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

Showers tonight Or wednesday.
Warmer tonight. cooler Wednesday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-10
AUTOMOBILE TRAIN STARTS TRIP ACROSS UNITED STATES

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The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES
New Ruling Has Been Received at the
Local Landofice Regarding
Homestead Entries.

The Devils Lake U. S. landoffice has
just received a new ruling regarding
the second homestead entries. The
change is Of great interest to the home
steaders over the state who should pay
particular attention o the new form.
The order is as follows:
That any person who prior to the
approval Of this act, has made entry
under the homestead or desert land
laws, but who, subsequently to such ell
try, from any cause shall have lost, for
feited or abandoned the same, shall be
entitled to the benefits Of the home
stead or desert land laws as though
such former entry had not been made,
an dany person applying for second
homestead or desert land entry under
this act shall furnish description and
the date Of the former entry: Provid-
ed, that the provisions Of this act shall!
not apply to any person whose former
entry for a valuable consideration in
excess of the filing fees paid by him on
his original entry.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02

FOR SALE year old colt, 800
taken at once. H. N. Halgren.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02
For Sale.

Twelve H. P. Runabout, perfect con-
lition. Address Box IS, Doycn, N. u.
5-5.tf.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02

Subscribe for The World and get
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The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02
WILL HOLD A BIG MEETING
State Gathering of Odd Fellows in Ear.
ly Part of June to be Well At
tended.

Grand Forks, N. D., May 27.-One Of
the most important Of all of the state
gatherings to be held in Grand Forks
next month will be, the annual conven-
ton Of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
on June 6, and s. The grand lodge Of
the Independent Order Of Odd Fellows
for North Dakota will meet here June
6 and and the grand encampment will
be held June S. The state assembly Of
the Rebekahs will be held in connec-
ton with the grand lodge meeting on
June 6 and Z. Already scores Of reser-
vations have been received by the 10
cal hotels and it is certain that sever
al hundred delegates will be in the city.
There are at the present time 1876
lodges in this jurisdiction and all have
given assurance that the will be repre-
scented by one or more delegates.
The visitors will be welcomed on
Tuesday morning, June 6, by Mayor NJ.
+. Murphy, and response will be made
by prominent members of the assembled
lodges. a special feature Of the con
vention will be the competitive drill
scheduled for Tuesday evening for suit
able prizes. Drill teams representing
both the subordinate lodges and the
Rebekah branches of the order will
compete and many will come in from
outside towns to witness the work.
Degree staffs Of the Wahpeton and For
90 subordinate lodges will take part in
the drill work, as will also Rcbekah
stats from Drayton, Mayville and Bin
ford.
The following are the elective officers
of the grand lodge:
Grand NIaster-Gco. w. Wilson, Stan
ley.
Deputy Grand Master-Fred f.
Smith, Wahpeton.
Grand Warden-E. NJ. JPaclsson, Val.
ley City.
Grand Secreeary-Don Mcdonald.
Grand Representatives,. D. Mack,
Dickey.
The following are the Rebekah grand
assembly officers:
President-Mrs. Della Crossthwaite,
Mandan.
Vice President-Mrs. Elizabeth Har.
riman, Minnewaukan.
Secretary-Mrs. Jennie B. Hill, Far
go.
One of the Veterans.
Probably no Odd Fellow in the state
has been more closely identied with the
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02

growth and development Of the lodge
in North Dakota than the grand secre-
airy, Don Mcdonald, Of this city. This
is Mr.. Mcdonald Is seventeenth consecu-
tive year as grand secretary, and he has
been elected to serve still another year.
The North Dakota Odd Fellows lodge
will be Of age at the coming grand
lodge gathering, the first meeting hav
ing been held 81 years ago at Casselton.
At that time thirty-tow lodges with
some twelve hundred members made up
the grand lodge. The close of the year
1910 saw IS lodges in the state, with a
membership of 1924, showing a gain
of So, for one year. This does not rep
resent the Rebekahs, but simply the
Subordinate lodge membership.
That the Odd Fellows of the state are
looking forward to the time when IN
Odd Fellows home will be built is in
Dictated by the interesting fact that
there is no win the accumulated fund
for that purpose $4,000 Up to the
present time the lodge has not felt the
need Of home, although at the pres.
ent time four boys are being taken care
of at the home at Mortified, MINI.
Few people realized the membership
scope and benevolent wor kthat is be
ing carried on by the Odd Fellows ant
Rebekahs. The last report of the SOW
erign grand lodge for 1909 shows thu
membership in subordinate lodges tt
reach the astounding figures of 1874,
Ose while the ranks of the Rebekah
swells this total up to 1,952,421. In tn
year 1907, the Odd Fellows spent 10
relief total Of $5,356,925.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY GOV
Veterinary Examiners and Members of
State Pardon Board Selected

Bismarck, N. D., May Ex-Governor
Burke has made the following appoint
ments: State veterinary medical ex-
aminers, Dr. w. E. Stinson, Grafton,
one year; DR.. G. H. Babcock, New
Rockford, two years; DR.. F. Fl. Farmer,
Wahpeton, three years
State Pardon Board: S. A. Fisher
Strassburg; II. S. Rearick, Coopers-
town. These members succeed Chas.
Win and w. A. Faulkcrson.
Delegate to National Board Chair.
tics and Correction meeting at Boston.
June TIA: Miss Lillian Topping, Far
60.
Delegates to American Prison Asso-
citation Meeting at Omaha, October H.
10: F. Z. Packard, aVlley City; Rev.
George B. Newcomb, Bismarck.
Vice President American Appeal
Congress: Max Schultze, New Salem.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02
MORE CORN IN NORTH DAKOTA
Acreage Is Larger and Crop May Be
Among Heaviest in Cereal List.

Grand Forks; N. D., May 26.-Corp
gives promise Of being one. Of North
Dakota's heaviest crops this year. The
corn acreage is much heavier than it
has ever before been, hardly farmer
having overlooked this feature in plan
ming his years operations.
Reports that are received in Grand
Forks relative to the corn situation are
uniform, practically all being to the
effect that the corn acreage is larger.
This affects not only the eastern part
of the state, but also the western dis,
tricts as we'll.
An indication Of the extensiveness Of
the corn planting can be cleaned in
report from Griggs county, which is to
the effect that practically every farmer
has planted from twenty to fifty acres.
In Dunn county, where conditions are
entirely different from those Of Griggs,
the corn acreage has increased mater
tally. Dunn is one Of the counties in
the state possessing even yet vast
acreage that is unbroken, being one Of
the "frontier.'' counties, from the ag-
ricultural viewpoint.
5O-Acre Corn Tracts Common.
Emmons county also has big corn
increase, largely in fodder corn. In the
Red River Valley counties, notably
Gradn Forks, Walsh, and Pcmbina,
there has been an increase in the corn
acreage and nearly every farmer has a
good-sized corn patch. Fifty-acre tracts
of corn, which three or four years age
would have been looked upon as curl
ositics in North Dakota, are this season
to be found at regular intervals.
| Materially better conditions are tt
be found this season with respect to thu
weed crop that has prevailed in othe,
seasons. Fields present a much clean
er appearance from the roads than the,
have in other years at this time, an.
the general spirit of the farmer seem
to be to make war on the foul plants.
Heavy rains that fell over the stat
the last two weeks have worked won
ders in the pasture and meadow lane
and cattle are being ranged every
where.
There is much speculation as to til
flax acreage in the state, statistics O.
that question not being available a
yet. It is contended in come countie
that the flax acreage has been decreas
ed because of the high price of the fla
seed this spring, and that condition
at least true with reference to Gran
Forks county. Rolette county, too
makes similar report, that county ais
including barley as one of the sho1
crops. In the western sections of tn
state. where the newly broken land ha
usually been given over entirely to fla!
that seed shares place with corn tn
year, and the probabilities are thu
North Dakota's fax crop will not be {
great in proportion, as is the whes
crop.
With reference to the moisture que
ton, there probably is not a portion {
the state in which the rainfall is abov
the average. That is especially true {
the eastern sections, while in the ives
ern districts, while rains in the earl
part Of the month were not as heav
as they were in the eastern district
several showers have been had snt
that time that have about balanced ii
scales.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02
FREIGHT RATE ADVANCES
WILL BE LEGITIMATE
Interstate Commerce Commission Holds
Reasonable Advance in Rates.

Washington, May 25.-Proposed adj
vanccs in hte freight rates on gram
products from North Dakota and South
Dakota producing points to such pri-
mary grain centers as Minneapolis, Du-
luth, Milwaukee and Chicago, are held
by the interstate commerce commission
in decision today to be not unreason-
able. The commission held, however,
that the former established rates from
the origin to these destinations should
be restored except in instances Of bona
fide errors in the tariffs or manifest
violations of long and short haul pro
visions. Advances in the rates on
coars grain and wheat from South Da-
lzota to Omaha, Neb., were condemned.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02
Notice to Clean Up.

All property owners or renters liv-
ing in the jurisdiction of the city o.
Devils Lake are hereby notified and re-
questcd to remove or cause to be re-
moved from their allies or lots, all ash
es, manure, garbage or other refuse
at once, inasmuch as the presence Of
this material at the approach of warm
weather threatens the sanitation and
health of the city. BY order of the
Board of Health.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-02
sToRK LEADS THE GRIM REAPER
Vital Statistics of State Show Large
Increase in Births During April.

In the report Of the state board of
health for the month Of April the num-
Der Of births in Ramsey county led the
three times, the number being 20 to Z.
The greatest record was made by Di-
vide county which had nine births and
no deaths.
Following is the report by counties:
Counties Births Deaths
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15
Believed Them True Stor;es

When Dante published his Inferno"
the simplicity Of the age accepted it
as true narrative of his descent into
hell.
When the utopia" Of Sir Thomas
Moore was first published it occasioned
a pleasant mistake. This political ro-
nance represents a perfect but vision
ary republic in an island supposed to
have been newly discovered in Amer
lea. 'As this was the age Of dis
covery," says Granger, "the learned
Budaeus and others took 1t for a genu-
Inc history and considered 1t as highly
expedient that missionaries should be
sent thither In order to convert 80 wise
4 nation to Christianity"
1t was long while after publication
that many readers were convinced
that Gulliver's travels were fictitious
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15
The Mans Mistake.

Out Of loyalty 70 his own sex the
manager Of the woman'S suit depart
ment discharged his young woman
stenographer and hired Il man. The
first batch Of letters dictated to the
man were written to about hundred
old customers, whom he invited to eX-
anime privately a lot Of exclusive gar
ments before they were placed on sac.
The day after the letters were mailed
the women flocked into the store. bat
the fire that burned in their eyes va
the fire Of the avenger rather than If
the bargain hunter. One word which
each woman had underlined in her
letter explained their wrath. The gar
ments, so the manager had meant TO
say, had been designed for women of
stock figure, such as they possessed.
but the male stenographer had drawn
on the alphabet and had written II
'stocky."
"No woman on earth would have
been guilty Of such mistake -
growled the manager
The next week the girl stenographer
had her job k.-Philadelphia Led.
ger
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15
Doinu Chores.

There is no time in the year when
there is cessation from toll on a farm.
1t is different in winter; that is ALL
The days are shorter, the work
rougher. OF course much depends
upon the character Of the farm. Con-
siderable leisure is possible where few
cattle are kept and general trucking
done. But always there are the
Chores" A remarkably elastic express
si0s that-"doing chores" 1t may
mean much or little. Some dairy farm
ers, for instance, whose serious busi-
ness In life Is milking COWS, may pot.
ter around the farm after the morn
tng's milking and, taking the mornings
milk to the creamery or railroad sta
tion, eat their noon dinners, mend some
fence, look over the harness or haul
out manure, potter around some more
and then say, "Guess it's about time
to do the chores" meaning to milk
two dozen COWS or so-the real hard
work Of the eday.-Philadelphi Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15
Grea. Men Tall and Short.

A recent investigator has attempted
to show that Lombroso and his follow
ers were wrong in asserting that men
Of genius were Of small stature. OF
230 individuals of eminence he found
that figures were obtainable for 1O3;
Of these sixteen were Of middle height,
fifty-eight above and twenty-nine be-
low.
Americans particularly combined
greatness with inches. Jefferson and
Jackson were more than six feet tall.
Sumner was six feet four inches, and
Washington, Lincoln and Beecher were
more than six feet. Among famous
foreigners Tolstoy was q large man,
and so were Thackeray, Bismarck and
Darwin.
On the contrary, many Of the worlds
greatest geniuses were undersized and
even deformed. Napoleon, Poe, Pope,
Alexander the Great, Nelson, Blake
and Caesar were small men.
After all Is said, genius is no re-
specter Of rules.-New York American.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15
BIackbird Davs.

Jan. 30 and 81 and Feb. are famous
at ConstantinOple, Brescia and along
the Danube and the Rhine as the
"blackbird days" A curious legend
says that originally all species Of crack
les blackbirds) were white and that
they became black because during one
year in the middle ages the three days
mentioned above were so cold that all
the birds in Europe took refuge in the
chimneys. At Brescia the three days
are celebrated with feast called 81
giorni della merla," or "the feast of
the transformation Of the bird"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15
Wishino Them a Safe Voyaqe

mabel and George. after much
quarrcling over the arrangements for
their honeymoon. have decided to take
the "trip IN an airShip.'
"WcU, trust that whom they get
above the clouds they won't have a
falling OUT Widow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15
Pos ssibIy.

Mr.. Briggs-Here's an article, my
dear, Il very interesting article, in
which prominent doctor says that a
certain cure for nervousness in women
is silence-cOmpletc silence. Mrs.
Briggs promptly)-Ill bet anything
some fool Of Il man doctor wrote that!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15
Easily Attained.

81 am determined TO live in luxurious
surroundings and eat and drink the
best the land affords" said the frankly
selfish man.
"That ought 10 he easily arranged" >"
replied Miss Cayenne "All YOU have
to do is to get situation as n butler"
-WashingtOn Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15
Not Worthless s..

Ashley always thought M.at lioc~
ting was leading WORTHLESS lir.
Wasn't he? Ashlcy-&o: hi
llfc WAS insured for thousand NJ
rhaugc
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15

y fellow feeling makes us VOL
dTOus kind.--Garrlck.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15

In reverence IS the chief iov and
power Of life.--Ruskin
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15

The paving ON Main strrot cannot
be started too soon-it is needed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15

Mrs. w. u. Carson. OF Dalzeu. was
an town Thursday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15

Never lot Familiarity exclude r..
spect.--J. Nanbrugh.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-15

Better 1t is to be envicd tnar
itied.-TIcrodotus
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-21

The Pennington Republican
interviewed a considerable num-
Der of citizens on the capital re-
building question and publishes
their comments. If the senti-
ment expressed by these citizens
may be taken as a forecast of the
outcome of the bond election
next August the proposition will
be heavily defeated. The Repub-
lican's interviews show that out
of about 80 voters questioned on
the subject 56 expressed them
selves as being opposed to the
bond issue and "a in favor of it.
Many seemed to think the
amount asked for, SO, 500, 900, was
excessive. One peculiar feature
of this presentation of public
sentiment is, that men who are
the heaviest taxpayers are al
most uniformly in favor of the
bonding proposition, while the
small taxpayers are opposed to
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-21

redistricting bill by the initia
tive method, and will be glad tC
meet the Democratic organiza-
ton before the people of the state
upon this issue.
The backdown of Roach and
Major. when they found they
were blocked by the Governor
in putting into effect their out
rageous gerrymander, by which
the Democrats Weregiven twenty
four members of the State Sen
ate and the Republicans ten. is
another example of the failure of
Democratic tricks and schemes
under the leadership of the
small bore politicians now in
charge of the Democratic State
organization. These politicians
will probably sometime learn
that public opinion in this State
no longer approves of their kind
of politics.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-21
The Exposure of Children.

The lot of the little child in an
cient times was a hard one. In
many countries they were cruel
ly exposed-in Egypt, along the
banks of the Nile; in Greece and
Rome, along the highways-and
left to perish, unless some kind
hearted person took pity on them
and saved them. The exposure
was especially common with
preference to girl children, girls
being considered unlucky, or at
least unprofta bic. In the best
days of Greek civilization, when
Plato the Divine" was the re-
cognized leader of thought par
ents thought nothing of casting
out their physically weak off
spring to die by the roadside, or
be devoured by wild beasts, or to
perish from cold Or hunger. It'll
was Christianity that made the
little ones" sacred in the eyes
Of the world, and that put an end
to the inhumanity with which
they had been treated.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-21
Benefit St. James Catholic E

rubbed and all the marvels of ap
piled electricity have followed
In addition to it's electric engines
and appliances steamship is
equipped with the wireless. In
slant communication is made
easy up and down the ocean and
with persons on shore. Consider
the reality of rubbing the bit of
amber, and the story of the
magical lamp fades into insignifi-
canoe. A great steamship of to-
day offers so much that is monu-
in human achievement
that the old romances of the East
suggest eXen poverty of the
imagination. By human pro
gress the sea has been conquer
ed until it is as safe to be afoat
as ashore. .-Globe-Democrat.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-21
Beyond the Dreams of Ancients.

Nothing in the Arabian Nights
is essentially as wonderful as
the big liners now constructed
for the Atlantic ferry. One So1
feet long, and a maze of ideas for
luxurious travel, serves as pre-
face for an announcement that
work has been begun on vessel
$50 feet in length, with $4,000
horsepower. Twenty years ago
but two vessels We're provided
with 10000 horsepower, and the
quickest passage was slower by
25 per cent. The centennial OF
the first steamship passage
across the ocean will not come
until 1919. In 1919 the steamer
Savannah, a craft of only $50
tons, built in New York, crossed
from Savannah to Liverpool in
twenty-si days, during eighteen
of which she used her paddles,
A British cruiser off Cape Clear
thought she was on fire and hur'
ried to reach what was expected
to be scene Of calamity. The
first steam voyage between Lon
don and Calcutta in 1925 occupied
113 days, which was regarded as
an extraordinary feat.
If any story in the famous IA
bles of the Orient is analyze0
what is there in it TO compare
with the concentration of pracGi
cal inventive genius in the mod
ern steamship: Alladin rubbed
his lamp and heaped up treas
ures, but q piece Of amber was
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-21

Unless the friends of the Hon.
Joseph w. Folk are able to meet
and circumvent the political
trickery of the Old Guard of the
Missouri Democracy, their favor
ite is likely to find himself out
side of the fence in the game of
getting things. The Hon. Joseph
w. was given the promise of
Missouri's support for president
in the Democratic national con-
vention in 1912 if he would con-
sent to being switched out of the
last senatorial race. Now the Old
Guard gang is trying to give him
a flying switch out of the presi-
Dental race in favor of the Hon.
Champ Clark. The Old Guard
has never forgiven Folk for pur.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-21
That Alleged River Expert.

State Auditor Gordon, by ad
vice of Attorney General Major
has payed an alleged waterways
expert over $500 for salary and
expenses despite the fact that he
| has no office, has had no instruc
tons Or authority from the
Waterways Commissioners to
perform any duties and is re.
pudiated by them. A salary and
expense account was created for
him, and he was named as an ex-
pert assistant to the Waterways
Commission without the advice,
consent or approval Of the Com
missioners. Unless the courts
stop him he will go on drawing
money from the State treasury
till the appropriation of $1,000 is
exhausted. This is only one of
the several fragrant things for
which the Democratic leaders in
the last Legislature are RESPONSE
bic They fixed it so the gov
ernor would have to veto the
entire appropriation for the
Waterways Commission or sub
nit to the payment Of $1,000 to
a Democrat named by the legis-
lature and foisted upon the COM
missioners. Former Governor
Dockery is one of the Commits
sioners. W. K. Kavanaugh an
other prominent Democrat is
president of the board. Walter
S. Dickey, Cyrus 2. Walbridge
and Lawrence Nj. Jones eminent
Republicans and distinguished
citizens are the other members.
The Democratic commissioners
opposed the employment and
payment Of this alleged expert,
and any member of the commits
sion knows more about the rivers
of the State and their possibili-
ties than he knows or ever will
know. Are the people of Mis-
souri, ready to approve such
abominable Legislation as this
appropriation of $1,000 for
the services and expenses of
a man who was not wanted and
has been repudiated by a board
composed Of such eminent citi-
>aus.