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Sharp County record., 1912-05-24

This makes the third year of this
work in Baxter and it is thought
the county will be cleaned up by
fall.
AT Alicia a few nights lately a
figure clad in a most ghostly look
ing garb has been seen prowllng
about the town. All kinds of ghost
stories are aAoat over there it is
said.
Joe Brown, a drummer, has been
arrested for trying to pass a forged
check in Imboden. Brown, VINO
seems to have the forgery habit IS
wanted in other places for like OF"
fenses.
One of the longest trains ever
to run over the Iron Mountain came
| into Hoxic, the freight division
point last week This train con-
sisted of 120 cars, three engines and
a caboose.
A Mammoth Spring paper says it
understands that the whiskey men
are circulating a referendum petl-
ton to put tn e three-mlle
school house law on the ballot to
be voted on at the September ell
ectiol
A Baxter county farmer has de-
vised what is said to new and
very effective clod breaker, which
is made in the shape of a sled or
boat 1t is about six feet long and
four feet wide, with a rounding bow
which allows it to run over the
clods and buSts them instead OF
dragging them in front.
A large barn on the farm OF viii
Rutherford near Magness was burn
ed to the ground last week, to8eth-
er with about fifty bushels of corn,
two tons of hay and a large lot OF
farming implements. The barn
had been built at a cost of $25OO/
and was insured in the amount or
$500. The origin Of the fire is un-
known,
A little child of Mr.. and Mrs. Oh
lie Anderson Of near Mt. Home
was the victim of very serious
accident one day last week. The
child was riding to the field with
Mr. Anderson when the wagon gave
a sudden lurch, throwing 1t to the
ground and under the wheels OF the
WAGON. Two Of the wheels passed
over the child's head, crushing 1t
badly and rendering probable fatal
injury
YeEGmen robbed the poslolllce at b
Cotler early one morning lately by
blowing a safe, About $40 In cash
and $3l5 worth of stamps were TAX
en-. A larger safe in the Office con-
tanning a greater amount OF money,
was not blown The postoillce at
Pyatt, Marion county, was robbed
! two nights prior to the Cotter rob-
berry and 1t is supposed that both
deeds were committed by the same
unknown parties.
A man named Powell is supposed
to have been drowned in White riv-
er between lnsleside and Grand
Glaize last week. His boat, the
oars and his dinner bucket and 9TH
er details were found, leaving evil
dences that the man was drowned.
This made the second drowning to
occur within d week In that seCtiOl
Of the river, the other party being a
pearler named Norman, whose
death was spoken Of In these co."
umns last week
TalmaGe iIonoyCut and Mabel
and Leslie Taylor Of Pyatt while
crossing Crooked Creek In u boat II
4 few days ago narrowly escaped
drowning One of theparty reaching
out and taking hold Of a log caused
! IL.
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24

There Is a small boy about this
Office who has just grown large
enough to fold papers on press days,
distribute ink on the job press and do
q few other, to him, very important
turns connected with the Records
business, While we are mighty
well satisfied with life in general,
yet, If the money could be borrow
ed handily, we wouldn't mind giv-
Ing q hundred or two dollars to
be small boy again for about a
week, Just to feel again his un-
bounded enthusiasm and inde-
structible happiness The big feel
lngs of the little boy are a reve,a-
ton and a pleasing wonder,
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24


nty adjoining Sharp, o"lleo
ndid river farm, worth at least
a cent he received for it. This
had plenty around him and
living like king, owning bank
Il and the necessary equipment
Iood teams and machinery for
successful cultivation OF his
ductive lands. He sold MS farm
fve thousand dollars and with
| thousand dollars of the money
Bnt to a small town in this sec,
"A and purchased a stock OF
nods, without taking an inventory
the stock. After an experience
IN on]v a few weeks in the mercan-
business he became sick" of
bargain and traded his stock OF
Dds for farm in the community
6rtb. reports say, about one-iltth
much as the place he first owned
IA sold, agreeing to pay therefor
X Twenty-Five hundred dollars ana
uttine in on this purchase price
a stock of goods at seventy-iiVe
mis- on the dollar, When an in
oice of the goods was taken it was
bupd that they brought him only
\ fteen hundred dollars, therefore In
xrder to own this farm he was
N1Dmpelled to expend the remaining
Thousand dollars in cash which ne
HAD left over from the sale price OF
&his river farm after embarkins IN
The mercantile business. 1t is very
\ ysasy to figure this mans loss in
4 cool cash, and it is little wonder
Efhat when he relates the facts to
Y lis friends and tells them OF the
hidden disappearance Of the accu-
mutation of many years at hard
Labor he should shed tears like a
6child.
aX II seems unreasonable to believe
Mai a man fifty or sixty years Of
&Ate, with all the powers to observe
Rhings and who had no doubt
\ learned many other valuable les
IONS in the school of experience,
should be caught in trap like, this,
Xbut the above statements are facts
land very many have a knowledge
Nof them. A most pathetic circum-
stance connected with the case is!
Hthe fact that the man made the
HWhole mistake because members of
His family had grown tired of life
{on the farm and wanted to get to
Btown,
The above instance of misfortune
His but another proof Of at least two
|things Many men who do engage
fin the mercantile business, and
|many more men who would like tot
|engaGe in that business, are not
|"cut out" for merchants, and can
|not sell goods successfully and with
|that degree Of profit which they
|must have IL they steer clear Of
financial disaster, Perhaps they
have not had any experience in
that direction, or do not possess the
proper knowledge of human nature
to deal pleasantly and prolitably
with many people. Perhaps they
are just naturally not turned that
way" Perhaps they are too easy
Going in their methods Of doing
business and too loose with credit.
erhaps, In addition to not knowing
how to sell goods to Others, they do
not know how TO buy goods for the
customers they will have. II ought
to be d matter of common knowl.
edge through observation that the
successful merchant must know a.
great many things that those who
lave engaged In some other oeeur
pations all their lives have not had
the opportunity or been required to
learn, The successful merchant Is
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24

Then there can be do sodder
mistake made than for the man
who Is doing well and living easy
out on the farm to imagine that he
must oct to town either to increase
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24

True enough, there are some ad-
vantages to be had in town not
possessed by the country, but the
advantages the towns hold over the
country will diminish more and
more as the people of the country
put their shoulders to the wheel of
progress and improve their com
munity schools and other public
institutions. and enterprises, Good
advice to the man who Is doing
well on the farm is not to commit
the error, now getting to be quite
common, Of growing tired Of the
farm and moving to town. At
least not until he Is absolutely sure
of his ground-very sure that there
is something in town In which he
can engage that will remunerate
him in the much-changed condi-
tons,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-27
BEE bUzz|NG !
AT MEDORA

MEDORA, n. d., Nov. 26.--We have
read somewhere in history that Pres.
ident Lincoln, after the surrender Of
vicksburg In talking to one of the
generals, ask u him: Does that man
Grant want to be PRESIDENT He also
I'D him that the bee" made a ter.
r.ble buzz hat he knew what 1t
was. This official political bee has
made a terrible buzz around MedOra
during the past week. We have a
very level headed board OF county
commissioners, and they have certain.
ly put In q most strenuous week; what
with all the advice they have received
from "tln. horn" lawyers who have lev.
err been admitted to the bar. and ad.
vice from real lawyers. and wouldbe
Office holders. its a wonder their minds
are not unbalanced. Never has so
much advice been offered, free, to a
board of county COMMISSIONERS since
the organization of the county. What
was it all about? Golden Valley caus.
ed all the comm9tion.. There were
some few offices became vacant when
the new county was segregated, and
the scramble has been for these. The
commissioner was settled In a short
time and this was done without any
work on the part OF Mr.. Peck; in fact
he had to be. sent for and notified Of
his appointment. This appointment
appears to give general satisfaction.
There was no scramble for the county
attorney. For the treasurership 1t Is
understood there was fourteen appli.
cants; but none appointed.
At the last election some parties ran
for certain Offices on "%stickers." This
a the case in the Office of register
oil deeds, as the regular nominee was
a resident ssof what is now Golden Val.
ley and a division was anticipated; 1t
was believed the one residing there
could not qualify, and the one here
getting a few sticker votes would be
the duly ,elacted official This has
been threshed out in the various state
courts for the forty years, last past,
and always in the negative to the con-
tention here, but then lawyers must
live as well as county officials.
The board has adjourned to meet
the second proximo, and then We will
have more law and more free advice.
Poor commits sioners, may their minds
not desert their thrones.
4 1t was unbelievable that MedOra
was possessed oil such great legal
earning as this week has shown.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-27
Safe Travel, the Saloon, and Railway
Employees Clubs.

Nearly twoscOre lives were lost
within the year through collisions on
railway lines. protected by automatic
block signals. Though the mechan-
ism did its duty, the human factor
failed. Signals were either not seen
or disObeyed. These disasters EN-.
phasized the fact that safe travel de.
ponds as much upon the clear eyes
and brain, upon the effective co.ordin-
alton of the railway mans mind and
senses, as upon automatic safety ap.
plinces. Further emphasis was given
this fact by a recent bulletin of the
Interstate Commerce Commission an.
aiyzing the accident reccsus OF the
oountry's railways. This bulletin re.
ported that the Southern Pacific sys.
TEN had carried lb0,0O0.0OO persons in
the four yeats, ending June 80. 1912,
without killinsa single passenger thru
collision or derailpent. In connec.
ton with this report it is significant
that the Southern Poetic and allied
lines of the Hartman group have for
six years carried on a systematic.
s-.rtlingly effective war against the
saloon--the r%ailrOader's worst foe. The
lines supplemented the strict enforce
ment of Rule, q. prohibiting the use of
m:oxicants on or Off duty, by erecting
sixteen club-h0uses Tor tile employees
at operating centers. Neat rooms,
~'well-cooked. wholesome food Of best
quality. Notwithstanding drinks, cigars,
candy and tobacco were provided for
the men in these club,houses. Billiard
and pool tables, bowling alleys. librar.
les. shower baths, lounging places,
halls for dancing and for meetings,
were placed at their disposal. Almost
from the beginning these club-houses
became extremely popular, and proved
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-27
HONEST DRUGGIST Often
GIVES GOOD ADVICE

1t gives me great pleasure to take
this method Of thanking you for what
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.Root has done for
my wife and at the same time to cheer
fully recommend to all sufferers
from kidney trouble. ~. oI
My wife had suffered terribly from
kidney disease and had tried all kinds
of patent medicines with no success,
until q druggist recommended Swamp
Root. That brought the only relief she
has had in years. and she Is now feel
Ing better than she ever did before.
| believe this is due entirely to Swamp.
Root and stand firm in my statement
when | say that S%wamp-Root is the
king of all kidney remedies. You have
my consent to publish this statement
at any time III the interest of human.
ity.
Yours very truly,
b. B. TINGLE, T.
$rrT ecumseh, Neb.
Subscribed andssworn to before me,
this 4th day Of December, 1911
C. e. SMITH, Notary Public.
Il, This-is to certify that T.. B.cTingle
Of this city has purchased ~Swamp-Root
of us several times,
SMITH DRUG COMPANY,
... TecumSeh, Nebr.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-27

to be powerful factors In" enforcing
Rule G, effective competitors OF the
saloon. In one small railway town Of
three thousand souls twenty.nine sa.'
looms lourished when the slub.house
was opened. Six months later q q
dozen drinking. houses closed their
doors. The others showed fight. Club
house employees were bribed to give
poor service, cooks were Induced TO
poison the mems food; as a last resort
the entire club house crew was bought
to .go on a strike. But the saloons
lost. Two years after the opening or
the club only seven OF the original
twenty.nine saloons were left. TWEEN
ty.two closed their bars for lack of
patronage. At Tucson the Moor Of the
clubhouse had to be relaid four times
in six years. At Green River, a Wy
oming division point SO desolate and
dreary that few workers remained af-
ter the first month, the clubhouse
heightened the average term OF service
to more than ninety days. Everywhere
the division superintendent reported
greater efficiency. sohriety, and self
respect among club house patrons. I'm
dOubtedly the clubs influence upon the
human factor assisted materially In
bringing about the record OF four
years safe travel. The victories won
in the fight against the saloon by the
institution have been permanent and
progressive, thanks to the novel prin-
ciples upon which the management OF
the club.houscs is based. +, G. Athern,
the social engineer who founded the
Clubs, realized that institutions sim.
liar to the Young Mems Christian AS.
sociations would not reach the class
oil men he dealt with. Departing from
the accepted standards or social vel
fare work, Mr.. Athearn studied the
methods of the enemy, the saloon, and
adapted them to sthe railways pur-
poses. The saloon requires neither
dues nor membership cards from its
patrons. Neither dptile railway clubs,
They are opeA day and wight to, every
employee WHO wishes to make use OF
their facilities. AS an the saloon, all
club patrons stand .npon a, plane of
social equality - the same courtesy
that greets, the arlstocratic engineer
or conductor is extended gthe' humble
section worke... Like the home and
the saloon the walls of the c%lub-houses
are innocent of signs prohibiting
swearing, smoking, eXpectorating. Ands
there are no rules of conduct. The
mems freedom of movement and ac-
ton is as unrestricted as 1t Is in the
saloon. ,Eut the subtle influence of
wholesome, neat environment has in
no instance failed to prevent abuses.
The men are expected to behave as
| gentleman-and they do. They pay
their way just as they do in the saloon,
though no profit is derived from the
operation OF the club-houses except
the indirect benefit resulting from
cleaner . stronger, healthier manhood.
Social welfare workers will find food
for reflection in the remarkable sue.
cess of this enterprise, which vigor-
ously suppressed every tinge of pater-
| nalism and patronage in order to lay
hands upon that most elusive, unwill-
ing individual, the adult, independent.
self.respecting worker, and keep him
out of"the danger zone of the saloon.
The IOutlook.t i4a 80 houis4,44 a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-27
A Thanksgiving Prayer.

BY Henry i. Smith
We thank thee, dear Father, for mere.
.es Astounding,
For life and FIR strength and thy sweet
loving care;
For paths that are brighter, and beauty
surrounding,
For peace and for plenty, our portion
and share. .
We thank thee, our Father, for bright
skies above us,
And earth with it's beauty, resplendant
and bright, .R. 5.
W. thank thee for home, and for dear
ones that love US, +
We thank thee lor country, for free
dom, for right. g.
We thank thee for all things thy boun-
ty has given,
We thank thee, our Father, for riches
in store,
For mansions prepared, for a blest
home in heaven,
We thank thee. we thank thee, for
Him we ADORE 3l72,
.5, 4 rs 10 -M-- ,l @lWs
We pray thee, our Father, TO keep and
to guide hs,,asy III &,
We pray that each, day we shall live
in Thygfear, Is ~ =
Give grace for temptation, let no III
betide. us,
And use us, our Father, through each
passing year.
The Standard.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-27
Beer Money That Lays Eggs.

! "a introduced a few months ago
to a painter by trade, an ex-fighting
man, an ex-drunkard, an transferable.
Religion has restored his soul, given
him new birth, and made him a useful
citizen. He told me how his mate
"got at him" Tor being a teetotaler, and
how they are continually asking him,
Don't your missus never gi,< you any
beer money!" II answer them,' j
he said, grinning, 'hoh, yuss; my old
lady gives me plenty of beer money
shilings and shillings. And where do
you thinktI keep it? In my garden.
Amt that artful OF me? And some of
my beer money has got feathers, ard
lays eggs, and some has got fur and
makes lovely pie, and some has got
flowers and smells a bit of all right.
Yuss, ir you'd like to see my beer mon.
ey drop in some Saturday afternoon
II take a walk around my garden.
III show you last weeks beer money,
the weeks before-yuss, and last
year's-hopping and clucking and
Growing and smelling beautiful. BY
the way, old friend, where's your beer
money? Where is it? Can you show
1t me, or'is the publican keeping it for
you till Christmas ?"-Har0ld Begbie
in the Standard.
The canital that employs 100 men In
making boots and shoes II transferred
to the manufacture of liquors would
employ but EIGHT men, and so would
throw elevenitwelfths of the men out
Of work. If the money spent for drink
in the United States were transferred
to the purchase Of 20 comforts of life,
it would give the farmer five hundred
millions more for raw materials-wood
and food and leather and the like
and would give employment to a mil
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-27
Letter to
Dr.. kumer & Co.,
~6inQhamton, N. Y.

Prove What evamp Root Will Do For
.'.aHsl You!n
Send to DR.. Kilmer,& Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for a sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also re-
ceive a booklet of valuable informa-
ton, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing. be sure and
mention the Bismarck Daily Tribune.
Regular fifty.cent and one-dollar size
bottles for sale at all, drug stores.-Ad.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-27

Webb Bros. and A. w. Lucas De-
partment stores will keep open We'd
nesday evening until 10 O'Clock a1d
close Thursday, Thanksgiving day all
day. a,. y
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-27
W.C.r.U. NOTES

The next meeting Of the w. G.. r..
U. will be held at the home of Mrs.
Il. j. Schultz, 515 Second street, on
the afternoon of the first Tuesday in
December, the subject to be. Our
Work Among Foreign Speaking PEG.
pie"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-27

lion and a third more men. besides
those put out OF business by the sup
preston OF the liquor traffic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
ROWLAND NOT ELECTED TO
 SUCCEED SELF

The Board of Building Commission CTS met last night for organization, with Mayor Wilson presiding, and af- ter electtHg c. H. Botsford president, as was eNf scted. adjourned without taking sctior in the selection of a building inspector.
 The term of Ihe present inspector, Daniel M. Rowland, expires Feb 1. The office was for three years, as a salary of S1,600 per year. The board les H. Botsford, William s. Bowling and William Martin
 Fred Booth, a well known plumber of the firm of F. & F. c. Booth, was the choice of the master plumbers for the board, but he was not granted the appointment. It was strongly rumor- ed that MT. Booth was not given the appointment because it was known he would not consent to take part Gn the scalping of Inspector Rowland. Both Botsford and Bowling are Democrats.
 Tn administration is known to be after the place held by Rowland, a Democrat, for one of the faithful. Rowland has held the place for many years, under many administrations, and politics has not been considered in hts reelection term after term
 The term of Ward M Cowles as sistant inspector, s1.OOO per Year. for three years. expires Feb. 1. The Com mon Council elects the assistant, while the Building Commissioners elect the inspector. The council will elect C. Thomas Burns of Iranfstan avenue to succeed Cowles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
The Weather-snow probably to- night or tomorTow.
Real savings on staple things.

One may buy either cotton or part-wooI blankets now at a saving of about a-third from usual price 'Tis because they are samples and a bit soiled,- 39c to $4 > There is splendid lot of underwear and of hosiery selling at far less than reg ular price. This, too, is lot of samples. If we dared tell in print the name it bears, you d recognize it instantly as one of the best-known in all the land. Usual prices are from soc to aS high as $2. In the un- derwear are sorts from cotton to fine wool and sillz-and-wool. In the hosiery are plain cotton and embroidered isle and several sorts between,- 29c 45c 65c
 And the White Sale-lasting for but few days more-gleams with beautiful white garments and textiles at genuine economies. Beautiful underwear, soft and fine and dainty; attractive enbreid- cries in all the sought-for widths; pretty fancy cottons by the yard; good linens and firm housekeeping cottons- these are the offering of the White Sale; and money is to be saved on each.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
NEW PLAN FOR WIDENING OF
 NORTH AVENUE

Conspicuous among the petitions presented to the Common Council last night was one from number of residents of North Bridgeport, can> ing for the widening of North avenue from Park avenue to the Boston road.
 The objection made to the widening of North avenue, from Main street to Whitney avenue, was based in part for but a limited distance. There were several aldermen who voted against the project giving as their Heve in widening the street for so short a distance.
 Among the signers of the new peti- representing the jail property. zalmon Goodsell, who heads the petition. St: Patrick's Church corporation and many others.
 A number of residents of the limit ed section between Whitney avenue and Main street made violent opposi- council. The original petition, favor ably recommended by the street com Tpittee, passed the council; but Mayor I.eta Bucklngham vetoed IL me mayor oTIr cil by a vote of IA to 10.
 Those favorable to the widening of the thoroughfare claim that the ex- tension of the strip it is proposed to widen eliminates the objection made at first, which was that the widening as originally proposed was for but a short distance. The matter is now in the hands of the committee on Streets and Sidewalks.
 Alderman George w. King of the 18th district also introduced an inn portant measure. along similar lines, ealing for the widening of Stratford avenue, from Seaview avenue to Bruce's brook.
 The street has a minimum width of 55 feet as at present laid out and the ad ja cent property owners would therefore stand to lose at the most not more than two and One-half feet on either side. It is held that there are no less than a dozen new stores in this section built within a year, and that the street is building up so rapidly with it's important cross streets it is important to widen the street now The plan is to build foot sidewalks, and have thA Tgsed 42 feet in width.