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The Dickinson press., 1908-01-25

ELSEWHERE WE publish what
has been done this week in regard
to securing a library for Dickinson.
1t is high time city as progress
sive as ours should provide for
the culture and education of its
citizens through. good reading.
We believe the people of Dickin-
son will be a unit in working for
a library with the enthusiasm and
spirit which they have shown in
securing other good things for the
CITY. ...
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-25
Dunn County News

Copies of the first number of the
Dunn County News can be had at the
PRESS office after the mail from the
north arrives Saturday The subscrip-
ton price is sI.5o per year. Subscrip-
tions, notices, ETC., will be taken at the
PRESS office or can be sent direct to the
Dunn County News, Manning, via
Fayette.
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-25
Stock Contracts

Plenty of stock contracts, the best
form ever printed, for sale at the PRESS
Office. BY mail to any address for &C..
each.
This office also has the lew home
stead entry blanks at CSC. per doz. 1852
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-25

The first number of "Thc Ex-
tension published at the Agri-
cultural college, appeared this
week. 1t is full of helpful sugges-
tions which should result in an
extension of the best methods in
farming.
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-25
Notice

All persons interested in securing
public library for the city of Dickinson
are invited to meet at the Commercial
Club rooms at 8 o'clock Saturday even
ing, January IS.
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-25
TAYLOR NEWS.

TAYLOR NEWS.
James Callahan is sick with tonsilitis.
Irwin Lewis has typhoid pneumonia.
Thos. Evans left for St. Paul Saturday.
Pat McGraw spent Sunday with his
parents.
L. Scott is suffering with neuralgia of
the face.
Miss Nellie Lawhead was in Dickinson
Saturday.
A. Kauer visited at the home of Peter
Palm last week.
Mrs. Benz. Webb gave skating party
Monday evening.
The M. w. A. will give masquerade
dance February p.
F. Leutz from Hebron was in TAYLOR
on business last week.
Miss Anna Paduck of Gladstone is Wis
iting Mrs. Albert koesel.
Reuben Close visited at the Zebley
home Saturday and Sunday:
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Y. June were in from
Horsenose butte the past week.
Edwin Davis and Reuben Close visited
school No. 4 Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Buehner of Dickin.
son visited at Fred Born's Sunday.
Mrs. ]. P. Shelp of Gladstone visited
at the home of Albert Koesel last week
Henry Baumgartner gave an opening
dance in the new hotel in the bank bull d
ing.
Mrs. Herman Leutz and Miss Rutl
Benzie visited at the kauer home Sun
day.
Mrs. Jake Baggenstoss and Miss
Theresa Marose visited the public scfoo
Friday.
John Laubsher has been spending this
week in the Bad Lands ON hunting ex
pedition.
Miss Clara Torgerson was in Dickinson
Saturday, visiting her sister, Mrs. Ro,
Henderson. ....
Robert Clifton Hettenbaugh has taken
George Davis place as clerk in koese
4 Co.'S store.
Martin Hanson and wife are rejoicing
over the arrival of a fine son, Sunday
January 10.
The w. w. NJ. girls arc going to give
a leap-year party at Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hutchinson's.
Kasper Gress and George Kalwinsk;
visited in Taylor at Hotel Gullicksol
Sunday night.
Harry Christen has so far improved
frorA his broken leg as to walk about thu
house on crutches.
MIR. and Mrs. Jake Doll entertained a
the home of Jack Ricder Friday, it being
Mrs. Dolls birthday.
Miss Minnie Siverts is teaching tn,
Brand school south of Taylor during Mis-
| Nassett's quarantine.
George Davis, formerly clerk in Koe
sells store, left for his home in southern
Minnesota last week.
The Misses Erbstoesser arrived on No
3 Friday and will live on their claims five
miles north of Richardton.
Miss Laura Alvig returned to Dickin
son Monday to resume her work, after ;
month with her sister in Taylor.
Miss Gurine Alvig resumed her dutie!
in school Monday, after an absence O.
four weeks on account of illness.
Baker 4 Sons have bought the John
Bang store at Halliday and Oscar Bake
will move out to take charge of it.
John Lunn, Sr., has commenced to dig
the cellar for George Hettenbaugh's new
house northeast of Albert Koesels.
Miss Hannah Tolverson returned t.
Taylor Friday, after spending three o
four months at her home in Minnesota.
Charley Tracey had part of hi
thumb taken off by being caught in tht
machinery of a steam washer Tuesday,,
The quarantine is now raised on al
cases OF diphtheria and it is hoped tina
there will be no more OF this dreaded dis
The Washington bee., 1908-08-01
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OLD FORT CRAWFORD
SCENE OF THE FIRST LOVE OF
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Ancient Spot Is Located on Banks of
Mississippi River in Wisconsin,
Romantic Courtship with
Daughter of Col. Taylor.

McGregor, Ia-0Id Fort Crawford,
scene of many a tale of manliness and
chtvalry, of love and var, where JEFF
fersOn Davis had his early romance, is
a picturesque spot The fort is on the
/ banks Of the Mississippi river and is
now 8 part of the ancient town of
Prairie du Chen, the oldest city in
Wisconsin, founded by French Jesuits.
who came down from Canada to Green
Bay, down the Wisconsin into the Mis-
sissippi in 1863
The fort is a site of prominence on a
knoll overlooking the mouth of the
Wisconsin and large stretch of the
greater river into which it flows.
Jefferson Davis began his military
career here directly after graduation
at West Point and receiving the usual
brevet of second lieutenant. He was
at st. Louis for little time and was
then transferred. Here he found Col
| Zachary Taylor in command
Here Jefferson Davis met the three
daughters and the son Of his command
ing officer; and here the handsome
young soldier fell in love with Sarah
Taylor. Picnics planned to Picture
| rock and what is now known as Nc
| Gregor heights, together with romantic
Tambles and sails unknown to the good
colonel and his wife, brought about the
| natural order of experience. Gentle
Sarah Taylor and Lieut. Jefferson Da-
Wis loved each other.
The Dousmans and Capt. McRee and
his family were happy over the love
of these Hkeable young folk OF
course, it being true love, it could not
be expected to run smooth Col Tay-
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ahead of her work She has for a
Mr. Bryan's personal correspondence
and has been what he calls his con
fidential secretary" Just now Mr..
!. Brysn's official stenOgrapher, who has
ahelped In previous campaigns, is a
essidsnt at Fairview, but this does not
4 relieve Mrs. Bryan from looking after
kr Bryans private correspondence.
She takes up the consideration of the
mail Immediately after breakfast.
which, by the way, is a very early
meal for Mrs. Bryan, as she is usually
about the house planning various lines
! OF work and outlining her duties for
the day at five o'clock in the morning.
Nr Bryan dictates his letters to Mrs.
Bryan and as a rule his editorials. Mrs.
Bryan did not attempt tC learn any de-
hned system of shorthand when first
undertaking this work, but Immediate
" arranged a contracted system of her
eva. which she has found to be ade-
quate in every way. About five years
ago she began using the typewriter
and now has become such rapid
operator she frequently takes dictation
direct on the machine.
Mr.. Bryan's mail does not comprise
al that is received at Fairview. for
Mrs. Bryan herself daily receives more
letters than any other woman in the
land, unless il should be the wife Of
President Roosevelt Everybody who
has any sort of a question 10 ask. con.
cludes at once Mrs. Bryan is the
proper person 70 whom 90 apply.
{ Mrs, Bryan is am ardent church
worker, giving according to her means.
and always lending her influence to
s the smaller organizations Where it is
most needed When she moved to
Fairview she attended The little church
/ at Normal Pa. .asa.y q mission church
was es,aa Id liz South Lincoln and
she and BE. husband severed their con
neetloE with tHe fashionable First
church %, ..r city all placed their
names CD ... membership roll of the
s. new o-Ea--.--.. SHOWN as Westmin-
ster church
Mrs FryHu F. F.srry I.~e1 by all
3 who serve ion. ana ...arl cfran trou-
bled in se.'-.-- competent help. she
is alway e.e g. .a..-- .ar household
4 servant.
She hiss T.-.r..-- lasss.a-..v. the
4 Influence 90 ---.r Is ta--.s.-.fnr She
possesses Fl iaE-a 'ea.ae of -a-rf1Iness
1 which is no -ssE-le-. iuI airs Bryan
is slways F.-.l-t-y natural. md one al.
ways sees h.. Is sh- really is. Her
manner is cordial and when convers
ing her face lights up with a smile
which makes her at once seem q
friend
The Washington bee., 1908-08-01
GHNaR DQIHAVG0 Q5ALlls

elected president of the Republic OF
Panama to succeed President Amador,
was until lately minister from Panama
to the United States, having been ap-
pointed at the creation Of the republic
in 1903. He is a native of Panama, So
years old and was in BOgota and in the
United States until his twenty-fourth
year, when he returned TO Panama and
became connected with the large busi-
ness interests of his father. Senor
Obaldia is one Of the largest stock
raisers in Central America and ex-
ports horses, cattle and mules He
was governor Of Panama when It be-
longed to Colombia and is a conserva-
tive in politics.
Senior Obaldis defeated President
Amador's candidate for president, SEQ
ratary Arias Obaldla was Amad0r's
choice until, when acting as presIds4t
IN the absence Of AmAdoT, he tnstt-
tuted policies which sstrangsd -
chief.
The Washington bee., 1908-08-01
MRS. ]. SHERMAN
IS BRILLIANT WOMAN AND AN
IDEAL HoUsEKEEPER.
Washington Home of Republican Can
cidate for Vice-Presidency and
Wife Is the Center of an In
telIectual Coterie.

Washington.-Years ago Carrie
Babcock was one of the bellies OF
Utica. To-day she is the wife of the
Republican nominee for Vice-president,
Congressman James Schoolcrsft Sher-
man In Washington she is known as
a brilliant conversationalist and as the
possessor of a keen intellect, familiar
with all matters OF current legislation.
Her home. as long as she maintained
one here, was the center OF q little
coterie Of brilliant men and women.
In Utica the Shermans have an at
tractiVe home In Genesee avenue. The
house stands in several acres of ground
and Mrs. Sherman has surrounded il
with flowers. She has her greenhouses,
which protect the flowers in winter,
and each time that 1t has been neces-
sary to leave Utica she has made 1t q
point never to do so until the last
flower has been taken IN and cared for
Among her intimate friends Mrs.
Sherman has the reputation of being
An ideal housekeeper. She puts up her
own preserves and superintsnds the
details of her marketing.
Mrs. Sherman was born in the town
which is now her home. She was the
daughter of L. H. Babcock, a promI-
nent lawyer She attended the Utica
seminary and later became a student
at BalliOl school
Col Eliakim Sheriff. of the One
Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York
Volunteers, to whom a monument was
erected at Gettysburg some years ago,
was Mrs. SheTman's maternal grand
father. Col Sheriff. was shot and
killed at Gettysburg. Mrs. Sherman's
maternal grandmother was Emily El.
dredge, said to have been a direct de-
scendant Of Pocahontas.
If Taft and Sherman win next No
vember the SheTmans will return to
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MRS. BRYAN At HOME
WIFE OF DEMOCRATIC CANDL
DATE FOR PRESIDENT.
Has Been of Great Help to Famous
Nebraskan-Eas Studied Law and
Been Admitted to Bar
Her Home Life.

Lincoln, Neb.-Mrs. Bryan, the wife
OF William Jennings Bryan, Demo
cratic candidate for president of the
United States. shares every confidence,
and Is on all occasions a most reliable
hSlpmeet by her husbands side. The
home life or Mr. and Mrs. Bryan truth
fully demonstrates the old adage, The
twain are one"
Mrs. Bryan is not only a home
maker, but a hOme-keeper. and man
hges the daily routine at Fairview
Wth utmost system. Whatever inter
Teptions are crowded into the day. the
household machinery remains IN
changed and Mrs. Bryan always main
tAins a calm exterior.
1t always has been Mrs. Bryan's fer
vent ambition to keep abreast with her
husbands Intellectual progress. This
shs has accomplished, and in doing so
gives example by precept, for she has
studied side by side with Mr.. Bryan
il every phase of life's problem in
which he has at any time been inter
ssted. When Mr.. Bryan decided upon
/ law as his profession, then It was that
|. be took one step in advance of Mrs.
Bryan, but it was not to be for long,
/ Tor when Mrs. Bryan came to Lincoln
| Phe Immediately began a course OF
law studies, and after graduating was
admitted to practice in all courts Of
the state When asked why she
Studied such dry musty subject as
"laW." she modestly declared it was
Just because she did not want Mr
Bryan to become conversant with a
subject Of which she Eas ignorant
She said the course was really easy
and any woman who has the time
could do as she has done.
Mrs Bryan leads a very active and
busy life, but having everything so
well systematzed, manages to keep
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In Sohemia.

Thomas a DaIy, the Philadelphia
poet responded. at Q recent shad
breakfast. to the toast, Bohemia"
Bohemia is a pleasant place" said
Mr.. DAILY. but a steady job is better,
on the whole A heavy shower drove
ne the other day into a favCrite Bohe-
nian resort on Peanut street BOhe-
mans surrounded me, young and old
mes. they We're drinking beer.
As The waiter hurried 10 and fro.
noticed that every little while he
would pause before a sla-e and scrawI
ouet-iuE on It. walked over TO the
late and say d great multitude of
.ueer phrases such as:
Old Shoes. &c. Blacs Underwear.
sc; Frinee5 Pants. 25c One Black
and One Red Sock. 10c
7 couldn't resist asking the waiter
what all that meant
Well. sir. said he. 4 don't know
the names Of most of these gents. so.
when l give EN- tick, l have to take
note of some popularity OF their get
up, sir"
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actively interested in the project, and
has been spending much of his time
in Mexico of late. The concession for
this enterprise provides for the use
Of the water of Lake Chapala for ir-
rigating about 100000 acres of land
adjacent to the lake. The government
will pay a subsidy Of $25 per hectare
OF 2jk acres on all land placed under
irrigation. 1t is stated that a system
Of canals and bitches will be built to
cover every part of the tracts of land
that are to be irrigated and that great
electric pumping plants will be in
stalled to raise the water out Of the
lake. The cost of the construction OF
the system of irrigation will be al
most offset by the subsidy.
A number OF applications for conoes-
sions to establish large irrigation
plants under the new subsidy law are
pending in the department of fOmento
of the federal government Minister
Olegario Molina of that department re-
Gently signed a contract with Joaquin
Redo, a wealthy business man of Ma
zatlan, for the establishment of a
system of irrigation in the valley of
the San Lorenzo river in the state Of
SinalOa Mr. Redo binds himself to
place $4,000 acres under irrigation
within ten years from the date of the
contract
Primitive methods Of irrigation are
in use in many parts of Mexico. Some
of these irrigating plants have been
in operation continuously for more
than $50 years. The water is raised
by means of cumbersome water wheels
operated by the native poems. The
capacity of the buckets on these
wheels is small but a considerable
quantity of water is lifted in the
course of a days operation and sew
eraI acres may be irrigated from one
water wheel The demand for mod
ern pumping plants has increased very
rapidly during the last few years, and
it is not unusual to see a gasoline en-
gine at work alongside of one of the
antiQuated water wheels
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Washington and take a house for the
winter. With them will come Mrs.
Sherman's mother, Mrs. Babcock who
makes her home with Representative
Sherman, and the two sisters of Mrs.
Sherman, Mrs J. c. De Long and Mrs.
L. B. Moore, may spend the season
here.
The family of Representative and
Mrs. Sherman includes three sons, one
of whom is married and has a charm
ing little daughter, Ellen This little
maid is the bright particular star Of
the Sherman home and the idol of her
grandparents Mrs Sherman has an
attractive niece who If the Republican
ticket is elected next fall, will spend
a great deal of time in Washington.
The Shermans have been married
about % years and they have an
ideally happy home Among the
women Of Washington Mrs Sherman
is particularly popular She has a
charming personality, an affable man
ner and a delightful spirit of hospi-
tality. Her invitations are never de-
clined
Last winter Representative and Mrs.
Sherman lived at the New Willard and
entertained only in the most informal
way Their dinner parties were limited
to only a few guests because of the i'll
health of both Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman.
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loft Dish Given to Pennsylvania
Museum.

through his agents abroad, for an au-
thentic specimen Of this early English
manufacture. Some time ago he heard
of a piece in possession of a London
dealer, but the price demanded, 500,
was beyond the limited resources OF
the museum, although it was consid-
cred a reasonable price for so great a
rarity. The matter was laid before
Mr.. Henszey, who at once offered to
provide the necessary sum, and the
purchase was authorized.
When the director received the pre-
ci0us piece of earthenware from the
custom house in New York he took 1t
up to the Metropolitan museum and
exhibited it to the enViOus officials
there, and he received an offer of
twice the amount that had been paid
for it.
Toft dishes, which are usually about
Is inches in diameter, were produced
in England before porcelain was in
vented, and they we're considered at
that time works of great merit The
decoration is made by pouring liquid
clay, or slip, through a quill attached
to little cup, the designs being traced
in the same manner as patterns in
sugar icing are applied to cakes. The
Toft dish which has been procured by
the museum bears FIVE medallions,
each one containing a rude portrait of
Charles II, and in the central medal
lion are the initials R. c., for Rex
Carolus-King Charles. loft used the
royalty and nobility of the period as
decorative subjects for his dishes. AS
each piece was decorated by hand we
find no Implications; consequently the
piece now on exhibition in PhHadel-
phia is unique, and is one of the finest
pieces which have thus far come to
light
Students of pottery are familiar
with the appearance of TOft ware from
illustrations in books on ceramics, but
this is the first opportunity presented
to them to inspect a genuine piece. 1t
has a particular interest in connection
with the slip-decoTated ware of the
Pennsylvania Germans, Of which the
Pennsylvania museum has a unique
collection.
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tree invites him to rest he permits
the bird to perch on a twig, watching
it hour after hour
Another curious expression of the
pleasure Chinese find in pets is the ap-
plication of whistles to a whole flock
of pigeons. These whistles are at
tached to the tails of young pigeons
soon after their birth by means of fine
copper wire and when the birds t1y
the wind blowing through the whistles
produces a melOdfous Open-air concert,
for the instruments in one flock are
all tuned differently. In Pekin, whers
these instruments are manufactured
with great cleverness and ingenuity. il
is even possible to enjoy this aerial
music while sitting In ones room.
In spite of the seemingly large va
riety of whistles there are but two dis
tinet types-those consisting of obIong
bamboo tubes placed side by side, and
those consisting of tubes attached to
a gourd body or wind chest. They
are lacquered in yellow, brown, red
and black The tube whistles have
two or three or else five tubes. In
some specimens the five tubes are
made of horn instead of bamboo.
AS to the materials and implements
used in the manufacture of pigeon
whistles, there are small gourds that
serve for the bodies; halves Of large
gOurds Of a particular species i'm
ported from Shantung to Pekin for
this special industry, from which stop
pers are made that fit into them, and
four kinds of bamboo, cylindrical
pieces of a large species that grows
IN the south, for making the mouth
pieces of the large tubes; thin sticks
for making those of the small ones,
hard bamboo for the large tubes them
selves, and a soft kind for smaller
ones.
The separate pieces are fastened to
gether by means of fish glue. A razor
like knife is used for splitting the
bamboo sticks and a chisel to break
the harder pieces. For the general
work a dozen spatulas are required,
and avis are used for drilling the
small mouthpieces.
Some of the whistles, especially the
smaller ones, require much skill In
their making. One workman is said
to be able to turn out about three
specimens a day, which shows the diff
ficulty Of the work.
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COSTLY PIECE OF EARTHWARE.
Pennsylvania Museum Acquired loft
Dish Made About 1866.

Philadelphia.-One of the most i'm
portant of the recent accessious to the
Pennsylvania museum. in Memorial
hall, is a large earthenware dish,
known as TOft dish, which was made
by Thomas TOft of Staffordshire, Eng
land, about 1866, at the time Of the res
tOration of Charles II. Toft ware. as
it is generally called, is exceedingly
scarce. and this is the first example
that is known to have been brought to
the United States.
The museum owes its acquisition to
the generosity of William p Henszey
Of the Baldwin Locomotive works. The
director, Dr.. Barber. who is the recog-
nized American authority on pottery,
has been for long time on the lookout
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PRIMITIVE IRRIGATION METHODS.
Companies Organized Will lmprovs
System in Old Mexico.

St LOuis.-The new irrigation law
which was recently passed by the Mex
icaR congress already has led to the
Inauguration of a number of irrigation
projects in different parts Of that
country. The fact that the law carries
an appropriation of $25,0OO.000 to be
paid in subsidies to those who place
land under irrigation. serves as an in
centiye for the establishment Of i'm
prOvements of this character.
One of the largest Of these irrigation
enterprises under the new law is being
financed by a syndicate OF st. Louis
men, headed by David r. Francis.
His son. David R. Francis, Jr., is
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will contain &c stars in the field or
union to conform in number to the
states. The additional star follows the
admission of Oklahoma to the family
Of states, an act of congress in the
early part Of the nineteenth century
requiring that on the admission Of q
new state one star is to be added to
the flag. to take effect On the July 4
next succeeding such admission.
Oklahoma came into the union Novem-
Der 16 last.
The So stars are to be in six rows
the first, third, fourth and sixth rows
to have eight stars, and the second
and fifth rows seven stars each The
stars rest on blue field. A great
many American flags now flying from
public buildings will have TO be al
tered 10 meet the new conditions.