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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-08

OF course you may ask why and you
are entitled to know reasons, but it is
impossible in short article to give
all the reasons, so will give just few
of them. We have made the state
ment, and it will bear repeating, name
ly: THERE ISN'T A SINGLE INDUCE
MENT THAT ANY OTHER TOWN IN THE
COUNTY CAN OFFER THAT HOPE CAM
NOT OFFER AND IN ADDITION WE HAVE
GREAT MANY ADVANTAGES THAT
THE OTHER TOWNS DO NOT HAVE.
One of the few advantages that we
will name is our fire protection. We
think every thoughtful voter will real
ize that q frame building as old as our
county building and located as it Is
with no protection whatever is a seri-
Gus risk, so serious that we are told
the insurance companies are declining
to carry it. Now should
THE COURT HOUSE BURN DOWN
and tho vaults fail to stand fire, and
it is doubtful If the vaults would stand,
it might mean q condition of affairs
that would be more expensive than the
county would spend in building a
suitable building.
In Hope we have a gasoline fire en-
gine installed at an expense Of about
s2,500.00, a hand engine, hose carts.
hook and ladder trucks, etc., together
with two 500 bbl. cisterns eight
200 barrel cisterns scattered
over the entire city, with sufficient
hose 30 that 40 blocks can be covered
from the cistern at the fire hall without
moving the engine. We have three
organized fire companies, an engine
company, hose company and hook and
ladder company, comprising l6 mer
each-total memberhip of department
48 men, chief and asst. .-chief.
We have had fires start in the mid
die of the night, during severe storm
and yet only something like $500 o,
S400 damage done. In view of the ex
posed condition of our county pro
perty isn't it worth while to consider
this feature?
Then We would like to site GU,
school advantages. If there is any
thing North Dakota citizens have rea
son to pride themselves on it is theil
liberality in school matters. Our schoo
is FIRST GRADE STATE SCHOOL
and receives $4,000 per year from tn,
state high school funds. Any scholal
in North Dakota is entitled to attent
the High School without paying cen
tuition, In the High school we hav
three instructors and in addition mus
ic and drawing. A scholar can take
full four years classical or scientifi
course and at graduation can ente
the state university without examina
ton, or can secure normal schoo
diploma with only one years. addi
tional work. In addition to the Higl
school course we have the full eigh
years of grade work under competen
teachers. The music and drawing ais
being carried through the entire eigh
years of grade work. So your chill
can start in and have twelve full year
+ work right at home. Now if 70
were county official and had child
rem to educate wouldn't this appeal t.
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Qutrldss Storm.

Manila, Dot. 6.-The Atlaudo bet,
Neship feet has safely out-riddsn Q
hurricane which swept Manila Bay
for II hours and did muah damage
ashore.
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TWIN CITY MARKETS.
Minneapolis. Oc,

Minneapolis, Oct. &
Wheat-No. northern, x1.02; No.
: northern, 600; Dec. 91.01H. Du-
rum No. /. 80. Oats-No. 8 white. $50;
Barley. No. 8, IS. Rye No. 2, 72c;
8. 78c. Flax-No. /, S1.2i
Butter-Creamerv. extra 2eo; firsts
40. Dairy, fancy ~; frsts, 30.
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South st, Paul, Dot. 8.
Cattle-steers. $500 and 1915.
cows S4.0O and $500. Hogs $3.50
and $3.50. Huttons, t1.60i lambs
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that the Oct
ober 1908 term OF the District Court,
Third Judicial District, for Steele
County, which by law convenes Oc-
tober 20, 1908, has been adjourned to
November 4, 1908, at 1:3O p. M.
Dated at Sherbrooke, N. D., Sep
tember 26, 1908.
P. o. SATHRE,
Clerk, District Court.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30

gan at once to take the upward climb, with
an enGeavor to lend hand to the terrified
boy. Before long he stood close beside him.
TITS all right" said he, in a quiet reas-
surfing voice. Don't be frightened. There's
a small ledge close by, which leads to a
downward do, path; If you, give me your hand
Charlie Denvers was at first almost too
he followed out Harold's directions, and
step. by step, he was led from his periIous
position to the fiat portion Of rock close
- Then it was that the accident took place
Harold, In his anxiety to place his comrades
feet on sure foundation, had not taken
ped.made desperate, effort, to save himself,
but in vain. Down he fell, a distance of
some twenty-five or thirty, feet, alighting
with terrible force on another rocky ledge
below. Denvers. aghast a. what had taken
place, rushed down the cliff-path to a fisher
mans cottage nearby, and kindly hands soon
bore the unconscious boy home to his widow
ed mother.
Weeks of suffering followed, for Harold
had not only broken one of his legs, but he
was sadly bruised from head to foot. DEN
vers was only able to see his brave rescuer
once after the accident took place, for the
summer holidays. began on the very day
which followed the adventure on the cliffs
When he next returned to school it was to
discover that Harold Staunton and his
mother had removed to London, and no one,
alasl could give him their address. In the
meantime Charles uncle, who acted as his
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30

guardian during his fathers absence, had
sent sum of money to the widow, to com
pensate her for her sons injuries: but what
could compensate Harold for the loss of the
buoyant health and strength which had once
been his portion?
Was it worth while?" This was the uues-
ton Harold asked himself one morning, when
latter weeks of tedious convalescence) he was
making his way, on his crutches, to the -
Hospital, where he was now an out-patient.
Was the game worth the candle, to save a
tell-creature's life, and to be cripple, per
haps for the rest of his days as the conse-
quence! YES" came the answer from his
brave. young heart, cit was worth while. al
though it's hard luck all the same"
1t was at this moment of his meditations
that he CHANGED to pick up a purse. which a
woman had dropped from her hand while
walking along the street. AS soon as possible
he restored it to its rightful owner. RECEIVING
at the same time a shilling for his honesty
At first he was tempted to spend the money
upon himself, but his better nature prevailed
He had often longed to show his rratitnde
in some form to the hospital where he had
experienced so much kindness, but his moth
er,s income was far too small to admit of It.
:, Now was his opportunity of giving some
thing, and Harold, without waiting for a
change of mind, stepped along on his crutches
and slipped the coin into the opening for do
nations, in the hospital wall. He looked
pathetic figure as he stood there. the warm
autumn sunlight seeming to increase the pal
lor of his face.
The woman whose purse he had restored was
watching him meanwhile. "That's good. un-
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selfish lad" said she to herself. '1 wonder
what made him SO ready to part with his
shilling! I've good mind to find out" And.
curiosity being one of Maria Browns charac-
ter1stlcs, she was very soon in possession Of
Harolds entire history.
"Do you mean to tell me, boy" said she,
excitedly, your name is Harold Staunton,
and that you come from Seabright"
"Yes," answered the lad, simply.
"Well, | never!" she said. "My master Sir
Charles Denvers, has been looking for you
everywherel 1t strikes me, young man." she
went on, "your troubles are over; for if there's
cure for that crippled leg of yours the mas
ter will find it OUT
AS it proved, Maria Brown was right Be
fore long Sir Charles Denvers was visitor
at Mrs. Staunton's humble lodgings, and so
great was his gratitude for Harold's rescue Of
his son that he was ready to shower blessings
upon both the boy and his mother.
1t was astonishing the effect that few
the best surgical skill, had upon Harold's Grip
Piled. frame. In, comparatively short space
of time the only visible result of the lads
accident was. slight limp, which was lessen
ing day by day.
Sir Charlie Denyers and his son also prov
ed the truest friends to the lad, and Harold
soon had every reason to know that his brave
deed (which he had done without any thought
of reward), had been indeed worth while"
And SO rolled away the clouds from Harold's
young life, giving place to days Of hope and
sunshine-an era which the boy ever after
wards dated from the time when he gave his
humble shilling as donation to the hospital.
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water, where they remain without any APP
parent anchorage.
They are not stuck in the mud of the bot
tom, nor held down by weights. If YOU lift
one to the surface it will float, but you may
move it about on the bottom without its
rising.
have myself tried this with sticks from
which the bark has been eaten, but have
never done SO with the green unpeeled limbs
before the beavers had taken them into their
houses This matter to me is very mystic
rious one, and l have never been able to get
any hint as to how these sticks were sunk
All through the wiuter the beavers visit
these caches, carry the sticks to their houses.
where they eat off the bark, returning the
bare sticks to the water.
Sometimes it may happen that, for some
reason or other, the cache may not contain
enough to last the whole winter. In this case
the beavers, if possible, get on land through
some air-hole or piece of open water and then
forage among the timber. Occasionally com
bination of scarcity and severe weather maye
oblige the colony to emgrate during the win
ter to some more favorable spot.
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Within each house, and connected with the
water by concealed passage, through which
the beavers pass to and fro, is the chamber
which is the animals dwelling place.
1t is large enough to contain seven or eight
of them, and high enough so that beaver
can conveniently sit up on his launches. 1t
is warm, dry and clean, for the beaver is ex-
tremely neat in all his habits.
The food of the beaver consists chiefly of
the green bark of twigs and young limbs of
various trees Cottonwood bark is preferred,
then comes willow, then alder, but the bark
of almost any tree may be eaten.
have known them to eat pine and white
cedar. The beaver often cuts down trees of
very considerable size to get at the smaller
limbs which they eat.
/ have seen cottonwoods twenty inches in
diameter so cut. and once on Vancouver
Island found cedar two and one-half feet
through, which they had gnawed down.
This work of cutting down large tree is
done by a single animal have seen the
beaver engaged in the operation, which is
performed as follows: The beaver sits up on
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ais launches facing the tree, and with his
forepaws resting against it. With is head
turned on one side he cuts a groove above
and then one below and bites out the chin,
taking it off in almost the same way an ak
man would.
He thus saves himself the trouble of gnaw-
ing all the wood up into fine cuttings. When
the tree is feDed the whole community attack
and cut up the tender limbs, carrying them
away to tie cache
Unlike many of our gnawing animals, the
beaver does not sleep through the winter
He remains active, often venturing abroad
during the whole of the cold weather. He
must, therefore, have food, and a large part
of the summer and autumn is devoted to Sc
curing this food and depositing it in caches.
This food consists of the limbs and twigs of
the trees most preferred by the beaver.
They are cut from one and half to three
feet long, stripped of their leaves and smaller
twigs, carried to the water and foated to the
cache, where they are sunk. And here comes
very curious point.
These sticks are foated to the cache and
are sunk by the beaver to the bottom of the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30

~ lR CHARLES DENVERS was away
(S from England at the time, or it is
" pretty certain that Harold Staun-
toms plucky act would have met
with speeder reward
He was walking along the seashore one
day, on his way home from school, when
he saw, amongst the cliffs, lad of about
his own age attempting what Harold con-
sidered a very dangerous feat, and Harold
was good climber. and no coward, either.
II wouldn't try and climb the Giants
Cliff, if | were you'll" he shouted. "The rocks
are crumbly up above, and you might come
a cropper!"
The boy thus addressed. Charlie Denvers
by name, a pupil at school in the neigh
borhood, gave a scornful laugh.
Pooh! What do yon know of climbing%
be retorted. "Hold your tongue and mind
yorr own business; l can take care of my
self right enough!"
But could he? That was the question.
Harold held his tongue as he was bidden,
but, nevertheless, he watched the daring
young climber with breathless interest.
Higher and higher mounted the lad, each
step bringing him nearer the summit of his
desire. But, alasl when he stood within
about ten feet of the. top of the cliff,
sudden and terrible giddiness seized him-a
giddiness, which. as he knew, threatened dis
aster and probably death. Harold, seeing his
hesitation, realized something else as we'll
that fellow-creature, in dire peril, was de-
pendent on him for aid. With scarcely a
thought for his own personal safety, he be-
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HE CUTS DOWN BIG TREES WITH HIS TEETH

- LMOST every one knows something
(A about the beaver. and that it builds
W. dams and houses to dwell in, but
very few people have seen beavers
in their wild state. 1t is also a fact that the
race of industrious little workers is rapidly
disappearing. In the older districts beavers
generally live in the banks of the streams they
inhabit. and the sight of beaver house is
uncommon.
Where beavers do build houses, says Forest
and Stream" the structures differ greatly in
size, shape and location. Some are as large,
though, of course, less high than small hay
stack; others are hardly more than six feet
through at the base They may stand either
wholly on land, or partly in the water and
partly on the bank, or wholly in the water
They are never placed in. very deep water,
for base must be built for the house to stand
ON reaching up to the surface, since the cham
Der inhabited by the occupants must be dry.
The shape of those houses on the shore ap-
proaches the ccnical. Those in the water are
more irregular, sometimes only rounded, at
Others long and rather fiat on top.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30

IR CHARLES DENvERS was away
from England at the time, or it is
pretty certain that Harold Staun-
toms plueky act would have met
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national situation and reverting
back to the original. fact that the
great majority of democrats want
Bryan, Mr.. Watterson continues:
''The time has passed for some
one else,' Mr.. Bryan retained the
field; it is tco late for some one else,
the conditions what they are; and |
confess that I am in sympathy with
MIR. Bryan in refusing to be ruled
off the track by a group of New
York newspapers, whose motives
are, to say the least of them, suspi-
ious, which will support no ticket
except one framed by themselves,
and which do not agree with one an
other touching the ticket to be nam
ed. What his claims may be, or
may not be, Mr.. Bryan has his
rights and no thoughtful man elect
ed, the ipse dixit equally of the un-
thinking, the interested, and the
prej4diced to the contrary being Of
no weight whatever. In American
politics anything is possible. As
suredly Mr.. Bryan may be elected;
as an affair of dinner pals, if emp
ty, he will be-.
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Bryan Will BE Elected.

The Augusta Herald says the Hon,
Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution, has just returned from
visit to the North. AS the natio-
nal democratic committeeman for
Georgia. the editor of the leading
morning paper in the state, ex-presi-
dent of the state senate and one of
the best informed men in Georgia
it was natural that he should be ask
ed for an expression Of his views on
the national political situation. In
speaking of the probable nomination
Of Mr.. Taft and the expected nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Howell ex-
pressed himself as being confident
that the Democrats would win should
these two gentlemen be pirted
against each other. Mr.. Howell S
view, that Mr.. Bryan will beat Mr..
Taft. if these two men become the
candidates of their respective par
ties. is shared by many we'll inform
ed men.
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What Watterson Says.

The country is always interested in
Mr.. Watterson's utterances. He re-
peated Saturday that there is now no
question about it, that Bryan is the
nominee. To quote him further:
eff the Courier. ournal can get to
Bryan, surely the most disaffected
ought to be able to reach him with
out much trouble, in case they be
democrats and not republicans. We
fought a good fight against him, and
we fought it to a finish. We fought
it to unite, not to divide, the party,
and we fought it whilst there was
yet time for parley. We fought it
sincerely, openly, frankly, unspar-
ingly. Not until money, mysterious
and unexpected, took the feld---af-
ter the Courier-Journal had plead
and plead in vain for some intelli-
gent, disinterested, popular re-
sponse---did the newspapers of New
York City begin to open their eyes,
to sit up and take notice. 1t is too
late. In short and fine, democrats
must get down to business and out
of the anti-Bryan habit. 1t is Bryan
or nothing. Except that too many
fools got to the front, the party
might have been saved in 1896. 1t
can be saved now, if too many fools
do not get to the rear. There must
be a change Of parties in the gov
ernment, else there will never come
a change of policies short of revolu-
ton, the one-party power, next at
ter the one-man power, being fatal
to liberty. In contest Of this sort
the ad hominem argument should
disappear from the minds Of men
like dews before the morning sun. :"
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Winthrop College Scholarship an
Entrance Examination.

The examination for the award of
vacant Scholarships in Winthrop Col
lege and for the admission of new
students will be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July 3, at 8
a. m. Applicants must not be less
than Is years of age. When scholar.
ships are vacant after July 3 they will
be awarded to those making the high.
est average at this examination, pro.
vided they meet the conditions govern.
ing the award. Applicants for scholar
ships should write to President John
son before the examination for Schol-
arship examination blanks. Scholar
ships are worth 800 and free tuition
The next session will open September
16. 1908. For further information
end catalogue, address Pres. ID. b.
Johnson j Rock Hill 6. c..
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johnson Has No Chance.

Col. Wattsersonh has deserted John
son and is now a loyal supporter Of
Bryan. He has not only deserted
Johnson, but he has burnt the
bridges behind him. Col. Watterson
says Bryan is the man to nominate
as the time has passed for some
one else," and with an enthusiasm
that has always led Mr.. Watterson
to follow the democratic standard
bearer he pledges his support to the
Nebraskan. Mr.. Watterson recalls
his effort to place before the people
"some one else" and reviewing the
withdrawal of all the talked-of-can-
didates, he says, why, then right
out of the mouth of Wall street,
came a stentorian voice, John
son. >" Of Johnson's chances Mr..
Watterson has this to say:
What chance would Johnson
have over the dead body of Bry-
an? What chance would John
Son have carrying Wall street
tag? What chance would John
son have using the undemocra
tic two thirds rule to defeat the
will of the majority, and that 1t
the behest Of the east defying
the west and working thesouth?
The thought is preposterous."
Continuing his diagnosis Of the
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-05-08

We have noticed the free John
son plates in only three papers, one
daily and two weeklies. The coun-
ty in which the daily is published
and the county in which one
Of the weeklies is published
both instructed for Bryan last Mon
day. These papers will not be tot
ing fair if they continue to use
these plates as they will be putting
the johnson bureau to the expence
Of furnishing plates that can
possibly do their candidate no good.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-05-08

light, while the. poor, brainless
creatures snarleds and snapped
aimlessly, as do ordinary dogs,
as it is said. affected with hy-
brophobia. Such seems to have
been the first effects upon a
plutocratic press. !"
As we do not flock with the pluto
cratic the Senator's remarks doe
not touch US, but really exhibition
as he made of himself does no good
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-05-08
Land for Sale.

We offer for sale the land of the
estate of the late Miss Sarah Kate
Rives, in and near The town of Row.
esville. They consist of two tracts,
to wit, the home tract containing
81 1-2 acres and the Swamp trac,
containing 1913 acres. Apply to Bow
man G. Bowman, Attys for Owners,
Ora. .geburg. S. c. 3-3.
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Notice.

All persons having claims against
the estate of R. A. Jeffcoat, deceas-
ed, will present. the same, duly itomiz-
ed and attested; and all persons in
debted to the said Estate will make
payment as required by law; claims
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A. Jeffcoat, Qualified Executors,
North, s. c., or Wolfe and Berry,
Attorneys, Orangeburg, S. G.
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Hight School Election.

A petition having been signed in
accordance with law, by forty per
cent. or more, of the freeholders of
North Providence School District, No.
~, in Orangeburg County, S. c and
filed with the County Board of Edu-
cation to hold an election to deter
mile whether High School shall be
established in this district in accord
ance with the recent high school law
we. the trustees Of said school dis
trict,, under the authority OF the
County Board of Education hereby
|order an election to be held for deter
mining this question at the North
Providence School House in the dis
trict on Saturday, May 23rd, 1908,
polls to be opened from Z o'clock
a. m. to 4 o'clock p. m. The said
election shall be conducted as re-
quired in Section 1908 of the school
law.