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The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
BOSTON COPPER STOCKS.

Quotations furnished hy W. B. Hfbbs q Co. rnens
bers Of the New Xork Stock Errhanes. Hibbs Build
lne Bid. Asked.
The Dickinson press., 1911-02-04
KEEPING TAP ON THE CROPS
The Way the Agricultural Department
Gets lts Information,

Tho Way the Agricultural Department
Gets lts Information.
The details Of the comprehensive sys-
TEN employed by the department Of
agriculture in gathering the crop in
formation from all over the country
are interesting. There are 10000
township correspondents scattered all
over the Union, whose duty it is to go
carefully over the territory and submit
each month concrete information as to
the condition of all kinds Of crops. In
addition to this branch, 5000 county
correspondents" send in separate re-
ports from those Of the township men.
A state agent makes a further report
direct from his agents, and an organ-
ization in direct communication with
the department, comprising seventeen
travelling field agents." go about the
country and make separate reports for
groups Of states. Special cotton cor.
respondents are also employed to fur
| nish accurate information concerning
the cotton yield. Five different reports
are sent to Washington each month
by five different sets of correspondents.
This safeguards the government crop
reports for accuracy in local crop re-
ports and keeps the great crop account
and cost estimates for the millions Of
American farmers. These records are
sent to the agricultural department. Of
fcials of the bureau of statistics and q
board go over all the five reports from
five distinct groups Of correspondents,
and from all the figures a crop report
estimate is distributed to 10000 post
Offices throughout the country every
month.-National Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1911-02-04
the NORTH DAKOTA Ignite
VALUABLE AS GAS PRODUCER

The United States Geological Survey
service is just getting out 1909 reports,
and the following on North Dakota fuel
will interest many.
Substantial progress was made in the
utilization of the lignites of North Da-
kota in 1909, as is shown by an increase
in production from 800, 742 short tons.
valued at $522, 116 in 1908 10 412. 205
short tons valued at $632. 1874, in 1909,
a gain of 81. 463 tons, Or 49, per cent.
in quantity, and of $l1O, O68. OF 81 per
cent in value.
Extensive beds of Ignite underlie the
greater part of the western half of the
state, and it has been found particularly
well adapted as a fuel for use in the
manufacture of brick. al industry that
is growing rapidly in this state. A
number of brick manufacturers at Dick
inson. Zenith, Scranton and Kenmare
have stated that Ignite is especially
desirable for this purpose because of its
smokelessness and sootlessness in com
bustion and its relative low cost as COM
pared with other fuels. One ton of
Ignite has been found equivalent to
one cord of ordinary ~brickyard wood.
The time required for burning a kiln of
brick with Ignite is from eight days to
two weeks, according to the dryness of
tie bricks when set in the kiln and ac-
cording to the quality of brick required.
Some of the brick manufactures mine
the Ignite used bv them.
With the development of other manu-
featuring industries in the state the
utilization of Ignite for the generation
of power through the gas producer will
increase. The investigations conducted
by the United States Geological Survey
at the 81. Louis exposition have shown
that Ignite is an excellent gas-producer
fuel. II yields a gas of higher quality,
though less in quantity. than either
anthracite or bituminous coal, and when
so used in the generation of power equals
in efficiency the best bituminous coal
under boilers.
The number of men employed in the
Ignite mines of North Dakota increased
from 631 in 1908 to 972 in 1909, and
the average production per man de-
creased from sos to Az tons. the ap-
parent decrease in efficiency being due
in the main to the number of men en-
ployed in new development work. There
were Is machines employed for under
cutting in 1909. an increase from II in
1908. The machine-mined tonnage in
creased from 1O4, 1874 in 1908 to 112, 36s
in 1909.
An advance chapter of the United
archaeological Surveys annual report.
Mineral resources of the United
States" calendar year 1909. on the pro
duction of coal in the United States il
1909, by Edward w. Parker. is now il
preparation and will be ready for dis
tribution in February. The statistics
for 1909 were collected by the Survey
and the Census Bureau in cooperation.
The Dickinson press., 1911-02-04

The farm house of Sam Boyd, near
Mott, was recently consumed by fire of
unknown origin.
The Beach Chronicle plainly expresses
itself as being sore at the fact that
Beach didn't get an official paper, and
further that the Chronicle was not so
designated.
L. A. Watkins has rendered his resie-
nation as a member of the school board
of District No. 10, Dunn County. and
County Superintendent C. L. Melby has
appointed E. X. Jenkins to fill the I'M
expired term.
W. A. earns, ST., of Marshall left
recently for a visit with relatives at his
old home in Iowa. While away Mr..
earns will have the pleasure of meeting
a brother, whom he has not seen fol-. 80
years.
Wibaux is Illuminated by electricity
now. Their new plant, installed in the
First National Bank building, has a
capacity of 900 lamps of 15-candle
power, enough to fully cover the business
portion of the town.
Last week at St. Mary's Abbey at
Richardton. Henry Smith and Miss Tillie
Palm were Joined in wedlock. The
groom is in the butcher business with
Mr.. Born at Richardton and Mrs. Smith
is the. daughter of Peter Palm, a promi-
nent farmer in that vicinity.
Senator Martin Of Billings county has
introduced a bill in the senate to estab-
lish an agricultural college at Beach. It
would seem as if Beach, situated as it
is, in a fertile agricultural district
would be an ideal location for an insti-
tuition of this kind.
A Ladies Aid society of the Congre-
aational church was organized at the
home of Mrs. C. H. Glnder at Manning
recently. The following officers were
elected President, Mrs. C. H. Ginder !;
vice president, Mrs. W. P. Owens Sec
rotary and treasurer. Mrs. W. A.. earns.
Sixteen ladies enrolled as charter mem
bers.
The Dickinson press., 1911-02-04

CAME Tony place II miles north of Dick.
1nson, January Is, blind. red COW, spotted
"nite. ote1an NordroWaty. 1-2e-3p
The Dickinson press., 1911-02-04

Impossible to be Well
1t is impossible to be we'll, simply impossible, if the
bowels are constipated. You must pay attention to the
laws of nature, or suffer the consequences. U~ndigested
removed from the body at least once each day, or there
will be trouble. A sluggish liver is responsible for an
immense amount of suffering and serious disease. Ask
your doctor about Ayers Pills. He knows why they act
directly on the liver. Trust him. LC.4vc7 Co., LowcH, Mas.
The Dickinson press., 1911-02-04
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Ssh. p. Nicholas & Shepard blowing
engine, 10 bottom. John Deere shoe
plows. Good condition. snap. Address
Box 476, Crookston, MINI. 1-21-3t
The Dickinson press., 1911-02-04

CAME Tony place 6 miles southeast ~
Dickinson, l black bull calf, white face. Inc
visab!e brand. Owner prove propertv and
pay charges. Mike R%eisanauer, 1.sS"3nn
The Washington herald., 1911-02-07

would be difficult to explain. The British
government went to the country upon
one particular bill. 1t was supposed to
represent the settled policy of the cabi-
net 1t embodied pledges given by the
ministry to Parliament and resolutions
adopted by the Commons on the
strength OF those pledges
Reform of the House of Lords seems
inevitable. If one party fails to under
take it on democratic basis, the first
work of the Tories would be to reform
it on nondemocratic basis. If the
words of Mr. Balfour may be taken as
a criterion, the Tories would take very
good care to establish mot better, but
stronger" House of Lords, which
would not only continue to do the Tory
work, but would be less exposed to
popular criticism. The present Liberal
government must forestall this danger
at once by giving Great Britain a second
chamber, subordinate to the House of
Commons and resting upon democratic
basis.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-07
Minutes Worth Sl.OOO.OOO.

Has It ever occurred to the average
reader that a minute wasted bv each
letter carrier waiting for some one to
open the door, in the course of his
rounds. may amount to an hour or more
each day: Thus in a city employing
ten carriers it costs the post-office an
extra days work. In large cities this
loss may run into hundreds. Postrnas-
ter General Hitchcock estimates the an
nual cost in this country, in multiplied
millions OF minutes, as more than ST.
100000
Mr.. Hitchcock already has cut down
the expenses of the department to
within about 100000 Of its income.
He now proposes to lop off another
SI.ooo.ooo by eliminating the door
opening delay The Post-ofice Com
mlttee OF the House on his recommen-
datlon. has inserted in the appropriation
bill for the department a provision that,
after this year, city letter carriers will
not make deliveries at residences or places
OF business unprovided with suitable re-
ceptacles for mail matter, located near
the door or entrance
Such rule most likely will arouse
opposition in many quarters. but it seems
justified, if Mr. Hitchcock's estimated
saving will result In rural free de-
livery districts residents are required to
place private mail box on the front
fence or post or tree in the road. In
great many cases the mailman drives
up to the box and, without alighting
from his wagon, makes the necessary
exchanges. The same expedition in the
city will mean an enormous saving to
the government
The Washington herald., 1911-02-07
The Iowa Road Idea"

Does road dragging" help to solve
the good roads problem? Much has
been said about the efficacy OF this work
but it remained for Iowa to inaugurate a
movement by which thorough ties,
could be given According to a con-
temporary. preparations were made for
dragging" road extending from Dav-
export. on the Mississippi River, to
Council Bluffs. on the Missouri, in a
single day. 1t was big undertaking,
but, arranged as it was, it became easy
OF execution.
Ten thousand farmers entered into
the plan. and with their teams and hands
were ready, on the appointed day. to
hitch horses to the dragS and haul them
over the roads. each one. of course.
only certain distance The drags were
constructed beforehand. and all was
ready at the time agreed upon Each
team did its stunt. and. when night fell.
a well-shaped-up road extended from
one end Of the Hawkcye State to the
other, and travelling, in consequence, was
much better than before.
The drag is made by splitting a big
log into halves. mailing pieces diagonally
across the fiat side Of each. and
then joining the two pieces together in
tla,iron shape To the small end OF
this team IS hitched. which dragS it
over a rnad when the same is soft from
rain BY having all of the dragging
done the same day over the entire dis
tarcc, the road was put in good con-
ditiOn at one time. as against the piece
meal style usually adopted. More than
this. the labor, as it was done in Iowa
amounted to almost nothing to any
farmer. and the value OF the accom-
plishment aggregated tens OF thousands
OF dollars
We read that Tennessee now proposes
to try the same plan from Bristol, on
the Virginia border. to Memphis. on
the Mississippi: and other Southern
States, no doubt will follow. and all
will profit by the Iowa idea
The Washington herald., 1911-02-07
An Unbusinesslike Proposition.

The case of the Park View school
house deserves consideration
The growth OF this subdivision has
been quite phenomenal 1t IS situated,
as every one knows, adjacent to the
Soldiers Home, and represents an in
telllgent and desirable population. The
houses. while not expensive, are COM
Portable. modern homes, and nearly all
are owned by their occupants The ap-
peal of these residents for a school
house, when submitted to the board of
education and the Commissioners. was
shown to be well-iOunded There are
nearly 500 houses in the neighborhood.
and the large number OF children who
need school facilities are seriously in
corvenienced The nearest school
house, at Peiworth. is 50 far away that
many OF the parents OF the younger chill
dren are compelled 10 accompany them
TO and from the school building.
The authorities asked Tor a site and a
scfoolhousc. Congress appropriated
only for the former This. a: least. was
progress. The natural sequence was the
erection OF building. The board OF
education and the Commissioners united
in an estimate OF 10000 for this pur-
pose, but Congress has ignored it. We
have the spectacle. therefore. of a plot
OF ground. bought and paid for. and vet
destined to lie idle for another wear.
while several hundred children are
either inconvenicnced or else deprived
entirely OF school advantages.
We submit that this is an unbusiness-
like proposition The necessitv for the
school was admitted when money was
appropriated for the site This neces-
sitv is to-day more imperative than
ever, and yet the site is to remain TN
improved. a vacant and pathetic reminder
OF educational neglect
The Washington herald., 1911-02-07
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
Bv FRED c. KELLY.

than anything else To live in a modern
and acres and acres of fertile soil. all
covered with ripening grain; to get up in
the morning and mingle with the lowing
kline. and hold converse with colts and
| dogs-that. to the mind of Miles Poindex-
ter. would be about the ne plus ultra OF
earthly joy.
This far Western insurgent is about the
most enthusiastic out-of- door man i'm
Congress. All his recreatiOns and hob
bies take him put into the open-and there
are lot of them. He'll go fishing or
hunting, play hall. golf. tennis. or any
| other game with equal zest. When he is
not doing one of these things. he may he
rowing. swimming. canoeing. or horse
outdoor endeavor that he hasn't tried.
oversight.
ON an average of once a week some
body coming out of the House galleries
makes inquiry if Representative Hefin.
OF Alabama, wears a wig. He has his
ample crop of hair so neatly pastered
across his forehead that it looks artificial
from distance. One gets the impress
sion that statesman with so much
hair would get it all mussed UP the way
Congressman and campaign spellbinders
do in the funny pictures. But Hefiin's
hair is his own private stock, and a wig
Is about as far from his present needs
a pair of tennis shoes for a polar ex-
petition.
An out-of-town visitor here met up
with n bunch of hard luck the other day
1t was when the Standard Oil case was
being argued before the Supreme Court.
and the court room was so crowded
daily that one had to stand in line
until a seat was vacated within for
standing Room Only" crowds don't go
with the Supreme Court This visitor
had only one day in Washington, and
on a celebrated case so that he could
boast about il when he got home He
got in line at . o'clock in the afternoon
and gradually worked his way up toward
the door. At o'clock there were barely
half dozen people ahead of him. 1t
had been long wait, but now that
he was so near to admission he was glad
he had stuck it out The crowd ahead
OF him was reduced to three and then to
TWO. He looked at his watch. 1t was
4:GG;. Now just one man ahead of him.
IL was several minutes h, :ore this man
got in. He would be next. At last.
Somebody walked out, and the dOorkeeper
pulled back the door with the little red
rope he uses. for the visitor to enter.
The visitor did So He was just in time
10 see the justices passing out of the
room. for the hour was 4:30, and they
adjourn promptly.
Not that il matters much. but Gin
cinnatian here the other day remarked
that George E. Cox, boss Of that town,
seldom if ever tips a waiter
Copyright rgil by F'red Z. Kelly.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-07
Unity in Charity Work.

The effort to secure unity IN charity
work in Washington is most laudable
undertaking. 1t is a fact not generally
known or appreciated that the people
of this city are annually taxed an aver
age OF S. for every man, woman, and
child in the District to support cllari-
table and correctional Institutions For
many years the appropriation for the
support of these institutions has aggre-
gated about SI.oooOoo year.
This vast sum does not, OF course. in
clude voluntary contributions. The
exact amount OF this additional expense
is not accurately known. but is quite
large. The Washington people are
generous givcrs. and in the past. at least,
have responded readily and checrfully
to every call for aid. fhc time has
come. however. when the authorities
should undertake careful investigation
OF all charitable work. and endeavor. as
far as possible TO secure the largest
amount of public good with the lea ST
possible expenditure 1t would seem as
. ii there is some duplication which might
be avoided
The board OF charities has already
accomplished much. Under its efficient
administration the old system of sub
sidizing hospitals and other private
charitable institutions has teen almost
entirely discontinued. and now the Dis
trict pays only for services actually rem
dered, The money Of the taxpayers,
however. is still distributed ever 4 wide
field. The largest proportion, of course,
goes TO the hospital for the insane. this
item alone exceeding S3ooooo annually
The w0rkhouSc. reforrnatorv. tuberc1,-
lOsiS hospital. the various schools. homes,
and rcforrnatories for juveniles OF both
colors and sexes. the Emergency and
other hospitals. the municipal lodging
house. the Hope and Help 1niSsiOn-all
these. and many others. are either
wholly maintained or materially assisted
ont OF the public funds.
No one bcgrudgcs a single dollar ex-
pended wisely for the benefit OF the
poor and the unfortunate Society owes
a duty to these people, and in the case
OF the District of Columbia that duty
has been faithfully performed. AT the
same time. it Is more than probable that
if this whole subject is taken up with
the view oi simplifying the machinery
OF distribution and adjusting overlapping
efforts. a genuine good can be accom-
plishcd
The Washington herald., 1911-02-07
READERS EDIT PAPERS.
So Says Robert Lincoln O'Brien,
| Bromley Lecturer at Yale.

| Prom the New York Tribune.
Robert Lincoln O'Brien, editor of the
Boston Herald. in delivering one of the
Bromley lectures on journalism at Yale
University. discussed the newspaper as
an economic product, under the title
The sense Of proportion in Journalism" e"
He maintained that modern economic
| tendencies. such as the wood-pulp process
and machine typesetting on one side. and
the extraordinary growth of the advertis-
ing impulse on the other, had decreed a
larger newspaper. and on that primarily
depended the sense of proportion with
which the news was recited.
''The fact must be faced" Mr.. O'Brien
declared, that the newspaper in the pro-
portions which it has now become profit
able to print seems in course of shifting
over from a vehicle of information to a
species of entertainment In many cases
it has become a 1-cent vaudeville Some
or the most successful newspaper prop
critics OF the country do relatively little
with real news. They put the striking
stories on the front page. and perhaps
cover one or two others with news. and
then proceed to fill ten to twenty pages
laugh or help while away an idle hour.
Groups of comic pictures of the Peck s
Bad Boy order are literally selling mil
lions of newspapers. An account of the
overturn of an old world dynasty is es-
timated as not SO good circulate
builder by the typical twentieth century
journal a freshly drawn picture of
the COW jumping over the moon, ex-
pressed in modern equivalents.
But it is the reader who really edits
the newspaper. Every time he lays down
a coin he is shaping the direction of
journalism. just as when he opens the
faucet he is accelerating the steam pump
at the reservoir. Economic law is, after
ALL great democracy, and unlike those
of politics. it provides for minority rep
resentation.
The sum which the individual pays
for any commodity. whether a newspaper
or n linen collar. is really a vote on the
style of that article which he desires
to have produced. In the selection of
this newspaper the everyday reader is
directing journalism in its sense of pro-
portion, its approach to the news of the
world. whether by direct or differential
route, in its variety and crispness, and
above all else. in its honesty.
THE terms of admission to our jour-
nalstic democracy are more liberal than
condition of life have ever before made
possible in any other country. The aver
age judgment which results may he less
insistent on some of the fundamental
virtues than would be the case were
newspaper reading the habit of only the
cultivated few.
But all that We lose in one respect
We gain in another. A nation of news
paper readers is particularly responsive
to appeals to reason. may be seen in
the rapidity with which the great causes
of our day ripen into popular opinion"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-07
Praising the Police.

Police Commissioner Cropsey, of New
York, is of the opinion that condemn
ing the force is habit, and no one
will be disposed to deny that his re-
quest that the police should receive
praise, whenever they deserve it, is a
reasonable one 1t seems to us, how
ever, that the good work of individual
policemen finds prompt recognition
everywhere, at least through the columns
of the press, and so do the good quail
ties of the police in general. Police
men constantly are receiving praise for
deeds of bravery, and the courage OF
the force never has been questioned
What is more, good detective work al
ways is applauded.
Commissioner Cropsey ought to know
that the dissatisfaction of New Yorl.
is with police demoralization; with the
grating which it has reason to believe
is al too general; with the efforts to
The Washington herald., 1911-02-07
King George and the Veto Power.

The Kings address upon the re-
opening of Parliament yesterday was
not vOluminOuS document 1t omitted
all reference to home rule. which was
distinct disappointment, although pos
sibly the King is OF the opinion that
there is no time at this session to con-
slider lreland's needs. His reference to
the fight between the Lords and Com
mons was confined to a single sentence.
de said:
Proposals will be submitted without
delay for settling the relations between
tthe two houses of Parliament, with the
tobject of securing an effective working
constitution"
In other words, King George was alb
soiutely nonoonnittal as to the leading
issue of the day in England, an issue
which a year ago resulted in Parlia-
ment being prorogued, and which last
fall caused again the dissolution of the
House and new election. This is dis
appointing, and its reason is a matter
of grave speculation The veto question
and its allied fight, the imperial issue,
must be contested now The British
people demand it, and it would seem
that King George, if he is tc be ruler
IN fact, ought to have. pointed out what
policy he intends to pursue. Instead of
convincing the public, as it had right
to hope, that he would firmly grasp this
burning question of the day, he left the
impression that he intends to keep out
of the fight as long as possible No one
can blame the Liberals for believing
that the King, after all favors the re-
tcntion of the House of Lords, with its
- present prerogatives. and that he is for
an hereditary as against the elective
form proposed .....
The speech from the throne seems to
confirm the news contained in the latest
London papers that the British cabinet
intends to withdraw the Lords veto
provision of the Parliament bill. Con-
sidering that the last elections were
q fought on the veto issue, such move