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The La Jara chronicle., 1906-11-16
A SWEET MORSEL
OF RECENT "RfFORM''

Did you ever eat decayed lob,
ster?
One which had been So skillfully
prepared by an adept cook as to
deceive your eyes, your senses OF
smell and taste, and cause you to
delude yourself with the belief
that you were packing your stom-
ach with such food as would tempt
the fastidious tastes and tlatter
the vanity of James X. Hyde?
And then have your stomach,
By order of the ever watchful DR..
Nature, decline to give lodging to
il putrid mess so rotten i'll its en-
tirety that the few moments of its
lingering in your midst forced you
to believe that you had no further
use for your socks, or your toe
nails?
Well. if ever you have, listen
To this, and then see if you can
not recognize the lobster:
Jose Alfaro. editor of Ell Triun-
70, the Spanish paper published
at Antonito. states that w. A.
Braiden spent two entire days of
the past week. bounding the very
life out OF him (Alfaro) to make
affidavit to the effect that Fred
Warshauer had paid him tAlfaro)
$1,000 for supporting the demo-
cratic ticket during the campaign
and election Just closed. Editor
Alfaro further states that Braiden
coaxed. cajoled, threatened and en-
,leavored to bribe him, Offering to
take him to Denver, pay his rail
road and pullman fares and
entertain him at the very best
hotel in the capital city for three
whole days and then give him
SOMETHING MORE if he would but
consent to swear to the statements
Braiden wished him to make. Ed
itor Alfaro did not state the amount
Of the something more he was
offered as compensation for per
turing himself. When he does so,
The Chronicle will inform its read
ers how much Chameleon Bill con
siders a sworn statement worth.
Is not this the kind of reform
to make the angels sit up and sing
rag time, and the devil turn with
envious disgust from his former
pals?
Honor, decency and justice,
where is thy temple?'
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-11-16
The Rev. Hicks 1907 Almanac

The Rev. Ira r. Hicks has been
compelled by the popular demand
to resume the publication of his
well known and popular almanac
for 1907. This splendid almanac
now ready. For sale by news
dealers. or sent postpaid for 25c.
by World and Works Publishing
Company. 220l Locust St. St.
Louis. publishers of Words and
Works, one of the best dollar
monthly magazines in America.
One almanac with every sub
scription.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-11-16

Jose l., Valdez of Capulin, was
here the last of the week as bus.
mess transient.
d. E. Newcomb went over tc
Monte Vista the first of the week
to visit his son, Ed. for couple
of days.
G. G. Oliver g. Co. have put in
an attractive line of notions
Everything from IA jewsharp to a
threshing machine.
Mrs. Romualdo Ortiz and ne
phew, Ben j. Alarid. came down
from Capulin to-day and paid The
Chronicle pleasant call
Louis Chacon, county assessor
elect, spent last night in La Jara
He was driving bunch of cattle
to Alamosa and lay over here to
feed.
At the meeting of the district
court Wednesday. Jason Cochran
was granted IA change of venue,
his case going to Huerfano county
for trial before Judge Hunter
Fits and misfts' as given by
Rev. Nathan Lee at the Metho-
dist church Friday night, was well
attended and hugely enjoyed by
all present. Mr.. Lee is good
speaker and handled his subject
in an interesting manner.
Chas Brown. alias Brooks. alias
Davenport and Steele. alias San
dow-anyhow the best cartoonist
and all around fighter that ever
decorated a print shop left Tues
day night for his home after having
seen to it that all the independents
were properly started up Salt
Creek. His drawings will be
missed by our readers for time.
but when next they appear, will
be better than ever.
The late unpleasantness, so far
as The Chronicle is concerned.
has passed into history and we
will be found going down the line
for our town and county. as
staunchly supporting every legit-
innate enterprise, and as indus
triously exposing every fake and
faker as we have in the past
The Chronicle is newspaper for
the people and will protect them
and their interests to the best of
its ability at all hazards.
Mrs. Hugh Sellers of Manassa,
after "A brief illness, passed into
the unknown, Tuesday A son who
is employed in Telluride. arrived
later in the week in response to a
telegram announcing his mothers
death. Mrs. Sellers illness was not
thought to be serious at first, but
she grew worse rapidly until death
came to her relief. The friends of
the bereaved ones who are left to
mourn the great loss of wife and
mother, extend heartfelt sympath
les.
Comment is again being made
on the fact that the new code does
not make Thanksgiving legal
holiday, and the state superinten-
dent is receiving inquiries as to
whether teachers will have to hold |
school on that day. Thanksgiv-
ing has never been declared hol-
iday by law, but has been made so
by proclamation. The old law
provided. however, that Good Fri
day and Thanksgiving should be
holidays SO far as the schools are
and teachers not hold
ing school those days, would re-
ceive pay for the full week. How
ever, it is assured that there will
be no school on Thanksgiving day.
The law provides that no state
business shall be transacted on
Thanksgiving day but this pro-
vision is not made for Good Fri
day.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-11-16

]. G. Cantu was up from Los
Cerritos Friday on business ven
ture.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
MAYvILLE GOSSIP.
SReelal 10 The EveninE Timea.


Mayville, N. D., Aug. 11.-Mrs. JOS
eph Carhart, with her mother, Mrs.
Clark, is visiting her son, Sheriff
Clark H. Carhart at Grand Marais,.
MINI.
Senator McCumber was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. e. Horton for sew
eral days this week. He visited the
summer school and made ain interest
ing address to the students.
Miss Edith Longfellow and Miss Car
hart leave Sunday evening for a trip,
on the Great Lakes.
Miss Cora Ames entertained on
Wednesday afternoon of this week in
honor Of her guests, the Misses Grin
nell and Goodman of Hillsboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. G. Springer,
Messrs. Henry and Gunder Springer,
Mrs. Col. Robinson and little daugh-
ter, and the Misses Georgia Poulsson,
Violet Morrish, Agnes and Blanche
Bennington, all of Mayville, attended
the wedding of Hans G. Springer and
Miss Hilda Anderson at Pelican
Rapids, Mimi, on Wednesday,
DR.. Gilbert M0skau lectured to the
summer school on Thursday on THE
Care of the Teeth" The lecture was
very instructive and interesting.
Mr.. Joseph Carhart, Jr., clerk on the
steamship America on Lake Superior,
spent a few days this week at home.
The summer session of the normal
school closed on Friday after very
successful term.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11

Importance of farm labor and to
dignity farm life.
Then came the colleges preaching a
doctrine of agricultural development
in which our own agricultural college
was vigorous and able leader. in
shilling into the boys the idea that
all the honor of intellectual accom-
plishment did not lie in the line of
what had been termed the learned pro-
fessions and that the study of agricul-
ture afforded greater field for the
exercise of the cultivated mind and
trained intellect than many of the
professions.
AS result the tendency of the
young men in this state is to con-
slider the man who is qualifying for a
profession other than that of agricul-
ture as somewhat unfortunate in his
choice and rather to be pitied The
result is that North Dakota has paved
the way for keeping the boy on the
farm, by making the farm the most
attractive. the most profitable and the
most intellectual of any vocation in
the country
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
SUICIDE OR MURDER.
Is the Question Which Arouses PEOPLE
In the Vicinity Of Binford.

~ WV S~SSsAVu VulCU ATVuScS lesOple
In the Vicinity Of Binford.
Special to The Evening Times.
Cooperstown. N. D., Aug. i'll The
body of John Bjornson. who lived
with his family four miles northwest
OF Binford. was found Tuesday lying
In the leanto of his barn with a bull
let hole through his heart. His wife
and daughter went over to Mr.. Falas'
the day previous to spend the night
and Bjornson was to have called for
them the next day. He did not come
and his wife started for home and not
finding him there started to hunt for
him and found him dead in the barn.
The sheriff and coroner were notified
by Olaf johnson, of Nose, and they
went up to investigate and the cor
onery empanelled jury who brought
In a verdict that Bjornson came to his
death from gun shot in the hands of
unknown parties. 1t Is a mysterious
affair and looks more like murder
than suicide. The body looked as II 1t
had been placed in position after he
was shot and the revolver tucked un-
der his leg and was not near his hands.
The shot indicated that it was made
from long range which further gives
the impression that Bjornson was a
victim OF foul play. No one seems to
be able throw any light on the matter.
The affair will undoubtedly receive in
vestigation from the authorities.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
Stories of the Hour
Nothing Torpid Ahont II.

Mr.. Edison was once asked to send
a Photographic cylinder to fair. He
sent this reply: You ask ME to send
you a photographic cylinder and to
say few words to the audience. l
do not think the audience would take
any interest in dry scientific subjects.
but perhaps they might be interested
In little story that man sent me
on a Photographic cylinder the other
day from San Francisco. In the, year
1873 a man from Massachusetts came
to California with chronic liver CONF
plant. He searched all owl the coast
for mineral spring to cure the dis
ease, and finally he found, down in
the San Joaquin Valley, spring of
water which almost instantly cured
him. He therefore started sanitari-
UNI. and people all over the world
came and were quickly cured. Last
year this man died, and SO powerful
had been the action Of the waters that
they had to take his liver out and
kill 1t with q club"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
THE BOY ON THE FARM.

North Dakota is certainly doing its
part toward the solution of the ques-
ton of keeping the boy on the farm.
This has been one of the crying de-
mands of the country for the last forty
years at least. .... ....
When the unparalleled commercial
prosperity Immediately following the
war offered golden opportunities for
the laying of the great fortunes which
are subject of SO much concern to-
day, the young men rushed into the
cities and devoted their energies to
the requirement of wealth in trade
and commerce. The farms were too
slow, and the only hope from them
was living and an independence
largely based upon the fact that there
was no competition.
In the years which followed the
laying of foundations of the great
oOAsAAAASs SAoA 1tuuC6 Ill Reconstruction
days. the boys from the farm continued
to drift to the city, even IL the chances
OF success were constantly and rapid
ly diminishing. They still held to the
rainbow Of hope that they would be
the lucky ones in the lottery of bust
ness success.
That thousands of them were dis
appointed is evident by the comparison
OF the number Of marked successes
with the number of marked failures.
The opening of the great west with
Its level lands admitting of cultiva-
ton without the danger of falling from
the hillsides while blowing, the in
vention of labor saving machinery for
the farm, and the splendid finaicial
returns from the soil especially in the
west have all combined to raise the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
1t Fixed Him All Right

What can do for you, MADAME"
asked the lawyer.
Il want to bring suit against my
husband answered the fair caller.
For divorce?'
mo, sir. For breach of promise"
For breach Of promise! Your hus-
band? Why. madam. that would be
utterly i'm"
II know what am talking about.
He promised me when we were mar
ried that could keep girl and that
he wouldn't play the races"
1T is exceedingly doubtful whether
you could recover anything, even if
you should get judgment What salts
faction would there be in that?'
That's all right. It'll scare the life
out Of him."
Away out of the difficulty suggested
itself to the lawyer. e
He sent her to a woman lawyer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
Had Seen 1t Before.

The fair amateur palmist looked Mt
the left hand Of the sweet girl long
and earnestly.
Breathlessly she waited for the
palmist's next words
'Ah! l see by your hand that you
are engaged to be married." said the
palmist.
And" continued the reader of the
future and the past, in more cutting
tone. II see that you are engaged to
Mr.. Looney."
"Oh. its perfectly extraordinary"
burst out the blushing girl. How
could you know that?"
by my long study of science" was
the reply.
But surely the lines in my hand
cannot tell you the ma"
who said anything about lines?'
replied the prophetic one, with wither-
ing scorn.
You are wearing the engagement
ring returned him three weeks ago!"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
PHILIPPINE VETS.

Annotated Press to The Evening Times.
Des Moines. Ia, Aug. 11.-Every-
thing is in readiness for the seventh
annual reunion of the Philippines
which is to open in this city Mon
day for three days. session. Near
ly all of the central and eastern
states will send delegations to the
gathering and an attendance Of near
~ 5000 is expected. Governor Cumins.
chairman Of the house committee Of
military affairs, and other men of
national prominence will address the
society. In the big parade, which
takes place OH the concluding of the
reunion, 9 large body Of regular troops
Will take part. Kansas City will make
strong bid for next years reunion of
the society. Minneapolis Syracuse
and Atlantic City also are expected
to put in applications for the gather
ing. 4: r. ...-,.,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW.
The Crop Reports Are All That Could
be Desired, 49,

Associated Press to The EveniaE Times.
New York. Aug. 11.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade today
says:
=. In some sections the intense heat
facilitated retail trade in summer
goods and increased trade at seaside
resorts, but the most important fea-
ture was increased jobbing and whole
sale departments activity in prepar-
Ing for autumn and winter require
ments. Crop reports are all that could
be desired, harvest and threshing re-
turns surprising all but the most san
guine expectations, the few unsatis-
factory statements being far outbal-
anced by the numerous encouraging
reports. Mercantile collections might
be more prompt at some eastern
points but the average Is we'll main
tanned by discounted bills at the west
and south. Manufacturing news is
still Of good progress, the iron and
steel industry maintaining phenomenal
results despite some labor troubles.
High prices prevail in the footwear
industry and for most textile fabrics.
but the general level of all commodi-
ties reflects the cheapening farm pro-
ducts on account of big crops. Rail-
way earnings in July were 1870 per
cent larger than last year and foreign
commerce at this port alone for the
last week shows gains of 81 1923, 204
in exports and $1,09S,S74 in, imports
over the same week in 1867,
Failures THIS week numbered ia
In the United States against 222 last
year and 13in Canada compared with
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
GOVERNMENT DRAINAGE.

1t would seem from the large num-
Der of investigations being made in
the Red river valley in reference to
the feasibility and profit to be derived
from national government drainage
system that the matter of restoring the
lands in the valley was being given
serious consideration by the different
bureaus of the government.
One of the most interesting of these
is the Investigations being made by
Messrs. Mangum and Schroeder in the
Crookston region. They are not in
vestigating the feasibility of drain
age nor the probable cost of such
work. but are devoting their en-.
ergies to an investigation of the soil
for the purpose of determining
whether or not the soil is sufficiently
rich to justify the expense of drain
age when the difference in Its produc-
tiveness under present conditions and
what it would be if the land were pro-
perly drained is considered
1t must be admitted that this is get
ting down to bed rock principles of
investigation, and if the experts should
determine that such is true, it is
almost certain that the scheme will
be undertaken. 1t has been supposed
that because the government did not
rush in when the proposition was first
suggested that it was opposed to the
plan. But it should be rememberec
that the government works slowly
and that 1t undertakes nothing without
having first given the matter the full
est expert investigation.
The matter of public drainage is a
departure in the internal improve
ment policy of the national govern
ment. The benefits necessarily local
when compared with the entire coun-
try and they operate to the advantage
of certain persons. There is there
fore no reason for the friends Of ma
tional drainage In the Red river valley
to be discouraged because of the SEEM
ing slowness of the government to
acquiesce in the plan for local drain
age. ..-.
While the work indicated is being
pushed forward as rapidly as is pos
sible under the thorough going meth
DDS of the government will permit
the geodetic survey of the valley is
being made as fast as possible and the
Typographical survey is we'll under
way. Neither of these is being made
exclusively for the benefit of drainage
in the valley but the information de-
rived from these surveys will be of
inestimable value in reaching final
as well as correct conclusion as to
the feasibility of the project. ~
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11

her experiences, exciting and some
times tinged with pathetic humor,
grip the attention Of the audiences
from start to finish. 1t is moreover
a wholesome story and there are few
characters on the stage that have won
wider popularity than Germany and
Reddy. The scenery is remarkable
and of course reaches climax in the
setting that gives the play its name
showing, with faithfulness in detail,
the huge lift bridge over the Chicago
river, scenes along that city's hidden
stream, and steamer passing through
the draw. The company is far above
the average.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
Rough on Rats.

That man Simpson is a very clever
chap. He's invented a lot or really
useful things. Seen his latest rat
trap" -
mo. what's it like?"
Its an exact imitation of a real
trap" .
Catches cheap grade of rats. ]
suppose?"E
wait. You put the trap in a place
where the rats run and bait it with
bit of limburger cheese. That makes
the trap strong. you see. The rat
comes out and looks at the trap, then
he investigates the cheese. When he
finds out that it is limburger, he hur-
riedly leaves the house and never re-
turns"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
TO RAISE STANDARD.

Associated Press Cable to The Evenln.
Wfnona Lake, Ind, Aug. 11.-Mem-
bers OF the National Reform associa-
ton, which has for its general object
the raising Of the standard of citizen
ship In the United States to higher
level, are gathering here for their an
nual meeting, which will be in SEES
sion during the ensuing seven days.
The prominent participants and
speakers at the convention will In
clude DR.. r. v. Hunter of Buffalo. DR..
8: F. scovel Of Wooster, O., DR.. Robert
w. Rogers of Drew Theological Sem
mary and DR.. T.. p. Stevenson of Phila-
delphia.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
STENSlAN|||D SAID
70 Be IN TEXAS
Chicago Broker Travels With.
Chicago Defaulter From
New Orleans.
SAID HIS BANK pRospERED


Associated Press to The EvesinE Times.
st. Louis, Aug. ia special to the
Post Dispatch from Fort Worth. says:
Paul o. Stensland, the fugitive bank
president of Chicago, was In Fort
Worth. according to Henry v. Adams.
a former Chicago commission broker.
and Is believed to be on his way to-
Chicago. Adams said he travelled all
the way from New Orleans to this.
city with the absconding banker with
out knowing his bank failed. Not un-.
til he read the account of 1t in a local
paper did Adams know that Stems
land was fleeing. Stensland told
Adams he was going to Mexico on a..
trip into the mountains for his health.
When asked how his bank was pro-
crossing he declared it to be in a most
prosperous condition. The police de-.
partments of all the border towns
were notified,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11

city and which employ large numbers
of men. a splendid illustration of the
value Of this diversity of employments
is the conditions prevalent at the city
of Devils Lake at this time.
The improvements being made by
the Great Northern at that place have
brought in several hundred men who
earn good wages, draw their money
at certain fixed times and purchase
their living from the merchants of the
city. AS Il consequence the business
men of that city are having such a
season of prosperity that they do not
know what to do with their profits.
The condition is merely the result of
centralizing large number of con-
Stunning though non producing people
at one point. 1t would be the same
here if there were manufactures to
give them employment.
there are some serious drawbacks
to large industries of the character
under consideration in this, or in fact
any city of the northwest, because of
the great distance of the raw material
and the excessive cost of power What
this section has needed in the way
of manufactures is commodity
which could be made from the pro-
ducts of the farms and which could
be manufactured with a comparatively
small amount of power.
The passage of the free alcohol law
by the last congress has opened the
very field desired. That product can
be manufactured largely if not entire
ly from the waste products of the
farms of the northwest and the pro-
cesses being largely chemical, with
little power required, there is GER
tainly no reason why it should not
become as important in the industrial
development of this section as timber
is in Michigan or Tor in Pennsylvania.
Another thing is that the product
of the factory is an acknowledged
power itself. Whatever power would
be needed could be derived from the
product of the factory and at cost
which would outrival that of the ma
jority of the great manufacturing
centers elsewhere.
The product is destined to become
one of the greatest articles of trade
in the country. 1t will find a use in
every home, on every farm and in
thousands of the mills and manufac-
turing plants of the country. The
demand already exists. 1t does not
have to be created. nor does the public
have to be educated In the importance
of its adoption. It appeals to the
profit side Of the, ledger and finds
a willing customer.
Grand Forks can build and operate
such factory and by SO doing bring
to the city large class of desirable
citizens who would add materially to
the business of our merchants and the
general prosperity of the city. The
capital can be found in the city to
finance such an institution and the
ability to successfully operate the same
is also to be found within our gates.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
An1usen,ents
on the Bridge Mt NIdnlrht.

In refreshing contrast with the
cheaply sensational claptrap of some
plays of alleged heart interest Is "On
the Bridge at Midnight" comedy
drama which will be seen ut the
metropolitan Wednesday. The story
Is the frank, honest and natural mar
ration In play form OF the search Of a
blind mother for her stolen child and