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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30

Building activities in North Dakota
are at a very active stage. construc-
ton work being in progress in many
cities. New churches. schools. mills
and factories. business buildings. no.
tells and hospitals, public buildings,
city improvements and railroad work
is being done every place.
New schools are being built at Bel
field, Bismarck, Devils Lake, Hanna
ford, CORTLAND, Bremen, Gorham,
Grace City, Revere, Hillsboro. James
town. Mathematician, Swartwood and
Washburn and repairs and improve
ments will be made in the present
buildings at Portal, Minot and Bart
let. as we'll as the new dairy build
ing at the A. c.. the stadium at Fargo
college, and the new building at the
Sacred Heart academy.
Mills and factories are to be huilt
will be erected by the company which
was recently organized Mt that place,
Grand Forks, where q municipal
slaughter house will be erected this
summer and. at H%urdsfeld. where
work has already been started on the
new hour mill which IL to be one
Of the largest In the state. :
Several now churches are being
built at present. At Wahpeton the
Swedish .Lutherans are erecting q
& 5000 mission. At jamestown and
Larimore the Methodist Episcopal
people Z building fine new churches.
The one at Jamestown II to be built
after the. design OF the Greek temple
And at Larimore the old church 10 be-
Ing moved - wellsas some Of the ad-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30

Riding horseback from Kansas City,
Mo-, to Winnipeg. Man., T. o. Hen
derson Of Coayama. Old Mexico, left
Grand Forks at 4 O'Clock this after
noon on the last leg Of his long trip.
He expects to reach Winnipeg Friday
evening or Saturday morning and will
bring to an end one of the longest
cross country jaunts on record. Mr..
Henderson has been in Grand Forks
since Sunday night, and has rested a
total of twenty-five days, on his 1900
miles overland journey.
In competition with him in an eff
fort to reach Winnipeg first is Miller
Hawk, who also left Knasas City or
june +. starting from: the city hall
there, but Henderson believes he has
the lead and will be the first to regis
ter at the Canadian metropolis.
They are riding for a $1,000 purse
and a gold medal, offered by the man.
agement Of The Stampede" the big
celebration hat will be staged in
Winnipeg soon.
A third competitor for the purse
and medal was Bill Benton, who
abandoned the attempt several weeks
ago.
Its a Hard Road.
Its a long, hard ride" declared
Henderson this afternoon just before
he was ready to leave. II thought it
was going to be a nice pleasure trip,
but you can say for me that it has
been a good, hard piece of work.
ut wouldn't have been so bad If l
had met up with the right kind Of
people, but SO many of them seemed
kind of suspicious Of me, the appear
ance of myself on one horse, leading
another. evidently getting me in
wrong and l don't doubt but what
a lot Of them suspects me of being a
horse thief. Several times / was fore
ed to make extra long rides because
Of the refusal of farmers to give me
shelter. Even as far north as Crook
ston I had that experience. being UNI
able, when south of there. to obtain a
place to stay.
MY worst troubles were in Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
CLOSE Office
AT Devils LAKE
-..
August 80 last Day Of Grace
Business Goes to Minot
District September /.

The Devils Lake land Office will so
out Of existence August 80, according
to an official order just issued by Clay
Tallman. commissioner of the general
land Office at. Washington, DC.
It will be the second Office aban-
doned within a few months, and it's
business hereafter will be handled
through, the Minot district, except for
a small portion. which will be ham
died by the Bismarck Office.
The following is the order given
by the department:
Notice Is hereby given that the
President Of the United States has, by
executive order of June 90, 1913, d.
rected that the Devils Lake land dis
trict, in the state Of North Dakota,
with land office at Devils Lake, be
discontinued, and the lands. business
and archives Of said land district and
Office be. transferred to and CONSOLE
datedm.with the Minot land district,
with land office at Minot, N. d.
In pursuance of said executive or
der, the land Office at Devils Lake. N.
d., will be permanently discontinued
at the close of official business hours
on Saturday, Aug. 30. 1913, and its
business and archives transferred to
and made q part of the land office at
Minot. N. D., or Monday, Sept. 1.
1913.
Given under my hand at the city of
Washington, District Of Columbia.
AZ. .ss- - Clay Taliman.
Commissioner Of ths General Land
.i-Omce. ..4 ~: 49, E:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
BUILDINGS ALWAYS IN MOTION,
(Christian Herald.)


By day or night a modern city is
wholly at rest. A hundred dis
turbing factors are constantly setting
up curious vibrations which travel in
every direction. The tracing out OF
these vibrations and their accurate
measurement is a new problem among
builders. This problem Of feeling the
pulse Of buildings is not limited to
great cities. but often arises in COM
country. Let a train rush past the
foundations Of a high building. or
even a low one. OF a powerful wind
storm beat against its walls and the
entire structure may vibrate like a
giant tuning fork. incidentally, the
problem is so we'll understood that
accidents from excessive vibration are
practically unheard of. The cradle
may rock, but 1t never falls.
The measurement of the pulselike
vibrations Is made much the same as
those Of an earthquake and almost
as accurately. The marvelously deli
cate instruments which are depended
upon for these records trace curious
puising lines which show at a glance
just how wide an arc the building
swings through and how regular is
These readings are accepted in court
as absolutely conclusive and 1t. is not
uncommon for damage suits involving
immense sums Of money to be decided
by these delicate t~racings.
Public opinion Is all wrong, or near
ly so. as the amplitude Of the vibra-
tons Of buildings. both large and
small. Everyone has felt such vibra-
tons. but ones sensations are apt to
be very misleading. 1t is q surprise
to may that the most violent vibra-
tions are not felt in the extremely
high buildings. as is commonly sup-
posed, but in the comparatively low
office buildings. and as a rule those
Of solid construction. A vibration Of
three sixteenths Of an inch is ex.
tremely violent, for a movement, Of
one-hundredth Of an inch is readily
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
meter TAPPERS :
OPERATE HERE
Several Grand Forks Resi-
dences Entered by I'm
known Crooks.
PLACE
WITH
Manager Brown Says They
Must Cause Collectors to
Exhibit Certificates.

Bold daylight robberies in at least
q dozen Grand Forks residences have
peen committed within the past ten
DAYS, coming to light only this morning
when the Red River Power company
reported to the police department the
TACT That prepayment meters have
peen tapped by unauthorized parties.
The meter tappers have realized a
considerable amount-just how much
Is not known-but their operations
probably will he curtailed immediate
~ as a result Of Investigations and
n statement by w. H. Brown, gen
eral manager Of the company, that
hereafter consumers will be held. re-
sponsible for the amount indicated by
their meters, n which amount may
have been removed by the crooked
operator or operators.
"All of u regularly accredited
meter readers are provided with certi-
fcates signed by myself. indicating
their right to take the money from
meters. 1t is for the u to
protect themselves by demanding the
exhibition of their certificate"
Raidcd Beer Supply.
The first indication that meter tap
pers We're at work came to the surface
several days ago when a consumer re-
ported to Manager Brown that tile
meter reader had, In addition to APP
ping the meter, also tapped a. supply
of beer.
Several bottles Of beer, said the
consumer. had been taken, and Mr..
Browns Investigations revealed the
fact that the regular meter reader
had not yet been sent out on that
route.
With suspicion aroused in that man.
ner, a general c%heck-up was made and
on its completion today it was found
that a number Of residences had been
visited by the crooks.
Familiar With Premises.
Several of the consumers, whose me-
tiers were tapped. declare that the
operator was thoroughly familiar will,
the premises. and they supposed him
to be the credited representative OF
the company.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
on last LAP Of $500 NILE
RIDE, COWBOY COMPETITOR FOR
Prize LEFT GRAND FORKS Today

my mounts have stood the journey
in excellent shape. Pitching Gray
and old Badger both old time pos:
sessions, are bearing up in splendid
condition under the great strain, n
only once did 1 have any trouble with
them, causing a three day delay. 1
brought them with me from Mexico.
while here I have had them test
ed and the reports show them both
to be in sound, condition.
Beat Hawk to Detroit.
1.-The last point at which l heard
anything of Hawk was at Detroit.
MINI. The mayor there was holding
a telegram for him, and as I beat him
to that city, l believe 1 will be able to
beat him into Winnipeg.
The three Of us started from Kan
sas City together, the deal being made
by The Stampede management for the
long ride, the purpose being to adver-
tise the big event.
MY route took me by a of st.
Joe, Mo-; Des Moines. Marshaltown.
Waterloo, O,ewin, Rochester, Zum-
brota, Red Wing, st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis, Staples. Detroit, Crookston, and
Grand Forks.
From here 1 go to Drayton. Penn
bina, Emerson, Morris and thence on
to Winnipeg. With any kind OF luck
I ought to he able to reach Winnipeg
by Friday evening.
To-day 1 expect to reach Drayton.
and 1 will ride till about midnight. I
have done most Of my riding in the
late afternoon and evening, as I find
1t easiest on my horses"
Some Fun in Mexico.
Mr.. Henderson has been in Old
Mexico several years and declared
that conditions there are a lot worse
than imagined. Coayama Is 172 miles
due south of Ell Paso, and he declares
that the rebels have caused all kinds
Of trouble in that district. He says,
too, that he is mighty glad to be out
Of it.
On his arrival in Winnipeg Mr..
Henderson will rest up several days
and enter many of the events in The
Stampede.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
BRING FAMOUS
|. AVIATOR TO FAIR
Langdon Association Engag.
es Mcmillan for Series of
Flights Aug. 6 and z.

The Young Aeroplane Company Of
Kansas City. Mo-, will bring Ralph E.
McMillen, the world-famous aviator.
to Langdon On August 6 and Z. Mr..
McMillen has made more sensational
flights recently than any other aviator
in this country. His machine is a Cur
tiss racer equipped with an eighty
horsepower motor.
MI. McMillen recently flew across
country from, La Plata. Mo. to Mexi-
CO, Mo-. in q wind storm; flying
against a IS mile an hour breeze. he
also accomplished this same feat in
Kansas City on two occasions, flying
at a great height. His first flight
over Kansas City was at an altitude of
over $500 feet. The second fight was
over 5000 feet. On account of the
terrific wind in going from Overland
Park. Kansas. to North Kansas City.
Mo-. he had to fly in a zig-zag course
against the wind. This feat was easily
accomplished and vas witnessed by
thusands. His appearance in Lang
don will be one of the big events of
the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
PACE SET
BY DAKOTA ST0RK
Is Three to One Bet Against
Death Angel-754 Births
During the Month.
-
ONLY 235 DEATH
WEIR
Supposedly Dangerous Dis
eases do Not Prove Fatal
Except in-one Instance.

There were 754sbirths in North Da-
kota during the month Of June against
a total Of 235 deaths. as reported by
the state board of health. There were
twelve cases Of tuberculosis and one
death; thirteen cases Of smallpox and
no deaths: eight cases Of typhoid and
no deaths: twenty-eight cases of dip
liberia. and no deaths: seventeen cases
Of scarlet fever and no deaths eighty
eight cases Of measles and no deaths,
and fifty-five cases of w%hooping cough
Cass county hid forty-seven births.
leading in. that ,dolumn, while twenty
deaths from that county also is the
record
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
PAVING MEETING TONIGHT
Seventh Ward Residents to Discuss
Plans for Improving Several
# rec

The proposition of improving the
Streets in the Seventh ward of this
city will be discussed at 8 o'clock
this evening at the city hall by parties
interested. Many people want to
have the unpaved streets in that sec
ton of the city filled in with gravel
while a number of other property
owners are decidedly against the plan,
believing that If any action is taken
IN the matter that good paving should
be put down. It is also the intention
of the property wne to put in new
curb stones and to fix up the berms
IN good shape. 1t is expected that
there will be some lively discussions
on the subject this evening.
The meeting was called by Chair
maj Orr Sanders of the paving COM
mittee of the city council.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
POSTAL READY ON AUGUST 20
Expected That New Telegraph Service
for Grand Forks Will lie Estab-
lished at That Time.

That the office of the North Ameri.
can Telegraph company will be open.
ed for business in Grand Forks Angus,
20 is the declaration made by the
president of the concern. H. A. Tut.
tie of Minneapolis, who arrived in the
city last evening. He came here tt
nection with the instrument Of ths
Office. The Temporary quarters ofsthe
company. will be. the room formerly
occupied by the Scribe shoe hospita
in the ingalls, block.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
D|S|NFECT BODIES IN
CASES where DEATH IS
FROM DANGEROUS DISEASE

Bodies where death is caused
by smallpox. s~carletina. diphth-
erfa or other dangerous contagious
and infectious diseases. must be
disinfected hereafter.
An order to that effect has Just
been promulgated by the North
Dakota board of health. and Is
effective Immediately.
BY the order it is made the duty
o fthe local health officer to take
charge of the di%sinfection in such
cases.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
RAT A BIRD.
Baltimore SUM-

A large rat was seer to capture an
English sparrow yesterday by hiding
behind a garbage box and springing
upon its prey when the bird alighted
to eat. At least such is the story
told by an eye witness. He says that
he watched through a window and
saw the rat secret itself behind the
box and when the little bird came
down spring upon it. He ran into the
yard and the rat dropped its prey and
fled into a hole. The wing Of the
bird had been broken. however, and
the man thought it humane to kill it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
w. A. O'DEIL RESIGNS.
Has Been With Zuelsdorf Stores Sew
eral Years. /.

After being connected with F. C.
zuelsdorf & Co. in this city as man.
ager and buyer since its organiza-
ton ear ago, w. A. O'Dell has
resigned his position and will not be
with the firm after September 1. Mr..
O'Dell has not yet announced any
plans for the future. but will most
likely remain in Grand Forks. Mr..
O'Dell is entitled to much credit for
the way in which he has managed
the store and has succeeded in build
ing up a splendid trade.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
q 8 SOUTH CAROLINA,

sentatives OF the: business interests Of
the leading cities and towns Of South
Carolina met in conference here to-
day and decided upon an organized
campaign to secure cspitai and desir-
able settlers from the middle west.
It IL planned to tout western Penn
sylvAnia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
with ;Aswell equipped booster train
that will advertise the resources OF
South Carolina and Its advantaxes
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
SAYS DAVIS Stole HIS TIRE
Caleb Shepard Makes Complain,
Against Young Man Under Arrest
Got $3.50 for Trouble.

Bert Davis. arrested on the COM
plant of Caleb Shepard. will face a
charge in Judge 4Purcell's court this
afternoon of taking a new tire from
Q bicycle, selling it for $3.50.
According to- the complaint, Davis
took the bicycle from in front of the
Model laundry, to the alley at the rear
for which Shepard had paid IS only
q few days before, AND it was sold
for $3.50 to parties in the north end
of the city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30

noticeable. AS the records show,
there is a peculiar method of rhythm
in these movements, the building
swaying back and forth through a
given arc with the regularity Of a
pendulum.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30
FOREIGNER KILLS FOREMAN.

Handel. sask.. July 25.-Apparently
without the slightest p~rovocation. a
member Of the grading gang shot at
a fellow worker, killing Charles Old
enfield. the foreman. The man was
an unknown foreigner. He then COM
mitted suicide. by shooting himself.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-30

Patience is an important virtue. and
no patriotic citizen should kill his Soul
Mate because he loves her so.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12
DO YOU ENJOY EATING
Or Does Everything You Eat
Distress You?

Experts declare that the reason
stomach disorders are so common in
this country is due to hasty and
careless habits Of eating. Stomach
troubles and rundown conditions also
usually go together.
John Lind. of Oneonta, N. Y, says:
Il have been troubled with a bad
stomach trouble for fifteen years. and
became so weak that l could hardly
walk or do any work. My appetite
was very poor. and it seemed impos-
sible to get any relief. Since taking
two bottles Of Vinol find that 1t has
already made a remarkable improve
ment in my health; my digestion is
much stronger. and ! have gained In
weight"
Vinol makes weak stomachs strong
because II strengthens and tones up
the weakened. tired and overtaxed
nerves of the digestive organs. Vinol
Is easily assimilated by the weakest
stomachs. and Is delicious to the taste.
Try a bottle Of vinol with the
understanding that your money will
be returned II 1t does not help you.
James IL. Williams, druggist,
Hartford, Ky.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12
O @ o @ c . G G O G c c g Q @
@ LESSON IN MEXICAN. g
Q q . @ o . g 9 O o GO o O 9

Matamoras-A combination of
words meaning card game and null
berry. Pronounced Mahtah mo
rahs
Ramos-Rah mos.
Tacubaye-Tahkoo bahyah.
Pine Suarez-Peeno Swahrayth
Raoul Madero-Rah oil mahday-
no.
Huerta-Wertah.
Diaz-Dee ahth.
San Pedro de los Pinos-Sahn
paydo day lows peenos.
Ciahuila-Coah waylah.
Rodolfo Reyes-Rowdowlfo ray
avs.
Bernardo Reyes - Bahrnahrdo
rayays.
Vesques Gomez--vahskayth gom-
aytb.
Nueva Leon--Nooayo layown.
patstas-Thalpah teestahs.
Peubla-Poo ayblah.
ilio-Aymeeleeow.
Emiiano Zapato-Aymeel yahno
thahpahto.
Guerrero. meaning warrior-Jer
rayro.
San Luis Potosi-Sahn looes pc
rowsee.
Sonora-So norah
chihuahua, meaning childlike-
Che wahwah.
Juarez-Hwahrayth
GonzaleS-tion thahlays.
Hacienda-Hahs yendan.
Rurales-Roorahlays.
Agna Prieta-Ahgnah preeaytah.
Nacozari-Nahkotha
~ RaDago-Rah bahgo
Victor Maya-Veektor mahyah.
Pascual Orozko-Paskwahl owru-
thko.
Nuevo Laredo ooayvo lahray-
do.
Mercedes-Mehr saydees.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12

lucky branch of the American So
ciety of Equity. The following year
the farmers pooled their tobacco,
placing it in the hands of Ben Wat
would meet in Louisville on GER
tain date any who wished to bid on
the entire tobacco crop of these five
counties, and that he would sell to
the highest bidder, providing the
highest bid was What he thought
the farmers should receive. The
bidders came. Ben lined them up
along wall in Louisville hotel
made them stand up, mind you
bidder had to give him a sealed bid.
When the bids were all in, Ben dis
missed them, while he considered
the figures. The highest bid was a
quarter of a cent below what he
thought was fair. He called in the
bidders again, made them reform
their line along the WALL and one by
one dismissed them until he was
alone with the highest bidder. You
are the highest bidder he said. but
you are quarter of a cent too low
You'll have to raise it, The bid
der telegraphed his company. Split
the difference came the reply. But
Ben wouldn't split. The bidder
wired again, and the company came
to time.
Recently a Trust buyer who had
given mighty horse-laugh when
the organization of the farmers was
first proposed, walked across a
street to speak to Ben. L want to
take off my hat to you he said,
you've cost us thousands. of dollars.
1t would have been cheaper for us to
have bought you and to have kept
the organization from forming than
to buy your tobacco now Last year
the pooled tobacco of this region
brought an average of z and one
half cents a pound-and the price
to the consumer had not been rails
ed
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12
EXCUSE FOR NEGRO'S JOY
(, HAD TO 'SPRESS NAH SELF

Paducah. KY, March about
the time Woodrow Wilson was TAX
ing the oath as President of the
United States. Thomas Gillian, nc
gro. 55 years old. who says he used
to play with Wilson, discharged his
shotgun nine times when in the
business section of the city. attract
ing a large crowd.
He was arrested and taken to po-
lice headquarters. When question
ed by Chief Franklin as to why he
fired the shots Gillian said:
"Ah felt SO good dat All jest had
to 'spress nah SELF"
Gillian said he was reared on an
adjoining farm to President Wilson.
and often received letters from him.
To substantiate his claim he pro-
.duced a letter that Wilson wrote TO
him from Trenton. N. j.. December
8. 1912. Gillian was released and
Will not be prosecuted.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12
WHIPPING THE
: TOBACCO TRUST
TheWay One Man Accom-
plished Purpose.
He RAISED THE PRICE ON WEED
BY Organization and Coop
, eratiOn-The Beginning
of A. S. of E.
he RAISED THE PRICE ON WEED
TAUGHT THE TRUST A LESSON

In the Interest People" De-
partment of the March American
Magazine appears an article about
Ben Watson, an old-style American
farmer who organized a tobacco re-
volt in Kentucky and drove the To-
bacco Trust out of power in five
counties. Following is an extract:
I'm 1903 the Trust was paying
Sto the farmers of the western part
of Kentucky-the black tobacco
region--less than three cents a
pound for their tobacco, a price
less than the cost of production.
American boiled up in Ben. With
the aid of fellow tobacco-raiser OF
a neighboring county he called a
meeting at that county,s seat to
which representatives from the five
tobacco-raising counties of the re-
gion were invited to consider the
organization of body whose pur-
bose should be to secure a more
reasonable financial return to the
farmers.
Ten or twelve farmers met. to-
gether with about two dozen law
yers and other city folk who came
10 laugh. Farmers going to organ
ize. Ho! Ho! But the farmers
settled down to business. and when
the meeting adjourned start had
been made toward the hrst Ken