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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-28
PURCELL'S BICYCLE FOUND
Wheel, Taken From in Front of Y. NJ.
G.. A., Discovered at Column
bia Pool Hall.

The bicycle. stolen Tuesday from
James Purcell. son Of R. j.. Purcell,
city justice, from in front of the Y. NJ.
C. A. building. was recovered late
Wednesday at the Columbia pool hall
on DeMers
No clue was found to the identity
of the thief. the wheel apparently
having been merely left standing in
front Of the place.
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20 feet above the highest water mark
known. and 40 feet above the average
high water.
The total length of the bridge is
S42 feet: each of the piers is so feet
high, while it is 96 feet from the top
Of the wheel on the lift span from
low water mark.
Progressive Farmers.
quite evident. Farmers are going in
for modern farming methods, and are
raising cattle. and within the coming
year it is expected that the stock in
dustry will show big gains.
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spans and 1872 feet Of pole trestle.
The clear roadway is 18 feet, and
the bridge is capable of carrying a
22-ton traction engine or LAO pounds
per lineal foot.
The lift span is 14O feet long. and
it is controlled by counter weights of
concrete. weighing about 90 tons
each. The lift span is operated by
men working on a capstan. and the
structure is so well balanced that
four men raised the span in eight
minutes. and lowered it in 3 1-2 min
utes. The full height of the lift is
% feet. placing the floor of the bridge
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TEN PRISONERS.
Only Two of This Number Belong to
Grand Forks County. +

There are now ten prisoners confln-
ed at the county Jail here. but only
two of them are Grand Forks county
men. Leonard Mooney. who was
given thirty days for fighting, and A.
j. Petit, who was sentenced to serve
six months, are the two local pris-
oners. There are two United States
prisoners, three Walsh county men,
n from Nelson county and one from
Canada, being held here. The latter,
liver Skari, Is being detained because
he is insane. He will be deported to
Canada as soon as proper arrange
ments are made. New jails are being
built in Walsh and Nelson counties
and for that reason prisoners from
those counties are sent here. Burt
Davis was released last evening.
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WIDOW IS sent TO ASYLUM
Walsh County Woman. Mother o.
Three Children. Committed to
jamestown Institution.

Mrs. Egasdahl of Adams, who was
recently adjudged insane by h in
sanity board of Walsh county. passed
through Grand Forks Wednesday
night on her way to the Jamestown
asylum.
She is a widow with three children,
the youngest Of whom is eight years
DEPUTY Sheriff Tverberg and Miss
Anna Nelson are taking Mrs. Egas-
dahl to the asylum.
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A unique method Of building up the
creamery business has been proposed.
and probably will be pushed through.
Under the plan an auto truck would
he purchased. this truck making the
collection of cream throughout the
surrounding district. while it also
would pull o drags, putting the
highways into The best possible con-
dition.
Both the business men of the CITY
and the farmers are showing keen
interest in this proposition.
Drayton. within the past two
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NEW REGISTRAR HERE.
University Official for Coming Year
Begins Work.

university OnnClal 1Of COIninR 1car
Begins Work.
George Schlafer, who has been ap-
pointed registrar at the state univer-
sity, arrived in the city last evening
from Sandwich, ILL.,, where he has
been spending the summer. He was
at one time assistant principal OF
schools at Dixon. Ill, and superinten-
dent Of schools at Ida Grove, Ia.
Mr.. Schlafer IL q graduate of North
western university and during his col
lege career made q good record. He
has coached a number Of high school
football teams and should be able to
versity squat this fall.
Mr.. schlafer was accompanied here
by his wife and small daughter. They
will make their home on Hamline
street. Mr. schlafer will start work
September i < *,
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BREWER TO SPEAK.

One of appeal 10 Reason" Editors
Coming to Grand Forks.
George D.. Brewer. one Of the edi-
tors of the Appeal to Reason" and
prominent in the socialist party, VIII
give an open air lecture at DeMers
avenue and Third. street Saturday
evening.
The address will be under the au-
snices Of the local socialist party
which has arranged to bring Mr.:
Brewer to the city. He has the rep
utation of being a brilliant speaker.
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BRONSON LEAVES.
Attends American Bar Association
Meeting in Montreal.

Last evening Attorney H. A. Bron-
son Of this city left for Montreal to
attend the annual meeting of the
American Bar association, which is
scheduled to take place the first three
days of next week. Mr.. Bronson is
the North Dakota member Of the
committee. which was named. two
years ago to work. against the recall
Of judges. A full report will be given
at the meeting. Rome G. Brown Of
Minneapolis is chairman of the COM
mittee.
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ABANDON WORK.
Operations on University Avenue De.
lQyed a Month.

Grading work on the west end of
University avenue has beer abandon
ed for a month in order thai A. FUR
ner, the contractor on the job, may
let out his teams for threshing pur-
poses.
1t will be resumed October J.. The
Work is already advanced So far that
the road is passable for cars and
vehicles.
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CROOKSToN VISITS NEIGHBORS.
Business Men Talk Cooperation on
First of Auto Tom. Series

Business men of C%rookston have
completed the first of a series of auto
mobile tours under the auspices of
the m club. Seventeen auto
mobile loads. accompanied by the
Crookston band. made a 143-mile trip,
leaving at 7:30 a. m. and returning at
. p. M. visiting Dugdale. Mentor,
Fosston. E.rskine. Mcintosh. Gully,
Trail. Lambert. Terrebonne. Red Lake
Falls and Gentilly. Concerts we're
given at each place. followed 10y
fifteen minutes of hanlshaking and
cooperation talk.
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CROP OUTLOOK GOOD.
Nash Brothers Are Satisfied With
General Conditions.

Generally good crop conditions
throughout this section of the state
are reported by w. K. and F. p.
Nash, who arrived in Grand Forks
Wednesday on an inspection trip to
the branch houses throughout the
= they are donors of Nash prizes for
which the farmers in this county are
competing and which will be awarded
3 x%ccopdinx to F. p. Nash the straw
a. the crop this year will be shorter
than usual, but the heads are wen
filled out, and the crop should be
better than the average.
ditinns were generally good. and that
he early threshing was inspiring Q
8s~lliG5 q ~conhdence.
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years. has come to realize the greater
possibilities of its splendid territory.
and Grand Forks visitors to thai city
yesterday We're thoroughly apprecia-
tive of the fact that Drayton still has
much to look forward to in the way
of increased business through the
more horou cultivation of lands,
the addition of more stock, and the
general adoption of modern farming
methods. Even now Drayton has a
standard of farming tina is above he
average. but they are optimistic there
and are looking for even better
things.
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NOR, ARREsTs MADE.
Game y'ardens Find other violators
II the Bird LAWS. g.

Numerous arrests Of "sooners" have
been made during the past few days
and game wardens are on the watch
all the time for more. Leonard
Gronwold was arrested at Minnewau-
kan Sunday and fined $25. Two men
were arrested at Ross and fined SO
each. Jake schapse Of Edmore was
taken into custody for the same Of
Tense last Sunday and had to pay a
fine of $40.
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members of Congress and few not IN
official life were invited Experts gave
statistics to show how the Goa was nelhH
consumed, how the beds of iron ore were
being exhausted. how the timber lands
We're being cut over and how the SOIL was
being wasted. 1t was an impressive
showing and a deep interest has been
taken in conservation ever since. 1t Is
an important matter and we owe it to
future generations to deal wisely with
the natural resources of the country; Out
what we need most is the conservation OF
the manhood and Womanhood OF the land
these are our priceless resources
But, having emphasized the value OF the
body. / now remind you that the body
is worthless. No boy would De worth
raising il there was nothing more TO
him than his body. When we give SO
much time and care to the boys body 1t
is because we have In mind MS mind
and at heart his heart.
The development of the mental man
next claims our attention, although in
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this age of intellectual enthusiasm I need
hardly discuss the Importance of educa-
ton. And yet with all of our boosted ad-
vantages only a small percentage of our
boys and girls complete a college course a
very large percentage do not graduate
from the high school, and very consid-
cradle proportion do not finish the grades
of the common schools. AS have visited
different sections OF the country / have
been impressed by the fact that a major
ity Of the high school students are girls
sometimes the girls outnumber the boys
three or four to one. That means that
even take advantage of the high school
course which is brought so close to their
homes. Several explanations have been
given of this inclination on the part of
the boys to quit school at an early age.
The first is that parents do not fully ap-
preciate the advantages Of the schools
and therefore do not bring TO bear upon
the child the parental influence which
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honOred though il was. Out came his blue
pencil and the inaugural ball was struck
from the social calendar. Now the blue
pencil is out again and the New Year re-
ception at the White House has been
stricken from the list OF Official enter
tainments
This year. for the first time since Presi-
dent Monroe iuaugurated the custom in
1910 the Presidents house will be closed
save to his personal friends The dipIo-
matte corps will not even be permitted to
present the Fluctuations of their various
snvereigns and presidents. and the army
and navy viii he saved the annoyance of
sirding themselves up in tight uniforms
heavy with gilt braid and buttons. while
the judiciary and Congress can remain at
home to crack jokes and recall former
New Years at their own hresides
The President, Mrs. Wilson and their
daughters viii observe the day as though
they We're private citizens All official
work viii he laid aside and the White
House staff will have a holiday. Home
folks. home affairs and their personal
III ends will occupy the time of the Will
son family. They will ride or walk.
chat or play as the mood leads them;
bat there Is TO be no note of ofhcialiSm in
the whole day, a striking contrast in
al ways TO the hundred New Years that
prcCeGe it.
The first New Year in the administra-
ton Of the first President was celebrated
New York. at that time the seat of
government. According a chronicle
Os the time. The President was waited
upon By the principal men of the me
tropolis." He received his guests stand
.ag and with great formalty. One of
LIS callers declared that his bows were
more formal and stiff than any he had
seen 1T the court of st. James. That.
however, was not the general opinion
Nearly every one who met him as oresf-
denI remarked upon Washingtons ur-
o1nity
in the evening of this historic New
Year Mrs. Washington held draw
ing ROOM as her receptions We're still
called in imitation of the English court
II was not the custom for visitors to
sit in the presence of the President; but
on this occasion there seems to have
zen especial dispensation. for Mrs.
NaSHiEgton's guests Were seated and
served With tea. coffee. plain and plum
cake" Ills wife stood by the Presidents
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Gen. Jackson was as informal as Adams
was formal, and his receptions-some
of them, at leaSt-great mobS. 1t was
Jackson who served the famous cheese
sent to him by constituent in Jefferson
county. n. y, to his New Year callers.
They We're offered great hunks of this
delicacy; drink, too, was dispensed ana
other trimmings. The crowd ate and
drank here, there and everywhere, with
the result that crumbs were scattered
over and crushed into the handsome car
pets, running them. This experience
caused Jackson's successor, President
Van Buren,. to do away with the serving
of refreshments at the New Year recep-
tons, an innovation that evoked much
criticism But the custom was never re-
sunled.
There was nothing particularly inter-
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esting about the receptions of Van Blu
rem, Fillmore and Pierce. They We're dig
Eiticd and orderly and grew larger every
year. Buchanan's receptions We're note
worthy because of the charming little
lady who presided over them-his niece
Harriet Lane, as dainty bit of flesh and
blood as ever won the heart or upset
the brain of man. Miss Lane was an &C
eomplshed hostess. having served an
apprenticeship in social doings at the
court of st. James. where she presided
over her uncle's household when he was
the American minister to England. Queen
Victoria made a great pet of the little
American beauty and allowed her to as
sumo position at her punctilious court
that had never before been accorded to
an unmarried woman.
On the day Mr. Buchanan and Alfred
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presidency, in which Jackson, Clay and
John Quincy Adams We're candidates,
was on.
At the New Year reception that year
the White House was crowded with dis
tinguished guests. Webster and Hayne
met on neutral ground, Henry Clay was
there; the PATRON Van Rensselaer,, the
Marquis de la Fayette and his son.
named for his fathers friend and COM
panion in arms George Washington,
were lions of the occasion, which brought
out all the beautiful and brilliant women
at the capital, who wore their latest
finery.
John Quincy Adams a stiff and
austere man, his receptions formal and
ceremonies. Mrs. Adams. on the con-
trary was as charmingly responsive as
was Mrs. Cleveland, and widely liked.
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Tennyson received the degree of doctor of
laws at Oxford the students received her
with deafening cheers and rose a body
to greet the golden blond" from across
the sea. Ships cravats. societies were
named for her. She was the toast of the
day. But even her popularity could not
prevent falling off of the attendance at
Buchanan's receptions. His vacillations
inspired uneasiness, his popularity de-
clined and the crowd at his receptions Of
1850 and 1861 was noticeabiy diminished.
In 1862, with the shrek OF war in his
sears, President Lincoln could have had
but little enthusiasm for receiving, yet he
kept open house, as usual, and no matter
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the highest possible plane-a life capable
of realizing the best that is attainable
by man.
We recognize at once that IN dealing
with man We are dealing with a three
fold being. 1t is not difficult for me 10
believe in the Trinity, for l see sort of
trinity in every human being. There Is
iii each one of us a physical man, men
tai man and moral nan-so inseparable
that one cannot exist upon this earth
without the other and yer so distinct
that one may be developed and the others
left undeveloped The body may be lifted
TO a high state of physical perfection,
while the mind and the heart are uncut
tured The mind. too. may be developed
while the body and the heart are over
looked, and even The heart may receive
consideration. while the training of the
body and the mind is neglected.
X x
We first become aware of the presence
of the body and for while ii is our chief
concern. Later We become conscious of
the possession of mind. and the mind,
in time takes control of the body-woe to
the body that is not subject TO the de-
crees of the nina. If the development is
normal, we finally note the arrival upon
the scene of the moral man, and the
moral man claims the throne. Woe to
the individual in whom the physical man
and the mental man are not obedient to
the moral man.
When We come to consider the develop
ment OF the body. We must again recog-
nize natural subdivision and consider
three factors that enter largely into man S
physical welfare, namely, that which We
inherit that which we add and that which
We conserve In physical appearance. in
stature. in our constitutional strength To
resist disease and endure fatigue. We are
largely according TO inheritance. The Ri.
BILE asks. Can add cubit to his
stature?" The question implies a mega
tive reply.
I can testify that ones stature is not of
his choosing. When a boy had my ideal
of the physical proportions proper for q
man. i wanted 10 he six feet in height
and weigh $50 pounds. During the earlier
years of my college life l felt confident
that / would reach the height desired. /
grew very rapidly when about fifteen-So
rapidly between September and Christmas
that l wrote to my father complaining
that my trousers We're getting short and
asking for money with which to purchase
a new pair. He answered that l would
come home soon for the holidays and that
/ could then supply my needs. But my
reason for remembering his letter and my
rapid growth at that period is found in
the words with winch he concluded MS
letter He said, But you might as well
learn now that people will measure you
by the length of your head and not by the
length OF your breeches.'
AS / approached maturity | became
fearful that | would not reach the siN-foot
mark. / longed 10 be little taller-tried
TO lift myself up-but with all that | could
do l stopped short an inch and a half, and
/ am not sure that l was pleased when
l overran in weight as much as ! under
ran in height.
/ repeat that inheritance has stamped
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Breaking a Precedent
of One Hundred Years
Duration, the White
House Will Be Closed
TO the Public Other
Receptions of Past Adj
ministratlons.
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ILSON. Precedent
Breaker" I n u s
NAV history de-
scribe our PreSi-
dent. The title
reads well, pro-
vokes interest and,
it cannot be denied.
ii suits. The i'm
augural ball did not
appeal to Mr.. Will
son, when Presi-
dent-elect, tim g
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ewz0 n Z spend relatively

l. spend relatively
too much time in
the perfecting of
the things which
man uses and too
little time in the
perfecting OF man
himself. In this age
of cooperation We
find an increasing
multitude Of organ
iZations. each one
dedicated to a spe-
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/ repeat that inheritance has stamped
certain limitations upon the physical
man, and yet 1t Is possible to a degree to
add to that inheritance. 1t Is not only
right but erninently desirable that one
should take an inventory of himself at
as early a date as possible and finding
out the weak places. proceed with intel
Iigence and diligence 10 strengthen them.
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Much fun has been poked at the
Hayes administration because of the
stand the President and Mrs. Hayes
took regarding the serving of wine.
yet there was never a more accomplish
ed hostess IN the White House than
Mrs. Hayes. She made every one who
called upon her feel that he was per-
sonally and especially welcome. and
by the charm of her manner covered
up the awkwardness of her husband,
who never gained the suayity and
courtliness popularity associated with
the Office Of President
Among all the Presidents, Chester \
Arthur stands out as the beau gallant,
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how heavy his heart with the great weight
il carried, how serious the situation of the
country. he opened his doors TO his fell
low-citizens every New Year he was in
the White House. His last reception.
1865. Just after Savannah had fallen at
tracted great crowd. He was supported
on his left by Ward II. Larnon. who did
the honors. Upon his right was Mr.
Nicolay. his private secretary. and Maj.
Hay, the assistant private secretary.
B. B. French. commissioner OF public
buildings and grounds. attended Mrs. Lin
coin and introduced the guests to her.
Gen. Townsend headed the army. Admiral
Smith, the navy. and there were many
tachments. Seven thousand people JAM
med their way through the White House
on that day.
Toward the close of the reception there
was almost a riot between the colored
people and the whites. The colored peo-
pie, determined to exercise their new pre-
negatives. insisted upon being received az
the same time with the whites. They
were finally barred out and allowed to
pass through the mansion after all the
white people had been received.
johnson. the saddier. was as democratic
and unpretentiouS as a good saddle:
should be. During his regime social
affairs at the White House We're con-
Quoted on lines simple enough to suit
that great exponent of simplicity. Thorn
as Jefferson. Mrs. Johnson was an in
valid and appeared in public only a few
times while her husband was President
Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Slower. his
daughters. received for him. They were
gracious and charming women. but little
experienced in society and, toward the
last, embittered by the treatment their
father received. Their conduct of official
functions was obviously perfunctory. and
socially the White House in Johnson
regime was as dull and gloomy as 1t was
unsatisfactory officially.
The Grant administration brought a
brilliant throng of military officers 10 the
capital. and the young people of the Presi-
several sons-made the White House gay
Mrs. Grant was plain in appearance un-
pretentious in manner, but genuinely hos
pitable and quicker witted than she wa:
generally given credit for being.
Addressed in French by young diplo.
mat at one of her receptions she re
sponded in English.
All said the bumptious foreigner. at
tempting to be facetious Madame doe.
not speak French? How surprising, Ii
Europe ali the ladies of the upper cias:
speak French and generally two or three
other languages besides
Il know" said Mrs. Grant dryly "ant
can understand why this must be or
a continent divided into so many small
Kingdoms some of them smaller thar
our smallest states, each speaking
different language: but in our great
united country, one language only i.
spoken from end to end of it; we neet
no other"
The abashed foreigner retired.