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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-18

prudent, prospective land buyer woult
ask before coming into the state. All oul
eastern agents will be furnished with {
complete description Of each tract o
in detail. This will be the owners des'
crintion taken from his contract with
the raiiWay company. but evil insis'
that this description be homes, and com.
told the prospective settler. 1t Is good
enOugh-k not we do not want him
We believe that the man who expects
tn tnls a. COUNTY, moTc th e 2 tr AIT 81 81 lana r. ~ n no !,
n TO get into the country, and the
only way to gain the confidence of the
eastern settler Is to be frankly honest
with him. and have him understand that
we are telling the truth. the whole truth
bring him. or. II 1t does not, we do not
want him. We are convinced h q we
have the best country In the world for
the man Of moderate means who wants
to start real farming In a reasonable way
but we have no bOnanzas to offer any.
one. We know our lands will not pro.
duce without work-physical and men.
talJand we want settlers no will realize
that fact. fgs
THE 500 line will charge for its ser.
vices and expenses In the premises one
dollar for each quarter section listed for
sale. This is lone primarily to insure
the listing OF all lands by the owners
at reasonable prices, and so. that we
can know definitely that the owner Is
acting In good faith. It Is obvious that
this amount will not In any way COM
pensate for the money paid on In ad-
vertlsing and Othe rexpenses.
Past experience demonstrates that 1t
is difficult to get prompt and s~atisfac-
tory results among prospective land
buyers without some actual. personal
work. and this must be paid for in some
way. We therefore purpose paying our
eastern agents n commission Of sl.00 per
acre and no more. This commission
viii be paid by the owner listing the
land for sale when the sale Is
made.
While the eastern agent at the pres
ent time demands and is paid a larger
h this by the North Da.
kOta real estate agent, we feel that we
can help to such extent in making sales
this commission will be attractive
70 the middle west land man. We realize
mat. this adds $1.O0 per acre to the price,
OF the land, but 1t is only q reasonable
iieve that either the buyer or the seller,
both OF whom will know the. full facts.
will object on thka point.
In listing lands for sale, the contract
will rum for an Indefinite period. with
privilege to the owner OF withdraw.
ing the land my time upon sixty days
notice such period OF time to begin on
the first day OF the month following the
NJ such notice by the railway
company. This enables us to notify all
Dur agents to withdraw the land from
and stop useless expense in adver.
Using. However. ours Is not an exclusive
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-18

agency. Our contract with the owner
permits him to sell to his own customer.
or through any other agent. without Z
cent OF commission to u2, but We must
Be promptly notified when the land i
missions, and not to sell lands. but to
get settlers for the country. We want
prosperous farmers on all lands tribu-
tary to our lines. We want to help. them.
advise them. and assist them In AZ ways
~terests. We want the incoming settler
to realize that people In 500 territory
will get h best service from our com
pany, just. as those here now get the
best Of service.
We maintain that when 1t becomes
prospective settlers for our Idle lands are
available, that the big commission
now insisted. upon are eliminated, n
a aHa, board. and q closer 30 scrutiny Of our Il
plan invited-when this Il shown-we
believe the first long step In getting &C.
tual. desirable settlers win have been
1--WE reiterate, the 500 IL inaugurating
this scheme to bring settlers-the rail.
way company will be out much for the
time being-Our profit will come later.
Your share will come before ours.
us to help you get more customers; the
same II you are q banker. Are you q
favmer living in our territory? How
%neighbors have You? What would
be the Increase In the value OF your land
II a good farmer we're living o. and
working all the idle, unimprOved land In
your township? Would your youngsters
be so anxious to get away from the
Think of the increased facilities
you would have-more phones, better
roads. better mail facilities. central
more churches, more and better
farmers clubs. more corporation.
I'VE can help yon. You can make our
inttiat work easier by sending IT the le-i
gal description and name and address
the owner Of the idle lands In your
township, II 1t is tributary to 500 terri.
tory. We do not work in other territory
and we will have to decide on the lines
Of which we will not 60.
III you are a farmer and cannot pro.
perly DIRK all the land you now own.
and would sell part Of 1t, send for our
listing contract and let us get 1t going.
Now Is the time to get this thing start
ed: The farmers and renters who are
able to buy in Wisconsin, Illinois and
ing the winter to read and talk over our
literature, and write out letters of In.
1uiry on the subject.
wv want to get them 10 interested
hat they will come to see your land and
possibly buy next spring or summer.
Your interests and ours are identical.
Have you q friend back east who might
oe interested In this country? II so, SEND
rs hts name. and address and we will
write him, sending him our descriptive
and plan.
III you have information or advice
'ermane to this subject, we are ready
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-18

those east Of W who want good land
and there are tens Of thousands who
would come II they knew the true con
ditions, and could buy the land on rsa-
object the 500 railway II going 70 under
take to achieve in Its territory In North
Dakota. Not a. 9 real estate asent---it
viii not enter that held--it q other
ultra wires.
Briefly, the plan decided upon and
to be put into effect by the Land In.
dustrial and immigration Department Of
actual settler to purchase every Quarter
or half section tributary to the 500 line.
that IS. not farned by the owner. This.
we realize, cannot be done In a day.
the owner Of as many vacant farms as
possible to let us bring them purchasing
for their lands. In doing this we expect
the hearty cooperation OF every com
munity I'm 500 territory. We expect to
owners Of land direct, We expect to get
the names Of owners OF idle lands from
many M different sources as well as
from the public records, ana We hope
n msn e VIII send .ha 10 i as the d aae oaeaneo q
all vacant lands Of which they know,
with the and addresses OF the
owners. when knon. When the names
are obtained. e win write the owners a
lkC oAA SAPA0ASt WA Pk4h kulAys 0OAAA
OF the oners will want . small amount
of cash and a reasonable rate OF interest
on deferred payments. some will sell at
a low figure for cash. We hope to have
large enough lists to supply the demands
of any kind Of a customer.
THE work OF obtaining customers will
seem q difficult one to the man living
here-and we realize that 1t will take q
lot of work, advertising and other ex-
pense. At the present time the 500 line
has q lot of land which 1t owns in Wis
consin. Engaged IN selling this land 1t
has hundreds OF agents at various points
In the east, who are looking for pur-
chasers. Those agents and hundreds Of
others will be enlisted in this propaganda
for North Dakota. Those agents will
work right in the field where actual, de-
farmers, and high class renters.
land if it q be bought right. In those
land rarely changes hands un.
less the owner dies. Tt all those agents
and to all inquiries, whether agents or
not. will be sent advertising matter pre-
by the company, describing this
region. This literature will contain a full
description Of North Dakota generally
Ind particularly the portion covered by
the 500 lines Each county and each
will be written up. Farm jour.
nails and newspapers will be used. This
explaining our plan in full, will
put In the hands of and buyers. Pur-
by SPECTATORS will be discourage
ed, n they will be advised to purchase
arm loans from reliable bankers in our
territory. The descriptive matter sent
out Will, so far as we can make It do so,
all the usual questions that a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-18

Of Strain. a little village near here were
devoured by wolves on their claims III,
of the tragedy was ever reported to clos
est friends here. The story was investi-
gated n authorities there knew nothing
Of it as no report Of 1t twas ever made re-.
garding it.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-18

SUMMIT HILL TlHiNs.
NapOlean, Dec. s17.-TWin boys, one
weighing seven and the other three and
three quarters pounds, were born to Mr..
and Mrs. +. Fl. Harvey at the Summit
Hill Farm last Sunday. This makes nine
boys and two girls at the Harvey nome.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-18

and glad to receive 1t. Write us at Minot
North Dakota. Get busy. --sk questions.
can do things you cannot. but you
can help. We want c~o-Operation. In short
help us to get this landless a OF the
mAnless land.
u. s. MURPHY,
"I%mmigration and Agricultural Agent. N.
st. r. & s. $. N. Ry. Co. Minot,
DIscRED,T STORY.
Mandan, N. D., Dec. 1.-THE story cir
culated here some time ago that Axeli
and Adolph Soderstrom. former residents
La Junta tribune., 1913-02-08
City Plant Making Good

Superintendent Riley OF the water
and light system Of Syracuse has
compiled figures showing that the
net earnings OF the plant during the
month just ending. The water and
d III, collections from December 2ist
10 January '2ist were 3354.7i. and
iHe expenses for operating the plant
we're f2s1fa. leaving 373.25 to the
God This does not include street
d shts or fire plugs which are worth
81 30 each per month making a total
Of &227.s plus 37325 or a total Of
S3oo75 net earning OF the plant; i,ss%
silowatts OF electricity were consum.
ed and s7s.o gallons OF water were
pumped -Syracuse Republican.
La Junta tribune., 1913-02-08
Sour Grapes" en 81. Valentine, Day

What It takes to make popular
lecturer lie does not have TO hc a
big man physically. though that help.
lie does no, have to be- good look
Ing. II he did few men would be- eli.
gihl..
He mus, have something worth
talking nbou, People wan, 10 hear
men with message. lie niue,
have something worth saying ahou, a
worthy subject. He mus, be abi. ,o
say II In an interesting and origin.
al way. II h. Ia humorous and en-.
trriaining. 80 much tn. better. In
deed. to BE- \ succ.ssful lecturer n
h necessary that he shall b. able
to entertain NJ well a. to instruct.
All OF these requirements ar. me,
by Edward Amherst OFT ~. IL a
student and leader ot thought.
Sour Grapes" V tho title BY which
he describes his discussion Of hcred.
ity and environment In the moulding
ot Ire, In Ills discussion of these
determining factors II life he 10
scholarly and scientific. DR.. OFT
clothes his thoughts In the most &C.
c"pt"d literary drcss oe the day. He
has the still finer Art II weaving hu.
'''oro"s aud tho entertaining. n
h- posed - q huasortst he would b.
. success. His VT 10 the nails With
which he fast~ns down HE thought
In the ninds Il his hearsrs.
DR.. Otts lecture y som~thing uaI.
ass. u yos . Rot hear Il you vill
resfst Il wAea ~ Asas abese hin.
TAao , NJ. 4 g ~ uatsrtalaneas
oeaese. q sAs PsesASsssiaa SAuetA.
te1ay. rseeuasy l1A. yea eaoAe
|0 Asas o.
La Junta tribune., 1913-02-08

among those who accept this gos-
pei as the guide OF their lives as
the proprioty OF applying them In
the realm OF citizenship
Important phases OF this broad
program will be discussed at the
conference TO be- held In La Junta
on Monday aud Tuesday. February
i0tn and lin
The program for Monday evening
comprises an address by Rev. J. =.
lIutchis0n Mid West National Field
Secretary OF the Lords Day Alliance.
on One Days Rest la Seven Dr
Hutchison proves that he is no mere
theorist on this subject by securing
the Introduction Of a Sunday rest
bin Into the present session OF IA"
state legislature Don't fail to hear
Or Hutchison. This session OF the
conference viii be- neld Ia the Chris.
tian church.
On Tuesday afternoon at J O'Clock
aud again at Ia0 at the Prcsbytcr-
ian church. Dr. James \. McGss. of
Pit,sburph. Pa. viii be the speak.
or He comes TO us from Denver.
where he Is filling four days
speaking engagement including one
Of Dr Coyle's regular sabbath ser
vices lie lcay.a here on Wcdnes-
day for Portland where he viii be
In chLrse Of the arrangements for
the Second Worlds Christian Cit.
ivnship Conference
Dr McGaw Is speaker Of cxc.p.
ilounl ability. a. those Who heard
lim last summer can testify. lie is
heart and scul In this great Chris
tian CiiiEcnship eut.rpris. lie Is
a careful student Of it, many related
topics and presents the situation tpr
different points q view
The subject Of his afternoon ad.
dress win Doe Present Day Battles
and the New Recruits" and the cy
eline topic. ~God's optimists oi
the Spirit That wiur Thcse ad
dresses are Timely discussions They
are finished literary productions IN
terporscd with ihr finest Kind OF
wit and humor
La Junta tribune., 1913-02-08
EDWARD AMhEas1 OH.

The popular lectures which Edward
amherst btt Is riyin: on The Lyccnm
platform are bearing fruit IN the way
" advanced legislation for the better
ment of the Ainericiu pcnrlc His
u marriage nMl divorce. has becn
siycn nearly 2.Oo rimcs In one Of
the states where II was given the leg
i,lator who introduced reform mar.
riage bill said he got hi. 'n~pin tion Ia
DO ~ from hearing Mr oti's lecture
But. whether he delivers this Lecture
or one ~ his other subjects. he Is al
ways alike forecfnl entertaining and
Inspiring. He has C,pleared before
more than 3,sS audiences In America
aud more than 2tsI copies of hi.
La Junta tribune., 1913-02-08
school Gardens on vsesn, lots

The experiment OF teaching Fari.n.
ing and farming In tn. kansas city
hish school began last week rhe
course Is termed horticultural lot.
any. II Is concerned with sich mat.
'"rs A. soil composition, fertilization
seed tests. obnoxious bugs auA
weeds. and actual problems In cul-
uvAtion The chemistry department.
AT Tho school viii be equipped n
anAlys. the soii and N. class ytil
follow every step taken In III. oo..
version Of IN. raw ground into =
fruitful garden. Eight school rar.
d~ns were butt In Kansas City lase
year. This spring there will -
twenty-five, Here II an oppor,unl
y for the schoois Of La Jun,a u
solve the vacant lot problem In I'M
city. A. the present time the va.
cant lots are Given over to a a.nse
growth of w~esis. Why not n,i,iso
the vacant lots for school rard.na
and give instruction In something
that viii b. eminently practical.
Rome M N. pup,ia after ,.a,ins
school vtli ioin the back tn the ssrn
noveaeat o. be engaged In i,n.e
eloesey akia.
La Junta tribune., 1913-02-08
Christian ci.izsnship Conference

The words Christian Citizenship
marks an advance In the thought and
activity OF the world. Tney stand
for the application OF the principles
Of the gospel Of Christ 10 the realm
OF citizenship. There may be- honest
difference Of opinion Ms to what the
application of these principles mean
under certain conditions. but there
can bo no difference OF opinion
La Junta tribune., 1913-02-08

books hav. tecn sold American su'
di-nc~> eau scarce get enough of this
man aud his purposeful orntory.
Every lecture should answer one OF
the fundamental Inquire. Of the mind.
II n i-ciur. l. also humorous and high
ly entertaining. 10 much the better.
Although known a. the purposeful
orator aud author. Mr.. OFT combines
much of humor and entertainment In
each of his lectures
In iDln Mr.. Oft appeared ri the orig
lnsl New York Chantauaua In two lee
tur-s. For two year, Mr. OFT was
president Of the International Lyceuni
Association. and he has done much for
the Lyc.um aud chnuiauqus move
m-nt In general Throughout, III. coun.
try.
La Junta tribune., 1913-02-08
UP4eDOWN
THE
VALLEY

A plan to grow 100 acres OF ca,
,aloupes By an association Of bus
ness men. IL meeting with favor
Sugar City
The tenth annual convention
the Arkansas Valley District. Knigh'
OF Pyihlas. will be held mt Fowl.
February 18th
swink. In spots. Is too ~et-accor.
Ing to the superintendent OF the
ter works. He wants meters %
stalled, and SAYS he could save w.
ter enough Ia year to pay o.
them.
J. c. Graccy. field man In bs
Holbrook section, has already siE
ed up more than 5000 acres for 'r
SWink factory. aud Is now asstsi
d. ". Carr In the factory dist
II Is estimated tina, the total vI
reach 10000 acres.
Out OF the 200 growers deliver
beets to the Las Animas factn-
1903 show the following returns De-.
acre: q growers. $50 to $50 pu
acre. Is growers. $40 to $50 3.
acre: 81 growers. $50 to so pn
acre. - growers. $50 to 500 D..
acre.
The skating rink at Rocky fUH
went out OF business last week u
accoun, OF lack OF patronage. am
the people In the immediate n. 81
b1rhood who wer. compelled To at
sorb the nightly discords Of a ~he
old organ are now making music 90
I s,ir oNn-singine for JOY.
Tho hartman Enterprise IL Uu
vita statement that their l'H
burg did through the Santa Fc tr
pot during the year 1912. So Un
business. We have got tn. Har,H8'
village skinned a country block On
depot did a sgl 500 business dur ="
the year lsie Wiley Journal.
Mauzauola's new depot. 2sxisl %
iu dimensions. is now in cogrs. u
construction. With the compl
rf the building and about 1909 f#
Of new tracks aud over 800 feci .
platform for freight and exp
business. Mannnola will enjoy g.
ties that have long been needcd /.
the handling OF toe products of EI'
farms aud orchards.
som. of the small boys .S . .s.p
county made records growing bee,
last year NJ. NJ. Daubin - year
pld. on half acre. 20, silIs fo
ais bects. Charles Thompson. 90
Of l. Thompson. ~ years OLE
ON half acre WAS paid So - b
the factory Ora Walker 10 year
old ON one acre secured Sl-F aj, an
Otis Cox. ~ years old on ln aor
Was paid slae.7i.
Las Animas baseball burs heid
meeting last week and disCussrd I'll
baseball situation for 1872 A con
mittcc was appointed to take u
the matter Of organizing an NrkaT
sas Valley League. cmbnrIHe a
the towns from Pueblo 10 lama'
the season To open on Do ATTIC
pay and cnd ON Labor DAY req
nlar schedule Nill be NAL iin.f
with games on wcdncslay # sun
day nf each week.
ChcpV aud the iioihro1F niic
all soon have electric IIaH.. q
recent Trip through that ctio
the manager Of the NrkaHsas Ealie
Railway. Light and Powrr yHupan
learned that all the tarmors arr an,
iuus 20 install electric power an
lisht and n Mas decided ia bcgil
sork upon the liolhrook e,frasio
In the near future For iHs pr..
cnt It is proposed TO run the rans
mission line as far a. Bcnurft 1
sons ranch. but II probably uiU no
be long befor. IN. little town q
ghsraM IL ais, eunnlt,d
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K. and l.. of H.
Of The World.
Grand Officers Directory

Grand Protector Dr. ". J..
Humphrey, EuA G6I, Sapu!,a
ikla.
Grand Past I'inIector-W. NJ.
/. nry, Box iOi, TT Gibson, Okla
Grand Vice i'rotcctor-N "
NaNey, Okmulgcc, okla.
Grand Secrclay--kev. W. Ii
.chanan, Wagner, Okla.
Grand TrcaSurrr-Mrs. NJ NJ
umphrcN Boa 6G7L Sapulpa
la.
Grand Chaplain C. W. Henry
rs y. Greenwood, Tulsa, Okla
Grand Guidr-AirS. Chanic
smith, Wagner, Okla.
Grand Guardian-M Mrs. Alic,
smith 551 so. Main ST.,
MuSkogcc, Oklahoma
Grand Sentinel j. ". Griffith
Box l26, Depew, okla.
Grand See. Treas. of Endow
mcnl-ll. T. Hutton, Box I7S, Sa
puipa, OKLA.
Grand Medical Rrgistcr-Dr. G
W. Haynes, KoX 25l, Wagner
okla.
Gra@d Matron Mrs. II. vii
liams, 80 y frankfort, Tulsa
okla
Grand i."rturcr-Rcv. r W
Kidd. Tulsa, Okla.
Grand TImstccs-ltcv. \. Tur
Hcr, Box 81, OknIulgcc; Rev +
ID. Williams, Sapulpa, and Mrs. +
i. Alexander, Wagoncr.
Grand Attorncy-Frccman l..
Martin, Tulsa, Okla.
Grand Auditing Committees
7. Virgins, Chairman, Wagner
W /. Nall, Sapulpa, and \. j
Smitherman, Tulsa, Okla.
Every lodge in the state will h,
expected To send in their report,
or publication in the Star a
east once Il month. such report,
.hould reach this office not later
han Wednesday of each week
lhe above directory is to keeI
,lch lodge member posted as I,
lIe Grand officers and should any
"lember of any lodge desire t,
lnmunicatc with any Grand of
.. 'er this directory will give th,
I"il name and address of Sucl
4, and officer.
send all communications to TIL,
, ,;lsi Star, Tulsa, Okla.
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READ TliESTAR l5c per mnnth
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CDLORID IGRICTLTTh
AND NORMAL INIIHR.
SITl, LINGSTON,
OKLAHOMA.

ne regular session of this IL
IL .tiOn will open on the f'gS
MGlay in September, 1913, an
Will continue nine months.
l'is institution has the follow
ny departments; Elementary
Ioli, re Preparatory, Normal, Gl
legia'e, Agricultural, Comm'i
i'll. Iechanical, Nurse Trainin&
md iusical.
Tuition in all departments '"pr
Boari, including furnished
ight nd heat, $500 per month.
! 'lrgcr number of studen''
AN hr accommodated for the rcas
IN that the dormitories are 10 b'
.nlargcl.
Sanitary conditions will he bet
er thai ever, for the reason liza
watc. works and sewerage .N>
EN- VIII be installed.
For ilrther information, al
INMAN Il. PAGE,
President
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FOR SALE

1913 Modle, Motor Cycles and
Motcr Boats al bargain prices, all
uakcs, brand Lew machines, on
easy monthly payment plan. Get
our proposition before buying or
you will regret it, also bargains in
used Moter Cycles Write us today
Enclose Stamp for reply
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public is hereby notified
that W. II Carter, former man
agrr of til, Star, is no longer EN-
ployed BY The Tulsa star Print
ing Company in any capacity
whatever.
The editor will assume all rt
Sponsibility for subscriptions t.
the paper and contracts for J"t
work given prior To August 9th
1912. ~
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Editor and Manager
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,Vi.at 10 . Nule7

A r customs ruling relates to
that 20 animal. the mule. An
Amen contractor took some mules
into " for use upon some con
structi1r 0rk there, and upon the
complo,i.a Of the contract brought
the mute back to Texas, The Gus
toms oi'ci'la insisted upon his paying
duty, t.: thc contractor claimed free
entry fc he mules MS articles OF
Americ-" Growth returned without
being Gd, cod In value" The offi
cials decjarti. however. that the hoard
of apprai - has sustained them.
that mules ire not articles" What
then, are they? II they are persons.
they are certainty entitled To come
back homo Since the decision that a
hen ia not bird, the customs service
has got y 1aturnI history fearfulls
and wol.' :inlly MIXED
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HELP WANTED

Wanted young solned bows un ;
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