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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-11-17
Not Going Home

Hen not 60 home this year. alas,
to whore the old folks are. to s..e
across the With 1red grass upon. ths
hills star; he will not Chamber from
the train with bosom thrilled with IN
to hear the glad words once asainsi
"Ah. welcome home. my boy!"
All. yes. the old home stands tod,
Just a. It did Of yore, and oftentim..
his thoughts will stray back to ~.
big front door. and he will muse unon
the times when he hailed It al bom.
ere he sojourned in foreign climea =.
beat across the foam.
With weary head upon his hand.
he'll dream about the lane. about ths
climbing rose whose strands tanned
on the window pane: about the ram.
bling little street that idled throu.h
the town where often have his bovi.h
feet In gladness hurried down.
He'll not go nome this year. ~.
though the old folks still are there
although the songs of long axo stiIi
echo free and fair; he'll eat Thanks.
giving dinner here. and not 90 home.
alas. because the laws are strict this
year and he can't get pass.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-11-17
attraction boys?

attraction boys?
Henry Erickson has visited
with the home folks the past
week.
Ed. Wien 10 working tor Nc,
Collough & Robinson.
VIM. Matthias and family are
now comfortably located out on
the farm. Mr.. Matthias has
erected one Of the best resi-
dt noes in the com N unity.
The basket social and dance
given under the auspices of the
Colfax Band was decided
success. The occasion was en-.
joyed by all. Thirty.four bask-
etc were sold and a. sum of
sixty.five dollars realized. The
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-11-17

10y. J. !. 49,. 4 I
= nS ume o. the year q approathy
Wnen ths average man 6sSins tsiling
noM No used to shovel paths through
sasns leet OF snow q four o'clock on
m .s when the THERMOMETERS rok.
.seesed % far below zero that the
mercury ratified around In the. bulb
IKE mustard SEED. 3 3s9
That 10 the sort Of man who vill -
outths drSt heavy snow ana shov Ma
family how to clean the wslka. NJ
win have q nice new dollar snov, .hnv,,.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-11-17
Mooreton News

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Link
were passengers to Wahpeton
Monday.
Mrs. ID. l. Quiniain was call
ed to Browerville, MINI, the
latter part of last week on az.
count of the death of her sister.
She has the sympathy of her
friends.
NJ. Chernick was at Wahpt
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-11-17

hser ill ~ pouEdin6 thS. Min6oN
Dane With ~ sticky Anssrs and 800
sgooing gissfuliy.
At last, after years and years of hit
Ing and shovelinS. the wallis viii ~
cleaned. and the man viii straightss
up painfully and start to the back dool
when his wife will open the front door
ana CRY: you left . little bit Of SNOW
behind the horseback. dsari"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-11-17
FIRE HOSE

Bids will be received by the
City Council up to. and opened
at, seven o'clock g.. m., on Mon
day, December 9Th. 1910, at the
Council Rooms in the City Hall
in the City of Wahpeton, II. D.,
for Eve hundred $500 feet of
fire hose % be nsedsin- connec.
ton with its IRE apppATatus.
: Dated November Ioth, 1910.
60: 8, : :, en-: OLSON.
City Auditor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-11-17

COl16X Locals
Adoiph Knutson made fly
ing trip to Fargo Sunday
A bouncing baby girl was
born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ost-
rum Monday night. Walter is
setting up the cigars and says
nothing but the best will do.
Mrs. S. ]. Rivett has been
looking after her real estate in
this village during the last few
days. $50 :, na
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Sickness in
sfants girl psssed away early
Tuesday morning. The little
child was taken ill by pneu.
monia Sunday morning. The
community joins in sympathy
with the bereaved family in
their sorrow.
!; Messrs. Oscar Bolstad and
Carl Christensen autoed in the
country Sunday. What's tire
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-11-17

band boys wish to thank the
participants for their kind as
distance and in special the local
N. w. A. Camp for the cour-
tesies extended.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-11-17
COUNTY NEWS
929@S6

ton between trains Monday.
Mrs. A Comstock was at the
county seat Thursday.
Frank Herman was passen-
ger to Wahpeton Tuesday.
Nick Haffner spent Monday
at the county seat.
The Ladies Aid will meet
With Mrs. Frank H e IN a n
Thursday afternoon.
Joe Schlener returned from a
visit at Millerville, Mimi, Mon
day evening.
Miss Lena Krump returned
to her home near Mantador
Sunday after spending a few
weeks at the Pelzl home.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
HISTORIC FIELD OF WATERLOO.

Tourist Says 1t Is Being DIvested
of All Interesting Features.
The battlefield at Waterloo, writes
an American tourist from Brussels,
according to the American Register,
Is rapidly being Invested of all its in
teresting features.
The houses which sheltered men
who helped to make history there are
being torn down, the roads and paths
are being obliterated and soon there
will be nothing left to remind one Of
Napoleon's last stand but the great
mound capped by the Waterloo lion.
The museum, where all the battle
field trophies are on view, uniforms,
arms, drawings and pictures, was
never a pretentious institution, but no
visitor failed to look with interest at
the many exhibits behind the glass
doors.
This also is to be dismantled and
the articles which have been carefully
kept for years will be distributed
among the provincial museums of Bel
GUM, where as individual exhibits
they will lose much in value.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
MORE FARMERS WANTED.
No Danger of an Oversupply fol
Years to Come.

No Danger of an Oversupply for
Years to Come.
There is no great danger that the
supply of farmers will be drug on the
market for some years to come. The
treasury departments actuaries estt
mate the population of the country
now at ninety million. At an average
consumption of 51a bushels of wheat a
year for each person, it will take a
little less than 5OO,OOO,O0O bushels to
supply white bread for the country TO
say nothing of other varieties. ms
means something more than one nun
dred million barrels of flour TO- %
ground, distributed and baked into
bread for delivery at the consumes
tables.
But this is only one of the many d
mands which a population moving rap
idly toward one hundred million sous
makes every day of the year lls
country consumes probably not less
than thirty million head of live STOCK
year. This includes cattle, hogs ana
sheep, but takes no account OF poulII
and poultry products, nearly all y
which have to be supplied from 9l'
farms of the country.
The two branches of farming WHICH
require the least labor for their Sus
cessful prosecution, and the mos
thinking, are those which have mu ..A
to do with the increased cost Oh nv
ing. They are poultry and pouiu}
products and live stock CROWNS
Within an hours ride by rail OF neai,
ly every eastern city there are lana'
which lend themselves readily 70 "
cupation for these purposes. wiz
modern facilities for transit 10 aDr
from the cities and towns the pOS'r
bilities of development of these p ''
ticular sources of future suppn'.
would seem at this particular time :
be especially inviting.
AS for the alleged drawback u.'
schools and other institutional au'as
tages are inferior in rural ana y.
urban communities, there are some r., l.
rious doubts in the matter Nv
schools are crowded because OF na'r,
to work by the wholesale, in cons'I /
with the personal attention Wni'n I
possible and practicable in the ru N
and suburban schools. Moreover, !,
conditions of living make greauy \
the physical If not for the mViaA
vantage of the rural over tne u
life.-Wall Street Journal.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
Trouble for Hnhhu

At recent tea party where the faro
provided could not by any means he
termed palatable a guessing game was
Instituted, and the lady who won II
was asked to say what she would have
as prize. She greatly fiattered her
young hostess by requesting a slice ~
the cake with which some of tbou.
mad desperately struggled at tea time
Why did you ask for that stuff9" .
disappointed and still hungry vortb
asked her. you know very we'll a.
isn't fit to eat" "'A 1t
L have definite purpose IN viou, +"
answered the Young lady, carefrI'v
placing the piece of cake where tbars
would be no possibility of her forgot.
ting 1t. II mean to make INV br ,Gh eet !,
eat Tiff necessary, to force - doLru
his throat crumb by crumbNand Nv tT',n
convince him that somewhere n '4 aus
"loe' wide world there is an avar
worse cook than he imaginas IT. 'en
experienced young wife to he "Npoa ~
sons Weekly. ear
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
TEXAS FIRST IN IRRIGATION.
System Used by Indians Long BE"
fore the Coming of the Whites

System Used by Indians Long BE"
fore the Coming of the Whites
Texas, although one of the young
est states in the Union in develop
ment, is the pioneer in irrigation
Fort Worth correspondent of the New
York Herald says. The beginning of
irrigation in western TexaE antedates
any records SO far found and 1t is
probable that in no portion of the
United States is the practice older, is
the claim made by ]. G.. Nagle, who is
professor of civil engineering at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Texas. Scanty and irregular distri-
button of rainfall was doubtless the
cause of its use in the beginning and
even at later dates, when unnumbered
acres of fertile lands could be had for
little more than the trouble OF prepar-
ing them for cultivation. Coronado,
on his journey northward in the early
part of the sixteenth century, so his
tory tells us, found well-established
systems of irrigation in the vicinity
of FL Paso, utilizing water from the
Rio Grande on both sides of its pres
ent channel.
Tradition tells us that the Pueblo
indians of Yseleta claimed that an
cient irrigation systems of great ex-
tent were built centuries ago by the
Yuma Indians on the Pecos river in
the vicinity of Pecos and Grand Falls,
but the constant raids by the Com.
manche and Apache Indians caused
them to move on to the valley of the
Rio Grande, only to be followed there
by their old enemies and forced to
move out to the Colorado of the
West In the vicinity of the ToyaE
springs evidence is found indicating
that these waters were used for irri
cation purposes long before the frs
white man found his way there.
At San Antonio, where the Francis
can fathers founded their missions
they directed the construction of ca
nails by the Indians. These canals
were used not only for supplyin,
water to the missions for domesti
purposes, but for irrigation as well
Among the bitches constructed be
tween the years 1915 and 1774 ma,
be mentioned the Conception, Alamo
San Jose, San Juan and Espada. Il
1870 the San Pedro ditch was built b
immigrants from the Canary Island
} and was used for conducting water t
the cultivated fields. For many year
+ this ditch was conducted for field irr
) cation on farms and even to this da
this old ditch is in operation and b.
ing used constantly. 1t supplied waite
for large percentage of the cit
lawns a few years ago in San Antoni,
. and was extensively used for domesti
purposes.
At old Fort San Saba, near MenarC
vile, the present home of James Ca
: lain, president of the Texas Gait
Raisers' Association, the remains ,
an irrigation system constructed /
1774, also by the Franciscan father
can still be traced. At this time Tex.
was under Spanish rule, but since the
has sworn allegiance to and floate
ave different flags.
A early as 1852 the fourth legisl
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

ture passed an act relative to irriga
ton. In 1882 the seventeenth legisla
ture passed an act making large
grants of land for the construction OF
irrigation bitches. There were sew
eral classes and a number of sections
of land granted per mile of ditch va
ried with the class. In 1889 and 1895
additional regulations were establish.
ed with view of encouraging irriga-
ton. The result of some of these en-
actments was the projection of numer-
GUS irrigation schemes, many of which
were boom" propositions from the
start, while others proved failures
when constructed because of the lack
of sufficient photographic and other
data.
AS west Texas was pioneer in an
cient irrigation so it is in modern, as
irrigation along the lines now prac-
ticed began to develop first in this Sec
ton of the State. The first ditch in
the vicinity Of Del Rio was construct,
ed in 1858. On the Pecos one of the
present large systems was built in
1875, another in 1887 and another in
1896. 1t might have been expected
that the older systems in the vicinity
OF Ell Paso would have suggested ear.
Tier extensions under present. methods
but work of this character did not be
come active until about 1889 or 1891
AT Fort Stockton and for the Nueces
drainage area it began as early as
1876. On the Concho, San Saba, Llanc
and ether tributaries of the Colorado
river irrigation systems began f.
spring up about 1875, and possibl,
earlier, and these were added to about
1879, but this work became most act
i've in the '90s.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
Too Soon for Her.

Apropos of those who never ~ ~
the luxury of a carriage saFs
the death of some one makes ~ a,I
free ride to the cemetery a cieis h
told of a little girl standing a. -. i
avenue and 30th street, New n
She was a ragged little thing su uo,Iiu
was watching the carriages iV ~
past with the most wistful piu 80 =
well, little one" he SAID y
you like to own one OF tnOs'
riages?" =.
The blue eyes turned up anu
were tears in their corners. !
al never rode in q kerrlos A,
said softly. me little brHou'
aforS was born
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
| EEzpOE,Bl
+Sss~ BY JULES VERNE.
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is almost more than I can bear? You
have sacrificed this miserable nation
ality for the sake of the common cause.
You have said, What does it matter
if only the pole is discovered, whether
it is by Englishman or an American?
Why should we brag of being Amer1-
can or English when we can boast that
we are menu
The good little man was beside him
self with Joy. He Rugged the recon
ciled enemies to his bosom, and ce-
mented their friendship by his own
affection to both.
Calming themselves the men cut up
the oxen and made their way back to
camp. At supper the doctor said:
MY dear old Johnson, 1 took out an
American and an Englishman with me-
didn't II"
Yes, Mr. Clawbonny."
well, bring back two brothers"
This was joyous news to the sailors,
and they shook hands warmly with AL
lamont: while the doctor recounted all
that had passed, and how the Ameri-
| can captain had saved the English
captains life. That night no five hap
pier men could have been found than
those that lay sleeping in the little
snow-house.
Bell completed the sloop; the ice be-
| gan to break up.
A trial was made to Cape Washing
ton. This short sail Of six hours suf-
fciently proved her excellent quail
ties.
On the 22d of June Hatteras began
to load the sledge. They put In zoe
pounds of salt meat, three cases OF
vegetables and preserved meat, besides
lime juice, and flour and medicines
They also took 200 pounds of powder
and a stock of firearms Including the
sloop and the Halkett boat, there was
about 1900 pounds weight, heavy
load.
However, the distance to the pole
was not 355 miles at the outside, an(
as they did not intend to go more thar
twelve miles a day, as they could do l
comfortably in month. Even II lant
failed them, they could always fal
back on the sloop, and finish the jour
ney without fatigue to men or dogs.
On Sunday, the 23d, all was ready
and it was resolved to devote the en-
tire day to rest.
They retired early to rest, for the.
needed to be up betimes. So passe,
the last night in Fort Providence.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

who suppose that he pardoned because hs ~
pleased editors seeking alurlng noVelIies' III ~
serve the purpose of publishers seeking adVer'1Se
cannot see the forest the trees He was paruoheu
because these triviaes cast the perous hght Oh pun
city upon ancient abuses of the law OF onenses
property for which civilization olushes anu Vi -
conton,norarv Justice is itself ashamed Why should
not the same publicity cast side light upon otner c
rs atrocious as his? - -,
Our criminal law of property Is DESCENDED Wy
coverture of the English common law Oy lne u.uo
statutes of Norman feudaism from the most extraV-
agant subordinaton of the rights OF persons 10 Tue
rights of possessed things the world has ever KNOWN
1t retains traces of the justice that punished poaclhs
more severely than murder and the taking OF LOAF
moro Severely than the ruin of life This traditional
cruelty can be aeviaed only by such instructive move
ment of public sympathy that which gave carter
liberty till scientific system of dealing with the cll
nal according to his nature and possibilities rather
than with the crime according to some medieval meas
urng stick shall to make law the servant OF hu
manty instead of property.-St Paul Tribune
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
A Positive Proof.

my dear child, have you reason to
suppose that Mr.. Flirty entertains a
frank liking for your"
well, ma, last night he handed me
a box of chocolates with the remark
that they were his candied senti-
nts."-Baltimore American.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
DvelIinr. An GothoTa.

Foreign Visitor-Does 1t cost mucs
to live In New York;
Host-No, sir; 1t doesn't cost much
to live in this city, but It costs like
Sam Hill to keep up appearancoA-
New York Weekly
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
A mandy Erplnnation.

''What is the reason you were so late
in discovering the north pole3"
WELL" answered the explorer, you
see they have such long nights In
the arctic regions that oversight -
Washington Star.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
An Instance.

Knicker - Time brings strange
changes.
Bocker-Yes; the boy whose mother
can't make him wash his neck grows
up to be a rich man who goes abroad
for baths.-Harper's Bazaar.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

police loudly denounced her and claimed to nave IN
dispuable evidence of her guilt Yet after more than
year in JAIL she was honorably discharged at the re-
quest of the State,
In no case did the body of any victim show enough
poison to have produced death In several instances 1t
was shown that the person had absorbed arsenic
from renovated hair mattress In one instance EPSON
cote imnronerlv clarified were blamed for conveying
arsenic into the human stomach. 1T turns out to be
the fact that in this part of the country there not
human body where arsenic would not be found II exam
ined said the district attorney, in asking for Mrs.
Keleher's discharge
There are many poisons that may be absorbed into
the human SYSTEM although arsenic Is probably more
frequently employed in everyday purposes where 1t
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
8EDITORIALSG
Opinions of Great Papers Important Subjects


would be likely to come into contact with people than
any other Therefore in cases OF supposed poisoning
If behooves the State we'll the defense to rigidlv
investigate all circumstances, lest grave injustice <
done some innocent person.-Chicago Journal.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

Tnere Is a proposition in New yo-,,
10 make the governors salary as laraa
as that OF big league president %T s.
ledo Blade.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

II men bought shirts that wou,dr,t
stand washing any better than shir.
waists how the women would horI
about their extravaganza U"i
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
AS TO POISON MYSTERIES.

\ THESE days when the murderous art OF
the poisoner is so often brought to public
notice, the case of Mary Kelleher of Boston
is enIightening Mrs. Kelleher was ac-
cused of staying six members of her fam
lily by the use of arsenic Poison was
found in the bodies of her victims. The
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

concuson that tight collars are the real source a
many bodily disorders hitherto ascribed to other
causes.
AS result of his own experiences this medical sci
enlist declares that he has adopted collar several
sizes larger than his shirt with the happy outcome that
headaches rheumatism and other ailments have entire
ly disappeared
Personally we find ourselves quite unable to take th
Illuminating person very seriously If is idiot
enough to wear collar three sizes to small he ought
to be- afflicted with liberal allowance of aches and
Mains On the other hand If he will persist in wearing
one three sizes too large he ought to be hailed into
some sartoria court and heavily fined for being an an
round SLOUGH.
There is happy medium which any with the
intellect of snowbrd should be able to discover and
then appear among his fellows in reasonable harmony
with the dictates of comfort and good taste We fear
that some of our medical scientists wasting much
valuable time-Des Moines Capital
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

OW many mute, inglorious JONI O"l 'oIS
languish in saltwater or other prisons
through their best years for taking le"
dollars under the spur of hunger In tne
first despairing moment of a blameless
life9 The real interest in this romantic
voungster is ethical, not esthetic. They
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

tend that it sometimes serves useful purposes Of de-
tense So does the six-shooter. Yet wise lawmakers
refuse to permit everyone to carry a gun.
The other day Chicago man was granted divorce
from his wife, whom he accused OF stabbing him fire.
ouently with hatpns The accusation not disputed
In what respect does woman who jabs her husband
with an eigheen-inch hatpin differ from the husband
who threatens his wife with a carving knife?
At first sight the agitation may seem ludicrous In
the light of actual hatpin casualties and the Of
phtenetic females armed with deadly weapons the argu
ment of those who would prohibit hatpins of undue
length seems we'll founded.-Chicago Journal.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
SIZE OF THE COLLAR.

9 ARE not referring now to brass collar.
but to those bands of white which are "A
garded as quite an essential part Of tha
wearing apparel of the average man. Il
will doubtless be of interest to many a
our readers to learn that an eminent mad.
ical authority of England has reached thu
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
rHE DANGEROUS HATP1N.

INCE the Chicago City Council took the
matter up reports of action against the
dangerous hatpin have been coming from
all parts of the country, and a startlingy
large number of serious accidents from
long natpins have been recorded. Dew
otees of the rapier style of pin may con-