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The new era., 1911-06-08
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING

Milwaukee.-John Neville, manager
of AL Kaufman, has agreed with To-
cal fight club to match Kaufman
against Jim Flynn for ten rounds.
Jim Flynn and Carl Morris finally
signed articles to fight fiften rounds
in Tulsa, Okla. on the afternoon of
July 4.
The University of Washington eight.
oar crew defeated the varsity crew OF
the University of California on Lake
Washington at Seattle, by ten lengths.
At the end of twenty rounds of vi
cious fighting frankie White Of Chi
cago was declared the winner over
Kid Ross of New York at Cheyenne,
Wyo.
Jack "Twin" Sullivan and "Porky''
Flynn boxed ten rounds to draw be-
fore the new Star Athletic Club in
Milwaukee. Both men finished strong.
Sullivan showed himself to be more
clever than his opponent.
Outfought, outpaced, oatgeneraled,
everything but outgamed. frankie
Burns of Oakland was forced to hoist
the white towel of surrender as the
gong rang for the beginning of the
seventeenth round of his fight with
Ad Wolgast, lightweight champion.
The new era., 1911-06-08

Theodore Roosevelt has been asked
to take the stand in the steel trust in
vestigation by the Stanley committee
of the House.
For the first time in the history OF
the service. it is said, the deficit in
the Postoffice Department has been
entirely wiped out.
With snow falling in Montana and
freezing temperatures In Nevada and
Oregon, hot wave is now centered
over the middle West and the South.
It is announced that the Democrats
of the House will not stop with re-
vision Of the wool schedule, but will
follow with revision of the cotton,
metals and chemical schedules.
President Taft has issued drastic
order designed to prevent the return
of deported convicts to the Panama
canal zone. Any convict who has
served an Imprisonment sentence in
the canal zone and been deported and
then returns to the zone is to be
deemed" guilty of felony and pun
ished by Imprisonment for one year
and thereafter removed from the canal
zone.
President Taft has denied the appli-
cation for the pardon of Charles w.
Morse of New York and of John R.
Walsh of Chicago, the two most prom
inent bankers ever convicted and SEN
fenced to federal prisons under the
national banking law
The battleship Michigan. command
ed by Captain Nathaniel r. Usher, is
the premier shot of the American
navy. In the spring battle practice
Just concluded, the Michigan scored
99,929 points Of merit and will be
awarded the gunnery championship
trophy.
An agreement to favorably report
the Sherwood 81 day service pen.
sion bill, affecting half million old
soldiers, was reached at meeting of
the House committee on invalid pen-
sions. The bill is estimated to involve
total cost of $38.000.0O0.
Declaring that skinned condensed
milk is endangering the lives of mil
lions of infants DR.. Harvey w. Wiley,
pure food expert OF the government,
has announced his intention of start
ing crusade against all manufac-
turers who misrepresent that product
in any way.
The new era., 1911-06-08
WESTERN.


Chief OF Police Seymour OF San
Francisco. has been suspended from
duty by the Board Of Police.
A marked English coin lost twelve
years ago in Selma. Kans.. by Mrs. T.
Parker, has been found in Cripple
Creek, Colo.
In broad daylight the State Bank
of Albany, Okla, was robbed by TWO
masked men who entered the bank ana
secured $4,000.
Four persons were killed and one IN
jured fatally at q railroad crossing
near Rivers, Cal, in collision De-
tween a Pacific Electric car and an
automobile.
Three men have been indicted al
Los Angeles on the charge OF having
deposited dynamite in the county
Hall of Records September 8, 1917
with intent to destroy it.
Gov. Colquitt of Texas has been put
out of the Methodist church unless the
higher authorities or conference rules
with him that prohibition is political
and not a moral question.
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin. Artic explor'
er, WHO is in Sacramento. CAL, an
nounces that, by hitching his ship to
an iceberg he expects to float over the
North Pole, starting in 1918 and get
ting back to civilization about 1917.
Lured from his home on the pre-.
tense that he was wanted to perform
a marriage ceremony, the Rev. DIR. E.
E. Fairchild, pastor of st. Pauis
Methodist Episcopal church at Hele-
ma, Mont, was brutally and possibly
fatally assaulted on the street.
In the hurry attendant upon the last
night OF the session Of the Missouri
legislature, the revenue bill providing
the tax levy under which appropria-
tions amounting to $19,500.0O0 are to
be raised got lost in the Senate and
failed to pass. The discovery was
made the next day.
In the case OF John J. Mcnamara
and his brother James. charged with
dynamiting the Times newspaper
plant last October, at Los Angeles, 1t
has been agreed that formal motion
by the defense for delay would not
be opposed by the state. The trial OF
the labor leaders will not begin until
next fall.
After being separated from her hus-
band, Peter C. Sharp of Pittsburg.
Kan, since the Chicago fire in 1871.
Mrs. Anna Catherine Sharp OF Oak
land, Cal, arrived and was welcomed
into her old home. Her husband and
his present wife, Mrs. Louisa Sharp,
whom he married nine years ago. aft
er giving up search for his first wife.
met her at the train.
The new era., 1911-06-08
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

TIE Italian aviator Cirri, while max.
ing an aeroplane flight near voghera,
fell ESQ feet and was instantly killed.
Provisional figures returned by the
census officers give the population of
England and Wales this year as 36.-
075.269, compared with S2,o27,s43 in
1901.
J Pierpont Morgan and several 9th
er Americans were presented by Am
bassador Reid to King George at 4
levee held at ST. James palace in Lon
don.
The new era., 1911-06-08
COLORADO STATE NEWS

OF the total tax of $95O,00O to be
collected in Weld county this year. but
100000 has been paid.
James Lee. a wealthy Johnstown
farmer has been convicted OF kidnap.
ping his own child.
Two attorneys of Walsenburg were
fined $500 each by District Judge
Hunter for contempt of court.
The county commissioners Of Chat
fee county are getting the roads in
that vicinity in good condition.
John w. Green OF Paonia has been
appointed magnetic observer in the
coast and geodetic survey service.
Arthur Given. living on a homestead
near Orchard, was burned to death In
fire which destroyed his home.
Farmers of northern Colorado are
rejoicing over twelve-hour rain that
came Just in time to save the crops.
The coroner's jury returned yer.
dict that Miss Bolma Smith of Sem
erset came to her death from an over
dose of laudanum.
Eve thousand replies have already
been received in Denver from trout
season postcards sent out recently.
George W. Click has been appointed
carried and Walter c. Aten substitute
carrier on Grand Junction rural route
No. 4.
The proposed consolidation Of the
Palisade and Mt. Lincoln high schools
has been rejected by the Mt. Lincoln
people.
Denver lodges of Odd Fellows have
decided upon June 18th as the date for
Memorial services for those who died
during the year.
A burglar entered the home of
Chas. F. Arcularius, in Colorado
Springs. in daylight and carried away
$500 worth Of silver.
Ed Mason. held at Steamboat
Springs on the charge of horse steal
ing at Hahn's Peak, escaped by set
ting fire to the county Jail.
Over fifty Chinese ringneck and
golden pheasants were liberated re-
Gently at the ranch of E. w. Fuqua.
seven miles east OF Greeley.
The commissioners of Ell Paso
county have increased their subscrip-
ton to the International Dry Farming
Congress from $500 to $4,000.
The Southern hotel burned at
Brush. Several Denver travelling men
saved their lives by jumping out of
the windows. The loss is 100000.
One Of the entertainment features
of the G. A. R. encampment at Salida.
on the 9Th. 7th and sth of June will
be an excursion to Marshall pass.
The fare will be only 81 for the round
trip and will be open to everybody.
The new era., 1911-06-08

Paul Revere's old homestead at
Sharon. Mass, and powder mill
built in Revolutionary days, were de.
stroyed by fire recently.
Thomas F. Ryan, the traction mag
nate. is seriously i'll at his home in
New York, according to the reports
sent out by his physician.
The cut in price of steel bars an.
nounced by the Republican Iron &
Steel Company will be met by the
Carnegie Steel Company.
Dreamland. one of the show places
of Coney Island, N. Y, was practical
ly wiped out by fire. Four lives were
lost and property loss is $2,OO0.O0O.
Judge Lovett of New York, repre-
sen ing the Hartman interests, con-
firrs the rumor that Mrs. Hartman
will establish on the Pacific coast an
institution similar to the Carnegie
Pittsburg foundation.
The newest London styles for men
have made their appearance in Chi
cago and are screamingly ridiculous.
The coats look like dinky shawl,
hung over the shoulders, fastened
with one button and flaring out on all
sides.
The National Steamship line steam
er Taboga struck rock off Punta
Mala and sank short time afterward,
OF the 100 passengers on board only
forty are known to have been saved.
The scene Of the accident is about 100
miles from Panama, the nearest tele-
graph station.
The General Assembly of the South
ern Presbyterian church has with
drawn from the federal council of
the Church Of Christ While no Off
cial reason was given, 1t was stated
the reason was because the council
was regarded as semi-political in
character.
Miss Eva Endurance H;rdler, of st.
Lor:s. was graduated with class OF
thirty-five men in mining from the
Missouri School of Mines and Metal
iurgy. She is believed to be the on
ly woman who has ever received a di-
plcma as mining engineer in the
United States.
Fifty-three babies under 1 year old,
most of them only few weeks old.
died during the four days of extreme
heat, from May 18th to May 10Th in
elusive, in Chicago. The mortuary
records showed that the babies died
almost as rapidly as they came into
the world.
The new era., 1911-06-08
COMING EVENTS.

June 10. ~. 15-State Sunday School
Convention, Pueblo.
June 16-18.-Conventton Christian En-
deavor Society, Grand Junction.
June 20-30.-Western General Confer
ance Women's Christian Association
Cascade. Colo.
June 28.-Colorado Association Of Let
ter Carriers convention. Boulaer
June-Meeting National Retail GRO
Gers Association. Denver.
June-American Surgical ASSOCIATION
Convention, Denver.
June 20-21.-National Association IoI
Denver.
june-American Trap Shooters Assoc
June-National Association Real Es-
tate Exchanges, Denver, three GAYS
then Colorado Springs two days, July.
The new era., 1911-06-08
Minor Mention.


Palisade is to have new city hall
Cutworms are doing great damage
in northern Colorado.
The new Sterling opera house at
Greeley has been opened.
Frank Webb, who was gored By a
bull at Pueblo. is dead.
A Farmers Institute will be held
in Yampa Friday, July 7th.
The town Of Simla is to have a
state bank. capital 100000.
The annual Mesa county Iowa day
will be celebrated July 14th.
Thursday. June 8. has heen set for
the first Pixies Peak Region day.
From nearly every section of the
state comes report of fine rains.
Three large blocks are now in
course Of construction in Rocky Ford.
Colorado and Wyoming drank $4,000
more barrels of beer in 1911 than in
1910.
The name of Ohio creek in Gunni.
son county has been changed to Colo
creek.
La Sale is planning to celebrate
the Fourth of July in the old fash
ion way.
When the home of James Bronelll
burned at Pueblo he lost $500 in cur
rency.
Paving the business section of Colo
RADIO Springs will be started about the
middle of August.
Mrs. Sarah Markley. wife Of Mat.
thew Markley. who came to Platteville
in 1870, is dead.
The plan for the construction OF a
100000 Elks home in Denver is TAX
ing definite shape.
The new era., 1911-06-08
Set 1000 Acres In Grapes.

Hotchkiss.-A syndicate Of men of
Delta county is planning to organize Il
colonization company to raise grapes
on tract Of 1000 acres near Hotch-
kiss. Two hundred families are being
gathered together in Italy to come to
Colorado, and at the head Of every
family will be an expert grape grow
er. 1t is planned to grow the same
quality of grapes that have made Ital
ian wines famous. o. Y. Baker Of
Hotchkiss, is at the head Of the move
men: to start grape growing in Delta
county.
The new era., 1911-06-08
GEN ERAL.

The eight-hour law for women has
gone in effect in California
Drinking liquor on trains except in
buffet and dining cars is prohibited in
Illinois hereafter.
Miss Sarah NJ. Scheidley, whose
holdings in Kansas City realty were
valued at s2.OOO.OOO. is dead.
A tornado struck Pekin. ILL.,, killing
two persons and causing property
damage that will amount to thou
sands.
The new era., 1911-06-08
Governor signs pistol Bill.

Denver.-Governor John F. Shafroth
signed the bill passed at the recent
session of the Legislature. compel
ling purchasers of revolvers to regis
ter with the dealer from whom the
purchase ia made and providing that
dealers keep a complete description
Of those purchasing firearms together
with statement regarding the use
to which the weapon is to be placed.
Heavy penalties are provided for fail
The new era., 1911-06-08
Indians object to donation.

Grand Junction.-An emphatic pro-
test will be made to President Taft
against the action of Congress in clos
the two Indian schools in Colorado as
soon as the Indian students from here
have returned to the reservations.
The Indians object seriously to giving
the property which they say was pur-
chased with their own money to the
state.
The new era., 1911-06-08
1aft Invited to Denver.

Denver.-President Taft. who is said
to have decided to visit Salt Lake City
in September upon the occasion of the
Utah Old Folks reunion, has been in
vited by. the Chamber of Commerce
and other commercial organizations of
the city to make Denver point of call
en- route to the Mormon capital.
The new era., 1911-06-08

Street Sayings Arc Short Lived.
S II some London slang has short
life. the street sayings current for a
time pass away even more quickly.
Most Of these, such as HAS your
mother sold her mangle?" "Who shot
the dog?" and How are you OF for
soapT survive only in the pages of
contemporary novelists.
Some, however, have long life.
Does your mother know you're out?"
has been traced back to 1910 and may
possibly, have been current before
then. Others are revived, with slight
alterations. Ten years ago rude little
boys would shout, Where did you
get that hat?" when their grand
fathers would exclaim, What! the
same old hati" And the expression
OF dissent emphasized nowadays by
mot in these trousers!" used to be
conveyed thirty years ago by the tag,
mot In these boots!"-London Chron-
icle.
The new era., 1911-06-08
New postal Savings Banks.

Neutrality-suspicious. General
Hitchcock has designated fifty addi
tional postal savings repositories,
making the number to be in opera
ton before July 1st more than 300
The offices designated. which will
open for the receipt of deposits June
9th, include: Greeley, Golden. Fort
Collins and Longmont. Colo.
The new era., 1911-06-08
Poor oiI pamases. FruIt.

Montrose.-That poor crude oil fur
nished by the Standard OIL Company
for use In smudge-pots has caused loss
Of several thousand dollars to apple
growers OF this vicinity was stated at
a conference between Montrose fruit
growers and a representative of the
Standard Oil Company.
The new era., 1911-06-08

can't find words to express my thanks
for the good your medicine has done
me. You maypublish this II you Wish"
Mrs. HERMAH SIETH. Pound, Wis.
The success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, Is unparalleled. It may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infiam-
nation. liberation, fbrcid tumors. ir-
regularities. periodic pains, backache.
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Ptnkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills. and
suffering women owe 1t to themselves
70. at least give this medicine trial
Proof Is abundant that It has cured
thousands Of others, and why should
It not cure youp
fyou want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn. Mass, for 1ts
It u free and always helpful.
The new era., 1911-06-08
One Killed in Motor Racing.

Motor Speedway. Indianapolis.-One
life was sacrificed and several men
were injured in the first 500-mile race
on speedway, won by Ray Harroun,
driving Marmon car. in 6 hours Al
minutes and seconds. Seventy thou
sand people were present.
The new era., 1911-06-08
OH Promoters Busy.

Grand Junction.-The ell boom in
eastern Utah has spread to this city
and dozens of promoters are here at
temp ting to organize stock companies
to develop oil claims.
The new era., 1911-06-08
Complete School Census.

Greeley.-The school census of dis
trict No. 6, which includes Greeley,
has been completed. showing total
of 2,4o4 persons between and 21,
with 1,179 males and 1,225 females.
The new era., 1911-06-08
FOREIGN.

The chief task confronting Francisco
l. Madero at present will be the selec-
ton OF the provisional governors of
fourteen states in Mexico as was
agreed upon in the preliminary peace
negotiations.
The new era., 1911-06-08
New Park In Mesa County.

Washington. = President Taft has
sigr ed a proclamation establishing the
Monolithic National Monument park.
in Mesa county. which contains 1883
acres. f-s ay sraf
The new era., 1911-06-08
storm sweeps south germany.

Berlin. - Cloudbursts. accompanied
by heavy hail, caused great damage in
South Germany. Many lives were
lost.
The new era., 1911-06-08
coIIbran Has Water Works.

Collbran. = The municipal water
works at Collbran has been completed
Mesa will now installa water system.
The new era., 1911-06-08

pkuA A ASA~
troubles b y your
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been troubled with
both for fourteen
years and consulted
different doctors,
but failed to get any
relief. After using
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We &c table Com
pound and Blood
Purifier I can say I
o~ a waI1 wOmQn.
The new era., 1911-06-08

FAILED TO
HELP HER
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Pound. Wiz "I am glad to an
nounce that I have been cured Of dys-
The new era., 1911-06-08

Natalie-Yes. he was paying atten-
tion to her quite long time.
Estelle-Perhaps he hadn't the cour-
age to propose.
haps he had the courage not to pro
pose.
The new era., 1911-06-08

ure on the part of dealers to keep
such registers and for the making of
false statements on the part of pur
chasers.
The new era., 1911-06-08
X7H1|i;l1|lN
lllkllE SIENNA

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due to constipation.
Best for men, women
and children /: young
and old.
10 get its Beneficial
effects, always note the
name Of the Company
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plainly printed on the
front Of every package
Of the Genuine
The new era., 1911-06-08
Very Like.

Very Like.
did Hawkins take his punishment
like mani" asked Lollerby.
You bet he did," laughed Dub
bleigh. HE hollered and yelled and
used strong language to beat crea-
tion."-Harper's Weekly.
Riches. 81
Knicker-Brown counts his wealth
in seven figures.
Bocker-Perpendicu)Arly7
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
Want GRAND
JURY IN BURKE
COUNTY

A petition Is being circulated among
the tax payers Of Burke county, which
u In fact request to Judge Leighton
Of the Eighth Judicial district, asking
that grand jury be called when the
next term Of court conveacs in that
county.
The object Of the call Of this grand
jury 10 to investigate % called cleo
ton frauds in connection with the
last election. It Is alleged that the
county officials in Burke county did
not distribute either supreme court
ballots or county seat ballots in the
Ignite district or territory tributary
to Ignite until threatened with Z
mandamus from the district court.
The failure Of the canvassing board
70 canvass all Of the precincts VIAL
also be brought to the attention Of
the grand Jury. It being alleged that
tho canvassiAg hoard threw out
every precinct in the county where
Isnite had majority for county
seat.
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lights WILL GIVE PLAY

-rh> n.7ights Of Columbus Of this
oitr VA, nr,. duce the beautiful extra
v.e.nza "AHce in Wonderland" at the
onera house IN he evening Of Feb.
"a and Is, with a matinee on the 10Th.
The production will be Sven under
the direction of Col. John b. .
well known theatrical man, and Iae
cast will contain $50 people, selected
from the local amateur ranks. IT
vii be the biggest thing of its kind,
ever produced here. Following the
Saturday night performance, the
knights will hold a big meeting, when
over 50 candidates viii be initiated.
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A Dot;nu Paln

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The old farmer stopped his scythe
and unbent. Then he hailed his
wife.
II thought Manda was goin' to
help you with tn cookin' today
he cried.
'Manda's gone over to Sallie
bessely's," was the reply. "They're
havin' garden fete Tor Priscilla
Hinckley's friend from Tewksbury. "
She paused and looked around.
Wasn't Henry goin' to help you
With tn mowin' p
~Henry's gone over b Tom Pr
dnS to play golf with th' m
Minister.
They looked at each other.
1.-TWO silly old fools" mutterod
ths farmer.
eyes, Abijah," tho woman meek
y agreed.
And he went on with his lonely
moving, and abe returned to The
quiet house with her basket Of egQ.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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p. D. Podhola of Max, is in the city
today transacting business. Mr.
Podhola was quite i'll for month, but
is recovering.
j. F. Mcclure Of Chicago, who is
connected with the new business de-
partment Of the Minot Light Z Tele-
phone Co. arrived this week and will
assist the manager Of the this depart
ment,, Alfred May, for some time. The
gentlemen are going over the city
making careful observations, and their
advice to customers will prove Of
great benefit to the users Of electri-
city.
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AL,TTLE VACATION.

Representatives Lee, Thompooa.
Bond and Nestos and Senator Lee
were all in Minot the latter part Of
last week. the legislature having taken
a few days vacation. to give the Solo1s
chance to catch their breath. The
members have been working hard. Al
doing some excellent work too. Nj
not is proud Of her boys ct Btsmarck.
H. Mansager. who went to Gull
Lake. sask. last spring to hvs q bic
farm, 10 back visiting. Helge nkes
that part Of Canada. He says Nat
mnsh wheat In that vicinAty oase
year averaged % bushels.
=. J. Haas Of stanley. rsssiVeA Ne
Temple dasrse in the De Nolay sea-
maadsry in Ainst Monday 1iSAt.
=. y. 0aiusAa, clerk q ~ H1Aea
scAool district near Jerome, va In
Aihot Tuesday. The district y ~
vertising for bids. for . 1sw ss1sol
house. notice Of which appears soDo-
where in this issue. Mr.. Galusha 10
doing fairly well on the farm aaA
was not discouraged in the least BY
the failure last season. He comes
from Iowa and says that he has seea
Iowa land worth from SIS to $50 a
acre, produce no better crops than
were harvested in his vicinity last fall.
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$11.549.0OO. About $500 once clerks
and workmen were employed and
$2,422,O0O was pait IN salaries and
wages.
A "soil culture" club will b Or
ganixed at Ryder. The farmer, are
to meet occasionally and talk over
farming subjects. The club will en-.
deavor to oct each farmer to try - an
experiment. at least one acre OF his
land, according to the Campbell ~
stem Of dry farming. This is . step
In the right direction. Mo-. esups
should be organised about the state.
j. H. Cover Of Surrey, was in the
city Friday With . BIZ consignment Of
butter anA eGp The butter sslis
readily Tor Is osnts sound and b
always gsts . 6a1sy DSias Tor bic
strictly fresh ssos, MR. Cover vas
somps ~ ~ hurry bono - look aftsr
Ais sown. which s1s some bsthss -
Mn. ~ they sssa - - making
money for him evssy day In the year
Farmers must Decide to milk cows il
they want to sqcceed as they should.
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