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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-16

Our soil. There isn't anything bet
ter. It produces as much as $500
an acre land. Our shipping facil-
tiles and markets are good. Our
schools are the best North Da-
kota has more school none ythan
kota has more school money than
any state in the union per capita.
1t does not take much figuring or
far-sightedness to know that Minot
Mouse River Loop lands are the
best to buy. See Youngman.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN's AID. 10
Have all kinds Of bargains In va
can't lands for investments to let
lie for a nest egg: look over my
list. See Youngman.
FRANK w. YOUNGAAN'S AD. IL
Yes, We have what you want in
lands. See Youngman.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN's AID. Up
We also have everything In city
property. vacant or improved. For
sale or rent. See Youn8man.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN'S AID. ID
100 acres, all improved, 21-2 miles
south Of Lone Tree, with $500
worth in Lone Tree Farmers'2L,,
mers' Elevator GO. All for $4,000.
This is worth 5000. Do you want
a snap? Owner does not live here,
and wants to sell. The bargain is
yours II you want it. Will rent
it for one fourth the crop In ele-
vator. See Youngman.
FRANK w. YoUNGMAN's AID IA
A 800 acre farm, 4 miles south Of
Des Laos. about all under culttva-
tion. fair buildings and splendid
water in unlimited quantities. The
owner was offered $4,000 for this
farm last year, especially Is we are
on the eve of q big crop for 1911
but we offer it for $1,000 at this
time. Our loss will be your gain.
See Youngman.
FRANK W. YOUNGMAN'S AID. 10
We have Just had listed finely
equipped farm near Hesnault
P. o., with nice buildings and 100
acres ready for crop; good water
and pasture. There are even light
ming rods on the buildings. Does
this remind you Of your old home?
Look up this place. It Is snap.
Owner does not want price adver-
tised. See Youngman. the Real
Estate Broker, 107 Reishus st.,
Minot, N. D. Phone $50 Red.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN's AID. Is
A 100 acre farm 21-2 miles from
Minot; good buildings; IS acres
cultivated. SEQ me for this soon.
Frank w. Youngman, LOT Reishus
street.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-16

FRANK W. YOUNGMAN, the Rea'
Estate Brokers list Of snaps IN
farms, 1O7 Reishus street, Minot.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN's AID. l.
A nice 100 acre farm. 3 IL miles
southwest Of Minot. improvements
are fine, and cost $4,000. You may
have this farm for $21 so per acre;
it is unencumbered. See Young
man.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN's AID. p
100 acres 31-2 miles northwest OF
Minot, beside the Slocum farm; 81
acres cultivated, and has . good
we'll, for few days price Is $500.
Easy terms. See You1gman.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN's AID. 3
A beautiful 240 acre farm with hne
improvements, IL miles south OF
Minot; nearly al under . high
STATE Of cultivation; extra fine soil =.
Has been placed with me to sell.
Do you want . modern farm at the
riehk pflce? Sec Youngman.
FRANK W. YOUNGMAN's AID. -
A hak section farm miles south
Of 0senburn. not far from Ly1oh
p. O.; haehly improved; big stone
easement barn, stone house, grove.
everything; rural mail. phone. etc.. !;
Price, $500; ought to bring &lo.-
600. See ,Youngman.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN's AID. s.
Some splendid value in farms
around Foxholm. near German
Catholic church. These farms are
nicely improved. and Will be sold at
a very reasonable price. See Young
ma1.
FRANK W.. YOUNGMAN's AID. g.
We still want more farms listed.
We won't sell many while the snow
Is 90 deep, but we want to be ready
for the spring rush, which IL sure
to follow. We want farms hstea
from every direction. See Young
man.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN's AID. -
We can sell you a farm on crop
payments A little down, and the
balance Is easy for you. see
Youngman.
FRANK w. sYOUNGMAN'S AID. 81
We have some extraordinary bar
gains in farms, in large highly I'M
proved farms, close to Minot at
prices that will surprise you. II
you are looking for snaps It Will
pay you to call on me. See Young
man.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN'S AID =
4 word to investors: You Will
never again see $35. 90 per acre
land in the Mouse River Loop and
around Minot after this season;
our climate II fine and healthful
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-16

John Burke tho attorney, has re-
turned from Hot Springs, Ark, where
he spent the part ~ months. John
looks ana acts IKE Z three year old
colt since his vacation.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-16

No business organization in
this city is more anxious to re.
tain the good will of the public
than the electric company. We
depend upon the people of this
community for the right to ex-
ist. We cannot maintain this
right unless at least the major
ity OF citizens feel friendly to-
ward rs W. 1asiro 4o s+o,a
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
Resignation Of Peter A. Dey ~ chlef
Engineer Of Union Pacific Result
Cd In Exposure Of the Credit
Mobllier.

Il was invited last year to deliver
an address before the students OF the
University OF Iowa." said Mr.. George
F. Parker. the biographer OF Grover
Cleveland. to me recently. "and while
there l was especially gratitied to
meet the man whose resignation.
made in protest OF the actions of his
superiors. brought about the famous
Credit Mobilier scandal. which has
been called the greatest congressional
scandal in American history. This
man. Peter A. Dey. is now eighty
eight years Of age. in perfect posses
sion Of his mental faculties. and re-
joices in the fact that he was the first
engineer to survey a railroad in the
state of Iowa and that he has lived to
witness the wonderful development OF
the state since the days OF that sur
vey.
Il suppose many Of the younger
generation have never heard OF the
Credit Mobilier syndicate. yet 1t gave
the country its first notable sample OF
so-called high finance on a large scale.
The syndicate. or company. with its
French name was organized for the
purpose Of building the Union Pacific
railroad. 1t was made up OF an in
side group Of officers and managers OF
the road. and 1t took contracts for the
building OF the road on the under
standing that It would be paid for the
work in second bonds OF the Union
Pacific. These men. acting for the
Credit Mobilier. saw to It that they.
as officers Of the Union Pacific.
awarded fat construction contracts to
the syndicate. and in this way the
railroad company was MIXED OF q
large sum OF money. The heads OF
the syndicate also operated In the syn
dicate's interests in congress. the gov
ernment being n partner in the Union
Pacific enterprise. This led to charges
in the presidential campaign OF 1872
that the syndicate had bribed men,
bers Of congress to vote in favor of
Union Pacific by selling them Credit
Mobilier stock far below its market
value. The vice.president. the speak
er Of the house. three senators and q
number Of the leading members Of
the house of representatives were
freely accused of being SO bribed: and
tho result OF all these accusations was
q prolonged investigation. beginning
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
Dean Richmond. Now Almost Forgot
ten, Was the Founder and First
President Of the New York
Central system.

Il suppose that most Americans
who know anything at all about the
matter believe that Commodore Van
derbilt was the father Of modern
railway consolidation. but my opinion
Is that that honor belongs not to the
founder Of the Vanderbilt fortune and
the great Vanderbilt railway system.
but to Dean Richmond. q man whose
name. even. Is now practically for
gotten except by q few Of US old
timers"
So said. q few years before his
death. which occurred in 1901. Com
modore Alfred Van Santvoord. the
organizer and at the time Of his
death the owner of the largest steam
boat line plying upon the Hudson
river. In the course Of his long ca
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
Bv E. J. EDWARDS {
Led To Our Greatest Scandal
In 1879, which dred the country with
intanao ovcitoUnant

in 1879, which fired the country with
intense excitement.
well, as the surveyor OF the nrst
railway which crossed the state OF
Iowa, now known as the Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific. Peter A. Dey
did the work 80 thoroughly and hon
estly that when the Union Pacific
project was got under way and It was
time for the surveys to be made Mr..
Dey was selected as chief engineer
and he started out from Omaha upon
the survey about 1864.
The survey was carried rapidly
west, and the time was almost at hand
for the contractors to begin the work
Of constructing the line when the late
Oakes Ames. a member OF congress
from Massachusetts, and president OF
the Union Pacific. received a letter
from his chief engineer. In that let
ter Mr.. Dey stated that he had Just
learned that some OF those in author
ity in the Union Pacific had organ
lied contracting company. which
they owned. which was to get the fat
opportunities associated with the con-
tracts for the building Of the road.
This is a fraud on Its face. wrote
Mr.. Dey OF the proposition. in prac-
tically those words. 1t is something
conceived in dishonor. It prevents
fair competition for contract work.
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
BEST BABY ALPINE CLIMBER

The youngest Alpinist in the world
is probably little Flavia Guidini.
daughter Of DR.. Joseph Guidini. Of
Turin. Italy. She II only four and
half years old. and her mother 10
an English woman. On September
4. accompanied by her parents. she
performed what IL believed to be an
absolutely unprecedented feat for one
Of her years. successfully climbing
several Of the peaks Of the Mont
Blanc range.
First. on the previous day. she
reached the Mont Frety, but. 7.240
feet. making the ascent from Courma-
yeur. Then In six hours she climbed
the Giants Neck. 1880 feet There
she rested little while. and next.
crossing the glacier Of the Giants
Neck, reached the summit OF the Pet.
It F1ambeau. 1l.450 feet The de-
scent to Courmayeur was made in
two days. So far as II known. no
child Of anything approaching her
youthfulness has ever even attempt
ed, much less successfully accom-.
plished. any one Of these climbs.
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
SOMETHING OF A SLEEPER

The people who tell stories OF sleep
ing through all the excitement when
some calamity occurs In the house
next door, will have to take their hats
of to Thomas Sweeney. Of Jersey City.
He continued to sleep soundly when
his own house collapsed under him.
sweeney's house was two-story
structure. resting on piles. Some time
after he. his wife and seven-ye year-old
son had retired for tho night. the piles
wearied Of sustaining their burdens
any longer and let 1t slip on to the
ground, seven feet below. Policemen
heard the crash several blocks away
and rushed to the building to give
f,rst aid to the injured. They found
Mrs. Sweeney and the boy on the sec.
sond floor trying to wake the master
OF the household. Sweeney yawned.
shook the ruins Of the plaster ceiling
from his blankets and turned over to
sleep again.
go on to bed" he remarked. "The
place can't fall any further. can it,"
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
John Goldman. Veteran Mariner, Be-
Iisved That " He Old Right Here
10 Would Receive His Re-
ward Hereafter.

Captain John Goldman was tho last,
- he was for more than thirty years
tho best. Illustration Of tho old.fash.
toned type Of sea captain. especially
tho sea captain who brought to Bos.
ton much Of It's commercial pre-emi.
nence In the early part OF the past
century.
Captain Goldman retired from the
sea . few years before the beginning
Of the civil war. He was . little man.
thin Of face. slight Of physique. and
weather.beaten. and in the early eigh.
ties his became one Of the prominent
figures in Washington. where he
lived for a number of years. He was
an earnest advocate Of a tariff for rev.
enue only. and in connection there
the public print Of that time and he
was personally known to the leading
men Of Massachusetts, and OF Wash.
inston. In the mid-eighties. when
came to know him. the captain had
also gained q reputation as the author
Of q charming book descriptive Of the
pleasures Of horseback riding. q sport
Of which he was an enthusiastic de-
votee. He used occasionally to ride
With George Bancroft. the historian.
in the suburbs Of Washington: and It
was = common fondness for eQues-
trianship which led those two men in.
to most friendly relations. which
lasted during the lifetime Of Ban.
croft.
Captain Goldman invested a portion
Of his fortune. not a large -one. and
eained in the China trade. in some
mines in Montana. Occasionally he
visited those properties and he be-
came greatly interested in the miners
studying always to do something for
their moral and physical welfare.
II would take 1t as a great favor II
you would visit the secondhand book
various sets Of biography and his.
tory" he said to me once. II do not
care how much they cost. provided
the expense Is q reasonable one.
want to use them as the basis for II.
braries for the miners who are en-.
ployed In my mines in Montana"
A few weeks later was able to
say to Captain Goldman that had
found a sufficient number Of the kind
of books that he wanted. He did
not ask me what they were and seem.
ed entirely satisfied when told him
that the cost was about three hundred
dollars.
II am not entirely unselflsh in send.
ing these little libraries to my miners
n Montana" Captain Goldman con.
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
ELECTRICITY FROM STARS

Experiments conducted in ireland.
n they are to be trusted. reveal q
distinct electromotive force exercised
by the stars. Using a rejecting tel.
escope OF two feet aperture to concen.
.trate the star rays. and sensitive
eiectrometers to note their influence.
the experimenter had reason to be-
Iieve that they were able not only to
detect, but to measure. the electromo-
tive force OF both stars and planets.
To Venus. for example. they as.
cribed a force OF about seventeen one
hundredths OF volt. and to Jupiter q
force Of at least three one-hundredths
of a volt. In the case Of Jupiter only
q part of the planets light fell upon
the eIectrometer. SO that the expert.
meuters inferred that his entire elec.
trio Influence must be much greater
than that stated. Sirius. which ap'
pears to us a. the brightest OF the
fixed stars, showed a force amounting
to two one-hundredths OF volt.
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
The Peerless Peers.

Representative Henry Of Texas,
apropos Of his campaign against inter.
national marriages. said the other day
in Waco:
How can anybody look on marriage
in such an unmanly and such a mer.
cenary way a. does the foreign noble
man7
"A friend Of mine. a diplomat, re.
peated to me a conversation he once
heard in St. James's street club in
London between an earl and a duke.
"The en-' said to the duke:
"'Well. do you think Gobsa Golde.s
daughter. Lotta Code. is going to buy
your
"The duke smiled dubiously as he
answered.:
"'Sometimes think she is, and
then again. my boy. l think she's only
shopping
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24

coat The paperhangers had also nm.
ished hanging the brown finish buriap
dado and buttermilk.fnish paper on
canvas on the inside walls. BY nve
o'clock the building was compisss
with the exception Of equipping Il
with seats. this beng the work OF
only few minutes.
Promptly at $3.50 p. m. all the work.
men were called to the front seats
and a service held. and in the evening
the edince was dedicated by Rev. H.
l. Munger. The church measures
some 81 feet in width and 65 feet in
length. including tho vestibule. with
q seating capacity Of $50. The floor
ing Is raised above the level of the
ground.
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
RECORD FEAT IN BUILDING

What Is declared to be q record
feat was that recently accomplished in
Waco. Tex. It consisted in the erec-
ton and equipment Of q church capa-
BILE Of holding $50 worshipers In eight
hours. The edifce in QUESTION. the
Herring Avenue Methodist church.
was commenced at eight o'clock one
morning upon a vacant site and I'm
ished at Ave o'clock in the afternoon.
Deducting the hour for luncheon. this
means that a whole building was put
up in eight hours.
Even the foundations. which are
laid In cement, had not been Dfevi-
ously prepared. grass still growing
upon the site when the men began
their momentous task. BY ten O'Clock.
however. the foundations were Sc
cured and the working force increased
by another thirty men. making an
army of forty all told. Every man
knew what was expected of him and
there was no clash or hindrance. AS
the carpenters finished SO the painters
came upon the scene. and the moment
they had completed their task they
were followed by the electricians
and the paperhangers.
BY noon the entire frame was up.
the front steps and vestibule nearly
hpished. part Of the floor laid. and the
rafters were being put in place. AT
IL o'clock the men ceased work for
lunch and at one o'clock started In
earnest again. The rafters and the
roof boards were soon in place. when
the roofers began to lay the rubberoid
roofing. Twenty-eight men were en-
gagged In this task. and at 4:30 1t was
and ceiling as we'll as the electric wir,
ing were about finished while the
painters were putting on the second
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24

Unless 1t Ia abandoned. 1t will imperN
tho Union Pacific and destroy the
reputation Of the men now associated
with 1t. My reputation is OF more
consequence to me than money. VIII
not consent to be associated witr
those who have planned such q thing
I therefore resign my once as CHIEF
engineer.
"Although this letter was not made
public at the time Of its writing" con
tinued Mr.. Parker. "yet the fact be-
came known that Mr.. Dey had re.
signed the ONCE Of chief engineer OF
the Union Pacific because OF the or.
ganization Of the Credit Mobilier. and
this knowledge gave rise to many in
uuiries, which at last led to great pub
licity and the historic investigation BY
congress, an inquiry that resulted in
the regulations of most Of the leading
men in Credit Mobilier being blasted.
as Mr.. Dey had prophesied they would
be.
Nov, at the age OF ss years. thlf
great railroad engineer. the first tc
carry a railroad from the Mississippi
west. is living In honorable retire
ment In Iowa City, feeling, probably.
that he never rendered a greater serv
ice to his fellow countrymen than he
did when he resigned the once OF
chief engineer Of the Union Pacific In
protest against the creation OF the
scandalous Credit Mobilier."
(Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards- All
Rights Reserved.)
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
HEN THAT CHEWs ITS FOOD

Isaac Schantz OF Bayonne. N. J., has
curiosity In q young Plymouth rock
hen. which has a face resembling that
Of q human being. The hen was pur-
chased by him for 80 cents. It has
several teeth and chews It's food.
which 10 principally chopped meat.
The hen has nails on its feet like
those OF q human being. and II re-
fuses to mipgie with schantz's other
chickens. The hen was hatched last
spring. but It's owner does not know
where. as the man from whom he pur.
chased It bought Il along with sew.
eral other ordinary fowls.
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
TOO TIcKLIsH FOR ARMY

Seized with a desire to be q soldier.
22 years. went to Columbus to be en-.
listed. He looked good to the ofhcers
and all went we'll till It came time to
measure him. Every time the officer's
hand touched the young man he al.
most went into Mysteries. laughing.
squirming and giggling ad iniinitum.
Whats the matter?" the ofiicer
asked.
I'm 30 ticklish." was the answer.
and It proved SO true that 1t was i'm.
possible to complete the measure.
ments. and he was sent back to the
ancestral farm.
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
His Treasures Are In Heaven

fesed. "Of course. have always felt
that It was incumbent upon me to do
what I could to make their hard life
as easy a. possible. And yet l was
thinking Of myself when I decided to
send these little libraries to the min
ers.
Il am in religion q Unitarian. I am
q profound believer In tho fundamen.
tai truths which are in the New Te6-
lament believe implicitly in the
Sermon on the Mount. But I don't
know much about the kind Of life We
will have herafter. though I read vari.
ous expeditions Of It. written BY per-
sons who profess to know what It will
be. Still. It has occurred to mo that
II do what 10 right here. then I shall
have reward according to my merits
hereafter. and there are two things
which I have done. and win continue
to do as long as I am able. In tho
hope that I shall obtain credit marks
in the future life.
II make It my duty whenever sec
banana skin or an orange peel upon
the sidewalk. or in any place where .
person stepping upon the peel might
be in danger Of slipping. carefully to
remove and destroy tho dangerous
thing. I will go blocks out Of my way
to do that. I sometimes think that I
have In this way prevented many an
accident. Then. too. try to do good
among my miners. I believe I have
done good deed in buying these lit
tia lfhrnrfea for them Tho readin1
Of these books will make them happy
and do them good. So am in hopes
that these two actions may avail me
a credit mark In the hereafter.
think they WILL"
And the kindly old man spoke with
perfect sincerity and in that simple.
ity Of belief and conduct which were
all his life characteristics Of him.
Copyright. 1911. by e J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24
Was First Railway Consolidator

reer as president and director Of i'm.
portant steamboat lines. Commodore
Van Santvoord, whose father had
large interests in the Erie canal
boats from 1880. five years after the
canal was completed. to about the
beginning of the Civil war. was
thrown into intimate personal rela.
tions with both Commodore Wander
bile and Dean Richmond who was.
from the early forties un,.l his death
In 1866. the most prominent business
man in western New York. and for
the better part OF that period the
most influential Democrat in New
York state from the party organiza.
ton point Of view.
Dean Richmond gained a fortune
in business in Buffalo In the early
days Of the Erie canal" continued
commodof9 Van santvoord. .He
dealt in western produce and shipped
It to the east BY the Erie canal.
While he was making himself the
greatest produce merchant Of west
ern New Yosk different companies
were busy building railroads across
tho state from Albany to Buffalo.
There were seven in all. You had &c
change cars five times In going from
Albany to Buffalo.
"One day. while Dean Richmond
was riding upon an Eric canal boat
from Batavia to Syracuse. the
thought suddenly occurred to him
that the Erie canal boats were towed
directly from Buffalo to New Yorb
city or Albany: whereas. the seven
railroads which paralleled the canal
did not offer continuous passage eth
or for passengers or freight. That Il
bad situation for the railroads.. said
Dean Richmond to himself. why
not overcome It BY strlnging these
railroads together? Why not joir
them and make one line out Of them
Then we can run passenger cara
through from Albany to Buffalo. ane
greatly shorten the time and incon
venience Of the trip. We ought also
to. be able to run freight carr
through. II We can do that, then Va
can compete with the canals
AS soon as Richmond reached
Syracuse. he set about the work O.
consolidation. He secured control oi
the stock in the various railroads ane
then went to Albany and easily 70,
the consent Of the Legislature to make
one system out Of seven. When hi
did that he was made. in 1853, vice
president Of the line. which he called
the New York Central railroad. ane
later became president. He diet
about two years before Commodore
Vanderbilt undertook the create,
consolidation which was the basis o,
the Vanderbilt system. have always
felt certain that It was from Dear
Richmond that Commodore Wander
bilt got the hint for his great con
solidation. which resulted In the Van
derbilt system. and have often won
dered whether. had Dean Richmond
lived. Commodore Vanderbilt would
have secured control Of the New
York Central railroad. confess tha,
can't decide that question. I know,
however. that Dean Richmond, In con
solidating those seven railways tha,
ultimately became SO important q
part Of Commodore vanderbilts sys
TEN. took the first step in those colos
sal railway consultations which were
made after his DEATH"
copyright, 1911. by r. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)