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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
Educate Through Motion
Pictures,

That schools and social centers all
over the country ought to make use of
motion pictures, instead of leaving this
potent of means educating and socializ-
ing men to the exploitation Of CONNER
call interests, which may turn them into
an instrument of evil rather then good.
the views expressed by John Collier. are
of New York, of the National Board Of
Censorship of Motion Pictures. in a
bulletin issued by the extension division
of the University Of Wisconsin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
Unusal Mortality Record.

The Chronicle The year 1912 thus
far, has made an unusually record of
mortality for the city of Dodgeville.
In less than four months the Chronicle
has been called upon to publish the
deaths of thirteen citizens of the city
alone. OF these all We're persons of
middle age or tending toward old age.
Last year there were but twenty one
deaths during the entire twelve
months
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02

In some Of their actions monkeys
than instinct. Darwin describes n trick
played on monkey TO show its inteIIi-
gence. LumpS Of sugar wrapped in IA
sugar live wasp was substituted, but
after meeting with nm unpleasant cXpc.
rience from the wasp the monkey put
the next package TO his ear to learn If
1t might be safely opened. This action
and considerable wisdom and had dis
covered that wasp buHzcS when
wrapped In paper-St. Nicholas.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
Why Stars Twinkle.

Who can tell why 1t is that the stars
sometimes seem to twink and win
kle, as one small boy says, more than
at others? And why do they twinkle
anyway? The reason they twinkle Is
that their light pierces through many
different heated and moving currents
or air. which makes the light reach
our eyes In crooked or twinkling line
instead OF straight and steady one.
Wise men tell us that much twinkling
foretells bad weather, because 1t shows
that the currents OF air are much dis
turbed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02

In hotly contested election at the
University of Wisconsin last week,
Arthur Hallam, Sioux City, Ia, and
Wallace L. BRANDED, Milwaukee, were
elected general chairman and business
manager respectively of the 1914 Bad
ger, the annual published by the junior
class of the university. Young Hal
lam, parents formally lived in the town
of Linden, Iowa county.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
Little Girl Injured.

Sun Republic: Sarah Rabinovitz,
aged years daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. Rabinovitz of Dodgeville was
seriously injured Wednesday afternoon
at about five o'clock, The little girl was
playing in the Junk" wagon and the
horses bolted, throwing her to the
ground. The wheels of the wagon ran
over her back just below the shoulder
blades and caused serious injury.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
Sians Of Snrinu.

Mothers mending pockets.
Sisters trying to sew,
Lest the flaws" and classics"
Through the corners go:
SwarminE all the sidewalks,
Big round Dummies" deep.
Whore the rolling marbles
Swift to cover creep.
Little hived up dollles
Out to take the air:
Merry hoops a-rolling.
Zigzag, hero and there;
Children saying Pepper"
Fast as rope can swing
BY these signs OF springtimo
You may know tbs spring.
Youths Communion
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
True Heads Nevada Station.

Prof. Gordon H. True a son of John
M. True, Baraboo, and graduate of
the College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin in 1894, has just
been appointed director of the Nevada
Agricultural Experiment Station, at
Reno. Prof. True is at the head of the
department of animal husbandry of the
Nevada College of Agriculture.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
Fined for Illegal Fishing.

Platteville Journal Game Warden
Storrs was here Thursday and caught
parties who had seines on little Platte
for fish. He destroyed the seines and
the parties were fined $50 and costs.
He then went to Livingston for parties
who had been fishing with dynamite.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
Tho Nav SneiIinn

What are these words containing
five letters which can be expressed In
two:
A compositions s 4.
Decrepitudcg n X.
An English county? SIX.
To surpass? y l..
\ girls name? |. y.
Another girls Christian uamep KIT.
Requires repleniShiug? IT.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
Shehoygan Cheese Prices.

Sheboygan, Apr. 90: Thirty six fac
tories offered 2,868 boxes of cheese
on the call board today and all sold as
follows: 70 twins at 153c, 81 cases
Young Americas at 15!c, 20 at 15gc,
444 at 154c, so daisies at 154c, 2O59
cases longhorns at 15c, and 1870 boxes
square prints at 154c The market
was quite active.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
Clean ThOrOuoblv

Marinette Eagle Star: The best way
to swat the fly is to clean up thoroughly
and make your premises particularly
unattractive to the pesky insect.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
WORKING THE SAME GRAFT
WITH STARK CANDIDATES

The editor Of the Steele Ozone is in
quest of the whereabouts of one w. H.
Smethurst, for while editor of the
defunct Sterling Star Smethurst left q
number of bills unpaid which are caus-
ing Editor Wood considerable trouble
and he wonld like very much to have q
heart to heart talk with the aforesaid
Smethurst. We Imagine that there are
some in the capital CITY with the same
longing, as the worthy scamp priced
several candidates loose from a ten dol
lar bill in return for which the Star wat
to boost their candidacy into the lime.
light or starlight. but as far as that
publication is concerned they are labor
ing in darkness blacker than the river
Styx.-McKenzie Gazette.
The Gazette errs in that we are wor.
ried over Smethurst' bills. We hat
nothing to do with any business deals
he made. nor with the Star after he hat
assumed charge. But we would like the
Office keys, if he can't pay the rent.
Steele Ozone.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
TERRIBLE SEA DISASTER
1912 PERSONS DROWNED
Mrs. Chaee Saved But H. Chafee of Armenia N Went
with the Vessel Greatest Sea Disaster Record Men of Ma
tional Prominence Missing Titanic Making First Trip
Across Atlantic Largest Vessel Ever Built

The Titanic, by far the largest vessel
afloat, lies at the bottom of the Atlantic
ocean just south of the Grand Banks
of Newfoundland ana 600 miles south.
east of Halifax. The great vessel was
broken by ice beres and sank at about
2 O'Clock a. m. on Monday. carrying
about 1, 312 people to their death.
The Titanic of the White Star line
was making her first trip across the
Atlantic from Southampton to New
York. She was four times as large as
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. which
ten years ago was the largest and fast
est vessel in the service.
About two hours after the Titanic
struck the enormous ice berg, it had
gone to the bottom with all the passen-
GERS except about S75. mostly women
and children, that clung to the life
boats and were afterwards rescued by
the Steamer Carpathia. Many men
of great prominence were on board.
John Jacob Astor. is among the mis-
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
BEFORE ADAMS TIME
OUR PETRIFlED BONES


A great many peculiar petrified bones
have been excavated in this part of the
state from time to time. A description
of the petrjfed bones found by l..
Howard near his home in the Bad
Lands, in the vicinity of Marmarth,
was sent to the Smithsonian institute
for classification. The ones and also
the scales which were found in the
same place were examined by c. w.
Gilmore, assistant curator of fossil rep
tiles, who has furnished the following
information:
The specimen is q. piece Of the upper
shell Of q fossil turtle known as adocus.
The large pile mentioned probably
represent broken upper parts of the tur-
tie shells. The larger ones lying un-
der them are. in all probability, the
limb bones Of some Of the huge extinct
reptiles known as dinosaurs.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20

sing but Mrs. Astor was saved. H. F.
Chaffee of North Dakota is also unac-
counted for while Mrs. Chaffee il
among the rescued.
Dispatches have the following con.
cerning Mr.. Chaffee:
/ II. F. Chaffee. who lost his life in the
Titanic disaster, was one of the wealth.
lest men in the state. He carried life
insurance to the amount of S161, $50.
This was distributed as follows: Mutt.
ual Life of New York, $9l, ITO; Pennsyl.
vania Mutual Life $50, 600; Fidelity
Mutual Life. $40. 1000.
OF the amount carried by Chaffee in
the Mutual Life SIS. 600 was in one
policy which Chaffee took out March 7tt
Of last year.
He owned "a, 900 acres of land, all
in Cass county and was the owner o1
number of elevators. stores and banks.
Mr.. Chaffee gained considerable no.
toriety some years ago through the
famous gold brick swindle Of which hi
wa the victim.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
Two made GETAWAY
... FROM REFORM SCHOOL

Wednesday afternoon of last week N.
P. officials captured Lester Varnum,
who escaped from the Mandan reforma-
tory, just as he was about to board a
westbound train. He escaped from the
school about midnight or early Wednes-
day morning and came to Dickinson on
a freight train. He was Immediately
recognized and returned to the school.
He was about IS years old and had
been committed from Burleigh, east
of Bismarck.
This week Dickinson officials were
notified of the escape from the school on
Monday of Leonard Lowe, aged 19
years. who will be remembered as one
of the lads sent up tor stealing grain
from car at Sentinel Butte last year.
1t is not known where his folks live and
nothing had been heard Of him up to
Thursday.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
Llsn GOES THIRD Time
DELEGATE NATL. CONVENTION

This year Dickinson will have the
honor of sending two of the ten North
Dakota delegates to the democratic
national convention in Baltimore on
June 25th in the persons of Frank Lish
and E. J. Hughes. 1t will also be
Frank Lish's third national convention
as delegate. In 1908 he participated in
the convention at Denver which nomi-
mated William Jennings Bryan. In
1904 Mr.. Lish was in St. Louis when
Judge Parker received the nomination
for president on the democratic ticket.
Mr.. Lish is strongly Of the belief that
If his party makes the choice this time
of broad minded progressive candidate
like VIM. J. Bryan or Woodrow Wilson.
there can be no doubt of complete demo-
cratic success in November. Four years
ago conditions were very much against
the party's success. but that was before
Bill Taft had been tried and found
such a friend of the big interests.
0CudIO1 W. Gs uCCA1 oIdllu6 dI Tic
head of the delegates in North Dakota
with respect to the number of votes,
having secured 6. 994. The other nine
members are: Frank Lish and E. j.
Hughes of Dickinson; j. Nelson Kelly
Frank Reed. s. ]. Doyle. W. L. Wal.
ton, Charles A. Mansfield, Carl Nelson
and W. p. Porterfield. II was reported
at first that Willis A. Joy of Grand
Forks was elected over the last named
gentleman. There are but two votes
difference ii according to the repor
tabulated by the Democrat of Fargo ant
that is just possible that the officia
count next month will change this, al
though it is not expected.
The republican national convention
will be held in Chicago this time OF
the 18th Of June. just week before tn,
democratic convention in Baltimore
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
UNIQUE

Nearly everybody in this section of
the country has either seen or heard of
the Popular Giant Quartette, who are
booked for return enlightenment at this
theatre-Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
They return here better than ever and
in a new repertoire of songs.
A complete Transformation will be
worked on the interior Of this house and
when finished in a day OF 90, the Uni
que will be q most comfortable and COSY
little theatre.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
~. COMMISSION CALLED
OUT THIS WAY TUESDAY

ea'e Histor;-.' ;.'"'aints have been filed
past season 10 the ~. e.ely the N. p.
depot at South Heart is too small to &C
commodate more than about three pas.
sensers at time and in consequence
Of this and other complaints. Commits.
sioner w. H. Mann and Secretary
Thomas Hall came out from Bismarck
on Tuesday. They came up on the
morning train, Getting into the city al
3 O'Clock and had the most of the day
to wait over in Dickinson. Mr.. Hall
is brother of Mrs. L. r. Waldron and
he and Mr.. Mann were out to the ex-
perimental station for dinner.
As to the South Heart depot matter,
it is impossible to say what can be
done. The commission found the quar-
tiers very small and will recommend
that the depot be enlarged, which il
about all they can do for the people.
One thing Ia sure and that is that
North Dakota now has railroad COM
mission that is active and the small
annual appropriation is not spent IL
junketing trips as was the custom once
upon time.
An Office is maintained and full
set of freight and express tariff sheets
are kept on file at Bismarck. Th'
board also audits freight bills for par
ties where there is reason to thinl
that some mistake like an
overcharge, etc.
Secretary Thomas Hall is candidate
for secretary of state. He is pro
gressive republican and has record o
nearly thirty years in North Dakot'
which is clean. The three members o
the railroad commission, w. H. Mann
w. H. Stutsman and o. p. N. Ander
son, are candidates for the Office agail
and they have made good recorl
which is the best evidence of their fit
ness for continuance of the Office an
other two years. Mr.. Mann has reside
at New Salem about three years an,
recently sold his store business there
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
ADAM LEF0R HEARD T.R.
ALSO William ]. BRYAN

Speaking of his sojourn in the Twin
Cities of few menths. Adam A.
Lefor said that there was political
meeting almost every night and he
took in nearly all Of them. He heard
William Jennings Bryan early in
March but he noticed that many of the
old time democrats were disappointed
in the Nebraska man inasmuch as he
did not tell them whom he favored for
the presidency. Some were inclined to
think that he wanted it for himself.
Mr.. Lefor said that Bryan took a few
raps at Roosevelt and further than
this he did not commit himself.
Mr.. Lefor was fortunate in having q
prominent friend who secured a front
seat for him Tor the big Roosevelt ad-
dress. There were fully $4,000 people
present for this meeting and hundreds
were unable to gain admittance. MIR.
Roosevelt did not hesitate to score
members of the republican party and
to tell the people just where he stood.
The admiring crowd expected this from
their former president and they were
not disappointed.
Mr.. Lefor thinks that the federal
Office holders and the big interests ol
the country may be able. to nominate
Taft but he does not think they will
get the votes of the people for his elec.
ton in November. 1t looks very much
to HIM like democratic year.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20

The tWenty-third annual cOnclave of
the Grand Commandery Knights Temp
lar of North Dakota is thing of his
tory.
The greater number of grand officers
and representatives from all of the COM
manderies. except Temple Commandery
No. IL. of this city, reached Dickinson
Tuesday morning in special pullman
attached to train No. S, which was set
out at Dickinson. The Knights remain
ed on board until the next morning,
when. after breakfast at--the St. Charles,
they donned their uniforms and await
ed the escort which was furnished by
Temple Commandery No. II, in COM
mand of Eminent Commander DR.. c.
N. Barker.
The escort Of Temple Commandery
consisted Of about forty Knights, and
made very fine showing as they pas
Psed along the street. In front of the
St. Charles hotel they executed the
evolution of left into line, and as soon
as the officers of the Grand Commandery
were ready. the command "presen,
swords was given for the reception Of
the Grand Commander, the special rep.
resentative of the Grand Master and
other officers of the Grand Commandery.
Temple Comma ndery again formed in
line and led the way to the Masonic
Temple. followed by members and
officers of Grand Commandery. undel
command of Col. John W. Carroll.
Grand Captain General.
At the Masonic Temple the local Com.
mandery, opened order and allowed
the officers and members of the Crane
Commandery to pass through into the
Temple. @
Tins little ceremony was very effec.
Tive and called forth many favorable
remarks in behalf of the local Com
mandery.
Sharp at ten o'clock the Grand Com.
mandery called to order and prepared
to receive z. E. Sir Edgar S. Brookman
and his staff, E. Sir H. F. Ives of South
Dakota. An escort consisting of five
past Grand Commanders, r E. Sirs
Hale. Sprague. White. Moore. Stade
and Past Commander O fiara of Tancred
Commentary No. 1, Bismarck. The
special representative Of the Grand
Master was received with all honors due
his rank and welcomed to the Grand
Commandezy by Grand Commander
Spriggs. who delivered to him his sword
as recognition Of the authority of his
superior officer.
z. E. Sir Brookman responded, briefly
and returned the sword to the Grand
Commander and asked that he preside.
Ia a,similar manner v. E. Sir Jehiel
w. Cbamberlain Of st. Paul Grand
Junior Warden Of the Grand Encamp.
ment Knights Templar Of the United
States, was received.
Following the reception Of these dis
tineuished KNIGHTS came the opening Of
ttiie Grand Commandery in full form
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20

with the lines formed for instruction
and review. These maneuvers were
carried Out in excellent form under CON-
mand of the Grand Captain General.
1t was nearly eleven O'Clock before
the Grand Commandery was open for the
dispatch OF business. Every Grand
officer. save the Grand Treasurer. E. Sir
A. B. Taylor, of Fargo, was in his
station, and in addition to the Grand
officers there were FIVE Past Grand Com
manders. several Past Commanders of
subordinate Communicates, and repre-
sentatives of every Commandery in the
state, and considering the distance
which many of the Sir Knights had to
travel, the attendance was especially
good. The zeal of two Knights from
Devils Lake was especially to be CON-
mended. These two Knights were Rev.
E. A. Clattenburg and S. C. Jones.
Leaving Devils Lake and going west to
Leeds. with the intention of catching
the train south to Jamestown. they
arrived in time to see the south bound
train pulling out. They declined to be
beeten out of their trip that way and
took the FIRST train back and came to
Dickinson by way of Fargo.
The business of the first morning was
the address of the Grand Commander r.
E. Sir William Spriggs, whose report.
while not long. gave very complete
review of his official acts. It was re-
ceived with GREAT favor.
Following this came the report of the
Grand Treasurer and Grand Recorder.
From these reports it was found that the
financial condition of the Grand Com
mandery is excellent and in spite oj
the hard financial conditions which
have prevailed over the state for two
years. there has been an increase in
numbers of seventy-five during the past
year. the total membership at the pres
ent time being thirteen hundred
seventy-five, divided among thirteen
Communicates.
At the afternoon session the Grand
Commandery received the report of the
Inspector of the foreign correspondent,
and the committees on finance and
civic righteousness. The report of this
latter committee, somewhat of de-
parture from the usual routine, iIldi-
Gates that the Knights Templar Of North
Dakota are interested in civic better
ment and social welfare. The topic dis
cussed was child labor, and the COM
mittee took the ground, thai, as knights
Templar. they are especially bound ia
interest themselves in the welfare Of
children. 1
After these reports were received.
reports Of other officers were made and
special committees were appointed.
The special committees which reported
on Tuesday afternoon were the triennial
committee, which is in charge Of
arranRements for the triennial conclave
at Denver in 1918; the committee to
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20

Continued on page q
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
n. P. SURVEY
NEARING ENE
Crew Goes to Stanton to Worl
Through Dunn and Mercer.
Great Northern May Use
the Line West.

Word comes from Schafer and Alex
ander that the Northern Pacific enei-
neers have completed their location
survey down Lonesome and Charbon-
neau creek where th hey tied it to the
old survey which runs from Sidney
down and across the Yellowstone to
APPOINT in the Charbonneau about eight
miles west of Alexander.
When Engineer G. e. Coons and his
crew came to Mckenzie county three
weeks ago they left a stretch of country
from point near where the Alkali
empties into Cherry to a point near
Arnegard unsurveyed.
Last week the crew was working
down Timberk creek from Arnegard
and up Camp creek where they crossed
the divide at the head of the latter
creek. If this part of the survey were
accepted it would cut Alexander of
some four miles. The Lonesome creek
survey, however, is shorter and is be.
lieved to be just as good grade.
Engineer Coons expected to finish the
first of this week in Mckenzie county
and had orders 10 break camp and &
at once to Savage. Montana, thence te
Glendive and to Stanton by rail,
where be is to assist in working up thu
Knife river route through Mercer ant
northern Dunn county.
A report of the proposed Northern
Pacific route north, as given out on
good authority from Mckenzie count!
is practically the same as forecasted il
the PRESS in our issue of Februar!
18th, the week that Engineer G. E.
Coons outfitted in Dickinson for tn,
north. It reads as follows:
COMING from Stanton either up tn,
Missouri and Little Missouri or VI
Knife river, Spring creek and Goodman
creek and down Hans creek TO poin
where Cherry empties into the Littl
Missouri. thence up Cherry creek, t
Seven Mile creek. q few miles :soutl
of Schafer, thence west up Seven Mil
creek and down Alkali creek again strik
ing Cherry creek near the mouth of Fir
Guard Draw, thence up Fire Guard ORA,
striking Timber creek at or just a shol
distance to the north of Arnegard. acros
Timber creek and down the same for
short distance, thence west to strik
the head Of the north branch of Lone
some, thence down the Lonesome jus
south of Alexander to the Charbonnea
and down the Charbonneau near Name
less and Cartwright to the Yellowstone
thence up the east bank. crossing tn
same near the mouth of Horse creek an
on to Sidney. Mont
It seems the Great Northern has bt
come quite interested in the surve
just located by Engineer Coons throue
Mckenzie county. it beine a shorte
and cheaper route than the Little Mi.
souri,, Hay Draw-Bennie Pierre line.
It is now practically sure thing tha
both roads will use the same surve
from the mouth of Cherry westwai
and the south line will probably /
abandoned for the present.
From the mouth of Cherry eastwal
the Great Northern will run down th
Little Missouri and cross the Big Mi
souri, at the mouth of the Little MI
souri,. The sounding of the river t
the Great Northern at that point b.
been completed and very good crossir
has been found.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
ANNUAL c0NcLAVE
KNIGHTS TEmPLAR

Temple Commandery of Dickinson Acqus Itself With Credit
Dance and Banquet Pleasing Feature Wednesday Night
W. Chamberlain, Grand Junior Warden of Grand Comman-
dery of U. S, Was Here. The 1913 Meeting at Grand
Forks. Eminent Commander Barker is Praised.