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The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23
;kndeer Mountain Dis
trict, Dunn County.

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I. a great many Improvements in farm
ing have been made in the Kildeer
mountain district the past year. Three
hundred acres Of grain were grown with
success among the new settlers. who got
returns Of exceptional value for the
amount Of labor expended.
Il John Johnson threshed Goo bushels OF
small grain from ten acres Of land. One
acre of Durham. wheat yielded as bush
els and his fax shelled out 17H bushels
and oats gave an average yield Of 90
bushels per acre.
The new settlers experimental with
both yellow and white dent corn and
met with such good success that many
Of them will plant nothing else the COM
ing spring. Among those who raised
large tracts Of corn were Charles Bug
bee and A. a. Liederbach. Both Of
these gentlemen are farmers Of the "old
school," have substantial buildings and
have made in the past two years many
improvements well worth seeing.
cuskelly Brothers have built : very
large barn and sheds Tor their cattle.
They own the greatest number Of cattle
and horses Of any one firm at this poin,
and all their stock wintered in 6ne con.
dition.
The increase in the postal business a,
Oakdale is evident from the number Of
mail sacks broughtin and out by the
mail carrier three times each week,
Aspsncnsstandinniglsinsfr onto Of 4 post.
sofscss opksuppnsthsl:ssb AsAntifnl prdatt:
Hes dotted with TIE shacks of home.
steaders on nearly every quarter section
Of government land. Many Of the
buildings are Of ! substantial character,
while the others serve the temporary
wants Of the new corners
Passing over the Bad Lands to the
bank Of the Little Missouri and follow.
ing iits course up stream. from the, Fort
Berthold Indian reservation, We pasl
many notable improvements made
within the past two years.
Jack Sweeney has built : substantial
house and barn and owns ! fine bunch 81
cattle. Robert Wilcox has built Z large
and comfortable hose, placed stone
foundation snder his large barn besides
making numerous other improvement
on his Little Missouri home ranch. HI
has several head Of cattle that have ex.
cellent range in the Bad Lands.
G;ioob Saunders has builtIa stone house
with all the modern improvements and
has made manysother improvements :,
his home Of Spring creek. His ranch
ranks among the best ID Dunn county
Last year he raised two crops Of alfalfa
On the same land. Each crop stood
thirty inches above the ground ant
yielded, eachscrop. two tons per acre.
The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23
ANTELOPE

I'm aother connty,stowns I sspases3, il,
i and IS
The Dickinson press., 1907-03-23
having the line between Relaxation. and

having the line between Richardton and
Marshall.
H. James is principal of the new four
room public school building.
ST. Mary's Abbey is located at this
place. The monastery was established
in 1900, and;sthe past year a brick build
ing, providingssf for dormitory, play rooms,
SpTvate5Eroorns, bakery, carpenter shop
etc, wasserected at an expense Of 5000
The past winter the Catholic population
Of Nthis locality hauled 1900 loads of
splendid building rock for the massive
foundation walls Of the beautiful church
which is to be erected during the sum-
mer. The college has had 50 enrolled
the past winter and the Sisters school
had OVER $50 day pupils. The mission
work of the monasteryhas been increased
during the year by organization of
churches at Mott, Hebron and also north
Of Knife river. The monastery is under
the able management Of Abbott Vincent
Wehrle.
The directors, of the Richardton State
bank are: H. r. Lyon, Charles Krauth,
Fred Koesel. Lewis Davis and c. L. Tim
norman. Nj. Davis is cashier.
The directors Of the Merchants State
bank, recently organized, are: Anton
Muggli, 7. a. Tavis, Joseph Killer, Fred
and Henry Pathmann and John Muggli.
The last named gentleman is cushier.
P. r. Close is local editor Of the News.
VIM. H. Brown & Co, the largest land
firm in North Dakota, opened an Office
in Richardson three years ago and has
been a strong factor in. the growth Of the
place and the development Of the coun-
try tributary. especially south. The.
Office now has "a employees. Weekly
railway excursions are maintained blythe
firm which receives buyers and home
steaders by the hundreds, conveying
them by teams to Mott and distributing
them over the broad and fertile acres Of
Hettinger county, where they still have
holdings aggregating 1900 acres. The
firm also maintains an office at Mott and
has livery stables at both Mott and Rich.
ardton.
ANTELOPE
AT present Antelope, in the extreme
eastern part of Stark county, is but a
flag station, but It is contended that
within q year OF two the N. p. will be
obliged.tos supplythe place with a depot.
E.F. Hill conducts q general store here,
land, owing to the general prosperity of
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

WILL RUN FOR VINDIcATIoN.-The
cheek of Schmitz, the corrupt Mayor
of San Francisco, convicted of COM
plicity in many outrageous gratis
in the conduct of municipal affairs,
and now in Jail waiting sentence, who
claims to still be Mayor, has an.
nounced his intention to pose as can
didate for reelection, and that toe
as "a means of vindication," as he
calls it. 1t is hardly possible that
the majority of the residents of that
city are malefactors, the only condi.
ton that would make his reelection
possible. 1t is indeed strange how
slow some animals are to realize they
are dead; now there is the snake, fol
instance, which, when the head i.
severed, is said to show life in its tai
till shutdown.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

PRESIDENTS ORDER A SAFEGUARD
FOR Allan order now comes from
the Department of Commerce and
Labor directing that all Federal Off
Gals in this State take steps for
guarding against fuel famine next
winter, by laying in an ample supply
of fuel for any emergency, and to add
force to the injunction it comes in
the form of a letter from President
Roosevelt. Uncle Sam can, of course,
afford to do this, as well as wealthy
people everywhere, and this affords
a guaranty to the poor man that the
supply in market may be equal to
the demand. at fair prices, after all
these customers have wood yards and
coal bunkers of their own.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

BIRD SINGS ACCOMPANIMENT TO A
BAND.-At Uniontown, in this State,
last week, a concert was given by
the Uniontown Military band, and
a peculiar incident was connected
Herewith. A wild mockingbird in a
tree not far from the hall began to
sing when the first number was rem.
dered by the band, which was abou!
9 o'clock, and as number after mum
Der was rendered the mockingbird
continued to sing as if its little throat
would burst. At midnight it was
still singing. Whenever the band
stopped playing the bird would stor
singing, but just as soon as the music
started the bird began to sing, and
its song could be heard until thu
band ceased to play.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

PRETTY Rich DIET.-The Spokes-
n,an-Revie,o of Spokane states that
the Washington Bankers Associa-
ton, 228 in number, sat down to a
50, 500 spread during their late con.
vention in that city. This is over
SIS per plate, but it is not to be sup.
posed that these favored Sons Of
Mammon eat three meals a day OF
such stilted rations. 1t is said the
aggregate capital represented by the
banks on that high inks occasion,
was $275, 100000
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

UNION HELD FOR DAMAGES Los
Angeles dispatch of last Friday,
states that Don E. Johnson, of that
city, had been given verdict for
$500 damages against local mem
bers OF the Typographical Union,
for causing his expulsion from the
union, and loss of q position as as.
sistant foreman on a local paper.
Johnson went from Seattle to q Los
Angeles Office that employs non-un.
ion men, and then filed his suit
against property owning members Of
the local union.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

A REGENERATED" MURDERER
The most astounding feature of the
professions of that BOrgia-like MUIR
der, Harry Orchard, or Alfred Horse
ley, as he says is his true name, is
when he declares, with pious JUNCTION,
that he has passed from the condition
of hardened sinner to that of the
most exalted saint. The dear Lord
has regenerated me" is the way he
expresses it, and then he utters the
following sacrilegious cant:
81 have been greatly strengthened
spiritually since l have been on the
stand. l relied upon the promises OF
God. fear did not trust him as fully
as l should have. His ever-abiding
presence gave me strength. II l had
thought it was right. could have taken
my own life great deal easier than to
90 through that awful ordeal, and it is
not finished yet, but 1 can go through
the rest easier. rs l have learned to
more fully rely upon Gods grace, and
know he will never leave or forsake me,
if do not him."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05
Where There's a Will There's a WAY

The fertility of mental resources
seems unlimited when it comes to
lifting a big salary with a stout cord
fastened to it. For a time, some of
the would-be opulent State officers
feared that they had exceeded the
limit in having their salaries raised
while holding Offices affected by the
change. but it now seems that an
open sesame" has been found, by
executive act, TO relegate to innoc-
nous desuetude the fundamental law,
when it conflicts with the statute
which the Legislature and his Excel
lency made, with of course the aid of
those fuglemen whose salaries it af-
fected by it. The Governor, acting
under this new light, has reappointed
his Board of Control, and this will
remove the constitutional Shackel to
an improved salary.
A different reason is of course
given, but it cannot be denied that
the mythical similitude of 4 coach
and -four" was brought into service
to find the breach through which a
passage might be made. 1t was
found in extension of the powers of
the Board of Control, by statute,
with such provisions as constituting
it the State prison board, in opera
ton of the indeterminate sentence
law, which il is claimed, make new
appointments necessary. One re-
quirement is that the Governor
shall appoint the members of board
for this purpose, one for two, one
for four and one for six years. So to
conform to law, the old officers were
made new. and can now draw to the
last penny the new rcri;sed ml,ras.
OF course the question of salary
did not rise, while the mind of the
executive was directed towards this
provision as means for legally
constituting a board of extended
control. That matter was considered
in executive session. by the board
itself, one of whom had already be-
gun a mandamuS suit for increased
salary, when this easy way of re-
moving an obstacle for reaching the
flesh pots was happily discovered.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

ROCKEFELLER has found that the
role Of dodger is about the rockiest
experience of his life, and after hid.
ing in rat-holes and cellars, at last
gives it up and accepts service to ap-
pear before the Federal Court in Chi.
cago, to answer such questions as
may be propounded regarding Stand
ard Oil manipulatiOns.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

WELL, well; can anything good
come out of Nazareth? 1t seems so.
The capitol force has been reduced
from ten to eight, those remaining
being two engineers, two firemen,
two janitors, night Waterman and
elevator boy, and those let out are
two more janitOrs. 1t does seem
possible that the onerous duties OF
caring for as modest a capitol as has
been forced upon the State, might be
performed by eight people. 1t may
be, however, that an increase of sal
airy of those who remain ION duty
is contemplated.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

AN attempt is to be made to raise
bamboo on Vancouver's Island. 1t is
adapted to SO many uses in the Orient
that its introduction on this CONT
nent will open a new staple to indus.
trial manufactures. 1t is said that
climatic conditions seem to be all
that are required in that part Of
British Columbia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

The Spirit, a yacht built by a Seat
tie boy not yet past his year of ma
1ority, not only designed but sailed
the craft that won the first race, with
the Alexandra, over q Seattle course,
this week, from yacht designed by
Fife, the greatest naval architect in
England. His name is Ted Gearv.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

A HIGH TONED RECEPTION.
National Christian Endeavor recep-
ton committee has decreed that only
morning dress and stove-pipe" hats
shall be worn by those who greet
Vice President Fairbanks, on his
visit to Seattle, during the session of
the Convention. The order has al
ready developed much ill-feeling
among those who are enjoined to
dwell in unity" and Mr.. Campbell,
Chairman of the Information Bureau
for the Endeavorers, fatty declares
that he will wear none other than a
loOse-fitting sack suit, while Frank
L. HOrsefall, head of the local Chris
tian Endcavorers, insists no less
strenuously that the order of the
committee must be followed in the
matter of reception dress, so there is
likely to be q corner in silk hats when
the ice-wagon is on parade and that
discOrd among the friends of right
eOusness will prevail.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05
Epidemic Menaces New York

The past year or more seems to have
been a season of widespread trouble
and disaster, Il period when. despite
the boosted prosperity of politicians,
people have been visited by more
malign influences, by land or sea.
than in any other like period of this
generation. Probably no other avoid
able cause. attributable solely to per-
vcrsty Of human nature, has tended
To- produce more suffering and misery
than the strikes that have disturbed
normal conditions all over the cOun-
try
1t is to this cause that the great
city of New York is now on the verge
of a pestilcnce which will NOW down
humanity like grain in the field. I'M
less relief is soon obtained. 1t is
nothing more, however, than u strike
of the garbage collectors and ice
wagon drivers. 1t requires 1000
garbage collectors to keep the city
clear from accumulation of filth, and
the service was, on the last day of
the month, a week behind the work
That. of course, is the most serious
danger. and unless speedily RENE
died, the possibilities are dcplorablc.
The deprivation of large community
of as prime necessity as ice is also
likely to result in more than mere
discomfort.
The dispatches state that the best
the city could promise at the begin
ming of this week was 300 men, to
serve 755 carts required to move each
days accumulation, to say nothing of
the back work. The city offers So
per day, board and permanent en-
ployment, and is refused because of
the deep-rootcd sentiment among la
boring men that they may not honor
ably fill the place of the striker.
The main demand of the strikers is
that 48 hours constitute a week S
work, a recognition of an eight-hour-
a-day rate, it will be observed; with
extra pay for all overtime.
1t is said that, Sunday, in places
refuse was piled high and strewn
from curb to curb. Unable to do
better the health squads scattered
disinfectants, through miles of high
ways, hoping to hold in check the
death-bearing germs. A deadly smell
therefrOm had found its way into
many homes and into some of the
city hospitals.
Acting Sanitary Inspector Bussel,
last week, contracted for l 800 men
in Philadelphia, but they have been
slow in arriving, and up to Monday
only 100 had arrived.
Health Officer Darlington, Sunday,
said, 81 do not believe there is any
immediate danger Of an epidemic, but
the situation is very grave and pre-
sents the possibility of imminent
peril"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

A TRUE FISH STORY.-Here is q
fish story taken from the Spokane
Spokesman Rerieu that would never
be believed were it not verified by q
half-tone picture of the scaley beauty.
Think of q trout 81 inches long
weighing 20 pounds. 1t was caught
in Pen d'Oriellc Lake, by DR.. J. S.
Reed, with light trolling line and u
spoon-hOok. 1t took half an hour to
land the gamey fellow, with the as
sistance of two other men. In order
to illustrate the size by comparison,
the picture is taken, with the fish
hanging from the branch of a tree
and Mr.. Reeds two daughters stand
ing beside it. Its length seems to
be the exact height of the girls, who
are aged eight and ten, respectively.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

In Nebraska, the main line of the
Union Pacific railway is assessed at
the rate of $40, 900 per mile, while
the branch lines are assessed on the
basis of $35, 900 per mile; the fare is
two cents mile. In our State the
main lines of the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern are assessed at
81, $50 per mile, while passengers
pay fare at the rate of three cents a
mile.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

A Doc SAVES LIFE.-A dog saved
a boys life at Tacoma, last week.
The lad fell into a millpond on the
tide fats and had gone down the Sec
ond time, when " Prince" his dog,
swan to him, and as he rose to the
surface seized him by the collar of his
shirt, thus holding his head above
the water while swimming to the
shore. This act saved the life oil
Charles Wells, lad fourteen years
of age.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

IT was on bare technicality, boys,
that Judge Chytraus, of Chicago,
declared the anti-cigarette law of
Illinois invalid. The title and OBJ
ject did not agree. Our State law is
not framed in that way.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

The people who occupy the site of
the new Dupont powder works, near
Nesqually, celebrated the Fourth.
IT'S well; they were able to make q
big noise and smell powder at first
cost.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

AND now Montana is being over
Swallowed by the great lens that is
Investigating land frauds, and it is
now focused upon some searching
lines of inquiry.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

1T is said that China is purchasing
American harvesters for use in Man.
churia. They are sent across the
continent by rail and shipped, at Ia
coma, by the Waterhouse-Weir line
OF steamships.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

DEATH OF A NOTED TEMPERANCE
LEADER. -Francis Murphy, the noted
temperance lecturer, died Sunday in
Los Angeles, Cal, at the residence
of his daughter. His wife and his
son, Edwin, were present, but Gov.
Murphy of Pennsylvania, and an
other son with their families, did not
arrive till the next day, although a
swift special carried them West. De-
ceased was born in Wexford, Ireland,
in 1896, came to this country when a
boy and served in the Union army
during the Civil war. His first
temperance address was made in
1870, when he organized the Blue
Ribbon League, which spread all
over the country. He visited Olym
pia about twelve years ago, and held
temperance revival services in the
theater three nights.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

-FOUR WOMEN AVERT DISASTER
A wonderful achievement of four wo
men in Wyoming last Sunday night
is deserving of the commentator it
is receiving everywhere. Wheatland
dam impounds the largest artificial
body of water in the State, and is at
a high elevation above the most
thickly settled farming section OF
Wyoming. They fortunately passed
the dam in the dusk of evening just
as small leak appeared, which would
soon undoubtedly have washed away
the embankment and precipitated a
large body of water, augmented by
the Laramie river, upon hundreds OF
families in the valley, creating o loss
of life and destruction of property
probably only exceeded by the Cone
maugh valley disaster of May, 1889.
Mrs. Reed and three girls spent the
entire night filling the crevasse with
hay and soil, using eleven cart loads
of hay, carried from Il distance, in
the work, while her husband had
gone to Wheatland for aid. When
he returned, in the morning, he
found the women still at work but
completely exhausted by their severe
labor, but they had succeeded in
keeping the crack from enlarging to
the danger-pOint. 1t is safe to say
that the persistent efforts of these
heroic women saved many lives and
much property, and their names
should be inscribed therefore high up
on the roll of honor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05
GOAT HERDS TO Be INTRODUCED

GOAT HERDS TO BE INTRODUCED
Miss Mary Bruce, a homcsteader,
near Cornell, this State, has an
nounccd her determination of making
4 trial of goats for establishing Il
dairy farm. Her herd at present
consists of only three, but this num-
Der will be increased rs rapidly as
desirable stock can be secured. Her
experience, so far, induces the belief
that it will prove lucrative invest
ment, as she has demonstrated that
goats will thrive on native grasses
and wild peas, with which the prai-
rieS in that district are covered.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

THE Tacoma school census gives Il
basic enumeration for the city and it
is about $4,000 But then, it is 4
matter of common notoriety that the
city has unusually large families.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05
TN the superior Court of the State Of Washing
i ton, for Thurston county.
Notice OF Sherih's Sale on Special Execution.
Daniel Finch,
49, "' Special Execution
Ira NJ Noble and wife NO. S-'o'
n.G
Ira NJ. Noble and wife
Defendants.

Under and by virtue of a special execution L.
sued out OF the superior Court Of the State OF
Washington. for Thurston county, In favor of the
above nam ed plaintiff and against the above
named defe ndants. on a judgment aud decree en-.
tered In said Court the 10Th day of April, 1907
for the sum of three hundred and sixty one dol
lars and lift cen cents 1881. 10y and 10 Sher
If of Thurstou county, directed and delivered
and by which am commanded To sell the follow
Ing described prupe riy:
Lots five ~ aud six 10y Of Sandcrson's IIarbor,
rhursion county. Washington. according 10 Il e
recorded plat on file in the Auditors office of
Thurstou county, Washington.
Now, therefore. public notice ls hereby given
that have levied upon and will sell at public
auction according to law TO the highest bidder
for carh at The Fourth street door of the Court
House at Olympia on the Sd day of August, 1907
at the hour Of ten In the forenoon of said day.
the above described property or much thereof
as may be necessary to raise sufficient to satisfy
the above named amount together with Increased
cOsts
Dated at Olympia this I'd day of July, 1907.
7. +. CONNOLLY,
Sheriff OF Thurston county, Washington.
First publication, July ). 1877.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05

The spontaneous combustion of
red-fire amid an assortment of fire.
works, in Theodore's bookstore, Ia
coma, Saturday afternoon, created "a
contiagratiOn that involved loss of
$33,O 600. Besides TheOdOre's store,
four other buildings and contents
were consumed.