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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-22
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N. Nielsen is breaking so acres ON the
Sam ]. Fryhling homestead.
Haying is the orier Of the day out this
way now days, harvest in about week.
About fifty If the young people were in
vited for dinner by Mr.. and Mrs. N. Nelson
Sunday last.
l.. Peterson returned from Dagmar Mon
day Of this week where he has been visiting
friends for few days.
Fred Nielsen who has been home on a
visit with his folks for the last week. left
for Sidney Monday Of this week.
The Lutheran Brethren will hold meet
ing at the Dane Valley school honse next
Sunday at 1890 a. m. and at a;3o p. m.
The infant babies of Mr.. and Mrs. Soren
Lansen. N. Petersen and NJ. Petersen were
baptized by Rev. II. P. X. Hansen Sunday
last.
Rev. II. p. X. Hansen arrived here from
different points east Saturday Of last week
and preached for the first time in the Dane
Valley school house last Sunday.
Rev II. P. X. Hansen Is stopping at the
homestead of MIR. and Mrs. N. Nielsen. any
one that wishes to talk with Rev. Hansen
will find him at home most any time at
that place.
The DANISH Luthrens will hold services
on Sunday next at the homestead of Mr..
and Mrs. J. ]. Olsen at 1890 a. IN. and at
the Dane Valley school house at 7:3o p. N.
All are Welcome.
Attorney Frank Catlin and C. II. Sowle
Of the Valley Elevator Co. Of Culbertson
called on Sam. ]. Fryhling Thursday Of
last week and took him out for an QUITO trip
around the country.
N. Christensen Of Dagmar has been in
this part Of the country in the interest ol
the Valley County Fire Insurance Co.
Mr.. Christensen reports that. crops are
looking cook at pagmar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jakobsen and little girl
and Frank Jacobsen visited at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Nielsen Saturday Of last
week and left for their home at Fertile. N.
d. Monday Of this week.
| Quite a few attended the young peoples
meeting At Sidney. Misses Dora and Alma
Nielsen. Carrie and Chrisaene Olsen. Lucy
Andersen and Kate Jorgensen. Messrs Peter
Iorxensen, Chris Hansen. L. Petersen. Tom
Nielsen. Chris and Nels Nelson and Sam ].
Fryhling. The bunch returned Monday Of
last week.
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July 10, 1910

uly I9, 1910
VIM. Gardner went to Williston Thurs
day evening returning Saturday.
Quite number from here attended
church at Bainville last Sunday.
Art Cody was a business visitor to Gull
bertson between trains on Monday.
Some of the farmers are out hunting for
hay. which is short crop in this locality
4 ~nerally.
Mrs. +. NJ. Robinson is visiting her sis
ter Mrs. l.. ID. Sweetman during her hus-
bands absence AT Scobey.
Mrs. d. Brockman was called 10 Willis
ton last week 10 see her father who is crlti
cally i'll at the Hospital a, that place.
l. ID. Swestman left on No. 4 Monday
morning. He has gone to Olga. N. ID. TO
look after his farm interests in that state.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Heberlig and little
daugt ter Norma of Alexandria N. D., are
visiting with the parents of Mrs Heberlig,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Council.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Annette and the
two little daughters. autoed down from
Cuibertson to the l.. ID. Sweetman ranch
last Sunday. Tkey also made a brief call
at the Waterman place.
An elevator in Lakeside is to be a sure
thing. as some Of the building material is
being placed on the ground. The promoter
is certainly a man OF courage and is not TO
be daunted by the shortage of crops this
year.
An Ice Cream Social will be held at the
Sweetman ranch on Thursday afternoon
and evening. for the benefit of the Ladies
Aid Of Lakeside. A good time is antici, at
ed. some fine music promised. and good
social time generally.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-22
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: Keller Lake Items :
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
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uly Io. 1910.
Hay making is in evidence these days
]. T.. Keller and wife made trip TO the
city the early part of this week.
]. X. Nov and II. POWELL made trip to
Bainvilie on Monday Of this week for lum-
Der fos the latter who expects to build
granary.
L NJ. Williams while choring last Sun
day morning was knocked over board hog
pen and severely bruised. He was almost
helpless for while.
A. NJ. Kaufman from the Saskatchewan
Country. Canada was in these parts few
days ago looking at the country. He SEEM
ed favorably impressed with it.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Barley and Miss Gertrude
Sharp. while on their way to preaching last
Sunday morning the horse made blunder
and broke the fills. c. B. is getting his
share Of experience.
Mrs. ]. II. MacIiwain had serious ex.
perience Saturday evening while giving her
| attention to a calf. which in some way
gave her rough and tumble bruising her
up some about the head and face.
kao Brothers and their mother. Mrs
VIM. kao went to the Evans ranch near
| Bainville this week to harvest the hay crop
at that place. Mrs. Kao will be chef cook
and see to keeping the boys in line.
| Mrs. Olsen and Mrs. Babalon OF GILBERT
services last Saturday nigh, the formers
horse broke loose and up to Monday noon
the whereabouts OF him was unknown.
| Jack Mccoy came home on Saturday of
last week from Willsston, N. d. and will
begin work on the new bank building at
Bainvslle. Mr.. Mccoy is a mason by trade
and is doing thz, kind OF work at both places.
The Love feast services held at the Keller
school house last Saturday evening and
Sunday by the Church OF the Brethren"
were largely attended. Preaching mostly
done by Elder {, V. Roland of Lanark. III.
A large delegation Of the Williston eongre-
CATION we're in attendance. among whom
were Elder ID. r. Lands and A. Miller.
who also did good service. Song service
led by Mrs. w. w. Keltner of Williston.
In the early part of last week. while c.
Barley and Mrs. VIM. Swank. were on their
return trip from Culbertson when north OF
the divide by way Of Dane Valley tug be-
came detached letting the pole drop and
overturning the surrey and considerably
bruising Mrs. Swank about the head and
face, the team was caught at Dane Valley.
Mr.. Barley who was not hurt recovered the
team and they drove home safely.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-22
The Penalty

b. L. McShane and H. w. Benz. who
we're arrested at Plentywood by Sid Ben
net. deputy sheriff. on July 4th. for run
ming blind pig. were brought to culbert-
son and tried before Justice Miller. Both
plead guilty. Beaz. the proprietor. was
fined $500 and sentenced to thirty days in
the county Jail. McShane was fined tIoo
and sentenced TO fifteen days in jail. They
were taken to Glasgow and placed in Jail
on Tuesday The Wave.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-22
Poplar Items

Poplar Camp. No. Io7o4. NJ. w. Of A.
meets each Ist and sd Wednesdays a
Opera House Hall at s p. m. II. C.
Walker v. Co.: John o. Hanson. Clerk.
Married the first of the week at Galena.
H.. Miss Eta Bowden and Charlie Hub
bard. The will visit while at Galena
and will return here, and live on their ranch
on the South Side. their friends wish Them
joy and happiness in their new life.
Rev John Williams Of Greenwood. S. ID.
is the guest Of MIR. and Mrs. II. Walker
this week
Felix McGowan's new livery barn is COM
pleted and ready for business.
Supt c. b. Lohmiller received his new
automobile the first Of the week.
]. c. Gregory sold his wool clip this week.
Mr. Albert Hopke of of wheelock. N. d.
arrived the the first of the week and is
busy getting ready to open up the Hopke
Hardware Co. Most of the stock has ar
rived and we will soon have full fedged
hardware store.
Andrew Broken and son lanes left today
Tor Colorado where he is in hopes the eli.
mate will help the health of his son James.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-22
FOley's Kidney Pills have
cured me

The above is quotation from a letter
written by II. NJ. Winkler. Evansville.
Ind. II contracted severe case Of Kid
ney trouble. My back gave out and panied
me. seemed to have lost all strength and
ambition: was bothered with dizzy spells.
my head would swim and specks float be-
fore my eyes. took Foley Kidney Pills
regularly and am now perfectly well and
feel like new man. Foley Kidney Pills
have cured me-" Valley Drug Company.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-22

changed the piesa No. Its you. You've
lost the strong. healthy stomach. the
vigorous liver. the active kidneys. the regu-
lar bowels. of boyhood. Your digestion is
poor and you blame the fine food What's
needed A complete toning up by Electric
Bitters of all organs Of DIGESTION Stomach.
Liver. Kidneys. Bowels-Try them.
They'll restore boyhood appetite and APP
probation Of food and fairly saturate your
body with new health. strength and vigor.
soc. at The Valley Drug Company.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-22
A Frightful Wreck

Of train. automobile or buggy may cause
cuts, bruises. abraisons. sprains or wounds
that demand Bucklin's Arnica Salve-earths
greatest healer. Quick relief and prompt
cure results. For burns. boils. sores of all
kinds, eczema. chapped hands and lips.
sore eyes or corns. its supreme. Surest
pile cure a5e at The Valley Drug Co..
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-22

Sunday night. July a4,h DIR. John P.
Williamson win conduct services and
preach. DR.. Williamson is the superin.
tendent Of all the Indian Missioas Of the
Presbyterian church. All are most cordi-
ally invited to be present.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-22

A new line Of Ladies' visiting cards just
arrived Al the Searehlight ol6ce.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

AgD-NhT man 1ELcA LUlnEU 10 WIN q
n diploma from the University of
California His assets We're
large amount Of vim and
wheelbarrow. AS a freshman he made
his living b. moving trunks in that
vehicle. Between jobs he studied. BY
the time he was a sophomore he had so
3 prospered that he was able to borrow
a horse and wagon. Four years from
when he started In, he left the col
lege town with diploma and chsck
for $4,000. from the sale Of his express
business. in the same pocket.
His case IS partially paralleIed by
that OF Stanford man. The latter
made a living by running a peanut
stand near the quadrangle. When
asked when and how he found time
10 study. he replied, i don't run the
stand on Saturday nights" But a
rival stand operated by two Greeks
eventually ran him out Of business.
Cheerfully rsmarking that he had no
liking for Greek matters anyhow, be-
ing e student OF civil engineering, he
turned his hand 70 something else
and kept on.
''rhe most remarkable thing I have
noticed about American young men,"
observed an English traveller on the
Pacific coast recently, rs the lengths
they viii 90 TO n order to obtain a
university education" In his country
this ambition is often not strong
enough TO overcome the caste distinc-
tion against the student who seeks to
win his living and his education simul-
taneously. A very different feeling
prevails in the United States. when
Woodrow Wilson took the presidency
Nof Princeton he declared vigorously
that he was not undertaking to be
president Of country club. The pur-
pose OF the university has changed con-
siderably IN the last 20 years It's
horizon has widened, and II has be-
come more vital TO young men and
women IN preparation for their work
In the world This constantly grow
ing. need OF a college education finds
its best barometer in the percentage
OF students who are undertaking to
work their way through" IT IS a
battle for the strong. no shirkers are
asked to apply. The American college.
IN ceasing TO be 8 country club for
Besurely inclined young men. more
and more attracts the workers who
want TO build well for the coming
years That class which works its
way through" IS IN many ways the
most desirable OF all The idlers are
growing fewer and fewer. They still
drift IN. but they soon drop by the
wayside and the world moves on.
About rs per cent OF the students Of
both California universities make their
own way wholly, or almost wholly.
through college, They ask favors from
no one. wade doggedly into the four
years battle, and reach the goal Of
the commencement platform in about as
large a proportion as do their class
mates more fortunste OF purse. An
other IS per cent works about half its
way. third quarter, perhaps, wins
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

loans are made to needy students who
give evidence of having the right stuff
At both institutions there is an annual
prize of $50 recently rendered by advo-
Gates of international peace, awarded
for excellence In competitive oratory
on this subject. There are also the
Bonnheim essay and dissertation prizes.
amounting to from s25 to $3.50, and
certain other money rewards for In
tellectual achievement. One student
has been known to win all these prizes
in succession during single college
year.
One student, when a freshman,
waited at table at campus board
ing place, but still found time for COL
lege interests beyond his books He
became a track athlete, student body
president and football player Now he
is a post graduate student and draws
$1,000 a year from the university as
student adviser sort of mentor
for freshmen.
Stanford man without funds OBJ
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

arise. He found room In his quarters
for Ave others. Several were varsity
athletes. But with his expenses thus
cut down to minimum he still finds
1t necessary to drop out year every
now and then in order to replenish his
funds by working as soap drummer.
One day during one of his absent on
leave" years he returned to the cam
pus to renew old acquaintances. He
was accosted in the postoffice by one Of
them. who asked him If he intended to
return to college in the fall.
II hope to-" he replied, next year IL
1 can-if not the year after. But" and
his jaw closed like steel trap, Tvs
determined to get Stanford degree
some time. and it's going to be II
alone to keep me from It,
Such is the stuff which some varsity
men are made of.
Agents for livery stables, florists and
tailors are In abundance. A Stanford
man acted as agent for a Los Angeles
Photographic firm. getting his friends
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
How 1t Is Done

Tutoring" backward students is lit
tie INDUCED in on the coast as a stu
dent profession. although 1t is an in
stitutional means of support in many
eastern universities Perhaps the west
hasefewer backward students On the
other hand, waiting on tables in clubs
and restaurants is a stand by" 1t is a
job Offering little salary, but gives
board, ut least. And it does not neces-
sariIy indicate a lower social status
in the eyes of ones college mates. A
Stanford fraternity man, society mem
Der and college editor, waited on a
table in Palo Alto restaurant during
his freshman days, and graduated as
perhaps the most popular man in col
legs. Another waited on a sorority ta-
bic and. as a climax to his college ca
reer, eloped with the sorority belle.
Within college walls, more than in the
world outside, perhaps, a man is given
chance to show what is In him before
final judgment is passed. Every one.
whatever his income. is recognized as
a, possible famous lawyer, scientist or
captain OF industry of the future.
Gymnasium assistants draw from
$40 TO $50 a month. These positions
demand unusual ability and are hard
TO secure.
Newspapermen in college can earn
all the way up to $50 a month as cor
respondents for the San Francisco
dailies if they are experienced If not
college journalism itself offers some
hope The editors of the Daily Cali
fornian and Daily Palo Alto receive
about 81 an issue. They must be
seniors, as a rule Editors Of the two
junior annuals the Blue and Gold and
the Quad, make several hundred dol
lars each. But it is as managers, as
In most journalistic fields, that the
greatest profit lies. Some students
pick up fair profit as agents and
solicitors for newspapers in a given
territory
Laboratory and library assistants can
make about s25 a month.
California students, owing to their
location. hnd considerable employment
IN bAOIcSfT OAhSCo dAl0 Ou AOC81
One Is a barber in Berkeley. Another
presses trousers for rs cents q pair
and guarantees a good crease.
A number of Stanford men act az
runners and solicitors for San Jose
Iaundries. deriving 20 per cent OF what
they collect from their customers.
These. in turn, employ assistants.
Needless to say In this field a student
prospers In proportion to the number
of his friends.
Fraternity Men House Keepers
Nearly every fraternity house at
both Berkeley and Stanford employs
one member, at s25 or $50 month, as
house manager
Several state university students
earn money by acting as gardeners,
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

tanned his board by assisting the Chi
nese cook in a sorority house and the
university furnished him with a room
free Of charge in the frame barn hous-
ing the campus hosecart upon his
guarantee to be on hand with the fire
apparatus whenever the need should
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
A6fNSe DON !
THS FRGSHMAN

dish washers, and in similar house
years with a cow and graduated as an
electrical engineer. A number who
are expert machinists find employment
in Oakland garages and as chauffeurs.
One was an actor at Idora park during
his college career At it's conclusion
ing lady and launched forth on a ca.
reer. Another is press agent for ar
Oakland theater
Two brothers at Stanford took hold
of the Inn, sort of commons wherein
800 young men had suffered three times
day for years, and made it into an
excellent boarding place, to their own
profit. Students are employed as
walters, and about a dozen find their
expenses thus lightened. The two
brothers also found time to take an
active part In student affairs one be-
coming president of the student body
and both winning the highest ora
torical prize on the Pacific coast the
Carnot medal. In Berkeley there are
q number of student eating clubs un-
der the stewardship of enterprising
college men.
Three University of California men
once gathered in a harvest of real
money by typewriting and selling the
lectures in difficult law course. They
did not understand typewriting, but
went at ii nevertheless via the one
finger method. One enterprising stu
dent has a corner on mimeographing
the syllabus sheets in a certain engi-
neerng course
Law students in both universities
sometimes pick up good sums for
mo alrir o,,d 1nfr ofI
litical work. At the last municipal
election in San Francisco over $50
students from each institution were
employed all night as watchers at the
polls.
Construction work at both California
and Stanford has given many students
employment OF one kind or another
Minstrel shows and the like occasion
ally bring In the much desired lucre.
Stanford during the last year had a
regularly organized college minstrels"
troupe.
A Varsity Hello Girl''
There are many runners and agents
for various kinds OF merchandise. One
college man sold tennis shoes in the
gymnasium. Another distributes cigar
cite samples. A third represents a
haberdasher One Stanford man plays
the violin in a regular orchestra at
dances. Another painted candy boxes
and mural decorations on the walls of
a Palo Alto Ice cream emporium. An
other IS telephone girl" in the campus
exchange, even sleeping in the room
and having to get up In the night
whenever a phone Is used.
Food buyers on the cooperative
plan are positions assumed on nu-
merous occasions by students of both
institutions. It calls for shrewdness,
unflagging Industry, and a certain
amount OF capital
Students possessing artistic skill
have been known to clear $3.50 a year
painting the gay plug hats of Berke-
ley and Stanford uppsrclassmen
Scholarships, fellowships and ~prizes
are not to be relied upon as means to
a livelihood. They are too few and
too trifing in amount A small fund
has been placed In the hands of the
state university faculty out of which
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
DGrsity .AfhteteS Do Neediew0rk.
fraternity Men Press Trousers,
Students of Engineering Mix Cows,
L0O Students Smash Baggage, and
CosEds fire Telephone Giris.-.
.AH.f for a Square Foot of Sheepskin.

the frills and f6fies of college life
the honey, so TO speak, on the bread
and butter-by its own endeavors.
These figures will no doubt SURPRISE
those TO whom college course, apart
from its study hours. is a picture of
ease and idleness.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

to allow him to handle their develop
ing and printing Several California
students have worked up a lucrative
business as photogra pliers OF plays.
rallies, limitations. or whatever else
occurs upon the campus. The photo
graphs are then sold as souvenirs 10
the rest of the students.
A California man with little capital
invested in a second hand press and
some type and made bis way by doing
job printing at odd hours. Many busi-
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
Fraternity Men House Keepers

Nearly every fraternity house at
both Berkeley and Stanford employs
one member, at s25 or $50 month. as
house manager"
Several state university students
earn money by acting as gardeners,
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
By J. P. Smithson

YOUNG man determined to win a
diploma from the University of
California His assets were a
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS LIGHT
Eovernment Issues Comparative Re.
port Covering Five Years.

Washington, Feb. 11.-Figures which
show that maybe the meat trust isn't
altogether responsible for the rise in
steaks, outlets and chops came from
the bureau of statistics.
The bureau. in special statement,
declares live stock receipts at the sew
eral leading interior markets for 1909
were considerably lower than the av-
erage for the past five years. During
the year receipts of hogs at these sew
eral centers totaled 18,S34,641 head, as
against 22,S63,7O1 in 1908, and the gen.
eral average of over 100000 since
1904.
The cattle receipts were 9,189,312, as
against S.827,3 in 1908. an increase,
but still not anything like the totals
for the years 1905, 1906 and 1907.
The 1909 arrivals of sheep-10,2S4,-
9O5 head-while in excess of like to-
tails for the two preceding years, show
. smaller total than the figures for
1906 and 1907.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
FIRE DESTROYS
DRESSED MEATS
Blaze at Boston Causes Dam.
age Of Half Million

Boston, Feb. 10.-Boston's beef sup
ply was nearly "cornered' by a fire
which destroyed approximately half 9
million dollars worth OF property al
the Brighton stock yards.
The fire is thought to have originat
cd In the engineroom OF the New Eng
land Rendering company's building
connected with the Brighton abattoir
The blaze spread to the cattleshed
OF the Boston Packing company with
In few minutes and threatened 70 d
time to wipe out the entire plant
which covers nearly twenty acres.
BY hard work the firemen succeeded
In confining the flames to the buildi az
of the rendering company and the cat
tleshed.
Hundreds of cattle and other stock
were saved from death only by being
turned loose in the streets
More than 250,00O pounds OF dressed
beef, hogs and other meats were de
stroyed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
GIVEN TWO YEARS IN PRISON
Sugar Trust EmpIoye Convicted Of
Customs Frauds,

New York, Feb. 11.-Oliver Splitter,
former dock superintendent of the
American Sugar Refining company in
Williamsburg, who was convicted of
conspiracy to defraud the government
in connection with the short weighing
of sugar imports, was sentenced by
Federal Judge Martin to two years in
the penitentiary at Atlanta.
After sentence was pronounced
Splitter made the following statement:
''The sugar trust made scapegoat
of me. 1t deserted me absolutely, it
pounded and ruined me after l served
it faithfully for twenty-nine years. In
the alleged fraud prosecution the gov
ernment cried for a victim and the
sugar trust answered by sacrificing
me and four SIS a week checkers.
None of us were guilty of any breach
of the law, but somebody had to go
to prison to save those higher up"