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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
NO SMALL CHANGE
NickELs AND DIMES UNKNOWN
IN ALASKA.
Their Use, the Miners Say, Would
Mean Smaller Wases-Why Rob-
bers Have Small Chance to
Escape Capture.

mo pennies, nickels and dimes go
In Alaska" said John Hoover Of Fair
banks. when / first went to that
country ] saw bartenders look curl
ously at a dime that some tenderfoot
had tossed on the bar and then sweep
it OF on the floor with their hands.
! wondered at this contempt for real
money and asked some questions
about it, discovering that no one ever
took nickels or dimes and that moth
Ing could be bought in the Klondike
for less than % cents.
Take the ordinary sack Of tobacco
for instance. which we get here for a
nickel. There they cannot; sell it for a
quarter hardly, SO they make it two
for a quarter, but will not sell one for
is cents.
1T Is common cause among those
people up there. They do not want
nickels and dimes introduced, for in
PRODUCTION of small change would
mean lower wages and lower prices.
Ordinary shovelers get four dollars or
i've dollars a day o and other labor
is paid in proportion. They do not
want to receive lower wages.
"Of course it is true that they make
money on the side, almost every work
er does. There is a tendency in mining
to follow the rule that nuggets belong
to the man who uncovers them even
II they are found on the claim of the
employer. l have seen men pick GU
nuggets worth from an insignificant
sum to $108 in value. The game up
there Is worth playing. I have had
this bag half filled with gold dust sew
eral times-and lost it; but l expect
to keep right on till l make a strike"
MI Hoover has with him one of the
leather bags that the dust is carried
in in Alaska. It is about IL inches in.
length and fiat and is about four
inches across. 1t ties with a thong.
"This looks as if an elephant had
stepped on it." he said, "but it has had
the dust in it up in the Klondike all
right.
"There are mighty few robbers in
Alaska. 1t doesn't take more than
four years to try a criminal and give
him proper punishment up there; and
besides, be a be caught. There is
only n way out and that is guarded.
Besides, gold dust is as easily identi-
fed as different kinds of cloth or cat
tie. An assayer or a banker in Seat
tie. for instance, will tell you whether
your gold is from one creek or an
other. There is sometimes ten per
cent. difference in the value of the
gold streams running parallel on diff
ferent sides of the same mountain.
A holdup man who acquires gold dust
would have to account for it when he
went out, and it cauld be traced east
ly."-Des Moines Register and Leader.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
Why He Knew.

The mild-mannered man was so well
Informed about past, present and flu.
ture dates of suffragists' meetings
that some one ventured the opinion
that his wife must be one Of the chief
supporters of the cause.
you're away of there" said an
other. "That chap isn't even married
He's a hotel clerk, and has had to add
suffragist meetings to his church
theater and political calendar for the
benefit of women travellers. Out-o1
town women who want to be up with
the procession place those meetings
at the head of New York's attrac
tioAs. They haven't time to look III
dates for themselves, so the accom-
modating clerks keep tabs for them
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06

When manufacturing industries are
established in this state on a large
scale as they are bound to be, by rea-
son of the enormous deposits of coal
that under]ie the surface of the state,
there will be a large market for all of
the products of the farm.
When this time arrives, when great
industries are scattered all over the
state, there will be a home market for
all of the wheat raised, the farmer will
be able to sell their wheat at the mill,
at his W door, thus saving the freight
and the SO called dockage, which will
equal zoe the bushel, or an annual
saving of Sl2, 600, 900 to the wheat grow
er, SO he is as much interested as any
one in having manufacturing devel-
oped in this state.
Until there is a home market for all
of the grain raised the grower will be
compelled to ship to the Minnesota
terminals, taking his chances on grad
ing, weighing and docking. The only
hope of securing a square deal for
shippers now is a suitable federal leg
islation.
There is a measure before the Uni
ted States Senate known as "McCum-
Der Senate Bill III" To provide for
the inspection and grading of grain.
This bill will be pressed for passage
at this session and there is likelihood
of it's becoming law.
Federal inspection of grain is of
great Importance to every resident
of the state. It mean fair dealings
for the farmer at the terminals and
the improvements it will bring about
in weighing, grading and docking
will equal at least five cents on every
bushel shipped from the state, thus
adding to the state wealth, at least
$4,000, 900 annually, being So. for
every man woman and child.
This then is a question which comes
home to every one. No one particu-
lar person or organization is more in
terested than another. It is the right
and duty of every one to work for fec
eral inspection.
The United Grain Growers Associa-
ton will get active in behalf of the
McCumber bill and do what it can to
make it law, believing as it does, that
it is the best bill that has been put be.
fore the congress.
The farmers must learn to manage
their W business. just the same as
the merchant, When a store keeper
marks up the price of his goods he
does not call in the farmer and ask
his advice. Why should the farmer
call in the merchants and ask him
what price to put on his grain?
The farmer can control his business
through organizations entirely his
own, differed by farmers and man.
aged by them alone.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
Insurance
Talks

> Farmers as a class carry COM
paratively little life insurance
probably for the reason that
they do not understand the bene-
fits to be derived from it. A
mong merchants and other town
and city business men life insur-
ance has a very important place
as much or more SO than fire in
surance. In these times no mer-
chant thinks Of trying to get a.
long without fire insurance and
very few indeed but who carry a
large amount of life insurance.
Every farmer should carry at
least enough life insurance to
provide his family with money
or immediate expenses in case
of his death.
Death never comes opportune-
ly, and there is never a time
when a family is so greatly in
need of ready money as at the
time of and Immediately follow
ing the death of the breadwinner
and provider. Protect your
family to this extent, at least;
don't leave those dependent on
you SO that they must twist and
turn and scheme and borrow to
give you a decent burial even to
obtain the necessities Of life or
to carry on the farm.
But this is not all the benefits
of life insurance. 1t will not
only .give your family immediate
protection, when they most need
it, but will provide all of an
estate that will help to take care
of them for all time. And more
than that-it will provide an es-
tate for your old age should you
live. 1t will do still more-pro-
vide you with means to raise
money ifrecessary on account of
short crops or other misfortunes,
as after the third annual pay
ment is made the company will
loan on the sole security Of your
| policy nearly as much as you
have paid in and at a very low
rate OF interest.
The cost OF life insurance is
very low-so low that every far
mer can easily carry a IS, 600
policy. The laws regulating
life insurance companies are
such that policyholders are abb
solutely protected, there is no
possibility of an old line com
pany failing to carry out it's "a
greement.
Investigate this matter of life
insurance and do it now. No
man knows what the future holds
for him and you owe it to your
family and %yourself-to see that
your loved ones are provided
for.
We will be very glad indeed,
to give any possible information
about life insurance to any one
desiring it and trust that all in
terested will write us. Don't de.
lay this important matter, to-
morrow may be too late.
S. D.. Scott
District Manager
Hope, N. D.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
Before the Drug Act.

Before we had governmental In
spection of drugs" said a chemist Of
Washington, queer things used to
happen. Here is one:
"a Washington man was taken vic.
lently i'll, and his wife got him a box
Of nux pills. He took three and re.
covered. The remainder Of the box
was put away in a damp closet.
"Some time later, going to the
closet, the man found that two Of the
six pills left in the box had sprouted.
A healthy green shoot had sprung
from each. Instead, you see, Of being
nux pills they were nothing but peas
covered with a coat Of -four"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
Shotwen Floral co.
Fargo. N. p.
Growers of Cut Flowers.
Can reach US by phone
Night or day.
The Pioneer, $1.5o per year.
New Perfumes at Wamberg's
Drug Store.
DEACON WAS A SMART. MAN
planned Why Grocer So Often
Went Bankrupt.

Opposite the railroad depot, where
the colonel had to wait for an hour
or two. raj a grocery kept by a col
ored man, and to pass the time away
he strolled across. Business seemed
to be very brisk with the grocer,
though all his customers were of his
own color. The colonel noticed that
sugar, tea and coffee were asked for
most frequently, and during a tenn
porary lull he approached the bat
tered old scales, on which everything
was weighed, and picked up some Of
the weights. The hollow in each had
been filled with lead, and 1t was quite
sure that q pound weight would bal
ance 20 ounces of coffee. By and by
it was remarked to the old man:
Il see you have filled your weights
with lead?"
Eyes. sah-yes. sah," was the re-
ply.
what was the idea?"
ITO keep de dirt outer de holes.
Can't git no dirt in dar' now"
Was 1t your own idea?'
NO. san. lnebber should nave dun
got dat idea but for Dekun Williams.
De dekun said IL was de way dey did
down in Atlanta, and he fixed 'em up
fur me widout cost"
"The deacon buys all his groceries
here, doesn't he?" was asked.
HE do sab. Yes, sir, no white man
kin git de dekun's trade away from
me-"
He was asked to take his weights
over to the depot and e how they
held out, and he picked them up and
started of with a puzzled look on his
face. They were placed on the scales
ore by one, and when the last had
been tested the old man threw up his
hands and exclaimed:
"Befo' de Lawd, bit It am no won
der Tze gone into bankruptcy fo'teen
different times and had to sell my
mewl and make de old woman go
barefut! Dat ar pound weight weighs
% ounces, and every time Dekun Will
liams or anybody else has bought a
pound Of sugar he has got three
quarters of a pound ODER! Shoe! re
gwine back to close de stoah and put
up a sign of Busted Agin!'"-Ex.
change.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
Wreck Of the Sarah Sands.

The Sarah Sands, an iron screw
steamer, sailed from Portsmouth, Eng
land, to Calcutta, in August, 1857,
with 300 soldiers on board. On No
vcmber II, the cargo Government
stores) took fire. By, the exertions
Of Maj. Brett and Capt. Castle, the
master of the vessel, who directed
the soldiers and the crew. the flames
were subdued, although a barrel of
gunpowder exploded during the con.
Migration. A new danger then arose
the prevalence of a strong gale;
water was shipped heavily where the
port quarter had been blown out
Nevertheless the vessel arrived al
the Mauritius, on November 81 with
out losing a single life.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
The Rev. ri R. Hicks Almanac
For 1910.

Ready November 18th. 1909. a splendid year
book. on astronomy and meteorology, the only
one containing the original Hicks Weather
Forecasts" BY mail. postpaid, 35c. on new
stands. 30 9. One copy free with a years sub.
Hicks Monthly Magazine, the best 81, monthly
in America. Discounts on Almanacs in guam.
titles. Agents wanted. Remember, the gen
uine Hicks Forecasts" are not published
anywhere else-you get them only in his own
publications.. WORD AND WORKS PUB
LISTING CO.. saol Locust ST.. St. Louis. Mo,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
The Rane Of Marriage.

She ia broken-hearted."
But why should she be, isn't she
Just married?"
tits not unhappiness with her hus-
band, but on account of the newspa-
per notice Of the wedding"
"Was there something uncompli-
mentary said?"
mot Intentionally. perhaps. but the
item printed was to have read. The
groom married a pretty miss When
the article appeared the second letter
in miss was an est. Louis Star.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
COUNTY OF STEELE
n Dlstrlct Court, Third Judicial District,
F. E, Fierce, p,a;S.s

IN district Court, Third Judicial District.
oe' Plaintiff,
!. Minnle M. Luce. Mary Leona Masters. and oil
n MINOR nelrs OF GeOrge e, Luce. Reino Els;a
r 80 nuGe, george L, Luce, Elma Luce. MahaI,
Gnmn NJ Luce: and Acme Harvesting
ierl My, tneenanlcal Rubber Co.. Racine Set
persons unknown, claiming any Interest ~. na
sm u "a, or!eln or lncumbrance upon the mon.
ei.S uescrlDeoln the complaint. Defendants.
SUMMONS.
!, me State OF North Dakota to the above
You are hereby summoned to answa ~ 49,
eolnplalnt IN this action, and TO serve a oonn
~ -; yoar answer upon the subscriber Wiki
, LILLY uays aIter the service OF this s,1nmnns
upon you. exclusive OF the day OF service. nnE
IN case OF your failure to anpear 0 Nv ! anu
aaement VIII be taken against You Nv daf "
ior tne rellef demanded iu the con,nia;nt ~
OaIeu november 18th. A, d. 1909. $500 a
EdW. S. johnson,
Aesluence and postof1ce address
Hope, North Lakota.
I0 Ihe ABOVE m defendants.
x!ake notlce that the action entitled IN ~
nine adne nunl u relates to. and is to deter.
Iant ~ 1uy ys y Claims to the following lands:
Enne Staaia 6Iock No. "a. Of the Town NJ
ptat thereof filed with the Reeister ~ * per
i sai wa sou a mat the complaint in said no,
S1om was nled with the Clerk Of said nistr ~.
l6rb Az, oseeIe county. North Dakota. On the
~ u"S u emf 1908. at Sherbrooxe
Edw, s. Johnson.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
@ 3742
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
oh, That There Were Others.

They knew that she lived abroad
for a couple Of years, they said. Why
did she never speak of It?
Il used to once in awhile" she an.
swered, t'but not any more after l
met the two Brooklyn girls who had
Travelled all over the world. They
cured me. It was When I was in
China or When I was in Japan or
When l went through the Black for.
est or When I took a sail down the
Red sea- until they Just about bored
me to death. l said to myself then
that l would ever after spare my
friends, and I have kept my word"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
An IndIscreet Memory.

The Hostess-Don't you think,
Col. Broadside is quite a wonderful
old man? Look at him. He is as
straight and slender as an arrow,
and he has the most wonderful mem.
DRY.
The Lady OF Dubious Age-1 thinl
he's an atrocious old bore. He 70
members when everybody was born.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
Drawbacks In Politics.

do you advise me to take up di.
plomacy as a career?" asked the
young nan who is politically ambi.
tious.
II don't believe l should" answered
Senator Sorghum; "the silence i'm.
posed is likely to spoil the statesman's
form as q popular lecturer"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06

a. All notices of entertainments of
any nature at which admission is
charged, given by local organizations
are charged at the rate of five cents
per line per insertion.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06
Marriage a la Mode.

Il don't know that l really love
him. Therefore shan't marry
him."
"Too risky, eh?"
Yes; l don't know that he could
pay the alimony to which I have bean
accustomed"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06

a. To insure insertion, all advertise
ments and pay locals must reach our
Office on or before Wednesday noon
of each week.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-06

Big Dance at the Opera House
Friday night. Hope Orchestra.
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The United States Steel Corporation
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The com petition l. confined to the
sculpsor members ~ the society and :
for n medal to he awarded and seal
tn he used nv tho society The desiRns
must 10 submitted m the form Of pIast lc
models with q maximum diameter ~
eighteen inches The committee on con
petition suggests that the diverse ~
the medal should be desiRn Of char
ACter ~ represent the society and that
the reverse should hear an inscription
One of the uses of the medal may he
Its distribution among the lay Nom
hers. a. certain European sociSties isSaie
medals which only their lay members
a.e permit - Ia buy and thes. get them
~ t,.s cost of casting Tho seal. which
u ~ be modelled on one side only. ~ for
the ohicial uses 81 the society. which
heretofore has had no official seal
Instead Of q Jury the judges are Ia no.
all ia" sculptor membess ~ the society.
and IN any one who knows artists dncltid
ing some Of themsNlvesl this awaksus
visions 81 DWELLINGS, of which the TN.
sympathetic lAynan ought not 10 10 told
The designs ar" IN 10 submitted III
course. anonymously. with cipher identisi-
cation marks, accompanied 10y keys ~
sealed envelopes
Later in thu. asasOn tho society ia %
organize n memorial exhibition ~ the
works OF John y \ Ward In This respect
the staid Century Club has moved with
more celebrity than the society The club
will open a memorial exhibition 81 Mr
Wards productions early in the comm Z
month
~ modern American architecture I've
engineer - ~ thoroughly n part that IL !.
not surprising 10 find architectural and
engineering journals ranged side by .id.
when questions II the professions ~ they
are affected by the attitude ~ layIusT
come up for discussion The resent
adoption by Springfield Mass. ~ .
building code which limits the Offices ~
commissioner and Of the BOAR 81 ,appea
N arChitects and builders j. opposed los
both architeofs and engineers through
some ~ their publications
The Engineering Record holds that "a v
a mistake 90 exclude civil engineers from
those places. Tho AmsvIcra ATeh1se
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Th~-e manifestations IN vPrious sections
are far from being merely ~ l"Cal interest.
for the artists -end their works for ex-
hibitiCn from anywhere To everywhere.
and this 'rnd~nCS j. perhaps moro marked
than would b. the cA-a n New York had
building wher" the National Academy
81 Design could ofTer AN all inclusive
exhibition IN the nature 81 salon or a
Royal Academy exhibition. That New
YORK should have such - building 10
being shown more cleArly every day. and
the academy has far from given mp ita
efforts Ia secure one Vet II will probably
be a long time before the academy or
New Iork can say. ~ doc the Pennsyl-
vania Academy ~ = forthcoming sNhibi-
ton Every work accepted will he
hung
This statement h made IN connection
with the announcement by the Pennsyl-
wanna Academy aud IN" Philadelphia
Water Color Club Of an exhibition under
their joint management 81 original work
in watercolor black and white pastel
or drawing With penct. crAyon OF pen. or
Illustrations In whatever medium Il
Is 10 be held a. the academy beginning
November ~.