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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08
TOO MUCH WORK FOR ONE WIFE
Nserian Needs Several Properly TO
Minister to His Comfort.

According to the Geographical Jour.
nal OF London the marital relations
among the peoples OF Nigeria vary
somewhat according to their state of
civilization: "Polygamy is the rule.
the reason given being that 1t is I'M
possible for one woman to do all the
work Of the house, look after the chill.
dren. prepare and cook the food. fetch
the daily supply of water (often an
arduous job. cultivate the plantation
and go to market The African is an
exceedingly hungry person 1t is the
custom to eat several times a day
when at home, and the men spend
most of their day sitting in the pala-
yer house or market place, while the
women bring the food all day long.
One wife could not possibly do this.
Besides. the African lady encourages
1t. for she says. The more wives, the
less work.
Among the Ahiaras, Onichas, Obu.
wus and the lower class OF pagan
tribes in the Interior there is very
little form of marriage AS soon as
man has the means. he pays the par.
ents what they want, in the shape of
goats COWS. beads and money, and
taxes the girl. There is no ceremony
at all. The more wives the greater
rlches he is supposed to have and the
better he viii be looked after.
III. OF course. they can manage to
seize woman from the neighboring
tribe while she is fetching water or
working on her farm. so much the
cheaper, With this method in vogue
ior centuries. no wonder that 1t is as
much as natives life is worth to go
out Of his own village. and that the
country is so backward"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08
INTEREST ING
EXERCISES
Held
DEAF AND BLIND SCHOOL OBJ
SERVES COMMENCEMENT.
Gov. spry Delivers the Address of the
Evcnng-Two Graduates Receive
Diplomas.

Perhaps the most interesting com
mencement exercises Of the season
of 1909 were those of the scnool for
deaf and blind. held in the gymnasium
building of the school The large
room was crowded to its capacity.
The exercises began at $50, the
opening number. overture Martha" ="
being rendered by the blind orchestra,
under the able leadership of Prof. L.
Ford.
After invocation oy S. w. JenlSinsen.
chaplain of the state legislature. Miss
Ellen Youngstrom played a piano solo
entitled "Dcin Elgen,' by Lange. Miss
Youngsrom's playing was beautifully
done and was much appreciated.
An interesting aud instructive talk
on the subject of Colonial Lltera-
ture' was given by Miss jamie Nc
Slellan. Miss Mcclellan told. in part.
oil the difficulties encountered by the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08

The principal feature Of the reunion
each year is the grand purace again
a column Of men wearing the gray un-
form pass through the city's streets
carrying the battle flags Of tho Con
federacy-but with it and in equal rev.
erence the Stars and Stripes o. unit
ed country, and with them are their
fair champions, wearing the colors of
the lost cause.
Memphis is TO have monster
flower parade which will attract ell
tries from ali oyor the south. seyerai
big balls in honor OF the sponsors. ano'
a number OF other entertainments OF
an interesting character
Important matters of interest to the
two organizations will come up at the
conventions of the veterans 70 Oe pre-
sided over by Gen. Clement A Evans
Of Atlanta, commander in chief, and
the Sons Of Veterans, where John w.
Apperson of Memphis, commander-in-
chief. will WELD the gavel
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08
Scot Invented Postage Stamps.

The postage stamp made its first ap.
pearance in 1889. Its invention is due
TO James Chalmers, a printer OF Dun
dee who died in 1863. England adopt
ed the adhesive stamp, according TO
decree of December 81. 1889, and is.
sued the first stamps for public use on
May g. 1910 A year later they were
introduced in the United States and
Switzerland, and soon after In Bavar-
ia, Belgium and France.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08

Washington, June THE tablet on
Cabin Johns bridge is again com
plete. Alter years of delay the name
OF Jefferson Davis appears on the
tablet and JOY reigns in tho south
ever the victory of long fight The
bridge was commenced during the pre-
ldency OF Franklin Pierce and ori-
gInally bore the inscription:
Washington Aqueduct. Began A.
D. 1853. President OF the u. S.,
Franklin Pierce Secretary of War,
Jefferson Davis. Building a. D. 1861.
President of the U s., Abraham Lin
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08
Money and Its Drawbacks.

Some people are left money just in
the nick Of time. and make good use of
IT, 1T Is ruinous to others to receive
money that they have never earned.
good many people would never do
any work at all If It wasn't for the
1act that they had to. and SO a wise
providence DEGREES that money shall
not come their way except by tho
sweat OF their brow.-The Captain
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08

Memphis, Tenn, June S.-Memphis
Is in readiness to entertain 100000
visitors when the remnants OF the
Confederate States of America hold
their annual reunion here June 8, .
and 10 With the men who wore the
gray and battled for the Lost Cause
will gather the United Sons of Con
iederate Veterans. powerful organi-
zation OF young men-sons of their
fathers.
Elaborate preparations nave ,pecn
made for this reunion-one which
many believe will he the iast Dig one.
Yearly the ranks OF the real soldiers
OF the Confederacy are growing thin
ner, and while reunions will continue
while the last remnant exists. condl-
lions are developing which make IL
impossible for the old soldiers 10 tray
ei long distances to one grand meet
ing place. The Sons of Veterans will
probably continue their reunions, but
most picturesque feature-the fighting
men-will soon have TO abandon their
scheme.
But while the ranks grow thinner
at reunions, the crowds still come 70
do honor to the veterans, and 1t IS TO
entertain this horde of people Mem
phis Is planning just now. Then with
the Veterans and their Sons come
great beTes of young women, the
fairest and prettiest daughters Of the
South, to be the sponsors ana maids
of honor for their fathers and broth
ers. This has given a distinct social
turn to the reunions, and II Is on their
behalf much of the planning has az
ready been done.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08
Stuffed Steak

Round steak, bread crumbs bntter
chopped onions. salt and pepper.
Get a round steak and pound IT to
insure tenderness. Lay 1t on a hoard
and cover with good dressing of
chopped onions and bread crumhe
Season with butter, salt and pepnor.
roll like cake. tie, make a good shane
and bake, 6asting often. Cook ono
hour and make thick gravy.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08
Make Perfect Pc1holders

In India there Is patent medicln'
firm which converts iGto penholdeI]
the wooden packing cases in which I
gets some of It's drugs from America
This firm makes such a good pea
holder that the government buys H. al
though all the work is done by hanu.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08
In. Secretary of War, Simon Cam

coin. Secretary of War, Simon Cam
eron."
During the civil strife, when JET
1erSon Davis was at his heighth as
president OF the Confederacy, some
person completely obllterated the
name of Jefferson Davis. and thus the
tablet has remained ever since until
the act of President Roosevelt or
dcred this Tecarved This marks 4
triumph for the persistent efforts OF
The people of the south to remedy the
blot on the memory Of President
Davis, the first and only president OF
the Southern Confederacy.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08
CO1Orn ~ EIap,ea

Inc various oolors of flames in q
wood IRE are caused by the combus.
,ion OF the clements oc the fuel The
hght blue is from the hydrogen the
"h''e rom carbon, the violet from
manganese. the red from magnesia
and the yellow from soda.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08

Ivory Soap is the
standard by which all
other soaps are judged.
Some soap manufac-
turers claim that their
product is ''as good" or
"as pure" or "as cheap"
as Ivory.
Possibly it is. But
neither you nor any other
sensible woman will
bother with the "as
good" kind! You want
real Ivory Soap; not the
imitation kind.
Ivory Soap
50 400 Per Gent. Pure.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08

THE PLACE TO SPEND A HAPPY
DAY Lagoon SOC round trip. Salt
Lake & Ogden Ry.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08

ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE GATHERING IN MEMPHIS
s, AND TO-
Of the Veterans and john W. App left commnder'n
ChefHof
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-08
TAILOR MADE GOWNS

that bear the marks Of wear can cas-
lily be renovated If brought to MS. Af
ter a gown leaves our establishment
1t will look as good as new. We clea7
ladies' garments of every description
and guaranty the work to be done on
time. Give us trial.
OGDEN STEAM LAUNDRY CO|
Launderers and French Dry Cleaner
Phones ia. 437 25th 81
The Western news., 1909-05-19
Neckwear

Just received a nifty
line of Dutch collars,
stocks and real Irish
lace goods, prices to
suit all.
The Western news., 1909-05-19
Dutch Pins and
a- Buckles

Jet and fancy belt
buckles and dutch
collar pins, prices 35c
to $1.OO.. ......
The Western news., 1909-05-19
Embroidered
= Letters h.

Already ! embroidered
initials in three sizes,
3 inch, 2 inch and 1
men. !. 44@a&JEG.
The Western news., 1909-05-19
Hat Pins

A new line Of 10 inch
r,E.H" 5.tt
I'D,
hat pins, jet and fancy
E 45l .t
prices, 1Oc to 1925.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28
DELINQUENT Personal TAXES.

The force in the county Auditors Of
fee have just completed statement of
the delinquent personal propertey taxes
in Pembina county for period covering
the years 1897 to 1907, inclusive. In
looking over statements it appears that
there is in the neighborhood of s24O0 lost
each year through the non-payment of
such taxes, in exact figures S23995.67 re-
mains unpaid during the past ten years.
1t necessitated considerable work to 20
back over the period covered above, but
county Auditor Felson believes that the
work will bring good results by at least
portion of these taxes being paid, he
having taken the matter up with several
township, village and city boards thru
out the. county asking their hearty CO.
operation towards the cleaning up of
said taxes if possible. Each township,
village and city board being furnished
with list of the delinquent property
tax payers in their respective districts,
upon which they are requested to re-
port as to the possibility of collecting
the same by distraint or otherwise.
Possibly the publication of the list in
the local papar of each township might f
help some. We are not sure that there
has ever beer case of genuine distraint
and sale of property seized for personal
taxes in this county. About the only
of enforcing payment has been
to make personal taxes a lien on real es-
tate which when mortgaged or sold had |
to be cleared of taxes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28
MOTHER NATURES
HOUSECLEANING.

While the women of the land are busy
housekeeping and getting through an
awful amount of work, most of which is
utterly uncalled for according to the
idea of the men folks, there is one old
lady who is doing job of spring work
that one can hardly realize unless they
stop and study it in it's immensity, and
IN its unexplainable wonders.
Old Mother Nature does terrific
stunt in this climate in SO brief a time
that even we who have seen the old lady
at work at the same job for ever so omany
years, never cease to wonder and stand
amazed.
Ten days ago the grass was just peep
ing through the ground, the trees were
bare and leafless-today the gross is
from four to SIX inches high and the
trees are casting an appreciable and
agreeable shade. Other vegetation has
appeared and has grown IN like manner.
Ii one had an X-ray eye and m icros
copic ear, that would let him into the
sights and sounds that have been going
on just below the surface of the ground
and among the buds of the trees ard
bushes during the past two weeks, what
a babel of noises and movement of bod
les would have been revealed. No hu-
man workshop could in any manner
compare l. quantity, intricacy, or the
marvellous, when
| .oiselesSly as the Springtirne
lier crown OF Verdure weaVcS,
| And az the trees on all the hills
| open their thousand leaves"
1t would hardly be possibility for a
man even with infinite time and patience
to push blade OF pointed grass up thru
several inches of hard ground, and il
you asked him to do the same with d
sprouting bean, bean end up-he would
certainly at least want to reverse the
manner.
What would all this growth amount
to i'll horsepower? That it is actual
power we see when a row of seeds in a
garden will together push up and break
open several rods of dirt.
Ii man had gone to sleep in North
Dakota two weeks ago and then waken.
ed up this morning and gone out doors
ne would certainly think that he had
been transported to some far off land
during his nap. He went to sleep in
Brown country and wakens in Green
country.
Mother Nature may in the course of a
year in some climates get out some
beautiful operations, but for job of the
while-you-wait" kind, she certainly ac-
complishes wonders in North Dakota.
Doubtless she might do better, else
where but doubtless she never does.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28
MEMORIAL DAY.

The years are passing. With the
years pass the Grsnd Army. OF those
boys, literally boys, two million of them
that left the army from 1851 to 1856
hardly one fourth are now left, and these
are ill old men The boy of twenty dis
charged from the war in 1865 "by reason
of the close of the war; as written on
their honorable discharges, is now a
man OF "a and it is rare that one sees a
younger veteran Of the civil war than
that.
This feeble remnant will on next Mon
day once again strew flowers in loving
remembrance on the graves of their dead
comrades. No more beautiful custom
was ever lnaugurated and if no more,
the G. A. R. have done much for their
country in just establishing this one pa
triotic holiday. While it is beautiful,
almost poetic in it's sentiments, it means
far more than beauty. No other one
custom does so much to make good citi-
zsns in every sense of the term.
The covering of the graves of the de-
parted is but incidental. The old veter-
ans do not desire 10 pose as heroes.
They ask no further need than that en-
braced in the simple statement 'sthey
did their duty" The good citizen will
always make good soldier and the good
soldier will always make good citizen.
"Peace hath its victories as well as war;"
There are just as many heroes today
as there were in 1865. If they we're
needed to fight the battles of their coun-
try they would be at the front Just as
we're the veterans of the G. A. r.
The most complete as we'll as the
grandest expression Of the meaning of
Memorial day was made by Lincoln in
his Gettysburg address, and it will bear
reading many times by the thoughtful:
"It is 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; thst we here highly resolve
that these dead shall not have died in
vain, that this nation, under God, shall
have new birth of freedom; and that
government Of the people, by the people
and for the people shall not perish from
the earth. = 5.5t 3.s ss. ss5
Memorial day means but little TO the
dead who rest il peaoe; II means bnt
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28
A Sonnet To Them.

Let not the day go by without
tho't of them;
"A tho't in mourning turned to
those who bled,
SO died. Join in the patriotic re-
qulem;
Honor in memory our nations
dead,
Made worthy with the Stars
and Stripes o'erspread.
One day to them-and we have all
the years:
They pitted life against hope
overhead
And lost and won Appreci-
ative tears
Small price for homes and loved
ones all our gain:
Bring them all back, and with
their many ties,
Ambition, life-and see them once
more slain.
So will we clearer see their sac
rifiice.
Permit them live with us IN tho,t
to day,
And place a flower token DER
their clay. T. RS.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28

The st. Thomas Times has closed the
twenty-seventh year of it's existance.
Its present editor has been with it for %
years and is the longest in the business
of any of us in the county. Somehow,
in thinking of Grant, we always sort of
size HIM up as about 27 years old him.
self without any new birthdays. Well,
that's about old enough to get any way
and a man is foolish to get any older
than that if he can help it-and he can
help it-just as Grant does.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28
ONE-I'D INSURGENTS.

One of the rather strange psychological
facts is that the profession of sin.
surgentism makes man so radical that
he seems to be blind of at least one eye.
He can thereafter see on only one side.
Lacking the judgement given by the
+angle of vision" for which nature turn
ished man with double optics, distance
and direction are both confused by the
one-eyed unfortunate.
A notable case in point is the career
OF our friend editor Taylor of the La
Moure Chronicle. Editor Taylor is natur-
ally one of the most talented writer's in
the newspapers in this state. He had a
disappointment IN political aspiration
some years ago which completly shut
one eye and thus he became a qualified
''insurgent.
Since that time he has never been
able to see only one side politically.
Editor Taylor publishes newspaper
that shows ability and also prosperity.
He seems to have most excellent adver-
tising patronage and fine subscription
list. In fact one cannot but wish that
he had two eyes with the probable doub-
ling of value editorially and incidentally
financially.
But with all this prosperity, with all
the local patronage of his home mer-
chants and other business people, he
comes out and endorses editor Lamp.
man of the Neche Chronotype, who says
and believes that dollar spent at home
is OF no more value to the community
than if sent to Chicago
Now everybody knows why Lampman
says this. Undoubtedly and unfortun-
ately he has some reason, whether we'll
founded or not, to fight his home people.
But why does editor Taylor who has no
boycott on hand say that it is nonsense
to say that dollar passed from hand to
hand among dozen townsfolk does
none Of them any good? That such talk
as lately made by this paper is therefore
nonsense?
We know that editor Taylor don't
eally believe any such thing. The
trouble is with his eyesight. He is SO
politically zone I'd" that he can ouly see
T he most common events and truths on
the insurgents sideand is utterly
blind, even to his own interests, to the
other side.
We wonder what his local advertisers
will think about his ideas of trading
away from homer
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28
Mammoth Celebration at Pembha the Fourth Of JuV
RESISTANT FLAX.

Professor Bolley has now received
most of the reports from the resistant
tiax which was distributed by him DUR
ing the season of 1908. These reports in
most part have been of a very encourag-
ing nature.
Seven distinct selections of fax were
distributed to some fifty different far
mers located in different portions of the
state. The object of the work was to
ascertain whether those select strains of
wilt resistant flax would retain their re-
slstance in the different farming regions
of the state. The farmers who went
into the cooperative experiments with
Professor Bolley agreed not to sell or
dispose OF any of their seed until after
the second crop.
After the final report is in study will
be made of the records of the different
samples and those which prove to be of
special merit in wilt resistance and yield
will be given special Experiment Sta
tlon number under which it can be re-
produced for seed purposes and distrib-
uted.
The following is quotation from
letter written by Mr.. j. S. Murphy,
Minot. North Dakota, and is good ex.
ample of the results obtained in the
trials in l9OS
"a year ago l got 30 pounds of resist.
ant flax seed from you. I planted it on
soil that seemed to be hax-sick. Up to
the time the crop began to blossom it
was thin and rather spindling, tho l
think it all grew. sowed also strip
OF Minnesota Pr,most flax minnesota
1853 between this flax and the Minnesota
Primost flax planted patch of millet
% feet wide. The Primost flax about
two acres was not worth cutting.
After your resistant flax came into
bloom it showed more vitality and filled
out in fine shape. From the 80 pounds
l got l6 bushels and "a pounds of nice
flax. The seed is plump and nice. 1
have graded out about two bushels of
the smallest seed and shall SOW the same
about the Oath or 25th of this month.
l am thoroly convinced that this flax is
immune from willis. have no fax-sick
land on whicn to sow all of this seed. I
am going to plant it on ground that was
fiax-sick in 1907, upon which 1 raised
corn and millet last year Will let you
know the results.
Thanking you for the work you are
doing in behalf of the farmers, I am.
Very truly yours,
is. MURPHY"
Other farmers have reported even
higher yields than that given by Mr..
Murphy, and in a number of cases Pro.
fessor Bolley visited the fields and knows
to certainty that the ground was
thoroly fax-sick. The results for the
drst years work are very encouraging.
A new circular letter has been sent out
to the different farmers in cooperation
in this work which gives full directions
rs to seeding for the second years test.
The seed is again to be sown upon as
sick land as the persons growing it can
possibly procure. The result of the two
years trial given with the experiments
which have been conducted at the Ex-
pertinent Station here for a number of
years will allow proper conclusion to
be drawn regarding the value of the
seed as to disease resistance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28

little to the aged and feeble remnant of
the Grand Army, they will very soon
have passed away, but to the younger it's
lessons embrace all that is implied in the
three most important, the most beauti-
full, words of the English language,
"God, Home and Native Land"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28
Smashes All Records.

As an all-round laxative tonic and
health builder no other pills can COM
pare with DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
They tone and regulate stomach, liver
and kidneys, purify the blood, streng-
then the nerves; cure Constipation, Dys-
pepsia, Billiousness,J Jaundice, Headache,
Chills and Malaria. Try them. 25c at
all dealers,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28
Official Directory

U Senators y n Johnsson
y : s.,sizes aspassen-y ! K ( J J Gronma asmma
Gov'ernor-John Burke
Lieutenant Gowernor-R S Lewis
Secretary of State-Alfred Blaisdell
StaSe IreaSurer-G l. Bickford
Stare Auditor-D II Brightbill
Attorney yGeneral-Andr,wM Miller
Railroad Com. A Pm Anderson {
missioners " Y + + sEand;sn siand
Supt of Pub Inst-W Z Stockwell
Cyrn Of Insurancc-E CtCooper
Cum Agr u Labor--W C Gilbreath
Juaecr Of Supreme S 81 + Fjss sgslainr
Court DF Ellsworth
JIG Carmody /.
STATE SENATOR'S
Ist Dist-ludson LaMoure, Pe1nbina
REPRESENTATIVES,
&c A NIcCrea. Drayton
list District Walter Wexford, Neche
End District-C Ganssle, St Thomas
Judge 7fh Jud. DistEW Kneesllaw ,
COUNTY OFFICIALS
States Attorney-MB Brynjolfson
Clerk of Court-Geo Peterson
Auditorium. w Felson
Treasurer-F HI Anderson
Register of Deeds-John F Gill
County Judge-H G Wick
Surveyor-F e Hebert
SuDt of SchOols-Isabella A Burley
CorOner-Dr FM Burrows
Public Admin'r--Elis Thorwaldson
(1st-F' C NIyrick, Pembina
Co,r+y 2nd-y Exc OIafson, Gardar
Con'rs 3rd-Ada,n Norton, Caval'r
4th-Jos Eorin, Neche
l5th-Wnl Bigwood, st Tho's