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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
FOR ENGINEER MEET
February Is and is Convention Of tic
State Society Of Engineers Will
Be Held in This City

The annual convention of the North
Dakota Society of Engineers will be
held in this city Thursday and Fri
day, February Is and 1i, and the ses-
sions will be held both in the city.
probably in the council chamber of
the city hall. and at the university. The
program for the convention is in the
hands of the executive committee. Sam
F. Crabbe Of Fargo. J. C. Field of Will
listOn and T. r. Atkinson of Bismarck,
and 1t will be announced the early
part of next month. The program
is to he a very extensive one. we'll fill
ing the two days. and will consist Of
papers and discussions on county sur
vey work. land and city survey, devel-
opment Of concrete and cement. coun-
ty bridges and roads and numerous
other questions covering problems of
the engineer.
The convention will bring to the city
between fift wand sixty engineers from
throughout the state and the officers
are Sam S. Crabbe of Fargo. president:
State Engineer T. r. Atkinson. vice
president. and r. w. Livingston of
Mandan. secretary. The dates for the
We're selected by 4. commit
tee composed of President Crabbe of
Prof. L. F. Chandler, Or. &.
A. Abbott. Henry Lykkcn and Prof. A.
j. Becker of this city, which held a
in Fargo.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
WOULD |MPR0vB|
RACE STANDA
Scientific Marriage Reel
mende by Assistant Sc,
rotary of Agriculture.

Washington. Dec. o9.-The classi
cation Of all the peoples Of the wor
in a great International census, giving
each person a number in a single
world series to the end that the hu-
man race may be improved by scienti-
lie marriage, was the plan advocated
tonight by Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture w. NJ. Hays, in an address be-
fore the American Breeders ~associa-
ton, II of the organizations making
up the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
as a means of improving the here
dltE of the human family, MIR. HAYS
proposed Il classification Of all human
genetic efficiency. Based on such
knowledge as this census would give.
he said. there would be developed a
racial religion requiring the genetic-
ally efficient to produce families larg-
er than the average. and those less
efficient to produce families smaller
than the average.
The world members. Mr.. Hays said,
would serve to join g~eneologies into
lationships could be traced. Each
person would have n number of per-
centage that could be averaged as to
give the gently or family values of
each person.
Discussion Of the reasons. for high
prices. the tendency of immigration,
the Development of better labor con-
ditions, and the progress Of civic i'm
provenents and social settlement work
held attention among the various
meetings today in the numerous con-
ventions meeting here under the aus
pieces of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
The use Of dangerous chemicals in
hair tones and cosmetics came in for
announcement by DIR. l.. T.. Kebler,
chief Of the drug division of the bu-
reau Of chemistry. before the Amerl-
Chemical society. He said the
standard for drugs should be made
uniform and that manufacturers
should not have the authority or the
power to establish standards Of their
own.
At the annual meeting tonight off,
GERS were elected.
Cleveland was selected as the next
meeting place on Dec. 80, 1912.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
REVOLUTION IAfNuyENr.

Washington, Dec. 30.-Ecuador is
drifting toward a three-corncred rev.
olution as a result of the sudden
death of President Estrada on Dccem-
her 20. The government was left in
charge Of Senor Zaldumbide. pending
elections to be held next month to
select a successor to the presidency.
Advices to the state department to-
day declare the troops at Ciuayaauil,
the principal city Of Ecuador. have
arisen and proclaimed General Mon
Zero supreme chief Of the republic.
Meanwhile formidable movements arc
organizing in favor of General Plaza,
a former president. while Flavio AL
faro. Il nephew of a former president.
also Is a contender.
Already signs of disorder have APP
peared. II today's report was that
ten persons were killed and a number
wounded i'll Guayaquil as a result of
the Montero uprising.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
THIEVES Make CONFESSION
Men Who Sold Employers Wheat arc
Awaiting Convention of District
COurt-Both Confess.

Albert Gardiner, the young man
who was arrested here on complaint
Of Ben James of Bathgate. charged
with selling a load Of wheat belong
ing to the latter and retaining the
money. has been bound over to the
district court and is at the present
time confined in the Jail az Grafton.
Gardiner was arrested here and TAX
en- to the city hall. He denied the
charge. but when searched, the mon
ey was found tucked away in the toes
Of his shoes.
Upon being taken back, Gardiner
stated that he was not the only one
implicated. He accused Henry A.
Williams, another farmland on the
James place. Of having assisted him
in selling two other loads Of wheat
and sharing in a division Of the money
received. Both men have confessed
and are awaiting a chance to appear
before the district court.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
HOE TO COST MORE.
Footwear Prices Will Advance 20 IL
25 Per Cent January 1.

ST. Paul Pioneer Press: Dress shoes
purchased after New Years will cost
considerably more than those pur-
chased this week. according to the
statement made las night by a leading
st. I'aul shoe dealer. He said that
shoes which sold for SO around Christ
mas will cost 1915 and shoes that
sold for IS will cost $6.25.
"Shoes will advance from 20 to e5
per cent" he said, land all other
leather goods will rise in price. The
cheaper grades Of leather will not adj
vance Very much but cow hide. calf
hide and also kid will show an in
crease.
There are three reasons. The first
is because the leather prices are en-
tirely controlled by the trusts: the
the second the shortage Of leather
caused by the settling up of the west
ern lands by farmers. which does
away with the large. herds of cattle
that formerly roamed the western
prairies. and third. because of wars in
foreign countries that always have a
tendency to raise the prices OH every
article that is exported and shoes form
n of the leading exports of the
United States.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
A WAD OF MONEY
Old Gentleman Had $500 in n Sack,
Carried Under ClOthing-Tlncd
for Drunkenness.

c. Konzn. clai to be a business
man from Ccdarville. Iowa. was taken
in charge in East Grand Forks by
Chief Of Police P. J.. Sullivan on n
drunkenness charge Friday evening
and when searched at the city hall was
found to have over 500 in a sack. the
cord of which encircled his neck.
Chief of Police Sullivan stated that
he had seen Konzn. who is a rather
old gentleman. getting rather hilari-
Gus In company with men whom he
was afraid might Waylay the owner of
the big necklace.
This afternoon Konzn was ar.
raigned in the East Grand Forks
municipal court before Judge T. A.
Sullivan and found guilty of drunken
ness, a fine Of $3.50 being imposed.
The man stated that he was on his
way to California where he expects to
spend the winter.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
LEADS JUNE MERRY
CHASE AND IS
WINNER
Last Twelve Months Fixed
New High Water Mark
For Matrimonial Sea

Marriage licenses in a farming COM
munity r said to be reliable %criter-
ions by which to judge prosperity.
Grand Forks county, If the above
statement Is correct, shows materially
better conditions over last year. In
the business year of County Judge L.
X. HasselIs Office. which closes today,
shows $40 marriage licenses issued,
an increase Of twenty-three over last
year. when the total number was 287.
The year 1910 was not as prosperous
as is common in the Red river val
ley. In 1910 the total number of mar
riage licenses issued was three. less
than in 1903, when the total was 29O.
November OF the year just passing,
broke all records for the number Of
licenses issued in any ono month,
when fifty couples secured the official
sanction Of the county to he Joined in
wedlock. January was the poorest
month in the year in the marriage IL
n business, but twelve having re-
them. In the month Of Janu-
airy there were the least number Of
licenses issued since four years pre-
vious when in January, 1908, there
were also twelve issued.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
Range TO BECOME
Il EFFECTIVE ON
Old Name, Launched Fifteen
Years Ago, Resumes Its
Position

An important change in n Of the
permanent business firms Of Grand
Forks as announced today in the sale
1by c. E. Garvin Of his interests in tho
Benner, Begg & Garvin stores to
Messrs. N. G. Benncr and w. S. Begg.
BY this transfer the firm name reverts
! to Bonner & Begg, q name which has
been favorably known by the people
Of Grand Forks and the state Of North
Dakota for sixteen years.
Mr.. Garv!n, whose association with
this we'll known firm has continued
over eleven years retires to engaged
in other lines Of business. During
that entire time he has been in charge
of the credit and financial depart
tents
Today. for the first time In eleven
gears. the name Bonner & Begg ap-
pears at the foot of the advertisement
as published in this issue. The change
= really takes effect with the closing of
the year 1911, which will be at 10
O'Clock tonight, the hour at which the
store closes.
/ Established Sixteen Years.
Sixteen years ago the frm name,
! Grand Forks people. The business
! was located in a small store room at
the corner of Third street and DeMers
avenue. Since that time the firm has
grown by good healthy strides. and the
firm of Benner & Begg will have one
of the largest and most complete la
J dies and .children's stores in North
Dakota, carrying nothing in mems
wear excepting shoes.
At the present time a number Of i'm
portant changes are being made in
, the store. The cloak. suit and mill
J linery departments and the shoe de-
partmcnt will occupy the store rooms
formerly occupied by the shoe and
clothing departments. and will have
h finest departments of their kind In
the city all on the first floor.
Enlarged Departments.
The dry goods department will oc-
cupy a room 40 by 160 feet; the art
department will occupy the space for
! merly occupied by the millinery de-
partment. This will give Mrs. Belts,
! who is in charge Of this department,
ment Of Its kind to be found in North
Dakota.
! Through these big changes that are
being made, the additional room af-
forded will make it possible for the
firm to carry an ven more complete
Zine that it now does. Each Of these
\ special lines will be strengthened and
through that fact. additional patron.
| age should be accorded.
: Messrs. Begg and Garvin are both
:. firm believers in the liberal use Of
printers ink. and through that fact
1 have been successful in making their
firm name one that is known through
\ out this section of the state.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
Licenses in -Four Years.
November Leads.

The month of November, for the
four year period, leads in the number
Of licenses issued, having an average
Of forty licenses each year for that
month.
June takes third place, with Octo-
Der In second place. December is in
fourth place.
In this condition is found the effect
Of the harvest season on the matri-
monial business. The three months
following the harvest season show I'M
at the top list, with the first months
OF the year showing the lowest num-
Der of licenses.
The following shows the total num-
Der of marriage licenses for each
month during the four years, and the
follows:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
ONLY %SEvENTYF|vE
F|ERS IN YEAR
OF 1871
Norman, Hart and La1nbe
Fires Caused Two-Thirds
of the Loss

There were in the "a of 1911
seventy-ive fire alarms answered by
the Grand Forks fire department in
which nfty.one miles in the aggregate
were travelled 10000 feet Of hose was
laid and 600 gallons OF chemicals were
used.
The loss on buildings. s.1ss.s6
Loss on contents .......... 23,O79.72
Total loss Observation-Disclosures
Insurance on buildings ..$143.7 100. 90
Total insurance ........$233, 700. 90
Value Of property involved $40, 500. 90
The above excerpt from the records
OF Chief A. H. Runge show that the
total fire loss in Grand Forks the past
year has been less than in a number
serious fires during the 1854 days that
have passed.
The loss in the fire on November s,
when the stocks of the Norman fur
ntture and the Hart Grocery company
were badly damaged was $20.S23.S0.
This amount is almost two-thirds of
1.-THE entire loss for the year. The only
other loss Of any serious nature was
that on March 22. when the paint and
wallpaper store at 413 DcMers ave-
nue., owned by ]. H. Lambe. was par
tally destroyed, the loss being
$2.919.41. Besides these two losses
the other seventy-tllree fires only
totaled ~$S,535.37 or an average of
$116.76 each.
The above aggregate does not in
cludc the loss Of approximately S.
RAILROAD company, when the p. A.
tower q few miles west Of the city
burned.
The fire alarms answered show that
the largest number occurred in jan
uary when twelve were answered and
the smallest number of any one month
was in October when the department
was called u but once.
The following is the list of alarms
answered.: January, IL; February, 2;
March, 6: April, Q; May. 3: June. 6:
July. s: August, 2: September. 2; Oc-
tober, l; November, z: December, II.
The --latest Fire.
About $3.50 o'clock Friday afternoon
David Todd. who resides in the house
formerly used. by the Y. w. c. A.
situated at 211 North Fourth street
and directly back Of the city hall.
phoned to Chief A: H. Runge and
chemical over to his house. The re-
quest was complied with and one Of
the men grabbed a hand chemical and
cut across to the Todd residence. He
failed to return and another man with
another chemical was dispatched to
assist the first. Both seemed to be
busy. so Chief Runge decided to visit
the place of the supposed small fire.
Upon his arrival he found a blaze
going that nccessitated calling out tho
department. The fire had started from
an over heated furnace pipe. The
damage probably amounts to $500 to
house and contents.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
CITY WATER IS SAFE FOR DRINKING
PURPOSES WITHOUT BEING BOILED
December 80, 1911.

49, December 30, 1911.
To the Evening Times.
wish to say through the columns Of your papcr that the
city water Is again safe for drinking purposes without being boiled.
During the five days ending December %, tho filter has been
doing excellent work without tho use of hypochlorite Of lime,
aud great credit is due Mr.. Sharp for his expert operation Of
the plant. The filtered water Is now up to the standard of
purity specified in the contract as is shown by the following
meteorological analysis:
Oh December "a the flterel water contained IS bacteria
per cubic centmctcr. ON December 25th, B; December 2eh,
81; December 9th, So; December 28tll, so, making an aver.
age OF 43 bacteria per cubic centim%tcrs for tho five days. b.
coll were found q little Oftcncr than once, but less than twice.
In every 10 cubic CcntiMetcrs. Tic counts for December 20
and December 30 arc not vet available. These counts arc from
tho filtered water, without hypochlOritc.
A small amount of hNpocklorite is still being added to the
filtered water but will bc discontinued when the extension on
tic intake pipe is completed and will then he used only in very
extreme conditions of the raw water.
Very truly yours,
&c. L. Rucdigcr,
Director Pubic Health Laboratory.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
SAVING

Chicago. Dec. Standardization OF q
number of caissons will make the
Unity building in Dearborn street safe
for years to come. according to an
oficial report of the city's engineers.
The building. one OF the oldest sky.
scrapers in the city, was recently de-
clared to he nut Of plumb and posi-
bly, unsafe. Reinforcement of the
foundation of the building has been
begun,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
WEATHER|SM MORE MODERATE
Grand Forks Gets Higher Tcmpcra.
turc, But in Western Sections
il Has DrOnnRd.

Grand Forks today is enjoying
slightly more moderate weather from
that Of Friday. the fact hat the low
est mark reached during the night
was four degrees above the mark Of
Friday giving the day somewhat Of a
better start.
The condition in Grand Forks Is de-
cidedly better than that in the west
ern section of the state, Minot report
ing t~wenty.tight degrees below. being
the coolest point reached there this
winter.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
1|MESHERALD WILL.
DINE EMPLOYS
MONDAY |
New Year Will Be Opene
With Spread at Hotel
Dacotah

On New Years day the Times
aid Publishing company will &
dinner for it's employees at the !
Dacotah and the feast will be
at 1890 o'clock. The members ]
board Of directors will be preser
the company's large family and
Bacon, president of the compai
preside. The dinner will be
of a get-together gathering for/
err beginning of the new year
dinner service will be follow
program OF talks by the office
company.
The employees of the Time
Publishing company numbep
that this demonstration Of
pany's good will will be &
appreciated by the guests is
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
New Years Hockcy Game.

One Of the first hockey games to
be scheduled for the year will be
played at 10 o'clock Monday morning
between the Ontario and the Times
Herald teams. Both teams have been
organized within the past I'VE or three
days and both skies have n fast list
of puck-chasers. A good game is ex-
pected,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
Case Still In PROGRESS,

The caee Of the Grant County State
Bank Of Herman, Mimi. va. the
Northwestern Land company of Rug
by. which was taken up before Judge
Chas. F. Tcmrleton on Friday after
noon. was continued today. At a late
hour this afternoon the action was
still before the court.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
OLD MAN DEAD

Navajo. Sonora. Dec. 30-Pablo Mo-
reno. reputed to be 127 years old. is
dead here. He had smoked cigarettes
for one hundred and fifteen years and
always lived on coarse foods. He had
never seen a railroad train or an au-
[tOmlilc.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
SIX KILLED IN WREC1
ON GREAT MOI
(Confinued from, rooo
CONTINUED from page

there We're no facilities for
the flames.
At the bottom Of the emil
there is Il slough. frozen overy
at this time. but the heat of
melted it to 4 depth of about Sd
and added materially to the d
which were raised against tho
ing parties.
Tho Train Crew,
The wrecked train was in
of Conductor Thomas Grove
Engineer William Vogel, L
breckenridge. MINI.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
P FOR PATENT.
Mekinock Man Has Apparatus sa
tn Re Very Reacfinal

NUcKIIOCK M6u dAS App8f2tuo sac
to Be Very Practical.
Bernhard Jacobson Of Devils Lake
and Knute Nygaard Of Mekinock
were in the city today and made ap.
plication for a patent on a threshine
machine shaker. The application has
been sent to the patent office at
Washington. The instrument which
they want a patent on, Is said to be q
great Improvement over old shakers.
found to be very successful in prac-
teal use.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
Ease Was Dismissed

James Wesley. arrested on Thursday
morning on a charge of assault and
battery. preferred by Oskar Lindland,
was released from custody this after
noon. when the complaining witness
failed to appear in Judge Phil Nc
[LouGhlin'SL court
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30

Giving n woina the right to kill
hcr husband, seems To be- carrying the
liberal idea a little too far.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30

There are several kinds Of holdups
the law doesn't pursue as rclcntlcssly
rs it docs the black hand.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30

A man who starts out by saying he
will make a short talk, SO often fails
to make good his preface.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
Z
4 THOUGHTS OF OTHERS

1t is all right for Il man to own
race horses. il he doesn't have to de-
pend on them for Il living.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30
To Visit Fargo Friends

Charles E. Finkle leaves his even.
ing for Fargo to visit Owe Sunday
with friends.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30

When q man becomes indifferent
.!hout the hair on his nose. that's a
sign that he is becoming old.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-01-25
COUNTY NEWS
WINTER HARBOR.
Fred Young left Monday for New York

Fred Young left Monday for New York.
The funeral OF Miss Eulalia Merchant
was held at the Baptist church Wednes-
day, Jan. II, Rev. e. 8. Drew officiating.
The beautiful floral offerings were ex-
pressive Of the high esteem in which the
young lady was held in the community.
The installation of officers of Rubie
chapter, o. E. g., took place at Masonic
hall Monday evening. II. G. Smallidge
was installing officer and Mrs. Rubie
Tracy, marshal. Beside the members,
about 100 guests were present. The
officers are: Mrs. Cora Roberts, w. NJ. !;
W. W. Sumner, w. P; Julia Bickford,
A. M; Lillian Harrington, secretary;
Helen Jordan, treasurer; Bertha Torrey,
conductress; Eimira Higgins, associate
conductress; Abbie Written, Adah; Ida
Weston, Ruth; Eta Grover, Esther; Julia
Sargent, Martha; Flora Gerrish, Electa
Abbie Norris, warden; B. d. Kent, senti-
nal. An interesting program followed,
consisting of songs, several recitations and
mnsic by the Winter Hsrbor orchestra
The banquet which followed was enjoyed
by the large large number Of visitors and
members present.
Jan. IS. E.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-01-25
BOOST! Ellsworth Food Fair,
Feb. 2O-26.
SOUTH sURRY.

Master Francis Harden, OF Surry, spent
aiew days recently with his grandparents
here.
CLIFFORD Coggins spent the weekend at
nome He was accompanied by school
nlend, Thomas Grieve, Of North Blue
hill.
A social evening was recently spent at
the library in Centre hall which all pres
ent enjoyed very much. A delicious clam
STEW was served. The proceeds will be
used for the library.
Inc trustees Of the library association
are planning for an entertainment at the
NAH TO be given Feb. IA, st. Valentines
uAS' and also the birthday anniversary Of
me founder OF the library association
Tioi William P. Stewart, OF Kansas City.
There was supper at e. NJ. Cunning
aAms last Thursday evening, the proceeds
e'ng Tor the PASTORS salary. The even
Tx passed pleasantly. These gatherings
ae'p much in small community In pass
nK the long winter evenings, and are en-
'oyed BY all who attend.
IAN. q. TRAMP.