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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
A "FL0SS|E' GIRL
WAS FLOSS|E
JOHNSON
She Worked a "scarlet"
Friend and Restauranter
for Total of $50.
HER CLOTHES IN HOG
Purchased Ticket for Seattle
But Cruel Fate and Police
''Butted In"
HER CLOTHES IN HOG

A waitress named Flossie Johnson,
until last night employed in a local
restaurant, the proprietor, a Great
Northern ticket agent, and two burly
officers of the law, took stellar roles
in little comedy drama enacted last
evening. The scenic. background was
splendiferous with greenbacks to the
amount Of $50 and the plot centered
around the efforts of Flossie, the lead
ing lady. to make her getaway with
the entire scenery of the outfit.
It appears the "petit" Flossie is one
of the Flossie kind, and was at one
time member of the 400. scarleteens.
The girl cast enslag ing wiles around
the daily life of the restaurant keeper
by whom she was employed, and last
last night when she asked for loan
of $50 to get some clothing out Of
"hock" the money was quickly forth
coming.
Overjoyed by her first success and
with the light of triumph in her eyes
she wendell her way to one of the
hollow" resorts and made loan Of
$50 from one of the landladies, osten-
sibly for the same purpose.
Everything was working smoothly.
She returned to this side, went to the
Great Northern depot and purchased
a ticket for Seattle. And right here
the scene changes and the plot thick
ems.
Oriental limited No. was held in
the city last night on account of the
storm and Flossie was given a bad
dose of double cross" During the
evening the landlady and the restau-
rant man compared notes and discov-
ering they had been victimized they
notified the police to watch for the
girl.
She was rounded up this morning
by officers Coan and Benson. After
apparently repenting her rash deed,
she was taken to the depot where a
refund for the ticket was made.
The $50 was then paid back in full
and Flossie has become reconciled to
the simple life once more. Not so
the restaurant man, who realizes that
for once in his life he was handed
a gold brick.
Exit Flossie.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
N0RTHWEST'N ADDS
ADDITIONAL
Will be Able to Accommodate
300 More Subscribers With
in a Short Time.

The Northwestern Telephone con
pany is having switch boards adds
to the Grand Forks exchange whie
will accommodate 800 additional wire
The Western Electric company of Oh
cago is doing the work, and the en-
ployees of that company are in Gran
Forks now fulfilling the contract.
The present switch board takes cal
of 1900 wires, and in the early pal
of this week, it was working to 4
full capacity. With the addition
board taking care of 900 more wird
it is expected that the NorthwesteI
will have no difficulty taking care
its subscribers for a short time
least.
During the year of 1906, the CO.
pany installed in Grand Forks
East Grand Forks some 300 telephon
which is considered to be a rema1
able record.
AS soon as the Western Elect
completes it's work in Grand Forks,
men will go to Grafton where a q
trail energy system, the same as
one in Grand Forks, will be install
The equipment at Grafton is to be
tirely new.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
MANY LEGISLATORS
STORM BOUND
HERE
Owing to Last Nights Storm
Which Blocked Langdon
Line Again.
MAY LEAVE SATURDAY
House Committee at University
Today Looking Into Appro-
priation Matters.

Grand Forks entertained quite a
number of the states legislators to-
day-about dozen of them being
forced to remain in the city because of
snow blockades on the Langdon branch
of the Great Northern. Among the
number were Senator G. w. Plain Of
Milton; Senator Henry Mclean of
Langdon; Representative Mcdowell of
Osnabrock and Representative Griffith
of Osnabrock. Messrs. McKechnie and
Koppang, of Milton, postmaster and
head clerk in the mail department of
the senate respectively, were also
among those stOrm-bound. Represen-
tative U. l.. Burdick, of Munich, left
on No. S for Lakota but did not con-
slider his chances of getting home for
Sunday very good.
AS was noted in the dispatches of
Thursday the legislature has adjourn
ed week, in order to give the men,
bers an opportunity of spending few
days at home and taking brief vaca-
ton from their arduous duties at the
capital. The storm of yesterday after
noon and evening is reported to have
tied up the Langdon branch and Thurs
days southbound train was held at
Milton with orders to wait for the
plows to clear the right of way, before
again proceeding.
Visiting University.
Representatives Hannawalt, of Graf
ton, and Burgum, of Cass county, men,
bers of the house committee for this
district appointed for the purpose Of
assisting the appropriations commit
tee, are also in the city today They are
here for the purpose of visiting the
state university, and arriving at some
conclusion as to the real needs of the
institution for the next two years. The
university has asked an appropriation
of $150,000 for new buildings, repairs,
operating expenses, etc., but it is
probable this amount will have to
be shaved, owing to lack of funds and
the fact that the states bonded in
debtedness has already nearly reached
the limit.
'Messrs Hannawalt. will inspect the
institution for feeble minded at Graf
ton tomorrow and the Mayville normal
school afterward. They will report
later at Bismarck. They were guests
this afternoon of Mr.. Bulge and Presi-
dent Merrifield.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
MUST RECORD THE BONDS
Senator Taylor Introduces a Bill of
Considerable Importance and It
Relates to Auditors Office.

A bill introduced in the senate by
Senator Taylor provides for the safety
of documents and bonds required to
be filed in the Office of the county
auditor. The bill provides that coun-
ty auditors shall keep reception book
or document index record for the
proper registration of all documents
filed in the Office. Under the present
law there is no such provision and
when document is filed it is simply
deposited and no record made of it
and very often such documents are
mislaid or lost. This is particularly
true of bonds required to be filed
with county auditor. The bill refers
particularly to deposit bonds, which
1t requires snail be recorded in the
office of the register of deeds, so that
in case of loss certified copy can be
secured,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
ABANDON DROWNING THEORY
Pat Sullivan Says that Ford Did Not
Go Though Ice Of the River.

The mystery of the disappearance
of Thomas j. Ford is as far from solu-
ton as ever. Nothing new has been
disclosed.
Hugh Dunnigan a. brother of Mrs.
Ford's arrived this morning from Por-
tage, Wis, and will remain with the
stricken family until some new rea-
ture is divulged.
The theory that Ford went through
the ice on the river is being cast aside.
Pat Sullivan, the experienced river
man, made thorough examination OF
the ice with the result that he makes
the statement that the disappearance
did not take place via the river route.
Only two plausible solutions now re-
main open to speculation, one of these
is that Ford was hit over the head by
thugs and his body laid away in the
snow. The other is that the man
lost his memory and wandered away,
ultimately to show up in some distant
city. Stranger cases than the present
have occurred. though this city is now
experiencing the first, if such it be.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
PAY SKIPS OVER A DAY
kink in Red Tape System Of Mail Ser.
vice Hits tho Mail Clerks.

No end of trouble is being caused
the mail clerks by recent act of con-
gress. This body passed a law pro-
viding that salaries shall be computed
on the basis of a thirty day month.
This gives the unfortunate employees
no pay at all for the thirty-first day
of the months, seven in number, which
contain the extra day and is leading
to any number Of queer complications.
For instance, if a clerk should be
sick on the last day OF january and
should provide substitute, the sub
stitute would get no pay at all for
his days work and the clerk would be
locked for his days absence. If
clerk works The full thirty-one days
OF the month he still gets pay for but
thirty, but If he works only thirty
days of the month he is locked days
pay. The month Of February is the
one, however. that brings consolation
to the hearts of the clerks, for they
are paid for thirty days work just the
same.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
GARNET SAYS THAT
IMMIGRATION IS
INJURED
False Reports Being Sent From
State of Conditions Result
ing From Snow.
ARE BEING PUBLISHED
By Eastern Papers Houses
Completely Buried, Say
Dispatches.

Ex-senator H. Garnet of st. Thomas
was in Grand Forks this morning en-
route home from Illinois where he has
spent the larger part of the winter.
Mr.. Garnet was here only short time,
coming up on No. 2 and departing
on the north train short time later.
"The stories sent out to the eastern
papers," said Mr.. Garnet, "are most
unjust and untrue. They have publish
ed pictures purporting to be true like
nesses Of conditions in this state. Some
of them depict hugh snow drifts, with
here and there a chimney standing
clear, making it seem that the snow
has buried the houses completely. The
stories Of the railroad service are also
of the most unjust nature. From read
ing the reports being published 1 was
lead to believe that it would be I'M
possible for me to get home. West of
St Paul, the stories published say,
it is almost impossible to travel and
had about made up my mind to stay
in the Twin Cities until spring.
"That these publications are going
to hurt immigration to North Dakota
is certain. 1t will be many years be-
fore the state can recover from the
damage done by the untrue stories. In
Illinois, letters claiming to have been
written by North Dakota people and
sent home are being published. They
tell of terrible conditions, ana one
would imagine while reading them that
certain death awaits the person that
comes to North Dakota.
"While there is considerable snow
in the state" he continued, "the con-
ditions are nothing to what eastern
papers would have their readers be-
1iavn
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
A STORY WITH A MORAL
Italian Shows Linguistic Abilities 10
County Oificials-Italian Mimics
the Scotch,

Doubtless it is human tendency to
mimic the peculiarities of others with
out realizing that ones own probably
appear quite as peculiar and rdicu-
lous to them. Particularly does this
apply to peculiarities Of speech. It
is no uncommon thing to hear an
Englishman mimic the accent of the
Irish or Scotch and vice versa, but it
was left for an Italian to cap the
climax in this respect. He was hav-
ing some papers made out by the
clerk of court lat the court house and,
on being told the fee, looked quizzic-
ally at Mr.. Spaulding and with evident
pride in his linguistic abilities replied
slyly, well, as the Scotchman would
say, chat is tae mooch for sac little"
Mr.. Spaulding says the moral of the
story is to use Haasam pavement.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01

The part SOL Davis" who was "jn
love" was taken by Frank Hart In a
very creditable manner.
When 1t comes to giving the German
version of any thing. 1t takes Edward
kannault to do 1t. He played the part
of Fritz Stein last night in good style,
his comic work being of the very best.
May T. Nisbet and Annie Heddcan
in the parts Of Nina Winters, a school
teacher and Kitty Jones, a Dakota
wildflower acquitted themselves with
credit. These two amatuers appeared
to be right at home on the stage, both
having good voices and carrying them
selves with ease before the audience.
Mrs. Louise Calder in the part of
Susie Wayne, daughter OF the Virginia
planter did very we'll. Mrs. Calder
has had some experience on the stage
before, and her work last evening was
very good.
Frank H. Forsythe took the part Of
the sheriff with credit to himself as
did Miss Bessie Tharaldson who In
terpreted the part Of Mamie Lane, low
ed by "Sol Davis The Irish were
we'll represented in Mrs. J. w. Young,
she taking the Part of Bridget Nooman,
the cook.
Between acts several specialties
were introduced, the ladies quartet
composed of Mrs. Harry Burton, Mrs.
Frank Tester, Miss Bessie Tharaldson
and Miss Hazel Burton being an ex-
cellent attraction. Cleary Monley, in
his original manner sang, eff the Man
in the Moon was Coon" and was
heartily applauded. The Prairie State
quartet, composed of Messers Jack
son, Nordlund, Holberg and Carr, also
appeared and was well received
The members Of the lodge are de-
serving of high credit for the excel
lent performance given. For the past
two months they have been working
hard, and the fruit of the labors was
quite evident in last nights play. the
hall was filed with people, it being nee
essary to turn many away.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01

These are some of the questions
which will be decided upon at the I'm
iversity of North Dakota within. the
next week.
The Athletic association will hold
its annual election of officers on Mon
day afternoon and the question of
continuing the Rugby game will come
up for final vote at that time
In order to set the students think
ing about the matter and to gain some
idea Of the prevailing sentiment at the
institution monster mass meeting
was called this afternoon in the arm
ory at Ais. One of the largest as
semblages of students ever gotten to-
gether in the armory responded to the
call and the matter was talked over
both by students and members of the
faculty.
Professor Brannon, retiring faculty
manager of athletics, went into some
detail on the proposition and showed
the benefits to be derived from the
adoption of the association game. Dean
A. A. Bruce of the Law school was
another faculty speaker.
Many Of the leaders among the stud
ents are in favor of the new game,
their reasons being that under the new
arrangement football will prove ben
eft for large body of students while
under existing conditions the biggest
fifteen men in school get all the re-
suits The money question is another
that has been giving the managers
trouble in the past. The University of
North Dakota Is so situated that 1t s
almost impossible to go through the
season without having deficit when
the affairs are closed up.
Those who argue against the lnnova-
ton of the soccer game say that from
an advertising standpoint alone North
Dakota can III afford to relegate the
Rugby game to the BACKGROUND.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01

the worst ever known, there being
more moisture than Californians have
seen for good many years. The
weather Is disagreeable and Mr.. Wy
veil almost thinks that the clear cold
climate of "frigid old Dakota" is pre-
ferable to the water soaked atmosphere
of sunny California.
The mountains in the vicinity of
Los Angeles, he says are covered with
snow to the depth of several feet.
Talking about trolley rides he says
that a person can get on car, go by
orange groves, then into the snow
covered regions about the clouds,
thence to the ocean beach for a swim,
all within a very short time and with
out changing cars.
Mr.. Wyvell also states that he IS
kept busy in his new location, where
he recently opened an office and began
the practice of law.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
THIRTEEN FIRES IN JAN.
January Started in With an Unlucky
Number Of Blazes-Ony one of
Them Was SeriOns,

Thirteen.
That is the number of fires to which
the Grand Forks Fire Department Was
called during the month of Jan
uary. Whether the fact that there
were thirteen fires in the first month
in the year will have anything to do
with the record for the year remains
to be seen Chief Runge is not SUPER
stitious, and does not think that be-
cause January leads off with the hoo
doc number, that the fire record fol
the year will be affected.
There was only one fire during the
month doing any damage, that being
the one in the McMullen block, when
a loss of $4,000 was sustained, only
$500 of which was on the building.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
CHANGE IN FOOTBALL
At UNIVERSITY
DISCUSSED
Mass Meeting of Students Was
Held This Afternoon at the
Institution.

Shall North Dakota's State
University follow the example of
Leland Stanford and California
universities and foster the Eng
lish football game? Shall North
Dakota sever her gridiron con-
nections with other institutions
in this country and have associa-
ton football contests between
the different departments of the
university with an occasional
game with the University of
Manitoba?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
SEASON OF HEAVY RAINS
Corresponding with Big Shows Of
North Dakota, California Gets
Touch OF High Life.

According to letter received by
N. r. Lincoln from G. F. Wyvell, form
erly an attorney of Grand Forks hut
now residing in Los Angeles, Calf.
North Dakota is not the only state
In the union having touch of weather
this year. The letter states that the
rains of the season in California are
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
Small Insurrection.

The Forum society of the law
school is experiencing a small sized
insurrection of it's own "a la mucho
mala Filipino" The trouble arises
over the decision in a recent oratori-
cal contest wherein J. X. Murray was
declared the winner
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
WARWICK SENDS FOR FLOUR
They Have Been Getting 1t From Crary
by the Overland Route for Past
Few Days.

Warwick has been obliged for the
past few days to send to Crazy across
country for it's flour. Although the
merchants Of Warwick had a good!y
amount of flour ordered, when it got
as far as Tolna the merchants there
decided they needed it worse than
Warwick did and took possession. Ac-
cording to H. A. Nicholson of Crazy,
who was in Grand Forks this week,
there is all kinds of flour in that city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
Packing Up,

Judge c. F. Templeton is having his
law library removed from his offices
in the st. John block to the chambers
of the district court in the court
house
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
10 degrees above the zero mark.

IV UeST0eS dUUN6 ule zero MARK.
The blizzard last night covered a
territory northward to the Canadian
boundary and extending from Crooks
ton on the east to Bartlett on the
west. Trains were unable to push
through the snow in this direction and
as consequence trains were away
"off" again last night.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
Snit on NOte.

W. E. Benjiman, through his attor-
ney, w. L. A. Calder has started an
action on prommissory note for
$623.19 with interest against E. Grid
erman.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
TAKES AMOUNTED TO 57,455,s3
n. p. Tax Agent Hickey Settled in Full
With County Treasure
Mcdonald.

Northern Pacific tax Agent E. P.
Hickey visited the County Treasurers
office today and settled for the 1906
tax to the amount of s7,455.33.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
ANOTHER STORM LAST NIGHT
Blocked Traffic for Time - Warm
Weather Came With Daylight
This Morning.

Last night cold weather accom-
panied by small sized blizzard again
swept down upon this section of the
state forcing vigorous onslaughts on
the coal pile. When morning dawned,
however, there was change for the
better and people are going around
today with the abbreviated collars
which were discarded several weeks
ago.
The temperature about a. m. was
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
One Application.

One application TO membership in
the Commercial club has been re-
ceived, and will be voted upon at the
next meeting of the board of direc-
tors.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
WhitcOmb Back.

G. F. Whitcomb of the Kent Realty
and Investment company returned
this morning from st. Paul where he
has spent the last week on business.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
In New Offices.

Secretary Miller of the county and
state fair is getting settled down in
his offices-which for the present will
be located in the Commercial club
rooms.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
House Cleaning.

The New York Life Insurance COM
pany offices in Grand Forks are being
given thorough overhauling, it being
sort of mid-winter house cleaning
stunt that the officials are doing.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
"Stuck.o

Attorney Bardi G. Skulason was ex-
pected home last night from Gilby,
but not showing up today, the natural
conclusion is reached that he is
showed in between Gilby and Grand
Forks.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01
Is Well Again.

Hon. G. c. H. Corliss, who has b]
i'll for few days, is able to be aro,|
again, and left today for st. Paul
attend to business matters.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-01

The temperature about 9 a. m. was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Common Spiders.
From st. Nicholas.

Spiders are more varied and plentiful than
is commonly supposed. In almost every To-
cality in the country at least three or four
hundred species may be collected. In sum-
mer spiders abound on all kinds of plants,
from grass to trees. 1t is only when the
webs covered with dew that they be-
come especially conspicuous. The webs are
then no more plentiful but often hear the
question asked on dewy mornings or foggy
days What makes SO many more cobwebs
than usual today?" The collecting moisture
makes especially noticeable the fiat webs
on the grass These are made by members
of the Agalenidae family of spiders Each
has noticeable tube at one side In which
the spider lives.