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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20
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A pound of copperas and eight
water will make cheap and effective
disinfectant.
During the past ten years the Rus
sian government has spent $944,51O,-
900 on improving old railroads and
building new ones.
Brass may be given color resem-
bling old pewter by boiling it In
solution of cream of tartar containing
a small amount of chloride of tin.
The discovery of coal beneath the
chalk cliffs of Dover has given rise
to the hope that it may be found In
workable quantities elsewhere In the
south of England.
According to the estimates OF Lewis
b. Stillwell, presented before the
American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers, the Niagara Falls hydro-elec-
trio plants during the year 1908 saw
ed more than a million tons OF coal,
which otherwise would have had to
be burned in order to produce an
equivalent amount of mechanical ener-
gy. During the same year, says Mr..
Stillwell.' the Interborough Transit
Company in New York, by Its electric
system saved nearly million tons OF
coal from the amount that would have
been consumed by locomotives. Mr..
Stillwen has also calculated that when
the application of electric power In the
{ coal mines of the Northumberland and
Durham district of England Is COM
pleted. there will be saving OF 1,75O.-
900 tons of coal per year, for use else
where than at the mines.
At a recent exhibition in New York
. saw made of vanadium steel for
/, wood-cutting was tried on iron. 1t cut
through a twenty-penny nail with ease,
and without injury to the teeth. An
iron pipe an inch in diameter was
easily cut with the same saw. Mr.. ).
, M. Flannery described the superior
work Of vanadium-steel tools intended
: for metaI-cutting. American TOOLS u
this kind were tested In comparison
with the best steel tools that couio
be obtained from abroad. The other
steels needed grinding after cutting ~
axles. while the American vanadium
steel worked without attention up to
400 axles. The following Is said to
be the best composition for steel OF
this character: vanadium. O.32 per
cent: tungsten. 1871 per cent; chro-
MUM. 5.s5 per cent; carbon. O.6S2 per
cent; manganese, 0.07 per cent; sill
con, O.O49 per cent.
Prof. John G. McKendrfck doubts
the correctness of the general belief
that when a human being is bereft OF
one sense his other senses compensate
him by becoming more acute. Expert
mental tests. he says. show that the
blind cannot tell the direction OF
sounds better, or hear sounds farther,
than those who can see. Their sense
Of touch, too, IL no more acute. In
fact, some tests have shown 1t Is actu-
ally less acute. In general, tho senses
OF the blind are. on the average. less
acute than those Of persons who can
zee. Professor McKendrfck thinks
that the ability Of the blind to dnd
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20
college Masons Buy Home

10 ssehe, Ore, Aug. 16.-The Mason
- fraternity of the University of Ore
rosi, nas purchased the E. C. Smith
strd auence on East Ninth and Hilyard
Tbt paying $4,000 for the place.
En- - among the best residences of
tba I II and will become the home OF
s.n. University of Oregon Masonic or
com; Ia'ion, to be occupied during the
''uihg school year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20
NIAGARA 80, 900 YEARS OLD.

Took $50 Centuries to Hollow Out
First Three Miles Of the Gorge.
According to Mr.. Spencer II the
Canadian Geological Survey, the great
spectacle of Niagara Falls as we see
It to-day has been about $4,000 years
In the making.
Mr.. Spencer, in common with other
zeoloRists who have studied Niagara,
believes that originally the cataract
;ell into Lake Ontario over three steps.
or platforms, the first being thirty
ave feet high and the third being at
Or near the edge Of the lake proper.
instead of seven miles back mp the
river as at present. says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
It took the stream $4,000 years to
hollow out the first three miles OF
the gorge, but only 1000 years for
tho other four miles. The difference
of time In these two stages OF the
erosion and Of the cataract's recession
of seven miles In all. is explained on
the theory of sudden and enormous
increase in the volume OF WATER.
caused BY seismic disturbance.
Formerly the Niagara River served
as outlet to Lake Erie only. After tho
upheaval the waters Of Lakes Huron.
Michigan and Superior. which prev1-
ously had debouched directly into Lake
Ontario, were diverted by way Of Lake
Erie into the Niagara River. swelling
that stream to six times its former
volume.
Mr.. Spencer's figures. Of course. can
be taken only approximately. AZ even
contemporary authorities are at vari-
ance as to how far the falls OF Niagara
have receded during the last nifty
years-some estimates making It La
meters per annum. others 1.62.
Moreover, while the United StateA
Geological Survey declares that the
rate of recession Of the falls has in-
creased during the last fifteen years.
the corresponding Canadian oficial re-
port shows that the rate has decreased
some sixty-six centimeters per annum.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20

their way about, which seems to I'M
ply acuter senses, is really due to in
voluntary concentration of attention,
enabling them to tell directions and
to perceive air-currents and changes
OF temperature which escape the at
tention of other people.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20
o. r. & N. Must Improve Stations

Olympia, Aug. 14.-Orders have
been issued by the state railroad COM
mission requiring the o. R. & N. COM
pany to make large number of i'm
provements to the stations along its
line in Eastern Washington.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20

Adolph Topperwen in
Grand American handicap conducted
minary events the big
easily
who entered the
fessional experts
since she mas followed shooting pastme
her public
100
of 500
feat which MIN
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20

Okra Is well liked by most South
erners, and Is especially good In soup.
Cut the okra in half-inch pieces and
boil until tender In one quart OF
stock. Okra may be employed with
chicken or veal broth. and may or
may not be strained from the soup
before serving.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20
Typos Adjourn Meeting

st. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 16.-The fifty
fifth convention of the Typographical
Union adjourned Saturday, after
adopting a motion requiring local un-
ions to affiliate with the central bod
les of the American Federation of La.
Dor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20
Wilkie Declines lob

Chicago, Aug. 14.-John e. Wilkie,
chief of the federal secret service bu-
reau, has declined to accept the posi-
ton of chief of police for Chicago.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20

.Bought an automobile yet1 .
farmer was asked to-day. HUH" hs
renlied. II haven't had the graphic
phone fever yet. !. .rft -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-20

Come women just naturally cannot
get along unless they have : love IT.
fair On hand, a.----~..,..
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-20
MINING EXPERIMENT STATION

In the Grand Forks Newsletter of
recent date is the following regarding
the new mining experiment station at
Hebron: $50: s., +
Among the notable bills passed. by
the last legislature was one establishing
a mining experiment station, under the
direction; of the State School ofWW;Mines.
This s%ub-station is to be locatedqnear a
Ignite coal mine, and its purpose is to
direct actual mining operations, and to
make all sorts of experiments and tests
in regard. to. North Dakota claysy and
Goals. The tests now being carried on
by the federal government are proving
that Ignite coal is a far more valuable
product than used to be tsuspeoted. The
tests which Dean Babcock w~ill.,Eatty. on
at the new experiment stationgwin. t.be
immensely valuable in furtheria1as what
is sure to become a leading .ind4sttry. of
his state. Among other things ito be
investigated are ways and .-means of
,bricketting. Here the students Fin the
School of Mines will get a practical
training which will be invaluable.
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-20
R TO BUTTE

1t is more pleasant to ride over our
prairies in summer than in winter but
a drive over the stage route to DeSart
and Rainy Butte on Saturday was
thoroughly enjoyed by the writer, who
had for his companions on the trip
two l%ong-eared scions of the house Of
Maud. There are to be two more trips
over this route before it is changed.
Rainy Butte is then to get mail from
South Heart. The New England stage
will 60 twice a week, to Desart, Hume
and to Saltwater, where a stop will be
made over night and return here next
We met Sam Moe and l. Tang a few
miles south of town. Sam has: just re-
turned from Cooperstown with three
new horses. He subscribed for the
Press and Herald. Mi. Tank told us
of the arrival Of d baby girl at his home
on Wednesday morning.: ";
John Van Bergen was anxiously wait
ing at his mail box. expecting some
interesting correspondence. !.
Near Desart we met Ole DeSart and
family who were on their way to attend
the funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Lewis
baby. who died after a few weeks ex-
istence. The Herald extends sympathy
to the bereaved parents.
While the mail was being changed
at Desart postofice we visited at the
store Of John Landa. John has a new
store and a nice looking stock of up-to-
date goods. He is doing we'll at his
business and believes that it pays to
advertise: Notice his new advertise
ment in the Herald. He had the mis-
fortune lately to lose n of the horses
of his freight team. The animal, strayed
away and he placed a notice in our
paper to find it for him.
@. L DeSart was in his usual happy
frame Of mind. He told us that when
he came to his homestead three years
ago there was not another shack In
sight, while at the present time one is
able to count 81 homes and three school
houses from his door. That's growing
some Il
At Rainy Butte we found Postmaster
B. S. gCovell a busy man with q big
bunch of correspondence fGr the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; his store and
theipost0fice to attend to-. Is
Thespeople of Rainy Butte will greatly
appreciate a change in the mail service.
They are now, only getting two mails q
week and 1t takes q. tetter three OF: four
days to 60 from there to Dickinson.
AZ Desart we saw O. ". Vance and T.
"A. Fitch. O. v. was up from Pine for
more supplies and the Mr.. Fitch, who
lives one mile south of town. gave us
hi, subscription. We were glad to visit
many of our readers and hope they will
All return our call when in New
England
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-20
WEuxHolNjIIIi 7 iiilloi,1Ii1'iI DIT lIIill
: TAKES 4 FAR DliDE

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A wedding which has much local. III
terest took place at Mott, Sunday, March
Il, when George H. Stone Of that place
and Miss Gladys Bassford Of Sturgeon
Bay. Wis were united in marriage, by
Rev. Ell. Sheeyey. The cersnleny-gwas
very. quite and Wis Witnessed 1nla III
the relatives and immediats ffissshdA
the party Including the brides pSslnta
Mr.. andllra John Bassford ofs SSini,di
her sistee: Ms. Helen Sco6eld
econ Bay. Wis. and the sroom's fathsas
G. w. Stone. of Indianapolis. Ind1 No
Dickinson friends Of. the groom; were
present.
The young couple expected to take a
wedding trip to Jamestown and other
eastern points. after which they will
be at home at the claim of tho groom
about two miles out of Mott. He just
built a substantial dwelling ON the place
and has a fine farm.
Mr.. Stone is one of those who first
came t Mott and, Hettineer county in
November. 1906. The growth OF Mott
into one of the most prosperous 2oE the
inland towns in the Slope: c;osuintryis due
very largely to MI. Stone andts other
progressive young men like him; for
which Mott is famous all over the, btare.
He is U. 2 S. commissioner at that point
and is in addition the states attorney
for Hettinger. county. He is a promis-
ing lawyer and his hosts Of friends
prophecy a brilliant career ahead of him.
The bride is an eastern girl. Her
parents came to Mott not long ago....and
Mr.. Bassford opened general sstsrs. The
daughter spent last summer with, them
at Mott: 3,
The best wishes of . great number of
friends in all the surrounding country
wish them the very best of luck: and
future happiness.
The Dickinson press., 1909-03-20
New Enoland..

E. r. Wager. representing the n.
Runsley Co. Of La Porte, Ind. was in
the city the first Of. the week. He sold
q breaking outfit to: Roy Reed. Roy
expects to do a lot of breaking the
coming season.
W. s. Van Bergen. is holding down
his claim south Of. town, after an alb
sence Of. several monthA
N. A. Gilbert, a rancAse;. who lives
near tho new town Of Buffalo. in South
Dakota. has been visitinesat ne: homo
81, Mrs. E. G. Rice. III, past week. 5, q
County Superintendent Miss; Josephine
K. Steake,w was up from Mott and held
examinations In the New England
school house ON Friday and Saturday.
Those who tool. the examinations were:
Miss Marie Alderman, Miss .Elfreda
Borrill. Miss Rowell. and Miss Day.
Miss Leah Worthy returned Monday
from Dickinson where she visited for
several days.
Mrs. L. M. p. Griswold, and Miss
Frances, returned last week from "a six
months sojourn in the New England
states. Isl
A great deal 81 contestins is being
done this spring. - m'.'
MissHElma. Temple is one Of the
Herald!s new. Subscribers.
a tda0shter WA bern March, 10th, to
MI: and Mrs. Lewis Tang. Mother and
child aresdoing nicely.
N. F. Bartholome and brother, George.
were in Dickinson. last week. They
bought a team of horses, preparatory to
farming their homesteads near the Tepee
buttes.
Miss Mary Borchardt has finished work
as cook at the Mckenzie hotel. Her
place has been taken by Miss Anna
Bjorline.
Postmaster Mckenzie had business in
Dickinson last week.
H. j. Paulsrud returned Monday from
Binford, N. D., where he had been for
several weeks visiting.;friends and trans
acting business. :
liver Lee returned Monday from Haw-
ley, Mimi, where he went to close the
sale of a half section of land.
P. M. Peterson wa in town Monday.
He was feeling elated over the excellent
well that he has just dug. He had con-
siderable trouble striking water and in
company with John Hanson made, a
well boring machine. They bored down
12O feet and struck good water. The
we'll has raised 40 feet and 80, MIR:
Peterson s farm five: miles east of town,
is well supplied with water. Ay.ss.
John Haeer: was forced by illness to
give up his work in the Mckenzie store
and is al his homestead near the Tepee
bsuttes, suffering with an attack Of
appendicitis. Lee Weber is working in
the store ~ * Z K: n; -.
Hjalmer Nystron and william Weber
are working for W. c. Mckenzie.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-22
BEAUTIFY Other TOWNS
Messrs. 6osrth and Orbum- of NJ. D,
Decorating Co., Capture Contracts
Out Of the City.

The North Dako-a Decorating Co.
has just completed decorating the
beautiful residence of o. C. Sarles of
Hillsboro and have also decorated the
Offices of the First National Bank
and Valley Lumber Co. of that city
recently.
Now this Arm has secured the con-
tract for painting and decorating the
new knights OF Columbus building on
Broadway in this city, and the state
bank building at Litchfield. N. D.. and
the large new Blank block az New
Salem N. D.
Messrs. H. Boerth and ]. E. Orbum.
who are sole proprietors Of the N. D.
Decorating Co., are both practical
decorators and experts in their lines.
Mr.. Boerth having been in the busi-
ness for thirty-four years and has had
charge OF some of the best contracts In
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul, Mime
apolis and the northwest, because az
a designer. and decorator he Is Al.
Mr.. Orbun has been giving this
business his attention for twenty-six
| years and is an expert paperhanser
and grainer, with few equals. There is
nothing in the line of decorating that
these two men are not capable of do
ing. The firm has many jobs com
pleted in and around Fargo which
speak the cunning handiwork of the
clever men behind tt--whose ability
and artistic skill is undeniable.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-22
BIG night FOR
The B. P. 0. {
ELKs HAVE STAR SESSION
SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING
-JIu-JlTsu ARTISTS TO GIVE
ExHlslTloN-BIe DELEGATION
FROM FORKS.
hello. Btllln

Hello, Bill!'
Tonight promises to be remembered
as a red star session by the members
of Fargo lodge, No 260,SB. p. o. E.
The social session committee ap-
pointed by Exalted Ruler Add Leach,
for the last big meeting this season OF
the Elks have secured an attraction
that will be, to say the least, enter
tanning and instructive. They have
engaged the services of Capt. Leopold
MacLaglen, the champion jiu- -jitsu ex-
pert of the world, who with the
champion Of Japan, Yamagata, will
give a scientific exhibition Of the art
of jiu-jitsu in its latest and most ap-
proved form.
Beside the 1iu-j -jitsu exhibition which
will come as a part ofthe social ses-
sion Of the evening there will be a
large class to initiate and the enter
tainment feature will be followed by
an elaborate banquet.
There is a large delegation of Grand
Forks Elks coming In this afternoon to
attend the meeting tonight and the
last big meeting OF the season prom
ises to- be one Of the best ever held by
the lodge.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-22
TRAP SHOOTERS OF
NORTHWEST HERE
GOOD SIZED DELEGATIONS FROM
BISMARCK, MlNoT, GRAFTON
AND GRAND FORKS HERE
MORE WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT
AND IN THE MORNING.

Tomorrow morning is the opening
date for the third annual amateur
tournament OF the Gate City Gun
club and already there are several
delegations of trap shooters here
from various points in the state.
Grand Forks, Bismarck, Minot
Grafton and other towns are repre-
sented and more will come from
these places tonight and in the morn
ing. A large delegation is expected
from Crookston and other towns in
northwestern Minnesota and the shoot
promises to be one of the most sue
cessful ever held in Fargo.
/ There will be twenty eight general
events for the amateurs and there will
be several special events for profes-
sionals.
There will be no handicaps in any
event and there will be a sixteen yard
rise for all.
Practice Shooting Today.
This afternoon was practice shoot
ing time and there were large num-
Der out to take advantage of the op-
portunity thus afforded to get ac-
auainted with the range There viii
be no practice shooting allowed or
tournament days.
To reach the tournament grounds
take the Academy" street car at the
corner of Broadway and N. p. ave.
nue.. Shooting Hegins tomorrow
morning at $3.50 and Monday morn.
ing at the same hour.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-22
FARGO'S MEANEST man
Finds Money in Garden and Wife
Spades Plot But is unsue-
cessfuI.

The meanest man in Fargo has
been found. According to the state
ment of officials at the court house. a
Second avenue south resident holds
the wreath, having won out at a walk
over any other contestant for the
place. The way Mr.. Meanman turned
the trick was unique in itself Mrs.
Meanman was the victim, for she ap-
parently is the wife of the LATEST
man in the country.
1t happened this way. The garden
had to be spaded. so the man in ques-
tion started out with vigor. 1t took
less than a couple of spadefuls to
put crimp in his back. Rushing into
the house. he displayed quarter
which he washed the dirt off. and then
returned to the garden. 1t was hot
and less than half dozen spadefuls
had been handled when he became
desperate. Rushing into the house a
second time he silently displayed a
half dollar, which he washed the dirt
off.
Sauntering into the sitting room he
took a position on the couch. Grab
bing the spade, his wife rushed to
the garden, finished the work In very
short order-but didn't find cent
1t happened that the rs cents which
Mr.. Meanman found came out of his
own pocket with the dirt applied on
the side.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-22
DISAPPOINTED CROWD
Police Court Crowded to See Society
5elIe-ANothine Doing"
Says Court.

An eastern society belle inthe Far
go poice court is something OF a Curl
osity, so much so in fact, that there
was crowd at Judge Martin Ryan's
place OF business this morning at 8
o'cock. It was not the crowd that
usually haunts the place when court Is
in session. One drunk was arraigned
after which Judge Ryan busted himself
with routine work. No one left the
court room, all waiting wirh an air Of
expectancy. II was not until the
Judge announced that he was sorry to
disappOint anyone, but that all bust
ness had been disposed OF for the
morning. The woman. who gave her
name as Mrs. w. M. Brown, was en-
soyins a. very peaceful sleep ut the
time and had not woke lp at noon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-22
FARGO TO HAVE
30 TRAINS DAILY
EVEN HALF-HuNDRED PAssEN-
GER TRAINS WILL ARRIVE AND
DEPART FROM THIS CITY BE-
GINNING AT MIDNIGHT SUNDAY
NIGHT.

Fifty passenger trains a day will ar
rive and depart from Fargo every day
beginning at midnight on Sunday
night, when dhe new schedules on
both the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific go into effect.
The big change especially on the
Northern Pacific, which has simply
taken its time table apart and put ii
together again, will place the travel
ing public up against something of a
arranged schedule.
Following are some of the interest
ing features of the change as they will
affect Fargo that have not yet been
mentioned by tie press.
No. 1S, the local that now leaves
Fargo in the afternoon at $40 to con-
meet with No. il, the Winnipeg train
known as the King Edward limited
will now leave Fargo at 2:15 D. m. II
will still make connections with the
King Edward limited which will ar
rive in St Paul an hour earlier than
the present schedule.
Passengers coming from Grand
Forks. Crookston or any other point
between Winnipeg and Manitoba
Junction on the King Edward limited
win not be able to make connections
with No. and arrive in Fargo al
4:25 instead OF making connections
with No. as they do at present.
| No. and 6 which now does loca
passenger work betty cen the twir
cities and the coast will be changed tc
a through, fast train. 1t will b.
called the Exposition Spsc1ai. The 10
cal work that 1t now does will here
after be done by entirely new trains
No. Is and 16. No Is will go west a
I7.45 a. m. instead OF a. m. as at pres
ent and will get to Dickinson the sam
evening at 6:55.