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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-08-26
LOCAL LAWYER
IN The Tolls
Sensational Episode During PreIim-
mary Hearing Of Crooks. -..Attot-
ney Arrested for Heinous 0ttense

The tent in which Ed. Ross
and Billy McMullen, two employees
of Woods & Lee, sleep, was enter
ed last Sunday night and coat,
shoes, money and a couple of
watches taken. Other depreda-
tions were committed about the
city, chickens being stolen, etc.,
and one fellow who forced an en-
trance to the section house en-
countered the genial Mike Mo-
rams fists.
The next day Chief Patrick
rounded up a gang of three suspi-
cious characters out near the ex.
pertinent farm. They were
brought to town and charge of
bootlegging preferred against
them. although at the time they
were driving stolen horse with
a stolen harness and riding in a
buggy which is supposed TO have
been stolen also.
The men, who gave their names
as Arnold, Coy and Dolson. were
given a hearing before Justice
Heath Tuesday afternoon. being
represented by Attorney Geo. H.
Purchase, who asked the court to
discharge the prisoners on a tech.
nicality in the warrants. This
being denied, he took a change of
venue to Justice Bond.
At this stage of the game q
warrant was served on Mr.. Pur.
chase, who is alleged to have
aided in the escape from the state
of a fugitive from justice-the
man who cracked Curtis Phillips
on the head a couple of times
with q beer bottle Saturday night
and robbed him of what money he
had on his person. Purchase fur.
nished bail for his appearance
Thursday, but the further trial
of the other fellows was neces.
sarily postponed until the same
day.
The hearings were held yester'
day, the case Of Arnold being con
tinued for three days, while Dol.
son and Coy were held to the Dis
trict court in $1,000 each. The,
were taken to Medora last night
In the Purchase case his attor
ney, Jerome Parks of Miles City
secured a continuance until Satur
day afternoon. The offense fol
which he is arrested is YER.
serious one, carrying with it ,
stiff penalty. 1t is said that n,
one would have known anything
about the matter had not Purchas.
publicly gloated over the eas'
with which he got the other fel
low out of the state.
Bootlegging is only one of tn,
, crimes Of which Arnold. Coy ant
} Dolson are said to be guilty. Spe
cial Agent Mitchell declaring tina
he will have plenty of evidence
against them at the proper time
The outcome of the case agains
Attorney Purchase is awaited
with interest.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-08-26

Special Officer Mitchell of the
Northern Pacific has been work.
ing in and around this city for
several days past and assisted the
local officers in breaking up the
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-08-26

WANTED-Girl to do house.
work. Apply to Mrs. P. H. Lee.
DR.. L. G. Smith is the proud
possessor of a brand-new Ford car
of 25 horsepower.
Henry, the infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. W. w. Whipple, who
recently came here from Hensel.
N. Dak., succumbed yesterday
morning to an attack of cholera
infantum. The little one was
aged eight weeks and two days.
Funeral services were held this
morning at 1000 o'clock. Rev. c.
M. Good officiating.
Duncan M. Cooper, first trick
operator at the depot, who has
been taking well-earned rest Of
a month, arrived home Wednes-
day evening. He had been to
Havelock, Iowa, to see his folks; !;
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11

- :.
ton Man. Mean Fellow Gent
With Noble Horse" Lady With Cry
Ing Baby" Hank Days Likeness"
and .'Cravat Peddler' (fool). >:In,
Occasionally an old acquaintance
would pass by or some dignitary, for
III is set down that a friend from
Lexington had hay and lodging one
day at the inn. Who knows but he
might have been a son of one Of the
,."'embattled farmers" who kept the
bridge that April morning Of the ride
Of Paul Revere? The Grand Juror
and His wife" tarried for meal at
the inn the same day an did the Dom
inie's wife aud Child On Nov. 8, so
the careful chronicle says. the pro-
prietor went to York" where be re-
manned six days. He must have had
roaring. roistering time Of kits while
In the metropolis. for the next entry
in his handwriting Is somewhat shaky
and says. "Sundries while at York. SO
cents."-New York Press. G&%
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11
A MONSTER PL0W.
Designed For Ten Horses, It Took Fifty
70 Nova IT,

Designed For Ten Horses, It Took Fifty
to Move It.
What Is said to be the largest plow
In the world was Alade some years
ago ut Bakersfield. Cal This pillow
was the result Of the ingenuity Of a
ranch superintendent who had authori-
ty to make improvements, but not to
Introduce steam plows. The superin-
tendent had grown very tired of pre-
pairing 5000 acres of land for wheat
with ordinary nine or twelve inch
plows draw by two horses.
He argued that if two horses could
pull twelve inch plow six horses
could pull plow thirty-six inches
wide and that eight horses could pull
a pillow orty-eight inches wide. He
made the calculations carefully. and.
being clever with his pencil. also made
drawings and sent for blacksmiths and
machinists to construct IL pillow on his
principle.
Some simple folk told him that his
great plow would not work, but they
contented themselves with saying this
dogmatically without giving any math-
ematic:l reason therefor. So the SUI
perintendent went ON with his plans.
The blacksmiths and machinists I'm
ished the pillow in due time. The share
was made to cut a fifty inch furrow.
The top Of it reached five feet above
the ground to give room to throw the
earth. The beam was more than a
foot thick, but the MACHINE was con
structed to run between two great
wheels, so that it could be turned
around easily. and on the axle between
these wheels was the seat for the man
who was to drive the ten horses which
were hitched to it.
The pIow was brought to the great
field, the ten horses were attached to
it, the handles were raised, the driver
mounted his seat. and the team was
started But as soon as the share
struck we'll into the ground the horses
stopped short. They were stuck fast.
And yet the plow had not gone too
deeply into the earth. But it was evil
dent that they could not pull the plow.
More horses were brought out, but not
until fifty were attached did the plow
move along.
Even then it required four men to
hold the handles in order to keep the
plOw in the furrow. It was an eco
nomic failure.
Then the superintendent, through
the Intervention of some one who was
a better mathematician than he, learn
ed that he should have cubed the ca
pacity Of his twelve inch plow every
time he doubled the width Of it.-Har-
per's Weekly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11

Philadelphia, Pa, March 10.-(Spec-
ial.)-With the calling of the great
general strike in. sympathy with the
striking car mems union, came the
supreme effort of the labor leaders of
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, aided
by those of the nation, to end the
trouble in favor of the men. Promin-
ent among the union organizers and
workers brought forward by the strike
are w. D. Mahon, international presi-
dent of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway En-
ployes; Clarence o. Pratt, general Or
ganizer of the association, who has
been in active charge of the strike,
and E. e. Greenwalt. president of the
Stat" Federation of Labor. The hit
terest Of the opponents Of these men
and their sympathizers, George H.
Earle, Jr., is director of the Penn
sylvania Rapid Transit company. From
the very beginning of the trouble ne
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11

tho hay jaili grease. ! Another man who
was described US q fellow with tired
colt got hny. lodging and breakfast
for A cents. &..s SstaE., ,eS.. 4. : .,%
Every few days: there came along.
according to this ancient register. "a
Connecticut man." He invariably
spent Just 8 cents for food, and that
was for pie. On two occasions there
Is an additional charge. Tor "greasing
wagon, 6. cents There were no the
atrical companies touring this turn
pike road half a century ago, but 4
phrenoloeist appears and syanishes, y
being recorded that Tor hay. g quarts
az pats, lodging and breakfast" he
gave up sc cents Once IN awhile q
real spendthrift would come along,
like the, gent with three ladies and
two children" They had six dinners.
For these, the hay for the horses, the
meals for the dog" and the "segar''
for the man $1.2S was charged. There
was wedding breakfast at this
quaint taver1i&too. It is set down as
wedding, Radcliff's sister. 6 dinners
II quarts Of oats, $1.69."
= People went west" by wagon In
those days from the thickly settled
east to seek their fortunes. Some did
not find what they expected and came
back again. One such group, an ''em'
igrant family returning east-seven OF
them"-spent 50 at the inn. Three
cents worth Of candy is a frequent
entry. Probably the candy peddlel
from Albany paid for his food and
lodging IN sweets. There are but two
entries of anything stronger than lera
onadc. and those are for beer-foul
quarts for 0 cents. Oysters were
cheap. too. for six plates Of them in
creased the contents Of the tavern
keepers money box by just Is cents.
Among the journeyers along this
turnpike road whose passage is record
ed in this age yellowed volume Is "Old
Particular" Doubtless he was some
cranky old codger who kicked about
everything and whose goings the inn
keeper sped as much as possible. Their
there was the "Whistling Man." thu
Stiff Arm Man." the ''Dispeptic Man
(he had four quarts of teal and the
Hen Man." who ate piece Of pie
and traded ROSTERS with the hote
keeper. Other travellers. along the
highway are thus described: "Aboli
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11
sQUARING THE CIRCLE.
An Ancient Problem That Has Turned
Many Brains Dizzy.

An Ancient Problem That Has Turned
Many Brains Dizzy.
The oldest Of problems is that of
squaring the CIRCLE. e., of telling the
precise length Of the side of square
whose area will equal the area Of a
given circle.
The first attempt we know Of was
made 500 years before the exodus Of
the Jews. Since at least 1900 B. c.
Chinese brains have turned dizzy over
it. The oldest mathematical book in
the world-written about 1000 B. c..
by Ahmes. scribe to an Egyptian king,
and now resting in the British mu-
seum-pretends to solve 1t, but 1t
doesn't. Our old friend Euclid pru-
IDENTIFY avoids the subject.
Books have been written to prove
that it is impossible. others to prove
the impossibility Of proving its i'm
possibility. others again to prove the
impossibility of proving its possibility.
One scientist, a professor Of Zurich,
adopted some fifty years ago a rather
original method Of tackling the prob
lem. He divided the floor of a great
loft into thousands of small squares
and spent his days in solemnly throw
ing needles about and noting the num-
Der Of times they fell clear Of the
chalk lines. but it did not help him
much.
The important ratio which would set,
tie the question has been carried to
500 places Of decimals. And still it Is
not exact. If you have a taste for
sums you can start and carry 1t to GOO
and see what happens.
At any rate. you will soon find your
hair getting grayer.-LondoD Answers
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11
OLD ] / TAVERN CHARGES.
Cost Of Living at a Turnpike Inn
Near New York IN 1916.
LOW PRICES THE RULE THEN

E -E.,SFGaEf s y II 4 -
The Regular Tariff Fer : Dinner Wes
10 Cents, and : wedding Brsakfast
For Six, With Twelve Quarts Of Oats
on the Side, Cost just $1.oo. @,H.{ (,
Guarded a. carefully as any Of the
guests Jewels that Ne beside It in the
big safe of d great and glittering
Broadway hotel in New York city and
treasured by the proprietor more than
its weight in gold Is an old cashbo0k.
The entries run from March to De
cember, 1916. They record in quaint,
descriptive phrases the comings and
goings Of the travellers who stopped at
a wayside inn on a turnpike road less
than 100 miles from New York. This
tavern was Kept by the Broadway no.
tel proprietor's grandfather. The build
ing Of the railroad, the passing of the
stagecoach and the changes Of more
than half century have obliterated
this once famous old inn ut South Dur
ham, and now all that remains Of it is
this ancient book, which served not
. only as a record of cash received, but
took the place Of the modern hotel
register.
The prices charged by this innkeep'
er of long ago are as4far removed
from those exacted today as this an.
cient hostelry IS from the gorgeous
summer hotels of the countryside
where it once stood. The regular price
for dinner was 10 cents, but even
this appears to have been ''cut" to fire.
Quent travellers. For instance, there is
an entry Of Candy peddler from AL
bany, two meals and lodging, 81
cents" Almost every entry is brief
description of the Individual traveller
and what he ;got-for example, "Frec-
kle faced, eagle nosed boy, hay, sup
per, lodging and grease, 81 cents. "
This boy was probably driving horse
and WAGON. which would account for
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11
FEED AND POULTRY SUPPLIES

FEED AND POULTRY SUPPLIES
Ground Feed, $l.40 per 100 lbs; $25
per ton.
Ground Corn, $1.70 per 100 lbs.
Whole Shelled Corn, $3.50 per 100
lbs.
Oil Meal, SO per 100 lbs.
Wheat Screenings, $40 per 100
lbs.
Mixe,l Poultry Food, $1.60 per 100
lbs.
Chick Food, cents per ID.
Baby Chick Food, 2k cents per lb.
Crushed Shells, 81 per 100 lbs.
Mica Crystal Grits, $3.50 per 100
lbs.
Charcoal, cents per No.; $3.50 per
100 lbs.
Buckeye Incubator prices on ap9li-
cation.
OSCAR n. WILL E. co.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11
Wsshinoton's Farewell

The farewell address of Washington,
the military chieftain. to his soldiers
stands without parallel in all history.
He does not refer to his own sacrifices
or achievements. He simply and COM
pletely sinks himself, the great central
figure. out of sight. He sees only his
country and thinks only Of her well
fare.-Magazine of American History.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11
A Story CT Charles Reade.,

Charles Mathews was fond Of tell
ing a story Of Charles Reade when the
curtain fell at the old Queens theater
in London ON il pronounced failure
called "a White Lie" There was no
shadow Of IL call for the author The
curtain divided the audience from the
author. who stood on the stage shak-
ing his fist ut the invisible foe. still
smiling blandly and in mellifluous ac-
cents saying: Internal idiots! When
shall ! teach you to respect Charles
Render"
Helping Him On.
The Man-No: don't suppose that I
shall ever marry. I'm too shy. don't
you know. and faint heart ne'er won
fair lady" The Girl theIping him on
But I'm not fair: I'm dark.-lllus.
trated Bits.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11

Falsehoods may be stated under i'm
preston that they are truths. but lying
is characterized by the Intention to de-
ceive,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-11
Playful Monkeys.

Apes and gorillas are usually vicious
and reSentful and less addicted to
playful tricks than the common mon.
key indeed. the monkey. as we all
know. is a trickster both in his wild
and domestic state. In their native for
cstS monkeys spend hours in swinging
from the branches Of trees. suspended
by their tails. and chattering and Grl-
maci,l,. Will, evident signs Of delight.
Humboldt mentions seeing over Il hun
dred so employed in Il South American
forest.
Pert Suggestion.
Mr.. Boastem-l often regret that !
did not attend some college and &C.
quire little more polish. Miss Cut
ting Hintz- Why don't you hire some
brass tinisher to rub you up trife T.
New Orleans Picayune.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-01

twenty days. work, the people would
quickly raise row about it. Is
there anything creditable to the
members in taking forty days to do
what they could as easily do in
twenty days? No, We do not see
that there is anything wrong with
the criticism Of the News. At any
rate, We will reserve our sympathy
until such time as we find the gen.
eral assembly sitting forty-one days
or six months for $780, Yorkville
Enuoirer.
a great proportion Of the questions
Of the Enquirer could be answered
in the affirmative. Nearly two weeks
Of the session were spent in junkets
to the educational institutions at the
expense of the State. The purpose
in making the pay by the session, at
least that idea was in the minds of
some who voted that way, was to
shorten the session and thus save ex-
ira expense of printing and attaches
and in this way make it really a say
ing to the State.
Then a shorter session would nec-
essitate more attention to, the really
important matters and not have so
many purely, local matters take up
time. But it will come right.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-01

This from the Greenville News is
crushing:
GAS usual, the general assembly
adjourned the minute the pay stop
ped"
The sapiency Of this comment Is.
found in the fact that the members
of the legislature receive a salary OF
5000 per session, whether the session
lasts ten days or six months.-Co-
lumbia Record.
The only thing the matter with the
observation made by the News. IS
that it IS not sufficiently precise. 1t
is q fact that the members are now
paid 5000 a session, regardless of the
length of the same, instead Of by the
day, and it is also fact that they
cannot receive pay for more than
forty days. But let US examine into
this matter a little on basis OF the
session just adjourned. Is it not a
fact that all the real work OF this
session could have been done with
in three weeks, with time to spare?
Is it not a fact that the first two
weeks Of the session were practical
ly frittered away with almost moth
ing done? Is it not fact, that with
the earlier days frittered away, the
work of the last days was done IN
such a rush as to make it very un-
satisfactory and incompleteg Is it
not a fact that the object of the
constitutional provision requiring
the members of the general assem-
bly, should not receive pay for more
than forty days during any one
session was to check the tendency
Of the members to remain IN session
unnecessarily, merely for the per
diem? Is it not a fact that the mo-
tive Of the general assembly IN
changing the compensation basis
from per diem to ''by the session"
was to be sure that the members
should have all there was in it? Is
it not a. fact that about the only
present reason there is for remain
inc in session forty days when the
work could just as readily be done
in twenty days, is knowledge OF the
fact that if the members we're to
undertake to collect 5000 for only
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-01

Epps Brown has made good. One
year ago he was made general mana
ger and vice-president Of the South
ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Co. Last Thursday at a meeting: OF
the stockholders in New York he was
reelected unanimously. He started
with the company as a clerk only some
few years ago and has been promoted
without seeking promotion but in
recognition Of merit and faithful SER
vice. The Herald and News IS glad.
He is a fine fellow.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-01
Tuesday, March l, 1910.

Editor Aver Of the Florence Times
in commenting on the refusal Of the
legislature to pass the anti-spittlng
law for passenger trains says, "f
we keep on We will be almost as bad
as Germany with its multiplicity OF
statutory crimes that make existence
a burden.'' We do not. know how 1t
IS with Germany but we are plllng
no statutes in this country.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-01

Counting the money the State con-
tributes to the support Of Clemson
college the expenses for running the
State government this year are over
two million dollars. The expense ac-
couat has been going up in ho1ls<
the last few years Two years ago
when the appropriation bill carried a
little over one and a half million dol
lars some Of US thought the limit had
been reached but this year it Is over
one million eight hundred thousand
and the end is not yet.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-01

Under an act Of the recent leglsla-
,ture the winding up commission OF
tie dispensary is given authority to
take the money due by the county
dispensaries to certain liquor firms
and apply to judgments which the
commission has found against these
firms for overcharges. Do the Allan
ia lawyers get half Of this also? y;
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-01

The story is sent out from Wash
ington to Savannah paper that
Senator Tillman is going to resign
and mentiens several prospective
candidates for his seat.
We do not believe Senator Till
man is going to resign Immediately
and if he should it would probably
be to take effect later and thus the
selection would be left to the pri-
mary the coming summer. We would
be delighted to see some of those
mentioned as possibilities enter the
primary.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-01
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THE IDLER..

+ y X y X + X X X 4 + y y i +
I read story in a newspaper the
other day which carries a moral. In
one Of the States some years ago Il
poor boy wanted a job as a page in
the legislature and he needed it. He
went to the capital and called on an
influential politician whom he was
told controlled the legislature and
stated his case but he was turned
down. He got along without the job
and some years later he became the
editor Of the biggest newspaper in the
State. One day this same Influential
politician came into the Office Of the
editor, the former applicant for a
page, and asked favor. It was some
thing vital to him. He needed it as
much as the boy needed the job Of
page. The editor said he would tell
him story and then related his un-
successful effort to secure the job Of
page and asked: "Do You expect me
to grant you this favor? I was that
boy you turned down so hard and
cold.'' The politician ! leaned over
the table and asked: ''Why in thun-
der didn't you tell me then what you
were going to be?' ...
Do you see the point? We can't
always sometimes tell and a little
bread cast upon the water will come
back after many days, and sometimes
the days are not so many. "Cast thy
bread upon the waters; for thou shalt
find it after many days. When We
give, of whatever we have, if it be
but cup Of cold water it will return
to US, if the gift be in the right spir-
it. But whoever heard Of a politi-
clan, even an influential politician,
caring about anything but his own
selfish ends. He cannot see how he
may need the help of some people
.himslf. If this Influential politician
could have known the poor boy apply
ing for pages position was, going to
be the editor of a big paper whose
help he was going to need he would
have gotten the page position. But
then he might not have been the in
Auential editor. There are some peo-
pie who want your help when they
are in trouble but when you need
them they are not there. What would
you do?. -.
A long time ago I read Of the man
who had waited until he was in mid
die life to plant an orchard and then
decided that he would not plant it be-
cause he was then too old for it to
do him any good. He had come to
that conclusion twice and then after
he got to be a very old man be went
to work and planted his orchard. Il
he had considered somebody beside
himself in the first instance he would
have enjoyed the orchard himself
many years. He was not willing to
cast his bread upon the waters for
fear he would not receive direct sel-
fish benefit and as result he had no
orchard. I read somewhere the other
day a good little article on this line.
think it is from the Spartanburs
Journal, copy of which paper came
into my hands. T think it is worth
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-01

Hon. A. G. Brice has declined the
presidency Of the Due West Female
college. Mr.. Brice is a most excellent
gentleman and would have made a
good president. e."