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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13

This is an operate star who is
appearing in vaudeville in New York
at a salary of $1,000 a week. Who the
woman IS is mystery. Whenever
an operate star goes into vaudeville
it kills her career in grand opera But
the $4,000 lure was too much for this
woman, one of Americas greatest
singers according to her manager),
ant. she, took the vaudeville engage
ment. She conceals her identity on
the stage with a mask, in order that
she may 90 back to grand opera
when the vaudeville engagement ter
inmates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
MET BAD WEATHER.
Ship Reaches Dock With Only Few
Pounds of Coal.

New York, Dec. 13.-Bufeted at sea
by what her captain declared was the
worst weather he had ever encoun-
tered the German steamer Pennoil,
bound from Rotterdam to Philadel-
phia, is coaling here today. She had
only few pounds of coal in her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13

they did not contemplate carrying the
We're made and declared as a matte, of
contract they We're not obliged to accept
packages weighing more than four
pounds.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
Resi- Non-resi-
TO MOVE STOCK
Firm Will Remove About September
Into New Quarters Now
Being Rrmodcllcd

r. G. Zuelsdorf and company will
move into tho Platky building. which
is now being remodellcd. he last of
August or the first of September. The
building will be fitted up in fine
shape with IL so foot show window in
front and the same size on kittson.
This will give two entrances to the
store, ono on Third street and the
other on the avenu Zuelsdorf oc-
cupied this building some time aso
but moved out because there was not
sufficient light and space.
The length of the store will be 122
feet. This will give abou twice the
DON hat there was before II AS a
result the firm will he able to handle
With a larger volume of business the
company will also increase the
amount of help. Some time in the
lear future a sale will he held at the
present location in the Neils block on
DeMers and in this way the present
stock will he all sold II an entirely
new stock of goods will he put into
the new store.
Z%uelsdorf and company is a ladies'
store n the three principal lines
are dry goods. millinery and ready
to veal garments.
Another advantage in moving is the
fact that new fixtures and a complete
new lighting system will be acquired.
The finest kind of lights will be used
in the show windows and in the in
terror of the store. Before the store
vas very badly lighted in the day
time, while after it is remodelled the
lighting will be perfect day and night
During the day prism lights on the
kittson avenue side, on Third stree
n in the back of the building will
| supply sufficient light.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
(By a Staff Correspondents,

Fargo. n. D., July 26.-Farm boys
eager to learn modern methods in
agriculture listened to Thomas
Cooper, director of the Better Farm
ing association Of North Dakota. at
the state fair grounds yesterday af-
ternoon. Mr.. Cooper's talk dealt with
opportunities in agriculture. His adj
dress was the feature of the day at
the farm boys ensalnpment whirh is
being conducted at the fair by the
Better Farming association.
Mr.. Cooper advised the boys to
take up that work to which they
are best suited and to not think that
they would never make good off the
farm simply because they had been
brought up in the country. He eau
toned the INTO be sure that the work
they did take hold of. If they de-
Icided to leave the farm. would pay
them better and would bring in more
money than farming before they
made the step from the country into
the city.
Director Cooper's talk was prac-
teal from start to finish. He worked
on a North Dakota farm when he was
sixteen years old and received wages
OF SIT a month. He knew whereof
he spoke when he ~catalogued what
Elements the farm offers the boy who
wants to get, ahead and lay aside
some money. Mr.. Cooper called at
tention to the fact that the average
man engaged in city trades is not
making, over 5000 to $1,000 a year
while the man on the farm who APP
plies himself and learns as he works
is living better and making consider
ably more money annually.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
INSTALLATION ON SUNDAY
At That Time Former Mountain Man
Will BE Installed in First Luz
theran Church Here.

Next Sunday morning at 1910
o'clock Rev. IL. Is. Thorgirmson will
be installed as pastor OF the First Lu-
theran church of Grand Forks. The
new pastor ONE here with his fam
lily from Mountain. n. D.. and is locat-
ed in the church parsonage on Fourth
avenue. President Hendrickson of the
northwestern district will he here to
do the installing.
Rev. H. b. Thorgrimson. who re-
Gently accepted the p%astorate of the
be formally installed by President
Hendrickson of the northwestern dis
trict. Sunday morning at the usual
service hour. 1910 a. IN. Mr.. Thor
crimson and family arrived in the city
last Saturday from Mountain, their
former home, and nave already talk
en- up their residence in the church
parsonage on Fourth
For nearly a quarter of a century
Rev. Thorgrimson has served as pas
tor in the Icelandic congregations at
Mountain. Akra and Svold IL Pembina
county. While of lcelandic birth, he
breaches in English and Norwegian
as the occasion may demand. with
equal f1ueney. as in his native tongue.
Mr.. Thorgrimson has occupied a
among his people and has for a num-
! her of years led a large choir at Noun
tain, an organization that has attract
ed a great deal of attention away
fl ON horne on account of its efficiency.
MIR. Thorgrimson himself is a SPLEEN
did singer. as are other members of
his family, and their removal here
! will mean a substantial acquisition to
the musical circles of Grand Forks.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
OPPORTUNITIES Of FARM AND CITY LIFE
FOR FARM BOYS CAND|Dly CON1RAS7ED
The haphazard method Of farmin

The %haphazard method Of farming
is rapidly passing. the speaker con-
tended. and the farmer of today is
developing into a business man as
we'll as an ~up-to-dare agriculturist.
Mr.. Cooper predicted a bright fut-
ure for the real farm boy and said
that the day is approaching when the
farm will have to have an expert
manager to look after the marketing
of produce and the purchase of sup
plies and equipment just as the big
business house has today. He urged
the boys to operate their own farms
because there is where the oppor-
tunities are. The better farming
man told the boys Of an acquaintance
of his who had worked in a city on
a small salary. had given up his po-
sition to go or a farm and in less
up agricultural work had doubled his
income and is now living as we'll as
one could wish. and a whole lot bet
ter than the majority of people live
even in the cities. This was one case,
MIR. Cooper said. where pluck and
ambition to o to something had
Won out.
Another interesting speaker at the
farm boys encampment was General
Manager Smithwick of the American
Steel and Wire company. He told the
boys abou the advantages of wire
fencing and the eradication Of weeds.
His talk was accompanied by stere-
opticon views.
This morning the boys turned in
their stories of the encampmcnt, the
one writing the best story to be
awarded a prize of $50. given by the
Better Farming association.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
AMUNDS0N
WILL LECTURE
H. Bendeke Signed. Contract
to Bring Noted Explorer
Scientists to this City.

II. Bendeke announced today that
Capt. Roald Amundsen. discoverer of
the South pole. will appear in Grand
Forks some time next March to give
an Illustrated lecture on his trip to
the South pole. Lee keedick. mana
ger for Capt. Amundsen. was here
this week and made arrangements
with MIR. Bendeke to bring the great
scientist here. The people all over
this country are very anxious to hear
and see the explorer and the expense
of. bringing him here will be quite an
item. MIR. Bendeke agreed that Capt.
Amundsen would get a certain
amount Of honey in order to bring
him here to lecture and he has al.
ready made the guarantee himself
and signed the contract. Citizens of
Grand Forks should come to Mr..
Bendeke's aid and help him make up
the sum guaranteed by him. This
can be done by buying tickets for the
lecture.
Capt. Amundsen is n Of the
greatest explorers of his time. He
not only discovered the northwest
passage, but in December last he
startled the world by his daring dash
and discovery Of the South pole. At
present he is delivering his great lee
ture in foreign countries. He is
speaking in German, French, Nor
wegian and English. He will arrive
in America in January and will de-
liver his first lecture before the Ma
tional Geographical society who are
planning upon decorating him with
the honorary medal. He will re-
ceive $1,000 for the Washington lee
ture. He will then appear in New
York, Boston and other. eastern cities
after which he, will come west. Thus
far contracts have been signed at
Fargo, Grand Forks and Devils Lake.
A complete moving picture outfit was
carried to the South pole and most
pictures were taken. The
lecture would be one of the greatest.
ever heard here and it is hoped that
the necessary support can be secured
for Mr.. Amundsen's ~ppearance
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
INDICATE
GOOD LEAD FOR
S70RK $3.50.
During Month of June There
Was 638 More Birth than
Deaths'i in North Dakota.

According. to. the monthly bulletin
just issued . by the state board Of
health the Grim Reaper was easily
distanced in the June race with the
Stork. The figures show that there
were s31 births during that month.
while there We're only 293 deaths.
Cass county carried off the highest
figures. for both births and deaths.
there being So of the former and 90
of the latter. Grand Forks was Sec
ond with As births and 81 deaths.
The bulletin also contained the vital
statistics for. seven of the largest cit
les for the year ending June 80. 1912.
Both tho resident and nonresident
deaths are considered in making up
the deaths statistics. Bismarck
heads the list with a resident death
rate of only SO thousand population.
while jamestown has a record OF
over twice as many. The records of
tically the same, the former having a
rate of 10:5 and the latter of1O.s.
Grand Forks reported 312 births for
the year. while. Fargo reported 26S.
The latter city had n resident death
of 1873 and Grand Forks of 1872.
During the month of June. 1912.
there We're four cases of tuberculosis
reported and one death resulting frou.
this disease. T~wenty-nine cases of
of diphtheria. twenty-twoof scarlet
fever, twenty-six measles. and nine of
whooping cough We're also reported,
but no deaths resulted from any of
them.
Following is a. table showing the
births and deaths for each county
during the month of June:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26

.earthward and shoot upward after
top speed is secured. Sometimes. when
Kolb climbs back to get on his ira
peze an air-pocket or gust of wind
Tits the machine backward and there
is Imminent danger of a fall. If this
happens Kolb must make a quick
move front-ward to balance the aero
plane, while soaring thousands of feet
In midair. A misstep, a wrong move.
misjudgment in cutting the rubber
bands. any of these mistakes will send
both men to the ground and almost
certainly to their death, so the deli
cateness Of the feat, which will be put
on every day at the Grand Forks fair
can he seen from a mere picturing in
ones mind Of the horrifying leap in
midair.
plane in space. before he cuts the
r%ubbers. the parachute drops from
her while going alta high ate of
speed. Naturally the silk bag then
Fails sideways and there is one
chance in ten Of its righting itself so
the air car catch the umbrella shap-
ed apparatus and spread 1t out and let
the professor to earth easily. Should
the bag go out of the casing at. too
much of ain angle. Kolk will have to
jerk his trapeze ropes while falling
In an endeaNof to right the bag. This
happened to Balloon Red" as he is
professionally known. in st. Louis.
when he was perfecting the feat with
DIR. Bell. They had broker up sever
al hundred sand bags perfecting the
stunt and Kolb, on "a quiet day, made
his first leap. Bells hand slipped
just a particle on the controlling lever
and Kolb started to fall sideways, APP
parently to death and destruction.
Presence of Mind
But he had fallen from too many
balloons in his ten years experience in
the game, to lose his head i'm the air,
"aed" jerked and jerked on the ira
peze bar. finally Tapping the great
canvas out SO the air caught M he
foated to safety. The next time the
men did the act without a hitch and
from then on the parachute jump has
times can it be done without a mis-
|hap?"' =.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
SPECIAL PRIZES ARE
AWARDED At FARGO

Fargo. N. D., July 2s-special
prizes in the cattle division were
awarded here this afternoon. The
silver service presented by the Mer-
chants hotel Of st. Paul for the best
young nerd OF beef cattle. any breed.
was won by w. w. Brown of Armenia.
n. D.. The silver trophy cup offered
by the Minneapolis Civic and Com
mercial association for the grand
champion female all dairy breeds.
North Dakota only. was awarded to
ply cup offered by the Duluth Com
mercial club for sweepstakes to the
youngest dairy herd was won by the
Johnston Stock Larm company of Ma
rion, N. D.
h special prize offered by the
f1oistein Breeders association for the
youngest herd. North Dakota only
was awarded to the johnston stock
Farm Co. of Marion.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
.MESTASCH TO FLY
m FROM FARGO HERE
IN HIS


George Mestach, who will Ay
> In his monoplane at the Grand
Forks fair next week, will prob
. ably come to Grand Forks Sun.
= day or Monday by the aerial
= route. Regarding the proposed
= trip the Fargo Courier. News Of
: this morning had the following TO
: say:
II present plans materialize H.
. Is possible that George Mcstach.
= who fs flying at the state fair. this
= week, will make an aerial trim
' from this city to Grand Forks
= next Sunday or Monday. Mes.
= tach will fly at the Grand Forks
= county fair next week.
The French aviator who is now
= operating his monoplanc in Far.
= go. is the first man to ever re.
. ceive an appointment from the
> United States; government to cur.
~ mail via the 'airship route. and
= nc will carry q letter from Mayor =
. Sweet OF Fargo to Mayor Muir.
= ply of Grand Forks In the event
. he makes the long distance flight
= as planned the first of the week.
" During the aviation meet ut
= New Orleans Mestach wa an
= pointed by Postmaster General
: Hitchcock to carry the mail be. i
" tween New Orleans and Baton
= Rouge, and this Inc accomplished 1
= on schedule time. =. !
s.e&s 800 . . 80 .
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
PARACHUTE JUMPER AND HIS AVIATOR
BOTH FACE BIG DANGER IN DARING FEAT
DR.. Bell, When Weight of Man is Released From, Machine
Must Make Some Quick Moves to Keep His Balance
in Midair-Parach ute at Bad Angle.

When Professor G.. A. Kolb and
DR.. Bell perform their daring para
chute Jump from an aeroplane at the
Grand Forks fair mex week, proba-
bly, nine-tenths of the people will be
watching Kolb's body go falling with
his parachute, and not give a second
thought TO- the aviator left in. midair
TO guide the monster aeroplane safely
10 terra firrna.
But the fact remains that the feat
is practically as dangerous for the
man driving the aeroplane as for Kolb
VINO makes the swing leap into space.
Here is the way things are arranged
n the part each mar takes in the
spectacular spectacle.
DR.. Bell. driving the machine, sits
about thirty feet back of the propel-
Tor. It being located in front. Be
tween him n the propeller, Kolb
takes his station. When the machine
reaches the desired height, Kolb
climbs down q beam, made for the
occasion to where the parachute is
neatly folded in a big tin apparatus,
made funnel-shaped. kolb craps his
trapeze and swings into space. DIR.
Bell points his aeroplane down and
then when he is going at a high rate
or speed shoots her upward. AS the
machine mounts he turns downward
again and right ut this point the ma
chine is almost standing still in the
air.
Fights to Keep Balance.
Then the dangerous part comes.
When the machine. is poised. Bell
swings his foot. on which is attached
a scythe like knife blade. This sewers
two big rubber bands, which hold the
parachute n Professor Kolb sus-
pended and the man and big silk bag
go hurting earthward-safely or not,
nobody can tell. -.
DR.. Bell. when he swings his foot
and cuts the rubber bands leans
away back in the machine to osffet
the dropping of the 200 pounds which
include the combined weight Of Kolb
n the parachute. Oftentimes the
jar of the man leaving the machine
throws 1T forward, and then the only
remedy to secure a balance Is to dive
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
U OF DEVILS
LAKE WANTS TO
MAKE AIR DIVE

Tom Slutz, a wealthy restaurant
owner Of Devils Lake, is anxious
to make the parachute jump from
the aeroplane with DR.. Bell at the
Grand Forks fair next week. r..
g. kenworthy of the Kenworthy
Aeroplane Exhibition company Is
IN that city today, arranging to
bring the big machine here to-
morrow or Sunday, and Slutz has
been negotiating with him all day
to make the drop at least one Of
the days and have Professor Kolb
perform the balance of the time.
Slutz is retired blloon jumper.
For yeras he has been in the Sa-
tanic city and has made a pile of
money there. Last week when
DR.. Bell flew. Slutz took a ride
with him and that revived his
aerial fever" and now the Devils
Lake man will not be satisfied un-
til he tries the dangerous stunt
from the aeroplane. He is also
negotiating to buy the. little. Ken
worthy Curtis biplane. now at the
fair grounds in this city. Slutz
has no commercial objects in
his aerial ambitions, but is going
In merely for the sport he antici-
pates getting out of his proposed
ventures. .
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
WARDENS ARE
APPOINTED At
vs.: FARGO
Leet of Aneta and Bjorke Of
Abercrombia Get the
+. Annual Jobs.

The North Dakota state game and
fish board of control. which has beer
in session at::Fargos for the .pastftwt
days. this morning appointed Their
deputy game wardens for the coming
year and season. The annual district
wardens appointed were O.. S. Lee of
Aneta for the northern district, and
Olaf Bjorke of Abercrombie for the
southern district. These two men
were. reappointed and held their Office
for a year.
The extra wardens appointed were
j. f. Duis of Devils Lake. D.,A. Kra-
mer of Eelva and j. Doersher of Will
liston for the northern district and ].
e. Hughes of Dickinson and John
Handtman of Mandan for the south
crn district. The third deputy Of the
southern district will be- selected in
the nea future.
Present at the meeting were j. r.
Lamb of Michigan. w. E. Byerly of
Felva and T. D. Casey of Dickinson,
members of the state board, and the
two chief game wardens. E. H. stem
wick of Minot and Fred Mclean of
Fargo. Olaf Bjorke of Abercrombie
and o. S. Lee of Aneta, the annual
.wardens, were also at the sessions of
the board.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
CONSIDERABLE HARM DONE
insect Pest Has Been Dom" Much
b'i'la=" III North Dakota .\c-
c"ltiin@ To Expert.

"Conoerning the insect that is re-
ported as doing damage to wheat in
most parts Of the state. | will say thar
W" nave not Vet been able TO deter
MIN" IN" species and probably will no
De ahle TO do so till We have an op-
rum 10 rear some of them" said
Prof. {. f. Waldron. entomosolist al
'he North Dakota experimental sta
tIon, Yesterday.
TN" larvae or erubs have for the
most part left the injured stalks. but
succeeded in finding some of them.
ih"N ar" Very minute. are no the
ties%lan fly. and their work does not
seem to correspond with that Of other
wheat insects OF which We have A rec
ord.
II have just been examining the
he!ds in Bowman coUntH. also in Penn
hina. TIL" damage there probably
does not exceed : rer cent Of the en-
tire crop, though in places il runs as
high a. - per cent shah visit some
'"f tn" more badly infected regions this
week to get further data"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26

Jus as the observation-disclosures other,
natlons--tausht them the science of
modern war prior to the Eussia-Jap-
anese miX-up. And no figures as to
Japans activity in this building line
are available. In the last year the
aernplanc has been used to great adj
vantage in four wars, and its use has
heen amply Demonstrated even to the
ordinary RIM intelligence.
since TINS is so. and we are at
least equal in brain power to other
ha'iohS, there is every reason to hope
'nat TN" native manufacturer of aero
Piai'"5 VIII he encouraged by news of
an appropriation for the establishment
OF an ~ad"nuat" %acroplane corps and
equipment. Airships are indispensa-
Die IN var. therefore we should have
them.
'"tntis'icians are not lacking to
prove by their figures that air sailing
is not extra hazardous. The Aero
Ii,'h ~ France shows that for 100,0 900
kl'"h'"'crS flown in 1911 there has
"eeh hi' one death. While in the pre-
Vlous period the rat" VAS enc death
10 every 10000 kil~mctors. To the
average ohlooked the risks seem TO he
lmurh greater than in any form of
Christian %rndeaVor. In the same
Peflod III Franc" there were made
1000 cf"ss-countrN flights. and H.
l'"'Nil-'iS were Carried while
the total disianc" flown was nearly
@;'oo' 90" kilometcrs. Also a new an
-" of The game is disclosed by an
rf'GllSh III" Insurance ornpanv,s ac-
'i"h IN advertising business among
aViators. '
.fiishts at parks and meets in this
,"u"'FE during th" present season
HINr SHOWN n" dimlnmtion "f public.
interest. When ~li""kwith Nayens
ne" across; lond Island Sourd with
passenger in his Curtis 'Triad" rv-
u~I"-"er"planc. more than 100000 Dno-
l'l" Gath"rod to soc him and rennrts
rom an "ther flights report III. sama
STORY of public interest. The tivinc
events ~ This summer should helm 10
create sill more. The Gortor-lFon-
nett trophy Will I've flown for here.
,ar!H IN s"ntember with thc interna-
,iohai circuit If about 1,S0o mills
I~inIhediately th"re9ftcY for y mr.,
nflze OF $4,000 and others for passon-
ger carving. wireless demonstrations
machine, etc"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
GOVERNMENT AFTER
: DEVILS LAKE
PAPER
Socialist Cali May be Call
ed" for Roasting the
State Militia.

The Devils Lake Call, a socialist
organ. printed in that city. is. under
inspection by the United States gov
eminent. accordine to advfces re-
ceived in Grand Forks this afternoon.
While the state militia was in en-
campment at Devils Lake the Call is
said to have published a vitriolic at
tack on the militia in general, the Of
ficers and even the Boy Scouts, al
leging and limiting at many things
which indicated that things were not
right in militia circles.
AS a result of the article Major
Frame has made a report to the Of
ficials at Washington. recommending
that something be done in regard to
the matter. 1t is likely that govern
ment officials will make an investi-
cation, although just what is going
to be done is as We. a matter Of con-
lecture.
Grand Forks members of the en-
campment stated this afternoon that
they were unjustly scored in the Call
and would be pleased to see some
thing done about the matter.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26

Croolston Times: Harold Anslim
of Grand Forks. arrived in the city
this noon on the Northern Pacific
and Will be the guest of friends until
this evening. when he will go to the
lake. He Will be a guest at the
Lakeside hotel until after Sunday,
and will stop here a few days enroute
home.