cities
have been dropped along the way like
beads on a string. A man need not be
old to remember when Illinois seemed
out among the Indians and trip to
Iowa and Minnesota was like trip to
far country. Now a dozen railroads
reach the Rocky mountains and more
than half dozen have crossed the
great barrier and water their iron
horses in the Pacific And half of the
really great transcontinental routes
run across North Dakota and the
fourth one touches our boundary at
several points, and no other northwest
ern state is better served in this re-
spect
What is universally known as the
northwest" is really the center of
North America, the Oldest of contin-
ents. The northwest" is at the head
of the largest and most fertile valley
in the world, that of the Mississippi
Missouri river system within those
boundaries where are produced the
greatest variety Of staples for the use
of man to be found anywhere on earth.
So extensive is this territory, so mex
haustible its varied resources, that the
inroads which have been made upon
them by century of settlement and
upbuilding have scarce more than OPP
ened the eyes Of the world to the
wealth and immensely of this splendid
land, an empire of latent possibilities.
Few. even among actual residents,
have full realization of the great pos
sibilities which lies in the path of the
future. The Red River valley, famous
for growing the best wheat in the
world, lies midway between the head
waters Of this. dual river. The soil of
the valley Of the Red, as we'll as that
of vast stretches in all directions from
the valley is of extraordinary fertility
and easily adapted to the growth of
any variety of staple grain, plant or
vegetable, useful for the sustenance of
man In some respects much of this
vast region is too much devoted to one
crop, but as the country increases in
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

age the country is becoming more and
more diversified. Grass Is produced
in perfection, and dairying and the
raising Of live stock have already TAX
en- a strong hold. Another bountiful
source Of wealth lies east Of us in
the forests of Minnesota, as well as In
iron ore mines, the present largest
producers in the world.
The Red River valley Is the nearest
large agricultural section to the iron
region and the ports Of the worlds
greatest lake and an outlet to the
world by water. Indeed our state has
two more ways by water to the ocean
via the Red river to Hudson Bay and
the Atlantic and via the Missouri to
the gulf of Mexico and the Panama
canal. To the west along the lines Of
three transcontinental railways
which connect our state with the Pa
cific are sources of wealth and indus
try of which the world has not yet be-
gun to know or appreciate. In this
great land west of US the cattle, hor-
SEES and sheep industries are already
important and will continue to be b
source Of wealth in the long future.
Precious and base metals are also
found in abundance, and new discov-
cries of such wealth in new localities
are being constantly heralded to the
world. The iron horse is making his
way into new fields tributary to Fargo.
The value Of North Dakota farm
products in 1905 aggregated about
$150,000,0 900, from $4,000 farms, which
means an average of about $4,000 In
come to each farm from field and gar
den crops alone. What state can make
a higher showing?
The dairy products of North Dakota
in 1905 aggregated about 100000.
There are SO creameries and eight
cheese factories in operation, not to
speak of the home diaries in every To-
cality.
The live stock on the ranches and
farms of the state in 1905 is estimated
to have a value approaching 100000
900.
In what is usually considered a
small matter, that of chickens and
eggs, the income of the state in 1905
ran above 100000.
In the total value of all forms Of
farm products in North Dakota each
man, woman and child In the state has
ratio of nearly $3.50 each, an aver
age in excess of any other state in the
union. For state SO recently carved
out of what was once considered a
IF hn =
has made record by exhibits at the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14
When God made the white man.
He seemed to think 1t best,
To begin the lob down east.

When God made the white man,
He seemed to think 1t best,
To begin the job down east,
And finish it in the west.
1t was a recent belief, and the be-
lief may still be current in some parts
of our broad land, that little fringe
of country along the Mississippi river
was the only habitable region west OF
that great artery until the foothills Of
the Rocky mountains were reached.
Where there were no trees the land
must be sterile and valueless. This
was the idea prevalent among the early
settlers Of Illinois and across the Mis-
sissippi in Iowa and in southern Min
nesota, in which states the timber
along the streams was cleared OF by
hard labor and built up in the clearings
as was the case in the east, while the
prairie away from the forest strips
we're left to those who came later and
had no choice but to take the open
land.
THE prairies broad and beautiful.
For which the speech Of England has
no name"
Abundant field and garden crops
proved the fertility of the prairies but
another error had to be dislodged. and
that was that fruit, shade and forest
trees would not grow in the open coun-
try. The fallacy went down before the
march of experience and today the
prairie regions west Of the Mississippi
and Missouri are dotted all over with
forest groves and orchards.
It was DeTocqueville who said that
"the gradual and continuous progress
of the European races toward the
Rocky mountains has the solemnity Of
a providential event; 1t is like deluge
of men rising unabatedly and daily drl-
ven onward by the hand of God" That
was written by the great Frenchman
more than seventy years ago when
Chicago was frontier town, and this
northwest was not as we'll understood
as central Africa is today. If our Pa
risian statesman considered the OK
team movement of population "a de-
LUCE Of men," what would he think of
the mighty waves which have rolled
westward In later years, after Horace
Greedy had uttered his sententious adj
vice. "go west young man and grow
up with the country" What would he
have thought of Max Bass, who. in re-.
cent years has had the habit of gath
ering more than 1000 or more people
at time, with their goods and trans
porting them from old homes in east
ern states and within the week have
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MAK|NG WASHINGTON
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gressional appropriations, and the
money contributed by the tax payers:
and the expenditures pass under the
supervision and scrutiny of the &C
counting officers Of the treasury de-
partment. Thetotal assessab1e reai'
and personal property-the govern
ment property not being assessable-
amounted to $242. 22o. 5ss.s3 on Decem-
Der 1, 1905, as shown in the last an
nual report of the commissioners.
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Linens

Linen table sets dresser scarfs, cen.
ter pieces, doilies, tray cloths. Com
plete sets to match or separate pieces
Drawn work in pretty designs. IS to
$3.50
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Novelties

Silk jewel bags, channels lined
Soc and 75c
Travelling cases that roll up,
very convenient article, silk
covered 80. $3.50 and 1925
Ladies' belt in the latest
shapes and styles. Plaid belts,
beaded elastic belts, silk belts
beautifully ornamented with
cut steel, prices Csc to $500
Ladies' purses and shopping
bags, the assortment in this
line is exceptionally good.
Prices SOC to $1,000
Ladies Plain and Fancy Combs. Hav-
ing bought the sample line Of a large
eastern manufacturer, we are in a
position to show much larger and
liner assortment than could be car
ried ii bought in the regular way and
to sell at prices that will save you 80
to 50 per cent. No two combs alike
Prices 10c to Is.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-05
BAR Association PLE4.
TOters Must Choose Thirty-One Jus
tices at Election.

Albany. Sept. 4.-The fact that the probable un-
precedented number OF thirty-one justices of the
Supreme Court and several important officers are
20 he chosen by the people the next general cleo
tion is the subject Of address TO the bar OF the
state. issued tonight by the special committee OF
the State Bar Association judicial nominations.
The address was signed by Louis Marshall. Of New
York. chairman. and Frederick L. Wadhams. OF
Albany. secretary. II follows:
The voters Of this state are confronted with the
one justices OF the Supreme Court. together with
a number Of other important judicial officers NuI
OF the Judicial force of the state Although these
justices are 20 be chosen 5y the M voters nepye1snce
The state has been territorially divided: Nntn zen
great supreme Court our historical court of origi-
nal jurisdiction. Their powers extend thTonghouC @
the state They can be called upon TO sit IN any
Of its counties. From their number are selected
the justices Of the Appellate Division, and un9sp s
Court of Appeals may be recruited from their
ranks II is therefore matter or mohehtous e, b ir
OF these judicial districts there shall he chosen 10
the Supreme Court men of the highest character
In the selection of candidates for judicial offices
commanding influence. BY training and expert
ence they are familiar with the caIiIcaoH1S 1 ,Sa
lhose who should he placed on the bench ana me ne
Shai feaTessiv and 1Inseashlv make use Of their
knowledge for the better attainment Of the puohc
II may be said with entire safety that never IN
the history Of this community has there beS- -
election fraught with such potent conse9uefnSe ds
that which is about 10 occur. The Se!ectlon OF a
single Justice of the Supreme Court should DE an
act of great solemnity. What is 20 be said . an
election al which So extraordinary a number OF
justices is 70 be chosen each Of whom is 10 become
an instrument for the public veal or woe Tor the
term 4 fourteen years -. -, .,.,-.-.,,
II is therefore believed he fitting that this ca
be extended To every member Of the bar, witnout
regard political affiliation or personal pIeHilr
tiors to exert the utmost % his powers ana MS
influence TO induce the several political parties 20
place in nomination such only as VIII best con-
form 70 that ideal standard by which TIE asplIahl
for judicial hOnOTs should De mtaSuIei'
let il be understood that while II Is most deslL-
ahe that this result should he accomplished thtous
fhe medium OF the political parties which consul
t,lte so important part of our goyernmentai sNs-
tenn in the event that any party should 80 forget
is obligation the public as 10 make unht Judl-
cial nominations. the bar Of the state VIII not oe
SLOW 10 follow the preCedents which form proud
rage in its history Of leading the army OF Volun-
eers i'm aggressive battle against those VINO threaten
The security Of our government by laying unhal-
lowed hands its judiciary.