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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-01-07
IR!|!lelp0Itl From Hospital
B for the Insane.

The following is an extract taken from
the biennial report as made by Supt.
Baldwin OF the State Insane Asylum
OF jamestown:
The largest number of patients came
from Ward county. OF the foreign
born patients, Norway heads the list,
Canada next, and of the native born,
Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa
have the largest number in the order
stated. All occupations are represent
ed among the patients, there being
more farmers and farmers wives than
of any other class.
The complete list as given in the re-
port, is as follows:
Banker /, barber /, blacksmith 3,
book agent /, bookkeeper l, butcher i,
carriage maker I, carpenter l, cigar
maker /, clerk l, clergymen 3, cook 3,
draymen l, dressmaker l, engineer 1,
farmer 129, farm laborer p, harness
maker 1, hotel keeper /, housekeeper
1, housemaid -, housewife ITO, labor
er So, merchant 5, music teacher 2, no
occupation II, nurse l, peddler 2,
physician 1. plumber l, printer 2,
ranchman l, school teacher 5, stenog-
rapher q, student 2, tailor 2, teamster
!, telegraph operator |, unknown !.
The age at which the greatest mum.
ber were committed during the period
between Is and 30. The next was
bstween 80 and IS, followed by 35 to
40.
Ninety-seven patient died in the las
period. Two from suicide, the ma,
iority of the deaths occurring from
tuberculosis is a reason given by the
superintendent for his request fol
separate hospitals for these cases.
The per capita cost for the entire
period was sl91. O2, or about SO cents
per day.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-01-07

Supt. Miller of Steele county
came in from Grand Forks Sat-
urday, where he has been visit
ing his brother, and left Tuesday
evening for the educational meet
ing at Valley City. Mayville
Farmer.
Found: A beef hide. Owner
call at Browns meat market.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-01-07
FLOUR! FLOUR!.

Buy your winters supply now.
Price $2,85, in five sack lots.
Either at the mill or Kraabel-
Donaldson & Co.'S. store. Every
sack guaranteed tirst-class or
money refunded.
G.. S. MOORES.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-01-07
LOOK

There will be an old time coun-
try dance at the Hope opera
house Tuesday, Jan. II. Every
body invited, especially the old
people. Be sure and come.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-01-07
FARM O SALE.

South half of section 14-144-57,
Willow Lake twp, Steele Go.
Enquire of owner, G. N. North
rop, Hope, n. D.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-01-07
TAKEN UP.

TAKEN UP.
Came to my place on sec. 20,
Melrose twp, Steele Co., N. D.,
on or about Dec. 18th 1908, one
white COW, with red spots, with
horns; one red and white COW;
one red.and w~hite.heifer l yr old;
two small spring calves. Owner
can have same by paying charges.
JAMES MASTERS,
Hope, N. D.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-01-07
TAKEN UP.

AKE UP.
Come to my place Sec. 25,
Sherbrooke Twp, Steele County
N. D., on or about Dec. 10thi1908,
one red heifer, with white spots.
Owner can have same by paying
charges.
Gilbert Bremseth,
Hope,
N. Oak.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24
pRosPERlTY HAS RETURNED.

In one of his late kilograms from
Washington to the Chicago Tribune
Raymond says in speaking of the
general business situation that pros
perity is back again after an eighteen
months vacation. He points out that
greater optimism is characterizing
practically every branch of the iron
and steel industry as ordering activ-
ity is sustained and as the consump-
tive needs of the country appear to be
expanding. A more encouraging at
titude upon the part of the railroads
towards expenditures for rails and
equipment and the belief congression-
al action upon the tariff will be con-
sentative, are contributing to clarity
the situation. Raymond has the facts
and figures to prove his case and his
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24
Cured by Telephone.


Des Moines Register and Leader:
II you live in the country and sub
scribe for party telephone you prob
ably could name persons afflicted with
the chronic curiosity. It's form of
paranoia, and it is usually found in
conjunction with a long. flexible nose,
stealthy, colorless eyes, an unlimited
capacity for deprecatory conversation,
and a cold and suspecting nature. 1t
can be cured.
A story Is current of a young Iowa
farmer who treated the wife of
neighbor for constitutional inquisitiye-
ness He almost broke up her home,
but he taught her to respect the
sacredness of telephone colloauies.
Previously the woman had made a
practice of surreptitiously snaffling
the material for choice gossip from
the wire. The aforementioned young
farmer suspected that she was az
ways party to his private phone
conversations. He subsequently, PROV
ed himself correct.
One morning he observed the won.
ans husband driving towards town.
The young farmer FASTENED into the
house and rang up neighbor several
miles distant. Have you heard about
Mr. Blank?" he asked the other re-
ferring to his victims husband. "Well,
you know how attentive he has been
to the school teacher-buying her
presents and taking her riding,
You hadn't heard Of it? Why, I
thought everyone knew that except
that shrew of wife of his. OF course
he'd manage to hoodwink her. What
wanted to tell you was that they
drove past my place while ago. Her
trunk was in the buggy. / have since
learned that he is running away with
her. He has mortgaged his farm and
all of his property here, and has TAX
en- his money and the two of EN- have
gone. They're on the train we'll away
from here by now. l want you to &C
over and break the news to Mrs
Blank" There was gasp on The
wire, followed by sounds of distress
Mrs. Blank had been listening al
right. And the saddest part Of 1t is
when her husband returned home tina
night, she refused to believe anythin,
except that he had missed the trail
and postponed the elopement for an
other day. The husband is now tryinI
to find out who slandered him. AM
his wife, having something of her owl
| to think about, hasn't time to worr
about her neighbors' phone converse
tons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24
rag WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC.

OF the world questions aHectlnS
women the white slave traffic was CIV
en- first Importance by delegates from
tweuty-tfree countries in the quln-
uuennial congress of the Women's Ma
tional Council in Toronto, presided
over by Lady Aberdeen. One OF Ger
many's delegates, Miss Bertha Pap
nenheim asserted: Hundreds OF for
eign girls go into Chicago and other
Western cities every year, but 1t has
been found that only 20 per cent OF the
fallen girls of America are in that con-
dition by inclination; 80 per cent have
been tricked, bought, or threatened"
This proportion of the voluntary to
the involuntary recruits of the lO0,00o
girls and women swallowed up in the
red light districts of American cities,
supplied by Assistant United States
District Attorney Parkin of Chicago
shows that not fewer than $4,000 daugh-
ters of homes in the United States and
$4,000 alien girls per year become
"white slaves by the dastardly work
az procurers, who even resort to mar
rlage to get yiClliHS iheo eiioAA ~ - :
The efforts of the Woman's Worlds
committee, of which Mr.. Parkin IS
member. to secure enactment of stat
utes to deal with this aggressive phase
of vice has elected active aid from
governors of several states. Governor
Edwin L. Norris Of Montana has writ
ten the Woman's Worlds committee
on legislation: 8.
aWith the purposes Of the commit
tee on legislation in this respect am
4 in hearty sympathy The last session
] Of the Montana legislative assembly
passed no measures dealing with the
evil but it shall be my pleasure to rec
ommend to the next session the enact
A ment of stringent laws on the subject
in the hope that the traffic may be
suppressed In SO far as the state OF
Montana is concerned"
Governor William Spry of Utah also
1 has written:
81 have to advise you that | am IN
hearty sympathy with the work of the
committee which is putting forth eff
4 forts to suppress the traffic in girls
and shall be happy to cooperate with
you in any way possible to bring about
legislation which will make 1t possible
to to put an end to the practice"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24
The or pay.

Omaha World Herald: The theory
OF an Austrian physician that every.
ran has bad day periodically, when
his mental and physical powers are
at Their worst and everything goes
wrong. is no doubt true except as to
the Ieatter OF periodicity. Everybody
has his Off days, but IL the period Of
recurrence were constant he could
talre defensive measures and head
them of. Is
The fact Of common experience is
thaJ the Off day is as unexpected as
it is malignant and 1t attacks man
without warning In the full bloom Of
hal piness and health. You go to bed
feel ng fine and get up feeling fine,
AM: your wife observes that 1t looks
like rain, and this incendiary remark
roises you to fierce rage these are
tsyuI toms that indicate an attack OF
the off day. You will recognize 1t
all right when you have 1t.
| II the scientist could determine for
| us that this is a matter Of fixed and
periodical appearance, and show us
how to foretell It's coming, he would
I do us favor. II the manager Of a
ball team knew in advance when his
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

Keokuk's good example in entering
upon a vigorous campaign for adop.
ton of the commission plan OF city
government is having good effect
elsewhere. The Burlington Hawk
Eye says in a paragraph in Its news
columns:
In view of the fact that Keokuk Is
to vote on the commission plan on
July /, interest Is growing In Burling-
ton among members of the Exchange
and elsewhere and there are many
who discuss the project now who rare
~ have time for anything, else but
baseball and business OF course, the
commission plan is business, put 1t is
the kind of business that business
men have always neglected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24
Van Buren, county's Surplus Cash.

Van Buren, countys Surplus Cash.
Keosauqua Republican: Who would
have even imagined back in 1894.
about nineteen years ago, when KEEL
ley's Army" stopped at Keosauqua on
its trip down the Des Moines river ard
on to Washington, that in June 1909,
Van Buren, county residents would
have laid away in the banks of the
county cash to the amount OF one mil
lion, five hundred and eighty-nine
thousand, nine hundred and sixty-five
dollars fs1,5s9,965)? The capital
stock of these banks is s242,S00. And
this is aside from the deposits in the
Manning private bank, which does not
publish quarterly statements, and the
two banks just over the line at Hills
boro in which a number Of residents
of this county are stockholders and
heavy depositors. The deposits in
these last three banks would doubtless
increase the total deposits given, fully
$780, 900. These figures may be con-
sidered as correct as to the deposits
in the various banks Of the county,
| for they are made up from the pub.
lished statements or from reports di.
rect to us by the cashiers Certainly
this indicates a greater amount Of
wealth and prosperity for Van Buren,
county than at any time In Its history
We would guess that ND county II
Iowa, without large towns or cities OF
as largely rural as Is this. can exec
this exhibit. we may be mistaken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

The Des Moines Capital suggests
that protective duties be removed
from farm products in order to find
out by experiment whether protection
is any good, which reminds the Sioux
City Journal that
The country has had standing In
vitation from a political organization
respectable as to numbers to enter
upon that experiment. There was
something like an acceptance OF the
invitation in 1892, and two years lat
err wool went on the free list. Be
fore the next presidential election the
Mckinley law looked good, and the
general view led to the enactment Of
the Dingley law in 1897. The way to
experiment is to turn the Republican
party out
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24
the free trade or multiplication pa
pers would have him.: ~
The Heroism 81 Dotson and Biggs.

w. H. Jones of Douds -Leando N
Keosauqua Republican: If you can
find room In your paper will you pup
fish the following which we believe to /
be due the memory Of the two men
who lost their lives in the accident
which occurred near our town Satur-
day the 18th inst:
Guy Dotson and Harry Biggs, AZ
sinking a shaft for coal for Mr.. A. =.
ESiemon, having put In blast and =.
mot having done the expected amount
Of work, returned to the pit and under-
took to drill out the hole where the
blast had been put in. It seems that
in drilling the hole for the blast that
Lit had gone through strata OF nara
material and entered soft clay under
lit; at least when the charge exploded
| instead of forcing an opening out;
ward and into the pit, that cavity
was formed which retained all the
smoke and gas from the burned pow-
der. AS soon as this cavity was pune
tured in drilling out the hole, the con-
fined gases rushed out and filled
the shaft in which the men were work
ling. It was evident that no one could
live In it long, and while 1t will never
be known just what words were spok'
en- by Mr.. Dotson to Biggs, there be-
| ing no living witness to it, yet the fact
remains that Mr.. Dotson gave Biggs
| the first chance to save his life and he
remained behind while Mr.. Biggs was
drawn to the surface. Mr.. Dotson sim
ply gave Mr. Biggs the first chance to
save his life and took the second
chance himself. When Mr.. Biggs
reached the top and looked back he
saw that Dotson had fallen to the
ground, overcome with the gas, and he
fastened rope to himself and went
back into the shaft after Dotson On
reaching the bottom he united the
rope from himself, intending to tie it
around Dotson and send him out and
take the second c.lance himself. But
latter untying the rope from himself
he was overcome by the gas and both
men persisted there together.
1t seems to me that this is as clear
a case Of men giving their lives in try
| ing to save a fel.owman, as can be
found. Dotson gave the first chance
to save his life to Biggs and remained
in the shaft and lost his life. Biggs
saw Dotson overcome with the gas
and returned to the shaft to try to
save him and in doing so lost his life.
Each of these men gave their life in
an effort to save the other.
While these men probably did not
have the ability Of John Hay, who tells
us of the heroism of Jim Bledso,' the
pilot in the burning Of The Prairie
! Belle who declared, "ne would keep
her nose afoul of the bank until the
last man is ashore" although in doing
$50 he persisted in the flames; nor
had they the wonderful pen Of a
Macauley, WHO tells us of the heroism
of how @Horatius Kept the Bridge, =
yet it was the same spirit that con.
Etrolled allfof them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24
HousToN,s EXPERIENCE.

At the conclusion Of a dinner by
the Burlington Commercial Exchange
on Tuesday Hon. w. w. Baldwin was
called upon for information regarding
the workings Of the commission plan
of city government at Houston, Texas.
Mr.. Baldwin has been interested In
the flourishing Texas city for some
time, and is therefore quite familiar
with conditions there, but in prefer
ence to trusting his own memory and
his own Impressions, he gave the ex-
change extracts from report pub
lished by the mayor OF Houston who
is necessarily more conversant with
facts and figures than anybody else.
The Hawk-eye gives the following
brief summary Of results:
Evidently, the commissioners have
worked In harmony in Houston, and
the citizens acted wisely in the selec-
ton of their commissio The
changes which have been wrought in
Houston in the short period OF three
years under the commission plan,
would have been promised year after
year, but would never have been real
ICED under the old system. Among
the other big things which the Hous-
ton commission accomplished was the
paying Off Of big floating debt The
debt was not simply converted into a
bonded indebtedness, but was paid on
and thus wiped out altogether and
the city was placed on q cash basis.
That is something that Burlington has
talked about occasionally, and plans
to do this very thing have been
worked out several times, and that Is
as far as the treasurer and auditor
ever got under the old system.
It will be noted that Houston's ex-
perience corresponds with that Of
every other community that has CIV
en- the commission plan a fair trial.
In every instance one OF the most
notable results is the large saving In
expenses, permitting of material re-
auctions of the public indebtedness.
AS a means OF securing efficient local
government at a minimum OF cost the
commission plan Is without a rival.
Part Of the saving is made possible by
the fact that unnecessary public I'M
are avoided under the
commission arrangement Much mon
ey is also saved by reason Of better
service by city employees who are
chosen because Of their fitness for
the duties Of the positions they are
called upon to fill and whose tenure
is dependent on their ability and will
ingness to earn their salaries. The
greater economy incident to the COM
mission plan is a strong point in its
favor. In the case of Keokuk its sn-
periority in this one particular should
assure its adoption by an overwhelm-
ing majority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24
~ Fights Nit siaeI. =

I met him again, he was trudging
along,
His knapsack with chickens was
swelling;
He'd "blenkered" these dainties and
thought 1t no wrong,
From some secessionist's dwelling.
What regiments yours? and under
whose flag
Do you fght?" said /. touching his
shoulder u 'ssa "a
Turning slowly around he smilinglyl
said,
For the thought made him stronger
and holder:
Il fights NIT sigel."
The next time / saw him his KNAPP
sack was gone.
His cap and canteen were missing:
Shell, shrapnel and grape and the
swift rifle ball
Around and DER him were kissing.
How are you, my friend, and
where have you been,
And for what and for rIhom are
you fighting?.
He said, as a shell from the enemys
gun
Sent his arm and his musket
'sa-kiting.:"
Il fights NIT sigel."
And once more saw him and knelt
by his side.
His life-blood was rapidly flowing;
/ whispered Of home, wife, children
and friends,
The bright land to which he was
going;
And have you no word for the dear
ones at home,
The wee one, the father or
mother?n
aYaw! yaw!' said he. TELL them.
oh, tell them l fights
Poor fellow! he thought Of no
i tights nit sigel-"
We scraped out a grave, and he
dreamlessly sleeps
On the banks Of the Shenandoah
river.
His home and his kindred alike are
unknown,
His reward in the hands Of the
Giver.
We placed a rough board at the head
of his grave,
And we left him alone in his glory.
But on it we worked ere we turned
from the spot
The little we knew Of his story
II fights init Sigel"
Grant p Robinson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

There were sixty train loads Of
freight In the Cairo harbor on Tues
day of this week in the tow of the big
steamer Sprague. The Bulletin Of that
city says that people who saw it could
not help feeling that if the U. S. gov
eminent had done half as much to
Improve river transportation as the
roads have done to improve rail-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

A San Francisco woman has proved
to the satisfaction OF the divorce
court that her husband gave her only
$40 in fourteen years. And yet her
case has not attracted half as much
attention as Mrs. Howard Gould's
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

road transportation in the territory
traversed by the rivers, there would
not now be any talk about 1.-THE De-
cline Of River Traffic., about which
we hear SO much in and out Of con-
gress attributed to all manner Of
causes except the true cause: gov
ernment neglect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

star pitcher would have his day of.
and couldn't hit a plate four feet
square, 1t, would be quite conve-
nience for exasaple.
II. furthermore, we could by little
Juggling arrange it SO that every
mans of day could come on the same
date, all business could be suspended
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

The average age Of elephants is 100
years, and judging from reports OF
Bwano Tumbo's luck to date, these
figures are in no Immediate danger Of
being disturbed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

In Marshalltown they are to have
a spelling match with words selected
from the Bible This looks like rank
discrimination against the local news
paper men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

War is again brewing in Honduras,
which leads the Chicago News to pre-
dict that some day those Central
American war breweries will be COM
pell- i to take out licenses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

There are several towns in the
country named Ionia. Is there any
other name containing only five let,
tiers that has four syllables -Chtca.
go Tribune.
Probably not. But Iuka with only
four letters has three syllables-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24
poor Elsie siaeI.

Kewanee Courier: This hideous
tragedy in which Elsie Sigel becomes
sacrifice to Chinese degeneracy and
Righteousness has made the whole
country shudder. The shocking de-
tails lend further proof to the oft re-
peated declaration of students Of
Chinese character that the mission
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

The automobile industry is quite a
lusty infant. 1t is estimated by COM
petent authority that no less than To-
600 self-propelling vehicles will be
built and sold this year by American
manufacturers and that their total
value will not be far from $150,0O0, 600
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

The chaplain OF the Kansas state
prison has been convicted Of robbing
the prisoners by overcharging them
for postage, stationery and periodi-
Gals. AS he is outside of Warden
Sanders jurisdiction he will probably
be punished as he deserves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

findings are confirmed by bank clear
3ings and the reports OF the CONNER
cial agencies. AS soon as uncertainty
as to the tariff is eliminated prosper
Hity will be in full swing again.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

The corn is humping itself this
weather, all right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

and we could have none lovely compos.
lite crouch that would be what you
might call monumental and then 2
stretch OF days filled with sunshine
and human kindness.
But we fear not, The bad day has
It's force from its uncertainty Of apSl
pearance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

The Cedar Rapids Gazette says the
people who sleep late these mornings
in Iowa are missing some of the most
glorious atmosphere that any coun-
try was ever blessed with.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

The Washington Post notes that the
kaiser continues to pet the dove Of
peace and throw few more chunks
of raw meat to the war dogs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Chicago Tribune declares that
no news from Castro is better than
any news.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-24

In a western Kansas town a man
named Crate married a girl named
Scott, and of course all the news
papers headed up the story Crate
Scott"