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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
IMPROVEMENTS
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Condition of the Times Seen
in Erection of Many
School Houses.

Fargo. July 2.-Building operations
In h city of Fargo are moving along
nicely, although there are no new
buildings being planed, other than
those which are in various stages Of
lerection.
LEVITT & Co.. are just now moving
into thir newly completed four-story
block on upper Front street. and the
new hotel on the site of the old Plaza
is rearing its head in good shape. and
will soon be ready for the roof The
new Olson store on upper Broadway
will be ready for the roof in a few
days and all over the city there is the
sound Of the hammer and saw heard
in building new residences. The new
Jack Thorne store room over on the
corner of Eighth street and Front is
almost completed, and will oon be oc-
cGpied. The remodeling of the Shep-
ard Bedspring company plant has
been completed and the new machin-
cry bought.
Out in the state schoolhouses APP
pear to have the great call, and some
building season. The big Thirteenth
street south schoolhouse in Fargo is
about finished.
At Fairfax. this state. the Catholics
are planning on erecting a parochial
school and in a short time plans will
he asked for it. AT Epping, II. e.
Stevens will receive bids until July 9
for a new schoolhouse. and at Bis
marck they are just completing their
handsome new schoolhouse. which
will house the high school and higher
grades.
District No. SO near Harvey is to
have a new schoolhouse. and the bids
for the construction of the new high
school for the town of Hunter will be
opened July 2s. On Friday of this
week the bid for the erection of the
fine new schoolhouse at Sanborn will
be opened by J.. F. Jaberg. Hancock
Bros. having made the plans for the
sanle
The plans for the new $4,000
schoolhouse for the town Of Steele are
about ready and the plans and speci-
fications will soon he seer in the Far
Wales a new schoolhouse is to be
erected and the bids will be received
until July IS. and at Williston bid
will be received by NJ. S.. Phillips for
the new Medicine Lodge district.
Bottineau is to have a new hospital
which will lost not far from $4,000.
and at New England Gardner &
Sheetz will erect a new creamery to
run in connection With their provision
store.
In the way of public buildings Bis
marck has received the plans for the
new auditorium from a st. Paul firm,
while at Mandan the Elks are plan
ming to erect a new hall which will
cost not far from $4,000.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
SECOND ACCIDENT

Ambrose. N. D., July 2.-Jake Bar
ringers stepson. Emil. was accident
ly shot. Three years ago this fall the
anne boy was accidently shot by the
same brother with a. 80 caliber re-
volver. After this accident Mr.. Bar
ringer sold the revolver, also a 20
rifle. This year the gophers became
SO thicg around the Barringer home
that he went to the neighbors and
borrowed a .22 rifle. After emptying
the magazine, as they supposed. the
younger brother attempted to show
Emil how rapidly he could work the
magazine. with the result as men
toned. The bullet entered the back.
struck a rib and took a downward
course. The boy fell and has not been
on his feet since. Mr.. B%arringer
hitched his team and hurried to Am
brose with the boy where he was
placed in the care of DIR. Pierson.
The bullet was removed late last
night: it had entered the back about
n and one-half inches from the
spine and was removed from near the
point of the short rib.
His fever is high but he is resting
easily after q most successful opera
ton.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
DID LITTLE MORE
THAN MARK TIME
New York Central and Penn
sylvania Roads Show
Losses.

New York. July 2.-Wall street did
little more than mark time while the
democratic convention at Baltimore
went through a series of futile ballots.
The stock market maintained "A firm
uEdertone however. with some further
sensational gains in the specialties
embraced within h. tobacco group.
me better known issues just about
held their own. with more demand for
local fractions. especially Brooklyn
transit. which rose smartly on an
nouncement that of the higher
courts had passed favorably on the
validity of its financing in connection
with the construction of the new SUBJ
way.
General news IF the day included
the engagement of another $4,000, 900
Igold Tor export to Paris, making a to-
tai of $4,000, 900 thus far on the move
ment. Nothing in the days events
abroad gave any indication that for
elgn markets We're likely to experience
any serious trouble from the mid-year
settlements. Trading here for Lon
don may have aggregated 10000
shares. with a small balance of sales.
Respecting home trade conditions,
western railroad officials were unani-
NOUS in reporting better prospects,
With increased s~oundness in the FUN
damental situation and a steady NOV
ing Of freight of a miscellaneous char
acter which helped to offset deprecia-
ton in other traffic.
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad showed a
loss of $4,000 in clearings on its lines
east and west. the decrease coming
from operations west of Pittsburg.
New York Central fell off $2S2.00O in
net largely because of an increase of
So"1,0oO in operating expenses. Mis-
souri, Pacific continues to issue favor
able reports. its total net revenue for
MAY increasing $4,000.
The bond market was irregular with
strength in Brooklyn Transit %converti-
bles. Total sales par value $2,SO5,-
600.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
NEWS OF THE A
WAS ON BOAT
Lieut.. Tough Aboard Sheridan Which
Was Held in Ice,

Fargo, July 2.-Among those aboard
the U. S. army transport Sheridan.
which was caught in the ice in the
upper Pacific and drifted toward the
Arctic ocean recently. was Lieut.. NJ.
S. Tough of Fargo. Mrs. H. r. Tough
of this city. received a wireless mes
sage Friday. dated Fort Davis. Alas
ka. June %. and reading: delayed
by ice. Arrived Nome today. o. x"
The message was signed by her son,
Lieutenant Tough.
The Fargo young mar sailed from
San Francisco on the transport Sheri-
dan with his regiment, bound for his
post at st. Michael. Alaska. June 1.
On June q a dispatch from Nome
said that the transport Sheridan was
caught in the ice in the upper Pacific
and was drifting toward the Arctic
ocean at the rate of about twenty-five
miles a day. She was first caught in
the ice June 20. but according to a
wireless message Navigation officer
Healey managed to eAtricate her. Sh,
reached an open lead. but was again
caught between two tremendous fields
of blue ice. which slowly closed iii
until she was held hard and fast. The
boat included in her list twelve COM
panies of the Thirtieth infantry. Or
dered to relieve the Sixteenth infan-
try at Alaskan posts. Many families
Of officers were also aboard the boat.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
SURVEYING RIVER
State Engineer Atkinson Making SUI
vcy at Nfan1an

State Engineer Atkinson Making Sur
vey at Mandan.
Mandan, N. D.. July Estate En-
gineer T. r. Atkinson has been spend
ing the week in the city. with several
assistants, surveying the purse of the
Heart river from a point near the
round house in the east end of the
yards. west. The state board of on
troll ordered the survey for the pur-
pose of forming a site for a reform
school park. The survey will be COM
pleted the first of the week, and it is
believed construction will be COM
menced in a month. Work has pro-
crossed as far as the Russell-M Miller
plant, 1T was found hat the Heart
falls five feet in that distance, some
what less thar a mile. An entirely
suitable site was not found, but in
case there are no better sites above
the mill. there are several places
where a dam could he built. The
structure will be of steel and concrete
with gates to lower in flood season.
The expense cannot be estimated un-
other conditions is made by MIR. At
klnson. but whatever the cost. it will
be divided among those most bene-
fitted, as the understanding now pre-
walls.
Statarenko denies any knowledge of
the crime. On the preliminary ex-
animation States Attorney Morrow
appeared for the state and Attorney
Harry p. Dickinson for the defense,
After the hearing. the defendant
waived further examination and was
bound over to the district court un-
der $1,000 bond which he furnished.
Brakoff. the other party. is sup
posed to be in the vicinity of Fessen-
den and search is being made for
him by Sheriff Callahan. and Sheriff
Lyness of Wells county. 1t is said
that Brakhoff is the real guilty party
and had made an arrangement to
hush n matter up which would have
succeeded but for the efforts of Off
Ger Blake.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
KILLED
Sides of We'll Caved in. Buryinr Man
at Work Therein.

Ambrose, n. D., July 2.-Nels An
derson, Marsenius Nelson and Gunder
Nelson engaged in digging a we'll on
the homestead of Miss Olson. while
attempting to put in a curling the
earth gave away instantly burying
and killing Nels Anderson. AS the
amount of the earth that caved in
was small it did not take long to
remove it from Mr.. Anderson's face.
but he was already dead. Gunder Me-
son, who was on the top. mounted a
horse and raced for help. The body
was taken from the we'll and brought
to Miller & Sons undertaking. rooms,
Mr.. Anderson was a brother by adop-
ton by Miss Olson. His brother at
Enderlin was notified and word was
received to ship the remains to EN-
derlin, which was done. The sad acct
dent has cast a gloom in the district
around Daneville and Westby. The
dead man was we'll known in AM
brose.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
SIXTY LICENSES

Fargo. July ALI records for if-
teen years were broken during June
at the marriage license department of
the county court of Cass county.
Clerk Jack Weir said today that
sixty licenses had been granted in
June. That breaks the records and
puts all totals for June or any other
month in recent ear far in the
shade.
Mr.. Weir is unable to explain it.
Prospects for a rosperous year, he
thinks. may have had something to
do with it or it may be. he says, that
young people are becoming more brave
and are not afraid to tackle the high
cost of living.
July started out we'll with two mar
riagc licenses.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
REPORTS Of RAIN
EASE THE MARKET
July Showed Strength and
Rallied Nearly a
Cent.

Minneapolis. July 2.-More rains
were reported in the northwest this
morning with the northwest markets
opening easier and after the opening
the Minneapolis September sold from
1O4 SIS to 1903 5-Sm ga with a subse-
quent rally of a cen lower. and tenn
peratures and scattered rains served
to allay the fears in the northwest
and induced considerable liquidation
of long wheat. There We're also rains
in the southwest where harvesting is
in full swing and this was construed
as favorable TO those favoring higher
prices and offset to some extent the
effect of the precipitation in the
northwest. July showed independent
strength today and showed nearly a
cent rally from the previous close.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
TRADE GOSSIP.

Smiley estimates Kansas crop al
1900. 900 bushels.
The total receipts Of wheat at the
four principal spring wheat points
from the beginning of the crop year.
Aug. l, 1911. to date. are as follows:
Minneapolis, 92,249.7S5; Duluth, Co.
6%55,256; Chicago. 23,494. 700: Milwau-
wee, ~3,613.740: making a total Of 49,
013, 4S1 bu. against 150.096,1s2 bu.
last year and 1~79.34O.312 blu. two
years ago.
Map shows rain everywhere.-J.
e. F.
Weather map shows 1875 rain at
Moorhead.-J. e. F.
Quite a good deal Of rain in the
Dakotas, Minnesota. also Nebraska,
Kansas, Missouri. Iowa. Indiana and
Ohio. some in Canada.-Dennis.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

London. July 2.-Money is bundant
supply on dividend disbursements.
Discounts easy. The Bank of Eng
land secured the bulk of the $5,00O,-
600 gold marketed today.
The stock market continued dull
and irregular. Consols dropped 3-16
and home rails declined IL to I IL.
but foreign bonds, rubbers and kaffirs
were steady. Grand Trunks ruled
dull. The American department open
ed irregular and later eased owing TO
poor support. but later prices hard
ened somewhat and closed quiet but
steady.
The British American Tobacco COM
pany is planning a $4,000, 900 M
crease in its capital stock.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
KERN TO WALHALLA
For Seven Years Head of Dakota
Normal. Industrial School.

Walhalla. N. d.. July 2.-w. NJ.
Kern. for the last seven years presi-
dent of the state normal industrial
school at Glendale. N. D., will be the
superintendent of schools in Walhalla
for the next two years. Mr.. Kern
was elected by the board of education
at a special meeting last evening and
Immediately after his election. he was
called to the board rooms and mott
fed. He accepted the position. thank
ing the board for the election.
Mr.. Kern will receive a salary of
$4,000 for the first year and $3.50
the second wear.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
OPPORTUNITIES
IN AGRICULTURE

Washington. D. c., July IA gov.
eminent publication that should prove
OF interest to all residents of the Unit
ed States and particularly to those
VINO are considering the question of
leaving congested industrial centers
Tor the purpose Of engaging in agri-
cultural pursuits is a bulletin entitled
Agricultural Opportunities which is
being Issued for free distribution by
the division Of information of the hm,
reau Of immigration and naturaliza-
ton. department of commerce and Ia
Dor.
Inc bullettp Is in eve separate Sec
tons as follows: The North Atlantic
States: the South Atlantic States: the
North Central States eastern g%roup):
the North Central States (western
group; the South Central States; the
Western States (northern group, in
Guiding the territory of Alaska; the
Western States (southern group. in
Guiding the Territory Of Hawaii.
Each state is discussed briefly under
the following headings; Climate, sur
face. and soil; irrigation and dry
farming (where they are practiced to
any extent; principal crops: stock
raising; prices of farms and induce
ments to settlers; farm expenses; gen.
eral and special inducements.
At the end Of each article is given
the address of the state official who
can furnish additional information
with respect to his particular state.
The bulletin itself is based on infor-
nation furnished to the division Of in
fooled the express companies by
swerving from the course Of his last
flight In the direction Of Portal. N. D.,
lying there a distance of twenty-five
miles In fourteen minutes.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
ESCAPED DEATH.

Finley, N. D.. July "a near ac
cident occurred here which put a
"crimp" in the participants for a
short time . Emil S. Eide and two
daughters of Devils Lake We're COM
ing into town in their auto on their
way home. and when near the cross
ing in the south part of town. they
saw a train coming. and in the effort
to hurry over the crossing, Mr.. Eide
killed" his engine. and the momen-
tum Of the car just barely carried
it across the rails in time to let the
fast silk train go by at the rate of
about sixty miles an hour.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
GoRED By BULB.

Fargo. n. D., July 2.-Arne Arne-
son was nearly killed at his farm
west of town by a bull. While he was
transferring some cattle from one
pasture to another. a bull attacked
him. knocking him down and goring
him in the abdomen. tearing his
clothes from him and cutting a cash
six or eve inches long. If it had
not been for the assistance of the
hired mar and his son, the bull would
have made a complete job of it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
TWO
Girl Claims She Was Assaulted b
Two Men.

McClusky. July Paul stataren-
ko of Kief, was arraigned in Justice
Schroeder's court charged with Grim
ina assault in the first degree.
The complaining witness is Nora
kerchenko of the same place, who
was brought to McClusky by Juvenile
Officer William Blake of the district
court and Constable H. F. Eggebrecht
of Kief. Nora appeared in local po-
lice circles last spring as complainant
against her uncle, whom she charged
with beating her. At that time she
was placed in Mr.. Blake's custody.
She now charges that Paul Statarenko
and one John Brakoff forcibly as
saulted her at her uncle's place the
night of June 2, 1912.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
FELL UNDER DISC
Donnybrook Boy Has Narrow Escap
From Horrible Dcath.

From HOffibIc Death.
D%onnybrook, N. D., July 2.-The
6-year-old son of Anton Jensen was
seriously injured when he fell off a
disc drill which his father was driv-
ing and was run eel One of the
discs passed over the little fellows
head. cutting a long and painful
wound in his forehead. He was
brought to town in R. w. Conn's au-
tomobile Immediately after the acci-
dent and placed in a doctors care.
Ten stitches were taken in his head.
1t appears as though the boy was sit
ting on n end of the drill and his
father on the other when the horses
became frightened and started to run.
knocking the little fellow in front Of
the drill.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
L. S. VISIBLE.

New York. July 2.-The visible sup
ply Of grain in the United States Sat
urday June 30. as compiled by the
New York Produce Exchange. was as
follows:
Wheat 2~3.25o.ooo bushels, decrease
1899. 900.
Wheat in bond, 2.46s.ooo bushels,
decline $4,000.
Corn s.204.o0o bushels. decrease
$4,000.
Oats s,seo,ooo bushels, decrease
$4,000.
Oats in bond 414.ooo bushels, de-
crease GOO. 900.
900.
Barley $4,000 bushels, decrease
$4,000.
Barley in bond $4,000 bushels, de-
crease 1000.
Owing to the holiday in Canada, the
Canadian visible will not be issued un-
til tomorrow.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
FLEW TO PORTAL
FROM BOWBELLS
Lucky Bob" St. Henry Cut
Out Express Cost
and Flew.

Portal. N. D.. July 2.-Finishing
Henry fooled the express companies
by swerving from the course of his
last flight in the direction of this city.
flying here a distance of twenty-five
miles in fourteen minutes. He made
a very successful flight here yester-
day at the dominion day celebration.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
THE WEATHER.

Devils Lake-Cloudy. southeast
wind. light rain during night. 81.
Minot-Cloudy. light southwest
wind. rs.
Bismarck-Cloudy. cool. calm,
%sprinkling rain.
Observation-Disclosures, lish, northwest
wind. rs.
Comstock-Cloudy. south wind, 70.
no rain.
Winnipeg-Cloudy. south wind. 20,
no rain.
Fargo--IYoudy, South wind. had a
fine rain early this morning. ~.
Minneapolis-Clear and about 70
above. No rain.
ST. Louis-Cloudy. 20.
Omaha-Part cloudy. n. light rain
last night.
Observation-Disclosures, 30. heavy
rain Yesterday.
Chirago-Clear. 70.
Terre Haute-6S. rained last night,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 20.
Peoria-Cloudy, rained last night.
Kansas City-Part cloudy, 20. light
shower this morning.
West 81 TO 20. cloudy.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
(Decimals indicate hundreths of an
inch rainfall.)
North Platte-.02.
Omaha-.06.
Des Moines-.16.
DaNenport-.40.
Keokuk-.30.
Peoria-.14.
Springtield--.os.
Southwest 66 to IS. part cloudy.
Dodge City-.14.
Concordia-.3o.
Kansas City-Raining. .02.
W~ichita-.01.
st. Louis-.24.
Oklahoma City SO.
Canadian northwes,-4S to -. clou-
dy.
Edmonton-.20.
Medicine Hat-.04.
Swift Current--.14.
Regina-.50.
Battlefort. Prince Albert missing.
Highest temperature is at Winnipeg.
Northwest 81 to 20. cloudy.
Williston-.50.
Devils Lake and Bismarck-.04.
MISUNDERSTANDING, 1.34.
Thief River Falls-Cloudy, calm. IS.
Bismarck-Cloudy. so.
Enderlin-Cloudy. light east wind,
30 minutes rain. 20.
Hankinson-Part cloudy, southeast
wind. SIS.
Harvey-Part cloudy. east wind, 81.
Forecasts.
Minnesota and Iowa. unsettled with
showers tonight or Wednesday.
North Dakota. South Dakota. Kan
sas Montana and Wyoming. unsettled,
with showers tonight or Wednesday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
LIVERPOOL.

Liverpool opening-Wheat quiet
Ia lower. Corn easy IA to 3-8 lower.
1880 p. m.-Wheat firm Is higher
to Ia lower. Corn easy 1-8 lower to
5-s lower.
Liverpool close-wheat unchanged
to 3-8 lower. Corn 3-S to 7-S lower.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
HAS A FINE PARK
Ten Acre Tract just Opened Will he
Used sIuly E0ucfl.

e Acre Tract just Opened Will be
Used July Fourth.
st. Thomas, N. D.. July 1.-The
city of st. Thomas has the most
beautiful park in the state. barring
the lack of lake or river. During the
past week public spirited citizens
have turned over private property for
the city's use that makes an ideal
beauty spot. The property is ten acres
in area. heavily wooded with boxelder,
cottonwood. spruce n elm and has
a half-mile driveway around it shaded
beneath the arching branches of the
trees.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
CROP "%rovEl,I,IT

The following table gives the re-
ceipts of wheat in bushels at the -four
principal spring wheat markets from
ne beginning of the crop year, Aug.
l. 1911. to date, and for the same time
a year ago: ~
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Total ....149,013.4s1 15O,Oss.192
The following table gives the re-
ceipts of wheat in bushels at the four
principal winter wheat points from
the beginning of the crop year, July
y 1911 TO date. and for the same time
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

Fewer barber shops are designated
as tonsorial parlors. but in other re-
spects h world is about as elegant
as ever.
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Market Quotations
JULY WHEAT

Furnished by Chas. Z. Lewis and
company. Grain and Stock Brokers.
block, Grand Forks, n. p.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET
RETAID.
GENERAL PRODUCE MARKET
PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS.

These quotations are furnished by O.
J. Barnes Co.. Grand Forks. repre-
sem values in car lots F. o. B. outside
loading stations in the north half Of
North Dakota and Minnesota. as we'll
as local values for farm deliveries:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

Sometimes a man has to wait quite
awhile to be convinced that the right
will prevail.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

If a man gets drunk, he should get
dead drunk" so he can't act the
fool; only look it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

Total ..... ~4s,705,s42 64,ess62e
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Grafton. July 2.-Mr. and Mrs. H.
B. Eggers. Jr., and family returned
Saturday evening from Lake Melissa
where they spent the nast month.