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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06
RIIsafuI Ignorance.

Holden. the New York bird man.
lately had in his shop taciturn par
rot Day after day 1t sat silent on
its perch, Indifferent to every ques
ton. At last Cuban lady came into
the shop and spoke to it in her ma,
tive tongue. The parrot frightened
up at once, opened its beak and
emitted a jubjlant yolley Of vehement
Spanish words. When the parrot final
iy ceased speaking the lady turned to
Mr.. Holden and. blushing violently
asked:
do you understand Spanish"
mo-" he replied.
Thank Godl" she replied and lafg
the shpp.--Success Magazine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06
AIloe. the TrAvaIer.

Youths Companion Al successful
Chicago man of the self -made variety.
having purchased q fine library BY
the foot, was showing 1t with some
pride to friend Of some literary at
tainments.
The self made man ran his business
on the card index system and his IL
brary with the same degree OF method.
Cases We're marked plainly; Travel,
Art. Poetry, Science,
Occupying prominent place III the
Travel case the friend noticed very
handsome volume with the title In
gold letters on the back. Alice in Won
derland.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06

OF the many curious customs which
mark Brittany as an especially inter
esting field for the traveller is this one
relating 10 marriage At the close 81
the wedding ceremony the bride.
groom gives the bride box on the
ear, saying:
~This is how It feels when you make
me vexads !" after which be kisses her.
adding, land thus when you treat naa
well"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06
.DES MONIES CAR
STRIKE VOTED

Des Moines. Ia, Oct. 6-Des Moines
street car men. numbering 500 today
voted to 80 on strike unless three
members OF the union recently dis
charged. are reinstated by tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock. The city rail-
way company officials say they viii
not reinstate the men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06

Science, It is asserted, has solved
the mystery of the Sphinx. but hard
~ ANYBODY can solve the mystery Of a
boiled egg until after breaking it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06
Business Jots
Cook paints signs. Phone 92s.

Hotel Tweeden. rree telephone ex-
change IN every room. Baths, running
hot and cold water. Rates so cents up
Special rates by week or month.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06
TRACK AND TIE.

G. T. Peterson. travelling passenger
agent Of the Northwestern line with
headquarters at st. Paul is in the
city.
]. L. Bennett of st. Paul, travelling
freight agent OF the Rock Island is
looking after the interests OF his COM
pany in the northwest.
F. w. Waltersdorf. travelling freight
agent Of the Burlington is among the
Fargo visitors in the city from st.
Paul.
A. r. Witherspoon. with head
quarters at Grand Forks as travelling
freight of the Northwestern line is a
gate city guest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06

Laundrymen prefer Pittsburg as the
scene of their convention in 1919.
There are reasons why laundrymen
should have an affection for Pittsburg.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06

each one is entitled to its own lndivid
uality.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06
The Weather
STATIONS

w. H. Grasse. oficial in Charge.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
His Picture KILLED Him.

Among the Greeks the most ia
nous painters were Cimon of Gle
ona, Polygrotus, Xeuxis, Apelles,
Apollodorrs ard Parrhasius. OF
these the greatest were Xeuxis, who
is said to have laughed himself to
death over the picture of an old
woman that he had painted, and
Apelles, who, according to some ac-
counts, painted cherries so perfect
ly that the birds pcckcd at them,
thinking them real. Apellcs was a
contemporary of Alexander the
Great and was commanded by the
conqucror of the world to paint his
picture. His greatest work was
sVcnus Rising From the Sea. "
painted for the temple Of Esculapius
at Cos and costing, it is said, over
100000 1t is claimed that no
artist was able to complete his un-
finished pictures, many of which he
left at the time of his death.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Sterling Coin.

The origin of sterling" as APP
piled to coined money is thus given
in "a Short Treatise Touching
Sheriffs' Accounts" by Sir Matthew
Hale, 1858:
Current coin of the realm is Of
gold or silver, with an alloy Of cop.
per, at least from the time OF Henry
l., and this alloy gave the denomi-
nation Of Sterling to those coins.
'sSpelman supposeth it to take
that name from the Esterlings, who
came over and reformed our coin,
to that alloy-of this opinion was
Camden. Possibly in those times
a Peny was called a Sterling, with
out any other reason than the use
Of the times, as other names grow,
for the old Act Of Henry III. tells
us that Denarius Anglice Sterlingus
dicitur IA denarius, or penny is
called in English a Sterling, and
because this was the root of the
measure of silver coin therefore
all our coin Of the same alloy was
also called Sterling"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
EMMohs coun1Y's TEACHERS.
Text OF Resolutions Adopted and q
List Of Those Who Attended the
Examination In Linton Last
Thursday and Friday.

Declaration of principles adopted
by teachers of Emmons county, N.
d., in institute assembled, Oct. 6,
1911:
|. To raise the standard of citi-
zenship by thorough teaching of
clvics and requiring the use of no
other language than the English in
the pupils playground conversa-
tons.
10 strive to secure cooperation
among teachers. school patrons and
school officers throughout our coun.
ty.
3. Realizing the effort of environ
ment on the formation of character.
we will strive to gain improvement
of school grounds and buildings.
and to secure medical inspection of
schools.
4. To follow the course of study
as closely as is consistent with local
conditions, making no variation UNI
less of necessity; to work for uni.
formlty of textbooks Throughout,
the county. and to gain to teachers
'ne privilege of cooperating with
the school officers in selecting the
texts.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Notice of Sale.

Notice is hereby given that that certain
mortgage executed and delivered by Jose ph
Volk and Elenora Volk, his wife, mortgagors
OF the county OF Emmnns and state OF North
Dakota, to Linton Bazar. !. corporation
mortgagee, dated the 18th day of September
1910. and filed for record in the office OF the
Register OF Deeds of the county OF Emmons
In the state of North Dakota ON the Goth day
OF September, 1910, at the hour OF 1 b O clock
y. M, and recorded In Book 81 Of Mortgages
on page 5l5, will be forcclosed by u sale Of
the premises in such mortgage and herein
after described, at the front door OF the
courthouse in the village OF Linton, county
" Simmons and state OF North Dakota, on
the 18th day Of November, 1871 at the hour of
two O'Clock y. H., to satisfy the amount due
gu such mortgage on the day of sale. The
premises described In such mortgage, and
which will be sold to satisfy the same are
described as follows:
The west half OF the northeast Quarter
southeast gu after of the northeast quarter
ter OF Section twenty, in Township one nun
dred thirty-one north OF Range seventy
eight west OF the Fifth Principal Meridian.
Containing lGO acres more or less, according
10 the government surve y thereof. There
will be due such mortgage al the date Of
sale the sum of six hundred seventy-thre.
dollars ana forty-one cents, besides costs or
foreclosure.
dated the 9th day OF October. 1911
LINTON BAZAAR,
ACorpor:tt.On).
Moftgagee.
Charles s. Lane,
Attorney for Mortgage,
Linton, North Dakota (oc12-novl6)
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

Notice IS hereby given that that certain
mortgage executed and delivered by Merle
j. PArkee and Cora Parker, his wife. mort
gagofs, to .. D. Newcomer COMPANY Ia cor
poration organized under the laws OF the
STATE OF low1), moftgagee. dated the 18th
day OF March, A. d. 1910, and filed for rec
ord in the ONCE OF the Register OF Deeds
for Emmons county, North Dakota. on the
ID day of May, A. ID. 1910, AT l. ~ O'Clock o.
m, aod recorded in Book No 81 OF Mort
CAGES, II page "a, viii be foreciosed by a
sale OF the premises In such mortgage and
hereinafter described. II the front door OF
the court house. In the county Of Emmons
and state OF North Dakota, 1t the hour Of
2:0 o'clock y. M. on the 9th day OF Deem
her. A. ID. 1911, TO satisfy the amount due on
said mortgage at the date OF sale.
The premises described in such mortgage.
and which will be SOLD to satisfy the same
are described as follows:
The southwest quarter OF the northwest
quarter and the west half OF the southwest
quarter and the southeast Quarter OF the
southwest quarter OF Section four 90 Town.
ship one hundred twenty nine u2g) north.
Range seventy-etght (1s) west OF the 5th p
NJ. in Emmons county, North Dakota. and
containing one hundred and sixty acres ac-
cording to the government survey
There will he due on such mortgage at the
date OF sale the sum OF 351. 46, exclusive OF the
costs OF this foreclosure.
Dated IT Linton. n. D.. this LIST day OF No
vember, 1911
j. d. NEWCOMER COMPANY.
Morgagee.
Armstrong & Cameron,
Attorneys for Martgagee
Linton, North Dakota.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Popular Spuds.

Darlington. Nov. II. Ira Fritz
shipped car of Early Ohio potatoes
this week to a Moorhead dealer,
who was willing to pay him ten to
thirteen cents more per bushel than
the dealer was required to pay for
spuds grow in the celebrated Red
River valley. at his very door. The
merchant claimed that the Foster
county potatoes had a superior quail
lty that was we'll worth the pre-
MUM. While he could buy many
carloads in the valley at forty-sev-
en- to fifty cents. he was willing and
anxious to pay sixty cents to Mr.
Fritz. Although this county has
produced potatoes this year as large
as any reported from any section of
the state, it is the smaller potato
that commands the best market
This is the kind that Mr.. Fritz has
raised la medium sized, smooth, sol :.
id table potato. His yield was a
fraction over $50 bushels to the
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
EMM0NS COUNTY RECORD
Nv d. z. STREETER.
Linton, North Dakota.
PIONEER PAPER or THE COUNTY
The Record il entered u the Linton Pos:
on ce Ms second -claas matter.
- $500 =
Railway Enxineer Killed.

Train No. 6 on the Northern Pa.
cific which was due to arrive in Bis.
marck at $40 last Friday morning
did not reach the city until 9:l5
o'clock p. m. Friday. The delay OF
eighteen hours was occasioned by a
wreck which occurred while the flyer
was crossing ne Rockies. A huge
rock slid down the mountain and
stopped ON the track, and there was
a binding snow-storm, which made
it impossible for the engineer to see
the obstruction ahead of him. The
train crashed into the bowlder with
such force that the engine was over
turned. The engineer was badly
scalded by steam and died within
few moments in terrible agony. 1t
was reported that the fireman saved
his life by jumping. There was
nothing learned regarding the pass
engers, but it is said that they
escaped with nothing more than a
bad shaking up.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
eism.rek,a Reorsts.

Shortly after 1870 Bismarck was
complaining that life had brought
him no happiness or love. "But, ;"
said a friend, "you have made a
great nation happy" eyes" replied
the prince, "but many people un-
happy. But for me three great
wars would not have been waged,
$4,000 men would not have per-
ished, and parents, brothers, sisters,
widows, would not now be mourn
ing. That l have to settle with
God. But / have had little or no
pleasure from what have done
on the contrary, much vexation
anxiety and toll"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Til. Wolf Spider.

The female of the curiously
named wolf spider lays it's eggs and
Immediately covers them with soft
silken covering. No matter where
she goes she will carry these COW
cred eggs about with her, and she
will, if necessary, sacrifice her life
to protect the eggs or the young,
which, soon after they are Matched,
she carries on her back while she
gathers food for herself and the
little ones. They remain holding
to their mothers back until they
are almost as large as their parent,
when they seem suddenly to dis
cover their strength and, unnatural
as it would seem, they set upon
their mother and in a very short
time kill and dcvour her.-Harper's
Weekly.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Let Tn. Secret slip.

Queen Victoria once gave an i'm
portant secret away without the
slightest intention Of doing so.
During the Crimean crisis lady
known to the queen wrote and said
that she was DESTROYS of obtaining
an appointment for her boy in the
navy, but was afraid that affairs
would not permit him to be given
a post just then. The queen called
upon the writer of the letter and
told her that .he need not worry
about the appointment of her son,
for s'the feet is going to the Baltic,
and your boy shall go with it," The
mother, delighted with the good
news, repeated it to another lady,
who Immediately passed it on to a
London morning paper.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
In Memory Of q Pioneer

There died recently in Mcpherson
county. South Dakota. county
just across the line from Emmons
county, an early settler of Dakota
Territory who has many relatives
in this section. At the time of his
death it was impossible for the Rec
ord to get the memoranda for a
few paragraphs of respect to his
memory. and it was only recently
that the data came to hand.
Peter Wittmayer was one of the
truly early pioneers of Dakota Ter.
ritory. He was born in the village
of Glucksthal. South Russia. Jan. 6.
l844, and was therefore in the sixty
eighth year Of his age when he died.
He was married to Miss. Eva Hauz-
Ter Nov. i, 1866. Believing that
they could do better in building up
home if they crossed the ocean
and took up residence in the big re-
public, they left the scene of their
childhood in 1872 and settled at
Yankton. in Yankton county. in the
then Territory of Dakota, arriving
there Oct. 90. 1872. In that city
they lived until 1875, when they
moved on homestead about eigh-
teen miles west Of Yankton. While
the family resided at Yankton
Mr.. Wittmayer was for time an
employee on river steamer. being
one of the crew of the Nellie Peck
boat that made trips to the head
of navigation on the Missouri river.
They lived on the farm until, in
1888. they. with their children,
moved to Mcpherson county, in
what is now South Dakota, settling
about fifteen miles northeast of
where the town of Eureka is now
situated about fifty miles southeast
of Linton. MIR. Wittmayer was IN
business in Eureka, and he put up
the second building erected in that
town. He was one Of the first coun-
ty commissioners OF Mcpherson
county.
Besides the widow Of deceased, the
following named children Of MIR,
Wittmayer survive him: Henry, in
Linton; Mrs. Eva Meier. Tolstoi, S. D.;
Peter j., Linton: John B.. Eureka;
Emil, Meadow. S. D.; Mrs Barbara
Layton. Linton; Frederick. Eureka
Deceased was kind-heared. com.
panionable man, and no one Of
native birth excelled him in his de
votion to the land in which he had
made his home. 1t was such ener.
] getic. industrious men and women
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
To preserve co.l.

Coal left out of doors, exposed to
the weather for, say, month, loses
cne-third Of its heating quality. If
a ton OF coal is placed on the ground
and left there and another ton is
placed under a shed the latter loses
IS per cent of its heating power, the
former about AZ per cent. Hence It
is a great saving Of coal to have il
in a dry place, well protected on all
sides from the weather.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Boy Killed by Stone.Boat.

Harvey, Nov. 13.-Jacob, the
fourteen-year-old son Of John Wall
niger, farmer living about five
miles south Of Harvey, was fatally
injured by being dragged under a
stone-boat by runaway team of
horses. The lad was in the employ
of John Grund, whose farm adjoins
that of Wallinger. He was engaged
IN cleaning out the stables, and had
loaded the boat. attached the team
thereto. and was leading them out
Of the barn. In some manner he
tripped and fell. The team became
frightened and ran over him, drag
ing the stone-boat on to the boy. His
clothing caught in some manner,
holding him under the boat, in which
position he was dragged about one
hundred yards. when the boat. in
being skdded over a bump in the
ground, lifted enough to release
MN. The boy lay unconscious in this
position for some time, some un-
known people driving by and paying
no attention to him. although they
must have known that no one else
knew Of the mishap, and when they
reached neighbours place a half
mile up the road, they casually re-
marked about the affair, venturing
the surmise that they guessed he
was killed. The neighbor FASTENED
to the scene and found that Mr..
Grund had discovered the accident
and had taken the boy into the
house and summoned medical assist
ance from Harvey. 1t was found
that the boy had received some very
bad cuts and bruises about the head
and face, a dislocated hip, and was
unconscious when picked up. He
fingered for some time. never re-
gaming consciousness. when he died
forty hours after receiving the in
juries.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16

Is Mr.. and Mrs. Wistmayer that
gave greatness to the Territory and
afterward to the Twin States He
was ! loyal pioneer. good citizen.
and the work he and the other early
settlers did in developing the coun-
try rendered possible the steady ad-
vancement in material prosperity
which has been made by the two
commemorative formed from the
Territory Of their adoption
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
THE RICHEST FAMILIES.
Vast Wealth o. che Rethsehilds, the
Geeatest o. Thorn All.

Greatest o. Them All.
Although no man can state the
amount Of the combined fortunes
Of the Rothschilds, it is estimated
that they are at least $2,000,000,-
600. This, writes Isaac F. Marcas-
son in Munsey's Magazine, is four
times the probable wealth of the
Rockefeller clan and more than six
times greater than the Astor pos
sessions, which form our largest
hereditary fortune. At A per cen.
the yearly income from the present
Rothschild fortune would be $780,
100000, or more than the whole
capital amassed by the original
Vanderbilt.
None Of the other great financial
families of Europe approaches the
Rothschilds in prestige or posses
sion. The Hirsch hierarchy is rated
as controlling little more than
45O0,0oo,ooo The South African
capitalists-the Belts, Barnatos, the
Wertheimers and the Friedlandcrs
can scarcely muster billion.
The great German house of Bleich-
roder, founded by that militant sol
der of capital on whose breast the
old Kaiser Wilhelm pinned the iron
cross for his aid to Bismarck in
completing the downfall of France,
is but principality alongside the
Rothschild empire.
So, too, with the SEASONS, called
the Rothschilds of the east, who
are the oriental caliphs of cash and
credit; the Pereires, long the rivals
of the French Rothschilds; the
Stems and Goldsmids, fnanciers OF
unhappy Portugal; the Comondos.
bankers of the Ottoman empire;
the Montefiores, who rule the Aus
tralian money temples, and the Raj
lis, lords Of the Lcyant. The
Rothschilds outmoney them all.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Sne.,anu.s Unlv 1ree.

UP a little lane of Lerwick's one
street there is a garden. At least
It is an incloscd space In the mid
die Of this space there is tree. 1t
Is not a very tall tree; you could, in
fact, toss biscuit over its branches.
= but still it is tree-the only tree
IN shetland. And Shetland is proud
OF IT. Children who are brought for
the first time to see the wonders of
one strectcd l.crwick arc shown this
tree. This is not fiction. 1t is the
only tree in Shetland. As there are
no trees in Shetland, there no birds,
except, of course, the scagulls,
~hieh you can number by the thou.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
How cos.aeks Catch Fish.

The Cossacks on some Of the
rivers in Russia have singular
method Of catching the fnny tribe
in winter. They cut a long trench
across a river when frozen and run
a net from one bank to the other;
then, riding several miles up the
stream, they form line across the
frozen surface and gallop their
horses down toward the nets. The
fish, hearing the noise and clatter
of hoofs, become frightened, dart
with rush down stream and are
thus entanglcd in the net.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Too Much.

Silas-I hear some wandering
piano tuner knocked the stufiin' out
O Hi Jones.
Hank-Yaas; ye know what
teller Hi is fer gettin' tn with o
his money. Waal, he wanted tn
tuner to throw in an oilin' o the
windmill and a repairing o TIL
mowin' machine, all fer tn same
money. Chicago News.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Tn. Sort Of Job II. Wanted.

"Thcre's what I'm looking for"
said the lazy man going through the
want advertisements for an easy
Job as his eye lighted on call for
canvassers to sell something that
"would sell ITSELF"
"That's the sort of job l want"
he said to himself, Something
that | can earn money at without
work" And he thought that really
some day he must go down and look
Fem up.-New York Sun.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Notice Of Foreclosure Sale.

Notice is hereby given that that certain mort
gage executed and delivered by Sam Plutsch
Harwood. mortgage, dated the I'D day of
November, 1909. will bc foreclosed by sale
Of the personal property therein and herein
ment OF that certain note due November LIST,
1909, said note being secured by said mort
gage, together with the accrued and accru-
Ing costs of said foreclosure. The amount
due upon said note at the date of this no.
tice is the sum OF $4,000. Said property
will he sold to the highest bidder for cash,
at the front door OF the courthouse in the
village of Luton, county OF Emmons, state
OF North Dakota. ut the hour OF 2o'clock p
m % sad the @ day Of
mortgage being to-wit: One bay mare, nine
years old, anchor brand on left hip; and
one black mare, seven years old.
Dated this 18th day OF November 1911.
y. A. BAkWOOD, Mortgagee
Lynn & Coventry,
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Linton, North Dakota
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16
Summons.

State OF North Dakota
County of Emmons.
In District Court: Sixth Judicial District.
Herman +. stermer and Grace Stermer,
kabusreiter. Ann Miller, Rudolph Stermer
and X use Stermer. defendants. Summons
The state OF North Dakota To the above
named defendants.
You. aud eaci, OF you, are hereby summon
ed 10 answer the complaint in this action
and to serve IA copy of your answer upon the
service OF this summons upo9 Won n,.e .xc lme
stve Of the day OF service; and, In case Of
your , failure to appear or answer, Judgment
WIN be taken against you by default for
Dated October 18th, 1911
ARMSTRONG 4 CAMERON
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Office and Postotiice Adddres Linton. n. ID.