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The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23
THE new RAILROADS
Proposed Branches to Tap Rich Country North
and South. Dickinson Will be Railroad
Center. Missouri River Grade to Take
Slow Northern Pacific Freight

man county. The line passes be-
tween three and four miles north of
sPaoi. The survey enters Billings in
township 1873, range los, following up
Hay creek. a few miles south Of Ba-
con creek, crossing the Little Missouri
river at the junction Of the Little
Beaver. West of the Little Missouri
the Milwaukee makes a detour, enter.
ing Bowman county again and back
into the extreme southwest section of
Billings county, where it crosses the
line into Montana.
From the official .plats it is cleaned
that the Milwaukee misses Haley by
some miles to the north, while running
between six and seven miles south Of
Saltwater. {, IN s+ H.
Speculation runs Il now as to
where the new towns VIII Ebe. ~ IL
Supplies are being rushed In from
various points, indicating that work
is to be resumed at an early date.
Missouri River Route. ,i5
Work on the Northern Pacific line
from Mandan to Glendive along the
west bank Of the Missouri river was
in progress last season and plats Of
the survey have been filed covering
the line as far as Elbowoods in Mer.
Ger county, north and a little east OF
Dickinson. Grade stakes had been SET
as far as Elbowoods when the crew
went to Glendive late in the fall to
work east from that point. VI
This line will be some 100 miles
longer than the main line between
Mandan and Glendive, but being q
river grade will furnish an easy haul
for freight, much Of which will be sent
that way, leaving the main line. clear
for through passenger trains and fast
freight. ,98
The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23

past year over that Of the preceding
year: II
The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23
OUR BATTLEsHIPs oUToFDATE

From excellent authority it is learned
that the United States must build an en-
tirely new navy within the next six
years. The present fighting feet must
be put out Of commission and new one
submitted, composed of up.to.date war
ships, that is, if we are TO retain our
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The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23

Over Five Thousand Homestead Entries.---
Nearly Slx-Hundred Contests + Year
Ending March I, 1907

The total area of the Dickinson
United States land. district is 6,267,62o
acres. 51S,4oo acres are yet unsurveyed1
and 4,42o.6s acres are appropriated,
leaving 1,32S.53o acres now open for
entry, 5oo.ooo acres less than there were
a year ago. AT this rate, two OF three
years will see all the land appropriated.
Below we give comparative table
showing the increase Of business for the
The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23
Dickinson Perma n en-
Base Of Supplies.

Representatives of the Milwaukee
railroad were in Dickinson this week
and secured from the N. P. warehouse
site east of the little stockyards. The
warehouse will be $50 feet long and will
contain material and supplies for the
railroad work on the Milwaukee exten-
sion south.
The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23

the times has been patent to everyone
during the past few months, transpor-
tation facilities being entirely inade-
quate to move the wheat, fax, coal
and other products Of this favored
section out or to bring in the people
who with their household and farming
goods wished to seek homes in vest
ern North Dakota.
The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23
, Tap Knife River Country.

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Last month Northern Pacific rail-
road surveying party Of eight msh
made temporary headquarters at Fay
ette, about thirty miles north Of Dick
inson. This party recently started out
from Beaver Hill, Montana. and is
now working east from Fayette
through the Knife River country to
meet a party working west from Stan
ton. The party took dinner with Post
master F. A. Little on Feb. 26. and
was treated with great favor BY the
settlers around Fayette, who are anx-
iously awaiting developments. Il .ss
February is an early date for rail-
road surveyors to commence work on
new lines, which strengthens the be-
lief in many quarters that railroad
construction will be in full blast both
north and south as soon as the frost Is
out Of the ground in the spring.
Z Dickinson Railroad Center. ,y.l
Dickinson is the natural commercial
center for the West Missouri Slope
country, and will benefit greatly by
the new railroad development, which
must come in the near future both
north and south. st5 &
Both North and South. 5'
Surveying parties who were In Dick,
inson late last fall are authority for
the statement that the coming sum
mer will see Northern Pacific sur
vey completed from Haley north to
Dickinson and from Dickinson north
to connect with the Missouri river
line near Elbowoods.
Mott Too.
Northern Pacific surveyors were in
the Mott country all last summer con-
fining their work entirely to the Can
non Ball river country. It is under
stood they established a permanent
route up the Cannon Ball to Mott.
This survey will probably be made to
connect with the Standing Rock line
south from Mandan along the Mis-
souri, river.
Up the Cedar. 3 &
Northern Pacific surveyors have
been in the Cedar river country all
winter and the, first days of March a
party Of sixteen passed G. H. Merry's
ranch in 1901 headed up the river.
This is the second survey of tina.
route and more care is being taken
than when the first survey was made
last summer. At the Merry ranch the
N. p. survey is but seven miles north
of the new Milwaukee line. If the N. P.
parallels the Milwaukee north it will
give the pioneer line an advantage in
all the section between that and the
main line. .s,s
55s Vital Question.
The question Of new railroads is
uppermost in the minds Of all who are
already or who expect to be interested
in property in western North Dakota.
The state, of North Dakota has start
ed on q career Of development that is
amazing the entire country.
The railroads foresaw, more nearly
than individuals, the coming situation
and began years ago to plan branch
lines to meet the travel and freight
traffic demands.
Transportation Inadequate.
That railroad building and equip
ment is far behind the exigencies OF
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The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
MRS. FRANK DEWEY NEW
PRESIDENT OF FEDERATION
Women Missionary Workers Hold
Eiec.ion-Red Men increasing in
Numbers, Says speaker-chi-
nese Quarter Is Discussed

AT the meeting of the Women's FEEDER
alion of Christian Missionary workers
yesterday afternoon at Berean hall Mrs.
Frank Dewey was elected president and
Mrs. II. Weaver, secretary and treasurer.
At the morning session DR.. s. G. Nit
chell, president of the mission to the
Navajo Indians at Tolchaco, Ariz., made
an address or the condition of the Indi-
ans in Arizona.
DIR. Mitchell said that the Indians were
increasing in the United States instead
of decreasing as thought by many people;
that the census of 1890 showed there were
100000 Indians and In 1900, an increase to
100000.
With the facts confronting the Ameri-
can people, DIR. Mitchell advocated the
betterment of the conditions of the red
men and thought they should be placed
in positions to lead the lives of farmers
in communities by themselves as a mat
ter of their choice.
At the afternoon session Rev. Dr. Hay
ward. superintendent of the Methodist
missionary work in the West Indies
spoke on 1.-THE Possibility of the Lower
Strata of Society in Porto Rico. Mrs
Frank Wheelan spoke on THE Chinesf
in Los Angeles Two missionaries from
Africa made reports of the work being
done in that country. ~ gs3a,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
AQUEDUC7 "PULL"
IS LATEST ISSUE
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD OPENS ODD
CASE
EmpIoye Who While Lost Could Not
Survey Himself Back to EIiz-
abeth Lake Is Given OPP
portunity to Explain

Because it was claimed j. H. Peterson
boasted gof his political pull and because
he gave advice to aqueduct employees call
cuated to make trouble. Peterson has
been dropped from that branch of the
city service and his fate rests with the
civil service commission which now has
the case under advisemenc.
In connection with the dropping of
Peterson is q letter from Assistant En-
gineer J. B. Lippincott in which the latter
says:
"I think Mr. Peterson has demonstrated
that he is not suitable man for our
work, and l should not like to see him
return to the organization"
1t appears that when the man was sent
to the camp at Elizabeth lake he showed
unfamiliarity with rough life. having
spent most of his time In Washington, ID.
c., and once when surveying on a noun
tain near the lake, 1t is claimed, he be-
came lost.
And one of the commissioners remarked
yesterday:
He could not survey himself back
again"
The aqueduct people say Peterson ad-
vised men who were switched about or
laid off not to submit, saying all that was
needed was a pull-that his pull landed
him where he was.
Engineer Lippincott called Peterson be-
fore him for this. but he denied 1t until
three employees who accused him of maxi
ing the statement confronted him. Secre-
tary Spalding will write Peterson to get
his defense before action Is taken.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
LEMON STREET RESIDENT
PURSUED BY MISFORTUNE
Angelic MardeIo, Robbed of Pin and
Watch, Falls from Tree
in Front Of
Car

Claiming that his residence on Lemon
street has proven hoodoo, Angelo Mar
dello an Italian. says he will soon move
to another and luckier part of Los
Angeles. Mardello lives at 1912 Lemon
street and since he made his home there
his lot has been a sad one.
Thursday last two strangers accosted
him. inviting him to accompany them to
a saloon AS the trio reached a secluded
spot one of the strangers remarked:
"Angello, that is fine ring you have"
and tore the ring from the surprised
Italians fingers.
"And what a lovely watch" said the
other. at the same time snatching a
valued heirloom from Angello's pocket.
Before Mardello could recover from his
surprise the two men had disappeared.
Mardello's misfortunes did not end with
the hold-up.
Early Tuesday morning while trimming
a tree near his home he, sat on the outer
end of a limb, saving 1t off near the
trunk. He fell to the car tracks just in
time to be picked up by the fender of a
passing car. His injuries were so severe
that he was taken to the receiving hospi-
tai. where he was treated by DR.. Tanner.
He declares the first place he will seek
after his recovery Is real estate office.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
BRILLIANT SPECTACLE
is T0NGSMEN'S FUNERAL
Widow of Wong Coon Kor sobs al
Bier-Newcomers to Quarter
Examined by China
town Squad

Funeral services for Lum Sing and
Wong Coon Kor. the latest victims of the
tong war In Los Angeles were held al
Pierce Brothers undertaking establish
ment yesterday afternoon.
CARRIED in the gay raiment used by peo-
pie of their race at funerals, many of the
former friends of the dead tongsmen as
sembled in the little chapel and at the
close of the services followed the hearse
TO the Chinese cemetery. The procession
made a vivid spectacle.
Among the number were many Chinese
women. several of them carrying babes
in their arms. The wife of Wong Coon
Kor was present, and her sobs and cries
frequently interrupted the services.
Several prominent members of the Bing
Kong tong attended the funeral and read
short prayers over the bodies of their
former comrades.
At the cemetery the bodies were laid
in a vault with the usual Chinese cere-
monies. Food and water, sufficient to
last the dead during the nine days trip to
heaven, were spread beside the bodies be-
fore the grief stricken relatives and
friends left th5 place.
In Vault Nine Days
At the end of nine days the bodies will
be taken from the vault and inferred.
There is excitement in Chinatown. Pa
trolmen, operating under orders from
Chief Kern, are constantly on duty in the
district and every strangs Chinese is
closely questioned.
The police do not anticipate any fur
ther trouble with any of the tongs. but
old residents of the place say it will be
unsafe to have the police squad removed
for some time. as lit is probable revenge
will be taken for the deaths OF the tongs-
men killed in the war week ago.
The examination of the three Chinese,
Charley Sam Ling, Charley Wing and
Wong Chong, who were arraigned yester-
day before Justice Chambers on charge
of numbering Wong Kong Cow and Lem
Sing, will take place October "a at 10
o'clock.
The strongest evidence against these
men, the police say, is the fact that they
were identified by Lem shortly before his
death.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
AS AGITATOR MAN
LOSES CITY JOB
MAKES CHARGES AGAINST EN-
eINEER's BRANCH
instrument Man with College Degree
Lays Case Before Civil Service
Commission and May
Sue City

Because William F. Chapman showed
tendencies of being an agitator" he was
dropped from the city payrols as instru-
ment man.
Yesterday he laid his case before the
civil service commission, intimating that
he would sue the city for back pay, as an
emergency appointee was doing his work,
although he was still on the eligible list
waiting for unemployment.
b Chapman worked for the engineers de-
partment and the explanatory letter to
the commission from Chief Clerk Horace
Taylor refers to Chapman's alleged agita-
torial leanings as one reason why he was
laid off after working eighteen months.
On one point the commissioners imme-
diately expressed their disapproval of the
action of the engineers department =
charges should have been preferred
against the man II there was reason to be-
lieve that he had violated any rules, they
said.
Chapman told the commission that ir
addition to being a college graduate he
had taken a post graduate course In min
in.; at the University of California, was
versed in mathematics and had qualifica'
tions far higher han instrument mer
needed.
Secretary Spalding was instructed t.
write to the engineers department tC
ascertain all the facts
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
Assembly Dates

Plans for the assembly dances were
completed at special meeting held at
the residence of Mrs. Rufus Heron
Monday afternoon.
AS usual the assembly will be held at
Kramers and the date for the first one
is Tuesday evening, November 26. The
patronesses for this first dance are
Mesdames Wesley Clark, g. c. Carpen-
ter, George S. Patton, Henry w. O'Mel-
veny. I. N. Van Nuys and Stephen c
Hubbel.
December 27 has been chosen for the
second event, and will be in charge OF
Mesdames Charles G. Monroe, Walter j
Barlow. Hugh l.. Macneil, Joseph F.
Sartori, Thomas E. Newlin and Roy
Jones.
The hostesses the evening of January
% are Mesdames Ernest A. Bryant,
George j. Denis, Allan C. Balch, William
E. Dunn, Jaro Won Schmidt and Fred
Bixby.
The last of the series, Mardi Gras
ball. to be given March 8. Is expected to
eclipse in brilliancy anything ever
given in this city. The plans are In
charge of Mesdames Michael ]. Con-
nell, Randolph H. Miner, Granville Mac
Gowan, Milo M Potter, Guy Cochran
and William May Garland.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
GOV. GILLETT TO ATTEND
DAVISVILLE INSTITUTE
Practical and Theoretical Workers
VIII Lecture at Meeting to Be
Held at University
Farm

October % to 81 a State Farmers in
stitute will be held at the university farm
at Davisville. The meeting will be sig
nificant in that it will mark the inaugu-
ration of campaign of education with
the direct object of letting the public see
ard hear what is being done and what it
is planned to do at this place for the adj
vancement of their agricultural interests.
There will be present at this meeting
men and women from all parts of the
state. Individuals who hrve been suc-
cessful in the practical working of their
farms will tell how this success has
been attained and will point the way
toward successful work and practice at
the university farm. The experiment sta
tion worker the Investigator, will be at
the meeting to tell of his work and
methods. Governor Gillett and President
: -heeler of the state university will be
present.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
,eusoey xcnusgery emsseqss Ian@eaaS

needle to the pole. Many citizen, oe-
sirable In the true sense of the Woro'
will refuse to live in place Wnere me-
eyes are constantly affronted on the
street by sights of cruelty and neglect
Let it not be supposed that the soclety
mentioned is without friends-far from
it, Many of the best names In the city
are on it's membership roll. But its
resources should be increased ten
fold and it should be amply endowed.
1t has at present only three paid agents
in the field with whom to cover not only
the city, but the whole county. 1t mas
however, in the past four years increas-
ed it's scope fully ten-fold. In a period
of six months up to May l of this year
44S7 animals were examined, and 177l
were either relieved, humanely destroyed
or suspended from labor
But there is so much more to do!
Drinking fountains should be placed
throughout the city and the society mas
already started on this needed work.
There is often bitter neglect and abuse
on the large ranches and in river bot
toms and sand pits, which. through lack
of funds cannot always be remedied. A
home of refuge for horses and other
animals is also badly needed, and sub
scriptions are now being taken for that
purpose.
The elevating effect of such an in
Stttut1On on the mlnuS OIL the youiS
can not be overestimated. Kind-hearted
boys and girls make humane and worthy
citizens; and those schools where hui
maneness Is regularly taught have ever
been found to furnish the smallest per-
centage, If any, to the jails and peni-
tentiaries.
Consideration for the subhuman races
by man rebounds a hundred-fold to the
welfare of man himself Especially Is
this work Important at a time like the
present, when certain public officials, in
the limelight of favor and fame, are
setting before the youth of the land an
example of savagery In their outdoor
sports which all lovers of kindness and
justice deplore.
There is no work more elevated than
to protect the defenseless from the
thoughtless; no service more sacred than
to speak for those who are dumb in their
own behalf Let us give what practical
aid we can to support such work and
the society that is doing it.
The writer is not an officer of the sd
ciety mentioned, is not in it's pay and
is connected with it only as member.
He sends this appeal entirely unsolicit-
ed, and in fact without the knowledge of
any officer of the society. His only OBJ
ject is to awaken interest in a great
and vital work that is not receiving
it's proper recognition, and to hasten,
If by ever so little, the tagging steps
of justice. ]. M. GREENE.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
EUGENE D. PARK, PIONEER
FRUIT MAN, PASSES AWAY
Resident Of Los Angeles for Ten
Years, Was Well Known in
Business Circles - En-
listed at 13

Eugene Derby Park. a citizen of Los
Angeles for forty years. veteran of the
Civil war. and ore of the most popular
and widely known wholesale fruit men
in California, died at his home, 155 North
Hancock street, October 9, burial taking
place at Evergreen, October IL. the Rev.
Frank S. Forbes officiating.
Mr.. Park was born 58 years ago in
Lowell, Mass. and at the age of thirteen
enlisted In the Union army, fighting
through the last two years of the Civil
war. He then came to California by way
of Panama, staying in San Francisco
until 1867 when he came to Los Angeles
by stage.
He is survived by Mrs. Ella G.. Park,
two sons, Clarence e. and Eugene Park,
jr., and daughter, Miss Gladys Park.
Mr.. Park was a member of the local
Grand Army post. and was interested in
municipal AFFAIRS.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF
BEING PARTNER OF THIEVES
j. C. KeebIer in JaiI-Alleged to Have
Acted as "Fence" for Members
of Alleged Robbers
Gang

j. c. Keebler was arrested yesterday
nv Detectives Jones and Boyd and placed
in the city prison on suspicion. 1t is al
,eged that Keebler was connected with
Wilcox and Young the men arrested in
ocean Park on charges of having COM
mitted series of burglaries in and near
that city.
The police state that Keebler was given
some of the property sto.en by Wilcox
and Young and John Lewis TO sell and
that he had disposed OF small amount
of jewelry and a watch.
Keebler makes a denial of criminal
lsnowledge of any of the acts of Wilcox
and Young, and while he admits having
sold some jewelry states that he acted in
perfect good faith. His reputation has
heretofore been good.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
LITTLE EVIDENCE FOUND
IN OBSCENE LETTER CASE

Nat Robinson. the jewlry salesman who
was arrested on the charge of having
sent an obscene letter through the mails
to Mrs. Minnie Robinson of Goldfied.
New, was discharged yesterday after
noon after hearing before United States
Commissioner Van Dyke, because of in
sufficient evidence
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney Mccormick. however, made out a
strong case against Robinson. but was
unable to actually conpect him as having
deposited the letter al question inside the
envelope that bore the Los Angeles and
Goldfield postmarks, besides Mrs. Browns
address and the corresponding dates.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
Pre-NuptiaI Luncheon

Mrs. Jefferson Paul Chandler enter
tanned informally at luncheon yesterday
in compliment to Miss Pearl Seeley. The
decorations were suggestive of the autumn
season, different varieties of fruit being
artistically combined, and rustic baskets
overfowing with fruit being sketched on
the place cards.
Besides Mrs. Chandler and Miss Seeley
covers were laid for Mmess Roy Seeley,
Leo Chandler. N. Fl. Murray. Hugh
Stewart, Junius Brown. N. H. MyricS,
Henry S. Mckee, Misses Kate Macombef
of Des Moines, Lillian Smith of Deming,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
Afternoon Recep ption

Following an elaborately appointed re-
ception given by Mr.. and Mrs. John M. {.
Marble last evening at their Figueroa
street home in compliment to their son and
his bride, Mr.. and Mrs. William Carey
Marble. Mrs. Marble and her daughterin-
law will be at home this afternoon 10
other guests, invitations issued number
ing between 800 and 400
Assisting will be Miss Marble Mines,
John e. Marble, w. w. Stilson, Felix
Howes Dan c. Porter of Pasadena. Philip
Kitchin, Bert La Forrest Null, and the
Misses Gretchen Smith, Frances Whitlock,
Bertha Lebus, Bertha Oliver and Maria
Grow.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
For Mrs. Jordan

Mrs Ada l.. Ward was hostess at a
luncheon given at her home, 2241 Cam
bridge street recently, at which Mrs
George w. Jordan president of the Cos
mos club, was the guest of honor.
Dainty Gibson heads. done in water
color, decorated the .lace cards and CAR
nation and Cecil Bruner roses were com
bined for the centerpiece.
Covers were laid for Mines. r. P.
Howell, Charles Stansbury, A. A. Eek
strom, A. ]. Bletsoe. w. S. Mcclellan,
Sarah Smith, James Scott, Alice Ander-
son, w. r. Bird and H. Y. Stanley.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
IMPORTANT RAILROAD CHANGES

IN October = NVW Agency statlon, Lee
land. New, IA miles from Ludlow, CAL,
will be opened for handling freight and
,assenper traffic. This new station Is
the nearest railroad station (three and
one-ha.f miles, to the Lee-Echo mining
district am Lee, Cal. Through tickets
can be purchased at any Santa Fe route
ticket office.
Route freight via Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway, care Tonopah d Tide
water railroad at Ludlow, cal through
ssenger and freight rates quoted on ap.
plication.
w. r. Alberger. traffic manager, II.
Needham, general agent, Tonopah q
Tidewater railroad. 39l Pacific Electric
building. Los Angeles.