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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-20

The Gaelic club was entertained
yesterday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. John Quinlan on Dean ave
nue.. The afternoon was spent In
playing five hundred.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-20
HOSTESS AT AFTERNOON
PPInGE
MUSICALE FOR VISITORS.

Mrs. William Sellers recently
gave delightful musicale in honor
of Mrs. Evelyn Bird Of Chicago and
Mrs. Clarence Henry Bangs of this
city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-29

next eleven Then we're to have one week for review and comprehensive examination to finish of with It a0iU finish me-dead. There1 be no diploma for me this year. Ah we'll another year seems long but it will pass"
 That was all very we'll for Elizabeth Afford; young Independent and with responsibilities the world Her being at college at all whim of hers Her leaving without a diploma and degree. her stay ing to work another year for them were matters Of pleasure convenience with her--no more. But to the men, postgraduates for the part with theE way to make in the not too a1uent teaching the prospect of another without appointment and salary a~serfoua thing
 fAnd I don't think" Elizabeth would add thaf old Archibald is bad enough to make all tb necessary. It would thing for him to lS dismissed like this in the middle senesterl AnG hasn't it seemed to you" she would add with tM prettest air of deference, hat his lectures are get ting little better? Of course, I'm judge. Tn very ignorant But you that he is gettRuq in a little subject matter?"
 And the led" would be forced to agree Billy Fr last desperate attempt all to Spain had invited Archibald and Pearson to dine with him and had gently started Pearson on his pet theories H was impossible for anyone to listen him unnaoved and unenIightened, and Archibald absorbed clarity and power enough to transngure his two or thres succeeding lectures. We worked quietly but hand. And gradually the leaders the movement to ousf Archibald found themselves with few followers Fac ulty meetings generally took place Thursday and the Thursday preceding the Saturday fixed for thu laying of the cornerstone John again surprised me by calling in the afternoon.
  just co1tc to tell of most extraordinary thing Nearly all the men and several of the wofnen who signed poor Pearson's death warrant have gone to the president ard asked him to reconsider any idea of change in the science department"
 'VoD popu!t changing its tuue," said T. preparing to confess to the conspiracy and my part in it, when Elizabeth and Billy Blight crowned almost vis- ible laurels, broke in Billy grasped Johns hand and shook it warmly, while Elizabeth gathered into her embrace.
 Isn't it wonderful?" they cried in chorus
 "And isn't Marian wonderfulT' Elizabeth added.
 What you two lunatics talking about?" John demanded, and Elizabeth was breathless that she allowed Billy to do the talking ''Thornycrofts down and out. Prexy' learns that the feeling of the undergraduate body has ehanged Told in a nice little speech his office when went in with two three other chaps to speak my little piece It would have drawn tears to the eyea of graven image to hear telling him how we had all learned to love Archibald; how 1t was only his preliminary lecture that went little above heads.'
 Marvellous" murmured John, 'tnarveIous and uns accountable.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-29

thena and they'll get devoted you you'll ali stay there together great happy family dabbling In the internal workings of the animal Kingdom What makes you look so serious Marian?" she asked suddenly turning to me Whats the matter, chld?"
 I'm thinking how I Should love to be there', answered. "But was born too soon Pm a senior you know, and all these plans next year when snant be there And we're having such an awful time. Prexy away and the most horrible substitute doing the york;
 Ihey all knew that we suffered under Dr. Archi- Dald He was unquestionaby learned, but he was no less unquestionaby incapable of parting his learn Ing His lectures came late in the afternoon O. nonday Thursday and Friday-a bad time for even proficient instructor, but fatal to bad one Every. one was always tired, and weariness acting on our natures in different ways reduced the senior class to mixture of irrtability friRoIfty physical platitudnous statements fell upon this remarkably Dad ground and bore fruit sometimes in an inatten tive lasstude, contagious, overwhelming and inpene- trable and sometimes in acrimonious criticism or re- tort leading to general uproar.
 Now, neither Elizabeth nor I cared worry n,rcb unlearned ln zoology. We students in the art department, and the was prescribed for us as sort of groundwork in general structure and anat on1y. We never expected to teach thing, and to us our marks in it, whether for themes or even the final examination looming toward us at the end or the year, mattered little case of majority or the students very different They e1pected most of them, to fill positions as superfn tendents principals, teachers and professors possibly their dplomas-but surely their ability pass creditabe examination would be iafu- enced by their knowledge ignorance of the natural sciences All these things they thought about while Archibald read to us his musty lectures and lad waste four and a half precious hours a week
 1hInsS were at this pass when peripatctic lec- furer named Thorngcraft hloomed out day the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-29

cul1is and getting well the sunshine. The n1oat will be full of formaldehyde A yellow flag shall float the battlements; the drawbridge will be always up the ironstudded covered thick with scarlet-fever plasters.''
 Elizabeth achieved something which in the darkness passed for a laugh.
 And I'm going. just dropped in make of you for the stone. The babies will be wondering where I And if Robert reached home and found to greet him but Maria very believe he'd away again and think he didn't live there at all.' 1
 Presently she gone, and left together the mercy nerves and our imaginationsuntiI Billy Blight broke with q stand anything but darkness. Let's have light this thing with the light he found that both Elizabeth and were crying.
 I think Margaret fed us think Billy stayed to dinner think talked.a queer, trail ing spurts, but don't remember anything very dis tinetly until Billy rose to go away.
 And hang it a1l,' he cried, the personal appli- cation occurred to him for the first time, that bounder of Thornycroft will work all to death. How are we going to do in twelve weeks the work that ought to have been spread over nine months. And if we don't make up the stuff he'll throw all down on the exam. And we'll all be back here next year looking at the dear old Pearsons and knowing that we-for didn't sign that petition-have shut them out of Spain. Oh lord !'
 I had read of sleepess nights, but I, don't think I ever experienced till then. Hour after hour I revoIyed the dilemma and studied all of it's horrid horns. There seemed nothing to do; absolutely nothing And yet was on fire to help my friends and to show John that could be trusted only safe confdant, but a resourcefuI ally was six o'clock, and the gray morning was looking in through the windows when at last hit upon plan and battered in to awake Elizabeth discuss it with her
 "Now, what thought is this," I began as pulled her eider-down about my shoulders; well just frghten these eds away from Thornycroft and back to poor old Archibald"
 "But how ?" she questioned.
 q got the idea from Billy Blight You remember what he said, just before he vent extra work and time which the change would involve the likelihood of losing diplomas the end. Billy generally talks nonsense but sensible judge then If can once get the men students and the majority of women students too, for that matter-to this aspect of the case, you'll see them focking back to Proxy declaring them selves quite satisfied with poor old Archibald who even if he, does not teach very much, certainly makes unreasonable demands upon time, and, just certainly, will give all easy exam and good marks the end''
 You're a darling and genius" cried Elizabeth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-29
accountable ?

And we can go to West Farms Saturday with easy minds and consciences," cried Elizabeth 'Fhe Pearsons are safe If the castle were finished now we four might crave its hospitality account of the brain strain it has caused Oh you dear old Marian! she cried again threw her arnss around me while Billy again shook efusyey Johns unresist ing hand.
 "she's girl in thousand" MT. Blight was pleased to assure my fance She'll wife ia million"
 q know it." John acquiesced, "but might trc'i'" you to explain why you her responsible for thu change in public opinion?'
 "0h it's only their roncc-ca. John dear" answered ''we've done nct..G at all except to give a few singing lessons to 1'or popnlL"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-29

to US who were so fond of him, q my way clear at ast and I've signed the contract I'm to pay for the castle in two years. If we're carefu1-"
 "Oh! we shall be careful" cried his wife
 s'We may it all in eighteen months
 Of course congratulated them jubilantIy, Pearson went
 its all on account of that of zoology which the president is listed to conduct. I'm to have next year He spoke of it week That will raise me to full professorship. My salary will increase by $2OO0 q shall be the head of the science depart ment and just about the proudes happiest fellow between here and Timbuctoo."
 Again we tumultuously congratulated him.
 And it isn't only that, he went on, mot only the money, though God knows that will be welcome enough; not the house, though that will precious enough; not the position, though that will be fine enough But it's theSwork The chance great big chance to do great big work. I'll make the depart ment wonder. I'll make the chaps in other unfver- sities-aye and in other countries like Berger there-Pn make lem sit up take notice. And the students I'll turn out !'
 No, Robert" cried his wife, taking his hand in hers, you'll never turn out any students at all. sSIH get so attached to them and interested in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-29

"It shall be done. We'll make 'em cry for Archibald before the weeks Now let's sleep a little; it isn't quite time to get up."
 When public opinion strongly in direction it is easy thing for three youngsters, however strong their enthusiasm, to turn it round again. And had to be very careful. It would have done to show hostility. were just plaintively natural; resigned to it.
 ''Oh yes, of course," Elizabeth would sweetly when enthusiastic "cd' singing TAccay croft's praises. "Of it's c well fer you You're clever, but kcow s.2ll not dif cEla +sis year -vc heard scEet,3i- cf I"of~~or Tllo-c crofts plans" O.. subtle s!~ --l@?bett! trTc's
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-29

HI.g9Zz1Sgg5sWY dearsI" cried Mrs Pearson, as she
 :; A@Ta responded to the bell. This is EsAbsSA pleasant surprise
 &%Q8&$SE&& have been growing accustomed Sfor A1p Elizabeth and Ebachelor maidens,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-03
BOY KILLED
BY A DISC

Monango, N. D., Oct 29.-One of the
saddest accidents that was ever hap
pened in Dickey county occurred on
the Simon Vix farm near Fullerton.
Mr.. Vix's 9-year-old son, Rhineholt,
was discing with a four-horse team
and in some manner was jolted of
the seat in front OF the disc and
dragged to death. The little fellow
was alone 20 just how the accident
occurred will never be known.
He was dragged about 16O feet be
fore the horses stopped. Mr.. and Mn.
viz were In Monango doing theil
weekly trading and knew nothing OF
the sad tragedy until their arrival
home and discovered the mulilated
body which was hardly cold. Whsr
found his head and arms were on thu
tongue Of the disc and 1t appeared a
Il the pluckly little fellow had ct
tempted to draw himself out from
under the disc but his legs wer<
caught under the machine ana his
.-A e ~
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-03
NC Henry COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
ARE SCORED

Oct 1880.
Granville Heard, Granville, N. D.
Dear Sir: At the same time that
| send in my check for $500 az pay
for the Estray Notice which was ad-
vertised in your paper. l would like
to say something on our coming eaec-
ton. We farmers Of McHenry county
are electing officers to do our bust
ness, in favor Of the majority of tho
people. As have found out these last
few weeks that our county officers
are not working for the benefit Of
the majority Of the people, but for
the benefit Of few. AS you know.
| had tine honor Of being one Of the
committee that was appointed to
meet the commissioners. At the
meeting, I found out something that
I did not know before, that our county
commissioners are working against
the interest Of the majority of the
people. .,, .,.
! understand that the county COM
missioners told us that the farmers
who have not got seed and feed this
year, ought to be chased out Of the
county, however, these we're very
hard words to swallow, but we took
our medicine like good boys. Even
Mr.. Sampson that 10 running Tor
sheriff and goes around and pats
the farmers ON their shoulders and
tells them how good hs 10. He 10
even working against the interests a
the farmers. which could plainly b
seen at this meeting in Towner. We
taxpayers ought to remember him on
election day, and I believe the farmers
from now on are going to wake up.
Yours respectfully,
HA0BARDT OLSON.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-03

There are thirty-eight first class,
seventeen second class, and thirty-on
third class high schools TN the
state. Each first class high school
received, last year seven hundred and
twenty dollars state aid and the sec.
ond and third class received four
hundred and fifty dollars and two
hundred and seventy dollars respect
lively, from the state appropriation.
At the election Oh November 9Th,
one Of Unconstitutional Amendments
that will be voted upon will be for or
against the establishment of a Normal
School at Minot. This amendment
will carry, but the people in this SEC
ton of the state should not forget to
vote "Yes' on this proposition. We
need 4 Normal School in this section
Of the country and it will be q good
thing for northwestern North Dakota
from an educational standpoint
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-03

l asked In my first letter; Can any
one, even the most Imaginative, sug
gest any plausible reason why oul
light and phone rates should exceee
! those of Grand Forks, when they
have one-third more phones and are
200 miles farther away from the
cheap fuel OF North Dakota? And
would like to suggest that a plain
straight answer to this question will
be much more satisfactory to the
eo&te OF Mino, than even a sample
of Mr.. Davis high class ridicule.
the following are some Of the rates
paid in the surrounding towns: Minot
pays for phones $3.50 and $3.50;
Grand Forks. $500 and $500; Rugby,
$500 and 1925; Valley City, $500
and $50; Darlington, $3.50 and $1.oo;
Kenmare, $3.50 and $3.50; Iowner,
$3.50 and $3.50.
For lights Minot pays Is cents up to
100 kilowats and then is cents: Grand
Forks and Fargo pay IL cents up to
100 kilowats and then cents; Rugby
pays Ia cents to SO kilowats and then
10 cents; Williston 10 cents to SO
kilowats and then IL cents Kenmare
Is cents for lighting and to 10 cents
for power; jamestown Is cents for
residence and s to IL cents for bust
ness places, 10 cents for power and
10 tine railroads, to cents per kilo,
wat. Bismarck pays Is cents for house
lighting and cents for power.
While Mr.. Davis Is telling US why
Grand orks should have a cheaper
rate than we nave, will he tell Us
why Williston and Rugby can sell the
first kilowat Tor II and IL and 10
cents respectively, while Minot must
nay 16 cents. Are these towns too
far from Minot for a comparison? II
so will he suggest a radius which ne
would consider the limit?
In the matter of telephone prices.
have given The rates of towns near
enough to Minot? If not I shall try
to get the rates for Surrey, Burling-
ton and Sawyer The rates for Cas-
man, Davis and Logan are not In
print, SO cannot promise them.
Sincerely yours,
A. ]. MCDANIEL.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-03

R. w. Dalziel reports threshing
1900 bushel of wheat this year. Not
too bad for an of year. Dalziel is
a thorough farmer.
A number of Minot hunters who re.
turned the other day are pacing the
streets WITH stuffed clubs up their
sleeves. They locked their geese in a
big refrigerator and some Que locat-
ed them and took every last goose.
One of the hunters says he will give
$50 reward to learn who the miscreant
is. A certain liveryman who looks
we'll cared for, may have taken them
for q joke.
Sorenson 10 working hand in hand
with the Democrats and with the dis
gruntled Republicans (?) who tried
their best to defeat him two years
ago. Is such a man to be given nte
best Office that Wand county offers
We think hot. .. .
Jos. Carlson reports that Louis
Peterson q farmer southwest Of Minot
lost his barn, . horse and some hav
in q prairie IRE.
Theo. Peterson from near Tagus
died from the effects Of inhaling coal
gas, after lying unconscious for eight
days. He used dynamite In blasting
rock AZ the hnftnm ~ voll ~han
he was overcome.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-03

G. Z. Davidson recently shipped a
car of White Burbank potatoes to
Julius Fauchild at M1not, receiving for
the car $34450. This is the first car
of potatoes shipped from Portal, but
c. E. says it will not be the last one.
c. E. Davidson returned last week
from Medicine Hat, Alta, where he
went to attend the funeral of his
brother-in-law, Rev. Edebert Hayes. Mr.
Hays had many friends in the central
and eastern part of this state, where
he served in the ministr-' for fifteen
years and was pastor of the Methodist
church at Dasey, N. D., for a good
portion OF that time and until recently
moved to his new home at CARLSBAD,
Alta. He died at Medicine Hat, at
the age Of forty years and leaves a
wife and three children to mourn mis-
loss.-Portal International
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-03

W. e. Leach held an excellent sale
twelve miles north OF the city Tues
day, Col. Hecht crying 1t. Sucking
colts brought $S5, cows $50 and mares
$216 each. A stack OF last years
wheat straw sold for $50, while =
stack of oats brought $46. Hay sold
on the ground for 50. a ton. The
crowd would have been much larger,
but for the inclemency Of the weather.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-03
ACROSS THE
Great DIVIDE

In writing ACROSS the Great Di.
vide" Jerome Harrington created per
ma s, net his masterpiece-yet it telle
remarkable story OF love and ad
venture that has made possible one
Of the prettiest plays of the century
With the rise OF the curtain you
at ones find yourself, as it were
away out yonder, somewhere, some
how, 'brea thing the astmosphere of the
golden west, the action of the piece
making you right at home with those
true as steel characteristic real
men, real women around whom 60
many fascinating stories have been
written. You'll laugh, you'll cry with
them, because where there Is sunlight
likewise the shadows come-and q
play is not play without thrilling
incidents of daring and heroism.
Although the principal scenes OF
This play take place in little CITY
out on the mountainside that is surg.
ing and seething with life, teeming
with picturesque population that in
cludes the border ruffian, the gamb-
Ter and the tout, all the dregs and
by products that a mining camp has
there is nothing in ACROSS the
Great Divide that offends.
In fact western play without pro-
family, without shooting, revealing a
quiet, wholesome story that is bound
to please.
ACROSS the Great Divide" is CIV
Ell this season by an excellent cast,
every member being selected especi-
ally for this tour. Minot Opera
House November 8, one night only.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-03

Herman Mldhbo, who was candidate
for the U. 8. Senate before the pra-
maries has taken his oath that his
campaign expenses amounted to but
eleven dollars. The newspaper would
never get rich from Herman's doodle.
The fire department was called out
Wednesday afternoon to put out IRE
that had started in Neil McDougall's
automobile. The thing mad caught
fire while Neil was .cranking 1t. A
fire extinguisher beat the department
out Of q Job.
The Reporter says that Mr.. and
Mrs. E. o. Wendt were appointed
superintendent and matron Of the
poor farm by the county commission
ers. The Independent understands
that E. o. Wendt 10 q single man,
and If there is 4 matron, we'd like
to know who It 10. The Reporter
should be careful to publish on 70
liable news, for Arne and Jens are
apt to take away that county pap
on account Of Its "unre1iabi1ty."
N. Zeibach, an Indian 107 years Of
age, was arrested by the federal
authorities, charged with selling
liquor to the Indians Of Fort Totte1
reservation, this state. He 10 undoubt-
eddy the oldest man ever arrested
for crime In the United States. He
has been released on $500 bonds.
The old fellow was born in 1903. He
can talk little English, but mixes
the language with Indian words,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-03
NC Camel GIVES
Continued from page nine;

simple question: will show whether
or not | am right. If this $21, 900 mad
been taken out and distributed as a
dividend, would it have been divided
among the owners of the $125, 200, OF
among the owners Of the 1925, 900?
want to say that before taking this
matter up at all, l discussed it with
,, men as high in the financial world as
Mr.. DAVIS, and they have told me that
mis- method Of figuring his net earn
! inks is wrong and have added that
where man has a monopoly Of any
service as Mr. Davis has in Minot,
he should be we'll satisfied with q re-
turn OF six per cent on his invest
| ment.
! Put is Mr.. Davis satisfied with .
return CT Is and As per cent on his
| capital invested, when other capital
! lists claim to be satisfied with a return
| of six per cent. He would be If his
motto were not that of certain rail-
J roads in regard to freight rates. AL
| that the traffic will bear" Instead Of
/ being satisfied, he boosts the price Of
.ht ues 81 90 each, or allowing for
party rates, an average Of possibly
! -, cents each, or $500 per year and
50 adds eight or nine thousand
dollars more to his already small
earnings and raises mis- percentage OF
return proportionately. 1t is any
wonder that even Mr.. Davis Is be-
ginning to think of lower rates for
1911?
Mr.. Davis objects to my going to
Grand Forks for a comparison OF
ales and saws l should have compar-
d his prices with towns nearer home.
Well, l am always willing to oblige
md will give him the rates of a
number of towns all over this part
of the state for the purpose of show
ing your readers that the rates |
quoted were a very sample Of The
rates paid for lights and phones.
Mr.. Davis says l failed to tell your
readers that Grand Forks has two
telephone systems. Let me say right
! here, that it was methods such as
those used by the Minot Light and
Telephone company that disguised
the people of Grand Forks and induc-
| ed them to vote a franchise to the
second company. And, incidentally,
I might add that since the coming Of
the second company, the service re-
ceived In Grand Forks has more than
i doubled In numbers and efficiency. Ne
, also says that failed to tell you
i that the franchise Of the Grand Forks
, company whose rates l quoted pro-
| vides that its rates may be raised
! when it's phones number 1000. Does
! Mr. Davis know that this company
has in operation 1850 phones and has
connections with $50 country phones,
and has not raised Its rates1 Appar-
entity they are we'll satisfied with
the profits they are making under
tine present schedule and are working
under the motto, "A square deal for
ALL" rather than under the motto
quoted above.
want to repeat here the question