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The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
~ Belfield Department

The growth of Belfeld has been almost
now of several hundred inhabitants, hay
ing stores in nearly all lines of trade and
some of the best ones to be found in the
county. Schools and churches are we'll
represented, and from present indications
portant point. 1t is located u miles west
Medora and has a large country tributary,
both north and south.
Ed. O'Conner, a substantial business
man of Sacred Heart, Mimi, moved to
Belfeld two years ago. Mr.. O'Connor
saw a bright future for the place, and he
Immediately acquired about Goo lots and
had the town portion north of the N. P.
railway r%esurveyed and placed on the
market. Lots sold readily and building
operations were pushed on Main street.
Mr.. O'Connor graded the street and put
in a Town we'll, all at. his own expense.
Some of the business interests repre-
sented on Main street are: Belfeld State
bank, 2-story building; Davis general
store; Dyer lumber yard; Heaton lumber
yard; Pavlicek building, barber shop,
shoe, harness and repair shop, Wood
man hall on second floor; Lerfald meat
market; DR.. Colwell's Office, McCutchan
& Babcock restaurant and land office;
Deitermann general store; McAndress
drug store; N. B. Nelson hardware and
furniture store, also undertaking by same
firm.~The Christensen Elevator Co. has
an important location on this side of the
track. South of the track is the Imperial
hotel; the Belfeld hotel; Kings cigar
stand, etc.
R.C. Davis brick store, 80 by 70 #.
steel ceiling, is worthy of special mention.
The store is well lighted, has its own
gasoline lighting plant, steam plant, and
in the basement Mr.. Davis will eventually
finish places for carrying special holiday
goods, etc. Mr.. Davis, as the pioneer
merchant, enjoys a large trade, requiring
the assistance of a half dozen clerks
most of the time. He is also postmaster.
o. L. Christensen is manager of the
local elevator, the company having eleva.
tors also at South Heart and Beach, and
he also has general supervision of these
The Belfeld State bank, $4,000
capital, opened two years ago, and at the
present time has a surplus of $1,000 and
undivided profits of 5000. Several ole
timers and heavy property owners appear
on the directory of this bank, which ha:
the confidence of the people tributary te
Belield. The officers and directors are
Ed. O'Connor, president; R. c. Davis
vice president; Will O'Connor, Antor
Anderson and N. P. Jensen, directors
]. O. Milsten is cashier.
The McCutchan stables will accommo
date upwards of 100 horses.
The stock of hardware and furniture
carried by N. B. Nelson would do credi
to a city. Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson formerl,
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

resided in South Dakota.
James A. Eslick found it necessary the
past year to add to the Imperial hotel,
giving him % rooms, a large lobby and
additional space in the dining ROOM.
ThezBelfeld Land & Investment Co.
is differed by Ed. O'Connor, president;
Tim OConnor, vice president; Will
OConnor, secretary and treasurer. The
company is incorporated for $4,000, and
in its Office in the Belfeld State bank
building is one of the finest collections
of corn, grain and grasses, products of
Belheld and vicinity, to be found any
where. The company has been selling
improved lands at from S12 to $40 per
acre, according to the distance from Bel
field, all winter, disposing of 3H; sections
last week to Minnesota and Wisconsin
people.
The church. lots donated by H. R.
Lyon are to be improved this year by a
$1,000 Catholic edifice, Ed. O'Connor,
John Winkels and Mike Donahue, in con-
junction with FIR. John Dignam. acting as
the building committee. The Presby-
terians recently erected a cement block
church at a cost of $1,000. The Lutheran
denomination is also represented in. the
village.
The 2-story brick school building, cost
ing $1,000, is presided over by Mrs. Beebe
as principal, and Miss Collins, assistant.
Probably two. more rooms will be opened
this season.
James Christensen has bought three
building lots and will erect a house there
on this year. The village is rapidly be-
coming the home of stockmen, who wish
to take advantage of good schools. Prob
ably. IS lots have already been bought
for this purpose, at prices ranging around
$50 each. Business lots sell at $500 to
$500 each, on Main street.
A mail service runs south weekly to
Gaylord and Midway, and steps are being
taken to get a stage line north.
Belfeld is the largest cedar post
market in the state, it being estimated
that there are 100000 posts in town at
the present time. Settlers in the Bad
Lands get them out during the winter
and find a ready market at 10 to nc.
apiece.
Five new steam breaking outfits have
been ordered this spring, making IL OF
IS in the locality. Ed. Jowseks will use a
steam pillow at his farm five miles north
west of town.
Attorney H. E. Haney is already get
ting a good line of legal and land contest
business.
Ben Deitemann is moving down from
Medora this week.
l. A. Nelson has his house well along
Mr.. Nelson is a thorough contractor and
looks for a good deal of building this
season. He was formerly in the stock
business.
About IS immigrant cars have arrived
this spring. This is just a starter.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28

The officers are:
6. A. Perkins, Pres.
w. r. Burnett, Vice-Pres.
F. D. Hevener, Treas, ss.
j. w. Colwell, Sec'y.
Directors:
G. A. Perkins,
w. L. Richards,
L. A. Simpson,
A. L. Martin,
M. L. Mcbride,
w. F. Burnett,
X. A. Kalmen,
Chas. Bake.
During the past year convenient brick
cottages have been erected for the super
intendent and foreman, and comfortable
quarters for the other employees. About
t~hirty-6ve men are employed during the
period of operation, most of whom are.
Germans and Scandinavians, and are an
excellent class of,laborers.
Western North Dakota is renowned for
its. deposits of high-class clays with ex-
cellent refractory qualities and plastic
clays we'll adapted for the manufacture
0 f.pottery, the value and importance of
which have only begun to be appre-
.ciated, and The Missouri Slope Brick &
Tile Co. is bound to be a potent factor in
the development of one of North Dako-
ta's most importance and extensive indus
tries.-The manufacture Of Ceramic pro-
ducts.
The Dickinson press., 1908-03-28
EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES.
State Tuition Fund Pays
More than One Fourth
Total Expense Of School.

Commemorate with the industrial
progress has been that Of educational
advantages both in city and rural
schools.
The sod school house. sheltering a
poorly paid teacher and FIVE or six child
rem for three months during the year,
has given place to a nicely painted
frame structure, properly heated and
lighted.
The various school districts now have
from six to nine months of school and
teachers wages range from $4,000 to
5000 per month. There are less
than twenty-five children of school age
in the county who are not within two and
one half miles Of a well.organized and
fairly we'll equipped school.
A few figures relative to the amount
OF money expended annually for the
maintenance of schools in Stark county
may be of interest. The following is for
the year 1907:
School sites and permanent Inn
Apparatus and fixtures 68O.5o
Teachers salaries 3o,4o6.35
Services and expenses of school
Interest on bonds and warrants 2.57l.S0
Incidental expenses 5,343.85
Redemption of bonds. 4.435.2
Total expenditure for the year a53. 1884, n
Total number Of children enumer-
sted in the county 2,o42.00
Average cost of school for each
child In the county 1924
Total lumber Of children enrolled
Average cost for each child ac. '
tuaiiy in school . 1904
Total bonded Indebtedness OF the
Interest at 1 per cent on bonded in
debtedness. paid into state fund 1880
state tuition fund 14.1ss.ss
CThe last amount covers more than one
fourth Of the total expenditures.)
Total value Of school houses. sites
Total. assessed valuation of all dis
tricts 3,4e1 ,345!O0
The law provides that a district tax levy
for school purposes shall not exceed
thirty mills and we find from the reports
of the various counties throughout the
state that a levy of thirty mills is not at
all unusual. The maximum levy IN this
county is as mills in the Belfeld dis
trict and the minimum is 2.2 mills in the
Newport district, with an average for the
entire county of 1876 mills.
Taylor, Richardson aud Belield now
each have a modern four-roomed build
ing with excellent graded schools and
each is in a position to soo be recog-
nized by the state as accredited high
schools. Gladstone has a new and strict
ly modern two-room building.
There is a steady, conservative and
permanent advancement of educational
intere SITS along all lines. Eighteen new
schools have been established in the
past two years and the enrolment in the
county has increased 1o7 per cen over
that of four years ago. y.
L. RAIDER, superintendent oi
schools for Stark county.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-27

NEW YORK, June 20, lin an ad-
vertisement printed in a morning
paper lies the last hope Of q larry
town family OF recovering q fortune
estimated as high as 100000, which
Augustus Konrad, eccentric miser,
concealed while in health and the
hiding place OF which he was unable
to reveal after disease had suddenly
destroyed his reason.
Konrad died in the Pughkeepsie
insane hospital in October OF last
year. Before his death he gave evil
dence OF desiring to tell the attend
ants something and he even attempt
ed to place his thoughts in writing a
letter to his daughter, but the result
was an incoherent tumble OF words.
AT the end he had 10 be cared for as
a baby, but through il all he insisted
on being allowed TO retain three keys
one to his home at Tarrytown; a
second to a trunk which he always
kept locked. and a third, the myster-
ious key, to safe deposit vault, in
which the family believes the written
evidence of his wealth reposes,
Since his death every effort has
been made to discover this vault.
Near by safe deposit companies have
been asked to aid, the comapny max
ing the key has been appealed to, and
as a last resort decided to appeal for
aid in an advertisement.
Konrad when he died was So years
old and all his life was very much OF
mystery to his friends and family
as the hiding place of his fortune is.
A member Of an old Long Island
family, he prepared for the ministry
only to become a carpenter, later
taking up horid culture in which he
became widely known as an authority
on orchids; he abandoned his flowers
to engage in the gas business in Ter
rytown III which he amased fortune.
He retired eight years ago.
In all his years he was remarkably
secretive about his affairs, never TAX
ing his wife into his confidence. In
money matters he was very close
Ten years ago he decided that his
family would have to support itself
and since that time Mrs. Konrad
supported her children and herself in
the sale of women's clothing. The
last few years her son David has aid
ed in this.
Last July Konrad became i'll and
was confined to his home The doct-
ors declared his trouble was a tumor
Of the brain, due to an injury received
in snow ball fight in childhood and
finally ordered his removal to Pough-
keepsie.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-27
VETERINARY COLLEGE.


SAN. FRANCISCO VETERINARY
College; next session begins Sept.
18th. DR.. c. Keane, Pres, 1873 Mar
ket street. Catalogue free. sm
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED-To Boy A HORSE;
weight about 1850 pounds; not over
8 years old; must be good driver and
gentle, also city broke. Address As
torian Office 6-o-tf.
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-27
LAUNDRIES.

Those Pleated Bosom Shirts
The kind known by dressy men in
the summer, are difficult articles to
launder nicely. Unless you know just
how to do it, the front pleats won't
iron down smooth, and the shirt
front will look mussy. Our New
Press Ironer irons them without
rolling or stretching Try Il.
TROY LAUNDRY,
Tenth and Duane. Phone Main 1891
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-27
HIDDEN MONEY lost
Eccentric Miser Hides Wealth,
Then Looses His Reason
A FORTUNE OF 100000

August Konrad Tries to Reveal His
Secret Before Death in a Letter TO
His Daughter, But Fails-Died
Last October.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-27
HOUSE MOVERS.

FREDRlCKSON BROS. We make
a specially of house moving, car
penters, contractors, general jobbing;
prompt attention to all orders. Cor
ner Tenth and Duane streets.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-27
NOTICE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that the Young's Bay drawbridge
will be closed for travel between the
hours Of | and 4 o'clock p. m. today
Thursday, June 25th, in order that
repairs may be made. By order of
the County Court
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-08

New york sfass. 81 early nom.
ing fire in q four storx brick tenement
at No. IL Humboldt street, q thickly
populated district Of Brooklyn, caused
the death Of six persons and the seri.
GUS injury Of four others n
Every member Of one family, con.
sisting Of q mother and four children
are among, the dead. There were
many thrilling rescues by police and
firemen. "A half dozen or more. per.
sons who were trapped IN the upper
stories were saved by jumping into
life nets, s~s As,
The fire started in the cellar of the
building early Sunday morning, when
the people comprising the eight 1ami.
lies living In the house were asleep
1t had gained much Roadway before II
was discovered. When the firemen
came the fire had spread through the
entire rear of the house, where the
fire escapes were, and the terror.
stricken inmates Of the upper floors
had been driven to the front rooms
where they were hanging from win
dows, shrieking for help. Ladders and
life nets were quickly brought into
use and most of the imperiled persons
were thus rescued.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-08
Great Anxiety Is Felt.
Rumorse Regarding Health Of Grover
Cleveland Are Denied.


New York, May s. Considerable
anxiety was occasioned yesterday by
widely circulated rumors that the con-
dition of Former President Grover
Cleveland, who has been i'll for sew
e.al weeks at hotel in Lakewood, N.
j., has assumed grave phase and
that Sight hopes We're entertained for
his recovery. The Evening World
gave prominence to reports current at
the Office of the Equitable Life Assur-
aEce society, of which Mr.. Cleveland
is voting trustee. that the former
presidents physicians had diagnosed
his illness as cancer of the stomach,
and had decided that there was no
hope of their distinguished patients
rcco;ery.
Positive denial OF these statements
was not obtainable yesterday. Mr.
Joseph d. Bryant. who has attended
MI. Cleveland for years. said that his
patient was "all right" and that all
his reports from Lakewood were fa-
vo:able. In answer to question as
to whether Mr.. Cleveland was suffer-
ing from cancer of the stomach, Dr.
Bryant said that as physician he
could not make public the diagnosis
in the case of any of his patients. Any
information of such subject, were it
to be given to the public, should come
from the family, he said.
AT the Lakewood hotel it was said
yesterday that Mr.. Cleveland was
making very satisfactory progress,
and it was denied that his case had
assumed serious aspect.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-08
eRIroNs REpuLsE AFeHANs.
Big Force Attempts to Seize Block
house.

mouse.
London, May 5.-1ndia is a source
of considerable uneasiness to the
British government at the present mo.
ment. The difficulties with the Mob
nlands seemed OH the eve of settle.
ment, when on Saturday, according to
reports received here, new danger
threatened. An attempt was made by
a large Afghan force, numbering from
$4,000 to 10000, which went ACROSS
the border. divided into two bodies, to
seize the blockaouse OF KEyber pass,
near Landikhotal. The attacking
force was repulsed with trifiing cas-.
ualties among the British, but the Az
ghans remained in front of Landikho-
tai and another body is reported to be
moving into Bazaar valley by way of
Lisote pass.
Gen. Wilcox, who is in command of
the British forces recently dispatched
to quell the troubles, has gone to Jam.
rad, a few miles west of Peshawar, at
the entrance of Khyber pass. and is
fastening forward his troops to meet
the new developments. t.
All frontier kilograms are carefully
censored at Simla. From Calcutta
comes the news of the discovery of q
plot to murder Europeans by means
of bombs. The conspiracy appears
to be of an extensive character and
many arrests have been made. The
responsibility for the plot is placed
on the natives, number of incrimi.
mating documents having been seized.
together with supply of bombs and
other explosives.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-08
Flew Ayiiine Hotel d Fort
Wayne Destroyed Actual
Loss Of Life Unknown.
GUESTS FIND ESCAPE cur Off.
Flames Discovered at 8 O'clock In the
Morning Spread With Ap.
paliing Rapidity.

Fort Wayne, Ind, May 5.-An UNI
known number Of persons, estimated
at from twelve to twenty, lost their
lives in a fire that Destroyed the New
Ave,ine hotel here early yesterday.
The entire interior of the building is
e smoldering heap of ruins and how
many dead are concealed by the de-
bTis can only be conjectured.
The hotel register was consumed by
the fire and there are no accurate
means of determining who is missing.
Bodies Unacceptable.
The complete destruction of the in
terror of the hotel makes the work of
recovering bodies task OF difficulty.
A confused heap of charred wood.
bricks and twisted girders is piled up
between the bare walls to the second
story. Piece by piece this must be
removed before the roll of dead can
be completed. Some of the bodies
taken out are mangled and charrea
beyond recognition and the work of
Identification is in these cases task
almost battling.
Infantry Company B and Battery r
of the national guard are on duty and
aiding the fire and police forces to
clear away the debris.
Escape Is Cut of.
The fire was discovered at $3.50 YES.
terday morning in the elevator shaft
by Night Clerk Ralph r. Hopkins. He
rushed to the supper floors alarming
the guests until flames which had
spread with appalling rapidity, drove
him back. His efforts, however
saved many lives. The hotel was
erected half century ago and the
woodwork was dry as finder. 1t burn
ed like matchwood and within a few
minutes FROM the time fire was dis
covered the whole interior of the no.
tel was a mass of flames that filled
the corridors and rooms with suffocat.
ing clouds of smoke and laid fiery bar
riers across all means of escape save
by the windows.
Many Thrilling Rescues.
The fire department rescued MANY
by means of ladders, but some. fren-
zied by the onward rush of the flames.
leaped from high windows to the
paved street.
AS the fury OF the flames increased
men and women were seen in the win.
dows of their rooms. where they Wild
ly implored help. Some did not wait
for the efforts of the firemen and
leaped to the street. Several were
seriously injured in this way.
There were many thrilling escapes.
The hotel and furnishings were val
ued at $4,000. Other losses will ag.
gregate about $4,000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-08
Trust llillUj 6lSffGl VllIIRA(Ts


Washington, May s. Testifying
yesterday before the house select
committee on wood pulp and paper In
vestigation, Medill Mccormick, pub
Usher Of the Chicago Tribune. explain
ed his several paper contracts Of the
last ten years and said that although
he had five-year contract; with one
year yet to run, with the International
Paper company, the price had been
raised from $1.S5 per hundred to 1920.
Further evidence was submitted by
John Morris, representing the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers associa-
ton. in support Of the associations
claim that there is combination or
agreement in restraint of trade among
the several groups of papermakers.
The hearing will be continued to-
day, :.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-08
NORTH DAKOTA
news Of THE WEEK IN tPIITOmf
Important Events At Home and %
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
WashInaton.

WaosVs0sVsss
The second annual meeting OF the
American Society of International
Law was held in Washington.
President Roosevelt has been pre-
scented with a magnificent Turkish
rug, the gift of the sultan of Turkey,
by the Turkish minister, MANNED Ali
Bey.
Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, the
apostolic delegate at Washington,
also is among those mentioned as
likely to be created cardinals at the
next consistory in June.
The joint resolution to require the
and equipment from the United
States to the isthmus in American bot
toms has been reported favorably by
the house committee.
President Roosevelt has notified
Secretary Straus of the department of
commerce and labor that he had reap
pointed him for another term of six
years as one of the American mem
bers of the permanent court of arbi-
tration at The Hague.
The house committee on public
lands ordered favorable report on
the senate bill providing that where
proofs offered in contention OF home
stead entries have heretofore been re-
jected they shall be reinstated and
confirmed if the entrymen can show
that he lived upon his land at least
eight months out of the year prior to
the submission of proofs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-08
ARMOUR souEEzEs SHORTS.
Burst Of Speculative Fireworks in Chi.
= cago Wheat Pit.

Burst Of Speculative Fireworks in Chi
cage Wheat Pit.
/ Chicago, May 3.-Delivery day on
May contracts was marked by burst
of speculative fireworks in the Chica-
60 wheat pit. May wheat scared to
S1.04, an advance of 4 So cents over
the previous close. Then a slight re-
action dropped the price back to
$1.O2. The current delivery was boost
ed 33S cents, to $1.04, finally closing
at $1.02.
There is much sensational talk of a
corner in wheat by j.. Ogden Armour.
This Armour's grain manager, George
E. Marcy, denies, but nevertheless the
fact seems to remain that Armour
owns all the Chicago wheat in sight,
and bear traders caught short in the
squeeze yesterday owed their diem
ma to this fact.
Armour is credited with holding
100000 bushels of wheat in his Chi
cago elevators. Shrewd traders say
he cleared up close to $1,0O0,O0O on
yesterdays squeeze.