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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-18

sun-dried brick covering perhaps one
eighth of an acre. 1t is of two stories,
and the gins are on the second floor
SO arranged that the cotton can be
wheeled In and the lint dropped down
below.
Right near the ginning rooms are the
warehouses. These are now Ave in
number. They are 10 feet long and 80
feet wide. and have on hand about :,
600. 900 pounds of seed cotton ready
for ginning. All this has come i'm with
I'm the past few months, and the cot
ton is now arriving by the hundreds
of bags every day.
ALL BROUGHT IN ON THE HEAD.
While at the factory l saw scores of
natives trotting along with great bags
of cotton on their heads, and wher-
ever ] go / pass men bringing in cot
ton. The stun Is still in the seed II
is put up in banana bark and bound
over and over with banana flbers so
that 1t cannot fail out durig the car
rying, Each bale weighs about 20
pounds and this is q good load for a
native. The men who bring II In are
usually dressed in bark cloth. but some
of them wear Americana, or Ameri-
can cotton sheetlng, which is popular
here in Uganda.
When the cotton arrives au the
warehouses it is weighed, and the man
is paid in rupees. or i'm strings Of
CoWry shells, about . cents pound.
This amount of 2 cents constitutes his
reward for planting ana harvesting
the crop in addition Ia bringing II for
miles on his head to the factory. |
am told the pay is considered small
even among the natives, who work for
wages as low as " dollar a month, and
that there will have to he raise In
The price or but little more will be
planted 1t is also whispered that the
chiefs are getting rake-off from the
Uganda company. limited and that
FOR this reason they are enforcing the
natives to SOW cotton, So far tho peo-
pie have but little idea of intensive
cultivation of any kind, and the cotton
grown is the result of nature rather
than work
Just outside these warehouses | took
a snap shot at score or so OF natives
who had just sold their cotton Each
had a lot of cowry shells in his hands,
and they We're chatting and planning
what they would buy with their money
at the Hindoo stores OF kampala.
COTTON PLANTING GROWING.
ann told that as soon as the price Is
increased the number of natives plant
Ing cotton VIII rapidly grow The
amount sold last year was five or six
times that of the year before, and -
times as much was raised in 1905 as
In 1904. All the cotton so far grown Is
from American seed. the wild cotton
having a coarse fiber with many large
seeds In each bail Egyptian cotton is
now being tried but so far IT has not
proved to be as suitable to this climate
and soil az the American upland. The
government itself Is aiding IN the move
ment by distributing seeds. II has also
put IN hand gins In different parts OF
the country and baling presses for pub
lie use.
While nj this factory I went through
the mud houses which have been erect
ed FOR tfa men and moro especially for
the Hlndoo clerks connected with
the business, They are rude ono-story
nffalrs and DO not compare In comfort
with the homes Of our factory people of
tho south.
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AFRICA.

While was M Omdurman, In the
Anglo Egyptian Sudan which lies on
the Nile 1900 miles or SO north Of
here. / saw half-uakcd negro women
sitting Nat one the ground taking the
seeds out Of the cotton with little gins
run by hand. The gins were like
clothes Wriugors The lint passed
through rolls not bigger around than a
broomstlck. and the work went on as
slowly as in the United States before
Eli Whitney invented hls gin. The
ginning establishment here has as up
to-datc machinery as any In our
southern states, Il Is building OF
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too little to the native article. Despite
the fact that they very recently had
the honor of entertaining the king, the
Harcourts are soon to act as his hosts
again at Nuneham. j. Pierpont Nor
gan's niece is making her home moro
beautiful every day, and the last time
the king was a visitor he went into
obstacles over the arrangements Any
one who saw 1t five years ago would
never recognize 1T today as the same
place. From being a worm eaten dilapi-
dated. insanitary old abode 1t has been
transformed into one of the most lux
urous and up to date establishments
In England, and one OF the favorite
houses of his majesty. A special fea-
ture is the lift, which | believe in the
United States you call an elevator
II Is as large as d sittingroom and Is
often used as such. As a matter OF
fact, it was at one time a sittingroom
Everybody knows OF the kings aver
sion to runnig up and down stairs, so
Mrs Lulu" Harcourt determined that
her house should have lift. Nuneham
is none too large. and It was found
that in order to put n lift In one of the
sittingrooms would have TO be sacrl-
feed Finally, Mrs Harcourt hit upon
the unique idea of converting the whole
room into n lift which could be used
for either purpose as occasion demand
ed.
LADY LBIGH'S DISTINCTION.
Stoneleigh Abbey where the king
goes TO stay with Lord and Lady Leigh
in the early summer is a magnificent
place. Lord Leigh is a great hunting
man and the stables are the last word
In luxury, outdoing completely those
at Sandringham and elsewhere.
Lady Leigh, who you may remember,
was Miss Frances Helene Forbes of
New York has the distinction OF being
the only woman whom Queen Alexan-
dra ever copied, she was the first to
set the fashion OF the "all-round
crown" which has now been universal
ly adopted by society women as be-
ing the most becoming style of tiara
ever introduced. Lady Leigh's was
made In aPris 10 her own design and
Is said to be worth $4,000. II consists
of diamonds OF the first water and
pearls OF immense size. When Queen
Alexandra saw Il for the first time she
asked Lady Leigh 10 bring II with her
one afternoon 10 Buckingham Palace
that she might try II on. Having done
so the queen sent for the jeweler, who
always sets the crown gems and had
some stones mounted In an exact imi-
talion ~ It. This Is now Queen Alex
andras favorite crown and the one she
most frequently wears.
LATEST FADs.
The latest fads in pets are black
birds and thrushes. They are placed
IN huge cages which are hung high IN
my lady's boudOir. The cages are usu-
ally OF gilt wire ANA there are recepta-
cles for flowers In them so that the
bird finds Itself In a miniature garden
of its own,
The London bird dealers are offering
fancy prices for these wild singers
and the demand is far in excess of the
supply,
The popularity for these birds Is due
20 Princess Patricia OF Connaught. who
for some time past, has had tame
thrushes and blackbrds AZ Bagshot.
Her numerous American girl friends
took the hint and promptly possessed
themselves OF pets OF the same kind
Eventually the craze spread through
society. LADY MARY.
-
ii a Al.
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Special corrcspon:oa,.,

"
" ere begiaiaaE to plant Amerl-
can cotton.
.4. t,a,. 49, -.,,o 80 tho
""'N"
lest cotton soil known - tho world
rvd which n rs big az Alabama, Louis.
ANS NtsqIsslnni so,th carollna and
,.1..,,,., ,,,,,,,,i,.,,,
ecoIbla conipiheu'
2 country protested ~ Great Britain
mere people have millions r. back II
rad who mako ana sell moro cotton
tse., amy other natlo., outside our own.
q.,,te, are some Of the conditions
waicn point toward Uganda as the
A.-.raf cotton land Of the future. The
ed * now no bigger than the hand
a. n man. but IL Is growing and il may
,..-.s- mighty storms into oul financial
,ty
.
COIIoN ~ oI'ANDA'
800. o,l,- two ye.rs since the
- ~ -. ,o.;,no,,t ,,,ith cot-
t'.su uesa;i ~ e. l'I. ~, ,,.orJd
10 frsf seed was sent out bv the
e.+.sh Cotton Growing association, and
WIS olsll!Su'ed 70 .i'' rrhat 'as II,
ga 49, no r,or. tbonsards of
Iet,ti,,. Oh r,,e,. iYganda In
-. $3.50 ~, e,,ia. 40 les than nm
P'1 - 'lr ~ ii' ,,,o,,,, tba,, consist
H. -, ,'T.nbas iSr,ortcd with
C,ns lits'e p.,'t,. 49, tt,o bo,,sas
~ oa,Ie;lela sso"-t's ~ o,.a,.,,r,be,.e
NV - , 800. =, s,rou,e ,yeii This
~ t,,,SSh nir,ost 10 cuItivatlon.
Ma thro,,rh Acids where the
ht't "uihtn t ~ 10 - - ~, baad and
E.dhts MeIV ms ny 800 ~ Ill s,,r-
800 Pu'itu w H. '''''
Auchueu ~ ,f .aaa C,s+ tsed was
es,n,,t 400 Mounds The product last
@oout l,Voo PSuiius So. nj ai,Inst , Gao ono
49, ~, -, ,,,tr,,t or the current
loua'.' ~, - ~ oeS n0o nounds or seed cot
I'm ThIs ali comes from cultivated
wi, N'a - hy the natives and
DalSues ~ Sr,,nst without In.
Norheu ~ 49, We GRO engineer
struetloil l.ul" S,,S,,t t,ato 7 have
lus '"e - 20 iae,e hrous,ht into
S s,a ~, no head of the natives,
s,ti t",it, ,,,,v niles 10 take their lint
"ho WelN u,'1,'S W. q ,,1o,,nt comine i'm
80, Il son,othinp IKE two tons per day
how - 5,rent y"arebouses here
a,,G .Ne,o racl,ed enu OF cotton ready
rr,, ej,ning
,ro,,,l,rY,
COTTON ON LANE VIZ loi'iA'
Tho co,ton movement is being en-
rineered by the Uganda company, lin
"a r'his is an aEsociatIon OF Eng
i'm ooritoltsts who have been more
10 ',aI Loo. tntnrested i'm the Christian mis-
,,,o,, r,nrh gnine on i'm Uganda They
re,rssent "a great deal of money, and
h,v. active and up-to-date men IN their
np,niov ont here. They have q British
,,apaSer and assistants and are put
TING IN a bic ginning plant, with the
nast az modern ginning machinery
1,S,,a,,ty- four gins are already running,
I'D those are operated by two steam
,1noine, one of which is of 1OO-horse-
unSer.
lrhe Gins are made by Pratt Brothers
G. 90 az England. and were installed
Iv MI j Buckley, II representative OF
that company. who has been over our
my e stptes and claims to know all
e ',S,,, American cotton He tells me
irat the cotton here, grown from our
seed, is superior TO me SAM 10 a.
eroWh III A',,i.,nd cotton, that we pro-
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AMERICAN PEERLESS TWICE
SNUBS THE QUEEN OF SPAIN

Continued from page one.)
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LATEST FADs.

Helds Band Concert at Liberty Park
sunday Afternoon O'Clock.
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Four Million Natives VIII
Compete With Our Amsri-
can p.an.ers # They Are
Backed By eA5 British and
Have Mod..a Machinery
7ze New Ca ,u C.s Kan
paia and taii, rita rs Maa-
aeer9- Fac:a.. & Raa by bie.-
trici.y at RiYa., Plat,
Which pres,.se Gi.l-Micss
About Bark Cle.h = The
Mighty Ur==ia Tee.,t, and
Their Rulb.s Possibilities.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-31

who is attending a lawsuit in
that city opposed the naming
OF any persons as the choice of
the association, urging that
the matter be left entirely to
the governor which was the
right stand to take.
Governor Burke is a LAWYER
himself and knows the ability
and worth of every lawyer in
the state and does not need to
be dictated to by the associa-
ton and when the appoint
ments are made a few of the
lawyers will be wise to the fact
that "Honest John" is Cover
nor of North Dakota and needs
none of their dictations.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-31
FOR A TREE STATION.

Senator McCumber has in
troduced in.o the senate bill
appropriating 100000 for the
establishing of a tree, plant
and shrub experimental station
TN the semi. arid lands west of
Mandan.
The proposed station is to
experiment with trees suitable
to quick and natural growth in
North Dakota, and to aid the
;s.ttlers in selecting the proper
varities for the forestation of
the treeless country.
The location of the station is
not a great ways from the new
national forest in Billings
county, where the government
expects to carry on practical
experiments in conservation
and protection of the small
amount of standing timber in
North Dakota.
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PASSED AWAY.

Wednesday morning at 4
o'clock occurred the death of
Mrs. Cecile Prushaw after an
illness of several years, she has
been feeble for some time and
death was expected for several
days. Mrs. Prushaw was born
in France in 1929, latter coming
to this country, and six years
ago she came from California
to our city where she has since
made her home with her
daughter Mrs. Orton Clifford.
She leaves four daughters to
mourn her departure, Mrs. Gif-
ford, ard Miss Emma Prushaw
of this city, one daughter in
Georgia and one in New York.
Funeral services will be held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock and interment will be
made in Fairveiw cemetery.
The Times extends it's SYM
pathy to the sorrowing rela-
tives in their late bereavement.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-31
WANTS TO DICTATE

Several "Black Stone"pound-
ers representing themselves as
the Wise Guys of the State Bar
Association gathered themsel-
yes together at Bismarck last
Tuesday and proceeded to make
recommendations to Governor
Burke who he should appoint
as. Supreme Judge, and recon-
mend the folio wing as being
capable and having the endor-
sement of tie association were
John Carmody, of Hillsboro;
George A. Bangs and C. NJ.
Cooley, of Grand Forks; D. B.
Holt, of Fargo; Jeff Meyers, of
Grafton; Herman Winterer, of
Valley City; L. NJ. Gammons,
of Minot; S. F.. Ellsworth, of
Jamestown; NJ. H. Brennan, of
Devils Lake; c. A. Divet, OF
Wahpeton; F. W.Ames,of May
Vile, and George w. Newton,
of Bismarck.
Judge Lauder of this city
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-31
EGGS MUST BE,f EzSD,;

While eggs are as scarce as
traditional "hen's teeth" and
are selling at from 81 to 80 cents
toy the storage produce, people
nfthis state do not need to
fear that they will be sold the
storage product as strictly
fresh.
Prof. Ladd, tate pure food
commissioner is lokin gout for
this side of the question and
has his inspectors busy in vari-
Gus parts of North Dakota pur-
chasing eggs by the dozen and
then testing them. Secretary
Eilcon of the agricultural de-
partment is also "strictly fresh"
must be exactly what they are
represented to be. Storage
eggs must he sold as such or
under the law the dealers mis-
representing them is liable
to a fine of $500 or six mouths
imprisonment or both.
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at about 2 o'clock Sunday
morning by cutting his throat
from ear to ear with a razor.
In note, which was found
with the body, addressed to his
father and brother, Dougherty
stated that the act ives the
result of a nervous collapse.
A second note which was
found later showed that he had
intended to end his life on
Wednesday, the 23rd, but that
his nerve had failed HIM al
that time.
After cutting his throat
Dougherty held a bucket be.
tween his knees aud caught
the blood in it until he lost
consciousness VIII en- he evident
ly toppled over and the blood
was splashed over the room.
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ALL YELLED THE SAME
YELL.

Isn't it about time that the
sadly over worked jest:of call.
ing one republican newspaper
"insurgent" and another "stal-
wart" be given a vacation? Be
fore the primaries, the so-called
insurgent papers were tumul-
tious in their denunciations of
the gang,shrill in their shrieks
for good government. After
the primaries, with one excep-
tion-the Lidgerwood Broad
axe-they each and all became
even as the humble clam that
knoweth when to shut up. BY
September the post primary
lull began to be broken by the
isolated yips and yelps about
party loyalty. and long before
the ides of November the
whole pap-hungry pack had
swelled their voices into one
grand chorus of "vote the re.
publican ticket straight" Stall
wart wolf and insurgent coyote
howled side by side for Taft.
for Johnson, for perfection, for
prosperity-and perhaps it is
because The Chronotype has
howled, however feebly. for
some of these very things in
the past, that it knows that the
whole bunch were simply and
selfishly bowling for pie. One
editor was postmaster and
wanted to retain the job, ano-
ther needed some insurance
statements to help pay the
mortgage, still another hoped
for a fat appointment, while
the majority knew that they
had to support the republican
ticket, and support it loud, or
lose the advertising patronage
of local business men. There
will be "insurgent" papers and
"stalwart" papers before the
ne xt primary. Immediately
after that interesting event
tn ey will begin to metamorI,.
hose into straight republicat,
organs, on which the bosses
may play any old tune they
like. The press of North Da-
kota, considered as whole, is
hopelessly enal.-Chronotype
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-31
NIGHTS OF UNREST,
No Sleep, No Rest, No Peace fol
the Sufferer from Kidney
Troubles.

NV 0AoopJ NV AtoSGJ NV odGo lVl
the Sufferer from Kidney
Troubles.
No peace for the kidney suf
ferer-
Pain and distress from morn
to night.
Get up with a lame back.
Twinges of backache bothe,
you all day. Dull aching
breaks your rest at night.
Urinary disorders add to
your misery.
Get at the cause-cure the
kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills will
work the cure.
They're for the kidneys only
Have made great cures in
Wahpeton.
Paul Tibeau. 9th ST., Wahpe.
ton, N. d., says: "Abcut six
months ago l was suffering
from rheumatism and disor.
dered condition of my kidneys,
My general health was poor
and my back ached almost
constantly. I had headaches
and dizzy spells and was forced
to arise many times during the
night on account of the too
frequent action of the kidney
secretions. I doctored and tried
a great many remedies but did
not find relief. When Doan'e
Kidney Pills were finally
brought to my attention I pro.
cured a box at Keen's drug
store. This remedy helped me
from the first and I was so en-.
couraged that I continued it's
use until completely cured. ]
am now entirely free from the
rheumatism pains and give
Doan's Kidney Pills the credit
of my cure"
For sale by all dealers,
Price 80 cents. Foster.Milburn
Co., Buffalo, New York, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
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Nho 0WneS
The Earth?

When &c oal Oil Johnny
bought all the champagne in
New York and empied it into a
plunge bath. 80 that he might
take a swim in the sparkling
wine, he was by comparison a
mean a n d penurious miser.
TIE only real, genuine open
handed aud free-hearted spend
thrift in the tides of time is the
government of the United
States. For instance:
When Jake Cooke and his
colleagues were projecting the
Northern Pacific railroad they
took off their hats and made a
bow to congress.
"We're thinking of building
to the Pacific Coast" they said.
Cant you give US little
help"
"Why certainly,"the congress
replied enthusiastically. "Just
take the state of New York aud
go to work."
"Oh" said the railroad pro-
moters IN a panied voice, "is
that all? Why, we really ex-
pected something substantial
"Well," congress answered,
swelling with philanthrophy
and putting it's hand into the
the public pocket, "of course
if you feel that way about it
you can put Massachusetts,.
Connecticut New Jersey, Rhode
Island and Delaware on the
string, too. Now run along and
get busy"
Still the promoters stood and
looked pathetically at that
tender-hearted aggregation of
statesmen.
"Why, certainly" sobbed con-
gress finally, vainly endeavor-
ing to conceal it g emotion,
"we'll have the people lend you
what money you need. too.
Please don't look at us in that
tone of voice any longer"
In other words, the land
grant of 47,OOO acres made as a
free gift to the Northern Paci-
fic Railroad by t h national
congress more than equals in
extent the total area of the
states of New York, Massach-
ussetts, Connecticut, New Jer.
sey, Rhode Island and Dele
ware.
Up to IL years ago congress
had given away the public do
main to railroad and other cor
porations to the extent of $685.
100000 acres. a bit of territory
the total area of France and
Germany, two countries which
support between them a popu-
lation much greater than the
whole population of the United
States when the last census
was taken.
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COMMITTED SUICIDE,

Rev. r. L. Dougherty, the
Congregational pastor a t
Buchanan, D. Max. and also
Congregational pulpit supply
at Barrie, committed suicide
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-31
Bleached Flour a Dulteration

Secretary Wilson of the de.
partment of agriculture an.
nounced his diciaion in the
bleached-flour controversy, hold
ing that flour bleached with
nitro peroxide is an adulterat-
ed product under the law and
that it cannot legally be sold
in the District of Columbia or
in the territories or be trans
ported in interstate commerce.
Owing to the immence quantity
of bleached flour now on hand
the secretary will recommend
no prosecution of manufacture.
ers or sellers for a period of six
months from this date.
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To the man bowling the
highest score at Kline's bowl
ing alley will receive a box of
cigars. Prizes will be given
every two weeks. Come and
enjoy yourself. Ed. J. Kline.
For farm loan, see B. F
Schneider. Rates the lowest
If 7-lO.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-31
VAL DORM
SERIOUSLY HURT,

Our citizens where shocked
Thursday morning when the
news spread over our city that
Val Dorm a well known and
respected citizen was seriously
wounded and lay at the City
Hotel with a gaping wound in
his left side caused by 80
caliber revolver.
Mr.. Dorm who lives about Que
mile south of the city walked to
town this morning and stopped
at the City Hotel where he
chatted with the guests for a
while, and then went to the
closet, when in about a mo-
n1ent Haorld Donavon who
was in the closet when Mr..
Dorm entered run into the ho-
tel bar room and informed the
guests that someone had shot
himself, and when the closet
door was opened Dorm was
found in sitting position lean
ing up in a cornor with the re-
volver on the floor at his feet.
A doctor was called at once
and found him in a critical con-
dition, but as we 60 to press
several hours afterwards he 10
still living. but very little hope
remains for his recovery.
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UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
In the Wahpeton, N. Dak.,
post Office, Dec. Goth, 1908.

49, ssAS W 0o PSSOuS A\' O0AsH
post Office, Dec. Goth, 1908.
LADIES.
Barreson, Miss Esther.
Childs, Miss.
Herly, Miss Kate.
Lorenz. Agnes.
GENTLEMEN.
Beaumont, S. r.
Bert, Clyde F.
Dawson, Louie.
Freebury, Harry.
Hall, H. HI.
Magnusson, NJ.
Norton, Peter J.
Pauly. Joseph.
Potter, H. H.
Sherman, Geo.
Tew, L. w.
When calling for the above
please say advertised and give
date of list.
Very Respectfully,
E. H. MYHRA. p. n.