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Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26
COMMENCEMENT Al MICHIGAN

COMMENCEMENT AT MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, Mich, June 26.--The
sixty-seventh annual commencement
Of the University Of Michigan took
place today. The graduation ?xercis-
es were held in the new Fill audito-
ri1m at 10 o'clock, President George
f. Vincent, Of the University Of Min
nesota, being the orator Of the day.
The great hall was crowded, and with
the decorations Of flags and flowers,
and the brilliant toilettes Of the fe-
male portion Of the audience. pre-
sented an inspiring spectacle. Follow
ing the exercises IN the auditorium
the graduates and invited guests adj
journed to the gymnasium for the
commencement dinner The afternoon
was occupied with group receptions
and informal reunions.
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of a single pair Of files. assuming that
they all lived, were pressed together
at the end Of summer they would oc-
cupy the space Of about quarter Of
million cubic feet" Without pre-
tending to follow or venturing to dis
pute the calculation, what is evident
is that taking 600 eggs as asreason-
al lumber (as It seems to be) for
u gle fly to lay, the progeny Of q
pair. II all survived. would at the END
Of three months amount to some 81
600
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26
oHIoAeo RoARp oF TRADE

Chicago, June 26.-Wheat senti-
ment today was much more indecisiye
than usually. The pivot on which the
market chiefly turned was the crop
outlook for South Dakota Prospects
there depended on rain which was
threatened but which also might CON
tinue local to small areas The mar
ket opened q lower 10 y advance.
September started at 905s to 81 un-
changed to * Off but rallied to 9OM
091. The close was steady with Sep
tember % net lower at s0a.
September corn, which opened a
,hade off to H0N higher &C 5iH to |
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26
LONG ARGUMENTS IN
The CHACON CASE
COUNSEL PUTS UP VALIANT
FIGHT TO HAVE HIS CLIENT
JUDGED NOT GUILTY

Lengthy argument upon the part
Of the respondents attorney, Judge
E. V. Long, characterized the hear
ing Of f. M. Chacon for contempt,
which was held today at the court
house before Judge David J. Leahy
Chacon is charged with contempt in
an article written for a recent edition
of La Voz del Pueblo, a Spanish pa
per published in this city Judge
Long stated in his argument that the
preponderance Of opinion by courts
all over the land is that newspapers
and individuals may comment freely
upon the rulings and doings Of any
judge after the court session in
which they occurred is ended. He
said the Judge may have redress by
to an action alleging libel.
Judge Long sought to show that the
article written by Chacon was pub
lished after the adjournment of the
recent term Of court, and therefore
not contemptuous Indications were
this afternoon that the arguments
might not be completed before night
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26
SEE OUR OWN SCENERY
FIRST.

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Another kind Of trip Is the one
in mind for today. Leaving Y NJ. c.
A. camp 60 down the canyon and past
PorYenir hotel past the junction Of
the two creeks and past the little
placita Of Jacales. Then when you
come to the we'll travelled road that
turns up over the hill on the left
(north) follow that. 1t will lead you
through succession Of little culti-
waited wales lying snugly between
heavily timbered ridges composing a
Landscape as pretty as one could wish
to see. You Will not fail to notice
the amazingly closely set groves of
young pines that crowd upon every
sandy level and slope the borders Of
the road. This reseeding Of the foot
hill country by the hand Of nature
surpasses anything that man can do
in the same direction.
Follow the most Travelled Of the
numerous roads that thread their
way through this picturesque section
and soon you will come 70 the val
ley Of Las Dispensas, where the broad
meadows cf Don Teodoro Pena spread
out in as beautiful scene as one
could wish to see, gently rolling
fields hemned by forest and guarded
on the west by the splendid front Of
Hermit peak which towers quite p
500 feet above. The little lakelet Of
Dispensas which one sees from the
top Of Hermit Is here at your iset
and there is the village OF the same
name at the farther side Of the pic
ture.
From here roads lead to the upper
Sapello valley, to Sapello town and
to Las Vegas. But we must get back
to the camp, Of course, so will hunt
a return trail through the foothills,
entering fields by wire gates and
trusting luck to find way out.
4 Here we come to another surprise
the old Chene ranch of La Jarita,
long, narrow fertile valley between
ridges reaching away toward the
very foot Of Hermit peak The well
cultivated fields, the orchard, gar
den and considerable group of build.
ings set here in the wffds Of forest
and hills present a striking contrast.
This was the home Of one of the
earliest French settlers well remem.
bered yet by many.
From this point there is trail
leading to Porvenir and a pretty
country It traverses. You will need
to keep your direction well in mind
and "just keep a-goin'" until you
come again to the familiar canyon Of
the GaIlinas, which viii lead you
home to camp
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1918.
THE CASE AGAINST
TIL . FLY

Individual flies have lived in captiy
ity for 16 weeks Flies which have
heen caught and marked and then lib
Grated have been found within As
hours mile away from the point Of
liberation. The distance which flies
may travel. therefore, carrying with
them whatever foulness they may be
possessed of, is almost unlimited.
A number Of investigators have
shown that the germs with which. as
has been said, every fly is probably
loaded, remain active for material
length Of time; for a longer period
when taken into the insect with it's
food and carried within it until re-
elected than when merely attached to
it externally. A fly which had fed
on the bacilli Of tuberculosis was
found still to contain the bacilli after
IA days. Also the bacilli, having been
taken into the fly and subsequently
excreted, remained virulent for is days
after election. BY merely making a
casually caught fly walk over a nu-
TRENT culture a really astounding mum
Der of colonies Of bacteria may be de-
veloped. A single fly caught at a
refuse can in a suburb Of London
gave no fewer than lie colonies Of
bacteria and ten colonies of fungi the
serms having all been carried on the
hristles Of the insects legs and body
or on its proboscis, as gathered while
feeding on the refuse in the can
That flies are every day similarly
germs and subsequently
walking, not on welEguarded cultures.
but on children's bread and butter and
on the eatables in shops and kitchens
and on our tables, is obvious Nor
gre household refuse cans the worst
places which flies visit or in which
they feed and, breed. It is probable
that large proportion Of the deaths
from typhoid, both in the South Afri-
can war and in the American war with
Spain, we're due to the Instrumental
Ity Of the flies that swamed about the
camps; and it is equally iiAely that
they bear a share in nunieeans lesser
Of typhoid Of which the
cause is never known. In addition to
typhoid. It is also believed that flies
are active carriers Of tuberculosis,
anthrax, cholera and other
.erible maladiea, besides the infantile
or enteritis which causes SO
heavy mortality among the children
"a our cities every summer
The house fly breeds with an almost
rapIdity, the entire life-cyele,
rom the laying Of the eggs to the ma
.urity Of the perfect insect, taking IN
ler favorable conditions no more than
rom three weeks to a month; and q
'ew days after the perfect insect
smerges from the pppa it Is ready to
ay again 1t has been calculated,
ags Nr Hewitt gthat if the progeny
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26
NV YORK srock ExcHAMeE.

New York, June 26. Following an
early advance and subsequent re
cession, stock prices moved irregular
ly. with downward tendency, during
the mornings trading, By noon sew
eral Of the speculative favorites we're
one to two points under their earlier
high prices.
Suspicion that the advance of Am
erican stocks in London, which influ-
enced the higher opening here, had
been engineered from this side, made
traders ready to attack the list
The decision Of the interstate COM
.rnerce commission to reopen the east
ern freight rate case under restricted
conditions, caused some dishppoint-
ment and induced selling. Sentiment
veered strongly to the bear side once
more. The absorptive power Of the
market seemed to have lessened, and
any considerable offering Of stocks
caused further recessions.
Bonds were heavy.
Stocks showed less resistance to
selling pressure after foreign buying
ceased. Steel and Reading were low
cred point under yesterdays close
and the Harrimans and other influen-
tial issues large fractions.
Room traders fed the market with
stock from time to time, but with
little impression on prices outside of
Union Pacific, which ruled over two
points below its opening. Other
shares sympathized to much narrow
er extent with the Hartman special
ty and evinced more Of a disposition
to go up when selling stopped.
The market closed. heavy. Trading
continued full and dragging to the
end with no sign Of the day to day
covering. Prices ruled close to the
lowest and increased offerings SEEM
ed to follow some slight bidding up Of
several leaders
The last sales we're as follows;
Amalgamated Copperaa al GA
Sugar, bid 107
Atchison IL s59s
Reading 1878 |
Southern Pacific .. 951a
Union Pacific ..,............. .145h
United States Steel .... 52A
United States steel, pfd.. 1OSM |
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK

Kansas City, June Hogs, re,
ceipts 5000. Market to 10 cents
higher. Bulk $S.7OQ8 80; heavy 1856
@S.SO; packers and butchers 300
s.25; lights $8.75@8 85; pigs $3.50
@S.25.
Cattle, receipts 1000. Market strong
Prime fed steers $S.4O@S. rs; dressed
beef steers $7.25@S.S5; western
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steers $6 5O@8 40; southern steers
$5.75@8; cows .25@7.25; heifers
$6@S, So; stockers and feeders $6. .75
as; bulls 5.75@7. 25; calves $6. SO
@9. 80.
Sheep, receipts 5000 Market stea-
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26

dy. Lambs $7@S; yearlings 1850
6.25; wethers $4.5O@5.2 %; ewes 81
@5; stockers and feeders $v@45O.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26

The textile factories Of Prussia and
saxony employ over 100000 women.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26


washing machine will family wash
easy
the bread the the willing
the world complaining
demanding holidays evenings out
every
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26

There are more than S25,OOO women
teachers and professors in the United
States
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26

probable motive for the murder Of
Charles b Pendell, the wealthy
money lender found beaten to death
last night at his office desk. Two
diamond studs, said to be sufficient
in themselves to attract professional
thieves, were missing from Pendelfs
apparel, and a considerable amount
Of money, it is believed but the
theft also Of book in which he kept
a personal record Of his dealings with
borrowers complicated the situation.
According to Harry Pendell, son
Of the dead man, his father was
threatened recently by "a Kansas
rancher," who claimed he had been
cheated BY the money lender. A
search for this man was instituted
today by the police.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26

Entered at the postoffice at East
Las Vegas, New Mexico, for trans
mission through the United States
mails as second class matter
Las Vegas optic., 1913-06-26
CCash IN Advance for Mail subscrip-
tions.)

Advertisers are guaranteed the
largest daily and weekly circulation
of any newspaper in northern New
Mexico.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-16
REV. SBWERY
ACCEPTS CALL
will bs Ordained Into tho Min
Istry Of the Congregational
Church and Remain Here.

When it was learned in Wah-
peton that the M. E. Conference
contemplated sending Rev. Sew
rey to some other field, the men,
bers Of the Congregational church
in this city Immediately asked
him to become the pastor of that
church. This call was accepteu
and Mr.. Sewrey will be ordained
into the ministry of the Congre-
gatiOnal church.
The year that Mr.. Sewrey has
been in Wahpeton has been a
prosperous one for both the Con-.
gregational and Methodist chur-
ches to which he ministered and
the majority of the members OF
the two congregations would
have been pleased to have con-
tinued the federation.
The family moves into the Con-
gregational parsonage and he be-.
gins at once as the pastor of tie
First Congregational church of
Wahpeton.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-16

AAeA anu SOpnOlnOreS, the lawyers
in the juniors, and the orators,
statesmen, ETC., in the seniors.
We are some. class all right, all
right.
Neither Florence nor Hiram
Bagg have been among US on ac-
count Of a rather troublesome
illness, but appreciating that we
were seriously hampered because
OF their absence they have con-
sentd to convalesce and-return.
The game between Wahpeton
and Fergus Falls was pulled Off"
as scheduled, but-'But me no
buts" Score-never mind-"Sic
transit gloria mundi, or Fri
day-or Saturday, or-some day
next week, maybe. When Peter
the Great was licked out of his
footwear, by Charles the Swede,
he said says Pete: ''Never mind
we will learn this war-game OF
cur brother Charles" And, he
did. He didn't do q thing to the
Terrible. Swede-we forget just
which battle, later on. 'Ye grid:
iron warriors, have ye some Of
the gummption Of the old Rus
sian, OF is your nerve like unto
a jack rabbit, fled anew, like a
hare before the beagle?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-16

The assignment Of pastors fof
the Fargo district was as fol-
lows:
District Observation-Disclosures.
Chas. A. Mcnamara.
sheldon-Rev. Byron A. Burns.
Lisbon-Rev. A. Lincoln shuto.
Wahpeton-Rev. d. E. Duden.
Elliot-Rev. b. P. Mcdonald.
Caledonia-Rev. "A. L. Pardee.
ForInan Circuit-Rev. Lewis w.
Scott.
Casselton-Rev. H. P. Cooper.
Cogswell-Rev. l.. E. Watson.
Cooperstown-Rev. s. H. Buck
walter.
Dazey and Rogers-Rev. F. A.
GOssman.
Enderlin-Rev. J. C. Dingle.
Fairmount-Rev. w. C. Sage.
Fargo, Broadway Church-Rev.
w. J. Hutcheson.
Fargo, First Church-Rey. +.
M. Walters.
Forman-Rev. L. E. Watson.
Hunter and Arthur-Rev. r.
Old.
Leonard-Rev. J. w. Danford.
Lidserwood-Rev. w. J. Loach.
Milnor-Rev. Arthur Edwards.
Page and Erie-Rev. Zachariah
James.
Sutton-Rev. E. H. Buckwater.
Tyson-Rev. Ira C. McFarlane.
Valley City-Rev. C.. E. Vermil-
va.
VerOna-Rev. F. F. Boothly.
Wesley-Rev. Francls Boone.
Wheatland-Rev. r. J. Stinson.
Wyndmere-Rev. w. A. Mad
dock.
Zion and Tower City-Rev.
Stanford Taylor.
Other elections besides the ap-
pointments to pastorates we're
Rev. James Anderson of James,
town and Supt. F. l.. Watkins of
the state enforcement league to
the National Anti-Saloon league
conference at Columbus, o., with
Rev. Mr.. Mcnamara as an alter
nate; Rev. j. M. Taylor the con-
ference evangelist and Rev. Alex
ander Carr as the agent to pro-
mote temperance in the state.
DR.. Robertson was reelected
president of Wesley college and
Prof. S. S. Halsyard was re-elec-
ted professor. Rev. d. S. Spencer
was elected conference mission
ary to Japan.
The wives Of the ministers of
the conference organized a So
ciety with Mrs. Duden of Wahpe-
ton as president.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-16
CHURCHES AND BUSINESS

Possibly part of the answer to
the Methodist inquiry, How shall
we put the church on a business
basis" may be found in the Con-
gregationai pronouncement thai
"Christianity would be stronger
in Minnesota today if one-third Of
the churches in the older COM
munities were out of existence. !"
One Of the Protestant denomf-
nations not long ago boasted that
it was building a church a day
in America. Whether this was
a wise thing or not, depended
largely in the distribution Of the
churches. The tendency of the
Evangelical churches is to CONF
pete too strenuously with ono
another, with the result that in
many small towns there are too
many churches, and in conse-
quence poor support for each.
This: is not the way to get the
church on a business basis. The
business mtehod is to consult the
probabilities of profit for a store
or factory before building. If
there is no probable chance OF
success the investor seeks a ney
location. If he makes mis-
take, he does not expect to be
subsidized by the community al
ready we'll served. He pockets his
loss and quits.
If the denominations that are
allied in doctrine adopted these
methods, they would not build
where there are already plenty OF
churches. And they would close
some churchs when it was discov-
cred that these were no longer
needful. These two simple bust
ness principles would strengthen
Eyangelical Christianity every
where. The present is an era
when it is better to consult about
the consolidation of church So
cieties than ever before, because
il is an era when service counts
and is counted ahead OF name or
creed.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-16
BIRTHDAY Anniversary

About one hundred of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Schutt's friends called
on them at their home in Hank
inson last Monday night to assist
Mrs. schutt in celebrating her
birthday anniversary.
Mayor Helm of that city got the
band out which added much en-
ioyment to the occasion.
Singing, card playing and 9TH
er amusements were indurged in.
There were fine old German
songs sung, and the leaders in
the singing were Hon. Aug. Hoefs.
VIM. Crave, Mat Schramm and
Mayor Helm, with many other
voices joining in the chorus.
The guests departed declaring
their hosts jolly entertainers and
wishing Mrs. schutt many happy.
returns Of the day. '',3
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-16
FARMER BECOMES Rlon

Unable to read or write the
English language when he took
up his residence in North Dakota
thirty-one years ago, Fingar Eng
er, the first Norwegian farmer to
settle in central North Dakota,
left, according to Grand Forks
attorneys, an estate valued a:
100000.
Appraisals OF the estate place
that as the minimum value of his
extensive North Dakota land hold
ings, and it is possible that the
amount will be increased one ur
two hundred thousand.
Enger to reach his farm home
stead in North Dakota, Travelled
over one hundred miles by foot,
and his first crop Of wheat was
marketed eighty miles away, to
which point he drove with teams
Of oxen.
The father of nine sons and q
daughter at the time Of his death,
he made provision in his will
whereby each of his sons will re-
ceive an entire section, or $40
acres Of land. The total value
Of each farm given to his sons
is about $4,000, the land being
valued at about $50 an acre. #
During the early years of his
residence on the farm, Mr.. Enger
engaged his spare time studying
the English language, and he was
we'll versed in the English liter
ature at the time Of his death.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-16
HIoH SCHOOL NOTES

Leslie Purdon, while engaged
in the praiseworthy occupation of
football practice, in order that
he might the better bend his ener-
gies towards exalting the "Pur-
pie and Gold" unfortunately
sprained his arm rather serious
ly. The reporter feels justified in
saying the sympathy of the e1-
tire school is with him.
Darrell Rasmussen, on account
Of illness, has been absent from
chool for some time. His loss
was felt especially in the Virgin
class.
The ordeal known in schol tech
Mythology as quiz" has been
administered to the unoffending
students of some of the classes.
The effects have been fairly graf
flying, however, trying the oper-
alton.
We are still singing, and even
though 1--WE cannot sing the olu
songs''-as feelingly as Miss Ro-
wan can sing them, yet anyone
knowing the songs real we'll, we
dare say, would be almost able to
distinguish the tunes.
AS an example of our progress
sive spirit, we are perfecting to a
fine point the fire drill. This is a
preparation for possible future ca
lamities, and we can never tell
when some such q thing may be-
come very necessary. The school
children, under the protecting
roof of the w. H. s., are as safe
IS at home.
A visitor, at the rendering of
our program last Friday after
noon, after the performance was
over, in addressing a member of
the faculty, said: You, gave a
very interesting program this af-
ternoon." The members of the
high school, do not doubt it. We
ican already see the great elocu-
tionists Of the future in the fresh
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-16
solENoE SCHOOL NOTES

Gus Ziegelman, 1914, was a
visitor Saturday to see the foot
ball game between the teams of
his alma matters.
"A little cat seems to have a.
dopted the Science School, and
some of the students are wonder
ing how it got past the biological
department.
Glenn Toney, '13, was q caller
at Burch Hall Saturday evening
The little steam engine that
was billed for the fair is now in
the power house where it makes
q good showing Of it's capabili-
ties.
Some of the faculty and stu
dents INDUCED in a bonfire on
Saturday evening in honor Of the
team and its substantial work on
the gridiron that afternoon.
Miss Mirick is at Fargo this
week as a delegate to the State
Federation of Women's clubs. In
her absence the students in Ii
brary science are getting some
practical experience in the Ii
brary.
The second division of the gym
nasium class of girls introduced
a pleasant innovation b ygoing
out for a hike Tuesday afternoon
after school, said hike to lead to
a picnic supper yin the grove.
Hiking can easily be made popu-
lar in this school, and especially
so if there is to be something
especially good at the end Of the
road. @
The Agricultural College team
came to Wahpeton once more
Unlike the story of a few years
past they came and saw, but
they did not conquer. Prof
Wards aggregation seem to havs
lost the fear of the A. C.. name
or else the spell is broken. The
! game was a.close one from star
to finish, and only at two or three
times was the ball dangerously
near either goal. The Science
line held splendidly, and in the
first parts Of the game the A. C.
played punting game when in
possession Of the ball. The Scien-
ce team failed several times to
keep the interference we'll in hand
but could make good gains thru
the line. The score was 0 to O, a
situation which made the excite
ment run high. The team plays
Fargo College at Fargo next Sat
urday.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-16
OLDEST GENERAL ,sroRE
lM RloNlAND COUNTY,

The oldest general merchan-
disc store in Richland county
was started in Wahpeton in Ap-
ril, 1879 under the firm name u
kraker & Miksche. In 1882 Mr..
kraker sold his interest to n.
kotchevar and the name was
changed to Anton Miksche & Co
Mr.. Miksche bought the interest
OF Mr.. Kotchevar in 1888 and ran
the business in his own name un-
tal 1889 when M. Kraker bought
a half interest in the business.
the firm name still continuing
until the time of Mr.. Miksche's
death which occurred on July 1
last. Mr.. Kraker then bought
the half interest owned by Mr..
Miksche from the heirs of the
deceased and just recently dis
posed of the stock to Smith q
Catlin OF Botineau, N. D., to which
place the goods are being ship
ped. Mr.. Kraher wishes TO in
this way thank the numerous
customers and patrons who have
given to the above store the pat
fonage for so many years, and
especially those who have been
steady customers for the past 25
or 30 years, of whom he SAYS
there are several living here.