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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
THE MALT USED FOR ALCOHOL
Professor Ladd is Sprouting Barley
for This Purpose-The Com.
plete Process.

In preparation for making denat-
ured alcohol at the A. G. distillery.
Professor Ladd and his assistants are
engaged in cultivating barley from
which to obtain the sprouts to make
the malt needed for the manufacture
of alcohol. The barley is being germ.
mated in the basement Of the chemical
building where Professor Ladd has his
offices. The seeds are first placed in a
vat and heated a little and then re-
moved to dollhouse bed.
AS soon as the seeds have sprouted
sufficiently Professor Ladd proposes
to take them and begin the manufac-
ture of the denatured alcohol.
1t would have been possible for him
to have purchased the material needed
for mailing, but following his usual
custom; he has decided to carry the
process clear through from the very
beginning. By doing this he will also
be able to determine what will be the
best means for the farmer to adopt
for raising his own malt and thus
avoiding the expense of purchasing it
when he begins to make the denatured
alcohol for his own use.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
THE MODEL HIGH SCHOOL
W. L. Stockwell, State Superintend.
ent, Discusses the Needs Of
Such ON Inafifufion

In the Dec. issue of the Walsh
County Record, is an article signed
W. L. s. which is we'll worth reading.
1t discusses the need of model high
school at our state university, that
Is department in which prospective
principals and superintendents of
city high schools could get actual ex-
perience and training, precisely on
the plan of the model school DEPART
ments at the normal schools.
Prof. Kennedy, dean Of the teach
ers' college and others are heartily
in favor of it. Minnesota university
is fast working toward the establish
ment of such model high school,"
1t is stated by men in authority
that North Dakota needs annually at
least 100 high school teachers. Last
years the teachers college of the uni
versity graduated its first class of
five.
1t is estimated that only $4,000
would be required to establish such
a model high school. It is suggested
that the university dispense with the
preparatory department as such and
turn attention instead to this new need
1t seems an idea worthy of consid-
Grafton.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
football captain will be elected for
next season.

football captain will be elected for
next season.
On Sunday evening Mr.. and Mrs. w.
F. Whitman entertained Mr.. Alex Nc
kinnon, Mr.. Irwin Durick, Mr.. Jack
Gaffney and Mr.. John Dowf at a stag
dinner. A highly enjoyable time was
spent.
Those who attended the musical re-
cital last night at the First Lutheran
church, given by Miss Hovey and Miss
Brusegaard were delighted with the
entertainment. They showed their ap-
probation all through the program,
especially in the number "Jubals
Lyre' and "Saterjentens-Sondag by
Ole Bull. Miss Hovey is remarkably
sweet singer, and was ably accom-
panied by Miss Brusegaard.
The Modern Protective association
will dance Friday evening at Skandia
hall.
Tue SatnOllc Oruer OF tOreSterS Will
enjoy banquet after their regular
meeting this evening.
The Pythian Sisters at their meeting
last night elected the following Of
Ulcers:
Mrs. Sadie Deichert, P. c.; Mrs.
Sophia Hassel, NJ. E. c.; Mrs. Bertha
Foley, E. S.; Mrs. Margaret Eckman,
E. j.: Miss Gertrude Miller, NJ. of T.;
Mrs. Maud Wells. NJ. of R. and c.: Mrs.
Ella Sprague, NJ. of s.; Mrs. May
Rosenthal, X. of T.; Mrs. Ida Fried
man. G. of T.; Mrs. Nettie Dinnie,
trustee; Mrs. May Day. rep. to G. T.;
Mrs. Edith Stanchfield. alternate rep.
to G. T.; Miss Louise Gotzian, NJ. of
records and correspondence
A new social club called the E. A.
G. club was formed yesterday. The
officers are Mrs. r. T. Cady, pres:
Mrs. Joseph Golden, Sec; and Mrs.
Louise Connie, treas.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
SHOULD CHlLDLESS MEN BE
TAXED2

1t has often been questioned whe-
Their there is moral right to tax
! those who do not have children. for
the maintenance Of schools.
There should be no scruples on this
point unless it be in favor Of causing
such to pay double tax for this pur-
pose.
Let us see why:
First. the poor man who has five
children of school age (and some have
nine) brings into his district from the
state school fund about as much as
the entire tax on an improved half
section.
According to State Superintendent;
Stockwell's statement, the per capita
tax for 1906 will be about $1,000. so
that man, with five children attending
school. will bring to the schools of
his district $4,000 for 1906.
Where is there childless tax pay
school tax?
1t is estimated that in 1907 this
source Of revenue will amount to
$500 per capita. This will mean a
great lessening of direct school tax
In fact many schools will be entirely
supported from this source so that the
property owner without children will
not contribute one cent to the sup
port Of the schools in his neighbor-
hood.
Second. without children We cannot
build up good school. In proportion
as good schools are built the sur
rounding real estate increases in value,
hence the small amount invested by
each individual for school purposes
comes back with good interest in the
increase of value property.
Third. without children in any COM
munity there would be general stag.
nation of prosperity. There would be
no marriages and but little demand
for new farms.
1t looks to us as though the child
less man should be required to pay at
least $500 per capita for each child
brought into any community, as an
investment that would mean much to
the childless tax payer.
If each child of school age brings
into its district $500 annually, from
to 20 years of age. it would not be
asking too much IL an assessment of
$500 be levied against the childless
tax payers as often as there is a child
Of school age brought into the dis
trict.
Mr.. Bachelor, what have you to
say about this? From social stand
point, the upbuilding of community
and the general welfare of the nation
We should be only too willing to con-
tribute all in our power for the en-
richment of young blood and young
brains.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
COMING EVENTS

TUESDAY, DEC. II.
Reception at Presbyterian church.
Lady Elks, afternoon, Elk's hall.
Rebekahs. Oddfellows hall.
Catholic Order Of Foresters.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. IL.
Masonic dance at Masonic Temple.
Miss E. r. Dieterle at Baptist
church.
THURSDAY, DEC. IS.
Thursday Musical, First NJ. E.
church.
Pythian Sisters card party, after
noon.
FRIDAY. DEC. II.
1rish-American dance, Opera house
block
Modern Protective association dance
at Skandia hall.
-, sArrRD1s, DEC. IS
E!ks at hall.
MONDAY. DEC. II.
Pythian sisters. at X. P. hall.
TUESDAY. DEC. 1S.
Ladies' Auxiliary, o. r. G. afternoon.
Acacia Lodge, Eastern Star, Masonic
Temple.
THURSDAY, DEC. 10
Ladies' Auxiliary R. NJ. clerks, after
noon.
FRIDAY, DEC. Fl.
1rish-American club, Opera house
block.
lNote]-All lodges and societies are
invited to send notices to this column.
All meetings are nights, unless other
wise specified.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
thus encourage their brother worker
In his splendid enterprise.

The plan adopted in some parts OF
! the state. of teachers visiting neigh.
boring schools Is very commendable
and will do much to awaken new in.
terest in school work. Why not in.
troduce the old-fashioned spelling
school? Some social features to be
gained in this.
The Union Commercial College stu
dents had a spelling down match.
last week and much interest was man.
ifested.
One of the leading educators of the
state has purchased an IS inch globe
and two cases of maps to give his
children at Christmas time. How
much more sensible than getting
something of no educational value.
A correspondence school will be
opened in the near future in our CITY
by gentleman Of experience and abil.
ity. Grand Forks is modern in every
respect.
Miss Irene Finkle, one of the very
successful teachers Of Walsh County
has closed her school and will make
Grand Forks her home for the pres
ent.
Miss Myrtle Jackson teacher in the
Grafton schools spent her Thanksgiv-
ing vacation with Grand Forks
friends.
Chicago wanted culture in the
school. She stood up and hollered
for it. She has been getting it after a
fashion, so says W. E. Watt.
Judge Ben B. Lindsay says:
School Boards who do not provide
suitable places and means for hand
ling difficult cases are worse crimin-
ais than the boys"
Spelling has been introduced in the
High school of Bathgate, so sayeth
our informant but we are not told
whether it is the simplified spelling,
the old fashioned spellin down or just
ordinary spelling. Will the professor
explain?
Chicago has school for educating
promoters-the real thing. Honesty
is the best policy" we understand to
be their slogan.
Harvey High school building was
dedicated December 5th. Pres. Merri-
field was present to make the dedica-
tory speech.
Why not introduce the custom of
breaking a clay pipe over the front
door steps on such occasions. This
might stop the cigarette habit.
Thirty-five Yale professors now get
salary Of $4,000 as a result of a gift
of one million dollars from John D.
Good for John.
Chicago is having some trouble over
her system Of promoting teachers.
100000 children in the public
schools of New York daily and $4,000
in the theaters nightly. What will
the harvest be.
Boston now has a Juvenile court,
which is doing some very efficient re-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
Cniyersitx Debate.

Considerable attention is being paid
to debate these days at the university.
Not only are inter-society contests TAX
ing place, but the classes in English
are busy studying the theory, and as
far as possible practising the art of
debating. The number of students in
English l. are so large that each of
the two divisions under Professor
Squires and Mr.. Koch numbers be-
tween forty and fifty. Debates have
been arranged in these classes for next
Friday and Saturday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
HOME AND SCHOOL,

There are very many who rather
than be placed with classes with little
tots stay away from school Such
students require personal rather than
class instruction.; they are long in
some subjects and short in others, and
what they most need Is general
rounding up.
Not only is such an ungraded school
needed for the benefit Of those in our
own city who belong to no grade; who
by reason Of sickness or something
else have been deprived Of school priv
ileges and have fallen below grade;
but for the benefit OF those from the
surrounding country and those of for
eign birth who would like to receive
the benefits Of an education without
being compelled to associate with
small children.
To some extent our commercial
schools and the Grand Forks college
are taking the place of such a school,
but their course of study does not seem
flexible enough for this purpose.
To the enterprising teacher who has
fiexibility enough to conduct a school
OF this nature We feel safe in guaran-
teeing success to them il they will open
one.
Who will undertake this enterprise?
How to Select Superintendents Of
Schools,
1t is generally conceded that the
election Of county superintendent of
schools should be taken out of politics.
An attempt was made to do so several
years ago by having county superinten-
dents elected in June at the same
time other school officers are elected,
but it was found that politics entered
in with greater spirit than ever, for
there was only the one county officer
on whom to center the fight.
We believe with the majority that a
candidate for this important office
should not become polluted by the
methods resorted to in general cleo
tions Of county, state and national
officials.
The only way to avoid this is to
make it an appointive office. To this
end We would suggest that the state
superintendent, together with the pres
idents Of our state normal schools, be
and hereafter constitute a board for
the pupose of selecting suitable per-
sons for this Office; that they may
receive recommendations from the
presidents of the various school boards
for candidates for their respective
counties. but in any event the candi-
dates fitness for the Office should be
the first consideration; that said ap-
pointing board should have power to
select any citizen of this state for said
Office irrespective of his residence, but
that in so far asst is consistent that
candidates should be selected from the
county over which they are to have
jurisdiction.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11

Boston now has a Juvenile court.
which is doing some very efficient re-
formation work.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11

100000 children in the public
schools Of New York daily and $4,000
in the theaters nightly. What will
the harvest be.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11

Miss Rub Hood, primary teacher in
the Hillsboro schools, was the guest
over Saturday of Miss Hagen of the
university. Miss Hood is an O5 grad
uate of Valley City Normal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11

Chicago is having some trouble over
her system of promoting teachers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
An Ungrsded School.

Austin, Mimi, has an ungraded
school where anyone from Is to so
years of age may enter and become
prepared to enter advanced grades
in our graded schools. Grand Forks
should have such school.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11

Mrs. H. L. Withheld is entertaining
her sister, Miss Houghton of Worces-
ter, Mass. She will remain until after
the Christmas holidays.
Tomorrow Mrs. Tracy Bangs will
entertain at luncheon in honor of Miss
Houghton, Mrs. Whithed's sister.
Wednesday evening there will be an
informal dancing party at the Mason
ic Temple. An invitation is extended
to all masons and their friends.
MIR. and Mrs. w. H. Alexander gave
dinner party on Sunday compliment
tary to Mr. Robert F. Young of Grand
Rapids. Covers were laid for six.
This evening President and Mrs.
Webster Merrifield entertain members
of the university football team and
their lady friends at their palatial
home. This is an annual event, and
is an occasion long to be remembered
by them. During the evening a new
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
Buying Time Now

Don't put 1t off till the last day be.
fore Christmas. NOW Is the time
to buy difts. Stocks are complete,
you will not be crowded If you
buy now and you will det better
selections. While Toyland is Just
the place to buy difts for the little
folks. don't fordet that every other
department has suitable presents
for the older ones. In making the
Holiday Gift BUYING Tour you
can't afford to miss the Bid Store.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-11
SCHOOL NOTES.

Prof. Thompson of Gilby has issued
the Gilby Magazine which is a credit
to himself and any community. Tea
cheers throughout the state should
send in their subscriptions for it and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

Now that a large percentage of the
water which should run over the
American and Canadian falls at
Niagara has been diverted from its
course by power companies, to whom
franchises we're granted, congress and
parliament are devising means for
preventing the falls from ultimately
being sucked dry by the cupidity of
commercialism. The diversion of
even a portion of the waters which
make possible these picturesque falls
should never have been permitted.
All that legislation can now do is to
check further reduction of the water
volume flowing over the precipices.
It cannot revoke existing franchises
or restore the falls to their former
magnificence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

Judge Humphrey of Chicago has
ruled that the officials of the beef
trust, so far as they are individually
concerned, cannot be legally prose-
cuted, but that the cases against the
packers combine, as a combine, may
continue, and, in such continuance,
conform with the intention of the
statute. This decision is in reality a
victory for the packers, and places the
government at great disadvantage in
the prosecution of the suits which il
has commenced against trusts gener.
ally. The enigma which presents it.
self to US in Judge Humphreys ruling
is, how the prosecution of a combine
can be effected without proceeding
against the officials of such combine,
who are part and parcel of it's con.
stitution and engineer it's machinery
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

Sir Thomas Upton will enter Sham
rock III, as an American boat in the
race off Newport in August for the
cup offered by King Edward. Mr..
Lipton's membership in the New York
Yacht club makes possible this entry
of the Shamrock under the American
flag. AS United States boats have
beaten those of Sir Thomas in all
previous contests, he likely thinks
that the Americanization of the Sham
rock will add to it's chances of win
ming. Providing he mans it with an
American crew it would not surprise
us to see him realize his ambition and
then to Americanize himself. One Tom
Upton in America would be of more
worth to the country than a hundred
Willie Wallie Astors or Russell
Sages.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

At present the Union is not pre-
pared to concede the senatorship in
the 10Th district to Anoka county.
But it is altogether too early to dis
cuss legislative candidates. The as
pirant for legislative honors who
imagines he will gain any decisive ad-
vantage by announcing his candidacy
six months prior to the primary cleo
ton is deceiving himself, and he may
have cause to regret his precipitancy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

To a delegation of labor leaders.
who called upon President Roosevelt
with the view of persuading him to
concur in certain measures which they
advocated. he said in the course of
his address: mot one of you can go
further than [ will go in the effort
steadily to raise the status of the
American wageworker, so long as,
while doing it, I can retain a clear
concience and the certainty that I am
doing what is right. I will do all in
my power for the laboring man except
to do what is wrong; and I will not
do that for him or for any one else. "
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

An estimate by the postmaster gen
eral places the number Of packages of
government flower and vegetable seeds
sent out by congressman annually as
1900, 900, the weight as 100000 pounds
and the cost of postage 1874. 500. The
amount of this postage alone to say
nothing of the sum expended by the
United States for seeds-would prove
of far greater benefit to the country if
appropriated to the drainage of
swamps and the Improvement of high
ways.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29
As1NINE COUNTRY PUBLIsHERs.

-dCxNxNE COUNTRY PUBLISHERS.
The Anoka Herald says the country
editors are injuring their own business
by clubbing with the twin city dailies.
The Herald is right. Roy alton Ban
ner.
Of course, the Herald is right. The
country editor who clubs with or ad-
vertises any cheap city paper has not
sense enough to pound sand into a
gopher hole. These cheap city dailies
and weeklies use the fool country pub
Usher to assist in extending their cir
culation, and on the strength of a
large country circulation solicit and
receive advertisements from snide
catalogue houses and city department
stores. The country publisher who
lends his columns to the cheap city
weeklies and dailies is not only iniur-
ing his own business but also that of
his home merchants as we'll. But
many of the home merchants are lust
as destitute of business sagacitv and
common sense as the thick-headed
country publisher, and encourage him
with their patronage in his asinine
policy of extending the scope of the
cheap and nasty city newspapers,
consequently charging the field of
operations of the catalogue houses
and department. stores.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

Attorneys for Rockefeller now ad-
nit that the stock of the Republic and
Waters-Pierce companies are held in
trust by the Standard Oil company.
In securing this admission ATTORNEY
General Hadley of Missouri scores
most significant victory, for these
concerns are doing business presum-
edly as independent and competing
corporations. # any independent oil
concerns exist 5insthis country which
is in our mind highly doubtful it
stands to reason that they are carry
ing on business under sufferance of
the Standard. Otherwise the Rookie
Teller. syndicate would wipe the indie
pendents out in short order by selling
oil at a figure with which they could
not compete. In years gone by this
strategem was frequently resorted to
by the Standard, and the fact that the
method has Of late been apparently
abandoned is sufficient to prove the
existence of at least harmonious bust
ness relations between the trust and
the so-called independents
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

If the Keep committee succeeds in
eliminating the bureaucratic methods
from the government departmental
service-in removing red tape from it's
business routine-the proceeding will
be strictly in keeping with President
Roosevelt's policy and constitute a
reform which will be appreciated by
the country at large.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29
A Peep Into the Stomach.

Science, which is fast unwilling all
mysteries, has now succeeded in de-
termining by actual observation the
movements and qualities of the di-
gestive organs, a subject hitherto
limited to chemical experiments and
the test tube. This latest discovery
of the Austrian doctors, which is
really peep into the stomach, is the
result of long and patient experiment
in the Roentgen laboratory of the
Vienna general hospital. The method
adopted is quite simple. After a
moderate meal the patient swallows
tiny capsule made of gold beater's
skin filled with bismuth powder. He
is then exposed to the X-rays and
the photograph obtained shows in the
abdominal cavity a, sharply defined
intensely black cruciform speck. This
is the bismuth capsule, which is
neither soluble nor penetrable by the
X-rays.
A second exposure takes place six
VI SoPSu uOufS IdG0r. anu IN the mean
time the stomach has exerted it's di-
gestive powers upon the bismuth cap
sule. If the same speck appears in
the second picture it shows that the
stomach has not been able to digest
the capsule, but if it is no longer
visible it indicates that digestion has
already taken place, as the capsule
must have been dissolved by the
gastric juices before the bismuth
could be distributed in the stomach.
The doctors declare that the length of
time required for the dissolving of
the capsules gives clear and valuable
evidence not only as to the quickness
of the patients digestion, but also as
regards the qualities of the gastric
juices.
It is believed that these experiments
will be very valuable for determining
the effect of various medicaments and
therapeutic methods upon the diges-
tive organs.-Vienna Cor. London
Standard
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

The state chemist is about to pull a
few corks and hunt for preservatives
in bottled beer-especially that which
comes from over the seas. If the
chemist resorts to the test usually ap-
piled in such cases he is liable to dis
cover that he is half seas over him
self before he completes his investiga-
ton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

The appellation, "bread and butter
state," is beginning to take on an
odor of mustiness. Why not add
"potato, pumpkin, fruit, clover,
sugar, CATTLE" and so forth, to vary
the monotony? AS Minnesota pro-
duces in abundance almost everything
along lines agricultural and horticul-
tural, why use the old chestnut "bread
and butter state?' Ad nauseum.