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The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

sub-stations in this state, Edgerly in
the southeastern part. Dickinson in the
southwestern section, Williston in the
northwest and Langdon in the northeast.
Therefore there could be even four divis-
ions, with an experiment station al
ready established in each one. /.
These are supported by state appropri-
atoms so all that would be necessary in
this state would be for the legislature
to appropriate a sum equivalent to not
more than 10 cents per capita in each
district. If in the district of which
Dickinson is the center, there's are Il
counties, with a total population Of
about so, 900, the state would have to
appropriate 5000 for the experiment
station. The government would appro-
pirate a like sum making $12, 600 avail
able each year for the teaching of agri-
culture and domestic sciences and the
experimental station work which would
be run in connection with the school.
The passage of the bill would undoubt-
eddy mean a good thing for Dickinson.
1t is not likely that a separate school
would be built here but a building would
be erected as a part Of the high school,
which would be used for instruction
along these lines and be run by the
appropriations of the nation and state
for that purpose.
Still another side to the question has
been added by the recent action Of the
state high school board in making man
ual training and domestic science q
necessary part of the curriculum.
1t would seem that by combining the
two plans, Dickinson might secure, not
only a good building for the instruction
of agriculture, manual training and
domestic sciences, but competent teach
ers. The bill provides for courses in the
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

a claim near the Tepee Buttes. This
will be a good way to obtain title to
the land.
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12
WOULD HELP CITY
Davis Bill, if Passed by Congress
Would Benefit Dickinson. Pro-
vides for Establishing Agri-
cultural his c h o oil.

Now that congress is again in SEES.
sion at Washington, interest is revived
in the Davis bill, which will probably
come up for consideration at this time.
The Davis bill provides for instruction
in agriculture and home economics in
agricultural high schools of. secondary
grade. instruction in mechanic arts and
home economics in city schools Of
secondary grades. and instruction in
agriculture. mechanic arts and home
economics in state and territorial nor.
NAL schools.
The federal government is to a%ppropri-
ate money for these studies, basing the
amounts on the population. Each..in-
corporated city. town or village contain
ing not less than 1000 inhabitants
shall receive not more than 10 cents per
capita of the POPULATION. The total
rural and other population, not included
in said cities. towns and villages. shall
receive not more than 10 cents per capita.
Branch agricultural experiment stations
are to be maintained on. the farms of
the agricultural secondary schools. and
one-fourth of the federal appropriation
for the agricultural secondary schools is
to be used for this experiment station.
To secure the appropriation for the
branch experiment station, each state
legislature must provide for the estab-
lishment and equipment of the station
and must provide for the annual main
tainance, a sum equal to that granted
by the federal government. Each state
is required to establish combined aeri-
cultural secondary school and branch
experimental station districts and there
is not to be less than one district for
each fifteen counties or more than one
for each five counties.
These, in brief, are the provisions of
the bill. The question is, what effect
will the passing of this bill have on
Dickinson and North Dakota :.~in..eene1al.
Here in this state, it would be an
easy matter to carry out some of the. re-
quirements of the Davis bill, should it
become a law. North Dakota has. at
present As counties with a possibility of
three more if the Ward county provision
has carried. According to the law there
must be at least one district for is coun-
ties. If there are only As counties in
the state there can be three divisions,
each requiring a branch experiment
station.
At the persent time there are four
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

$525. &C in favor of S. BirdsaIl was
ordered drawn in payment Of right of
way for road purposes through section
5-138-94 and also for labor and material
for fencing same. Said warrant to be
withheld until said J.. S. Birdsall deliver
to the county auditor a warranty deed
covering the roadway through section
5-138-94.
On motion the following bill were al
lowed and ordered paid by warrant:
L. j. Dickinson & Son, clothing
for prisoners ........... ....$ 10 10
G. W. Mcclellan, one car of coal
furnished court house. 1860. 81 IA
Walker Bros. & Hardy, printing
and. supplies ............... 1903 81
Crawford & Burnett, by order of
court. state of North. Dakota VS.
James Howard. ............ Is 90
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On q New Footing.

On q New Footing.
Mr.. Absalom t'oote. IN eccentric Old
gentleman who had grown tired Of life
In the city, decided to move to some
smaller town, free from the oar Of
traffic, the hustle and confusion Of the
thronging multitude. where he could
end his days TRANQUILITY. as became Q
man Of his age. In casting about foe
4 location, his eye Glanced to light
upon the advertisement. in: a; viilsps
paper Of one Thomas H.. Foote, who
wanted to dispose. Of his boot and
shoe store at 4 bargain; having made
up his mind to remove to the city.
That's the very thing" be- said
SELLING shoes is q nice easy occupa.
ton. It will give me Just enough b
do to keep me from stagnating, and; IL
won't wear me out with overwork.
I'll investigate it. It's queer though
that his name is Foote:. my name IL
Foote, he wants to come to the city
and I want to 60 to the country"
A visit to the little town decided
him. He liked its appearance and. 10.
cation. He was pleased. moreover
with Foote's Shoe Store" and bought
it, good will and all, at a bargain.
"Well," said the other Mr.: Footei
"you won't have to change the sign"
NO." he answered slowly. 'f'll, just
add a little to it."
The next day he added this. Just.
below the sign: 'This place hal
changed feet"
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12
New England

There was a good attendance at the
dance at the auditorium Friday evening
land all report a fine time.
A butcher from Scranton was in town
last week and purchased 10 head of fat
cattle and 9 hogs Of Asa Gardner.
Rev. C. Bartels has moved from H. O.
Kunze's large house to the one recently
vacated by John Sand. Mr.. Kunze has
moved into his house from his claim
shack.
George Gardner has installed a new
billiard table in his parlors. He now
has two pool tables and the new billiard
table which are in charge of Floyd
Hammond, the barber.
At the meeting of the farmers held
November % reports were made that
seem very favorable to a creamery on
the banks of the Cannon Ball. The
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12
. Oh. Hated o.rr,ok

Mrs.. Give was eminent as an actress,
on the London stage before 'Garriek
appeared, and as his blaze Of excel
lence threw all others into compare.
tive insignifcance she never .forgave.
him and took every opportunity, Of.
venting her spleen. She was coarse,
rude and violent in her. temper, and,
spared nobody.
One night as Garrick was perform
ing king Lear" she stood behind. the.
scenes to observe him and, In spite of
the roughness Of her nature, was 10,
deeply affected that she sobbedl one.
minute and abused him the next. and:
at length, overcome by his pathetic
touches, she hurried from the place.
with the following extraordinary trib,
ute to the universally Of hts powers:
Hang him! I believe he could. act q.
gr'diron."-T. P.'s Weekly.
Shipwreeks and Courts Martial:
The custom Of holding courts martial.
in the British navy after every a OF.
shipwreck has a curious origin. In.
1741 the Wager, one Of Commodore.
SSoSCA0S "oo "ACShS0, OA uQ8'
coast Of Chile, most Of the crew being,
saved. The men and some. of the Jun.
for officers held that they were Nd:
longer amenable to- discipline besanss'
their pay ceased with: thu, wreck but,
the captain. whose. name. was Davy:
Cheap. differed; treated. them, as mntS,
neers and shot ;one.of iis midshipmen
He was then deposed:: and most OF the
crew made of In, three Of the. boats
Later when it was proposed: to, procee<
against the 80 called mutineers ths. law
officers OF. the crown, decided that the
men had. bean, correct In. their, view.
This discovery lid to, the, Framing Of
section 81 of"the. articles. Of war; which
provides that Ia, the. oase. Of shipwrsck
destruction, or capture, BY the enemy Q
ship IL held: TO, remain In eemmissioa
pending: inaairy BY q court martial.
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

Past Exalted Ruler, Jamestown Lodge
No. oo5 u.
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

The: Dickinson Post, printing and
supplies 10S IS
w A. Carter, printing ........ IA 20
M. L. Ayers, printing ......... 81 IS
Der Volksfreund, printing. 49,. 1872 IS
Andrew Jopp, per diem and
Hhaaeaee 81 ~
Andrew Jopp, supplies furnished
paUpeI. ....... .............. 20 ~
Andrew Jopp, helping survey
--Iod@"--..".. ............... o w
Fred keesel, per diem and mile
age: "~----..... ............ ~ W
Koesel Co. supplies furnished
pauper' and road supplies 10S IS
Koesel Lumber & Imp. Co. sup
plies. for BRIDGES. .......... 173 o.
D. W. Mckenzie, per diem and
mileaea. "a so
D.. W. Mckenzie, o road
scraper. ...... ............ 7 90
U.s., White. empress: 81
L. A. Davis. use of chair, April
and July district court.--... 3 so
Gladstone: Mere: Co.. wire and
nails. 9 "a
Frank, x. Manner, inspecting
brandon cattle! +...-.--. 6 90
W. R. Veigel, surveying at South
Heart -...-- "a 90
Frank Lish, wire and nails. ST u
Limerick Martin. hauling humber
forsbridges =. .....- IL 90
Chas. E.. Wehzaeier, bridge bolts s IS
Dom. Phillips hauling humber Is 90
In the matter of the inqaisition upon
the body Of Frank Stablefeld. the coro-
ner;s report was on. nation accepted
and a warrant for the sum of SO. 50 was
ordered, drawn in favor,of d. Fisher in
settlement of said accoant
In, the matter Of the inquisitinn upon
the body Of Emma Louella Davis,
%coroner"s report in said matter was
accepted with the exception of the post
mortem examination $40. 90 in favor of
On. Fisher and $t0. 90 in favor of Oh.
Stribling was cut out of said report and
warrant ordered drawn for the balance
lin favor Of d.. Fisher for the sum of
|$a 80 in full settlement of said claim
On motion the board adjourned sine
die.
6 WHITE Cnuntu Auditor
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12
OFFICIAL
Proceedings, Of. the Board Of Commission
ers, Of Stark County, n. D.

AOo OVoIU NVss"sstoSsOu
ers Of Stark County. n. D.
Dickinson. N. D., Dec. 8th,. 1908.
The. commissioners convened! on the
above. date pursuant to adjournment ;
present.. D.. W. Mckenzie, Fred: Koesel
and Andrew Jopp.
Peter Bogner appeared before the
board relative to 1905 personal taxes as
sessed against him and Mrs. Goetz in
the second, district. Mr.. Bogner made
affidavit to, the effect that he did not
own any Of the property assessed'aeainst
said .aEna and that he paid for said. year
81. IS, all the. personal taxes assessed
againts him personally. The board On
motion ordered that the, taxes, assessed
against Goetz & Boener be- collected
from Mrs. Goetz.
On motion the following. bills were
allowed and ordered paid by warrant
Frank Zehner, witness in the
Caldwell casS.:.r -: ...:....$ 6 50
Joseph kacalek. use of land for
roadway. ..... .......... 10 0O
Cora Walton, clerk in register Of
deeds office. ............. Is 90
Stella BoulgeF. clerk in register
of deeds office. ............. As sc
On motion the board adjourned until
9 o'clock. a. M, December 9th, 1908,
and in the meantime will view the new
bridge at South Heart. 3
Dickinson, N. D.. Dec. 9th 1908.
The commissioners convened on thu
above date pursuant to adjournment.
All members present.
The commissioners made the following
report with reference to the South Heart
bridge I'VE find the work to be bull
according to contract, are well satisfied
with the same, and hereby accept it fol
said county Of Stark, state Of North Da.
kota. We also authorize National Surety
Co. of New York to cancel the bond cover
ing this work" On motion the audi
tor was authorized to draw a warrant
for s.. 000. 90 in favor of A. Y. Payne
& Co. in full payment for the constuc-
ton Of said bridge. as per contract.
On motion q warrant for the sum of
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

day night. R. H. johnson. cashier Of
the First National bank, and Fred
Roquette were returning from Fargo,
where, they were serving on: the federal
grand jury. They were, sitting in the
observation car when the wreck occurred.
The car was. overturned into a snow
bank but no n was badly hurt. Mr..
johnson was quite severely bruised but
was, out yesterday. Mr. Roquette was
unhurt..
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

state normal school for training the
teachers to give instructions In these
studies. The Davis bill would 60 in
to effect July 1. 1911, 50 that the
money would not be available for
several years
President Roosevelt is heartily in
favor of the bill. In a recent letter to
the Orange Judd Farmer. he said. 1T
is not my place to speak of the details
of such a bill as the Davis bill, but in
a general way l feel that the nation
should, by making appropriations. put
a premium upon industrial, and es-
pecially agricultural, training in the
state schools; the states themselves
being required in these schools to con-
tribute what is necessary in the ordinary
training and the expenditures for the
National Government to be under the
supervision of the Department of Aeri-
culture.
Teachers must be trained. or their
teaching will not be adequate, and these
teachers must then give vocational
training to the scholars in the ordinary
schools. The nation would simply CO.
operate with the state or city or town,
and what it thus gives would be applied
to Industrial, technical and agricultural
trainings.
We have to deal now and we will
have to deal in the future with a nation
of families m the land, and our system
of public EQUATION should be so broad
ened in its scope as to include not
merely the traditional cultural studies,
excellent and indispensable in their
way, but also instructions relative to the
farm, the trades and the home"
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

]. s WHITE. County Auditor.
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12
LOCAL NEWS.

Two travelling musicians reached here
last night, Robert Killer. zithre soloist
and Frank M. Vogt, harp-guitarist.
They are on a tour around the world
and will remain in this city over Sun
day. giving several concerts, probably
at the ball this evening and at one OF
the churches tomorrow.
The old favorite, Shore Acres" was
given an excellent performance at the
opera house last evening. Archie Boyd
wal fine in the principal role and Dorothy
Hearn, q daughter of the late James A.
Hearn, carried off second honors.
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

farmers interested are milking q total o
200 cows and could easily double til,
number If a creamery was an assure,
thing. .
There are signs of lots of snow thil
winter. Henry Bolhman was in tow
the first of the week and bought q new
sled.
There are letters advertised at tn,
New England postofice addressed t
the following names: Joe Berdahl
Henry Downey, Clara Echert, Maym,
Eggen. Lawrence Hiddy. Frank Gyola,
John Lethee and Marie Marty.
Miss Susie Harris entertained a part,
of her friends at a candy pull one even.
ing recently. The evening was pleas,
antly passed with games and music.
H. A. Gibbs, a rancher in the Tepet
district, was in Dickinson the first Of
the week.
Carl Nerby reports that he has thrown
in his lot with the bachelor homesteaders
for the winter. He carried his wife and
two children and his wife's sister to
Dickinson on Monday and the party went
to Cooperstown, where Mrs. Nerby will
visit with her parents. The little boy
has just recovered from a siege OF
typhoid fever.
Much interest is being shown in the
proposed plan for a rural route from New
England. The past week a petition has
been circulated among the farmers south
of town, asking the government for rural
free delivery route to deliver mail. to
the farmers and homesteaders in that
district. Many of them have to travel
is miles to get their mail. The move
ment vas started by John Buck and has
some good hackers and ~rustlers behind
it. At last reports there were over so
signers. The plan is for the route.-to
take in the Tepee Butte district and the
homesteaders along the Haley road. If
the petition is granted it will be a great
convenience to many people and make
homesteading easier.
A. V. Carlson has gone to his home-
stead west of town and his place. as
clerk in the Mckenzie store is being
taken by John Hager.
j. D. johnson, who has a homestead
near the Tepee Buttes. returned this
week from a visit to Douglas. N. D. W..
E. Anderson. who has been working
in Sawyer, N. D.. for about a month,
returned to his homestead near the Tepee
Buttes this week.
Andrew Fynskov and wife left Tues
day for an extended visit to their old
home in Minnesota. 80. -.
Chas. Kessler, a .homesteader from
ear Rainy butte, left this week for a
visit to his old home in Wisconsin.
There was a very enjoyable dancing
PoASS = Vail 4>CAUy . p1dCC OdIuIUdy
night. Music was furnished by Larson
brothers.
The young ladies of New England
treated their gentlemen friends to a
leap-year sleigh ride Monday evening.
The night was ideal and the jolly crowd
had one of the best times of the season.
The young men are planning to retaliate
by taking the young ladies to the county
seat via the new railroad next summer.
Thos. Drury, a rancher from Mott, was
in the city the first of the week to get a
mare and colt which have been running
with the Gardner bunch of horses this
summer. IS
Mrs. John Hager and Miss Nellie
Arnold of Edton were.in town this week,
doing some shopping.
w. C. Rev left the first of the week
to take up his work as mail clerk on the
Northern Pacific. Mr.. Rev has been
working for the past two years in the
Gardner store and this spring filed. on
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

Mr.. Hartung was elec'ed Tyler of the
new loege of EIks. He is the sheriff of
Stark county and an enthusiastic Elk.
The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12

Local People in Wreck
Two Dickinson people were in the
wreck of the North Coast Limited. No. 1,
about IS miles east of Bismarck Wednes-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
NATURE Taxing?
(knoxville JournaD.


Wesley Graves, an old friend of the
Journal, who resides near Donley, was
formerly a journeyman carpenter,
working in Illinois, Indiana and else
where While in the former state sew
eral years ago, he worked for man
by the name of Radcliffe, and was as
sisted by two helpers named Hollings-
other two boarded with Radcliffe while
engaged at erecting his new house.
On rainy Saturday morning all
four of the gentlemen mentioned went
fishing and caught turtle. Radcliffe
took the reptile home and told the 9TH
ers that he proposed to fatten it and
have it for dinner some day during the
following week. Before consigning it to
the ''fattening pen which was the
slop- barrel, Mr.. Radcliffe cut the
creatures head off, saying that such
were the most approved methods of
compelling turtle to take on flesh
rapidly" The next Wednesday, four
days later, according to Mr. Graves, the
turtle was taken from the barrel, ap-
parently as much alive as when first
put into the slop, and in the opinion
of Mr.. Radcliffe, much heavier Mr..
Graves will testify that the headless
animal was very much alive. that it's
condition and lively scrambling, four
days after it had been killed" gave
him creepy feeling that he has never
forgotten.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
PAT GROVE, EVANGELIST.

If the last resort of a knave IS
patriotism, the last resort of a drunk
ard, the platform as a temperance lee
turer, Pat Grove is taking a logical or
at least natural course. However when
we think of Pat Grove as an evan
gelist urging upon men and women the
Christian life. most of us will find an
incongruity in the combination that re-
pulses and sickens. 1t will be an ex-
tremely natural conviction that Pat
has quit the business of child abduc
ton for confidence clay"
No doubt he will draw a crowd. He
could get a goodly number of curious
people into a tent at ten cents a head
to simply look at the man who stole
Cudahys kid" There are few of us
who wouldn't walk a block to see a
criminal so notorious. But to old fash
toned people his presence in a pulpit
smacks of sacrilege.
There is nothing else to it, Grove.
ignorant. a criminal with a record that
might have put him behind bars for
a long term, is posturing before the
curious as an evangelist. Perhaps 1t
is possible that he may do some
good" To the average home keeping
and ordinarily decent citizen it is hard
to see how.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
MORTGAGES AND LIARS.
Manson JournaD

A law which takes such a proportion
of a persons income as is demanded
by the tax on mortgages, is simply a
law to promote lying. In fact. it sets
q premium on lying. For people will
not be robbed of one-third of their
income If lying will save them. =. :.
1t is almost impossible to borrow
local money on mortgages because Of
the high rate of taxation. Not only
is this law unfair in comparison with
the tax on other property, but how
does it affect the local money in
competition with money from dis
lance? Foreign mortgages escape
this tax, and so local money must
find some way to escape or be driven
from the field entirely. All sorts Of
subterfuges are resorted to, such as
holding mortgages from record, taking
mortgages in the name of distant
friends or relatives, and taking a
release back. Thus while we have a
law that Furnishes the honest man by
taking one third of his income, the
one who is less inclined to stand on
technicalities gets out of the tax, and
so we have the law, but get very little
income from it, and are creating
nation Of liars.
You will probably ask what is to
be done about the matter? We say
frankly that we do not know just
how it should be adjusted, but if we
were fishing and caught nothing but
suckers and minnows, we would quit
fishing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
Iona Newspapers
AVOID FILTHY COACHES.
(Ackley JournaD

The officials of the Burlington rail-
road have issued a Statutory order to
conductors on their lines, they they
must see that passengers do not put
their feet upon the seats of the coach
es. This may cause friction between
passengers and conductors until a
chronic habit of many travellers shall
have been broken.
If the railroad will equip their pas
senger coaches with spittoons sus-
pended in such a manner that by
moving a small lever each cuspidor
cen be swung from under the seat
for use. and returned Immediately
after filthy and contagious expector-
alton, the most obnoxious and dan
gerous of all filth can be shorn al
most entirely of its offensiveness and
peril. The legislatures of each state
will then act promptly in providing
efficient laws that will prevent the
splitting upon the floors and walls of
coaches. the deadly contagion of
which is carried to the cushions by
the habit of putting the feet upon
the seats where the clothes and
hands and food eaten in the cars,
particularly by children are in
noculated with the deadly disease
germs.