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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
In and About the State
WILL ,RRlaArE 10000 ACRES
From Washburn to Painted Wood. On
Missouri.

sFrom Washburn to Painted Woods on
Missouri.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
farmers and residents of Washburn
was held to consider the proposition
of forming water users association
for the purpose of obtaining funds
from the reclamation service for the
irrigation of about 10000 acres of
land along the Missouri river from
Washburn to Painted Woods.
w. H. Storrs. electrical engineer in
Trenton projects, and State Engineer
T. r. Atkinson addressed the meeting
as the principal speakers, and an
swered the many questions asked.
They showed the people the .enefits
to be derived from irrigation and the
hest methods to pursue in orier to
obtain funds from the recla nation
service to hasten the construction of
IN irrigation plant.
State Engineer Atkinson has been
making preliminary surveys and plans
for the work during the past month,
ind is pleased to note that the irriga-
ton of tie trac. is practically as
surcd.
The development of the project will
mean a great deal not only to the
farmers who will receive the water
on their land, but also to the two
=
abundant crops of all kinds will be
raised each year. and that alfalfa will
be grown to fatsen our cattle at home.
A committee was appointed to o.
ganize water users association for
the purpose of promoting the enter
rrise. and the people of this section
believe that ultimately we will have a
more extensive enterprise than that
at Buford or Williston.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
BREAD CAST ON WATERS RETURN

A case of showing how bread cast
upon the waters returns after many
days, and incidentally involving the
inheritance tax law of this state, is
before the attorney generals Office,
having come up from Cass county.
Back in the eighties Benjamin Haga-
man, Chicago millionaire, bought a
part of an addition to the city of Far.
go and laid it out into lots and erect
ed building upon it that cost $50, 900.
Hagaman made will in 1892 leaving
this property to the children of Bid
Gage of Lyons, Iowa. In making this
bequest Hagaman made the following
unusual statement: "The grandpar-
ents of these children were good to me
when was boy, and have been all
through my life, and l make this be-
quest in measure to show my graft
tude." The will provided that the be-
quest should not become absolute un-
til after the death of Hagaman's wife.
Hagaman's wife died in 1897, and
the estate was probated in Cook coun-
ty, Ill. Recently copy of the will
was filed In the Office of the probate
court In Cass county, as it was neces-
sary to probate the estate in this state
and get decree devising the proper
ty to the heirs. But in 1903 the legis.
lature passed an inheritance tax law
providing for per cent inheritance
tax in all cases where property went
to collateral heirs. The Hagaman will
was made and the wife died several
years before the law became effective,
so that the bequest became absolute
as to the Gage children before the
law went into effect,
The probate court of Cass county
has asked the attorney generals Office
whether the property will be subject
to an Inheritance tax and the attorney
general holds that it will, but agrees
to appear before the probate court and
present an argument in the matter.
The date for the hearing has been set
for Feb. 3. when the case will be pre.
sented.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
FOUR ARE HURT.

Bursting Of Water Pipe Send Iron In.
to Mems Face.
Four Great Northern employees were
hurt seriously when four-inch water
pipe burst at Minot. The men were
working in the vicinity of the pipe
when it broke into many pieces,
which struck them. Too much pres.
sure was put on the pipes, it is be-
lieved, and the foot valve did not
work properly. The injured:
Jerry LaDuc. ankle broken.
William Mcintyre, leg broken.
A. Duffy, arm and shoulder broken.
A. Paguildic, Jap, leg broken.
The men were taken to a hospital
at once.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
MINERS SEND ,14s,ooo ABROAD.
More Than Million and Half In Old
Socks at BtWabik and Vicinity.

More Than a Million and a Half In Old
Socks at siwabik and Vicinity.
Biwabik, Mimi, Jan. 23.-The books
of the postmaster of Biwabik show
that more than $4,000 went through
this office to different portions of Eu-
rope during 1907. About $4,000 went
through the Aurora postofice and $15,.
900 through the Mckinley postofice.
No figures are obtainable as to the
amount sent by the banks, but this
$145,O00 represents money sent home
by foreigners working in the mines.
High officials of mining companies
estimate that more than a million
dollars reposes in old socks on the
range, and that the amount may be
larger since the recent financial furry.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
most every train that crosses tn
North Dakota line

most every train that crosses the
North Dakota line.
Best People Live here.
Why. sometimes think that our
North Dakota people are larger-eith.
er mentally or physically -. that our
women are handsomer and our chill!
dren brighter than those of other
states. believe that our agricultural
college is better conducted, that our
state university is superior to anything
In its class, that our normal schools
are more progressive, that our public
school system is unsurpassed, that our
state is more economically and better
financially managed, that our editors
are keener and more alert, that our
merchants can find more ways of OBJ
tanning our money, that our politicians
are brighter, more persuasive and can
raise more hades, in fact, there is not
public institution or a business en-.
terprise in the State of North Dakota
but what surpasses those of any other
state. all things being equal.
Why, gentlemen, our farmers are
the best and biggest that can be found
anywhere. Go tell these Eastern farm.
ers the number of acres that some of
you North Dakota tillers of the soil an.
nually cultivate and they will say you
are mistaken, but possibly in more EN-.
phatic language. And in this connec.
ton l want to say that you farmers are
the foundation Of all the wealth Of the
world; that you are the impelling force
and rudder which drives and guides
the ship of commerce; that you fur.
nish the favorable winds of prosperity
which causes that ship to glide SO
smoothly and that when your winds of
prosperity lull, the ship of commerce
lulls In the sea of business stagnation
or is buffeted by the waves of adver
sity.
Do you farmers realize that but for
you there would be no necessity for
these large buildings, the banks, the
money loaners or the merchants?
Have you ever stopped to consider
that but for you, cities would not be
built and that the railroad cars and
engines would rust or rot in theiS
yards? Do you realize that IL all YOU
farmers would stop work for one whole
year that almost one-half of the people
of the world would starve and the 9th
er half go naked? Why, farmers, you
are the most needed men in the world
and are entitled to the best there IL
In the land. You are a noble and i'm
portant calling, yet am sometimes
fearful that you are not properly appre
| ciated. You should receive more con
sfderation than any other class oil
citizens because you are more neces
sary than any other class. You who
have struggled along for years ant
were pioneers in this state SHOULD
have your reward, and l sincerely trus
that you will receive it. There will
come a time, just as sure as the sur
rises in the east and sets in the west
when your lands will double in value
but should your years be short there ii
| a ruler beyond the skies who will rec
ognize your labors and give you you,
/ reward
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
Boy Criminals Under 600 Bonds.

Boy Criminals Under 600 Bonds.
Zeb and Frank Smith. the Stanley
boys, charged with holding omcers
Of that city at bay and with firing
several shots at Constable Miley, ap.
peared before Judge Murray at Minot
He informed them of their rights un.
der the statute, and they chose a con.
tinuance. In the meantime they will
engage an attorney. It is not known
whether or not they will fight the
case.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
WANTED IN NORTH CAROLINA

Man Arrested At Minot Wanted fol
Running a Whisky Still.
Sheriff Lee went to Stanley and re
arrested FEB Smith, who was In jail
at Minot last week on the charge Of
shooting at constable. It was dis
covered that Smith was wanted on
the Charge Of running a whisky still
in North Carolina. Smith, however
got word of the deal and went to Can
ada, where he was caught this after
noon.
Burke and Gibbons, the alleged box
car robbers, pleaded guilty in the dis
trict court.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
Courts Danger; browns.

Belle Fourche, s. D., Jan. 23.-While
skating on the Belle Fourche river
here with another boy Philip Fisher,
eight years old, fell through the ice
and was drowned. Fisher was playing
"ticklish" on the thin ice, trying to see
how near the hole he could get with
out falling in.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
FARMERS TO BEGIN SEEDING.

In Otter Tail County Planting Is Anti.
cipated This Week.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Jan. GA fine
shower of rain fell here shortly before
midnight last night. There was light
frost later in the night, and the streets
were covered with ice this morning,
but this disappeared as soon as the
sun rose. Farmers expect to begin
seeding the latter part Of the week.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
GIRL IS OVERCOME BY FIRE.
Boy steps on. Match and Result Is SO,
600 DAMAGE.

Duluth. Jan. 2s.-Fire did damage
estimated at $4,000 to the stock in
the Stack & Co. department store.
One of the clerks, Miss Barbara
Dramer, came near losing her life.
She was found on the basement stairs
unconscious from smoke and was re.
vived with difficulty. The fire origi.
mated in the basement in large
quantity of cotton batting and was
caused by boy stepping on a match
and igniting it.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
Scarlet Fever Epidemic.

Preston, Mihn., Jan. 23.-An cpl.
demic OF scarlet fever has broken out
here and several families have been
quarantined. The disease is of mild
form fortunately. The school board
held meeting to-day to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of closing the schools. It
was determined to continue school but
to enforce strict quarantine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30

Murderer Gets FIFTEEN Years.
Belleville. ILL.,, Jan. 23.-Joseph Ca
natti, an Italian. was yesterday sen.
fenced to fifteen years Imprisonment
for the murder of two Of his country.
men. one Of whom was his cousin.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
The Only way

The Only Way.
He-There's the great Russian COM
poser!
She-What's his name?
He-S-l-i-v-i-t-z-n-
She-How do you pronounce it?
He-With syphon, I guess!-Lon-
don Bystander.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
DETECTED suIToR A SUICIDE.

Had Been Told by the Girls Father ia
to Discontinue His Visits.
Duluth, Jan. 23-Despondent be.
cause he had been ordered to disconI
tinue his attentions to Miss Nellie
Coming, by her father, James Schild.
berger left his sweetheart's home, and,
walking across the street to a vacant
lot, put two bullets through his head.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
Trap Alleoed Robbers.

st. Cloud, MIMI, Jan. 23-Steppins
into trap laid by Oficer Craig and q
Twin City detective, Howard Marshall
and Edward Briggs of Sank Rapids,
crooks, it is alleged, were caught in
the act Of highway robbery and are
now in custody. :
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
FARMER CUTS HIS THROAT.
Doctor Says Wisconsin Man Cannot
Survive.

Black River Falls, Wis.,, Jan. 3D.
Thomas Robinson, q prominent farmer
living about five miles from Irving,
cut his throat from ear to ear this
afternoon and is expected to die. He
was unconscious from loss of blood
when the physician who was sum.
moned said there was practically NO
hope Of his recovery. He is survived
by his widow and mother. He was
thirty-two years old. The act is
thought to have been committed in a
At Of dependency due to continued i'll
health.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
Bishop Kent BUSY.

The Episcopal bishop Of Lucknow
presfdes over diocese greater in OF.
tent than the whole Of Great Britain.
It having population Of shout $4,000.
900. Of whom only 100000 are Chris.
tiapS.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
An Unfortunate Inference.

The Bishop-My dear. do wish you
wouldn't sign those Home Hints" that
you are sending to the papers.
His Wife-Why not?
The Bishop-Well. notice that in
the title of your What to Do for a
Burn" the printer has left the r" out Of
the final word.-Puck.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
A Cruel Girl

A Cruel Girl.
You say you quite forgot yourself,
.cholly?"
"Yaas."
Then hadn't you better advertise and
offer small reward?"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
A Romance In Brief.

A Romance In Brief.
Lovers once, but strangers now"
sighed the romantic one.
"Married?" inquired his practical
friend.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
III ort!!]hl Dakota
~ ubbins q 8

Underwood gets a rural mail route
Stutsman county has some wheat
thieves. Nd
The Devils Lake schools are over
crowded.
Minoters are looking for the big road
to the gulf.
Gophers are playing in the sunshine
at Goodrich.
The school enrolment at Minot now
exceeds 1000.
Up at Grand Forks the gas question
is the big issue.
Some fine brick clay has been found
near Bismarck.
This has been an ideal winter for
the homesteaders.
Ray Harrington's home near Center
was destroyed by fire.
The Gargrave residence at Ancta
was destroyed by fire.
There is row at Anamoose over
telephone connections.
Company c Of Grafton is to have a
strong basketball team.
The electric light plant at Hope may
be in operation by Feb. 1.
The people of Mercer don't favor di.
vision of Mclean county.
Grano had big meeting of the
American Society of Equity.
The farming community around
Motif is developing in good shape.
The Mandan curfeW whistle Is so
husky it can be heard in Bismarck.
Mandan expects big crowd at the
shooting tournament to be held there
in June.
The elevator burned at Kenaston
belonged to w. s. Young, former
Fargoan.
Trappers are making a good thing
of the business. in many sections OF
the state.
There is some agitation for the ere
alton of a new judicial district out oil
the Fifth.
Candidates for county offices are an
nouncing themselves in many parts iu
the state.
The floor fell out of the waiting room
at the ice rink at Rugby and caused
some excitement
Mr.. and Mrs. William Vented Of
Glenullin died within twenty -foul
hours of each other.
The people of Kindred entertained
the Red River Valley Business Mems
association last week.
A Bismarck boy carried needle
around in his side till the doctors go
busy and extracted it.
Blind pig sporting is not lucrative
business in North Dakota under tn.
supreme court ruling.
So
Mckenzie county is coming to thu
front. At Shafer new boxes are being
placed in the postoffice.
The Kruger brothers, charged with
meat stealing, were held under $500
bonds at New Rockford.
C. X. Won Media of Minot has dis
posed of his investment company ant
will locate ON the coast.
The Office of register of deeds i.
getting to be a profitable source O.
revenue in many counties.
An insane man was arrested a
Churches Ferry while roaming the
country carrying loaded gun.
The Valley City normal shows ar
Increased enrolment of 20 per CEN
over the same period a year ago.
The people of Minot do not propose
to give a street railway franchise tt
an organization that doesn't NEAR
business.
The youngest deputy county officia
in the state has resigned. He was
Hubert Rothgren of Towner and hat
been deputy treasurer, though only
eighteen.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-30
N. p. MAY REACH wlLLisToN.
Engineers Are Seeking to Find Place
to Build Bridge.

The Northern Pacific engineers
have finished surveying on the south
side of the river, and are now sound.
ing the river about two miles below
Williston for bridge. They want to
locate a good coal vein, in order to
have firm foundation for the bridge.
AS the river bottom is clay Of a shifty
character It would be almost impossi-
BILE to build bridge unless . coal
vein is located.
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over the same period year ago.
The people of Minot do not propose
to give a street railway franchise to
an organization that doesn't mean
business.
The youngest deputy county official
in the state has resigned. He was
Hubert Rothgren of Towner and had
been deputy treasurer, though only
eighteen.
There Is some soreness at Wilton
because the people of Milton want the
Wiltonites to change the name of their
town. There is more or less confusion
over the names.
Farmers have been buying short on
machinery for some years and the i'm
plement dealers anticipate big trade
this year.
Commissioner of Agriculture Gil.
breath gives an illustration of the
proper use of printers ink for adver.
Using the state.
President Stewart of the American
Briquette company at Williston. is to
sue a Williston attorney for damages
in libel suit because of letter writ.
ten by the limb Of the law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-22

'.. No trouble about that, says the priest who IS
plumb artfu Old Badly he does all the comm
usually: an the other teller he does the gon, II ne
about two mile, an if he sees you, an YOU stan
still. why, You'll get together without no more
trouble Our graveyard, says he. IS full OF partial
boots an if You'll examine the headstones IN the
cemetery you'll find that the epitaph on each one
Is a simple question mark Old Badly IN these
parts is held a legal ground fer divorce If a man
yanders out in them hills an don't show up fer
rhirty DAYS it's legal fer his wilder marry again
Then if l get Badly, I'm King fer keeps, l
reckon:
You certainly are SAYS he; but by the way
he orinned seen he was after the King Job hissef
At first thought the King business don't look good
TO me either; but at last | got an idea.
All right SAYS | to the priest. About to-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-22

morrow sometime II stroll over and Show this
Badly bear what a real King looks like
go To what address, says he shall we ship the
remains, in there should be anv such2
/ only smiled scornful at that
THE next day told EN- my medicine was strong.
an that | lowed to go out an rningle with
Badly. They all willin let it 60 at that an
| didn't explain. Weapons? | didn't have none
but four o bakin' powder. the last O. nv
-four, an a little maple syrup I'd brought in on my
grub list. | knOWed | wouldn't need any o. these
if | failed to get Badly; for | was sure this here
priest was payin' dirty politics behind my back
an they'd hang me fer impOster for two cents
/ mikes up batch of flour an water an syrup
an Pours in all my bakin' powder. | puts down
piece O dried fish fer bait an then | retires
KNOWN that although Badly may never have saw
any maple syrup he IS goin to mix It with instinc-
tive an immediate.
Nothin happens till along bout eleven O'Clock
that night. They beginnin' TO suspect their
roar, an sound like a soda fountain has
gone wrong
Do YOU know that little piece they used to teach
IN school about little CasabianCa> Pore little Casa
blanca, the blamed fool, he held on too long, What
happens 10 Casabianca Badly up there in the hllss
He stays with that maple syrup till he absorbs all
that baking powder into his system. After that Il,
quote the words of the poet, and begnnin' after
Badly has sopped up drink at the purlng brook
Then came a burst of thunder sound The bear
Oh where was her You can search me | reckon
O. him landed in the bav and part over m.
mountain. ANY COronerS jury would have said
the place where he had been at resembled rtyvCer
mill explosion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-22

kill en- q bear TO take back for trophy to the
loved ones at home. But after I'd had a good
look at the country didn't have the heart to ask
SPORTSMAN to come here. He'd only fall down on
the tin cans or break his neck a clothesline some
dark night.
L had to do something; so l started out to find
a little beach mimi or placer dirt somewhere
Me onct more for the sweet and simple customs OF
the primitive races says 1 Take me to country
where a feller has to work only occasional III
turn Alyoot and settle down, SAYS l. seem the
showdown has came
g strols over to this island one day few years
- ago an soon discovered / was the only white
man among them present. asked fer the King, and
they showed me this Teller | call Sullivan. With
out much pause turned in and whaled the sutter1n
tar out o him, and explained to him afterwards
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-22

the tT1De, teller call DAVID, the real klng,
If you ask me.
MOT wshin to get any OF the political leaders sore
~ me, | held a few lines OF conversation with
this here High Priest David. l approached him
what he thought O me fer a King
fer any King who has knocked the block off a
the people that he's the real goods
About what is the customary ante in these
lines says l.
Oh, somethin' heroic says he Somethin'
like KILN off a few folks, or hodn a big feast, or
giviu away few thousand dollars worth o pres
ents This latter, says he. appeals to me special
." Most 0 my presents | forgot to bring along
says l. L m an eX-cowpuncher from Wyoming an
can ride anything with hair
&" Nothn here that has got anv hair SAYS he
How'd YOU look on a whale, fer instance? Our
livestock IS limited; your line of activities don't
says he. hev' special appeal toward maxim YOU
q popular hero
'"Or l can shoot few, l went on not intimatin
l had heard him talk
d" Indeed? sayshe. Maybe you Id like to take your
little bow an and go out and get Old Badv?'"
81" Meanin Who;'
"'Oh, that's the big grizzly that strolls down
in awhile an eats a Allyoot or 50 before break
fast saws he.
Then was when | made a awful bluff ANY
King has got to, onct in awhile There wasn't any
shootin irons on the island, an | knowed it. L
amt special loolin' fer any bear says |: but |
don't mind havin personal interview with Old
Badly. if | don't have to walk too far NJ feet
don't track, an | cont lie to war,