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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-08
Beach Thief Sent to Pen. Z

One VIM. Rogers, who stole SIS
from VIM. 8. Francis, on Beach
farm, was arrested ct Billings, Mont,
brot back, and upon pleading guilty,
was sentenced by Judgs Crawford to
q year in the pen. He gave his age as
10, hoping to receive q reform school
term, but the Judge thot he looked
older.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-08

Sunday will be Mothers Day. Wear
q bright flower if your mother is liv-
ing and white one if the dear woman
has passed away.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-08

Engine Of No. 2 OF the Track.
No. rs engine went off the track
near the 500 transfer west Of the de-
pot Wednesday afternoon, causing 6
delay of several hours. Little dam
age was done. ~
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-25

MISS l.. Vine Donovan left Mon
nay for San Francisco, Cal. She
expects to spend some time in
California at seaside points in the
hope that the change Of climate
will benefit her voice.
A cottage on an island at Pierre
slipped off into the Missouri one
day last week as did goodly
portion Of the is and and started
down the river No one was liv-
ing IN the house at the time
though il was fully furnished.
The work If the Milwaukee
double tracking between Aber-
deem and Minneapolis has begun
IN earnest. fhey have over two
hundred men working at Bristol
now and expect to put many
more On as spring opens up.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-25

guard.
The prairie further out was
lgnlted everywhere. but t h e
prairie fires were kept well in
check by busy corps.
The fire was discovered soon
after 200 o'clock by Fred Bum,
who on driving by noticed a fire
in the driveway of the elevator.
He hastily Informed Tom Heath,
at the Empire elevator, who tried
to report the alarm to the tele-
phone station, being however un-
successful in being heard for
some time. Meanwhile the alarm
had been turned in through other
means.
John Hokanson was down town
at the time on business. Though
among the first to arrive at the
scene, his office was already en-.
quilted by flames, and he was un-
able to save his account books.
He states that there were about
S., 600 worth of seed grain in the
elevator, but is not certain as to
the status of the insurance on
either building or contents. The
contents of the Hamm building
were.nearIy all saved. The origin
of the fire is unknown, but it is
thought that it started from
sparks of the engine of passenger
train No. ), which passed by
shortly before.
The fire is the most serious fire
loss ever sustained in this city.
and will probably sum up to
S25, 600. Eastward telephone and
telegraph connection is down,
the wires running close by the
burnt area,
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-25

Earl Meredith. Of Timber Lake.
has taken a position with At
torney Logan Berry as stenog
rapher.
The county commissioners met
at Bison this week to find out
what action had been taken IN
the Injunction case restraining
them from building an addition
to the court house. 1t was learue d
that Judge Bottum bad dismissed
the same and a special meeting
of the board is called for May
9th to pass on bids for the WorF
Specifications call for the compile.
ton of the work by July 9Th.
Grand Valley Herald.
Judge c. G.. Carpenter returned
Tuesday from a sitting of couf'
at Dupree.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-25

Dickinson is nightly proud of
its new Elk lodge building.
Episcopal services will be held
Sunday. April 9th at Trinity
chapel, Rev. Wicks officiating.
Morning service at 1920. Sun
day school a t noon. Evening
Prayer at 7:3O.
A Webster school boy has every
bone in his skull crushed and
still lives. With a number OF
others he was throwing the ham,
mer when in some way he ran IN
front of the one throwing and
was struck with the hammer at
the base of the skull 1t is a
wonder that he was not instant.
ly killed but physicians fear he
cannot recover
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-25
Death Of Well
Known MeadOWite

Saturday night after linger-
ing illness. DIR. +. P. Smith, Of
Meadow died of sclerosis of the
liver. Last Tuesday Drs. Strang
and Phelps were called in con-
sultation and pronounced that his
case was past recovery. The re-
mains were brought up from
Meadow Monday and taken to
Canton, this state, to be buried
besides the remains of mis- wife
who preceded him some three
years ago DR.. Phelps accom-
panied the remains.
DR.. Smith was one of the old
est practicing physicians in the
state of South Dakota having
come to Canton thlrty.tive years
ago and established a practice
there, remaining there until after
the death of his wife. when he
came to Perkins county. filing on
a homestead near keepvllle and
established himself professionally
at Meadow,
Here he was during the three
trying years of the drouth. a
physician indeed to the poor hon
yok, making many a long walk to
administer to the suffering, ex
pecting no return for his services
but the everlasting thanks of the
honyok.
The tenderest care was given
the doctor in his last illness. and
all was done that mortal and
could do to render his last hours
as peaceful as possible. lhe
whole neighborhood mourns the
death of a noble man, and all
who knew him feel that they
have lost a true friend indeed.
He was a highly esteemed man
and had many relatives oi proml-
nence in the state of New York
and also this state, among them
Judge Aikens, OF Sioux Falls.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-25
Ienmon PERKINS County, South Dakota Friday April 25 1913
hokdnS0n Elevator Burned.
Fire This Afternoon Destroys the Hokanson
Elevator and Hamm Storage Building

AS this paper is closing for the
press, at 200 O'Clock this after
noon an alarm of fire startled
the city. The Hokanson elevator.
easternmost of elevator row, was
seen to be ahame. and general
rush was made to the endanger.
ed spot.
1t was too late. Famed bv
the strong wind which had pre-
vailed all day, the flames spread
rapidly and had control of the
interior of the building before a
meager supply of water could be
had to quench the flames. A few
minutes more and the fire burst
the roof and spread over the out
side.
The fire spread to the Hamm
Brewing company's storage house
and this too fell victim to the
flames in remarkably short time.
The barn of the Hamm Co.,
which might serve the fire for
spreading still further was drag
ged out of the way.
The dense column of sparks
carried by the wind proved q
serious danger to buildings stand.
ing in the way. The Geo. King
residence and barn were afame
several times, and timely dis
covery and hard work only saved
the buildings.
The Lennon creamery stood in
greatest danger, large pieces OF
burning wood falling on it con.
stantly. A pig pen near by, be-
longing to Manager Sheldon, and
some fencing, burned, together
with a litter of pigs Here toe
watchers had to be on constant
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-25
JuIgen Will Visit
Kaiser Wilhelm

Sunday morning Jurgen Rober
shipped back to the dear old
fatherland. to spend a few
months of summer with his
mother at Wandsbeck, in Sles-
wig-Holstein, and incidentally
perhaps picking up a buXom
fiaXen haired lass of the genus
low dutch. that is ready to be-
come Amerlcanized and Wiling
to spent part of a honey moon on
the Dakota prairie Jurgen bears
hearty greetings from his various
Lennon friends to Kaiser vii
helm, Herr Bebel and such like
other prominent persOnageS and
says he will sure deliver them
provided he gets time enough.
AS it is, he has to be sparing
with his time, to get around to EN-
all, because in view Of the fact
that Jurgen broke away from the
fatherland when he should have
donned the kalser's clothes. the
police have given him only four
months in which to do his visiting
and love making. Here S hopen
that Christian Friedrich Jurgen
may find his visit to the old sod
pleasant and profitable. and that
he will be saving enough with
his money to always have suf-
hclent for the return trip to Gods
country.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-25
Rev. Paul H. McBeth, 81

Rev. Paul II. McBeth, spent a
few days in the city. having just
returned from Il winter ) stay
with his family in Iowa. Rev.
McBeth IS rather restless at Lem
mon, because of his inability to
secure proper preachin place
but latterly a ray OF hope has
arisen, and he now thinks serious
~ of having the brethren Assem-.
bic across the track at the ole
Lennon Herald print1ry.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-25

lle Star Theatre has for its
H. ss' attraction omorrow. Sat
= > '.enlng, the drama Sans
ssIa.'' ! Ilne historic drama of
!, l. el D0oaparte'S days. writ
NJ. n asfoou' - and with Madame
h. IsV i.as Infamous french actress,
sa.,s ,sa0lag role. The Star also
n, ,''sgs 'e Tor a near date the
/ ,,s,. oanIIle,' > The story of
NJ, ,'s'' eaton of Alexandra
sF.a,:s g. !, 50 Well known, that its
NJ, ha'at'on , as a drama will be be
d. ss.'s'sa. d.a That the staging
!, W. a'an a p esents the limit
n h., h. e :, Is Unnecessary to
,ic,a.a, ca, the chief attraction Of
hi lE,a.ss Rs. Is that the divine
~ 1 St'sIfIs.srdt t'IIs ss, herself appears u,e'us
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-15

put in a month in training before
starting north on the exhibition
trip, landing back on the West
Side a day or two before they
open with the St. Louis Cards.
The men who are expected to
hop the RATHER tonight are:
Manager EverS, Needharn, Cot
ter, Heckinger, Reulbach, Pow
ell, Leifeld, Pierce Toney, Hum
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-15

American League urnpires for
1913-Connolly, O'Loughlin, Di-
neen, Evens, Hart, Ferguson,
Hildebrand and McGreevy. Hank
O'Day will be added if he decides
not to work in the National
At BIS tonight the Cubs, I'M
der their new manager, Johnny
Evers, will start on the long hike
to Tampa, Fla, where they will
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06

Describing New York a. It was
when Joaquin Miller first saw It, and
Miller when New Workers flrst beheld
him, writer in the New York Eve
ming Post says: "That was the 20
Rod when the gossips were thrilled
on learning that Mark Twain helped
himself to olives with . fork: whom
Bryant. his white beard flowing out
over the folds Of long Spanish cloak.
moved through the busting streets IN
scholarly abstraction, and Whitman
cot his verse to the rumble Of = Broad
way omnibus. It was against this
background that Miller, poet Of the
6ierras, projected himself on his frse
tour Of the east. He played the Hon
for season, coming to evening par
ties In velveteen coat, corduroy
trousers and q brilliant scarlet neck.
tie. The tawny hair on his head and
face gave him the outward appear
ance Of 4 human sunburst. Thus
equipped for action, and having select.
Cd Q divinity for his homage. he
would throw himself on the drawing
room door at her feet, resting on one
elbow and .devpuring her beauty. With
his eyes, while he recited for her ben.
eiat appropriate passages Of his owz
verse;"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06
SOIL OF LEGuMINous CROPS
Nitrogen % Obtained Through Nodulee
~ TVberoies Full With Myriads
Of Bacteria.

Il - but few years since the agrlr
cultural world WAS informed that
tgguminous crops obtained their nitro
gen through the medium Of nodules
q tubercles: yet the average cultivat.
Or 70 quite unaware Of the fact e
may be - well. therefore, 10 state
he faot again. and to say that Il -
easily capable Of proof.
e two lots Of. say red cloverseed
aro taken and an equal quantity Of
each II placed In two pots with al
he necessary plant food except nitro.
gen, the seeds win terminate and
grow much about the same, and that
b vary little indeed. II now w add
b one part some Of the nodules or
tubercles to be found adhering IKE
pin heads to the roots Of red clover
crop We shah soon sec the difference
n the rapidly increased growth Of the
plants IN the pots in question.
Now each Of the nodules or tuberoleG
h question II cram full with myriads
d bacteria, and these bacteria Il 4
which By obtaining nitrogen from the
air pass Il on to the clover; rootn.
etcl, and Give to the latter and 70 The
clover plants that nitrogen without
which they could mot live. Thus Z
soil Of leguminous crop requiring nit
rogen can be infected with the nitro.
| gen bacterium. and incubation hero'
/ o IN other departments Of human q
eairs. - found OF utility 70 man.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06


A water plant that has been feared
- pest 10 to be turned into . valu-
able commercial product Of lndo-
China, II anything comes Of the sug-
gestion to the Saigon Chamber Of Com
merce by M. Perrot. the French In
vestigator. The plant, Ecchornis cras-
sipes-popularly known % Luc Blink
Invaded Cambodia ten years ago
from Java or the Philippines. and has
grown 10 rapidly - to MI ponds and
lakes IN short time. A single stalk
II reported to have spread over . W.
ter surface Of TOO square yards In =
few months. It has caused no little
alarm 40 . menace to navigation. and
= considerable sum seems to have
been already expended In attempts TO
destroy It. Its strong fiber, however,
has been found by M. Perrot to be
useful for textile purposes. From 100
pounds Of green stalks he obtained
nine pounds Of flber. and . hfth-inch
yarn or cord from this supported .
weight Of 100 pounds. The cord can
be woven into mating or canvas. This
can be dyed any color. and II suitable
~ substitute for woven cane In fur.
niture, but IL expected to be especial.
II valuable for rice sacks. Such sacks,
equal to jute. can be made lighter than
jute BY treating with chrome alum.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06

Calamity That He Had
Looked Fer.

Uncas Jud was enjoying his first e.
perience In the line Of railway travel
For years the trains Of the p. d. Z O.
had Numbered past his farm. and the
old gentleman had watched them
plunging madly ahead. confident Of
but one thing. that sooner or later
something would happen to land them
In the ditch. He had often vowed
that the Lord hadn't intended man to
BE- whissing along at 20 lively q pace.
and added that he for one wasn't 60
ing 70 tempt him by trusting his pre-
cious neck to anything 30 reckless.
But the years passed and the trains
continued to speed by, until Uncle
Jud's fear Of terrible consequences
faded away. and now at last he had
yielded to his sons frequent invita-
lions to get aboard the Flyer. and
come to visit him in the city. The
train was laundering at terrific rate
Of speed. and then the thing hap
pened. An open switch turned the
trick that Uncle Jud had for year,
been anticipating. The engine wa
derailed. and the plunging cars went
after It. but, the latter being OF steel
construction. no serious damage VA
done to anybody. Uncle Jud's cal
twisted. turned. cavorted. and dnall,
landed on it, side at the side Of thu
road. ending In nice soft spot tha'
seemed almost to have been made fol
Just such an emergency. The old gen
tleman gathered himself together and
gased about at the wreckage. and thel
observing his eyeglasses shattered be
yond repair at his feet. he groaned
There. goldern vel" he muttered
~Ye've gone an busted my spetticlesl
-HaFper's Weekly.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06

odsa Illustrated Herewith WIN -
rooad Not oRly Easy. but QulAe
cure end oaeo.

Many ruralists now buy gasoline
and lamp OIL By the barrel. and to
empty same h no small Job. The
ldea herewith illustrated WIN be found
not only sasy. but sure and safe. The
barrel to b emptied 10 left In the
wagon. or placed on bench. % the
lower end 70 Just above the barrel or
ethsr vessel In which you wish 70
STORE the oil. A piece Of three-quarter
mcA hose OF suhlcient length to reach
hom the bottom Of the barrel 10 b
emptied and across to the storage
hank u secured and used a. shown.
says the Iowa Homestead. O shows
he barrel Of oil, D 10 the storage tank
Or barrel. and A 10 . stout cord some
Two feet longer than the hose. B. The
cord has . weight such - = small tap
Astsned to one end. and . bunch Of
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06
BAD MANAGEMENT in FEEDS
9rroNooue Practice o. Wlthholdln(
Drain From horese When 0reen
Stun Comes In.

There = not uncommonly woeful bad
Management In feeding heavy horses:
others, too, for that matter. Il u too
much the practice ct the season when
green stun comes In to withhold Z
large portion Of the grain.
OF course. the Idle horse win put On
aesh OF ! sort much faster on green
stun than II fed ON hay In the stable.
but the condition becomes Of 70 soft Z
nature q 70 be little suited whsrs
daily toll II required. or hard nssh
and muscles are absolutely essential
there.
Later ON In the summer. when herb.
age natures and holds no excess Of
zap, the case II rather different, but
even then to withhold the grain 70
any great extent h bad policy, and ID
sure to tell against the horse sooner
Or later-sooner In the way Of per.
spring and weakened state. and latez
In but . poor state against winter.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06

eags q the other end. Insert the cord
b the hose. and allow the tap TO pun
It through. until the rags enter the
end Of the hose Place the hose In
ne barrel, 9. with the rags down, pun
the cord and rags through the hose.
and quickly insert the end In the tank
Or barrel d and the hose win empty
the oil In . shirt time. The raSs
eorce out tho air and the air pressure
forces the oil IN 70 MI the vacuum.
The idea q . simple siphon, and the
novelty Il the manner Of starting
same By pulling the rags through the
hose A piece Of soft rubber formed
Into . tightltting disk answers the
purpose some better than the rags,
Howsvsr. old rags are always Ct hand.
and the rubber b not.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06
Hired 10 stick.

The jury. after long deliberation,
seemed unable to agree In Z perfectly
clear case. The Judge. thoroughly ex-
asperated at the delay. said:
X discharge this jury"
One sensitive Juror. indignant ct
what he considered rebuke, faced
the Judge.
"You can't discharge me-" he said
with q tone Of conviction.
"And why notf" inquired the Judge
in surprise.
Because" announced the juror.
pointing to the lawyer for the de-
Tense, II was hired by that man
therel"-Ladies' Home Journal.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06
Carriers Must Report FIrss


The ofhcial postal guide for May
calls the attention Of postmasters and
rural carriers to an order Of the post,
ONCE department that the carriers re
port to the proper authorities Ill for
est fires detected along their routes
This order was issued Ut the request
OF the secretary Of agriculture.
For several years in some sections
OF the country sort Of informal I'M
derstanding has existed between M
tional forest rangers and mail carriera
with the idea Of securing increased
fire protection. The marked effective
ness Of this cooperation was q stroua
argument In favor Of its extension and
Official sanction. and was In part re
sponsible for the request Of the secre
tary Of agriculture which resulted In
the order by the postof1ce department
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06
rralns canarIes In Prison.

Training canary birds to sing In the
electric death chamber Of the Ohio
penitentiary at Columbus IL the
unique life work Of John Atkinson. :
murderer serving life sentence who,
being . '.trusty," has the privilege Of
spending some Of his time there. In
the room in which more than four.
score condemned men have paid the
penalty for their crimes he breeds the
little yellow singers. When the birds
are at the proper age he frst teaches
them to ny-first from one arm Of the
electric chair to another, and then
from the death chair to the old gal.
lows above, In another part Of the
room.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06
limitations Of Graham Flour

Statements made by many millera
show that very large percentage Of
the so-called graham dours on the
market are mixed products or imita,
tions. not made from purified mid
dlings, bran and flour. but made from
feed bran. which always contains the
shorts and the germ. together with
low-grade dour or 10 per cent sec
ond clear, and sometimes even red
dog, and In many instances such al
legged graham flours contain the
sweepings from the mill. When the
imitation graham hours are made By
the use Of high-grade flour, purified
middlings and bran, 1t II evident thai
there is NO desire to sell to the con
sumner . cheap material since the mill
er believes that the Hour thus pre-
pared IL q better grade and that bet
ter results In baking may be obtained
than with the true graham, sayl
American Grocer.
The methods Of milling graham
flour are varied. Stone burrs, stel
corrugated rolls, attrition mills, and
French burrs are used, and usual,
when the graham flour was made OF
steel rolls, anywhere from two to oil
sets Of corrugated rolls were en-
ployed, and In some instances aftel
the wheat had been run through nv
sets OF corrugated rolls, It was ther
run through six sets Of smooth rolls
This 10 not at all necessary. for goo(
graham flour can be made on two set
Of corrugated rolls or on one set O
stones.
Although large percentage Of tn,
so-called graham flour on the marke
is made by mixing inferior grades o
-four with bran, there are a grea
many millers who still make graham
-four In the original way, namely, b,
grinding either on stones or ON roll
the whole kernel of the wheat withou
boiling.
True graham flour always shows rel
atively larger amounts Of intermediat
products such as coarse and fine mid
dlings of good grade, while imitation
graham generally contains but SINAI
amounts Of these same products an
when these are present in large quar-
titles they are Of inferior grade. Tru
graham contains a larger amount q
combined bran and shorts, Of CON
bined fine and coarse middlings and
smaller amount Of Hour passin
through the 100 sieve than does limits
ton graham.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-06

hae Finger Prints Of All sailors.
J. d. Taylor OF Warrington holds
the silent but invincible Identification
Of every man who has enlisted In the
United States navy since 1907. He
u chief Of the finger print bureau Of
the navy. and 10 fast becoming the tor
ror Of interruptions men who have
proved unfaithful In their country'a
service. His flles contain over $50, 900
cards. each carrying the unfailins
mark Of Identification Of an enlisted
man.