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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1910-04-22
POETIC GENIUS
is DOING TIME
70. the Minnesota State Penitentiary and
Editor Johnson of the Ceatury Masa=
zine Appeals to the Author
tiles for His Re. 4
/ lease.

s. A New York special of the 18th inst.
says that Robert Underwood johnson,
editor of the Century, has appealed to
the Minnesota state board of pardons
on behalf of a poet who is serving 10
years in the prison at Saltwater for
burglary.
Mr.. johnson said today that he does
not indulge in sentimental nonsense in
which crimes are concerned, but that
this particular convict is a genius, and
it does not seem right to keep genius
penned UP for stealing $24 when he was
homeless, cold and hungry.
The prison name Of this poet convict
is John Carter. 1t is not his real name;
only non de guerre. The real name
is known to only few people with
whom the young man he is "a years
old has corresponded, most of them
editors of magazines who have bought
his poems. Mr.. Johnson hoped that the
name would not come out because its
divulgence might handicap the poet lat
er; on when heEis freed. ,s*,
Several years ago Mr. Johnson found
in his mail a poetic offering which was
signed NtJohn Carter" /" The poem was
entitled "Con Cordini' with Muted
Strings), and it was accompanied by a
letter to the editor which said frankly
that the author was in the Saltwater
penitentiary. '.John Carter" hoped
that the fact would not prejudice the
editor. It did not. AS matter Of
fact the circumstance sharpened the
editor interest. He observedsinstant-
ls,shs says, that the poem had unusual
merit, beautifully expressed, feeling
in short, that it was "a bit of fine art.
He printed it3in the April number Of the,
with q footnote explaining
the peculiarity ofstbe case. y
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1910-04-22

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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1910-04-22
winter. So the weather was not so.very:

winter. So the weather was not 30 very.
warm. '': S55 .s 4.
Dunn was not far. from the. Caldwell
country, which he says is no good. The
real estate men are looking for suckers
and the crop seems to be fairly large.
He says he never saw, SO many people
coming and going in his life. They all
get ont as soon as they can find suckers
to buy them out.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1910-04-22
GRONNA'S SECOND
.a,~ HOMESTEAD BILL
Text Of Second Homestead Bill as Offered
in and Passed by Congress and
of Which Congressman
GrOnna is the
Father.

Congressman Gronna favors The Tri-
bune with copy Of the bill presented
by him and which has passed the lower
House, providing for second homesteads
under provisions as laid down in the bill,
of which the following is copy:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress as
sembled, 49, 49, -
That any person who, prior to the
approval of this act, has made entry
under the homestead or desert land
laws, but who, subsequently to such
entry, from any cause shall have lost
forfeited, or abandoned the same, shall
be entitled to the benefits of the home
stead or desert land laws as though
such former entry had not been made,
and any person applying for second
homestead or desert-land ENTRY under
this act shall furnish description and
the date of his former entry: Provided
that the provisions of this act shall not
apply to any person whose former en-
try was cancelled for fraud, or who relin-
quished his former entry for valuable
consideration in excess Of the filing fees
paid by him on his original entry.
Mr.. Gronna says in connection with
the sending of his bill: 'This bill is
not in the form that should like to
have it but it is more liberal in it's
provisions than any bill that has yet
passed the House and if it becomes
law, it will bring relief to quite num-
ber of people. 49,.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1910-04-22
Bowbells, North Dakota, Friday, April %, 1910.
-aTI.g
AMBROSE u lll S MAN
NEA R VICTIM
Cracked female, Now in the Tolls, Comes
n Uncomfortabiy Near Fleeing One
8en O. Bakken Out Of $57 on
Pretense Of Becom. I'll.
ing His Wife.

Pittsburg, April 9.-Another indict-
Ilhent was returned today on charges Of
Igraft, romantic instead of fcouncilmantic.
Ali ce Peterson, a pretty Johnstown
woman, who has manners of refinement.
Iis charged in true bill returned by the
Federal grand jury, with having used
Ethe United States mails to conduct a
fraudulent matrimonial scheme inwhich
ishe was the bait. lg
i The woman is alleged to have large
correspondence with men in western
Icities, and when love affairs had ripen-
ed to a proper point, she would ask
them to send money for her fare to
their town so that she might marry
Them. .# - :
RI Among the exhibits offered by the
fpostoffice inspectors are number of
lfervid letters. One was addressed to J.
Frank Ross of Eugene, Oregon, whom
she requested to send her $1OO that she
could 60 to Oregon and be married to
him.
|$ Another was sent to Frank E. Burk,
Angelo, Ind; she asked Frank to send
ss35 so that she could pay for an opera
Ition to be performed on her mother.
Ia The third letter was of a bright and
cheerful nature, and was addressed
TO Ben o. Bakken, Ambrose, N. D. In
Ethis letter the writer asked for $57.82.
ES Ambrose Newsman: Mr.. Bakken is
Fp homesteader whose claim is located
Eabout four miles we tof this city. 1t
appears that he ca. ried on correspon-
Edence with the above mentioned woman
}last fall, which resulted in his agreeing
TO furnish her money with which to pay
her expenses to Ambrose, where they
IsWere to be married. Government Off
Ecials, however, informed Mr.. Bakken
l,Of the character Of the woman in time
20 prevent him from losing his money.
IA We understand MIR. Bakken has been
summoned to appear as witness in
the case against the woman.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1910-04-22
Killing !! il! Sound Horses.

Rolette, N. D., April 16. DR.: A.. Il.
Benson; who has just returned from
Portal, where he was called to inspect
some horses, declares the Canadian in
spectors are killing sound animals every
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1910-04-22

If you contemplate having a sale,
talk it over with Auctioneer Chas. ].
Kopriva. 1t will pay you to do SO. 13tf
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
The Lid Put on Tight in New York

the ranks Of the gamblers rs we'll as
with the police.
Since the shooting of Mayor Gaynor
placed him at the head of affairs Act.
ing Mayor Mitchell has received many
complaints. Some were appeals from
mothers who declared that their sons
were losing money in gambling places,
and many were specific in their char.
acter. 81
Men from the Office of the commits.
sioners Of accounts, the secret service
department Of the city government,
found for Mr.. Mitchell the violations
OF the law. The raids began and KEYS
were soon in the doors Of 40 gambline
places along the Great White Way be-
tween Thirty-second and Sixty-nintb
streets, and S1,000,0O0 Of invested can
5ital went out Of business The mana;
gers who were not Grating their rou
slette wheels, their faro layouts and
their Klondyke sets in preparation 70,
the exodus, were mournfully paradine
the streets in the vicinity Of thei,
houses, warning away prospective Gus
toners. It was the saddest day the
gamblers have known since the Az
new-Hart racing bills went into force
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
Queer Questions.

Queer questions come over the tele-
phone to the newspaper offices. Here
was one that the man who CHANGED
to answer the phone had put up to-
him the other day:
Say" began the unknown seeker
after the truth, do you-do you re-
member who it was that killed Abel?'e
"Why, Cain, of course" replied the.
newspaper man, who put in several
years at Sunday school. Who'd jul
suppose?"
WELL" observed the man at the
other end in an annoyed tone, "doggon
If I amt gone and made a fool O. my.
self. Course it was Cain, now that
you mention it, but made a two to,
one bet with a fellow that twas:
Goliath, and now TIL have to go with
out new overcoat, I reckon, this next.
winter" -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
GIRLS IN CITIES.

The young girl who tried dramatic
ally to take her life in New YORK. re-
Gently through disappointment ana
disillusion placed the blame upon the
wrong shoulders. 1t In no degree
rests upon either the business or pub
lie social side of American life, says
Washington Post. The responsibility
for such an outcome must be borne by
those who are in duty bound to give
their children right views Of life. The
sight Of a young girl, however preco"
cious, going to a city like New York
without friends or advisers to whom
she would listen, and very evidently
head.strong and impulsive, there to
spend two years writing book and
precious manuscripts which she ro-
mantically wishes to be buried with
her, calls forth nothing but pity. But
this sentiment does not obscure the
fact that the girl was permitted TO
gain a false view Of herself and her
relations with the world. Acts such
as hers in no degree justify the whole
sale condemnation Of the business life
of our cities or warrant the sweeping
statement of young girl facing at
once both womanhood and eternity IN
saying that "a girl cannot get along
honorably In New York"
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

I'd HILADELPHIA.-What becomes Of
/ the vast volume of copper pennies
that are turned out each year by the
government? They are never called
In and redeemed like some kinds of
currency and coins, but they seem to
disappear as fast as they are stamped
and put in circulation.
It Is unusual if the date on any of
the pennies in mans purse at the
end of the day is over ten years back,
yet the Philadelphia mint, which coins
all the copper pennies, sends out in
some years as many as $1,000,000
worth of them to the trade centers-
100,0O0,000, one-cent pieces. If laid
fat, edge to edge, in row they would
reach more than one thousand miles.
And still there are some sections of
the country where the penny is little
known.
In many of the mountain districts of
the south the york shilling" 12k
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
Puzzle to Trace the Lost Pennies

cents, is still spoken of in trade, but
no one ever hears the one-cent piece
mentioned. In many towns in the
south and west the tradesmen offer
nothing for a penny, fve-cent pur-
chase is the smallest that can he
made But of late there have been
more demands fer pennies from the
west, and the government experts
have declared that this is a sign of
increased frugality.
In the east, the chief use of the
penny, outside Of filling the child's
bank and buying the daily paper, is
for the purchase Of chewing gum and
one-cent candies. The increase in the
number of penny-in-the-slot phone
graphs and moving picture machines
in the last few years shows another
way to which the public has taken to
get rid of it's pennies. I
Uncle Sam takes in many pennies
for stamps and post cards, and many
of them flow into the contribution box
in the churches and religious societies
But all these ways in which the penny
is put to use does not explain where
they eventually go or what makes
them disappear in such vast quantities
every year. Even the government
coinage experts do not give satisfac
tory answer to the problem.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
Circus Lemonade Tabooed in Kansas

6ldu refrain OF the lemonade stand
barker, who in stentorian tones, calls:
"Lemo, lemo, lemonade,
Made in the shade,
Stirred with a spade
Five cents big glass;"
These things have been among the
sights and sounds of all picnics, cele.
brations and fairs and circuses since
Kansas became state. But no more
will one hear these sounds or drink
the lemonade" about Kansas unless
the dispenser has real lemonade to
sell. The state board of health has
put damper on the noise of the
barker because the board of health
has ruled that tub of water, In which
is put some tartaric acid and sacchar.
Inc and the peel of lemon is not lem.
onade, but the imitation article, and
cannot be sold as the real thing.
In Kansas all lemonade offered for
sale must be made from the juice of
lemons, water and sugar only. Inita.
ton lemonade can only be made from
citric acid and sugar and water. The
use OF the most common materials for
making fake lemonade, tartaric acid
and saccharine, is absolutely prohibit.
ed in this state.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
CORN IN SOUTHERN STATES.
Increase of 1,535,000 Acres In Eight
States Over Area Devoted to
Cereal In 1909.

In this ripe year Of 1910 there is
growing a corn crop of 26,277, 900
acres in the eight Southern states OF
Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mis-
sissippi, which is an increase of
1,535,00O acres over the area devoted
to that cereal in that territory in 1909.
This is an encouraging sign, and If
persisted in and the system of in
tensive culture shall be adopted gen.
orally, as it is particularly in the
states named, the cost of living will
be materially reduced--if the people
are strong enough to take by the
throat monopoly and force it to put
up with a reasonable profit, says
Washington Post.
The South is as good corn coun.
try as the West. The greatest yield
per acre Of that grain ever recorded
was grown on South Carolina farm
and it is an established fact that last
year Farmer Bats, a young man Of
80, tilling the soil within 13 miles OF
Raleigh, N. c., gathered a crop OF
corn the yield of which was the enor-
nous quantity Of 225 bushels per acre,
whereas the average Of the country
over is only &c bushels. This story
Of the yield on Mr.. Bats plantation
would be incredible If it were not
established by testimony above chal.
lenge.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
'49ers Going Into History, Unwept

who reached California in those
days." he declared. "Only those who
had the grit to spend months at sea
or across Indian-infested plains and
mountains succeeded in getting there.
The people of today do not know how
much their country owes to the 49,
ers. They did more toward the de-
velopment of the United States than
the men who fought in the revolution
or any other single group of men.
Most of them were very young. The
man among them who was over TWEEN
ty-fye was rare. And they did not
get rich. The men who came after
ward on the railways, with capital
and improved mining methods, or
who went into real estate We're the
ones who reaped fortunes.
The pioneer who get enough for his
railway fare and $1,000 more with
which to buy farm considered him
self lucky. Those who came after
ward on the railway we do not con-
slider real pioneers. They are not
eligible to our society.
1--WE were privileged to take part
in an epoch Of history unlike any
thing that had ever gone before, and
it is something whose like can never
be seen again There may be other
countries still to be developed, but
there is no place left in the world
where such a spreading of civiliza-
ton over an enormous wilderness can
take place in so few decades as it
did in the western United States.
The '49ers, as they went west in
their prairie schooners, saw miles
upon miles of fertile country whose
existence had been scarcely known,
and they were the most important
factor in developing the entire west"
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

nHICAGO.-The '49ers Of Califor-
~ MIA gold fever fame are pass
Ing into history. The epoch OF
which they are survivors is closed
and the last of them are becom-
ing too feeble to come to the an
nual reunion which has ben held in
Chicago on Admission day. each
year for the last twenty years.
A notice reluctantly admitting these
facts was issued recently by Secre-
tary George w. Hotchkiss, the young
est of the California gold hunters,
who at the age of seventy-nine is in
too feeble health to take charge OF a
convention. The entire executive
committee of the organization ap-
pointed last year is either dead or
under a temporary disability prevent
ing them from serving, and half Of
the fourteen pioneers who attended
last years meeting have since died.
A heroic effort to. get trace of all
surviving pioneers in the Middle west
resulted in the return mot found" Of
half of the hundred letters sent out
by Mr.. Hotchkiss, and, while he hopes
to find a few 49ers for a meeting
on discovery day." January IS, the
secretary said sadly that in ten years
they would all be gone and nothing
but printed pages could tell of a
movement whose like the world can
never see again.
1T was a picked lot Of young men
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

TOPEKA, Kan.-Dr. S. J. Crumbine,
i secretary of the Kansas board Of
health, has put his official foot into
the mixture always present at cir
cuses, fairs, Fourth of July celebra-
tons, picnics and other gatherings of
like nature. This mixture is known
as according to the barker
who spiels before the refreshment
stands. Generally it is something that
looks a little like lemonade because
there is lemon peel in the tub, but
1t hasn't the taste of the refreshing
beverage mother makes.
Since the memory of man runneth
not to the contrary, the one chief de-
light Of the small boy and girl and the
big boy and his sweetheart has been
to drink circus lemonade at the circus
fair or picnic.
No one knows who invented the
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
Farmers Educational
I'M and Cooperative
III Union Of America
Matters g Especial Moment to
J the Progressive Agricuturist

No man wins lasting success by
lodging the truth.
We cannot cure the sorrows of our
neighbors by sympathy alone.
The popularity of a crank is that
he always thinks it is his turn.
The stay-at-home usually accumu-
lates more money than the gadabout.
It is fine thing to be soft heart
ed" provided one is also hard headed.
Good luck consists in having sense
enough to keep on the job all the
time.
BY the intelligent use Of the grader,
any dirt road may be put in proper
form.
BY the time you have acquired wis
dom. everybody looks upon you as an
old fool
Gossips have automobiles beaten a
block when it comes to running peo-
pie down.
Loose business methods often get
men into. tight places, and break
friendship.
Transportation and transportation
facilities are necessities in every agri.
cultural region.
A man may often succeed in hiding
his sins from others but they sleep
with him O. nights.
The grass in the next pasture al
ways looks better to the disconnected
COW and the opportunities to make
money always loom large in some 9th
er state.
The man who works himself to
death commits suicide in the most
painful way and dies owing debt his
estate will never be able to pay.
The man who keeps his nose on
the grindstone' seldom gets rich. He
may accumulate a lot Of money If he
lives long enough, but mere money
does not mean riches in the things
that make people happy.
When man worries because the
weather Or crops DO not suit him he
comes as near to throwing away his
time as he possibly can. Worry
killed a cat" they say, but it never put
dollar in the pocket Of any one
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
Childish REASONING.

Look at the brownies, papa!" ex-
claimed little miss as she gazed up
ward at a Wall street skyscraper.
"They are not brownies, dearie,"
replied papa. "They are big men, like.
me, but they look SO tiny because they
are so high"
IF they were twice as high, would
they look twice as small?" she asked !.
showing the mathematical turn not
unnatural in the offspring Of sue
cessful broker.
Papa answered Eyes"
She made a quick calculation and
remarked: "They won't amount to.
much when they get to heaven, viii
they?" IS
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

NEW YORK. Squared on by Acting
~ Mayor John Purroy Mitchell, Po-
lice Commissioner William A. Baker
has caused several raids to be made
on the gambling joints Of this city,
and the lid has been damned on SO
tightly that s1.oO0,oo0 of capital in
vested in such places is idle just now,
while the owners are wondering what
next?" Impatient over the yexing de-
lay, Acting Mayor Mitchell In a letter,
following several raids. has put square
~ up to Commissioner Baker all re-
sponsibility for the non-enforc ement
OF laws against gambling and vice. He
charges the police with being grossly.
derelict In their duties. and declares
that the situation his secret service
men report could not exist. without
police connivances There is panic ii
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

Still another use for automobiles.
The town Of Jamaica, L. l., had an
unpleasant time when main burst
and the water supply was shut on
completely. To say nothing OF the an
noyance, inconvenience and danger IN
private dwellings, the orphan asylum
and other institutions were subjected
to especially distressing experiences.
To meet at least partially the demand
an automobile service was organized,
the machines going with tanks, bar
rels and other receptacles to points
where water could be obtained and
bringing 1t to those in need. This was
at best but a poor substitute for the
regular system, yet it proved that in
time of stress the auto Is a valuable
auxiliary.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

Still they come, those Chinese stu
dents who are to be trained at Ameri-
can educational institutions. A party
of sixty eight has arrived at Honolulu.
These students are some Of the NUM-
Der sent by the Chinese government,
the expenses to be paid from the
Boxer indemnity money returned by
the United States, says Troy Times
That kindly act has brought rich re.
ward in the form of the esteem, graft
9tude and confidence of China and the
influence that will be exerted through
the absorption of American ideas by
the bright young men who are the
benefciaries Of the arrangement.