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er's side, his grandfather, Jacob Sloat
for whom he was named, having come
from the fatherland to Newberg, N. Y,
where he made some money. Fassett
and David B.. Hill were neighbors and
friends, although the latter was the older
by ten years. After Fassett had gone
through the University of Rochester and
had studied law it was Hill who made
the motion admitting him to the bar.
The next year the young man was ap-
pointed district attorney. and a year later
he went over to Germany and took a
course in the great University of Heidel-
berg. After returning home he was
elected to the state senate. where Hill
welcomed him from the exalted seat of
the lieutenant governor, the presiding Of
ficer Of the chamber. Hill soon found his
younger neighbOr a dangerous political
foe whom he had to campaign against,
vigorously. on the home ground, but Fas-
sett had won his seat in the state senate
for the fourth time and had become presi-
dent pro tenn. OF that body when his
party nominated him for governor. In
the victorious Harrison campaign he held
the secretaryship of the republican ma
tional committee. the office which Frank
Hitchcock held in the Roosevelt Parker
campaign, and which started him upon
his meteoric political career. Har-
rison appointed Fassett collector of the
port of New York. the Office which Mr..
Taft has given to President Roosevelt s
faithful secretary. Mr. Loeb. And at
the national convention which renomi-
mated Harrison in 1892 Mr. Fassett was
temporary chairman. He is vice presi-
dent of a hank in his home city and
has large mining and cattle interests in
the west.
His wife Is very rich. She was Miss
Jennie Croker, daughter of the late E.
B. Croker of Sacramento. CAL who was
the brother of Charles Croker, the multi
millionaire. The youngest of their FIVE
children shares not only the full name
but the birthday of the father Mr.
Fassett is fifty-six years old and now fl,
his third congressional term. Both he
and his wife are Baptists, and he both
reads and speaks German, the language
of his maternal forebears.
The two republican Smiths on the rules
committee are both natives of Iowa.
Walter l.. who received more caucus votes
than any other repr esentative for MEM
bership on the Houses board of directors,
was born and bred right in Council
Bluffs, where he now lives. Gle got his
education in the common schools there,
then studied in a law office and after
being admitted to the bar practiced for
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GArRGARK(Mo)

the House wearing fla ming red necktie.
Although southerner by BIRTH by
speech and by sympathy Mr.. Clark comes
from Yankee stock on his paternal side.
His grandfather, Adrian clark, a one
time pich glass manufacturer and ship
builder Of New Jersey, lost his money
and apprenticed his son to carriage
maker. This son worked in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and finally in Kentucky.
where he became dentist and also the
father of the present democratic leader.
The family was poor and the mother
died young, so that Champ Clark and
his little sister had to be left with a
farmer. The boy was then ten and he
paid their board by doing farm work.
but he went to school between chores.
At fourteen he got work in a country
store at 50 a month and soon afterward
he organized a country school of his own
and did farm labor while teaching. Thus
he worked his way into the University of
Kentucky, from which he was expelled In
his senior year for getting into a shoot
ing scrape. which, however, had no more
any College, being graduated at the head
of his class. On reaching home he found
the offer Of the presidency of Marshall
College West Virginia. at salary OF
81 400 a year. Clark. although only
twenty-three years old, took the position
for year. and for twenty-five years held
the record for having been the youngest
college president in the United States.
Next he went to Cincinnati and was
graduated from the law school which
Mr.. Taft was to enter two years later.
Then he went to Wichita. Kan, to start
a law practice. and got stranded, but
made enough to get out of town by writ
ing an essay for student. He went
next to St. Louis, where he borrowed
$40, and put out for Louisiana, Mo-.
where he taught school. practiced law
and ran a weekly paper. Another move
brought him to his present home. Bowl
ing Green, where he entered politics,
being first elected to Congress In 1893.
At the end of that term he and his col
league. "Silver Dick Bland, were botE
defeated for reelection, Clark by a music
teacher and Bland by a horse doctor.
But Mr.. Clark was never defeated again.
He Is now In his eighth Congress. He
is sixty years old and Campbellite
by religion.
Among the new republican members Of
the enlarged committee is Jacob Sloat
FaHett of Elmira n. Y, the man who
ran for governor of the Empire state In
1891. but who was defeated by Roswell
P Flower. He is German on his moth
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NEwCHAIRf1ArTOT RULE. 5CdrNGTmE

another is Harvard A. NJ and fourth
delberg. Germany. All of the four demo-
cratic members are college graduates.
and the two republican members who did
not get to college are both named Smith
The youngest member of the committee
is thirty eight and might easily be the
son of the oldest member. who is sixty
five. Between these extremes there are
two members in their forties Ave in their
fifties and one just turned sixty. Their
average age Is nearly forty-six years.
the beginning of his elective term. One
is serving his twelfth term in the House.
two their eighth terms, two their sev-
enth. two their sixth and three their
third. The average member has had ex-
perience in more than six Congresses.
The geographic distribution of the new
membership Is as follows: North At
lantic states, three republicans and one
democrat; north central states, two re-
publicans and two democrats; south CEN
trail states, one democrat: western states,
one republican. The south Atlantic di-
vision of the United States is the only
one with no representation on the en-
larged committee.
Pittsburg. is the committees oldest mem
Der in point Of both years and con-
gressional service. He was sixty-flve
years old last Tuesday april 19). and he
has been a member of the House con-
tinuously since March 4, 1887, the middle
Of Mr. CleveIand's first administration.
Only three present members have served
a longer time-"Uncle Joe Cannon, now
in his eighteenth Gen. Bingham tPa),
now in his sixteenth. and Mr.. Payne IN.
", now in his thirteenth term. Dalzell.
although born in New York city. remem-
bers no other home than the Smoky city,
whittier he was taken by his parents
when two years old. He is of Scotch
Irish ancestry-his mother was McDon-
nell After going through the public
schools Of Pittsburg he entered the West
ern University Of Pennsylvania, and top
ped off at Yale. where he got his B. A. in
the last year or the civil war. 1888. which
was thirteen years before Mr.. Taft got
his sheepskin at the same university.
During the next two years young Dalzell
studied law. and soon he became junior
member of Arm which represented
all of the important railroads centering
in Pittsburg. After entering the House
he soon worked his way to both the COM
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HE new board of
directors of the ma
tiOnal House of
r pre- s entativeS
consists entirely of
a W Y RS. This
means ten attor-
neys in all, or more
legal talent than is
needed to fill the
bench of the fed
eral Supreme Court.
OF course. / am
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glimpse at Personalities
~ of the Ten Lawyers Con-
shutting the Enlarged Com
nittee on Rules Brought Int7
Being by the Recent 1nsur-
gent Uprising.
Copyright 1910 by John Elfreth Watkins
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mittee on rules and the committee on
ways and means, the two most important
committees of the House. He has been
best known as the foremost standpatter
the chief advocate of the protective
tariff In Congress. He has also made an
incessant study of parliamentary law,
having collated a larger amount of in
formation on the subject than probably
any one serving in Congress. He Is easily
the best parliamentarian on the floor. and
for number of years has been known as
lone of the three rulers of the House,
or as. sometimes, the brains of the
House triumvirate."
He is retiring to the point of shyness-
like AIdrich. Another point of similarity
Is that his biographies are few and far
between. He is better orator, however,
than Aldrich. and a far wittier man in
debate He made the ceverest republican
political speech heard in Congress prior
to the last election one that kept the
House in uproar for more than an
hour. Yet with all his skill in debate 1t
Is a popularity of Dalzells that he is
generally discouraged over a prepared
speech on the eve Of it's delivery. He is
small man with long mustache.
strong, well formed nose and chin and
intelligent eyes. He has considerable
wealth and is widower with family
of children.
In a recent speech In the House Dalzell
expressed the hope that God would not
inf1ict such a visitation on the country
as to elect a democratic House of Repre-
sentatives, but If such thing happened.
he said, he hoped Champ Clark would be
Speaker.
Champ Clark, the minority leader in the
House. is the ranking democrat on the
new rules committee. as he was on the
old. In the caucus which nominated him
for the rules committee he received
twenty-three more votes than were cast
for the next most popular candidate
Clark is by all odds the most striking
looking man in either house Of Congress-
He has a face which would have made
him a fortune on the stage-a face which
would go perfectly with the white wig Of
the eighteenth century courtier, the inlxy
cloak Of Hamlet or the toga Of a noble
Roman He is smooth shaven and has
almost white hair dark eyebrows, a deep
head, high forehead, large, deep-set gray
eyes, a long. well modelled nose, an elo-
ouent mouth and chin. He is six feet one
inch in stature, brOad-shouldered and
lust round enough to look well-nourished
and 'even-tempered He daily appears in
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Copyright. 1910 by John Elfreth wa,kinso
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
LONG LIS
OF ENTRIES / ! !
Over Thirty Harness Horses are
Entered in the Races For the
Richland County Fair

Jas. J. Hill, chairman of the
board of directors of the Great
Northern Railroad, will visit
the Richland County Fair at
Wahpeton again this year. He
will reach WahpetoE the morn
ing of the 9th and besides ad
dressing the visitors at the fair
from platform in front of the
grand stand, will formerly open
the new 500, ,OO0, 600 d epot at
sWahpeton: and attend ban.
quet which " ill be rendered
him by the Commercial Club
of Wahpeton. Mr.. Hill spoke
at the Richland County Fair
last year and at that time prom.
ised the people of Wahpeton a
new depot. Since then his com
pany has erected depot at a
cost Of lOO,OOO,OO0 and has ex.
pended all told about $3.50. .OOO,.
600 in Improvements here.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
INDIANS PROPHECY COMES
TRUE

Thirty-six years when Oron.
hyateka (wbo was at that time
the highest Mason of the world)
conceived the idea of organic
ing fraternal insurance socie-
ty on what is known as the
flat rate" he was ricdiculed
and scorned severly. Never
mind" said Oronhyateka you
will all have to come to it"
His prophecy is truly being full
filed. The number of societies
who have adopted this plan
the thirty.six years of unrival-
ed success and prosperity Of
the Ildependant Order of For
esters is ample proof that Or
hyateka laid the right founda
ton and it is through his fore.
sight aud fortitude that this
great Order owes its unparalled
success; No society or individ
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
PRIZES AWARDED FOR WELL
KEPT LAWNS

The Civic Committees wish
to; announce that h e four
prizes of $500 each which were
offered last spring. By the Wo-
mans Literary Blub and our
Mayor for the lawns in each
ward showing the greatest i'm
provement during the season
of 1910, are to be awarded to.
First ward, Matt Kraker; sec.
ond ward, John Baldauf; third
ward, Louis Fligelman; fourth
ward John Broderick.
The Committees wish they
had means to reward others
who have made such continued
aud successful efforts.
1t is to create a spirit of civic
pride along these lines that
these prizes are given and it is
hoped that next year a similar
plan may be followed. In spite
of the fact that it has been very
difficult to maintain lawns in
good condition this year, a
greater credit is due those who
have succeeded:>
Civic Committee.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
CLAIMS ARE
PAID QUICKLY
Prompt Action by I. o.. F. In.
Settling Death Claims

Casselton, N. D., Sept. 49,
The local lodge of the Inde-
pendent Order of Foresters is
proud of its record in paying
recent death claims. Mr.. and
Mrs. Aleith received checks of
$500. each from the order, on
policy carried by their deceased
son.on Friday last, proofs being.
made out the Saturday before
On Saturday last Mrs. Markey
received $1,000 from the Inde-
pendent Order of Foresters on.
the life of her son Albert. The
prompt payment of the latter
claim-under the circumstan--
ces-is especially worthy of
note. Yourg Markcy had had
his policy less than two weeks,
which had actually cost him
not quite SOC, still his benefici-
ary received the full face value
of his policy. This is remark
able rerord in fraternal insur-
ance and viii prove a strong
boost for the order in this VIZ
cinity.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
WAHPEToN co. NORTH DlIorA THURsDAY Sept

uai can offer you two for one
give you anything for nothing
and continue to do business.
Our plan is q simple business
;proposition-it is n . t cheap
nor expensive-bu reasonable.
IL you want safe and sound
insurance, join the Independ-
ent Order cf Foresters while
the local charter is still open
and save the customary $1,000
init alton fee.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
STORES VIII CLOSE

The merchants of Wahpeton
are requested to clio e their
places of business on Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday afternoon
from 2 O'clock to 4 fair week. J.
]. Hill will be here Tuesday.
Our two United States .Sena.
tors will deliver addresses on
Thursday and Governor Burke
will address the fair visitors on
Friday.
Frank Eberly, Mayor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

This corner is contributed
weekly by the Senior Class Of
w a h p e o n High Schoo
through their regular reporter
Its purpose is to bring the pup.
ills of the School in closer re.
lation with out side friends OF
the Grand Old School,.
At meeting OF the Senior
Class, Wednesday, G. be- 4
Reeder " elected president
Esther Schaffer Vice President
and Carl Ulsaker, secretary and
treasurer.
Up to Saturday morning, the
enrolment in the High School
was 10. During tn whole
season last year, the total regis
tration numbered but 1O5. Yes
indeed we are growing.
The first Retorical progra am
is scheduled for Friday after
noon, Sept, 23rd. Everyone is
cordially invited to come a n d
watch the Freshman shine.
The b o It tan y class is in.
vestigating the a m o u nj of
starch in certain substances.
One of the members, on being
interviewed by the reporter, said
there's very little starch left
in any of the class.
The boys are all waiting inpa
tiently for the sewing class to
start, for they expect to take up
sewing. Oh! you poor batch
lors
One the Senior girls / 6 I h
birthday occurred Friday and
she was reminded of it by the
rest of the seniors. E,
+ Ruth Babcock, fearful l e 9 t
school would not be school with
out her, has placed her name on
the book for another years i'm.
prisonment- Herfellow prison
ers welcome her back.
Charles Davis, who has been
setting q fast pace lately, suc-
tceeded in catching q bad cold
last. week.
Horace Freerks, who was ex-
pected to star as full back, this
season, was not able to practice
and Leslie Purdon ! o 0 I his
Eplace. .5
The studious seniors forgot
Ito study last Wed dnesday.
We will be back on this corn.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
TWIN CITY DALEY S2 PER.
YEAR

The St. Paulkpaily News ist
one OF the newest and hest oE
the Twin City Dailies.
am working for ore Of the
prizes offered by the ST. Pauk
Daily News. l would Ike tcs
have your subscription it wilh
assist me, and you will be
pleased with the paper
IL. G. Snyder.
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west ofthe buildings, and the
old tennis court hes been built
up and a new one is being con.
structed.
Within, the buildings will
present their natural appsear-
ance, except that in t h e main
building, the partition between
two of the rooms on the second
floor has been removed to make
more com modious quarters for
the stenography department.
This gives the e ntire South,
west front of the second floor to
this department, affording a
bundent room and light.
The third floor OF Burch Hall
has been newly furnished o
that the entire building is now
available for domitory room for
the young ladies.
The members of the faculty
are ready for the falls work af-
ter 8 u m M we'll occupied
with business o, pleasure.
Pres. Smith taught in the
Summer Session, aud has de-
voted the remaining time of the
summer to advertising and
preparing for the new years
work.
Prof. Black was travelling
clerk for the State Department
of Education for most of the
summer, with a months vaca-
tion in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Prof. Prather taught in the
Summer School and devoted
the rest of the summer to ad-
vertising for the Science
School.
Prof. Burch has pent t the
summer on a :.arm near Drydon,
N. Y. the home of his boyhood.
Misa Mirick. attended II e
Library School at Chattauque
Lake, n Y. with a brief viset
at her home in Drydon, n. Y.
Prof. Darner was on honey
moon trip i'll Ohio and too k
some graduate work at Witteu
burg College at Springfield, O :.
DECORATE
The Decorating committee
requests that merchants and
property owners, decorate their
buildings for fair week.
The idea is to make our city
look as attractive as we can, so
that our visitors can take away
with them a good inpressil n
of our city.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
DEDICATION OF ARMoRY

Program for the dedication
and opening ball at the New
Armory for Company I. North
Dakota National Guard, to be
held Friday evening, Septem-
ber %, 1910.
Concer. SOC
Braun's Orchestra
Dedication of Armory,
Capt. A. E. Mexican
Go. l, N. D. N. G. SOC
Dedicatory Address
Adjutant Gen. Amasa P. Peake
First Infantry, N. d. N. G.
Violin Solo
Prof. Ralph w. Darner,
State Science School
Address Pres. F. E. Smith,
State Science School
Address U. S. Senator
w. E. Purcell
Vocal Solo Miss Lila Walker
Intermission
Grand March 9:3O
Following the grand march
there will be a full dance pre-
gram.
SCIENCE SCHOOL ITEMS
The new school y e a r at the
State Science School opened
Tuesday. Students returning
from vacation find eve ral
changes. New cements walks
h a been put in to meet the
walk on sixth street, and from,
main building to the shop. The
new dormitory and the cemis-
try building were not connect.
ed on account of the makeup
soil which is not yet e tt e d
sufficient for walks.
The driveway from 8 i K h
treet around the c We has
been graded.
A new drive way fIom seventh
street back Of Burch Hall and
the Cemistry building has been
laid out and graded to the side
entrance Of the mrin building.
A great deal Of grading h a e
been done so as to get the cam
pus level, and when completed
and the campus e e d d, the
grounds will present a beauti
full appearance.
Preparation has been made te
] plant q wind break to the NORTH
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
SPECIAL TRAINS

Special trains will rum froms
all directions during the Rich
land County Fair, the time
tables Of which arrived at this.
office too late for publication i,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22
r;II.1 l)J3J AM5Ir

Tennis has been favorite'
out door sport this season i1a
Wahpeton. The club held it's
tournament this week at ahieks
there was offered three Rale.
pennants, one for the best play
er in singles and two fog the
best in doubles. G. e. Wallace
won in singles and E. o.
Prather and Ralph Munson in
doubles.
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er again next week, and hope
to receive another call from
each of our readers.
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Join A Growing ala Pro-
gressiVe 0rder, TheInde-
pendent Order Of ForeSterS
A CORRECT STATEMENT

the financial condition of Fe
Dakota The following
aken from the July 1910
ton that is connected with order
crease in that period We submit the for
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-22

9fOn
Total Assets to Increased Assets
Ja. l. 1910
independent Order OF Foers 5927OOOO
Woodmen OF the 108el213OO
nHignts OF Aaccapees 9473618O0
Koyal AIcanu -, a5,399OO
Monen Woooefn OF America 7398308OO
aoie OF Naaccapees OF the World 40272OO 41O9823
nhlg1!s OF Solum6us 3O2569300 263S
Satnohc Order OF Foters 2252373OO
FIotecle Legion 266O90O
nnIgnts Oh rytnias. 2998957OO
D1otnsin9oa OF american Yoenen l472O53O0 144G34OOO
aid the sick distressed the disabled
nobler purpose? ~
Membership JAM ,
Surplus Aug. l. Iolo, s746
S5O
member permanently disabled by
value Of policy balance death paid Should
at Rainbow Lake the Adirondack
at the age OF 70 which time the
We allow the widow S. month
be left
the religious belief
at the paid by
while
toni Applications received - " "
Ey R E. KALAT Manager,
w. W. GIBSON,
IN srAH1 f'so Depooes
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