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The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08
TAMoR NEWS
Henry McGraw is on the sick list.

Henry McGraw is on the sick list.
L. L. Lewis was in from the ranch
Tuesday.
Miss earns was in Dickinson last
Wednesday.
IS. Brookings was up from Richard
ton Wednesday.
Martin Hanson from Marshall was in
town Wednesday.
Clarence Lee will begin work at IF.
Christen's Monday.
Mrs. Nancy Brown from Rocksprinq
was in Taylor Monday.
The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
Rev. Larson, August I9.
Henry Buehner of Bailey transacted
business here last Friday.
Capt. Wade and son, Charley, were in
from Halliday last Monday,
A parcel shower was rendered Miss
Nellie Lawhead last Friday.
H. c. Stoxen returned home last Sun.
day from trip to Minnesota.
Dick Dohrmann from Collins trans.
acted business here Monday.
c. E. Johnson from Fargo was. trans.
acting business here Wednesday.
Bennie Kyseth from Marshall trans.
acted business in Dickinson Thurydav.
Mrs. earns and daughter, Leah
visited Mrs. Evans at Dickinson last
Friday.
OF. Henning from Dickinson visited
over Sunday with DR.. Henning's family
at Taylor.
The Taylor boys crossed bats with the
Richardton boys at Richardton, the score
being IS to in favor of Taylor.
Miss Tea Torgerson went to Dickinson
Monday to visit her sister, Mrs. Roy
Henderson, and returned home Wednes.
| day.
Clayborn Hill returned from a visi,
with relatives in Minnesota last Tuesday
and left for his claim near the mountains
Friday.
Last week Abe Knudson, {. w. Wan
ford, Weber & Schnm and liver Larson
each purchased a Reeves threshinp
machine outfit.
Mr.. Young and family arrived here
Monday evening from Sweet Bria,
and have taken charge of the depot
! Mr.. and Mrs. Byrns left Tuesday fol
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Among those from Taylor that attended
the Old Settlers picnic at Gladstone
were Mr.. and Mrs. V. A. Baker, Mrs. c.
L. St. Clement Walter Thompson, Alf.
Jorgenson and M. T. Knudson.
Will Baird and Fred Weibel from
Kniferiver were in after load of sup
plies last Tuesday. Will says he has
two new nephews, one at the home Of
w. Kirby, and the other at D. A. Hanks
at Elma, Wash.
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08
TO the "oId Plano"

THOUGHTS ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAST CHILL
LEAVING, HOME. BY G. 8. CRYNE.
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08
NEW ENGLAND.

Miss Bessie DeSart Of DeSart was the
guest Of Miss Susie Harrison several
days this week.
F. D. Parish and Louis Pedersoh
passed through here last week with a
bunch of L F horses which they were
taking from the ranch near Fayette to
South Dakota.
Miss Theone Carkin made commuta-
tion proof on her homestead five miles
south of town, at Dickinson this week.
and Miss Susie M. Harrison.
Everyone is busy haying and quite a
bit of harvesting and some threshtng has
been done. There is plenty of help
here and men are coming in from both
railroads looking for work. In some
places where grain was not we'll put in
it has been burned out but on the whole
the people here expect fair crop.
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08
GLADSTONE ITEMS

Homer Davis was in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Julius Hollst went to New Salem
Wednesday.
H. Burgen of Dickinson. c. Miller of
Chicago, ILL.,, were registered at the
Columbia this week.
c. M. Smith of Hawarden, N. D., was
in town this week.
A. Mead, and D. G. Marcott were
among the business visitors this week.
George Waggoner was down from
Dickinson Sunday.
DR.. H. A. Davis and Miss Florence
were in town Saturday evening, looking
after the doctors patients.
Samuel Trigg, night operator here.
]. H. Kittner takes his place here.
VIM. Lockwood and wife, Preston,
Wis.,, ]. B. Burton and wife. Rpon, Wis.,,
were at Hotel Gladstone this week.
Mrs. George Waggoner of Dickinson
has been visiting her parents south of
town and relatives here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Larson are moving
into the depot rooms this week. Mr..
Larson is our efficient day operator.
A. G.. Deschene and Chas. D. Blake of
Minneapolis and Frank Lauemann of
St. Paul were business visitors this week.
is. Birdsall and family came in from
their ranch Sunday and left Thursday on
trip to Idaho and other western points.
Miss Olga Anderson, who has been
employed in Gladstone for the past two
months, returned to her home at Alden
SATURDAY..
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08
vERSlPPl ITEMS.
stem for the wedding bells.

Listen for the wedding bells.
Mrs. E. K. Shaw is sewing for Mrs.
David this week.
Miss Henrietta Waggune is working
for Mrs. Jimmy Shurtliff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmy Shurliff are the
happy parents of fine baby girl.
Lester Farnham of Gladstone took in
the dance at David's Saturday night.
Chas. Burdick now has his new gaso-
line engine to separate the milk, churn
and do the washing.
The party at Davids for the benefit of
the Versippi ball nine was enjoyed by
all. Among those who came from the
south were Anton Tauburg and niece
Miss Matilda Johnson, who spent Sun
day at c. w. Palmer's.
Jim Simmons, who is working for Jim
Wilson at Halliday, came in and took up
a claim near Mr.. Wilson's, returning
Monday. He took in the ball game Sum
day and actually caught a fly. Good for
Jim.
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08

A PROMINENT oil and gas ex-
pert. Geo. Cavanaugh, from the
southwest, says that there is un-
doubtedly oil and gas in all parts
of North Dakota and in many
places, especially in the western
part where coal is plentiful, he be-
lieves it will be found in paying
quantities. Tests in Ward coun-
ty are being made this season.
The largest and best coal veins in
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08

The marriage of Alfred Blais-
dell, our efficient secretary of state,
and Miss Grace P. Emmons, a no.
ted musician from Emmons, Mimi,
turns out to be quite romantic.
The two attended school together.
They are now receiving congratu-
lations from all sides.
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08

THOUGHTS ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAST CHILD
LEAVING, HOME. BY G. 8. CRYNE.
Old harp. your strings are silent now,
No hands to strike the keys:
All now are gone who used to play
The old familiar lays.
You lonely stand, your rack no sheets
OF music hold,
And silence reigns. where music did of old.
In other homes our loved ones tune their lays:
Mid other scenes they go their separate ways:
But thou art waiting. and the door stands wide.
And light is in the window as guide.
And they will come again, come foclkng home:
And welcome rare win meet them when they
come:
And hearts will sing. and thou wilt be part
OF sweet communion. heart to heart
So lives are lived, and broods are grown,
And loved ones go and leave us all alone:
But music waits for dear reunion days,
When absent hands will come and play sweet
lays.
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08

the state are found west of the
Missouri river, and it certainly
looks reasonable that some day
our people will be pumping their
own oil and using natural gas.
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08
Maps Showing New Snr-
vey South

The PRESS office has the official trac-
ing of the Western Dakota Ry. surveys
up both the Cedar and Cannon Ball riv-
ers and will furnish the same, accurate
ly traced. on our copyrighted maps of
the Dickinson land district for 25c each.
Mailed to any address on receipt OF 25c,
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08
Choice Residence Lots

Two east-front residence lots on upper
Hannaford street for sale at bargain.
Christ Peterson. 7-4-tf
Arizona republican., 1908-03-01
A CHARGE OF GRAFT
 AGAINST WAR OFFICIALS
Statement of Representative Mann Relative to Item in Army Appropria- ton Bill.

Washington Feb. 29-A yelled charge by MT. Mann of Illinois today in the hOsse during the consideration of the army appropriation bill, that some official or emplOye had yielded his influence to a land syndicate with view of selling the government a tract of land near Washington, for tar get practice. and the appropriation of s250,000 for the 500 acres of land pro- vided for which Mir Mann denounced as far beyond it's value. He thought there had been undue temptation to somebody.
 He also aroused the ire of MT. Young of Michigan, who. springing to the defense of the committee on mili- tary affairs. indignantly denied that any member had been approached by anyone except the secretary of war and his sub0rdinates. The provision was stricken out on a point of order.
 The army appropriation bill was shortly afterward passed, the total amount carried by it being sS4,757. .566.
 Mir. Dalzell of Pennsylvania today introduced in the house by request a bill to establish United States tu- berculosis fund to be used in the in vestigation and development of meth ods for the treatment of tuberculosis. and appropriating s60O,OOO for that purpose
Arizona republican., 1908-03-01

Missouri, which cost sixteen lives, could not have happened on a foreign ship. The flareback would have been avoided by the method of construc ton on those ships.
 If you can purpose anything to render turrets absolutely safe" said Capps, you will earn the undying gratitude of the navy department. personally believe it to be impossible to make any battleship immune from danger during a time of battle" Capps added that the accident on the Mis- sOuri would not have occurred had not the ammunition been brought out in a way never contemplated by the regu- lations.
 Captain Fiske testified that he had had little experience that qualified him to comment on the questions of prop CT water line and turrets
 Yet you might be put in command of ship?" asked Senator Tilman. Later Mir. Tillman remarked that the witness had never been in battle to which Fiske replied that ne had over looked the battle of Manila,
 "Oh, that was murder" said Tillman.
 Tt did not look that way before 1t began suggested the witness
 Reading from an article written by Fiske to the effect that no improve ment in the navy had ever been orig mated by naval officer, Tillman ask ed If he held to that statement.
 Fiske deliberatcd for a long time
 ''I do not know of any instance in which they have done SO" he finally replied
 Mir. Perkins said that Fiske's paper reminded him of the bible It was a very fine literary production. but noth- png could be proved by it. He added that as congress appropriates S10O, 900 annually for experimental tests, he was surprised that they had not resulted in some inventive idea.
 But" insisted MT. Tillman, If we find outside talent and cannot recog- nize it what can be expected"
 Capps remarked that there seemed to be woeful lack of knowIedg, among the officers of the navy con- corning what had been done and de- veloped for the improvement of the navy.
 Fiske said he could suggest no i'm provements or remedy for the diff ficulties that had been pointed out.
 l wss agreed that Sims should ap- pear before the committee on Monday
Arizona republican., 1908-03-01

Our ships are usually good ships, but believe that there are certain specific errors which should be remedied. The location of the water line armor belt in our battleships. according to my opinion is one of the defects"
 Hill said that last october the sec retarv of the navy had decided to ap- point a board to investigate there mat ters, but later decided not to do so. At that time he had prepared a report and had letters bearing on the contro- versy to submit to the board. He sub mitted the papers to the secretary, showing a criticism and the proposed remedy for the defects.
 'T am the originator of these criti- cisms" said Hill. This subject has been discussed for a long time on board ships at the request of the navy deoerament."
 There are two questions in regard to armor belt one IS its thickness and the other location. l believe the thick ness plenty. If not more than it should be. The location is not correct accom- ding to my view.
 If you want to get ship into ac- tion at or near a particular water line you must have sufficient width Of armOr above or below so as to protect that particular water line"
 Lieutenant Commander NoGelsang member of the turret board which eX- amined all the turrets of the ships of the Atlantic six months ago. was call ed to the stand. The result of the examination bp said was fo show that there has been some structural sepa- ration between the turrets and the handling rooms of the battleships which does not now exist and never had existed in the service. Il is inn perative, he said, that there should bc some improvements, Safety shutters had proved cumbersome and ineffec tive -
 Replying to a question he said he believed that American turrets were inferior to those of foreign ships. He thought a disaster such as that on the
Arizona republican., 1908-03-01
PAT GARRETT
 Is MURDERED
The Averaging at Last of
 Billy the Kid
The Man-Killer's Slayer Says He Acted In Self Defense.

Fl PasO, Feb. 29-Pat Garrett, who is known all over the continent as the man who killed Billy the Kid" the noted outlaw, and one of the last and most prominent gun men in frontier days. was shot and killed by J. Wayne Brazel. youthful rancher near Las Cruces N NJ, in a dispute over J ranch lease. Garrett had been on visit to one of his ranches near the New Mexican town in blackboard. with d friend. Returning to Las Cru ces. when they were overtaken by Brazel, a quarrel between the princi- pals followed Garrett is said to have reached for his gun, and BraZel fired twice both shots taking effect. Gar rett fell dead.
 BraZel then rode five miles to Las Cruces. and surrendered himself to Sheriff Lucero. He was locked up in the county jail after making a state ment to an officer that he shot in self defense and that he had not drawn his six shooter until after Garrett had reached for his shot gun in the bot tom of the book board.
 The quarrel between Garrett and Brazel arose over a ranch that had been leased by BraZel on which he had pastured flock of goats.
 Garrett remOnstrated with his lessee and declared that goat pasturing was violation of the contract between them. He threatened resort to the courts to prevent what he thought was breach of contract and the men quarreled. Since then, both went arm ed. according to reports. It was com mon talk of the territory that they were looking sor each other.
 Pat Garrett was sheriff of Lincoln county. x. NJ. in the early eighties. His campaign against cattle rustlers was replete with flashing arrests and pitched battled and bloody encounters with cattle thieves.
Arizona republican., 1908-03-01
Another Suit to Prevent the Voting of the
 U. P'S Holdings
The Final Effort to Regain Control at the Illinois Central Meeting Which is Scheduled to be Held Tomorrow.

Chicago, Feb. 29.-A new attempt to prevent the voting of the 2S1, ,231 shares of Illinois Central stock held by the Union Pacific railroad and the Rail- road Securities company, at the annual meeting of the Illinois Central rialroad was inaugurated today. Henry w. Leman one of the attorneys for Stuy- vesant Fish in the recent suit filed by the latter for similar purposes. and de- cided adversely to him has asked the superior court of Cook county to ad- judicate the legality of the holdings again. Many of the points alleged in the first suit were omitted in the bill the petitioner filed today.
 The bill asserts that the Union Pa cific owns all but few shares of the stock of the Railroad Securities com pany. It then gives a list of the own CTS of the 2S1.231 shares of stock in question and declared that all the stock is held and owned for the Union Pa cific. It alleges that the Union Pa cific has no right or authority to vote the stock at the annual meeting to be held on March or at any adjourned ihNStAA6S. II cNEiS llldl Nilt A HUH I'd Cific by voting the stock will elect di- rectors ''whO will be under the influ- ence and control of the Union Pacific and will transact business to its ad- vantage and to the great and irrepara- ble damage Of the Illinois Central
 The bill also sets forth that the laws If Utah. under which the Union Pacific is organized, do not give it power to hold stock in other than railroad cor pOrations and declares that the public policy of Illinois prohibits a corpora . tor from hol.iing the stock of any oth- CT corporation.
 The bill further declares tkat at the annual meeting to be held on March 7 proposition will come up for the ratification and approval of certain purchases of branch railroads. If it is ratified by these zS1,2S1 shares of stock the validity of such approval or ratification will be subject 10 serious question and the money invested by the Illinois Central may and probably will be tctally lost. Tie claim is also made that the Union Pacific is a par allel and competing line to that of the Illinois Central and that by such stock ownership it intends to create a monopoly and stifle competition be- tween railroads. which is unlawful and contrary to the public policy and the
Arizona republican., 1908-03-01
TUCSON GETS
 CONVENTION
The Date Fixed by Con-
 mittee is April IS
No Question Raised at Yes terday's Meeting to Dis turb Harmony.

Tucson, Feb. 29.-(Special.)- 1.-The eX- | ecutive committee of the republican i territorial committee met here today ! for the purpose of fixing the time and ! place of holding the territorial conven- tion for the appointment of delegates | to the national republican convention. Tucson was chosen for the location and the date of the convention will be April 18th. It was agreed by the ] committee that Phoenix should be giv | en the convention for the nomination
 of delegate to congress.
 The vote for location was as follows:
 For Tucson, Sturges of Pima; William Griffith, proxy from Pinal; H. B. Ten
 ney, proxy from Yuma; C. l. Mickey
 holds, proxy from COchise; George
 Mauk. proxy from Santa Cruz; J. F. Cleaveland, Graham; Ned Creighton. proxy from Maricopa.
 For Phoenix: E. s. Clark, Yavapai and proxies from MOhave and Apache, J. F. Cleaveland, proxies from Gila and CocOnino. w. NJ. Clark, Navajo.
 MT. Creighton in voting for Tucson was bound by the terms of his proxy, and was not impelled by his own in clinations. The apportionment was based on one delegate for each fifty votes or fraction of more than twenty five votes cast for Hon. w. F. Cooper for delegate to congress two years ago. On this basis the following representa- ton has been figured out for the larger countless MariSpa. 31; Cochise, 30; Pima, 26; Yavapai, 21; Gila, II; Gra- ham. IT.
 The manner of choosing the dele gates to the territorial convention will be such as the various counties may select. by primaries or mass conven- tions.
 The meeting was quite harmonious. Aside from the contest for the location of the convention there was only one other expression of a difference of opinion. That was over q resolution by c. I. McReynOlds of Cochise providing for the selection of delegates to the territorial convention by direct prim- aries. Objection was made by Attor- ney General Clark who said that he would not dare go back on his county 1 after having given his assent to a project for the perpetuation of him self in office. George Mauk replied that the object of the resolution was to avert the danger MT. Clark seemed i to fear Chairman Penney at this | point directed the discussion in another | direction.
 The question of the instruction or | the non-instruction of delegates Was not preached during the meeting nor | was there any mention of preferences {, among any of the candidates for the | presidential nomination.
 It was learned that in the morning | telegram was received by George | Mauk from Frank Hitchcock manager | for Secretary Taft urging him to se-
Arizona republican., 1908-03-01
n the Course of the Investigation of the
 ReuterdahI Criticism
he Astonishing Statement Made That No Improve ment In Construction Had Ever Been Originated by American Naval Officer.

Washington, Feb. 29.-The senate
 pmmittee on naval affairs today
 card the statements of naval officers
 Ioted as criticising the construction
 battleships and upon whose author " there had been, suggested the
 harges had been made by Reuterdahl.
 lieutenant Commanders F. K. Hill, 'arl T. Vogelsand, and Captain Brad ey A. Fiske were questioned concern ng their views of naval constructions. Rear Admiral Capps asked the ques- lions and commented upon the testi- nony as they proceeded. Hill explain .d thai he thought the battleships should be constructed to carry all the ,ual possible. Ships, he said. have their waterline fixed by estim; ting out two -fifths the full capacity of coal, which allows the speed trial to show he greatest speed possible. q think"
 aid he. that rarely have any of our ships in service shown the speed they developed on their trial trips. For
 ign ships have the same weakness in this respect but foreign constructors are correcting this error.
 "I want enough coal on board to. t.hase the enemy after fighting him." ldeclared Hill saving that the battle lships should have all the coal possible Nyith the waterline fixed with a view fpf accommodating it
 The new ships of the navy he said. ''if provided with .a-full load Of coal, will haze seven feet and six inches of armor beIo" it's water line and six inches ahO--e :t'
 Mr.Capps interrupted with d question (which was followed by a statement by him contradictory to much that Hill had said. He declared that the prac ticc of English, Japanese and Ameri- can constructors had been the same for the past ten years regarding the iwater line and coal carried If there was any difference 'he said, the Japan 'ese have provided for less coal The tendency of the American navy had been to provide as large bunkers as possible.
 Lieutenant Commander Hill tsaid:
Arizona republican., 1908-03-01
CENTERS ON CAXITE

Washington. Feb. 29.-That OlongapO. in Subig bay in the Philippines will not be hereafter considered in any es . innate of plans for allottments, unde r consideration by the navy bureau wa $ indicated by the revocation of the fOi~- nal order which instructed the prefer - ence be given to that place as a maya l project. This order was issued sOmt time ago when Olongapo was regarded- as an indispensable site for a maya | war base and a dockyard in the ia P east. Recently the joint board of tn e army and navy decided that the maya | base for the east shall be Cavite in stead of Subig bay.
Arizona republican., 1908-03-01
MANCHURIAN DOOR
 10 BE BROKEN DOWN
The Russians Believe That That Will Be Result of the Strengthening of of CaVite.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 29.-The NovOe Vremya today devotes one of it's lead- ing articles to the American plans for the fortificatiOn of Manila which it believes will convert Cavite into the most powerful naval base on the Pa cific and enable the United States to insist upon an actual as well as a theoretical realization of the "Open docr" in Manchuria.
 Continuing. the paper says the de nial of the report that it is the present intention of President Roosevelt to raise this question merely exemplifies the conviction that soft words are a corrallary to the policy of the big stick and when the Manila works are completed the doors of Manchuria will fly open to America's open sesame. '"
Arizona republican., 1908-03-01
THE MARKET WEEK
 CLOSED IN GLOOM
Whatever News There Was Had q
 Depressing Effect.

New York. Feb. 29.-The tone was dull anu depression reasserted itself in the stock market today Yesterdays small gains were more than lost. Thr news of the day was unfavorably con- strued. Assertions regarding the re- vival Of the copper trade came in for some dispute. The demand for that metal from producers oi finished pro- ducts and the re-opening of opera tions in Montana and the consolidated control of the copper industry were without verifications and lost their in fluence. An attempt by the Texas state authorities to force a receiver ship for the Texas ,& Pacific railroad disturbed speculative sentiment and aroused apprehensions as to its bad effects on railroad properties gener- ally. A bad impression was caused by the unexpected receivership for the orient National Bank. Bonds were irregular