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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-21
NORTH DAKOTA.
c. Gibeath Commissioner Of Agriculture Writes Inter
esiRgg Of the. States Magnitude Of Area and
Resources State Only Partially Developed

Is q ID Vi Z
The following excellent article was
contributed by w C. Gilbreath, COM
missioner of Agriculture Of North Da-
kota, to the state fair edition of the
Grand Forks Times: Al
1T ds not within the limitations Of
a newspaper. article to cover the, state
of North Dakota. The state is SO
large, its distances so great and its
Industries so varied that, although
the department Of agriculture has es-
tablished magazine for the purpose
of spreading news of North Dakota
to the world and has issued dozen
or more numbers, it finds that it has
only begun upon the work of advertis-
ing the state. The traveller who
comes into the state before shutdown
at Fargo by way of the Great North
ern road, finds himself still in the
state after sun up in the morning,
although his train has travelled at
high speed all during the night: The
Northern Pacific train which enters
the state at six o'clock in the morn
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-21

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tory sermon will be delivered Sum
day morning at 1890 q. N. by
Rev. d. al. Williams, 2. 2, ct
Minneapolis, MINI. EVERYTHING.
possible will be done in sorder that
{ these services may be a success.
Everyone is invited to participate
and repoice with us. Il.
METHODIST EPIsco OPAL CHURCH
Louis Magin pastor. Services
for Sunday: 10:45 am. orning
worship with sermon by the pas
tor, topic, "A Just Reproach;; "
special music; - o'clock Sunday
school service 7:15 Epworth5
league devotional meeting, leader
Mr.. Hinckley;; p. m. evening Cos
pei service, sermon topic, sA
Greater Than Jonah. !" Song ser
vice will be Ted by large chorus.
( Special music by the choir. a
cordial invitation is given to all
to attend our service. Strangers
will be given warm welcome. ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-21

Ing travels at thrifty to forty miles
an hour all during the day and yet
Isl still in the state at. dark These
distances convey an idea of the dis
tances Id North Dakota better than
statement Id miles, and prove the
vast territory TO be covered in de-
scribing North Dakota. . 4
Board a Great Northern train at
Grand Forks in the early morning
and at a late hour at night you are
still in the state, at Williston, still a
considerable distance from the state
line Of Montana Northward, south
ward and westward from Grand Forks
are main and branch lines Of road,
carrying freight and passengers from
all directions, bringing in buyers,
immense frainloads of wheat, cattle,
and the products of the fertile fields
I in the state Take a railroad map
OF the state and you find twelve to fif-
teen feeders of main line railroads be-
tween Grand Forks and the state line.
There is a gridiron Of railroads at from
distances Of eighteen miles to TWEEN
ty-fVe. So fertile is the country and
SO abundant Its produce that these
{ feeders are necessary to carry crops
to market, and yet last year the crop
understanding the number of lines,
congested the roads and was not all
moved out Of the state until over nine
months after 1t was matured. These
branch lines are intersected at a right
angle with another trunk line railroad,
the 500, which enters the state from
the east at the southern boundfy line
OF Walsh county and finds fertile ter
ritory, growing. towns and abundant
freight traffic till it reaches the main
I trunk line Of the 500 In Ward county
Go southwark from Grand Forks
and you find these same arteries d
trade and agriculture leading to Fargo
and westward along the Northern
Pacific, Where there are SO mans
roads, there must be business to main
tain them, for railroads are not bull
out Of sentiment North Dakota's re
sources are largely from two Of thu
four gources Of all wealth the fiele
and the min The field and the nlins
furnish the state with its seed d
greatness ana wealth, and 80 iiberalll
has nature blessed the state with re
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-21

to be drawn upon. It is worthy Of
note that an irrigation project has
been recently completed at Williston.
sNotabecause the country is arid, but
because the soil, through irrig ation
Gamble made to produce to its fullest.
If tracts of land ten, twenty, thirty or
forty acres in extent, can be made to
support the same family that now re-
quires one hundred and sixty acres,
then we have multiplied our wealth
by four, five, six or ten, as the case
may be. We have multiplied our pop
ulation, our business, our produce and
our wealth many fold. II our cattle
ranges, that formerly required dozens
of acres of native grass to raise. and
fatten a steer, can be made to produce
alfalfa, bromo grass. millet, or othsr.
fodder at the rate of more than one
crop a year, then we have again
brought the state nearer its greatest
producing capacity. If our agricu1tur-i
di 2ColiSSc 5RIuS 2IUuuSI5 ESIUPS eudL Will
better resist heat and sometimes, a
rainfall below the normal, than crops
we now SOW then we have again
brought intelligence and research to
! the aid of nature These are all ideas
which must convince the thoughtful
man, interested in his state, that we
have only begun upon our prosperity.
II we shall come to drain the lands In
the Red River valley SO that they
shall never lie idle and unprdouctive
because of too great rainfall; If we
shall build system OF good roads
through the valley that will enable the
farmer to draw twice and thrice the
I load he now takes to market; if we
I shall have terminal elevators, with a
uniform system OF inspection, and get
the entire benefit of the fine quality
and abundance of our crops, then we
shall have done some of the things
that will make us greater and richer
than ever And these are some Of
the practical things that will engage
the attention Of the states public mer
and should engage them to greater
extent than any mere question Of tenn
i porary advantage or far.distant the
soretieal political eonsid erations.
We have In the state vast empire
that has Just been awakened. This
4 lies in the great southwestern part b
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-21
Three KILLED
WIND AT WooNsocKET, s. d,
s Blows OVER A HOUSE WITH
FATAL RESULT.

. 4 : Z II n
st. Paul, july 2O.-A special to the
Pioneer Press from Mitchell, $. D.,
says: 81 S5*S.; 5 VIII.
Reports have reached here Of a
very severe and destructive wind and
rain storm which occurred at Woon-
socket this evening. The house be-
longing to a man named Atkinson, a
carpenter, was caught by q heavy
wind and blown over. Three persons
who were in the house at the time
were killed by flying boards and be
ing crushed beneath the building.
Several other houses in Woonsocket
were partly destroyed, but no other
injuries are reported.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-21
THE CHURCHES

SALVATION RMY--Holiness meet
ing, Ii am; junior meeting, 2:45
p. M; Christian praise meeting,
$3.50 p. M; penticostal meeting.
8 D.. m. All are invited.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services for
the eighth Sunday after Trinity.
Sunday school at 10000 a. M; the
lesson: Jacob named Israel-at
Peniel' morning service with SER
mon by. the rector at 1900 a. m.
Ven Owen F. Jones, rector; Rev.
J. S. Brayfield, assistant.
GERMAN Observation-Disclosures
will be held in the Swedish Luther
an church, corner Rosser and Sew
enth streets, Sunday, July 81 as
follows: Sunday school at 10 am.
Preaching at 1915 a. m. Preach
ing at 8 p. m. Song service at
7:30 p. m. All are cordially in
V1ted. w. Y. Menges, pastor.
Il ----
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Corner
Fourth street and Avenue B.
Morning worship with sermon at
1o:45, topic. The Future Glory
of the Church. Sunday school at
70 o'clock; B. Y. p. 10. at o'clock;
evening worship with sermon at
o'clock, topic, stThe Voice of the
Ages" Everyone is cordially in
vited. F. w. Stanton, minister
The dedication services Of the
on Tuesday evening at o'clock
Rev f. 3. r. Miller viii have
charge Of the services. There vii
be special addresses each evening
during the weekk. The dedica
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-27
LABOR GOSSIP.

The walters of Norfolk, Va, have
drawn the color line and organized an
exclusively white union.
Twenty-one new locals were charter-
ed by the Amalgamatcd Association OF
Street and Electric Railway EMPLOYEES
In 1906. and the six that had lansa,
We're revived. making a total gain in
membership of G.TO1
Ihe LIST day of May was celebrated
throughout the country by the Com
nerclal photographers union as ..button
day. The wearing of the union hut
ton demonstrates the good STANDING. Of
the wcarer
There has been 4 large increase in tho
inem berShip of the United HrothcrhooI
OF carpenters and JoincrS Efrhtaan
Thousand have Joined the brothorhooI
IN the past three months. Inal,fr,. ,
total membership of 212, 900 in ,-oo1
standing.
EiSht hours are to hereafter. cons+f-
'uIe DAYS work in the diamond c,,+-
ting and polishing industry under .,
agreement recently reached by- corr
IniiteeS representing the Diamond
" "rkcrs Protective Union of Aneric.
End the Diamond Manufacturers' ossa
riation N70o-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-27

philanthrophists have combined
their skill and wealth to cure the
suffering patient, but the plague
spots of New Iork's Swcatshops
breed conSumptives faster than
hospital can be built to receive
them.
The Jewish National Hospital
for ConSumptives is benevolent
institution which is an honor to
the jewish race, but if onc-tenth
the sum were spent to enable the
SweatShop victim to live ueccntly
and under sanitary condition
more real benefit would result.
But the swcatShops where these
victims cough away their lives are
rot tlountcd before the face of the
public. They are hidden away
and their existence denied by that
class of commercial harpicS who
profit by their labor. and it is only
when the gaSping victim staggcrs
forth and appeals for aid that their
existence is recognized and some
effort made to relieve individual
cases.
Labor unions have fought these
conditions for years, and such few
laws as have been passed to amel-
loratc these conditions are to be
placed to their credit.
The United Garment Workers,
particularly in the East where the
SwcatShop llourishcS, have done
their utmost to better the con
dition of the workers in the cloth
ing trade: and with some degree of
success. But while they have had
the moral support of organized
labor, the union men have CON
tinued to buy the product of the
sweatShop in preference to gar
mcnts bearing the label of the gar
mcnt workers.
The worlkingmnn who rails at
the law for not SuppreSSing the
Sweatshop while he himself buvS
the product of it should cease his
clamor and see that the garments
he wears bears the label of the
United Garment NOrkerS-Dcnycr
Union Label Bulletin.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-27
THE WHITE
PLAGUE.
Unc1ean and Unsanitary Sweat
shops is Consumption's
Favorite Breeding Place.

In the annual report of the Jew
ish National Hospital for Con-
SumptiveS a recommendation was
submitted that loan fund be
established for the purpose of Civ
ing the convaicsccnt consumptive
4 new start in life.
Commenting favoably on this
recommendation and pointing out
the necessity for it, the Jewish
Outlook says editorially, referring
to the necessity of the GONZALES
cent seeking Il more hcalthful &C.
cupation, ''the old swcatshop trade
must be discardcd' A tacit add
mission of the well known fact that
the swcatshop is the breeding
ground Of the great "whitc plague"
to conquer which millions ON mil
lions of dollars have been spent
with little avail. Scientists and
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-27
"GUARD" SYSTEM
SHOWN UP
By Maurice Friedman in His Book.
1.-The Pink erton Labor Spy"

Every working man in West
Virginia should read the Pinker-
ton Labor Spy. 1t tells in thrill
ing detail the modus operandi of
the Pinkerton Detective Agency,
proving that that institution has
for years been nothing more nor
less than a strike breaking corpor-
alton. Friedman was private
secretary to Mcfarland, the arch
crook of the agency, the man who
melted the mislcd Mollie McGuires
to violence, participating in crime
with them, and then turning states
evidence; now engaged in trying to
send Haywood, Meyer and Petit
bone to the 'gallows. Friedman
tells of the methods, the hypo-
crocisy, the cruelty of the Pinlker-
tons; how the train men to steal
and lie and betray their fellow
men. 1t will let flood Of useful
light in upon the worker who has
been fed by the daily press and
though as startling as any dime
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-27
Carpenters Have Bio Fund.

The financial statement for February
OF the International Union of Carpcn-
tiers and .Join2rs showed that the union
has 9I.23o.T6 i'll its general working
fund and more than $1,OOOOOO in its
invested benefit funds. The cxpcndi-
lures for February We're $40 ,021.75, the
receipts $l9.2TS.53. The payments dur
ing the month were $19.SiT for death
and disability claims and $1,G12 was
paid out In donations to unions on
strike
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-27
New ENGLAND Machinists.

Thirty-fivc delegates from towns and
cities of New Hampshire, MasSachu-
sets and Rhode Island. repreScntinc.
machini~tS' lodges. met in Boston re-
Gently and planned to make 4 united
effort for shorter workday and a
wage increase for the machinists of
New England
The delegates reported 4 monthly
growth in New England of 1900 mem-
berS and that by June ! the district
Will have enrolled COCO members. Dis
trict organizers have been asked for.
by lodges all through the district, and
many have been assigned by the ma
tiona! headquarters.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-27
Can't Kill the Referendum

The judicial committee of the lower
house in Illinois by an almost unani-
nous vote has refused to recommend
the repeal of the public opinion law
under which the people of Chicago
have been voting direct on the ques-
ton of public ownership and operation
of the street railway system.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-27
A Successful Union

Granite Cutters International asso-
citation, which has an enrolment of
10000 members, has during the past
fifteen years obtained an increase of
wages amounting to Il net average of
I5 cents Il day
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-27

The toiler is Il man only so long
rs he maintains his independence.
When that is gone he is only Il
machine.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-27

novel, has the merit of truth as
sured by the Pinkerton's failure to
bring 4 libel suit against the pub
Usher, who is millionaire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09

that little thing that looks so much at Jack Warner comin' from school whats her name. Jack?"
 None O yer business" Jack said. real techy.
 Skinny grinned. "Oh. well. ye needn't be so peppery bout it. Girls ain't any use any way 'cept on this special thing"
 Then we broke up and got to work practicin'. We'd done 1t before lots O times. but it's hard work just the same.
 Bill Kane most killed himself He was swingin' on a trapeze in the loft of his uncle's cooper shop when, just as he was far out, the rope busted and he went backward plunk through the head of the barrel. and there he was with his head in the bottom of the barrel and his feet wigglin' out the top. If Ike Jones hadn't come along and yanked him out he might "a been goner.
 Jack Warner was chief trainer to the new goat and was to pear as Signor Warneer. which Is Latin for the English. Billy chased him up a tree and kep' i'm there till after sup per time. so that Jack got a wallop- ing when he got home. all right.
 As he was to walk on the wire. Pete Hamilton strung a wire between fences in his back yard. But one end gave way and he tumbled and cracked his head such a whack as raised a lump big as orange.
 Skinny tried to teach Squire Browns donkey. Jerry. to walk over him like he seen the ellerfant do that the lady makes dance with her and do other things. Stead O that. Jerry kicked i'm good and hard and then run away to the other end of town.
 In about two days we decided we'd be able to do all right-leastwise as good as we'd ever do, so Pete Hamil- ton started in to cut out pasteboard to make tickets with the Admission Ten Pins or there equivverlent" on them. and Bill Kane borrowed old sheets for the tent.
 Then we started out to have our
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09

kL 1OI HOI HO?' laughed Count
 H Wilfred, "that is the ugliest
 old woman ever saw" Little he dreamed that the old woman. who bad just passed, had heard him. so that he was much embarrassed to perceive that she was looking toward him.
 Young man," said she. sternly, T am not exactly what I seem. In real ity l an fairy, and have taken this form merely for my present conven- fence. have the power of teaching you a much-needed lesson. and in- tend to use 1t. Since you do not re- spect old age, or have no pity for the oetormed, hereafter you will not be able to distinguish between the beautiful and the ugly"
 meant no harm. The fairy refused to remove the curse she had placed upon him.
 The count really wasn't a bad young man; He was kind and generous and good-natured. But a great many poke fun at people. so that he some times ga offense when he hadn't the slightest intention of so doing.
 Sadly Wilfred retraced his steps. The trees and the flowers and the been so beautiful to him. now seemed bare and ugly. In great discomfort he hastened his steps in order to es- cape from scene so displeasing.
 Upon approaching his magnificent him That building Is a disgrace to a suitable one built immediately"
 The master builder came in response
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09
(M RAIRYS IEY'ENGE,

to Count Wilfred's summons.
 Come with me and I will show you the kind of castle wish built" said the count.
 The builder was led to a small cot tage nearby. in which lived Q poor shepherd.
 "Why do you show me this hutf' was the surprised query of the counts master builder.
 In astonishment the other exclaimed:
 T want a castle built exactly like that" instructed the count.
 In astonishment the other exclaimed: Why. master. that is only few logs thrown together!"
 Logs. indeed! Do you mean to tell me that this superb building is not ten times as beautiful as that horrid old castle7" Wilfred demanded fiereely. Turning away he sharply said, You have my commands; be about your business"
 Again entering the castle the count called for something to eat. As soon as, his splendid gold and silver plate was laid upon the table. he threw 1t on the floor. crying angrily:
 T want none of these foolish things. Bring me a pretty service of pewter.
 His favorte hounds, whom he had hitherto considered most handsome. he now kicked from him in disdain, and filled the kennels with a pack of mon- grel CUTS. In the stables his princely horses made place for number of old. wretched nags which could scarcely move.
 His friends grew surprised and greatly alarmed when he began to show fond ness for the ugliest and most slatternly maid in the city, and openly insulted the beautiful daughter of a powerful prince who visited him by declaring she was the homeliest person he had ever met. She never repeated her visit.
 It happened that rich and beautiful lady of noble blood. living in a neigh boring castle, loved Count Wilfred deeply. He, in turn, had been very fond of her before he had met the fairy. This devoted maiden pleaded with her fairy godmother to try to cure the count of this strange disease of the mind. Now 1t so chanced that this was the very same fairy who had bestowed the curse She decided that the count had learned his lesson, and, therefore. did as the lady asked, so that she might be spared further unhappiness.
 Count Wilfred always refrained from making fun of any one thereafter. He soon married the lovely lady who lived in the castle nearby. and considered her more beautiful than ever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09
The Robbers Spend Day at the Circus-What Came of It

to stay on the back Of the mule. Mike Flannigan, captain of those "Pi- rates" yelled at Captain Skinny: Bet yer afraid!"
 Skinny never takes dare. He tried hard enough to get on. but as he s'plained afterward. the blamed thing wouldn't fight fair. He'd "a tried the whole afternoon anyway if the man hadn't made him leave up.
 Them Pirates" howled somethin' awful, but when we called for Mike Flannigan to try 1t. and he got kicked clean over the ropes. we had a chance to laugh. and you bet we did. too.
 You know/it's a rule to have show of your own after every circus that comes to town. This rule has no 'cep- tions. Teacher says that 'ceptions al- ways prove the rule. but I never could
 1t that way.
 First of all, the Robbers" got to- gether to see who would "act" and what parts we'd take. The air lar tists." trapeze performers, wire walk CTS. 'crobats. clowns. animal trainers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09

liked most was the lady ridin' on the ellerfant. skinny said he did. too. We thought for e while bout askin' 'em to sell us an ellerfant. but Skinny only had cents and I had 8 and mt open my bank for another week. 50 I didn't think, there was much chance. Skinny says they don't trust-Just like our corner grocer when I asked for "sucker" the other day. Might "a known I'd paid him for the taffy today.
 Nobody calls helpin' round a circus work. Course ye do lots. but what ye see afterward pays up.
 When the show began our gang all sat together Right across the way was most of the Pirates" who had got in some way or other. Maybe it didn't make ye all-nred mad to have them yellin' at ye. We told them a few things, all rightly.
 They got too smart. though. when the man said he'd give any one s5
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09

mand the reason for our being molest- ed. The savage. without speaking. placed his fingers to his lips and mo- tioned us to follow him.
 Guarded closely on all sides, we retraced our steps along the path we had recently travelled, and were usher ed into the presence of the king whom we had insulted few hours before.
 "The king sat upon his throne of wood and ivory, and We were led be- fore him. the villagers forming an immense circle Iround about us.
 "'Oh, king" Cried I. in deep voice, in the native tongue. do you but touch us and great evil will come upon your village! We are godsF
 The king sneered. but for all that he seemed to be somewhat i'll at ease
 "We shall see if you are gods. Bring forth the death potionP he cried to one of his guards.
 presently the savage returned with a cup containing a dark liquid.
 Now said the king If you drink this and live. shall know that you are. 1. .eed. a god
 T had in the meantime slyly taken ITOAl my pONhSN bCNCAoA AAANAr pills. These I had secured from a celebrated druggist while in Paris. and they were supposed to make ons proof against most forms of poison.
 When the cup was handed me d my hand over 1t in a mys- terious way. muttered a few words and then dropped the pellets, unseen by the natives, into the goblet.
 "'Behold, king! finally said Hold ing the cup on high. l drained 1t to the last drop and then dashed the empty goblet to the ground. looked scornfully at the king.
 "One moment passed, then another. The savages looked at one another in wonder. Never yet had the poison failed to kill its victim almost instantly. Was the white man indeed a god?
 T now drew myself up to my full height, pointed my finger at the dunn founded Ling and thundered: Down on your knees, you wretch! I have thus far been merciful to you and your peo- pie Provoke me not further or you shall die!
 ''The king threw himself down before me- begging forgiveness.
 ".Arisep said l. In anita af what