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STRANGE BEDS.
In Germany a Person Should Be an
Acrobat to Sleep We'll.

In Germany a Person Should Be an
Acrobat to Sleep We'll.
Habit conceals all sorts of absurdi-
ties. 1t makes one ache to see an illus
tration Of u japanese sleeping block,
followed out just enough to permit of
the neck being adjusted thereto. The
Germans notion of night repose does
not come much nearer our idea of COM
fort. There are many ill made and un-
satisfactory beds from the American
point Of view to be found III the kali
ser's dominions.
German beds, almost without excep-
ton. are single-so much so, indeed.
that the occupant, if he attempts to de-
viate an inch or two from his position,
finds himself sprawling on the floor.
The sheets, bed blankets, etc, are
made just to fit the beds and are never
wide enough to tuck in. They are sell
dom more than an inch or two wider
than the mattress, and it requires the
skill and experience Of an acrobat. es-
pecially in the case of u foreigner. to
keep the bedclothes evenly balanced
Ove one.
Many of the German hotels use the
French pillow. which is about half the
size of the mattress and stuffed out so
hard and plump that about the only
benefit the tired traveller gets from it is
to have 1t serve as a rest for his back
While he sleeps In a sitting position.
The majority Of pillows found in Ger
many. however, are wedge shaped, of
the same material as the mattress, and
come to a point near the center Of the
bed. On these the sleeper Of he sleeps
rests on ar inclined plane and looks
like a body on II of the narrow planks
In the morgue in Paris. with a sheet
thrown over it.-Harper's Weekly.
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Initiative Animals,

Some animals have wonderful pow
ers Of imitation. Dogs brought up In
the company of cats have been known
to acquire the trick Of licking the
paws and then washing the face.
When a cat has been taught to sit up
for her food her kittens have been
known to initiate her action. Darwin
tells of a cat that was in the habit of
putting her paw into the mouth of q
narrow milk pitcher every time she
got the chance and then licking the
cream off her paw. Her kittens soon
learned the same trick.
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CAVITIES IN THE SKULL.
Room Enough Inside ons's Head to
Hide Bulky Articlaa.

Hide Bulky Articles.
Every one is not aware that there is
space inside a PERSONS head for storing
away heavy and bulky foreign articles.
One man who had made a speciality Of
burglary and Jail breaking now shows
how he was aided in his work by util
izing this human attic storage room.
He concealed a large skeleton key and
q saw twelve inches long, coiled like a
watch spring, in the cavity reached
through his nostrils. But in the Lon.
don Lancet Dr.. Rushton Parker relates
a more remarkable case of the carrying
of u large foreign body In that space Of
the head, and that without the victim
knowing that his head vas SO filed uE
and weighted down.
A young farmer consulted DR.. Par.
ker at the Liverpool hospital for a nasal
abscess that had troubled him some
time. Probing the nostril, the surgeon
found that a loose mass, apparently OF
metal, occupied a considerable space
behind the nose and above the roof OF
the mouth.
So large was this object that it was
removed with difficulty through the
side Of the face. 1t proved to be a gun
breech and an iron bolt. The breech
measured 3 by ~ by l inches. The
bolt was three inches long. The weight
of the two was a quarter of a pound.
This mass Of metal had been in the
mans head for five years, though he
had not suspected its presence there.
A muzzle loading gun had exploded in
his hands and shattered his face. The
wound healed without leaving any out.
ward deformity. His only att1iction
was symptoms of a nasal catarrh. The
young farmer made a rapid recovery to
perfect health with the removal Of the
iron from his head.
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NOTICE AND CITATION HEARING
OF FINAL ACCOUNT N DISTRI-
BUTTON OF

NOTICE AND CITATION HEARING
OF FINAL ACCOUNT AMP DIsTR1-
BUTTON OF ESTATE,
The State OF North Dakota to the above
named Respondents:
You. the said Charles A. Vadnie. Dolphus
W. Vadnie.. Leah Long. Frank E. Vadnie.
Agatha Vadhie. now known and called by the
name OF Agatha Crievier. Gean Vadnie. Car
re Vadnie. now known as and called by the
name OF Carrie Wilcox. and all other persons
interested In the estate OF Louis Vadnie. are
hereby notified that the Final Account and
the Last VIII and Testament OF Louis Vadnie.
late OF the Township OF Hugo. in the County
OF steele and State OF North Dakota. de-
therein showing that the estate OF said de-
ceased is ready for distribution and Final
Settlement. and petitioning that his Account
be allow ed, the residue OF said estate be dis
tributed to the persons thereunto entitled.
his administration closed and that he be dis
charged; that Monday. the 9TH day Of May, A
afternoon OF that day at the Court Rooms of
this Court. at the County Court House in the
Village CT Sherbrooke. in the said County OF
Steele and State Of North Dakota. has been
duly appointed by this Court for the settle
ment thereof, at which time and place any
person interested in said estate may appear
ana file his exceptions. In writing, to said &C.
count and petition and contest the same.
And YOU. the above named Respondents.
and each OF you. are hereby cited and required
then snd there to be and appear before this
Court. and show cause. ifany you have. why
said account shall not be allowed. the residue
Of said estate distributed. the administration
OF said estate closed and the said Charles A.
Vadnie. Executor. discharged.
Dated this 3rd day OF April. a. D. 1919.
BY the Court;
Judge OF the County Court.
Attorney for Petitioner.
Hope. N. D..
24t-4-4-l2.
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Nature Provides,

As to the horror of death-this the
spectators may have. But it is the
rarest phenomenon for him who is
about to die to suffer- death. I'm
mediately death impends, the end is
almost invariably benignant and peace
full. What, indeed, is there in all the
cosmos SO composed and content as
the face of the dead?-Medical Record.
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Henri Beryson in his recent book,
Laughter" lays stress on the fact
that man, long defined as "the laugh
ing ANIMAL" is also the only laughable
animal. There is nothing really COM
ical except human beings. The animal
world is solemn beside the so called
lords OF creation. Man alone is an OBJ
ject Of ridicule.
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$500 Reward

During the month of April
we will pay a reward of $500 in
cash to every person who will
bring to our office ten yearly
paid in advance subscriptions to
the Hope Pioneer. $500 will be
paid for five subscriptions On the
same basis. This is your oppor-
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See your neighbours at once and
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North Dakota Pub. Co.
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Aoreeino on a Point.

~ wish you could make my wife look
on til" bright side of things"
Perhaps there is no bright side to
her life"
Nonsense! Hasn't she got u home
and q husband?"
'That's what l was thinking Other
Observation-Disclosures Post.
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Sights Unseen.

Smith Cat the club)-Yes, by Jove,
there's very little you car teach me.
I've been everywhere, done everything,
seer everything! The Scotch Member
Young man, did you ever have the
D. T.'s? Smith-D. T.'s! Great Scott,
no! The Scotch Member-Then you've
seen nowt.-London Sketch.
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Would Como Without Drawing.
II drew to three twos last night and
didn't fll."
"Your wife ought to have dropped In;
she'd have given you the DEUCE
Town Topics.
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Lasting.

Hoax-I wonder why Tghtwad al
ways wears those salt and pepper
suits? Joax-I suppose because a salt
and pepper suit should be good for two
Observation-Disclosures Record.
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A Queer Town.

"Who is the Nestor Of the bar here?"
II don't believe we have one. I've
never heard Of any such thing here
abouts."
"What! No Nestor Of the bar? Say,
what kind of a town is this ?"-Chicago
Record Herald.
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she Must Have Been Pepper,

Daughter-Papa. Jack is coming up
tonight to ask your consent to our mar
siage. Be kind to him, won't you?
Father-Very well. daughter. III say
no.-BOston Transcript,
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IMetaiIurgical.

Doctor latter examination)-Madame,
you have a constitution of iron. Obese
Patient-I have often wondered what
made me SO heavy.-Judge.
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CHURCH NOTES.
congregational.

S. Hitchcock, Pastor.
Morning worship, IL d. nj.
Sunday school, II m.
Evening service, 500 p. IN.
G. E., Tuesday evenings.
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IF. w. Ehred. Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true TO the best OF my knowledge and be-
lief.
F. w. EHHED. Cashier,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 34th
day of April. 1912
CHARLES CHALMERS
SEAL Notary Public
Correct Attest:
IF M bf s csssslf Director,
j. D. Brown
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Methodist.

Homer Fl. Moore, Pastor.
Preaching II a. IN.
Sunday school IL m.
Epworth League 1915 p. IN.
Preaching 500 p. m.
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Sin has many tools. but a lie is the
handle that fits them all.-Holmes.
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Notice and Citation

State OF North Dakota L.,
County OF Steele % .
In County Court
Before Hon. Adam S. Moote Judge.
In the Matter OF the Estate OF Louis Vadnie.
Deceased.
Charles A.. Vadnie. Petitioner
VS..
Charles A. Vadnie. Dolphus
W.. Vadnie. LeHh Long.
Frank +. Vadnie. Agatha
Vadnie. now called by the
name OF Agatha Crievier.
Gean Vadnie and Carrie : Respondents
Vadnie. now called Carrie
Wilcox. and all other per-
sons interestedin the es-
state OF Louis Vadnie. de-
ceased
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545
--Report OF the condition Of
The
State Bank

at BlabOn. in the State OF North Dakota. at
the close OF business April ~. 1919.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts. 44,Olo %
OverdraftS secured and unsecured 1855 81
Items i'll transit .......... -. l32 IS
Banking house furniture and fix
3,4O5 10
Current expenses, taxes paid. over
undivided protits.."........... 90 20
Due from other banks s 5.s93 70
Cash ana IL $500 "
go
Total %. &56. 4lS G9
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in. ......,. i 10000 90
Surplus Eund 600 %
tndiv. deposits subject
to check ............... 6.OI9 W
Demand certificates OF
deposit l.3l5 IL
Time certificates OF de-
post 500. ............ 1898 % y III. SlS 69
S56. 4l8 69
State Of North Dakota, t,a
County OF Steele M
1. l.. T.. SELL. Cashier of the above
named bank. do Solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best OF my knowledge
and belief. T.. L.. SELL,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this gath
day OF April. 1912.
lsEALl Chas. Chalmers
Notary Public. Steele County, North Dakota.
Correct Attest: J. d, Brown
M. b. Cassell
Directors
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Bank Statement.
No. 1895.
Report of the condition Of
The Hope National Bank

at Hope in the State of North Dakota at the close
Of business Apr. 18th. 1912.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts. ................. S2O3. OH o.
Overdrafts secured and unseen! ed. 1903 a
D. s. Bonds to secure circulation. $1,000 W
U. 3. BOndSt 10 secure Postal Savings l.WO W
Premiums on U. 8. Bonds. ........... l.133 70
Bonds. securities, etc........ -. G3 O3
Banking house. furniture aud fixtures 1920 l6
Other real estate owned. ............ 8.438 W
Due from National Banks
mot reserve agents).... 994 81
Due from State and Private
Banks and Bankers. Trust
Companies and Savings
Banks. .... 1872 22
Due from approved re serve
agents. l1.372 40
Checks and other cash
Exchanges for clearing
Notes OF other National
Banks ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 200 w
Fractional paper currency.
nickels. and centS....... 10 81
La wful Money Reserve in
Bank. viz:
Legal-tender notes. ....... l,OSO w 22. $50 30
Redemption fund with U.
S. Treasurer Is per cent.
OF circulation) ........ $500 90
Total...... 5000, S67 o.
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid n..............$ $4,000 90
Surplus fund........ ...... :. 10000 90
Undivided profits, less expenses and
taxes paid 12.44s OF
National bank notes outstanding 81. 700 on
Individual deposits subject
Time certiiicates Of deposit ss.S7s II
cashiers checks out
standing. ......... =. 1.O74 O6 l5s. 4lD OF
Bills payable. including certificates
OF deposit for money borrowed. 10000 90
Total ..... S30U, S67 o.
State of North Dakota,
County of Steele
l. Geo. A. Warner, Cashier OF the above nam.
ell bank, do s0lennly swear that the above state
ment is true to the hest Of my knowledge and
belief. GEO. a. WARNER, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before Inc this oath
day OF Apr, 1912. G. S. SHlPPY.
lsEAL] Notary Public.
correct. Attest: c. S. MooREs.
FRED N. LANG
JNO. u. FOLEY. Directors.
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No. 845.
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such other places, either within
or without the state of Colorado,
and in such other states, and
territories, colonies of the United
States or of any foreign country.
as in the judgment of the board
of directors may be necessary,
convenient or proper, and said
board of directors shall have the
power. unless the laws of any
said states require otherwise, to
discontinue any of said offices so
established or to be established,
at it's pleasure.
Meetings of the board of di-
rectors may be held any place
either within or without the state
of Colorado, as may be provided
by the bylaws, and as we'll by
resolution of the board of direc-
tors.
x.
The directors of this company
shall have the power to make
such prudential bylaws as they
may deem proper for the man
agement of the company, and to
change. alter, amend, modify or
annul the same at pleasure; pro-
vided the said bylaws are not
inconsistent with the laws of the
United States of America or of
the state of Colorado.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
said parties have hereunto set
their hands and affixed their
seals this 18th day of July, A. D.
1911.
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City and county of Denver.
1, Floyd F. Walpole, a notary
public in and for said city and
county in the state aforesaid, do
hereby certify that E. B. Field,
E. M. Burgess, Roderick Reid,
Edw. B. Field, Jr., Philip Ham
lin, and ]. E. Macdonald, who
are personally known to me to be
the persons whose names are
subscribed to the foregoing GER
tificate of Incorporation, appear
ed before me this day in person,
and severally acknowledged that
they signed. sealed and delivered
said instrument as their free and
voluntary act for the uses and
purposes therein set forth.
Given under my hand and
seal this 18th day of
July, A. D. 1911.
My commission expires jan
uary 18th, 1915.
(SeaD Floyd +. Walpole,
Notary Public.
First publication Sept. 81, 1912.
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Certificate of Incorporation
of The Mountain States
Telephone and Tele-
graph Company.

PRESENTS, That WHEREAS,
pursuant to the provisions of the
statutes of Colorado relating to
the consolidation of corporations,
the directors of The Colorado
Telephone Company and Tri-
State Telephone and Telegraph
Company, both being corpora
tions organized under the laws
of the State of Colorado. did at
meetings held respectively on
the 31st day of May. A. D. 1911
and the 18th day of May, A. D..
1911, call meeting of the stock
holders of their said respective
corporations to be held on the
18th day of July, A. D. 1911, for
the purpose of considering pro-
position to consolidate the said
companies; and
WHEREAS, at said meetings
the stockholders of said compan-
les respectively did, on said last
mentioned date. by vote of
more than three fourths of the
stock of each company, respect
lively and severally, approve of
the written proposition of con-
solidation of The Colorado Tele-
phone Company and Tri-State
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, by uniting the properties
and concerns of said corpora
tions; and
WHEREAS, the directors of
The Colorado Telephone Com
pany did, on the 18th day of
July, A. D. 1911. elect E. B.
Field, E. M. Burgess, Philip
Feldhauser, Edwin S. Kassler,
Crawford Hill, w. l.. Graham
and A. V. Hunter. as its proper
ton of the directors to manage
the affairs of the consolidated
company; and
WHEREAS, the directors of
The Tri-State Telephone and
Telegraph Company did, on
the 18th day of July. A. D. 1911,
elect Edw. B. Field, Jr., Philip
Hamlin, and ]. E. Macdonald as
its proportion of the directors to
manage the affairs of the consoli-
dated company; and
WHEREAS, at a joint meet
ing of the directors so elected as
aforesaid, the said directors did,
on the 18th day of July, A. D.
1911, elect L. C. Phipps, Jr., as
a director of the said consolida-
ted company. all directors so
elected to constitute a board of
directors for said consolidated
company; and
WHEREAS, at said joint meet
ing of said directors as aforesaid
the following persons were elect
ed as officers and to fill the office
set opposite their respective
names, to-wit:
President E. B. Field.
First Vice-President Edw. B.
Field, Jr..
Secretary ]. E. Macdonald. '
Assistant Secretary Roderick '
Reid. {
Treasurer Edw. B. Field, Jr., ]
Assistant Treasurer w. P. y
Allen. {
General Manager E. M. Bur- 7
CESS. 7
General Auditor Roderick Reid; c
and S
WHEREAS. the directors at z
'aid joint meeting as aforesaid Il
designated E B. Field, E. M. a
Burgess and Roderick Reid as e
he three stockholders of The d
Colorado Telephone Company, and h
Edw. B. Field, Jr., Philiph Ham, d
i'm and J. E. Macdonald as the d
hree stockholders of The Tri- t
state Telephone and Telegraph S
Company to sign and -acknow- a
edge the certificate of incorpora- |
ion for said consolidated COM t.
ANY. prepared and approved by
aid directors; and C
WHEREAS, by the term of C
aid written proposition and a. RI
-reement of consolidation ap- a
'roved as aforesaid by the stock e
lolders of said companies, the a
COMPANY is to be fl
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statutes in such cases made ano
provided, and in accordance with
the action taken by the directors
and stockholders of The Colorado
Telephone Company and The
Tri-State Telephone and Tele.
graph Company, and the action
of the directors at the joint meet
ing as aforesaid, do hereby make
and execute in CENTUPLICATE
this certificate in writing of oul
intention to become and to or.
ganize a body corporate. as by
said laws provided; and we dc
further certify:
The corporate name and style
of our said corporation shall be
THE MOUNTAIN STATES
TELEPHONE AND TELE-
GRAPH COMPANY.
The objects and purposes for
which said company is incorpora-
ted are:
% To carry on a general
telephone business, a general
telegraph business, a general
business, and any
business involving the transmits
sion of intelligence by electricity,
in the state of Colorado, and in
any other state or territory or
colony of the United States, or
of any foreign country, and
particularly in the states of
Utah, Wyoming. Idaho, Mon
tana, Arizona and New Mexico.
= (2) To construct. lease, pur-
chase by deed, conveyance, as
signment or otherwise acquire,
and to establish, hold own, main
tain, operate, improve and ex-
tend, telephone and telegraph
lines and systems, and telephone
exchanges, in the different cities
and counties of the state of
Colorado, and in any other state
or territory or colony of the
United States or of any foreign
and particularly in the
different cities and counties of
he states of Utah, Wyoming,
IDAHO, Montana, Arizona
md New Mexico;
md construct, lease,
purchase or otherwise acquire,
md to establish, hold, own,
maintain and operate, improve
nd extend, telephone and tele-
-raph lines and systems between
he different towns and cities in
he state of Colorado, and in any
Their state or territory or colony
f the United States, or of any
oreign country, and particularly
l the states of Utah, Wyoming.
IDAHO, Montana, Arizona
nd New Mexico, and to
ollect tolls and charges for the
,ansmission of messages or con-
along, on or over said
mes or systems. s
81 To contract for, acquire
y lease, purchase, deed, con- {
eyance, assignment or other
Use, and to hold, own, maintain, ]
oerate, improve and extend, the {
nysical property, exchanges, c
Tres. poles, conduits, apparatus t
every kind or character. bust C
ess, franchises and all other 1
ghts, whether accrued or ac- G
Tired under or granted by con- t
itutional, Legislative or munich o
Il enactment, or by general c
WIS or otherwise, of telephone a
I'd telegraph companies, wher- o
-er or howsoever organized, o
or operated, now or Il
'reafter operated, located or b
'miciled in the state of Colora- a
} or in any other state or terri IL
ry or colony of the United Il
ates, or of any foreign country, O.
ID particularly in the states of q
tab, Wyoming, Idaho, Mon el
ma, Arizona and New Mexico. g
(4 To acquire by lease, pur- o.
ase, condemnation. grant IL d.
nse, assignment or otherwise, OF
yhts of way upon, under, over, Oh