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The Dickinson press., 1910-01-22
PROSPECT FOR Zenith :.
GRAIN AND COAL MINING

The following very interesting article
on the Zenith Coal mines. was written
by Henry Truelson. manager, and pub
lished in the Belfeld Times of last
week. Geo. W. Mcclellan is local agent
here for Zenith coal:
Zenith" derived its name from
Duluth
In a memorable speech delivered by
Hon. Proctor ]. Knott of Kentucky. in
the House of Representatives in 1874,
he referred to Duluth as the Zenith city
of the unsalted sea. This name Duluth
has carried with distinction, and is
known by it all over the land. The
great feature of Duluth is her command
ing position among the great seaports
Of the world. An Empire tributary to
her commerce, was pictured by Hon.
Knott in a sarcastic and humorous
speech. he not realizing at the time that
he was a true prophet of the great fu-
ture in store for Duluth.
When in 1902 a party of Duluth citi-
zens organized a company for the pur-
pose of mining and shipping Ignite
coal in North Dakota what more appro-
pirate name than Zenith borrowed
from their home city? The Zenith
Coal company was organized, and in
c%orporated during the summer of 1902.
Hansen E. Smith was elected president
and Henry Truelson. vice president and
general manager. A lean wat secured
on an o%utcroppine of coal. North of
and near the Hart river, the property be-
ing owned by Bird and Stone. A rail-
road spur from the main line of the
Northern Pacific railroad was construct
ed and during the fall of 1902 the COM
pany made shipments of coal from their
mine, and continued to ship until the
spring of 1909 when the supply was
exhausted, it being but a pocket Of coal.
the fire having at some time run
around the hill and consuming the coal
and leaving the scorio.
When the company found that the sup
ply of coal.was running low, they cast
their eyes around for a new location. and
secured an option on a quarter section
of land owned by ]. j. Knutson. on
which he had resided for twenty years.
The land was thoroughly explored and a
deposit of coal from eighteen to twenty
feet in depth was found. The company
purchased Mr.. Knutson's quarter section
and a quarter section adjoining it to the
west, then owned by Mrs. Foster. This
gave the company one-half section of
land from which three million tons of
coal have been taken. In addition to the
coal. there is a splendid deposit of clay,
and sand upon this land. 1t is the in
tention of the company to start a brick
yard at an early date.
The mine has been developed at an
The Dickinson press., 1910-01-22
Taylor

Unlimited amount of money to loan
on first real estate mortgages. Williams
Bros, TAYLOR, N. D. 8-21.tf
Mrs. Aug. johnson is still on the sick
list.
Master Johnnie Blair is ill with
scarlet fever.
Guy Smith was in from Bailey Mon
day.
John Scott was in from the ranch
Thursday.
Clarence Lee from Loring was
Taylor Monday
Mark Buggs from Rocksprint was in
Taylor Monday.
C. f. Tucker transacted business in
Gladstone Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Killing were in
from Roc ksprine Monday.
W. A. earns from Marshall made a
business trip to Taylor Monday.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Torger Myran is on the sick list.
L. Scott from Dickinson was greeting
old time friends in Taylor Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul liner and two
little sons left Monday for St. Paul.
Capt. Wade from Halliday was tram
sacting business in Taylor Tuesday.
Ole Christensen from Halliday was in
Dickinson the latter part of the week.
Miss Mary Simonson is ill with ap-
pendicitis at the home of A. L. Esse.
Mrs. Joseph Bergquist was buried in
the Norwegian Lutheran cemetery Mon
day.
Mrs. Carl Grundhauser returned
Wednesday from a visit with rel atives
in Gendive.
Mrs. H. Leutz and children went to
Richardton Tuesday for a few days visit
at her parental home.
Mrs. Allen Harleman from Dicki nson
spent a few days at the home of her
brother, F. L. Pound, last week.
On Friday Messrs. J.. f. Christen,
Henry Brademeyer and H. Leutz. left on
a business trip to Mexico. They expect
to be gone a month.
A number of young people gathered at
the home of Paul liner recently and
spent the evening in playing 500. All
report a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Hanson left Sun
day for Minnesota, where they expect to
live with Mr.. Hanson's parents. Miss
Luella Pulver went with them to assist
in taking care of the two little children,
as Mrs. Hanson is ill with consump-
tion.
The Dickinson press., 1910-01-22
EMERSON ITEMS

Baker & Son have just received q
large stock of drug goods.
The Dickinson press., 1910-01-22

In a recent speech President VIM. H.
Taft hit the nail on the head when he
said that there was necessity for reform
in the administration Of both civil and
criminal law. Continuing he said
ITO sum it all up in phrase. the diff
Guilty in both is UNDUE DELAY. 1t is
not too much to say that the administra-
ton of criminal law in this country is
a disgrace 10 our civilization and that
the prevalence of crime and fraud.
which here are greatly in excess of
those in the European countries. is due
largely to the failure of the law and its
administrators to bring criminals to
Justice"
The Dickinson press., 1910-01-22
MANUFACTURE LINEN
GOODS IN NORTH DAKOTA

The Fargo News Bureau sends out the
following on the manufacture of linen
from our flax straw:
That the resources of North Dakota pre-
eminently fit for a manufacturing state,
is beginning to find many adherents
among we'll informed men. The vast
deposits OF coal, the millions of tons of
flax, straw, which are now burned annu-
ally, the wool crop. the deposits Of
clay, the alass sand, all point to the
vast possibilities in the manufacturing
line.
The matter of utilizing the fax straw
is of prime importance, the 2, 900. 600
tons now burned annually, would if
made into linen give employment to
200. 600 people and the finished product
would have a value at the mill door of
$24o. 600, 600.
1t is the general belief that nearly
all of the linen used in the world is
made in Ireland. this belief. however,
is not warranted by the facts. Ger
many. Belgium and France manufacture
linen goods on a large scale.
Then. again. contrary to the general
belief, ireland raises only a small por-
tion of the straw that it uses in the
manufacture of linen. the greater part
of the straw coming from Russia.
Of the flax straw used in the manu-
facture of linen in the entire world,
Russia raises S5-2 per cent Austria 60
per cent. France FL per cent, Italy 2
per cent, Belgium 1.3 per cent and
Ireland IL per cent. Now North Da-
kota raises as many. if not more tons
of flax straw than Russia.
Professor H. Bachelor OF Fargo, has
made an exhaustive study of North
Dakota flax straw. he gives it as his
opinion that the straw is suitable for
the manufacture of linen goods. not
only Of the inferior grades but also the
finer qualities. He states it as his
belief that in a generation North Dakota
will become the linen center of the
world.
Nearly all the machinery used in
the manufacture of linen from flax straw
is made in England and the import
duty is heavy. the duty on 500, 900
of machinery would be about $50, 600
which itself. would impose heavy bur-
den on the new industry.
At the first session of the 61st Con-
eress. a bill was introduced know n as
McCumber Amendment to the bill( III. R.
1889 That all machines used for the
manufacture of linen or cloth from fax
and flax fiber. imported plior to January
first, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall
be admitted free Of duty. Thanks to
the efforts of Senator McCumber, this
bill became a part of the tariff law.
AS a result of this law machinery has
been ordered in England by the Flicker
tail Line Mill Company; the company
will commence the erection of a factory
early next summer, the sight selected is
in the coal belt and a manufacturing
town will be established. This will be
the beginning of the linen industry in
North Dakota, and important Develop
ment may be looked for.
The Dickinson press., 1910-01-22

Baker & Son have just received a
large stock of drug goods.
There was a meeting of the Emerson
Townsite company on the 18th.
Ray Watkins and Uncle Will, were at
Dickinson last week on business.
The Emerson townsite Co. had its an
nual meeting Saturday, January IS.
The Evanson Bros. have a store at
Ha lliday and are doing a fine business.
The Dunn County Milling Co. will
have another directors meeting January
22nd.
ALI. o. Nelson spent a pleasant even
ing at the home of C. L. Melby the first
Of the week.
Com. L. L. Lewis and C. L. Melby
drove to Manning Monday to attend
commissions rs meeting.
The directors of the Dunn County
Milling Co. were convened for a bust
ness meeting on the 9th.
Otto Evanson. the miller. returned to
Halliday this week. He will be look
ing after his business interests in that
place for some time.
E: O. Baker is taking adxantaee Of
the splendid prices by hauling his grain
to market. A lot of farmers in this
community are following the example.
Supt. C. L. Melby called a mass meet
ing in District No. S lately on the COM
plant of some of the parents that the
teacher had been using immoral Ian
guage in school.
Just heard from A. Eberhard. who is
visiting in Haustin county, Mimi, that
Minnesota is not in it in comparison to
North Dakota, when it comes to the sub
ject of weather"
The millwrights are now about through
at the mill. The switchmens strike,
however, delayed the engine and boiler,
so the chances are we shall be unable to
see the wheels turn yet for some time.
Tom Bailey tookhis little daughter.
Beatrice, TO the Dickinson hospital
this week. The child has suffered with
an injured kneepan for several weeks.
The injury was caused by a sled rum
ming onto the knee while coastine on
the hillside.
. Attorney T. F. Murtha passed through
here recently for R~ocksprine, where he
had a case, VIM. Cuskelly vs. Hans
Smith from Fayette. before Justice Ped
erson. Attorney ALI. o. Nelson of Bal
ey was plaintiffs attorney. The case
was decided in favor of the plaintiff,
Hans Smith.
The Dickinson press., 1910-01-22
A SPRAINED ANKLE.

AS a rule a man will feel we'll satisfied
if he can hobble around on crutches in
two or three weeks after spraining bis
ankle, and it is often two or three months
before he is fully recovered. This is an
unnecessary loss of time, as by applying
Chamberlain's Liniment, as directed, a
cure may as a rule be effected in less
than one weeks time, and in many cases
within three days. Sold by all drug
gists.
The Dickinson press., 1910-01-22
WASHING
A ROAST OF BEEF

eAWS1V "A9TJVINS
W. are striving to make this a
modern, up.to-date Laundry. One
in which the housewives of this
community will have confidence
and feel absolutely safe in send
ing any part or all of the family
washing, and be sure of receiv-
ing it back, Numbered as care
fully and we'll, as it could be at
home. Such a laundry is a great
convenience to any community,
for many times,even if the family
washing is done in the home, a
few pieces could be SEM to the
laundry and you could tide over
week and in this way only have
twenty-six blue Mondays in a
year instead of ifty-two.
We use only the best of materials in
doing your work. We have a con-
tract with Proctor & Gamble, makers
of the famous "Ivory Soap" to fur
nish US with all our soap for 1910.
Your delicately-colored and silk
pieces are washed by hand only with
%"lvory" here and you know what that
means. This is one reason why your
clothes smell so clean and sweet when
returned from this laundry. F: !: :
We Do Your Work Right
DICKINSON STEAM LAUNDRY
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-10
The -Giver,

All day her wistful face looks out
Above the sordid street,
Through all DEFENDERS gusty SHOWS,
Through all the August heat,
A little captive of the Sums:
Unenvious and sweet.
The other children run below,
On play or errant bent;
N watches them from dawn to dark
With great brown eyes intent
Breaking all shackles of the flesh
In that high tenement.
Yet he who passes day by day,
And they who minister
Beside her to the few cheap wants,
Like some awed w~orshiper
Wonder, before that placid brow:
''What use is life to her?"
What use? The great and only use.
The chance to face her fate
With folded hands and cheerful heart
And stalwart soul elate;
To crush the world meath stricken heel,
To suffer and to wait.
o brave, sad smile that put to shame
My anguish of a day,
/ W you more than I can tell
And more h / can pay;
A lessen for the passing need,
And courage for Away
Reginald Wright Kaufman in the DE.
lineator.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-10
ANGELESQUIRE
CHAPTER xIII-(continued.)
BY EDGAR


eve wanted Callvet for quite a long
time-he's on the list, so to speak. How
Speeding got him Is a mystery. IL he
truth be told, he's got a nodding
acquaintance with half the crooks in
London had q big criminal
practice before he went into the more
lucrative side Of the law"
A big crowd had gathered at the
corner of the Haymarket, and with one
accord they avoided it.
Curiosity" Angel prattled on, has
been the undoing of many q poor soul.
Keep away from crowds, jimmy"
They walked on till they came to
Angels fiat 1 nLermyn street.
Speeding will duplicate and tripli-
cate his schemes for catching us to
night" said Jimmy.
He will" agreed Angel, and opened
the door of the house in which his
rooms were.
The narrow passageway, in which a
light usually burned day and night, was
An darkness.
"Oh no" said Angel, stepping back
into the street, "'oh, indeed not"
During their walk Jimmy had a q
suspicion that they had been followed.
The suspicion was confirmed when
Angel whistled, and two men crossed
the road and joined them.
Lend me your lamp, Johnson" said
Angel. and taking the bright little cleo
tric lamp in his hand, he entered the
passage, followed by the others. They
reached the foot Of the stairs, then
Angel reached back his hand without a
word, and one of the two men placed
therein a stick. Cautiously the party
advanced up the stairway that led TO
Angels room.
Somebody has been here" said An
gel. M pointed to a patch Of mud on
the carpet. The door was ajar, and
Jimmy sent ii open with a kick. then
Angel put his arm cautiously into the
n turned on the light, and the
party waited in darkness for Il move
ment-
There was no sign and they entered.
1t did not require IA great ingenuity
to see that the place had been visited.
Half opened drawers, their contents
thrown on the floor, and all the evil
dence OF a hurried search met their
eyes.
They passed from the little sitting
TO the bedroom. and here again
the visitors had left traces of their in
vestigations.
"Hullo!" Jimmy stopped and picked
up q soft felt hat, He looked inside;
the dull lining bore the name Of an
Egyptian halter.
"Ah!" said Angel softly, 80 Common
takes a hand, does he?"
One of the detectives who had fol-
lowed them In grasped Angels arm.
Look. sirl" he whispered.
Half hidden by the heavy hangings
of the window, a man crouched in the
shadow.
Come out OF that" cried Angel.
hen something In the mans attitude
arrested his speech. He slipped for
ward and pulled back the curtain.
"Connor!" he cried.
Common II was indeed, stone dead,
with a bullet hole in the center of his
forehead.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-10

not havin' nobody to help support her
and the chiren, an how o In her old
age she want to be blamed eff she
wanted a little sweet music of a Sur
day to rest her nerves.
Well, sir; the folks begun to holler
amen before she got half through.
Some of the women peeped up an seen
the tears streakin' down Adeline's face,
an then they let In to sobbin an goin'
on until old Mis- Polly Strut got happy
an shouted. This made Adeline end
her prayer an open her eyes. But.
when she sat down Brother Hooper riz
an lowed he felt as how God had
answered Sister Adeline's prayer an
me moved that they git the organ. Eff
the deacon didn't like hit he could go
outside while hit was a playin'. Some
body seconded the motion an hit was
carried by a Overwhelming majority.
Adeline came On home as peaceful
as a woman alters is when she have
had her say. She lowed that prayer
she prayed helped her a sight spiritual
ly. An the first Sunday In July her gal
played the new organ. But the deacon
ram thar. He jest took to his bed
an died of pure c~ontrariness. Adeline
waited on him as patient as a saint to
the last. But l hain't a doubt she
would a driv him from the house eff
he'd "a la his way about the organ.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-10

Religion affects most people in diff
ferent ways, an hit don't save nlSn
50 many Of EN- as some folks make out.
The meaneS man l ever saw a all
his principles sot crosswtse on the
Scriptures. You couldn't say nOthin'
but he could quote a Bible text agln
you. He lived here in this valley
morne'en fifty years, an l never
knoWcd him to agree with nobody en-
durin' the whole time. An when he
died, he want on Speakin' terms with
enough men to make out a set or pail
bearers, so we had to call in his enc
mics to help bury him.
Yet he was the most religiouS-mind-
ed man in old Zion church. He was a
deacon anchored in the amen corner
of hit when | just q young spark set
tin on the back bench.
Thar was but one person in the val
ley as could hold a hand with the
deacon, an that was his own wife,
Adeline. Them two was like oxen
through life by layin' back agin one
another. An hit was a sight as made
folks litter man a time TO see 'em
settin' in opposite amen corners of the
church glarin' an damnin' each other
with their eyes.
He never was seen without his BIZ
BILE, an Adeline alters toted a baby,
illCl 81 abOuI lIlC IN w
tween them two. The deacon AN
no sort Of an everyday man. He was
jest fifteen to live an do nothin' all the
time like hit was Sunday. He never
lone no good farmin', for no matter
how much grass thar was in the corn
he'd drap his hoe an come a shOutin'
every time he heard a church bell ring.
But when he'd cit home the meetin'
hadn't done him no more good an to
show hin. pints whar he disagreed with
the preacher.
This was turrible aggrevatin' to Ade-
line, for she never keered nOthin' about
doctrines, an mighty little about bein'
saved by grace. She lowed she was
a worker, an ef the Lord couldn't take
her at that, He could jest leave her
an fill kingdom come with lazy saints
like the deacon. She said hit made
her rvo the way he wasted time
prayin' when hit done him Sc little
good. For prayin' neve peertened him
up none nor made him no more agree
able to live with. So whenever she she
ketched him at his devOtiOns hit riled
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-10

or. Meantime the pore little preacher
was settin' thar in the pulpit with MS
eyes walled back in prayer Ike ne was
gittin' ready to fling a fit. But When
the bretheren was gittin' mighty nlgh
the perfane aidge Of language in
argument he riz, stretched OF ms
hands an said: Brethren, take IL TO
the Lord in prayer. Let US pray!
Have YOU ever saw two tightin' boys
snatched up an sot down all OF a SUD
den right before their daddy! Ell you
have, you git some idea OF the way
them folks looked when that little
preacher drug EN- up before the throne
of grace an lowed Let us pray
Everybody bowed their heads sorter
shamed an humble but Adeline. When
she seen the deacon was goin' TO LEAD,
she jest stiffened up right straight an
glared at him while he let on about the
awful condition of things In ola zion
church to his Heavenly Father. he
pinted out the Wilfulness OF youth, the
same as If God never made nothln put
old daddy saints like him, an ne calico
especial attention to the danger or mat
church glttin' identified with the heath
en- ways of the world at the rate things
was goin'. Finally he ended with a
right smart pathOs as how the Lord
would not permit His sacred place to
be vi'lated by the wicked sounds OF a
music instrument.
But Jest as he got to his amen we
was all astonished to heal a woman's
tribble voice take up the prayer. Now,
no woman had eve prayed out loud In
that church before and we opened u
eyes to sec who had dared do such a
tang Or this important occasion. And
thar, standin' in the amen corner was
Adeline, with her eyes shet, her face
lifted, looking like a fat biddy angel,
a prayin' for guidance. She lowed In
the s~oftest, sweetest voice you ever
heerd that hit wasn't fair for the Lord
to git His impressions Of old Zion
church from the tattlin' Of a man as
had been aggravatin' Him for favors
more'n forty years, but hadn't done
nothin' for hisself or family except
shirk doctrines on 'em for bread and
meat. Then she went on to plead about
the organ Of the same as eff she ex-
pected the ~archangel Gabriel hisself to
bring hit. An she wound up by tellin'
how she had worked hard all her life
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-10

her, an she'd light in to make all the
fuss she could %spankin' the chiren and
f1ingin' things about.
Nor thar hain't no tellin' but they
might a got to tolerate one another eff
hit hadn't been for the dispute about
buyin' a organ for old Zion church.
Thar was q right smart opposition
amongst the older members, but the
OUNCE ones made up the money an
lowed they would have hit. Adeline
fined in with 'em an went SO far as to
have her oldest gal teached music so
she could be the organist when they got
one. But the deacon was plumb sot
agin' hit. He believed the devil was in
every kind OF music instrument al
he argued that way from his own feel
ms. He lowed as religious a man as
he was, he couldn't pass Squire Sim
mons when his boy Buck was playin
the fiddle without his knees tWitched
al feeling sorter gay. AS for Buck, he
considered him a limb of satan, because.
he could scrape more fun u OF that
wicked old fiddle in five minutes than
he'd ought to have in a lifetime.
Adeline never said nothin'. She just
went on sendin' her gal to git the music
lessons. An the community was mighty
wrought up a bettin' which would win
out when they seen how matters stood
between them two ~perversed pillars or
the Cnurcn. AS IOT Ilc, Il NuS tSadJ W
put up two to one in favor of Adeline,
for / knowed how plague take 1t con-
trailer 81 woman is than a stubborn man,
an / calculated how much more AIDE
line was than jest ordinary.
When her gal had been takin' lessons
about six months an had got so she
could pick out a tune for herself on the
organ, Adeline begun to get restless.
an say hit wus time they knowed VIA
they was a-goin' TO do about havin' the
organ. The young folks was jest wait
in for her TO give the word, an so next
,neetin' day hit was read out thar
would be a church conference that
night 10 decide about the organ
Well, sir, I wish could "a seen that
| meetin' house at sundown. Everybody
as had so much as q jackass to ride
was thar, an hit was jam full of mad.
sweatin' folks. The preacher was
mighty young, ahi ne acted so tirnid In
the pulpit you'd "A thought he was
| afeerd some OF them ALTERED saints
out thar in the congregation would
retch mp ketch him by the legs an
| sling him agin the wall same as they
would xii a young rabbit. But he was
alters fer pourin' his lie on our troubled
waters. An SO he OOH his text about
| .'peacemakers.' But the spirit didn't
move him non an his sermon was
correspondent.
After he sot down, the moderator ex-
| planned about the organ. called the
meetin' to order an flung hit open for
discussion. An then. I be blamed eff
the spcrit didn't move with IA ven
| geance. Fust on one side an then
| t0ther they rise an argue about that
organ. Every man hao his neckfeath-
ers u p an the wore bobbed their
heads like they was peckin' one aiioth-