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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05
BUILDING MATTERS
WILL OCCUPY
TINE
University Board of Regents
to Have Hands Full at Next
Meeting.

The next meeting of the university
board of trustees will be busy one,
according to President J. G. Gunder-
son of the board. Building matters
will occupy the largest part of the
time, and the board will probably have
a two day session before everything
is disposed of.
Building Improvements, to cost
about $4,000 will be carried on at
the university this summer and the
board at its next meeting will have
to decide on plans for buildings, call
for bids and attend to many other
details in connection with the work.
The plans for the library. which will
cost about 100000 are to be modelled
after the Huntington. Ind, public Ii
brary. 1t will be two stories high,
over a basement.
Plans for the School of Mines build
ing and the Gymnasium and Assembly
hall will also be submitted and the
board will be obliged to make a
choice. Besides this, the plans of
improvements in Davis hall and the
Cottage, are to be submitted.
The choice of location for the
new buildings will come up and will
be disposed of at that time. The
meeting, in all probability, will be
held in the latter part of this month
or the early part of May.
In speaking Of the decision of Pres
ident Merrifield in Withdrawing his
resignation. Mr.. Gunderson seemed
very well pleased. ut would have
been pretty hard proposition that
the board would have faced" he
said, "if President Merrifield had not
withdrawn his resignation. I don't
know where we could have secured
man that could have gone in as
president of the institution at this
time"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05

Times wants will supply your wants.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received at the
Office of the Superintendent Of the
Institution for Feeble Minded at Graf
ton. N. D., up to IL o'clock, noon, Of
Tuesday, April 9th, 1907, for the erec-
ton of a boiler house and new addi-
ton to the Feeble Minded Institution,
and changing the heating system.
Plans and specifications can be
seen at the office of the Superintend-
ent. at the Builders Exchange. Grand
Forks. Builders Exchange. st. Paul,
and at the Office of Hancock Bros,
Architects, Fargo, N. D.
Each bid for the buildings must DO
accompanied with a certified check
for $1,000 and $500 with the steam
heating bids.
The right to reject any or all bids
Is reserved.
BY order of the Board of Trustees.
DIR. l.. B. Baldwin, Supt.
Hancock Bros. Architects.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05
The vireini.n.

One of the characters in 'The Vir-
ginian," the depletion Of which is done
In Owen Wister's cleverest vein. is
not human being. but is as Interest,"
Ing as any man or woman In the book.
1t Is a hen, not a common hen. but
one that Is so firmly imbued with the
Importance of her mission on this
earth that she spends her time in per-
petually setting on any article which
can by the widest stretch OF fancy
be thought to resemble an egg. She
sits on piece OF rock, on potatoes,
on door-knobs. on Jumps of chalk,
on glass eggs and on cobble- stones.
She is hen of high purpose, and
everyone who has read Owen Wister's
novel knows that she is real live
parsonage in whom their interest is
always strong. Emily" (for that Is
her name) is to figure prominently in
the dramatization of 1.-The Virginian,"
which the Kirke La Shelle company
is to offer at the Metropolitan theater
next Wednesday. Readers of the book
would doubtless scout as futile any
decentralization in which she was not
q factor
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05

One of the sights which everywhere
greets the travellers eye in this coun-
try is thousands of sawmills, greedily
chewing up our forest wealth. The
number of these is so great that one
can readily believe we are consuming
$4,000, 100000 feet of lumber each year.
This does not take into account the
damage that is done to timber and un-
dergrowth by forest fires. When this
loss is added to that being cut for do
nestle use, for export, for telegraph
and telephone poles, for cross-ties and
fuel, and for timbers to be used in
mining operations, it is said that our
national supply can hardly last more
than twenty years.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05

The highest percentage of rented
houses In the United States is found in
washington. d. c. Three-fourths of
the private families in that city live in
rented homes. Next to the District Of
Columbia the state with the largest
percentage of rented homes ia Rhode
Island, and after that South Carolina.
The southern states all rank nigh as
renters because of the negroes. The
smallest percentage Of rented homes is
found in North Dakota, South Dakota
and Oklahoma.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05
IS Minutes from Broadway.


Corinne, for years one of the most
popular artists on the American stage
and who is today one of its most ac-
complished condolences. is the star
of Klaw & Erlanger's magnificent pro-
duction OF Geo. M. Cohan's best play,
"Forty-five Minutes from Broadway"
which will be presented in this city
on Thursday April II, by one of the
best organizations seen here in years.
The play was tremendous success
in New York and Chicago last season
having played the entire season and
most of the summer in those two
cities.
Mr.. Cohan is the author Of the book,
lyrics and music of "Forty-Five Min
utes from Broadway" which he per-
sonally staged. This piece is unique
in its conception and give Corinne
excellent opportunities to display her
versatility as an actress of power in
an entirely different line of character
work than anything in which she has
previously been seen here. The story
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05
FAMOUS 1897 FLOOD
AND RESCUE
WORK
Trips That Steamers Made
North to Rescue People From
Roofs of Dwellings.

The high water in the Red river at
this time brings back the memories
of the big flood of 1897, which, to most
OF the people of Grand Forks, seems
to be an incident of only yesterday.
The flood of 1897 was the worst ever
experienced since white man Jour-
neyed between Grand Forks and Penn
bina; the river was huge lake, in
places being from twenty to forty
miles wide.
One OF the notable events of the
flood was the sending of rescue boats
to the north by Grand Forks people
During the flood, the government
steamer made one trip north, while
the steamer Grand Forks made two
trips.
: The water had risen to such
height that it overlooked the country
In every direction. Farmers were OBJ
liged to move into the upper por-
tons of their buildings. and some
were even obliged to live on the
roofs of their dwellings. When the
call for help came to Grand Forks,
the citizens were not slow iii answer
ing. Two boat loads of provisions
were sent up. Many farmers were
visited, the big boats running on the
farms, which were inundated. In
many instances the Grand Forks res
cue party took families on board, to-
gether with many head of cattle and
horses. Most of them were brought
to Drayton, which, located on high
bank, had not been flooded. The first
trip OF the Grand Forks was made
In about five days, the boat returning
to Grand Forks on Easter Sunday. On
that day fierce gale came up. There
was still much snow On the prairie,
and this melted remarkably fast The
Grand Forks was nine miles north of
Grand Forks, and was abliged to an
Choir on account or the wind. which
seemed to take everything before it.
On this trip, the boat went clear
through to Pembina, which city was
flooded with several feet of water. On
the Sunday of the heavy wind the
water was actually blown from the
city and people. supposing that the
flood had subsidized, moved to the lower
portions of their dwellings, only to be
driven up again the next day by the
water which returned. The Grand
= VI no, vi t4AO III IpS was 1uA AA6ht VIM
the Pembina streets and tied up to a
telephone pole along side of the bank
building. On this trip, like the first,
many people were taken from farm
houses, while many others were pro-
vided with the necessities of life.
The government steamer did not
fare as well as the Grand Forks, for
on its first trip north it was sunk on
the Donahue farm which is located on
the east side of the river, opposite
Marvel.
While the river will not raise this
year as high as 1t did in 1897. it will
go up high enough to cause trouble
in many places. The cold weather,
which, perhaps, helps in one way, will
make trouble in another. The ice has
no chance to run and gorges can
easily be formed. Very little ice has
moved out up to this time.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05

A few wagon roads in the United
States still maintain tollgates. One of
these is in the Shenandoah valley in
Virginia. This pike runs for ninety
four miles through the heart of west
ton. 1t operated by the Valley Turn
pike company and has eighteen toll
gates located at intervals of five miles.
The toll for a wagon and team Is ten
cents at the full gates and five cents at
the half gates. The Three Chop road
ds another old Virginia highway that Is
still operated under the tollgate sys-
tenn. This primitive highway was sur
veyed by Lafayette and got the name
It now bears because the woodsmen
were told to chop three times on the
trees in blazing the trail.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05

Troubls began when Eve got the
idea into her head that she wanted
to be dressmaker.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05
EVENING TIMES WANTS
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sfders Both Phones e. An
HELP WANTED

WANTED-GIRL FOR GENERAL
Homework at 215 Chestnut street.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-05
FOR SALE

FOR sALE-NEWsPAPER PLANT IN
town of 600. Doing good business;
nearest paper 20 miles; wish to sell
at once. A snap. Care Of Times.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-24

the silver trophy presented by James
Gordon Bennett, the race next year
will be in the home of the German
Aero club. Final possession of the
trophy rests with the club which wins
1t three times.
The balloon United States, which fin
ished eighth in this years contest, was
the winner in 1906, gaining a leg on
the cup for the Aero club of America,
the newest recruit in the aeronautic
confederation of the world. Aside
from the possession of the cup, the Ger
mans won cash prize OF $4,000, also
offered by Mr.. Bennett.
The worlds record for distance
flown is 1900 miles, held by Count
Henry de la Vaulx There is some
doubt as to whether this distance
means a measured air line flight or the
total number of miles travelled in drift
ing currents. All of the balloons in
this years race travelled many more
miles than the figures with which they
are accredited. but only the air line
measurements are considered in the
award of the prizes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-24
Isle DeFrance Breaks Record for
Duration of Aerial Voyage
Next Contest in Germany.
RESULTS OF BALLOON RACE.


St. Louis Mo, Oct 24-ProcIaimed
as the most remarkable ballooning
contest in the history of the world Of
aeronautics. with every racing record
broken. the second international cup
competition. which started from here
on Monday last, ended yesterday, with
Germany accorded the winning laureIs
The finish of the race was the closest
and most exciting the followers of the
sport have ever known, the victorious
German balloon, the Pommern. which
landed at Asbury Park yesterday
morning. having but barely ten miles
the advantage of the French contest
ant LIsle de France. second in the
race, which descended Wednesday af-
miles from the Atlantic coast and
slightly northwest of Point Pleasant.
Americans Finish Fourth.
Another German balloon. the Dus-
seldorf. stands third in the race.
American entries are fourth and fifth.
third German team eighth, and the
English team abandoned the race at
Memphis O.. where they descended on
account OF the illness of one Of the
aeronauts.
The unofficial estimated air line
flight of the Pommern is $50 miles and
that of the LIsle de France is S70. The
Dusseldorf landed near Dover, Del. and
is estimated to have covered 790 miles.
The official measurements viii be com
puted at the geological survey of the
United states government at Washing
ton.
Only the proximity of the Atlantic
ocean stopped the wonderful flight of
the Pommern. The balloon could have
remained in the air many hours longer
and undoubtedly would have added
: several hundred miles to its record but
for the expanse of water ahead.
Next Contest In Germany.
/ Germany having won nossession q
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-24
RACE OF THE DIRIGIBLEs
Won by Beachey's Airship, with Stro'
bel Second; "ArrOw" Third.

st. Louis, Oct. 24.-Sailing to wind
ward and return over course measur-
Ing one mile and a half from start to
finish, Lincoln Beachey, of Toledo. O.,
won the dirigible balloon, or airship.
race which marked the close of the
St Louis aeronautic carnival Of 1907.
The prize was $1,000. In his 'Beachey
airship," a cigar-sbaped affair propelled
by G four-cyclinder gasoline motor, the
winner covered the distance in four
minutes and forty seconds.
Jack Dallas, in the "Strobel airship."
n sister craft to the Beachey, won
second place with Il time record Of six
minutes and ten seconds, while Cap
tain Thomas S. Baldwin, of New York.
in the California Arrow" was third,
in seven minutes and five seconds. A
fourth competitor, the Comet" en-
tered by Charles Baysdorfer, of oma.
ha, Neb.. and sailed by Horace Wild,
did not complete the first trial Of the
course. the motor breaking.
The race as finally arranged was a
start -at-will affair, with each con-
testant having three trials. Beachey
made the best time Of the first round.
1:15. and did not start again until the
ARROW" had made record Of T:05 on
its last attempt. Then the Beachey
ship started on the best flight of the
day Hedging his car directly into the
wind and veering but the slightest de
gree In the freshening gusts the bic
craft sailed to the turning point
wheeled around In its own length, and
came whirliug back before the breeze
at a speed which must have ap-
preached fifty miles an hour.
The precision with which the ship
was handled was marvellous. the
airship being brought TO the
ground within few feet OF
the grand stand In taking his
last flight Beachey met Dallas return
ing in the "Strobel." There was an
exchange of greetings in mid-air. and
the spectacle Of the two flying ma
chimes passing at full speed. with pro
pellers whirling and motors chugging
reused the watching throngs to a higI
pitch of enthusiasm.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-24
WOMAN KILLS HER HUSBAND

Evansville, Ind. oct. 24.-In a quar-
rel over money matters. Mrs. Phoebe
James. aged 80. shot and killed her
husband. George James. at Howell
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-24

Just for the fun Of it, call at the
Independent Wooden Mills company.
9109 Commercial avenue. South Chi
cago. and view their $500 suits and
overcoats made to order for $500.
Union label on all garments
The Prescott daily news., 1907-05-25
COWBOYS STIR STATE STREET, CHICAGO, BY HOPING STAM-
 PEDED CATTLE.
TWO START TO SEE THE TOWN
'Zack" Miller Decides Windy City Is Too Wicked for Innocent Animals to Run Loose In and Cuts
 Trip Short.

Ihicago.-If long-horn Texas steer into your place would you run away or stand by and tend bar?
 That was pretty near the situation which faced the merchants on State street when Bill and Sadie, a great long ghorned Texas Steer and de- mure buffalo, started in to do" the town south of Fourteenth street the other night. The rest of the herd, some 50 long horns and dozen buff faloes, went to the Coliseum and showed no curiosity to see the town
 Whats the town for?" asked Bill. looking at the glare of lights.
 You show me-" was the coy an swer, and the pair started.
 Away from the herd they broke, and off down State street like the wind, going south
 "Zock Miller, one of the bosses of the "10l ranch outfit, saw bill and Sadie on their tear"
 They are from the plains, and the city is wicked place." said the guard. ian.
 In the meanwhile Bill and Sadie Were arousngf the populace and the question about serving the oncoming customers" was debated seriously.
 "Whirr!' went the lariat
 Bill bounded forward and fell to the car track, the rope firmly fas- tened over his horns.
 Bill had never reckoned with civ ilization, so he did not respect the "U. s. mail which was coming. "Bill'' caused blockade which lasted for half an hour.
 What about Sadie?" shouted a man.
 No dance halls for her." shouted the boss" and lariat went round Sadie's horns and brought her up short.
 We will both have heads in the morning." said Bill as he and Sadie rose from the pavement to which they had been thrown.
 By this time the infection had spread to the rest of the herd, and they scurried in all directions.
 Horses raced and men swore. The buffaloes and cattle were racing, twisting and turning. with the cow boys on their ponies intertwined in the mass bringing it to order
 The scene at the train which
The Prescott daily news., 1907-05-25
SIX FOOT RATTLESNAKE KILLED
Enormous Reptile Shot by Hunter in
 Indian Territory.

Muskogee, 1. T.-When a man hunts or fishes in Indian territory he has to bear constantly in mind that he is in danger of rattlesnakes. centipedes, and tarantulas. He is likely to find them most anywhere except in cold weather, and they are usually big ones.
 All three of these deadly poisonous denizens of the rocks and hills are found wherever there is likely to be good hunting. The rattlers are espe- cially numerous on rocky points where the sun beats full upon them, and the centipedes and tarantulas are found most anywhere
 One of the largest rattlers ever seen in this section was killed by Rees Evans, disbursing agent for the gov ernment offices at Muskogee, who shot the monster rattler with a six-shooter. The snake measured six feet two inches, and had II rattles and but. ton. The snake was coiled up on a fiat rock when he was discovered, and looked big enough to fill a bushel basket.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-05-25

The father in the presence of two SuperstitiouS peasant women uncov- cred the grave to see if the coffin was safe. Then he opened the coffin and took some teeth from the mouth. These were supposed to bring luck, He gave some of the teeth to the women and kept one which he wore as an amulet Since then, he says, he has always had luck in business, and even won right along at cards, while one of the women who lost the tcoth he gave to her had met with misfortune in rything ever since,
 The court recognized the mans sin. ceritv, dismissed the charge of proclamation, and let him go with a reprimand.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-05-25

until the last had gone down the plank to the ground.
 The herd was then sorted for hand. ling over to the Coliseum. Then the drive began. The steers are fresh from an Oklahoma ranch and not city broke. They made things lively
 Out from the yard they surged onto the pavement, over Fourteenth street to Michigan avenue they went. They crossed Michigan avenue and were brought up in the alley back of the Coliseum and into the stalls
 I'd bet $500 that bit of COW work could not be done over again. We did not know the streets, and if the animals stampeded l told the men to follow them, rope and throw them and then telephone where they were" "
 The necessity of herding the cattle in the street was caused by the fact that the Union stock yards found it impossible to furnish the needed cat tie wagons and notified the showmen that they could not furnish them after the cattle were on the way.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-05-25
STEERS RUN WILD
 M CITY STREETS.

brought the "101 ranch" to town was such as Chicago has seldom witnessed on the chief business thoroughfares. From the sidngs at the Santa Fe tracks at Fourteenth street, where the car lay, the men and horses were formed in lines. The force of men was divided into three groups of 2S, each with a captain. The cattle were unloaded fairly well, but the buffa- loes were sullen.
 Black Joe" the sole negro in the outfit, went into the car with the 12 buffaloes, which were likely to be- come peevish any minute. and prod. ded and pushed and coaxed and swore
The Prescott daily news., 1907-05-25

A good domestic is such a rara avis that she ought to have prestige like any other rare thing, but she has 1t not, and one cannot blame her, but so- ciety, for her wrong estimate of the desirability of domestic service. No body, that is, nobody in this country, and especially the American born, is as rule going into your kitchen to work if she has mental ability. The mental ability presupposes ambition and the ambition in this country means to an Abigail a position in which the doors of certain class snail not be closed to her on account of her calling
 Everybody with wit has an emula- tive eye and ready foot for the next step above him in social caste. As a rule all others have either been crushed by circumstances into passiveness or they are really too dull to comprehend that they are not all which they might reasonably desire and have not the most desirable position. They are too stupid to be ambitious and stay where their conditions of life happen to toss them, like leaves too inest to be stirred by any gust of wind. with neither mo- ton of their own nor capsbility of re- eeiving motion from others.
 These are they to whom you pay SIP. sl4 or more month for walking the aimless, hopeless treadmill of your Kitchen, to do labor without compre- hending either its object or itself, like the cr1dest. rudest machine conceiv- aole. We have advsnced immeasur-