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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20

car system. This year the city made
a very great improvement by the in
stallation of sixteen blocks Of white
way in the~business part of the city.
Two years ago the city, realizing
the need of a city hall, erected, at a
cost of $4,000, a very modern city
hall. The water works is also owned
and run by the city. "a, 49,.
One of the finest and most modern
hospitals in the state is to be found in
this city. It was erected two years
ago by, DR.. O'Brien. one Of the leading
doctors Of this city.
The Richland county fair is also held
in this city and with the exception of
the state fair, is the largest fair in the
county. The grounds are conveniently
located to the city. The group of build
lngS on the grounds number seven
with a large grand stand, bleachers,
cattle barns. box stalls, etc. The fair
just closed its most successful year
ever had, this month, having an at
tendance OF at least $4,000 people in
the -four days. .-.
The ladies of the various literary
societies, realizing the need Of a pub
lie library. organized a library board
about a year g and secured rooms
over the Peoples bank. Although it
has only beeh a e since they Or
ganized, the library already consists of
over l,VVO Volumes.
Wahpeton is also the home Of the
Lutheran Bible school, where students
are prepared for the ministry, for
teachers n graduates of this college
are sent as missionaries to different
places, where they undergo hardships
in order to educate the less civilized.
State Science School.
The State School of Science, located
at. Wahpeton. occupies a campus of
twenty-five acres of land just within
the city limits on the north side of
the town. It now has six buildings,
grouped around a quadrangle at the
end of Sixth street; the buildings are
an administration building with class
rooms, library and laboratories for
general work Of the school a complete
building for the department of chem
istry, a. ladies' dormitory and domes-
tic science building, the machine shops
and mechanical laboratories, a central
power house, and a commodious gym-
nasium. ~
The institution is founded and. en-
dowed by the state for the purpose of
giving instruction in those subjects
usually given in a school Of technol-
ogy, with the special object of afford
ing vocational training, as well as a.
fair degree of general training in the
subjects usually offered in schooI and
college courses up to the junior wear.
The aim of the school has always
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AS soon as the railroad touched the
Red river valley at Breckenridge; it
fastened the organization Of Richland
county, which took place in 1873, and
the Indian titles in the county were
extinguished. But Wahpeton has made
some wonderful changes from that
period. 1t has grown from a town of
not more than 200 souls to a city Of
about 5000 people.
Wahpeton Is located at the extreme
southeastern part Of the state. The
Bots de 500 and the Otter Tail rivers
come together at this point and form
the famous Red river. AS to railroads
this city is also fortunately situated,
the Great Northern, the Northern Pa
ci1c and the Milwaukee roads all en-
tering the city. 1t Is full Of beautiful
well kept homes.
Wahpeton Is proud Of her schools.
We have a high school, and a graded
school, presided owe by an efficient
corps Of teachers, and these, together
with the st. Johns Parochial school,
under the able management of the
Benedictine Sisters, will provide ample
opportunity for 900 children to secure
free education.
That Wahpeton has a prosperous
future for wholesale industries is evil
denced by the success which has met
the houses already established here.
The firm of Leach & Gamble, whole
sale grocers, employ about thirty men.
The wholesale confectionery firm Of
Wagner, Son & Co., although in it's
infancy. is rapidly growing. Both Of
these firms are quartered in homes
Of their own.
Banking facilities are ample. Wah-
peton has three banks, the Citizens
National bank, the National bank and
the Peoples State bank. These banks
are all strong institutions and they
have a combined deposit of owe ST.
100, 900.
Richland county has just completed
a very fine new courthouse, which is
located in this city. This is a very
modern structure, is built Of white
stone at a cost of $125,000, and is a
building of which the citizens can be
justly proud.
The commercial club of Wahpeton is
one Of the strongest organizations Of
its kind in the state. 1t has 172 active
members. 1t is located in the Schiller
block and has a billiard and pool room,
reading ROOM, reception room, card
room, and secretary's Office. The club
owns a fifty f1ve-acre farm. bordering
on the city limits, which it farms.
Wahpeton is we'll represented in the
church line. The following churches
are located here: st. Johns church,
st. Adalbert's church, the First Con-
gregational, the Trinity Episcopal, the
Foss Methodist. the German Evangel-
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a light opera, Little Tycoon. during the
season. A ladies' chorus of fifty voices
also presented a very charming pro-
grain in February. .. 81, ~. -A.%s. l.
Nearly 200 students were enrolled
last year and If the first terms enroll
ment of 1913-14 is an index of this
years enrolment the number will be
about doub1e that of last season. That
the people of Wahpeton and Brecken-
ridge want and appreciate the conser-
vatory is proven by their hearty sup
port.
The faculty for this season are Z.
Bruce Knowlton, director and teacher
of voice, piano and theory, Miss Min
Bardwell, teacher of voice culture, Miss
Alvina Bckes, teacher Of piano, Miss
Harriet Gougle teacher of piano and
art, Mrs. Alice Hobart teacher of violin
and Hobart Warren teacher of band
instruments. The conservatory sup
ports and directs the oratorio society
which is just now preparing GauPs
Holy City for presentation, Dec 3. Mrs,
Hobart is director of a most excellent
small concert orchestra.
The conservatory win be incorperat-
ed within a few weeks. 1t is at*pre-
sent affiliated with the state school of
science and maintains branch schools
of considerable size in Breckenridge
and Wheaton. The school is already
very much in need of new and larger
quarters or a new building for its ex-
elusive use.
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riends she makes after marriage know
her only by the name of her husband.
In other words, she Is, to some extent,
two persons in one.
Most of us are proud. of our names.
It is merely family pride, but since the
family is the foundation of Our, civi1i-
cation, such respect for our own clans
il highly desirable. Men and women
do not su1ly something they wish to
keep clean, if the wish is strong
enough. Woman, on her. wedding day,
transfers the loyalty which she has
Ilursed since, birth. to- another family.
To her, marriage Is not an alliance.
She lis adopted!
A woma has just as much right to
her name as a man. has to his,sbut$man
is the ruler and therefore has ordained
that woman shall give up what iss hers.
In Roman times, lie a#frae woman enter
ed into union with a slave she lost
her liberty and became "a slave. TIC Ia
man did the same with acknowledgements,
however, he retnained.frse. 1T. WAS not
|uitiISths ninth and tenth centuries that
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subsection. In Russia the father OF
the young woman used5to strike his
then give the weapon to1her husband.
In many parts of the world, particil-
larry among savage tribes, the children
tus also found this custom among b
highly-civiiized Lycians.s There have
been a number of casessin modern civil
lizatlon when the husband took the.
Ashmead. Bartlett, who was born in.
Plymouth. Mass, and is now q member
Of the British parliament, married
Baroness Burdett-Coutts and took her
name. The baroness name recallsstne
fact that many English couples unite
their names with a hyphen. The wife,
in this case, does not lose her identity.
If women want to keep their maiden
names a plan such as is now increas-
ingly popular i'm sEnsland must be
Notwithstanding ALLIANCES 3and To
ask the man to give up his VIZ name
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WHAT RIGHT HAS
MAN TO CHANGE A
s WOMAN'S NARfEg
lRnafnn Glnha: no .right.

Boston Globe: NO Tight.
when a woman marries she losses
her name. Why? Because man for cent
turtles has made her do it. Most women
da not object to the change, as they
have accepted the custom so long that
they look upon 1t much the same as
men look upon death and taxes. Lucy
stone, however, kept her maiden name.
refusing to be known as Mrs. Black
well, but she was ahead OF the times.
she began pleading for equal suffrage
as far back rs 1887.
Wnen a man marries he is neither
forced I'd wear a wedding ring nor
make8anY change IN his name. "a wo-
man must make d complete break. Her
frgendg before her marriage continue
fo thiak of her and call her by her
s,aaldeu na11s la many casess while the
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been to assist the young people in
actually applying their knowledge in
the vocations which they take up af-
ter leaving school; and the courses
have not followed the traditional out
line Of the classical schools. While
retaining many. Of the cultural
courses, the work is becoming more
and more that of the trade school.
The school already occupies a unique
position in the field Of education in
North Dakota in offering .distfnctively
vocational courses and ultimately the
school will be a unit by itself in that
it aims to prepare the student for his
life work rather than correlate him
with the educational system or pre-
pare him for any other, school. At
present courses are offered cores
ponding to a general secondary course,
a complete course in business or
ste~nography, courses Of three. grades
each in domestic science, electrical
n mechanical engineer
ing, a thorough elementary course in
steam engineering and elementary
agriculture. To these courses there
has recently been added g. course in
telegraphy and four trade courses.
The trade courses now offered are in
carpentry and building, brick laying
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women had any choice in the selection
of a husband. She had to take what
given her. We have now reached
the stage where a woman can at least
refuse applicants and thestimes Will pro-
baby come when she will be entirely
freeato propose to a. man.
In old Ang1o-Saxon times the brides
father used to give his new son-in-
law one Of the shoes Of the bride, in
token of he@transfer of authority, and
the young bridegroom at once struck
his bride IN the head with the shoe
that she might feel, az well as OBJ
serve, the change. The husband was
allowed "to bestow on his wife and
apprentices moderate castigation." An
old Welsh law held that three blows
with a broomstick on amy part of the
person except the head" was allow
able. sss.
In Crotia today the Bridegroom boxes
the ridessssear RS. and lin Hungary it8is
CUSTOMARY the young husband to
give his bride b Kick, after the mar
riage ceremony, to make her feel her
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exclusively to the man, whether. she
liked him or not: When paganism was
erlnroW ,oy christianity the festival
day, SO named in honor Of the priest
q martyr who was executed on the
fourteenth Of February in the year 27O.
~ was only because the day of val
aentiness martyrdom fell on the date Of
2 pagan love festival in honor OF
the ace Febrlata Juno that ST.
valentine pecame the, patron OF lovers.
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and plastering, practical electricity,
and plumbing and steam fitting. While
the major part Of the trade courses
is the actual constructive work Of the
trade, the cultural features Of these
courses are not neglected., and the
student goes out equipped not only
to follow his vocation but also to
take his part in society as a. trained
man.
Students wishing to do so, will find
a n opportunity for the study of music
at the Wahpeton Conservatory of mus
ic, a school. closely affiliated with the
State School Of science. An excellent
cornet band Is also maintained.
The physical welfare of the students
Is cared for by organized classes in
gymnasium work under trained and ex-
perienced physical directors, and some
Of the athletic activity finds expression
in intercollegiate contests in football,
basketball and baseball.
The school, has a faculty of seventeen
members, each one we'll trained for the
special subjects he is teaching. In ad-
dition to the regular faculty members,
there are four assistants who find en-
ployment in the shops and laboratories
of the school.
Tuition is free except in the
ctal department and a merely nominal
incidental fee and small laboratory fees
are charged to cover cost Of material
used by the student. f.. .. $685..
In the dormitories, the are
made as light as consistent with the
maintenance Of wholesome community
living.
The enrolment for the school year Of
1912-1913 was 274.
The school maintains a hrst-class lee
ture course and through it and other
channels co-operates in the social life
Of the city.
WahpetOn Conservatory of Music.
The Wahpeton Conservatory Of music
was organized by e. w. Hoyt and Fred
%. Smith during the month Of Novem-
Der 1912. Rooms in the Howry build
ing were rented, handsomely decorated
and furnished throughout and equipped
with excellent new pianos.
e. Bruce Knowlton of Chicago was
engaged to come at once and take the
direction and management of the
school. MI. Knowlton arrived in Wah-
peton about Nov. %, and began enroll
ing students the following day, Miss
Emma Brown being the first to enroll.
Miss Nina Bardwell of Chicago was at
once engaged to assist in the vocal de-
partment n Miss Alvina Eches Of
Wahpeton became a teacher Of piano.
, Miss Rose Grigen of st. Paul was in
charge of the violin department in
January. 49, '--
The school progressed by leaps and
bounds from the first week, far exceed
ing all ~anticipations.
Mr.. Knowlton organized an .oratorio
society of seventy-fiye voices within a
week after his arrival and presented
most credibly Hayden's Creation" and
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EESTG"gEEAA ENF.N& tAMWEfEtE
would be no solution. It would merely
transfer the loss to the man. "A COM
bination Of the two names sSthe only
possible plan
Complications, however, would arise
when the children married. Miss Az
ASST sSullivar1 ana young Mr.. Sears
LIE Claire would have some difficulty.
They could not become Mr.. n Mrs.
Agassiz-O' Sullivan-Sears-Le Claire. IT
would either have to be the custom
that the children of double names
would have to do. some pruning for
this Swiss, Irish, English, and French
orchard OF family trees iii select the
two which suited them the better.
Names are a matter OF feeling and
If women are content to remain In the
to lose their arnes. The habits of
centuries of bondage are hard TO eradf-
cate. some progress has been made,
first am She was merely lot swife.
Ifs ferninisIm wins we shall some day
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ical, the Zion Lutheran, the German
Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel, and
the Christian Science.
In this city is also found one of the
most modern armories in the state.
which is the home of Co. l Of theg
North Dakota National guards.
The secret societies have not over
looked this city and are represented
here by the following societies.: Ma
sonic lodge, the Knight Templars, Or
der Of Eastern Stars, Odd Fellows, A.
0. u. w, Degree of Honor, CATHOLIC
Order Of Foresters, Modern Woodmen
of America, Royal Neighbors, Modern
Brotherhood of America, Modern Sa-
maritans, Brotherhood of American
Yeomen, Fraternal Union of America.
The following literary clubs have Or
CARNATIONS here: The Fortnightly
club. Woman's Literary club, and the
Magazine club.
The Germans. though quite a ways
from their fatherland, do not neglect
meeting together and they have or
ganized the Turn Verein Vorwaerts
and the Ladies' Turn Verein VorWaerts
and these organizations are CHARTERED
in a very nice clubhouse Of their own.
Wahpeton is connected with Breck-
enridge, Mimi, by an electric street
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OnIy One aBHROMO QUINTNE.
That ts LAXATIVE BRoMO QuINIEE.
Look for the signature Of IA
Cures a Cold In One Day,
cures Grlp In Two Days. CSC. --AdvE
The top of new typewriter desk Isl
sunbroken, the machine being mountad
On q shelf beneath, which swings out
ward and upward,
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City Of Wahpeton.
This prosperous town, the gateway
city of the upper Red river valley, is
worthy Of being the county seat Of one
of the very best counties in North
Dakota.
Wahpeton, before the year 1869, ha6l
been visited by many persons. but not
many real settlements took place I'M
til 1869, except along the river when,
in fact, all the lands were included in
the Sisseton reservation belonging to
the Wahpeton and Sisseton tribes.
The first settlement where Wahpeton
is located was called RichviIle until
the first postoffice was established in
1871, taking the name Of Chahinkpa
(the end of the woods), and Folsom
Dow was appointed postmaster. But
in 1898 the name of the postoftice was
change1 to Wahpeton.
The first school in Wahpeton was
held in a building 12x12 feet in size
and taught by Miss Mary Heating,
now the wife Of Mr.. James Shea, the
United States marshal. The number
OF scholars at the first, as reported,
was from four to five.
In 1871 the railway reached with it's
iron arms and commercial and hopeful
interests the village of Breckenridge,
now the county seat of Wilkin county.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1914-07-03
J. {. WHITMER,
DENTIST.
PROUD BUILDING.
North Side Of Square.
Both Phones.
Consumption Of Cigarettes.

Consumption Of cigarettes In this
country is increasing rapidly. This
Is indicated not alone by the figures
Of the Internal Revenue department
At Washington, but by statistics sup
piled by state boards Of health
throughout the country. Reports Of
the latter indicate that In spite Of
legislation prohibiting the sale OF Gig.
arettes to minors, consumption Is In.
creasing among them rs well A.
among the women Of the country.
In the city Of st. Louis consumption
Of cigarettes has increased 100 per
cent. within q year, the increase be.
ing largely due to sales TO women.
One OF the most significant facts
disclosed by statistics Is the increase
In consumption OF Imported ciga.
rettes, largely Turkish cigarettes
made Of the strongest brands Of TO-.
bacco: and OF Cuban cigarettes some
Of which are equally strong. Ac.
cordlng TO tobacconists consumption
OF these brands by women Is on the
increase, even school girls Of II years
old being large consumers, Accord.
Ing to the Journal Of the American
Medical association, the effects Of
excessive cigarette smoking among
women are already to he detected
sufficiently TO cause alarm. All Of
which questions the effectiveness Of
instruction In our public schools, Of
the laws on our statute books, and
home influences.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1914-07-03
The HESSlAN FLY PEST
Il Liable TO Cause Considerable
DAMAGE to Crops This
Fall.

"IIas your wheat been infested by
the Hessian fly this season." 10 .
question that the United States De.
partment Of Agriculture is now ask.
ing farmers. The information Is de.
sired that there may be general CO.
operation between all concerned In
reducing the devastations OF the ny.
There Is every indication that the
pest will be unusually troublesome to
the crop this fall.
Every wheat grower In the country
who sust ects that his crop has been
infested Is requested TO send his name
to the Departments Bureau OF Ento.
mology at Washington, ID. c., with a
request for a question blank. The
questions TO he answered are merely
as to whether the wheat growers
crop was infested at certain seasons.
The farmer will then be asked TO for.
ward some OF the infested wheat
plants for examination, postage TO be
paid by the Government. lie will
also be asked to give his name, adj.
dress, and the nearest railway station.
The Department Is cooperating
with various State Experiment Sta.
lions In this campaign against the
Ilessian fly, and In some cases the In.
tested straw will be sent by the farm.
er TO local stations for examination.
The wheat grower can learn just
where his sample Of straw Is TO be
sent when he sends his name 10 the
Depart ment, indicating his willing.
ness TO send the sample. Tie lie.
part ment encourages the sender not
TO he afraid TO forward too much Of
the straw, even though II has 10 be
sent by parcel post. The upper
part OF the straw need not be sent
but enough above the ground should
be included to get the insect In what
is known as the "faxseed" stage when
the larva Is incased In q hard, brown
skin and somewhat resembles flax.
seed. The insects will remain for q
considerable time In the "ilaxseed'
state during q drought and will only
emerge after rains have moistened
the soil. Dry weather In the late
summer tends to keep the insect In
that stage, which Is . fact Of special
Importance In the North where the
wheat must be sown early enough 10
enable the plants to stand the winter
Probably no other Insect causes
more damage to the wheat crop In the
United States than the Hessian ny,
although there are certain years when
the chinch bug exceeds the ny In It's
devastations. Daring the seasons
when the fiy Is especially abundant
hundreds Of thousands Ct acres Of
wheat may be either totally destroyed
or so badly injured as TO reduce the
yield so to Is per cent. The monetary
losses run far up Into the millions.
a number Of years ago there was In
Kansas general cooperation between
grain dealers, millers and farmers 10
restrict the ravages OF this dangerous
insect. According TO their own esti'
mate, over million dollars were
saved by prompt action and thorough
measures. This year the Department,
hopes to secure general cooperation
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throughout the country In combating
the pest. There are indications that
It's ravages may be severe. Already
In Iowa and Oklahoma there have
been threatening outbreaks Of the In
sect.
Not only are Federal and State or.
CARNATIONS Of the Government coop.
Grating In this campaign but Others
such Is the National Millers' Fedora
ton sre working to secure better
control over the Hessian fly. The In.
dividual wheat grower Is asked 10
send his samples Of infested straw be.
fore the middle Of September, and
sooner II possible, IS after that, the
fly will have Matched and have en-.
tered into the wheat.
Late sowing Of the seed and burn.
Ing OF the stubble when not seeded to
grass or clover are the only measures
known to date that are effective In
controlling the Hessian fy-that is,
for winter.wheat growing sections.
In the spring.wheat sections, late
seeding will not apply. On the con.
trary, The earlier 1t Is sown In the
spring the less 1t seems to suffer from
this pest.
A more detailed explanation of late
sowing for winter wheat to avoid a..
tack by the Hessian fly will be given
In subsequent article. The present
article Is merely an invitation to the
wheat grower to help the Depart.
ment In It's campaign. The postcard
to be forwarded the farmer, contains
enlarged illustrations Of the fly In its
adult and also Its "fiaxssed" state.