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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-16
AN UNMARRIED
DAUGHTERS VAIL.

Some day shall be sauuterinr
down Fifth Avenue In the late az
ternoon. and 1 shall run into A r.
or c. sauntering up. lie will turn
to walk with me. to give me mes
saga from his WIZ, the news OF a
common friend abr1Sl. TO show me-
a picture I'm an art-de tler's window
or a Doce OF Georgian silver in an
antique shop. Then we may be guilty
OF the atrocity of sitting IN win
dow In the Holland house aud drink
Ing our tea together. And then
shall go home with fear at my heart.
am a woman OF SO. to whom A.
p. or G. Is absolutely nothing but
human being who speaks the same
language as myself. But to mother.
A. b. or g. Is a monster known as
a married man. And a married man,
In the creed OF her generation and
her circle is n wild beast never to
be approached except when he is sub
dued beneath the eye OF his keeper,
his wife. 1t is. to my mind. so crude.
SO provincial-even 80 vulgar
view OF adult human intercourse that
hesitate to admit It as the opinion
OF that gentle. delicate. broad-minded
lady, my mother. Broadminded
say advisedly. Her interest In poll
tics. foreign and domestic. her sym
pathy with the progress OF labor, the
keen Intelligence OF her judgment in
these DEPARTMENTS OF affairs, are
much greater than mine. But the
married man, OF the domestic hearth.
remains to her as great a bugaboo
as the "Bony'' with whom the Eng
lish children before Waterloo were
frightened.-Harper's Bazaar.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-16
WEST VIRGINIA BILLS.

Washington, Jan. 15.-Senator
Elkins today introduced bill to rpy
$500 to Jos. r. Howell, OF Kable-
town, Jefferson county. w. Va, for
horses taken from him during the
Civil War.
Senator Elkins also Introduces the
following bills:
To grant a pension OF $50 a month
TO Benjamin Brown, late OF Com
pany II. Twenty-fourth United States
Volunteer Infantry.
To grant pension OF s12 a month
TO Minnie A. Wells, widow OF Alex
ander II. Wells. OF Company II. One
Hundred and Twenty-third New York
Volunteer Infantry.
To increase the pension OF Samuel
c. Bernhard. OF Company II. Third
Maryland Volunteer Cavalry. to $50
a month.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-16
and met Speaker Cannon.
"Howdy, Joe?" he said.
co.,. r,,

and met Speaker Cannon.
"Howdy, Joe?" he said.
"Howdy. John?"
You are not as young as you used
to be, Joe, but you are well pre-
served"
Not as well preserved as you are,
John. but I'm not complaining"
II should think not" said the pri-
vate, looking the speaker over. Even
n man In your afiuent circumstances
has no right to complain when he has
just had his salary raised $4,000 a
years"
John" replied the speaker i'm
pressively as he placed his hand on
the private's houlder-"John, the
true Christian soldier takes what is
coming to him without murmur or
regret"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-16
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-16
WITHOUT REGRET

Private John Allen blew into the
lobby OF the house of representatives
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-16

Virtue is its own reward-or it's
own punishment. as the case may
be.
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SUCCESS MAGAZINE.

enters upon It's tenth year with an
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Great Home Magazine Of
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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
WILL ISSUE BONDS.

We understand that the
county commissioners at their
session April 22nd, will consid.
er the advisability of issuing
about $150,OOO worth of drain
bonds. This, we think, is the
proper thing to do, as there are
many farmers in the drainage
district who will be unable,
owing to the failure of crops to
meet the payments if they are
placed upon the tax duplicate
and collected as tax. Other.
wise if drain bonds are issued
on a ten year basis, 1t will give
the farmer chance to live and
can more easily meet the pay
ments as they come due each
year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
AT THE THEATER.

The announcement that the
Beggar Prince Opera Co. will
be seen at the Opera House
next Monday evening will be
received with pleasure by all
classes of our theater goers.
The label of approval has been
placed upon the company by
critical audiences everywhere
and the company engaged in
the productions are a capable
collection of artists. It is in
deed a pleasure to offer sincere
commentator to an organiza-
ton 80 delightfully."- free from
those features which too often
mar farce comedy productions,
and such an opportunity is Of
fered in speaking of Beggar
Prince Opera Co. This is the
kind of an entertainment to
which people can take their
whole families, 90 parent and
child can laugh together in en-
}o1nssat:.ss;;y t:.ss;y:: -. >: ,..-'y:9
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
HE'S AFTER ROCKEFELLER.

Frank Wilson, editor and
publisher OF the Bathgate Pink
Paper, and state oil inspector,
and, by the way, all the time a
democrat, stopped over in our
city last Tuesday on his tour of
the state in the interest of the
Oil inspection business. Mr..
Wilson is a hail fellow we'll
met, and if the people Of North
Dakota don't burn good oil and
gasoline the next two years, it
won't be his fault, as he with
his force of deputies intend to
make every gallon that enters
the state to stand the test as
laid down by the law.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
DRAIN STAR LAKE.

A force of men landed at Del
amere this week from the old
Hoosier State, and are busy
constructing the big steel float
ing d:edge which will dig it's
way down through Star lake
and wend it's course along
the low, wet district to a tribu-
tary of the Wild Rice river,
where the mammoth drain will
empty it's volume of water, and
will reclaim from the musk.
rat and the frog thousands of
acres of land and convert it
into a fine agricultural district.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
ELECTRIC BELLS AT CROSS

lugSs
The Great Northern r. r, Co.
have force of men at work
this week enstalling electric
signal bells at the crossings at
Second, Third and Fourth
streets, which will be in opera
tion by the first of next week,
and an order has been issued
to all trainmen to slack the
speed of their trains through
the city limits to six miles per
hour or less, with these two
safety guards in vogue it will
greatly lessen the danger at
the crossings.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
WRECK ON N. P.

Owing to the bad condition
of the track, thirteen cars load.
ed with wheat was dumped in.
to the ditch near Barney Sun.
day afternoon, which delayed
traffic for about twelve hours
during which time all N. p.
passengers were carried over
the Great Northern. There was
no one seriously hurt in the
smash.up.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
MARRIED..

A number of friends from
this place attended the wedding
of Miss Clara Evansou and
Maurice Bakken, of Abercrom-
bic, last Thursday at the home
of the brides parents who re-
side west of the city. The
ceremony was performed by
Rev. Rustad, of Dwight. The
bride was beautifully attired in
a wedding gown of white silk,
and carried a bouquet of white
roses. The bridesmaids, Misses
Barbara Bakken and Matilda
Evanson, were also attired in
white silk. The groom was at
tended by Geo. Bakken and
Helmer Evanson. DR.. Ness, of
this city, played the wedding
march. Others who attended
from here were Miss Bjornson
and Nr. and Mrs. Ulsaker. A
sumptuous wedding dinner was
served to the many invited
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Bakken
will make their home at Aber-,
crombie, the groom being one
of the popular merchants of,
that place.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Wahpeton, N. D., April 1, 'o7
The board of county commits
sioners met pursuant to adjourn
ment, Wright, Ness, Sletmoe,
Green and Zentgraf being present
and called to order by chairman
Ness.
Minutes of the last meeting
fead and on motion approved.
On motion interest and penalty
OF 1882 was abated for the West.
ern Express Co. on account of
missent remittance.
On motion the delinquent road
tax of o. K. Ulsaker on s E42O
N W t 2SN4 "a S E 90 all of
I. P. 1875 r. 81 Viking Twp. for
1906 amounting to Sl9.57 was
abated on account of it's having
been worked out according to
overseers receipt.
On motion the delinquent road
tax of K. Ekre for 1906 on N E4
Sec. 6-135.51 amounting to 1857
is abated on account of it's having
been worked out according to
overseers receipt.
On motion the personal tax of
o H. Nowka is abated on the
ground of his being under age
amount 50 so.
On motion board adjourn to two
O'Clock p. m.
Two o'clock p m.
Meeting called to order by
chairman. All members being
present.
On motion the road tax of j. A.
Bushing amounting to S. O5 for
1906 on S WI 4-132. so was abated
on account of being worked &C.
cording to overseers receipt.
On motion the County Auditor
was instructed to advertise for
bids for time deposits of Court
House building fund and county
sinking fund to the amount of
$45000.O0 said bids to be opened
the 22nd of April, '07.
On motion the bond of the First
National Bank of Wyndmere as a
depository was approved.
On motion the bond of John D.
Thompson as County Constable
was approved.
On motion the personal taxes
on Ed. Engel estate of $50 is
abated on receiving an affidavit
of the assessor that there was an
erroneous assessment made.
On motion board adjourned to
Tuesday morning April 2.
TUESDAY Morn ING APRIL 2, 1907
Board of commissioners met
as per adjournment, members
present, Wright, Zentgraft,
Sletmoe, Green and Ness.
Called to order by Chairman
Ness.
BY request the bridge petit
tions were turned over to the
respective bridge committees
for investigation and to report
on April 22nd, 1907.
On motion the motion of the
January session regarding the
rent for states attorneys Office
was reconsidered.
On motion Schuler Bros.
were allowed $500 per year as
Office rent for state attorney.
The commissioners proceed
cd to check over the dolino uent
:pessoual :. tax list With ! the
sksciG. :~": 3!
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
EXPRESS RATES REDUCED.

EXPRESS RATES REDUCED,
The Great Northern Express
Company have reduced their
express rates through Minneso.
ia and also their rate from this
point. The general old rate
from this point to the cities
was $1.75 per hundred pounds,
which has been reduced to 81 90
the general special from $1.4O
down to 80 cents. The legisla-
ture in Minnesota is making
Jim 90 some.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
GOVERNMENT WON'T WAIT

0Vv 1IsN m1N VVN WAIIa
Owing to the fact that the
company constructing the city
we'll is having some trouble,
owing to the lightness of their
tools and the work is progress
ing slowly. We understand that
the government will advertise
for bids to construct we'll at
the Indian School, and will let
the same to other parties, as
they wish to open up school in
the near future.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
A THING OF THE PAST.

The Wahpeton Implement
Company, who recently pur-
chased the business of Horton
& Co., is thing of the past, and
have gone out of business, sell
ing their entire stock of imple.
ments, machinery and business
house to. the Farmers Supply
Co. and Youngquist & Co.. they
dividing the stock between tho
I've 81Ao. ~
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
DlTCHES ALL RIGHT.

H. H. Bakko, of Walcott town.
ship, was in the city one day
last week, and while here called
at the Times Office, and in talk
ing over the ditch question said
that ditching is the only saliva,
ton for the farmers of Rich
land county if it continues to
rain as it has for the past three
years, and to prove his asser-
tion he points out Walcott
Drain No. 5. He says before
the hitch was constructed the
land along the route of the
drain, during most of the year,
was flooded, but this spring the
ditch has carried away all the
water, which will enable the
farmers to seed from two to
three weeks earlier, and will al.
low come farms to be cult
waited which heretofore have
been so wet that cultivation
was impossible.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
On motion the board ad-
journed to one o'clock.
ONE O'CLOCK.

All members present. Board
called to order by the chair
man.
The afternoon session was
taken up with the delegation
of Frank A. Deans and others.
considering the condition and
improvement on county drain
No. 3.
On motion the board ad.
journed to April 3rd.
WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL 8.
Board met persuant to ad-
journment. All members pres.
est. Called to order by Chair.
man Ness.
On motion a refundment was
ordered to the German Nation.
al Bank of Wahpeton $2l2.7O
on account of an unproportion.
al valuation.
On motion the matter of de.
linquent personal taxes was re-
ferred to committees to report
at the next meeting Of the
board.
On motion All, abatement of
taxes on an assessment of 5000
for structures for the years
10000 was made on account
of there being no structures on
said lot of Mrs. Anna Van
Buren, in block two south of
block II, o. T. Wahpeton.
On motion the board adjourn
ed to one p. IN.
ONE O'CLOCK p. NJ.
Commissioners all present
and called to order by the chair
man.
On motion the taxes of Mrs.
Stabu of Lidgerwood was abait
ed on recommendation of the
city council of Lidgerwood.
On motion the bill of the
Hankinson News be reduced
to from $l3 to 1925 and allow
ed.
On motion the additional bill
of the Wahpeton Gazette was
reduced from $83.O5 to $71.3O
and allowed on account of there
being 1879 squares instead of
246 as charged in bill.
On motion the bill of Louis
Kutter and Julius Bochning
were rejected on the grounds
that the work was for the one
day only.
On motion a refundment of
the taxes assessed on the
structure on E1a of SEA Sec.
30 in T. 13O, N. II. AZ was order
ed on account of there being no
structures on the land.
On motion Will Carncross
was hired Supt. of the poor
farm for the year 1907 at sal
ary of 5000.
On motion the report of the
Supt. of the poor farm was
spread on the minutes. Re-
port as follows:
Inventory March 1st,
1906. $2572. 40
Bills paid farm exp. 1913 IL
house I" :. 11O6 75
labor " :. 1887 %
Total. l............ 1914 50
Inventory March 1st,
1907. 2s75 90
Grain raised in 1906
as follows:
20 acres wheat 700
bushels at 60. 42O 90
40 acres oats 1900
bushels at 25. 375 OC
25 acres barley 675
bushels at 40. ....... 27O OC
Is acres flax 100
bushels at $1.OO. 100 90
20 acres corn $500 per
acre................ 100 90
40 tons timothy $500
per ton. 28O 90
z tons millet $500 per
-. or M
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
]. L. CROOKS DEAD.

u liz OhVVAO U6AUs
J. L. Crooks, of this city,
died at st. Francis Hospital,
at Breckenridge, MINI, laat
Saturday, April 9Th, 1907. at 5
O'Clock p. m. Mr.. Crooks was
i'll but a few days, being taken
to the hospital Friday morn
ing, April 9Th, on account of an
attack of appendicitis which
weakened him considerably
and his strength gradually left
him until Saturday afternoon
when he passed away. The
audiences of the final end,
impressing itself more indeli-
bly,, if that were possible, upon
the minds of his many friends.
The deceased came from
Battle Lake to this city in 1897
and was employed in the ware
house of Leach, Gamble & Co.,
for four years and travelled as
salesman for the same firm the
past six years. Mr.. Crooks
was 81 years old; born in Wav-
erly, Mimi, Aug. IL. 1869,
he was united in marriage to
Emma Louisa Stanley, of Hen
ming, Feb. 1895. To this union
two children were born,
Margie and Margaret, who,
with his wife, survive him.
The strange, unrevealed Sc
cret of this thing we call hu-
man life--the end of it-comes
up, ever and forever, to take
from all who would indulge in
vainglory, the vanity of self
glorification, and we find our
minds eye sorrowfully scan
ming the increased population
of Fairview cemetery. A sea
of unshed tears, if shed in love
and supplication, would not
depopulate that city and recall
it's inhabitants, our dear ones,
again to the walks of life.
In the presence of the pro-
found mystery and tradgedy
that ends a human life, with
all it's passions and joys-in the
presence of the fact, that we
know 80 little why that life
began, and know 80 little why
it ended at this particular time,
rhetoric loses it's charm, logic
reaches no conclusion salts
factory to any of us. and al
though exaggerated praise is
as futile and out of place as
criticism or censure would be,
yet we may say of Mr.. Crooks;
he was a kind and considerate
father, and to his wife he was
the soul of honor. He had many
young and old fast friends,
and his place in the hearts
of those who loved him will
remain vacant, but they must
sing aud work-work and sing
until they, too, shall have
passed through the ever-open
gates, to swell the population
of the "silent city" If each
one of those made happier by
reason of his life, could cast
one leaf upon his grave, as a
token of the high esteem in
which they held him, he would
sleep beneath perfect wilder
ness of foliage as a monument,
something great deal more to
be desired and appreciated
than a cast of the most spotless
marble. Honesty characterized
his course everywhere and
under all circumstances. To
his family he left the priceless
legacy of a clean name and a
goodly share of property-be-
longing to number of trater-
nal orders; the Masons, Odd
fellows, Workmen, Elks, Wood
men, Eagles and United Com
mercial Travellers, many of
which contributed beautiful
floral offerings.
Funeral services were held
last Tuesday afternoon from
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
RAILROADS HARD TO PLEASE

&S44AAASSAA10 A4444U0 / " L oo000
"Save US from the states!" is
the cry of the railroad mag
mates to President Theodore
Roosevelt. A year ago every
transportation manager in the
country was working hard to
beat the administrations road
rate program. They said they
would never agree to federal
control. Now they are beg
ging the president to cover
them with the protecting wing
of the American eagle. A few
months has taught them that
national supervision of rail-
roads is not so bad after all and
that state control may be much
worse. But what about state
rights?-Kittson Co., Mimi,
Enterprise.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-06-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Governor Hughes of New York has
signed the New York city recount bill
providing for a recount and recanvass
by judicial process of the ballots cast
for mayor at the last election in New
York.
Barring hot winds, Washington will
produce this year 800, 90, OOU bushels of
wheat, according to the latest reports
after trip through the wheat belts of
the state of Washington and Idaho.
Not only do the growers expect big
crops, but also high prices for their
grain. Seventy-cent wheat this fall
would mean $21 .O00, 900 to the eastern
Washington wheat ranchers.
The Gath annual reunion of the asso-
citation of Washington pioneers is in
session in Seattle this weekwith nearly
two hundred persons ia attendance.
Josephine Verella, aged 10 years, of
Pasco was drowned in the Columbia
river last Tuesday. The engine in the
bota broke and the boat drifted and
struck the bridge pier and she was
thrown out.
While riding in an automobile, Fred
Schroeder, a liverman, was killed last
Tuesday in st. Paul, Mimi. Thomas
Trevor and Alfred Trevor of the II. H.
S. Pogue company. were killed in an
automobile accident in Cincinnati.
The chauffeur is seriously injured.
Large areas of lands in the state of
Montana which have been temporarily
withdrawn for forest purposes are soon
to be subject to settle ment and entry.
President Castro believes he has
Venezuela so thoroughly under his
powerthat he is ''rebellionpr1of. -
A challenge to the Wallace baseball
club to play a game in Spokane for
$1,000 side has been issued by the
Mullan team.
The Twenty first battalion of sappers,
450 strong, mutinied at Kiefv, Russia.
They killed the commander of the
third company and began firing volleys
atrandom. Two hundred and fifty
eight were arrested. The others es-
caped.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-06-21
Gives China
$12,OOO,OOO

Sir Chentung Liang Cheng. Chinese
ambassador, who is in Boston a on
visit, has made the following state
ment:
81 shall make public the contents of
an official note which / received from
Secretary Root, which shows better
than ANYTHING else can the remarkably
high sense of justice which the United
States has used in all the dealing with
China You remember that after the
Boxer troubles China agreed to pay an
indemnity of $24. 400, 81 on ac-
count of the losses suffered by the
United States government, as we'll as
for personal property lost by her citi-
zens during the Boxer campaign. Four
years ago your government was good
enouh to promise me that when the
time arrived, as a token of sincere
friendship for China, the original fig
ure of the indemnity would be revised.
"True to the promise of the executive
officers, / received a note from Secre-
tatry Root last Saturday, saying that
the president directed him to say in
his next message that he would be
pl6dscu ~ ICCOmuuclu tudb SHlud D6 TO
lieved of all obligation in excess of the
final revised accounts of the indemnity,
which had been set at $11 $3.50, 1926
That, as you can see, will save China
over $12 900, 900 and also an in crest
of per cent.
'You can not emphasize too strongly
my great admiration for the fair spirit
which has always characterized the
dealings of the United States with my
country. This final action is another
monument to America S high sense of
justice and L feel called upon to say,
not because l am the retiring am bassa-
dor, that personally, feel that Amer
lea is one of China s strongest friends -