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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
Commissioner Of General Land
Office Reaches State
TO PROBE FIELD SERVICE
SAYS NEW COAL LAND RULING
HAS GREATLY RELIEVED CON-
: GEsTIoN OF WORK IN LAND Of
FIcEs--INvEsTIGATED coNDI-
TloNs AT cAss LAKE, MINI.

Fred bennett. formerly of Milton, N.
D., now commissioner OF the general
Iandoffice at Washington, arrived in
the city today. He spent the day in
the city and will leave tomorrow for
his old home at Milton, where he will
spend a few days. After this he will
go to the far west, where he will re-
main for several weeks
The object Of my trip west this
time" said Mr.. bennett, this morning,
lis to investigate the condition in the
field service work.
Congress appropriated 81, 900, 900
for the purpose of continuing this field
work and to bring up all back work
so that delays which have been Incl
detail in the issuance of patent to
claimants. may be as far as possible
obviated
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
.KETCHEL and sam
LANGFORD sign
WILL FIGHT LABOR DAY IN ELY,
NEv., FOR MlDDLEWEIGHT
TITLE AND $4,000.

San Francisco. July S.-Stanley
Ketchel and Sam Langscrd viii fight
to finish in Ely, New Labor day,
Sept. s. for the middleweignt cham
pionship OF the world. and a purse
OF $4,000.
This was the announcement made
late yesterday by willus Britt. mana
ger Of KetcheL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
GOVT CROP REPORT
MOST ENCOURAGING
GOOD INCREASE IN CONDITION
OF CROPS SHOWN BY COM
PARIsoN WITH 190s-vERY
SATISFACTORY.

Washington, July s.-The average
condition of the corn crop of July /
was ss.s per cent normal. against s2.s
a year ago.
Winter wheat S2.4 against SO.6;
wheat s2.7 against Ss.4; spring and
winter wheat combined S6.5 against
S3.9; oats SS3 against S5.7; barley
902 against S6.2 and rye 91.4 against
9I2.
Corn planted is l09,006.00 acres.
This epitomizes today's crop report
OF the department OF agriculture.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
NJ 'CLEARY FOR
DIRECTOR OF Mint
FORMER CONGRESSMAN FROM
MINN. SLATED FOR FRANK
LEAcH's POSITION, 1T
Is SAID.

washington, D. c., July S.-There
are strong indications that James t.
McCleary, OF Minnesota, former rep
resentative in congress and later as
sistant postmaster general will be
appointed director of mint, to succeed
Frank Leach. VINO has resigned to ac-
cept business position in California
McCleary, who is now out Of the city
is known to be the choice of Secre-
tary Macveagh, and presumably Of
the president.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
N. E. A. TO ELECT
OFFICERS TODAY
NEED OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DIS
cUSSED AT DENVER.
South caroIinan President.
THEN AND NOW

Denver, July S.-By lead of
six votes of his nearest competi-
tor, j. Y. Joyner of South Caro-
lima was made the, choice of the
nominating committee for presi-
dent Of the National Education
association today Banj. j. Blew
ett of st. Louis was second.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
Continued on Page seven.)
VICTIM OF N. D.
WRECK IS DEAD
HAYES OF MINNESOTA sue.
cuMBs TO INJURIES RE-
cEIvED AT SENTINEL
BUTTE.

Dickinson, N. D.. July 81. w. Hayes
of Bosworth, MINI, victim OF the
Sentinel Butte train wreck, died yes
terday He was paralyzed from his
shoulders down. His father resides in
Missouri. and he has two brothers in
eastern North Dakota He was a
single man about "a years of age
The new high school building con-
tract has been awarded to Charles
Bake. a local contractor, for $29, ,730.
The structure viii be, one OF the most
up-to-d date in the state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
LAND IS BETTER
Than in AMERICA
AUSTRALIAN coM5ATs THE IDEA
THAT ISLAND is GIVEN TO
ARID REGIONS.

Melbourne, July S.--Senator Mccall,
who represented Austrilia at the
farming congress held recently at
Cheyenne, Wyo., TO-DAY said to the
Australian farmers assembled in con-
vention at Bendigo that Australia was
much better agricultural country
than either America or Canada. He
combatted the idea that Australia was
arid, saying that he had seen drier
areas than those Of Australia success
fully farmed in America.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
Raging Rivers in Mo. and
Kansas Are Receding
1000 PERSONS HOMELESS
MANY PERSONS HAVE SUFFERED
FROM EXPOSURE AND LACK OF
sLEEP-RELIEF TRAIN LANDS
ITS PASSENGERS WORST
STAGE is BELIEVED PASSED.

Kansas City. Mo-, July s.-Close to
1000 persons rendered temporarily
homeless with a property loss estimat-
ed at s1,50O,O0o, six persons drowned,
and two others injured, railway traf-
fic to the northwest and south of
Kansas City demoralized. thousands of
acres Of rich farming land and miles
of railway tracks inundated summar-
ICES the flood situation in Missouri and
Kansas up to this afternoon. Eight
dead and injured were those reported
yesterday. No additional casualties
were reported today.
Two Towns Under Water.
The greatest suffering today was at
Springfield in southern Missouri, and
at Ottawa, Kan, fifty-seven miles
southwest of Kansas City. Both these
towns were practically submerged by
the sudden overflow of local streams
Elsewhere in these two states nearly
every stream was receding and the
worst of the flood was believed to be
over.
Even in Springfield and ottawa the
water began to fall away almost as
soon as it had accomplished its dam
age.
Conditions Are Improved.
Kansas City, July S.--FIood cond1-
tic rs in Missouri and Kansas Ci:y TO-
day we're vastly improved. Except at
Kansas City, where the Kansas and
Missouri rivers converge, most of the
streams in this part of the southwest
were receding this morning and IL was
believed the worst stage had been
reached and passed.
In Kansas City the damage so far
has been slight and the river here
must come up nearly ten feet yet be-
fore the stage of the floods of 1903
and 1904 are reached. Such rise al
Kansas City is not considered at all
likely with the streams above here GO
ing down. But little rain has fallen
since last night. No additional lives
have been lost as far as known.
Refugees All Rescued.
Pattonsburg, Mo-, July S.-Warer fell
IA inches during the night and con-
tinued to recede today. The last of
the refugees had been removed from
the house and tree tops and a relief
train from st. Joseph, which had been
stalled near Santa Rosa, landed it's
passengers within two miles of Pat
tonsburg and from there the remand
er of the journey was made in boats.
Ample food, at least for the pres
ent needs, was distributed to the re-
fugees. In the last two days many
persons have suffered from exposure
and lack of sleep
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
BELGIUM CREW
FIRST AT HENLEY
GRAND CHALLENGE CUP WON
BY CLUB NANTiQUE DE
GAND in VERY FAST
TIME.

Henley July S.--The final or the
Grand Challenge cup was rowed off
here today, and was won BY. the Club
Nane=aue de Gand, Of Belgium. which
defessed the Jesus college crew OF
Cambridge by bare length in the fast
time Of minutes anA seconds.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
is THE CHAMPION
BEEF STEAK EATER
NEW YORK MAN, WEIGHING 270
POUNDS, EATS TEN POUNDS
or STEAK AT ONE
SITTING.

New York. July s.-Phiilip Lommel.
weighing 270 pounds, has won the
championship medal as a beefsteak
eater. In contest with Max Meyers,
275 pounds. at a political clubs OUT
ing. Lommell gorged himself with ten
pounds Of beefsteak at one sitting.
while Meyers ate ss-4 pounds
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
ExPEcTs eEsT cRoP sINcE isgz
Iowa Man Returns From Crop Inves-
tigating Tour Of the West.

Minneapolis, July Strand r. Nor
tin of Des Moines. Ia, vase in Mime
apolis on his way home from two
weeks p-investigating trip through
the west. He visited points in North
Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota
and is enthusiastic over the prospects.
IF the conditions are at all favor
able from now on we win have the best
crop since 1897" said Mr. Mortin.
"This ia especially true Of the wheat.
Rye, however, Is not up to the stand
ard Although the grain looks good
from the outside. the yield will be be-
low the average"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
COS ALIENS ARE
DEPORTED BY u. S.
SINCE JUNE 26-DouBLE THE
NUMBER HERETOFORE SENT
BACK ACROSS THE
WATER.

New York, July s.--Since June 20
the immigration authorities at this
port have ordered the deportation OF
66S aliens, approximately double the
number heretofore ordered during any
similar length OF time. The deporta-
ton yesterday amounted TO $50 cases
and broke all records for a single day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
PASS TARIFF
BILL TODAY
Final Vote Before Adjournment
In the Senate
DEMOCRATS ARE WILLING
DISCUSSION OF TOBACCO TAX
TAKES LITTLE TIME-THE UN-
COMPLETED CORPORATION TAX
IS TAKEN UP FIRST AND DAN
lei RESUMES SPEECH.
BULLETIN.

Washington, D. c., July s.-The sen
ate today accepted Senator 5radley's
amendment permitting tobacco grow
ers to sell their products without the
payment of tax.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
Gov. Burke Delivers Address
Before Navigation Congress
MEET At OMAHA NEXT YEAR
LIVELY CONTEST OVER REsoLu.
TIoNs rs FEATURE OF CLOSING
SESSION OF MISSOURI CON-
GREss - GEN. WILLIAMS OF
BISMARCK ON PROGRAMME.

Yankton, S. D., July S-The Mis-
souri, River Navigation congress which
opened yesterday. will close tonight.
Today Victor Rosewater OF Omaha
spoke on Publicity and Promotion. and
w. s. Guyer of Kansas City, Kan. on
Missouri River Navigation, Past and
Future. Governor John Burke of
North Dakota, Judge James OF St
Joseph, Gen. E. A. Williams OF North
Dakota, President Ellis, c. d. Reed of
Sioux City, and John Fox of Washing
ton, d. c.. special director OF rivers
and harbors, also made addresses. The
election OF officers and the selection OF
the next meeting place occurs late this
afternoon. This evening there will be
banquet.
Discrimination Alleged.
A lively contest over the nature OF
the resolutions is in prospect. The
river delegates from the upper section
of states do not take kindly to the
distribution of funds for the improve
ment of the stream, as recently an
nounced by the war department
From the present outlook. Omaha
will have no opposition for the next
convention. 1t is expected Edgar c.
Ellis of Kansas City, will be reelected
nresident.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-08
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy with probable showers
tonight or Friday. Barometer 1854.
Maximum temperature 80. Minimum
temperature Ga Precipitation 20.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
Webster, "the Godlike."

A correspondent asks why Daniel
Webster was, called 1.-The godlike,'' not
withstanding that some of his character
istcs were very much of the earth,
earthly" Webster was the object of an
idolatry such as has been lavished upon
few statesmen of modern times, and his
eulogists We'd with one another in eulo-
GUM. We do not understand that those
who called him 1.-The godlike" likened him
to the Diety. but to one of those inhabi-
tants of high Olympus who had human
frailties and occasionally descended to
earth to exhibit ''amiable weaknesses"
The Webster eulogists may have seen
something Jovian in his port, or Apollo
like in his gifts, or the eye of Mars.
Webster's appearance was profoundly
impressive-the magnificent head, the
deep, splendid eyes that seemed at once
to fathom and absorb, the body that ex-
pressed the power of great physique. To
many who saw him it seemed that this
magnificent tabernacle contained a spirit
that transcribed the powers of common
praise, and hence the excess of lauda-
ton which puzzles our correspondent
Boston Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
START OF LILIPUTIAN CHINA.
When Statesmen Carried Small Samples
About the Country.

Do you know those miniature dinner
and tea services and odd pieces of china
bearing the marks of historic makers
and most exquisitely fashioned that are
preserved in many old families? This
iliputian china had an origin that is not
perhaps generally known. The leading
china makers century or two ago were
in the habit Of sending it as Christmas
presents to the children of their best
customers.
A number of these sets and pieces
will be exhibited in London toward the
middle of next month, says the Lady S
Pictorial, and they will be well worth
seeing by those who care for rare china.
1t is quite possible that collection of
liliputian furniture will be exhibited at
the same time. These tiny pieces are as
complete in all details as furniture of
the normal size, but they are no larger
than the things you would expect to find
in a first rate dolls house.
They were made originally not for the
delectation of the young, but as samples
for the young man who travelled the
provinces in the interest of some firm of
furniture makers in London. In those
days there were no leviathan catalogues
profusely illustrated, and a journey from
remote country district to the show
rooms in London was a formidable I'M
dertaking before we had railways and
motor cars.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
ALL CAN SMOKE ON MISSOURI.
State Produces 24,651,456 Cob Pipes
I'm 1908.

State Produces 24,651, 456 Cob Pipes
I'm 1908.
The statistics concerning Missouri's
production of corncob pipes-styled
the Missouri Meerschaum," supply a
good pipe story, though it is not a
pipe dream According to the fig
ures compiled by the Missouri State
Bureau of Labor and Stasitcis for it's
annual report there were made in Mis-
souri, 24,671 ,456 cobpipes in 1908, sew
en- factories being engaged in their
production. Of this total number 49,
268,096 were made in Franklin county
alone In addition there were turned
out the same year 415,314 wooden
pipes, 1,729,350 extra stems and 49,
238 pipe cleaners.
The value of the total product was
$431,810 of which Franklin county
county produced $401, 643. The value
Of the raw material consumed was
S233,68S, the capital invested in the
seven factories was $124,547, and the
wages paid exceeded that sum slight
ly, being $12S,295. In the manufac-
ture of these pipes there were en-
ployed 303 males and GO females.
Missouri made enough of these
pipes last year to supply one to each
man, woman and child in the State,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
ApOdictic.

Il am determined to go on a vaca-
tion"'
Whittier looked almost fierce as he
spoke. Cleverton regarded him with a
cuizzical look.
You have a comfortable home?" he
asked
Splendid Nothing could be better
And a loving wife?''
None more so. Studies to please all
the time. Never obtrudes herself, and
is silent when desirable"
You are in good physical condition.
Very. Never felt better"
mo trouble of any sort, no hidden
worry that you want to get away from -
None whatever. Everything is Sc
rene"
What, then, is the reason for your
going?"
Whittier smiled.
My dear boy" he replied, don't you
know that when everything is running
smoothly, when there is absolutely no
cause for complaint, when you simply
couldn't improve on the present condi-
tons if you tried-don't you understand
that then the pure and unadulterated
cussedness of human nature absolutely
demands that something be done to up
set the harmony of things? That's why
| am going on a vacation. I'm looking
for troublev'-Thoma L. Mason in Lip
Dincott'S
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09

There was the same power in it that she
had felt before.
TO the surprise of the waiter, she
started to rise from the table. But the
words reached her-words of questions
and the answer came in woman's low
love laugh, a laugh with truth in it, of
surprised contentment and belief. She
might have doubted the questions the
laugh with the girlish note in it-that
she could not doubt. And all the long
time when she was trying to eat her
salad she had to hear his voice from be-
hind the gently moving curtains.
When the waiter came with her cof-
fee, she looked into his eyes, queer,
dumb look it was, that belied the rich
ness of her voice. "When does the first
train for the east leave?'' she asked.
And where can [ send a telegram ?"--
Charlotte Teller in Cassell's Saturday
Journal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
SUNK BY THE TOREDO.
Army Worm of the Sea Is Best Friend
of Navigators

One of the navigator's best friends
and also one of his most persistent enc
mics is the toredo. 1t has DESTROYED
more dangerous derelicts than all the
derelict destrOyerS sent out for the pur-
pose ever have done. and at the same
time 1T is such a great pest that the
navy department is waging perpetual
war on it, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
1t is found in tropical and semi-tropi-
cal waters, and is worm about six
inches long and three-eighths of an inch
thick. The body is SOFT but the head is
exceedingly hard and ends in a pair of
mandibles that are perfect augers and
capable of boring a hole in the hardest
wood. 1t is due to this worm that
derelict's wanderings usually are limited
to two years.
If the vessel is iron or copper plated
some Of the plates are sure to get loose
in few months and a few inches of eX-
posed planking offer an ample opening
for the toredo to enter and get to work.
In short time the derelict is riddled
with millions of holes and sinks, to trou-
BILE navigators no more.
But the toredo is not an unmixed
blessing, since 1t does not confine it's vora-
ciOus appetite to drifting hulks, but
also attacks the hulls Of wooden ships,
plllng OF WharveS and anything not pro-
tected with metal or chemically treated.
Wood soaked in creOSOte is immune for a
while, but sooner or later the tOredO
finds a way to carry on its work of de-
structiOn.
No wood ever has yet been found hard
enough to Withstand the attacks of this
army worm of the sea, and if man pos
sessed the same engineering power in
proportion to his size he would be able
to put tube straight through the cen
ter of the earth in month. The wood
work of the dry dock at Port Royal was
destroyed by it, and since the sewage of
Baltimore has been piped further out into
the bay the toredo has begun operations
on all the dock timbers, piling and
wharves along the water front.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
GETS RICH ON BEANS.

Sixty years ago Edward Borchard,
one year old, went to California with
his parents in a prairie schooner. He
returned east recently in a Pullman
car to visit relatives.
Edward Borchard's parents were
"forty-niners." Their home was in
Iowa. Stricken with the gold fever
they packed their belongings in a
SCHOONER" and "set sail" for the
land of their dreams.
Edward Borchard has made for
tune raising lima beans and sugar
beets. His bean market is in the
East. He numbers his acres by the
thousand. He is the proprietor of six
ranches and employs as many as fifty
horses on a ranch. Also, Borchard
possesses seven sons. They are grow
ing up, and as they grow to manhood
they relieve their father of his bur-
dens. When young Borchard
reaches his majority his father gives
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
THE MOON BEHIND THE PINES.

A disk as golden as the bowl
Some Sultan brims with luscious wines
Light floods though from it's rich soul,
The great full moon behind the pines.
Drifting adown the seas of dark,
Is it a galleon ore divines?
Aye, tbs wondrous treasure barque
The great full moon behind the pines,
Feathered Endymion in the boughs
Is lifting low and liquid lines
TO love in yonder amber house,
The great full moon behind the pines!
The night is full of wandering dreams,
Truants until the morning shines;
Fairest of all these visions seems
The great full moon behind the pines!
Clinton Scollard in New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09

1t is SO degenerate into license 1t be-
comes responsible for considerable amount of domes
tic misery. Not long ago lamented to the
home circle of her favorte family magazine that her
husband neglected his shaving the most scandaous
fashion when he expressed it, there nobody to
see" He forgot that his wife there to II
any else to speak of her nobody he would
indignant he reserves that privilege for himself
Married people apt to make the mistake of act
ing as If when the made the prayer IS
said the deed for all is DONE and henceforth
there can question of their love for
the contrary, 1t is not enough that shall love
his wife, he should tell her and often. 1t is
not enough that a shall love and honor her
husband she must set forth In her life the fact that
Married love to which the inspired apostle
likens Christs love for His church. should be like
Gods loving kindness, every morning.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
Mustache Is Religions.

THE mustache has religious sig
nificance," said a clergyman in a
Lenten address. 1T forms, you see.
in company with the nose, a cross.
In the time of the Moslem invasion
of Spain mixed marriage rendered it
impossible to tell heather from
Christian; so the Spaniards took to
shaving all the face but the upper lip.
Thus every Christian countenance
bore q cross "a cross part flesh and
part hair.
From it's religious the mustache
has come to have an elegant signifi-
canoe purely. Men now wear it not
to proclaim their faith, but to magnify
their beauty. It's source, however, is
in Christianity. Before the Spanish
invasion men either wore full boards
or went clean shaved. Los Angeles
Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
PAPERS * 4np PEOPLE,

the growth is rapid there sometimes is pain Many OF
the pseudo troubles of the properly are no more
than the of the worlds growing pains They are
for much rejoicing congraulaon rather than
reason for amentaon or for concern. They marks
advancement in social organization. They proofs
progress toward realization of human solidarity
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09

The killing of three German balloon
2sts by Russian guards, on the borders
OF the Cars dominions gives the COM
mon practice of shooting at aeronauts
the dignity of serious international
question. 1t is time that something were
done to impress upon the people of all
nations and of all parts of nations, the
fact that shooting at balloons is some
thing that cannot be done without as
Stunning the risk of murder and the pun
ishment therefor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
John Browns Fort.

Prepare tons are being made at dar-
pers Ferry to move the old John brown
fort from the Murphy farm, mile OF
two from the town. to the ,,. campus at
taken down carefully and re-erected in.
exactly the same size and shape as was
tbe original. 1t will be used by the col
ieee as library and museum.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09

him a number of acres, number of
horses, hands him some capital,
teaches him the rules of ranching and
tells him to go forth and grow his
fortune.
Borchard raises about one hundred
and fifty tons of lima beans every
year. That's some beans. In Cali
fornia they don't raise them on sticks,
but let them trail on the ground.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-09
The Dangerous Hatpin.

At Budapest Hungary, recently,
young woman was standing on the step
of an omnibus when a man who desired
to get off begged her to make room for
him. She Immediately turned round, and
the passengers heard cry of pain. One
of the young woman's hatpins had en-
tered the mans eye. He was taken to
an oculist who stated that the sight OF
the eye had been destroyed.