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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-06-29
More Than Ninety Years old.


More Than Ninety Years old.
On Sunday afternoon, June 18th.
a few friends gathered at the home
!of Mrs. Matt Wing. in | inton. To
extend congratulations to her moth
er, Mrs. Louisa Murdoch. ON having
reached her ninety first birthday
Mrs. Murdoch is still we'll and ac
tive, and sews, knits. writes letters.
and continues the reading Of news
papers and magazines. of which she
ALWAYS has been fond. She has not
failed IN mind bat converses intell-
gently on the leading topics of she
times
Mrs Murdoch well remembers
how she used 10 he sent to
"A neighaor 5 house to borrow iirc
before matches were invented She
says her mother often used tn re-
mark that she believed that ma
chimes tor sewing would some day be
invented The aged lady recalls he
general excitement over the first
railroads in the United States. and
also over Morse's invention Of the
telegraph Pms IN her early DAYS
We're made with Wire twisted on the
top, instead of the heads now seen.
She thinks one of the best invcn-
tions of modern times is the self
threading needle for old ladies. cali
ed calyN eyed
One of The pleasant memories of
her early days was visiting with
two old Revolutionary ladies, from
whom she learned many unwrittcn
stories Of the war.
Mrs. Murdoch left New York at
the age of seventeen and came with
her parents to Iowa Territory
In ls45 she was married to Samuel
Murdoch. young lawyer in Clayton
county. Iowa. In that county they
resided until Judge Murdoch 5 death,
which occurred two years after the
celebration of their golden wedding
in Memory OF Mr.. Mckitrick
'Conitinetoap
James Wellington Mckitrick was
born in northern Ohio, June 10, 1888
and died in Linton, June $. 1911. at
the age Of tifty-tnree years. eleven
months and sixteen days.
When child he removed TO Hum
boldt. Iowa, with his parents. where
he lived for about forty years. His
boyhood was spent with his parents
on IA farm near Humboldt. When
grown To manhood he became en-
gagged in carpenter work and con-
tinued the same work until his
death.
He was married December .. 1889.
70 Mrs. M Addie Kirkpatrick. Six
children were born to the union.
lie leaves wife and four chill
drcn William. Jr.. Mayme M. Glen
Clark. Claude Elwood, and two
step-children. Mrs A l.. Sheriff.. of
Humboldt. Iowa. and Mrs. H. r..
STANCE. of Dale. N. d.. and four
sisters. all of Humboldt. Iowa. to
mourn his death.
\ short service was held at the
home in Linton. The remains. ac
companicd by Mrs Mekitrick and
daughters, Mayme and Mrs STANCE,
were taken to Humboldt. Iowa, for
burial
Thefuncral was heldin Humboldt,
at the home of his step daughter.
Mrs. a. L. Snerrill. at $3.50
0 clock on the Friday morning fol-
lowing his death The remains were
laid TO rest in the Union cemetery.
by the side Of his two sons, Milo and
Benjamin, who died in infancy.
Words are idle things to express
the deeper feelings Of life. and no
words can portray the grief of the
family, or the sympathy of the
friends who alike mourn his death
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-06-29
Making Progress

While the present weather IS max
ing the prospects for crops in parts
of this county look somewhat doubt
full. still the farmers are not
discouraged. q fact that is evi-
dent from the amount Of build
ing that is now IN progress.
The loodrich-call Lumber Company
ha, recently sold large amounts Of
lumber TO partles here who are put
ting up buildings Recently. dur
ing week. lumber was sold by Mr..
Fischer for the following described
structures.
Charles Rensselaer, barn, 2G, tnNl2
Frank Maiet house, l.2lN9
Conrad Wingertet. house. lGa30x9
John Neugum. house, l6x3oSlo,
and a barn. 2ox2iyl2.
Il. A. Nokken. an addition TO his
residence. l!xlesl2
I Chaney barn. lSxaoxlo
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-06-29


to the spread. The committee IN
charge wish To thank every one for
their help in good cause and man
my it "A success. The estimated mum
her present was 400.
FOR SALE House and lo' on
South I'rnal"av. opposite the el'''9l
Mrs carlcv
FOR SALE, Al haleai ~
horse power N,chgs AL Slepn r'
engine, in good r'paN', ~ wa lii''e
il for horscs. stock hurSy~ ~ 'ii'
cd VIM I,,'sccr ls."dwk \ u
lsunte
----
Call ON Charlie |, Carl'N cm'niN
Judge. for final proofs and llpR
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-06-29

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Y11infnn North Dakota
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-08-10
DON'T NEED WALKING STICK
Americans Do Not Often Carry II, but
10 = Matter Purely Of Per-
sonal Choice.

Now that we are reminded Of It, we
realise d at the great American people
ere seldom seen to possess . walking
stick. ITS q small thing" writes
an eesayist In a morning paper, the
absence of the walking stick. but It
belongs to the American motto. never
IN the hustle OF life. carry unnecessary
cargo" The Idea IL. of course, fantas-
tic with the fantasy OF transporting
common sense. The hustle Of life
surely extends to travel In the case
OF a. nation which would consider It,
self degraded If 1t spent longer than a |
week In a complete journey through
Europe; and when Americans travel
they are the last to deny themselves
the luxury Of All extra bit Of luggage
because 1t happens TO be unnecessary
1t Is common knowledge that they go
on loading the liner trunks until the
oonRany's officials say Stop" II only
TO collect 20 many more steamship
and hotsa labels TO add 10 thoif al.
ready hoated store of these trophies
No. Tho walking stick is n matter
purely OF personal choice. Most Amer.
leans chance to feel no need for a
walking stick. whereas we do. That
IL how the thing stands. When II
comes to a walking stick the ANr!d
must be considered Individually lhe
PHYSICAL weaklins is quite likely to
have taste for n gigantic club: the
enormously powerful man who snaps
his Sandow developer before break.
last as though 1t were a piece OF cot
ton may select for a walking stick The
thlnnest shred OF malacca tina: money
can buy.-London Globe.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-08-10
MILLINERY IN COURT ROOM
Modern Hats Conceal the Eyes Of
Women Witnesses, 20 They IA
Be Taken on.

When deDigning styles In hats pos
sibly milliners do not consider that
small minority Of womankind is
likely to appear in a law court. JdUges.
lawyers and women witnesses would
appreciate 1t II they did.
when a woman under suspicion
takes the oath It is desirable to look
her In the eye," said q lawyer, but
how can anybody look into the eye Of
. woman who has on q stylish hat?
The court II IN luck II he can see her
mouth and the top end OF her nose.
Also It ofends the dignity Of the court
for q woman to remove her hat; con-
seQuently they founder between the
horns OF a very serious dilemma. An
order to tilt her hat back Is also the
precursor Of difficulties, because the
hat Is clampOd down with 30 MANI
pins that II won't tilt
still the eyes of q woman before
the bar of justice must be looked at.
and under repeated exhortations she
reluctantly removes the pins and
shoves her hat back. But that panto
mime results In waste of time and
loss Of temper all around. In order
to ohviate these evils 1t seems to me
that milliners would better busy them
selves designing a tipable hat for
courtroom wear.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-08-10
WINDY MOVING PICTURES
They We're Taken Wien the Air
Was Still They Would Look
Absolutely Dead.

what m .kes the w'rd blow 60
much In the moving pictures?" The
auestion is asked by almost every one
VINO has been bitten by the bug OF the
moving picture show. It is a fact that
IN every scene where there's half a
chance Of getting up a breeze Il blows
tornado, or at least brisk gale dis.
ports Itself in the trees In the hack.
ground and the skirts OF the harassed
heroine IN the front.
A moving picture man solved the
problem.
inats easy" he replied in answer
10 query. III the pictures were tak.
IN when the air was perfectly sulL
tnen II the living characters happened
70 os SUI also the picture would be
a. aead looking as a 35-csnt chrome OF
wright So timo is selected for
pnotoeraphing the sosnes outside
wnsn Inc wind Ia playing old hob with
'ninsS 9eneraily, trees swayinE and
shirtS hutttrin and hair fyin.--
haven't Jos ever noticed how much
move ehectve a woman IA when her
mar Is streaming behind her like the
oursse on a racing yacht! Then. too.
rnen eVerythinEs busy moving II
looks hike there's something doing All
around. "''"e al
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-08-10
\ Club Scandal

A Club Scandal.
, Hear about the row at our CT }"
spoon" WIZ" 'So'e-
"Scandalous!"
isn't It, though. Both we're undsr
the influence of ginger pop"
A Point to Remember.
see where 100000 copies of
REMARKABLE"
Yes, indeed. And thew voro 49,.
Illustrated by Harrison Fisher. a.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-08-10
a Little leaaon

The golden harbor OF content
BY him Is soonest won.
VINO reefs for every day that's spe,
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13
Imperfect Divorce DEGREES.

Advocates of national divorce law
find material IN support of their cause
in. the embarrassing situation recently
discovered in New York City, that hard
ly could have arisen had there been
a uniform divorce law. In other words,
there are In that city those who believe
themselves divorced, but who are not
Some time ago an amendment was
made to the divorce section of the New
York State code making provision for
an interlocutory decree of absolute di-
vorce following judgment by the Su-
preme Court, and three months after
ward a final Judgment 1t has been
made public that there are hundreds
of cases where no final judgment has
been entered
Before the amendment was adopted
it was only necessary for the attorney
to place before the Judge such evidence
as convinced him that the plaintiff was
entitled to : decree, and the Judgment
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13
Mr.. Bryce on Municipal Reform.

The British Ambassador, Mr.. Bryce,
in his address at the City Club, in New
York, was hopeful about American mu-
nicipal government This is pleasing,
for Mr.. Bryce is not one to be an op-
timist without reason. The work still to
be done is not denied by this .clear-eyed
diplomat, but he bases his hopes Spon
the evidence that Americans are giving
attention now to city affairs as never
before.
The difficulties are obvious; mistakes
and disappointments have been many,
but everywhere there is a tendency to
make national party politics count for
less in city elections and a growing
ihsistence upon giving municipal Off
cials sufficient power to carry with
it responsibility. There are more civic
organizations working for reform; there
is a distinct spirit of municipal patriot
ism We ought not to despond when
a man like Mr. Bryce bids US hope.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13
Motion Pictures in Schools.

The interesting experiment of educa-
tional moving pictures in Boston schools
has been discontinued for apparently in
adequate reasons. Glasses in geography
were shown life motion views illus
trating lands and peoples, with especial
regard to industrial pursuits and climate
These pictures related to the United
States and other countries, and seemed
a valuable adjunct, and their value as
a means of instruction was freely ad-
mitted 1t is alleged that there is dam
ger of fire from such exhibitions, and
fear is expressed that the children might
be inoculated with the habit of attend
ing moving picture shows.
1t is difficult to believe that the school
authorities IN Boston fancy that the chill
dren of that enlightened community are
blind to the existence of the seductive
moving picture shows. Possibly the
Boston chill invests his nickels in the
writings Of William James on pragma-
tisn, or perhaps of Kant and Emerson
Still the moving picture show hourishes
in Boston Just as freely as in other
cities, and no restriction is placed on
the admission of school children. So
far as danger of fire is concerned, It
should be possible to take even greater
pcar1+ioue IN a school that, IN the or
dinary theater. If stringent regulations
against fire could not be enforced in
the schoolhouses, something is radically
wrong. Boston's example should not de-
ter the school authorities of other cities
from using the moving pictures as a
means of instruction.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13
Where Queen Victoria Was Great.

From Varied Types
That Queen Victoria was a model of
political unselfshnesS is well known; it
is less often remarked that few modern
people have an unselfishness so COM
pleteIy free from morbidity, so fully
capable of deciding a moral question with
out exaggerating its Importance. No
prominent person OF our time has been
so utterly devoid of that disease Of self
assertion which is often rampant among
the unselfsh. She bad one most rare
and valuable faculty. the faculty of
letting things pass-acts of Parliament
and other things. Her predecessors,
whether honest men or knaves, were at
tackled every now and then with a night
mare of despotic responsibility; they sud-
denly conceived that it rested with them
TO save the world and the Protestant
constitution. Queen Victoria had far too
much faith in the world to try TO save it..
She knew that acts of Parliament, even
bad acts of Parliament, do not destroy
nations But she knew that ignorance,
tyranny and officiousness do destroy ma
tions, and not upon and provocation would
she set an example in these things. We
fancy that this sense OF proportion, this
largness and coolness of intellectual
magnanimity is the one of the thousand
virtues OF Queen Victoria, Of which the
near future will stand most in need.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13
That Spell-as-you-please School.

Brander Matthews. noted critic and
lecturer, university professor, full OF
honors, and a member of the Simplified
Spelling Board, calls the nation to arms
against what he is pleased 10 term the
chains and slavery of the dictionaries" !"
The learned professor is an cut and out
iconoclast, for he goes still further He
appeals to humanity, if it will not
spell according to his srnplihed rules, to
spell anyway it pleases, but by all means
to forget the dictionary.
1t will be JOY to the rising genera
ton to learn that spelling is a depart
ing virtue 1t used to be that ability to
spell properly was looked upon as a
mark of culture The second and third
quarters of the last century noted the
rise of Webster and Worcester as au-
thorities on spelling and pronunciation.
Then men began to believe that the die
tionary and the grammar made the Ian
guage, and woe to him who trans
gressed With the coming of the other
dictionaries there was a cessation of
warfare between the older schools. Lib
erality came into vogue, and now the
gray-haired man sees his children and
grandchildren violate what in his youth
were considered sacred laws
A certain amount of latitude IN SPELL
ing may be allowable, but to let any one
spell as he pleases is to put sLovenli-
ness and unintelligence at a premium
There are many among US who are
convinced that language composed Of
Latin. Saxon, Low German, and French
words is not easy to chain into one
rule grammar, for where the roots of
words are so greatly at variance, spelling,
as matter of course, is bound to be
very complicated There must be, how
ever. some semblance of rules and of
system. Mr.. Matthews goes a step too
far.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13
STARS AND STRIPES IN CANADA.
Canadian Parliament stops JingOism
in Regard TO Yankee Flag.

From the New NOTk Globe.
The Canadian Parliament has recently
squelched a bill requiring the display of
a British flag of equal size alongside
every unfurled foreign flag throughout the
dominion. This piece of jingoism was
warmly upheld by a few members of the
Commons, who were apparently impelled
to this course chiefly by the action of
visiting parties Of American motorists,
piCnickers, and sportsmen.
The latter are, il seemS-with more pa
triotism than good taste-in the habit of
couspicuoUsly Haunting the Stars and
Stripes upon their cars and camps to the
exclusion of all other flags. There may
be some excuse for this practice as
method of ready identification, but the
same result could be achieved, and
decent courtesy toward their host at the
same time maintained. by an associated
display of the Union Jack
Now that the Canadian House of Com
mons has refused to make itself ridicu-
lous by allowing its own jingoes to force
courtesy down jingo visitors throats, it
is to be hoped that the latter will volun-
tarily furbish up their rusty manners
and add new flag to the flag locker.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13

rulous, and on one occasion he spoke
for upward of an hour, to the astonish-
ment of legislators, who had not been
accustomed to such feats of royal or
atory. The personal tradition was more
than maintained in the reign of his son,
the Inflated Charles. In the common
wealth the royal speech necessarily dis
appeared, but the form remained, with
other parliamentary usages. and invarl-
ably Cromwell, in meeting his parlia-
ments, addressed them directly in vigor-
Gus rhetoric.
Charles II did not shine as a speaker
and his utterances in the main were char
acterized by businesslike brevity. After
the revolution of 1888 the modern Gus
tom BEGAN of royal speeches being mat
ter of high political concern, and no
longer the personal expression of the SOW
ereign. FILANEUR.
Copyright. 1911, by Mcclure Newspaper syndicatel
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13
PRODIGAL CAREER ENDS.
Originator of the Big Pier at At
Iantic City Is in Want.

From the Philadelphia Record.
After having squandered several for
tunes John Applegate, originator and
builder of what is now known as Young's
milliOn-dolar pier in Atlantic City, IS
serving a sentence for vagrancy in the
Los Angeles County Jail, California. The
old man is now eighty-seven years old,
and unless some of his relatives or the
friends he knew in his palmy days come
to his assistance he will probably end
somewhat spectacular career behind the
prison bars.
The brief news dispatch announcinL
that old Applegate has been sentenced
TO Jail, destitute, has recalled the man to
the memory of many Philadelphians. In
the early '90's his prodigalities both here
and in New York City, caused a sensa-
ton. He was the first of the ''tin-type"
photographers, and while he was in
business he was said to have made as
much as $4,000 per year. his daily sit
tings at times passing the so mark and
netting him nearly $IOOO. He was also
one of the largest of the early adver-
tisers, his signs and other odd devices
being erected all over the city and along
the greater portion of the river front
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13

became final at once, Carelessness in
the observance of the later requirement
threatens serious social disturbance. A
long list of the parties affected has been
published, and they were notified that
to complete the transaction it will be
necessary for them to pay the stated
fees and obtain an order from the Su-
preme Court directing that the suspended
Judgment be entered. Even so, trouble
may develop, especially IN the case of
remarriages, and it seems as if the court
clerks had not been blameless in per-
hitting these imperfect DEGREES to be
kept so long from the knowledge OF
those interested
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13
CHAMP CLARK EXPLAINS.
Future Speaker Tells Why He Had
to Change the -. B." in Name.

Future Speaker Tells Why He Had
to Change the ~. B." in Name.
Prom the kansas City Star.
Champ Clark, future Speaker of the
House, has told the story of his name.
1t runs thus: My parents named me
James Beauchamp Clark. They didn't
christen me, because they were Camp
bellites and didn't believe in christening.
l hadn't been noticing things very long
before I discovered that there is J. B.
Clark at nearly every post-office in the
United States. One day I went down into
Kentucky to a place where, as usual,
there was J. B. Clark Nearly all of
my mail went to him. He opened my
letters and sent them back to the writers.
81 then and there decided to change my
name The first thing 1 did was to drop
off the James 1 thought it would be
nice thing to be called Beauchamp Clark:
but the first thing knew they were call
ing me Beechamp, Boochamp, B4champ,
Bawchamp, and every other kind of
champ Nobody could pronounce it
right l never was certain that could.
either. so just dropped off the first part
and kept the second
The Washington herald., 1911-03-13
The Regulation of Traffic.

1t is evident from the views of Maj.
Sylvester, as set forth in The Wash
ington Herald this morning, that the
elaborate system of traffic regulations
prepared by expert authority and adopted
by the Board of Trade is not likely to
be promulgated as a police regulation
by the District Commissioners. Maj.
Sylvester thinks that the present rules
governing the subject are ample, and
he especially emphasizes the fact that
it is impossible, without an increase
of the police force, to handle the traffic
with the thoroughness which is desired
Some of the objections raised by Maj.
Sylvester are not convincing. The fact
that the streets and avenues are under
one jurisdiction and the parks under
another would not prevent the regu-
lattons from being made applicable alone
to the thoroughfareS, which is really
all that is necessary. Neither does it
conflict with the proposed programme
to say that the law governing the speed
of motor vehicles is a Federal statute
and not an order of the Commissioners.
1t is also beside the question that the
operation of the street cars is placed
by law under the Interstate Commerce
Commission. for street cars are not
mentioned iE the regulations. The fact
that mounted policemen have to pur-
chase their horses and equipments is,
perhaps, unfortunate, but it does ma
terially affect regulations concerning We
hicular traffic.
The one practical point of Maj. Syl-
vester's utterance is that experience has
shown that people will not be educated.
His own efforts in this direction, he
admits, have been almost futile, very
little improvement being noticeable. He
thinks also that only minimum re-
suit will be reached by putting the regu-
lations in the hands of drivers, and he
adds that the police force is not large
enough to instruct the entire community.
This is doubtless true; but, after all,
there is no necessity for taking a pes
simistic view of the situation. What
is needed is a thorough and compre-
hensive system of traffic regulations,
based upon experience and common
sense, and when these have been adopted
it will only be 4 matter of time before
they become universally known and
obeyed. 1t will not be possible to Sc
cure perfection in the management of
vehicuIar traffic in a day. or a month,
or maybe a year. The point is, how
ever. that by undertaking the work i'm
mediately the time when traffic will be
properly regulated will all the sooner
arrive.