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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-03-14

Schiller Brothers have been
entertaining brother from
Milwaukee this week.
The hours for the concerto
by the St. Paul Symphony Or.
chestra on March Goth are:
Afternoon at 2:3O, evening 1880.
Tickets on sale at Wahpeton
Music Store, March 10Th.
Mrs. Watson and grand.
daughter, June Decker return.
ed to their home at Marshall,
MINI. They had been visiting
relatives in the city a couple of
weeks. >t, > :
Mr.. Mclaughlin has received
q promotion in the G. N. rail
road service. This promotion
takes him to Grand Forks.
Their many friends rejoice
with them in their successes,
but regret exceedingly their
removal from the city.
On Feb'y Goth a little article
was published in the Times
stating that Senator McCum.
Der was building an elegant
mansion in Washington. We
got the item from sources we
thought were reliable ard pub
lished it as news, with no in
t e ntion of misrepresentina
facts or to impure anyone. The
senator is not building house
in Washington and does not
intend to. 1 am very glad to
publish these statements know
ing that they are correct, az
there has been much com ment
in the papers of the state in re-
gard to the senators new house
We received a very courteous
letter from the senator in which
he states that he has owned
and lived in q small home dur
ing his residence in Washing
ton, bat now he has sold hil
equity in that home and would
doubtless invest the proceeds
in another moderate home al
it was much cheaper and more
desirable to. have a home o.
your own in Washington thar
to live at the hotels.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-03-14

49,.
Arthur Hansk~n returned
from q visitor at Lisbon.
For fire. tornado or wind
storm insurance. See Wolfe
& Schneider.
Mrs. Bowman and daugher.
neice of Rev. Gallagher of
Montevideo is visiting at the
Gallagher home for few days
If you have a house or lot for
sale, zee E. S Cameron at the
Times Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson of Moor
head spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. N.
Myhra, on the farm and Mon.
day with the Hausken family.
st. Paul Symphony Orches-
ira Concerts on March 26th at
2:3O p. m and 7:3O p. N. Seats
on sale Tuesday March 10th at
Wahpeton Music Store.
Mrs. Moody has bought the
Wherry house on Eighth street
from Mayor Eberley. She is
to have possession April 1st.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Putnam
will live with her.
There was a good number at
the aid yesterday at Mrs. Bas-
sets home. Miss Fulton gave
a splendid talk on Japan and
its history. japan being the
subject, for the year. of the
Missionary society.
Harold Sha ", son OF Rev. E. 8.
Shaw of Minot, was one of the
Fargo College boys that played
in t. basketball game with the
s. S. s. last Friday night. 1t
has been nearly twelve years
since the Shaw family moved
from Wahpeton.
Mrs. p. H. Stenerson receiv.
ed the sad news of her mothers
Mrs. Smith) death, last Satur-
day, which occurred inChlcago
at the homeof h e daughter
where she has lived for some
years. Many here remember
Mrs. Smith, as she has, in years
past spent + e " months at
time with Ms. Stenerson.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-03-14

Math Braun's are quarantin.
ed with scarlet fever.
E. S. Cameron has houses
for sale on easy terms.
Mrs. DeMund of Staples was
q guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Divet
over Sunday.
Miss Toney aud Miss Myhre
of the Wyndmere schools were
visiting at the Cameron home
last Saturday.
Arthur Snyder had the mis-
fortune to break his arm at
Scout meeting last Saturday
afternoon. While jumping the
mat slipped and he fell on his
arm with the above result.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Favor Montana Products.

BOHEMIAN, April 22.-Resolutions ia
voring the sale and use OF Montana
products were unanimously adopted
here this evening by the Montana Re-
tail Merchants association, which is
10 two days session at Bozeman. The
association pledges the members to the
''use, sale and advocacy of Montana
products, where other conditions are
equal, in order that the industries OF
this great state may be built up"
There are now in attendance nearly
40 of the leading retail merchants OF
Montana in this, their annual session.
About 20 more are expected on the
night and early morning trains.
Among other important resolutions
adopted was one indorsing the efforte
Of Senator Brown to establish q
bureau Of publicity, which would aid
ia turning the ~colonist movement TO-
ward the west.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Protection Against Smallpox,

"Take your choice bet Teen VAGINA
ton and smallpox. You will have one
or the other sooner or later" writes
Dr.. T. D. Tuttle, secretary OF the state
board Of health to resident Of Joplin,
Hill county, who inquired what would
be the proper safeguard for smallpox,
a case having developed at Joplin
that was causing much concern to the
residents there.
"Q%aarantine is a mere make Shift
replied DR.. futile, ''you have q sure
preventative in vaccination. There IL
no sense in any body having smallpox
unless they want it. Therefore why
should the people pay for quarantine1
There is one way to prevent it, and
tn at is vaccin alton. If you arr
v%accinated, you have nothing t
worry about. Ifyou are not vaccina
ted, take your choice between vaccina
ton and smallpox. You will hav
one or the other sooner or later"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01

the Milwaukee railroad, who arrived
from Great Falls yesterday afternoon,
accompanied the Fort Benton deleoa.
tiou to the roundup meeting at Malta.
Among the movements OF livestock
10 this vicinity Is the shipment OF
about 1880 head OF sheep by the j. B.
Long company, who are transferring
the outfit to new raoge 10 Valley
county.
Occupants OF the Chouteau county
Jail have u somewhat lonesome time
these days, there berg only two
prisOLers in the institution. This is
the smallest plumber of Inmates for
several years.
The regular teachers examination
was 10 progress today at the county
superintendent Office, with several
applicants 10 attend ance. The exami-
nation is being conducted by Mrs. Joe.
Westcott, sister of Miss Blackstone.
Among the departures today were
David G. Browne, Chas. H. Green
and I. NJ. Rogers, who will attend Che
annual meeting OF the North Montana
Roundup association at Malta.
Meesrs. Robinson and Rappal, rep.
r%esenting Chicago livestock commits.
sion Grms, we're also members of the
party,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Milwaukee Railroad Gossip.

A branch line from the nearest point
10 the Shonkin country to Fort Benton,
a distance of less than twelve miles,
Is understood to be contemplated by
the Milwaukee railroad officials. The
construction OF this important feeder
may not be undertaken until the main
line has been completed, but there
is every reason to believe it will be
one Of the first to receive attention.
Residents of this city had the pleas.
ure of meeting A. j. Earling, presi-
dent of the Milwaukee system, Tues
day evening, during a brief visit here.
Mr.. Earling, accompanied by @. A.
Goodnow, his assistant, and Percy
Rockefeller, of New York, arrived by
automobile from Great Falls late
Tuesday afternoon, the party having
travelled from Great Falls over the
route south Of the river. The return
trip was made over the northern route,
this arrangement giving them oppor'
tunity to observe developments in the
country tributary to this point. The
members OF the party we're reticent a
to the purpose of their visit, but were
interested listeners to q recital OF the
business growth of this vicinity anG
the indications of future progress.
At q banquet rendered to the Milwau'
kee officials Monday evening, by The
business men OF Great Falls, it wat
announced by Mr.. Earling that con
tracts for construction work will b.
| aw arded at once, and that dirt will b.
flying within the next thirty days
This program means busy times dur
ing the next few months in the countr.
%traversed by the new extension of tn
Milw aukee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
To lrrigate Prickiy Pear Valley.

HELENA, April "a -Work is to
start at once on the reclaim alton of
the Prickly Pear valley by pumping
from Hauserlake. This was the an
nouncement made by John D. Ryan
today at the lunchen rendered him
and his party of distinguished finan.
ciers and railroad men at the Mon
tana club, and it Is the most import
ant announcement to Helena that has
been made in years.
The first and second units Of the
Prickly Pear project embrace lands
lying in what is known as the lower
basin. This basin contains 80. 600
acres in all, but 10, 1000 acres OF it are
eliminated because of its marshy con-
dition or because there are water
rights appurtenan to it.
A third unit lies on the north side
of the valley and contains 5000 acres,
susceptible of irrigation through the
construction Of a high line ditch. A
fourth unit embraces another 5000
acres also lying on the north and
west sides of the valley, susceptible
of irrigation through the construction
of the second high line ditch.
A fifth unit consists of 10, 600 acres
of land on the Spokane bench, and
there ia enough additional land on th'
south side of the valley, extending
eastwardly from Helena toward Mon
tana city, susceptible OF irrigation b.
pumping and the substitution of wate|
rights to bring the grand total up
wards OF so, 900 acres.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Accept Home Rule Bill.

DUBLIN. April 24.-With practical
unanimity and amid scenes of wild en-
thusissm the national convention
which met here under the presidency
of John E. Redmond voted the accept
ance in principle of the home rule bill
recently introduced by the British par,
lament. A Catholic priest moved anG
the Protestant rector OF Kenmore sec
onded that the necessary amendment
to the bill be left In the hands OF Mr.
Redmond. This motion was carried
by reclamation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
HINTS ON FLAX GROWING.
Proper Preparation Of Seed Bed 10
important Feature.

Important Feature.
A circular on .'Flax Growing Ia
Montaua,' issued by the Montana
experiment station, makes ONE sug- |
g~es,ions that are worthy OF at ,ntiou
by farmers who anticipate profit from
growing that crop. |, is the opinion
Of the experiment station authorities
that the fax crop on fresh spring
breaking lie apt to be disappointing.
Generally the yield is less than half
what it Is on summer fallowed ground
that has thoroughly settled. Two
things should be observed in spring
breaking for fax: Firs'. break as
early as possible; and second, make
the seed bed firm.
Flax likes q firm. hard seed bed.
This partly explains the advantage OF
breaking the preceding season and
perhaps almost wholly accounts for
the benefits OF fall blowing. Early
spring breaking helps q little In the
same direction. Bre aking just before
sowing is the poorest kind of prepar.
alton, especially ii the ground is not
we'll packed. To produce the firm
seed bed on fresh breaking q heavy
corrugated roller IL most effective.
A sectional roller Of concrete has
proved practical for the purpose. A
| planker or stone boat may be used II
| a roller is not available. Rolling or
packing should be done Immediately
after breaking, and then narrowing
should follow to check loss of mois-
ture by evaporation.
While there is q good deal OF var.
iation ia the time of sowing fax, the
best fax growers and those of longest
experience favor early sowing. The
first week in May is the ideal time for
seeding over most Of Montana. Many
successful crops ire grown from April
seeding, and fax sown as early as
April l made q 6ne crop near Great
Falls the past season OF 1911. Indeed
much volunteer fax has been grown
from self.sowing OF the preceding
crop.
Some fax growers incline to late
sowing, putting 10 the seed during
June and even into July. Where
weeds are very pestiferous, seeding
may be delayed until about June l to
afford opportunity for spring fallow-
ing the ground to get rid OF a part OF
the weeds. During 1911, with a dry
spring following a dry fall and winter,
on newly broken ground the early
sown fax did not start we'll and there
lacked the usual ad from early
sowing.
Flax wristbands frost we'll in it's
early stages OF growth. Rarely has
q frost been known to kill the crop in
the spring. When the first two leaves
have formed ia the stage when fax is
most susceptible to frost. There will
generally be enough variation in the
termination and development of
plants to secure a stand even though
the frost gets a portion of the young
plants.
Flax will stand frost much better
at the start-otf in the spring than at
maturity. Thousands of acres of fax
went unharvested In Montana ia 1911
because it was sown so late that the
early frost caught it.. 1t is far safer
and the expectation of a heavy yield
is more justified with early sowing
tn an with latea
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
HELENA, April 24.-Pay dirt has

HELENA, April 24.-Pay dirt has
been found in considerable quantities
on the site OF the new hotel. Indeed,
some of the dirt is 80 rich that work.
men this morning were engaged in
sacking it so as to keep it until it was
washed. Not all the gravel is of this
richness, but it will average $3.50 a
square yard, according to the pros
pector who has daily been sampling
it, and as the dirt must be removed
the values in It are clear profit to the
contractor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01

Parties wishing to purchase live
stock will find some attr active offer.
ings in our ADVERTISING columns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01

SIZES: IL, -, ia and 20 DISKS.

Light Draft Kentucky Fluted Force Feed is ac-
|curate, positive, simple and very durable. Sows
equal amounts for each cup, when hopper is full
or nearly empty. Up hill or down, side hills or. flat
fields, always uniform in quantity, no punching
or skipping. Been in constant use for thirty years..
Quantities changed by movement of lever. no cogs
to lose
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01

menu COa tQe d. N NJ. suJelteE 10 w Oc
replaced by a larger and o modern
plant. The later projec. is estim ated
to cost about 81, 800, 900.
From Fridays Daily
j. N. B~lankenbaker, OF Virgelle,
was among the arrivals today.
Jere Sullivan left today for Great
Falls, on q brief business visit.
Judge Tattan left today for Helena,
on a short visit with friends in that
city.
Sharp Bros. have q lot of clean
Montana grown alfalfa seed at II
cents q pound.
B. q. Vaudeville, the we'll known
Shonkin stockman, 10 among the bust
ness visitors In town.
A.. q. Hartsell. of Big Sandy, wal
taken to the Sanitarium today, to re-
ceive attention for q broken leg.
Frank B. Connors, q representative
of Clay, Robinson & Co., OF Chicago
10 making acquaintance with locs
stockmen.
A limited supply of Montana grow
bromus inermis seed, the best drouth
resisting forage crop, for sale by tn
Benton Hardware company.
P. q. Seaman, commercial agent o
Imperial Valley press., 1912-05-04

The builder must always pre-
fer the use Of new TO old mate
rial.
There is with the use of new
building material a breadth o.
possibilities not known when one
is reconstructing an old edifice
In the making Of a new soci
ETY. in new land that same free
dom of scope and breadth Of op
portunity is presented. The peo
nle are not cramped here anC
there with traditions, but recog.
nizing the necessity for adopt
ing new principles and new pro
cesses, they deliberately abandon
precOnceived theories and star
anew.
At such time and place il
is well that there be a mixture
Of races, an assembly of diverse
experiences, that by comparison
out of the whole the best shall be
chosen.
Imperial valley was an idea
place for the builder, because OF
it's very desolation. 1t had no,
water nor vegetation nor animal
life nor human life. In its whole
wide range there was naught tC
dispute its title of "the land that
God forgot" "
But while this was the land OF
consummate waste, over yOndel
flowed the great Colorado river
equally wasteful as it poured its
unused riches into the sea.
And here was the Wasteful
sun, with growing warmth the
whole year through. the cloud.
less skies, the most delightful at
mosphere that anywhere under
the wide canopy of heaven is to
be found.
All who know the rudimentary
principles of life know that all
riches are but an amalgam OF
sunshine and soil and water.
1t is the proper blending of
these first elements that makes
empire.
Here, then, was the ideal spot
for the builder, but who was the
builder to be?
From the classic schools of
the Atlantic, from the shops and
the farms and homes of the
West, from the cotton fields of
the South and the orange and
prune orchards of the Pacific,
from Italy, Austria, Germany,
England, France and Spain,
from Mexico, Japan, China, and
even from India, and especially
from the dairy farms of Switz-
erland and the SHOWS of Scandi-
navia, there came those who
were to unite and blend their
wisdom, their experiences, their
traditions, as builders of new
empire here where there was no
tradition, no social structure,
nothing but opportunity.
Unlike East on West
There was no parallel to I'M
perial valley on the American
continent. There are other re-
gions where irrigation is prac-
ticed and where comparisons of
climate are made with Italy. But
lmperlal valley, IN cllmate, IN
typical industrial possibilities
and methods was Egyptian or
Persian or Arabian, and here
there must be created enter
prises adapted to the novel condi-
tiOns.
Egypt, Persia and Arabia
have for centuries been famous
for their magnificent live stock,
their grains and pastures, their
dates and long fiber cotton, their
melons and their grapes.
1t is range of productivity
Imperial Valley press., 1912-05-04

}, Date culture is one OF the
young industries which gives the
utmost promise, and this indus
try is being built on scientific
} lines never before applied to
dates in any part of the world.
Heretofore dates have not been
grown on the continent, and it
was necessary to search the re-
| mOtest corners of Arabia for the
| choicest specimens, but even
, they have not met the full re-
, quirement.
The fruit grower realizes that
the choicest fruits grown often
are so delicate that they do not
stand shipment, and consequent
, ly do not enter into general con-
sumption. To secure keeping
= qualities often the inferior fruit
gains prestige over the superior.
, There are varieties of dates fam
Gus in Arabia, like the Deglet
Moor, too delicate for shipment.
They more resemble the finest
, products of the confectioner's
shop than they do the ordinary
fruit, but because they cannot
easily be shipped inferior grades
are grown for the worlds mar
; kets.
The Deglet Moor and other
, dainty varieties were brought to
Imperial valley and planted, and
/ have done exceedingly well, but
the government scientists are
achieving their greatest sue
cesses by growing trees from
!, seeds, rather than the offshoots
!, from which dates are ordinarily
, propagated, and by cross-fertil-
, ization they are developing types
Of the fruit which combine the
choicest edible with good ship
ping qualities.
That the date will in time be-
come to Imperial valley all that
other fruits are in famous horti-
cultural districts is the belief of
all who have studied the subject.
The time was not very far
back when oranges, raisins and
. prunes were Injuries enjoyed by
the American people but rarely.
, 1t took the wonderful enterprise
of California to make of these
fruits daily food. But the pos
sibility of the date is greater
than any one of the three other
fruits. To millions of people
they are a staple food, as they
are one of the best of foods, and
as they can be produced as
cheaply per pound as wheat or
apples, they must in time enter
into very wide consumption.
1t will probably in time be
found that there is about a mil
lion acres in America, largely in
Imperial valley, adapted to date
culture.
The third of the great fruits
for which Imperial valley is es-
recially adapted is the fig, which
IS coming to enter more fully
INTO general consumption in the
form of pickles and jams, and
which must continue to grow in
popularity.
This does not by any means
bound the possibilities of fruit
growing in Imperial valley. 1t
is simply an enumeration of the
three varieties which to the
writer seem best adapted to To-
cal conditions.
Great Cotton Future
In the early days of the val
ley few seeds of Egyptian cot
ton were planted, and the bushes
lived for years, each year send
ing out a new growth and devel-
oping a crop. Lint from these
bushes attracted much attention,
Imperial Valley press., 1912-05-04
Imperial Valley The Evergreen where Harves Go on Forever

InlfQ class having a Worldwide
market.
j California has in number of
respects failed to produce the
things most needed in sufficient
quantity. This is particularly
true of such first necessities as
beef, pork, mutton, butter, eggs
and poultry, and these are the
very commodities best developed
in Imperial valley.
This fact gives to the valley
the best markets known to the
farmers Of the country, for the
freight rates from the middle
West, which is base Of supplies
for these commodities, is much
higher than from Imperial val
ley. And rapidly as the indus
tries of the valley are growing,
the demands on the valley are
expanding more rapidly, and for
the class of commodities mar
keted on the coast, conditions
could hardly be more satisfac-
tory.
Asparagus, cantalOupes and
grapes, the three commodities
now produced in commercial
quantities, find no worthy COM
petitors in the eastern markets
during their respective market
periods, and the prices obtain
able easily take care of the other
wise heavy freight or express
rates to the East. When date
culture, as yet scarcely on a
commercial basis, shall have
come into it's own, this fruit will
J find conditions equally favorable
for wide distribution, especially
as it is not so perishable COM
modify as asparagus, canta-
loupes and grapes.
Cotton alone is in the class
which has a worldwide market.
An illustration of this fact is
that the crop of the present year
has found three outlets-to Eu-
rope via Galveston, to Japan via
San Francisco and to the cotton
mills at Oakland, California.
The long staple cotton is used
IN the manufacture of thread,
automobile tires, laces and fine
fabrics--in all kinds of cotton
goods in which great strength is
desired, even though expensive.
The United States is a heavy
Importer of Egyptian cotton, and
it may be that the production of
this crop in California will lead
to the establishment in this state
of manufacturing lines as yet un-
known, or this cotton may fol-
low the upland variety to the
factories Of the Orient.
Enterprises Needed
There are many lines of indus
try that are needed in Imperial
valley, but especially is there a
great field for canneries and
Ipickling establishments.
Fruits and vegetables can here
be produced to keep such indus
tries active through almost or
quite the entire year, but lack Of
canneries holds back this line of
gardening. Three years out of
four there is not enough frost
to kill tomatoes, and there is no
reason why this fruit could not
be canned every day in the year.
Imperial valley asparagus is
famous for the fact that its
growth is so rapid that every
particle of the grass" is ten
der, no tough, woody portion go
ing to waste. This makes it as
desirable for canning as it is for
shipping and yet there is no can
merry to prepare it for the mar
ket.
In the ordinary commercial
lines the field is comfortably
filled, but so rapid is the devel-
opment of the country that op-
portunities in these lines are al
ways ready to be found. and
whatever ones vocation may be,
ne can here find a place.
Labor and Rentals