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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-11-11
this way it is thot that the

this way it is thot that the
ue of the high school woul4 ue
conserved from the bottom as
we'll as the top, and Ivy men of
whom some at least would be
Immediately familiar with ac-
tual conditions.
The com mittee recommends
ed state aid to country schools
kept up to certain standards of
attendance, length IF term and
equipment. This is done with
success in other states. such as
Minnesota; it does not cost tax
payers a cent extra. A bill fav-
oring state aid for cou n try
schools was introduce d last
winter, but failed in spite of
t e II thousand petitions. 1t
should not be left to die year
hence.
Other propositions discussed
of the com mittee were: \ re-
duction of the present 3 mile
limit of compulsory attendance
to 2l2 miles; move to abolish
the office of school district
treasurer and have his work
done by the county treasurer;
a yearly option to the county
superintendent with the coun-
ty commissioners of taking
mileage for his travel as at
present. or mileage plus $500
per day for livery-hire, or his
actual and necessary travelling
expenses; provision whereby
the sheriff would investigate
cases of alleged non-attendance
at school; and finally the for
nation of county n or N a
schools such as were provided
for in a bill introduced at Bis
marck lasl winter. As far as
Richland County is concerned,
favor was shown for the forma-
ton at the State School of Sci
ence of a Normal Department
where 9Th grade graduates do
ing two years of normal work
might receive certificates qua
lifying them as second grade
teachers anywhere in the state.
Las t winter a 1912 months
course was provided for at the
state normal schools. 1t con-
sists of a professional review
of the common school branches
together with physiology. civ
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-11-11

Geo. J. Engelhart was hand
ed a draft for $156.80 by the
correspondent of t h e loc a
homestead of the Brotherhood
of American Yeoman as an &C.
cident benifit for the injury re.
cieved IN falling off the Brod.
erick house in September. The
Yeoman is good protection and
pay their bill promptly, are
you member?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-11-11
GOVERNOR BURK
APPOINTS

F. L. Thompson of Cando, to
fill the vacancy in the U. S.
Senate. Appointment made
Wednesday evening at 5 p. m.
Big surprise to all.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-11-11
COMMERCIAL
CLUB MEET

Commercial Club Call To Order
and Presided Over bo Il. T.
Connolly.
The November regular meet
ing of the Commercial Club
was presided over last Wednes.
day evening by Vice-president
Connolly in the absence from
the city of President w. 7.
Robinson. About 80 members
were present. Matthias Braun,
for the committee having in
hand the encouragement of the
street-railway project, peport-
ed all the stock subscribed ex.
cepting "a shares out of the
apportionment to the Brecken-
ridge side, and that the Breck-
enridge parties who were re
presenting that towns interest
in the enterprise were willing
to permit their being subscrib.
ion from anybody. The fran.
chises were turned over to the
stock subscribers, surveying
was being done for the railway.
and the company was all ready
to start work promptly and
early in the spring of 1910.
The use of the club rooms
was granted for session
Friday morning of the this
week to the Southeastern
Teachers Association which
will hold meetings here Friday
and Saturday.
Complaint was made that
numerous agents were FIRE.
quenting Wahpeton and be-
coming 80 great nuisance t.
housekeepers that all should
be required to pay a license fee
or kept out; but no action was
taken as no sufficient legal
means appeared for accomplish
ing such purpose.
A. G. Divet turned over to
the club communications look.
ing towards subscription of
$500 from Richland County for
the selection and purchase of
a Silver Service for the United
States Battleship North Da.
kota. II was voted to refer the
matter back to Purcell and
Divet, inasmuch as it is in
charge Of state committee for
disposal and no communica-
tion from such committee has
come to the club.
Upon recommendation of E.
5. Babcock, the chair appoint
ed committee to develop and
unity sentiment in the Fourth
Judicial DISTRICT and elsewhere
favoring the speedy erection in
Wahpeton of a federal building
The committee is Messrs. Pur.
cell, Forbes and Wolfe.
Chairman F. E. Smith of the
House Committee reported in
favor of a return to steam heat
ing the club rooms. No action
was taken.
fr. Oslund brought up the
possibility Of flax factory in
this state at a cost of 100000,
and action was taken looking
towards securing such an in
stitution here.
This brought up some dis
cussion of the wisdom of rails.
ing a fund of $1,000 to support
an industrial agent for Wahpe-
ton whose duty it would be to
search for the establishment of
new Wholesale and mauufac-
turing lines of business in
Wahpeton. using the same
metheds as proves most sue
cessful in the farmland busin-
ess. He would be expected to
visit Milwaukee, Chicago and
other large centres of whole
sailing and manufacturing, 10
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-11-11
PURCELL AT PUB
LICITY MEETING
Represented Governor Burk, ana
Speech Made Hit of the
Evening

0po0Ou mdu0 att VI Iu0
Evening
Senator Purcell of this place
represented Governor Burke at
a big Publicity meeting in
Minneapolis on Friday Nov. 5
in which t h great states
took part. Addresses were made
by the Governors of South Da-
kota and Minnesota but Pur.
cells speech was the hit of the
evening and at jts conclusion
the following toast was pro
posed to North Dakota by Gil
bert Byron.
Here's to North Dakota, from
sister Minnesota,
May each to other al ways be
good neighbors;
Aud when work is to be done,
may they always pull as one
And each one share the profit
with the other.
So long as people eat, we will
grind their golden wheat,
So we gladly send the cash to
help her move it.
And We know that in her heart
Minnesota has part.
For she asks Bill Purcell down
here for to prove it,"
The Sundays Journal spoke
very highly of the address of
Senator Purcell and had a very
good character sketch of him.
But the Tribune and some
other Republican papers have
distorted many of his sayings
and endeavored to make light
of the addreas by saying he
poked fun at South Dakota etc.
The fact is there is a powerful
influence back of these articles,
whose objects is to keep Sena-
tor Purcell from getting the
appointment to the vacancy in
the Z. S. Senate.
The Senator was informed
before the Sunday Tribune was
out that it wss to give him a
roast. Also the motive back of
it.
When the Senator was asked
to represent the Governor at
this meeting, it was taken by
his friends as an indication
that the Governor intended TO
further honor him by appoint
ing him to to the L. S. Senate
and so it must have been taken
by those who attended the big
publicity meeting as he was
introduced as the probable new
senator of North Dakota.
Should Purcell be turned
down in the senatorial appoint
ment after what has taken
place his friends feel that it is
an unpardonabie humiliation.
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-11-11

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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06

People who admire us are always
pleasant company.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
LIVE, STOCK AT STATE FAIR
Capacity Of Big New Barns Will Be
Strained to Care for Record
List Of Entries.

Des Moines, Aug. 6.-Horse and cat
tie entries for the Iowa State fair sur.
pass previous records. The figures
given out by Secretary John c. Simp-
son showed marked increase in com.
parison to last year. /,
The new cattle barn will make pos
sible the accommodation of all the
entries, though the capacity Of the
stables will be strained by the many
live stock exhibits. @
The entry list closed Monday night,
but the entries mailed on Monday
were accepted. The figures follow:
Standard bred drivers and saddlers
135, Shetland ponies n, other ponies
~, Morgans 80, French and German
coach 10, hackneys 10, Clydesdale A.,
shires rs, Percheron 275, Belgians 95,
draft animals AZ, mules, 10, total 1928.
Shorthorns 1862, Hereford 201, Angus
81, Galloway 80, Polled Durhams %,
Red Polled 81, Holstein As. Jerseys Sc,
Ayrshire %, Guernseys Is, total $685.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
QUAKE FOLLOWED BY FAMINE
Thousands Without Food in Stricken
Mexican Cities-TidaI Wave
RI Adds to Ruin.

Mexico City. -. Details which are
beginning to arrive from the state
of Guerrero show that the. recent Sc
ries of earthquakes In the valley Of
Mexico and along the Pacific coast
were the worst experienced in many
years.
It Is now certain that the towns Of
Acapulco and Chilpancingo have been
practically destroyed.
What the earthquake of Friday
failed to do was accomplished by the
stronger one Of Saturday, which either
leveled or rendered uninhabitable every
building in the two places.
In addition to the ruin caused by
the earthquake. Acapulco now facee
a famine. All of the markets were de-
stroyed and the country people are
afraid to bring more produce into the
town. The people are camping in the
public squares. Z. ~. ~
A dispatch from Acapulco says 73
distinct, shocks have been felt there
since the first shake Friday.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
FOUNTAIN PEN SAVES LEE
Defects Bullet Fired by Woman q
Gotham Lawyer In Waldorf
Astoria Hotel.

. F. 10y
New York.-If you expect to be
shot, carry a fountain pen in your
vest pocket. 1t may save your life.
William, D. Craig. a lawyer, was
thus protected when Mrs. Mary A.
Castle, decidedly good-looking WON.
an. tried to kill him in the crowded
Waldorf-Astoria hotel and instead Of
a mortal wound be bears only 2
scratch, because the fountain pen de.
fiected the bullet. Iii
Craig, who is a member of the
Rocky Mountain club, which has a
suite Of rooms in the hotel, was on his
way to the club rooms to dress for
dinner Mrs. Castle, who had been
waiting for him, tried to detain him,
but Craig shook off the woman and
went to the elevator. Mrs. Castle
kept pace with him and as he was
about to step into the elevator, she
shot at him when the muzzle of the
revolver was within an inch of his
coat
"He is the cause of my trouble.
He has thrown me over" was her ex-
PLANTATION.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
Home FOR THE AGED
Danish Society Of Iowa to Erect
One in Des Moines.
THE HOME WILL COST $50, 900
G. Larson, Of Racine, Father Of Late
Mrs. v. Lyngby, Gives $4,000
in Memory Of Daughter.
site Selected.


Des Moines, Aug. Sin memory Of
his daughter, Mrs. " Lyngby, wife of
the former Danish vice-consul in
Iowa, L. Larson of Racine, Wis.,, has
given the Danish society of Iowa and
Des Moines $4,000 with which to
build an endowed home In Des Moines
for aged Danish people. Mrs. Lying
by died at Council Bluffs last Deem
Der. The home will cost 100000, the
remaining $4,000 to be raised by
subscription. Four lots have been
purchased at the corner of East Ninth
and Morton avenue as site for the
new home.
! The canvas for funds has been de.
!ferred because of the fact that the
Danish people are raising money now
for an orphanage at lila, Mimi. AS
soon as the funds have been raised for
this building the canvas for the funds
for home for the aged will begin,
and it is hoped to have the home
ready for occupancy some time next
year. 1t is also planned to build
new church adjoining the home for
the aged.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06

drivewheels were over the gap where
the engine stopped, but the small
trailers were off. =,
List OF the Injured.
The list of the seriously injured is
as follows:
John D. Lawrence, Madrid, mall
clerk; aged 46; married. Right elbow
and left shoulder fractured and In.
jured internally.
Frank L. Eistonwaller, Cedar Rap.
ids, mail clerk; aged IS. Cut on back
of head, left shoulder bruised.
E. A. Matkovick, Blysdale, Penn,
laborer; aged AZ. Cut on head. .,
Arthur Dodge, Toledo, O.; aged %.
Cut on forehead, ankle sprained.
Ralph Santanatob, Chicago, laborer.
w. E. Glenn, Springfield, S. D. Cut
on forehead.
Andrew Gaydy, Chicago. Bruised on
head 49,.
John McCarty, Chicago. Left ankle
sprained and bruised.
Charles H. Larabee, Ainsworth, Neb.
Side injured.
Charles F. Price, Chicago. Cut on
head, leg bruised. 49,. .s
Arthur Craig, colored, Kansas City.
Cut on finger of right hand.
Jacob Gogo, East Cambridge, Mass.
Cut and bruised over right eye.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
STORM PANIC: At CIRCUS.
Roar Of Lions Territies Crowd at Bat
tie Greek, Mich.-severaI Per
sons Injured.

Oh 49, % - ! ~ p 2 - =
Battle Creek, ich.-,During wind
storm which uproofed trees, blew
down fences and telephone poles here
the menagerie tent of Barnum &
Bailey's circus was blown down and
two women seriously injured A large
crowd was thrown into panic. None
of the animals escaped, but the roars
of the lions created panic.
Miss Adelaide Hathaway Of School
craft. Mich, sustained internal in.
juries and a fractured hip. Miss Der
nice Platt of this city was severely
injured At Athletic park, where the
local and Jackson teams of the South.
ern Michigan league were playing
Catcher Stringer of the local team was
struck by lightning on the field and
thrown to the ground unconscious.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
700 CIVIL WAR MUSICIANS
z. J. Freeman, Of Audubon, Heads
Iowa Delegation to National
Encampment in Salt Lake.

Audubon, Ia, Aug. 6.-Quite no.
table train pulled out from the Rock
Island depot in Audubon, being no
other than one carrying E. ]. Free.
man of Audubon and part of his
700 members of the National Associa'
ton of Civil War Musicians enroute
to the national encampment OF the
Grand Army of the Republic at Salt
Lake City. He was accompanied by
q large number of citizens who are
not members of the G. A. R., but go
along for an outing and to see the
famous Mormon city. When Mr.. Free
man was elected president of the Civ.
IL War Musicians little did he dream
that it would spread from the city
of Audubon to the borders OF the
county. then the borders Of the state,
till now 1t is scattered into many
states OF the Union. But such Is the
fact. Mr.. Freeman and his grey hair
ed fifers and drummers, 700 strong,
have been assigned the position Of
leaders Of the grand parade out at
Salt Lake City next week.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
Boat capsizes-Three Drown.

Clarion, Ia.-In a triple drowning
here Mrs. G. s. Bennett, Hazel
Hudelson and Eva Porter lost their
lives on Elm Lake.
A party of a dozen girls went to the
lake to spend two or three days. Mr..
and Mrs. Bennett chaperoned the
company. - ,ts Z
The party had crossed the lake in a
gasoline launch and row boat.
They enjoyed the bathing and were
returning when the row boat began to
sink. The girls crowded on the
launch, which went down with all
on board. People across the lake
heard their cries of distress and hero.
ically rescued all bit three. The
bodies have been recovered and
brought to this city.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06

Des Moines, Aug. 5.-Twelve people
were injured and the passengers OF
the entire train of the Overland Linn
tied of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway miraculously escaped
death in a wreck just east of the
crossing at Cambridge early Saturday
morning. The accident was caused
by break foot long in the south
rail of the track. The engine did not
leave the rails, but the six coaches
were thrown into the ditch and the
mail and combined express cars were
splintered into kindling wood.
News of the disaster was at once
sent to Cambridge, Des Moines and
Council Bluffs. Special relief trains
were hurried to the scene. John D.
Lawrence, the mail clerk, was found
cruelty mangled under the wreckage
and was hurried to Des Moines and
taken to the Methodist hospital. He
recovered consciousness and at once
dispatched message to his wife
at Marion, Ia, assuring her that he
would recover. The physicians are
not so sanguine as Lawrence is in a
grave condition.
The railroad officials believe that
the wreck was caused by a freight
engine breaking the rail although it
is possible that it was caused by the
passenger engine passing over it. The
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
WOULD SHAKE OFF EAST.
Time Has Come for West to Cut
ShackIes, Says Gov. johnson -.
Of Minnesota. ,.a,r

Seattle, Wash.-"It is time that the
west threw of the shackles of the
east. would preach no sectional
divisions and no sectional strifes, but
Minnesota and Washington and the
states between them, with those: to
the south of us, should arise in their
might and claim for themselves that
fair share of influence In the halls of
congress and in the administration of
national affairs to which they are en-.
titled by every law of common sense,
as we'll as of political economy"
This was the declaration of Gov.
John Johnson in his address at the
Minnesota day celebration at the Seat
tie exposition.
1--WE, as an integral part of the
American people should cast our in
fluence and our votes not only to ad-
vance the material interests of our
own particular section, but we should
be broad enough and big enough to
labor for the common good of our
common country" said the governor.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
SEEK BLACK HAND kIDNAPERS
DISAPPEARANCE OF ST. LOUIS
CHILDREN LAID TO BAND.
Trunks Traced to Chicago Found 20
Contain Only Lot Of Old
Clothing.

St. Louis. - Three trunks shipped
by members of the BLACK Hand,
who kidnapped two children in this
city, have been found in Chicago. Un.
til they were opened it was feared
they contained the bodies of the chill
dren. However the discovery Of cloth
ing and other articles in the trunks is
regarded as an important clew.
p The discovery that the three trunks
had been shipped from St. Louis to
Chicago by men suspected of the
kidnapping of Grace and Tommasso
Viviano confirmed the local police in
the belief that the disappearance OF
the children and the demand of $780,
900 ransom for them, was the result
of a carefully worked BLACK Hand
plot, which did not, however, contem-
plate harm to the children.
t. The local police officials had no idea
that the trunks found in Chicago con-
tanned the bodies of the children. For
this reason Chief Creecy telegraphed
to the Chicago authorities to use, their
own judgment in opening the boxes.
The message was in answer to COM
munication from Chicago to the effect
that bodies were believed to be in the
trunks :.
The st. Louis police, theory Of the
trunks is that they contained the prop
erty Of Samuel Turrisi, who is be
lieved to have lured the Viviano chill
dren from their home. and other mem.
bers Of the Matchmaking gang. The
trunks were taken from the house OF
Joseph Pagano here Monday after
noon and 1t is known that Pagano and
Turrisi were friends and that a man
answering the latter's description left
Pagano's house an hour before the
children disappeared Monday.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
A City Clerks Garden.

A city clerk never misses chance
of expatiating on his garden to his
colleagues. who, however. We're never
taken home. to see 1t, but were
under the impression it was Of enor-
nous size. Five of them resolved
to have a look at 1t. discovered his ad.
dress, and called one Saturday after
noon to see the hundreds Of roses, al!
a-growing and ea.blooming. On being
taken to the rear Of the house. Judge
Of their surprise on seeing a back
yard about IL feet by ten feet. One
bold spirit ventured that it was not
very big. ~
Big" replied the proud owner.
pointing to the sky. "Why. man. alive.
look at the height of it!"-Chicago
Daily Socialist.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
VAN DYCk HEADS IOWA EAGLES
Des Moines Man Elected President at
A the State Convention Held
at Davenport. =

Davenport, Ia, Aug. 6.-The state
convention of Eagles elected officers
as follows: President, Paul Van Dyck,
Des Moines; vice president, Lee
Evans, Council Bluffs; Secretary, Sam
Swift, Dubuque; Treasurer, N. G.
Lutz, Charlton; Chaplain, Herman
Bremhorst, Ottumwa; Conductor, Hen
~ Eggers, Davenport; Inside Guard,
Thomas CASTILLO, Perry; Outside
Guard, ]. H. Shelter. Muscatine.
Trustees, e. s. Lotion, Keokuk; F., l..
Boyer, Davenport; J.. M. Reed, Sioux
city; Lee Van Derloo, Council Bluffs;
g. I. Hayward, Des Moines.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
The Force Of Habit.

One of the campers had done some
thing peculiarly idiotic, and the dean
said: "Dick reminds me of Thomas
colt"
What about Thomas eolt2" asked
Dick, cheerfully.
why" the dean responded, readily,
where lived in Maine when was
boy an old man named Thomas
raised horses. He once put out to
pasture a colt, which had been fed
from its birth in box stall and wa
tered at the trough in the yard.
"The pasture lay across a small
river, and in the middle of the day the
colt swan the stream to 60 up to the:
barn-yard FOR a drink Of water
Youths Companion. Ell.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
ELEVATOR BURNED
Big Grain House at Cambridge
Entirely Destroyed.
FIRE OF MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN
Building Mass Of Flames When Fire
Was Discovered-Third story
Had Just Been Added to
the Structure.

Cambridge, Ia, Aug. 6.-Fire Of mys
terious origin destroyed the Ingles 4
Co. grain elevator. The property los1
is fully $4,000 about half covered by
insurance.
The Ingless & Co. elevator was a
large frame structure, designed to hold
about $4,000 bushels Of grain. Work
on putting third story on the build.
ing had been finished within the last
few days.
When the fire was discover I'd the
whole structure was a mass of flames.
A hundred or more citizens were
quickly on the ground but 1t was plain
that the elevator was doomed and lit
tie attempt was made to fight the
flames.
The building itself was quickly de-
stroyed. It is likely that the grain
will continue burning for days. The
loss on the building and machinery
will be about $4,000 and on the grain,
chiefly wheat, rye and corn, about
$1,000. There was no fire in the
building and the officers Of the com.
pany are at loss to understand how
the fire originated.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
The Water Cite.

He was six years old and had never
gazed into the mystic lens of mi
croscope. Several slides containing
animalcula had been displayed to his
astonished vision. He was too amazed
to make any comment until he came
to one slide that seemed more wriggly
than any Of the others. 1t was merely
drop Of water.
The little fellow gazed at it a long
time, with all it's nimble particles OF
animal life, and finally exclaimed to
his mother:
ooh, mamma, now know what it is
that bites you when you drink soda
water. ... -...
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06
Crop Growing on Small Scale.

A small holder in East Lexham is
making an interesting experiment in
barley growing upon his land to test
the possibility of raising corn on a
small scale. In 1907 he sowed Is spe-
cially selected grains of barley, which
yielded 400 ears. The resulting ker-
nels he sowed in 1908 and harvested
in IA weeks, with the result that he
got bushes of threshede barley, which
he has sown this year, his object be.
ing to show what can be done in ce-
real cultivation from very small be-
ginnings. London Standard.