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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-20
Looked Like Chicken Coon

i An amusing story comes to the edi-
torial ears which is told on farmer
living in the vicinity of Garske, when
that village was in its earliest stages
OF settlement. It seems that this farm,
er had ordered patent chicken coop
from a certain house, which was to
come to him by freight. After wait
ing reasonable length :;of: time, and
supposing that the coop had arrived,
he drove to town for it one afternoon.
Standing near the railroad track was
what he supposed to be the desired
article, so he drove up to it, and load.
ed it into his wagon. Just as he was
leaving, a merchant Of the town, who
was standing near by, called to the
farmer to stop. "What in the name
Of all that's funny have you got
there?" he enquired. ~ .:s::s,::. =: :s.:s..
I "Why, this is my new chicken coop
that I recently ordered from Blank
& Co.," was the rejoinder. y ss.1'@' =.
"Chieken cook your foot" said the
merchant, That's the depot 2 Ill s $sss n. &
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-20
ALL BOILER MAKRES
Go on General Strike Saturday,
Five BiQ Roads Affected

A gigantic strike of the boiler
makers employed by five different
roads west of the Mississippi Is nov
in progress. Boilermakers and their
helpers, at present numbering 1892,
employees of the Great Northern, Great
Western, Omaha, Northern Pacific and
the 500 lines, walked out Saturday
night. The helpers had no special
grievance, but simply quit in SYM
pathy with their striking brethern.
1t Is understood that the men de-
mand IS cents an hour in the shops
east of the Missouri river, and 47h
cents per hour west of that stream.
AS compromise the companies have
offered a nine hour day and 41k cents
east of the Missouri and 43h cents
west of the Missouri. This has so
far not met with the appreciation IT
the strikers. Non-union men have
been employed SO far, and 1t Is the
opinion of great many that the
strikers will lose their point.
The railroad officials claim that the
demands Of the strikers are unjuss
They say, that recently the hours OF
the workers have been reduced, that
they have been receiving better wages
and that there is no call for strike
In addition to the radical demands
made by the strikers they have de
manded that limit be placed on the
size of pneumatic hammers used, on
the ground that they are so powerful
that they deliver shock to the men
who use them.
Reports from Council Bluffs ans
other points where the railway shops
are maintained are to the effect thai
la great many of the men do not fully
understand the action Of the uniol
officers in ordering the strike, and tha
there is great deal of dissatisfaction
expressed thereat.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-20
BURNS 4 HORSES
And Destroys St. GauI's Barn Late
Monday Night

About 1 o'clock Monday night ter
rife fire broke out in the barn of St.
Gaul's monastery, about two and one
half miles southeast of town. BY
heroic efforts and hard work four at.
taches of the place succeeded in saw
ing the adjoining buildings from catch
ing fire. They carried buckets Of
water up to the roofs of the buildings
and kept them wet, thereby preventing
them from catching from the scatter
ing sparks and embers The barn and
all of it's contents are total loss, fo1r
fine horses, blooded $500 bull, calf,
fifty tons of hay and all the farm ma,
ohlnery the barn contained being en-
tirely consumed. Efforts were made
by the men to rescue the live stock,
but the fire had gained such a headway
and was spreading so rapidly that all
they could do was to confine their at.
tention to the other buildings. The
loss is estimated to be between $4,000
and s5,00O only $500 OF which is cov-
cred by insurance.
The fine team of farm horses belong
ing to the janitor and farmer of the
place, John Kudeman, perished in the
flames, as did also a horse belonging
to Mike Mandy.
The only supposition which the in
mates of the monastery have as to tho
cause Of the conflagration, is that some
one, tramp, probably, must have
slept in the hay loft over night, and
set fire to the hay by means of smok-
ing pipe or at least lighting match.
; The monastery is built in the midst
of a piece of timber land. This un.
doubtedly broke the wind, and saved
the rest of the buildings from burning.
, Quite a few persons went out IN
rigs from town to the scene of the
conhagration, and aided materially in
subduing the flames. The fire whistle
blew vigorously, but of course to haul
the apparatus out there was out of the
question. Besides, by the time of its
arrival 1t undoubtedly would have been
too late to save the building.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-20
A PIONEER SETTLER
Says Crops Around Fort TOtten Are
Better than the AVERAGE

Antoine Buisson, farmer living
about one and one-half miles west If
Fort Totten, was in the city Tuesday.
Mr.. Buisson says the crops in his part
OF the country are all good compared
to what they are elsewhere. He says
that the most of them will average
fifteen bushels of wheat to the acra.
The. farmers thereabouts have just be.
gun to thresh the grain, having been
retarded In their work by the recent
rains. The fax crop, he says. will be
very good, Only this grain does we'll
on idle land. A piece Of ground tha.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-20

has not been sown for several years
will produce good crou OF Aax. Is
seems that the farmers down there
are troubled great deal with wild
oats, which, when they appear 30 any
extent, will spoil an otherwise good
crop of wheat. They are a greas deal
worse, Mr.. Buisson maintains, aAan a
field of mustard
Mr.. Buisson is one of the oldest ses-
tiers in this part of the eouasemy. He
came to the fort In 1879, and has hvea
there ever since. At thas sszne the
railroad did not extend wesa os Grand
Forks, and this was practically q VII
gin country. Everyone ana everything
was moved by wagon, ana many were
the hardships to be endured Dr. the
early pioneers. AT thas ssEne there
was not a building on sne aise where
this city now stands, ana ongy a smala
settlement at LakoasA I
Il
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-20
TRIES TO WORK HIM
GarSke Man Invited into "GroCer's S
Association

About four months ago an agent for
the Globe Mercantile Association of
Chicago, was in the neighboring small
towns selling membership to a sort
Of grocers association for $3.50 per
head. He sold membership card to
farmer residing near Garske, wfo
also received catalogue of groceries
in which sugar was quoted at S1.75
l'er hundred pound sack. Now, sugar
is worth at least s6 per sack in this
c.uAtry, and at that is sold ON ve:y
small margin of profit. However, soon
The man sent in $14 order to the
house. among other articles ordering a
sack of sugar. He received word
from the house that as prices had
slightly advanced it would be neces-
sary to send s1.67 more. This he did,
and received another letter to the
effect that as there was no agent at
Garske the goods could not be ship
ped there. Another letter went out
from the farmer to ship them to Web
ster then. About this time the harvest
season was coming on, and the man
needed his provisions to feed the hired
help. A letter from the Chicago house
to the effect that twenty-six cents
more was needed. Patience then
! ceased to be virtue, the man did not
reply to this, but came to the city AMI
told his troubles to the states attol.
ney. S,*-s S*-s -,s-t- a5.@#ss4s 19s s,s,,,%.. =:
Nothing, however,, could be done
about it, at least not as vet, and the
farmer, is reported to be still waiting
for his groceries. II. sas24 s4< s.E ~ ...--
Moral: Put not your faith in the
mail order houses. s55s+5. ..s .,.: ~. !.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-20
DOES MUCH WORK FATAL SHOT
City Council Meets Tuesday Morning
Accomplishing Necessary Work


The city council held regular meet
ing at the city hell Tuesday morning.
There were present, besides the mayor
and city clerk, Aldermen Halgren, Hy-
land, Dodge and Brainard. The con-
tract for letting the building of neces-
sary street crossings was awarded TO
Charles Sneesby for thirty-fve cents
per square foot. The salary of the
present city attorney. Judge McClory,
was fixed at $780, Ordinance No. 100
known as the appropriation bill, was
passed at the second reading, as was
ordinance No. 101, providing for a tax
levy.
Bids for the street grading were
opened, but will not be acted upon un-
til the next meeting of the council on
Sept rs. Only two bids were submit
ted, that of Ray Young for thirty
seven and nine-tenths cents per yard,
and James Yeaman for forty cents per
yard.
The contract for the new reservoir
at the city water plant was let to
Charles Sneesby for S1,65250. The
new reservoir will be square instead
of round, as the present one is, this
type having been decided on by the
city engineer and the city council.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-20
Hooker Exonerated.
A meeting of the State BARRIERS e

A meeting of the State BARRIERS Elk.
: y a AZ
amining board was held in the office
of States Attorney Serumgard Friday
afternoon to inquire into the matter. d
j. L. Hooker, the Fargo man, who Was
arrested. because he refused to turn
over the boards books to the new
secretary, Edward Richardson. Mr.
Hooker agreed to turn over the books
The election which was recently held
ut Jamestown was ratified, and every
thing was settled amicably. The meet
ing lasted several hours. II
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-20
Was Accidentally Fired by
Dwight Jones
Resulting in the Death of S.year Old
Frances H0rSman
Community Shrouded in Sadness Over
Fatal Accident

A sad occurrence happened Wed
nesday afternoon about supper hour
when Dwight Jones, the six year old
son Of DR.. W. D. JONES' shot and fatal
ly injured the eight year old daughter
of Theodore Horsman. The ball en-.
tered the child's head at the left eye
and passed entirely through. She WIS
at once removed to Mercy hospital,
where doctors worked over the suffer
er for hours, but all to no avail, for
between the hours of four and five in
the morning the little girls sufferings
ceased and she passed into the great
beyond.
1t seems that the little boy and girl,
with some other companions, we1e
playing together in Dr. Jones yard.
Dwight had thirty-two calbre Smith
& Wesson revolver, which he had sur
reptitiously taken from a dresser
drawer in the doctors room. He had
been many times warned against play
ing with the gun, and had received
several chastisements for the offense.
The doctor keeps the loaded gun in
his drawer to take with him on some
of his night trips into the country.
Mrs. Jones being out at the time, it
was an easy matter for the boy 10
procure the revolver. All five cham
bers were loaded.
Returning to his playmates the boy
pointed. the weapon at the little Hor.s.
! man girl saying that for her to watc',
out, but it wouldn't hurt. AS he snap.
ped the trigger she swerved to one
i side, receiving the load in the left
eye. She dropped to the ground, bus
| was picked up and carried to the front
porch by P. G. Miller, who happesed tc
! be passing by at the time. The am
| bulance was summoned, and the injuc
ed child was at once conveyed to the
| hospital. A sad fact connected witt
the affair was that the little girls
father was at Churchs Ferry at thu
time. He was communicated with by
. telephone and arrived in the cit,
about o'clock in an automobile.
Theodore Horsman is we'll known il
the city, he being brother to DR.. \
T. Horsman and having formerly co,l
Quoted drug store at Dunseith. HI
is making his home at present witt
his brother on East Seventh street.
I The little girl was accounted ,
bright child and attended the publ,
schools in the city. She leaves +,
mourn her loss, besides her parents
one sister and two brothers. The fun
eral arrangements have not as ye
been made.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-20

CONTINUED on page tend
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-24

Invitations have been issued for
the wedding of Miss Aida Louise
Barnes, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A,
G. Barnes of Vernon, to Edmun'
NJ Heard, son of Mrs. B. R. Allen also
of Vernon. The wedding will take
place at the home of the brides pa
rents. June 5.
Miss Margaret Daley of New York
city. a member of the executive com
mittee of the National Garment Work
ers union, was in Brattleboro yester-
day to consult with officials of the To-
cal union in regard to schedules for the
coming year. The local union at pres
emit numbers 100 members and Is more
are to be taken into membership.
Congressman Kittredge Haskins
has appointed Will Carleton Perry of
Putney as midshipman to the Unit
ed States Naval academy at Annapolis.
His former appointee failed to pass
the examination and consequently va
cancy was made. The examination will
be held in June. Mr.. Perry graduated
from the Brattleboro high school in
1905.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-24

Mrs. Dressed widow of a naval officer
in Washington.
Elias Prouty of Halifax appeared
as plaintiff in two cases last Friday
which were tried before Judge Frank
Worden, at Halifax, Charles S. Chase
and William r. Daley acting as conn-
sci for the plaintiff in each case. The
former of the two cases was to recover
the balance of 500 on promissory note
which Greene Worden of Halifax had
given to the plaintiff for three head Of
cattle. The defendant had refused to
pay the balance on the ground that the
plaintiff did not own one of the cattle
at the time of the sale. When the
matter had been threshed out thorough
ly, Judge Worden reserved his de-
cision. The second of the two cases
was that of Mr.. Prouty against Albert
Platt to eject the latter from a farm
owned by Mr.. Prouty held under the
terms of a lease which was given Oct.
6. 1906, for five years on condition that
Mr.. Prouty should be furnished with
suitable board and lodging including
washing and mending The plaintiff
stated that the defendant had not
kept the terms of the lease and wish
ed to have the same annulled. Another
term of the lease which had been brok-
en- by the defendant, according to the
was the sale of a yoke of
oxen and seven sheep. The defendant
claimed that under the terms of the
lease he had right to sell the stock
and also that he had kept the 9th
er terms of the lease The arguments
were at last finished and Judge Wor-
den reserved his decision. In the for
mer case F. D. E. Stowe represented
the defendant and in the latter H. G.
Barber appeared.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-24

uaN ulODe'
Nellie Adeline Daniels, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Newell P Daniels
of No. A Hartford avenue, East Hart
ford. and Leon Danforth Whitney of
this city were married at $50 O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
the bride, by Rev. F. 2. Bachelor of
the South Congregational church, East
Hartford. The bride was attended by
Miss Josephine Kingsbury of Coven-
trv. while the best man was Edwin
whitney of Brattleboro, VT, brother
of the bridegroom. The wedding march
was played by Mrs Robert Mckee of
Springfield, Mass. The bride s dress
was white Persian lawn, trimmed with
Valenciennes lace, and she carried
bouquet of white carnations. The
maid of honor was dressed in white
dotted Swiss. The ceremony was fol
lowed by a reception, after which Mr..
and Mrs. Whitney left for their new
home in East Hartford. They received
many presents, including a check for
500 from the bride S father and
mother. case of silver from the Office
force of C. NJ. Gaines, where the bride
was employed, and chocolate set from
the bridegroom associates at Finlay
Brothers office. Guests were present
from Brattleboro, VT, Coventry,
Scitieo and Hartford.-Hartford
(Conn9 Courant, May II.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-24

Abraham H. Hummel, one of the
most famous lawyers in New York city
Monday began the service of a year S
sentence in Blackwells island peniten-
tiary for conspiracy in connection with
the Dodge Morse divorce case. He was
convicted two years ago but fought the
case through several courts until final
decision was returned adverse to him.
He is nearly 81 years old. He figured
as a witness in the Thaw murder trial.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-24
BrdttlebOrO Local
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Dancing.

Private dancing lessons. day or evep,n,
L. Wales, Canal ST. " MI
Music rolls and cases at Clapp 4 Jones'
New Vermont Registers at Clapp a
- monographs aud records, Leitsinger 4
Dngan's Music Store. al
The Flash" Fountain Pens, practical
novelty, at Clapp 4 Jones'.
Mrs. \. l.. kenney, teacher of short.
hand and typeMrlling. 80 Canal ST. 20tf
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-24

An intcrclass meet of the higl
( school track team will DO held at III,
: Fair grounds june Z,
"A regular meeting of the W. G
7. L, will be held Tuesday Afternoon
e al 3 o clock NJ the room In the Elmer
5 son block, Elliot street,
The Woman : Relief corps vii
conduct memorial service to th,
, sailor soldier dead on the bridge Tues
! day afternoon at 6,i5 o'clock,
, "A force Of laborcrs has been al
work the past week laying new ties un
der the West River track between III,
! local station and the West river bridge
William Morrison pleaded guilty
. to the charge of intoXication in the
, municipal court Monday afternoon and
was fined So and costs, amounting Il
! sl0.l5.
A. W. j. wilkins has sold his
speedy driving horse, Wait-and See to
DR.. r. II. O'Connor. Wait.and See won
second in the 2.2O class at the Valley
fair three years ago and has worked a
mile in ELI.
"A horse attached to a lumber team
which Elwyn Richardson was driving
Tuesday morning, became unmanage-
able and attempted TO run away, break
ing the forcwheels and thills. The
horse was stopped before he had gone
far.
Among the new trains, whose run
ming schedules are being figured by
Boston 4 Maine officials, are the two
extra White Mountain trains which
will run between New York city aud
White River Junction, making their
first trips June "a,
The members of Sedgwick Relief
corps will meet at town hall Sunday
morning at 9.i5 to attend services at
West Brattleboro and Wednesday
morning at the same place at 9.4j sharp
to attend the exercises at the high
school. The corps will meet Tuesday
afternoon at q. A. r. hall to make
wreaths,
Eight clcrgymen gathered Monday
al the home of Rev. II. Il. Miles to at.
| tend the regular meeting of the Wind
ham County and Black River Minis.
tiers association. Rev. \. =. Pratt of
Bellows Falls gave a paper on Omar
Khayyam and Rev r. w. Roundy of
Ludlow reviewed Wernle s Beginnings
of Christianity.
A meeting of the music committee
for the opcn-air services which will be
held on the common Sunday evenings
through the summer was held at the
home of j. L. Hall Tuesday evening. A
schedule was made up so that the
choirs of the different churches will al.
ternatc in furnishing vocal music, and
there will be instrumental music in ad-
dition.
The local degree team of the
Daughters of Pocahontas hold meet
ing tonight for the rehearsal Of the
degree work preparatory to instituting
council at Bellows Falls next Mon
day night. The council will be started
with a charter membership of nearly
30 and the local degree team will take
with it % people. Visitors will be
present at the initiation from Spring
field and several other places.
The teachers of the high school
rendered a reception and supper to the
members Of the senior class in the lab .
oratory last Friday evening. Miss
Mary Dean acted as hostess and Prin. /.
cipal and Mrs f. B. Smith and Mrs |
J. 7. Elmer acted as a reception com /
mittce. The tables as well as the room /
were prettily trimmed in red, the color
of the class. and many of the articles
which made up the dainty luncheon .
,,-arn also roll Tho fables were set i'm .
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-24

Boston is said to use more telephones
per capita than any other city in the
world. 1t has an instrument for every II
persons.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-24
Kiln Dried
Yellow Corn

.binment from the west is
',, II, 65c in 1000 bushel lots.
syeIIow corn, &C.
romnore these prices with our
.s sV.D IN corn now in our ware
4 me- lS.s n tbgt is slightly damaged by
| o ..,n,g,jeiayed in transit and every
[ EgDs zeal can readily see that he
ffs..aI5 take advantage of the big
fa ,s,S we are offering. The in
ETasic value is there
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-10-12
BELLS FOR THE BELLE
Who Will Share Merry
Bacon's Railroad Pass.

When Mr.. ME-. Bacon and bride az
rived from Marion Wednesday even
ing, there was something doing at
the depot. A crowd of their friends
were there to pelt them with rice
and otherwise advertise the fact
that there had been a wedding in
journalistic circles. Several of Mr..
Bacon's carrier boys were there with
goods of one kind and another and
two equipped with cow-bells perched
themselves upon the back of the
bridal carriage and made noisy
demonstrations from one end of
Ninth street to the other. It was
a merry tine for Merry.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-10-12

coming back to Bro. Wilson. Gus,
don't you think you had better
change your bait this time. You
have fished in the same hole all sum
mer without getting a bite and have
worked over the stale and exploded
charges of Democratic mismanage-
ment so often that the public is won
dering if you are going to keep on
going round and round and quit
right where you started. Give us a
change. Col. Bradley made a face
at the might riders, when he spoke
at Princeton. You might go even
further and shake your fist at them.
And now one parting piece of advice
don't mention Max Hanbery in
YOUR speech.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-10-12
One of Americas Novels.

The announcement that a new
dramatiZation Of the Hidden Hand"
will be presented at the Opera House
Wednesday, Oct 16. recalls that this
story made Robart Bonner, owner
of the New York Ledger, a million
aire. He had just bought the paper
when he was lucky enough to get
Mrs. Southworth's story, the Hid
don Hand, as a serial, The circu-
lation of the Ledger went up by
leaps and bounds and soon the brave,
bright. innocent, lovable Capitola
was known in almost every home in
the land. Everybody was talking
about the story and its madcap
heroine, its terrible Black Donald,
and its irresistibly funny darky
characters such as Wool and Pitapat.
All these characters have been in
cluded in the cast of this new
dramatization and the play has been
built up by the experienced hand OF
an actor of the best standing
Eugene Moore.