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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
WRECKED IN SNOWSTORM.
Passenger Train Crashes Into Freight in
Montana---2O, Passengers Hurt.

Livingston, Montana. Flowing
through q snow storm, eastbound, a
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy pas
senger train running over the North
ern Pacific ranlroady crashed head-on
into a freight train at Young's Point,
where the trains we're to pass, and in
the demolition that resulted a score
Of lives were crushed out and a score
Of persons were Injured, several prob
ably fatally. The freight fiagman fail
ed to signal the collision, it is said,
because Of the binding snow The
express car telescoped with the smo-
king car, and most Of the fatalities
and injuries were of persons In the
latter car. The. express Car was rails
ed over the platform of the smoking
car and the superstructure swept the
seats away. Not a passenger in the
smoking car escaped death or injury.
Fireman Ora Babcock jumped and
was killed. The smoking cars debris
was hopelessly mixed with heads,
bodies, legs and arms, presenting a
horrible sight. In one place seven
bodies were SO tightly wedged toSeth-
er that they were separated only with
great difficulty. The known dead are
Colonel Benson of Utah; John Caviar,
Billings, Mont Ora Babcock, Billings,
Mont; H. G. Gomble, Winston, Iowa.
e. l.. Elkock, Denver; D. H. Barnes,
Seattle; G. M. Konsick, Anaconda,
Mont; Lon Anderson, Hardy, Mont;
s. Chingdon, Chico Springs, Mont;
Charles E. Johnson, Denver, district
passenger. agent of the Nickel Plate
railway; George Battlerock, Anacon-
da, Mont; John Ryan, Gushing, Okla;
Milo Holloway, Billings, Mont;
ciehemram, address unknown, and
four unidentified coal miners
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
DOCTOR GIVES WARNING.
America in Danger Of Being Infected
IS. With Bunonic plague.

Washington, d. C-That the Gulf
and Atlantic coasts of the United
States are in danger of an infection
.of The bubonic plague was the serious
mote of warning issued by Dr.. N. X.
Foster Of California before the dele
gates in attendance upon the twenty
third annual meeting of the confer
ente Of the state and provincial board
OF health of North America. He ex.
pressed the belief that such an infec-
ton already may have taken place
The address of DR.. Foster, who is
president Of the organization, startled
the delegates. Il firmly believe" said
DR.. Foster, that the United States
will become generally infected, not
from California, but from ports hag-
ing communication by water. MY OBJ
ject is to sound note of warning and
10 put you on your gu6fd against a
dangerous foe" He said no effort
sh0uld be spared to guard against it's
intrpduction and warned his hearers
that every city and town on the Gulf
and Atlantic coasts should begin now
y 4 destroy the rodents which carry
Injection, and prepare for the invasion
Threatened
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
NATIONS IDLE IN CONVENTION.
Great Gathering Of Unemployed il
Session at New York.

z: New York City.-An extraordinary
gatbegfEaSnade up of delegates from
various parts of the country met here.
They Game on the brake beams Of
sfreight, cars, on the 'fblind" baggage
Of t6es swift express or struggled in
over dusty roads. They profess to
represent the country's voorhees, and
to constitute the "frst national con-
vention of the unemployed"
r@The National Committee Of the I'm
employed is the official name Of the
organization at the head of which is
j. ,Eads. How of st. Louis, known as
tsae;a. millionaire hobo"
s.Many prominent men were invited to
deliver addresses before the conven-
ton, among them President Roosevelt,
William j. Bryan, Judge Taft and Jno.
e. Redmond, the Irish leader, who is
at present in this country. All the
gentlemen named have excused them
selves on the ground of other engage
mentS.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
WOMAN INVENTS AIRSHIP.

Russian Buids RudderIess Machine
- That Has Many Virtues.
st. Petersburg, Russia Russian
woman, Nine. Poppova, has joined the
ranks of inventors with rudderless
afrship which she Las christened "The
Annotated Dragon" in virtue Of the
peculiar shape adopted for the body
of the airbag furnishing the lifting
power. Nine. Poppova's aim has been
to abolish the Inconvenience arising
from the attachment of rudders of the
ordinary type, whose action, together
with that of variable gusts of wind,
endangers the balloons equilibrium
and safety. THE Annulated Dragon"
II is claimed, "adapts itself naturally
to every variety and strength of wind
by system Of hoops, viii p also serve
to steer it"
"The health. of the unemployed was
the principal subject scheduled for dis
cussion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
POLICEMAN TOO CURIOUS.
Wanted to See Dynamite Cap Explode.
- Four Are Injured.

~ Four Are Injured.
philadelphia, Pa-Four police off,
GERS we're seriously injured by the ex-
plosion Of a dynamite decorating cap
left by burglars in their hurried de-
parture from the diamond store Of Jo-
seph H. Deschamps.. Reserve Police
man Beaumont and Detectives VIII
liams, Brown, Long and Reilly of the
city force, Moffatt of Camden and
Sharp and Campbell from the Burglar
Alarm Company's Offices, went to the
building.
While examining the burglar tools,
Beaumont satisfied his curiosity as to
ignitiag battery worked by connecting
the positive and negative wires. The
cap exploded, blowing out the officers
right eye. Detective Campbells
tongue was split from end to base
and his teeth were blown out. Moi
fats nose was lacerated and his face
cut, as were the faces of the others.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
LOCAL OPTION FOR INDIANA.
Bill Becomes Law Despite Opposition
Of Liquor Men.

indianapolis, Ind. - Following a
fight that was so close up till the
last minute that neither side felt con-
fident Of claiming victory, the county
local option bill was passed by the
house of representatives by q vote of
55 to As. Governor Hanley signed the
measure at once,
The widest scene witnessed in an
Indiana legislature in years was en-
acted when the roll call was announc-
ed. Having previously passed the
senate and being the pet measure Of
Governor Hanley, it was as good as
law. Democrats fought the bill with
the aid of four recalcitrant republi-
cans. However, six democrats left
their party and voted for the bill, so
that 1t was made law.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
PRACTICAL JOKERS WORK.
Victims Vital Organs Are Badly Lac
Grated by Taking Compressed Air

CIdbCN Ny aRIu3 COlttPl SooSN FNll'
Chicago, Ill.--Andrew Babo was
taken from Burlington, Ind, to the
South Chicago hospital of the Illinois
steel company, with his VITAL organs
torn by Jet OF compressed air.. He
will probably die. He is the victim
of practical joke played at the plant
of the Burlington Cement company,
subsidiary corncern of the United
States Steel Corporation, where he
was employed as laborer. Because
Of MS ignorance Of English, he was
made the butt of many jokes, princi.
pally the harmless practice of turning
a jet Of compressed air down his neck
and watching the dust fly from his
clothing. AS Babo took little notice
.of this, his prosecutors grew bolder.
They put the nozzle Of the air jet
in his mouth and opened the stock
cock, decorating him internally in a
frightful manner
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
FIVE KILLED IN DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Victims Were Literally. Torn to pieces
and Blown 200 Yards,

Scranton, Pa.-Three Americans
and two Italians were blown to pieces
in an explosion of dynamite while
working at Cross Keys Cut, along the
Delaware, .Lackawanna and Western
railroad near Tobyhanna. The five
men were tamping hole containing
eighteen inches of dynamite, when it
prematurely exploded. John Walsh's
legs were split apart, one leg going
to the right bank Of the track, three
hundred yards, and the other two hun
dred yards to the left. Shredf Of
flesh stII chung to the telephone
wires. The bodies were assembled
by means of matching the clothing Of
the victims.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
Washington.

Accidents in coal mines in the Unit
ed States last year resulted in 1925
deaths and injury to 1916 more, an
increase of 1893 in the number Of
deaths Of the previous year, according
to report issued by the geological
survey.
Joseph Stewart of Missouri superin-
tendent of the division of railway adj
justment, has been appointed second
assistant postmaster general, succeed.
ing James I. McCleary, Of Minnesota,
who resigned to become candidate
for congress.
The navy department is negotiat-
ing with Charles A. Logue OF, Charles
town, Mass, for the right to use a
new torpedo that he has invented.
Logue is a third-year student at Bos-
ton university. Ever since the inyen-
ton Of the wireless telegraph he has
been at work on the torpedo, his idea
being to devise one that would be con-
trolled by wireless waves from wire
less station on shore or from ship.
The cruiser Milwaukee, after a
cruise Of two months in southern wa
tiers and stay Of fifteen days at
Amapala, Honduras, has arrived in
San Francisco. Captain Rogers stat
ed that everything was quiet at Anna
pala when he departed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
SEVEN MEN DROWNED.
Pleasure Launch overturns in calu-
met River at Chicago.

Chicago, Ill.-Seven men OUT OF a
party 81 eight were. drowned in the
Calumet river at One Hundred and
TweLty-sixth street, when the pleasure
launch lemon struck one OF the sups
ports Ola railroad bridge and sank
with ALI on board. The owner OF the
launch SWAN ashore and he was the
only oneasaged.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
BOOST FOB GELLERMAN.

l. P Gellerman. trave'ing
passenger agent for the North
ern Pacific. with headquarters
at Fargo, has received a promo
tion which makes him district
passenger agent. with head
quarters in st. Paul, vice I. I.
McKennev. who has been pro-
moted to the position of city
ticket agent at Duluth. Mr..
Gel'ernan has q host of friends
in the city who will be pleased
to learn of his advancement.
Mr. Geilerman will he re-
member as agent here at Wall-
peton for number of years
and he made many friends dur
ing his residence in this city.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
You Can Have The Money Tht
Same Day The Papers
Are Made Ont.

l can make y"u loan on
city or farm property at rea
sonable It e of interest and
can make the payments accord
ing to your wishes. If you
have a loan OH your land now
and you need more money
can let you have it on a second
mortgage. II you are in need
of money call or write to,
LOUIS FLIGELMAN,
Wahpeton, N. D.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
GOOD FOR MERCHANT.

GOOD FOR MERCHANT.
THE following letter was
handed to the publisher, the
writer being a farmer and read
er.of this paper:
"If the mail order houses get
considerable money out IF this
county each month that belongs
to the home merchants, as you
saw they do. the fault IA with
the merchants themselves. The
mail order house advertises.
and gives US prices on every.
thing they offer for sale. They
tell us what they want for it.
OF course We get soaked once
in awhile, and we can try
some other house Most of the
home merchants who advertise
at all don't quote prices. They
neglect to tell us what we want
to know. the price, and the
goods they have. OF course
we can 90 to the store. and ask
the price of thi article and
that, but you know how it is,
one doesn't know so we'll exact
!v what he wants to buy when
he gets in a store. And there
ia where the mail order houses
make the hit. They send US
their advertising matter into
our homes. and we read it when
we haven't anything else to do,
and every member Of The family
who reads their stuff ueuauy
finds something that he orsome
other member of the family
wants, and many orders are
made up and sent out at Just
such times.
"Right here is where the
home merchant falls down. If
he talked up his business to us
in our homes the same as the
mail order houses do. the peo-
pie would be in to see him the
next time they came to town.
and in many cases extra trips
would be made to get the
things at once that we didn't
know we wanted, until they
were brought to our attention.
"The home merchant can
save the expense of getting out
a catalogue. We people read
the home papers more carefully
than we do the catalogue, and
read them every we elk, and if
the merchant wants to talk in
the papers he must put in his
ad. so we know what he means.
The home merchant likely.
nine times out of ten, sells his
goods as cheap as the mail or
der house, and l believe on
many things they are much
cheaper, but how are we to
know it if he dosen't tell us
about it. A merchant must not
think that even his best GUS
toners know his goods 80 we'll
that they can tell what he has
without being told.
ut is none OF my business
how the home merchant runs
his business, but l don't like to
see these roasts in the papers
all the time about we fellows
who get a little stuff shipped
once in awhile and never any,
thing said on the other side.
There are always two sides to
a question, and 1 have given
you mine. If it is worth any
thing to you. you can take it,"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
A BAD RULING.

n 0o0 hOAxNos
The Post Office Department
at Washington has made rul.
ing that any weekly paper a
year behind on payment of sub
scription must be paid at the
late of one cent a copy postage
for going through the mails.
This is denying weekly papers,
whose subscribers are in ar
rears a year or more, the rates
of a pound for cent to sub
scribers outside Of the county.
aud free within the county.
If this fool ruling is enforced,
it will destroy two thirds OF the
country weekly newspapers.
The enforcement of it, however,
has been postponed until tht
lst of April, 1908.
This ruling is on par with
the one raising the prices of
post office boxes in towns and
cities. with the one requiring
country mail boxes to he mum.
bered for the benefit of mail.
order houses and other big con
Germs in great cities, and with
the ones wherein politics form
the basis of "fraud orders" and
prosecutions.
The administration of the
Post Office Department h 8
been the worst under Roosevelt
known since the "Star Route
frauds of twenty-five years ago.
Every jack leg chief in the de-
partments has been given full
rein to issue, orders while the
President and Cabinet have
been gallivanting over the
country.
Seemingly the administra-
ton of affairs is bad enough in
the Treasury Depar m e n t
where 100000 was stolen in st
Louis aud $4,000 in Chicago,
aud not a penny recovered, but
it is really worse in the Post
Office Department, where every
division is honeycombed with
fraud and corruption.
The Railway Mail Service is
crippled for want of men to do
the work and this service is to.
day below the standard of ten
years ago. It is save at the
spigot and waste at the bung.
Favorites of the President and
favorites of these favorites have
the whip hand and turn. to
their own convenience a n d
profit everything possible.
Extravaganza, incompetence
and disregard of, the peoples
interest characterize the Post.
Office Department in every
branch to-day. Then on the
top of this come the tool orders
of superannuated dunderheads
in the different divisions which
become law in the absence of
the Postmaster General. who
is away from his post helping
to secure delegations for Taft
for president.
Every chief of a division and
everyone below him go on the
theory that 1.-THE King can do
no wrong" and the people must
pass under the yoke. -,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 9,

THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JAN. 9.
Board met al per adjournment.
All members present. The following
persons appeared before the county
commissioners and presented the COM
munication and petition:
DR.. Fjelde
Magnus Olson -
Erick Hoil
Lars Hermanslie
Hon. Erick Stafne
H. A. Hoyem
Chas. Brandon
Olaf Bjorke. state game warden
Martin Thompson
Ole Lovdokken
DR.. j. M. Ness
VIM. House
John :. Johnson
H. C. N. Myhra
o e Olson
Mr.. Frank Herrick. father of the
first white child born in this county
Abercrombie, N. D.. Dec. 9, 1907.
To the County Board of Richland
County, Wahpeton. N. D.
Gentlemen: In the Fall of 1906
,;.5 b, .:.- .!olIasian socuty OF
America eiect.d as committee of
one to represent the Wergeland
Monument Association. The result
of my work is that full size monu-
ment of Henrik Wergeland is to be
erected on the N. D. state park in
Abercrombie. The monument will be
in bronze. Wergeland is the father
of Norwegian poetry, was thu friend
Of the oppressed and poor. and did a
great dea: i'll elevatiIg The Norwegian
people. He died only 81 years old.
but had at that time accomplished SO
much that nobody has such great
place in the hearts Of the Norwegian
people as Henrick Wergeland. 1t is
therefore of greatest Importance that
his monument will stand in the most
historical place in Richiand county.
Every one of Norwegian descent will
always bear in mind that here is
Wergeland's monument. It will
therefore be continual advertisement
for our county.
Mr.. Halvor Hagan has guaranteed
$500. 90 towards this statue on the con-
di.ion that there be. in connection with
this Wergelands memorial also erected
a foundation. in which should be the
names of the old soldiers and settlers
on both sides of the river. But the
sculptor. Gustav Vigeland, objected to
this plan. He said that the soldiers
and settlers monument had to be sep
arate, in the surrounding, as the
Wergeland statue was made to stand
alone with trees in the background,
and the granite PEDESTAL for lis statue
has to be of certain size and by far
not big enough for commemoration OF
the ancestors of this state
Prof. Waldron of the agricultural
college was down last spring to lay
out the park for planting of trees. etc. ,
and he proposed that we better have
an arch erected. We intend to fol-
low his plan to erect an historical arch
in commemoration that this was the
old gateway to North Dakota before
the railroads were built. In the arch
will be cut the names of the pioneers
who turned the prairies into cul,iva-
tion.
The old settlers are much in favor
of this plan. and I am in no doubt
that the committee will be able to
collect the money necessary for the
arch. But the settlers think that the
erection of the memorial arch should
have been erected by the state. But
nothing was done by our representa-
tives at the last legislature. It may
be that the appropriation to Richland
county for the Science School had some
thing to do with it.
It is therefore my duty to ask the
honorable board of Richland county,
I if you can join in our work to show
our pioneers their due honor. do
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
MONDAY MORNING.
wahpeton, N. D.. Jan. 6, 1908

c8lle0 Cne meetl0G 10 Or0er.
On motion c. Ness was elected
chairman.
The minutes of the last two meet
ings were read and on motion ap-
proved.
!; The following report was read by
the auditor:
To the honorable board Of County
Commissioners:
Gentlemen: We, your committee
in the first commissioner district. beg
leave to report as follows:
That we have examined the bridge
between sections IL and Ia 135-49,
Eagle township. built by the North
western Bridge Co.. aud found the
same was built according to plans and
specifications and order that same be
paid as per contract price.
(Signed)
P. E. Sletmoe
c. Ness
Committee.
We also examined the bridge be-
tween sections l6 and 2l-136.49. Wal
colt township. built by the Northwes-
tern Bridge Co.. and found that said
bridge was built according to plans
and specifications and order that same
be paid according to contract price.
(SigneD
P. E. Sletmoe
C. Ness,
Committee
The following warrants having been
drawn more than six years and not
having been called for, on motion they
were hereby capcelled and destroyed.
as provided by law"
War. No In favor of date amt
4s45 ]. Zanny Jan. 8, '0l ESQ
1862 F. Greshuk May 81. '0l 1.20
5762 S. Sprague Oct IL. '01 1.10
5772 , H. Moss Oct. II. '01 1.l0
Chairman Ness gave the treasurer
$40 90 collected from Nels Skaare in
full of county's claim against him
for caring for his children at the
school of Feeble minded at Grafton.
as shown by treasurer's receipt.
! On motion the board adjourned until
two o'clock p. m.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Board met as per adjournment. all
members present and called to order
by the chairman.
On motion the offer of $1,000 made
by E. Hartwell in full Of the all coun-
ty's interest in lots 13. IA in block 10
of Roots addition to the city Of Wah.
peton was accepted
On motion board adjourned until
Tuesday morning.
TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. z, 1903
Board met as per adjournment; all
members present and called to order
by the Chairman. Ness.
On motion q refundment on part
of the sc corner Of the set of section
15-13l-49 for 1906 amounting to sl1.3
and for 1907 amounting to $9.45 to
Chas. Warner and Albert Berndt on
account of double assessment.
Chairman Ness named the following
committees:
BRIDGE
s'First commissioner district, Slet-
moe and Wright.
Second commissioner district, Ness
and Green
Third commissioner district, Zent-
grsf and Ness
Fourth commissioner 8 district, Green
and Sletmoe
Fifth commissioner 8 district, Wright
and Zentgraf.
POOR FARM
Wright, Ness and Zentgraf.
CoURTHoUSE AND GROUND
Wright, Green and Sletmoe
PURCHASING
Wright, Ness and Zentgraf.
o. motion the board adjourned until
2.o'clock p. m.
TWO O'CLOCK
Board met as per adjournment. after
having visited the poor farm; all men,
bers present and called to order by the
chairman.
Weight and Zsntgeaf were appointed
a CON nittee to cheek up the sheriffs'
Office.
Green and Sletmoe to check up the
Register of deeds Office.
Wright and, Green the Office Of
county judge.
-sIetmoe 4and zsnsgraf the offi:e Of
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16

Gentlemen: We, your committee
to check up the sheriff office, beg
leave to report as follows: s'
/ There was S.. .3O6. "A of. delinquent
taxes collected by the sheriff, as shown
by receipt
We also checked up the inventory
and found it all correct.
Respectfully submitted,
John j. Zentgraf
Donald Wright
Committee.
Committees report of the superin-
tendent's Office:
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners:
Gentlemen: We. your committee
to check up the Office OF superinten-
dent of schools, beg leave to report ss
follows:
That we checked up the office this
9th day of January, 1908, and found it
correct.
Respectfully submitted.
John j. Zentgraf
p. E. Sletmoe
Committee.
On motion the board adjourned until
2. p. m.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
Anton Giles,
Matt G;llen,
Theo. Albrecht,
Vim. Hees.
w. l.. Forkner,
F. B. Schneider.

Continued next week,
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Chairman Ness gave the treasurer
$40 90 collected from Nels Skaare in
full of county's claim against him
for caring for his children at the
school of Feeble minded at Grafton.
as shown by treasurer's receipt.
! On motion the board adjourned until
two O'Clock p. M.