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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-18
Colonial 10 b! Jack ;||I,' : Here Hero
! Last Week.

#On a wager Of 1000 books, which he
has yet towrite, against $1,000 "Col7
onial Jack" is walking !: from
Portland, following the borders OF the:
United States, a distance OF. $1,000.
miles. He Is not only walking: the en-
lire distance which to win his wager:
he must cover in 400 days, but is push:
ing a small Wheelbarrow covered with
postcards and other souvenirs Of the
+ Journey, which he calls. the Sphinx
and In it he carries his articles of
wearing apparel and other necessities,
Or to use his own words, 1t is his,
abaggage r.''''es4 Tuesday morning:
about 10: 80 !" Jack and his h .''car's'f
steamed up In front Of the Inter.o Ocean
office and came to q stop. 81 =4 Il,
Colonial Jack, whose real name is
]. Krohn, started from Portland,
Maine. June 1. and il. at the present
time, by his own counts, 27s miles
ahead Of his schedule, having Travelled
2200 miles and passing through 800:
cities and towns. ;
The method used to prohibit him
from taking d: ride. is to have him call
At every postoh1ee along the line Of
tramp and getting the office employees
to place q stamp ia & a small book,
which he carries for that purpose. II
order to comp lete the task In B the.
given time Mr. Ohm is comp lIed To-
walk 1t least 70 miles sdail The long:
3est wal vet made ia one day u.s. 4 a
miles, made III western Pennsyl wanna
and eastern Ohio.
Since starting on the long tramp
Mr.. Krohn has worn out four pairs Of
shoes and lost but q pounds In weight
and he expects to be as strong at the.
finish AS he was the start
I'LL the course Of. the trip he will Of
necessit ~ meet mans a INJURIES and
experiences, and 1t is these experIen-
Ices ana a descrip ion OF the country
through which he passes ~ Whic ne
means to write and pay the expenses
Of the walk
Mi. Krohn Is ID neNrsp per man and
theatrical nanag ger BY prof sion and
the strange adv enture he Is now nm
IdertalSing I'D merely d little recreation
from abpr aims I'D
lie emf the $ttii III and says that ne
land his ifa ara ether every sun,
llsay, ahe trave cling bs train hey will
| pass next sunday and MS
wife is here At present waiting for
|
III orig III from lGinnesotas
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-18
TWENTY YEARS AGO
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: "A slight shower of rain fell yester-
FAY afternoon. 1t was frozen.
\ Miss Alice Meter of Dunseith, sister
3f Jimmie Metler, of this city, is visit
ing here
+ Rev. J. A. Marine will preach in the
north room of the school house at II
o'clock tomorrow.
a Frank Cavanaugh has sold his excel
lent farm on Cavanaugh lake for $11OO,
Frank thinks Of going further west.
i: Mr.. James Mccormick, the new com.
missioner for the Fifth district, made
this office business call Thursday.
The cornet band has arranged for
dance at the roller rink Friday even
Ing.
q Mr.. and Mrs. O. B. Corset came
down yesterday from Churchs Ferry.
- The summing up Of the books of
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-18
NORTH. DAk0TANS :..a
4. !. 81: HOLD REUNION

A big reunion Of the North Dako.
tans who now reside at Medford, Ore
gon, was held last Friday and people
who. formerly lived in this city were
at the gathering; There was over
twenty-five in the gathering and be-.
fore concluding the exercises of the
day an: organization was: perfected
which will be known as s'The' North
Dakota Society of the Rogue River
Valley" . ~. s& ... a y
Those who were at: the party and
their former North Dakota homes were
as follows::sR # >. .ss,% Ass %s5 II!
{ r r. Merrick, Grand Harbor; d.
McKillop, Lillian A. NICK illop, Frank
Tompkins, Niagara; Mrs. F. e. $Melr..
rick, Miss Stella N. Merrick, Ruth NJ.
Merrick, Grand Harbor; Mrs. w. NJ
Campbell, ". N. Campbell, Charles
Campbell Mrs. s. We and baby
Stephen Ct. Nye;* Ruth T. N ye,a Valley
City; Mrs. II. Newman and children
F, Newman, Miss Minnie Lund-
gren. II, c. Cook, Caring TO, I.
y. q. att, Devils Lake; Harry ii:
futile and wife, p. Buchanan,
Grand Forks /; IS Hull; Niagara
Cook, Grand IIarbor; III. $Jop.A
ling, Inkster;; q Ferguson, wife
and baby, Bottineau: Wells Lonuns.
berry, Bismar ck rs. .. II ! Morris !,
Westhope;; IS. Watt, Devils
Lake; Mr., NJ Alsdorf, mister;
Helen IT, Devils /, Lake; Nellie 81.
Mcneil, Grand o. 81. Nash and
wife, Perth |. n. Cook, Grand
IIarbors Glasgow, 4
CARA Watt Bathgate: Miss Il.
Hatfield. Niagara; NJ futile
Grand Forks II. Jopl ling
sguerites ], opling,, til ster; Donald e. q
Nash Perth Iatfeld Niagara:
CLIFFORD q, Hatfield, Elizabeth Thonp.
slins iagara: futile, NJ edford h
John saskin, rand forks
LounsberTy
Before sshippin 81 your gram ;asls the
John Miller Mimi apolis or
Duluth hich 5is the best mari tos
ship
hile III Devils the early part
ofS the week The writer had the pleas
are of meeting roff. a. Hasg prinei
pal of the Rolla schools Ito
100 II now the rennblic an
cana ate for sape rIntende lent % schools
for ssnseg count with 81
election large
Iiaig has not ffor rotten isolIas
friends az Will ID tie th of
this month ri tend inc dedic ~
The new school iaouae can gef
olIa Sc rs
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-18
FAR MER'''S [ lNE
New Time Gard For OPERATING Trains

New Time d Gard / For {. OperatIng frahs
Into Effect May Seventeenth g..
Read Down Read Up
1900 a, M Devils Lake. s:45 .. m.
1877 a. m.--Sweetwater-- 3:G5 u. na.
7:45 a.. -Webster---- $50 D. m,
500 a. m.----Garske--- 1898 D. M,
1887 a. m. Starkweather 2:0s .. N.
900 a. m.----Newville----1:27 p. m.
9:27 a. m.---Olmetead- d. IA.
9:48 a. E.----Crocus----1S:48 p. IA.
1914 a. m.---Rock Lake---1s:31 ,. ia.
1o:s4 a. No. -Eisberry----12:12 p. H.
11:00 a. m.---Hansboro- --11:66 q. I'm.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-18

Clerk of Courts Saunders shows that
the expenses of Ramsey county's first
term of court will reach $3,0O5.45.
The Ramsey county republican con-
vention last Thursday was organized
by selecting James Mccormick chair
man and Ole Serumgard secretary.
The delegates selected to attend the
territorial convention were o. B. Spen-
Ger, A. J. Stade, John A. Percival and
T. S. Benham.
We notice a large number of Lakota
counties have drawn tight the political
lines this year and the any-thing-to-
get-there politicians are having hard
time.
Wagness & Stade have let the con-
tract for charging their store building
at Grand Harbor
C. NJ Fisher was in Grand Harbor
Thursday.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
warm FIGHT
EXPECTED

Guthrie May THE house has pass
ed bills providing for a blind school,
three additional normals, a school Of
mines, a penitentiary, an orphans
home, a state printery to be located at
Enid and a reformatory
1t is inferred by this wholesale pas
sage OF bills, that the public institu-
tions committee is beginning to get
its bill into shape for the location Of
the institutions. This being true it
is only short time until probably the
fercest fight of the legislature will
be on
The fight will be a hard one for
practically every town Of any import
ance in the eastern half Of the state
is competing for one or more Of the
institutionssa nd have already spent
thousands Of dollars in their fight for
the same. That spent up to date has
been III sending delegation after dele
cation to Guthrie, advertising their
town and maintaining lobbies here
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
SCHOOL FUND
is GROWING

Since Grady county started into bust
ness the sum Of S928.50 cents has been
paid into the county treasury for fines
and penalties coliNcted by the county
judge and various justices Of the
peace This sum is placed to the cred
it Of the school fund Of the county,
h addition to this sum Treasurer XII.
gore has on hand for the children
Of the county The sum Of ss,574 which
was Grady oounty's share Of The state
school apporionment money
This amount has been appordoned
10 The various districts Of the county
but the sum derived from fines has
not vet been apportioned
Mr.. kiigore is still receiveing taxes
from the residents OF the old Caddo
row OF townships on the vest tide Of
the county. These taxes are now de-
linquent and an IS per cent penalty
attaches. After May is tax warrants
viii be issued against property on
which taxes are not paid.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
THE BIG MEETING

A large audience listened attentive
ly last night at the Christian church
to Bro. Dinger's sermon on Christian
union. Two more persons responded to
the Gospel call There are additions
every night "A special offering was
accepted for the meeting. Services
tonight and every night this week.
There have been more than one huns
dred addition he Christian church
thus far IN 1908 Bro Kendall-~ha
consented to give the peo-
pie Of this city another stereoptican
lecture next Monday evening The
theme will be In the Track OF Paul
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
WHOLE BLOCK WIPED OUT
BY FIRE AT VERDEN
$4,000 Blaze Last Night-Orgin is Mys-
tery-Losses are Covered BY INSURANCE
Already Rebuilding

IA whole block of rrame buildings,
including property valued at $4,000
went up in smoke at verden, nine
miles west of Chickasha last night.
Five business houses with their CON
tents were burned, little or nothing
being saved, but all the property was
well covered by insurance.
1t was about one o'clock when the
fire was discovered. 1t seems to have
originated in Prozman's grocery, but
how it started is a mystery. When the
flames were first seen nearly the whole
building was in ashes and the adioin-
ing buildings were already ablaze. 1t
was impossible to do anything to stay
the progress Of the consuming element.
Harry Butterfly and family, who lived
over the bank. had to hurry to escape
and they saved none of their hosuehold
goods.
Not at all discouraged by their loss.
es, the Verden people began clearing
the grounds for rebuilding early this
morning and by ten o'clock contract
ors from Chickasha were figuring on
a whole block Of brick buildings
AT nine o'clock the National Bank
of Verden opened as usual for business
in the postofice building The old
fixtures Of the Washita Valley Trust
company were shipped out for tempo
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
Going After Two
State Meetings

ichickasha is an active candidate for
at least two state meetings of inn
porance that will be held next year.
Fire Chief Thomas and two Of his
men Geo Gattis and Don Maxey are
going TO Shawnee TO attend the state
hreman's tournament, May 8 and 6,
and they are going with the ayowed
purpose of landing, the next meeting
of the organizadon Fire fighters from
all the larger towns in the state attend
these meetings and the gathering is
an important one.
On Monday morning a large delega-
tion Of members Of the local lodge Of
Knights of Pythias will leave for Sui
phur to attend the grand lodge meet
ing and they. too. are going with the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
WANTED.A
DISPENSER

The executive committee of the Law
Enforcement league held an adjourned
meeting yesterday
The secretary was instructed TO
communicate with the general Office
iu regard 70 the address to be given
by the Hon AIR. Laughbaum at The
Presbyterian church on STAY 10, and
make arrangements for another meet
ing 10 be addressed by mr. Laughbaum
ON that date if possible
J. A. MeGehee, As s. Gray and Rev.
W. A. Freeman were selected as
committee 10 find suitable person
to De appointed as dispenser for Chick
asha and Grady county
The resignation Of the secret ser
vice committee was presented by the
secretary and as the services of this
committee are not now needed, the
same was accepted.
Messrs. C. schlouerheck. A. b Coch-
ran and G. S. Foster, We're appointed
a committee to confer with Rev. Din
ger and make full arrangements for
mass meeting az Che Christian
church or some other suitable place
at some convenient time.
On motion the committee adjourned
to meet Monday. May 25.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01

At the city council meeting yester
day afternoon, representatives from
the four banks Of the city submitted
bids for the deposit Of city funds All
had combined on a bid Of three per
cent. The council rejected all bids
and decided to call for sealed propos-
ais to be submitted at the next regu-
lar meeting
A petition from twelve property own
ers on Choctaw avenue was presented
asking that an order be passed requir-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
REJECT ALL BIDS FOR DEPOSITS
MORE SIDEWALKS

ing the construction Of walks from one
end Of the avenue to the other. The
petition was accepted and the city at
torney was instructed to prepare a res
olution in accordance with the same.
The council adopted a resolution
extending a cordial invitation to the
grand lodge Of knights OF Pythias to
meet here in 1909.
After considering the garbage ordi-
nance for a time, the council adjourn
ed, All members except Darnell were
present
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
Campbell
SURE OUT

JUDGE J. T. DIcKERsoN LEFT
TODAY FOR WASHINGTON, D. C.,
WHERE HE AND HIS FRIENDS
WILL SEEK TO CONVINCE THE
PRESIDENT THAT THE JUDGE IS
THE LOGICAL SUCCESSOR TO
JUDGE CAMPBELL. DlcKERsoN's
FRIENDS BELIEVE THAT He HAS
AN EXCELLENT CHANCE TO LAND
THE PLUM.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01

Muskogee, Okla, May THE res
ignation Of United States Judge Ralph
E. Campbell Of the eastern district Of
Oklahoma was filed with the United
States attorney general ten days ago
and is to become effective upon the
appointment Of his successor. Judge
Campbell denies that there have been
charges preferred againt him, or that
any other reasons than those Of a per
sonal nature are responsible for his
resignation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
MAY DAY DANCE TONIGHT

Convention hall win be artistically
decorated In Japanese effect again to-
night. twelve piece orchestra will
furnish music and the floor will be
In excellent condition for the invitation
BAH TO be given by the Court Of honor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
ANApARKo LOOKS WITH IA
voR ON THE lNTERuRBAN

Anadarko Democrat April 3Q. To
day the deal IS being closed a Chick
asha whereby an interurban will be
built from Chiclnsha TO Pauls Valley
Scott Jones IS the promoter Of the line
and it Is proposed 10 extend to Ana
darko Tie Commercial club has con-
sldered several letters from Nr Jones
and last week had word from him
that he muposed making VISIT here.
Mr Jones win Be here Friday night
TO meet the people Of Anadarko in an
adjourned meeting Of the Commercial
club and will De ready TO prove
his road win Be 2 town-builder for
Anadarko instead of.making it a mere
tributary to Chickasha as some OF our
citizens have believed
1t is certain that 8lr Jones will
have large gathering Of interested
persons to meet him and that what he
has TO say will receive the closest at
tention
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
BRYAN HAS BIG lead IN
RACE FOR NOMINATION
New York HeraId's Estimate on How the
Vote Stands--New York For The
Nebraskan

The Herald is to be congratulated that
in its column probably Bryan" it in
cluded seventy-eight votes from New
York. This shows that whoever pre-
pared the Heralds vote knows some
thing about politics. The New York
delegates will 60 to Denver unin-
structed. Neither Mr., Murphy of Tam
many hall of Mr. Connor of Buffalo
is strenuously in favor Of the Nebras-
kan And yet, for reasons which may
not be here set forth / hazard the pre-
diotion that the seyenty-eight votes
OF New York will be cast for Mr.. Bry-
an on the first ballot. And here are
some Of the reasons for this opinion
The New York convention cannot be
regarded as having made frien9s in
New York for either state or city tick
ct. The interest Of Murphy and Con
nors is local rather than national They
feel that enough enemies were made
by the hard hand with which they
ruled the Carnegie hall convention,
without making any more Naturally
they feel that to arouse antagonism
among the Bryan people OF New York
who amount to nine-tenths Of the reg
istered democrats, would not be mere
ly disastrous, but suicidal When New
York Is called at Denver It will cast
its vote for William Jennings Bryan
as the nominee. Willis J. Abbot
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01

determination to pull down the 1909
meeting for ehiekasha. A committee
has been actively at work on the pro.
position for q month or more and
they have matters in shape SO that
The chances are THAT they VIII pluck
the persimmons
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01

Washington May 1.-The newspa-
pers Of the United States are contin-
ually asked what is the present status
OF the fight for the nomination OF
the democratic party for the presiden-
cy. It SO happens that ] am regard
ed as a man who expressed public
cainion SO. o wish to quote In this
der the statement Of delegates al
gfeady elected and Of probable dele
gates printed ia the New York Herald
This is it.
How the Democratic Fight
Stands
Total votes Denver convention l,00S
Needed TO nominate ------- 672
Delegates for Bryan ------- 2l7
Delegates probably for Bryan 54s
Delegates probably against Bryan l29
Doubtful or uneommltted -- ia
In printing its summary Of votes,
the New York Herald doubtless
through ignorance. or possibly because
it doubted the facts, omitted Rhode
Islands one vote The democratic par
ty has an undemocratic system Of two
thirds vote in the. convention and
unit vote IN the state. Rhode Islands
eight votes under the unit rule will
be cast for Mr. Bryan
The vote Of Massachusetts, being
thirty-two may not be instructed but
It win certainly be cast for Mr. Bryan.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
cHICkAsHA AND MlNco
PLAY BASEBALL SUNDAY

The Chickasha end slinco baseball
teams viii contest for honors at the
fair grounds Sunday afternoon AIinco
has a lively team and a snappy game
is expected Game viii be called at
$3.50 p. M.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
Following IS an estimate Of the loss
$225O0

Dan Cowan and s. J. Lea went 10
Yerden this morning to figure on the
new buildings to be erected in place
of those burned.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01

The work o. organization of the
league will be pushed to as many
places in the county during May as
can be reached.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
TWO CENT FARES
WORK WELL lN IOWA


in Net Earnings
Des Moines. Ia, May with ihe
2.cent fare law in operation for the
greatest part Of the period, the eight
representative railroads Of Iowa show
net gain OF ssSS.o57 in PASSENGER
earnings for the year ending January
I. 1908 Notwithstanding a falling OF
of S8s6.0oO IN the gross earnings for
the same period the. conclusion is
drawn that the reduction in price Of
mileage has been beneficial TO the
railroads as well as tie PEOPLE
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-01
School Report Makes
"A Fine Showing

sup slWt report 81 iAc public
hools for the month q April gives
the following Interesting comparative
statements
1907 isos
T0taI enrolment 1s0f 210Z
Enrolment TOE month ll9i 1890
Ar'ee numebf beloning 1881 i.Si4
Par cent Of attendance IS Ss
Although ne close Of me term IS
uaar 81 hand tbe interest Of the child
ren Is their work IS stlll good and ats
tendance except ln bad weather Is
almost perfect Under the supervision
of 5.r Stewart the school year that
IS closing has been q highly success
ful one and marked advancement has
been made I'm $40 lines
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-07
SPANISH war
ENCAMPMEN7

St. Louis, Mr.. Aug. To-day is
the. opening day of the fifth annual
encampment of the Department of
Missouri, United Spanish War Vet
Grams. The attendance is quite large
and all the twelve camps of the
state are represented by large Geie-
cations. The headquarters IF De-
partment Commander s. F. SOFT of
ansas City, and the general head
quarters OF the convention 'are at
the Planters hotel. Great activity
prevails at the headquarters. rs two
St Louis men. Martin Scherer, Jr .
and F. H. HOee Der. are candidates
for the position OF department com
mander and their friends arc work
ing hard for their success.
An elaborate program !. erter-
tainment has been prepared bv M
st. Louis city board. a federation
Of the three St Louis camps The
principal meetings of the encamD-
ment will be held at the O!eOn and
the encampment will close on Au-
gust g.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-07

Reports of disastrous forest fires
in different parts of the Pacific
Northwest indicate that the present
season Is the worst known in years
for the destruction Of timber. The
season has been extremely dry. and
the leaves and underbrush are like
finder. A careless spark from :,
match or campfire is enough to
start confiagration. In this
emergency it Is worth while to give
a word of commentator to the eff
ficient service being rendered ir
Idaho by the Are patrol In the
thousands OF acres Of valuable pine
forests on the Clearwater. not a
single serious fire has been known
to date. and as the fall rains are
likely soon to begin. 1t seems that
the Clearwater country will escape
eny loss in a season noted for Its
great forest Ares.