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The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-06-27

the county.
Hutsinpiler wins for auditor by ma
jorty from q to 33 Oakes figures
give him SO. Haskins figures 81.
For treasurer it was a walkaway for
Sullivan.M The swing was made to Sui
livan in the past few days. The re-
publicans feared that the democratic
support being thrown to McMaster
was apt to nominate him and the slide
was to Sullivan.
Bishop made great campaign for
sheriff and won by about 200 majority
over Scott.
Ed. Smith had it easy for clerk of
court. 1t had been conceded to him
some time ago.
The contest for states attorney re-
solved itself around Youker and Gra-
ham. 1t appears Youker has won by
about 62.
Beggslhad alwalkaway for register.
The surprise is on superintendent.
Mrs. Miller won after a hard battle,
and has lead of 14O votes.
Judge Wickersham never did feel
nervous. He felt sure of it all the
time. .....
1t looks as if Boardman would have
an easy thing for coroner.
For county commissioners it is
Hodges in the First district by nice
majority, but according to returns
Skoglund has won over Randall in the
Fifth district by narrow margin.
With Kent to hear from each has 73
votes. Skoglund would carry Kent it
is almost sure.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-06-27

Absent, & Total number Of delegates In
LOS; necessary 70 choice, ~
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-06-27

Following are the unofficial totals,
all precincts in:
Warren sheaf., 1912-08-22
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

The Farmer Produces the Food the Naen All
Directly Indirectly Interested
Department.
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grain as it is put into the bins will
absorb large quantities of moisture,
says an Illinois farmer in Farm and
Home. Sticks of very dry stove wood
will answer the same purpose. 4
dry cedar post or sticks or cordwood
from poplar, Eastwood or jack pine
trees will absorb their weight in
moisture from bin of damp grain.
Burlap or jute sacks filled with dry
chaff and buried in bin of damp
grain will absorb moisture readily and
also provide space for air. l have
used them with excellent success.
These simple and inexpensive me-
thods of protecting wet grain are
practical and are much more desir-
able than shoveling it over day afte-
day to keep it from heating. Ora: Il
that gets hot in the bin is worthless
for seed. Musty wheat is no good TO-.
flour and should not be sold Or usel
for that purpose.
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POTATO MACHINES
Experience of Successful Potato Grow.
er is Given Regarding Diqgers

Now that the potato harvesting sea-
son is approaching, there will be q
demand in many sections Of the state
for potato diggers. In determining
the machine to be purchased, many
perplexing problems will arise
There are several kinds of diggers
that have proved successful in Min
nesota. Many of these diggers have
a sacker, though the sacker has not
been successful generally. It requires
an extra man and two extra horses,
which is much more expensive. There
is an attachment that drops the pota-
toes in piles containing about one and
one-half bushels that is success. Il
the ground is clean and the potatoes
are ripe, a potato scoop can be used in
scooping the tubers into a basket. If
the potatoes are green, the skin will
be rubbed off.
There is no digger that has a sort
er which will grade the potatoes as
they are dug. The only successful
way of sorting potatoes is by screen
ing them in the warehouse, a method
by which many potatoes can be grad.
ed in day. A digger with high
wheels is superior to one with low
wheels as they have a better lift when
the machine is driven over wet or soft
ground. Low wheels are liable to load
up and clogC. E. Brown, Extension
Division, Minnesota Agricultural Col.
lege.
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TAXATION IN MINNESOTA
THE FOLLOWING IS ONE OF ASERIES OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED
By REQUEST OF THE MINNESOTA TAX COMMISSION
CRITICISM OR SUGGESTION IS CORDIALLY INVITED
Basis Of Valuation for Taxation Pur-
noees-Thir rtia+h Ar$;oIa

Basis Of Valuation for Taxation Pur-
poses-Thirtieth Article.
Ever since Minnesota became a
state we have had a law among our
statutes recurring that "all property
shall be assessed at its true and full
value in money" Another statutory
provision equally ancient defines "true
and full value" as meaning .sthe usual
selling price at the place where the
property to which the term is applied
shall be at the time of assessment.
being the price which could be obtain
ed therefor at private sale, and not at
forced or auction sale.' 1t is hard
to see how these statutes could be
made more explicit or how any thing
could be added that would make them
easier to understand but notwith-
standing their clear and mandatory
terms they have never been enforced
or obeyed, but have been wilfully and
unblushingly violated by assessors,
boards of equalization and taxpayers
everywhere from the very beginning.
Never since the first assessor started
on his thankless task has property of
any kind in Minnesota been assessed
at it's ''true and full value nor, with
a few exceptions, has any serious at
tempt ever been made to so assess it.
The uniform, universal custom has
been to assess at from 25 to so per
cent Of actual value; and this custom
has had the long continued approval
of the people, the silent support of
the lawmaking and, in large meas
ure, the acquiescence of the law en-
forcing departments of the state gov.
ernment
The causes which have led to the
downfall of the law are rooted deep
in human selfshness and official inef.
ficiency; and are much easier to find
than they are to remedy. First and
foremost among them is the disposi.
tion on the part of taxpayers general,
ly to shirk just as much of the public
burden as they can. The next in i'm.
portance is the very large number of
weak and incompetent assessors The
local assessor is the keystone Of our
whole taxing system and unless he is
man of good judgment, familiar with
values and endowed with sufficient
moral courage 10 be fair, his work in
variably falls far short Of the legal
standard and very often degenerates
into mere travesty on justice. The
office of assessor, as at present con
stituted, because of the meagre pay
and small Importance attached to it
by citizens generally, is seldom sought
after by capable men. More often
than not, men competent to make a
good assessment if rendered the posi-
ton refuse to accept Frequently the
place is given to someone simply be-
cause he "needs" it, or because he will
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do the work for less than anybody
else, or because he will be an easy
mark for influential tax dodgers. Men
of this type soon discover that the
surest way to remain long in office is
to be "easy'' and "accommoda dating"
and above all to keep the assessment
of their district down to the lowest
possible point. The inevitable out
come, of course. is low assessment.
Another strong factor in lowering the
standard of assessment can be easily
traced to the overzealous desire on
the part of many boards of equaliza@
! ton to keep the assessment of their
constituents just a little below their
neighbors. And all of these forces
working together have so completely
undermined the law that there is lit
| tie left but the ink with which it is
printed.
! AS early as 1873 it was apparent
to the legislature that assessors were
not enforcing the law and they passed
an act providing, among other things,
that each year, before beginning their
work they should meet at the Office
OF the county auditor for conference
with him in regard to their duties.
While the manifest purpose of this
law was to aid in bringing the assess
ment up to the legal standaI 1, in ac-
tual practice it has worked just the
reverse. Evidently constituting it as
giving them power to do about as
they pleased in assessing property it
has been the well-nigh universal prac-
| tice for assessors at these meetings
in direct violation of the law requir-
ing that all property shall be assessed
at it's "trlle and full value, to adopt
resolutions embodying agreements to
assess different kinds and classes of
property in different ways and at diff
ferent rates.
In nearly all of the counties these
resolutions provide that certain speci-
fed classes of personal property shall
be assessed at so much per article and
different kinds and classes of live
stock at so much per head ;. The
result being that a piano worth $500
is assessed the same as one worth $50
and a horse worth 5000 at no more
than one worth $40 After providing
in this way for the assessment of GER
tain selected classes and kinds of
property the resolutions usually con
tain a residuary clause providing that
all other, property shall be assessed at
a certain designated percent of its
real value. These percentages range
in the different counties all the way
from 25 to so per cent Of real value
In no county are all classes of proper.
assessed at the same per cent of "true
and full value" and in several coun
ties all lands are assessed at the same
rate per acre regardless Of value.
Warren sheaf., 1912-08-22
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi-
ton of the mucous lining of the Eusta-
chan Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
Deafness is the result, and unless the in
fammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to it's normal condition.
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness Caused by catarrh that cannot be cured
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
F.J CHENEY, Il CO., Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills f.: constipation.
Warren sheaf., 1912-08-22
. KEEP THE BARN CLEAN

The regulations of the state board
of health in regard to stables provide
that all private stables shall be clean
ed once day and the manure put in
a fly proof box and sprinkled daily
with solution Of one pound of green
vitriol to a gallon Of water. The Tn
floors of the stable should be sprinkl-
ed with the same mixture each day af-
ter cleaning. This will prevent flies.
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Manure should be hauled away OF

Manure should be hauled away once
week and not put in dumps to give
flies breeding place. When it is
necessary to store manure, each fresh
supply should be sprinkled with the
above solution.
Livery stables can dispose of man
ure best by putting it into boxes on
wheels and this accumulation should
be removed daily when possible
A number of towns of the state are
endeavoring to have these regulations
enforced
Warren sheaf., 1912-08-22
ADVICE FOR FARMERS
Some Good Suggestions as to When to
Do Threshing.

| The threshing season is nearly here
and what are you going to do to help
| it to successful finish? It promises
to be long job, there is lot Of
straw.
Threshing machines are more nu-
merous than usual but if we happen
to have lot OF, rainy weather like we
had year ago, there will be many
grain stacks rearing their peaks above
the snow next winter. Make sure it is
not yours. You ask how can 1 help
any? Well, / am thresher and will
offer a few suggestions that will very
materially help along the threshing
to the betterment of all concerned.
First, location Of stacks; put. them on
high ground, that can be got to even
if it is muddy; clean away all manure
from behind stacks and have all the
fences so constructed that you may
take them away entirely or open the
gates Immediately in line with where
the machine will set, thus leaving a
clear way for the thresher to be pull
ed between your stacks without loss
of time or temper.
Have stacks the right distance
apart, not less than eight feet or
more than ten feet. If it should hap
pen to be late before you thresh, leave
a strip unplowed to your settings IN
field or else harrow a road to them
and around them for it is almost i'm
possible to move the modern thresh-
ing machine over frozen rough ploW-
ing. This is imperative and must not
be neglected. I wouldn't move my
machine over 80 rods of rough plow-
ing for the whole crop of the average
farmer let alone his thresh bill
Have plenty of help to run the ma
chine to it's full capacity. In some
communities it is the custom for the
farmer to furnish the help. The
thresher will help as much as he can
by bringing all the men he can get,
up to the required number to run the
machine. It is to your interest to get
the rest. Many farmers think if the
machine is running empty half the
time, they are getting a good job done
when really the machine, no matter
what make, will waste more grain un-
der such conditions than if crowded to
more than it's capacity. So when
the thresher comes to you and is
short of help call on your neighbor
his son or his hired man and then you
go and help him.
Thresh when your neighbor does
Use the same machine he does. Get
your heads together and don't call the
machine in until you are all ready tc
thresh at the same time, or rather
one right after the other. Two years
ago we went three times into the
same neighborhood to thresh for sew
en- farmers moving away two to foul
miles each time, wearing and shaking
our machines to pieces, using oil an(
paying men for time that is worse
than wasted for you, Mr.. Farmer, az
:. we'll as us. And We are only one O
many that do the same thing, not be
cause they want to but because Mr.
Smith won't be ready to thresh ye
for three days and four hours. An:
all this lost time together, put int
actual threshing will material
ly shorten the threshing season, NOR
probably, than any other one thing
Please take this to heart and ge
your threshing done early for whel
it begins to freeze hard nights it's tn
shed for us whether you are threshe'
or not. -Thresher.
Warren sheaf., 1912-08-22
STORAGE OF DAMP GRAIN

It is a serious mistake to thresh
grain when wet or even damp, be
cause the proposition of making i
marketable is always expensive and IS
frequently the cause of serious loss,
The farmer who is compelled. from
any cause, to thresh his grain when
wet, should lose no time in taking i'm
mediate care of it.
A few dry bricks thrown into the
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"HoRsEs"

Good, heavy, reliable, young. son,?G
horses for sale at Dixon's barn New
arrivals from the farm ready. TO sc 1o.
work You can find what you need
here. Call at once and look then,
over.
Warren sheaf., 1912-08-22
VALUE OF SlLAGE

The Missouri Farmers Bulletin
which speaks for Minnesota as we'll
as Missouri sums up the worth Of
silage as follows:
Silage keeps young stock thrifty
and growing all winter.
It produces fat beef more cheaply
than does dry feed.
1t enables cows to produce milk
and butter more economically.
silage is more conveniently handled
than dry fodder.
| Waste of corn stalks is prevented,
saving one-third the food value of the
entire crop.
When silage is fed, the corn stalks
do not bother in the manure.
Feed that would not otherwise be
eaten will be made palatable by the
silo.
| A larger number Of animals may be
maintained on given number of
acres.
1t enables the farmer to preserve
food which natures at a rainy time
of the year, when drying would be al
most impossible.
| Tt is. the most economical method
of supplying feed to the stock during
the hot, dry periods in summer when
the pasture is short.
Warren sheaf., 1912-08-22
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typewriter supplies for sale at the
New-York tribune., 1912-08-26
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Lewis Waller. who returned from Eng
land on Saturday. announced that his
first performance IN New York of Ed
ward Knobauch new play. Discover
ing America" would take place at Days
on Saturday. september l.
Alphonz Either has been engaged by a.
n. FraZee for "rhc Wedding journey
the new play by John Il. Mcintyre In
which Arnold DAILY will star this season.
Josephine Victor will be the leading
woman
The Sheriff Of Nottingham edwin Ste
ycns) will entertain the Sheriff OF New
York CIulius TIarburgcr) at the knicker-
bocker Theatre tomorrow evening, and
after the performance Of Robin Hood
the two sheriffs will compare conditions
in the time OF Richard and Taft the
First uerm. Shcrin Hamburger Will be
accompanied by party OF men prominent
N the city and county government.
The Russian quadrille. one of the pretti-
est of the novelty dances at the recent
Vanderbilt Newport ball has been OBJ
taIned for the Winter Garden as the feat
uro Of ''Thc Passing Show of 1872. AT
Nawnort the dance was led by Mrs. COR
,o,Ius Vanderbilt and Henri DE Bach, of
tbe Russian Embassy, while at the Win
for Garden the leaders will be Adelaide
and Hughes. Mrs. Vanderbilt has pre-
sontod her costume to Adelaide. and the
gown will be duplicated.
George Probert has been added to the
st.,. cast of AN Aztec Romance" to play
tho role OF Shibon.
The production Of "Buxl' at the lIud-
son Theatre has been postponed until
later in the season.
At Maxine ElliOtts Theatre last night
members of the Ready Money company
witnessed the final dress rehearsal OF Il
second organization which III. Ii. Frazee
will send West tomorrow in the new
lanes Montgomery comedy. The first per-
formance Is scheduled for Peoria Ill"
September !.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-26
Was Queen Victoria Ever Threatened
by United States Warship?

did the United States ever plan an at
tempt To kidnap the late Queen Victoria? ?
II / ask the question it is because of
statement contained In the diaries OF her
brother-in-la law. the late Duke Ernest Of
Saxe-C Coburg -Gotha, one Of the most lib
eral and shrewdest sovereigns Of the
smaller German states.
Everybody knows OF course. that in
the beginning Of 1862 England and the
United states were on the very brink OF
war over the Trent affair The Prince
Consort had just died at Windsor. and
his elder brother Duke Ernest, had come
over from Coburg for the funeral I'M
mediately after the obseques the widowed
Queen, accompanied by the duke proceed
ed to her Isle OF Wight residence at Os-
borne. the lawns of which slope down to
the seashoTe.
According TO the dukes diary. two days
after the arrival of the queen an Amer
lean man-of-war appeared upon the scene
and. ignoring the requirements OF inter-
national comfy. cast anchor within pro-
hibitcd distance of the beach, in full sight
Of the windows Of Osborne and within
Queen and those about her consider the
situation that the palace guards were
strongly reinforced. while two English
frigates were hurried over from Ports
mouth 10 station themselves in the unin-
vitcd visitors immediate vicinity.
According 20 the duke the intentions of
the American vessel were obviously men
acing. and he seemed TO think that had
the Trent difficulty developed. as every
body expected. into war the seizure Of
Queen Victoria by a coup lie main might
have been attempted. Fortunately, the
trouble between the TWO countries was
smoothed over. mainly, If not entirely. by
queen Victoria herself who overruled her
puEnaciously inclined ministers i'm the
matter. and the trucuent warship depart
ed. II was only from that time forward
that "A British "stationaire' was always
posted as guardship off Osborne when
the late Queen was in residence there.
II speaks volumes for the desire OF the
English reigning house 10 cultivate Amer
lean friendship that the intrudng vessel
should not have been requested to move
on, and that no reference to this remark
able incident should ever have been made
in the various biographies, publications
and memoirs authorized or Influenced by
Queen Victoria and Edward VII
New-York tribune., 1912-08-26

placate the branch OF the party which
was least in the confidence Of tho coun-
try" o. 2ssD II is generally known
that Mr. Blaine and Mr. Arthur repre-
sented opposing factions in the Republ-
can party. Putting the two estimates TO-
gether and we have this joint Wilsonian
product az TO the party as whole: IL
amounts TO one faction "discredited' plus
another faction suffering lack Of con
fidencc" How do the Republicans Ike
this estimate by the historian" under
review?
II would seem that Republicans in gem
eral and the colored citizens OF tho North
who have and enjoy the right to vote may
we'll ponder the situation, II they do not
catechize the Democratic candidate who
wants their votes. and who must have
them If he is TO win. Does DR.. Wilson
still hold that the fathers Of the Republic
were theoretical secessionists. and all that
the Southern leaders did In 1861 was 10 put
in practice doctrines which the founders
or the government held I'm private? Does
he still believe in the humane charac-
ter Of African slavery, IN the light oil JUS
bitter fruits? Does he continue 10 h"id
the Republican party in contempt in 1872
AS he did I'm 1884? In short. and finally
does II seem that n man who writes MS
tory 20 that only one side OF an event Is
given. while the other IS slurrcd over with
an insult. IS the broad-gauge. non-phru-
San statesman entitled to receive the sup
mort Of both his party friends and his
party foes? HENRI w
philadelphia, Aug. .. 1872
New-York tribune., 1912-08-26
JOSHUA Vaudeville TODD.

Joshua Vaudeville Todd, retired law
yer, died yesterday evening at his home,
No. l27 West 5Sth street, in the eighty
eighth year OF his age. The funeral VIII
be held on Wednesday evening and the
burial will be in the family plot In
Woodlawn Cemetery
Mr. Todd was a native of Waterford
\. v, and received his early education
there. Later he entered Union College
from which he was graduated with the
class of ~.
Mr.. Todd went first TO Albany, where
he became associated in the practice ot
his profession with Judge James Is.
Polk lie remained there only Few
years. and then he came to this city
where he practiSed for short time.
lie entered politics and was chosen "a
delegate to the national convention
when James X. Polk was nominated for
President Mr. Todd retired from the
active practice of his profession nearly
half a century ago. Three sons and four
daughters survive.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-26
Lord Lecorfeid's Brother Here.

Captain the Hon. Reginald Wyndham.
formerly Of the i7th Lancers. who mas
just arrived IN this country on board the
Lusitania is the brother and next heir
Of Lord Leconncld. The latter has come
rather prominently into the American
public eye in connection with his putting
the Original "Old Times Coach" on the
road between London and Brighton by
way of competing with Alfred q. Van
,lerbilt. Lord I.econfield and his brother
are ncphews OF Lord Rosebery, their
mother being that statesman's younger
sister.
His title and wealth come to him in
rather peculiar fashion, for all his
property. including Petworth Park, his
beautiful and historic country seat in
Sussex formerly belonged to the now
extinct carldom of Egremont. The third
and penultimate Lord Egremont be-
aueathed Petworth and the greater part
Of his vast property to the eldest of his
natural sons. George Wyndham. divid-
ing the rest of hfs fortune among his
other illegitimate offspring. one of whom.
Mary Wyndham. married the first Earl
of Munster, son of william ~ and Mrs.
Jordan. In fact. the fourth and last
Earl of Egremont, when he succeeded
10 his uncle's honors. found that he in
herited no property at all.
The above mentioned George Wyndham
entered the army served through the
Crimean War. attained the rank of colonel
and in 1859 was created peer OF the
realm as Lord Leconfleld. He was the
grandfather of the present Lord Lecon-
field and oe Captain Reginald Wyndham.
The Wyndhams are noted for their good
looks and every one knows Sargents ia