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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
POLLUTION AND FILTRATION

A convention Of the cities on the
great lakes has been called to meet
at Chicago for the purpose Of consid-
ering the pollution of the waters of
the lakes by making them the reser-
volrs for the sewerage Of the cities on
the shores. The particular question
10 DE considered is the relation he
tweel: the pollution Of the waters and
typhoid fever. Nothing directly prac-
teal can be expected from the con-
vention. but 1t will be the starting
point Of the solution of a problem
which in time must be solved by prac-
ticaliy every city in the country.
The growth of the cities in this CEN
fury is almost phenomenal. But the
growth in city population has not been
even equal to the progress in modern
sanitation. Few of our grandfathers
knew the luxury of a bath in the
home: fewer knew of hot and cold
water in every room except as it was
carried there by servants and few
knew Of the advantages Of modern
plumbing with its ultimate connec
of water. These things as common
GOIScIll0uCCS are OF re.
cent times.
The dumping Of the sewerage of the
cities. carrying disease and pestilence
into the rivers and lakes must have
one ultimate result-the contamination
of the waters into which they are
poured. In streams whose flow is rap
i'd and whose waters tumble over boul-
ders In its course. the bringing of the
atoms Of water into contact with the
oxygen of the air. makes the work of
self-purification rapid. But when the
polluted water is stagnant or nearly SO
as in rivers whose flow is checked in
any way. or in harbors where the ac-
ton of the waves is retarded, the con.
Eliminating elements remain and blend
with the general body of water. Ty-
phoid fever germs and every other di-
sease producing germ cast into the
waters through the sewers Of the cities
remain.
1t is evident that when the waite,
supply of a city IL taken from source
polluted with its own sewerage OF
that Of other cities. the water must
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
CANNOT TAKE LEAVE
UNDER THE new
REGULATION
Claim Holders Must Estab-
lish Residence-No De-
Tense For Failure

There have been . good many in
quiries sent to Congressman Hanna
as to the act passed by congress and
approved Aug. 10, 1911, which grants
leave Of absence to certain homestead
ers. This act applies In this state
to the land districts Of Dickinson. MI
not. Williston, Devils Lake. and. Bis
marck and reads practically as fol-
lows:
THAT all persons who have hereto
fore made homestead entries in GER
the districts in this state which have
been s%pecidcd). are hereby relieved
from the necessity Of residence and
cultivation upon their lands from the
date of the approval Of this act,
(which was Aug. 10. 1919 to April
Is. 1912; provided, that the time Of
actual residence during the period
named shall not be deducted from the
full time Of residence required by
law"
Mr.. Hanna took this matter up with
actly how they would interpret the
law and they replied under date Of
Sept. IS, 1911, as follows:
Replying to your letter Of Sept.
10, 1911. you are advised that the
construction placed upon the act of
congress approved Aug 10, 1911, al
lowing leave of absence to certain
homesteaders. has been substantially
as follows:
This office has held that the act
applies in all cases where entry was
made prior to the date Of the appro.
val Of the act, irrespective Of whether
residence was established, but that the
time Of actual absence during the Pc
riod set out in the act would have to
be made up by the entryman before
he would be entitled to submit salts
factory proof. However, where the
six months period within which resi-
dence must be established had ex.
PRED prior to the date of the appro-
val of this act, and the .entryman takes
advantage Of the leave granted by the
act without first establishing resi-.
dence and his entry be contested for
failure to establish residence, the act
could not be pleaded as a good de-
Tense in bar thereof.
TN view or the foregoing, the con.
struction placed upon the act by this
office appears to be the same as the
construction set out in the pamphlet
enclosed with your letter which is re.
turned herewith.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) John McPhaul.
Acting Assistant Commissioner"
In a short speech which Mr.. Hanna
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29

he purified by filtration or disease must
follow. The Chicago convention will
address itself to the task Of harmon.
izing these two Numerically opposed
conditions. 1t is a big task and with
in a few years will be a greater one
than conservation.
Fifty a ago. at the behest Of the
city Of Washington. the state Of Mary
land passed a law prohibiting the pol
luton of the streams Of that state by
emptying into them n substance de-
lcterious to health. The law was in
tended primarily to prevent the pol
luton of the waters of the Potomac
river from which Washington then
took its water supply. But the law
had so much merit that-if memory is
not in error-it has never been re-
pealed. The existance of this law
made it necessary to devise ways Of
disposing of the sewerage that would
otherwise have been poured into the
stream. The methods We're more x
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
Horrors of the Desert Sun
Awful Suffering of Five Prospectors Who Were Lost in
Death Valley

road and gradually swung to the
south. then east in a large circle. pass
ing to the south of Sawtooth Peak,
thus crossing the Panamint range to
the west slope Of Death Valley.
There they passed within two miles
OF Old sawtooth Spring. missing the
trail TO the spring and striking q
s~outheasterly curse down this slope
for a distance Of rs miles south Of
Bennit Wells. a what Is now called
Old Salt Wells. where the earth ia
covered with volcanic ash. in whicl,
man or animal will sink to his ankles.
There began the %sufferines OF our
brave little band Of explorers. their
supply Of water being exhausted and
the heat something terrible. The ami
mails also had begun to show signs
of exhaustion and thirst.
Soon a halt was made and a vote
taken whether 1t would. be Advisable
to go on OF turn back. It was decid-
ed to continue, as there were some
favorable looking hills a few miles in
advance in which 1t a hoped they
might find water. This was the fourth
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29

pensive but the results were worth
the extra cost.
In small cities like Grand Forks
tho filtration process il probably the
most economical and il reasonably
safe. But in the larger citiea located
on lake shores or on rivers below 9TH
er large cities the question il more So
rious. And yer in the smaller cities
1t is often necessary to drink the
water without thinking Of the ingre-
dients. Two elements Of modern
progress r warning with each other.
So long as they are evenly balanced no
danger IA result. But let the polu-
ton of the water supply become great
er than the power of the filtration
plant and a pestilence Of typhoid or
some other equally dangerous disease
must follow.
We r yet a long ways from the
ultimate solution Of the problem. but
the danger signals have been placed
and the first steps have been taken.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
WALES MAN IS
STILL VERY Low
Fall Of Forty Feet Probably
Will Cause Death of Ele-
vator Agent

Wales. N. D.. Sept. 2s.-John Ma
loney Of this city. who fell forty feet
from the top Of an elevator into a
grain bin, is in very poor condition
today and hopes for his recovery are
slim. A consultation Of physicians
will be held this afternoon.
Mr.. Maloney received a broken arm,
q broken leg. a caved-in chest and
fractures Of several ribs in the acct
dent. He. was climbing to the top Of
the elevator and had reached what
he supposed was the top landing. In
der. he was pitched into the air and
down to the bottom of the bin. His
companions quickly brought him up
and he 10 now at his home here, very
low.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
BURD|CK WILL
Be A CANDIDATE
Declares Positively That He
Is in the Race For the
Governorship

Devils Lake. N. D.. Sept. 2s.-In an
interview which he gave out In this
city last evening. Lieut.. Gov. U. L.
Burdick Of Munich declared positively
that he would be a candidate for gov
n This announcement follows a
recent public statement by him In
which he stated that the only position
for was governor, having decided that
he would not run for congress in the
western district or for district Judge,
as had been intimated previously. He
makes the third gubernatorial candi-
date for the Republican nomination.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
Benner, Begg & Garvin

made on the floor Of the house in con-
gress Aug. II. 1911. and which the
commissioner refers to in the latter
clause OF his letter Mr.. Hanna made
the following statements:N
This bill provides that 1t shall ap-
ply to all persons who have hereto.
fore made homestead entries. This
ready made their homestead entries
M are living upon their lands are:
entitled to the benefits Of this, pro-
posed law. It also applies to those
people who have initiated or have
fled upon land and who under the
law have six months from time Of
fling In which to establish their resi-
dence. They are given additional time
to establish their residence until April
Is, 1912"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29

While nothing particularly great
was accomplished at the conservation
just closed at Kansas City.
there is some comfort in the fact that
1t was not made the scene Of fac
tional wrangles between the adher-
er.ts OF the different schools Of con-
servation thought. The old old fight
was as conspicuous by its absence as
were the old fighters.
The line of thought which predom-
mated in the program was more per-
sonal than national. There was no
discussion of whether the water pow
ers of the rivers should be allowed
90 flow on as they have since the
morn of creation or should be utilized
for commercial purposes in this prac-
teal age: no discussion Of whether 1t
Is better to save the coal in Alaska for
future generations while the present
one shivers and and freezes: no argu-
ment on whether 1t is best to make
use OF straw board for lumber while
forest fires consume the timber on the
great forest reservation. On the 9TH
er hand there were discussions on
the Improvements of country churches
and schools; the place of ONE in
modern life: the methods Of farming
without destroying the soil fertility.
and even Col. w. j. Bryan forgot the
Republican party long enough to talk
on good roads. So there was more
honey and less vitriol in the meeting
than had been in those of the past.
From the cold standpoint Of prac-
ticability, the congress-like all SINH
yor opl}ohoH nofhip0 Tt
was educative but not administrative.
Its conclusions. if it ever reached any.
would be worthless because 1t has no
power to put them into execution. The
newspapers have printed many of the
addresses and in this way they will
receive the attention Of several mill
lion people. But even then the con-
clusions of those several millions will
be useless because they cannot be
crystallized into action.
One man in position to give shape
and direction to some of the ideas pro-
mulgated might do much good. Some
of the things put into constructive
legislation might be beneficial. But
&c far the. man capable Of doing this
has not appeared. President Roose-
welt sought by means OF his country
life commission to SO improve the
conditions on the farm that the city
ward movement of the young people
would be stopped. But the country
life commission was TESTED out Of ex.
istence. The back to the farm talk
has been heard for years yet the move
ment goes on. The solution lies ir
equal financial opportunities on the
farm with city. Given these and the
farm boy and farm girl will work
out their own salvation. They vii
develop the aesthetic side of life ant
surround themselves with its luxuries
If their producing power will allow
1t. 1t is not sentiment but business
that takes the brains from the farm
to the city.
This stay-on-the-farm sentiment
was largely the keynote of the Kan.
sas City congress and yet not n OF
the speakers pointed out more than
a sentimental method to put it into
effect.
Those talkfests serve a purpose but
it is doubtful IL the results accom-.
plishcd are worth The effort.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
DECLARES BULK
Law IS SOUND
Judge Pollock Passes on Da-
kota Measure For the
49, ...,
First Time

Fargo, N. D.. Sept. 2s.-The first
test Of the new bulk sales law. passed
al the 1909 session OF the legislature.
was made in the district court today
when Judge Pollock declared the
measure sound.
Under the terms of the law the
seller of a stock of goods must notify
all creditors who may have an inter-
est, showing the inventory and the
wood where Mrs. C. Patterson. sold q
stock Of goods to Warner & Ulv. q. H.
Roney, a creditor, sued out a writ of
attachment, and in an effort today to
dissolve the attachment writ. the de-
cision Of Judge Pollock that the meas
ure is sound was made.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
WHITE SLAVE CASE.

Washington, Sept. 29.-In the cases
on Ramon Chomel and Martha Brion
docketed In the supreme court of the
United States. the court will be called
on to decide whether the deportation
limit Of three years still remains in
the white slave law. The cases are
on appeal from the United States an
pellate court at Chicago. As origin
ally passed. the law provided that the
proceeding begin within three years
Of the time OF arrival in the United
States. In these cases the question
has been raised az to whether that
provision was repealed by the amend
ment of 1910.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
CLOS Angeles Times.l

NSOc AII6CtCo 4iiLlCo.l
Back in the seventies. when the
Panamint and Resting Springs were
in the heyday of their bloom. five
~prospectors. John and Bill Shafer,
Jim Gum. Joe Brunell and Domantic
McCaffertie left Panamint and started
to cross Death Valley to Resting
Springs. a distance of 100 miles.
These men were hardy son of the
west. yet were not experienced in the
ways Of the desert. and did not realize
the dangers that beset their path. and
the terrible toll that Death Valley ex-
acts from those who are trying to
wrest from her some portion of her
hidden wealth. So. with a good out
At of saddle animals and pack horses,
they left Panamant July 5. 1873, con-
fdent that they could reach Resting
Springs without serious difficulties, al
though their way was across the val
ley and their knowledge Of the trail
was limited.
The first seven miles Of their
course were due west to P%ostofice
Springs. There they left the wagon
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
The White Sister.

Plays that are endorsed by the
church and yet have a potent appeal
to the average amusement seeker are
rarities. The n brilliant exception
that proves the rule today is Viola
Aliens remarkable success, 1.-THE
White Sister," which is booked for
Thursday. October s lat the Metro
politan with that beautiful emotional
genius Jeanne fowler in the title role
and a company Of metropolitan play
ers supporting her.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
ARMY OFFICER DEAD

San Diego. Cal. Sept. 2s-col. rhos.
the army. 10 dead Of apoplexy at La
Jolla. . suburb. Arrangements were
made today to ship the body to
Warrington. D. c.. for interment at
Arlington cemetery.
Colonel Woodbury. vas assigned to
the general staff six months ago
from the Third infantry. Four
months. later he vas ordered to San
Francisco on. sick leave and came here
aSday OF two ago for a change of Gle
mate,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
WHITLOCK ND

Toledo. o.. Sept. 29.-Mayor Brand
Whitloca. who recently underwent an
operation for appendicitis, 10 again
confined to his home with an attack
of nervous p%rostration. His father,
Rev. e. D. Whitlock. underwent an
at the hospital here yester-
day.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
X X X X X X X X X + +
X * * i X X X 4 4 X \ \ X i
Sam BERNARD.

=
Sam Bernard.
Sam Bernard in his best musical
comedy success. "He Came From NIL.
waukee," which served him SO veil
and pleased ,blase Broadwayites so
completely last year.. during q run
which lasted over six months at the
New York Casino theater. that he was
obliged to repeat his engagement at
that playhouse this year. is announced
for production at the Metropolitan to-
night. Mr.. Bernard who has eve
been further west than Omaha. is now
on his way to San Francisco for the
first time and will play all the i'm
portant cities in that section Of the
country before his return to New
York in the early spring.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
HoLLEY DISMISSED.
Insufficient Evidence to Hold Man
Charged With Statutory OfIense.

The case Of the state Of North IA.
kota VS.. Hauge Holley, charged with
. Statutory crime wa dismissed this
morning by Judge p. Mclaughlin.
Haugy was arrested on September 10
on the complaint Of States Attorney
Burtness. He was arraigned in the
justice court on September go. when
q continuance was taken until today.
The case wa dismissed this morning
for lack Of evidence.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
THE CONSERVATION CONGRESS

FRIDAY. SEP 20. 1911.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-13
BRACKETS FOR CELLAR SHELF
Considerable Work Required In Max.
ing Framework II Not Done
While Wall Is Being Built.

The erecting of shelves against
cement or stone wall usually requires
considerable work In making the
framework; this could be replaced by
placing three-eighths-inch iron rods in
the mortar of the wall when 1t is
should project far enough so the
boards used for shelves can lay on
same in the manner shown In illus.
tration Where the wall has been
constructed the holes can be drilled
in same way by employing miners
drill of the right size; 1t is then an
easy matter to slip the rods into
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-13
INTEREST SHOWN in BOX PACK
FOR SHIPMENT OF APPLES
Unless VIII See That Fruit Well
Sprayed, Grown, Picked at Right Time
Properly Assorted.

begins by first lining the sides of the
box with paper a trife smaller than
the length of the box. The ends are
rarely lined. Next layering paper Is
placed on the bottom, and as layers
of apples are packed other layers OF
paper. are placed between the,... and
IN the TOP, before The lid ia nailed on.
The apples are placed In variety OF
ways In the boxes. As the boxes are
nailed, the fruit must be slightly
rounded toward the middle, so that
when the top is nailed on there Will
be slight bulge
After the boxes have been filed,
they are placed on the mailing table.
This table has vacant space In the
middle over which the box is laid. An
upright clamp is applied to hold the
top down by means of lever operated
with the foot As soon as the nails
are driven, the lever is released and
the box removed Details for the
construction of this table, together
with sizes of paper, boxes, etc. have
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-13
|h:E2E''d|II;;;;;;z y
|||N;!sUIES
The foul cistern spreads disease.

The foul cistern spreads disease.
II is not advisable to add to silage.
The nurse crop is going out OF bust
ness.
Pillow up the grasshopper-egg-infest-
ed fields this fall.
You can raise this amount on three
acres of good land.
There should be q place for every
thing-but not out of doors.
Buckthorn makes splendid hedge,
1t is hardy and easily grown.
Put the corn into the silo as near
as possible at the hard-glazing stage.
Nine millions a year are spent on
the maintenance of roads in England.
II is encouraging to see how quickly
the pastures respond to frequent rains
High, well-drained soil Is best. but
the grape will grow on most any KIND
of soil and exposure.
The general hay crop Is short. and
the careful farmer will save every pos
sibie bit of corn fodder
A silo ten feet in diameter and 26
feet deep will hold 40 tons silage, or
enough TO feed ten cows seven months.
Rotation is as necessary to the grow
ing of profitable crops as variety of
food Is essential to the health OF the
individual
Rye cut about the time 1t begins to
head and run through the cutter Into
the silo and we'll packed will make
very good silage.
There are two kinds of wheat smut.
loose smut and sinking or ball smut
Both can be prevented by treating the
seed and rotating the crops.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-13
PUT CONCRETE TOP ON TANK
o'ous Platform Should Be Erected
Just Level With Top to Hold \
Cover Until II Is Set.

In reply to query as TO the hest
way OF putting concrete top on a
circular stone supply tank. about Q
ieet IN diameter, the Breeders Ga
zette makes the following reply:
MAKE stout platform in the tank
just level with the top to hold IN tho
cover until 1t is set AS this platform
should be quite tight, 1t had best he
covered with building paper or other
such material. AS one will want a
manhole to take ont the lumber. he
can cut out the boards where this 10
TO be and replace them by having
cheats nailed nnder them. The form
lor this manhole should be made
tapering and out of 6-inch boards saw
IL inches at bottom and % inches at
the top. On each side of the manbole
lay an inch round rod and have some
stout wire fencing cut ready for rein.
forcing.
After placing an inch of concrete
place the bars and the fencing which
should be double and then fill In the
W. W lllIHSS, IL tue cover iS
not to be for sustaining any weight
but its own. If it Is to be the floor
OF building. then put in inches of
concrete. AS soon as the concrete is
set, or after one day, take out the
manhole box, line the hole with paper
and fill this with concrete, not for
getting to put in some kind of ring by
which to lift It, After a week or ten
days lift out the cover of the manhole
and remove the wooden platform.
This cover can be made on a plat
form on the ground and then placed
on the tank. To do this it will be
best to use a reinforcing of half-inch
steel rods placed inches on center
each way and tied with wire at inter-
sections and then make the thickness
only 8 inches. Use mixture of one,
two and three. That Is, one of ce-
ment, two of sand and three of crush
ed stone, none over half an inch In
diameter.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-13
CONDITION OF
LAYING HENS
Little Surplus Fat Indicates That.
Her Bodily Wants Have
Been Well Taken
Care Of.

A hen In the best laying condition
has some surplus fat on her body.
This means that her bodily wants have
been supplied and that there is some
food to spare. A very fat hen seldom
lays we'll; poor hen cannot lay WE'LL.
The first part OF the egg which Is
made is the yolk, which contains 30
uer cent albumen and Ga per cent. fat
New growth and egg production only
come from the surplus food not need
ed to keep up the body. Corn is an ex-
cellent grain. but is so relished by the
fowls that they are liable to overeat-
Wheat, with its by-products, is the
most useful grain to the poultryman.
Hens are naturally worm and insect
hunters, and they must have meat III
some form in order to do their best
Fresh meat is the best form, and hens
prefer 1t cooked. Gren cut bone Is exr
ceilent The handiest forms. are the
commercial scraps and beef meal.
SKINNED milk Is also a valuable
source of animal protein and should be
fed literally, If possible, not only tos
moisten the mash, but also as drink