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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-02-03
OPENING ROCKY BOY
. INDIAN LANDS
Secretary Balinger Issues Order
Providing For Settlement and
Entry Of the Lands Under the
usual Homestead Laws.

usual Homestead Laws.
BY order of Richard A. Bal
linger, Secretary of the Interior
about 100000 acres of land in
Valley County. Eastern Mon.
tana, known as the "Rocky Boy
Indian Lands: will be thrown
open to white settlers March
1st, 1910, and will be subject to
both settlement and airy
March 3lst and thereafter.
The order of Secretary Bal
linger provides for settlement
and entry of the lands under
the usual homestead la " e.
There will be no registration
and no drawing. First to come
will be able to make their Sc
lections and know to a reason.
able certainly that they will
be able to secure the land filed
upon. All the expenses of GO
ing out to register, the delay of
waiting for the drawing and
the additional delay of waiting
several months before making
entry are done away with un-
der this eystem.
Those who have made settle
ment on this land prior to De
cember 10th 1909 (the date of
the Secretary's order). or who
may make settlement between
March 1st and March 3lst, will
have preferred right to make
entry on the lands covered by
their settlement at any. time
within three months a fte
March 3lst,, 1910.
Filings must be made at the
United States Land Office at
Glasgow, Montana, on and after
March 31st.
The lands to be opened are
bounded by the Missouri River
on the south, by the Interna.
tional boundary on the north,
by the Dakota boundary on the
east. by the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation and range 81 east,
on the west.
The lands can readily be
reached from Culbertson which
has good hotel accommoda-
tions and livery outfits. It can
also be reached from Bainville.
/. Most of the land is rolling
prairie. The soil is unusually
fertile and where farming has
b Z e n carried on, unusually
good yields of all kinds of
grains, grasses and vegetables
are reported.
The opening of this land is
really of more importance than
any of the big reservations that
have been opened the past few
years.
:, The Red Cross Ladies Aid
will meet at the hospital Mon
day Feb. 7th. Bus will leave
the merchants at 2:3o sharp.
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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-02-03
wAHPEFoa DAKOTA THURSDAY FEB 1910

AOout n.6 per cent OF the
farms of the area are operated
by the owners. The tenanted
farms are leased on a share
basis, usually for one.half the
crop. Wheat, oats, barley, and
corn are the principal crops.
Land ranges in value from $40
to $50 an acre. depending on 10.
cation, type of soil, market fa-
cilities, etc.
"The soils range from clay to
sand and are derived from gla-
cial material, either laid down
as terminal a y d ground mo-
raines or as the same material
reworked by streams and de.
posted in ancient Lake Agas-
siz, a part Of these deposits be.
ing in the form of a delta at
the ancient mouth of the Shey-
enne. River. Fifteen different
soils, two of them phases of es-
tablished types, are showr on
the soil map.
"The Fargo loan. 32O square
miles or % per cent of the area
of the county, is we'll adapted
to general farming, producing
good yields of wheat, oats, bar
ley and corn. The drainage is
fair and crops seldom suffer
from drought. This land is val
ued at from $50 to $40 an acre,
and ranks among the best soils
in the county.
The Fargo clay loan is the
heaviest soil in the county cul-
tivated to any extent. It gen
orally contains high per cent
age of organic matter and in
average seasons produces ex.
cellent yields of small grains.
In wet seasons, however. there
is an excess of moisture and
the yields are sometimes small.
1t is not we'll adapted to durum
wheat a n d Bluestem is gener-
ally grown. Its value is about
the same as that of the Fargo
loan or possibly slightly less.
"The Fargo clay is the hAavi.
est soil in the county and is
generally uncultivated. 1T oc-
ours near the Red River and is
poorly drained. It's organic
matter content is very high,
and with perfect drainage it
would produce fine crops. 1t is
a difficult soil to cultivate.
"The Fargo fine sandy loan,
34l square miles or % per cent
If the area of the county, is the
most extensive type mapped in
the county. 1t is we'll adapted
70 general farming, and especi.
ally to durum wheat and corn.
It is valued at $50 to t35 an
acre.
"The Fargo sandy loan is
very similar to the Fargo fine
sandy loan, practically the
only difference being in the
subsoil. 1t produces slightly
better yields than the latter
type and its value is therefore
slightly higher.
"The Marshall loan occupies
most of the unmodified drift
area of the county. and the to-
Biography is from gently rolling
to hilly. In seasons of excess
sive rainfall or of drought the
soil is one of the best in the
area, and an entire crop failure
rarely occurs. 1t is valued at
$50 to $40 an acre.
THE Fargo silt loan covers
a comparatively small area. but
it is one of the best soils of the
county, being we'll adapted to
general farming. Its value is
about the same as that of the
Fargo loan.
Tl,o e A..
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-02-03
v. B. PURCELL /
Is APPOINTED
w. Z. Purcell Has Taken Oath of
Office ex-senator
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE IN
SENATE BY SEN. MONEY
Sketch Of the New Senator and
Story Of His Life-Has Long
Been a Resident of State-Well
Known And Able Attorney.

0o00 q 4e00lU0Ut VI 0t1G0 w Oil
Known And Able Attorney.
Washington, Feb. Hon.
Fountaine L. Thompson, re-
Gently appointed senator from
North Dakota. resigned on
account of i'll health and Hon.
w. E. Purcell of Wahpeton has
been appointed his successor.
The announcement wac made
In the senate today by Senator
Money and Mr.. Purcell was
sworn in.
SENATOR PURCELL.
Hon. William E. Purcell of
Wahpeton, senator from the
twelfth district OF North Dako-
to. and one of the best known
attorneys in the state, was
born in Pennington. New Jer
sey, August 3, 1856, of Irish
parentage. He received only a
common school education and
began to support himself at an
early age. He worked on a
farm aud at dav labor until he
was nearly twenty years of age.
which time he began to study
law. He entered the law office
of John NJ. Voorhes in Fleming.
ton in February. 1876, and in
February, 1880, be was admit
ted to the bar of New Jersey.
Heremained in the employ of
Mr.. Voorhees, one year and
came to Eakota Territory in
July, 1881, determined to cast
his lot with the people of the
west.
He located in Wahpeton
where he successfully engaged
in the practice of law. He has
practiced in all the courts of
the state. He was appointed
by President Cleveland as
United States attorney for the
territory of Dakota on the fifth
day of April, 1883, aud resigned
in May, 1889. He was elected
a member of the constitutional
convention of the state of North
Dakota and served as a mem
ber of that body and helped to
build the constitution of the
state of North Dakota. In 1889
he was elected by the Demo-
cratic convention at Fargo. the
first member of the national
committee from this state. He
has several times reclined
nominations to state Offices by
the Democratic conventions.
In 1896 he ran against p. J..
McCumber for states attorney
of Richland county, but was
defeated by a very small vote.
He was elected senator from
the twelfth district in Novem-
Der, 1906. by a majority exceed
ing 800, beating his opponent
almost two to one. -
He was married in April,
1889, to Miss Myhra Stevens of
Wahpeton and has no children.
He still resides in Wahpeton,
Richland county, North Dakota
where he has made his home
since he first came to the state
and where he enjoys the dis
tinction of having the largest
law practice in the county
Williston State: w. NJ. House
of Richland county, who is a
candidate for secretary of state,
fought well in the civil war but
has never asked for pension.
He came to Dakota in the: early.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-02-03

t1e Suspccsvu Snsvo svv.es oS4uaIs.s-
ances. and. on asking one Of them, 70.
osived the reply: ''lt was only a lark"
Ri II Ark be bothereal. cried. the can.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-02-03

stolen Billy's lunch, ana now, sItsr
Billy had thrashed him, Nellie had
shared her own two apples and four
aaioea lof bread anA butter with III
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-09-01
Up-to-Date Donts.

Don't steal another mans good
name, even if your own is worn out.
Don't pattern after the busy little
bee. It's the other fellow who eats
the honey.
Don't monopolize one color in your
makeup. A ruby nose spoils the eff
feet Of ruby lips.
Don't bet with your wife unless
you are prepared to lose whether
you win or not.
Don't look a gift horse in the
mouth. Sell him for what you can
get and let the other fellow look.
Don't judge man by the clothes
he wears. Form your opinion from
the apparel of his wife.
Don't be clam. If you must be
anything of that kind, be turtle.
Then you will have little snap
about you.
Don't take the bull by the horns.
Take him by the tail, and then you
can let go without getting some one
to help YOU -Lippincott's.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-09-01
{$l.COa year, In advance
tERMS:l Six Mentils, 50 cents.
Teaching Of
Department
TO Children in the Home by Precept
And Example Is Most
Excellent Plan.

Home is the proper place for the
teaching of good manners, unless
they are to be carried into every de-
partment of life, and perhaps in that
case I should substitute the word
courtesy for the term good man
ners." They are more than polite
ness which is cold and superficial.
Children should be taught to be
courteous to one another, just the
same as to their elders. This is
most easily done by placing before
them good examples, for little folks
are great i1nitators. There seldom
is anything that happens which they
do not see or hear, so in case the
mother drops her glove, the father
usually picks it up, as he surely
would have done in their days of
courtship. The children will not
fail to notice his kind act and they
will make note of it which will set
tie deeply and permanently in their
bright minds.
1t is in this simple way they re-
ceive lessons of thoughtfulness and
kindly words and actions. They
learn to acknowledge all favors in
gracious forms and manners, they
love to show appreciation and better
still, to receive it in the same spirit.
Therefore you should cultivate the
spirit of courtesy in your homes. 1t
is a very bad mistake when good
manners are kept for the sake of
company only. To make success
with them, they should be made .
part of everyday life, SO that even
the humblest stranger that by chance
knocks at your door may be blessed.
The evenings spent at home should
be made attractive; you should al
ways have some good papers and
books to read and when the oppor-
tunity presents itself, take an active
part in the children's conversations.
Encourage them to talk over the
| joys and sorrows they have expert
enced during the day. Teach them
to look on the bright side of life and
never let the only bright and happy
evenings be those of holidays. Make
seven evenings of the week holiday
! evenings and in days to come you
will never regret the time you have
spent with your children. Make
; your homes attractive for the boys.
Teach them to cultivate spirit OF
patriotism, love for their country and
loyalty to the flag.
r. S.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-09-01
ATER MINNESOTA,

peculiar sleepiness assailed him and
at times he wandered blindly. It
was from one of these sleepy periods
that he awoke to the realization that
he had wandered from the trail.
This was the last straw! Something
of the terror and pitilessness of it
all gripped his heart and crouching
in the snow and covering his face
with his frozen hands, he moaned,
20 God! this is terrible!'' and the
wind mocked him with an echo of
his words. Terrible! He arose and
trudged on. Delirium was in his
brain and his thoughts went wander
ing back through the cons of time,
to the days when men wandered
amid such solitudes as these, as saw
age as the elements with which
they battled. At night the storm
ceased and Leon looked up into a
cold starless sky as bleak and as
desolate as the wilderness it canopied.
Presently series of short, sharp
barks, followed by prolonged ulu-
lation, attracted his attention to a
cluster of pines about quarter of a
mile away, and he discerned a num-
Der of low shadowy forms moving
swiftly toward him. Soon they were
close enough to be recognized.
"Wolves!'' he said. God help mep'
Fascinated, he watched their evolu-
tions as they circled about HIM, no
ticed their formation, their peculiar
Looping strides, their blazing eyes,
their fangs and the thick, yellow
saliva that dripped from their jaws.
Suddenly their circlings ceased. AT
a little distance from him they formed
into line, halted moment and then
bore down in his direction. As the
leader came in line with Leon, il
sprang upward and the lean, power
full body bent toward him as the
jaws snapped within an inch of hii
face. He drew back choked with
the fetid breath of the monster
IDrew back and fell. He was down
and swifter than thought the pacl
was upon him, rending and snarlinl
in their frenzy. Soon all was quiet
| Leon's wanderings had ceased.
d. M;
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-09-01
Trees in Europe.

There are splendid trees in Paris
and around it, the big horse chestnut
predominating. And they have a
funny fashion over there of cutting
back their trees in the country every
year SO that in the Spring you see
only the great stub sticking up out
of the ground eight or ten feet with
a big knotty place on the top of it.
Out of this knotty knob spring a
hundred or so shoots which are al
lowed to grow all Summer and per-
haps until the next Spring. Then
they are all cut off again aud used
for fagots, or possibly for some other
purpose which we did not discover.
The trees have queer dwarfed look,
but I surmise that in closely set
tied country it is necessary to cut
the trees back like this in order to
allow the sunshine necessary for the
crops. 1t is likewise necessary to
use every shoot for some special pur-
pore. The American who has seen
| France must find his heart bleeding
at the waste of trees which goes on
in America. We saw large trees in
France, but nothing wonderful. And
everybody kept telling us that in the
forest of Fountainebleau we would
see marvellous trees, giants. But
when we got to see the forest itself
they told us that in order to see the
giant trees we would have to stay
over and walk way back into the
depths of the forest.
As it was, we saw no trees IN
| France nor in any other country we
visited which began to compare witt
the wonderful trees in America. The
largest we saw over there would lool
like saplings beside the redwoods O
California, or the frs of Oregon. Ant
the wonderful old English elms were
not nearly SO large or graceful a
the elms of New England, whicl
sprang from them. English elm
are very old and gnarly. The Eng
lish are proud of the artistic shapes
of their elms. To US many of ther
look grotesque. - Elizabeth Towne i
Nautilus.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-09-01

: Be good and you will be happy" !"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-09-01

" Right makes might. =
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-10-29
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

Grant Belshaw was over from
Mt Vernon this week with a load
of fruit.
Work stock wintered on most
reasonable terms. Good pasture
with plenty of shelter at $1.50
per head per month. Good tim
othy hay, if required or desired,
fed at merely the cost of the hay.
Inquire at this Office.
A government reservoir pro-
iect capable of irrigating between
four and five thousand acres of
vacant, unsurveyed government
land in this county has been par
TALLY completed and parties in
terested will give the right men
with capital a good proposition
to take up the matter and push
it to completion. This must be
taken up at once. For informa-
ton call or write this office.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-10-29
rHa HAND or hill SEEN.
Continued from page i.)

sown crops, such as winter
wheat, winter rye, winter oats
and barley. The reason for Civ
ing preference to these crops is
because most of the precipitation
there falls in the winter months,
Unless this moisture is conserved
in some way it will b. exceeding
ly difficult to grow crops on the
dry farming plan there.
When the ground is properly
prepared the year before putting
in the winter crops, when snow
falls and melts large part of
the moisture will go directly into
the soil. If the ground is not
plowed in the fall and prepared
in the way indicated. Winter
SHOWS when melted will escape
through surface streams and be
lost. When moisture is drawn
into the soil in the way stated
during the winter months, it is
easily kept in by system of har-
rowing after spring opens. This
narrowing is done every few
weeks, and when say harrow
ing, | mean the right kind of
narrowing, which is over the
grain that has been sown.
by using this method of cul-
6vation, | do not believe there
is any part of Oregon that | have
been able to reach, where the
precipitation is so short that
crops cannot be grown success
fully, provided of course that the
work is properly done, according
to the advanced methods which
have been developed under the
dry farming system. make
emphatic the point of good work.
Such work is not costly farming.
Dry farming is less expensive
than irrigation, by far, although
producing less, of course an acre.
But any nam who will follow out
Instructions OF those experienced
in dry farming methods, can cul-
tivate his farm according to that
principle. "
Professor Shaw names certain
spring crops which he is sure can
be produced also throughout the |
Eastern Oregon country which |
he visited. He names Durum
wheat and speltz rs two promi-
nent crops. He also thinks that !
alfalfa can be grown there, for /
at least one cutting of rich pas
ture.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-10-29

The Times-Herald is not owned
by any political party or set OF
men and therefore does not have
to advocate the election of party
nominees regardless of the per-
sonal feeling of the manager.
We would dislike to consider it
necessary to make personal at
tacks on friends and advocate
the election of men to public
Office when the writer was not
going to support them when he
went into the polling place. Yet
that is what some partisan papers
are doing. They are advising
voters to support individuals that
the men who write the articles
will not support. Do you think
that kind of newspaper talk
helps to elect the best man to
Office Mr.. Voter?
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-10-29
PROHIBITION AND HOME RULE.

j. J. Handsaker, who is out in
the interest of state wide prohi-
bition, spoke at the Baptist
church last Sunday morning and
evening. On Monday evening
Senator Ruth. of Washington.
spoke at the court house in the
interest of the Home Rule bill
before the voters at the coming
election. Mr.. Handsaker again
made an address on Tuesday
evening at the court house. Both
had good crowds and of course
each have followers to take sides.
The Times-Herald man is not a
prohibitionist, but he doesn't be-
lieve the Home Rule bill is n good
thing to pass. 1t looks innocent
but gives too much power to a
small territory in defiance to the
will of the people in the vicinity.
The saloon and its association as
conducted in the state is not
what it should be and people are
not going to allow such interests
a greater leverage on society.
There should be restrictions and
such places should be compelled
to live up to the law or put out
Of business.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-10-29
COMMUNICATED.

AS a candidate for county
Judge | have been asked to state
my position on road matters.
advocate smaller road districts
in order that the roads all over
the county may be worked ad-
vantageously at a time when
conditions are most favorable,
thus securing better results from
such work and. give the people
the benefit Of good roads early in
the season. Should | be elected
| shall carefully consider all new
roads petitioned for and endeav-
or to lay them out in the most
practicable places where they
will be most beneficial.
J. w. BUCHANAN,
Harney, Oregon.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-10-29

OF course, if you are looking
for a hand out from the higher
up politician; if your personal in
tererests are to have first and
only consideration, why better
get out and "holler" for your
ticket from top to bottom. But
if you have in mind the best in
terests of your country and de-
sire good, clean, obliging and
competent men to fill the offices
you will look for that kind of n
man and not ask about his poll
ties. The good substantial man
and taxpayer is independent in
that respect and the howl about
patronage" and commissions
are cheap and have no effect,
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-10-29
DR.. HMBRHH DEAD.

Clyde Embree came up from
his Sunset homestead yesterday
and left this morning for Dallas
in response to a telegram that his
father, DIR. T. V. b. Embree, had
passed away at the family home
in that city. Van Embree is in
the southern part of this county
and has not received the sad
news.
DIR. Embree was a pioneer
physician of Harvey Valley, hav-
ing come here in the early sos
with his family and remained
several years. He later returned
to Polk county, but his boys
came back to this section and
took up land. DIR. Embree had a
desire to return here and fre-
Quently told his friends he was
going to make Harvey Valley his
home again.
The following is clipped from
the Dallas Observer DR.. 7. V.
b. Embree, a pioneer resident
and physician of Polk County, is
dangerously i'll at his home in this
city and it is feared that he may
not recover. Attending doctors
pronounce his case a general
breakdown due to advanced age,
DR.. Embree now being in his 10Th
year. One week ago he attended
the funeral of his old friend and
neighbor. Daniel Richardson, and
at that time he was apparently
in the best of health. The next
day he suddenly became i'll. and
has been unconscious the greater
part of the time since. His heart
and kidneys are seriously affected
and he is suffering intensely from
inhammatory rheumatism. The
aged physician is being given the
best of medical attention, but his
brother doctors admit that the
chances for recovery are all
against him,
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-10-29

For another term Portland will
go without representation on the
Supreme Bench of Oregon, not
one of the six candidates for the
four judgeships to be awarded on
election day being a resident of
Multhomah county. Judge Will
r. King, one of the present
judges, who is seeking re-elec-
ton, votes at Ontario; George II.
Burnett, the assemblyman. who
is seeking Judge Kings place,
halls from Salem. Judges Slater,
Moore and Mcbride, who with
Judge King, are all members Of
the present Supreme Court, be-
long to Salem, st. Helens and
Oregon City, respectively, while
Henry j. Bean, the remaining
candidate, is from Pendleton.
1t is claimed for Judge King
that Eastern Oregon is practi-
cally unit for him, the reasons
being three: Judge Kings fine
record on the Supreme Bench,
the fact that his forty years re-
sidence in Eastern Oregon has
given him thorough knowledge of
the conditions of this region and
his well known understanding of
irrigation law and irrigation
problems.
The great issue in this election,
80 far as the Supreme Court is
concerned, is to get the Supreme
Court beyond the reach Of politi-
cal influence. To accomplish this |
the State Bar Association started |
the Non-Political Judiciary
movement in July. Judges King, |
Slater, Moore and Mcbride, non
partisans. all have the endorse
ment of this movement.