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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
COMING NORTH FOR THEIR SEED
Potato Growers in Favored Red River
Valley are Reapina a Harvest.

Valley are Reaping a Harvest.
The meek and lowly "spud" of the
Red river valley is in great demand.
Experts say there is strip of country
on both the North Dakota and the
Minnesota side Of the stream that is
better adapted to potato raising than
any other section of the world.
The annual invasion of buyers from
the southwest is on. Representatives
OF big seed houses which supply the
trade Of Kansas, Missouri. Oklahoma,
Texas, and other states, are here.
They secure their annual supply for
next year in this section. They also
purchase for cafes and restaurants
which cater to the select trade.
Farmers on both sides of the river
are devoting more attention to the
crop than in years. Scores of them
have hundreds of acres. The crop is
fairly good, the quality being especial
ly fine.
The efforts of certain boosters to
get the farmers of North Dakota to 20
in heavily for the new Alaska wheat
have not been very successful. The
claims of 20O-bushel yield, hail-resist-
ant qualities and other things, are dis.
counted. Farmers who have expert
mented with the new variety say it
will undoubtedly yield larger for a
year or two than the fife and blue.
stem, but that the quality is less &C
ceptable.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
THE LADY AND THE UMBRELLA.
Not Every Woman So Lucky a. the
Heroine Of This Tale.


Heroine Of This Tale.
In the storeroom that every railroad
maintains for the safe keeping Of lost
articles left in its cars by forgetful
passengers there are always to be
found hundreds OF umbrellas. But not
every umbrella left in the cars is lost
long enough to find its way to the lost
department; it may fortunately be re-.
covered sooner.
Here was a woman who had Just
stepped from an elevated railroad
train to find it raining, and thus re-
minded:
ooh! my umbrella" she said, and
turning to the train, which had al
ready started along, she added: wait
minute!" request by the train un-
needed.
And yet this woman recovered her
umbrella in moment.
Here it u.s." said another woman,
who was travelling with her, had got
of the car after her, and had gathered
up her friends umbrella with her own
as she came along.
So this forgetful passenger recov-
cred her umbrella promptly, but not
all are so fortunate; thousands of UNI
brellas left behind by passengers go
to the lost departments every year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
ANOTHER BIG GAS WELL FOUND,
Gushes Forth One Million Feet Each
Day,

Day.
One million cubic feet per day is the
big capacity Of tho mammoth new GAS
well struck at Westhope last week.
The new we'll is located on the Nc
Henry farm, about a mile and half
from the we'll On the Parker farm.
and with it's huge capacity of 1,OOO,-
900 cubic feet per day makes it one OF
the largest wells in that section of the
country. The strike was made at the
surprisingly short distance of 1874 feet
from the surface, and the drill ran
into vein of trend sand twenty feet
deep, which is said to be of remark
able gas producing quality. The new.
big gusher makes the fourth we'll now
in operation, and to-day the drill was
set to work on No. 5.
1t was not expected that gas would
be found so close to the surface, and
when the new vein was struck the
gas spouted to the surface and far
into the air, causing CONSERVATION to
the drill operators and scattering
things right and left with its cover
full force.
The discovery of the new well ON
the McHenry farm opens up many
new possibilities. for here the gas il
not only found considerably closer to
the surface, but also in abundant GUAM
titles.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Progressive wlnnipeo.

Statistics show that Winnipeg is
now the fourth largest manufacturing
city of Canada, and those who have
studied the benevolent economic con.
ditions which must control her future
see q repetition of the history of st.
Louis or Chicago before the capital
city of Manitoba.
In 1902 the city Of Winnipeg had a
population of 4S.411; at the opening
of the present year the official figures
were $4,000. In that same year five
years ago the total assessable prop
erty of the city amounted to $28,615.-
80 and in 1907 had jumped to $780,.
$4,000. In the same space of time
the bank clearings increased from
$18S,S7O,000 in 1902 to $599,667, 900 in
1907.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
lone WHITE STONE WINS.

The derby Of the North Dakota field
trials near Berwick was won by lone
White Stone. owned by Dr. Saunder-
son, Grand Forks, and sold to him
two months ago by J. E. Turner,
Grand Forks. The winner is a little
white, black-and-tan female out of
Countess Mckinley, still owned by J.
E. Turner Of Grand Forks, and sired
by Count Whitestone. Gilchrist ham
died her.
Pearlstone's Spot Cash pointers.
trained by Louis Weller, a Dominion
City man, won second place.
Gibraltar, owned by Beazsell, and
Rosa, trained by Gilchrist, tied for
third place.
The dogs are finding many birds,
and the wisdom of holding the trials
before the opening of the hunting sea-
son has been clearly demonstrated.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Owls to Kill OF sparrows.

They have discovered a way to thin
out the obnoxious English sparrows
in Erie. Two owls which had taken
possession of one of the squirrel
houses in tree on the court house
lawn at Eric have launched forth into
the sparrow eradication business.
Janitor Avery noticed that the num-
Der of birds was rapidly diminishing
and Monday discovered the secret
when he had occasion to look into the
squirrel house. He found the place
literally filled with bones and feath-
ers which formerly had constituted
parts of the anatomies of sparrows.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03

Five thousand licenses to hunt game
will be issued in Ward county thfn
fall according to county officials. To.
date this season there have been IL
sued by the county auditor 7So
licenses, and with this unusual start
It is thought that there will be fully
thousand more issued this year than
last. The 1907 business from shoot,
ers amounted to some four thousand
licenses at rs cents per.
The pursuer Of the festive prairie
chicken is assured the best sport this
year that has been enjoyed in the past
seven or eight years.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Few Desertions in Mexico.

Instances Of desertion from the
army in Mexico are very rare and for
the best reasons" said Senior Jose de
Minaldez Of Nueva Leon. "The reason
lies in the almost sure capture of the
fugitive and the certainty that he will
get not one but numerous fog
gings on his bare back. These
lashings are done in the presence Of
the comrades of the deserter, and
when the men see how great is the
suffering of the miserable wretch who
tried in vain to quit his military obi.
cations they are forced to conclude
that it is better to stick to the army
than undergo such a terrible ordeal"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
PLAQUE Of Ioads.

Many sections Of Columbia county,
Pennsylvania gave evidence that the
community was being visited by a
veritable Old Testament plague Of
toads. Toads by the million, coming,
in the minds of some of the more fan
ciful, from the skies, fairly covered
every place upon which they could
get footing. They were so thick on
West Berwick pavements that pedes-
trians were compelled to take to the
streets. Much the same condition ex-
listed in Bloomsbury.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Hunters TussIe With a Deer.

f1untefo IuSSIe with Deer.
James Shook of this city had an ex-
citing experience with a buck deer at
Occidental in Martin county. Shook
was out hunting alone and, sighting
the animal, fired two shots. The deer
fell, and, thinking that 1t was dead,
Shook ran up to his prize. To his
surprise the apparently dead animal
jumped up and rushed at him vi
ciously.
Before he could protect himself
Shook was knocked down ad trampled
into insensibility. He finally recov-
cred, and upo nstaggering to his feet,
discovered the deer dead not more
than two hundred yards away.
Shook sustained a fracture of two
ribs by being struck by the deer's
horns when he was first thrown to the
group In addition he was consider
ably / Used by the animals hoofs.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
SCHEME TO SELL PAPERS.

Lad With Bandaged Wrist and An.
other to Help Make Sales.
A small boy with an armful of news.
papers was struggling with another at
the mouth Of the subway station, Civ.
Ing vent to subdued cries the while.
cit away! Look out fer me armi"
he said to the other, who had no pa:
pers to sell.
They made just enough noise to
attract the attention of the persons
leaving the subway and then the boy
with the papers showed in front of the
travellers wrist heavily bandaged
and appealed for patronage on that
ground.
"I'll bet he and the other boy divvy
on the sales the boy with the band
aged hand makes. l think their scrap.
ping is all plant" said one man who
refused to buy paper. Call he wants
to do is to call attention to the band.
age. There mayn't even be sore un-
derneath it."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
A Yoaa's Feat.

For fourteen years Bava Luchman
Dass received from the priests of the
Black caves of Central India the
pecessary education in order to be-
come a yoga, as yoga must be ca
pable of taking the forty-eight pos
lures of the Hindoo idols.
Perhaps his greatest trick consists
in balancing himself on the ends of
his fingers while the whole of his body
is in the air. Bava stated that in or.
der to obtain the rank of yoga in the
Black caves of India he had to con.
tinue in this position on the ends of
his fingers under the eyes of the
judges, without seconds interval,
for seven days and nights.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Removes Ink. Not Pink.

Il had a sheer pink silk waist, on
which 1 unfortunately spilled some
Ink. I took some peroxide Of hydro.
gen and wet the goods with it, then
put it in the sun for little while.
In about half an hour ink spots
were gone, and the color remained in
tact. Peroxide of hydrogen can be
used on the most delicate color, and
1t will take stains out admirably. I
have also used it with great success
on my fine white lawn waists"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Like RattIesnake Meat,

"Once upon a time l met an old
man out in Arizona that said the only
meat he had tasted in over year was
that of rattlesnake," said B. w. Sat-
terrified of Kirkville, Mo-, at the Tul-
lane. "He swore that rattlesnake
meat was delicate and good to eat.
He would stew 1t, so he said, until all
chances for any venom were elimi-
mated. He would then dry it in the
sun, and in two or three days 1t would
be like crisp bacon. His story was
hard to believe. but many who knew
him declared 1t to be the truth. May.
be they took me for a tenderfqpt and
tried to string me"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
BEER WAS DESTROYED.

Two Cases Of 1t Placed in the Sewer
This Afternoon by Chief of Police.
Beer. beer everywhere, but not a
drop to drink"
That was the condition that existed
at the city hall at Grand Forks when
Chief Of Police OVERLY destroyed two
cases of beer which were seized re-
Gently at the fair grounds. The event
was not heralded with the blowing of
trumpets or unf'irliog of flags or any
thing like that. The chief just took
the cases of beer from the cell in
which it had been kept, pulled an
opener from his pocket and started to
pour the beer into the sewer. The
waste" went on for about ten min.
utes, at the end Of which time the lob
was declared completed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Testimony Was Damaging.

Upon the preliminary examination
Of Chris Sulkey and Ole Kassa, North.
wood men accused Of selling beer
illegally, the testimony indicated that
haywood Benson and Billif Anderson
were guilty and warrants were issued
for their arrest. The hearing of Sui.
key and Kassa was continued to await
developments.
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Charles Swanson, accused of
robbing o. Larson, section foreman for
the Great Northern, in farm board.
ing house In Brenna township.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
THEIR MONEY IN OLD soora
How Russian Farmers In Kansas Hid
Their Wealth.

ROW Russian Farmers In Kansas Hid
Their Wealth.
ELLIS county has more money hid.
den In tin cans and old boots than 10
deposited in the banks" said Val. Il.
Gross, banker and broker Of Hays
City, Kan.
"Old boots are the proper things"
continued the Kansas banker, "be.
cause the people who hide their
money in our county, as a rule, have
no old socks to use for that purpose.
They do not wear socks. They are
RUSSIANS, who have no working knowl-
edge of our banking system, and who
show no disposition to learn much
about it.
They do their own banking. Their
strong box consists of a tin can or an
Cid boot. and their safety deposit vault
is hole under the barn or in the eel.
lar. When they want to buy something
they pay cash for It,. When they sell
something they demand the cash and
hide it.
1T is a conservative estimate to say
that more than half of the actual cash
CT Ellis county is hidden. Our deposits
come chiefly from the Americans.
Comparatively few of the Russians do
any banking business. We have con-
Quoted a campaign among them for
years, and some of the younger ele.
ment are beginning to patronize us.
But the old timers are still holding
OF. and probably will continue to do
SO for the rest of their lives.
Perhaps 20 per cent of the people
Of Ellis county are Russians. More
strictly speaking, they are German
Russians. Originally they went from
Germany to Russia, and later came to
this country. They are sturdy,
honest people, Industrious, very reli-
gious, and great money savers. AS debt
payers they are celebrated They
never hide behind the statute of limi.
tation. If Russian buys horse or a
farm he is just as sure to pay for it
as he lives. Mortgages are only used
as protection in case of DEATH"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
PAY Of Teacher. In India.

At present the minimum rate of pay
Of a teacher in government schools in
Travancore is rupees (6s. 3d. q
month, and there are now 227 teach
ers on rupees and 226 on rupees
(8s.) in government schools.
This pay is to be raised to rupees
(9s. ADJ a month, and in the future no
teacher will be appointed in any gov
eminent school on less than this sal
airy.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Australian Clay Eaters.

In the Northern Territory that vast
subtropical section of Australia which
Is to be opened up for settlement now
that it has been taken over from
South Australia by the commonwealth
government, some of the natives have
a curious custom of eating certain
kind of white, powdery clay.
Investigation does not indicate any
particular fondness on the part of the
aboriginals for this particulad diet, but
the clay would appear to serve use
full purpose in between whites by way
of staving off hunger when game is
scarce.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
VALUE OF OLD PEWTER.
Plates From SIPS to $1o-Porrinaers
$3.50 to IS,

Plates From SIPS to $1o-Porrinaers
$3.50 to IS.
The value of old pewter must be
relative, as no fixed standard can be
set. One authority tells us that the
medium sized plates bring from $1.25
to $3.50. the larger sizes from So to
$40 and the large trenchers, from fl
teen to tweny inches, are worth from
SO to $12.
In one collection, says Harper's
Bazaar. a large straight pot is valued
at SIG. two smaller ones at SIP. Whale
oil lamps are valued at from IS to
SO, porringers at from $3.50 to IS.
Among collections Of old pewter one
finds more Of the porringers than of
any other one style of piece. For some
unknown reason they have survived
the destruction that came to other
larger pieces Of pewter.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
YOUNG GIRL BURNED TO DEATH,

A fatal accident occurred at Bis
marck when the six-year-old daughter
of l. w. Healey, county auditor of Bur-
leigh county, was burned to death.
With other children the girl was play
ing in the yard with a magic lantern,
which she tried to light with matches
which ignited her dress.
She became frightened and started
to run, and before assistance could
reach her all of her clothes were
burned. and the child was fright
fully burned about the body and head.
Death ensued in less than two hours.
The mother was at home at the time.
but was unable to get to the child in
time to save her.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Magnetic Survey. Utility.

+, Magnetic Surveys Utility.
The great practical utility of the
magnetic survey made in the Pacific
ocean by the yacht Galilee since 1905
is shown by the new magnetic chart,
from which it appears that the charts
previously used by navigators in the
Pacific ocean were erroneous along
some much-traveled routes to the ex-
tent Of from three to five degrees, and
the errors at times were systematic.
Errors of this magniture are of i'm
portance in practical navigation,
where the indications Of the compass
should be as accurate as possible.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Edwards 200 Suits,

Some one has said that King Ed.
ward never wears the same suit
twice. This is an exaggeration. The
king exchanges his attire about three
times day, and consequently would
need more than 1000 new suits year,
costing something like $4,000, If such
story we're true. AS a matter Of
fact, he orders about thirty new suits
every year, and at Buckingham pal
ace, Windsor castle and Sandring.
ham he keeps a stock of about 200.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Paradise Of Moderate Means.

The German of the middleand lower
middle classes gets more for his
money than the Englishman of tho
same standing. He gets a better edu-
cation, his health is more scientifically
watched, and he gets goose moro
often for dinner. When he can keep
alive no more his relatives and
friends express their lamentations by
an advertisement in the local paper,
half q column long.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
IN NET BECAUSE OF BAD MEMORY
Judge Thinks Prisoner, Formerly Of
Duluth, Isn't BURGLAR.

Judge Thinks Prisoner, Formerly Of
Duluth, isn't Burglar.
Only because he failed to take ad.
vantage Of some Of the numerous sys.
TENS guaranteed to develop bad
memory. George Hogan is in custody
at Grand Forks, suspected of being
lunatic or burglar. At least that
is the view now held by Judge L. X.
Hassell, of the probate court. and the
officials of the county jail.
Hogan was searched at the Jail after
his arrest and his pockets contained
papers showing that he had several
hundred dollars on deposit in the FIRST
National bank of Duluth. A copy Of
his Identification card was received
today by Judge Hassell from the bank.
Armed with this card, Judge Hassell
Piled Hogan with questions at the
county Jail and was convinced that
he is the man described and who has
had savings account of several hum
dred dollars at times in the Duluth
bank.
Judge Hassell questioned him as
to his hobby of carrying $500 in gold
around with him all the time. He
said he had always been in the habit
Of carrying large sums of money
around with him and had never been
robbed.
His indentification card showed that
he first opened an account il the Du.
luth bank on May 9. 1904. He must
have resided in Duluth good share
of the time since then, but he is un-
able to tell what he has been doing,
His memory seems to be poor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
5000 Boats Built bv One Man.

Andy Linton of Vancouver, B. c.,
has built up to date 5000 boats, and
though he is referred to as the oldest
boat builder in Canada he will likely
add another thousand to his record
before he makes his final cruise. He
does not build ocean liners, but gold
prospectors' boats and fishing smacks.
He has built about one boat day for
the last twenty-five years. He has a
little sawmill and few workmen, but
does himself large share of the work
of getting each craft ready for active
service.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
The Ensll.hman'. Easy Chair.

The Englishman's Easy Chair.
The Englishman can only be COM
fortably in his own chair, and he has
difficulty in sitting down in any coun-
try but his own. He feels inclined
to stand up in Turkey, to walk up and
down in Germany and to fidget in
France. Where outside England can
be found that low, softly padded, hos
pitable vender of comforts which is
the chosen companion of the small
hours?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
St. Helena.

There are now hardly any souvenirs
of Napoleon l. at st. Helena. The
tomb no longer exists, and the house
which is shown to tourists to-day is
not the one where he died. The real
house ended by being pigsty. At the
utmost there still exists at st. Helena
willow tree planted by Napoleon,
but that is not certain.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Rather Bear the Ills He Has.

Rather Bear the Ills He Has.
"Why don't you make more effort to
placate your enemies?"
what for?' inquired Senator
Sorghum.
$50 that they will stop antagonizing
you"
"My friend" answered Senator
Sorghum, "in this business a man
must expect to be antagonized. I
think l have set of political enemies
now that l can hold down, and l don't
intend to disturb the situation"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Curious Agreement.

Before DR.. Nansen departed for his
famous polar expedition in 1893 he
entered into a legal arrangement by
means of which, If he failed to return
in few years, his wife could remarry.
When he came back again he was re.
married to the wife he had so un.
selfshly released. She thus had the
unusual experience of being married
twice to one husband.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03

w. ]. Sinclair Of Hannaford recent,
ly threshed $500 bushels of barleH:
from 110-acre field and sold the same
for so cents per bushel, bringing him
SO per acre. and the land is not S1z6
per acre land either. Several othee.
big Yields have been reported.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Perhaps So.

Perhaps So.
Mamma. Is that bay rum in the
bottle on your tablet"
Mercy. no. dear!" she replied.
THAT IL mucilage"
"Oh!" said little John, perhaps
that's why I can't get my hat of"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Not In the Library.

Not In the Library.
Miss Bunkerhill-Have you read
SCOTS novels?
Miss Laker-All but his "Emulsi.
ons." I have seen 1t advertised
great many times in Chicago, but
have never been able to get q copy.