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Woman's Club Notes.

The Philanthropic Section met
at the L. O. F. Home on Monday
afternoon. The Section was well
attended and donations we're re-
ceived amounting to 50 90 for
which the matron thanks all.
These showers have been very
helpful toward aiding the Home.
The Section arranged TO have a
moonlight fete on June 20, at
Mrs. Venie Warrens residence.
The Club will tender Mrs.
Faulkner a reception at the L. O.
r. Home on Monday. June 4th,
hours, 3 to 5p. m. All Club mem
bers remember the date. Press
reporters are cordially invited to
attend reception.-Club Reporter
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1906-06-02
of d human being.

Jacksonville is a beautiful
place-noted for churches, her
schools and colleges, her asyl
ums, her banks and her beauti
full and charming ladies. some
call this city the crazy town, >
Our stay wes short and a com
prehensive description is not
possible in this epistle. The
CITY has population Of about
$4,000 about $500 of whom are
Negroes
We met Rev. Derrick, pastor
of the Baptist church, a young
man, a native of Morgan county
and very intelligent gentleman,
having been educated in the fine
schools of Jacksonville and at
Wilberforce University The
colored people have some very
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1906-06-02
MoTTO:

1T is no benefit to have given
me something, but it is a benefit
to have enabled me to obtain
something for myself. Elmer
son.
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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1906-06-02
15C A MONTH

and wife, have a nice home on
Ana ST. and are doing nicely.
We had the pleasure Of Ion e
conversation with Mr.'Iubbaad
a man who appears to have seen
B score years and ten. finding
him to be well Uniformed and pos
sessing high ideals, conversant
on al important questions and
living under the very shadow of
his own vine and fig tree. Robt'
Blue successfully passed the civ
il service examination for fire
man, making 95, and being the
5th eligible to appointment.
Jacksonville is a good place to
live in, in the new division uorth
of the rail read there are large
garden sites. Mrs. Washington
On Dunl = s,r !et, is Very indus
trious, m king . or 3 gardens.
The Mallory Brothers.
We also visited the famous
Mallory brothers, whose home
is here in Jacksonville. These
young men are better known on
the stage and in large cities than
in Jacksonville, They have trav-
eled over this entire country and
many foreign countries Their
rsrut tioa as musicians and
high class vaudeville is fine.
They showed US through their
home. which is small palace, in
Side-all modern convenienmceS,
light, gas, heat and water are
connected They are real gen
tlemen. The wives are very
pleasing ladies, who had just en-
tertained the ladies club on the
lawn. They own considerable
property-several lots and hous-
es in the So. end, just bought
lot in the west end where prop
erty is highest and they own ev-
cry lot in the block where they
live save one. Staff Correspond
ent.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
AN AWFUL PACE.

Never was the craze for things SEN
sational SO great as it is now. This
Is not good omen for the future of
the human race. 1t justifies the asser-
ton made short while ago by an
eminent physician that, owing to the
nerve-racking pace at which we are
going. there will soon develop a long
line of diseases, in addition to those
already known, that will test the skill
of medical men beyond all precedent.
Hysteria is to be found in varied form
in almost every line of business, in
every walk of life. The mental appe-
tlte OF the individual and of the masses
Graves the extraordinary, the unusual,
the dangerous. Strenuousness would
perhaps be the comprehensive term for
the thing which appears to be in COM
plete command of human affairs, and
the man or woman who survives the
awful pace must have nerves of steel
and fibre of iron. The old inquiry,
whittier are we drifting?" should be
changed to whittier are we rushing?"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
THE EVENING TINES, GRAND FORKS, N. D.

business did not continue remunera-
tive, could change his location, but
that once trunk line railroad is con-
structed it must necessarily remain
whether the country continued to sup
port it or not
1t then behooves those who are in
terested in roads depending upon agri-
cultural freight traffic to build up
the waste places. and to cause the
desert to bring forth rich harvests.
II by investing ten thousand dollars
in laying the foundation for convert
ing the Red river valley into heavy
crop producing region, the freight
traffic of the railroads is added to in
proportion to the increase in crop
production, the investment is a good
one. Mr.. Hill estimates that drainage
will double the wheat yields of the
valley and this means the doubling of
the profit of the roads,in conveying
wheat to market.
The offer then takes the form of that
of far-seeing business man con-
tributing his share to general pur-
pose from which he will derive a COM
mensurate benefit.
This does not make the offer any
the less appreciated, but it gives it
the dignity of a business deal rather
than matter of charity, and this was
just what Mr.. Hill intended it should
he
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
CONCERNING THE MAYORALTY

The primaries for the selection of
municipal officers for this city will be
held on March 6, and the election will
be held on April 2.
The Evening Times has sufficient
faith in the good Judgment and integ-
rity of the republicans of this city to
believe that the selection of a can
didate by the majority of the party at
the primaries will be man of such
character and standing in the COM
munity that giving him loyal sup
port after his nomination will in no
manner bring the blush of, shame to
the cheek of any one.
| There may be different policies pur-
sued by different men should they be
elected. and they may stand before the
| people on different platforms. But
once the majority has spoken the de-
cision becomes the voice of God in a
government by the people such as
| ours.
In deciding between the policies to
be pursued, however, The Evening
Times believes that the policy which
will be of greatest advantage to Grand
Forks is a strong, progressive one.
a policy that will push the city for
ward to the position it is destined to
I fill as commercial centre of the
| state and of the northwest, and that
will bring to it such commercial en-
terprises as are seeking locations in
progressive cities.
| 1t is we'll to remember that during
the years of Mayor Dinnie's in
cumbency, the city made more mater
ial progress than during any other
similar period of it's history.
| If the city is to, move forward now
it is evident that similar admins
tration must be inaugurated, and that
in making choice at the primaries
the fitness of the candidate in this
particular, and the policy he will pur-
sue if elected, are matters for serious
consideration.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
PULSE OF THE PRESS
Spare Our Blushex.
(sisseton (s. pl Standard.

AS we write these few lines there
lays on our desk copy of Grand
Forks IN. d. new daily, the Evening
Times, by the Times Publishing Com
pany, Incorporated. AS we turn to
the editorial page, the names of S. ].
Small, manager; H. H. Lampman, edi-
tor and w. H. Alexander, circulation
manager, greet our vision-all we'll
known newspaper men of the Flicker
tail' state, and who are qualified to
make the new venture success if any
one could. Lampman is an old side
kicker of the writer and for quarter
of century friend, and we speak
as one in authority when we say that
as an editorial writer he has few
equals in the Northwest, and is a
newspaper man to the manor born, a
scholar and a gentleman, yet one who,
when the occasion requires, can dip
his quill in gall and vinegar and cruelty
his enemies. The Times contains 10
pages of seven columns each, and its
general makeup shows the handiwork
of mechanics. The paper would be a
credit to city many times larger than
Grand Forks.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13

Captain in the Hussars of Languedoc.
1urlng the yearl763." Illustrated By
Coz 8-5, = = :, - -
Charles scribner's Sons have dovn
1or spring publication the translation
OF Professor Friedrich Paulsen's work
on on the German Universities" by Prof.
Frank Thil!y of Princeton and w. ".
Elwang OF the University Of Missouri.
:, MISS A. 9. Rays Quebec romance
Brown & Co, will be entitled Hears
ana Creeds," and will have a mixed
marriage for its central Incident the
pride being O Protestant girl. the
bridegroom French canadian Ca+hn-
lie. ~ 81 81 ! :. -.A<-
Rudyard Kipling celebrated his for
tiethH birthday last month. In exnfana-
lion of the famous noyelists nncon- Z.
ventional Christian name q romanti.
story is told. There is a village of
Rudyard, in Staffordshlre. and II =
said that at picnic there. Mr.. I,ock-
wood Kipling met girl with whom ~
tell in love at first sight. and whom ~
married: when their flrst son was
born they Economically named him ~,
ter the place Of their earliest meat,nr !.
The Harpers are publishing : ma
novel Dy Samuel M. Gardenshiro, Az
tao a.t 81 Lux Crucis" and '4The siiencs
Of Mrs; Harold." The title Of the new
sIory5ls the Long Arm" and. II is
concerned with further narration of
ne exploits and adventures of Is
DIois Conners. an amateur detective.
:, W sl.s nrs, appeared in the authors ear
Percy Fitzgerald's NE of M Han ~ v
irving is to be publishes, III stl,e snrsn M. !. Y
fusely illustrated. 80 R1 4.
Ronald Macd0nald, con 81 t,a ,....
George Macdonald, ilas & nnvaI -c.i,.S 4
The Sea Maid, Il hicX Isss 4, Z. ~.
'thuen pnblish this month n 81
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
THE MISSOURI SLOPE.

The Times is in receipt of letter
from an eastern farmer who received
a copy through friend, asking what,
if any, part of the state offers an OPP
portunity for men in moderate circum-
stances to get start with reasonable
prospects of realizing competency.
1t is not our policy to boom any one
part of the state to the detriment of
another, but it must be remembered
that the opportunities in different
parts of the state are also different.
For a man like our correspondent
who has only his labor and enough
property to realize him four to five
hundred dollars, the Missouri slope
certainly offers the greatest opportun-
ities
There he can procure IA quarter sec
ton of land for the asking. Upon this
with few hundred dollars and his
own labor, he can build a home.
He can always find employment at
good wages during the time his first
crop is growing, and from this income
he can live until his land begins to
make returns.
The life will not be pathway of
roses, but it will be no worse than that
which hundreds of families are exper-
fencing in their present locations with
no hope whatever for the future.
In the North Dakota case it is diff
ferent.
If the increase in land values in
Ward county and the territory con-
tiguous to it, is any criterion, land on
the Missouri slope will be worth when
patented, from ten to twenty dollars
an acre.
What has the owner made? A living
for his family, home worth on the
market two thousand dollars, and the
foundation of an Independent living
These figures would not be attrac-
tive to millionaires, but they mean
much to men who have spent half the
allotted period of life and are hardly
able to make the books balance.
To such the sacrifice is worth the
reward.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
A BUSINESS GIFT.

The proposal of Mr.. Hill to give
one-third the cost Of a typographical
survey of the Red river valley was
munificent one, and one that stamps
Mr.. Hill not SO much as philanthrop-
list seeking notoriety by means of his
donation, as business man who
is ready and willing to do his share
in public matter in which he and his
fellowmen will be benefited. The offer
was not made by him as play to
/ the galleries.
He had made It clear that the Great
Northern ,railroad was here to stay.
That the average business man II his
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
WE PAUSE FOR REPLY.

Let us begin at the beginning and
come down the line with the Goddess
of Justice duly and appropriately
blindfolded. What republican state
administration from John Miller to E.
Y. Sarles, inclusive, has betrayed it's
trust? Will those journals that have
complained so much about gangs"
and bosses" casting aspersions upon
the characters of reputable citizens.
please answer?
Meantime they should tell the tax
payers why it is that the said jour-
nails have not even suggested reform
in the rate of second-ciass mail mat
ter. Think of it! Seventy-five per
cent of the total weight of Uncle Sans
mail is composed OF newspapers and
magazines, and yet the publishers pay
but four per cent of the cost of car
rying them. Here is graft of such
magnitude we can scarcely believe
that any reputable publisher would re-
main silent under the shadow of it.
A free gift to the publishers last year
of $27,000,000, according to the post
master general! Surely such gratu-
ity as this, not to call it by harsher
name, calls for some explanation by
the gentlemen who are engaged in re-
forming everybody else.
Here is an opportunity for genuine
reform. The Evening Times is we'll
aware that in making this suggestion
it will incur the displeasure of some
of it's good, honest contemporaries,
but The Evening Times is proceeding
upon the theory that there should be
| square DEAL"
Now if any of the republican state
administrations have imposed upon
the taxpayers the facts should be
stated, just as Postmaster General
Cortelyou has stated the facts about
the publishers graft. OF course, con-
gross is to blame for putting the rate
at figure that entails great loss
upon the government, but who asked
| congress to do it? And who will
swear at congress should it increase
the rate?
The Evening Times is perfectly
agreeable to paying higher rate for
the privilege it enjoys of passing
through the mails to it's subscribers.
| If the publishers of the country would
ask congress to increase the rate on
their products perhaps small taxpay-
ers might look hopefully forward to
one-cent letter postage.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
Looks Good to Beveridge.

The new paper, the Grand Forks
Evening Times, made it's appearance
last Monday, and if first impressions
count, will take front rank among the
newspapers of the Northwest. With
two such experienced men as Small
and Lampman the new publication is
certain to make a mark that will be
envied by it's older competitors in the
journalistic field. The Times has the
full Associated Press dispatches, and
starts with an excellent line of adver-
Using. special feature will be made
of local and state news, and the me-
chanical department is one of the
most thoroly and completely equipped
of any paper in the state, and is not
surpassed by any in the Twin Cities.
A complete job plant and book binding
department are run in connection with
the Times. In politics the new paper
announces its policy as one of I'M
wavering republicanism.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
Looks Like u Fine One.

The Evening Times. Grand Forks
new daily newspaper, has reached our
desk. We didn't yet receive the first
number of the new sheet, SO still re-
main in blissful ignorance of the po-
litical policy which the paper an
nounced at the beginning it would pur-
sue. The new paper is an eight-page
sheet of fifty-six columns, we'll filled
with interesting news and editorial
matter dished up to latter-day intel
lectual taste. 1t also carries a fine,
large advertising patronage and bears
every indication that it was born to
live and contend for the faith once
delivered to the rank and file of pro-
gressive North Dakota citizenship, At
its helm are the well-known, able
newspaper men, H. H. Lampman, edi-
tor, and s. J. Small, business manager.
This insures both the editorial and
business success of the Times. Grand
Forks and North Dakota will profit by
the new evening daily.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
g%ti5HE 5ji,jf!z@D
THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Hooking Richard ii. of England,
murdered.
1689-Baron de Montesquleu, French
author, born.
1690-George Fox, founder of the
Quakers, died.
1716-Elizabeth Patch. first female
born in colony of Massachusetts, died.
l752-Act to change beginning of the
year from March oath to Jan. 1st
1797-Elizabeth Christian, wife of
Frederick the Great, died.
l8OS-Salmon p. Chase born.
1814-Point Petre, ia, surrendered
to the British
1S25-Slavery abolished in Mexico.
1S40-Forty lives lost in burning of
steamer Lexington, Long Island Sound,
between New York and Stonington.
1S62-Burnside's expedition arrived
at Hatteras Inlet, N. C..
1S67-Capital of Canadian confeder-
alton moved from Ottawa to Quebec.
1851. S. Senate refused to ap-
prove suspension of Secretary Stanton.
1S74-Communist riot, Tompliins
Square, New York.
1875-The Guikwar of Baroda I'm
dial arrested by British authorities on
the charge of murder.
1S79-Dinas colliery explosion.
1SS5-Schuyler ColfaX, ex-vice-pres-
ident of the United States, died.
18S5-Governor William Hale of
Wyoming Territory, died.
18S6-One thousand cigar makers
went on strike in New York.
18S7-Freedom of City of London
conferred upon Henry M. Stanley.
1891-Irish National League met at
Dublin with Parnell presiding.
1894-British troops defeated 1000
Sofas in Sierra Leone.
1900-Congressman Nelson Dingley
of Maine, died.
1905-Japanese entered Port Arthur.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
Short Cuts

Editor Nye of Inkster joins the
ranks of the benedicts.
John F. Faytle is the new editor
of the McHenry Free Press.
The advertisers forced the Bottineau
Courant to issue a 16-page paper.
Editor Valiant of the Balfour Lead
er has sold the paper to D. T. Owens.
The Valley City Times Record is
moving into the recently furnished
Office.
Mrs. Dougherty's paper has changed
its name from the Sarles to the Adams
Budget.
Editor Quamme Of the Searchlight
has been appointed postmaster at
Martin.
Under the new management the La
kota Herald has increased its size to
eight pages.
Editor Manning Of Sheyenne is said
to have run Maltese cat through his
cylinder press.
There was a wreck on the Soo's
northern line and six cars of fax were
used for ballast. ~
The Sherwood Journal was sold by
Editor Snitzler to Shannon & Mac
kinnon of Cogswell.
A Bismarck highwayman knocked
Germaine Chabbot down, and then got
nothing for his trouble
The Kenmare Journal appears in
enlarged form as a result Of the es-
Establishment of a new cylinder press.
Editor M. o. Hall of Mohall will
spend the winter in Norway seeking
relief from an acute attack of dia-
betes.
The Nome Tribune has been started
by Walter Johnson. 1t has nice
advertising patronage and is we'll
edited
The Kuhn Messenger lost it's outfit
in the fire, but Editor Parker got his
sheet out for the next issue right on
time.
Mark Hunt has sold his Fessenden
Free Press to Brinton Bros, who have
} been operating it under lease for some
time past.
Archie Young of Buford, was fatally
shot while attending dance at Mon
,dak, town just over the border in
Montana.
The Pembina Pioneer Press kicks
because SO much of the term of the
district court was occupied in trying
blind pig cases.
Z S. P. French. hotel man who had
run blind pig as a side issue at
Washburn, left without giving the
customary notice. 5
The Jamestown Alert was given
first prize--$75-by Commissioner Gill
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
Better Than We Anticipated.


The Evening Times, the new Grand
Forks daily, made it's initial appear
ance on New Years day. The Times
is even better than We expected it
would be-and that's pretty good. The
first number contained twelve seven
column pages, and the paper as
whole has thoroughly metropolitan
appearance that is good to look upon.
H. H. Lampman sits on the editorial
tripod in the Office of the new publ
cation; S. ]. Small holds down the
managers desk, while VIM. H. Alex
ander hustles subscribers The motto
of the Times prominently displayed
is "a square deal for and that
sounds good to us. The Times is a
newspaper in every sense of the word,
and success is written large on it's
horoscope.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
WHAT OF ITS WORK.

1t savors somewhat of verbosity to
attempt to add anything to the splen-
did list of papers and discussions that
we're presented to the drainage con-
vention. In fact, if every land owner
in the territory interested had heard
them, there would be little remain
ing to be said.
The only thing that remains is to
give publicity to the theories advanced
and the advantages indicated SO that
the splendid work so auspiciously be-
gun may be pushed to completion.
It is we'll known, though sadly re-
grettable fact, that the lands in the
valley are not producing as great
quantity of wheat as are those of the
counties farther west
The unanimous verdict of those who
attended the convention and were
qualified to speak-farmers of large
experience and good judgment, spe-
cialists who had devoted years to the
study of the subject, and men who
have been observing and studying con-
ditions for score and more of years
was that while the land is not yield
ing what it should, and the price OF
land based upon it's income producing
power, is far below what it ought to
be, the entire cause of both is the
flooded condition of the land
Another thing emphatically proven
by the convention discussions is that
the draining of the valley, both from
the overflow of the river and from the
rainfall on the land, is practical
matter.
The only thing upon which the con-
vention could not offer specific in
formation is that of how the end
might best be accomplished.
There are obstacles to be overcome.
Some of the land owners protest with
some show of reason, against the
building of bitches, which while drain
ing the land, work special injury to
them. Some equitable way of taxing
the land so that it will contribute in
! proportion to the benefit it receives
from the work, must be adopted. This
Z would meet the cause of many of the
petty objections that now hinder and
delay the work.
Suggestions worthy of serious and
careful consideration were made dur
ing the convention looking to these
B matters, and a prosecution of the
{ work along the lines therein indicated
would certainly lead to good results.
s3 The foundations for the work have
been laid broad and deep and the
Building OF the superstructure is in
capable hands. A loyal and intelli-
gent support from the public inter
sestsd will enable those having the fu-
tnre of the work in charge to do 1t SO
shoroughly that there will soon be
- need Of conventions TO formulate
Splans and educate the public. 4.