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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09
MISS DONALD SEALS
 ENTERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB

The Friday Evening Bridge club mel last night with Miss Donald Seals After a series of games, prizes were aWaraeo and a Dutch supper was served. Tnose who were Miss Seals guests were MISS Maybelle Roden. Miss Virglnia Means Misc Mariorie Weatherly, Miss Sadie Gil lesnv Messrs. Val Nesbitt D. Seibels seab Whatley, Jelks Cabaniss, Roper' Gregory, Roscoe Locke and David Rob- artc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09
MISS HARRIS AND MISS LONG
 HONOREES AT DANCE

Mrs. J. c. Long paid another pretty compliment to her guests last evening
 in a dance to which she invited her friends in the younger set. Four of the lower rooms of her residence wers thrown together, making a spacious dance hall for the occasion. A punch bowl on the veranda- was presided over by Miss Nita Ware and Miss Mabel Moore, and trays of sandwiches were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09

Alexander Hamilton organized the treasury department of the United States and in many respects it Is exactly as he organized it. Perhaps there is no other business machine so great and at the same time so behind the times in all this country. It is colosally magnificent in the way that 1t continually pounds out its destiny. It is immobile, hard to change and far from being a progress give or insurgent institution. No one can say it Is not efficient. but the eff oieney comes with great cost and is not of as high an order as sshould be, con- sidering the treasury department as the one special business organization in the whole administration Only few years ago letter copies were made by hand in large books; only a few years ago the the telephone was practically unknown in the treasury department; the electric button and time clock, modern filing sys- tems and direct telegraph lines are only of comparatively recent origin. Work has been duplicated in many instances at increased cost, some economies have late ly been effected by the late administra- ton and Secretary MacVeagh is asking for an appropriation of s25.0o0 to start further galvanzing into progressive life the throbbing, slowlymoving, ungropres- sive machine known as the treasury de- partment of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09
ART STUDY CLUB

The meeting of the Art Study club will occur this afternoon at o'clock in Miss Hills studio in the Hood building. Fol lowing the business meeting the follow ing programme will be discussed: Perugin.
 Bellini
 Andrea Del Sarto.
 Current events in art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09

Some day when the Congress of the United States Is not busy Investigating the high cost of living, pruning Uncle Joe" or conserving the Ballinger- Pinchot row it will order statement prepared of the assets and liabilities of the United States government. We own sundry bat tleships, some several hundred public buildings, some harbors, some river inn provements, some Notifications, some peace fleets, some fish hatcheries, some miles of acres of land some reservation forests, other reservations for the cure of tuberculosis, and a large number oi experiment stations for the purpose oi upbuilding the science of farmins-dry plain and irrigated. We also have a Panama canal and some islands of the sea. Just what our definite liabilities are in regard to these things no one has ever taken the trouble. so far as known to tabulate. Most people think we are solvent, and I guess we are. When that tabulation is made every citizen of the United States will think he is entitled to regard himself as property holder of no small amount.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09
NOTES AND PERSONALS

Miss Emily Howells of Chattanooga is expected today to be the house guest of Mrs. Mark B. Lewis for several weeks. visitors in Mrs. Lewis home last winter, and her coming is eagerly anticipated by large circle of admirers.
 Mrs. o. H. Hurley and Miss Maria De Van Hurley. have gone for much needed rest to points In Mississippi, Ten nessee and Kentucky. They will return in the early part of May and reopen their studios.
 the guest of Mrs. J. R. Pill on Twelfth avenue, south.
 Yesterday afternoon the c. c. club met with Miss Louise Adams, 512 Bellevue avenue. Two new members were added. After the meeting refreshments were served. The club consists of the follow ing members: Catherine Smith, Louise Adams, Bessie Hamilton, Marie Frank lin,' Stella Mae White. Serine Connor, Bertha Moss and Eleanor Lewis.
 Mrs. Bion A. Provost is expected today to be the house guest of Mrs. J. D. Moore. Mrs. Provost is prominent in Mobile so- ciety and has a number of connections in this city.
 Mrs. B. Hynes is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. Foot, in Atlanta.
 Mrs Henry R. Howze is the guest of her parents, MT and Mrs. w. E. Love in Chattanooga.
 MT. r.sRichard Johnston and his son, Rich ard Jr., are spending the weekend with Mrs. John G. Bradley at Camp Bradley Morris, Ala.
 Maj. and Mrs W. J. Milner and their daughter, Mrs. Mary Clare Miner, and children, have returned from Clearwater Fla, where they have spent the winter and will occupy their residence, 2235 High land avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. David Hopkins and Miss Hazel Marie Hopkins have been the guests of MT. and Mrs. Fred r. Shep. pard of 1214 Huntsville avenue for brie1 time, on their way north to Grand Rapids Mich. having spent the winter south. MT Hopkins Is a prominent architect an6 well known socially, and hisi charming family, as well, have many friends ir this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09

Legal Holiday-W Wednesday, April 13, 1910 (Thomas Jeffer- sons birthday, being a legal holiday, all banks members of the association will be closed. Birmingham Clearing House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09
GOVERNMENT MAY
 OWN RAILROADS Such a Thing Is Now Believed
 to Be Possible
A CHANGE IS CERTAIN
Maritime Importance of the St. Law renee River Is Emphasized By Recent Capture of Force of
 Steamship Men

Washington, April S.-(Special )-Rail- road men are beginning to believe that the day is not far distant when the gov ernment will own the railroads ana up crate through leases or franchises on a prof1t-sharing basis What would have caused a revolution a few years ago or even a few months ago is now accepted without very much excitement One rail road man expressed a proposition the other day in this manner: q believe that the railroads of the country would be much better off if the government owned them or leased them to private in- dividuals or corporations and gave them free hand, keeping moderate amount of the profits for the government DOT ton. Today the situation so far as law observance Is getting more and more diff ficult. Railroads trying to observe the law will have additional difficulties thrown upon them by those railroads which do not accept the law or attempt in any way to cooperate with the inter- state commerce commission. Details of management are being inquired into and interfered with in manner that Is equal | ly unsatisfactory for the government and railroads. In my judgment the govern ment will own the railroads in very few years or they will be operated along the lines I have suggested. When that Is done the railroad question will be elmi- mated, and only then the country will nave such peace as 1t has not en- joyed since the bloody shirt was elmi- mated from politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09
Joy for the strap-Hanger

from relative the day before he disap peared in October last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09

Mrs. Jack Gibson of Carbon Hill is the guest of Mrs. J. R. Pill on Twelfth avenue, south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09

Mrs. o. H. Hurley and Miss Maria De Van Hurley. have gone for a much needed rest to points In Mississippi, Ten nessee and Kentucky. They will return in the early part of May and reopen their studios
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-07-07
The Fourth at Glendale.

Glendale had one of the old-time
celebrations last Monday. It was not
an extra day for comfort, it being dry
and windy, but that was not the fault
of the good people Of Glendale.
A splendid street parade, in which
nearly all of the business houses had a
float, was an attraction of the morning
and then came we'll arranged pro-
gram at the opera house. States At
torney Jones Of LaMoure county was
the orator of the day. and his address
was full of patriotism and common
sense.
In the afternoon there were two ball
games at the race track. Oakes and
Forbes contested for honors, but Forbes
came on too strong for our picked
nine and we went down to defeat 10 to
8. The first inning was a bad one and
the game was lost on the start.
The ball game between Glendale and
Monango resulted 10 to 9 in favor of
Monango. Monango was weak on the
start but ended we'll.
The trotting race was won easily by
a Forbes horse.
It is estimated that the crowd in at
tendance was in the neighborhood Of
1900.
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times a spark from his zipe fell on
him and set him afire. ana If it hadn't
been that his hands wsre wet with
tears he would probably have gone up
like a flash. He was mighty careful
about sparks after that.
By the ninth of November he was SO
dry that he could not weep any more
He had wept all the Weeps out of him
There was no more moisture in old
Andrus Gobble. On the tenth of No
vember he was perfectly desiccated
Even the moisture in his ears, that
made hearing possible, had dried up
and the old codger was as deaf as q
bat. but he went right on with his
horse-radish Job. He brought in a
basket Of horse-radish and called Or.
one on the telephone and asked him
when he meant to pay that money,
and Orone began answering in his
grating voice, but old Andrus could
not hear sound. He kept yelling a,
Orone, and Orone kept talking. and all
the while Orone's grating voice was
getting In its work on old Andrus,
grating him down and grating him
down, and in five minutes old Andrus
was all grated to pile of white dust.
Then he gave last yelp at Orone
and passed away entirely.
Copyright. 1909. by W. G.. Chapman.)
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Temperance Lecture.

Temperance Lecture.
There will be Norwegian temper
ance lecture by F. L. Tronsdal in the
Norwegian Lutheran church on July
10th at 8 o'clock in the afternoon. All
are cordially invited.
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LOCAL

Mr.. ard Mrs. ]. D. Ames attended
the funeral Saturday Of their old friend
j. P. Clancy at Monango. Mr.. Clancy
died of heart failure Thursday morning
at his home in Valley township. He
was aged 81 years and had been in the
county about four years. He leaves a
wife and grown up family.
The next regular meeting of the R.
N. A. will be held Friday evening,
July 9Th. All members are requested
to be present as there will be special
business. The r. N. AS are getting
more lively of late and are taking new
members at nearly every meeting.
Come and join US and have good
time.
Mr.. Ray Lugg Of Usage, Ia, who
has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Geo.
Featherstone departed for South Da.
kota Friday, tor short stay before
returning home. Miss, Ethel Barker
fsfr0 0sasa, alse- a cousin Of Mrs
Fcatherstones departed for Napoleon
N: D., and other points before return
ing home, "
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and Orone's grating voice would crate
up the horse-radish. Old Andrus Gobbls
used to stand by and weep. and he
was never exactly sure whether he
wept most for Joy or whether he was
weeping q plain horse-radish weep.
He would stand there and the tears
would run down his face in streams.
The fact was that he was weeping q
full quantity Of horse-radish weep, and
a full quantity Of Joy weep too.
And that was why old Andrus Cob
BILE over-reached himself. as said
The human body should consist of two
thirds water, and an average man
perspires two pints per day. but old
Andrus hustled so over his horse-rad-
ish job that he was perspiring about
gallon day right along, and he was
weeping a gallon of Joy tears and
three gallons of horse-radish tears.
and he was losing good deal more
water than any man could afford to
lose. Even the teeth, which are the
dryest part of man. contain ten per
cent. of water. Old Andrus began to
feel that he was getting pretty dry,
and he took to drinking water copiouy-
ly, but to save his life he couldn't
drink five gallons of water a dsy.
Three gallons was all he could poesj.
bly, manage, and that left him two sal,
Ions short every day, and no man 0s
the age of old Andrus Gobble can a.
ford to shrink two gallons a day ary
length of time. In three weeks he WAS
so dry that he rustled when he walk ed,
like an autumn leaf. and he kept get
ting dryer and dryer. Two or three
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-07-07
BETZVu1-E TALES
Orone McDooble and Andrus GobbL
@~By Ellis Darker Bl1HefI
E4S Atdhor Of Pigs is Pigs Etc w
ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL

Old Andrus Gooble, of Betzville, was
one Of the shrewdest men in town, but
twice in his life he made mistakes.
Once was when he lent money to Or.
one McDooble, and once was when he
thought he could work the money out
OF OrOne.
It seems that couple of years ago
syndicate of prominent Betzville ag-
riculturists decided to build tele.
phone line, and when they went to
Orone he said he would be glad to
go into it, and he subscribed one hum
dred dollars, but when the time came
to pay up, he did not have the money,
so he went to old Andrus Gobble and
began talking loan out of him. Old
Andrus refused at first, but Orone has
a harsh, grating voice. like the rough
edge of rasp file. and after he had
talked to old Andrus awhile Andrus
felt his ear drums giving away. Ev-
cry time Orone said q word it was like
rasping file across Andrus's ear
drums, and in few minutes his ear
drums were rasped down so thin that
they palpitated painfully, and they
were hardly any thicker than sheet
of tissue paper. Old Andrus saw that
If Orone coaxed a few minutes more
his ear drums would be worn quite
through, so he told him to shut of his
voice and he would lend him the
money. So Orone did, and Andrus
made the loan.
Then he started right in trying to
collect. but he had q hard job .of it.
Orone did not have any cash, nor any.
thing to attach. All: he had was the
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-07-07
Lost Their Baby Boy.

The Homecoming of Rev. and Mrs.
John Wright has been saddened by the
death Of their little son. John preached
his last sermon in America in the
Presbyterian church of Oakes three
years ago, just before starting with his
wife for the mission field in West
Africa. They were returning home in
the best Of health and spirits. They
had a splendid visit in ireland and had
just reached Philadelphia when the
little son was taken ill with Inflammation
Of the bowels. He passed away or
July 4th at the home of brother
Matthew Wright, at 1920 E. Dauphin
Street. The funeral was held yester-
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Wright will shortly
come west.
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Death of Carl Thompson.

Carl Thompson was summoned by
death at $50 o'clock on the morning of
July 4th. Carl was taken i'll with ty-
phoid fever about three weeks ago and
that with weak heart was the cause
of his untimely death.
Carl was the son Of MIR. and Mrs. T.
NJ. Thompson of this city. The family
came here from Estherville, Iowa,
where for twenty years the young man
had lived. He was bornat Centerville,
Wis, Dec. Is, 1883. Besides his par
ents he leaves two sisters and two
brothers to mourn his loss.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Norwegian Lutheran church
this afternoon, Rev. G. w. Samuelson
officiating.
Deceased was q young man Of quiet
nature and excellent habits and has a
host Of friends who were sorry to learn
of his death.
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right to have telephone instrument
in his house and connection with the
Inter-farm Telephone line. Every time
old Andrus Gobble telephoned him
about the debt Orone would begin 4
hard-luck story about eighteen fir
longs long, and his grating vcice
would file little more off old An
druss ear drums, until the old man
had to slap up the receiver in self-pro-
lection. But the telephone line was
composed, part of the way, of the top
wire of old Andrus's barb wire fence,
and one day when old Andrus went
out to look at the fence he found that
every barb on the top wire had been
filed off close. and IT. did not take him
an instant to realize that it was Or
ones grating, rasping voice that had
fled of the barbs as It passed over
the wire.
So old Andrus, who is a cute old
codger, saw at once how he could get
even with Orone, and he got right to
work and planted his ten acre south
field in horse radish. AS soon as the
horse radish was ripe he dug couple
Of roots and went in to the telephone
and called up Orone and asked him
when he would pay up, When Orone
began one Of his long explanations.
old Andrus took the receiver from his
ear and held the horse-radish roots
up In. front Of the receiver, and the
result was like magic. As soon as Or
ones grating voice struck the horse
radish roots It began grating them.
and the ground horse-radish fell like q
shower. so old Andrus knew the plan
would work all right. From that on.
a. fast as he dug his crop Of horse
radish, old Andrus would take 1t in to
the telephone and Gallup Orone and
ask him about that hundred dollars.
and Orone would begin explaining,
and old Andrus would turn the tele-
phone rsceiver on the pile Of horse
walsh reots, like the noxsie Of hose,
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-07-07
Plans Submitted,

Buckner& & Orth, who have been en-
gagged as architects Of the new court
house at Glendale, have submitted
plans Of the. new building and the
board viii taks action at its July meet
ing. The present t,lans allow for a
Jail in the basement which will meet
all ordinary call for Jail room for years
to ecma. The commissioners plan 4
be as economical as possible, and figure
they can furnish everything complete
for $loO. 900.
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Increased Use Of Rat skins.

Use Of rat skins in the manufacture
Of fancy articles is increasing. Last
year the trade in Great Britain alone
amounted to $250,000. and supplies Of
brown rat skins are being sought in
lots Of from 100 to 10, 900. II ts proposed
to start asbusiness in Calcutta for se.
curing and preparing the skins Of the
brown rat, to be used, among q variety
Of purposes. IN the binding Of books
and the making Of purses. gloves, and
various articles for womens use and
wear. The supply Of rats IN Calcutta
70 said 70 be inexhaustibIe.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-07-07
INSURGENTS GET
THE LONG END
Nominate Ten Out Of Sixteen
Candidates for National
and State Offices.
Ed. Baker Win Nomination for
Clerk Of Court by Plurality
Of About Sixty Votes.

Senators-Long term, P. j. McCum-
.ber, short term, A. ]. Gronna.
Congr ressmen-L. B. Hanna, H. T.
Helgeson.
Governor-C. A. Johnson.
Lieutenant Governor-U. L. Burdick.
Secretary Of State-P. D. Norton.
State Auditor-D. K. Brightbill.
State Treasurer-G Gunder Olson.
Supt. of Public Instruction j.
Taylor.
Attorney General-Andrew Miller.
Commissioners of Insurance-W. C..
Taylor.
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor-W. C. Gilbreath.
Commissioners of Railroads 20. p.
N. Anderson. w. H. Mann, Joe Pur-
cell.
The above appears to be the ticket
nominated on the state and congress-
ional tickets at the election held last
week. Some Of the places contested
are still in doubt, especially close being
the race between Norton and Henry
for secretary of state. the one between
Woods and Taylor for state superin-
tendent, and the one between Stuts-
man and Purcell for place on the rail
road commission.
! According to the unofficial returns as
made out at Fargo Senator McCumber
has q lead Of over 1000 votes over
Thomas F. Marshall, while Gronna has
q lead of about 10000 votes over En-
<gerud.
1t is a question whether or not the
democrats have cast enough votes in
the state to insure place on the bal
lot. Its believed that John Burke
has squeezed through.
In the county ]. E. Baker has ma
jority over Ed. A. Smith of 60ssvotes.
The democrats failed to Nominate q
1singls man on their aosHtty tickes oai,
about 40 votes were cast, while the
primary law requires 30 per cent cast
for secretary Of state ct last genera
election, which would be 1872.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-07-07
Real Estate Transfers.

= List of transfers furnished by A. L.
Reggs & Son, abstracters, Glendale
Duane E Geer ct al to Earl M Alcorn,
NV of 3-132-62.
Sophia Zahn ct al to Martin Branden-
burger, ne Of 22-1SO-66 etc.
@ H FROZEN to Hans c FROZEN, part
of nea Of ne of 3O-l3O-59. f
Chas S johnson to William Pomplun,
NV Of 19-130-64.
Mary Ann Morgan to Abraham L
Morgan, sw Of 9-130-59.
r j Lehman to Roy Lynde, lot 10.
block 8, o Glendale.
3 6 Ballard to v A Noble, ne Of ne
and ea Of Sc Of 21-13l-65.
D 7 Youker to Jennie "A Daehler,
lots 9.and 10, block IS. D r & w Add
to Glendale 3.i sa I, # s II v 5
Charles johnson to D T Youker and
H H Perry, ne Of u and Sc Of sw Of
8.129-65. ISL j; NJ 35is
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NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES
Swedish Lutheran.


Confirmation will take place next
Sunday. The Swedish class, number
ing seven, will be confirmed in the
morning at IL o'clock and the English
class, numbering four, in the afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Communion services in
connection with the afternoon exer-
cises. A cordial invitation is extended
to all.
The pastor will attend a joint meet
ing Of the Northwest districts of the
Minnesota Conference to be held in
Fargo July 11th and 18th.
The Catechumens are meeting every
day this week for the final prepara-
tons for Sunday.
&C. w. Samuelson, Pastor.
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Ice Cream SOCIAL.

The Scandinavian Lutheran Ladies'
Aid will have an ice cream social at
the home of o. J. Sanders on Friday,
July 18th to begin at 4 o'clock. Every
body come and have a good time.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-07-07
STRAWS-==CRASH

Have you seen those new Straw and Crash
Hats we are showing? Those who have already
purchasd here advise displaying the
most complete and up-to-the- minute lines in this
section and at prices far less than asked i'm the
larger cities.
Crash Hats at IS and up to Soc
Stra.O Hats at lOc Csc, Soc, 81 and $3.50
They include Work Hats, Soft Hats Stiff Hats
Sailors and Yachts predominating.
Buy your Straw Hat here-you will be glad
you did so.
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS
The hot weather kind. with and without col
lars. One lot-special at Csc. Others in fan
cy effects, also silks and madras at Soc, 75c,
81 and up to $50.
The best Shirts for the least money Also good
values in shirts with attached collars only at Soc
and up to $500 The foregoing shirts embrace
the seasons latest styles-cut and made by the
best merchant shirt tailors-they not only fit and
up-to-the- minute in style but they abso-
lutely fast coors aud belong to the long wearing
shirt family. They cost no more than inferior
shirts do elsewhere.
Special thi. wsek a"dnext Black regular
Zoe quality. Sc
Suits. and Ribbed. regular $500 quail
SOC.