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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-19
MT. MCKINLEY PEAK SCALED.
Fairbanks Expedition Gets to the
Hiqhest Summit In North America.

Fairbanks, Alaska, April 13.-The
Fairbanks expedition to Mount Nc
Kinley, the tallest peak in North
America, reached the summit April 3,
after climb of one month from the
base. No traces of DR.. Frederick A.
Cocks alleged ascent were found.
Thomas Lloyd, leader of the expedi-
dition, has arrived here. His COM
panions were Daniel Patterson, w. r.
Taylor and Charles McConnigle. and
all reached the top of the great noun
tain. The expedition, which left Fair
banks Dec. Is, while the controversy
over DR.. Cooks disputed ascent was
still raging, was financed by August
Peterson and William McPhee of this
city. The plan was to go into camp on
the mountain as high as possible and
probably about the middle Of May
make dash for the summit.
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Port Arthur Steamer Clears,

Port Arthur, Man, April 13-The
steamer William Henry Mack, the first
grain boat out of the Canadian head
Of the lakes this season, cleared for
Buffalo with 100000 bushels of wheat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-19
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
Regular April Session Of the Board OF
Supervisors.

Chester
R. M. Hall, Geo. L. johnson
Ed Tibbals, w. C. Breedlove
w. w. Cray.
Oak Dale
M. E. Lappin, Lhas. w. Howe
John F. Hale, John E. Peters
w. S. Horn.
Jamestown
J. H. Warburton, A. G. Welles
C. Smock, Thos. J. Dargan
Gus Cornelius.
Saratoga
Conrad Meyer, E. A. Watson
A. J. Locke, Alfred Miles
Chas. Sigler.
Howard Center
F. A. Miller, j. J. Long.
William Aberly, G. A. Stern
S. E. Dinger.
Vernon Springs
&C. Mintey. w. H. Iillson
Peter Hanson, John McDermott
Carl Prinz.
Cresco, ward No. l.
John Klingle j. H. Mackenburg
IL. Eaton, A. w. Gillette
John McDonough.
Cresco. ward No. 2
E. o. White P. j. McCullow
Theo. Lusson, F. A. Glass
r. w. Blackman.
Cresco, ward No. g.
=. H. Allen, A. E. Barker
F. E, White, Richard Geraty
Geo. Breedlove
New Oregon Precinct No. l.
w. H. Ferrie, A. J. Mintey
John Wendell, F. G. Wilson
VIM. Kratz.
New Oregon Precinct No. q
John Bouska, John Dostal
Ole Natvig, Nels Eilingson
]. J. Mikesh.
Paris Precinct No. i
M. j. McCarville, r. E. McCarville
Michael Derr, John Barnes
VIM. Rim
Paris Precinct No. 2
D. F. Healey J. J. Lydon
G. H. Miller, T. ]. Hooper
Michael Norton.
Howard Precinct No. L
William Bandle, Frank Chihak
Mat Ludwig, j. W. Cannon
Joseph Irwin.
Howard precipcf M Q
Henry Knippling, Fred Marshall
VIM. H. Dinger, DERRICK Laue
Carl ROhr.
Board adjourned at O'Clock p. m.
until 8 o'clock a. m., Wednesday April
6, 1910.
THIRD DAY.
Board met at o'clock a. M, We'd
nesday, April 6, 1910, with all men,
bers present. The day was occupied
auditing and allowing claims.
The following Township Road Re
ports were ordered published.
TOWNSHIP.
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that any future period could make
such progress as has been made dur
ing his lifetime. / am not sure about
tnat. However, we will let him have
MS way. Gaughter.)
Adj this progress has, of course
tended to draw from the country to
the cities. / think the statistics of
nifty years ago. take in 1860, show so
per cent approximately of the worlds
population living In the country and
10 per cent in the cities. I believe
II the census of 1910 could be taken
all over the world, we would find that
today more than so per cent are liv-
Ing in the cities We have heard q
great deal of talk recently about the
reasons for the high cost of living.
1t has even gone so far as to demand
congressional investigation. | guess
the reply to that will be a political
one but that don't matter (Laugh-
ter and applause.) However that may
be, | cannot understand how we can
continue to draw from the producing
part of the worlds population and
add to the consumers without disturb
Ing in measure the equilibrium. We
VIII consider, for a few moments,
what the inventions of the last only
ten or twenty-five years have done in
that direction. How many are employ
ed in the making and operating of
telephones? how many in the making,
sellirtg and running of automobiles
and all kindred inventions for conyen-
ience and luxury? How about our
methods of trade and commerciaIisn?
| am old enough to remember the
time when the city of London had a
large number OF public squares. So
did every other city in the world. r
think the American cities as well. on
these squares the farmers had booths
erected and the good thrifty house
wife OF the city walked to the square
and dealt with tho farmer direct we
nave dispensed with all of that. Trad
Ing with the farmer on the public
square ds practically a thing of the
past. We have a system of selling
which seems to necessitate an unrea-
sonable number of men employed
therein Consider the vast swarm of
solicitors travelling up and down this
great country. importuning you and
me and everybody to buy that which
we do not want. (Laughter.) What
about the tons Of mail sent over this
broad land daily. Offering everything
conceivable and inconceivable, to self?
It takes men to do all this. They have
all left the side Of the producer and
have joined the ranks Of the consun1-
er. Can we 60 on forever in that
way and expect to keep up our pro-
ducing work?
The change Of affairs during the
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eventually run dry. We must, by q
change of methods, give back to the
country that which we have taken
from 1t. We must give more atten-
ton to the education of men that will!
attend to the farm, the business of
the country, in more progressive
way, in a more interesting way, in
such way as will elevate farming to
a profession, not simply a slavish
work. And when that time comes,
men will be willing to educate their
sons for that business just as well as
today they are educating them for
the professions. (Applause)
Gentlemen, I apologize to you for
one thing. / stand before you as a
banker and / know / ought TO have
been farmer. I was born In Nor
way and brought up on a farm. God
bless the old place; I wish l could
have stayed there; but | was the
youngest of a large family of boys
and was showed out into the world: I
had to go somewhere, and / am here
by chance. Let us look at the meth
DDS of farming which they have adopt-
ed over in the old country. I know
by personal experience that the little
kingdom Of Norway is districted into
/ don't know how many districts, and
IN each one certain person Is en-
ployed by the government as an adj
visor to the farmers. 1t is the duty OF
this advisory farmer, whenever called
upon, to go to whatever farmer of his
district calls him and assist in every
way, In laying out systematic drain
age, in the establishment of ia cream
cry, in the building OF a dwelling
house, in the laying out OF a little park
or landscape garden around the farm
buildings. Think of 1t! Think of such
thing as park around a farm house
Yes, and have seen them with foun-
fains playing around the verandas, in
places that did not amount to half as
much as our Cass county farms or
our Barnes county farms This sort
of farming creates love for the farm
and the boys want to stay there and
not go away from 1t like they do here
under present conditions. One of my
farmer friends told me short time
ago that he was sorry he could not
make any OF his boys take IN his
work with the idea of taking the
farm after him. / know him well and
said, What have you done to keep
your boys on the farm?" why" he
says, Il have treated them well; II
have given them enough to eat and
plenty to wear; haven't asked them
to work very hard but have given
them a good time, let them 20 to
town when they wanted to and given
them all sorts of liberties. think II
have done my duty" said, eyes, but
liz II not a fact that your farming con-
sists OF getting out your machinery
in the spring and sowing the seed. the
the grain and hauling IL
to market In the fail. then blowing ana
putting the machinery away again
for the winter, and the same thing
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ADVISES FARMERS TO BUILD
PARKS AROUND FARM HOMES
Subject OF Keeping the Boys the Farm Discussed in Pra
teal Manner at the Bankers Convention at Valley
City by Park River Man

One of the principal addresses de-
llVered before the North Dakota State
Bankers association recent convention
was that of Karl J. F'arup of the First
National bank of Park River, who
took for his subject The Debt Which
the Twentieth Century Must Pay.
Mr.. Farup is one of the best known
bankers of the state, and has been a
resident of North Dakota for more
than thirty years. So excellent was
his address that The Forum has been
requested to publish 1t in full. Mr..
Farup said:
This is the length of my speech
(holding up small card). daughter
However, 1t may be elastic daughter
and applause,)
think ! am well within the truth
when say that at the beginning of
the nineteenth century at least 90
per cent of the worlds population ac-
quired it's living directly from the soil
There was even at that period a
certain amount of trade and CONNER
cialism, but communication being
very difficult and there being no man
ufacturing to speak of, it was, of
course, very limited. In 1929 Mr..
Stevenson won the prize offered by
the English government for the most
successful locomotive making the
journey from London to Manchester,
and from that time on, in the brief
span of. think, eighty-one years, we
have developed an almost universal
railroad system, getting every part of
the world into one iron grip. The
railroads, the steamboats, on the high
seas and the enormous impetus given
to the manufacturing industries by
the advent of steam power have
changed all the conditions that ex-
listed at the beginning of the century.
The farmers rapidly found 1t more
convenient to market their raw pro-
duct and purchase the finished arti-
Gle; and right in that lies the cause
for the rapid growth of cities. The
change may be said to have taken
place particularly in the last half of
the nineteenth century. In fact, know
that there are men within my hearing
that, like myself can well remember
the first suit of clothes they wore
which was not made on the farm.
This change that has taken place dur
ing the lattes half of the nineteenth
century has certainly prepared for US
who have been living during that pc
riod a very interesting life; IL we have,
even in small measure, observed the
events around us. heard one man
say recently that he thought he had
lived In the most interesting time,
more interesting than that of anyone
who has come or ever will come, be-
cause 1t did not seem possible to him
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over again next year," Eyes, that IS
about it," l said, Let me tell you
how you might make your boys staH
on the farm. You have several thou
sand dollars right here in our bank
Take part of 1t and go down to Iowa
or Illinois or some place, and buy SOME
handsome stock, horses, cattle and
sheep, and stock your farm with it,;
something that you and your boys
can be proud of, that you can love to
see grow up and develop. Next
spring hire an extra man and pillow UP
the ground around your house and
plant a fine lawn. Beautify your
grounds with shrubs and hedges and
build an addition to your house, so
you can ask the friends Of your boys
to visit and make it pleasant for them.
Now, said, don't you think that
will have a tendency to make them
want to stay on the FARM" Eyes, l
guess So but the truth of the matter
is, we have been thinking for some
time that we have just about gotten
ready to move to town" daughter
and applause.) And there you are.
And now we have moved to town and
what becomes of the farm? The rent
er takes possession and does his work
with no heart, with no interest. with
no feeling in the future condition of
the farm, working for the present year,
saying to himself, "In another year
won't be here" and so in a little
while the whole farm is run down.
We have lots of them in this condi-
ton right around in our country, and
/ think probably you have here.
Now have been talking to an au-
dience composed largely of bankers.
What have you to do with this uues-
ton, and what good will 1T do to talk
to you about it? If it does no good
then I am sure am not funny enough
to make this talk even interesting to
you. Let me tell you what good think
1t will do. To begin with, you are
concerned in the success of the farm
because therein lies, In part, the sue
cess of your business. For that rea-
son you can advise farmers with good
grace and with your admonition you
can do something to help out the sys-
TEN of farming. You can also do more.
Some of you have boys and know
that some of those buys, IL you would
encourage them, would gladly take up
a progressive and advanced method
of farming as profession. Suppos-
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COOLING DRINKS FOR HOT
DAYS.
Fruit Punch.

Fruit Punch.
Pour one cup of fresh hot tea over
one cup of lump or graduated sugar
and let stand until the sugar is dis.
solved and the syrup cold; pour into
large bowl with two thirds of q. Gun
of orange juice, one-half a cup of
lemon juice and one pint of ginger
ale and Apollinaris.
When ready to serve add thin
slices Of orange and few Of pine
apple if desired.
Fruitade,
Crate one small pineapple and boil
with two and half cups of water
let this boil Is or 20 minutes, then
strain; add two cups of sugar and
let cool, then add the juice of four
oranges, five lemons, or cup of fresh
tea and one-half cup or grape, cur
rant or any desired fruit juice.
Put one ice until ready to serve,
then add one bottle of ApoIlinaris and
four and one-hah pints of water. A
few thin slices of bananas, some
mint leaves and pretty berries may be
added just before serving.
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ing you spend as much to educate
! them in that line as you would to
educate them in another profession.
don't you think that would make them
ma their work so interesting that
they would consider themselves right
up even with other men in any other
procession? Farming is a profession
When carried on rightly, and it must
| become so In this country IL we are
/ going TO live. So far we have INDUCED
IN nothing but Soil robbing and haven't
| cone any farming, but rhe time is here
now when we will have to change our
ways. This year is a striking ex.
ample Of that fact. Let me tell Won.
only the Fourth of July, as late as
that | saw a field in North Dakota
good enough for twenty-five bushels
TO the acre, so far as appearances go,
IL fills well. I noticed that that
same man had quite a little mark
around his house. He had a beautiful
lilac hedge, he had q great row of
crab-apple trees, he had evergreens
and gravel walks and flower beds and
! everything else in that line. Well.
that didn't make the wheat grow and
1t! No, but the same soul and the
same mind that showed care and in
terest In the development of this beau
Trying influence around his home was
present in the man that took care
or that field and made that crop pos
sible in a year like this There Is a
lesson In this and what I am plead
ing for is more advanced farm life.
and / want some of your boys to helm
advance it, am going to try this IL
can. (Applause.)
Yes, you want to educate your sons
up to the various professions. That
is the common rule. You will admit
that most of them must be mediocre
In their various lines of business or
profession, because that is what the
word mediocre" means; it means a
medium; and in large bunch of us.
taking it all around, there must GER
tainly be a whole lot of the medium
Kind. Don't you think that a we'll
appointed, well equipped. well started.
and well balanced young man on q
farm will have fully an even chance
to spend his life as happily as the
mediocre business or professional man
In the city? / do. Surprising. even.
that your boy does climb the ladder
Continued on Page civ
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~ ct Interest to the Fair Sex ~
At the Hotels

Harry Debar of Galveston, Tex. has
been in the city for day or two on
business.
,. B. Hardy of Alexandria Mimi. ar
rived In the city yesterday for a stay
of a day or two.
Mrs. H. O. Rund of Christine was in
the city yesterday and Saturday at
one of the hotels.
A. *. McKane Of Hollidaysburg, Pc.
was registered at the Hotel Gardner
yesterday and today.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Bradberg of Hills
boro arrived in the city last Saturday
Tor a stay of day or two.
o. F. Olson of Neville was in the
city last Saturday on business and a
guest at one of the hotels.
Miss Lizzie E. Diets of Valley City
was registered at one of the leading
hotels of the city yesterday.
A. w. Wallace and A. S. McCrav of
Green Lake, Wis, were registered at
one of the hotels yesterday
K. L. Wright of Michigan was in the
city yesterday and was registered at
one of the hotels, the Elliott,
Fl. H. Carr and family of Hunter
were in the city today and the guests
at one of the leading hotels.
Miss Alta Fillmore of Hope was a
visitor to the city last Saturday and
registered at one of the hotels.
o. F. Turner of VerndaIe, Mimi, was
registered at the Metropole today and
attending to business in the city.
Ed Wardelberg Of GAINESVILLE. MINI,
was in the city yesterday and was an
interested spectator at the ball game.
Col. Ben G. Whitehead, editor and
prominent citizen Of Williston, is in
the city today visiting friends and at
tending to business.
Miss Eta and Donald Rice of New
England arrived in the city yesterday
for visit of a day or two and were
registered at one of the hotels.
C. o. Estrem of Detroit, J. o. Esrrem
of New England and r. G.. Estrem of
Reeder were in the city, making up a
party who stopped at the Waldorf.
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STATE WEDDINGS.

At the Methodist church In Mott, oc-
Cured the quiet wedding of M. Strang
to Estella Haight, of Rochester, Mimi,
when among the presence of a few in
vited friends they were made man and
wife. The bridegroom has made his
home in Mott for the year and is well
known The bride located in Mott last
fall to make 1t her future home The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Sire
vey, and the young couple received the
hearty congratulations Of all their
friends present.
The marriage of q. M. Young of
Bowman and Miss Zella Palmer of
Spencer, Ia. occurred Saturday at st.
Marks rectory in Aberdeen, Rev. J. w.
Hyslop officiating. The groom is one
Of the most enterprising citizens OF
Bowman, being one of the early pio-
neers. MIR. and Mrs. Young will spend
several weeks at Yellowstone park be-
fore returning to Bowman, where they
will make their home.
The Edwards Holden wedding at La
Moure, celebrated at the home OF the
brides parents at o'clock Tuesday
evening, July IL, goes into memory as
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last half century has given rise to
wonderful opportunities. We com
municate with the remotest parts OF
simply by set of keys is in touch
with the entire world; at least it con-
trolls the markets of the entire world
with it's fingers. This has given op
portunity to volume of trade entire
ly unknown before, and has given rise
to the acquisition of these vast for
tunes, almost inconceivable to any
mind. Let us consider for a moment
who have, in a large measure, been
the most successful in this giant bat
tie of commerce? Is it not a fact that
the majority of them have sprung
from low and humble origin in a log
house on a farm? So with the Ren
who have climbed the ladder of fame.
The story is told of President McKin-
ley when on his way to Canton after
his second election, think 1t was. He
was travelling over the plains on a
frosty morning when one of the party
noticed a broad smile on the presi-
dents face and he said, What are
you smiling at, Mr.. President?" "See
IAAp6 bcLA C-A0OlCo IVY SAoAAhAAA66 ONGA
there on the spot where the cow Just
got up?" Eyes" well" he says, at
reminds me how often / have warmed
my bare feet in the same manner"
And this started the conversation
along these lines and it was found that
the entire presidential party, with the
exception of one, had been reared on
a farm And why not? Why isn't
the farm the best place in the world
for boy to grow up on? Think Of
that simple life, communing with ma
ture from his boyhood up, surround
ed by things and events which he
could at least in measure under
stand Think of the ways in which
his little mind will maneuver and in
vent to overcome the little obstacles
which nature places in his way. Why
should not this create sound minds
and sturdy boyhood? Consider the
city boy; how handicapped he is.
Everything is set of buttons. He
touches one and the maid brings i'm
his breakfast; he touches another and
cage comes to convey Kim down to
the lower story, or up, as the case
may be. He is living In system OF
thai Ills CAM
not understand and the consequence
Is he does not try, but grows up as
Stunning that everything is made for
his convenience and all he has to do
is to touch the button. Now let us
consider these sturdy sound boys who
have grown up in natures realm on
the farm: what becomes of them?
The great opportunities and induces
ments offered by city life swallow
them up. They go to the city. And
what does the country do2 1t starts
In and grows another crop of boys.
Just like 1t does wheat, and 1t ships
them to the city (Laughter.) This
cannot go on indefinitely, however.
for il 1T does the fountain head viii