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BUSINESS CARD.

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MlNoT, North Dakota. The Interstate
Land Company are general agents
for the Canadian Pacific Railway Com
panys irrigated and non-irrigated
lands east of Calgary. Terms, tenth
down and a tenth a year, interest 6 per
cent. Lands shown at our expense.
Excursion from Minot every Saturday
night, fare $l5 90 for the round trip,
Minot to Calgary and return. Offices
at Fargo, Grand Forks. Devils Lake
and all railroad points. Call at one
of our offices or come to Minot. Inter-
state Land Company, Halvor L. Hal
vorson, president.
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FOR SALE--A well established livery
and sale stable. FOR further in
formation write or see, John Blood
good, New Salem, N. ID.
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EXPLOSION FATAL 10 slx.
Michigan Hoop Mill Scene Of Terrible
Catastrophe.

a
Dowagiac, Mich, May 2s.-Of the
eight men who were in the Geesey
hoop mill here yesterday afternoon
when the mill boiler exploded, i've
were instantly killed, one died tonight
Of his injuries, one was severely hurt
and one miracuIously escaped without
injury, though the entire building tum-
bled about him like a house OF cards.
The dead:
DE FORREST GEEsEY. owner OF
the mill
FRANK GEEsEY. brother OF the
owner.
OTTO BEHNKE. mill employe.
CHARLES FRITZ, planer.
ESTII. GAMBLER fireman.
MARVIN STEWART. workman, who
died last night
The injured:
Freeman Geesey, another brother Y
the owner.
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Notice 70 Creditors.


In the Matter of the Estate of Nellie
NJ. Putnam, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed George A. Putnam, admins
traitor OF the estate of Nellie M. Put
nam, late of the city OF Minneapolis,
in the county OF Hennepin and state
of Minnesota, deceased, to the creditors
of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers, within
four months after the first publication
of this notice, to said administrators at
the Office of FL. +. Miller, resident
agent. in the city OF Fargo, in said
Cass county.
Dated. May rs, A. d. 1909.
GEORGE A. PUTNAM,
Administrators.
(May 2S, June 4, IL, 18.)
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Many weak, nervous women have
been restored to health by Foley's
Kidney Remedy as 1t stimulates the
kidneys so they will eliminate the
waste matter from the blood. Impuri-
ties depress the nerves. causing ner-
vous exhaustion and other ailments.
Commence today and you will soon be
well. Pleasant to take. H. II. Cassel-
man.
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WoMEN's BUILDING.
North Dakota Agricultural College.

Notice to Contractors.
Sealed proposals viii be received by
w. A. Yoder, secretary OF the North
Dakota Agricultural college, Fargo, N.
D., up to Q o'clock D. m, OF Tuesday
June 5, 1909 for the erection OF a worn-
ems building for said institution.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the Office OF the secretary, at the
Builders exchanges OF Minneapolis,
Grand Forks and Fargo. and at the
Office OF the architects. after May "a,
1909.
Each bid for the building must be
accompanied BY a certified check for
$1,000 and a certified check for 5000
must accompany bids for plumbing MS
guarantees OF good faith to enter into
contract, should bids be accepted.
The right Is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
BY order OF the board OF trustees.
HANCOCK BROS;
Architects.
(May 21 to June I. inclusive.)
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Nem sasaion t-amn r4era.

A supply of the popuYar edition OF
the 1909 session laws has been received
and copies may be had at The Forum
office at 81 per copy. Orders by mail
will be given prompt attention.
The Forum Printing Co. Fargo.
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TEAMS wanted for railroad work by
month, or station work; free fare
out and back. Olssog Employment Co.,
312 Front street. =
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uECERTANER

uEDERTAKER 4-
AND LICENSED EMBALMER--FIJNER.
al Supplies. j. n. Rice q South broad
way. ONCE south Of Moody's store,
PIANO TUNER. -.r~
PROF. WIN. kLIMMEF, ia RINTH.AvR-
nue. south. Master tuning and repairing,
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WANTE DIX German compositor; wages
$15 per week; no boozer wanted.
Der Stats Anzeiger, Rugby, N. d.
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EoR SALE HnRsEs

FOR SALE-My entire bunch OF
horses; sixty geldings from to !
years old; 140 head of mares, twenty
five 2-year-o olds; thirty yearlings. This
Is the tops of a large bunch of draf,
horses. Geo. Leonhard, Edgehiu Ranch
Wibaux, Mont.
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LANDS, LANDS, LANDS-15o,Oo 600
acres OF choice farm lands in the
most fertile districts of Alberta and
Saskatchewan, Canada, at from $12 TO
SIS per acre, on easy terms: no rust.
no wild oats or mustard, no cyclones:
ideal climate and everything that
makes people happy; excursions in
private observation cars win run the
entire season; round trip fare OF $40
refunded to purchasers all lands
shown free, write for particulars. The
Z. w. Wise Co, 20 Huntington Bldg,
Fargo, N. d.
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FoR sALE--Rox LUMBER.

THE g. p. RoDDlS box factory;
boxes, box shocks and shipping
crates; send to me for prices; oak and
Eastwood lumber, good oak lumber
$A5 and $35 per 1000, T. o. b., Osakis.
Mimi, on the Great Northern. G. b.
Roddis, Long Prairie. Mimi.
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CURES CHRONIC DISEASES.

ELIZA HOARD, doctor OF psychology,
VI. s. r., M. HI. also electric ther-
opy. including radium lamp; all dis
eases successfully treated withou-
poison or knife: consultation free.
Nichols block. 226 Broadway, Fargo.
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MI pIQAA.


b1@T medicine on earth, Barker's
Cough Remedy. Made st Sparta, wis.
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TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE

FINE yellow fir and pine timber for
sale cheap in Oregon, undoubtedly a
good investment. as timber is increas-
ing In value fast; will be worth sew
eral dollars per 1000 feet stumpage in
short time. For further informatio
address Box Ais, Portland. Oregon.
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WANTED at once, a good, steady
printer, capable OF taking charge Of
country weekly. Address Kramer
Record, Kramer, N. d.
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FOR ENCHANG GE-- Equity In so acres
and $50 acres OF farm land on 500
line in Mclean county, N. d.. for trot-
ting bred or draft stallion: give par
ticulars Of horse and address 270. Fo-
rum.
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FoR sALE-hoTEL.

FOR SALE-In DilWorth. MINI. a
good hotel with fixtures; also lot
situated in good location; good terms /;
also other property for sale. Call on
or address Chris Haugsted, Dilworth,
MINI.
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FOR SALE-160 acres Of improved
land, Ave miles north from Mus
koda, Mimi, with fair set of buildings;
part in crop. Price $40 per acre, $500
down, balance to suit purchaser. Share
Of crop included. Address, Box 446,
Moorhead, MINI.
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PAINTING AND PAPERHANcINc

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WN@M In need or painter, paper
hanger or kaisominer, drop card 60
Lock Box S32, Fargo will hang paper
for 26c per roll. all oeKer work In pro-
portion; work guarantsea.
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FOR SALE--FLAT.
FOR SALE--LAIHp,

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HAVE one good REIMBURSEMENT anu
one good homestead, cIose together,
in thichly settled secLlon OK n. -. r.,
h.. Rathert Belneld, N. u.
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BUY OR TRADE.

WILL BUY or trade for your second
hand harness. w. II. Stewart, Har-
ness shop, Fargo.
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WANTED-Two sales ladies for cloak
department. Aerbsts department.
store.
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WANT ED-A good COOK; good wages; I;
no washing or ironing; 1895 Third
avenue south.
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FOR sALE--AuTos.

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FOX SALE--Sixty horse power Glide,
fully equipped, run less than 1000
miles, demonstration given at any
time. If taken at once, a bargain.
Phone 210. or address 263. care Forum.
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PAPER CLEANING,
CHIMNEY CLEANING.
SALARY 4 FURNITURE LOANS.

MONEY LOANED to honest employees.
holding permanent positions, strictly
confidential. Loans on furniture, pi-
amos, ETC.. on the installment plan. wv.
q. Mahon, los Broadway. suite .. Hunt
ington block.
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roR SALE CHEAP-Twerty-on
room MOTEL steam heated, growing
town; good reasons for selllng. butte
hotel, Sentinel Butte, N, ID,
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COMPETENT dressmaker to do plain
sewing by day. Pnone 11V-L, after
8 p. IN.
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LoTs EoR SALE.
TYPEwRlTERs FoR 49,.

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ALL KINDS OF second hand typewrit-
ers for sale, cheap. Il. g. Smith e.
Bros. Typewriter Co., 618 Front street,
Fargo, N. ID.
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FOR SALE at a bargain, first class
postal card studio, DONG a good bus
mess, weiL equipped anu Las best oi
location. 26T, care r'orum.
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THREsHlNe ENaINes ron So

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FOR .SALE-TWo 80 h. p., and one 35
b. p. traction engines, all rigged up
for plowing; will sell on time or for
cash, very cheap. Address 1872, care
Forum.
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WAN Edo Competent girl for general
housework. $40 Ninth avenue south.
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roh SALE-Small barn. Enquire at
Ala Broadway.
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WANTED to know of a good location,
where / can rent suitable store
building In Nortn dakota for STOCK OF
clothing and gents furnishing goods
give tu4 particulars in first letter. Ad-
uress llB Milwaukee street, jamestown.
NJ. u.
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The thing you have merely HOPED
TO BUY may be within your reach
today. Look 1t up i'm the ads.
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lMay Is, June 1. ii. 1s.l
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MAN GED--ADpEsntice girls to Learn
dressmakins. at Lib broadway.
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WANTED Experienced girl to run
BODY ironer at Red River laundry.
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HELP wANTEp--FEMALE.

WANTEp--Six good girls at Fargo
Laundry.
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Don't pay any penalties THIS WEEK
Tor neglecting TO read ads.
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MONTANA IRRIGATED farms and
stock ranches with permanent range; |;
splendid investments, all sizes; write
US your requirements and receive de-
scriptions, maps, etc. Shobers Land
q Loan Agency, Helena, Mont.
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FOX SALE--A fine I54-acre farm, To-
Gated four miles north of Wahpeton.
All under cultivation and exceptionally
well drained. improvements consist
OF small house and barn and gran
ary and are worth about $1,000. The
location (h mile from siding), the
character OF the soil and the fine
drainage make this an ideal farm.
Price, including one-half the present
crop, $55 per acre. Terms easy. For
sale by the owner. w. r. fitzpatrick.
Fargo, N. ID.
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WANTED-Sewing girl. 11-13 Sterl
block. Miss KrogsIad.
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FOX SALE-Single head snare drum
ana case. Enone 12sS-J. S.
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LOOSE Leaf ledger sheets to at any
ledger. Knight Printing Co.
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TSh SAIE-BIack Gilt and clay,
cheap. bowers BROS.
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FoR SALE oH EXCHANGE.

AUTO for sale or trade. BOX $50,
Fargo.
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MAY p to June I, incIusive.)
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FOR sALE-HousEHoLD aoopA

FOR SALE-HouSEHOLD GOoDL
REF FRlGERAToR for sale, good fam
lily size, nearly new; a bargain at
SS. 7O2 Third street north.
FOR SALE-t'our tine bedsteads, mat
tresses, springs ana other furniture.
Mrs. K. w. hnUwlton, Phone by8
FOR SALE--Radiant Stewart heating
stove and household goods. Mrs,
M. A. Weeks, 1901 First avenue south.
FURNITURE for sale; a Jewel range.
q sideboard, a kitchen cupboard, q
dining room chairs and other small
furniture. 402 Fourth street north.
HIGH GRADE furniture al wholesale
prices, 519 Thirteenth street south.
Fargo; here's your chance to purcha Sc
q complete set of furniture at whole
sale; i am leaving the city soon ana
wish to dispose or the following ar
ticles in the next few days: / diling
table, 8 dining chairs, library table,
bu1et brass bed, iron bed, two springs,
two mattresses, mahogany dresser anI
chiffonler golden oak dresser and COM
mode, mahogany parlor suite, rockers.
stoves and several other articles. Ali
goods in first-class shape and the
right prices. If you are thinking of
buying any furniture, be sure to call.
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FOB RENT--oEElcEs.

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FINE SUITE of offices, with vault, for
rent. John Wyman Farm Land &
Loan Co.
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HOUSES FOR SALE.


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FOR SALE-Twelye- room roominG
house win barn, also furniture, lls
Fourth street south. Moorhead. MInn.
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FOR SALE--My house, facing east and
househoId goods; furniture, from
piano to gas stove. Mrs. Il. 5, Camp
pell, ga Fourth street north. Phone
1Z6b-L " .|
FOR SALE-Nine room house with
TWO sheds attached and barn, with
acre OF ground, many shade trees. on
first avenue south; win sell on easy
terms. Mrs. r. w. KnoWlton, Fargo.
FOR QUICK SALE-Ntne-r room mod
ern mousse, bullt less tnan TWO Years:
large rooms, solid oak downstairs.
Norway pine on two upper floors, hard
wood t1oors throughout. Kelsey furnace,
best and most economical plant in
city, barring none; 275-barrel clstern,
AUTOMATIC pump furnishes soft water
to all parts OF house. Laundry in base
ment. Two gas stoves, gas water heat
Ell, electric nights and bells. Lot 50x15O,
fine lawn, trees, garden, all graded
New cement walks. Easily worth
$500. Win take $500 ana give easy
terms to responsible buyer. E. ..
Redeker. 116 Tenth street north.
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4 sWANTED-A combination man for
stenographer and shipping clerk. APP
ply Theo. Hamm Brew. CO., Moorhead,
MINI.
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i >WANTED-All Of our friends to call
at our new location. Ed and Jack,
the up to- date clothiers and furnish
ers, 8 Broadway.
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Foh REnn.

STORE ROOM and basement for rent,
624 Second avenue north. Inquire
Geo. / Foster. Magill block.
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PRINTER wanted; ad and makeup
man. at once. Globe Gazette Print
ing Company, Wahpeton, N. ID.
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FOR RENT-FLATs.

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FOR RENT-Six-room fat in Yelling
ton fiats. Apply at fiat IL or phone
1866.
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HELP WANTED.

ANY ONE desiring any sewing done,
call at sos Front street. Moorhead.
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FOR RENT-Five-roum modern fat,
furnished. for three months, June /.
p. O. Box 33S.
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FOR RENT--A five and a three-room
steam heated fiat, with baths and
hot water, in Porritt Flats. Phone 374.
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BOY WANTED to work for board and
room and go to school. Enquire 406
Eighth street south.
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HELP wANTED-MALE.

HAVE Anisnr PrinIiDE GO. print il.
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Popular Wants.


FlhS E-CLASS locauon tor veterinary
surgeon In North Dakota town. n0
competition. Address 9sa. care Forum
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WANTED Registered assistant phar-
macist OF North Dakotat write, stat
ing salary, references, ETC., in first let
ter. 2T2, Forum.
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PHYsIcIANa.

DIR. r. II. BURToN-oFBICR HOURS
10 to AZ a. m., 2 to 8 and to o o m.
0mce, stern building. Phone ITs.L.
b. J.. CAMPBELL, IA. ID. - PRACTICES
limited TO diseases Of women-GenlfO.
urinary and skin Diseases. Office hour:
10 TO II and 3 to 8. Over Mcdonald
Drug Store. Front street. Phone 729.
bhs. CALLANDEk AND MACGRht1Ok
Ehyslctans and Surgeons. Utficg deI,ep-
drecie block. Hours, IL to ~; 3 10 q
aud 70 B. Telephones: OErice 3aS-K:
DF. Callander residence 24S-L; DIR. Mac
GregoT, residence 1851. Fargo.
LIZ. A. u. NORRIS, PHYSICIAN AND
surgeon. Once over WIlser's drug
p store, bt'S Front street. Hours. D to III
TO and to 8. Telephone 1oA2-L. OF
acei lO43-K, residence. '&7
DIR. PAUL sORKNEss, PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon. Once third hoor Edwards
building, Fargo.
DAkkoW 4 WEIBLE, PHYSICIANS
block, corner Seventh street south snd
Front street. ofice hours, 8 to Q and
7 to p. In.
Dk; J. c.. DILLON, HOMEOPATHIC
dhyslcian, 6O4 Front street. Phone
6f4-L. Once hours, IL TO II q. m. and
TO and 1880 to $50 D. m.
W. VIDAL, NJ. D., HOMEOPATHIC PLY
mcian and surgeon. Edwards block, Fargo.
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WANTEp-A night clerk at the Mer-
chants hotel, Wahpeton. N. ID.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
ATTORNEYS.

ATFOhNEHEs
BARNETT q RICHARDSON. ATT0R.
neys at Law. 0nice, aud o Mowfon
Building, Broadway.
ROBERTS, AUGUSTUS, HENDERSON
block, Broadway, Fargo. Probate pEae-
tic6 a speciality.
TURNER, II, H., ATTORNEY AT Law.
Onices Ia Edwards building, Broadway.
Practices In all courts.
MILLER, HENRY h., ATTORNEY AND
Counselor at Law. Over Fargo Natiopal
Bank block. Fargo.
ROBlAsuh, j. H., ATTORNEY Ar Law.
Oh Front street, Fargo. Practices In all
courts. Tax cases 4 speciality.
ACCOUNTANT.
WALTER THOMSON, IR., EXPERT AC-
countant. Phone 8v9-J. 1I20 Third ave
nue. SOUTH Fargo. N. D..
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NANTE D Small confectionery and
restaurant business in North Dakota
or western Minnesota, in exchange for
quarter section .of. land In Williams
county. North Dakota; can pay some
cash II necessary. The r. w. wise
Co. 20 Huntington Bldg. Fargo. N. n.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-24
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR coMmUTEs
BILLEK's DEATH SENTENCE TO
LIFE IMPR soNMENT.
CASE WITHOUT A PARALLEL
Herman 8ilek Five Times Granted
Respites For stays Of Execution.
Had Strong Following Which Be-
lieved in His Innocence.

Springfield. H., Jan 23.-Govcrnor
Deneen last night commutcd to life
imprisonment the sentence Of death.
which had been passed on Herman
Biuek
The following is history of the
Billck case:
The legal battle of Herman Billek
to escape the sentence of death first
imposed upon him on July Is, 1907.
is without parallel in the criminal
records Of Illinois. Five times Billek
was granted rcspites \or stays Of eS.
ccutions. the reprioves coming twice
within four days Of the dates set
for his execution and once when the
death march to the scaffold was
about to start.
The case has been fought through
the criminal appellate and supreme
courts of the state. from the federal
district court to the United States
supreme court and to the Illinois
state board of pardons, which with
Governor Dencen sitting as presid
ing official. held special session IN
Chicago TO consider II. II was made
an issue in the political battles OF
Cook county and the champions o
Billek insist that their effort were
in greater part responsible for the
defeat of states Attorney Healy
who al opposed a new trial for Bill
lex. nd who failed Of denomination
T. q Zine for which Billck wa'
conN .cted was the poisoning Of %
year-old Mary Vrzal. Indictments aC
cusing him of causing the deaths
Of six members of the Vrzal famil,
had been returned and he was con
victed on the first Of the charges
After the conviction of Billek, Jers
olobat Vrzal a seventeen-year-ol
brother of the victim and the chic
witness against the accused man, re
puliatcd the testimony he had give
I'm the trial and declared he ha
been coerced by the police and o
flcials of the states attorneys offic
into giving false testimony agains
the defendant. The youths declar;
ton was the basis for the long stru.
gle made by believers in BipeEs il
nooence TO procure a retrNl or
vommutation of his sentence.
The revelations of the poisoning {
the Vrzal family startled Chicago 70
lowing the arrest of Billek on Decen
ber (. 1906 The suicide of Mrs. Ros
Vrzal. Billek's alleged conspirato
in her home, No. 1885 Fiftiet
street, preceded his arrest by fe
hours Billek later was accused
inducing the woman to commit su
eide The man was an itinerant TO
tune teller and admitted swindl'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-24
REP SEN TATlVE WEEKS
WOULD HAVE STATES WORK
TOGETHER FOR RESERVES.
COMMISSION FROM CABINET
Under the Latest Bill the United
States Would Expend the Proceeds
From Reserves in Purchasing Land
at Rivers Heads.

Washington. Jan % \ bare
chance has developed that this CON-
gross may do somcthins toward cstab.
fishing the desired forest reserves
along mountain ridge The Brando
gee bill setting asid, , million dol
lars for the purchase of forest lands
in the White mountains and the
southern Appalachans which passed
the senate last spring will undoubt.
cdly be killed by the house commit
tee on agriculture.
Representative J. w. Weeks Of
Massachusetts,. is at work on a com
promise measure which ne hopes to
induce the committee fo report as an
amendment 10 the Braudcgcc bill.
Mr.. Weeks said TODAY he believed
ten Of the eighteen mamhers Of the
committee would vote for his bill.
While the chairman of 'ho committee.
c. +. scott of Kansas hasn't declared
himself on the Weeks bill, his oppr
sitlon is counted on.
The measure authorizes states 10
combine for conserving tho forest and
water supply and the secretary Of
agriculture is given permission 10 use
100000 In cooperating with any
state or group Of states to protect
forestcd watersheds from fires. The
most important provision sets aside
all money received by the governmen,
from the sale of timber and other
produces Of the national forests to a
national forest reservation fund. tc
be used in the examinations, survey
and requirement Of timber lands or
the headwaters OF navigable streams
The government now receives 4
/ per cent of the proceeds from its re
/ serves. % per cent going TO the states
To pass on the purchase Of sucl
lands a national forest reserve com
mission Is created 10 consist If IN,
secretaries of the interior of war am
OF agriculture, senator TO =" NJ
pointed by the president of the senat
and representative 10 be appoi7tc
by the speaker of the house The sec
retary OF agriculture is 10 r,commcr
10 this committee the acquisition O
land which may he deemed necessary
"If forest reserves a. valuable
and the weight Of cxn'5t opiriun !
that they are" Mr.. Weeks said mi
afternoon, "it seems perfectly propo
10 use the proceeds from the presen
reserves 10 increase our holdings.
; Advocates Of the forest reserve
measure assert that the overwhelmn
? weight of expert opinion is agains
p Representative Scots contention th5
forestation has no Influence on IN
/ flow of streams The only authorit
of importance on his side, they insis
!. is Colonel H. NJ Chittenden of III
= engineer corps, whose position in III
! matter is generally controverted.