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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16
Noted For Its Hospitality.

The hospitality of the Lord of the
Manor" at Providence became wide
spread. Many strangers sought shell
ter within this old house and many
a festive gathering enlivened its
walls. Providence, in the DAYS before
the railroads. was great place for
the city fashionables to gather for
weekend house party or even to
spend the summer 1t had peculiar
attraction for politicians who went
there to spend their idle hours and
discuss the affairs OF state. So great.
however. became the reputation of the
hospitable Parker that his mansion
became too small TO accommodate the
visitors and he was forced to build
a hotel and thus the place grew an
other notch.
II was at Providence that Miss FL
vira Dozier. now Mrs. J. w. Stone.
wife of a real estate man in Columbia.
met her fiance She is one of the old
Dozier family of St. Louis and came
to the resort on visits. during which
she met Stone who was a pilot on
one of the river steamers. It was
within the shade of the old Parker
mansion that this romance took place
and shortly afterward they were mar
ried in st. Louis.
During the prosperous days Of the
place a plank road was constructed
between Providence and Columbia
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16
An OBVIOCS DUTY.

The prime essential to the progress
of any state is an advanced citizen
ship. All else is but an outgrowth
of that. There is only one way to
attain it. and that is through educa-
ton. And this creates a duty for
college graduates.
A college graduate is not neces-
sarily one who has had the opportun-
ity to go to college and embraced it.
He is often a person who has had to
create the opportunity for himself
and while there, worked all the time
to keep himself there. But once
graduated, he should represent the
highest type of citizen. 1t is to help
make this type of citizen that the
college man should hold as his duty
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16
Towns That Have Slipped

Students coming to attend the State
University at the latter place. went
first to Providence by boat where they
then boarded the stage coach for
Columbia. To the west of the town
rises a high bluff overlooking the
river and from which one may look
into the four counties of Boone, Cole,
Cooper and Moniteau. 1t was to the
top of this bluff, it is said, that en-
thusiastic freshmen coming to the
University for the first time, would
climb to catch first glimpse of the
college town. Over this same plank
road. thirty wagonloads of produce a
day were transported to and from
Providence, while, during the same
time. three passenger stages ran each
way between Providence and Colum-
bia.
In Civil War Times.
At the foot of one of the bluffs at
Providence water from a spring
trickles out of the rocks, while back
in ravine near this spring stand the
foundation walls of the old pork
packing house of Parker The water
used at the packing house was this
same spring water and was obtained
by means of lead pipe. During the
Civil War. company of Confederate
soldiers passing that way found the
lead pipe. and being out of ammuni-
tion, tore it up and moulded it into
bullets. The owner, Parker, however,
was glad to lose the lead. He was a
staunch sympathiZer of the South and
father of Confederate soldiers.
Rising from the slopes of one of
the bluffs at this place is a tower of
solid rock connected at it's base with
the land 1t is known to the natives
of the place as Chimney Rock" or
Lovers Leap" and according to them
a story of the kind supposed to exist
in novels only hangs thereby. In the
early days of the town, they say, a
girl, disappointed in love. made the
perilOus climb to its heights and
jumped off, her body being found af-
terward among the rocks and under
brush below.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16
CAMPAIGNS As EDUCATORS.

In a republic like ours new meas
ures and new issues ranging in i'm
portance from those things pertain
ing to small incorporated towns to
those of international scope fire.
quently come before the people. TIL
people are expected by their voices
and their ballots to give expression
to their wishes in whatever pertains
to governmental affairs. However. to
pass judgment on questions that ad
nit of more than one Interpretation
requires information on these ques-
tions.
When new issues come up the
people can get an intelligent under
standing OF them only through agi-
tation from the press and from free
speech.
During a campaign with one great
party pitted against another and each
keeping a sharp lookout Oh the other
for it's failures and weaknesses, the
people profit by the sparring an.
through it determine how they stand
on the issues. This. of course, is not
the real situation but the ideal one
for a republic. Preference for party
may completely obliterate individual
judgment and in this case one may
blindly follow his party without be-
ing able to tell intelligently why he
does so. Campaigns are valuable as
educators if people will open their
ears to both sides of the issues dis
cussed and then will act in the case
as their judgments dictate.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16
OF THE MISSOCRIAN.

The University Missourian begins
its fifth year today. 1t is the labora-
tory product of the students of the
School of Journalism of the Univer-
sity of Missouri and is owned and
controlled by them. 1t is a general
and genuine newspaper-nOt merely
a college journal-and presents in
attractive way all the news of the
local field. University, town and
county, in due proportion. II you
wish newspaper every line OF
which will be worth reading, you
will of course subscribe for the Mis-
sourian.
The purpose OF the paper as out
lined in the first issue, September
Il. 1908, remains unchanged. THE
University Missourian will accom-
plish its purpose WE'LL" said the first
editorial announcement. "if the men
and women trained by work upon its
staff are. by such training, better
furnished for public service; if they
shall go forth into the vocation of
journalism better equipped to know
and print the news of the day. the
unbiased news, attractively, accurate
ly, helpfully; if they shall be better
enabled to make comment upon this
news fairly, intelligently and with
high ideals; if they shall learn that
American journalism is. in its high
est realization. schoolhouse and
forum, teacher and tribune, a foe to
wrong doing, an aid to education, a
force for moral progress, an expo
nent of true Americanism.''
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16

He will thus serve his college and
his state.
The University represents the last
thing in public education. The greater
the number of men and women who
take advantage of its benefits, the
more refined will the atmosphere of
the state be. But these men and
women must have examples of the
University's benefits. And the grad
uate must be that example. He must
become a leader. He must be active
in all public enterprises, and indeed
must even set them on foot.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16
Her Costume.

Marie" asked the star of her maid.
gazing perplexedly at her reflection in
the mirror, what was I about to do
step into the bathtub or go upon
the stage"
Marie shrugged her shoulders.
How can l tell? Mademoiselle is
dressed for either"-Judge
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16
How Good Roads Save

! That not less than go million dol
lars would be saved to the country
in the cost of hauling the present
record breaking crops if 20 per cent
Of the public highways of the country
were improved. is the assertion of J.
E. Pennybacker. jr.. executive secre-
tary of the American Road Congress,
which is to be held in Atlantic City,
September 80 to October 5. Mr.. Pen
nybacker. before becoming the secre-
tary Of the American Association for
Highway Improvement. was the chief
of the road management department
i'm the United States office of public
roads and has made a comparative
study of the cost of hauling crops
over good and bad roads.
Mr.. Pennybacker says that he be-
lieves that the American Road Con-
gress will so influence public senti-
ment that it will be merely a matter
of few years before 20 per cent of
the public highways of the United
States will have been improved. At
the present time little over per cent
are of the improved type.
The governments prediction that
the crop now being harvested will en-
ceed any previous years yield" said
Mr.. Pennybacker. should serve to
call attention to the great losses that
are being sustained bv farmers and
consumers in the hauling of crops. 1t
is estimated that the improvement of
the main roads of this country, ap-
prOXimately 20 per cent. would result
in an annual saving of at least $50
million dollars in the cost of hauling
alone. which would be sufficient to
improve fifty thousand miles of road
at a further cost of $1,000 a mile.
In five years this would improve u
million miles. which would be suffi-
cient to bring the total mileage in
improved roads up to 20 per cent.
There are more than - million
farm horses and mules in the United
States. valued at 900 million dollars:
about 1H million horse drawn vehi-
cles valued at SO million dollars and
more than $4,000 motor cars at
about 500 million dollars. A deDreci-
alton of ) per cent. caused by the
wear and tear of bad roads. would
amount to 164 million dollars annu-
ally. which at $1,000 mile would be
sufficient to build 32.SOO miles of i'm
proved roads.
These are but few great eco
nomic facts which will be brought
to the attention of the Ameri-
can people at the American Road
Congress in Atlantic City. Once
the people realize the great waste in
volved in bad roads. there will be
little delay in the improvement of the
main arteries of commerce through
out the country. The whole subject
is so big that we have made arrange
ments to treat it i'm sections at the
congress, each section. such As lcgis-
lative, administrative. finance and
having been placed under
the auspices Of the representative or
ganizations in those particular fields"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16

A Kansas City, Mo-, policeman had
his pocket picked recently. Now
don't 60 on and say that a policeman
who cannot take care of his own
property certainly cannot take care
of any one else's. Be an optimist and
say, what a clever finger artist it
must have been to flamboozle a cop"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16

With loss than half Of his old men
hack. Coach Hu"a Bezbek's Arkansas
I. football team faces tho hardest
schedule IN its hiStcr~. The biggest
game of the season is that with Wis
cOnsin T. at Madison.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16
The Feminine Idea,

Mrs. Flatbush-I see a Miss Fay
Kellogg, New York's first successful
designing comfortable houses for
women.
Mr.. Flatbush- But house all
closets must be funny looking af
fair-Yonker's Statesman.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16

AS an incentive to business careers
cash prizes amounting to $4,000 will
be given to college men this year for
essays on industrial tODics. Hart.
Schaffner and Marx. of Chicago. offer
the prizes. The papers will be judged
bv five leading American economists.
The contest closes June |. 1913.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16
A Mystery.

An Old lady making her first visit
to the theater saw one Of our So
called classical dancers. When the
curtain fell she turned excitedly to
her daughter. "My soul. Melinda"
she whispered. Its wonderful. She's
that graceful, and yet she never once
moved her feet"-Lippincotts
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16

Basketball. tennis. hoat'r" arI
tas shail ara among the fell Snorts
for women at the I'nivn~sitv - Calf
fOrnia. Faseball was introduced last
wear and was 50 successful that a
match game will be nlaved this fall
with the University of Southern Cali
fornia girls.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16
News of Colleges

A daily newspaper will be estab-
lished this fall at the University of
Southern California This will be the
fourth college daily on the Pacific
coast. the others being at Stanford.
California and WASHINGTON.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-16

The Daily Palo Alto. published at
Stanford L.. says that sixty marriages
and engagements of old Stanford stu
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-04
That Kansas Law.

Christian Science Sentinel: one
year ago the Kansas legislature passed
a law requiring that before any stock
OF bond certificate could be sold IN
that state the seller must obtain a per-
NIT and certificate from the banking
department of the state. In order to
obtain that permit the financial stand
ing, organization, plans and operations
OF the company whose stock or bonds
are to be sold, must be presented Il
the banking department and be passed
upon. Out of over 500 requests rnade
in ten months since the law went into
effect, only forty-four have been
granted. One mining promoter ID ii
jail for trying to sell stock without /
permit. The banking department Of
Kansas estimates that already it can
see a saving from $4,000 900 to $4,000 !.
600 yearly to the people OF Kansas who
had been mulcted by dishonest nro.
moterg Of nat stock c~ertincate prom
erty.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-04
HARDWARE men
GETTING READY
EXECUTIVE PROGRAMME COM.
MlTTEE OF THE NORTH DAKo.
IA HARDWARE MEMS AssoclA.
TIoN PREPARING FOR FARGO
CONVENTION.

The executive and programme COM
mittee Of the North Dakota state
Hardware Mems association is in ses.
sion at the Waldorf hotel this after
noon outlining the programme for the
coming convention of the association
which is to be held in Fargo, Feb. "a
and 20. Judging from the efforts the
committee Is putting on this matter
the association will have a better con-
vention this year than aver in it's his
tory.
Present at the meeting this after
moor at the Waldorf hotel are H. A.
Moe of Churchs Ferry, president Of
the association; C. M. Barnes of Grand
Forks, secretary; Otto Sougstad Of
Northwood, w. r. Mcintosh of Bot
tineau. A. j. Smith Of Darlington, H.
F. Emery and Hubert Harrington, both
Of this city.
Not much will be ready to be given
out for publication in the way Of even
a preliminary programme until s
o'clock this afternoon as work was not
started until rather a late hour on thu
outline.
MI. Harrington, who is in charge ne
the disposal of the booth space at the
J. l. Case building during the coLven-
ton, stated today that nearly all the
space had been taken.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-04
CUPID WORKS WITH
MERCURY Is BELOW
LITTLE DAN CUPID PLAYED I'M.
PoRTANT ROLE IN A JOURNEY
ACROSS THE sEA-DARr RIERc.
Es THE HEART. OF A NEW
AMERICAN CITIZEN.

1T sure is a cold morning. but 7
oont care" was the way that Thor.
stein Olsen Staxrud expressed him
self when he walked into the clerk AZ
courts office this morning and in
formed E. c. Gearey, jr., that he wish
ed TO lake out his second papers and
0ecome a citizen Of the United States.
AFTER being accommodated at the
CLERK OF courts ONCE Mr.. staxruS
hurried to the county court Office and
TOOK out, a marriage certificate for
Gudrum Johnson Staxrud. The pAc,,-
mar feature OF the whole thing is that
the bride will not be forced to change
her maiden name, as It is the same as
that OF her husband to be.
That cupid" is glad this ia ovsr
with, was evident from the smile ne
content which Staxrud bore ON hi.
countenance when he grasped tha IL
cense In his hands and carefully ad.
Justed the certificate SO as to AZ hi.
pocket, sighed, and then made his exit
With the mercury lowering around
IN the neighborhood Of 25 below zero
when the Northern Pacific train
pulled into the gate city last night
Dan Cupid and Miss Gudrum ,Johnsor
Staxrud alighted from the train ana
were met at the depot by Thorste,n
Miss Staxrud journeyed ali
the way from Brandu, Norway, to
make her future home in Fargo with
her husband. e. ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-04
From Behind rr;.or w.u.

Not long ago a story drifted dou. !,
from Sing Sing about n of the col.
ony OF local bankers now doing Tim.
says the New York correspondent -
The Cincinnati Times-star ~.
banker had a caller. who had been -
service during the trial. The cal,sr
had then learned to regard the i,,g'
geo anc with an affection which
was not r-eciprocated.
want TO see Mr.. Banker saic
the caller to a keeper.
Write Your name on a card ana
III take It in said the keeper.
And what do you think, said M
caller to q friend, on his return Il III
city, That keeper brought my csr5
mack TO me Sorry, sir, said he, ,buf
Banker isn't at home today.sn
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-04
ofheera Of Eir.t stata nank.

At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the First State bank Of
Moorhead yesterday, the following
were elected ais a board OF directors:
M. T. Weum, John oberg, o. e. F1aten,
Ralph Peterson, o. M. ohnstad,. o. e.
Juvrud, e. L. F1aten and they elected
the following officers Of the bank:
President-M. 7. weum.
Vice President-John Oberg.
Cashier-E. l.. F1aten.
Assistant Cashiers. o. Westberg.
o. T.. Kittelsrud, who tor several
years has been cashier of the bank,
resigned his position and will engage
in the mercantile business. The bank
carried $4,000 to the surplus fund MAX
ing that item $4,000.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-04
GENERAL MILES ON
JAckSoN's DEATH

Minneapolis Journal: Our oft-re-
peated Judgment concerning the mill
tary genius Of -''StonewalI". Jackson
Is confirmed by General Nelson A.
Miles in a new book, Serving the Re-
public. Writes General Miles:
The union forces outnumberad the
confederates and should have. mon =
decisive victory, yet that must be ac-
corded to the confederate army. How
ever, they met their most serious loss
in that battle in the. death of their
greatest field marshal, 'stonewalp
Jackson. Up to that time Lee had
scarcely lost a decisive battle, After
that he e gained one When 7
heard of the death Of StonewaU' Jack-
son considered the event equal to the
humiliation Of the an entire corps Of
the confederate army. It IL impos-
siole to know what might have been
the result had he lived and been az
active in subsequent events as in those
IN which he had participated"
The tribute Is from a proved SOL
der. 1t is supported by the Judgment
OF European military critics, by Lee
himself, by Archibald Forbes. who
saw the red prince in action before
Metz, n the Russian Skobeloff be-
fore Plevna.
The great nature. the magnanimity
Of Lee, is displayed in relation to
Jackson. IF you think so, I will give
you orders to that effect" Lee eontin-
ually wa saying to jackson, and he
sent word to the dying jackson that
for the south's sake he wished that he
himself had been taken and jackson
left.
Does providence ~interpose in the sf-
fairs Of nations? Two benificent
events that seem due TO chance oc-
Cured at the crisis Of this nations his
tory--one was the election OF Lin
coin, n the other was the death Of
Jackson.
Grant was a hammer, Thomas a
rock, Sheridan a whirlwind, Sherman
a truly great captain. Lee was a
skilful, a valiant, a resourceful COM
mander, and the two Johnstons were
nearly his equal. But jackson was
more than any of them. He was Ma
p%oleonic, Cromwellian, a military
genius of the first order.
The more his campaigns are studied,
the larger grows the wonder Of him.
The Shenandoah was t o him what
Italy wa to Bonaparte. The campaign
eliminating in the second battle Of
Bull Run was as daring and victorious
as any in history. While C~hancellors-
vile, turned from what seemed GER
tain defeat into actual rout Of the
enemy. is a battle worthy OF Frederick
or Marlborough or Napoleon.
History will record the fact that
the civil war revealed two very great
men, Abraham Lincoln, who was shot
by an assassin, and "stonewair' Jack
son, who was shot by his own men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-04
EAST SIDE NOTES.

For the current year the salary of
the chief Of police of East Grand Forks
will be 1925 a month and that OF the
assistant 500 a month. The patrol
men are paid $35 a month. AT the
meeting of the city council a day or
two ago the mayor created a surprise
by his use Of the pruning knife in The
ranks Of the patrolmen and giving mo-
tice that a closer attention to business
would be demanded.
President Vincent of the state uni
versity will visit Crookston next Tues
day. He will make an address in con-
nection with the farmers short course
at the agricultural school.
Rev. MI. Brooks, who was formerly
pastor of the Congregational church
81 Fergus Falls was in that town this
week for a short visit and was on his
way from Cando, N. D., to a church
near Chicago to which he has been
called.
l. Henderson OF Warren, returning
from attending a meeting OF the State
bank of Hawley says that Cashier
Gunderson is doing a fine business and
the institution is in q fiourishing con-
diton.
The Scandal State bank at Fergus
Falls increased it's capital TO
$50, 900 and at the annual meeting Of
the directors on Tuesday a dividend OF
20 per cent was declared and several
thousand dollars added to surplus. The
directors made Cashier Anderson the
recipient of a diamond ring.
Passenger train No. q was about
three hours late reaching the city
this morning. It was delayed an hour
at st. Cloud, last night, getting water,
difficulties being encountered On ac-
count of the very low temperature.
Architect Sage was up from the
cities this morning to be the guest Of
L. "A. Huntoon. Mr.. Sage is here to
confer on matter connected with the
finishing touches on the beautiful
home which is being erected by Mr..
Huntoon and which he expects to move
into in about a month.
A regular meeting Of the city coun-
Gil Of Moorhead viii be held at the
city hall next Monday evening.
Al number OK ladies at Ada have
suggested a municipal heating plant
for that town 70 that the blocks AN
be more perfectly warmed.
Married, New Years day. at the
home Of Mrs. H. Nj. walter. Miss Iaa-
bel Rrottern OF HaIstad, Mimi, 10
Harry Miller. on their return from
a brief honeymoon in the cities the
young people will make their home
with Mrs. Walter.
The county board has authorized
A. Sweningsen to write additional In
surance on the courthouse. the policy
to contain the 80 per cent c~o-insurance
clause, and the county auditor was
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-04
nALL-CANFIELD
BEGAN BUSINESS
HALL.cANFIELD STOVE co. HAS
TAKEN OVER STOVE BUSINESS
or HALL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
{. HALL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ERTsoN CLOSING OUT.

The new Fargo concern known as
the HALL Garfield Stove Co. which
takes over the entire stove end OF the
business OF the HALL Robertson Hard
ware Co, began it's operations Jan. /,
and will continue Il be the distribute
ing house for the northwest OF the
Stewart stoves which are made in Mill
waukee.
The Hall-Robertson Hardware Co.
will continue it's operations without
any marked change and proceed to
ultimately close out its business as
was announced In The Forum some
time ago.
George r. Hall will sever his con-
nection with the Hall-Robertson Hard
ware Co, and will not be identified
with the new stove concern OF the
HALL Garfield Stove Co.
This lie one OF the important an.
-nouncements OF the year In Fargo
business circles and the business men
Of the city viii be glad to welcome a
new concern here that will make Far
go its home and help In boosting the
city and it's growth.
II. il. Canield of the new firm was
formerly head Of the stove department
of the HaIt-Robertson Co.
No.