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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-01-26

OssuA8usAy 0suO WILL VIC
entertained next Monday even.
ing by Mrs. Station on 9th
street.
Bear in mind and try a box
of DR.. Quick's Alaska Kidney
Pills. For sale by all druggists.
The Ladies of Trinity Guild
will meet Thursday afternoon,
Feb. 2nd, at 2:3O sharp at the
home of Mrs. Paul Meng, Wi.
consin Ave.
Ole Nelson, a prosperous
farmer of Sheyenne tow nsl.ip
was in town Tuesday. Hr. Mel
son has a son attending the
Science School.
EZ Dye. For ali home dye
ing, stenciling and school work.
Call for book of instructions at
Rittenhouse's Drug Store.
Miss Lizzie Deitz who has
been clerking in big dry
goods store in Helena, Mont,
Mont, is home for IN indefinate
length of time.
For two weeks com mencinp
Saturday Jan 14th a special
discount of ten per cent will
be given on all table linen. nap.
kins, etc at James Purdon s. Co.
Banker Albrecht left Wednes.
day for Underwood, N. d., on
business. He goes by the way
OF Bismarck aud will make a
short stop there to see the
R'chland county boys.
The Ex-State Treasurer Bick.
ford has replaced the $4,000
certificates of deposite on his
own bank with the cash and
still his enimies are pushing
the case against him for mis-
appropriation of funds looks
little like persecution.
Z. III. Stenerson has been
confined at home with an at
tack of the grip the past week.
The la d i e of st. Johns
church will give a card party
at the Forester Hall Tuesday
evening, Jan. 3lst. Everybody
invited. Admission Csc.
We arc sorry to note that
Mre. G. A. Walker is still con-
fined to her bed at the Breck.
enridge hospital. She was able
t, sit up at one time, but taken
to her bed again, the baby is
doing fine, and we hope Mrs.
Walker will soon be out.
The Basket Ball game be.
tween the A. C and the S. S. S.
in the Armory last Monday
evening was we'll fought
battle. Scores were close until
about the middle of the last
half when one of the players
of the S. S. S. was hurt and
taken off the floor then luck
was on the A. C's side they
winning 33 to 16.
William Learned of Elma
township was brought before
Judge Dow on the charge of
bastardy and waived an exam
ination. After giving the young
man sharp lecturing tn e
court fixed his bond at 5000 to
appear at the next term Of
court and committed him to
the Jail until he complied with
the order of the court.
Of Tr. Roe who lectures in
the Opera House, Feb. 6, DR.. c.
r. Henderson of Chicago Uni.
versity writes: Mr.. Clifford G.
Roe. NV Dear Sir: 1 am ex.
ceedingly carefully to you for
your kind letter of information
in regard to the White Slave
Traffic. I congratulate you on
the eminent service which you
are rendering to our country
q 4 q 4
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07
Aviation Casualties.

within ten days recently six avla.
tors have lost their lives. These cas-.
ualties make a total OF more than III
during the last IL months. Truly
aviation exacts a terrible cost Of hu.
man life.
II seems to make some difference
whether aviation Is INDUCED In as a
sport, or as scientific demOnst rat ion.
The larger number of deaths has oc-
Cured among amateurs who fly for
sport. A French paper points out
the fact that amateurs run greatest
risks and frequently perform the
most remarkable feats, whereas pro.
fessionals are more cautious, and are
seldom found In the recOrd-breaking
class. This view Of the matter may
be correct, as French papers have
had better opportunity for observa-
ton than those In any other part OF
the world.
Yet whether this view Is correct or
not, II seems very probable that soon
er or later aviation AS a sport pure
and simple will lose much Of its fas-
cination. Aviation Is expensive, Ia.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07
A Bit of Sentiment.

A couple Of weeks ago Benjamin h.
Margan, 80 years old. and Julia A.
Margan, ~ years old. of Chicago. were
reunited in marriage after being sep
arated for twenty-five years.
1--WE made mistake In getting di.
vorced, and I knew 1t twenty-five
years ago" said the husband. but
my pride wouldn't let me admit Twas
wrong"
What commentary on foolish
pride. A husband stands on his sup
posed dignity and for over the third
Of the span OF mans natural life re.
fuses to speak the words that he no
doubt wanted TO speak all the time.
The wife nurses he. sense OF injury
and sees herself grow old and her
children advance to middle age with.
out saying the little word that would
perhaps have brough, about long
years ago the happy contamination
tha, was witnessed recently.
Was II worth the priceY No. Fool.
ISL pride always exacts a price ~ tire.
mendously disproportioned to its
worth that the one who has INDUCED
!, seldom fails to look back upon that
period Of his life without wonder and
regret.
There is a time for almost every.
thing IN this world a time for SOW.
ing and time for harvest: a time for
JOY and for tears. But there il no
riphiful place for the Indulgence of
foolish pride.
Life II too short To shorten its all
too brief span Of happiness 10y hard.
ening the heart against love and for.
givencss. Affection l. too precious
10 choke its fountains. even for the
briefes' season, with rrsentm d.
The skies are too vast and Rnignani.
the stars too high and solemn. for Us
TO imagine that our petty resent.
ments have any worth.
What Infinite tragedies people make
Of infinitely little things Here are a
man and a woman who love each 9th
er A word would dissipate the 'ilmy
barriers created 10y mistake self.
esteem. They will not speak, and
the tragedy Of embi,,crpd. aimless,
barren lives begin.
Surely all the worth and dignity OF
character are his who speaks under
these circumstances. Surely all the
justiiiable pride belongs To the one
~ho sees the infinite liiileness Of
pique and the infinite grea, ness Of ai.
lection or friendship and viii no, re-.
main silent.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07
Astounding Figures.

That the government at Washing.
ton has turned It's attention TO the
problem OF the drainage of swamp
lands j. shown by the fact that the
United States geological survey has
issued an official bulletin In which II
Is estimated that there are 20 million
acres IN the United States which are
Illuminated to "A sufficient degree. and
Throughout, a sufficient length Of time
every year, TO destroy their useful.
ness a. agricultural territory. II II
also estimated that the value Of these
lands II from two to four billion dol.
lars.
Tie members Of the survey make
no definite recommendations AS 10
methods by which this vast potential
wealth may be appropriated by the
people: but at leas, they assume that
the work can be done, and should Oe
done.
The swamp lands extend as far
north - Iowa, and prevail over large
"os w KUN, We
msnding u terrible tax from half a
dozen states.
Tie problem Of this waste land l.
one which touches the sanitary As
we'll as the commercial interests of
the people, whereas the problem Of
irrigation, which the government has
gone into on large scale. Is confined
chiefly to the field Of material dcvel.
opment.
The figures In themselves are ex-
,raordinary and should quicken inter.
est In reclamation work, When the
people Of the Missouri and Mississip.
pi valleys fully realize that 10 million
acres may be added 10 the wealth Of
the country, II cannot he long until
public sentiment viii demand that
the reclamat ion work take its part In
the plans and achievements of the
Government
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07
Revival of Spelling.

a little girl Of IL summers IL IN,
champion speller Of Oklahoma
Think II over. YOU college men with
a string Of degrees flying after your
name like the trail Of Kite. you who
always spell (which" with a ~" and
pump an aspiraie into "sure" after
the "s." Nevertheless our spmpa,
thies are with the college man who
cannot spell and Is rather proud
Of Il. Correct spelling means simply
q parrot.like memory and that Il
about all. for the spelling Of English
Is the purest Of idiocies. II Is only
by assault and battery that we make
most Of our written words harmonic
with the spoken sounds. Chaucer
couldn't spell as we'll as Josh Billings
and he Is the great grandfather Of
English literature. Neither could
Shakespeare ever spell his name twice
the same way, and he Was u tolera.
bly, successful "best.Seller" author.
Sometime, perhaps, We may have a
sane and safe system of spelling, IF.
ticient and harmonious, but In the
meantime let the champion spelleI
chase freak polysyllable words 10
their lair, while the ordinary mort al
scratches his head eyerytime he has
to choose between liable" and "ible''
for word endings.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07
In MemOriam.

Mary Ann Scott was born In Wash.
ington county, Virginia, January n
1870, and died June Ii, 1911, at the
home Of her son. Charles, near For,
est City, Mo. The deceased came to
Holt county IN ls+l,
In 1850 she Was united IN marriage
10 u. w. Evans. To this union were
born six children, four sons and two
daughters. The husband and two
children preceded her To the better
land: the four children surviving. be.
ing Ed j. and Charles f., Of Forest
City, Mo-; Mrs, Il, A, Campbell, OF
Long Beach, Cal, and Mrs. II. J. Dil.
lingham, of Plainview, Tex: the Two
sons and last named daughter being
al her bedside when the end came.
She was converted some tifty.six
years ago, and united with the NJ. T..
church, South, of which church she
was a faithful and consistent mem.
Der, until the time Of her death.
The funeral services were conduct.
ed at the home of her son, by the
Rev. G. II. Werner, of Hamburg, la.
after which the tired, pain-racked
body was laid to rest In Maple Grove
cemetery, Oregon, Mo,
\. X
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07

NM - tAougAt Ae eeuIo ecouAee .
REGIMENT, % be bad fought already N
the Mexican war and served IN Q Pc.
cinc post Afterward he had resigned
and Harmed II for awhile. 6nally grav-
itating into the leather store because
be had not made out on the farm b
called "Hardscra bile" The name OF
this man was Ulysses Q. Grant. He
afterward got his commission through
the influence Of Representative Elihu
b. washburne. On this particular
oath Of May poor Grant was serving
40 a sort Of extra clerk In the outer
o(lSre Of the adjutant general Of ILL.,
ncis. He knew many things. but was
stoop shouldered and almost shabby:
hence was rated by his outward APP
pcarance rather than by any inward
aptitude. God knew him, and perhaps
IN dim way he knew himself.
To W Grant is known rs the Silent
man. To his intimates IN Calena b.
fore the outbreak OF the war he was
anything but silent. He could talk
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07
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ton, 1sii.l
AS the time Of actual armed con.
~ nict drew near military activi.
IA ties on both sides Increased.
Troops we're pouring daily into
Washington and Richmond aud were
being masscd at convenient points
along the border. Roth combatants
were facing much the same ditficul.
ties. Each had TO create an army and
navy. organize the finances TO meet the
immense outlays Of war and prepare
to equip. feed and drill hundreds ~
thousands OF lighting mon. II was a
supreme test for both, . test that In
the end weakened the north aud left
the south exhausted.
The week ending May q saw the
first definite movements Of troops from
the two capitals. 1000 Fcdcrnis
crossing into Virginia and occupying
Alexandria and Arlington and 5000
Confederates concentrating at Manas'
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07
Apples.

The Missouri State Board Of Agri.
culture has issued a bulletin In which
We lind the statement that the Mis-.
souri, apple crop viii be abundant
this year.
This Il welcome news Al this par.
ticular time, when We are being
frightened a little by reports Of
drought and other conditions which
are menace 10 the cereal crops.
Tie food value Of the appleis small
as compared with other products: but
what II lacks In utility II makes up
In other ways. The apple Is almost
" no, quite the only thing In Nature
which does not decrease In attract.
iveness TO the individual who makes
the journey from childhood to old
age. A majority Of adults find that
they could dispense with the water.
melon, or the peach, or other fruits
which make a strong appeal to youth;
but where IL the adult who does not
crave apples. down to the day Of his
deathY
There Is this serious point to con-
slider, however, In connection with
the statement that the Missouri APP
PIE Is not TO fail us this year. As
yet nothing has been done TO check
the greedy schemes Of those who con.
troll the supply and the prices Of ap.
Piles. Missouri. one Of the banner ap.
pie States, Is usually without apples,
SO far AS the great public Is con-
.cerned, because the supply ischucked
into cold storages as soon a. the har-
vest Is gathered. and doled out In
small quantities throughout the win
ter, In such a way that a prohibitive
price may he obtained both early and
late.
i, is to he hoped that public senti-
ment viii reach u point. this year,
which viii result In definite action
sooner or later, to the end that the
apple shall he the blessing 1, Was
meant To he.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07

the militia. When the first call for
troops came Ellsworth FASTENED TO
New York and organized his famous
gOuaves from the New York Hremen.
In the excited state Of the northern
mind the romantic character Of Ellis.
worth, his youth. his gallant deed and
the manner OF his death caught the
popular imagination, Perhaps we are
all sentimentalists at bottom. and this
tragedy, like the dring on the dag at
Sumter and the massacre OF Massa
chusetts troops In Baltimore on the an
adversary Of the battle Of Lexington.
appealed TO this latent sentiment
Grant Applies For Commission.
On the same day that Ellsworth
was shot an unknown ex. army can
tain working In his fathers leather
store at Galcna, H., applied to Secre
tary OF War Cameron for a commits
slor IN the Union army, He modestly
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07

saa. These were the beginnings Of
the two armies that on July q fought
the drst battle OF Bull Hun. Other
important developments OF the week
were the secession Of North Carolina
on May 81: the popular vote on se.
cession IN Virginia. May 81; the as.
sassination Of Colonel Ellsworth. May
"a: the Hrst application Of Ulysses g.
Grant for q command on the same
date: the announcement on May 20
that In dve days the mail service to
the seeded states would be cut OF: the
Union uprising In western Virginia;
the commissioning Of John G. Ere
mont a. major general and the appoint
ment Of General irwin Mcdowell to
head the army Of the Potomac on May
~: also on that day the meeting Of
the border states convention. During
this week General Butler took com.
maud At Fortress Monroe. pushed his
troops forward 70 Newport News and
refused to return fugitive slaves on
the ground that they were "cOntraband
Of war" The campaign was now be.
ginning to assume form on both sides
Border States Retained.
The going ont OF North Carolina was
not unexpected While voting for the
Union w TO the firing on Fort Sumter
and Lincoln's call for troops. these two
events. as IN the case OF Virginia, turn.
cd her IN u day The boundaries of
the Confederacy were now certainly
defined While the people Of Tennes.
zee did not formally ratify secession
until later, II was admitted on all
sides that she was out OF the Union.
making eleven seeded states In all.
As for the border states. Maryland.
Kentucky. Missouri and the part OF
Virginia west OF the mountains. the
north had won her battle to hold them.
During this very week the border
states convention met at Frankfort
with John J, Crittenden In the chair.
Only Kentucky and Missouri were rep
resented. but the preponderance Of
sentiment was distinctly for the Union.
The people Of western virginia were
already moving for separation from
the Old Dominion. and General Nc.
Clellan was preparing 10 throw bis
troops across the river from Ohio A.
for Maryland, she had again become
quiet. and troops were passing through
Baltimore without molestation and
were even being cheered
There was still to be trouble in Mis-.
souri,. including one campaign In the
summer OF 1851 and guerrilla warfare
throughout the contest During this
very week, on May 90. a mob at st.
Joseph tore down the stars and stripes,
While there was little Of the spec.
tacular In the holding Of the border
states, II counted for more 10 the north
than the winning Of many battles.
Had Maryland. Kentucky and Nilsson.
n seeded, who can tell the outcome Of
the struggled
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07

Some OF the more rndical anti-slav.
cry men at the north were disposed TO
criticise Mr.. Lincoln for not taking q
holder stand against slavery In the
beginning Of the war But Lincoln
faced this very problem Of the border
states. and In the light OF subsequent
events history gives him full credit
for having handled difficult situa-
tion In q most prudent aud states
manlike manner.
On May q the people Of Virginia
voted on the ordinance NJ secession.
While the poll wns not heavy. II was
strongly In favor of the proposition
east OF the mountains and ny emphat.
ically the other way in what Ii now
West Virginia.
Unicn Troops Gross Potomac.
Immediately following this election
the Union troops began 10 move for.
ward ill along The line. General hut.
Ter assuming command In the ex.
treme east. General Mcclellan In the
west, General Patterson with his
Pennsylvania soldiers preparing to At.
tack lIarpers Ferry md the main
body OF troops. forming the Army Of
the Potomac. crossing the river from
Washington. This movement started
on the night Of May %. and the next
day there were 1000 boys IN blue on
the virginia sidc Of the river. chiefly
a. Alexandria and Arlington. General
landlord was hrst In command. issu-
Ing q proclamation TO the people Of
Virginia. but on May 90 be WINS sup
plap'ed by General Irwin Mcdowell.
who later was 10 light IN both NJ the
battles 81 HUH Run and who was 70
retain command ~ the Army Of the
Potomac until suppia nted hy Mcclellan.
One tragic incident attended this
transfer. Colonel T. Elmer Ellsworth
With his loo nremen zouaves was or.
dered to occupy Alexandria. Seeing
Confederate ing flying over the
Marshall House. Ellsworth entered
the hotel and asked a bystander whose
dag II was. The man. who aherward
turned ont 10 be Jackson. the proprie
tor. said he did not know. Ellsworth
thereupon mounted TO the roof. took
down the ing. wrapped II about bis
body and descended. only TO he shot
dead by Jackson. who was lurking In
dark corner Of the hall. The assas
| ain was instantly killed by one Of the
soldiers accompanying bis colonel.
Ellsworth Hero Of the Hour.
The deed sent q wave Of grief and
Indignation over the north. Ellsworth
became the hero OF the hour. sup
pose more babies were named for him
than for any other national idol. OF.
cept four or i've Of our greatest presi.
dents and Henry Clay. Ellsworth was
given an imposing funernl In New
York city. and q regiment was mad,
up In bis honor. composed Of one man
from each town In the Empire State
At the time Of his death Colonel Elia.
worth was twenty.four years old He
had aspired TO West Point. but poverty
prevented. Managing TO procure an
education. however. he studied law:
hut. military srdor getting the best OF
him. be organised company oi
souaves IN Chicago and trained them
10 such efficiency that they gained
prizes throughout the land. Ellsworth
was an ardent supporter OF Lincoln
and accompanied him east Al this
time be planned Q reorganization Of
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07

j. A. Goodhart and Charley
Wright made a trip to ST. Joseph last
week and each bought a gasoline en-.
CINE to do their washing. They both
got tired of running the washer on
wash days and concluded that the best
way out of II was to provide a differ.
ent power, Charley has his do the
pumping also and j. A. has every
thing attached TO his from the wash.
ing machine to the coffee mill.-Tri.
umph item In the Jefiersonian.
We extend sympathy to Mrs.
Chas, koock, who, on Wednesday
last, received the sad news by tele-
gram announcing the death of her
sister, Mrs. Helen Holtmeyer, at
Washington, ID. C., who was an ac.
countant In the treasury department,
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07

zardous and exhaust ing. There are
more nervous wrecks among aviators
than In any other class OF sportsmen.
The novelty Of the thing will proba.
bly, wear away. and flying be made a
scientific demonstration more com.
plciely than II nov IL
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07
The War Fifty Years Ago

Military Activities Increase on Both Sides SO Federal
Troops Cross Potomac, and Coniederstcs Begin Mass
Ing at Colonel Ellsworths Assassination
Strs the North Grant Obscure Excaptan Of the
Old Army, Makes Application For Commission His
Wonderful Subsequent Career and HE Character
Anslyzed-.-John C. Fremont Becomes Major Ceneral
While Grant Acts a. Clerk---Butier Coins HE Fa-
nous Phrase, "Contraband Of War"
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07
Bryant o. Cowan.

We are truly sorry to learn OF the
impaired health Of Bryant o. Cowan,
Of Chicago, formerly Of this county.
In March he was stricken with ner.
vous prostration. and taken to the
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07

The W, y. NJ. $. of the NJ. Il.
church will meet with Mrs. Alice
Kunz, today, Friday, July :, a, $50
D. m.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07

Mr.. towan was born on farm near
Fillmore. Andrew county. January =.
lsj2. After receiving a common
school educa, ion. lac attended the
wittcnburp college. a, Springfield, o.,
and afterwards graduated from
Princeton. After graduating he
went into the Short.horn cattle bust.
ness with his father on the old home.
stead near New Point. taking three
premiums at the Worlds FAN In Chi.
cago. In l1l he was elected secre.
tary Of the National Short.horn
Breeders association. the headluar.
tiers al that time being In Springfield
Tie Office Was afterwards moved Ia
Chicago, to which place he removed
and has since resided.
In 1878 he was elected Representa-.
tive, a. a Democrat, defeating Adam
klippel. the Republican candidate, by
s2l majority.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-07

Hot Springs. Ark, where he re.
manned for several weeks, and re.
turned To Chicago with little i'm.
provemen, noticeable. Since his re.
turn home. he has shown some I'm.
provemeni, but only In a slight de-.
gree. His relatives and friends ",
Holt hope sincerely that he may soon
recover. and be IN his normal heat, H.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-15

Mrs. August Hermann visited
s;;sadds in baskerville over Sunday.
3. v. Wilcox spent Sunday with
his wife at the home Of her mother
Mrs. W. E. Bardwell.
Miss Grace Gilliland of Mitchell
came to Scotland last Saturday to
visit her friend Miss Violet Sweet.
Mrs. zetta Townsan and Mrs.
Ethel Herman Of Mitchell arrived
Monday to visit their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. g. Haynes.
Miss Kate Clark Of Lawton, Ia,
q friend Of Claude Miller, visited
here over Sunday at the home of
his mother, Mrs. s. B. Miller.
She went to Kadoka Monday.
John Bannan Of Tyndall, De-
putty of the M. w. a., was in town
Monday. He leaves the latter
part Of the week for Buffalo, N. Y.
to attend the meeting Of the Head
Camp Of the M. w. A.
49,