The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-21
Gleanings From the Press.

have been guilty OF this in the past,
ignorantly, don't be guilty of it again.
-Rhame Review.
Mott has an artesian we'll. The
people of that place now have an
abundance OF water and wind, The
next thing in line is light and the
Commercial Club already has that
question in hand. Mott Pioneer Press.
The decision will result in invali-
dating hundreds of claims in the state,
and, it is said. was in accordance with
rulings and protests from the naturali-
zation offices that too many persons
| were being admitted as citizens who
were sadly deficient Telegraphic.
! A sensation was created in the fed
eral court at Denver early in themonth,
when Judge Lewis made new ruling
in throwing out half dozen naturali-
zation eases, in which he held that
foreign born person must speak the
! English language before he can hold a
clear title to a homestead.
Mott needs resident dentist badly.
| If he can play base ball, hfs success
as dentist here is assured. If he
can also play an instrument in the
band, every loyal citizen will not only
have a tooth pulled, but will get out
and hustle business for him, thus
! H. r..
Richardton News.
All of which is clear bosh, and an ag-
gravated species of tyranny, There's
a vast number OF very good Americans
who by good and sufficient reasons
cannot talk English and cannot learn
it,either 1t would be a good thing
for some such wise Judge to be given
a dose of his own medicine. compelling
him to learn.a foreign language.
The bull snake is one of the best
friends the farmer has, and instead of
killing them he should protect them in
every way in his power. The bull
snake is quick and active, and a
hearty eater, and thrives on mice and
squirrels, and even rabbits, And an
other good they do is to kill the rattle
snake which is the only poisonous
snake found in this region.
J. r. Dodge informs us that the
surveyors are at work on the grand
River irrigation dam. Several pre-
liminary surveys have already been
made. but this survey is final. As ori-
ginally planned the dam will be 65
foot high and 600 feet long and the
cost is S2OO. .Ot0. This will irrigate
100, 900 acres in this valley, being at "a
point & miles west of Haley and east
along the river to a point directly
south of Reeder, nine miles, Reeder
Times.
1t has up to the present time been
the practice to use stamps that were
| accidentally torn or defaced. But ac-
cording to instructions recently issued
by the postotiice department such
stamps. no matter how slightly dam
aged will be refused. Ifnew rules and
regulations continue to be issued by
the department along these lines the
great American citizen will soon have
| reasons to admire the condition of the
subjects of the Gar. .-Reeder Times
Miss Stella Houghton was in town
/ StapdaN ~ hap tn
going via Terry and the n p. from
there. While here she signed a lease
for the use of her farm, about four
miles south of town on Buffalo Creek.
for water and feeding grounds for the
stockmen bringing in their stock from
the south for shipment from here
This, in addition to the other watering
and grazing places already secured,
| will make the trail to Reeder the best
watered with the shortest and easiest
drives to any shipping point along
| this line. Call. Reeder.
II cannot allow any final papers to
be given,' said the court. sswhere the
| party ScehlilS bllt SdIilt Is unable To
speak the English language He can
not understand the laws of the country.
its constitution or any of the acts that
go to provide his citizenship. He may
have homesteaded upon land but he
must read and write the English Ian
gaAge before he can secure his final
papers, and then comes before this
court with natural born citizen who
can swear that he has known the sub
ject for period of five years. :
There have been Developments the
past few day, that would seem to indi-
cate that the Northern Pacific will
build up the Cedar valley at no very
distant date. The latest action on the
part of the railroad company that
leads to this belief is the fact that they
have employed Brown Bros, an alb
| Stract firm of this yil1aoa to pranara