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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-07-03
MONEY 70 LOAN on FARMS

MONEY TO LOAN ON FARMS
am in q position to make
loans on farms at q low rate OF
interest and give you the priv
ilege of paying off the mortga-
ge on any interest paying day.
1t would pay you we'll to have q
talk with me before placing Q
loan on your farm.
LOUIS FLIGELMAN,
Adv. Wahpeton, N. D.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-07-03
CORRESPONDENCE

The Times wants q correspond
ent in every community in this
county. Ask for information and
terms.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-07-03

FOR SALE-One Singer sew
ing machine good as new. In
quire at 720 Fifth street.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-07-03
poNALpaoN,s sruplo

Donaldson's Studio will be open
between 8 and IL a. m. and and
5 p. M. only.
Open Sundays only by appoint
ment.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-07-03
HAND GOAL.

The VIM. b. White & HcCul-
lugh Lumber Go. have . large sup
ply Of hard coal on hand. Can
furnish stove, nut and pea sizes
on short notice. Adv.
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Subscribe for THE TIMES and
get all the news ali the time.
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F0R 0AIE

A 1912 model T. Ford roadster.
Inquire of o. H. Sprung, 720 Sixth
st. N. Wahpeton, N. D.
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PAID ADVERTISEMENTS

DR.. Fitzgerald has moved his
Office to the rooms formerly occu-
pied by the Booster club over
Hausken's store. Adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
TRACKLESS
TROLLEY FOR
TIDE FLATS

The tracxless trolley Is now
being considered by the city coun-
Gil as a possibility for the tide
= flat municipal streey railway.
The matter was brought up by
the mayor this morning and it
was suggested that Commissioner
Freeland investigate by CORES
pondence with the trackless troll
ley, storage battery and gasoline
car people the various innovations
that it is thought may possibly
present solution to the tideflat
difficulty.
If the tracKless trolley system
is put in the street would have to
be planked or paved and the city's
electric power could be used for
motive power.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

were in the heart of Los Angeles.
Many ways are used to trap The
slaves. In the old black slavery
days they used to raid The African
villages and drag the people away.
The modern SLAYER is not quite so
bold. But his methods are effec-
tive.
One night when l was sitting
in a respectable restaurant with
a young fellow he ordered beer.
He was smoking a cigar. While
the glasses were standing before
him he tried to direct my atten-
tlon to a picture.
Then he flic6ed his cigar ashes
into one Of the goblets and push
ed 1t toward me.
But I saw him. 1
That was all that saved me.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

Worst horse l ever rode" said
Tilly. Worse horse anybody
ever rode"
What happened?" / asked.
81 hardly know said Tilly.
1--WE started in the infield. We
went Throughout over, but
through fence. We started
round the track Spike bucking
all the time. And every time he
jumped, the boys said later, my
head snapped like the lash of a
whip. They said it was mighty
funny hearing my head snap that
way.
81 didn't know it, though.
was just thinking: Darn you,
you big, black devil, I'm here and
I'm going to stay!'
"And Spike jumped, and
jumped and jumped. And /
got to thinking about all
sorts of funny thingsLwild
flowers and singing birds
And there was a storm
at sea, and was being ship
wrecked. And some
man had his arm around me,
saving me from drowning,
and he said, You're all right!
You're all right
And there l was, on the ground,
but standing, limp as a rag. And
there was Spike with his head
between his legs, blowing and
beaten!
''Then I knew I had done what
the men had failed to do had
ridden 'Spike!'
"He still bucks as hard as ever.
But I'm on to his tricks now, and
I'm going to ride him at the sta
dunn next week.
BY this time the bow of red rib
bon was arranged satisfactorily.
and Tilly, squirting into the hand
glass for a final look, patted the
ribbon and sighed contentedIy.~
For, when one is a woman, even
though the worlds champeen
bronchO-buster, the adjustment of
a bow of ribbon in the hair Is i'm
porfant
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
ToDAY's CLEARINGs.

Cigar ashes in beer are as good
s.knockout drops as a clip over
theshead with a sandbag.
4 was scared. OF course the
beef remained untasted. while he
urged me to drink it up. Then
we started out and he had a taxi
cab there.
Get in" was all he said.
know something about box
Ing. One punch on the side OF his
head put him on his xnees and
then ran. He never pursued.
but it seemed while ran chat
always heard his footsteps Just
behind.
That's how some OF them work
by violence. Stealth gets bes-
ter results. Women make the
best fecruiters
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

actually used to keep the slaves
imprisoned, their debt to the
"house" keeps them safe"
Few white slaves are Kept in
smaller cities. Most of them are
shipped east. But the system"
has many of it's recruiting officers
everywhere. And it has several
stations also.
The people won't be able to tell
you where they are But go out
on, the street about. 8 o'clock some
morning and stop two or three
men. You won't have to stop
many before You find one that can
tell you where to find station.
know OF one on Spring street.
A short time ago there was one
on Fifth and one on Hill, but they
both have been closed up. They
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

In most cities they stick to the
railroad stations, the dance halls
and the big department stores.
knew Bessie 0'Rourse. That
isn't her real name, but 1t will
serve. She worked in a depart
ment store. 81 a week. Those are
considered fine wages, more than
a dollar a day.
A well-dressed woman used to
call two or three times a week at
the silk where Bess
worked. She bought lots of silk.
OF course, she spent considerable
money. but her commission on
Bess would have given her a hand
some margin over all expenses.
Finally ahe made proposition
Besa was to come home and
help make up some silk dresses
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

EDMONTON, June 27.-By
United Press. )--Before a hundred
spectators or the river bank, six
young people were drowned here
~today when a gasoline launch
overturned. Amid the fruitless
cries for aid from the occupants,
they sank i'm a swift current only
one reaching the surface. The
dead are: X. G. Hooper, Mrs.
Hooper, Mrs. Everett Case, Earl
Meredith, Mrs. Meredith and Robt.
Patton. Case, who is a banker,
after a fruitless effort to save his
wife, managed to reach the shore.
Boats from shore tried To reach
. the scene, but the unfortunates
sank Immediately. Mr.. and Mrs.
Case returned from Spokane re-
Gently from their honeymoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

erstitious folks believe he Is THE
devil, though his hoofs are not
cloven and he has four legs.
You must know that Boise is
jealous of Pendleton. There is
nothing mean and low and petty
and spiteful that Boise will not
do to make Pendleton suffer.
So when Pendleton was looking
for outlaws" for last years
roundup, Boise sent Spike to-
gether with a hypocritieal mess
age of brotherly love.
"You are looking for good
show performers" the message
ran. land we are sure you will
find in Spike the kind of a horse
you want"
It is superficial to say that
Spike" is black, with a white
star on his forehead and weighs
1880. Other horses answer to
these specifications.
When you have said that
much about "Spilke" you have
not said half. Within
"Spike's' round black barrel
of body beats heart so
filed with hate of the hui
man race that there is no
room left in il for any softer
emotions. Beneath Spikes"
f1attened ears and swapping,
flaming eyes is a brain so
diabolically cunning that the
man does not live who can
guess what deviltry "Spike''
is planning next.
Spike" Is an OUTLAW" horse.
He always has been one, and he
always will be. Men may con-
quer his body but never his. spirit.
He will always fight next time.
Now, Boise effects to scorn PEN
dleton because Pendleton has
gone into the show business. If
you were to listen to Boise, the
Pendleton horses don't really
buck. They are show horses, says
Boise, and they only pretend to
buck. All showmen's bluff, says
Boise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

At least no one would ever sus-
pect there had been weather
from the appearance of the show
1t is great. Twenty-Five thousand
roses If there Is a bud. Pink
roses, red roses, white roses, yell
low. cream, tan, copper, with all
the various hues and shades; big
roses and little ones, and all ar
ranged to charm the beholder.
There are over 5000 entries in
the competitions. Then there are
great arches in the four main
aisles leading to the center pedes-
tai of Hugh Dicksons These arches
of red and pink on the south, pink
on the west, white and pink on
the east and yellow and red on
the north are simply masses of
roses.
Around the sides are the pro-
fessionals, and here buds and
blossoms again reach the climax
of perfection.
At the north end of the build
its own worth the price of admis-
sion. 1t did not confine the mu-
nicipal exhibit to roses, but has
added such flowers as give the
best effect in great conserva-
tory scene beneath canopy of
evergreen festoons.
1t is the greatest flower show
ever seen on the coast and no
mistake.
All morning wagon loads, auto
loads and baskets of flowers we're
carried into the armory. Children
came with flowers for decoration.
A prize goes to- the biggest dona-
tion, and this competition goes
over until IL O'Clock tomorrow.
Special features are provided
for the night attractions. Nease's
orchestra will play from 1880 till
$50 tonight, and at 8 the st.
Cecilia club will give concert.
The judges are already busy
making the awards. "A large crowd
is expected tonight, and the So
ciety wants to make money to
get quarters of their own for the
show next year. Admission is 25
cents, with 10 cents for children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
JACK JOHNSON
To Be JAILED
AS UNDESIRABLE

MONTREAL, June 27.-On re-
quest of Secretary Bryan the
Canadian government has order
ed the arrest of Jack Johnson, the
colored pugilist, pending his de-
portation as an undesirable i'm
migrant" if he attempts to re-
main in the Dominion. Johnson
is here, having fled from Chicago
following the reduction of his
bond from 100000 to $4,000,
ostensibly en- route to Russia,
pending the appeal Of his convic-
tion in the white slave case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
B BANkER-BEGGAR KEPT
CORBETT FROM DRINK

NEW YORK, June 27.-"That
was the best lesson on temperance
] ever leanred in my life," declar-
ed James j. Corbett, ex-champion
priefighter, addressing the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union
last night.
Corbett said while young man
in San Francisco he was employ
ed In bank as a CLERK and had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

summer, which has gripped the
city for three days, is predicted
tonight or tomorrow. Before
noon the temperature passed 80.
Many prostrations are reported.
Suffering in the congested dis
tricts is intense.
With four deaths reported this
morning, the thermometer at
noon stood at 80. The weather
forecaster issued a special bulle-
tin that it may climb to 100 be-
fore night. He predicts most in
tense heat during the next few
days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
DENVER HAS HOTTEST
DAY. BUT THEY HAVE
SNOWFALL FIGHTS :!

DENVER, June 27.-(By Unit
ed Press. To-day is the hottest
day OF the summer. The mercury
Is at 81. No proetrations have
been reported. For the benefit
of the visiting Turnverein the city
brought two carloads of snow
from the mountains and dumped
it on the streets. German visi-.
tors engaged in snowfall fights.
Many have never seen snow in
June.
CHICAGO, June 27.-Relief
from the worst hot spell this
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
WANTS
WATER RATES
REDUCED

Ex-Mayor ]. w. Linck appeared
before the council this morning
urging that water rates be reduc-
ed and the debt on the plant be
paid by general taxation instead
of by the present plan of paying
for the plant out of the receipts.
He pointed out that under the
present plan big property owners
like the Northern Pacific, st. Paul
mill and others having their own
water systems, paid nothing to-
ward the water debt yet they get
all the benefits of fire protection
the same as other citizens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
Buncoed She Says;
Sues for Divorce

Martha w. Bassford in a di-
vorce petition filed in superior
court asks to be freed from
Charles Bassford and restored to
her former name of Martha w.
Smith. She says she was taken in
by Bassford in Spokane month
ago, who makes a business of
marrying rich widows, getting
their property and skipping. He
got sos and her jewelry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
SAWMILLS CLOSE
DOWN FOR FESTCl

Everybody's coming to Tacoma
next week.
Word has reached here that so
of the sawmills and logging
camps will shut down for the
week to allow all hands to come
to Tacoma to celebrate. There
are 10000 loggers in the Coun-
try tributary to Tacoma and they
will all be here for the big time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
Ar SUMMER CAPITAL.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 81.
-(By United Press.) - OF for
brief vacation to the summer
capital at Cornish, N. H., Presi-
dent Wilson and family left this
afternoon. A lengthy stay de-
pends upon whether congress will
recess over the Fourth. Unless
recess is taken he will return
Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

been the protege of the vice presi-
dent.
This mans only fault was
drinking" said Corbett, "and a
few years later, when / was a
prizefighter in New York, he came
to my hotel, dressed in the shah
biest of clothes, begging for
money. Drink had broken him
entirely"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

Ishe was having made. Bess baix-
led. she smelt the rat right away.
And the woman didn't press her.
But few days later she came
in again and gave big order.
When the change came back she
complained that it was short. Bess
protested that 1t wasn't her fault.
The woman said she had seen
Bess drop the money in her belt.
A floorWalker came. skating up.
I have no doubt he was an accom-
nlice OF the woman. They hustled
Bess away to the managers Office
and there they found the cash on
her Il was easy for the woman
TO put II there. That's the easiest
part Of her work.
. -.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
MANY BABIES
FOUND BURIED
]! in A GARDEN

NAPLES, June 27.-Investiga-
tion is being made of the finding
OF a large number of infant bodies
In garden of a house where a
midwife named Bertoli lived. Po-
lice believe a great many babies
have been disposed of.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

And you can imagine how Boise
laughed in it's sleeve when it pic
tured the .incorrigible Spike"
tossing the bold lads of Pend,eton
hither and yon.
And Spike" did.
1t was a good joke on Pendle-
ton. and Boise enjoyed it 4 lot.
Yes, indeed. Six of Pendleton's S
best riders essayed Spike" and
left the saddle suddenly and with
out grace. Riding "Spixe" is
something like riding Mt. Vesu-
vius.
Now it happens that Tilly was
peeved. She had made two starts,
and both times her mounts tamely
declined to buck. They would
single-foot, lope, amble, or even
gallop, but they wouldn't buck.
Champeen lady broncho-
busters are as Temperament
tai as prima donnas.
'.I demand" said TilIy, "a
real horse"
The point of Boise's joke
was just getting to the man.
ager. He lacked the right
kind of sense of humor to
enjoy it.
''Oh," said the manager,
s'you want a real horse, eh?
You shall have it."
And "Spike" was brought
up, saddled, bridled and
blindfOlded.
Tilly mounted into the sad
die. The blindfold was re-
moved. "SpilSe" stood stock
still, quivered, and then
Honest" said Tilly, spit
ting hairpins, tiny stomach
got all mixed with my lungs
the first Jump"
"Spike" never takes two jumps
in the same direction. "Sunfish-
ing Tilly called it. That Is, he
twists his body in midair, like
hooked fish, comes down stiff
legged, bounces at an angle, and
repeat, and so on, and so forth,
ad infinitum, or until you fall off.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
Thrown From Horse
Sues for Damages

Minnie Mitchell, a girl under
IS, has sued Ray Smith OF the
Pony stables for $4,000 damages
for injuries received when she
was thrown from a fractions
horse rented to her to ride.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
They All Tried ''Spike''
None Could Ride Him
Tillie Showed 'Em Up
BY FRED l.. BOALT.


Tilly Baldwin, the worlds
champeen lady bronchO-buster,
was fastening a bow of red rib
bon to her yellow hair, when the
interview began.
Her mouth was full of hair
pins.
Arranging bow of ribbon at
the nape of ones neck is difficult.
To accomplish 1t you stand in
front of "a large mirror, with your
back to it, and squint into a hand
glass. This gives you a crick i'm
your neck. You fasten the bow to
the hair with pins. Tilly couldn't
get it right.
Darn the thing!' said Tilly,
and lost half her hairpins.
l helped her recover them.
Then we talked of many things
riding bucking horses, and hair
pins, and current styles, and bows
of ribbon, and women's suffrage,
and horse-breaking, back again to
hairpins-and finally Spike"
Spike" is devil. Some sup
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
BY EVELYN NEsBITT.
CHAPTER ".

White slavery exists.
know. because-in common
with many other girls - have
been face to face with 1t more
than once.
To the white slavers am worth
about 5000.
That's the highest price they
pay for ordinary girls. Some
fetch more than that.
After a while the goods de-
teriorate, and, finally. many
white slave IL disposed of to some
low dive for $25 or $50.
The girls don't get any OF the
money. The house always keeps
them in debt, and II bars aren't
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
Mayor of Cordova
Killed in Alaska

L. M. Price, mayor of Cordova,
Alaska, was KILLED and Caleb
Corser badly injured when they
We're inspecting the Copper River
railway on which they are Off
GERS, in a motor speeder which
ran into horse.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
IL Is a feast of roses.


The third show is a
natur" beauty and artistic arrangement combination of
have utdone herself vision loyein
it. =
wit
to Mreck the Mho shou. 1 itneler toucLed Ii
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

the desperate pirates about to be hanged and how
golden glorious
very omanceght you you
simply MUST these verArs Fagg has interviewed
wish through He the
deck this Pelham Capt England
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
PRETZELS TABOoED

Attorney general of Missouri
has hit the saloons the worst blow
ever by ruling pretzels a food
and therefore tabooed in saloons
by the anti-free lunch law.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
THEY NAB HIM

AL Perkovich has respect for
the sprinting abilities of Detec-
tives Brown. Recob and Fackler
now and is in limbo charged with
stealing a coat from Jap eight
months ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

THESE who contribute the next number of
The Times They THE TOP NOTCH in
their respective fields that treat absolutely assured for
readers The stoyhich will entitled cap
tain England" It "a is story"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
TUMULTY KIDS
HAVE MUMPS

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 81.
If President Wilson turns up
at his office some morning with
his face swollen like a balloon,
he can blame it to the Tumulty
kids. All seven. of the. famous
juvenile aggregation have them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
.SIH'' SIH DROW NED
WHEN LAUNCH
TIPS OVER

ONLY ONE PERSON MANAGES
TO REACH SHORE - HUS-
BAND JUST RETURNED
~ FROM HONEYMOON TRIP
SAVES HIMSELF AFTER
TRYING TO RESCUE YOUNG
WIFE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
TEN PERSONS DIE
IN BIG EXPLOSION

KINGSTON, Ont, June 2.-(United Press)-
Ten Italians dead at Parkam today following an
explosion on the Canadian Pacific construction
camp. They were preparing heavy blast when the
explosive was prematurely set off,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
ROSE SHOW IS
SCENTED DREAM
OF LONELINESS

GREAT MASSES OF FRAGRANT BUDS ARMoRY-25.ooO
ROSES IN TASTEFUL AItiAY-MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOW-
ER SHOW EVER HELD
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

Boalt learns
all about TiIlie
Baldwin,
worlds cham
piOn woman
brOnchO buster
who rode n
horse once
that made
some of the
most daring
cowboys I'm
the NOrthyves1
"pulI Ieather.o
Tfffie is seen
here riding
"Spike"
whom she
tanned with
ease. "Spike-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27

POLICE OF TWO CITIES
SEEK UNKNOWN WOMAN

ANGELES, 27.(tnited Press)-Detecivcs employ
Pendell, wealthy
resident
600 Jewels asked Chicago authorities
belief
members of that murdered H. Chicago
a
The circumstances of the murder and robbery almost en
teal suspicion
An office Pendell
clared police today "A
office u
visited Chicago, shortly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-27
NEARING THE END

Scottish Rite Masons are clos
ing their weeks celebration at
Masonic temple today.
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