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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-27

can ct home, perhaps without
e You have any regard
for the prosperity and well.be.
ing Of progressive Wahpeton.
patronize fret and always, as
far as pcs sible, all our home in-
stitutions. II
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-27

The North Dakota state fair.
will be held az Grand Forks,
August I, 2 and 8.
Fargo will have an inter. state
fair, July Is to 20, inclusive.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-27

Paris retains it's position as
the third largest city in the
world, the census taken last
month showing q population
of 2.846,9s6. This is a gain Of
124,255 over the figures of 1906.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-27

Portugal has made decree
separating the church and state,
which comedies entire liberty
to all creeds, the Catholic creed
to be the state religion from the
date of the PRONUNCIATION.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-27

spread il broadcast by hand
Instead of the &C, the, the hand
rake and the pitch fork for cut.
ting and storing the hay, he
sees the mower, the tedder,
the bugPy.rake, the hay loader
and the horsepower hay fork.
Instead of the old fashioned
frail, with which the boys
pounded out the wheat, rye,
pats, ETC.. on the long winter
days, and of its successor. the
ground hog" thresher, he sees
the up to date threshing ma
chine that handles as much
wheat in an hour as a half doz,
Ell men could thresh in q week
III the old way. The road to
market was once 40 miles long
and succession of mud pud
dies, is now ma,adam road
that can be travelled in an hour.
And SO the story of progress
might be reeled off for columns.
| Little wonder, then, that the
statisticans tell us that only 35
per cent of the people of the
United States today are engag
ed in growing the food and the
fiber of the nation. Eighty
years ago over 50 per cent of
them were so engaged, and
they could not raise enough for
home consumption-they had
to buy from Europe. Today
the per capita consumption is
much higher than it was then,
AMI we export and feed enough
to feed and cIothe no mean ma,
ton, and yet 35 per cent of the
people do all the farm work. If
we were to cut out the exports
We now have, and add as much
III imports in proportion as our
fathers imported, it would be
found that 25 per cent Of our
people are engaged III doing the
work that required SO per cent
OF them 10 years ago. Although
| the | iited States has made
such Remarkable progress in
the reduction of the amount of
labor required to grow a given
amount or quantity Of food and
tibre, the rest Of the world has
nor kept pace, and it is esti
mated that even HOW 10 per
/ CENT Of the energy of all .',e
i people Ct the world is directed
10 the prime essential of life
the growing of things 20 eat
| and things TO wear. Euro} e
has largely failed to keep pace
with y fnerica, the labor supply
being so plentiful that hand
labor is cheaper i'll many farm
operations than machine labor.
Ned then ii is ubviou2 that tl.a
small farmer Of Europe cannot
aitord to equip his farm as does
the large farmer il, this coun-
try. Some have attributed the
remarkable growth of the agri-
culture in the United States to
the railroads. However. Stats.
ticians show that il was the
agricultural interests that made
the railroads. When one comes
TO compare the first 10 years of
the railroad with that of the
first 10 years of the reaper aud
other farm machinery, he sees
conclusively that although the
railroads were first on the
scene, it was the later arriving
reaper that enabled it to take
part in the wonderful develop
ment of this country. The
United States leads the world
in the manufacture of agricul-
tural implements, as we'll as in
their use. In fact nearly all OF
the nations of the earth get a
greater portion of their farm
implements for the United
States. The capital invested
in implement tactoriesamounts
to more than 100000, 900, while
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-27

President Taft has expressed
himself in favor Of reciprosity
with Canada.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-27

Minnesota has abolished cap.
ital punishment, and hereafter
the ropeneckties will be a thing
of the past.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-27
chinery, the value Of the annu.
al output, and in the amount Of

4 q e.
al output, and in the amount Of
machinery used.
"1n the western part of Vir.
ginia there is the little Valley
of the Shenandoah. It is about
200 miles long aud. 80 miles
wide. Here was reared Nancy
Hanks, the mother of Abraham
Lincoln. Here the father of
Lincoln lived before he went to
Kentucky. Here was where
Washington declared he would
take his troops to the noun
tains of West Augusta aud de.
fend the banner Of liberty to
the end. Here was grown the
rations that kept alive the Con-
federacy until Sheridan devast.
ated it so that "a crow flying
across it would have to carry
his rations."
And it was here that the age
of agricultural machin e ry
dawned upon the world. Rock
bridge county is at the head of
the valley. In the northern end
of this county is the birthplace
of the NcCormicks and of the
reaper. Robert Mccormick
had long tried to solve the
problem of harvesting by ma
cbinery. He had correspondent
with Thomas Jefferson about it,
but it remained for his son
Cyrus to perfect the machine
The fathers had been a sort Of
revolving scy,he, but the sons
was different. Tnose were
great days in Rockbridge and
Augusta counties. The geutry
and the hoi polloi all gathered
at Steele's tavern, as if to see
circus, in ans weT to the printed
hand bills announcing the first
public trials.
Invented in 1881, and soon
thereafter proved to be ali that
was claimed for it, it was yet
1t years before the reaper be
came a commercially valuable
machine. So limited were the:
facilities for making it that ii
was 1915 before farmers began
to use the reaper to any extent.
HE binder did not Come unit!
1870, and the Irvine binder even
later. To Obed Hussey belongs
the credit of bringing out the
mower, but it was not practica.
bic until Lewis >liiler invented
the floating cutterbar, which
enabled it ,c accommodate it
self to unevenness of ground.
ihe grain drill was invented
many years before it was so
improved as to be practicable
for general farm use. In 1851
a force feed attachment was
put upon it, and since then the
grain drill has been one Of the
most useful pieces of IA achinery
on the farm. The corn planter
had its beginning in 1888, and
was invented by George w.
Brown of Illinois. The farmer
had to drive q three-runnered
sled across the field to mark
the rows where the corn was
to be planted. The planter was
driven across these at right
angles and the grains dropped
at each intersection. Later the
Haworths, also of Illinois, in
vented the check-rower. A
long wire chain is stretched
&C, oss the field, with tripping
links every three feet. The
planter is driven along beside
this and every time the trip
strikes a link it drops the re-
quisite number of grains. BY
this method the corn is sure to
be planted in rows both ways.
so that it can be plowed north
and south as we'll as east and
west.
The end delivery buggy. rake
and the hay loader mean about
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-27
Thf M1alllprtn1, Tin,ea
By E. S. CAMERON

Published at Wahpeton, N. D., on Thurs.
day of each week, and entered as second
class matter under the act of Congress, f
March 3, 1879.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
file S5O,OOO
DAMAGE
SUIT

Probably the largest amount ever
claimed for personal injuries in this
county is asked in suit for $4,000
filed in the superior court today
against the Rock Island.
The plaintiff in the case is James A..
Fansler, formerly a section foreman
on the road, who alleges that in an
accident at Ferguson, in Blaine coun-
ty, he sustained injuries which make
him a cripple for life, one leg being
cut off and the foot being severed
from the other. In his petition Fer
guson says work train ran into a
handcar on which he was riding.
The attorneys for the plaintiff are
Ledbetter, Stewart and Bell, of Ok
lahoma City. The conductor in charge
Of the train is named as a defendant
together with the company.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24

SMOKE UP
MARCH 6
Big Free Feed is An
nOunCed-SpiCY Pro-
gram is Prepared

According to plans outlined at a
joint meeting Of the entertainment
committee of the Chamber Of Com
merce and Retailers association last
night, the boosters will "smoke up"
to beat Mt. Vesuvius on Monday
evening, March 6.
1t will be the second get-tOgether oc-
casion for the citizens Of Chickasha
since the beginning Of the year and
it promises to bring out a big crowd.
Every member of the organization
will be given two tickets, one for him.
self and one for the guest whom he is
expected to invite.
1t is to be free feed and free
smoke for everybody, all expenses be-
ing borne by the Organization.
There will be no celebrities on the
program this time but instead, To-
cal talent win be called upon. A pro
gram IF short, snsppy talks and other
features is being prepared and the
occasion will be made an interesting
one for all. 1t will take place in X
P. Hall.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
JUDICIAL
DISTRICTS
Are Fixed in New Bill
That Has Been
Prepared

Oklahoma City, Feb. "a. - An
amended judicial bill was introduced
in the senate Thursday by the COM
mittee on legislative and judicial ap-
portionment. Most Of the judicial
districts are left just as they are.
The Second district is divided, leav-
ing Nowata and Rogers counties in
that district and forming new dis
trict to known as the Twenty-third
out Of Craig, Mayes and Ottawa. Har-
mon, jackson, Tillman and Swanson
counties are taken from the Sixteenth,
Seventeenth and Eighteenth districts
to form The new Twenty-fifth district.
Comanche, which is all that is left
Of the old Sixteenth district, is thrown
into the Fifteenth, with the counties
already composing that district, which
is now allowed two judges. Caddo,
Grady and Stephens are to form one
nominating district and Jefferson and
Comanche one. There are now taCo
Judges residing in that district.
The Seventh district which now
has two Judges, is divided, leaving
Pontotoc AMI Seminole in the old dis
trict and taking Atoka, Coal and John
ston to form the new Twenty-eighth-
The Thirteenth district, Oklahoma
and Canadian counties gets an addi-
tional judge, making three in all. Gov
ernor Cruce will have the appointment
of new judges in the Thirteenth
Twenty-third, and Twenty-fifth dis
tricts.
Provision is also made for the di-
vision Of the Fifth district, effective
! in 1915, and the election Of two judge:
there at that time. Haskell, Latimer
and LeFlore are left in the Fifth anc
Choctaw, McCurtain and Pushmata
ha put into the Twenty
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
DIAMOND IS
RECOVERED

Elnora Wilkin, a negro girl, was ar
rested yesterday by officers at Dun
can on charge Of larceny here. Of
ficer Loyejoy brought her here and
turned her over to the county author
tiles.
Up to about week ago Elnora was
a servant in the family Of Col. Thos.
J. O'Neill. After she went way it
was discovered that diamond was
missing and considerable quantity
of clothing had disappeared with her.
Col. O'Neill reported the matter to
The police and it was finally learned
that the woman had gone to Duncan.
At the request Of officers here, she
was arrested at Duncan and the ring
was recovered. A trunk Of clothing
was also found.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
The HOUSE
BUTCHERS
ONE MORE
Bill for Farm Schools is
KiIled---0ther DOinGS
Of SOIOHS
special by United Press.

Special by United Press.
Oklahoma City, Feb. "a. = The al
legged agreement made BY the farmers
caus Of the house To appose appro-
priations for normal schools and to
pass those for the agricultural schools
liz entered into at all, lid not produce
the expected result.
The house this morning voted to
indefinitely postpone consideration of
the senate bill appropriating s3O4,-
799 for the district agricultural
schools.
The house is working today on the
general appropriation bill. In this
bill the estimate for the expenses of
the Girls college at Chiekasha was
reduced from $4,000 a year to $780,
600 for the coming two years.
The senate today passed the Webb
Anthony bill abolishing the state dis
pensary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
TEDDY SENDS
REGRETS

In response 70 a letter inviting Coz.
Theodore Roosevelt to include Chick,
asha in the itinerary Of his western
trip, Secretary kirkpatrick has re-
ceived the following reply:
New York, Feb 18th, 1911.
My Dear Sir:
! beg to thank you for your very
cordial invitation to visit Oklahoma on
my Western trip. Unfortunately
even though my schedule has been
stretched to a greater length than 1
desired, it is not physically possible
for me to accept Of one in ten Of the
invitations which / have received and
which 1 earnestly desired to accept.
I simply have not the power to do 50.
The itinerary has already been ar
ranged and it is physically impossible
to include Oklahoma on this trip
without disarranging the whole Of
the engagements. I am very sorry
as | heartily appreciate all that you
say in your letter
Faithfully yours,
T. ROOSEVELT.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
Penny Postage Is
Proposed by a Bill

Washington, Feb. q. y Penny pos
tage for all local or city delivery let
tiers is proposed in a bill introduced
bv Representative Griest Of Pennsyl-
vania.
Mr.. Geist figured that the Official
statistics show the government now
has profit exceeding one and one
half cents on each local delivery let
ter. that with one cent postage i
would continue to have about three
fourths Of a cent profit and that ev-
erv reduction of letter postage has
resulted in increased volume Of mail
and enlarged postal revenues.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
Gasoline Caused
Costly Explosion

Ada, Okla, Feb. "a. One man
was burned, a volunteer fireman in
jured and $4,000 damage done as q re-
suit Of gasoline explosion in the
garage of w. B. Cheney here Thurs
day evening, which occurred while
Mr.. Cheney was in the building. He
was slightly burned.
The fire wagon in going to the scene
of the blaze ran into a telephone pole
breaking it, and seriously injuring
two Of the company, and assistant
cashier of the First National bank,
was thrown cut and injured.
The flames destroyed the garage
and two barns. In the garage was an
automobile valued at $500. The total
loss is estimated at $4,000
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
FOUR SUICIDES A
DAY In VIENNA

Special by United Press.
Vienna, Feb. 24.-Figures just pub
lished Of the suicides during the past
year show that the Viennese killed
themselves at the rate Of four day
total Of 567, the highest ever re-
corded. In addition there were S9t
attempted suicides.
The police have discovered the ex-
istence Of four Suicide" clubs, the
members Of one of them being boys
and girls. OF the successful suicides,
more than 100 were Of children under
1S years Of age.
The men suicides outnumber the
women three to one. The majority
Of the victims of the mania for self
destruction hanged themselves. The
oldest victim was a man of 80, and
the youngest a boy Of II.
Love troubles were the motive for
most Of the suicides, and after these
came family differences, mental dis
orders. sickness, poverty and general
WEAKNESS Of life.
The Salvation Army has oeen ap-
pealed to to establish an anti-suicide
bureau in Viennt as it has done ir
other cities, and the public schoo
teachers have instructions to impres.
upon the children the wickedness ant
cowardice of self-destruction.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
Seattle Women
Again Win Fight

Seattle. wash, Feb. 23.-For the
second time this month the votes Of
women have worked a revolution in
Seattle. In Tuesdays primary elcc-
mon to choose eighteen candidates
for counciimen to be voted upon Mar,
z, the women voters followed up their
work Of Feb. z, which ousted Mayor
Hiram c. Gill and his appointiye Of
ficers by defeating all but hree cam
didates who were accused of being ON
intimate terms with the late Gill adj
ministration. These three were nom
mated yesterday by so narrow a mar
gin that it Is almost certain they will
not be among the nine selected as
couneilmen in March. Most Of them
are wealthy men, and some have de-
voted much time to the study Of civic
government.
The proportion of women voting
yesterday compared with the total reg
istration was larger than Of men.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
EPWORTH
TO MOVE
Guthrie is Likely to Get
the Methodist
University

Oklahoma City, Feb. "a. - That
Epworth university is seeking lo-
cation other than Oklahoma City is
a certainty That Guthrie has its tow
lines out for Epworth university is no
longer a secret.
While it can not be authoritatively
stated it is nevertheless true that the
board of directors of the Methodist
Episcopal church recently held meet
ing and decided to allow Epworth un-
iversity property in Oklahoma City to
90 back to the donors, the Univer-
sity Development company.
When the university came to Okla
homa City it was with the under
standing il was to be given site and
$3.50 in cash by the citizens Of Ok
lahoma City. The site was given by
the University Development company
Of which Anton II. Classen is the lead
ing spirit. This company has dcnat-
cd, all told, to Epwortn $4,000.
Frank J. Wikoff of the Tradesman's
State bank is authority for the state
ment that all that Oklahoma City has
done for Epworth was to pave the
street south of the college campus
and assess the college $1,000 a year
until the debt is liquidated. He says
the site consists of 50 acres with
$4,000 in improvements, with mort
gage Of $4,000 on it.
1t seems that the institution has
not Jared as those connected with il
most devoutly wished. The trouble
seems in part to have been brought
about by virtue of the fact that two
churches, instead of one, felt the re
sponsibility for Epworth's career anC
the situation is hkened by friends o.
the institution to the axiom whicl
says "what is everybody's business
is nobody's business"
Chancellor George H. Bradford Of
Epworth was in Guthrie Monday even
ing. He attended a meeting Of th'
Commercial club and is understood
to have agreed tentatively to the re
moving Of Epworth to Guthrie on tn
conditions that Guthrie donate Con
vention hall and endow the universit
with 100000. 1t is stated on goo
authority that Guthrie is serioust
considering the proposition. Conven
tion hall at Guthrie was built by tax
alton, and it is very probable tn
question of giving it to Epworth, wit
the ten acre tract Of land surroundin
viii be submitted the voters In tn
meantime the Commercial club o
Guthrie is hestirring itself in the mat
{ ter Of raising the 100000 endowmen
fund
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
NO PLACE FOR AN
HONEST MAN

Special by United Press
Sapulpa, Okla, Feb. 24.-Declaring
that "this is no place for man who
is trying to be honest J. +. Murphy
member Of the city's first board Of
commissioners, last night rendered
his resignation.
Murphy's action came as a COM
plete surprise. He has made an ex-
cellent record as commissioner and
an effort will be made to have him
reconsider his decision.
It is believed that criticism in con-
nection with the attempts to secure a
wates supply lead to Marhy's resig-
nation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
NARROW
ESCAPE

Sc. Young, of 725 North 4th street
helper in the Rock Island black
smith shops, narrowly escaped death
yesterday when piece Of flying iron
struck him, penetrating his neck on
the left side between the carotid ar
terry and the jugular vein and passing
through the muscles to the back Of the
neck.
Had the iron cut the artery, Young
would have bled to death in short
time. The injury is severe but Young
is doing we'll.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
GOOD INDICATIONS
HERE FOR OIL and GAS
Oil and Gas Inspector for the State is
Impressed with the Prospects
After Trip Here

That the indications for oil and gas
in the vicinity Of Chickasha are very
good and amply sufficient to justify
prospecting is the opinion Of r. A.
Lunsford, general agent in charge Of
oil and gas lands for the consumers Of
the state land office.
Mr.. Lunsford was here few weeks
ago and made some careful observa-
tions in the country around Chick
asha. He lives at Cleveland, Okla, in
the heart Of the oil and gas country
and he is man of wide experience
in such matters. His conclusions as
to his observations here are embod-
led in Letter received by Secretary
Kirkpatrick which says in part;
after an afternoon in an automo-
bile scouting the country, am more
favorably impressed than I might have
manifested. There is of course no
way for any man to locate oil wells.
Geology is Of little use in specific
case. By it we may locate district
covering vast area Of country in
which there is strong likelihood Of oil
and gas, but to apply it to a given
locality in the hopes Of finding pool
Of oil is going far beyond what is JUS
titled by our present knowledge Of
geology. The drill is the best and
only practical test.
"Chickasha is we'll within the oil
district that geology might classify
as the Wichita-Arbuckle uplift, and I
see no reason why oil and gas might
not be found there as we'll as in Co.
manche, Kiowa, and Greer counties.
The seepage indications are somewhat
marked when you consider the very
dry weather we have had The only
moisture found had even at this
time the oily showing that is usually
taken as one of the best Indications
Of adjacent oil fields. The sulphur
cited hydrogen gas escaping from
wells and springs, Of which heard
much but saw none owing to my linz
tied time, is, in the opinion Of many,
one Of the best indications we have OF
gas and OIL l did not see any Of the
characteristics of the red beds that
have heretofore proven valuless for
oil and gas deposits. The redish cast
to portions of the soil to which my
attention was called is found in many
Of the best oil and gas fields, and is
specially marked at Cleveland, Okla
homa, where just now we are unable
to take care Of the great production
Of high grade oil, and thousands Of
barrels are floating down the rivers
and streams.
Il am Of the opinion that the Corr
mercial Club might profitably apply
its efforts to the promotion Of drill
ing in that locality, and as | happen
to have a large acquaintance with oil
land gas developers I might be Of ser
vice to your people in the way Of get.
ting some test drilling done, and a.
compliment to you personally, / am
offering my services ia this way when
they are needed. No assurance need
be given that the discovery Of oil anG
/ gas at that place would make your
city one Of the best in the southwest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-24
Twins Aged IO0 Years
Separated by Death

Hernessey, Okla, Feb. 24.-Nine
days after having celebrated his 108th
birthday, Eli Phipps, one Of the old
est pair of twins in the world, died
at his home here Thursday morning.
Mr Phipps was born in Shenandoah
Iowa, where mis- twin brother still is
living, on February IA, 1908.
Until the last three days he has
been strong and has walked downtown
from his home here when the weather
was good.