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Teaching Children by Dolls.
From Ieslie's Weekly

kindergarten methods of educating
young children have always been a pro-
nounced success. Recently a new phase
of the system was invented and put into
effect by Belgian lady, Madame Pecher.
She teaches young children by dolls, rep
resenting personages and scenes in Euro
pean history, arranged in order of time.
from the earliest dates The plan works
excellently. the children in this way &C
quiring historical knowledge with ease.
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trict and state in Congress, the most gen.
erous treatment of all matters affecting
the Identification of the National capital
not only the appropriation of liberal
sums for the artistic Improvement of
the city, but a careful scrutiny of all
Legislation which may be regarded as
prejudicial to artistic development.
Favors Commercial Advancement.
II am in favor of advancing the COM
mercial interests of Washington to the
fullest possible extent consistent with the
development of it's artistic features, but
the introduction of factories, mills, ware
houses and other commercial enterprises
should be tolerated only within certain
prescribed geographical limitations suf-
ficiently remote from the city proper to
guarantee the conservation of its artistic
beauty.
In my opinion, the most needed re-
form. with a view to adding to the
charms of our Capital city, is the estab
Hshment of an architectural commission
composed of men of prominence in the
architectural profession, with plenary
power to restrict the character of build
ings within the main portion of the city
Especially the eXteriors), SO as to present
a congruous, artistic whole, and do away
with the VIGOROUSLY irregular and, in
many cases. unsightly development of
the citys streets and avenues"
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NATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Alfred T. Marks, for Eight Years an
Advertising Manager

Alfred T. Marks, advertising manager
for Hecht & Co, has been identified with
this house for the past eight years. He
is native of Pennsylvania. About
twenty-five years ago Mr. Marks re-
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Sagacious Elephant.

From Travel Magazine.
At Antwerp was discovered an educa ted
elephant that rang his dinner bell, took
coins in his trunk (passing them on to
his keeper in exchange for peanuts), and
showing himself sagacious in many ways
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During the past season 1000, 900 square
feet of ground were sold in the Chevy
Chase section to homeseekers. and these
figures do not include the sale of the Inn
to DR.. S. N. Barker, who will conduct ii
hereafter a college for young ladies';
nor the forty acres sold to the Chevy
Chase Club. Many beautiful residences
have been constructed during the year,
at an outlay of thousands of dollars, in
Guiding the magnificent home of Mr. p l..
Kicker on oliver street. and the home of
Mr.. W. T. Murphy. just east of it. Among
abe new and beautiful residences in Chevy
Chase. Md, are those of Mrs. Withers on
Irving street, opposite the Chevy Chase
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same way. They are all located in Pet
worth.
Benning Heights.
The operations OF the Valley Realty
Company are for the present confined to
'Benning Heights tract of sixty
seven acres, subdivided into $50 lots. -
by 125 feet in SIZE and ranging from
$3.50 to $500 each in price. This property
is located about $40 yards from the Ben
ming station of the Pennsylvania railroad
Little has been done in the way of grad
ing the streets or extending water and
sewer Facilities. Six SiX-room houses
have been built, and twelve more arc
in contemplation. Two hundred lots have
been sold within the past year largely
to Virginia people. One of the lot owners
is contemplating the erection of five
houses of the same type as the others
Lots as rule have been traded TO,
Virginia farming lands.
Taggart & Thrift are conducting the
sale of property at dominion Heights y
about three and three-quarter miles from
the Treasury Department. on the line OF
the Great Falls and Old Dominion Eleo.
trio Railway. The property originally
contained 12S lots, % by 1870 feet in size
which are sold at $50 EACH on the
easy-payment plan. Within year twelve
comfortable frame siX-room dwellings
worth about $500 each have been erect
ed. This property appeals to men O,
moderate means. The special advan-
tages are said to be one fare on the rail-
road to or from the place. a church, and
the erection of a schoolhouse at an early
date, excellent car service, and an eleva-
ton of 800 feet. assuring pure air and
good view.
More than three-fourths of the lots
have already been sold: and. it is said
the houses are sold before they are built
so great is the demand for them The
colony numbers 125 souls, has a citizen
association. and offers an attractive home
to those who cannot afford to paw high
prices. Villa sites nearby are offered a,
from 500 to 5000. A number of lot
owners shortly contemplate BUILDING
homes. and the firm. itself has now four
houses in course of construction.
Among New Suburbs.
Drummond. Md, is one of the news,
suburbs. just half mile over the Dis.
trict line on the Georgetown and Rock
vile electric line. All the improvements
have been completed, including grano.
Hthic sidewalks, lighted streets. sewers
and an ample water supply. 1t has ar
elevation of 400 feet above Pennsylvania
avenue at 18th street. Restrictions a.
to cost of houses to be erected on the lots
| insures better class of buildings gen
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cred itself, has been pursuing
the opposite policy with good re-
suits. The negro as we have al
ready noted, is better off in the
South, more cOntented and is inn
proving in all respects, morally
as we'll as materially. 1t is going
to take years of hard work to
bring him up to his highest
standard, which will never be
that of the white race; but the
march has been unquestionably
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GOOD ROADS.

The question of good roads is
one that deserves the thoughtful
and active consideration of both
She residents Of the town and of
the country. The towns people
are interested because a large
part of the support of the town
comes from the surrounding
country. and to attract this trade
easy access to town is one of the
important considerations. To
the farmer good roads mean easy
communication with his neigh
bors, a quick trip to town, and
large economy in the wear and
tear on his vehicles, less strain
on his teams, and a great saving
in taking his products to mar
ket, for good roads make posi-.
BILE larger loads and fewer trips.
Good roads also enhance the
value of a farm, while bad or
poor roads depreciate it. A farm
six miles from town is as valuable
with good roads as the farm two
miles from town with bad roads.
The cost Of maintenance of
rood roads when properly at
tended to, should not be more
than the cost of patching up bad
roads, thus leaving the saving on
vehicles and stock and the econ
omy in handling the crops to be
used in building good roads.
And this is a phase of the ques>
zion that should receive careful
consideration.
Good roads cost money and the
matterof finding the money is
generally, if not altogether. the
reason why good roads are not
built. When. however, it is fully
Eeakzed, when it IS actually fig
ured out that the annual tax on
every farmer by bad roads could
n sayed and applied to building
rood roads, the satisfaction and
GOnvenience Of good roads would
be Sufficient to induce him to
! have good roads.
When the resolution to have
good roads is made, the matter of
finances to build them presents
Itself. This is solved by voting
. tax for roads which is but an
ticipating the saving of the ex-
pence caused by bad roads.
The people of the second ward
decided that they wanted good
roads and on April p voted a 5
MIL tax for 5 years for roads.
SAbie was . practical. move and is
Sexample for the other wards
follow.
Nj rlscegenation Dinner.
tDemocrat:
A~e.rr;~xfon
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dinner in. New York, where a
few fanatics, like the editors OF
the Post and Independent, "a lot
of degenerate or lunatic white
women" as Senator Tillman
rightly characterized them, sat
down to dine with negro men and
and to discuss with them the
merits of miscegenatiOn and in
termariage of whites and negroes
as a settlement of the race prob.
lem, has had the effect to be ex-
pected-of calling attention to
this feature of the race question
and giving the country a chance
to take stock of and look over the
situation.
It is recognized that while the
relations between the whites and
negroes have been growing stead
lily better in the South. they have
become more strained in the
North in consequence OF
the constant pressure OF
social equality; and it is
up to the people of that section
to determine whether they want
a bad situation made worse by a
lot of fanatics and lunatjcs or
ganized for the purpose of caus-
ing trouble. This is their bust.
ness, with which we do not pro-
pose to interfere. They are
thoroughly aware of the situa-
ton and what it means; they
have have been face to face with
it at Akron. Springfield, Evans
vile and in a score of other race
wars; in the battles fought al
most weekly on San Juan Hill, in
the heart of Manhattan. If they
think that these wars" are in
the interest of civilization and
peace and order and tend to
the uplifting of the negro, why
let them keep up the agitation
and subscribe to the funds of the
Cosmopolitan Association to pro-
vide more black and white mis-.
cegenatiOn dinners and stir up
more riots. From such evidence
as we have been able to get from
these various centers of race agi-
tation, from the behavior of the
great mass of people in handling
the negroes, and the usual inabil-
ity of the local authorities to hold
the whites in check in dealing
out crude justice to the negro
disturbers. we have reached the
conclusion that public sentiment
among the great mass Of whites
is pretty much the same in the
North as in the South, and that
the more men like Willard and
Hall and women like Miss Owing
ton stir the negros up, the great
er the hatred to them and the
more trouble being bred for
them.
This question we leave. where
it belongs-with the people OF
the North-only pointing out
that they are storing up a great
deal of gunpower and dynamite
certain to explode by racial fric'
ton sooner orelater. When the
explosion comes we fear it will
bring a great disaster on-the un-
fortunate negroes, misled by the
miscegenation fanatics.
The South. ever sinceit recov'
-
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onward and upward. based on
the clearly demonstrated and un-
derstood doctrine of the non
equality of the races, no hint of
social equality between them and
their separation as far as posi-
BILE. This plan has worked as
we'll in the South as the social
equality plan has worked badly
and bred trouble in the North.
Straw hats, a full line of latest
STYLES in straw hats at Kahn's.
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PRESBYTERIAN Church..

Rev. w. H. Price, of Crowley,
will preach at the Presbyterian
Sunday at II a. m. and 8 p, m.
Everybody invited.
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Masses on Sunday at $50, Z and 9.
Free seats at ! O'Clock mass. English
sermons on the fourth Sunday of each
month at 9 a. m. All other Sundays
at !. During week holy mass at & and
$3.50.
During the month of May special
May devotions are held at the Catho.
lie church every day at 6 p. M.
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Episcopal Church.

Services on the first and third
Sundays of each month at 7:3O p.
m, Rev. G. G.. Kramer, Rector.
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Church Services.
Methodist Church..

Sunday school every Sunday
at 10 a. m. Preaching at II a..
m. and at 7:3O p. m. Everybody
welcome. Free seats. Strangers
in the city are cordially invited
to attend the services.
G. G. MILLER,
Pastor.
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Baptist Church.

Preaching every Sunday at
Masonic Hall at II a. m. and 7:3O
p. m.-Rev. Jas. I. Kendrick,
pastor.
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SUMMER Term

Opens April q. 1908. A great
opportunity is offered you. 500
will make you a bookkeeper or
stenographer. 1t pays board.
tuition and stationery.
WAlDEN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE,
Lake Charles. La. Only a linn
tied number of Scholarships to
be sold at Reduced Rates. Write.
today. l.. r. WALDEN,
Lake Charles.
Write for our Great Special,
Offer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-02
DO We WANT
N. E. HOSPITAL
WILllST0N HAS CHANCE FOR N. E.
H0SPITAL-.-WOUlD Be GREAT
BOOST FOR CITY.

J. w. jackson, president of the
Commercial club, has just received
a letter from a member of the M.
p. committee chosen to select q
location for the large NJ. E. hos
pital which will be built in this
state. The letter states that if we
want the hospital we will have to
get busy at once. The writer, if
requested, will come to Williston
next week and present the propo-
sition to the Commercial club.
The proposed hospital will accom-
modate 100 patients. There will
be from 25 to SO nurses, besides
janitors and other servants. The
annual expenditure would be
something like $4,000 and this.
would be spent in this city among.
the business men.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-02
WEDDING WEEDS EN- OUT

AS result of their failure to
comply with edict Of the local W..
G. I. u, at Crosby, Marshall
wedding, accompanied by the
party of ladies last Thursday af-
ternoon, went to the various places
where the slot machines were in
evidence and placed their owners
under arrest and also con6cated
the machines. The people of the
town seemed to be unanimous in
sanction1ng the stand taken by
the ladies and it is hoped that this
gambling device will be per-
manently ousted from our town
says the Eagle. The parties plac-
ed under arrest will be given a
hearing Monday in justice court.
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Outside of the railroad COM
missioners, upon which no definite
returns have been received as yet,
the stalwarts nominated seven and
the insurgents five candidates.
The fact that mixed ticket was
nominated should tend to do away
with any factional differences in
the party and stalwarts and insur-
gents will work hand in hand to
carry the ticket to victory this
fall.
The only place where there is a
chance for fight is for the state
senator. Tom Marshall was high
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-02

The long-expected has happened.
For four years the people of
Williston have been hopefully
looking forward to the time when
the farmers under the Williston 1r-
rigation Project would be actually
using water to irrigate crops.
For the past week the power
plant of the Reclamation Service
has been running steadily and a
number of the farmers under the
Williston Project have been irri-
eating both their meadows and
farm land. Even in this short
period it is easily demonstrated
that irrigation is going to be an
exceptionally valuable factor in
keeping the land rich and product
i've. The canals, laterals and the
farm laterals are a success. The
work done by Mr.. Hawley in lay
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-02
BAD ACCIDENT.

An accident occurred at the
hospital Wednesday noon and if
it hadn't been for prompt action
the building would have been de-
stroyed by fire. DR.. Lancaster
was engaged in the operating
room and a small alcohol lamp
was in use. It had apparently
gone out and the doctor proceeded
to fill the tank with alcohol from
a large bottle. AS soon as the
cork was removed from the bottle
the escaping gas became ignited
and the contents exploded, the
alcohol splashing over the doc
tors clothes, completely envelop-
ing him in flames. He ran out of
the building and with aid succeed
ed in putting out the fire. On
returning to the operating room
it was found to be afire but the
flames were subdued by the fire
extinguisher. DR.. Lancaster's
hand was quite badly burned and
the operating room was scorched
in several places. Crosby Eagle.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-02
FARMERS NEAR WlLLISTON
IRRICATING SUCCESSFULLY
After Four Years Waiting Farmers Now Have Water
bitches All Full and Irrigation Great Sue
cess----Farmers Under Ditch
Highly Pleased,

ing out the farm laterals and in
showing the farmers how to run
them, as we'll as his experience in
irrigating, has been of inestimable
value to the farmers under this
project. Without valuable assist
ance of this kind it would be inn
possible to be successful with irri-
cation the first year.
About IS have secured water
rights up to the present time and
the rest of the land owners under
the project will doubtless apply
within the next week.
Every citizens of Williston
should take an interest in watch
ing the progress of irrigation this
season, as, It is now one of the per-
manent factors in the develop
ment of this section of North De-
kota.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-02

man but did not have the required
forty per cent and he will have to
make the race this fall against M.
N. johnson.
In the race for the nomination
for Judge of this district Judge E..
B. Goss was an easy winner.
The results on the legislative
and county ticket leave the win
ners the same as reported last
week. The canvassing board were
not through with their work at
noon today so we are unable to
give the complete returns as to
the vote for each candidate. This
will be given next week.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-02
ELECTED OFFICERS.

The B. and L. club met with
Mrs. j. A. Penson in business
session on Wednesday afternoon.
The years work was closed and
plans for next years work dis
cussed. Election of officers was
held and officers elected as fol-
lows: Mrs. j. Corbett, president;
Mrs. T.. B. Dochterman, vice
president and Mrs. w. B. Over
son as secretary-treasurer. Club
will meet with Mrs. Grant next
Wednesday and then adjourn for
the summer.
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LOOK OUT FOR
COAL FAMINE
COAL DEALERS ARE NOT STOCKING UP
THIS SUMNER IS THEY DID LAST
LITTLE COAL SHIPPED.

The railroad officials are Won
dering if the people and the coal
dealers have forgotten the cold
weather of two years ago and ex-
pect a moderate winter like that
of 1907-8. The cause for this
speculation is the small amount of
fuel which is being moved from
the head Of the lakes westward.
This is the season for big coal
shipments, but so far the traffic is
much less than at the correspond
ing period last year. On an aver
age of sixteen cars per day are be-
ing handled on the roads radiating
from Duluth and Superior, the
greater part of which is going to
the Twin cities, and there is very
little of this amount passing
through Fargo on either of the
railroads.
While the shipping season is
not very far advanced, the appar-
ent backwardness of the dealers in
stocking up is causing the traffic
officials to wonder if the shipping
will be delayed until fall, when
they will have their hands full
taking the big crop out of the
state which frem all prospects will
prove to be the greatestin the his
tory of the northwest.
One of the reasons advanced for
the light shipments of coal was
the comparative mildness~ of last
winter, and many of the dealers
found themselves burdened last
spring with a considerable stock
of fuel. Last season they started
to stock up early, as the previous
year was still fresh in their mem
ories and officials are wondering if
the mildness of last winter has
caused them to become lax and in
clined to tempt providence. The
officials say that while they have
no inside information as to what
next winter will be, the chances
for early blizzards and an early
tying up of traffic are just as good
as they ever were. They are
even little inclined to be pessi-
mistic and should not be one
which would more than equalize
the mildness of the one just passed.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-02

and water delivered to the land
they would send other men here
to continue prospecting. Mr..
Pingree was not authorized to
make any definite statement, what
ever, but we gained from his re-
marks that he is very favorably
impressed with Williston and the
surrounding country and that he
believes this is one of the best
openings for a sugar factory that
is now presented to the company,
especially so in view of the fact of
the large territory to the east of
Williston where sugar could be
sold.
The people of Williston should
encourage this industry, as the ex-
perience at Billings and other
northern points has proven, con-
clusively, that sugar beet growing
is one of the most profitable indus
tries that farmers can engage in
and of course that means that
Williston and it's various business
firms will grow in proportion as
the surrounding country is de-
veloped.
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TIMBER And FARM LAND FOR SALE

| have two hundred acres Of
fine land located about one and
half miles west of Williston and
will sell all or part of it. | also
have 16O acres across the river
about five miles from Williston.
This is practically all timber land
and offer part or all of this for
sale. For particulars address
Dugg Bell, Williston, n, D. /
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LlPPHARDT APPRECIATED.

The citizens Of Ambrose pre-
sented Herman Lippbardt, the
former publisher of the News
man, with a gold watch. Mr..
Lipphardt is soon to leave Am
brose permanently, and in recog-
milton of his services in the inter-
est of the public good for his com
munity, and as remembrance OF
his friendships formed here the
citizens of the village extended
their appreciation.
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WILLST0N MAY SECURE
BEET SUGAR FACTORY
Representative Of Amalgamated Sugar Company Of Og-
den, Utah, Visits Wlliston---Make Thorough
Examination Of Soil..Reports
Conditions Favorable

Mr.. Job Pingree, who is Farm
Superintendent for the Amalga-
mated Sugar Co. of Ogden, Utah,
visited Williston on the 23rd and
Oath of June, in company with Mr.
w. E. French of Harlem, Mon
tana.
MIR. Pingree was making care
full examination of soils and farm
ing conditions under the Williston
Irrigation Project. The Amalga-
mated Sugar Company is looking
ing for new places to locate facto-
ries for the manufacture of sugar
from sugar beets and Mr.. Pingree
was sent here with view of MAX
ing an estimate of the possibilities
of the Williston Project for grow
ing sugar beets. Mr.. Pingree
was very careful in his examina-
ton of the soil and crop condi-
tions and said, at the conclusion
of his visit, that he could see no
reason why this soil and the condi-
tions here are not adaptable to
raising sugar beets and that he
felt that the company would prob
ably send one of their men here in
the near future to make a careful
examination as to locations, power
conditions and general prospects
for establishing a factory at this
point. Two members of this COM
pany were here some three years
ago and promised at that time that
as soon as the land was broken up