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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
EAST SIDE NOTES.

Miss Lillian Armstrong. teacher In
the public school at ST. Vincent, Mimi,
believes that the children viii not be
a bit harmed If they know more about
the nature life which is around them.
During the vacation she has collected
samples of bushes, trees. wild fruit and
plants which grow in the woods about
there and she will use them In her
school work during the coming school
year.
The Postal Savings bank at Fergus
Falls was opened yesterday. A BUSH
ness man from that city, in Moorhead
today says there were Ave depositors
opened accounts with the government.
Reports from different localities are
to the effect that mink seem to have
been cut Off from their regular food
supply and they have begun playing
havoc in the chicken houses. In one
locality in Otter Tail county a farmer
lost nearly 500 worth of fowls in one
night.
Crookston Times: Mr.. and Mrs,
Charles Loring and daughters, Helen
and Genevieve, arrived home late last
evening in their car, from Moorhead
where they have been visiting Mrs.
Loring's parents, DIR. and Mrs. Darrow
They were accompanied on the return
trip by Mrs. Field, Of River Falls, Wis.
and cousin Of Mr.. Loring's. MIR. James
Nye. of Moorhead.
| County Auditor Houglun spent yes
terday at Detroit, making a visit with
relatives who are connected with ths
Merchants bank at Detroit.
Mr. and Mrs. t. /. Lewis announcs
that they and their family will return
from the lakes, where they have beer
spending the summer. about the enc
| OF this week,
Six horses, two calves and q quantity
Of other personal property belonging
| to Hugo Fix. tenant on farm ownes
by Senator Marden, several mile
southwest Of GAINESVILLE. were destroy
ed by fire during an electric storm las
Sunday night. The barn was strucl
by lightning. set on fire and the build
ing and contents were totally destroy
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QUEER ACTING
HORSE THIEF
WIN. HOLM LOSES HORSE AND
BUGGY FIFTEEN MINUTES AFT
Err DRIVING INTO CITY LAST
NIGHT - THIEF LATER SEEN
RIDING HORSE ABOUT TOWN.

Today the police were searching the
two cities for strange acting man
who is alleged to have taken horse
and buggy from the side Of the Moor
head Hardware Co. building on Front
street.
The horse and buggy was the pro-
perty of William Holm, son Of Carl
Holm, who drove into the city last
evening ana tied it to post at the
side Of the Moorhead Hardware Co.
store and then proceeded to attend to
several errands he had to, attend to.
When Mr.. Holm returned about fifteen
minutes later the horse and buggy had
vanished. The owner is certain that
the horse had simply been united and
driven away. The police were notified
and a hunt was instituted, but without
any success.
Oscar Flaten and other parties to-
day, report having seen a strangely
appearing hatless man riding a grey
horse about town last night, evidently
Mr.. Holm's animal as that was a grey.
The man was not q good rider as he
was thrown three times and one party
who saw the man says the latter ask
ed the way to Fargo. The buggy was
abandoned in the residence district.
Horse Found.
Late this afternoon the horse was
found quietly grazing in a part Of the
city, near the park, where 1t had been
turned lose and the police have a sus-
pect under arrest and at the proper
time he will be closely questioned as
to his whereabouts last night.
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COMMISSIONERS TO
ADJUST MATTERS
CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE NOT
WILFULLY NEGLECTED RE-
PORTING THEIR EARNINGS TO
COLLECTOR ARE RELIEVED BY
COMMISSIONER.

Corporations in the state that have
not Intentionally neglected to file with
the internal revenue collector the re-
port Of their earnings have been re-
lieved Of the payment of the $1,000
fine by the commissioner Of internal
revenue collections.
The internal revenue laws say that
corporations shall report their earn
ings to show the amount of their cor
poration tax. This report must be
fled within a designated day
A number of the corporations in
the state, notably many of the banks
failed to do this and the collector at
Aberdeen informed these firms of the
law, notifying them that the penalty
for such a failure was $1,000 as a
minimum fine on failures to report.
The law allows the collector to COM
promise in some cases. Since the
time of expiration the collector has
been busy getting his fines and in the
meantime there has been great fur
~ among the corporations.
In some cases the reports had been
mailed on time but there had been a
delay in delivery. The banks of the
state felt that there was no liability
unless there had been wilfull or inten-
tional neglect.
The matter was then referred to the
commissioner of internal revenue. He
instructed the collector to notify all
delinquents that he had the power to
relieve all who filed their returns for
1909, during March 1910, from all liza
bilities to file their returns on time,
If the neglect was not Intentional.
The decision of the commissioner
will be most welcome news to those
corporations which have been fearing
that the gne Of $1,000 would have to
be paid.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
TAPS A new
Rich AREA
GREAT NORTHERN is Bull DING
ANOTHER FEEDER IN NORTH
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

Stanley, N. D., Aug. 21.-Territory
rich In natural resources will be
tapped by the extension of the Great
Northern railroad, from Stanley to
Wild Rose, williams county, and
which will later be extended across
the county into Montana. This will
make the eleventh OF the remarkable
system of feeders maintained by the
Great Northern in North Dakota. and
it will be placed in operation this fall
according to present Indications
The grading was done last year, the
extension being abandoned by the
company when the crop failure oc-
CURED. Resumption of activities this
year followed a favorable report on
the project made by J. H Griffin Of
Grand Forks, division freight agent
who took trip over the proposed
line.
Track laying is being pushed at a
rapid rate, and the construction gang
has reached the town of Lunds Valley,
eighteen miles from Stanley.
Just where the line will run after 1t
passes Wild Rose is uncertain. 1t win
either be carried In westerly direc-
ton. almost parallel to the main line,
or In northwesterly direction to the
Canadian boundary. Recent activities
Of the surveyors OF a Canadian rail-
road may have some bearing upon the
local territory that may be entered by
the Stanley extensions. This is looked
upon as a probable indication of con-
tinuous service into Canada.
There are eight towns on the extern
sion between Stanley and Wild Rose
Il r1 L. D.l1 ~&~v
Stanley. Lostwood, the second town
out. is six miles further. The Imperial
Elevator Co. has obtained site and
will erect an elevator this fall.
! Lunds Valley, eighteen miles from
Stanley, will have the same railroad
facilities as the other stations, with
the st. Anthony & Dakota Elevator
Co. ready to build there early.
Powers Lake is one of the Oldest
towns In the north district tapped by
the road, and 1t will have three ele-
vators in addition to the railroad ia
cilities that are provided. The I'M
perial National and the Farmers FL
evator Co. have all secured sites.
Powers Lake Is twenty Ave miles
from Stanley.
AT Battleview, seven miles from
Powers Lake, there are scenes OF ac-
tivity already. The st. Anthony q
Dakota and the Farmers Elevator Co.
will build there. six miles from
Battleview Will be McGregor with
three elevator companies having OBJ
tained sites there. the Imperial, Farm
ers' and Nelson Bros.
Hamlet, the last town before wild
Rose, will have the National and Nell
son Bros, elevators, while at wild
Rose the National. Imperial and ST.
Anthony line companies have obtain
ed sites. Wild Rose was formerly
known as Montrose.
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IS HOUSE OF i'll
FAME A HOME?
NOVEL QUESTION WILL HAVE
HAVE TO BE DECIDED BY THE
COURTS IN SETTLING coNTRo-
vERsY BETWEEN HARRY RAY
AND HIS sTEPsoN HENRY GRAY

During the next term OF the district
court the court will be called upon
to decide one Of the most delicate
questions that has ever been present
ed to the legal talent of the state. Is
a house erected for and used as a
house of prostitution a home or
homestead? is the question that the
court will be called upon to answer.
The case has to do with the set
Ting of the estate of the late Melvina
Massey and is contest between her
husband William Ray against her son
Henry Gray, for the possession Of the
house at Third street and Second
avenue north known as the Crystal
palace.
A few years ago Ray secured a
quit claim deed for a small house
the Crystal palace. Later she started
action to have the deed set aside
claiming fraud. The district court
held the deed valid and the case was
appealed to the supreme court which
reversed the lower court.
The case was then brought back to
the district court for trial and the
matter was dropped. he giving her a
life lease on the small house.
In October 1907, Mrs. Massey gave
her son, Henry Gray, or Henry Mas
sey, a deed for the large house known
as the Crystal palace. In her will she
left her husband the small house and
her son the larger one.
After Rays colored wife was dead
he filed a homestead declaration
against the big house. He claimed
that as her husband he had lived
there and had made his home there
and had right to the possession of
the house as his domicile.
In answer to this Gray said that
they had never been married. His
attorneys contend that even If they
had been married he could not claim
the house on homestead rights as 1t
was built and used for house Of Ill
fame and was not home.
The son has retained Taylor Crum
to fight his case and has started ac-
ton in The matter, the papers having
been served yesterday. He will ask
the court for a clear title to the
Crystal palace.
Malvina Massey, the mother of
Gray was a colored woman. Gray is
light colored man whose father is
white and was formerly a policeman
at Pawtucket, r. l., where he was also
deacon in the Baptist church. Ray,
the alleged husband of the deceased,
is a fine looking white man of ex-
cellent physique.
The case will come before the next
term of the district court.
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Moorhead Department

ed. Mr.. Marden places the loss on the
building as about $1,000 with insurance
of $500 1t Is not known whether +hs
personal property was insured or not.
The Hopeman Construction Co. has
received an order for the erection Of
two large silos on the Huntoon farm.
The cold wave signal was hsoisted
over the local weather station today.
Miss Nora Peterson left this aft
ernoon for visit with friends at Chi
cago,
L. A. Huntoon returned from the
lakes last night accompanied by the
Rev. @. A. BiIlig of Minneapolis who
has been guest at the Huntoon cot
tage for q short season.
George e. Perley and George r..
Fuller left this afternoon for Bemidii,
Mimi, via Grand Forks, to be gone
until Thursday.
Mrs. Benedix Kruehl OF Sabin il q
patient at the Northwestern hospital.
Mrs. Hennessy has resumed her du-
ties as stenographer in the office Of
Attorney Sharp, after vacation of
several weeks.
G. o. g. Johnson, with his family
have left the city to make their home
at Thief River Falls, Mimi. where Mr..
Johnson will be associated with q
manufacturing company at that place.
It is said the yields of wheat at
Comstock and vicinity are in reality
double and treble what they were ex-
pected to be. One quarter section pro-
duced better than twelve bushels TO
the acre, the prediction Of which two
weeks ago was four to six bushels.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
Pam Notes.

Penn. N. D.. Aug. ITO The
Forum: Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon visit
ed with Mr.. and Mrs. McCalthron last
week.
Misses Helen and Florence Harmon
visited with Segne Elgaen Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Ernest Kline were
seen In this vicinity last week.
Mrs. J.. Ryan was a shopper in
town last Friday.
Carl and Segne Elgaen were shop
ping in Churchs Ferry Saturday.
They are taking their confirmation
lessons there.
The storm last did some damage to
trees and buildings. The lightning
killed two Of Joseph Ryan's hors es
Cor. p.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
WILL SUCCEED
PROF. BECKWITA
NEW MAN IN BIOLOGICAL DE-
PARTMENT OF NORTH DAKOTA
AGRICULTURAL coLLEGE-T. ..
5EcKWITH GETS FINE POSI-
TIoN IN THE WEST.

:
The botanical department OF the
school Of biology at the North Dakota
Agricultural college Is unfortunate in
being unable to retain the services Of
Prof. T. d. Beckwith, who has been in
charge OF the teaching in the depart
ment OF bacteriology in that division
Of the college for two years,
Mr. Beckwith goes to the agricul-
tural and mechanical college Of Ore
gon at Corvallis, Ore, and viii be
in full charge of the department Of
bacteriology.
However, Dean Bo1ley OF the divi-
sion of biology has made every effort
to procure good man to take charge
of the position made vacant by Pro-
fessor Beckwith's leaving and has
lately been informed of the acceptance
of the position by Asst Prof. C. j. I.
Doryland of the agricultural college
and experiment station of New Bruins
wick. N. j. Mr.. Doryland's training
has been OF the very best to carry on
the details of the division OF the ex-
perimental work which falls to the de-
partment of bacteriology in association
with the division of botany and he has
had considerable experience in teach
ing.
Mr. Doryland is a graduate OF the
Kansas State Agricultural college In
the course Of agronomy, where he
specialized particularly along chemical
lines. He also has the master degree
from the Kansas Agricultural institu-
ton, taking his degree along the lines
of soil bacteriology, chemistry and
German. Later he did instruction
work upon soils in the department OF
agronomy at the Kansas Agricultural
college. During the year 1910 he has
been associated with Or. Lipman of
Rutger college, in charge Of the agri-
cultural experiment station work in
soil bacteriology and chemistry.
AS to teaching, Mr.. Doryland has
previously been instructor in the agri-
cultural college, Kansas, for zoology.
entomology, physics and soil physics.
Along the lines bacteriology and chem
istry, Mr.. Doryland's instruction and
experimental work has been under the
direction of Prof. w. q. King, now
with Park, Davis & &C.. Detroit, Mich,
and with DR.. Lipman. both men of the
highest type of training and authori-
tative knowledge.
Mr.. Doryland, as a student, was
associated with Professors Bergman
and Stevens of Kansas, and on coming
to the North Agricultural college he
will find in the department of botany
able associates in the various lines OF
work, and, at least two friends of his
undergraduate days. Mr.. Doryland will
report for work Sept. Is and Profess
sor Bolley is confident that in select
ing him for the position he has brought
the North Dakota Agricultural college
man who will help make a name for
the institution in its future work.
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BroomhaIps Report.

Liverpool, Aug 22. - The strong
cables from Winnipeg at the close yes
terday caused shorts to cover and
opening values were 1a Q% higher and
following the opening further advanced
M@A with the undertone strong. Gov
ering was largely due to fears of frost
in Canada and less favorable reports
regarding the quality of American
spring wheat. During the morning the
market was extremely nervous with
some depression and a later advance,
pressure was due to the expected lib
eral increase. European visible and
more favorable foreign outlook as
shown by our summary and the weak
ness in French country markets. AT
1880 p. m. the market was very firm
at the decline recovered and prices 70 %
4 AZ higher than yesterday. The better
outlook for the strike situation has
stimulated a good demand and offers
are firmly held. Reports from Russia
Rre less assuring. The corn market was
dull and neglected. Broomhal.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
Railroad News
G. N. AIDS STATES
TO DEVELOP
PRESIDENT HILL or GREAT
NORTHERN APPOINTS DEvEL-
oPMENT COMMISSIONER TO
HELP DEVELOP STATES TRAY
ERsED BY q. N. LINES.

The Great Northern railroad has
taken an advanced step among the
railroads Of the country and one that
will be especially helpful to the newer
states of the northwest in creating a.
department In its service whose bust
ness 1t will be to assist the various
state governments and farmers to de-
velop the states traversed by the lines
OF that system.
This is an idea of Pres. Louis e..
Hill of the Great Northern and 1t is
one that has already met with wide-
spread popularity The creation Of
the state development department of
the Great Northern was made only a
few days ago. and on Aug. IA, a head
of the department was named.
Prof. A. E. Chamberlain has been
appointed development commissioners
Of the railroad company, and will have
his headquarters In st. Paul. Profess
sor Chamberlain's duties will be to aid
in any way the road can the Develop
ment of the state the Great Northern
lines traverse, whether 1t be along ag-
ricultural, commercial or manufac-
turing lines.
He viii devote much OF his time to
the encouragement of better agricul-
tural methods and will be at the call
Of organizations and meetings held for
that purpose. Mr.. Chamberlain will
also cheerfully render any assistance
he can to the commercial organiza-
tions in all their efforts to further de-
velop the resources and make known
the opportunities offered by the state
in which the G. N. is interested.
In a personal letter issued this
week by President Hill, he states that
Commissioners Chamberlain win be
found by the patrons and friends of
the road to be always ready to CO.
operate with them along any lines for
the development of a greater north
west.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
LOOKING FOR OLSEN.

Man Came Down from Reynolds and
Has Not Been Seen Since.
Where is John Olsen? That is the
question that is worrying his relatives
at Reynolds, N. D.
Olsen came to Fargo ten days ago
for the purpose of purchasing supplies
for his threshing outfit The supplies
were shipped to Reynolds. but since
that time nothing has been heard from
him. Some Of his friends are now in
the city looking for him and have ask
ed the police for aid.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
SPECIAL SESSION OF
CONGRESS QUIT WORK
At 3.O2 THIS AFTERNOON
Continued from Page one.

made a record which has surprised our
friends and dumfounded our enemies"
said Speaker Clark 'It has put heart
and hope into democrats everywhere"
The extra session was extraordinary
not only in the sense of being a special
session called by President Taft, but
also in the amount and quality Of work
done in house by the combined demo-
Gratis and insurgents, and the combined
democrats and republican insurgents in
the senate and especially by the un-
animity of action developed by the
house democrats
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
new ROAD FOR N. D.
Said That the Minneapolis q St. Louis
Will Co After Some Of the
Canadian Business.

The following dispatch under a New
York date line In The St Louis Globe
Democrat:
Newman Erb, who has at different
times been buyer and seller Of rail-
roads, including the Wisconsin Central
and the Cincinnati Chicago line, trans
ferred to the Chesapeake and Ohio, has
bought large stock OF the Minnea-
polls and st. Louis railroad and has
been made director Of that prop
erty and also Of the Iowa Central This
will associate him with Edwin Haw-
ley IN the development Of these two
roads, Neither is now paying divi-
bends. They have been much Of d
strain oh the Hawley interests la the
past two years.
1t Is planned to extend the Minnea
polls and ST. Louis to the Canadian
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
Evenina eraIn Letter.

Chicago. Aug. 22.-Wheat: The
market opened easier and ruled gem
orally lower throughout the session
with northwestern markets leading the
decline, Notwithstanding the fact that
frost did occur at many points In the
Canadian northwest. southwestern
markets held steady, Kansas City re-
porting good demand for their hard
wheats with prices fully l cent a
bushel over those of yesterday. Lo-
caIly the demand was limited with
prices relatively about on yesterday $
basis as compared with the futures.
Todays decline in prices may be at
tributed to the lack of northwestern
markets to hold their advance Of yes
terday and also to the lack of outside
trade
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers
were filed in the register of deeds
office during the past week:
Peter McLachlin to j. e. Hoxie, d,
ST "a 33-143-55: 1880.
Sarah Bullamore to Frank T. Rice,
w d. Ellsbys second adj, Tower City,
w SO, lots 1911, block 20: 5000.
Martin Hector to j. j. Hannaher, w
d, all lot 10 and n II lot IL, block 2,
Hector's adj; $525.
W. H. White Lumber Co., to John
A. Westerdahl. w d. Yerxa & Frank
lin ad.; lots and 5, block 8; 800.
Edwin A. Engebretson to Fred Will
liams, w d, S 22-142-52; 81.
Amanda Johnson to More Bros, W
d, Kirkham's adj, lot 4, block q; ST.
$50.
Henry Amerland to August Stein, W
d. lot 2 and block 2, Huntington's adj. /;
5000.
August stein to F. H. Watkins. "
d, lot 2 and block 2. Huntington's adj;
$42O.
Josiah Mailman to VIM. Lee, d.
lot IA. block 8. Beardsley adj; $3.50.
Henry Westergaard to w. Il. Sproul
W d. lots 4, 5, 6. Of block 8, Buffalo
Of railway; $1,000.
Hodgson Realty Co.. to Swan John
son, w d, lot 2, block z. Kirkham's
ad.; s1.45O.
Mary Caniff to G. N Calendar d
lots / to 8. block 8. DarIing's second
adj; 5000.
Loren Parsons to Edwin r. Ed
wards, w d, w so feet of S $50 feet 81
n 100 feet, lot S5, e. & r. out lots
1 $1,000.
Edwin T. Edwards to Lydia A
Pitsch, w d, so feet Of $50 feet OF i
1870 feet, lot 35, e. & r. out lots; ST..
800.
Ratchet Howard to Evan w. Hall
W d, Q 50x14O feet of W zoe feet in ~
corner. block .. Chapin's adj; $500.
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border. Its present northern point is
Leola, in South Dakota, so 1t will have
to cross the state Of North Dakota
and the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern roads. About five years ago
1t was extended from WATERFOWL, S.
D., to the Missouri river. The pur-
pose Of the extension is to form an
alliance with the Canadian Northern
in which Mr.. Erb Is interested, and
bring that road into the twin cities
over the tracks Of the Hawley line.
The Iowa Central is also planning to
build an extension. It will be 1872 miles
long and win give the road an entrance
into St. Louis. II now gets there over
the Wabash. The Minneapolis and st.
Louis extension will be $50 miles
long.
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Grain Feds Hailed Out.

Towner, n. d., Aug. 22.-In two
hail storms which traversed portions OF
this county, farmers have suffered
heavy crop losses. The first storm COW
cred strip about three miles wide
along the river bottoms north OF this
city, while the second storm covered
a stretch just south OF the first district
being more damaging than the first
also. German farmers on the Copper
dahl hill were heavy losers In one Of
the etorma.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-22
CHICAGO Gossip.

Chicago, Aug. 22.-It is the impress
sion among local wheat traders that
the Chicago bulls are taking a hand
in advancing wheat prices in Mime
apolis and Winnipeg. Sentiment in
Minneapolis has been bullish for
nearly week and the crowd there is
said to be heavily long. At Winni-
peg the traders have been bearish