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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26
U. s. Sues Southern Pacific.

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. %. The
complaint in the long-expected suit of
the federal government against the
Southern Pacific railroad, involving
title to $3.50. 000, 900 worth of supposed
mineral bearing lands in Fresno coun.
ty, was filed here in the United States
district court for the southern district
of California. Other suits are to fol-
low in which the government will con-
test the ownership of a total of $780,
100000 worth of lands. according to
B. D. Townsend.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26
Casting Up Accounts.

S~S9 W N~~SNsie0s
With the dawning of the new year,
let us stop for a moment and invoice
u life for the past twelve months,
much as the merchant invoices his
goods. Retire to your room alone,
look over the books and see how they
balance. Do they show that trade has
been good, that people have come to
look daily for loving words, sympa-
thy, and kind acts, and received
them? Or do they show the oppo-
site? If SO, let us order a new stock
of goods this year from the Heavenly
Firm, a clean, pure, up-to-date stock.
Then, remembering we are working
for the best firm, let us keep busy
each day. And people will buy, if
they see the goods r pure, whole
some and beautiful. Let each one
resolve that the year 1913, shall be
c~onsecrated to the helping in some
way every one we meet every day in
the year.-Sunshine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26
TO NAME
CABINET IN MARCH
IN MEANTIME WILL LOOK OVER
FIELD AND GET OPlN.
IONS.
EXPECTS NO DIFFICULTY
Thinks Right Men Will Be Easily
Found-Will See Bryan, Clark
and Others During the
Next Few Days.

Trenton. N. j. Dec. 23.-Whether
William Jennings Bryan, or any of the
other prominent Democrats being
mentioned by politicians generally
for places in the cabinet of President
elect Wilson, will be appointed to
portfolios probably will not be known
until a few days before Inauguration
day. Governor Wilson said that very
likely he would not make an an.
nouncement of Importance until about
March l..
To Confer with Leaders.
Within the next "a hours he will
talk with MI. Bryan and before New
Years he expects to see Speaker
Clark, Representative Underwood.
Senators O'Gorman, Hoke Smith, Gore
and other prominent Democratic lead.
ers; but he indicated that he meant
to keep strict silence about appoint.
ments until ready to make a general
statement on the subject.
Scattering announcements would
be foolish he said, "even if had
them to make. I'll wait until pretty
late. The time will depend somewhat
on the number of written communi-
cations received. All these letters re-
commencing individuals for office are
being grouped and will be taken up
separately"
Mr.. Wilson indicated that he would
not feel at liberty to make final deci-
sion until the merits of all possible
candidates had been set forth to him.
Wants All Opinions Possible.
What l am sincerely trying to do,
he added, lis to see the field of choice
and to try to get as many opinions
as possible that are worth while"
The president-elect likewise made
it clear that though gossip may he
heard far and wide, he would main
tain a policy of silence and nothing
would be definitely known until he
made the announcements over his
own signature.
Mr.. Wilson was asked if he believed
he would encounter any difficulty in
getting the men desired for cabinet
portfolios to accept. 1t had been sug-
gested that in the case of the attor-
ney g%eneralship, noted lawyers often
had been reluctant to leave their prac-
tice, and for this reason many able
men were not pushed by their friends.
That has not been my experience
thus far the governor replied with a
smile. I've asked some persons and
they have been ready with their
Names"
Receives Campaign Report.
The governor received a call from
Rolla Wells, treasurer of the national
Democratic committee and former
mayor of St. Louis, who brought a
bound volume showing campaign con
tributions and expenditures, a fac
smile of which recently was filed
with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives.
The governor pointed with evident
pride to the neat %tabulations of ex-
penditures and contributions with the
thousands of names and items.
Il venture to say" he said, that
it's a better looking report than the
other W fellows filed. It's the best
conspectus of its kind I've ever seen
and is an interesting document, be.
cause it's the first report under the
law requiring the publicity of cam
paign contributions"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26
Found Guilty of Murder.

Milwaukee, Dec. 23.-Wenzel Runge
of Wanwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee,
was adjudged guilty of murder in the
first degree by a jury in the munich
pal court. Runge was charged with
setting fire to his house on Feb. IL
last, which resulted in his wife being
burned to death.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

The New Year was shire man,
usnereo u with a swarthy, dark
snoue OF "Wel- haired men went
comet" from house tc
house on New Years morn "to take
the New Year in," receiving a gift OF
liquor or money from each host. In
Scotland this "first-footing'' was a
ceremony of much Importance; and
so universal was the custom of visit.
ing from house to house that a cen.
tury ago, in Edinburgh, the streets
were more thronged from - to 1 in
the New Years morning than at mid.
day. AS it was deemed unlucky to
enter a house empty-handed, the visi.
tors bore with them cakes, cheese
and bowls or kettles of "hot pint" AS
parties of friends met in the streets
they exchanged cakes and buns and
slipped each others drink.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26
$4,000 For Bible School.

Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Dec. ga
Christmas gift from John Harper of
Fairfield of $4,000 to found a John
Harper English Bible professorship,
has been announced by President
Schnell of Iowa Wesleyan college,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

49, SAS
new year at the vernal equinox, March
%, as the beginning of the year. This
is automatically the beginning Of
spring and is really a logical time to
begin the new year. In England
Christmas Day, December Is, was New
Years Day until William the Con-
queror came. His coronation fell on
January 1 and he ordered that that
day be observed as New Years there
after. In 1882 the pope promulgated
the Gregorian calendar, and New
Year, which medieval Europe there
tofore had observed March 25, was
finally fixed for the first day of Jan
uary.
The sole record Of the observance
of the New Year by the Pilgrims in
the New World named New England
was most prosaic, most brief-"we
went to work betimes." Many Of the
good Puritan ministers thought the
celebration Of the day savored of i'm
proper and unchristian reverence for
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

A French savant has issued a die.
tionary Of the monkey language and
published a collection Of monkey
songs Monkeying with the Darwinian
theory. 1t would seem.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

The 1nfanta Eulalia stirred up trou.
Bile with her first book and will stir
up more with her second. She is con.
WINGED that every wife must be beau
tiful.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26
Wisconsin Instructor Exonerated.

Madison, Wis.,. Dec. 23.-An instruc.
tor in the University of Wisconsin,
who was discharged with misconduct
in having required a woman student
to remove her coat in a class room
and appear clad only in a gymnasium
suit, which she wore on account Of
having been summoned suddenly to a
recitation, was ex%onerated by a com.
mittee of the board of regents.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

A Berlin specialist comes to bat
with the statement that knitting in
bed is fine for the nerves. 1t takes
nerve to do 1t. all right.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

Now a Washington scientist says
that the woman of the future will be
bald-headed. To which forecast wom-
en- will contemptuously and significant.
ly reply, "Rats!"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

French students are complaining
Of the invasion of the Latin Quarter
by foreigners. Perhaps they want the
time and place for real study.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

The California scientist who has dis
covered a way Of preventing badness
should open an Office in the population
center of the country.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

Car Ferdinand has cornered much
glory. but Hans Wagner has batted
above 800 now for sixteen consecu-
tive years.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

An Italian prince is studying di.
vorce in Newport. Still his American
heiress, when he gets her, will teach
him all he needs to know on that
score.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

The decision of Swarthmore upon
classmen to haze only fresh" fresh
men who need 1t" may perhaps be
counted as progress.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

A New York modiste believes she
can copyright the styles. Useless!
They'd change before the copyright
was perfected.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

It is said that 9 per cent. of the
youngsters of New York play truant.
New York is undeniably the school
boys paradise.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

A prominent aviator has constructed
an aeroplane that he guarantees to be
fool proof" Fall proof" would be
better.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

A Washington Judge placed an in
c%orrigible boy on probation on condi-
ton that he takes a cold bath every
morning. A pretty chilly proposition.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

Train robberies are becoming fire.
quent and some think a correspond
ence school is turning the business to
account.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

Chicago will be twenty hours from
New York, instead of eighteen hours.
during the winter months. But that's
neal enough for the rest of the coun.
try.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

Indian Woman Dies, Aged 113.
Bay City, Ore, Dec. 23.-Mrs. Mag.
gle Adams, widow of the famous In.
dian Chief Adams, is dead at Carl.
baldi She was 113 years old.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

How thriftless is the generation of
men that buys ex%travagantly of muf-
fers and similar articles instead of
frugally growing protective whiskers?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

1t is reported that American million.
aires are being skinned by London art
dealers. But anybody that can skin
an American millionaire is entitled to
the pelt.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

A California scientist is at work on
something doubly important. It is the
coaching Of a ~f1y-eating insect that
will not have to be swatted.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

Swine breeders have produced a
blue pig. A Poland China, most
likely.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26
this Time

S@OOS S142S A11~
9 Some men swear off for New
Years day, and some among the
bills forget the "off" part of it.
g Some men wear suspenders which
fair hands have decorated and
thank heaven that tailors invented
waistcoats.
g Some generous women are Won
dering why their husbands new
smoking jacket smells like a singed
boiled dinner.
g Some men are in the cellar fitting
the gay bands of wife's holiday
cigars laboriously upon surrepti-
tious substitutes and meditating on
the rubber industry.
q Some girls are wondering whether
he gave her the ring this year, and
whether he considers THAT a
Christmas gift.
g Some neighbors are wishing that
little Willie might wax in strength;
he can't hit the head Of the drum
quite hard enough yet.
Some little maids know more
than they did about the internal
anatomy of dolls and woolly lambs,
and weep amid the sawdust.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

In the days Of women's rights it 10
claimed that the city streets will be
lighted by sewing-machine power
with the men at the pedals.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

Now gold is getting scarce. Trou.
bles are certainly multiplying on this
poor planet.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

The Chicken flip" is the latest SO.
ciety dance. Sounds more like a new
kind of a drink.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

Many divorces, it must be conceded,
are exemplifications of the old saying,
Easy come, easy co."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

the summer and the
autumn.
The ancient Egyp-
tians and Persians
began the new year
at the autumnal equi-
nox, September %,
and the Greeks in
the time of Solon-
after whom every
rural lawmaker has
called himself ever
since-at the winter
solstice, December
81. The Romans be-
gan the year with
the winter solstice
until Caesar chang
ed it to January 1.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

A teacher says she believes in rul-
Ing children with love ever if it has
to be applied with a ruler.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

A Columbia university professor
says that vacations are not necessary.
Neither are some professors.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

The Japanese are eating beef SO
that they'll grow tall. Probably be-
Ieve the price will aid.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

New Year was.
ushered in with a
shout of "Wel.
comet" and the
first human in.
comer was watch
ed for with much
%eagerness, a WON.
an visitor being
thought - rather
ungallantly to
bring ill-luck; a
l~ight-haired man
was also regarded
with much dis
favor. In Lanca,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

When the farmer comes to town in
his auto he makes the city chap step
lively.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

The automobile may be the ambi-
t1ous goal of many, but the horse
show still draws the clothes.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

Masculine fashion plates interest
nobody. No one even glances at
them if he can avoid it.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

Will some one kindly step to the
front and explain why is the word
classy? .
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

The New Year.
Who knows what opportunity may
come to us this year? Let us live in
a great spirit, then we shall be ready
for a great occasion.-Dean Hodges.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

1t has been ruled in Oregon that
jur1es must be comprised only Of men.
Just what Interpretation does the
court put on the word "peers?"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11

cratic victory. Taft is the candi- date of the forces of privilege and re- action. His leadership will mean that the great progressive Republican vote will be cast for the Democratic par ty. This is significant because it shows that the line of political cIsav- age runs to-day not betweeen parties. pected that the friends of privilege in the Democratic party will vote for the Republican candidate, just as the Re publican progressives will vote for the licans nominate a progressive. like LaFollette, the outlook for Demo . cratic victory w,I still be bright. be- cause the party candidates will then stand on equal ground before the in dependent voters, but the Republican party will be subjected to such a di' vision within itself as overlook the Democratic party in 1896.
 Since 1896 the Democratic party has found itself. It is again united to perform it's historic function as the party of the plain people, and it will meet an organization torn by inter necine strife. divided in all it's coun- sels, undetermined which half shall exterminate the other-whether plu- tocracy shall score victory over pro- gross, or progress drive privilege from the field.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
THE LATE RICHARD T. CRANE

Richard T. Crane. who has just died in Chicago in the eighty-firs year Of his age, was representative of the type of American who emerg- ed from the ranks to become a. cap tain of industry, during the period when manufactures were rapidly d..
 veloping. He was such a man as the modern system of trusts and com binations has made impossible. He was the creator and master of his own business. not as 2 fnancier by power Of the purse, but as an actual producer and builder. A man of great mental power. he was the avow- ed enemy. not of education. but of the education of the middle ages, which 10 large extent the modern Univer- sity dispenses. The so-called aca- dernic training reflects the ideals of the Greek philosophers who regarded
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
PROSPECTS, FOR DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
 IN NATIONAL ELECTION BRIGHT INDEED

Prospects have seldom looked brighter for Democratic victory in the nation. The session of the Dem ocratic- National Committee in Wash ington developed that the preponder- ance of sentiment is in favor of the nomination of Governor Woodrow wilson of New Jersey, who is an ad- vanced progressive, a man of unusual ability and possessed of the eonfi- dence of the masses of the American people.
 Undoubtedly the Democratic party has not entirely shaken itself free Of the elements that would make it an organ of pIutocracy, but it has re- duced this portion of the party or ganization to ordination, and is much freer of corporate influence and domination than the Republican
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
TIE IMPORTANCE OF THE STATE GRANGE
 IN TEACHING THE FARMERS COOPERATION

more on the same land and at less cost. In performing this task it does a work of unspeakable value. for the measure of a countrys pros perity is in the last analysis what its soil will produce to feed and cloth its people.
 The population is increasing rapid fly. It is necessary that the produc- tive power of the soil should keep pace. The Grange is helping it to do so. The Grange is making farm ing science instead of haphazarG occupation. All farmers should be- long to the Grange, and all farmers should assist, the Grange in working out the fullest measure of co-opera- tion with, and without. the assistance of Legislation, for the fullest co-op- eration cannot be accomplished. with out state supervision and assistance.
 !. As an immediate, demand the far mers should ask for just taxation They are now paying a portion~to the support of the state that is far too large to be equitable, as Former Mas ter Healy indicated in his address.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11

Many bodies representing many in terests Have met in Bridgeport. But none have ever been more welcome than the Connecticut State Grange, and none have ever discussed matters more important to the state, than those which it is the function of the Grange to consider. There are 26,S15 farms in Connecticut, mostly in pos session of their owners. although the percentage of tenant and renting far naAfg is not as small as might be wished These farms have a value of $15e, ,39s.0 with their live stock and equipment. They are manufac- turfng establishment in which the owner laboFs with his own. hands at an industry upon which all other in dustrfes are based.
 These farmers wiring an incommen- snrate compensation from a difficult soil, and the advantages of such CO., operation as the Grange offers is of immense importance to them and to everybody else.
 The Grange among it's other duties teaches the farmer how he can raise
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
Bride Of Twenty
 Weeds Aged Man
Miss Matte Walker MarrieS Lumber Msgnate in South
 NorwaIk

South Iorwalk, Jam 11-At Cherry Dale Farm, seven miles north of here, Miss Matte Laura Walker, the twen- ty year old daughter of MT. and Mrs. E1wood Van Wyck Kneeland, distant- ly related the Van Wycks of New York, married last evening Elijah Marshall Allen. "A years old. a lum- Der exporter of 72 Trinity Place The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Howell, pastor of St. Paul s church, South Norwalk.
 The family of the bride and the friends of the bridegroom left the Grand Central Station in a special car as the guests of MT. Allen, yes terday afternoon and were carried from South NOrwalk station in dog en automobiles to Cherry Dale Farm. Shortly after o'clock the bride, wear ing a white satin gown and veil. and carrying white flowers, entered the drawing room with her bridesmaids, Miss Mildred Lum and Miss Florence Williams, and her maid of honor, Miss Florence Edwards of Brooklyn.
 Among the guests were ex-Mayor and Mrs. Robert A. Van Wyck and Miss Dorothy Van Wyck: MT. and Mrs. Henry Craft of Long Island; MT. and Mrs. Cochran of New York and Paducah. Ky, and Mr. Hippolyte Hardy of New York
 The bride, who is the granddaughter of John Austin of Kentucky. famous as a breeder os thoroughbred horses, was born in Kentucky. Though "A years old the bridegroom is still skill ful as a jiu-jitsu wrestler and is a great traveller.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11

philosophy. The report of the tariff, Board on Schedule K is the proof oi that. Yet habit chatters on, uncon- scious that all the highways which it formerly trayersed have sunken from beneath it's feet.
 The schedules on wool in the Al. drich bill made competition in wool in this country impossible. Schedule K represented the exaltation of the wool barons, and it removed cloth ing of wool from the reach of most of the people. Schedule K was the apptheosis of legislative graft. It had no Justification but greed, and no support except from the friends of the greedy. Congressman Hill vot- ed for it, befriended it, supported it in season and out. C
 Nevertheless his tongue runs 4s glibly upon the tariff as before. At tribute the, fauIt to habit Con- gressman Hill is an intelligent man. He knows that his views upon the tariff are soundly discredited. He knows that silence upon the tariff would be wisest. But it is the one topic upon which he must speak. He can't help it Such is the force of habit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
HABIT DRIVES MIR HILL TO KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT THE TARIFF; HE SA
 SMART MAN AND KNOWS HE SHOULDN'T

Men are. creatures of habit Hab- it iss natures method of conserving energy. aoIt Is a good thing in it's piaee 1t saves tho trouble of think ing about everything. But habit has ,itg disadvantages. The daily cigar becomes a dozen cigars a day. The morning bracer magnihes into per petua1 Hnagnums. Men "set the habft'' and keep on smoking and drinking long after wisdom and tenn peranee demand a change.
 So it is with Ebenezer T. Hill, the Congressman from the Fourth Dis uict. A great many years ago he forne -dthe habit of talking por- .dereusay about the tariff, espec- ia4ly about the tariff on hemp and ute And he keeps on doing it. one Of the framers of the AIdrich tssIiEc baII. which drought the nation tas thesedge of revolution, he was a defender of that bill when it had no friends except its benAhciaries. He remains a defender of that bill after it has beeen repudiated by the co4n- try and yet he continues to talk pondsrously about the tariff.
 But tIas tariff he talks about now is not based upon the same principles, and does not measure to the same
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11

knowledge as degraded th- .--st&nt il was put to secular use. Crane de- handed education which fits men for some useful work. He did not be- Iieve that long delving into dead phil osophies was a good training for Am erican youth. His ideas of what ed- ucation ought to be were like these of advanced pedagogues. He dis carded the medieval past, and de
 nanded education for the present and the future. His was the sort of thought that has produced the edu cationaI system of Germany the most practical and useful in the world.
 Bridgeport felt an especial interest in MT. Crane because of his connec- ton with one of the city's principle industries. He was a man of rara executive ability. a good employer and devoted citizen.