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The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
TRACEY SUES 4. P. CO.
FOR $500 DAMAGES

The firm of McF Farlane & Murtha, local
attorneys. have brought suit against the
Northern Pacific Ry. Co. for $5. 100 dam
ages done to the traction engine and
steam plow outfit of Charles Tracey of
Taylor. The accident, it will be remem-
bered, happened early in the fall at the
railroad crossing at Taylor.
1t was thought at The time that Mr..
Tracey would be able to make salts
factory settlement with the company,
but recent developments put different
light on the affair.
The suit was started in district court,
but the railway company seeks to take
the matter into the federal court and the
first of next week Attorney Geo. A. Nc
Far)ane will 60 to Fargo on business
connected with the case.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
BOUGHT LAND EARLY ..-.
WHILE IT WAS CHEAP

John Monke of Horswill, was in the
city last Saturday. He had 1000
bushels Of grain this year. very little Of
which has been marketed. He has been
q resident Of Hettinser county fer about
i've years. coming here from Mt. Olive.
I'LL He has half section Of railroad
land besides his homestead and viii crop
more land next year than he has, the past
season. He has 10 head Of cattle and
horses and is we'll pleased with North
Dakota.
Henry Monke of Mt. Olive. ILL.,. has
five quarter sections Of. land in Hettinser
county and the combined holdings of
shimself and sons is IL quarters. They
boutht the last of their land last winter,
paying s13 per acre. The most Of their
land was purchased gone years ago
when the price was much lower. Il
The Monke boys market their grain
at Dickinson and Gladstone, but they
hope 10 Be ableto market on the Mil
:wankee. in their own county, an othes
season. >.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
Farmers Institute
PROFITABLE Meeting

Owing TO the snow that fell Friday
night and the stormy condition of the
day last Saturday. the attendance at the
Farmers Institute in Dickinson was
small. However, those who did attend
the morning and afternoon session in
the Commercial Club rooms of the
Armory building were well repaid and
the only regret is that several hundred
people were not present to get the
benefit of the meeting. The speakers
present were o. c. Gregg, an eminent
institute worker from Minnesota; Supt.
1. R. Waldron of the Dickinson expert
ment station: Prof. G. W. Randlett,
director of the extension work Of the
agricultural college; E. H. Pierce,
assistant dairy commissioner, Bismarck.
and Charles Clark, alfalfa expert at the
Dickinson experiment station. Supt. T.
A. Hoverstad was unable 10 be present
on account of illness in bis family.
The Bismarck Daily Tribune wa.
Continued on page s.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
A LOAD OF EVIDENCE
SEIZED IN DICKINSON

Quite a little furry of excitement was
experienced last Saturday when it be-
came generally known that the places
of five suspected prohibition law often
ders in the city had been raided and
caught with the GOODS in every case
but one.
Assistant Attorney General F. c.
Heffron had laid his plans very care
fully; and on Saturday afternoon the
injunctions on the suspected buildings,
together with search warrants, were
placed in the hands of Constable John
Lerfald of Belaeld. with instructions to
carry out the law to the letter.
It was evidently thoroughly done, as q
dray load Of the stuff" was collected
from the buildings where the search was
conducted. and is now in storage, await
ing the order Of the court. The build
inss on which the injunctions were
placed were those Of Michael Lally.
Martin Heises. W. D. .Roney. Walter
Scott and the G. PORTER and w. D.
Roney feed stable on the South Side.
The Roney building near Haymarket
square was the one exception where
nothing Of an incriminatins character
was found.
On the same day Joseph W. Pavlicek
Of Gladstone was arrested for contempt
Of court and the date Of his hearing set
for December 5.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
FLAX $1.e1 PER BusHEL
HAULING fifty MILES

On Tuesday the farmers were paid
S1.61 per bushel for fax at the Local
elevators, the highest price Of the
season. m
These were prices paid Carl Anderson,
Earl aRrice and Emil Erickson. who pull.
led in from the Oakdale country on Tues.
day, after journey Of two days, cover
ing distance of about 50 miles. Ed:
Krieser came along with two 4-horse
loads of wheat, the local market price Of
which was 91c per bushel. @ q.
Carl Anderson gave It as his opinion
that there was fully two weeks of thiesh-
ing yet to be done in his neiebborhood.
He finished at his place just the day
before the snow fell. He has yet to
market his grain. q little better than
r. 500 bushels, but while there Is three
to four inches of snew onsthe Rroupd
he does not expect to do q great deal Of
hauling. 1t requires four days, fol
these farmers from the north 10 make. q
trip to Dickinson. They hope to Get q
railroad nearer next year.
The present high prices of grain is the
one thing that keeps up the courage Of
the farmers living at great distances
from market.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
CHICAGO BANKERS WANT
STARK COUNTY BOMBS

t y
H. L. Harker. representing Chicago
bond house. was in Dickinson last Satur.
day to- get line on the $50. 600 issue
which Stark county will sell the first of
next month. Of course Mr.. Harker
would not give any idea as to what the
bonds should bring. but he was willing
to admit that he was satisfied that the
valuation of property in the county was
placed very low. He said that if the
county had its property valued as it
would be in Chicago or almost any city
east, the rate of taxation would appear
very much smaller than it does under
our present system of casting up property
valuations.
Mr.. Harker was on his way west.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
ANNUAL REPORT OF
E Experiment STATION

The state papers are devotine
considerable space to notices of the first
annual report of the Dickinson Expert
ment station.
The report is neat pamphlet of forty
pages, containing many Illustrations and
giving much information that will be
of great value 10 farmers on the western
slope. This information has already
been given from time to time through
the columns of the PRESS; but
every farmer will find that the matter
thus condensed and issued in compact
form, will be Of much practical use to
him.
\ The pamphlet deals with alfalfa,
clover and bronze grass, showing the
conditions under which these valuable
plants thrive best.
The different grain yields are given.
durum wheat being somewhat in the
lead. -.
Some interesting experiments with
potatoes are given; and as between
seven and eight hundred bushels OF
potatoes were raised at the station
during the past season, the experiments
In the growth and care Of the tubera
ought to prove very useful to every
farmer.
The report will be sent free to anyone
making application to Supt. L. r.
Waldron, Dickinson, or to Pres. j. H.
Worst. Agricultural college. Fargo,
N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
I lI1IStOIICaI SOcletV
L. j. S1vAEn J plu GRQp
TnREsnINa UNFINISHED

L j. Stoxen and sons. Christ and
Emil, and a friend came up from
Taylor last Saturday night to witness
the school corn contest awards. but in
this they were disappointed. However.
they put in the evening in looking
over the sights Of the city.
Mr.. Stoxen and his three sons have
been running their new threshins
machine all the fall, or since the 18th of
September. north of Taylor, near the
line, in Stark and Dunn counties.
They had just about 10 days work to
finish when the storm came. One job
was 150-acre fieldtof flax in the shock.
Mr.. Stoxen says that wheat averaged
from IS to 70 bushes to the acre and q
good many fields stood until the grain
was too ripe. resulting in decreased
yield on account Of shelling. He had
one field on his own farm that ought to
have made Is bushels had it been cut in
season. #%. q
This year the Stoxen farm raised
4. 100 bushels of wheat. 1900 bushels of
oats. 40 of barley and 80 of millet.
This is by fer the LARGEST grain crop
that Mr.. Stoxen ever had. He has sold
over 5000 bushels of wheat at IS 10 SIC.
His oats he feeds mostly to his work
teams and milch cows. ,s. -
L. j. Stoxen'. has dairy business
that he has been conducting for about
20 years. The past season he has milk
ed II cows and since the 25th Of May
his receipts for cream have amounted to
over $400. He is shipping to Mime
apolis at the present time. .. ,..-.
Stark county needs more families like
the Stoxens.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
FREE MAIL DELIVERY
FOR DICKINSON SOON

Now that the city has the proper street
names and numbers posted. it is only a
question of the people getting up their
house numbers and Getting an inspector
out from Washington before Dickinson
has free mail service.
postmaster N. C. Lawrence will not
lose any time in calling for an inspector
if the residents will do their part. The
numbers are mostly up on the north side.
and Mr.. Lawrence thinks that it is not
improbable that Dickinson's free de-
livery service will be inaueurated about
the first of January.
The second inspector who was in the
field in the fall arranged for room fof
the carriers and he stated then that the
people of South Dickinson had done their
duty with reference to putting up num-
bers much better than the people on the
north side. In fact, the inspector said
that the department was only waiting
for the city and the residents of the
north side to do their part as required
by the government before the service
could be ordered.
The canay store one door south of the
postofice entrance is to he fitted up fol
the mail carriers when the time comes.
All arrangements are made so that the
new place can be had on few days.
notice.
Now. it is up to the people to do thei1
part if they want free delivery. The
chances are that the city council will
take steps at their next session to pu,
numbers up for people who have
neglected to do so and charge the
property up with the expense.
One thing is certain and that is that
Postmaster Lawrence has carefully at
tended to his part in this important
matter.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20

A company OF earnest men and
women gathered al the armory Sunday
afternoon in response to the call of the
public health and sanitation committee
appointed to carry out lines ofwork sue-
ested by the lecture of Dr. Mccormack.
This first meeting was in the nature
of general discussion of the needs of
the city in sanitary way and the
means to secure better sanitary condi-
tions. At the suggestion of F.C. Heffron
chairman of the committee, Supt. Berg
presided and called upon those present
in an informal way.
Dr.. Stickney, arologized for being On
the sick list, and net having made
the preparation he had intended to
do, saying, it is said to be a dis
grace to be sick and more of a dis
grace to be ill than to be in Jail. for the
person who aets into Jail, has broken
one of mans laws while the person
who is sick has transgressed a law of
God.
Dr.. Stickney said he approved of the
health movement from a physicianss
standpoint. It is less than thirty years
since physicians themselves have known
the exact origin of any disease.
Physicians owe the people an apology in
that even now they do much to cure, and
little to prevent, disease. Medicine has
been considered mystery. 1t is not.
Eighty per cent of disease results from
micro-oreanisms, bacillus or eerms, and
100 per cent of the 80 have their origin
in filth-absolutely preventable. 80 pes
cent come from filth ingested, taken into
the mouth in food and drink and called
good. AZ r.
The church, it would seem. has failed
to exercise its exalted privilege iH
directing men totake care Of theft
physical well-being and /, learn that
cleanliness is next 10, If not before.
Godliness. A man sxho on bended knee
prays God to take care5of the physical
condition of himself and his family
while potatoes, cabbage and onions are
rottine in his cellar. garbage menacinf
health in his back yard, or typhoid
germs contaminating the water in his
we'll. asks a whole lot of God. All the
so-called children g diseases, diphtheria,
scarlet lever. measles and resultant ills
are preventable and death from these
diseases becomes a crime for which
somebody is' guilty not less than he who
strikes another with an axe and destroys
life. Instead of a wise and omnipotent
providence taking a loved one. it is
rather the sin individually or collective
ly Of wilful and negectful people. Filth
diseases may be absolutely prevented by
taking care of filth and a man who
allows contamination of water. air or
food through his carelessness is guilty of
crime to his family and the community.
The doctor spoke Of the havoc of the
house Ry-raised on dunghill- wiping
its feet on vegetables and meat wber-
ever it can gain access and this food
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
AN :EARtY :.
WINT Err
Three Inches of Snow-Unusual
Cold-15 Degrees Below Zero.
Fully One-Half of Grain
is Unmarketed.

Winter has apparently begun in
earnest. with the first real snow storm
of the season on Saturday. November 13.
Snow continued to fall on Sunday and
at intervals on Monday. until depth
Of three inches was reached By the
government gauge at the Dickinson
experiment station.
However. there was no wind and the
light snow did not drift, but when
people learned that mercury touched is
degrees below zero Sunday night they
shivered and were inclined to think that
some mistake had been made. There
was severe cold again Monday night,
the record being 10 degrees below zero.
Il did not seem so very cold in the day.
time and everyone was astonished when
told the records that the government
instruments had made.
The ground was not frozen any to
speak of when the snow came which is
the exception and not the rule in this
country when our first snow comes.
Farmers generally think that it is a
good thing though to have little snow
on the ground before the freezing
weather sets in.
In 1883 it is recorded, according to
E. F. Messersmith. that five to six
inches Of snow fell even earlier than
this season, and later it melted and
disappeared. ~,
A few farmers are caught with their
Drain still in the stacks and vesy few
even have fax in the shock in the field.
1t is estimateds that fully half of the
Grain threaded this year is still un-
marketed, but this i does not matter
providing tho grain is in a good gran
ary. The chances are almost certain
that the farmer will get great deal
moro out Of his crop for not having had
Z chance to market it before thfg.
There Is one thing that people living
in Western Nozth Dakota may be thank
s:ful fuE. They were not I'm the storm
centers last Saturday and Sunday:
Three hundred miles east Of Dickinson
ii: the Red River Valley country: one 81
the worst billiards of recent times ragged
all day Saturday. blockadinfsa ali traffic !
The SNOW, drifts in Fargo reached a
height of fully ten feet in places and
all business was suspended until the
otreets were cleared. ~
! Sundays trains did not reach hare
until Monday afternoon. ar in addition
to the snow blockade a wreck at Winni-
peg Junction on the Minnesota division
helped to delay railway traffic still
frthes. -, ~. 3s.'..s -. s.es =
The blizzard extended to Minnesota,
Wisconsin. Nebraska and South Dakota
on Mondsy.
The heavy fall of snow in this state
did not extend far west Of jamestown.
North of Dickinson in the Kildeer
mountain country. four inches of snow
is reported. while south, in the. Cannon
Ball river country, the reports indicate
about three inches. f'5
1t is unusual to have winter set in
this early in the western part of the
state. but 1t is the unusual that is
always happening.
1t commenced to thaw Thursday and by
Friday much OF. the snow had melted.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
A Bear
SLAUGHTER
Bunch of Dickinson Elks Turned
Loose Near Old Roosevelt
Ranch-Bruin's Meat for
December 10 Feast.

An exciting bear hunt was pulled of
at Medora last Sunday, when party Of
Elks turned themselves loose among the
buttes and Gulches to round up their bear
which had been released from durance
the evening before.
The bear. which has acquired con-
siderable local fame. is the one that was
brought from the east by Nels Nichols
of Medora. several months ago, and that
was intended to furnish the piece de
resistance for the Elks celebration and
banquet, scheduled to take place Decem-
Der 10.
The preliminaties of the hunt having
been all arranged. the bear was taken
several miles from Medora on Saturday
afternoon, and turned loose among the
hills: and the understanding was that
the man who got him would become the
proud possessor of his hide as trophy
for his prowess.
The party which started out Sunday
morning afte, the bear included the
Medora Elks and a number who went up
from here on No. S Saturday evening.
among them being Capt. A. J. Osborn,
Ed. Partridge. Frank Roquette. H. A.
Burgeson, Sheriff j. A. Wiech, W. G.
Ray, Valdemar Jessen, Ed. Hughes and
w r. Everett.
The bear was first sighted several
miles from town. travelling along
ridge. The hunting party were al this
time on an opposite ridge with a gully
of considerable depth between.
While the majority of the hunters
made dash through the eulch and up
the other side, Capt. Obsorn decided to
Try some long range shooting from the
top of the ridge. The distance was
close to a thousand yards, but the
captain has had con siderable experience
in long range shooting, and his third
shot dropped the bear, crippline but
not killing him.
The rest Of the party had by this time
begun the ascent of the opposite hillside
and several shots were fired so nearly TO-
ðer that there was some doubt as to
who had fired the fatal shot. The
honor was finally unanimously conceded
to belong to Ed. r. Partridge Of this
city.
The preliminary agreement had been
that the first man to bring the bear down
was entitled to the skin: therefore Capt.
Osborn received this coveted distinction.
With his customary generosity the cap
tain will have the skin mounted and
will present it to the Elks as an orna-
ment for their hall and souvenir of the
great bear hunt.
The meat will be served at the BAN
quet of the Elks on the evening Of the
first celebration of their organization.
Elaborate preparations are being made
for this celebration, which will be held
at the armory December 10, and for
which large number of invitations
have been sent outside the city.
The festivities will be held throughout
the day and will close with a grand
ball in the evening and banquet at mid
night.
The banquet will be served by the
Catholic ladies society and will be fully
up to the high standard maintained in
the past by these ladies.
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20
THE CITY FOR HEALTH:
LEARN TO KEEP WE'LL
Highest Work of Physicians Teach People How Avoid Disease
Eighty per Cent of All Diseases Traced Filth
lutely Preventable-Spend as Much Money Save
- Lives of People as to Preserve Live Stock

finding its way to homes and tables.
Rev. W. j. Brown said the committee
wished light on these matters-to know
why filthy conditions must be. If
one man who keeps his premises sani-
tary must be subject to disease from
filth in another's alley. He said no one
cared to arrogate to himself any author-
ity in this matter but that in co-opera-
tion all could be worked out right
Common sense, care and scientific know
ledge are all needed and these meetings
should serve to bring about different
condition as to our streets and alleys
for the present condition of which there
is no excuse
Dr.. Bowen said many people know
what should be done but more DON t
know any better. Sanitary education
should be a palt of the school training
in all grades and through these Sunday
afternoon meetings the adult populat ion
of this city should be educated regarding
health and sanitation. The work
should be done in homes. schools and
mass meetings.
Attorney Heffron said something definite
should be done at once as a starter.
All can stop throwing ashes etc.. into
the streets. We are in circle, one does
it because somebody else does and so
on until it comes back to the first offen-
der. Mr.. Heffron advocated a city
scavenger. remarking the present diff
Guilty in getting garbage, and especially
small amounts, hauled away.
Alderman Turner said he thought the
city council was ready to grant any,
thing in reason, but thought the people
should show more interest in public
matters by being present at council
meetings and know what was being
done. He said in the four years he had
been on the council not until within the
last year had he been approached by
any citizen regarding matters of health.
He thought that the plain citizens were
the ones to blame in that they stood
back instead of coming to the front and
showing some interest. SRI
Or. Perkins recalled that Saturday the
farmers listened to able addresses by
men brought here at considerable ex-
pense to tell them various things to
save them considerable money If fol-
lowed but that in all this: state there is
no appropriation for men to teach people
how to save lives and money bv keeping
well Thousands of dollars are spent at
Washington in sending out blackleg
vaccine to save stock. but never penny
goes to furnish antitoxine for poor
families afflicted with diphtheria. It
cost the state Of North Dakota $500, 600
between sessions for giandered horses,
and after q hard fight $40. 600 was
expended to establish one working
laboratory. There should be in every
county q paid health officer, properly
qualified. whose only business would be
Continued m lasf paoe\
The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20

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The Washington times., 1909-06-20

His regret at leaving was great.
Inc HVe days he had spent there had
5 peen oy tar the pleasantest he had
then:
ger sFlhhed the bath tTusty sud
Phil paid no attention TO the re-
mark, but walked on mechanically,
mis- eyes fixed on the distant cell
house, the place of horrors for him.
For some time they went silently.
suddenly he was unOleasantIy re-
minced or his companions presence
by looking around quickly and ind
ing the ghoulish little face peering
up at his.
You'll be glad ter hear that they've
put me over you fellers at night" said
The thought was extremely unpIeas
ant TO Phil but all would be over Ina
-FOUR days, and there was no need for
him TO worry about such trifles
THAT was prize stunt YOU did" con-
unued the little fellow. Didn't do
much good for you TO save your own
lie though. Just drags things along a
Phil fully realized the truth of the
remark.
Il knew you'd do somethin' foolish
IKE that, persisted No. 7711. It's only
JoOls that can't see beyond their noses
mat would save men who are going tC
be killed sooner or later. anyway
Daring paid no more attention to his
remarks than he would to a gnat buzz
ing about his ear.
The bath trusty was provoked by his
manner, and his ugly little eyes drew
down into Sits as he walked along be-
side his prisoner.
Suddenly they came to the familiar
cell-house, to which Phil had often
marched in lOckstep.
lie was taken in without ceremony
and deposited in a small wing of the
building that he had never seen before.
| There were buts ten cells along that COR
rlcOr and three of them were filled.
Phil did not look to see who the &C.
cupants We're. He marched along with
his eyes on the floor until the bath
trusty halted him before an open door.
Phil entered the new cell and the lock
was snapped behind him
This amt opened again till you go
to the new execution parlOrs they re
rushin' through to have ready for YOU,
No. I'll told him.
Phil threw himself on the hard cot
and lay in a position that did not ag-
grayate the many burns which still
bothered him.
For fifteen minutes there was 81
lence. The bath trusty had gone, and
the regular guard was on duty. 1t we 5
new man. Phil had never seen him
before. and liked his look rather well.
Suddenly Daring heard a soft voice.
He heard the call again.
Phil Phil" the voice repeated
Daring recognized IL in a moment.
That you, Bob2' he asked.
Yes was the reply, in a louder tone.
"Im-Fm glad you pulled through all
right"
''Oh, don't let that worry you,' an
sWered Daring, lightly.
But / am honestly. I thought you'd
killed yourself in saving US.
Rather sorry I didn't" was PhiPs
pessimistic reply.
1T was a fine thing YOU did. II amt
every day a man sees a trick like that
turned broke I'm new voice.
Daring recognized il as that Of Tom
my. the commercial artist.
you here, Tommy" he cried.
''Yep. I Just got out of the hospitsI