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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-12-15
CROSBY NAMED
TEMPORARY SEAT
COMMISSIONERS OF DIVIDE COUNTY
MET At N0ONAN---NAMED CROSBY -
TEMPORARY COUNTY SEAT

| Crosby, N. D., Dec. 12-The
| new county of Divide, created at
the fall election through the divis-
ion of Williams county, has Sc
lected Crosby as its temporary
county seat. The fight on the ap-
pointment of commissioners has
been q strenuous one, delegations
from the various towns having
been sent to Bismarck at intervals
since shortly after the election ill
support of their favorite candi-
dates. After due consideration
Gov. Burke appointed A. H. Ma
kee of Noonan, G. D. Perry of
Crosby and Mac Colgan of Colgan
as the first commissioners of the.
county. The initial meeting of
the commissioners was held at
Crosby and resulted in the APP
pointees qualifying, organizing
and the election of G. D. Perry as
chairman and Harry Wood as
clerk. The meeting was then adj
journed until the foiowing day
when the commissioners met again
at Noonan and proceeded with the
work of locating the county seat.
What had threatened to become a
long drawn out dead lock was set
ted within very short time by
Perry and Makee casting the de-
Gliding vote in favor of Crosby.
meeting of the commits
sioners will be held within a few
days at the county seat at which
time the officials will be appointed
and other business pertaining to
the launching Of the new county
to.
List your farm for sale with n. I
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-12-15
POPULATION OF UNITED
STATES IS SO, ,4O2, Isl
ACCORDING TO 1910 CENSUS THIS INCLUDES ALASKA,
HAWAII AND PORTO RICO INCREASING q PER
CENT-D0ES NOT INCLUDE THE PHILIPPINES

Washington, Dec. 1O-The popu-
lation of the United States is 93,-
4O2,151. This is the total number
of people enumerated throughout
the states, territories, the District
of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii and
Porto Rico in the Thirteenth cen
sus which began April Is, 1910.
The total does not include the
Philippine Islands.
The increase in the country's
population during the last ten
years was 16, l45, ,52l or 2O.9 per
cent over 77,256, $50, the popula-
lation in 1900, compared with an
increase of IA, ,276, 1854, or 22.7 per
cent over 62,979, ,766, the popula
tion in 1890. The population of
continental United States is 81,
972,269, an increase of 15,077, ,68l,
or 21.O per cent, over the 1884,
SIS in 1900, when the increase was
1905, ,861, or 2O.7 per cent over
>62, ,947, ia, the total in 1890.
: The total population of the
United States with all her pos
sessions is about lcl, 100000. This
number includes 1855, AS in the
Philippine Islands IS enumerated
in the census there in 1903 and es-
Inmates for the population of the
Island of Guam, the American
possessions in Samoa and the per-
sons on the Panasa 'canal zone.
The nunber of persons in the
military and naval service of the
United Suites stationed abroad and
on the naval vessels IS is, ,6O8.
States in their rank according to
population is:
New York, 2 Pennsylvania, 3
Illinois, 4 Ohio, s Texas, 6 Massa-
chusetts, Z Missouri, 8 Michigan,
8 Indiana, 10 Georgia, II New
Jersey, 70 California, 13 Wiscon-
sin, III Kentucky, Is Iowa, Is
North Carolina, II Tennessee, 18
Alabama, l9 Minnesota, 20 Vir-
ginia, :2l Mississippi, % Kansas,
% Oklahoma, "a Louisiana, Is Ar
kansas, :26 South Carolina, 27
Maryland, % West Virginia, 20
Nebraska, 80 Washington, 81 Porto
Rico, 80 Connecticut, 33 Colorado,
"a Florida, 35 Maine, 36 Oregon.
81 South / akota, 38 North Dakota,
80 Rhode Island, 40 New Hamp-
shire, Al Montana, 42 Utah, 43
Vermont, A District of Columbia,
As New Mexico, 46 Idaho, AZ Ari
IONA, 48 Delaware, 49 Hawaii, 50
Wyoming, 81 Nevada, 50 Alaska.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-12-15
WAS VICTIM
OF ACCIDENT
Ed HsEIY Of EASTfeRK TOWNSHIP
ACuDEN1lY SHOOTS HIMSELF.
DIES IN FEW MINUTES

Ed Huseby of Eastfork town
ship, accidentally shot himself
last Friday morning and lived but
few minutes after the shooting.
When the accident occurred an
immediate call WAS sent in for a
physician but he was unable to
reach the place until noon and the
young man had been dead about
three hours at that time.
Mr.. Huseby was a young man
of good reputation and excellent
habits. He was very popular in
his neighborhood and loved by all
who knew him. He came to this
county from Decorah, Iowa, last
July and took up claim.
Deceased was twenty-One years,
ten months and thirteen days odd
at the time of his death. He
leaves mother, three brothers
and seven sisters to mourn his un-
timely death. The mother and
three sisters reside in Decorah.
Iowa; one brother and a sister live
in Dickinson, N. D., and three
sisters and two brothers live in
this county. The ones living in
this county are Mrs. A. Rostvold,
Mrs. A. Haakenson, Mrs. E. G.
Landis. Carl and Leonard Huseby.
The remains we're shipped, to
DEBORAH, Iowa. for burial and
were accompanied by Carl and
Leonard Luseby.
The sympathy Of the entire
goes out to the be-
reaved or es in this their hour of
sorrow.
Finest Holiday stationery in
fancy boxes At Creaser's Drug
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-12-15

James j. Hill and party of six
friends, including Mr.. Dunwoodie
of the Washburn-Crosby Milling
Co., Mr.. Cook, Harris snd Dean
of St. Paul, visited Williston the
FIRST of the week. The distinguished
guests we're taken for drive over
the city and were given al oppor-
tunity to inspect the new library.
They we're all delighted with our
city and Mr.. Hill stated that he
was very we'll pleased with the ad-
vancement the city had made dur
ing the last year.
Mr.. Hill had been asked ''How
did you happen to name this city
WilIiston" and the reply to this
question, WHICH is printed at the
head of this article, will be of in
terest to the people of this city ex-
planning as il does how the city
got its name and also showing
that the Great Railroad Builder
took a personal interest in the
progress and prosperity Of Willis
ton. In fact it was Mr.. Hill who
first suggested to our people the
possibility of securing from the
family of the late Willis James
donation for library building as
q memorial to the distinguished
man for whom the town was
Acting upon his sugges-
tlon the ladies of the Civic League
wrote the representatives of the
James estate and this correspond
ence has resulted in tile beautiful
soon to be dedicated and
which will stand as a lasting trl
quite to the memory of one who
lid q great deal for the upbuilding
If the great northwest. The la
lies of the Civic League have
oeen tireless in their work for the
library and for the improvement
# the grounds and they deserve a
great deal of credit for this work. |,
70 james J. Hill, who made The
uggestion, the city owes a lasting
.ratitude for the many favors and
,ene6ts that have come to, it
Trough his hands. To the mem
,ers of the family Of the late Will
is James the beautiful new edi6ce
will stand through the years to
ONE as Z monument representing
he love and esteem they held for
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this noble father and husband.
+ And to the memory of ID. Willis
James the people of this city, ever
proud to bear his name, will al
ways pay the tributes of highest
honor and respect.
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Fingers Blown off

Jacob KIuth, manager of the
gasolene ferry, operating just be-
low the city, had the misfortune
to get two fingers of his left hand
blown off Saturday. He was out
hunting rabbits at the time and
had placed the gun on the ground.
In picking it up the trigger caught
on something and the gun went
off, the charge striking his left
hand.
/ am prepared to do dressmaking
at home by the day or week. Prices
reasonable. First class work guar
anteed. Address 9. Kuser, gener-
al delivery, Williston. 25-2tp.
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List your farm for sale with H.
'. Smith. 20
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18
A Polish MARRIAGE.

A Polish couple came before a JUS
tice of the peace to be married. The
young man handed him the marriage
license and the pair stood up before
him.
Join hands," said the justice of the
peace.
They did so, and the justice looked
at the document, which authorized him
to unite in marriage Zacharewiez
Perczynski and Loekowarda Jeulinski.
"Ahem!" he said, "Zacha-h'm-
h'm-ski, do you take this woman"
etc.
Eyes, sir" responded the young
man.
"Leo-h'm-ah-ski, do you take
this man to be-" etc.
Eyes, sir" replied the woman.
Then I pronounce you man and
wife," said the justice, glad to find
something he could pronounce, land I
heartily congratulate you both on hav-
ing reduced those two names to one."
-Lippincott's Magazine.
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proceeding with the collection the necessary
when Silas E. Burroughs, New York banker,
wrote to Thomas Goodwin mayor of Fredericksburg,
and asked the honor of being allowed to build the
ument The design adopted elaborate.
The cornerstone of this monument laid on May
1, 1888. by President Andrew Jackson who delivered
perhaps the longest discourse of his Soon after
this Mr.. Burroughs sustained financial mis-
fortunes and the work suspended The pedestal
in place and marble columns had been hauled by
to continue the building The big pieces Of marble lay
scattered around the place and lay there til after the
civil war; They were pock-marked by bullets and bits
Of shell in the battle Of Fredericksburg
In 1878 Capt. George Washington Ball. descendant
of the Balls of Epping Forest originated the Mary
Washington association but little progress made
toward the erection of monument.
1t in 1889 that strong impetus given the
monument movement. The country wrought up over
the approaching Inauguration of President Harrison when
there appeared in of the Washington the
of local auctioneer this sensational advertise
ment:
1.-THE grave of Mary the mother Of Gen. George Wash
ngton be sold public auction March g. 1889, at IL
Of the United States of America IL of land,
bracing the and material of the unfinished
ment of Mary. the mother of Gen. George Washington
This advertisement created the excitement it de-
signed to produce the National Mary Washington Memo
rial association organized and the present tall shaft
small reproduction of the Washington monument at
the capital reared above the grave dedicated
May 10, 1894.
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rying parson who boasts of the number of ceremonies
he has performed owes more the humble little
bush the shores of the Potomac than he dreams Of
The present generation of Washingtonians have
somewhat neglected the rosebush leaving their sight
seeing friends from afar to the rewards which
supposed to be the inevitable result Of preserving
sprg plucked from it, and the records show that
there IL 900 unmarried than unmarried
in the District of Columbia. Yet the efficacy of
leaf from the bush named for Of the most
beautiful of Virgnias daughters is vouched for by
number Of Washington matrons as well as by many
women in other cities. AS an aid to Hymen the bush
has rival in the minds Of Virginans and older
Westinghouse there who still cherish for
sentimental fondness regarding it the kindly fairy
of their happiness.
content to depart without leaf of the NELLY Gus
ts safely slowed away in her pocketbook wrapped
in her handkerchief Some Of these willin feminine
Barkuses treated the leaves after the of four
leaved clover and bashfuy tucked them into their shoe
tops.
Nothing but the themselves would satisfy exact
ing damsels for their whitepetaled sweetness
tain to have the effect of inspiring Prince Charm
ing with love for the within the following
year Lucky indeed was the girl who could successfully
eude the watchful OF the gardener and off in
triumph of the flowers to be followed by
blossoms The wiles used by of these love-
lorn little vandals would have done credit to skilled
second-story man.
In the last few years. however the faith in the pretty
old legend has somewhat died among the younger
generation Whether be that skepticism follows
trolley the constitution does the flag that the bach
elor maids of the present think too little of matrimony
to cherish any sentimental stories of white and
proposals, there is far less eagerness to find the
bush Of fable
There nothing in the appearance of the bush which
has created in romantic young hearts to
the onlooker is set close to of the main walks
of the little old formal garden, which considered
Of the SHOW places Of the estate in the days of the
great American generals residence there The bush Is
the greenhouses and not far from the old slave
quarters 1t than eight feet high and still
bears its pretty, white clusters as freely
F. A. Whelan, the gardener at Mount Vernon, is au-
horiy for the old of the tradition which ascrbes
such wonderful potency to this particular BUSH "The
rose" said Mr. Whelan, "is said to have been by
George Washington himself There were two bushes
of this variety Noisettes in the garden One of
these Gen. Washington named for his mother, Mary
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"Mv grandmother also used to tell that Nelly
wore one of these when Mr.: Lewis won her con
sent to his suit for her Tradition further says
that she took cutting Of the bush with her when she
left her home Mount Vernon to go to her husbands
estate Arlington The generation she had for the rose
evidently impressed the superstitious negroes and it,
fame grew with every generation. Even emancipation
failed to shake the confidence Of the in the
powers of the bush,
faith of the posy Boarding school misses from Vir
gina and Maryland, schoolma'ams from New England
and college girls from the middle weshe frivolous
little firt and the seriously ambitious Questioning
pretty girls and plain, the youthful who wore long
to look grown up and the somewhat passe who
wore short look ounga succumbed to that
spirit of which springs eternal in the feminine
breast
The romance Of Matte Mitchell the duches.
de la the best known beauty of the Wash
ington of 20 years ago. additional impetus to the
rose bush fechsm Miss Mitchell, the daughter Of the
late Senator Mitchell of Oregon of the loveest
girls Washington society has ever known. She was
unspoiled and charming she was beautiful and belle
continents In spite of the fact that she not
credited with the possession of fortune, she be-
sieged with fatering offers of marriage. But OF
the proposals seemed to find soft spot in her heart
and it was until Miss Mitchell accepted the
Nelly Custis dare" that the curtain was
raised the love drama of her life and she figured as
a principal in Of the first great international mar
rages of American girls Many Of her girl friends
pointed to the fact that Matte" became the wife of
bearer Of of the noblest names Of France as an
added distinction to the little rosebush at Mount Vernon
So unusual romance could not but add to the pres
uge of the old charm in the eyes of believers.
Yet even the skeptical were convinced when, not
long after, penniless young army officer who had be-
mbued with the idea that of the Gusts poses
might help his fortunes in love and enabled
his approaching marriage of the wealth
lest heiresses in the country This young fellow who
it must be confessed, had been looked upon in army
circles extremely unfortunate in his love affairs adj
mtted that he credited the of his siege to the
heress heart to a bit of faded vegetation which had
once been Nelly GUSTS
There other equally lovely in the gardes
Mr.. Whelan tends with such and SKILL but there
is not girl tourist in all the land who would not pass
them by gaze at the modest bush that the pres
dent planted in honor of his little stepdaugher rose
tree that has really made more marriages than any
parson in the United States.
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tances they contain. The various
checks are assorted according to the
numbers of the books in which they
are to be entered and otherwise; the
sight drafts are grouped according
to the routes of the banks messen-
gers, and all is made ready for turning
the nights accumulation over to the
day force, so 1t may be handled by it
as expeditiously as possible.
Each Of these shifts of night work
ers at the banks consist of from IL
to 20 men. Some banks get along
with but one extra set of clerks at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18

night. These come on duty at mid
night and leave at m. This plan
Of working all night long in order to
keep up with the tremendous amount
Of business that comes in by mail was
inaugurated about five years ago. The
first bank that tried it found that
SO much valuable day time was saved
that one institution after another took
1t up, until now there are four that
have these three eight-hour shifts Of
clerks, and several more who work
only a part of the night-Hsrper's
Weekly.
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WHERE WORK NEVER STOPS

other leaves of. All night long, Sun
days and holidays, staff of men in
each of these banks Is busy opening
thousands of letters. sorting and list
Iing innumerable checks and drafts
that represent fabulous sums of
money, and getting them ready for the
day force, which Is the only one the
public comes in contact with or ever
hearr about. II this work was not
carried on necessarily, the banks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18

banks, contain from $4,000 to 10000
checks and drafts. At times these In
closures represent as much as $30,000.-
900. Rarely does the total fall below
$2O,000,OOO.
The letters are opened as fast as
they are received, the checks are
counted and the total verified with the
footings of the lists. The letters are
then stamped, which shows. that they
have been proven in," as the banks
call it. After that they are turned
over to the clerks who send out the
formal Acknowledgements of the remit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18
PITCHING a Curve.

Game Warden.-This deer was found
dead on your premises, and yet you
deny that you killed it?
Farmer.-Waal, it happened like
this: My wife was THROWN stun at
the hens, an some way the deer,
which, was feedin' round back o. the
barn got hit
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would soon be overwhelmed with a
mountainous occuunulofion of dofoil

Two shifts-the scouting FORCE"
as they call themselves be-
tween five o'clock in the afternoon and
nine the next morning. Each bank
has big drawer in the general post
Office. Messengers clear this of its
letters every hour all night long.
Three thousand letters day is the
average mail Of one of these large
banks. Two-thirds of 1t comes in dur
ing the night. These letters. in the
case of one ct the biggest of these
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18

Mrs. AUGUSTA VESPERMANN, De For
est, Wisconsin.
Another Operation Avoided.
New Orleans, La.-''For years suf-
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally I was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces-
sary. gave Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound trial first, and
was saved from an operation" Mrs.
LILY PEYRoUx, I'LL Kerlerec ST., New
Orleans, La.
Thirty years of unparalleled success
confirms the power of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to cure
female diseases. The great volume of
unsolicited testimony constantly pour
ing in proves conclusively that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
q remarkable remedy for those dis
tressing feminine ills from which so
many women suffer.
If you want special advice about
your case write to Mrs. Pinkham,
at Lynn, Mass. Her advice ID
free, and always helpful.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18
Relays Of Employees Carry from Page
to Page Figures Needed by
New York Banks.

Four big banks in the Wall street
district resemble the great gold mines
of the west In one striking feature.
They have three eight-hour shifts Of
toilers, and the work never stops. One
set takes up the routine where the
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Washington, and the other for his
wife's daughter, Nelly GUSTS. l have
never heard any question raised about
the authenticity of the story that he
planted both of the bushes. Just how
the tradition of the efficacy OF the
Nelly Custis' as a love-charm origi-
mated can't say, but it is certainly
very old The negroes on the place
used to loiter around it while court
ing, because they believed they would
soon be allowed to marry, through its
influence"
Whenever there was dance or pic
mic in the neighborhood, say the old
timers, every young wench about the
vicinity wanted to go armed with
sprig of the white rose, for each OF
them believed that once she got on
good terms with the NELLY Custis" no
colored swain could resist her. Every
warm evening saw dusky couples
sneaking around Mount Vernon and
colored wallflowers tramped miles to
get one Of the matchless posies.
There is good ground for the belief
that the legend is nearly as old as the
rosebush itself A Virginia matron OF
the old school, one Of those to whom
the bush will be ever dear, told the
writer that charming Nelly GUSTS her
self is said to have worn one of the
white roses in her bosom when her
future husband, Major Lewis. pro
posed TO her.
"My grandmother" said this lady.
FUSED to tell me that the bush was q
great favorite with Nelly GUSTS. She
tended it assiduously and used to
place her chair near it when she read
and sewed. The white roses which II
produced were her favorite flowers.
Perhaps it was only because she knew
they became her that she so frequent
ly wore them, but they came to be as
ISOLATED with her. I have somewhere
seen a portrait Of her with white
rose nesting among the laces of her
frock and I, for one, would gladly be
lieve that it was one of the blossoms
from this identical bush.
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The @sMarrying .Rosebush''
At Mount Vernon

TILL sending forth the lovely fragrance Of it's
flowers to gladden. the passer-by, although it
has seen more than century Of charmed
life, the NELLY Gusts" rosebush at Mount
Vernon, famed for its potency in securing hus-
bands for the unwedded, is as beautiful to-day
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE."
That s LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Look for
the signature of e. w. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure Cold in One Day. Csc.
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in his garden and gave the Of his fascinating
stepdaughter.
To the remotest hamlet that has furnished
Mount Vernon tourist the fame of the magic rosebush
gone marriages attributed its mysterious
influence would make the reputation Of any "Schad-
chen" Jewish marriage broker, pale. Many mar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18
Unkind Husband,

Mrs. Myler.-You say your husband
is unkind to your pet dog?
Mrs. Substituted he is! Why, he
absolutely refuses to let Fido bite
him!-Yonkers Statesman.
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could think of little but the second
war with England. 1t took a long
time for the country to settle down
after that war and so it happened
that nothing but little headstone
marked the grave when Lafayette
revisited this country in 1925. La
fayette had known Mrs. Washington.
To him is given the credit Of call
ing her Roman matron. Some of
the prettiest observations on the
character Of this woman were writ
ten by Lafayette.
After the surrender of Cornwall
lis at Yorktown the citizens of
Fredericksburg gave great ball to
Washington and a number of Ameri-
can and French officers. Lafayette
was there. Mrs. Washington, though
an old woman and not much inter-
ested in festive things, was after
long persuasion induced to attend
the ball, called then and noted long
after as "the peace ball."
Agitation in behalf of a monu-
ment to Mary Washington crystal
liked in 1880, when the people of
Fredericksburg raised $4,000 and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18

Generally the man or woman who
says ST don't care is a liar.