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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02

an heiress one day and had been tell
ing her the ame thing ever since.
Jeans mother had been a MacPher-
son. and all the MacPhersons were
noted for their beauty as young girls.
Jeans mother had been of that peach.
blow loneliness which vanishes at
ABOUT thirty. leaving behind it nothing
Il a strong desire to WOO it back
again by every means known to fem
ininity. She had grown a little so,,r
n disagreeable as the years passed.
taking not only her own beauty. but
the nope that Jean might inherit it.
When she's eighteen. you'll see.
jean will look as I did" she declared
But at eighteen Jean looked like
herself. with perhaps a slight leaning
toward the general West effect. She
was slim. tall. vigorous. with big
brown eyes. unruly brown hair. a sal
low skin. and a big mouth, The
swans egg had Matched an ugly duck
ling. indeed.
It's a good thing you'll have mon
ey," Mrs. West sighed. That may
get o a husband"
Jean laughed. She could always
laugh at ANYTHING. Poor mother. ]
don't care at all about the money!"
she said. II hope Aunt Mimi will live
a 5000 many years to enjoy herself.
The last letter 1 had from her she
said she was feeling fine. She isn't
so awfully old. You know.only about
sixty-eight. AS for a husband-I
don't want one. The only kind of a
girl h a gets married nowadays is the
kind of girl that can take care Of her.
self. I'm going to take care of myself
and YOU. co.. I'm going to work. /
want TO work hard with my hands and
feet"
Mrs. West was Mortified. She cried.
She was always crying delicately,
making her eyes and nose pink.
Jean graduated and had one restless
do-nothing summer at home. She
wrote to Aunt Mimi that she had
planted enough pansies to supply the
town and a d~isgraced her mother
by wedding the onion bed at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon.
I'D like to climb Mount Hecla. or
jump over the moon. believe ! could
do both the way 1 feel.'' she ended.
All that summe h made plans.
There was no money for college. Nor
did she care for so much education. a
business life did not attract her: the
very thought of teaching made her
%shudder. Yet she was determined to
do something. We're getting poorer
every day.. she announced.
We'll, what of it? Some day you'll
be rich enough replied Mrs. west.
Mother. you vex me whenever you
mention Aunt Minis money. What
do 1 want of money with my brains
and energy? 1. can earn my own way.
All l want is a chance to do it. I'm
sick of starving on a prospect of wait
Ing. the Way Percy and Peter and the
girls are doing. I want a little present
day cash and I'm going to have it,
too. I'm going to raise chickens. And
l don't know but what we might take
a couple of boarders. too-schoolgirls,
say. We don't use half the house, and
there's all that land behind it," Her
enthusiasm waxed strong as she saw
that her mother did not actually faint
away or die at her proposition. with
q. little help l could raise all the vge-
tables we needed. There'd be room
left for h chickens, too. What do
you think?"
"I suppose it makes no difference
what I think" answered Mrs. West,
bitterly. but I must say l have Civ.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02

II guess you've got the hest of it.
Jean. You We're wise to do as you
did"
1t was the first time they had made
anything but fun of her enterprise.
About four months after his first
Aunt Minis lawyer came
again. but on business of his own. It
was learned he had been writing to
Jean on an ge twice a week ever
since his first visit to Westmore.
But no one was more surprised than
was Jean when he put a $500 solitaire
on her finger.
81 cant wear that when 1 feed the
chickens!" she exclaimed.
II guess you'll have to give up the
chickens!" he laughed. You'll live in
IA town out west. There's no room for
chickens on my place. The house COW
ers it ALL"
Jean laughed. too. and ran to tell
her mother.
Well it's something to get a hus-
hand. even IL you weren't left. money.
Mrs. West said. But I'd rather you'd
had the money"
ooh. I don't agree with YOU" Jean
breathed. happy and centented.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
POULTRY =
PURE BREEDING.
By cockspw:

An interesting portion of Bulletin
No. PA Of the New Jersey Agricultur-
al Experiment station has t o do with
cross-breeding of stock. In that bulle-
tin is written:
THE mistake is often made Of at
tempting to produce eggs from cross
bred stock. In the long run birds
which are continually cross-bred pos
sess no characteristics superior to that
Of the pure bred birds. The following
facts. well established by experiment
tation. show co%nclusively the value Of
pure bred poultry over Cross breeds
for any purpose. Standard bred poui-
try should be used because there r.:
Il. More reliability in breeding.
2. A larger egg production from the
egg breeds. 3. An improved quality
Of meat in the meat breeds. 4. A
uniformity In size, shape and color
Of the eEgs. s. More attractiSeness
In appearance. Z. But a slightly
greater initial cost than that Of mon
grels. Z. No greater cost Of keep
Ing. 9. A more efacient use OF the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
THE CITY MANAGER PLAN.

The commission form Of city gov
has attracted wide attention.
and many cities have adopted ono or
other of its many detailed plans.
There is coming into notice another
feature of city government known as
the city manager plan which is also
being tried by a number of Ameri-
can cities. The plan in its essentials
is European, and it is working sue
cessfully in many British and con-
mental cities. Whether the scheme
will lend itself as we'll to the situation
in our American cities is something
that Is yet to be determined. At n
rate. the experiments are worth
Watching. In an interesting article
the subject is discussed as follows
in the Review of Reviews:
The city of Sumter. S. c., is a COM
munity Of 10000 inhabitants in which
the powers of local government are
all vested In a board of three citizens,
elected at large and subject to recall.
One of these is entitled mayor. but is
withou powers beyond those of a pre-
siding officer and ceremonial head of
the city. To this extent the plan Of
organization follows the commission
type, but with these vital differences:
The three elected officers are not
supervisors of departments; they draw
but nominal salaries: they are not ex.
pected to give any considerable time
to public duties: they are frankly not
political experts. The commissioners
simply represent the interests OF the
city as a board Of directors, and dele
gate the responsibilities for details to
n competent executive. known as the
city manager who is their servant
and subject to removal by them at
their pleasure. To him they entrust
the appointment Of all the other city
officers and employees: to him they
look for reports Of the city's needs
and the formulation Of the budget.
"And DO. in Sumter. the elected gov
erning board monopolizes the poll
tics Of the town. which 10 construed
In a high sense. as the making of pub
lie policies. The appointed executive,
free from political influence, Is able
to conduct his ONCE according to pro-
fessional standards.
I'm January the commissioners Sc
the first city manager Al no
moment did they look upon the ONCE
AZ 4 plum to be shaken down for a
politician who had been active in Sc
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02

curing their election, or for q local
favorite. They acted in a way which
was at once revolutionary and char
ENTHUSIASTICALLY American. They adver-
tised. The best position in the city
went to a young engineer from outside
the city, who had no other claim u,,.
on it than his ability to perform its
duties.
1.-THE Sumter advertisement. which
was confined to a few of engineering
journals (bccause it was thought that
an engineer could make himself es-
pecially useful in the city, brought
over $50 applications, from every
quarter of the country. The idea Of
putting Il city on a. genuine business
basis had attracted a remarkable
two-thirds of them had had expert
ence in municipal engineering and
many were holding positions rs city
engineers. Among the number We're
several graduates Of West Point and
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, and one was a commissioner
of public works. an elective officer in
one of tho commission-governed cit
les in the middle west.
THE Sumter experiment. We're it
but a local phenomena. would lack
significance. But. for four years the
city of stanton, Va, has been under
a plan AS nearly similar as the laws
of the state will allow; the city man
accr plan was adopted in March by
Hickory and M~orEanton. y. c., and
is Il feature of the proposed charter
of Whittier, CAL: it has been endorsed
Ivy official commissions in St. Peters,
burg. Fla; Risbec, Ariz.. and Owosso.
Mich: it is incorporated in statewide
pcrmissivc bills in New York, Minne-
sofa, Ohio and New Jersey: it has
tho sanction of the board OF trade
i'm l.ockport. y. v, and all the leading
civic bodies in Dayton, Ohio; it has
boon seriously discussed in Dover, n.
H., and honolulu. H. T.; it is the rem
trail feature In a plan of city and coun-
~ federation supported by a strong
group nf civic and commercial organ
izations in Alameda county, Cal, a
community of 100000 people, which
includes the cities of Oakland and
Bcrkley.'
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02

The sugar representatives have not
been able to break into tho tariff nro.
gram. and the bill will go from the
house containing the provision for a
present reduction in the duty on sugar
and its abolition entirely at the end
of three years. There are people who
predict that there will be a change in
this part of the bill made in the sem
ate, and that at least the adoption of
a free sugar policy will be left to the
judgment of the president. Still, the
organization has held together vol,
thus far, and 4 may he possible to
pull the bill through just as it is.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02


Who quit the fair Justitia to
sign with burly Mars? Who hop
ped from musty legal tones to
plans and plots of wars? Who's
boss of all the boys that wear the
khaki and the blue-the generals
that flash the braid and swing the.
sabres, too? Whose stunt 1t Is to
G the Japs don't plant their
magazines along the shores of
Frisco Baylor steal the Philip
pines? Who's due to keep an eye
upon the Panama Canal, so I'm
Gle Sam'l don't get gypped by
Johnny Bull ct al? Who'd be,
if we'd butt in in Mex, the busy
Ivy one? Our War Departments
newest chief-that Lindley Garri-
son.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02

While the European disturbance
has been attracting more attention of
late we must not overlook the fun
they are having in Mexico. The dis
patches say that an order has been
given to the federal troops to
Juarez, and the rebels will soon be in
possession. The Mexican situation is
worse than the percentage column of
a baseball league when all the teams
are tied.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
wanted it to Keep warm.

Wdnted It 70 ace Warm.
This one may seem a little out OF
date" said a salesman in the fur de-
past winter. A woman walked up to
the counter and said:
"I'm looking for q num-
Yes, madam said ], what fur.
please?'
And she snapped back:
well, to keep my hands warm, II
it's any Of your business +"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
Seeing Him Is Enough.

NTTVuSIUH FOSt.
"A Washington correspondent says
senator Jim Ham Lewis will make
himself heard. 1t wouldn't make
much difference to us whether We
heard him or not, So long as we might
look at him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02

When You write cast to your friends
tell them that when they take their
summer outing there is no place in
inc world which they will find more
pleasant i'm which to spend a few
weeks THAI Grand Forks. And VOL,
will be telling them the strict truth.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
What They Say


NEW Ork WOrld,l
Nohod who has criticized Vice
president Marshall for some of his re.
cent u%tterances has peer cruel enough
t" say that the country would have
gained by the election in his place of
Governor Johnson of California.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
Something Else to Morrx .bo,,.

tSt. Louis Republic.)
The British press should he thank
for Secretary Bryan's wineless din
ner. 1t has given them something be-
sides the suffragettes to worry about.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
First Aid to Trouble

est. Louis Globe Democracy
president Wilson can't always know
where hades will break loose next ana
have A mar there; but he sends COL
mel Bryan as soon as he can.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
Case of Greenfield Monster.

philadelphia Inquirer.s
Perhaps Governor Johnson's plan
Tor harassing the administration Is
Just his idea of getting even for the
licking he got last fall.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
Will Tax Even His Abilities

VCnlcagO Inter OceOn.0
Will Mr.. Bryan he able to convince
the Californians that they like to live
with Japanese? Mr.. Bryan is persua-
sive-but.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
Just Wants to Know Whe,

just Wants to Know Where It Is.
(Atlanta Constitution.) .
Speaker Clark may employ the time
during Bryan's absence in California
in locating the spot where he buried
the Ratchet.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
Maxim silenccr on Tom.

milwaukee Sentinel.)
Now that Mr.. Bryan is in California
Mr.. Wilson can devote all his time to
muzzling the outbursts of Everett"
Marshall.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02

The iynching party continues to be
about the only Indignation meeting
which gets results. such as they are.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
'BENNER & BEGG
n

The less a mar says the more guess
ing his wife has to do.
Anyway. the rolling stone never was
interested in the moss trust.
Some persons hand out advice only
when they have an lo grind.
It's enough to discourage temper
ance advocates when ] oney gets tight.
But you can't judge a mans true
worth by the amount Of insurance he
carries.
1t takes a mar who doesn't have to
live the simple life to see the beauties
of it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
Where He Draws the Line,

Secretary Daniels is simplifying sea
slang, but will he ever dare tackle the
strange word forms Of golf?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
Will Learn How Hard It Comes.

By the time Jack Rose finishes his
first season as a farmer he will ap-
preciate how sinful it is to take their
money.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
Too Much for One Nan

VOdIIIINOTe AmerICan.J
President Wilson will have to learn
that he can't do 1t all.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02
Mans Size Job.

(Knickerbocker Press.)
William Jennings Bryan a got a
big job on his hands II he makes Cali
fornia part of the United States again.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-02

When a woman can arrive at salts.
factory conclusions without expressing
them, that is wisdom.
It takes nine tailors to make a man,
but there are lots of chaps whose
credit isn't ever good with one.
The twentieth century woman's
GROWING glory seems to be puffs,
braids, switches, pompadours, cluster
curls, rats, and so forth.
Misers were created for the purpose
Of showing others how little happiness
there is to be derived from wealth.
Mems new styles are quite narrow
gauge and intended to make fat me-
look more like sausages.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-10
WILSON AND WILSON.
Secretary of Labor and President Con
 fer on Strike Situation.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Secretary Wil- son of the Department of Labor had an hours conference with President Wilson tonight concerning the secre- tary's recent Western trip. Practical ly the entire time was devoted to a discussion of the Colorado coal strike situation. The secretary stopped in Colorado on his way from the coast and interviewed all factions to the controversy, but did not succeed in finding a common ground on which to arrange a settlement. He laid be, fore the president tonight all the de- tails of the situation he had obained, but said after he left the White House he was not prepared to make any an nouneement of the future course of the federal government.
 The president has been taking a keen interest in the Colorado trouble and hopes the federal government may in som way interpose its good offices to effect a settlement.
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AiJerta Seeking Cash.

Paris, Dec. 9.-Representatiyes Of the Mexican government are endeay- bring to raise money in Paris. The Mexican financial agent in London, I.lris De La Barra, and Manuel Garzo Aldape, former minister of interior in HueTta's cabinet, have opened negotia- tions with the Banqne de Paris ct Pays Bas and other members of the London and Paris banking gronp which took up part of the Mexican loan authorized in the spring, with the object of having this group ad- vance $6,00O.000 or s7,O0O,OO0 more inn mediately, in order to meet the in- terest on Mexican railroad bonds and various loans.
 An exchange of views now is going on among the bankers to whom spe- cial Inducements have been offered, but they appear to be reluctant to touch the matter and only would do so if assured of adequate guarantees.
 None of the money, it is said, is to be used for any purpose except pay ment of interest on national obliga' tions, many of which are held in Paris and London.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-10
ciTY's WATER FAMINE.
Cincinnati Has Promise Of Relief by
 Curtaiiment.


 Cincinnati, Oho, Dec. 9.--IRelief from the serious conditions caused by a water famine in this city due to the breaking of a huge water main has been promised by city officials early tomorrow
 The water supply in the central DOT ton of the city again failed this aft ernoon. However most of the mann featuring plants did not attempt to open today, and the water was divert ed to hospitals, hoels, restaurants and other places in which it was vitally needed.
 Firemen and police kept a close watch on the fire situation and the few fires which broke out were quick ly extinguished by automobile ohemi- cal engines lt was estimated that more than e0000 persons were thrown out of employment temp irarily by the shutting down of manufacturing plants Office buildings had great diff ficulty in supplying water to tenants.
 Tonight conditions were slightly i'm proved except in hotels, which still refused bathing privileges 10 their guests.
 It is not probable thai he schools will reopen tomorrow except ii dis tricts where a supply of filtered water is obtainable
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-10
BRAzOs RIVER RAMPANT.
Threatens to Overflow Banks and h.
 undate Several Cities.

Houston. Texas. Dec 9.--Fiftv miles in an air line from it's mouth. Ire Brazos river flood c.est was tonight passing Richmond, a town Of i,.Ho and threatened to top what IS ral,ed the bluff there, a ridge which 1as protected Richmond from yha water in all previous overnows. WaJcr c,er this bluff means Rlchmou1 wul he entirely flooded Early tonight tho river was within a few inches of ;he bluffs top and men wee trying 10 levee the ridge.
 Pistol shots and shouting were heard all about the Richmond low lands as night approached. comiae from refugees in trees or on Houses trying to call aid Most Of these ref ugees were negroes The river about Richmond was about five miles Wide and at some points the water had overspread all except high places fo: width of fifteen miles. For example practically unbroken water was re- ported between Rosenberg anu Sugar land. So swift and rongh was this water ill places that one salt wafer motorhoat from Galveston capn1el to- day. In another upset & Anderson who went to Richmond from Gaiv5s ton for rescue work, was drowned
 The total known flood drownings remained nearly stationary today standing about 1G5 tonight The Bruce family and a AIr Ray at Wharton previously reported drowned, were found alive. but their places on tae death list were more than filled by to days drownings, or the finding oi Ibodias
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-10
LOPEZ NOT CAPTURED.
Mexican Bandit Still in Mine and of
 ficers Waiting.

Bingham. Utah. Dec. 9-AlthouGh miners worked today without fear of being harmed in parts of the Utah Apex mine, no sheriff or deputy has penetrated since yesterday the tun- nels in search of Ralph Lopez, slayer of six men.
 A reward of $1,000, offered ny the state for the capture of ihe desperado, added to the deputies eagerness to resume the search that was discou- tinued when Sheriff Smith decided that Lopez had not succumbed 10 the gases generated to kill him last week.
 In council late today the sheriffs de cided not to allow the deputies 10 re. enter nor to attempt furher smudgine. Their plan is merely to keep guard at the exits until Lopez is starved out or until no doubt remains that he either is dead or has escaped. The tunnel mouths. except those in the lowest lev els, where miners are at work, have been stopped with bulkheads.
 On November 21 Lopez killed a fel- low Mexican and three peace officers and after a chase took refuge on No yember 2 in the mine, where he kill ed two more of his pursuers
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-10

to he done. He said that the present course now was in fine condition and much better course than Plnehurst. where tournaments are now being con. ducted.
 '1 think the first thing that should be done is an awakening of public in- terest," said Mr. Bedding. Il know that some of our citizens have taken exception to some criticism that has been directed at their stay-at-home methods, but there seems to be no way to Wake up public interest. I can not see where Hot Springs could do anything better than concentrate all efforts on an awakening of interest in its pubic enterprises"
 "A pesolution was offered by Dr.. Holland, which was adopted. pledging the support and the influence of the League to the interurban railroad which soon is destined to open up a new country between this city and Little Rock
 Other matters were taken up of I routine nature, and the meeting ad. iourned.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-10
LIFE FOR A. LIFE.
Italian Visits Judgment Upon Ills
 Daughter-in-Law

Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 9.-"A life for a life" is believed to be the mo tive that caused John Miller, an ita- Han. to shoot and probably fatally wound Mrs. Etta Miller, widow of Miller's adopted son, here this after noon.
 "Why did kill her?" said Miller "You ask me why did l kill her Didn't she kill my boy? Didn't she cut him and shoot him. and didn't he die? Then didn't Judge Brown, right over there, turn her loose, maybe so to kill somebody else? Then didn't she sue me for 750, saying that my hoy took her big diamonds and lit tie diamonds and watch and other things? My boy got nothing from her except plenty of trouble! She ought to die and I shot her because she killed my boy"
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-10
ASSEMBLY uPHoLDs GLYnN.

Albany, N. Y., Dec. 9.-Democratie legislative leaders tonight declared that the fun program embodied in Gov. Glynn's message would be car ried out this week Twenty-Five Dem. ocratic senators in conference today approved the program without dissent and proxies were voted in the same way from three other senators. Only twenty-six votes are necessary to pass the bill in the senate. Majority Lead CT Levy of the Assembly asserted that when the bills come up for final con sideration there will be enough Demo- cratic votes to pass them, even though they should be opposed solidly by the Republicans and ProgTessives.