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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
DENMARK.

1t now seems assured that Bondes.
tandens Sparebank, which was so In.
volved by Alberti's misdeeds. will DO
saved.
"Julemaerket" will soon appear.
This year 100000 stamps will be
printed and the revenue from the
same will be greater than ever before.
The proceeds wiN be expended for the
benefit Of the poor Of Denmark.
The frigate Upland. which came
near being sold to Germany, despite
it's historic interest to the people OF
Denmark, will be fully restored and
kept in its native waters. A subscrip-
ton for this purpose was recently TAX.
en- and more than enough money was
secured, the people being opposed to
selling this good old ship to a foreign
power.
The following alarming dispatch
was recently sent from Copenhagen:
During the past week. numerous
anarchist workmen, who have over.
run Denmark on account Of the lack
Of native farm laborers, have been
creating reign Of terror. burning and
numbering in the country districts.
Several days ago they fired large
farm, killed the land steward with .
knife and shot the farmer. Two days
later they burned second farm and
shot the proprietor.
The same gang invaded farm near
Copenhagen belonging to Mr.. Beck.
the head Of a prominent Danish &c.
clesiastical family, shooting and stab
bling him before the eyes Of his wife
and chilren.
They made of with everything they
could get. taking the rings iRom tho
fingers Of his wife, who was stabbed
tn the back.
After plundering the house the as
sassins left, but large force of armed
police is securing the country in pur.
suit.
There is marked scarcity Of
teachers in Denmark at the present
time, and many schools are without
duly qualified teachers. The country
cities and villages especially suffer On
this account. as the few teachers cap
able Of doing good work prefer posi-
tions in The big cities. The reason
for the lack Of teachers results from
the law Of 1899. creating many new
positions in the schools, without max.
ing provision for an increase in tho
supply Of teachers. Despite tho in
crease in the number Of positions, tho
number Of students has not Increased.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
CRUSHED UNDER WAGON.

Ward County Man Thrown to Ground
and Wagon Pulled Over Him.
Kicked unconscious by a horse and
crushed under a wagon. Frank Baum
gartner. farmer living at st. Mary's.
fourteen miles northwest Of Minot,
died from injuries received.
He was unhitching the team. and
as he was about to lead them away
one Of the horses kicked him, knock.
ing him insensible. Ono of the tugs
happened to be caught. and it pulled
the wagon over Baumgartner.
DR.. Taylor was called and dressed
a fracture Of the leg, but it appears
that a blood vessel was broken and
the trouble transmitted to the brain.
He died about two hours after the &C
cident.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
ADMITS COMMITTING PERJURY.
Witness In Freight Car Robbery Cas-
Causes Sensation.

Witness In Freight Car Robbery Case
Causes Sensation.
NJ. e. Longacre created a sensation
ut Fargo by admitting that his testi-
mony in Regan, alias Ryan. box car
stealing case, given this morning, was
perjured. Conductor Ridley turned
states evidence, and Longacre plead
ed guilty to thefts from cars impli-
eating Regan or Ryan.
The latter demanded trial, and
IoagacEe's,. testimony this morning
was damaging to state and helpful to
the defendant.
This afternoon he begged 10 be per.
mitted to return to the witness stand
where he stated he had perjured him.
self in an effort to help out his asso-
ciate. but reconsidered his action dur
ing the intermission and wanted to
correct his testimony.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
MURDER At WEDDING.

tally Beating Old Man.
Address Fink and John Grindstein.
er are held in the Stark county Jail
on the charge of murder. They are
alleged to have brutally beaten Louis
Collwitz near Richardton a few days
ago. He died last night. The prison.
ers are farmers. and had been togeth.
er at a country wedding. The alleged
victim was an old man. The motive
for the assault 10 supposed to have
been robbery.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
GAVE SNAP AWAY.

eootIesgsr UneonseiousIy Revealed
Cherished Schemes to an Officer.
Chief Dick Fadden OF Lorimore
heard George Walsh Of Warwick tell
how he was going to start bootleg.
ging in Larimore. He kept watch Of
Walsh and arrested him after he had
sold two bottles. Walsh waived OK.
animation. and will soon DO tried. A
package containing over q dozen bot
ties Of liquor vas connscated.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
SUPREME COURT REvERsEs.

The supreme court Of the state in
the case Of o. A. Knudtson vs.. John J..
Robinson ct al. reversed itself In q
decision filed at Bismarck.
Last spring the court on an appeal
from Mclean county reversed Judge
Winchester's order Diminishing the
case. Newton & Dullum asked for
q rehearing, which the court granted.
and now the same court reverses
Itself and sustains Judge Winches.
ter's order dismissing the case.
The facts are: On Oct. Is, 1901, at
his own house, John ]. Robinson Of
Mclean county made a contract to
sell $50 acres of land for $3.50. His
wife was present, but was not con.
suited. On Oct 10, 1902, Robinson
died by his own hand. testate. The
defendants set up the fact which was
not disputed, that the homestead had
never been selected and set of. and
that Mrs. Robinson could make this
selection, and that after doing so she
could not compel specific perform.
ance On the balance of the land. and.
as there is no mutually of contract.
It could not be enforced.
Newton & ullum are pleased over
this decision, as it saves their clients
about $4,000. The case has excited
q great deal Of interest in Mclean
county, where Robinson was we'll
known and where the heirs are living
at present. The news Of this de-.
cision will be received with pleasure
by the friends of the Robinson family.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
III orth Dakota
~ ubbins q s.

Minot is to have some fiat buildings.
Eggs are selling higher and higher.
Stutsman county had a prairie fire.
Valley City people are after q IRE
hall.
Casselton is to have q new brick
hotel.
Masque bals are featured in many
towns.
At Casselton the lid is on slot ma,
Grand Forkers demand better milk
supply.
Macklin's pool hall in strester was
burgled.
The photographers are working
overtime.
A lot Of silver weddings are being
celebrated.
The Devils Lake merchants may or
ganize a club.
Dickinson is to have another motion
picture house.
Many hunting dogs have been stolen
at jamestown.
The Devils Lake ofacials may open
. night school.
There has been a matrimonial boom
in Stutsman county.
Grand Forks newspaper men may
organize press club.
William Mcfarland, near Cavalier
captured young bear.
A broom factory is among the new
enterprises at Dickinson.
Grand Forkers are to incorporate
the street railway company.
The herd law vote in Ward county
Is said to have been illegal.
1
Sheridan is to be the name Of the
new county cut out Of Mclean.
There was horse power threshins
rig in operation near Marmarth.
The Dickinson Commercial club in
sists on its members paying up.
The Mayville foremen want more
pressure In the city waterworks.
Farmers are rushing their grain tt
! market in the northern part of thu
| state.
The 500 line in this state has al
ready fitted its engines out with snow
plows.
There is hot rivalry in some Of thu
towns Of the state over motion picture
shows.
Several counties this fall elected
women as county superintendent o.
schools.
Matt johnson had five votes to the
good in the legislative race in Bot
tineau county.
The officials at jamestown are en-
deavoring to exclude the kids from
the pool rooms.
The discovery of a case of diphthe
ria in the schools at Dickinson caused
some excitement.
Some of the horses injured in the
wreck of Gollmar's circus near Medi
ma have been sold.
Conductor Boehme, who was injured
at Fairdale by 500 train, died in 9
Minneapolis hospital.
The people Of Lakota are rejoicing
over the prospect of an electric light
plant at an early date.
There are some great names Of
towns in Barnes county. One is Kath
fyn-another is Kiddville.
The publishers of the state are
making an effort to corral a few shek
els in this time Of plenty.
J. w. Christian. who was reelected
Judge Of probate in Sargent county
has undergone an operation.
Great interest is being taken by the
farmers Of the state in the institute
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03

Grand Forkers want the Western
Union to establish relay Office there
for tho northern half Of the state in.
stead Of having all the work done in
Fargo.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

is the day set apart for boat drills.
Bright and early the big white hfeboat
Is wheeled down to the waters edge. The
surfmen, In their oilskins, grasp their
oars, and, with the captain at the helm.
the craft is launched into the breakers.
In the launching operation the surfmen
are whist deep in water, and on the Sc
we're days of winter the spray from
breaking waves envelops men and boats
In a crust of Ice. 1t takes four minutes to
launch the boat, and the entire drill con-
sumes an hour. Wednesday is devoted to
flag drill, and each member Of the corps
is as proficient In the work Of wigwag-
ging as is the signal officer aboard one OF
our ships of war Thursday is scheduled
for beach apparatus drill, which includes
the sighting and firing of the gun, the
rigging of the breeches buoy and prac-
tice in its use. The resuscitation of the
drowned Is the object of Fridays drill,
and the various exercises are gone
through with upon one of the members of
the crew as a subject. Saturday is clean
ing-up day, and Sunday there is no work
outside of the regular watches.
More incentive than mere money getting
is needed to attract men to the llfe-sav-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

40 feet above the sea, and there the day
is spent by the lookout as he sweeps
coast and sea with. telescope in search
of ships in distress, But as night closes
in the coast pickets start out and cover
the lonely eight-mile stretches between
stations. As the captain Of the station
announces sunset surfmen Nos. l and 2,
bundled in their heavy woolen sweat
ers and jumpers, start out on their
lonely stroll, proceeding in opposite
directions from their stations. At the
end of the four-mile stretch each
covers he meets a patrolman from
the other station. and here they ex-
change brass checks, which are turned
over to the captains Of the re-
speetive stations to prove that every
inch OF coast under their Jurisdiction
has been traversed. Patrol duty for each
crew lasts four hours, at the end of
which the pickets return to their station
for warmth and rest preparatory to re-
lieving those by whom they, in turn,
were relieved. If, during the night, a
rocket flashes from deck of ship off shore
another greets it from the land, and in
an Instant all is activity at the station.
Perhaps it is a wreck, and II SO, the
big lifeboat is hauled to the beach, un-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

lives.
At Williston four powerful electric
pumps are placed upon a barge of espe-
cialy strong construction. The water Is
drawn into a settling basin" or reser-
voir, whence it is carried over the face
of the land In tortuous canals The neees-
sary power is generated by a plant situ-
ated in the vicinity of a mine held by the
government. A good grade of Ignite Is
taken out of hill by means Of hori-
zontal shaft and run over a track about
200 yards to the powerhouse. where a
machine grinds It to the small pieces
suitable for the gas-producing engine
used. The government is at present
serving itself with coal at a cost OF not
more than $1.25 per ton, and expects
shortly to reduce the figures to 81. The
same kind of coal is used by railroads
and steam plants generally In this sec
tion of the country. This is the only in
stance IN which Uncle Sam figures as
mine operator, and the Austrian gov
ernment is the only other which acts in
a similar capacity.
From Williston electrically transmitted
power is furnished to the Buford- Trenton
project at a distance of % miles.
Here another pumping station is In
stalled on a barge and operated In the
same way. The irrigated lands extend
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

II ERoEs7 Yes, heroes in every sense
IA OF the word, for these lily paid men
ever stand ready and eager to risk
their lives In responding to- each signal
Of distress Haunted from the mastheads
of disabled craft off shore, be the wealth
er fair or foul, and more often than not
such signals are flashed when the wealth
er Is the foulest of the foul. AS mem-
bers OF the fire departments Of the big
cities become welded to their perilous
profession, 50 hfe-sayers become SO at
tached to their work that they are rarely
weaned away from 1t. The sea is the
magnet, and they cannot resist its call
Where duty caIls thence they go. The
most advantageous point to observe the
work Of the Life-saying Corps is along
the Jersey coast, where AZ stations have
been established between Sandy Hook
and Barnegat. OF course, similar stations
are maintained. at regular intervals,
from Maine to Florida, as we'll as along
the Pacific Coast, but no coast is so
treacherous as that of New Jersey, and
in consequence the stations are found at
more frequent intervals and greater yigi-
lance is the more necessary. The model
station along this coast is that at Long
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

in and year out, the hardest worked and
by long odds the worst exposed to suffer-
ing and danger OF all of Uncle Sans SER
wants. Mr.. Kimball, while connected with
the federal government continuously since
1862, has held his present post for 80
years. He shows by the Official records
that since he organized this bureau, in
1871, his life-savers have rendered as
sistanee at $4,000 wrecks, which imperiled
the lives of 1875, 900 people and about $780,
100000 worth of property. Statistics prove
that IA out Of every Is Of these human
beings and over two-thirds Of this i'm
perlled property have been saved. In ad-
ditien to administering to those distressed
at sea the records show that members Of
various life-saving stations succeeded in
saving the lives Of nearly 100 persons who
had gotten into the water from causes
other than accident to boats-would-be
suicides. lunates, careless bathers, skat-
ers, children who fell from docks, ETC.
rescued 107 food victims, carried IT i'll
persons to physicians, gave direct medical
aid to 10 others, recovered SO corpses
from the water, cared for 13 others found
on beaches, recovered IA lost hshnets,
saved 100000 feet of drifting saw logs,
worked at 81 fires and rescued from the
flames 65 horses and 11o vehicles.
Again scanning his records the Superin-
tendent showed that there were many
rescues of persons endangered IN other
ways such as by falling into sewers, get
ting caught against breakwaters, lost In
blizzards, stranded in automobiles and en-
dangered by runaway horses. From the
aforegoing it can be seen that the man
calling upon Congress for living wages
combines with his best known duties those
of fireman, policeman, salvage man, am
bulance surgeon, hospital steward and
custodian of the dead.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

ture the lots In these will be disposed Of
by auction, in accordance with the
Reclamation Act.
One is not readily attracted by the
rather thick and milky looking water of
the Missouri and he has TO be shown au-
thentic statements of scientists before he
can credit the statement that 1t is the
purest water found in the United States
1t comes down In the form Of melted
snow from the mountains and, although
laden with silt, carries no injurious salts
or germs. After one gets over its APP
pearance he finds 1t palatable and pleas
ant, for the silt is quite tasteless. The
quality of the water is very important
matter to the community, for wells free
from alkali are difficult to locate. As 1t
is. the irrigation farmer may safely drink
the water from the canal.
This portion of North Dakota is only
semiarid, and the lands beyond the irri-
gated area have long afforded homes for
an agricultural population. The rainfall
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
EIuZa1ed RaxLoa aTMazn oanaz

bounds. Near Trenton the river makes a
v-shaped bend, forming a peninsula
about three miles IN length. The en-
closed land is occupied and partially cul-
tivated. Four years ago the strip In
question was about 1000 feet wide at
its middle part. The river has been cut
ting into 1T rapidly. Two years ago the
width had been reduced to 375 feet. One
year ago it was 1872 feet. and at the
present time 1t is nearly cut through.
A great deal of the material crossed by
the river is carried down the stream,
and is the chief factor in making the
Mississippi so muddy. The greater part,
however, is banked up elsewhere, so that
while the stream destroys land at one
point it forms it at another, generally
on the opposite side.
1t is from this treacherous river that
the Reclamation Service secures its sup
pIy of water for the lands embraced In
the Buford- Trenton and Williston pro-
iects. which are virtually one, occupying
a continuous stretch of about % miles.
The river at flood time and at the break
ing up of ice causes the engineers all
sorts of trouble and during the installa-
tion period more than once threatened
10 carry away their works, and they
were only saved by the most heroic ac-
ton. In which men often risked their
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

N URING the closing days of June
water was turned upon the land of
~ North Dakota for the first time in
it's history. 1t is true that individuals
had practiced irrigation on the bottom
lands in a small way and sufficiently to
demonstrate the wonderful productive
ness Of this soil when properly mois-
tened. but systematic and scientific irri-
cation was unknown in this semiarid
region until the government opened the
system which now supplies water to
about 1900 acres, with a possibility Of
extending the operation to $4,000 acres.
The projects are located In Williams
county, on the extreme western border
OF the state, and at the point where the
Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers unite.
Close by is the town Of Mondak. whose
name "a constructed from abbreviations
Of the words Montana and Dakota. The
state line runs through the place, which
Is a thriving burg, with a great liquor
trade on its Montana side owing to the
fact that North Dakota is prohibition
state.
Even as high up as its junction with
the Yellowstone the Missouri Is an ex-
ceedingly turbulent stream In food. 1t
cuts the banks as though they were so
much cheese, and often does great dam
age hx extending beyond it, natural
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

lashed from its carriage and launched in
the surf. Cork belts are strapped on,
the long oars manned, and IN a Jifry the
crew is battling with the white-crested
waves that rush across the bar. A surf
mountainous high may be running and
the efforts of the life-savers to ride the
angry breakers may be futile; then the
beach apparatus comes into play, and
the little brass cannon with its load OF
rope and heavy steel projectile bangs
forth a saving message to those aboard
the ship. The shot goes true, the line
falls afouI spar and q eagerly grasped
by those on the ship and made fast. A
heavier rope is drawn in by aid of the
line Just secured, and with this comes
thick hawser, which is made fast TO
mast. The breeches buoy is lashed to
the tackle and slowly those aboard the
ship are drawn to safety.
Each day of the week there Is a drill,
intended to keep the crew at the height
of efficiency. and these drills are quite as
arduous and severe upon the physiques
of the crews as the real rescues. On Mon
days the apparatus is hauled from its
house and spread over the beach, while
the crew overhauls the rigging. Tuesday
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

east from Buford for about eight miles to
Trenton and lie on a gently soping bench
two miles in width overlooking the tim
ber-covefed bottom land of the Missouri.
Buford is on the Great Northern Railway,
adjacent to the site of Fort Buford,
famous old military post, which was
abandoned a few years ago. The canal
system of the Williston project runs
northward from the Missouri about 10
miles 10 the Valley of the Little Muddy
Its width is from two to three miles
The town of Williston is a prosperous
place of about 5000 Inhabitants, which
has doubled Its population since the Rec
lamation Service began its work there
two years ago. Williston Is the chief
distributing point for the northwestern
part Of the state and does quite a large
business, but its people do not appear to
be quite awake TO the fulness Of their
opportunities. On each of these projects
the government has laid out town sites
after the usual practice. In the near fu-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

finding a climate similar to that of Mis-
souri,, Southern Wisconsin or oregon.
This is a semiarid land and, even II you
come here with thorough knowledge OF
dry farming, as prachced In the West,
you Will. find seasons of drought that
will try your courage, your patience and
your poeketbook. DO not believe for a
fraction of a second that old, old story
that the Almighty is gradually changing
the climate to accommodate the pur-
chasers of real estate on the semiarid
lands of the Dakotas. Faith in Divine
Providence is mighty good thing to
have, but 1t won't furnish moisture. AS
a matter OF fact, so far as its actual
value to the farmer is concerned, land is
worth no more than 1t will produce in
marketable products that can be turned
into money or trade. Many, very many
farmers living on irrigated lands in the
Far West are yearly making more money
under an intensive system of cultivo-
ton on 40 acres of land than they could
make on 100 acres under the present
methods Of dry-land farming now in
vogue In Williams county. The pro-
moters of a certain irrigation project near
the snake River, Idaha ask 90 cents an
acre for their land and $S5 an acre for
a perpetual water right. Another illus
tration Of the worthless character of the
soil without the life-giving water"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

ing CORPS. for surfmen receive but $66 per
month, and out of this they must support
themselves, buy their uniforms and pro-
vide for their families. This amount Is
further reduced by the two months va
cation during the summer, for which
they receive no compensation. The com
mander of each station receives 5000
year. and, considering that it takes al
most a lifetime in the service TO reach
this exalted position, the salary is but
paltry pittance. United States Senator
Rean, of New Jersey, is endeavoring to
put through Congress a bill providing for
the creation Of retired list after life
saver has reached certain age. This viii
be of some benefit to the life-sayers. but
an increase of wages is what they most
earnestly hope for.
1t is to the women and children, to the
men themselves, disabled by such Or
deals as they undergo, that Congress is
now asked to give a square deal. -Four
out of every five Of the brave fellows left
In the service has a wife at home, and
more often than not children as well.
Nearly all of the bachelors in the service
have dependent mothers or sisters. Are
not the women and children of the men
who thus risk their lives for others as
worthy of a nations protection as the
women of the soldier and bluejaeket who
fght once In a generation. or Of the rev.
enue cutter sailor who seldom smells gun
powder in a lfetime2
Sumner L Kimball, general superinten-
dent of the United States Life-saving
Service. has worked hard for pensions for
his men, their widows, orphans and de-
pendent mothers, such as were SO recently
granted to those Of the Revenue Cutter
Service. Congress is apparently not yet
In a mood to grant this richly merited,
boon to our brave surfmen, who are. year