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The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
MCHARDIoN IIEMs.;

NCstANOlON JJEMS.s
]. F. Kelly is keeping books for Killer
Bros. i
George Brown went to Dickinson on
business this week.
Mrs. Tom Glynn was quite ill with
grip the last of the week.
Mrs. Bert Moore and son returned
from Dickinson Monday.
Miss Frances Fisher of Antelope spent
Sunday at August Koesel's.
James Callahan and Ed. Eide went to
Dickinson on business Tuesday.
Sam Boyd of Mott was a Richardton
visitor Monday and Tuesday.
Sam Juel, 20 miles north Of town, has
sold his farm to Henry Tyler.
Arthur Berring and Mark tombstone
returned from Dickinson Monday.
Charlie Darling and his brother,
George, went to Glendive, Mont, Satur-
day.
Mrs. AL. Wallace of Marshall was in
town the last of the week, having dental
work done.
B. w. Shaw of Mandan, candidate for
judge of the tenth judicial district, was
in town Saturday, looking we his po-
litical fences.
Miss Mary Olson, who has been stay
ing at Marshall, passed through town
on her way home 20 miles south, Satur-
day. 4r
The proprietors of, the city meat
market have taken in new partners,
August Naderhof and son, and will en-
large the market. .s
Fire extinguishers-3-gallon, solid cop
per, no better made at whatever price,
For sale at The Racket store, $3.50.
Fred Thompson, agent,
3-28-2t Dickinson, N. D.
MI. and Mrs. Kaiser and two children
of Anaconda, Mont, are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake, Baggenstoss.
Ernest Pathmann returned from Fargo
Saturday, where he has been attending
the business college.
I Among those who attended the Sic.
grist dance Friday night were Misses
Darling, H~ettenbaugh and Marose and
James Lunn, Charlie Darling and c,
Hettenbaugh. All report a delightful
time.
A Taft Republican club has been or
ganized here, the first Taft club in the
state west of the Missouri river. The
business men of the town have taken ar
interest in the club, eliminating all fac
tional fights locally, and are working fol
better harmony in the party throughout
the district.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

AN agricultural fair and racing
circuit is one of the important
things the Dickinson Commercial
Club is working on these days.
With no fair within 100 miles and
the state fair 900 OF. more miles
away, this section certainly should
have its own display and the
people get together once 4 year
at Dickinson, 70 compare notes
and each see what the sother
has. accomplished il farming
stock-raising,e dairyings TIN c I
gardening poultry raising, etc,
No section Of the state can make
a better showing when it come.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

The enthusiastic endorsement
of practically the entire new tenth
judicial district is a we'll deserved
recognition of the character and
legal ability of Dickinson's popu-
lar attorney, w. c. Crawford, who,
all admit, will, after election, be
Judge Crawford" with the privi-
lege of writing before his name
the word Honorable" which has
long been indelibly written in his
character.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
Midway Items.

The spring term of Midway school
commenced March %, with Sadie Peter
son as teacher.
Ed. Remillard has begun his spring
breaking. He says it goes fine.
c. A. Sparlund. who has had charge of
the Midway hotel this winter, is building
a house on his claim near Midway. Lars
Windheim is helping him.
We regret to report that Mrs. Kindem,
a homesteader near here, died last week
Tuesday. She was buried Friday, March
10th.
There was a dance at the Midway
hotel Friday night, March 28.
Peter Oberg made a trip to Belfeld
last Monday for supplies for his store at
Midway.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

DURING the year from March 1,
1907, to March I, 1908, 1868
money orders were issued from
the Dickinson p%ostofice, repre-.
senting a value. S1oo,295.13, The
office is now equipped with over
500 boxes. Dickinson is a dis
tributing point for mails north
and south and the city and out
side work is very heavy. The
government allows Postmaster
Lawrence an assistant and two
clerks.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

The 31st legislative district
could not find a better man to
represent its interests at Bismarck
than Attorney Frank M. Baker.
MI. Baker is a well-educated man
and a well-read attorney which
gives him special fitness for legis-
lative work. He has sterling
traits of character, is not afraid
of hard work and is loyalty itself
to Dickinson and the Slope
country.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

Our late winter weather has
been all that the farmer could
wish. With no old snow and ice
to coat the ground, the frequent
snow falls are putting the land in
good condition for springs work
which is already beginning and
will be in full blast in a few days.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

For the benefit of the thou
sands of new readers who will
peruse this issue, we call atten-
ton to the fact that Dickinson,
Belfeld and other Slope cities
and towns celebrated New Years
day, 1908, with base ball games
and open air concerts.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
Bad Lands to be Ex.
amtned

Bismarck, N. D., March 26.-State
Engineer Atkinson received a letter to.
day from the forest service at Wash.
ington saying an officer will be de.
tailed to make an examination of the
Bad Lands on the western border Of
this state and Montana with a view Of
having that wonderful country set aside as
a forest reserve. The region is full Of
Ignite coal, which would be conserved
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

The population of North Da-
kota was 100000 in 1906; 100000
in 1907 and today 100000. Not a
bad. rate of increase.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
The Way They Line Up

The following list of counties have
already held their conventions and
elected delegates to the state convention
to be held at Minot Nav ~, and results:
Stalwarts. Insurgents
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

BANK clearings show business
in North Dakota considerably
better than a year ago.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

at prices that will sell them now.
Dressers from $500 and up.
Commodes from 200 and up.
Chiffoniers from 400 and up.
Rockers and Chairs, Soc and up.
Folding Chairs, lots of them from
4Oc to SOC.
Fine Oak Revolving Office Chairs
9$3.75 and up.
Mission Chairs, Rockers and Set
tees $3.50 and up.
Heavy Oak Pillar Dining Tables
$1,000 and up.
Good Extension Dining Tables
$500 and up.
Kitchen Tables $3.50 each, and
lots of them.
Iron Beds $500 and up.
Stoves $2.20 and up,
Ranges $3.50 and up.
Bed Springs $1.5O and up.
Mattresses $50 and up.
2 Spring Wagons cheap.
Sewing Machines at your own
price. !.
All kinds Of Harness $500
and up.
Bicycles, Guns, Watches, galore.
E. a. CURR9.Il:ElE,
CLoUGH STREET.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

ROBINS appeared in Dickinson
March 10.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

Subscribe now for the PRESS.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

For Sale
NTent I2Nx25 feet. c. D. DoNoHoo,
Melby, N. d. 2-22-tf
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
LOOK!

Yes a big car load of Furniture
at prices that will sell them now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-18
Gas Reduction.
To the Editor Of The Star:

About this matter of the reduction of
the price Of gas. What is there to require
a preliminary investigation to determine
whether the price should be reduced. and
to what figure? We know that dollar gas
has been very profitable to the company;
that it has enabled regular. generous div
idends to be paid stockholders. huge
salaries to officers all expense of extern
sions. renewals, etc. and also. every: now
and then, an enormous extra dividend on
the stock-the last extra being 100 per
cent Think of that! One hundred per
cent extra on one share. There have been
others of p and 40 per cent.
Then we have the example of other
cities, in which the conditions are very
similar, in which it has been proved that
50 to Is cents is a fair price. One of these
cities is Cincinnati. where the conditions
as to cost of gas-making. material. etc.
are much the same as here. dozen
years ago the charter of the gas COM
pany expired by Limitation. and It was
glad to offer 80 and Is cent gas in return
for twenty-f1ve-year extension of
charter So that Mr.. John r. Mclean.
the chief owner of the Washington Gas
Light Company. has for years gotten
fifty-cent gas when used for heating pur-
poses in the office of his great newspaper.
the Cincinnati Enquirer.
We here have been seriously han
dicapped by the fact that Mr.. James
W. Babcock. chairman in the last
Congress of the House committee on the
District Of Columbia. not only failed to
favor a reduction of the price, OF the
product of the Washington Gas Light
Company, but actively championed the
effort to water the stock up to $13. $50
COO And on the Senate side Of the Capt.
toll we had the inertia of the committee
on the District of Columbia. due to the
fact that Senator A. p. German was a
large holder of the securities of the
company Whether any such influences
still remain will probably soon be de-
veloped.
AS I see it there is not the slightest
necessity for any congressional investi-
cation as to- the cost of manufacturing
cost Of administration, cost of distribil-
ton value Of by-products, etc. The past
profits have been enormous that no
Injustice would be done to the owners
who have enjoyed these profits. by Con-
gress fixing a price, even II 1t were found
later to be too low; even if the price fixed
should thereafter be declared by the
court to be confscatory. Let 10 cents
be fixed and the experiment made. L,
may prove that 20 cents would be enough
BUT If the company can prove ID cents
confiscatory. il would have the right tC
do so. The point I make is that the own
ers of the stock have enjoyed a monopoly
giving them such juicy profits for Sc
long they have no right to object to a
lean year or so. If Congress so wills.
w. ]. MORRIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-18
Guarantee of Honesty.

ut can be readily seen that the names
of such men are a guarantee of orderly
conduct honesty and uprightness in poll
tics as we'll as business.
The republicans of the south have
often been criticised and even sneered at
by the northern press and by northern
republican leaders for their conduct in
the past. but I am proud to say that the
Florida republicans assembled in state
convention at ST. Augustine February 6.
1903 demonstrated to representatives of
the rich northern republicans that they
could not be bought. and that If they de-
sired to secure contests from the state
of Florida to the national convention
against President Roosevelt's >-adminis-
tration and the candidacy of William H.
Taft for President they had to degener-
ate to mob violence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-18
Bust of President Roosevelt.

\ bust of President Roosevelt made by
an association of artists of Uruguay has
been received at the State Department
from the Uruguayan legation. with re-
quest that arrangements he made for
it's presentation to the President at the
White House. The bust is mounted on the
back of an eagle with spread wings. the
eagle resting on miniature globe. on
which are traced the outlines of North
and South America. The bust is made
of plaster and is somewhat less than
lifesize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-18
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

Capt. Thomas Eggers. who recently sold
his interest in the schooner Grace e. Ben
nett to Capt. S. III. Larmore of Tyoskin.
Nd, was in this city recently to bid good
bye to his many friends and to remove
his personal belongings from the schooner
Capt. Eggers was master of the Bennett
for about fifteen years and the greater
part of the time brought lumber from
Edentons and points in North Carolina to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-18
Am bassador Reid Here.

Ambassador Whitelaw Reid who ev-
poets to sail for London the latter part
of the present week, having spent his
annual leave of absence I'm this -Duntry.
was at the state Department today
familiariZing himself with matters
pending for negotiation between this
country and Great Britain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-18
TO PREVENT THE GRIP.

70 HS-S O'e@''
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE removes the
cause. There IL only one ''BROMO QCININE."
Look for signature Of +. w. GROVE. 26c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-18

political customs and precedents. There
was no disturbance in the convention or
any division of sentiment among the DEL
egates There was no bolt of any kind
This mob meeting had no part with
the regular republican state convention,
as they were not delegates and did not
challenge, in any way. through dele
gate the correctness or fairness OF any
vote.
1T will be shown by proper affidavits
that 80 per cent Of all the delegates
whose names appeared upon the regular
roll and who We're lawfully elected dele
gates remained in their seats and took
no part in the .so-called convention OF the
mob All the pandemOnium and disturb
ance and excess noise was made by the
hoodlum element and for the express
purpose Of trying to break up the lawful
state convention. Their action was a
disgrace to themselves and the state.
Every prominent republican leader in the
state acted and supported the proceed
ings of the republican state convention
and Endorsed it's action. OF the eight
delegates elected from the state and the
two congressional conventions held at st.
Augustine two are bank presidents. three
directors of banks and two are proml-
nent lawyers.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-27
Cost of BOokbinding.

Editor Tie Washington Herald.
The article entitled "B!ndery under
FIRE" which appeared Saturday, should
have been Thoroughly Investigated before
being published, as il conveys the erro-
neous impression that the bOOkbinders
employed at the Government Printing
Office had been robbing the government
and that. through the management Of one
Peter Frank the government is now
doing from 90 TO l0O per cent more Of the
same class Of work aad also saving the
salary Of 800 employees who have been
discharged
The following is an extract from the
article.
Chairman Taaucy had inserted in the Record a
letter from Peter Frank foreman oi the bIadeTy a.
the Government Printing ONCE which says. IA part
The records 81 the Ollie she's an increase in the
uumbeT Of books bound Do she oflce ffem q 70 lo3
Per cent greater notwithstanding The fact mat the
force in the bindeJ Department was reduced 10 the
extent q 30 E.Is0nF-n UeatcT reduction ihan ~
any other single department. q the GoTernfneni
Printing 0f.ce
'The fsti remains unc11trovortible that the num-
bsT of boCks Wodgoed m The lasi seven months 81
most equals the ngmber Of books tumod cut during
the whole Of lsst year and. as mentioned vas done
with rodueed force Of 90 biudery employees.
This looks good. especially to the Con-
gressmen and the public. 10 whom all
books look alike, but very often the re-
semblance between the real article and
the imitation IS so great that 1t takes
am expert to tell the difference Now it
should have been stated by what methods
this saving had been accomplished, and
having failed in this. I shall endeavor 10
The Washington herald., 1908-04-27
Prices of Milk.

Editor The Washington Herald;
Inasmuch as the wholesale suppliers OF
milk have by concurrent action reduced
the price of milk to IA cents per gallon,
or sk cents per quart (some having sup
Piled it all winter at this rate) is it not
time the consumer is furnished it at
lower rates? There is not any milk in
speetion, feed is plentiful and cheaper,
labor is in trouble, and it is time for
the milk trust TO come off its high
perch.
I know of painters who are working
for 81 per day in the city. Work is
scarce. and promises 20 be harder 10
get with the adjournment of Congress.
Why is IT that Washington is the only
place in the country where the consumer
must pay such outrageous prices for such
poor milk-the standard Of quality not be-
ing up to that when the law was en-
fOrced2
If the newspapers really desire to help
the public they viii cry aloud until this
matter is righted. They would also advocate
the immediate passage of the milk inspec-
ton bill favored by the Commissioners.
The opponents Of this bill. who are the
milk producers, and the milk trust Of
this city, have at least two Congressman
as their champions. while We have none.
The passage OF the bill is more impor-
tant to us and our children than any
other measure pending in Congress
A. NAUMAN.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-27

Sl400oe, and assuming that ten banks OF
that capital should fail. having an aggre-
gate circulation of 125 per cent on Sl,4o0.-
coo bonds or 81, 7500o0 notes outstanding
(sS50.0e0 uncoveredl, the redemption fund
would be more than ample TO redeem
every note, regardless of the bond de
posit
Dedueting the bond-secured notes, the
redemption fund would be sufficient TO
redeem the SS50.00O uncovered notes six
times over. The law confers authority
upon the Comptroller TO appoint a re-
ceiver for national bank for failure
to redeem its notes, and assuming that
holders of these uncovered notes were
general, and not preferred, creditors, and
basing an estimate on the experience
OF the department for over forty years,
loss OF more than 20 per cent, or
about 0,O0O would be sustained, that
amount only being necessary TO charge
TO the redemption fund.
The foregoing would appear TO prove
that the issue of uncovered bank cur
rency, in the manner aud to the extent
indicated, at least, might be permitted
without question Of redemption.
WILLIS J. FOWLER.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-27

and the legislative and other Offices be-
low the state Offices would satisfy the
political ambition Of the leaders Of that
race.
OF course. those negro island govern
ments would secure 10 members Of that
race complete political and social equal
ity in all matters Of a public nature-a
thing that is absolutely impossible in the
United States.
Certainly. the migration Of the negroes
TO these island homes would be v0iun-
tary. No one dreams that half the Amer
ican negroes viii ever leave the States.
But enough would so 10 check the north
ward migration of the race, and this Is
much TO be desired
The home of the negro race has for
ages uuknOwable been near the earth s
equator in a hot, wet climate. and il is
wholly unnatural for the negro 10 migrate
into a northern climate. Statistics show
that in proportion 10 population eonsump-
Iion kills Two negroes in the District Of
Columbia 10 one white person. In Florida
consumption is scarcely known among
the negroes. There they are so healthful
that their skins glisten ike polished
ebony. and they are the happiest people
on earth
"The hand that would be free must
first strike the blow" The negro, as q
race, has never struck q blow for free
dom. and till he does. he can never be
free. He must prove his competency TO
govern his race. That blow cannot be
struck in the United States. Annihila-
ton would result from such an effort
But in the proposed island governments
he could gradually progress 70 a tull
freedom while under the protection Of
our array and navy.
What a happy event could we ex-
change the Philippines for the West In
dies. The latter are richer in natural
resources and greater in extent than the
Iapanese empire.
RBishop Turner, the great religious lead
or of his race in the South, says the
negro race must emigrate and go out of
this country as the Hebrews went out
Of Egypt If our government should
adopt the Fred Douglass plan, Bishop
Turner would lead his people to the
promised land in those beautiful island
homes.
Certainly, those negro island govern
ments would be accorded free trade with
the States. the same as exists now with
our continental territories, and that
would soon make these islands that are
now immensely rich in natural resources
very rich in all that is produced by the
arts and labor Of man.
VT. FOSTER.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-27
Urges Disteriot Legislature.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Since Congress seems slow in legislat-
ing for the needs Of the city, and we are
likely to suffer another year before the
street railroad situation is improved. il
appears TO me 10 be an appropriate oe-
casion for agitating the question Of a
local legislature for the District.
Every Legislature should be Tespon-
sible TO the people for whom il legislates.
But Congress is not responsible to the
people of the District None Of our public
officers are responsible 10 US. We live,
therefore, under despotism. an irrespon-
sible government.
II il governed well. We might not COM
plain. But it does not govern well. Our
people are often refused necessary legis-
lation. as at the present time. And
even when gcod Laws are made for Us,
they they arc not well executed. Our
Commissioners Impose upon us by means
of unjust taxation and unjust expendi-
lures.
One section Of the city receives virtually
all the benefits from our public revenues.
In the northeast section our streets are
narrowed shamefully. We have pro-
cured lnguncu0nS from the courts against
such proceedings. but our Commission
ers always manage to cireumvent the
courts.
Many of our streets are still unpaved,
and many others are not even macadam-
ICED. while our taxes are being squan-
dered on million-dollar bridges and mag
nihcent boulevards in the northwest sec
ton. Now, If Congress is determined 10
perpetuate misgovernment here by re-
fusing US the rights Of ordinary citizens
in a republic. then some better method Of
insuring proper administration should be
devised.
I think that we should have one Com
missioner. and that he should be a mem
Der of the Presidents Cabinet think the
District government should be made an
executive department. like the Army and
Navy departments, and that its accounts
should be investigated annually by q
committee of Congress. In that way we
should have some responsibility imposed
upon our officials, whereas now We have
an irresponsible government.
If we cannot get suffrage, let Us, at
least. have decency.
JONAH MILLARD.