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The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

Any person who has visited Richard.
ton recently knows that it is a busting
place, incorporated and enjoying all the
privileges Of village organization. 1t is
the largest place in Stark county, out
side Of the county seat, and 10 recognized
al an important distributing point both
for the north and south. A stage line
uns daily to Mott.
The Richardton Milling Co. ground
1900 bushels of grain in custom work
the past season and made over 5000
barrels of -four. The same company
operates an elevator and lumber and
implement yard, with a branch lumber
yard at Lennon. and did a business of
$4,000 for the season. Frank and Joe
Killer are the principal members of the
firm and also operate a general store.
koesel & Co. continue to operate the
big general store. Fred, Albert and
August Koesel are the active members
of the corporation. August Koesel has
personal supervision Of the Koesel
Lumber & Imp. Co. organized the past
season.
Fred and Henry Pathmann are the
Ptlnclpal Owners OF the western supply
Co, a new general store on the south
side, occupying a brick building 40 by 90
feet. Tin, heating and plumbing works
occupy the basement. The Pathmanns
also have an elevator and lumber yard.
The Mandan Mercantile Co. were able
to increase their lumber yard and eleva-
tor business the past year over previous
seasons. Henry Kline is local manager.
VIM. tombstone runs the Commercial
hotel, a 3o-room, steam heated building,
aud the place is considered one Of the
best along the line. He and a son also
operate a livery stable in connection
with the hotel.
The Merchants State bank people
were fortunate in getting a site in the
central portion Of the village. A 2-story
brick building, costing $1,000, Was erected
in the fall for the new Bank. Steam
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
FROM MISSOURI
Attorney w. c. Crawford
Has Been Shown
Agricultural Value [of Slope Country
Dickinson Double in Population and
Wealth as Metropolis of Mixed
Farming Section

A few years ago the mind of the aver
age man, unacquainted with the actual
conditions, living in the eastern OF mid
die states, was prejudiced against North
Dakota and especially against the west
ern part Of said state. Only a few years
ago, the western part of the state was
regarded as a portion of the great Amer
lean desert, fit for grazing purposes only,
and, on account of the severe winters,
not a very desirable country even
for that. This impression, so prevalent
in the eastern and central states, was
fostered' by the glazing reports of the
eastern papers concerning the terrible
and destructive billiards. that occurred
in winter and the whitening hot winds of
summer; and there was no tale, however
dire or disastrous, that was not believed
and accepted as truth. On the other
hand, if good reports did occur in the
press in the eastern or middle states
concerning Western North Dakota, they
were viewed with distrust as eminating
from land spectators or from those
interested in catching the unwary. It
was among those who were unacquainted
with the facts, living in those states, that
these reports were created that & were
detrimental to the country, until it be-
came fixed belief with them Ito think
the country practically valueless. The
writer was somewhat inclined to this
opinion before he personally visited the
Slope country six years ago, and it was
certainly a surprise to lind the country
80 much better than was then currently
reported by the eastern press.
Nov, as to what / have been shown as
regards Dickinson and the Slope coun-
try will say, that six:yearsi ago, when l
FIRST came to Dickinson, the residents
themselves were doubtful as to the real
value of the Slope. country as: an agri-
cultural country and for a; considerable
period prior to that time there had been
but very little effort made toward farm
ing and for that reason many of the old
timers doubted the ACCESSIBILITY Of at
tempting to raise crops. But every year
or3the past six years there has been an
Increase of acreage put to crops and
there has not been a single failure since
that time, and, as the farmers get better
acquainted with the conditions and de-
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

moral and intellectual faculties of the
students. To teach young men and boys
the duties towards God and the state,
should be the first purpose of every insti-
tuition or school. This is what the Bene-
dictine Fathers have been doing ever
since the founding of the order by ST.
Benedict(us,, and that is what they are
doing for North Dakota. A man can
only be called a true citizen when
he knows his duties towards God and the
state and when he lives up to them.
These principles must be impressed
upon the minds Of the youth and the best
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

Ing created and peopled, even beyond
the comprehension of the residents
Of the state. There are new towns
springtng up by the tens and scores,
each affording opportunities. for the
business man, the professional man
and the newer Of wood and the draw
er of water.
Ignite coal is found in the state
and the total supply Of it is meal
culable. Veins twenty to thirty, feet
in thickness crop out of the hills and
the farmers may obtain 1t for a dollar
a load at the mine. It is a fuel with
a higher percentage Of carbon than
the eastern coal, and its cheerful
blaze in the furnace or the CRATE does
much to rob winter of whatever sting
1t might have. The state has reserv-
ed Its own coal lands to itself so
there a never be a monopoly Of this.
fuel. 1t is used in all state institu-
lions and its use in the home and for.
commercial purposes is always in
creasing. 1t Is a source of wealth
to the state second only to its fertile
SOIL, and In its ultimate development
millions Of dollars will be added to
the producing capacity of the state.
The average of wealth in the state
Is high. Labor is well paid. The
farmers who have come to North
Dakota and paid for their land with
The profits Of one and two years.
crops are legion. For several
there has been a continual stream of
middle west farmers, renters and
others DESTROYS of owning homes In
the state. They have found homes,
wealth and happiness. They have
found land at So to $40 per acre.
They have found pure water, cheap
fuel, live towns and prosperous
neighbours. And they have written
their friends in the east to get a
home in North Dakota before It is
too late. ; z
The government land in the state
Is being rapidly taken. Homestead
ers are to be found upon nearly
every quarter section.
The North Dakotan, wherever you
n him, is cheerful, optimistic,
prosperous and full of energy. He is
proud Of his sfoto opa ~1.s l.-
lives. He is liberal, his lines are cast
In pleasant places and he has in his
acres a heritage of which, no bust
ness difficulties can deprive him If
ne takes advantage Of his opportuni.
ties 4
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

The first building erected was a frame
structure, but was brick veneeredi in 1905.
In 1904 they built an addition of .28x7o
to the old frame building, and in 1906
the laying of the foundation for the new
abbey church was begun and completed.
The erection of the upper structure was
begun in May, 1907. The brick work
carried on uninterrupted until No
vember, when the last brick was placed
on the spires that now tower far above
the little town and are visible for many
miles. ? ga.. =
After the brick work had been COM
pleted, the carpenters began to put in
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

school.
During the past eight years, St. Mary's
college has done much to further educa-
ton in our dear state and we hope that
everybody will show their appreciation
of the work the professors have done BY
sending their boys t o this college. Its
field embraces the theological, classical,
commercial and the preparatory courses.
All the modern languages can be learned
here. This is an opportunity that few
schools offer. With the hearty cooper
alton of the people it can be raised to
the best college in the western states.
We owe it our cooperation, hence let us
aid it as much as we can and show that
we know how to value and to use a good
thing when we have it at our disposal.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

In 1899, the Benedictine Fathers from
Devils Lake, N. D., came to Richardton
to found a monastery. Under the guild
ance of the energetic Abbott. Ri. Rev.
Vincent Wehrle, o. S. B., they began
their labors at Richardson, which was a
continuation of the work already begun
at Devils Lake. They have done very
efficient work, and are to be congratu-
lated on the stimulus they have given to
education on the Missouri Slope, or West
ern North Dakota.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

done throughout the world to further
civilization and education, it would be
necessary to follow out their history. At
present it is one of the strongest orders,
and has houses in all parts Of the world.
They have also begun their work here
and have done very efficient work, and
hence they are deserving of the hearty
cooperation of the people of North Da-
kota, and especially of this western part.
The college connected with St. Mary's
monastery, and under the guidance of
the Benedictine Fathers, was opened to
students for the first time in 1900. 1t is
a college for boys and young men and it
aims to give them a thorough education
in all the branches of knowledge. The
principal object is the training Of the
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

M. M. Bobb, who resides between
Taylor and Richardton, will crop
about 275 acres the coming season.
Mr.. Bobb plowed about 200 acres
last fall. He likes spring back set
ting best, but says that it. does not
do to leave much of the blowing for
spring. Mr.. Bobb has se%venty-fve
cattle at his place, but he does not
ordinarily expect to keep more than
forty or fifty head.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
Why North Dakota Is Great.

In a recent interview, President J.
j. Hill said: A state with good soil,
good transportation facilities, splen-
did educational advantages, a moral
and industrious people and a deter
mination to work out ucces for it.
Sell by hearty cooperation with all
that is helping to develop it, is a
fact to be reckoned with. North Da.
kota Is such a state. Therefore, I be-
lieve in it." J.:
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
WEALTHY NEW STATE.
Rich in Things Accomplished. Richer in Things to Be
Done. North Dakota Literally Endowed.

thousand spouts and grain flowing
down and ready for the bread of the
world. ~
The central and western part of the
state is higher, a little more rolling
and the yields of grain have been.
gratifying. Towns by the dozen
boast their five and six and ten ele-
vators, with capacities that vary from
100000 to $4,000 bushels, and the
grain marketed at some towns of
only a few people aggregate a million
or more bushels. At the price of
wheat this year, about a dollar a
!bushel at the elevators, this means
another golden stream of wealth
pouring into the channels Of trade
and opportunity everywhere. for the
business man to reap profit from his
wares. Trains a half a mile in length
bearing wheat to terminals to be
transported to all parts of the world,
and to be exchanged for wares and
merchandise, means a continuous
hustle and industry.
After all, real wealth is in the
land. There are times of short crops
and times of long crops, but the aver
age is sure, and the return certain.
1t is a life of independence, of sturdy
.endeavor, of. ultimate competence
and. success;
b The educational advantages of the
state are numerous and varied, The
endowment of the state from it's
school lands is rich, and in a little
while the earnings of the permanent
school funds, now calculated in mil
lions, will pay the expenses Of the
maintenance of the common schools.
There are universities. normal
schools and an agricultural college,
science school, industrial school and
other state institutions at. which the
children. Of the farmer may be edu-;
Gated at a little expense. "
The state has a debt SO small as to
De lnconsiderable. Its obligations are
paid in cash. Its tax rate is low. Its
legislation is broad, calculated to af-
ford right protection to the farmer
and the laborer and at the same time
to encourage the operations Of the
business man and the builder. It "a
threaded with railroads, having three
transcontinental lines, the Northern
Pacific, the Great Northern and the
500 line, with the Milwaukee cut
ting across the southwest corner with
Its new transconttnental line. The
valley of the Missouri river Affords
splendid opportunities for crop rails
Ing and cattle raising, and corn
fields r everywhere in evidence.
producing a splendid variety Of corr
and meaning ultimately the develop
ment OF q new resource. the fatten-
Ing OF cattle, sheep and hogs from,
grain and fodder raised at home ana
the Placing OF them on the market
IN the shape of prime beef.
West Of the Missouri river there
are rolling acres, fertile and produc-
tive. There are cattle ranges, upon
which thousands Of cattle find susie
nance and grow fat and wealth pro
ducing. There are new counties be-
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
A very Interes ting Article From the
Pen of Honorable w. G. Gill;

A very Interes ting Article From the
Pen of Honorable w. G. Gill
breath, Com. of Labor.
The story of North Dakota 10 the
story of a state new, yet wealthy both
in developed and undeveloped re-
sources. It is a story of a state
wrested from the unbroken prairie
barely more than q third of a century
ago. and yet leading the world in its
production of hard wheat, fax, beef
and the products that come from the
soil. It is a state rich in things &C
complished and yet richer in things
still to be done. It is a state Of much
individual wealth, a per capita an
nual production larger than that of
the majority of it's sister states, and
its wealth Is SO we'll distributed that
here are no millionaires and no
paupers. Within the past few years
it has added by the hundreds of thou
sands to its population, and yet the
resources of the state far from being
at their fullest, have scarcely been
drawn upon.
It would require far more than the
space of a single article to describe
the state, or dwell at any length upon
It's soil, it's climate, its productiveness
or its offerings to the homesteader.
It is a state in which disease and. i'll
health are reduced to the minimum.
It has no large cities or congested
centers. Its climate is 1n%v1gorating
and health giving. Its air is crisp
and exhilirating. It's summers are
cool and tempered with the mild eli
mate Of it's zone It's growing season
10 ample for the production Of the
finest of grain the most s%ucculent
and firm Of vegetables and the fatten-
Ing of a superior grade of cattle and
sheep. Its autumns are long and af-
ford ample time for the gathering of
the harvest and the preparing of the
soil, by fall blowing, for the harvest
Of another year. It's winters are
characterized by a dry, crisp, atmo-
sphere. that is far less Objectionable
than the damp, chilling climate of
the eastern states. In the present
year the autumn season has been one
long Indian summer from septem.
Der until this writing-NoYember
25th-when the weather. is warm and
clear, altogether delightful, when
the wheat and grain has been thresh-
ed and stored, the soil prepared for
the coming spring and the peculiar
haze Of Indian summer hangs over
the landscape and lends every scene
its own particular charm. 4a
North Dakota affords opportunity
for a variety Of occupations along the
agricultural line.
In the summer season the green OF
the wheat fields is a delightful, re-
freshing view, and as the grain turns
to gold in the fall there is material
for the lines Of the poet or the pencil
Of the artist beyond the power Of
prose description. Later the hum OF
the h%arvesters In the fields, the
shocks and shocks covering thou
sands Of miles and the music Of the
thresher with char lying from :
E-AE4HEeNNN f4s1FAtg9 49,
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

Dickinson has the finest pottery
and brick clays that can be found
In any portion of the world. The
superiority OF its brick has been
demonstrated, and the beautiful spec
linens Of it's pottery attest the truth
of these declarations.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

~ - -.-FF 90 90
Robert Fisher raised 1900 bushels
offpotatoes on his Green river farm
this year and has a ready market for
his entire product in this city at Is
cents per bushel. Mr.. Fisher also
raised a large amount Of grain. His
brothers had their usualgood crops,
Tom raising 1900 bushels Of oats
! and 2 !. Joseph &c about 1900 bushels.
For the month Of May. 126, 1856
pounds Of milk was sold at the New
Salem creamery, for which the farm
+ received $1,262.94. The New
Salem creamery butter always finds
q ready market at Dickinson.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

North Dakota has an area equal to
all Of New England.
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TO SAVE LEGISLATIVE TIME

me wha the legislature
them of Importance only few
the advisabiy of
will legislature from the consideration of such
reasonably
Assembly the consideration of
days
both
public would nowise
the municipal law making bodies of measures that
If there such
thrown the legislature its members would
legislation really chac
egslaton
a
could all
continued
probably
purely
it
legislation Importance
o the duration of its sessions
accomplished than legislative
bills lawmakers the future
The
power
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THE LAWYER AS AN AGENT OF EVIL

The lawyer corrupng influence the polite thoroughly
discussed meeting Association Lead
ing members of the bar did hesitate freely
the unenvbe position that before
the public
have corrupted legislative
justice through their legal That the ethics the profession have
by lending their skill cicumventing
the law within
recognized
the bringing
mains be The following the
before the Pennsylvania
mo public
of deputabe profession
kf h Df ne bar T NE Leader man wo STANDS IN tne
resolutions cucs this machinery by which these corporations
they 1t is
are OF 5 s s @ nd the s
our large cities and that the growth of rich and
the virtues counsel whose eminenc makes their example
such consideration themselves frankly admit
be the NEST DANGEROUS and raids that has been made upon
fully onv tbIog6 technc o be aSv and V this e
@ 1S ne zee d1 f @ id WY fnc G on
public service
practices
- What give when
andd his 50 Compelled a9 o to obaned
he @a @ h P6 Mha to- perform 1 m eube
will hold
the standards apply
obligation
their fellow citizens
talents
it's
its
greater
Of
the of society
bnedcon
seadfast
with
in
evils complained would
ong fore heseco changed
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COMPANY Is IN EARNEST

In a clear statement to the City
Council Thursday night, Mr.. w. A.
Dodson, representing the Americas
Railway & Light Company, told why
his company had not been able to
complete their new power plant and
the street railway within the time
limit Of fifteen months. The unex-
pected financial panic into which
the country was plunged some nine
months ago, coupled with the un-
foreseen withdrawal of one member
of the company in the matter of the
allotment of bonds, We're the two
features which rendered it impossible
for the company to comply with the
terms of the contract in the matter
of completing the plant and railway
by July 6.
1t was pointed out by Mr. Dodson
that the company had expended over
$4,000 in building which would be
absolutely worthless did they not full
ly intend to carry out their contract
with the city 1t was also stated that
the company was on the very eve Of
the consummation of all of it's prom
Uses, both in taking over the light
plants and in providing speedily the
water for the city under the terms
agreed on.
We believe that the sentiment Of
the city will Overwhelmingly sup
port the city Council in giving the
company an extension of thirty to six
ty days to complete its financial deals
and push the power plant to compile.
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ton. If the company spends hun
bred thousand dollars in acquiring the
gas and electric plants, and furnishes
a satisfactory bond that the street
railway is to be built, the promoters
of the enterprise should be encour-
aged, rather than discouraged. Walk
ing is still good in Americas, and if
the new street railway is delayed a
few months, but with the certainty
it will be ultimately built, the pres
ent rapid growth of the city will not
be seriously arrested.
To disturb the present contract be-
tween the city and the new company
would at the very best mean that
another company should take up the
contract. This would inevitably spell
delays in getting another company
organized and started off, which
would extend far beyond the limit
the Americas Railway & Light Conn
pany now desires.
As published yesterday, the whole
question has been passed until the
next meeting of the City Council,
which will be held on July 16. BY
that time Mr. Dodson will no doubt
have even more tangible evidences
of the earnestness of his company and
further steps will probably be en-
tireIv unnecessary
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Our Vice Presidents
philadelphia Press. }

Originally the Vice President was
the defeated candidate for President
The authors OF the Constitution did
not understand political parties or
realize what partisanship might
mean. We have now gone SO far to
the other extreme that we take Vice
Presidents without the least regard
to the fact that they may succeed to
the Presidency.
And yet the four who have reached
the highest office by means of a
death-three as the result Of the act
of an assaSsin-haVe not proved
perceptibly inferior to the men sell
ected for the Presidency by a national
convention. John Tyler and Andrew
Johnson are not remembered with
much affection or respect, but that
is due to the bitterness of politics.
Both of them broke with the party
that elected them and having no par
ty obey them and shout for them and
swear to heaven that they were the
greatest men ever sent by benignant
Providence to save society and the
State, they have been assigned to
obscure inches in the Temple of
Fame. Had they stood in" with their
parties as the other two did, all
would have gone we'll with them.
Mr. Arthur had occupied a very
small place in American politics, and
was little known except as tool
of Roscoe Conkling, when the Vice
Presidential nomination was tossed to
zS1n by the victorious feather.
weights in the convention Of 1880
who had defeated the "stalwarts' and
who wished for prudential reasons to
make a peace Offering to the Old
Guard of Grant men He made a
perfectly oFeditable President. Mr.
Roosevelt was nominated 70 r Vice
President mainly to get him out OF
New York politics, and we are as
sured that he is the idol of the AM
erican people and the greatest Of
American Presidents, with the posi-
bic, but not universally confessed, eE-
ceptions of Washington and Lincoln.
Either Providence is very kind to us
or else almost anybody would be a
good President.
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The WaycrOss Journal gets quite
peeyish over an editorial in the
Savannah Morning News in which
it was stated that the conservative
banks of the state would be solidly
arrayed against the bill to guarantee
bank deposits. According to the Jour-
nal it is only the big bankers who
are opposed to the measure. This
may be a bouquet for Americas by
including this city's banking insti-
tutions in the big bank class, or it
may be merely the lack of informa-
ton on the part of the Journal that
the Americas bankers are solidly OPP
posd to the bill
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-04

Each appearance of the Governors
private secretary in the legislative
halls arouses expectancy to a high
pitch, as the message saying why
Commissioner Joe Brown was fired is
expected daily The Atlanta Georgian
has suggested that the matter be
dropped, but the law is plain that the
Legislature shall be given the rea-
sons for the dismissal of officials be-
tween terms. 1t will be time to talk
of magnanimity afterward.