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The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
MORE REFORM

The second step in the Belfield reform
movement is the organization of a law
and order league. Since the recent
action of p%etitioning the blind piggers
to discontinue the illegal selling of
intoxicating liquors, the citizens have
gone n better by organizing a law
and order league to look after the law
breakers and it is their purpose to
make a little town as good as it looks.
The majority of citizens of the town
and surrounding country are law abiding
people, as was plainly shown by the
long list of names on tie recent petition.
In fact, there are only a few in this
vicinity who seem to disregard the
rights of others. However, this small
number has been steadily increasing
during the past year and it is the OBJ
ject of the'league to put a stop to their
aggraN q ing misdemeanors.
On Tuesday a bunch of ''good fell
lows were out to do the town and
several of the business men were sub
jected to considerable ill treatment in
the form of abusive language and threats
and n man, who does his trading in
Belfield. was handled rather roughly.
Quite a number of good citizens have
been forced to listen to jeering and
abusive remarks as they walked along
the streets and some of the ladies have
had their share of such insults.
Just now when things + in such a
s%tirred-up condition these ~disagreeable,
trivial incidents may look overdrawn
but as a matter of fact there has been
altogether too much lawlessness,
The officers of the league are J. E.
Dyer, president; Julius Lerfald, LIST
vice president: r. C. Davis, End vice
president; Dr.. Colwill. secretary j. O.
Milsten, treasurer. About 500 has been
raised to carry on the work and some of
the persistent offenders will be given
attention if lawlessness continues.
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
New BUILDING

If present plans are carried out, the
appearance of the lower end of First
Avenue. West, n of the city's principal
business thorouehfares, will be improved
considerably by the erection of a two
story brick building. j. C. F. Parker is
talking of moving his present wooden
building, which contains his meat mar
ket, back about 50 feet and erecting in
front of it a brick building.
This would give him much needed
additional room for his business, max
ing n of the largest stores in the city.
The rear part would be divided up into
a large cold storage and a work room
and the whole interior of the market
would be changed. -,
Mr.. Parker expects to expend S., 600
or more in making the changes and is
having the plans drawn up now. II
everything is satisfactory, the work will
be commenced as soon as spring opens
up.
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
The Gettysburg Address

Remarks at the Dedication Of the National Cemetery ut Gettysburg.
November 10. 1868. .@t
T0URSC0RE and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon
this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated
II to the proposition that all men are created equal. I"
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that
nation, or any nation 50 conceived and 50 dedicated, can long endure,
We arc met on a great battlefield Of that war. We have come to dedi.
cate a portion Of that field as a final resting place for those who here
gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting
and proper that we should do this. .# 49, Il
But in . larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot conseorate.
we cannot hauow, this ground: The brave men, living and Dead who
struggled here have consecrated it far above our power to add or de.
tract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here,
but it can never forget what they did here. It is for vi. the living,
rather, to DO dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far 10 nobly advanced. It il rather for us to
be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us-that from
these honored dead We take increased devotion to that cause for which
they gave the last full measure Of devotion; that We here highly re.
solve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation. under
God, shall have q new birth Of freedom, and that government Of til
people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
Furtture Business Sold

A deal was contaminated yesterday
whereby O. B. Ffankenberg transfers
his furniture business on Sims street to
Boulser & Hughes of this city. These
enterprsins young business men recently
sold the Dickinson laundry and are en-
barking in a new line, with the best
wishes of their many friends. They
expect to take possession within a few
days. y
Mr.. Frankenbere has been at his
present location about four years and
has built up a large business His plans
r not yet fully decided. but he does
not expect to leave Dickinson. He will
become interested in some new line and
expects to erect a building for the BUSH
ness.
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
Belfield

C. ]. Cookery from the country neal
Medofa was q business visitor in town
he first of the week.
v. v. Fletcher left Wednesday for q
few days business trip 10 Fargo and
the Red River Valley.
Robert Gray, the drayman, returned
the first of the week from q months
visit with relatives in Iowa.
R. C. Davis left Monday for a three
weeks stay'in Minneapolis. He will
be Joined by his family in a few days.
John Ohyus. who has been having a
hard siege with rheumatism. has been
about town the past week and is re-
covering nicely.
William McCarty sold the carload OF
brood m that he brought from Bill
lings, Montana. last week to Henry
Christensen.
H. M. Pfenning and G L. Heegaard
of the Mandan Mercantile Co., were
business visitors in Belfield Tuesday and
Wednesday.
William Englehartson has been suffer
ing with an attack of appendicitis the
past week. He expects to 20 to Bis
marck for an operation.
j. S. Sorenson has purchased the i'm
plement buiness from r. C. Davis and is
receiving shipments every day to meet
the demands for the spring trade.
Wilmar Colson, the mail carrier, lost
quite a valuable horse the past week and
Dave McCutchan from the Cannon Ball
country lost a mare valued at $3.50.
Charles King. H. G.. Bird, S. p.
Fletcher, j. l.. McCutchan, Fred Wyman
and Attorney Haney were business visit
ors in Dickinson the first of the week.
N. B. Nelson returned the first of the
week from a business trip to the Twin
Cities where he purchased a large stock
of farm implements for the spring trade.
G. M. Babcock is disposing of his
interests in this part of the country
and is planning On going to British
Columbia. where he will engage in the
land business.
j. L. McCutchan has changed to the
original plan of his restaurant building
and is putting on an addition for the
kitchen part and making four extra
rooms in the second story.
Charles E. Morris has been working
in and about Bismarck the past week
and expects to spend Sunday at his home
south of town. Mr.. Morris sold Is Oliver
typewriters for the month of January
which is the best record made by any
northwestern salesman for the company.
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
GRINDING
RESUMED
Continued from page y

has become q most difficult problem
in this state and many remedies have
been suggested from time to time.
Senator Simpsons bill is somewhat along
the lines of the Minnesota statute.
The bill provides that within ten days
after the passage of this measure, or as
Don thereafter as practical. the governor
shall appoint to the office of tax commits
sioner, a competent lawyer who is a tax
specialist and who has had experience
in tax litigation, and the person so
appointed shall hold his Office for two
years and until his successor is appoint
ed. He shall receive for his salary ST
a yea and the expenses he may incur
in the performance of his duties, such
as the cost of printing, stationery,
postage, travelling, etc., not to exceed
81, 600 a year.
His duties shall be to exercise general
supervision over the administration of
the assessment and taxation laws of
the state and to advise and give neces-
sary instruction and directions to asses
sors and boards of equalization through
out the state as to their duties under
the laws of the state, to the end that all
assessments of property and all tax
levies shall be made relatively just and
equal and in compliance with the laws
of the state. He is required to officially
visit every county in the state at least
once in two years and inquire into the
methods of assessment and taxation.
The commissioner is further required
to investigate the tax laws of other
states and counties and to formulate
and submit to the legislature such
legislation as may be necessary to
secure just and equal taxation in this
state.
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
LOCAL NEWS

=. Mrs H. C. Short Of Medora was on a
shopping trip to this city Thursday.
G. S. Heegard of the Mandan Mercsn-
tile Co. was in the city the past week.
Albert Olson was up from Taylor yes
terday He reports that he will put $50
acres in crop this spring
P. J. McVeish of Vancouver, B. c..
arrived Wednesday evening for a visit
with W. H. Walton and family.
Tuesday was Candlemas day, which
was observed with special services in St
Patrick's and St. Joseph's churches.
If you want a new house built, a small
house enlarged, or an old house repaired,
save money by seeing c. A. Bloom.
Phone COL 2-6-tf
A hearing will beheld on the Schafer-
Alexander county seat controversy be-
fore Judge w. c. Crawford at his Office
here on March 3.
Geo. H. Webster of Valley City, the
booking agent of the theatres of the cir
cult containing the Unique. spent sew
eral days here the past week.
At the next regular meeting of Dickin-
son Lodge, B. P. o. E., on Tuesday
evening, February Is, a number of can
didates will be admitted to the order
and receive initiation.
Mrs. Emma McCloy expects to join
her brother, c. T. Langley. who is on
an extended automobile tour of several
months, at Los Angeles or some immedi-
ate point, leaving here within a few
days. She will finish the trip with MI.
Langley, both returning to Dickinson
later on in the spring.
Among those who have taken up Or
iginal homestead claims in the Dickin-
son land district the past week are Guy
Morrison of Greenup, Ill, George Schmatz
of Dickinson, Clarence j. Brisbane of
Waseca, Mimi, Joseph Kof1er of Rainy
Butte. Jacob Muth of Dickinson. Frank
Plan of Lehieh, John Murphy of Morris
town, Mimi, John Heinert of Villa,
Carl Remnant of Richardson, George A.
Warnke of Midway, Dennis Daley of
Winona, Clara H. Griebel of Sand Creek,
Emanuel Wanner of Dickinson, Edward
j. Pelton of Wendall, Mimi. Whitney
H. Terrell of Trotter, Frank Kohl of
Gladstone, Mytro Kordonowy of Belfeld,
Emil Benesh of Aurora, ILL.,. Ellen M.
Hoisven of Rainy Butte and Dayton E.
Shipley of Huntington, Ind.
The members of the Dickinson Fire
Department held their regular monthly
business meeting at the city hall
Wednesday evening. 1t was decided to
store the South Side hose cart in the
German Mercantile ware house and
arrange for a place to dry the hose in
the basement of the Mercantile build
ing. The North Side fremen were
assigned places as follows: Hose cart,
Pomroy, Buehner, Blakely, P. Blath.
G. H. Dickinson. Schwartz, Beeman,
Funk, Pavlicek, Burkheimer and Han
son hook and ladder. Davis. Neil. Coar,
Eldred, Blank. Kittleson, Lyon and
Loden; hydrant, Zimmerman and
Butler; engine men, Littlehales and
Brislin. The South Side members are
Heiser, Lob. Hoeroh, Fisher, Koch, Bohn
and D. Blath and they will vote for
their W positions. The regular Off
GERS are H. j. Gruschus. chief: j. [.
Hughes. assistant chief; M. L. Mcbride
foreman: James Kittleson. secretary.
The committee reported that after all
the bills were paid the proceeds from the
ball amounted to $64. TO-. the total
amount taken in being STA.
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
Lincoln Centennial.
PROCLAMATION.

On the 18th of February 1909
will be the hundreth anniversary
of the birth of that great man Of
the people; the man of smiles
and tears, of firmness ant. sym
pathy, of tragedy and glory;
Abraham Lincoln, the 10th pres
ident of the United States, one of
the greatest tatesmen of modern
times.
He became Chief Executive of
the nation at a crisis in the his
tory of our country when a man
with just such qualification and
character as those of Abraham
Lincoln was needed at the head
of the government. 1t was thru
his great patriotism and his un-
bounded sympathy with the
great host of the common people,
from whom he had sprung, and
thru his mate HESS tact in deal
ing in questions involving a for
eign power, that saved his gov
eminent of the people, by the
people, and for the people,"
which has proved a blessing for
millions of human beings since
the death of the great martyred
president. 1t was not only that
the slaves were freed thru him
and a blot removed from the his
tory of this great nation, but the
victory gained in that time of
storm and stress saved the Union
and thereby saved for the people
the public domain which has in
the past forty years given happy,
contented and prosperous homes
to millions of people.
Lincoln was born in the most
humble walks of life and O S to
eminence by merit alone. AS
farmlaborer, salesman, merchant
surveyor, lawyer, or statesman,
his great ambition was that of be-
ing esteemed by his fellow-men
by rendering himself worthy of
their esteem.
This centennial is an event
which is of interest and will be
fittingly observed by all the peo-
pie of these United States, and it
is but proper for the people of
this city to observe this day in a
manner suitable to the OCCASION,
because it is thru, in a great
measure, the services of the
great Emancipation that we
enjoy this heritage of happiness
liberty and prosperity.
I would therefore suggest that
all business in the city be sus'
pended on that day and the &C.
cassion be observed in such a
manner as to impress it upon
the minds of coming generations.
GEORGE M. FRYE, Mayor.
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
Dissolve Firm

One of the old-time law firms of Dick
inson. that of Campbell & Field, was
dissolved on Monday, February 1. These
lawyers have been associated in bust
ness together since 1899 and have long
had their Offices in the First National
bank block. James. G. Campbell will
continue to occupy one Of the Offices and
]. H. Field the other. y&
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06

BIRTHS.

In Dickinson Tuesday, February 3rd,
at the home of George Waggoner, a son
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Lefor, Jr. in
Gladstone. Tuesday, February End, a
SON to Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Meuches; in
Dickinson january 18th. q daughter to
MI. and Mrs O. E. Foote; in RAIDER
Township. February. S. q daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. George Luhmann.
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
Court March g

Judge ". c. Crawford announces that
he will hold his first term of court in
his official capacity ass Judge Of the
Tenth district at the court house at
Manning, Dunn county, on March 8.
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06

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week" Do this and you wont know
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The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06

BE LINCOLN never had no regular schoolin';
~ He never quarterbacked nor pulled stroke Ca
~. Nor never spent his time and money fooin'
~ With buried l~angwidges and ancient lore.
But + = y Abe rarned more -
To set him forrerd in the human film .a*-*;T:
Than all the college felerg kit and bilin'.
d. 1,rcorr ...- ,, - - ">::
Not even thar in Washin'ton, D. G..
l. He jit KEEP common, humble, ordnry, suitn'
M His baokwoods corn patch raisin' to a 7.
But = + = Jimmy gee!
wy, Abe was any statesmans peer and ekul
And wise as Solomon or old Ezekul. #-
. Il RECKON I'm a bit old fashioned, maybe,
But when I want a pattern for a man
I'm middlin' shore to measure Father Ably
And cut, to fit his homely human plan.
And long s I can
I'm hootn' loud and rootin' proud, by huoky,
For that old boy from Hodgenville, Kaintucky!
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-13

wheat yield during these years was a
little over 20 per cent. while the popu-
lation increased over GO per cent. OBJ
Yiously the supply and demand of bread
will not keep pace through the work
ing OF any law of nature" That his
figures are exceedingly well selected
for the purpose of proving his point is
evidenced by the fact that il we go
back only one year and compare the
wheat yield for 1881 and 1906 instead
of that for 1882 and 1907, the years
which he selects, we find that the
amount of wheat produced in the Unit
ed States increased 81 per cent which,
when contrasted with an increase of
only GO per cent in population, gives
no cause for worrying about the posi-
bilities of the wheat yield keeping pace
with the growth in population. Again
he states that the records of our eX-
ports of breadstuffs subsantiate his
nlaims that a food shortage is upon
us, and then proceeds to show by sim
ilarly well-chosen statistics that 1.-THE
decrease in our exports of breadstuffs
for the last quarter century is "a per
cent, and the increase in the amounts
held for our own needs is 80 per cent.
These figures lend probability to the
suggestion that in another ten years,
the United States may have become
a wheat importing nation" 1t is a
fact easily substantiated that there is
no necessary connection between the
amount Of wheat raised and the
amounts imported or exported. For
example, in 1898 we produced $50 49,
16S bushels of wheat, exported Al per
cent of it, and imported 2,O58,9 3S BUSH
els while in 1901 we produced appro-
Ximately the same amount, 522,229 sos
bushels, exported Al per cent of it, and
imported only 603,101 bushels. To
show that there is no immediate dan
ger Of the United States ever becom-
ing a wheat importing nation, we need
but note that the average amount of
wheat imported per year during the six
years 1S94-1S99 was 1,702,653 bushels,
while during the succeeding nine years,
the average amount imported was only
777,39S bushels If we omit from our
calculations the imports for 1908, dur
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-13

(By Ira B. Cross, Phi. D., STANDARD
University
The Worlds Work announces a Sc
riese of articles on the general subject
of Highways of Progress" by James
]. Hill the man who has done so much
to develop the resources of the great
Northwest. The first of these ap-
pears I'M the November number under
the title of what We Must Do to Be
Fed" and is to be followed in subse-
quent issues by others dealing with
combinations, transportation, the Asia
tic trade and other topics Of timely
Importance.
In this first article Mr.. Hill discusses
the problems which he thinks must
inevitably arise in connection with the
task of providing sufficient food sup
ply for future generations. 1t is in
teresting to see how greatly worried ne
appears to be regarding the matter
He states that millions Of persons now
living will see 2OO,OOO,OO0 people in the
United States, and the first question Is:
How are they to be fed? Where ana
how are we to obtain loaves enough TO
feed these coming millions? He theh
proceeds to show in a series OF status
tics admirably chosen with the sole
object of proving his point, that inc
supply of wheat produced in the United
States will not and cannot meet the
demands Of our rapidly growing popu-
lation, and that as a consequence we
must become a wheat importing ma
ton, perhaps within the next ten years
In fact he seems to think that loou
shortage is already here, as a result Oh
which the price of wheat and bread
stuffs has risen and will continue 10
rise with the passage of years.
It is seldom that one reads such
alarming, and, in fact, unfounded state
ments from the pen of man VINO Is
recognized as being well versed in the
7vavs of the world, and it is indeed
surprising to note the methods pursued
NV Mr. Hill in his attempts at proving
his contentious. In one portion OF the
orticle he states that 1--WE grew 60, 49,
40 bushels of wheat in 1882 when our
nonulation was little over 52,ooo'oov'
and ga, OS7,OO bushels in 1907 twent y
five years later. The increase
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-13

erful factors not only in Europe, but
also on the seas Of the world. History
teaches that there has always been
erence and that many believe it is pos
erful countries, but that such rivalries
do not necessarily lead to war.
IDEA CALLED UTOPIAN.
Il know that there is in general
tendency to regard the naval question
as the most important point of diff
erence and that many believe it is pos
sible to remove the Anglo-German ten
sion by bringing about a mutual un-
derstanding regarding naval arma-
ments. In my opinion, however de-
sirable such an agreement would be,
the idea that it could offer solution
satisfactory to both sides is surely
utopian.
Il do not know how the matter
stands at present or to what extent
Germany would be prepared to make
concessions, and 1 think that there is
no reason why we should avoid an in
formal friendly discussion on the sub
ject, although at the same time we
must not base exaggerated hope there
on.
IF it were possible, by means of a
wise policy which inspires confidence,
to reduce the speed Oh naval construc-
ton and thereby to lessen the burden
of the taxpayer that would be all that
can be realized at present, and this
success would be welcomed"
Vice Admiral Won Ahlefeld, a distin-
guisheG officer on the retired list, re-
plies to Lord Avebury in long state
ment, in the course of which he says:
SUSPICION MIGHT DISAPPEAR.
Il believe that all the suspicion of
Germany which now exists in Eng
land would disappear if England would
pursue the policy of creating an army
which would protect it from invasion
If England had an army capable of
protecting her against every invasion
| am persuaded that she would put an
end to all this senseless, Injurious and
regrettable rivalry.
Lord Avebury has declared that the
responsibility for the present condi-
ton of affairs does not rest on Eng
land, but on Germany. I fear that In
making this declaration he has rem
dered no service to the committee for
bringing about a reapproachment be-
tween England and Germany, because
it is natural for us to reply that Eng
J land and not Germany is to blame
| The Deutsche Revue also publishes
statement from one Of the foremost
military experts in Germany, who re-
mains anonymous, and who writes:
Germany is not a disturber but pro-
tector Of peace. England has consider
ed the possibility of invading Germany
by landing troops on the coast of Sch
leswig-Holstein in Antwerp, or in a
port of Northern France. Having
done so, the British naturally consider
the possibility Of German invasion of
England.
JUST DROP THE IDEA.
Z 1T is only necessary for the British
to abandon the thought of invading
Germany to be quite sure that the
Germans will abandon all thoughts OF
invading England"
The editor Of the Deutsche Revue
expresses the opinion that If Great
Britain seriously desires the limita-
ton Of naval ornaments she must lead
the way by reducing her own program
of naval construction. Instead of SO
doing she continues to build new
Dreadnoughts and to enlarge the size
of her battleships.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-13
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The assessor Is determined to get
In the taxes. If you have any due,
pay before the 18th, or ten per cent.
will be added.
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