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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-12

withstanding all the work he has to
do for the railroad and is seldom so
busy that he cannot find time to smile
at q joke. 1t is strange how many per-
sons put aside their smile when they
step into an Office to take up their
days work, and so many who do smile
during the day do it as If they were
receiving salary for that along with
their other labors, so that it is really
a pleasure to see fellow behind a
desk wrinkle his face up with gen.
uine smile or grin, one you can
plainly see comes from an apprecia.
ton of something funny. The ship
ments in and out of the town of VIII
ton are such that Mr.. Hendricks is
kept very busy. Two and one-half
years ago he was in Walnut Hill, ILL.,,
but he saw the glamor of the west
and migrated to North Dakota, where
his efforts have ben attended with
success.
H. c. Edgerton came in over the
boarder Of this state from Minnesota
six years ago. He has spent much
time in various localities. Canada in
cluded, but when he saw North Dakota
with her rolling plains and fertile
soil, like unto the Israelites of the
good old times described in the book
we study in the Sunday school, he
said Surely this is the land Of pro-
mise; here will abide always" And
he took up his abode forthwith, on the
prairies Of old Dakota, and here he
has lived happily ever since. He now
has a homestead at Turtle Lake and
owns $50 acres Of land just out of
Wilton, besides possessing 220 acres
of Canadian land. These men say
that the prospects for business are
bright, and they more than expect to
make good'in their store. Both men
speak well Of the town and surround.
ing country and their faith is more
than passing Is is well attested by
the class Of goods they have invested
in for the trade. The men themselves
are both clean honest fellows and are
we'll liked throughout the town.
An Immense Business In
Drugs and Other Goods
Another store that has been of con-
siderable moment to the town IL the
Red Cross Drug Store, Gray's
Pharmacy, located in the Rem
ington building. a modern build
ing, steam heated, we'll lighted, and
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-12

fitted out for the double purpose of &C.
commodating the drug store and the
Wilton Bank on the first floor. The
The Remington building is one Of
the first business buildings to be
erected in Wilton with view to per-
manency. The structure was erected
in the year 1902 by P. c. Remington
Of Bismarck. The Red Cross was es-
tablished in Wilton as a branch Of the
p. G. Remington Drug company, and
was placed under the management Of
D E. Bigelow, who 10 at this time in
charge Of the Waldorf pharmacy Of
Fargo. It was in the year 1906 that
H. w. Gray Of Sank Center. Mimi,
became manager Of this branch Of the
P. c. Remington Drug company. The
first Of January the following year,
or 1906, Gray was taken in - . Junior
member Of the firm. The firm new
does a business Of better than $1S, 900
q year, and to anyone at Ill familiar
with the drug business these figures
are significant. There 10 another store
at Riohardton operated by the same
company, namely the III. W. Gray
& Company" Tho store at Richard
ton IL characterized by the same care
full management and by the same con-
venience a. the one located at Wilton.
The stock Of goods carried by the
same company ID very extensive. and
includes practically everything that
you can find in an uptodate drug
store As the expression goes there
is q complete stock In every detail.
You will find here jewelry, musical in
struments, cameras, optical goods
school supplies. wall paper, photo sup
plies, cut glass and fine hand.painted
china, and also q complete line OF
Weller pottery, Columbia monographs
and sporting goods of every descrfp-
tion-they run heavy on Christmas
goods, and dolls and other holiday
goods in season; postals, books and
goods are also included, and
their candy department. Las q wide
name, as has also the stationery de-
partment. Very close attention is
given to jewelry, watches and dia-
monds. The stock of drugs is excep-
strong and large quantities OF
staple drugs are handled at wholesale
prices. A heavy store Of stock food
Is another thing given strict a&ten-
ton. The company has its own line
Of remedies, remedies prepared In Its
own laboratory, and remedies that
have beea tested and proven Of worth.
Besides these the firm carries also
large assortment Of patent medicines.
Recently the only jsweler in WI
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-12

sticks, dirt, cnan ana ScaIy SeeoS.
Then treat the seed with formaIde-
hyde az described in our press buIle-
tins Nos. 8, II, and %. It 10 absolute
ly essential to disinfect the seed. It
is not difficult to do If the man who
does it is provided with q proper COM
pressed air sprayer so that he can
throw a fine misty spray upon the
grain while it is being shovelled and
raked over. Use one pound Of for.
maldehyde to each forty gallons OF
water, and approximately onehah GAL
lon for each bushel of dry clean seed.
If the grain is thoroughly shovelled
and raked while the spraying is be.
ing done the grain will be found to
to be evenly damp all over. II left
piled for from one to two hours Il
will be found fit to pass through the
drill without difficulty.
Those who do not properly treat
their seed not only spoil their own
chances for good crops but spread
these destructive soil diseases to
nelohborins lands"
One Of the Largest industries
Of the state
Although nearly the western halt Of
North Dakota Is underlaid with Zig.
mite coal operations in the state are
yet in their infancy. About ten or
eleven years ago Gen. w. D. WASH.
burn of Minneapolis, purchased 49,
900 acres of land in the vicinity of
Wilton. Notwithstanding dif1culties
of transportation and also securing
labor 50 far from the coal fields Of
the east, the concern steadily grew,
till today the mine Is turning out
more coal than any other nina in
the state. During the winter months
the pay roll numbers fully three hum
dred men, and the amount paid them
is about $4,000 per month. The daily
output ranges from 1900 to 1900 tons.
During the winter $4,000 tons of this
Ignite are shipped to Bismarck alone,
and each day sees trainload Of coal
pulled out from Wilton to be dis.
tributed over the state and to vari-
Gus points of the Northwest.
The mine is run 60 feet below the
surface. where there is a vein 10 to
Is feet thick, and of the highest grade
as shown by tests. The mine is light
ed by electricity throughout, and
motor cars run the entire length Of
each supplied with cars of about
one and a half tons capacity, and each
man, as his car is filled attaches q
tag. furnished for the purpose by the
to the car, bearing his num-
Der, when the car is taken to the
main entry by mules, thence drawn
to the hosting shaft by the motor
cars. and is brought to the surface
by electric cages, where It is weighed
and the miner given credit for his:
After weighing the coal 10
screened to eliminate the slack ana
Inc coal, when it is loaded into TIE
coal cars for shipment. The latest
improved coal leaders are used In tho
loading Of the coal cars. For the
protection Of the company, the cus-
:omer and the railroad. the Weighing
after loading into the coal cars H.
ooked after by q representative OF
he Western Weighing Association.
The main Offices of the Washburn
Coal Company are located in Mime,
spolis and coal agencies are main
aimed in all hte principal towns and
titles of the state.
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hundred buildings on the Hampton grounds. viewing the extraordinarily varied activities and their application. The Founder of Hampton.
 The problem involved is, of course, a human problem and its solution a hu- man rather than a doctrinal solution. One feels certain of finding behind this amazing display of human efficiency not only a human thinking machine, but big natured big hearted human being, and one Is not disappointed. It really is a fascinating story-the story of this man and the thing he has ere ated and how it is reaching out to the very heart of a great human problem.
 In 1865 General Samuel c. Armstrong was sent to Old Point Comfort as an officer of the Freedman's bureau. The town of Hampton, the oldest continu- ous settlement in the United States, lay in ruins just across the bridge from where Hampton institute now stands. Everywhere were negroes, thousands upon thousands of them. be- wildered by their new freedom that so far had meant only misery and starva- tion for them. They had fled to For tress Monroe from all over the south and now, unable or unwilling to re- turn, they could only sit idle and help
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less under the frowning guns of the fort and trust to the coming of a gen. ius to lead them out of their darkness.
 In General Armstrong the man was found Born of white missionary par ents. his boyhood and youth had been spent among the Kanakas of Hawaii. That the black man and woman must be fitted to work with the hands, to earn money and save it, he saw at once and immediately began to put his ideas to the test
 In 1868 he opened little school with two white teachers and fifteen negro pupils in an old deserted barrack room just beyond Hampton. The score of years that followed Is marvellous record of a struggle by a great man against almost inconceivably heavy odds. Prejudice. open hostility based upon ignorance by both black and white, poverty and the mistakes of in- experience only acted as spurs for eventual success. Gradually the stu dent body increased in numbers and efficiency. Booker T. Washington came and went forth to become a lead CT of his race. Tom Walker came bare footed with 92 cents in his pocket, hardly able to write his name, to re- turn to Gloucester county and by thir-
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lar parades on the first Monday of September of each year.
 The agitation looking to the estab- lishment of Labor day as a legal holi- day then began, and it bore fruit first in 1887 in Colorado, although the first Labor day bill was introduced in the New York legislature. Labor day is now a legal holiday in all the states of the Union and In the District of Co., Iumbia and Alaska In Louisiana it is observed only in Orleans parish, in which the city of New Orleans Is sit uated, and in Wyoming a special proc lamation of the governor is necessary to make the day a legal holiday.
 Labor day is not a distinctively American holiday. although it's ob- servance on the first Monday of Sep tember obtains only in the United States. Europe has its Tabor day" on the 1st of May, sometimes marked not only by the turning out of organized workingmen. but also by socialistic demonstrations. Tn former years these resulted frequently in open conflict with the police and the military in sev- eral European cities, and the streets were reddened with blood. Recently, however there have been fewer col lisions, and the day is celebrated, as Americans celebrate it, with parades and with addresses by labor leaders Naturally, these labor demonstrations are much greater in cities in which la bor troubles are rife. The celebration of May l as labor day in Europe be- gan in 1890 with a demonstration in favor of the eight hour day.
 The Labor day parades are marked not only by the numbers of the work ingmen and women who march. but by their ingenuity in adorning themselves for the occasion and in devising floats and banners In one recent Labor day procession in New York much favor able comment by marchers and spec ators greeted the appearance of a toat representing Life and Labor. Twelve or fifteen girls. dressed in white and yellow, carrying large bou- quets' of golden rod, the official flower of the Womans Trade Union league. were grouped on the float. Two girls stood on a small platform at the top and clasped hands to represent the union of life and labor. Below them were two groups of girls, one above the other. The float was decorated pro- fusely with white and yellow bunting and golden rod.
 BRCCE K. GORDON.
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! sing together, and 1t seems that some
 OH them are always singing. It is the
 same. too with a score of other activi-
 ties at the institute. However long the
 visitor may stay, and he will find it
 easy to tarry, he will be struck by this
 general spirit of enthusiasm under per feet but never gaIIing discipline. It is
 the dominant note of the place. That
 it involves the great race problem of
 the United States and not only points but leads the way to its solution adds.
 of course. immensely to its impressive ness.
 Hampton institute Is primarily a trade school for Indians and negroes of both sexes. It does teach academic
 subjects to a certain extent, but its purpose Is to fit members of the two races for effective service by develop ing their characteristic aptitudes. and 1t does this insistently along the lines of industrial and agricultural training. To understand how perfectly is the training fitted to the material one should go about among the more than
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 v Hghteth to honor" in the Biblical phrase, a man or a body of men. he does 1t in no half hearted way. He proved as much recently when he extended the glad hand of welcome to his fellow members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston who visited London. The king was glad to see the Bostonians, and he told them so. He was so glad, in fact. that he posed for a photograph sur rounded by his visitors
 There's a unique thing about the pie ture reproduced herewith which the reader may not notice unless his at tention is called to it. There's an American flag in the picture, held by the second man from the kings right But there's no British ensign to be seen. Let the eagle scream!
 Here's what the king told the roam ing Bostonians:
 T am particularly pleased to wei come the epresentatives of the old Massachusetts regiment, and I hope they will derive much pleasure from their stay" Then he made some more of the old hands across the sea" talk which is tOlerably familiar and re- ferred to the visit of the Bostonians to Windsor to affix a tablet to the house erected on the site formerly occupied by Robert Keane, a member of the Honorable Artillery Company of London, who, in 1898, left England for Boston and there founded the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of the latter city.
 There was only one fly in the Bos- tonians' honey pot That was the fact that, as an Ancient and Honorable Artilleryman by adoption, his majesty did not wear the uniform. However, he did the next best thing by donning the clothes of a field marshal, the highest rank in his own or any other army.
 King George did well to refer to the artillerymen as an ancient and dis tinguished corps." When a military body has a history dating back 274 years it has a right to be proud. It has a right to consider itself a body set apart from ordinary men. Few military bodies in Asia, Africa or Flu rope and none in America can point to so long continued an existence. It is not only the oldest military organ ization in America, but one of the old est on earth. Even the London parent body does not date back very much farther than its Boston offspring. com paratively speaking. It was founded in 1537. only ninety-nine years pre- viously.
 It has been unhappily the custom of the humorists and near humorists of America to treat the Ancient and Hon. orable Artillery Company with flip pancy. They have asserted. among other things, that the only dead men the members ever saw were the dead men" at the banQuets of the Ancients.
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Boston Ancients, Whom King Ge0rse fi0nOred

(For the benefit of the uninitiated 1t may be necessary to add that dead men" are bottles emptied and deposit ed under the table.) Even so eminent and well informed a speaker as Chaun- cey M. Depew got off cruel jest at the expense of the military men, say ing-at their own banquet, too!-that there are three kinds of military bodies in America-the regular army, which fights; the militia, which fights when called upon. and the Ancients, who would not fight under any circum-
 stances But, as has been suggested. the islander is undeserved. The An
 clients have the right to blazon on their
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of uniformed boys and of neatly cali coed girls begin to converge at the big vine clad. red brick building. With animation, but perfect order. they pour into the several entrances
 You enter by the great modern kitch- en. where a hundred workers might move about without crowding. There are twenty or thirty students on post at the ranges and serving tables, and all Is evidently ready for the meal
 Within are the two great dining rooms, connected by a wide doorway. The tables seat about twenty and the boys take regularly assigned places on one side, with the girls opposite. all re- maining standing.
 With the last student In place 8 bell
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p~S HERE is one American insti-
 tuition that never fails to stir
 an odd thrill of something be-
 k tween pride and amazement in every American who visits 1t. Yet its remarkable work is less known here at home than it Is in India. Africa. Great Britain or Europe. Abroad this insti- tuition is held up as the model of it's kind for the world Many books have been written about 1t by German. East Indian, French and Italian savants. but there is no book written about 1t in America.
 The name of Hampton institute is often heard, but what it has done and is doing is almost unknown, even in the state of Virginia, where it is sit uated The more one sees of the work that is going on there the more amaz- ing this becomes.
 There Is a real sensation to be had from a first visit to Hampton. The impression on entering the grounds is that one has strayed into some great private estate or park. Broad stretches of admirably kept lawn are bordered by masses of Towering shrubs and great trees. Here and there through the trees one sees scattered buildings of varied and dignified architecture. There is not, however. the least sug- gestion of institutionalism.
 Singing Grace Before Meat.
 ] If you reach the institute just before the noon hour your introduction will be especially pleasant Then you may be taken at once to the great dining hall On your way the chimes ring out from the chapel tower and streams
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Mcclellan. Butler and Corse of the civil war. Naturally the list of hon. orary members is long and distinguish ed and includes many famous men be- sides King Edward VII and King George V.
 In the course of the centuries a great many quaint and interesting customs, like the annual training day in Octo-. Der, the observance of Anniversary day (the first Monday in June), the cere- monies attending the taking of office of the commander. elected annually. etc. have become a part of the heri- tage of the Ancients.
 Of course the Ancients have theic
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sounds and the roar of lively chatter Is instantly hushed. The bell sounds again, and a clear strong tenor begins the first note of Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow"
 The hymn Is taken up on the first note by a thousand young voices. the full student body. It is a trained chorusfef natural voices. and 1t sings with the power and spirit that a hymn of praise and thanksgiving should be filled with and rarely Is. One would be remarkably insensibIe not to feel a tightening of the throat on this first hearing at least of the daily grace at Hampton.
 Enthusiastic and Disciplined.
 It is the same whenever the students
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RoWDY FRENCH STUDENTS.

Rowdyism by college students Is to be suppressed in France by novel and drastic measures. A bill has been pre- sented to the education department for approval which constitutes college faculties trial courts with power to en- force their decrees by fine and im- prisonment. Students who resort to violence to gain their ends are to be compelled to study the lives of the most polished men of France, and they are to he held in custody until the pro- fessors give them a diploma which shows that they have read diligently the autobiographies of Chesterfieldian politeness. 0
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WHEN ORGANIZED LABOR IS ON PARADE

ployed to lead the marchers. There was a fine to-do until the offending musicians were induced to leave the line. Last year the New York pa raders were determined to avoid a rep etition of this incident, so everything was carefully inspected and O. K.'d before the word was given to proceed
 As in the cases of some other Amer ican holidays, varying stories are told of the origin of Labor day. The one that is generally received, however, and Is seemingly well authenticated,
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ing popularity of outdoor sports among Americans. Field and track and base
 ball diamond and water are thronged on this day that marks the approach ing end of the outdoor season for most Americans. To a large fraction of the population of the United States Labor day is the wrong end of vacation time, and many thousands use it up in trav- cling from summer resorts to their homes. To the employees of land and water transportation companies Labor day Is indeed day of labor" the very
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| ty years of steadfast, faithful labor make it one of the model industrial and agricultural counties of Virginia Thousands of others, whose names are not and never will be known outside the counties where they have gone to farm, work and teach the gospel of service and labor, have passed through this great crucible, there to be trans- formed from the crudest of raw ma- terial into skilled farmers, workmen and teachers.
 Father of Industrial Schools.
 Nearly twenty years ago General Armstrong died. leaving his great task to be carried on by Hollis Burke Fris- sell, who had been his loyal assistant for many years. How wonderfully well 1t has been done would need an inspired pen to record. Today Hamp- ton institute, the father of all indus- trial schools in this country. stands supreme in equipment and results. Here the labor of the shop and farm IS dignified above that of the classroom. All academic work Is correlated to the work of the hand, and for four years every student lives in an atmosphere of moral and physical cleanliness with the one idea of actual service to his race held ever before him.
 The students are taught that sim cere, faithful, intelligent work at any task that may be their lot in life Is the truest way of serving their race and bettering their own condition. The result of this, coupled with the very highest type of industrial instruc- ton, has been to make the services of Hampton graduates. whether they be in the schoolroom, the workshop or on the farm, eagerly sought for throughout the south.
 When one stops to consider that Hampton has sent forth more than 5000 men and women in the past forty five years and that 80 per cent of those now living are successful In their cho- sen work and that no Hampton grad uate has ever been sent to the peni- tentiary it makes one marvel that such an institution. working out in its own good way one of the most vital of our problems. is not at least as famous and its good work as we'll known within the United States as it Is in far dis tant lands.
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traces the day back to the assembling of the Knights of Labor in New York city on Sept. 5, 1882. There was pa rade of the Central Labor union of the city. It was reviewed by the officials of the Knights. Among them was Robert Price of Maryland, who waxed enthusiastic over the showing made by the organized workers and turned to General Worthy Foreman Grifhths with the remark. This is labor's day in earnest" The idea of having a spe- cial day for organized labor, when it could turn out and show its strength to the public, took well, and in 1884 resolutions were passed to have simi-