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Advantages df Special District
eQ1hy ne Ucinity Should Welcome
Proposed Change in School GoUernment.

In view of the fact that Bot
tineau people and those in the
surrounding country are soon
to decide between the spe-
'ciaP' and common di strict
as an organization for the
management Of our schools, it
would not be amiss at this time
to show just why the change is
desired. :4f
The common. school district
was the primitive form of
organization devised when
school matters first became
matters affecting the state. The
device was to meet conditions
when. all, schools were of a, ma
ture that would not be called
rural and. when all had. small
!enrollment. AS our popula-
ton increased and tended to
be congregated in the larger
villages and towns, II was
found that this form Of organi-
zation was not 40 well adapted
10 meet the changed cond ditions
Iof administration and purpose
| of the schoo ia towns
land cities with as popula alton 81
five. hundred or rno ore, We now
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FORESTRY BANQUET
Pleasing Social Event q The Soheel oi
Forestry Last Friday
FOR CLASS OF 1912 AND TEAM
Banquet Room Was esa autIfully
Decorated; Many Pleasing
ToastS Were Given

Delicious viands, sweet music,
song and jest and story com
bined to make last FRIDAY even
ing a memorable one for the
students Of the School of Fores-
try and those who were fortun-
ate enough to be their guests
at the banquet given to the
senior class and to the basket
ball teams.
The building, and particular
ly the room used as a banquet
hall, was decorated for the oc-
casion with much taste. The
shamrock was the motif. With
each place card was a green
|confection supporting a tiny
Irish flag. Above the middle
table was suspen ended a basket
ball and the figures 1912
Music for the occasion was
furnished By T ii Stafford
orchestra
The viands were prepared BY
the students Id the domestic
science department and spoke
leloq quently Of the thorolIghness
Iof that Course.
I President Mills acted as
toastnnast Miss Oliye Rich.
ardson spo lie for the senior
class. Pro-. Diixor presented
1.-THE members Of the boys team
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with sweaters earned by their
service during the season.
Reuben Minkel, Pat, Leveille
and Rex Meighen replied 70
toasts on the part of the team.
Miss Thompson presented the
basketball girls with the athleE
ic insignia the letter F..
Miss Charlotte Renick responds
ed for the girls team. Peter
Scott sang two highly pleasing
Norwegian songs. Two Fores-
try songs, composed by Miss
Thompson, were sung by the
students. C. w. Fielder res.
ponded to toast, IT he
Referee ]. +. Haskett spoke
of the growth of the institution
and it's future. Miss Best
spoke on Domestic Science"
Judge Kirk spoke on "Bygone
Days"
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generally find the administra-
tration of the schools vested in
a board Of larger membership
and representing a district
known as special.
In North Dakota the law
wisely provides for a member
ship Of FIVE or the board Of
directors for special districts
instead Of three, as is the case
in the common district. The
ain1 is to secure more efficient
management, and management
whichis more milne with what
people want. The five-man
board is more representative as
each represents smaller pro-
portion Of tax payers. Again
it is not SO likely to become a
one-man board! "A board of
three me mbers is too apt to
cater to the needs and desires
of one strong member. a
membership Of five precludes,
in ordinary cases, domination
on the part Of any one. More
over, an increase Of member.
ship, up tot certain limit al
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FARM METHODS DISCUSSED
Leading Farmers and Business Men From an Parts Of
#. the County Gathered Here Last Friday to Hear
Empire Builder and Other Speakers

yields are uniformly higher
than ours.
We have splendid prospects
for 1912; there is plenty of
moisture in the ground but we
dare not be careless in our
methods. We must handle the
soil with a view to the. results
in 1913 and later, years.
We have a wonderful soil but
we can, if we handle it right,
make it better in the years to
come. See what we inherited.
One hundred and twenty-five
native species of leguminous
plants flourished on the prair-
les and, stored up nitrogen in
the soil. Countless herds of
buffalo, antelope and rnyriads
of birds lived and died upon
these prairies and in life and in
death enriched the soil and
added humus to it. It was for
tunate for the pioneers that
this was so. But you have been
destroying these things. Pot
ash has in a large measure been
taken from the soil Much of
the hunus has been lost. You
have not been putting these ell
ements back.
You have here an abundance
of rainfall but none to spare.
You must keep your soil in fer
tile condition. You must keep
hunus in, the soil. This is
highly important in a dry eli
mate. Hunus, as you know,
is decaying organic matter,
vegetable or animal.
Il The speaker than dwelt on
the wisdom Of deep blowing
and advised the farmers to car
ry foot rule and measure the
depth of the furrow and get it
deep enough. He then referred
to the fact that the old geogra-
pliers marked this section The
Great American Desert" and
said it was true. But the early
Continued on page y
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LAF0LLETTE WINS SWEEPING VICTORY
Roosevelt Overwhelmed BY Landslide the State Where
Taft Received Very Few Returns incomplete
But Indicate That John Druegga May Be Elected

of Kramer and the inventory
was allowed.
On the same day there was
a hearing in the matter of the
estate of Mark .Hawker, late OF
this city.
Hearing on sale of real prop
rety in the estate of Andrew
Sebelius, late of Roland town
ship, was had on Monday. The
sale was confirmed.
This morning there will be a
hearing on petition for the ad-
mission of foreign will to pro-
bate in the estate of William
Jury.
This afternoon the annual
account in the estate of Ole O.
Haugen, late of Overly, will
be heard. -.
Marriage licenses were issued
as follows: On Monday, March
18, to T. Nelson of Westhope
and Miss Edna L. Hams of
Souris. They were married on
the anne day by Rev. Barnum.
On Wednesday, March 20, to
John P. Fitzgerald and Miss
Pearl l.. Weston, both of Ant
Ter. They were married in the
court chambers by Judge Kirk.
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LAF0LLETTE At RUGBY
Big Gathering There on Monday 10
Hear Famous "FIghtIng Bob"

Many citizens of Bottineau,
as we'll as others from all the
towns along the line, went to
Rugby on Monday to hear
Robert NJ. LaFollette. The
largest hall in the city was
packed to the doors and a great
many people We're unable to
secure admission. We regret
that it is impossible to, give an
abstract of Fighting Bob s"
address. 1t was a clear, force
full placing of progressives
issues to the front. Senator
LaFollette made scores OF
friends by his address, as is
evidenced in the election re-
turns.
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E. BowLER's MOTHER DEAD
Well Known Farmer Called to Mime
apolIs Last Week by Sad Message

e. Bowler, a well known
farmer, residing four miles
southeast of this city, was call
ed to Minneapolis on Friday of
last week by message stating
that his mother, Mrs. S. +.
Olin, had died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. John
Buckett,, on Wednesday, March
13.
Deceased was 81 years old
and had been i'll for more than
six months. III
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EIdsvoId Farmers Club

Plans have been made for a
big meeting of the Eidsvold
Farmers club on Saturday,
March 80. A good program
has been prepared. Mr.. NJ. B.
johnson will be present and
give an address on some phase
of the better farming plan.
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Maxbass Election

The village election was a
fight to the finish between the
Williams, Livingston, Myers
faction and the Freeman -Hamil-
ton faction, the latter winning
every Office. The new officers
are as follows: H.B. Ashburne,
trustee first ward; w. j. Hill
gendorf, trustee second ward;
Frank Monson, trustee third
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ward; G. J. Getschel, justice of
the. peace; James Nichols,
marshall; A. H. Richardson,
assessor; ID. Campbell, clerk
and w. Whitcomb, treasurer.
Messrs. Hamilton and Freeman
have been hung in effgy and
roasted by the local paper but
the results of the election is, a
vindication and a victory for
them.
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Dolnas IN COUNTY COURT.

On Friday of last week a
petition to probate heirship in
the estate of Oritt l.. Williams
was filed by Sabra Jane Morri-
son Of Westhope.
/ On Saturday there was a
hearing on inventory in the
estate Of Angus Cameron late
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Wellington Township

Oliver Sherwin, supervisor;
James Whitnore, clerk; Hans
Gaardsmoe, assessor and Robt.
Wright, treasurer; were re-
elected without opposition.
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Roland Township

Officers elected Tuesday were
as follows: A. p. Cumberland,
supervisor; Ole Thompson,
clerk; liver Thompson, treasur-
er; Ed. Cumberland and H.
Crowder, justices of the peace;
q. A. Hanson, assessor.
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TWO TO one HERE
Wisconsin Man Has Plurality Of 537
In BoitInsau County.
BRuEeeER LEADS IN THIS COUNTY
President Taft Gould Only Muster
80 Votes; Thirty-0ne
Goose Eggs

Ad1OllCIIC was CIlc V1CCOT IN
Tuesdays presidential primary
in North Dakota. The returns
are not complete but his plura-
lity overRoosevelt will be close
to 1900 when all the votes
are counted. President Taft
will have about 1900 votes in
the entire state, or about one to
each precinct. The LaFollette
men are jubilant and will push
their campaign with renewed
vigor in other states. They
expect that the effect will be
far-reaching. On the other
hand the Taft supporters find
cause for rejoicing for they rea-
son that this landslide to La
Toilette in state where Roose-
welt used to live will eliminate
7. K. as a factor in the fight.
His hat may stay in the ring,
he may adhere to his resolu-
tion until after the convention"
at Chicago but they believe
his defeat in North Dakota
will effectively puncture the
Teddy boom.
Thomas F. Marshall is un-
doubtedly elected by a large
majority as republican national
committeeman.
State returns indicate close
fight on democratic national
committeeman with Duis and
Bruegger in the lead. 1t is
argued that because the greater
part of the eastern portion of
the state has been heard from
and large part of the western
half is yet to be counted that
John Bruegger of Williston is
likely to be elected.
The progressives of Botti-
neau did their part in rebuking
the strenuous one who would
accept a third term in spite of
his expressed resolution to the
contrary. LaFollette swept the
county by a plurality Of 537.
The vote for republican presi-
Dental nomina ton was as fol-
lows:
LaFollette. -. 1867
Roosevelt. ........., $50
Taft 80
In thirty-one precincts in the
county Taft failed to get vote
and in a great many others had
only one or two votes to his
credit. Of the eighty votes
about seventy-five per cent
were cast in cities and villages,
.25 of the number in this city.
For republican national com
mitteeman the vote was as
follows:
Marshall. ......... 1,O49
Cooper ........... 3O5
The democratic returns for
the comfy are not complete. So
far as received they show 339
votes for John Burke for presi-
dent and on national commit
teeman as follows:
Bruegger. 1853
Wilson 7S
Duis. ......,. 40
Perry 3. 9. I. q. q. SO &
Mclean. =. q. SO
Whitehead .... rs
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ELECTION IN CITY
one Hundred Fifty-nIn votes Were
Cast In the Three Wards
TWO NEW ALDERMEN CHOSEN
Only Contest Was In the First
Ward Between Wekseth
and Warner

The only real contest in the
city election was the race for
the Office of alderman in the
first ward. Henry Warner was
put forward as the new candi-
date for the office. H. N.
Wekseth was a candidate for
reelection but did not make it
known until the eleventh hour.
As a consequence the race
was a close one, Warner win
ming by three votes.
The vote on aldermen in the
three wards was as follows:
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orelaer's Opera House Was Packed
with Interested People
SOCIALIST STARTED SOMETHING
L. a. knoko Commenced to Har-
4 anguo Crowd But Farmers
Kissed Him Down

The third of a series of big
meetings in the interest of the
Better Farming movement was
successfully carried through
last Friday when James ]. Hill,
the empire builder, !" T. A..
Hoverstad, the farmers instit-
ute conductor, Prof. F. w.
Crane and VIM. Mercer OF the
agricultural college addressed
an audience of over 800 farmers
and business men in the opera
house in. this city. Morning
and afternoon sessions were
well attended and those present
were not only interested, they
were enthusiastic.
A special train was provided
from the south and a great
many people from Willow City,
Omemee, Overly, Gardena,
Kramer, Barton and Rugby
took advantage of the op-
portunity to attend. The train
from the north was packed
with people and there was a
large attendance of those who
live within driving distance.
In spite of the fact that the
opera house seats over 600 and
that over 185 chairs had been
placed on the stage a great
many people had to stand dur
ing the afternoon meeting and
quite a number were unable to
get into the building.
Morning Session
F.W. Cathro, director Of the
Better Farming associ alton. in
his capacity as chairman of the
meeting introduced Prof. T. A.
Hoverstad and announced that
he would talk on Soil Hand
ling. /"
In his opening remarks Mr..
Hoverstad said that Bottineau
county is beginning to be
recognized as one OF the best
agricultural sections of North
Dakota" Opening up the
subject assigned he said there
were two great factors in crop
production soil and climate;
we have no control over the
climate, which is a fortunate
thing. North Dakota has a
splendid climate almost ideal
and very uniform. It is not, as
is often stated, uncertain.
There are certain changes
seemingly abrupt and severe
but the average for twenty-five
years is safe to rely on. Even
in the last two years there have
been only four months that
varied much from the normal
April. May, june and July in
1910 we're dry months. In 1911
the climate was good and
the liRht crop in some parts Of
the state was due to lack Of
moisture in the ground the
I year before and to improper
and carelesss hand Hing of the
soil. Had the soil been haIldl-
ed as il should have been we
should have had 20, ,OOO, !, 600
bpshe more VIII t:in1 910 And
THE does not mean the doing
of new things; II means simply
doing what We ougl AZ to do and
what has been done where the
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Continued On pase s.1
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The returns on delegates to
the national convention are
such that nothing but the off
;cial count will determine who
are elected.
Evening journal., 1912-05-10
BUYDRESS
COURTTELLS HUBBY

CHICAGO, May Henceforth when
friend wife tries to persuade hubby
to take an afternoon off and help her
pick out a dress or a hat, 1t will not
be necessary for him to resort TO
the ancient stall about the impossi-
bility Of getting away from the Of
flee.
All he will have TO do is to produce
a certified copy of the judicial Dpln-
ion TO such cases relating and apper-
tanning. as handed down by Munici-
pal Judge Newcomer. Here it IS;
cut It out and paste II in your hat:
Husbands only make trouble when
they go with their wives TO asst in
the selection of dresses and other
feminine furnishings"
The Solomonesque utterance was
developed during the trial Of a suit
for the return Of money paid for a
dress which the complainant declares
does not fit. She is Mrs. Rose Ber-
man, 4456 Calumet avenue, and Mr.
Berman was with her when the dress
was purchased. It's general color
scheme and architectural design ap-
pealed to him he fact that it. had
been marked down from $50 TO $25
also appealed to him.
Being several sizes too large. alter.
ations of the dress became necessary
but when it was delivered at the
Berman home and tried on, Mrs. Ber'
man concluded that it did not ft her
and hubby. having more than pass
ing interest i'm the matter. inasmucf
as he had helped to select It and haC
provided the purchase price, agreed
with her
He took the dress back and explain
ed what should be done and how 4
should be done and thereby, accord
ing 10 Judge Newcomers opinion
complicated the trouble. Further al
terations we're made. but this time
Mrs Berman declared in her tosti
mony, the dress was too small in
stead Of too large. She had othe
faults to find with II as well, namely
"The kimono sleeves we're botched.
THE W in the back came down TOT
low"
In support OF these assertions sht
held up the dress for the inspection o
the court. The judge seemed per
picked and decided the affair was TOT
! complicated to pass upon withou
careful deliberation.
Evening journal., 1912-05-10
STORE CHANGES HANDS.

SMYRNA, Del, May 10.-Thomas
B. Megear, who has been at the home
Of his son, w. b. Megoar, in Whining
ton, for sometime on account Of his
health, has sold his grocery business,
corner of Main and Mt Vernon streets
to Ralph n. Holley, OF Wilmington.
Mr. Holley took possession on We'd
nesday and will renovate and order a
new and fresh stock of goods He will
move his family 10 Smyrna shortly
and for the summer will occupy the
furnished residence of Clarence b.
Raymond on South street. while the
latter is soiourning at his summer
home at Kilbourn, Wis In giving up
the store. Mr.. Megear closes the long
est record of any merchant in Smyrna
doing a continuous business. For
many years he has been identified
with the business life of the town and
he retires with the best wishes OF his
many friends. During his absence the
past two months his store has been
under the management Of Frank p
Postles.
Evening journal., 1912-05-10
KILLS WOMAN
TO RID HER OF
HER SUFFERING
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
SYDNEY. N. s W, May 10--'I kill
ed her because couldn't bear to sec
her suffer"
This is the keynote Of full con-
fession made to the police by Fred
erick William Ball, the Or. Crippen"
Of New South Wales, recently arrested
on a vessel here just as it was about
10 sail, charged with numbering his
EiX months bride and cremating her
body at Biugara, in the bush coun-
try.
She had suffered terribly with
rheumatism all the time we had been
Bt the farm" he said. 81 could not
sleep at night for her moaning. She
was on the veranda. and had just
taken a dose of medicine, when | de-
cided to kill her. She was stag
gering about. apparently unable to
speak. I went to the kitchen and
got a shotgun. The first cartridge
missed fire. ] pulled the other trig-
ger, and she fell dead. ! then put
the body i'm a wheelbarrow and took
It down to the paddock, where ! built
a boufire and burned it clothes and
All."
Ball came with his young wife from
Kent. England, in December. and Sc
cured employment on a farm near
Bingara. He made himself so valu-
able TO the proprietor by his industry
and thrift, that when the latter came
on a visit to Sydney, Ball was put in
entire charge Of the place.
Following the discovery of the char
red bones, the murderer was traced
TO Sydney where. disguised as sailor
he had embarked on ship bound for
England.
Evening journal., 1912-05-10
y YEARS OLD:


LONDON. May 10-Derrick worn-
her. son of the South African million
aire. Sir julius Wernher. appeared IN
the Bankruptcy Court, whom an ex-
traordinary story OF how he spent
S575.O0O was disclosed
The bankrupt attributed his failure
to exIravagant living. betting. gam
bling and heavy interest. commits
sions and bonuses on money-lending
transactions.
Derrick Wernher is % years old.
He was educated at Eton and Oxford,
and on leaving the University had
contracted debts to the amount OF
100000, chiefly as a result of gam
bling transactions, including baccarat
and horse racing. Those debts were
paid by his father, who then adver-
tised in the English and Continental
newspapers that he would not be
responsible for any further debts his
son might incur.
Since then the bankrupt said he
had incurred lebts to the amount oil
S250,500 to unsecured creditors. In
November, 1910, his father obtained
an appointment for him as private
secretary to a gentleman travelling
in Egypt and the Soudan at re.
muneration of 5000 a month, but In
May, 1911, that engagement termi-
mated.
How He Got Money.
did your father say that II you
would do two years honest work he
would leave you his vast fortune, bu
that if you did not turn over a new
leaf he would leave his money else
where" was asked
"He did not" was the reply.
Questioned regarding heavy pur-'
chases of iewelry, Wernher said tha
Oscar Kahn was a creditor for S245,
900 under that head. He bought thu
iewelry in October. 1910, under the
following circumstances
He had made the acquaintance o
Terry, a Hungarian, who was ac.
quainted with his financial necessi
ties and suggested a plan of relieving
them. Terry said he had relation
with a largo jewelry firm in Pari
(which would be willing to do bust
ness with the debtor. Accordingl,
Terry introduced him to Oscar Kahn
who asked the witness if he was tn
eldest son OF his father. On learning
that he was, Kahn. the debtor said
supplied him with magnifcen
string of pearls He was not askei
any questions as to his financial posi-
tion. and did not instruct Terry &
make any statement on the subject
He gave Kahn security in the shap
of acceptances for the jewelry.
$4,000 For S245,O00.
Mr.. Werner added that he took tn
string of pearls to an address whicl
Kahn gave him and received for tn
/ jewel $4,000 in cash and a check fo
$4,000 He took the check back &
Kahn because a premium of $1,000 ha
been paid on his life The check wa
cashed and the witness received SAB
900. which. with the $4,000 in cash
made up the total consideration 4
respect of a liability Of over S235.OOl
4 He paid Terry a commission of S400
out of the money.
The debtor said he paid off a nun
ber of debts with the money. and tn
remainder went chiefly in gamblin
in Florence and in the payment {
betting losses in England.
Evening journal., 1912-05-10
CHRISTIANA

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
CHRISTIANA. Del, May 10--After
a long illness. Isaac Thorpe died on
Thursday and was buried on Mon
day
Mr. and Mrs Charles Detroit re-
turned from their wedding trip on
Saturday. and in the evening their
many friends gave them an agate
shower.
The regular meeting Of the social
society of Salem NJ. p. Church was
held on Tuesday evening at the homo
Of b. r. Lee. Three new. members
were received.
The first quartely conference of
Christiana charge will be held al
Salem Church on Tuesday, May IL,
at 2.30 o'clock.
Personal:-Mr. and Mrs Wallace
Belmont. Of Philadelphia. spent Sun
day in town-The Rev. w G. Harris
and daughter, Sara, Of Bishopville
were recent visitors here-Bayarc
Vincent, of Wilmington, visited his
mother here on Sunday-Mrs. Cubit
of Atlantic City, spent several days
last week with friends here.