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pastures and some seventy acres are in
crop. sA heavy field Of oats has just been
harvested and there IS an especially fine
field of corn covering 3o 90 acres. a,
"a fine, cold spring gnshes from the
rock ina canyon near the house. furnish
ing a never failing supply Of pure water.
The flow IS 70 gallons perminute. enough
70 supply the entire city Of Dickinson,
This IS piped for use al the house and
forstock, and below the house, Is damned
'to form an abode for fine large, brook
trout which are now carefully projected.
The beaver dams h are Al interesting
feature and the work of one industrious
beaver Is marvellous,
The ranch farm Is stocked with pure
bred registered Herefords. These now
number about 400 forning The largest
registered herd il the country, and they
are the pride of their owner. The sister
''qat one ;of thesei registered Scoyss sold i,
|ss |AI York for sSzoo. Some grade mock
brings the number of cattle up It's. ago
md there are Is 6ne horses. nclusdaing
work and nd hors u 4; SJ I,
VA Brown has cen ~ chaiige 81 fihe
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Killing Frost

The night of the 2Ist, mercury regis.
tered at ~ degrees, or degrees below
the freezing point. 1t was entirely un-
looked for at this time of the year and
did great deal of damage to corn and
nearly all late crops, such as fax and
potatoes, suffered more or less.
Last year there was an early frost on
the 10TH of August which did slight
damage. However, the government
thermometer at Dickinson registered
only 80 on that date.
The records show that these unusual
years come occasionally to all sections of
the United States. The early history of
Vermont tells us that in June of 1876 the
birds froze on their nests and that many
of the pioneers went hungry because
crops failed. Again in 1859, the record
in the east shows that it frosted every
month during the summer, and that was
known as the year without summer.
Fortunately for North Dakotans this
year the wheat was ripened and out of
frost's danger, so in reality the damage is
not great
AT the Dickinson experiment station,
Supt. L. R. Waldron said that he felt
badly to have the farms fine fields of
corn frosted. He had hoped to get a
large quantity of fine seed this year.
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he public, appreciate good service.

the public, appreciate good service.
Three years ago one girl took care Of
the Dickinson telephone exchange,
whereas four are required now for the
local board and one for the long distance.
The North Dakota Independent Tele-
phone Co. own the long distance line at
this point H. R. Lyon is president of
the company, which owns about 5000,
miles of line in the state and is rapidly
extending its lines. 1t is purely North
Dakota concern and is gaining favor
with the people generally.
The local telephone exchange, owned
by Hughes & Deiters, is entirely sepa-
rate from the long distance east and
west. North and south, the Dakota
Telephone Co., is still another concern,
owned by Messrs. Richards, Owens,
Frye, Jefferies and others.
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jGHAb UlAIl Evoiui5J1loNl 4
Free Range Giving Place 10 Fancy
Stock Raising. Manning the
Dunn County Capital Growing.

\ ~,
w. I. Richards has in the Diamond e
ranch and farm an ideal place to forget
the cares Of life and thoughts Of stocks,
bonds and mortgages. Ss
The location is the. most beautiful 10
be found anywhere and was selected in
the early eighties by E. F. Messersmith
and Sam Bierline for the first ranch id
all that section. The first ranch house is
now occupied by the help. 3s.
/ Mr.. Richards, as foreman and mana:
ger Of the Crosby Cattle Co, came To
the Diamond G in 1850 and made, it his
home until removing, to Dickinson.
The ranch house is built of logs and is
roomy and comfortable. Two large
rooms we're added by Mr.. Richards
Large oaks nearly surround the house,
the only open space being the lawn
southeast. In the garden are dozenoI
more Of fine apple trees, and curran,
bushes, ETC.. II
The property now includes three and a
quarter sections, all under fence. ALL
save one quarter, which was a timber
and stone claim, ,.was purchased by Mr.
Richards few years since, in anticipa-
tion of the time when: the free range
would be thing of the4past.
As now arranged, there are four fenced
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GOOD SHOWING
N. 2. Freight Traffic Increases
Necessitating Additional Trains

.El- 80 9 H. i. Q - - .
There has been noticeable increase
in the freight business on this division
Of the N. P. during the past two weeks.
It has been necessary to put on locals
east and west running every day instead
of every other day and second 81 and
s. have been added to handle the In
creased freight traffic from the east.
In the month Of June 47o trains ham
died the freight while it required III
trains for July business and August will
show a corresponding increase.
Taking an account Of three days bus.
mess the past week it shows an average
of I8o carloads per day from the east
and 1870 carloads from the west. AZ the
cattle. and grain shipments have hardly,
started the local officials are looking for.
q very heavy business for the fall months
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County News Office is to be plastered
and made comfortable for winter.
As PRESS readers have been told be-
fore, the town Of Manning is adjoining
the old Sandy Robson ranch on
Crooked creek, at present the property
of the Owens Land & Live Stock Co.,
where Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Owens reside.
just east Of Manning, on the river bottom,
is the fine homestead of Mrs. Owens.
The land is very rich and produces
enormous crops. The gross proceeds
from the sale Of crops from II acres last
year, was s4o1. 1t is on this farm that
Mr.. and Mrs. Owens are to build their
home.
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The group above represents probably
the largest English speaking family in
Stark county and perhaps in Western
North Dakota. ss is (.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Cooke and
their "a children reside II miles south
east Of Dickinson, or s. miles southwest
of Glad adstone.s nj
w. HaCooke was born in Ireland in
1866 and moved to America with his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Cooke,
when five years Of age. Young William
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REPEATING COILS
Dickinson Central Pay Toll Sta
ton for Long Distance Tele-
phone Between Bismarck and
Glendive. Means Additional
Force and Better Service

Commencing with September Dick
inson becomes central pay toll station
for the long distance telephone line be-
tween Bismarck and Glendive. This
means that when Taylor, Gladstone,
Belfeld or any of the intermediate points
want to get some one on the line, Dick
inson must be notified by one ring. AS
soon as Dickinson finds the party wanted,
the inquirer will be notified. Dickinson
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Mr.. i[ AND MRS. + HENRY COOKE I

Henry was the eldest Of 70 children.
The family resided in Wisconsin for
about II. years, and in March, 1883,
moved to Gladstone. Mr.. Cookies father
died several years ago. His mother,
Susanna Cooke, resides with him and
enjoys good health at the present time,
her. age being 72.
On September ~, 1888, w. H. Cooke
was married to Miss Ola E. Saunders,
who was born in Virginia in the year
1870 and came to Stark county with her
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parents, Capt. and Mrs. ]. G. Saunders

parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. G. Saunders,
in 1886.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooke commenced
housekeeping on their homestead, their
present home. They now have section
of land, $40 acres, half of which is under
fence. They have 15o acres under culti-
walton. The farm has 80 milch cows and
other stock, and to provide the necessary
fodder for the stock, 100 acres Of land is
in bronze and timothy grass and IS acres
reputation for fine grade Of dairy butter.
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according TO report, were received shortly
after the arrival G At American Lake.
Makes no difference whether they wear
old togs or new uniforms they will ire-
.ceive royal welcome in Dickinson.
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CAVE: \ I: ! HILLS !. |! )
New England Party Visits
+ Famous Indian Cave in S: D.
Kermit Roosevelt Paid His
Respects to Place. Alec Con
nell Guide for Both Parties

UP eOuSAs Uy EultOI MdIuu NOnHOlIys
appeared in the last issue Of the Hettin-
ger County Herald, published at New
England: .tsslS NJ 81! .sss
Mrs. E. G. Rice, her daughter, Delta,
and her mother, Mrs. R. E. Cauhey, are
enjoying visit in the ranching country
in the Gave Hills region of South Dakota.
Il was the writer's pleasure, with w. s..
Van Bergen and H. A. ] Gilbert and with
the old time rancher, Alec Connell, as.
guide, to take q trip through the Cave.
Hills last Sunday.
Two years ago Kermit Roosevelt, son
Of the President, with party Of friends.
stopped several days at the Connell
ranch. They put in most Of their time in.
the hills but were not as lucky as was
our party in finding the famous Indian
cave At one time. these hills were the
stronghold of band of Indians and at
one time the resort of band Of horse
thieves. There is Indian writing on the
walls of the cave at the present day.
The caye runs several hundred feet
underground. A few Of the party of
about q dozen people went TO the end of.
the cave, although It was necessary to
crawl like Indians IN short prairie grass.
Miss Rice has the distinction of writ
ing her name further in the cave than
any other lady.
This territory near the Cave Hills, al
though little rough for farming, is an
ideal ranching country and is inhabhed
by hospitable' lot of ranchers.
On the way going and coming we.saw
that the country north of the Milwaukee
|is being very well farmed, but south soi
the road there were few crops and poor
yields. caused probably BY this being
the first years breaking "a spite ofss the
saying all burned up along the Milwsaiuu:
kee", We saw some very good crops, and
|the difference seems to be in the method
tIof farming. q, VII
Scranton IS a growing town. Much
building is Being done aud an enormous
|quandty Of coal has been taken from the
mines there this year. a large IL gang 81
linen were working overtime On new
grain elevator. y ~ asSf',
Bowman has grown rapidly during the
/ past few months. Il was the big wool
market of the new road this year. Il
has ! good hotel, several fne business
ibocks, central Heating plant, and 4
Esprit 81 work together is evidenced
everywheTe. The First Natiosal bank,
under the guidance Of the iPhelans and
their friends, is one Of the strongest ana
most prospe perous financial institutions
aiua1nd. ii s3st. s;4s95
Some 81 lie best crops 4, ,I along tie Ii way a,
wee near Saltwater. This country i i IS
being ven farmed and We We noticed d, that ia,
nearly every claim near the town had !
windmill, which issa good sign of pros
perity, The people who are siasng back
and knocking North Dakota should get
out among the people and they will do
well1t find more contented L lot Of in
habitantss than those who are homestead
ing their claims in earnest; and farming
diligently. ss MA
The Dickinson press., 1908-08-29
EQUALIiz;!A1 IN
The State Board Of Equalization
Finished It's Work Last Satur-

n day. ~,
The tax levy for the ensuing year was
made 90 follows: 5,3 3ts 4
General fund s66o,3I5-3,s mills
Wolf bounty \. Y. 8. .s. I. 45 mills
State educational In 81 siss 55 5.5l5.2 ..
stitutions ]. \. /. !. J. 22S,z67-1 mills
Bond b payment e, mills
Bond interest 4. ... q, ,876AI mills
The following il the assessed yalua,
ton of the state as equalized by the state
board III
Real properly +. 6. !. $I47,i4z,o63
pegsona!!S proper 7,368,847'
kiilroad property /. . !. /. a3o6S, ,8S1
Telephone property y. ]. 623a3Z
EyExpress 1! So. .pI0petf 1888
stree irailRay pfoperty b. }. 1000
sIetegra phs property 255,476
lAsseslment i. 4. {. .5. j. s278 76p.762
Asse ssment q ga q I3,3o7.s42
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MANNING

-- +. - .
Manning has a fine location for "a
town, as every one will admit after visit
ing the place. The townsite company
has not made any loud talk about i'm
provements that were about to be made,
but there is unmistakable evidence that
considerable building is to be done yet
this season. Work was commenced the
past week on general store and bank
building.
Steps were taken the past week look
ing to the establishment of regular mail
service from Dickinson via Fayette.
Mrs: w. P. Owens, postmistress, has
complied with the, law in getting the
mail carried three months without cost to
the government. The receipts of the
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IncEeas !. ]. d !. !. |. I. Is Is.47I.72o
AZ properly y assessed i abont rs
per cent St value 81 81 ths ayseiisxe II II
would appear thai 81 L tlhe stste III u real
vaiaation, ,of f.over eight kuld drsd millions
|oi dollar. & ! l. sa..
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charges as high as IS cents tor q boiled
egg and 40 cents for a schooner of beer
The North Dakotans are not accustomed
to such extortion and resented IL. u j.
While they were arguing with the pro
priesorss the change Of engines was com
Pleted, and a shrill blast warned t6s
contenders that departp sfors Americas
Lake would be made at once. "A msl
scra mble for the train followed, and i
The melee several Z plates and dishs,
we're upset and broken. At the first stoi
Weskpf Pssco aBrigadier General Poois
received 2 telegraphic bill for s13o "a
4 amage alleged to have been 5donS
1rigadier General Poole states that tlis
r asco story was altogether oyerdrawl
End served to place the North pakoti
euard ipan favorable and usjsst liglf
BesidsF sining ling up shile ~
pute, the North DakN tionsl guaHl
Has been making an lind spf camp II
cords. The regimentss tlained, unload;
g its equipment and made camp ths
most rapidly Of any state organization u
these maneuvers. Captain James w,
McAndrew, camp quartermasteY. is cor.
dial in his praise Of the North Dakotans,
who have demeaned themselves as true
soldiers from the moment they entered
camp. notwithstanding the ], I,5oo-mils
ride from North Dakota 10, American
Lake, the twelve companies went into
the field at : o'clock and drilled ID the
hot. sweltering sun an the afternoon.
Officers Of the regular army attached to
the guard stated tonight that the wheat
growers made the best initial appearance
o. the drill ground ot any national re-
serve participating 10 the maneuyers. & M
The North Dakota giment participa.
ted in the big sham battle, which war
held Monday ana Tuesday both regu.
lars and state soldiers taking part. Let.
ters and cards from tie omdnlrany K boys
state that they are al ia good health ana
enjoying camp life. Several have taken
the side trip to Seattle and other points
81 interest in the vicinity iof Amerricain
Lake. Il everything works ont accor
ding 10 schedule they win break camp
and start On tie return trip Saturday,
i Auguat q, arriving in this city AuguSt
3Ist.
Judge; van der Las received ! letst
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place for three years and in June Of this
year was married to young lady from
Minneapolis, who assists her husband in
doing the honors at the Diamond C..
t! BLACK CATTLE

The owner Of the Diamond c is also
q grower Of Aberdeen Angus cattle. AT
the old Converse ranch, Mr.. Richards is
in partnership with Anton Zurn on herd
lof l7o registered black cattle. The herd
was started some years ago and is now
one of the largest in the state.
s Pure bred cattle always sell well in
this country. A few weeks ago the
owners of the Aberdeen Angus stock
sold IS yearling heifers to Geo.. Leonard
Of New Salem at $50 per head.
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! NORTH p DAk0 0TA
R'E'GlTM h | !
Makes Fine Showing At Camp
David u 1. S; s. S.; Stanley. Company y Al'l J
Il Created Sensation En- Route.
q, * < Co. IS g. X. Break Camp
Saturday. Five Comp panies Will
Stop Off at Dlckinso

y 4
In speaking Of the various happenings
ID and about Camp David s. Stanley, 4
Tacoma paper says .f.,3 8
The North Dakota guard is known 40
the First Infantry and is therefore the
only First" TO participate in the ma
neuvers. Other states represented in
the maneuvers here sent their "Firsts"
tothe Philippines and recognized under
other numerals at the close Of the Span
ish-American war. North Dakota sent
two batallions to the islands, but did not
reorganize. Practically every commits
stoned officer has seen service in the
Orient and many Of the non-commis-
stoned boast Of a similar distinction.
The First regiment Of North Dakota, it
will be remembered, was one Of the most
distinguished in the field and returned
in better health and with fewer casual
ties than any other regiment.
Comparatively few Of the present en-
listed men went to the Philippines. In
TACT, another striking feature of the N.
Dakotans is their average age72 years.
The members are recruited from all
walks Of life, and while perhaps not az
skilled in trades and professions asthose
Of Montana, are quite their equals in
every way. There are several lawyers
in the ranks and about 200 farmers and
ranchers. The band, which comes from
Lisbon, is said to be fine organization.
1t PLAYED at guard mount August 10 and
WED with Montana for the camp honors.rr
The same paper also tells Of an esca,
pade at Pasco, Washington, where a
second lieutenant and four private,
from company a Of Bismarck raised !
rough house alta couple Of restaurant.
while the train stopped for few min
utes to change engines. It is alleged
that several Of the men left the cars t
get something To eat and were ''held up
by the trestauranteurs Who took advan
tage Of the hungry militiamen aud made
charges as high as IS cents for boilet
egg and 4o. cents for a schooner of beer
-~l~ Y q Is 70
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16
WHOLESALE GROCERS AID
ASPARAGUS FARMERS
Ask All Members of Congress to
Support the Bill Proposed
by McKinIay

Concerted efforts are being made by
the members of the National Whole
sale Grocers' association to induce con-
gress to save California asparagus
farmers from the inroads of the Ger
man growers by making suitable pro-
vision against the floods that are peri
odical in the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys.
California asparagus has supplanted
the German product in the markets of
this country owing to its superior quail
ity, but the destruction of the crop by
inundations has raised the price during
several seasons, thus making it i'm
possible for the grocers of the country
to fill their orders.
The passage of the bill proposed by
Congressman Duncan E. McKinlay, ap-
propriating $500 900 to be used in con-
junction with another 100000 to be
provided by this state for the improve
ment of the rivers of the state, is re-
garded by the grocers as the most
feasible remedy for this condition. They
have, therefore, memorialized every
senator and congressman of the coun-
try in favor of the McKinlay. bill and
have taken other steps to have the
proper legislation speedily passed.
The resolutions were adopted at the
recent meeting of the National Whole
sale Grocers' association in Atlantic
City, and copy has been received by
the River Improvement ana Drainage
association of California.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16
MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses were issued
In San Francisco Saturday, August 10;
dOmer Morrill,, 21. and Mabel A. Chafles
is. both of Duncans Mills.
Frank L. Gelys, 81, 1916 Mississippi ST. ano
Hattie N: Heald. IS. 422 Third ave.
Phllip g. Fitzgerald. 80. and Anna NJ. PIume,
.; potn OF Los Angeles. r,,-,.
Tanch, 20, 72B Belcher st.
Carl +. Hormeyer, 3s, 80 California ave,
and sophie Nj. Faber. %. 1891 Twenty fourth ST.
Oscar E. Miller 80. 435 Eddy ST., and Bessie
Henry, 20, 395 Leavenworth st.
Peter e. McNevin. 90 and Lillian b. Narin-
ian. Is, both Of Alameda
Seymour Lowe 24 Oakland and LeOna Har-
ley. IS, 1880 Geary st.
mann. "a. India ave. and Athens St
Charles Pretorious. %, and Rose Donovan, ~.
both of San Francisco
Alfred Petersen. p. Oakland. and Alice a.
Mccormick. is, 1920 Eleventh ave- South.
Florin E. Anker. %, Ukiah. and Annie L.
Stevenson, %, 376 Second ave.
Arthur F.. Newman, 81. 1249 Ellis ST., and
Minnie TEeis, SO. New York.
Joseph Iippe. %. 93S Fillmore ST., and Emma
Gordon, is, 951 Eddy st.
OAKLAND. Aug. 1J.-The following marrisgs
licenses were issued today
Theodore NJ. Martz. "a and Charlotte f. Wool
colt. 10, both of Martinez.
Alfred J: Clark, 20. and Anna NJ Hoeth, "A
both of Oakland.
NeIs .Kaasa. 50. oakdale. and Julia S. Bergo
50. Chicago.
Manuel Frates. 20. and Mary Gonsalves. 21
both of San Leandro.
Ira f. Maynard 40, and Matilda Stackmeyer
&c, both of Oakland
Antoine J.. Marques, 81. Elmhurst, and Mar
Abreul, 27, Melrose.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16
WORKING GIRLS
GIVE A SOCIAL
First Dance of Twentieth Cen
tury Club Is Held in Labor
Council Hall

The Twentieth Century club, an or
ganization conceived and perfected by
a number of the girls engaged in Yari-
Gus lines of business in the city, gave
its first social and dance at Labor Coun-
ell hall, Fourteenth and Mission streets,
last evening. One thousand tickets had
been printed for the occasion and sew
eral hundred, or as many as the hall
could comfortably hold, were disposed
Of among the girls and their friends.
Miss Maud Younger acting as treas
urer, received the tickets as their own
ers passed into the hall, and a recep-
tion committee, consisting of Miss May
Wheeler, Miss Sarah Hagon. Miss Nan
Donovan and Miss Louise Larue, saw
that each arriving Inan was provided
with a partner for the dance.
Miss Cora Schade acted as floor man.
ager, assisted by Miss Mercedes Parle
and Miss May Cummings. Ice cream
and lemonade provided by the girls
were at hand in prettily decorated re
freshment booth and were served by
Miss May Beck and Miss Maud Ed
wards.
During the evening vocal solos were
rendered by Fred Scully and Miss Ma
mie Myers, and a grab bag under the
charge of Miss Edith Reynolds fur
nished much amusement. On the ar
rangement committee were Miss Sarah
Hagan Miss Maud Younger and Miss
Loretta Anderson.
1t is proposed when the club gets
in good running order and is estab-
lished in permanent quarters in the
Mission to keep open house at the
clubrooms, SO that girls out of work
may go there in the afternoons and en-
joy the use of the musical, reading and
social facilities with which the clut
hopes to be equipped. The officers OF
the club are: Mrs. i. c. Walden presi.
dent; Miss Louise Larue, vice president
! Miss Nan Donovan, secretary; Miss
Maud Younger, treasurer
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16
vILLETTE,s VICTIM TO TESTIFY

hdIS urlta HalSSeu, lHe youhS iSiSii
woman who confessed that she was
brought to the United States for i'm
moral purposes by Henri Villette, will
be brought here from San antonio,
his trial. which comes up August 2S.
Two well known San Francisco attor,,
neys have been retained to defend
Villette and the members or the pro-
to gain Vil1ette his release. Assistant
United States Attorney Black says the
evidence against Villette is very strong
and he is confident that the govern
ment will secure a conviction. Villette
is confined in the county jail awaiting
a hearing before United States Com
missioner Heacock.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16
ANIMALS PROTECTORS
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
Society for Prevention of Cruel
ty Discusses Proposal for
State Convention

The trustees Of the San Francisco
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, who were recently elected
held meeting for the purpose of or
ganization yesterday afternoon at 42E
McAllister street The advisability OF
holding a convention of the state So
cieties in the near future was dis
cussed. The following officers were
elected:
John Partridge, president: George
NJ Mitchell, vice president; j. S
Hutchinson, treasurer: Martin Ste
vens, attorney; Mathew McCurrie
secretary; Irwin c. Foster assistant
secretary; DR.. c. Masoero, DR.. William
F. Egan, DR.. Iver Jacobson, DR.. J. B
Boomer, veterinary surgeons; DR.. Ira
B. Dalzell veterinary dentist.