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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04
JURY FAILS TO AGREE.
No Verdict In Hugh Gordon MILLER Case
Against TrDction Company.

Especial TO The Iimes- Dispatch.
Norfolk. Va, February 3.--Standinc
evenly divided, and unable to agree
as TO the amount to award the plain
tiff, the jury in the Hugh Gordon Miller
case against the Norfolk and Ports
mouth Traction Company for $4,000
reported to Judge j. G. Rose this az
ternoon at 4:30 o'clock that it could
not agree on a verdict and saw nc
chance Of reaching one The members
were discharged with the thanks Of
the court for the way they had per-
formed their duty,
1t was said last night that they
stood ST.: to six one side wanting 10
return q verdict Of from 81 900 TO Sc. :
900 IN favor of the plaintiff. anu the
other side wishing TO return a YER
dict In favor 81 the defendant
When tho jury had been discharg ed
Nick. Woodhousc. counsel for AIr
Miller. asked Judge Rose. TO grant a
change OF Venue, saying that tho SO
would be fought to a conclusion Judge
Rose asked him TO put the motion in
writing, and then lie or some other
member OF the bench would consider
tho motion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04
WINS By HALF a FONT.
Frank Marshall Is Victor in National f,hess
t.s a1astcre' TnurnaD,eDf

sew York. February s--By half poir
frank G. Marshall. who vas already cham
plon OF the United states to-day won the
national chess masters tournament which
has been IN progress hare for two ,s,eks HE
lnhi game vas drawn with Ereynborg,
inaHinE his store ten points out u n posi-
bic twelve. or eight wins and four drawn
Games in the tournament. He did not loss
game,
The magnificent finish hy tho Cuban cham.
nion. IhEe r. CapablaneA. reduced s;araha!l'e
mnrEin TO half a point BY winning from
Paul Jorner today the Cuban finished In
T. BLACK 0. Brooklyn. in the fouhth round
vas t,apa elanee's only aetna! defeat In the
seven wiRs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04
EIGHT ARRESTS
HAVE BEEN MADE
Continued From First pare.)

same company. a.l
Captain Burr ST. John. superintendent
OF transportation OF tic same COM
pany.
The warrant OF arrest charges man
SiauShtcr IN ncgiiscnuy handling lrna-
i5:ite at pier :, and causing the lcath
OF Michael Mass. It is understood that
The local railroad officials against WHOM.
warrants have been issued will appear
IN court tomorrow 40 special ar
rahscmcnts lave ye; been made. as
far as known, for bringing to court
ihc officers of the powder company, for
Wi!on warrants arc out in case they
90 not voluntarily surrender.
ichiing SAID after the nearing thn.
the Katherine W. was 10 nnvc taken
some dynamite from pier l., a shin
lying at Gravesend for characterization
70 Montcvideo The ship, ne sale, sail
cl Yesterday. Hs9 H.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04

Robert a. Anderson appointed.
. Washington. y. c., February 3.--Rob-
ert a. Anderson was to-day appointed
postmaster a Marion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04
VIII 30 Used ns Target.

Especial to TIE Times Dispa tcnl
Norfolk. Va. February S.--The
United States ram katahdin. fitted out
at the Norfolk navy yard as q target.
left to-day In tow OF two navy tugs
for the mouth OF the NNicomico River
In upper Chesapeake BAY. where tho
monitor Tallahassee Will test lshsm
nitro.gelatne shells against an inlpro-
vised object on the oval deck Of tile
.katahdin.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04
No Dynamite Loaded, lie say,

no dynamite had been loa1n,! on either
the Katherine w. or the oihs- povder
boat. the Whistler when ,hc explo-
SION occurred as he Had seen 10th
boats steam zip to pier I Very shortly
before the explosion took plaea, ana
III his opinion there had not been tima
70 begin the transfer IF the Jyna
mite.
Lines 81 investigation taken M by
the authorities yesterday. :ncl,ie,trc
tEat by Police Prosecutor r;arven. w,ra
continued to-day with una haIal rigor.
30 additions to the list q. dead crl,
missing developed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04
Candidate for House Of Delegates

tSl'ccial 70 The Times Dispa tch.1
3. fredericksburg, Va. February 81
pr. I: Arnold, a prominent citizen
OF king George county. will be O can.
didate for the House of Delegates .ron,
the district composed Of Stafford and
King George counties before the com
Ing Democratic primary. Tiers are
several other candidates
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-04-15

done through alfalfa, or clover, or
peas. But think the cheapest and
surest and the way you know the
most about, is to do it through stock.
GA COW, and SOW, a eve, mare and
hen,
Produce financial salvation for men.
And then in addition if you have
good wife,
There is nothing to hinder you enjoy
ing life."
Feed stock. What kind of stock,
you ask? That is easy. Good stock.
II you feed it to poor stock, it is one
hale wasted. know man in
Nebraska who lately sold his farm of
500 acres for 100000, "Big price,
says one. so, no." says neighbor,
"that farm is very rich. They have
always kept lots of stock. For the
last twenty years they have never
had less than 125 head of thorough
bred cattle, and it takes one team all
the time to keep the manure drawn
out. Why, sir, their corn this year
(19O9) is husking eighty bushels to
the acre. The COW made the manure
and manure made the corn.'' Said
another neighbor, ''Their pasture
will furnish feed for twice as many
cattle as the average pasture" They
have top dressed it so often that it
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-04-15

Work was QOne Win oxen. L nave
plowed corn many a day with an OK
with basket tied over his head.
We lived in a three room log house.
It was the best house that l ever saw
1t was cool in summer and warm in
winter and never in all my lite since
have heard such music as the patter
of rain on those old oak shingles.
Sleep was sweet and refreshing.
Nothing to worry about. Everyone
was little world unto himself and
ran it to suit himself. Did we have
plenty to eat, you ask? Plenty. Why,
we had passover. We had wheat
-four, buckwheat -four and corn meal
in quantities to burn. In the cellar
you would lind potatoes, turnips and
all other kinds of vegetables, and as
the Dutchman said, couple barrels Of
sauerkraut to have on hand in case OF
sickness. You would find smoked
hams, bacon, salt pork, dried beef,
corned beef, all kinds of wild canned
fruit, such ssas plums, crab apples,
strawberries and blackberries. Ny
mother always had jar OF fried
cakes, mince pies and cold chicken
on hand. Wild game, deer, prairie
chickens, cartridges, geese and ducks
could be had on short notice. There
may be such commissary departments
nowadays, but l do no know where
they are.
We cut our grain with a cradle and
our grass with a scythe. Finally
came the Mccormick reaper with
which we raked off the grain, and
then later the John p Nanny self
rake. We had the first one in our
county. and remember the first day it
started; more than a dozen neighbors
had gathered to see it work. They
all looked very sober and said it was
a wonderful invention but the death
blow to labor. In those days good
man got 800 year and board, and
they we're easy to get. If you can get
one at all now he costs 1915 per year
and board and you have to keep a
horse for him. He won't do chores
Sunday nor milk cows. In Importance
he is only cutranked by the present
day hired girl. She simply states
her price and tells you what days in
tho wax che will he in tO assist ahO1t
the work. Fifty years ago they got
81. Is per week and would milk five
COWS every night and morning. | re-
member 1 used to drive breaking
pillow for % cents per day and take
my supper aud breakfast at home.
nRSixteen and half years after I was
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-04-15

THE urgency of speedy success means all in all to
4 every owner Of an unsound horse to use remedy
uncs1tain methods end turn to saye-The Horse.
binding contract which positively protects purchaser
For ID years has been the which nearly
every man based his confidence in making his first
purchase. and it has never been violated.
RF D. No. 2, Marshatown Ia, Dec 10. 1910
Troy Chemical Co., Bnghamon n Y: My contract
$685. used remedy mule that kicked
hook, the whole joint enlarged. the
head He would not put his foot the ground hip
shunken to skin and bone One of the state and
others said he would not be worth gave pig
for him and used the bottle as directed
and now he is sound It stuff W. S. HAYNES
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-04-15
$500 a Bottle With Signed CONTRACT

This is binding CONTRACT and protects purchaser abb
soutey in treating and curing of Bone SPAWN
horouuhpn Except o cuh Sp Capped Heck Wind
puff Shoehe Injured Tendsns and all
hair. Horse works usual Send for copy Of contract
booklet all and from prominent business
bankers farmers and horse the world
kind of At all druggists dealers express paid
Troy Chsmieal Co.. IL Commercial Ave., BinshAmton. NJ
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-04-15
Stock VS.. Grain Raising.
By COL F. NJ Woods Before Agriculture Meeting Lincoln Neb

The author of this article is too
widely known to require introduce
ton. For third of century he has
made Nebraska his home. During
this time he has appeared upon the
auction block selling pure bred stock
throughout all parts of the United
States and Canada and is recognized
everywhere as having achived the
greatest success Of any man in the
business. His success would have
been no less in any work which he
might have chosen for he possessed
that quality of optimism and "grit"
which enabled young men to come
west and convert the "Great American
Desert into the agricultural eden
of the World"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-04-15

will speak of conditions in the
west fifty and sixty years ago. My
father emigrated from Vermont to
Illinois in 1842. He thought he was
going away out west. It was, then,
but it is back east now. Chicago, his
nearest railroad station, was eighty
miles away. He used to haul his
wheat there and sell it for 30 cents
per bushel; oats for IL cents; dress
ed pork for S1.25 per hundred; eggs
cents per dozen, and he thought he
was doing we'll. In fact never herd
him complain. Often the roads we're
so bad he would mire from three to
four times on trip, then he would
have to carry the bags one by one to
a dry spot and would often have to
take the wagon apart and draw out
part Of it at time. There were but
few horses in those days. All the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-04-15

composed OF veterans OF that conflict
turned their faces westward to achieve
new victories. You know what they
did. You know, many of you by per-
sonal experience, OF the suffering and
privation they endured before you
converted what was then known as
the great American desert into what
it is now, the garden spot of the
United States, occupied by the most
intelligent, energetic, aw-abiding,
loyal citizens of this great republic.
In fifty years the states of Wisconsin,
Illinois, Minnesota and the Dakotas
increased in population from trifle
over LOCO, 600 to 11,6S4, 900. Kansas
and Nebraska alone at the last census
had 2, 563, 795. Nebraska today ranks
third as q corn producing state and
her fields of alfalfa are veritable mines
of gold, not only to produce cash,
but to restock the land with nitro
genous food. The men who wrought
this change we're men of grit.
Land in those days could be had for
taking, but these men of grit have
now made it worth 500 to $500 per
acre. Practically speaking the public
lands are gone and the majority Of
the older portions have been cropped
to the limit. Careless owners and
greedy tenants have checked upon
them year after year, decade after
decade without putting anything back.
AS the lighthouse on the sea looms up
to warn the ship to keep off the rocks,
so great red knobs rise on the land as
warming signals saying to the farmer.
"Your bank account in this farm is
getting low. You must go to deposit
ing or your checks will soon go to
protest.
James J. Hill says that in a large
portion of the country the produc-
tivity of the soil has deceased 80 per
cent and know he is right. Twenty
eight bushels Of corn to the acre in
the United States in 1908! Why, one
ear to the hill at the rate Of 100 ears
to the bushel is thirty-seven bushels
per acre. Two ears to the hill, sixty
four bushels. A man should raise
three ears to the hill. That would
give him 100 bushels to the acre. But
inst think, the corn in the United
States last year did not average three
fourths of an ear to the hill. What is
the matter? Too many men checking
on the bank and putting nothing back.
Too many men trying to raise two
crops at the same time on one piece
of land. A crop of weeds and crop
of grain. Too many men taking it
easy when they ought to be blowing
corn. A boy once asked his father
where Easy street was. my son, "
said he, sit is a street down at the
end of Hard Work street and you
cannot get to it by going any other
way" Poor cultivation, poor seed,
poor soil, accounts for so poor yield
and yet corn is our most valuable
crop and | cannot but think that with
the desire for improvement that exists
today, that it will not be many years
until by the aid of good seed, good
soil and good work we will at least
double the amount raised on the same
amount of land. l think it would
The Dickinson press., 1911-05-27
Manning News

A good rain fell here on the 18th.
Crops are now in fine shape and the
soil is moist enough for easy breaking.
S. K. Bergseth of Taylor, Wis, and
C. O. Hetfermon of Platteville, Wis. /,
were here last week with Landman w.
W. %Stackhouse, contemplating purchas-
ing the Smith tract of land just north
west of Manning, also the Brademeyer
tract southeast of here. If a deal is
made they will place the land on the
retail market.
A big reception was held on Monday
evening for the teachers of Dunn county
who were here attending the institute.
The affair was at the new hall build
ing, Rev. Noah Garwick delivering the
address of welcome.
E. j. Scharf of Dickinson has a plow-
ink outfit in operation on one of his
section farms on Crooked Creek.
Mrs. Leo Magney and four children
of Glendive are visiting her sister,
Mrs. w. P. Brooks. +
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Vaughn and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sutherland autoed out from Dick
inson and spent a few days at the Eyer
ranch last week.
Elmer Christensen of Fayette, Kaisme,
Berger of near Manning and Peter
The Dickinson press., 1911-05-27
MEYER APPOINTED FOR
P. N. At new ENGLAND

Word was received this week that
Senator Heleeson had sent in the recom-
mendation of j. A. Meyer as postmaster
of the New England postofice.
Mr.. Meyer has been the manager fol-
the Moreau Lumber company for the past
year and is a very capable business man
and if he receives his appointment the
Office will be filled with credit.
W. C. Mckenzie. the present incum-
bent, has looked after the business in
an excellent manner ever since he came
to New England about ten years ago.
There has been any complaint OF
the manner in which he has conducted
the office, but because his place of bust
ness is located in the southern part
of the town and as nearly all other bust
ness places are north of the track. the
appointment of Mr.. Meyer was asked
for and will probably be made as We
understand that Mr.. Mckenzie has made
no effort to retain the Office. other than
attending strictly to his duties.
The Office raj recently raised to third
class and the work caring for the Office
will take considerable time, as there
are a large number of patrons .-Het-
finger County Herald.
A Washington dispatch of May Is
gives the appointment, of j. A. Meyer.
The Dickinson press., 1911-05-27
Taylor

The Taylor school board will elect a
new director at the general election
held the first Tuesday in June. The
term of Herman Leutz. who has beeI
director for three years. expiring.
Mrs. j. X. Slack of Knife river was
recently visiting Mrs. John Courtney.
DR.. J. P. Weyrens attended the funeral
of his father, in Minnesota last week.
Mrs. Taylor of Valparaiso, Ind, is
spending the summer with her daughter,
Lillian, here and her son. Webster
Schofeld at Dickinson.
Lightning was the cause of a small
fire in the Taylor Drug store last week.
The temperance lecture given by F.
l.. Watkins last Wednesday evening in
the Norwegian Lutheran church. was
we'll attended and interesting.
A marriage license was recently
issued to Miss Anna Beeaum of Taylor
and Frank Shumway of Emerson.
Manager Wing has been making
changes at the local telephone office. A
twenty-f0ur hour service has been es-
tablished. Laura Blair and Dora
Schmidt being the operators.
Harry Christen, who has been attend
ing school at Fargo, returned home Sun
day evening.
Miss Wilma Knutson, who has been
seriously ill, is improving.
Mrs. Emma Lindsay was in town
Saturday visiting friends.
Bennett Payne from out south was in
town last week, looking after business
interests.
Miss NADIA DeFrance from Richardton
was in town Friday.
Howard Miller spent Sunday in Bis
marck.
Prof. M. E.. Heabel left for Seattle,
Wash. Friday evening, where he will
spend the summer.
Mrs. M. Peterson and children from
Mandan we're in town Sunday.
A large crowd attended the Sherry
| show Tuesday evening.
G. liner and Bernie Tracey spent Sun.
day afternoon in Richardton.
Emil Paulson from Knife river was il
town Monday.
Mrs. M. M. Bobb visited her mother,
Mrs. Huugen. last week.
DR.. Danford was in town Sunday even.
ing.
The Dickinson press., 1911-05-27
new motor vehicle law, requiring
vehicles to- be numbered and taeaed:

new motor vehicle law, requiring
vehicles to- be numbered and TAGGED:
Every motor vehicle owner must file
an application for registration with the
secretary of state. on a blank form
supplied by him. The blank must con-
tain: A brief description of the ma
chine the name of the manufacturer
the factory number and model; the
name and business address of the
owner ; the name of the county in which
he resides. The application blank
must be sworn to by the applicant.
The fee, So. 90. must accompany this
application. This fee is to- be paid
each year and the registration renewed.
On receipt of this, the secretary OF
state will issue his receipt and two
metal plates or tags on which will ap.
pear the registration number assigned
to the machine. HE will also record
in his--books' the..-number, make, owner
etc., Of machine.
Should boil. .tags..issued be DESTROYED
OF lost-duplicates will be issued on
receipt of an affidavit stating the facts,
with a fee of ST. 90.
Should: the motor be sold-as in-.the
case of the. sale-..of a second hand car
having already a registration humber,
the purchaser must notify: the secretary
of state. within ten..--days. land upon q
blank furnished by ss..the..ssecretary OF
state. This blank will contain the
name of the old owner, the nameBof the
purchaser and other particulars. This
must be accompanied by a fee of. ST. 90.
The facts r recorded in the books,
opposite the registered number of the
machine.
The claw applies to motor cycles as
well al. automobiles. 1T docs not.appIy
to motor vehicles which come into the
state temporarily from other states, ii
~the..,,vehicle is registered i'm another
The Dickinson press., 1911-05-27
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR
STARK COUNTY.

At a banquet recently held in the
Jordan hotel, Supt. B. o. johnson said
that Glendive was destined to become
the Gateway City of eastern Montana,
the same a. Fargo in North Dakota. Mr..
johnson said that the Northern Pacific
would eventually have a branch enter
ing Glendive from the south as well as
from the north and when both branches
were completed the city would soon be-
come an important jobbing center for
eastern Montana. Our former Dickin-
son townsman became real eloquent at
the banquet and speaking from the high
authority OF a great railroad division
superintendent was the means of MAX
ing Glendive property owners feel very
good.
The Dickinson press., 1911-05-27
Medora

State Humane Officer VIM. Blake was
in Medora this week.
M. v. Horning was down from Senti-
mel Butte Monday.
Tom johnson visited at Forsyth,
Mont. over Sunday.
A dance will be held Saturday even
ing at the Olmstad hall.
Mrs. VIM. Olmstad is visiting al the
home of her son. D. F. Olmstad, for
several weeks.
Sundays ball game at Sentinel Butte
| with the BeachiteS salaried nine was
won by the former team by a score of 8
to S. The Sentinel Butte boys feel good
over their success and will play a return
game at Beach on Decoration Day.
Messrs. Beary, Clemens and Hart and
Misses Cordelia Branick, Lyllian Brown
field, Theresa Brown and Ellen Living
ston were in attendance from Medora,
returning on the evening train.
Miss Annie Molitar was married in
Forsyth Sunday to Charles Lawrence.
They will make their home for the
present in Hathaway, Mont,
| IdUl ACUU ICluI1lCU tI1o Wcch 1IO1ll
attending the Brinton trial at Mandan.
Mrs. Aud Num- left for Dickinson
Sunday evening. where she will remain
for q short time.
Sheriff Will went down to Marmarth
this week for q couple OF lrangressors.
Harry B%rown6eld accompanied him.
Earl Cummings went down to Dickin-
son Tuesday for lumber and other sup
plies for the new barn at Wm. McCarty's
ranch, also the remodeling of the house
there.
The Billings county commissioners are
in session here this week, Commission
ers Stoddard, Tester and Hanson being
present.
Mrs. D. F. Olmstad prettily enter
tanned a merry company at 500, on last
Saturday evening. The genial hostess
served dainty refreshments. at midnight.
The Dickinson press., 1911-05-27
RAISING WINTER wheat
80 ACRES At WEBB farm

As has already been stated in the
PRESS, Benjamin Webb of Richardton
is probably the largest individual grower
of winter wheat in Western North
Dakota and for that matter perhaps the
largest west of the Red River Valley.
The sO-acre field seeded by Mr.. Webb
at his farm Just east of Richardton. be-
tween August 20 and September IS last,
gives promise of a IS per cent crop.
The warm weather in March and SUBJ
sequent freezing was bad for this crop
and the owner has also demonstrated
to his own satisfaction that the seeding
should have been commenced as early
as August 10. This however. would
vary somewhat in different seasons.
The wheat startled all right and was
not injured until the snow went off in
March and the subsequent cold weather
came. Half of the field was narrowed
this spring and the owner calculates
that it has added 20 per cent to the
crop. 1t was an experiment, and a
great many people advised strongly
against narrowing, saying that the
grain in low places would be smothered.
etc.
Winter wheat yields greater than
spring wheat hence a IS per cent crop
may give as many bushels per acre as a
full crop of spring wheat.
The coming fall Mr.. Webb expects to
seed IL acres of corn stubble with
Turkey Red wheat. His present field
was sown on wheat stubble. but he has
an idea that corn stubbie will hold the
snow better and at the same time it
will give the much desired crop rota-
ton. He tried sowing winter wheat
on a few acres of summer fallowed land
and it was a total failure. Fred
Madison of Taylor had the same ex-
perience.
A 2O-acre field of winter rye at the
Webb farm is looking better than the
wheat, the only trouble being that the
stand is thin. A bushel per acre was
sown and it looks az though two bushels
would have been better.
The 7-acre demonstration farm. under
control of the agricultural college and
the Northern Pacific Ry., is on the
Webb farm adjoining the winter wheat
field. One acre each has been sown to
Fife wheat, hulless barley, Lincoln oats.
alfalfa, oats and peas for fodder and
two acres are planted with Dent and
Flint corn. One of the agriculture
college men directs Mr.. Webb monthly,
how to care for the plots. Records are
kept and in the fall. after the yields
have been ascertained, the crops 60 to
the owner of the land.
AS previously stated, there is a larger
demonstration farm carried on in the
western part of the county on the Hol-
land Dakota Landbouw Co. properties
just south Of Belield.