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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-07-26
Notice Of MORTGAGE foreclosure Sale

Notice is hereby given, that that certain
mortgage executed and delivered by William
Branchhflower an unmarried man, mortgagor,
to William j. Morgridge, mortgage, dated the
18th day of October, 1902, and fled for record
in the office Of the Register of Deeds of Ramsey
county, N D.: on the 18th day of October, 1902,
and recorded in book "a of mortgages, on page
1872 will be foreclosed by sale of the premises
in such mortgage and hereinafter described at
the front door of the court house in Devils
Lake il the county OF Ramsey and state of
North Dakota, at the hour of one o'clock in
tho afternoon, on the 3rd day of August, 1907,
| to satisfy the amount due upon such mortgage
The premises described in such mortgage,
and which will be sold to satisfy the same are
described as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land, lying and be-
Dakota, and described as follows, to.wit:
The northeast quarter (ne;A)of section twenty
li57J Range sixty three (ss) Containing ' one
hundred sixty acres, more or less, according to
the o. s. survey thereof together with all the
hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto
belonging or in any wise pertaining.
It having been stipulated in said mortgage
that should the mortgagor fail to pay the taxes
that might be assessed against said premises,
then the mortgage, if he SO elected, might pay
the same, and the amounts so paid should
draw interest at the rate of II per cent per
| annum, and that said mortgage should stand
having failed to pay the. taxes that were
| assessed against said premises for the years
1902 1903, 1904 1905 and 1905, and the undersign.
ed mortgage having paid the same and the
prior lien on said premises, in the shape
| Of the balance, due on, mortgage given to
Frank Howard; and the undersigned having
| lien against said premises, in the shape Of a
mortgage given to john ". Maher, there will
| therefore be due on said mortgage on tho date
| of sale, the cum of $1563,87, besides the costs
| and expenses of sale, and the attorneys fees
allowed by law
William j. Morgridge,
| Mortgage.
Burke & Middaugh,
Attorneys for Mortgagee,
DeyilssEake, N. D.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-07-26
SCHOOL OFFICERS
Meet For For the Annual Assembly Of
Ramsey County Pedaqoques

NUtiloUy CUAfltt UuoYUyuOo
Last Friday morning the
annual meeting Of the school Of
ficers Of Ramsey county was
held in the court room at the
court house. An interesting pro-
gram was prepared for the
occasion, the topics which were
discussed being Recent
School Legislation, by Superin-
tendent r. Hayward. How to
Make School Surroundings At
tractive,," Mrs. Emil Eich. $ I'M
portance of the Rural School Z
by States Attorney Serunlgard
General discussion on such
topics as heating and ventilation,
visiting Of schools BY patrons,
hiring Of teachers, school librar-
les, etc, were ind ulged in by
the instructor present.
As large attendance was pres
lent, teachers from all over the
county having signified their in
|tention OF attending the meeting.
The G eacllers' aiming School
commences a. three weeks SEES
| sion at the High school huild ding
Lin the city July 222nd Arrange
Snents have been made whereby
the visiting teachers are
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-22
LAID CORNER STONE
OF MASONIC TEMPLE
Impressive Exercises OF Great Event In North
Carolina History Causes a Great Procession
and Is Witnessed and Attended by
Thousands of People.

whistle of merry -go-round cut
through the hubbub lnsistentis
While the cheers stlll rang the people
s,Neyei this way and that "a sudden
surprise that they md been ~ long
sti3l The spell that had been over
the grounds sas broken :hr almost
hypnotic state into which the speaker
had step by step advanced in the grip
~ his own enthusiasm Was snapped
out ~ i emerged Bryan. the smile
that Won't come of stiI upon hiH
face. suggestive in the crush or the
ease and happiness that distinguished
him and III the power after EFFORT
~ the prototype n that strength. he
lief and uplift which s. the human
quality that ne had been projecting
into the m.nds Of the people the
body and heart and brain OF the COM
mon man
The Arrival at the Grounds.
The parade Of marshals and the
distinguished escort To Mr. Bryan ar
rived on the grounds some twenty
minutes late. Headed bv chief Mar
shall Cox the horses and carriages
made slow progress down the dense
~ jammed midway. from the north
east entrance As tho carriage con-
tanning the Commouer passed through
the pres. the cheers announced its
coming. in slow wave OF enthusiasm.
When. finally. Mr. Bryan. Governor
Glenn and others were recognized
upon the stand the crowds pressed
closer and the cheering became gen
eral and prodgious.
Governors Bald Headed Introduction.
President Daughtri1ge introduced
Governor Glenn who was TO present
Mr. Bryan The Governors appear
created nF ftt
iasm. lie poke briefly but IN char
acter. while the great gathering
cheered and laughed with him To the
echo. IN his usual happy style the
Governor presented the speaker. say
ing that on Tueaday he had had the
pleasure OF Introducing MIR. Bryan TO
the great people u Mecklonhurg. IN
the city Of Charlotte, on the day be-
fore he had again presented him u
The people IF Guilfor6 assembled at
the city Of Greensboro. Today he
was presenting him. not merely To n
county or q city put to all the people
Of North Carolina. lie had. said
he taken great deal Of pleasure in
Afr Brvall's sreccheS until the dav be
fore, when the latter had seen 1T To
pass q great insClt upon him by re
e~ring To his lack OF bla x hair. and
to call attention in public assem-
blarc n defect I'm his make UP Tor
which he was not responsible and
which ne had made every effort 10
overcome lie felt it. therefore, u
he his sacred duty to remind Mr.
Bryan that there was once a hum
bic prophet whom the boys followed.
crying eco NJ old bald head" and
down old bald-hcad. until fnally the
bears came out and ate them ~. And
he warted to remind the great and
Continued on Page TwoD
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-22
GEN. w. X. cox SPEAKS

Grand Master .. u. Winston rr~sisA--
and T1s~r~ l. Distinguished e.asissr-
Taking Part ia tho t.srsSa~r=. ,ahhaa
Nost Au-4aciou~ir Mark the WoTk
on tho Masonic TrnHac tn no ou,r>
Of the iIaudsorue~s rssssesinx- In tihe
state. aud Whi.h l. >ow nrtn~
Pushed to Completion the Baiisi-
ing 10 Co~t Over sfso.ooo. assd q,
Mark an Epoch in ArchiiesxSse in
the state.
In the presence ~ thousands nt
people there took place y"~sertiny tiss
impressive exercise of the iastns or
the corner stone 80 th~ handsome
Masonic Tempt" now in course q
construction Beginning Wlth = wrien-
did parade the events came - close
In the solemn riuualistic form II tho
Grand Lodge ~ Masons
The procession Was witnessed ~
thouands Of people aud u 81 safe s..
cay that there ha~ NOT been in the
state any other Masonic event which
hoe drawn together - many members
Of this great order IN tho line ~
march the knights T~mplar veac trr
cynorure ~ al eyer in their rtrh unl-
forms while the great number ~
members - the GranA Lodge. AMI
Of local lodges in tho state made that
portion of the parade impreenlNe Tic
\ and ~ cadet hand and tho ana
NJ battalion made an imposing fpe,-
tnclc and IN" nusic ~ thc Thtr8
Regiment band was greatly ca5 yei
on the platform where the r1crslFes
took place and ms ~ marched lu ad-
vance of Company B. the Raleigh
Light Infantry. Captain " = moody
commanding ~ the parade Was alrp
the RuleiRh Fire Department
ON the platform iu front - tho
Masonic building WAS gathered -
goodly company - take part IN tho
exercises The Third Regiment band
furnished the music and there was "a
large choir which gave vocal music.
The exercises were iu charge ~ g and
Master Francis - Winston. wno mafa
short address. the address uf ine
DAY being made by General ~ -
cox. Of Edgecombe. Past Grand Mae
ter. his remarks bclng greatly en-
ioycd The e1ercifes ri thr direct
laying of the coFurr-Htune Dy the
Masous was greatly Impressive oue.
and the great crowd pressed cloncr -
CONTINUED on Page Twob -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-22
HON. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

had been Victin-iZed, but to prevent
the theft in the first instance; When.
further, his words ringing, the hand
vibrant in the tinSie of his thought he
pointed to the average man the duty
to put back the country to the prir-
ciple upon which it was founded and
which Jefferson voiced over protest,
to the establishment Of a government
Of by and for the people. and with
equal rights to all and special priVi-
leges to none, the scene crept UP to
and engulfed the people with its in
terest and its feeling. From some
where il the grounds the sounds Of
merry making, the voices Of the mid
way spielers, the multitude of sounds
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-22

that distineui multitude. came
u tho car Us the distant echoes OF a
dream. over al the voice hung, ana
dipped and rose, clear, dominating
intense. Under il, as though its eyery
word VAS command to silence lay
the quietude of the rapt. And. as
it ceased, the mas-ed emotion that
had been waiting Tor an cutlet,
paused surprised in the eloquent mo-
ment before it found ite voice
The FAIR Resumes.
The next instant. ehe average man
bad become the crowd at the %air
The voices cf tie faktT~, heard as in \
dream, rose shrilI and irsistent The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
Ell PASO AS AN OPERA TOWN.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
The adventure of the San Carlo Opera
company at Ell Paso has its gratifying
side. The objections of the audience to
the cutting of Rossini's masterpiece, THE
Barber of Seville" were doubtless more
artistic than commercial. The whole
show was demanded, not so much be-
cause the people wanted enough operate
music for the price of admission, though
that would have been legitimate enough,
as because they disapproved in principle
to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of fine and CO.
herent work There seems to have been
some vain denial of the fact of cutting,
for a rival theatrical manager offered
to wager a round sum that several scenes
had been omitted. Now the opera was
given in Italian but that made no differ
ence. Ell Paso knew the story and the
airs and was not to be deceived.
Manager Russell told the truth, but
not the whole truth, when he assured the
disappointed auditors that he had cut the
opera to the same extent in other cities.
IIe had, but he never gave it elsewhere in
abbreviated form without making the bill
double" and adding another, one or two
act opera Ell Paso knew that, too ap-
parently.
Miss Nielssn offered and attempted to
sing a number of airs and thus add a con-
cert to the mutilated opera, and had this
been the original plan Ell Paso might have
acquiesced, waving artistic objections to
the irregular combination. An after
thought it was not going to accept, es-
pecially with stage hands dragging
scenery away while the charming singer
was endeavoring to discourse sweet mel
ody.
The lesson is that there are more opera
towns in the country than the impresari
imagine. and that it is inexpedient to give
either short weight or poor quality of art
anywhere. American managers should be
prepared to give, the real thing and alb
stain from local discrimination.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
THE BAILEY AGITATION.

From the Nashville Banner.
AS might have been expected, Senator
Baileys violent denunciation of the men,
bers of the Texas legislature who voted
against his eXoneratlon from the charges
made against him has provoked retalia-
ton in the way of denunciations and
abuse. Yesterday several of the men,
ters hurled Insulting epithets at the SEN
ator, and a majority of the members
whom Bailey denounced, declaring that
they should not be elected to office again,
announced themselves for reelection as
legislatorss two years hence and defied
the senator to prevent their election. All
of this is a very unseemly exhibition and
can mean only continuance of crini-
nation and recrimination in the politics
of Texas. The senator's services and
influence in behalf of this state must
necessarily be lessened and such a state
OF affairs may be in many ways hurtful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
Piq Iron Prices.

'The Birmingham pig iron market is
without change in quotations" said
prominent representative of furnace
company II notice from time to time ref
erence made to spot prices as though they
made the market. Prompt delivery iron
brings all the way from s23 to s26, just
according to the mood or conscience of
the seller and the conditions touching the
sale. For example, If furnace company
is asked by a regular customer to quote
prices on 25 50 or 100 tons-small lots
for immediate delivery, the figure named
would be about s24 or s25. If the buyer
happened to be not a regular customer,
s26 or s27 might be charged. The latter
prices have been obtained. The consumer
who needs iron In a hurry is willing to
pay any price. This has been the way
of 1t for months past. But these prices
for spot do not Ak the market.
Future delivery iron is sold In large
tonnage, and for delivery in Che last half
of the year the price is $40 on No. 2
basis One or two Companies shade that
price 50 cents ton, but quotations have
stood as they are today since last fall
The market is remarkably stable"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
PRESS POINTS

Pensacola Journal: VIII the female
writer who declared that "all men are
good kindly state her age and whether
ma ried or single?
New York Mail: The2-cent rate for rail-
roads is all right for Hartman. That is
about what he pays for them. apiece.
The people pay the rest.
Washington Post: The fact that Senator
Blackburn failed to keep his political
fences in good repair should not be cited
as evidence that he doesn't know how
to dig big ditch.
Memphis Commercial-AppealG Gentlemen
attending the Hargis trial are politely re-
quested by the court to check their Cat
ling guns with the hat boy before en-
tering the court ROOM
Washington Herald: IT is going to take
seven months continuous talking for SEN
ator Tillman to earn that $4,000, but you
must remember he is a United States
senator, and talk comes easy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
COST OF THE PHILIPPINES

is not contradicted by the government.
1t is strange that amounts ranging from
$500 900 to $1,000, 900 have been set
as the cost of the Philippines to the Uni
ted States, yet there is no complete Of
fetal statement made by the govern
ment.
Congressman Clark advances the argu-
ment that one of three things should be
done with these islands, to-wit: They
should \be Incorporated as a part of the
United States territory or there should
be a colonial government in which the
Filipino people would have a voice, or
the United States should sell them to
Japan or some other country, retaining
a coaling and naval station.
If the islands are costing anywhere
near what congressman think they are
the opponents must be given credit for
having been wiser than the purchasers
of the Philippines. The President should
authorize the publication of the total cost
of this enterprise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
WORLDS LARGEST BELT.

From Woodcraft.
A sawmill in Tacoma, Wash. has as a
part of its equipment what is said to
be the largest single leather belt in the
world. 1t was made from pure oak bark
tanned leather, is eighty-four inches in
width, three-ply in thickness, and weighs
Just 23oG pounds The belt is ia feet long;
ii tool; the centers of the hides of 225
steers to make II. and each piece of this
leather was separately stretched before
being placed in the belt
In rutting the belt together no pegs,
rvets or fastenngs OF any kind were
used except cement of the best quality,
and the plies were cenlented together
under a hydraulic pressure of 80 tons.
AS no hide will produce a single piece of
leather wide enough to make belt of
this width it was necessary to use two
or three centers to make it. These pieces
are cemented together. two-inch longi-
tudnal lap being used. This lap was
made entirely by hand. As there was
about 100 feet in this work, it required
a considerable space of time. The fin
ished belt has the appearance of a sin-
gle piece. Sawmills are operated under
widely varying loads, so that the service
required Of the driving belt is most Sc
we're Any piece of leather, therefore, usef
for this purpose, must bear the maximum
strain of the sawmill, for this maximum
is often reached.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
Likes Birmingham.

How Birmingham has grown" ex-
claimed the Rev. DIR. w. Il. Evans, the
new rector of the Episcopal Church of
the Advent DR.. Evans was rector at
Richmond. Va, for several years and
gave up a large parish there to accept
the call here. He was ordained to the
priesthood in Alabama and was for
short while rector of st. Mlchacfs and
All Angels church at Admission. He was
quite familiar with Birmingham ten
years ago and had heard much of its pro-
gress in recent years. but he said yester-
day that he was not expecting to find
such large and metropolitan city as the
Birmingham of today proves to be.
'"rhs is indeed a wonderful city in the
matter of rapid and substantial develop
ment" remarked DR.. Evans. land it is
a most charming place socially. 1t has
the bustling business air of New York,
but the social atmosphere Of the good
old south. | am delighted with Birming-
ham"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
MARK osEYED THE SCRIPTURES

From March Lippincotts.
In "a town where Mark Twain used to
reside the following story OF him is &C.
casonal,y handed about:
One morning when he was busily at
work am acquaintance dropped in upon
him, with the request that he take walk
the Acquaintance having an errand on
pleasant country road.
How far is it?" temporized Mark
Twain.
"Oh. about mile. replied the friend.
Instantly the humorlst gathered his
papers together, laid them saide, and pre-
pared to leave his desk.
"of course l Will go he announced
the Bible says l must.
,.Why. what in the world has the Bible
got to do with it, asked the puzzled
friend.
1t distinctly commands" answered Mr.
Clemens, If a man ask thee 70 so With
him mile, so with HIM Twain"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
ALABAMA PRESS

Oneonta Southern Democrat: The pres
ent legislature has created more than q
thousand new offices.
Baldwin Times: The constant fear OF
yawning deficit in the state and national
finances is about as threadbare as the
annually reported failure of the peach
crop.
Pell City Farmers Union and Guide: on
the question of selecting the judges OF
the Birmingham city court the state
senate has decided that our governor is
not the whole thing.
Dothan Home J. urnal: Cows are now
MIXED by machinery. Gee whiz! we woa
der why they haven't been using the old
pump all these long years past for this
purpose.
Montgomery Advertiser: Democrats in
Congress often do good service for the
county but rarely have they done any
thing more creditable than when they
talked the ship subsidy steal to death
In the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
MOSQUITO Breeding.

while making the rounds of the city,
said well known merchant, II observed
a pond on South Fifteenth street, between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues, which Will
be mosquito headquarters for that part
of Birmingham in very short while, as
a matter of fact Birmingham has never
been free from mosquitoes since last
summer on account of our exceedingly
mild winter.
ITO avoid fever and other diseases that
arise from stagnant pools this place
should be filled in at once. | noticed
not long since the report of the health
officer, showing that some specified
fever was epidemic in the Ninth ward
last summer"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09

Commissioner General Sargent both
look with favor on a diversion of immi-
grafton to the south. So long as they
regard the efforts of the south with
favor, no obstacles will be placed in
the way of bringing directly here de-
sirable immigrants. When they are
landed at Charleston, or New Orleans,
cur industries can secure share of
them even if our own immigration law
should prove to be fiat failure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
The Season Of Lent.

"The churches that observe the Eccles-
iastical calendar are better attended this
Lent than usual said a man. ut may
be that the weather has something to do
with 1t. This Is an ideal Lenten season.
1t is neither too worm nor too cold;
early spring with a little edge to it. The
mornings are bright and bracing and the
evenings are calm. A March like this
always makes shad roe especially tooth
some"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09
THE COMIC OPERA INN.

From the New York Mail.
Let us repair to yonder inn," say
the merry villagers of musical comedy,
and then they troop off in in opposite
direction. 1t may never have occurred to
you as a rigid principle of literary me-
chanics, but there is always an Inn In
musical comedy and without defining
your expectations you nevertheless al
ways expect it. There are as many stage
inns on Broadway just now as there are
bars attached to, or abutting upon, the
theatres in which musical comedies are
presented.
Why, then, the comic opera inn? "Wlhy
not?" is the handiest retort. and it suf-
fees. The inn gives it's distinctive tone
to this class of musical entertainment.
Its characteristic melody is 1.-The gay,
glad song of the table dhote." Hospital
ity, conviviality, the joy of the moment,
the heedlessness of tomorrow, the de-
mocracy of the chance or unconventional
acquaintance. tho illusory delights that
sweet verge Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES arc
of the very essence of musical comedy.
This vehicle-say carryall-of modern
fooling requires a chorus. The inn justi-
fies the chorus. It affords a reason, or at
least an excuse, for the assembling of all
the people in the play and 1t provides
a natural ground for their assembling In
numbers and as all sorts and conditions
of society. High and low, rich and poor
do meet at the village tavern. Its
guests or hangers-on may, without too
great violence to the easy creduility of
a broadway audience, run the 'gamut
from princes incognito, tourists, mer-
chants, soldiers and peasants to the stroll
ling schnorer and the village ne'er-do-
well. The transitory fraternity of their
intercourse at the sign of the bush is one
of the engaging sterotypes of musical
comedy.
About the inn as center most of the
conventions of comic opera gather. 1t
gives reason for the leading comedian
as proprietor or waiter. 1t gives the SOU
brette her opportunity as cook or kel-
nerin. 1t introduces the characters and
complexities or straightens out whatever
plot there may be. The wine solo, the beer
chant, the stirrup-cup ditty, the "brin-
dist" the student or soldier chorus, all
the life which has in it the folly or verify
of wine and the Communion of convivial-
ity-these be the institutions or attributes
that cluster beneath the swinging sign
of the jolly host.
You may have a "slnfonla domestica'
of the home, but if you want a comic
opera you must change the venue to the
nearest tavern. Its merry profanity
would chill under the reproving gaze of
the household gods.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-09

Puck.
had done as much to hurt bust
righteousness has done, it would
en- abolished long ago, and that's
ng to our credit.
pensions will no doubt do much
crate conditions, but no serious
goes so far as to ina CINE that
ill at once be invariably as old
re.
erence between the artist and the
les not SO much in the method
consciousness thereof.
mt will gush up of its own virtue,
mentality has to be pumped.
MS are made for one party to
and the other to jump on.