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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-08

Archer drove to Langdon last Friday
on a business trip.
Mrs. j. D. Stewart came up here Sat
urday from Nekoma and has been spend
ing a part of the week visiting with her
friend, Mrs. Orpe.
G. G. Mugg, o. S., from Grand Forks
spent several days here during the week
looking after the needs of those who are
troubled with defective eyesight.
Ole Borseth, who has been laid up
for some little time with inhammatory
rheumatism the past week is now re-
ported as again we'll on the road to re-
covery.
Miss Della Soper returned to this
place last Saturday from Mitchell,
South Dakota, where she has spent the
forepart of the winter visiting with re-
@latlves and friends.
Mrs. Smith, with her pictures on Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark entertain
ed the people of Iona on Tuesday even
ing, up TO the hour of ten o'clock when
a dancing party of young people enjoyed
a most pleasant hour.
A masquerade dance will be given on
Friday evening of this week at the
Tborland hall by the base ball boys of
Iona. Iona expects to have a ball
team this season which will make a good
showing in the games played in Cavalier
county this summer.
Iona and Billings school districts
have petitioned to be consolidated in
one district. This if carried will oe one
of the largest districts in the county
with a school at Iona Village to &C
| commodate all the children in the town
| ship of Iona and Billing together with
Iona village.
The Iona branch of the Cavalier Co.
chased the bushes. interests at this
place of the firm of Schweitzer g. Rick
bell, makes its first bid for the farm
machinery business of this section OF
the county this spring and is placing in
its Iona warehouse Ia most complete
lines of everything the farmer Is likelytc
wan: whenwork starts. The implement
part of the business is in the hands OF
j. M. Murphy as manager and theil
hardware and furniture store is looked
after by Frank Hensel. Read the spring
announcement of the company which
will be found in a new display ad or
another page of this weeks paper.
The Iona school reports the follow
ing grades as being neither tardy MOI
absent during the month of January:
Upper Grades-Willie Jersey, Nancy
Powers, Roy Bocan, Raymond Bocan
Lower Grades-Harry Jersey, Avery
Powers, Willie Morben, Mildred Nor
ben, Mildred Miller.
Following is a list of the pupils rank.
ing highest in the various grades of the
school.
Prlmary-Annie Neufeld, Fritz
Gulbrandson.
Flrst-Frank Gurley, Audrey Soper
Second-MiIdred Miller, Elizabeth
Gurley.
Third-Clara Enger, Selmer Soren
son.
Fourth-Tina S%orenson, Avery Powers
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-08
WALES SCHOOL NOTES
[Too Late for Last Week.

Below is given the monthly report
of the attendance and class averages of
the public school at Wales for the
month ending January Goth, 1912.
EIGHTH GRADE.
No. of pupils enrolled . s
The following pupils we're neither tardy nor
absent during the month:
Cecil Scott Stanley Borho
Hilbert Bell
Highest in Rank-Paul Grosclaud.
Second in Rank-Louie Smith.
Per cent of attendance. 81 Der cent
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-08
Gallo

The Moore and Peterson families
visited with the Robson family Sunday
Frank Leek hauled in a load of feed
oats for Robertson, that worthy gentle
man being out onthe mail route.
Letters received here by friends late
ly from Ezra Blocker report that gentle
man enjoying himself immensely in the
sunny cline of California;
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-08

busy rehearsing and hope be able to put
it on before Lent starts, This will be
strictly a all home talent play while
the proceeds will be used for some
public benefit in our town. This is a
good play and all should be- willing to
help it along. Further particulars as to
date and time will be given later.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-08

job printing-the DEMOCRAT.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-08
Iona.

Mr.. Hensel and druggist Murray
Archer drove to Langdon last Friday
on a business trip.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-08

Richard Boyd of Langdop was
guest over Sunday of his aunt, Mrs. j
f. Schneider.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
EARNINGS of Baseball.

/ Men prominent in big league base
ball councils declare that the present
yeas will be lean one for several of
the major clubs, although none Of
them is likely actually to lose money.
The big money makers will be, as US
1al, the New York Nationals, Boston
Red Sox, both Chicago clubs, Pitts
burg, Washington and the Athletics.
It is estimated the Giants will yield
nearly one-fourth million dollars in
profits. The Boston Red Sox have
lone a phenomenal business at home
md abroad and expect to show a net
profit Of 100000. Estimates on some
pf the other clubs are as follows:
Chicago Americans, $175,000.
Chicago Nationals, $4,000
Pittsburg, 100000.
Washington, 100000.
Brooklyn, 100000.
Were it not for the so per cent d.
vision of paid admissions at all major
league parks some of the unsuccessful
.lubs would sustain heavy losses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
"Kid" Uncle Sam

was predicted that the rat would eat
his way to the waters edge and then.
beholding what he thought to be sea
of bran, would dive into 1t, thus end
ing the romance of his life.
MANY suggestions for electrocution
outfits have been sent in, but all OF
these are of such complicated design
and would cost so much to manufac-
ture that they have no value for our
purpose.
zone of the box traps Is lined with
mirrors. The rat is supposed to be at
tracted within by his reflection and
to wander around twirling his mus
taches until by accident he encounters
spring which releases the door, thus
penning himself In. ...s .
The sneeze' trap Is simplest In
construction and least expensive of
all the models which have been sub
mitted. 1t consists of a pasteboard
tube two inches in diameter, lined
with cotton batting. A powder of cay
enne pepper and snuff Is sprinkled on
the cotton and the tube placed over .
rat hole. The inventor said the rat
would sneeze himself to death when
he poked his head out of his hole"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
All Complimentary verbiage Is Ordered Cut Out

ed the pruning movement and when
he got through with 1t nothing was
left but the superscription "Sir" and
the signature of the writer outside the
message to be conveyed.
Along with the excess verbiage the
army has also discarded the elaborate
system of recording the business Of
the various branches of the service by
means of lengthy letters detailing
what might pass in the ordinary
course of the days work as business
conversations. Major Brown would
write three-page letter to Lieutenant
Colonel Black, who sat opposite him in
a division Of the war department.
Black would be sitting so close to
Brown that the dictation of the letter
would disturb the peace and quiet OF
the latter's days work, but the letter
was part of the method of keeping the
record straight. Under the new sys
tenn the conversation Of Brown and
Black will be noted and the result re
corded. thereby saving much time and
a good-sized amount of government
stationery and clerk hire.
The shorter method is making a bis
hit with the younger element in the
army.
"One does not have to be any more
respectful to the chief of staff than he
does to his striker now" said sec
ond lieutenant, fresh from Philippine
duty. who recently was pitchforked
into the department by reason Of the
newly applied operation of the detach
ed army rule. s..a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
Car Fare Was Wanted by Georgia Moonshiner

A RNOLD A. BLAYLoCK, twenty
"A eight years old. said to be the
finest specimen Of genuine noun
tain moonshiner ever captured In the
national capital, who was arrested the
other night after he had surrendered
himself at police headquarters and an
nounced he was a fugitive from the
.revnoo officers" was released when
the police learned he is not fugitive
Blaylock's little scheme to trick the
police into paying his railroad fare
back to his farm in the mountains OF
White county. about 20 miles from
Gainesville, Ca, was turned inside
out by the police when they received
word from Gainesville that Blaylock
is not wanted there.
The moonshiner was arrested few
weeks ago for alleged Illicit distilling.
but he furnished 5000 bond and Is
free to go and come until his case is
called for trial In October. 1t remain
ed for Blaylock to explain why he
suddenly left his home and journeyed
to Washington, and in the explanation
ne revealed a feud in embryo.
Two years ago Blaylock sold 500
acres of land to Henry Gerard. a
British Columbian. Some weeks ago
Blaylock's cows destroyed Gerrard's
corn. Gerard thought the destruction
was done apurpose." Then the rev
enoe officers" came and "cut down
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
Rat Psychologists Trying

A SSISTANT Surgeon General Will
IA liam Colby Rucker of the pub
lie health service announced Aug. 81
that he was searching for a new kind
OF rat trap, to be adopted as the Of
fetal trap Of the service in its war
against the bubonic plague. He has
now In his office rs models for rat
traps OF many designs, together with
about fifty drawings and written sug-
gestions for traps, which he will ex-
hibit before the international con-
gress OF hygiene and demography.
RAT psychology has evidently been
the subject of deep study on the part
of inventors and would-be inventors
who are trying to market their ideas
In my Office" said DR.. Rucker, land
the interesting thing is the wide d.
been reached. An Iowa student sent
me the following suggestion:
"'Take an iron pot and place a rock
in the middle. Fill the pot with water
even with the top of the rock, so as to
make the rock look like an island
Float a piece of cheese on the water.
The rat will jump for the cheese and
after falling in the water will climb on
the island and scream for help. The
entire rat family will rush to his aid,
dive overheard to his rescue and then
kill each other fighting for a foothold
on the rock. ~
Another trap of simple type sug-
gested was the bran barrel trap I
was told to cover the surface of pail
of water with bran; to fix a plank
platform to lead to the edge of the
water and to cover this with bran. It
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04

VIZ ASHINGTON.-Arm officers must
w become foot doctors and under
stand all the little twists and turns in
chiropody If they obey an order just
issued by the war department.
Soon the fastidious young West
Pointer will be seen on his knees be-
fore the raw recruit explaining how
best to harvest the corn or bunion
with razor. He will inspect the re-
cruits socks and have him wash his
feet and put on clean ones.
All of which would make it appear
that the next course in study to be
listed at the national academy may be
chiropody. In addition to the titles.
like ~. s. A." which the graduate
places after his name, there will then
be one "F. E." foot expert), or "Ch.
D." doctor of chiropody).
For many years the army has en-
ployed expert blacksmiths to care
for the horses hoofs. Now the hoofs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
Feet Must Be Studied by Officers in the Army

Of the infantry will receive like atten.
ton.
Company commanders will person
ally inspect the bare feet of their
men before a march is undertaken"
reads the order. while on the march
they will personally see each day that
their men wash their feet as soon as
possible after reaching camp. prick
and evacuate blisters, dust the feet
with foot powder supplied by the
medical department, and put on clean
socks"
By way Of emphasizing the neces.
sity for obeying this order, another
clause says: Hereafter an undue
amount of foot injury and disability
from shoes will be regarded as evil.
dence of inefficiency on the part OF
the officers concerned as cause for
investigation"
Then there is thus further instruc.
ton:
Company commanders will cause
the proper trimming of nails, removal
or pairing of corns and callouses. re-
lief of painful bunions, treatment OF
ingrowing nails, and other defects,
sending serious cases to the surgeon.
There is one phase of the order that
will be appreciated by the bachelor
infantrymen. 1t is that "darned sox
or socks with holes, will not be worn
in marching"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04

ID EFORM- in the army correspon-
N dence is the latest development in
Major General Leonard Woods plan
for increasing the efficiency Of the
fighting force. Under orders from
the top" the complimentary verbiage
under which all communications be-
tween officers of the army and be-
tween those officers and the war de-
partment have been carried on have
been ordered cut out.
Such army forms as Colonel Smith
presents his compliments to Lieuten-
ant JONES'" as the precursor Of sim
pie request; the subscription, Il have
the honor to be, yours with great re-
spect;" repetitions of titles at the be-
ginning and end of communications OF
a most trivial nature, will hereafter
be eliminated.
The army correspondence forms
date back to the days Of the Colonial
forces of King George III. Letters be-
tween army men, when official In their
nature. use line after line OF compli-
mentary phraseology to put forward a
ten-word request General Wood start
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
STORIES
$0BH9
DIAMOND

1t is said that the temperance clause
In the contract of the Pirates is to be
removed.
Wiltse and Meyers of lhe Giants are
the best batting battery in the Ma
tional league.
Joe. Birmingham is willing to work
Is hours of each day to make good as
manager of the Maps.
In the morning game of Labor day.
Pitcher Hixon of Indianapolis allowed
Columbus but one hit.
Jack Chesbro, pitching for North
Adams at Pittsfeld, Mass, recently.
was knocked out of the box.
"A ball player is fool to pay any
attention to what is said to him on
the diamond" says Bill Sweeney.
Frank Smith of Montreal held Roch.
ester to three hits on September 4.
Two of them came in the ninth inning.
One thing the Giants have on the
Red Sox is base-stealing ability. Still,
that didn't get them much against the
Athletics.
The White Sox, it is said, will train
on the coast in 1913. A place-Paso
Robes by name-is the spot named for
the training.
Joe Wood has relied on speed, con-
troll and support for his recent vic
tories. He doesn't use his curve un-
less he has to.
James Esmond, an infielder, was re-
leased by the Cincinnati National
league club to the Montreal club of the
International league.
Frank Bancroft will as usual take
the Reds transforming this fall. The
trip will include games in Southern
Ohio and Yves. Virginia.
Topsy Hartsell says he expects to re.
main at the head of the Toledo team
next year and win pennant, and has
no desire to lead the Maps.
The Giants found the eastern team
of the National league mYch easier to
beat this season than they did the
teams comprising the western end Of
the circuit.
AS a rule, pitchers are jokes when
it comes to hitting the ball, but Bun
ME" Hearne crossed the dope recently
when he made three home runs In q
nine-fnning game.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04

Without question, the Scots curler
of whom Lord Lyveden tells in Fry's
Magazine placed the proper value on
his sport.
During a recent curling-match in
Switzerland, the skip of one of the
teams, who happened to be Scots
man, was so delighted with the accu-
rate shot of one of his team, that he
was heard to address him in the fol-
lowing manner: Lie down and dee,
mon; lie down and dee. Yell never
lay a finer stane nor that If We live to
be hundred"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
Demands of PLAYERS.

Apropos of the proposed new union
of baseball players, New York wag
has suggested the following demands:
/. Overtime after nine innings.
2. Double pay for Sundays and holi-
days, with Saturday half holiday from
June to October.
8. Piecework scale: Base hit, s.;
swo-base hit, $40; three-base hit, SIS;
home runs, $25; special home runs
with bases full, $50.
4. Valet service in clubhouse, street
clothes to be pressed daily while en-
gagged On diamond.
5. Scale of fielding: Pop flies, 81;
ordinary assists, $1.50; extra long.
$1.75; catching thrown ball, $125, II IL
bounces; half hops, 81; long bounds,
no bonus; double plays, 81; penalty
for errors, 10 cents first three ex-
cepted).
s. Schedule of 100 games only.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
A BLESSING
IN DISGUISE
Nervous Breakdown Is a VAN
ina That You Must Heed 10
Avoid Something
Worse.

Nervous exhaustion, or breakdown of
the nerves, is more often blessing
than anything else. The nerves have
rebelled and you should be thankful it
Is no worse than it is. Let it serve as
sharp warning to relieve the strain and
to take treatment that will build up
your nerves.
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Mrs. J. E. Udelle, whose address is
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from overwork and nervousness that 1
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dressmaker. was very weak and my
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
EVIDENTLY OUT OF PLACE
Indignant Frenchman Sad Some
Fault to Find With Postmaster
and Said So.

A Frenchman with name spelled
q la Paris and pronounced something
la Paris and pronounced something
like Ca-choo had never learned to
read or write, but he managed to dis
guise the fact pretty well until he
moved to a new community where the
name was not common. Going to the
postoffice one morning he inquired:
Got any mail for Joe Ca-choo?"
Whats the name?" inquired the
clerk.
"Ca-choo, Joe Ca-choo."
How do you spell it,"
Cant you spell Joe Ca-choo?"
NO." said the clerk, 81 never heard
it before"
Then the disgust of the Frenchman,
which had been constantly rising,
boiled over and he snorted:
We'll, if you can't spell, why don't
you sell your old postoffice to some
one that CAM"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04

Blaycock's STILL" The next day Ger
rard's still was "cut down."
The following day. at a camp meet
ing, gossip said Blaylock had re
ported Gerard to the 'revnoo on.
GERS" and Blaylock says he traced
the gossip to Henry Gerard. Invent
home and fetched nah gun, and I
went over to see Gerard. He said
he didn't kyar to tarry and talk with
me, and I'd just up with NAH gun
and allowed he bettah tary a-bit-
wal. some other bodies stepped in
and / took 'er train up this away"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
Cobb on STAGE AGAIN.

Ty Cobb, baseball player extraordt
nary and retired actor. may go upon
the stage again this winter. He has
received an offer to become interlocu-
tor Of George Evans Ministries. Evans
had Jim Corbett in this position two
years and now hopes to land a dia-
mond celebrity for the Job. In addi-
ton, Evans is angling for the services
of Red Doom, Mike Donlin and Christy
Mathewson, all Of whom have appear.
ed In vaudeville. Incidental to his
show, Evans has a baseball team and
he would back that team against all
corners II he could get Cobb, Matty,
Docin and Donlin to JON.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
STAR CATCHER WITH YANKS
Ed a, Sweeney, Elongated saekstop,
Stops Wide Ones That Would
Get by Other Players.

Ed Sweeney, the Yanks' elon-
gated catcher, can handle all kinds Of
pitching. .... - ....... a,r-
It is doubtful If there is another
catcher in the league who could do
much with Mcconnell, New York's
bean" pitcher. He is supposed to
be one of the hardest pitchers in the
majors to catch. Sweeney can get
his glove behind wide ones that
would get by the ordinary backstop.
His great reach stands him in good
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
Swallows Home.

The teacher in natural history had
received more or less satisfactory re-
plies to her questions, The Delinea-
tor asserts, and finally she asked:
What little boz can tell me where
1.-The home of the swallow" de
Long silence, then hand waved.
We'll, Bobbie, where is it,"
the home Of the swallow ISL"
clared Bobbie, seriously, lis In the
stummick"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04

Beals Becker, who has long been a
utility outfielder for the Giants, has
been holding down regular berth in
the New York outfield for some time
past. Beals is timely batsman and
it was his good stick work that led
him to be played regularly by Man
ager McGraw. Becker was secured
by New York from the Boston Nation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04

ais. He has been kept on the bench
by McGraw for several seasons, be
ing used by the leader of the Giants
as an emergency batsman and out
fielder. Several of the clubs were
after Becker to play him regularly,
but McGraw refused to part with
him, paying him a good-sized salary
just to keep him for emergency roles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
His Labor Doubled.

Kostrov, Russian poet, labored for
years translating Homer's "Iliad" into
his language and the highest offer he
received for It was SIS. which dis
couraged him so much that he threw
the manuscript into the fire. After.
wards when he was famous In his own
country he did the Job all over again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
Meeraw Praises Cubs.

Cut the Cubs open and you'd find
them stuffed full of sand and ginger"
says John McGraw, paying his compli
ments to the Cubs, and he adds further
nice words. as tribute to the great
race they have made. Did any Cub
ever say anything nicer about the g
Lantsf-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
Not Successful,

Mrs. Knicker-Why don't you go to
the market yourself?
( Mrs. Bocker-No, indeed; that's just
the way Jack told me he lost his
money!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04
Wasted Energy.

Nimrod Gust back from fishing)
Il got this string in less than an
hour.
Nimrod's Wise Wife-There's fish
store nearer than that, John.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-04

turn behind the bat. In recent Sun
days game, for instance, he saved
Russell Ford a wild heave with men
on the bags, by going up in the air
good seven feet for a high one.
Moreover, Sweeney is a willing
worker. He is always ready to
kick on a close decision. but he never
crabs after it is all over. He is al
ways smiling during the game.