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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-04-20
ORGANIZED new
CITY COUNCIL
MAYOR JACKSON AND new ALDERMEN
TAKE UP DUTIES TUESDAY NIGHT
s..n APPOINTMENTS MADE

The annual organization meeting
of the city council was held in the
city. Offices Tuesday evening when
the new mayor and aldermen as
sumed the duties of their Office.
The meeting was called to order
by retiring Mayor Bruegger and
after the report of the auditor for
the past month was fled the new
board organized. rhe new coun-
Gil was called to order by Mayor
jackson who announced that nomi-
nations for president of the coun-
Gil were in order. There were two
nominations, Aldermen Vohs and
Mckay. The vote was tie which
was decided by Mayor jackson
voting for Vohs. Upon motion
of Mckay the election of Vohs as
president was declared unanimous.
Upon all other questions the
vote was unanimous. Alderman
Mckay was elected vice-president.
Mayor jackson made the fol-
lowing appointments which were
approved without q dissenting
vote:
Steve Marmon, chief of police.
John j. Murphy, city attorney.
B. j. Schoregge, city auditor.
Henry r. Evans, city engineer.
William English, street commits
sioner. fas
In addition to Steve Marmon,
Charlie Pierce and John Nolan
have positions on the police force,
Pierce acting as assistant chief.
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morning worship included special
music by the choir. Miss Bessie
r. Baldwin rendering the offertory
solo, The Magdalene." Children
and young people we're baptized,
new members received and the
sacrament of the Lords Supper
celebrated. The pastors message
was directed largely to those
publicly entering the christian life
and was based on the words, Re
member Jesus Christi
At Z O'Clock there was an Easter
program for children and young
people led by Miss Todd and Miss
McWilliams, with a solo by Mrs.
D. l. Todd. 49,. ......
At 8 o'clock the choral service
was held. After the opening part
the choir rendered the contata,
From Death to Life" The solo
parts were taken by Mrs. B. l..
Hardaway, Miss Bessie R. Bald
win, Charles F. Currie and Frank
r. Plummer. The prologue was a
baritone solo, Behold, Unto the
Jews the Savior Preacheth,'' and
the finale consisting of solo and
chorus was, 20 Thou who Rulest
Ger Heaven and Earth" This
was followed by the pastors mes
sage on "A Threefold Fact" The
concluding parts of the service in
cluded the Resurrection hymn, the
Apostles Creed and the Gloria,
and following the benediction, the
eventide hymn by the choir.
On Monday evening the Easter
social gathering was held and a
large number of the members of
the church and congregation en-
joyed the evening together. A
musical program was. rendered and
the new church building plans ex.
hibited, after which delicious re-
freshments were served by the
ladies.
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Company E Inspected d

The annual inspection Of Com
pany E was held in this city Sat
urday night. The inspecting was
done by Lieut.. Herbst of the 14th
infantry, U. S. A., and Major
Stedem, military secretary to the
president and . retiring army Of
ficer. They reported this COM
pany as the second largest in the
state and seemed very we'll pleased
with the company.
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sowing of the seed and the later
treatment of the crop. The sug-
gestions which FOLLOW are based on
the general principles of successful
dry farming and on the work OF
the experiment stations and the
best farmers, and we believe will
be of value to our readers. The
methods described are just as de-
sirable for use in a dry season as
in . wet one, as they favor storage
of moisture in the subsoil and its
removal from the surface soil
where it will do injury.
A good seed bed is essetisl to the
good growth of al crops, but it is
particularly necessary for the
small grains. With corn, potatoes,
and other cultivated crops, the re-
suits of poor preparation can be
corrected to some extent by
thorough cultivation throughout
the season, though it is much bet
ter to begin right and put the
larger part of the work on the
land before the crop is planted.
With the small grains, there is
little chance to put the land ir
z Continued on page 81
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Military Ball

The Military ball given in Gates
opera house Monday evening by
the members of Company E was
we'll attended, there being about
seyenty-fve couple present.
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Death of Mrs. Brownson

Mrs. A. NJ. Brownson, better
known to everyone in the city as
Grandma Brownson, died at the
home of her son, E. R. Brownson,
last Friday morning after short
illness of eight days.
"Smooth the locks of silver hair,
On our mothers brow with tenderest
care,
Gather the robe in final fold
Around the form SO still and cold:
Lay on her bosom, pure as snow,
The fairest, sweetest flowers that grow
Kiss her and leave her, our. hearts de-.
light;
Her pain is over, she sleeps tonight"
A week before her death Grand
ma Brownson was able to be
around and walked several blocks
to attend Aid. Friday, the four
teenth, she was taken i'll and from
that time until her death she failed
rapidly. r.~ .
After q long, busy and useful
life she died as she had lived
honored, trusted and loved. She
reared her own monument. while
she lived in the hearts Of all who
knew her. Her life was COM
pleted if work all done aud we'll
done constitutes completion. Her
Christian life was beautiful from
it's beginning to its very close and
through all the joys and sorrows
that she met on the way her faith
in God never wavered. But death.
claimed her at last and today an
other grave hides from our sight
all that is mortal Of q true and no.
BILE woman.
The funeral services were held
at the Congregational church on
Sunday afternoon at half past
three, where in the midst of the
Easter flowers and Easter spirit,
an audience of relatives and
friends that crowded every part of
the building, gathered in memory
of the departed. The choir rem
dered: Crossing the Bar" and
abide with Me-" and the male
quartette sang: Zone Sweetly
Solemn Thought - The services
were conducted by Rev. w.
Knighton Bloom, who after read
ing the obituary, spoke, on the
words Of Jesus: In my Fathers
house are many mansions
90 to prepare place for you.
OBITUARY
Adelaide Maria Mckay, eldest
daughter Of Oliver p. and, Sallie
Mckay, was born November 23rd,
1885, in Tecumseh, Michigan, and
passed away from earthly scenes
April 18th, 1911, aged seventy
Eve years. The departed was
united in marriage on March 26,
1850, to Alfred Brownson, near
Richland, Michigan. To this un-
ion was born four children, of
whom three sons survive: Barny
Elliott Brownson of Savoy, Mon
tana. Bert Sherman Brownson of
Minneapolis, Mimi, and Ernest
Ray Brownson of Williston.
From Tecumseh IN the eastern
part Of Michigan, the departed
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A. j. Field has money on hand
for good loans. AZ
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-04-20
Tennis Meeting

A tennis meeting will be held
tomorrow night in the Offices of
L. B. Dochterman and all members
of the club and others who wish TO
play this year are requested to bo
present. The meeting is called
for $3.50.
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Westlawn Lutheran services
next Sunday evening at eight
o'clock. Sunday school at 1915 q.
m. Bible study in church Thurs
day evening of next week at 8
O'Clock. Cordial invitation to oil.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27

Owing to the level condition of the
| country, the construction of canal
in Holland involves but comparatively
canals are used constantly as substl-
tutes for public highways, and in the
winter their frozen surfaces offer con-
venient roads for the skaters who
throng them on their way to and from
market and about their various occu-
pations. So complete is the canal
| system that by means of it resident
| of Rotterdam could breakfast at Delft
or The Hague, dine at Leyden and
| sup at Amsterdam, or return to his
home before nightfall. Since not only
the surface but the beds of many OF
Hollands canals are above the level of
land, the drainage is of the greatest
Importance. This is effected by means
of pumps worked by the windmills
that are such characteristic feature
Of the Dutch landscape. The banks of
the canals are maintained by the fam
lilies that live along them, each being
assigned portion to keep IN repair.
Emory r. Johnson, processes of
transportation and commerce in Ae
University of Pennsylvania, who re-
Gently made a study Of European va
terways, as the special representative
of the National River and Harbor coz
gress, calls attention to the way In
Belgium have co-operated in estab'
fishing standard dimensions for their
canals and barges, and connecting
their systems. In this manner the
through shipment of international
traffic has been facilitated. Another
feature of the waterway policy Of
these European countries" he says,
''is that care is taken to provide wa
terways with adequate terminal and
harbor facilities, and to make such
physical connections between rail-
roads and waterways at all inland
harbors as to guarantee the easy and
economical transfer of traffic from
cars to boats and water to rails. 1t Is
realized that terminal facilities and
rail connections are as essential a part
of the projects for making waterways
useful as are reliable channels of ade-
quate width and depth. The Rhine
river, for instance, has 62 harbors
equipped as fully as commercial needs
require, with storage and transfer IA
cilities. At 43 of these terminals the
direct transfer of goods from trains
to boats and river to rail is possible.
Many of the harbors include large
basins, some of which are used for
the transfer and storage of commodi-
ties, while others are constructed to
enable big industrial plants to locate
on water frontage. Each city con-
structs is own harbor with but little,
if any, aid from the state, the expense
being borne by the city, aided in some
instances by private interests"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27
open-Air Schools Increasing.

Since January 1, 1907, sixty-five open
air schools for children afflicted with
or predisposed to tuberculosis have
been established in twenty-eight cities,
according to an announcement made
by the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis.
The first open air school in the United
States was established on January 1,
1907, by the board of education OF
Providence, r. l., at the instance OF
DIR. Ellen A. Stone. The next school
was established in May of the same
year at Pittsburg, and the third at
Boston in July, 1908. According to
the reports received by the National
Association, the result of the open air
class-work has been to restore most
of the children to normal health and
efficiency. One of these open air
schools or classes should be establish
ed for each $4,000 population, espe-
cially in cities.
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his work. And although he might not
have admitted it were he charged with
it, l knew he was afflicted with a dis
order of the digestive apparatus that
always accompanies vegetarianism. He
was, in fine, the victim of a prejudice
that left him unequal to the work he
was compelled to do, and which he was
doing at the expense Of his health,
happiness and success in the world in
which he moved.
Upon what grounds does the prac-
tice of vegetarianism rest it's claims :?
The answer is, on no grounds what.
soever, unless it be those of the man
who has an idea" that If he looks
over his left shoulder at the moon, or
sees black cat on the thirteenth day
of the month, he is dead sure to have
bad luck.
And yet it Is only when it is ridden
to death as hobby that vegetarianism
can be charged with inanity. When it
is practiced occasionally and for linn
tied time, and at irregular intervals, it
becomes the useful servant of scien-
tif1c intelligence. There is "soul of
truth" in vegetarianism, as there also
may be, so far as you or I know to
the contrary, In the belief that If you
see black tabby on Friday the thir-
teenth, you will lose regularly at
poker for some considerable time
thereafter This soul of truth takes us
backward a bit In the natural history
of man.
The primitive ancestors of Euro
pean races, like the savage races of
the present time, were naturally fitted
for, and therefore needed" certain
amount of irregularity in their feed
ing. Sometimes game would be plenty,
and sometimes it would be scarce.
When it was scarce, or not to be had
at all, those primitive ancestors of
ours were necessarily limited to a
starvation diet. They were very hungry,
and their hunger made them keen on
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27

the hunt, active, bright-eyed, alert, Wig
orous and pushing. Then, with
successful kill, there would naturally
be little gorging of meat, followed
by long and lazy rest.
Now. while we, their descendants,
are not quite as savage or quite as I'M
provident as were our primitive fore
fathers of the jungle or the pra1ries,
and while it is true that we are not
distressed with alternate scarcity and
redundancies of food, we inherit the
stomachs and the general digestive MAJ
chinery of those active old fathers OF
ours, and a reasonable degree OF alter
nate gorging and starving Is good for
us. Unfortunately. however, most or
us have to attend to business year in
and year out, and we cannot lie idle
around the woods digesting off our
gorges, whereas fasting is not to be
thought of by persons who work at
OCCUPATIONS very different from hunt
ing.
Rut we can do this: We can cut
down or cut out, our meat diet at ir-
regular and Ialrly ITequSnC lnCSl NoiS'
go without meat altogether for week
or so; be vegetarians, not regularly,
but quite irregularly, for short lengths
of time. And then when we give
meat it's inning, we will be better pre-
pared to appreciate it, and to extract
from it the health and happiness we
need.
The vegetarian is therefore here
with supplied with a scientific princi-
pie" as sound and as negotiable as a
golden eagle. But II he adopts 1t he
will have to cut himself in two.
Copyright 1911, by the Columbia Press
Syndicate.)
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27

ates mind picture of canals, and In
deed that little land of dykes and
bitches Is completely cut up into
small islands by it's extensive system
of waterways. They cross and inter-
lace one another like the threads of
some large fishing net. The North
Holland canal was considered, until
recently, to be the finest of the kind in
Europe. The southern part Of the
country is especially favored by ma
ture, for the Rhine, entering Holland,
divides up into numerous arms, the
chief of which are the WAL, the LEX
and the Yssel The Meuse joins the
WAL, thus mingling its waters with
those of the Rhine, and all of these
rivers carry an immense traffic Four
f1fths of the river trade of Holland is
carried on the Rhine and the Waal.
The. Scheldt has it's estuary mainly
in Holland and carries ocean vessels
to Antwerp.
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GRaZW

as far as Basel, just across the SWISS
frontier, and small sea-going steam
ers ascend it as far as Mannheim This
mighty river has been improved by
the Germans at a cost of more than
$12,500,000, and it's waters bear an I'M
mense traffic in coal, iron ore, iron
and steel manufactures and other
dotted with picturesque ruined castles
and saturated with legend and ro-
nance. is also one of the busiest dis
tricts in all Europe, for it is densely
populated and contains numerous i'm
portant industrial cities. Canals con-
meet the Rhine with the Mouse, Saone.
Seine. Danube and Ems rivers. The
Rhine-Rhone canal follows the course
of the river from Strassburg almost
to Basel, and is generally used instead
of the river.
The Elbe is second only to the
Rhine in commercial Importance. 1t
is navigable throughout it's whole
course in Germany and along it lie
some of the chief silver and coal
mines, salt fields, sheep pastures and
beet-root areas in the empire. More
over. 1t links Berlin, the capital, with
Hamburg, the chief port, by the canals
Of the Havel and Spree river systems.
The Weser, the Oder, the Vistula
and other rivers are of great impor-
lance as commercial highways, and
go to make up Germany's grand total
of nearly 5000 miles Of navigable riv-
ers, of which about 1,400 miles are
canaliZed.
Germany's canals are many their
total mileage being something like
1900, and large sums are spent on
their improvement. The most import
ant internationally is the great North
Sea and Baltic ship canal, which ira
verses Schleswig- Holstein, saving two
days time by steamer between Ham
burg and all the Baltic ports of Ger
many This canal was begun in 1887
and was opened to traffic in 1895, and
is a source Of much pride to Emperor
William. The Ludwigs canal in Bava-
ria united the Danube with the Main,
thus supplying a continuous water
way from the North sea to the Black
sea. The Plauen canal connects the
Elbe with the Havel, and there are
systems connecting the Oder with the
Elbe and the Mcneil with the Pregel
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age are small so that rates are very
reasonable and the total of heavy traf-
fic is large.
Through close and effective study
of economical transportation, Belgium
has built up an excellent system of
canals and canalized rivers, 20 in num-
Der. These are used partly for trans
portation and partly for irrigation.
Both the Mouse and the Scheldt are
navigable throughout their entire
length in Belgium, and many Of their
tributaries have been canalized. In ad-
dition to these natural advantages,
there are canal systems that unite
Brussels and Louvain with the Rupel,
Brussels with Charleroi and Mons
with Conde Then, too, there are two
fine ship canls which by uniting Client
and Bruges with the sea coast have
restored to those cities much of their
old time commercial Importance.
Mention of Holland instantly Gre
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27
How Vegetarianism Hurts Us
BY M. A.. LANE sc. B.,
mer Research Fellow Physiology, University nois

'1entil outlet" with two bananas for
dinner! And after this desperate
plunge into the flesh pots Of Egypt
he would always feel as guilty as If
he had just robbed safe and could
hear the police coming to take him in.
You couldn't persuade that young
man that he was slowly but certainly
killing himself Had you stood him up
before all the psychologists of the
world, to be assured by them not only
on their reputation as men of science,
but on their decency and honor as
men, that that sort of diet was never
intended" by any scheme of nature or
any deity imaginable, for the human
machinery of digestion, he would prob
ably have come out of the seance with
vague idea that somehow or other
they were just trying to fool him for
some hidden and vicious purpose of
their own.
1t would be a good thing If all men
and all women were early in their
youth put through course of study
I mean actual study, from the thing
and not from the book, which Is worse
than useless, not even being useless
on the vast differences between the
digestive apparatus of the plant-eat-
ing animal and that Of the meat-eating,
or omnivorous, animal, such as man.
The young vegetarian mentioned
above was very brave; as brave as
anybody could be in such circum-
stances and on such a diet, but he
would often look with longing eyes on
the steaks and chops his companions
consumed at table, while he himself
was sturdily furnishing himself with
rice and other wholly unsavory dishes.
Also he was rather dim of eye and
not specially active on his feet or at
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I'm sorry for him. I once knew
young man who was trying to do the
very hardest kind of work-the mixed
kind, which is physical and mental,
too-on a diet that healthy rabbit
would hesitate about adopting unless
guaranteed that the quantity would be
absolutely unlimited. This young man
would make a breakfast Of bit of
bread, small plate of boiled rice. and
glass of water; he would luncheon
on a small quantity of butter-beans,
or some other equally insubstantial
airy nothing, and then he would top off
the day with a piece Of cake and a
cup of tea-always weak tea, too.
Occasionally he would go on what
might be called a veritable feed
ing bat" and would wildly
dissipate on two bananas for
breakfast, boiled rice with green corn
and an apple for luncheon. and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27
Absent-Minded BRIDEGROOM.

John Adams has always been abb
sent minded, says the Kansas City
Journal Yesterday he went with Ida
Lee, of Kansas City, Mo-, to Kansas
City, Kan, to be married by Paul
Huff, acting probate judge. When
Judge Huff asked him If he would
"take this woman to be your lawfully
welded wife," he was looking out Of
the window and didn't answer.
'Tf you've any doubts about it we
will stop right here" the bride said
defiantly.
Adams protested that he had not
hesitated at all, but had merely been
thinking about something else. The
ceremony as completed without
further hitch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27
Alpine Death Toll Large

Der of deaths for the year amounted to
12S, as compared with LA in 1909. The
very unfavorable weather prevailing
last year prevented many tourists from
making ascents, and this probably &C.
counts for the decrease in the acct
dents recorded. Of the victims, 19
were climbing alone and 81 had friends
or guides with them. Sixty-six fell
from rocks or grass slopes, II slipped
on snow or ice. fell into crevasses
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27

poor man or poor
woman trying to
w orry al o n g
through an all-too-
limited and not
over-joyous life on
a diet that is fit
only for guinea
pigs, rabbits and
kline.
I have no quar-
rel with the vege-
tartan or with his
principles )" in
fact, l don't know
and have never
been able to find
out just what his
principles are. But
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27

'T know what makes us bring these
men over here. It's their accent. New
York is foolishly enamoured Of the
English accent
1--WE natives say ut for it, "dawg'
for dog derby for bowler waist
for blouse 'cawfee' for Coffee clerk
for clark and we have number Of
colloquialisms about making reserva-
tons and delivering the goods and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27
CLAIMS for Temporary Use.

'I came across an old sign down by
the shore the other day." observed the
Long islander. "The old chap VINO
has lived and done business there for
half g. century has painted up over his
door:
BOATS AND CLANS TO LET"
- New York PTss4s
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and 9 were swept away by avalanches.
The greatest number Of accidents oc-
Cured in July and August (22 and %,
respectively, and the fewest in March.
November and December Zone each).
Among those killed were AZ Germans.
"a Austrians, 10 Swiss, Italians and
4 Englishmen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27
Blames Accent for Change

American Minister Declares English
cIergymen Are Displaclng Them
Owing to Their Odd Speech.
The minister smiled.
First we got DR.. Chraies F. Aked
from Liverpool" he said. "and now an
other alien preacher is coming to New
York from Birmingham. II this keeps
on, our metropolitan churches will
soon be as foreign as our metropolitan
opera.