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

first Christmas rolled around it was
duly celebrated with "su'thin' right
down s'archin, and there was Just
enough Of it to go around and remind
the participants of similar festal gath
erings in years gone by.
Other buildings erected in 1884 were
Scotty Gerrards blacksmith shop,
store buildings of Mcdonald & Ensign,
Hankey & Co., and c. H. Olson; a
hotel. a number Of modern cottages,
and somewhat pretentious residence
by Commissioner Prosper P. Parker,
which appeared to be something of a
palace at that time.
Towner County Facts.
At the first state election, Oct. l,
1889, 42S votes were cast in the county,
the vote for governor being: Miller
(rep) 1874; Roach (dem.) 244.
BY an act of the last territorial legis-
lature QSS9) Towner county was made
a separate subdivision of the eighth
judicial district, and provisions made
for two terms of court each year at
Cando. Towner county had been pre-
viOusly attached to the Ramsey county
judiciary.
The assessment of the county in
June. 1889, showed population Of
1921 and a valuation of live stock of
$2O1,1OO
A statistical map issued by the de-
partment of agriculture ten years later
1S99) shows that only 5000 acres of
government land remained in the
county at that time. and by the autumn
of 1890 this free land had all been
taken.
The record of each year is not i'm
mediately available, but the figures for
1902 which follow tell fine story of
progress when compared with the rec
ord of previous years. Building i'm
provements in Cando alone amounted
to $147 900 during tina year and includ-
ed the Garfield company's fine brick
block, which cost $4,000. some good
residences and three grain elevators.
The Great Northern also made $4,000
worth Of improvements in the Cando
yards.
The freight receipts at Cando during
the year 1902 amounted to $134,477.
an increase over the previous year of
sS5.9S5. The passenger business
amounted to $36,9S4 AN increase s14,-
S27 over the previous year.
At the sale of state school lands in
December, 1902, 1927 acres were sold
with prices ranging from $40 to $21
per acre, representing valuation of
| $213,471, of which $42,595 was paid in
cash.
! The statement of the Towner county
treasurer submitted to the state treas
urer shows that $69.162 represented
the states portion of our December tax
collections for that year, including the
cash for the sale of school and institu-
ton lands.
| Bank statements show that Towner
county farmers had over 100000 on
| deposit subject to check in 1902
Towner county in 1902 represented a
cash value of $260,000.
Towner county is the central county
east and west in the celebrated garden
ties plateau which lies between the
valleys of the Red River of the North
on the east and the Mouse river on the
west The county is twenty-four miles
in width from east to west and ex-
tends from the forty-ninth parallel
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treasurer; d. w. McCanna, assessor;
C. N. Percival, sheriff; F. L. Wilson,
surveyor; G. w. Germond, superin-
tendent of schools; DR.. T. w. Conyers,
coroner John H. Bennett and C. H.
Ensign, justices.
February IL, 1884, the county seat
was temporarily located in Cando, stu
ated on the northwest quarter Of the
southeast quarter Of section 20, town.
ship 15S, range &c west. At the first
general election following, the location
was made permanent by large ma
jority vote.
November 4, 1854. the first general
election was held, and although many
voters were absent and only eighteen
months had elapsed since the first set
tiers came into the county, nearly 200
votes were cast
The first white settler staked out his
claim in April, 1885, five months in
advance of the government survey, and
nearly fifty miles in advance of any
survey The first surveys were made
in August, 1888, and on February 9,
1854. the first land in the county was
placed on the market in the United
States land office at Devils Lake.
The First Years Record.
Over 10000 bushels of grain were
raised and threshed in the county in
1854. wheat averaging twenty-five
bushels. oats forty bushels and barley
80 bushels per acre, most of it from
breaking that had not been backset.
Returns like these from first expert
ments were very encouraging, and the
settlers continued to drift in.
On April IS. 1855, there had been
entered in the county, under the pre-
emption timber culture and homestead
laws, 91,760 acres of land, upon 81 $50
acres of which final proof had been
made. Up to that time nineteen town
ships had been surveyed and sub-di-
vided and opened for entry. The county
commissioners estimated the assessed
valuation of property to be listed for
taxation May /. 1885,. at s250,O0O.
In the autumn of 1884 the few enter
prising settlers at Cando realized that
what the country needed most at that
time was advertising, and steps were
taken to have newspaper established
In October, 1884, the first number of
the Towner County Tribune was issued
by Col. Ed. F. Sibley, who continued its
publication for twelve years. The
paper was we'll edited and printed, and
I the files of it which are preserved
prove it to be one of the brightest pub
LEGATIONS during those times on the
Dakota frontier. Col. Sibley, who died
in 1899, is kindly remembered for the
| good services he rendered by his per-
sistent and luminous advertising which
was the means of attracting scores of
| desirable settlers. He was the original
town boomer.
One of the first buildings to be erect
ed in Cando was a small one story
| frame structure for the transaction of
county business, which at that time
went under the name of Hotel de
Stag" Female cooks being scarce in
newly organized county. the position
of cook at the county headquarters
was occupied by Register of Deeds w.
E. Pew, who was noted for his versa
tility. The chief article of diet at that
! time, according to the "sowbelly and
BEANS" which was not infrequently
varied by game dinner. When the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

states. The use OF steam traction and
the gang plow, the large seed drill, the
wide harrow. the self binder, the head
err and the self-feeding threshing rig,
Is carried to such perfection that from
seeding to market economy in labor Is
the one great consideration and mini
misses the number Of hands required,
and no man works where a horse and
engine can he used.
Diversified farming Is the order If
the day, as it has ben found that the
variety of product that can be raised
is unlimited. Wheat is the great staple
but barley, oats, fl eps,xaltaaldnzbf-S0
but barley, oats, flax, speltz and all
kinds Of vegetables are grown with
great success.
Ramsey county's exhibits, and that
Of her more progressive farmers, won
many gold and silver medals at the
worlds fair at Chicago, Omaha, Buff
falo, st. Louis and Portland.
Creameries are located at Devils
Lake. Penn, Churchs Ferry. Stark
weather, Lawton and Crazy, and mostly
owned and operated on the cooperative
plan by resident farmers. Cream sep
arators are becoming as numerous as
self-binders.
Butter and eggs have put many a
bay-window on the farm houses Of
Ramsey county.
The horses and cattle raised on the
native grasses bring the top prices in
the markets and rank as second only
to Ramsey county's No. 1 wheat.
Wonderful Increase.
Remembering that North Dakota is
an agricultural state, let us call at
tention to a statement made by Hon.
j. j. Hill, president of the Great North
ern railway, in recent speech in this
state. giving comparison of the in
crease in freight and passenger re-
ceipts:
1T used to be rare occasion that
any station would exceed in revenue in
any year 100000. Now there are so
many in North Dakota that l cannot
count them without referring to a
book"
After speaking at Fargo and Grand
Forks he continued:
Now l am going out into the new
country: Bartlett, from 5000 to $685.
600; Crary from $4,000 to $4,000;
Devils Lake from $4,000 to 1899 900.
and $4,000 of this in passenger traffic.
The heavy passenger traffic of the
Great Northern is not on either of the
transcontinental trains, but on the To-
cal passenger train between Grand
Forks and Minot. This train carries
more people and is earning more mon
ey than any passenger train on the
line. and l am not sorry that it is your
good luck. Now Churchs Ferry in
creased from 100000 to $4,000.
These figures are encouraging to
me; they make growth that you can
not find anywhere else in any state in
the union. 1t did not come from any
fluke or boom or from any source but
good old mother earth"
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1.-THE international boundary line) south

(the international boundary line) south
forty-three and one half miles. Its
southeastern corner is about twenty
miles north of the west end of Devils
Lake. and its northwestern corner
about ten miles east Of the Turtle
mountains. a high wooded range In the
shape Of a turtle approXimating fifty
miles in length from east to west and
fifteen miles in width from north to
south; the ridge extends across the
boundary, and Is the main source of
fuel supply to settlers over large
area on both sides.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

The wood. wire and metal lathers'
international union has changed it's
rules to enable wood fathers to accept
lower rate of wages while learning
the metal lathing.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

A machine that will hurl coal into
the firebox of locomotive at the rate
of 200 shovelfuls minute, If neces-
sary, will tighten the labor of the fire.
men on many of the engines of the
Northwestern railroad. An order has
been placed for 700 of these mechanical
stokers at a cost of $350,O00.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-23
FELIPE TRIGO

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gatoa.
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nal gns Tecuerdo pena6 knteE todo impatu
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ntgyss pelas de cotton.
EI dssierto 81 sol nOIndo aurora De roi lumbre
en el crente.
Nadie ha vto eats otra VioIsnta AarorA de mujer
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pera. 20 hbris iabdo que deoirls 20 habrl hcho
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trtgaA nj psnaamiento. No penso nsda
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hmpoco qc6cOn f3rmidablemnte amiga formidabemente
nobes snceaE mi gratitud nyademe de gran eren
dad $3.50.
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81 sgus por m6quina por Ii algeria ovna do a vida que
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vulgar. eusndo el exquisite Cashmere
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NotiCias del dia

aobrsr & sEs slientsE hcnorarios sxes.
sivsmense m6dieos.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-21
STORM DRIVES
STEAMSHIP
ASHORE
BY Associated Press.


NORFOLK. Va, Oct. 20.--A large
steamship went ashore half a mile south
OF the Cape Henry lifesaving station at
1880 o'clock tonight
The wind is blowing thirty miles an
hour and is steadily increasing In
velocity with a heavy sea running. The
vessel, whose identity is unknown, rests
with her port bow toward the beach,
ahuot 600 yards beyond the breakers
Life saving crews from the Cape
Henry and Virginia beach stations are
standing by, but are unable to do any
thing toward resculng the crew OF the
steamer
The distance of the vessel from shore
makes the use of life lines impractic-
able and the high surf prevents boat
being launched.
The wind is from the northeast and
the weather at the Cape is 80 thick
that watchers on the beach have been
unable to distinguish the build of the
steamer. but it is the opinion Of Keeper
Holmes Of the Cape Henry station that
she is a tramp. The vessel was north
bound and evidently was seeking to
enter Hampton Roads
The scene of the wreck is about the
same place the schooner George M.
Grant came ashore last March, and the
italian bark Antonio, which was
wrecked q few weeks later, is still in
the breakers, not 100 yards from to-
nights wreck.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-21
MAN CRUSHED
BY ELEVATOR
is KILLED

A man known only by his surname,
Andrea, aged about 80 years, elevator
man at the Mammoth building, 5l7
South Broadway, was killed early this
morning.
Andrea was shutting off the electric
lights before closing the building after
midnight this morning, and thrust his
arm through the sides Of the cage to
quickly reach the switch.
In doing so his arm brushed against
the elevator lever and the cage started
dragging him upward, crushing him,
then letting the bruised body fall down
the shaft His neck was broken in the
fall. twenty feet.
Andrea worked at the building only a
few days.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-21
TOBACCO CROPS SUFFER
Recent Storm viii Cause Heavy
Loss In Cuba
nv Asrociateti Press.

XIV AsEociatet HreSs
HAVANA, Oct. 2O.-Reports Of the
damage done by the storm in the in
terror of the island continue to come
in slowly. The extent of the damage
done to the tobacco crop in the prov
ince of Pinar del Rio is not yet fully
known but it is believed to be great.
The tobacco was planted late this
year on account Of the continued
rains--hence the plants have not yet
sprouted, and many of the seed beds
have been washed out, necessitating
replanting, which will retard the crop.
The storm is reported to have been
very severe in the Vulta A ba district
of Pinar del Rio.
The principal havoc outside Of Ha-
vana is reported to have been at Ba-
tabano, where seven men were
drowned. the American steamers
Campbell and Sara were wrecked,
many houses destroyed and two hun
dred persons rendered homeless The
mayor Of Batab bano has issued an ap-
peal for relief of the destitute and
Governor Nunez of Havana province
will proceed there today with funds
and food supplies
The brunt of the storm seems to
have been sustained by the city of
Havana and its suburbs. No more
deaths have been reported.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-21
TOUCHES WIRE;
DIES INSTANTLY
FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURS
NEAR NIC0LAUS
Two Linemen Terribly Burned and
Another Killed by Contact
With the Deadly
Current

BY Associated Press
MARYsvILLE, Cal. Oct. 20.--one
man killed and two believed to be
fatally burned by electricity is the re-
suit of an accident on the main line of
the Bay County Power company near
Nicolaus today.
Dead:
THOMAS II. LEE of Smartsville.
injured:
Frank Cunningham Of Byron. Contra
Costa county.
T. J. Mundy of Philadelphia.
Lee was teamster for the construc-
ton gang and was holding a wire while
two linemen made a splice. The line
was dead when they began working,
but the electricity was either switched
on or got on by accident afterward.
All three we're enveoped in flames
and were picked up apparently dead.
Five doctors were summoned from
Nicolaus, Wheatland, Davisville and
and they did all possible
for the men.
The two injured men will be taken to
a Sacramento hospital early tomorrow
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-21
PLAN THE RELEASE
OF REV0LUTI0NISTS
Rv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, Oct. 20.-Advices
from Rio Grande state that a band Of
Mexican revoutionists has been or
ganized to forcibly release prisoners
captured in recent raids by the fed
eral and Texas authorities at Laredo,
Eagle Pass, Rio Grande City, Del Rio
and other points.
Men are already ID the field, accord
ing to reports received. United States
Marshal Brewster left. hurriedly last
night for the border after sending in
structions to deputies along the route
to join him. ~
1t is declared that after releasing
the imprisoned revolutionists an ex-
pedition into Mexico will be inaugu-
rated.
The most sensational of the arrests
is that of Captain Castro of the Juarez
military garrison.
Louis Aguierro, publisher of Re-
forma Social a Mexican daily news
paper published here, is one of the
prisoners.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-21
STORM CLAIMS MANY VICTIMS
Special telegram from Miami De-
serihes St. Lucia Disaster
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE Fla, Oct. 20-
A special from Miami. Fla, says the
Miami steamer st. Lucia was crushed
by the high waves in Thursdays hur-
ricane and out of 100 passengers on
board thirty-five were lost.
The steamer Peerless also lost about
the same number, they being blown
off the vessel.
Work barges Nos. 6 and and dredge
No. of the East Coast road, broke
away and drifted to sea but are now
safe on the other side of Biscayne bay.
About fifty men have Just arrived
at Miami from Long Key. They re-
port about twenty-five men and the
quarter boat at Long Key safe; also
two barges remain at Long Key but
the remainder of the men and plant
located there are gone. 1t is estimat-
ed that fifty lives were lost on
dredges.
Two men we're lost on the piledriver
At Long Key about forty men were
picked up and are safe.
There was heavy loss of life on the
dredges at Long Key. The steamer
Vigilancia is expected this afternoon
with the bodies.
The steamer Biscayne arrived this
morning. She met the steamer Vir-
ginia on her way after the bodies of
the men which were washed ashore
from the st. Lucia. The steamer Bis
cayne gave the Virginia twenty-five
men to assist in picking up the dead.