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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-26
(London Globe.)

Simplicity is the chief characters
tic of the most useful things the
world possesses. and few among them
are more simple than wheels. Their
mechanism can generally be grasped
in a moment. but in spite of their al
most childish construction they are
mans best friends-friends on whom
he confidently relies for a thousand
and n duties. Indeed, to such an
extent do We put our faith in them
that it is beyond the power Of the hu-
mar mind to imagine what the world
would be like If wheels became non
existent. But there is no danger Of
such a calamity Detailing us. for We
may be pretty sure they will continue
to revolve in some shape or form
until time shall be no more.
Their origin must certainly date
back to that problematical period
which is known in the vernacular as
the the mist OF antiquity" Even
the Garden of Eden probably contain
ed the germ of the idea, for the
nearest approach in nature to travel
ing on wheels is found in the move
ments Of certain round gourds. These
when dry roll along the ground ra-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-26
THE EvENING TIMES

MONDAY, FEE. %, 1919.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-26
THE IMPORTANCE OF WHEELS
ARE THE MEDIUM OF ALL TRANSMITTED ENERGY AND CIvIII.
zATIoN WOULD STOP WITHOUT THEM

pidly, and SO transport their con.
tanned seed to a distance. In the
eighty-third psalm is this passage:
Make them like unto. a wheel"
which is said to refer to the wheel.
like running of the gourds. 1t is by
no means unlikely that the first wheel
made was suggested to primitive man
by the action of these particular
gourds. for not once nor twice, but
over and over again, inventors have
found inspiration in the fairyland OF
Nature.
Nevertheless. be their origin what
1t may. the fact remains that they
have withstood the whirlgig Of time
as we'll as the ingenuity Of man; moth
ing has ever been invented to sup.
plant them for the particular and
special offices which they fulfll. They
are as permanently fixed in the hui
mar economy as the everlasting hills
Or the ethernal sea. Undoubtedly an
imals as the motive power Of every
variety Of vehicle will one of these
days be dispensed with for that pur-
pose. When that time arrives wheels
will still be as indispensable as they
are now. OF a truth, wheels have
never had a real rival. and even an
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-26
\. GOOD WAY TO DIE POOR.

The determination of Col. 7. Cole
man du Pont of Delaware to give
away all Of his wealth. above n sum
of 100000 for the purpose Of
building public highways. is really
a SUGGESTION TO other men VIII wish
To GET rid of their money and die poor.
/, has been figured out in the govern
ment Office Of public roads that to
bring the improved roads up 10 TWEEN
~ per cent of all the public high
WAYS would cost about $1,000 900. 900.
Col. DIV Fonts wealth is estimated at
! 2,o0o.0 0o. which. after s%ubtracting
the one million for his heirs, would
drop 10000 into tho bucket.
Something Hike sl.9SG. 900, 600 would
still be needed.
Here. then. is a chance for Andrew
Carneeis and John y. Rockefeller to
become poo almost at n fell swoop.
All thcr would have To do would be
TO oluh together and raise a little fund
IF S1.9Sa. 400. 900. and put ii aside
for the Improvement of twenty per
cent Of the public roads of the United
States. The result would be a sys-
tenn al highways that would reduce
the cos, of transporting crops by mill
lions Il year. Wagons and horses
W"uld last longer. So would the farm
or. There would he a sudden impetus
II all over the country.
Thousands of men would be given
permanent and hcalthful employment.
and the present period would be reg
istcr"'l i'll history as the golden age
So far as permanent Improvements
are. concerned.
The .Appian Way still stands as a
monument 10 its builders when other
monuments hay orunlhled and are
locked upon silnply as crriosities. 1t
Is we'll for the people To have libra
rles, but il is more important for
them ~ have good roads that will
enable them to travel from one part
Of the country to another. transport
ing the necessities of life economical
lN at all seasons of The year.
Two billion dollars seems a very
large sum of one for any one inn
provement no matter how important
it may be, but as a matter Of fact
$500, 0OO. 900 has been spent already,
and only about nine per cent of the
highways have been improved. With
all the states and counties issuing
bonds. it will not be many years
before the required amount has been
put into the roads. The great con-
Germ of the public should be to see
that the money is expended carefully
and wisely.
Col. du Points 81 1000. 900 will not
go very far toward improving all the
roads of the country. but it will give
to the state OF Delaware roads that
will be the envy of the entire coun-
try. Perhaps his example will in
duce other men who do not want to
die rich to invest their money in a
similar way. Certainly no investment
can bring to this and future genera
tons bigger dividends.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-26
Curious CONVERSATIONS
(Taken from Exchanges.)

Among other unpleasant taxes there
used to he a tax on the English hearth.
The tax collector made his assess
ment by counting the chimneys.
\ tuning fork that is not affected
by temperature, therefore is accurate
under all conditions, is a French SCI
entist's invention.
The explosion on the battleship
Liberte in the roads of Toulon is said
avs. These rays work rapidly in de-
composing powder as we'll as other
kinds of matter.
Few callings are more highly es-
teemed than that of the trained nurse.
Miss Ellen Emerson. the granddaugh-
ter Of Ralph Waldo Emerson. is a
nurse in the Massachusetts general
hospital at Boston.
Every other tooth in a new circular
saw for cutting tool steel is a trif1e
longer than its neighbor. the Ions
teeth making the center of the cut
and the short ones which are thicker,
gouging out the sides.
a new alarm Indicator has been
provided for fire companies. On 4 map
of the city. when the alarm is sent In,
An incandescent bulb lights up at the
point answering to the place from
which the call was sent. A glance at
the map is enough.
For the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company a new type Of subway car
has zen designed. End doors are
abolished and passenger will enter
and leave through three pairs Of side
doors evenly placed along each side of
the ar. The seating capacity will be
greatly increased.
Careful analysis Of Prussian light
ming statistics shows that damage due
to lightning has markedly decreased
in the cities in recent years. This
decrease is attributed to the great
extension Of overhead telephone wires,
and it is anticipated that the recent
general change to underground CON
duits will lead to an increase in light
ming damage.
Teh British army without a brass
band-such is the doleful prophecy Of
the Pail Mall Gazette. 1t says that
a definite proposal has bee nbrought
forward that all the brass bands of
the army, except those of the guards
shall be abolished and that
the sole music provided for the fu-
ture shall be that of the drums and
flies and bugles. with the pipers for
the Scottish regiments.
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For President
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
For Delegates to National
Ren11hlican Convention

NSpupllCdI
Notc For All TcnD
J. a.. nR>T. Fargo.
a.. 4. tRI:EG N. Fargo.
HENRY HALE. Dc,iir Lake.
4. ". GHRI~TI<>>O>. T"wncr.
JORt.EH sIN<ESS. Minncwauknn'
J.. j.. HYDE. Valley city.
~. J.. II\DE,
NiCHOI.\ ~ HAYES. " illistnn.
.IFRED WHITE. Dickinson.
JOHN ". SCOTT. Gilhy.
For Presidential Electors
tNntc For All TiNcI
ROGER ALI.IN. Park River.
\. q. CRANE. jamestown.
VI. VI. HREF.\. olf"rd.
T.. \. T~OSIFNI\. Mandnn.
:. VI. FERRIS. Ncd"ra.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

and specifications on file in the county
clerks office. Also for steel reenfOrc-
ing rods, sizes to ! inches per pound.
carload lots. Also for cement bridge
work per cubic foot, county to furnish
material, bidder to haul all material ut
his own cost, material to be furnished
by county at nearest railway depot,
excavating up to $S 90 to be done by
builder without cost to county. Over
that amount to be paid by county not
to exceed 81 per day. Sand to be haul
ed by bidder up to two miles without
cost to county. All over two miles,
extra mileage to be paid by county as
agreed on between bidder and bridge
committee. Also for 8 in. fir, in. oak,
3xl2 material. 16 to 80 feet lengths.
Also cedar piling IL feet and over in
length, All bidders to furnish checks
with bill, certified by Red Cloud bank.
The depository bond Of the first Ma.
tionsl bank of Blue Hill was approved.
The official bonds of Frank Boom,
Overseer district No, 12, and Of Mike
Durdin, constable Potsdam precinct
were approved.
AnNual settlements of the following
road overseers were approved: Albert
Skjelver. Dist. Is; Bert Kile. Dist. l6;
J. A. Saladen, Dist. g.; S. S. Lundstedt,
Dist. 2.
County Assessor Scott was allowed
necessary Office help for 1912 at salary
Sc SO ger day for time employed.
The county judge was allowed $3.50
per annum during his term If needed
for clerk hire.
The purchasing of a steel blank file
for the county judge was referred to the
purchasing committee.
The appointment of Fred A. Hedge
as deputy sheriff was approved, and
his salary fixed at $500 per year.
1t was ordered that the several coun.
ty officers file a quarterly report as
required by law.
The report Of the several committees
was accepted and approved.
The appointment Of c. d. Robinson
% deputy treasurer was accepted and
approved and bic salary fixed st $1,000
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
Proceedings of County
Commissioners
January y, 1912.

January ., 1912.
The county board met in regular ses'
sion, Commissioners Storey, Schmidt,
Hummel aud Ohnstede present. o.
Ohmstede was elected chairman of the
board for the ensuing year.
The county clerk was authorized to
draw warrant on the poor farm fund
for s. in favor of Mrs. Anderson, to pay
her expenses from Red Cloud to Geneva.
Further hearing of the petition for II
road on the section line between Sec
tions Is and 90, Ill was adjourned till
some future date.
The board adopted certain bridge
plans and placed same on file in the
county clerks Office.
January 10, 1912.
Commissioners Storey, Hummel and
Ohmstede were appointed committee
to check up the accounts of the county
treasurer, and Commissioners Chaplin
and Schmidt were appointed to audit
the accounts of the Judge, superinten-
dent, sheriff, district clerk and county
clerk.
January l3, 1912.
All members present. A road was
granted as asked for on section line be-
tween sections Is and 90, LII. Dam
ages We're allowed as follows on ac-
count of the opening Of the road
Clarissa Maynard, SIS; Chas. Zalman
SIS; Ernest Roberts, SIS; w. p Kuehn,
$15,
Both auditing committees reported
that the books and accounts of the coun
ty officers corresponded with the re.
ports filed by SAID officers.
Commissioners Hummel, Chaplin and
Ohmstede were appointed to purchase
necessary clothing for Chas. V. Heger
and Frank Ackerson. and ship said
clothing to the hospital at Inglssids for
them.
The county clerk was directed to 3D.
vsrtise for bids for bridges - PER plans
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

To the Honorable Board of County
commissioners of Webster County,
Gentlemen: |, Geo. ". Ilutchison
Clerk Of the District Court, hereby
submi. the following as II true report
of fees collected in the office of Clerk
of the District Court for the year
1911, and ending January 3, 1912.
The amount collected from Jan.
lst to June 3Oth, 1911, pre-.
viously reported. ........ IS Al. 30
Amount collected from July /.
1911, to January 3, loi9..... ;so.lO
&l2G3ij
have collected for fines and jury
fees and paid same to County Treas.
urcr, the sum of +lOi.OO.
Witness my hand and seal this 3rd
day of January, l0l2.
(ScaN Gro. ". ilCrCuiSON
Clerk Of the District Court.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

Semi.Annnal Report of +. W. Ross,
County Clerk.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners
Gentlemen; | hereby submit to YOU
the following semi.annual report of
the fees of my Office for the last half
OF the year 1911, Of the receipts and
disbursements, aS follows
To fees collected for the first
half of the year l9ll......$ N?3.sO
.IIIlN Inll "A ,nll'l .tt-
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
Red cloud, Nchr,. Jan. I, 1912.

Red cloud, Nchr.. Jan. I, 1912.
Report Of q. u. Hedge. sheriff. and
+. A Hedge, Deputy, Of Webster
County, Nebraska, for six months
ending Jan 3, 1872:
Fees for county work ..........Sl3l? -
Mileage for county work .... l3a 90
Fees all other work .... ...... % 20
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

To balance due county Sos. O3
Witness my hand and official seal
this lth day of January, A. ID. 1912.
T.. W. Ross,
tSean County Clerk
We approve the above report this
ll'h day of January, A -. 1912.
l.. II. SCHMIDT.
I. J. CHAPLIN,
Committee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

For SALE;-Thc two buildings oc
cupicd by the Chief Oiiicc and f.. II
Newhouse'- jewelry store. Inquire Of
Il. II. Newhouse.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
Widows Pension.

he recent act of April 10Th, 1908
gives to al soldiers widows IA pension
Sl2 por month. Fred Maurcr the
attorney, has all necessary blanks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

No iailer's fees charged or collected
on county prisoners.
No claims filed or collected on any
county work done that is not reported.
Respectfully submitted,
q. u. HEDGE. Sh,riT
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

To the Honorable bOrrd of County
Commissioners of Webster County,
Nebraska.
The undersigned County Judge Of
said county begs leave to offer the fol-
lowing final report.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-12-19
ITCHING AND BURNING

Iberia, MOI was troubled with
scalp eczema for about five years and
tried everything I heard of, but all Of
no avail. The doctors told me / would
have to have my head shaved. Being
a woman, I hated the idea of that. I
was told by a friend that the Cuticura
Remedies would do me good. This
spring I purchased two boxes of Cuti-
cura Ointment and m cake Of Cuti-
cura Soap. After using one box of
Cuticura Ointment l considered the
cure permanent, but continued to use
1t to make sure and used about one
half the other box. Now I am entirely
well. I also used the Cuticura Soap.
"The disease began on the back Of
my head, taking the form OF a ring
worm, only more severe, rising to a
thick, rough scale that would come or
when soaked with oil or warm water,
bringing a few hairs each time, but in
a few days would form again, larger
each time, and spreading until the en-
tire back Of the head was covered with
the scale. This was accompanied by
a terrible itching and burning sensa-
ton. Now my head is completely well
and my hair growing nicely" (Signed)
Mrs. Geo. F. Clark, Mar. rs, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston"
Adv
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copyright i9II. The BobhsMerriIL cempany

#k Es~NtB SYNOFSi6. M
In the time OF Queen Anne. Lady Pru
dence Brook. widowed at 16 and still a
widow at two and twenty, while journey
Ing In q coach TO London with her cousin
Peggy, Is accosted by a highwayman who,
however. tafss nothing from her except .
kiss.
The two girls live with their grand
mother, Lady D~rurnloch, who, despite her
duc circumstances, maintains o gay
social position In the cou circle.
Prue IS small. gay, delightful. daring. ex-'
t~ravagant. and always In debt.
She Is p~erpetually pursued by creditors
n just now Is In deep water for want OF
q few gnineas with which to buy a new
gown by whose aid she hopes to win BACK
the queens favor, very recently lost py
one OF her mad FRANKS.
She decides to visit Aaron's, a notorious
money lender, and asks him to take care
OF her debts on the strength OF her ap-
preaching marriage to Sir Godfrey
desert.
Aaron informs her, however, that Beau
desert Is himself head over heels In debt
and while Prue is still IN his office SIR
Geoffrey arrives,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-12-19
CONTINUED Next Week.)
Scotch Prevention.
BY Max O'Rell.


The Scotchman possesses a genius
for business, as the following dialogue
would indicate. One Of his favorite
proverbs is, He will soon be a beggar
who does not know how to say no." A
Hard of Lanarkshire was one day ac-
costed by one OF his neighbors as fol-
lows:
Lizard, I need 20 pounds sterling. If
you will be kind enough to accept my
not, you will be repaid in three
months"
mo, 1t Is impossible, Donald"
But why, sliard?, You have often
rendered a like service to your friends"
Impossible, Donald. I repeat"
Then you mean to refuse me?"
Listen Donald, and follow my rea-
soning: AS soon az I accepted your
ote you would draw the 20 pounds %
yes"
when the maturity OF the note ar
rived, ! know you, and that you would
not be ready. Then we should quarrel.
Very Welt But, Donald, I should rather
that we should quarrel at once. while
the 20 pounds is In my pocket"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-12-19
FIRST POuCEWOMAN
TELLS or VOCATION
Talks of Los Angeles Dance
Halls and Liquor
Laws.

Baltimore, Md. Special: II believe"
Mrs. Wells made the statement In
the slow, serious tones that imply ma
U thought and Intense conviction
that h reason 30 many OF our young
people so wrong is ecans of the lack
OF religious teaching in the home,
Mrs. Wells, whose full name Is Mrs.
Alice Stebbins Wells. lie q policewoman.
"A police officer II you
please. II the title she prefers. And
b IS the first woman to have been
appointed to such q position In this
country-perhaps anywhere.
III. those who go TO hear her lecture
tonight at Mccoy hall expect to. see a
woman OF the Amazon type-large,
gtaiwart, masculine. q sort OF feminine
counterpart to the man who walks q
beat--they are going to be disap-
pointed. Pretty. petite, her dark.
wayy hair parted In the middle. with
Wells, both In appearance and name
IS feminine from the crown OF her head
70 the soles of her feet.
Feminine, however. doesn't mean
timid. Small as she is and slight as
she is, IL is doubtful whether any OF
her masculine confreres regard their
Work more seriously OF go about 1t
more courageously than the little po-
licewoman from California.
"Fraid?" she laughed at the mere
suggestion. mo. I am not afraid. I
am not naturally timid. / mean. OF
course. I am not usually sent on mis-
sions that are dangerous. That Is not
the kind OF work that the woman DO
do"
when I am she added simply. II
Ike to be accompanied just like any
other woman"
Her chief work. the little California
II afofn1 q ws9fo /, naotl1 - -.
TO explain. is OF the preventive kind
visiting dance halls, parks and other
public places with the object OF pro-
tecting girls and boys from immoral
influences. Speaking, OF dance halls,
she proudly declared that saloons are
not allowed in or near a public dance
hail In Los Angeles, and that IL q
saloonkeeper is caught violating the
law his license IL revoked.
That quick" she said with a snap
OF her fingers.
The social evil, too, she added, Is
fought wherever detected and no house
of nl-fame Is tolerated a. moment after
ite presence becomes known.
1t was In connection with the social
evil and the necessity for preventing
the immoral element in the city from
gaining recruits from the ranks OF the
young and innocent, that Mrs. Wells
deplored the lack OF religious instruc-
ton In American homes. 1t Ii re-
iigion, h contends. that gives the
young man or the young girl the
stamina to resist evil influences. And
4 Is religion alone, she further asserts,
h a gives a young person who.
through impulse, has violated the law
the necessary courage to strive to re-
gain his own self-respect and that OF
the community.
II there Is one impression that Mra.
Wells gives the interviewer, 1t Is that
Of being a deep student and OF being
~1nearnest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-12-19
o0mbe.s hand. witn .ne .uper.cr,pssen

'combe's hand. with the superscs1prsen
upward:
ITO Mistress Larkyn,
I'm care OF Mine Hostess OF
THE Fox and Grapes
He picked 1t UP and turned IL over,
examining the unbroken seals, and
glancing from time to time at his cap
tive.
so you found a traitor in the camp
he said, at last. Let him beware
but, tushl i know who II is: 1t can be
no other than Samuel. I need not in
terfere with him. he will find his own
way to the gallows soon enough. I'm
afraid ] shall have TO search you, my
friend. You may as well take II quiet
ly; you know I'm an expert at discov-,
ering hidden treasure Lord Beach,
connie. however, would not sub
NIT quietly, so Robin bound
him securely to a chair and instituted
a rigorous search, which revealed
nothing except the emblazoned note OF
invitation to the ball. So warning his
prisoner that any outcry would lead
to rought treatment from those who
were left In charge OF him, Robin with
drew, taking with him the packet and
the invitation, and also Beachcombe's
sword and the lamp, and leaving him
to darkness and reflection.
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CHEMISTRY AND PROGRESS.
Ern,, tha C@It Tabo unu

The good book tells us that man, was
given dominion over the earth and that
he was sent out to occupy and subdue
1t. AT first 1t "a through manual la
Q n such rude instruments as prim-
tive man could invent, and the prog
ress was so little that centuries ebbed
and flowed almost without change.
Perhaps all the first progress was
through mechanics. Men learned to
build houses and to sail ships; learned
70 smelt the metals and to harden IRON;
with the hardened iron to cut stone
and carry on wars. One suggestion led
20 others in mechanics, and by acct
dent probably mar mastered the sci
ence or mixing colors and making
glass.
But the real progress began when the
old alchemists took up the idea that ii
might be possible to transmute baser
metals into gold. They discovered the
gases and learned that accompanying
h metals there were ingredients in-
visible to the human v which were
potent forces in themselves. Then in
vestigation into the secret forces Of
plants and metals began; to anaiyze
matter and make manifest the CON-
ponent parts OF all the worlds crude
materials became a science, which was
labeled chemistry: Then the real
triumphs which mechanics have al
ready made over electricity. but the
first transmission OF electricity was
born Of chemistry. It was that out Of
which the magnetic telegraph was
made possible. At last ii was made
possible to analyze soils and to discov-
err what. plants would thrive best in
different soils, and to discover in worm
out soils what native elements in the
soil had become exhausted. In the
same way alcohol was discovered In
that the total abstainer partook OF
more or less alcohol every time he ate
biscuit.
The cyanide process for reducing
low grade ores and getting out what is
precious in them is purely a chemical
triumph. t - I. '
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NOT ThE REAL ThINa.

Clarence Alcott. the Yale coach,
comforted a slightly injured half back,
on b sidelines at New Haven, with q
football story. a
"Once upon a Time" said Mr.. AIcott,
patting the brawny shoulder of the
sufferer, there was q wonderful
Thanksgiving Day game between two
great 'varsities. @t .f-
This game was played almost fault
lessly. The interest was maintained to
the very end. Star play succeeded star
play with the precision Of clockworl.
But
mot q man was disabled.
Not a single doctor was called out.
Not a lose was broken, not q tooth
Icosened, not q drop Of blood dyed the
around. v r, r q
s'The spectators, at the end of this
phenomenal game, shook their heads
and sighed. .rh ~
"It was magnificent they said, but
AZ vas not football"