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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
State News of Interest
PROGRESS OF SOIL SURVEY.
Fret. Willard Talks Of Important Work
Being Accomplished in Slope coun.

Fret. Willard Talks Of Important Work
Being Accomplished in Slope coun.
try.
Prof. d. E. Willard of the agricul.
tural college is in charge of the soil
survey in the western part of the
state says that the soil survey camp,
which he is in charge of, is now To-
Gated on section S-131-89, far south of
the Cannonball river in Morton
county.
1--WE have six men in the party"
said Prof. Willard, land each man is
provided with saddle horse. The
party is composed of Thomas D. Rice,
soil expert from Washington, who
was furnished for this survey by the
federal government. He has an as
sistant, Ray Babcock, of the N. D.
A. c. DR.. w. B. Bell, who is the BIZ
ologist Of the party. is furnished by
the state for the purpose of examining
the different kinds of plant life. John
T. Weaver and Rex Willard are two
land examiners from the agricultural
college. The Northern Pacific rail.
road has also employed three of the
members of this party for the pur-
pose of appraising the land within the
fifty-mile indemnity strip through
which the party is travelling.
1T is very slow work making this
soil survey. as it takes a man one to
two days to make a survey of a sec.
ton of land. Colored sketches are
made of the territory as it is covered,
and the land is classified. 1t is gen.
orally classified into two kinds, graz.
ing and farming land. These two
kinds of land is then classified into
per cents relative to its value under
the general classification.
I'VE started out June l, and have
worked nearly across Morton county.
We will also work into Hettinger and
Adams counties. making a complete
survey as we go. We expect to have
the work finished by Sept. 10 or -.
Il have found the crop conditions in
the portion of the state where we are
now camped very much better than
had expected. The low land is very
good where we now are, but the high
land is so covered with stone that it is
of very little value. This rock is of a
flint variety. and is very hard. I'm
like most stone the portions of II
which is exposed to the weather be
come as smooth as glass, and make
travelling very difficult. There are
very few glacial boulders to be found
and have made standing offer oil
81 to any of the party discovering and
reporting one of these boulders.
ut is very fine work. and the young
men in the party are enjoying it very
much. They come into camp in the
evening with ravenous appetite. We
do our own cooking at the camp. talk
| ing turns at it. Our horses were los
the other day. which gave us little
diversity from the routine work il
locating them"
Prof. Willard said that there is an
| other party working in Mckenzie
county in charge of A. f. Kocher from
the department of agriculture. Will
Robert P. Stevens of the North Da
kota agricultural college, as assistant
This party is only making soil sur
vey, and is not appraising the land.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
North Carolina Fire Eater.

Andy MCGEE who carries the mail
from Magnetic to Bakersville, is a
monstrasity. He can eat live Goals of
fire with impunity, and with spoon.
If you doubt this just bring him a
live coal and a nickel and he will
masticate the coal and pocket the
nickel. This is not all, for he told us
for 81 he would pour a spoonful Of
molten lead in his mouth and let it
cool and then take 1t out and give it
to us in a solid piece What can the
devil do with such a man?-Bakers.
vile Observer.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
NEED NO NEW BUILDING.

Man Sues for injunction Against New
Court House Bonds.
G. P. Gross Of McHenry has brought
suit to enjoin the board Of county
commissioners from issuing or selling
the bonds from the proceeds Of which
it was intended to erect new county
court house. The plaintiff alleges in
the complaint which has been served
upon the commissioners that the pres.
ent court house is in good condition,
commodious and adequate to the
wants Of tho county.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
CORNER STONE is LAID.
School Of Forestry Under Way at Bot
tineau, N. D,

School Of Forestry Under Way at Bot
tineau, N. o.
The foundation stone of the state
school Of forestry at Bottineau was
laid by Gov. Burke in the presence of
large gathering. Owing to the rain
the exercises were held in the opera
house, where addresses were deliv-
cred by S. B. Mahaney of Willow City,
Judge Burr. State Senator l.. X.
Spoonheim. Prof. C. B. Waldron of the
agricultural college, Superintendent
Burch Of the school of science, Wah-
peton; Superintendent Stickvill, Sena-
tor Hansbrough and Gov. Burke. The
Omemee band furnished the music.
The governor in his speech dwelt on
the importance of the building now
to be erected. and the benefit it would
be to the young farmers of the state.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05

they are recipients of gifts from the
king and the minister of finance.
ciates the value of art and wish to
lave all the people enjoy it was
shown when the department Of
finance set aside $1,000 crowns for
the purchase of reproductions of
famous Danish paintings, to be hung
in the waiting rooms of railway sta
tons throughout the country. A COM
mttee of artists was appointed to
make a selection of paintings to copy.
and the reproductions were executed
with great skill. being almost as beau
tiful as the originals. One painting
will be hung in each station. and
about $50 waiting rooms have been
thus beautified
A meeting of owners of estates was
recently held at Copenhagen for the
purpose of considering the vexing
problem of obtaining foreign help. AS
| have stated before, there has been
a dearth of laborers OH Danish farms
of late years. and large number of
Polanders have been imported to sup
plv the want. But it is becoming
more and more difficult to obtain
Polish laborers, as the owners OF
large estates in Germany have been
':gobbling them up" by Offering high
wages.
The meeting in question was held
behind closed doors and all effort has
been made to keep the transactions
secret, but it has leaked out that the
question of importing Chinese labor
ers was seriously debated. 1t is said
that the owners of sugar plantations
were particularly eager to experiment
with Chinese coolies, having in mind
the satisfying experiences of Ameri-
can plantation owners with such help.
1t is understood that it was practical
ly decided to make the experiment,
and If it proves successful-from the
standpoint of the employers-it is
likely that the yellow peril" will be
brought right home to the people Of
Denmark.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
LIKE WESTERN HORSES.
Eastern Men Buy Forty Carloads at
Dicklnson's Sale.

The third monthly sale Of the Dick
inson Horse Sales company was held
last week. Many buyers came from
the Middle West and forty cars Of
auctioned horses were shipped East.
Four carloads were purchased for the
Seattle market. A car Of range two
year-old colts sold at SIS q head. Two
sales will be made next month, one be.
ginning the 9th and one the Esd
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
NORWAY.

The city of Lillehammer celebrated
its eightieth anniversary Aug. Z.
By the middle Of August 16.47S kilo-
grams Of fresh and 21,229 Kilograms
of sailed salmon had been exported
from Vadso, as against 7,471 and 49,
26S during the same period last year
"a remarkable increase.
Seven sisters in Eastern Totem have
an aggregate age of $50 years. the
eldest being ninety-one years old. All
are in excellent health. and it is be-
lieved will make their record for
longevity still more remarkable.
The agricultural society of the
southern part of Trondhjem county
has appointed horticulturalist to
travel about, instructing the peasants
in horticulture free of charge. SO that
they may improve their orchards.
The press of Norway is all agog
over John Flottum, the thirteen-year-
old boy possessed of sixth sense.
about whom wrote couple of weeks
ago. Columns are devoted to the
prodigy by the dailies of Tronghiem.
Bergen and Christiania, and the cor
respondents are sending lengthy let
tiers concerning him to the newspa-
pers of Europe and America.
In no part of Norway is the forestry
question receiving so much attention
as along the west coast. The hills
and mountains there are naked. and
the lowlands are clothed with heather.
whereas of yore lusty pine trees
flourished in abundance. They dis
appeared because of the reckless
wastefulness of the people, and not
until now have the Inhabitants learn.
ed to fully appreciate fully the impor-
lance of resurrecting the forests.
The "Dovre" Singing Society of
Minneapolis, which has been making
a concert tour of Norway, was highly
honored at Aalesund. At the close OF
it's concert there the society was pre-.
sented with an excellent bust of Hen
rill Ibsen, a reproduction of the mas.
terly bust of the poet made in 1889 by
the sculptor Jallob Fjelde, who was a
native of Aalesund, but who removed
to Minneapolis, where he died. A
similar bust was presented to the st
Olaf College Band of Mortified
Mimi, during its visit to Aalesund in
1906.
Rev. Christian Knudsen made {
very significant declaration in regard
to the temperance question in a ser
mon delivered at Drammen. He said
1.-THE first aim of the temperance
advocate should be to influence the
popular opinion and seek to do away
with Intoxicating liquor in social life
Nothing is SO much misused as alco
hol. We must correct the conception
that alcohol is to take high rank as a
beverage at social functions. We
must not only fight against drunken
ness, but also against the drinking
customs, for it is these that cause
drunkenness"
The census returns show that the
population of the rural communitie:
of Norway has increased more rapid
ly than the population of the cities
something unusual in European coun
tries. Indeed, some of the cities have
lost ground, notably Christiania
which now has 1,154 fewer inhabi
tants than in 1900. The reason fol
this is found in the fact that quite +;
number of the residents of the capito
have moved out into the country
where there is far greater activity
than formerly. The population of the
leading cities in 1900 and 1905 fol
lows:
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05

"a C!OlHeS llu0 IuleL got OUSy AZ
Langdon.
Two children at Valley City have
smallpox.
D. Jagust of Fargo will open shoe
shop at Finley.
Fingal claims to be one of the clean.
est towns in the state.
There is plenty of work for farm
hands in LaNloure county,.
The Dakota Central purchased the
telephone exchange at Forbes.
City Marshal Haley of Willistou
will resign because of illhealth.
There is talk of the organization OF
a farm laborers' union in this state.
The people of Neville are proud oil
the we'll equipped telephone exchange
There is said to have been secre,
political meeting in Stutsman county
Mandan will vote next February or
the adoption Of the commissioner sys
TEN.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Simpson oil
Cho oo0o1N,soto
ding.
This year has demonstrated the ne
cessity of carrying insurance on the
crops.
The bull fight to be pulled off at the
Morton county fair will attract a large
crowd.
Devils Lakers have taken up the CRY
against cattle running loose in the
streets.
Experts are busily engaged in figur
ing out the best methods of dividins
Ward county.
There was a strenuous baseball
game at Pembina and old Friendships
were forgotten.
At Bantry veterinarian fell into 9
telephone hole and almost bent the
hole out of shape.
Twelve strangers were loafinl
around Enderlin and all refused worl
when it was offered.
v. N. Campbell was fined $25 al
York for using obscene language OF
the streets while drunk.
There are complaints in many sec
lions of the state about the leaves Of
trees being badly infected.
Insurance hustlers are working the
country in autos and there is no es
cape for the people they are after.
Officials of many counties are issu
ing notices regarding the new natural
ization law to make the task an easier
one.
The general opinion appears to b.
that the law requiring property own
ers to cut weeds was made to be ig
nored.
There is a row on at Hankinson t
prevent some one from riding motor
cycle in the streets. Three juries dis
agreed.
A Mayville kid swallowed nickel
A neighboring woman held the young
ster upside down and shook him till he
disgorged.
The wrestling match at Neville be
tween Gratias and Etland ended in 8
misunderstanding, each man havinf
secured fall.
1t is reported that a lot of the fish
in Des Laos lake were killed last win
ter by the heavy ice and driftinf
SHOWS which excluded the air.
1t has been rather windy arount
Williston this summer and some PEG
pie appear to attribute it to the es
tablishment of new daily paper.
A lot of confusion is resulting ovel
the new naturalization law and tn,
people who want to swear allegianc,
TO Uncle Sam are having more trouble
than formerly.
The nine-year-old son Of Edion Pc
terson of Bantry died few hours at
ter being struck across the body will
singletree, which broke while he wa.
driving team.
jamestown people regretted to los.
Prof. Schmidt and family who have
removed to Grand Forks, where tn,
head of the house will have a profes
sorship in the state university.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
MI 0rth Dakota
~ ubbinS q q

~aNeS>asSsse
Dickinson has fifty-four autos.
Dickinson will have more horse
sales.
Adams county had its first mar.
riage.
Afinot will have Its town pump
painted.
There has been some robberies at
Horse stealing is to be made more
difficult.
Merchants are laying in large
stocks of goods.
Anamoose is a favorite spot for the
Eastern dog trainers.
Minot is to have a new postofice
building OH Main street.
The commercial club at Max will
assist in protecting game.
The annual inspection of Fort Lin.
coin has recently been made.
.
There was bountiful crop of hay
in North Dakota this summer.
A man claiming to be Abe Lincoln
was arrested in Burleigh county.
Company.A of Bismarck is making
strenuous effort to secure an arm
Dry.
County division agitation in Nc.
Lean seems to be louder than in
Ward.
: Deputy game wardens have posted
copies Of the game laws over the
country.
A bolt of lightning destroyed the
postoffice building at Burnstad, near
Napoleon.
The Dickinson substation is pros
pering under the direction of Supt
Waldron.
A recent analysis shows that a we'll
near Bowbells is one of the best in
the state.
to be trying to At new fall style lid
on Minot.
Ex-Public Examiner Brightbill has
been offered a good price for his prop.
erty In Texas.
It is rather remarkable how noble
and great most people were-after
they are dead.
A five-foot vein of Ignite coal-fifty
feet below the surface-was found
uear Jamestown.
Some fine hunting dogs around
White Earth were injured by attack
ing porcupine.
Some fine specimens of grain have
been collected this summer for use in
exhibition purposes.
Harry Clarke of the Grand Forks
Herald developed into a watermelon
juggler at Bismarck.
Frank Mcdonald was acting
strangely at Minot and was taken in
charge by the officials
Tired of being robbed, some victim
turned the tables and raided two slot
machines at Richardton.
Robert Mclean of Sentinel Butte
pleaded guilty to killing stock that
belonged to another man.
The people in the Ignite coal sec.
tons of North Dakota are not greatly
alarmed over the possible shortage.
cause a lot of bridges have been built
off the roadways and on private prop.
erty.
There will be no row when the
Northern Pacific takes the main track
and depot out of Valley City to the
cutoff.
Around Rowbells it has been discov.
cred that the wheat heads have six
rows-something that occurs only at
long intervals.
Valley City people at last secured
relief from period of darkness caus.
ed by break in the machinery Of the
electric light plant.
When the theaters at Bismarck. and
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
DEN MARK.

Quite a number of veterans of the
War of 1864 have been celebrating
their golden weddings OF late, and
they are recipients of gifts from the
king and the minister of finance.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
SWEDEN.

The rainfall in Visby in the month
rf July was 1888 NM, as against only
:G2 for the same month last year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05

The Norwegians, Midling and Ire
schow, ard the Finn. Baron Manner
helm, have become the owners of the
Kramfors sawmill, paying 100000
crowns for it. 1t is the second larg-
est sawmill in Sweden, and some of
the patriotic citizens are not pleased
to see it pass into the hands of for.
eigners.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05

The strike of the walters and wait.
resses of Stockholm, which aroused
such apprehension among hotel and
restaurantkeepers early in the sum.
mer, has been settled, resulting in a
defeat for the strikers.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05

The city of Lillehammer celebrated
its eightieth anniversary Aug. Z.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05

The people of Sweden are watching
with keen interest the treatment &C.
corded their prince, Gustave, in the
United States. He landed at Newport
the latter part Of August and was
there shown marked attention by the
millionaires' colony.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-29
Poor Old Lynn Draws a Blank
From Fall River Team.
haverhiIl Blanks Loweil..lawrence
Beats Brockton Twice.
N. z. LEAGUE STANDING.

New Bedford. Mass, Aug. 2s-New Bed
ford shut Worcester out this morning by
score of too. Delave. who did the
twirling for the home club kept the
champions down, to two safe hits. Bush
ey, who started the game for worces
ter was batted out Of the box In the third
inning, when Coffin replaced him.
New Bedford 20 2 ? 20 0 o o x-s-s.l
Worcester ......0 O 0 0 90 o 0-0-21
Observation-Disclosures and Moore; Coffin.
Bushey and Levine. Time, 1.A0. Umpire.
Joe O'Brien.
Afternoon game,
One earned run in the 10th inning of
this afternoons game gave Worcester a
victory over New Bedford. Slime held the
local team to three hits. Delaye pitched
his second game of the day and until the
10th he kept hits scattered. Both teams
gave the pitchers perfect support and tina
game was one of the best OF the season.
Worcester 20 o 0 0 g 0 1-1-3-0
y. bedford % 0 0 0. o G 0 O-0-s-1
Pat eries-Sline and McCune: Delave
and Nonis. Time, 15Z. Umpire. Joe
O'Rrian. asF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-29
FAST WORK EXPECTED.
Christie Will Perform Some lively
Stunts at ReadviIIe,

Boston. Aug. 2S.-With the coming of
Walter Christie, BoStonianS are aSsur-
ed some fast and daring work at The
meet Of the Bay State Automobile IS
sociation at Readville on Monday next.
Christie is coming for the sole purpose
of capturing the one and the five-mile
track records, and if successful in this
the association viii present to him II
magnificent trophy. one in keeping with
the eXcellency Of the performance, Tor
be 1t known Christie races ami rides
for pleasure and not for filthy lucre.
Next to Oldfield. Christie was the most
famous operator in this country, and
since the general collapse OF the once
great king, Christie is now admittedly
the king of them all. He is an operator
of nerve and ability. man VINO knows
everything, nut and bolt. on his car, his
own creation.
This front driver car will prove
vcrItable revelation to the thousands in
this section who nave read of but never
seen the car. That it is speedy has been
proven by the work accomplished in the
Vanderbilt races and more recently on
the track at Brighton Beach, when
Christie drove the mile under a sec
ondS He is satisfied that he will get
the record below the D second mark.
and in letter to a friend in this city
Yesterday he said: Il will know on
Saturday just what | can get out of
the track, as then l shall go for little
private trial and would not be sur
prised if | cut the~record then" The
entries for the five regularly scheduled
events will not be closed until noon to-
morrow. As vet but one entry has been
received for the events open to cars
constructed prior 10 1905, which is rath =
or surprising considering the number
that are now on the roads, and the
contention as regards speed by their
owners However il is not too late for
them to get INFO The game.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-29
THINKING OF FOOTBALL.
Old Eli Expects to Have a Great
Eleven This Year.

Trainer John Mack of Yale will go to
New Haven within week ar ten days to
prepare for the football season. Yale eX
poets To have a great team this year with
all of last years freshman material 10
draw from. and Mack wants to meet the
bows IS soon as they return from. the pre-
limin1IV practice.
According to the outlook at present
Iile's eleven will be started at practice
this fall with about the following line
np: Ends. Logan and Alcott: tackles.
Capt Ei2low. Paige, and Beinecke;
guards Goebcl and Andrus; center
Coon"v; ouarte r-barl. Tad Jones: half
backs Wheaton and Murphy; ful-ba clis,
Coy, Brides or Wyie.
The most important Of the new foot
ball rules this year is the clause which
gives Il ward penalty for an unsuccess-
tul forward pass. provided the ball is
mnfed on the first second down Last
year the ball went to opponents if drop
ped Next to this change is. in IMPORT
anc". the increasing Of TIE PLAYING. ,irne.
from "a to - minutes Two rImpires arr
made obligatory this fall. and in case of
hne'nan carving the ban his rush IL
made legal. provided be did not leave his
place in tie line till the bell was snapped
rack. In the ease of kick-ont after 4
tou.,h-hack the opponents will he Obliged
10 line M on III" 81 ward instead of the
- N:;rt line, as formerly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-29
EASTERN LEAGUE,
'71rF7f
Thursday-Newark at Toronto, Jersey
OF ROYAL LINEAGE.
Gen. Watts, Champion 3-Year-OId,
Boasts Proud Ancestry.

Gen. Waits, 209h, winner of the worlds
championship for 3-year-old trotters at
Readville last week, comes of royal lin.
cage. He was bred by John III. Shuts and
was foaled on the property of United
States Senator Bailey on his farm in
Kentucky. The senator sold him to Gen.
&. c. Watts of Charleston, w. Va, who
early this spring turned him over to Mike
Bowerman, the veteran Kentucky horse
man, who years ago owned Wilton, 2.l9T.
sire of the colts second dam. The selec-
ton of Uncle Mike" as trainer was q
most happy one. for it has furnished
new idol and given the turf ore or us
most brilliant stars. The sire of Gen.
Watts is Axworthy, 215A, a son Of Ak
tell. zl2. the champion S-year-Cld or MS
day. Watts dam is the Prodigal mare
Carpet, who was bred by the pate Marcus
DAILY. She was fast herself, having trot-
ted in 2.21 as a 2-year-old, and in 2.l9 as
a 3-year-old. She never was raced. hav-
ing been bred young. being only hve
years old when she produced Gen. Watts
The second dam of Watts is Annie VIII
ton, a great brood mare by Wilton. LIZA
third dam Anna B.. triple producer py
Hambletonian Mambrino. 2.2lA. Last ran
at Lexington Gen. Watts was given
time record of 227i4. but little did ths
men who saw him then think that inside
of a year he would be the fastest con
in the world. His first start this season
was at Cleveland.