The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-20

bet $500 on certain candidate at the
Great Northern station last evening"
This man "bluffed" one of Grand
Forks most wealthy and influential
citizen for several days, nagging the
poor man and trying to get q bet
of $500 out of him. This individual
who was wallowing in wealth, said he
would DC extremely happy ii he could
just get a bet of $500 out of the
manager OF the opposition. On in
quiry this psudo-millionaire was dis
covered to be porter at local hotel
and one of his friends estimated his
entire worldly wealth at 500 cents.
Superintendent McLain:- The corn
raising contest in Grand Forks county
which l inagurated last year, has not
been a great success and yet we have
met with encouragement enough to
warrant our going ahead with the
effort to teach agriculture in the pub
lie schools. We sent out several
hu ldred samples of seed corn with
circulars last year, asking that each
pupil try his or her hand at raising
corn and sent the Office sample, to-
gether with a description of the pro-
cess of growing and an essay showing
the profit realized, the best method of
growing corn, etc. We have received
some 40 samples of corn and will
shortly award prizes. 1t is to be hop
cd that we can be as successful in
i lev years in helping the people Of
The county along these lines as the
superintendent OF Trail county has
been interesting the schools and
people in the work in his county.
DR.. II. FL. Healy:-- l am co lfident
that we will get the new and much
needed hospital in Grand Forks in
the very near future. The doctors
are united and the business men felt
the need OF the institution. l am
sure that he will all do AL we can
and If one plan fails we will try an
other, The city needs the hospital
and must have it,
Hugh Quigly:-From some of the
talk one hears in this campaign, you
would imagine that John Dinnie was
bloated aristocrat and that he was a
member OF some gang whose only vo-
eaton was bleeding the poor. If they
could all have seen Jack" Dinnie as
| saw him % years ago, when he
struck Grand Forks they would change
their minds. l was chopping cord
wood on the east side and Jack was
hauling it to his home on the west
side when our acquaintance began. l
should think that lie had about $500 in
mo ey and he bought some 200 cards of
wood. The next summer he started
to making brick, in a crude way,
(home-made brick they were) and he
used them in building cellars and base
ments. He did this for two years and
then began the manufacture of COM
mercial brick. He was the hardest
working man l ever saw, working
night and day. I honestly believe that
the first few years he was in Grand
Forks he did more hard manual la
Dor than any two men in Grand Forks.
John Dinnie knows what hard work
is and lully understands the hard
knocks which laboring man must
take.
Rev. Frank H. Hays The series
of lectures on qusi-religious SUBJ
jects which are being given every
Wednesday evening at the Presbyter-
ian church, is proving great success
The people are taking great interest
in the subjects and the church is
filled every evening. So far the lee
lures and papers have been of high
order both interesting and instructive
an sure the members of the church
fully appreciate the work required to
produce papers OF such high order.
A Theater-Goer:-- 1t is something
of reproach to the theater going
people of Grand Forks that some of
the catchy comic operas and other