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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
MARRIED..

At high noon Monday Jan.
25th occurred the N arriage of
Miss Mary Honl to Mr.. Andrew
Ercink at st. Adelberts Church
by Rev. Father Gaydusek.
They were attended by the
Misses Margaret Ercink, sister
of'the groom and Mary Voyek,
Micheal Reick and Mr.. Ercink,
brother of the groom, all of
Lidgerwood.
The bride was gowned in a
beautiful dress of white satin
and carried white roses aud the
bridemaids were also gowned
in white a n d carried carna-
tions.
The bride is one of Lidger-
woods popular young ladies
and the groom is an enterprise.
ing business man.
Congratulations are in order.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
DIED

The infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Lotzer died Monday
afternoon at 5 o'clock of infla-
nation of the brain.
Elizabeth Frances was born
in this city Dec. II, 1908.
She was a pretty child and
with her sweet disposition came
like ray of sunshine to brigh-
ten the home and be compan-
ion to the little brother who
remains.
Funeral services will take
place Thursday morning at 10
o'clock at St. Johns church
Father Ridder officiating.
We sympathize with the be.
reaved parents and friends in
their bereavement.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
Sheyenne Tips.


Kundt Simble called on
friends on the %.
Dan Ritclif called at our cor.
respondence office on the 70,
Dan is one of the most pros
porous farmers of Glendale
and in addition one of our best
democrats in that part of the
county.
Miss Sereanna Leockstak of
Freeman visited with Miss Ivy
Fossum out here on the 23rd
and 24th.
On the 23rd at Z o'clock in
the evening our school child
rem met at the school house
where they had their first de-
bate which was very interest
ing as they all displayed great
courage an | handled their SUBJ
ject very ably. The old people
got so interested that they or
ganized the old debating socie-
ty which has been at rest for
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our course. Some of the best
entertainments to be obtained
a.'e being given and merit the
support and encouragement OF
the people of Wahpeton.
= Pres. Burch expects to go to
Bismark within a few days to
look after the interests of the
school. The appropriation bill
has been introduced asking for
the sum of $4,000. This in.
cludes a ladies' dormitory, a
chemical building, a heating
plant, Improvements and re.
pairs. The items which we
are asking for are absolute
necessities without which the
school will be greatly handi.
capped in it's work.
If the Davis bill now before
congress should become a law
four district agricultural High
Schools will be established in
North Dakota. The Science
school could furnish practical.
ly the entire equipment for
such a course now aud tn 6
would be a most excellent 10.
cation for such school in con.
nection W h h Science
School,.
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a long time and will meet on
Feb. g..
Gustav Bratdnal departed
for Montevideo, Mimi, one day
last week where he has gone
on a visit.
Arthur Larson was taken
very i'll on the 21st. DR.. Bean
of Walcott had to be called.
We hope under his able attend
ance that Arthur soon will re.
cover.
Nels ]. Nelson of Kindred
and Miss Emile Stensrull of
Davenport are at present visit
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Stensrull.
If the county commissioners
do not desire to make the ma
jority of us homeless, they will
have to issue bonds in payment
of the drain taxes aud let us
pay it bv a ten years Install
ment. We are not able to meet
this tax at present and no more
by next fall as we have other
debts to pay and got to pay.
The commissioners have to do
something here at once.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28

not open wide the door to those
whose speech and behavior be-
tray ill-breeding and lax NOR
ale. Are you as careful to shut
it against books and periodi-
calls that present vulgar and
demoralizing pictures of life
aud it's purpose7 Perhaps you
are among those who have
found that THE YOUTHS COM
P-AN1oN occupies the same place
in the family reading that the
high minded young man or wo-
man holds among your associ-
ates. THE COMPANION is good
without being "goody-goody."
1t is entertaining, it is inform
ing. In it's stories it depicts
life truly, but it chooses those
phases of life in which duty,
honor, loyalty are the guiding
motives.
A full description of the cur-
rent volume will be sent with
sample copies of the paper to
any address on request. The
new subscriber who at once
sends $1.75 for a years sub
cription will receive free The
COMPANIONS new Calendar for.
1909, In Grandmother's Gar
den." Autographed in thirteen
colors.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION
l44 Berkeley St. Boston, Mass.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
OYERTAXED.

Hundreds Of Wahpeton Readers
Know What it Means.
The kidneys are overtaxed;
Have too much too do.
They tell about it in many
aches and pains.
Backache, sideache, head
ache,
Early symptoms of kidney
ills.
Urinary troubles, diabetes,
Bright's disease follow.
S. A. London, 3l5 No. Pacific
A v e.. Fargo, North Dakota,
says. kidney disease h a d
been lurking in my system for
several years. At times l suf-
fered from terrible stiffness
and soreness across the small
of my back and as my work re-
quires a strong back, was
greatly handicapped. l gradu-
ally ran down and at times l
was unable to work at all. The
water here is very hard and
seemed to aggravate the trou-
BILE. l failed to improve until
Doans Kidney Pills wer e
brought to my attention and 1
procured a box at drug store.
The lameness soon disappear
ed and my whole system was
toned up"
For sale by all dealers. Price
80 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
r e IN e m b e the name
Doan's-and take no other.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
POOR FARMING

Recently James Hill sur
prised an audience of Mime
sofa farmers by the statement
that the average yield of this
great wheat growing state 10
bat thirteen bushels to the &C, e.
while the average of the Unit
ed States is less than fourteen
bushels to the acre, Over
against this we find an average
yield in England of thirty-two
bushels to the acre, thirty
eight in Denmark, thirty-four
in Netherlands and twenty
seven in Germany. When we
consider that the cost of pro-
duction in the country is q
great deal more than it ia in
any of the countries we have
named, it becomes clear that
wheat growing IN the Onlted
States has been an expensive
business, and shat great inn
provement is essential. In no
one of the countries we have
enumerated are the soil and
climate conditions more favor
able for wheat growing that in
the greater part of our own
land, and it is therefore that
our pitiable average of less
than fourteen bushels to the
acre is the result of careless and
Indifferent tillage.
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Science School Notes

Last Saturday evening the
basket ball enthusiasts were
treated to a splendid exhiti-
tion of the game at the Science
School gym when the local
team defeated by narrow
margin the strong team from
Mayville Normal School. The
visitors were much heavier
than the Science School boys
and had considerable advan-
tage because of their size, but
this advantage was more than
Offset by the speed and team
work of the locals. There was
a large and enthusiastic crowd
of townspeople and students
present and the occasion was
much enlivened by the Science
School band.
Preparations are being made
to appropriately observe the
hundreth anniversary of Lin.
coins birth. Hon. Smith Slim
mel of Casselton at one time
member of Lincoln's body
guard will be the speaker of
the day. Music and other ex-
ercises will be provided to
make the day one of special
significance.
The next basket ball game
will be between the Science
team and the Normal Indus
trial School at Glendale. The
game will be played next Mon
day at Glendale.
The next number of the lec-
ture course will be given on
Feb. 4th. This number is Civ
en- by Rev. ]. NJ. Cleary of Min
neapolis better known as Faith
er Cleary. Father Cleary is
recognized as one of the most
eloquent and forceful orators
of the day and should be greet
ed by large audience. 1t is
very much to be regretted that
more people do not patronize
the most excellent numbers of
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28

to enter the ring, and lay Boss
Mckenzie down and out. He
accepted the nomination for
the Office of governor, and he
entered upon his task with d >
termination aud enthusiasm,
giving up his splendid law
practice and with the battle
cry OF delivering the state from
"rhe Spoilers," he won the
coveted Office by a majority of
5000 votes in state norm ally
republican by $4,000.
This year he came up for
election. standing on his splen-
did record as a man and gov.
ernor. And what a campaign
he put up. Moving from town to
town in all automobile for seven
weeks and day, he spoke from
eight o'clock in the morning
until midnight, IN aking as high
as fourteen speeches every
day. The state was the battle
ground for both the great par
ties and though Taft stumped
it, in his own behalf aud for the
rest of the state ticket, with a
Norwegian at it's head, the sub
ject of our sketch was again
placed in power by a $500 ma
jority, while Taft carried the
state by majority of 24,795
votes.
And this is the story in mi.
nor of the old Keokuk County
boy, John Burke, who has
"made good" in his adopted
state. His career reads like a
romance of the knights of old,
who did grand and valiant
things against exceeding odds.
But in it all, and through his
whole life, runs that splendid
simplicity, which marks him
as a man whom his friends de.
light to honor. May he live
long and prosper and old Keo-
kuk County go on producing
boys who will be such a credit
to any County in the world
Keokuk, Iowa. County News.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28

The Englishman can only be com.
fortably in his own chair. ana he has
difficulty iii sitting down in any coun.
try but his own. He feels inclined
to stand up in Turkey, to walk up III
down in Germany and to fdget n
France. Where outside England can
be found that low, softly padded, hos
pitable vender of comforts which is
the chosen companion of the small
hours?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
The EngIi.hynan's Easy Chair.

nyne Of NV drne"na
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
The Best Part Of a House.

The best part of modern house il
its windows. To keep these open day
and night, and to make the air inside
approach as nearly as possible tho
air outside should be the first busi-
ness of the housekeeper. Everything
else should be held subservient to the
need of fresh air.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
Rather Bear the Ills He Has.

Hdther Bear the IIIS He Has.
"Why don't you make more effort 70
placate your enemies?'
what for?" inquired Senator
Sorghum.
$50 that they will stop antagonizing
you"
"My FRIEND" answered Senator
Sorghum, "in this business man
must expect to be antagonized. Z
think l have set of political enemies
now that can hold down, and l lon't
intend to disturb the situation"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
TWO DEATHS

The community was shocked
and saddened this morning to
hear of the death of two of our
most estimable ladies, Mrs. J. ].
McCabe and Mrs. Frank Pc
wonka. Mrs. McCabe died at
St. Francis Hospital last eve
ming, after a ten days illness.
Her death was believed to be
due to dipbtheria 80 the funeral
will not be public. She was
the mother of six small child
rem who will sadly miss her
loving care. Mrs. Pewonka has
been ill for about two weeks
but was not thot to be in dang
er until a short time before her
death which occurred at an
early hour this morning. She
leaves two small children and
a devoted husband. The fun
eral will be held Monday after
noon at two o'clock from the
Baptist Church. A more de-
tailed account of these sad
happenings will be given next
week.-Breckenridge Gazette.
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Her Objections.

Benham-Why do you object to my
wearing a beard?
Mrs. Benham-It isn't the beard
Itself that objec'. to. 1t would be all
sight If you would only raise onj
which would harmonize in color with
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
KEOKUK COUNTY
BOY MADE GOOD

OF all the sons who have
gone out into the world from
the borders of old Keokuk
county, none fllls a larger or
more useful sphere of influence
than John Burke, governor of
North Dakota. BY his own
honest and valiant struggle, he
has placed his name highest
in the ranks of the boys who
have "made good" Keokuk
county claims him as her own
and gladly lends him to her
sister state for the great and
uneritorious work he is daily
accomplishing against o d d 8
that few men could overcome.
But eince he has struggled
into renown, another county
and state claim him. 1t was
ever thus. But we voice our
spirit of protest and claim him
for old Keokuk. Under recent
date the Enquirer of Cincinna-
ii, o, devoted three columns
of space to John Burke, claim
ing for his birthplace, the small
town of Millville, six miles
from Hamilton, Ohio. 1t was
there that "he was born about
fifty years ago. His father
died when John was quite a
young man, leaving the widow
with two boys. The little fam
lily were hard pressed for funds
to maintain the household"
And this worthy paper, which
happens to be on the wrong
track this time, continues with
the story of how John Burke
worked at the trade of cigar
maker finally going to Hamil-
ton, and from thence to Gin
cinnati, where he became audi
tor of the Nickle Plate Road.
firing of this, he took his
mother and went to the state
of Arkansas, and then moved
tnto North Dakota, where he
finally reached the high station
to which we are all familiar.
They weave q romantic story
about his boyhood, and con-
cede him the usual whippings.
which stern mother always
gives, who is looking out for
her boy, and he was brought
up in the serious rectitude of a
Scotch Presbyterian. They
even go 80 far as to say that
there are many of the older
residents of the village of Mill
willie, who remember the "unas.
suming young man, who was
so good and kind to his moth
err" and present a photo of
him, taken some seventeen
years ago.
But the people of Keokuk
county know better than this.
They claim this boy for the
Hawkeye state and for Keokuk
county and German township.
Many will remember his late
visit here, when he came to at
tend the funeral of his father,
who was so justly proud of this
son of his. 1t is our pleasure
to give this slight sketch of the
life of this successful Keokuk
county boy of VIII, sc advance
ment we are all proud.
John Burke was born in the
year 1859, in the month of Feb.
ruary, in a log house in the
woods, six miles northeast of
this town. His mother died
whi1o ho voa h,,< <hroo -ao..
of age, leaving his father and
two older brothers to mourn
her untimely death. Mr.. Burke
placed the boys with a German
Lucas Doll, near what was then
the old town of Baden, paying
a stipulated sum for their pro-
per care and protection, and
journeyed west. He returned
at the end of three wears. and
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28

then married again, aud took
the boys to their new home
which he had established on
the old Burke farm, three miles
north of Sigourney. Here he
improved the place and John
improved his mind in the com
mon schools, taking the work
as far as they carried it, and
& r e W to manhood's estate,
though his two older brothers
had fed toward the land of the
setting sun.
In 1884 John Burke COM
pleted course of law at the
State University at Iowa City,
and the following year located
at st. John, N. D. That winter
the law business was not in a
particularly flourishing condi-
tion in the law firm of John
Burke so he kept the wolf from
the door, by teaching the first,
last and only term of school he
ever taught. Another serious
thing h. fell into, was running
a newspaper, taking the law
practice on the side, as much
as there was hanging around
st. Johns.
But a man of John Burke's
mental attainments, could not
long be held under a bushel.
1t soon became remarked, that
"that man Burke, always wins
every case he tries, when he
goes to the county seat" He
was elected probate Judge and
as a member of the Legislature,
before he left st. Johns, and it
is a wonderful tribute to this
man, that not a single vote was
registered against him in his
home town for either of these
Offices.
He next moved to the coun-
ty seat, town of Rolla, and his
record still remained, of "al.
ways winning his case." Per-
haps tits just as well to remark
right here, that John Burke is
a Democrat, and that he lived
in republican state and re-
publican district, But that
didn't stop him from being
elected to the position of state
senator, and his election came
from the fact, that every one
had faith in him. They called
him Honest John Burke" and
he was signally honored by be-
ing made chairman of the com.
mittee whose duty it was to
revise the Code of North Dako-
ia. which readily implies
stupendous task.
He was recognized as the
leader of the Democrats in the
legislature, b ut there must
have been some strange spell
he was able to throw over the
members of both parties, for it
was through his influence, that
Roach, a Democrat, was elec-
ted to the Office of United
States Senator, when the legis-
lature was republican and the
seat was occupied by Repub-
lican. And another thing, not
common in m o 9 successful
politicians, W a that Roach
actually admitted n d still
claims, that John Burke was
the cause of his election.
The intervening years, and
until two years ago, job n
Burke devoted himself to the
close application of law. His
fame as trial lawyer spread
far and wide and it is doubtful
if he has a superior in that
line in the state of North Da-
kota today. His practice was
immense and the amount year.
ly, ran into the figures around
the $4,000 mark.
There was man in North
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-12

themselves to carry out the idea. The
United States already has done this
with eleven of the other American
republics, and the subject will come
before the fourth conference and re-
ceive further encouragement at the
beginning Of the proceedings, when
each delegation will be REQUIRED 70 re-
port what action has been taken by
their respective governments to carry
out the wish of the third conference.
Another project broached at pre-
ceeding meeting which viii be again
threshed out will be the establishment
of steam navigation lines connecting
the principal ports of the American
countries, on the basis Of uniform
system cf contract
The Bureau of American Republics
is to be strengthened and continued
for another ten year term Of life az
the least and it is hoped that the COM
mission of international Juristse Will
be able to report something in the ma
ture of code of international law that
will be adopted for the government OF
the American Republics in their diplor
matte relations. If this report is salts
factory the Fourth Conference will
embody in treaty this basic code,
which Is expected TO have the happi-
est results in the settlement Of any
disturbing questions that may arise IN
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bren have won a
world of friends in Salina on the two
occasions in which they have been
here 1t is due 20 their ability to
round out and perfect the performers
in the short space Of week that
places them exceedingly high in the
estimation of everybody. Mrs. Bren
appeared before the closing act in
character songsau She ispnot. an anna
teur and needs no word of praise for
the excellent entertainment furnish
eo. The audience was especially anus
ed with the manner in which she
handled some of the men in the front
row.-Union, Salina, Kans., April "a,
1903.
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ln6 luluic UclWOCu tiAC ACPupiico.
The Pan-Amerian Railway; postal
rates and parcel posts; uniform sys-
tenn of collection of census and com
mercial statistics and consular meth
DDS; supervision of food supply; the
protection OF the public health, and
the regulation Of rates Of international
exchange are other matters left by
preceding conferences for the con-sid-
Grafton Of that which is to meet at
Buenos Aires.
New and up-to-date subjects are
wireless telegraphy and aerial navi-
cation, for it has begun to be realiz-
ed by the governing board that there
soon will be need of regulations for
the government Of these new modes of
communication and travel. An effort
also win be made to arrive at some
sound basis of regulation of foreign
immigration and naturalization, and to
define real neutrality in time Of war
The prospects for a successful CON
ference are bright in the opinion Of
the officials Of the Bureau Of Ameri-
can Republics. One cloud that threat
ened was the breach of relations be-
tween Argentine and Bolivia. But it
it believed tnat even if the efforts now
making to re-establish these regula-
tions should prove abortive yet as the
host, Argentine on this occasion would
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Conference to Strengthen
international Bonds

a hoped that it soon will be possible
10 promuIgate the final program,
which according to present indications
will not vary considerably from that
prepared by the board Of governors.
The three preceding conferences
have moved along the lines Of least
resistance: that is to say, the dele
gates have adopted as basic principles
such propositions as have secured the
easy adhesion of the great majority,
but no effort was made to coerce the
minority Of the states into acceptance
Of rules which, at first presentation.
were obnoxious to them. Instead,
when these were Of real importance,
they were thoroughly debated and then
remanded for further consideration at
the next conference, IN this way the
conferences have been made educa-
tional, and experience has shown that
sound proposition is almost certain
to secure adhesion. SO i happens
that the tentative program includes
some subjects that already have figur-
ed in the debates of the preceding con-
ferences. Thus, for instance, viii
again come up the subject Of compul-
sorry arbitration. While The Hague
conference accepted this in principle 1t
declined to recommend general
treaty of arbitration, though strongly
urging to the states represented the
making of special treaties among