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The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids for the erection of a store
and Office building will be received at
the office of j. v. lessen, Dickinson. N.
D., up to noon of Monday, February 6.
1911.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the Builders exchange, Minneapolis
and Fargo and at Dickinson. N. D.
Each bid for the building must be &C
companied with a certified check for
ST., 900, and each bid on the plumbing.
heating and wiring with a certified
check for $500. made payable to J. V.
lessen.
The owner reserves the right to rejec,
any or all bids.
HANCOCK Bros.
Architects.
1-21-2t
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
PASSES TO GREAT BEYOND
At HOME OF DAUGHTER

The death Of Mrs, Margaretha Kroehnke
f1ennings. mother of Otto Hennings Of
this city. occurred January Is, 1911. al
the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. j.
Laubscher, at Taylor, after an illness Of
five days. Death was due to paralysis.
Deceased was born November 8. 1849.
in Holstein. Germany. and came to
America with her parents in 1866, and
was united in marriage with Nickolaus
j. Jennings in 1872. at Keystone. Iowa.
They resided at Keystone till the spring
of 1884, when they migrated with four
teen other families to Everly. Iowa.
After living there twenty-six years they
left the old home in March, and after
visiting relatives, arrived in Taylor
last September, where they have since
made their home with their daughter.
The deceased leaves a husband. two
sons. two daughters, two brothers. two
sisters, and eight grand children to
mourn her loss.
Her son. Otto. has been employed in
the First National bank at Dickinson for
the past two years. The other son. DR..
A. J. Hennines, was a resident of
Emerson and Taylor at one time, while
a daughter. Mrs. A. J. Laubscher, has
lived at Taylor for several years, being
employed in the postoffice there before
her marriage.
Funeral services we're held on Thurs
day afternoon and interment was made
in the Taylor cemetery.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
1-21-2t;
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday. January 70. Morning preach
ing at 10 80 a. m. Sunday School at
II As a. a.. Epworth League at 6 80 p.
m. Evening preaching at 7 80 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday night at
7 80 p. m.
Every service will be evangelistic and
will at a later date merge into special
revival services.
F. l.. WATKINS, Pastor.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
WILL EXCHANGE

l wish to exchange 1 Reeves double
cylinder 32-h. D., with IL plows, both
stubble and sod breaker bottoms. steam
lift. good as new throughout. engine
tanks hold IA barrels Of water. Will
trade for horses or cattle. Address.
Emil F.. Wiese. jamestown. N. D.
1-14-tf
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
MAKES fine SHOWING

Miss Josephine Hargrave. librarian,
has made out a report from the Dickin-
son Public library for the year 1910.
This report shows a very fine patronage
from both adults and children. an in
crease in the number of volumes by
purchase and gift and a more than
favorable comparison with the report of
the Rochester. Mimi, library, q city of
greater population and the library con :
tanning about five times as many
volumes.
The report shows:
Number of borrowers. 871, 400, adults
and 3S1 children.
Books loaned for home reading:
Fiction. Non-Fiction Total
Adults, &, 1886 718 1854
Juvenile, S. 900 2.3O5 8, POS
Total IL. 236 1923 is, 25e
Number of volumes in library at
beginning of year, 1, 100.
Number purchased, 1892.
Number added by gift, 1877.
Total number at end of year, 2,695.
The Dickinson Public library receives
Is magazines. three daily papers and
twU local weekly papers.
Comparison with Rochester library
containing II, $50 volumes:
Fiction Non-Fiction Total
Rochester. S. 700 1928 IL. 99S
Dickinson, IL, 236 3,O25 is, 259
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
A Judicial Reproof,

A justice once reproved q would be
suicide thus: Young man. you. have
been found guilty Of attempting to
drown yourself in the river. Only con
slider what your feelings would have
been had you succeeded."-Green Bag.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Services every Sunday at II am. Sun.
day school at IL m. Mid.week meeting
Thursday 7:3o p. m. Thompson Build.
ing 1st ST. and list Ave. w. The public
is cordially invited.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Sunday, January %. $50 a. m.
Morning worship and ser 0 II AS a.
m. Sunday school. $50 p. m. Christian
iEndeavor meeting. 80 p. m. Evening
worship and sermon.
Wednesday, January IS. 1880 p.s m.
Mid-week meeting for prayer and Bible
study.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
AN OPPORTUNITY

E. j. Scharf offers a few quarters. of
land for sale and will guarantee any
purchaser IS per cent on his investment
by June list on same. l-2t-2t
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
FOR EXCHANGE

A modern home in Brodhead, Wis.,, to
exchange for property in, vicinity Of
Dickinson; also \ section land within 4
miles of Plankington, S.. D.. For par
~ticulars call on w. H. Clarke. at Gold
Stabeck Land & Credit Co.,. Ray Bldg.
Dickinson. 1-2I-tf
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
ona Mana Thaor,

One Mans Theory.
NO., I don't think women. will ever
succeed as railroad engineers"
"Why not?'
'.They would lose too much, time
holding up their trains at crossihg:"-
Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
TOT SALE

Ssh. p. Nicholas &, Shepard blowing
engine, 10 bottom, John: Deere. shoe
plows. Good condition. snap. Address
Box 476, Cpookstom MIMI. 1-2i-3t
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
Wise RosaIind!

WISe Ho6aIInQ!
Reginald-Darling. see by the. pa.
pers that a food expert says that it is
possible for a family to live on 81 a
week. Do you think it possible?
Rosalind-No, dearest, but I'll be, a
sister to you!-Cleveland' Leader.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21

It is not what we take. up. but what
we give up. that makes us .rich.-Beech.
sr.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21
CARD OF THANKS

We tender our thanks to all our good
friends, who assisted and comforted US
durind the illness and death of wife and
mother.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21

HOUSE FOR SALE
l am Offering q modern 7-room. house
for sale on First Ave. w. E. J.. Scharf.
'1-2l-3t
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-21

N. ]. Hennings.
Mrs. Alma Thiessen.
Mrs. A. J.Laubscher.
A. j. Jennings.
Otto HenninGs.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
Professional Advice.

A rich English clothier, being ad-
vised to try the Bath waters, requested
his physician to recommend him to a
doctor who might be relied on, which
was accordingly done. Not fancying
Bath, he in a few weeks heard some
thing wonderful said of Cheltenham,
and told his Bath Aesculapius he
would go there If he could give him a
letter to a skillful physician of the
place, describing the case. This the
doctor promised and performed, and
had liberal remuneration for his ad-
ditional trouble. Our clothier set off
early on fine summer morning, and
as his chaise was driving slowly along
the road he thought it would be no
great breach of confidence to open the
doctors packet and see the particu-
lars Of his own case. This he did with
great care, and after unfolding
quantity of blank paper came to the
letter, which was couched in the fol
lowing words: Dear Sir: The bearer
is fat Wiltshire clothier; make the
most of him. ."-Tit-Bits.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
open-Air Schools Increasing.

Since January 1, 1907 sixty-fve
open-air schools for children afflicted
with or predisposed to tuberculosis
have been established in twenty-eight
cities, according to an announcement
made by the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
losis. The first open-air school in the
United States was established on Jan
uary I, 1907, by the board of educa-
ton Of Providence, r. l., at the in
stance Of DR.. Ellen A. Stone. The
next school was established in May
of the same year at Pittsburg, and
the third at Boston in July, 1908. Ac-
cording to the reports received by the
National Association, the result of the
open-air class-work has been to re-
store most of the children to normal
health and efficiency. One of these
open-air schools or classes should be-
established for each $4,000 popula
tion, especially in cities.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
Keeping Record of Ties.

The Lehigh Valley railroad has
adopted a plan for recording the age
of every new cross-tie on the system.
This will enable the company to de-
termine with mathematical accuracy
the relative efficiency of the different
woods and the value of the creosote
preservation treatment.
1t Is done in this way: First, the
dating nails are manufactured, with
the proper numerals on the heads, in
dicating the year; for example, al" !"
meaning the year 1911. Then one of
the nails Is driven into each new tie
as it Is laid on the track. Thus in the
future the maintenance of way ex-
perts will be able upon the replace
ment of tie to know just how long
1t has lasted
The steadily rising price of lumber
compels the railroads to use wood
that has undergone treatment" to
prevent decay. 1t is expected that
the injection Of creosote oil into the
pores of the wood will double it's life
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
ORIGIN OF MAIL CAR
Railway Postal Service First 0p-
Grated in Missouri.
William A. Davis, Before the War;
Postmaster at st. Joseph, Devised
System Now in Vogue for Dis
tributing Mail En- Route.

st. Joseph, Mo.-Progress in the
carrying and distribution of United
states mails has been remarkable in
this country in the last fifty years. A
half century ago, the first railroad west
of the Mississippi river, from Hannibal
to st. Joseph, Mo-, was constructed,
and on this road the railway mail serv-
ice of the country had it's origin and
inception. Then, only the mails for the
whole western country came in bulk
on freight and passenger trains to be
distributed in ton lots and carried to
many destinations by courier, by buck
board, horseback and stage lines, the
only methods in those days.
1t remained for William A. Davis,
postmaster at st. Joseph from 1855 to
1851, to invent and inaugurate the
great system now in vogue. Before
this time the mails, all mixed and in
bulk, were carried to some central dis
tributing point independence, Mo-,
was one of these and ST. Joseph later
was another When the railroad was
built the task all came to the st. Jo-
seph office, in distributing the entire
overland mail.
The idea occurred to Mr.. Davis that
these mails could be distributed while
in transit. 1t seemed to him in every
way possible and desirable. So he
wrote to the people in Washington for
authority to fit up some cars on the
Hannibal & st. Joseph railroad to try
out the experiment. The authority
came and Mr.. Davis went to the rail-
way headquarters at Hannibal and su
rerintended the arrangement of sew
eral way cars with pigeon holes, doors,
windows and other conveniences and
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29

ieldian exactness, 1t does indicate a
few "dont's" to be observed
DO not humiliate passenger
through an assumption of superior
knowledge" the order warns, cor an
exacting or sarcastic attitude. This
attitude is not clever. Place yourself
in the passengers position; realize
that the apparent thoughtlessDess of
his question Is not intended to annoy
you or to give you an opportunity to
enjoy your humor at his expense En-
deavor to consider his questions intel
ligently and appreciate their true i'm
port Answer him courteously and pa
tiently. Smooth his way bit with
kindly word or thoughtful suggestion"
While the order deals only with the
attitude of employees toward passen-
gers, its effect Is bound to be far
reaching Who shall say where the
habit Of politeness, once 1t gets
start, will stop? In time the Santa
Fe's improved manners may exert an
influence even upon the untutored per-
sons who have made it their business
to hold up and rob the company's
trains Heretofore those proceedings
have been conducted with rudeness
and some display of feeling. But,
softened by the new amenities, 1t is
possible to foresee certain sweet
ness lin the manner of carrying out
these programs in the future. What
an example it will be to other rail
roads to see a Santa Fe train crew
and their one-time enemies courteous
ly and graciously holding parley in
the door of the express car, looking to
an agreeable and gentlemanly surren-
der of the safe; the conductor, to use
Mr.. Connell's words, smoothing the
way with kindly word or thought
full suggestion!
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
GEESE ON THE STAGE REBEL
Object to Understudy for Singer in
Halle Performance of Humper-
dinck's "Konigskinder."

Berlin.-AR amusing incident oc-
Cured this week at performance of
Humperdinck's "Konigskinder" at the
Halle opera house.
Live geese are employed for the
Halle production in contrast to the
papier mache variety which indulge in
make believe cackles at Berlin. The
prima donna who regularly sings the
part of the goose maid was taken i'll
suddenly and it became necessary to
obtain an understudy. When the lat
ter, however, went on the stage the
geese rebelled against the intrusion of
a stranger. They became so enraged
they threatened to do the singer bod
lily injury.
The conductor of the orchestra had
to stop the performance until the
geese could be quelled. They refused
to subside until the familiar figures of
the wood chopper and the broom max
er came upon the scene.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
FAITHFUL WORK RECOGNIZED
Erie Turns Over to Veteran Driver
Larkin Remarkable Engine OF
the Rogers Type.

Some weeks ago the papers printed
some news in regard to the official act
of the Erie Railroad company in turn
ing over engine 2517 to that old vet
eran, Alexander Larkin, for his regu-
lar run, and having his name painted
on the cab, for the valuable service he
has done the company for the last so
years. To give the public some idea
OF this remarkable piece of machinery,
which is built on the Rogers type,
class XII, 1t may be very interesting
to go into the minor details and give
the dimensions of the engine.
Her total length from the tip of the
76 feet Az inches. Size of cylinderss
2212x26 inches; diameter of driving
wheels, "A inches; size of driving axle
journal, 9Ax12 inches; size of trailer
truck journals, ska inches; diameter
of trailer, SO inches; weight of en-
gine, loaded, 23O,50O pounds; weight
of tender, loaded, 162,S0O pounds;
weight of tender, light, $4,000 pounds;
total weight of engine and tender,
loaded, $4,000 pounds; coal capacity
OF tank, 16 tons; water capacity of
tank, $500 gallons; number of flues,
1886; outside diameter of fues, IA
inches; length of flues, 20 feet.
Trailers have nothing to do with the
tractive power. They are merely loca-
ted there to receive the weight on the
drivers. They are allotted for all
f1rst-class passenger trains, with the
Wells-Fargo & Co. express cars in
cluded, between Cleveland and New
York and Chicago and New York, and
are used to great extent on the Ma
honing division for Pittsburg connec
tions. They make a class of engines
that can be relied upon at all times to
make their connections, and their rate
of speed has not yet reached the limit
In several narrow channels where
the connections are close with train
of four Pullmans, dining car, day
coach, smoker, mail car and two ex-
press cars, they have been known to
run IS miles an hour with very little
exertion on anyone's part. They are
ideal engines to ride upon, and the
running repairs are about on the av-
erage of all other classes.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A smart man is one who agrees
with a woman-so she thinks.
In this era of expensive living the
father of ten children has a strenu-
Gus job.
= Merely loving a woman doesn't sat
ify her; she wants you to make love
to her.
A man who insists that he's just as
good as you are may not be extra
good at that.
How giddy girl does enjoy making
a man keep on trying to kiss her
when she won't let him.
It's a good thing for man to bump
UP against the proof OF his own unim-
portance occasionally.
You wonder why you have more
trouble than other people, and they
wonder why you have less trouble
than they do.-Chicago News.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
Speeding Up.

There was a COW on the track. The
shoe drummer, who had been cutting
cards for the cigars, beckoned to the
porter.
boy is that COW still on the track?''
Yeas, sah.''
How fast is the train moving?"
Bout fo' miles an houah while de
COW am on de track"
"And how fast is the COW moving?''
bout five hiles an houah, sah."
We'll, here is a quarter. Take a
few yards of rope up to the engineer
and tell him to hitch the train to the
COW. We might make better time. "
Chicago News.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
Absent-Minded Brideoroom,

John Adams has always been ab-
sent minded, says the Kansas City
Journal. Yesterday he went with Ida
Lee of Kansas City,. Mo-, to Kansas
City, Kan, to be married by Paul
Huff, acting probate judge. When
Judge Huff asked him If he would
take this woman to be your lawfully
welded wife," he was looking out Of
the window and didn't answer.
eff you've any doubts about it we
will stop right here" the bride said
def1antly.
Adams protested that he had not
hesitated at all, but had merely been
thinking about something else. The
ceremony was completed without
further hitch.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
DAME NATURE HINTS
When the Food Is Not Suited.

When Nature gives her signal that
something is wrong it is generally
with the food; the old Dame is always
faithful and one should act at once.
To put off the change is to risk that
which may be irreparable. An Ari-
zona man says:
"For years I could not safely eat
any breakfast. / tried all kinds OF
breakfast foods, but they were all
soft, starchy messes, which gave me
distressing headaches. / drank strong
coffee, too, which appeared to benefit
me at the time, but added to the head
aches afterwards. Toast and coffee
were no better, for I found the toast
very constipating.
"a friend persuaded me to quit cof-
fee and the starchy breakfast foods,
and use Postum and Grape-Nuts in
stead. I shall never regret taking his
advice.
"The change they have worked in
me is wonderful. I now have no more
of the distressing sensations in my
stomach after eating, and never have
any headaches. I have gained II
pounds in weight and feel better in
every way. Grape-Nuts make de-
licious as well as a nutritious dish,
and l find that Postum is easily d.
gested and never produces dyspepsia
symptoms"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Get the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a
Reason
Ever read the above letter: new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and fun of human
interest.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
"ECZEMA ITCHED so |
COULDN'T STAND IT."

81 suffered with eczema on my neck
for about six months, beginning by
little pimples breaking out. I kept
scratching till the blood came. It
kept getting worse, I couldn't sleep
nights any more. It kept itching for
about month, then I went to a doc
tor and got some liquid to take. It
seemed as II was going to get bet
ter. The itching stopped for about
three days, but when it started again
was even worse than before The &C.
zema itched SO badly I couldn't stand
it any more. went to a doctor and
he gave me some medicine, but it
didn't do any good. We have been
having Cuticura Remedies in the
house, so I decided to try them.
had been using Cuticura Soap, SO
got me box Of Cuticura Ointment,
and washed off the affected part with
Cuticura Soap three times a day, and
then put the Cuticura Ointment on.
The first day / put it on, it relieved
me of itching so could sleep all that
night. It took about week, then
COu1u S00 lu0 SCdU COi1lS On. i hCQt
the treatment up for three weeks, and
my eczema was cured.
"My brother got his face burned
with gunpowder, and he used Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment. The peo-
pie all thought he would have scars,
but you can't see that he ever had
his face burned. It was simply awful
to look at before the Cuticura Rem
edies (Soap and Ointment) cured it."
(Signed) Miss Elizabeth Gehrki, For
rest City, Ark, Oct. 16, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold by druggists and deal
ers everywhere, liberal sample Of
each, with 32-page booklet on the care
and treatment of skin and hair, will be
sent, postfree, on application to Potter
D. & G. Corp, Dept x Boston.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
lahrador's Future.

According to statements made the
other day by DR.. Grenfall Of Labrador,
the Cinderella of British possessions,
has a brilliant future before it. Dr.
Grenfall, who has lived 20 years in
that snowy country, says that in
days to come it will carry a. popula-
ton as easily as Norway does today.
It is, he says a better country than
Iceland, and to be greatly preferred
to Lapland, Finland, Siberia and
Northern Alaska
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29

the initial run with carload of mail
was made from Hannibal to st. Joseph
in record time, the mails properly dis
tributed and ready for the overland
stages, couriers, etc.
The first trial was so satisfactory
QUESTION and soon a most remarkable
change for the better was made in the
receipt and distribution Of mails. The
great railway mail service had been
inaugurated!
The problem Of forwarding overland
mails without delay was solved, and
Mr.. Davis was soon made a special
agent of the department and given full
charge of the branch of the service
which he had originated.
William A. Davis, inventor of the
railway mail service, was born in Bar
ren County, Kentucky, in September,
1909. In early youth he went to Vir-
ginia, where he entered the postal
service, at Richmond and other places,
and with his career in st. Joseph he
had been in the postal service about
fifty years.
The first car for the distribution of
the mails was an old-time way" car,
fitted up with pigeon holes. Extra
windows were arranged and the dis
tributors" used candles to assist in
lighting the cars Mr. Davis made a
trip on the first car as far as Palmyra,
Mo-, and then left the work with an as
sistant while he returned to Hannibal
for the second car. There are many
old railroaders yet alive who remem-
Der the first mail cars.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
The Translation.

Walter-What will you have, sir?"
Customer Cooking over the restaur-
ant Dill OF fare)-Permit me to cogi-
tate. In the correlation of forces it is
recognized property of atomic frag-
ments, whatever their age, to join,
and
Waiter (shouts across the han)-
Hash for one!
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
Commitment of Envy.

Let the public once recognize that
a man is doing some one thing even
a trife better than it has ever been
done before, and he is quickly ad-
vertised by a band of cheap competi-
tors who neglect their own affairs for
the sole purpose of knocking and sit
ting up to take notice of him and his
increasing business. In one part1cu-
lar he is doubly secure: He will have
no real competitors-envy is a COM
Dliment
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
Great Waste of Fuel.

Of the 90,OO0,000 tons of coal con-
sumed in locomotives in the United
States each year, less than half actu-
ally is utilized to pull trains, the
majority being wasted in gases, in un-
utilized steam, in switching and IN
ashes.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
Modern Method.

My books are in very bad shape"
said the high financier.
Shall 1 send for an expert ac-
countant?" inquired the confidential
man.
mo. Send for an alienist."- Wash
ington Star.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
His Reconciliation.

II couldn't think of thing to give
up lent
"That SOP"
Eyes, and when | remarked as much
in the bosom of my family my wife
and daughters told me | could put in
the time getting ready to give up for
Easter Houston Post.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
For Good Reasons.

''Why, Tommy" exclaimed the Sun.
day school teacher, don't you say
your prayers every night before you
go to bed?"
mot any more" replied Tommy.
II uster when l slept in folding
bed. though. philadelphia Record.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-29
Small Girl Defines Leisure.

Mrs Philip Snowden, the English
suffragette, began at dinner in New
York her reply to toast On Mar
riage" with the words:
IT once asked little girl If she
knew what leisure was?
YES she replied. Leisure is the
place where married people repent
New York Tribune.