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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
Flour and Foodstuffs

Self raising flour, SC; Tennessee flour s. S5; Indiana flour, s5.7 idaho flour. s5 a5 Michigan flour, s6.s olted meal. per ', h. $l.95: No. 2 corn, per bushel sl.o0; pure wheat shorts. ss3 pur, wheat bran, s2S; C. s. hulls, per ton, sio. 30 meal, per ton, s26; No. 1 timothy hay ner ton, s24; mixed alfalfa and Jobnaon grass. per ton, szlQ22; corn chops, per 1n h. sack s1S5; alfalfa hay. per ton. s2s. Johnson grass, per ton, s16q17 mixed feed per ton, s36GI37c; oats, 53c busheI
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Fruits and Produce

Apples. new, per barrel, S4.50M$5e: Call foraia peaches. selected, per crate s101. .25, California piunns, per crate, g; California oranges. per box, s3N4; lemons. imported, per box. s5-5oglC; cabbage. per pound 134 .; onions. per pound. z1zc; Spanish onions,
 per crate, $1.75; Irish potatoes. per bush- el. s1m1.1o; cantaloupes, per crate. g.. a 6f3 25; waterf1eions. 15Gf2ze. Times TOT bpshel, slql-lc; sweet potatoes. per bush
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York. August 22.-Cotton seed oil was dull. with prices generally low CT in absence of supporting orders. old crop months closed to 15 points net lower and new crop unchanged to ? points down. August, 6.40@ SOC; Sep teriber, 6.40M641c; October. 6.4J@ 6.42e: November. 6.19m6.21e; December, 6.l1@ 6.13c; January. 612Q614c; Feb ruary, 6.14W6.15c; prime crude nom- inal; prime summer yellow, 6.45ep G. 49c ; prime winter yellow. e.45@6.50c; prime summer white, 6.40c bid.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City August 22.-Wheat. cash No hard. s81kQ91c: red. No 2. 901sc corn No. mixed. 7G1saS2c; white 7S; Oats. No. 2.white, 8ia8I1sc. No mixed 3S1sa34c.
 Close, wheat: September Ssssc. Decem- Der. S77sc. May, 9le Corn. September 1essc. December, 571e. May 50A@bossc Oats, September, 321zc. December, 32c. May, 445sc.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans, August 22.-Spot cotton quiet, 1-lCc down. Mlddling,,11 I1-lGc Sales $50; to arrive. none. Low ordinary, Sac: ordinary. l5-l6c; good ordinary. 10sse; strict good ordinary. 10%e low middling, Ii l-16c; strict low middling, II 5-1Gc; strict middling, Il 15-16c; good middling 12 3-16c; strict good middling. 12ssc middling fair. 121l-l6c; middling fair to fair, IS 1-16c;
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St. Louis Grain

St Louis. August 22.-cash wheat, No. i2 red. s1.o4a115; No. 2 hard 96c; corn, No. 2 7S1a0I79e. No. white s01ac. Oats No. 2 33c; No. ? white. 3515c. Close. wheat: September 94@94.. e: De-
 Close. wheat: September 94g94hc; De-
 cember, 51ssc Oats. September, 3lssc. Denenher 22tae
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St. Loliis proyisions

St. Louis, August 22.-Flour steady Hay finn; Timothy, $l3419; prairie, $lin14 Whisky, si.40.
 Iron cotton ties, S4c.
 Bagglng. 10 1-16c.
 Hemp twine, 10 1-16c.
 Pork lard, dry salt meats md bacon unchanged.
 Receipts Flour, 3sO0 wheat 153.00O; corn, 40.000; oats. 5000.
 Shipments: Flour 11,oOo; wheat, 1s0.O0O; corn. 16o00: oats, 77,000.
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Fish and Sea Foods

Red snapper. 10c in Dbl. lots; Pc fin small lots; groupers. 6hc; Spanish mackerel. 15c; sea trout. 12hc; carp roughs. 7c; white perch. sG10c: speck- led perch, 7e; mullet. 7c; sun perch or bream 1oc; pompano. 20c; mixed fish, 7c in bbl. lots; 7c in small lots; crock CTS. 7c.
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 Flour-Dull. Rye--No. 2. 73Gp73lae Barley-Feed or mixing, i2@FOc; fair to choice mating, 63M70c. Timothy Seed-S5. 66. Glover Seed-s10dl15. 50.
 Mess Pork-s17 .S7lk6l1s.
 Lard-In terces, Sl0.S0.
 Short Ribs-Loose, $1090
 Butter - Firm: creamefies 22q24c dairies 21M23c.
 Eggs-Firm; receipts, sS02; at mark, cases included, 17izn1s1kc; ordinary firsts, 1Se; f1rsts, 20c.
 Cheese-F'irm; Daisies. 15Ad15i2c: Twins. f4s.615c Young Americans, 1513Gl5aze {; Long Horns 15l1Ml5&c.
 Potatoes-Firm; receipts, 40 cars; Illi- nols, 60m63c; Jersey, S5M90c; Minnesota, @ 065c.
 Poultry-Llve firm; turkeys, 12c; chick ems, 13c: springs, lie.
 Veal-Firm, 9fff3c.
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WILLIAM J. BURNS
 POISONED IN DENVER

Denver, August 22.-Willlam J. Burns, the detective, is sick at hotel here suf- fering, it is said. from ptomaine poison- ing. No person is allowed to see him ex- cept his physician and nurse A report gained circulation here that Burns had been the victim of poison plot, but little credence is placed in the rumor.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, 127sc; compound, Sac; D. s. short ribs, 12.s5c; rib bellies, 1365c; ham butts. 1e1zc; Boston butts. .51zc; pork Joins. 17lLc :; spare ribs, 1c1sc; breakfast faoon. 2op 2sc: smoked bacon. l5c; regular ham lie. skinned ham, 1Slzc
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Metal Market

New York. August 22.-Copper firm; standard, spot August and September, ST .35a17. .50; October, SIT .30Q17.50: electro |lytc, 17s4c lake. 17s4c; casting, 17lsGl7Ac. Tin firm; spot, s45 .90@46.25; August, $45 .s5d469; September, si5.S5Q45.9o.
 Lead-Steady, s4. 4504.75
 Spelter steady, 7.05d7 .15.
 Anthony quiet; Cookson's, sS 45.
 Iron steady. unchanged.
 Copper arrivals at New York today. 3706 tons: exports for the month, 6l9S. Lon don copper steady; spot e79 los; futures, f79 Ss Sd.
 London tin steady; spot. s20s los; flu lures, f20S. Sales on the local exchange, 30 tons.
 London lead, G19 15s.
 London spelter, f26 los.
 Iron: Cleveland warrants, CPS llsd in London.
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Naval Stores

savannah, Ga. August 22.-Turpen- tine firm, 40@ + c: sales. 943: receipts. 1901: shipments. 2207; stocks, 3e.25i. Resin firm; sales. 1775; receipts. 362s: shipments, 5223: stock, 107.619. Quote: B. s630@6.40; D. s6.50; E. $e55: F. G. II, ss70: l. s6.75; K, $e,751 s.so: M. se.s0@6.S5; N, $715@ 7.2o; VIC. $7.s5; wv, $s.05.
 New Orleans, August 22.-Receipts, rosin, 25s barrels: turpentine, 125 bar rels. Exports. for Glasgow, Scotland 1900 barrels rosin: 1900 barrels turpen- tine. for Liverpool, 250 barrels rosin.
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Poultry and Eggs

Hens, 35q5oc; live, per pound, I4c. large flyers 19Q2oc; medium flyers. lsc' small fryers, 1sc: ducks. 800 40c; suin- cas- 25c; roosters. 50c; geese 400 soc. live turkeys. 15@1 16c; eggs. fresh, case candled. 24c; extra graded candled eggs. 25 cents.
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Freight Depot Rurns

Oklahoma City, Okla, August 22-Fira of undetermined origin destroyed the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad freight depot and five box cars here last night. The loss is estimated at $50,0O0.
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Creamery Products

Country butter. 15 C 2oc; fresh cream cry butter. 29isc; process butter, 27c; daisy cheese. 17Mc; imported Swiss cheese. 32c; German brick cheese, aoc. limburger cheese, 19c; imported roaue- fort, 37c: Neufchatel cheese. per dozen. 45c; Pimcnto cheese, per dozen, s140
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WE BUY
HUBBARD BROS. 6 Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover suuare. N. Y. Members New York Cotton Ev' change, New Orleans Cotton ExchanHe, >New York Produce Exchange. Aaso. oiate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso- karion. Orders solicited for the n,sr-
 ase and sale of Cotton and Coftor
 led oil for future delivery. Special af- lntion and liberal terms given for con,
 gnments of spot cotton for deIfycrv
 pEreapOndencs invited.
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery. August Special ) The local cotton market was un- changed. Middling was quoted at II h c and strict middling at II zc.
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Grain Receipts and Shipments

Kansas City, August 22.-Receipts wheat. 1s5.0oo; corn. 15.o00; oats 2i0OO Shipments: wheat, 14s,o0o; corn, 13,000; oats, 7,o00
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Strike in Mexico

Vera Cruz. Mex. August 22.--A couple of hundred railroad employees at the Ter ninal station here have struck for an in- crease in pay.
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Wool Market

St. Louis. August 22.--Wool steady: me- dium grades combing and clothing, 231aa 2sc light fine, 19g21e; heavy fine, 13d1sc; tub washed, 2G435c.
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lanH o7 l.Q3 elal ea.a7Il7

La1Qts E1 < se4ehe ssAe fssiesasi5 aF of ans1na shaH5 tac tsa~pk aei reial foxHfss iH- rraraa Eass A1 tafaalat5an Hscassz4a
 gcr bullion &sf afHas iscqitiss nlf .nsc0 ee 9etii. Je- -'sits Increased HazE ai sE assesita i.sresss8 l&a eae Hqs4s fs iaes6 sea tnft gcTernNsnt aeoHrl Hs#a -F6t1
 The ffcpcruQs ef fts haafs fes Hafiitss ihis Vees .s tssa ssat a. gsgI 3AE per esut sas} week
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Coffee and Sugar

Coffee-Arbuckles. s23.55 per hun dred pounds: Luzanne. 21c per pound. Sugar, standard granulated. SIC per pound.
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el, s1f0; per barrel. g; preserving pears. per barrel, s5.50; California pears, s2. 5o ger bushel.
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New York Money

New York, August 22.-Money on call, steady 2s4dS per cent Ruling rate,l 27s per cent. Closing bid. oS4 per cent. Of fered. 27s per cent. Time loans, steady. G. days 3A per cent, 90 days, per cent. Six months, 45sd4ss.
 srantile paper, 5d51a per cent.
 Eff.f haH aadv with actual i- f iu 4Hka ~ - for H hGs H Con 2 f1lr s2ftt -A'nli aNe ae1at aicass N "a Nasds Ha.ss
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Live Stock Market

Chicago, August 2.-Cattle-Receipts $500; market steady to 1oc down Reeves steers. se.25uS.S5; stockers and feeders si 40Q7. s5; COWS and heifers. s2.s5f7s ID calves, s6.eOni0.25.
 Hors-Receipts. 17,ooo; market 5a1oc
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TEACHERS CONVENE
 AT RUSSELLVILLE

Russelyille, August 22.-(Special IA teachers' institute is being held here by Prof T. H. Robinson. county school su- perintendent of education. It Is well att tended. over 100 teachers being in attend ance.
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Our Service

Besides the absolute security afforded by it's large capital and surplus this bank renders excellent personal erv It's equipment thoroughly modern and occupies 00 feet ground floor space thus enabling to handle with comfort and convenience to it's patrons its large number of accounts
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1:.03c; March, 13.06c; Aprii, lsuoc, May, 1s.0sc; June, 1s.07c; July, 13o5c.
 Spot, steady; Rio Is AS; Santos As, 15ss.
 Mild, quiet; Cordova. 16d17s4.
 Havre. 1zc to ssc lower Hamburg, 1xc lower: Rio 50 reis higher at $500. San tos, irregular, 4s 13 reis at 5000: Is , reis higher at ' sS00. Brazilian port re- oeipts, 45.000 against 64O00 last year Jun d'ahy receipts, 5000 against 51.400 last yer Today's Santos cable reported the market inactive and unchanged; Sac Paulo receipts. 40,ooo against 4S.o0o yes terday.
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I.iyerpool Cotton Market
Capital s1,5Oo,0O0

fair middling, 13 7-16c. Receipts, 1e; stock 23 239
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Edgar, sentenced to 90 years In the pen- itentiary, has appealed to the supreme court and his sentence has been suspend ed the same aS was done in the Tyra case, convicted with Edgar.
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Four bootleggers, three negroes and one white man, Sissons, were carried to the mines this week to serve their 13 months sentence.
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NO WATER AFTER
SEPTEMBER l
NOTICE RECEIVED THAT SEA.
SON MUST CLOSE ON THE
3lST OF AUGUST

The officials in charge Of the
Government Irrigation Project at
this place have received notice from
Washington to close the season on
August thirty-frst and take the
pumping barge out of the river.
Under this notice the season for
pumping this year is cut down to
practically one month. The barge
was in longer but very little water
was needed in July until the first
crop of alfalfa was cut. The second
crop will not be cut in time to rirl-
gate before the season closes to say
nothing of the land under crop. 1t
will be impossible for the farmers to
have their grain harvested by this
time. It will be two weeks and in
many cases longer before wheat is
ready to cut. To a man up tree it
would look as if the authorities at
Washington were going it blind as
far as knowing anything about the
conditions here. The farmers will
need more water in September fol
fall irrigating than they have needed
during any other month this season
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HOTEL BURNED

Cando, N. D., July 27.-A brief
account of the burning of Brentwood
hotel on Wednesday night has reach
ed here. The fire started about 10
o'clock at night, and in twenty min
utes the building was nothing but a
pile of ashes. Absolutely nothing was
saved, and thos who were in the ho-
tel barely got out in time, so quickly
did the flames do their destructive
work. Several people were hurt
in the excitement attendant upon
the disaster. The loss was a total
one, amounting to about 1000, and
there was no insurance carried on the
property. The store which is near
the hotel was hardly saved by lot
of hard work. The Fish Lake resi-
dents worked like troopers and the
fight was fierce one. No cause is
yet known for the starting Of the
fire. Further details are lacking at
this time, and it is not known whether
the hotel will be rebuilt or not.
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BURNED IN
TRAGIC MANNER
WAS FIXING ROOF WHEN THE
SOLDERING MACHINE SET
HIS CLOTHES AFIRE

Hope, N. D., July 25.-With his
body enveloped in flames, John Cas-
sell the 17-year-old son Of a promf-
nent banker, endeavored to get help
today by jumping from the roof Of
house, where he was working, to the
ground below, but he was burned be
yond saving when assistance reached
him. He died few minutes later.
The young man had been doing
some soldering work on the roof OF a
local house, when his clothes caught
fire. He was unable to extinguish the
flames himself and ran to the edge OF
the roof and jumped to the porch, his
body resembling living torch as he
went through the air. He jumped
from the porch to the ground, but
was unable to help himself in any
way after striking the ground When
assistance arrived, he was too far
gone to do anything for.
The Casse!s are well known
through this vicinity and this after
Moons tradegy came as an awful
shock to the residents Of the city.
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Rig MEETING
THE GROVE
RELIGIOUS MEETING AT GROIN.
ATKA'S GROVE NEXT SUM-
DAY-AUGUST THIRD

Next Sunday at noon the people
from the surrounding country will
gather at Gromatka's Grove north
Of this city for the purpose OF hold
ing a religious meeting. The meet
ing is in the nature Of general meet
ing of the various Sunday schools OF
s.he county and there will be songs and
recitations from different schools. In
addition to this there will be several
selections by the Williston Male
Quartette, and a solo by Attorney
Owens.
After the program there will be
basket dinner gathering and spring
dance. After a good feed and rest
chicken will be furnished in abun--
there will be a sermon by Rev. Hol-
let. The meeting at the grove will
not interfer with the usual services
being held in the city churches and
they will be conducted as announced
last Sunday.
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FARMERS DAY
GREAT SUCCESS
FARMERS PICNIC DAY AT STATE
FARM WELL ATTENDED,
INTERESTING TALKS

Superintendent Scholander deserves
a great deal of credit in arranging for
and carrying out one of the best far
mers gatherings held in this section
of the state, at the State farm just
north Of the city. There was just
one part of the program that didn't
carry out as planned and that was
the arrival of the farmers to inspect
the various methods of cultivating
crops before the noon hour, as had
been arranged for by the Superinten-
dent. However, farmers began ar
irving from various parts of the
county shortly before noon with
their lunch baskets and enjoyed the
good coffee, lemonade and doughnuts,
which had been provided by Mr.. and
Mrs. Scholander. Others particularly
interested began arriving about one
and by two there was large crowd
present.
Mr.. Scholander had a we'll ar
ranged program of music and speak
ing and at half past one the Willis
ton band was on the ground to fur
nish the music. The crowd gathered
about a speaking platform, which
the Superintendent had arranged un-
der a canopy, adjoining the old "seed
house" and arranged themselves in
the chairs provided for that purpose.
The program was opened by appro-
pirate remarks by Mr.. Scholander
who explained to the farmers that
his purpose in asking them to come
to the station was to have them ac-
quaint themselves with the fact that
che experimental farm belonged to
them, and was there for their bene-
fit, they should come, and look it
over ask questions and see for them
7selves. He said that he wanted
everybody interested in agriculture
to feel at liberty at any time, within
reasonable hours, to come and look
over the experiments that the State
was carrying on for the benefit of
CONTINUED on page s.
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EMPEROR OF
JAPAN DIES
EMPEROR DIED TUESDAY .AF.
TER YEARS OF ILL HEALTH
GROWN PRINCE

Toxic, July S0.-Mutsuhito, en-
peror of Japan, died today at l2:4S
a. m. Acute nephritis was given -
the cause of DEATH The Crown
Prince Yoshihito has succeeded to
the throne. .....
Although the news of the Mikados
illness, first given to the public nins
days ago, came as complete sur
prise to the masses of the people,
those who were in close contact with
him have known for some time that
he had not long to live.
His majesty had suffered from kid
ney trouble for eight or nine years.
Of late it had been growing mucn
worse. Complications developed July
IA, fits of prolonged drowsiness FOL
lowed, and on July IS, the patienfs
brain became affected and he lspsed
into Inconsistencies. '
A consultation of the ablest ply
sicians in Toxic, was held at which
the case was diagnosed as acute
nephritis.
Crown Prince Yoshihito, who now
came to the throne, was the only
one of the mikado's near relatives
who was unable from the first to be
near to his father. He was just re-
covering from a severe illness and
his doctors told him it would be un-
wise for him to leave his bed. He re-
ceived bulletins from the sick room
| at brief intervals, however, both by
telephone and by messenger. Later
he was unable to be at the palace
in person and was at the bedside when
the mikado passed away.
The streets of Toxic continued
thronged from the moment that the
first bulletin of the rulers critical
situation appeared. The mikado is .
semi-sacred parsonage in Japan and
though the old belief that he is some-
thing more than human is generally
disappearing, the older Japenese still
adhere to it, and it has much hold
on the younger generation.
The occasion had thus spirit Of
solemnity such as would be impos-
sible in western country during the
last hours of sovereign, however
much beloved. Voices were hushed,
street sounds silenced, tears were shed
and general atmosphere of sadness
and tradegy filled the ordinary cheer
full, bustling city. When the bull
etin was finally posted informing
them that their monarch was no more,
the watchers turned signing away,
and, on their queerly click-clacking
clods, clamored sadly to their homes
Mutsuhito was born Nov. 3, 1862,
and succeeded to the throne on tho
death of his father, Feb. 3, 1867. On
Feb. 9, 1869 he married the Princess
Haruko of the house of 1chijo.
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WATER REPORT
UNFAVORABLE
DR. RUEDIGER OF STATE UNI.
vERsITY TESTS WATER-AD-
VISES IMPROVEMENTS

DR.. Ruediger of the North Dak-
ota State University was in the city
this week for the purpose of confer
ing with the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil regarding our water supply. DR..
Ruediger is at the head of the de-
partment at the University that
makes all water tests in this state.
It is part of his business to assist
cities in this line of work and he
always co-operates with the authori-
ties whenever called upon. The DR..
made a test of the river water some
time ago and as it was not satis-
factory, showing as it did, the water
poorer than expected, he was asked
to visit the city and confer with the
council on the subject of purifying
the water. DR.. Ruediger stopped
over a day longer than he expected
to for the purpose of addressing the
council on the water question last
night and he gave them very inter-
esting talk. During the evening he
demonstrated how, with the use OF
lime and alum, the water could be
clearifed and stated that by adding
a little hypo cloride of lime the dis
ease germs could be killed.
He told the council that in his
judgment it was their duty to take
immediate steps toward remedying
the present water supply. In the
meantime he advises all citizens to
boil the water and for those using
filters to boil the filters every day
until such time as the water supply
could be improved. The doctor re,
turned to the University this morn.
ing and he intends to make several
more tests of the water Immediately
and we hope to be able to give the
results of these tests in our next
| issue.
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ELEVATOR STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING
GLENBURN HAS WORST FIRE
LOSS IN YEARS-DEPART-
MENT WORKED HARD

Glenburn, N. D., July 29-Lightning
struck the A. Butts elevator and be-
fore the fire was discovered it had
gained such headway that there was
no chance to save any part of the
building. When first discovered the
flames were shooting out of the top
of the building and by the time the
fire alarm was given and the fire boys
got there the flames had penetrated
the entire interior of the elevator.
Mr.. Butts was one of the first ones
to get out of bed when he heard the
fire bell and as soon as he discovered
the location of the fire he made haste
to get to the building and by so doing
managed to save his automobile
which was in the driveways, and the
desks and books from the Office. These
were all that was saved. The rest
in a mass of twisted and warped
iron. The Farmers elevator and coal
shed which are very close to the
Butts elevator were saved only after
a hard fight by those present. The
coal shed caught fire several times
and it was with great difficulty that
the flames were gotten under control.
The Farmers elevator was blistered
clear to the top and it is wonder
that it did not catch fire. Three
box cars had to be pushed past the
burning elevator to save them. They
were so close to the elevator that to
leave them would have meant their
destruction and at the same time
been means of carrying the fire
to the coal shed of the Farmers ele-
vator. The fire boys fought the
flames skillfully and hard and are
entitled to much credit for their
splendid work.
This elevator was built by Harry
Gidley in the fall of 1904 and later
sold by him to A. Butts and the
Poehier Grain Co. It was valued at
$500 and the insurance carried
to $500.
This is the worst fire Glenburn has
ever experienced.