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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27
LEAVES $500 TO PARROT
Sailor, Who Cured Pet Bird of Bad
Habit Of Profanity, Wills Money
For Its Support.

Oklahoma City, OKLA will leav-
ing $4,000 for the support and main
tenance of pet parrot has been
drawn and witnessed by Thomas Bill
ingsby, capitalist of this city. The
parrot is twenty years old.
Billingsby was sailor many years
ago and came into possession of the
parrot in Polynesia. When he left
the sea he carried the bird with him
inland, and succeeded In reforming
the bird, which at one time was an
expert on profanity.
Three men are named in the will as
trustees of the fund to be expended
in the care of the parrot, and during
the birds lifetime the money cannot
be devoted to any other purpose.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27
MuIe and Boar Battle.

San Antonio, Tex.-One OF the most
ferocious fights ever witnessed in this
country between two animals took
place in the pasture Of John Friar. q
few miles east of Cuero,, between q
boar and mule The mule had been
turned in for Sunday Craze. The
presence Of this animal infuriated the
boar and the fight began, and contin-
ued until the mule was killed. The
ground about where the dead mula
lay showed that q desperate struggle
was made. The hog was bruised and
skinned In many places from kicks
Of the mule. but the latter was liter
ally cut to pieces by the tusks q
the infiriated boar.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27
NEST OF PASSENGER PIGEONS
Pair of Birds of Race Almost Extinct
Raising Young-Specimens Worth
$1,000 Apiece.

Independence, Mo.-What Is be-
ueved to be pair Of passenger
pigeons, supposed to be almost ex-
tinct In this country, where once there
were millions OF them, has been
found in the deep woods east OF In
dependence, and members Of the In
dependence patrol Of boy scouts are
guarding the nest until the young are
Matched After that, probably, the
birds will be taken and efforts made
to propagate them under conditions
as nearly as possible In their Wild
state.
The only other known survivors OF
the once vast fiocks of these pigeons
are, or were until recently, In the ZOO
logical gardens at Cincinnati. 0.
Ornithologists here say that II the
birds now being guarded are real pas
seager pigeons they are worth at
least 81, 900 apiece. For fear OF fright
ening them away. no effort has been
made to observe them closely. but
from what the ornithologists have
been able to see of them with field
glasses they have every characters
tic of the true passenger pigeon.
Their color Is dark, slaty blue on
top. fading off to a soft brown1sh
tinge underneath.
The passenger pigeons once were SO
plentiful in this locality that they
could be killed with clubs, and during
their migrations so many of them
were killed that they sold as low as so
cents q barrel
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27

Der. trees for railroad ties, trees for
paper, trees for slaves, posts, poles.
fuel wood and SO on down the long
list of wood uses. And the growing
of this tree crop will bring In profit
II properly handled, as we shall pres
entity see. If ! should predict that
wood for fuel will again rise to an I'M
portant or the most important domes.
tic fuel, here SO near the coal mines.
/ should hardly be taken seriously.
But that very thing is coming-I need
not try to foretell the moment. Coal
is rising is price gradually. and 1t Is
only q matter of reaching certain
point Zone cord Of wood equals, rough
ly. one ton of coaD when the financial
advantage will go to the wood fuel-in
fact, In many districts where the trans
portation charges ON coal are high,
wood Is today In universal domestic
use.
I'm southern California the high
price of coal and scarcity Of wood
put the price Of fuel wood delivered
at So a cord. A plantation of trees
for fuel Is a very remunerative In
vestment there. In Washington. D.
c., / paid $3.50 to s. ton for anthra-
cite coal delivered In the suburbs. A
cord of air-dried white oak cost me So
to ST. The wood was the cheaper fuel
and / used 1t largely In the kitchen
range, using coal only as more con-
venient fuel in the furnace. The sig
nificant fact is that coal beds cannot
be renewed, but forests can"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27
To Make Fruit Jar Rubbers Last.

TO Wake FruIt Jar Rubbers Last.
To have fruit jar rubbers last, keep
them well covered in jar full of -four
until used, and as soon as removed
from empty jars. One can then afford
a good quality of rubbers, as kept
thus they will safely last several sea-
sons When there Is doubt of old
rubbers, they may often be made to
exc out one more season by using two
Of the rubbers to each jar and screw
Ing down tight. Always stand newly
filed jars upside down until cool, to
test the tops and rubbers.- Designs
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27
TRAINING is NEEDED

There is the clergyman, and here Is
the justice of the peace. Take your
choice That is the system in a nut
SHE'LL
mo standard of legal, mental or
moral fitness Is established. Often
this important function of social con-
troll Is exercised with incredible igno-
rance and levity. The frivolous or mer-
cenary magistrate and the fleet parson
flourish on American soil. The story
Of our marriage resorts or Gretna
Greens shows that we have small rea-
son to boast"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27
WRONG SORT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread May Be Against You
for Tlme.

A change to the right kind Of food
can lift one from sick bed. A lady
In Weldon, Ill, says:
Last spring / became bed-fast with
severe stomach troubles accompanied
by sick headache. / got worse and
worse until became SO low | could
scarcely retain any food at all, al
though tried about every kind.
81 had become completely disconr-
aged, and given up all hope, ina
thought l was doomed to starve to
death, until one day my husband, try
ing to find something could retain,
brought home some Grape-Nuts.
ITO my surprise the food agreed
with me, digested perfectly and with
out distress. / began to gain strength
ut once. My flesh (Which had been
habby), grew f1rmer, my health Inn
proved in every way and every day,
and in a very few weeks I gained 20
pounds in weight.
81 liked Grape-Nuts SO well that fcr
four months | ate no other food, and
always felt as we'll satisfied after eat
ing as II l had sat down 70 a me Dan
quet.
Il had no return of the miserable
sick stomach ner of the headaches.
that used to have when ate other
food. / am now well woman, doing
all my own work again, and feel that
life is worth living.
"Grape-Nuts food has been God
send to my family; 1t surely saved my
life: and my two little boys have
thriven on it wonderfully" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek.
Mich.
Read the little book "The Road to
Wellville," In pkgs. There's a reason
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, trues and full or human
fnterest
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27
Man Would Not Kiss Widow

gallant in having asked this woman
for kiss and then not taking 1t.
II have found through experience
that old women as well as young take
an interest in life. When you asked
this woman for kiss why did you
not pucker up your lips to show your
sincerity at least. For your lack of
gallantry in not kissing will hold you
under bail to keep the peace and order
you to pay the costs of the prosecu-
ton or serve ten days In jail"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27
Director Of Pennsylvania State For
estry Believes We Will Get to That
Situation Within Near Future.

South Bethlehem, Pa.-That wood
for fuel will rise again to an important
or the most important domestic fuel
even hereabouts, so near the coal
fields, was predicted by E. A. Ziegler
director of the State Forestry school
at Mt. Alto, in most interesting ad.
dress at Lehigh university. Mr.. Zieg
Ter spoke on the Financial Aspects OF
Forestry" but before taking up the
subject of finance gave lucid descrip
ton Of the Forest academy at Mt. Alto
an institution conducted more In the
German sense. He said:
"The primary aim of forestry is to
grow trees as a crop-trees for lum
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27
Would Try Another.

There was going to be picnic that
morning, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. The little boy prayed before
he retired at night that it might be q
fine day. And when he looked out Of
the window at the peep of dawn, 1t
was raining.
In the evening, the little boy
wouldn't say his prayers. Mamma, %
he asked, as he was going to bed.
where do they sell idols? want to
get one to worship"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27
pkTEMTG Fortunes are made in patents. Pro-
EAIGut " tect yourideas. Our "a page book free.
Fitzgerald q co.., Box IL. Washington, ID. O.
Modern Ethics,

Do not kick man when he 10
down. Turn him over and feel in the
other pocket.-Galveston News.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
STACK GRAIN EARLY
Successful Farmer Tells How to Han.
die Small Grains to Get
Best Results.

II believe 1t very essential that we
harvest our small grain as soon as &
is sufficiently ripe" says o. Bakken,
a. prosperous Norman county, Mimi,
farmer, in an agricultural magazine.
This is about the time that the straw
changes to a golden yellow color. But
harvesting is not all in taking care Of
the crop. because it ought to be shock
ed so that 1t will stand UP well. I
usually put twelve bundles in a shock,
first placing six bundles and setting
two on each end and two bundles for
caps. But for oats and barley usually
prefer a long shock, either placing
eight bundles In the shock or doubling
this and using sixteen.
II believe ii a big gain for the small
farmer to stack his grain, because it
gives it better color. There is also a
saving Of time and expense in thresh-
ing, since If grain is permitted to stand
in the shock often rains interfere with
the threshing, so that sometimes there
is much delay in this work. Then, too,
If the grain is often rained on while
in the shock it loses color, quality and
weight very rapidly. So considering
stacking and threshing from shock
from all viewpoints, it certainly seems
most practical to put the grain in the
stack as soon as 1t is sufficiently dry"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
LIEEMEN FINED
and SENTENCED
FOUR ARE CAUGHT BY JAMES.
TOWN POLICE AND HEARING
WAS HELD.

jamestown, N. D., July ga total
of nearly 500 in fines and costs and
one jail sentence were melted out to
the four telephone linemen who fell into
the hands of local policemen following
a disturbance on the streets at an early
hour Saturday morning.
The hearing before Judge ]. A.
Murphy was the outcome Of troubles
between the policemen and linemen
that began in the fight of more than
a week ago when officer cellar was
badly hurt. There was trouble in a
restaurant on Front street and after
securing help Cellar went after the Of
tenders, catching four.
William Dillbenner had an addition
al charge OF attempted assault and
battery preferred against him by
lake" Berteh. Jr. He Lied guilty and
as Judge Murphy gave MIN a Jail SEN
tence Of twenty days and a fine OF $25
and costs he added, Il can't punish
You enough for trying to strike a boy"
Thomas Geham and William Lynch
pied guilty to breach of the peace
and each got fine of SIS and costs.
Jno. Parker, against whom there was
less evidence, got $40 and costs.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
BLOWN FROM ROOF
TO HIS DEATH

Aberdeen, S. D., July 24.-Alfred
Anderson, aged 3s, a bachelor home
steader living on claim twenty five
miles southwest Of Mcintosh, in Cor
son county, met with sudden death by
being blown from the roof Of a sod
shanty during high wind. Ander-
son, with his brother Otto and
neighbor, Fred Dude was putting
board roof on the sod shanty, when
they observed windstorm coming.
Otto Anderson and Dude hurried to
the formers house, on a claim adj
Joining Alfreds Anderson's, and re-
manned there during the storm, which
was accompanied by rain. When Al
fred did not appear they became wor-
ried and went to his house, where
they found him lying on the ground
by the roof of the shanty, about
eaghty-five feet from the structure
There were only slight bruises on his
person, but he evidently received in
ternal injuries, for he was dead. An
derson came to South Dakota from
Kansas last March, taking the home
stead on which he met his death.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
CARPIO FARMER
RAISES BEANS
NEW INDUSTRY WHICH APPEARS
TO HAVE GOOD PROS.
PEcTS.

Carpio. n. D., July 24.-Richard
Johnson, who formerly lived south of
Des Laos, but who about two years
ago bought the Botz place east of
carpio, has a piece of land which he
bought this spring from a neighbor.
and which he intends to have a crop
on it diversified farming will do it.
He planted on the place, thirty five
acres of wheat twenty-five acres of
corn, fifteen acres of flax and forty
acres of beans.
Say it over and say 1t slowly-forty
acres of beans.
A newspaper man called at the place
yesterday and took look at the crop.
Especially the bean crop, which need
less to say, is the star feature of the
farm. Forty acres of beans, ordinary
navy beans, baked bean variety, are
supposed to yield fifty to eighty bush
els to the acre. They are planted with
a drill like corn and cultivated as corn
is, with riding cultivator. At this
time they are just in blossom and look
very much like a garden. In the fall
they are to be pulled and threshed.
That is where the work comes. But
they are worth 1915 per bushel on the
market and that will help some.
On the land referred to, the corn
looks good, the flax looks good, and
the wheat looks good-for hay. If the
whole country was put into as many
varied crops as the Johnson land, there
would be no trouble about the wheat
disease or about money to pay the in
terest on the farm.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
ACQUITTED OF
HORSE THEFT
JOE KAcZoR is FOUND NOT
GUILTY IN TRIAL AT
STANLEY.

Stanley N. D., July 24.-The case Of
the state of North Dakota VS.. Joe
Kaczor for stealing horses from the
Fort Berthold reservation last summer.
was tried before Judge Fisk, in the
district court at Stanley, States At
torney r. o. Miller, represented the
state, and Ben Wilkins OF Plaza, an
peared for the defendant. The case
has attracted much attention because
Of the fact that the authorities have
long been engaged in an endeavor to
locate and break UP, what seemed to
be ah organized gang Of horse thieves
operating along the reservation line.
The state introduced evidence
against Kaczor tending to show that he
roped horse, belonging to Joe Leedle.
on the reservation, took the horse to
his own place; worked it during the
summer and sold it to Mike Enright.
who lived in the vicinity of Amanda.
This evidence was disputed, however.
and the man was acquitted.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
ARE SMELLING
The SMELLERS
PLoYHAR's COMMITTEE IN i
PECULIAR POSITION OVER
THE EXPENSE Ac.
COUNT.

Bismarck, N. D., July 24-The Leg
islative smelling committee, of which
the Hon. Frank Ployhar Of Valley City
is the chairman. has developed into a
smelling committee" in the real sense
Of the word, and fumigating COM
mittee will now be in order to look
up the record of the smelling COM
mittee. 1t appears that the state au-
diting board is holding up some 81 500
of personal bills claimed to be due the
committee members for travelling and
other expenses in their junkets about
the state. The bills are held up on
the ground that they are not properly
itemized, according to the constitution
and laws, neither have the members
Of the committee furnished sub-vouch-
ers for any expense over 81, which is
required by statute.
Having certified under oath that this
money was actually expended" the
committee members find themselves in
peculiar position, now that the state
board asks to have these expense
accounts itemized. The committee
members appreciate the fact that they
must either admit they have been trav-
cling about the state on legislative
passes and charging UP transportation,
or they must make the accounts stand
UP as they have been reported.
Further, while these members are
allowed SIS per day to cover their total
expense, they have also charged up
hotel expenses in addition to the SIS al
lowed by law
However, it is very much of joke
to those who have become familiar
with the workings of these commit
teemen to note that the "smellerss
have been doing the very things they
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
AGED COUPLE IN
AUTO ACCIDENT

Arthur N. D.. July 24.--Mr. and Mrs.
J. w. Lee of Rush River twonship, an
elderly couple were seriously injured
I'm an automobile accident at midnight,
Saturday night.
They were conveying the lunch and
coffee. which had been prepared at
their home, to barn dance short
distance away, when Ike Burkes ma
chine in which they were riding, ran
off culvert and turned turtle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee were rendered un-
conscious. Mrs. Lees arm was broken
In three places and she was badly
scalded by the hot coffee. Mr.. Lee was
cut about the head and face but after
his wounds were dressed by physi-
clan was able to sit up. Mr.. Burke
suffered the fracture Of two fingers.
The auto was somewhat damaged.
They were running without lights.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
FAIR DATES IN
NORTH DAKOTA.
July a5,. 20. ~, %. as,--state tai
Grand Forks.

July 20. 20. a.. 2s. 2s,-state fair.
Grand Forks.
July 26, 27.-First anniversary cele-
bration, Shields.
Aug, l, 2. s.-FembiEa fair. Hamil-
ton.
Aug. /, 2. s.--Benson county fair.
Leeds.
Aug. 9. 10. I1.-cavalier county fair,
Langdon.
Sept. IL. 10, II. 15,-Missouri
slope fair Mandan.
Sept. 20. Fl. 22.-williams county
fair, williston.
Sept. 20, 81, 2s. 2s.--Richland county
fair, Wahpeton.
Sept. 26 to Oct. 1s.--Indsutrial Elk
position, Bismarck.
Sept. 20. 20, 3o.--McHenry county
falr, Granville,
Oct 8, 4. 5.--McLean county fair,
Underwood.
Oct. 5, 6.-Burke county fair, Bow
bells.
Date not set.--Aneta fair, Aneta.
Ward county fair, Minot, some time
In September.)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
TEN DAYS IN
The BAD LANDS
MATTERS OF INTEREST NOTED
IN THAT FAMOUS REGION
BY NORTH DAKOTA MAN.

jamestown. N. D., July 24.-George
Hampstead has returned from a ten
days trip adjusting hail losses In Bill
ings and Bowman counties. He adj
iusted ninety losses and Fred Wolfer
adjusted fifty hail losses In about the
same territory. There were 100 losses
in narrow strip OF country from New
England city to Rhame, a station on
the Milwaukee line.
Mr.. Hampstead says that the crops
in parts of the Bad Lands are better
this year than in other localities in that
section of the state and near the buttes,
showers and rainfall seems more
abundant Many Of the valleys still
show fairly good crops. Land without
improvements has been transferred in
sale at as high as s35 an acre. The
fax crop looks well but needs rain to
make 1t a good crop from now on.
Farmers around New England city
have have three years OF fairly good
crops; around the latter town the pros
poets are not as good as further west,
this year.
Mr.. Hampstead thinks that a great
ing is before that section of the state.
Veins Of coal are common and at
Black Butte a discovery of a vein
about ten feet thick projecting from
the hill was recently made, In Bill
ings county about twenty-five miles
north OF Bowman. Farmers in that
part of the state have absolutely
nothing to say for fuel the only
trouble being to mine and haul it, 1t
is used for fuel for steam plow work
also.
1t is now confidently believed by
settlers that the Milwaukee line will
extend it's branch from New England
city west through the Bad Lands. Sur
veying parties have been at work
locating the line for sometime.
AS showing the unlucky results
of neglecting to insure crops the
Farm Land and Coal company which
bought all the railroad land in one
township and seeded the same this
spring to grain and flax had most of
the grain knocked out by hail. Off,
GERS of the company had neglected to-
insure as they intended TO do, before
it was too late and thousands of acres
of wheat and fax were destroyed by
hail. All the blowing, seeding and har-
rowing was done by traction engines.
Mr. Hampstead spent:ten days sleep
ing every night in sod houses Of farm
ers, in driving through the country.
He states that the sun dried bricks
used in that part of the state made
a very comfortable and substantial
house. The walls stand up for years,
different from the sod shacks OF the
eastern part of the site. The houses
are shingled and bungaloo roofs pro-
jeet beyond the walls for protection of
the same.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
Sawed Bar With silver Knife.

Aberdeen, s. d., July 24-The COM
missioners OF Perkins county have
offered reward OF 5000 for the arrest
OF George DiveIy, who escaped from
the county jail at Bison by saving
through steel bar with a silver
knife. Dively was confined in the
Perkins county jail on several seri-
Gus charges. and is said to be wanted
In other states. His escape was eff
fected last April, at which time a re-
ward Of $50 was offered, which has
just been increased TO 5000.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
CAT GIVES ALARM
In DENSE SMOKE
PET AWAKENS JAMESTOWN wo.
MAN AS FIRE SPREADS IN
POOL HALL.

jamestown, N. D.. July 24,--Awak-
ened by her pet cat. Mrs. Charles
Mitchell opened her eyes to and her
apartment filled with dense smoke be-
tween and o'clock in the morning.
She aroused Mr.. Mitchell and they
found the building SO Allied with smoke
that their only exit was through the
front windows and down a ladder.
The blaze started In the basement
OF pool hall below their apartment
and Mr. Mitchell believes the wood was
ignited BY electric wires. A number Of
the floor timbers were burned and the
moor dropped few feet where the
second show case was located. The
under side OF the floor was blackened
for considerable area and the flames
shot up between the inner and outer
walls OF the building on the north
side.
The greater part of the damage
which Mr.. Mitchell roughly estimates
at $500, was caused by smoke and
water. The stock and some of the
fixtures were much harmed and a
vault OF. cigars in the basement is a
total loss. Two of the billiard tables
were hit by the water, but only one
is believed to be damaged to any ex-
tent. The damage to the furniture
in the fat just above the hall oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell. IL
estimated at SIS. There is $4,000 in
surance on the business stock and fix
lures and $500 on the furniture. There
was about $500 damage on the build
Ing owned by Mrs. M. Schmitz and
fully covered by insurance in the
Seller Co, agency.
Night Detective Jerden was among
the first to see the blaze and fred
several shots from his revolver in
front of the building to awaken the
occupants. 1t was about this time
that the cat began jumping fiercely
about Mrs. Mitchell and goving fright
ening cries. Mr.. Mitchell appeared to
have been affected by the smoke and
says he seemed to be in a nightmare,
knowing that he ought to wake but
still unable to move. His wife's shout
that the house was burning brought
him to himself. A ladder was quickly
secured and Mr.. Jerden carried Mrs.
Mitchell from the window to the street.
Mr.. Mitchell also escaped down the
ladder. The cat that had given the
alarm jumped from the window and
escaped, but another cat in the fiat was
smothered by the smoke.
A stranger entered the pool room
with a handkerchief over his face to
secure the cash register which con-
tanned about $27, but when he returned
to the street he had the orangeade
cooler. Mr.. Mitchell later rescued the
cash register with the money.