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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

the St. Charles hotel which prov ided
80 additional rooms and now they are
completing a second annex which will
give them 81 more rooms, bringing the
number of rooms in the house up to
100.
There has been no change in the front
of the St. Charles hotel except to finish
the old opera house entrance into a fine
Office room. The frame opera house
back was removed last spring to the
north half of the block and faced east.
In filling this space. so it. wide by 10
feet back, the builders have left a court
open to the east n ft. vide by 10 ft.
long. thus giving all outside rooms for
the ihree-story brick annex.
The rooms on the second a-d third
floors are finished in mahogany with
maple floors, half being fitted with bath
rooms. and all with hot and cold water,
closets and modern convenience, such as
enunciators. electric lights. etc. The
bath rooms are tiled up 6 fit. and made
convenient in every way. Large outside
windows furnish good light and vent;-
lation for all sleeping rooms. and at the
end of halls are iron fire escapes. plat
forms fer each floor and ladders extend
ing down from the roof The electric
age to ITO so as to permit tungsten
lamps in all rooms o! the building.
The ground floor will be used fer sam
pie rooms at present ard il required
later more sleeping or cfsce ICONS can
be arranged. Eventually it is likely
that the ground floor room east of the
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14
record in Stark county. The average
for May is 2. SO inches and fer

record in Stark county. The average
rainfall for May is 2.o3 inches and fer
June 4.04 inches. When Mr. Colgrove
started operation in the spring he con-
sidered his land. in large tracts, worth
$40 per acre. the prevailing retail price
per quarter section being $25 he has
now raised the price to $27. so per acre.
Messrs. Dickson and Cojerove find the
roads leading into Taylor from the
north very good and another thing that
attracted the latter gentleman to the
place for all of his heavy purchases was
the fact that he knew Julius Williams
we'll. down in Minnesota before he en-
gagged in the lahd and banking business
in Stark county.
The land Of the Dunn county fax
kings is on the Knife river survey OF the
Northern Pacific line west from Stan
ton, and when the road is extended
through Dunn county, as it is sure to
be within year or two. it will mean
great deal to the settlers of this fer
tile country north.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colgrove were both born
in Iowa, but have been in Minneapolis
for some years. They were at the St.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

Office will be connected and fitted for a
European dining ROOM. 1t would have
both an outside and inside entrance
and would be well suited for such use
In the changes that have been made
F. A. Little gets an additional room
back and also Wolf Scherowitz gets one
for his tailor shop.
Very handsome quarter sawed oak
furniture has been selected for the
rooms. iron beds with the latest spring
box mattresses, etc. The third floor is
now ready for furnishings and the
second floor will likely be ready the
coming week.
The cost of the new St. Charles an
mex. including plumbing and furnish
ings, is approximately $50, 00O. 90. and
it is an improvement which will prob
ably do the city in the hostelry line
for good many years, enabling the
hotel managers to care for almost any
gathering that may come to Dickinson.
H. L. Reichert and W. G. Ray. own
ers of the St. Charles, have been identi-
fed with the city in business way for
good many years. Both come from
hotel families and have built up fine
business for themselves in Dickinson
and have house that brings great
many trans;ents to the city for Sunday
and holidays. They are also the own
ers of the Dickinson opera house.
Botn gentlemen are prominent X. C.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

long gains by end runs were repeatedly
made. McCutchan making dash of
about so yards.
Both teams show that they understand
football. and can concentrate their fut-
ure efforts on team plays.
The Flickertails were good losers. and
with Glen Nichols in their lineup and
Robinson as coach this week. they will
put up game worth seeing when they
meet the H. S. team again probably
on October ii on the baseball grounds
The line up Saturday was as follows !:
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14
HIGHS WIN FIRST GAME
FllckERTAILS STRENGTHENED

A small, but enthusiastic crowd gath
cred at the baseball park. west of town,
last Saturday afternoon, October 7. to
witness the first football game played
in Dickinson for several years.
The contestants were the local high
school team and the city team called
the Flickertails.
This was the first game of football for
most of the players, nevertheless, it
was full Of excitement and interest to
the spectators, showing what consistent
; training can do in a comparatively
short time.
The Flickertails won the toss and
chose the west goal. At o'clock the
whistle blew, roofing ceased. and the
game was on. Capt. Nichols kicked the
ball to the Flickertail 20 yard line; the
High School gained the ball on their rs
yard line. The Flickertails were un-
able to hold them, and in few mo-
ments Richards, by an end run, carried
the ball over the goal. Farrand kicked
for goal and made the score s too.
BY using similar tactics, lie line
smashing and end runs, the Highs kept
the ball ! in the Flickertail territory,
and almost before the excitement of the
first touch down had ceased Alonzo
Nichols added another five to the score.
During the second quarter Soules made
the score Is to o.
Substitutes were put in for the second
half and both teams entered the game
with renewed vigor.y #
During the third quarter, Wiley
played well at tackle and with quick
decision grasped the opportunity of car
rying the ball around left end for a
touch down. Farrand punted out {;
Richards caught the ball. then Far
rand made e sood Try for goal. but the
tball was IA j dihfcn,t position. and
he Ssass unable q pnt ii II within the
coveted space. AZ the end 81 the last
quarter the score stood q to Q.
The Flickertails played under dis
advantage. losing Lundy. one of their
strong men, early in the game. They
were unsuccessful at punts and some
what weak on signals, but Klinefelter,
Grub and Goodale did good work for the
town team.
The High School team was stronger on
he defensive than the offensive, and
3 !. - Z i
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

The marketing of $4,000 to 80. 900
bushels Of fax raised an average dis
tance Of 40 miles from any railroad. is
quite an undertaking and without the
use of gasoline traction engine,
known as Big. -Four. it would be
practically impossible. The breaking
of raw prairie land this season. grow
ing, harvesting and threshing of such a
crop is even more astonishing.
This is the work which C. W. COL
grove and j. B. Dickson are so success
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

their farms can be attributed to deep
engine blowing. The plows were put
down inches. He believes in packing
the land but does not care to cut the
sod He used float ahead of his seed
drills Eight quarts of flax were sown
to the acre. Mr.. Dickson plowed to the
same depth. disked his land and drilled
in IA quarts of fax to the acre. They
commenced seeding the 18th of May and
finished on the 10Th of June, there being
hut one days difference in the time
of closing on the two places. The
yields, so far as can be ascertained at
this time. are the same.
MIR. Colgr0ve expects to crop at least
3. 600 acres next year, which will neces-
state one or two more engines on his
land. The Dakota Development Co.
may seed as high as 1000 acres an
other year. Mr.. Colgrove says that for
his wheat ON flax ground he will disk
three times. and the third season when
he plows the land again he will turn up
an inch of new soil.
It must be remembered that everything
on these farms is done with gasoline
engines. Day and night crews were
operating during the plowing season.
The best of engineers and skilled help
were employed throughout and in ad-
dition to good salary the engineers
were given bonus of SIS per day when
they made the plows turn 80 acres in
"a hours, and they came in for the ex-
ira a good many times.
Mr.. Colgrove has COW, while Mr.
Dickson buys his milk from neigh
Dor. Each gentleman has a saddle
pony and an auto. and their present
plan is to put the places in charge of
one person for the winter while they go
east.
The cost of breaking and cropping
these farms this season has been SIS. 80
to $6 per acre. There was never a
breakdown that amounted to anything
during the spring. as both parties had
Il &
provided themselves with all kinds of
extras. They figured that every hours
delay in the breaking season would cost
$40 and that il was best to safeguard, in
every way possible.
C. W. Colgrove s:the son of A. L.
Colgrove. big lumber dealer. who
resides in Minneapolis. He graduated
q few years ago from the law depart.
ment Of the Minnesota University,
becoming interested In real estate and 81,
aftef some Two % three years Of success.
ful operation acquired land holdings in
Stark and Dunn counties amounting "a
4. 900 acres. He saw the possibilities
Of grain growing and fitted out with
Ss, 600 worth Of machinery last spring.
Mr.. Colerove has made careful
study Of rainfall and finds that from
1898 to 1908 the average precipitation
for Dunn county was 1921 inches, ol
labout inches greater than q 15-yeal
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

fully bringing to q close this fall and
the accompanying picture SLOWS their
first train of Grain tanks bearing 700
bushels Of fiax which was transported
tos Taylor the first OF last week and
which sold al $2.2o per buskel on Octo-
ber 4. s.,
J: The gentleman in the left side Of the
automobile is c. W. Colgrove, with W.
w. Stackhouse at his right. The en-
eineer who hauled the six grain tanks
and one oil tank into Taylor stands on
the foot board of his Gas Tractor. A.
j. Osborn of Dickinson made special
trip Wednesday morning to photograph
the outfit which was taken in the street
at Taylor just south of the Mcclure grove.
C. w. Colerove of Minneapolis and ].
B. Dickson of Mt. Vernon, S. D., landed
in Stark county on March 27 and COM
menced breaking operations on April
II. Mr.. Dickson is secretary and mana
ger of the Dakota Development Co., in
corporated under the laws of South Da-
kota. and is on one side Of the road and
Mr.. Colgrove on the other in northern
Dunn county, just west of Halliday and
not far from Bailey. They are not in
partnership, each having his own
machinery and crew of men. but they
have been in position to help each
other great deal: Mr.. Colgrove had
1905 acres in flax this year and figures
an average yield Of IL bushels to the
acre, some of the land giving a yield of
Is bushels. From 100 acres threshed out
the first of the week the average was IA
bushels.
j. B. Dickson has 1.4O0 acres, of fax
and SO far as can be seen the yield will
be the same.
# Mr.. Dickson has two Big Four engines
and one of these engines is being used
in delivering the grain at Taylor. Mr..
Colgrove puts up a separator against the
engine and to- this extent the two big
farm operators are working together in
getting their product to market. They
have the same kind of machinery
throughout, each using five Deering
binders. cutting from 10 to IS acres Of
fax per day. They thresh from the
shock. using seven teams in the field
and run out about 800 bushels Of fax in
day. The Colerove place has a crew
Of s men and the Dickson farm II.
Il requires about a hours on good
road. to pull 800 to 900 bushels Of fax
into aylor, the .empty atanks being
hsnled back in about The
COST 81 hauling this grain Is 7c per
bushel. MI. CoIgrove attends to the
marketing, soins to Taylor in his auto
at about the right time to overtake the
grain tanks as they near the village.
The grain train is sent over the Knife
river at the j. K. Slack crossing, Mr..
Dickson superintends threshing and
loading operations at the other end. II
will probably require until November IS
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

Charles in Dickinson for about two
weeks while Mr.. Colgrove was looking
after his flax crop north o.. Belfeld. at
the same stime looking after the larger
interests at Taylor, /. and both made
many pleasant acqualn.ances in the
city. Mrs. Colgrove came out in June
and expects to return to Minneapolis
next week.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

to get this crop threshed and delivered.
as two to three trips is all that can be
made in a week.
Mr.. Colgrove states that in his opin-
ion fax is certain to advance in price
and he does not expect that they will
sell much at present. However. the
crop of these two great farms will be
delivered in Taylor and arrangements
made for storing the same in Mime
apolis.
Mr.. Colgrove says that the success at
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

There is nothing that helps a city
more than good hotels and in this par
ticular HI. Reichert and W. G. Ray are
doing their part toward the develop
ment of Dickinson. A little less than
three years ago they added an annex to
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

and Elk members. Mr.. Ray served as
a member of the legislature from Stark
count; last winter and is city alder
man from the third ward.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Sunday worship and sermon, 10 30 a.
m. and 30 p. n. Sunday school at
II AS a. NJ. Christian Endeavor meet
ing at + 80 p. IL. Mid-week ind
for prayer ani EibIe study on Wednes-
day evening at 80 p. m
A. e.. HACKE. Minister.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14
ST. CHARLES annex IS
ABOUT READY TO Open

Gives Hotel Modern Rooms Handsome Furniture Being
Placed. Best Hostey West of Bismarck Brings Many
People to City, Mesr Reichert and Ray Doing Their Part
Toward the Development of the City.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14
STARK GO.
!. INCREASES
Z; .4.4
Assessed Valuation s5,51s,s92.
Dickinson Increased s26,977.
Total Levy is Lowered
= 8 Little.

The 1911 assessed valuation figures
for Stark county show quite a little
increase, but it is mostly on account of
Efhe placing of Northern Pacific coal
land on the tax list.
The real estate and personal assessed
valuation for the entire county is $5.-
SIS. ss2. against 81, 64S, ,67s for 1910;
pr an increase of $3.50. 204.
|. In Dickinson the valuation is $913,-
l07, or an increase of $26,977 The
city does not get any of the coal land
increase. ..
!. Richardton has $157. 552, an increase
Of SIS, SO. - ~.-~
Belfeld has valuation of S151, 494.
The village was not incorporated in
time to get onto the assessment list last
year. The school levy is 1877 mills
against 1872 mills last year.
:. RAIDER township has valuation of
ST., 8S9, an increase ..of Sill, 663.
Gaylord township shows $68. 207. an
increase of $11,54o
| Grand Meadow shows $50. 920. an in
lcrease of $11, 1,612.
The rate of taxation for the county is
L17.2 mills, or fraction of mill lower
Ethan last year. The school districts
average a little lower. The Dickinson
school district is reduced from Is. 1
mills to 23.7 mills The city of Dickin-
son gets a raise from 29.6 mills in
1910 to 30.3 mills this year. The tax
rate in Dickinson this year, including
city, county, state and school. is 7l.2
mile against n. mills last year.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14
DUNN COUNTY FLAX KINGS.
THEIR GRAIN TANK TRAIN

j. Dickson and c. w Colgroy 10000 Bushels
of Flax Taylor from Their Farms Miles North Average
Yield OF Bushels Handsome Profit on Crop. Will
lsas4
double Acreage in 1912 Tractor Pulls 500 to bu
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-10-14

Substitutes. Belgarde. Berg, Mer
Is minute halves were played.
Referee. Atty. Blanchard.
Umpire Frank Ray.
Field judge, Robinson.
Time keeper, Peterson.
Linesmen, Hill, Hollenbeck.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-05
CALLED DOWN
Army Officer Against Private Because
of Jewish Birth.

Washington, June 5.-Col. Jos Gar
rard. U. S. A., commanding the cavalry
post at Fort Myer, VT, today was re-
primanded by the secretary of war
under the orders of President Taft,
for reporting adversely an application
Of a soldier for the right to take the
-exanaia tieas fer promotion the
commissioned grade on the ground OF
Jewish parentage. The president said
1t was hard to deal with the matter
with patience and without condem-
natory words that had better not be
written"
The presidents action has created
something Of sensation not only in
army circles but throughout Washing
ton. The young soldier involved in
the controversy is Frank Bloom, q
private in battery F of the Third field
artillery, and is now on duty on the
Mexican border. Several years ago
Bloom was urged for appointment to
West Point. President Roosevelt not
being in position at that time to
make the appointment suggested to
Bloom that he enlist and "Mke a true
American" fight his way up from the
ranks. The young man took the ad-
vice. entered the army, where he is
said to have made good record, and
recently took his first examination for
promotion. 1t is said that Bloom
failed in this examination, but in view
of the prejudice brought by Col. Gar
rard's endorsement. Bloom will be
ordered up for final examination in
September.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-05
Ohio Legislator Pleaded Guilty
and Peached on His Eel
low Grafters
EIGHT INDICTMENTS were
RETURNED BY GRAND JURY
All We're Against Members of the
Legislature Who Are Accused of
Making Those Interested in Legis.
lation Come Across With Goods.

Columbus, O., June 5-Representa-
tive Owen ]. Evans of Canton, Stark
county, today created one of the big
gest sensations Of the legislative brib-
airy scandal by appearing before Judge
Kinkead of the criminal court and
pleading guilty to the charge of solic-
iting bribe of $1OO on the salary
loan bill. He said he solicited money
from T. G. Miller of Akron, a loan
agent. Evans confession was made
Immediately after the Franklin coun-
ty grand Jury had returned an indict-
ment against him and was the out
come of an arrangement with Prose-
cutting Attorney Turner and Attorney
General Hogan who pleaded for len
iency in sentencing him. Judge Kim
kead fined him $500 and he then went
before the grand jury to be question
ed on the alleged grating in the leg
islature, Of which he is said to have
information. Evans was member of
the steering committee of the house
of which Representative Nye of Pike
county was also a member, who was
acquitted last week on the charge Of
soliciting bribe OF $500 from State
Printer Crawford.
The grand jury reported eight in
dictments. All were against members
of the legislature and three were re-
ported not true bills.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-05
Team Cannot Be Driven Into
Canada and Returned With
out Paying Duty
some Of THEABN0RMAl EFFECTS
Of Law As RECENTLY CONSTRUED
Portal Teamster Cannot Drive From
One Side of Main Street to the 9th.
er and Get His Team Back to the
Hitching Post.

Washington, June 5.-The customs
court has given decision which
promises to bring customs collectors
into even more unpopularity. Treas
ury officials declare 1t will entangle
the government in no end of disputes
unless congress amends it.
Three words in one section of the
Payne-Aldrich law have been con-
strued to mean that any American
born animal, once taken out of this
country. must pay duty to return. It
is held that the law applies to all ami
mails. from pet poodles to draft horses.
Heretofore customs collectors have
been allowed to exercise some discre-
ton in enforcing this provision. Here
after they will have no alternative,
and the following will be some of its
effects:
An American. woman who takes her
pet poodle to Europe will have to pay
duty on it when she returns.
Collector Loeb at New York has
begged the treasury department to
allow him to wink at the law, but has
been advised that the government will
allow no winks. .
A Niagara Falls hackman no longer
will be allowed to drive his fare
across the gorge to the Canadian side
Of the waterfall unless he is. prepared
to pay full duty on. his horee when
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-05
Advocate of Cheap Print Pa
per Hit a Serious Snag on :.
Reciprocity
RECORD FINALLY CHANGED TO
READ STATEMENT WAS uNFOuNOED
Ridder Asserted the News Associa.
tons Had Not Suppressed the Facts
in Order to Create Sentiment In Fs.
vor Of Canadian Agreement :.

Washington, June 5.-The senate
finance committee today resumed the
hearings on the Canadian reciprocity
bill, German Ridder, until recently
president of the American Newspa-
per Publishers association, being
called to the witness chair. Mr..
Ridder had not proceeded far when
Senator McCumber of North Dakota
startled the committee by chalseng.
ing one Of his statements a. an "ab-
solute falsehood." Senator McOum..
ber's action brought q quick protest
from Senators Stone and Bailey who
declared that the witnesses shoul6
not be insulted. Mr.. Ridder had
made the statement that the newspa.
pers of the country and the publish.
ers' association had not attempted to
suppress the facts in order to coaor
the stories sent from Washington on
the subject Of reciprocity, when SEN.
ator McCumber interrupted. with his
charge of falsehood. Several sena-
tors insisted that Mr.. McCumber's
remark should be stricken from the
record. Senator McCumber agreed to
have his remark changed so as to
make it read: "That he believed
what Mr.. Ridder said was unbound.
ed'"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-05
MAY Be PETER
THE PAINTER
Stowaway May Be Russian An
archist Wanted by British
Police (.

Manila, June 5-The Philippine au-
thorities are holding stowaway ON
the British steamer Protesilaus which
arrived here today. The man embark
ed ON the vessel at Singapore while
coal was being taken on and 1t is
suspected that he is Peter the
Painter" the Russian anarchist for
whom the British police have been
searching in connection with the mur-
der Of three policemen IN Hounds
Ditch Of which the battle of Sydney
street was the sequel. The officials
Of the British consulate here. while
skeptical that the man will prove
to be Peter the Painter" are having
him held pending an Investigation.
The Protesilaus left Liverpool on
April 80 and Is bound for Seattle.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-05
he comes back. There is no provision
by which he might put up a bond
guaranteeing his return.

he comes back. There is no provision
by which he might put up a bond
guaranteeing his return.
Many Americans who have summer
homes in Canada and usually take
their horses and dogs with, them will
be confronted with a duty when they
return.
AT some places along the border,
customs officers say, the enforcement
OF the law will amount to q restriction
OF commerce between cities. Much
teaming Is done between Detroit and
Windsor over the ferries. At other
border cities the situation is parallel
ed. Under the courts ruling an
American merchant in Detroit who
drives to Windsor must, pay duty on
his team before he can return to De-
troit. At Portal. N. D., a teamster
can not drive from one side of Main
street to the other without paying
duty when he returns.
The law has been in effect since
Aug. 5, 1909, but the customs officials
have never enforced it. The customs
courts decision leaves no alternative
for them. Several congressman are
preparing to introduce bills amend
ing 1t.