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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-02-02

ton would raise So, 21O or near
ly the amount required; also
that 81 cents on each quarter
section of land would bring the
desired amount.
The speaker was very glad
to see that the meeting was a
truly representative one. He
assured those present that they
had made no mistake in com
ing; that the meeting would
result in great good to all; that
it was in no sense a charitabl
proposition; that they were
there strictly for business.
A number of letters from
men who could not be present
but approved the purpose of
the meeting, were read.
p. Il. Howe, president of the
Imperial Elevator company aud
vice-president of the Better
Farming association, was in
troduced and gave the history
of the beginning of the move
ment. He referred to the short
crop of. 1910 and said the condi-
tions arising out of that crop
Pcaused a good deal of worry to
those who were operating on a
large scale in this state and
that it then became apparent
that a better system of farming
was needed. He a n d Mr..
Rogers, of the Rogers Lumber
company, interviewed James
]. Hill and gave him an out
line of the plan they had in
mind and he told them it was
not new; that the same thing
had been done in England over
a hundred years ago; that
when the soil there was so
worn out that it would no
longer produce a crop under
the methods used demonstra-
ton and instruction work
was undertaken but it took
them forty years to get the
land back to condition where
they could raise an average of
80 bushels of wheat to the
acre but they have maintained
that average ever since on land
that has been farmed many
centuries. Mr.. Hill told them
that it would take a lot of
money to carry out this move
ment and offered a large sum
annually for term of years as
his part in the work. Other
railroads when approached did
likewise. Elevator companies,
lumber companies and whole
salers responded. They are in
directly interested in North
Dakota's welfare inasmuch as
they look to the state for a lot
of business. The leading banks
Of the Twin Cities gave largely
for the same reason. The sum
of $50. 600 each year for three
years was thus pledged. When
this had been secured they
came to the bankers of North
Dakota with the proposition
and they took hold of it. Your
bankers deserve a great share
of the credit for the good things
that will come from this move
ment," said Mr.. Howe, and
your Mr.. Cathro is one Of the
best and most active workers
in the whole state. He has
given much of his time and all
Of his splendid ability to this
work to what may be a thank
less task and he is doing il
well. 4
Mr.. Howe said this question
was a business one 80 far as he
was concerned. His company
has over a million dollars in
vested ia North Oak ota. They
Ihave thirteen lumber yards ant
EIGHT elevators in Bottineai
county alone. He said, I
Your business is good 90 i
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BIG Meeting Held HERE ON TUESDAY
Every Section tho County Represented and Much Enthusiasm Shown the Plan
the Better Farming Association Demonstration viii Begin This
Year and viii Be Continued for three Years ii Succession

in Succession
ours; if we help you to win
bigger success we are safe
guarding our own investments
but you get the first chance to.
handle the money"
He dwelt on the credit of the
state as a very important ques-
ton. While we are building
up we have farm mortgages to
dispose of. He added, Il am a
member of the executive COM
mittee of an insurance com
pany that buys mortgages but
in 1910 and 1911 that became
frightened and said they did
! not want North Dakota mort
cages. They were afraid we
did not farm right. This to-
gether with a lot of unfavorable
reports sent out by grain
speculators hurts the reputa-
tion of the state. We want
better advertising for North
Dakota. We want bigger re-
suits. The average gross income
of the state is now $3.50, 600, coo
annually but this can be in
creased by seventy five or a
hundred millions. We have
the best soil in the world but it
is not producing the results
England's average wheat yield
is 81 bushels per acre: France
gives 3312;r Belgium 38; Scot
land 40; the United States II
and North Dakota only 13 bus
hels. He referred to Belgium's 8
experience. Some years ago
they were producing only "a
bushels but by following
similar plan to that proposed
here they made an increase in
ten or twelve years equal to
our. average yield. We can do
it too, but we will have to
farm
The next speaker was Prof.
Thomas Shaw, agricultural ex-
pert for the Great Northern
Railway. He said he had fire.
quently had the privilege of
talking to North Dakota farm
ers about problems of interest
to them; about growing crops
and handling soil. He felt that
Bottineau county should accept
the offer made; that it was a
great opportunity. He referred
to the great loss to the state in
the growing of wheat year after
!! year III the shipping out Of the
fertility of the soil and stated
that about $50, 600, 600 worth of
nitrogen, phosphates and potash
were annually shipped out of
the state. He said, One of
the objects of the Better Farm
ing association is to stop this
waste; to cooperate with you
in solving this problem and it
would be the greatest possible
mistake not to accept the of
fer
He took up the question of
loss annually on account of
weeds and asked the farmers
present to estimate it's extent.
Several farmers answered,
placing this loss at %, 35 and
as high, as 50 per cent. The
majority thought 25 per cent
was close to the mark.
Mr.. Shaw then presented
Isome figures. He took the
crop of 1909 as a basis and fig
ured the loss from weeds in
four principal crops, wheat,
oats, barley and flax and on a
basis Of 10 per cent stated that
the loss would aggregate $39,
600, 600 or at 25 per cent about
1897, 500, 600. He added, This
movement is to help stop loss.
j Loss from weeds can be stop.
Ilped. You can do it. 3
! He then discussed rotation
! Of crops at some length. Ht
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SPECTATORS were DELIGHTED
Game Was hard-Fought and In
tsnssly Inter estlng From
Start to Finish

The kenmare high school
team, one of the fastest basket
ball teams IN the state, met
defeat at the hands of the
School of Forestry quint last
Friday evening. The game
was fast one and very inter
esting from start to finish and
there were no unpleasant in
cidents to the game.
The bows from the west play
ed two games while in the city.
On Thursday evening they de-
feated the local high school
team. An account of the game
was given in our last issue.
The line up and score in Fri
day evenings game was as
follows:
kENMARE FORESTRY
Smith. II. F. ..Leveille
Bronnaghin L. F. .. Mountain
Lowe. C. Minkel
Murray go. r G. .Renick
Boyce. L. G. -. Meighen
Field baskets: Kenmare,
Smith 3; Bronnaghin 1; Lowe
2; Murray 2. Forestry: Min
kel 6; Mountain 4; Leveille 2;
Renick 1.
Free throws: Smith, 3 out
of 9. Leveille, 8 out of 9.
First half score-l5 to 8.
Final score-34 to 19.
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YOUNG GIRLS FAINT
As L|NEMAN BURNS
ON 1OO+FOOT POLE
Fellow Workman Himself Is
Seriously Hurt in Lowering
Body of Comrade.

Hundreds OF men and women going
home from their midday meal from the
factories In Harrison. N. j., to-day saw
Robert Spence. a lineman employed by
the American District Telegraph Com
pany. shocked to death on the top Of q
l00-foot telegraph pole.
Spence had gone up into the cross
trees OF the pole and was repairing
wires while seated on a little bench that
is built to the pole. While reaching In
up from the bench and then plunge
down through the wires. One OF his feet
caught In the Iron brace OF tho bench
and he hung dangling while his clothing
burst into fame.
Death had probably come instantly
when the man came In contact with
q main feed wire carrying 600 volts.
The mans clothing and body burned
for ten minutes before Max Bretz. a
fellow lineman, climbed up the pole
and cut out the contact. Then he fas-
tened a ! pc about the dead mans body
and lowered 1t to the street. In doins
which he himself was badly burned
Several girls who witnessed tie grue-
some spectacle swooned In the street
and had to be carried to their homes
Spence was thirty-six years old and
lived at No. l27 Lafayette street, New
ark. He was unmarried and had been
employed by the American District Tel
egraph Company for seven years.
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YALE WILL GET $3.50, 900.

BY the will OF Matthew C. D, Borden
a millionaire merchant who died re-
Gently, Yale University will receive
$3.50, 600. II the value OF the estate Is
found to he more than 100000. The
petition accompanying the will, which
was filed with the Surrogate to-day
does not disclose the value Of the
estate.
The will provides that Mrs. Harriet
NJ. Borden, the widow, shall receive
the property at No. q West Fifty
sixth street and at Oceanic. y. Y. both
homes OF the Bordens. The remainder
of the estate Is to be held In trust for
the four sons until they attain the age
OF thrty-iiye. a provision In the re-
slduary estate Is also made for Mrs
Borden. on condition that she shall no.
remarry.
Sherman & Sterling Of No. 50 Wal
street filed the will as attorneys fol
the Borden family.
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RICH, LEAVES WIDOW 500
John Krell "Gcts Even" for Her
"Ertravagance."

John Krcil. whose will was nled for
probate with the Surrogate to-day
left his widow only 500. giving IA
his reason that she had been wiifuliy
cxtravagant and wasteful and had
caused him unnecessary suffering dur
ing his lifetime.
The bulk OF the estate. said to be
quite n large ono. Is left to two sons
OF tho dead man. The executors ar,
requested to send them to n military
school and then to college. The mill
tary academy. the will declares. Ia
more competent To care Tor the boyt
than ANY individual"
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VENERABLE MR.. KELLY AND
HIS BOOTS WERE ON JOB.

What happened at the fire might
have been embarrassing. had the men,
bers OF Protection No. 4 no. made allow
ance for some what excusable peevish-
ness, due to the hot wave.
For there. on the horseback In front
OF the schmidt garage, which now was
reduced to a mass OF glowing embers,
sat Mr.. Vincent Diogenes Kelly. the
Oldest volunteer fireman In New Jersey.
And his boots were actually on his
feet. His great-grandson stood re-
spectfully behind him. holding tho per-
ambulator by the head to keep II down.
Mr. Kelly vas smoking peacefully.
well. now that you boys have
came" he said In dry. hard voice.
II guess Emil Schmidt'll take you all
around and Sc; 'em up Mt Franks
place. There sure isn't anything else
for you brave fremen to do"
And Emil Schmidt did that very thing
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TRAGEDIES Told In Headlines.
ir,o,, N. I,hicaR Tritupel

Gaze OF flltonIc Love cured by Ap-
ton OF Brass Knuckles."
"Man Resents Being Called Bonehead;
Other Man Wlll Recover"
Cook Accidentally Seasons Mush
With Epson Sal g."
'Postponemcnt OF Wedding Caused by
Elevator sticking Fast Between Two
Floors"
Failing Icicle Drops Inside Police
mans Collar. His Roars Alarm Neigh
borhood."
''Gypsies Mistakenly Try 20 Kidnar
Athletic Dwarf"
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boot. or with no boots at all. then he
would Of attending - funeral In run
ming pants. When the chief discov-
cred only one of the fifteen-pound
boots hung on the hatrack. along with
the new shiny helmet and the Chicfs
silver trumpet, which he won from
the Hackcnsack Cascades In the iast
annual competition. he was not little
disturbed. hut instant presence OF
mind saved him.
The Chief remembered his bulldog.
Mike, was OF n mcritricious and sanciful
disposition. SO he went down In the
cellar, woke up Mike. pointed to the
one lone boot he held In his hand and
commanded in q stern tone. 90 IND
II. sirl'
Mike showed unusual intelligence
In the crisis. lie ran right out to the
rhubarb bed behind the hen house and
dug that other boot out from under
three feet Of soil and garden sass.
The rest OF Protection T. who had
been waiting around In front OF the
chiefs house with the hose cart, just
the least bit impatient at the delay.
knocked out their pipes. when Chief
Carson made his appearance with his
boots, each In q suit case. The two
suit cases were thrown on the pile OF
other suit cases, all containing the fif-
teen pound boots OF the Protection As.
and the half mile run to the fire was
begun. The members OF Protection 4
never run in their boots; It wears en-
out too quick.
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to keep Aenaches from killing her
daughter. The men fell upon the lover
knocking him down and kicking him
severely. They had beaten him almost
into inconsistencies when Patrolmen
Peters, Royale and Selienberg Of the
Bedford avenue sta zion, attracted by
the shots. ran In, They had to use their
clubs TO get to the side OF the PROSTATE
Menaches. and then had to threaten to
draw their own pistols TO drive them
away from the man,
Or. Eherle of the Williamsburg Hos
pitai revived Miss Krieger and took
her mother to the hospital, Menaches =
wounds were dressed and he was
locked up on charge of felonious
assault and carrying concealed weap-
ors. He will be arraigned later In the
Manhattan Avenue Court
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Johnny would answer the question for
him. For as the fashionable youns
woman grows more and more hlpless
the masculine tailor's model becomes
more and more hippy The traveller
must soon perceive that sister has lent
her curves to brother who goes forth
to conquer with the sloping shoulders,
the slim waist aid the wide pelvis OF
an 1880 belle.
n womsu's fashions continue
the trend to trousers ana mas
outline clothes develop further
their present tsndsnciss to pissts
and curves another nfty years
will see Q complete revolution In
the attire and aspect Of the sexes.
Already the ultra masculine
young woman 10 . formidable b.
ins ana II the reforms sdvocatsd
bv DR.. Mary waller, 1Ers. Alma
wsbstsr Powell ana others be-
come effective BY 1890 We may nna
her in full dsdgsd trousers.
SHE HEARTILY FAvoRs TRous-
Frs FOR WOMEN.
Here il a letter from a woman reader
Of The Evening World who herslds and
applauds the change. She writes:
Dear Madam:
II girls would think less about their
looks and future husbands and more
about becoming useful. intelligent
citizens I have no doubt they would
hat
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BY NIXOLA GREELEY.SMITH.

some time ago q young man con-
tributed a letter to the dress-paint-
and-powder discussion In which he
advocated the wearing of corsets BY
men. To-day . woman offers . de-
tense Of the New York Johnny"
declaring that women should take a
lesson from his attire and 60 forth
clad In q coat and trousers. So each
sex covets the sartorial perQuisites
Of the other.
As woman's tailor-made garments
have grown more and more like the
young mans business suit. the
clothes worn by ultra-fashionable
young men have taken on a once
womanly slope of the shoulders, a
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themselves, why 10 1t that men
never seem to adopt the sensible
features Of woman's attarsp Why,
for instance, should . man sncass
his neck In . Linen cylinder in hot
weather, or any weather, for that
mattsrf Why should he wear coats
OF heavy woollsu when CLOTHES Of
linen or japanese silk are 10 be
had7
II men were to adopt for daily city
wear the sensible silk or linen gar
ments which they reserve for vacations
the fall in temperature would be we'll
worth the rise In laundry bills. No
woman Is so poor that she has to weaI
stufy woollen clothes In summer time
and no man considers anything when
adds to his comfort too expensive. Then
why not wear clothes appropriate to the
temperature? However. the inappropri.
ate clothes Of the New York man are
the least OF his troubles, and In the
eyes OF at least one young woman
reader of The Evening World the leas,
Of his offenses.
HERE Is PLAIN TALK FOR MEN
TO SILVER At.
Any young man who Is the least bi,
sensitive Is cautioned not to read tn.
following letter from Q New York girl
who writes:
Dear 16adam-why try to re-
FORM the clothes Of the New York
Johnny, when his clothes are his
least ofrsnssf Why not undertake
to teach him mannersp Why not
seek to convince him that the uni
verse was not built simply for
nam to play in2 am an attrac-
tive girl. ana I owe none OF my
so-callsd charms to the drug store
or the dressmaker. But will you
tell me why nearly every man I
Know thinks that II consent to
have dinner with him no 10 privi-
legged to tell me the story Of
his life, business Successes ana
sinours9 Why 10 n that the man
I don't know has the nerve to sd-
dress me a. "Xsllo, sweetheart"
and to ask mo II he may walk
with me or II I will 60 ont to din
ner with him7 I never 60 out
alone at unreasonable hours. I
drsss quietly. look at no one.
Yet, In common with every other
young woman in New York, I am
occasionally selected by the New
York Johnny OF masher as q like
ly victim. Why don't you and the
readers OF Tho Evening World try
to sxtsrminate the worD5 post of
New York hfs-ths street masher3
We can protect ourselves from the
Washers We know. but no girl can
be 20 quietly dressed or 30 re-
spectacle IN look and manner as
to escape the corner lady killer
that infests the city. ALMA J.
would nc glad to hear from othe
young women as to whether o. M
| New York IL really the happy hnntin
ground OF the "masher'' AID fror
| young men who wish to defend thsl
'sN iN------- -----
fl.s
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about his visit In Rome and what a
fine, democratic man Cardinal Merry
del Vol was" answered tho witness.
He said that he believed Thaw sane
and that he was a very interesting
talker and an easy man to get along
with.
did you get any compensation out
of this case?"
Yes"
What did YOU getr~
well. they promised ne a. over
coat" ,.-.--.-----..----..----.--...-
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Co 70 FIRE MINUS
BOOTS? NEVER! So
THEY LET Err BURN
Darned Old Pup Stole Fire
Chief Carson'S Footgear
and Made Him Late.
POP KELLY WAS THERE!
Yes, Stree! Superannuated
Vamp Had HIS Boots All
Ready in a Perambulator!
POP KELLY WAS THERE!

Well. they saved the stone founda-
lions Of Emil schmidts garage. any
way!
Take II on the word OF Chief d. Ar
thur Carson OF Protection No. 4 of Pal
isade. ". j.. that when the company Is
calle' upon TO do Its duty. either In the
dead OF nigh, or at high noon. Il Always
saves something. Sometimes It's only
the hfteen-pound boots each volunteer
fireman carries to the scene Of the con-
Migration In a suit case: but even that's
worthy record for any vamp. II
takes some courage. some fortitude, on
the part Of the members Of Protection
No. to save those boots.
Things might have been better, the
gallant vamps OF Palisade might have
got on the Job sooner. at 8 o'clock this
morning. II the fire alarm system of the
village had not gone fiooey. You see
this thoroughly modern. kineuc Are
alarm system. the conception OF Vincent
Diogenes Kelly. Chief of the superan-
nuated Vamps' Association Of Bergen
County. and himself an inventor of
Jersey-wide repute. was designed and
installed by him. and 1t certainly was
no fault of v. ID. Kelly tina, .om.,h,ny
went wrong with the apparatu. uh.n
Postmaster George s,abe, won, % .,u.
In tho alarm thi. mornIny
GEORGE GOT IN ENTIRELY TOO
MUCH sTRokGAHM WORK.
se, YOU see 10 graduate black
'"' a'u ""eh ne ran up to the hrs-
- 800" H"u began 10 pound In an
a'afn y" 'he steel ran designed by the
..".o. anu former Chief Kelly for
pr' no was 100 strong. The
o'oNe "eiore ne had tapped on
..' "1"''e's OK the tour-alarm
senerA eA'.
oo 10 nea 70 use . stone. And every
u"c oeorse pounded with that stone on
'nA' '"".co p'ece OF railroad iron the
stone prohe ana portions OF II would
strike the iron In falling. Thus, when
ne was attempting to turn In an alarm
Tor BOX NO. " the clink-clink of the
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after
viewing girls tempted
to the Yorl
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MOTHER IS SHOT
SAVING GIRL FROM
JEALOUS SU|T0R
Steps Between Them When
He Draws Two Pistols
on Rose Krieger.

Mrs. Minnie Krieger took her Life In
her hands to-day and stepped between
her daughter Rose and Samuel Me-
naches. the girls rejected lover, as the
man. with two pistols. sought to kill
Miss Kricger. The mother received two
serious wounds. but her daughter was
unframed. Menachss. disarmed by a
mob OF men. was SO severely pummelled
that he had to receive medical attention
after three policemen had fought their
way to his side.
Miss Rose krieger. a handsome nine
teen-year-old girl. conducts a hairdress-
Ing establishment at No. 1871 Havsmeyer
street. Williamsburg. She and her
mother live above the coiffure parlors.
For more than a year Samuel Me-
naches, aged twenty-six. q hatmaker.
living at No. 613 East Sixth street,
Manhattan. have been keeping COM
pany." The girl admitted that she
cared very greatly for Menaches. and
their friends were sure they would
marry. But he developed a Jealous
disposition which frightened the girl.
Three weeks ago. after a long talk
with her mother. she told him she
could not marry him. You are too
Jealous" she said. and I would be
afraid of you all the time"
sulToR PERSISTED IN MAX.
ING VISITS TO GIRL.
Despite the turn down Menaches has
continued to annoy the girl with his
attentions, calling frequently at her
store and In her home Always she
has asked him to leave.
At noon to-day the girl was In her
hairdressing parlor. waiting on several
women customers. She saw Menaches
walking up and down in front Of the
place. When the last customer had
gone Menaches entered.
Don't annoy me now" the girl told
him. Cant you see ! am busy' Go
about your business" Mrs. Kr!eger
entered at this point and added her
request to that OF her daughter that the
rejected sutton leave the place.
For answer Menaches drew two pis-
tolls, one revolver and the other a H.
calibre automatic pistol of foreign
make. lie pointed them both at the
girl. II am going to XII you now he
said.
Without hcsltatlng a moment Mrs
Kreger stepped between the two, To
save her daughter. The girl fled toward
the rear Of the store. where she fell In
faint.
MOTHER FIGHTING DesPER.
ATELY WHEN HELP COMES.
The first shot struck Mrs Krieyer IN
| the right shoulder. tearing great
wound, The second bullet ploughcd
through the top Of her left shoulder
, Menaches tried to dash past the devoted
H. Ither - where his sweetheart lay. The
daring woman hurled herself upon him
despite her wounds. The third bullet
missed her head and entered the ccliag
a number OF passershy, attracted by
the shots and the screams Of thu
woman, dashed into the place to fns
1ss. kyisSsr nsa,!nS vita tissTish fur,
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