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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26
FAILS 70 ARRIVE
Home Pigeon from St. Paul Freed
at Dickinson Monday, is Lost
on Way-lts First Flight.

An interesting experiment was made
by A. H. Deiters, Of the firm of Hughes
& Deitess, Monday morning when home
pigeon which he had brought from St.
Paul the day before was let loose. The
bird was the property Of Mr.. Deiters'
nephews at that city, who have raised
quite number of birds. just for the
pleasure Of training and experimenting
with them. A note was attached to the
pigeons foot just before it was let loose.
The bird was freed shortly before
o'clock, but for about ten minutes it
remained near the house on the roof of
the barn, apparently getting its bearings.
At 8 O'Clock, the pigeon started on its
travels, rising to quite height. circline
around and then heading toward the
southeast, it soon disappeared from view.
The flight was witnessed by a number
of Mr.. Deiters' friends
At last reports, nothing had been
seen of the bird at St. Paul. The dis
tance is 500 miles, which is quite a
journey for well trained and expert
enced pigeon. This bird, however, was
young and had never been sent on
flights of any distance The failure of
the experiment is due largely to this fact,
that the bird had never had any expert
ence and consequently its home instincts
were not fully developed While Mr..
Deiters was not surprised at the out
come, he was rather disappointed. for
had the bird reached its home under
the difficult conditions existing, it
would have been quite remarkable
feat.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26
Rapelje Honored
Superintendent J. M. Rapelje. wt

Superintendent J. M. Rapelje. whose
headquarters are now at Missoula.
Mont. but who was formerly in charge
of this division Of the Northern Pacific
road. was greatly honored Monday even
ing of last week when he was given
testimonial banquet at Glendive, Mont.
Supt Rapelie has taken. the. superin-
tendency of the Rocky Mountain di-
vision, locating at Missoula. Accor-
dinghy, to show their appreciation of
his past work, the business and rail-
road men of Glendive gave him great
public reception. He was given life
membership in the Yellowstone divis-
ion. order Of Railway Conductors, and
was presented with certificate en-
sraved on plate Of solid gold, bearing
the seal of the order enameled in colors.
A public reception was given in the
evening and big crowd was in attend
ance. A musical prosam was given
and addresses made complimentary to
the guest Of honor. Mr.. Rapelje was
presented with fine diamond ring.
bearing upon it the engraved emblems
Of the order Of Knights Templar.
EJ. Berry, former resident Of Dick
inson and still q property owner. was
one Of the committee appointed by the
Glendive city council to have charge of
the icreception.
Supt B o.: johnson, who is Mr..
Rapelje 's.sucpessa. J. B. Dehlinser of
Dickinson. tie local round house FORE
man, and M. sanders Of Miles City,
who has supplied a. the agent Of the
local station at various times, were
among the speakers Of the evening. Mr..
Dehlinger was appointed one Of COM
mittee of two to escort Superintendent
Rapelje to the front when he was pre-
sented with the diamond ring, There
10 general regret all along this division
over his departure.
The Dawson County Review Of Glen-
dive gave a fine of the testimonial
account from which the above facts
are taken.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26
MANY TO
HEAR TAFT
Special Train Arranged from
Dickinson Monday for Taft
Speech at Fargo. Big
Crowd Expected.

William H. Taft, the republican can
didate for president, will deliver an
address at Fargo Monday and during the
few hours of his stay in that city there
will be something doing every minute.
Arrangements have been made to run
special train from Dickinson and it is
now expected that nearly 100 republican
enthusiasts will journey to Fargo to
hear their candidate and take part in
the big celebration.
This special train of IA coaches will
leave this city at 80 a. m. Monday.
in charge of Tom Hughes. who is at the
head of the committee of arrangements
for this section. The tickets will have
to be purchased of him on board the
train and will be sold at the rate Of IN
cents mile, one way, making the round
trip fare from Dickinson about 81. 30.
This train will reach Fargo by S O'Clock,
in time for the arrival of the candidates
special train and the parade which is
one of the features. The special will
leave directly after the speech and will
arrive here sometime Tuesday morning.
The Dickinson band has been asked to
attend and take part in the parade and
in return the members will get free
transportation. This is allowable under
the law as the whole train has been
chartered by the committee.
At Mandan 100 passengers are expected,
ESQ or so from Bismarck and large num-
bers from all the other towns nearer the
scene. Those west of Dickinson who
wish to hear Taft, must reach here the
night before, as the train starts from
this station.
One of the big features will be q mon
strous barbecue under the direction of
the western North Dakota members of the
party. Several steers will be roasted
whole and big V time is planned.
Visitors may be sure Of plenty to eat.
when the citizens of the western part of
the state are in charge
Mr.. Taft will spend several hours in
Fargo. He will be greeted with big
military parade and several bands Of
music. Then will follow torch light
procession of over 1000 members of the
Cass county Taft clubs. Candidate
Taft will speak from a platform erected
in an open space in Ireland park, a
most beautiful ampitheatre. which will
be lighted with scores Of arc and incan-
descent lights In case of rain he will
speak at the opera house and the Grand
theatre. ~s
Fully 10. 600 people from all over the
state are expected.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26
STOCK WINS FAME
Exhibit Of Little Missouri Horse
Company at Toronto, Can.
Secures Sweeping Victory.

Major A. c. Huidekoper and son. Earl
G. Huidekoper, Of Meadville, Pa. we'll
known in this vicinity as the owners Of
the celebrated H T ranch south of Dick
inson, have been winning great honoes
with their exhibits of livestock at east
ern fairs this fall. more especially at
the great Toronto exhibition at Toronto.
Canada. E. C. Huidekoper writes the
Press of their victories and encloses a
clipping relating to the honors the exhib-
it's of the Little Missouri Horse Co. have
been securing. The livestock mentioned
was, for the most part, raised on the H
T ranch.
The Little Missouri Horse Co. exhibited
at Toronto IL animals and secured 10
first prizes and the championship of all
thoroughbred horses of any age at the
fair. This exhibition is one of the best
in the east and it's entries include live
stock of the foremost breeders of the
country. Such sweeping victories as the
Hnidekoper animals won are therefore
full of great honor.
The exhibit included pure bred
Percherons, Urray, the head stock horse.
and seven colts bred by the firm, also
three pure bred Durham cattle, Sidelieht,
the head of the herd and two calves, and
the thoroughbred mare, Woodland Nymph,
by Alan-a-Dale. Some of the victories
were such triumphs that they are worthy
of giving in detail.
The winning of the pure bred Durham
bull, Sidelight, was especially good as
the animal is only four years old and to
win in an aged class at his age is some
thing to be proud of. His son. Pride Of
Conneat, was also entered and was
called the finest specimen Of the pure
bred Durham at the show, weighing 1900
pounds and only IL months old. ~
The thoroughbred mare. Woodland
Nymph, ran away with all the honors,
being awarded the championship of all
the other thorouehbreds at the fair. Of
any age.
, IN view of such honors, Dickinson
friends extend congratulations to the
owners of the Little Missouri Horse Co.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26
South Dickinson

@ There was good attendance at the
meeting Of the German commercial club
held Ia the German Mercantile hall Tues
day evening and some important busi-
mess matters were taken yp. The club
has succeeded in carving through several
important business matters since its q
ysanization and the member are still
busy. ss
One question Of Importance that waa
discussed at this meeting was the need
Of more lights on tie n. p. crossing.
These crossings are very dangerous Al
any time and there 10 certainly good rea-
san 70 ask for more lights when the
safety Of % many people i q stake.
Il will Be up e TIE city: council g Tie
NJ. r. to is that. tie lights are put liz,
Another matteies considered Tuesday
evening peEtained tos police protsction
foe South Dickinson. "a the evening Il
:iS almost inpo ssible for one man To- lo0A
after the affairs both north and south oi
the tracks and 1T tbs next meeting soi
the city council q pefiti0 Ion viii be pees
sented asking for at least d night police
man. to be selected from residents of the
South Side. 25s
Some 81 tho resident Of South Dickin-
son have failed 70 comply with the side-
walk ordinance and the club voted 10
notify these parties 10 put in thu walk
|atsonc0 Nr tho matt would bes re4kre
Et0 the aldermen az the nekt meeting u d
the council.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26
IN BAN KRuPTcY
Proprietors Of the Ideal News
Stand Adjudged Bankrupts.
Actions Invalid.

Further proceedings in the troubles Of
the Ideal newstand and its prowietors
have changed the situation and by the
commencing Of bankruptcy proceedings
at Fargo. September II. the actions
brought by local firms against the store,
are now without effect and the creditors
must 60 through the usual proceedings
in such cases to get any money.
The store was closed Saturday night,
September 5th, when several actions
were brought against the proprietors. A.
]. and Mrs. Ida Hopkins, for amounts
owed for stock and equipment Mrs.
Hopkins was in Fargo at the time and
the papers were served on her at that
city Several Of the suits were brought
by local firms and the aggregate was
around 81. 600. Among those having
claims were Roquette Bros, Thomas E.
Vallancey, Dickinson Steam Laundry.
Hughes & Deiters and o. B. Ftankenberg.
There were also several out Of town firms
from whom the stock Of goods had been
purchased.
Last week Thursday, petition for
bankruptcy was made at Fargo by Mr..
and Mrs. Hopkins. and Judge Charles F.
Amidon Of the United States district
court of North Dakota, adjudged the
petitioners in bankruptcy. BY this pro-
cedure, the actions against the firm were
invalid and now those who have sums
due them will have to enter their claims
at a hearing before referee which will
be held at Fargo in the Office Of E. H.
Smith, Oct I.
Notices Of the institution of proceed
ings were sent to the creditors yesterday.
containing the assets and liabilities
and also the date Of the first meeting Of
c1editors The assets are $949 and the
liabilities are s.. 57s. 86. The entire
assets are claimed to be exempt, which
looks as though there wont be very much
left for the creditors. 4. b
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26
Ferris May Go /

Il 10 fumored that Pestmaster j. "a.
Ferris the well known pioneer business
man Of Medora. has sold out his stand
there and will 60 to Sidney, Mont. /.
where he already has mercantile busi-
ness Nj. johnson. who runs hotel at
Medora, is reported to have bought the
Ferris interests in that town. S. NJ.
Ferris, register Of the U. s. land Office
here. was seen this week but was unable
to s1bstantiate the story. He said that
his brother had been contemplating the
change, but he did not know that it had
been transacted, not having seen him
for ten days or more. This Is taken to
mean that il the deal has not been
made, it soon will be.
j. Al Ferris is one Of the old timers
and has continued to run his store at
Medora for many years. through good
times and bad He Is also well known
rancher and was with President Roose-
welt when he shot his hrst buffalo in
The Bad Lands some years, aea Both
brothers are intimate friends Of the Pres
ident and il the Medora merchant is to
leave the state, it will be matter Of
sincere resret to. q large number. He
has been heavily interested in store
lat Sidney for some time. and now that
the Missouri River railroad seems an
a.s,,rn.l fort - u ,.>.l,ovns - ~a,n,,dor fhof
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26


jammed down into the brain. making a
depression of fully an inch The second
fracture was nearer the top Of the head,
and while not as large. was as serious q
blow. buryine the bone in the substance
Of the brain. Es..%
An operation was, Of course, a neces-
sity and D.. v. H. Stickney removed
the pieces Of bone. assisted at the end
by d. G. A. Perkins. The operation.
In itself, was not an unusual nor delicate
one, but the danger lay in the fact that
the pieces were imbedded in the brain.
Cases Of recovery under these conditions
are very rare and the mans chances
were very slim. slat. .8s s5
A large number Of pieces Of the skull
were removed. varying ii size from
small wlinteSs to one piece as larke aa
silver dollar. and about X of an inch
in thickness which was taken from The
hole above the left ear. So dihacnlt and
90 serious was the operation that q por-
tion Of the brain matter had to be re-
moved to get al the particles .
Atthe close 81 the operation. the patient
was vesy low and D.. Stickney despaired
Of saving his life. He lay in an uncon-
scious state for hours, closely watched
By the hospital attendants to prevent
self injury. as the irritation Of the brain
caused the man 10 throw out his arms
continually. For two days he took no
nomishment Of any kind and the end
was expected every minute.
AZ tie end Of that time. the patient re-
gained consciousness and appeared to
recognize those about him and take an
interest In thinsa D. Stickney immedi-
ately saw that there was change and
recovery possible
Le Clair began to mend at once and
now, little more than three, wseis; aftes
tho accident. iSSable to be: out d doors
The most remarkable feature Of ths
case 10 that there a1e comparatively no
bsd effects Ihe patient has two. holes
in his head. depressioas Of over half an
inch Ii depth. but these arc covered
with muscle and skin and are not Wis
ible 10 the eye. The fact that the brain
was operated on and q part Of it re-
moved, does not seem to have impaired
the man reasoning the least He has
little trouble with his speech. slight
hesitancy and mispronunc nciation Of
words. but d. Sticknsy expects that
/ this will b gradually oyetcome. The
operation also left traces Of facial dis
tation, tie left side being badly twisted
but this will also improve IN time.
That the victim Is alivs today, with
his mental capacities practically unin-
paired. = most reanalka able, making The
case one Of the n,oet wonderful On
record and ons which Will % bound q
bring d. Stickney widespread recos-
nixance among the medical profession.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26
CROP ACREAGE
Annual Report for Year 1908
Ranks Stark County Second
Among Its Neighbors.

The crop report for the state Of North
Dakota by counties, giving the acreage
for 1908 in all varieties Of crops, is one
Of the features Of the September number
Of the North Dakota magazine. just
issued this week.
The figures for Stark. Hettinger, Bill
linss and Dunn counties are given below
fors comparison. ~
Wheat. t.-Stark county, "A, 500 acres ;
Hettinser. o.09o; Dunn. 14.162; Bill
linss, 5.472.
0ats-Stark county. IA. 800 acres !;
Hettinser, 1906; Dunn. 1922; Bill
linsA 1883. sf{9
Barley, Stark county, 76o acres;
Hettingef, 769; Dunn. 1868; Billings,
1, z07.
Flax, Stark county, 1900 acres
Hettinser, 10, TIA; Dunn 4, 239; Billings.
8, 315.
Rye. county, $50 acres; Het-
finger, Is; Dunn, 81; Billings, 56;
Corn, county. 3, 500 acres; Het-
Ftinger, 1872: Dunn. 901 Billings. $50.
Potatoes, Stark county $50; Hettin-
ga, 4o6 Dunn, $50; Billings, 1875.
Roots of all kinds, STARK county, 22
acres; Hettinger, 80; Dunn. 200; Bill
linss, 3. s5
Hay. millet and hungarian, Stark
county, $40 acres; Hettinser. IS: Dunn,
81 j; Billings, us.
Bronze grass, Stark county, $50 acres :
Hettinser. 56; Dunn. s.; Billings %.
+ Other tame grasses, Stark county,
100 acres; Hettinser. 14s; Dunn, 81;
Billings 3;
Total acreage Of crop. including tame
Grasses Stark county, 46. 7S2 acres; /;
Hettinser. s3, 4i3 acres; Dunn. 1856
acres !; Billings. "A, 2s9 acres;
0fthe totals given. Bottineau county
leads with q total Of s Sc. 720 acres with
Cas- county close second having 556. :
521 acres Bowman county IL the lowest
with only 6, 300 acres. hwheat c1lfiva-
tion. Bottineau leads with 372, 0oO acres
McIisnry county has the most oats 16s. =
S56H acres; Pembina. 90, 800 acres Of
barley !; Mclean Leads with IS, 417 acres
Eof Aak and m srye Eddy county leads
With 4, ,o13 a0ea y
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26
F.or SIG

B. 100 sheep. consisting Of 800 7-year2;
old wethers, 100 lambs and 300 ewes,
Fall good breeding ewes, ages from q to 81
years old. Call q write JACOB MEHRER.s
Mott, N. p. 88-7o o8pS
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-26

IL II ponsf ~ Afraid give Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy to Your child Itcon-
tains no opium d other harmful drug.
[It always c,ares. For sale hy Ill drug
leists. o5.st
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-18
ASKS COUNTIES TO REPORT.

The state board of equalization mail
ed today, to the various county audi
final reports for the year. These re-
ports should be mailed to the board not
later than the first Monday in Decem-
Der. In order that the state board may
promptly make out its report for sub
mission TO tho governor and legislature.
Dilatory action on the part of the corn-
ty officials delays the state board, 1t re-
quests therefore that county auditors
make no delay. but forward their re-
ports on the date mentioned, or in adj
vance The board has been greatly in
convenienccd In the past because some
county officers failed to do their duty
and comply with the law in this re-
~
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-18
A FAT BABY

Usually Evidence OF Proper Feeding
Babies grow very rapidly and If they
do not get the right kind of food they
grow backwards instead of forwards:
that is, when their food isSnot nourish
ing they grow thin and cross and some
of them die from lack of the right kind
of food. a girl writes:
My aunt's baby was very delicate
and was always III. She was not able
to nurse it and took 1t to ono doctor
after another, but none of them did
the child any good.
''One day moher told my ;ttfnt TO try
5Grape-Nuts for the baby, but she
laughed and said il the doctors couldn't
do the baby any good. how could
Grape-Nuts? But mother said try it
anyway
so my aunt put one tablespoonful
of Grape-Nuts in u quarter cup of hot
water and when the food was soft she
added as much milk as water and gave
that to the baby.
In II month and a half you would
hardly have known that baby, 1t was
Dor asked my aunt what made the
baby 50 healthy and fat when only six
weeks before it was SO thin. She said
.Girape-Nuts. The neighbor got
Grape-Nuts for her baby and 1t was
coon as fat as my aunt's child"
There's a Reason
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek, Mich Read, THE Road to
Melville" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
ono appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest Il
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-18

this year in Salt Lake county than last
year. The rate remained the same,
no cnange being made in state, county,
| OF city, but the assessment WaS con-
siderablv larger this year owing to the
Increased wealth Of the community.
Mrs. Mary Judge Is believed to be the
| largest individual taxpayer In Salt
Lake county. That is, there Is prob
ABLY more property assessed In her
name than that of any other. Other
| persons may pay more taxes, but it Is
claimed that such sums are assessed
III the names OF corporations, In which
the individuals have stock.
10 ascertain the largest taxpayer in
the state would require investigation
In various counties. for while the
wealthtest man in the commonwealth
probably makes his residence in this
city, he doubtless pays taxes In more
counties than one The highest tax
paid by corporation in the state IL
that of the Rio Grande Western Rail-
road company.
Inquiry at local banks and trust corl-
panies develops that the wage earning
classes are not drawing their savings
IN order to pay taxes, for the good real
son that there are so many public i'm
provcments in progress. and so much
building and general work being done
that the wage earning classes are we'll
able to pay all their municipal obliga-
tons from their weekly or monthly
pay. If any class Is drawing from tho
banks to pay taxes, it is the property
owning classes; and there is good deal
OF money being drawn out OF the
banks for purposes of Investment In
countless directions. but largely for
building. an enormous amount of which
Is going on. Some of the banks from
the nature Of their charters can not loan
money on mortgages or real estate, 50
rowing from other banks or from pri-
vate individuals
OF course the annual payment Of
taxes. particularly where there Is
rush to get them in and escape delin-
auency, occasions sudden calls on the
banks through tax paying patrons, for
large amounts Of money which are
deposited by the city, county and state
treasurers in one or two banks. This
results for the time being In a strin-
gency with the banks not thus favored.
While the favored institutions have
what the yernacular calls a soft
thing of it." However, in the course
Of business the situation evens up,
straightens itself out, through the
gradual restoration OF the money In
question TO the general circulat ton.
Business conditions are such that no
one or two banks can hold the bulk
of currency In the community foi
any length Of time; and no special at
tempt Is made to maintain any sucn
condition.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-18
FORT DOUGLAS PLANS HERE.

The military authorities at Fort
Douglas have accepted tho new ball-
cry building at the post from the
Campbell Building company OF this
city. The structure is 6Ox130 feet, one
story, brick and brown stone, costing
altogether $4,000 The ovens are now
bling set. The roof Is on at the new
hospital, and plans have arrived from
Washington for four new buildings. in
Guiding two new double barracks, and
two store buildings for the quarter
master. Altogether there are to be
some 20 new buildings erected at Fort
Douglas, which will put the post in the
best condition since its founding The
sites for the new barracks have not
as yet been selected. and 1t is not be-
lieVed now that the old stone barracks
will be demolished. as they can be
made good use of for a variety of pur-
poses. Congress has appropriated
s260,oOO FOR the enlargement of Fort
Douglas.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-18
FIGHTING BOB" WRITES.


Rear Adp,lral Robley D. Evans has
written to Gov. John C. Cutler express
ing his appreciation for an engrossed
copy of the executives address during
visit Of Fighting Bob to this state
The letter, which was received yester-
day afternoon, roads as follows:
His Excellency, John G. Cutler, Gov
ernor OF Utah.
My Dear Governor-Will you please
accept my sincere thanks for the beau
tiful and artistic copy of your address
to me on my second visit to the stnte
which j have the honor to represent in
the navay for the past As years?
Il assure you that I fully appreciate
the kind and courteous words you have
sent me, and that | shall guard the
book as one of my most valued pos
sessions.
With great respects am. sir, sin
cerely yours. r, d. EVANS.
"Rear Admiral U. S. N, Retired"