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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12

of first sprinkling the floor before
sweeping is unnecessary with the
moistener, but is done automatically
as the work is being done. The mois-
tener is in the form of receptacle,
which is clamped to the handle above
the top of the bristles. Depending
from the reservoirs is a discharge
pipe which is arranged on curve.
Perforations are placed in the sides
Of the pipe. Water, oil or other
liquid is placed in the reservoir, be-
ing distributed in the centre of the
broom through the curved pipe and
passing down the bristles. The tank,
being detachable, can be readily re-
moved from an old and worn broom
and placed on new one.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12
Broom Moistener.

An up-to-date attachment, designed
to save the housewife considerable
labor, is the broom moistener shown
in the accompanying illustration, pat
ented by Maine man. The nuisance
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
RIREMEN'S BALL.

Those in search of an all
round good time missed it by
not attending the Firemen's 8
annual masquerade ball New
Years night at II e Opera
House. The floor was in fine
shape, the caller was o. K, the
floor managers are to be COM
mended for their executive
ability and the music, furnish
ed by Braun's Orchestra,
was exceptionally good and
would have been an in
spiration to any one to float
away in the mazes of dreamy
waltz. The head prizes were
to Mrs. McClel1and in
fancy dress and Jim McCabe
as a prince. Henry Kraker, as
a dutchman carried off second
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
ON THE FRONTIER.

The Claman Company which
comes to the Wahpeton Opera
House Saturday Jan. 9th has
been on the Walker circuit
ever since Sept. 81 and has
given great satisfaction over
the Canadian Territory con-
trolled by Mr.. Walker. They
are now booked solid up to
June 8. 1909 at which time they
will have played the H. L..
Walker circuit in South Dako.
ia and the Pelton & Mutzer
houses through Colorado, Ari-
zona and down to Texas.
The play they offer "On the
Frontier" is melodramatic
production that keeps the i, =
terest alive from start to finish,
and offers a beautiful success
sion of thrills that sho uld not
fail to please any lover of west
ern stories. At the Opera
House Saturday ian. 9th.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
RESOLUTION.

WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Al
mighy God to take from our
Midst our beloved Brother,
Valentine Dorm.
WHEREFORE Re 1T RESOLVED
That the Wahpeton Lodge No.
6, Ancient Order United Work
man has lost in his death a
true and faithful Brother.
RESOLVED, That we do here
by extend to the bereaved fam
lily of our deceased brother our
heartfelt sympathy in thj 8
their sorrowful afflictlon.
RESOLVED, That a copy of
these resolutions be forwarded d
to his family, that they be
spread upon the Minutes of our
Order and that they be printed
in the Globe-Gazette aud in
the Wahpeton Times.
Stephen Braun
Committee Ghas; e. rs; Ioungquist Io!
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07

Senator speaks at public or We
teran gatherings he proves
himself most acceptable ora.
tor, and be gets the highest en-
conium that public speaker
can have in an enthusiastic de-
sire of his hearers for him to
come again and let them hear
more of him. This is particu-
larry true of gatheringsl of We
terans, with whom he is great
favorite. not only on account of
his signal service to them. but
for the inspiring and captivat-
ing addresses which he makes
at their gatherings. No mem
ber of either House is more be-
sired at gatherings of veterans
in Washington than Senator
McCumber, and t he fl rst
thought on making arrange.
ments for any function is to in
vite him. This is true of the
gatherings wherever he goes
many of which have previous
ly known little about him. He
catches his audiences at once,
and his speeches always con-
clude with having in their
minds wish that he had spok:;
en- longer and would come
again.
In every important discus
sion in the Senate Senator Nc
Cunber has had a full and
creditable share" National
Tribune.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
DEATH CLAIMED
VAL DORM.

The Es gave in it's last
issue Il letails of the awful
catastr, .e which befell Val
entine -rn of this city, who
died from the wound Thurs.
day evening of last week
Mr.. Dorm was one Of the
early settlers of these parts, a
good citizen and a thrifty busi-
ness man. He was born in
Calumet County, Wisconsin,
April 20, 1864. and came to
Wahpeton about twenty five
years ago and was married to
10 Miss Lizzie Meyer a few
years later. He built the City
-an4el IN this city which he run
for several years, selling the
same to Nels Oslund, he built
a fine residence south of this
city where ile and his family
have lived until his death.
The deceased leaves a wife,
four children, three brothers
and two sisters with multi
tude of friends to mourn his
early demise.
He was a member of the
Wahpeton Fire Department,
Turner's and the local lodges
of the A. O. U. w. aud NJ. w. A.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
FARMERS INSTITUTE

The Farmers Institute which
at the & G)mmercial
Club rooms in this city last
Saturday was we'll attended,
and farmers from all parts of
the county were present.
7. A. Hoverstad, Supt. pre-
sided and the following speak
ers and Instructors from out of
town weae present. Prof. Thos.
Shaw of Aberdeen, So. OAK.
Mrs. AIDA Howie of Wiscon-
sin. Great interest was taken
by some of our farmers. and
those who were present claim
that the meeting was of much
value.
To the man bowling the
highest score at Kline's DO wi
ing alley will receive a box of
cigars. Prizes will be given
every two weeks. Come and
enjoy yourself. Ed. J. Kline.
For a farm loan, see B. F
Schneider. Rates the lowest
If 40.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
The Bad Spot.

An Irishman one day was told to put
up signboard on which were the
words, ITO Motorists-This Hill Is
Dangerous"
Away went Mike with the signboard
and placed it at the bottom of very
steep hill. = few days later his en-
ployer went to see how the board was
put up and, finding it ut the bottom Of
tie hill, sought and found Mike.
"You blooming fool"' lie cried. why
didn't YOU put that sign in the right
placc?'
"Shure and amt it:" asked Mike.
"Don't all the accidents happen at the
bottrf Harper's Weekly.
Not Designed For Lovers.
HI am sure Cupid had nothing to
do with the alphabet. She - What
gives you that impression? He-If bel
had been doing it he would have placed
q and I much nearer each other.--Se
Louis Republic.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
REsOLUTIONR OF CoNDoL.
ENCE,

dSScu dt 0pcCldl "cctluS Oh
the Wahpeton Fire Depart
ment held Saturday Jam
uary End 1909.
RESOLVED, T hat Whereas
death has claimed our Brother
Member Valentine Dorm, from
our midst, the Department has
lost faithful Brother and zeal
Gus Fireman, his family a good
husband and father, and the
good citizen.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That we extend our deepest
sympathy to the family of our
deceased Brother.
And that our hall be draped
for period of thirty days, and
a copy of these resolutions be
sent to the family, and publish
ed in each of the city papers,
and spread on the records of
the Department.
Co" "'t'ss I; {;S$ !, s; s: f;;::; $::::f $$:s;
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
A TEMPERANCE UNION.
Members Limited to Fourteen Drinks
Of Liquor Daily,

Of Liquor Daily.
"Signing the pledge is no new thing,
as is proved by researches in Italy.
Interesting particulars of what would
appear to he the earliest examples of
written pledges to abstain from gam
bling and excessive drinking are given
In the Turin Studi Medievali by Signor
Girolamo Biscaro, who has discovered
three such documents =. the archives
Of Milan. The first of these records is
nh oath sworn on the gospels by Gia-
como PaSQuali and Armanino Duca
to the effect that for two years they
will abstain from gambling in Pavia
Or within three miles thereof and will
likewise refrain from inducing others
to gamble on their behalf. The penal
ty for any breach Of this oath is fixed
at 5 soldi, payable to Papio Bovatorio.
In the second document Perano do
Bono promises Uberto de Proto to
abstain from gambling for certain
period, exception being made on be-
half of the game Of bismentiro. at
which. however, he was not to lose
more than . dcnari on any one day.
Further. he undertakes not to visit
any inn for drinking purposes before
the hour of vcspers on Monday A
breach Of either clause Of the pledge
involves the payment of 5 soldi 10 De
Proto BY the third document Sileto
Ferrario expressed his Willingness to
pay II dc:&ari to his brother I.amperiO
should he be persuaded to play for
money in any place Of public resort or
to spend more than denari on intoxi-
cants in any one day.
The motive for these contracts is not
stated. but 1t is presumed that they
were entered i;lto by employees whose
masters wished to keep their proc!ivi-
ties in check There is nothing in the
documents to suggest the existence of
any organization for the promotion of
temperance. The honor Of being first
In the field in this respect therefore
still rests with Germany where two
temperance societies were founded in
the sixteenth century.
OF these the Order of st. Christie
pher was formed by Sigismund de
Diettrichstein on Jan. 1S, 1917. and the
Order Of Temperance by the landgrave
Of Hesse on Dec. %, 1000. The men,
bers of the one order were pledged to
abstain from toast drinking. and the
members Of the other undertook not
to drink more than seven glasses Of
liquor at a time. and that not oftener
than twice day.-Chicago News.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07

prize and certainly took the
cake, ladies second prize was
given to Mrs. E. D. Knots as
poverty" The fire boys clear
ed on the dance aud it was
as it always has been. jolly
little affair and deserves the
patronage of a good crowd,
both masked and spectators
aud we are only sorry they o.
cur but once year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
THE THIRD NUMBER SCI
ENCE SCHOOL LECTURE
COURSE.


This number will be given
by Ross Crane, one of the best
cartoonists of America. Mr..
Crane ia a genius in his land
and stands pre-eminent as an
artist and a humorist.
Thousands of people have
pronounced this production
one of the most unique and
finished productions ever
given. Don't forget the date,
Wednesday evening ian. 13.
The place will be announced
later.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO.
Their Unceasing Work Keeps Us
Strong and Healthy,

All the blood in the body
passes through the kidneys
once every three minutes. The
kidneys filter the blood. They
work night and day. When
healthy they remove about 500
grains of impure matter daily,
when unhealthy some part of
this impure matter is left in
the blood. This brings on
many diseases and symp-
toms-pain In the back, head
ache, nervousness, hot, dry
skin, rheumatism, gout, gravel
disorders of the eyesight and
hearing, dizziness, irregular
h art debility, drowsiness,
dropsy. deposits in the urine,
etc. But if you keep the filters
right you will have no trouble.
Albert Schreiber, Wahpeton,
N. D, says: ~ suffered from
lumbago, weakness across
the small of my back and a
disordered condition of M y
kidneys for years without find
ing relief. l frequently had a
catch in my back which would
come on suddenly and for hours
would be doubled up. unable
to straighten or turn my body
in any direction, without suf-
fering the most terrible pains.
The secretions from my kid
neys passed to freely and the
passages were attended with
scalding sensation. S o m e
time ago | learned of Doan's
Kidney Pills and procured a
box at Keen's drug store. And
a few boxes completely cured
me of this distressing COM
plant"
For sale by all dealers. Price
80 cents. Eos ster- Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name--Doan's s
and take no other.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank all those
who contributed flowers aud
in any way assisted us during
the recent illness and death Of
our beloved husband and faith
er.
Mrs. Valentine Dorm
and children.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
SENATOR McCUMBER
AS AN ORATOR

AO AN VnAlVn
This Office was honored this
week with a personal letter
from the Hon. Robert Wash
ington Farrar of Washington
U. S. A. or known better as Bob
Farrar. McCumbers (Extra)
clerk, incloslng a clipping from
a Washington paper putting
the Senator on his "Articula-
tions" and in other ways MAX
ing the old man swell a little.
Now how much the article cost
the Senator we are not in a po-
sition to say, but we produce it
as follows for your considera-
ton.
1T is usual to say that no
man can be considered as hav-
ing gained a foothold on the
public stage until he has be.
gun to be caricatured. This is
as true as in England as it is in
this country. A man must be
doing something worth while
something that really attracts
the attention and applause of
friends and the opposition of
enemies t. become a mark for
satirists and would-be satir
lists. Senator p. ]. McCumber
of North Dakota, has won his
eninence. Tho his state is one
of the new and less conspicu-
Gus in the Union, and Senator
McCumbe ber is comparatively a
new member in the Senate, he
has forged so far to the front
in the Upper House as to be,
come a National figure and a
proper mark for what Henry
Watterson called 1.-The itnpet-
tinent paragraphers." A re-
cent issue of the Saturday Ev-
ening Post which is running a
series of articles on the lea1-
ars in Congress gave Senator
McCumber's picture, and quite
a good one, and with it labor
ed attempt to be witty and
and pithy in the sketch. This
sketch speaks of him as an
"artist in articulation" and
went the length in a descrip-
tion of his perfect enunciation
which is pleasant contrast to
that of a majority of his collie.
ages and. indeed, of the mem
bers of both Houses. With the
auditors efforts to be witty we
have little interest. Probably
he would confess with Touch
stone that it was at best "a
poor, foolish thing, my Lord,
but my own 1t was the best
he could do. The main object
able feature is the assertion
that the Senator'S SPEECHES are
largely artistic enunciation
without material worthy OF
such finish. 1t is asserted that
when he begins to speak in the
Senate his colleagues take the
opportunity to visit the cloak
room. While this may be said
with truth about every man in
Congress.it must also be affirm
ed that as to Senator McCum.
Der there is as little truth about
it as any other man who rises
to speak in either House. In
the matter of enunciation and
articulation among members
of Congress Senator McC um.
ber might be cited as restful
example. Most of the National
lawmakers talk for print,rather
than for the limited audience
in Congress. Senator McCurn.
ber is an unusual exception.
Senator McCumber has no su.
perior in the Senate in the care
with which he prepares his
speeches, the quality of matter
which he Incorporates into
them and the pertinence OF
what he may say on the sub
ject under discussion. All the
time his utterances are wei
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07

WANTED-sewing by day
or at home. Inquire of Mrs.
Haswell 818 6st or phone 22O l..
Don't fail to attend the Sci.
ence School Lecture Course
next Wednesday evening.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS

Meeting called to order by
Mayor Eberly.
Alderman present, Gillis,
Forkner, Hess, Albrecht, Rob.
inson, Peschel, Voves and Gil
Zen.
Minutes of last regular meet.
ing read, corrected and approv-
ed.
Motion carried that the re-
quest of E. d. Knotts for more
time to submit bid for printing
the City ordinance. be granted.
Motion carried that the mat
ter of recording the City ordi-
nances be left with the COM
mittee appointed at last meet
ing, with power to act.
Motion carried that the com.
rnittee in charge of recording
city ordinances be authorized d
to purchase record book for
same.
Resignation of c h a 8. E.
Wolfe as City Attorney pre-
sented and read and motion
carried to defer action on tn e
same until the next meeting.
Waterworks engineers report
showing 68 ton 800 lb. coal used
during December 'OS presented
and motion carried to place the
same on file.
Motion carried that the as
sessment of $92.S5 again.t lots
9 and 10 block II Original
Townsite of Wahpeton N. d.,
for building cement walk be
confirmed.
City Treasurers monthly re-
port presented and motion car
ried to refer the same to the
finance committee.
Justice Jurgenson's e quarter
ay report presented and motion
carried to refer same to the fin.
nance committee.
Motion carried that the mat
ter of sewer taxes against the
Episcopal p ar nag e and
church property be referred to
the finance committee to in
vestigate.
Report of Supt. Quinn for
the year ending Dec. 81, 1908,
read and motion carried to
place the same on file.
Motion carried that the wat
er supply com mittee be in
structed to ascertain what 9TH
er cities pay for the use of fire
hydrants, aud make report of
same.
Motion carried that the May
or instruct the Chief of Police
to prohibit boys building shan
ties in the city, and have those
already built removed.
Motion carried the Mayor be
authorized to appoint 6 plain
clothes police 0 detect thieves
and that a reward Of $25 be
given for each conviction.
Motion carried that the Nay
or be asked to recommend a
man to be appointed deputy
sheriff, for the purpose of COL
lecting delinquent city taxes.
Motion carried that bill of
Northern Light Electric Com
pany of $4,000 be allowed paid,
aess the amount OF $3.50 tor
printing Electric Light Fran
chise.
Motion carried that the City
Auditor be instructed to have
the water works residence in
sured for $1,000 with Mr..
Schneider, il property is not al
ready insured.
The following bills were read
and motion carried to pay the
same out of their respective
funds.
GENERAL FUND.
Salary
VIM. ]. Deitz S 60 90
r
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-17

WHOLE FORESTS DEVASTATED
BY DISEASE - GOVERNMENT
LENDS AID AND MANY NEW
REMEDIES ARE TRIED.

New York, May IA strange dis
ease has broken out among the trees
of the east Whole forests have been
devastated. More than 10000 trees
in Forest park, Brooklyn, alone
have been destroyed since the open
ing of spring by a peculiar parasite.
OF these, $4,000 were chestnut trees
The Brooklyn park commission Is
using thousands of gallons of germ
icide in the hope of preventing the
spread of the disease.
The attention of the agricultural
department at Washington was called
to the parasite last year when it had
gained only a slight foothold. The
department assigned number of ex.
perts to the matter and they discov.
cred that the parasite had been i'm.
ported, probably from France, and
that in young trees and shrubs 1t had
been disseminated throughout large
portion of the United States.
Many thousands of dollars was
spent by the department in caution
ing foresters, farmers ana Others
throughout the east, the middle west
the south and in advising remedies te
be employed.
So far New York, New Jersey and
PENNSYLVANIA have been the princi
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-17

|ploye. The men who wore the gold
braid are still there, but the spirit
they were then called upon to reflect
is entirely gone, and Uncle Sans
printing business will perhaps run as
smoothly hereafter as any other
branch of the government OF course
the people who lost their jobs by the
advent of printing machinery will
still have their grievances, and will
frequently air them, but otherwise
all will go along as smoothly as If it
were pennies instead of dollars that
are being spent.
Copyrighted, 1909, by Frederic J.
Haskin.)
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-17

pal sufferers, but reports from Indi-
ana, Illinois and the transmississippi
and the southwestern states indicate
that the plague is in its incipiency
there and that heroic measures must
be employed to save the trees"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-17
Waterville Wheat Looking Fine.

Waterville, Wash, May 15.-The
warm weather of the last few days
is starting the wheat throughout the
Waterville country and a good stand
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-17

| gently selected, ETC., and gave deS.
criptions of several hundred of the
most valuable and useful ones.
Books Sell for $4,000.
The result was that Uncle Sam
bookseller, was able to do $4,000
worth of business last year, in d.
rect competition with Uncle Sam
gratuitous distributor of books. And
the sale are still increasing.
Nearly all of these sales were of
the cheaper publications, those rela-
ting to subjects of interest to the
farmer being in greatest demand.
The majority of the business comes
from the rural districts.
To the average man the most use
full work done under the superinten-
dent of documents is that of indexing
all publications issued by the gov
eminent The superintendent says
that what is needed to unseal the
veritable treasures which are buried
in public documents is a complete
dictionary catalogue, but that this
is not now possible at any price, ow-
ing to the lack of men trained to do
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-17
would be needed to buy an ordinary
four-passenger touring car.
Paper Cost Millions.

The paper used in Uncle Sans big
publishing business costs more than
100000 year, 100000 of this
being used at the government print
ing office proper. A quarter million
dollars worth of stock is always kept
on hand.
The building and equipment where
all these things are done on such
a huge scale is commensurate with
the great work carried on. 1t is Uncle
Sans boast that he has the finest
printing office in the world, and he
can reel off figures by the yard to
show that he is ready to make good
against all corners,
He points out that in his new
seven-story building he has nine acres
of floor space and six acres more in
the old building. He tells you that
the new building cost $2,500,000 and
that the machinery put into it cost
$3,5O0,00O. He values his whole
plant at s16,OO0,O0O and tells you
that he has a pay roll of $4,000 a
day